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20 October, 2018 10:00 am
JB Robison Auctioneers – Vinita, OK
441498 E Highway 60/66
East Side of the Turnpike!
SATURDAY, October 20th, 10AM!
Selling Farm, Ranch & Construction Equipment! Vehicles, Trailers, ATV's & UTV's! Boats, RV's,
Lawn Equipment, Tools & More!
Call Today to Turn Your Assets Into Cash!
Check JBRauctions.com Daily for Photos of Equipment Coming In!
NEW! NEW! NEW! Skid Steer & Quick Disconnect Attachments!
Heavy Duty 72" Brush Mower
Tree & Post Puller
Tree & Post Puller
66" Rock & Brush Grapple With 4" Tine Spacing
75" Rock & Brush Grapple With 4" Tine Spacing
80" Rock & Brush Grapple With 4" Tine Spacing
84" Rock & Brush Grapple With 4" Tine Spacing
70" Root Grapple With 8" Tine Spacing
75" Root Grapple With 8" Tine Spacing
80" Root Grapple With 8" Tine Spacing
84" Root Grapple With 8" Tine Spacing
66" Rock Bucket With 4" Tine Spacing
75" Rock Bucket With 4" Tine Spacing
80" Rock Bucket With 4" Tine Spacing
84" Rock Bucket With 4" Tine Spacing
Quick Attach Receiver Hitch
Quick Attach Receiver Hitch
Set Of 7' Pallet Fork Extensions
Set Of 7' Pallet Fork Extensions
2001 Sundowner 3 Horse Slant Trailer, Tack/Change Room, Like New Tires, Great Shape! –
1978 Massey Ferguson 20C Industrial Tractor/Loader, 45HP Diesel, New Starter & Battery, New Seat, Runs Good! –
5' Brush Cutter –
6' Box Blade –
Hay Trailer, Hauls 6 Round Bales –
18' Equipment Trailer w/Ramps –
Honda Recon 4-Wheeler –
HD Hydraulic Tree Shear for Excavator w/New Blade –
Cat 420/430 Loader Bucket –
Trailer Full of Heavy, Heavy Duty Tools of ALL Kinds!
Assorted Tools – Tires – Some Household Items –
ATTENTION SELLERS: No Sales Commission! That's Right – No Sales Commission! You receive the amount of the High Bid – all of it – no advertising fee charged, no check in fee charged if your items are here before 5 PM the Saturday before the Auction, no reserve fees charged! You get ALL the High Bid – JBRauctions receives the 10% Buyers Premium for our efforts. Simple as that!
Sellers are paid by Cashier's Check Starting at Noon on the Wednesday following the Auction! Checks not picked up by 4 PM will be mailed unless you make other arrangements.
CONSIGNMENT INFORMATION: CALL US ASAP! To properly advertise, promote and market your items we need either a full description and multiple photos emailed to us OR your items delivered to our place ASAP! For maximum exposure have your items at our location two weeks before the Auction – at least one week prior!!! The more people we can reach and the more people that drive by and observe the items coming in the happier both of us will be when the Auction is over!
DO NOT wait until the last minute and then expect retail plus out of your item(s) that have had no exposure to the market place – it just doesn't work that way!
We have been doing this for 35+ years now. It is unreal how many times I have heard "well I've got something to sell but I'm gonna wait and see what all shows up before I bring mine in". Pardon me for being blunt – that is Stupid Thinking, they shoot themselves in the foot and keep us from properly doing our job marketing. The advertising and marketing cost US, not the Seller – If we don't have the item or descriptions and the items committed to the Auction we can't complete our job! AND people need to know your item will be available and have financial arrangements made to buy it!
Bottom Line: If You Want It Sold Why Keep It a Secret Until the Last Minute? Let Us Do Our Job!
This is a 10% Buyers Premium Auction! A 10% Buyers Premium WILL be added to the amount of your High Bid when you check out! If you are the High Bidder at $1,000 you will be charged $1,100 when you pay out. If you only want to spend $1,000 total on an item, simple, quit bidding at $900 – you will only be charged $990 when you pay out and we saved you $10!
We have been in the business for 35+ years – we did not make the decision to convert this Auction to a Buyer's Premium Auction in haste. We have watched national trends, attended many classes, talked to many Auctioneers that we respect and trust. As with any consignment Auction the first hurdle to jump is acquiring good merchandise to sell. In today's market, we must be competitive and streamline everything making our terms as uncomplicated as possible.
We knew there would be resistance to the change. We knew there would be bidders that would not participate because of the buyer's premium.
We were also advised after a few Auctions both the Sellers & Bidders would realize what was happening behind the scenes. Bottom Line —- Sellers are bringing better merchandise and are not putting unreasonable reserves on anything – our Sold, Sold, Sold percentage has increased dramatically. More Happy Sellers! More Happy Buyers! Happy Auctioneers!
ATTENTION! DO NOT CALL THE SELLERS!!! – If you have ANY questions about anything we are selling call our offices and talk to JB Sr. He will advise you of what information is available and/or try to get your questions answered.
We have a 35+ year relationship with KAMO Electric, NEO-REC & Northeast Rural Services (NRS), selling their surplus vehicles and equipment. Regretfully during 2017 they have been overwhelmed with phone calls requesting information, service records, wanting to talk to the mechanics, wanting to talk to the employees that drove the vehicles, etc. STOP CALLING THEM! They are in the Electric Business, not the used equipment business – that is why they entrust us to market their equipment. If you have questions, ask us! We will endeavor to get your questions answered and find out what information is available.
There will never be any service records available – there aren't any! NO, they won't let you talk to the mechanics or operators! When it is time for their equipment to be declared surplus they turn it over to us to market and sell – they want the units gone. They do a very good job of informing us of any known defects and specifically instruct us to disclose the known defects when the items are sold. They bring it to us to market, sell and deal with the prospective Bidders – please honor their wishes!
Some individual Sellers may welcome your calls & questions – if so, call JB Sr and he will get you with the Seller. Thank you for your understanding.
Please Read:
(1) Cold Hard Fact of Life —- We can't hold a gun to any Sellers head and make them sell their items. Neither can any other Auction Company.
(2) Everyone always gets strung out about what the reserve might be but they NEVER take into consideration what the other Bidders might bid???
(3) An item may have a $5,000 lien against it that must be satisfied but there are 2 Bidders willing to give $7,500 for it when the bidding starts – the $5K reserve didn't mean anything did it?
(4) We run into all kinds of things – mortgages or liens that need to be satisfied, once in a great while something may need Court approval, other conditions may arise – so we avoid advertising "absolute".
(5) YOU may own a tractor that books for $15K and you need to sell it – you owe the bank $10K on it – Would You Take Less Than $10K for it? I don't think so. But if a bidder bought your tractor for $12.5K-$15K they got a good deal, everyone happy!
(6) We have been at this a long time. We have seen (and continue to see) the word "Absolute Auction" used by others to entice bidders and then we find out later it was just a come-on to get you there. We will never do that to our Bidders.
(7) BUT – we do have Sellers that bring us units that positively sell to the high bidder, they never put a minimum on anything! KAMO, NEO-REC, NRS, some Banks, and about half of our individual consignors bring it in and say sell it! In 35 years, the Electric Companies have NEVER put a minimum on anything!
(8) We work hard at NOT taking unreasonable reserves, don't want to waste our time or yours.
Questions? Call JB, Retta or JB! 918-256-5524
Do you have a piece of equipment that would be hard, difficult or expensive to move to our location for the Auction? Not A Problem – We Have the Solution! Call for Information!
To Get Your Items on the SOLD List Call Today!
JB Robison Auctioneers
(918) 256-5524 Main Office
(417) 623-7777 Joplin
(918) 244-8802 JB Cell
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Please Remove Items by 5:00 PM, Wednesday Following the Auction If Possible!


