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Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Park
Opened in 1998, Nanshan Buddhist Cultural Park is a gigantic ecological park
focusing on Buddhist culture.
Main attractions include the "Non-dualism†Gate built with an
architectural style of the Southern and Northern dynasty, Charity and Savior
Park rich in Buddhist culture, Good Luck Park---a blending of landscaping styles
of various countries, Longevity Valley with incredible natural formations
demonstrating the culture of fortune and longevity.
The Gold and Jade Guanyin Statue made of priceless treasures, and a 7 km long
tamarind forest on the sandbar. In addition to a pilgrimage tourists can also
enjoy the unique Nanshan vegetarian food or stay over in a fantastic tree

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The Quebec Question for the Next Generation
School of Public Policy & Governance in partnership with Université du Québec à Montréal
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)
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Re-Upped! David Bowie - Live At The Kit Kat Club, NY [Nov 1999] ++GREAT SHOW!!++
Sorry but no time tonight after a long day of feeling ill.
I have been letting this thing upload all day for you so here's a great album and I just love it.
I feel that Bowies voice is too often underrated or overlooked so please, if you are not a fan, try this out!!
Just give it a chance and listen!!
this is a very mellow and relaxed show and Bowie is in fine voice and mood.
It's just sweet!
The opening track is a stunning version of Life on Mars ... he proves why he is still one of the top performers and still going strong on that track alone. The rest of the show unfolds like a flower on a lily in the centre of a cool, calm pond.
Wow, poetic or what.
Here is a page with images of this very gig for you to peruse...
Oh and another thing...want some cover art for this one??
The only cover I could find is erm...Baaaad. I will be creating CD Cover for it soon so I'll post it if anyone wants it too.
Er.. bye then.
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In the beginning was jazz
BBC Radio 4 looks at the interplay between faith and jazz in Sunday Worship on 10 August, with extracts from Ellington's Sacred Music Concerts
In the beginning was jazz …
… and the jazz was with God. In BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship programme on 10th August 0810-0848 hours, the Rev. Dr. Stephen Roberts explores the relationship between jazz and faith. For him, a sax player in the group Wonderbrass and Senior Lecturer in Modern Theology at Chichester University, faith and jazz go hand in hand; the one helps him understand and appreciate the other all the more. This feature-service marks the 30th anniversary of the Brecon Jazz Festival and specifically highlights the important place of Brecon Cathedral within that festival. For as long as the Festival has been running so, too, has a special Sunday morning jazz service at the cathedral. These joyous, celebratory, packed-to-the-rafters events have reflected on the role that jazz plays in the lives of so many, and on how its origins and history play into a relationship with Christian faith and spirituality in general.
The programme features material recorded at various jazz services at the cathedral over the years (recorded by BBC Radio Wales) and includes musical extracts by David Newton (Blessed Land) and Beth Allwood and the Little Voice Band (Amazing Grace), together with enthusiastic congregational singing of trad hymns accompanied by the Adamant Marching Band – regular contributors to the jazz festival.
Duke Ellington's In The Beginning God is used to illustrate the creative, natural merging of jazz and faith, as is Esther Marrow's singing of the Lord's Prayer, both taken from recordings of the historic Sacred Music Concerts by Ellington (pictured right).
But the sermon at the heart of this programme steals the show. It was delivered at the 2007 jazz service, and the then Bishop of Bangor, the Rt. Rev. Anthony Crockett, recalls past appearances at the festival by Courtney Pine and George Shearing, and goes on to express the importance for him of the tradition of improvisation: "… of all forms of music, it is jazz which offers us an integral pattern for coping with the brokenness of this world, a world of pain and the denial of human dignity".
It was a poignant moment because Bishop Anthony was ill with cancer, from which he would pass away not long afterwards. Forearmed with that knowledge, listening now, his words sink into our hearts and souls, and we feel that tangible relationship between jazz and life in all its beauty and brokenness. He ends, "God bless jazz. God bless Brecon Jazz. And God bless us all in our calling to improvise in the face of life's challenges and, filled with God's Spirit, to produce some great music in our lives."
Karen Walker, Producer, BBC R4 Sunday Worship
Sunday Worship Tx. BBC R4 Sunday, 10 August 2014, 08.10am


text: Hardly a day goes by without some patient reciting a list of supplements, vitamins or "natural" remedies that he or she is taking, firm in the belief that they are safe, effective, and necessary. That most, if not all, of the proffered list is composed of substances without any proven benefit is not an issue; that one or more of the items on the list may have drug interactions or side effects is not acknowledged; and I am cast into the role of an agent of Pharma, trying to push DRUGS, when supplements are really the way to go. Here is a little article looking at some of the most common products taken, along with a little dose of reality.


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A German driver who finished last in the 2013 V8 Supercars championship has called on Australian teams to give drivers a fair go.
Maro Engel set Mount Panorama alight with a record pole-position lap at the Bathurst 12 Hour on Saturday, just two months after being dumped from the V8 paddock.
The 28-year-old German was quicker than many established Australian drivers, including Bathurst 1000 winners Craig Lowndes, Rick Kelly, Stephen Richards and Jason Bright.
His 2:03.8s lap of the 6.2 kilometre circuit was three seconds faster than Lowndes' V8 Supercars lap Mount Panorama lap record.
Engel's contract was cut short when his team downsized to two cars, leaving him without a regular seat in 2014. He is racing for the same team this weekend, behind the wheel of an Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz GT instead of a V8 sedan.
"I feel I have what it takes to perform well in V8 Supercars," he said. "But it takes time to learn the cars and you're not always given time."
Few drivers are able to immediately get to grips with powerful V8 Supercars, while the Mercedes-Benz Engel drove to pole is more user-friendly with driver aids such as traction control and anti-lock brakes.
Ex-formula one driver Mika Salo qualified second in a Ferrari shared with Craig Lowndes, while V8 Supercars star Shane Van Gisbergen was third in a McLaren.
Engel was awarded the inaugural Allan Simonsen pole position trophy for his effort. The trophy is named after a leading driver killed racing at Le Mans last year.
Engel's 2:03.858 time broke hearts at Maranello Motorsport, Simonsen's former team, which looked to have secured pole when Salo locked in a record 2:03.9421 lap of the circuit.
"This is special," Engel said.
"It's a special feeling to be on pole. It's a moment we remember that we lost Allan Simonsen, but also Sean Edwards, who was a friend of mine.
"I'm glad to kick 2014 off like this. Being able to come away with pole is great, and having the lap record is fantastic."


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It's been some time since my last exhibition, and I realised I hadn't blogged since then. I've been busy applying for various art events without much success, and it saddens me that these events are promoted as hosting very talented artists, but as I'm never included, that makes me think this is untrue, which is a negative thing. So I keep quiet, rather than post negative experiences, and wait for something more positive to happen.
The main problem I seem to have is having very ambitious ideas for work that require more funding than is available.
I feel that I possess a wealth of creativity and artistic expression just waiting to be discovered, that needs investment to make it all a reality.
I've been off work over the summer holidays concentrating on my other full time but otherwise unpaid job of being a single parent. I've had the expense of brand new school uniform, as the school has gone to an academy, which is Kafkaesque for making parents spend what savings they've made not on a holiday, but yet more school stuff.
The most I could stretch to in this age of austerity, or as I call it: government sanctioned financial abuse, was a trip to London to see the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Peter Zumthor http://www.serpentinegallery.org/architecture/
The above photograph was expertly taken by my son Brett,
aged 12
The Pavilion was recommended by Apparatjik via twitter/Facebook, and I also visited the gallery to see
Michelangelo Pistoletto
The Mirror of Judgement
which runs until 17th September.
It was the pavilion that inspired me, as I'd been busy in my studio creating work for the upcoming LAN "Fictions" exhibition this September, for which I wanted to move away from previous work and illustrate the writings and theories of Jorge Luis Borges.
However, I've found myself making small scale sculptures, and in particular, the Pavilion Of The Limpid Solitude, which is from the essay The Garden Of Forking Paths.
For this, I imagined the pavilion as a greenhouse, a book, a labyrinth, and a memory.
However, I did intend to create a series of illustrations, but my concentration has lost focus due to a dispute I'm unfortunately engaged with with the mobile phone company Orange.
I'm considering whether to include this in the exhibition, in the same way that Tracey Emin showed her "Bed" after being asked to exhibit work and being ill. Barbara Walker made work to highlight how her son kept being stopped and searched by police for what she thought were racial motives, so this kind of work can have a powerful effect. It isn't what I intended to exhibit at all, and I'm not entirely sure whether I should give Orange or any of these companies associated the publicity, but I am being adversely affected by it, so I wish to make my opinion clear.


