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As stated in the defensive end section, the Falcons pass defense was among the worst in the league. And arguably as big a reason for that as the lack of a strong pass rush was the poor coverage displayed throughout the year by the team's cornerbacks.
Brian Williams was the team's best corner last year, but he got hurt in Week 6 matchup vs. the Bears. And at his age (31 in July), coming off a knee injury, it remains to be seen if Williams can be considered a reliable option as a starter this year. We'll likely find out just based on whether the Falcons re-sign him as a free agent and how big a contract they give him.
At the other spot is Chris Houston who missed most of the end of the season due to injury. But Houston had an up and down, that was a lot more down than up. And he has yet to take his game to the next level as a consistent and reliable cover man since Smith & Co. took over. So it's doubtful the team will hold out too much hope that changes in 2010.
In Houston and Williams absence, two young corners emerged as arguably the team's best moving forward: Brent Grimes and Chris Owens. Both are short, but have good speed, and instincts to make plays. But it remains to be seen if the Falcons can afford to start two 5'9″ corners.
Also on the roster is Chevis Jackson and Tye Hill. Jackson had a promising rookie year, but took a step back this past year. He struggled in man coverage, and now there are questions about whether he has the hips and quickness to get better. Hill is another undersized corner that had a brief flirtation as a starter, but too many mental mistakes ended that experiment rather swiftly.
The Falcons truly lack a No. 1 corner that can go up against the top receivers and the league and match up. And not a single player on the roster appears to have the upside to become that player.
And the Falcons will likely target players at this position that can come in right away and compete as starters, rather than adding more depth that they hope can develop as starters down the road.
1. Size – Because of Owens and Grimes' short statures, the team will want to add a corner that brings some size to the table and stands a better chance with matching up against the big receivers that populate the league. He doesn't need to be 6'2″, but probably will target guys that are 5'11" and bigger.
2. Speed – The Falcons three biggest corners right now struggle when they match up with speed. So if/when the Falcons add another big guy to the mix
3. Ball Skills/Instincts – This player should be able to play the ball and make plays there, something that Chris Houston has really struggled with during his short Falcon career. Owens and Grimes finished strong because they arguably have better ball skills than either Williams or Houston.
4. Tackling – Houston had his struggles in run support, as did Grimes. So the Falcons aren't going to be targeting anybody that is perceived as soft vs. the run.
Who Fits?
The top corner in this class is Joe Haden (Florida), but he's going to be long gone by the time the Falcons pick. The next mostly highly rated guy on many boards will be Earl Thomas (Texas). Thomas is a tweener at corner and safety. He has a corner's size, but a safety's toughness. But he too figures to be off the board by the time the Falcons pick. Both players grade highly in all the areas that the Falcons want in a corner.
After those two players there is a jumble of quality corners, and the Falcons will likely spend much of the next month or so trying to distinguish between them. Most have one of the following three ranked next: Patrick Robinson (Florida State), Kyle Wilson (Boise State), or Kareem Jackson (Alabama).
Robinson has a lot of athleticism and upside. He's fast, can be tough at times vs. the run, and was a feared playmaker for the Seminole defense, and often went unchallenged against quality opponents. But the few times he was challenged, he gave up plays. And people question his consistency, and whether he is as detailed oriented as he needs to be to excel at the next level. In many ways, that mirrors Chris Houston in that he's a boom/bust prospect.
Kyle Wilson is a bit of the opposite, in that he has good footwork, ball skills, and is very good in run support. But Wilson doesn't have great size and his speed can be questionable at times. So it's less a question of whether Wilson will be a good pro, but how good a pro.
Jackson was the top cover guy for Alabama's defense. He has good hips, footwork, speed, and ball skills, and is capable in run support. There are very few flaws in his game, so he might be the best of both worlds.
Another prospect that should be on the Falcons radar because he possesses size and speed in spades is Oklahoma State's Perrish Cox. But at this point, that's really all their is to Cox's game. His footwork needs improvement, and he's not as physical vs. the run as a player his size should be. He has loads of upside, but he's going to need to be coached up.
Dominique Franks (Oklahoma) is another big corner that has good hips and speed that figures to be in the late first round mix. He too needs some more polish.
After that, there tend to be developmental options. Chris Cook (Virginia) has great size, but is a bit of a tweener at corner and safety. He could excel in press coverage. Jerome Murphy (South Florida) is inconsistent in coverage, but excels in run support, which may make him a tweener as well. Amari Spievey (Iowa), Brandon Ghee (Wake Forest), and Donovan Warren (Michigan) are all 6′ or taller, but all probably would work best in a zone-heavy scheme, and have had their issues in man coverage. The same could be said of Devin McCourty (Rutgers). Walter Thurmond (Oregon) might be another option, but tore his ACL this past season. He entered the year with first round potential, but his injury has caused him to drop on boards. Another player that sort of fits the Falcons mold is Northwestern's Sherrick McManis, but he's not as fast as you'd want, and is just a mid-round prospect.
The Final Verdict
Obviously if either Haden or Thomas were to fall to the Falcons, they would be solid picks. Of the others, probably Wilson and Jackson fit the best in Atlanta. There isn't a lot of difference between the two. I think Wilson will be a better run defender in the pros, but I think Jackson will do a better job defending the deep pass.
Wilson probably grades out slightly ahead of Jackson because of the possibility he may have a faster 40 and he is also an accomplished punt returner. But Jackson playing at a bigger school against better competition might also give him the edge. They are essentially 1A and 1B when it comes to corner, and their workouts between now and April will likely determine who moves up on the Falcons board ahead of the other.
The other corners might have greater upside, but also have great risk when it comes to their develop. While Robinson and Cox will also get high grades because of that potential, their play is often too inconsistent and sloppy to expect that they will be ranked over Wilson or Jackson on the Falcons board. The Falcons have seen that type of player already with Chris Houston, and Smith and Dimitroff have already shown their preference for productive, high character players with the selections of Owens and Jackson in the past two drafts.
If the Falcons were to try and wait in the draft, then I think Ghee or Spievey would be the best fits as potential third rounders. Ghee is better in run support, while Spievey is a more polished in coverage.

