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Linda WymanAugust 30th, 2011
Dr. Linda Lee Wyman, age 74 years, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Monday, August 29, 2011, at St. Joseph's Bluffs. Linda was born April 1, 1937, in Rockford, Ill., to Thomas Frederick and Catherine Grandstaff Wyman, who preceded her in death. She grew up in the Battle House, a hotel in Mobile, Ala., owned by her parents. The family later moved to West Point, Miss., where she graduated Valedictorian of her 1954 class at West Point High School. She attended Christian College in Columbia, Mo. She earned an A.B. degree from Southern Methodist University, the M.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Ph.D. from George Peabody College for Teachers. She also studied at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Summer School in Stratford, England. Following employment at Christian College, Western Kentucky University, George Peabody College, and Motlow State Community College, she came to Lincoln University in 1975 to teach English and to chair the Department of English, Foreign Languages and Philosophy. During her tenure as chair, she instituted a program of honors and awards for majors that still exists today. She also chartered the Omega Pi chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society, and she served as its sponsor until her retirement. She was active in numerous professional organizations, serving as president and editor for the Missouri Association of Teachers of English; assistant editor for the National Council of Teachers of English; and treasurer, vice-president and editor for the T. S. Eliot Society. She published articles and her original poetry in anthologies and journals, including Modern Drama, English Journal, and The Oxford American. She presented papers to the T. S. Eliot Society, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the Missouri Philological Association, among a number of scholarly organizations. In 1993, she gave an invited lecture on T. S. Eliot at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Summer School in Stratford-on-Avon, England, and she has recently served as assistant editor of Rogues and Vagabonds, a theatre website based in London. Well known for her excellence as a teacher of English teachers, she was in great demand as a workshop presenter and consultant for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Missouri Association of Teachers of English, and other education organizations. In 1990, she was honored as the Missouri Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. She received the Columbia College Distinguished Alumna Award in 1991. But the award that truly touched her heart was when she was honored in 2004 as the outstanding faculty sponsor in the United States by Sigma Tau Delta. A group of students nominated her for this prestigious award and then traveled with her to Daytona, Fla., to be on hand when it was presented. Lincoln University faculty and staff know her for her years of dedication to the institution and her unflagging devotion to high standards and quality academic programs. Lincoln students know her from the classroom where, since 1975, she taught, exhorted, and cheered them on to become better writers and capable readers of literature. Her many years in the Midwest did not eradicate the delightful Southern cadences with which she shared poetry with countless students. In May 2011, upon her retirement from Lincoln University, Dr. Wyman was granted the rank of professor emerita. Outside of the classroom, some of the things she most enjoyed were baseball, the theater, and travel. During her lifetime, she made over 45 trips to England. She is survived by her sister, Eloise Wyman Portera; her brother-in-law, Paul Portera; one nephew, Stark Hayden and his wife Kelly; and three nieces, Paige Hayden Logan and her husband Skip, Molly Portera, and Lee Karen Portera; three great-nephews and one great-niece. She also leaves behind a vast network of loyal friends, colleagues, and students. Visitation will be at Freeman Mortuary from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 1, 2011. A celebration of life will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2011, in the Freeman Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that books be donated to any library in Linda's honor. www.freemanmortuary.com


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But practice makes perfection! Today, i want to do a basic tutorial, for how i try to do the basic black smokey eyes. Everything i use in this tutorial are basic necessities, and i think any makeup collector would have something similar. The purpose of this is to allow everyone a chance to replicate this tutorial if they chose to do so. You really don't need anything fancy!
This tutorial is best suitable for people
- with small eyelids
- clubbing or any fancy evening events
This is the finish look:
For this tutorial , this is everything that i used:
4 brushes - left to right
1. small shader brush ( u can use any larger shader brush, i just use this because the palette is small and i need a small brush)
2. crease blending brush
3. angled brow brush (perferrably it to be stiff & thick)
4. large blending brush ( to blend the harsh edges)
i used the shimmery pearl eyeshadow in the stick (above ^) & the champagne colour in this palette(below) on top of it as well as the black eyeshadow in this palette
okay, so let's get started
This is my naked eye, with some minor makeup residue remaining
Step 1
:Apply eye liner
i use the pencil eyeliner and lined my eyes. For this part, you don't have to make it perfect. I also like to wing my liner at this point as well. I find that by doing this it helps me to create the perfect "smokey" eye shape later when i start blending in the crease. So i just take my pencil and line the end of my eye to the end of my eyebrows. This is the angle i want to "wing" my liner. Often times, when i don't do this, my eyes look droopy, because i tend to draw my liner too far out.
Step 2
:Wing your Liner
I use liquid eyeliner to wing my liner, because it's quick(no need to sharpen pencil) precise & no need to tug on the eyes! Using the LIQUID eyeliner, i start right at the outer corner of the eye, and flick directly up in the angle that I've already determined earlier. You should have something like this.
Now you may have noticed a sharp and awkward bent in your eyeliner. So you just want to smooth it out, but filling in the corner. & you should get something like this. Optional : After you've done all that, just go over your entire eye again with the eyeliner & your eye should look something like this.
Step 3
:Finding your Crease
First, to make it easier you want to raise your eyebrow as high as you can, then using the Angled Eyebrow Brush you will need to sort of poke it into the hallow areas above my eyes. (raising the eyebrows make the crease more visible) This is where your crease is. You just want to use that brush and sort of poke it around your eye so you get an idea of where your crease is. Once you've done that, pick up some black eyeshadow and lightly trace (by stroking) your crease using the same "poking method". I would say this is the hardest part. In the pictures, i exaggerated the poking to make my point. You don't want to poke it hard.
Step 4
:Trace your Crease
Trace your liner to approximately the middle of your eye. Do not connect the end of the line to your eyeliner. The eyeliner that we have previous drawn in, guides how far i should trace/draw my crease. It should look something like this.
Now, using the same angled brush you want to stroke the eyeshadow slightly above your eyeliner and line it to the "crease line" that you have just drawn. You should have something like this in the end.
Now, you just want to hold the brush vertically and brush towards the right. This just blends out the black, and soften the "V" shape & it should look like this.
Step 5
: Blend out the Eyeshadow
Using the crease blending brush now, you want to brush the black eyeshadow towards the inner corner of the eye & just slightly blend out the eyeshadow so the edges aren't so harsh. Smooth anything that you think is necessary. Do this in windshield swiping motion
This is how it may look in the end
Step 6
: Applying White Shadow
Now that you have everything basically "traced" out for you, you can easily apply the white eyeshadow. i apply it to the lid, and then the inner corner, and lower lash line. I used a shimmery pearl eyeshadow in a stick form with the champagne eyeshadow(from the palette) on top. You can use any colour. Shimmery eyeshadows compliment matte black eyeshadow very well. It gives you this extra "pop".
Step 7
: Darken and Perfect the crease
Go back in with the crease blending brush and darken the crease (with many layers of black eyeshadows! LOL) to your desire. All the previous blending has probably washed it away.
