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Trucks are the new luxury vehicles
Modern day living has changed the requirements and expectations of luxury vehicles. These days, luxury is no longer limited to four-passenger coupes and sedans, and increased gas prices and global warming concerns apparently aren't tugging on the heart strings of every American. Today, luxury cars are now trucks, big trucks with big engines that match Read More


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DR Congo - the ultimate African adventure
Due to safety concerns in the Kivu region, activities in Virunga National Park are currently suspended.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its far eastern region are truly mystical and exciting places to visit. War-torn over the last decades and bearing a sad history, the region is home to lake Kivu, Virunga National Park which is Africa's oldest wildlife and nature reserve, and unique people. Instinct Safaris is proud to offer international travelers to see and experience the border region of Uganda, Rwanda, and DR Congo. Virunga National Park has a lot to offer. Over a thousand kilometers long, it parallels Uganda's nature reserves across the border and offers additional exciting activities in the Virunga volcano range. One of them is to climb active volcanoes. With Mount Nyiamuragira, which had its last eruption over the city of Goma in the early 2000s, Mount Nyiragongo – almost three-and-a-half thousand meters above sea level – features the largest permanent lava lake in the world. Following the two-day hike to the volcanic crater, Instinct Safaris also offers mountain gorilla trekking in the northern ends of the volcanoes, namely at Bikuma park gate. Numerous cultural activities are possible to take part in. For example, the local coffee-processing huts receive our travelers with a warm welcome to the region. We also support and visit the ICCN Congo hounds - indispensable companions to fight illegal activities in Virunga National Park. The ICCN mountain gorilla orphanage can be found in the dense rain forest of Virunga National Park, as well.
This extraordinary hiking safari will take you from Kigali, Rwanda, across the border to DR Congo and the shore of lake Kivu. As a first highlight of the tour, we plan to embark on our hike to Mt. Nyiragongo bearing the largest permanent lava lake in the world at 3,400 m altitude. After an overnight overseeing the forceful crater, we descend and continue to the northern side of the volcano. From there, we intend to visit the rare mountain gorillas on the foothills of the Virunga volcanoes. On the last day, we return to Kigali, Rwanda.

