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3 Reasons Why You Need to Update Your Employee Handbook
Mark Twain said "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – 'tis the difference between the lightning- bug and the lightning."
In business, the difference between the almost right word and the right word can mean a lawsuit or a boycott.
For example, when two Whole Foods employees in Albuquerque, New Mexico, complained that they had been suspended briefly for speaking Spanish at work, groups like the New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens threatened to boycott the company's stores. Though the company said the suspension was due to policy violations, not because the employees were speaking Spanish, the ensuing brouhaha caused them to apologize for the misunderstanding and revise a policy in the company handbook.
Don't have a company handbook? Get one. Have a company handbook? Make sure it clearly states your policies and update it every year.
Here's why.
Why you need an employee handbook.
First, let's examine why you need one in the first place. A company handbook is like having a rulebook for sports. It defines your company's boundaries, gives ground rules and explains what is and is not considered acceptable behavior. It can detail anything from your payroll schedule and vacation policies to the federal, state and industry regulations with which you are mandated to comply.
Though some federal regulations – such as Title VII and the Americans with Disabilities Act – don't go into effect until you have 15 employees or more, you can be sued for many other issues at any size. Let me repeat that: You can be sued no matter the size of your company.
How a handbook protects you and your company.
While a handbook can't protect you from being sued, it can provide documentation that can help protect you if you are.
For instance, if your handbook explains how overtime is calculated (and your employees have been given the handbook), you may be able to use your policy as documentation to help protect yourself and your company in the event of an accusation.
The importance of updating a handbook's contents.
Just having a handbook won't cover you completely, though. You must make sure your employees are aware of your policies and that you review your policies every year.
Give employees a copy of your handbook upon hire and – best practice – have them sign an acknowledgement that it was received.
Review and update it annually since laws and regulations change. If you find sections that are no longer relevant or unclear – as in the Whole Foods case – rewrite the sections to clarify or change the policies. Every time your handbook is updated, redistribute copies to employees and require signatures acknowledging the updates.
You also have to follow policies consistently. If you distribute a handbook but don't follow its practices and procedures, you will have a weak defense in the face of a dispute.
Though an employee handbook can be a daunting document to put together, it is priceless in solving problems, resolving arguments, and providing a solid defense. You need one as soon as you hire your very first employee.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010
almost what i said it would be...!
In other news, I'm going to be exhibiting Being & Tim in Sweden for the Dragonfly festival in August! I'm very excited about this, but also a bit scared, as it'll be my first proper exhibition, and there's still a lot to do....!
Anyway, I'll put that Being & Nothingness cartoon up soon, it's pretty cute
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The Truth About Hillary
From KeyWiki
The Truth About Hillary was written by Edward Klein and published on May 30, 2006.
Klein is a former reporter for the New York Times Magazine and foreign editor for Newsweek. His publisher said that the book "revealed how the most prominent Democrat in America has lied, bullied, cheated, and manipulated people in her quest to become our first woman president."[1]
- Susan Estrich, in her book, The Case for Hillary Clinton, described Klein's book as containing "a hash of ancient history, foolish rumors, and schoolyard innuendo."[2]
- Carl Bernstein, in his book, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, described Klein's book as "an ideological screed, which contains barely smidgens -- and no context -- about what its title promises." [3]
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- ↑ The Case for Hillary Clinton, Kindle Version: 224 of 1352
- ↑ A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Paperback Version: 47 of 640
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Harrisburg, PA — To continue to meet the needs of its growing client base, Reynolds Restoration Services (RRS) has hired Ryan Kirce as director of operations. In this role, he will oversee day-to-day operation of the company, including field operations, project management, and estimating.
"Ryan is a trailblazer who brings tremendous energy and a keen business acumen to our company," said Anthony Worrall, president of RRS. "He aggressively pursues new ways to improve efficiency and drive business, and we're excited to see how he'll elevate the way we serve our clients."
Kirce brings several years of business development and project management experience to RRS. He has been engaged in commercial property improvement and renovation projects, most notably championing the planning and build-out of the commercial property business line of a national retailer. He also maintained a coaching and consulting business and was assistant vice president of a national disaster recovery company, where he managed a business development team using a customer-centric, performance-driven approach.
Kirce studied political science while attending Tallahassee Community College. He is a member of International Facility Management Association, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Disaster Recovery Institute, and Community Association Institute.
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Reynolds Restoration Services is the premier disaster restoration and reconstruction company in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland service areas. Our qualified and dedicated staff are always on call to respond to fire, smoke, water, mold, and wind damage. With over 12 years of experience in the emergency restoration industry, Reynolds Restoration Services is a division of Reynolds, a full-service building solutions provider offering construction, construction management, energy, and commissioning and engineering services. For more information, visit our Website or Be Social with Us.


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Exercises and postural education for children with achondroplasia - OSCAR 2016
2017-08-01Health Therapies
Exercise is an important tool to minimize pain, joint stiffness and joint laxity. Here is a video filmed by OSCAR with a few exercises you can do with your child at home. The video is in French, but you can find the directions for these exercises in English on this page.
Physiotherapy for achondroplasia
2015-05-07Health Therapies
Here you can find a playlist of videos done by Fundación ALPE with exercises that anyone can do with babies and children with achondroplasia for postural and motor skill development.


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Representation of key grand jury witnesses in United States v. I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby and United States v. Rosen & Weissman, both involving allegations of leaks of classified national security information.
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Representation of CIA and Department of Defense officials in investigation into Bush-era interrogation techniques.
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Earlier we had featured an app called as Voice for Whatsapp which enabled you to get voice notifications for Whatsapp. This also allowed you to send messages via voice input. The interesting thing about this app was that it read out the senders name as well as the message. The developer of this app, pacosal, has introduced major changes to the app that has led to illustrate the changes via this article.
The app is now rebranded as "Voice 4 Whatsapp Line Viber" and has been overhauled to not only deliver notifications from Whatsapp but also from various other apps like Viber, Gmail, Line, Spotbros, etc. The app now also supports for Sony's Smartwatch. The app automatically recognizes any notification from any new app and also prompts you for permission to start giving voice notifications for that certain app.
This app uses Android's Accessibility features to deliver the service. When you install the app you will be asked to enable it in the Accessibility menu. Once you activate it from the accessibility menu the app will be armed with the necessary permissions to give you flawless delivery of notifications via Voice.
This app not only speaks out the notification but also lights up the screen so that the effort to unlock your screen is saved. However, if you have applied a lock code to the Lock screen then you still have to enter the password to unlock the screen. When a notification arrives the app reads it loud as well as runs this app where you can just touch the notification to launch the corresponding app.In order to enable/disable this service the app has a widget for quick access.
