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Amnesty calls for investigation into waterboarding claims
Amnesty International has called for a police investigation into allegations of torture, including waterboarding, by members of the RUC and British army in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
The allegations were broadcast in a BBC Radio Ulster documentary, Inside The Torture Chamber.
It revealed that waterboarding was used in Belfast 40 years ago by the Army.
It is also alleged that RUC detectives used waterboarding in Castlereagh police station, in Belfast.
Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland programme director of Amnesty International, called on the PSNI to launch a criminal investigation into "these serious allegations".
Waterboarding is a technique that involves a cloth being placed over a person's face and water being poured over it to simulate the effects of drowning.
'Public outcry'
Mr Corrigan said: "In the 1970s Amnesty International investigated and exposed allegations of torture by the security forces in Northern Ireland.
"Despite a public outcry and a public renunciation of torture by the prime minister of the time, it seems that sections of the security forces in Northern Ireland may have continued this criminal activity.
"Torture is a crime under national or international law. If anyone carries out a crime, they should be held accountable for that before the law. To date, no-one has been held properly accountable for such torture."
He said any senior members of the security forces who may have ordered the use of torture, and any police officers and soldiers who followed such criminal orders, must not be beyond the law.
He added: "Such human rights violations should also be subject to a wider inquiry into the past in Northern Ireland. We must learn the lessons of our painful past, including that the use of torture should forever be placed beyond the limits of acceptability for the police and armed forces."


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Discussion in 'Education' started by Annie, May 14, 2005.
I hate revisionist history.
There's more...
When people say "we do more than the others", I find it quite stupid.
alone, the anglo-US would be probably not able to win. Alone, USSR would be probably not able to win.
because the german army was divised, on the two fronts, then the job of the two allied armies was easier than if the german units would have been united on one single front.
(dont forget the French in Africa, Italy, France (of course, their contribution is not the same than the UK-US-USSR's ones, that's sure, these nations did an awesome job, for it the world will be always respectfull
PE, thanks. Not coming through with revisionists though. US bombed Hiroshima-bad.
US interred Japanese-bad.
UK/US bombed Dresden-bad.
That's from textbooks in America. Other than stopping Hitler's holocaust, there was nothing ok about our involvement in WWII.
Dresden, Hamburg : it's a bad thing, bombardments on a city, wihtout real strategic interest, it's sad, bad...and it didn't change the moral of the german population.
For Hiroshima : sure, a nuke bomb is not a joyce, but this idea was not adopted with the smile, it was the last solution, and it avoids to the USA the lose of several hundreds of thousands, probably several millions of marines. (the conquest of Japan would have been certainly an awful massacre).
The USA nuked Japan, it's awful and terrific, but the first interest of a nation during a war, is to win with the minimum of human loses.
Nope, no apologia here for Hiroshima. Nor for Dresden. War is hell and to be avoided at all REASONABLE costs:
We did do more. Accomplishment is not a function of the number of casualties.
WW2 was total war at that time. The fate of the world hung in the balance. Messy, terrible things happened. They were worth it though in the long run, unless these revisionist bastards want to be speaking German and owning black slaves.
WWII was an unnecessary war for America pushed for mainly by Anglo elites and Jews. Before our involvement, there was a huge America First movement by true nationalistic patriots like Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh who dared to say the truth --- that we should not be involved. Hitler was not a threat to the U.S., not in the slightest. He was a threat to Jews. Why so many thousands of white Christian men have had to die for them is beyond me. But it continues to this day --- just look at Iraq. But our reward for being their soliders is that they mock us on TV and in the movies as Christian buffoons.
You need to rethink your math. Hitler declared war on the US the Dec 8, 1941. We did not initiate the state of war with Germany.
Speculation of course, but had he not declared war on us, we could very-well have conducted only a single-front war in the Pacific, and/or had a much more limited involvement in Europe.
And we did not fight WWII for the Jews. The Holocaust was kept secret from the American people for attitudes such as yours. We fought first and foremost in our own defense.
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It seems that people looking for love, a partner, a confidant or a good match, seem to leave one thing out. Making the connection. With this, I mean, we tend to place all hopes on things that we imagine or would like to see happen in our love life. Problem is, we sometimes don't know what we really want even if it's staring us right there in the face.
What relationship advice can I dispense that will make people understand that we need to do a self examination of what we truly want in life as far as a mate or partner is concern? You got to know what you are after. Do you want to just sit back and do nothing and hope that the right one is going to fall in your lap? Praying may help but what if you get sent the right one that God thinks is best for you and you reject it. What then? Are you ready for second best? The decision to be with someone is ultimately yours.
Some people are trying hard to find someone. They accept the fact that they may not be able to get the ideal person that they would like but they give it a shot. People up to the age of thirty tend to take a less serious look at marriage. They are still having fun, making money, dating, building careers or other life endeavours and challenges. They will find it harder to find someone in their later years especially for women. Most women, at forty, are past their 'prime' in the eyes of men for marriage and children. The women in this group that are still looking tend to be more selective of their men as they do not like to waste any more time and effort in attaining a partner.
A reality check is what's needed where people that are searching for a partner but don't seem to know what they really want. Some may use classifieds or Internet dating websites but there's always the fact that a lot of people don't tell the truth in these things. Meeting and getting to know someone is crucial. Come to your own conclusions and don't make hasty decisions when meeting this person. It takes time. If you're comfortable and the connection has been made, give the person the benefit of the doubt and allow for time. Relationships blossom over time spent together.
If he/she is moving to fast, tell them to go at a slower pace. There may be times that you may want it to speed up but only if you both feel your connection is not lacking in communicating ones needs. Letting yourself flow in the direction of getting more involved at a deeper level is a hard move but sometimes you have to. People will eventually have to open up so that the other may be able to know you better. Be willing to give in to the person a little and not be afraid of talking to your partner about your concerns in life and the things that you are looking for. You should bring these things up to the surface earlier to avoid getting into a relationship mess later.
Those that are already having sex or some form of sexuality, like kissing and touching, have already moved to a higher plato. Here the relationship may get strained due to the fact that one partner may feel that it is just something that derives from lust rather than love. There may be concerns that the future holds no common ideals. Some fear that they may get in too deep only to find that they have wasted time and energy and the outcome is not fruitful. Fears like this may be justified but if you're not getting any younger why not take a chance. Give yourself the opportunity to find out if the person is worth your love and being. You never know what you'll get in return. Your life may just change.
Finding miss or mister right is never going to happen in reality for most. If you wish to continue to dream that the person will be coming from some magical place, then you're going to find you're only kidding yourself. Dreams are nice but reality is the truth. Can and will you search inside you're heart to make a reality check on your life up to this day? What's holding you back from progressing with the person you found? Do you compromise and accept that not only will your partner have flaws but so will you to them? Are you comfortable enough to free yourself from outside forces that hamper you from advancing in the relationship like age, work, family, education, race, background, religion and others alike? Is there a better way?
Give yourself permission to feel and be alive. Isn't it a better feeling when someone is in your life. Being older brings you wisdom and knowledge of past failed relationships. Use it. Those that have been hurt before by people that have deceived them have to still know that it may happen again but you can prepare a little better now. Your judgement of the one you're with is key to the relationship's love intensity. Accept their imperfections, their different ways, lifestyle, outlook at life and adapt as they will have to with you. My advice is, be yourself and let them be themselves and the two of you will work everything out eventually.
