text: Leroy Thompson - August 21, 2018 The Manurhin MR73 Revolver - Fighting Wheel Gun Par Excellence Raymond Sasia established the Police Nationale Training program to teach the techniques with the revolver he had brought back from the FBI. Notice that the S&W Model 19 with 3-inch barrel and fixed sights is pictured on the academy plaque. For greater durability, the Police Nationale went to Manurhin for the adjustable-sight MR73 (at left) and the fixed-sight MR73 (at right), both with 3-inch barrels. I first encountered the Manurhin MR73 revolver in Europe during the 1970s. I found it intriguing that elite European counterterror units had adopted a revolver when U.S. law enforcement agencies were switching to the self-loading pistol. Don't get me wrong, I like revolvers. At that time, however, I was still using the Browning High-Power and would switch before long to the SIG P-226. I had fallen prey to the high-cap magazine spell. In my defense, though, I had been working on protective teams where having the firepower to cover an evacuation under fire was necessary.Even though the MR73 is relatively light for a magnum revolver, it handles recoil well.But, I found those French revolvers intriguing. Unlike American law enforcement officers, who had traditionally used revolvers, the French police had traditionally used autoloaders. Admittedly, a lot of those pistols were in .32 ACP, though the Gendarmerie Nationale used 9mm MAC50s. During the 1960s, France faced an increase in armed robberies, especially of banks, by the OAS (Organisation armee secrete), a group that also had attempted to assassinate President Charles De Gaulle on multiple occasions. It became apparent that the French Police had to improve their weapons and tactics. For standard Police Nationale and some other units, the 3-inch or 4-inch MR73 with fixed sights became the issue weapon.Raymond Sasia, who would become De Gaulle's chief bodyguard, underwent training at the U.S. FBI Academy in the early 1960s and returned having absorbed FBI shooting techniques with the revolver. Sasia would establish a training academy to teach his version of FBI firearms usage: the Centre de Tir de Paris de la Police Nationale. He also determined what he considered the characteristics of the perfect police revolver, and the Police Nationale placed a special order with Smith & Wesson for Model 19 .357 Magnum revolvers with round butts and fixed sights. Members of GIGN firing their 5¼-inch MR73 revolvers in training. They fired 150 rounds of full-power Norma .357 Magnum loads every day. GIGN members did a lot of one-handed shooting, often while rappelling, going through windows, or from other unconventional shooting positions. (ECP Armee)For general issue, however, the Police Nationale preferred a domestically produced revolver specifically designed for its needs. As a result, in 1971, Manurhin was asked to develop a .357 magnum caliber revolver. By 1973, the revolver was in production of multiple versions of what would be designated the MR73, for the year of introduction. For general police issue, 2½-inch, 3-inch, and 4-inch fixed-sight versions were offered. The next year, a Sport model with 3-inch, 4-inch, 5¼-inch, and 8-inch adjustable sights was introduced. The French counterterrorist unit of the Gendarmerie Nationale—GIGN (Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale)—had been using S&W revolvers, but these had failed to hold up to the unit's training regimen of firing 150 rounds of full-power Norma .357 loads daily. Note, by the way, these loads were specially sealed for use underwater, as GIGN was trained for underwater approaches to a target. However, during GIGN testing, the MR73 fired 170,000 rounds with the same ammo and was still going strong when the testing was discontinued. Members of GIGN practicing engagement from the draw with their MR73 revolvers. (ECP Armee)GIGN adopted what was termed the Gendarmerie Model of the MR73 in 3-inch, 5¼-inch, and 8-inch barrel lengths. Each operator was issued a 3-inch and a 5¼-inch revolver, the shorter barrel for VIP protection or other plainclothes assignments and the 5¼-inch for hostage rescue/barricade/assault scenarios. It's been quite awhile, but I think one of the GIGN guys told me they carried the 3-inch revolvers off duty. The 8-inch revolvers were used for urban sniping, usually with a bipod mounted. Lack of magazine capacity in the revolvers was not considered a disadvantage. In fact, Christian Prouteau, the first commander of GIGN, felt it was an advantage, as operators learned to carefully place shots, rather than relying on putting a hail of fire down range. Standard-issue weapons for GIGN were the 3-inch MR73 Gendarmerie Model (at top) and the 5¼-inch Gendarmerie Model (at bottom).A good example of the effective marksmanship of GIGN operators occurred on 26 December 1994, when GIGN assaulted Air France Flight 8969, which had been hijacked to Marseille by GIA (Armed Islamic Group of Algeria) terrorists. Capt. Thierry Prungnaud, acting as point man during the assault, killed two terrorists and wounded a third using his MR73 5¼-inch revolver. Other members of the assault team also carried their MR73s, though many carried a back-up Glock or SIG. I highly recommend the French film L'assaut, which portrays the GIGN operation quite accurately, including use of the MR73.The 3-inch MR 73 Gendarmerie Model was carried by GIGN members when operating in civilian clothes or otherwise when concealment was preferred.Other elite French police units would adopt the MR73 Gendarmerie Model as well, including GSPR (Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République), the French equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service Presidential Protection Detail, and RAID (Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion), the tactical unit of the Police Nationale. Austria's counterterrorist unit GEK Cobra, currently EKO Cobra, also used MR73 revolvers for many years until replacing them with Glock 17s. The first surplus MR73s to come into the United States were former GEK Cobra revolvers. I'll discuss those further later. On bottom, the Gendarmerie Model with 3-inch barrel and adjustable sights; on top, the standard police model with fixed sights.Many conventional French police units used standard fixed-sight 3-inch or 4-inch MR73s. These versions were also exported to police agencies in former French colonies in Africa, with a small number of adjustable-sight Gendarmerie Models going to officers or elite police units. A couple of years ago, a substantial number of these revolvers from Africa were imported into the United States. They showed a lot of bluing and grip wear and some needed gunsmithing, but they were still MR73s at a bargain price. MR73 barrels were precision hammer forged to aid accuracy, even with the 3-inch revolver.To understand what makes the MR73 such a durable and accurate revolver, it is necessary to take a quick look at its metallurgy and engineering. The MR73's frame is slightly larger than that of an S&W K-frame revolver, and much more durable. An MR73's cylinder size (38mm) is larger than a K-frame (36mm), but smaller than an L-frame S&W's cylinder size (39.5mm). The steel used in MR73 revolver frames, barrels, and cylinders is an extremely high-quality ordnance-certified alloy. To give an idea of the steel quality, a friend of mine who is a metallurgist became interested in the MR73 specifically because of the legendary durability of its steel and has purchased numerous examples to study. MR73 barrels are hammer forged and rifled with six grooves. Cylinders are milled from a forging; then chambers are roller burnished after drilling. Rear sight of the Gendarmerie Model MR73; note that the edges are rounded and that it is only 22mm wide to aid in drawing from the holster.Rear sights on Sport and Gendarmerie MR73s are click adjustable; on Sport Models, 24mm wide, and on Gendarmerie Models, 22mm wide with rounded edges, so as not to impede the draw. Use of rollers and adjustable main and trigger return springs allows trigger pull to be adjusted to the shooter's preferences. For example, the GEK Cobra guns that came in some years ago had been adjusted for double-action shooting. Also useful for accuracy and speed of engagement is reduction in lock time, as the MR73 has a hammer-fall angle of only 42 degrees, compared to 54 degrees for typical S&W revolvers and 60 degrees for the Colt Python. Screws in the MR73's front grip strap allow adjustment of the trigger to meet the shooter's preferences.MR73 revolvers underwent a factory accuracy test requiring five shots into a 20mm (.8") circle at 25 meters. I have seen reference to 15 rounds being fired, with no group acceptable over 20mm. Presumably, this means at least three groups were fired. MR73s received a lot of hand fitting, so any revolver that failed accuracy or reliability testing went back to the bench. The high degree of hand fitting and polishing (12 hours is usually mentioned) contributed to the MR73's smooth trigger pull. View of the windage adjustment screw on the MR73's sights; also visible are the Manurhin logo and the "Made in France" marking.A useful accessory for the MR73 revolver, especially for those living in Europe or other parts of the world where the 9x19mm round is the standard, is a fitted auxiliary 9mm cylinder that may be ordered with the revolver. In an area where inexpensive 9x19mm ammo is available and .38 Special or .357 Magnum is not, this cylinder is desirable. Three of the grip styles available for the MR73—from left to right: compact grips for small hands and/or the 3-inch barreled revolvers, larger grips with finger grooves, and Trausch grips.An array of grips helps tailor the MR73 to the shooter. Wood grips of different sizes, some with finger grooves, are available. Also, a popular option is Trausch rubber grips, which are bulky, but really excellent for double-action shooting. On his carry MR73, Thompson uses the Trausch grips and trigger shoe that make it easier to shoot well in DA mode.Ever since I first shot the MR73 in Europe, I had wanted one but did not want to deal with the various red tape to import one. Manurhin, not being pleased with U.S. product liability laws, had not actively pursued the U.S. market. However, quite a few years ago, the GEK Cobra 4-inch-barreled MR73 revolvers were imported into the United States; I quickly ordered two of them for what I considered an excellent price. They were gone within a few weeks and a year later were selling on GunBroker for three or four times what I had paid for mine.Thompson's 3-inch MR73, along with the Rusty Sherrick holster in which he carries it.The guns showed holster wear and had been adjusted for DA use. Each one had Trausch grips and a trigger shoe. But, they were tight and accurate. I did have to do a little adjusting of the trigger so I could use the revolver in either single- or double-action mode. Actually, the double -action pull is so good, I normally use the one I shoot all the time in DA 80-90% of the time, unless firing at 50 yards or more. I was curious about my two guns, so I had a contact with GEK Cobra check on my two revolvers. Based on the serial numbers I had sent him, he estimated that my guns had around 200,000 rounds through each of them. He wasn't positive, but based his estimate on the average rounds a GEK Cobra operator fired each year in training and how long the guns had been on issue. Note how the Rusty Sherrick holster shields the MR73's rear sight so that it doesn't snag during the draw or while being carried.One of those two is in my safe, but the other one I take shooting at least once a month. Since I've had it, I've put another 10,000-plus rounds through it, almost all .357 magnum loads. It's the gun I used for the shooting tests in this article. Three-inch MR73 being carried in the Rusty Sherrick holster.When the latest batch of MR73s came in from Africa, almost all had fixed sights, but a few had adjustable sights and were in better condition, probably because they had been issued to officers or elite units. A friend who had bought some of them sold me a 3-inch gun with adjustable sights that is now my carry MR73, when I choose to carry a belt revolver. I am so used to using the Trausch grips and trigger shoe, that I installed them on my 3-inch revolver as well. As with the 4-inch gun, I shoot the 3-inch one mostly in DA mode. To offer a less expensive alternative to the MR73, Manurhin engaged in a joint venture with Ruger to produce the MR88.Getting leather for my 3-inch MR73 was a bit of a challenge, as the large rear sight requires a holster that keeps it from catching on a jacket lining but still allows quick presentation. Rusty Sherrick made me one that works perfectly. Just a quick comment on 3-inch barreled .357 Magnum revolvers: Prior to carrying the 3-inch MR73, I sometimes carried a 3-inch S&W Model 66. With a 2½-inch barrel, the ejector rod is not normally long enough to fully eject the longer .357 Mag empty cases, but with a 3-inch barrel, it usually is. This is also true with the MR73. Fast reloads with my carry 3-inch MR73, however, do not involve a speedloader. Safariland J-K2C speedloaders will work with an MR73, but not with Trausch grips installed. Instead, I carry spare rounds in an ammo wallet. Groups shot with various ammo when testing the MR73 for this article showed good consistency.I've managed to pick up a couple of other MR73 revolvers by watching gun auction sights and having a friend who imports them after buying them at auctions in Germany. One that I shoot especially well is one of the 5¼-inch versions that was the standard with GIGN. Mine even came with a fitted 9mm cylinder. 15-yard group with the 4-inch MR73 from the low ready position, fired fast DA.I should also mention the Manurhin MR88, a few of which have been imported over the years. The MR88 was designed to be a less expensive Manurhin option adopted by the Police Nationale. A joint venture between Manurhin and Ruger, the MR88 is a nice revolver. Most often found in the United States is the 3-inch fixed-sight version issued to French police and also exported to Africa. Also occasionally to be found is the Manurhin Special Police F1, which, though French-manufactured, is basically a Ruger Security Six-type frame with a Manurhin barrel. Once again, it's a good revolver, but it is not an MR73. I combined doing some test shooting for this article with taking my 4-inch GEK Cobra MR73 to the range. Firing single-action at 25 yards, five-shot groups ran 2½" to 4" using three types of ammo. I also did double-action shooting at silhouette targets at 15 and 25 yards. I was firing faster DA than SA but was still getting good groups in the center of mass. The Trausch grips make cocking the hammer for SA fire a little slow, as the support hand thumb needs to be employed. As I said, I shoot this revolver more DA than SA. It shoots straight both ways.Chapuis Armes in France still produces some versions of the MR73 and the MR88. I'll give its website info later. A few importers do bring in the MR73 in small numbers. I won't recommend any specifically, as I have not dealt with them. By watching the gun auctions, an MR73 can be found. The last batch of those imported from Africa is drying up, and their price is rising. I have a saved search for MR73s on auction sites and an occasional nice Gendarmerie or Sport model with adjustable sights turns up. If you want one, plan to spend $2,000 or more, though. What I keep hoping is that all of those MR73 revolvers, previously used by French police, that have been replaced by the SIG Sauer SP2022 will one day be imported into the United States. If they do, my advice is to buy one or two or three. I have, at times, risked being called unpatriotic by saying the MR73 is the best revolver in the world. It is of very high quality, but I'd qualify my respect for the MR73 by saying it is the best revolver for someone who plans to shoot it a great deal and carry it in a holster. For pocket carry, the S&W J-frame is a better revolver. For outdoor carry in places where dangerous game comes with two feet or four feet, an S&W Model 29 or 57 or a Ruger Redhawk is a better revolver. For an inexpensive car or truck gun, a police trade-in S&W Model 10 or 64 is a better revolver. The MR73 is a great revolver—accurate, reliable, and durable. But, you can't just walk into your local gun shop and find one. Still, if you do find one, you have not only a very viable combat revolver, but one that rode on the hips of some of the most elite counterterrorist operators in the world. That's nice cred! GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Senators Outraged U.S. Borrowing Big From China While Also Giving It Aid
China is one of the biggest economies in the world and grew at more than 9 percent over the last year. It also has loaned more than $1 trillion to the U.S. to fund its deficit-spending.
But at the same time, the U.S. sends foreign aid to China, which lawmakers of all stripes say is just plain nuts.
"Why in the world would we be borrowing money and then turn around and giving it back to the countries that we're borrowing it from?" Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma said. "If they have enough of a surplus to loan us money, they have enough of a surplus to take care of their own needs."
Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia asked the same question in a recent appearance on Fox News: "Hey, in the crisis that we're in right now, should we really be continuing to send American taxpayer dollars over to China for these purposes?"
It isn't a lot of aid -- tens of millions in bilateral aid, much more through international institutions to which the U.S. contributes.
But the question is why a nation that's competing with the U.S. economically and politically in every corner of the globe should get any money from the U.S.
"I think the Chinese are just laughing whenever they receive a check," said Dan Ikenson, a trade economist at the CATO Institute. "How silly this is of the United States to be subsidizing the faster-growing, second-largest economy in the world."
So why'd we start giving aid in the first place? "The hope and the operating assumption is that to the extent that we engage them in a variety of ways, that we can stay influential. And we can influence them," Dan Runde of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said.
But Runde notes China's record of flaunting trade rules -- violating intellectual property laws, including multiple openings of fake Apple stores there recently, as well as patent infringements. He suggests the aid has had little positive impact.
The whole matter leaves Coburn completely disgusted. "You know, it's stupidity. There's no other explanation for it, other than we're stupid in Washington to continue to do that."
The Senate recently passed a bill to punish Chinese currency manipulation, while the House is about to examine Chinese trade policy across the board.
But as lawmakers debate those more complicated issues, some are asking a simpler question -- why keep sending money to a country trying to undercut the U.S. seemingly at every turn?

