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Because the impact investing industry focuses on ventures that produce comprehensive triple-bottom-line performance, impact investors benefit from an independent third-party impact ratings system that is objective, comparable, transparent, and rigorous in its assessment of impacts. GIIRS uses the B Corporation certification metrics to serve as a comprehensive analytics system for impact investors, providing transparent, independent, and verified data. GIIRS is distinct from the B Corporation certification because the GIIRS rating does not require ventures to become legally accountable to considering stakeholders and pursuing public benefit, but a GIIRS rated company will assess its impacts according to the B Corporation metrics.
GIIRS ratings are available to both funds and ventures. Funds receive a GIIRS rating based 20% on the fund's internal impact practices, and 80% on its portfolio companies' impact practices. Ventures receiving a GIIRS rating are simply rated according to the B Corporation metrics, with companies earning at least an 80 becoming eligible to earn the B Corporation certification.
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Charlie is once more contented: no daughter.... or Grandsprog.....and no J either; he's invariably at his happiest when it's just the three of us chaps - Jack, Charlie and yours truly! He's hanging around the house most of the time, scrabbling around for mice etc., as normal, but looking for (noisily expecting/demanding) dairy supplements of cream etc. He returns indoors at dusk, eats a bit, demands attention/affection then trundles off upstairs to his bedspot.
I'm pleased when he does this; I enjoy having him around, despite his unusual temperament. His loud purring as he pads madly on his blanketty thing is a fairly effective soporific/sleeping aid/draft! Or maybe that's the wine.....must carry out some empirical research on the point sometime.
Since I escaped from the dreadful world of law and soliciting, so to speak, it has been a relief not to have to keep abreast of the inane and insane constant updates and changes to legal practice requirements. However, for some time, prior to taking up law as a full-time occupation, I worked as a (mostly) free-lance writer and journalist. This was in the days of that destroyer of all things socially and economically worth retaining - the odious Baroness Tadger!
At the time, I wrote with moderate success for a huge variety of publications from The Daily Telegraph and The Times to Fish Trader, Gardening News, Classic Cars and Printers World! Anything, in short, that was prepared to buy my stuff and - most importantly - pay me for it!
One of my personal finest moments was in selling a feature to something called, I think, Carpet Review, or some such. Another - which I still irritate the more knowledgeable of my keen gardening friends and relations by smugly referring to - was a professional gardening magazine where my byline rubbed pages with those of Alan Titchmarsh, Geoffrey Smith and a veritable shedload of Gardeners Question Time types; with my total lack of knowledge/ability/interest concerning all matters to do with gardens and gardening generally, I considered it a colossal achievement at the time. I still do.
For a profitable bit, I also wrote regular 'Alternative Investment' features - why not stick your lucre into salmon fishing beats in Highland Scotland; shared racehorse ownership; antique jewellery; fine wines; vintage cars; you know the kind of thing - for a couple of expat mags, one of which seemed to be staffed almost exclusively by Evening Standard and Observer hacks. All very 1980s, I suppose.
I also had stuff/fiction broadcast on the Beeb - mostly Radio 4, with odd - and I do mean odd - forays into comedy sketches for Naked Radio, Naked Video and The Craig Ferguson Experience - whatever that might have been! (That came later, around the Millenium, as I now recall from its pilot, working title of 2000 Not Out!). All in all, it was a genuinely enjoyable way to earn an admittedly (too) meagre crust.
Recently I've been wondering if I could return to the saturated field again. Of course, the technology has changed enormously - although I once edited a business magazine where we used what was then top-end, hi-techy gear - laser post-script printers etc., emailing stuff (before email really) downloading to printers in a far removed part of the UK (Doncaster) with an enormous unwieldy modem, and having all our colour separation work carried out overseas in Hong Kong where it was significantly cheaper than Tadger's Britain. Ah....that old Tory mantra.....choice, choice, choice!
It comes as a surprise therefore to discover (through Amazon mostly) that there is now a mini-industry dedicated to advising wannabes about how to get into print/broadcast. Most of these guides/books (with a few notable exceptions) seem to be written by people I've never heard of or whose bylines have managed to escape my notice! An entire mini-industry predicated on writing books about .......well, how to write for publication/broadcast. Strange indeed! Tadger would be beaming with pleasure, if she retained the capacity for such thoughts....or any thought!


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As the research analyst for NFL Network's NFL RedZone, Elliot Harrison watched all 267 games in the 2010 season. We asked him to rank the 20 most memorable.
Remember the old FOX Sports promos, "Favre ⦠Young ⦠it's the NFL on FOX?"
Well, the quarterbacks starting in the Cowboys-Cardinals Week 16 matchup on Christmas were a little less sexy: "Kitna ⦠Skelton ⦠it's on NFL Network!"
|Cowboys at Cardinals: Tale of the tape*
3rd, NFC East
4th, NFC West
7th (378.5 ypg)
Off. rank
31st (289.7 ypg)
T-24th (380.4 ypg)
Def. rank
28th (387.1 ypg)
|* Coming into Week 16
The quarterback situation only got worse when Jon Kitna was injured late in the game. Enter former Texas A&M standout Stephen McGee ⦠as in, third-string quarterback Stephen McGee.
Circumstances would get much better, though, making this far and away one of the most entertaining games of the season. Trailing 26-24 late in the fourth, John Skelton delivered in the clutch, hitting Larry Fitzgerald for 26 yards on a fourth-and-15 that Arizona had to have ⦠on a drive that culminated with Jay Feely's game-winning field goal.
The heroics from Skelton and Feely were set up by one big miss, however. David Buehler botched an extra point on the previous drive that would have put Dallas up by three. This after McGee had miraculously led the Cowboys on the go-ahead touchdown drive.
Buehler, pronounced "BEE-lehr," is one of those new-era kickers who doesn't shun the weight room, and looks like a strong safety. Too bad he often kicks like one, too. In fact, Buehler became the regular kicker when the club parted ways with the inconsistent Nick Folk late in 2009.
But this game brought back even older memories than 2009. The Cowboys played the Cardinals on Christmas night, 1995, in another seemingly meaningless game. That was until the team found out on the flight to Arizona that the top-seeded 49ers blew their game in Atlanta, meaning Dallas would now be playing for home-field advantage in the playoffs. The Cowboys beat the Cardinals handily, and would go on to win Super Bowl XXX ⦠ironically held in Sun Devil Stadium a month later.
It was also at that same Christmas night game that all of the football scenes for "Jerry Maguire" were shot. If you know the movie, you might recall the NFL Films footage of former Cardinals receiver Rob Moore being weaved into the film as though he were Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character, Rod Tidwell.
Unlike the 1995 team, the 2010 Cardinals showed up in a big way. With seemingly nothing to play for, they delivered two defensive touchdowns, rallied around their last option at quarterback and gave all of us a nice Christmas gift: A great game.