Bar advice. Take a look at yourself in the mirror. Stand there naked and ask yourself if you and who you're with is worth all this. When you got your answer seek that same answer in the one that you're going to be with.


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This, being day three, is when you may start to notice that I'm not doing much actual work this week. When I am actually working on an assignment for Vanity Fair, I work full time, biting my nails over the fact that I have to quit for the day at 6, when the baby sitter turns into a pumpkin, and when Important Sources in Washington are just starting to return phone calls. I'm never their first call-back, since I don't work for one of the daily papers or networks that incite their most Pavlovian responses; but they do call back fairly promptly (could this have anything to do with their wanting to bring their wives to Vanity Fair's annual party after the White House Correspondents' dinner?)–as long as I lie to their assistants and say my deadline is three days away. Usually my deadline is four weeks away, but if you tell them this, you go into an oubliette so deep that it will take three more calls just to get their assistants to take the caps off their pens when you try to leave a message.
But in between assignments, which is where I am right now, I have a blissful freedom to see to all the tedious household chores: returning a package to eToys, which was supposed to be Aunt Patsy's Christmas present for Willie (inside was a cheerful box with a card that read, "Merry Christmas, Jasmine and Jandria"). Collecting the forgotten bedspread from the dry cleaner. Forgetting to return videos. Buying small bribes with which to purchase silence when we take the kids on a 5 hour plane trip Thursday. (A nosegay to the person who invented stick-on earrings for little girls.) Normally I feel sheepish that I haven't instead used my freedom to write the great American novel or something (my problem: I love situation and character, can't fathom plot), or at least write back to all the friends who sent me Christmas cards. But I'm setting the bar very low, just now, because without lifting a finger I'm performing what will be the most important feat of my year: not smoking.
I started smoking again last spring, after more than a decade of abstinence, while my mother was dying. It was an artifact of grief, I knew, a misbegotten effort to hang on to her. Among my most vivid pictures of Beverly is her at the high wheel of one of the big cars she favored (she was into SUVs way before they were cool), posture perfect, with a cigarette aloft in her left hand; my mother smoked a Carlton the way others take high tea. So I inherited, among other things, her car and her habit. But I knew I'd have to give it up again, and so I quit on New Year's Day. Which puts me, now, at almost three weeks of abstinence.
I'm using the patch–a miracle drug. The real miracle, though, is the way the world has changed since 1987, the last time I gave up smoking. I smoked for 10 years under the old dispensation (when you could light up almost anywhere) and 10 months under the new one (when you could light up almost nowhere). And it's an amazing difference. For one thing, I just couldn't smoke as much this time as I did last time; there weren't enough places to do it. For another, it's hard not to notice you're doing something stupid when none of your friends will let you do it in their living rooms. It's a testament to the curative powers of social opprobrium. The anti-smoking movement's success is so complete that, looking back, it's almost impossible to believe that smokers felt as entitled as we did. Can it really be true that we smoked on airplanes? In hospitals? I remember with dismay how, when I went to work on the National Desk of the Washington Post in 1986, a co-worker and I merrily befouled the air around the seven or eight other editors who practically sat in our laps (they don't call it a Desk for nothing). One of them was even allergic, and the grand concession we two smokers made was to move our overflowing ashtrays to the sides of our terminals farthest away from her.
Wherever you are, Alison, my apologies.


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Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a crucial tool for the Center, which works closely with the diesel engine industry and requires increasingly accurate ways to measure fluid flow to improve performance and reduce emissions. There are twenty CFD engineers working at VTT Processes on various applications, many of whom use the powerful CFD solver, STAR-CD from the CD adapco Group.
In the past, a lack of real experimental data has hampered attempts to make significant improvements in atomization and droplet break up. However, recent advances, both in the gathering of experimental data and also in simulation techniques, are beginning to have an impact for researchers like Kaario.
When we are talking about diesel engines, it is fundamentally important to predict the break up process of the sprays correctly, because of the impact this has on the performance of the engine, says Kaario. When the droplets are broken up into smaller parts, the surface area of the drops increases and this has a big effect on evaporation and the subsequent mixing of the fuel. This in turn affects the combustion of the fuel. So in order to have any kind of accuracy and reliability in the simulations, we have to have the best possible droplet break up model.
Reducing emissions is the ultimate goal for the researchers at VTT Processes and with diesel engines the problem is soot emissions. Currently, our understanding of the best way to reduce soot emissions is to increase the injection pressure and reduce the diameter of the nozzle hole, explains Kaario. Pushing the same amount of fuel through a smaller hole creates potential problems from a design point of view, and this is where accurate CFD simulations can really come into their own. The emissions are generally produced after the spray has evaporated, and we use other models to show how the soot and NOx [nitrogen oxide] form, but without an accurate break up model our predictions for these emissions lack a degree of authority.
For Kaario and his team, the benefits of simulation go beyond the usual cost and time savings, as he explains: Real experiments are extremely important, and Im sure they always will be, but if you just do experiments you dont get such a good understanding of the processes. Combination of measurements and simulation is the key.
For example, even if we dont have accurate enough models to say that we have this exact amount of soot from the cylinder, we get a good understanding of the processes involved we really understand more about what is happening and why. If you just do experiments the results will be very accurate, but you wont know why. That is the difference.
Several mathematical models exist to calculate the break up of liquid fuel jets. The break up criterion is determined by linear drop deformation dynamics and the associated drop break up condition. Break up occurs when the normalized drop distortion exceeds a critical value.
Kaario has been working with the father of the Enhanced Taylor Analogy Break up model (ETAB), Franz Tanner, from the Michigan Technological University. The TAB model was the first model used for describing the droplet break up when it is injected into high pressure diesel systems, explains Kaario. This had its limitations, so Tanner created the enhanced version. Tanner and I spent the best part of a year in Michigan implementing his model into STAR-CD.
Working with the ETAB model within a 3D simulated environment gives us much greater analysis capability, he continues. Using STAR-CD, we are able to solve the whole problem. So we can say that, for example, at this particular point in the cylinder, this is the temperature, pressure, emissions and so on.
As well as ETAB, VTT has also been working with the WAVE model. This has been implemented into STAR-CD and VTT is working with both models to create the optimum break up simulation. The WAVE model currently in STAR-CD is one of the first versions, explains Kaario. But Professor Martti Larmi at the Helsinki University of Technology another of our research partners has implemented one of the latest versions of WAVE into STAR-CD with impressive results. Between WAVE and ETAB we are now at the cutting edge of spray modeling.
Having created an accurate break up model, it is then possible to begin optimizing diesel engine design. The simulation model is tuned to an existing engine, which can be modified to test different designs, by varying the cylinder geometry or the injection parameters.
Satisfied that the results from STAR-CD have reached an impressive level of accuracy, Kaario is now beginning to focus his attention on creating a complete combustion model. He will use the results from his spray modeling to model the subsequent combustion of the fuel within the diesel engine. Once you are up and running with STAR-CD, you can do almost anything, he says. Because we can implement new models into it, there are no limits what we can achieve.
