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You know you're getting stronger when...
For me, it was playing Venom Bomb today and I was almost finished with the entire first sub before I even thought of firing C4rol's yellow on her black! I used to live or die by this play. But now I have three solid boosted 4* champs for the event (which might be a first for me). I find myself looking more for the strike tiles her black generates and then acquiring red for Bl4de, green for him next, and yellow for C&D.
Building that team! That's what makes this game so addictive, at least for me.
Building that team! That's what makes this game so addictive, at least for me.
Punisher5784 Posts: 3,175 Chairperson of the BoardsYep yep!0
Dragon_Nexus Posts: 3,701 Chairperson of the BoardsGot the run of the new sub event done in half an hour. Early last year I'd usually need to start the final run on a sub at about 8:30 to be done by 10:00. Now I can do it a full hour later and still have a few minutes to spare.
Dotproduct Posts: 217 Tile TopplerYou stop relying on 3Strange for goon only nodes. You can wipe them out faster than their CDs can resolve.5
Dogface Posts: 739 Critical ContributorTo be honest, it doesn't hurt that both Bl4de and C4rol are boosted now.0
qandols Posts: 898 Critical ContributorI use Grocket and Medusa for non essentials. Usually cuts like a warm knife through butter0
Bowgentle Posts: 5,038 Chairperson of the Boards...all your nodes in SSIM are filled with Gambolt Strange.1
simoncklee Posts: 15...you decide to pass on an hp sale.
Though I am a little tempted...2
Borstock Posts: 1,452 Chairperson of the BoardsI remember when my roster was just beginning, constantly having to sell characters because I didn't have enough HP to open a new slot for a required character. I knew I had made a certain amount of progress when I could roster all of the three star characters.
DAZ0273 Posts: 4,560 Chairperson of the BoardsCrash of the Titans is actually something you attempt rather than just looking at with sad eyes.
Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the BoardsYou're able to put up 2 5* as fodder with Thano5 for the easy nodes and 3 different 5* for the hard nodes.1
dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the BoardsYou consider tapping the 5* Essential node in cl9 for a joke with 5 mins left after your grind.0
talleman Posts: 414 Mover and Shaker...you start using Medusa as a PvE clearer instead of 3* Dr Strange.2
consumedfire Age Unconfirmed Posts: 18 Just Dropped InI know I'm getting stronger when...my shirts don't fit anymore.
Oh, for MPQ...when you start looking for 4*'s to fight whom you used to skip.
carrion_pigeons Age Unconfirmed Posts: 942 Critical ContributorWhen you can finally join an event in CL2.1
MaxxPowerz Age Unconfirmed Posts: 276 Mover and ShakerBefore you realize it, you are downing enemies with match damage without having to fire off a power.3
acescracked Posts: 975 Critical ContributorWhen you notice points based PvP *is* better than win based PvP, since you can grab the 4* cover in *way* less than 40 wins.6
dudethtsawesome Posts: 165 Tile TopplerI remember when I was in 3* land that I felt I had made it when The Hood didn't bother me anymore. I use to hate going against him because he would steal all my ap and I would have to use match damage to down him which usually resulted in my team being beaten or needing multiple health packs.3
dude awesome said:I remember when I was in 3* land that I felt I had made it when The Hood didn't bother me anymore. I use to hate going against him because he would steal all my ap and I would have to use match damage to down him which usually resulted in my team being beaten or needing multiple health packs.0
TPF Alexis Posts: 3,805 Chairperson of the BoardsAt least he's pretty squishy once you get into 4* land, and you have more options that don't care as much about the AP stealing.
For me, it was when single-cover 5* stopped being scary and started looking like easy pickings instead.


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text: Italy – "Scripta Manent" trial: solidarity presence in court 14/06 June 8, 2018 by actforfreedom Anyone who forgets the prisoners of the social war has forgotten the war itself! (Paris, 2016) The State is striking anarchists and revolutionaries and will continue to do so for as long as they are worthy of their name. The Scripta Manent trial, which began in June 2017, concerns 40 years' history of the anarchist movement, which we are part of, and continues full speed ahead. The linchpin of the accusatory theorem of this inquest is based on the distinction between 'good' and 'bad' anarchists and the repression's instrumental interpretation of the debate within the anarchist movement. One of the intentions of this trial is the attempt to annihilate all tension towards unmediated practices of radical attack on the State and Capital. Practices which are the basis of any revolutionary and insurrectional path. We won't keep silent in the face of this nth attempt to banish the will to subvert the established order. We don't recognize the now well-known repressive strategy of differentiation, so we are reaffirming our complicity with the imprisoned comrades and those under investigation in Operation Scripta Manent, and express our support for the practices they stand accused of, which are the legacy of the revolutionary movement. SOLIDARITY PRESENCE IN THE COURTROOM, THURSDAY 14TH JUNE FROM 9AM, HIGH SECURITY COURT OF LE VALLETTE PRISON IN TURIN anarhija.info Translated by act for freedom now!


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Growing up, we had a hall closet that greeted you as soon as you entered the door. It was used for coats, board games, and holiday decorations. I remember feeling excitement, for every season that we would take out the decorations for each of the different seasons. It was like this closet held a lot of our traditions in one place.
The Simpsons have always been good at this. Opening nearly every show with the Simpsons sitting on the couch together. Every Halloween there is a Treehouse of Horror episode for Halloween. There are a few Thanksgiving episodes, St. Patrick's Day, and Christmas episodes.
In fact, the very first Simpsons episode was a Christmas special, you can watch it here…
They started The Simpsons with traditions, not just because it is a family show, but because I think they believed that this show was going to be going for awhile.
Tradition is important to kids and should be to adults as well. My Grandma Lois always made every holiday so special for us. She worked at a Pharmacy that also was a Hallmark store, so she scored some pretty amazing decorations. She loved to dress up on Halloween and even was the Hallmark Bunny for Easter a few times.
I remember her hosting a lot of different events for the whole family. One of my favorite events was when we would celebrate New Year's Eve, we would play board games, bingo, and invited our Great-Grandmother Bessie over to celebrate. We would have sparkling cider and would toast at midnight.
I have always tried to build a sense of of tradition into my classroom as a teacher, but I will say without having kids, it is more of a struggle to want to do traditional things at home. We have traditions as a couple, but they increasingly have less and less to do with over doing it, as my Grandma used to do for us.
Tradition is important, but more important is showing everyone in your family that you love them, no matter how you do it. The love is ultimately she left us, not the traditions. I suspect that this love is what Homer and Marge wanted to show in their traditions as well.