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I know this is simple, but I cannot find how to do this...
I have VueMinder Pro
On the left-hand side of the main calendar, there is a vertical "task bar" that displays a mini calendar, a list of my calendars, events for the day, etc. There is a double vertical line between the main calendar and this vertical "task bar" that you can move to resize it. I moved it to the right to see the list of my calendars, now I cannot move it back so it only displays a little of that info (it takes up a lot less room).
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George Soros is one of those bigger-than-life investors who knows how to play the capitalistic game. Soros is the 29th wealthiest person on the planet. His more than $28 billion fortune is the culmination of incredible investments and extraordinary risks in the hedge fund arena. Soros is not just a good hedge fund manager. He is one of the best hedge fund managers in the world. And he is one of the most generous people alive. Mr. Soros just gave the Open Society Foundation almost $18 billion, according to Open Society officials. That means the foundation George started in 1979 now holds most of his wealth. The only philanthropic foundation that has more assets than the Open Society is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and read full article.
Now that the foundation has the money, the chairman and the society's investment committee will develop strategies along with George Soros. The committee and the chairman are not traders. They are allocators of capital. The foundation supports more than 100 organizations around the world. The chairman, Dawn Fitzpatrick, does not report to Mr. Soros. She reports to the foundation's investment committee. Mr. Soros set up the investment committee and the chairman, so they could call the investment shots once he moves on. The 87-year-old humanitarian is in good health, but Soros always has a plan, and this move will guarantee the longevity of the foundation and learn more about George Soros.
The George Soros story is the tale of an extremely driven man who, through adversity, found his calling in life. After fleeing Nazi-occupied Hungary in 1944, Soros began waiting tables in London to make ends meet, and he was able to pass the entrance exam for the London School of economics during those years. Soros, a philosophy major, didn't waste any time finding a philosophy he could call his own. That philosophy was the same ideology that Karl Popper promoted. Popper promoted the concept of an Open Society. An open society, according to Popper, is a society that is free and has Democratic governance. In other words, individuals have rights, and they function without the fear of unjust government intervention or repercussions. The Open Society foundation supports and promotes Democratic values in countries that do not govern that way and George Soros's lacrosse camp.
Soros will not use the $18 billion he gave to the society for investment purposes, according to people close to the situation. Mr. Soros has enough money within the Soros firm to make billions more. In fact, Soros is betting a chunk of the firm's money (which is all family money) on a Chinese currency devaluation. Soros believes China will devalue their currency because of too much uncollectible bank debt. They will have to use reserves to satisfy those debts. The last time George bet on a currency devaluation he put $1 billion in his pocket. That was in the 1990s.
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They almost killed me!"
"They almost hurt your pride. They came nothing close to killing you. I am not paying you more for a failure."
"They took the payment that you gave me! I have no more resources, and cannot continue my pursuit without some coin."
"Don't lie to me. You know me well enough to know that it won't work. If you require money, I suggest that you take it back from those that robbed you. Those that you were paid to kill."
"Very well. May death lead your path to glory."
"May death lead your path to fortune."


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Growing up on air force bases in New Zealand, one of the things I really loved doing was attending the base cinema for a Saturday afternoon matinee. Many Saturdays would see my brothers and I watching old war movies, Disney classics or whatever else they were running. (I think my mum really enjoyed the break!) In those days we had to stand before the movie started while they played 'God Save the Queen' - if you're old enough to remember that, you've probably got as many grey hairs as me!
It used to cost us 10c for a ticket and we would have 5c to spend at the Candy Bar - and 5c bought a lot of lollies in those days! Sherbet bags with licorice straws were one of my favourites, especially the lemon flavour.
Ah memories! Anyway, here is the layout I created in MDS. I Googled movie posters to use and the movie reel and ticket images are non SU.
Materials used:
- stamps - Schoolbook Serif Alphabet (MDS)
- punches - star (MDS)
- card - Sahara sand (MDS)
I hope you've enjoyed my trip down memory lane and my challenge projects for this month. Do visit Splitcoaststampers to see what the other design team members came up with and of course, we would love you to take part in a challenge or two along with us.
Thanks for stopping by.


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I saw these boxes on another blog a few years ago. It is a great and simple way to celebrate friends birthday's when you can't be with them, not to mention they are serious fun to make! I bought some craft boxes at the store and customized them will mini notes and special envelopes with confetti, inside jokes and trinkets that I thought they would love. For my friend Carla's birthday I wrapped up confetti, mini happy birthday banners, balloons and birthday candles as well as mini bottles of liquor and a framed pictures of us. Each piece was wrapped uniquely which gave her a few moments of birthday fun while she unwrapped each little trinket. I also included a hand-made ticket for a Face Time date night.
I customized one for my besties Sandy. Her box had a box of cheese-its (it's a long story), some home-made cookies, nail polish, a notepad with her name on it, and of course some notes and personal mementos from the last 20 years of our friendship.
And these boxes are not just for birthdays they are a great way to show long-distance loved ones that you care. Last year I sent my then boyfriend, now fiancé a box while he was out of town traveling for work. I secretly tracked down his hotel address, and mailed him a box of Hershey Hugs and Kisses and a stash of his favorite snicker doodle cookies.
It is the little things that you can do to show someone that you care… and this one is also really fun to make!
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- Washi tape (assorted colors)
- Colored envelopes
- Birthday candles
- Balloons
- Confetti- or you can make your own J
- Assorted candy/treats
- Framed photo
- Small trinkets


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family favorites from VCIYCJ: sugar cookies decorated by blasto, chocolate crinkles, and ginger snaps. anyone notice my lovable gay rights gingersnap all the way to the right?
here's the thing: i've been trying to write this entry for a @#%*&ng week. a week! i had it all planned out, i'd blather in my daria-esque meets martha stewart voice about all the great stuff i got for x-mas, how much fun i had making cookies out of vegan cookies invade your cookie jar with my son, and how santa had a jolly good time eating said cookies.
then life happened. someone got sick in our house again-(pink eye part 1), again-(pink eye part 2/stomach flu part 2), and again-(sinusy sort of mcdeathy thingamabob). mr. j and i have figured that someone in our house has been sick for the past 3.5-4 months. we don't even know where one sickness ended and the other one began! we're avid hand washers and everyone received flu shots this year. fess up: who made the voodoo dolls of me and the fam? boo! did i mention we have our house on the market so i've had to make it look 'presentable' at all times? yeah--i'm having a blast.
then i had other stuff to do because i haven't figured out how to clone myself and put my clones to work so i can sit around in my underwear all day cooking, reading, and playing with my children.
the chocolate crinkles are my absolute fave. it's like a gooey chocolate cookie and a brownie did it and had cookie babies!
i'm at 85% health now and have been putzing around in the kitchen. coming up will be a smash up on a couple of rancheros recipes, an ode to pancakes, and some more cookie shots from the vegan cookie connoisseur.
oh yeah, i can't forget about appetite for reduction! i'll probably talk about that too. fat activists, it ain't whatchoo think so don't get stabby and think that isa has sold out. hardly the case. this is an amazing whole foods cookbook. i've tried a few recipes and enjoy them quite a bit.
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I've finally given my blog a BRAND NEW LOOK. =*^.^*= What do you think? *grins*
To say that the last few months have been busy would be an understatement. I've had a lot of appointments, freelance work to finish, and WIST (Wisconsin Street Team) business to attend to. In fact, the WIST goodness has pretty much taken over my life! LOL!
Before I re-did my own blog, the WIST blog got a fabulous facelift. You should go take a look- it's pretty swanky! =^.^;= There's a shoutbox over there, too- so be sure to give us all a holla. Woo! The WIST website has temporarily taken a backseat while I work on some very important reorganizing, (and Spring Cleaning), of other WISTy goodness. The forums needed to be streamlined just a twitch, posts moved, &ccc. Plus, joining needed to be made easier.
Honestly, things are getting so organized, it's kind of scary! =^.^=
Oooo, if you live in Wisconsin, (or one of the surrounding states), you should check out our calendar. Members are doing so many awesome things! It's definitely the start of art & craft show season. *huge grins*
Finding the right balance between my own business / art needs & those of WIST's has been pretty difficult lately. =O.o= There just doesn't seem to be enough time to do everything! (Is there ever?!). Regardless, I've somehow managed to list some new bits on Etsy.com. Some of my favorites are interspersed throughout this post!
And some of the best news ever- I got my copy of "Rubbish" by Kate Shoup! And you'll never guess who's in it, (pssst- it's me!). =*^.^*= MUAH!
I've been spending some time over on indiepublic lately too. *grins* Feel free to friend or send me a message over there. (I loves some awesome messages!).
There's a lot of new stuff coming soon to my Etsy shop- more awesome poster prints, (11x17"!), and some gorgeous gemstone & silver jewelry. *drools*
I'll also be updating this blog more frequently- with more Etsy goodness, (neat things found all over: tutorials, answering ?'s, random awesomeness); WIST adventures; and my creative journeys. =^.^=