Game rewind
Same ol' situation
Despite their immense struggles, the Cardinals got some big wins because the defense made up for their Headless Horseman-offense. The Cardinals beat Drew Brees and the Saints with two defensive touchdowns, including a pick-six from Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. He gave an encore performance in this game on Dallas' second play from scrimmage.
Meanwhile, both Miles Austin and Roy Williams often had trouble coming out of their breaks last year. Austin sometimes stumbled, while Williams rounded off his routes. Austin's case of the slips cost the Cowboys dearly on Rodgers-Cromartie's interception.
Can't-miss play
Remember the "Brady Bunch" episode when Jan lost her locket? Somehow the bush caught it when she dropped it from her window -- definitely one of the more bogus episodes ever. Ditto for McGee's late touchdown pass to Austin that put the Cowboys in front.
Depending on your perspective, McGee either got REALLY lucky the ball wasn't picked, or he fit it in the tightest of windows. Holy cow.
Boneheaded play of the game
Like Game 17 on our list, this one should be obvious. After the costly miss, Buehler appears to be looking for someone to explain what happened. Our NFL Network booth was just as surprised as the rest of America with the missed extra point.
Why is this game No. 16 of 2010?
This game had as many twists and turns as the dungeons this one kid on my street used to create, back when I was rolling 20-sided dice and voraciously reading "Monster Manuals." Creepy childhood addictions to D&D aside, how many Week 16 games between two bad teams generate the kind of tense excitement this one did?
Moreover, how many exciting games feature two third-string quarterbacks duking it out?
Unfortunately, this Christmas gift to Cardinal fans failed to pay dividends come April.
Why not higher?
Despite the poor records of the teams involved, the Cowboys and Cardinals played one damn exciting football game. Yet there was nothing riding on it other than pride, and much of the night was marred by mistakes, thus leaving it out of the top 10.


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Software can be broadly divided into the operating system and its supporting files (such as libraries and device drivers), and applications. We're going to look at applications first.
The Operating System
The first software decision you have to make when building your own computer is what operating system you will be using. A computer's operating system performs many vital functions, including:
Keeping track of what devices are installed on a computer and managing communication between the devices, the operating system, and the applications.
Providing a common default interface by which humans can communicate with the machine and activate applications.
Providing a common platform and application interfaces to enable programmers to design applications without, for example, having to build into those applications drivers for every single printer on the market.
Allowing the transfer of data between applications (for example, by using the "clipboard" to "cut and paste" text from a web page to a text editor or word processor).
At the time of this writing, the most popular operating systems among home computer builders are:
The most popular desktop operating system in most of the world is Microsoft Windows. As of this writing, Windows 7, which comes in several versions differentiated mainly by price and features, is the current Windows version. But because some applications don't run properly on Window 7, Windows XP, which comes in Home and Professional editions, is still available. Windows Vista, which came between Windows XP and Windows 7, is also still available, although it's not very popular.
Because Windows is the most popular operating system, it's also very easy to find applications written for Windows, and virtually all hardware devices come with Windows drivers. In addition, Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate can run a "virtual" Windows XP system on top of Windows 7.
The second most popular operating system for home computer builders is Linux, which was originally created by Linus Torvalds when he was a computer science student in Finland. Linux is an open-source operating system: The source code (the human-readable programming before it is compiled into machine language) is freely available to all, and it may be modified by those possessing the ability to do so. It's estimated that between 65 and 75 percent of the world's Web servers run on Linux.
If you're considering building a Linux box (and especially if you've never built one before or have never used Linux), then we urge you read this first. In addition, please read our reviews of three popular desktop Linux distributions: Mepis, Linspire, and XandrOS. Also be sure to check out Ubuntu, the popular new Linux distribution that's gaining converts worldwide.
Applications are programs that allow a computer to perform some specific task, such as word processing, browsing the Internet, editing photos, and so forth. You need to think about the applications you'll be using before you decide on the operating system, because most applications run on only one particular OS.
If you're building a computer to use for business, now would be a good time to look at new software to help you run your business more efficiently and profitably. For example, SWG supplies FM Software — a powerful suite of management tools which maximizes the efficiency of a wide range of asset, building and service activities.
Another application that I like is Quicken personal finance software. It's full-featured personal finance and money-management software that's ideal for people who want to balance their checkbook, print checks, track their income and expenses, and keep track of their investments, but who don't need the advanced business accounting features of full-fledged accounting programs. In other words, most ordinary folks.
Again, it's important that you decide on your application needs before deciding on your operating system. If you use business applications that run only on Windows, for example, then you must choose Windows as your operating system.
Security Software
Computer security software is a special and essential category of software, especially for Windows machines. Although there are many different kinds of security software, the security software most commonly needed by home users are an anti-virus program and a firewall.
Anti-virus software is designed to detect and protect against malicious code that can be contained in Web sites, emails, downloaded files, shared files, pirated software, and even on legitimate, commercially-released software on CDs or DVDs once in a while. Most anti-virus software works by examining the code against a database of known malicious code (commonly known as "signature checking"), and also looking for software that has characteristics that make it suspicious, even if it's not in the database ("heuristic" checking).
Good anti-virus software, when properly maintained and updated, will catch all known viruses "in the wild," accurately catch new viruses using heuristics, have a very low false-positive rate, and not slow down your machine by using up a lot of system resources. My personal favorite anti-virus program is ESET NOD32 Antivirus. I've been using it for years, and it has NEVER missed a virus on any of my machines. Not convinced? Try ESET NOD32 Antivirus free for 30 days: click here.
The other essential security application is a firewall. If you're connected to the Internet through a properly-configured hardware firewall (or a properly-configured router with firewalling capabilities), then probably the firewall included with Windows is adequate. But if your computer is connected directly to the Internet (or if you're not too confident that the router or firewall is configured properly), then you need a good software firewall. In this case, I recommend ESET Smart Security. It includes the ESET NOD32 virus scanner that I like, plus a firewall and other security applications. This probably is the best choice for most users unless you are certain that your external firewall is properly configured.
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Hmmmm!! Well this should be easy you think. Well honestly it is but only if you know where to look and what to configure.
Here is a heads up!!
- Open DHCP Manager (dhcpmgmt.msc)
- Right-Click the DHCP Server and select Pre-Defined Options
- Click Add.
- Set Name to IP Phone Boot Server (actually whatever you want to name it, its fine)
- Set Data Type to String
- Set Code to 156
- Add a Description, if you want to.
- Navigate to the Scope Options and add Option 156
- Each Option should be entered with a comma as a separating character.
The following is just a example of how you should normally setup your Scope:
- Management server - 172.16.5.2
- Country - INDIA
- Language - English
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Heroines of Fantasy, where author Kim Vandervort invites everyone to Pause, breathe and read.
Speaking of holiday madness. . .
Just when I thought EOLYN updates might be slowing down as we approach Christmas, I actually have a lot of exciting news to share this week.
