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Coming to grips with chronic pain is a very trying process for teenagers and their families. Dancing with Pain takes us into four Teens experiences dealing with pain from a facial injury, Sickle Cell Disease, Complex regional pain syndrome ad neck and shoulder trauma. A dancer embodies their process, leading us through different stages of their healing: the pain itself, confusion when their pain
When is enough really enough? There's a world of pain that we've yet to get a firm grasp on. This pain is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Often what ultimately radiates from this compact source of pain and struggle is DEATH. When will we look outside of the proverbial box we encase our own lives in to please others? What is beyond the box of life? Without knowledge of law, resources, and assistance, we will
This is a Documentary regarding pain management, the use of cannabis therapy and the struggles patients face in attempting to better their quality of life. Included are interviews with two of the Best Pain Specialists in the country who explain their approach,understandings,and what they think needs reform, as those who live with chronic pain tell their story of the hardships they have to deal w
A Young Man is forced to reflect all the pain of his life to learn from it and move on with his life. The pain is far worse than he could ever have imagined. You will now see all the pain in his life, in some of the most disturbing fashions.
When Everest visits a doctor for a checkup, he is directed to a pain scale chart and asked to correlate his pain at that time to a corresponding number. This triggers flashbacks that progress from least to most painful, which forces Everest to relive ten unfortunate events to lead him to discover the root of his pain.
The plan had always been that eventually Alex McCollister would go first. But a year after he took early retirement, Alex lost his wife of 32 years to cancer. He never contemplated the devastating pain or loneliness of losing the most important person in his life. The pain of his loss, and the pain of a new medical condition, were almost too much to bear. 'Can't you just cut the damn thing out?'
Our lives are fraught with pain. It's a pain that we can either run from or face head on. For former astronaut Thomas Niccol, that pain is so great, that he has spent the better part of a decade running from it and in doing so he has allowed himself to pull away from his own family. Stuck in the daily grind of hiding in his work, Thomas has neglected to see his young son's growing interest in fo
Joy becomes pain, and pain becomes a film. In this highly personal film diary, filmmaker Frederic Guillaume allows us to share in the joy and love of a young family, and the heartrending breakup that follows, all viewed entirely from his own perspective. He records his happiness as he sees his daughter grow, and his pain when he realizes that he and his beloved are growing apart. Their daughter
William is a heavily scarred loner who was born with a rare disorder called CIPA, Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. He feels no pain and no pleasure. After years of wondering what pain feels like he decides to go to extreme measures by "recruiting" victims to help him understand what others take for granted. This story will take the audience on a emotional roller coaster ride to find out if Will
Days in Pain tells the story of "Him," an isolated teenager with severe depression. Throughout this short film, we see his day to day life; days upon days of pain and suffering. While this may be hard to watch, "Days in Pain" provides an outside look into what it means to be bullied. It is a never-ending story; a sort of Purgatory that the character personifies.
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T Leaves Beach House is a private house set amongst natural coastal landscape. It is 2kms to the Blairgowrie cafes and shops and 1 km to the back beach or to the bay. It is beautiful during the summer to enjoy the beaches and to relax at the house with some fine food in the spacious BBQ and entertaining area. The house is also fantastic in Winter as it has a fire place and is private. There is a heating /cooling wall unit in the family, living area. The bedrooms have independent electric heaters and spare blankets for those winter months. It is a single level house and enjoys open plan living. The house suits couples, families or small groups of friends.A high chair and cot is on site for those very young guests.
The house consists of 4 bedrooms. Three bedrooms have new queen beds and the other room has bunks. Master bedroom has a full en-suit. All have robes.
The main bathroom is recently renovated and is clean and fresh.
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This position will provide electrical engineering support with responsibilities including the following:
Create full design packages including BOM, detail drawings, assembly drawings and layouts
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Review & interpret customer and vendor drawings and specifications
Design or coordinate the design of the MCC, wiring schematics and power distribution
Write the PLC and HMI code
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text: Hecla - The memorial service for Delbert "Del" Moerke, 65, of Hecla, S.D., will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 27, 2007, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Oakes, N.D. Burial will be at a later date in the Hecla Cemetery. He died Monday at the Veterans Affairs Hospital, Fargo, N.D. Dahlstrom Funeral Home in Oakes is in charge of the arrangements. An online guestbook may be signed at www.dahlstrom funeralhome.com.


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Delivering Local
By: Janet Kalandranis
Sometimes eating local is about warmth and comfort. Knowing that local shop owners will smile as you enter their door and will forever wish you a good day on your way out. It's about hearing your name because you are a regular or seeing familiar faces behind the counter. Oh, and coffee and breakfast treats don't hurt either.
After days without power (oh, Nemo) I was searching for something that provided comfort. Not warmth in temperature but true comfort in feeling connected to where we live. It's amazing how communities can come together during difficult times and I'm so proud to say I live in the South Shore. I'm also quite happy that I can find a warm cappuccino, a fresh croissant and a comforting smile less than 10 minutes from my house. It's the little things that become the important things in life.
French Memories in Duxbury is tucked away in the quintessential Snug Harbor locale. And although there are three other locations I'm made to believe that our South Shore location is the most important. Maybe it's because the little café opens at 5:45am Mon-Sat to adjust to our busy commuting lives or maybe because it's not uncommon to see our fun-loving Island Creek Oyster friends popping in. Whatever the reason this is my local coffee shop. It's warm, it's comforting and I can pretty much go in black leggings and rain boots and never feel out of place.
But let's talk about the eats, drinks and how it warms my soul. (That sentence is not an overstatement, it's just the truth.) I lived in Lyon, France for a month a couple years back and it's one of my most favorite places in the world. Walking into French Memories and taking a sip brings me back every time. The coffee is real – it's dark and bold. The cappuccinos are frothy and the bakery cases are just heaven. I feel like the description "bakery cases" doesn't do the visual justice. Instead think of freshly baked French pastries because that's what you get here. Owned by Phillippe and Debra Odier, this dynamic duo hails from Paris all the way to the little South Shore to give us a taste of something real.
I'm not much of a sweet fan in the morning but croissants, let me clarify – real croissants, are definitely accepted. And French Memories' are flaky, not too buttery and perfectly light and airy. Some days I feel a little more daring and jump into the almond croissant world – slightly sweeter but oh so perfect when a Tuesday feels more like a Thursday.
And let's discuss the cookies. French Memories has all kinds like meringues and madeleines and palmiers to try. These frequent my house for special dinners because truthfully who doesn't love a perfect cookie after a glamorous dinner. But sometimes I go classic, chocolate chip and peanut butter, to be exact. They are homemade; there is no doubt about it. I eat one and it satisfies that craving until the next time I enter French Memories and am greeted by a smile, an amazing aroma and the comfort of home.
French Memories has locations in Duxbury, Sharon, Boston (as Cafe Vanille) and Chestnut Hill (as Cafe Vanille). If you stop by the Duxbury location please tell them Janet says hello and that her eSS blog brought you in.
Janet Kalandranis is lover of all things local, especially food. She is a marketing guru by day and documents her free time about her love of food, family and the South Shore at www.foodbeautiful.blogspot.com.