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bic biros
they are clearly the best pens ever right? when they run out you can get a new one exactly the same! and you can chew the ends and not worry about fucking them up!
they also make excellent office drum sticks
biros > fountain pens
But don't you find them a bit
spinsterish and peevish overall?
their razors are no better either - they're sort of 'losing your house and kids' feel to them as you shave warily and tears mix in with the cheap corner shop foam
dont use razors
I prefer the Pilot G-1 Grip pen
which is a biro/smooth fountainish type pen combo - and disposable.. best of all worlds.
i love chucking stuff away
^^ word
i was in sainsbury's and saw these mini football shaped coke bottles they've brought out. heard two guys commenting that they were 'unnecessary'. nodded righteously to myself.
i'd make laws, dammit. LAWS.
I'm a big Rollerball fan...
they're ace, I'm currently using the Zebra Jimnie Gel Rollerball, glides on the paper like a dream.
but they dry up
quickly as fuck
Yeah, they are pretty good too, actually
our office has stopped purchwahing them, tho, because they are TIGHT.
rollerballs are gay
biros > everything
they also make my writing look neat.
Come on, people! If there is a funnier post today I'll eat my cat
I write nicer with fountain pens
When I write with Bics my writing goes all bubbly and girly.
my writing is neat with biros
neat with pencils
uber girly with fountain pens (parker are da shit)
massive and stupid with markers
rollerballs make it look all stupid and messy and gay and gets pen on my hand
i heart green biros also. they seem friendly.
i'm currently sporting:
an 04 Niceday TC50M
I've got an IKON med
in blue and also 2 red ones. I also have a pen that boasts that it is made from recycled car parts
I think that by 'recycled'
it means melted down and reshaped or something, rather than making a pen from the raw materials they found on a car (a la the A Team)
are they Crayola crayons?
Are there any other kind of crayon?
I've been working with
the critically acclaimed Pentel BK77M SuperbM for a while now, and I have to say it's overrated. Pentel's earlier work was definitely superior.
i hate
anyone who doesn't appreciate the superiority of a fountain pen. i've even given up drawing with pencils in favour of a trusty black ink parker.
i loves pens me.
but what about
when they go slightly postal, and blop inky splodges over your work?
many times this has happened to me.
a good fountain pen does write beautiful though.
i tend to bite through the end
or lose them before that happens
I'm currently using
an AUBERGINE SHAPED PEN.
which hasd a magnet on it so you can stick it to most metallic surfaces(!)
fountain pens don't work for lefties? aren't they symmetrical though?
they smudge the ink
as they write cos they have to follow the words...
ohhhhh, of course
i didn't think of that. my next question is: has anyone ever owned a fountain pen that you actually dip in a pot of ink and pull the thing on the side, like in tom & jerry? squirting one would be quality. i only have the cartridge kind.
me too
but not the hogwarts bit, i'd be ichabod crane.
yup i have a few
and a load of dip ones. dip ones are best for drawing with. yup
this is a thread about pens right?!
im not imagining things?
and why not?
pens are important. More important than My Space, that's the truth.
its possibly the most boring
topic of conversation ever
Crayons all the way for me. I couldn't colour in these pictures of a bee with a fancy dan roller ball pen now, could I?


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Weekly cavnessHR Update
starting off slow and finishing with a bang!!!
The last 7 days started off pretty frustrating, because of some tech challenges. Which I go into below. But it ended with great momentum and I will cover that as well.
We figured out why I was not receiving emails to my email@example.com email. However, now our emails for our HR laws from our website are no longer being sent for some reason. When they were being sent out before, 70% of them were going to spam folders.
Obviously, that is not a good thing for us.
We also need to figure out why when we attempt to send out emails using our campaign manager. It is saying that our domain is not authenticated. I am pretty sure our domain is authenticated. So something else for us to figure out. We also have some other challenges on the tech side to work through.
I had a great meeting with a CTO from a Seattle startup. We talked about how to recognize great dev talent. Also the disconnect between new devs looking for work and the companies looking to hire them. We talked about what is the right amount of equity to offer a CTO based on when they join. Also how this should be based on other criteria as well. I learned a lot. The best thing is he offered to connect with the cavnessHR devs and provide them some guidance on tech challenges.
We have a possible meeting with Trilogy Equity Partners on August 10 at Startup Hall.
This possible meeting is being arranged by BunkerLabs Seattle. https://bunkerlabs.org/seattle/
From what I understand Trilogy is interested in meeting with early stage businesses to discuss their ideas.
Not sure if cavnessHR will be selected for a meeting. But just in case, I started working on a pitch deck for the meeting. That way I have something to reference. I know there are thousands of pitch deck examples and thousands of people giving pitch deck advice. But I went with a format that I think will best tell the story of cavnessHR.
As part of the cavnessHR sales funnel. We provide a two-pager that describes all the HR laws companies must follow based on number of employees. We took this and put together a presentation that we can use to present to various networking groups in the future. We plan on doing more HR educational items like this in the future. As a way to show how HR is a value add.
Our prep for The cavnessHR podcast is coming along nicely. I did a couple of practices sessions where I ran through the process from beginning to end. We have about 45 people who have expressed interest. We have sent invites out to the first 20 and the plan is to start interviewing on August 20. With the middle of September being the target to start posting them on the various platforms. We believe this will be a great marketing tool for cavnessHR and for our guests. We know it will bring lots of value to our listeners.
As of this blog posting, 10 guests have confirmed their interview dates/times with us.
If you are a small business owner, founder or in the tech, startup or HR spaces and would be interested in being on The cavnessHR podcast. Send an email to email@example.com
Now for the great news!!!
cavnessHR was selected to go from the round of 50 to the round of 16 for the BusinessImpact NW pitch competition. This competition is comprised of small businesses and startups from Washington State, Oregon and Idaho. The next requirement for cavnessHR is to shoot a video that is less than 4 minutes long. The video has to address the following:
What the business does
What the problem is the business solves
Who is the Team
Regional IMPACT
This video will determine who goes from the round of 16 to the final 8.
The public will be allowed to vote on their favorite videos. So I will be asking all of you to vote for the cavnessHR video when I send you the voting link.
cavnessHR delivers HR to companies with 49 or less employees while transforming the HR consulting industry.
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About the pure power of colors
Things that make life more beautyful
Little discoverers, grand emotions and a world full of fantasy
DownloadSOLO GOYA Acrylicbrochure (Art.-No. 0-90003100 /3,5 MB).
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KREUL is the first German artists' paint factory and produces with the seal of quality "Made in Germany". In the year 2017 the owner managed family company looks back with pride on 179 years of tradition, innovation and quality. With its extensive line of merchandise KREUL accompanies artists, children and creative folks on their way through the fascinating world of colors.


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January 19, 2012
We are excited to announce the recent launch of our firm's new website! We've been working very hard to enhance our site and give our firm a major facelift. We've also continued to research and identify the latest and greatest technologies to improve the services we provide and ensure we continue to meet your needs.Take a moment to look around our new website and review some of our advanced features, like our Client Center. The Client Center is designed to provide you with a highly secure and convenient web-based tool to access your financial documents, data, and collaborate with our firm in real time.We hope you like what you see. It's the same great service, just with a new look and feel. We look forward to hearing your feedback.
Using Your Client Organizer
How to Review My 1040
Using File Exchange
Using Your 1040 Tax Portal
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Phone: 518-499-2072
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The combination of running a business and your life and preparing for tax time can drive some people into a slight panic. But no need to get stressed if you are prepared. Now is the time to start organizing all documents required to file your tax return.
Like the old paraphrased saying goes: In this world, two things are certain—death and taxes. The recent federal tax overhaul changed a lot of rules, so it's as important as ever to understand your tax obligations, including those on Social Security benefits.
Unfortunately, cyber scammers never take a vacation. In fact, the IRS has issued a warning of a surge in fraudulent emails that bait potential phishing victims with fake tax transcripts. Links within these emails lead recipients to documents containing the well-known malware, Emotet.