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Improved League of Legends data puts LoL at #1, The Elder Scrolls Online has a strong debut, a new MOBA makes an entrance, and Titanfall drops from the top ranks.
Note: The Share number by each game represents that title's gameplay time as a percentage of the total time spent on all the PC games played by Raptr members, and is useful for comparing the relative amount of playtime between particular games.
League of Legends took over the top spot, thanks to improved insight into LoL gameplay data combined with a two-week boost from the April Fools-inspired URF mode (Ultra Rapid Fire) and the Spring Playoffs. We expect it's going to be up there for a quite a while.
World of Warcraft had another strong month among Raptr users — month-on-month total playtime was up 8%, and total players by 13%. The game's current 7.8 million playerbase has fallen by 200,000 since February, based on a recent earnings statement, but dedicated players have hung tight in part due to in-game events and anticipation for the next expansion, Warlords of Draenor. An influx of new users to Raptr seems to have benefited WoW playtime as well.
Speaking of MMOs, The Elder Scrolls Online made a thunderous entrance into April's Most Played list after its April 4 launch. On average, ESO players spent 45 in-game hours this month, compared to an average of 35 for WoW players.
The ESO launch actually reduced Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn playtime a bit more than it impacted WoW, though.
In other good news for Blizzard, total Diablo III playtime was up 20% over March, thanks to the continued impact of the Reaper of Souls expansion. That trend appears to be ending, though; in the last week of April total playtime was down 36% compared to the first week of the month.
Battlefield 4 slipped two spots — monthly gameplay fell 10%. Minecraft and Warframe gave up a rank as well due to ESO muscling onto the list, but gameplay time was actually up 17% and 12% respectively. Similarly, Heartstone PC playtime was up 14%, despite the launch of the iPad version.
DayZ made its return to the top 20 while another zombie-infested title, Rust, made an exit, falling to #25. DayZ seems to be slowly but steadily building its playerbase thanks in part to a steady stream of updates — we'll see if that trend continues.
We had expected the launch of ESO to cannibalize players from The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, but gameplay time slipped just 5%, and Skyrim stayed pegged at the 18 spot.
Free-to-play MOBA Smite officially launched in the last week of March but has been in open beta since late January. April hours were up 34% over March and show no signs of declining so far.
On the other hand, Titanfall fell to the 29th spot. We'll see if the just-released Expedition map pack can reverse that trend in May's Most Played list.
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On Tuesday, we worked hard and fast to finish all our schoolwork and begin the holiday. August was at my parents' house so in the afternoon we drove out to pick him up. The kids and I spent the afternoon with them and then headed home, excited for Neil to finish his workday and begin our short break and the many family traditions that revolve around this time of year. As I drove down our block, I ran over my neighbor's dog. With both wheels.
I never saw the dog. When I felt the bumps, I thought it was a toy left in the street. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw the owner run out and pick up the dog. I stopped the car and ran over, the dog shook for a while and then died in her arms. It was terrible. My kids ran over too, asking so many questions. I quickly sent them home. The woman cried and cried and told me it was okay and cried some more.
After repeatedly offering to take her to the vet, or animal emergency room, and standing around for about an hour feeling horrible while she rocked the dog and cried, I told her I had to check on the kids and fill Neil in on what happened. It was so terrible.
We waited for her husband to get home and walked two doors down to apologize to him. They were gracious and told me it wasn't my fault, the dog shouldn't have been out loose. Accidents happen. They assured me there are no hard feelings. She was still crying.
I wish there was something redeeming about this story, something extraordinary to tell about, but there isn't. I ran over their dog, and it was terrible.
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Prilosec OTC begins to work on the very first day of treatment, although it may take one to four days to have full effect. In fact, clinical studies showed that after taking the first dose of their 14-day course of Prilosec OTC, about half of the people were free of heartburn in the first 24 hours, compared with a significantly lower number of people taking placebo. And over a 14-day course of treatment, an increasing number of people taking Prilosec OTC reported complete heartburn relief.1
How is Prilosec OTC different from many other over-the-counter (OTC) heartburn treatments?
Prilosec OTC works differently than many other OTC heartburn medications because it shuts down acid production at the source—the active acid pumps in the stomach. One daily dose of Prilosec OTC can work up to 24 hours. Prilosec OTC is indicated for the treatment of frequent heartburn and is not for immediate relief.
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Prilosec OTC delivers the same medicine at the same dose as 20 mg prescription Prilosec. Prilosec OTC is available over-the-counter and is indicated for people with frequent heartburn, heartburn occurring two or more days a week. Prilosec OTC is to be used once a day (every 24 hours), every day for 14 days, but not more often than every 4 months unless directed otherwise by a doctor. Prescription Prilosec is indicated for acid-related conditions that Prilosec OTC is not.
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The Montessori preschool classroom for ages 2.8 through 6 years old is a "living room" for children. Children choose their work from among the self-correcting materials displayed on open shelves, and they work in specific work areas. Over a period of time, the children develop into a "normalized community," working with high concentration and few interruptions. Normalization is the process whereby a child moves from being undisciplined to self-disciplined, from disordered to ordered, from distracted to focused, through work in the environment. The process occurs though repeated work with materials that captivate the child's attention. For some children this inner change may take place quite suddenly, leading to deep concentration. In the Montessori preschool, academic competency is a means to an end, and the manipulatives are viewed as "materials for development."
In the Montessori preschool environment, five distinct areas constitute the prepared environment:
- Practical Life enhances the development of task organization and cognitive order through care of self, care of the environment, exercises of grace and courtesy, and coordination of physical movement.
- The Sensorial area enables the child to order, classify, and describe sensory impressions in relation to length, width, temperature, mass, color, pitch, etc.
- Mathematics makes use of manipulative materials to enable the child to internalize concepts of number, symbol, sequence, operations, and memorization of basic facts.
- Language Arts includes oral language development, written expression, reading, the study of grammar, creative dramatics, and children's literature. Basic skills in writing and reading are developed through the use of sandpaper letters, alphabet cut-outs, and various presentations allowing children to link sounds and letter symbols effortlessly and to express their thoughts through writing.
- Cultural Activities expose the child to basics in geography, history, and life sciences. Music, art, and movement education are part of the integrated cultural curriculum.
The school environment unifies the psycho-social, physical, and academic functioning of the child. Its important task is to provide students with an early and general foundation that includes a positive attitude toward school, inner security and a sense of order, pride in the physical environment, abiding curiosity, a habit of concentration, habits of initiative and persistence, the ability to make decisions, self-discipline, and a sense of responsibility to other members of the class, school, and community. This foundation will enable them to acquire more specialized knowledge and skills throughout their school career.
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Montessori education offers our children opportunities to develop their potential as they step out into the world as engaged, competent, responsible, and respectful citizens with an understanding and appreciation that learning is for life.
- Each child is valued as a unique individual. Montessori education recognizes that children learn in different ways, and accommodates all learning styles. Students are also free to learn at their own pace, each advancing through the curriculum as he is ready, guided by the teacher and an individualized learning plan.
- Beginning at an early age, Montessori students develop order, coordination, concentration, and independence. Classroom design, materials, and daily routines support the individual's emerging "self-regulation" (ability to educate one's self, and to think about what one is learning), toddlers through adolescents.
- Students are part of a close, caring community. The multi-age classroom—typically spanning 3 years—re-creates a family structure. Older students enjoy stature as mentors and role models; younger children feel supported and gain confidence about the challenges ahead. Teachers model respect, loving kindness, and a belief in peaceful conflict resolution.
- Montessori students enjoy freedom within limits. Working within parameters set by their teachers, students are active participants in deciding what their focus of learning will be. Montessorians understand that internal satisfaction drives the child's curiosity and interest and results in joyous learning that is sustainable over a lifetime.
- Students are supported in becoming active seekers of knowledge. Teachers provide environments where students have the freedom and the tools to pursue answers to their own questions.
- Self-correction and self-assessment are an integral part of the Montessori classroom approach.As they mature, students learn to look critically at their work, and become adept at recognizing, correcting, and learning from their errors.
Given the freedom and support to question, to probe deeply, and to make connections, Montessori students become confident, enthusiastic, self-directed learners. They are able to think critically, work collaboratively, and act boldly—a skill set for the 21st century.
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The second-in-command of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has called on Muslims to harm "criminal" America. In a message purportedly from Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaeda deputy accused US President-elect Barack Obama of betraying his Muslim roots.
He likened him to a "house slave" - who had chosen to align himself with the "enemies" of Islam.
Mr Obama has said stamping out al-Qaeda "once and for all" will be a top priority during his administration.
On Sunday, he said capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden was "critical" to US security.
He has also promised to bolster the US presence in Afghanistan - a policy that would fail, said the al-Qaeda deputy.
The US said the message did not signal any increased threat against America.
This is undoubtedly a message aimed at sustaining anti-American sentiment among Muslims in the face of Barack Obama's election, says the BBC's defence correspondent Rob Watson.
But it is a risky approach, our correspondent says.
Barack Obama is hugely popular world-wide and his colour and background make him a much tougher target to attack than President George W Bush in the eyes of a global audience, he says.
'Trespassing crusader'
Zawahiri, an Egyptian by birth, is often referred to as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man and the chief ideologue of al-Qaeda.
The audio message, which ran with photographic stills and some video footage, appeared on militant websites.
Mr Obama's election did not mean that US policy towards the Muslim world had changed, Ayman al-Zawahiri said, according to the 11-minute message.
He warned Mr Obama of failure if he followed the policies of the Bush administration.
The change of leadership in the US did not mean that America should be perceived differently, he added.
"America, the criminal, trespassing crusader, continues to be the same as ever, so we must continue to harm it in order for it to come to its senses," he said.
Zawahiri also criticised Mr Obama - whose father is Muslim - for betraying the Islamic world.
"You were born to a Muslim father, but you chose to stand in the ranks of the enemies of the Muslims, and pray the prayer of the Jews, although you claim to be Christian, in order to climb the rungs of leadership in America," he said.
Mr Obama was not an "honourable black American" like Malcolm X, he said, but an "abeed al-beit" - a word that translates as house slave but was rendered "house negro" in the message's English subtitles.
The audio was accompanied by footage of a speech by Malcolm X in which he distinguished between "field negroes" who hated their white masters and "house negroes" who, he said, were loyal to them.
US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack described the message as "more despicable comments from a terrorist".
Mr Obama visited Israel in July and expressed his "abiding commitment" to its security.
On Sunday, in his first television interview since his 4 November election win, he reiterated his commitment to shift more US troops to bolster the military presence in Afghanistan.
The last message purporting to be from Zawahiri emerged on 8 September. He is thought to be in hiding in the Afghan-Pakistan border area.