The app is free of cost and can be downloaded from Google Play Store.


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Creating Tomorrow: clean beauty, tweakment, or both?
Nov 25, 2019 | By Carla Buzasi
May 10, 2016
By Sara Radin
Each year at WGSN, we identify emerging cities on our radar through our Style Cities report.
For 2016, we dubbed Chicago as the fashion capital of the Midwest. While the main shopping area is located in and around Michigan Avenue, we were most drawn to the independent boutique scene in smaller, emerging neighbourhoods Wicker Park, Bucktown, Logan Square and Pilsen.
Here's a round up of the best boutiques in Chicago:
2008 North Damen Avenue / 1 872 802 4408
Neighbourhood: Bucktown
Curated by owner Catherine Becker, this concept shop focuses on Nordic and Japanese fashion and interior goods by emerging artists and designers.
2108 North Damen Avenue / 1 773 278 6150
Neighbourhood: Bucktown
Robin Richman stocks minimalist, one of a kind pieces by under the radar designers from all over the world.
2627 North Kedzie Avenue / 1 312 852 6012
Neighbourhood: Logan Square
While this high-end menswear and lifestyle shop sells well-known labels including Common Projects, Engineered Garments and Stone Island, it still has a unique point of view.
1152 West 18th Street
Neighbourhood: Pilsen
Stop into Verdant Matter for some affordable plants as well as delightful ceramics, home goods and accessories.
1346 West 18th Street / 1 312 929 2441
Neighbourhood: Pilsen
Very Best Vintage quite literally carries some of Chicago's very best vintage; here you will find women's apparel, footwear and accessories dating back to the 1950s up to the 1990s.
1323 N Milwaukee Avenue / 1 773 252 6996
Neighbourhood: Wicker Park
Kokorokoko's store space is as colourful as the trend-centric and iconic '80s and '90s merchandise it carries.
1913 West Division Street / 1 773 395 2351
Neighourhood: Wicker Park
Penelope's is Chicago's go-to boutique for small European brands. Owned by a husband and wife duo, the store stocks quality garments with a focus on comfortable yet elevated style.
1250 N Milwaukee Avenue / 1 773 227 7743
Neighbourhood: Wicker Park
Shop an elevated selection of sneakers including limited edition exclusives.
1528 N Milwaukee Avenue / 1 773 276 7002
Neighbourhood: Wicker Park
This hip boutique carries contemporary brands as well as vintage clothing ideal for young men and juniors. Be sure to catch the sale room on the second floor and the vintage merchandise in the basement.
1911 West Division Street / 1 773 227 3180
Neighbourhood: Wicker Park
Here you will find rare, modern home goods and gifts you won't find at larger commercial stores.
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Cropped Gym Leggings - New Look (Here)
Roshe Run Trainers - Nike (Here)
There's nothing better than stylish work out wear, I am positive it's part of the fun of being active and can in fact make you go harder. I've wanted this Wildfox top forever as you can totally wear it both ways... I've seen people pair it with an actual outfit and look super sassy so I am definitely all about that because it is comfy as hell and one of the rare tops that has clung to my skin and fit perfectly. This week I haven't had much time to get in my proper work outs but that has been improvised with how active I've been in London walking around for hours and back and forth to events. On that note, I am literally dying for my Samsung NX mini to come in the post since I smashed my current one a few weeks ago and I really need an on-the-go cam for little snaps which I'm missing out on at the moment due to it being too much hastle to lug around my huge canon all the time. I've never even tested one of these in real life so it was a bit of a gamble buy but what I've read looks great, have any of you experienced one? let me know if it was a good purchase.
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Album Title: Push
By: Traeben
Label: Jarr Records
Released: 2012
Solid example of how modern jazz can be moody, yet full of life. Satisfying carousel of motion, with each member taking a moment in the spotlight. Nice addition to the AAJ dotd.
The Dutch/Danish Quartet Traeben is out with their 2nd album Push. "Top Dog" is the powerful opener, where you get straight into the wonderful interplay of this young fresh quartet. Personnel: Jens Larsen: guitar; Søren Ballegaard: tenor saxophone; Olaf Meijer: bass; Haye Jellema: drums.
Top Dog; Try to Remember; God Makes Backups; Can You?; Catatraffic; All It Needs; We'll Let You Know; Simple Things; Nothing Or Nothing At All; Mi Hijo.
Jens Larsen: guitar; Søren Ballegaard: tenor saxophone; Olaf Meijer: bass; Haye Jellema: drums.
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As a writer, I try to increase and diversify my vocabulary. I own several dictionaries and one massive thesaurus (The Synonym Finder: JI Rodale). These books, of course, are extremely helpful, and I couldn't live without them, but there are times when I wish I was familiar with the more obscure words of the English language.
I subscribe to a couple of newsletters that email me a word every week: A Word A Day, and Dictionary.com. The problem is, I'll read the email with its definition, etymology, and usage, and then promptly forget the word altogether. I need something that will help it stick in my brain, so that when I reach for that perfect word, I can find it.
So I thought I might offer a weekly word here on the blog that may not be too familiar and try to use it in a sentence or two, to help cement it in my brain. Readers are encouraged to come up with their own examples and share it here.
I came across this word on Dictionary.com and thought it interesting:
Tenebrific: adjective; producing darkness.
Here are my sentences:
- The tenebrific oil slick crept across the bay like an evil sea creature.
- The UFO cast its tenebrific shadow across the city, poised to strike.
- The eclipse mesmerized us with tenebrific eeriness.
I could also use these as writing prompts, as first lines.
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We are our own builder, which allows us to fully control the quality, efficiency and efficacy with which we can put our thoughts into action, realize our vision, and deliver enhanced quality to our homeowners. Every home is a true testament to our philosophy.
Five distinct architectural expressions, with exterior facades featuring multiple brick colours, patterns and metal panel cladding with wood grain finish inspired by the unique mixture of buildings along Main Street.
Spa-like bathrooms are tranquil and functional, including a contemporary soaker tub and generous vanity with single piece sink and vanity top, streamlined polished chrome European fixtures and showers featuring full pane rolling glass doors.
The views from our collection of studio, one, and two bedrooms homes within the spectacular 21-storey flatiron tower offer the luxury of panoramic vistas in all directions.
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The War America Can't Win
In this country, we are locked in war we simply cannot win. We strive to protect over 10,000 miles of border, against enemies who are driven by the lure of an obscene profit. We have fought this a version of this war before, and we lost that one. All that has really resulted from this war is the overcrowding of prisons, the expansion of law enforcements ability to encroach on the personal lives of ordinary citizens, and paranoia and distrust. If its not obvious already, I am referring to the war on drugs.