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Uluru is Australia's most recognizable natural icon and has become a focal point for Australia and the world's acknowledgement of Australian Indigenous culture. The world-renowned sandstone monolith, stands 348 metres high with most of its bulk below the ground. To Anangu (Local Indigenous People), Uluru is a place name and this "Rock" has a number of different landmarks where many Ancestral beings have interacted with the landscape and/or each other on their journey across central Australia, some even believed to still reside here.
Kata Tjuta, meaning 'many heads', is a very sacred men's place relating to knowledge that is considered very powerful and dangerous, only suitable for initiated men. It is made up of a group of 36 conglomerate rock domes that dates back 500 million years.


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Happy International Translation Day!
September 30, 2015
International Translation Day is celebrated every September 30th since 1953 on the feast of St. Jerome, the Bible translator who is considered the patron saint of translators.
The great thing I love about translation is that, even though you have to render the same meaning the original author tried to accomplish, there's a wonderful creative work translators have to do in order to communicate the message in a way that sounds as natural as it has been originally thought and written in the target language and for that particular target audience.
Nelson Mandela wisely said:
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
Translation is both an art and a science so there are many challenges, like phrasal verbs, collocations, PUNs, idiomatic expressions, as well as deadlines and even tedious subject matters. But the ability to create a communication bridge that brings a product to different cultures, or makes a company's services available all over the world, or makes a website accessible to different language speakers, that ability to transfer meaning to others is the main reward for all of us who love this wonderful profession.
Happy Translation Day to all translators and linguists who work every day to close the gap between the different languages and cultures around the world!
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* Australian shares drop below 6,000 for first time in 2018, dragged by banks
* CBA slips 1.2 pct, National Australia Bank at lowest in over 13 months
* NZ shares end 0.5 pct higher (Updates to close)
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares slipped below the 6,000 level for the first time this year on Monday, with banking stocks accounting for most of the losses.
Shares on the local benchmark took cues from U.S. stock index futures, which dipped slightly on the second day of a U.S. government shutdown.
The S&P/ASX 200 index fell for a fifth straight session, settling at 5,991.9, its weakest close since Dec. 7. The benchmark shed 0.2 percent on Friday.
Financial stocks weighed the most on the index, with the "Big Four" banks losing in a range of 0.6 percent to 1.2 percent. The financial index saw its worst finish since October 2017.
National Australia Bank Ltd lost 0.6 percent and closed at its lowest since December 2016, while Commonwealth Bank of Australia slipped 1.2 percent to a near seven-week low.
Miner South32 Ltd and steel manufacturer BlueScope Steel Ltd pulled the material sector into the red, falling 2.6 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively.
The metals and mining index, which saw a positive start to the session, slid 0.2 percent to a near three-week trough. The index has finished lower for five consecutive sessions.
Property website Domain Holdings Australia Ltd posted the sharpest percentage drop on the index, plunging 17.2 percent to a record low after its chief executive quit two months after the Fairfax Media spinoff listed on the Australian exchange.
Meanwhile, retail giant Woolworths Ltd and winery Treasury Wine Estates logged gains of 1.1 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively.
CSL Ltd also contributed to the gains on the index, rising 1 percent to its best level since December 1.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 0.5 percent or 45.4 points to 8,335.36, its best close in nearly two weeks.
Dairy firm a2 Milk Company Ltd was the top boost to the index, climbing 3.5 percent to a record close in its sixth straight session in the black.
Ryman Healthcare Ltd gained 3.9 percent, marking its sharpest intraday percentage gain in eight weeks. (Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sam Holmes)


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Four months ago at the Peace Corps in-service training (IST), the idea of doing a Camp GLOW came up. Camp GLOW was created by Romanian Peace Corps volunteers in 1995. GLOW (girls leading our world) has been on my mind since. I have learned that the education and empowerment of girls may be one of the most effective ways (not the only way) toward peace and security in world. I spent around half a week in Kigali helping prepare for the camp. The camp started December 3rd and went to the 7th. Many PCV's put a LOT of time and effort into this camp which was attended by almost 80 girls and 10 Rwandan Facilitators. The girls were chosen for having a proficiency in English and leadership skills.
For the first annual Camp GLOW in Rwanda we had several guest speakers including people from the US Embassy, Rwandan Parliament and more. It was held at the International Red Cross in Kigali. Walking up to the building you see a beautiful "Welcome to Camp GLOW" sign made by some crafty PCV's. As you enter you would see almost 80 girls clad in white Camp GLOW t-shirts, created by other creative PCV's, sitting in one of their 10 groups of 7-8 girls and lead by one PCV and a Rwandan facilitator. Each group was named after one of the incredible women whose large pictures were hung on the wall along with a famous quote by her and a short biography. (Wangari Maathai, Rosa Parks, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Harriet Tubman, Miriam Makeba, Anne Frank, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Mother Teresa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Hafsat Abiola) In my group, Mother Teresa, were 8 future leaders of Rwanda.
I learned a lot over the course of the camp. I learned that leading a group is not something that I'm natural at and far from my comfort zone, but that didn't prevent me from trying. I truly tried my best. It was perhaps one of the most difficult things I've done but I learned so much from it and by the end I felt like I was catching on. I learned from my PCV colleagues, the girls, the speakers, and our wonderful Rwandan facilitators.
The camp was a success! Especially thanks to handful of SUPER hardworking PCV's. I left the camp feeling great. I feel we made a difference... however miniscule. If I make no footprint on the world in my life... I would still be content. I have tried me best with love in my heart. And that's all that matters.
Camp GLOW was wonderful and I wish I could tell you every single thing about it but for now... back to Rwamagana.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Fraud Alert!
Humboldt County District Attorney Press Release:
On July 29th, 2014, the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office received a call from a citizen reporting a suspicious checking transaction. The reporting citizen relayed that he had attempted to sell used tires on the website "Craigslist.org". The seller was contacted by a buyer who agreed to purchase the tires at the asking price. The buyer advised the seller that he would make the payment via personal check, and after payment was cleared, the buyer would pick up the tires. A check was received by the seller for the tires, but had a value greater than the agreed upon purchase price. The seller contacted the buyer to inquire about the discrepancy. The buyer suggested the seller refund the overpayment upon transfer of the tires. Ultimately, the check was determined to be a fictitious draft.
Although there are many variations similar to this scheme, citizens should remember to protect themselves from potential fraud as this citizen did. Common variations of this scheme may include fictitious "Pay Pal" accounts set up in such a way as to confuse the seller into sending the goods prior to the payment being received. In some instances, the payment provided is written on stolen checkbooks or, as in this case, is a completely fictitious document.
In this particular incident, the buyer attempted to cause the seller to cash a fictitious check. Should the transaction be completed by the financial institution, the buyer keeps the proceeds (which in this case could have included refunded overage payment) and the seller (if detected at a later date) is suspected of committing fraud. If the transactions are recognized by the financial institution as fraudulent, again the seller is suspected of committing fraud, and the buyer may walk away undetected.
When conducing transactions in this manner, please take steps to protect yourself from fraud. If you receive a payment for goods that is above what is expected, please treat this transaction with the appropriate level of scrutiny. Should you become victim to a fraud, please contact your local authorities or the Humboldt County District Attorney Fraud Hotline at 1-800-962-8261.


