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Wow…it has been such a long time. The summer is flying by here in Montana. June and I are doing well and appreciate all of your cards, gifts and letters. My owners are doing great, too. They send their best wishes to you all.
My big news is: I GOT A JOB! Unfortunately, I don't get paid for my hard work, but my owners, also known as the acoustic duo "One Less Karen" have decided to hire me to be their manager/booking agent. First, I am adorable so getting gigs will be extremely easy. Second, my owners cannot afford a REAL manager so I was their next best choice.
As my first OFFICIAL DUTY as manager, I have the task of informing you of upcoming gigs. Now, of course, you can go to the onelesskaren website, but this is more personal, don't you think? I know some of you live too far to come to these shows, but many of my blog followers reside in the area, so why not, eh?
Here are the gigs, in no particular order. WAIT..that isn't right…it is a calendar…I guess they SHOULD be in a particular order. Give me a minute to get them straightened out. I was about to put September first. Gosh…this job has a LOT of stress…I can tell already!
July 30, Molly Brown's in Trego, MT 6-10pm
July 31, Private Party YOU ARE NOT INVITED SO FORGET THIS ONE
August 6, Hot Club in Troy, MT 7-9
August 10, Farmer's Market in Whitefish, MT 5-730
August 13, Cafe Jax in Eureka, MT 6-9
August 21, Huckleberry Festival in Wallace, ID 11-3
September 3, Molly Brown's in Trego, MT 6-10
How did I do? Hope you call can make it. Maybe I can be the tour bus, too? We can pack you all into old Ward here! Hope you are all having a nice summer. I will close with some photos taken by up-and-coming photographer, Cheyenne, of "Walk With Me Photography." Cheers! Ward & June (photos below)


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Today was Sandye's bridal shower. As much as I love throwing parties, and I do....I get so caught up in the planning, it's almost a relief when the party has come and gone and I just have the pictures to keep me company.....because, if you know me, and you do....it's all about the details and the longer I have, the more details I include. If you'd like a play by play, picture by picture account of all the details, email me and I'll send you my shutterfly slideshow site, if not, this will keep you company :O). This first photo was taken by her Mom at the end of the shower after 6 girls had left. It was a great turn out. The second photo is the invite and sign in. Everyone brought advice on love (I found a stamp with the chinese character for love and mailed it in the invites), and then they wrote up a little summary on cherry blossom die cuts of how/and when they met Sandye. They pinned their stories to some fans arranged in chronological order with photos from throughout Sandye's life attached. Sandye and Wolf were engaged on a cruise this past spring, and he had the proposal written inside a silver fortune cookie, so the shower theme took off from there. Sandye is Jewish, and she keeps kosher as well, so the menu was a lot of vegetarian cuisine. Veggie egg rolls, vegetable lo mein, stir fry veggies, sticky rice, chow mein, mandarine orange and almond salad, fruit, salmon sushi, almond cookies and chocolate dipped fortune cookies (my personal favorite), tea and lemonade. I think everything went off without a hitch....the food was devoured, and people went back for seconds and third, they ate until the plates ran out. I did threaten to hold everybody hostage until it was gone, and I guess they took me at my word. We ate, played a few shower games and chatted until about 3:30. Sandye went home with quite a loot! It's just 74 more days until her wedding in December!! I can't wait, I've learned so much about the Jewish culture, though I've been friends with Sandye forever, and we've chatted about customs, as she passes through all these stages with so much religious significance, I'm learning boat loads more. The last photo I'm including is Sandye and her Mom. I don't know what it is about weddings, it must be the romantic glow or something, but I think Sandye looks even more fabulous then ever, if the secret is marriage, I need to go find a guy because how precious is she! Wolf is a lucky guy. I've had the pleasure of seeing her wedding dress too, and it's a killer.....I can't wait to share those photos as well :O).
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Sandye's Bridal Party
Posted by Christy Robbins at 6:07 PM
Labels: Friends, Parties, Showers, Special Occasions
2 comments:
- Nicole said...
Sounds like it was a beautiful shower. I'm sure that all of the girls (and Sandye) loved it!
Of course, all of your showers are great though...
How's that party planning company coming together?
- Christy said...
I was talking about you at the shower (we talked about YOUR shower actually too) and we were talking about how everybody knows each other/met/reconnected via Sandye, which is so true. You found my email in college, but I had been asking for yours from Sandye forever b/c she had kept in touch....and now look :O) What's so ironic is she also knew Carla (they were lab partners in honors Science in JR High) and I've thrown a shower for each of you gals now ;o)....who's next....who's next.....

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Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Kvelling over marbled millionaire's shortbread
When we were young, Kiwi Sis and I had piano lessons or some such activity after school which took up a relatively short amount of time, and wasn't worth Munchkin Granny and the small Eco Sis going home. So they used to go to a cafe nearby wherever we were (Oadby, in Leicester where we lived at the time, so Munchkin Granny told me at the weekend when we were reminiscing about it) and have a drink and a cake. It was a fun cafe over a gift shop, and the most memorable thing about it was that it had stuffed heads mounted on the walls. But these were stuffed toy heads, and the owner could stand on the other side of the wall and put his hand in them to make them move and talk. It was great fun keeping an eye on them to see if they were going to wake up and entertain us. Anyway, Eco Sis had a favourite cake at this cafe which she called 'the cake with long legs'. It was a bar cake, and the long legs were the stripy decoration (I'm not sure if I ever saw these cakes, but I imagine a Mr Kipling-esque slice - though less squiggly than the ones in the link). That's how cute Eco Sis was when she was little.
When I was looking out for recipes to make her a millionaire's shortbread - which is, incidentally, shortbread topped with caramel topped with chocolate - I found a recipe on Cookie Baker Lynn's blog which had a marbled chocolate top instead of a plain one. It immediately struck me that if I marbled it correctly I could give it 'long legs'. Unfortunately I completely forgot about the long legs when I actually came to the marbling as I got so carried away with the delights of making pretty patterns. However, as our great-grandmother used to say, 'it's the thought that counts'.
I used the recipe for Roxanne's Millionaire's Shortbread from Nigella's How to be a Domestic Goddess, which has handily appeared on various blogs. I halved the recipe since Eco Bro was away and I didn't want to make Eco Sis practice her coma resuscitation skills on herself, but it must make a whole heap of shortbread in its original quantity, as you can see that it still filled a square brownie pan. Nigella's instructions are to make the caramel in the microwave but I did mine in a saucepan as I was worried about burning either it or myself, as our microwave is very high up! I wasn't really sure how long to simmer it for, and my caramel could have been a bit firmer, but the taste was still there. I followed Cookie Baker Lynn's instructions for marbling though, by melting dark and milk chocolate separately, and painting them in stripes over the cake. Then I melted some white chocolate and dabbled it over the top of that, before using a cake tester to make marbled patterns through all three chocolates. Then I sat with it on my knee all the way to Oxford in the car and prayed for The Scientist to drive gently! (He did)
While my millionaire's shortbread did not have long legs, it got a very favourable response from Eco Sis (and her housemates!). The shortbread layer was quite thick, and I would perhaps reduce the quantity even further another time so that the caramel shone through a little more. With that much goopy goodness though, I don't think anyone will be complaining too much, long legs or no :) (And our sisterly day out in the Cotswolds was lots of fun too - the rain stopped us doing our walk, but we found a sewing shop and did cross-stitch in a cafe instead!)
Roxanne's Millionaire's Shortbread recipe is posted in various places
Instructions for marbling, and an alternative recipe here
8 comments:
- Haley said...
Beautiful marbling! Sounds like you and your sister had a great time!
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- 22 October 2008 at 22:07
- Johanna said...
looks lovely - worth a bit of kvelling! I know that feeling of driving with a cake on your knee and hoping it stays intact!
And I know the millionaire's shortbread in question - have been wondering about making our Australian equivalent which has a slightly different base which I prefer - but at the end of the day it is the caramel and chocolate combo that is wonderful
- 23 October 2008 at 03:24
what a lovely start to my day, I too was kvelling over my daughters' creativity and sibling bonding time.
Did I tell you I made 'Auntie Queenie's chocolate cake' recently with the addition of the ginger-lemon syrup that you made - my colleagues loved the extra tang.
Granny munchkin
- 23 October 2008 at 08:21
- Lysy said...
Munchkin Granny - what an inspired addition to the family cake! I must remember that one.
Johanna - thank you! I've been thinking of making some of your Aussie recipes with condensed milk as I have some left (the grubs look very intriguing!). I'm always interested to know how they differ from our versions.
Haley - thank you!
- 23 October 2008 at 09:36
- Ricki said...
Looks absolutely fantastic! I had never heard of millionaire's shortbread before. Glad your sis (and you) liked it (but then, from the sounds of it, what's not to like??)
- 24 October 2008 at 20:05
- Holler said...
That looks amazing and so pretty! I will have to give these a go sometime :)
- 26 October 2008 at 15:44
- Eco Sis said...
it is gone :)
- 26 October 2008 at 16:43
- Lysy said...
Ricki - thank you! I agree - what's not to like!
Holler: I'd definitely recommend it - very easy and the marbling makes it look much harder than it really is!
Eco Sis - I'll take that as a compliment!
- 26 October 2008 at 19:42