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Analects 1.6, and how Confucius envisioned moral progress
Confucius' remark at Analects 1.6 is often cited to show that he thought proper moral development begins with filial piety and then extends that attitude to ever-larger groups of people (ever less intensely). I shall argue that the remark does not display such a view. Confucius did not in general envision moral progress as extension.
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2. Relevant Provisions:
Following are the relevant provisions of P.P.C regarding the concerned topic.
Section 378 and 379 for theft
Section 383 and 379 for Extortion
3. Theft U/Sec 378:
Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any moveable property out of the possession of any person without that person 's consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft.
(i) Ingredients Of Theft:
In order to constitute theft, following factors are essential.
(i) Dishonest intention to take property
(ii) Property must be moveable
(iii) That should be in possession of other person
(iv) There must be removal or moving of that property
(v) Without consent of the owner
(Explanation of these ingredients have been give in the question difference between theft and criminal breath of trust)
(II) punishment U/Sec 379:
Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to there years or with fine or both.
Case Law
It was held that person found guilty of offence of theft u/s 397 can not Simultaneously be convicted u/s 411 of P.P.C
4. Extortion U/sec 383:
Whoever intentionally puts any person in fear of any injury to that person or to any other and thereby dishonestly induces the person so put deliver to any person any property or valuable security or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into a valuable security,commits extortion.
(I) Ingredients:
Following are the ingredients of extortion
(i) Fear of Injury
There must be intentionally putting a person in fear of injury to himself or another. Injury implies illegal harm, and it maybe of any kind.
'A' threatens 'B' that he will keep 'A's child in wrongful confinement unless 'A' gives him certain amount of money. 'A' has committedextortion.
(ii) Dishonest Inducement:
The element of dishonesty is the essence of the offence of extortion. There can be no extortion unless a person is by threat of injury dishonestly induces to security, or anything signed or sealed which may be converted into valuable security.
'A' by putting ;Z' in fear of grevious hurt, dishonestly induces 'Z' to sing or affix his seal to a bland paper and deliver it to 'A'. 'Z' sings and delivers the paper to 'A' Here as the paper so signed may be converted into a valuable security 'A' has committedextortion.
a. To Any Person:
It is not necessary that the threat should be used and the property received by one and the same individual. A threat may be made by some and the property received by other persons, and they all will be guilty ofextortion.
(II) Punishment U/Sec 384:
Whoever commits extortion shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.
5. Difference Between Theft And Extortion:
(I) As To Consent:
In extortion, consent is obtained by putting the person in possession of property in fear of property in fear of injury to himself or any other person.
In theft, the offender's intention is to take the property without the owner's consent.
There is no element of force in theft.
In Extortion , both moveable and immoveable property may be the subject of the offence. In theft it is limited only to moveable property.
(III) Element Of Force:
There is element of force in the offence of extortion as the property is obtained by putting a person in fear of injury to that person or any other.
There is no element of force in theft.
(IV) Scope:
Extortion is wider in scope as it coved any kind of property, valuable security or anything that may be converted into valuable security.
Theft covers only the cases of moveable property.
(V) Taking Of Property:
In extortion, threat may be by one person and the property may be received by anther person.
In theft, property must be move by person in order to such taking.
(VI) Effect:
In extortion, the property is delivered.
In theft, there is dishonest removal of property.
6. Conclusion:
To Conclude, I can say, that the offence of theft and extortion are offence against property. Extortion is the offence which occupies a middle place between theft and robbery as the element of force is present in this offence, which is missing in the offence of theft.
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I've had two people now put the preliminary data after the research plan. It doesn't make sense to prove feasibility afterward, IMO/E.
— M. S. AtKisson (@iGrrrl) November 6, 2015
In the golden days of yore, when the research plan stretched to 25 pages, the Preliminary Data had a specific place. You created a header and put it inbetween the Background and the Research Plan.
In the latest version of the NIH application there is no explicit place and the headers more or less match the review criteria- Significance, Innovation and Research Strategy (which maps to Approach).
I had heard of people who sprinkled their Preliminary Data figures all across the app even in the old days but I can't remember ever trying it. With the new application, however, it just made sense to me.
Some figures are Background/Significance and some figures are really just showing technical ability for that tricky assay used in Aim 3. Some speak directly to the Innovation.
So I spread the figures around when I think they do the most good.
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Urban farms are all the rage nowadays. Cities across North America have been incorporating them into the cityscape to fill the void left behind by shuttered industry, or abandoned housing. While the benefits seem to have been fully vetted, is there a risk to allowing urban farms to grow too large? More from Grist:
More than a few environmentalists have argued that urban farms must remain small or risk suburbanizing the city. One of the most prominent is Kaid Benfield, a smart-growth guru with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Benfield worries that urban farming, if practiced on a large scale, will dilute the walkability and density that defines cities.
"I support the growing of food in cities, and have even done it myself," Benfield cautions. But it should be done in ways that support urbanism and not displace it…I'm not sure we're talking about a city any more if we're going to have fields of 20 acres and more." By seeding large farms in the city, he says, "we risk locking in long-term environmental problems in terms of not having a healthy urban core. Central cities are starting to revive."
One problem is that most of the best para-urban land (or land just outside cities) — which was once seen as ideal for growing food without huge transportation costs — has already been swallowed up by suburban development.
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Almost 3,000 convicts are released from prison each month in South Africa and rejected by society. The past cannot define the future as communities try to support ex-convicts released back into society. In many instances, society rejects convicts forcing ex-convicts to go back to prison.
The conditions of South African prisons are appalling, dirty, unhygienic, overcrowded and ruled by gangs. Criminals placed into the prisons have little or no chance of rehabilitation. Gangs operating within the prison structures affect people who want to rehabilitate. The trauma of spending months and even years in South African prison does not disappear when the inmate is released back into society. The rehabilitation during jail time is not sufficient to escape the harm experienced within the prisons. Gang leaders within the prison walls operate in conjunction with criminals on the outside, thereby ensuring crime continues as forceful as before. Often there is no hope of leading a crime free life upon parole.
There are rehabilitation programs providing support and therapy for prison convicts both within prisons and in society. The change must come from within and choices need to be made. Prisoners are encouraged to have a positive attitude toward life, attend rehabilitation and stay away from crime. The optimistic approach of criminals leaving prison soon dwindles away as rejection by society becomes a reality of a harsh world for most.
Offering support for prison convicts becomes nearly impossible with residents preferring not become involved. The obstinate attitude of society often leads to the prisoners entering the criminal surrounds in an attempt to survive. Drugs are often a cause of repeated crime by ex convicts.
South Africa is a racial stereotype country and goodwill within communities' lack trust. The rise of crime does not help prison convicts to enter society and live an ordinary life. Prison convicts often meet with rejection from companies when seeking employment and this demoralizing impression forces most to return to crime. The high unemployment levels within South Africa is another factor in convicts' inability to find work.
The stigma attached to ex-convicts is a major problem causing rejection from society. Prison convicts often believe that the rehabilitation received does not lead to an active role in society. Community organization can assist former prisoners through spiritual guidance and skills development. By doing so, they would be raising hope of leading a life without crime for ex-convicts. Trust is often the cause of failure within communities dealing with former inmates. The tarnished reputation of prison convicts leaves little hope for the future.