Step 8
: Blend out harsh edges
If necessary, just use a big blending brush and brush the edges to smooth out the harsh edges
Just re-apply your eyeliner, (water line) apply false lashes and your done!
(without false lashes) False Lashes MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
With False Lashes:
I hope this helped! I find it sooo much easier using the angled brow brush then using a crease brush only. Its much easier for me. Use any colour your like. Good luck and have fun~
P.S. i'm so surprised how many followers i've gained. I'd like to say Hello to all of you and thanks for following! Don't be shy to leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you guys!

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Posted by Editoress on 05/26/08
US Open DH Report & Photos
by Larry Ireland
Canadian pinner Steve Smith (Cove Redbull) finally managed to stay on his bike for an entire run, and took home first place here at the US Open of Mountain Biking in Vernon, New Jersey. Smith set a blistering pace that couldn't be matched, with a time of 2:36.73.
The star-studded field included World Champion Sam Hill (Monster Energy / Iron Horse), who took home second, just over a half second back from the Canadian. Last year's winner, Australian Bryn Atkinson (GT Bikes), took home 3rd place.
Smith, who has had a string of bad luck resulting in huge crashes lately, managed to talk about his run while being mobbed by the other Canadian racers in attendance. "It went awesome this week. The course was sick and a lot faster than the day before. I just kept it smooth."
This year's Open course was a hit with most riders, as some of the rougher sections of the course were smoothed over to get speeds up. The infamous rock garden, which gobbled up many a racer this week, was filled with hundreds of spectators wielding airhorns and bottles of beer, urging riders on.
For the women, it was Fionn Griffiths (Norco) with a time of 3:03.333 who took home the gold medal. American Kathy Pruitt (Jamis) made her way down the course just about 3 seconds back from Griffiths. Joanna Petterson was third. Top Canadian was Marie-Eve Marcotte (Primary) in 4th place after a course hold forced her and country woman Katrina Strand (Scott) back up to the top for a re-run.
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Tampa Bay, FL: Grassroots Meeting for Animals - February 26, 2013
SPCA Tampa Bay
The Humane Society of the United States and GREY2K invite our members, supporters, and other animal advocates to join us at the SPCA Tampa Bay to discuss current issues and learn what you can do to advance the cause of animal protection in Florida.
Kate MacFall, Florida state director for The HSUS, and Carey Theil, the executive director of GREY2K USA, will share tips for effective citizen advocacy and talk about upcoming legislative efforts for the 2013 session. If you are concerned about animal welfare and creating a more compassionate Florida, you should attend this informative and motivational meeting to learn how you can help.
Florida animals need you to speak up for them! Together, we can be a strong unified voice for the animals and we want to hear from you. Plus, you can put your skills to use and join humane advocates from all over the state for the Florida Humane Lobby Day in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 26.
RSVP today to lend your voice for the animals in Tampa Bay and beyond. Contact Kate MacFall at email@example.com if you have additional questions.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
SPCA Tampa Bay
9099 130th Ave.
Largo, FL 33773
We're sorry, the deadline for registering for this event has passed.
The Humane Society of the United States: Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty


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June 10, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Bethany Library
503 617-7323
Read to the Dogs is a program that pairs young readers with trained dog-and-handler teams. This program helps children develop their reading skills in a relaxed, non-judgmental environment.
Reservations are Required. To register, drop by or call the Bethany Branch at (503) 617-7323. Due to the popularity of this program, we ask that you please sign up for a maximum of one 30-minute session per quarter.


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SLAPP Law Explained
Questions about anti-SLAPP law?
Call Morris & Stone at:
(714) 954-0700
Understanding California SLAPP Law
and Anti-SLAPP Motions
It is probably a safe bet that the vast majority of people have never heard the term "SLAPP", even though it is a major factor in California litigation. It is also likely that if you are reading this, it is because you are involved in litigation where the issue of an anti-SLAPP motion has arisen, and you are looking for information. The information I provide below will give you a very good understanding of SLAPP suits, anti-SLAPP motions, and SLAPP-back claims.
What is a SLAPP lawsuit and an anti-SLAPP motion?
Let's begin with the basic terminology. "SLAPP" is an acronym for "strategic lawsuit against public participation". A SLAPP is a lawsuit, filed for the improper purpose of trying to silence criticism, or to prevent someone from pursing their own right of redress. The typical SLAPP plaintiff does not care whether he wins the lawsuit, and often knows he has no chance of prevailing. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. As a bonus, if the SLAPP plaintiff can garner notice in the media, or even among the defendant's circle, a SLAPP suit may also intimidate others from participating in the debate.
Approximately 30 states have enacted anti-SLAPP legislation. Currently there is no Federal SLAPP law, but it is anticipated that a Federal version will soon be enacted, because of the importance of free speech in America. California has a unique variant of anti-SLAPP legislation which has led to a significant volume of SLAPP litigation in this state. California is truly the anti-SLAPP capitol. A search for reported cases on SLAPP litigation in 2009 found 1,386 cases for the State of California alone, with just 341 case spread among the rest of the states with anti-SLAPP statutes. More than 2000 court opinions have interpreted and applied California's anti-SLAPP law.
Before proceeding any further, let's be sure you have a good grasp of the lingo. The "SLAPP" is the lawsuit filed by the Plaintiff against the Defendant, which seeks to either silence the Defendant's free speech, or to prevent the Defendant from seeking a "right of petition". The Defendant seeks to have the action dismissed by filing what is called a Special Motion to Strike. That Special Motion to Strike is the anti-SLAPP motion. The SLAPP can be, and often is, a cross-complaint filed in the action. That is where many attorneys who are unfamiliar with SLAPP law get into trouble, because they file a cross-complaint that attacks the complaint, and that itself is a SLAPP.
California's anti-SLAPP Statute
California's anti-SLAPP law is contained in Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16, a statute intended to frustrate these actions by providing a quick and inexpensive defense. Although called a special motion to strike, the anti-SLAPP statute creates a complicated hybrid of a number of motions from demurrers to motions for summary judgment, with a dash of injunctive relief. When a defendant is served with a lawsuit the defendant asserts is designed to improperly silence his speech, he has the option of filing an anti-SLAPP motion in the first 60 days after service (although the court has the discretion to consider anti-SLAPP motions filed beyond the 60-day deadline). If the plaintiff files an amended complaint at any point, that restarts the 60 day clock. It is sometimes the case that the original complaint will not be a SLAPP, but the plaintiff either adds a cause of action or allegation that makes the amended complaint a SLAPP.
Once filed, the anti-SLAPP motion stops any discovery and any discovery motions. This advances the purpose of the underlying statute, which is intended to save defendants from spurious defamation actions, but at the same time it can frustrate the plaintiff with a legitimate claim, who now must show a reasonable likelihood of success in the action, with his hands tied by the discovery stay. (The plaintiff can ask the court for permission to conduct limited discovery on a showing of good cause.)