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While accumulating XP culture, I was a bit taken aback by the "don't think forward (more than one day)" rule. I couldn't quite understand why I shouldn't implement my functionality in more modular way (which would make future changes easier) even if I was _sure_ the future changes will be introduced. I stopped thinking about it at some moment, and really recently found the reason: finding the correct design of your system (i.e. one that makes changes easy) is impossible before you actually find yourself introducing them. In other words: since you always end up changing your design, don't mind for the future. YAGNI...
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This article is part of our Rising Stars portfolio series.
In today's world, most companies span several regions and sell across the world. As Foolish colleague Morgan Housel notes, 10 years ago, less than a third of S&P 500 revenue came from outside the United States. Today, more than half of the S&P 500's growth comes from overseas. And that number is growing.
The truth is, investors regularly underestimate how much demand comes from abroad. More importantly, for large, multinational corporations that have already established a presence in their home markets, much of their future growth comes from foreign markets.
With that in mind, today we're looking at Apple
Where Apple's sales are today
Today, Apple collects 44% of its sales from its home United States market.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Where Apple's sales were five years ago
Five years ago, Apple collected a far larger 59% of sales from the United Sates. As revenues climbed from about $14 billion in fiscal 2005 to $64 billion in the past year, overseas sales led the charge. Despite being known as a company with more U.S.-focused sales than its peers have historically had, international revenue soared 78% in fiscal 2010, versus a relatively "sluggish" 28% sales-growth rate at home. Apple's international sales are simply on fire.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
But where are the profits coming from?
Another measure to look at is where Apple's profits come from. Sometimes companies can push into new geographies to expand their brand but have limited profits in the new location. That can be a sign of either a growth period or tough dynamics in new markets. In Apple's case, here's the breakdown of its 2010 operating profit before tax.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Retail sales are distributed in proportion to general sales levels. Accounting for regional differences in retail store sales, end sales may differ slightly.
The Americas are still Apple's largest market in terms of profit, though they beat the European market (which, interestingly, also includes the Middle East and Africa) by only a slim amount. Growth rates continue to soar in Apple's Asia-Pacific region, and it's not unimaginable for that area to constitute the company's largest market in the next half-decade -- or sooner.
Sales Growth Between 2005 and 2010
Profit Growth Between 2005 and 2010
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Retail sales are distributed in proportion to general sales level. Accounting for regional differences in retail store sales, end sales may differ slightly.
Along with the rise of wealth in Asian economies, Apple has seen its fortunes soar. Last year, the company tallied up $8.25 billion in sales (not including retail contributions) to its Asia-Pacific region -- an area that includes Australia and all of Asia except for Japan. In the first half of the year, before its historical peak season, Apple is already reporting that it has just under $5 billion in sales to greater China alone. Apple's sales level to China is up four times year over year, and it's not even on China Mobile
Competitor checkup
One last point to check is how Apple's footprint compares with some of its peers across the broader technology industry.
Geography With Most Sales
Percent of Sales
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|Greater China
Motorola Mobility
|United States
Research In Motion
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Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
Not surprisingly, Apple isn't as geographically diversified as Nokia, which sells low-cost "feature phones" that are popular across the world. What's truly shocking is that Apple has managed to make such surprising inroads into markets such as China, despite the high non-carrier subsidized cost of the iPhone. That's in large part the result of having consumers perceive high-end smartphones as a luxury item worth spending large amounts of money on.
What might be surprising to Apple investors is that Research In Motion is seeing comparable gains in International sales. While its U.S. sales tumbled 10% last fiscal year despite booming smartphone sales, its combined International sales grew 91% in that same time frame. However, the tide can quickly shift in smartphones, and Research In Motion is predicting a steep sequential sales decline in the coming quarter, so its emerging-market stronghold may be beginning to crumble as well.
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Newton C. Luttrell1825 - Aft 1888
Name Newton C. Luttrell Born 1825 Lincoln, Lincoln, TN, USA Gender Male Died Aft 1888 , Chickasaw Nation, IT Buried Cumberland Cemetery (Near Madill), Marshall, OK, USA [1] Person ID I1131 All Family Connections Last Modified 16 Jul 2014
Father Vincent Luttrell, b. Abt 1795, , , VA, USA , d. Abt 1842, , Lincoln, TN, USA Mother Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" Benson, b. 1798, , Rowan, NC, USA , d. 26 Jun 1851, , Lincoln, TN, USA Married Abt 1818 , Lincoln, TN, USA Family ID F490 Group Sheet
Family Juliana Howard, b. 1834, Lincoln, Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 21 Apr 1910, Madill, Marshall, OK, USA Married 9 Dec 1847 , Lincoln, TN, USA [2]
- !According to descendants, Juliana and Newton had eighteen (18) boys and two (2) girls, many of whom died very young. In 1910 Juliana said only five (5) were living.
Children 1. George William Luttrell, Sr., b. 1851, , , TN, USA , d. 10 Apr 1887, , , OK, USA 2. Sarah Jane Luttrell, b. 21 Jan 1856, Lincoln, Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 30 Jan 1898, Madill, Marshall, OK, USA 3. James B. Luttrell, b. 1858, , Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 1881, , Grayson, TX, USA 4. John Dee Christopher Columbus Luttrell, b. 4 Dec 1859, , , TN, USA , d. 20 Jan 1933, Mobeetie, Wheeler, TX, USA 5. Newton Larkin Luttrell, b. 18 Sep 1861, , Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 29 Dec 1931, , Pottawatomie, OK, USA 6. Dora Ann Luttrell, b. 16 Jun 1863, Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 9 Aug 1958, Amarillo, Potter, TX, USA 7. Hiram Hezekiah Leviticus Luttrell, b. 19 Jul 1867, , Lincoln, TN, USA , d. Jan 1937, Mobeetie, Wheeler, TX, USA 8. Jake Pruitt Luttrell, b. 30 Jun 1869, , Lincoln, TN, USA , d. 27 Dec 1916, Woodville, Marshall, OK, USA 9. Archie Luttrell, b. 1870, d. 1882 10. Homer Luttrell, b. Abt 1871, d. Yes, date unknown 11. Lee Luttrell, b. Abt 1873, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 4 Nov 2011 Family ID F56 Group Sheet
Photos Newton C. Luttrell 1825-1888
- BIOGRAPHY: !1875, Prairie Lea, Caldwell Co., TX, Juliana and Newton signed papers.
1887, Newton and John B. homesteaded in Montague Co., TX.
1888, Newton and John B. homesteaded in Purcell, Cleveland Co., OK. [Lou Dean Douthit]
Newton is supposed to be buried in Cumberland Cemetery, but his name does not appear on any cemetery inventory I have been able to find.
Sep 1857 Petition: Newton Luttrell and others for removal of Wm J. Howard guardian of minor heirs of Christopher Howard, dec'd. Minors: James Howard and Martha Little.
«i»Deaths taken from the Fayetteville Observer [Lincoln Co TN Pioneers v.1, p.3]
Name: Newton Luttrell Side: Confederate Roll: M598_145 Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Ancestry.com. «i»Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865«/i» [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Newton Luttrell Company: A Unit: 41 Tennessee Infantry. Rank - Induction: Corporal Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate
Source Citation: Box: «i»231«/i»; Extraction: «i»26«/i»; Record: «i»3838«/i».
United States National Archives. «i»Civil War Service Records«/i» [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Name: Newton Luttrell Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Tennessee Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company C, 5th Battn Cavalry Regiment Tennessee. Sources: 425
Source Citation: Side served: «i»Confederacy«/i»; State served: «i»Tennessee«/i».
Historical Data Systems, comp.. «i»American Civil War Soldiers«/i» [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- BIOGRAPHY: !1875, Prairie Lea, Caldwell Co., TX, Juliana and Newton signed papers.
- [S96] Cumberland Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK,, (Photograph of tombstone) (Reliability: 3).
Newton C. Luttrell
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- [S377] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.) (Reliability: 3).
Name: Newton Luttrell
Spouse: Juliana Howard
Marriage Date: 9 Dec 1847
Marriage County: Lincoln
Marriage State: Tennessee
- [S96] Cumberland Cemetery, Marshall Co., OK,, (Photograph of tombstone) (Reliability: 3).