The reintegration into society for prison convicts is difficult. In South Africa, many people believe that offenders should not be allowed early parole and struggle with forgiveness. The eye-for-an-eye mentality indeed exists in South African communities. Prison prisoners serve time in prisons and overcoming the public's judgmental perception is often the most difficult trauma for ex-convicts to bear. Rejected by society after serving a prison sentence in South Africa for crimes committed is often a harsh criticism for prison convicts to understand.
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Fathers day is coming up (Sunday, 19th June for those of you who might forget ha!) so I thought I would throw a list together of gift ideas for your dad. Often it's nice to just get a card and take him out for dinner… but sometimes it is fun to get something he can unwrap, that makes him feel extra special!
Here are a few ideas, that hopefully you can get some inspiration from:
I know my dad loves his coffee. So if he didn't already have one, a coffee machine would make a great gift. They can be a bit pricey depending on which you get, so might be good to get as a joint present between you and a sibling. If he already has a coffee machine get him a supply of his favourite capsules / granules & a nice pot or unit to display them in? You can find more affordable ones HERE or HERE.
I bought my dad one of these and he loved it. A proper mans toy. I think they really are big kids at heart!! It is a good bit of fun and something a bit different, plus the mini ones are pretty good value! You can get a basic one like this HERE or one with a small camera, HERE.
This can sound a bit cheesy, but a nice home ornament can be a great gift. It is something that will sit on the side and remind him of his loving children every time he sees it! My dad is an Air Traffic Controller, and I saw this little handmade metal plane when I was abroad and thought it would make a lovely gift unique to him. It has a retro / shabby sheek feel to it and it has been sat on the windowsill ever since! See example HERE. And if planes / cars aren't his thing, how about a couple of classy garden gnomes!? HERE.
Sometimes you can forget that experiences and creating memories can be just as great as a wrapped gift. A brewery tour is a good one (example HERE) or a history of London drinking tour (HERE), a car driving experience (HERE), or a table tennis masterclass for one?! (HERE). This obviously completely depends on what he is interested in, but there's tons of options!
It is the perfect time of year to buy your dad something BBQ related, dads love to be out in the garden in charge of the burgers during summer. I thought BBQ spice kits were a good idea, examples HERE & HERE and so were these personalised BBQ tools, HERE.
I thought the idea of a scratch map was great, especially if your dad is a keen traveler like mine. It is a great way for him to see all of the places he has visited and he can 'tick them off' in a cool / unique way. This would also work great framed and up on the wall. See HERE & smaller / travel size version HERE.
If he loves his beer, then give him a challenge to make his own!! Could be a bit of fun!? See HERE.
If he has a favourite series, get him a themed board game. It becomes an excuse to spend some family time together too. How about this Game Of Thrones themed Monopoly? HERE. If he doesn't have a favourite board game, how about this pub quiz themed game, with generic trivia! HERE.
If he likes the outdoors, walking, camping etc, a pen knife might be useful HERE or (a cutlery version!!) HERE. How about a nice flask for taking out and about HERE. Men tend to love practical and fun little gifts they might not usually buy themselves.
Finally, best of all… something homemade. This is a personal and thoughtful way to show you care! For example, whip up a batch of cookies and pop them in a homemade / decorated box. Or my salted caramel shortbreads, see recipe HERE. Or perhaps a collage of your favourite family pictures? Homemade vouchers to clean the car? You can be creative with this one!
So hopefully there are a few here you can get ideas from! Obviously every dad is different, so it is best to get something personal to him.
If you are looking for a good website, with even more inspiration, check out Not On The Highstreet it is my favourite. It even has a specific fathers day section for browsing.
I hope this post was useful!


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This blog is a record for our coven to keep track of our doings, but also an opprtunity to express our creativity through writing if we feel the need. Because we maintain a semi-active looking blog (well I did say semi!) we get a lot of people finding our site who live in WA, seeking teachers, circles and points of contact for those who are interested in pagan spirituality, Wicca, and witchcraft in the Perth area.
We found that opening our close-knit group to seekers doesn't work for us. A coven is like a family and as such we are not really 'open for business'. This is true of many covens in Perth (and yes, they are out there!) so we understand that for a seeker, it can be very difficult or even frustrating to find a group or even an event where they can connect with like minded individuals.
Here are a few contacts and links to help get you started in the pagan community in WA and a little information about them:
–Combined Covens Social Club – this group runs a couple of events a year which can provide a good opportunity to meet like minded souls. A particular highlight is the Fete day at Spring Camp where a lot of witches, pagans, occult workers and pagan-friendlies come out of the 'woodwork' and can be seen soaking up the atmosphere. These events are usually held on the long weekend of the Queen's Birthday public holiday.
–theCollective – the aim of this initiative is to connect all pagans in WA and provide a point of contact and a network. They now release a New Moon Newsletter filled with all the current events and articles for local pagans. This is an amazing resource and if you're looking for general public events of all description this is the place to get your info.
– Pagans in the Park WA – enough said really, this is a new initiative but is a promising pledge to start up a regular gathering similar to ones held in other parts of the world.
– Pagans in the Pub Perth – this is a long running event where a few people gather for a few drinks and a chat. They meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Durty Nelly's, on Shafto Lane. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.
–WA's social group for Witches, Wiccans and pagans alike – this is a FB group that while not particularly active, you are bound to find information about upcoming events and other things and get any questions you might have answered.
Perth pagans mostly keep to themselves and you will find the scene mostly apolitical and there are no 'loud voices' which can make it seem fairly quiet. There is a lot bubbling beneath the surface though and plenty of nice people to make you feel welcome. We are reluctant to list covens as most are fairly private but if you dig, you will find them… or they will find you!
There is also nothing wrong with starting your own discussion group or book club. Be prepared to travel to meet like-minded souls. Our coven members are scattered between Mandurah and Midland. You will not find a coven lurking in its entirity in a suburb, waiting for you to join.
Take care on your journey.


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Alan: Welcome to American Dreams right here on AM 1220 KDOW. We got a great show coming up today, on the first segment we'll be having Arlen Olsen, he's a patent attorney. We're going to talk about patent law and why you should be thinking about patenting your products if you're in a startup company or if you're an inventor. The second segment we'll devote to a corporate governance we have an attorney with Rimon Law Group coming on, Douglas Park, he teaches strategy at Stanford University. Dr. Park is a Harvard Law graduate and devotes his time to helping companies with their corporate governance and strategies. So with that, Arlen Olsen welcome to today's show.
Arlen: Thank you Alan.
Alan: Now you're a patent attorney and tell me exactly at what point in time should somebody come and seek you out.
Arlen: The best time to do it is before you disclosed your idea or your invention to third parties. Right now we're in a hurry up type situation for patenting inventions on March 16, the AIA or American Invent Act pasted which converted us to first to file type system. So it's important to get to the patent attorney right away you may have a great idea but there may be somebody else out there that already has that idea that has it patented and you may be stepping on other people's territory. Going to patent attorney early on also helps with your investment capital getting a patent portfolio set up helps you attract investors. We just recently had multimillion dollar injection of capital based upon patent portfolio that we issued.
Alan: Now if you have a patent in process at what point in time does the patent belong to you.
Arlen: Well the patent belongs to you as soon as you file it. You can file an assignment on a pending patent but you can't actually go out and enforce it, is not a property right granted to by the government until the patent actually issues. So you do not have an enforceable document until that point in time.