Here are the three important anti-SLAPP statutes, but the heart of legislation is contained in subpart (e) of Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, which provides:
(e) As used in this section, "act in furtherance of a person's right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue" includes:
(1) any written or oral statement or writing made before a legislative, executive, or judicial proceeding, or any other official proceeding authorized by law;
(2) any written or oral statement or writing made in connection with an issue under consideration or review by a legislative, executive, or judicial body, or any other official proceeding authorized by law;
(3) any written or oral statement or writing made in a place open to the public or a public forum in connection with an issue of public interest;
(4) or any other conduct in furtherance of the exercise of the constitutional right of petition or the constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest.
First Prong: Defendant Must Show that the Speech Falls Under the anti-SLAPP Law.
To win an anti-SLAPP motion, the defendant must first show that the speech in question falls under one of the four sections set forth above. But that is just the first prong of the analysis. If the defendant proves the speech was protected, the plaintiff can still move forward with the action if if he can show that he is more likely than not to prevail on the action (this is called making a prima facie showing).
Here is a typical scenario to illustrate the point. A person goes to a doctor and is very displeased with the appointment. The doctor did nothing but an excellent job, but the patient felt he had to wait far too long in the waiting room. The patient goes home and goes to Vitals.com, where he can post a review of the doctor. He writes that the doctor made him wait too long, but then realizes that sounds pretty trivial. He wants to really hurt the doctor for making him wait so long, so he erases that, and instead posts that the doctor is a quack who should lose his license.
Having sufficiently vented, the patient gives the matter no further thought, but the doctor sees the post and sues the patient for defamation. Is the doctor's defamation lawsuit a SLAPP? Can the patient successfully bring an anti-SLAPP motion?
As set forth above, that will depend on a number of factors. Is the doctor's performance a matter of "public interest"? Most courts have found that a doctor's performance is one of public interest, but some look at the forum and the number of people involved. Some hold that the public's interest in this one doctor is not broad enough to be a matter of public interest, and would deny an anti-SLAPP motion on that basis, never reaching the second prong. Others hold that a doctor's performance, discussed on this website specifically intended to provide a forum for patients to discuss doctors, would constitute a matter of public interest, and would find that defendant has met the first prong, leading us to the second prong.
Second Prong: Is the Plaintiff Likely to Succeed?
If the court does decide that the ill-spirited post by our hypothetical patient is protected speech under the anti-SLAPP statute, then the analysis moves to the second prong: Can the plaintiff make a prima facie case? Stated another way, can the plaintiff show that he is likely to succeed? You see, just because someone is speaking on a matter of public interest, that does not mean they get to say whatever they want. The speaker is still subject to defamation laws. So if the defendant wins on the first prong, the plaintiff must put on sufficient evidence to show that even though the speech falls under the statute, it is still defamatory.
How Will the Court Decide?
The winner of our hypothetical will depend first on whether the judge feels that a posting on Vitals.com about a single doctor is a matter of public interest.
If the court finds that it is a matter of public interest, the burden will shift to the doctor to show sufficient evidence to prove his case. The fact that the doctor was called a quack would likely be found to be merely colorful hyperbole and not defamatory. There would be no evidence the doctor could put on to show he is not a quack, because there is no "quack meter" we can use to measure his "quack quotient". Even if the doctor can show a string of awards, that would probably not be sufficient to show that this patient did not consider him to be a quack. A statement of opinion generally cannot be defamatory.
On the other hand, if the patient truthfully answers during discovery that his only beef with the doctor was that he made him wait too long, then the "quack" remark could be taken as an unwarranted attack on the doctor's professionalism with no basis for doing so, and the court could conclude that the statement was defamatory.
Same facts, different results, and we don't even get to the evidence until the court decides that the speech was a matter of public interest, or involved a right of redress.
Frankly, the procedural requirements of section 425.16, its interaction with other statutes such as Civil Code 47 (the statute defining what is privileged speech) and the latest definition of "public interest", which changes from week to week, is often far too challenging for a trial court judge to decipher in the limited time he or she has to consider an anti-SLAPP motion.
A bad decision by the judge can be devastating to the defendant or plaintiff. If the special motion to strike is denied when it should have been granted, then the defendant remains hostage to the action. In an effort to minimize this possibility, the statute provides that the order denying the motion is immediately appealable, but that is costly and time-consuming, which is what the anti-SLAPP statute was trying to prevent in the first place. Conversely, improperly (or properly) granting an anti-SLAPP motion will entitle the defendant to a mandatory award of reasonable attorney fees. This has turned into a significant problem because there are many unethical attorneys who submit inflated fee applications following a successful anti-SLAPP motion. I am frequently retained to testify as an expert to challenge these inflated bills, and thus far I have always been successful in having them reduced, but without such testimony far too many judges are rubber-stamping attorney fee motions, which I have seen exceed $100,000. And there are no "take-backs" when it comes to SLAPP suits. Once an anti-SLAPP motion has been filed, a plaintiff cannot escape this mandatory fee award by amending or even dismissing his complaint.
Any of the following types of actions (and perhaps more because the law is expanding) can be a SLAPP suit:
- Defamation.
- Malicious Prosecution or Abuse of Process.
- Nuisance.
- Invasion of Privacy.
- Conspiracy.
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.
- Interference With Contract or Economic Advantage.
As you can see, many actions can result in an anti-SLAPP motion, and such a motion can be a costly and inequitable minefield if the judge fails to fully understand the law. If you are going to enter that minefield, you need an attorney who is a recognized expert in this field. You need Morris & Stone, attorneys whose primary area of practice is defamation (slander and libel) and the accompanying SLAPP laws. Call (714) 954-0700 for a free telephone consultation.
Aaron Morris, Partner
Morris & Stone, LLP
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Inflation was a serious problem for Canada—and many other industrial countries—in the late 1970s and 1980s, peaking at 12.5 per cent in 1981. Two upward oil price shocks and accommodative macroeconomic policies were the key factors behind this inflationary period. But since 1992, inflation in Canada has generally been kept below 3 per cent.
Inflation is measured by keeping track of the cost of a basket of goods and services used by a typical consumer. With a Canadian inflation rate of 1.52 per cent in 2012, a basket of goods that cost $100 in 2011 would cost $101.52 in 2012. Ultimately, inflation erodes the purchasing power of consumers; that is, it reduces the quantity of goods that can be purchased with a given amount of money.
Hyperinflation—or "out of control" inflation—can lead to the breakdown of a country's monetary system and to social and political unrest.
Deflation—the sustained fall in prices for a broad range of goods and services—is also harmful to economic security. Deflation usually occurs during a recession and hurts consumption, production, and employment.
We award an "A" grade to inflation that falls within the Bank of Canada's inflation-control target range, which is between 1 and 3 per cent. Inflation outside this target range (either above or below) gets a lower grade. The further away from the target range, the lower the grade.
Countries with inflation between 0 and 1 per cent or between 3 and 4 per cent earn a "B" grade. We grade inflation between 0 and 1 per cent to be a "danger zone" because it may signal that a country is slipping toward deflation. The one exception is when inflation between 0 and 1 per cent is due to currency appreciation or strong productivity growth—these countries get an "A."
