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The penis is made up of three basic cylinders. Two of the cylinders are called the "Corpora Cavernosa." These cylinders fill with blood when arousal occurs, giving you an erection. The "Corpus Spongiosum", the third cylinder, is directly located between the two Cavernosa cylinders where semen is ejaculated. When an extender is worn over an extended period of time it gradually stretches out the tissue inside the penis making your shaft increase in size and girth. This superficial yet effective use of traction allows for a maximization of the penis.
Penis extenders use traction to reinforce the human body's natural capability to alter and transform under physical influence. Cells in the penis chambers begin to divide and multiply when exposed to durable and regular traction, thus increasing the tissue mass. Your penis begins to hold more blood than previous through this gradual process. Within a few months, the results are shocking and can be noticed in both length and width (girth) of the penis.
The new tissue areas being created by the traction begin to fill with cells breaking down and multiplying caused by the stretching. Eventually, the penis increases in length and girth by a 100% safe and natural means of enlargement.
Is the process painful? You can rest assure this process is not painful in any way. Since the stretch in the penis is gradually increased over time, the penis ever so slightly adapts throughout the enlarging. Burn victims and other patients in need of traction procedures are treated with this method every day by thousands of doctors worldwide. If there was a more methodical way to amend these patients problems, doctors would not recommend traction procedures; this only proves that it works. All you need to do is submit and apply. Learn why you need a good penis extender for results.
How Does The Extender Increase Both Length And Girth Of The Penis?
I am frequently asked how the penis gains both length and girth, and the answer can be somewhat elusive. The cell count and overall capacity of your penis expand while your penis extends outward. Due to the reaction capacity of the tissues within your penis, the stretching of the penis in length initiates growth in both length and girth.
When they are subjected to a continuous force of traction this reaction triggers a cellular multiplication. This multiplication causes two drastic changes:
- Through a microscopic point of view, significant increases in tissue mass occur when we have a rise in the number of newly formed cells. Also observed is an additional capacity of blood flow to the penis, which results in powerful and harder erections during intimacy.
- On the macroscopic level, it shows an increase in penis length and girth in both the erect and flaccid states.
History of Penis Enlargement
Parallel to this the use of traction or weights to enlarge the penis is based on an old age principle of tensile force and the body's capacity to adjust under such control. For over 2,000 years this principle has been practiced globally. You've probably seen many examples of traction in National Geographic or the Discovery channel: such as the extension of the neck of the Paduang tribe of Burma as well as the lip and earlobe stretching practices of certain African tribes.
Even the pharaohs of ancient Egypt practiced hanging weights from their shaft as a method of enlarging their penis. African tribes such as the Karamojong of northeastern Uganda also practice a method similar to this. As a Karamojong boy hits puberty, stone disks are hung from the tip of his penis. As the boy becomes a teenager, more and more disks are added until it reaches to about 20 pounds. The result, his penis measures up to 18 inches or longer.
The modernized and relatively safer extenders that are specially-developed traction devices based are on the same principles as those of the Africans and Egyptians. All extenders a specially-designed ring made of plastic material that is certain to fit any man's penis while the plastic and silicone holder comfortably secures around the penis head. Two dynamic metal bars are attached between the ring and the holder applying an adjustable tension between 1.5 and 3.5 lbs. Extenders can be used at your leisure for various time intervals any time of the day, as you see fit.


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Zodiac Compatibility
When someone finds out I'm an astrologer the conversation usually gets around to which sign is the most compatible for them. But I can't give them a proper answer without looking at their birth chart first. I can make simple statements about how Aries gets on well with fellow fire signs Leo & Sagittarius. […]
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Pyha is a twinkling Lapland village set on the edge of an enchanting snow-frosted forest. An idyllic destination of ski slopes and Santa, its glistening surroundings enthral children and adults alike.
Cosy accommodation choices, ranging from snug log cabins to spacious suites, create a warm sanctuary for your family. Curl up in front of the fire while the reindeers and huskies prepare for your journey in the crisp outdoors.
Journey from Rovaniemi Airport 110 mins by coach.


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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Care International charity says its chief of operations in Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad.
Care International country director Margaret Hassan, who has joint British-Iraqi citizenship, was seized Tuesday morning, the charity's London-based spokeswoman Kate Bulbulian told CNN.
Al Jazeera, the Arabic-language TV network, aired a video of Hassan, who was shown sitting in a room. She was talking and appeared anxious.
It showed close-ups of Hassan's identification cards. The footage showed a visa card in her name, three Care identification cards and an export-import license card.
The anchor said the video was accompanied by a claim of responsibility from an unnamed, armed Iraqi group, but he said the group did not issue demands or name her nationality.
Bulbulian stressed that Care's secretariat was based in Brussels and was an international, independent organization.
"We're very keen to stress that Margaret has spent more than half her life in Iraq," Bulbulian said.
Hassan has been working for the charity for more than a decade and has lived in Iraq for 30 years.
Care, one of the world's largest independent global relief and development organizations, did not confirm the circumstances of the kidnapping or reveal in what sector of Baghdad it occurred.
British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said news of the kidnapping was "a very disturbing development."
"Our thoughts are clearly with her family. She's a long-time resident of Iraq and, as I understand it, somebody who ... has worked all her life for the benefit of the people of Iraq," he told reporters.
"This just demonstrates the depths to which these terrorists will go."
A senior State Department official said the agency was contributing to the investigation into the kidnapping with resources, assets and information.
Iraqi authorities, in conjunction with the British, are leading the probe, the official said.
Care International, which operates in more than 72 countries, is one of the few international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to remain in Iraq.
Most NGOs pulled foreign staff out after two Italian aid workers were kidnapped for three weeks in September.
"We support programs ranging from basic education, mother and child health and sustainable agriculture to relief in times of emergency," said the group, which also specializes in projects helping the urban poor of the developing world.
"With its secretariat in Belgium, CARE International's 11 offices in Europe, Australia, North America, and Japan support projects that benefit almost 30 million people every year."
Engineer Kenneth Bigley became the first British hostage to be killed in Iraq when he was beheaded by his kidnappers -- followers of the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- earlier this month.
Correspondent Karl Penhaul contributed to this report.


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[LAS VEGAS] Jean Philippe Patisserie: Unadulterated indulgence + the world's biggest chocolate fountain
Dear Food Diary:
French pastry Chef Jean Philippe brought his A game to Las Vegas. His beautiful pastries, chocolates, cakes and the best ham & cheese croissant I've ever had. To top it off, he also built the World's Biggest Chocolate Fountain (Guinness World Record). The ultimate unadulterated indulgence. Grand in every way. It's Sin City after all.
In our short 30hr stop, we let our sweet tooth go wild twice. Once at the Bellagio, where the chocolate fountain is housed and an afternoon break at the Aria, where the chocolate dragon is proudly shown.


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Will 2016 be the year when DC Comics' movie division finally gets the upper-hand against Marvel Studios? Based on today's post-Comic-Con vibe, it very well could be. And now that the first trailer for Suicide Squad is available online in pristine quality, not the leaked, shaky-cam version that hit the Internet over the weekend, it's hard to bet against DC at the moment.
Directed by David Ayer, whose knack for visceral ultra-violence is on full display in the underrated films End of Watch and Fury, Suicide Squad is DC's answer to The Dirty Dozen. Federal agent Amanda Waller (played by Viola Davis) recruits a team of bad guys and hardened criminals to make up an infallible-for-her task force—if the plan works, she looks like a genius, and if the recruits do more than bad than good, she can just blame their past records. It's the ultimate antihero set-up, and it's perfect for Ayer's sensibilities.
As this trailer confirms (which you can see below), it's infinitely darker and weirder than anything Marvel's put out. There's Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) swinging upside down in a jail cell as the sexy but deadly clown-faced Harley Quinn; Will Smith as the mercenary Deadshot; a hulking man-lizard in a parka; Jai Courtney doing his best (or worst?) Tom Hardy impersonation as Captain Boomerang; and Jared Leto instantly calming the haters who've questioned his ability to follow up Heath Ledger's The Joker.
It's moody, bullet-ridden, bizarre and altogether marvelous. (Pun intended.) Watch the first Suicide Squad trailer here. The film opens on August 5, 2016.
And, just in case you're not entirely convinced that Marvel's in trouble next year, check out the also-just-released Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer, complete with Ben Affleck's Batman fighting a bunch of soldiers in a desert (new cinematic terrain for the Caped Crusader), Jesse Eisenberg's long Lex Luthor locks, Gal Gadot's high-flying Wonder Woman and more melodrama than ten Lifetime movies.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opens on Marc 25, 2016.