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Ukraine bans German movie with Til Schweiger over 'brave FSB character' – media
Ukrainian law currently bans any films that depict Russian military or law enforcement in a positive way. The measure supposedly prevents "Russian propaganda" from affecting viewers in the country.
While the law mostly affects Russian-produced titles, this week a German action movie was axed by a censorship commission charged with enforcing the ban, the Ukrainian Vesti radio reports.
"The film's plot involves a character played by Til Schweiger, whose daughter is kidnapped. Criminals cut off her kidney and for whatever reason send her to Moscow. He goes after her to Moscow and in the end a 'brave FSB major' saves the day," Sergey Neretin, deputy head of Ukraine's cinema regulator, told the station on Saturday.
"We discussed this movie today. The law says we should ban it regardless of where it was produced," he added.
The movie Tschiller: Off Duty is a theater tie-in to German TV police drama Tatort (Crime Scene), which involves multiple casts and settings. The main character, played by Schweiger, has featured in four Hamburg-based episodes.
The feature film continues the series plot and pits the crime police inspector and his partner against a fugitive Turkish-Kurdish crime lord responsible for the death of his wife. The film was shot in Germany, Turkey, and Russia, and was released earlier this year.
Kiev accuses Russia of waging a secret aggressive war against Ukraine, and has put in place various restrictions against Russian products, including films, TV series, songs, and other entertainment. It also adopted regulations to restrict Russian-language content from television and radio in favor of Ukrainian-language, saying that otherwise Russian-language programs would dominate Ukrainian media.
Russian is the largest minority language in Ukraine, especially in the eastern parts of the country. After the nationalist-backed armed coup in Kiev ousted Ukraine's elected government in 2014, its new authorities moved to revoke a law protecting the Russian language. This was a major reason for Russian-speaking parts of the country to revolt. The ensuing military crackdown by Kiev has claimed at least 10,000 lives in an armed conflict that continues today.


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Wolfgang Zender not only has a name that should go down in the Guinness Book of Badass Records, but has also designed piggy bank balls for all those who really like paperweights.
The 'PIGGYBALL' features multiple slots, and, according to Zender, will never roll around due to the weight of the coins. Hmmm, anyone else wondering how exactly you get this thing to stay put on the first day on the job? I don't think one penny is going to hold this sucker down very well.
Check out more piggy bank innovations below.
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Topic: The Title Starts with 'The' and Other Library Inquiries
Speaker: Richard Little & Linda Q. Lambert
Date: Nov. 8, 2017
Time: 6pm – 8:30 pm (Doors open at 5:30. Happy Hour prices apply from 5:30-6pm)
Writer Richard Little (retired lawyer) and writer Linda Q. Lambert (retired librarian) will present five (or maybe ten!) ways libraries can help you become a better writer. Expect to learn about how Bellingham and Whatcom County libraries can assist you with reliable research sources (think databases and improved Googling strategies), offer you sanctuary as "Third Places," and provide resources and programs you may not know about––like where to market your work and find grants.
Dick Little is a WCLS Foundation board member and happily willing to share more than you ever knew about our award-winning, county-wide library system. His career, post UC Berkeley and Hastings Law School, included legal work in "the other Washington," a private law practice, the Bellingham city attorney's office, and lobbying in D.C. and Olympia. His publications and projects include Postcards from the Road–Stories, a novel being copy-edited, and a second collection of short stories.
Linda Lambert published an article at 16, a poem at 26, and a guidebook at 31. After that, aside from a piece about birthing a child in a Volkswagen, she replaced literary productivity with raising 7 children. Retirement from the WCC Library has allowed her time to complete an MFA in creative non-fiction and to begin work on a memoir, Untold.
Location: Nicki's Bella Marina
Upstairs in the Skyline Room
2615 S Harbor Loop Drive, Bellingham, WA 98225
Cost: FREE but please RSVP (non-members are asked to join if attending more than 2 meetings per year).
Food: Order drinks and food from the menu.


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Today's run: Speed-work day! I hit the treadmill hard today. I usually do half mile increments of recovery and speed for 6 miles, but today, I decided to see how far/long I could push the speed segments. I did .5 warm-up, 2 miles speed, .5 recovery, 1 mile speed, .5 recovery, 1 mile speed, .5 cool down. My speed was from 8.4 to 9 mph, and my recovery was about 6.8 mph. Totals: 6.01 miles in 45:56, average pace 7:39 min/mile. My mantra today: push through discomfort. Sometimes I back off at discomfort because I'm running marathons and feel like I need to practice comfortable speeds that will help me endure to the end. But I resolved today to make my speed-work day uncomfortable, at least at some points. I only have three weeks to practice this, so we'll see if it garners any time improvements in AZ.
Highlight of our week was getting race swag bags for the kids' first marathon, Mercedes Marathon. I was jealous of their swag and tiny technical shirts.


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Most of us couldn't imagine putting a brand guidelines project in our portfolios. But if I had this idea and this case study, it would be one of the first things I'd show off in my book.
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Fears over future of five libraries
Branch libraries around the county are facing closure as Donegal County Council can't replace retiring staff.
The Donegal Democrat understands that as many as five libraries in total could be facing closure due to the retirement of staff. However, despite our attempts to seek clarification of the situation since Monday, Donegal County Council did not respond to our queries by yesterday evening.
Killybegs library closed its doors this week to the public and it is believed that libraries in Ballyshannon, Lifford and Clonmany are also facing closure. Ramelton library closed its doors in recent weeks following the retirement of the branch librarian.
Due to a recruitment embargo in the public service the council is not able to replace staff who are retiring prompting fears that branch libraries which only have one staff member will have to close their doors. Branch librarians reached an agreement with the council that they could work beyond the official retirement age but all library staff over retirement age received letters in the last two weeks from the council's human resources deportment stating that they were retiring at the end of December.
The Killybegs branch has been closed since Tuesday morning following the retirement of the branch librarian there. A notice on the door and on the council's website said the closure was until further notice.
During a pre-budget meeting on Monday with senior council staff, councillors were told that the council will consider the partial or full closure of some buildings or facilities due to "changes in service provision". The council ruled out the closure of public service centres leaving the closure of libraries as a real possibility.
Killybegs independent TD Thomas Pringle is hoping to raise the issue in the Dáil this week. He said he feared that once closed branch libraries would be gone forever following the example of Rathmullan and Pettigo in the 1980s.
"A number of branch library services are under threat around the county due to the retirement of librarians and the employment embargo being imposed by the government. We have seen this happening in Killybegs this week and the future of the library is very uncertain. As the librarians retire the libraries will close in the towns and villages that have had a service for many years. My fear is that once they close they will never re-open again and a vital public service will be lost forever.
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Con"This is the disgraceful consequences of this government's policy of running down the public service.
"To make matters worse the senior management of the council will not even try for an exemption to the recruitment embargo to try and keep the service alive because they have taken a decision that only if public safety is threatened will they apply for an embargo.
Niamh Kennedy, Chairperson of the Killybegs Community Council called on the council to reconsider the situation: "We are very concerned that we could lose this important service in the area. The library is an important part of the locality and is used by many families as a valuable information hub to help people in rural areas.
"It's another service for people to avail of that is economical and beneficial to those who are unemployed and retired as well as the school children."


