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ZYZZYVA EventsJanuary 9, 2020
Joan Didion: The 1960s & '70s: A Conversation
Time: 6:30 pm
– 7:30 pm
Location: The Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Description: ZYZZYVA Contributing Editor David L. Ulin will be in conversation with Managing Editor Oscar Villalon about Didion and the first volume of her work published by the Library of America and edited by Ulin. For more info: https://bit.ly/33kqu47January 14, 2020
Bay Area Issue Celebration
Time: 7:00 pm
– 8:00 pm
Location: City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave., San Francisco.
Description: Featuring Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Kevin Simmonds, Rita Bullwinkel, Chia-Chia Lin, Meg Hurtado Bloom, and Paul Wilner. Free. More info here: https://bit.ly/2pOClJNJanuary 24, 2020
Bay Area Issue Celebration, East Bay
Time: 6:00 pm
– 7:00 pm
Location: East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland
Description: Featuring Matthew Zapruder, Lydia Conklin, Nina Schulyer, sam sax, Andrew Roe, and Sara Mumolo. Free.February 6, 2020
Bay Area Issue Celebration
Time: 6:00 pm
– 7:00 pm
Location: Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Description: Featuring Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Michael Sears, Gloria Frym, and W.S. Di Piero. Free.
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
All That Woe Out There: Rob Fitterman's 'No, Wait. Yep. Definitely Still Hate Myself.'
"I am a genius of sadness," reads a line from Robert Fitterman's book-length poem, No, Wait. Yep. Definitely Still Hate Myself. (Ugly Duckling Presse, 80 pages). "I am a prism / through which sadness could be / Divided into its infinite spectrums." It's as good a description as any of the book's central premise: the appropriation of public articulations of loneliness and angst from blog posts, song lyrics, and ads, and the collaging of these excerpts, without context, in a relentless, eighty-page masterwork of Weltschmerz. Invariably first-person and homogenously histrionic, quotations give rise to an emergent "I" that is at …Continue reading
What It Means to Be Alive and Dying at the Same Time: Jack Mueller's 'Amor Fati'
Amor Fati, a thick volume of new and selected poems from Beat affiliate and once San Francisco fixture Jack Mueller, truly lives up to its name (Lithic Press; 177 pages). "Love of fate," as the title translates, appears in these pages in many forms: as contemplative acceptance, surly fatalism, awed joy. One moment pondering the nature of death, the next exuberantly describing a bird, Mueller vacillates between optimism and resignation as he moves between the registers of philosophical abstraction and concrete observation. Distinctly the work of an older writer, Amor Fati tackles almost exclusively cosmic questions—about mortality, love, and our …Continue reading
The Need to Keep Maintaining Balance in Whom We Publish: ZYZZYVA's VIDA Count
This week, VIDA, Women in Literary Arts, released its 2013 count results. Since 2010, the annual count compares the number of women to men published in major and respected national publications; importantly, the count also looks at the distribution of books by female and male authors that are reviewed, as well as the number of female versus male book reviewers. Equality is ideal, not only for its own sake, but also for the sake of publishing the best journal possible. In every sense, it serves ZYZZYVA as much as any other journal to maintain a balance between male and female …Continue reading
Translating Horror: Hassan Blasim's 'The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq'
To translate may be "to turn from one language into another." But there is another meaning—to "remove from one place to another"—the underlying current being that the felicitous translation is not merely one of technical and semantic moves. Translation, as Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" purports as much as lampoons, is an act of rewriting for a culture with a wholly different epistemic, lexical, and historical foundation. Those things that revolve around and jut forth through the translated text— from editorial interjections and the frameworks of the material book to a culture's sensibilities and history—render the text as a protean …Continue reading
Troubled & Young, But That's O.K.: Adam Wilson's 'What's Important Is Feeling'
What's Important Is Feeling (Harper Perennial, 198 pages), the new collection of short stories by Adam Wilson, begins with a few lines from Denis Johnson's poem "Enough": "as if we held in the heavens of our arms/not cherishable things, but only the strength/ it takes to leave home and then go back again." The push and pull of home—the fear of arriving unchanged, still incomplete—is an ever-present theme throughout Wilson's fiction. His first novel, Flatscreen, told the story of Eli Schwartz, a stoner in his early 20s who lives at his parents' house in a ritzy Massachusetts suburb, a young …Continue reading
An 'Almanac' of Family, Legacy, and the Rural World: Q&A with Austin Smith
Almanac (96 pages; Princeton University Press) is the first full-length book of poems by Austin Smith, a Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction at Stanford University. His poetry has been published in ZYZZYVA (Issue No. 83 and forthcoming in Issue No. 100), The New Yorker, The Sewanee Review and other places. Recently, his fiction has appeared in The Kenyon Review and Glimmer Train. In his collection, which was selected by Paul Muldoon for the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets, Smith explores Midwesten scenes—of bait shops, county fairs, abandoned silos and barns where cows are giving birth—in narrative poems which are as …Continue reading
The Lone Survivor Bears Witness to Atrocity: Jessica Bozek's 'The Tales'
The Tales by Jessica Bozek (Les Figues Press, 78 pages) consists mostly of prose poems from a variety of first-person narrators, all on the subject of a fictional genocide known as "Operation Sleep." Inspired largely by the literature of witness, on which she based a seminar at Boston University called Reading Disaster, Bozek tells the grim story of a land whose citizens die en masse upon a visitation from a soldier who hails from a powerful nation and is fluent in the local tongue. When the soldier speaks, the people of the land sink into the earth—except one, known as …Continue reading
The Rewards (and Risks) of the Difficult: Ben Marcus's 'Leaving the Sea'
Ben Marcus is a man who prefers not to put things too easily. Since his first book was published almost twenty years ago—The Age of Wire and String, a collection of stories that could have also been prose poems or even guides to some other plane—Marcus has carved a career out of writing complex, formally inventive fictions that seem to confuse just as many readers as they impress. In 2005, after Harper's published an essay in which Marcus defended difficult and experimental fiction from the likes of Jonathan Franzen and the Atlantic Monthly's B.R. Myers, Marcus became an unofficial spokesperson—some …Continue reading
We Want What Language Won't Do: Dean Rader's 'Landscape Portrait Figure Form'
There's a little room adjacent to the Djerassi Gallery of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in which, during the Paul Klee at SFMOMA exhibit in 2011, several of Klee's small drawings and sketches hung. While the main gallery—spread with bright, prismatic paintings on large canvases—was overwhelming, the little annex was quieter and still, its pictures more thoughtful and muted. It was a place to ponder and absorb the dazzling content and heady theory of Klee's works, a place for the emergent patterns of thought and art to coalesce and make themselves known. Dean Rader's new chapbook, Landscape Portrait …Continue reading
Putting to Verse a Childhood Spent with Barnabas Collins: Q&A with Tony Trigilio
The Complete Dark Shadows (of My Childhood): Book 1 (BlazeVOX; 104 pages) is a batty new book-length poem from Chicago poet Tony Trigilio that takes as its inspiration the '60s Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows. Since he watched the series as a child with his mother, Trigilio has been haunted by the series' vampiric hero, Barnabas Collins, whose compulsive bloodlust fostered a host of neuroses in the young poet. In an effort to face his demons, compose his memoirs, and keep alive the memory of his mother—all the while combining elements of kitsch, ekphrasis, and new formalism—Trigilio writes one sentence …Continue reading
Pushing Against the Constraints of Circumstance: Q&A with Kate Milliken
Kate Milliken is a graduate of the Bennington College Writing Seminars and recipient of fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Tin House summer writing workshops. She has recently published her first collection of short fiction, If I'd Known You Were Coming (University of Iowa Press, 134 pages), for which she was awarded the 2013 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. Stories from this collection have appeared in a variety of publications, including Fiction, New Orleans Review, and Santa Monica Review. Her story, "A Matter of Time," was published in ZYZZYVA's Fall 2013 issue. Told in the intimate details of …Continue reading

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text: It can be hard to find time to test your new tent before a long winter trip if you are a fully employed mother and wife. But there is solution for everything! I went on Wednesday night after work, picking up kids from the kindergarten, cooking dinner and waiting for my husband to come home from gym. I only had to sit in the car and drive to the closest valley. I started on a groomed ski track up towards the end of the tree line. It took me an hour form the parking place and i was very grateful for the compressed snow on the track. The few meters i skied off the track and behind a knoll me and my pulk were plowing through half meter of fresh powder snow. Setting up the tent worked great and i had cozy evening and a second dinner served just an hour after i started to set up the camp. The next morning it took me exactly 1 hour and 20 minutes to have breakfast and break down the camp, another half an hour to get down the car. At 9:00 i was sitting in my office, hiding the bag with ski pants under my desk.