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The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization. The Middle Motagua served as the source of Mesoamerica's most precious material. It was the home of the jade that was so highly valued by ancient peoples. With the fall, close to 1000 A.D. of Quirigua, Copan and their satellite communities, the lands of the Motagua drainage descend into an ahistorical void. Not until the end of the Hispanic colonial era do these lands receive any but the most cursory historical treatment. It is the intention of this book to explore this unknown time between the fall of the ancient cities and independence of Guatemala from the Spanish Crown. By using the earliest documents we can look at the end of prehistory, the culture that the Spaniards found upon their arrival among the Toquegua of the Motagua delta. The colonial era was neither a static backwater nor a time of uninterrupted prosperity (or disaster). Administrative papers tell of conditions in the towns along the busy riverine route between Spain and the Guatemalan capital and life in the tobacco and cacao lands that surrounded the old site of Copan. The story of this past, and looking for information on this past, is the subject of this volume. Boson Books also offers The War Against Epidemics in Colonial Guatemala, 1519-1821 by Lawrence Feldman. For an author bio and photo, reviews, and a reading sample, visit bosonbooks.com.

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The benefits of green tea continue to pile up, and this study, Omega-3s and Green Tea Can Ease Inflammation takes a look at the effects on the inflammation process. Inflammation is now considered by many to be the root of most disease including Alzheimer's, auto-immune, coronary, and Type 2 diabetes.
We also know that green tea helps wonders in post-operative healing by reducing inflammation and, thereby, pain!
In this study participants took
a daily supplement containing green tea extract or a placebo for three months. The supplement contained 379 mg of green tea extract, of which 208 mg was epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the principal antioxidant found in green tea.
By the end of the study,several inflammatory markers such as levels of C-reactive protein decreased by an average of 0.9 mg/L among people taking the green tea extract, but increased slightly among those taking placebos. TNFa which is involved in systemic inflammation also decreased in the group taking green tea extract.
But the green tea extract supplements led to far broader benefits. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased by several points. Glucose and insulin levels, along with insulin resistance, decreased. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels improved as well.
Help yourself to some more green tea whether it be matcha or sencha. It's exceptional for your well-being and good health!
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When selecting an ART program, information is crucial. Important points for consideration include the qualifications and experience of personnel, support services available, cost, convenience, pregnancy rates and multiple pregnancy rates. Every couple wants to use the most successful ART program, but many factors contribute to the overall success of a program. Cost-effectiveness ratio is one of the main issues to be considered. Charm treatment, psychological support and individualized assessment make a good program into a very good one, where you should feel comfortable.
It is estimated that about 15% of couples will fail to achieve conception after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. As the first treatment approach, most couples undergo controlled a controlled ovarian hyperstimulation with or without intrauterine insemination. As success rates is about 15% per cycle, ultimately, about half of these infertile couples will undergo an assisted reproductive technology procedure (ART) (in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)).
The basic steps in an IVF treatment cycle are ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture, and embryo transfer.
To decide what the most adequate treatment is, some screening tests should be done:
1) Screening tests: after deciding that ART is the best option, some other screening test should be done (Type & Rh Factor, HIV 1 – 2, HBsAg, HCV core antibody, RPR (syphilis), Rubella IgG, Pap smear, CBC, Hepatogram, Glycemia (fasting), vitamin D, Electrocardiogram (EKG), Mammography (over 40 years old)).
2) Cycle preparation: you will take some medications (i.e. contraceptive pills and/or
Lupron) in order to optimize the ovarian response during the stimulation.
3) Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH): you will take some medications
(gonadotropins) in order to stimulate your ovaries to produce several oocytes, and avoiding spontaneous ovulation.
4) Oocytes retrieval: oocytes will be retrieved in operation room. This practice will be guided by ultrasound.
5) IVF or ICSI: oocytes will be analyzed by the biologist who will classify them and
do the fertilization.
6) Embryo transfer: best two or three embryos (according to female age and medical
history) will be transferred to the uterus using a very soft catheter through the cervix.
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The 'Field of Dreams' build it and they will come is the biggest myth ever – just ask China. This myth is even more pertinent to the Internet.
*Kevin Costner in your Field of Dreams, you bloody liar!
There is a lot, and I mean masses of great content on the internet. "Content is king" gets banded around as if it were best practise or some kind of Holy Grail in marketing.
What a load of bollocks.
Too many kings and not enough kingdoms to reign, I say.
It's true, great content rises to the top – but there's a lot of great content out there!
Quick Reference (aka: What To Expect)
- Content Saturation: Myth or Reality?
- The Purpose: Business, Business or Merely Business?
- Published it, Shared it, F***ed Off!
- Attention: Not Just Another Buzzword
- BIG Business + BIG Budget = Slow to Manoeuvre?
- The Slog Option: Your Daily Blogging Crusade
- The Go Large Option: Build Big, Bigger and Biggest
- The Alternative Option: Beyond Written Prose
- Just Kidding, There's More
Instead of skipping ahead – you could of course just read on from here:
Content Saturation: Myth or Reality?
Content saturation is not a new thing (or fear).
The Economist talked about it in 2013 as did the Content Marketing Institute in 2014 in what they term the 'content shock', and then there's Facebook who also pretty much concede the content fatigue syndrome exists.
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With businesses competing for limited consumer attention it means more choice and better content. Therefore more content equates to good news for the consumer.
The downside? Content creation has far outpaced consumption and so much of the good and even great content is hardly read.
Good for the consumers but a reality check for the content producers.
You probably already know that publishing your website or blog is not enough to attract the traffic and build the audience you need. And yet without traffic, your online business will stutter, stall and fall out of the [electronic] sky.
Most online gurus will preach that you need to "find places where you can reach your audience that aren't already overrun by your competitors"… but these places are usually barren for a reason.
Sorry it's not that simple, you need to up your game.
- You need an effective strategy to get your audience's attention and build engagement.
- You need to be aware of your competitors' efforts.
- You need to be responsive to traffic sources and growth.
- You need to be critical of your efforts and analyse what works and what doesn't.
- You need an end goal, or at least a scale on which to measure your successes.
And so you need a reason for doing any of this:
The Purpose: Business, Business or Merely Business?
If we're not generating content for business gains, then why are we creating content in the first place?
If you're an individual blogger that doesn't monetise any part of your online presence and you're doing this for kicks, then you can skip this section.
Let's be honest here:
I want to help, educate and inspire people as much as the next person. I also want to know that my efforts weren't in vain.
Traffic and social signals to one side – typically that means one of a few things:
- Building a captive and loyal audience that you can nurture.
- Amplifying your efforts via micro conversions (likes, links, shares etc).
- Shaping brand authority, value and trust.
- Where appropriate, converting your audience via macro transactions.
100% conversion is not a thing.
Most of your audience won't convert, most won't require converting either. In fact one of the many joys of building an audience is the community it develops and the amplification the audience brings – for all to benefit.
But of course within that audience will be some genuine prospects who, at some point, may require your product or service. That's a good thing and it's not ugly to talk about either.
See that wasn't too hard was it – a bit of honesty never hurt, this is business after all.
- Larry Madill via SEMRush poses 5 Questions You Should Ask Before You Start A Blog
Published it, Shared it, F***ed Off!
We get the above business gains and producing content to align to those is relatively straightforward. Measuring your content marketing is often less obvious and clear.
KPIs (we all need them) and measurement is one critical factor of success. If measuring 'stuff' wasn't tricky enough already, with the advent of content marketing, measuring results now comes in two disparate but parallel forms.
Firstly, the headline numerical metrics:
- Raw traffic numbers
- Traffic channel/source
- Social shares
- Backlinks and citations, other site owners digesting and citing your content
- Comments and interactions, usually a positive sign
- Subscriptions, such as a newsletter
- Lead generation, such as completing a form
- Customer acquired, such as a sale
The problem with that list is it can be very noisy.
Beyond the metrics? A bevy of experts share "How to Measure the Success"of Content Marketing with the CMI.
Expanding on this further – you need an additional, definable system. You need to understand your audiences' attention.
Attention is not a subject heavily discussed but attention is just as important as the numbers and can be defined by understanding these concepts:
- What drives attention in your market?
- What do you solve by capturing that attention?
- How many people's attention do you need to achieve your goal?
If you're thinking this is starting to get confusing, then you'd be right.
Attention: Not Just Another Buzzword
Look and listen for the signals. Consider the attention in your market as the consumption rate and type; what is established, what are people responding to, what are your competitor's pursuing and how can you differentiate?
