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From the media room in the Stadio San Paolo's heat, Jürgen Klopp left it clear he wouldn't join the debate within the form of Mohamed Salah. "Be relaxed, totally rested," was his final bit of information to the Liverpool striker, using straight-batted several queries on a topic he believes overblown. His supervisor was substituted by gini Wijnaldum .
As boss, Klopp must be careful with public requirements of a vital participant and there's definitely basis to his debate that Salah's beginning — so much like that of last season — wouldn't have drawn so much attention had Liverpool other matters to be concerned about.
Wijnaldum has less reason than Klopp to perform with the diplomat and, in addition to showing his own directions to the Egypt global, considers there are consequences to last season's incredible yield of 44 aims for its 26-year-old. Salah establish a benchmark that needs to be preserved with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the comparisons to last.
"I told him I anticipate more hat-tricks this season, this past year there was just one, and he said that I was correct," stated the Wijnaldum, increasingly powerful himself that particular term. "I told him'Mo, you're a leading player. When you have a look in Ronaldo and Messi they score a great deal of hat-tricks — if you would like to compete together you need to do exactly the same '
"It's simple to say [he is not in shape ]. We are utilised to Mo goals. Last season he did not have some games that are excellent but he scored goals. He played ' But he isn't scoring and folks are saying he's in a circumstance that is challenging. I really don't see it like that. He works hard, he creates opportunities.
He might have contributed a help to Roberto Firmino. I really don't think that it's that bad, put it like that. Score folks will say he is not in form when he does not. I really don't see the gap. I believe he'd scored one more season than he has.
Klopp wouldn't disclose if he'd spoken to Salah following his substitution in Stamford Bridge, claiming to do this could make the matter much larger. His final game was great — he had been at the positions but the previous two balls weren't too trendy. This occurs. This past year balls were dropped by him in these situations. The good thing is there and so that everything is fine"
"We're joking but if somebody can cope with pressure it's Mo.. Last season he'd stress when folks were saying that he needed to be the best scorer in the league. We told him that he could not let anybody catch him. When he had been on 18 aims he explained:'Inside my mind I could do the 32.' Mo is not. The strain is embraced by him. He understands he can take action "
Liverpool will take firm control of Team C by after their thrilling victory over Paris Saint-Germain using a defeat of Napoli, who pulled their opening game in Red Star Belgrade. Carlo Ancelotti considers the consistency beneath Klopp of Liverpool has returned to the elite of contest but the niceties not took his counterpart. "I'm prepared for a real conflict."
Now it has been shown by us . Consistency has to be judged in the conclusion of the season. We did the work up to now. Two of my favorite games, one we dropped and one we brought. I had been pleased with these adventures against Chelsea. Let's play soccer.
"This really is not the same challenge. They don't play like they did. They've 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1 in which they shield but if you eliminate the ball they're really on their bicycle. We will need to maintain our greatest level as this is a difficult location."


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Red Pump Stories: "I Didn't Think HIV Applied To Me"
BlackDoctor.org is excited for this content partnership with The Red Pump Project to feature the Red Pump Stories, an initiative created to document the narratives, struggles, and successes of women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. This initiative will further the mission of decreasing the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, and allow us to stand with women who have experienced first-hand the impact of this condition.
Do you know how important it is to get tested for HIV?
As proud supporters of the CDC's #DoingIt campaign, we encourage every man and woman to get tested as the first step toward preventing transmission. It is a priority and should be on everyone's list of to-dos THIS SUMMER.
At Red Pump, we've been blessed to feature women all over the world who advocate the importance of getting tested and how people can protect themselves. This month, we are happy to share with you the story of Kamaria Laffrey, an international advocate, speaker and consultant working on HIV decriminalization, treatment adherence, and women and girl's empowerment of health.
Look below, and take a moment to read how Kamaria embraces active testing, healing and inspiration by living victoriously.
Red Pump: Why is it important for women to speak openly about HIV?
Kamaria: I think that it's important for women living with HIV because we know first-hand the issues that are being faced, what life would be like without those issues and have insight into the needs that could improve services that we currently receive (and in some places don't). The topic of HIV is important for all women to speak about because I believe that testing is important! HIV impacts us differently than men socially, emotionally, psychologically, financially and politically. It will take a united front of women living with HIV and women impacted by HIV to truly bring about the change that we seek and cast a light on the shadow of stigma that cripples our health.
READ: Red Pump Stories: "I Have AIDS And I'm Not Afraid To Say It!"
Red Pump: How has HIV/AIDS affected your life and family?
Kamaria: I was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 after giving birth to my daughter. I had no prenatal care because I tried to hide my pregnancy during the first two trimesters while weighing the option to terminate the pregnancy. Had I never given birth to my daughter, I would have never been tested willingly because I didn't think HIV applied to me. Twelve years later, she is still the reason I am motivated to push through days of wanting to give up, encourage people to not only know their status but empower those living with HIV to come out of the shadows and stay consistent with treatment. HIV is my life passion that is bittersweet, but I wouldn't change a thing on this journey, as it has taught me to embrace healing, by giving inspiration (in forgiveness) and living victoriously.


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This is one of the most heartless acts I have seen by the police. It is no wonder quite a few police suicides have been reported recently.
Slideshow (8 Images)WAR CRIMES ALLEGATIONS
The move by ACAT came after online investigative site Disclose published leaked military intelligence showing weapons sold by France to Saudi Arabia, including tanks and laser-guided missile systems, were being used against civilians in Yemen.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday that Paris adhered to rules related to arms sales,
France is one of Saudi Arabia's main arms' suppliers, but has also faced increasing domestic pressure to review that trade relationship as the human cost of Yemen's war has risen.
ACAT had argued that the transfer contravened the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which says one country cannot authorize the transfer of weapons if it knows at the time that those weapons could be used to commit war crimes or target civilians.
U.N. officials have said all sides in the Yemeni conflict may have committed war crimes.
The government declined to give details of the arms order, which Disclose had said included eight Caesar howitzer cannons.
I couldn't help thinking about it again, it's through politics that you gain spaces to be able to do/change things.We must look at the long time of politics and the short time of the revolution.
A time invalidated by the Ministry of the Interior, the list of the Union of Muslim Democrats of France will finally participate in the European elections. Openly anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist, what is its purpose?
"A Europe at the service of the people": the list of the Union of the Muslim Democrats of France (UDFM) was added, May 4, to 33 lists in the running for the European elections of May 26. The party obtained the approval of the place Bauveau after having settled "administrative problems" as the Parisian explains its founder Nagib Azergui. Refuting the accusations of communitarianism, it ensures to be a candidate to fight, among others, against the "trivialization of Islamophobia". For him, "we are attacking a new community with dangerous theories".