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I have trouble finding bras that fit well and are comfortable. I wear a full C or D and have trouble with straps that are too short and dig into my shoulders causing a lot of pain. I either end up with sports type bras which just squish and aren't flattering at all or ill-fitting bras that don't really have the support I need. It is also hard to find any bras in larger sizes that have adequate padding for shape and lift.
I bought this Dr. Rey plunge bra and thought I would review on it because it fits really well and meets my needs. The straps are nice and long which I love and pretty comfortable. I cannot usually wear an underwire but don't have any problems with this one. It gives a really nice lift and looks great under any shirt. My only one small complaint is that the shape is a tiny bit pointy. Because it is a plunge/push up bra it is like wearing a soft shell that has it's own shape. It's really great though. There is no nipple show through even under a thin tee shirt which is great. I swear it looks like I had a surgical lift. I'm going to get one in every color. I can't wait to try the shape wear. The cleavage this bra creates looks just like it does on this model. It has just the right amount of separation. I purchased it at Sears. I bought it in a size D. They were having a 30% off sale so it was around 20.00 on sale I think.
corset type waist slimmer with boning paired with the plunge bra
smoothing slip
bottom enhancer. This is supposed to give you a flat belly and voluptuous tushy without showing any lines or bulges. It has some sort of no slip design on the legs. You can also check it out at HSN and watch some before and after videos.
This is a halter swim top Dr. Rey also makes. He teamed up with a lingerie designer.
another style of halter swim top
the shaping bottom piece of the swimwear
It is normal for gravity to take over with age and with every child you have. You cannot reverse time. Get over it.
You do not have to have plastic surgery to look good.
If it doesn't grow from the ground don't eat it. (quote from Dr. Rey)
Exercise. (not that I practice what I preach)
Invest in good lingerie. It is amazing what good under clothes can do for your whole self image. Not all shapewear is uncomfortable. Try different styles and brands til you find one that fits your body well. It should be comfortable, no bulges and make you feel great- not like you squeezed yourself into a sausage casing. Try buying one larger size than you actually wear.
Enjoy the body you have now! 10 years from now you'll wish you were this young!


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S: The Thirteen Colonies
BC: New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia | The Thirteen Colonies | By: Matt Kermitz, Jerry Schlechter, Mikey Siemons
FC: The Thirteen Colonies By Matt Kermitz, Jerry Schlechter, and Mikey Siemons
1: New England Colonies Matt Kermitz | Why was it established? | New England was originally started as a place for religious freedom from England, and mainly Puritans settled here. The Puritans were a powerful group in England. Many of them were well educated merchants or landowners. Unfortunately, when Charles I came into power, he disapproved of the Puritans, and started prosecuting them, and even putting some in jail. Puritan leaders eventually persuaded officials to give them a charter to from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They came to the Massachusetts Bay around the 1630s. Unlike the Pilgrims, the Puritans did not want to completely separate from the Church of England. Instead, the Puritans wanted to create a simpler form of the Church of England, and they hoped to do this in what is now known as New England. | Right: John Winthrop was the first leader of the Puritans in New England. Left: New England consisted of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
2: Political Life | John Winthrop was selected as the first governor of the new colony. He set an example for others, as he worked hard to build himself a home, clear land and then plant crops. Unfortunately, there was some unrest, as the charter that the Puritans came over on only allowed those who had invested money in the Massachusetts Bay Company could vote. Eventually, this was changed so that all male church members could vote, but this also caused problems for non-Puritans. Even further along, the General Court was created. This was an assembly of representatives elected by male church members. The settlers held town meetings where they discussed things about the community, including discussing the building of roads. These meetings gave the colonists a chance to say what they were thinking. The meetings lead to further democracy in New England. | Economic Life | Due to the rocky nature of the New England soil, farming didn't come easy to the colonists, and it wasn't until Native American taught them to farm things such as Indian corn, pumpkins, and squash that they started to gain from farming. Along with farming, the colonists utilized the forests for many of their goods. They hunted wild turkey and deer. They also cut down trees and sent them to cities such as Boston or Portsmouth, which in turn made these cities into major shipbuilding centers. Some colonists fished for cod or halibut, and also in the 1600s, people started fishing for whales. Whale oil supplied lamps and many other products around that time. Whaling became a huge business in the 1700s and 1800s.
3: Social/Cultural Life | Since the New England Colonies were settled by Puritans, many of their customs became part of life. The Puritans took their religion and their religious day very seriously. On Sundays, nobody was allowed to go to taverns to drink, talk, and joke, and people were required to go to all-day Sunday church services. These services were heavily segregated, as women sat separate from men, blacks and Indians sat in a balcony in the back, and children had separate pews where an adult would watch over them. Outside of church, Puritan life was very conservative and somewhat strict. Clothing was restricted to "safe" colors such as gray and white. Laws were very harsh, and at least 15 crimes had the punishment of the death penalty. One of these was witchcraft, and in 1692, in Salem Village, 20 men and women were executed for being witches. | People file into a Puritan church on the sabbath.
4: he Middle Colonies By: Mikey Siemons | T | The Middle Colonies | The Middle Colonies were the later colonies to be added and were home to the thriving farms that produced most of the colonies food. It is said that the middle colo0nies could of provided enough food for not only the rest of the Colonial United States, but also for all of England. The reason they were so agriculturally rich is because the very fertile land that was host to many different crops that was used in the Triangular Trade between The Colonies, Europe and Africa. | The diagram above shows the trade routes between Africa, Europe and The Colonies.
5: Meet The Colonies | The Colonies in the Middle Colonies was New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. __________________________________________________________ | New York | Originally known as New Amsterdam, New York was established in 1664 by the Dutch Duke of York. New York and the city of Albany were huge in the Fur trade and were competing against New France. Both of these settlements were trying to find alliances with the Indians. | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania was set by William Penn, a Quaker in 1681. William Penn was looking for an area where there was freedom of religion and was granted land by King Charles II. Pennsylvania flourished as an economic state, with many different resources and cash crops. It also boasted the largest city in the colonies, Philadelphia. | ____________________
6: Maryland | The province began as a proprietary colony of the English Lords Baltimore, who wished to create a haven for English Catholics in the new world at the time of the European wars of religion. Although Maryland was an early pioneer of religious toleration in the English colonies, religious strife among Anglicans, Puritans, Catholics, and Quakers was common in the early years, and Puritan rebels briefly seized control of the province. In the year following the Glorious Revolution, John Coode led a Protestant rebellion that expelled Lord Baltimore from power in Maryland | New Jersey | New Jersey was founded in 1664 by George Carteret and Lord Berkeley. New Jersey was originally part of New York but King Charles thought it was too big to govern easily. New Jersey started out as a Proprietary Colony but was later taken over by the English Government so it because a Royal Colony. | The province began as a proprietary colony in 1633 owned by Lords Baltimore, who wanted to create a place where Roman Catholics could have religious freedom. Although Maryland was an early pioneer of religious toleration in the English colonies, After a brief period where Puritan rebels took over the colony, Baltimore passed Act of Toleration. | __________________ | ____________________
7: Delaware | Delaware was found in 1638 by Peter Minuit. Most of the cities in Delaware lied on the coast due to its very strong coastal resources. Fishing was one of the Colonies biggest exports to the rest of the colonies. Delaware was originally owned by Lord Baltimore and he named it after the Indians that he bought the land from that inhabited the area.
