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As the chairman of the board of directors, I speak for all of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District when I say it's high time that the truth regarding the recent suit filed by the WildEarth Guardians is brought to the public's attention.
This suit was filed solely to grab headlines and donor support, and is not founded in fact within New Mexico's water laws as it pertains to the MRGCD.
The public has a right to hear the full story from the perspective of the MRGCD.
Since its inception in 1925 under the Conservancy Act, a New Mexico statute authorizing its formation, the MRGCD has been providing important benefits that include agricultural crops that feed people, as well as livestock.
This act provides broad authority to the MRGCD to deliver long-held water rights to lands, including the lands of the six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos, without the requirement of the traditional procedures used for adjudication.
WildEarth Guardians' lawsuit against the New Mexico state engineer, and by extension the MRGCD and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, requires the state engineer to enforce proof of beneficial use in the middle Rio Grande.
MRGCD attorneys say this suit is baseless, poorly constructed, and illustrates that WildEarth Guardians does not understand the hydrology and the institutional and legal framework that guides the management and uses of water in the basin.
In 1995, when the silvery minnow was listed under the Endangered Species Act, an agreement was reached to form the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program to preserve the current and future water uses while protecting the silvery minnow and its habitat. MRGCD is a key participant in the program and has been at the table since 2002 with 15 other members working hard to meet and exceed the program goals.
Like all Endangered Species Act-driven processes, most entities meet first to protect their special interests and second, to follow a solutions-driven process to provide certainty and improve the environment for all listed species.
WildEarth Guardians, on the other hand, rejects the notion that coming to the table would help advance productive discussions to improve the program. Instead, WildEarth Guardians opts to force agencies to divert valuable resources toward frivolous, ill-conceived lawsuits that do nothing to advance what can be done within the scope of available resources, including water.
In the view of WildEarth Guardians, the river should get more than half of the flows it already naturally consumes and further reduce water for food production and other benefits irrigation has provided in this valley for more than 200 years.
The WildEarth Guardians approach has been, and still remains, focused on headline-grabbing lawsuits that will do little in achieving the in-river goals they purport to care about.
Further, WildEarth Guardians naively filed for unappropriated water rights (in an over-appropriated basin) that may somehow magically appear as a result of this lawsuit. Sorry to say lawsuits do not create new water.
The bottom line is the MRGCD has, and will continue to work hard to improve environmental conditions within the middle Rio Grande valley through its dedicated and proactive participation within the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program that will also protect our water for growing locally produced food and other highly valued uses.
WildEarth Guardians chooses another path of intentional obstruction through naive and illogical legal actions that are self-serving under the guise of what they believe is "best" for all of us.
The MRGCD, and its board of directors, assures its constituents that this recent suit by WildEarth Guardians will not impede its progress and the MRGCD will fight this and other future actions that threaten our collective water future while continuing to work with proactive organizations toward improvement of the ecosystem within the middle Rio Grande.


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Time Out with Malcolm Tomlinson
Everyone's favourite commentator and Beverley resident Malcolm Tomlinson takes 5 minutes to fill us in his racing background and a few other things you might not have known!
Q) How long have you been going to Beverley racecourse?
A) I started attending Beverley as a very small child. My father, who was a watchmaker and jeweller, had a business in the town called Prescotts, which is now run by my brother. My father was responsible for the upkeep of all the clocks on the racecourse and I have many happy memories of coming up to the track on race days with him. That's how my love affair with the sport started. I never imagined that I would be commentating there one day.
Q) What has been your favourite race you've commentated on at Beverley?
A) Choosing a favourite commentary from Beverley is a very difficult task, but I'd have to say the 2016 Beverley Bullet would be right up there. Six top quality sprinters finishing within a half-length of each other and the others close up behind was an awe-inspiring sight and a massive thrill to call. Fortunately, I think I managed to get them in the right order.
Q) What has been your favourite horse you've called home?
A) I've commentated on some big races for BBC Radio 5 live and calling home Toronado to beat Dawn Approach in the Sussex stakes at Goodwood was a big thrill as was calling home Limato on track at Redcar to win their two year old trophy. At Beverley, I love it when old handicappers return to the track and do well. Shadowtime springs to mind. He must have won seven or eight times at Beverley and loves it there and the local crowd will him to do well.
Q) Who is your favourite jockey?
A) Paul Hanagan would be my favourite flat jockey. He's got a real racing brain and is fearless and strong in a finish. Similar comments would apply to Brian Hughes over jumps. Horses just seem to run well for him and he presents them at obstacles with real skill. They're also two of the nicest guys you could wish to meet and amazingly humble.
Q) Who is your favourite trainer?
A) I've got to nominate Richard Fahey as my favourite trainer. Along with the likes of Mark Johnston, David O'Meara and Kevin Ryan, he's really put the north back on the map. Also, Richard and his assistant, Robbie O'Ryan, were a huge help to me when I was asked to ride in a charity race at Newmarket a few years back. Not only did they find me a ride in the race but they let me loose on their gallops twice a week for three months and trusted me to ride out some beautiful horses and gave me all the help and advice I needed.
Q) What's the toughest aspect when it comes to commentating on a race?
A) Learning the colours. I equate it to learning lines as an actor. There are simply no short-cuts. You have to sit there with a cold flannel on your head until they've all gone in.
Q) Can you sum up Donald Trump in five words?
A) Narcissistic, bigoted, dangerous, deluded, unrealistic.
Q) Poldark aside, what's hot on the box?
A) I really enjoyed the return of Cold Feet and not because I made a brief appearance in the original series. I just think the lead actors bond together so well and it's easy to identify with the characters.
Q) What is your favourite holiday destination?
A) My favourite holiday of all time was when Eleanor and Ross were about eight and nine and we took them to Disneyworld in Florida. The whole two weeks was just magical.
Q) What is your favourite novel?
A) I've always adored Thomas Hardy and my favourite book is one of his - The Return of the Native. It's a terrific story about a love triangle set against the brooding backdrop of Hardy's Wessex. Obviously, as in all Hardy's works, fate takes a strong hand.
Q) What is your favourite stage play?
A) I love drama that's not afraid to take risks and I'm a big fan of Harold Pinter's work. I think 'The Homecoming' is a simply brilliant stage play. It's an anarchic, unnerving piece about an old man's relationship with his brother and his sons, all of whom still live in the house they grew up in with the exception of one brother, Teddy, who makes a visit home from his job as a university lecturer in the United States with his new wife, a model. What ensues is both hilarious and unsettling.
Q) What is your favourite restaurant in the region?
A) The Thai Palace restaurant on Lairgate in Beverley is just fantastic. Thai green curry with coconut rice - bring it on!
Q) If you could have played a leading role in any movie, who would it have been?
A) I've always harboured a bit of an ambition to play the villain in a James Bond movie. I just think those guys must have so much fun. I'd love to see Eleanor as a Bond girl one day. Who knows, maybe we'll offer the Producers a family discount.
Q) What makes Beverley Races unique on the northern circuit?
A)The layout of the course with its stiff uphill finish means that every single race is potentially chock full of excitement. Everything changes so quickly in the final two furlongs as the horses in front start to tire and the others surge forward. Add to that the fact that the Beverley is a great 'viewing' track and one of the most picturesque in the country. You can see them all the way round, unlike at many other tracks where they disappear from sight behind trees or bushes.

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A companion piece to the 2004 reviews, here's a reprint of what went down last year. Interesting prophetic comment about Dario Argento's next movie in the THREE BLIND MICE review....
So from best to worst...
1. THE INVISIBLE (Simon Sandquist & Joel Bergvall, Sweden) aka DEN OSYNLIGE
What an incredible film. The basic premise may sound a bit like GHOST (guy is apparently beaten to death but is still stuck on earth as a ghost) but its the superb performances, the expert storytelling, and the powerful emotional pull of this cross-genre teen-flick/detective story/supernatural thriller that lifts it head and shoulders above any film in the last few years. If you liked THE SIXTH SENSE, you'll absolutely love this. An unforgettable experience.