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|The Zombie Survival Guide
|Max Brooks
|Cover artist
|Max Werner
|United States
|Humor[1], Horror, Informative
|Three Rivers Press
|Publication date
|September 16, 2003
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|Print (Paperback), Ebook
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|Followed by
|World War Z
The Zombie Survival Guide, published in 2003, is a survival manual dealing with the potentiality of a zombie attack by American author Max Brooks. It contains detailed plans for the average citizen to survive zombie uprisings of varying intensity and reach, and describes "cases" of zombie outbreaks in history, including an interpretation of Roanoke Island.
The book is divided into six separate chapters, a fictional list of attacks throughout history and an appendix.
Specific ground rules that are referenced repeatedly in the book are laid out. The first of these describes "Solanum", the fictional virus that creates a zombie, along with details on how it is spread (such as through an open wound, when coming in contact with infected blood or saliva), and treatment of the infected (suicide or amputation of the bitten/scratched limb, though amputation rarely works). The middle of this chapter explains the abilities and behavioral patterns of the Undead and the differences between "voodoo" zombies and zombies created by "Solanum." The end of the chapter discusses the levels of zombie outbreaks and how severe of a threat each is to humankind.
The weapons at the average reader's disposal are discussed and weighed against the various threats that may be faced during confrontations with the undead. The M1 carbine and the machete, as portrayed on the cover of the book, as well as the crowbar and Shaolin Spade, receive the strongest recommendation.
This section focuses on how to turn residential or public buildings into a base. It discusses the pros and cons for each different type of building, what supplies to gather, where to find a new shelter and maintain a new one should it ever be over-run or ruled.
The rules and necessities of traveling through zombie-infested territory are covered. It also discusses types of terrain and the pros and cons of different types of transportation.
While all previous chapters emphasize avoiding zombies at all costs, this section specifically deals with engaging ghouls to ensure their destruction. It discusses the strategies and tools to eradicate zombies from an area.
Survival during a doomsday scenario that would see zombies becoming the dominant species on Earth is examined. Advice in this section is adapted from previous sections by referring to a more serious Class-4 outbreak (previous chapters discussed a less widespread Class-3 outbreak). Brooks explains the separate chapter is only useful in the case of a nearly-impossible outbreak, and primarily focuses on creating a new civilization as far away from current civilizations as possible to avoid all contact with zombies and a new threat: marauders and bandit tribes.
The guide concludes with a fictional list of documented zombie encounters throughout history. The oldest entry is 60,000 BC, in Katanga, Central Africa, although the author expresses doubt to its validity. Instead, he presents evidence from 3,000 BC in Hieraconpolis, Egypt as the first verifiable instance of a zombie outbreak. The most recent entry is 2002, in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
This is a sample "Outbreak Journal", with the author noting a covered-up zombie outbreak being seen on the local news and the preparation steps he takes in the event that the outbreak worsens. The following pages are blank entries, for the reader to use as a basis for their own notes on surviving zombies.
Random House published The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, a tie-in comic written by Brooks. It was released on October 6, 2009.[2][3] Brazilian artist Ibraim Roberson illustrated the book.[4]


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So I am still alive, no I didn't die or got kidnapped. We didn't have Internet til yesterday then we went to the mall right after so I didn't have time to do a post.
We have moved to our new house!!! And I love it!!! We still live on a farm and we still live near the same town. You don't know how much work it was moving. My grandma came to help us and boy, did she. We only had a couple of weeks to move so it was alot of work. The only thing I don't like about our new house is that my room is TINY! My old one was HUGE. So it was a big change for me. I don't have any pictures of my house yet but I hope to have some soon.
Today was my brother Ben's 9th birthday. I didn't get him anything because I totally forgot that it was coming up! My mom got him 4 chocolate bars, 2 books and pajamas. For his supper we had steak, ceasar salad and potatoes. And for dessert we are having cupcakes, popcorn and ginger snap cookies! I know that is alot of dessert!
Sorry I don't have any pictures of anything but I hope I can put some on soon. This post was just for saying I am still alive!


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Here is the first recipe for my Mary's Mini (MM). If you are doing the MM, and have chosen quinoa as your starch, (and are doing the version with fruit), this breakfast is great.
It is easy to make, delicious to eat, and will keep you full all morning.
Here are the simple instructions!
1c quinoa, washed and drained
2c water for cooking
1 banana
1/2 cup water
blueberries or mixed berries
(you can add sweetener if you desire, I usually add a little maple syrup)
After you wash your quinoa, and drain in a mesh strainer, place into a medium saucepan.
Pour in 2 cups water. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.
When it comes to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low.
Cook for 15 minutes. (NO PEEKING)
After 15 minute, turn off heat, and let sit for 5 minutes (STILL NO PEEKING)
While it is sitting for 5 minutes, lets make the banana milk.
In your blender, add one peeled banana, and 1/2 cup water. Blend for about 30 seconds, until smooth.
Now, remove quinoa from the stove, uncover, add your banana milk. Stir well. If you want a little bit more creamy, add a little more water.
Now, serve in a large bowl, and add your berries and sweetener (if having).
This is one serving size.
I eat this 90% of my breakfasts on the mini.


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Over the past year we have been hard at work building more comprehensive email marketing solutions for our customers. We are ready to unveil one of our most exciting new features – integrated SMS marketing! Bound with email marketing, SMS will deliver more timely and targeted messages, helping you boost engagement.
Almost everyone has an email address and more than 3 billion phones in the market are SMS enabled. As the mobile market explodes, texting now has twice as many active users as email. The SMS channel is growing rapidly, and marketers need to capitalize on the mobile channel. So, we set out to build a tool for you to create SMS marketing programs that produce the best results.
We've created Mailigen SMS, an easy to use and fully integrated SMS solution that synchs with your existing Mailigen contact lists.
Some of the great new features:
- SMS delivery to more than 200 countries and territories
- Registration of unique sender names
- Built in SMS customer management system
- Segmentation of SMS audience
- Gathering new subscribers via web sign-up forms
- In-depth SMS campaign reports
- Automatic URL shortening and click tracking
- Google Analytics integration
- SMS integration with email marketing strategy
After extensive research, the Mailigen development team identified important marketing aspects of the mobile commerce revolution and brainstormed ideas for new mobile email marketing tools for our customers. We took the best capabilities and combined them into one comprehensive tool for greater marketing impact. In keeping with our mantra of "make it easy to use", we have created a simple to understand tool for creating and sending SMS messages. Because marketing is ultimately about the result, we put a big emphasis on reporting data because reporting is what helps you optimize campaigns and save on marketing costs.
Integrating SMS and email marketing will help you create a following and promote your company by creating a seamless messaging strategy to deliver targeted messages. Adding SMS to your marketing program allows you to reach your target audience anytime, anywhere and reach subscribers at the point in time most relevant to your offer creating a sense of urgency and dual effect if used together with email marketing campaigns.
Check out the new SMS features, and as always, send us your feedback. If you have never used mobile marketing don't be intimidated, our support team is ready to help you get started.


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Nacogdoches' Jacob Bragg Grabs MVP Honors at Nike Football Training Camp
The recognition continues to grow for Nacogdoches junior offensive lineman Jacob Bragg.
The 6-foot-3, 300-pounder earned Offensive Line MVP honors at Sunday's Nike Football Training Camp in Dallas.
The NFTC hosted some of the top players across the region, including athletes from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Several East Texans, including Mount Pleasant receiver K.D. Cannon, Whitehouse quarterback Patrick Mahomes, and Whitehouse linebacker Reggie Long, also attended the event.
Bragg is one of East Texas' top offensive linemen entering the 2013 season. He holds two offers -- Kansas and Louisiana Tech -- and is expected to receive more, especially after earning such a high-profile award at the NFTC.
Bragg was a second-team selection on the ETSN.fm Football Super Team this past season. He joins classmate Greg Roberts, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound defensive end with a Baylor offer, as Nacogdoches' top players entering this fall.