As time goes on, it becomes more and more evident that the war on drugs is as useless as prohibition was almost 80 years ago. Now it has become a point of pride for our elected officials, who use the war as a reelection tool. To study this problem, I visited government web pages for statistics and facts dealing with the war, and was surprised what I found.
To most people the fiscal reasons for ending the war are the most convincing. For example, it costs over $30,000 per year to house a prisoner - this does not include processing and legal fees, only the actual prison costs - food, water, electricity and guards. There are over 1.5 million non-violent drug law offenders in prison right now, and this number is increasing daily. That means we are spending a minimum of $45 billion per year keeping former tax-paying citizens, most of whom had jobs and were contributing to the economy in some way, locked up with murderers and rapists. When these people get out of jail, they will have criminal records, which will make it nearly impossible to get a decent job, and a grudge against the government and society in...


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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
~~~Emily Dickinson A-Poem-A-Day~~~"There is a morn by men unseen -" 24/1775
"There is a morn by men unseen -"
"There is a morn by men unseen -
Whose maids opon remoter green
Keep their seraphic May -
And all day long, with dance and game,
And gambo! I may never name -
Employ their holiday.
Here to light measure, move the feet
Which walk no more the village street -
Nor by the wood are found -
Here are the birds that sought the sun
When last year's distaff idle hung
And summer's brows were bound.
Ne'er saw I such a wondrous scene -
Ne'er such a ring on such a green -
Nor so serene array -
As if the stars some summer night
Should swing their cups of Chrysolite -
And revel till the day -
Like thee to dance - like thee to sing -
People opon that mystic green -
I ask, each new May morn.
I wait thy far - fantastic bells -
Announcing me in other dells -
Unto the different dawn!
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There is a morn by men unseen —
Whose maids upon remoter green
Keep their Seraphic May —
And all day long, with dance and game,
And gambol I may never name —
Employ their holiday.
Here to light measure, move the feet
Which walk no more the village street —
Nor by the wood are found —
Here are the birds that sought the sun
When last year's distaff idle hung
And summer's brows were bound.
Ne'er saw I such a wondrous scene —
Ne'er such a ring on such a green —
Nor so serene array —
As if the stars some summer night
Should swing their cups of Chrysolite —
And revel till the day —
Like thee to dance — like thee to sing —
People upon the mystic green —
I ask, each new May Morn.
I wait thy far, fantastic bells —
Unto the different dawn!"
Poem by Emily Dickinson
Wow! Emily is in very ecryptic today! Lots of mystery here to unravel! Many words not in common usage must be defined. This will take some time!
"There is a morn by men unseen -
Whose maids opon remoter green
Keep their seraphic May -
And all day long, with dance and game
And gambo! I may never name -
Employ their holiday."
Emily's imagination is rampant in this poem. Setting up a fantasy world which is "unseen" by men in a "morn" unknown. There are "maids" there, women working but who are on a "holiday" in "seraphic" or angelic "May". All day long they "dance" and "game" and "gambo". After trying diligently to research the word "gambo" I am stuck (again!). Gambo has multiple references. Gambo could refer to a place in Newfoundland (this I doubt was Emily's intent for this word) or lately, and I have not found a reference for "gambo" during Emily's time. In contemporary times a "gambo" was found in the sea. It is a cryptozoological being, a sea monster that looks like a combination alligator and dolphin. How would that happen? Here is the wikipedia reference'
"The carcass of the Gambo was reported to have been discovered by 15-year-old Owen Burnham and his family on the morning of June 12, 1983. Owen, a wildlife enthusiast, decided to take measurements and then make sketches". (wikipedia 'gambo').
Unlikely this would be Emily's source for this word. Maybe Emily was making merry and in gest, in her usual lively way with words, a gambol could be a homonymn for "gamble". So there was gambling happening at this "fete". I think, recently we had an Emily poem on Gambling. (not the Vegas icon). So Emily is a gambler, eh? Maybe? What else can one do in those stuffy Victorian parlours but play abit of poker? Emily IS game!
"Here to light measure, move the feet
Which walk no more the village street -
Nor by the wood are found -
Here are the birds that sought the sun
When last year's distaff idle hung
And summer's brows were bound."
This above stanza is quite vexing as well with a little bit of pre-feminist angst thrown in for measure by Ms Emily. Here Emily is saying that "light" will be the measure, like heavenly light in this far away place of seraphim (Emily has used seraphim reference in a previous poem). So no longer in the "village" (Emily referred to the "village" in a poem with the Bargemen. Emily's fantastic belief in this village with waiting angels like on the shore of Hades waiting for a boatride to the farshare almost a combination of ancient Greek myth and Christian belief systems.) Emily's birds play a part in this poem too, and the "distaff" is "idle hung". I didn't know what a "distaff" was either as it is not in common usage today. A distaff is;
"As a noun, a distaff (also called a rock[1]) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber. Fiber is wrapped around the distaff, and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string. The word comes from dis in Low German, meaning a bunch of flax, connected with staff. As an adjective the term distaff is used to describe the female side of a family."
a tool used to make wool into fabric, for spinning. However, there is a slang term for "distaff" that may be more on the bias for Emily. A "distaff" "is used to describe the female side of a family". How unusual! Unique Victorian dictums and idioms! How wide open can my eyes get today. There were slang secret codes! Maybe due to the fear of being "upfront" and "in the face" which was definitely NOT appreciated by strict Victorian standards. Emily may be poking fun at her "old maid" status here as it probably was the "talk of the town". Being that her father had such a prominent position in Amherst, MA, her own grandfather having started the college. Tongues must have been "a wagging" so Emily, undoubtledly capitalized on her own plight of the unwedded daughter. Maybe a slight poke at the way women were treated; for posterity; that someday, someone like me would come along and figure out her deepest heart-felt secrets kept hidden in her top drawer where she must have kept her bloomers!
"Ne'er saw I such a wondrous scene -
Ne'er such a ring on such a green -
Nor so serene array -
As if the stars some summer night
Should swing their cups of Chrysolite -
And revel till the day -"
Emily continues in the above stanza to revel in the "wondrous scene" to be ensconced with resounding merriment. The use of the old English "Ne'er" is amazing, repeated almost three times and then the "homonymn-type" "Nor" so close to "Ne'er". So never three times in chorus-like song rendering, giving a feeling of a medieval fair, like Camelot. So there was peace there in the merriment too "serene". I love the next lines "As if the stars some summer night Should swing their cups of Chrysollite and revel till the day". The stars would get drunk? Emily!!!
I love the word Chrysolite. Let's look that up!