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It was on this night on the hills outside Bethlehem that shepherds were watching. They were wakeful when others slept. They were counting not to hold accountable but to make sure all were safe. They sat and told stories to one another, united by a common task and a need for warmth and companionship. This is how it was every night.
Then, suddenly predictable became unpredictable, ancient promise became present hope and in the darkness of the night the shepherds saw the light of the glory of God:
an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
'Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace, goodwill among all people! (Luke 2:9-14)
'Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace, goodwill among all people! (Luke 2:9-14)
Good news; Great joy; Peace on earth. What a promise!
A promise for all people, heard that night by those who were held in little regard, little noticed. Heard by those who cared for the sheep night and day; those who would leave the 99 to seek the lost – the shepherd's who lived and worked on the slopes outside Bethlehem, occupied land then, as now.
Tonight we hear again that promise of good news, great joy and peace on earth.
Can we believe it? Can we believe it over 2000 years later? Has it been fulfilled or are we still waiting?
Can we believe the promise when North Korea has become increasingly provocative, the rhetoric of Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump is inflammatory and personal and the a threat of nuclear war seems more real than for many years?
Can we believe the promise when Jerusalem is a city of tension and conflict and the little town of Bethlehem is in occupied territory, loomed over and fenced in by a wall of concrete; just one example in a world where walls of separation are being built because we dare not listen to one another, to hear each other's stories being told?
Can we believe the promise when storm Tembin has devastated communities in the Philippines where hundreds have died and 70,000 have been displaced from homes which have been flooded or buried under the mud?
Can we believe the promise when, across the world people are fleeing from persecution, economic hardship and despair and finding no room in the inn?
And can we believe the promise when in our own community many suffer from food poverty? Some of you may have read the series in the Northern Echo this last week with reports of those who are living on £1 per week for food, reports of the inequality of provision across our region and the stark fact that in areas of County Durham where Universal Credit has been rolled out, there has been a 40 per cent rise in food bank use. Just think what that means for individuals.
Globally, nationally and for many individuals- for many reasons – the message of good news, great joy and peace on earth may seem far fetched. A delightful fairy story to take our minds off reality but no more than that.
And yet...
And yet we know it is true.
The watching, waiting shepherds heard the news and hurried to Bethlehem to see a child, a baby wrapped in cloths against the cold, feeding at the breast of his young mother, watched over by his father. An extraordinary, ordinary child born among us, to be with us and with us to change the world.
And if we can hear the song of the angels; if we can go to Bethlehem and see the child; if we can welcome him among us, then in all the darkness, conflict and struggles of the world we will know that he is with us, that God is with us. Then we know the story is not a fairy tale to be taken out and wondered at once each year. This story is the beat of our hearts, the reason for being and the source of peace and joy. When we know God with us, then and only then, we can begin to know and be with one another; then and only then will we know peace and hope and joy even in the deepest darkness.
The baby wrapped in swaddling bands grew up and became a man who changed the world. The man was wrapped in swaddling bands again after he had been crucified and died, the swaddling bands that enfolded him and kept him under wraps. But the swaddling bands were broken and restored new life burst from them on Easter Day. Love had won the day, light had overcome darkness and true peace was offered to all the world.
So gaze on the child tonight, hear again the angels' song and know that it is true – that amazing story of God with us yesterday, today and forever. Know that God will release us from the swaddling bands of our time, from the swaddling bands of time. That the travails we feel are those of the womb before birth and new life.
You might like to read the poem, written by Malcolm Guite which has partly inspired the reflection for today. You can find it here


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Nicola Wainwright responds to the Government's plans to cap fees in clinical negligence cases, limiting access to justice for those injured through no fault of their own in the healthcare system
Yesterday, to a rather muted response, the Government announced that they were going to clamp down on lawyers who 'overcharge the NHS' in clinical negligence cases.
The press release sent out to the media didn't mention the effect on injured patients this punitive measure would have, or whether it would limit the costs for defending claims.
The reforms proposed suggest that it would only be the legal costs available to those injured that would be affected, whilst the NHS Litigation Authority seemingly retains a 'no limit' approach in defending claims.
The press release stated that in some cases lawyers were 'earning' 10 times the amount their client receives in compensation, proof of 'over-charging'.
However the figures for money 'earned' by lawyers failed to explain that these costs cover the need for medical experts, Barristers, Court Fees, VAT and the cost of having a legal team equal to the lawyers on the hospital's side..
Nowhere in the release was there an acceptance of the role the Government (in the form of the NHSLA), and their external lawyers, play in causing legal costs to rise to the level they do.
Hospital trusts will often fob off patients who complain and withhold information from them unless and until they instruct lawyers, forcing those injured into taking legal action to find out exactly what has happened.
Then, they fail to admit that care was substandard early in cases which are indefensible and in which they later make a full admission of liability.
It is therefore within the NHSLA's power to reduce costs yet they do not do it.
These proposed reforms will just cause further misery to those injured through poor care by restricting their ability to claim compensation to cover the costs they are now having to pay because of their injuries, which were caused by incompetent medical care.
The limiting of these costs will of course curtail their ability to achieve justice.
It is very rarely possible to assess whether a patient's claim in medical negligence will succeed at the outset because the information (records) and medical expertise lie with the Defendant.
That means all cases need thorough investigation by the injured person's lawyer with independent medical experts.
Limiting the costs, and so the work that can be done, will mean that some patients injured through no fault of their own will never get to the bottom of what happened to them and so will not be able to bring a claim.
The government seems to think that lower value claims are somehow easier and, it would seem, the injured person less deserving.
The complexity of a claim does not necessarily equate to value. The lowest value claims arise when substandard care has led to a patient's death, the most serious injury of all.
Legislation provides that the sum of only £12,000 is awarded as recognition of the bereavement suffered with the loss of a loved one.
The costs of investigating a negligently caused death will always exceed that amount. These reforms could mean that bereaved families are prevented from obtaining any form of redress despite their loved one's death being caused by substandard medical care.
Most of us would think it important that those that are negligently killed or injured by another's carelessness or incompetence have some form of redress and explanation of what happened.
How many times have we heard at the end of a trial or at a settlement that the hospital 'has learned from these mistakes' and only through exposing the truth have things changed. Are these lessons to stop?
There is hope; today's introduction of a Duty of Candour, in the health service is to be welcomed.
Doctors, nurses and midwives will have to offer patients face-to-face apologies and say they are personally sorry about medical blunders under new rules introduced by the GMC.
Being more honest and transparent by admitting mistakes early and paying compensation to cover what that person, or their family, has lost remains critical to reducing costs.
There remains, however, a way of reducing the bill to zero and that is to improve patient care so less people are injured or killed. Why are the government, NHSLA and medical defence organisations not focused on that?
Case Study
Jane Manning, a 42-year-old mother of two, died following a delay in diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer.
Expert evidence showed that doctors had wrongly concluded that biopsies taken from Mrs Manning in September 1995 and December 1996 contained no evidence of the cancer.
Her husband Gary took legal action against the Trust and an offer from his lawyers, Leigh Day, to settle the claim for damages of £500,000, was rejected by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA).
At this point the legal fees, which cover medical experts, barristers, court fees and other expenses, would have been about £100,000.
The NHSLA and the external law firm working on their behalf insisted that the claim would not succeed and forced the Manning family to endure a 7-week High Court trial.
Mr Manning had tragically also contracted cancer and died before the judgment was given .
The NHSLA lost their case in the High Court. Despite this, Kings' College Hospital NHS Trust and the NHSLA launched an Appeal.
The Court of Appeal again found in favour of the Manning's estate and the two-orphaned Manning children.
The case was a massive waste of over £2million of public money.
Had the lawyers for the NHSLA negotiated at the beginning not only would they have saved over £1m but also the family would have been spared the uncertainty around the two trials.