8: Political life in the Southern Colonies consisted of a house of burgesses where white men could go and vote for laws and changes. In Georgia plantations with slavery were not allowed but later he allowed it and the colony grew faster than before. There were two acts that occurred in Maryland that were important; one, was the Act of Toleration which allowed other religions which made it like Rhode Island. Also, Bacons Rebellions showed the disconnect between the East coast government and the people living in the West. | The economy in the Southern Colonies was based of the tidewater plantations. These grew cash crops like, tobacco and indigo, in large quantities. These large plantations created the large slave trade industry. Also, trading was a large part of the economy in the Southern Colonies. Also England sent the their debtors to Georgia. In closing, the Southern Colonies Economy was based on cash crops and trade. | In the Southern Colonies there were many people in poverty and some who were extremely weather. Men outnumbered woman and had a higher social status. Woman took care of the household and men worked or oversaw the farm. Children were mostly taught by private tutor or schools run by Churches. The society in the Southern Colonies were more equal England, and there were two major waves one of renaissance and the other or religion.
9: The Southern Colonies were separated from the Middle Colonies by the Mason-Dixon Line. Virginia was the first southern colony. It was started in 1624 and was a Royal Colony. The second colony, Maryland, was started in 1634 by Sir George Calvert. He wanted to have a colony for Catholics. Later it would tolerate other religions. In the spring of 1634 a group of 200 colonists landed in Maryland to start the Colony. The next colony to form were the Carolinas. These were started when 8 nobles received a grant of land to settle in the new world. The Carolinas were Proprietary colonies. Last to form as a colony was Georgia. In 1732, James Oglethorpe created the colony of Georgia for British Debtors to be sent. It was a proprietary Colony. | The Southern Colonies By:Jerry Schlechter


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The Chief Executive Officer of Fiji Revenue & Customs Service (FRCS), Mr Visvanath Das and the Director of Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Mr Razim Buksh met this week and discussed opportunities to further strengthen tax and customs compliance and fraud investigations. They discussed the need for stronger collaboration and networking between the two agencies in relation to profiling of suspected tax evaders, investigation of trade-based money laundering involving incorrect declaration of the value of goods, and related financial crimes.
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After discovering Pinterest I have been busy pinning anything that looks remotely usable as an Easter idea. There are some great ideas out there for using the plastic Easter eggs. I especially like how they are used for word families. You twist the egg around to make different words.
Pinterest has also educated me in a few things I had never seen before, such as Resurrection Rolls. I think this will be a must try for next year.
If you'd like to check out the ideas I've posted for Easter on Pinterest you can view them here.


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Bits - Riding and Driving
Butterfly, Elbow, Buxton, Liverpool, Kimberwick, Tom thumb, Full check, Low ports, and many other bits.
Blankets and Shipping Boots
Draft Blankets, Sheets and Coolers, Shipping boots.
Books, Calendars, Window Decals and Gift Items
Buckles - Snaps - Chain - Harness Hardware
Buckles, Snaps, Heel Chains, Lead Chains, Toggle
Christmas cards
Closeout and Sale items
Collar Pads and Harness Back Pads
We have a wide variety of collar pads; show or parade, farm and pulling. We also offer back pads and top neck pads.
Collars - Driving - Work - Show - Pulling
Draft, Haflinger, Quarter Horse, Mule, Pony and Mini.
Decorations- Mane & Tail for Special Occasions
Mane Flowers, Tail bows, Mane Rolls
All mane decorations are custom hand made. Due to the up coming World Percheron and Clydesdale shows we are aprox. 4 to 6 weeks on making custom orders.
Director Chairs
Double Trees - Neck Yokes- Spreader Bars - SS Parts
Browse our variety of stainless steel and wooden Double Tree Eveners, or our selection of stainless steel Spreader Bars, Wagon Parts and Wooden Neck Yokes.
Draft Performance Bits
Driving Bits
Driving Bits Made in the USA
Driving Lines
Lines for driving single through 8
Farm, Work and Driving collars
Fly Protection
Gift Certificate
Gift Items
Collar clocks and mirrors
Draft Horse and Mule Calendars
Grooming Supplies
Nevr-Dull, Hair polish, Brushes, hoof black, Itchin post, Shampoo,
Halters & Bridles
Nylon & Leather everyday halters - Beta & Leather Show Halters and Driving Bridles
Show, Work, Buggy, Pony, Mini
Hard to find Items
Items for everyday use and hard to find. Medicine Boots, Braiding bench, Whip holder, Bell boots, Hame balls, Neck sweats, Horse diapers, Harness hooks, Plumes, and our new bit measuring tool.
Harness - Show - Work - Pleasure
Draft, Haflinger, Quarter horse, Mule, Pony and Mini.
Harness and Supplies
Harness Diagram Draft Work Harness
A detailed guide to assembling your Draft Work Harness
Harness Parts Bio, Nylon and Beta
Hame straps, Cart straps, Hold back straps, Cruppers, Overcheck straps,
Harness show boxes
Heel Chains and Trace Chains
How to measure and fit a collar
Lead Chains
Leather Wallets
Logging and Pulling (Heavy Duty)
Ornaments - Harness Harness Ornaments, Face Plates (brasses), Decorative chain (for Harness, Halters, Bridles), Toggles, Hames Balls and Tops, Nose Plate,
Harness Ornaments, Face Plates (brasses), Decorative chain (for Harness, Halters, Bridles), Toggles, Hames Balls and Tops, Nose Plate,
Pioneer Equipment
Fore Carts, Wagons, Plows, Tongues and Parts
Pioneer Equipment
Riding Bits
Riding Equipment For Your Draft Horse
Western and English Saddles, Bridles, Cinches, Breast Collars and Equipment
Show Collars
Spreaders - Line and Vee
We have a collection of Spreaders from White and Stainless Vee Spreaders, Bio Fancy Line Spreaders, to Single Ring Spreaders. We also offer Line Heart with Letters, and Line Holders/Tandem rings.
Whips & Show Sticks
Window Decals Click here to view our line of horse decals.
Click here to view our line of horse decals.
2019 Draft Horse Calendar
2019 Draft Horse Calendar
2019 Mule Calendar
2019 Mule Calendar
305 Stainless Steel Straight Bar Bit 6"
307 Stainless Steel Loose Ring Straight Twisted Bar Bit
Accessories & Options
Arctic Sleigh Bell Door Hanger
Arctic Sleigh Bell Straps
Back Pads For Harnesses
Barn Guide to Horse Health Care & First Aid 67639
Beta Driving Lines
Beta Show Halters and Bridles
Show season is here.
Bio 2 Strap Farm - Work - Parade
Bio 3 Strap Farm & Parade Harness
Bio Choke & Breast Strap
Bio Crupper and Forks.
Bio Fancy Line Spreaders
Bio Overcheck Straps
Bio Stud Belt & Bridle
Bio-Strand Bells
Birch with spoon overcheck bit
Bit Snap
Bit straps Bio
Bowman -Low Barrel Roller
Braiding Manes & Tails Instruction Book 67699
Brass Sleigh Bells
Brass Sleigh Bells
Breast Collar - Beta, Neoprene, and Fleece Lined
Breast Collar Harness
Breast Nameplate
Breast Snap Stainless Steel 835
Bridle Rein Ups, farm style
Buggy Hames
Bull Snap Stainless Steel 3143
Butterfly Driving Bits
Buxton Show Bit 1002
Cart Straps for Single Horse Shafts
Chain Choke & Breast Strap
Christmas Bells on Bio Strap
Christmas Cards Holiday Visitors
Collar Carriage, Driving -for Mini, Pony, Mule or Horse
Collar Clocks or Collar Mirrors
Collar Pads (Show or Parade)
Complete Overcheck
Conway Buckles 545
Cotton Sheets 1700S
Cradle smooth check bit
Curb Chains and Hooks
Curry Comb
Curry Washer
Davis Barrier Boot
Davis Horse Boot (Medicating)
Decorative chain (for Harness, Halters, Bridles)
Deluxe Bio Show Harness
Diaper for Draft thru Mini's
Direct check / Bridle parts
Door hanger bells
Double end snap
Double show harness box
Draft Bell Boots
Draft Driving or Grooming Cavason
Draft Horse and Mules
Draft Horses and Mules
Draft Horse Bell 65-3465
Draft Horse Measurer
Height measures up to 19 hands on one side and 90cm on the other side. Made of aluminum and does not rust.