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TOWARD the close of the year 1846, the Rev. J. Leighton Wilson, now the respected Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, but then a missionary in the Gaboon Region of Western Africa, came into possession, accidentally, of the skull and afterward of the greater part of a skeleton of an ape which he was convinced was not known to naturalists. He forwarded these remains to the Boston Society of Natural History, in whose proceedings they were afterward described by Dr. Savage and Professor Jeffries Wyman.
This was the first notice the scientific world had of the existence, in a part of Africa known to the civilized world for twenty centuries, of an animal the most monstrous and cruel, as it has been since demonstrated to be in its frame the most man-like, of all the beasts of the forest.
Mr. Wilson's discovery, whose importance he modestly underrated, devoting to it only a few lines in his interesting account of Western Africa, t caused naturalists to search old books of travel for any description of such an animal; and a few such traces are indeed found, but all evidently negro exaggerations with the glosses of imaginative writers; no civilized man having up to that period ever seen a live gorilla; only Mr. Wilson was known to have had the good fortune to see its carcass. In 1855 Professor Owen, of London, received from the Gaboon, from an old shipmaster, a cask of rum, in which
• Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa: With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chase of the Gorilla, the Crocodile, Leopard, Klephant, Hippopotamus, and other animals. By Pact. B. Du CEAiLi.u, corresponding member of the American Ethnological Society, of the Geographical and Statistical Society of New York, and of the Boston Society of Natural History. 1 vol. 8vo, with numerous illustrations. Harper and Brothers.
t Western Africa, its History, Condition, and Prospects, by Rev. J, Lkigbtoh Wilson. Harper and Brothers.
was contained the spoiled body of a huge gorilla. Only the skeleton proved of use for descriptive purposes, and on this Professor Owen founded a most interesting paper, in which he took pains to collect all the meagre accounts so far gathered from the natives, of the appearance and habits of the animal.
With this memoir the subject rested, to all intents, until in the fall of 1859 the naturalists of this country were at last gratified by the return, with a magnificent collection of stuffed gorillas of all ages, of Mr. Paul B. Du Chaillu, an enterprising American citizen, who had spent four years in a thorough exploration of the region in which alone the gorilla is found, and in hunting that animal, and gaining, with the enthusiasm of an ardent naturalist, the fullest knowledge of the habits and nature of the mysterious beast. We propose to follow Mr. Du Chaillu through a portion of his romantic and adventurous travels, as he has recounted them in the magnificent work he has just published; but must pause at the threshold to give the reader some idea of the region which may with justice be called "Gorilla Land." Turn to a map of Africa, on which are marked the most recent explorations, and you will find a belt, narrow, compared with the length of the continent, but containing a vast area of land, lying between lat. 3° North, and lat. 3° South, and which is left blank from the western coast to Captain Burton's Lake Tanganyika on the east. Barth did not reach it from the north; Livingstone stopped short of it from the south; Burton's adventurous march to the long-sought land of the moon was but a step in the long journey across the continent from the east; and the merchants who had for many years more or less drained this mysterious region of ivory, beeswax, ebony, gold dust, and latterly of India-rubber, were content to live carefully on the coast, not caring to risk
an almost certain death by rash ventures into an interior thought to be doubly protected by ferocious negro tribes and fatal fevers. Of these merchants the father of Mr. Du Chaillu was one. The son was familiar with the coast from early boyhood, quitted it to attend school, but returned, and on his father's death entered into Vol. XXni.—No. 133.—B
the limited commerce himself. Asa merehant he became familiar with the languages of many of the tribes whe came down to trade. Having studied Natural History in France, he profited by his leisure to make collections of the numerous undescribed species of birds found on this little known coast; and at last, desirous alike of extending his trade, and of investigating the habits of the gorilla, about which he had long been curious, he determined to devote a year to an exploration of the mysterious interior.
His year lasted four years! And in this time, as he modestly sums it up in his preface, he traveled—always on foot, and unaccompanied by other white men— about 8000 miles; shot, stuffed, and brought home over 2000 birds, of which more than 60 are new species, and killed upward of 1000 quadrupeds, of which 200 were stuffed and brought home, with more than 80skeletons. "Not less than 20 of these quadrupeds are species hitherto unknown to science!" He suffered fifty attacks of the African fever, taking, to cure himself, over fourteen ounces of quinine. Of famine, long-continued exposures to the heavy tropical rains, and attacks of ferocious ants and venomous flies, he thinks it not worth while to speak.
These are achievements of which surely any man not yet thirty may be proud, and which place him high in the list of those adventurous spirits — Livingstone, Barth, Burton, and others, the pioneers of African civilization — to whom, some centuries hence, we may imagine the Empire of Africa gratefully erecting statues.
The tribes of West Africa, according to Mr. Du Chaillu, are pre-eminently traders, and on
their eagerness for commerce he based, in part, his hopes of safety in his solitary iuroads into the far interior. For he was entirely unattended; and when it is remembered that he did not hesitate to encumber himself on his longest journey with about two thousand dollars' worth of the goods most coveted by the savages among whom he lived for two years, it is not strange that Quengeza, the great king, called him "a man with a heart like tiger's."
"When you go out again, you will make up a party of whites?" the present writer one day suggested to him.
"What for? You know they would all die!" was the quick reply.
"But why did not you die?"
"Because I had not time."
The blacks are the most eager traders in the world; but when we know the manner of their trade, we cease to wonder that an enterprising merchant should attempt to work without agents of such double-dyed Jewry. In the first place, all trade is a monopoly. Many of the products are brought from a distance of three or four hundred miles from the interior. There are the elephants, the ebony-trees, the India-rubber vines; and there live the wretched producers. Between them and the coast live perhaps a dozen tribes, who are not producers, but commission mer
chants. Each holds fast possession of a piece of the river, which is the only highway of the impenetrable country. Each passes to his neighbor below him the tooth, or piece of ebony or barwood, which has passed to him from his neighbor above; and when, at last, the venture reaches the coast, it is already burdened with a series of debts, in the shape of commissions, which too often eat up the principal. "Infact, the first holder has trusttd each successive dispenser with his property withont any equivalent or 'collateral' security. Now, when the last black fellow disposes of this piece of ebony or ivory to the white merchant or captain, he retains, in the first place, a very liberal percentage of the returns for his valuable services, and turns the remainder over to his next neighbor above. He, in turn, takes out a commission for his trouble, and passes on what is left; and so, finally, a very small remainder—too often nothing at all— is handed over to the poor fellow who has inaugurated the speculation or sent the tusk. The poor interior tribes are kept by their neighbors in the profoundest ignorance of what is done on the coast. They are made to believe the most absurd and horrid stories as to the ferocity, the duplicity, and the cunning of the white traders. They are persuaded that the rascally middle-men are not only in constant danger of their lives by their intercourse with the whites, but that they do not make any profit on the goods which they good-naturedly pass on to a market, so that I have known one of these scoundrels, after having appropriated a large share of the poor remainder of returns for a venture of ivory, actually, by a pitiful story, beg a portion of what he had handed over to his unsuspicious client. Each tribe cheats its next neighbor above, and maligus its next neighbor below. A talent for slandering is, of course, a first-rate business talent; ani) the harder stories one can tell of his neighbors below the greater profit he will make on his neighbor above."
Again, through the anxiety of white trader to secure "trade," there has sprung up along the coast an injurious system of "trust." A