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Beyond citation metrics - Sharing and tracking scientific output via Altmetric and Kudos
Ben McLeish from Altmetric.com will introduce the new article level metric and show how it can be tracked. In doing so, he will also cover how the new data can be shared in applications such as Kudos, a web-based service that helps authors to optimize their audience reach.
Dr. Joachim Schnabl, Science Communications Manager at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB) at the ETH Zurich will explain more about the ETH's particular use cases of Altmetric and Kudos.
Thursday the 6th October
3 pm CET (Central European Time)
Please refer to the recorded session and the presentation slides for further information.
1 hour incl. Q&A
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FASHION WEEK: Victoria Beckham and Alexander Wang
Redken Creative Consultant Guido created a style fit for the classic Alexander Wang girl at the designer's Fall/Winter 2012 show on Saturday-it was a simple downtown look that bordered on tomboyish. The hair was inspired by kind of girl everyone wants to be, a perfect match for Wang's chic, modern, must-have sportswear. See below for Guido's styling steps for Gisele Bündchen.
"When designing his collection, Alexander is very in tune to the details and designs for the girl today, and we wanted the hair style to reflect that as well," says Guido. "It's a very simple look, an easy down style with a center part and hair tucked behind the ears. It's a very wearable hair style as well-straightforward and effortless."
Get the Look:
- On damp hair, apply satinwear 02 ultimate blow-dry lotion all over to create the foundation for the style and blow-dry the hair until about 80
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- Create a very clean center part.
- Apply outshine 01 anti-frizz polishing milk from the mid-lengths to ends and let hair air dry the remaining 20 percent to bring out the natural texture. The outshine 01 will prevent that hair from frizzing as it dries.
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Free NBA Hoops Pick: Magic vs Knicks Lines
Looking for Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks free plays? NBA betting sees the Magic taking on the Knicks on Friday February 26th at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NBA basketball matchups all season long so stay tuned for more FREE daily NBA hoops predictions.
(25-30) Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks (24-35)
Date: Friday February 26
Time: 7:30PM EST
Venue: Madison Square Garden in New York, New York
NBA Moneyline Odds: Off
NBA Betting Odds: Knicks -1.5
NBA Betting Total: 206.5
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This Eastern Conference competition includes two of the worst teams in the East being led primarily by youth.
The Orlando Magic is led by Victor Oladipo as they continue to try and rebuild.
The New York Knicks are being led by Kristaps Porzingus who has surprisingly been a great pick besides having many doubters.
Orlando Magic
The Magic have not been playing bad as of late and are near the middle of the Eastern Conference. The Magic are currently 3-2 in their last five games. During that span they have been putting the ball in the bucket, scoring 109.8 on average while giving up 106.4 per contest.
With Tobias Harris and Channing Frye departing, the Magic are looking to sail into the offseason.
The Magic have been led by big man Nikola Vucevic who is averaging a solid 17.5 points per game to go with 9.1 boards on average. Victor Oladipo has been having a down year since his rookie year, averaging 14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists per contest.
The Magic were last in action in Philadelphia, where they were victorious 124-115.
They were led by the big man Vucevic who poured in 35 points and 9 rebounds against the big inside game that Philly has.
Oladipo was also able to produce 22 points in the W
Orlando looks to improve their Eastern Conference woes, where they currently stand in 11th place in the East.
New York Knicks
The New York Knicks have been struggling all season and the same routine has been occurring as of late. The Knicks are riding a 5 game streak with only one win.
During that span they have been averaging 101.8 points per game, and giving up 109 points per matchup.
New York is led in scoring by Carmelo Anthony as of late, averaging 21.4 points per game to go with 8 boards.
The young big man Kristaps Porzingus is having a solid rookie season with 14.1 points to go with 7.4 rebounds per contest. Aaron Affalo also is producing 13.9 points per game.
The Knicks were last in action in Indiana where they were defeated 108-105. Jose Calderon led the Knicks with 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists
Porzingus led the Knicks in scoring with 22 points and Carmelo Anthony took down 7 boards with 14 points.
The Knicks are floating into the offseason where they will need to make a couple moves in order to be competitive in the NBA.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 7-1 in ORL last 8 vs. Eastern Conference.
- ORL are 10-3 ATS in their last 13 vs. NBA Atlantic.
- NY are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games overall.
- NY are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Southeast.
- Under is 11-5 in NY last 16 Fri. games.
- Over is 16-5 in the last 21 meetings in New York.
- Over is 23-8-1 in the last 32 meetings.
Free Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks NBA Prediction:
This will be an ugly game for a Friday night game, with most attention probably going to Spike courtside. These two teams will keep the scoring low for most of the game.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: UNDER 206.5
I'm going to take the home team in this one, going with the Knicks in a close game.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Orlando 98 – New York 101
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Three Teams Lead Heated Race for Northeast Division Crown
The New Jersey Wildcats (4-2-2, 14 points) will host the New York Magic (2-4-1, 7 points) at Saint John Vianney High School in Holmdel on Saturday, with the 4:00 p.m. match bearing crucial implications on the team's bid for the 2012 Northeast Division crown. With just over two weeks remaining in the W-League regular season, three clubs are currently separated by just four points atop the division table.
"We have to make sure we don't get caught looking forward," Wildcats head coach Jim Gabarra remarked. "Every game has a lot of meaning for us the rest of the way, and we cannot allow ourselves to have any kind of letdown right now. The tightness of the division, along with having Long Island and the Valkyries ahead of us, makes it critical that we pick up three points this weekend."
Long Island currently sits in first place in the division with 18 points in nine matches, while the Valkyries are in the second slot with 16 points in eight contests. Both clubs play this weekend, as Long Island hosts the New Jersey Rangers (1-7-0, 3 points) on Saturday, and the Valkyries travel to the Magic on Sunday.
"Everyone understands how important the remaining games are, and this kind of challenge brings out the best in everybody as players," Gabarra continued. "It is very important that we come out sharp on Saturday and play a solid 90 minutes."
This contest marks the second meeting between the Wildcats and New York this year, with the first match occurring over the opening weekend of the season. In that game, the Magic took a lead in the 59th minute off a Rashidah Sherman notch, but the Wildcats responded later in the second half with a Kristen Edmonds to Andrea Lopez goal to hang what would be the final score, 1-1.
Tickets for Saturday and all Wildcats home matches are available now and can be attained by calling 732-720-9163, and they also are available the day of the game at the gate. Individual tickets as well as team and family packages are available.


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4 to 11 p.m.: Burbank's centennial celebration encompasses six city blocks, including San Fernando Boulevard, Palm Avenue, AMC Walkway, Orange Grove Avenue and Olive Avenue between Magnolia Boulevard and Angeleno Avenue. Free shuttles courtesy of SuperShuttle run continuously with stops at McCambridge Park Recreation Center, 1515 N. Glenoaks Blvd., and the downtown Burbank Metrolink station, 201 N. Front St. Carpooling is recommended. Parking structures on Orange Grove Avenue between San Fernando Road and Third Street will be closed. All other parking is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.: A pre-party show will feature The Bluez Express, a swing and rock band, on Centennial Way at Olive Avenue and Third Street.
5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.: The opening ceremony will begin with the national anthem, sung by Ashley Aparicio, in front of City Hall, 275 E. Olive Ave., and a live broadcast with NBC's Fritz Coleman, civic dignitaries, former mayors and celebrities. Mickey and Minnie Mouse will present a cupcake display and will give away cupcakes on a first-come, first-served basis. A time capsule will be revealed at Angeleno Avenue and San Fernando Boulevard.