Alan: So what does it take to get an enforceable document? Walk me through the process for patent. I heard a lot of people and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley say the technology changes so quickly why bother getting a patent because 18 months down the road this technology will be useless.
Arlen: Right, well the process is the first step you would take is to do a patent search to determine whether or not somebody else out there has had or patented the invention of the second step is once you come up with a patentability opinion by your attorney who's done his search then you would actually prepare a patent application. There's a couple ways others couple ways that you can do it, first as you could file a provisional application which is a really quick and dirty way to get your patent on record with the patent office. This is becoming more popular these days because of the first to file rules. You want to get your patent in very very quickly and when you file your professional than the next step is to file what's called a non-provisional patent, you have a year to file your non-provisional. If you sit back and wait and you just let the technology move ahead of you, you could be in a situation or somebody else files the technology first the patent first and then you're an infringement suit. So at the very least you should get a provisional patent or some patent on file with the patent office to put your marker in place that stakes your claim in the ground that this is my property right.
Alan: How do you advise clients, the entrepreneurs? Once you get patent and what's the next step?
Arlen: Once you get a patent the next step would be to, it depends on where you're at and what type of business model you have if you're trying to seek investment capital you would use your patent in your business plan to seek your investment capital you could use your patent as a defensive measure so that it would block other people from entering into your patent landscape or you could use your patent offensively of late to go after other people, to stop other people from infringing on your technology.
Alan: You know there was something in the past called patent trolls, do they still exist today?
Arlen: Oh yes, there are very live today.
Alan: And what is a patent troll?
Arlen: The first patent troll that I'm aware of is a guy named Jerome Lemelson, he filed his patents back in the 1950's and he never actually practice his patents. A troll doesn't practice their invention, they just use a patent to go out and sue other people and to get licensing value out of it. So the laws have changed drastically since the 1950's when Mr. Lemelson got his first patent. He made millions and millions off of it, he came up with ideas such as optical scanning in robotic production, he came up with ideas in Velcro, he had ideas in just a wide variety of things- early semiconductor processing. He would get these patents and go after companies and sue them and then about 10-15 years it became very popular for companies to go out and buy a patent portfolios and sue infringers and this became very difficult on the venture capitalists, people that were investing in startups it became very tentative, you have cases like the Rim case, the Blackberry case that were sued for hundreds of millions of dollars and right now with the with the new laws coming down, they are changing that, they're trying to get away from patent trolls being able to take advantage of the system. In a lot of foreign countries they require inventors to actually work their patents before they can gain benefit from it.
Alan: It's interesting that you brought foreign countries up, because if I have a patent in the US, is it enforceable in another country?
Arlen: No.
Alan: How do you help to protect that technology for your clients? You just got a US patent issued, how do you enforce a patent internationally?
Arlen: Well I think the best step is if you don't know what your foreign markets are, is to file what's called the PCT application patent cooperation treaty application, and that gives you time delay between 30 to 31 months before you have to file your foreign patents is really not an enforceable document, but it gives you the time that it takes to see if your markets are viable in foreign countries. Most developed companies actually know where their markets are and they have a list of foreign countries that they want the file it, so they can going directly, but for startup I'd recommend filing a PCT application.
Alan: And where does the PCT application go to?
Arlen: It's actually administered by a section of the United Nations called the world intellectual property organization, and that's out of Switzerland, but they also have receiving offices throughout the world. So you could file in any receiving office in the world of for example US has one, Europe has one, Japan is one, Korea has one, China and if you want to get your search done in a foreign country you can also designate search. So if your technology is really hot in Europe or Japan, you may want to designate those is your countries to do their search, but the actual place of the PCT's received depends on where you file it in your receiving office typically in the US you would file in the US receiving office.
Alan: You know all the patent still are issued by the same agency in the US, and the patent office is out of Washington DC?
Arlen: Correct.
Alan: So if I want to expedite a patent, is there a process to do that?
Arlen: Yes, there are certain rules that govern the expedition of patents for example last year we had a company that that was a startup that needed to get their patent issued very quickly to get venture capital and they were green tech company and there are petitions that you can file to expedite patents if it has an environmental value to the country. And so we're able to issue these patents very quickly. If you're an older inventor, 65 years or older, you can get your patents quicker, if you have health issues you can get patents are quicker, if the patent is potentially in litigation there's wasted minutes are quicker. There's a lot of different ways that you can get your patents through quicker and you should be aware of this especially, especially if you're a startup and you need to get patent protection quicker. The average patent takes about 18 months before it issues.
Alan: Arlen, I understand that you used to be a patent attorney also.
Arlen: Yes.
Alan: What was it like working on the other side?
Arlen: It's actually fascinating but you don't actually get to be hands-on with the real invention, you don't get to actually see it. You just have a piece of paper coming, but you get to see a lot of different inventions coming through quickly. When you're an examiner you're assigned to a specific area or technology and I worked in things dealing with earth and hydraulic engineering, so I would do these wave pools that they do in an amusement park, scuba diving equipment, tunneling machines, snow removal equipment, lot of different areas. You're specialized in an area and you get to meet a lot of really neat people is an exam.
Alan: I understand you also are a collector of unusual patents, can we talk about that?
Arlen: There are quite a few funny patents out there. There's a patent on a method for walking a snake with the stick, there's also ones that are kind of crazy there is a device out there that you would put onto a carburetor that would save gas based upon the phases of the moon. Now the patent office found out about this particular invention and they went through and did what's called a re-examination and invalidated the entire patent because it just didn't work on basic scientific principles. In Japan they are patents on making square watermelons and also making a baby suit that has a mop head attached to it so as the baby crawls across the floor it actually mops up your floor and cleans your florets of dual-purpose invention, great for young mothers and who don't want to clean the floor and yet their kids get around a lot, it's a great idea-
Alan: When do we get to see that in the US?
Arlen: You may be able to get it now, I'm not sure if it's on the market or not. They also have crazy inventions on toasters that will make the face of Winnie the Pooh on your toast when you out when you burn the toast, there's a rock paper scissors card game that you can get, and then there's this very unusual out of the ordinary crazy invention like a greenhouse helmet where you would run with the helmet over your head that has little cactus plants inside of it that create oxygen so you can breathe better.
Alan: Arlen how does a person contact you?
Arlen: My website is www.IPLAWUSA.com and my phone number is 518-220-1850.
Alan: Arlen Olsen, patent attorney with Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts. Arlen we appreciate you being on today's show.
Arlen: Thank you very much.
Alan: We'll be right back after these messages
About Arlen Olsen
Arlen Olsen has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of intellectual law, including infringement litigation and appeals, transfer and enforcement, patent and trademark prosecution including oppositions, cancellations, interferences, reexaminations and other post grant proceedings. Mr. Olsen is a founding Partner of Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP and a former United States Patent Examiner. Additional activities include teaching seminars and appearing as a guest lecturer on intellectual property matters for corporations and educational institutions and evaluating and consulting with clients regarding the scope, enforcement and protection of intellectual property rights. Named one of the top attorneys in business services (Intellectual Property) in the July/August 2010 Corporate Counsel Edition of Super Lawyers magazine and an AV rated attorney by his peers in Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Olsen has been an adjunct professor of law at Albany Law School since 2005 where he teaches Patent Prosecution and Claim Drafting. Mr. Olsen graduated from George Mason University Law School in 1993 with distinction in Intellectual Property Law.