2. ARAGAMI (Ryuhei Kitamura, Japan)
The director of VERSUS is back, and this time he gives us an old-school samurai sword-fighting flick. ARAGAMI was apparently made in 7 days as a challenge with a fellow director. Its minimalistic to the extreme: 3 actors, one big room as the only location, a plot structure as simple as it gets: dialogue - fight - dialogue - fight - dialogue - fight. And what fights! They're as hyper-kinetic, exciting and fun as the dialogue is bizarre & funny. ARAGAMI is 100& crowd-pleasing action. This one is gonna be a big international hit.
3. DRIVE (Sabu, Japan)
Funny funny funny! If this one doesn't make you laugh you don't have a funny bone. Three bank robbers jump into the car of a strict by-the-book kind of guy, and tell him to chase their colleague who is getting away with all the cash. But his refusal to drive above the speed limit or ignore red lights means they're soon lost and wandering aimlessly. One ridiculous situation after another ensues, all based around the theme of destiny and fate. It boasts great performances from all concerned (special mention goes to KOU SHIBASAKI, the evil schoolgirl from BATTLE ROYALE) and is simply a joy to watch.
4. SECOND NAME (Paco Plaza, Spain)
Second Name follows the female mystery-investigation storyline that has been used so successfully in recent horror/suspense films like Ring, The Eye etc. This time round our heroine investigates the suicide of her father in strange circumstances, leading her to uncover the secrets of her own past, and the discovery of an ancient religion dedicated to the ritual killing of their first-born. Despite being a Spanish production its set in the UK and is entirely in English. I have not read the novel but judging by the film Ramsay Campbell has crafted a clever, twisting-turning tale with that elusive what-happens-next factor that will keep anyone guessing. Direction and performances are restrained, which thankfully suits the film (none of the gimmicks that damaged the US remake of RING). And the bleak ending really packs a punch. Recommended.
5. KILLING WORDS (Laura Mana, Spain) aka PALABRAS ENCADENADAS
A psychological thriller about a mild-mannered serial killer that is full of twists and turns, always leaving the audience guessing, somewhat in the style of SLEUTH. Laura Mana is a Spanish actress turned director (this is her second film after COMPASSIONATE SEX) with a real flair for keeping the audience hooked. She wrings everything out of the scenario (the killer has his victim tied to a chair in his basement, shows her vidoes of his previous murder confessions, and suggests poking out her eye) and gets a fantasic central performance from Dario Grandinetti, who reminds me of a pre-USUAL SUSPECTS Kevin Spacey.
6. SUICIDE CLUB (Sion Sono, Japan)
This year's BATTLE ROYALE? The opening is easily equal to, if not better than, that other films famous classroom sequence, as fifty happy, smiling schoolgirls join hands and leap in front of a train at a subway station. Buckets of blood fill the screen and the audience is left shocked, giggling and nervous. This somehow leads to a wave of copycat suicides, a whole bunch of red herrings (including a guy apparently impersonating Dr Frank N Furter from THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW and a pre-teen J-pop girl band called "Desert" or maybe "Dessert" who sing a really infectious song called "Mail Me"), and finally some kind of muddled message about fads in modern Japan. OK it doesn't hang together at the end, but its the fun of the insane events along the way that make this stand out.
7. TATTOO (Robert Schwentke, Germany)
A SE7EN-style serial killer thriller about a psychopath who collects tattoos. The intriguing idea that "body-art" has a resale value and those bearing the tattoos are worth less than the tattoos themselves is explored very professionally in this stylish, well-made, well-acted German thriller. There is gore, beautiful women, and a killer twist. What more do you want?
8. PHONE (Byung-Ki Ahn, Korea)
One of the many Asian films inspired by the success of Hideo Nakata's RING, this one follows the standard vengeful-ghost story template, and manages to pack in enough chills, thrills and spills to keep everyone happy. A woman gets a new mobile phone but starts getting strange untraceable calls. Meanwhile, her friend's little daughter is behaving in an odd fashion. Is there some connection? She begins to investigate the history of her phone, and uncovers deep secrets from the past. The possessed little girl is absolutely incredible - she looks really malicious and frightening at times. The story is a little confusing with so many flashbacks and flash-forwards, but the big twists in the final act achieve a decent pay-off.
9. THE UNINVITED (Rizal Mantovani & Joese Poernomo, Indonesia) aka JELANGKUNG
A DV horror movie shot in a few days that managed to beat TITANIC at the Indonesian box-office? Let me at it! This is the most cheesy, ham-fisted, and unintentionally hilarious thing I've seen since the Philippino fantasy film THE KILLING OF SATAN. But there are some flashes of brilliance that make you wonder what these guys could do given a decent budget, professional actors, and a script doctor. Some kids (a spooky Mulder type - he even has the "I want to believe" poster on his wall, his whining complaining cute girlfriend, a hard-nosed military type, and a fat comic-relief who whistles SCOOBY-DOO while peeing) go ghost-hunting, leave a magic totem on a weird grave, and go home, unwittingly taking monsters from Indonesian folklore with them. Half-way through, there is an interlude while we get a heavy 15-minute discussion about the nature of experimentation and philosophy ("why do you always have to bring metaphysics into it?"). There is humour: the best joke goes "Hey look there's an elephant. It looks like you!" "Hey look the elephant's shitting. The shit looks like you!". Oscar Wilde it ain't. The sub-titler couldn't even be bothered to translate some of them ("(Local indonesian joke)"). But in its favour, the opening is absolutely breathtaking, with its use of smoke, colour, and a pounding rock score, the director's music-video background is clearly visible. And the surprise ending is pretty good. What comes in between may be risible, but at least its not forgettable.
10. CABIN FEVER (Eli Roth, Canada)
A homage to classic Romero, Hooper, Craven and Raimi. A bunch of teenagers go to a cabin in the middle of the woods (sounds familiar?), get harassed by a guy with a flesh-eating disease, and soon start succumbing to the symptons themselves. Throw in a bunch of gun-toting rednecks, a sheriff more interested in partying than law-enforcement, a mad dog, and a kung-fu fighting arm-biting kid, and you've got CABIN FEVER, the debut feature of Eli Roth. The kids are all distinctly unlikable (as they should be), the disease effects are ultra-sick (as they should be), the plot is pretty much thrown together without any rhyme or reason but its clear that everyone had a good time on this production and it shows on-screen. Its not Shakespeare, but its a great late-night-Friday experience.
11. THE INSIDE STORY (Robert Sutherland, Australia)
This fantasy film from a first-time director appears to have the budget of an episode of NEIGHBOURS (with acting to match), but he does wonders with such a small cast and limited number of locations. The central premise (a scientist and his uncle discover a magic book that contains everything they have ever done) is not 100% original (its certainly been seen in short stories and TV shows before) but it is taken in several unexpected directions. Cleverest is the fact that there is no way for the viewer to visually distinguish the "real" world from the fantasy world. The ending is a little anti-climatic but still this is a debut with real promise.
12. SNAKE OF JUNE (Shinya Tsukamoto, Japan)
Tsukamoto is best know for TETSUO and TETSUO 2: BODY HAMMER. If you've seen those films you'll know what to expect in terms of style: black-and-white, wild photography, bizarre imagery etc. What you won't expect is the relatively accessible and easy-to-follow storyline in the first half, as a woman discovers her own desires through the promptings of a blackmailer. If TETSUO was about hating your body, SNAKE OF JUNE is about embracing it. About half-way through the focus is switched to her husband, and here we revert to total obscurity, in the TETSUO mould. Tsukamoto buffs will find it all very interesting, others will be left baffled.