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I wanted to use someone's prompt this morning, but nothing fit and I don't have much time. We have a doctor appointment in less than an hour, so we have to run — and it's snowing. Lightly so far, but the roads are going to get slippery and I'd rather be home for the slippery part.
I stood at my bathroom window this morning and was amused to see how many birds were around. Waiting on tree limbs, on branches, in the bushes. I figured they seem to know when the weather is about to turn and like to chow down in advance. Then suddenly, all the birds were in flight.
In flight?
It's The Duke. He has jumped the fence (you can't keep him in) and is examining — but not chasing — the birds in the backyard. He isn't supposed to BE in the backyard because we have a fenced front yard. Not for him, but for every other dog we've ever had. Just that The Duke is a flyer and I thought he'd stop flying so high as he got a little older.
I was wrong. He's getting increasingly airborne.
Lately, he has taken to leaping the fence and jumping into the driver's seat, looking eager. "Dad, can I drive?"
No Duke, you don't have a license. Pass your written exam first.
Eventually, I mentally push him back into the house and luckily, he has no interest in the road. Just the woods. He likes hanging around the woods.
But he scattered all my birds this morning and only the sound of me opening the treats carton got him back inside.
A few pictures and we're outta here. Now it's REALLY snowing.
I think maybe we aren't going to the doctor. If it keeps up like this, it is going to be icy and unplowed and now, I can't even see the road from the front window. Not an emergency. It'll wait till next week.
It wasn't supposed to start until around four or five. OH well. I should have known when they canceled school last night that they weren't sure when it would start. We've had a lot of school bus accidents and why they don't fit them with snow tired, I still don't understand. But I guess we're home for a little while. Maybe the birds are back?


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(AP) — It's been a long two weeks for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who haven't tasted victory since the first of the month.
Not much has gone the Florida Panthers' way of late, either.
Looking to avoid matching their longest losing streak from all of last season, visiting Tampa Bay tries for a sixth consecutive win over Florida as these in-state rivals square off Saturday.
The Lightning (6-6-1) averaged 5.3 goals in winning six of their first seven games but have since been outscored 21-12 during an 0-5-1 skid. Tampa Bay has gone 2 for 18 (11.1 percent) on the power play over that stretch while getting outshot 186-147.
"We're all disappointed with where we're at, I feel like we wasted a good start," said Martin St. Louis, who leads the team with 19 points. "But we're fighting here, we're trying to keep plugging away and finding answers.
"I don't think we got away from it, I just think we had a favorable schedule, playing teams on back-to-backs, backup goalies, tons of power plays that was clicking. So that helps getting your team off to a good start."
Tampa Bay's woes continued Thursday in a 4-3 loss to Washington. St. Louis tallied a goal and an assist and Mathieu Garon, starting in place of an ill Anders Lindback, stopped 35 shots.
"Either we just stay close and keep grinding and we come out of this, it's still going to be a fight after we win one game," said coach Guy Boucher, whose team went 0-6-1 from Jan. 3-15, 2012.
"It won't change anything in terms of how we're supposed to play, we're just trying to be more consistent at it and get a bit of something positive out of it."
The Lightning could be feeling good about their chances of bouncing back against the Panthers (4-6-3), whom they've outscored 21-10 during their run in the series. Captain Vincent Lecavalier and rookie Cory Conacher were two of four players to record a goal and an assist during a 5-2 win over Florida on Jan. 29.
Steven Stamkos also scored and has seven goals and three assists over a six-game point streak against the Panthers. Stamkos had seven goals and 16 points in the team's first eight games but has notched just two assists since.
Conacher is experiencing a similar offensive drought. He has gone pointless during Tampa Bay's skid after compiling five goals and seven assists over the first seven games.
Florida failed to score for the second time in three games Thursday, falling 1-0 to Montreal in overtime. Jose Theodore made 31 saves for the Panthers, who have converted just one of 15 chances (6.7 percent) on the man advantage over a 1-1-3 stretch.
"It's frustrating anytime you lose in overtime," defenseman Brian Campbell told the league's official website. "We're just trying to get some wins here and one point is not going to do it. We just have to pick up and keep going and be ready."
Theodore had won nine consecutive starts versus Tampa Bay before allowing a combined 10 goals in going 0-1-2 over his last three. He surrendered a season worst-tying five goals in last month's meeting.
Garon could make a second consecutive start with Lindback's status unknown. Garon is 0-3-0 with a 4.07 goals-against average this month, but he's 5-1-1 with a 2.02 mark in his last eight games versus Florida.
Lindback, who made 26 saves in the Jan. 29 win, is 2-0-0 with one shutout against the Panthers.
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Driving back from my business interests in Asheville, NC, to my home in TN was always a very pleasant and scenic drive. On one such trip, which usually took less than two hours, I turned off on a particular road and suddenly didn't know where I was. There wasn't a single reason for me to have turned off on that road. Since I've made this journey so many times, I felt I could do it with my eyes closed. My wife asked me, "Where on earth are you going?"
I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.
Not a single thing or event in our lives is devoid of significance. I'm used to paying acute attention to the signs around me, and I'm not just talking about stop signs. You see, that little diversion only took about ten minutes, but those ten minutes might have saved our lives.
Finally, we got back to the regular road, which was a rather narrow country road on which some folks had the habit of going entirely too fast. You may have already guessed it; there was a terrible car wreck right in the middle of a blind curve. Fortunately, there were emergency personnel already on the scene. We slowly inched along the shoulder past the smashed-up vehicles and wondered how anyone could have survived that accident.
I wondered again at my seemingly temporary loss of memory on this most familiar road. Was this an unconscious choice that I made to protect and preserve our lives? Was this choice destiny? How many times in your life have you found yourself annoyed over some seemingly trivial event or delay? How many close calls have we all had and yet forgotten that perhaps moments ago we found ourselves irritated by a driver going too slow, or our plane being late, or having to tend to a last bit of unfinished business when we were in a hurry? What if, in eliminating those little vicissitudes, we would have set ourselves up for tragedy?
Of course, we'll never have the answer to that. It's probably impossible to calculate the odds and myriad factors that would enter the equation. But it does give us another way of looking at our lives, as well as the trivial events we tend to get upset over. I've personally discovered that when I take it all in stride, I'm more conscious and sensitive to the things that might endanger my life and well-being, as well as the well-being of those close to me.
Is it true that "to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die," as Ecclesiastes says? Or can we choose our destiny by our conscious awareness of what our internal antenna picks up on?
I'm in no way attempting to supply an answer, only an observation. Personally, my questions keep dissolving as my answers become meaningless. Life is! And I've discovered, at least for me, that only by living without final answers can one actually find the freedom to truly live. Is that a choice, or is it destiny?