"It is also called chrysolite, from the Greek words for gold and stone. Some of the finest gem-quality olivine has been obtained from a body of mantle rocks." (Wiki)
The mineral olivine (when gem-quality also called peridot) is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4. It is one of the most common minerals on Earth, and has also been identified in meteorites[4], the Moon, Mars[5], in the dust of comet Wild 2, and within the core of comet Tempel 1[6].
The ratio of magnesium and iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember) and fayalite (Fe-endmember). Compositions of olivine are commonly expressed as molar percentages of forsterite (Fo) and fayalite (Fa) (e.g., Fo70Fa30). Forsterite has an unusually high melting temperature at atmospheric pressure, almost 1900 °C, but the melting temperature of fayalite is much lower (about 1200 °C). The melting temperature varies smoothly between the two endmembers, as do other properties. Olivine incorporates only minor amounts of elements other than oxygen, silicon, magnesium, and iron. Manganese and nickel commonly are the additional elements present in highest concentrations.
Olivine gives its name to the group of minerals with a related structure (the olivine group) which includes tephroite (Mn2SiO4), monticellite (CaMgSiO4), and kirschsteinite (CaFeSiO4)". Wiki Olivine
Chrysolite is either one of two kinds of crystals either Olivine or Chrysoberyl. Chrysolite is actually the crystal Peridot. It has polymorphous qualities, is mainly magnesium and oxygen bonded. Not a mineralist, but I am sure Emily has found an interest in gemology. Peridot is the birthstone of August babies so I think maybe Emily has some interest in showing the stones of summer. Nonetheless Emily is creating a magic world of crystals here. And this is before Crystals were used as healing stones, although they may have been for centuries. Did Emily know this? Emily???
"Like thee to dance - like thee to sing -
People opon that mystic green -
I ask, each new May morn.
I wait thy far - fantastic bells -
Announcing me in other dells -
Unto the different dawn!"
Emily's vivid imagination is in full regalia in this poem. Emily's spirit is clearly viewed from the fantasy world she creates. The "mystic green" really emphasizing her magic kingdom to come and also alludes the peridot stone which has quite an interesting history being related to comets, Greek mythology, and from New Zealand where Lord of The Rings was filmed. It is pure magic that Emily has conjured in this poem. It was intentional reprieve for her state of mind in the last poem was vexing with those codger Robins betraying her. So in this poem Emily is imagining a world of comfort and fantasy to hide from the everyday world which may have been too "real" for her. Emily I believe, inhabits these her fantasy world, with their own speech and ways of seeing into these "otherworldlies". Amazing. Poor Emily having to create these fantasy worlds because hers was not with "bells" and "dells" and much revellery as would be a marriage feast. Did she think of herself like a nun or too spiritually "pure" for any brutish man with their cunning and "fly away" approach to her? Emily must have kept her sanity in the anti-feminist era by creating a rich fantasy life. Good for her!
Chiccoreal's Channel of Today's Poem brought to you by Dow Jones Chemical Peridots
Peridot Gazing
Seeing worlds
Green and New
Shining and Gleaming
Teaming with Happiness
and Good Times
Emily You are Right there Now
Looking Down from Your cloud
High above the Ne'er Heavens
As you drink from the Peridot
Goblet of Immortality
You find yourself
Caught in the Frivolity
Forever and Ever
This is my wish for you
Dear Emily!
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The word polymorphous is an amazing word with many connotations, whether it be chemistry or psychology or Life Sciences, etc. And I think this word may shed light on the way there is more than one way to see the world or to be; it is a phenomena which makes one ponder this world and all that is in it on a deeper level. Something Emily was wont to do. Also, all Emily poetry is from Wikisource.org. Thank-you!ReplyDelete
polymorphous [ˌpɒlɪˈmɔːfəs], polymorphic
1. having, taking, or passing through many different forms or stages
2. (Chemistry) (of a substance) exhibiting polymorphism
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of an animal or plant) displaying or undergoing polymorphism
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj. 1. polymorphous - relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization"
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
2. polymorphous - relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species"
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
3. polymorphous - having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god"
multiform - occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; "the multiform universe of nature and man"- John Dewey
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I can't believe there are only 5 days left until Christmas! I am getting the family ready for a trip to Pennsylvania to see my Pop (my father-in-law) for the holidays. Since the weather in NC has been falling between 50 and 60 degrees the last couple of days, I am trying to wrap my head around the fact that it is going to be significantly colder and that there will most likely be snow on the ground. But mostly, I am trying to figure out what to wear!!!! I will probably go with my go to cold weather boots and jeans paired with some type of top and covered with my heavy brown coat (that makes me look like a bear) and scarf. Not very glamorous, but I will be warm!!!
Although I love the Christmas holidays and everything that they mean, Winter is definitely my least favorite season and I cannot wait to get back into Spring/Summer/Fall! Especially fall. I love the crispness in the air and the beauty of the changing leaves and seeing boots and jackets and rich colors like teal, mustard, orange, red, brown, and plum making their way back out onto the retail floors. With fall on my mind, I was doing my daily perusing and found myself at Style.com
drooling daydreaming about the Perfection that is Rachel Zoe's Pre-Fall 2012 Collection. It is EVERYTHING!
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It's Wednesday, the day when we talk marriage! I introduce a topic, and then you follow up either by commenting or by writing your own post and then linking up!
This Wifey Wednesday post is reprinted from 2009.
Photo by Rev Stan
Many of you would kill for flowers.
You can't figure out why he can always remember the oil change and when the game is on but he can't remember to pick up flowers every now and then.
When we were first married, Keith used to buy me chocolate truffles. I love chocolate truffles. Especially in the bath.
But then one day he started buying me flowers. In fact, he vowed, without telling me, that he would buy me flowers every two weeks for six months.
And he did. They started coming like clockwork. He was expecting me to be ecstatic. Romantic. Enthusiastic.
Instead I began to seethe.
And the more flowers came, the more upset I became.
You see, about the time Keith made his pledge to buy me flowers I realized that I had gained ten pounds. I don't know how I did it; it just appeared one day. And I was very sensitive to it.
So when he started bringing me flowers, all I could think was, "He thinks I'm fat so now he won't bring me chocolate."
Pretty stupid, eh?
Fast forward to last week. I was away speaking for a few nights, and the night before I left I was rather distracted. So we didn't–you know.
Then I came home at midnight. So we didn't–you know.
The next night I know he was hoping for it. And normally it would have happened! I like it, too, after all.
But I was tired and grumpy. So we didn't. And neither of us slept well.
The night after that I threw myself into it, we had a good time, and all was well.
The next day he brought me flowers.
Sex flowers.
And I thought, why do I get flowers on the days after we make love, and not on the days after we don't?
And I started to get angry again.