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Near Blue Ridge in Botetourt County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Botetourt County / Bedford County
Area 548 Square Miles / Area 791 Square Miles
Botetourt County. Formed in 1769 from Augusta, and named for Lord Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, 1768–1770. Buchanan was the western terminus of the noted James River and Kanawha Canal.
Bedford County. Formed in 1753 from Lunenburg and Albemarle, and named for the fourth Duke of Bedford, English statesman. The Peaks of Otter are in this County.
Erected 1928 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number Z-68.)
Location. 37° 23.104′ N, 79° 45.842′ W. Marker is near Blue Ridge, Virginia, in Botetourt County. Marker is on Lynchburg Salem Turnpike (U.S. 460), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. It is at the Blue Ridge Church of the Bretheren. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15664 W Lynchburg Salem Tpke, Blue Ridge VA 24064, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Colonial Fort (approx. 3.7 miles away); Coming of the Railroad (approx. 6 miles away); Peaks of Otter (approx. 7.3 miles away); Cloverdale Furnace (approx. 7.9 miles away); 1889 Thaxton Train Wreck Old Carolina Road (approx. 8 miles away); Daleville College (approx. 8.3 miles away); Greenfield (approx. 8.4 miles away).
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New Delhi: Activists and cartoonists on Friday came on a single platform to protest against the removal of the Ambedkar toon from textbooks and lamented that MPs who objected to it did not read a "single line" of the book.
At the protest meet organised by the Foundation of Media Professional at Press Club here, cartoonists protested by drawing cartoons while activists voiced concern over the growing intolerance against free speech.
Yogendra Yadav, who resigned as advisor of NCERT in the wake of the episode, said, "Not one MP in the Lok Sabha quoted from the text written in the book. Not one of our honourable MPs has read even a single line."
However, in a lighter vein, he said he is "grateful" to the parliamentarians. "These books were published six years ago but public at large didn`t pay much attention towards these books. The Parliament has done a favour by drawing public attention to them.
"And honestly, I cannot be more grateful to them. I wish this cartoon should be shown millions of time," he said.
The cartoon which has created furore a week back in the parliament depicted the slow pace of the drafting of the Constitution under the drafting committee headed by BR Ambedkar. Drawn by noted cartoonist Shankar, it was first published in 1949.
Team Anna member and lawyer Prashant Bhushan claimed that "their actions have proved that the people who are sitting in the parliament, people who are running the government, deserved to be lampooned.
"What it shows is the very very dangerous state of our democracy that a country is virtually forced to elect people of this kind who apart from displaying a complete lack of understanding of things, show themselves to be the people who are not going to tolerate any kind of criticism, people who will go to any level to suppress criticism."
Somit, a cartoonist, speaking at the meet questioned, "If you say to a writer that your book will not be read by the audience, that has a solution, but if you say that your book will not be published than it is problematic."


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Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Sean-Michael Smith (25, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. Smith faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Smith was indicted on August 8, 2013.
According to court records, on July 3, 2013, a St. Johns County detective was actively investigating computer users who were distributing child pornography via a peer-to-peer file sharing network over the Internet. On that same date, the detective was able to successfully download three videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct from an Internet Protocol (IP) address registered to Sean-Michael Smith. Based on this information, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtained a search warrant for Smith's residence. When the warrant was executed, on August 2, 2013, Smith admitted to previously downloading and viewing child pornography, including one of the videos downloaded by the detective on July 3, 2013. Smith also stated that he had been viewing child pornography for 10 years, and admitted that whenever the file sharing program on his computer was active, any content in the shared folder would be available for downloading by other users on the file sharing network.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Diidri W. Robinson.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.


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Police are appealing for help to track down two hammer-wielding robbers who attacked security guards delivering cash in Burnley last night.
The two G4S guards were delivering cash to the Santander bank, in Briercliffe Road, about 11-30pm yesterday (Thursday) when they were approached by the masked offenders.
This was a vicious robbery by offenders who were not afraid to use violence and it is fortunate no-one was seriously hurtDetective Inspector Martin Melvin
Both guards were hit with a hammer but were not seriously hurt.
It is reported that the offenders made off on foot towards Fraser Street with "a substantial amount of cash".
It is unknown at this time if any vehicles were used.
Detective Inspector Martin Melvin, of Burnley Police, said: "This was a vicious robbery by offenders who were not afraid to use violence and it is fortunate no-one was seriously hurt.
"I would appeal for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area either yesterday or in the previous few days or who has any information to get in touch with us.
"I would also appeal to anyone who has private CCTV surrounding the area of Santander, and nearby streets including Fraser Street, Mark Street, and Towneley Street to come forward."
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 quoting log number 1679 of Thursday, August 27th.