Draft Horse Western Saddle
Draft Horse Western Show Saddle
Draft Horses an Owners Manual 177
Draft Horses Today 032A
Draft Light Farm Harness
Draft Practice Harness
Draft Quarter Strap
Draft Size Bareback Riding Pad
Draft Size Splint Boot Pair (2)
Draft Trail Saddle 214
Driving Bridles Bio/Beta
Economy Show Harness
Eggbutt Snaffle 1063
Elbow or Military Bits
Electro Horse Groom
English Girth
EZ Collar Measurer
Face Ornaments Stainless Steel
Fancy Bio Breast Collar Harness
Fancy Leather Riding BridleW/Montana Silver Trim
Farm / Work Collar Pads 1770
Check out the New colors.
Farm Collars for Everyday use
We now have collars for Horses and Mules.
Farm Hames
Farm Hames for chain style tugs
Fjords Decal
Flat Housing
Flat Snap Stainless Steel
Fly Leg Guard
Fly Mask for Drafts
Fly Nets - Whole Horse
Fly Sheet lightweight
Folding Braiding Bench
Folding Harness Rack
Full Cheek Eggbutt Snaffle 1055
Getta Grip Saddle Pad
Gift Certificate
Grazing Muzzle Draft size
Halter Bridle Combo
Halters Beta #550 thru 563
Hame Balls and Hame Tops
Hame Fastener
Hame Straps
Hardware for Double tree, neck yoke and single trees.
Harness and Collar Bag
Harness Diagram Draft Work Harness
Order this diagram to use as a detailed guide to assembling your Draft Work Harness.
Harness Hooks
Harness Ornaments
Hay Bags Extra Large
HD. Pulling and Logging evener / doubletree
Heel Chains & Dees
Hock Sweat Boot
Hold Back Straps
Hoof Black
Housing Swinging Toggle
Ice Horse Evendura Wraps
Ice Horse Hock Wrap
Itchin' Post
It's Show Time 057
Kimberwick English Riding Bits
Lead Chains - Flat Link
Leather Draft Horse Halter
Line heart with Letter
Line Holders/Tandem Ring
Line Organizer
Liverpool Driving Bits
Logging or Heavy work collar #550
Loose Ring French Snaffle1091
Loose Ring Snaffle 310C
Low Block Port Roller
Mane Comb
Mane Flowers - Diamonds
Mane Flowers - Rose Bud
Mane Flowers - Triple Bow
Mane Rolls - Metallic
Mane Rolls - Poly Double Knit
Mane Rolls - Sequin
Marathon and Combined Driving Harness
Matt Comb
M-T-G and Magic Sheen Hair Polish , Hi Shine Shampoo
Mule Bit 320
Neoprene Neck Sweat
New Style Lead Breeching Strap
Nylon 2 liter bottle holder
Nylon 2 Strap Hame Style Harness
Nylon 3 Strap Harness
Nylon Halter - Economy
Nylon Single Breast Collar Harness
Nylon Whip
Open Eye Snap
orvus shampoo
Overcheck bits
Pads for Breast Collar Harness
Parade Wagon- People hauler Wagon
Patio Seats
Pelham Mullen Mouth 1067A
Pepi Coat Conditioner
Pioneer Blade & Sled runners
Pioneer Buckboard
Pioneer Dump Trailer
Pioneer Footlift Sulky Plow
Pioneer Gang Mower
Pioneer Gang Plow
Pioneer Homesteader
Pioneer Liberty PTO Carts
Pioneer Potato Plow
Pioneer Sulky Plow
Pioneer Walking Plow
Pioneer Work Sled
Plumes & Tassels
Pole Strap
Pony & Mini Team Harness
Pony and Mini
Pony Wagon Beds
Practice/training/farm Wagon
Premium Nylon Draft Halters 1400
One of the best halters made in the USA !
Pulling Collar (Competition)
Pulling Collar Pads 1780
Pulling Hames
Pulling Style Bridle
Pulling Tugs
Quick Links
Quiet Ride Fly Masks
Regular Birch Overcheck bit
Repair Links and Snaps
Ride on pony cycle
Riding Bridle - Bio & Beta
Riding Bridles - Leather
Rope Halter
Safety Tear Drop Spring Snaps
SBS Crack Filler Kit II
SBS Save-A-Hoof Soak
SBS Thrush Stop
Shaft Bell Straps
Shipping Boots - 1800
Show Collar - #725 with Patten Rim
Show Collar - High Post - #725HP
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This is a free crochet chart for people who are interested in making a filet crochet dragonfly design. It can also be adapted to different types of crochet and other crafts. The size is variable, allowing this design to be useful for making a variety of different types of projects.
How to Use This Free Crochet Pattern
In addition to filet crochet, this chart could be used to cross stitch the dragonfly design on a crocheted single crochet or afghan stitch background. People who know how to read charts for tapestry crochet or pixel crochet will also be able to adapt this pattern to those techniques. It works for any graph-based design.
Filet Crochet Free Patterns
Once you have learned how to do filet crochet, whether you choose to use the 3 dc or 4 dc technique, it is not necessary to have additional written instructions to complete the crochet pattern. You use the same technique for all filet crochet and only need the graph. Learn how to filet crochet here. The photo attached is the graph for this pattern; the chart itself IS the free pattern.
What to Make With This Free Dragonfly Crochet Pattern
This crochet square can be used to make a wide variety of different projects. The chart is designed as a 50 stitch by 50 stitch square. The actual size of the square will vary greatly depending on the crochet thread or yarn size selected and the corresponding crochet hook size used to work the pattern. The square may be a small thread crochet square used as a coaster or a large bulky-weight crochet square used as a blanket ... or it may be any size in between.
One terrific option is to make this square in multiple solid colors and stitch them together to make an oversized scarf or an afghan. Of course, people who simply love the dragonfly design may want to make the square and hang it as wall art just like it is. There are many options for filet crochet squares once you know how to make them.
Why Crochet Dragonfly Designs
The dragonfly is a beautiful design that you might wish to crochet simply for aesthetic reasons. But for some people, it is also a design with symbolic meaning. Similar to butterflies, the dragonfly is associated with transformation.Dragonflies are associated with water and are said to be symbolic of going "below the surface" or getting to a place of deeper meaning in life. People who are going through periods of transition, particular in terms of psychological and emotional growth, may find the dragonfly to be a helpful symbol for getting through to the other side. Although it is about transition, the dragonfly is also said to be symbolic of being in the moment, so people who are practicing that may also find symbolic meaning in crocheting dragonfly designs and for that reason it can be terrific for mindfulness crochet.


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Publishers land lucrative ad deals for iPad launch
Big names pay up to $300,000 for advertising
Magazines and newspapers are planning to launch special editions for the forthcoming Apple iPad, with the support of millions of dollars in revenue from advertisers.
With the US launch of the much-hyped tablet computer less than two weeks away, publishers have signed lucrative deals to carry interactive advertising from some of the world's largest corporations.
With the price of exclusive ad deals reportedly ranging from $75,000 to $300,000, publishers are able to defray the costs of developing downloadable versions, or apps, that package their content specially for the new device.
The New York Times, whose iPad app was featured in Apple's launch presentation for the device in January, has sold exclusive rights to ads on its iPad editions for the first 60 days to a credit card company.
The Wall Street Journal said it has signed up a slate of advertisers including FedEx and Coca-Cola to take advertising space at $100,000 a month.
And media buyers for the major advertising agencies have been competing for access to the early iPad editions of magazines such as Time, Newsweek and Men's Health.
Demand has far outstripped publishers' hopes, although industry experts say that prices have been driven by the kudos of being associated with a high-profile new device, rather than because anyone yet has any idea of the audience they might reach.
Apple hopes that the iPad, designed as a larger version of Apple's iPod Touch, with additional features, will carve out a new niche halfway between the smartphone and the laptop computer.
It is being marketed as a device for watching video, listening to music, surfing the web and playing games, as well as an e-reader for books, magazines and newspapers.
Customers in the US have been able to pre-order the device since last week, and an estimated 200,000 orders have already been received, but it is impossible to predict how many eventual purchasers will download magazine and newspaper apps.
Some, like The New York Times, will be free, while magazines are planning to charge per issue and The Wall Street Journal is believed to have set a subscription fee of $17.99.
A recent report by the market research agency comScore provided succour to publishers who hope that the iPad will generate a significant new revenue stream. It found that one third of likely buyers of the iPad were likely to read magazines and newspapers on it.
However, the iPad will also be connected to the internet, where similar content is available for free, suggesting that publishers will have to fill their apps with exclusive content to woo users.