The attention of your market is typically defined by your audiences' actions, and therefore to a certain degree out of your control. You may have an alternative solution, you may be disruptive – but ultimately the consumer dictates the demand.
The "how many people" aspect is simpler in that you define the type of audience or subset thereof, how 'many' you need and the action you require them to take to 'do' business.
A simplistic approach – answer the below question with a resounding YES!
With a yes you can be confident that your content marketing resonates with your audience for the right reasons.
There will be people that disagree with me on the above, of course.
Caveat: If you have a particularly short buying cycle which is often the case with simple, cheap or instant-gratification products, then I'd understand.
For most B2B markets however, the buying decision process is much more drawn out.
With that in mind how do we go about discovering and building our audience? Here's a few documented strategies to find your audience, relate to and assimilate them:
- How We Answer Quora Questions to Drive Traffic to Our Website
- How To Find Your Target Audience In Content Marketing
- Ken McArthur's The Top 10 Ways to Find Your Audience
- Why not try 5 Social Media Listening Tools to better understand your market?
The other exception to the rule is big companies with large budgets.
BIG Business + BIG Budget = Slow to Manoeuvre?
Often because of their scale and structure i.e. demand for action comes from the top down and from people who are less in tune with the granular operations, larger organisations can side step relevance (audience engagement) and just demand volume (traffic).
… or worse still the fluffy non-metric we should all love to distrust 'brand awareness'.
If that sounds familiar, perhaps go back to why attention is important and consider a pitch back up the chain?
Return on investment will be greater, easier to measure and more rewarding to you and your audience, with the longer term aspirations of the business still intact.
If you're not confident with throwing money behind your content then you're either turning out crud or you're not aligning business goals and expectations with your content.
If not, why not?
Anyway that's enough theory, let's address the impending-content-overload-doom™ with a variety of solutions to put in to practise today:
The Slog Option: Your Daily Blogging Crusade
Blog daily, or as often as humanly possible.
When I say blog, I don't mean 400-500 word thin-as-piss articles that anyone could regurge' out.
You can take 'daily' as being the yardstick here, every other day is still a lot of content – and work – unless that is you crap out sub-standard rehashed prose, which defeats the object.
Delivering 1,000 word plus original, high calibre pieces is not easy. It's time consuming and if outsourced, a costly exercise.
Can it work? Sure, saturation on top of saturation of a topic will eventually get you traction. It'll take time, but as your library of content grows, so will organic discovery and your ability to schedule and share a lot of your own content via Social Media instead of merely curating.
Depending on your niche, traction can come within a few months but in more competitive sectors expect to be ploughing those furrows for the best part of a year.
The other issue with the hard slog mode of content marketing is setting a precedent. Your audience might be used to the pace, trying to ween them off your daily blogging could alienate or dilute said audience.
Helpful links to get your blog-on:
- Rand Fishkin's 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated)
- 168 Case Studies On Generating Traffic From 124 Experts
- 266 Killer Blog Post Ideas – No More Writer's Block
- "I'm Not Dead Yet!" Musings on Original Content
- CoShedules's Headline Analyzer
- How about some Power Words that Convert
An alternative option is going large:
The Go Large Option: Build Big, Bigger and Biggest
Ignore-the-noise. Witness those hundred or so pieces streaming past on your Twitter feed? There's another 10,000 where they came from, and that's just today.
People talk about it.
They yearn for it.
Everyone wants it.
There are studies that support it.
In fact I'm doing it write now.
What is it?
When it comes to the internet, size matters – and I'm not talking about some kind of flesh parade here.
Of course 'length' is relative, and no, I'm still not talking about a gentleman's sausage.
Writing style has a lot to do with the length and readability of content. Waffle for the sake of bulking out a piece is key-slaps wasted.
We're all different when it comes to the consumption of content, but one thing's for sure – if an article is great, no matter the length, we'll read it end-to-end. And if we don't have time right now, we'll bookmark it for later.
Don't be fooled however, a hulking great piece of text can be a turn-off. It's one reason you'll find images and a splash of creativity mixed in with longer articles of merit. How am I doing?
The big, bigger, biggest content theory in action:
- How I Increased My Search Traffic by 110% in 14 Days
- The 'Skyscraper Technique' May Actually Improve Your Content Marketing
Is it all good news for tall building related metaphors?
There's quite a bit of effort required for this tactic (that's the first time I've used that word), and so I feel this needs to be a rounded opinion.
I certainly don't want people to consider the skyscraper routine (better than tactic?) yet another holy-grail pursuit.
So here's a failed attempt, because you're not always going to be successful!
Dale Cudmore notes that "very few case strategies are published with a new (or relatively new) site in mind. Because they aren't impressive."
Food for thought – don't always expect perfect results.
The Alternative Option: Beyond Written Prose
Hold on a minute, isn't this commentary all about the issue of content saturation? In which case why am I advocating yet more of the same!
Well technically the right audience > attention > high calibre content will cut through the noise to a certain degree, but there are alternatives.
Outside of your comfort zone:
Writing a blog is easier than say, creating a microsite of content. It's also easier than writing and recording a video. Furthermore, a podcast or webinar is even more time consuming.
Does additional time invested equate to bigger returns? If you're looking for an edge or at least a diminished level of competition, the facts speak for themselves:
Thanks to smartphones, mobile internet technology such as 3 and 4G, and the always connected generation, podcasts are on the rise.
"Awareness of podcasting among Americans 12 years of age and older has more than doubled since 2006", and "Libsyn recorded that, of their 2.6 billion podcast downloads in 2014, 63% were requested from mobile devices". Source – PewResearch Fact Sheet
In fact podcasts are the new in thing; just look at marketers on Twitter – they're spreading tips and guides on the medium like it's the never been seen before. It's 2005 all over again, but this time (thanks to mobile tech) it's gonna' stick!
Back in 2013 YouTube eclipsed even Facebook by becoming the second largest search engine. That makes it all the more prevalent for the modern content creator to find their audience on the 'Tube.
And what of webinars? As Georgiana Laudi of Unbounce wrote, "I think it's time to start taking webinars seriously." Much like a podcast, webinars are a captive audience. Done right and you'll find people tuning in to see and hear you and your message. That's powerful.
Some excellent resources on each medium:
- When it comes to podcasting, just ask Pat [Flynn] – Complete Step-by-step Guide
- Budding YouTuber – How to Start a YouTube Channel as a Vlogger
- Unbounce's Webinar Marketing: 15 Steps to Revenue Generating Webinars
Just Kidding, There's More
All that magic and yet no sparkle?
Creating content is just the start, 90% of your efforts should be spent promoting your content.
Seriously – don't just Tweet it out on a whim – there's a lot of noise out there. I've said that already.
You've made the effort to create it and I know how long that can be (nearly a day for this here post). So take content promotion seriously, in fact I'd recommend putting a little budget behind your piece to get your content seen and found.
Failing that, there are free (notwithstanding your time) methods for promoting and amplifying your way to content success.
Make your content sparkle (hey – its end of the article, I'm throwing in some cheese):
- Some great insights in how to get viral shares using Buffer as the example
- 17 Advanced Methods for Promoting Your New Piece of Content
- How to Promote Your Content Across Owned, Earned, and Paid Media
That in a nutshell dear reader is the issue of content saturation and how to get traffic and build an audience when no one knows you exist – yet.
Happy blogging/skyscraping/vlogging/webinaring/podcasting… and of course, promoting!
*oh and just for the record I quite like Kevin Costner, I wouldn't mind meeting him some day.


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Two charged over armed robbery overnight
POLICE have charged a man and a boy following an alleged armed robbery at Redbank Plains overnight.
It is alleged about 7.40pm, a man and a boy entered a service station on Redbank Plains Road and demanded cash from a staff member.
Police further allege the staff member observed the two males to be in possession of a firearm.
"It is alleged the man and the boy left the business a short time later in a vehicle with a quantity of cash," a police statement read.
About 8.10pm, police located and arrested a man and a boy in relation to this matter.
A 17-year-old Redbank Plains boy and a 21-year-old Corinda man are charged with one count each of armed robbery.
The man will appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on October 15.