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I enjoyed the variety of this anthology:
HE LIVES is a suspenseful story about a horrific decision that has been unearthed.
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Sky Gram Releases 'Tormented Prison'
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Author Sky Gram recounts her experience of living in a proverbial "Tormented Prison" (published by Xlibris) - a childhood replete with abuse at the hands of a satanic cult. She also tells the story of how she grew up and overcame the oppression, breaking free from her history of satanic ritual abuse while struggling with mental illness.
Gram shares the tale of a little girl raised within the confines of a torment prison. She was caged within a life of satanic practices and abuse by her own family, her parents, a satanic high priest and a high priestess. Her traumatic experiences marked her for a life steeped in confusion, her past and her mental illness hounding her even as she struggled to build a life for herself and forge new relationships. This is a story of strength in the midst of so much suffering with Gram saying, "I may have lost a lot of battles, but I know I won the war."
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BES said it had paid around £50m for the 50.1 per cent stake in
Execution, which bought up its smaller rival Noble just seven weeks ago in a move it claimed would turn it into a "major league player" in the mid-cap investment banking and broking sector.
Execution's management, led by founder Nick Finegold, a former Deutsche Bank trader, and chief executive Simon Brookhouse, ex-head of global equities at HSBC, will retain a significant stake in the venture.
Brookhouse is set to continue in the chief executive's role, while BES investment banking chief executive José Maria Ricciardi joins the board as chairman. Finegold and Luis Luna Vaz, BES's global head of capital markets, will become vice-chairmen of the enlarged company.
BES said it would use around £10m of the capital injection to strengthen Execution's capital reserves. It also plans to strengthen the broker's equities and fixed income focus on the key emerging markets of Brazil and India. The combined group will employ around 1,000 people across the UK, Europe, US, Far East and South America.
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The best way to become a better writer is to read, read, and read some more. I've always been an avid reader, but I was the type of reader who would only read a specific author or genre. I was afraid to leave my comfort zone. However, once I started writing, I realized I had to expand my horizons. So lately, I've been reading a lot of different styles and genres by a lot of different authors. And I've learned something...
It's all about perception.
I recently read a book that was a great concept with very interesting characters, but the book was awful. I know that sounds like a complete contradiction so allow me to explain. As writers we have to decide how to tell the story-whose point of view will we let our readers see the story from. At first you might think, Well that's a no-brainer. Your main character, duh! Okay, now do you tell it from a third person perspective (he/she) or a first person (I/me)? Third person POV allows more freedom because we can jump from character to character and see things from different perspectives. First person, however, is much more personal. It's also very limiting in that we can only see things from one perspective.
That single decision can make or break a story.
The one I read that was awful had been written in a way so that the reader wasn't in anyone's mind and in everyones. It was like I was a fly on the wall observing everything from a neutral position. Now I'm sure that works in certain styles of writing, but I felt so disconnected from the story and I couldn't get emotionally attached to any of the characters because I didn't know what they were think or feeling.
Well, I've decided to challenge myself and experiment a little. I'm writing a series right now that's told in the third person and it's been fun. There is one scene in particular that I love and I've been able to show it through both the heroine and hero's POV. I'm going to share them with you here and pay attention to how the same exact situation can be perceived differently.
A little background first: Teghan gets into a sexy strangers car and takes a little joyride with him. They've never met before and they don't know each other's names.
Shutting off the engine he climbed out of the car and walked to the opposite side. He opened Teghan's door. "Come on," he said, offering her his hand.
Teghan felt a chill work down her spine as she took his hand and got out of the car. Was he going to leave her out here on the side of the highway? He stood in front of her, blocking her from moving. His hands rested on the roof of the car on either side of her head and his face was inches from hers. She wasn't terrified though. In fact, she felt perfectly at ease. Somehow, she knew he wasn't going to hurt her.
"It's your lucky night," he said, his eyes bearing into hers.
She held his gaze while fighting the urge to kiss him. His lips were fit for an angel. They were lips meant to be kissed. Plump. Delectable. And totally forbidden. Oh what she wouldn't do for a taste of them. Just one small taste. She wouldn't even use her tongue. It couldn't be considering cheating then, could it? Teghan licked the desire from her own lips. "Why do you say that?"
He brought one of his hands to her mouth and traced her lips with his index finger. "Because a lessor man would take what he wanted, what you were teasing with in the car."
His body pressed against hers and she swore she could feel his erection poking her belly. Teghan let out the breath she didn't realize she'd been holding. "Maybe it was an invitation," she said. She squeezed her legs together, fighting the throbbing between her thighs.
Their lips were a breath widths apart. God she ached for him to kiss her. She bit her bottom lip and looked up at him under her lashes. There was desire burning in her blue eyes. She could see it, feel it in his gaze.
He quickly tugged her lip from her teeth and pushed himself away from her. "Lucky for you I'm a gentleman."
Shutting off the engine he climbed out of the car and walked to the opposite side. He opened Teghan's door. "Come on," he said, offering her his hand. She hesitated for the briefest of moments before taking his hand and getting out of the car. He waited until she was fully out of the car and standing before he put his hands on either side of her head, his palms flat on the roof of the car. Instinctively, he put his face only inches from hers.
His heart felt like a freight train about to derail. What the hell was he doing? "It's your lucky night," he said. Is that the best line you've got? Moron! She stared up at him with an innocence that had him fighting every male urge in his body.
"Why do you say that?" she asked.
And then she licked her lips. Fucking Christ! He couldn't stop himself. He brought one of his hands to his mouth and traced her lips with his index finger. "Because a lessor man would take what he wanted, what you were teasing with in the car." Never in his life had he wanted to be one of those lessor men than he did right this second.
He knew it was a mistake, but he did it anyway, and pressed his body against hers. She blew out a breath and her body trembled against him. It was like she pushed a button and voila! Instant erection. That was a first for him.
"Maybe it was an invitation." She bit her bottom lip and looked up at him under her lashes.
That look she was giving him was a clear cut, no questions asked, fuck me look. He groaned inwardly. God must be punishing him for something he'd done in another life. It was decision time. Do the right thing and take her back to the club or do the wrong thing, albeit fun, but wrong, and take her right here on the side of the highway?
He quickly tugged her lip from her teeth and pushed himself away from her. "Lucky for you I'm a gentleman."
So, which perspective do you like better?


