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When he testified in his own defence before the Senate a few months ago, Mr. Duffy promised that the full story of his activities and accomplices would eventually emerge. Like a pornstar fighting to keep his job, he said he had "more to come," and dangled the promise of a bombshell in front of Canada's collective eyes. Understandably, we drooled. Then, when no delicious evidence emerged for several months, so we forgot about it and moved on. The seemingly endless string of spending scandals coming out of Parliament was enough to convince us that we could best satisfy our hunger for drama by looking elsewhere. Now we're back, and for good reason.
Duffy's lawyers are considering making Stephen Harper testify at Duffy's trial. They want to ask him what he knew about the $90,000 cheque and a whole bunch of other funny business. They want to make him sweat on the witness stand. They want to set the record straight because they know that this time the truth will shine through.
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Lisa and Arthur's Box of Doom.
It was after the interval and Lisa was anticipating being called to volunteer on the stage. The magician had approached her in the lobby and asked if she would be willing to participate in an illusion. She had said, "Yes, so long as there is no hypnosis involved." She had heard about Quinn's experience from Quinn herself and did not fancy ending up naked on stage. She was assured that someone else was already lined up for that.
The first half had been entertaining, including the hypnosis section where a young woman called Judy had been hypnotised and stripped off behind the screen and put on the skimpy bikini provided before being levitated; the most amazing part was the flight round the auditorium. During the interval Lisa had spoken to Judy who stubbornly refused to notice she was still in the dental floss and sticking plasters she worn for her flight above the audience.
After a few tricks that demonstrated Arthur the Archmage's excellent sleight of hand, Lisa recognised her cue and stood up. As the spot light found her, Arthur asked her to bring a strong man on stage with her; he said that he would need some help with the heavy lifting. On the way passed, Lisa grabbed Mike, who was Judy's boyfriend and seemed to be enjoying the magic at least as much as his girlfriend scanty attire.
Once on stage, introductions were made.
"Do you know what you volunteered for, Lisa?"
"No," replied Lisa, "But when you collared me before the show you promised there would be no hypnosis involved."
"No, I did not. I said that I had someone else lined up for the hypnosis demonstration. I have instilled in you a suggestion that whatever happens you will not panic. You are totally in control of what you are doing and feeling, but for tonight you will not panic."
Lisa looked at little shocked by this statement and wondered when that had happened.
"Moving on," continued the magician, "Mike, you have no knowledge of what we are about to do, do you?"
"None at all, but I am ready to help."
"Then shall we begin?"
The two volunteers nodded.
"Ok, Mike, would you go backstage and find the trolley of the stuff to get us started; the stage manager will point it out."
Mike hurried into the wings, partly hoping to get some clue about what to expect for this section and the rest of the show.
"While Mike is off on his errand, we need to prepare the lovely Lisa." He turned to address Lisa. "I will need you to take off your dress, because if you wear it in the illusion it will probably get damaged and I'm sure you don't want to go home in a damaged dress."
"I guess not, but I'm not wearing a bra under this," she said indicating the classic little black dress that stopped at mid-thigh length. "Have you got a spare bikini top I could borrow?"
"Umm, that's a bit of a problem. I used to have a spare, but one of my hypnotic subjects a week or two back took a dislike to it and destroyed it. I haven't had the chance to replace it yet. If you take off your dress behind the screen and then cover yourself with an arm, you should be alright, because you won't be in the open for long; I plan to put you in a box once Mike gets back, so no-one will see anything embarrassing."
Lisa went behind the screen at the back of the stage to disrobe, blessing the fact she had not gone completely commando.
The audience heard the zip being undone and saw over the top of the screen Lisa's arms pulling the dress up over her head. Soon both volunteers emerged from opposite sides of the stage; Mike pushing a trolley stacked with stuff and Lisa with her arm clamped to her chest and her remaining modesty covered by black lacy tanga briefs.
"So, where's this box I'm supposed to be getting into?" demanded Lisa.
Mike eyed the semi-naked Lisa and a sparkle was visible in his eye, but he did not comment, because his girlfriend was watching from the audience (almost as scantily clad).
"We will build it now. I don't want to be accused of cheating by bringing on a prepared box; besides part of it needs to be built around you."
Mollified, Lisa stood back and watched while the bottom half of the box was constructed on a low wheeled platform. The box was built from pieces that were three squares that met at a point, the outer edges of each section were a bit wider than the thickness of the black plastic material that they were made of. Each section was adorned with multiple clips and catches. Mike and Arthur arranged the first four on the platform and attached them together with the catches on the sides, to form a square tray with sides a little under 18 inches high.
"It's time to get you in the box, Lisa." Arthur offered his hand allowing Lisa step into the half box with some grace while not revealing what her arm concealed. "See those two holes in the front? I'd like you to put your toes through there so that they can be seen. If you could put them through a bit further that would be great. Perfect! I'll be asking you to do up the straps you can feel at your heels a little later, but for the moment I just want you to sit down." With a little help Lisa sat down and was asked to scoot back as far as possible. "How's that? Comfortable?"
"Not exactly, but bearable," said Lisa. "I suppose now that I've got my knees up, you'd like me to do those straps to hold my feet in place."
"Yes, please. Mike, for Lisa's comfort, come over to the trolley and we'll sort out the upper half of the box."
Arthur and Mike clipped together two more corners for the cube that would contain Lisa, while she fastened the straps round her ankles. The men brought over the assembly and began clipping it to the back of the lower half of the box, forcing Lisa to lean forward.
"I'm going to have to ask you to adopt a particular position so that Mike can fit the last two sections, while I get the rest of the apparatus. I need you to squeeze your shoulders back, under the bit we've just fitted; you'll need to spread your knees a bit so that your head will fit between them. And I want your arms outside your legs so that you can put your hands through the holes in the front of the last sections. But before all that, would you fit this earpiece, so that our audience can hear you and you can hear me."
Lisa eyed the small electronic device suspiciously; Quinn had told her about the hypnosis enhancing tiara she had been given to wear. "And that's all it does?"
Seeing the scepticism in Lisa's glance, Arthur decided that he would be honest. "Well, not quite. But the only thing extra is that it'll help reinforce the 'don't panic' suggestion."
Satisfied, Lisa fiddled the device into place, before adjusting her position in the box. Arthur left the stage telling Mike that he should fit the last two corners when he was ready.
Mike approached the partially boxed Lisa and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Not really, but, I guess, we'd better get on with it."
"Ok, I'll clip this section to the other half of the top and then as I hinge it down into place you can stick your hands out of the hand-holes and once it's in place then I'll do up the rest of the clips."
That was how Lisa and Mike fitted the last quarter of the box so that her hands were through the holes. While Mike was doing up the last clips and Lisa was making what adjustments to her position she could to make it less uncomfortable, the magician returned from his foray backstage with elaborate framework whose main purpose seemed to be to hold the box in which Lisa was packed, but also obviously had a secondary, and as yet unidentified, purpose which seemed to involve a lot of guide-rails and some adjustment handles.