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The Point Of A Limbo Stick Is That Eventually Everyone Falls Down And Looks DumbOctober 23rd, 2008 by owenam
At the end of a nice NYT Magazine article on the causes and effects of oil pricing, Roger Lowenstein wisely points out that what should worry us is not how high oil can go, but how low. The higher the price, the more urgent it becomes to develop workable alternative energy technologies. If the price continues to drop, we'll lose the momentum we've gained over the past year.
What the country doesn't want is to remain dependent only on oil — to lose the urgency to develop alternatives. It happened once before. After the gas lines of the '70s, Jimmy Carter declared that solving our energy problems was the moral equivalent of war. Then, in the 1980s, Americans forgot.
…because oil prices plummeted and Joe "The Plumber" Sixpack went back to worrying about the Russians. There's no way Congress is going to stay interested in solving the problem if voters aren't yelling about it. And anyway, even if they do try to play the hero by identifying and subsidizing development of the next big thing, they are not going to get it right:
… even if politicians act with the purest of motives, there are simply too many possibilities … (fuel cells, nickel-hydride or lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, biofuel from wood chips and oil itself) to know which will prove the most feasible.
Sure, they could (and, I suspect I would find, are) just try to fund all the possibilities, but part of the game is that we need to be able to quickly jettison the ideas that aren't panning out, and expand our investment in those that are. Good luck getting that to happen without having to wait a few election cycles. No, this sounds like a job for the private sector. The trick is to make alternative energy technologies a good investment — and keep them that way — so that America's captains of industry will naturally join the hunt and Congress can get back to filming the next season of CSPAN. To do this, Lowenstein suggests
… [dusting] off an idea that Gerald Ford once proposed: a tax on oil. Ideally, it would kick in only if the price fell back to, say, $70 a barrel. The beauty of this tax is that, very likely, no one would have to pay it. The tax would merely serve as a floor — a new lower bound.
I met an RV-driving Texan campground host in Glacier National Park who proposed the same thing two months ago, when gas was still $4/gallon. I should have asked her to run for Congress. She probably knows how to field-dress a moose.


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COLOMBO, July 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell on Monday, after posting their highest close in more than 18 months in the previous session, as investors booked profits in blue chips.
However, foreign players bought stocks on expectations of strong corporate earnings, limiting the downside.
The Colombo stock index dropped 0.37 percent to 6,741.07, its fourth session of decline in five.
"There was some profit-taking. But the turnover level was good and foreign investors were still on the buying side," said Hussain Gani, deputy CEO, Softlogic Stockbrokers.
The market could see a rising trend if yields on fixed-income securities fall as expected by the central bank, said analysts.
The central bank expects a further fall in T-bill yields due to less pressure from government borrowing and a proposed new auction system, Deputy Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said in an interview with Reuters last week.
Foreign investors were net buyers of shares worth 155 million rupees ($1.01 million) on Monday, extending the year-to-date net foreign inflow to 23.6 billion rupees worth of equities this year.
Turnover was 736.4 million rupees, less than this year's daily average of 911 million rupees.
New foreign investors have been buying Sri Lankan shares since the Pakistani bourse was upgraded as an emerging market from a frontier one, said analysts.
Brokers said domestic investors have been waiting for clarity on the proposed inland revenue legislation, which some companies expect would result in higher costs of production.
The IMF, which has long urged Sri Lanka to boost tax revenue through modernisation and simplification of its fiscal system, has urged the government to submit to parliament a new Inland Revenue Act.
Shares of private lender Hatton National Bank fell 1.9 percent, while Commercial bank of Ceylon Plc, the country's biggest listed lender, ended 0.4 percent lower. ($1 = 153.7000 Sri Lankan rupees) (Reporting by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)


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Site Beginner:
Hailey Stratton recently made me aware of her website, Site Beginner. She has made available a really thorough and user-friendly process to help you set up your own website. It seems to be geared toward true beginners, giving step-by-step instructions, with good illustrations/examples. The page is titled "How to Make a Website: A Complete Guide for Beginners."
If you have been thinking about setting up a personal or professional page, this might be just what you need to be able to do it yourself. You don't have to be a computer guru to follow these instructions.
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See the page here, on my Writers Resource Page.
Good luck with your site.


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State Pre-Kindergarten Programs
National Assessment of Educational Progress (2019 Report Results)
Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant Background
Source: Division H- FY2016 Departments of Labor, HHS and Education and Related Agencies, contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY2016.
Note: *With regard to the Head Start increase of $576 million, $429 million of that funding goes for competitive expansions to full day programs ($294 million) and an increase of $135 million for Early Head Start (including EHS/Child Care partnerships).
To read the House Majority Summary of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act, click here. To read the House Democratic summary, click here.
Other Related Budget Background
The Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015
Another end of the year bill, The Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act of 2015, includes changes to the tax code which are estimated at losing about $623 billion over the next 10 years. Some of the provisions make sections of the current tax code permanent (instead of allowing them to expire), some make modifications, and some repeal some sections of the code.
FY2016 Federal Budget
2016 First Continuing Resolution (Expired December 9, 2016):
On September 28, two days before the end of the fiscal year, Congress approved a Continuing Resolution (CR) to continue federal funding through December 9, 2016 (P.L. 114-223). A 10 week CR was necessary because the fiscal year ended September 30th and Congress was scheduled to adjourn (i.e., recess through the November elections). Funding was largely continued at FY2016 levels (a freeze) until final determinations can be made in December. Note: An across-the-board spending reduction of .5% was applied in order to keep spending below budget caps.
Joint Tax Committee Revenue Estimates
The latest on the Federal Budget:
FY2017 Continuing Resolution (PL114-254), Expired April 28, 2017. Congress adjourned in December 2016 without passing a full year continuing resolution (CR). Instead, a short-term continuing resolution funding the government through April 28, 2017 was enacted. In order to stay within budget caps enacted as part of the 2015 budget law, a .19% across the board cut was applied.
FY2018 Proposed Budget: On May 23, President Trump proposed his FY2018 budget.
FY2017 Federal Budget
FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations Act (PL115-31) was enacted on May 4, 2017.
President Trump's Proposed Funding for Key Early Learning Programs Compared to FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations and FY2016 Funding is below.
FY2018 Senate Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill: On September 7, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY2018 Senate Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill. For early learning programs, both the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) and Head Start were frozen at FY2017 funding levels. For more information, see the bill summary, the bill text, and the Committee report.
Past Continuing Resolutions for FY2018
P.L. 115-123 was enacted to continue government operations from 2/8/18 - 3/23/18. P.L. 115-120 was enacted to continue government operations from 1/22/18 – 2/8/18. P.L. 115-96 was enacted to continue government operations from 12/22/17 – 1/19/18. P.L. 115-90 was enacted to continue government operations from 12/8/17 – 12/22/17. P.L. 115-56 was enacted to continue government operations from 9/8/17 – 12/8/17.
P.L. 115-141 was enacted on March 23, 2018 to fund government operations through September 30, 2018 (the end of fiscal year 2018).
FY2018 Budget
On September 18, the Senate approved HR 6157, the "minibus" reflecting a combined FY2019 Department of Defense and Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations conference report by a vote of 93-7. See table below for additional detail. The measure also included continuing funding authority through December 7, 2018 for annual appropriations bill not yet approved.
Sources: FY2019 Conference Agreement, Department of Defense and Labor, HHS, and Education (HR 6157) September 17, 2018
FY2019 House Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill approved by House Appropriations Committee on July 11, 2018
FY2019 Senate Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee eon June 28, 2018
FY2018 Division H- Departments of Labor, HHS and Education and Related Agencies, FY2018, Contained in the FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations package, HR 1625
H.R. 1625, the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act; March 22, 2018
TANF Budget Background


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Appellate Practice involves the procedures in which appellate courts review court judgments. The practice consists of reviewing previous court decisions, correcting errors and presenting of such errors to the courts.
If you disagree with your previous trial and believe that the outcome was made in error, you have the right to an appeal. Stephen Kelly will bring his expertise and a fresh perspective to help defend your case at the State and Federal court systems.
Appellate Cases personally handled:
Mr. Kelly obtained a zero verdict for Unity Point Hospital after the Petitioner sustained a work injury, but was unable to prove his complaints were related to that injury.