13. BUBBAHOTEP (Don Coscarelli, USA)
Well, I have to say I was expecting more. Bruce Campbell is fantastic, and giving him the chance to portray Elvis seems like perfect casting right? Well, he does perform well, but the surrounding film is not as exciting or interesting as it could be. There is too much pondering self-reflection going on, when what the audience wants (from a film about a reincarnated Mummy killing OAPs in a retirement home at least) is action, comedy and gore in the style of the EVIL DEAD films. Director Coscarelli (PHANTASM) seems to be deliberately holding back to give Campbell a chance to really act, but I don't think this is the film to do that.
14. WHEN THE BELL CHIMED 13 (Xavier Villaverde, Spain/Portugal) aka TRECE CAMPANADAS aka 13 CHIMES
After a slow start, this tale of a young sculptor being haunted by the malicious ghost his dead father picks up steam and becomes a reasonably interesting tale with nice locations to look at and a nice satisfying conclusion. Its all a little low-key but its worth a look. By the way Laura Mana (the direcor of KILLING WORDS, above) has a role in this one.
15. THE MARSH (Kim Nguyen, Canada) aka LE MARAIS
Another debut director, Kim Nguyen has a real visual flair reminiscent of Jeunet & Caro (DELICATESSEN, CITY OF LOST CHILDREN). Story-wise its a little slow-moving (a peasant woman disappears and the superstitious villagers suspect the marsh-dwelling, club-footed puppeteer and his foreign guardian of killing her), but given a decent script this guy could be someone to watch out for.
16. DARKNESS (Jaume Balaguero, USA)
Suffers from all the usual problems when an overseas director who has scored a big hit (LOS SIN NOMBRE) goes Hollywood. Its bloated, cliched, unoriginal, and not in the least bit scary. The opening evokes H.P. Lovecraft and Cthulhu, but it doesn't deliver on that promise at all. Very disappointing.
17. THE SUNKEN CEMETERY (Mladen Juran, Croatia) aka POTONULO GROBLJE
An Eastern European flick that feels more like a TV drama than a movie. Its as slow, clumsy and boring as you would expect from a country without a long film-making tradition and no real budget for this type of thing. But at least its not embarrassing to watch like the next film on the list...
18. LABYRINTH (Miroslav Lekic, Serbia) aka LAVIRINT
Another Eastern European flick where people tak to each other for 60 minutes, then they get put in a labyrinth that is slowly filling with water and have to escape. The labyrinth part had some promise, but the insanely complex clues that are solved by the professor and the preacher who have to escape will leave the audience baffled. Stick with the Jennifer Connelly film of the same name.
19. WITCHERY DEAL (Javier Ellorietta, Spain) aka PACTO DE BRUJAS aka WITCHES PACT
Totally forgettable film about.... what was it about? I think I slept through most of this one. All I can remember is that the actresses are all very attractive.
20. THREE BLIND MICE (Matthias Ledoux, France/UK/Aus)
Oh dear. What a mess! Edward Furlong must be the most unappealing, uncharismatic, unlikeable leading man EVER. If you found him annoying in TERMINATOR 2, you'll be wanting to see him end up like the victims being murdered live on their own webcam sites in THREE BLIND MICE. Meanwhile Emilia Fox tries her best to swear convincingly but you still can't imagine her using even the mildest profanities in real life. If the performances and dialogue aren't bad enough, we get a central concept that has already been done much better in last year's MY LITTLE EYE, and a plot that whizzes by at 100 miles per hour but is totally uninvolving. Not the best advertisement for UK-France co-productions. Incidentally, Dario Argento's next film is about the internet and a long-distance shooter, just like this one. Let's hope it doesn't end up like this.
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The European Union is a political and economic organisation in Europe with the purpose of unifying Europe for both the sake of peace and economic strength. The EU originally grew out of the Coal and Steel Community set up by the European superpowers to regulate the means for war and prevent the tragedies of World War 1 and 2 from repeating themselves. As the community proved itself beneficitial it was expanded uppon and new member states joined, eventually growing into the quasi governmental body of Europe we know today.
Members of the European Union contribute to the EU and allow it's continued operation by paying membership fees, these are themselves paid for through taxes. In other words, the EU citizens pay to keep the EU going. One might wonder if this is responsibly spent money. The economic growth and political stability Europe has enjoyed since it's inception suggests that it is. Citizens of the members states of the EU are themselves also EU Citizens. Meaning European laws and benefits apply to them, such as the freedom of movement between EU member states.
Besides these clearly defined EU member states there are a few nations where the lines are a bit fuzzy. These are close allies to the EU and enjoy certain benefits of EU laws without being member states themselves while still paying membership fees. (Leichtenstein, Iceland and Norway.) This phenomenom is elaborated uppon in the next paragraph.
EU Laws
Members of the EU and it's closest allies (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein) are members or participants of the Schengen area. The Schengen areas are defined as regions with free movement of people and goods. Meaning any citizen of a county or city state in the Schengen area can move between countries part of the Schengen area without needing a passport or give a reason for their visit. This allows an EU citizen or member of the Schengen area to live, work and retire in any nation part of this area. These nations pay membership fees to be part of the Schengen area and are bound by EU laws. More commonly nations part of the Schengen area are referred to as the European Economic Area (EEA). Why a nation would choose to be part of the EEA but not the EU is simple. A nation part of the EU has to abide to all the rules of the EU. A nation part of the EEA grants them a pass in some areas of law, mainly farming and fishing, which a country who values those like Iceland may want to regulate themselves. Although having signed no official papers, the city states of Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican City in Rome are part of the Schengen area, as they do not have border controls with the Schengen countries that surround them.
How the EU itself works is hideously complicated. Many laws and rules within the EU and close allies of the EU have exceptions for different countries due to their complex and long histories. The governmental body of the EU itself can be explained as being divided into Legsilative power, Exective power and Judiciary power.
Together these institutes propose new laws and, if accepted, implement an execute them. EU laws apply to all of it's member states.
The Eurozones is defined as the nations with the right to mint and use Euros as their own currency. Austria, Belgium, Cyrpus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourhg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Solevakia, Slovenia, Spain. This includes the EU member states (minus the states with an insufficiently powerful Economy) and close allies such as San Marino, Monaco, Andorra and Vatican City. This however does not include the overseas territories belonging to any nation part of the Eurozone, such as the Dutch islands of Curaçao or Sint Maarten or the French New Caledonia.
The European Union currently includes the following nations:
- Austria (1995)
- Belgium (1952)
- Bulgaria (2007)
- Croatia (2013)
- Cyprus (2004)
- Czech Republic (2004)
- Denmark (1973)
- Estonia (2004)
- Finland (1995)
- France (1952)
- Germany (1952)
- Greece (1981)
- Hungary (2004)
- Ireland (1973)
- Italy (1952)
- Latvia (2004)
- Lithuania (2004)
- Luxembourg (1952)
- Malta (2004)
- Netherlands (1952)
- Poland (2004)
- Portugal (1986)
- Romania (2007)
- Slovakia (2004)
- Slovenia (2004)
- Spain (1986)
- Sweden (1995)
- United Kingdom (1973)


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Classical Roasted Turkey Recipe My turkey is unlike others. The breast meat isn't dried out, requiring cupfuls of gravy to taste good, but moist and flavorful. I also cook the turkey stuffing separately, not in the cavity, which makes it easier tocook the turkey more evenly. Happy
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[Lecture] Materials That Can Withstand High Temperatures
Brian Gleeson
Harry S. Tack Chair Professor
Chairman, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Pittsburgh
Time: 10:30 am, June 14th, 2016
Place: 205 meeting room, MSE building
Energy is a key defining technical, social, and political issue of this century. While there are enormous pressures to reduce energy consumption, there will continue to be significant growth in the worldwide demand for energy. The gap between energy consumption and energy production must be met by advances in energy-related technologies, improvements in energy efficiencies, and the diversification of energy sources. To that end, materials are central to almost every energy technology, and future energy technologies will place increasing demands on materials performance with respect to extremes in, for instance, temperature and chemical reactivity. This presentation will highlight the use and needs of high-temperature materials in the context of improving energy efficiency. Specific examples will be provided by summarizing some recent research efforts by our group at the University of Pittsburgh.
