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Heritage Walk: Lyons castle, church and hill
- Time – 14:00 on Sunday next August 20
- Assemble at gates of Lyons farm 13.50.
- It is a separate, marked entrance on the Kearneystown to Newcastle road on the Newcastle side of the entrances to the Cliff at Lyons and Lyons house Gate is at N 53.30220 W 6.52959T
- There will only be one access time to Lyons, so if people are not there then they cannot get in later, with no exceptions.
The walk, organised by Ardclough Community Council for Heritage Week, will take three hours and have two stops, The first will be at Lyons 13th century castle, the 14th century church and graveyard The second, for those who wish to continue the uphill hike through fields, will be at the top of Lyons Hill Listen to an explanation of the historic and strategic importance of the iron age fort on the hill, the 8th century royal site of the kings of Leinster, and the castle, which was home to the powerful Aylmer family Lyons was an extremely important site in ancient and medieval Ireland and played an important role in major events such as the lead in to the Battle of Clontarf The story of Lyons helped determine the locations and geography of the modern communities of Ardclough, Newcastle (originally Newcastle Lyons) and Celbridge


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Large Vintage Moroccan Pillow
Large Moroccan pillow made from a vintage Berber rug handwoven in saffron, black, and rose colored hand spun wool. Large hand crafted tassels and new custom down alternative insert with zipper closure. Coordinating pillow available, sold separately.
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Maryland's highest court yesterday demanded that police and prosecutors conduct thorough searches before declaring trial evidence to be permanently missing - checking storage rooms, offices and even judges' chambers if necessary.
The unanimous ruling by the Court of Appeals involved a request for DNA testing of bloody clothing from a man convicted 33 years ago of killing his ex-boss in Baltimore, and it comes after the disclosure of other recent problems with the Police Department's storage of crime evidence.
A city Circuit Court judge had dismissed the request after a city police sergeant submitted an affidavit declaring that he had checked the department evidence records and found no mention of the old clothing.


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AHEAD of Wednesday's fixtures release day for the upcoming 2017/18 season, we look back at some opening day classics since the turn of the millennium.
QPR 3-0 Leeds United - August 7th 2016
Rangers opened their Championship campaign with a comfortable win against Leeds United in what was a scorching sunny afternoon in W12. The R's took the lead early through captain Nedum Onuoha, before Dutch attacker Tjaronn Chery converted from the penalty spot to make it 2-0 after the break. In injury time, Sebastien Polter added a classy third to seal a comfortable home win in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
QPR 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday - August 3rd 2013
QPR scored twice in three minutes, coming from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday in our first game back in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League. Atdhe Nuhiu struck a low shot to put the visitors ahead on his debut, but Nedum Onuoha scored his first goal for the R's when he turned the ball home from inside the area before Andrew Johnson volleyed in soon after to give Harry Redknapp's side an important three points.
QPR 4-0 Barnsley - August 7th 2010
The Hoops started the 2010/11 season in style, hammering Barnsley and laying down an early marker in our quest to claim promotion. Heidar Helguson, Jamie Mackie, Adel Taarabt and Fitz Hall were all on target in what was a convincing win for Neil Warnock's side, who eventually went on to be crowned Champions.
QPR 5-0 Blackpool - August 9th 2003
Gareth Ainsworth scored his first League goals in a QPR shirt to give us an impressive opening day win over Blackpool back in 2003/04. Ainsworth, who signed from Cardiff during the close season, took just three minutes to give Ian Holloway's team the lead. On the stroke of half-time, Richard Langley finished off from a Kevin Gallen cross, before the latter bundled home from close range in the 56th minute. Ainsworth then fired a close-range effort past Phil Barnes, with Steve Palmer securing a glorious win in injury time.
QPR 1-0 Stoke - August 11th 2001
Andy Thomson's 23rd-minute strike was enough to give the R's a 1-0 win over fellow promotion candidates Stoke City. QPR were playing our first game in the third tier of the league since 1967 and got off to the dream start manager Ian Holloway would have wanted when Thomson struck a sweet shot from the edge of the penalty area following a good pass from Stuart Wardley. The men from W12 could have furthered their lead, playing some fantastic football, but Stoke keeper Gavin Ward was in inspired form, as the R's were forced to settle for a 1-0 victory.