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John Murphy was fired from a local non-profit because he married his partner of 30 years
October 14, 2015
Read More: anti-gay discrimination, Catholic Diocese of Richmond, EEOC complaints, John Murphy
John Murphy, 63, was excited to get a job offer in April of this year. He realizes his experience isn't as valuable in relation to his age, not like it used to be at least. So when he responded to a blind job application for an executive director position with a Richmond area non-profit, he was thrilled to get a response.
As the months passed, he went through multiple interviews, and was finally given details about the job – it would be heading up a care facility for low income elderly Richmonders run by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. Murphy (top image right) was unsure about what to do next. He was raised Catholic, graduated from Notre Dame, and still attended church semi-regularly, but he was an openly gay man who'd been legally married to his partner, Jerry Carter (top image left), of 30 years since 2008.
"I had a little bit of misgiving," he said. But he was told by the recruiter "your resume is exactly what this board wants right now as far as the skill sets you bring."
He went forward with the application and was reassured his private life would not impact with the job at a faith level when he was told the Executive Director position would be entirely administrative. The St. Francis Home was paid for by the Catholic Church, but managed by a board. His job would be assisting the board and leading fundraising efforts.
"When I got to the next interviews, they said they really wanted me to focus on these kinds of things and less on the religious aspect of it," he said.
Murphy started the job in late March. He worked there for 8 business days until April 1 when he received a message from two representatives from the Richmond Catholic Dioceses saying they wanted to meet with him.
He'd hadn't met anyone from the diocese yet, so he figured it was a welcoming committee.
"It was not," he said. "The CFO, and the human resources rep from the diocese came to my office and stated to me… 'same-sex marriage is antithetical to Roman Catholic Church doctrine. This makes you unfit and ineligible to be the executive director of St. Francis home.'"
Murphy was in a state of shock. He tried to speak with the Bishop, but said his requests were denied.
"I experience this callous termination as a fundamental betrayal of my church," he said.
Within hours of being fired, he received phone calls from several members of the St. Francis board, folks he had interviewed with only a few weeks earlier, who said they had refused to go along with the firing. Some told him members had resigned following the news.
"It is difficult for me to believe this can happen in America in 2015, especially after the Supreme Court rule in June that I have a constitutional right for me to marry my partner," he said. "How then can it be either moral or legal for me to be fired for that very reason."
A statement on the Catholic Diocese of Richmond website confirms Murphy's claim.
"As a Catholic organization, we expect the employees of the Diocese and its ministries, to uphold and embody the consistent values and truths of the Catholic faith, including those preserving the sanctity of marriage," read the statement.
Both the state of Virginia and the federal government lack protections for LGBTQ employees. If such were in place, Murphy could sue his employer for discrimination. Because that option doesn't exist, he's forced to take up the issue with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The EEOC handles investigations into these claims, and can make decisions based on federal law relating to civil rights violations.
Aubrey Ford, a lawyer with Cantor Stoneburner Ford Grana & Buckner, has filed the EEOC claim of discrimination against sex for Murphy. Sex discrimination claims have been used by a few LGBTQ Americans in recent years as it relates to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination by covered employers on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Filed in 2013, the case of Baldwin v. Dept. of Transportation was the first EEOC claim to protect LGBTQ employees from discrimination based on sex because of who they love.
According to HuntonLaborBlog, the EEOC's Title VII "sex" claim "encompasses both the anatomical differences between men and women and gender, which refers to social roles based on sex" and "The EEOC determined that that reasoning "applies equally in claims brought by lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals under Title VII."
Ford is confident the precedent set by the Baldwin case will be enough to sway the EEOC in their favor, but even if that happens, the final decision doesn't have to be obeyed by the Diocese. But if they're armed with a positive ruling, they can then take their claim to federal court and sue from there.
Ford estimated the investigation could take up to three months, and happen entirely behind closed doors.
A life long Catholic, Murphy said his faith has been shaken since he was let go earlier this year.
"It's like another punch in the gut," he said. "You think maybe things are safe now, you think maybe I can reconnect with this church in which i grew up and was baptized in… I don't know where my faith is now."
Murphy fears for his faith, and thinks the message cases like his sends to other LGBTQ Catholics is doing extensive harm to both the church and those these policies impact.
"I think the suicide rate, especially Catholic LGBT youth, is due in large part by the negative, constant message that they get from the pulpit," he said. "That counts for a shaken self image and an attitude of 'I night as well end it now.'"
"Fortunately I'm strong enough and old enough to be beyond that point."
GayRVA will follow this case as it develops in the coming months.
Equality Virginia has started an online petition to build support for Murphy, you can sign it here
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I combo'd a nude polish with a very traditional maroon in an attempt to make this trend a little more wearable for every day work attire. Glitter nail polish just seems like it could be a stretch for me to pull off since I use my hands so much at work. I'm definitely on board with the nude polish trend these days. There's something that feels quite modern and sophisticated after being bombarded by crazy nail art for the past few years. But if you wear all basics, all the time, life can get a little dull after awhile.
Quick example of why I love being married -- when I first bought nude nail polish, I of course painted all my nails nude. First thing my husband asked was what was wrong with my hands. This is how we know that all this stuff we call fashion is really just for women. Men don't usually get it, and let's be honest, we know that already because we know they aren't the ones pinning the stuff or writing the blogs that we are clicking on. I can personally guarantee that every other picture in this post is not something your husband or boyfriend would pick out if he was going to paint your nails -- and if it was, would you even want to read it? I didn't think so.
|I really like this look, but obviously it is way too much for daily life in an office, and I don't have the kind of patience necessary to use this many colors.
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Another trend I'm really wanting to try out (but I don't think I have the skills to do it) is the half moon nail. Lucy has done this before with great success so maybe she'll share her method if there are any
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The Cigar Nut's Countdown 2014: Number 3
We enter into the top 3 today! Â These cigars are the best of the best from this year, we hope that you agree! Â Without further ado, number three!
Recap of what we have so far:
#11 Dunhill 1907
#10 Studio Tobac Reckoning
#9 Tatuaje CiGWAR
#8 Espinosa/Cigar Dojo Sarsaparilla
#7 Viaje Full Moon
#6 Room 101 Masters Collection Papi Chulo
#5 Gunslinger Perdition
#4 Black Label Trading Company Deliverance Lancero
#11 Matilde Recanar
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#7 Espinosa Cigars Laranja
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David's Number 3: One 13 Maduro: Continuing with the onslaught of Boutique mentions within my top 11 this year ( yes I  am feeling alright, maybe the need for a burbery jacket but aside from that fine ) two gentlemen from San Antonio have turned a chance meeting at a cigar festival into a cigar that has been bought, gifted,  searched and hunted for ever since my first puff. For many reasons a quote from a press release hit me  "ONE 13 represents a new life…[a] new chapter in their lives" and has held a certain personal  resonating tone. While this is 'yet another cigar coming out of Nicaragua' with the dark earth, cocoa and  leather tones the country is known for, the Habano Maduro offsetting with a healthy dose of sweet  cinnamon spice mixed with spicy pepper gave this cigar distinctive notes and a consistency 'of the big dogs' that makes a box purchase a no brainer. To say these cigars impressed be would be an understatement – to say they made the top 3… would be fact.
Brandon's Number 3: Â RoMa Craft Aquitaine Mode 5: This cigar is not just one of my favorite vitolas but also one of my favorite anytime cigars this year. Â This cigar was one of the smoothest cigars for the flavor and strength it packs that I have had. Â The Aquitaine Mode 3 easily makes it into the top three of my picks this year! Â Click here for the full review!
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Goran Dragic is the best player on the Phoenix Suns. He plays point guard.
The previous front office selected point guard Kendall Marshall with the 13th pick in last year's draft.
When you add that up, you would think it wouldn't make much sense for the Suns to take a PG with the fifth pick in this year's draft.
I don't believe this to be the case. If general manager Ryan McDonough feels Trey Burke is the best player on the board (Burke worked out for the Suns on Thursday afternoon) when Phoenix is on the clock, the Michigan product could make sense for a variety of reasons.
The NBA is trending more towards two point guard lineups, and groups of five featuring two players that play the one-position had success during the 2012-2013 season.
I looked at 10,557 minutes of two-point guard lineups across the league, and using weighted averages (to reflect combinations that played more than others were of higher importance) found that teams' offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) improved by 2.88.
"Most teams, us included, feel like you need a secondary ball handler," explained McDonough Thursday. "A lot of the defenses will trap the primary ball handler. When he gives the ball up you need someone who can catch it and make a play or the offense stalls out. You've seen Golden State do it, you've seen Denver do it some and other teams around the league feel like they need multiple guys who can shoot, run pick and rolls and help make decisions."
On the other side of the ball two PG lineups aren't necessarily a positive. The drop off in defensive rating was 2.21.
"Size can be an issue depending how big the point guards are," stated the Suns GM. "You only really get in trouble when you have two small guards, especially if the other team has a power guard that they can drop down in the post and exploit that matchup."
Overall, that's a positive net gain of .67 when examining as a whole and when looking at the 22 different two point guard lineups I pulled, there were 11 in the positive. Out of the 11 that weren't successful, five came from the Pistons, Raptors and Jazz, which explains a lot.
When you look at the Suns specifically, they were one of the teams that had success with two PGs last year, but it was only in a small sample size. Goran Dragic and Kendall Marshall played 121 minutes together, compiling a ORtg of 114 and a DRtg of 111. Phoenix's offense improved by 16 points per 100 possessions when the two of them played together and the defense only took a five-point dip.
I personally don't see Marshall as a 25-30 minute rotation player with his skill set. He is best suited as a ten to 15 minute backup. To really get the most out of Dragic's versatility another point guard would need to be added to the roster.
A player like Burke, who also has the ability to play on and off the ball, would be a fantastic compliment to Dragic.
Both players are a threat in pick and roll and isolation initiating the offense, but can also be used as court spacers because of their ability to knock down shots in catch-and-shoot scenarios.
With the way the NBA is trending, drafting a point guard of Trey Burke's ability would make a lot of sense at number five even though it doesn't seem like a true need.
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Week 14: 153 lbsAnother week, another weigh-in of 153 pounds (that's a total of 25 pounds lost, just as it has been for the previous zillion weeks). What's more frustrating than watching the scale stubbornly not budge is watching it budge throughout the week and then seeing it go to hell over the weekend.
See, I'm having some serious issues staying on target and eating healthy over the weekend.
I still manage to squeeze in workouts, and I've kept my promise to work out every day this month, even late Saturday after a girls' night out. That was a feat! But on the weekends I go out to eat, I don't cook as often, I indulge in the random glass (or three) of champagne. After a long, hard week these things feel like things I've earned, but those (tasty, enjoyable) things are continually ruining the progress I've made throughout the week. Or, if not ruining, definitely slowing it down.
I've known for a long time if I really want to push past this 153-pound wall, I have to carry my healthy week-time habits into the weekend and that means no drinking, far less eating out, and healthy cooking at home.
I really want to do this, but I know it'll be really tough. I hope you'll encourage me.
But, tell me, how do you handle the weekends when trying to lose weight?
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There were the other flower blooming last night. There aren't no more this year.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
月下美人(Gekka Bijin)
It's midnight Yokohama now. There is a flower blossoming in front of my apartment. The Japanese name is "Gekka Bijin" which means like a Beautiful woman under the moon. Gekka is under the moon, Bijin is a Beautiful women. It's a Selenicereus, one of cactai. This flower always opens up once in a Summer night. It also has strong perfume, you will be wrapped with this sweet perfume. It makes me sleepy. *yawning*
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A typhoon is coming.