"We want to be present at every meeting so that the French get used to us"
The UDMF, which has been in existence since 2012 and has never managed to pass a first round in local and national elections, nevertheless considers the European elections as "a stepping stone" to better fit into the hexagonal landscape during the municipal elections. in 2020. "A clear objective," says Nagib Azergui in the Ile-de-France daily, adding: "We want to be present at every meeting so that the French get used to us."
A law at European level to condemn any "Islamophobic" speech
For its first participation in the European elections, the UDMF, whose political ideology is based on the triptych "anti-imperialism, anti-Zionism, anticolonialism" , intends to present a heterogeneous program focused on "seven capital challenges".
Alongside the fight against " plastic pollution ", "endocrine disruptors" or "allergens" , are those against "tax havens" and "groups of influences". The UDMF also wants to see the "emergence" of an "independent European military force", in order to get France out of NATO, responsible in its opinion for the worsening of the security situation, particularly in the Sahel and the Middle East.
In a sub-part of its program entitled "the challenge of living together", the UDMF insists on the need to fight against facies control as well as on ethno-religious discrimination. "According to several studies conducted, a black person is 6 times more likely to be controlled than white, while a North African has 7 to 8 times more," says the UDMF. In response, the party advocates the creation of "a new public institution like the Defender of Rights" which would have the mission to organize "testing operations much more frequent and especially systematic"."The challenge of fighting hatred"
Within this same area, the UDMF campaigns for the right to vote non-EU foreigners in local elections. For the time being, only nationals of a European Union State residing in another Member State may, in fact, vote in municipal elections under certain conditions (number of years of residence, reciprocity). Deploring that France does not follow some of its European neighbors on this subject, the UDMF wants the application of a European directive requiring all European Union states to grant the right to vote to foreigners outside the EU .
Finally, the party discusses the issue of Islam in a chapter titled "The Challenge of Fighting Hate". For this political formation , " a law must be inscribed in the European Parliament to condemn any dissemination of hate speech to the Muslim community by allowing the dissolution of any Islamophobic associations or groups, all media that exploit this Islamophobic literature to make profit by conveying anti-Muslim conspiracy theories ". According to her, this legislation will make it possible to crack down on those who claim to formulate a "reasoned criticism of Islam" and who would in fact wish to "convey genuine calls for the detestation of Muslims".
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The sum of facts alleged against Thomas P., as well as the a-typical conditions of his arrest, provoked the usual media outburst. Placed in custody and incarcerated, and even though he had not explained his actions, he was immediately presented as a kind of "super breaker", ultra violent, ultra yellow or ultra black, the monstrous qualifiers were not lacking.
Since yesterday [May 5th – ed], a letter written from his cell has circulated in Facebook groups dedicated to the Yellow Vests movement, his lawyers were able to confirm that their client was indeed the author. Whatever one thinks of the facts Thomas P. is accused of, he explains himself with great sincerity and removes the mystery that could hang over his acts as much as over the course that led him to join the Yellow Vests. The words of prisoners are rare, that of Thomas P. will therefore be valuable insofar as it simply explains these gestures that some describe a little quickly as "breakage". In this introspective narrative, the young man seems to express no regret, except for the state of our lives and the world.
Major Yellow Vest protests have been planned in the French cities of Nantes and Lyon on Saturday, as the movement seeks to rebuild momentum after last weekend's record low turnout.
The 26th consecutive weekend of demonstrations comes just two weeks before this month's critical European parliamentary elections.
Yet nearly six months after the movement first began, support for the Yellow Vests appears to be dwindling. Last week's demonstrations drew less than 19,000 people nationwide, according to the French Interior Ministry – a number that has been contested by protesters as too low.
Yellow Vests hope that by staging large rallies in other major cities, they will be attracting supporters who don't have the time, resources or inclination to travel to Paris every weekend.
"There's a sort of fatigue and fear because of the police violence. There is also a financial aspect: it's expensive to protest in Paris … but (the movement) could take off again from nothing," Thierry Boirivant, a 44-year-old accountant and self-avowed Yellow Vest, told AFP on a highway outside of Lyon.
Boirivant said that French President Emmanuel Macron's recent concessions following a months-long "grand debate" on national policy – which was launched in response to the ongoing Yellow Vest protests – failed to address the movement's demands. His views were shared by another protester, David L. (who did not give a last name), in Nantes.
"People are exhausted, they're sick of it. Deep down,
we want to stop, but we also want something powerful and concrete to happen before summer," the 41-year-old told French news agency AFP.
Earlier this month, members of the Yellow Vest movement announced they were fielding a list in the upcoming European parliamentary elections on May 26. But it is expected to garner no more than 2 percent of the vote, according to a recent poll by Elabe for BFMTV.
In preparation for Saturday's protest, police in Lyon have blocked off four additional shopping areas. Authorities in Nantes have limited access to the city's centre.
Protests will still be held in Paris, where police have cordoned off the famous Champs-Élysées avenue, the National Assembly and the area surrounding Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Demonstrations have also been planned in the French cities of Lille, Dijon, Toulouse and Strasbourg.
After his performance at the Elysée, DJ Kiddy Smile celebrates the 350th anniversary of the Opéra Garnier (VIDEO)
To celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Opéra Garnier, a gala was held within the building. DJ Kiddy Smile electrified the stage with his dancers. The atmosphere was reminiscent of the very unusual 2018 Fête de la musique at the Elysée...
On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the creation of the Opéra Garnier, located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, 700 guests attended the gala held on May 8. Among the highlights of the event: the presence of DJ Kiddy Smile, invited to close the evening with an "after party" which, for the first time, was held on the Opera stage, as reported on the website L'officiel.com.
The DJ's performance, accompanied by his team of androgynous dancers who are adept at voguing - an urban dance style born in the 1970s in the United States, in gay clubs frequented by Latin American and African-American homosexuals - is reminiscent of the very unusual 2018 Fête de la musique at the Elysée. An excerpt from the evening was immortalized in a video posted on YouTube where you can see the DJ's dancers wiggling to a frenetic rhythm...
At the initiative of Stéphane Lissner, Director General of the Paris Opera, the gala was supported by Rolex and Schiaparelli, partners of the event. The Palais Garnier was founded on June 28, 1669, originally bringing together a group of singers, the first professional orchestra in France and a corps de ballet.