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Our TA, Raghu, gave us a challenge of calculating the same shopping cart exercise we were assigned as homework last week, only this time were were to convert it into a program that used classes and methods to make the calculations / print the total. Usually we pair program, but on this day I was flying solo. It felt like the entire class was marching forward, while I just sat there trying to think through where to even begin. I started laying out my thoughts, and deleted them. I then started again, and once again felt like I was heading down a dead end road. After about 10 minutes, I asked for a little help on how to get started. Come to find out, I was originally headed down the correct path. Raghu reviewed the solution with the class very quickly. I had no time to copy the solution down, but I felt like I understood the general thought process and how he came up with his solution.
After class, I tried to work on the same problem from scratch. I was totally stumped, and could not get the program to return the shopping cart total value correctly. I must have sat there for about an hour and half trying to figure it out before I decided to take a break and head home. That night I took another stab at it. I sat there for a couple more hours puzzled why my solution was not working correctly. My code looked like:
def total
total = 0
@cart_array.each do |i|
total += i[:item].cost * i[:quantity]
Everything seemed to be correct. I was pulling out the item, applying the cost to that item, pulling out the quantity from my array. I then multiply them, and add that calculation to my running total. I wasn't getting any errors, but I also was not getting the total cost for my shopping cart. What could be wrong? What I realized after staring at my screen for 3+ hours is that my method was not returning anything, because I had not told it to return anything. Just because I was running the calculation did not mean that the method automatically is going to return that info. Once I added the "return total" to my method, everything worked.
def total
total = 0
@cart_array.each do |i|
total += i[:item].cost * i[:quantity]
return total
We also learned how to output data automatically into a html and css file. It finally seemed like we were doing something real. Something that I could easily apply to the app I want to build. I spent that night and next day building a program that would add book titles, author, and reading level into a library. The program then would output a summary of all books in that library. This exercise helped me make sure that I truly understood methods, and how they return information when called.
Thursday was exciting because we jumped into Rails for the first time. We built a basic web app that had an index page with an ordered list of landmarks. When clicking on the landmark, you would go to a details page that was dynamically put together by the ruby code embedded in the *.html file. Once again, I went home and built a version of this same app that related to listing books in a library. It had dynamic detail pages for each book that would list important information about the book that was clicked. I really feel like all of this is coming together.
On Friday, I went to Eight Bit Studios to meet with my mentor Don Bora. We went over the library app I had made the night before, and he introduced me to the "before_filter." Basically this can be added in your controller file. You can add a method that will then be used in all of your pages without repeating the code each time. Don and I spent some time discussing my app, and where I should begin. Basically I mapped out everything I want to build in the next 10 weeks. I broke this up into the main sections such as user accounts, library, and backpack. Under each of those sections I have a list of the the functions and sub-functions that will need to be built. I am going to try and bite off a piece each week with what I learn in class. I am really excited to get going on this.


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New Jazz from Finland playlist showcases the best in Finnish jazz
Music Finland has released a brand new playlist New Jazz from Finland here! The playlist includes Finnish jazz released during the past year and will be constantly updated with new releases. The website also provides biographies as well as label contacts for the bands and artists appearing on the playlist.
This digital playlist takes the place of Music Finland's promotional compilation album series Jazz from Finland. The playlist is available on streaming services Spotify and Apple Music.
The playlist marks a step in Music Finland's promotion, shifting from physical releases towards digital media. In 2017 similar playlists will be released in other genres too, as well as a variety of other playlists. Check out other Music Finland playlists on Spotify.


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MK wrote:VOLUME FOUR
Then it's Madonna doing a crappy "Fever," a crappy track from her underrated EROTICA album. This is followed by Madonna's best performance on SNL - the Wayne's World sketch where she pops up in their fantasies (almost complete, they leave out much of the set-up, which was Wayne and Garth unveiling their top ten babes list).
I find I'm disagreeing with some of your reviews of the stuff I've seen (admittedly not on the DVD -- going by memories of the show itself). For example, I remember Madonna's performances of this standard as being surprisingly *good*.
And your descriptions of Franken's quips sounded funny to me -- moreso than Chase, Short, and others as described. But I like Franken's deadpan style.
But thanks anyway...don't think I'll be buying this set...I've rarely been excited by SNL's taste in musical guests.


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Buffalo Biodiesel
Buffalo Biodiesel is company working in Pittsburgh, PA but out of Buffalo, NY. They buy old fryer grease. These people are crooks and pathetic. The sales rep... let's call him "Barrett" is a pathetic beggar that hounded us like a whiney little girl. We finally agreed to allow them to take our old oil, we had another company without any issues for years. He said.. just initial here so we make sure we know about how much oil you use.. "I keep this a little high so we don't overflow" (Back to this comment in a bit).
So I signed up.. I didn't read their two page, small print contract.. shame on me. It was for FIVE years. Well, the old company moved their vat out in two weeks.. ok, where is my new vat? Well.. it didn't come.. and didn't come.. for 6 weeks. By that time, with oil piling up, I called the old company back; they delivered a vat in 2 days. So after another 3 weeks the Buffalo vat showed up, I told them, I don't want it. You took way too long, i called your rep, NOTHING. I called the 800#, NOTHING. So the driver left.
A week later (much quicker response now, huh) I got served papers that they are suing me... for $22,000.00 LMAO They arrive at this number from what they will receive in gross dollars for five years at retail when they sell my oil.. based on the inflated amount listed on the contract. See above. Over the five years they would have paid me about $2,000. SCAM artists using lawyers instead of taking card of customers. AVOID.
I have come to learn that Buffalo Biodiesel has literally hundreds of lawsuits out there, suing their so called customers.
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Subject: Achieve Your Goals With A Degree From Liberty University Online
Date: Thu Jun 27 04:01:44 MDT 2013
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Married musicians Beyonce, left, and rapper Jay-Z, during an April 4, 2013 trip to Cuba, and President Obama.APYou generally don't want to get into a rap rivalry with Jay-Z.But the White House on Thursday challenged the mega-artist after he released a track suggesting he got "White House clearance" for his controversial trip to Cuba with wife Beyonce.Jay Carney, President Obama's press secretary, categorically denied the claim -- reiterating that the Treasury Department handles clearance."I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury," Carney joked, before clarifying: "The White House, from the president on down, had nothing to do with anybody's ... travel to Cuba. That is something that Treasury handles."Jay-Z released the track Thursday shortly after returning from Cuba, a trip that drew criticism from Cuban-American lawmakers in Congress who questioned how the couple got permission to travel to the communist-run island.The rapper boasted at length about the visit, suggesting Obama was involved."I done turned Havana into Atlanta," he rapped. "Boy from the hood, but got White House clearance."He continued: "Politicians never did s--- for me except lie to me, distort history, wanna give me jail time and a fine. Fine, let me commit a real crime. ... Obama said, 'Chill you gonna get me impeached.' You don't need this s--- anyway, chill with me on the beach.'"The track resulted in a bizarre scene at Thursday's White House briefing, as a reporter re April 12, 2013: Japanese Self Defense Forces personnel refuel a PAC-3 missile interceptor, deployed at the compound of Japan's Defense Ministry amid a tense situation over a possible missile launch by North Korea in Tokyo.APNorth Korea reportedly warned Japan that Tokyo would be the first target should the country decide to play its nuclear card.The warning is reportedly in response to Tokyo's standing orders to destroy any missile heading towards the nation, according to Korean Central News Agency.Japan has deployed PAC-3 missile interceptor units around Tokyo to protect its capital and is taking North Koreas rhetoric seriously."We are doing all we can to protect the safety of our nation," chief Cabinet spokesman Yoshihide Suga said, though he and Ministry of Defense officials refused to confirm the reports about the naval alert, saying they do not want to "show their cards" to North Korea.Japanese officials have long feared that North Korea has not only the means, but several potential motives, for launching an attack on Tokyo or major U.S. military installations on Japans main island."If Kim Jong Un decides to launch a missile, whether it's across the Sea of Japan or some other direction, he will be choosing willfully to ignore the entire international community," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in South Korea. "And it will be a provocation and unwanted act that will raise people's temperatures."We will stand with