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Locally harvested and certified organic whole pigs, fully trimmed, de-boned, brined, and spit roasted for hours with garlic, shallots, and fresh herbs, accompanied by a roasted garlic au jus.
40-50 lb Pig (Feeds 20-40) $355.00
50-60 lb Pig (Feeds 50-60) $375.00
60-70 lb Pig (Feeds 60-70) $385.00
70-80 lb Pig (Feeds 70-80) $395.00
80-90 lb Pig (Feeds 80-90) $410.00
100-110 lb Pig (Feeds 100-115) $450.00
130-140 lb Pig (Feeds 120-135) $510.00
140-150 lb Pig (Feeds 140-155) $525.00
160-170 lb Pig (Feeds 170-190) $545.00
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Sauces: House-made espresso bbq, roasted garlic and hot pepper aoili, tuscan pesto, balsamic glaze, stone grain beer mustard, and provolone béchamel
Toppings: Roasted Italian long hot peppers, roasted red peppers, sautéed spinach, baby arugula, caramelized onion marmalade, shaved red onions, pickle chips, and sliced plum tomatoes
Cheeses: American, fresh mozzarella, and sharp provolone
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Technics Sp10Mk2 / Mk2A Precision Pure Copper, Magnesium/Aluminum alloy platter. Ultra high fidelity machined replacement main platter, audible enhancements easily heard during playback include increased resolution and clarity, lower noise floor and improved left/right channel separation. This part is also the identical platter featured on our Technics Sp10Mk2 Next Generation model. Designed for direct LP record-to-platter coupling.
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The screen repair in most of the laptops isn't a complex service if you know how to do it. It's as easy as replacing headlight on a car but if you don't have technical experience you can easily damage the screen cable, wireless antenna, webcam or in some cases break the hinges or the bezel. There are lots of videos on youtube about how to replace the screen but you need to make sure the process is for your laptop and you understand the whole process.
While screen replacement for most of PC laptops are easy to do, it's more complicated for mac computer. In most of the Mac laptops there are no screws to be opened and the screen is fitted by a very strong double-sided tape. Removing the protection layer and replacing the screen is a very sensitive process and it's better not to get involved with it unless you know exactly what you are doing .
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This past weekend many of us were fortunate enough to enjoy the spectacular competition of the Handa Cup, an LPGA Legends Tour event played at Wentworth By The Sea Country Club in Rye. It is a great event and one that Portsmouth's Jane Blalock has brought to the Seacoast in her role as President and CEO of The Legends Tour.
On behalf of the board, staff, parents and children of The First Tee of New Hampshire and as the charity of choice for the Handa Cup, we would like to sincerely thank Hannaford supermarkets and Kraft Foods for their generous donation to our organization. Hannaford's donation will allow us to expand our work with and for children by teaching a program based on nine core values, healthy habits, and a life skills curriculum using golf as a platform. The First Tee program is for all children and as a result of this donation we can do so much more! It is our commitment to the children of New Hampshire that no child will be turned away because of need.
Once again, thank you to Hannaford supermarkets and Kraft Foods. These two companies truly care about our youth and the future of the fine young people who participate in The First Tee. We are humbled by their generosity.
Joan Marchessault
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This is in response Mr. Robert Kennedy's letter in which he argues that assistance for the needy should come from "voluntary organizations and local governments," rather than from federal or state government. He also states his faith that if the funding from higher levels of government goes away, "care from local governments or other voluntary organizations would emerge."
The problem with this argument is that, no matter which level of government or voluntary organization is providing the care, it cannot be done without resources. So let's look at the resources that might be available to local governments or voluntary organizations to provide this care.
Local governments all over the state and the country are already severely pressed for cash and have been forced to cut jobs and services, in part because of the costs that have already been shifted to them by federal, state and county governments. It is for this reason — and also because legislators correctly anticipate that planned cuts in state funding for social-service organizations will drive even more people to seek services at local government welfare offices — that the N.H. House has proposed, for the first time, placing a cap on the requirement for local governments to provide welfare assistance to residents. Mr. Kennedy believes that local governments will be compassionate enough to provide this assistance even if not compelled to do so, but the problem isn't a lack of compassion; it's a lack of resources.
Local governments have only one way to raise significant additional resources: increasing property taxes. From the taxpayers' viewpoint, this would negate efforts at the state level to avoid raising taxes. And it would do nothing to address Mr. Kennedy's objection to "assistance that is compelled by government command."
The other option Mr. Kennedy proposes for providing care to the needy is "voluntary organizations." If by voluntary organization he means one that has little or no paid staff, then he is vastly underestimating the quality and volume of work currently done by independent not-for-profit organizations with paid staff.
For example, at Families First Health & Support Center, we provided medical and dental care for more than 4,300 uninsured and low-income people in 2010. We receive some help from volunteer physicians and dentists, which we value greatly. But professionals like these could never afford to volunteer enough time to provide a true medical home with consistent care for 4,300 people, as we do. That's why we have our own staff of physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical and dental assistants, hygienists, social workers and other professionals. We also provide parenting classes, home visiting and other family services to almost 2,000 people each year, also using professional staff supplemented by volunteers.
To pay these professionals, Families First relies on diverse revenue sources, including fees for service; federal, state and local governments; and voluntary contributions from foundations, businesses and individuals. We work very hard to solicit these voluntary contributions, which already support one-third of our $4.25 million budget. Families First is fortunate to operate in a generous and affluent community; even so, it is not realistic to think that these voluntary contributions could expand to make up the $300,000 or so in state funding that we are slated to lose under the budget currently being considered in the N.H. State House. The impact will be that access to medical, dental and family support services for vulnerable people in the Seacoast will be reduced.
Mr. Kennedy is not the first to propose that resources adequate to address people's needs will magically emerge at the local, neighborhood, not-for-profit, church or family level after state resources are taken away. Several state legislators have been quoted in these pages recently saying exactly the same thing. It is time to take a good, hard look at this theory and be realistic about the impact these cuts will truly have on the needy in our communities.
Helen B. Taft
Executive director
Families First Health and Support
Center, Portsmouth
To the Editor:
Repeating a lie over and over does not make it the truth.
In a letter to the Portsmouth Herald on May 27, a resident of New Castle continues to assert that in New Hampshire, workers are forced to join a union and pay union dues in order to work. That simply is not true. No workers in this state or any other can be forced to join a union or to pay union dues.
What is true is that, where there is a union that negotiates pay, benefits, and working conditions, those employees who do not wish to join a union are expected to pay their fair share of the costs of negotiating those benefits. Federal law also mandates that all employees, both union and non-union, must receive all benefits negotiated by a union contract.
If any workers were exempt from paying a fair share of the costs of those negotiations, they would be benefiting financially from other worker's contributions, without sharing the costs. I call that freeloading. Its like going to Fenway Park and expecting all the other fans to pay $10 more for their tickets so that you can get your seat free. No one would call that fair.
In reality, the so-called Right to Work bill is not at all about being forced to join a union or pay union dues. This bill seeks to destroy the right of collective bargaining. And that's the truth.
Lenore Patton
so U.S. can meet
financial obligations
To the Editor:
If Congress does not vote to raise the debt limit, virtually all economists, both conservative and liberal, agree that bad things will happen.
The country is not like a household, it can't just skip a payment or two and send a check later. The debt limit needs to increase so that the country can continue to meet financial obligations.
Republican Congressional leaders and the president also agree that bad things will happen if the debt limit is not raised. But that is not preventing Congressional Republicans from playing "chicken" with the issue. And, shamefully, both New Hampshire Congressman Frank Guinta and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte are going along with Republican leadership on this.
When I was growing up, if Republicans and Democrats agreed that action was needed on an important issue, if they agreed what needed to be done, then they would take action.
In this case, action is simple, and can happen any time. Vote to raise the debt limit. Prevent the country from defaulting on its obligations.
But Guinta, Ayotte and their Republican leaders are pointing a gun at the economy of the country, and if they don't get their way on other things, they are threatening to pull the trigger. I've seen spoiled children with more sense.
It's the obligation of both the president and Congress to make this happen, not to use it as a negotiating device for separate agendas. I thought Guinta and Ayotte could be independent, could be voices of reason, but apparently not. This is sad and shameful.
Greg Tillman