Reflections from Turtle Lake,
Peter Ragnar
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With so much talent in this world, it is simply an honor to be able to feature just a handful of them on my blog. So for #TalentTuesday, I would like to feature one of my newly found Poet interests, Dominique Johnson. Please enjoy 🙂
the Letter B
(read aloud for theatrical emphasis)
If I were a bee I would live & love life in the highest degree…
—–Possessing an aire of the highest esteem——
"Different in every regard," is the aura of this bee.
"Yes Indeed!
"A no-handout-standout" bee is what you would see….
I would buzz to a distinguished tune…
Play me to Ratpack music,
"Fly me to the Moon" comes to mind… soul music and the like….
I would live life each day – from golden sunrise to skies of grey…
Oh if I were a bee… I would just be me.
About Dominque:
"I'm a passionate writer. Until I feel like a piece is completely conveyed in the mannerisms that accurately depict my mindset and feelings, I will edit and edit again to get it just right. I feel like the process is just important as the product and so each poem takes on a body of its own in regards to spacing, pauses for thought, and overall flow and rhyme scheme." -Dominique Johnson
Please support this talented young poet by checking out more of his work at the website listed below and following his social media accounts.
The Continuation of Black Art. | A collection of poetry and pondered thoughts.
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Researchers are wondering whether the United States can learn something from other countries that have set up long-term care (LTC) finance programs that are supposed to pay for LTC services for all residents who end up needing the services.
The researchers, Nancy Folbre of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Douglas Wolf of Syracuse University, have edited a free e-book, Universal Coverage of Long-Term Care in the United States, that includes chapters from people like Howard Gleckman, a retirement policy specialist at the Urban Institute, and David Stevenson, a health policy professor at Harvard.
Some of the other contributors are on the staff at LTC services or long-term care insurance (LTCI) organizations: Marc Cohen, the chief research and development officer at LifePlans; Eileen Tell of Univita; and Mary Jo Gibson, who used to be with AARP.
The editors said they began to work on the book in 2011, after the voluntary LTC benefits program that was part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) failed.
Several contributors write about the challenges involved with using some combination of Medicaid, private insurance and "gap filling" insurance to cover LTC costs.
Stevenson, Cohen, Tell and Brian Burwell write in a chapter on LTC finance that there should be more than enough work for all possible LTC financial support providers to go around.
Norway, for example, provides LTC services as a public service, and German provides LTC financing through a universal insurance program.
England, in contrast, has a government LTC program but limits access to benefits through means tests, and that program ends up leaving families with more responsibility to help their older relatives, the researchers say.
Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI), says he thinks the United States may be getting to a point that will make pressure for LTC system reform hard to resist.
"Americans are aging every day and few have a plan for dealing with the enormous risk of needing long-term care that results from living a long life," Slome says.
The statistics in the Universal LTC book show that the percentage of the U.S. population that's now over 80 is comparable to what it was in Germany and Japan when those countries adopted their current LTC finance systems, Slome says.
But Germany and Japan adopted LTC reform goals and policies that meshed well with their existing funding arrangements and cultures, and the United States seems likely to depend more on private-sector financing when it reforms its system, Slome predicts.
The smart thing for consumers who can afford to buy private LTCI is to buy private coverage, not depend on whatever government programs turn out to exist, Slome says.
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Skoda is launching a limited edition version of the Yeti compact SUV
Skoda is launching a limited edition version of the Yeti compact SUV. The new Yeti Urban is based on the popular SE trim with extra equipment worth approximately £2450 but at no extra cost.
There is a choice of two engines the 1.2 litre TSI 105PS and a 2.0 litre TDI CR 110PS DPF, the petrol version offers fuel economy of 44.1mpg (combined) and CO2 emissions of 149g/km and the diesel returns 52.3mpg (combined) with CO2 emissions of 140g/km.
Additional design features include stunning 17-inch black-and-chrome 'Matterhorn' alloys, wheel arch extensions, chrome side strips, silver door mirror caps, silver roof rails and stylish eye-catching roof stripes. The interior gives customers the choice of red or black sports seats and sunset glass in the rear. Other additional features include Amundsen+ satellite navigation, Bluetooth GSM II telephone preparation, DAB Digital radio, multi-function steering wheel for radio and telephone, acoustic rear parking sensors, cruise control, dual-zone air conditioning, maxi-dot trip computer, fog lights and front centre armrest with storage compartment.
The Skoda Yeti Urban is on sale from the beginning of April 2012 priced at £16,900 OTR for the petrol model and £18,330 OTR for the diesel.


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…I can't remember the 3rd thin!. I also can't remember when I read a book from front to back, but I do know it's been a long time. Maybe I just needed to get lost in a good book, which used to be a lovely pleasure of mine when I was younger.
So I subscribe to a blog I like called "Fifty is the New". It's women over 50 writing things that have meaning for them and, they are always interesting posts.
One of these women from "Fifty is the New" wrote this book, and her name is Carine Fabius *
This was a good book that was hard to put down because the tale that Carine weaves is one where you just never know what is going to happen, or has happened, and then there's this touch of Voodoo that makes it kind of addicting. Oh, and love and sex.
Saturday comes is an "atmospheric tale of love and hate; of Haiti's long-smoldering societal and class issues; of the magic, which reigns over the everyday lives of the Haitian natives, and of the unseen forces that draw humans together."
I couldn't have described it better!
It's the kind of book that if you feel like getting away, or taking a break from your normal life, you can just start reading it.
And since we are in this interesting mercury retrograde period, you might as well click here and order it right now, because according to those that read the stars, THIS particular retrograde period is one where we're all going to need a lot of time to be alone.
Tosh, if you're reading this, an astrologer that I follow on FB had this to say today that is relevant for you with your Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars very close to 10 degrees Leo: "Anyone with anything at 10 Leo is going to feel quite bonkers today. I advise sticking your head in a box for the entire Mercury retrograde, as this period is especially nutty for you. Warn your friends."
That's it for me this week. I hope you are enjoying the space of what is. And let me know if you have a good book that you'd like to share. Or an interesting incident to report about your experience of mercury retrograde!


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The latest creature to turn up on the sandy shores of Acapulco's sunny beaches was not a surfer or a coed partying for spring break.
In this raw video from Civil Protection and Fire Acapulco that lasts a little over a minute and a half, an unidentified observer is seen prodding a very large, mysterious creature with a stick. As the observer continues to check it over, the mysterious creature lying on the sand does not appear to move or respond to being prodded.
Related: Louisiana black bear, inspiration for the teddy bear, removed from endangered list
Despite its appearance, the creature lacks a foul smell, according to Civil Protection and Fire Coordinator Sabas de la Rosa Camacho.