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A friend of mine has been chomping at the bit to do more mountain biking, but he has a minor disability (i have a thread going in the general section on setting up one hand control) - anyway, he didnt want to make a big investment in case it doesnt work out for him. based on the feedback i saw on here, i recommended the guardian. he had it shipped to my house so i could set it up.
so overall, it is a pretty decent deal, but there are some things that everyone needs to either know or be prepared for:
It is very unlikely the target market will have any chance of assembling this bike - they say you have to have it professionally assembled and it is absolutely the case - some bikes maybe you get away with basic knowledge and if you are handy with tools... not this one.
-the cables are going to come hooked up to derailleurs - it doesnt mean anything is even close to being dialed in.
-the derailleur hanger was badly bent and you need a special tool to bend it back correctly or it will never shift right
-the front derailleur is CHEAP - like the worst possible - really tough to dial in and flexes so badly it barely shifts. budget in a replacement out of the gate. maybe replace it with a deore (you can mix sram/shim on the front - not the rear)
-spend the money to have the rims trued and stressed if you can - at least trued
-getting the brakes to not rub is not rocket science, but not something most folks know how to do and these are a little tricky.
-rear tire clearance looks really tight - skinny 2.1's will be the rule - not a big deal, just dont get a 2.25" - i think it will rub on the front der.
Again - you really cant buy a 29er with a rock shox TK and at least some X5 parts for $600 - but have reasonable expectations and have a pro set it up (not someone like me) - buy a front der from them as well.....


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Each year as Christmas approaches we search for homemade Christmas ornament suggestions for our yearly ornament project. More than in the magazine rack, journals like Dwell and Architectural Digest feature beautifully illustrated stories about the residences of the rich and well-known – they are fantastic sources of design and style inspiration. The steep roof design and style enables snow and tree leaves to slide off the surface with ease. In addition, each Property & Garden Tv (HGTV) and the Discovery Residence networks also televise several programs about interior style and decorating, featuring the performs of a variety of interior designers, decorators and residence improvement authorities in a myriad of projects.
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'Secret Mountain Fort Awesome' Blows Up CN
There are some cool new kids on Cartoon Network's Monday night animation block as Secret Mountain Fort Awesome makes its series debut tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. The premiere will follow new episodes of familiar favorites Johnny Test (7 p.m.), The Amazing World of Gumball (7:30 p.m.), Adventure Time (8 p.m.), Regular Show (8:15 p.m.) and precede a new two-part episode of MAD (8:45 p.m.)
Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, created by Pete Browngardt and produced at Cartoon Network Studios, centers on a gang of freaky monsters living deep underground: underwear-clad leader Festro, pet-like Dingle, furry Slog, exfoliation-challenged Gweelok and (self descriptive) Fart. Shunned by humanity for their gross appearance and radical behavior, they are forced to bunk at Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, from which they launch their crazy stunts—say, stealing the sun, or fighting a heavy-metal tooth fair, or bathing with CG sharks.
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Wow, what a week! I cannot thank the bloggers enough for joining me in celebrating the release of Secrets Kept. THANK YOU! Yesterday, I had the nicest, sweetest, most awesome surprise on Facebook. A friend of mine had read Secrets Kept and had promptly added her own blog to the tour–complete with the rafflecopter! How cool is that? So stop by, say hi, and see what she had to say. 🙂
Today is the last day for the release day blog tour, and look at the line up! Lots of fun things! If you haven't visited the other blogs, there's still time! The tour-wide giveaway closes tonight at midnight. I will announce the winner Saturday.
October 16th
J. L. Mbewe: Release Day Kick-Off
The Writer's Window: Meet the Characters Part 1
Sitting on the Porch with Lynn: Interview
In Darkness, There is Light: Excerpt
October 17th
The Wonderings of One Person: Meet the Villains
Lightly Salted: Guest Post
Aaron DeMott: Excerpt
Writing without Compromise, Clare Davidson: Top Ten favorite YA novels
Our Journey to Joshua: An Epic Book review
October 18th
J. L. Mbewe: Top Secret Project Reveal
Anne Elisabeth Stengl: Meet the Characters part 2
Emerald Barnes' Dreaming Awake Blog: Interview
Pauline Creeden over at Readers Realm: Dream Cast
Sheila Hollinghead's Rise, Write, Shine: Review of Dragon Thief
Are you ready for the great unveiling? This project was almost ready to be unveiled in August, and then I lost everything. Ha! So without further ado:
The Official Website for the World Of Nälu
So what do you think? I will be adding to it from time to time as I have big dreams. Ha! We shall see where this will lead. 🙂
By the way, a BIG thank you to all of you who went and bought a copy of Secrets Kept this past week. For a brief moment of awesomeness, it had reached number one on the hot new bestsellers in the Christian fantasy category. Y'all rock!
And the party is just beginning! Have you seen our Costume board on Pinterest? Some awesome pics coming in. If you bought a copy of Secrets Kept this week, don't forget to stop by the Contest page and enter to win the Grand Prize! And there's another tour coming up, so stay tuned!
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Soft-spoken by nature, South Florida-bred Roosevelt Collier does his hollering on the pedal steel guitar. Brought up in the "sacred steel" tradition of the House of God Church, Roosevelt built his reputation alongside his uncles and cousins in The Lee Boys, known for their spirited, soul-shaking live performances. Seated front and center, "The Dr." leaves an indelible mark on listeners, flooring audiences with his lightning-fast slide work on the pedal steel.
On his own, Collier's become a sought-after talent both on record and on stage, performing alongside musical luminaries in the fields of rock, blues and pop, including the Allman Brothers, The String Cheese Incident, Buddy Guy, Umphrey's McGee, Los Lobos, Robert Randolph, the Tedeschi-Trucks Band, and the Del McCoury Band, among countless others. No matter what the context, when Roosevelt takes the stage, the ear-to-ear grins can't help but be contagious.
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Presidential Motown Band Turns Debate Into Song [VIDEO]
Politics can get messy, argumentative and a little dull sometimes. Fortunately, a little bit of autotune will cure boredom and make sparring presidents look like the leads of a motown band.
The Gregory Brothers are notorious for autotuning the news, and Tuesday night's second presidential debate has already gotten the same treatment. Watch Candy Crowley whip out a keytar as a member of the "would-be motown band, Crowley and the Town Hallians."
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney then croon town hall members who ask, "Who's gonna work it out?" Then try to get the catchy song out of your head.


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Playing in Phoenix: Bar salvaged from popular Chicago nightclub
Sept. 24, 2008
One of the coolest artifacts near downtown Phoenix is a piece of Chicago architecture with history.
It's a long wooden bar, probably mahogany or walnut, that Steven and Andi Rosenstein say was the focal point in the Black Orchid Club when the nightspot was on Rush Street.
The Rosensteins have installed the bar with history in their 1928 Anchor Manufacturing Building at 525 S. Central Ave., which is just south of downtown Phoenix. The vacant building, with 14,000 square feet, has good bones.
If you want a close look at the Art Deco bar, the Rosensteins' red brick warehouse will be a featured stop on the SoDo Tour from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 27. For details about the South of Downtown Phoenix tour and other upcoming downtown events, check the schedule and map at www.urbanaffairaz.com/pages/.
The Rosensteins say the Black Orchid, which has since relocated to North Avenue, was a popular Chicago hangout in the 1940s and 1950s. Standing behind the salvaged bar, the top of which is nearly as long as a semi trailer, Rosenstein said his and Andi's parents "used to hang out there, back in the late '50s."
If the bar could talk, it might share stories about celebrities, politicians and others swapping details about contracts, deals and agreements.
"We can feel the people standing here, drinking their drinks," Rosenstein says.
The Rosensteins found the bar through a friend at Architectural Artifacts, an antiques and architectural salvage company in Chicago. The bar, with its flaming red wood, was their second choice. Their first was a bar their friend had imported from Dublin. But he sold it before the Rosensteins had a chance to visit his shop. He told them about the Black Orchid bar arriving the next day. They returned and bought it.
The top of the bar is one piece that Andi said barely fit inside an enclosed semi trailer. The bottom of the bar and the backbar were disassembled into several pieces that filled the rest of the trailer and were hauled to Phoenix.
The old bar anchors a section of the Phoenix warehouse where the Rosensteins envision a bar and restaurant. The rest of the building has potential for theater performances, art exhibits, receptions and other events.