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Businesses will get VAT problems with European consumers !
And again, the European Commission has adopted and accepted some laws during the summer holidays, that will have subsequently effect on every administration of businesses which sells electronics, software and telecom products towards end-users in the connected states of the European Union. You can almost wait for it during the summer season. Lots and lots of organisations, local governments, and country administrations seems to make a habit of adjusting laws in the summer nowadays. I guess they assume that these months they get the least resistance or everyone is missing the impact due to the holiday season. This article has been translated from the original dutch article and discusses the upcoming VAT changes for all the sales towards end-users (customers) in the European Union, related towards electronics, software and telecom products and services. These changes will have a large impact on businesses, e-commerce and web shops that deliver these, from all over the world. That is directly the reason that some of my direct friends asked my to create this English translation. Every businessman doesn't want to have problems with their accountants and with their countries tax department. Nobody is looking for problems with additional assessments I guess. And do you really know which tax rates all the European countries have? Are the tax rates different? I didn't and had to look it up. Did you knew? Awesome if you could! Actually, I do not understand why major news networks and broadcasting stations hasn't picked this up yet, and spread the world. Well,.. perhaps this article will be shared so much that this will be happening in the next months. The impact of this new law is rather heavy and every business, selling some things in one of these categories will feel the administrative impact of it all over the world.
It says it all in this publication about taxes from the European Community.
Just read my remarks and examples underneath and think a little with me about the impact. If I missed something?
Please give me a direct message on twitter and I will check it and adjust this page with it.
Selling to consumers from outside the European Community:
This is likely to change for all European residents in Europe. And it ain't funny and will cost you probably more. Although, with the parliament, there are still running discussions about branches from businesses from outside the EU with branches in some European countries. Actually, my best guess is that that discussion will end soon, and you wouldn't like it. Your invoice will be higher as per 2015 as the new default rule is that taxes has to be paid and charged for in the countries where the consumer resides. For instance, do you have a subscription on HBO or Netflix? These are Us companies but as of 2015 they have to charge you with the VAT rate of 21%. Ha, ha, I bed the increase will be at least 25%! US companies will be forced to charge you the VAT and,.. knowing how it works, we as consumers will pay the price for it.
Selling from the EU to consumers outside the EU:
There are no changes here. The tax changes are only about consumers that reside in the EU. Selling electronics, software and telecom products from Europe to to rest of the world will be excluded from VAT charges The EU seems very strict internally, but much more friendly for end-users in foreign countries.
Shops through the EU countries:
Are you selling an electronics, software or telecom product in you shop, and someone from another country wants to buy something? Lucky you! Likely, you can assume that the product will be used most of the time in the customers home country. You then have to check from which country that customer is from, in order to charge him/her the correct VAT amount. Remember, this law is only applicable on electronic, software and telecom products. Is the customer an European citizen? Than you have to charge him/her with the VAT rate of their home country. A USB disk, a TV, Phone, game or something like that,.. it is due to the VAT rate of the country the customer resides in. Remember, this law has no effect on food, drinks, fruits or other products. I smell some difficulties on the checkout registers already.
Phone calls and telecom services in the EU:
This one is going to be funny and an absolute administrative disaster for companies. I explained the new law earlier above and mentioned the URL also, you can check it out yourself there. Just read it very carefully and draw your conclusion. It says clearly phone calls in another European country should be charged with the VAT rate of that country. That funny when your travelling through Europe as I often do. Even more complex if you are running a business. You might end up with up to 5 or 6 different VAT rates on your invoice a month later when you have been abroad. Even funnier if you want to give your boss a declaration of phone calls done for the business during your holiday. That going to be an administrative mess.
Settle VAT from (other) EU countries:
This one is also nice. Most organisations are settling their tax declaration on a quarterly basis. VAT that has been paid in foreign countries, think about this for a brief moment, can mostly be set off with local tax departments, but often there is a minimum threshold to the amount. This has been done to reduce the administrative work load. As the threshold is often around € 10.000,=. most of the people will never reach this limit, unless you buying some expensive machinery, cars and so on. This will only lead to grabbing the paid VAT in other European countries and putting it on the large stack of the home country. The risk? Rather small, tax audits on large companies will be the first to experience this. Mid- & small sized companies will have hardly any annoyance from it, at least for the first 2 years. Lack of competences, the exchange of data between EU countries, reduction of inspectors and control possibilities are making this almost impossible. Just settle it in your home country is preliminary my advise.
This might become an issue. If you are selling electronics, software or telecom products, and you want to obey to the law, is it allowed for you to ask a customer for his passport in order to verify from which country he's from so you are able to charge the correct VAT rate? I'm very curious how this will develop. For instance, I own an Azure account from Microsoft. The data and virtual machines are running in the Netherlands and sometimes in Ireland. I mainly use these machines from the Netherlands, Belgium and France, and only sometimes from Denmark or Germany. Usage should be charged with various VAT rates, but it seems almost impossible to do. And what will happen if I move the actual storage towards the United States? A'm I fully VAT free then? I guess, I'm going to retrieve the full specified invoice somewhere in February or March 2015. In case you think you still have some privacy in the electronic world? Forget it! They all know more about you already than you can ever imagine. It will only getting worse.
Some general examples for companies:
Underneath some extra examples to explain the new VAT rules in practice.
- A company sells SaaS (Software as a Service) Consumers, or other companies, are using these services, but they have multiple branches in the world. The company has to specify the charged VAT correctly, meaning divided into a part VAT free, and into all different EU VAT rates. Only when most usage is outside the EU, the invoice can be completely VAT free. Impossible to perform and comply to. Might become even more complex if the software can be used privately as well by employees. This is on verifiable. Reports, test law suites and cases on these matters will appear on these topics in 2015.
- The previously mentioned example of my Azure account from Microsoft. Is it sold from the US towards me? or from some EU country. I use is through many different countries in the EU. Will I be charged with the VAt rate depending on from which country I connect to it? Impossible to perform. And what if I put the actual storage in the US? I can do that, no problem at all. Will it become cheaper? This is going to be a very difficult one to apply an comply to.
- I own a US resided Hotmail account. This is free now, it has always been free for me as a customer. The only question now is,,.. how long will it stay free ?
- I own an account for One Drive and Office 365. As a consumer I do not know where the data is actually stored. A'm I charged with European VAT because I use it mainly from Europe, or is it VAT free because the data is stored in the US? And how can I check that? Will Microsoft increase the price for Office 365 Home as they have to pay VAT? That will increase the price with an average 20%. That's a lot. And I use these accounts through all Europe. Usage should be charged with the countries VAT rate. That going to be a very difficult calculation. Best way I can think of to work around this and keep it simple for now? I have a US MasterCard, and will use that to pay for the services. Definitively VAT free, or at least the administration will a verify problem.
- Games: A lot of people are playing (online) games. I actually don't play these so much and had to look into this. Game platforms are mostly from outside Europe, but consumers are playing it at home of course. Therefore, all points, credits, stars and whatever you have to but to get to the next level, will be charged with the local VAT rate. This is going to cost you! You might want to register an .LI mail address. It is my guess that game companies, mainly will look at that as base for your home country. .LI mail addresses are from the European country Liechtenstein and their highest VAT rate is 8%. You can re-round your (fake) VPN connection through Liechtenstein as well. It might save you a lot of money.
- Telecom companies will have to charge you with different VAT rates for using your phone in different countries. You will get and see multiple VAT lines on the invoice. Not to handy if you may declare business calls during a holiday break.
Checkout points and systems:
This is something that a lot of (virtual) shops are going to have troubles with. From Amsterdam, Paris to Berlin. If you are selling electronics, software, or telecom related products to customers, you sure will have to make some adjustments. If you can assume that a product will mainly be used in the home country of the consumer,... you must charge them with the correct VAT percentage. For digital shops, it will be less difficult than for physical shops. Think about it. Multiple VAT buttons on a checkout system? Hmm,.. I don't see that happen to soon, but officially you are required to do it. Hmm,.. and instructing your employees on how to handle these situations. I'm really curious how all companies are going to deal with this. And what about the jeweler that sells a iPhone with an inlaid diamond cover? It can seriously make a difference in which country you reside. Personally I'm going to tell my Italian web designer that I reside in Liechtenstein. That's saves me 13% VAT on the invoice of my new web shop. W'll see.. at the moment I'm investigating the very small letters of the new law. It is hard to explain during a tax audit, when websites are ending on a .nl or .fr domain, especially when they are fully in that native language. Have to sort that out some day.
Shop and web price listings:
This is annoying. A lot of small letters or little remarking stars will appear hear. There exist a conflicting Eu law that states that listed prices in shops are the correct prices, even if it's the wrong price. I know all about that. I recently bought a wrongly priced reserve module for one of my websites in Germany. It saved me a lot of money as is was incorrectly priced. Officially this cannot occur after January 2015 due to this new law, as prices may change due to the various VAT rates. That's going to be some very nice stuff for some lawyers. Another contradiction for the phone companies is even more difficult. EU rules have limited the call rates for making a phone call or sending a text message between European countries. That's inclusive the VAT. prices may vary a lot and margins are already small. Prices are due to go up as roaming cost vary a lot. Almost impossible to predict the future price effects.
Collecting evidence:
Do you own an online shop selling these kind of articles? I'm curious how you are going to prove where you're customer is from when a digital sell is done. The shipping address says nothing about the place it's being used. All kinds of software is available to hide your IP address or to re-route it through another country or continent. Very difficult to prove that someone is residing a a particular country for you as a company. Again, I suggest that everyone re-directs the mail through Liechtenstein as the highest VAT rate is 8% there. Nice price difference on an expensive article. You even might want to delay you purchase to January 2015 :-). The actual VAT rates for the European countries can be found on Wikipedia; you might be interested in it. Well, wake up!! As businessman or organization, the tax departments in Europe uses revers evidence policies on tax declarations. Start acting on the future rules right now! It might not be that tight for 2015, but you better avoid problems.
The future:?
The future seems clear to me. Slowly, the EU is working towards more and simple VAT rates for all connected countries. The trend is now, to impose the VAT rates of the country the service or product is used. After this, more product lines will follow, and VAT rates might be all the same in 10 years. One step further to a single market that the EU wants so much. Much companies will not be ready for these new VAT rules and this will lead to penalties and more commotion in the second half of 2015. At the end of 2015 the dodge behavior of European citizens will become painfully clear is my opinion. Yes there will be some audits, but tax departments will hardly be able to check and control this law in a decent manner. There's still a long way to go.
Check if these changing VAT rules are effecting your business. Almost everyone that works with end-consumers, telecom, electronics of software products within the EU will be touched by this new law. It is now the time to adjust systems, procedure and administrations to be prepared for these new rules. Time does not stand still, remember that! No-one is waiting for additional accounting costs and fines. Personally I only want to warn of the consequences of these VAT rules by writing this article. An entrepreneur warned, forearmed.
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2011 is already 26 days old and I am doing well in my progress to get ready for the season. Lets looks at some of the highs and lows for the month:
I - Stepped on the scale this morning and saw 174. I have lost 5 pounds already this year. A good work out program and strict diet have helped. I am tracking everything I eat on the Livestrong website, and I mean everything. I encourage everyone to check it out - http://www.livestrong.com/profile/pongomoto/
II - I seemed to have gotten my digestive system issues under control. After a year of ups and downs, it feels good to finally know what I can and can't eat for the most part. The new diet I am on has treated me well so far and I am not in a constant state of misery over the penalties of eating. I have had a couple small issues this month from testing certain foods but it's small in scale compared to what I used to have to deal with.
III - The 6 weeks I took off at the end of last year has helped my feet. My left foot seems completely healed and my right foot is about 85% and holding up well to the program I am doing this month.
IV - I am enjoying the cross training I am doing. I am back to doing weights again but what is really different is that I am not spending all my training time on the bike. I have been using the wife's fitness club grade elliptical machine. For those who don't know Sue a personal trainer. Anyway, the wife has tried in the past to tell me about the importance of cross training during the off season but I was always so bent on riding during my free time. So this year, mostly due to my foot issues, I am listening to my highly educated wife and giving it a try. She has a bachelor's in Exercise Science and has many certifications so really I should be listening to her. So what could have been a 350-400 mile month is turning out to be 200 miles . That's alright though because come the warm weather I will be able to ramp up my miles and ditch the elliptical and ride further into the season without the fear of the body wearing down.
V - The Kona Hei Hei 2-9 Deluxe is a solid ride and I cannot wait to rip the season apart with it. So glad I made the switch to the big wheels. Last October the bike was really good to me and I got enough of a feel from it to see how my 2011 season will be improved by having this bike.
I - My tool around bike, Redline D640, that I use to scoot around with the kids and occasional jump at the parks has a frame recall. Bonus for a new frame but I really liked it so it's hard to see it go. 2011 was suppose to be the year I didn't make any roster changes in the stable but I have no choice. Redline says the frames are failing. So my new frame is in and I have to go give them my D640. Sigh. Haven't got the specs on the new frame but hope it's as good as the one I am giving back.
II - Due to budget constraints I think I will be squeezing one more year out of my road bike. Talk about old faithful, man's best friends, whatever cliche you want to use, this bike had been my workhorse for many years. It has taken the bulk of my training miles and keeps going. I had to get another set of wheels for it last year, it's third set, and will need new cables again this year. Hoping the drivetrain will hold up but I may have to cave and get a new chain, rings and cassette at least.
III - Lance......what's going on with this? Guy is back in deep water, past the bouies and it sounds like he'll need more than arm floaties to get back to the beach on this one. Sounds like he is going to spend more hours in the court room this year than on his bike. My take, well I have never been a huge fan of his. I think what he has done for cycling in America is great but as a person I think he's an ass. I would like to think he never doped and achieved all he did on his own but soooo many men have risen tot he top only to be found doping that it's hard to believe anyone. The biggest thought in my head is that for years he won the TDF and beat all those other guys, half whom were dopers, all on his own natural legs. Are his heart, lungs and legs really that genetically gifted? I really hope so for the sake of cycling in America.