#Diabetes dog, sea creature in #Mexico, and an #Ohio explosion. See our morning round-up athttps://t.co/KugGcFab4i pic.twitter.com/5t9bppLbRg
— FB Newswire (@fbnewswire) March 11, 2016
The carcass, which is more than 13 feet long and has bones, could be a squid or a whale, de la Rosa Camacho told 24 Hours.
Related: Swamp monkey born at the National Zoo
The official said that the creature had spent a long time floating in strong currents caused by bad weather, which brought it to the shore. The carcass has been reported to environmental agency Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa).
After washing up on Acapulcos Bonfil beach, the strange creature has amazed tourists in the resort, 24 Hours reports.
Related: Giant Scottish rabbit finds a home
The carcass has already generated plenty of buzz on social media. The Civil Protection and Fire Acapulco video has been shared more than 107,000 times on Facebook.
In July 2008 the so-called Montauk Monster that was found on an East Hampton, N.Y. beach, garnered immense publicity and sparked intense speculation.
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text: Pale Blue - Gaffer Glass Rods / Cane - CoE 96 - G121 £3.75 Weight: [Choose]100g500g (+£11.25)1000g (+£24.38) Quantity: at £3.75 each Add To Basket Gaffer Pale Blue Turquoise is a very pretty pastel turquoise blue. We are currently doing a special offer on the Pale Blue rods. The more you buy the better the discount. For 500g (1/2kg) you will get 20% off the original price and for 1000g (1kg) you will get 25% off the original price. Gaffer rods are hand pulled and vary in diameter, some are thick and some are thin; some of the rods also vary in diameter from one end of the rod to the other end. The price is for 100g Gaffer rods, CoE 96, which is compatible with glass of a CoE 90 to 104 when using about 5%. Or any amount can be used on glass with the same or similar CoE. The Reichenbach, Gaffer, Kugler and Uroboros - System 96 glass are all compatible with each other. Gaffer rods are hand pulled and vary in diameter, sometimes thicker and thinner parts throughout the rods. The diameter ranges from approximately 2mm to 6mm. The rod lenghts are approximately 18 inches (46cm). The annealing point for Reichenbach, Gaffer, Kugler and Uroboros-System 96 glass is the same as that of glass with a CoE 104. The beads below are to provide and example.


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Daily Archives: October 29, 2010
TGIF: Dancing Hands
Irish dancers Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding expand what it means to dance. The song is "We No Speak Americano" by the Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool.
(Thanks to Stacey Clemence for the tip.)
The Globe and Mail on the Centre for Comparative Literature
The story here.
"Don Giovanni"
A superb rendition of the finale in a 1990 production at the Metropolitan Opera
On this date in 1787 Mozart's Don Giovanni premiered in Prague.
Frye in "A Conspectus of Dramatic Genres":
The verbal action of Figaro is comic and that of Don Giovanni tragic, but in both cases the audience is exalted by the music above the reach of tragedy and comedy, and, though as profoundly moved as ever, is not emotionally involved with the discovery of plot or characters. It looks at the downfall of Don Juan as spectacular entertainment, much as the gods are supposed to look at the downfall of Ajax or Darius. (CW 21, 115)


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Shopclues is working hard to develop its platform and improve is seller base. It has begun enhancing its seller support system and now it plans on changing its seller policy for improved development.
In an email to online sellers, the marketplace stated that it will be changing two key elements in this policy. They include –
This is meant to determine how good a seller is on the marketplace. The greater the performance score the better will be his rating. This, in turn, will impact the business coming to the online seller.
– Sellers who dispatch orders within 24 hours of its placement will receive a 5% payback of the selling fees. If 95% of orders are fulfilled in 24 hours an additional 15% payback will be offered on the total selling fee.
To support seller business, Shopclues bears logistics costs of orders delivered along with the seller. From now on a minimal logistics cost for RTO will be charged to the seller.
The fulfilment charges of Rs.5 per RTO will be changed by the 4th of January 2017, the marketplace stated in its email.


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Institutions change. Structures transform. Denominations dissolve and merge, alliances shift but God – God – will always breathe new life into the faithful body of Christ. The question becomes: Will we be faithful?
I believe, with all my heart, that the church has its greatest opportunity for faith explosion since perhaps the first century. Think about it! No longer do we have to be chaplain to a broken, secular, political status quo. No longer do we have to function as spiritual chameleons in a rapidly changing cultural backdrop posing and masquerading as Christian. No one – no one – owns us. No one directs us. No one, no thing can claim a competing allegiance. We are free – FREE! – to be the people God has called us to be. We have our independent voice. Let's use it!
Will we be so faithful?
Our text from Deuteronomy reminds us that if we love God – God; not our position, not our titles, not our wealth but God – that things will go well for us. Jesus links this text, with one from Leviticus to remind us that our greatest charge is to love God with all of our heart and our neighbor as ourselves.
And what is the promise if we do these things? Deut. 6: 3: it will go well with us. What is the promise for our church? If we do these things it will go well for us. Look at Psalm 119! God's commandments are right; God's law is our delight; God's ordinances will help us. When we go wrong – and we do, don't we? When we go wrong, it will be God's wisdom that gets both our individual faith lives and the ministry of the church back to where God wants it.
I am not saying it is going to be easy. The life of faith rarely is. We will be tempted to go along to get along, we will be tempted to shift faith priorities to become less offensive. The spiritual buffet is out there, and it is so easy to walk the line, to take a little of this, a little of that, some comfort food here, some sweet and tasty thing there. At the end of the buffet we have traded a clear faithful Christianity for a philosophical and theological mess of our own making.
But friends, if we hold fast – not to form or convention but to truth and conviction there is nothing we cannot overcome because the One who is in us is so much greater than any force that might be against us. Times change. Structures change. Voices change, but an eternal God moves forward.
It begins with God. With a gift. With transformation. With Holy Spirit power. With the courage to live into God's word. Will we be faithful?


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There are two major types of sealers: Impulse and direct or constant heat. Impulse sealers have an element that is heated for an "impulse"...a second or two. The direct heat sealers have metal jaws on both sides that are heated up with thermostatically controlled heaters. They typically have a wider seal than an impulse sealer. I'll cover each type below.