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Well, I guess it is time for me to add a personal post. Times are getting better, then worse. Each day has been a challenge in one way or another lately. I have not disclosed the reasons why to date but feel I need to do so now, if only to allow me to shake the negatives by putting them out there and dealing with them more fully.
I have been dealing with a series of tests from several doctors and the results are finally coming in. I had one test come back good. Yay me! However, two other tests came back with issues. As a result, I have had two more tests done to further review the initial results. I still have not heard from three other tests yet.
I still do not think I want to disclose the exact things that are being checked, as it could be a bunch of nothing to worry about. That being said, it is worrying just to have abnormal results and have to take more tests. I have been tied up in this drama of not knowing now for a few weeks and it can wear on the already sick body. It has done exactly that for me.
To illustrate, last night I was in bed and woke up to pain. Yes, the pain woke me up and forced me to sit up and try to get it to stop. I only had over the counter NSAIDS to take, and believe me, they did not help much. I found myself crying and in pain and wishing I could just go back to sleep.
I am going to see about being more proactive in my care again as this pain is crazy to endure when I should not have to. I could be a druggie ont he streets and get the relief I need but no, I am an honest person who cannot seem to get the pain relief I need. Oh well, you can read my tirade on that in the post from some time ago called "Police Mentality and Pain Control".
I will share what is going on when I know more about it myself. Until then, I apologize for not posting and being a bit on the selfish side. I am just overwhelmed and hope these things get resolved sooner than later. Thanks for letting me spout off and get it out there! It really helps me to be able to vent on this blog and then feel better.