New customer reviews have gone up on Amazon, including this assessment from SavoirNoir:
Eolyn...is quite a change in pace in the epic fantasy. For one thing, it's quite iconoclastic in its treatment of sexuality, especially women's. For another, it has a well-thought-out and different magical system that though reminiscent of Raymond E. Feist, but has made it all her own. The journey of the eponymous heroine is at times harrowing, amusing, sensual but always human. Add to that a spash of Spanish realism that at times feels like Marquez and you have a quite different first novel that satisfies, in its own way, the many various tropes of an epic fantasy; Babe in the woods (literally!), revenge, sweeping war, and coming of age, even as it plucks with a more modern tone at the concepts of love and sex.
To read more customer reviews, please visit Eolyn's page on Amazon. And remember, Kindle and Nook editions of Eolyn are available for just $2.99 through the holidays!
One week from today, on December 19, I'll be participating in Adopt-an-Indie's blogtalk radio show, starting at 8:00pm EST. There is a great line-up of authors for this event, including our recent guests on Heroines of Fantasy, Carlyle Clark and Suki Michelle. Clark's and Michelle's spot will be at 8:20 EST; my slot (really, EOLYN's slot) will be at 9:00pm EST. Please mark your calendars with the date and time, and share the news with friends.
Now for the really great news: I was delighted to learn this past weekend that a pitch I wrote for the sequel to EOLYN, entitled HIGH MAGA, won first place in the Best Pitch Contest at thenextbigwriter.com In drafting the pitch, I had a lot of great feedback from authors and reviewers at tNBW, so a big thank you to everyone for all your help and support.
To celebrate, I'm posting the winning pitch for HIGH MAGA this week. I'd thought to put this off a little longer, but what the hey -- It's Christmas. This marks the first official preview of the sequel to appear on this blog. (Drumroll, please!)
HIGH MAGA follows the story of Eolyn, a courageous and fiercely independent woman whose struggle to restore magic is set against a complex background of political intrigue, impossible love and pending war.
Eolyn, the last of the High Magas, founds a new coven in the isolated province of Moehn. The young girls she trains will, she hopes, revive a millennial tradition of women's magic.
Akmael, the new Mage King of Moisehén, must defend his land against invasion by the Syrnte, whose witch-queen has summoned long-banished creatures of the netherworld to aid her conquest.
When the Syrnte army descends upon Moehn, Eolyn's school is burned and her students killed, captured or scattered. Aided by Borten, a loyal knight of the king to whom she is increasingly drawn, and the devious and untrustworthy Mage Corey, Eolyn must escape the occupied province and deliver to Akmael the weapon that might secure his victory.
Their collective journey will test the limits of love and endurance, until Eolyn comes to understand -- perhaps too late -- that she also carries the shadow that could unleash Akmael's doom.
. . .If you are among the growing number of readers anxiously awaiting the sequel to EOLYN, you'll be pleased to know that HIGH MAGA topped 90,000 words last week, and is scheduled for release in 2013.
Thank you very much for stopping by. I hope everyone has a great week.


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I am thinking to go to Tokio in April and take intensive courses during 2 weeks. Learning language is not the main objective of my trip but I think it could be an interesting way how to get known this country better. Taking classes in the morning and discover places in the afternoon and during the weekends.
Can someone recommend me good language school.


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A few weeks ago, a very well-timed email popped into my inbox from Becky, a girl who seems to have 36 hours in every day. Even though she is super busy, she decided enough was enough and pulled together a Biggest Loser-type competition but to be a little nicer, called it the Smallest Winner. She thought it would be fun to get in shape before bathing suit season and wanted to do it with all her friends.
Girls in Connecticut did this exact thing, each putting $100 into the pot and for 7 weeks whittling themselves away to hopefully be the winner. Thirty girls did this up North, but Becky's email seemed to hit a chord with all of her peeps because the emails started flying back and forth and this past Tuesday, 61 girls showed up to weigh in. Sixty one girls= $6,100! After some haranguing back and forth, we decided to have a first place prize of $4,000 and a second of $2,000. What a challenge!!!
A third party trainer showed up and weighed each person and measured fat in about 7 places (pinching with his tool-it hurt). He and Becky got there at 4pm and we didn't leave until the last one was weighed at 11:30pm! It ended up being a little party, hanging out at our friend Gaby's amazing house waiting for our turns.
Everyone was smack talking and if you listened to the conversations around, you could hear how everyone already knew what they would do with their winnings. Some girls took this very seriously and some probably didn't really need to lose a lot of weight, but wanted to get healthy and trim down a little before Summer. All in all it was a very positive group and how fun to do this with a bunch of friends.
My diet of choice is Atkins, which I have done a few times before, but this time I am so tired. I love carbs more than most, so removing them completely from my diet is a shock to my system. Of course I would love to win this contest, that $4,000 would be super nice, but I am determined to fit into my 2007 white Banana Republic jeans that I LOVE so much. I have two pairs of exactly the same jeans but one pair shrunk along the way and I can never figure out which one is which since they both do not fit. I hung them up on my closet door as a constant reminder. These jeans were on my permanent rotation during my first summer in Newport and they were certainly a favorite. It would be great to wear them to the final weigh in on June 10th. This is my goal.
So, this is what I am up to these days, avoiding bread baskets and chocolate. After two weeks on Atkins, you can add a few things that are tasty, so I have 11 days to get to that point. It can't come soon enough!
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The Most Inappropriate Thing to Wear to the Office?
I love summer and one of the reasons I love summer is because I get to wear flip flops every where. Apparently I am not suppose to be wearing flip flops to work, which is a total bummer.
According to a new survey from the staffing firm Adecco on Reuters, the most inappropriate thing to wear to the office during the summer is Flip-Flops.
About 75% of Americans think it's okay to dress more casually at work during the summer but 71% say that flip-flops are not the casual choice you should make.
Miniskirts finished as the second-most inappropriate thing to wear to the office during the summer.
Strapless dresses came in third.
Shorts came in fourth.
For what it's worth, men objected the most to flip-flops, while women objected the most to miniskirts and strapless dresses.


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This weeks restoration project included another New Home Rotary, model NLB.
I was informed by the owner that this machine was bought "New", by his mother in 1951.
Standard clean up of old, yellowed oil and dry caked grease brings these old machines back to near mint working order. In this case too, some re-wiring was needed. Usually the wire inside the machine is fine.
The power wire outside is what needs to be replaced.
Soldering the splice and then sealing with shrink tubing does a nice job that should last another 50 years.
As you can see, all steel gears above and below.
Clean out that old grease and re-lube with a lithium based grease.
I use a cordless "Dremel" rotary tool with a small, carbon steel brush to polish up all the yellowed, metal parts.
The original friction pully is usually dry and brittle and usually has at least one dent in it where the rubber sat against the hand wheel for years. Once I got the motor re-wired, cleaned and lubed, I held a piece of 120grit sand paper against the "rotating" rubber to bring it back to almost new condition. It makes a mess but it works.
A couple hours, a little elbow grease and this baby is back in business.
Remember, these hand wheels run clockwise which is backwards to what we are used to.