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Billy Idol
When was the last time you heard Rebel Yell?
I think I worked out what the Rebel Yell is.
it's "FUCK YEAH!"
Clearly, everyone agrees!
At least, I think that's what the resounding silence means.
Gosh, it's lonely here.
I have not!
Where might I find such a gem as that?
'bout two weeks ago when I heard Dancing With Myself
and thought "This is the song I'd do on the X Factor".
have you heard
scooters cover?!
I have not!
...and I never intend to, either.
Are you sure it was actually Scotter though?
They look alike yknow
its hideous
does anyone remember the billy idol song that was on scuzz with hideous innuendos like 'climb on my lemon tree'


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2 January 2018
Throughout 2017, the PR & Communications industry launched some fantastic campaigns and here are our top 5:
1. Princess Principles, launched by Disney and The Academy/Shine was one of our top PR campaigns of 2017. The campaign targeted stereotypical perceptions of what it means to be a Disney princess. Female illustrators turned a set of 'princess principles' into eye-catching posters which were then released for free to young girls to inspire them to fulfil their full potential. The principles included positive affirmations such as 'Care for others', 'Don't judge a book by its cover' and 'Be honest'. It reached approximately 4.8 million girls and caused over 80% of mums to feel more favourably towards Disney princesses.
2. Lynx and W set out on a mission to give British masculinity a new voice by getting rid of male taboos, modern day male stereotypes and social pressures to act a certain way. Using Google data to highlight questions men felt comfortable asking online but not in person, the campaign challenged male taboos straight on and gained 100% positive coverage for the brand. The campaign also included a TV advert including men who were famous for pushing the boundaries of stereotypical masculinity.
3. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a mammoth social taboo, but ActionAid UK [https://www.actionaid.org.uk/get-involved/fgm-brutal-cut] set out to get people talking. ActionAid UK paired up with Weber Shandwick to create a set of videos of Kenyan girls who are facing FGM which were then interrupted by vloggers, influencers and publishers. This PR campaign reached 152 million people and raised a quarter of a million pounds to build safe places for Kenyan girls. #BrutalCut
Link to video: http://www.webershandwickemea.com/case-study/actionaid-uk-brutalcut/
4. Outside Organisation was in charge of the global media and communications strategy around the One Love Manchester benefit concert and television special showcasing global musicians and aimed to raise money to support the victims of the tragic Manchester Arena bombing. They secured worldwide publicity and over 12 million pounds was raised for the Red Cross.
Image courtesy of The Independent.
5. Despite John Lewis normally being the most anticipated Christmas advert of the year, we had an alternative favourite for 2017. This year, Sky and Fever teamed up to create a magical advert showcasing family Christmas movie traditions. The advert told the story of a mother and daughter who have watched The Sound of Music together each Christmas for 25 years. The advert ends with the daughter growing up and watching it with her own daughter each Christmas. This PR campaign successfully brought together the spirit of Christmas through its realistic story telling. Good work!
Link to advert: http://www.sky.com/tv/channel/skycinema/video/christmas-advert
We can't wait to see what incredible PR campaigns 2018 will bring!


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I met Meredith and her pup, Sadie, on a beautiful fall day in Smith Park. Sadie is a Shichon, which is a cross between a Bichon Frisé and a Shih Tzu--isn't she a cutie? Meredith is a student at Ravenwood High School and this mini session was auctioned off as part of a fundraiser they held at the school this year. Be prepared for a lot of adorableness!
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- Heart2Heart2012Asked on February 06, 2017 at 12:13 PM
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A Protrait of the Artist as a Rhesus Space Monkey
In 1986 I escaped from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. I used many identities to conceal my true nature.
As a boy I was Indiana Jones and Batman.
As a teenager I was James Bond. My interest shifted toward literary heroes when I discovered 'The Counte of Monte Cristo.'
As a college student I was Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, and John Le Carre.
As a graduate I was Jorge Luis Borges, Joseph Conrad, Umberto Eco, and Raymond Chandler (and, why not, a little of Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy').
Today I woke up as a Rhesus Space Monkey. Tonight is the launch. They say I'm a guinea pig, but I know what I am. I am a Rhesus Space Monkey.
Tomorrow I hope to join my heroes.