Brian Gleeson is currently the Harry S. Tack Chaired Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Chairman of this department. Prior to taking the Chairman position in May, 2014, he served as Director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Energy (2008-2014). Dr. Gleeson received his degrees in materials science & engineering (MSE) from the University of Western Ontario, Canada (BE in 1984; ME in 1986) and the University of California at Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1989). He was a postdoctoral fellow and then a faculty member in the MSE Department at the University of New South Wales, Australia, from 1990-1997. He moved to Iowa State University (ISU) in 1998, where, in 2006, he was appointed the Renken Professor of MSE. From 2001-2006 he also served as Director of the Materials & Engineering Physics Program at the USDOE Ames Laboratory, which is managed by ISU. In the fall of 2007 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include the high-temperature degradation behavior of metallic alloys and coatings; phase equilibria and transformations; deposition and characterization of metallic coatings; and diffusion and thermodynamic treatments of both gas/solid and solid/solid interactions. He is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Oxidation of Metals.


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Jermaine Royster reporting
On tonight's episode of New Japan Pro Wrestling on AxsTv we get more coverage of Wrestle Kingdom 11 airing from the world famous Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Tonight we get three great matches as Juice Robinson battles the "American Nightmare" Cody. The IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championships are on the line as The Young Bucks battle Roppongi Vice and Kushida puts up his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against the "Ticking Time Bomb" Hiromu Takahashi.
Wrestle Kingdom 11
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
January 4, 2017
Special Singles Match
Juice Robinson vs Cody(New Japan Debut)
Both men meet center ring for a tie up, Cody wins grabbing the hair of Juice, Cody then hip tosses Juice to the outside. Cody runs the ropes but gets caught by Robinson and he german suplexes Cody on the outside. As Cody lays against the steel barricade, Robinson run and hits a cannonball to Cody against the barricade. Cody slides in the ring as Juice heads to the top rope but Cody counters with a right hand, Juice then hits a few right hands then Cody counters with a Alabama Slam for a two count. Cody then attacks Juice on the ropes with kicks and chokes leaving him on the mat, Cody the springboards and scores with a drop kick. Cody slaps Juice in the corner but Juice answers back, Cody then drop kicks the knee of Juice sending him to the mat. Juice gets up and Kay's into Cody with chops then a drop kick, in Irish whip into the corner followed by a clothesline. Juice drops Cody on his knees for a two count, Juice goes foe the suplex but Cody counters then chop blocks Juice. Juice hits the big right hand in the corner as Cody comes charging in, Juice climbs to the top and comes down with the high cross body but Cody counters into the Indian Death Lock but Juice gets away. Cody scores with a drop kick to Juice on the apron then Cody hits a top rope DDT for a two count. Juice then scores with a lariat for s two count, Juice gets fired up but Cody blocks Juice's finisher then sets him up for the Cross Roads neck breaker, Cody gets the three count and the win.
Your Winner: Cody
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match
Roppongi Vice vs The Young Bucks©
Both teams go at forum the start as the Bucks show off the tag titles, RPG Vice hit duel clotheslines in the corners, the Bucks then leave the ring and head for the Back. As RPG Vice come to chase they get Super Kicked on the ramp and the Buck head back to the ring, RPG Vice come in shortly after. Rocky gets sent out of the ring as Beretta gets double backed dropped in the middle of the ring, Nick Jackson Super kicks Trent sending homie to the outside. Matt Jackson lays hands to Beretta in the ring then blasts him with a kick for good measure. Matt then blasts Rocky with a Super Kick on the outside, The Bucks then double team Beretta again in the corner with kicks and strikes. Nick goes to kick Beretta on the outside but he moves and Nick catches Matt instead. Rocky gets the tag and hit hits the hurricanranna to nick Jackson then Matt gets the tag and Rocky hits the forever clotheslines to both Matt & Nick. Romero owes for Sliced Bread but Matt counters, Beretta comes in and they both hits high knees to Matt Jackson. Beretta then picks up Matt and Rocky comes off the top rope crashing down onto Matt for a two count. RPG goes for Strong Zero but Nick Jackson comes on and catches Rocky with a bull dog breaking the double team. The Bucks go for a double super plex to Rocky but he gets away, Matt gets him back up but Beretta comes up and German suplexes Matt off the top rope. Beretta then goes up tho the top rope to take out both Bucks but hey move out the way and Beretta comes crashing down on his back. Romero in the ring hits a double hurricanranna but The Bucks comes back with a Super kick for a two count. Matt sets up Rocky for the double team kick to the head then Nick hits the 450 Splash for a two count. The Bucks hit Super Kicks to Rocky for a two count, Bucks then go for More Bang for your Buck but Beretta comes in and grabs the leg of Nick Jackson preventing him from jumping from the top. This allows Rocky Romero to roll up Matt Jackson and Rocky holds on for the big win.
Your Winners: Roppongi Vice win the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship Match
Singles Match
Hiromu Takahashi vs Kushida
Hiromu attacks Kushida right from the start knocking him to the outside as Kushida makes his entrance. Kushida escapes and makes his way back in the ring only to leap back over the top rope over on to Takahashi. Kushida works the elbow of Takahashi with submission moves soften up for the Hover board Lock. Kushida chops Hiromu into the corner then throws him to the outside, Takahashi comes back in then hits a sunset flip over Kushida then power bombs Kushida on the mat outside the ring. The ring attendants check Kushida to see if he can go on, Kushida comes back in the ring for more punishment for Takahashi. Kushida tries to fight back but Takahashi scores with a big kick to the back of Kushida's head for a two count. Takahashi tries to throw Kushida over the top rope but Kushida counters into a reverse STO into the turn buckle. Kushida hits pair of clotheslines followed by the jumping kick to a seated Takahashi, Kushida then scores with the Spring board elbow, Hiromu then counters Kushida with a german suplex dropping Kushida on the back of his neck. Takahashi goes up to the top then hits the jumping Senton from the top rope down to Kushida on the outside. Takahashi throws Kushida in the ring then scores with the double knees to Kushida for a two count. Kushida blocks Takahashi hitting a enziguiri and both men are down, Kushida hits a drop kick then counters Takahashi as he jumps from the top and Kushida catches him with the Hover board lock on the outside. Kushida throws him back in the ring and blasts Takahashi with a kick to the back then a big kick to the elbow of Takahashi. Kushida then goes for the Hover Board lock in the middle of the ring, Takahashi somehow powers out of the Hover board lock with a roll up but kaushida counters with another roll up foe a two count. Kushida again goes for the Hover Board Lock and Takahashi takes the pain but hit Kushida with a right hand, Kushida does the same and both me are down once again. Kushida makes it to his feet but he gets suplexed into the turn buckles by Takahashi. Both men go up to the top and Takahashi hits the sunset flip power bomb for a two count, Takahashi then picks up Kushida and runs him into the turnbuckles. Takahashi then picks up Kushida and hits the spinning side slam for the win.
Your Winner: Hiromu Takahashi becomes the 76th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion
Category: Wrestling.
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Today, we're going to talk about commas. Now, commas have three main functions: to separate clauses, to join dependent clauses, and to avoid confusion.
So, let's take a look at the first use, to separate clauses.
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This is when you need to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause, as is the case with this sentence.
"Michael went to the beach, after he got ice cream." "Michael went to the beach" is the independent clause, and "after he got ice cream" is the dependent clause.
Now, to test whether a clause is a dependent clause, it is to just read that clause by itself. So, if we were to read "after he got ice cream", we had realized that's a dependent clause.
It's dependent on the independent clause to make sense, because if I just say "after he got ice cream", that doesn't make very much sense. You're thinking, "Okay, what happened after he got ice cream?"
So, "Michael went to the beach" is the independent clause, because it can stand by itself, and "after he got ice cream" is the dependent clause. Now, dependent clauses can actually come before or after the independent clause. In fact, they can actually come inside the independent clause as well. So, we could reverse this sentence, and we could say:
"After he got ice cream, Michael went to the beach."