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Del Rio breaks up the sleeper sending Ziggler head first into the corner. Del Rio with another huge kick to the side of Ziggler's head. You can see the referee telling Del Rio to watch the shots to the head. Ziggler is wrapped up in the ropes holding on. Del Rio with forearm shots to the back of Ziggler and closes with a big shot to the head. Del Rio drops Ziggler back first to the mat, covers and Ziggler kicks out after two. Ziggler responds with a quick swinging neckbreaker that results in a two count. Ziggler is holding his head and the referee asks Ziggler if he wants him to stop the match. Ziggler tells the referee no. Ziggler goes up to the top turnbuckle and Del Rio catches him with a big kick to the head. Del Rio hooks the head of Ziggler, flips back and plants Ziggler face first in a back suplex from the top turnbuckle landing with a huge thud. Del Rio covers Ziggler and Ziggler somehow is able to kick out after two. Del Rio can't believe it. Del Rio baseball slides Ziggler out of the ring and then catches Ziggler with a huge kick to the side of the head from the ring apron.
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Louis XVI Nœud Chair
Louis XVI Nœud Chair
Louis XVI chair caned a la d'Artois, circa 1775-1780.
Original : collection of an antiquarian in Namur (Belgium).
This very fine model with its circular seat and medaillon back comes from the first Paris chairs in the Louis XVI style. The fine carving of the arched rail, the acanthus at the ends of the turned legs, and the ribbon around the splat decorate this model very happily. The size of the knot of ribbon, which was very fashionable at that time, bears witness to the emergence of the Louis XVI style while adding a great deal of charm. The proportions of the tapering of the legs are excellent. The en cabriolet shape of the splat provides good support for the user's back.
Product dimensions
Width: 48 cm - 18.9 "
Depth: 44 cm - 17.32 "
Height: 93 cm - 36.61 "


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My boy is 3. THREE. Insanity. You may recognise this cake. He had the same last year. We didn't have cake candles then either, but it was sparklers then, not tealights. Bad mummy!
That face though. So happy to have blown out candles that they could have been anything with a flame.
He is still all about the nee naws and choo choos. ONLY MORE. Especially the trains. We got him this Thomas 'take n play' set, and mum (who came up the night before and stayed for the birthday) got him a couple of trains to go with it. Ethan chose some chuggington trains, and he was good to go. For literally days. And that's only so far.
Today was family dinner at the Brown's house, and therefore 'proper' birthday cake was required, which was good, because atleast half of the Peppa Pig cake went in the bin. Quite frankly, it was disgusting, and tasted faintly of plastic.
It was perfect. I'm going to rename it the magic cake, because I literally cannot mess it up. substitutions, whatever. It's unstoppable in it's quest for chocolatey satisfaction.
He then had a few more presents, another Thomas that lights up and moves, and a wooden train whistle (which may disappear now and then) from Grandma and Grandad, a colouring and sticker book, and a CD and book of nursery rhymes which we've already had on and he's danced to, from Aunty Joanne and Uncle David, and this from Aunty Stella and Uncle Carl...
I've just noticed Henry's demon eyes in the background!
It's a bull shaped space hopper! The advantage being it has four feet, rather than a round bottom, nice and stable. He's been bouncing around on it for about half an hour (about as long as you can do anything when you're newly three and have eaten a large chuck of icing) before being forced to dismount and get ready for bed.
We had a visit from the Dummy Fairy too this week. It went well... until bedtime. He didn't want his new glowy nightlight, he didn't want the fairy to take his dummies to make new ones for little babies, apparently the babies don't want his dummies. There were a few wakings that night. However he only asked once or twice the next night, and not since, so hurrah!
Three years. He still loves ears for comfort, especially now he has Henry's. He still has trouble keeping his covers on, not only himself, but his entire bed. He still curls his little body up and sometimes sticks his bum in the air in that classic sleeping baby pose. And yet he's also so grown up. He sings. He loves numbers and counting, and is starting nursery school after Christmas. NURSERY SCHOOL you guys.
It's flown by since he was a little dot, the littlest of my three, none of whom were particularly small. He came speeding into the world with his little crop of dark hair and hasn't stopped since. We spent a few hours in hospital (a 3am birth will do that) and then phoned around to let everyone know at about 6:30 before beating a hasty retreat from the postnatal ward. We took him back to Grandma and Grandad's house to meet his big brother who adored him.
He still does, most of the time. They are wonderful playmates and well matched verbal sparring partners, though thankfully mostly the former. There's the same gap between them as between Sam and Henry, and Sam has that same adoration for Henry, it's lovely to see, the circle of brotherhood continuing.
Happy birthday mad boy. We love your crazy dancing and mad debating skills, even if they do usually just come down to simply insisting you are right until we give up. Don't change too much my darling.
Update: This blog has now moved to www.undomesticaited.wordpress.com - Hope to see you over there!


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Arden Grange mini adult dog food is a complete dry food for toy and small breeds. With delicious, meadow reared lamb and small kibble size, this food is ideal for a maintenance diet
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Chronic Back Pain Relief
Kale is capable of cooling your body's natural inflammatory response, making it a great pain killer. It can also work as an analgesic on your body's pain nerves. Eating leafy greens like kale on a regular basis can even help reduce your body's sensitivity to pain.
Water is a great way to reduce pain anywhere in your body. Dehydration significantly increases your sensitivity to pain, and regular water drinking will flush out toxins as well as lubricate and cushion your joints.
Salmon contains a healthy does of omega-3 fatty acids, which can suppress the production of cytokines and enzymes, decreasing inflammation and relieving your back. Eating wild salmon is an especially good way to get an omega-3 rich diet.
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, or EVOO, as it's commonly called, is an excellent source of healthy monounsaturated fats. The antioxidant rich fats can protect the body against pain and inflammation thanks to polyphenols. Try substituting EVOO for butter in future recipes.
Vitamin C rich pineapple can slow the progression of pain and help to relieve it, thanks to the powerful dose of antioxidants that it contains. It also helps to protect your body from the effects of free radicals.
Curry contains tumeric, a spice that has been shown to suppress inflammatory chemicals. Studies suggest that tumeric may work in the same way as many pain medications. Try cooking it up with some healthy vegetables or lean protein.
Whole Grains
Whole grains are rich in selenium, an extremely powerful antioxidant. Selenium can help to fight off cell-damaging molecules that lead to back pain and is also a strong anti-inflammatory agent. Another great source of selenium is wheat germ.
Brightly colored peppers are a wonderful way to add more vitamins and minerals into your diet that your body can use to heal and recover from whatever is causing your back pain. Vegetables like peppers also contain natural antioxidants.
Grapes are a source of a plant-based compound called Resveratrol, which blocks cell inflammation. It's been shown to work in the same way as many pain relieving drugs, but has the added nutritional benefit.
A recent study tested the pain response of rats who were fed a diet rich and soy and found that their pain tolerance increased significantly. Soy works especially well for women who suffer from back pain.


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Irvine named Burton Albion's best player
After Aaron Mooy won Huddersfield Town's Player of the Year this week, the same accolade has been bestowed on Socceroos rising star Jackson Irvine at his club Burton Albion.
Irvine cleaned up at his Championship club's awards night on Wednesday, winning three accolades.
The 24-year-old attacking midfielder won Burton's Golden Boot, the Player of the Season award - which is voted by the club's fans - and the Players' Player of the Season gong.
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Irvine scores again for Burton
"I am so unbelievably honoured and pleased to be given the three awards," Irvine told Burton's website.
"To be held in such high regard by players and fans is so overwhelming, I got quite emotional up there on the stage.
"When you see your season played out in front of you, you see what you've been through together. To be given the individual plaudits is pleasing but you could see how much it meant to everybody involved. I couldn't be more delighted."
It's justifiable recognition for the Melbourne-born midfielder who's enjoyed a superb season at the Championship strugglers after signing from Scottish Premiership outfit Ross County during the off-season.
Irvine has scored 10 goals in 41 Championship matches heading into the final round of the campaign.
Jackson Irvine, Burton Albion
Jackson Irvine delighted with first Socceroos goal
He's also transferred that form to the national team, making his full debut against Iraq in March and scoring his first Socceroos goal versus United Arab Emirates.
Irvine looms as a key man on June 8 when Australia host Saudi Arabia in a crucial World Cup qualifier at the Adelaide Oval.