Après sa prestation à l'Elysée, le DJ Kiddy Smile fête les 350 ans de l'Opéra Garnier (VIDEO)
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Pour célébrer les 350 ans de l'Opéra Garnier, un gala s'est tenu dans l'enceinte de l'édifice. Le DJ Kiddy Smile a électrisé la scène en compagnie de ses danseurs. L'ambiance rappelait la très insolite Fête de la musique 2018 à l'Elysée...
A l'occasion du 350e anniversaire de la création de l'Opéra Garnier, situé dans le IXe arrondissement parisien, 700 convives ont répondu présent au gala qui s'y est tenu le 8 mai. Entre autres moments forts de l'événement : la présence du DJ Kiddy Smile, invité à clôturer la soirée à travers un «after party» qui, pour la première fois, s'est tenu sur la scène de l'Opéra, comme le rapporte le site L'officiel.com.
La performance du DJ accompagné de son équipe de danseurs androgynes adeptes du voguing – un style de danse urbaine né dans les années 1970, aux Etats-Unis, dans des clubs gay fréquentés par des homosexuels latino-américains et afro-américains – n'est pas sans rappeler la très insolite Fête de la musique 2018 à l'Elysée. Un extrait de la soirée a été immortalisé dans une vidéo postée sur YouTube où l'on peut apercevoir les danseurs du DJ se déhancher sur un rythme effréné...
A l'initiative de Stéphane Lissner, directeur général de l'Opéra national de Paris, le gala a reçu le soutien des maisons Rolex et Schiaparelli, partenaires de l'événement. Le palais Garnier a vu le jour le 28 juin 1669, réunissant, à l'origine, une troupe de chanteurs, le premier orchestre professionnel de France et un corps de ballet.
The cutback's within the municipality's is on the rise. All interaction's concerning administrative contact is now done online.If France was the symbol of liberty and justice (a myth) now we can see how France is kaputt. It is a good sign to see all of this, it is more and more clear, so transparent. Are we like in the 30's, specially the Germans, now Europe in general and the world, incapable to react to all this depravity? Not just because of this video, this is just the point of an iceberg. The depravity is everywhere, like a virus. This world is sick.
I have reason to have nauseas when I think of Macronini! He is so nauseabuntus!
France won't ease reforms if far-right make EU gains: PMSTRIKE A BALANCE
Macron's concessions, made up mainly of tax breaks targeting low-income workers and pensioners, could push growth to 1.5% this year, the OFCE economics think-tank estimates. Without that public money, growth would be closer to 1%, OFCE economist Mathieu Plane said.
But the fiscal stimulus risks pushing the budget deficit further than planned over a 3% limit, which the government expects to temporarily overshoot this year due to a long-planned tax change.
By contrast Germany, ever hesitant to loosen the purse strings even as a slowdown in international trade weighs on its economy, is expecting growth of only half a percent this year.
"If Emmanuel Macron is able to get out of the domestic social crisis, there are some sources of growth," Plane said.
"Mixing supply-side policy with measures focused on boosting demand and purchasing power can help strike the right balance."
As Macron begins the third year of his five-year term, he can claim his policy steps are beginning to bear fruit, though economists caution it will take years before their success or failure is fully clear.
The labor market is looking its perkiest in years, with unemployment at a near 10-year low and the employment rate at its highest since 1980. Youth unemployment has fallen sharply.
The percentage of new workers hired on permanent contracts, which employers avoided until Macron eased rules on firing, has risen to a record high of nearly 50 percent.
People are starting new businesses in record numbers and the business climate has changed enough in two years to make France a top destination for foreign investment, according to U.S. consulting firm ATKearney.
It ranked France fifth worldwide as a place for foreign investment, up two spots from last year despite the images of "yellow vest" street clashes and vandalism beamed around the world.
With major overhauls to the unemployment and pensions systems due this year, big foreign companies like staffing company ManpowerGroup, which has its biggest market in France, are convinced Macron will stick to his reform program.
"Overall, the French government is intent on making France more competitive as a place to invest and as the place to grow. And I don't see that changing," ManpowerGroup CEO Jonas Prising said in a recent earnings call.
Thanks for the video Maat. With the captions I was able to follow it somewhat (they talk so darned fast).On the periphery of the YV movement, the dissolution of a too fraternal organization, it seems.
Poor France, RIP.
What happened to the old saying full of common sense "charity begins at home" ?


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Lutz: Harmonious Office Culture Bad for Business
In an interview with WSJ's Alan Murray, former vice chairman of General Motors Bob Lutz decries a culture of analytics-based management as one of the root causes of Detroit's downfall. He also accuses the "harmonious culture" of modern corporate America as its major weakness.
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... are you arguing that the problems that Detroit has had over the last few decades come from the fact that it's the it's CEOs haven't been autocratic not ... know they they they would never make that statement would I would say is that ... um ... Detroit got a serious case ... of scientific management disease lives from everything but the numbers would do everything analytic we ... let's pretend such things as ... emotion for Connor's excitement beauty and ... all of these non quantifiable things don't exist ... and let's run this is a rational business well the problem with the automobile business a lot like the movie business it's not rational ... people either like this for they don't like it ... there was also low ... um in the nineteen eighties when Davies ... of the that was all the good total quality excellence consultants ... swept over America's corporations ... and campus ... is ... and a ... nice harmonious social environment freedom from fear or ... respect for everyone's opinion there's no such thing as a bad idea ... we should all develop better listening skills ... don't demean people in meetings impertinent was ... innocent and noble social experiment and ... I'm in and people go home at night ... and the voices was your day and all the money was wonderful we had ... a discussion for eight hours for everybody but to agree on did you decide anything ... no but we benefit from the ... open desert year casting a very broad measure I was going to ask you who you met in the book titled who you mean by bean counters but you're talking about everybody who tries to quantify the citizens that you're talking about the total quality management will Toyota notification but U S The but autocratic management and I think we went two for the other way ... and it became ... um ... and I was frequently told ... you're not engaging in role model Management behavior because you're insisting on weakness of women of insisting and explaining in trying to explain what my way is great ... so I think we did ... go through a phase where ... arguably after World War two the old bull in the woods Yasutomo ... that was bad too ... but we think we did go too far into ... participate if management produces management ... hands of management a ... transformational leader ... of the person who never tell anybody what to do so but of most of the people I think it seems that didn't work either ... those honestly ... don't mean you're going up against all the trends in modern novel and just exactly ... but look I live off my own ... look and look at America's industrial Corporation will consume most of them and that is is not competitive ... because we're simply not tough enough about who is the way we run a business


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The tenth Theory Weekly Meeting will happen today between 4:00 – 5:00 pm at 203 Davis Hall(Theory Lab). The schedule will be as follows :
4:00 – 4:50 pm – A talk by Shi Li. The abstract of the talk in his own words –
I will talk about the classic 3/2-approximation for the scheduling problem to minimize the total weighted competition time.