There is a typhoon coming through Japan tomorrow. It was raining for a little while ago. Now, It's humid and hot.. Tonight, I had couscous salad (like this) and sipping a glass of Ricard. You know, It's anis flavor. I like sipping Ricard or Pernod in the day like tonight. It would be nice if I have a bottle of absinthe too. It's also a liqueur. I'm a light drinker, but I like those liqueurs. I think I like herb. Ah, I wanna say this, Please don't assume that I'm a strong drinker or an alcoholic. Actually, I put wine pictures here or there, but not such a person. I just like driking and eating. :p Back to about Absinthe, It haven't been sold for a long while, but Recently, you can buy it. It's safer than before. It used to incluede a kind of toxicity. some famous people died by this liqueur.
Tonight, I'm listening those CDs below. They are Archer Prewitt's albums.
投稿者 hikalu 場所 7/26/2005 02:30:00 PM 0 コメント
Monday, July 25, 2005
Tonight, I've opened a Sake. It's made from Chiba prefecture, Japon.
The name is Kido-izumi, an organic sake, no chemical ferilizer. C'est sucrée un peu, mais not only sweetness. it's tasty. I recommend you to cool it in the refrigerator before drink. Well, Sake is usually supposed to be kept in the refrigerator anyway. It's sensitive.
投稿者 hikalu 場所 7/25/2005 02:05:00 PM 0 コメント
Saturday, July 23, 2005
Does anyone know what Fuulin(or see this) is? It's the Japanese wind bell. I went to a Temple in Kawasaki today. It's located near Yokohama, Japan. and see a Fuulin bazaar. The temple, Kawasaki-Taishi, holds this event at this time in every years. It's a small bazaar, but there are many kinds of Fuulin coming from all over the Japan. Usually, you will see the Fuulin made with glass, but there are another material ones as well.
This one is fuulin with DARUMA face on it.
These ones are made with a metal.
投稿者 hikalu 場所 7/23/2005 04:16:00 PM 2 コメント
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Sunday, July 17, 2005
Wine tasting event.
Yestarday, I went to a wine tasting event. the event holds once a month. We tastes 4,5 bottles of wine and talk, more like just chatting, about wine or the other thing. At this time, We've tasted Langue doc wines.
This one, the pic on the left, is made with Muscadet. Usually, Muscat is used to make sweet wine though, this one is less sweet than usual. it's casual and elegant. I think people would enjoy it on a picnic.
This one is red. I've got a feeling that it smells like chocolate. I like this one.
Fromage! One of participants has brought this. It's so delicious!!
投稿者 hikalu 場所 7/17/2005 01:13:00 PM 0 コメント
Monday, July 11, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Finally, I've got a digital camera!! I will take a picture time to time. At the first, I took the wine that I've sipped in the last weekend with my friends. It's sweet wine in Loire, France. the name is Pierre Bise.
.., and another lavels that I've peeled them off and pasted on a note before.
投稿者 hikalu 場所 7/09/2005 11:18:00 PM 0 コメント
Sunday, July 03, 2005
I'm gonna buy a digital camera.
I will upload some pictures soon. but Which should I get? there are lots in shop..
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Mary loved her candles, she lit them one by one until there was a warm glow lighting her small basement. The basement was her favorite room. If no one was in the house she could make as much noise down there as she wanted. No one knew about the basement. She only found it after the Astra's had been Killed in a car wreck.
The Astra's had taken her in after he parents had drove her across state lines and abandon her with only the cloths she had on. It was a painful memory she hated thinking about. Mary had been fifteen then. Now was twenty and still alone in the world but she had found her own sanitary from the cold world outside.
It was her private place with everything a girl could want. A TV with an infinite supply of naughty movies for inspiration, books as well, toys of all kinds, a bed, shower and even a chair. Mary thought it was odd that the older couple had all this stuff but she figured since they had left everything to her it wasn't her place to judge. She was just grateful that she could use make use of the space.
Mary was feeling horny and she wanted to light her fire with a candle. The day had been rough and she felt the need for some aggressive and creative imagery to release some tension and stress. "Pain and pleasure made a delightful mix. When done right it released emotional stress. mental pain and physical tension." mary thought as she walked around the room.
She picked up one tapered lit candle and brought it close to her naked breast. The wax poured down burning her tender flesh. She moaned as drop after drop fell to her body. One hit her nipple and she vocalized her pleasure and pain as she nearly came. She felt the wax tighten as it cooled over her burning skin. She looked around and found her favorite candle it was a 1 inch round, 8 inch long candle. It was placed on a stand that she had to have a step stool to stand on to mount.
Mary rubbed the unlit smooth tapered candle over her delicate clit. There was a wick on the top that teased her clit. She moved the tip lower down her lips and back up over her clit. She bit back a cry as she teased her cunt with the wick and tip of the candle.
The tip of the candle pressed into her cunt. The cool smooth candle slide inside her stretching her cunt with a cold hardness that made Mary very aware of her sex. She felt her self melt. She bent her knees and felt the candle bury deeper as she pinched her nipple with one hand and pressed on her lower belly.
She looked up at the mirror on the wall her hair was perfect long and flowed over her breast which were full. Her hair could not hide her rosy lips or hard nipples. They begged to be touched. Her hand moved up her softly round tummy to caress them. She unbend her knees and felt the emptiness the candle left. Her lips red and swollen burning to be filled.
Mary moved her hand down to her lips and opened them so she could see her clit. It was shiny red and plump she ran her finger over it and it bounced back. It stranded to be touched again. She moved the wick over her clit the stiff string felt sharp against her tender flesh but it sent a thrill of excitement through her.
Mary alternated her finger with the wick. Blunt and soft and sharp and raw, it made her burn deep inside. She moved the candle down and watched as the wick teased her virgin cunt and sunk inside her as she felt it fill her. It was erotic watching her cunt swallow the candle she kicked the step stool out from her feet and she plunged the other six inched with no warning.
Mary screamed as it filled her forcing her walls to open and her body to take it. Like it or not, Oh God help her! "I like it! Fuck me! I like it! She cried out. She made her hips rock back and forth on the candle. Her toes barely touching the floor. The cold wax heated up the longer it was inside her. Growing used to the feel of being impaled, she began to get bolder in her moves.
She began to bounce on her feet making the candle move with in her up and down as her hips moved back and forth. Her lava liquid ran down the stand as her hand played with her clit.
She watched the wanton whore in the mirror. Mary's fiery red hair glistened with sweat. Her pale skin glowed in the candle light as her lips parted. With heavy lidded eyes she watched the whore come out to play as Mary's fingers circling her clit while her other fingers pulled her lips away so she got a good look at just what she was doing to the bitch in the mirror.
She imagined what others would say about her actions. How they would watch her and masturbate. How they would want to touch her. How they would be horrified and they would call her a whore and want her punished. Whip her as she fucked her candle lover! How the whip would lick her skin as she came harder.
Mary's pussy was so hot it melted the candle . She could feel the wax soften and become flexible...limber. It was moving with her now, not as ridged as before, the candle was exploring her cunt finding all the right spots.
She envisioned the men holding her hands to their cocks as they bend her back so they could punish her. Their cocks hard and thick filling her hands. A cock rubbing over her clit and she moaned as she reached her hand down to rub her clit hard back and forth as she bent backwards and the candle pressed against her front wall sliding back and forth over her G spot and T zone. Mary felt the spasms of her climax but she didn't stop she pressed on, almost doing a back bend and fucking the candle from her back bending pose.
The blood running to Mary's head she imagined the sight she made with her cunt filled and open to the world the whip licking her flesh as a man rubbed his cock over her dripping candle filled cunt and her hands jerking off two cocks she imagined other men jerking off just watching this. She imagined the women striping and masturbating.
The candle gave with her. It was soft now, flexible, but Mary's cunt was not done playing with it. With every spasm it moved deep inside her slipping and sliding until she was writhing in orgasmic bliss. She fell to the floor her body hungry for more. She removed the useless soft candle looking for something else.
Mary reached for the cloths hanger. And laid in front of the mirror. She imagined a man bending the hanger and shoving her body to the floor penning her there then pushing the hanger inside her cunt. The hanger opened her up but she felt empty. She longed to be filled. "Insatiable Whore!" she screamed with a lustful rage at the mirror.
She reached for a small thin candle and imagined the man using the candle to tease her cunt as he explored her body with it. The wax from the candle on the table poured off unto her skin burning her nipple and tummy. Mary hissed in surprise. The candle slide in and out of her cunt touching only the deepest part of her cunt. Tapping.
She could see the whore open and empty. Her Cunt on proud display willing to be explored. She could see the shiny wet walls trying in vain to tighten and fill the aching cunt. She imagine she was the whore on display for the crowd.
"See what you did to me?" she growled at them. "I'm your bitch come fuck your whoring slut All of you Fuck me!" Mary let the filly words pour out as her cunt drenched the floor with a steady flow. The candle tapping all the right places but never the same place twice in a row. Making her anticipate the sensation all the more.
Oh how she wanted something to touch her walls all of them. Then the candle brushed Mary's left wall and she spasmed. The hanger would not let her close in around the smaller candle she felt the pooling juices inside her as the air hit her cunt. Her clit burned as she heard the wet sucking sounds her cunt made.
Mary's clit and lips were dry but her cunt was full of juice that pouring down her crack. She rubbed her needy dry clit trying in vain to make it stop pounding. It was almost painful as the stickiness made the friction more intense.
"Please Please fuck me. Stop this and fuck me." Mary said to the imaginary men. The candle moved in and out like it was making butter in her cunt. It brushed every now and then against a wall but never in a pattern she could rely on. Every once in a while the wet candle would brush her clit but just at the very tip causing spasms deep inside her.
"Please" she moaned to the basement walls as she replaced the candle with a thin vibrator and again teased her cunt. She tighten her muscles in vain trying to get a grip on the vibrator. It was torture. Pure and simple sexual torture causing spasms all over her body.
Finally she moved the cloths hanger out of her cunt and she came with a full body orgasm. Mary used a new candle one that was three inches round and five inches long she shoved it to the hilt and moaned as wave after wave washed over her. Circling her clit with the vibrator, Mary groaned as she slipped the candle out and licked it.
She peeled off the melted wax from her body and thought how ironic it was to melt and soften wax in her pussy but the burning wax that hit her body turned cold and hard. She was not satisfied she wanted more...so much more. Next time she told herself. Next time. Then Mary lit the candles that had caused her orgasms and placed them in the candle holders on the table.
Mary smelt the sex and black cherry scented candles fill the air and the words came forth. "Burn bright candle light set my lust to flight." she chanted them over and over and knew next time would be soon.
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Litigation Release No. 16964 / April 17, 2001
Accounting and Auditing Release No. 1382 / April 17, 2001
SEC v. Excal Enterprises, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 95-1583-CIV-T-23B (M.D.Fla.)
On January 17, 2001, the Commission announced settlements with the remaining three defendants in this long-standing federal court litigation. In its original complaint, the Commission alleged that Excal misled the investing public by concealing the loss of three material customers, in six quarterly, one annual and one current report on Form 8-K filed in 1991 and 1992. The alleged misconduct involved the company's failure to disclose and its materially false statements with respect to the loss of Western Auto, Winston Tire and Sears, Roebuck & Co.; falsely recording an advance payment as a sale; and falsely recording revenue for Western Auto and offsetting that revenue with falsely recorded expenses.
Without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations, the remaining defendants settled as follows: Excal Enterprises, Inc. (final judgment permanently enjoining it from violating Sections 10(b), 13(a), and 13(b)(2)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rules 10b-5, 13a-1, 13a-11, 13a-13, and 12b-20 thereunder); R. Park Newton, III (final judgment (i) permanently enjoining him from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 16(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5, 13b2-1, 13b2-2, 16a-2 and 16a-3 thereunder; (ii) ordering disgorgement of $80,000 plus prejudgment interest of $75,000; and (iii) ordering payment of a $250,000 penalty); Frederic S. Schadt (final judgment (i) permanently enjoining him from violating Sections 10(b) and 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5 and 13d-1 thereunder; (ii) ordering disgorgement of $30,305, plus prejudgment interest of $22,617; and (iii) ordering payment of a $30,305 penalty). These settlements conclude the Commission's litigation in this matter.
[See the following related releases: LR No. 14651 (September 26, 1995); In the Matter of Terry R. Kuntz and Richard J. Scheer, Admin. Proc. 3-8831, In the Matter of Richard D. Russell, Administrative Proceeding 3-8830; LR No. 16226 (July 30, 1999); In the Matter of Richard Brewer, Admin. Proc. No. 3-9943 (July 30, 1999)]http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr16964.htm