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Joyce Delorme was appointed to the position of Police Officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in March, 2011. She was terminated in July, 2012, and filed an MSPB appeal. The Agency claimed she was a probationary employee; she claimed she was only on probation one year, not two, and was a Title 5 employee. Before the jurisdiction issue was resolved, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, with the stipulation that the agreement was submitted for enforcement by the Board. The appeal was dismissed as withdrawn. In October, 2015, Ms. Delorme filed a petition for enforcement. The Administrative Judge dismissed the appeal, deciding that the agreement was not enforceable by the Board because the question of whether the Board had jurisdiction in the underlying appeal had not been resolved. Overruling Shaw v. Dept. of the Navy, 39 MSPR 586 (1989), and its progeny, the Board held that it has enforcement authority over settlement agreements that have been entered into the record, even if Board jurisdiction of the underlying appeal has not been established pursuant to 5 USC §§ 1204(a)(1)-(2) and 7701(h). The Board held that the source of the Board's authority to enforce settlement agreements is independent of the Board's jurisdiction over the underlying matter appealed. Delorme v. Dept. of the Interior, 2017 MSPB 2.
PRACTICE TIP: Based on the clarification provided by the Board in the above case, if you stipulate that a settlement agreement is enforceable by the Board, you can file a Petition to Enforce with the Administrative Judge, even if the issue of Board jurisdiction over the underlying appeal was not resolved before settlement.


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Monday, 24 April 2017
I can see clearly now...
Well, I've reached that time of life where my arms will soon be at the point of not being long enough for me to read. So I am now the proud owner of reading glasses. How nice it is to not have to work on the computer at arm's length :) Thankfully that is the only thing wrong with my eyes. They are otherwise in perfect shape.
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oops, i started a comment and lost it, so you may have something weird showing up. my soon-to-be-brother-in-law gave me his asus tablet and i am still getting use to it. soooo...i have to use reading glasses more and more. luckily i can pick mine up at the dollar store here in town. much better than buying them at walmart for the exact same pair that they sell for $9. And i have had my driving glasses or longer distance seeing needs for years. seems to get worse and worse the older i get. so welcome to the club of reading glasses. i keep saying that everything is being written in smaller and smaller fonts. works for me. big hugz, raszReplyDelete
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Magic City Gospel by Ashley M. Jones (Hub City Press, 2017)
From Ashley M. Jones's "Viewing a KKK Uniform at the Civil Rights Institute":
All you can really tell at first
is that it was starched.
Some Betty Sue, Marge, Jane,
some proper girl
with a great black iron
made those corners sharp.
This was the first poem of Ashley's I ever read, and in six lines, she knocked me in the gut. By putting the horrifying hood of a klansman into the hands of a Betty Sue, we're forced to reckon with the ways terror began and begins in domestic settings, among familiar faces. The poem also reminded me of the first time I visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. My brother and I were kids, afraid to look closely at the photos, afraid we'd see someone we knew—and loved—in one of the white mobs.
Katherine Webb is responsible for our Bad Drawings for Good Poetry feature. She is a writer, editor and educator in Birmingham, Alabama, where she directs the Nitty-Gritty Magic City Reading Series. She's always on the lookout for new writers to host. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Bitter Southerner, PANK, among others. She's not a visual artist.


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Reusable Rockets, Artificial Intelligence, Space Elevators and More: One-on-One with SpaceX's Elon Musk
This week, MIT celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Aeronautics and Astronautics department. The closing event included a 90 minute "One-on-One" with Elon Musk, founder of PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX. You may also know him as the guy that Iron Man wants to be when he grows up.
The One-on-One structure included ~60 minutes of Q&A between Musk and MIT's AeroAstro department head, Professor Jaime Peraire. The remaining 20-30 minutes involved questions posed by members of the audience, mostly students. At a certain point, it turned into students asking for Elon Musk's thoughts about their personal tech projects. Can't blame them for seizing the moment, right?
In this blog, I'll summarize the main topics that were covered and copy the transcript of my live-tweeting. The quotes below are not verbatim quotes, but a summary of what Musk said. Also, the full video of the event is available here.
On Rockets and Space Exploration:
Musk stated that "Reusability is the critical breakthrough required in rocketry to take us to the next level." He also mentioned that SpaceX plans to have at least a dozen launches over the next 12 months with at least one of these launches proving the feasibility of reusable rockets.
Musk spoke to the importance of rockets for getting humans off our planet: "There are no runways and no atmosphere on the Moon. Winged aircraft won't work there. There's no runway on Mars, so winged aircraft also aren't great there. Rockets are the best option."
When asked what he thought about 1-way trips to Mars, Musk said: "What kind of 1-way trip? 1-way trip and you die, or 1-way trip with resupply missions?" An important distinction for sure. But he said that we should instead be focusing on sustainable colonies on Mars. Musk was then asked specifically about the Mars One program. He said "If they want to buy our rockets and space capsules, we'll surely sell it to them, but from the looks of it, they can't even afford 1 Dragon. Based on that it doesn't seem feasible."
Musk emphasized his passion for ensuring humans become an interplanetary species. He said "Yes, there are many problems here on Earth and this should be our priority, but we should still be investing <~1% of our resources on ensuring we're an interplanetary species. Healthcare is of great importance, but cosmetics are not. Space travel is somewhere in between." Lipstick or space travel? We'll take the Dragon any day.
How do we create sustainable colonies on Mars? Musk said the best strategy is a competitive one because collaboration is simply too slow.
On SpaceX:
Musk said the overall goal of SpaceX is to develop what is necessary to bring sustainable cities to Mars. He said that he started SpaceX to extend life beyond Earth, and actually expected it to fail in the beginning. We're all happy he was wrong.
On the weakest point at SpaceX, Musk admitted that their rocket engines could use a lot of work with respect to specific impulse, but he ensured us that they will get much better.
Professor Peraire asked how SpaceX could be so innovative as a relatively small company. Musk said that this is likely do to the culture they have nurtured at SpaceX: rapid communication where the best ideas win. He said that, at SpaceX, it's not the head engineer that always makes the final decision. If an intern comes up with a great engineering idea, it can easily and quickly be brought to the top.
Musk mentioned that they'd love to hire more people from MIT. He also mentioned that they don't hire many MBA's. They do have some MBA's that work there, but it's likely in spite of their MBA.
Referring to SpaceX's Dragon capsule, Musk said "Dragon doesn't need pilots – we should be sending our scientists and engineers instead." He said that you should be able to ride in a spacecraft with no training at all – it should be easy.
On His Biggest Technical Challenges:
Musk said that one of the interesting takeaways from Tesla and SpaceX was that the hardest part is the manufacturing aspect. He estimated that it was more than 10 times harder to learn how to create 1000 of the same car than developing the original design. The same is true for developing multiple rockets. Musk said that the field of Manufacturing had gotten a "bad rep" in the past for being boring, but that it is actually a really fascinating/fun challenge that more smart engineers should be studying.
On Future Technologies:
A member of the audience asked about the feasibility of space elevators. Musk suggested that building a bridge from LA to Tokyo would be a much easier undertaking that a space elevator. He said that it doesn't make sense to pursue one right now, but that he'd love to be proven wrong.
Beam energy research is worth studying, but there are many challenges that come along with this energy source. The primary challenge is likely scalability and the cost effectiveness relative to other options.
On Artificial Intelligence:
Musk suggested that our biggest existential threat was Artificial Intelligence. He said that we must be very careful not to do anything foolish in this area. When the next member of the audience asked a different question Musk said, "Sorry, could you repeat your question, I was still thinking about the Artificial Intelligence stuff." Clearly, this is an exciting area worth extended thought.
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For someone moving to Dallas from a more densely populated city, our reliance on cars can be baffling at first. They'll move to somewhere in East Dallas or Oak Cliff and realize that they're going to spend 30 minutes in the car just to get to work downtown. POPPYCOCK. Why do that when you can get an adorable flat right in uptown for less than $300,000?
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OTS review employment and self-employment status
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recently announced plans to hold a series of meetings this autumn that will review the 'boundary between employment and self-employment.' But what are the possible implications of this review for recruiters, and what has prompted the review in the first place?
Recognising the increasing complexity of determining employment status, the review seeks to address whether the current classification system is representative of today's work patterns. Indeed, the OTS points to the shifting trend and continued rise in the number of contract and freelance workers as the primary reason behind the review.
This rise, it suggests, has created a grey area where we often see some people classed as employed for one job but self-employed for another, in what the OTS calls a 'third way' – one whereby a person is neither 'employed' nor 'self-employed'.
Of course, any change to how a person's employment status is classified will have significant tax and National Insurance Contributions (NIC) implications in how recruiters pay their contractors. On this point, the OTS stated:
"It is important for the tax system to fit with the real world, but in many instances, case law is complex and difficult to apply, for large and small businesses alike. Offering more certainty to individuals and businesses would be a useful simplification."
It is because the law, in its current state, is so complex, that administering tax rules has become increasingly difficult especially for those working in multiple roles – get this distinction wrong and both recruiters and the contractors they employ could find themselves out of pocket. Consequently, this could have a detrimental effect on their businesses. As such, the review will seek to simplify the distinction between working and not working.
What is interesting is that the review will not take IR35 into consideration. But, if changes to the rules which determine employment status are to be made, then surely the legislation underpinning IR35 should also be brought up to date?
In response, the OTS states that it has already "made recommendations in this area and the government decided how to take the issues forward. The recent report of the House of Lords Economic Affairs sub-committee has also examined the area.'"
However, the good news is that both recruiters and contractors alike will be able to contribute to the review. The OTS added that "The Office's work will be informed by consultation with interested parties, including forming and working with a consultative committee".
The review and consultation process will start in the Autumn and will be made available for consideration by the UK Government at the 2015 Budget next Spring. It is expected to contain a series of what it calls 'significant reforms' for the next Government to consider. So it may be some time before we see any of the recommendations coming into play.
If you would like more information or to discuss how this review could affect your business, contact us and we will happily clarify any points you may have.
Along with over 13 years experience in the contractor payroll industry, and after spending most of his working life as a financial advisor in the regulated financial services industry, Mike has garnered an extensive network of contacts in the recruitment industry, many of whom trust both him and the One Click Group to handle their accounting. Mike has also been a member of various industry bodies throughout the years, such as the British Institute of Recruiters, in order to champion best practices across the contractor payroll industry.