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Business Sweden has in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group produced the report "Capturing the Data Center Opportunity – How Sweden can become a global front-runner in digital infrastructure". The report aims at quantifying Sweden's growth opportunity in terms of economic but also soft effects and job creation, and identifies areas where Sweden can improve in order to attract a larger share of foreign investments.
The Nordics has recently come up on the radar screen when companies are looking for new locations for large or strategic data centers. Sweden offers plenty of renewable electricity, stable and low prices, strong infrastructure, excellent fibre connectivity and not the least competence and resources to construct and operate facilities. The industry has a large potential for growth, driven by digitalization within practically all areas, and the willingness to move more and more computing capactity to the cloud. At the same time, there is pressure on the IT industry to make the smallest possible impact on the environment.
The data center industry creates significant value for some of Sweden's largest companies.
Attention in the media is on the largest projects, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Already today, the share of the 'e-economy' in Sweden is approaching 10% of GDP, and grows 4 times faster than other traditional sectors. The report indicates that in 2015, the data center industry in Sweden had an economic effect of close to 13 bn SEK and employed 7000 people.


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For 2012, the festival has already highlighted delightful fish dishes out of Toco, pork dishes out of Sangre Grande and placed the spotlight on the Indian influences from the village of Penal in the south of Trinidad.
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First there was one…then there were two…
Both sitting or standing out in front of Greek restaurants a walking distance apart from each other. Both establishments a walking distance from where I live – both are restaurants that Steve and I frequent.
One old woman, one old man. They're the bombs. At two Greek restaurants.
Both establishments are on main roads with lots of foot traffic, car, bicycle and bus traffic and store fronts.
What are the odds?
Both the woman and the man probably live on the same blocks as the Greek restaurants they sit in front of or stand in front of to smoke their cigarettes while administering themselves oxygen via a large tank of oxygen and nose catheters. Day after day after day.
They go into their respective restaurants, sit, eat, drink a beverage, talk to the staff, then go outside with their tanks in tow to smoke, where everybody who passes by on foot, in a car, on a bicycle or on a bus sees them – like clockwork. Day after day after day.
Nobody says anything.
One day I went into Walgreens and saw a person who works at one of the restaurants and in front of a cashier spoke briefly about it. He didn't much care for me to do that since he's a friend of hers. I've seen him hug her, so they must at least know each other. He also was buying a pack of cigarettes and probably thought I was making a statement about her smoking.
Frankly, I don't care who smokes. It's legal and it's not my business. I did bring it up in public though, hoping maybe he'd have a chat with her about her exposing herself as a potential target for a terrorist attack.
What? Jihadists don't use public transportation? There are no Jihadists in Cleveland or Lakewood or anywhere along those two routes? Clifton Boulevard and Detroit Ave. They drive cars, take buses, ride bicycles and walk. Just like everybody else. In fact they're just like everybody else, except they have an agenda to blow things and people up when they least expect it.
Often times when the opportunity expresses itself, so do they.
Is this my lucky day or what, says the wanna-be Jihadist? I don't even have to build a bomb. That feeble woman and feeble man down the street, are my bombs. Imagine what I could do? And they go in and out of the same restaurants. In and out, in and out, all day.
You can't miss them.
Bingo. Bomb. Bye Bye Birdie – and all the birdies around them.
See something? Say something and it gets ignored with rolling eye balls, making you look like a fool to care?
Then take a picture and publish it.
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
W.S. Badcock Corporation v. Angelina Gan
Case No. D2011-1178
1. The Parties
The Complainant is W.S. Badcock Corporation, of Florida, United States of America, represented by Trenam Kemker, United States of America.
The Respondent is Angelina Gan, Taiwan Province of China.
2. The Domain Name And Registrar
The disputed domain name <badcock-furniture.com> is registered with Moniker Online Services, LLC.
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on July 11, 2011. On July 12, 2011, the Center transmitted by email to Moniker Online Services, LLC a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On July 13, 2011, Moniker Online Services, LLC transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on July 14, 2011. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was August 3, 2011. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent's default on August 4, 2011.
The Center appointed Rodrigo Azevedo as the sole panelist in this matter on August 10, 2011. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant was founded in 1904 and is presently one of the largest privately-owned home furniture retailers in the United States.
Also, the Complainant has received numerous awards and accolades and is widely recognized and well respected in the United States.
The Complainant owns United States trademark registrations composed by the expression "badcock", including for the brand BADCOCK HOME FURNITURE & MORE.
The Complainant expends considerable resources advertising and promoting its services under the "badcock" name, including Internet, radio, television and print advertising.
In addition, the Complainant owns the domain name <badcock.com> which has operated as an official website since, at least 1995.
The disputed domain name was registered in April 28, 2010.
The Panel accessed the website displayed at the disputed domain name on August 25, 2011 and there was a parking page with several links related to furniture items.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant makes the following contentions:
(i) The disputed domain name is confusingly similar to the Complainant's well-known and successful trademark BADCOCK. Numerous WIPO panels have held that when a domain name wholly incorporates a complainant's registered mark, that is sufficient to establish identically or confusingly similarity. As the Complainant's trademark BADCOCK is associated to furniture retailing, the disputed domain name <badcock-furniture.com> is obviously identical or confusingly similar to the Complainant's trademark.
(ii) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name. Also, the Respondent is not associated or affiliated with the Complainant in any way. Indeed, the Complainant has not licensed the Respondent to use its marks nor has allowed the Respondent to use its trademarks. The disputed domain name does not resolve to a website, which is a sufficient basis to find that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name. The Respondent has never attempted to use the disputed domain name in connection with the offering of any goods, services or business, nor in connection with any legitimate noncommercial or fair use.