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AAP's answer to Punjab-Haryana water row: Sharda Yamuna canal
Whichever party comes to power in Punjab, the issue of sharing river water and particularly that of the construction of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal will be one of the most contentious issues to deal with.
The issue has been gaining momentum by the day with the Supreme Court having reportedly indicated that the canal will become a reality and the matter also gradually taking a centre stage in Haryana politics.
It is amid this scenario that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is riding high on its hopes of forming the next government in Punjab, has thrown in the spanner with their opinion that the Centre should commit before the Supreme Court that it will construct the Sharda Yamuna Link canal to address the water requirements in Haryana.
Senior party leader HS Phoolka said that the plan for this link was made under the project of interlinking of rivers in 2002. He added that under this project, a canal would be dug from Champawat district in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand and be merged in to the Yamuna River near Karnal in Haryana.
Phoolka claimed that the project was found to be feasible in the studies carried out and even the Supreme Court had told the central government to construct the canal as the excessive water was causing floods in Uttarakhand and can instead be redirected and used in Haryana.
"Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal must talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ask his alliance partner to construct the Sharda-Yamuna Link canal so that the unnecessary conflict between two states (Punjab and Haryana) can be solved. The Centre must stop this step-motherly treatment towards Punjab," Phoolka said while pointing out that the political inability and lack of will of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) –BJP combine and the Congress had created a tussle between Punjab and Haryana.
Phoolka said that the 1976 order on the construction of the SYL canal from Punjab to Haryana needs to be withdrawn by the Centre to solve the issue.
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A study published in the Indian Journal of Applied Research in February 2015 by Anjali Verma and Dr Narendra Kumar says that the Sharda Yamuna Link project is one of the proposed links of the Himalayan part of the National Perspective Plan (NPP). This link is proposed to transfer surplus water from Sharda to the deficit Yamuna and shall be helpful in dealing with the flood and drought situations in India. The proposed link canal will take water from the Sharda river which is near Tanakpur town of Champawat district of Uttarakhand and transfer it to the Yamuna near Kairana village of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
This proposed link will transverse through Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh fulfilling the water needs of the command areas and the areas en route – covering Champawat, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar and Haridwar districts in Uttarakhand along with Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The command areas include Udham Singh Nagar Uttarakhand and Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Bijnor, Rampur, Bareilly and Badaun districts in Uttar Pradesh.
The study said that thereafter the flow of water will be towards the western parts of India and this link will also fulfill the water demands of other drought-prone regions of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
The study pointed out that before joining the Yamuna, the link canal will cross important rivers like Sharda, Kosi, Ramganga and Ganga during its journey and hence four barrages namely Sharda, Kosi, Ramganga, Ganga are also proposed on these rivers to control flood.
This study also said that this project is being considered for the transfer of 11,680 million cubic meters (Mm3) surplus water. The length of this proposed link canal is 384 km and full supply depth is 7.8 metres.
But is it really viable?
But there have been many questions raised about the proposed plan becoming a reality. "How they will succeed in bringing the river waters right from one end of Uttarakhand to Haryana across Uttar Pradesh simply baffles me. When there are so many problems in water being brought from Punjab to neighbouring Haryana, I wonder how this will be achieved?" asked a senior media person who has been covering Uttarakhand right from its inception.
He also questioned the premise for this project that surplus of Sharda will be transferred to the Yamuna. "Since both these rivers have their source in the same Himalayas, isn't it obvious that when one is flooding the other will also be in the similar condition,?" he asked.
Renowned social activist who has been a part of several movements to save Uttarakhand's water resources, Dr Anil Joshi, told Catch, "Such a plan is a recipe for disaster. To execute it you will be making a new route for the river channel. One needs to understand that it is futile to tamper with nature. The river never followed such a route on its own. There is a need for the policy makers to understand this."
He pointed to the problems that have erupted on account of the Indira Canal being taken to the Jodhpur area in Rajasthan. He said the planners did not take into account the underground geology and the rock structure. As a result the water table of the canal shot up and what followed was the menace of mosquitoes and other related problems.
Observers feel that whether it is the SYL construction in Punjab or the Sharda Yamuna Link channel, the issues also have a political dimension and somewhere there is politics involved at every level. There is a point of view that AAP is trying to throw the matter of the Punjab-Haryana dispute into the Centre's court.
When asked whether the four AAP MPs from Punjab would raise the matter in the Parliament, Phoolka said that the main issue right now besides simply raking it up in Parliament is that the Centre should go the Supreme Court and agree to the construction of Sharda Yamuna Link canal.
State issues
Meanwhile, the issue of getting its share of water continues to be raised in Haryana. In his address on the opening day of the Budget Session of the state Assembly Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki said that concerted efforts made by his government had resulted in a favourable verdict from the Supreme Court on the Presidential Reference, which has paved the way for initiation of the long-pending construction work on the remaining portion of the SYL Canal.
He further said that it was heartening to see that on 28 November 2016, an all-party delegation from Haryana submitted a memorandum to the President of India, seeking his intervention to ensure that 'our rightful and legitimate share in surplus Ravi-Beas waters' was allowed to reach their parched lands and thirsty villages.
"My government will earnestly keep pursuing the matter and shall do its best to protect the interests of the hard working and law abiding people of our state who have full faith in our Constitution and the judiciary," Solanki added.
On the other hand, Punjab Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh has warned of a serious law and order problem in the old Naxalite and Khalistani belt of southern Punjab if the SYL canal construction is completed without taking the ground realities into account.
While airing due deference and respect to the Supreme Court, Amarinder said its directive on the SYL completion before going into the question of availability of water amounted to putting the cart before the horse.
He also pointed to the huge infrastructural cost involved in the canal construction, which would all come to nought if there is no water found subsequently to share with the neighbouring states.
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At the grocery store I was tempted to buy some Selbu Blå (blue cheese from the village of Selbu, not far from Trondheim), and to eat with the cheese I also bought some salted biscuits. Then I can never have spaghetti without a green salad, today's one was made with a mixture of three different types; ruccola, heart and lollo (I don't know if these names are also what you call them in English though)
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Leaving Christmas behind.
We have finally finished the last bits of turkey and all the other left overs from Christmas, and it si time to do some serious planning about what to eat for dinner again. As I have told you before we eat dinner quite early in Norway, as soon as possible after we are home from work. I drove to work today (usually I take the bus) and on my way home I picked up my husband. We stopped to grocery shop together, and when we came home he drove along to pick up Marta from handball practice while I started to prepare dinner. We have not had any spaghetti during the holidays, so that's what I wanted to make today. I bought the wholegrain type, just to feel healthier, and to go with the spahgetti I braised leek, cellery and some typical thick Norwegian "middagspølse" - dinner sausage.
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It all looks sooo good! I love pasta dishes. Your salad is very picturesque.
Maybe ruccola is arugula?
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Miss Greek IU 2018
Sunday, April 8th, 2018 7:00PM
The Miss Greek IU Pageant is Delta Chi - Indiana Chapter's philanthropy event which raises funds for The V Foundation for cancer research and each contestant's chapter philanthropy.
This philanthropic pageant strives to showcase the wonderful women of Indiana University's strong Greek Community, so come support your favorite Indiana Greek woman and donate to the amazing charities associated with the event.