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It happened with distributed architectures. It happened with storage networking. It happened with virtualization. And now it's happening with the cloud.
It seems like every time there is a shift in data center operations or infrastructure, the drive to deploy new technology always crowds out thoughts of managing it.
But because the cloud entails such broad interaction with a wide variety of platforms, establishing a truly effective management regime is proving to be elusive at best. A number of organizations have taken up the mantle of establishing some sort of cloud standardization, but it's difficult to imagine that there could be the kind of universal interactivity that we see on the Internet.
But that hasn't stopped people from trying. The latest move comes from the Object Management Group (OMG), which has gathered a number of organizations at its Cloud Standards Summit in Arlington, Va., this week with an eye toward coordinating their various cloud-related activities. The effort includes the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the Open Grid Forum (OGF), the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the Open Cloud Consortium (OCC) and a host of others. The group is hoping to build on work by the Standards Development Organization Collaboration on Networked Resources Management (SCRM), which is focused on a wide range of coordinated management standards.
In the meantime, enterprises will have to contend with the numerous management solutions already in the channel, most of which are geared to specific vendor platforms. CA, for example, is targeting Cisco/VMware users by coming out with an upgraded management platform geared toward the vSphere 4 systems running on Nexus 1000V virtual switches. The package includes the Spectrum Infrastructure Manager, Automation Manager and eHealth Performance Manager modules, all of which are designed to extend management capabilities across physical, virtual and internal cloud infrastructures.
That sort of cross-environment capability has caught the imagination of other management firms as well. FastScale Technology, for one, just came out with a new version of its FastScale Composer Suite outfitted with what the company calls Application Blueprinting. The technology uses lightweight logical servers with "just enough operating system" (JeOS) to house customized Windows and Red Hat configurations complete with analytical and visualization tools, as well as web-based management tools, that can span physical, virtual and cloud environments. The company says it also can establish a software repository to oversee all your assets, servers and usage patterns across virtual environments like Vmware Infrastructure and cloud services like Amazon's EC2.
Yet another approach comes from RightScale, which recently added SpringSource's Hyperic HQ web application monitoring module to its RightScale Cloud Management Platform. The company's aim is to provide broad-based monitoring of numerous cloud-based software products, such as application servers, databases, messaging and authorization servers and even HTTP servers with an eye toward maintaining steady performance on public cloud platforms like EC2 or Google's App Engine. The system relies on monitoring agents embedded into workload images to extend management capabilities like application deployment, scaling and monitoring, into the cloud.
The problem in managing complex environments, particularly in the early stages, is that the technology is so fluid and the architectures so interdependent that simply mapping the relationships between all the various elements is an exercise in frustration. As cloud technology matures, however, there is every reason to believe that management capabilities will as well.
The unfortunate thing is that the time to lay down an overarching management scheme is before, or at least while, the infrastructures are being built, not after. For the early adopters, then, there could be some difficult times ahead. The rest, of course, will only gain from their troubles.


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Economic Outlook Remains Uncertain
CPA financial executives share insights on credit, collections, staffing and customer demand.
May 2009
Recessions — roughly two per decade — have occurred quite regularly since World War II. Most last less than four quarters, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) data. But the depth and breadth of recessions are notoriously difficult to predict.
This article focuses on what CPA financial executives have experienced in the current recession, using data from the first quarter Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey conducted by the AICPA and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. The JofA supplemented this data by interviewing CPA financial executives in multiple industries and regions of the country.
Credit and Operating Capital
The executives, interviewed in March, shared experiences correlating with survey results that indicated 23 percent of executives had experienced higher credit costs and tighter restrictions.
For Manship Media Group in Baton Rouge, La., credit is a top concern. The 100-year-old family-owned business operates the daily newspaper The Advocate and two ABC-affiliated television stations. CFO Ralph Bender, CPA, explains that the company has substantial fixed costs and debt related to printing and broadcast equipment. "As the business has significantly retreated in terms of revenue, that's put some strains on our ratios and caused some increases in the cost of credit," he says.
This article has been excerpted from the Journal of Accountancy. View the full article here.


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gareth00, on 13 April 2010 - 09:30 PM, said:
QT is a great alternative to GLUT in my opinion. It provides great cross-platform UI design and a wealth of useful libraries. There are some openGL examples that are easy to follow. I have tried both, and I will never use GLUT again.
I swear I was not paid to Nokia to say this!
I swear I was not paid to Nokia to say this!
Qt is neat but might be overkill depending on what you're trying to do. GLUT is meant to simplify the platform-dependent intricacies to make examples easier to understand. It's totally usable for games, but you may have to do a little extra work/hacking (keyboard input is useless until you implement some kind of key-state table, joystick support is useless).
Qt gives you real widgets (among other things), and is much better for creating applications that need more than just a bare OpenGL window.
Also worth noting that Qt is out of the question if you don't want to use C++.


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Finis Bentley - Biographical Sketch
From The Pocatello Tribune, April 6, 1947
Finis Bentley Prominent Attorney Dies
One of Pocatello's most widely-known citizens, Finis Bentley, 67, of 537 South Fourth, attorney, secretary of the Rotary club from 1918 to 1924 and from 1934 until the time of his death, President of the Rotary club in 1924 and 1925 and secretary of Pocatello's Scottish Rite bodies, died Saturday night in a Pocatello hospital following an illness of several months. Mr. Bentley was also a charter member of the Pocatello Rotary Club.
In addition to his business and community activities he was prominently identified with sports having played an active role in the organization of the Pioneer baseball league. He also took a great interest in football, having been a player at the University of Michigan during his student days and well known throughout this section of the state as a referee.
He came to Pocatello and associated himself with Earl White as an attorney for the White real estate firm. Following Mr. White's retirement he entered on the private practice of law and maintained offices in the Valentine building. Besides his widow Rosemary, he is survived by two sons, William Bentley who is an electrical engineer in the RCA laboratories at Lancaster, Pa., and James Bentley, who is engaged in the exporting business at South Pasadena, California. Both sons were home a few weeks ago and later accompanied their father and Mrs. Bentley to Los Angeles where it was hoped he would regain his health. When Mr. Bentley realized his condition was critical he asked to return to his home in Pocatello.
Finis Bentley was born Oct. 31, 1880 (nb: his birth certificate says 1881) at Marshall, Michigan. He graduated from the University of Michigan where he secured his law degree. He practiced law in Montana and Lewiston, Idaho, before coming to Pocatello in about 1915.
Mr. Bentley took up Masonry in 1922. He was a member of the Portneuf lodge No. 18, AF & AM and Pocatello Scottish Rite bodies. He was an honorary 33rd degree Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias, having held high positions in both organizations.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bentley arrived here Saturday morning by plane.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Downard mortuary and will be announced later.
(Bentley was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello on April 9, 1947)