After a short sew test with regular cotton fabric to set the tension, I did end up re-setting the hook timing. Now I wanted to see what this machine could do. 6 Layers of denim wasn't a problem for this machine. (That was all that would fit under the foot) What a great old machine that should last another 60 years!
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WASHINGTON — It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter so much.
That myth-destroying advice comes from sports statisticians who study the numbers behind winning football teams like the New England Patriots. Advanced NFL Stats founder Brian Burke calls the Patriots the "Moneyball" team of the NFL. He says they're in the Super Bowl because they have this system and stick to it.
The numbers experts say the NFL as a whole is slow to embrace the concept.


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Research Profile: Alana Cook, Psychology
SFU's graduate students are involved in a wide range of research into how the world works, not how we think it works — and sometimes, the two are incongruent.
Alana Cook, a clinical-forensic PhD student in SFU's Department of Psychology, has just published a paper in Canadian Psychology with Ron Roesch, professor of psychology and Director of the Mental Health, Law, & Policy Institute, on "tough on crime" bills.
In their paper, "Tough on Crime" Reforms: What Psychology Has to Say About the Recent and Proposed Justice Policy in Canada," Cook and Roesch argue that from a psychological perspective "tough on crime" policies are not supported by scientific literature and come at a large financial and human cost.
It's a timely paper: Tough on crime legislation is currently under legislation in Ottawa, and the co-authors are arguing that the federal government's reactive strategy to get tougher on crime should be replaced by one that targets preventive crime measures — an evidenced-based crime policy approach.
It's been a banner year for Alana. In the last few months, she has presented an invited keynote paper to the Canadian Association of Threat Assessment Professionals in Banff, AB, and has presented several first author papers and posters at international professional meetings, including meetings of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services and the American Psychology-Law Society (Div. 41 of APA).
Alana's supervisor is Dr. Stephen D. Hart. Her research is on psychology and law, with a focus on violence risk assessment and psychopathic personality disorder. Her current research focuses on group-based violence risk assessment and management, validation and translation of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality Disorder (CAPP), and the creation of a new conceptual model of Borderline Personality Disorder: the Comprehensive Assessment of Borderline Personality (CABP).
Alana is currently serving as the Chair-Elect of the Student Section of the American Psychology-Law Society (Div. 41 of APA) and as a student editor for the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health.
She's received several awards, distinctions and a graduate fellowship for her research and leadership work.
- Alana's website
- Co-author, Canadian Psychological Association task force report to the Senate Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
- Vancouver Sun: "Tories' crime bill off the mark: Vancouver researchers"
- AM 770 interview with Rob Breakenridge: "The Flaws of the Tory Crime Bill" (link is to an mp3)
- SFU press release: "Rethink tough-on-crime direction: researchers"
- LinkedIn: Alana Cook
- SFU Department of Psychology
- MS Thesis: Born or Made? History of Child Abuse in Subtypes of Psychopathy


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Hi guys, Sorry i haven't updated my blog for so long. I have just been so busy over the last few months and don't really seem to have had much time to even stop for breath. What with decorating the whole house ( yes this is an ongoing project that still is not finished, boo hoo!). I have also set up my own business so i have been pretty busy with that too, which i might just add is not cake related either. I decided to keep the cakes as a hobby for a little longer although the end goal is still the same, i want to own and run my own cake business and one day have my own cakey premises. Speaking of cakes that is the third thing that has also been taking my time up. I had a short break of about 6-8 weeks from cake decorating but now i am back and will be sharing all of my cake creations with you once again.
Bob Marley cake and cupcakes.28 Feb
A walk around Langsett.8 Aug
Today for the first time ever I went to Langsett and what a fantastically beautiful place to visit. I would definitely recommend Langsett to everyone. This is a place to visit that can be enjoyed by everyone. It is just a perfect retreat especially if you are looking for a few hours away with nothing but peace, tranquillity and only the odd passer-by.
Surrounded by woodland with only the sound of the birds singing their songs and maybe the odd woodpecker to keep you company.
There is a long stream that you can follow and various other water focal points to see.
There are quite a few bridges to cross. Here is an example of just one of the smaller bridges that we discovered.
Below is one of the larger main bridges. For the more adventurous there were some randomly placed stones for you to walk on to cross the stream. Given my clumsy nature though, I stuck to the bridges.
There were plenty of natures beauty to see on our walk around from wild flowers to wild mushrooms and even the odd sheep.
Once you have followed the trail up slightly to higher ground you can really appreciate some breathtaking views. I know we certainly did.
We also came across a couple of man-made sights aswell, as seen in the picture below. The picture to the right shows directions on a public footpath sign post.
The walk around Langsett is thoroughly enjoyable, there are a few steep and stoney parts so I would advise anyone who is going to make sure that you wear some sensible shoes or walking shoes if you have any. I wore a pair of trainers and these were fine for me. We took the gentler trail on this occasion but if you are looking for more of a challenge there was also a more difficult trail to take. The more difficult trail had much steeper hills to walk up of and then it crosses along some moorland. Maybe next time I will give that trail a go as there will definitely be a next time. A thoroughly enjoyable place to visit for all of the family and don't forget your camera.
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Really, am I alone in not understanding the point of so many Lily Allen pieces...
T'other week she was featured by NME for saying stuff about the England football team; today, in some quarters, she's reported on because she once did drugs at Glastonbury; the big Playlouder feature on her says NOTHING we don't already know, which is massively disappointing.
Is somebody PAYING writers to get her face on their covers/frontpages etc? If so, WHERE'S MY CHEQUE?
I'm cheap...
lilly lala
"I like lots of indie bands. I'm a fan of good guitar music. I think it's just that at the moment everyone's like, 'Music's so great, we've got these great indie rock bands' but in reality they all sound the same. They're just doing what S Club 7 and Steps did - regurgitating the same songs because that's what people are buying at the moment."
I have to agree! sorry....
Yeah but I hate the way the NME makes it 'news'
"21 year old woman finds some indie bands samey" is not a news story.
i hate hypocritical fucks like her
"They're just doing what S Club 7 and Steps did - regurgitating the same songs because that's what people are buying at the moment"
oh, sorry, that's right, cos absolutely NO ONE has done that 'edgy' lounge jazz shit before.
you're a pioneer.
p.s. how much does she look like her dad?! it's depressing because you can work out almost exactly how she will look in fifteen years time.
What bugs me is how it's all a cycle
Since the Streets anyone who uses colloquialisms in their lyrics seems to be hailed as a genius when in fact she's a half-decent pop lyricist.
Lily Allen is the new Natasha Bedingfield. End of.
Nor do I actually. Why did I do that?
It's a really horrible phrase, isn't it?
I promise never to use it again!
No! No second chances!
We need to be tough on end of, and tough on the causes of end of.