Other possibilities include space for a new line of custom clothing the Rosensteins are considering, since that is their business background; and a farmers market with a juice bar, a coffee bar, fresh produce, dairy products, pasta, bakery goods, fish, flowers and a variety of other items.
Listening to the Rosensteins talk, one can almost smell the cheeses, bakery goods and fresh coffee.
Such challenges are routine for the Rosensteins. In 1995, they renovated an old jukebox factory in Chicago into the headquarters for their Fitigues Clothing brand. They sold their company in 2007 and moved to the north Scottsdale home they bought a few years earlier.
Today, they have plans for the 80-year-old Phoenix warehouse. They already have a design for the kitchen, and they're finalizing a menu and a new line of clothing they plan to sell out of a part of the warehouse. Now they're searching for a restaurant operator.
"We want to find that guy to do the bar and restaurant," Steven says. "We can do the rest of it."
Andi says, "We're not looking for a big name chef. We'd rather have a young, hungry guy. Young and hungry is what we want."
The rest of the warehouse space would be leased to others for the farmers market and other businesses.
Early fourth quarter 2009 is a tentative date for the Rosensteins to have their new venture up and running.
"It's more than just a market or a bar; it's almost like a little neighborhood within a building," Steven says. "It's a true extension of us. It's what we love."
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Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?
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5 Architects exhibitionThis interactive exhibit for the Chicago Architecture Foundation examined Midwestern buildings designed by 5 woman-led architecture firms. Working as part of a collaborative team that included curators, architects, fabricators, and videographers, we created large rubbery books featuring the work of each firm. The exhibit's structures, media, and typography explore the collaborative spirit of these firms in a site combining the public and the intimate.
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Anyone who has listened to country music for five minutes knows that the lyrics often center on little slices of real life. A catchy phrase, a double meaning or just a little slice of country life set to rhyme can all set the creative process rolling to produce a hit.
Living on the southern edge of Nashville area is interesting, to say the least. Who knows who you might see on an evening jog around the neighborhood; share a bleacher seat with at a high school football game, or in my wife's case, nearly run over when they dart into traffic.
A few months ago, while working on another article, I got a pleasant surprise while interviewing country hit-maker Craig Morgan. When he's working, he is in the studio producing another hit album, on tour, or he's on the road taping television shows for Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors. To balance his hectic travel schedule, Craig retreats to his 400-acre farm west of Music City.
Some artists come to the country way of life and look upon it as a novelty.
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March 5, 2016 – TTC Weekend Closure
TTC signal and maintenance work on Line 1 this weekend
This weekend, March 5-6, subway signal and maintenance work being undertaken between St George and Lawrence West stations will require that portion of Line 1 to close. Over the course of the weekend, TTC crews will lay 37,000 feet of cable for the TTC's new Automatic Train Control (ATC) signal system, replace 2,700 feet of track, grind 6,000 feet of rail to ensure a smooth journey, and conduct station cleaning and other maintenance work.
Shuttle buses will operate, stopping at subway stations only along the route. However, as Metrolinx is performing additional work at Eglinton West Station, the shuttle bus will stop at the intersection of Eglinton Ave. W. and Bathurst St. rather than at the station. This Metrolinx work will also require the 63/363 Ossington and 109 Ranee buses to divert. Please check ttc.ca for details.
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Onwards and upwards says school principal
IT is time to put the past behind and move forward according to Kilkenny City Vocational School principal, Cathy McSorley who last week won her High Court action against the decision of the Minister for Education to remove her from office.
She said the High Court judge who heard her successful case had made it clear that it was time to draw a line in the sand and move on. "I have to say I have been heartened by the support from the school parents, board of management and the VEC in running the school," she said. She has big plans for the school and she added: "It's onwards and upwards from here."
However, County Kilkenny VEC is to seek legal advice on whether or not it can publish the report on Ms McSorley which prompted the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn and the VEC to fire her.
The High Court last week decided that the decision to remove her from her job was too harsh a sanction to place on her even though it accepted the contents of the report undertaken by Mr Torlach O'Connor. In his judgement Mr Justice John Hedigan said that the effect of the disciplinary action was disproportionate and justified the court setting aside the decision. He was impressed by the way Ms McSorley had tried to bring in reform to a school where there had been problems before she went there.
And it has now been revealed that the cost of the Department of Education enquiry into her tenure at the school totals E327,000.
An order for costs in the High Court action has not been made.
The case is due back before the High Court on Friday, May 11 as Mr Justice Hedigan has asked for submissions from Counsel for the Applicant (Ms McSorley) and the Respondents (the Minister and Co Kilkenny VEC) as to the precise nature of his Order.
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text: Software & Apps Design 32 32 people found this article helpful What Color Is Vermilion? by Jacci Howard Bear Writer A graphic designer, writer, and artist who writes about and teaches print and web design. our editorial process Jacci Howard Bear Updated on November 22, 2019 jayk7 / Getty Images Design Graphic Design Photoshop Animation & Video 3D Design Tweet Share Email Vermilion (also spelled "vermillion"), which is sometimes referred to as cinnabar, or China or Chinese red, is a tone of rich red with a bit of orange in it, much like scarlet. It can be produced naturally from the mineral cinnabar as well as artificially. Vermilion is considered the color of life, associated with blood because of the red color, and eternity. It carries with it the same symbolism as red — a power color also associated with love, marriage, and religion. History of Vermilion Cinnabar contains mercury, so the mining and creation of cinnabar used to make vermilion pigment was dangerous due to the toxicity of mercury. The hue of the red color depends upon the size of particles of the mercuric sulfides, and the smaller the particles, the brighter and more orange the color. The vermilion color has been widely used throughout history, with the first recognized used of it dating from 7,000 to 8,000 BC. Cinnabar was mined in Spain and used by the ancient Romans, among whom it was a precious and expensive pigment. The Romans used it in cosmetics, frescoes, and other artwork. During the Renaissance, it was used in paintings. Vermilion was also used in ancient China. Cinnabar was mixed with the sap of a tree related to the sumac to create the distinctive red lacquer that gave rise to the alternate name "Chinese red." The resin is toxic, but when painted on wood or metal it hardens. It was used in pottery and ink for calligraphy, and adorned temples and carriages, for example. Married women in India traditionally used vermilion cosmetic powder to color their hair where it parted, a practice known as sindoor. When a woman washed the vermilion powder out of her part, it meant she was a widow. Traditional sindoor made use of turmeric to give the reddish-orange hue, but some commercially produced sindoor powders were made of chemicals. Using Vermilion Color in Design Files When you plan a design project that will be printed in ink on paper, use CMYK formulations for vermilion in your page layout software or select a Pantone spot color. For display on a computer monitor, use RGB values. Use hex designations when working with HTML, CSS, and SVG. Vermilion shades are best achieved with the following information: Vermilion: Hex #e34234 | RGB 227,66,52 | CMYK 0,71,77,11Orange Red (web color orangered): Hex #ff3f00 | RGB 255,69,0 | CMYK 0,75,100,0Orange Red 2: Hex #ee4000 | RGB 238,64,0 | CMYK 0,73,100,7Scarlet: Hex #ff2400 | RGB 255,36,0 | CMYK 0,86,100,0Tomato 2: Hex #ee5c42 | RGB 238,92,66 | CMYK 0,61,72,7Coral 2: Hex #ee6a50 | RGB 238,106,80 | CMYK 0,55,66,7 Choosing Pantone Colors Closest to Vermilion When working with printed pieces, sometimes a solid color vermilion, rather than a CMYK mix, is a more economical choice. The Pantone Matching System is the most widely recognized spot color system. Here are the Pantone colors suggested as best matches to vermilion colors. Vermilion: Pantone Solid Coated 179 C Orange Red (Web color orangered): Pantone Solid Coated 172 C Orange Red 2: Pantone Solid Coated 2028 CScarlet: Pantone Solid Coated 2028 CTomato 2: Pantone Solid Coated 2027 CCoral 2: Pantone Solid Coated 7416 C


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I'm impressed I even showed up for class today. Sure I was only...err...5 hours late if I go by my own time schedule. Better late than never I always say! I'm usually always late in real life. It never used to be that way before I got married. I was overly organized, ahead of schedule and I had the memory of an elephant. Now? Well now I have sticky notes everywhere with to-do lists, reminders, and unfinished sentences telling me where to be at what time. As for being ahead of schedule. HA! We're always at least 10 minutes late to everything. Church, small group, dinner, you name it. And my memory? Gone. And I haven't found it yet.