Seeing that the box was complete, Arthur said, "Lisa, can you hear me?"
"Yeah, loud and clear," replied the boxed Lisa.
"Good! In that case we shall carry on with stage two. Mike, help me lift the box into the apparatus. It should be easy enough; we'll just tip the box backwards and the carry it over and slide it into the middle. Ok?" In response to Mike's nod, he said. "Right, on three! One, two, three."
Lisa felt her tiny world tip backwards, but she hardly shifted, because she was tightly packed in the confining cube. After a bit of a dizzy feeling, while the two men moved the box to the frame, she heard the grind of the box's plastic being run along metal rails until it stopped.
Arthur instructed Mike to clip the box to the framework, while he went to fetch the final items required for the illusion. "While Mike's busy maybe you'd like to describe how you are situated in the box, Lisa."
Lisa's voice from the speakers showed the strain of her cramped position. "Well, you saw how I went into the box, sitting at the back with my thighs against my chest and head between my knees. I haven't changed position, but how it feels has changed a bit, now that I'm on my back; most of my weight is on my lower back and my shoulders, which are pressed against what used to be the top, but is now a side. My feet," she wriggled her feet, "are held up by the straps that are round my ankles and my hands," she waved those too, "are held there by the pressure on my forearms from my calves and the side of the box. I could probably pull my hands in, but there's little enough room in here for the rest of me."
As the explanation came to an end, the audience saw the magician push on stage the last components of the illusion. This trolley held some sheets of glass and a pot of wooden sticks.
"Thank you, Lisa. I've everything we need to continue. Mike, you'll need these gloves." Arthur handed Mike a pair of leather gloves, before putting on a pair of his own. "Help me, lift this pair of glass plates into that guide rail!" Between them Mike and Arthur lifted the two thin sheets, a little over three feet square, and lowered them until they slotted into a pair of guides, one over and the other under the box containing Lisa.
Arthur left Mike supporting the unguided end and went to a handle on the framework. "Ok, Mike, when I say, push the glass into place."
Mike showed a moment of doubt; if he pushed the glass forward it would intersect with the box and therefore the young woman who had chosen him to help the magician. This he seemed to put aside equally quickly.
Arthur turned the handle twice and told Mike to push. Mike pushed and the glass slid into the narrow gap that had opened between the half of the box from which Lisa's hands protruded and the end where her feet showed. It reached the end of the guide and stopped.
Meanwhile, inside the box, Lisa felt the pressure on her shoulders lessen marginally as a gap opened in the box, letting in more light. Then she felt the glass pass through her from one side to the other, cutting through her below her ribs, through her mid-thighs and lower calves and through both arms above and below the elbows.
The audience heard a squeak of surprise from Lisa and began to applaud.
Arthur reversed the turns on the handle so that the glass was clamped between the two parts of the box.
"How are things going in there, Lisa?"
"Um, I think I'm Ok, but someone seems to have pushed a plate of glass through me, but that doesn't seem so bad after the initial shock."
"That was Mike, but you only have yourself to blame; you picked him. By the way can you see anything new?"
"You mean besides the sheet of glass that appeared a few inches from my nose? Nothing new. But there are some markings on the glass; there's a circle on either side, that I can see, and a line going straight down directly in front of my nose. Looks like it's etched into the glass."
"That's perfect, thank you, Lisa. It means you are in the perfect position; don't move!" Arthur rotated the apparatus so that the audience could see all sides, stopping once the glass was lined up pointing towards the audience; some of the audience could see light transmitted through the glass contrasting with the blackness of the box and uninterrupted by where Lisa's body should be. Between them Arthur and Mike lifted another pair of thin glass sheets and fitted them into a set of horizontal guide rails. Mike, again was left supporting the free end with instructions to push when told to. Arthur found another handle and put his hand on it.
"Lisa, something else is about to happen, maybe, if we do it slowly, you can describe it."
"Ok, I'll try," said Lisa.
"Here goes," said Arthur turn the handle two turns, opening a narrow gap between the upper half from which Lisa's extremities projected and the lower half which was supposed to contain most of her torso; indeed a few saw a crack of light through the gap with the shadow of Lisa's body. "Mike, push slowly! Give Lisa time to describe what's happening!"
Mike pushed, easily at first and then requiring more force.
"I can feel the edge of the glass against my shoulders. Ooo, it's sinking in. That doesn't feel too bad; it's, kind of, relieving the cramp I was beginning to feel. Now it's coming out the front; out where my collar bone is, I guess. Hey, you've just cut my head off. It's lucky it's clamped between my knees. Now it's cutting into my thigh a bit above my knee. Hey, why have you stopped?"
"Mike has just reached the other sheet of glass through the box and didn't have the momentum to push through, but I can sort that out." Arthur went to the trolley where another pair of glass sheets waited and picked up a mallet, with a broad rubber head.
Lisa tried to visualise her situation and came to the obvious conclusion. "Hey, wait! Glass through glass, isn't at least one of them going shatter? Being in here with a couple of sheets of glass is ok, but I don't fancy being in here with a ton of glass shards and splinters."
"Don't worry, the glass won't shatter; It'll just crack. There is another line etched across the glass to control where the glass cracks and with your body holding it in place it can't bent enough to shatter." Before Lisa could raise any more objections, Arthur gave the edge of the glass a smart tap with the mallet causing a snapping sound as the other sheets cracked under the sudden pressure. He then pushed the glass sheet home, the rest of the way up and out of Lisa's thighs and out the other side of the box. Then he reach for the handle and turned it back. Those that could before, could no longer see the shadow of Lisa against the crack of light visible through the box.
"Before the next bit, I need do a minor bit of prep," announced Arthur as he returned the mallet to the trolley and picked up a smaller hammer. He went round the apparatus tapping bits of the glass with the hammer, occasionally receiving a loud crack from the glass.
"I think the glass in front of me just cracked straight down; I felt it in my stomach," commented Lisa.
"That's perfect," replied the magician. "We can get on with the next bit."
"You're not thinking of shoving a sheet of glass up me are you?"
"Yes, I am. You volunteered. Mike let's get the last glass plates in position."
The men picked up the remaining glass and moved into place in the guide rails.
"You never said anything about cutting me in half vertically."
"You never asked; just about hypnosis. And you seemed perfectly happy to get in the box and you didn't complain about the other glass dividers."
Leaving Mike ready to insert the last divided, Arthur found another handle which he turned like he had the other ones, thus opening a gap in the box, which Mike pushed the glass plate into without being told out loud; just a nod from the magician.
Inside the box, Lisa felt the glass that was already dividing her into many pieces (she meant to count how many, but the chance never seemed to arise) spread apart along the newly formed cracks as the sides of the box separated. She had a moment to wonder which direction the new glass divider would be coming. She did not have long to wonder as she felt it cutting into her knickers and lower abdomen, but much more worryingly there was the edge that was heading straight for her face. She screamed and closed her eyes just as the invading glass was sliding through the gap in the glass she could see in front of her.