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The CY8CLEDAC01/02 are both offered in 8-pin SOIC packages.


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For solo or group play. Shuffle all the cards and lay out 10 cards face up. See how many words you can make from the letters you see; for younger children, adult assistance will be required. The game can also be played competitvely by a group of players using a clock, watch or egg timer. See who can make the most words in 2 minutes. Each letter card can only be used once in each new word.
Letter sounds and early words
Hold the letter card up and make the sound of the letter e.g. 'a' (as in a-p-p-l-e) - ask your child to repeat it.Point to the picture and ask your child to tell you what it is. If your child gives you the correct answer make the connection by saying 'a' is for 'a-p-p-l-e'. If a word or sound seems too difficult repeat the sound and tell your child what the picture is. Put the card aside and go back to it later.
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The Rake
Category: Archetype of the Week Created on Friday, 12 February 2010 Written by Steve
Likely Stories
The idea of using someone's love (or at least horniness) against them is as old as time itself, so the rake can appear in just about any type of story.
The Name Game
The rake's name will depend on the setting and genre of the game as well as the character concept. Swashbuckling libertines will have suave-sounding French or Spanish names, exotic enchantresses will have equally exotic names, and filthy, disease-ridden whores will probably have stripper names.
The Numbers
Since sexual attraction is often based on appearance, the rake needs a good Body Number, but all the good looks in the world won't overcome a douchey personality, so a high Nerve score is also desirable. Some people claim that intelligence is sexy, but those people are usually lying.
Suggested Jobs: Actor, Adulteress, Airplane Pilot, Bond Girl, Cocksman, Companion, Con Artist, Concubine, Courtesan, Dance Hall Girl, Debutante, Enchantress, Escort, Fire Fighter, Geisha, Gentleman, Giggalo, Greek God, Groupie, Handyman, High Society Dame, Hooker, Hustler, International Man of Mystery, Loose Woman, Lothario, Madame, Mermaid, Model, Personal Trainer, Pimp, Philanderer, Playboy, Porn Star, Private Dick, Rock Star, Rogue, Satyr, School Girl, Siren, Stripper, Strumpet, Spy, Teenage Immigrant Welfare Mother On Drugs, Trophy Wife, Whore
Suggested Gimmicks: Always Has Drugs, Babe, Bad Mother--Shut Yo' Mouth, Big Man On Campus, Daddy's Little Girl, Double Jointed, Friends In Low Places, Hung Like A War Criminal, Love Magic, Knows Where The Bodies Are Buried, Ladies' Man, Pick-Up Artist, Reputation, Rugged Good Looks, Ruler of the Gods, Smooth Talker
Suggested Weaknesses: Abandonment Issues, Amnesiac, Crackhead, Danger Junkie, Dazed and Confused, Dirty Old Man, Disease, Enemy, Double Life, Escape Artist, Jealous Ex, Punching Bag, Reputation, Sex Addict, Shunned, Stalker Magnet, Victim of the Past, Wealthy, White Trash
Suggested Skills: Acrobatics, Acting, BDSM, Bodice Ripping, Cheerleading, Dancing, Drug Lore, Eavesdropping, Good In Bed, Hedonism, Kama Sutra, Narcissist, Negotiation, Pick-up Lines, Pillow Talk, Pop Culture Trivia, Rope Use, Seduction, Singing, Snappy Dresser, Street Cred, Throws Good Parties
WWPHITM? Christina Applegate, Mary Astor, Pierce Brosnan, George Clooney, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Rosario Dawson, Johnny Depp, Benetio Del Toro, Snoop Dogg, Robert Downey Jr, Eliza Dushku, Shannon Elizabeth, Fabio, Isla Fisher, Sarah Michelle Geller, Pam Grier, Jenna Jameson, Heath Ledger, Traci Lords, Tim Meadows, Andrew McCarthy, Roger Moore, Clive Owen, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Piven, Jamie Pressley, Christina Ricci, Richard Roundtree, William Shatner, Charlie Sheen, Vince Vaughn, Skeet Ulrich, Mae West
Tag Line: "There's something I'd like you to get off your chest."--James Bond, Diamonds are Forever
Tools of the Trade
Some rakes are very style-conscious and require hours of primping before they're ready to go out in public, but otherwise special equipment isn't required unless they're into kinky stuff.
Where You'll Find Him
Wherever there are sexy, sexy ladies (or sexy, sexy guys, in the case of female or homosexual rakes).
Social Circle
The rake's social circle will depend on the character concept, but he will undoubtedly have dozens of lovers, ex-lovers, and potential lovers at any given time. These people can sometimes be useful, but are just as likely to make life difficult.
Sample Character
Lili Von Schtupp
Body: 12
Brain: 12
Nerve: 16
Job: Entertainer (13)
Gimmick: Sex Appeal (13)
Weakness: Clingy (13)
Skills: Patter +3; Broken English +2; Cooking +1
WWPHITM? Madeline Kahn
Dumb Fact: Had Nazi backup dancers long before Hitler.
Tag Line: "Hello, handsome, is that a ten-gallon hat or are you just enjoying the show?"
Inspirational Materials
Books & Comics
Batman (Poison Ivy, Catwoman, numerous others)
The Bible (Delilah)
Don Juan, Moliere
Le Morte de Arthur, Thomas Mallory (Morgan le Fay)
The Odyssey, Homer (Circe)
The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorn
Movies & TV
The Bond Films (James Bond)
Cruel Intentions
Family Guy (Quagmire)
Jennifer's Body
Nobel Son (City Hall)
The Opposite of Sex (Didi Truitt)
Star Trek (Captain Kirk)
Two and a Half Men (Charlie)*
Wedding Crashers
*Please note that we are merely pointing out that Charlie is a good example of this archetype. We are not suggesting that you watch this show. It's fucking awful.
Marvin Gaye
"Oh Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble," Mac Davis
"Theme From Shaft," Isaac Hayes
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By Denrele Animasaun
"Life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children—all of our children—a better world." —President Obama.
There must be something in the waters at home that are not good that is making our leaders unwell such that they are seeking medical treatment abroad. First, Mrs. Patience Goodluck Jonathan, the president's wife, was airlifted to the hospital by an air ambulance to Germany.
Before the flight of mercy we were unofficially informed, the ebullient first lady had been on a secret mission to Dubai (the specifics, debatable) The official line is that she had been unwell due to food poisoning, it was so bad she had to be flown to Germany. I assume her food poisoning could not be treated in Nigeria.
Staff close to the president let it slip that that Patience lost her voice as a result of her ailment. They let it be known that the president was not pleased that it was common knowledge that his wife had sought treatment abroad.
Within the week, we were informed that Mrs. Alison-Madueke had to make a dash to the UK where she is also receiving treatment for a potentially serious condition. So she hopped on a jet but left message with her staff that she was accompanying her children to the UK. They school in the UK. It then transpired she was in UK for medical treatment.
I really do not understand the cloak and dagger charades. If you have not got something to hide, what other reason would they seek medical attention abroad other than the fact that they are unable to get adequate treatment at home. But we all know that there has been a brain drain of doctors and nurses for years.
About time the government prioritises and puts more investments (no cutting corners here, mind you) into the health care system.In the last couple of months, it has been reported that government leaders from Gabon,Togo and Tanzania have all sought treatment abroad. They do not entrust their health in the hands of their countries' doctors.
It is quite intriguing as over here in the UK,the Queen's husband took ill, the public was immediately informed about his ailment, where he was being treated and regular updates about his response to treatment. He is 92 years old and it was expected that his health would get poor as he advances in age.
As soon as he was released from hospital, The Duke of Edinburgh resumed his official duties. What more, he was treated in a local hospital and he had to endure an hour ambulance ride tohospital. Let's wish both ladies speedy recovery.
Eight of September
" Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"-Nelson Mandela
I am not sure if the 8th of September was celebrated in Nigeria. It was The United Nations' International Literacy Day, to raise people's awareness and concern for literacy across the world.
We know what education can do; it can improve and raise people out of poverty, improve their living condition, increase economic growth, increase civic engagement, improve health, prevent ill-health through information, enhance and improve cultural tolerance and cohesion.
It does wonder for self-esteem, empowerment and so much more.
So, literacy can be instrumental in people's achievement of a range of capabilities such as maintaining good health and living longer, learning throughout life, controlling reproductive behaviour, raising healthy children and educating them. Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives.
We need to prepare our young and arm them with tools to become productive citizens. Some of the crude oil proceeds should go to educate our people -old and young- so that we can have a country worthy to be proud of. Our government needs to provide the opportunity for people to work their way out of poverty and improve the life chances of ordinary Nigerians.
Perhaps out of the crop of educated Nigerians, we will have eminent surgeons, doctors, nurses, architects, scientist and educationists. If not, we will continue to store problems for the future. I know that the free education in Nigeria enabled many to improve their life chances and some of the top people in Nigeria were recipients of the system. It's about time they gave back.