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Persistence is the word to describe the Shellady's in their quest to open a business in Cody. They weren't sure what venture to get into, but after canvassing the needs of their community, they settled on the idea of a Farm & Ranch Store with an emphasis on Hardware.
Realizing that you don't start up a significantly size operation on their own, the Shellady's partnered with a major distributor, United Hardware (Hardware Hank) as their main supplier. However, there was still the need to research demographics, survey traffic counts and put together a business plan. With their local economic development authority offering only token assistance, the Shellady's approached the SBDC for assistance in research and business plan guidance. The Market Research Center was involved in helping with the requested information which helped keep the project moving forward.
Once the Shellady's were comfortable that the overall plan was sound and the financial projections supported the venture, they began seeking financing at the tail end of the worst economic conditions that the country had seen in years. Already purchasing the land where the business would be located, they approached community lenders but ran into time delays and roadblocks, either with lenders who didn't understand business, shied away from large commercial projects, or had a conflict of interest. With no local lending support, the SBDC director and the Shellady's discussed a number of different options, including exploring the possibility of working with a developer on a build-to-lease/purchase, pursuing the loan through an SBA program, or a Wyoming Business Council Challenge Loan. Assistance from the SBDC helped to bolster the business plan and soon after, through Security State Bank of Basin, WY, financing was obtained. They broke ground on their project in September of 2012.
Giving up wasn't an option and the Shellady's were able to open the doors on May 3rd, 2013. Fourteen full and part-time jobs were created and the Shelladys', along with their employees look forward to serving the farm & ranch and hardware needs of the community.