After the scream, there was silence. The audience were frozen; some fearing they had seen the last of Lisa and would miss buses home, while the police investigated her murder; the remainder just did not want to miss a moment of whatever was going to happen next. Mike did not say anything, in case he spoiled something, by opening his mouth at the wrong moment. Arthur basked in the electric atmosphere.
After nearly thirty seconds of silence, while everyone tried to process what they had just seen, a distorted voice was heard over the speakers. "That was quite a rush; I might actually enjoy it if I ever did it again. I can see why you didn't want me to panic; having a sheet of glass heading straight for my face would make anyone panic."
Everyone in the theatre relaxed a couple of notches.
Lisa continued, "Ok, I've been divided into eight sections and I don't know how many pieces. I've never seen it done this way before. Now can you let me out, so I can see the rest of the show!"
"I would, of course, if that was all I'd planned to do, but there's more," answered Arthur. "Mike, would you mind going and fetching four of those sticks from the pot?"
Mike pulled one of the sticks from the pot. It was fairly narrow with a circular ring mounted about a foot from one end, similar to a kendo stick. Having quickly inspected it, he grabbed another three and went back to the magician.
"I'll have two of those," said Arthur, putting a hand out to accept the two Mike passed to him. "The first two go in here," he said, indicating small circles in the lower of the foot end of Lisa's box. "So long as they go in straight everything will be ok." The magician lined up the first of his stick so that it parallel to the floor and pointing straight at the circle. Mike matched him on the other side. "Right, on the count of three. One, two, three." The two men pushed the sticks into the box.
Lisa felt the wooden spikes enter her buttocks and travel up her back and out through the base of her shoulder blades. She even heard a couple of cracks and had a moment to wonder where the circles of glass that the sticks were cracking out of the plates of cracked glass penetrating her would end up.
Lisa did not get time to recover before the second pair of sticks came rushing passed either side of her head, penetrating her knees. The audience heard her verbal reaction, which was 'Hey! Watch where you're poking those things!'
Arthur did not respond this exclamation, but said to Mike, "Now, we need to get the box back out." With much unclipping and a heave the box was removed from the framework and stood on the handles of the four sticks that penetrated the box. The magician then instructed Mike to bring over the rest of the sticks and push them through the box. While Mike did this and Lisa felt the sticks penetrating her in every direction, Arthur took some rings from his pocket and fitted them on the non-handle ends of the sticks. Once both the men were finished there were another eight sticks through the box, each going through a quarter of the box and the glass blade that divided that quarter in two.
"Now we are ready for the final stage," announced the magician.
"I'm chopped up and stuck with a lot of sticks or swords or whatever. There can't be more!" complained Lisa.
"Of course, there's more. These people know that us magicians are tricky, so I need to prove that you are still inside the box and divided into pieces."
Lisa furiously twitched her toes and wriggled her fingers. "Isn't this proof enough that I'm still in here?"
"Yes, you have shown you are inside the box, quite admirably, but you have not proved you are in pieces."
"You mean a person in box divided in three directions by sheets of glass isn't proof enough."
"Sadly," said Arthur, "we live in disbelieving times. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you're not going to believe just on someone's say-so." Arthur turned to the audience and asked, "Do you want me to prove that my volunteer Lisa has been divided, or shall we let her out now?"
Most of the audience called out, "Show us!"
"The public have spoken. Mike take a firm grip of that side of the box, while I pull this side!"
Arthur stooped and pulled the base of the box his side lifting slightly so the stick-end feet did not scrape across the stage. As he pulled the gap between the left and right sides of box opened up to about two inches, before the rings he had fitted on the ends of the sticks prevented it opening any further.
Lisa felt a movement and watched as the light inside the box brightened. In the previous dimness she could make out the holes where her feet emerged with the opposite eye, but now each eye could only see one foot and a portion of stage floor.
"Some of you will have been expecting a bigger gap, but I did not want the sticks to fall out; which is why I put the collars on the loose ends. But fear not, I never like to disappoint an audience. Mike, take hold of the handle of this stick." He indicate which stick by patting it and Lisa felt the vibrations going through her knees, where the upper front stick had gone through from right to left. "Now, turn it anti-clockwise." Mike did as instructed. Lisa had a weird feeling as the stick on one side of the glass divide turn one way and on the other side turn the other. "Would you take a look at what we've achieved?"
Mike peered into the narrow gap between the box halves and saw that stick that they had been turning was now in two parts with the exposed parts of an embedded nut and bolt visible. He told the audience. Between them Arthur and Mike unscrewed the other three left-to-right sticks.
"Ok, now that the two halves are disconnected, Mike, I want you to pull your half towards you about a foot or so, then pivot it on the back foot so that these good people can see inside. Ready? Then go!"
The magician and his helper opened up the box and showed the inside to the spectators. It took most of them a little while to understand what they were seeing, judging by the slow-to-begin applause. The leg was obvious, you could follow it from the foot the still wriggled outside each half, up through a horizontal sheet of glass and behind that a thigh that came down through the centre of the box. The arm could just be made out behind the calf, but the knee was hidden behind a pink shape pressed against the glass. By the knee it was round-ish fringed at the top with dark hair, as it crossed the vertical glass partition it narrowed then broadened, before ending in a rounded curve at the lower rear of the box. It seemed to take people a while to realise that the pink shape was Lisa's vertical cross-section and the bit of thigh was inner thigh.
"So, as you can see, I have divided the lovely Lisa into two sections, but she is much more divided than that. Mike, being careful that the half sticks don't fall out, lay your half down, so it stands on them. Soon each half had been dis-assembled into its four sub-cubes, each standing on a tripod made of the three half sticks that penetrated it.
The eight sub-cubes were placed on tables and the audience invited to check out the contents through the glass sides. Mike was left to look after Lisa, while Arthur went back stage to set up his next magical scene.
After about five minutes, Arthur reappeared with Lisa's dress, which he placed on the end of one of the tables. Having shooed some dawdling audience members back to their seats, he announced that it was time to restore Lisa to her former glory. He then retrieved the low platform and quickly stacked the cube sections to former the larger cube, removing the sticks through each section as he did so.
"Hey!" called Lisa over the speakers, "While it's nice to have all my bits back together, it would be nicer to have them back together in the right places. My right eye can see the inside of the left half of my head and left eye can see my right ankle; I'm sure I should be seeing my knees."
That Lisa had been put back together in a different order to which she had been pulled apart, became obvious when you noticed that instead of all four extremities sticking out on the front of the box as they had at the start, there was only one in front, one on each side and one out the top.
"Don't worry! It'll sort itself out. We just need to take out all the glass and release Lisa. To that end, Michael, would you go round that side of the box and remove the clockwise one of each of the pairs of panes sticking out there. You'll need your gloves, because the snapped edges that are currently inside the box will be much sharper than the edges you've been handling so far."
Once Mike had taken out his first piece of glass he looked around for somewhere to put it down.
"Put it on the table there." Instructed Arthur.