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The idea is timely and fun. It's a "what if" scene about an Obama/Clinton ticket coming to fruition and being celebrated at the inaugural ball.
My comments are after the scene.
Obama and Clinton -What a Ticket! - A Political Parody
By Richard Reinert
Email: email@example.com
The Scene: President Barack Obama and Vice President Hillary Clinton and their spouses are attending a formal dance in the White House. Presidents Obama and Clinton are dressed in tuxedos. Michelle Obama is wearing a backless evening gown with a slit that shows off her legs. VP Clinton is wearing a black pantsuit. Two guests are chatting with their backs to the camera. The camera zooms slowly in on Michelle and Bill as the guests whisper to each other.
Guest No. 1: I agree, this is a lovely event.
No. 2: Yes, I really like the music chosen by the First Lady. It's so "American."
No. 1: And who knew she could dance like that!
No. 2: Bill Clinton too!
No. 1: Who knew?
No. 2: Well, I think the President knew.
No. 1: Which president?
No. 2: It is confusing, I must admit.
No. 1: Not to Michelle and Bill.
No. 2: Yes, they seem to be getting along real well. By the way did you hear the title they gave Bill?
No 1: No. What is it?
No. 2: Second Gentleman. I hear he isn't too happy with it.
(Bill slides his hand a little down Michelle's back. She smiles and moves his hand up.)
No. 1: Look at that!
No. 2: Well, I never! And they said this combination wouldn't work. Huh! So much for political gurus!
No. 1: Things are quiet enough now but there's going to be some mighty big fireworks later tonight.
No. 2: It's not the Fourth of July. Where are these fireworks?
No. 1: How about upstairs and Number One Observatory Circle?
No. 2: Oh, dear. Do you think we should alert the Secret Service?
No. 1: What, you think they haven't noticed?
No. 2: Maybe it's time to call Al Gore. He'll know what to do.
No. 1: Forget it. He's in the Gansu Province of China.
No. 2: What's he doing there?
No. 1: I understand he is saving the Giant Panda from extinction.
(During this, Barack and Hillary are discussing nuclear missiles and China but they have had a hard time concentrating since they take occasional peeks at their spouses. An aide runs over to them.)
AIDE: Mr, President and Mrs. Vice President, the Prime minister of Iran wants to meet with both of you ASAP.
THE PRESIDENT: Damn! Can't it wait?
HILLARY: Yes, please do tell him I'm exhausted. Tell him to come to the White House tomorrow about noon, won't you? Bill and I have to get back to Number One Observatory Circle right away. I have a few important issues to discuss with him.
THE PRESIDENT: I'm busy too.
AIDE: I don't know if it can wait very long Mr. President and Mrs. Vice President. He says that the Israelis are bombing his country.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, what of it? I'm a little tired of having to straighten things out between those two. He is starting to annoy me. McCain was right. I should never sat down with him. Listen, the Vice President and I have more important things to attend to tonight. Don't you agree, Hillary? Just tell that Iranian he has to wait until tomorrow.
AIDE: Yes sir, I'll tell him but it's not exactly something we should put off very long.
HILLARY: Yes, We have some domestic issues to take care of tonight! Like right now!
(President Obama approaches Michelle and Bill from one direction. Hillary comes from the other side. President Obama and Vice President Clinton are each accompanied by several large Secret Service men who glare menacingly at their opposite set.)
THE PRESIDENT: It's time to go, Michelle.
MICHELLE: All right Obama. Let's say goodnight properly to Bill and the First Lady.
(Before they leave the ballroom, Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama give each other a slightly long and seemingly intimate hug. Hillary and Barack shake hands quite formally as they look on at Bill and Michelle with obvious displeasure. They all part company, Secret Service men in tow. As they leave, Bill Clinton turns and calls out to Michelle.)
BILL: Oh hey, Michelle, don't forget tomorrow. Hillary and Obama each have some important State business so I guess it's just you and me at that ball they are holding for us in Charleston tomorrow.
MICHELLE: Thanks for reminding me Bill. It should be lots of fun.
BILL: What dress will you wear?
MICHELLE: Oh, I don't know. Do you have any suggestions, Bill?
BILL: Well, now, I like that smoky see-through number you wore to the reception in Hawaii last week.
THE PRESIDENT: Hawaii? What Reception?
MICHELLE: Okay Bill, but only because you like it.
THE PRESIDENT: Let's go Michelle. It's a school night and the kids have to get up early.
HILLARY: Come on Bill, get a move on.
(As the couple separate the Secret Service agents followed both. The President closes the door on them and when the President and Michelle are alone, the conversation resumes)
MICHELLE: Barack, you seem upset. Is it about Hawaii? I told you about the Hawaii reception but you were too busy to even notice that I was gone.
BARACK: Forget Hawaii. Did you think I wouldn't notice what you and that old windbag were doing tonight?
MICHELLE: Why Barack, we were just dancing. Do I detect a green-eyed monster? Bill and I were just fulfilling our diplomatic duties as First Lady being polite to a former President. Really Barack, we were just dancing.
BARACK: Michelle, I would call that dance you were doing with him a lot more than diplomatic. You should have you were shaking your thing. And he had his hands all over you!
MICHELLE: Now Barack, you are being just plain silly.
BARACK: Silly? It's not silly when one's wife spends the evening cuddling up to an old white man like him.
(Michelle puts her hand around his neck and kisses him on the cheek.)
MICHELLE: You know you're the number one President in my life and you always will be. Although I do admit I like his white hair and that cherry red nose of his is kind of cute too.
BARACK: White hair? Cherry red-nose? You're giving me white hair and I'm sorry but I don't think my nose will ever be cherry-red! While I'm trying to keep the world free of terrorists, you're snuggling up to an old has-been. That's what he is! A has-been!
MICHELLE: Come on honey; let's get some rest. Please relax while I check on the kids.
(She leaves and the President picks up the telephone.)
(Scene switches to Hillary and Bill)
BILL: Hillary, Michelle looked pretty fine tonight, don't you think? That dress was snazzy on her.
(Hillary is steamed up.)
HILLARY: Yeah, she wears sexy gowns and I have to wear these stupid pants suits! I'm fed up with high necklines and pants suits while she looks "snazzy!"
BILL: Now, now, Hillary, honey, you looked great tonight too. You look just fine in pants suits. Okay, Michelle has a nice figure and she looked pretty good in that dress but you look better, at least to me. Honest honey, I really mean it. I really do.
HILLARY: Bill, don't give me that political line in that Southern drawl you use when you try to sound sincere. You're a moron if you don't know that I see what's going on between you two! Did you have to give her a big kiss in front of everyone while Barack and I have to deal with more important matters. We are trying to keep the world safe for democracy while you flirt with his wife. I saw you your hand on her back.
BILL: Now, now, Hillary, I didn't do anything inappropriate. I was being polite.
HILLARY: You call that polite? I suppose you were being polite with Monica too!
BILL: Now honey, that happened a long time ago and you promised not to bring it up again when I agreed to let you run for President.
HILLARY: What did you say? You let me run for president? Listen to me Bill! If you had behaved yourself, I would be the President! And you wouldn't be the Second Gentleman!
(Back to Barack and Michelle.)
BARACK: (Speaking on the telephone.) Yes, get me the Secretary of State. He waits ... Don't you know who this is? … No, I don't care if he has gone to bed. Get him out of bed and on the line right away.
(As he waits, Michelle returns to the room)
MICHELLE: Barack, what are you doing on the telephone. Who are you calling?
BARACK: The Secretary of State.
MICHELLE: Barack, it's past midnight. Can't it wait until the morning?
BARACK: No. I just made a big decision..
BARACK: Hello, John, this is the President – President Obama. Yes I now it's late. … No, it can't wait. Tomorrow, you will announce that Bill Clinton will be the next U.S. ambassador to Tadzhikistan.. …
Have I asked him? No, but He won't turn it down. He will like the scenery there. Call a press conference for tomorrow at 7 AM. …I don't give a damn about procedure. Just do it!
MICHELLE: Barack, I think this is affecting your judgement. Let's go to bed.
BARACK: Right now I need a smoke. (He goes to the door, opens it and calls.) Do any of you guys out there have a cigarette? No, not menthol! Geez, it was never like this on "The West Wing!"
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- My suggestion Richard is that you just focus on the split scene between the two couples. It's a great idea. Skip the guests, skip the ball, cut to the heart of the scene. And I like that Bill flirted with Michelle, but the trip to Hawaii without the others knowing about it is a bit of a stretch in logic. I think focusing on Bill's advances, misinterpreted or not, is the way to go. I would also like to see more distinction between the couples. How do they differ in how they get ready for bed, for example. How do they really feel about Hillary being vice-president and Bill being second gentleman? I think there's more to explore there. I love that Hillary has a formal pant suit that she wears.
Another scene to explore that your scene hints at is a scene between Bill and Michelle. A scene where Hillary and Barack have to leave the other two alone in the Oval Office and Bill starts trying to seduce Michelle. Hell, the Oval Office is his old stomping grounds. That could be a lot of fun, too.
- Picky stuff - It's not a parody. This is a matter of semantics (damn Arabs!). A parody imitates something else very specifically, like a West Wing parody. This falls more into satire territory. You're showing the human consequences of an Obama/Clinton ticket.
Also, there's a section where you say that Barack and Hillary are discussing nuclear missiles and China and are interrupted. Well, script that. Otherwise, you are pimping the actors into having to make stuff up, which means you might get something that doesn't fit and changes the focus of the whole scene. "So, Hillary, did you hear about China bombing Delaware? That was something. Happened around 3am. I should have called you."
Thanks for posting your scene, Richard, If anyone else has feedback for Richard, or is interested in using the scene, please post it in the comments section or e-mail him. For feedback, be constructive. Don't be a dick. It's not helpful.
Yesterday, I asked...
18% said "George Takei"
"The person recently named the ambassador of Japan tourism is who?"
- Probably wouldn't work. I heard he doesn't like sushi.
9% said "Hulk Hogan"
- Visit Japan. And an old bald man in a doo rag whose fifteen minutes were up fifteen years ago.
No one thought it might be "Godzilla"
- He's always destroying Tokyo, so it would be a good way to get tourists to see the rest of the country.
72% got it right with "Hello Kitty"
According to The Associated Press, the tourism ministry of Japan on Monday named Hello Kitty as its choice to represent the country in China and Hong Kong, two places where she is wildly popular among kids and young women. Hello Kitty is very popular and this should really boost the number of visitors to Japan. Until she hacks up a furball or paparazzi catch her licking herself or pooping in the sand on the beach.