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All steady on markets last night. The long weekend in the US obviously calmed a few nerves.
Gold was down a little.
Everyone wants to pretend China's economy grew at 6.9% last year so markets can keep up appearances.
Our market should take some comfort today from a stronger ore price and a steady US lead.
From where I sit, it's an uneasy calm.
'The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world's population.'
The Guardian, 18 January 2016
This is the unintended (or perhaps it was an intended) consequence of what happens when you print trillions of dollars to prop up an economy.
Those standing closest to the money get the lion's share and the rest get to squabble over the scraps.
QE was supposed to deliver the wealth effect and it sure did. It just wasn't the wealth effect the central bankers theoretical models predicted would happen.
The theory was to make money freely available to push up asset prices. Those owning the assets would feel wealthier. Apparently the feel-good effect of being wealthy would result in purses and wallets being opened wider. All this anticipated caring and sharing would then trickle down through the economy and everyone's lives would be enriched.
Great storyline for a children's book…we all live happily ever after with milk and honey flowing freely from our central bank saviours.
Back to reality.
Anything designed by academic bureaucrats — ably assisted by Wall Street appointed consultants — is all but guaranteed to result in an outcome where 1% get 99% and 99% get diddly.
The Fed's 'trickle up' wealth effect has been an outstanding success. According to Oxfam, in 2010 it required 388 of the world's richest billionaires to own as much as the poorer half…compared to 62 today.
Making the wealthy wealthier and the poor poorer is a recipe for social discontent.
This divide between the haves and have nots is also playing out in Europe.
Germany's intake of one million immigrants is not going as smoothly as planned.
The sexual assault allegations in Cologne are the thin edge of the wedge. Far right wing groups will no doubt use the events in Cologne to incite racial divisions. According to NBC News, the first 4,000 copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf have sold out in less than a week after hitting German bookstores.
The son of a good friend is working in Munich. He tells me the neo-Nazi skin heads are on the trains, in the streets and itching for a fight.
Angela Merkel is under pressure from her allies to stem the flow of refugees. According to the Financial Times on 18 January 2016:
'A prominent ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has threatened to take her government to court over its "open doors" refugee policy as political pressure grows for the chancellor to reduce the number of new arrivals.
'Bavarian state premier Horst Seehofer said he would send the federal government a written request within the next two weeks to restore "orderly conditions" at the nation's borders, through which one million migrants and refugees passed last year alone.'
1 million refugees are creating tensions within Europe, what about another 20 million?
This is the estimated number of people who have been displaced or are escaping violence in the Middle East and Africa. What does Europe do? Close its borders? Turn back the boats? Watch as people starve, are murdered or drown?
This is a human rights, social and financial problem on a scale we cannot imagine.
Some European nations may open their borders to increased refugee intakes, but others may not — for political and/or economic reasons.
Do we go back to a Europe with border controls? The potential collapse or at least significant restructuring of the Euro zone may be the end result from this humanitarian crisis.
Adding to Europe's list of woes is Greece.
For us in Australia, Greece is out of sight and out of mind. But it hasn't gone away. Greece's financial problems haven't be solved…just postponed.
Murphy's Law almost assures us that Greece's debt crisis will once again be front and centre just when the refugee crisis is at a flashpoint. Perhaps, Greece — with a leftist Government — will opt to exit and leave a trail of sovereign defaults in its wake.
If Europe is teetering, then the political willpower in Britain may wane. Britain might also opt to exit the European Union.
Social discontent provides political opportunists with the perfect platform to appeal to the masses.
Anti-Muslim parties are gaining traction in central and northern Europe — Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.
In France, the far right National Front gave a good account of itself at the recent regional elections…nearly winning power. France also has a very strong anti-Muslim and anti-refugee political movement. The National Front leader, Marine LePen, is contesting France's 2017 Presidential election and has a very real prospect of winning…especially if there are more terrorist attacks and social unrest.
As mentioned previously, the almost untouchable Angela Merkel is under a lot more friendly fire these days. Her position is no longer as assured as it once was. Will she bow to political pressure and close Germany's borders?
In Italy two anti-euro parties are attracting a lot of attention in recent opinion polls.
Spain's recent general election, held on 20 December 2015, provided no clear winner. The left-wing Podemas Party — established in 2014 with a platform of fixing unemployment, inequality and economic malaise — managed to win 69 out of 350 seats.
If a government cannot be formed and another election is called, the opinion polls predict Podemas would increase its number of seats.
While China and its slowing economy dominate the headlines, for me the real issue is the growing level of social exclusion in the world.
Angry, hungry, impoverished people tend to riot.
If you want proof of this in recent times, look no further than the Arab Spring uprising. People had enough of being oppressed and not being listened to.
People power is a very potent weapon for change. But that change may not be for the better…opening doors for crackpot politicians with protectionist economic theories.
It is only whispered — for fear of spooking the masses — but we are in a deflationary world.
China is taking measured steps to protect its economy by devaluing its currency…to make exports cheaper and imports more expensive.
Europe will follow with further measures to take the euro lower to maintain the competitiveness of Germany's export machine…they need the money to fund social integration programs.
Japan won't sit idly by and watch their export sector lose ground.
All these measures make the US dollar stronger, which squeezes emerging markets loaded with US dollar debt.
The squeeze is on. Financial hardship will only intensify the simmering social unrest caused by the wealth divide and wholesale displacement of people from their lands.
While all eyes are on the markets, an increase in social tensions could be the X factor that brings this debt laden world to its knees.
Vern Gowdie,
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A Beautiful Thing Essay, Research Paper
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Essay 2
A Beautiful Thing
Lucy Grealy, in her essay Mirrors , gives an awesome portrayal of how our external being, as seen by others, shapes and influences our own feelings of inner worth. The author breaks down the true definition of individuality, pointing out that individualism is really nothing more than the way society perceives us. For example, when Lucy was young, her family and doctors rewarded her good behavior (i.e. silence) during chemotherapy by exclaiming, What a brave little girl. Unfortunately, this type of praise installed a false and unhealthy sense of self in Lucy. She became attached to this courageous, stalwart disposition, feeling that her reticence contributed to the approval, attention, and acceptance she received from others. Grealy states, if I broke down, this would be seen as despicable in the eyes of both my parents and doctors. I got tired of being brave, every week I told myself not to cry and every week I failed (50). The author felt that by shedding tears, she had somehow failed to cooperate effectively, leaving disappointment in the heart of her most sought after audience, her parents.
Like so many of us experience today, L. Grealy linked her broken life and lack of self-confidence to her outward, flawed appearance. To illustrate, she writes: I didn t feel I could pass up yet another chance to fix my face, which I confusedly thought concurrent with fixing myself, my soul, my life (49). In most cases, it is not necessarily our own face that humans most desire to change, but similarly, we mistakenly long for modification from the outside inward rather than the inside outward. We struggle with self-acceptance, and ascribe our inadequacy to external blemishes, an outside force,
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Essay 2
which denies the possibility for self-assertion and growth. As individuals, when we take on the role of self-martyrdom, we cancel out the likelihood of change because we shift our own responsibility onto others in the form of blame. Many times, we assume improvement and/or approval comes from an origin beyond ourselves (i.e. friends, significant other, children, drugs etc.) and we overlook the internal power that each one of us maintains to alter self-perception.
Throughout Lucy s life she has countless operations to fix her broken, abnormal appearance, believing that through outward assimilation she will discover an inward peace. She struggles daily with her inability to hide visible flaws, not realizing that everyone has ugly and unattractive discrepancies (usually in character, rather than appearance). She states, it is only through image that we experience and make decisions about the everyday world (58). The image that L. Grealy refers to, is not shaped by the outward depiction of how others see us in life. Rather, our perception is molded most by how we personally react to each commonplace experience (i.e. trials) and everyday decisions. Like Grealy, at one time or another, most if us have battled with feelings of insufficiency, worthlessness, and inferiority. Self-fulfillment, however, is never found in another person s actions (which are beyond are control) but it is found in our personal reaction to any situation.
In the end, Lucy does have a procedure that seems to enhance her social reception. However, it is not some surgery that generates an outward public acceptance; it is her self-realization of the invaluable, incomparable self-love that she finds deep within herself, and that my friend is a beautiful thing.


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The whole wilderness seems to be alive and familiar, full of humanity. The very stones seem talkative, sympathetic, brotherly. No wonder when we consider that we all have the same Father and Mother.
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Mother Nature is too often spoken of as in reality no mother at all. Yet how wisely, sternly, tenderly she loves and looks after her children in all sorts of weather and wildernesses.