Impulse Sealers: These are available in hand, foot and automatic sealers. Hand sealers are the simplest sealers designed for fairly low volume. Hand sealers look like a big stapler and sit on a table. Foot sealers sit on the floor on a pedestal. You can hold the bag/product in both hands, using your foot to make the seal. Can do higher volume with a foot sealer than a hand sealer. The third type is an automatic (auto) sealer. This sits on a table and has two modes of operation, auto and manual. On auto mode, you program in the length of time between seals and it will cycle automatically. In manual mode, you press an electric foot switch to make the seal. Auto sealers can do more volume than the other impulse sealers. Hand and foot sealer may be ordered with a built in cutter for trimming bags or working with tubing. Foot and auto sealers also come in "double" impulse which puts sealing elements on both sides of the sealing bars for sealing thicker materials or side gussetted bags.
Direct Heat Sealers: Also known as Constant Heat Sealers. Auto and foot-operated direct heat sealers seal all types of thermoplastic packaging material, but especially ideal for thicker material such as coated aluminum foil, Kraft paper, cellophane, mylar, coated PP. Depending on the model of the sealer, material up to 16" wide and 20 mil thick can be sealed.
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Excessive, illegal physical restraint plus the overuse of medication were part of the institutional abuse committed by Cornwall NHS Trust staff against learning disabled people, according to a damning report.
Because of an abusive culture, hospital and care staff were adverse to the input of "outsiders", such as clinical psychologists, said Healthcare Commission inspectors in a report on the trust's learning disability services.
The report, co-written by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, followed a 12 month investigation last year into a the trust's Budock Hospital near Falmouth (a treatment centre for 18 inpatients), two other treatment centres, four children's units and 46 supported houses each with up to four learning disabled residents.
The report stated that Budock Hospital staff "were extensively trained in the use of restraint, but had little other training."
"Staff tended to stand around, talking to each other, waiting to react to the actions of those on the ward," read the report.
One patient spent 16 hours a day tied to a bed or wheelchair for what staff believed was for that person's protection.
Inspectors also said that "pro re nata" (PRN) medication – which should only be prescribed occasionally when controlling epilepsy or challenging behaviour – was often given to a person who was "not sleeping" or "wouldn't settle".
Once a patient was given PRN medication because he was impatient for his dinner and became distressed.
The report, which examined statements stretching back to 2001, describes years of abusive practices at the trust and the failure of senior trust executives to tackle it despite several internal inquiries.
Physical abuse and misuse of people's money was also common.
Investigators found evidence of staff hitting, pushing, and dragging patients.
Some staff were also reported to have withheld food and given people cold showers.
Since the investigation, sparked by relatives of the abused learning disabled people, Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust has sacked staff. One ward at Budock has also now closed and action has been taken across the trust to address the unacceptable levels of physical restraint.
The report has recommended that the trust's services for learning disabled people be "redesigned" by local health and social care organisations, taking into account the needs of every learning disability service user.
The new chief executive of Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust has apologised to service users and carers.
Lezli Boswell, who started her role in May this year, said the trust's failings are "shocking and shameful".
"There are no excuses," she added.
"The trust fully accepts the recommendations in the report and we are determined to work together with partners to quickly and effectively address problems raised and to implement all its recommendations. To this end a detailed action plan will be developed to respond to the recommendations."
Ms Boswell has apologised in writing to learning disabled patients and their carers.
A police investigation has been launched into the abuse.
Christine Braithwaite was part of the investigation team for the Healthcare Commission. In an interview with the Western Morning News newspaper she said it was the worst abuse and lowest standard of care she had seen.
"The conditions we found were totally shocking and all of us were very upset by some of the things we discovered," she said.
"It was clear there had been abuse and some people had suffered real harm as a result. Investigators who have worked up and down the country said it was the worst they had ever seen."
Ms Braithwaite singled out Budock Hospital as one of the worst examples.
"When we first arrived, there were no staff on duty. They were all in the garden smoking," she said.
"The environment was totally stark – there weren't even curtains in the rooms and mattresses were bare, with just a plastic cover.
"There was nothing for people to do to the extent that the activities cupboard had one Beano annual in it."


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A variety of Learn to Skate programs are available during the fall, winter and spring seasons at Richmond Arenas. These programs are divided into age and skill level and are designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of skating.
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This program is an introduction to hockey in a fun and safe environment. To prevent injuries, the wearing of a CSA approved hockey helmet with a cage, neck guard and hockey gloves is mandatory for participation in this program. Sticks are provided. Participants must be able to skate forward and stop in one direction.
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The newly elected Head of the Vinnytsia regional organization the European Party of Ukraine Pavlo Lesyk met with the members of party assets of Khmylnyk and Kalynivka districts last Saturday. The meeting was conducted to discuss the action plan in summer and autumn, taking into account current political events in the country and in the region.
"First of all, I want to express my gratitude to the leaders of the district and city party organizations Anatoliy Moroz, Viktor Kopytsa and Ernest Kislyak for the meaningful organization of the meeting, constructive attitude and systematic work", – said Pavlo Lesyk at the beginning of the meeting.
The participants of the meeting expressed absolutely unanimity in the issue of further party building and mobilization of the party assets in the autumn period. "Concerning the current political situation, the reluctance of the authorities to meet the demands of the society for the development of Ukraine as a European state with the relevant principles and norms, we are ready to continue our work on party construction and to mobilize party members to actively participate in the joint actions of the opposition forces", – said the Head of the Vinnytsia regional organization the European Party of Ukraine.
"Vinnytsia is a marker region of the current government. However, the achievements declared by the power are far from the truth. Poverty, corruption, lack of reforms, unemployment are common characteristics of our region. Therefore, we see the task of changing the political picture of the region exclusively in the interests of its inhabitants", – said Pavlo Lesyk.
Press service of the Vinnytsia regional organization of the European Party of Ukraine


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Caciotta caprina 800g
Caciotta is a pure goat's milk cheese characterised by a sweet flavor and delicate aroma. It is greatly appreciated for its soft consistency. This goat cheese is very satisfying for even the most demanding of cheese lovers.
Aged: 60 days
Caciotta imbufalita 800g
Caciotta imbufalita is made with 100% Buffalo's milk. A characteristic of this cheese is its soft texture which becomes creamier with aging. It has a delicate and persistent flavour.
Aged: 60 days
Toma Capritilla D.O.P 2kg
This is a traditional goat's milk Piedmont cheese with a delicate flavor. Its texture is smooth and soft while the taste is refined thanks to the seasoning.
Aged: 60 days
Toma Piemontese D.O.P 2kg
This is a traditional cow's milk Piedmont cheese with a delicate flavor. Its texture is smooth and soft while the taste is refined thanks to the seasoning.
Aged: 60 days
Lunatico 800g
Lunatico meens "moody" because its taste can vary. When it is young and fresh it is great for salads and appetizer. When it is ripened it melts in Risotto and other cheese specialties. Lunatico is characterised by its golden glow around the rind and its rich and creamy centre.