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Einstein's 'God' letter on sale with opening bid at $3 mln
A handwritten letter in which Albert Einstein questioned the existence of God is going up for sale online, with bids starting at $3 million.india Updated: Oct 05, 2012 15:08 IST
A handwritten letter in which Albert Einstein questioned the existence of God is going up for sale online, with bids starting at $3 million.
The "God letter", which the physicist wrote in German a year before his death in 1955, includes his thoughts on religion, God and tribalism.
Einstein wrote the letter on Princeton University letterhead to philosopher Erik Gutkind after he read Gutkind's book "Choose Life: The Biblical Call to Revolt", the Fox News reported.
"...The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of Honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this," wrote Einstein, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
The letter has been stored in a temperature-controlled vault since it was last sold for $404,000.
The buyer at the time is now selling it with the original envelope, stamp and postmark on eBay.
Eric Gazin, president of Los Angeles-based Auction Cause, which will handle the sale on eBay, said the letter could fetch as much as triple the opening bid threshold.
"Few people have had access to the thoughts and uncensored opinions of this brilliant mind as it relates to his personal views on God and religion," Gazin said.
Einstein experts believe the letter supports the argument that the physicist held complex, agnostic views on religion. He rejected organised faith but often spoke of a spiritual force at work in the universe.
First Published: Oct 05, 2012 15:07 IST


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One step forward…
From The Hindu:
Saudi Arabia: Yesterday King Abdullah announced that women will have the right to vote and run for public office in the 2015 elections. Very exciting news! Women's groups in the country had been using the momentum of the Arab Spring to stage protests, especially around the ban against women driving. The government has gone easy on these rebellious women, not wanting to inspire a similar uprising like their neighboring countries. Power to the people.
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United States: Georgian Troy Davis was executed last week for allegedly killing an off-duty police officer, even though hundreds of thousands of people petitioned against the execution. Apparently seven out of the nine jurors changed their verdict after the trial, saying that police had pressured them for a conviction.
In related news, Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry is a big advocate for the death penalty. Under his leadership Texas put 234 people to death.


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Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel
Newly restored by a £25 million transformation, the Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel Street hotel was launched afresh in January 2009. This luxury 4 star hotel is one of most spacious and well designed hotels Bloomsbury has to offer. Every room has been decorated in calming, neutral tones, accented by rich colours and fabrics. Additional features such as sleek flat screen TVs, high speed wireless internet access, and dedicated work areas make this one of the best hotels in London city to combine business with leisure. Set in a delightful area close to Covent Garden and surrounded by quiet Georgian squares, the new Bloomsbury Street Hotel is the perfect base for a shopping trip to Oxford Street, for catching a show at a West End theatre, or enjoying a cultural weekend exploring the museums and art galleries of London. West End hotels don't get much better than this! Previously known as the Marlborough hotel, it's home to the Bloomsbury Street bar and restaurant - informal but beautifully presented, available for breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus business lunches, drinks, and cocktails. The Bloomsbury is one of the best West End hotels in London for entertaining important clients. Of all hotels in London City, the Bloomsbury is one of the most suitable for business meetings and large conferences of up to 300 delegates. The recent transformation has equipped the hotel with six dedicated meeting spaces with full audio-visual support from our AV technician and touch-screen technology. Full HD video and data projection is available, with built-in Blu-Ray equipment for high impact visuals. The Folio Room, a light airy space clad in shimmering luxe fabric and metallic surfaces is ideal for larger meetings or private dinners for up to 250 guests, and is supported by a large break out area with its own bar.
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Located in the centre of London just a few minutes from Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road tube station, and adjacent to the British Museum.
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Completely renovated in January 2009 this four-star deluxe property is one block from the British Museum, Oxford Street and Covent Garden, approximately 18 miles from London Heathrow Airport.
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Seasonal and simple, its provenance quintessentially British, our food is honest, beautifully balanced and of exceptional quality. Our menus change with the seasons to showcase British produce at its best. Experience this refreshing food philosophy in the best London and Manchester locations - our bars and restaurants are just where you want them to be - right at the heart of things.
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"Manufacturers have plans to invest as much as $80 billion in U.S. chemical, fertilizer, steel, aluminum, tire and plastics plants," The Dow Chemical Company told the Post.
America's chemical manufacturers rely on abundant, affordable supplies of natural gas as a raw material, or "feedstock," to make the chemical building blocks that go into nearly 96 percent of all domestic manufactured goods.
So, the main reason for the investment "comes back to the massive competitive advantage the United States has with natural gas today," George J. Biltz, Dow's executive vice president for energy and climate change noted to The Washington Post.
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Here's how we think about strategy.
I'm not sure about you, but when I think about strategy, I think about long, drawn-out documents with best-scenario guesses about what's going to happen in the next 3–5 years. I think about countless meetings that go on for hours, sometimes ending with the same questions that got them started. And I think about the lack of follow through on the plans that were made with seeming earnestness.
That said, for us, strategy isn't something to be written down in a long planning process. It's not about producing a document that will ultimately sit on the shelf and collect dust. It's about being engaged an ongoing, ever-evolving and active process of making choices, testing them in the real world and seeing what works best for us and those we serve.
In their book on strategy, A.G. Lafley, former chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble, and Roger L. Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management suggest that, as they articulate their strategy, companies should position themselves to win. Now, let me say something that some might find controversial: Nonprofits also need to position themselves to win. Because they're focused on advancing a social mission, we want to think that they shouldn't be concerned with winning. But how is doing everything you can to be the best at amplifying your social impact not winning?
To play merely to participate is self-defeating. It is a recipe for mediocrity. Winning is what matters—and it is the ultimate criterion of a successful strategy.
We're a nonprofit with a mission to connect youth around the world with each other and their purpose. And as the leader of this nonprofit, I don't want to just be okay at that. I want to win. And for me, winning means making sure that all of the young people across the globe are connected to each other and are fulfilling their purpose in life.
When it comes to strategy, then, we tend to think about it in the same way that Mr. Lafley and Mr. Martin think about strategy. It's the same way the team at the Monitor Institute thinks about strategy. It's about experimenting, recognizing patterns and executing as a whole. And ultimately, it's about making hard choices.
Businesses and governments aren't the only ones who have to make hard choices. So do nonprofits, and sometimes ours are harder to make. For instance, should we stop a program that's big on impact but runs at a deficit? Do we look ahead and position ourselves to the future needs of the people we serve, abandoning a segment of society still in desperate need for help? These are hard choices.
For us, our hard choices are currently focused on how and for who we design our internship program, whether we can afford to continue building the capacity of our partners while neglecting our own and whether we should start a for-profit side hustle that will allow us to earn our own revenue. Again, these aren't easy choices to make, and in the process, we're likely to make some choices that turn out to be wrong. Hopefully, they will lead us to the right ones. Most likely though, we'll face some setbacks.
But like it or not, we're in the business—yes, even nonprofits will "live or die on cash flow, just like any other business"—of taking risks. Because that's what businesses, nonprofits and governments are really about, taking risks. We just have different ways of going about it. Yet the hope is that through the process of making these hard choices and through our determination to win, whatever that might mean for us, we make our work and the world more effective, efficient, sustainable and just.
If you find our approach to strategy intriguing, let us know. We're searching for five (5) thoughtful and action-oriented people to serve on our board, and if we've piqued your curiosity with this post, reach out to us and let us know how you might get engaged.