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I am a Conscious Hip Hop Musician and a Poetic Priestess of Peace. I live in Unity Consciousness and have devoted my life to being a peaceful warrior for Love, Truth, Beauty, Goodness and Freedom for All. Through the sacred creation and celebration of the harmonics of poetry, music and dance, we can COSMICALLY CONNECT with each other and LINK our awareness and consciousness for the purpose of creating PEACE within, PEACE together and PEACE on our planet.
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A Taste of General Mills
18 – DC Comics cereal boxesFebruary 27, 2017 General Mills
We're bringing the Justice League to the cereal aisle in a whole new way. Six Big G Cereals are getting a superhero makeover with DC Comics on the front, back and inside of specially-marked boxes. In this episode, you'll hear from Tony Bedard, who wrote two mini comic books for our latest collaboration with DC, as well Karl Kerschl, the artist who transformed Sonny from Cocoa Puffs into The Flash. For more information, visit us at blog.generalmills.com.


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Branded Identity
I remember the first time I saw the bottle. My eyes widened in surprise, and I let out a half-sigh, half-chuckle sound.
"You gotta be f***in' kidding me."
I briefly wondered if my roommate had stashed the bottle of rum under the counter, way in the back, with the label turned to the wall by sheer coincidence or because she was trying to be culturally sensitive. Or… maybe it was because she knew how much I liked rum.
Either way, I wasn't expecting to see the brand name and image on the bottle.
Above the bold, block print was the image of a black woman's face and decolletage in profile. The woman looked like she was from colonial (read: slavery) times – she was wearing a brightly colored tignon-like sash around her cropped curly hair, complemented by ethnic-looking gold hoop earrings and a chunky beaded necklace. Her pouty lips were only slightly lighter than the color of the bright red beads around her neck.
I held the bottle in my hands, close to my face, examining the image, then the name, then the image again. I shook my head and chuckled once more.
"Welcome to Spain," I said aloud to myself.
This would not be the first time that I would find myself bemused, perplexed or completely shocked at an image or representation of a black figure in this country.
I'm standing in the convenience store, transfixed, struggling to reconcile what I'm seeing with what I'm feeling. I swivel my head around from one side to the other, hoping to spy someone else who is just as shocked and appalled as I am at the image I'm standing directly in front of. There isn't anyone, of course. I am the only one here that is even remotely concerned or paying any attention to this figure. If anything, the few people in the store may be beginning to wonder why this tall brown woman has been staring at a candy display for so long. After mumbling a few 'hhwwhat the f*cks' and 'is this real's under my breath, I realize that there is only one thing I can do. I slip my hand into my bag and retrieve my phone, position myself in front of the image, and snap a picture. If it's still there when I look at my phone later, I'll know I'm not crazy and that this shit really did just happen.
The image – a bald, chocolate-colored infantile figure with bulging eyes, grotesquely exaggerated smiling red lips and a perfectly round mid-section – is the well-known icon of the ubiquitous Spanish candy, Conguitos. It's not only seen on packages of the candy – where the little chocolate figure is usually pictured with one hand on his hip and the other giving the thumbs-up sign (in older versions of the image, he was holding a spear) – but also in 3D in-store displays that use the protruding belly of the little Congo man as a container for small packets of the popular chocolate treats. These displays are usually located right at the front of the store, next to the impulse buys and the cash register. Which is handy, since this common placement of the figure has given me frequent opportunities to examine it up close and be completely, head-shakingly shocked and appalled at it… just like the very first time.
While the image of the woman on the bottle of Negrita is one that could be considered questionably racist, in my mind, there's no question at all that the Conguito mascot – the Spanish equivalent of a tar baby – is about as racist an image as there could be.
If the little Negrita and the little Conguito were the only racially offensive product images I'd come across during my time in Spain, I might not be as baffled or concerned. Yet, there have been more. Many more. Cola Cao – an extremely popular breakfast beverage (similar to Nesquik in the US) – features as its brand image a pair of black people – 1 woman, 1 man – hauling baskets filled to the brim with cacao pods set against a backdrop of what is, presumably, a chocolate plantation. The sugar packets produced by the Ciudad Real-based company Cafes Barrenengoa, which would show up alongside my coffee at roughly 1/3 of the cafeterías around town, were imprinted with an image of a smiling, black-faced, bug-eyed, red-lipped little man dressed in all white and posed in 'I'm a little teapot' fashion pouring a thin stream of coffee into a cartoon cup on the other end of the packet.
Then, there was that one inexplicable inanimate image that I encountered on a trip with a local friend to his small village just outside of Valladolid. I entered a tiny neighborhood bar with 2 other Spanish associates. Before we were well inside, I spotted the statue on the far side of the room, in a corner under an unused television. It was the figure of a young boy, black-faced, red-lipped, and barefoot. He was clad in a simple green jacket with too-short sleeves and plain brown short pants, a straw hat placed atop his kinky, sculpted hair. He sat looking absently at the floor in front of him, a docile smile plastered on his lips, his hands neatly folded in his lap, his legs crossed at the ankles. I drew an instant parallel between this figure and the racist American images of Little Black Sambo or pickaninnies. But. Why was it here? Given that the bar and its few patrons were quite likely relatives of my host (he'd already mentioned that he was related to almost everyone in the tiny village), I refrained from questioning the bar's owner or my associates about the statue, not wanting to bring tension into an otherwise tranquil weekend getaway. Instead, I satisfied myself with another picture, another documented piece of evidence regarding Spain's troubling depictions of black people.
Still, if these corporate-sponsored, mute, and unmoving depictions were the only ones I'd encountered while living here, I might be able to convince myself that these images are simply leftover, untouched relics from a distant past that no one has bothered to update (though other companies with racist brand images have successfully done so). That, even if there is widespread, complacent acceptance of such inappropriateness, surely no living, breathing person in today's Spain would actively perpetrate or stand in support of such imagery. Of course, that was not to be the case.
What's Behind the Mask?
In the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays, you see them everywhere. The Reyes Magos, or Three Wise Kings, those legendary Biblical figures who are said to have traveled from distant lands bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to present to the newborn baby Jesus. Since the Middle Ages, one of those wise kings has been depicted as a black man, a representation of the ancient Christian kingdom of Ethiopia in East Africa. In Spain, the Reyes Magos are much more popular than Santa Claus or Papa Noel. Whereas in the States you have actors who dress up as that jolly old man who brings gifts to kids, In Spain, the actors dress as the Three Kings. They make appearances at schools, churches, and local functions. Proud parents and smiling children line up for a photo with the kings just like kids in the US wait to have their picture taken with Old St. Nick. And when it comes to the black king, most often, a black actor isn't cast to play the part. Instead, it's far more common to see a Spanish actor wearing blackface portraying the role of Baltasar, the black wise man. Though I was spared from seeing any real-life blackface versions of Baltasar with my own eyes, friends who lived in other parts of Spain would send me pics of the painted wise man showing up in their town squares, their schools. I could only shake my head. It was at least a small comfort to see and hear that, in some cases, organizers of Three Kings appearances actually went to the trouble of finding a black actor to play the role of a black person – a novel concept.
Months later, I would experience my first Carnival, and, with it, more examples of everyday people – most of them young – dressed up in blackface. In Spain, the entire Carnival celebration is a time for absurdity and lampooning. Large choral groups perform in parades and at concert halls, singing scathingly humorous songs that make fun of the government, political officials, historical figures, society as a whole. Meanwhile, on the streets and squares of almost every Spanish city, groups of friends who have spent weeks planning and selecting elaborate matching costumes, show them off at huge, public, alcohol-fueled gatherings that last all day and all night. Among the myriad of costumes I saw in both Cadiz and Miguelturra, there were at least a handful that relied on the use of blackface to achieve their full effect, but one of them in particular stood out. As I rounded a corner near the main square in Miguelturra, with my black Cuban friend in tow, my gaze immediately fixed on the guy hanging with his friends outside the nearest bar. His costume was basic – a pair of large googly eyes, huge plastic red lips, and a big, curly afro wig affixed to the outside of a pitch black stocking that was covering his face. Just a moment after I saw him, he saw us. I could tell because he snatched the black stocking-mask up over his head quickly. The mask off, his own face was sporting a look like he'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. This action was more disturbing for me than the mask itself. It was an act of confession. An admission by this man that he knew his costume was racially insensitive, offensive, unacceptable. But he was only willing to make such an admission if there happened to be someone there who could call him on it. It's one thing to do something racially insensitive or offensive and claim ignorance; it's an entirely different thing to do it with full knowledge that it's wrong and potentially hurtful. Was there no other cute, amusing, or creative costume this guy could have come up with without relying on racial stereotypes that even he knew was wrong?
Throughout the week-long Carnival celebration, I saw many Spaniards dressed as fictional characters, animals, religious figures, even cross-dressing, but I saw no other cultural or racial stereotypes-as-costume. This is not to say that there weren't any – only that I didn't see them.
After months of being confronted by these images of black people, I found that I was still surprised, still questioning. How does a so-called modern society still quietly tolerate and vocally celebrate this kind of imagery so blatantly and out in the open? Where's the public outcry? Where's the independent criticism? What year is it? Why is Spain so very stuck in the past when it comes to issues of race?