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The history of Owens Companies is an interesting one. In 1957, Bob Owens was appointed the District Manager of the Twin Cities office of the Trane Company. With the acceleration of installations of large tonnage chillers, the need for a service organization to provide warranty, preventive maintenance, and repair service on these chillers became apparent. Owens Service Company was founded.
The company developed some of the first preventive and predictive maintenance programs in the industry, including the concept of laboratory oil analysis, after learning of its use in the airline industry.
Owens continued the association with the Trane Company until 1973 when Bob Owens decided they could better serve the marketplace as an independent contractor. At the time, building owners had multiple suppliers for all of the different systems in their facilities. And for some that had more than one type of chiller, they were required to use different manufacturers as well. So it was easy to see how customers could get caught in the middle of all these service providers.
Owens set out to build what would become the first true "single-source service" provider. In addition to the service of all chiller manufacturers, as well as all air conditioning, heating and temperature control systems, the company added Water Treatment, Energy Management, Design/Build Contracting and Building Operation divisions to round out the organization. In 2000, the Company bought an existing residential contracting firm, which became the Home Comfort Division within Owens Companies.
Bob Owens was a founding member of the Service and Maintenance Bureau (SMB) of MCAA, known today as the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA). Owens Companies is also a founding member of the Chiller Systems Group. Bob Owens passed away in March of 2006 having retired two years earlier. His son, Jim, Vice President, passed away in January 2009. Son John Owens is President and CEO.
Since 1981, Owens Companies has been a member of the Keystone Award Program in the Twin Cities, annually contributing 5% of income to charitable organizations.


text: Hey guys, had a question I was hoping some of you would know something about. I went out the other day and bought a micro SD card for my Razr, hoping to put a few videos or something on it. I have a couple of videos bought from Amazon's instant video store, and as most of you probably know, you can download those to your computer. When you do that, (I think) you get a .wmv file and something like a .amzn file, which is meant for portable devices. Because Amazon doesn't have an instant video app out for Android, I was hoping to download some of my videos and move them over to my phone via SD card. My question is, does anyone know how to do this, and if it will work on a Razr? The doing part seems easy enough, but Amazon mentions in the Unbox program that Android devices aren't compatible with their videos. This was apparently proven wrong in an article I read, which mentions that the Thunderbolt (and presumably other HTC phones) can play the videos if they're moved via HTC's Media Sync option. I know there's the option of just watching my videos through a browser, but I'd like to do without that option if at all possible. Besides, if I don't have videos to put on that SD card, I don't exactly have much else to use it for.


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I took an hour to myself this afternoon and went to Beve's favorite hairdresser to get a haircut. For the last six months, I've been going to my daughters' extra-fancy, extra-expensive salon. And I just can't do it. It's too big a commitment. I'm the kind of person who went years without a haircut, once I was old enough to make hair decisions myself. Early decisions were made by my mother and might be classified in some cultures as kinds of torture. My hair was sometimes pulled tightly back from my skull, curled in rags, or bobby-pins or very hard curlers. I had to sleep in whichever of these my mother chose to use that particular night. And got my first home perm when I was a mere five years old. Five years old, and my hair already on the first lap of its forty plus year journey of frizz and split-ends.
So my daughters' salon, with its amazing cut and equally amazing price, was intoxicating to me last summer. I thought, sure, I can do this every six weeks. If that's what it takes to look good, I can truly do this! But guess what, after about my third appointment, life got in the way. A sister-in-law got sick, died (yep, I'm playing that card!), then Christmas came, and with it, in-laws, and before you knew it, it'd been almost 5 months since a trim, and all the little styling tricks I'd been taught by the fancy stylist weren't working. I knew I should call and make another appointment, but I felt guilty. I felt guilty, just as I've felt guilty every other time I've begun a relationship with a hair stylist, only to never call again. Sigh. I definitely have trouble with commitment when it comes to these things.
So when Beve came home yesterday with his typical perfect haircut, the same haircut he's been getting every month for the last dozen years, I thought, "Choi! I'll go to Choi." Choi is the name of the woman hairdresser who started cutting Beve's hair when we first moved here. She worked at Fantastic Sam's back then, but he's followed her from one shop to the next until she finally bought her own place a few years ago. Choi is really, really good with Beve's very coarse, wiry, hard to cut, but easy to style hair. My easy to cut, hard to style hair? Well, maybe I'd see.
This afternoon I did. I drove over there, was welcomed like a long lost daughter, like she'd known me half her life. She asked all about our girls, told me I had very nice hair color (which is about the only nice thing a person might possibly say about hair as thin and limp as mine!). She asked me where I'd gotten it cut before, and I told her the whole convoluted story about the daughters, my commitment issues, etc. She said it really is a pretty steep price, even here in our town, and that she knows the owner. Nice girl. She did a good job, too. A very good job. I like how my hair feels, how it looks. When she finished, I reached into my purse for my debit card, and she said, "I don't take credit. Do you have a checkbook?" But I didn't. I'd let Beve borrow it the other day, and he'd forgotten to give it back. And I had no cash. Then I realized I didn't even have my cell-phone so I could ask E to run me down some cash. What a pickle, as one might say. "Do you have any dishes to wash?" I was on the verge of asking.
Choi said, "Don't worry. You can just pay me the next time."
"I'll go get it," I said.
"No," she said. "Next time. This time you go home."
So I did. I just walked out of that salon without having paid for my haircut. But I'll definitely be back. She didn't do it for that reason. She just did it because it's who she is. And I love that. I love that there's still a place where it takes real money to buy something, and only money. And I love that there's a person who believes in honor and operates a business that way--even here and even now. That's what will make me go back to Choi, that's what will help me make the commitment I've never made before.
Next time, I'll have cash.


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Vincent Skybolt, best known for his work as vocalist and front man of the heavy metal group, Death Pandas of Milan, was born Vincent Raymond Kinison on May 15, 1944. His father, Henry John Kinison, an American aircraft engineer, and his mother, Renée Miller-Kinison, a Scottish factory worker-turned-avant-garde painter, met in Tunisia when their flights had intersecting layovers in the capital city of Tunis. Renée accompanied Henry to Indianapolis, where they were married, and the following year young Vincent was born.
The future dark Rock pioneer, considered by some to be the most prodigal musical curiosity of the twentieth century, emerged from the womb with a malformed right ear and jawline, the earlobe stretching to just below the hinge of his jaw and fusing with the soft skin underneath his right mandible. This deformity served as inspiration for his stage name, Vincent Skybolt, since in his early teens he adopted the custom of telling those who asked about his face that he had been struck by lightning when, on a dare, he'd climbed to the top of an electrical tower during a thunderstorm. Severely rattled, he admitted, though not incapacitated, he'd managed to climb back down and avoid further injury.
Much of Vincent's early life remains unknown. Dropping out of high school his sophomore year, in the Fall of 1960, he took the stage unannounced at his Homecoming dance, overpowering the befuddled doo-wop group, Shooby and The Boppers, with a deafening rendition of one of his earliest original songs, "Pumpkin-Muffie Insane." Lyrics:
Greed will murder your soul,
Greed will drive you insane!
Repeat, 3X
Pumpkin-Muffie your soul,
Pumpkin-Muffie insane!