Soon both tables had a stack of four glass squares with round holes in them. Then the magician told his helper to remove all four panes that stuck out the top of the box running from front to back. Another four pieces were stacked on each table, as Arthur took out the corresponding glass plates from the bottom half of the box.
The removal of most of the glass plates dividing Lisa was a great relief to her. The miniscule amount of extra room allowed her to relax a bit and the prospect of getting out soon was welcome too, although she was still a little worried that her sections were jumbled and what had happened to the circles of glass that had been punched out by the sticks.
"Now that we have reduced the number of sections from eight to four, I need you to give your side of the box a push, Mike."
As the magician and his helper pushed on their sides of the box the remaining glass dividers slid along each other until their edges emerged from the opposites of the box beside their partners. The box was now half its original width with a set of toes sticking out one side and the top and a hand out of the other side and the front.
Lisa was already disoriented by having most of her sections not in their original alignment and being squeezed into half the volume did not help. Pieces of her that had no business being in contact were pressed together, most noticeably, to Lisa, the inside of her right ankle against the left side of her face.
Arthur and Mike did not stop there. The remaining horizontal plates were taken out, along with two of the vertical ones, and then Mike and the magician pushed the top half down into the bottom half. It was not long before the final panes were removed and the box compressed so that it was half its former size in each direction. Arthur picked up the box and took it down the steps at the front of the stage to show the front row, some of whom were brave enough to shake hands with the hands sticking out of the box.
Once he had returned to the stage, the magician placed the boxed Lisa back on the low platform. "I suppose most of you want me to bring Lisa back unharmed." There was a general noise of assent. "Ok, so I have a semi-naked woman jammed in a box, about 3 cubic feet, and without any doors; how do I get her out?" He pondered out loud. "Mike, I'm going need to borrow your jacket; Lisa will bring it back to you when I've finished with her. So, a big hand for Mike, who has helped so much with the illusion."
Mike shrugged off his jacket and handed it Arthur, then descended the steps from the stage and returned to his seat next to Judy.
"Right, well, we can start by giving Lisa her dress back," Arthur said, as he picked up Lisa's dress and tucked it into the fingers that still stuck out of the small box.
"Thanks!" said Lisa, her voice dripping with enough vitriol as to be almost toxic. "There's no space in here for me, without adding a dress. And even if I could pull it in here, how am I meant to get dressed again with all my pieces rammed in her at random. I can't tell my arse from my elbow; in fact I think my arse and elbow may be touching somewhere."
"Don't worry! I've got it under control." The magician draped Mike's jacket over the box concealing it from view, but only briefly. He took the jacket by the shoulders and whipped it upwards.
There on the box on its low wheeled platform sat a relieved looking Lisa fully dressed. As the audience applauded, Lisa did some stretches to get some of the kinks out her muscles.
"Are you alright, Lisa?" asked Arthur.
"A lot better than moments ago. But it's been an interesting experience; being stuffed in box, chopped to bits and then squeezed down even more; but I'm glad it's over."
"Well, not quite. There's the small matter of the 24 little glass circles the sticks punched from the glass panes as they were pushed through."
"Oh," said Lisa, "I assumed that they had been vanished or left in the box or something."
"You're welcome to check the box, but I assure you that they are inside you."
With a sceptical look, Lisa stood up, bent down and picked up the box. She gave it a shake, hoping that it would rattle and was disappointed.
"You can't leave me with bits of glass in me."
"I wasn't planning to, but I need your cooperation to get them out."
"Ok. I'll bite. What do you want me to do now?"
"Just a couple of jumping-jacks should do it."
"Are you sure such energetic exercise is a good idea; what with there being a couple of dozen sharp glass discs inside me?"
"Well, they need to be moved so that they are together and I can't think of a better way; if they were metal, I'd use a magnet."
Lisa did two jumps, which drew cheers from the audience, before stopping. What stopped her was the feeling of her panties falling down her legs; they had been cut during the illusion, she assumed when the glass that had divided her left from her right had been put in. She stopped and pulled the ruined halves of that garment from her feet. "You didn't say that the magic would ruin my knickers."
"Would you have taken them off if I had said?" asked Arthur.
"No way!"
"Well, then, where's the problem? They'd have been cut whether I told you or not and I saved the worry in the meantime."
"I suppose so," Lisa admitted, but not sounding entirely convinced. "But weren't we trying to get the glass out of me?"
"Well, let's hope that two jumps you did were enough. Now I need you to cough."
"I'll try." She managed to cough and then felt something in her throat which made her cough again. Whatever it was seemed to move up slightly and obstruct her breathing.
Seeing that Lisa seemed to be choking, the magician followed the recommended cause of action; he thumped her on the back to her dislodge the obstruction. On the second blow, Lisa cough out something that after a short flight landed in the lap of a surprised member of the front row.
"Excuse me, madam, could you bring that here, please."
The woman brought the object to the front of the stage and handed it the magician. He in turn handed it to Lisa saying that it was a gift as a souvenir and a thank you for her help and bravery. Then he asked her to describe it to the audience.
"Well, it's a glass cube, like a paperweight, and inside, like it's made of bubbles, is a figure in the position I was in when I was in the box."
"Thank you, Lisa. And one final thing before I allow you to return to your seat. May I have my earpiece back and would you give Mike his jacket back?" Once the earpiece was removed he added, "If you stay behind for a little while after the show, I'll make sure that you get your shoes back and something to compensate you for your missing knickers."
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Cyclocross Racing – The Toughest Races
When you begin searching for the toughest cyclocross races on the market, it can be difficult to choose what you should really be looking for. Since this is your first cyclocross race, it will be important that you understand what the two main categories are to get the most out of your race experience.
The cyclocross races that are the most physically demanding are going to be the ones that have jumps and deep berms. Because of this, you want to find a race that features these two unique elements. That way, your body is fully prepared to handle the extra strain when the race begins.
You also want to find a good course that is a bit outside of your comfort zone. Cycling is a very solitary sport and you will only be one of the few people who are able to complete the course. These types of races are generally the toughest to win because of this. You need to be able to get along with other racers and get yourself prepared for the next day's racing.
Read: How to Train For Cyclocross in Ontario
There are some truly tough cyclocross races on the market. However, there are many more that you will not be able to take on. This is why it is important that you choose a well-known race and pick a team that has been around for a while.
A lot of companies will offer discounts if you sign up for a team. Keep in mind that they may be taking advantage of your lack of experience. Also, it is important that you choose a team that has experienced riders. They can help you get comfortable and keep you going until the end of the race.
The best way to find the toughest cyclocross races is to ask other racers for their opinions. They will be able to tell you which races are tough and which ones are easy to win. By knowing what you need to do in order to be successful, you will be much better off in the long run.
Of course, there are a lot of racers who don't have a hard time winning even if they don't make it far. This is because they have picked a good bike and are all geared up for the competition. They are not afraid to take a risk and are ready to take any chances that come their way.
If you are considering participating in some tough cyclocross racing, it is always a good idea to have a plan that you can follow. A solid game plan can make all the difference. You may also find that you can get by without a plan for the first few races.