To understand and find an answer to these questions, I decided to take a step back and try to examine Spanish culture itself. I wanted to find out where these images originated from, and why they still persisted so openly today. Baltasar Fra Molinero's thorough examination of the representation of blacks in Spain in art, literature, and theater at the start of the European colonial era does much to explain the present-day media images and public perceptions of black people, not only in Spain, but in western civilization as a whole.
These excerpts from his 1995 book, La imagen de los negros en la España del Siglo de Oro, shed light on the characterization of black features and humanity in early Spanish media:
"…ciertas características biológicas externas (piel, pelo, nariz, boca) pasaron a convertirse en marca o significante de la condición social de esclavitud. De ahí se pasó a una consideración moral: su inferioridad social empezó a verse como inferioridad natural. De esa forma el color negro de la piel adquirió un nuevo sentido: los negros no eran humanos completamente. El nuevo significado de piel negra pasó a ser el de la brutalidad y la inferioridad."
"Certain external biological characteristics (skin, hair, nose, mouth) became trademarks or symbols of the social condition of enslavement. From there, it came to be a moral consideration: the social inferiority of blacks began to be seen as natural inferiority. In this manner, black skin acquired a new meaning: blacks were not completely human. The new meaning of black skin came to be that of brutishness and inferiority."
"La risa y el tono humorístico fueron las respuestas literarias a la esclavitud de los negros, que eran representados como seres graciosos e inocentes. En palabras del crítico Lemuel Johnson:"
Laughter and a humoristic tone were the literary responses to the enslavement of blacks, who were represented like cute and innocent beings. In the words of the critic Lemuel Johnson:
There is nonetheless, a tolerant mockery in these representations. One might almost say benign, were it possible for an essentially malignant historical process to be so described. "
Molinero even recognizes that the racist tropes of Spain's Golden Era are not just a thing of the past:
"Siguen vigentes hoy en la literatura, el cine, y la television: negros graciosos e infantiles, mulatas que invitan a sexualidad prohibida, negros santos de alma blanca y defensores del statu quo del Imperio…"
"[These images] still persist today in literature, film, and television: cute and childlike black men, mixed-race women who entice with a forbidden sexuality, saintly negros with white souls and defenders of the status quo of the Empire…."
Worth a Thousand Words
In the collective consciousness of the Spanish people, images of black racial stereotypes represent the persistent, though often under-the-radar idea that the black person is a cartoon character, a not-quite-person whose differences require exaggeration to ensure that there is little confusion about his status in the society – that of the 'other' who is as grotesque as he is exotic. Even in a modern economic environment where products like rum, sugar, and chocolate are no longer produced through a system of forced labor – some of the images associated with these products in Spain still favor the depiction of the black person as a happily content slave.
Even a black American head of state like Michelle Obama is not safe from the Spanish tendency to caricature black people as the exotic slave. In August 2012, the Spanish indie mag, Fuera del Serie caused international controversy – perhaps intentionally – by featuring a cover photo of Michelle Obama's visage superimposed on the image of a slave woman with an exposed breast alongside the title, "Michelle Se Come A Obama" (Michelle Is Eating Obama). The magazine contended that the image, and the accompanying article, titled, "Michelle Tataranieta De Esclava, Duena De America" (Michelle: Granddaughter of a Slave, First Lady of America), was intended as a tribute to the First Lady – a nod to both her American slave ancestry and an examination on how she'd been able to "seduce" the American public into liking her even more than they liked her husband. Of all of the associations, images, and terminology to use to highlight the pedigree and accomplishments of Michelle Obama, it seems… odd that slavery, seduction, and a vague reference to cannibalism would top the list.
Not all of the troubling depictions of black people in Spain are linked to the country's legacy of African enslavement, however. On a rare evening when I decide to join my 3 Spanish roommates and a few of their friends in the salon for some TV watching, the hugely popular Spanish sitcom, La Que Sea Vecina comes on. In this episode, one of the recurring male characters meets a lady for a blind date in an expensive restaurant. Unable to pay the tab, the guy snatches the unattended purse of another woman dining nearby. When the victim returns from the bathroom and finds her purse missing, she asks the couple if they saw anything. The blind date woman – who witnessed her beau's pilfering – quickly covers for him and replies that it was, "un hombre moreno vestido en un traje" (a black man wearing a suit). I involuntarily smack my head. My roommates and friends react neither to the character's statement nor to my reaction, but there is a palpable tension, a pregnant silence in the room. At the next commercial break, I excuse myself so I can go to my room and make better use of my time by catching up on some work.
As I walk down the hallway, I think to myself, "Well, at least he was wearing a suit."
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[Continued from last week Friday Pander II]
…I could not sit to decipher because Stacy my lady appeared dazzling and I still was unready. "Babe I'll be ready in a few" I said in a stoic tone and with what was a failed attempt to be romantic I said "you look stunning". She smiled "okay babe, don't keep me waiting" her voice so angelic. I dressed up and we got into the car, I began undressing her with my eyes, I looked at her like she was cake and I a swarm of flies but a harsh reality came knocking as I looked into hazel colored eyes. I again remembered Bella, what did she mean.
At the end of what seemed like an unending reception I had just one thing in my perverted mind, I had paid for the penthouse in the most luxurious hotel in town much to the delight of my lady Stacy which was my plan, an excited Stacy could be wild in bed and that was exactly what I needed. Stacy had told me in the heat of the reception that she had a surprise for me later on, I could hardly wait. She did something then that excited me even more, she licked my ears down the side of my face and down to my cheek before planting a kiss on my lip. Stacy was a very jealous lass who was never afraid to put on a show, she'd publicly display her affection, everyone knew I was hers. As we got to the door I had to play it cool with a lot of stealth after all if I got too excited two nights in a row it wouldn't be good for my health.
As I unlocked and pushed the door open the scenery made a mockery of the gold crest hotel it was magnificent. I also hadn't seen the room before paying for it, it was Stacy's choice, little wonder she picked it. The room had gold and cream colored wall papers with what seemed like Picasso's painted abstracts the blinds were of a certain coffee colored type and the scent of the room was lavender, the bed my Lord the bed I believe was made for kings. I could no longer hide my excitement as the scenery already turned me on, hard on.
As I sat on the chair by the corner of the room, taking of my shoes, Stacy my beautiful bride came up to me and said "I'm stuck" trying to hide the smile already forming by the corner of her mouth, "help me please" I quickly unzipped her as she leaned over me and dimmed the light of the chandelier, she put on a show as she slowly took of her gown, getting me harder with each move she made, off with the gown and she had only her petti-coat on and a thigh high netty host, its holes allowing me see her beautiful caramel skin, I had almost forgotten how beautiful her body was. She was unlike Bella, she was a true African woman with a nicely molded ass and cupped breasts she wasn't a stick figured Barbie doll, she was big and bold a size 10 in the least with the most beautiful and innocent smile I ever had seen. I began to imagine so many things as she sat on the cream colored satin sheets, I thought of naughty deeds but then her tiny yet beautiful voice drew me back to my beautiful reality "come over babe let me make you cum". "Try" i replied, I knew she was just being sly. I played hard to get asking her to come over instead, she readily obliged cat walking down to me she crossed her legs over me and began to grind on me, oh that amazing grind, she didn't need to unzip my pants because she was here now only to tease me. She saw that this pleased me then she placed my hands on her boobs and pressed them hard as she let out a hushed moan, wow she was really ready for me. Slowly and lightly she bit my lower lip before kissing me for what seemed like an eternity.
She got up from me and by this time she was already wet, I drew her back and nibbled on her ears while stroking her back and working my way down her thighs, I slowly began by fiddling with her panties before slipping my finger into her pussy she let out another moan though a little louder, I thrusted it in and out slowly and as it widened I doubled my finger, she became louder so I was sure it pleased her and this enticed me. She began to scream louder saying harder, I stopped and threw her on the bed then I brought out the big guns, using my tongue, Stacy spoke in tongues, by the time I stopped my mouth was filled with cum. Now it was time for her to return the favor but she dryly refused me the kind gesture, I hid my frustration and slowly slipped my slightly softened dick into her. That was all we needed to call it a night.
By morning light, I sat up comparing the night that came before I knew I shouldn't have but something was missing with Stacy, yes she was the love of my life and she tried hard to please me but lately its felt like her libido just didn't match mine. I had vowed no longer to speak about my sexual dissatisfaction, so I got up and went into the shower and there was Bella. She stood there stack naked beckoning at me and without second guessing I rushed in hoping she'd give me what I needed but then Stacy called for me and woke me up from my dream. Morning babe she said, morning my love I replied trying to hide the stench of alcohol that oozed from my mouth from her. I knew she hated the smell of alcohol but last night I drowned myself in alcohol to subdue my sexual frustration. She smelt it, she was pissed. Stacy my lady was hot-tempered that was her only other flaw, she snapped at me, "you drank? On our special night Jay you drank? After I told you how much I hated it, where when and why did you? Are you purposely trying to piss me off or what?" She ranted "I'm sure as hell that it wasn't at the reception and you didn't attend the after party so where and when?" She was searching my face for an answer, one I gave seeming unperturbed "after you slept I was bored so I went and joined Nigel at the after-party, it was just on the next floor, I didn't think you'd mind, besides it was in our honor wasn't it?" At this she became enraged, I walked into the bathroom and shut the door because unlike Stacy I knew how to manage anger, and before we'd turn this into an episode with a rather unhappy end I needed to give her space. I heard her call Nigel and rant some stuff I didn't bother myself with as I turned on the shower.
As I got out of the shower I found her sitting by the bedpost looking remorseful but she still didn't utter a word.
I left my phone number with the receptionist hoping that Jay would call but a whole day had past and still no call. I thought about how kind and gentle he had been and I prayed that to my wild side he had been blind but it was naught.………[Continues next week Friday]