After I had come back to earth and realized that men are not actually women, I figured out what the issue was.
Keith is a guy. Guys don't think that deeply. Here is what was going through Keith's head:
"I love my wife. I think I'll buy her flowers."
Isn't that sweet?
Of course, as a woman, this is what I assume is going through his head:
"She made love to me, so she needs to be rewarded. I need to withhold romance and affection when she doesn't perform, and only give it to her when she does, so that she starts acting the way I want her to."
That's not it at all.
Here's the truth: women have this hormone called oxytocin. It's the bonding hormone. It's present when we make love; when we nurse our babies; and lots of other times. It's what makes us affectionate and cuddly.
The only time men have the hormone is after they make love. So they feel really close to us. They feel cuddly. They feel like women!
That's why men are so lovey-duvy the next day. It's not to be manipulative. It's because they honestly feel close to us and affectionate.
Isn't it great the next day after you make love, how he looks after the kids, and hugs you, and even does housework? It's because he feels affirmed as a man. He feels powerful. He feels loving.
I think we women need to stop seeing ulterior motives behind everything our men do and just be grateful when they are affectionate and loving. Isn't that what we've been wanting, anyway?
And realize that this is the way marriage works. When you meet his needs, he starts to meet yours. It's a give and take. But if you're waiting for him to be all affectionate and to be romantic before you make love, it may never happen.
So are you going to wait? Or are you going to do something about it?


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Book Review
By John Helm, ArchitectHelm & Melacini Architects
Jonathan Pickup is an architect who has been teaching the use of Vectorworks and writing manuals for users since 1992. He calls himself the Vectorworks guru and rightly so. This, his latest book or manual is a step by step tutorial on how to use Vectorworks Architect, which is the architects version of the program.
Physically it is spiral bound, at a size of one half of an A4 page, printed on both sides. There are 246 pages. The choice of spiral binding makes it easy to handle while going through the tutorial. The page size is convenient however it does make the screen captures of which there many a bit hard to read. In side there are 14 chapters that begin with the most basic on how to set up a file and then take you through a more or less complete architectural project. Also included is a disk containing a pdf file of the book and videos which can be opened while reading through the tutorial. The videos actually repeat everything you would be doing while working through the tutorials.
I have been using the program for many years so I think I already know everything about it. But of course with a complex program like Vectorworks we all know that is impossible. I imagine Jonathan would say the same about himself. Anyway in order to do an honest report I decided to go through some of the tutorials myself. I started on page one and went through the complete site model section.
Yes I have to admit that I did learn a thing or two. I've never had a good grasp of making 3D site models and the manual showed me how to do it quick and pretty easy. I guess an old dog can learn new tricks, which is a reason even experienced users can benefit from this.
There is a previous book "Vectorworks Essentials" which we are also in the process of reviewing that attacks the learning process at a more fundamental level. Jonathan recommends that one with little or no CAD experience start with that one. But for anyone with some knowledge the architect version stands alone. So what is his approach.
His approach is really step by step.
There is no guessing about what to do next. The reader or more accurately student is not really expected to know anything about a CAD program or Vectorworks.
Screen capture from the pdf, he shows the easy way to create a 3D site model.
The expectation is that by going through the entire manual the student will arrive at a level of competency which will allow him or her to be productive in the office within a learning period of at most two weeks. So what we really have here is a CAD teacher in a book. The book can be used for the individual practitioner to learn the program and it can be the office tutorial for any new hires. Considering the cost of a principal's or project architect's time the idea that he or she can just sit the new hire down in front of a computer and leave her alone while she learns the program makes the purchase a no brainer.
If I have anything to criticize it might be the lack of reasons why. That is in some cases the student is just told do something and not told why it is done that way rather than another. But you can't do everything within a logical context and the student once using the program on a daily basis will see the wisdom in Jonathan's methods. I also found it hard to read the settings in screen captures. So I opened up the pdf which eliminated the problem. Just keep it open while working through the manual and you will also have quick access to the videos which show him doing what you should be doing.
One should also realize that this is not really a manual. It's a tutorial, a teacher; it's not a book to look in the index for a particular topic on Vectorworks. There is no index. The Vectorworks software help files serve that purpose.
This tutorial should have its place in just about every architect's office that uses Vectorworks software, simply because it is the easiest way for new hires to learn the program and old pros to learn better ways to use the software.
Pros:Makes learning Vectorworks Architect easy.
Easy to follow and clear step by step instructions.
No guess work in following the lessons.
Includes screen captures of every step, plus pdf version of the manual and videos.
Cons:Screen captures of dialog boxes hard to read.
Not always an explanation of why things are done a certain way.
No index – not a reference manual.


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Final Thoughts
Getting a loan is a big deal, so you don't want to borrow any amount of money without thinking everything through. These tips can help you borrow the cash you need to buy a new house, car, or anything else without any regret. Most of the loan mistakes people make can easily be avoided by keeping these things in mind. Remember to never allow yourself to be pressured by any lender. You have numerous options that you should explore before making a decision on a certain person to borrow from.


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By Bud Grimes
If you stand atop Fish Gap Hill in Obion County, Tennessee, a peaceful scene spreads before you. The floodplain sprawls westward toward the Mississippi River, and Reelfoot Lake rests placidly among acres of southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee farmland. But beneath the surface lies the potential to change all that.
A series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812 formed Reelfoot Lake and arranged the landscape as we see it today. Could it happen again? Experts agree it's not so much a question of if it will happen as when.
Preparedness will largely determine how the region fares in a quake's aftermath, says Dr. Stan Dunagan, a UT Martin earthquake authority. Dunagan (Martin '93, Knoxville '98) sometimes takes students to Fish Gap Hill. There he can do more than teach them about earthquakes; he can show them where portions of the bluff gave way under the rolling force of the long ago quakes. Back in his geology classroom, he uses a simple illustration to explain a complex set of actions that lead to earthquakes. It's like bending a pencil, he says: apply force and the pencil bends. Apply enough force and it will crack.
"Rocks act that way when enough force is placed on them. Just like that pencil will break, the rocks will eventually break," he says. "And when rocks break, they release energy. That release of energy is an earthquake."
Quakes occur all the time, whether people feel them or not, Dunagan says. In fact, the New Madrid Seismic Zone, which includes West Tennessee, has the greatest amount of seismic activity and the greatest potential for large quakes in the eastern United States. "Interestingly, East Tennessee is second [the East Tennessee Seismic Zone]," he says. "They don't have big earthquakes, but they have lots of very small ones, magnitude typically less than 2.0. There are lots of faults in East Tennessee." The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, http://www.usgs.gov) recorded 25 earthquakes from March to July 2008 in East Tennessee, a fact that may surprise a lot of people, Dunagan says. Middle Tennessee stands on firmer footing. Based on history and available geologic information, that area is the least likely of the Volunteer State's three grand divisions to experience a disastrous quake.