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Residence La Palma
Rating: 2.3 | Province: Catane | Ville: Catania
Mount Etna is the first image that takes you to Catania; it is one of Europe's most famous active volcanoes. This is a protected area designated National Park since 1987 covering some 59,000 hectares. Etna foothills extended to the sea side, its lava has nourished this land and the volcanic scenery will lead your journey. The Hotel is


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Depressed parents' care workers are temporarily extended
Parents in Somerset who care for children with mental health needs have been granted a temporary lifeline over the amount of support they get.
The county council has extended by two months the funding for two specialist care workers who support them.
Many of the parents have depression and anxiety as a result of looking after their children.
One parent said the extension did not go far enough, and that they were not being listened to.
Parents who look after their children with conditions such as Asperger's Syndrome, autism and depression have said that isolation, loss of a career and the constant mental and physical strain of sleepless nights have led them to feel suicidal.
One father of a teenage boy with Asperger's said: "I'm glad my wife's got the care support because about a week ago I nearly lost her… she wanted to [kill herself]."
'Not listening'
Parents have been helped by mental health workers funded by the council as part of a three-year trial that was due to end on Friday.
Since BBC Somerset first reported on the changes earlier this month, the council has held emergency strategy meetings with NHS Somerset and Somerset Partnership, and has decided to extend them until the end of January.
They are to be replaced with Compass Disability, a universal carers' support service which will help both parents and children. Carers will not be specifically trained in mental health.
Parents have criticised this decision, saying they are worried about the continuity of support they will receive after the extension.
Kate (not her real name), the mother of a teenage boy who was suicidal and self-harming, said: "They are not listening to the carers of children, and that is a dreadful thing for them to be doing. It's incredibly shortsighted and potentially disastrous."
'Families will go under'
She said the support workers had helped to normalise her emotions and keep the family together.
"My worry is if the service is cut, many families will go under and the impact on the services locally will be appalling.
"The ramifications of cutting this service would be enormous, and given the growing number of children developing mental health problems, the carers' assessment service should be expanded and not cut."
In a statement, the council said: "The funding was always short-term and we do not have the money to continue with the pilot permanently."
It added it was "doing the very best that it can with the resources it has".