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First day of NaNoWriMo down. I got over three thousand words down on paper. Feeling really good about it.
Here is an excerpt from the Preface:
"It started as a dream this morning. I dreamed I was at the store, the Wal-Mart over on 41st specifically. It was very vivid. I was in the electronics department. They had the solar telescope views showing on every television. They showed a tiny little black dot on the sun. A count down showed in the corner of the TV. I looked around and everyone around me stood transfixed by the scene. When the counter reached zero, the black dot disappeared and for a moment nothing happened. Then a red spot appeared on the surface of the sun. A moment later all the lights in the store flickered and went out, the backup lights flashed on. Every TV on the rack blinked out. All but one, the one in front of me stayed lit and I watched as the red dot grew and expanded. People around me laughed about the aptly timed power outage happening just at the same time that Mercury hit the Sun but then the backup lights exploded. I mean literally they blasted out away from the ceiling and walls light roman candles. Laughter turned to screams. Everyone started running out of the store. I stood there staring at the one TV still on. The red grew and grew. Eventually it took over the sun. Then the darkness struck. All things appeared dark to me, everything except the Sun. I felt like I floated in space and below me the Sun burned an angry red color. I awoke in a sweat but the darkness still prevailed. I could see, but darkness covered what I saw."


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I've sometimes been too scared to read some parts of Stephen King's books. I was surprised to see him admit in this interview with Andes Dubus, III that there have been two times when he was almost too damn scared to write some of those parts.
The video is more than an hour long, and I encourage you to watch it all, but I won't keep you in suspense. King admitted that he scared himself towards the end of Pet Sematary and again when he was writing one particular passage in The Shining. "I knew he was going to go up to Room 217, and I knew what he was going to find there…." I don't know about you, but I remember that part very well; it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
He was also asked where his characters went at night when he was trying to sleep. King answered, "I don't have nightmares. I pass all that along to you readers."
Note: If you want to skip the introductions, start the video at 6 minutes 15 seconds.