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The United States Department of Energy sponsors the Solar Decathlon every two years, in which teams from schools worldwide compete to build the most efficient, livable and beautiful solar home. Santa Clara's teams finished in third place in both 2007 and 2009, besting many bigger, better-funded universities. Students credit Fr. Reites as a large reason for their success, and the 2013 solar decathlon team is currently working on their next entry at the Santa Clara campus.
"I've never seen him down in spirits or tired," said Santa Clara junior Brian Grau. "He's always ready to work whether it's actually doing physical labor all day long or helping us with the design."
Fr. Reites may be 75 years old, but he is teaching young Santa Clara students plenty about technology. Additionally, Fr. Reites brings his love of science to his position as chair of the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara. "The very first personal computer in a department on campus was in the Department of Religious Studies," said Fr. Reites. "And I built it from a kit." His do-it-yourself attitude led the university to ask him to become the Solar Decathlon team adviser.
Tim Hight, professor of mechanical engineering and faculty project leader for the Solar Decathlon team, said Fr. Reites "always seemed to be around when something needed to be done and outworked most of the team in terms of energy and enthusiasm. His understanding of so many aspects of the house, whether electrical, plumbing or controls, means that he knows how the whole house works and how to fix it if it doesn't."
According to Fr. Reites, building a solar house is right in line with the Jesuits' mission. "It's engineering with a mission, a real mission to make the world a better place." [NBC Bay Area, Santa Clara University]