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Top 10 Intranet Deployment Considerations
Intranets, those mostly private networks with the same look-and-feel as the World Wide Web, were virtually non-existent in Fortune 500 companies four years ago. Before you rush right out to deploy one, here are some things to think about.
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Intranets are all the rage these days for several good reasons. First, they unify multi-site operations, while simplifying and improving the quality of inter-departmental communications. Second, the collaborative computing provided through intranet and (typically free) browser technology is far less expensive than the $150-plus per desktop spent to implement proprietary-by-comparison Lotus Notes from IBM. Third, intranets are easy to use.
However, intranets are not The Internet. Creating an Internet web site is one thing; creating an intranet is something else. Not entirely different, but definitely with its own gotchas—even though most organizations already have a network infrastructure in place. Here are some steps to consider.
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1 Gain executive sponsorship
By definition, the intranet is an enterprise-wide system. By extension, it affects the entire enterprise—from information technology (IT) architecture and purchases to the design of electronic documents, from employee and corporate communications to collaborative work, from the display of confidential information to the posting of the latest joke off of the Internet.
Such importance demands the commitment of senior management to the funding, implementation, standardization, and use of the intranet from the very start. Without this, the intranet is doomed to failure.
2 Establish a project team
A project team helps crystallize the stated objective for the intranet, initiates and oversees publishing standards, evaluates and specifies intranet tools and applications, and provides the change management consulting that typically accompanies any change in organizational dynamics.
The team also functions as intranet champions: it ensures that a collaborative spirit exists within the company for the intranet to succeed; promotes the use of the Web technology; helps to gain buy-in from all user constituencies; and provides employee training.
The team should survey end users about their intranet needs. This will identify what content needs to be on the intranet, including the collaborative tools for knowledge sharing.
By the way, the project team should include representation from all over the company—but initially steer away from techies and webheads. Technical people will likely draw the discussion toward arcane technical issues not germane to the greater issues of goals, information content, displays, and collaboration.
If this all sounds like business reengineering, you're right.
3 Build a structure
Think "virtual workspaces" and "business processes" rather than "document types" or "organizational charts" to determine the structure and organization of the intranet. Give each corporate department its own virtual space on the intranet, deploy collaborative tools, and then step back. Points out Steven Telleen of Amdahl Corp., realize "The key characteristic of this technology is its ability to shift control of information flow from the information creators to the information users."
4 Establish standards
Intranet standards are critical: design standards, publishing standards, technology standards—you name it. For example, Ford's Usability Guidelines, which help create a common look-and-feel for Ford's intranet, address the use of color, animated objects, lists and tabular information, hypertext links, and other design elements on a web page—all from a productivity standpoint. They are not mandatory. "Obviously, that's a living document; it changes as technology and [our intranet usage] changes," says Steve Scheerhorn, Ford's manager of Enterprise Information.
They're changing right now, in fact. When first deployed, Ford's intranet web pages were organized in the traditional way: Navigation on the left, plus links upon links to various hierarchical menus that, as the intranet grew, buried rather than uncovered information. "It was more a gateway to people and web page search engines," says Ford's Martin Davis, project manager, Millennium Web Project. Just after New Year's, the "Ford Millennium Web Hub" debuted, featuring a default home page portal that appears on all desktops attached to the intranet. The new design minimizes the number and size of graphic elements on each page, aiming for an uncluttered and consistent appearance. (This design must be incredibly unique, innovative, or/and stunningly proprietary, because Ford would not provide this magazine with a screen scrape of a sample web page.)
Ford also has a bunch of standards regarding information content. One, the "Global Information Standards," applies to company-wide information, e-mail, and any records the intranet users create. It addresses creating, managing, retaining, and the security of information. These standards are "business driven, but they have a legal undertone," says Scheerhorn. What this means, adds Davis, is that these standards help "derive a business benefit from using the Internet, while protecting the corporation in the way we do that." (Think about the role of e-mail messages in the Microsoft antitrust trial.)Somewhere in there is what other companies typically call "use standards," which define the appropriate use of the intranet. These standards need to cover both corporate communications and—this will happen, so get used to it—personal communications.
5 Resolve IT issues
The IT department gets involved when the intranet discussions become technical. Here's a simple example. The choice of web browsers would seem to be a no-brainer. There are basically two options: Netscape Communicator/Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, the two browsers have several incompatibilities, particularly in how they implement, or display, advanced HTML features and Java scripts. To solve this, Ford has a "dual browser strategy," which states that all applications and web pages must work with both browsers. That requires sticking with generalized HTML coding and Java scripts, and not implementing the latest browser versions. (Ford recently upgraded the "official" version of Netscape running on Windows-based desktops from 4.04 to 4.7.)


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Almost spring, and almost time to do some cemetery runs, and some photography. I recommend Oakwood in Troy. Oddly enough, I've never been in the cemetery across the street. But Oakwood has some wonderful monuments and photo opportunities (I'm partial to black and white). There is a statue, supposedly of Jesus, but it looks likeContinue reading "Check Out Oakwood"
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Things To Take Off TV
1. Any commercial featuring Flo, Billy Fucillo, or that stupid gecko. The commercial with the cow speaking at the wedding. I have no idea why that cow annoys the living shit out of me. She actually sounds like a complete bimbo. 2. Any commercial pushing drugs. Tell my doctor of any conditions I have? Shouldn'tContinue reading "Things To Take Off TV"
Review: The Rest Falls Away
After all the paranormal erotica and sexy vampire stuff that has glutted the market, this was a refreshing, old-fashioned vampire hunter tale, and I welcomed it. Well-written, with a coherent mythology, a clearly delineated villain, and the backdrop setting of Victorian London to make the heroine's life a little more difficult. The characters are notContinue reading "Review: The Rest Falls Away"
Review: Cobweb Bride
Very pretty prose, author paints some wonderful pictures with her words. I would have rated it higher but I felt it ultimately went on too long (although its not really a long book). Still, the imagery is well worth it, and I will probably continue the series to see where it goes, as Death goingContinue reading "Review: Cobweb Bride"
A Minor Rant
Forgive me if I'm crabby. Car issues abound. They were already abounding (that's a word, I said so, if morons can make "conversate" a word I can use "abounding") and then I got rearended on the way home from work Thursday. Eh, shit happens. They call them accidents, right? And this guy was much nicerContinue reading "A Minor Rant"
Review: The Jongurian Mission
This book tore me in half. The story is great and kept me involved, but two things were, to me, very distracting; if not for those I would have said 4.5 stars. First, far too much description. We're a third of the way into the book before the story gets going. Pages upon pages describingContinue reading "Review: The Jongurian Mission"


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Noumidia Vs Capitalone
Noumidia posted a topic in Capital OneHi I made a claim against Capital one about the charges in 2014 by sending the first letter then followed by LBA. On 14th April 2014, I received a letter from Capital one refused to refund the charges and they stated in their letter "Financial regulations require me to advise you that this is my final response in relation to this matter. If you fell I have not resolved your complaint to your complete satisfaction, you now have the option to contact the Financial Ombudsman Service with six months from the date of this letter." I know I should have taken the case to
Hi I hope you are all doing well Can someone please assist me in ensuring I am proceeding correctly to defend the below Claim from Lowell Solicitors. The claim is probably about 10 years old.. possibly more. Its that old that I dont remember when it was taken out so I thought that would mean it was statute barred but I guess not judging by this.. I have logged onto MCOL and ack that I will defend in full. I will also send a 31:14 to lowell to Lowell Solicitors in the next few days. Lowell Portfolio LTD are listed as claimant though so would I also send them a CCA request?