Aged: 60 days
Sbirro 1.5kg
Sbirro is a truly unique cheese. It is the first and only cheese that uses Menabrea beer in its production. It represents one of the most appreciated results in the area of innovative product research. The main goal of our study was to create a cheese with an original taste and scent where the beer enhances Sbirro without suffocating it, but actually exalting the quality and excellence of both products. The special processing of this cheese and its covering with hops gives it a unique taste not found in any other cheese on the market. Aged: 90 days.
Born from the experience and Biella craft excellence, Sbirro is the result of a collaboration between dairy Botalla Cheese and Menabrea Beer of Biella, companies that share a passion for the tastes and flavors of the area to enhance and reinvent, in addition to being "live across" in the center of town: on the one hand, the cheese curing cellars and on the other the tanks for beer fermentation.
The original cheese is made by hand, with the milk of Biella Pezzata Rossa of Oropa and Bruna Alpina and with the Menabrea beer, who won for two consecutive years the award for best "Pale Lager" in the world.
When it comes to making cheese, the Bonino family are similar sticklers for detail. Milk for Botalla cheese is sourced from two different types of local cow, Pizzetta Rossa and Bruna Alpina.
"They're smaller than ordinary cows," explains Alessandra Vigliani, the company's export manager, who's leading me on a tour of the cheese cellars. "A commercial cow produces about 50 litres a day, but our cows only produce 15. But they live longer and the quality of the milk is really high."
They check every litre that comes to them before they even start making cheese with it, and then every cheese that is made—around 80,000 on this site—is checked daily, and turned at least once a week.
"We have to be very organised," Vigliani shrugs. "You have to really love your job."
A strong nasal constitution helps, too. Unlike the brewery over the road, which smells ferment-y in a hoppy kind of way, the Botalla cheese cellars smell ferment-y in a burped-up-baby-milk kind of way—round and ever so slightly sickly somehow.
It's potent, particularly in the cellar holding the cheeses left to sit for 120 days or more.
What had been the imaginings of two friendly Italians over a pint obviously still seemed like a good one in the cold light of day. Thedy and the Boninos dedicated two years to working out how to bring their beer and cheese together into one magnificent round of cheesey beery goodness.
"At the beginning, they put the beer in with the milk during the cheesemaking process, so that the beer was inside the cheese," explains Vigliani. "But at the end of the ageing process, it wasn't very good. It didn't really taste like cheese."
Read More – Munchies article on Sbirro Cheese – https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/this-is-what-happens-when-an-italian-cheesemaker-and-brewer-get-drunk


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My Jolie Candle
These amazing candles have to be my ultimate favourite products from April, hence why I put them right at the top of this list. The cherry blossom (left) has such an amazing, strong scent it fills the whole house with a gorgeous aroma that lingers for hours. It's a very relaxing feel good smell. The orange blossom is more of a citric smell that's very refreshing and masks any unwanted smells. I light this one in my kitchen after cooking dinner and it really gives the room a fresh feel.
Along with these fantastic candles, I also got a few goodies which I thought was a really nice touch. I got a pocket mirror which is perfect to keep in my handbag and use when I touch up my lippy! I also got a lighter to light my gorgeous candles and a pack of nail files.
The best bit about these breathtaking candle is that you get a little surprise in each one. Being very impatient, It didn't take long for me to burn my candles down and recover my goodies. The first one had a stunning silver infinity necklace. I actually have this symbol tattooed on my wrist and it has a great meaning to me so I was really chuffed with this delicate piece of jewellery.
In the second candle, I got a beautiful star bracelet. I really love dainty jewellery and this is an exquisite addition to my jewellery collection. I highly recommend checking out these fantastic candles. You can find them myjoliecandle.co.uk
Pandora Poetic Blooms Charm
This pretty charm has a real Spring feel to it. You can wear this on your Pandora bracelet or even on a necklace. I love how dainty and pretty it is and it really goes well with my other beads. When it comes to jewellery, I much prefer the delicate style rather than big and bulky. The charm is made from real silver and has white and pink enamel flowers. You can buy this gorgeous charm and many others in the Spring collection at www.thejewelhut.co.uk
Mills & Boon Adult Coloring Book
After a long day at work, I love to wind down by doing some colouring. I find it so peaceful and therapeutic. The new Mills & Boon colouring books have a real sense of love and romance. You can even download a free sample of this fantastic colouring book on their website. The iconic illustrations in this book are amazing and so fun to colour. You can win one of 3 books in our competition HERE.
Rose Gold Pendant
Rose gold has become really popular recently and I have to admit I am loving too! This stunning necklace has a very elegant feel to it and it's also light and dainty which I adore. The pendant is encrusted with glitter clear cubic zirconia which catch the light beautifully. You can buy this stunning necklace at www.thbaker.co.uk
Silver necklace
I know I've added quite a bit jewellery in this month's favourites but I do love a bit of bling! This stunning necklace is from Hazel & Kent. They do some beautiful accessories and this one really caught my eye. It has just the right amount of sparkle and looks fantastic with any outfit. You can buy this beautiful necklace at www.hazelandkent.co.uk
Andrew Barton Detangling brush
Every morning my daughter cries and screams when I brush her hair for school. But since discovering this amazing detangling brush, my mornings are that little bit less stressful. Instead of battling with my nine-year-olds hair for half an hour, I can now have her hair finished in a few minutes and still have time for a coffee before the school run!
You can buy this incredible brush in most Asda stores.
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The GMCH as the name suggests contains the graphics and memory controllers and the following its break down of components:
There are 2 versions of the GMCH, the 82810 GMCH and the 82810-DC100 GMCH. The main difference between them is that the DC100 version has the Display Cache Interface integrated which supports 4MB of external display cache. Both versions of the GMCH are pin-compatible, hence one manufacturer can have a low cost model and the premium model without the need to redesign the base model. Here's a schematic of the GMCH:-
While the Intel BX chipset is able to support up to 1GB of memory, the new i810 can only support 256MB of memory. This is the reason why you'll see up to 4 DIMM slots in the BX chipset based motherboard, which has 8 addressing lines to cater to 4 DIMM slots that can take in single or double-sided DIMMs mixed. The i810 has only 4 memory addressing lines, therefore motherboards based on the i810 chipset come with 2 DIMM slots that can take in either a pair of single or double-sided DIMMs mixed. Take note that double-sided DIMMs need 2 addressing lines each (and single-sided DIMMs need 1 addressing line) and these are usually available in either 128MB or 256MB DIMM modules. Since the i810 is for integrated cost-effective systems that won't run in servers that use ECC memory for safety, ECC support has been removed in the i810 chipset.