Repeat, 1X
Repeat all, 4X
Between then and the release of his band's self-titled debut, Death Pandas of Milan, nearly fourteen years later, little is known about the specifics of Vincent's work and life. Rumors persist about him scaling the summit of Everest, barehandedly subduing rogue hippopotami in the jungles of Mozambique, researching snake venom resistance in northern Siberia, and taming homicidal Great Whites in Australia. Prior to the album's release in 1974 few people had ever heard the name, Vincent Skybolt, and in the years after as well. Death Pandas of Milan sold seventy-one copies in the United States, four hundred and sixty-three copies worldwide, to the disappointment of his bandmates, whom he had met in the course of his travels.
Archibald Plundertribe ~ lead guitar, pipes, theremin
Menelaus Williams ~ drums, percussion, gas engines, xylophone
Barnabas X ~ piano, keyboards
Yip Wong Phan ~ bass, cello, alpenhorn
Vincent sings lead vocals and plays rhythm guitar on a majority of the group's nineteen studio albums recorded between 1974 and his alleged death in 2008. Many of them weren't released upon completion, and most of the albums have yet to be made available to the public.
To conclude this brief biography, the lyrics of one of Vincent Skybolt's finest solo compositions, "Deathboat to Snowhere":
Skies on fire, burn so bad,
Skies on ice, cold, cold skice!
Skies that hunger, oceans of hunger,
Deathboat to snowhere, sink us down…
Repeat, 6X


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New Jersey Gas Prices Rise Sharply
Motorists are seeing sharply higher prices at the pumps in New Jersey.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in New Jersey on Friday was $3.42, up 7 cents from last week. But that's still lower than the price from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.46.
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Meanwhile, the national average price also rose by 7 cents to $3.55. That's also much higher than the national average from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.38.
Analysts say gas prices could continue to rise in coming weeks, as the summer driving season heats up and consumer demand grows higher.
Crude oil prices have also been rising, and analysts are concerned about unrest in Egypt and north Africa.
"After several months of declines, it is quite possible that we have seen gas prices reach their seasonal low," said Tracy Noble, spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic. "Experts are warning motorists to brace themselves for what could be sticker shock at the pump in the weeks ahead.
A combination of higher wholesale gas prices, an increase in summer demand and concerns about instability in Egypt and North Africa has already sent prices higher in the past week, a trend that could continue through the remainder of summer."
Price will likely continue to climb this coming week heading into the $3.60 to $3.70 per gallon range, according to Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for OPIS and AAA gas price partner. Gas prices peaked so far for 2013 on Feb. 27 at $3.79 per gallon and were last above $3.65 per gallon in May.
The Associated Press contributed to this report


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Long way south for biker gang
Lakenheath to Land's End in Cornwall on an August bank holiday weekend might be a normal drive for some but for Ben Di-Giulio's charity bike ride he has opted to take a slightly different route.
It is more than 400 miles to do the journey using A roads but his plan is to only use back roads and use 125cc mopeds.
This brainchild came about at the pub one night with his lorry driving friends.
He said: "We are so used to driving from A to B using the most direct route, so I said to them we should do something a little different for charity."
They are doing the long 1,000 mile ride for Children With Cancer UK, which was just a good cause at the time until Mr Di-Giulio found out his nephew, five-year-old Alfie has a rare form of leukaemia.
From the six men talking about it in the pub and with the help of their Facebook page 'Wobbly Sausage Biker Gang' the ride is now going to be 30 bikers strong.
He said: "It has gone from a bit of fun and doing it for a good cause to now being a little bit more serious very quickly,
"We had loads of people wanting to do it but we had to cap it at 30 due to campsites getting the wrong idea when I said we were looking for 30 pitches for a biker gang."
The gang even has a logo and has got some stickers and T-shirts made which have been sent to fans as far away as Canada and the USA.
Fiveways Roundabout will be the starting point on August 24 and with a speed of around 40mph the route should take about a week to complete.
The gang is a varied bunch including mechanics, a DJ from Mildenhall's Zack FM and a graphic designer in its ranks.
When they do finally reach the famous sign post by the sea Mr Di-Giulio wants to really celebrate in style.
He said: "We'll take some good photos and bask in the glory of what we have achieved and if no one's caught on fire we'll head back to Suffolk."
To donate, visit: www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/wobblysausagebikerganguk.


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Why Affording An Agency Website Is Like Eating Cake
I realized the other day that I've been spending a lot of time at networking events in recent weeks. This is not just because it's a great way of scoring free cake (hardly a networking event in the country now does not supply afternoon tea as standard, I can only-slightly-smugly report). It's because these sorts of meetings offer great ways to meet new clients, and understand how all businesses are thinking.
One of the constant themes of my conversations with people from SMEs is one of cost – or, maybe more accurately, how expensive many businesses imagine a professional website might be.
We've all met the small business owner who asked his friend to build a website, and wound up with one that was half-finished; we've all probably tried to build a website using one of these 'out-of-the-box' services or web builders, and found it just cannot do the job. The fact is, your business's website is ever more important – and needs to be professionally tailored to the particulars of your business. That takes a proper design agency.
The people I talk with over all those cream teas, however, are always worried that they simply can't afford an agency. You might expect me to try and convince them otherwise, and, I confess, I do – but it's a fact we don't want to hide that, sure, we're more expensive than using a website builder's templates or getting your mate to do it.
But you invest a lot in your business, and an investment repays over time. We believe that the little bit extra we cost – and it's nowhere near as much as many people seem to fear! – is worth the investment, and will help your business be the best it can be.
Come to think of it, it's all a bit like cake (yes, I have cake on the brain – why do you ask?): the better the ingredients, and the better the baker, the tastier the final product. If you're trying to impress, you don't use value flour, you don't scrimp on the icing, and you don't ask someone who's never made a cake before to whip one up for you. Your business will look worse than it is – and be less accessible to customers than it should be – unless you build your website like you'd bake that special sponge.
At Image+, we build a website around your business: we'll design it to look uniquely yours, build in the features you need and those customers expect, and write the content for you so that it's all professional and compelling. You'll have face-to-face meetings with us; we'll be on the end of the phone whenever you have a question; and we'll do it all for you – you won't have to fiddle with a single button if you don't want to!
Let's say you spend about £3000 on your website with us – that's a standard amount for a fully-featured website, tailored for you, though we've done cheaper – and let's say it lasts three years before it needs a bit of a facelift. That's just £80 per month, which is a great deal given that proper websites, as opposed to bad ones, are proven to generate leads, improve repeat business, and increase your brand's reach. From this perspective, dealing with a tricky online website builder that churns out a basic cookie-cutter website and doesn't offer any after-sales support seems like the bad investment, right?
So. Not only is an all-singing, all-dancing agency website cheaper than you think; it justifies whatever extra expenditure it may incur over the cheap-but-far-from-cheerful alternatives. So why not pop in and have a chat with us about what we can do for you? I'll even bring cake.


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Her parents bought her a desk and a word processor. The older sister offered constructive criticism. The girl's stories improved.
Three years later the girl and boy broke up.
Then the girl, now a young woman, married a wonderfully kind man who knew nothing about writing. They were happy together and soon had a baby girl of their own.
The woman then joined a writing group. She attended book readings and conferences. She plunked out a few more words.
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