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Some foods that increase serotonin levels in the body include free range turkey, wild fish and seafood, whey protein and sour cherries, according to Muscle Health Fitness. Each of these foods has a slightly different positive effect on serotonin levels.
Free range turkey contains a significant amount of tryptophan, an essential amino acid that is a building block for serotonin, reveals Muscle Health Fitness. When an individual eats a protein source high on tryptophan with a small side of carbohydrates, all the other amino acids are released from the body, leaving the tryptophan free to create serotonin. A variety of wild seafood items contain the essential fats EPA and DHA, which have been shown to relieve the symptoms of depression caused by low serotonin. Whey protein has not only been shown to regulate appetite and increase insulin sensitivity, allowing the body to better regulate blood-sugar levelss and avoid crashes, but also to increase the levels of plasma Trp-LNAA, an indirect signal of increased serotonin function in the brain, according to one study.
A good night's sleep is one of the best ways to restore the body's serotonin levels, asserts Muscle Health Fitness. Sour cherries are an excellent source of the hormone melatonin, one of the best-known and safest natural sleep aids, often also sold as a supplement.


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Proverbs 18 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
18 A person who isn't friendly looks out only for themselves.
2 Foolish people don't want to understand.
3 People hate it when evil comes.
4 The words of a person's mouth are like deep water.
5 It isn't good to favor those who do wrong.
6 What foolish people say leads to arguing.
7 The words of foolish people drag them down.
8 The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food.
9 Anyone who doesn't want to work
10 The name of the Lord is like a strong tower.
11 The wealth of rich people is like a city that makes them feel safe.
12 If a person's heart is proud, they will be destroyed.
13 To answer before listening
14 A cheerful spirit gives strength even during sickness.
15 Those whose hearts understand what is right get knowledge.
16 A gift opens the door
17 In court, the first one to speak seems right.
18 Casting lots will put a stop to arguing.
19 A broken friendship is harder to handle than a city with high walls around it.
20 Because of what they say a person can fill their stomach.
21 Your tongue has the power of life and death.
22 The one who finds a wife finds what is good.
23 Poor people beg for mercy.
24 A person with unfaithful friends soon comes to ruin.
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Contribution of the non-effector members of the HrpL regulon, iaaL and matE, to the virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in tomato plants
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Background: The phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is widely distributed among plant-associated bacteria. Certain strains of the Pseudomonas syringae complex can further metabolize IAA into a less biologically active amino acid conjugate, 3-indole-acetyl-ε-L-lysine, through the action of the iaaL gene. In P. syringae and Pseudomonas savastanoi strains, the iaaL gene is found in synteny with ... [++]
Background: The phytohormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is widely distributed among plant-associated bacteria. Certain strains of the Pseudomonas syringae complex can further metabolize IAA into a less biologically active amino acid conjugate, 3-indole-acetyl-ε-L-lysine, through the action of the iaaL gene. In P. syringae and Pseudomonas savastanoi strains, the iaaL gene is found in synteny with an upstream gene, here called matE, encoding a putative MATE family transporter. In P. syringae pv. tomato (Pto) DC3000, a pathogen of tomato and Arabidopsis plants, the HrpL sigma factor controls the expression of a suite of virulence-associated genes via binding to hrp box promoters, including that of the iaaL gene. However, the significance of HrpL activation of the iaaL gene in the virulence of Pto DC3000 is still unclear. Results: A conserved hrp box motif is found upstream of the iaaL gene in the genomes of P. syringae strains. However, although the promoter region of matE is only conserved in genomospecies 3 of this bacterial group, we showed that this gene also belongs to the Pto DC3000 HrpL regulon. We also demonstrated that the iaaL gene is transcribed both independently and as part of an operon with matE in this pathogen. Deletion of either the iaaL or the matE gene resulted in reduced fitness and virulence of Pto DC3000 in tomato plants. In addition, we used multicolor fluorescence imaging to visualize the responses of tomato plants to wild-type Pto DC3000 and to its ΔmatE and ΔiaaL mutants. Activation of secondary metabolism prior to the development of visual symptoms was observed in tomato leaves after bacterial challenges with all strains. However, the observed changes were strongest in plants challenged by the wild-type strain, indicating lower activation of secondary metabolism in plants infected with the ΔmatE or ΔiaaL mutants. Conclusions: Our results provide new evidence for the roles of non-type III effector genes belonging to the Pto DC3000 HrpL regulon in virulence. [--]
HrpL regulon, iaaL, matE, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000
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BMC Microbiology 2015, 15:165
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Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Producción Agraria / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Nekazaritza Ekoizpena Saila
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This research was supported by the Spanish Plan Nacional I+D+i grants AGL2011-30343-CO2-01, AGL2014-53242-C2-1-R and BIO2007-67874-C02-02 as well as by grants ref. P08-CVI-03475 and P12-AGR-0370 from the Junta de Andalucía (Spain).
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Why are trees dying on the F6?
Something is very wrong with the trees on the F6.
In recent weeks a number of motorists have noticed that the casuarina trees are starting to die. And not just here and there either but in a great swathe along the median strip from the Five Islands Road south as far as the Fowlers Road overpass.
Helensburgh's Noel Kendall travels along that stretch of road and he has noticed something is not quite right.
"It started to be noticeable two or three weeks ago," Mr Kendall said. "They're looking deader and deader every time you drive past them.
"They look like someone's gone about spraying herbicide or something underneath around the base of them and the spray has gone up into leaves of the tree."
Mr Kendall said the condition of the trees was a shame not only because of their normal beauty but also because they provide a screen from oncoming traffic and their headlights.
The median strip and the trees are the responsibility of Roads and Maritime Services.
A spokesperson from RMS said that they had advice from an arborist suggesting "recent weather conditions of a dry and warm late winter-early spring has turned the branches of the casuarina trees in the median brown".
"It is expected the recent wet weather will improve conditions for the trees and they should return to their normal green appearance."
An arborist consulted by the Mercury said that the recent drought conditions was one of several explanations for the poor health of the trees.
Warwick Barley is an arborist consultant with Allied Tree Consultancy and he has driven past the fading casuarinas several times in the past few weeks.
He said their condition was a surprise because casuarinas are chosen for use in urban areas because they are a "pretty tenacious species".
"That's what raised my eyebrows when I saw that group dying away, because I thought that was very uncharacteristic," Mr Barley said.
"And I noticed that the grass beneath them had suddenly browned off, which generally doesn't happen, even during droughts."
Mr Barley said the cause could be due to a lack of recent rains or an overzealous contractor spraying a too-strong batch of herbicide on the undergrowth.
Whether the trees have been poisoned, are suffering from lack of water or have some other ailment, Mr Barley said that could only be determined by testing.
"We see a lot of plants which show symptoms similar to poisoning, that is why you have to do further examination and testing to be able to tell what's actually going on," he said.
"Whether you've ... a plant that has died from a root pathogen or from drought or from poisoning, they all ... have similar symptoms."
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Back in the 80s, the best time to get cool gear like leather gloves & pyramid bracelets was Halloween. In the 80s, lots of kids dressed up like "Punk Rockers", "Metal Heads" & "Rock Stars" using those ridiculous multi-colored Ziggy Stardust mullet wigs as a base. There is something weirdly similar in the old style of novelty & magic shop & the old style of Rock & Roll street gear shop. This all meets in the pages of old Johnson Smith catalogs. Unfortunately, with the economy totally tanking & real world shops being compromised by the internet, those proper old style novelty & gear shops are few & far between. They were usually run by older men who smoked cigars & pipes, in the store. They were poorly lit. Everything looked like it had been made in the late fifties & early sixties, before the Hippies took over, even if it was new.
A big part of this line of thinking for me has to do with how people spend their time & their money. Since it has been so cheap & easy to fly to a foreign country & take a vacation there, lots of money that could be being spent in little shops in the USA is being dumped on cheap drinks & folk arts in other countries. Before jet tickets were so cheap, people took their vacations at sea-side resorts, not the kind where you just sun-tan & snorkel the whole time while 3rd worlders attend to your "needs", no, but sea-side resorts filled with freak shows, Vaudeville acts, dance-halls, candy stores, tattoo parlours, magic & novelty shops, records stores, smoke shops, book stores, bars, restaurants & most importantly: amusement parks, IN AMERICA.
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I want to thank the visitors to our lill yellow Caymanian home store and our island for them looking us up on WordPress once they returned home and sending us a message. That has reminded me that we have a wordpress account that needs to be updated with the things happening with our store.
Therefore I am excited to state, with a little reserve due it's another internet site (those who know me know that I have many) but this one that comes highly recommended, so we have opened a store account with Etsy. Granted we only have one item on there for now, but that's going to change when school lets out for Easter and I have a bit of time on my hands.
Each handmade item will have a description about the process or/and the materials used. Usually something if not all of the materials will be found in the Cayman Islands and the product is made by the people living here.
So please click on the link below to take a quick glimpse of our online store.
Click here to visit NIM Things store on Etsy