"The tablet and e-reader market is developing at a breakneck pace right now, and Apple's entry into the market is sure to accelerate mainstream consumer adoption," said Serge Matta, comScore executive vice-president.
"Only time will tell exactly how consumer behaviour will change, but there are substantial opportunities for those in the digital content ecosystem."
Source: The Independent


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The final Wonder Woman trailer premiered at the MTV Movie Awards last night where it renewed focus on one of the film's main villains: Doctor Poison. The main question every had besides "MTV is still a thing?" was about this character. While the trailer laid out tidbits of Diana's altered backstory and focused on some strong action sequences, Doctor Maru finally got a moment to shine. In all the talk about how important of a villain Ares is to Wonder Woman—especially now that he is her half brother—Doctor Poison has been sidelined in the film trailers, but now she's taking center stage.
Doctor Poison will likely be revealed as a proxy for Ares, but will still be a relevant fixture in the movie. In MTV's trailer, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes on Themyscira while on a mission to stop Poison who is planning on releasing a toxin that would kill millions and keep the war going interminably. Horrified, this is what inspires Diana (Gal Gadot) to leave Paradise Island and fight for humanity. Even if Doctor Poison is just a substitution to whet our appetite for Ares, her role is still an important one: she makes Wonder Woman necessary.
But then, if you're like even the most ardent comic book fans, you have to be thinking: Who the hell is Doctor Poison? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
The Traditional Origins of their Rivalry
Their backstories and their allegiances were reflective and diametrically opposed, and despite having a clear physical advantage, Wonder Woman couldn't just defeat Poison with brute force. In that way, Doctor Poison could have been used as Superman's Lex Luthor or Batman's Joker.
Most importantly, Wonder Woman was a member of the Allies and Doctor Poison was a well-connected member of the Axis Powers. Obviously, this has changed in the upcoming film, which takes place in World War I rather than Two, lending credence to the theory that Doctor Poison is either working for Ares or is the world's first supervillain. If the latter is true, the radical change would give their first conflict a huge, biblical meaning within the context of the DCEU and give Wonder Woman an intrinsic place in its history. After all, the first supervillain requires the first superhero.
The Original Doctor Poison (Pre-Crisis)
Like Wonder Woman, Doctor Poison was created by William Moulton Marston. While it would be easy to peg Doctor Poison as a gimmicky version of Paula von Gunther, it would be to both characters' detriment. Von Gunther is a Nazi soldier through and through; Doctor Poison is like many Marston creations: designed with a heavy air of subversion.
While Wondy was redolent with themes of female supremacy, bondage and lesbian fantasy, Doctor Poison was a gender bender. Presented in bulky surgical garb, she was thought to be a he by both Allied and Axis powers. She was also clearly meant to be a more important villain than she would later become; she was Diana's perfect opposite.
The original Doctor Poison was Princess Maru (perhaps she had a sibling named Kobayashi). Like Diana, she came from royalty and had difficulty navigating Man's World. Wondy managed these problems head-on—displaying and embracing her femininity—while Doctor Poison disguised herself as a man in bulky clothes and a mask that revealed only her wide, unhinged eyes and venal smile. Where Wonder Woman used the Lasso of Truth to get to the center of the problem, Maru used a toxin called Reverso to mind-control others, making them supplant and subvert the orders they were given.
- Wonder Woman (2017) release date: Jun 02, 2017
- Justice League (2017) release date: Nov 17, 2017


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The Indonesian Economy appears to be in a hibernating stage, for almost a half decade, since the 1997 Initial Financial Crises. Hence, this is the best time for all of us to do some deep thinking, way before we act properly. To think is a rehearsed Action.
As well-known, that WEALTH is the product of Person's capacity to THINK. Not only to think what is wrong with the previous National Economic Strategy, but it is most important to determine what the alternative Scenario in developing an Industrial Strategy for the next decade or so should be.
The recent UNIDO/United Nations Industrial Development Organization Study on the Industrial Strategy has found several interesting findings for the benefit of the Indonesian people, and the UNIDO study is a good starting point to do the Deep Thinking.
The best Scenario to develop is hinged upon three elements:
• First, the driving forces of the young demographic characteristics of the Indonesian economy should be diverted to industrialize the well-endowed National Economy.
• Second, the predetermined elements of the Industrial Strategy, hinged upon the huge domestic market of at least 200 million of population and based on the huge supply of natural resources National Endowment.
• Third, the critical uncertainty, that Indonesia is now facing is that a rich and well-endowed natural resources nation is necessarily inviting problems rather than encouraging to find a solution, simply because there are so many vested interests within the country as well as the external vested interests in our rich & well-endowed Natural Resources Economy, which has, among others, been exploiting the indigenous Indonesian well-trained professionals, without a spirit of the Voux Populi.
Thus, the industrial strategy should first, be initiated by strengthening the industrial base, from the upstream through the middle-stream till the downstream. Unlike, today's industrial structure is hollow, such that each
Industry and each manufacture within the industry, each of them doing everything, not specializing in one field and not even focusing on one core competence.
To start up in filling the hollow parts, we need among others, the heavy equipment industry as a base industry, backed-up by the software development industry.
The software industry is based on the full-utilization of the brain. Hence, the software industry is the engine of the Value-Added creation. The value-added creation activities have to replace the present intermediary activities in Indonesia.
These are only an illustration on how the Industrial Strategy will be evolving over the next decade.


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An overrunning clutch is a device designed to mechanically separate the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driveshaft behaves in a certain way. The overrunning clutch operates when the driveshaft or input rotates slower than the driven shaft or output. It also disengages when the driveshaft completely stops.
A driveshaft is an automotive mechanism that transfers the torque from one source to another. It serves as a connector between the torque input and the rotation output. In cars, driveshafts transfer torque from the engine and turns the wheels.
Carbureted engines benefit from overrunning clutches because they conserve fuel and lessen the wear and tear on the manual clutch. Engine breaking, however, will no longer be available which leads to increased brake wear. Another benefit is that an overrun clutch makes it possible to shift gears in a manual transmission without lifting the clutch pedal.
Aftermarket overrun clutch equipment is commercially available as a safety attachment to some agricultural equipment. These devices are usually added to tractors and hay baylers without a live power take-off (PTO). Attaching an overrun clutch to a tractor prevents it from unintentionally moving forward, which can be a safety hazard.
When the overrunning clutch disengages, the output gear is free to turn. The energy from its momentum allows it to keep rotating. This is known as freewheeling, which is why an overrunning clutch is sometimes called a freewheel.
To illustrate, two gears can be pictured, one inside the other. The inside gear contains teeth while the outside gear has indentions. When the inside gear rotates faster or in the same direction as the outside gear, the teeth hooks to the indentions.
If the inside gear moves forward, the outside gear is forced to move forward as well. Between those two gears is a mechanism designed to detach the gears when the outside gear moves faster than the inside gear, when the inside gear rotates in the opposite direction, or the inside gear stops moving.
Bicycle wheels are a common application for overrun clutches. The wheels move when the pedal is pushed. In some types of bike, when the biker stops pedaling, the bicycle continues to move forward. This is the same reason why back pedaling won't move the bicycle backward in many cases.
Ratchets apply the same principle as the overrunning clutch. Tools like the socket wrench contain a simplified version of the overrunning clutch inside it. The internal ratchet allows the operator to continually turn a tool in the same direction without lifting his hand.
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Rattigan trial views numerous bags of powder seized after garda raid
NUMEROUS bags of matte-white powder seized after a garda raid were today shown to the three judges sitting at the Special Criminal Court trial of Brian Rattigan, who is accused of possessing €1m worth of heroin.
Rattigan (31), with a last address at Cooley Road, Drimnagh, has pleaded not guilty to the possession of heroin and two counts of possession of the drug for sale or supply on Hughes Road South, Walkinstown, Dublin on May 21st, 2008.
He has also pleaded not guilty to the possession of two mobile phones at Cell 42, E1 Landing, Portlaoise Prison while an inmate at the prison on May 22nd, 2008.
It will be the prosecution case that Rattigan used mobile phones to act as the "directing force" behind a €1 million heroin deal from his cell in Portlaoise Prison.