Graphics is handled by an integrated i752 core, which is basically a spruced up i740. Its key features include dual-rendering pipelines, motion-compensation for DVD, 1600 x 1200 pixels desktop resolution, 230MHz RAMDAC, 16-bit colour support in 3D and a Direct-AGP connection that is essentially a direct access to the system memory to store all graphics data as the GMCH itself has no local memory. What's more, the memory bus is locked at 100MHz, while the FSB can asynchronously run at 66/100MHz (officially, but there are the usual list of unofficial ones implement by the motherboard vendors). This means even if you intend to overclock the system by changing the FSB, the memory bus can still operate at 100MHz. This also means any standard PC-100 memory will do the job without you needing to hunt for those speedier and more expensive RAM. However you can't use your older PC-66 memory unless they happen to be of good quality and are happy to operate at 100MHz.
Now back to the Direct-AGP connection, since the graphics controller in the GMCH has a direct connection to the system memory, the bandwidth is 800MB/s (64-bit memory bus / 8-bits x 100MHz) and that is more than AGP 2X transfer rate of 533MB/s (32-bit / 8-bits x 133MHz)! Don't get excited yet because all the graphics adapters have their own local memory that has far higher bandwidth between the graphics chipset and the onboard memory, but once the graphics data (usually texture data) gets too large for the local memory, they'll have to spillover to the system memory if the graphics adapter uses an AGP connection. In that situation, the GMCH's integrated graphics becomes more favorable because of it's higher bandwidth to the system's memory. Even so, this won't be much beneficial as the graphics engine itself isn't as powerful as Intel's marketing marketing claims (would you believe NVIDIA Riva TNT-like performance from an i752 graphics core?)
Fortunately, the costlier version of the GMCH labeled as the i82810-DC100 can support an optional 4MB of local cache for the integrated graphics (the cheaper i82810 GMCH doesn't have support for the extra cache). The DC100 descriptor just means that it uses 100MHz cache. There is a possibility of a DC133 part because the BIOS of the test motherboard supports a cache speed setting of either 100 or 133MHz. The odd thing is that that there is a separate bus from the GMCH to the optional cache but it's only 32-bits wide, meaning it can only sustain a bandwidth of 400MB/s. Seems odd considering that the Direct-AGP to system memory connection sports a wider 800MB/s bandwidth but only half of that for the dedicated local cache. Fortunately the cache and its memory bandwidth is dedicated to the purpose of serving the integrated graphics engine and it helps reduce the system memory's burden. Overall the idea of dedicated cahce and the Direct-AGP connection is far better than the old UMA-architecture in older motherboard designs. Last but not least, take note that 1MB of your system memory is reserved for display frame buffer purposes from the second you power up your PC. Once in the Windows OS, it will use the Intel Dynamic Video Memory (D.V.M.) technology to freely allocate itself an appropriate amount of system memory as and when it needs to. Here's a snippet from Intel:-
The internal graphics device on both the 82810 and 82810-DC100 support Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (D.V.M.). With D.V.M, the allocated size of system memory used for display graphics can be dynamically altered. For example, if 2 MB of system memory is needed, the driver allocates this amount. If later, only 1.5 MB is needed, the driver allocates the 1.5-MB size freeing up the remaining 512 KB for system use.
In addition to D.V.M., the 82810-DC100 supports Display Cache (DC). The graphics engine of the 82810-DC100 uses DC for implementing rendering buffers (e.g., Z buffers). This rendering model requires 4 MB of display cache and allows graphics rendering (performed across the graphics display cache bus) and texture MIP map access (performed across the system memory bus) simultaneously. Using D.V.M. all graphics rendering is implemented in system memory. The system memory bus is arbitrated between texture MIP-map accesses and rendering functions.
This kind of integrated graphics solution can use some megabytes of your RAM when playing 3D games on top of the game's own memory requirements, so do make sure you take this into account when buying a game as well as spec'ing out your system memory. On a different note, we would like to reiterate that the integrated RAMDAC rated at a lowly 230MHz, but fortunately in our use, it managed a sharp output up to 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz. Over that limit, you'll get blurry output. If integrated graphics is something you cannot live with, there is a big drawback to expansion options on the Intel i810 chipset platform - it does not support an AGP connector! If this bothers you, you should invest in a conventional platform.
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Upgrading the Big Green Egg & Replacing the Gasket; High-Que.com's Gasket & Fire GrateSaturday, June 4th, 2011
Nearly 5 years ago, I wrote a post all about the details of owning a Big Green Egg. Quite popular, but it needs to be updated as I've learned much since then. This is the first in what'll likely be a series of articles outlining some upgrades and details of Big Green Egg ownership.
There are two common complaints that I've heard from many Big Green Egg owners. The first is that, after years of ownership, it is harder and harder to get the egg past ~350 degrees or so (500 – 750 needed to do proper sears or cook a pizza). In particular, the fire grate included with the BGE is a big metal plate with a bunch of ~3/4″ holes drilled in it. It just doesn't let a lot of air through to start with and, after years of use, any kind of ash build up and/or clogging of the holes in the ceramic firebox leads to even less air getting through.
Related, for those that do achieve high heat on a semi-regular basis, the factory installed woolen gasket quickly wears out.
Fortunately, there exists High-Que.com who specializes in upgraded components for the Big Green Egg. Pictured at left is their upgraded fire grate and their Nomex based high-heat replacement gasket.
For BGE owners, I cannot recommend these two products highly enough. Gasket upgrades have been around for quite a while, but most involved spray adhesive or fireplace-safe adhesive combined with a gasket that would often fray, leaving the risk of metal bits in your food (most of the gaskets were really re-purposed oven or kiln gaskets). High-Que's gaskets are more like the original BGE gasket in physical design, but are much more durable and can withstand a higher heat. Like the original gasket, High-Que's uses a high-heat adhesive backing that is exposed by removing a bit of paper; no toxic spray-on adhesives involved.
High-Que's fire grate is equally as well considered & built. It is a very heavy gauge stainless steel grate that will not clog and allows for much greater air flow. As it comes with a 5 year warranty, clearly High-Que believes the product works.
And it does. The combination of the two products has vastly improved the cooking experience with my BGE; it is easier to light, achieves a higher temperature faster (literally, takes about 12-15 minutes to reach ~600 degrees whereas I had a hard time cracking 400 without a fan before the upgrade), and the gasket looks like it is going to last much longer than the BGE wool gaskets (I won't know for sure for another ~6 months or so).
And there was a fringe benefit that was a nice surprise; every BGE owner who has cooked at high heat has learned through quite a bit of hair loss that you have to "burp" your egg when opening it at temperatures greater than ~500. If you don't, this rather ominously beautiful cloud of flames (seriously — check out this set o' photos!!) will burst out of the egg and take all your arm hair right off!