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Jayden wanted a green Lego cake. I had seen this on Pinterest as well, along with the Lego brownies. The Lego brownies only had icing on the top, but Dave wanted to coat the whole thing so it looked like Lego blocks. I have a pan that makes a few square brownies that we used for the Lego brownies. Then we cut them once to make the 1x3 and 2x3 blocks. Whenever I cut brownies they get a huge mess! So I figured using the pan that makes little squares and making one cut would be a lot less messy. I didn't want cut marks on the Lego cake stand so we put the brownies on that. Oh, if you can't tell, we used M&M's on the brownies.
And for the cake, I made a 9x13, cut off the rounded ends, maybe an inch from each end. Then cut that piece in half and stacked it. And for the top round pieces we used double stuffed Oreos.
Jayden wanted us to put some of his Lego guys on top of his cake so I grabbed a few and Dave put them on. He sort of made the Lego guy's hold the candle's.
He was a happy boy with his cake! He knew we were making a green Lego, but we didn't let him see it until it was time to blow out the candles. Happy Birthday Jayden!!!!


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The latest new Android smartphone of Oppo, Oppo A37 is officially launched in India. Oppo A37 is launched in an event which was held in Delhi. The phone has got positive reviews and it has some killer specifications also. A few years back, nobody was familiar with this company but nowadays everyone wants to buy Oppo, because of its performance and look. The phone is priced at Rs. 11, 990 in India.
The phone sports 5 inches IPS capacitive display having 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone looks beautiful just like iPhone and it's very light in weight. Oppo A 37 weighs 136 grams and it measures 143.1 x 71 x 7.7 mm. Other Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0, OTG, GPS and a 3.5 mm audio jack. Oppo A 37 sports Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Ambient light sensor.
The primary camera of this device is 8 MP while the secondary camera is of 5 MP. The phone is powered up by 64-bit quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz frequency on Snapdragon 410 chipset, having Adreno 306 graphic card support and it's coupled with 2 GB of Ram. The 5 inches IPS capacitive display of Oppo A37 is powered up by 2630 mAh battery. The internal storage of this device is of 16GB which can be expandable up to 32 GB via using the micro SD card.
Oppo A37 is a mid-budget Android phone and it will run on Android Lollipop 5.1. The main highlighted feature of Oppo A37 is its secondary camera, which is quite good as compared to other smartphones. The front selfie camera is of 5 Mp which is capable of shooting HD photos and videos, or we can say that it's perfect for taking selfie photos. Oppo A37 was rated above 6 by the officials. In stores, it will be available in two different colors i.e Gold and Rose Gold.
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This exclusive edition T-Shirt, designed by DesigndN, comes with a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity. Premium jersey, relaxed fit, 100% polyester, this unique all over print t-shirt has no white creases and does not fade after washing. Printed, cut and sewn in USA.
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Hand-drawn banana leaves, turn into a red vector illustration on vintage pattern background. From ink pen hand drawing by DesigndN. Inspired by my granny's living room.
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Lessons From The Top IT Employers
As we have talked about many times on this blog, finding and retaining IT talent has been, and for the foreseeable future will be, one of the most pressing business challenges for employers. The challenge has become so great that offering perks such as free gourmet lunches, five figure referral bonuses, and time to work on pet projects have become common place. So it is only natural that Computerworld would rank the top IT places to work.