Detective Garda Pat Fagan told counsel for the State, Mr John O'Kelly SC, that he called to the house on Hughes Road South early on the afternoon of May 22nd, 2008 and proceeded immediately to a shed at the rear of the property.
He said that there were two males present in the shed, playing darts.
Det Gda Fagan told the court that he searched a holdall bag left on the ground in the shed and cautioned both men, one of whom – the owner of the house - took responsibility for the contents of the bag.
He told the court that he then returned to the house and informed his colleagues that there were drugs in the shed, where he also found an electronic weighing scale and a mobile phone and charger.
The three-judges sitting at the trial were then shown items found in the shed, including numerous bags of matte-white powder which were contained in the holdall.
At the outset of the prosecution case, Mr O'Kelly told the court there would be evidence that heroin to the value of €1 million was among the items found by gardai in the shed.
Detective Garda Robert Lambert told Mr O'Kelly that he uncovered a large amount of cash in a shopping bag at the foot of a bed upstairs in the house on Hughes Road South, as well as a bundle of notes concealed underneath clothes on top of a wardrobe and two more rolls of cash in the pocket of a suit jacket.
He said the majority of the notes were in €50 euro denomination and that the total value of the cash haul was €36,850.
Det Gda Lambert told Mr O'Kelly that he also found a list of names and numbers in a jacket hanging from the door of the same upstairs bedroom.
The court also heard from Detective Garda James McGeogh, who told Mr O'Kelly that during the search of the premises another man, Anthony Cannon, called to the house.
He said he knew Cannon, since deceased, from previous dealings, and that he searched him and seized his mobile phone.
The trial continues has been adjourned for the afternoon (Thursday) and will resume tomorrow (Friday).


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Mark Sanchez
Weeks ago I wrote that Mark Sanchez should not be a quarterback in professional football. Now many have joined in.
He never accomplished anything at USC, so why was he drafted so highly? He will eventually go the way of many other highly sought after college quarterbacks, some of which won the Heisman Trophy.
Professional football is too fast and furious for many players coming out of college. Many can never adapt to play on the professional level. And quarterback is the most difficult position to play professionally. Decisions must be made in a fraction of a second, and accuracy is paramount.
Let me offer one example other than Sanchez.
Carson Palmer was a Heisman Trophy winner and was one of USC's most accomplished quarterbacks. After unimpressive years as a starter, in 2002 he was the best college player in the nation eventually leading USC to a victory over Iowa in the Orange Bowl. He was the first draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals. He was not the starter in his rookie year of 2003, but became the Bengals quarterback in 2004. In 2010, after several injuries and mediocre success, he decided not to play, even though he had signed a contract, and the Bengals' 2010 was centered around him being the starting quarterback.
Palmer decided he wanted to play again in 2011. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders. In 2012, he is quickly leading them to defeat, and has helped to establish them as one of the worst teams in football.
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is a proud and stubborn man. He says he's going to start Mark Sanchez again this Sunday. I know I'm only a dumb football fanatic, and I don't know anything, but I think Ryan should be looking to the future. Sanchez is the past, or maybe he should be classified as "never was".


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He who finds a wife finds a good thing, so says the holy book, Which guy wouldn't think of getting married on reading that? It went further to say "two shall become one"(mark 10:8), again you'll be tempted to jump into marriage, won't you? But then, there are right reasons to get married and there are wrong reasons.
Marriage is too sacred to be desecrated by just nursing some desires which would prompt you to either pop the question or answer yes to him. At the end of this post, we will see the wrong reasons people get married and in a later post, we will be looking into the right reasons.
What does the bible say?
Biblically (although this post is not about the scriptures or spirituality), but biblically, it is better to stay single than to get married. Did somebody just exclaim "Holy Cow"? I know it might be difficult to believe, but I want you to maintain an open mind, so you'll get the message. Just hold on, whatever religion you belong to, you can read the bible, Get hold of it and read Matthew 19:7-11. In that verse, Christ was telling his disciples the rules of divorce, then after all said and done, the disciples upon hearing everything understood that once one was married there is no way out except death (hence the phrase "Till death do us part"), so they added "That means it is better not to get married" and Christ affirmed it. If it were not so, I know Christ, he would have corrected the notion.
So what?
Don't worry, the bible didn't say it's wrong to get married, it only said its "Better" to stay single. After all, the bible introduced marriage. So there was a clause, If you cannot keep away from immoralities, get married, and this have prompted many people to go into marriage for the wrong reasons.
Having established the fact that it is better not to get married, I have to state too that marriage is a beautiful thing "advised" by God himself. But there are some wrong reasons why people go into marriage.
Divorce Rates
According to the American Psychological Association, the divorce rate in the United States of America is at an incredible 40-50 %, that's not a typographical error, I man 40% to 50%. This means four to five of every ten marriages would collapse and end in a divorce, and this is increasing daily, But Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, and Hungary are worse off with divorce rates higher than 60% and Belgium has an alarming 70% divorce rate. Need I say more? This is so because there are more and more people going into marriage for the wrong reasons. When Purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable
When Purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable
Wrong reasons people get married
Alright, below are the wrong reasons why people get into marriage, and I won't want these to continue. Even though you are going to get married, you should for the right reasons ONLY.
1. Societal Pressure: A lot have believed that once you reach a certain age, you are expected to be married. This is very common in Africa and Asia (also exists in other part but most prominent in these two regions). The immediate family starts asking questions if by the time they think is right and you don't have a spouse yet. And this pushes the individual into "untimely" marriage to escape the pressure.
2. Stereotype: Believing that it is compulsory to or that's how it "must" be. Of course it's quite normal but(getting married) it's not compulsory. Marriage is a choice and it remains a choice, provided you can withstand the pressure of lust.
3. Religious Reasons: In your places of worship, your spiritual leaders start asking questions. "You need to start raising kids", you hear this almost every day. Biblical quotes supporting marriage pours in from left, right and centre. You are forced to seek a partner because you want to look "responsible"
4. Official Reasons: Some establishments deny their single staff of some privileges, it is generally believed that until you get married, you are not yet responsible. While this is not totally true, it looks so on the outside. You stop visiting the club(at least it is believed you should), you stop hanging out with the "boys" or the your female friends, you start taking responsibility of your spouse and maybe kid(s). Many see this to mean you are responsible. Does it mean the single chap across the road is irresponsible? Does this mean it is impossible to be responsible and be single? NO!
5. Raising Kids: Many people want to be addressed as a mum or dad. Many want to experience the feeling of raising a child so they jump into marriage even when they are not ready for it. Today many people have modernized it, they pay you to either father their child, or be the mum of their child, and then they keep the child. Isn't that an insult on that child? I think it is.
6. Financial Reasons: marriage has become politics to some people. They now "play the game of marriage", how appalling. They hunt for a rich guy or lady, fake love and make him/her fall, get married and then share the spoils. Alternatively number 7 below might interest you
7. Contract marriage: Some people contract their marriage, get married for a certain period(say 6 years) and then the deal is over, Divorce.
8. Age factor: You think age is not on your side? You are attempting to escape menopause (mostly for the ladies). So you jump into an undesired marriage. A marriage you wouldn't have admired when you were eighteen.
9. Sex: This might have come last on my list, but certainly not least. It is the reason most people get into marriage for the wrong reasons.
Other reasons include Pity for the partner, fear of being lonely, fear of leaving him or her, unwanted pregnancy is also a cause.
These are the top wrong reasons people get married.
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Organic Is a Growing Concern at Boulder's Cure Farm
Hundreds of braided garlic bulbs lie drying in the shade as oinks, quacks, and a honeybee buzzsaw fill the air at Cure Organic Farm. A rebel rooster sounds off, unwilling to limit his crowing to dawn at the acreage east of Boulder.
On a warm, late summer morning, full-time farm manager and mom Anne Cure simultaneously directs work in the field while getting paperwork ready for the regular "broccoli audit" from the folks who certify the farm as an organic operation. They track a crop from seed to purchase. She is not concerned about retaining the certification.
Cure has been an organic endeavor almost from the moment Anne and her husband Paul started farming in 2005. "We were able to get organic certification for our land the first year," she said, because the land had been so well-treated by earlier farmers including a local legend, John Ellis. "They used to farm organically before it was ever labeled that way,'" she said.