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The IP (Unjustified Threats) Bill
|Minister for Intellectual Property
Crown Copyright
Open Government Licence
On 19 May 2016 Lady Neville-Rolfe, the Minister for Intellectual Property, introduced the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill into the House of Lords. The purpose of the Bill is to reform the law relating to unjustified threats of IP infringement. The need for reform is illustrated by two comparatively recent cases:
- Prince Plc v Prince Sports Group Inc. [1998] FSR 21 where the American lawyers of a well-known multinational sports goods supplier landed their client in High Court proceedings by demanding the transfer of a domain name by reference to their client's worldwide trade mark registrations in a letter before action that would have been quite unobjectionable in the United States; and
- Brain v Ingledew Brown Bennison and Garrett (No. 3) [1997] FSR 51 where a firm of solicitors was sued for pre-action correspondence that would have been quite acceptable in almost any other cause of action.
The reason why proceedings arose in both cases is that the Patents Act 1977, Registered Designs Act 1949, Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Trade Marks Act 1994 create rights of action for those who are aggrieved by threats of infringement proceedings that turn out not to be justified. I discussed that legislation and the criticisms that have been made of it at some length in my case note on Global Flood Defence Systems Ltd and another v Van Den Noort Innovations BV and others [2015] EWHC 153 (IPEC) (29 Jan 2015) on 31 Jan 2015.
As I mentioned in that case note, the Law Commission has considered whether such rights of action should be retained and has concluded in Patents, Trade Marks and Design Rights: Groundless Threats that they should although the law should be reformed. In a further report on whether to extend the right of action to threats to sue in the Unified Patent Court the Law Commission produced a draft bill. Following further consultation the Minister has introduced this Bill. In their press release the Minister and Intellectual Property Office said that its key elements include:
This Bill will follow a special procedure for Law Commission Bills.
- "providing a clearer framework within which disputing parties and their professional advisers can operate to resolve disputes with a view to avoiding litigation
- protecting retailers, suppliers and customers against unjustified threats
- bringing the law for trade marks and designs into line with that for patents by allowing a rights holder to challenge someone who is a primary actor without fear of facing a groundless threats action
- protecting professional advisers from facing personal legal action for making threats when they act for their clients
- making the necessary changes to threats law so that the protection against unjustified threats can apply to European patents that will come within the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court."
The Bill as introduced into the House of Lords consists of 9 clauses the first 6 of which relate to patents, trade marks and EU trade marks and registered, unregistered and Community designs. Clause 7 deals with geographic extent, clause 8 with commencement and clause 9 with short title and citation. The Bill amends the provisions creating threats actions in each of the above-mentioned statutes and the statutory instruments that extend the rights of action in respect of trade marks and registered designs to EU trade marks and registered Community designs.
In the case of each statute the Bill would substitute several new sections for the single section that creates a threats action at present. Thus, a new s.70 and ss. 70A to 70F would replace the existing s.70 in the Patents Act 1977. The new s.70 would create a new two stage test which is set out in the explanatory notes:
"The first part, taken from the common law, is whether the communication would be understood by a reasonable person in the position of a recipient to mean that a right exists. The second part is whether the communication would be understood by such a person to mean that someone intends to bring infringement proceedings in respect of that right for an act done in the UK. This is also based on the current common law but has been modified so that the test can apply to European patents with unitary effect."If an action lies the remedies are set out in a new s. 70C (a). The new s.70A (2) to (5) would create exceptions to the definition of "actionable threat" in s.70A (1). S.70B would permit certain communications between the patentee and third parties some of which would at present be actionable. A new s.70D would exclude lawyers and patent and trade mark agents from liability provided that they act upon instructions and identify their clients.
Clauses 2, 4 and 5 make similar changes to s.21 of the Trade Marks Act 1994, s.26 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and s.253 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 respectively. Clause 3 makes consequential changes to The Community Trade Mark Regulations 2006. Clause 6 substitutes a new reg. 2 and regs. 2A to 2F for the existing reg. 2 of the Community Design Regulations 2005.
Anyone wishing to discuss this Bill or threats actions in general should call me on 020 7404 5252 during normal office hours or send me a message through my contact form.


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Glubble is a free proprietary Firefox add-on from Glaxstar that limits the activity your child can perform online by blocking access to Web sites and filtering Google search results. For parents, a tool like Glubble can seem like the perfect answer to the problem of protecting kids from the unsavory elements of the Internet. But as I discovered through my use of Glubble, the questions surrounding the idea of Internet filtering don't come with easy answers.
Obtaining Glubble and getting it installed is easy. Download the Firefox add-on from Glubble.com and click Install. Create a Glubble account for yourself, and one for each child that will use the service. Glubble starts running right away, on top of the Firefox browser, setting up an initial "walled garden" consisting of a few dozen well-known sites for elementary-age children, and a more relaxed account for you, the parent. From there you can add or delete sites as you wish, with different configurations for each child, and each gets his or her own "secret homepage," as Glubble calls it. Children access their account by clicking on a tab at the top of the browser, which restarts Firefox (to disable any other running add-ons) and creates a secure environment tailored specifically for each child. The parental account can see and monitor what each child does, and children can customize their homepages with thumbnail pictures, or request that certain sites be added to the walled garden.
Glubble does a fairly good job of finding fun kids sites and allowing access to them. Glaxstar has its own editorial department that hand-picks the sites on the default access list. However, I found that many of the games and animations on these sites don't work in the Glubble interface, though they work just fine in Glubble-less Firefox. What happens when you turn a young child loose on a site like Barbie.com and she tries to play the games but they don't work? She clicks on the pretty banner ads, and ends up on an ecommerce site (strangely unfiltered by Glubble) trying to input her name and mailing address. Forget about blocking ads in Glubble, since, as I mentioned earlier, it disables all other extensions whenever a child logs into their account.
Technically speaking, Glubble does what it is supposed to do: it sets up a very strict, across-the-board filtering system that locks a user into some rigid constraints with no way out of those constraints without the master password. Theoretically, a parent could set her small child in front of Glubble with a few basic instructions, walk away, and not worry about the child stumbling on something they shouldn't.
But as the mother of five children who are very familiar with the Internet, I have found that it is not the children in Glubble's target audience (elementary school age) who need protection from the dangers of the Internet the most. Really young children usually cannot type URLs without assistance, and haven't learned how (or why) to access search engines, the really "dangerous" part of the Internet. The real danger begins later, when a child is old enough to figure out that you can type "bad words" into Google or YouTube and come up with some interesting results. Glubble basically squashes the effectiveness of the young child's Internet experience, not through its site filtering, but through a clunky interface that leaves kids scratching their heads and getting up from the computer, or calling on Mom over and over again for help. And isn't that exactly what Glubble is supposed to prevent -- the need for direct parental supervision? Maybe there's no good substitute for parental involvement.
Unfortunately as well, the middle-school-aged children who need protection the most, but also have greater online needs, such as performing research on a homework project, are underserved by a product like Glubble. Sure, it blocks any suggestion of adult material, but it also blocks just about everything else at the same time. I have never been comfortable with the idea of some editorial board deciding what my kids should and should not see. Sometimes it is in context and quite desirable for them to see information about mature topics, but Internet filters, including Glubble, do not allow for context.
Since my 12-year-old son is not interested in NickJr.com or much of anything else that Glubble lets through the gates from go, in order to make Glubble work for him I have to spend an inordinate amount of time customizing it. Say he needs to do research on the American Revolution. He types "revolution" into the Google search bar on his super cool secret homepage -- and gets zero results. OK, then he tries "war." Zero. And he's calling for Mom. Once again, the need for direct parental involvement in my children's Internet activities becomes evident. That's no surprise to me; I just thought maybe I'd try one more time.
Glubble seems cool on the surface, but once you've spent more than 30 minutes with it, it becomes obvious that Glubble is at best clunky and at worst completely useless.
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Which Language to Learn?
By Amelia Harper
Wouldn't it be nice if
you could turn on your
universal translator (so
often featured in sci-fi adventures) and be
able to communicate
with anyone in the world? Unfortunately,
this technology is not yet available. In the
real world, the only option to e;ective
cross-cultural communication is learning
to speak the language for ourselves.
Most people are aware of the
advantages of foreign language study. An
expanded awareness of the world around
you, improved chances of attending the
college of your choice, increased job
opportunities and earning potential,
and enlarged ministry opportunities—
these are just a few of the reasons that
you should study a foreign language,
especially in high school.
But what foreign language is bestfor you? In the past, many studentswere limited to the choices available tothem through local schools or tutors.However, with the increase in media-based language programs such asRosetta Stone and others, the choicesare far more wide-ranging. However, thisadvantage brings with it the dilemma ofchoosing among many great languageoptions.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER Learning options. While media-based programs o;er expanded learningopportunities, you still need to consideryour own learning style. Do you feel thatyou would learn better in a class whereyou would have the chance to createdialogue with live human beings? Arethere classes available to you? Manycommunities have local tutors that caterto the needs of homeschooled students.If you study on your own, do you haveforeign language speakers among yourfamily or friends with whom you couldpractice your growing skills? Whatcurriculum options are available to youfor the language you wish to study?These factors may not totally determinethe language you learn, but they arefactors to consider.
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