West Tennessee, more than any area of the state, faces significant consequences from a large-magnitude temblor. "Geologists view the New Madrid Seismic Zone as one that's low probability but high consequences," Dunagan says. "In other words, if there is an earthquake, there's a chance it could be a big one."
USGS and the University of Memphis maintain the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the Memphis campus. The center says the probability of an earthquake measuring 7.7, which is comparable to the 1811–12 quakes that formed Reelfoot Lake, occurring over the next 50 years is 7 to 10 percent.
As for the location of greatest damage if such a quake occurs, Dunagan says, "It depends." He sketches the shape of the New Madrid Seismic Zone as a crooked S that begins in the Missouri Bootheel and Western Kentucky and winds south to Memphis. The scope of damage would be determined by where the earthquake occurred along the fault, he says. "It's certainly possible that it would occur along faults that we already have identified, but there may be additional faults that we're not aware of that it could occur along.
"Memphis is a major concern, because it's the largest city in this area and because of the important transportation routes that run through it." Dunagan says Memphis Light, Gas, and Water—in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Army Corps of Engineers, and University of Memphis researchers—recently performed surveys along the Mississippi River to locate faults and assess the seismic potential.
But people in major seismic zones aren't the only ones who should be concerned about major earthquakes. "If there's a large earthquake, most of West Tennessee will have significant damage," he says. "There's lots of soft sandy sediment beneath us. That blesses us with high-quality water resources, but in terms of earthquakes, that's not where you want to be."
The important work of monitoring seismic activity is largely coordinated through USGS and several consortiums. UT Martin, which has a seismic station, is part of a network that includes St. Louis University and the University of Memphis center. Another project called EarthScope uses hundreds of GPS and seismic devices across the country to better understand the earth's structure in a way that might help identify the potential for earthquake hazards. EarthScope plans to move portable instruments into West Tennessee in 2011 and into the rest of the state the following year, Dunagan says.
Predicting and preparing for earthquakes may be the last thing on your mind as you take in the scenery from atop Fish Gap Hill. But this panoramic view of Reelfoot Lake exists only because of what happened when the earth shook in the early 1800s. Stan Dunagan's advice offers a sobering reminder to be prepared when the earth shakes again.
Be Prepared
While history might help identify a pattern that could predict a major quake, Dr. Stan Dunagan advises "not to get bogged down" with such details. "There will be an earthquake one day, and the question is are you prepared when it happens? There are lots of things you can do to get prepared and to mitigate potential losses, whether it's injuries, loss of life, or property losses."
Preparing for an earthquake is similar to preparing for other natural disasters such as floods or tornadoes, he says.
- Have a family emergency plan and a communications plan. Practice "drop, cover, and hold on," identify a safe place in every room of your home (under a sturdy piece of furniture, against an inside wall), and choose an out-of-town family contact.
- Stockpile supplies such as food, water, and medication. Have a battery-powered flashlight and radio and extra batteries.
- Know how to turn off utilities.
- Consider earthquake insurance.
- Secure appliances, bookshelves, and large furniture. "Most injuries are not due to shaking. Most injuries are due to things hitting people and falling on people in an earthquake," Dunagan says. "Everyone can take an L-bracket and screw it to a piece of furniture and back into the wall." Gas appliances also should be secured.
If you're building a new home, you might consider some steps Dunagan and his family took when they built their house near Paris, Tennessee. He had corner bracing added when the house was being framed, as well as some additional horizontal blocking and bracing. He also had the top wooden structure bolted to the basement in multiple places. "The last thing you want, if you have some serious shaking, is one part of your house go one way and the other go the other direction. And if it's not firmly tied on, that will certainly occur," he says.


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Being a wordsmith by profession, I perhaps notice this more than I should. But it seems to me that there's a lot of lazy writing and cliché that surrounds the issue of overweight and obesity in the press.
To start with, there's the fashionable catch-all term – the obese – that apparently offensive group of people who have had the audacity to over-indulge and now make disproportionate use of free health services and take up too much room on trains and aeroplanes. The default position of the media fat-haters is indignation: How dare the obese eat so greedily, and lean so heavily on services paid for by our taxes, and inconvenience us so intrusively with their overflowing flesh?
That's the obese… but then, there's the morbidly obese – an even more loathsome lump of offending flesh; those of us so apparently devoid of the capacity for self-regulation that we're actually killing ourselves.
There are other lazy clichés adopted by the media too. Who hasn't read those stories about overeaters stuffing themselves with food, piling on the pounds, or ballooning to a hefty weight?
The effect of this lazy writing is to depersonalise the enormous (pardon the pun) and diverse population of individuals whose size is above the ideal range, turning them into a single amorphous blob of uncontrolled indulgence; a blob on which it is apparently now acceptable to pour scorn and derision.
But… people whose weight exceeds what society deems a 'normal' range are not a clutch of cholesterol-laden clones.
We may chuckle when we get together, about our inability to eat just one chocolate, or our fondness for a takeaway, but we're all different. Not every fat person loves McDonalds and KFC; we don't all pig-out, lonely and friendless, in front of the TV every night; we don't all pass the time shovelling our faces full of donuts – in fact most of us don't do anything remotely like that. We don't all sit on our ample arses all day long; we don't all get puffed out climbing the stairs. Some of us even like salad!
We're individuals, with a multitude of different issues, challenges and histories; a variety of health concerns – or none at all; a spectrum of self-awareness and psychology; a diversity of shapes and sizes, ages and genders, ethnicities, social backgrounds, educational accomplishments, intellects and achievements.
Like many, many people – possibly every single person in the entire world – we have let one aspect of our life run some way beyond acceptable boundaries.
Some people smoke, others drink to excess. Some gamble their wages away, others take chances with anonymous sexual partners. Some didn't apply themselves at school, others never go to the dentist. Some can't get through a day without a few puffs of weed, others can't get through an evening without a few glasses of red. Some go crazy when separated from their mobile phones, others can't separate themselves from their virtual realities. Some people can't throw anything away, others need their CDs in alphabetical order and their pencils all lined up.
We all have challenges, weaknesses, shortcomings and areas of our lives where we're not at our very best. For those wearing weight above what society deems 'normal' – a part of that will have something to do with food.
That is it. The end.


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Q: My family of four is fast outgrowing our two bedroom semi and with the recent news that another baby is on the way it's definitely time to upgrade to a larger home. I'm just not sure what the best order to do things is. Should we sell or buy first, and what are the implications of each?