Inflation between 0 and −2 per cent (i.e., deflation) or between 4 and 6 per cent gets a "C." The lowest grade, "D," is given if inflation is above 6 per cent or if prices are falling by more than 2 per cent, an indication of severe deflation.
Using our methodology, Canada fared better on the inflation front in 2012 than all of its peers. Eleven peer countries, including Canada, receive an "A" grade for inflation performance in 2012. The continued strong Canadian dollar, sluggish economic growth, and easing commodity and housing prices all helped to keep Canada's inflation in check.
Japan and Switzerland receive a "C" for 2012 because they experienced price deflation, which can create dangerous depressed conditions for consumption and investment and hold back economic growth. Japan in particular has been drifting in and out of deflation since the early 1990s. Not surprisingly, Japan has suffered weak economic growth and repeated bouts of recession over that period.
High inflation reflects a volatile economy in which money does not hold its value for long. Workers seek higher wages to cover rising costs and are not inclined to save because the cost of goods and services is expected to be even higher in the future. Producers in turn may raise selling prices to cover cost increases, and cut back production to control their costs (resulting in layoffs).
Citizens on fixed incomes—like many pensioners—are particularly hard hit by high inflation. While the wealthy can usually protect themselves against inflation by investing in assets—such as stocks, bonds, or property—that increase in value during periods of inflation, those on fixed incomes find the value of their income eroding. If the inflation rate is 6 per cent, someone on a fixed-income pension is unlikely to receive a 6 per cent income increase to compensate, and so that person's purchasing power is reduced. This leads to an increase in income inequality, or a growing gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots."
Hyperinflation—"out of control" inflation—can lead to the breakdown of a country's monetary system and create social and political instability. Some notable cases of hyperinflation include Germany in 1923, when prices doubled every two days, and Yugoslavia in 1993, when prices doubled every 16 hours. Zimbabwe now has the most inflationary conditions, along with severe political and social turbulence. Canada has never experienced hyperinflation.
Price declines due to productivity gains or new sources of supply can be beneficial. But deflation is something entirely different and generally bad for the economy. Deflation is the simultaneous sustained fall in prices for a broad range of goods and services. A country will always have some goods or services with falling prices, like the decline in the cost of computers or cell phones. But deflation causes increases in real interest rates (interest rates adjusted for changes in prices), triggering loan defaults. Consumers also postpone purchasing goods and services on the bet they will be cheaper tomorrow. When deflation occurs, businesses can no longer sell their products, leading them to cut back on production and employment. This leads to even lower demand for goods and, in turn, to lower prices.
Historical experience has shown that once deflation is set in motion, it is extremely difficult to stop, as Japan has found out. Japan has been drifting in and out of deflation since the early 1990s, and is still grappling with how to address it.
Inflation was a headline issue in Canada in the 1970s and early 1980s. The first spike was in 1974, when inflation rose sharply to 11 per cent, mainly as a result of the dramatic increase in oil prices, what some have called "oil price shock." Prices for items such as housing and food followed suit. In response to the higher cost of living, unions went on strike to increase wages. World commodity prices also rose sharply. The Canadian government responded by instituting wage and price controls, which curbed inflationary pressures for several years. These controls were phased out in 1978.
The second spike was in 1981, when inflation hit 12.5 per cent. Tighter monetary policy cut inflation by half within two years. Annual inflation did not rise above 6 per cent between 1983 and 1991. And since 1992, the Bank of Canada's subsequent inflation-targeted monetary policy has generally kept inflation below 3 per cent.
Except for Switzerland and Germany, all peer countries received a "D" grade in the 1970s because of average inflation rates above 6 per cent. Dramatic inflation declines in the 1980s in several countries earned them an "A." In the 1990s and 2000s, most countries, including Canada, had tamed inflationary pressures and received "A" grades.
Use the drop-down menu to compare the change in Canada's inflation rate with that of its peers.
The average rate of increase in the prices of goods and services over a period of time.
The Conference Board forecasts the inflation rate for Canada, the provinces and 27 metro areas. Learn more
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The data on this page are current as of March 2013.


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it's art history time again, folks!
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832 – 1898) was a Russian landscape painter, his method was based on analytical studies of nature. He became famous for his forest landscapes, and was also an outstanding draftsman and a printmaker. His works are notable for poetic depiction of seasons in the woods, wild nature, animals and birds.


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Hinduism 2: Hindu Traditions (Paper 21): Week Six
Examinations Schools
Prof. Gavin Flood
Wednesday, 26 February 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Beginning with the early medieval period, this paper traces the development of Hinduism in devotional (bhakti) and tantric traditions. The paper examines the development of Śaiva, Śākta, and Vaiṣṇava traditions along with ideas about liberation, ritual, asceticism, yoga and devotion. There will be some exploration of Hinduism and Modernity and there may also be reference to major schools of Hindu philosophy such as Vedānta.


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With the release of the DTI's Carbon Abatement Technology Strategy, monitoring and learning from the existing underground carbon dioxide (CO2)storage project at Sleipner in the North Sea becomes even more important (Figure 1).
Natural gas produced at the Sleipner West field naturally contains about 9.5% CO2, which has to be removed to get the gas to saleable quality. Instead of venting the separated CO2 to the atmosphere, where it would add to the greenhouse problem, Statoil, the operators of the field, and their partners decided to inject it down a 3 km-long well and store it in a porous and permeable reservoir rock called the Utsira Sand.
About a million tonnes of CO2 per year is prevented from entering the atmosphere in this way, and a total of more than 11 million tonnes has been injected so far.
Started in 1996, the Sleipner project was the world's first demonstration of carbon dioxide capture and underground storage. It is of great interest to the international community because if the concept can be applied to power stations it holds out the promise of making deep cuts in global CO2 emissions — without having to abandon fossil fuels.
BGS is among the organizations involved in monitoring and modeling the distribution of injected CO2 in the Utsira Sand to check that it is behaving as predicted and is not migrating out of the intended storage site. This type of demonstration will do much to satisfy future legal verification requirements and allay public concerns about safety issues.
Time lapse 3D (4D) seismic data (Figure 2) were acquired in 1994, prior to injection, and again in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 with around 11 million tonnes of CO2 in the reservoir at the time of the last survey.
Spectacular seismic images have been obtained, with the plume of injected CO2 imaged as a number of bright sub-horizontal reflections, above and around the injection point (Figure 3). The reflections are interpreted as wavelets from thin (just a few metres thick) layers of CO2 trapped beneath intra-reservoir beds of shale. The data shows the precise subsurface location of the CO2 plume and confirms that, so far, the CO2 is confined securely within the storage reservoir.