(iii) The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. The disputed domain name is a monetized parking page that is being used by the Respondent to direct Internet user to third-party websites offering home furnishing and other types of furniture, which compete directly with the Complainant. Given that the disputed domain name incorporates the Complainant's mark and directs consumers to websites offering competing services, consumers will likely be confused by the concurrent use of the disputed domain name and the Complainant's name and mark. Indeed, the purpose of the disputed domain name is to divert consumers from the Complainant's website to the Respondent's page. On or about June 7, 2011, the Complainant sent a Cease and Desist Letter to Ping Man Kam, who was the registrant at that time. However, no response was received. After that, the Administrative Contact and/or Registrant information changed. Another Cease and Desist Letter was sent to the current Registrant, but again no response was received. The Respondent has not made any actual use of the disputed domain name, as it does not resolve to a website. Such inaction can characterize bad faith. Clearly the Respondent registered the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of the Complainant and in order to attract Internet users to the Respondent's website, for commercial gain, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's mark.
B. Respondent
The Respondent did not reply to the Complainant's contentions.
6. Discussion and Findings
Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy provides that in order to be entitled to a transfer of a domain name, a complainant shall prove the following three elements:
(i) The domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights;
(ii) The respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and
(iii) The domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The Panel has no doubt that "badcock" and "badcock furniture" are terms directly connected with the Complainant's activities.
Annex 4 to the Complaint demonstrates registrations of BADCOCK trademarks in the United States since at least 2000.
The trademark BADCOCK is wholly encompassed within the disputed domain name, which also includes the symbol "-" and the generic term "furniture", an expression that is also part of the Complainant's trademark BADCOK HOME FURNITURE & MORE. The Panel concludes that the addition of those elements is not sufficient to refute the similarity between the disputed domain name and the Complainant's trademark, required under paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
In a previous UDRP case, concerning the domain names <buy-xenical-000.biz> and <order-xenical-a.biz>, the panel stressed that "it is now well-established that the adoption of a trademark in its entirety as a domain name together with other descriptive material does not generally suffice to enable a respondent to overcome an allegation that the domain name is distinguishable from the Trademark in question"
(F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG v. sysadmin admin, balata.com ltd., WIPO Case No. D2008-0954).
As a result, the Panel finds the disputed domain name to be confusingly similar to the Complainant's trademark, and that the Complainant has proven the first element of the Policy.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
Paragraph 4(c) of the Policy provides some examples without limitation where a respondent can demonstrate a right or legitimate interest in a domain name by showing one of the following facts:
(i) Before receiving any notice of the dispute, the respondent used or made preparations to use the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) The respondent has been commonly known by the domain name; or
(iii) The respondent is making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark at issue.
Based on the Respondent default and on the prima facie evidence in the Complaint, the Panel finds that the above circumstances are not present in this particular case and that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name.
The Panel notes that the present record provides no evidence to demonstrate the Respondent's intent to use or to make preparations to use the disputed domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services. Indeed, the webpage that is published at the disputed domain name basically hosts pay-per-click links to competitor's websites.
The Complainant has not licensed or authorized the use of its trademark to the Respondent, and it does not appear from the present record that the Respondent is commonly known by the disputed domain name.
Consequently, the Panel is satisfied that the Complainant has proven the second element of the Policy.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy states that the following circumstances in particular, but without limitation, shall be evidence of registration and use of a domain name in bad faith:
(i) circumstances indicating that the respondent has registered or acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or
(ii) The respondent registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that the respondent has engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or
(iii) The respondent has registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; or
(iv) by using the domain name, the respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website or other online location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of its website or location or of a product or service on its website or location.
When the disputed domain name was registered the Complainant's trademark BADCOCK was already well established and known in the field of furniture retailers in the United States. Therefore, it is not feasible that the Respondent could has been unaware of the Complainant's reputation and business.
Also, the disputed domain name is being used as a pay-per-click landing page, displaying sponsored links for third party websites that offer competing products. Therefore, in doing so, the Respondent:
(i) create a likelihood of confusion with the Complainant's trademark;
(ii) obtain click-through revenue from this practice; and
(iii) deprive the Complainant from selling its products to prospective clients who are clearly looking for the Complainant and, at the same time, promote products offered by competitors.
In situations like this, former UDRP decisions have considered this type of use of a domain name enough to demonstrate bad faith. For reference on the subject, see Serta Inc. v. Charles Dawson, WIPO Case No. D2008-1474, or also Asian World of Martial Arts Inc. v. Texas International Property Associates, WIPO Case No. D2007-1415.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has proved that the disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith, satisfying the third element of the Policy.
7. Decision
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <badcock-furniture.com> be transferred to the Complainant.
Rodrigo Azevedo
Sole Panelist
Dated: August 26, 2011


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On 09/18/2012 12:26 PM, Antoine Zimmermann wrote: [...] > At the moment, I'm convinced there are many private ways of doing things, > but I don't think there are many exchange of datasets between systems, such > that the need for a sanctioned semantics have been limited. But we see a > number of use cases that are either happening right now, or that are going > to appear inevitably, which requires a common understanding of what dataset > semantics is. > > Of course, we want the least common denominator such that as many current > practices as possible are conforming. > > But we may also make bold decisions that prevent what we consider bad > practices, even if it breaks some implementations. > > > -AZ > I agree in general with this reasoning, but come up with a different end point. If systems are storing RDF datasets, and exchanging them (even if not globally), and have a very limited (or even null) theory of the interaction between the default graph and the named graphs, then we should be very careful in breaking this form of interaction. This would be another rationale for not having information bleed from the default graph into the named graphs. Any bold decisions then have to have convincing rationale. There has to be something very useful that comes from the boldness and there can't be much broken that isn't totally unredeemable. peterReceived on Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:47:31 UTC
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Devils Plaything
Sorry im late mutherfuckers..but it was a long way back from hell...
What makes shit fuckin great...As much as i like to sit in a darkened room of solitude.where that wicked feeling of godless runs through my blackened soul...I still like cool shit..Im feeling like throwing out a little dirty black summer soon..and when i do its gonna be closely related to This whole Midstate cross thing...I dont mind the pain and I don't live in the past either but the scene needs to get on the same page..
I aint saying Im the One...but this whole MBRA series and fall cross is on the five finger crawl from where death had no name...
stick around and when she rides she's gonna bring power rankings with her...
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1.you have earned the points
2.you have placed in the top three more often than not
3.you have more carbon shit than the Pros Closet
4.you have raced for more than 3 seasons in the same class
5.you have an ego larger than your wattage out put
6.you have a coach and he/she tells you its time
7.you have decided to make a commitment and get better
8.you have become the guy to beat
9.you have one season left to compete then you die
10.you have watched riders come and go from all the levels
11.you have your balls back from your wife's Michael Kors
12.you have guts
13.you have a decided to go full on Cat 1 gloat on all fronts of the social media network
14.you have taken PEDS
15 you have taken down the Armor King and Paul Phoenix
level up, step up or man up..