With the increased air flow of the High-Que grate, the Egg doesn't exhibit anywhere near the same degree of flashback as long as the bottom vent is wide open. What a nice surprise! To be clear, the egg will still flashback if the bottom vent is closed or if you open too rapidly at high heat, but the problem is vastly reduced!
Replacing the gasket is a bit of a chore. Click through for full details. Since the Egg needs to come apart for this anyway, a full cleaning is in order, too. Read the rest of this entry »


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Recorded live in a subterranean bunker of a studio in Akron, Studio C Sessions performances capture artists and audiences connecting in the closest of confines. In cooperation with The Summit FM, Western Reserve PBS is now broadcasting highlights of these intimate music moments. This show: Matt Maeson / Pete Yorn.
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- Reconstruct both directions of Hwy 10 between 15th Ave SE/7th St SE and Benton Dr includes turn lanes, shoulders and entrances
- Reconstruct both directions of Hwy 23 from west of Lincoln Ave SE near the pedestrian overpass to Benton CR 1, includes turn lanes, shoulders and entrances
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A new Australian prime minister who isn't immediately mired in the muck of their own rise is a rare thing.
It's not Scott Morrison.
He didn't get a honeymoon after taking over from Malcolm Turnbull, instead getting a beating in the polls and facing the legacy problem of Peter Dutton.
The Home Affairs minister has problems of his own - and is also a problem for Morrison.
Dutton is facing attacks from multiple angles.
He's under scrutiny for his decisions to grant two au pairs tourist visas after they were detained on the suspicion they were going to work in Australia.
One was given a reprieve after a former Queensland police colleague of Dutton's sent his office an email.
The other was let off when AFL boss Gillon McLachlan asked his office to talk to Dutton's office.
Even if everything is above board and Dutton wasn't doing favours for mates or powerful people, the explanation for his actions has not been clear.
Dutton fought in the courts to stop AAP accessing documents he relied on to give the au pairs visas.
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Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving LivesBy Elizabeth Rusch | Illustrated by Tom Uhlman
"At 11:35 p.m., as Radio Armero played cheerful music, a towering wave of mud and rocks bulldozed through the village, roaring like a squadron of fighter jets." Twenty-three thousand people died in the 1985 eruption of Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz. Today, more than one billion people worldwide live in volcanic danger zones. In this riveting nonfiction book—filled with spectacular photographs and sidebars—Rusch reveals the perilous, adrenaline-fueled, life-saving work of an international volcano crisis team (VDAP) and the sleeping giants they study, from Colombia to the Philippines, from Chile to Indonesia.
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a few thoughts on 'Mad Men': "The Suitcase"
This might be one of the best episodes of any show I've ever seen. It works on so many levels: as an exploration and deepening of characters we've come to know across years' worth of story, as a look into an era long gone, and — almost paradoxically — as metaphor that's only just barely metaphorical for situations we're still dealing with today.
Peggy's life here, all around — her work, her love life — feels hardly dated at all. Peggy may be something of an anomaly in the 1960s, but she feels like today's everywoman — and maybe even today's everyperson, male or female — who feels a discrepancy between what she really wants and what she's pressured by society to think she wants. (That all of this is occurring within the context of an ad agency is deeply, wonderfully ironic, since advertising has been such a powerful force in creating the sense of what we're "supposed" to want.) She's letting Mark squire her around because it's what she's "supposed" to be doing, as a young single woman who's supposed to be on the road to marriage and motherhood, but it's clear she's not thrilled with him (we've seen that previous to this episode). He appears to be a decent person and probably would thrill some other woman, but Peggy finds him bland and dull and unromantic (and so do we!), and he doesn't understand her or what she wants. Another woman might well be delighted that he invited her family to what was intended to be their intimate birthday dinner… but not Peggy. If Mark knew her better, he'd know how she feels about her family. What appears to be a generous gesture on his part actually reveals his cluelessness about who she is as a person. And he thinks it's an insult to her that he breaks up with her. She's upset by that, but only because she hasn't quite left behind those expectations everyone else has for her.
Like this: Peggy's mother thinks she's delivering a zinger when she tells her daughter, "I dunno how many nice boys you think are lining up for you…" But isn't that always how women have been forced to conform to narrow expectations: If you do what you want, boys won't like you and you'll end up old and alone. I've never understood people who imagine that doing what everyone else wants you to do (if it isn't also what you want to do) will make you happy…
I loved Peggy's line: "I know what I'm supposed to want, but it just never feels right, or as important as anything in that office." Her work gives her satisfaction that nothing else gives her. That's okay. She just needs to realize that, and she hasn't yet.
And then there's Peggy's relationship with Don. Watching her trying to cope with his criticism hit home for me, because I've been there, too: It's tough to be a woman in what is "supposed" to be a man's job, because there's just no way for a woman to win in that situation. You don't want to be treated differently, but when the boss is hard on you, it's easy to feel like you're being singled out because you're a woman, especially when you've seen the guys, time and time again, get away with whatever it is you're being scolded for. It's still true today.
Peggy would be awesome as creative director at an agency with her name on it. Too bad it's the drunkard Duck who suggests such a thing to her. Because it cannot possibly happen with Duck.
With Don, maybe, someday. That Don lets down his hair with Peggy as he does here is extraordinary, given what we know about Don and his tendency to keep everything close to the vest. He's so vulnerable with Peggy here that it becomes a startling example of how wrong Don has gone in his personal life. He's shattered to lose Anna, the one person whom he says knew the real him, but Peggy points out that she knows him too (although not quite as fully as she could, we know). He keeps hooking up with women on the shallowest of bases — including Betty, his wife — when he really needs to be with a woman he sees as an equal… and one who sees him, and doesn't just see him as a gravy train. It's so subtle, and hence even that much more effective, as an illustration of what feminists have been saying since, well, just about the time in which Mad Men is set (as with Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique), that romance is much better when it's truly between people who can approach each other as equals and as fully realized people.
I made a joke a while back about how Peggy and Don might end up running off to Haight-Asbury in a few years, but maybe I wasn't so far wrong about that. Don's comment about the mouse in his office — "There's a way out of this room we don't know about" — seems to apply to him and Peggy, too.
Oh, and another thing about Don. Yes, he's deeply fucked up. Yes, he's so far from perfect that it's ridiculous. But it seems to me what women viewers today find appealing about him is that he is a grownup. So much of our pop culture today seems intent on treating men as overgrown adolescents. Here is a man who is, for all his many, many faults, an adult. It's almost impossible to describe, in the current zeitgeist, how appealing that is.
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