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The point of this post was to show you what's going on over in the Mill's neck of the woods. To recap, we closed on our new property for our business. So we have begun demolition to accommodate the space to our liking. We are trying to get this done and be moved in by the end of January because we are still paying rent in our old location. We'd prefer not to pay rent and a payment on our new building simultaneously for obvious reasons. We are working our booties off with a vacation, Christmas and New Years all packed in between. So here's a glimpse into the chaos we call life currently. There is no glitz or glam around here right now.
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|We even got the niece and nephew in on the fun.
|Who says you can't look cute while you work?
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Fan TV Set-Top Box Might Be the Easiest Way to Watch TV
Fan TV, unveiled on Thursday, lets viewers concentrate on TV shows and movies rather than apps or content providers. The two-part device consists of a gently curved base component that plugs into the TV, and a smaller companion remote with a touch surface.
The hook: Fan TV helps you quickly and easily find your favorite programs, regardless of their origins. It then delivers the shows via streaming video or live TV, and can even record like a DVR.
Fan TV was released by Fanhattan, a company founded by Gilles BianRosa, who also helped pioneer BitTorrent and media hub Vuze.
The Fan TV hardware runs software that looks like an extension of the Fanhattan app, which famously lets you identify your preferred programs — then shows you where to find them, no matter the online video service or network provider.
So far, Fan TV sounds a lot like predecessors such as Google TV — but BianRosa claims this device will be easier to use. In the video above, watch how gestures on the touch surface correspond to the TV screen; there's no need to look down while navigating. The company describes the remote's operation as extremely simple: "swipe to watch, swipe to search."
The idea is compelling. Imagine using just one remote, controlling a simple interface to find your favorite programs, and watching them whenever you'd like. Who wouldn't want that? See Fan TV in action in the video on the company's website.
One group comes to mind: cable and satellite TV companies. And Fan TV didn't announce any partners at today's reveal.
To make this work, cable and satellite TV companies must cooperate, becauase BianRosa says this device won't be for those who don't have such services — at least not at first. In other words, it's not for "cord cutters," those who use services such as Netflix and Hulu and reject cable TV or satellite TV subscriptions.
The Fan TV software and hardware seems compelling and user-friendly, but that hasn't been the biggest challenge for companies like Google, Microsoft, Boxee and Apple, which all continue to pioneer various approaches to a unified interface for video content.
Until Fan TV has confirmed that cable giants such as Comcast and Time Warner have signed on the dotted line, this promising hardware and software combination will remain a dream.
We're thinking Apple is probably working on the same thing, with the stumbling block being negotiating with those who own the content. What do you think?
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News Alert: Washington Post Endorses Leahy's #ECPA Reform To Strengthen Email Privacy
Washington Post: Keeping E-mail Private
In an editorial Thursday the Washington Post voices its support for Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Patrick Leahy's legislation to update the nation's outdated privacy laws, particularly the Electronic Communication Privacy Act. The Judiciary Committee will consider Chairman Leahy's Manager's amendment to update that law, which was enacted more than 25 years go, and the Video Privacy Protection Act.
"The advertisements that the Postal Service piles into your mailbox every day are legally sacrosanct; the medical notifications your health-insurance company sends to your Gmail account are not."
"This bizarre reality is thanks to the 1986 Electronic Privacy Communications Act, a law written before anyone dreamed that Americans would send, receive and store so much private information over third-party services such as Gmail or would draft documents using cloud computing that they intend to keep confidential. Now Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the 1986 law's original author, wants to amend it into the 21st century….This would bring the law in line with the reality that Americans are using electronic communications services to exchange and store all sorts of sensitive data."
"Mr. Leahy's amendments are worthy of enthusiastic support from his colleagues. They are already too long in coming."
A Thursday Associated Press article also notes that Leahy's bill to strengthen email privacy is also sensitive to the needs of law enforcement.
"Federal and state authorities still will have a robust set of tools to track down lawbreakers even as these officials oppose changes supported by a broad coalition of technology companies and public interest groups."
"Setting the bar higher doesn't prevent law enforcement agencies from doing their jobs, according to current and former prosecutors, judges and attorneys who specialize in privacy issues… Nor does the legislation weaken other methods used by law enforcement for collecting electronic information. A subpoena signed by a federal prosecutor — not a judge — will continue to be sufficient for obtaining routing data from third-party Internet providers that can identify the sender of an email and the location where the message was sent."
Read the full Washington Post editorial online.
Read the full Associated Press article online.
A live webcast of today's Judiciary Committee executive business meeting can be viewed here.
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NSW POLICE broke the law when they destroyed CCTV footage crucial to a workplace safety investigation into an officer's exposure to an unknown substance in a drug safe.
NSW State Records received complaints in October and November 2010 about the disposal of CCTV footage from a police station's drug safe and surrounding areas, as well as record keeping for drug audit risk assessments.
A police officer conducting drug audits within the drug safe at a Sydney police centre in 2009 was exposed to an unknown substance during the audit.
But when the officer requested the CCTV tapes, which were relevant to the times the occupational health and safety incidents occurred, the officer was told that police had destroyed the tapes.
The director of NSW State Records, Alan Ventress, wrote to the Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, last May with a list of recommendations to improve standards because the tape disposal broke the law.
''For reasons outlined in the report, I believe that a breach of section 21 of the State Records Act 1988 has occurred with the unauthorised destruction of these CCTV tapes,'' he wrote.
''Failure to create and capture records documenting actions, decisions, guidance or advice into appropriate record-keeping systems can expose an organisation to a high level of risk or embarrassment. These breaches are a concern to State Records.
A separate NSW Ombudsman Office report stated: ''It is unfortunate that CCTV footage … was not retained by the NSW Police Force, particularly given Workcover attended the site and investigated the incidents.''
A police spokesman said police accepted State Records' findings and ''were working with the records management authority to implement the recommendations''.
''NSW Police Force has made significant changes to its records management practices, as part of its commitment to best practice, since being made aware of issues relating to the keeping of full and accurate records,'' he said.
Last month The Sydney Morning Herald reported a gay couple had discovered that nearly 26 minutes of vital CCTV footage was missing after they alleged police assaulted them at Rose Bay police station last June.


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April 20, 2017
Hello, where have you been may be the question you've been asking about me lately?! I went a little MIA for a while via social media, intentionally. It's called, the balancing act of of owning my own buisness and my life! I was so engulfed in a project for quite some time, it was time to step away and instead of taking an actual vacation, it was time to vacate my life via social media.
Doing the whole "Entrepreneurial thing", isn't a joke people! Do I have it figured out?! Heck no. Honestly, I constantly struggle with finding balance in my personal life between the busyness of our industry, being a wife, and trying to keep God at the forefront. Honestly is the best policy right?! I mean I've come along way, but its always a work in progress.
I really wished I had juggling my personal life with business figured out down to a science, but NOPE, I'm human like the rest of you. It's a day to day learning curve, and prayer by prayer (that was supposed to be a pun to "Play by Play" ) if you are just catching on, kind of thing.
You don't get into business with the idea, that it may overtake your life from time to time, but some where along the way, it's can happen and probably will happen.
What I have learned is when your mind + body are telling you to Stop and slow down, you slow down, but more importantly when God is telling you to STOP, AND TAKE A BREAK, you just do,right?! or if you're like me the stubbornness kicks in and you procrastinate until he nudges you a little longer…with words he's whispering, "Be still and know." {Psalms 46:10}
So let me circle back to, where have I been? Quite honestly, right before Easter, I felt God just tugging at me saying, shut social media down and step away for a while, to focus on ME (meaning HIM) and your hubby. (WHAT WHAT?! ) Yes, since November of last year, I had been diligently focused on an elaborate modern tuscany wedding design, the most in depth designed wedding we've done to date(we just executed the wedding, it was, April 8th, just to give you an idea it TOOK 2 weeks to set it up!!!) I spent alot of extra hours working until the wee hours of the morning, and boy my husband (well, I couldn't have been blessed with a better one) he's had his fair share of ham sandwiches, breakfast for dinner, and "one-pot wonders" or that's what we call them……..LOL! One pot wonders, are throw everything in a pan, and roast it! My husband calls me the roasting queen (because roasting veggies is the quickest thing in the kitchen, takes the least amount of effort and taste the best.)