Capital One - going to court
Splashy posted a topic in Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)I received an offer from CapitalOne for £6185 This was made up from £3050 in premiums, £2370 in interest and £958 in further 8% interest. Putting all the premiums into a compound interest calculator resulted in compound interest of £13,000 Am I correct to use compound interest in my calculations? The £958 in 8% interest .. where does that come from? What is it 8% of? I was told on the phone that it is 8% of the amount I would have saved if I had not had the PPI. Should I not also be receiving that amount I would have saved (which comes to the amount of compound interest).
Hello All, I need some advice on how to proceed. I will seek to outline as much as I can below In July 2008 I fell into financial difficulty when I lost an IT contract and struggled to pay all my bills including my credit card bill with Capital One. I thought no big problem here, I have PPI and will claim... Big Mistake. They didn't pay out as PPI wasn't for people in my situation i.e Self-employed. Suffice to say the account went into default in Nov 2008 for £680. I commenced my pursuit to get i.)the default removed ii.) PPI repaid
Hi I received a claim form from BW legal on the 13.2.14 who where assigned the debt from capital on the 1.10.2009. i filed a defence stating that i disputed this matter and believed that the matter was statue barred when they issued it. The default from capital one came off my cra in january 2013, but i know that i had was in a payment plan with capital one for some months but cannot remember when my last payment to them was. I have not kept old old bank statements or letters in relation to this. BW have now stated that unless they hear from me with an offer to settle the c
Closing CapitalOne 360 Acct. from other country
WadaPav posted a topic in Capital OneI have relocated (settled down) to other country and missed to close by CapitalOne 360 Acct. Can anybody help me on How to close the account? Will it possible to transfer the money to my friends account in US? Eager to hear from experience people. Thanks
Play.com and Capital One chargeback ***Resolved***
hacksaw posted a topic in Online StoresHi everyone, I bought an item from a Play.com seller (Playtrade) around mid-February for about £30 (an office machine). The Playtrade seller said he despatched the item the same day I ordered it but it turned out to be false. I contacted the seller several times by email and no reply. I filed a Missing Item Claim and a Fairplay Guarantee Claim but Play.com didn't reply to the latter. So I filed a chargeback with my credit card company (Capital One) and they refunded me the money. Today I received a letter from Capital One saying that they will give the seller 45 days to resol
This was my Mums Capital One Visa card debt - a/c opened in Oct 2003, credit limit £1,100 - I have only just found a statement dated 27/07/2006 showing £10.11 charged monthly for Payment Protection Insurance, also on the statement are charges listed and paid per item of £20.00 for Late Payment Fee and for Overlimit Fee (on this statement the overlimit amount was £189.58). I don't know what date the account was either passed to or sold to Robinson Way Ltd (ex Capital One) as the first letter I've found from them is dated June 2007 and the last letter from them is dated 26th June 2008
Power2contact/ my Cap1 Debt
jboyd83 posted a topic in Capital OneHi guys can someone please help me with this..... Just so you know I try to post each of my queries on different debts seperately to avoid confusion. I have an outstanding debt with Capitalone which they have now defaulted. This has been passed to Cougar financial and I have recieved a letter from Power2Contact today on behalf of Capital one telling me if I do not contact them within 72 hours they will contact me at my property. Luckily for the moment they dont know my new address as I have just moved 3 weeks ago but I will be informing Capitalone when I know where I s
Hiya, I thought Id already posted this but cant find it???. ..maybe I didnt post correctly.. Hubby has a debt with Cap1 and they have now defaulted it. We have recently moved house and havnt updated our records yet but yesterday we sent off an SAR request with a change of address inside along with a photocopy of his passport- hope thats sufficient. Today we get a phoneall off the mother in law saying theres a letter at hers for him. She hasnt opened it but as you can imagine we were shocked when he opened it and it was a debt letter from Cougar about said


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Taystee's Trial In 'OITNB' Season 6 Will Make You Want To Riot All Over Again
Season 5 of Orange Is The New Black ends with the death of C.O. Piscatella, and Season 6 begins with an investigation into who is to blame. Among the many suspects is Taystee, who used the Litchfield riot to try and fight for prisoners' rights and get justice for the death of her friend Poussey, who was murdered by a guard. After the conclusion of the investigation, however, many fans will be left wondering what will happen to Taystee following the Season 6 finale. It's devastating AF.
Spoilers ahead for Orange Is The New Black Season 6. Season 5 almost ended with Taystee pulling the trigger on Piscatella, before her fellow prisoners convinced her not to do so. While Taystee may not have pulled the trigger, her fingerprints on the gun and the testimonies of others gave investigators enough information to pin the crime on her and she's charged with his murder mid-season. Taystee attempts to fight the charge and she's lucky that the riot, and her part in it, have become national news. First, she calls on former Litchfield warden Caputo to help her out, but by the time she goes to trial, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has provided her with a lawyer and activist groups such as Black Lives Matter are behind her.
In the very final moments of Season 6, Taystee is in court, awaiting the verdict. Although the audience does not hear it, Taystee's "guilty" verdict sends shockwaves throughout the courtroom and Taystee is led back to Litchfield maximum security prison with a possible life sentence and a reputation as a guard-killer. Luckily, she is in New York State, which does not have any death penalty laws, but being known as a guard killer — as we've seen in Season 6 — is likely just as bad.
It's a bleak ending for a beloved character, but that doesn't mean all hope is lost for Taystee. The first episode of Season 6 revealed that Cindy and Suzaane witnessed the CERT team that accidentally killed Piscatella positioning the body in the pool and shooting the corpse. The CERT team's intent was to remove guilt from themselves by making it look like the prisoners who were hiding in the pool during the riot had killed Piscatella.
While Taystee is not privy to this knowledge, Cindy and Suzanne could both testify that the CERT team had staged the murder, but Cindy seems to recognize that angering the CERT team could put their own lives in danger.
While Cindy and Suzanne may not come forward with the truth any time soon, an anonymous tip from Cindy (who betrayed her BFF by not mentioning it during her initial questioning) to Caputo has led the former warden to begin investigating the matter on his own. If Caputo is able to pin the murder on the CERT team, that could be enough to have the life sentence removed from Taystee's record come Season 7.