A: First off, congratulations on the news that you're expecting another little one into the family. That's wonderful to hear.
I believe it is a lot riskier to buy before you sell and generally I wouldn't advise this option. But many people do.
There are different, and important, pros and cons to each and proper research and planning in advance can help you avoid some stress and financial pressure. Here are some pros and cons to consider when deciding whether to buy or sell first and what will be best for your family.
Sell first
Often considered the 'safer' approach and generally more sensible in a buyer's market, selling first has a lot of advantages, including:
- Knowing what your current home has sold for means you will know exactly what your budget is for the new home;
- Removing the pressure to sell and possibly accept a lower offer on your current home if you have already bought and want a guaranteed sale;
- Saving you money because you won't need to pay off two loans at once;
- Not needing bridging or other finance to help you buy before you've sold; and
- Setting a settlement date to guide your next purchase (which you might be able to negotiate for a longer period to give you more time to find your next home).
On the flip side, some disadvantages of selling before you buy could include:
- Once you've sold you are out of the property market and it can be harder to get in than it was to get out;
- If the market is on the way up, property prices can rise in the time it takes for you to find your next home which could price you out or mean you've lost potential bonus capital on your previous home;
- You might be left without a new home when settlement comes around, so you'll need to find somewhere for the interim and move twice, doubling your moving costs; and
- If you are looking for something very specific in your next home it might be hard to find or you could feel pressured to buy something that isn't quite right.
Buy first
Committing yourself to a new home before selling your current one is risky, though it may be more often done in a seller's market when it 'should' be easier to sell than buy.
The advantages of buying first can include:
- Taking all the time you need to find and buy the perfect next home for your family;
- If the property market is on the way up, you could get more for your money by buying earlier and make more money by selling later; and
- Having a new home to move into removes the risk of having to move twice if you sell first which would be much easier with a young family in the mix;
Possible disadvantages to buying before selling include:
- Running the risk of overcommitting on the purchase price of your new home because you don't know how much your current home sells for;
- Needing bridging finance, a deposit bond or to make other changes to your finances so you can afford to buy before you have the funds from your sale – which may be OK in the short term but can add up to a lot of money if it takes longer than anticipated to sell your other home; and
- Buyers may try to take advantage of your need to sell by offering a lower price which you might feel pressure to accept!
I recommend you speak with some local real estate agents in areas you live and want to buy in, to help you get an understanding of the property markets. If they are the same area, then that's even easier. Our free Property Discounting Report will also help to give you an idea of where Australia's buyer's and seller's markets are.
It's also important to know what your home finances can withstand, and if it's even possible for you to financially manage to buy before you sell. An accredited mortgage broker can help you do the sums, which might make your decision much easier.
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IN the last two weeks, my colleagues at The Times's data-driven project, The Upshot, have offered two ways of looking at the most important cleavage in America — the divide, cultural and economic, between the college educated and the struggling working class.
The first article, by Claire Cain Miller, discussed the striking decline in divorce rates among well-educated Americans, whose families seem to have adapted relatively successfully to the sexual revolution and the postindustrial economy.
The second, by Binyamin Appelbaum, looked at the decline of work itself among less-educated men, and the forces driving this decline: low wages and weak job growth, the availability of safety-net income, the burden of criminal records, and the fraying of paternal and marital bonds.
Appelbaum's piece is a great jumping-off point for arguments about how policy might improve the fortunes of the unemployed and the working class. But the two articles read together also raise a crucial cultural question: To what extent can the greater stability of upper-class family life, and the habits that have made it possible, be successfully imitated further down the socioeconomic ladder?
Many optimistic liberals believe not only that such imitation is possible, but that what needs to be imitated most are the most socially progressive elements of the new upper class's way of life: delayed marriage preceded by romantic experimentation, more-interchangeable roles for men and women in breadwinning and child rearing, a more emotionally open and egalitarian approach to marriage and parenting.
The core idea here is that working-class men, in particular, need to let go of a particular image of masculinity — the silent, disciplined provider, the churchgoing paterfamilias — that no longer suits the times. Instead, they need to become more comfortable as part-time homemakers, as emotionally available soul mates, and they need to raise their children to be more adaptive and expressive, to prepare them for a knowledge-based, constantly-in-flux economy.
Like most powerful ideas, this argument is founded on real truths. For Americans of every social class, the future of marriage will be more egalitarian, with more shared burdens and blurrier divisions of labor, or it will not be at all. And the broad patterns of upper-class family life do prepare children for knowledge-based work in ways that working-class family life does not.
But the idea that progressive attitudes can save working-class marriages also has some real problems. First, it underestimates the effective social conservatism of the upper-class model of family life — the resilience of traditional gender roles in work and child rearing, the continued role of religion in stabilizing well-educated family life, and the conservative messages encoded even in the most progressive education.
Notwithstanding their more egalitarian attitudes, for instance, college-educated households still tend to have male primary breadwinners: As the University of Virginia's Brad Wilcox points out, college-educated husbands and fathers earn about 70 percent of their family's income on average, about the same percentage as working-class married couples.
The college-educated are also now more likely to attend church than other Americans, and are much less likely to cohabit before marriage than couples without a high school degree. And despite a rhetorical emphasis on Emersonian self-reliance, children reared and educated in the American meritocracy arguably learn a different sort of lesson — the hypersupervised caution of what my colleague David Brooks once dubbed "the organization kid."
Meanwhile, as cohabitation and churchgoing trends suggest, many working-class Americans — men very much included — have gone further in embracing progressive models of identity and behavior than many realize, and reaped relatively little reward for that embrace.
Near the end of "Labor's Love Lost," his illuminating new book on the decline of the working-class family, the Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherlin cites research suggesting that many working-class men, far from being trapped in an antique paradigm of "restricted emotional language," have actually thrown themselves into therapeutic, "spiritual but not religious" questing, substituting Oprah-esque self-help for more traditional forms of self-conceiving and belonging.
Cherlin, working from progressive premises, sees this as potentially good news: a sign that these men are getting over Gary Cooper and preparing to embrace the more egalitarian and emotionally open patterns of the upper class.
But given that this shift has coincided with lost ground for blue-collar men, another interpretation seems possible. We may have a culture in which the working class is encouraged to imitate what are sold as key upper-class values — sexual permissiveness and self-fashioning, spirituality and emotivism — when really the upper class is also held together by a kind of secret traditionalism, without whose binding power family life ends up coming apart even faster.
If so, it needs to be more widely acknowledged, and even preached, that what's worth imitating in upper-class family life isn't purely modern or progressive, but a complex synthesis of new and old.