There again, "After he got ice cream" is still the dependent clause, and "Michael went to the beach" is still the independent clause. The sentence is just constructed differently. Now, the second use for commas is to join dependent clauses. This is when, basically, you have two sentences that are closely related, and you want to join them together.
So, if we were to say:
"Taylor plays basketball."
And then, we also had another sentence:
"He enjoys running."
We can easily join those two together. There's a couple ways to do that, but one of the ways is to use a comma and a conjunction.
So, we can say:
"Taylor plays basketball, and he enjoys running."
The comma helps bring these two sentences together, and it helps you realize what's happening when you're adding two sentences together.
Now, the third use is to avoid confusion. There's a couple of times when you want to do this. First would be when you're putting words in a list, or items in a list. So, if I were to say:
"I got a baseball, bike, and trampoline."
I need commas to separate all three of the items. Now, sometimes, you can leave the second comma off, and that can be fine as well, but you need at least one comma in here, so people realize that it's a list, because if I don't have a comma right here, it just looks like I got a "baseball bike", and people are trying to figure out what is a "baseball bike".
Now, most people can pretty much figure out what you're trying to say, but a comma right there makes it so much easier for the reader, because they can easily look at this and think, "Okay, you got a baseball, a bike, and a trampoline." Now, another time that you need a comma to avoid confusion is when someone who's just reading the sentence could easily get it mixed up. Okay, so if I were to say:
"After we ate, our dad left for work." Okay. So, with the comma in here, it's easy to read that. "After we ate, our dad went to work." The family was eating, they got finished, and the dad left for work. Okay.
But, if the comma's not there, you make it kind of confusing. The first time someone reads this, they're going to think, "After we ate our dad left for work." And so, they're thinking, "Wait, they ate their dad?" No, of course not, and a reader eventually is probably going to figure out what the person's trying to convey that wrote the sentence, but it makes it so much easier if you have a comma right here because it makes it so much easier for the reader to understand what's going on.
And sometimes, in certain cases, if a writer leaves out a comma, it can make it very hard, almost impossible for the reader to try to understand what the writer was trying to convey. And, as a writer, any time you're writing something, you want to convey things in such a way that people can easily read them and pick up what you're trying to convey.
Commas 3 main uses: to separate clauses, to join independent clauses, and to avoid confusion.


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The word freedom has two common senses: the philosophical idea of free will, and the political idea of action. Arendt argues that free will as a property of individuals is a relatively recent invention, having been created by Christians for theological reasons. Freedom as a matter of action in the world is the original sense of the term, stemming from the Greek and Roman experience of public life. Given the endless philosophical problems with the idea of free will, Arendt argues that we ought to think of freedom as political first and foremost, not as a property of individual will but as the human capacity to interrupt old processes and begin new ones.
1. Accounts of freedom have to deal with a basic contradiction between our consciousness and our conscience; we believe we are free and so responsible, but in our everyday experience, we seem to be entirely led by causality. In politics, we take freedom to be self-evident, and this assumption guides our laws, communities, and judgements. However, in science and theory, we take it to be obvious that everything has a cause.
2. Kant faces this contradiction head-on, and says that freedom cannot be an object of introspection. He accepts a split between practical freedom and theoretical non-freedom as axiomatic for ethics and science, respectively.
3. The original attack on freedom did not come from science but philosophy. As soon as we consider an apparently free act, we see two forms of causality. First, inner motivation, and second, the causality of the outer world. Kant does not fully solve this problem. His division between a "pure" theoretical reason and a "practical" reason centred on free will implied that the free-willing agent never appeared in the phenomenal world. While this move might preserve a moral law which is as significant as natural law, it does not solve the problem that thought, in both its theoretical and pre-theoretical forms, is incompatible with freedom.
4. Arendt's basic thesis that this problem arose because philosophy took freedom out of its native home, politics, and placed it into the individual as free will. The initial justification for this statement is that freedom is the youngest subject of metaphysics; its first appearance before modernity was in Paul and Augustine as they tried to work out the problem of religious conversion.
5. The field in which freedom has always been an issue is politics. Our capacity for action always has to be tied to the problem of freedom; as Arendt says, "for action and politics, among all the capabilities and potentialities of human life, are the only things of which we could not even conceive without at least assuming that freedom exists, and we can hardly touch a single political issue without, implicitly or explicitly, touching upon an issue of man's liberty" (146). There are other political issues such as justice and equality, but freedom is the one reason that "men live together in political organization at all … The raison d'être of politics is freedom, and its field of experience is action" (146).
6. The freedom which all political theory, even tyrannical theories, must take for granted is the very opposite of "inner freedom," the inward space in which man escapes coercion and "feels free." This inner freedom has no outward manifestations and is politically irrelevant. It is always derivative, in that it is always a retreat from the world. It cannot be confused with the heart or the mind, which always function in concert with the world.
7. The derivative nature of inner freedom is more obvious if we go back to its origins. It is not the modern individual defending himself from social conformity, but the ancient Greek and Romans and their public actions. The appearance of freedom in Augustine was preceded by attempts to divorce freedom from politics. Epictetus's claim that freedom is being free from one's desires is just a straight reversal of the ancient political notion that freedom came from power over others. Freedom was only possible if man owned a home in the world, a place in which all the necessities of survival were taken care of. Epictetus moved these worldly relationships into the self.
8. Despite the influence this idea of inner freedom has had, it seems clear it would never have appeared if people had not already had an experience of political freedom as a worldly, tangible reality: "Before it became an attribute of thought or a quality of the will, freedom was understood to be the free man's status, which enabled him to move, to get away from home, to go out into the world and meet other people in deed and word" (148). This freedom was preceded by liberation from the necessities of life, but further required the company of other free men.
9. Not every human relation involves freedom; freedom is only possibly in a politically guaranteed public realm. She says, "Freedom as a demonstrable fact and politics coincide and are related to each other like two sides of the same matter" (149).
10. The problem today is that we can no longer take this coincidence of politics and freedom for granted. Totalitarian governments are capable of subordinating all spheres of life to politics and a nonrecognition of civil rights, such as privacy and the right to freedom from politics. This can make us doubt the connection or even compatibility between freedom and politics. We end up believing that freedom begins where politics ends.
11. The idea that political liberty is a potential freedom from politics has its roots in the 17th and 18th centuries, who often identified political freedom with security. The purpose of politics and government was to guarantee security, and this security made freedom possible (defined as activities outside the political realm). This essay wants to defend the claim that the whole point of politics is freedom.
12. Freedom in the context of politics is not about the will. It is not about a freedom of choice which decides between two things, one good and one evil, a choice which is predetermined by an existing motive. Rather, it is "the freedom to call something into being which did not exist before, which was not given, not even as an object of cognition or imagination, and which therefore, strictly speaking, could not be known" (151).
13. Action, to be free, has to be free from two things: motive and intended goals. Motives and goals are involved in every single act, but they are determining factors, and free action has to be able to transcend them. Arendt says, "Action insofar as it is determined is guided by a future aim whose desirability the intellect has grasped before the will wills it, whereby the intellect calls upon the will, since only the will can dictate action …" (151).
14. To recognize an aim is not a matter of freedom, but of right or wrong judgement. The power to dictate action is not freedom but strength or weakness. Free action is not under the guidance of the will or the intellect, though it needs both to execute any particular goal. Instead, it is guided by what Arendt calls a principle. Principles do not operate from within the self, like motives do; they inspire from without. They are too general to prescribe particular goals, though every particular aim can be judged in the light of its principle once the act has begun. Unlike the intellect's judgement which is prior to the action, and unlike the will which initiates the action, the inspiring principle only manifests in the act itself. The judgement can lose its validity, and the will exhausts itself in the action, but the principle loses nothing in strength or validity throughout the course of the action.