Another hint that Taystee isn't doomed to serve out a live sentence is the fact that the ACLU and the Black Lives Matter movement both expressed support for her during the trial. With two major names in social justice behind her, Taystee could get the resources to make an effective appeal to the verdict. Between a possible appeal and Caputo's amateur investigation, it's clear that the show is not done with Taystee's fight for justice. While there's hope for Taystee yet, fans will have to wait for Season 7 of Orange Is The New Black to see if truth stands a chance at being heard in the show's portrayal of the criminal justice system.


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Frank Del Busto
Frank del Busto, CFP®,ChFC®
Frank started his financial services career at TIAA as an insurance service specialist. A year later he became a life and long-term care underwriter. After reviewing medical reports and EKGs for four years, Frank felt it was time for change and successfully transitioned to TIAA's Individual Financial Consulting Services in 1997.
By 2000, he was promoted to senior financial consultant and was asked to help establish the first TIAA Florida office in Tampa Bay. His territory encompassed the entire South Florida region where he helped professors, physicians, researchers, private K-12 teachers and retirees with their broad array of financial needs.
Frank became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional in 2002, and when TIAA formed its national Wealth Management Group in 2005, he was promoted to wealth management advisor and relocated to the newly established Boca Raton office. His primary role as wealth management advisor was to build long-term relationships with his clients and their families, helping them manage their wealth to, through and beyond retirement. He is also a Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®).
After 23 years with TIAA, Frank felt it was time to take his extensive knowledge and experience, and (together with his former TIAA associate, Joseph Kelly) help create a financial services firm that would focus on personal relationships and objective financial planning.
"As a TIAA advisor, I always tried to work in my clients best interest. Now, as an independent advisor, I have the freedom to do it."
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IIFA is standing on its tip and the buzz is all over the Bollywood. The biggest Bollywood award event is again back with a bang and actors like Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt, Shahid Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover have been already spotted leaving for the show which is held on 21st of this month and the venue is Madrid, Spain.
This time, the celebrities who are gonna rock the IIFA stage includes the famous singer-director-composer Pritam, who is reported to perform with Spanish artists in an unbelievable once in a lifetime performance.
The other stars who are gonna rock the stage are Parneeti Chopra, Daisy Shah, Sooraj Pancholi, Meet Brothers, Kanika Kapoor, Benny Dayal, Monali Thakur and Papon.
A special screening of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Mirziya's trailer is also reported to be done in the awards. The movie stars Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan Kapoor and the famous Indian fashion designer like Vikram Phadnis will be also doing a fashion show.
What Plans Does The Other Bollywood Superstars Have For IIFA:
Bollywood Superstars like Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra. Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone, and Farhan Akhtar are reported to host the awards this year
"IIFA is like one big carnival. Like so many great cities of the world, Madrid will witness the beauty and magic of Indian cinema with IIFA. IIFA has consistently played a crucial role in widening the horizon of the Indian film industry to the world." Said Salman Khan.
Again the show is to be hosted on 21st June in Spain and the television broadcast of the show is really going to be very exciting.


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CapitaLand Commercial Trust - Acquisition Of Main Airport Center, Frankfurt ~ Positive But Priced In
- Maintain NEUTRAL with higher Target Price of SGD1.98 from SGD1.90, 8% downside plus 4% yield.
- CapitaLand Commercial Trust's acquisition of a second overseas asset should help its earnings/geographical diversification. Asset enhancement plans at 21CQ and SBR are timely to maintain its prime CBD positioning.
- We believe positives are largely priced in with the stock trading at 1.2x P/BV (yield at 4.1%). Our higher Target Price mainly reflects the lowering of our COE assumptions by 20bps to 7% to better reflect the prolonged low interest rate environment.
Deepens Frankfurt market presence with accretive acquisition of MAC.
- CAPITALAND COMMERCIAL TRUST (SGX:C61U) announced plans to acquire its second overseas asset, a 94.9% stake in Main Airport Center (MAC), Frankfurt from its sponsor for €251.5m (SGD387.1m). The freehold asset has a current occupancy of ~90% with a WALE of 4.7 years. The initial NPI yield is 4%, similar to its previous acquisition of Gallileo in May 2018.
- The acquisition is likely to be funded by a mix of debt and equity (45:55) and is DPU accretive with ~1% accretion to FY18's DPU. Management sees room for upside from occupancy improvements on favourable market outlook. The acquisition is subject to unit holders' approval and is expected to be completed by 4Q19.
Wework to occupy entire 21CQ post major refurbishment.
- As widely anticipated, CapitaLand Commercial Trust will be undertaking major upgrading works at 21 Collyer Quay (21CQ) for SGD45m with the sole tenant HSBC leaving by Apr 2020. The asset enhancements will include the common and lettable areas, as well as essential equipment, and is expected to be completed by 4Q20. The building will then be fully let to leading coworking operator, WeWork (its biggest office lease in SG), which has signed a 7-year lease commencing 2Q21.
- Overall, CapitaLand Commercial Trust expects to achieve an ROI ~9% from asset enhancements, which is based on incremental rent growth achieved compared to its estimated market rents. Co-working operators will account for ~7% of its total tenant base upon completion.
Refreshing SBR.
- Six Road will be carried out in phases from 1Q20 to 3Q21, with some minor disruptions expected.
- Management is currently in advanced discussion with key tenant, Standard Chartered bank (SCB), and is confident of the tenant retaining the majority of its space upon renewal. The target ROI for AEI is ~8%.
Placement to fund MAC.
- In conjunction with the acquisition announcement, CapitaLand Commercial Trust raised gross shares, which saw strong interest with the books 5x covered.
Earnings adjustments.
- Our FY19F-21F DPU are revised by -2% to +3%, factoring in the new shares and contributions from the acquisitions.
Vijay Natarajan RHB Securities Research | https://www.rhbinvest.com.sg/ 2019-07-19
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Mar 10 2010
Momenta Quartet Concert
8PM, Barnes Hall
Contemporary music performed by the Momenta Quartet (Erik Carlson and Emilie-Anne Gendron, violins; Stephanie Griffin, viola; and Joanne Lin, cello), a New York City-based string quartet. With Wendy Richman, a leading new music violist and founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble. Compositions by Philip Glass, Kee Yong Chong, Arthur Kampela and Gordon Beeferman.
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Wait until someone on a jet ski comes up close to the transom on one of these boats to jump the wake and hit a surfer down in the pocket they didn't seeMy last experience behind a wake/surf/full ballast boat in operation. I was behind it and safely trolling to wait for an opening to pass. I never saw the 5' girl surfing in the wake trowel until I passed the boat. Trust me I am careful and always stay my distance. I just remember thinking, if she fell no one behind this boat would have seen her. This was on the Parker strip, I am sure the boat was putting out a 4' wake. I predict the day will come when no ballast will be allowed in Parker.


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Kim Kardashian's cry face has become a thing of legend.
The subject of endless memes and GIFs, social media users have taken to sharing Kim's pain as a way of expressing how they feel. And we have to admit, we've joined in a number of times, too.
Because, LOL.