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Steve Fassbinder: The Master of Multi-Sport Adventure
For his 14th birthday, Steve "Doom" Fassbinder wanted a backpack, tent and sleeping bag so he could get out in the woods on his own. Armed with a setup from Walmart, he was stoked. "But it didn't take long to figure out that these items were not cut out for long distances or hard use," he says. Since then he's honed his system, finding a direct link between pack weight and distance traveled. And he's embarked on some serious multi-sport adventures equipped with the lightest, most technologically advanced bikes, packrafts, climbing gear and backpacking equipment. "I'm passionate about creative, human powered, low impact travel," Fassbinder says. "And I want to be proficient at any given sport that I'm participating in. That only comes experientially for me. I can't learn from a book, so I'm motivated to get out there to get better."
What gets you up in the morning?
Preferably the sun on my face, but if it's an alpine start kind of a day strong coffee is highly effective.
How do you achieve your optimal self?
I'm a constant work in progress. I'm not really goal oriented so much as I'm just motivated overall to get after it on a daily basis.
What are your goals?
I want to be proficient at any given sport that I'm participating in and that only comes experientially for me. I can't learn from a book, so I'm motivated to get out there to get better.
On a given day, what absolute necessities are in your pack?
Necessities: a good rain jacket, a light puffy, small first aid kit, small, serrated knife, and Aqua Mira for making potable water. This stuff goes with me on almost every type of trip that I do.
Extras: old #7… Jack Daniels that is.
What issues are you passionate about and why?
I'm passionate about creative, human powered, low impact travel. For me, this usually involves bikes, packrafts, and sometimes technical climbing objectives.
What sports do you primarily partake in?
Cycling (fat biking), trad climbing, packrafting,
When and why did you join the Hyperlite Mountain Gear team?
After using and loving Hyperlite Mountain Gear products for years, I figured we could have a mutually beneficial relationship and I wrote a letter to Mike St. Pierre.
What's your favorite piece of Hyperlite Mountain Gear equipment and why?
I use my southwest pack for everything from climbing, biking and pack rafting trips. It's a great balance between lightweight, durable and tough, all in a simple no hassle package.
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Motorheads Performance
Just Thursday, I wrote with a warning about carjackings, as they can even happen with classic cars. I was further dismayed to see that a 1969 Prostreet Camaro SS was stolen while the owner was in Ohio attending the 15th Goodguys PPG Nationals this past weekend! Sometime early morning on Sunday, July 8th, between midnight and 6AM, while at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Columbus, Ohio, the vehicle (shown below) was taken from the hotel parking lot.
|1969 Prostreet Camaro SS - STOLEN 07-08-12 from Columbus, Ohio
Here's information on the car:
- Paint Color: Medium Garnet
- Front & Rear bumpers are painted same body color, along with side marker trim
- All emblems are painted Bright Red
- Between tail lights is the fuel fill cap which is Red in color
- Rims: Weld wheels (standard 15" on front, 18" on rear)
- Engine: 454 big block, Aluminum Edelbrock cylinder heads, aluminum March pulleys, Demon carburetor, aluminum Edelbrock air gap intake, black with red stripe valve covers, MSD distributor
- Transmissiion: Turbo 400
- Black interior, two front bucket seats - NO rear seat
- Roll Bar with red vinyl covers
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If you attended the show, were staying at the Ramada Plaza Hotel or another nearby hotel, or saw anything at all that might help, please help out a fellow enthusiast and report it. Anything could help. Please call 614-645-2027 ASAP.
Andrea L. Algar is co-owner of a classic car performance and restoration design shop in Leesville, Texas. Motorheads Performance specializes in repairs, maintenance, performance upgrades and restorative work on cars and trucks from the 1920's through 1970's. Her husband Guy L. Algar is a Mechanical Engineer with over 25 years experience. He holds 5 ASE Certifications from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence and has been working on old cars and trucks for over 37 years. Together they share their passion for old cars and trucks with other enthusiasts from around the country.