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April 18, 1912: Ismay, saved by 'miracle' to sneak back to London
Here is the complete text of this article from page 1 of The Denver Post, April 18, 1912:
Managing Director of White Star Line, Fearing Public Contempt, Arranges by Wireless to Escape Without Landing.
New York, April 18.–While all waited in suspense today for the arrival of the Carpathia, bearing to shore those rescued from the doomed Titanic, a report became became current that J. Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star line, had arranged by wireless code with the New York offices of his company to delay the sailing of Cedric until the Carpathia gets into port that he may return to England without setting foot on United States soil.
If such were his plans, however, they were frustrated, as the Cedric sailed at noon today as per schedule Unless the Cedric should meet the Carpathia and take Ismay on board, that gentleman will be forced to face the music in the glorious United States of America.
Ismay was one of the first to escape from the Titanic. Along with the women and children, to whom the right of way is given by the unwritten maritime law, the high official of the steamship line made his way to safety.
Around the White Star office it was said he was anxious to get back to London to report to the board of directors.
The more plausible reason for the order given by Ismay is that he is anxious to escape the service of a subpoena requiring him to appear before the house committee on merchant marine affairs to testify concerning the number of lifeboats carried by the Titanic. It had been planned at Washington that the millionaire official of the company–who was miraculously preserved while the veteran captain of the Titanic went down with his ship should be called upon to submit to a grueling investigation. When the first report was flashed to shore that Ismay had gone down to the watery depths with the gallant employees of his company, the story was taken as a matter of course. The law of the sea holds up to universal scorn the member of the crew who saves himself before every passenger's absolute safety is assured. The world did not know that the employers of the crew are held exempt from this inexorable law.
This exemption was forcibly brought to mind when the second message came that Ismay had been saved. Whether he had fought his way into a lifeboat, as the maddened crew of the Burgoyne fought when that ship went down a few years ago, or had been the unwilling victim of the desire of his employes that he be saved, will never be known. Ismay will not tell.
"Some officers had to take charge of the lifeboats," is the shame-faced explanation that the officials in the New York office made.
But why it was not one of the men of sea-faring experience who was assigned to this work no one knows. There were 800 employes on the ship, more or less familiar with the life-saving work. Almost any one of these could have taken charge of the lifeboats, but any one of them who did it and in compensation was spared his life would have been ashamed to live it.
The London papers have made just one comment on the saving of Mr. Ismay. The Daily Herald, the new labor paper, says:
"One might urge that Mr. Bruce Ismay showed his confidence in the safety of the ship by traveling aboard of her, but Mr. Bruce Ismay, chairman of the White Star line, has been saved."
One of the chief subjects of discussion in London hotels and clubs is Mr. Ismay's escape there being much wonderment whether he was forced into a boat with the women and children by his employes.
P. A. B. Widener of Philadelphia, a director in the White Star line company, has given up hope of seeing his son, George Widener, again. To some close friends Widener said:
"George went down with the ship, and he went down like a man–fighting to save the women and children."
Then he was asked why, if Ismay were aboard the Carpathia, his son should not also be there.
"Oh, Ismay saved himself," was the answer.


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Sabbatical Leave Committee (SLC)
The mission of SLC is to ensure the integrity of the sabbatical leave process and support the professional development of colleagues by assisting colleagues in preparation of quality applications for sabbatical leave and sabbatical reports.
For a quick Sabbatical Leave Overview, please view this video ~ click HERE.
Deadlines - SL Reports and Applications
~ Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 ~
FALL 2019 Sabbatical Leave APPLICATION Deadlines for Sabbatical during Academic Year 2020-2021:
Applications are DUE the 4th Friday of instruction - Friday, September 13, 2019.
FALL 2019 Sabbatical Leave REPORTS Deadline:
For faculty returning to full service in Fall 2019, SL reports are DUE the 3rd Friday of instruction,
Friday, September 6, 2019.
SPRING 2020 Sabbatical Leave REPORTS Deadline:
For faculty returning to full service in Spring 2020, SL reports are DUE the 3rd Friday of instruction,
Friday, February 7, 2020.
Act as resource to faculty in preparation of proposals and reports:
- mentor/advise faculty in the preparation of their proposals
- provide workshops as needed to assist faculty in the preparation of proposals and reports
Review applications for sabbatical leave:
- determine the feasibility of the proposed activity
- assess the contribution of the activity to the growth of the individual and to the district
- ensure that the proposed hours or study units meet the minimum required
- forward recommendations to Senate Council for action
- review requests for modifications of sabbatical leaves, and advise the President/President
Review sabbatical leave reports:
- verify that activities were completed as approved (or as modified)
- assist in editing reports as necessary to improve clarity
- forward recommendations to Senate Council for action
Review Sabbatical Leave Handbook
- maintain a manual of application and report procedures on sabbatical leaves
- review and revise procedures outlined in the sabbatical leave handbook
Any suggested changes to the contents of the handbook should be submitted to the Administrative Assistant of the Sabbatical Leave Committee by February 15 of any given year in order to be considered for inclusion for the following academic year.
Agendas and Minutes
- September 27, 2019 - Agenda | Minutes
- Spring meeting - TBD
Committee Membership 2019 - 2020
- Patricia Hanada-Rogers (Co-Chair - on sabbatical Spring 2020)
- Pilar Hernandez (Co-Chair)
- Lisa Lane
- Gail Meinhold
- Candy Owens
- Jennifer Paris
- Zica Perovic
- Dean Ramos
- Denise Stephenson
- Debby Adler (Administrative Assistant)
Sabbatical Leave APPLICATION Forms
- Sabbatical leave pplications submitted in Fall 2020 will be for the 2021-2022 academic year!
Sabbatical Leave Application ~ Click here for the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
NOTE: Follow the link above to fill out your SL Application.
SIGNATURE PAGE for SL APPLICATION:
Click HERE (fillable form) to fill out and print the Signature Page for your SL Application.
Send the hard copy of your signature page to Debby Adler at M/S 8C or drop it off to her in room OC4605.
Sabbatical Leave REPORT Forms
- Sabbatical Leave Report Click here for the ONLINE REPORT FORM
NOTE: Follow the link above to complete your SL Report.
SIGNATURE PAGE for SL REPORT::
Click HERE (fillable form) to fill out and print the Signature Page for your SL Report.
Send a hard copy of your signature page to Debby Adler at M/S 8C or drop it off to her in room OC4605.