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The Corner Hotel
One of Melbourne's great homes of music, the iconic Corner Hotel in Richmond is only a skip and a jump away from the city and very accessible from Richmond Train Station. The Corner has been a part of the Melbourne music scene since the 1940's; fast forward to today where some of the biggest DJ's and bands in the world still get butts moving on its dance floor. As well as pumping great music, the Corner's rooftop kitchen is better known for pumping out some decent pub grub to the Richmond local, but also those wanting a bite before a gig. The open rooftop area is substantially covered from the weather elements with more than enough tables and seating to please the crowds. We thought we would try the Corner Chilli Burger (Double) with two Ranger Valley wagyu beef patties, lettuce, onion, tomato, cheese, jalapenos, chipotle mayo and a serve of chips on the side.


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FLORENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBS) – Police in Burlington county are searching for two suspects after shots were fired during an attempted robbery at a liquor store.
On Aug. 17 around 6:30 p.m., the two men reportedly entered the Town Liquor at 2117 Route 130 South in Florence Township and demanded money from the cashier.
When the employee refused to comply, one of the suspects displayed a black handgun and pointed it in the direction of the store employee.
That employee then screamed for help and the suspect fired a round into the wall, causing a male employee who was in the back room to come to the front of the store.
At that time, the suspects fled on foot without taking any money. A pedestrian in the area reported a silver Chrysler 300 with a black bumper leaving the area at a high rate of speed.
The first suspect is described as a black male who was wearing gray denim pants, a black and gray horizontal striped hooded sweatshirt with front pocket, a black hat with gray brim, and white gloves. He is about 5'8"-5'10" tall with a thin build.
The second suspect is also a black male who was wearing black denim pants, a black hooded sweatshirt with the Philadelphia Flyers logo on the back and was carrying a red bag. He is approximately 5'10"-6'0" with a medium build.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
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Studebaker might have made the claim that they were "First By Far With a Postwar Car" in 1947, but they didn't offer very much that was innovative under their radical Virgil Exner-styled body. It was left to another independent builder, Hudson, to start a major trend towards longer, lower and wider cars in the following year that would persist well into the next decade. Aside from the obvious styling appeal, their "step-down" design provided a lower center of gravity that resulted in better handling than their competitors.
- L and R : Pages from a 1950 brochure and center, a magazine ad via The Old Car Manual Project.
The handsome 1950 convertible in our top photo today was posed at 3506 Main Street in Riverside and we can't think of many better ways to have enjoyed top down motoring in sunny southern California back then. You'll find many more pages of Hudson related material on The Old Motor. The Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club is an enthusiastic group dedicated to the preservation of those makes. Moore Motor Sales photo courtesy of Alden Jewell.


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Here you will find a savvy collection of the latest technology, kitchen accessories, and cool gadgets to tinker with. We strive to provide some of the coolest tech gadgets on the web all in one convenient location. From nifty camping gear to iPhone accessories there is just tech for just about anyone. Maybe a fidget cube for the kids or a q-tip crossbow for the kid at heart. We search all around the web including Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Thinkgeek, and Amazon for the latest trends in tech.
Wandering around your local mall probably isn't going to inspire any unique gift ideas. So sit down, put your feet up and get ready to be inspired. Our Incredible Gift Guide has a seemingly endless collection of unique gifts. Whether you're shopping for mom, dad, your best friend, or even someone you can't really stand, there are several gift ideas right here. No traffic. No lines. No fighting for the last item. Just unique gifts pulled from our daily presentation of the weird and wonderful. You're welcome..


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A 41-year-old man has been charged with exposing himself and indecent behaviour at Solitude Park in Banbridge on July 20 this year.
David Thompson, Millbank Crescent, Corbet, appeared last Thursday at Banbridge Magistrates Court.
He is charged with indecent behaviour at Solitude Park, disorderly behaviour and committing an act of a lewd, obscene and disgusting nature by exposing his person to a male.
A police officer said she was aware of the facts and circumstances of the case and believed she could connect the accused to the charges.
Thompson was released on his own bail of £250 with the conditions that he stays out of Solitude Park and is not to be under the influence of alcohol in a public place.


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America Could Send Another 170 M-1 Tanks to Islamic Sta — I Mean, Iraq
December 22, 2014 War Is Boring 0
America Could Send Another 170 M-1 Tanks to Islamic Sta — I Mean, Iraq
More fodder for Baghdad's beleaguered armored brigades
by DAVID AXE
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it wants to sell 170 M-1A1 main battle tanks plus tank-recovery vehicles, guns and ammo to Iraq for $2.4 billion.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency passed along the notification on Dec. 19. Congress will have to approve the deal before any weapons change hands.
The proposed sale is likely to be more controversial than most arms deals, which lawmakers usually swiftly approve in order for American manufacturers and their supporters to benefit financially.
That's because the United States has already sold 140 M-1s to Iraq—only for Iraqi troops to abandon many of the high-tech armored vehicles during fighting with Islamic State militants starting early this year.
As early as June, militants had damaged 28 of Iraq's M-1s. In five engagements, the Islamists managed to penetrate an Abram's armor with an anti-tank missile, according to Jane's, a military analysis firm.
The militants captured at least one M-1 more or less intact in Ramadi in October, as seen in the video below. There were unconfirmed reports that the militants also seized additional M-1s earlier in 2014.
The banner photo at top—provided by the Associated Press—depicts an Iraqi M-1 in Ramadi in February.
Now, it's highly unlikely Islamic State possesses the expertise to operate the computerized M-1. We can also assume the militants aren't holding any meaningful quantity of the JP-8 jet fuel that powers the sophisticated vehicle. Regardless, it certainly doesn't benefit Washington for militants to get their hands on American tanks.
Likewise, it's not totally clear that the Iraqis can make good use of the M-1s. "Iraq will use the M-1A1 Abrams tanks to facilitate progress towards increasing its ability to quickly mobilize and defend its border," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency stated.
In theory, yes. But in practice, Baghdad's army—like many Middle East militaries—tends to use tanks as crew-served weapons, assigning them in small numbers to static defensive positions.
Deployed like that, the tanks are surely confidence-inspiring to the infantry manning the positions, but in reality an unmoving tank is little better than a machine gun. Its bulk and poor visibility detract from its firepower.
Tanks are more effective in groups, moving quickly to punch holes in enemy defenses and rush through the gaps. The Iraqi army increasingly operates like a lightly-armed militia, rendering tanks progressively less useful in its slow, chaotic infantry assaults.
In any event, Congress will probably approve the sale, if for no other reason than to improve General Dynamics Land Systems' balance sheet. But don't expect the tanks to make much of a difference in the war on Islamic State.
And do expect some of the new vehicles to wind up as trophies in militants' propaganda videos.