In addition to the 3D seismic, other monitoring surveys have been deployed, including high resolution 2D seismic (in 2006), seabed gravity (in 2002, 2005 and 2009), seabed controlled source electromagnetics (CSEM) (in 2008), and seabed imaging and bathymetry (in 2006). Current research work at BGS is focussed on understanding detailed migration processes within the plume by relating the seismic signals directly to CO2 distributions and amounts in the reservoir and history matching numerical flow simulations with the observed data.
Looking ahead, the Utsira Sand has an estimated pore-space volume of about 6 x 1011 m3. If only about 1% of this were utilised for CO2 storage, this would be sufficient to store 50 years emissions from around 20 coal-fired or nearly 50 gas-fired 500 MW power-stations.
The Utsira Sand is by no means an unusual geological formation in terms of its storage potential, and the Sleipner operation represents just one of many subsurface storage scenarios. The possibility of storing CO2 in exhausted oil or gas bearing structures, which form proven long-term traps for buoyant fluids and gas, is another option. Underground CO2 injection is routinely used by the oil industry to assist with enhanced oil recovery (EOR), in the effective exploitation of oilfields.
Contact Dr Andy Chadwick for more information about carbon capture and storage (CCS).


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Iraq war veteran Jeff Barillaro is using his hip hop music to help fellow soldiers returning from war to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.
Sleep-starved from a repeating nightmare and weary from wondering when all that therapy would reignite his fading hope, former Army tank gunner Jeff Barillaro took aim at his stubborn target with an attack as brilliant as it was simple.
He decided to break up with PTSD.
And he would do it in his increasingly famous style — studio-recorded hip-hop, under his stage name, Soldier Hard.
"I thought: If I could write a letter to PTSD, what would I say to PTSD? Then I thought: Oh, wow, this is going to be powerful," said Barillaro, an Iraq War veteran, out of the service since 2010, who has steadily gained fame among active-duty troops, young veterans and their families for his bare, often-bleak music about the daily demons of living with severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Last May, "Dear PTSD," streamed from his busy mind to his scribbling fingers and, ultimately into a microphone: "Did you listen good when I said, Leave me be? PTSD, get the hell away from me. Cuz you held me down, didn't even let me sleep, didn't even let me breathe, didn't let me live in peace."
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Jeff Barillaro, a.k.a. Soldier Hard.
Within the genre of modern military music, Barillaro has ventured a bit further from the mainstream with his growing stockpile of PTSD songs — lyrics and beats tapped from his anger, isolation, divorce, and what he calls "my dark world," all byproducts, he believes, of extended combat tension and witnessed war horrors.
He has recorded 14 albums, laying down his first tracks on "a minimum setup" at Camp Taji, Iraq, where he discovered that "between missions I could create music as my escape." He has launched a nonprofit record label, Redcon-1 Music Group, that already boasts a roster containing an Air Force staff sergeant, a Navy sailor, Marine Staff Sgt. Jerry Lozano, and two Army soldiers, including Fort-Hood-based Spc. Stephen Hobbs.
'Music has saved my life'
"I wanted to give other military artists and veterans a chance to tell their stories," Barillaro said. "Because I know how much music has saved my life. Maybe it can save their life, too.
"I want them to know that same feeling I get when it comes to music, when I'm writing it, and when I'm done and I'm listening to it. I forget where I'm at, any problems I'm having, any bills I can't pay. It keeps my mind clear. It keeps me sane. That's why I believe music can really heal people."
Some of the fans Barillaro has attracted say they are alive only because of the ex-gunner's lyrical lash outs at anxieties affecting an estimated 20 percent of the men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One night in 2007, former Army Corp. and Iraq veteran Keith Briggs said he "was sitting at the computer with a bottle in one hand and a gun in the other," contemplating shooting himself. He had been diagnosed with PTSD in 2005 just after returning from his second deployment.
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Jeff Barillaro looks at old records of former Iraqi prisoners at Camp Taji, Iraq, after U.S. forces took control of the base.
"For some reason I decided to get on Youtube and I found his song 'Support Us.' It changed my outlook on PTSD," said Briggs, 30, who lives in Shelbyville, Ky. "I knew I was not alone. Soldier Hard's music has saved my life. It has stopped me from suicide. PTSD is a real threat to veterans. Soldier Hard's music is the tool to fight this."
PTSD expert Dr. Sydney Savion, a retired military officer who has heard Barillaro's songs, said many of the artist's themes — particularly when he confronts PTSD — could evoke positive emotions in listeners with post-combat stress. They feel, she said, that he is speaking directly to them, forging a vital bond across the Internet and reinforcing the notion that they are not alone as they all strive to recover.
"Research does suggest that certain music can regulate negative emotions," said Savion, a Texas-based applied behavior scientist. "But conversely, some therapists have found some music with spoken words or lyrics could cause and has caused agitation when its played for those diagnosed with PTSD. So there is a duality between whether the music will evoke a positive feeling or whether it will conjure up those memories that can cause negative feelings. Not everyone's going to respond to the music in the same way.
"But there is no definitive line that a rapper should or shouldn't cross," she added, "because each individual will respond to it differently."
'Telling horror stories'
Of course, the quiet irony underscoring Barillaro's art: PTSD has typically — and purposely — remained a private struggle for many young war veterans. Within the military, the unofficial mantra has been: "Take care of your own business," or worse: "Getting help is for the weak." That has affixed PTSD with a social stain common to other mental health issues.
Barillaro, however, has literally shouted out almost every step of his path away from PTSD, stigma and all.
At first, he admits, he was tentative about revealing too much.
"I didn't want to be looked at as a weak person, and I didn't want people to be scared (of me). But I was just going to say it because it's how I feel," Barillaro said. "And I know there's a lot of people out there who feel the same way I did. So I decided: I'm going to write it and I'm going to start telling horror stories.
"And then it became not about myself anymore. Because I started seeing how much the music would help other people. Then I was like: Alright, I'm just going to let loose now and let everything out because these people out there are going through same thing I was going through and this gives them some hope."
The music has helped him. It hasn't cured him completely. The old nightmare still haunts his sleep: He's with his buddies in a "Middle Eastern setting," he said. They begin to take fire from the enemy. His friends are shooting back. But in the dream, Barillaro tosses away his weapon, hides his head and begins sobbing.
"That same dream always, always. But that's not how I reacted while I was in combat. I was on it," he said. "I don't even sleep anymore when I wake up from one."
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Jeff Barillaro, a.k.a. Soldier Hard, crouches in an abandoned building at Camp Taji, Iraq, in 2005
Which — to no one's surprise — inspired a song released last July: "Intro-Therapy Session." He takes listeners inside a conversation with a psychologist during which he is asked about any nightmares he's been experiencing.
"I'm scared, crying and I'm frightened. Then I wake up hella sweaty," he raps. "Tell me why this be. I just wanna die, please tell me: Why me?"
The song's final verse — accompanied by an ominous, sharp pop and a woman's scream — is not pretty. But, as Barillaro has been preaching all these years, neither is living each day with PTSD.


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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Dwight Powell scored all 20 of his points in the second half in leading Stanford past UC Davis 75-52 Saturday.