I just wish to point out I don't watch Big Brother
I think I picked it up off other poster on here so you only have yourselves to blame.
it's irritating
but it's obviously proving to be quite an effective marketing campaign, isn't it?
she was in the News of the World on Sunday going on about how she got kicked out of school at 13 and went to Ibiza and spent the summer selling drugs. YOU SO COOL, LILY!
ahh dont worry
she'll be washed up in a gutter in a few months time like all the other flavour of the month shite.
DiS has been approached by certain reps and companies to give webspace for artists that are being given a pulley up into the stratosphere? since it's easy enough to buy a number one these days the main spere of influence to conquer is print and web media...
It's the usual thing...
...release a record, generate some cheap publicity by slagging someone else off. See Kasabian, Oasis, Killers etc.
It's weird how folk in the music business are always dissing each other- actors, film stars etc very rarely say anything bad about each other.
i have no
idea who she even is!
at times like these i will normally juat think
"yeah, whatever, she's still fit", but lily allen isn't fit and her music is poor.
Is somebody PAYING writers to get her face on their covers/frontpages etc?
in 2 years...
they'll be pieces about her taking drugs...
They had the Arctic Monkeys
and the Streets, they needed a girl, simple.
the NME printed every word Stuart Braithwaite said slagging people too a few months back didn't they?
Love Stuart
but he talks an awful lot of shite for a small chap.
But there are way better female singer-songwriters
and certainly way better lyricists. Based on LDN and Smile, the lyrics are genuinly nothing special.
I'l go futher - the lyrics are ever bit as ludicrous in their rhyming as Desree's "Life"
"There was a little old lady, who was walkin down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city havin lunch in the park
I believe that it's called al fresco"
That's honestly the most ludicrously forced piece of rhyming I've seen all year but because she uses the words "Tesc" and "Al Fresco" people seem convinced she's some kind of Skinner-esque genius.
Alta Vista!
It's so...current! (or not)
I've not heard that phrase. Where's it from?
It totally sums it up.
Well, well done them.
I'll probably steal it too in the future.
its pop
so it really shouldnt be taken too seriously. and the nme and others make her out to be 4 times as she actually is.
what a complete penis she is...
Ever heard 'reggae like it used to be' by Paul Nicholas? (yes, 'im off the telly)
Her single is about as groundbreaking as that
ps- if you see that Paul Nicholas single about for cheap, get it...the b-side is an absolute psych killer...seriously


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Lovable, sweet, big guy-yep-that's me. My name is Beau and I was found alone, starving, sick and sad. The Ivins Animal Shelter has taken such great care of me. Now I am ready for a forever home. Come meet me at the Ivins No Kill Animal Shelter and you too will see why the staff here adores me.
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Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter would appreciate your donations of cat food, kitty litter and cash donations to offset huge veterinary costs incurred this summer
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Saturday, March 7, 2009 ~ 6:00 p.m. Best Western Abbey Inn 1129 S Bluff Street ~ St. George, UT
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Dinner Menu ~Spring Spinach Salad, your choice of: Carved Prime Rib, Coconut Crusted Chicken, Grilled Portabella Mushroom
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~This year, more than ever, our animal friends need your help. 100% of the proceeds go toward saving a "furry" life.
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Calendar of Events
Heritage Adoption Days
September 26th through October 3, 2008
Half Price Adoption Fees
Special Adoption Day at Ivins Heritage Art Festival
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Ivins City Park, Main & 100 North
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
The event will feature special treat bags for adoptive families, adoption booklet, health tips and more!
The second annual FurBall Gala will be held Saturday, March 7, 2009. Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter and PAWS are co-sponsors of the special event. The FurBall raises funds to help homeless pets. Randall Carlisle, ABC 4 New Anchor, will MC the event for the second year.
2008 Furball
Friends of Ivins Animal Shelter, along with PAWS, put on the 2008 Furball. Even the animals wanted to come!


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A pint of bitter, a gin and tonic and a bag of your finest deep-fried chicken skin please, barkeep!
The Camden branch of BrewDog, the trendy pub chain renowned for its own-brewed craft beers, is looking to shake up the standard crisps, peanuts or pork scratchings accompaniment that is usually offered up by pubs alongside your bevvie. It's taking a punt on "Cock Scratchings", produced by Ed Jones, crunchy deep-fried chicken skin sold in £2.25 bags. They're said to be just as crispy as a good pork scratching as they are made from cockerel skins rather than hen, and far more tasty than their porcine equivalents. Ed Jones, a pop-restaurant veteran, is now taking orders from pubs up and down the country, meaning the snack could soon become a bar-crawl staple.
Is it time for a bar food shake-up? We've already seen hardy pub dinners go the way of the gastro -- should our bar-side snacks do the same? Or do we need to defend our traditional nibbles from this cock-strutting upstart?
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Linda Novak, Editor
Stacy Ozanich, Advertising
*The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. This article is partially based on a presentation delivered by the author at the MACPA State Tax Forum in June 1999 entitled 'The Unauthorized Practice of Law in the New Millennium.'
The purpose of this article is to articulate a position supporting the proposition that multidisciplinary practices (MDPs) are beneficial for Michigan practitioners and clients.
What Are MDPs?
Most Michigan practitioners are unaware of what an MDP is and how it can help them. Generally, MDPs are firms that provide a variety of professional services through an association or alliance of professionals. In an MDP, lawyers may share fees with nonlawyers, or enter into partnerships or alliances with nonlawyers, to provide business consultation or legal services to clients. The goal of MDPs is to provide a full array of services, or 'one-stop shopping,' to clients who have a variety of complex issues requiring a multidisciplinary resolution.
Types of MDPs
In his testimony to the ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice on November 12, 1998, Gerard Nicolay, chairman of the Network of Correspondent Law Firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, identified two basic approaches to the formation of MDPs. The first approach is full integration.1 The second approach strives for a parallel alliance of separate business organizations.2 Although the term MDP refers to an integrated practice, it does not necessarily imply a full integration of ownership and management. The resulting practice may be either of the two, or something in between.
What is Driving this Phenomenon?
MDPs have become the practical solution to obtaining cost-effective, comprehensive, professional services in an increasingly deregulated global market. There is nothing new about a client's desire to obtain cost-effective services; however, costs are multiplying rapidly as businesses are growing. This cost surge is driven by increased competition from deregulation and increased costs of delivery due to geographic and consumer-based expansion.
The demand for highly specialized service providers has also increased with expansions into unfamiliar markets. These experts need more formal training and experience to meet the demands of business. Thus, as the demand for highly skilled professionals is increasing, the cost of obtaining, training, and retaining such individuals is also increasing.
Cost-conscious clients, desiring to eliminate transaction costs associated with employing multiple professional organizations to resolve overlapping business problems, are turning to MDPs to obtain the optimal delivery of various services.
Globalization is also being fueled by technological advances in both industry and professional services. Industry is becoming more dependent on technological experts to ensure smooth operation of their businesses. In addition, these technological costs have become a larger portion of most annual budgets. The push to cut production costs is further pressuring management to trim costs such as professional consultation fees.