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This portfolio can be grouped into two categories: One reflects the grandeur of rare century old architecture, and the other represents the energetic ubiquitous presence of throughways in cities. They are both vigorously executed to show a dramatic and contrasting use of light and shadows. I portray architecture because of its awe-inspiring qualities. I most often depict my urbanscapes as being devoid of humans. It creates a tone that is both peaceful yet a little unsettling. This paradox is often the underlying tension found in cities; how often have you felt completely alone in a city full of people? The juxtaposition of the buildings themselves, which are a clear sign of the presence of Mankind and the physical disappearance of its residents is something I find interesting. I like when these opposing elements clash and interact to evoke in the viewer a sense of quiet peacefulness with a touch of foreboding.
James Haggerty, an award winning mosaic artist, painter, printmaker from NYC has exhibited his work throughout the United States and abroad. He was a finalist with Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition 2012, and received awards with Audubon Artists Inc., the Salmagundi Club, the American Artists Professional League and the Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery. Haggerty has a selected design in Cow Parade New York 2000. He has received international recognition in periodicals including Life Magazine, CNET, New York Post, New York Newsday, United Kingdom's Daily Express and Metro, The Guardian and The Source; artists periodicals Juxtapoz, My Modern Met and Designtaxi.
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Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog! First of all, I want to wish you a Happy Easter! I hope you enjoy these days off!! Second of all, I will be showing you my necklaces collection today! I saw that a couple of you wanted to see my jewelry collection and I finally got… Read More My necklaces collection!
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Opening doors to language learning at school for immigrant parents and children—together!
Six year old Amar and his family recently moved to Frankfurt from Turkey. Amar will be starting school next month and is looking forward to meeting his new friends, teachers and learning German. But Amar won't be the only one in the family attending the local elementary school next week, "Mom and I are going to school together and we'll be in the same class" he enthuses. As part of the Mama Lernt Deutsch –Papa auch ("Mama learns German – even Papa") program, his mother, Fatima will be joining him. Not only will Fatima be learning useful language skills to help her adjust to her new life, she will also be taking a big step towards helping Amar succeed academically both in the coming year and in the years ahead.
A child's academic success has been shown to be strongly influenced by the involvement and collaboration of the parents with the school. Often, parents that are new to a country or uncomfortable in the language are excluded from this participation and as a result, are unable to fully support their children's education – despite the best of intentions.
To help ensure successful integration into the German school system and to encourage the involvement of new immigrant parents, the city of Frankfurt developed, "Mama learns German – even Papa" program. The program first began in 1997 as a pilot in a Frankfurt suburb with the involvement of eight elementary schools. There are currently about 100 courses in Frankfurt am Main as a result of cooperation between the Frankfurt Office of Multicultural Affairs and the city schools and nurseries.
Through the "Mama Learns German – even Papa" program, immigrant mothers (and fathers) of children in primary schools and kindergartens join their children in the classroom for two mornings a week. The mothers learn German along with their children and receive real insight into the lives that their children will be leading in their new country. The contents of the languages classes are very much focused on the practical – the everyday words and expressions that the mothers need to navigate their new life in Germany and to understand the activities of their children. It also forms the basis for a cooperative relationship between schools and parents. With lessons incorporated into the school day, parents are also relieved of the added burden of costly child care
Success: More than just language
The classroom provides a forum for the mothers to connect and discuss challenges, solutions and find support and friends in an environment that is free from judgment and prejudice.
'"The classes taught me enough German so I can confidently find way my around town and in stores, but it also introduced me to other women who understood the challenges that my husband and I were facing with our relocation. After classes, we often sit and share our stories and find solutions together" adds Meera who has been attending the classes for the past year with Mira her five year old daughter.
All the schools that participated in the "Mama learns German – even Papa" program, found that their students had demonstrated a significant improvement in their language and vocabulary skills as a result of the increased use of German in their homes and with their mothers. Improved communication skills also enabled the children to participate more in school and on the playground – making both their education and social integration easier, more successful and more enjoyable.
A Travelling Idea
After the success of the "Mama learns German – even Papa" program, Frankfurt began looking to extend the program into secondary schools, as well as exploring variations on the program to increase its accessibility. The program has also been expanded nationally.
One variation that has been developed is based on an Israeli home visit language program called Hippy – "Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters". This program provides language training for both preschoolers and parents in the family home -reducing the isolation some new immigrants experience and increasing the ability of parents with more than one child that requires supervision to participate. Mothers are visited once a week by a trainer who also speaks their native language (which helps to mediate cultural barriers) and plays games with them to reinforce vocabulary and local customs as well as to discuss parenting issues such as health and nutrition. The mothers then try to spend at least 15 minutes a day interacting with their children and the material.
Frankfurt has always boasted a highly international population. An estimated 38-40 % of its population is foreign born, collectively representing over 170 countries of origin. This means one in three residents having a non-German passport. Since 1973, when Frankfurt founded Germany's first "language and training course for foreigners", the city has focused on the goal of ensuring that immigrants have sufficient German skills to participate equally in civil and social life. Innovative programs such as "Mamas Learn German – even Papa" help ensure that this goal is achieved and promise a generation of children increased success for their academic future.
Making it Work for You:
- Involving new immigrant parents in their children's education is essential for the success of the second generation. Does your local school provide opportunities for parents to volunteer or participate in the classroom or in other school activities with their children?
- Do your schools have after-school programs that provide opportunities for families to become involved?
- By providing parents with language skills and a real understanding of what their children's new lives involve, schools can help create a more supportive family unit and prevent cultural divides between the generations.
- The "Mums learns German - Papa also" program has been adapted for secondary schools and stay at home parents - a good idea can work in many forms so don't hesitate to modify a program or concept so it meets the needs of your community or organization.
Tags: education, family, Germany, Language learning, Schooling
For this Good Idea contact:
Helga Nagel
Head of the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Walter Kolb-Str. 9-11
Frankfurt, Germany,
069 212 387 65
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Matt Ryall, who writes on this blog sporadically, spends most of his life writing software. When not doing that, he enjoys reading non-fiction, taking poorly-framed photographs and listening to a selection of music primarily from the last millennium.
He currently works for Atlassian as a software developer, building Confluence, the enterprise wiki. This might explain his recent fascination with web applications and Java development, but his doctor is still worried.
Matt lives in Sydney, but tries to get out and see as much of the world as he possibly can.
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The weblog runs on software written by Matt, with snippets of Perl barely held together by shoelaces and chewing gum. It was created from scratch in early 2002 and still has scars from its troubled childhood.
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A collaboration between the local authority, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, and the charity Lucky2bhere has made the Western Isles one of the best protected communities in the UK in terms of life-saving training and equipment per head.
In a proactive local authority-led approach Comhairle nan Eilean Siar , which serves the whole of the Western Isles, has teamed up with Lucky2bhere and automated external defibrillator (AED) manufacturers Cardiac Science to achieve the feat.
Together they have provided more concentrated access to an AED and comprehensive Emergency Life Support Training (ELS) than anywhere else in the UK.
The Western Isles covers an area from the Butt of Lewis to Barra, serving around 26,000 people. The 100th defib was presented last week to the management of the Cabarfeidh Hotel in Stornoway.
ELS training, including how to operate an AED, is now provided routinely by Lucky2BHere Eilean Siar volunteers in all 24 secondary and primary schools across the Western Isles as part of the curriculum.
Bernard Chisholm, Director of Education for the Western Isles, helped create the framework for change by making AED provision possible and championing the ELS training.
AEDs are now available 24/7 at every school in the Western Isles, both for school and wider community use, all signposted from local roads.
The proactive approach to life-saving training is widely adopted across Europe, especially in Scandinavian countries, where survival rates after sudden cardiac arrest are as good as one in two. In the UK it's only 1 in 20.
Around 60,000 people in the UK have an out of hospital cardiac arrest each year according to figures from the Resuscitation Council (UK). If CPR is started early and there is an AED available, it can double the person's chances of survival.
The autonomy to make this a priority in schools at local authority level has been key according to Lucky2bhere founder – and SCA survivor – Ross Cowie.
He said: "We work all over Scotland educating people on how to save lives, but the progress we have made in the Western Isles and in just 18 months, has been phenomenal.
"The 100th AED installation is evidence of a commitment to making learning life-saving skills a strategic local authority priority and it will keep this community safer in the future."
Cllr Angus Morrison has been instrumental in the campaign both as a Councillor and a Volunteer Trainer and Co-ordinator at Lucky2bhere.
He suffered a heart attack himself in 2015 and is well aware of the importance of timely life-saving intervention.
It was his vision to see AEDs in every community in the Western Isles and the scheme has seen that increase from seven to 100 in less than 18 months.
He said: "After my heart attack I wanted to raise awareness of the need to have both easy access to AEDs and the necessary life saving skills to deal with a sudden cardiac arrest."
Cardiac Science Managing Director Shaun Ingram said: "This is the highest concentration of AEDs we have ever supplied into one small community making it by far one of the best served.
"Coupled with the great work of Lucky2bhere in training volunteers and the drive of the local authority and local community fundraising initiatives this is a model to watch."
Lucky2bhere trainers are volunteers all trained according to current Resuscitation Council (UK) guidelines.
The free of charge ELS training lasts 2.5 hours and gives people the knowledge and confidence to provide bystander CPR and defibrillation in an emergency.
Key aspects of this are recognising the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest, watching and listening to a real life demonstration, performing CPR and using an AED, also dealing with a choking child or adult.
A celebration dinner was held at the end of November with trainers and supporters to mark an extraordinary 18 months of progress in life-saving education and the installation of the 100th AED in the Western Isles.


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Hygiene clip for those necessary intimate areas to keep pets healthy & happy
Face tided and hand trimmed
Ears cleaned & deodorised
Finished with UV coat protector Conditioner spray or Pet perfume
Special Treatments:
We can offer a range of shampoos & condition alternatives in place or alongside our hypoallergenic shampoo:
Parasite shampoo
( To exterminate & prevent unwanted guests)
The Natural Way
- Citronella, Neem, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree ,Lemon & Lavender shampoo (natural alternative used as a preventative against Fleas and ticks)
Organic oats treatment
( A natural pet soak for 15 minutes) to help alleviate itchy, hot, red This treatment can be added to both packages
Natural Conditioner
Coat Mask for dry, damaged fur. The mask which is homemade with natural ingredients to include avocado, camomile, & olive oil.
Ear plucking
( for non-moulting breeds & terrier types) To ensure you have a healthy dog
De-shedding Treatment
: The de-shedding treatment will make your pet look & feel better. Within one or two treatments it is proven to reduce shedding up to 60 - 80 % recommended by doctors, people with pet allergies and your vacuum cleaner!
The Hollywood Smile
- Teeth Cleaning we offer dogs the chance to have their teeth cleaned and polished without sedation. ( Due to popularity pre-booking is essential prior to arrival)
Pet Pedicure
– clipping of nails is essential to the quick to ensure healthy, happy feet.
Hand Stripping:
Hand Stripping is the dead hair being pulled out, instead of cutting the hair with clippers, so a new wire can coat grow in. Stripping maintains a proper wire coat, while clipping makes it soft and ruins the texture of a show kept dog. It grows thicker and soft and often the colour will change.
To maintain the proper breed look. It is very hard to imitate that look on many wire coated breeds if you clip them. However it will do no real harm for pets if you do not care about that look.
It does not hurt, they may not like it, but it is not painful when done properly. Wire hair is not attached like our own hair or breeds with other types of coats. Many dogs like it, it must feel like having your back scratched!
Unlike some purists we at Posh Pets Spain clip the dogs tender spots, like bellies, instead of stripping, even for show dogs.
Expect to pay a lot more, at least double, what the clipping price would be. It is very labour intensive. We ask that dogs stay the whole day with us for this service.
Cat Grooming:
Cat Grooming & clipping:
Cats are neat freaks. In fact as you know a cat is a fastidious groomer. After all, it seems to spend most of its life either sleeping or grooming! However sometimes they need a helping hand. Grooming is about more than just keeping your cat looking good. Grooming your cat on a regular basis will also help you to keep an eye on its health. And grooming a cat can even help to prevent feline health issues such as digestive problems caused by hairballs.
Regular grooming can also help to improve the health of your cats skin and coat.
The cat grooming takes place here at Posh Pets Spain at a quieter period of the day.
We offer full grooms as well as half clips or styled clips such as a lion clip.
We can also give cats a pedicure, ear clean a dry shampoo or a full wet Shampoo package using only hypoallergenic ingredients.
* We never use sedatives on ANY Dog or Cat at Posh Pets Spain.
Flea, Worm, Tick treatments and Pet Supplements:
while visiting the pet grooming salon your pet can be:
Wormed using a good quality round & tape wormer.
Flea treatments including herbal preventions or a quality spot on
Tick removals are undertaken using safe methods, then a preventative option is offered for the future.
Flea & tick collars are sold giving lasting protection for your pet. Normally this will be given to your pet if a treatment is required.
All treatments can be recorded therefore owners are aware when it is necessary to renew treatment when next visiting the pet grooming salon.
Pet Pick up & Delivery Service:
Posh Pets Spain can offer pet pick up and return
We have a small shop with a range of products to include:
Natural Pet Treats, Natural "Wash the Dog" Soap bars, shampoos, Leads & Collars, Toys, Beds, clothing, Pet tonic, Posh Nosh Dog food as well as BARF, Flea, Tick & worm treatments and Pet ID Tags engraved on site.
Pet Grooming Courses
- Pet grooming tuition is also offered at Posh Pets Spain.
Posh Pets Spain is a recognised Canine Beauticians Training Centre. An establishment offering the very best tuition on a one to one basis. With the rapid growth of the pet industry and a high percentage of families owning dogs, there is a great need for competent dog and pet groomers. Whether it be a view to starting your own business, working from a positive personality, and are basically physically fit, then you too could become a good pet groomer.
Dog grooming training is restricted to two students at any one time. Rachel has a successful record of training & running businesses. Having trained in the U.K. initially, running a kennels and dog grooming salon in the UK, then setting up a pet grooming salon in Spain.
If your need is to learn from the beginning with the view to becoming a professional pet groomer ( Dog & Cat)then a two week or three week grooming course is essential.
Dog Grooming Topics covered:
Coat types.
Skin conditions.
Mites and Parasites.
Hands on grooming experience with bathing, shampooing, drying, clipping, scissor work, and grooming. Nail & ear care, also hand stripping of terrier breeds.
For more information, please go to our site
Dog Grooming Courses website.
Posh Pets Spain offer a variety of other services for your Dog or Cat.
English Pet Grooming Salon for Dogs and Cats.
Flea, tick & worm treatments.
Nutritional advice.
Pet pick up service
Boutique Dog Hotel & Cattery
• 1 to 1 Residential Dog Training & Paw Club Dog training workshop
Dog Grooming courses.
Pet Travel & Transportation.
Pet Relocation Specialists by land, UK, France & Southern Spain.