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The Dirty Tumbler
A few weeks ago, I got a load of jewelry out of the tumbler and everything was covered in sticky, greasy feeling black gunk. Ugh! In the way that teenagers feel they are immortal, I had previously thought myself immune to tumbler gunk.
"I'll never get that," I said smugly to myself. That's for other people. I run a clean shop. There's no reason to ever have a contaminated tumbler.
But as the years went on, my attitude got lazy and I did end up tumbling something I probably shouldn't have (a piece with steel in it).
My barrels aren't old (I have one for precious metals and one for base metals), and I'd purchased them from reputable dealers (Lortone) so I doubted I was having barrel breakdown.
I was certainly mad at myself for tumbling steel, but the damage was done.
I soaked the barrel and shot in Coke overnight... nothing.
I ran the tumbler through five cycles with flat Coke... nothing.
Then I made the situation even stupider by putting one of my gunk pieces... One little piece! That I'd wiped off!!!... into the "good" tumbler. Y'know, in order to clean all the nooks and crannies.
And sure enough, all I'd done at that point was contaminate my second tumbling barrel. D'oh!
In talking with some other jewelry making people, I did learn about "shot cleaner" and while we were on the subject, "burnishing compound", that I'd like to try. Threw those two into yesterday's Rio order, then went off to google "how to clean a tumbler barrel" and found this article.
So yesterday I ran two cycles with shot and distilled white vinegar and today my tumbler is like new. The first cycle with vinegar, the water was dull gray. The second cycle with vinegar, the water was clear.
So I put some silver pieces in and ran it overnight with water and Dawn. This morning, beautiful shiny silver, no gray, no sludge. Yay!
I suppose a shot of the sparkling silver jewelry might have been better than showing you how my shot is running clear. Ha ha ha!
BTW, if you're wondering why I ran a cycle overnight and do I do that normally, the answers are because I was getting ready to go to bed and no.
I think you can get the same amount of shine from a 2 hour tumbling as a 12 hour tumbling, but you will get smoother edges with longer tumbling (which may or may not be a desired effect).
My Nightly Chores
So here are some (unknown to me variety of) apples. We have four apple trees, but this is the best producer at the moment.
And if I back up a bit, you can see my faithful evening chores' companion. He follows me through the orchard as I set the sprinklers, remove sticks from the mowing path, pick fruit off the ground or from tree limbs, add water to the deer's trough, and do whatever else needs doing.
Tonight we sat near the deer's part (the thicket of Eucalyptus trees) and watched a mama deer scope us out then signal to her kids (she snorts to call them) that we were apparently safe. My phone died, though, so I couldn't get any photos.


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I posted about Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals a while back but he makes a few noteworthy points regarding the Thanksgiving holiday in the conclusion to his book that I think are worth considering.
First of all, Thanksgiving is kind of the ultimate holiday - it encompasses all the varied values, beliefs, and ideals that other holidays celebrate on an individual basis. Foer suggests that each particular holiday encourages celebrants to be thankful for something in particular, whereas Thanksgiving allows us to demonstrate thanks for anything and everything. I like the ambitious nature of the holiday and the flexibility with which we can all relate it to our individual lives.
Foer also advocates Thanksgiving not so much as an American holiday but one that celebrates cherished American ideals. No, I'm not talking about consumerism, excess, and commercialization but rather freedom, family, love, community. Though I value being an American and living in a country ripe with opportunity, there are times when my patriotism wanes and my faith in our realization of democracy grows weak. But Thanksgiving gives us all a gentle reminder of the foundational values that unite and guide us all. And sometimes all I need is that friendly shove to reinstall my fondness for what makes us American.
Finally, Foer recognizes Thanksgiving as the one meal a year that "we try most earnestly to get right. It holds the hope of being a good meal, whose ingredients, efforts, setting, and consuming are expressions of the best in us. More than any other meal, it is about good eating and good thinking." Thanksgiving is a meal full of hard work, good intentions, and a deliciously comforting payoff. No matter who gathers round your dinner table the rest of the year or how long and hard you labor to feed yourself and your loved ones, Thanksgiving is the meal to top them all. I like that, in addition to providing necessary sustenance in the form of foodstuffs, this meal can also offer a healthy dose of cheer, camaraderie, optimism, gratitude, and generosity.
In the context of the book, Foer can't help but relate the holiday and it's central source of protein, the turkey, to his cause. And, while I agree with a majority of his maxims and can't argue against his logic, that discussion is for another time and another post. In fact, if you want to read more about it, you can check out my review of the book from earlier this year. Though these words of Foer's are a bit removed from their original context, they've stuck with me enough to warrant sharing and they still ring clear and true.
I want to encourage any and all of my readers out there to cherish this holiday for what it's really worth. Thanksgiving is the one time of the year, more than any other, when we really do see the best in others (I think even more so than Christmastime). There is so much for each and every one of us who are sitting down before a computer and reading this post to be thankful for, no matter what struggles may fall heavy on our shoulders in our normal day to day lives. I like how idyllic Thanksgiving is - how we can focus on all that is good for one night of feasting, immerse ourselves in food comas to help block out the bad. But in forcing us to acknowledge all that we have, Thanksgiving also makes it possible to recognize what others lack. Like your neighbor who has no family with whom to spend the holidays, or the turkey whose life was defined by the cruelty of a factory farming operation, or strangers on the other side of the world who could only dream of a feast as abundant as the one on your Thanksgiving table.
In giving thanks this Thursday, I hope you also take the time to recognize those who have less for which to be grateful. If we could all commit a few acts of kindness and self-sacrifice, maybe we could afford others just a little bit more to rejoice in on Thanksgiving Day. And ultimately, I think that's what it's all about - rejoicing in all that we have and rejoicing in all that we give to others.