What is the Status of the MDP Movement in the United States and Abroad?
In the United States, the MDP movement is moving forward at different levels.3 However, there is an ongoing movement toward parallel associations that is being spearheaded by the Big Five accounting firms. Several Big Five firms have already implemented MDPs through the acquisition of law firms, resulting in parallel firms and the institution of differing degrees of integrated practices in Europe, Canada, and Australia.4 Likewise, MDP activities are steadily increasing in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Meanwhile, the American Bar Association formed the special Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice, which began holding hearings on whether to amend the ABA model rules of professional conduct in November 1998.5 In January 1999, the ABA published a background paper on multidisciplinary practices. The paper identified issues associated with providing legal services in an MDP environment, but did not reach a conclusion as to the Commission's position on the issue. Furthermore, the Commission invited the public to submit comments on issues identified in the background paper by April 4, 1999. The Commission also posted hypotheticals and models for comment on its website at www.abanet.org/cpr/multicomhypos.html The Commission finally issued a report in June 1999 endorsing the MDP concept for consideration by the House of Delegates of the ABA.6 The House of Delegates voted to table the proposal in 1999.
Finally, it is worth noting that past State Bar of Michigan President Thomas Lenga established a special committee to study the relationship between law and accounting firms. This committee, on which the author sits, is currently considering issues related to the establishment of MDPs in Michigan.
Other Major Players in the MDP Movement
The MDP movement is not limited to accounting and law firms. For example, Amex Canada Inc. announced that it is adding a new management consulting practice to its range of travel and expense management services. Amex has promised to bring its clients a comprehensive assortment of travel and entertainment financial services to help them achieve cost savings, establish travel policy based on global best practices, and develop purchasing processes. Also, AT&T Solutions provides 'professional services' to AT&T's corporate clients in an effort to achieve comprehensive global business solutions. Both AT&T and Amex are steadily increasing their market share as business and financial advisors in a variety of fields, and both are hiring a varied team of professionals including business, electronics, and financial specialists to meet their clients' needs.
Regulation of MDPs-Various Proposals
A primary issue remains for both the professionals who advocate MDPs and those who oppose them. Given that MDPs already exist to some extent, who should regulate them? There are a myriad of professional regulatory agencies that currently promulgate professional rules in the various professional service areas. The question becomes, whose rules should prevail?
One proposed model would eliminate provisions preventing professionals from forming alliances and sharing profits from professional conduct rules, while maintaining rules that require independence and confidentiality. Firms would be responsible for implementing policies to ensure that the various professionals were in compliance with the professional rules promulgated by their regulatory bodies. Those regulatory bodies would maintain disciplinary control over their professionals. This model assumes that there is common ground among the professionals with regard to their ethical duties and allows firms to exercise limited discretion in formulating policies in those areas. Under this model, both the firm and the individual would be subject to regulation. However, the majority of participants at the ABA Commission on MDPs hearings favored regulating only the individual. A minority favored regulating only the firm itself.
Resisting Change: Gains and Losses
It is unclear who stands to gain the most from the introduction of MDPs nationally and locally. Initially, corporate expansion sparked the global impetus to form MDPs. However, many Michigan practitioners may have clients that are interested in an MDP not because of globalization of the economy, but because they find it more convenient to get legal and financial advice in one office rather than at multiple firms. Although relatively modest, this client consideration is as compelling as the multinational corporation's need to have a service provider with global coverage.
Those opposed to MDPs argue that erosion of ethical rules designed to protect clients will not be in the public's best interest. Clients, however, are responding with a demand for one-stop, comprehensive, cost-effective delivery of professional services.
If the desire to prevent MDPs is based on a desire to protect the public or clients, it seems that opponents of MDPs should allow market forces to dictate the direction of the profession.7 However, this is not always an acceptable solution, since the dictates of the market are not necessarily in the client's or public's best interest. Further, natural survival instincts may cause those who perceive a threat to their professional autonomy to invoke ethical rules to preserve the status quo without giving careful consideration to the potential benefits of change.8
The State Bar of Michigan should collectively decide whether it wants to follow or lead the MDP debate. The Bar can 'follow' the American Bar Association and the World Trade Organization, see how these representative bodies decide the MDP issues, and then attempt to follow suit. Alternatively, the Bar has the opportunity to take the lead by establishing a sound regulatory framework for MDPs in Michigan.
By embracing MDPs, the State Bar of Michigan can allow Michigan attorneys to expand their services to accommodate the changing market climate. It can take the lead in addressing the need to regulate MDPs by leading the dialogue. In doing this, Michigan attorneys would be positioned to be the leaders in the professional services business by showing that we can readily adapt to change and that we can help our clients do the same.
This flexibility would also allow Michigan to prosper in a changing global business environment. Furthermore, other Michigan professional services firms will have similar gains with an increase in market share through the expansion of service offerings. Traditional nonlawyer firms will be forced to exchange some professional autonomy for market share. Likewise, Michigan lawyers will have to do the same to become the premier local and global service providers in the new millennium.
1 Fully integrated MDPs include a single firm employing different types of professionals under common ownership and management. Given that the goal of the arrangement is to harness the value of a variety of professional perspectives, each professional should remain professionally independent in the exercise of his or her judgment.
2 Parallel associations consist of loose alliances or networks of professional service providers that are separately owned and managed. These service providers cooperate through referrals and joint marketing activities.
3 For example, Washington, D.C., already allows MDPs.
4 Currently, the Big Five accounting firms are the leaders in the implementation of MDPs throughout Europe and Canada. Many have been offering legal services to clients for years through a variety of arrangements that differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In Europe, fully integrated MDPs are permitted in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Slovak Republic, Spain, and some cantons of Switzerland. However, partnerships between attorneys and auditors are expressly prohibited in the Netherlands and Italy. France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom restrict the types of legal services that may be offered by MDPs. In response to these restrictions, firms such as PricewaterhouseCoopers have opted to use the parallel firm approach to providing legal services. In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords concluded that there was no legal basis for the claim that 'Chinese walls' or similar arrangements are insufficient for protecting client confidences and maintaining independence in the MDP environment in Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (December 18, 1998). Furthermore, in 1994 in New South Wales, Australia, the legislature approved multidisciplinary partnerships. The Law Society of New South Wales followed up by adopting ethical rules for MDPs. Reportedly, other Australian states are considering similar proposals.
5 The Commission's activities raised antitrust concerns, while some lawyers complain of anticompetitive advertising practices by large international accounting firms offering legal services. The Commission itself was made aware by the ABA's Antitrust Section of potential antitrust issues related to the Commission's activities. The group pointed out that under the U.S. Supreme Court case of Goldfarb v Virginia State Bar, 421 US 773 (1975) 'the learned professions are not exempt from the prohibitions of the Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA).' In Goldfarb, the Supreme Court held that a minimum fee schedule published by a county bar association and enforced by the state bar violated § 1 of the Sherman Act, which prohibits price fixing and § 5 of the FTCA which prohibits unfair methods of competition.