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Issues related to sustainable tsetse and trypanosomosis management strategies and rural Development
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This paper explores the elements of a sound policy toward tsetse and trypanosomosis control by highlighting key issues in policy design and implementation. A framework is proposed that suggests that consistent policy toward tsetse and trypanosomosis control hinges on strong links with broad rural Development objectives and strategies, and in particular on the potential for increasing agricultural productivity via control. A broad review of recent trends in tsetse and trypanosomosis control in Africa is presented. The policy framework is then detailed and illustrated by examples from a number of African countries. Conclusions are drawn regarding policy coherence and transparency and implications for policy research.
AGROVOC Keywords
SubjectsTRYPANOSOMIASIS; RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL;
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The New Year is upon us. 2012 has a nice ring to it. It will be a year of celebration for the LIFE programme across Europe – more of which will be posted later.
As we look back on the last month of 2011 and compare it with a year earlier the contrast could not be more dramatic.
The Lower Shannon River – December 2011 (Image: Ruairí Ó Conchúir)
The Lower Shannon River – December 2010 (Image: Ruairí Ó Conchúir)
December 2011 was a month of wind and rain and unseasonably mild days and nights. Throughout much of the Lower Shannon SAC rainfall was above average, with an above normal number of wetdays (days with 1mm or more) recorded. Rivers were in flood for much of the month. When water levels fell it was only a matter of days before they quickly rose again.
Annacotty – December 2011 (Image: Ruairí Ó Conchúir)
Annacotty – December 2010 (Image: Ruairí Ó Conchúir)
The mean temperatures for December were above average or average for the time of year. Mean maximum temperatures for the month were above normal throughout the Lower Shannon SAC, with maximum temperatures recorded on the 25th and 26th December 2011. Unfortunately, this mild weather was associated with wind and misty rain.
Minimum air temperatures were warmer than normal almost everywhere, leading to a below average number of air frosts recorded. On the Winter solstice (21st /22nd December) the midday temperature difference between December 2010 and December 2011 was a staggering 18 degrees Celsius – hard to believe for Ireland.
The Mulkear River, from the bypass at Ballyclogh, December 2011 (Image: RÓC)
The Mulkear River, from the bypass at Ballyclogh, December 2010 (Image: RÓC)
Sunshine was very much at a premium throughout December. Sunshine was below average nearly everywhere with one met station recording its dullest December in almost 50 years and other stations reporting their dullest December for between six and 20 years. This was also in very stark contrast to December 2010 – with sunny days but bitterly cold days for most on the month.
What impact this mild weather will have on salmon spawning, much of which we believe may have already taken place, on otters and the rate of re-growth of invasives we await to see. Good salmon runs have been reported in several areas but the water levels on the Mulkear system have only begun to fall this week. It is possible that the continual state of flood throughout much the Mulkear Catchment may impact negatively on the success of salmon spawning where such spawning has taken place in flood conditions.
As we face into 2012 the wheel of LIFE and nature keeps turning.
Annacotty, December 2010 (Image: Ruairí Ó Conchúir)


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Seahawks Could Be Thin at Wide Receiver This Week
Injuries have hit the Seahawks wideouts this week. What will the team do to be at full strength against the Vikings?
Veteran Braylon Edwards was supposed to see more playing time against the Lions last Sunday, but woke up that morning with a swollen, tender knee that could trouble him this week. Ben Obamanu injured his wrist against Detroit, but is iffy for the Vikings. Last season's leading receiver, Doug Baldwin, has been rehabbing a high ankle sprain, but is not expected to play Sunday.
Where does that leave the Seahawks this week against Minnesota?
Charly Martin, Sidney Rice and Golden Tate are relatively healthy, but the Seahawks may have to look for receiver help elsewhere.
Former Washington Husky Jermaine Kearse has played well on the practice squad and could be an option. Deon Butler, who was released last September is a possibility, and Terrell Owens name will undoubtedly come up along with disgruntled Kansas City receiver Dwayne Bowe.
You can catch the Seahawks and the Vikings this Sunday at 11 here on Newstalk KIT.
UPDATE: The Seahawks announced Tuesday afternoon that they had promoted Kearse from the practice squad, and released defensive back Danny Gorrer to make room on the roster.


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Site retargeting is a very common and effective paid advertising strategy. Its popularity has increased significantly year over year as you can see from the Google Trends data below and it's beginning to capture a larger chunk of advertisers marketing budget.
Before I discuss remarketing as it relates to hospitals and treatment centers, let's go over the basics just so everyone is on the same page.
How Does Retargeting Work?
JavaScript code is installed on your web site. The code "cookies" users once they arrive on your website. The advertiser creates "lists" or "audiences" that then organizes the user in a particular group based the page a user did or did not visit. Then, ads "follow" these on various web sites within available ad networks and show them image ads and text ads to bring them back to your website.
Why is Retargeting Effective?
The average conversion rate for first time visitors across all industries is 3%. What's this mean? 97% of visitors to not complete a desired action during their first interaction with your brand. Why? Perhaps because users didn't find the information they were looking for, they were just researching, they are comparing you towards your competitors, etc. The reasons could be endless; however, retargeting allows you to turn users into new patients.
Getting Started with Retargeting
The majority of advertisers that are trying for the first time or investing only a small amount usually use Google AdWords for their remarketing efforts because it can be done through the same interface as their search and display campaigns and it's easy to set up. After the retargeting code has been installed and the "lists" and "combinations" of audiences have been created, you just need to create the campaign, ad group, and upload some image ads or just use text ads.
Advertisers that have been using retargeting through Google for some time might try out a retargeting vendor, such as AdRoll, Retargeter, etc. to expand their reach since these third party vendors typically have access to more ad exchanges and also allow you to retarget to users on Facebook.
Hospital Retargeting & Google AdWords
One big learning in healthcare marketing is that you must tread lightly when using retargeting for hospitals, health systems, clinics, and treatment centers. In fact, if you're trying to use retargeting through Google AdWords for any of the sub-verticals within healthcare mentioned above, you might want to not waste your time.
Google AdWords does not explicitly say "hospitals cannot use retargeting," but it might as well. I've spoken to multiple Google representatives, and although they say the same things in different ways, the bottom line is if you're a hospital or treatment center, you can't really use retargeting. If your website has any mention of conditions or treatments (even in just the navigation), then you cannot using retargeting for your hospital. Google is obvious concerned with violating any HIPAA rules and regulations but they are actually being too strict. They claim if someone else uses your computer and then sees ads about a specific service line (e.g., bariatric surgery) or condition (e.g., obesity), the user on the computer would know that the computer owner was looking for bariatric surgery and they are being remarketed to. However, this is totally untrue. Google still allows you to use display targeting (keyword, placement, interest targeting, and topic targeting) based around service lines and conditions/treatments. How could a user really distinguish how he or she is specifically being targeted?
So, what happens when you try to use Google AdWords retargeting for your hospital or treatment center? Most likely your lists will be entirely disabled, as in the screenshot illustration below:
You can find more information here. As you can see, Google classifies this as "health or medical information".
Hospital Retargeting & AdRoll
Here's a workaround; do not use Google for your hospital retargeting efforts. We recommend using one of our partners: AdRoll. The platform is easy to use, customer service is great, and most importantly; they tell you exactly what you can and cannot do from a healthcare marketing perspective. Here's the gist of it:
Option #1:
- You can segment users into specific 'lists' depending on what pages they visit (i.e. visited the bariatric surgery section on your site).
- Your messaging and ad must be general, such as information about the hospital/department, but not specific to treatment or condition.
- The landing page can then be specific to service line, treatment, or condition.
Option #2:
- You target the entire web site (i.e. main list including all visitors)
- You have an ad that mentions the hospitals expertise in a particular service line
- The landing page can then be specific to service line, treatment, or condition.
If you're in the healthcare marketing field, you are most likely used the various challenges that go with it. If you want to use retargeting to take your hospital's advertising strategy to the next level, consider a third-party retargeting company rather than Google. If you have any further questions as it relates to hospital retargeting or would like Fathom's assistance, contact us here.