The farm's customers care whether the food is grown locally as much as they do about organic certification. "They want to know where and how the food was grown," she said. For CSA (community supported agriculture), the link is strengthened because they must come to the farm to pick up their share of the produce.
"At our booth at the farmers' market I'll hear our members point to us and say 'This is my farm.' That's great to hear," Anne said.
Cure currently grows about 100 varieties of organic vegetables and flowers on 12 leased acres. Greens including chard and kale, roots from beets to shallots, as well as haricot vert and eggplant are still coming in from the fields. "But September is all about tomatoes around here," she said. Anne makes a panzanella (bread) salad almost every day for the farm family using the ripest, sweetest tomatoes and is planning on freezing, canning, and drying more.
A few precious pounds of honey will also be harvested soon from the farm's vital beehives and available at the farm store along with their farm-raised chicken, duck eggs, Berkshire pork, and Rambouillet lamb.
When Anne and Paul say they focus on being local, they really mean it. Besides selling in season at their farm store and the Boulder County Farmers' Market, the farm supplies 190 families who are part of the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). You'll also find the greens and vegetables mentioned by name on the menus of notable eateries like the Flagstaff House, Frasca, and The Kitchen. Everything produced by the farm is used within 50 miles of the farm, and the only grocery store that sells Cure organic produce is Alfalfa's Market.
Anne Cure and Alfalfa's go back a long ways. "I shopped at the original Alfalfa's when I was a student at Naropa," Anne says.
"Before the new store even opened they reached out to the organic growers in Boulder and we talked to the produce buyer about our farm." That close relationship with the community of local organic farmers, ranchers and food producers has only grown, she said.
'What inspires me to grow organic is that it's the closest to mimicking nature. It focuses on diversity in the field which is healthier for the farm and the consumer."
The future is always now when you work on a farm. "Farmers are always thinking three to five years ahead, planning what they will grow," she said. In order to spread the word about organics, sustainability and to entice a younger generation of growers, the Cures give tours, offer classes and dinners, host farm interns and stage a kids' farm camp every summer.
On this particular day, the future of organic looks bright at the Cure's home on the farm. Georgia, the Cure's always smiling older daughter, already gets it.
"She heads to the kids' vegetable patch and tells me 'I'm going to harvest from my garden,' Anne said with a wide smile.
The Cure Organic Farm Store (southwest corner of 75th and Valmont in Boulder) is open through December 15. Upcoming classes at the farm include Jam Making (Sept. 14). For information on the CSA, volunteering opportunities, farm tours, and summer farm camps, visit cureorganicfarm.com
How to freeze whole fresh tomatoes:
Wash tomatoes. Cut away the stem scar. Place the tomatoes on cookie sheets and freeze. Tomatoes do not need to be blanched before freezing. Once frozen, transfer the tomatoes from the cookie sheets into freezer bags or other containers. Seal tightly. To use the frozen tomatoes, remove them from the freezer a few at a time as needed. To peel, just run a frozen tomato under warm water in the kitchen sink. Its skin will slip off easily.
"Organic is a labeling term that indicates that the food or other agricultural product has been produced through approved methods that integrate cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. Synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation, and genetic engineering may not be used."
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My Discovery of Organic
To be honest, the idea of organic food was not always that appealing to me. I associated it with higher prices and a shorter shelf life than conventional food. When you're raised with lots of processed foods and junk foods it can prove difficult to give organic food a fair shot. Growing up in the South did not make it any easier. Food was food. There was no significance given to how it was grown or where it came from. Several years ago, I decided to stop buying into hearsay and all the health food stereotypes and do a little research of my own.
First and foremost, there is a lot of information out there on organic food, and its practices and certifications, and it can appear overwhelming at first. So let me share with you the things that I've learned over the last several years.
- The people who grow my food care about me and my health. I appreciate the fact that the people who are growing and cultivating my food could choose an easier and more industrial path for growing their produce. They choose not to use synthetic pesticides or chemicals to help grow their food often at a higher cost to them. Chemicals that historically have been shown to have environmental consequences. If organic farmers are willing to invest a little more in my health and my food, then I can too.
- Growing organic food encourages other humane practices. I work in the coffee and juice department at Alfalfa's Market and in that world we throw around terms like fair trade, direct trade, and organic when it comes to coffee. Typically a company that sells organic coffee is often treating the farmers who grow their coffee beans fairly with sustainable importing and wages.
- Eating organic makes you feel better. Your body is not taking in highly processed ingredients and preservatives that are difficult or dangerous for your body to process and break down. You can definitely distinguish between an organic food versus one that may be genetically modified or doused in pesticides. Additionally, it is encouraging to know that my dollars spent on organic food are supporting sustainable farming and environmental practices.
- Nothing beats fresh. Organic food is often the best tasting and freshest food you will find. There is an emphasis on getting the food to you in the best condition possible as well as from local farms if possible. That way you can enjoy your food the way it was meant to be enjoyed.
September is organic month here at Alfalfa's Market so stop by our store and see what all you can learn about organic food!
Three Easy Steps to an Abundant Fall Garden
"It's too late to build a garden this year" is a statement we hear over and over again at The Urban Farm Company of Colorado. Having installed hundreds of raised bed vegetable gardens for homeowners and businesses along the Front Range, we've realized the statement couldn't be further from the truth. Our goal is simple: to help people grow their own food in their backyard in an easy and fun way. We believe that the best time to install a garden is actually in the mid-Summer or Fall.
Step 1: Garden in the Fall
It sounds crazy, but planting most cold season vegetables—such as spinach, radishes, lettuce, kale, chard, broccoli, sugar snap peas—in the fall yields abundant harvests as the weather cools in September and October. A fall garden is also perfect for those who like to impress friends with more exotic non-grocery vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, tatsoi, mache, sorrel, and Hon Tsai Tai—greens that thrive in cooler temperatures.
Every Colorado gardener has experienced their leafy greens "bolting" in June and July as the summer heat stops the plant's leafy production. If you plant these same vegetables in August and September the warm weather in late summer allows seeds to germinate quickly and then mature as the weather cools down. The soil structure and ecology is also given time to develop over the course of the winter, setting the stage for the prized purple heirloom tomatoes, beans, and kohlrabi planted in the spring.
Step 2: Use a Raised Bed
At The Urban Farm Company, we've found that the key to easy and successful gardening is the raised bed. By gardening in a raised bed, you can avoid the Colorado clay by creating 12 inches of soil high in organic matter that doesn't take years to create with constant soil amendment. We create our soil mix with topsoil, high-quality compost, worm castings, rice hulls, composted pine bark, and biochar. Also, adding sand and peat can help with drainage and provides more oxygen to the plant roots.
Step 3: Try Using a Cold Frame
Raised beds will also allow you to attach a cold frame to your garden—an easy trick to extend the season even further into the winter (and to start your gardening earlier in the spring). The simple frames with greenhouse plastic create an insulated micro-climate for plants. Nothing is more exciting than harvesting a salad of premium greens in the middle of December with a foot of snow on the ground. The frames also let you beat the farmers' market by several weeks, by producing the first salad greens of the year in March.
More and more, people are realizing the benefits of homegrown food—taste, health, sustainability and fun. Don't wait until next spring to start a garden. If you plant now, harvesting your own backyard veggies is only a month away!
Bryant Mason is the founder of The Urban Farm Company of Colorado.
The Urban Farm Company is offering a FREE Cold Frame with a purchase of a garden.


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Cholinergic modulation of spontaneous hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity and its circadian variation in man
Llorente I., Lizcano F., Álvarez R., Díez N., Sopena M., Gil M.J., Salvador J.
Department of Endocrinology, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Magazine: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
Date: Aug 1, 1996Endocrinology and Nutrition [SP] Biochemistry [SP]
Controversy still exists regarding the role of cholinergic pathways in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in man.
We studied the effects of the administration of placebo, pyridostigmine (PD); 120 mg, orally), and the combination of PD and pirenzepine (PZP; 100 mg, orally) on ACTH, cortisol, and GH secretion at 0730 and 2230 h in seven normal males. PD induced a clear decrease in ACTH levels at both times of the day compared to treatment with placebo, producing higher suppression in the nocturnal period (34.4 +/- 5.8% vs. 21.8 +/- 10.7%).