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As its Mental Health Awareness Week, I wanted to write a post to raise awareness on the stigma surrounding Anxiety. 1/4 people will be affected by mental illness at some point in their life, so if you are not experiencing it yourself then it's more than likely that you will know someone who is. Therefore, I believe it's important to speak openly about mental health not only for those who are suffering, but to also give their friends and family a better understanding of mental illness.
"You're pathetic"
Anxiety can make the most simple everyday tasks seem almost impossible. Always be mindful because you never know what's going on inside someone else's head that could be making them struggle with something that you find really easy.
"Get over it"
If only it were that easy! The same as any physical health problem, anxiety is not something that you can control, you wouldn't tell someone with a broken leg to just get over it and get out of bed! There are lots of organisations that offer help and support to people living with mental illness, which can make it more manageable, but not just put a stop to it all together.
"You're not even trying"
On the outside, it may look like someone is not trying very hard to help themselves, but anxiety is a constant battle, which can make it difficult to do all kinds of things, like socialize and maintain strong relationships or even just to get out of bed in the morning.
"People have it worse than you"
Being privileged doesn't prevent mental illness or deny anyone the right to feel sad sometimes. Everyone has their dark days and I think it's unkind to belittle someone's emotions and make them feel insignificant.
"Stop apologising"
It's a common trait for people suffering with anxiety to find comfort in being over apologetic and polite. It's important not to get frustrated by this and do your best to reassure them that everything is okay.
"What do you have to feel stressed/anxious about?"
This confrontational attitude is not kind or helpful. You never know what's going on in someone else's life, physically or mentally, so I think it's important to respect people's personal issues and this goes for everyone!
"What you're doing isn't helping, you should try…"
This is a tricky one because depending on the situation, trying to help someone by giving them advice could be really helpful. However, in some cases, what the person is stuck doing isn't necessarily what they would ideally like to be doing. Anxiety can build barricades between a person and their hobbies and social life. In which case, it's important not to force them into doing anything they don't feel comfortable with.
"I know how you feel"
Unless you have a personal experience of an anxiety disorder/s, then I don't believe you can understand how someone who is suffering from anxiety is feeling. Everyone experiences stressful situations throughout their lives and this can lead to an anxiety disorder developing, but feeling anxious or stressed before an exam or interview is not the same as having an anxiety disorder.
If you know someone who is suffering with mental health problems or you are yourself, then please comment or contact me to share your thoughts and experiences. It's important to always remember that you are not alone and there are so many places where you can seek help if and when you feel ready.
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2 x 3 feet, taped to the garage door, so he'd be sure to see it before he left early that morning.
Image from here. Enlarged at Staples for under $5.
He loved it! And so did the kids.
So cute Sarah! I'm sure that made his day. He's a lucky guy. ;)
You are so good at giving fun Valentines! I'm going to have to file this one away for next year. Milo would love it.
Wow! Very cute and clever.
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After parties, do damage control on fete finery
The holiday soirees are just about over and come Jan. 1, hosts will have assessed all of the damage: chipped crystal and china, silver that's been chewed by ruthless garbage disposals, Grandma's heirloom napkins smeared with grease, wine-stained rugs, and furnishings scarred with scratches and water rings. Not to worry. Here are some experts who can make repairs, tell you how to do them yourself and even how to avoid making the damage any worse.
Chipped china and crystal
It seems that nothing can bring tears to the eyes of a host quite like a fresh chip in a piece of china or crystal. But Jeff Fairclough, who does repairs at Mark Harrington Glassware, says there is hope for mending some delicate pieces. To fix chipped crystal, Fairclough grinds slightly below the damage and rebevels the edges. (He warns, however, that glasses will have slightly varying heights.) For those unfortunate china nicks, he creates custom fills, then sands and, when necessary, repaints the pattern. If a piece cracks entirely, gather as many bits as possible and place them in a bag. (If you try unsuccessfully to glue the pieces together, it could potentially cause more damage and thwart a professional's ability to put them back together later.) Then there are those pieces with broken stems and handles that can be salvaged for display and for the sake of sentimentality but aren't strong enough to use again. "Sometimes a repair just won't fix," says Fairclough. "You can never restore anything to its original strength. Inside it's still a broken piece, it still has broken lines. But you can make it almost like new on the outside."
Mark Harrington Glassware, 286 Sanchez St., San Francisco. (415) 931-6809. markharrington.com.
Damaged silver
The North Carolina mega-site Replacements Ltd. has more than 324,000 china and silver patterns in its database and its 25-person research team adds hundreds of new designs each month. But if it's a mending job - and not a substitution you're looking for - the company also employs a team of silversmiths that can smooth a spoon's bowl or straighten out the spiky tines of a fork that slipped into the disposal before the switch was flicked. As long as they aren't too badly gnarled, flatware patterns can usually be restored or at least partly salvaged, says silversmith supervisor Rory Richmond. If your silver is plagued with spots or fogginess, it might be because you put pieces in the dishwasher, used a citrus detergent, failed to dry immediately or left food sitting around in pieces for too long. These are all big no-nos that require an immediate gentle polishing in a circular motion with a lint-free cloth. Afterward, hand wash with a non-citrus detergent, dry immediately and use a hairdryer to eliminate dampness from crevasses. (Never scratch or use steel wool or rough pads to rub off caked-on food or wax on candlesticks. Rather, run under hot water to loosen globs.) These experts can also hammer out dents, reset feet on coffee and teapots, and polish minor scratches. But don't put it off until you're planning the next dinner party. Richmond says it can take as long as four to six weeks to have something as minor as a loose knife blade reset.
(800) 737-5223; replacements.com.
Rug stains
The most common carpet-staining culprits that hosts are likely to face over the holiday season are stubborn red wine and greasy food spills. San Mateo's Simonian Oriental Rug & Carpet Cleaners owner Austin Reinders says before treating any liquid-y rug calamity, perform a color-bleed test. Squirt water on a small area away from the spill and lightly press with a white terry cloth. In the case of color transfer, allow a professional to remove the stain. Otherwise, if you're fortunate enough to treat the spatter immediately, gently press a dry terry cloth towel over the area to absorb as much of the liquid as possible. (If the stain involves food, pick up solids first.) Reinders says every host should be equipped with two full-size spray bottles full of water. Add one teaspoon of clear, bleach-free laundry detergent to the first bottle and one teaspoon of white vinegar to the second. Squirt the soapy mixture over the stain and dab the material. Use the contents of the second bottle as a neutralizer; otherwise failing to rinse the soap will change the spot into a dirt magnet. Stop attempts to clean the stain after two cycles and call a professional rug-cleaning company. (While additional attempts to remove the stain might work, you can damage the carpet fibers in the process.) Says Reinders, "The fresher the stain, the better the chance we have at removing it."
Simonian Oriental Rug & Carpet Cleaners, 939 N. Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo. (650) 343-0929; simonianrugs.com.
Furniture fixes
The most universal furniture faux pas that Rico Dell'Osso, owner of Cow Hollow Woodworks, encounters from resulting holiday parties are water rings, blush marks, minor scratches and broken chair legs. The former occurs when sweating cocktails or hot dishes (sans coasters or trivets) force water vapor below layers of the finish. Wipe up the mess and for satin finishes (but absolutely not glossy surfaces) use Jasco White Ring Remover (sold at hardware stores) to remove enough of the finish to expose the trapped moisture. To even out the sheen, take a bit of furniture-grade wax and gently rub it into the grain with the finest steel wool. For scratches, Dell'Osso recommends waxing and, if you have a dark finish, using a wax with color. Wrap wax in a clean T-shirt or piece of cheesecloth and apply thickly, using circular and straight strokes. Then buff lightly immediately after application using a terry-cloth towel. Wait about five minutes and continue with more vigorous buffing, increasing the pressure as you go to remove streaking. Finally, if a dinner guest leans back and blows out the legs on a chair, don't attempt to fix it with nails. Chairs are assembled with glue and in most cases this repair is best left to the experts. "Unless you are really familiar with it, whatever you do, do things that are reversible," says Dell'Osso. "You have to respect it enough to know when to stop."
Cow Hollow Woodworks, 3100 Steiner St., San Francisco; (415) 929-0218.
Soiled linens
Chances are your heirloom or vintage linens have suffered at least some form of damage from lipstick, coffee or wine this season. At this point, your instincts might tell you to make them the dry cleaner's problem, but the effective and eco-wise products and home hand-washing tips from Lindsey Wieber Boyd, co-founder of the Laundress, inspires us to do otherwise. Depending on the severity, Boyd suggests pretreating stains with an enzyme-based solution (silk can soak up to 30 minutes). If you're treating cotton and linen, you can follow by soaking overnight in a mixture of 100 percent sodium percarbonate bleach alternative (do not use the bleach alternative on silk.) Then, wash the pieces in hot water on the gentle cycle. (If your washing machine doesn't spin gently, wash linens in a mesh bag to avoid excess agitation.) Repeat the steps until the stains have been removed. Only once the spots are gone, dry the linens on low just slightly and, while damp, steam or iron. Boyd says to forget the starch, which attracts silverfish that will eat away at linens. Lastly, store linens in a breathable linen bag to prevent yellowing.
Products by New York City's the Laundress are nontoxic, biodegradable and allergen free. For information or to purchase products, call (212) 209-0074 or go to thelaundress.com.