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Olivia Clare, Disasters in the First World (publication date: June 2017)
First of all, I am grateful to Grove Press, Black Cat and Netgalley for the chance to read the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. It is my choice to challenge myself by reading more short stories this year, of new-to-me authors, and this book was right up my (g)alley.
Challenged I was indeed: not that those stories were really disturbing (not like Joyce Carol Oates', another collection I finished recently), but I must say that some of the stories of this collection made me feel that I was in over my head and that I was missing something.
Not all of them, luckily. The first story, Petur, grabbed my attention from the get-go:
Ash fell from the wind. She began to take long walks. Before breakfast, after lunch, she walked the weed-pocked path to the lake. White ash turned the lake's surface to desert and the tops of the fjalls invisible.
An old woman travelling to Iceland with her son might feel like the kind of once-in-a-lifetime trip à la Oprah, but when you learn that the son thinks his mother has dementia, that the mother is slightly disappointed that her son would be so utterly banal, and that they are both stuck in Iceland countryside by the eruption of the volcano, you realize that Olivia Clare has a vision of her own, where nothing is black and white (or rather ash-grey). I read the online magazine version (in Ecotone), and I noticed definitely some slight modifications between the book version and the magazine version. The magazine version is more explicit, the book one is more elusive (which might explain why I could have the feeling to miss hidden meaning here and there), but I liked the latter better.
The next short story, Olivia (which I had to wonder, is or is not related to the author), is seen through the eyes of a rather meek and very anxious housewife who resents the arrival of a friend's son in their home. The young man is looking for a job in the city, but his presence in the house upsets the delicate balance of things in the household and he's not your typical polite house-guest. After a few stories that resonated less with me, the last story of this collection, Eye of Water, felt extraordinary. It could be classified as science fiction but is quite intimate, set in a time where a drought in California and Utah has turned water into something more precious and more expensive than drugs and alcohol. This one story was probably the saddest, and yet there are unforgettable images.
Olivia Clare's writing is all in subtlety and nuances. The title of her collection seems self-deprecating but somehow sets the right tone. Her characters' problems are huge but intimate yet their lives are rather privileged. It would be easy to dismiss the magnitude of the emotions they experience but they are nonetheless of the heartbreaking sort. Her style is neat and concise. Even though not all stories were right for me, her voice made me stick to it and I would be glad to read more of her.


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I have been thinking about the idea of the essentialism as a new philosophy of life.
And about a possible name for a music group: "In the Middle of Nowhere". It´s already taken?
I have to say that i really don´t know the utility of this thoughts :)
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George had the best few days he's had for a long time, smiling and giggling for most of the week. Then on Thursday night, it all went wrong. He's spent the last two days and nights throwing up. Not very nice.
We'd planned to go away on Saturday for a day trip to Brighton. It doesn't look like this will happen – which is a bit of a shame, not least because last week, after Mum and Dad left to go and see Grace and Igor, we decided we'd take a day trip to Windsor Safari park - a jaunt which George would have absolutely loved – if it weren't for the fact we discovered just before leaving that Windsor safari park closed 12 years ago.
The fact that neither of us realised this was a bit embarrassing until we discovered that everybody we've so far told didn't know it had closed either….
In the event, we had a pretty low key weekend – although we still managed a roast dinner at Sam's…
Jade Goody died last week. With newspapers and the TV news all trying to tell us that she wasn't as stupid as she seemed – primarily I think because of a need to justify our fascination with her. I've never been much of a fan, but I still found her strangely fascinating.
In science class I remember an experiment. The idea was that atoms and molecules are far too small to see even under a microscope. However, if you look at large particles you can see them moving about under a microscope even though they've got no power of their own as the atoms of water bounced off them.
By watching the erratically moving particles, you could see the unseen engines of the universe. It was called Brownian motion.
That's the way I think of Jade Goody – as a character with no means of propelling herself through the celebrity firmament, she bounced erratically without direction – but through her, you could see the action of the forces that shape the media…
But there's something else too. For me, she's who I think about whenever I hear a policy proposed on social inclusion, education, the unemployed or pretty much anything, I wonder how it would have affected someone like her.
It's a tough test for any policy, but there are enough Jade Goodys around, and by and large they fall through pretty much every net put into place….
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Cannot specify build.properties file - FileNotFoundException ------------------------------------------------------------ Key: IVYDE-222 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVYDE-222 Project: IvyDE Issue Type: Bug Components: classpath container Affects Versions: 2.0.0.final Environment: Windows 7, Eclipse 3.5 Reporter: Marc Batchelor Priority: Critical Trying the Final IvyDE which has the properties file support contributed by Pentaho. The only thing that IvyDE will accept is a fully qualified path, and then it's able to find the file. build.properties (fails) ./build.properties (fails) The exception says "The property file 'build.properties' could not be found" The problem is a result of a code change in IvyClasspathContainerConfiguration (2.0.0 final code) that was made because of IVYDE-182. On line 626/627: Before: is = javaProject.getProject().getFile(file).getContents(); After: is = new FileInputStream(javaProject.getProject().getFile(file) .getFullPath().toFile()); The problem (I believe) is the use of .getFullPath(). It should have been (back then): is = new FileInputStream(javaProject.getProject().getFile(file) .getLocation().toFile()); In the configuration screen, if I click Refresh, I can see a more complete error which illuminates the underlying problem: Error while resolving the ivy instance for ivy.xml in 'bi-platform-api': The property file 'build.properties' could not be found Underlying error (java.io.FileNotFoundException): \bi-platform-api\build.properties (The system cannot find the path specified) Note - the "\bi-platform-api\" - that is the path minus the workspace. It should be "\japps\bi-platform-v2\bi-platform-api\...." Ultimately this can be closed since it's fixed in the trunk as a result of changes made to IvyClasspathContainerState in IVYDE-203 where the line became (notice it's getLocation and not getFullPath) .: is = new FileInputStream(conf.getJavaProject().getProject().getLocation() .append(file).toFile()); So - since it's fixed in the trunk, why am I opening a case? Well, the only release out there is unusable for us (unfortunately). I'd really like to be able to point our developers/contributors to an actual release with an Eclipse update site instead of us building it ourselves and putting another build of IvyDE in our wiki with directions on how to manually install it into Eclipse. Any chance of: a- A 2.0.1 patch in the very near future? b- A 2.1.0 release in the very near future? Thanks for your time and consideration -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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I hope you're all keeping well?
I thought I'd update you a bit since posting two weeks ago; I went full steam ahead at the gym and with my diet, I went to the gym every other day or in fact I had a pretty good week where I actually went 5 times and then last weekend -BAM- hit with the worst bout of illness I've had in years.
You know one of those where every muscle and every joint hurts, your skin hurts and light hurts- yes that! You feel as if you've done a round with Tyson and lost bitterly! Not great and I had to put gym on hold as I couldn't even physically drag myself off the sofa!
Went to the Doctor, got told I had a chest infection and am now on antibiotics.
Anyway my lovelies, I digress..
Today, trying on gym gear but actually there is no way I can go.
No strength at all for it sadly so I shall sulk with daytime TV and wishing for the day I feel well enough again.
I decided to re-visit my measurements today as it's been two weeks since I did my first lot, and despite not having been able to go I am still dedicated to eating the right food and sticking to 1200 calories per day which I track on my fitness pal which is a fantastic online weight loss and exercise diary- check it out it really is most delightful to use.
This morning the old fashioned measuring tape came out and I have to say I was rather delighted with the results and I shall show you why below:
Measurements on the left are from 2/2/2012
Measurements on the right are taken today 17/2/2012
Right bicep: 27.5cm - Now 27cm = loss 0.5cm
Chest at nipple line: 90cm- Now 89cm = loss 1cm
Waist at belly button: 77cm- Now 74cm = loss 3cm
Hips at bone: 90cm - Now 88cm = loss 2cm
Right thigh: 58cm - Now 54cm = loss 4cm
Right calf: 37cm - now 35cm = loss 2cm
Chest at nipple line: 90cm- Now 89cm = loss 1cm
Waist at belly button: 77cm- Now 74cm = loss 3cm
Hips at bone: 90cm - Now 88cm = loss 2cm
Right thigh: 58cm - Now 54cm = loss 4cm
Right calf: 37cm - now 35cm = loss 2cm
Total loss in cm 12.5 - or 5 inches
Weight: 148lb - Now 144lb = loss 4lb
Weight: 148lb - Now 144lb = loss 4lb
The gym appears to be paying off and I am loving it and can't wait to get back there and work up a sweat :)