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So, despite the rather desperate weather yesterday, Dan and I managed to finish putting together the remaining frames! Thanks to Darren, who brought round some new foundation after footie on Thursday, we had everything we needed. There was a perfect moment when a honeybee flew down to see what we were up to and started exploring in amongst the frames, but sadly I wasn't quick enough to take what would have been a great photo! It gave me confidence that our work was heading in the right direction.
Then we headed up the farm with our newly completed hive put it in pride of place, all ready for the bees to inhabit!
The hive in situ!
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|Since the introduction of Software Transactional Memory (STM), this topic has received a strong interest by the scientific community, as it has the potential of greatly facilitating concurrent programming by hiding many of the concurrency issues under the transactional layer, being in this way a potential alternative to the lock based constructs, such as mutexes and semaphores. The current practice of STM is based on keeping track of changes made to the memory and, if needed, restoring previous states in case of transaction rollbacks. The operations in a program that can be reversible,by restoring the memory state, are called transactional operations. The way that this reversibility necessary to transactional operations is achieved is implementation dependent on the STM libraries being used. Operations that cannot be reversed,such as I/O to external data repositories (e.g., disks) or to the console, are called nontransactional operations. Non-transactional operations are usually disallowed inside a memory transaction, because if the transaction aborts their effects cannot be undone. In transactional databases, operations like inserting, removing or transforming data in the database can be undone if executed in the context of a transaction. Since database I/O operations can be reversed, it should be possible to execute those operations in the context of a memory transaction. To achieve such purpose, a new transactional model unifying memory and database transactions into a single one was defined, implemented, and evaluated. This new transactional model satisfies the properties from both the memory and database transactional models. Programmers can now execute memory and database operations in the same transaction and in case of a transaction rollback, the transaction effects in both the memory and the database are reverted.
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I think the characteristic that I embody the most is "concern." I am always actively concerned about what I can do to improve. Video can be a time consuming section and cranking out seamless videos on deadline is challenging. But I love it.
Every time before I know there is an upcoming video, I always map the video out in my head, questioning every little detail down to how long should this shot be to what sorts of angles/shots/interviews do I want? I strive for perfection knowing I can never get there. Instead I just constantly build off of my previous video, looking at what angles I could of taken, what sorts of questions I should of asked, and the different "eye" of editing I could have approached the video from. I am again, constantly concerned for my work and my work ethic, but I know my passion will ultimately guide me through and showcase my persistence.
I am also constantly concerned about other staff members when it comes to multimedia in general. Recently assuming editorship, I realize communication is everything. Not just being told that you will do something but letting them know when you did it. I realize my concerning nature wants to make sure everyone is clear and not confused as to what is going on; to make sure everyone is on the same page as I. While small, just telling me that "you got the photo" or telling the author of the article that "the art is ready" is small but a small burst of relief.
Being concerned may sound like a desperate characteristic but to me, it means being constantly aware and alert of what you can do as an individual to influence your own work but also the vital constant communication that is necessary for any publication.


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Update on Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease in US07 August 2015
US - The number of pig farm samples that were confirmed positive for porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) in the last week was 10. There have been no premises confirmed with having porcine delta coronavirus (PDCoV) nor dual infection (PEDV and PDCoV), in the 30 July 2015 weekly report.
For the latest week the total number of premises with confirmed positive status is 1,322 for PEDV, 65 for PDCOV and 54 for dual infection.
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Blue Moon at the Museum! – Saturday, April 26, 2014, 7:00-10:00PM
The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum will hold its sixth annual "Blue Moon at the Museum" party, transforming the Museum into the original Blue Moon Nightclub, which was located on South Oliver during the 1940's and 1950's. The club was a … Continue reading
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I bought this for my sister's birthday (amethyst is her birthstone), and she absolutely loves it!
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These earrings are absolutely Gorgeous.... They can be dressed up on worn with jeans!!! You can't go wrong with this fabulous pair of pearl chandelier earrings.
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Dear teacher,
if I change "I am going to do" in reported speech I will get "he said that I was going to do". How should I change "I was going to do" (but I didn't): "he said that I had been going to do" or don't change the tense? (by the way, sorry for the last post)
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Between them they have a combined age of 102.
But watching them bust out the workout moves you'd think Jane Lynch and Jane Fonda were still teenagers. The two Janes took to the stage yesterday in Long Beach, California in front of a packed convention center, as they helped co-host California First Lady Maria Shriver's women's conference.
The two actresses are both obviously in top physical shape and they embarked in a vigorous workout, encouraging the crowd to move along with them. It's not surprising they're so fit – 50-year-old Lynch seems to spend the majority of her time in sweats these days as she plays a PE teacher on the hit TV show Glee. And Fonda, 72, is a workout fanatic, even producing her own series of top selling workout tapes during the 1980s.
It was a star-studded affair with Peter Gallagher, Soleil Moon Frye, Rob Lowe and Leeza Gibbons all lending their support along with Fonda and Lynch.
Fifty-four-year-old Shriver is a long- time advocate for families struggling with Alzheimer's. Her own father, Sargent, has battled the disease since being diagnosed in 2003.
Since that time, Shriver has been deeply involved in raising awareness and funding for Alzheimer care and research.
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Google CEO Larry Page just announced Google+ user numbers. They are surprisingly big 90 million people have registered for the site. Page says 60% of them come back every day – 80% every week. Facebook, which has more than 850 million monthly active users, likes to brag that half of them come back every day.
Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz led development of Google+
I'm also pleased to announce that there are over 90M Google+ users -- well over double what I announced just a quarter ago on our earnings call. Engagement on + is also growing tremendously.
I have some amazing data to share there for the first time: +users are very engaged with our products -- over 60% of them engage daily, and over 80% weekly.
In the middle of last year, Page announced that every single Google employee's bonus in 2011 would depend on the success of the company's social strategy. In December, we learned those bonuses were paid. Now we know why.
Here's guessing that Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz, who led development of Google+ and are pictured above, don't have to buy their own drinks around the Googleplex.


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Proposed Arabian railway network includes stations on UAE coast
The seven UAE emirates could be connected to an ambitious Arabian railway network extending in a giant loop from the Syrian/Turkish border, through Iraq and along the Arabian Peninsula's Gulf, Arabian Sea and Red Sea coasts, delegates at the MENA Rail component of the Gulf Traffic 2005 exhibition were told.
In a presentation on the General Overview of the Current & Future of Arab Rail, Murhaf Al Sabouni, General Secretary of the Syria-based Arab Railway Union, revealed that Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah could be main line stops on the 1,860km "third artery" of the proposed rail network between Basra and Muscat. The northern emirates of Ajman, Umm Al Qaiwain and Ras Al Khaimah, along with Fujairah on the country's east coast would be branch line stations, Al Sabouni revealed. In theory, the creation of an Arabian railway network would enable train journeys from Dubai to Damascus, Beirut or Cairo.
The presentation was based on a study conducted by the Arab Railway Union and the Syrian General Corporation for Railways in association with the Arab Transport Ministers Council of the Arab League. No date was suggested for the implementation of the Arabian Railway network, which would be created by filling in the gaps between existing railways in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The only section of track that currently exists on the network's Arabian Gulf artery is between Damman and Hufuf.
In addition to the construction of new track over large distances, challenges to face include the differing widths of existing tracks, which vary from 950mm to the standard 1435mm.
In all, the network would comprise 10 arteries and cover 25,000km, said Al Sabouni, stretching from the Syrian/Turkish border in the north to Aden in the south, west through Arabic-speaking North Africa to Mauritania on the Atlantic coast and as far east as the Iraqi border with Iran. In North Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania all have existing railway lines which would be utilised in the network, said Al Sabouni.
While the proposed Arabian railway network seems to hark back to 19th century travel rather than 21st, delegates at the MENA Rail component of Gulf Traffic 2005 heard that rail offers a practical alternative to short and medium-haul flights for both freight and people.
Dr Marc Kaddoura, Chairman and CEO of railway infrastructure specialists VAE Group, which is exhibiting at MENA Rail, told conference delegates that the 3km long freight trains that are familiar sights in the US, South America and Australia "show what railways can do." Kaddoura added: "They offer an efficient and economic means of transport and in terms of cost saving can rival road transportation." High speed passenger trains, meanwhile, are faster than a Formula 1 racing car, he said. "In the medium haul range, trains offer a challenge to air traffic," he added.
Commenting on the MENA Rail component of Gulf Traffic 2005, Davyd Farrell, Transport Project Director, IIR Middle East, organisers of Gulf Traffic, said: "This is the first time we've included rail within the Gulf Traffic exhibition and conference and the interest, even from countries without existing rail systems has been high. MENA Rail within Gulf Traffic 2005 is a new and exciting forum to discuss the benefits of rail over air and even road transport."


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