Josh Huestis added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinal (7-3), who have won four of their last five games. Chasson Randle scored 12 points.
J.T. Adenrele scored a career-high 23 points to pace the Aggies (1-6), who lost their fourth straight. Corey Hawkins added 10 points.
Powell made his first eight shots of the second half after being limited to two minutes in the first half due to foul trouble.
Ryan Sypkens, who entered the game as one of the nation's top 3-point shooters, was limited to a pair of 3-pointers, his fewest since connecting on one in the Aggies' season-opening loss at Oklahoma.


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Cardiologists need to become more familiar with these devices' limitations, too:
We have to address what is the meaning of death on one of these pumps," said Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam, chief of cardiac and thoracic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center and an investigator for Thoratec's clinical trials.Like pacemakers and ventillators, these devices intervene on the natural course of the dying process and when the quality of life declines sufficiently after their use, it is ethical for patients and family members to request such support be withdrawn.
Roughly 70 percent of patients on the HeartMate II were alive after a year, and nearly 60 percent were alive after two years, according to the latest data.
"It's not hard to imagine a person who has had severe stroke that has impacted both sides of the brain, the kidneys are shutting down, he is on a respirator, but yet the LVAD just keeps churning along," said Martin Smith, a clinical ethicist at the Cleveland Clinic.
Under U.S. law, patients are allowed to ask that implanted devices be turned off. But Dr. Diane Meier, a professor in the department of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said cardiologists are particularly bad at preparing patients for death, especially this kind of death.
The challenge, of course, is what to do when these members of the care team aren't there...


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Kirklees dementia friendly toolkit
This toolkit is one of the initiatives being introduced by Kirklees Council to help improve the quality of life for people living with dementia and their carers and should help our communities to become more inclusive.
Given the expected increase in the numbers of people with dementia over the next twenty years, local authorities have an important role in helping to develop dementia friendly communities that will support people in their homes and neighbourhoods.
How the toolkit can help businesses and organisations
All shops, other businesses and organisations have customers who already have dementia and over the coming years, more customers will develop dementia.
This toolkit has been written to give shops, other businesses and organisations some basic information that can help them to provide appropriate services to people with dementia.
Print or download the toolkit
- Kirklees dementia friendly toolkit introduction
This explains what is in the toolkit and how the tools work together.
- Guidelines for engaging people with dementia and carers
This explains what a dementia friendly community means to people with dementia and carers. We believe that the people with dementia should be fully involved in developing dementia-friendly communities.
- Why do we need to be dementia friendly? - Briefing notes for businesses
This explains why it is important that local businesses think about becoming more dementia-friendly.
- Dementia awareness raising options for staff - Briefing notes for businesses
People with dementia have told us that it is the attitude of those they meet that is the most important aspect of a dementia-friendly community. Raising awareness of dementia among staff is therefore crucial and this document outlines some options.
- Help-pack for customer-facing staff - Briefing note for businesses
This help-pack is focused on helping staff to support customers with memory problems more effectively.
- Checklist for dementia friendly environments - Briefing note for organisations
There are many aspects of the physical environment that can make life easier for people with memory problems - this outlines some basic considerations as well as signposting to more detailed audit tools.
- Thinking about a Memory Aware high street scheme - Briefing note for organisations
This makes recommendations for the development of a memory aware high street scheme that puts people with dementia in control of how they want to be supported.


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High Tide House
Holiday house in Ocean Grove
High Tide is a small home, but in a first class location directly opposite the surf beach (however you must walk two houses up to the beach access path.
You will receive a reply to your request confirming pricing & availability prior to payment.
Please enter the check-in and check-out dates for your stay as well as the number of adults/children checking in. We will check the availability and confirm the total price including any applicable fees and taxes.
– Location, Location, Location –
Budget Accommodation in a Luxury Position!
High Tide is a small home, but in a first class location directly opposite the surf beach (however you must walk two houses up to the beach access path. This path leads through beach shrubs and there is a long stairway down to the beach. We do not recommend this home for those who are unable to negotiate stairs. We do have a photo of the stairs (below) so you can assess if you have a guest with limited mobility).
High Tide is only ten metres long by six metres wide - so it's small. The living room and kitchen are open plan. A small hallway leads to a bathroom/laundry combo. The bathroom has a shower and vanity (no bath), however there is a baby bath. There is also a washing machine and laundry tub in the bathroom (no dryer). There are 2 bedrooms at the rear of the house; one has a queen bed with TV and DVD player. The 2nd bedroom is dorm style with a single over double bed, single bed and full size cot.
The rear yard is enclosed and has an outdoor play centre for the children. The front of the house has a carport with an old billiard table, some bikes/trikes and beach toys for the kids. Inside is a 2nd, smaller billiard table (approx. 1.5 metres by 1 metre).
- Available Year Round
- Bedrooms - 2
- Sleeps - 6 People + Baby
- Parking - Off Street for 2 cars
- Smoking - Not inside
- Pet Friendly - Yes
- Child Friendly - Yes - private playground in backyard.
- Kitchen (no dishwasher)
- Living area with 32 inch LCD TV and DVD player
- Wifi
- Fireplace (on request only) - electric log fire
- Laundry - no dryer
- All linen
- Toiletries
- Bathroom, baby bath
- 2 bedrooms
- Bedroom 1:
- 1 x queen bed with 2nd (small) TV, and 2nd DVD player
- Bedroom 2:
- 1 x single over double bed
- 1 x single bed
- Full size cot
- Electric Heating and air conditioning in lounge room
- Childrens Beach Toys - these will vary
- Indoor children's toys inc. half size pool/billiard table
- Fenced yard
- Industrial Play Structures (x 2) including slides, fort, platforms, sand pit
- Array of children's outdoor activities in an undercover area, including another billiard table - larger size.
- Play equipment is subject to change due to inappropriate use causing damage etc
Peak Period
25 December - 31 January. Easter.
- Easter - (4 nights)
Off Peak:
All other times
1 February - last weekend in April
June Long Weekend
July School Holidays
September School Holidays - 24 December
Excludes Easter
2014 - 2 night min June long weekend
2015 - 3 night min June long weekend
4 night min Melb Cup weekend
Schoolies are charged at peak rates
- Laundry facilities
- No smoking
- Pets Welcome Outdoors
- Children's Playground
- Games room
- BBQ - Gas
- Kitchen
- Stereo
- CD Player
- Accept VISA
- Accept MasterCard
- Television
- 24 hour reception
- Air conditioning
- Massage
- Linen supplied
- Undercover or off street parking
- Bath
- Lake nearby
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Boat Ramp Nearby
- Babysitting
- Hairdresser
- Baby Cot
- Pets Welcome Indoors
- Books/Magazines Supplied
- Videos/DVDs Supplied
- Highchair
- Balcony
- Bath towels provided
- Broadband internet available
- Cooking facilities
- Electric stove
- Ferry nearby
- Fireplace
- Hair dryer
- Heaters provided
- Iron and ironing board
- Microwave
- Parking
- Reverse cycle heating
- Vacuum system
- Walk to the shops
- Washing machine
- Bus nearby
- In-house Movies/Videos
- Free WiFi
Terms & conditions
"It is our mission to to have a consistent and ethical approach to the business, guests and employees and to distinguish ourselves as an accommodation leader, whilst providing a diverse range of holiday homes"
- Bookings between 20 December - 30 January - 25% is due at the time of booking - Balance is due on 10th December
- All other times - 25% is due at the time of booking - Balance within 2 weeks of arrival.