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The region continues to benefit from strong job and population growth, solid market fundamentals, and a diverse economic base. Even with new construction that's underway, vacancies are tightening as tenants continue to move in and expand. Here we look at the top five office, industrial, and retail leases of the past three months, with data provided by Xceligent Inc.
On-the-Ground Insights
"Dallas is becoming one of the most attractive markets in the country for millennials. This means continued growth in the office markets—as long as the buildings get built where millennials want to work." —Susan Arledge, Managing Director, E Smith Realty Partners
"Dallas will continue to see an influx of technology companies, and landlords trying to cater to their needs. Investors will also continue to have a large target on Dallas." Sarah Hinkley, Principal, Peloton Commercial Real Estate
"DFW is the most sought-after markets for companies to expand into, and local businesses are also wanting to upgrade their image and expand their footprint, too. I don't see a slowdown anytime soon." —Rick Medinis, NAI Robert Lynn
"Numerous new retail projects will deliver over the next 12-18 months. Development seems to be tenant-driven, with very little spec space. Grocery, fitness, and sporting goods all continue to be active." —Daniel Taylor, Senior Vice President, CBRE
1. OneSource Virtual
SIZE: 217,169 s.f. at Cypress Waters
TENANT REP: David Wetherington with Colliers International
LANDLORD: Billingsley Co., represented in-house by Marijke Lantz
DETAILS: OneSource Virtual is the latest tenant to sign on for space Billingsley Co's bustling Cypress Waters development off Interstate 635 in Dallas and Irving.
2. Matador Resources
SIZE: 102,000 s.f. at One Lincoln Center
TENANT REPS: Steve Thelen, Jeff Staubach, and Jeremy McGown of JLL
LANDLORD: Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, represented by Matt Schendle and Meredith Durham of Cushman & Wakefield
DETAILS: Matador Resources is an independent energy company involved in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States.
3. Vinson & Elkins
SIZE: 80,000 s.f. at The Union in Uptown
TENANT REPS: Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE
LANDLORD: RED Development, represented in-house by Paul Rowsey IV and by John Brownlee and Sarah Hinkley of Peloton Commercial Real Estate
DETAILS: One of the nation's largest law firms, Vinson & Elkins will occupy the top three floors of this 800,000 square-foot, mixed-use development when the project opens in 2017.
4. Match
SIZE: 73,110 s.f. in NorthPark Central at 8750 N. Central Expwy.
TENANT REPS: Jeff Staubach and Kimarie Ankenbrand of JLL
LANDLORD: Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, represented by Fletcher Cordell and Duane Henley of Transwestern
DETAILS: About 350 employees of the world's largest online dating service will move to the company's new headquarters near The Shops at Park Lane in August.
5. Weaver
SIZE: 60,000 s.f. at The Union in Uptown
TENANT REP: Scott Morse of Citadel Partners
LANDLORD: RED Development, represented in-house by Paul Rowsey IV and by John Brownlee and Sarah Hinkley of Peloton Commercial Real Estate
DETAILS: It was a big quarter for The Union, which, in addition to the V&E deal (above), also secured a two-floor lease from the North Texas accounting firm Weaver.
1. Farmer Bros. Coffee
SIZE: 537,000 s.f. in Northlake
TENANT REPS: Gary Lindsey and Terry Reitz of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
LEASING AGENTS: Cannon Green and Bob Hagewood of Stream Realty Partners
DETAILS: This $40 million campus for Farmer Brothers Coffee includes 70,000-s.f. corporate headquarters, state of the art roasting plant, and distribution center. The company's relocation from California will bring more than 350 new jobs to the region.
2. Ashley Furniture
SIZE: 442,035 s.f. in Mesquite Distribution Center
TENANT REP: Steve Berger and Dave Anderson with CBRE
LANDLORD REP: Terry Darrow with JLL
DETAILS: The Wisconsin-based home furnishings giant is opening a new distribution operation in North Texas, at this Prologis development in Mesquite. The landlord recently upgraded to all LED lighting throughout.
3. Southwest Moulding Co.
SIZE: 367,262 s.f. at 501 Danieldale Road in DeSoto
TENANT REPS: Michael Swaldi and Nathan Orbin with JLL
LEASING AGENTS: Terry Darrow and Kurt Griffin with JLL
DETAILS: Established in Dallas in 1952, the tenant is a leader in moulding and specialty millwork products throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and bordering states. The property owner is US Real Estate LP.
4. C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc.
SIZE: 355,577 s.f. at 777 Freeport in Coppell
TENANT REP: Dave Anderson with CBRE
LANDLORD: IIT Freeport DC LP, represented by Chris Teesdale of Colliers International
DETAILS: This is a new lease from C&S Wholesale, a leading supply chain company in the food industry and the largest wholesale grocer in the United States.
5. Daimler Trucks North America
SIZE: 272,000 s.f. at RiverPoint Commerce Center in Grand Prairie
TENANT REP: Bob Scully of CBRE
LEASING AGENTS: Cannon Green and Matt Dornak of Stream Realty Partners
DETAILS: Daimler Trucks North America's lease of 271,177 square feet brings RiverPoint Commerce Center, a speculative 603,000 s.f. joint-venture between JP Morgan Asset Management and Stream Realty Partners, to 62 percent leased.
1. Floor & Decor Outlets of America
SIZE: 72,597 square feet
LOCATION: Sam Rayburn Tollway and S. Colony Blvd. in The Colony
TENANT REP: Daniel Taylor of CBRE|UCR
LANDLORD: Colony 5 Partners LLC
2. Gander Mountain Co.
SIZE: 60,031 square feet
LOCATION: Eldorado Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco
TENANT REP: Daniel Taylor of CBRE|UCR
LANDLORD: Eldorado Marketplace Associates LLC
DETAILS: Gander Mountain is the nation's largest retail network of specialty stores for shooting sports, hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor activities.
3. Burlington
SIZE: 60,000 square feet
LOCATION: Ridgmar Town Square in Fort Worth
TENANT REP: John Graul of Burlington Coat Factory
LEASING AGENT: Scott Rose of The Retail Connection
DETAILS: This new store from leading national retailer Burlington creates as many as 100 new jobs in Fort Worth.
4. Dick's Sporting Goods
SIZE: 50,000 square feet
LOCATION: Glade Parks in Euless
TENANT REPS: Greg Bracchi and Megan Nabholtz Trimble of EDGE Realty Partners
LEASING AGENTS: Steve Ewing and Josh Flores with EDGE Realty Partners
LANDLORD: North Rock Real Estate
DETAILS: The new 193-acre Glade Parks center is on the west side of State Highway 121 at Cheek-Sparger and Glade roads.
5. Texas Family Fitness
SIZE: 45,000 square feet
LOCATION: Towne Square Shopping Center in Plano
TENANT REP: Dan Avnery of NAI Robert Lynn
LANDLORD: Norman Hopperstein