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Nicki Minaj suffered a wardrobe malfunction during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), although it has not yet been revealed exactly what the problem was. The singer appeared to be experiencing much difficulty with her outfit during an on-stage performance with Jessie J and Ariana Grande while they performed their hit Bang Bang.
Dressed in a snug black dress and patterned heels, the 31-year-old Trinidad native appeared to have a problem with her outfit from the very beginning of the performance. While Grande and Jessie J performed to their fullest, Minaj kept a tight hold on the top and middle parts of the dress, as though she was afraid that the outfit was going to fall apart. Although she did her best to brush off the situation and managed to keep up her vocals for her share of the song, fans could not help noticing that something appeared to be up. She finished off her performance without a hitch, however, and left the stage with her co-performers to enormous applause. She later appeared on the stage once more, this time to perform her brand new hit Anaconda, this time in a sparkly green bustier and high-waisted shorts.
The apparent wardrobe malfunction marks the second performance related incident Minaj has suffered this week. Just one day before the VMAs were aired, one of the multi-platinum selling singer's dancers suffered an injury during a rehearsal performance for the event. The woman was bit by a six-foot long snake, of what is believed to be the anaconda kind. She was taken to hospital with non-critical injuries, as anacondas are not venomous snakes. The possibility of infection is a potential issue, however, hence the need for the dancer to be examined by professionals. The decision was made to remove the snake from the live performance, thus assuring the safety of all involved following the incident. Minaj is not the first artist to use a snake as a performance prop at the VMAs, as pop superstar Britney Spears had one wrapped around her neck during her performance of her hit song I'm A Slave 4 U during the show's 2001 broadcast.
Minaj has previously won two VMAs in the past, these being awarded to her during the 2011 year. She won Best Hip-Hop video for her song Super Bass, and Best Female Video for Starships. She was not nominated in any category for the 2014 edition of the show. However, not only did she win Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at this year's BET awards, she was also a part of Young Money's receipt of the award for Best Group. She is also the first and only female rapper in history to win the former category five years in a row. In total, she was won 64 awards and been nominated for 150. Her debut studio album Pink Friday, which was released in 2010, quickly shot to the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
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The President's acquisition of powers to spend the cash allocated to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the states under a state of emergency, has been rejected by the main opposition party and senior lawyers.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and senior lawyers faulted yesterday the wide powers granted Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
The ACN warned that "unless this despotic tendency is checked, nothing prevents the President, in the name of the ongoing fight against Boko Haram, from extending this power grab to other states that catch his fancy."
"This is dangerous and must be checked in the interest of our democracy," the party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The National Assembly yesterday granted Jonathan sweeping powers to spend funds belonging to the states and local governments under the state of emergency.
This followed the Senate, and the House of Representatives' adoption of the conference report on the state of emergency proclamation 2013.
The Senate had on May 21 approved wholesale proclamation of a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, but the House endorsed the measure with some level of caution.
The new position of the lawmakers negated the initial stance of the House of Representatives that Jonathan should not utilise funds accruing to the states.
The House had on Tuesday deleted 3(2e) of the emergency proclamation gazette, which states that the President can "provide for the utilisation of the funds of any State or local government in the emergency area".
But the Senate's endorsement of the Clause created a difference which the two chambers inaugurated a conference committee to harmonise.
The committee settled for the Senate's version, which empowers the President to "provide for the utilisation of the funds of any state or local government in the emergency area."
Yesterday, the two chambers adopted the Senate's version empowering the President to utilise funds accruing to the states under emergency.
The House's creation in Section 2(h) that "provides for the payment of compensation to victims of terrorism on or before the emergency proclamation" was deleted.
The Senate's Clause, which "provides for the maintenance of such supplies and services as the President considers essential to the lives of persons in the emergency area", was adopted.
Also, Senate's version in Clause 4, which provides that "The President shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after an Order has been made under these Regulations, transmit any copy of the Order to each House of the National Assembly for approval and if the National Assembly disallows the Order, it shall cease to have effect without prejudice to anything done thereunder", was adopted.
The House's version, which specified time lag of "within seven days", was thrown out.
Members of the House, on Tuesday, amended three of the clauses of the gazetted regulations.
While defending the House's position on the issue of state funds, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Victor Ogene, said the House's position was to protect democratic tenets and accountability.
His said: "There are democratic tenets that must still be protected and this is why we have certain differences in the versions passed. There was a familiar trend that ran through our debate on the proclamation."