Under antitrust laws, professional organizations are prohibited from engaging in acts that restrain trade among their members or outside competitors even if professional ethical concerns are the basis for the restrictions. Thus, if the Commission were to determine that practicing with nonlawyers is unethical and attempted to prevent nonlawyers from competing with the legal profession, such a conclusion would not shield it from prosecution under the antitrust laws. However, in the cases Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v Noerr Motor Freight Inc, 315 US 127 (1961) and United Mine Workers of America v Pennington, 381 US 657 (1965) the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment protects legitimate lobbying activities by private organizations. Such activities are protected even if the intent is to prevent competition. Similarly, under the State Action doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Parker v Brown, 317 US 341 (1943), state authorized competitive practices do not violate the Sherman Act or the FTCA. However, the State Action doctrine only applies to private activities where the state has clearly articulated an affirmative state policy to allow private parties to act anticompetitively, and actively supervises the anticompetitive behavior.
6 Since November 1998, the Commission listened to the testimony of 42 witnesses and considered written comments by interested parties. The ABA Taxation Section and the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section have formally endorsed the concept of multidisciplinary practices. The prevailing view among witnesses participating in the hearings was that MDPs are here to stay and the ABA should determine how the legal profession should adapt to influence regulatory changes that reflect the evolving practice environment.
7 For example, clients may not be interested in interdisciplinary services offered by their traditional accounting firms for fear of jeopardizing their independence.
8 It is fair to assume that most attorneys take their ethical considerations very seriously. Furthermore, most attorneys would agree that the independence and integrity of the legal profession are vital to the protection of the rule of law in most free societies. Attorney ethical obligations have a consistent underlying theme, which is to protect the public interest and maintain an attorney's independent judgment. Some of the key ethical considerations for the multidisciplinary practice debate are conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and advertising/soliciting.
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A helpful guide to working effectively with people from other cultures.
"The sad truth is that the vast majority of managers who conduct business internationally have little understanding about how culture is impacting their work," writes Meyer, a professor at INSEAD, an international business school. Yet they face a wider array of work styles than ever before in dealing with clients, suppliers and colleagues from around the world. When is it best to speak or stay quiet? What is the role of the leader in the room? When working with foreign business people, failing to take cultural differences into account can lead to frustration, misunderstanding or worse. Based on research and her experiences teaching cross-cultural behaviors to executive students, the author examines a handful of key areas. Among others, they include communicating (Anglo-Saxons are explicit; Asians communicate implicitly, requiring listeners to read between the lines), developing a sense of trust (Brazilians do it over long lunches), and decision-making (Germans rely on consensus, Americans on one decider). In each area, the author provides a "culture map scale" that positions behaviors in more than 20 countries along a continuum, allowing readers to anticipate the preferences of individuals from a particular country: Do they like direct or indirect negative feedback? Are they rigid or flexible regarding deadlines? Do they favor verbal or written commitments? And so on. Meyer discusses managers who have faced perplexing situations, such as knowledgeable team members who fail to speak up in meetings or Indians who offer a puzzling half-shake, half-nod of the head. Cultural differences—not personality quirks—are the motivating factors behind many behavioral styles. Depending on our cultures, we understand the world in a particular way, find certain arguments persuasive or lacking merit, and consider some ways of making decisions or measuring time natural and others quite strange.
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Some very nice, very smart African-Americans are plunged into netherworlds of malevolent sorcery in the waning days of Jim Crow—as if Jim Crow alone wasn't enough of a curse to begin with.
In the northern U.S. of the mid-1950s, as depicted in this merrily macabre pastiche by Ruff (The Mirage, 2012, etc.), Driving While Black is an even more perilous proposition than it is now. Ask Atticus Turner, an African-American Korean War veteran and science-fiction buff, who is compelled to face an all-too-customary gauntlet of racist highway patrolmen and hostile white roadside hamlets en route from his South Side Chicago home to a remote Massachusetts village in search of his curmudgeonly father, Montrose, who was lured away by a young white "sharp dresser" driving a silver Cadillac with tinted windows. At least Atticus isn't alone; his uncle George, who puts out annual editions of The Safe Negro Travel Guide, is splitting driving duties in his Packard station wagon "with inlaid birch trim and side paneling." Also along for the ride is Atticus' childhood friend Letitia Dandridge, another sci-fi fan, whose family lived in the same neighborhood as the Turners. It turns out this road trip is merely the beginning of a series of bizarre chimerical adventures ensnaring both the Turner and Dandridge clans in ancient rituals, arcane magical texts, alternate universes, and transmogrifying potions, all of which bears some resemblance to the supernatural visions of H.P. Lovecraft and other gothic dream makers of the past. Ruff's ripping yarns often pile on contrivances and overextend the narratives in the grand manner of pulp storytelling, but the reinvented mythos here seems to have aroused in him a newfound empathy and engagement with his characters.
If nothing else, you have to giggle over how this novel's namesake, who held vicious white supremacist opinions, must be doing triple axels in his grave at the way his imagination has been so impudently shaken and stirred.


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Arcana III: What Am I Like?
by Pey Pey Oh
by Pey Pey Oh
* To My Darling Friend Kenny Mah: Happy Birthday *
"One day, the burning tower will stop burning and I will stop falling out of windows, will stop being hit with bricks, will stop choking on smoke. I'll stagger out taking deep breaths and bandages."
- Only in my Dreams
I don't wish it
On anyone but,
I AM the Tower.
If you meet me,
Watch out:
The strike is coming and
Your life will never
Be the same,
I am the agent of Change.
The sound of walls
Everywhere: Fire.
Drip drip drip,
There's always Water,
At the Heart of the matter:
I am a maiden
Looking at her naked self.
Frankly, it's where
I Am always
Hoping to return,
This distant light–
On desolate shores.
I want to be that
Cool drink at
The end
Of the long road.
Nurturing the earth.
That place between
Moon and magician.
That place between
Dream and creation.
The secret knowledge,
Behind the curtain of
Both foolish
And angelic,
I want to laugh
At the edge of the cliff,
To know if the dream
Of the butterfly is true,
With only a small dog
Of caution nipping at
My heels.
Apprentice to
The alchemy
Of opposites,
I want to know how to take
The measures,
To be fractured into
Colours by the sun,
To dispense healing
Potions to everyone.
Listen to this poem:
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Pey Pey Oh has been published in various small magazines along the way, like the ones universities publish, or Magma. Mainly she has a problem sending out things by snail mail, so if she can't hand it to you or send you an email, she's in trouble. She likes plants a lot, especially if they're aromatic, but she's really bad at watering them. Good thing it rains a lot in UK where she lives. She likes coming and hanging out with the Malaysian Poets once a year when she visits home, and loves to read at Readings. Plus, she also likes to go eating with the Food Bloggers, that's her other best activity which makes her feel more Malaysian. One of her ambitions is that she'd like to be "Awae wi' tha faeries" - and that's with a Scots accent - but mostly she's a lazy cat that needs a kicking by her friends to send out stuff. So, she thanks everyone.