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Which is worse about the Liberals' high-handed imposition of an unwilling chair on the House of Commons Status of Women committee? The contempt for Parliament or the contempt for truth? I'm going with contempt for truth. Once you have that, everything else falls out of place pretty reliably.
It may be a bit of a "K1A" issue, obsessing commentators and the political class while normal people go about their lives. But arrogant dishonesty in government doesn't go away if you ignore it. So let's talk about truth.
It has lately become a key element of virtue-signalling to deplore Donald Trump as a "post-truth" president. But he did not arise in a vacuum.
Let us talk about truth
A culture respectful of truth-telling across various partisan divides, intellectual and political, would have rejected his indifference to facts as abhorrent and bizarre. But Democrats proud of the Clintons were in no position to express credible outrage at Trump. And it's not just American politicians.
As several of my colleagues have pointed out, those denouncing Rachael Harder's pro-life position as at odds with the views of Canadian women or the Supreme Court's 1988 abortion ruling are themselves either lying or recklessly indifferent to truth. The Supreme Court in 1988 did not say any limits on abortion would be unconstitutional. It spelled out conditions for increasing restrictions through a pregnancy that it would permit. Politicians who have used "The Court made me do it" as an excuse for inaction on abortion, from timidity or expedience, have been engaged in corrosive deceit for decades.
Likewise, pollsters have repeatedly studied Canadian women's view of the status quo in which Canada is the only democratic country with no restrictions on abortion, and pundits have commented extensively on their findings. So whatever one's own view, and mine is firmly pro-life, there is no excuse for ignorance or pretence here. A majority of Canadian women, rightly or wrongly, consistently favour legal abortion — but with some restrictions, especially late in a pregnancy.
A majority of Canadian women, rightly or wrongly, consistently favour legal abortion with some restrictions
Liberal MP and Status of Women vice-chair Pam Damoff, who led the Sept. 26 Liberal-NDP walkout to prevent Harder becoming chair, has said her "voting record is opposed to where women stand," and "the spokesperson for Canadian women should be someone who is representative of the Supreme Court decision that was made in 1988." And her colleagues and righteous opinion have not repudiated her, not even her bizarre description of the chair of this obscure committee as "the spokesperson for Canadian women," as if they could not speak for themselves.
In saying all this let me not lose sight of the contempt for Parliament. As recently as their first Throne Speech the Liberals promised to respect the freedom of individual MPs, as opposition parties tend to, especially if they've given no real thought to growing problem of executive dominance of the legislature. Then they gain executive power, spin contemptuously about and say who are these idiot ankle-biting legislators?
I do not deny MPs' right to decide who chairs committees, serves as speaker and so forth. The House must be master of its own affairs. But to maintain their operational independence from an overbearing executive, MPs ought to consider themselves legislators first, the only part of the vast machinery of government directly answerable to voters. Which makes collegiality essential on organizational matters.
Her views are not remotely comparable to Holocaust denial
To be sure, an MP who was, say, a Holocaust denier would be an unsuitable committee chair. But one hopes and trusts that their colleagues would not nominate such a person, or indeed tolerate them in their caucus or even the House. And Harder's views are not remotely comparable to Holocaust denial.
If legislators behave like members of a red, blue or orange team in a no-holds-barred scrum for the prize of executive power, they become mere and often mindless pawns. Like NDP MPs howling when Justin Trudeau sought to dictate which of them would sit on the new national security and intelligence committee, not even a committee of Parliament, then their Status of Women member joined the Harder walkout.
One very weird aspect of this story is that Liberal and NDP MPs somehow forced the chairpersonship on pro-choice Conservative MP Karen Vecchio, who claims not to want it. Despite my call for collegiality I think she should refuse to perform the job and bring the committee to a halt until her colleagues back down.
Public affairs in Canada increasingly remind me of William F. Buckley Jr.'s quip, "Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views." Nowadays they are also belligerent and dishonest, including the PM, a smiling avatar of a new "inclusiveness" proudly intolerant on gender, that defines "diversity" as everyone thinking alike.
It is this contempt for truth from which all the other ills flow.
National Post