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Brent Bookwalter, runner-up at this year's USA Pro Challenge, has renewed his contract with BMC Racing for 2016. The U.S.-registered team announced Wednesday that the 31-year-old American will continue his eight-year tenure with the red and black outfit.
"This is where I feel like I am home and where I have been able to grow and develop and find personal success while helping the team achieve many of its goals as well," Bookwalter said. "I feel like it is a great relationship and partnership, and it is really exciting to be able to continue it for another year."
He won a stage of the USA Pro Challenge in August and led the race for two days before finishing second to teammate Rohan Dennis. Bookwalter was also twice runner-up on stages at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah on his way to third-place overall and the points classification title.
"Brent has brought years of high performance and unselfish sacrifices to his fellow teammates, yet he continues to find many individual successes himself," BMC Racing Team president/general manager Jim Ochowicz said. "His presence on the starting line always gives the team a feeling of confidence."
After joining the team in 2008, Bookwalter finished runner-up in the stage 1 individual time trial of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. In 2011, he rode the Tour de France in support of that year's winner, Cadel Evans. In 2013, he won the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar on the way to a runner-up finish overall.
"The success I have been able to find is a testament to a lot of hard work and commitment from myself, the people who are close to me and from the BMC Racing Team," Bookwalter continued. "I have been fortunate to have close advisors, family and friends who have helped me develop and continue to progress. It has been fulfilling to step into a leadership role when the opportunity arises, and I am looking forward to more of these opportunities in 2016. Whether it is working for others as a teammate, or continuing my path as a more veteran rider of the team, I feel like I am still improving and have yet to reach my best level."
Bookwalter will compete for the final time this season in Sunday's UCI World Road Championships before organizing the second running of his "Bookwalter Binge Gran Fondo" next month in Black Mountain, N.C.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Committing to failure and letting the circus burn
Smart people come to you in different ways...just when you didn't think your circle couldnt get any bigger..Bam...someone wonders into it unexpectedly and drops there mind on you...
And you thought this was gonna be a dry fall...a fall left up to only random bits of bullshit posts, some worn out rockers and the same redundant list of this opinionated asshole of what he thinks is bad-ass...yeas fools the grammar hasn't gotten any better...
Lets talk cross real quick ain't gonna take up too much of your time..and to be frank i got shit to do...But when one of the hardest dudes to come outta of the scene in long time..a man who cut his teeth here says..to T..."Michigan-scene in a whole is in a weird state...even the road scene/mtb scene kinda in a funk right now......but for the hell of it cross. in general...There are some good crossers that have come outta this place in the years...and there are some good riders right now right here...without naming names..none of them show up at the same time...instead choosing to go elsewhere for various reasons" whther it be for grip/chicks..or depth of field...It used to be back in the day guys like the Rhino crew, Sorry and the Wiz, the lillest Pony and the whole Blue Wave thing would travel to the bigger races..with the end all be all of a USGP GP title or nationals as the fixation...Now the scene is just alil more random..Im betting all my 80's pop Rock star trading cards that this is the year of transition...kinda thought last year was..but for the sake of fate..lets hope were heading in the right direction...i hear we are losing that Hofie kid..pity cuz he cross needs guys like him young..does his own thing with no attitude..good kid..I ain't saying the that the podiums are soft..T knows cross is hard anyway you slice it....but man o man we need to revive this shit...I wish i had the answer, and time....call it a ramble or rant..call whatever..i just had to get that off my old worn out chest...
Ill leave you with this...best advice T ever got...
stick your head out in the wind..take a pull..commit to it..go to failure...
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Monday, September 21, 2015
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after a good convo with one of the hardest dudes to come out of the scene in the last 3 years..it got my grey matter ready for a little cross talk
soon fools
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yea..........Ya know who i am..I don't have tell you mutherfuckers...its getting to be that time..
I'm sitting in for that ailing Axl rose bitch...who knows maybe ill just stick around for awhile..my life ain't all smashing pumpkins, Smarties, potato chip stained comics and cleaning up after multiple tabbies..i do know alittle bit this dark ass place...and off the cuff that jerk Axl is soo dam far off base on half his shit..But i will commend for having the OG Axl and not that modern one...god dam hate breeders that fuckin guy is one ugly SOB...
I wake up and put my Gloria Vanderbilt's on just like everyone..me and T ain't so far off cept for the for the meters i check in my room are far fewer than his..if I wanted a status update ill give a you mutherufckin status update..Its my 8 minutes assholes so here goes it..you probably want bike talk right? cross predictions? wanna hear about the Bunny, and his Henchman, how about that guy with a high opinion of himself....remember when dopage ruled rules the scene? and you couldn't walk into this place without the monkey flinging turds at you? Its quite a bit different place now...I havent attuned an official funeral and years...and I don't need to go to see some worn out group of rockers trying to play the good times..I got the cassettes...I like remembering the evil shit the way used to be....god dam i hope that Axl loser stays sick..cuz i could use to letting Bobbies pumpkin stay solid..and coming into this dark ass place and venting instead..call me crazy, sick twisted and worn out but at least i aint standin still...
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1. gnarly descents
2.high temps
3.cold temps
4.setting up for a field sprint sprint
5.barriers at speed
6.staggering run ups
7.catching a pedal near 30 mph
8.venomous snakes
9.overlapping wheels
10.clipping bars
11.not getting dropped
12.not doing it
13.getting guttered
14.chasing back on
scary hard
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New Directions for Women collected Satisfaction Survey results from 110 patients completing Residential Treatment. Discharging patients are requested to complete the survey which measures their satisfaction levels in several areas relating to their treatment at New Directions for Women. During the year 2014, 219 patients completed the "Post Discharge Follow-Up Survey". Patients are requested to complete the survey at discharge, 30 days, 90 days, 6 months, and 12 months post discharge.
429 family members and support persons were surveyed in 2014 to gauge the effectiveness and overall satisfaction of the Family Group. The response rate of 80% is a 188% increase from 2013! Family Group Sessions are held on campus every Saturday.
In 2014, 33 out of 47 employees completed the Annual Employee Satisfaction Survey for a total response rate of 71%.
Patient Satisfaction Highlights
- 93% of patients surveyed report having a better understanding of the disease of addiction.
- 97% of patients surveyed report that they are motivated to work to maintain their recovery as a result of their treatment at NDFW.
- 89% of patients surveyed reported that the Clinical staff treated them with dignity and respect.
- 83% of patients surveyed report they would recommend New Directions for Women to others.