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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Gnar Hest - The Dogs Churned
Diving into the same fertile furrow that marked Matt's previous release for LF records, this short tape starts out with a pumping spandex bass, filled with hungry pacmen wolfing down trebly jewels, cat meows and bonkers pitchwifery. The sounds get me all nostalgic for the chase scenes of 80s cult classics such as Subway or Diva …a futurism filling my head like the digitised blueprints from the TV version of Hitchhikers guide.
Matt's like a pixeled Vangelis, or Rick Wakeman without the chintz, sound tracking a virtual world… In the early days of computing (Commodore 64) I remember spending weeks/months of code chugging to produce a bleeptastical score that was nowhere as good as what's happening here… His compositional skills bludgeoning blandness in multiple layers that slip this way and that, the cute tunefulness choked with satisfying hooks and scenic reflections. …
By the third track, the pace slows to a dry tinkerbell musika, a harpsicordal twang showing a true deftness of touch … a sober grandfather clock chime to falling jewellery… or is that a frozen catfish's whiskers being plucked? …
The pace picks up once again for the tapes finale... a bleeping treadmill of goodness , where neon lines foreshorten into some pixelated orange dawn. This is as addictive as the arcade games it parodies… All hail the 8 bit king.
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Welcome to our fourth installment of can't-live-without small business advice in honour of national Small Business Advice Week.
Today, Annamarie Petsis-Jones, our resident Human Resources expert, is here to share the three things you must do as a small business owner to protect your business and your employees.
You may not have the budget or resources to hire a HR manager internally, but you can make sure your back is covered by doing these three essentials. Read on, follow the tips and you can rest easier knowing that your business and employees are safe and sound.
1. From a legal perspective it is imperative to ensure that you cover yourselves as a business when hiring new employees.
All employees are legally entitled to a Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment. These should include the hours of work, place of work, pay, overtime, holidays, notice periods, sick pay, pension arrangements and so on.
These are all the practical elements that you should be clear about so that your expectations and obligations are met and that there are clear boundaries for your employees.
2. It is also important to have a few essential policies in place.
ACAS is a very good source of information for new or small businesses and provides excellent guides for employers and employees. They also provide template documents which small businesses can download for free to ensure they are covered from a legal perspective.
At the very least, we would recommend having a disciplinary and grievance procedure in place.
3. For a small business, hiring the right people is essential.
Always ensure that you have created an accurate and attractive job description before you advertise your role. Once you are ready to advertise, use the most appropriate forums to attract the right people, whether that's a specialist job board or trade magazine.
Remember that hiring is a two way street – whilst it is important that a candidate convinces you they are the right person for the job you will also need to convince them that your business is the place for them.
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So much for a quiet life! Yesterday, all was right with the world, but it has not been such smooth sailing today. Male Osprey 33 has been back and has persistently hounded the Manton Bay nest. Maya has been on and off the nest all day, chasing him away, and 28 has not been seen since about 10am.
To add insult to injury, while Maya was chasing 33, another male Osprey, 06(09), swooped down to the nest and stole the remainder of her fish!
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- 1 Bathroom
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- Washing machine
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- Family friendly
- Travel cot
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- Check out: 10am
Angel Apartments is the perfect base for any couple looking for a place from which to explore all the stunning part of Suffolk has to offer. Ideal at any time of year and available for short breaks or longer stays, this pet friendly self-catering apartment has all you could need for your time in Suffolk. The first-floor apartment is comfortably furnished throughout offering you a sitting room with large flat screen TV, perfect for those cosy nights in. A fully equipped kitchen with a small dining area, ideal for intimate dinner parties for two. There is also a pretty double bedroom and separate bathroom. Just a short walk from the apartment are all the amenities that Glemsford has to offer including two pubs, a village store and a fish and chip shop. There is also a whole host of foot paths in the area which will be perfect for your four-legged friend. Shop: 600m Pub: 200m
Why we love this property: The perfect pet friendly bolt hole for any couple to explore all the beautiful part of Suffolk has to offer.
Entrance Hall: Coat and wellington boot storage.
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Pets: One well behaved dog allowed.
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Notes: Wifi and towels are provided. There is also a travel cot and blow up air bed available.
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Stickers missing, though Texans might not be getting cheated
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
— PolitiFact Texas
on Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Challenger overlooked health department role
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Community without Propinquity* is a project exploring the role of contemporary art and understandings of community in New Towns across the globe. For October and November, the The Project Space at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes has been an active Research Laboratory and forum for public events and new artist commissions. The focus of the research has been on the meaning of "community" in New Towns.
The closing forum will frame this work and research within a panel discussion, the launch of a publication published by ANDPublic and An Endless Supply and the new work-in-progress, presented as a mode of research by the six commissioned artists including Caroline Devine, Patrick Staff, Emma Smith, Kelly Large and Mark Aerial Waller.
14.00-15.00 FILM SCREENING (Video Space) Looped
Pierre Huyghe, Streamside Day Follies (2003)
15.00-17.00 PANEL DISCUSSION (Events Room)
Guest Panelists: David Lock, Anthony Iles, Roman Vasseur
Chair: Claire Louise Staunton
David Lock CBE has been an urban planner in MK since 1977, is a founder member of the MK Urban Studies Centre and, in 1987, became President of Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre.
Anthony Iles is a cultural engineer and writer researching and making experiments in the disappearing public sphere. He is Assistant Editor of Mute magazine.
Roman Vasseur is an artist and curator. In 2008 he was appointed 'Lead Artist' to Harlow, a post-war New Town in Essex, in the build up to the town's second phase of regeneration.
17.00 ARTISTS PRESENTATIONS/ACTIONS (Events Room)
Kelly Large, Emma Hedditch and Emma Smith
17:45 SCREENING & Q&A (Events Room)
Carry Gorney introduced by Mark Aerial Waller, followed by a screening of her work at MK Channel 40, Sweet Sixteen and Things that mother never told us.
Carry Gorney is a Systemic Psychotherapist and writer. She has worked with Inter-Action in London and Milton Keynes, developing the use of video for community participation. This became the basis for a series of television programmes broadcast on MK Channel 40 from 1977 to 1979. Mark Aerial Waller is an artist and has been commissioned to make a new work for the Research Lab, to be presented at the event.
19:00 PERFORMANCE (Events Room)
Patrick Staff, Performance, Growth, Forecasts (2011)
A video and performance work by artist Patrick Staff with Milton Keynes' Madcap Performers. The work has developed out of a period of research at the archive of the Milton Keynes Discovery Centre, involving a number of interviews with key planners and academic researchers and participatory workshops. The project explores urban design, growth developments, the history of the garden city and New Town movements with a particular focus on the role of the irrational, mystic and holistic in these plans and cities and how such knowledge is produced, circulated and understood by a community.
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Jesse Kahn is an artist and art professor. Trained in painting and printmaking at Earlham College and then in visual studies at the Art Institute of Boston, he now works across a wide array of media to generate idea-based art at his studio in East Boston, MA.
Jesse is currently an adjunct professor at Montserrat College of Art where he teaches in the Book Arts program and at Lasell College where he teaches digital applications to Fashion students.