It seems that even her sisters see the funny side, with Kourtney Kardashian poking fun at her sister's crying face in a clip from their hit reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
See: 23 Signs You And Your Sisters Are The Kardashians
The episode, a KUWTK vacation special, aired on E! on Tuesday night. Khloe Kardashian was quick to share the clip on her own Instagram page, with the caption: 'I love these specials E! is doing from #KUWTK. Time in for tonight's episode "Keeping Up: Kardashians On Vacation"!
'Kim's ugly crying face is iconic! Kourts response is even better!'.
The footage shows Kim sobbing and shouting at her sister Kourtney: 'It's not funny, get out of here if you're going to continue to laugh at me. I'm tired of it!'
Oh dear.
Kourtney laughs at her and says simply: 'I'm not.'
But behind the scenes, when she's alone with the camera, the 36-year-old admits: 'I start laughing at Kim when she's crying because I just can't help it, she has this ugly crying face that she makes.'
It seems that the Kardashian sisters have something of a social media war going on.
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Not too long ago, Khloe shared another throwback video, this time reminiscing about the time that Kourtney had a numb face after a dentist visit – with pretty hilarious consequences.
Khloe said: 'I still die laughing every time I see this!!! Never gets old!!!!'
Apparently, Kourtney wasn't too happy, as she soon text her sister, saying: 'You had to post that video lol. Oh man. It's on!!!'
We can't wait to see what they pull out of the bag next.
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Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand came through a playoff against Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and Victor Dubuisson of France to win the Nordea Masters at PGA Sweden National in Malmo.
Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand came through a playoff against Scotland's Stephen Gallacher and Victor Dubuisson of France to win the Nordea Masters at PGA Sweden National in Malmo.
Jaidee fired a superb closing round of 65 to set a clubhouse total of 16-under-par. He then had to watch on as the remaining groups attempted to reach or better that mark. Only Gallacher and Dubuisson were able to equal Jaidee's score, so a sudden-death playoff between the three ensued.
The trio all found the green in regulation on the first extra hole, but Jaidee hit a fantastic approach, spinning his ball back to within just a few feet of the pin.
Dubuisson and Gallacher had long birdie efforts and, when neither was able to hole out, Jaidee was left with a short putt for his sixth European Tour title. He settled over the ball and calmly rolled it home.
"I worked hard today," he said. "We were nervous for the last few holes but 16-under was good enough for the playoff. You never know in a playoff but it was good for me."
Stephen Gallacher holed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 72nd green to make it into the playoff and he was pleased with his performance, despite losing out over extra holes.
"I had a good week," he said. "I holed a lovely putt on the last and Jaidee played a great shot in there in the playoff. I was hoping for a good couple of weeks so to finish fifth then second is not bad."
Robert Jan Derksen of Holland played an excellent final round to push himself into solo fourth place, one shot better than home favourite Henrik Stenson. The Swede had a disappointing final round of 71 to end the week two shots off the pace.
Nordea Masters
PGA Sweden National, Malmo, Sweden
May 29 – Jun 1, purse €1,500,000, par 72
1 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69 70 68 65 272 €250,000
T2 Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 69 69 67 67 272 €130,280
T2 Stephen Gallacher (Sco) 67 72 65 68 272 €130,280
4 Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 71 67 65 273 €75,000
5 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 70 64 71 274 €63,600
T6 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 70 70 72 63 275 €45,000
T6 Eddie Pepperell (Eng) 66 72 65 72 275 €45,000
T6 Alvaro Quiros (Esp) 71 67 66 71 275 €45,000
T9 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 68 72 67 69 276 €31,800
T9 David Howell (Eng) 73 70 67 66 276 €31,800
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Last week we published our 'In sport, we trust' report, which provides compelling new evidence of the impact that community sport groups have on young people, community development and social cohesion.
We commissioned the research to help strengthen the evidence base for the impact of grassroots sport groups, particularly on social outcomes linked to community cohesion and integration. To do this we analysed five large national population datasets in the UK, which all track participation in sports groups and almost all of the outcomes relevant to the DCMS Sporting Future Strategy and Sport England Evaluation Framework, as well specific outcomes identified in the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, Scotland's National Performance Framework and the Northern Ireland Outcomes Delivery Plan.
Sample sizes for these datasets ranged from 11,929 respondents [Understanding Society Youth] to 140,845 [Understanding Society], so it's safe to say the results are extremely robust!
You can read more about the findings and methodology by downloading the 'In sport, we trust' summary and 'In sport, we trust' full report. The research uncovered:
• A trust deficit is dividing the UK: young people from lower socio-economic groups are 23% less likely to trust their neighbours compared to those from higher socio-economic groups.
• But sport clubs can help bridge this trust deficit. Young people who are members of a local sports club have:
– Greater trust in other people
– A stronger sense of belonging to their community
– More close friends
– Greater levels of life satisfaction, happiness and health
– Greater desire to give back to their community through volunteering
• Those from disadvantaged backgrounds have the most to gain. When young people are part of a local sports club, those from lower socio-economic groups report a ten-time higher increase in trust and a three-time higher increase in life satisfaction compared to those from higher socio-economic groups.
The importance of controlling for socio-economic factors in sport
Throughout the descriptive statistics in this report, sports participation and sport group membership is more common for higher socio-economic groups in society. In other words, holding other things constant, on average, the more money you have, the more likely you are to be healthy, happy, trusting and interacting with a more diverse range of people and experiences.
Therefore, the crucial question for this research becomes: is it playing sport or membership of sports clubs that is improving health, wellbeing and trust, or is it the higher income, education or socio-economic background of sport players?
To isolate – as far as possible in the current data sets – the association between sports club membership and wellbeing for young people, we used a technique called 'multivariate regression analysis'. This means that we're not just reporting simple correlations between sport and trust, wellbeing or life satisfaction. By controlling for other factors, this work goes one step further in establishing the direct benefit for young people of being part of a sports club, and the impact this has on the 'Community Development' outcome sought by the DCMS 2016 Sporting Future strategy.
Why is trust is so important in evaluating the impact of grassroots sport?
Sport is now widely acknowledged as an important tool in tackling a wide range of social outcomes, from tackling knife crime, reducing reoffending to improving community cohesion. What underpins all of these is trust – trust in the community leaders, coaches, teachers and volunteers running the programmes, and trust in the people alongside you. Trust forms the foundation for every successful relationship, whether it's at home, in the classroom, at work or on the field of play.
Take for example a local boxing club in an area troubled by high levels of anti-social behaviour. The club will play a significant role in taking young people off the streets and giving them something positive to do with their time. The boxing coach is this instance is likely to be a role model to the young people that come through the door and hold sway over their behaviour. It's only because of young people's trust and respect in their coach that they'll take on board what they're being told. Similarly, young people will only ever open up about their mental health and any problems they're facing if they trust in the other person.
Trust is not achieved overnight. It takes times to grow. That's why at Sported we believe grassroots community groups are so important in changing young lives and building the stronger, safer society we all want to see. Our members are there for their communities – come rain or shine – and provide a consistency and continuity of support that is so effective at engendering long-term change in young people's attitudes, behaviours and aspirations.


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