Post-Discharge Follow-Up Highlights
- 85% of patients surveyed post-discharge report no substance use within the last 30 days.
- 85% of patients surveyed post-discharge report that their mental/emotional and physical health is good, very good, or excellent.
- 89% of patients surveyed post-discharge report that they are attending 12-step meetings.
Highlights from Family Group Session Evaluations collected in 2014:
- 94% of respondents felt that the Family Group Sessions were overall Very Good or Excellent.
- 97% of respondents Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the topics discussed helped them better understand the disease of addiction.
- 98% of respondents Agreed or Strongly Agreed that the topics were informative and clearly presented.
Employee Satisfaction Highlights
- 100% of employees either Agree or Strongly Agree that they understand NDFW's mission, vision, and core values.
- 91% of employees either Agree or Strongly Agree that their co-workers and/or supervisors treat them with respect and dignity.
- 88% of employees responded that they are encouraged to use their knowledge and skills in their job at NDFW.


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Netflix may have to provide closed captions online
A federal judge has taken a step toward requiring Netflix to provide closed-captioning for the deaf on its video-streaming website, ruling that federal disability laws cover businesses that serve their customers online.
Netflix, headquartered in Los Gatos, is the dominant provider of movies and TV programs on the Internet, with more than 20 million subscribers. The National Association for the Deaf accused the company of violating the law by withholding closed-captioning from most of the videos on its "Watch Instantly" on-demand website.
Netflix sought to dismiss the suit, arguing that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires accommodations for the disabled only in stores and other physical structures - an argument accepted in the past by some courts, including the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
On Tuesday, however, U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor of Springfield, Mass., said the law prohibits discrimination in any venue, including the Internet.
The legislative history of the 1990 law "makes clear that Congress intended the ADA to adapt to changes in technology," Ponsor said. "In a society in which business is increasingly conducted online," he said, the law's goal of equal access would be frustrated by "excluding businesses that sell services through the Internet."
The ruling allows the suit to proceed on behalf of groups representing the deaf and hard-of-hearing, who still must prove that the ADA requires Netflix to provide closed-captioning. Their advocates nonetheless called it a significant victory.
"By recognizing that websites are covered by the ADA, the court has ensured that the ADA stays relevant as much of our society moves from Main Street to the Internet," said Arlene Mayerson of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund in Berkeley, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
Netflix could appeal the ruling to a federal appeals court in Boston. Spokesman Joris Evers said the company had no comment.
A 1996 federal law required closed-captioning for television programs but did not address online videos. Federal Communication Commission regulations will require captioning on Internet videos of all U.S.-produced, post-1996 programs by March 2014.
Netflix argued that the FCC rules took precedence over the more generally worded Americans with Disabilities Act. But Ponsor said that the FCC's timeline "reflects only minimum compliance standards" and that a court could invoke the ADA to order closed captioning at an earlier date on all videos.
Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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Sixteen year old Miranda lives a normal life, with normal worries and fears. But then a meteor smashes into the moon with more force than scientists expected. Life will never be the same again. Gas prices skyrocket, the electricity goes on an off, coastal are flooded, volcanoes erupt, there are earthquakes, and people start getting sick. And Miranda is one of the lucky ones. She records all this in her diary.
This book was really sad at times, and it reminded me that though we have relatively stable and safe lives, anything could happen at any moment. Life as We Knew It was super suspenseful, as you journey through these months (May-March) with Miranda and her family as everyone struggles to survive. There is also a sequel, This World We Live In.
Read Life as We Knew It:
- if you like survival stories
- if you like stories about natural disasters
- if you like science fiction set right here on Earth
|Very Good! I would recommend this book!


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Emily has everything she has ever wanted; popularity,...
Dear Agony29455133
- by LonelyStvner
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- Published: 30 Aug 2013
- Updated: 16 Aug 2014
- Status: In Progress
I can't even anymore. Seeing them in the hallways, in our classes, at lunch, on Facebook and Instagram, and sometimes through my window when I'm lying around the house. It hurts like hell. I'm friends with them both but lately, it hurts more than usual. The moment I think I'm getting over them, I think of something or I see something, or some idiot says something, and it comes back full force.
(The title comes from the song Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin.)
(The title comes from the song Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin.)
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2014 has brought me things that I never could've imagined receiving last year – most notably: a new family.
This is going to come off as super lame to most of my readers because we aren't mushy are we? But guess what? When it comes to this ONE thing…I'm a total marshmallow.
On January 5 of 2014, I was suicidal; I had just been released from a 48 hour "shoelaces watch" at the local EPS facility; I was not necessarily at "rock bottom" (I still had a roof over my head and some cash in my pockets, no drug addictions actively hunting my veins, so I had that going, I guess), but I had given up on myself and my future and my daughter and hers. I had lost HOPE.
I did not open a blog with the expectation of finding answers or peace, support or any of the kindred souls who belong to my affected cyber family…I honestly wanted to document my thoughts and feelings for Boo to have if she ever wanted them – after I was dead.
The responses and outpouring of support and feedback and strength that I found here overwhelmed me at first, and told me I had been all wrong about my fellow human beings. What I have slowly observed and has been set in stone since that time is something rather profound, in my opinion:
My cyber family is made of all types of people – men and women – old and young – from all over the world – (I adopted The Orphan here also). I never would have found "my shepherd" if I hadn't opened the blog either, he was a direct result of The Orphan. The one thing that ties us closely to one another is strife. Some of us have seen horrific things that left scars in our hearts, on our skin, in our minds. Some have fought in uniform in my place for my freedom and comfort and lived to carry residual effects from it, some of my family was fucked up during childhood by the very people who were supposed to protect them and nurture them, and some are still being fucked up as I type this. The bottom line is that my cyber family is most certainly patched together with the pieces of many broken dreams, bones and family units; people who likely would not be able to sit and have a conversation with each other in real time due to PTSD, anxiety/trauma issues, agoraphobia, fear, etc. But when brought together here, the way it has happened, these people have each played their' own role in helping me to simply SURVIVE 2014. Teela: Come back soon, in 2015, I miss you terribly.
My family here consists of all types of people from all walks of life, and death, and everywhere in between the two…without the comradery I have found and maintained through this blog, I honestly do not know what might have happened to me during the year we are about to put behind us, I honestly don't. I can think of handfuls of times when I found comfort here, during times and trials that I had been unsuccessful in finding it anywhere else. My shrink even comments about the difference in my self-awareness, and I feel much more grounded from one day to the next, believe that one or not.