But in all honesty, my direct thoughts regarding stepping away were, God "You can't be Serious, I run a business and businesses thrive on Social Media…. But for 3 straight weeks, my morning instagram was replaced with reading the word and praying. I've never felt more at peace, and enjoyed this time of stepping away. I feel rejuvenated, balanced and obedient…and it brought me right back to the reason I started Emily Burton Designs, out of love for design, faith and obedience.
So I want to encourage you today, if you are a new business owner, you will never have it all figured out…it's a day by day process. What's important is to take care of yourself, your mind, and body and constantly work on finding balance in your life with business. Remember, you own a business for a reason. Give yourself the permission to step away and decompress on a regular basis.
I'm a firm believer that the world likes to over stimulate us on a constant, and creators and designers need free brain space where they can dream and create! It's okay to let go, and I may get in the habit of doing it more often. Mmmm "Media Free Mondays" Sounds like a plan!
Here's a list of things that help me maintain a healthy mind, body and soul and cope with problems that may arise in my personal life and throughout my business.
Tip 1. Start your morning with prayer + meditating on God's word. It really equips you on how to handle problems that may arise.
Tip 2: Get 7-9 hours of sleep a night. Find your magic number and stick to it! Our bodies recovery period is during the night. (lesson learned folks)
Tip 3. If you say, "YES" to something on your calendar, then that means you MUST say "NO" to something else.
Tip 4. Eating Dinner: During our Peak Season, I order food out ALOT, and we eat on paper plates so there are no dishes to wash.
Tip 5. Keep a cooler while traveling with on the go snacks and water to stay hydrated and keep your blood sugar levels balanced all day.
Tip 6: Employees will come and go. It's just a fact! Your still an incredible business owner, this has nothing to do with YOU!
Tip 7: Take regular vacations, especially if you are a Designer or Creator of any sorts. This fuels your creativity for your next projects.
Tip 8: Reward yourself if you achieve a goal you've been working towards, this gives you motivation to reach another goal on the books!
Tip 9: Set specific days a week and times you will and won't do something. For Example: Schedule Conference Calls only on Tuesdays + Thursdays during a certain time block.
Tip 10: If you work from home, it's important that you still schedule a lunch break or a time out for yourself. This gives you a different perspective and allows you to feel more energized throughout the rest of your day!
Tip 11: Be kind to yourself, the world is cruel enough. Practice positive self talk. Practicing self talk can be a combination of bible verses, inspirational quotes, poems, or videos that you do on a daily basis.
I hope this blog encourages you! You've got this!!! Leaving you with my new favorite verse, one I kept repeating since "still" really isn't part of my vocabulary. " The Lord will fight for you, you only need to be still." Exodus 14:14
Just remember, balance is key. Do you have any special things you do to stay balanced? What tips as an entrepreneur do you incorporate on a day to day basis that helps you stay in balance?


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Change management used to be one of those abstract concepts relegated to business conferences and academic seminars -- a nice-to-know topic for discussion, but hardly vital to success.
Well, could change have become more real, or more relevant, this past decade?
Decade of Change features insights and wisdom into how to manage, and make the most of, change. Vinton Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, peers into the Web's future. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman probes the nature of decision making. Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, the Hurricane Katrina hero, offers leadership lessons he applied in that crisis. Visionary executive Ray Anderson makes a powerful business case for environmental sustainability. And a host of other executives and thinkers tackle everything from easing the fear of layoffs to promoting wellbeing in the workplace to building customer engagement amid the post-crash "new normal."
You'll hear from some of the best business and organizational minds in these pages. They steered leaders through the various crises of the past decade and helped find a way forward to what we all hope will be a brighter and more prosperous future. Decade of Change is more than a look backward -- it is a roadmap for what lies ahead.
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Geoffrey Brewer is the Editorial Director of Gallup Press. He is the editor of five national bestsellers: How Full Is Your Bucket? (#1 New York Times); StrengthsFinder 2.0 (#1 Wall Street Journal), which has sold more than 5 million copies to date and was Amazon.com's top-selling book in 2013; 12: The Elements of Great Managing (New York Times); Strengths Based Leadership (New York Times and Wall Street Journal); and most recently Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements (New York Times and Wall Street Journal). He edited Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton's acclaimed and influential book, The Coming Jobs War, and coedited Decade of Change: Managing in Times of Uncertainty.
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Election night could provide a quick White House winner, or a flood of mail-in ballots and social division could delay results for weeks
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The resignation comes as Missouri Baptists enforce measures meant to reaffirm the school's conservative evangelical beliefs
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Rob Port is a grown man, but the North Dakotan wants to "hide under the bed and cry" when he thinks of one thing: the Democratic Party overseeing national security and what Port calls "a battle against Islamic fascism."
That fear alone will be enough to drive Port to the polls to vote Republican in this fall's mid-term elections. But his vote for the GOP won't be a full vote of confidence in the party he usually supports. "I'm not exactly happy with Republicans," Port told WORLD, "but with Democrats it would be even worse."
Port, 26, chronicles his mixed feelings about Republicans and his fear of a Democratic takeover in Congress on his political blog Say Anything (sayanythingblog.com). He especially commiserates with Republicans who are disgruntled over the party's drift from fiscal conservatism: "A lot of the problem with the GOP is that they've lost their commitment to small government."
Beefed-up federal entitlement programs and swelling government waste anger Port, and he laments that some of the worst pork-barrel spenders in Congress are Republicans. (Citizens Against Government Waste identified $29 billion in pork-barrel spending for the fiscal year 2006, and Alaska's Republican Senator Ted Stevens topped the report's list for pork-barrel spending per capita.) "Republicans shouldn't just be Republicans," Port says. "They should be conservative."
Another concern: how Republicans are handling issues like immigration and ethics. But all his angst won't keep him from supporting the party come November. He doesn't like Democrats' stance on pro-life issues, and he doesn't like their stance on the war, which he thinks is essential to national security. "It's absolutely vital," he says, "and I don't think Democrats have the will to finish it out."
Port understands why some Republicans say they'll send the GOP a message this fall by not voting, even if it means the party loses power. But with Democrats in charge, he insists, the alternative would be worse. "It would be nice to be able to send Republicans a wake-up call," he says, "but how long will we have to live with the consequences of it?"
Port, of course, is far from the only disgruntled voter heading into the mid-term election season. A Sept. 12 Gallup poll reported President Bush's approval rating at 39 percent, and Congress' overall approval rating at 29 percent. Just 32 percent of those polled said they are satisfied with the way things are going in the country.
In a recent Pew Research Center poll gauging voter enthusiasm, some 46 percent of Democrats surveyed said they were more enthusiastic than normal about voting. Only 30 percent of Republicans answered the same question the same way.
Statistics like those have led scores of pundits to predict a Democratic takeover of at least one house of Congress this fall after a decade of Republican control. In order to pull that off, Democrats would have to take six seats in the Senate and 15 seats in the House of Representatives. A Senate takeover seems unlikely, but Democrats are eyeing possibilities in Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Even if Democrats take seats in all those states, they still must also grab a victory in at least one Republican stronghold while defending their own incumbents in other states.
Democratic prospects are more promising in the House, where all 435 seats are up for grabs and they need only to gain 15. The party is likely to pick up seats in Arizona, Colorado, and Iowa. It could take seats in Connecticut and Pennsylvania as well. Republicans in Ohio and Indiana, usually GOP strongholds, are also preparing for possible upsets, with the unpopularity of Republican governors in both states pulling the party down.
Though plenty of red flags are flapping before Republicans, a Gallup poll in late August found the GOP edging closer to Democrats in voter preferences for congressional elections. Pollsters asked voters: "If the election were being held today, which party's candidate would you vote for in your congressional district? In late June, Democrats held a 54 percent to 38 percent lead over Republicans. But by the end of last month, the Democrats' edge had narrowed to a slim 47 percent to 45 percent.