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The Facebook Messenger Platform gives any Business the ability to have conversations with people on Messenger. Any Business can use Facebook Messenger to have more meaningful and personalized conversations if they are able to identify the Facebook user as customer who already has a customer account with your Business.
Facebook has come up with Account Linking feature that allows any Business to invite users to log-in using their own authentication flow and link with their customer account. This helps any business to provide a more secure, personalized and relevant experience to users.
Here is the Step by Step Guide on how any Business can use Facebook Messenger to link their Customer Account:
Before I can explain how to Link an Account, I'm assuming that you have an understanding of how to use Facebook messenger for conversations with the users and already have build basic FB messenger Bot linked with backend. We will be focussing only on Account linking feature and will leave it for you to explore how the FB messenger can be used for linking Business Account.
In Web-hook Permission, enable the account linking permission. Follow the below Steps:
- Login to your Facebook Developer Account.
- Go to MyApps Option and Select App with which your Facebook Messenger Bot is associated with.
- Go to Webhooks Section under Products, Edit Fields section and select permission messaging_account_
Linking Customer Account with Facebook Account
- Create a HTML or link your existing Login Page. This is your business hosted Login Page and is fully customizable by the business. Make sure the login page URL is on https else Facebook will not allow you to link the account.
- Create a Login Button for your BOT in the workflow by putting code:
"buttons":[ { "type": "account_link", "url": "https://www.example.com/
authorize" }
The "url" above is the URL of the Login Page that is referred in Step 1 above. For more information refer Facebook documentation. The above URL is called <yourAccountLinkingUrl> by Facebook documentation
- When on Facebook Messenger, FB user clicks on Login Button, the "url" defined above is invoked and
account_parameters are appended to your url. Both the parameters can be saved on the Login Page so that appropriate response can be passed to facebook after successful Login. Here is the snapshot of how the url will look like:
<yourAccountLinkingUrl> ?account_linking_token=
ACCOUNT_LINKING_TOKEN &redirect_uri=CALLBACK_URL
On Login Page, where there is business validation of successful login, at same place we need to move control to facebook by calling the redirect_uri and appending authorization_code
<redirect_uri> &authorization_code=
The authorization_code can be your customer id or any other token that helps to uniquely identify the business customer. For more details, Refer to Facebook Documentation
- As soon as successful redirect happens to FB messenger, The Webhook permission will send account linking callback to the code with following details:
- Authorization Code : This is the code that uniquely identifies the customer in your business database
- Page Scope Id : This is the unique id of a Facebook user for a particular page that will be made available till the time the account is unlinked.
- The Business app should save the Page Scope Id in your database so that when next time the same user comes we dont have to ask him to follow the Account Linking process.
- Once all the above steps are completed, Any time the same Facebook user interacts on messenger with your business Bot, you will receive the same Page Scope Id which you can match with your database and provide personalized experience to your business customers.
I hope the above guide will help you link your Facebook Bot with your business account and help personalize customer experience.
Happy Account Linking !!