You'll notice that I have not put quotation marks around the word family once throughout this post; and that was not an accidental thing…there are people here who I have never laid eyes on, never exchanged verbal conversation with, never talked to in depth beyond the themed pages of this website…but in whom I see and feel things that run deeper than some of my own flesh and blood. Mandy writes about "finding your tribe" and nurturing it…she's dead on with that, and it shines from her spirit like a beacon these days. Avalanche writes about the growth and rebirth of trust with someone new…and she's making that shit better than good. The Bear Trainer writes by accident about nothing but strength unique to her and no one else…and she has honed the ability to move my feet somehow. Marcus wrote pure kindness and sent it out even after his tragic death, so much literary wonder, he will be missed always… may he run the wild in spirit, forever. Through the horrible effect of Marcus' death however, I was blessed with knowing his beloved wife, Felicia – another shining soul I consider to be part of my blogging family. Crashing Lessons…another one of my oldest followers, working out her ass until she brings out the sun for somebody…she makes me laugh and get all fuzzy, always has. Persia is raising a gladiator son, Maximus, on her own, in freedom these days…talkin' shit and backing every word of it up. John continues to inspire me through our common literary languages and tastes; he recently carried me through the tragedy of Marcus' sudden passing. Mr. Strange Triip continues to open my eyes to the wonders of Mother Nature and the kinship of tribal bloods, to slow me down. VooDoo, oh VooDoo – my special sister in insomnia and all things honest: keep writing your morsels of Life and Love and Darkness…I need to read them 'til the day I die. Paris writes poetry like it's a sport and she's the champion title holder…another beautiful face with a matching soul. Cosmo is floating around, writing beautiful Haiku, and making that shit look easy. Thoughtful Prepper sailing around ready for the Apocalypse to pop off, schooling and fathering us all as he goes…
There have been so many people who have ushered me in one direction or another, with pure intentions since I started my blog in the beginning of 2014. El Guapo still even drops by from time to time – and HE IS MY OLDEST FOLLOWER. BDL Heart is newer but definitely one of my family; same goes for Anni. Ned, Cat, Starr, Red-Headed, Muscleheaded, Lobo, Recklessly Discreet, Eric, M, Joesister, HeartaFire, Frank Regan, Jessie Jeanine, shit there are so many others…I've got a big fucking family going on, eeeeeek!
Anyway, before I get carried away with it all, my point is to say thank you to all of you who make up my cyber-family here at my blog. A very heartfelt THANK YOU, from one survivor to many others.


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Model Trains, Locomotives, Freight Cars, Passenger Cars, and Train Sets.
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Time for a Subway sing-a-long: Five. Five. Five-dollar foot longs. (There are over 30,000 Subway locations open around the world. Downtown Hartford has four of them.)
5 Asylum Street
493 Main Street, open 7 days (Sunday breakfast & lunch only), 860-650-2200
1 Union Place in Union Station, open 7 days, 860-278-6000
Science Center Lobby (open 7 days)
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Have the kids sit on their tape spots so they can't touch each other. The seated position minimizes motion and noise. Tell them that when you call, "go," we are all going to close our eyes and be completely quiet – no noise at all! And while we are being quiet we are going to count the sounds we can hear. I set a timer and at the end of a minute I ask each kid in turn to name one sound they heard. Sometimes I ask them to try to figure out exactly where the noises they hear are coming from.
Immediately, you will find that there are a couple of kids that want to deliberately make little noises to see if the others can hear them. I try to reiterate to these kids that they can't hear as many noises when they do this, so they are just making themselves lose the game.
You will also find a subset of kids, usually older pre-teen boys, that want to sit cross-legged with thumbs and forefingers in circles on their thighs, a spacey look on their face, moaning, "ohmmmmmmm…" I usually try to emphasize to those kids that this is not what we are doing. We're supposed to be listening – not acting goofy.
There is another reason for not allowing the goofy kids to adopt the meditation clichés – and that is you want to go out of your way to NOT present the image to the parents of these kids that you are teaching TM or anything like it. This is especially important in the Bible belt in the U.S.A. I emphasize to the students and to the parents that we are working on being able to be quiet, block out distractions, concentrate, and listen, because those are critical skills in learning, and because you have to be able to do that to be a winner.
A lot of times, we'll repeat this quiet seated listening game several times, successively eliminating the more obtrusive sounds. I might run the game for a minute, then turn the air conditioner off and run it for another minute (we can often still hear water draining out of the AC), then run another minute with the lights off (they hum). We can often hear birds, parents taking outside, and cars on the road. Recently we heard crickets for the first time.
I'd personally like to play this game somewhere miles from roads and technology – some place you can hear the clouds.


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Good morning everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' today
and it's also my final day as a guest designer...
I have really enjoyed the challenges this month and I'd like to thank all the Sweet Stampin' girls for making me feel so welcome :)
The challenge this week is 'scallops'
For this card I used the new Echo Park 'So happy together' paper pad
and the Dots & Stripes 'Soda fountain' essentials collection.
The image is from Squiggle Stamps coloured with Copics and the sentiment is a Kaisercraft stamp.
I doodled faux stitching around the squares with a Sigma Micron 02 black pen.
After making the card I realised that the roof of the house has scallops!
It wasn't intentional though lol.
Copic colours used - Yellows: Y21,Y17 Greens: G00,G21 Blues: B02,BG05
Pinks/Reds: RV10,R32,R35 Background: BG10 Blender: 0
I pierced 4 holes through the gingham ribbon and spotty paper and then added white brads to hold the ribbon in place.
There are some wonderful prizes to be won so click here for some inspiration and to link up your project. Don't forget to include some stamping!
Thanks for stopping by today and a big hello to my new followers.
You're very welcome!
I'll have more projects to share soon and I'm going to introduce you to the newest member of our family......to those who know me ~ don't faint with shock when you see him! lol


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The Red Lion, Llangynidr is a family friendly pub that caters for everyone. We are in the Camra Good Beer Guide 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & we will be in the 2015 also. We serve good home cooked food and change the menu on a regular basis for variety (but always keep the favourites on). There is a beer garden out the front of the building with beautiful views of Llangynidr Mountain and there is a childrens play area to keep the children happy.
We offer Bed & Breakfast at very reasonalbe rates that include a full breakfast at a time that suits you.
We are well situated with plenty of walks nearby, the canal, the river, Llangynidr moutain & there are always plenty of places to visit nearby.
Opening Times
11 am - late 7 days a week.
Food served 12-2:30pm & 6 - 9pm