15. Unlike a goal, a principle can be repeated, and unlike a motive, a principle can be universal, unbound to any particular person or group. Principles can be things like honour, glory, love of equality, or excellence, but also fear, hatred, or distrust. Freedom, or its opposite, appear wherever such principles are actualized. Men are free, as opposed to only have a capacity for freedom, as long as they act. To act and to be free are the same thing.
16. It feels strange to derive freedom from politics because we are used to thinking of freedom in terms of the will. We think this way not only because all acts have to be preceded by a cognitive act, but because of the implicit liberal belief that "perfect liberty is incompatible with the existence of society." This claim entails the further claim that only acts, as opposed to thinking, are dangerous, and this is one of the fundamental tenets of liberalism. Liberalism, despite its name, as worked hard to banish freedom from the public realm because it thought politics was exclusively about the maintenance of life and the safeguarding of its interests. However, "where life is at stake all action is by definition under the sway of necessity, and the proper realm to take care of life's necessities is the gigantic and still increasing sphere of social and economic life whose administration has overshadowed the political realm ever since the beginning of the modern age." (155)
17. Despite all this, Arendt insists that freedom is the raison d'être of politics. This claim about the interdependence of freedom and politics contradicts modern social theories. However, it does not follow from this that we need to return to older theories.
18. Older traditions of freedom rely entirely too much on privacy and religious conversion. It was Christianity that introduced the idea of freedom being a property of the will; the Greeks and Romans had no notion of this. Further, Greek philosophy was developed in almost complete opposition to activity within the polis.
19. After Paul and Augustine, freedom and free will became almost synonymous, and freedom was something experienced in solitude, "where no man might hinder the hot contention wherein I had engaged with myself," as Augustine said, a conflict in the "inner dwelling" of the soul. The will has a self-paralyzing effect which Paul summed up in his lament, "For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do."
20. This conflict between what one consciously wills and what one does is a rock that traditional accounts of free will have floundered on. These accounts, in effect, thought freedom was a property of the "I-will," when they should have seen it as a political property of the "I-can," of capacity for action.
21. For us, will, will-power, and the will-to-power are nearly identical; the seat of power in the person is the faculty experience as will. For the sake of this will-to-power we have reduced the role of reason; we feel gripped by a necessity which turns us away from the right and the beautiful:
"The necessity which prevents me from doing what I know and will may arise from the world, or from my own body, or from an insufficiency of talents, gifts and qualities which are bestowed upon man by birth and over which he has hardly more power than he has over other circumstances; all these factors, the psychological ones not excluded, condition the person from the outside as far as the I-will and the I-know, that is, the ego itself, are concerned; the power that meets these circumstances, that liberates, as it were, willing and knowing from their bondage to necessity is the I-can. Only where the I-will and the I-can coincide does freedom come to pass." (160)
22. When we talk about the limits on will-power, we tend to think of powerlessness with respect to the surrounding world. We need to remember that in the earlier accounts of will, the defeat of the will was not by circumstance. Rather, the older accounts have it as a conflict within the will itself:
"Christian will-power was discovered as an organ of self-liberation and immediately found wanting. It is as though the I-will immediately paralyzed the I-can, as though the moment men willed freedom, they lost their capacity to be free. In the deadly conflict with worldly desires and intentions from which will-power was supposed to liberate the self, the most willing seemed to be able to achieve was oppression. Because of the will's impotence, its incapacity to generate genuine power, its constant defeat in the struggle with the self, in which the power of the I-can exhausted itself, the will-to-power turned at once into a will-to-oppression. I can only hint here at the fatal consequences for political theory of this equation of freedom with the human capacity to will; it was one of the causes why even today we almost automatically equate power with oppression or, at least, with rule over others." (162)
23. Arendt has already said that philosophy discovered freedom once it was no longer associated with acting with others. Freedom ceased to be about public action and became sovereignty, "the ideal of a free will, independent from others and eventually prevailing against them" (163).
24. Rousseau is an example of this. He argued that power had to be sovereign and indivisible, because "a divided will would be inconceivable." In an ideal state, "the citizens had no communications one with another" and to avoid factions "each citizen should think only his own thoughts." Arendt thinks such a community would be built on quicksand, since all political business is done in networks of people. A state without communication between the people would be tyranny. She continues,
"Politically, this identification of freedom with sovereignty is perhaps the most pernicious and dangerous consequence of the philosophical equation of freedom and free will. For it leads either to a denial of human freedom—namely, if it is realized that whatever men may be, they are never sovereign—or to the insight that the freedom of one man, or a group, or a body politic can be purchased only at the price of the freedom, i.e. the sovereignty, of all others." (164)
25. Sovereignty can only be maintained by violence, which is essentially unpolitical. Freedom and sovereignty cannot coexist: "Where men wish to be sovereign, as individuals or as organized groups, they must submit to the oppression of the will, be this the individual will with which I force myself, or the 'general will' of an organized group. If men wish to be free, it is precisely sovereignty they must renounce" (164-165).
26. Since our common idea of freedom rose out of religious concerns and an anti-political philosophical tradition, it is difficult for us to imagine a kind of freedom which is not an attribute of the will, but of doing and acting. The Greeks and Romans had two verbs for what we call "to act." One had the sense of "to begin, to lead, and finally, to rule," and the other was "to carry something through," or continuing something which had begun.
27. In both cases, action has two stages. First, a spontaneous beginning in which something new appears. Freedom was about spontaneity. The word is also attached to ruling; only someone who already ruled, such as household heads freed from economy concerns by their slaves and family, could be free for life in the polis. Once freed, they were rulers among rulers, among peers, whose help they enlisted to begin new enterprises.
28. As for the Romans, Augustine's theology had an account of individual free will. However, in his political work The City of God, he spoke more from a Roman background: "freedom is conceived there not as an inner human disposition but as a character of human existence in the world. Man does not possess freedom so much as he, or better his coming into the world, is equated with the appearance of freedom in the universe … God created man in order to introduce into the world the faculty of beginning: freedom." (167).
29. Augustine was left with a tension between his theological account of free will and his account of political freedom as the capacity for beginnings. Arendt thinks he could have avoided this if he had paid more attention to some of the things Jesus said. Arendt sees in the Gospels a strong account of the power of human freedom, not as will but as faith. She offers an idiosyncratic idea of miracles as the interruption of the natural series of events, or the disruption of an automatic process.
30. Human life is surrounded by automatic processes, and this extends into the political realm. Automation is a part of all processes, no matter their origin. Begun in freedom, historical processes can become automatic and lead to death as surely as biological processes. The periods of being free have always been relatively short. Cultures grow and then decline into petrified automation.
31. In those periods of decline, freedom continues to exist, but is hidden and not worldly – it is unactualized. She says,"Every act, seen from the perspective not of the agent but of the process in whose framework it occurs and whose automatism it interrupts, is a 'miracle'—that is, something which could not be expected" (169). It is in this sense that humans are capable of miracles, of "infinite improbabilities." History, unlike nature, is full of unpredictable events, but they do not appear because of automatic processes. They appear because man is an acting being. She continues,
"Hence it is not in the least superstitious, it is even a counsel of realism, to look for the unforeseeable and unpredictable, to be prepared for an to expect 'miracles' in the political realm. And the more heavily the scales are weighted in favour of disaster, the more miraculous will the deed done in freedom appear; for it is disaster, not salvation, which always happens automatically and therefore always must appear to be irresistible." (170)
32. The final paragraph is great:
"Objectively, that is, seen from the outside and without taking into account that man is a beginning and a beginning, the chances that tomorrow will be like yesterday are always overwhelming. Not quite so overwhelming, to be sure, but very nearly so as the chances that no earth would ever rise out of cosmic occurrences, that no life would develop out of inorganic processes, and that no man would emerge out of the evolution of animal life. The decisive difference between the 'infinite improbabilities' on which the reality of our earthly life rests and the miraculous character inherent in those events which establish historical reality is that, in the realm of human affairs, we know the author of the 'miracles.' It is men who perform them—men who because they have received the twofold gift of freedom and action can establish a reality of their own." (170-171)


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They go crackers all year round at this Bottesford manufacturer!