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If Congress really wants to fix the Endangered Species Act, it should try these 5 ideas
Republicans hope that having both houses of Congress and the White House will allow them to rewrite the most powerful environmental law that exists anywhere in the world.
The House Resources Committee has approved five different bills its members say will modernize the Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973. Critics accurately say the bills would gut the law, which hasn't had a major rewrite since the 1980s.
The law is a powerful statement in defense of creation that requires the federal government to protect all species, a message that goes all the way back to Noah's Ark.
The House bills would strip away the right for citizens and environmental groups to sue to enforce the law, would require authorities to consider the economic impacts of listing a species and would defer to state-collected scientific data when making a listing decision. One bill would delist wolves in the Midwest, recognizing what science has shown for years: The wolves have recovered.
The act has legitimate problems: Its processes have become inefficient, poorly funded and mired in litigation, at a time when biologists warn the world could lose 20 percent to 40 percent of its species in the next century.
If Congress is truly interested in repairing it, these five changes would solve many of the problems Western Republicans identify, while conserving our animals, plants and their habitats more efficiently:
1. Turn recovery and authority for issuing habitat conservation planning permits over to the states.
2. Exempt property owners with up to five acres of land from the law.
3. Give federal agencies more flexibility when they assess whether a government action will harm a species.
4. Acknowledge the impacts of climate change.
5. Create a biodiversity trust fund, paid for with a new royalty on minerals from federal lands.
First, some history.
The last time Republicans had the power to pass an endangered species reform bill was in 2005, when House Resources Chairman Richard Pombo, a California rancher, got his one-sided bill out of the House, only to see it stopped in the Senate. Current chairman Rep. Rob Bishop did not help the newer efforts when he said he "would love to invalidate" the law, which has saved the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, grizzly bears and whooping cranes.
Had Pombo agreed to an amendment offered by supporters of the act, he might have gotten the 2005 bill through the Senate with more changes. But I'm skeptical Bishop is willing to make the compromises necessary or that ESA supporters will be willing to deal.
In 1998, then-Idaho Sen. Dirk Kempthorne wheeled and dealed with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, only to have his reform bill killed by Majority Leader Trent Lott based solely on Mississippi concerns – Lott's home state.
As long as the main goal of reform is simply to reduce the power of the federal government — not to make the law more effective and efficient for all sides — it is going to be a heavy lift. People love animals, and as the president's recent intervention on the importation of elephant trophies shows, animal lovers can turn the tide.
But there is frustration that some environmental and animal-rights groups want to keep species on the list as a way to block states' power to manage them. Congress had to weigh in to delist wolves in the Rocky Mountains long after they had reached their recovery goals. Similar lawsuits have been filed against the decision to delist Yellowstone grizzlies, solely because it will allow the states to open a hunting season.
There also is a recognition that the law is wrapped up in litigation. Most of that comes from a lack of federal funding to consider listings; advise other agencies about actions that could affect wildlife and plants; and write recovery plans or delist species.
The Endangered Species Act works best when it is wielded as a shield, not a sword. Kempthorne's brilliant observation — that protecting species is cheaper and less restrictive if we act before they need to be listed — should be the watchword of all sides of the debate.
States can get ahead of the game and act to conserve species and their habitat at any time — they don't have to wait for the threat of listing. Even when listing is a possibility, this approach can work.
That's what happened with sage grouse.
The Obama administration worked closely with Western governors from both parties to develop a sage grouse plan that protected the sagebrush steppe ecosystem and still allowed ranching, oil and gas development, mining and other development across 11 states. Based on the plan, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided listing the grouse was not warranted.
The Trump administration is reconsidering the land management plans on which the decision was based. It also reversed a plan to protect 10 million acres of grouse habitat from oil, gas and mineral development. How much current officials weaken the plans, and whether they shield the best habitat from development, will decide whether the grouse eventually is listed or not.
So here's my plan:
Turn recovery over to the states.
The major criticism of the law is that it doesn't recover many species. So let's turn over the recovery process — and perhaps more of the work to designate a species' critical habitat — to the states or tribes, who have an incentive to recover species faster. This would include authority for issuing habitat conservation planning permits to private landowners.
Exempt property owners with up to 5 acres of land from the law.
Few species' survival will be decided by such small landowners. If their land is needed for conservation, pay them. All landowners should have incentives to protect species and habitat.
Give officials more flexibility when reviewing actions that might hurt species.
Under the act, federal agencies are required to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service or NOAA Fisheries about any proposals that may affect a threatened or endangered species. Give the wildlife agencies the option of reporting an "unlikely effect" that doesn't trigger a more formal and drawn-out consultation process.
Acknowledge climate impacts.
Listing decisions and the priorities they help create take a long time, and the process is totally driven by litigation that results in the "sue and settle" dynamic that critics such as Bishop hate. Put funding and openness into this process, and add a clear guide that shows when a species is likely to go extinct because its habitat is doomed by climate change. This needs to happen earlier and faster.
Currently the Endangered Species Committee (informally, the "God Squad") is the only body that can allow the federal government to give up on an endangered species. It is made up of administration officials and scientists. I'd weigh its makeup more toward the scientists, and empower the panel to allow federal agencies to pursue a lower standard for species likely to go extinct because of climate change, protecting them "where practicable."
A biodiversity trust fund.
There is never enough money for states and private landowners to do the kind of conservation that would speed a creature's recovery. Establish a biodiversity trust fund and pay for it through royalties on hard-rock mining. (This would also require reforms to the Mining Act of 1872.)
Rocky Barker: 208-377-6484, @RockyBarker
About the writer
Rocky Barker is the author of "Saving All the Parts, Reconciling Economics and the Endangered Species Act" (Island Press 1993). He has reported on endangered species in the West and Pacific Northwest for 32 years, including a six-month series on Columbia salmon this year.


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Hello everyone, welcome to episode 109 of the LitRPG podcast. If you missed episode 108, it's a wonderful interview with Apollos Thorne that you can find at: GeekBytes Podcast YouTube https://youtu.be/GeOUzkxb7b0
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This past week, Soundbooth Theater Live! Talked to Dave Wilmarth about his latest novel, 'Land of the Undying - Dark Elf Chronicles Book One.' It's a combination mini discussion about the book and some live testing of some of the voices for the audiobook narration. It's a very interesting episode and there's even a bit where Laurie-Catherine Winkel does an orc impersonation that has everyone laughing.
Recently Vasily Mahanenko, author of the Way of the Shaman series, has recently shared some great art made. One features Mahan mining in the prison in book 1 and the other is a cool sketch of the rats and some other tools.
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Kubota Tractor Corporation has an expanded hay tools line, including new round balers and turntable bale wrappers; side-mounted and trailed disc mowers; trailed mower conditioners; and a complete range of rotary tedders and rakes.
Kubota's hay tools are performance-matched to ideally complement the M-Series tractors and deliver a more comprehensive line of haying solutions.
Round Balers and Wrappers
The all new Kubota Round Baler Series offers four models – the BV4160 Econo, BV4160 Premium, the BV4180 Premium, and the BV5160. For a classic, can-do model, the BV4160 Econo features efficient twine baling with a 4-feet wide and 5-feet tall bale size, and four bar 67-inch pickup. For the next level up in versatility, the BV4160 Premium provides a 79-inch pickup.
For larger bale production, the BV4180 Premium delivers 4-feet wide and 6-feet tall bales, plus all the features of the BV4160 Premium model. Rounding out the new line is the BV5160, Kubota's most feature-laden baler with a drop floor for easy clearance of blockages, a 14-knife chopping system, 4-feet wide and 5-feet tall bale size and five bar 86-inch pickup.
The BV4160 and BV4180 Premium models and BV5160 come with Kubota's own patented PowerBind Net Wrap system, which is one of the fastest net-wrapping solutions available today with superb in-field performance for great-looking bales with more value, time after time.
Kubota Bale Wrappers, models WR1100 and WR1400, offer a three-point mounted turntable and trailed turntable wrapper for superb bale quality at a maximum bale size of 2,650 pounds. The WR1100 is ideal for wrap and stack operations, and the WR1400 model is a pull-type wrapper designed for smaller tractors with a trailed turntable wrapper to ensure consistent bale rotation even in the most difficult conditions. Both wrappers are easy to operate and have fully-automatic control functions from the leading tractor, enabling one operator to manage the whole process of loading, wrapping and stacking.
New Disc Mower Conditioners and Added Disc Mowers
Kubota adds to its disc mower line, the DMC8000- and DMC8500-Series trailed mower conditioners ranging from 9'2" to 13'1" with left hand or center pivot drawbar options. Kubota's own patented, fully-welded and full-width conditioners set Kubota apart from the competition and are designed for ensuring a high level of durability, low maintenance and quiet operation. With three counter-rotating blades per disc, Kubota mowers are constantly cutting, which allows for one-third less load per blade, an even load on the drive, and smoother power use to produce a neat, clean cut each and every time. With improved overlap even in wet conditions, the counter-rotating cutting discs make sure there are no stripes of uncut forage left in the field.
The DMC8000- and DMC8500-Series are each equipped with gentle roller conditioners for handling fragile crop. They also offer semi-swing conditioning capabilities using centrifugal force for aggressive conditioning with no movement during rotation. This allows for excellent tine protection and virtually no wear and tear on the implement.
Each model offers independent active suspension where the complete mowing section, including the conditioner, is suspended independently from the main chassis, allowing uneven field conditions, including tracks and contours, to be closely followed. A simple crank adjusts the whole cutterbar assembly up or down to desired cutting height and can adapt to changing ground conditions 19.7" up and 5.9" down.
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