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Today we have an special Label of the Week for you. In celebration of March Is Metal Month, EMI Label Services/ Caroline Distribution have hooked us up with a massive amount of music from 18 metal bands on their roster!
Starting out in the 1970's as a subsidiary of Virgin Records, Caroline Distribution specialized in releasing music by underground jazz and prog-rock artists – musicians who made up for what they may have lacked in mainstream appeal with great creativity. Notable artists signed to Caroline include Brian Eno, Bad Brains, Ben Folds Five, Tangerine Dream, and White Zombie.
Today Caroline Distribution is home to a wide range of artists, including some of the most exciting metal bands from all over the world! Check out these free MP3's and celebrate Metal Month!
Adrenaline Mob are tough and tight-knit, and they're not taking any prisoners. Bringing together acclaimed Symphony X singer Russell Allen, former Dream Theater and Avenged Sevenfold drum virtuoso Mike Portnoy, and Sonic Stomp shred extraordinaire Mike Orlando, Adrenaline Mob is a musical mafia of the highest order.
Moving and powerful, mysterious and serpentine – the music of Lacuna Coil has always been somewhat of a mystery to nail down. Too brawny to be gothic, too melodic to be purely metal – the band has carved a path all its own with their unique sound and undeniable songwriting prowess. With the appropriately-titled Dark Adrenaline, the Italian sextet's sixth full length release, they once again deliver a dozen songs that are tinged with sadness, honed in anger and wielded with a deft touch and a brawny punch.
Five Finger Death Punch was formed in 2005 by guitarist Zoltan Bathory (formerly of U.P.O.), who came up with the band's name after being amused by a scene involving a five finger punch in Kill Bill 2. Other members recruited to the band include former Motograter & Ghost Machine vocalist Ivan Moody, former W.A.S.P. members guitarist Darrell Roberts and drummer Jeremy Spencer, and former Anubis Rising/Deadsett bassist Matt Snell.
Formed in the college town of Umeå in northern Sweden in 1987, MESHUGGAH have spent the last twenty years and cumulative thirteen releases developing, exploring, and redefining their complex, inimitable approach on the art of expressing their collective Id. An entity that has not sounded like anyone else in over thirteen years, MESHUGGAH are one of the few purely and honestly lateral-thinking forces genuinely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of extreme music simply because doing so comes naturally to them.
In Flames was formed by Jesper Strömblad back in 1990. The band as it was at the time consisted of Jesper, Johan Larsson and Glenn Ljungström. A demo was recorded and soon after the band got a record deal and released "Lunar Strain" and it did not take long before the album was a classic in the fast growing Scandinavian death metal scene.
Founded by three teenagers in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982, Corrosion of Conformity began as an underground band and went on to transform heavy music, challenging boundaries and serving as what Decibel Magazine called "a crucial stylistic lynchpin in the bridge between metal and punk" that "irrevocably reshaped crossover's sonic possibilities."
Formed in 1984 by Jon Schaffer, a street-tough kid with both the drive and talent to create a band to make his heroes Judas Priest,KISS, and Iron Maiden proud, ICED EARTH released its riff-heavy self-titled debut album in 1990 – and never looked back. Their sound centers around Schaffer's trademark rhythm guitar style and powerful, in-your-face lyrics that often combine themes of self reliance, a healthy distrust of authority, history, and science fiction.
Raised in hell, forged by fire, and harder than Krupp Steel, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are about to triumphantly return as one of the biggest defenders of traditional heavy metal with their stunning new album, Here Waits Thy Doom! The new opus was tracked in Seattle's Sound House Recordings with renowned producer Jack Endino (Soundgarden, High on Fire, Zeke) and is an ode to all things heavy.
Woods of Ypres was a Melodic Black/Doom Metal band from Ontario, Canada, formed in 2002 by David Gold, Aaron Palmer and Brian McManus. They released five albums, each somewhat differing in style, before the death of founding member David Gold. As defined on their website, Woods of Ypres are "atmospheric doom-laden Great-White-North flavored black metal."
The Dutch female fronted symphonic metal band EPICA was founded in 2002. Mark Jansen had left After Forever to pursue his own dreams and found that guitar player Ad Sluijter, bass player Yves Huts and keyboard and piano player Coen Janssen shared his vision. Drummer Jeroen Simons and singer Simone Simons completed the band. The band name is derived from an album of Kamelot, of whom several band members are big fans. Musically, EPICA stands out by taking influences not only from the world of rock and (symphonic) metal, but also from film music as composed by the likes of Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer.
Savage Messiah was formed in 2007 in London, England. The band consists of lead guitarist/singer Dave Silver, lead guitarist Joff Bailey, bassist Stefano Selvatico and drummer Mauricio Chamucero. After many ups and downs, the band is now finally on course to take their place at the top with a blistering and diverse new album which will be released in early 2012 on Earache Records.
Rise To Remain have raised their voices to the sky and have become one of the most exciting young U.K. metal bands of recent times. Brought together by a mutual desire to create exciting, state-of-the-art heavy music worthy of their passion, these fiery-eyed contenders have outgrown their humble origins as bright-eyed teenagers with dreams of fame and fortune and evolved into one of the most formidable new bands to explode out of the U.K. in many years.
Vildhjarta was formed by Daniel Bergström, Jimmie Åkerström and Johan Nyberg in 2005 inHudiksvall, Sweden. Hyped since their early days thanks to short demos that circulated the web, they have taken more than half a decade to musically craft their style of music. With the three spread throughout Sweden, Bergström, the main songwriter of the bunch, would email ideas to the others to get their feedback and suggestions. A groovy, down-tuned riff would soon become a verse. After a few more rounds of emailing, that verse would become a song. As more and more songs started to develop, the natural progression was to add more members and become a band. More members brought more input and ideas and soon their own take on metal was created.
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles,California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metalbands, such as Morbid Angel (David Vincent, Pete Sandoval), Napalm Death (Jesse Pintado) and Nausea (Oscar Garcia, Alfred "Garvey" Estrada). To date, Terrorizer has released two studio albums, and broken up twice (in 1989 and 2006). They reunited again in 2009, this time without Pintado, who had died three years earlier.
Featuring past members of Impending Doom and Oblige, THE DEVASTATED have been hard at work crafting their first eardrum assault! The band is currently wrapping up tracking with young producer Chris Eck, and mixing later this month with Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA. Now, Century Media is excited to announce that THE DEVASTATED has inked a worldwide deal with the label and is gearing up to release this dirty, destructive record this summer.
Over the last decade Insomnium has slowly but surely made itself a household name among the melodic deathsters. Formed in 1997 in a somnolent town of Joensuu, in eastern Finland, these stern men have ever since redefined the boundaries of the genre. Two highly acclaimed demos already set the standard and in 2001 the band signed to UK label Candlelight Records.
Lord Mantis emit spells of hellish frequencies from a center of hatred in themselves both honest in integrity and justified by pursuit. The group first began as a two-part sludge attack consisting of only Bill Bumgardner (also inIndian) on drums and Greg Gomer at guitars which later evolved into a more defined sound with the addition of Charlie Fell (also in Nachtmystium,Avichi) on bass and vocals.


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Remember the VW Scirocco IROC concept that we featured back in May? For those of you that donââ¬â¢t the image below will give you an idea what all of the excitement was about. At the time it was strongly rumoured that the Scirocco would make it to production in close to concept formââ¬Â¦and it now appears that there is some truth to the rumours.
Car Magazine have managed to get hold of some spy shots of the new Scirocco undergoing testing in California. Although disguised it is apparent that the Scirocco will remain largely true to the original concept.
The pictures show that the concepts side crease line is retained along with the angular door mirrors and large front grille area and that the rear bodywork stays largely true to the concept with the absence of the dual exhausts being the only notable omission. Based on the VW Eos coupe-convertible platform which is one of the various Golf based platforms the production Scirocco is expected to make use of the engines available in Golf and Eos.
This means the twin-charged 1.4-litre and the 2.0-litre turbocharged mills from the GT and GTi Golf will be an option along with a 2.0-litre diesel. According to CAR an R32 style Scirocco with AWD and V6 power will not make production having been ruled out on the grounds of cost and fuel consumption.
On the inside the Scirocco will borrow heavily from its Eos and Golf cousins and will no doubt be impeccably finished in true VW fashion. We would expect the funky concepts interior to be toned down somewhat with the huge bucket seats and lairy green trim to disappear.
No doubt we will learn more as the testing of the production Scirocco continues and lets hope that VW have the good sense to ship this hot little two-door down under.
VW Scirroco IROC concept video
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The New Music Tuesday 3 for April 7, 2015By Craig McManus. Posted in Electronic, Indie, New Music Tuesday, Pop, Punk | No Comments »
Philadelphia's, by way of Birmingham, AL, Waxahatchee is the solo project of Katie Crutchfield, who makes DIY singer/songwriter, punk. Ivy Tripp is Waxahatchee's fantastic third full length album, first for the like minded Merge Records, and continues Crutchfield's exploration of feminist ideas that goes back to her pre-Waxahatchee bands P.S. Eliot and The Ackleys. Ivy Tripp's lyrics use Crutchfield's experiences, or more specifically her mistakes, to demonstrate how a strong, independent woman is formed in today's society, but it's clear she's just an example and makes no claim at creating a road map. Even if you aren't interested in the lyrics, though, (and really, whether you're male or female, liberal or conservative, you should be interested) there is a lot to enjoy on Ivy Tripp.
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