With Christmas Day just around the corner, festive preparations are well underway in households up and down the country.
With over 300 million crackers pulled throughout the festive period each year, they continue to be an essential part of everyone's Christmas table in the UK.
Just a few miles from Grantham, Bottesford-based 'Simply Crackers' is enjoying yet another successful year of manufacturing bespoke, branded and handmade crackers.
Since being set up in 1982 by Heather Wheatley, who enjoyed making craft products in her spare time, Simply Crackers grew from a home-based start-up to a major organisation working with a wide range of international brands, including Mulberry, Centre Parcs, Burberry, Carluccios, Heineken and the BBC, providing a wide range of bespoke crackers to sell or give to customers, employees and stakeholders for festive celebrations.
Since being bought and taken over by managing director Geine Pressendo in 2010, the company has now expanded its portfolio to new markets including customised wedding crackers and branded Christmas crackers for corporate events, manufacturing all of its products from its warehouse in Bottesford.
Geine said: "We only make Christmas crackers per specification and as per client's requirements. That makes every customer special to us as no one else will have the same design. We work directly with them from design of artwork through to order details, gifts and the final delivery of the crackers. We find that bespoke crackers add a touch of sparkle and a smile to a clients' face."
Geine took over the business in 2010 when she became disullioned with her job as a finance manager. With two children at home, she craved a more balanced lifestyle.
She said: "I knew that I wanted to manage my own company but finding the right one was difficult, as I didn't have a particular hobby or passion. I wanted to buy a business that was already in existence but had the opportunity and potential to grow."
After exploring a few ideas including a bed and breakfast, card shops and recycling companies, Genie finally discovered Simply Crackers.
But her new business nearly didn't make it past its first Christmas after the existing staff left just months after Genie took over.
Genie said: "After the staff left, my husband Tony took unpaid leave from his job in London to help with production. We ended up having a very successful first Christmas... and my husband never went back to his job."
Eight years on and the company deals with average orders of between 10,000 and 15,000 crackers per client and Geine works alongside Tony, who has taken the role of production manager, to meet the demand. They also employ one other member of staff to manage the website and seven people who fill the crackers from home.
Geine added: "Being able to cater for small orders is the beauty of our business. We had an order for 500 boxes from Burberry last year. This would have been too small an order for the majority of large cracker manufacturing companies to take on. But we are in a position to take on all kinds of orders, however small they are. We recently created 38 customised crackers for a wedding."
With Christmas just weeks away, the festive period is always very busy for the company.
Geine added: "As we make the crackers to order, November and December are our busiest months, whereas January to April tend to be much quieter. We use those months to maintain our online presence, update the website and check our stock."
Despite managing thousands of orders each year, Geine is always keen to introduce new ideas and this year is no different, with the unveiling of a brand new promotional product.
The T-Cracker aims to deliver the perfect festive combination with a mini forest-grown Christmas tree nestled alongside a Christmas cracker filled with miniature decorations.
The 35cm high fir is grown by Fortune Factory BV in Amsterdam and sits alongside an individual cracker.
Geine added: "The T-Cracker makes the perfect festive addition to a brand or retailer's product range or can bring a touch of Christmas sparkle to an employee's desks.
"The tree and decorations means the recipient has everything they need to decorate the tree to their own taste."
For more information on the company, visit www.simplycrackers.co.uk
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- AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Wow! Good for you!! How did you do it? Please don't tell me it happened because you were sick. I don't want to get sick to lose weight. ;)ReplyDelete
Pam in Colorado
Congrats on both! Gotta love a man like that, but he's just telling it like he sees it.ReplyDelete
40 pounds?! WAY TO GO!ReplyDelete
lol :)ReplyDelete
And congrats…that is a lot!
Hallo Pam in Colorado, good to hear she is still around.ReplyDelete
As long as you do not rattle when turning in your sleep. Imagine, having to listen to someone like that tossing and turning.
That is a huge something to have accomplish, congratulations.
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 9:45 PM
He is worthy.ReplyDelete
Way to GO!!! And, you got yourself a good egg there!ReplyDelete
I may snore and drool, but I don't think I rattle. Chuckle.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your weight loss. I struggle with my weight and know how hard it can be to get on the right track, so I especially admire your big accomplishment! Wishing you continued success, JennReplyDelete
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What is Breast Lift Surgery?
Mastopexy is the plastic surgery procedure for lifting the breasts. Many patients come to Dr. David L. Durst—our experienced plastic surgeon in Huntsville—with the desire to have their breasts lifted to a more youthful position. When he sees you, he will discuss this procedure and explain the process in complete detail. Mastopexy is customized for each patient who has the procedure done.
Many times, Dr. Durst will see patients who are considering breast surgery but do not really know exactly what they need. He will talk with you and explain which technique will work best for your concerns. This often involves a careful examination and some measurements. Also, he and his staff will discuss your goals to make sure that he can outline a plan that can best suit your aesthetic ideal.
Is a Breast Lift Right for Me?
Some patients have mild droopiness that may be treated with breast implants alone; however, many patients have droopiness that requires a more comprehensive approach. The components of breast ptosis (droopiness) include a low positioning of the nipple and generally some sagging of the breast tissue. There are multiple causes for these symptoms. Sometimes a patient will have droopiness for genetic reasons. Often, it can be related to weight gain followed by weight loss. The most common reason is related to pregnancy changes, where the breasts get larger during pregnancy and then shrink afterwards. The skin often doesn't contract to the breasts' new shape, and many patients complain about their breasts having lost volume and looking "deflated" after having children.
If this is your situation, the breast lift can be a solution to your concerns. Sometimes, a patient will tell Dr. Durst that their breasts sag and appear too small. In that situation, they will generally desire implants as well as a lift. Dr. Durst also sees patients whose breasts sag as well as appear large and heavy. In these situations, a small breast reduction combined with a lift is performed to help obtain the ideal shape.
How is the Breast Lift Procedure Performed?
A breast lift is typically performed as an outpatient surgery using general anesthesia. Dr. Durst will outline the mastopexy plan with drawings on your chest prior to the surgery. Then, the incisions will be made, and the tissue will be rearranged to achieve the nipple elevation and tightening of the tissue that will create the best possible results. There are a variety of techniques that can be used to complete a breast lift procedure, and the method utilized will depend on your individual needs. Some of the techniques include:
Full Mastopexy
Full mastopexies are typically performed on individuals with moderate to severe sagginess in their breasts. This is generally indicated when the nipple and areola – the dark-pigmented area surrounding the nipple – are located below the breast crease or when the breasts point downward. In a full mastopexy, an inverted T-incision is made around the areola, down to the breast crease, and along the breast fold. Excess tissue and skin is then removed, while the remaining tissue and skin is tightened and smoothed out. The breasts are ultimately lifted to a higher, more youthful position. Women with mild breast sag can sometimes be treated effectively with a less involved lift technique, but a full mastopexy is one of the most common approaches to a breast lift.
Periareolar Mastopexy
Also referred to as a donut mastopexy, this technique can be most effective for individuals whose breasts appear asymmetrical or have an irregular nipple position. With this approach, incisions made encircling the areola are used to remove excess tissue and skin while breasts are elevated and tightened. This method can reduce the diameter of the areolas and lift the nipple position approximately 2 centimeters. This technique is typically not an ideal method for women who are breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed.
"Lollipop" Mastopexy
Also known as a vertical breast lift, "lollipop" mastopexies can be an effective breast lift technique for women with medium-sized breasts and moderate to severe breast droopiness, or large-sized breasts with mild breast droopiness. A lollipop-shaped incision is made around the areola and down the middle of the breast to the breast crease. Extra skin and tissue are then removed and the breasts are tightened, smoothed, and elevated. With this unique incision type, more horizontal excess skin can be removed. This approach is typically utilized when a full mastopexy is unnecessary, but there is too much skin laxity or breast sag for a periareolar mastopexy.