- If a deposit is not received at the time of booking, the property may be re-advertised.
- March, June and November public holidays are subject to a 3 night stay period. Easter is subject to a min. 4 night stay period.
- Keys are located in lock boxes (key safes) at each property. Once final payment is made, we will notify you of your special combination code.
2) BOND: A bond of $300 per booking is payable and is returned to you within 14 days of occupancy so long as the property is left neat, clean and undamaged. Bond is actioned in rare circumstances and does not include wear and tear/ small item breakages. All schoolies bookings are required to pay $100 per guest together with a valid credit card as bond.
Bond monies may be used under the following (not limited to) circumstances: Items that need to be repaired due to misuse Broken/damaged items, Stolen items, Excess cleaning
- Late departure $30 per hour or part thereof
- Pet hair on linen in pet friendly homes - $100
- Pet hair not removed from carpet - $100
- Pet droppings left in yard upon departure - $200
- Staining on carpet (not general wear and tear) - $200
- Broken remote controls/missing remote controls - $300
- Collection of cigarette butts from garden/grass - $200
- Vomit or other bio-hazards - $300
- Excess rubbish left beside the bin - $45
3) CHECK IN : From 2.00 pm
CHECK OUT: By 10.00 am
January bookings have varied check in and out times.
4) Food and drink is not permitted on carpeted areas.
5) SMOKING: All homes are smoke free. Please adhere to this policy to ensure properties remain fresh and unstained. It is also a precaution against fire. Smokers are welcome to indulge outside, but please dispose of cigarette butts responsibly. If you decide to smoke inside a charge may be applicable to you to allow the premises to be aired for 24 hours.
6) VALUABLES: Valuables are not well protected by insurance policies in accommodation facilities in Australia. Property owners shall not accept responsibility for loss or damage to guests' property.
7) COMPLAINTS: Please make contact at the first available opportunity during your stay. We will then rectify/resolve the issue in a timely fashion so that you can go on to enjoy your stay. CLEANERS may from time to time miss something, but if we don't know about it, we cannot fix it. It is our aim to make sure that you, our guest, is happy. Complaints after the date of departure will be noted and acted on where appropriate but we will not enter into tariff negotiations/compensation as you have not provided us with an opportunity to fix the issue during your stay. If you call us out during your stay we will rectify any issues as soon as practicable. A callout fee of $25 may be charged should you call us out to replace or fix items that are not actually faulty.
8) Your reservation price is protected. If the tariff varies after this reservation is accepted, you will only be charged at the reservation price.
9) Pets are not permitted at any homes other than those in our pet friendly range.
10) LARGE GATHERINGS: No person on the premises shall be guilty of conduct that is a nuisance to adjoining or neighbouring occupiers. In units, by-laws must be adhered to. No weddings, parties or large gatherings are permitted in any of the homes. You must vacate the property immediately and without refund should this condition not be complied with. Schoolies are charged at peak tariff rates at all properties.
11) In the event of a property being offered for sale, the renter agrees to allow the owner or his agent to inspect the property with prospective purchasers during reasonable hours at a suitable time to the renter.
12) The Agent reserves the right to apply an extra bond on holiday premises if considered necessary.
13) The Agent will not be responsible for alternative accommodation or any other costs when guests arrive after hours.
14) The Agent and property owners will not be responsible for any inconvenience for the purpose of building or sewerage works, or any works instigated by the Body Corporate of a unit complex.
15) BELONGINGS LEFT AT A HOME UPON DEPARTURE: Please email us and we will then email you a postage form to complete, together with postage payment, so that the item can be returned to you safely. The Agent is not liable for postage costs. Alternatively, the item can be posted COD, or you may elect to post a self-addressed and stamped satchel to PO Box 1191 Barwon Heads together with your details, so that the item can be returned.
16) CHILDREN'S FACILITIES: We ask that you wipe down the toys after use so they are fresh for the following guests. Cleaning products are left at most homes.
17) Bookings are made in good faith by The Agent as booking agent, but no warranty is given, or representation made, that no unanticipated later change in the circumstances of the property can frustrate the booking (for example, the property may possibly be damaged or sold). The Agent does not accept responsibility for such circumstances but will use best endeavours to provide suitable alternative accommodation should the property be rendered unavailable for the booking. It is the sole responsibility of the registered owner of each property to keep homes properly maintained before during and after occupancy.
18) A renter who stays for longer than the agreed booked period as stated in the confirmation email will be evicted. Guests who fail to remit the agreed tariff as stated in the confirmation of bookings will be either refused entry to the property, or in the case of ongoing payment plan bookings, will be evicted immediately.
- More than 21 days notice of cancellation is made – full refund less cancellation fee.
- 10-21 days notice of cancellation is made – full refund less cancellation fee/s is returned if the proeprty is rebooked.
- Less than 10 days notice (inc. non arrival) – full payment of period booked is required.
- Mystery House Bookings - 100% forfeiture of payment.
- A $150 cancellation charge may be applicable to all bookings. All cancelled bookings made through 3rd party sites will incur a non-refundable 8% cancellation fee of total booking amount plus up to $150 cancellation fee.
20) REFUNDS: You should expect to receive your refund within five (5) business days of written notification of the cancellation, in many cases you will receive a refund immediately. Bank transfers routinely take 1-2 days to process electronic transfers. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund.
21) GIFT VOUCHERS: We do not offer a refund but will do our best to work with you on extension of time for gift vouchers.
22) PROCESSING FEES: Our processing charges are intended to compensate our company for the cost of processing your order. We encourage you to also review detailed information about our processing fees which are as follows: all credit card transactions will incur a 2% surcharge, (AMEX 3%). All credit card transactions made through our online secure payment facility on this web site will incur a one off booking fee (usually $3.95). Internet banking payments made through our website or individually do not incur any processing fees.
23) USER COMMENTS: We welcome your comments about our Web Site. However, any comments, feedback, notes, messages, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively "comments") sent to our Web Site shall be and remain the exclusive property of Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays. Your submission of any such Comments shall constitute an assignment to Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays and its Brands of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the Comments. Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays will be entitled to use, reproduce, disclose, publish and distribute any material you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without restriction and without compensating you in any way. For this reason, we ask that you not send us any comments that you do not wish to assign to us, including any confidential information or any original creative materials such as stories, product ideas, computer code or original artwork.