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Pillow Madagascar-1
is currently backordered. You may still purchase it now but we won't be able to ship it until it becomes available again.
The Madagascar luxury decorative pillow combines brown and black animal prints with a classic harlequin with lots of embellishments for the perfect balance of elegant and adventurous styling. The iridescent black feathers make it a show stopper!


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Shots of Inspiration are photographers based in Derbyshire and Devon who specialise in Commercial, Portrait and Wedding Photography.
Their aim is to make great images affordable for both consumers and businesses. Have a look at their portfolio and if you like their work contact them to discuss your requirements.
Ian Lancaster - Creative Director and Photographer.Ian has been interested in photography for 25 years.
Ian, who enjoys all forms of photography, specialises in commercial, wedding and portrait photography.
He has also worked with a number of models in both the South West and Midlands taking pictures for their portfolios.
Liza Watts - Business Development and Marketing Director.Liza has been interested in photography for as long as she can remember and picked up her first camera when she was five.
Liza enjoys taking pictures of buildings, especially churches, plants, trees and children.
Their Aims• To provide you with a friendly service with no pressure or hassles• To work with you to understand what you want from your images • To make your photographic experience fun • To put you at ease during your shoot• To produce some great images for you
Commercial Photography
Can you be certain that you are not breaching Copyright on any of the photographs that you use in your marketing material?
Can you be sure that your competitors are not using the same images as you are?
Do the images that you are using truly represent your brand, style, products or staff?
Most commercial photographers will only license a photograph for a single purpose, possibly for a restricted time and exclusive use comes at additional cost.
Stock images can also be very expensive if you want high resolution and exclusive use.
At Shots of Inspiration we will license your images for any purpose and as long as you want to use them. We will also guarantee you exclusive use.
If you think that such a service is going to be too expensive, why not contact us to find out how affordable good photography can be......."
WEDDINGSYour wedding day is one of the most intimate and personal days of your life. At Shots of Inspiration they appreciate the chance to share your wedding day with you. They hope that their friendly, approachable and professional manner will put you and your guests at ease thus allowing them to capture the essence and beauty of your special day.
PORTRAITS"I would just like to thank you for the great time that Terry and I had during my photo shoot. You made us feel at ease and comfortable, even though we were extremely nervous, having never done anything like this before. I was very impressed with the quality of the photographs. They look so natural and there isn't a forced smile in sight. Should anyone I know require a photographer, I shall have no hesitation in recommending yourself. Thanks again, Julie and Terry xx"
CHILDRENCORPORATE AND PRODUCTSCommercial images that will ensure your company STANDS OUT from the competition!
• Corporate portraits / PR shots• Team shots at work• Showcasing your products• Offices or commercial buildings• Website photography• Corporate branding / vehicles
HAIR AND BEAUTYWould you like to display beautiful images of your own work in your salon? Doing so could give you the edge over your competitors especially if they are all using the same advertising material.
If you think that this is going to be too expensive Shots of Inspiration would like to offer you a challenge..... They can produce stunning images of your work without breaking the bank.
PORTFOLIOS"Had my first shoot with Ian on Monday night and had such a fab time!! He makes you feel really relaxed and lets you put alot of input into all of the ideas and poses! Can't wait to see the pics and the next shoot!!"- Jemma Jordan
"Had a great shoot with Ian this week - He came up with a brilliant theme that was truly inspiring. He is a true gentleman and exceptionally easy-going. Ian allowed me to be free and creative throughout the shoot, encouraging all the way and as a result have some gorgeous photographs! Thank you Ian :)"- Sarah Collins
Just a sample of some more customer comments:"Had my first shoot with Ian on Monday night and had such a fab time!! He makes you feel really relaxed and lets you put alot of input into all of the ideas and poses! Can't wait to see the pics and the next shoot!!" - Jemma Jordan
"Had a great shoot with Ian this week - He came up with a brilliant theme that was truly inspiring. He is a true gentleman and exceptionally easy-going. Ian allowed me to be free and creative throughout the shoot, encouraging all the way and as a result have some gorgeous photographs! It was so successful for both of us that we have already arranged another shoot - really cant wait! Thank you Ian :)" - Sarah Collins
"I had a really fun shoot last night with Ian where we tried out some new ideas. Ian always produces some fantastic pictures and I can't wait to see the results! Fun to work with and a great photographer Ian is highly recommended and I look forward to working with him in the future!" - Hayley Radford
"I had a lot of fun on my shoot with Ian and look forward to working with him in the future. Highly recommend this photographer" - Hannah Wrighting
"had a shoot with ian today really enjoyed myself, he has some really great ideas and easy to work with, I look forward to working with him again" - Sophia Evans
"We had 2 shoots which were both great especially the last one which was a studio shoot the images are fantastic very pleased with them. Definitley has a talent at portrait images :) Great communication before hand and great to work with. Highly recommended. Looking forward to our next shoot." - Victoria Summers
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This year has been an amazing one. It's been WAY UP…..and it's been WAY WAYYYY down. But a very common thread with everything that's happened this year is….
God. All powerful, all knowing, all faithful, all wonderful, all smiling, ever present, ever honest, ever patient, ever pushing, ever leading, always present, always true, always beautiful.
This sums it up:
Since deciding to read the Bible through this past year, it's changed everything. I committed to my Savior that I would not read ANYTHING this year until I read His Word in it's entirety. It was a lofty goal, one I've made lots of times before and never made it out of January. But this year…..this year…..this was different.
God is doing something in me. He's growing me and He's giving me strength I never knew I had. He's giving me visions of a future and dreams only He can fulfill. He's taken me out of my comfort zone and given me comfort to do the things He wants accomplished.
And it took sacrificing myself to do it. Committing myself completely to doing what He wants, and it started with reading His Bible. It started with that commitment to do it.
I've seen things this year I can't explain. I've experienced things few would understand, and it's all been God Almighty. I don't want to be mediocre. I don't want to be lukewarm. I don't want to be a Christian in name only. I don't want to be a Country Club Christian, too busy or "important" to get in and get my hands dirty for the One that saved my rotten soul.
I want to invite anyone that would like to participate to read the Bible through again in 2010. For some, it'll be the first time, for some, it's habit. For me, it'll be my 2nd time.
And it totally worth it.
I'm using The One Year Bible (Premium Slimline Edition) in the New Living translation. (Mardel's for $10) This works for me. This gives me every day's reading altogether, I just open my Bible to whatever day it is, and read what's already printed there. The format is simple.
I won't lie to you and say it won't be difficult, because it may, if it's not habit for you to do it. I am a reader of EVERYTHING, and not reading anything else through the year was HARD! But again, so worth it, and something God asked of me, you don't have to give up your other reading.
But I'm asking if you feel a tug to do it, JOIN IN! I'll start January 1st, but my Momma who's doing it with me has already started. LOL It's not a contest, there's no pressure, and if you fall behind, hopefully we can encourage each other to keep going.
I just want to say THANK YOU for the prayers, for the laughs, for the support, for the encouragement through 2009. It's been a crazy, crazy year, but one that will go down in my history book.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I pray God blesses you over and above anything you could ever think, dream or imagine!