What is Breast Lift Recovery Like?
After surgery, many patients initially think their breasts are too high and too tight. It takes several weeks for the breasts to settle and appear more natural-looking. Dr. Durst will recommend what type of bra to wear in the long term. Soreness associated with the surgery is mild to moderate and can be easily controlled by medications, which Dr. Durst will prescribe. Most patients take about a week off of work.
The results with breast lift are usually very, very dramatic in most patients. Pictures are taken at two months and again one year after surgery. Dr. Durst will recommend that you follow up with him over the years.
How Much Does a Breast Lift Cost?
As with any surgical procedure, there is no fixed cost of a breast lift and the price varies from patient to patient depending on their unique needs. Your personalized quote will be calculated based on a number of considerations unique to your custom-designed treatment plan, including:
- The amount of surgical work to be done
- Whether the surgery is performed in conjunction with other procedures
- The type of surgical technique utilized
- The potential length of the procedure
In general, the cost of a mastopexy will include fees for the surgeon, anesthesia, pre- and post-operative care, and the addition of breast implants (if a breast augmentation mastopexy is being pursued) as well as other operational expenses. The geographic location where the procedure is performed and the expertise of your plastic surgeon will also influence your total cost estimate. Fortunately, cosmetic enhancement in Alabama is generally more affordable when compared to coastal states. With all this in mind, patient reviews from RealSelf.com place the average cost of breast lift surgery in Huntsville between $6,500 and $7,400.
Dr. Durst will be sure to perform a thorough evaluation of your needs during a consultation and provide a complete breakdown of the costs associated with your surgery. Our team will then go over our accepted modes of payment as well as your financing options. We understand the need to bring the cost of surgery into your budget and we work with some of the leading plastic surgery financing companies in the nation to help you pay for your treatment over time. Options like CareCredit® and Prosper® Healthcare Lending offer a number of flexible low- to no-interest payment plans with affordable monthly installments for qualified applicants. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the price of a breast lift, please don't hesitate to contact our office today.
Breast Lift and Augmentation
For complete rejuvenation of the breast aesthetic, many patients opt to undergo a breast lift and breast augmentation procedure simultaneously. This popular combination surgery, also known as a breast lift with implants or breast augmentation mastopexy, is designed to enhance breast volume and fullness while lifting the breasts to a more youthful positioning. This comprehensive approach typically allows an improved breast shape and overall contour as well as a minimized appearance of sag. A breast lift with implants is usually a very popular option for women who have undergone pregnancy or breastfeeding, or those who have lost breast volume and/or projection as a result of the natural aging process. Generally speaking, the surgery can yield the benefits of both procedures in a single operation for improved breast volume, projection, firmness, symmetry, and shape.
Will I Have Breast Lift Scars?
Any surgical operation will leave some degree of residual scarring; however, an experienced plastic surgeon is typically adept at placing incisions discreetly within the natural lines and contours of the body when possible for minimized visible scarring. In general, the extent of your breast lift scars will depend on the amount of sag that was corrected during your procedure. If you are considering a breast augmentation with implants, the same incisions for the breast lift component of surgery can often be used to insert the implants. In either case, any surgical scars will fade to some degree as time passes. Dr. Durst is very proficient performing breast lift surgery and always strives to ensure incision marks are well-concealed under a bra or bikini top.
Please check out our gallery if you wish to see breast lift before and after photos and contact us if you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation.


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Imagine our shock at discovering, in the middle of a famous Chicago museum, the Seattle skyline! For some reason, Seattle was chosen as a coveted city to build a fictional railroad into and out of.
We are staying two nights with our friends the Smedleys. Tonight they invited our longtime friends and ministry colleagues Dent Davidson and Jim Paddleford, plus new friends Jim and Tom, to join us all for dinner. Alas, Jeff and Lisa Lee couldn't make it after all, but we hope to see them next time around.
Tomorrow we head for Minneapolis, and we may see more old friends along the way—we'll see how the timing goes.


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On the road, again
I'm back in town. It's weird coming home to a town that you've only lived in for a month. It kind of feels like home, but at the same time you see the skyline and think maybe you went crazy somewhere along the way and ended up in the wrong city.
I might head back to Houston on Thursday for a funeral. I wasn't close to the person who passed away, but she was a family member, and with a dysfunctional family like mine anyone who's grieving needs all the support they can get.
I'm trying to be really good with my money, but I seriously need a haircut. Since my aunt is a hairdresser, I was thinking about asking her to cut my hair while I'm in town for the funeral. Would it be insensitive for me to ask at a time like this? It seems a little insensitive.
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Not only have you gone crazy, you've ended up in the wrong city.
I don't think it would be insensitive to ask for the haircut unless any of the following apply: (Presented a la Letterman's Top 10 lists)
10. The dearly departed is your aunt's former husband or son.
9. You want the haircut during the funeral.
8. You insist on referring to the gathering of the grieved as "Dysfunction Junction".
7. You tell her, mid-cut, that you must have gone crazy sometime during the trip to Houston and ended up with the wrong stylist.
6. You joke that you hope to score family funerals about once a month now that you found free haircuts.
5. You ask her to shave "F U Auntie" on the back of your head.
4. You request just a cut but insist on a bikini wax, too.
3. You show up for the haircut but skip the service.
2. You show up for the haircut and attend the service but whisper loudly the whole time about how much you hate your haircut.
…and number 1 on how to turn a simple request into an insensitive act:
1. You show up to her salon drunk and dump a client our of the chair shouting, "THIS IS JUST HOW I GRIEVE, JERKS!"| Posted 12 years, 5 months ago
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It was right when I posted the comment I noticed you'd updated – I was just whining. See my silly pathetic face with monster-boogers issuing? Anyway, I've plugged it over at scattershot since I haven't quite got anything else yet. ;o)| Posted 12 years, 5 months ago


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Adapted by Philip Dunne from the novel by Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstacy is the story of the 16th century war of wills between Renaissance artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) and warrior pope Julius II (Rex Harrison). Commissioned to paint a religious fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the independent-minded Michelangelo balks at the assignment. He is virtually strongarmed into accepting the job by Pope Julius, who wants to leave something for future generations to remember him by. Director Carol Reed deftly juggles screen time between the Pope's activities on the battlefield and Michelangelo's slow, arduous completion of his monumental task. The film also gingerly approaches the subject of Michelangelo's sexual orientation vis-a-vis his relationship with the Contessina de Medici (Diane Cilento). Too long and limited in subject matter to score at the box office, The Agony and the Ecstacy holds up pretty well when seen today, especially when viewed in a wide-screen print.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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In this in-depth webinar, ideal for those who have responsibility for workforce planning or those motivated to upskill their knowledge about workforce planning, Workforce Planning Australia takes you on a journey to deliver excellence in workforce planning and evidence-based workforce development strategies. Workforce planning is a complex issue and Julie Sloan, Founder and Director of Strategy at Workforce Planning Australia, advises you all to keep it simple in this step by step analysis of current industry trends, whilst sharing her lessons learned along the way.
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My needles have been busy recently with sewing and knitting. At the Curious Handmade Retreat in October I purchased some lovely, soft, squishy Tundra from The Fibre Co. and as soon as I returned home I cast on Helen's Sonder Shawl.
This shawl is the final design in the Shawl Society and was a delight to knit and very quick to complete.
I am now knitting the previous shawl design, the Aurorae.
I have been stitching some winter/Christmas project bags.
I have also completed the November Belle and Bright Kit, which is a candle mat.
I have used my own design and lightly quilted the mat using French knots.
I have also made a couple of gingerbread men for my children's Christmas trees.
New projects on my needles include Helen's Alpine Sunset Shawl and a Hitchhiker Shawl, plus I am stitching some felt reindeer decorations.