Conflicting polls and voter indecision make the mid-term elections too close to call for now, according to Michael Franc, vice president of government relations at the Heritage Foundation. "It's too early," he says. "An awful lot can still happen in either direction."
One thing is sure to happen over the next six weeks: Both parties will start rolling out millions of dollars worth of campaign ads. "Eighty percent of the money that's going to be spent in campaigns hasn't been spent yet," says Franc. Many voters won't make up their minds until the last 30 days before the elections, he adds.
In the meantime, the GOP is organizing massive get-out-the-vote efforts to reach disgruntled or apathetic Republicans who may be planning not to vote at all. The party is also warding off criticism from conservatives who say Republicans have mismanaged Congress and deserve to lose control.
Other Republicans are focusing on what they say is a better way out of GOP woes: Fix the problems in the party. To that end, Club for Growth, a conservative political action committee, has raised big bucks for conservative candidates in primary races across the country. The group helped conservative Tim Walberg easily defeat moderate Republican Representative Joe Schwarz in Michigan's August primary.
The organization had hoped for similar success this month in Rhode Island, where it poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Steve Laffey's high-profile Republican primary bid against incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee, the most liberal Republican in the Senate. Laffey campaigned on lower taxes, smaller government, and fiscal responsibility.
Chafee is an outspoken critic of the president and the only GOP senator who voted against the war in Iraq. He also voted against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, opposed tax cuts and the partial-birth abortion ban, and recently helped force a delay on the confirmation of John Bolton to continue as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Chafee did not vote for George W. Bush's reelection in 2004-instead writing in the name of the elder George Bush.
Still, Chafee basked in the full support of the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), winning the primary against Laffey by 9 percentage points. NRSC spent more than $1 million to campaign against Laffey in the state, and first lady Laura Bush made a gushing plug for the senator.
The GOP says it's critical for the party to hang onto the Rhode Island seat, a slot Democrats see as critical to their own bid to win the Senate. NRSC spokesman Dan Ronayne said Laffey had little chance of winning against Democratic opponent Sheldon Whitehouse in the fall, but Chafee has a better chance to hold onto the seat. The NRSC announced before the primary that if Laffey won, the committee wouldn't support his campaign in the general election.
Ronayne rebuffed criticism that Chafee is too liberal for the GOP and that the NRSC's approach to the race was too pragmatic. Ronayne said that Chafee is "certainly an independent voice" but pointed out that the senator voted with Republicans in favor of class action and bankruptcy reforms, and for the nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts. He also said that if Chafee loses this fall, he'll be replaced by a Democrat "more liberal than Ted Kennedy."
The Heritage Foundation's Franc says there's another major reason the GOP wants to keep Chafee in his seat even if he continues to vote against Republicans: His help in maintaining a Senate majority will help Republicans maintain control of Senate leadership. "Many have said that the most important vote a congressman casts is his vote for House leaders, and he can do whatever he wants for the next two years," says Franc.
Tom McClusky, vice president for government affairs at the Family Research Council (FRC), says that line of reasoning is part of a larger problem in the Republican Party: "Here they support a guy who's not even loyal to the party. . . . It's like they're saying: 'We'll do anything to win.'"
McClusky says there is "a lack of principle" among Republicans on the national level, and the GOP should move away from the "big tent" strategy that includes too many conflicting ideals. "The only thing you find under a big tent is a circus," he says.
While McClusky acknowledges that conservative angst over the Republican Party is high this year, the FRC is busy telling its conservative Christian supporters that it's still important to vote. The group is producing voter guides and organizing voter registration rallies and has planned a "Values Voter Summit" in late September with big-name speakers like Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
McClusky tells apathetic voters that there are more good conservatives on state levels, and Christians shouldn't see voting as "a choice between the lesser of two evils. . . . If they do see it that way, they need to get more involved."
Getting more involved means more than just showing up at the polls in November, he says. It also means following legislators' decisions all year long and "holding them accountable to represent their constituents."
For now, FRC is busy reminding voters what's at stake in this fall's elections: The party that controls Congress come January will control debate over issues like parental notification laws for teens seeking abortions, the internet gambling bill, judicial appointments, and embryonic stem-cell research. McClusky says Christians should seriously consider which legislators they want shaping those decisions.
Social issues aren't the only high stakes in this year's elections, and the White House is busy making national security the centerpiece of its message running up to Election Day. The administration touted several high-profile accomplishments in recent weeks, like the foiling of a terror plot in Britain. Republicans have pointed out that investigators foiled the plot using surveillance methods Democrats oppose.
The president also sought to turn a political liability into an asset by acknowledging that the CIA runs secret prisons for terrorists overseas. He said these "helped us take potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill." The CIA turned over 14 suspects to the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, including the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and the architects of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
On the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Bush spent the day with families of some of the nearly 3,000 victims who died in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Later that evening he told Americans that staying the course in Iraq is key to dismantling terror networks itching to attack the United States again: "Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone." That's a message Republicans hope will resonate all the way to November.
Incumbent: Republican Sen. Jim Talent
Opponent: Democratic State Auditor Claire McCaskill
Conservative incumbent meets liberal in a state where raising minimum wage and expanding stem-cell research should draw Democrats to the polls. Polls show Talent with a slight edge in one of closest races in the nation.
Incumbent: Republican Sen. Conrad Burns
Opponent: Democratic State Sen. John Tester
Democratic challenger wants to make race a referendum on Burns, but faces a conservative-minded electorate. No clear favorite.
Incumbent: Republican Sen. Mike DeWine
Opponent: Democratic Congressman Sherrod Brown
Incumbent faces formidable challenge in a state more hostile to the GOP than in 2004 when Bush edged a win. Disgraced Rep. Bob Ney's (R) connection to Jack Abramoff has hurt the party, and polls show Brown leading.
Incumbent: Republican Sen. Rick Santorum
Opponent: State Treasurer Bob Casey
Pro-life incumbent trails pro-life Democrat.
Incumbent: Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee
Opponent: Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse
Ultra-liberal Republican versus liberal Democrat may turn on who best outruns war in Iraq.
Conservative Randy Graf (R) vs. moderate Gabrielle Giffords (D) in a swing district that borders Mexico. Immigration policy is central issue.
Conservative Rick O'Donnell (R) vs. moderate Ed Perlmutter (D) in a race centering on immigration policy. (O'Donnell doesn't want path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, Perlmutter does.)
Republican Mike Whalen vs. Democrat Bruce Braley in a district nearly evenly split between parties.
Incumbent Rep. Deborah Pryce (R), a member of House Leadership, vs. Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy (D). Pryce's close connections with national GOP may make race a referendum on Bush in a district he won by just 2,000 votes.
Conservative incumbent Rep. John Hostettler (R) vs. conservative Brad Ellsworth (D). Fundraising is key-Ellsworth has raised three times more than the incumbent.


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ARE doctors' political views relevant to their medical practice as long as they treat their patients without discriminating on the basis of religion? Can the profession prevent such biases from affecting the way they practice? Such questions are at the heart of an emerging debate within the profession. The Discussion section in this issue of the journal presents some food for thought on the subject. In any case, all people concerned with health will oppose the imminent closure of relief camps in Gujarat. The profession's responsibilities in times of conflict – in India and elsewhere – have also been highlighted in other sections of the journal, through excerpts from other publications.
It might be pertinent to refer to a comment by US ethicist Michael Grodin on the 50th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Doctors were indispensable to the Nazi ideology, he asserted. Half of the German medical profesion was active in the Nazi party, he said. Others did not speak out. Is this something to think about, if not today, in the future?
How you can contribute to Issues in Medical Ethics
Issues in Medical Ethics, now in its tenth year of publication, has largely been a voluntary effort. To keep it free from bias, we have stayed away from pharmaceutical and other industry funds. We have received personal and institutional grants, besides subscriptions, to sustain this publication. The physical cost of publishing has been on the rise. Being a part of this effort you can contribute, by asking your friends to subscribe to the journal and by identifying people and organisations that will sponsor the effort. We would be happy to chase up your leads. Your most important contribution would be to write for the journal.
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