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How to Keep Guest Conversations Interesting
Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Changes by Frank Sesno has a chapter on entertaining questions called "The Inspired Host."
For innkeepers who host events such as dinners and private parties, knowing entertaining questions to ask allows you to engage your audience and keep guest conversations interesting.
The objective always revolves around creating an experience that all your guests will enjoy and remember. You can steer the conversation to draw in guests and energize the room. Create a mood that connects people in stimulating and surprising ways.
First, the author advises, you must know your audience by asking:
- Who is my audience?
- What do they know?
- What don't they know?
- What do they care about?
- What will they find interesting and funny and why?
Starting with an exchange that is spontaneous and a little unexpected often breaks the ice and sets the tone for a more relaxed and more genuine experience.
Then begin with a few topics that interest everyone. Mix it up with a few lighter, open-ended questions. Listen closely. Ask for different levels of experience and awareness. Ask for examples and encourage stories.
Pick questions that intrigue and interest everyone and are relevant to the event or occasion. Draw from a menu of topics and questions to create flow and engage different people on different levels.
Set the mood through signals, prompts, words, and timing. Trigger emotions through the subjects you pick and the questions you ask.
Try the one-word association game to open the conversation more and perhaps get a few laughs. Figure out what you want to talk about and map out questions and anticipated responses. You can excite the imagination, or you can prompt reflection.
Your questions should invite participation at whatever level your guests feel comfortable. Frame your questions in a way that is approachable and real. Be willing to change directions when someone observes an altogether different slice of life.
Good hosts are always on, always listening, and always interested in their guests and the conversation around them. The role of hosts is to draw out other people and make them interesting, funny, or noteworthy. Ask guests to contribute new ideas or share interesting experiences.
Make your questions open-ended (they cannot be answered with a yes or no response) as well as friendly. Avoid controversial topics like politics, money, and religion.
To make sure everyone responds, try throwing out a question with the challenge that everyone must respond in just one sentence.
- "What's the one thing you want everyone to know about you?"
- "If you could transport yourself anywhere in the world right now, go to any country just to eat dinner, where would you go and what would you eat?"
By applying a little "conversation leadership" to get guests interacting with each other, you can create an environment that is inclusive, interesting, and dynamic.
According to Author Frank Sesno, good hosts use questions to have fun, make people laugh, or dive into the ridiculous. He encourages hosts to produce an experience their guests will enjoy and remember.
The more hosts understand the people in the room, the better you can steer the discussion. Hosts should ask questions, but don't answer them. Be principally interested in drawing out others.
The objective of hosting is to direct the conversation, not dominate it. Direct questions so that everyone gets a chance to talk, but also recognize that some people prefer to listen. Alternate topics and moods to keep the conversation moving, varies, and interesting.
Hosting dinner parties and other private events are excellent opportunities for asking and answering entertaining questions, to getting to know one another, and to having a good time while examining life along the way. I hope this inspires more innkeepers to host events which involve guests in conversation with each other.


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"I've always cited my older brother's childhood comic collection as a major point of inspiration for me," says New York designer Brad Callahan, whose independent brand BCALLA is known for its ability to provoke fantasy, much like comics. "A few years ago, he gifted me that collection, which is comprised mainly of female-fronted action comics, including Steven Hughes' Lady Death, Joseph Linsner's Dawn and Michael Turner's Witchblade."
Ahead of Callahan's NYFW presentation this week, he's expanded on his brother's collection by creating a comic book with Print All Over Me, featuring original illustrations and three heroines, named X, Y and Z. The "strong violent female" trio is Callahan's interpretation of his own "creativity combating industry pressures to acquiesce to their standards," and aims to release some of his internalized tension surrounding LGBTQ violence. "I can't go out and beat up bigots, but I can draw it," he says.
Read BCALLA's original comic, X Y AND Z FIGHT THE EVIL HOMOGENY, above, before his spring '17 presentation this Thursday at Stage 48, 605 W. 48th St. RSVP Here.


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Joint pain is a major factor contributing to decrease in quality of life among numerous patients. With different health conditions causing it, joint pain can seriously affect a person's abilities and activities, making even the most essential things like walking, climbing stairs, carrying things around and others a real torture.
Many people would say that joint pain is more common in senior patients because they are more likely to suffer from arthritis, osteoporosis or other inflammatory degenerative conditions. However, younger patients can also face joint pain due to injury or trauma. So knowing an effective way to relieve joint pain is a must regardless of your age.
When dealing with joint pain in most cases we experience chronic pain that can be mild to moderate but persisting for a longer period of time. Chronic pain is a bit different from acute pain because of its permanent nature.
If acute pain can stay for a limited period of time and wear off gradually (or be relieved with an analgesic), chronic pain persist for a long period of time affecting all the activities of the person suffering from it and by using analgesics one can achieve only temporary effects. You take a pill and the pain is gone for some time, only to get back on later when the effects of the drug wear off.
However, some painkiller medications are available in extended release form. For example, Ultram extended release tablets feature special coating which is not dissolved all at once when entering the stomach but gradually releases the active ingredients over a long period of time.
So instead of having a large dose of the painkiller in a short delivery, the same dosage is extended over a longer period, which allows the chronic pain to be relieved effectively. That's why it is very beneficial to use Ultram extended release tablets when dealing with joint pain.
If you are bothered with joint pain and do not know what is the cause behind it you should consult with your doctor as soon as possible. Pain is only a symptom for countless health conditions, and the earlier you start treating them, the more effective pain relief will be for you.
Ask your doctor about using Ultram for joint pain and get your prescription if it really helps you. Remember, only a doctor can prescribe the right dosage, and by exceeding it or taking the drug in a wrong way you risk experiencing side effects and making your health problems even worse. So don't risk, talk to your doctor about Ultram and get effective pain relief for joint pain.


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Every year the Scottish SPCA rescues thousands of sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
In 2017 we cared for over 9,600 wild animals - a new record!
We help every kind of wild animal in Scotland and are the only national animal welfare charity which rescues birds.
Find out more about our wildlife rescue work.


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Tune-Up Service at Coopers Auto Repair Specialists in Tacoma, WA
Keep Your Vehicle Performing At Its Best--Tacoma, WA
Tune Up
Today's engines are highly technical, advanced, and quite different from vehicles in the past. Regular tune-ups keep your car running at its best, bringing back power and efficiency that you need. Just because your car is running, doesn't mean its running efficiently. When your car is running rough, hard starting, stalling, and maybe not getting the fuel mileage it used to get, you might need a modern tune-up that will correct the issues you are experiencing. If you avoid regular tune-ups, you may be causing more damage to your vehicle which will in the end cause more headaches and hurt your wallet with more repair costs.
At Coopers Auto Repair Specialists we have the latest equipment and ASE Certified technicians trained to perform an engine performance analysts that will determine the exact cause of your vehicle concerns. We will run a series of tests and procedures to determine the condition of the tune-up related components. We will let you know what is the best option for you and your vehicle. When your vehicle is running rough you can count on us to get you back on the road running smooth.


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London's eight amazing Royal Parks offer 5,000 acres of green space – home to hundreds of thousands of trees, plants and wildlife and the setting for historic monuments and landscapes. Can you imagine what London would be like without them? Donate now and make sure the parks are here for everyone to enjoy for years to come!
To make a gift please enter the amount you would like to donate.


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A residential bliss designed for the king of real estate himself, is a house that brings out luxury in every sense. Inspired by the classics, this home is drenched in Tuscan elegance from head to toe. The planning of the site has been done keeping a harmonious rendezvous of public, private and formal quadrants in mind, all leading into a central open space. The basic idea was taken from the traditional courtyard concept. With utmost precision, the proportions of every arch, cornice and detail have been meticulously derived by the revival of Italian architecture. This whole mansion has been delicately designed with strong links from Vastu Shastra.view more
A brand that sells a lifestyle, the design of Elvy shows its users a life of luxury while shopping for one. Dealing with everyday needs with a pinch of elegance, the store was designed with the same intent in mind and what spells elegance better than revival of the classical. The store is adorned with classical furniture and interior spaces that provide its users an experience of a lifestyle they have always desired, with the products that they have always wanted.view more
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Peter B. Dervan
Bren Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Boston College, 1967; Ph.D., Yale University, 1972; D.Sc.h.c., Boston College. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1973-79; Associate Professor, 1979-82; Professor, 1982-88; Bren Professor, 1988-. Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1994-99; Vice President for Development and Institute Relations, 2011-12.
Research Areas: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Chemistry
Research InterestsOrganic, Physical Organic, Bioorganic, and Materials Chemistry
Assistant: Victoria Brennan
Professor Dervan's research program addresses a wide range of fundamental problems at the interface of organic chemistry and biology. Elucidating the chemical principles for the molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules and their use in biology, in particular gene modulation and DNA detection, are unifying themes.