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Cork boss Jimmy Barry-Murphy had no quibble with referee Brian Gavin's decision to play more than two minutes of injury time at the end of yesterday's All-Ireland final.
An extra two minutes were signaled by the sideline official at the end of the 70 though, strictly speaking, that only counts as a minimum guideline.
Patrick Horgan put Cork a point up in the first minute of additional time though two and a half minutes had been played by the time Domhnall O'Donovan struck for Clare's equaliser. "Look, it's the referee's call," said Barry-Murphy.
"There were a couple of decisions that might have gone our way. I have no criticism, I thought the referee was excellent on the day."
Barry-Murphy admitted that Clare shaded the encounter on the balance of play and admitted that he felt the game was slipping away from his side during the final quarter. "I thought it was a great occasion, great match, some great scores from both sides and Clare were brilliant on the day.
"I'd have to be honest and say it's a fair result. It's a fair result from our point of view because they might have edged it probably.
"But our lads showed great character when they looked to be struggling in a lot of places, the commitment they showed and the spirit they showed, I am very proud of that.
"I thought at one stage when they were four points ahead with 10 minutes to go we were struggling to get the ball down the field and Clare were playing with great enthusiasm, great spirit and there was great pace to their game.
They are a credit to their manager in fairness to them." He added: "There are lots of places we need to improve.
Players know that themselves, Clare will be looking themselves in the same situation.
"It's a difficult situation, a three-week break is unusual in itself, from that point of view it's new territory for me.
We just have to regroup, analyse it and see where we can improve." Full-forward Patrick Horgan looked set to be the hero after putting his side a point up in injury time though, like Barry-Murphy, he feared the game was beyond them as Clare tagged on the points after both of Cork's first two goals.
"With 15 minutes to go I thought it was going to be tough enough for us," he said.
"They were really on top at the time but we're doing it all year, we have great fight in the team and we pulled it back and they were lucky to draw in the end really."
Cork midfielder Daniel Kearney admitted he was surprised by Clare's formation yesterday. Banner boss Davy Fitzgerald opted to abandon sweeper system that had served his side well in recent games, reverting to an orthodox set up that worked well.
Kearney said: "It was hard not to be (surprised) because in the two games where they used it were their two best games.
You couldn't ignore that. "We also knew that anything could happen.
We were prepared for everything really. Who knows, they might play with the spare man the next day."
Cork struggled to make inroads on Clare for long periods of the match given the dominance of their half-back line though Kearney broke through for a goal chance in the 17th minute only to see his shot saved by Patrick Kelly having missed a similar opportunity in the semi-final against Dublin.
"I was disappointed I didn't put away the goal.
Maybe if Hoggie or Luke had the ball they would have taken it in the extra five yards and buried it.
"It was a great save. I thought I was doing the right thing by putting it in low.
"That's twice now where I've had a goal opportunity. Maybe the next day it'll be third time lucky and if I get a chance I'll bury it."


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2 weeks ago you ALMOST blew my socks off... so close!
Whoohoo! I had something to share at the funnest party on the block!! Thanks for hosting gals ♥ReplyDelete
I LOVE this party girls and you two are so much fun! I have really enjoyed all of the silly posts. I am the first to admit that I CANNOT cook so I'm constantly trying to play up the "main dish" to convince the kiddos it's safe to eat. I'll let you be the judge! TGIF!!!
Thanks for hosting! But, seriously Jen - my sign is AWFUL! I should at least paint over the damn thing because it's in the corner right this second taunting me!!! I've since graduated to an overhead projector and carbon paper!
I have those socks in green. Have had them since the dawn of time, can't wear 'em out since I don't wear them that often. But when I do you will get an autographed copy. Then I will have something to link, because a photo of my feet in socks, that might stink!
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Ok...I now realize I have stop just showing the perfect stuff!! Life is full of "crap" and I love that you guys are willing to put yourselves out there and have some fun w/ it. The CAKE day was anything but normal...my parents are quite the entertainers :) They must have argued about the chocolate for 15 minutes before we even started the cake. STRESS!!!!! Alwell...FAMILY rock's and I love them w/ all of my heart!!! Hope the post makes the cut! XOReplyDelete
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So much fun! Thanks for hosting and giving us all a chance to laugh at ourselves. It's easy to forget that everyone screws up sometimes ;)ReplyDelete
Yeah, this is my fave party ever. I think I fit in more here than when things are supposed to look good. Hmmm, what's that telling me? I will avoid thinking about it.
But again, thanks for letting my messy remodels, my yucky food, my poor fashion sense, and my poor photography/writing skills shine. I feel famous.
Am I still stinky and a no-replay loser of a blogger?? Sending this as a test.ReplyDelete


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Some legitimate foreign online pharmacies may help U.S. consumers buy medicines they otherwise could not afford, a new economic analysis concludes.
The analysis, by the National Bureau of Economic Research, concludes that while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has good reason to warn U.S. consumers about these pharmacies, the warnings may go too far, NPR reports.
The FDA states a safe online pharmacy should be located in the United States, and licensed by the state board of pharmacy where the website is operating.
The new report notes many Americans do not fill their prescriptions because they cannot afford to. Some legitimate foreign pharmacies may offer lower prices than their U.S. counterparts, the researchers note. "A blanket warning against any foreign website may deny consumers substantial price savings," the report states.
The researchers ordered 328 drug samples from 41 online pharmacies based in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. They compared them in terms of drug safety—through a chemical analysis—and cost savings.
Eight of the websites were based in the United States, and shipped high-quality, authentic drugs. Another group of pharmacies, mostly foreign, sometimes shipped fake versions of Viagra. A third group of online pharmacies, most of them foreign, sent authentic drugs that cost much less than the American pharmacies.
"In the U.S., tens of millions of Americans go without prescribed medication due to cost each year," the report notes. "For most uninsured Americans, lower priced drugs from foreign online pharmacies are an attractive option and for many a necessary one. In light of this, we wonder whether a blanket warning against foreign websites has limited price competition between U.S. and foreign websites, and whether a more open and educational policy could make better use of the existing verification services for consumer savings in authentic drugs."
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While Microsoft recently announced 12-ish new games coming to Xbox Live, it looks like those titles may not be ready for release just yet. Prepare yourselves, Windows Phone gamers: there will be no new Xbox Live release next week.
I can't remember the last time there wasn't an Xbox Live release in the US. Sadly, our European readers already know what it's like to not see a new game on their Marketplace. When Sudoku and Minesweeper came out for free last week, everybody was surprised that they were only released in the US.
I'm just shocked at this hole in the release schedule, as the last two Game Room retro games, Time Pilot and Shao-Lin's Road, have almost certainly been complete for a long while. Hopefully the negative reaction to previous Game Room games (stemming largely from the ancientness of some of those games and releasing them all in a very short time span) hasn't resulted in their cancellation. Some of us want those Achievements!
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