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Friday, May 27, 2016
Feel Good Friday
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Good thing I'm in shape all year long.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend! See you next Wednesday.
mewas born swimsuit unready!ReplyDelete
Enjoy WB, I'm sure you'll turn heads.ReplyDelete
I'm in an shape hermit, so we're goodReplyDelete
That battle was sadly lost many years ago.ReplyDelete
That would be me! Happy weekend!ReplyDelete
I'm glad I don't have this complex. Though most men probably don't.ReplyDelete
Happy Weekend :-)ReplyDelete
I'm with Pat. I'm in shape, but I'm so blindingly white that I don't think I'm doing myself any favors by sporting swim wear. I'll stick to hiding inside reclusively and looking at pools on YouTube.ReplyDelete
I lost! I lost!!!ReplyDelete
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Ram Nath Kak (1917–1993) (Kashmiri: राम नाथ काक (Devanagari)) (born in Srinagar and died in Honolulu) was a Kashmiri veterinarian whose autobiography Autumn Leaves is one of the most vivid portraits of life in 20th century Kashmir and has become a sort of a classic. The book was termed enthralling reading by the English writer Taya Zinkin.[1]
The historian Ravinder Kumar said of the book: "The spirit of the Kashmiri people and their extraordinary ability to refashion lives of dignity and creativity for themselves comes across even more powerfully than the tragedy which has overtaken this beautiful valley in Shri Kak's account of his life and times."[2]
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DOL ARB affirms ALJ finding that subject matter jurisdiction was lacking over contractor's administrative complaint challenging OFCCP audit activity
June 9th, 2014 | Cynthia L. Hackerott
Ruling that only the OFCCP has the authority, under the laws enforced by that agency, to file a complaint with the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), the department's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has affirmed an administrative law judge's (ALJ) dismissal of a complaint filed by Entergy Services, Inc and related companies which asserted that the OFCCP engaged in unconstitutional audit activities. The plaintiffs had sought a declaratory judgment that the agency violated the contractor's Fourth Amendment rights by subjecting it to numerous audits without probable cause. But the ARB agreed with the ALJ's decisions in this and another case, made just months apart in 2012, that federal contractors are not authorized to initiate administrative actions against the OFCCP. (Entergy Services v OFCCP, ARB No 13-025, May 19, 2014, posted June 5, 2014, Igasaki, P., Corchado, L. and Edwards, L.)
On October 26, 2012, six subsidiaries of Entergy Corporation, including lead plaintiff Entergy Services, Inc (collectively, "Entergy"), a Delaware corporation headquarted in New Orleans, filed an administrative complaint with the DOL's Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), seeking declaratory relief from compliance review searches scheduled by the OFCCP pursuant to the laws enforced by the agency — Executive Order (EO) 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974. In their complaint, the plaintiffs asserted that the manner in which the OFCCP selected Entergy establishments for compliance reviews violated their Fourth Amendment rights to be free from "unreasonable searches and seizures."
ALJ ruling. On November 27, 2012, ALJ Stephen Purcell dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (ALJ No 2013-OFC-1). For reasons similar to those cited in his September 17, 2012 ruling in U.S. Security Associates, Inc v OFCCP (ALJ No 2012-OFC-4), the ALJ determined that the contractor's arguments asserting that the OALJ had subject matter jurisdiction over the action, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the regulations governing the adjudication of OFCCP matters before the OALJ, were unavailing.
U.S. Security Associates decision. In U.S. Security Associates, the ALJ ruled that the OALJ obtains the regulatory authority to adjudicate an OFCCP dispute only upon the filing of an administrative complaint by the OFCCP through the Office of the Solicitor under 41 CFR Section 60-30.5, and therefore the OALJ did not have subject matter jurisdiction to entertain an administrative complaint filed by the target of an OFCCP compliance review seeking declaratory relief from that compliance review. On June 20, 2013, the ARB dismissed as moot the contractor's appeal of the ALJ's decision in U.S. Security Associates due to a settlement reached by the parties (ARB No 13-003). The Entergy plaintiffs are represented by the same law firm as plaintiffs in U.S. Security Associates.
ARB ruling. On December 12, 2012, Entergy appealed the ALJ's ruling to the ARB. Deciding that the ALJ correctly determined that Entergy's complaint for declaratory relief was not properly before the OALJ, the ARB found no authorization in the laws enforced by the OFCCP or their implementing regulations empowering any party other than the OFCCP, represented by the DOL Solicitor's Office, to file a complaint under these laws.
Specifically, the prehearing procedures set forth in the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Administrative Proceedings pertaining to the laws enforced by the OFCCP (at 41 CFR Section 60-30.5(a), incorporated at 41 CFR Section 60-250.65(a) – (b) and 41 CFR Section 60-741.65(a) – (b)), provide that:
"The Solicitor of Labor, Associate Solicitor for Labor Relations and Civil Rights Regional Solicitors and Regional Attorney upon referral from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, are authorized to institute enforcement proceedings by filing a complaint and serving the complaint upon the contractor which shall be designated as the defendant. The Department of Labor, OFCCP, [] shall be designated [as] plaintiff."
This section expressly grants only the OFCCP the authority to file a complaint, the ARB pointed out, citing in a footnote the ALJ's decision in U.S. Security Associates. In addition, the ARB noted that the same is true for the rules governing expedited hearings (41 CFR Section 60-30.32(a)). Accordingly, the complaint for declaratory relief that Entergy filed was not properly before the OALJ because the events in this case did not show that the Solicitor of Labor, or her designate, instituted an administrative enforcement proceeding by filing a complaint with OALJ as required by 41 CFR Section 60-30.5.