The combination PD and PZP prevented the inhibitory action of PD on ACTH secretion in the morning, but not in the evening, when ACTH values showed a decrease similar to that seen after giving PD alone (38.1 +/- 5.6% vs. 34.4 +/- 5.8%, respectively). Cortisol values declined only when the association PD plus PZP was given in the evening. GH levels had a significant increase after PD administration in the morning (4.1 +/- 1.2 ng/mL) and in the evening (10.2 +/- 1.6 ng/mL), confirming that cholinergic stimulation was taking place, whereas the addition of PZP to PD induced a significant attenuation of these responses. It is concluded that cholinergic pathways have a inhibitory role in ACTH secretion in man. M1 muscarinic receptors seem to be involved in the diurnal inhibition of PD, whereas our observations are consistent with the mediation of another type of cholinergic receptors as an explanation for the nocturnal effect of PD on ACTH secretion.
PD did not alter the circadian variation in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, whereas the association of PD and PZP increased the differences between diurnal and nocturnal ACTH values, suggesting a modulatory effect of the cholinergic system on the circadian rhythm of ACTH secretion.
CITATION J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Aug;81(8):2902-7
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I've started doing yoga from a month back or so to try to regain some flexibility in my (healed) broken toes. This entails leaving work at 4:30pm for 2 days a week to make it to a 5:00pm class further down the river. The knock on effect is that I get home earlier for dinner, fresh from a shower, and get to hang out with the kids longer than on most nights.
While I entered the studio on Tuesday, the lady at the desk said Oh! Your class bundle is almost finished now!
Sitting on the mat in the 5 minutes before class started, it dawned upon me that by forcing me to leave work at 4:30pm two days a week, yoga has essentially forced me not just into strange extremes which I hitherto never thought I could achieve (like standing on my head!), but had forced me to make myself a priority for two days a week, to push away work and other extenuating circumstances just to have one hour to myself, sweating it out. It's been really good not just physically, but mentally as well.
So, I say to myself (with a pat on the back): I am committed to you and will continue to make you a priority.
Someone at work said to me:
Leaving work one hour earlier is morally wrong.
To which I replied:
How is it more morally wrong than say coming to work at 10am or eating lunch till 3pm, both of which you do on a daily basis?
Besides, I regularly stay late at work all other times. So technically, the company owes me hours, not the other way round.
It is people like that who ensure that all this talk about flexi-hours and work-life balance will remain just talk. Said person also regularly complains to me about how she is not able to strike any balance in life or find time for herself after having a child.
And anyway, I can stand on my head? Can you? No? Then, go away because I am one up on you.


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Shortly before my head hit the pillow at 2 a.m. Wednesday, I scanned Facebook to see how my friends were reacting to the news that Donald Trump would likely be the next president of the United States.
Shortly before my head hit the pillow at 2 a.m. Wednesday, I scanned Facebook to see how my friends were reacting to the news that Donald Trump would likely be the next president of the United States.
The Nov. 8 ballot won't just be about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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With a very important Election Day coming up Nov. 8 and a lot on the line for our land of the free and home of the brave — by and for the people — here's what America's founding fathers believed:
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people," declared John Adams, America's second president.
After previously opposing U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in 2012, Republican nominee Wendy Long is trying her hand at defeating New York's senior senator this time around.
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Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson), senior member in the New York State Senate, was first elected in 1976. In 40 years, he's proven his ability to bring home the bacon for his district. He's remained mostly scandal-free and has run for re-election without much of a fight from Democrats for decades.
After a challenging campaign in a 2013 special election and in his first re-election bid the following year, Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) is getting a virtual free pass this time around. His opponent this year has been so inactive, we won't even bother to mention his name.
East End Congressman Lee Zeldin and former Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst will discuss environmental issues at Tuesday night's First Congressional District candidate forum in Riverhead.
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As a firm believer in maximizing your opportunities, I made it my mission to travel to as many places in the Midwest while I'm here for the next 3 months.
It's finally getting warmer outside, so I've got no excuses.
My recent travel includes another weekend trip, but this time to city of Minneapolis with my boyfriend.
Being there reminded me of living in Houston, because there was so much to do and the city was so spread out that you need a car to get anywhere efficiently.
We stayed in an adorable and artsy renovated home from the 1900's. Our hosts were also art curators and have lived in LA, Boston and now Minneapolis, so it's no wonder the space was so eclectic.
The neighborhood was lively with colorful street art on numerous walls and peoples fences, it made the city feel so welcoming.
On Saturday, we spend our morning and a bit of the afternoon roaming around the Mall of America and it was so overwhelming how enormous that place is.
There's basically an amusement park in the middle which is something I've never seen before.
For lunch, one of my friends suggested Tiger Sushi, which was conveniently in the mall.
I got my personal favorite appetizer vegetable tempura and my boyfriend and I shared the winter roll. We both agree it was so good!
On the inside the roll has tuna, salmon & yellowtail, avocado, spicy garlic mayo and Masago, then on the inside there's crispy tempura flakes and sesame seeds drizzled with creamy, spicy "Miracle" sauce.
10/10 would definitely recommend if you're a sushi enthusiast.
We spent the rest of our time at the mall experiencing the different attractions and our favorite one was the virtual reality games at SMAAASH.
The extreme drone racing experience was insane, because it legitimately felt like we were hovering in a dystopia world racing on these tracks floating in mid air.
They had other scenarios such as a haunted hosptial, vertigo, and a finger coaster where you can draw your desired path of the coaster.
Honestly, I don't know how people play virtual reality games in their own homes, because that shit is trippy.
On Sunday, we kept things chill and spent some time at the Walker Art Center.
They have a really fascinating exhibit on display highlighting dance, movement, stillness, and how it all plays out with the human body.
The coolest part was tiny walkway in the middle of a room that had a green LED light guiding you through.
Since it was Easter Sunday, a lot of places had shortened hours so our trip ended with us enjoying the sunny weather outside at Minnehaha Park.
Nothing's better than being greeted on the drive back home with a stunning sunset.
Let me know what your favorite place to getaway for the weekend is in the comments, I'd love to find new spots to check out.
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By Brandon Murphy (@2murphy8)
Sean Couturier's expectations have been high since he posted back-to-back 96 point seasons in the QMJHL and was selected eighth overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in 2011. He hasn't been able to reach the 40-point plateau in his career (though hit 39 points twice) due to his defensive role and injury riddled seasons, yet he remains one of the Flyers' best 5-on-5 point producers.
Either you love Couturier or you hate him, there is no in-between. His name has surfaced in many trade talks among the Flyers faithful over the years.
Couturier is known for his defensive style of play and has yet to emerge offensively, but certain statistics say his two-way game is a lot stronger than some suggest. Fans usually clash when debating Couturier's role and production on the team.
So let's settle it.
Last season, Couturier started in his own end 57.2% of the time but still managed to post incredible Corsi and Fenwick numbers – 54.5% and 55.1% respectively, according to Hockey-Reference. His skating is lackluster, but Couturier can control the puck, find the open man and shutdown opposing teams' top players. The addition of Valtteri Filppula at the deadline brought some relief to the Flyers center core and Couturier went on a hot streak, posting five goals and 17 points in a 20 game span – all at even-strength.
Injuries have been a concern in the last two seasons with 'Coots', he missed 19 games last year while putting up a career best 0.62 points per game. He fell off the rails a tad this season when he missed 16 games and only scored at a 0.52 point per game pace. That being said, Couturier would have hit 50 points in both seasons if he remained healthy.
Let's break down Couturier's HERO chart when we compare him to a second line center in 2016-2017. Keep in mind that a value of five on the chart is the league average.
When we take a quick look, Couturier is either equal or better in every category for a second line center. His time on ice, point production and shot generation are all average or above. What really gives him the boost is his shot suppression. Like it was previously mentioned, Couturier's best asset is his defensive game. When his offensive numbers pick up, he will be getting much more consideration for the Selke trophy.
Couturier notched 34 points during the 2016-2017 campaign, 31 of them came at 5-on-5. The only Flyers player with more even-strength points was Jakub Voracek with 38 in 82 games. What certain fans fail to understand is that Couturier constantly plays a complete two-way game, shutting down the opposing teams' first lines while producing at a steady rate at even-strength. He isn't the flashiest player on the team, but he is a key piece of the future. At only 24-years-of-age, Couturier still has time to develop offensively.