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Lengthy efforts to reach a compromise on New Orleans' controversial sound ordinance suffered another reversal Thursday, with the latest draft revisions rejected by the City Council on a 3-3 vote after nearly three hours of debate and a slew of last-minute amendments.
The vote leaves a major question mark over hopes for revising an ordinance that dates from 1956, and which all sides agree needs an overhaul.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration still wants the law changed, as do various neighborhood groups. But three of the seven council members will relinquish their seats before the next council meeting, and that changing of the guard could alter the politics surrounding the issue in ways that are hard to predict.
The sound ordinance emerged in the past few months as one of the most sharply debated in city government, as council members, the administration and community groups tried to hash out a compromise that would rein in the worst volume offenders without damaging the city's music culture or running afoul of free speech rights.
The ordinance up for a vote Thursday would have established new caps on decibel levels along Bourbon Street, set specific limits for bass-heavy sounds and shifted responsibility for carrying out the law from the Police Department to the Health Department, among other changes.
Yet ironically, Thursday's vote turned on one component of the noise debate that had not come up much, at least not in discussions at the council: a curfew, already in place, that prohibits anyone from playing a musical instrument in a public street after 8 p.m.
The ordinance would have eliminated that curfew. Landrieu's administration wanted the curfew jettisoned because of concerns that it might be unconstitutional and would attract lawsuits. Street musicians wanted it gone as well.
But French Quarter neighborhood groups, already opposed to the latest version of the ordinance because they want even tighter volume limits, seized on the issue this week. In an email blast, the Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates organization accused the mayor and council of ramming the change through without debate, pointing out that discussions over the past few weeks have explicitly focused on Bourbon Street noise levels, not citywide policies.
The group found an ally in council President Jackie Clarkson, who seemed alarmed that a set of revisions purportedly aimed at reducing noise might actually weaken enforcement in some respect. "All of a sudden, this masterful document that was going to be the cure-all is a total surprise to half of us who have been involved, and a total 180 from where we were going," she said.
Clarkson, along with Councilwoman Susan Guidry, offered an amendment to maintain the curfew, but it could not attract enough votes to pass, and Clarkson refused to vote for the ordinance without it.
Councilwomen LaToya Cantrell and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell joined Clarkson in voting against the proposal. Both argued the council should take more time to iron out differences — and confusion — before committing any changes to law.
Councilwoman Stacy Head, who had expressed support for the latest revisions this week, was absent, which left Kristin Gisleson Palmer, James Gray and Guidry without the fourth vote they needed to carry the motion.
Gray spoke up the most vehemently against the curfew, saying it might only heighten friction between police officers and young black men.
Clarkson's amendment would not only have left the curfew in place but also would have broadened what types of sound it applied to — an effort to meet concerns that the existing ordinance might violate the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law by singling out only those with musical instruments.
"I think it would be a terrible mistake for us to pass a law that says if you're making a sound with a device in New Orleans after a certain hour, you're breaking the law," Gray said.
Members of the public — nearly two dozen spoke over the course of the meeting — weighed in from every angle.
Danielle D. Leger, a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Restaurant Association, said, "Our restaurant patrons should be afforded the right to enjoy their meals without the disruption of street musicians who may set up outside of a restaurant with no time limits."
Street performer Roselyn Leonard sang her way to the microphone and told council members that existing laws are already being misapplied. "I have been arrested singing on Royal Street at 2 in the afternoon on a Sunday." she said. "I went to jail. It took me seven hours and three judges and three lawyers to get me out."
While Thursday's vote hinged on the issue of the curfew, most debate up to now has centered on how high to set decibel limits and how to measure them.
The revised ordinance, for instance, would have set a cap of 92 decibels for street-facing properties on most of Bourbon Street after 10 p.m., or 102 decibels for more bass-heavy sounds. That would replace a fuzzier provision in the existing law that allows for 10 decibels above the "ambient sound level" of the street.
Other changes would have made the limits more easily enforceable. Health Department employees, rather than police officers, would have to take a sound reading for only 20 seconds instead of 10 minutes. And the readings would be taken at the property — usually a nightclub — producing the loud sounds instead of at the site of a complaint — usually a nearby residence — thereby making it easier to identify the right perpetrator.
In a bid to corral enough votes at the 11th hour, Palmer introduced a set of amendments that would have delayed implementation until January, as well as clarifying that residents would still have the right to sue noise violators and police would still have jurisdiction to enforce the rules if need be.
It was not enough.
Whether any of this can be salvaged will now be up to the new council members scheduled to be sworn in May 5.


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A comparison of different control methods for vibration suppression of flexible structures using piezoelectric actuators
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This paper compares the use of Phase Lead control and Integral control methods to the Positive Position Feedback (PPF) method of suppressing the primary and secondary modes of vibration of a flexible structure. The basic characteristics of piezoelectric sensors and actuators are reviewed. Integral, Phase Lead, and PPF control methods of interest are. also reviewed. The Integral and Phase Lead control methods prove to be comparable to that of PPF while offering a simpler implementation.
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Grand Magus have been a band that has sought me out and crushed me last year with the release of Wolf's Return. Being my first foray into the music of this Swedish trio, after one listen I was hooked. The power they produce as well as the shear lack of pretentiousness their attack is constructed of is a welcome change to mass of bands that are trying to use Albert Einstein -like equations to write riffs that are then compressed into a dizzying blur of four hundred notes in the span of four seconds. Thats a note every hundredth of a second. Though I enjoy bands such as Decapitated and Necrophagist (Intestinal Incubation is brilliant) and all their ilk, its a blessing to hear the other end of spectrum. Wolf's Return, with brilliant songs like the title track, Blood Oath and Nine along with the opener Kingslayer and second to last track Light Hater makes this album not only an enjoyable listening experience, but as far as I'm concerned, an album that blows away mostly everything else that was put out last year (2005).
The album that Grand Magus released previously is, much like its follow-up, a brilliant boulder of doom that, when unleashed from its position, rumbles onward crushing anything in its path.
To start, the tone of this album is beautiful. Every instrument is mixed perfectly. Fox's bass shakes landscapes. Janne's guitar rips through the air like lightning spreading charged riffs all over the space with Trisse's drums pulling the entire package together. Janne's vocals are, without a doubt, some of the best in metal. Band's would be hard pressed to find someone with as much versatility as he has in range and effect. In some ways, he reminds me of a more metalized Chris Cornell. What I really like about his vocals are that words are easily distinguishable but still heavy as a beached whale. The mixing of all these elements is spectacular, nothing overwhelms anything else with the bass and guitar sounding almost like one instrument. Though I would have liked to see some of the solos a little higher in the mix, this doesn't impede on anything and they still stand out memorably.
With seven songs clocking in at forty three minutes, the album is neither too long nor too short. If Grand Magus could write an album which started in April then ended in July, I don't think I would turn it off except when I slept and only so I can press play when I wake up without missing anything. Regardless, for mere mortals, forty three minutes is a fine album length. The first song, is Ulvaskull which, though I don't speak Swedish, I would guess means "First of Seven Destroyers." Song two, Summer Solstice is a mid-tempo rocker worthy of much head banging and boozing. Brotherhood Of Sleep and Baptized In Fire continue in this style continuing to employ the wizardry of the mid-tempo-groove-masters. Chooser of the Slain, with its sick intro and bridge riff, iron-like verse and archaic atmosphere is a mid-album masterpeice. The fastest track - though still barely topping a residential speed limit - Food Of The Gods mercifully leaves us unscathed however doom-struck in a "wow, that was faster" sort of way, after an album of slower doomsterpeieces. The last track is the album "epic." Clocking in at ten and a half minutes, He Who Seeks... Shall Find erupts like Hawaii's constantly-slow flowing yet unfaltering volcanoes after a minute of drone. Half-way this drone picks up again, alone with a well placed bass solo from Fox. Though a hell of a track, a faster track may have been a more suitable closing track however, this track better represents the band's style and, though by far a mid paced album at most, selective sections of speed burst forth at places to up the tempo and also hint at the band's next, faster, album.
In all, this is a great album for any doom lover and even for those who have yet to take a dive into the sub-genre. Though I'm not going to go into depth about their lyrics, I will say that lyrically, this band also exceeds the vast majority of bands. Lyrically, they destroy whole swaths of the metal-genre. Incredibly reflective, personal and yet also socially conscious lyrics - much like Wolf's Return. For me, this album, more-so entire band, are making me yet another doom-aholic. Their blend of doom, groove, and tone is a truly powerful sound, unconquerable and beautiful.
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I know I should be starting to do some training with Inferno and Heatwave, but lately, I am so tired, I want to go home and relax, not train! Lately I am happy just taking the dogs for walks after work. Here I am looking at eight week old puppies and thinking to myself, if I don't get going training them, I'm going to miss out; then I think to myself, they are babies! Let them be puppies. I don't allow them to be rude, bite me, chase cats, run crazy through the house or anything else inappropriate. I'm just tired.
This has been an extremely stressful four months, yes, almost four months ago I found Gel and Midge tied and it all started from there. Worry about her being bred, then worry about selling puppies, then worry about getting tests done, then worry about the delivery, then worry about bringing up the puppies, then worry about selling the puppies, then worry about giving the puppies the time they need, worry, worry, worry.
Not sure why I worried so much, everything worked out exactly as it should have. I don't have a lot of faith in myself, which is the primary problem.
So, I've decided to take it easy for the rest of the week and then crack down on everyone next week. Heatwave goes to his new home next Friday. Then that leaves three dogs for me to care for, which will be a wonderful thing.
I was talking to a friend last night about the amount of money I've put into this litter, little of which I've recouped. She told me that yes, I've put a lot of money into the litter and I've put a lot of money into dogs that I didn't end up keeping. Now I have that special puppy, one I helped bring into the world and have shaped since the day she was born. A puppy from two parents that I really like. A puppy weaned on raw and minimally vaccinated. What more could I ask for? Sure, she's ending up to be a several thousand dollar puppy once you factor in the expenses incurred since her conception, but I've wasted that much money, probably more, on other dogs. I think Inferno is going to be special.
When I think of all the issues other puppies and dogs that I have fostered or purchased had when I bought or adopted them, the fears, aggressions, phobias, health issues, etc. and then when I look at all I did to make sure these puppies were brought up so that they wouldn't be that way; I realize how important the role of the breeder is. It would have been a whole lot easier if I had simply left Midge and the puppies out into an outside run most of the time and didn't go through the effort of providing environmental enrichment and changing on a daily basis, all the early neurological stimulation, the health tests, the trips, the socialization etc. No wonder why good breeders charge close to $1,000 for their puppies. They are worth it!
Next time, if I do this again, which I won't unless the puppies from this litter turn into superstars, I will charge $800 to $1,000 for the puppies, hold on to them until I get it and not one will go into a kibble-feeding, vaccinating home. I put myself in the position of belittling this litter because of what other people said and my feelings of inadequacy. I won't do it again.
I talked at length last night to the woman who has the two puppies in Canada. She's having a difficult time deciding which puppy to keep. They have gone from living in a rural environment to suburbia and haven't missed a beat. Sure they startle at something they haven't seen before, i.e. a little girl on a bike (it wasn't the little girl but the bike they hadn't seen before), but they recover quickly. They don't run up to people or strange dogs in wild abandon. They check things out first and act appropriately when around adult dogs they don't know. They are balanced in all they do.