24) DISCLAIMER: This Web Site and all Content available on this Web Site are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. You acknowledge, by your use of this Web Site, that your use of this Web Site is at your sole risk, that you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with all necessary servicing or repairs of any equipment you use in connection with your use of this Web Site, and that Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays shall not be liable for any damages of any kind related to your use of this Web Site.
25) PROPERTIES INFORMATION: Properties displayed on our Web Site are available according to the availability calendar on this web site. In some cases, properties displayed as available on our Web Site may not be available after booking for a variety of reasons. We will notify you as soon as practicable if a situation arises whereby your chosen property becomes unavailable and work with you to secure another property. The prices displayed on our Web Site are quoted in Australian Dollars and are valid and effective only in Australia. Rates may vary at any time without notice.
26) INACCURACY DISCLAIMER: From time to time there may be information on our Web Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, and availability. Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order).
27) PRIVACY POLICY: Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays are committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protection and management of personal information you share with us (the phrase "personal information" means any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, etc.). The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you what personal information we may collect from you, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to review and correct, the information.
28) COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOU: There may be times (such as when you book a property, subscribe to a service, register to receive catalogs, or to participate in contests, sweepstakes or promotions, etc.) when we ask you to provide certain information about yourself, such as your name, shipping/billing address, telephone number, email address, credit card information, birth date, gender, occupation, personal interests, etc. We may also maintain a record of your product purchases.
Whether or not to provide such information is completely your own choice. But if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to purchase products, or access certain services, offers and content on our web site. In addition, we may need to contact you via phone, email or mail to address questions or issues specific to your order, entry, etc., even if you have opted to not receive communications from us.
In general, you can visit many of our web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track the Internet domain address from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous, unless you voluntarily tell us who you are.
29) USING INFORMATION ABOUT YOU: We use the personal information you provide for internal purposes, such as confirming and tracking your order, subscription or registration, analyzing trends and statistics, informing you of our new properties, services and offers, and providing you with information from and about Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads Stays. We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to receive information from us please let us know by sending us an email. Please be sure to include your email address, mailing address, full name, and specifically what information you do not want to receive. If you would like to update or correct your email address, mailing address or other personal information with us please contact us the same way.
Please note that any requests to remove or update your personal information may take up to ten days for your email request and 6–8 weeks to process your postal mail request.
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Children under the age of 18 years should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children's online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children's access to the web.
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Dolores Heights architecture is like a tapestry
Up in Dolores Heights, taking stylistic risks can work when there's respect for the overall architectural fabric
With its dark glass walls, flat modern lines and bare concrete base, the new house at Sanchez and 20th streets makes a brash first impression on the settled eastern slope of Dolores Heights.
Now take a broader look at the entire block, and something else is revealed: a fresh strand in the neighborhood's architectural fabric.
One house on the west side of the 700 block is barn-shaped and deep-set; another swells with a single tile-roofed bay. The house in the middle of the block pulls back behind balconies in a demure Cubist manner. Two doors away, the protruding top floor is adorned with flower boxes.
Even as they coexist with ease, what the houses share is a sensibility rather than a preordained style - a sensibility that extends to the newcomer as well, an 1,800-square-foot structure on a lot that would allow nearly twice that. The context of Dolores Heights, like the context of the city as a whole, is a tapestry that only grows more intriguing as new elements are added to the weave.
The steep, 400-foot hill itself is a definition rather than a destination, framing Noe Valley to the south and Dolores Park to the east. From afar it's a rustle of walls and rooflines, green trees and straight asphalt.
Things aren't so placid on foot in the enclave bounded roughly by Cumberland, Church, 22nd and Castro streets.
"Residents of the hill fought bitterly over location of the streets the city was preparing to cut into the sides of the hill," The Chronicle wrote in its 1958 piece on Dolores Heights, describing the early 20th century. "Everyone wanted the paved street to be at the level of his house - not that of the house across the way, which might be 20 or 30 feet higher or lower."
The result was that some streets are split by retaining walls between lanes. Others filled in on one side but not the other. At the crest of 20th Street above Sanchez, for instance, the south side of the block was still open space when George Homsey and his wife bought a 50-foot-wide lot in 1963.
Past perspective
"It was a little blue-collar enclave back then, a cul-de-sac with steps down to Sanchez," recalled Homsey, a founding principal of the architectural firm Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis. "This side was nothing but a rocky bank and the property above."
Then, filling in the blanks was a casual thing. Homsey met with a bureaucrat, assured him the house wouldn't be too tall, and hired a contractor to erect a woodsy house that would look at home in a Sierra forest. Friends stopped by on weekends to help with interior details, such as the stained plywood floors that still do the job.
Now, new houses must align with the guidelines of the Dolores Heights Special Use District, established in 1980 "to encourage development in context and scale with established character and landscape." Builders and architects also are encouraged to vet their plans with the Dolores Heights Improvement Club, a neighborhood association.
Groups like this emerged across the city in the 1960s and '70s, many of them in reaction to what was seen as excessive or insensitive development.
The 3600 block of 21st Street is a case study in why such fears took root. On the summit at Sanchez stands the home built by then-Mayor Sunny Jim Rolph in 1930, a storybook chateau with small paned window and a brick-studded chimney. Downhill - literally - the block concludes with a 30-unit apartment building from 1963, a colorless box with so little grace that on Church Street the hill's underlying rock stands exposed behind three concrete piers.
Later disregarding
While families like the Homseys staked their claim with affection and care, mid-century builders slapped in product with no thought for their surroundings. No wonder that neighborhood groups stepped forward to protect their terrain, or why the city's Urban Design Plan of 1971 warned that "modern changes tend to be extremely potent and to have sharply visible negative effects."
But with the passage of time, being protective can harden into a suspicion of anything out of the norm. Watchdogs become so intent on preventing the worst that they stifle the best.
Lukewarm becomes the law of the land.
The glass residence at Sanchez and 20th streets suggests that Dolores Heights - like other neighborhoods, such as Hayes Valley - is again willing to allow architects to take chances, as long as they respect the hill's underlying rhythms and forms.
"Reviewing a project like this we started with the building scale, whether it was complementary from that perspective," said Michael Smith, the planner for Dolores Heights. "It helped here that the neighbors were on board."
Fitting in
Indeed, architect Craig Steely went to block residents and the Improvement Club early on. This would be home for the family that had hired him, he stressed. The skin might look slick with an aquamarine sheen, but the glass would be 1 1/2 inches thick and louvers inside would add visual depth along the public stairway to the north.
"What strings did we pull? None," said Steely, whose office is in the Duboce Triangle, another discreetly eclectic enclave. "We explained our ideas and tried real hard to find common ground. There was a lot of back and forth."
The project didn't even go to the Planning Commission - nobody filed a discretionary review.
For his part, Homsey isn't sure what to think of the new kid at the end of his block, the home designed by Steely that appears on the cover of September's Dwell magazine.
"I'm learning in my twilight years to live and let live," he laughed. "A residential area like this, I'm not so sure it's important to 'relate' to everything. What's important is that a building be done sensitively."
About the series
The Chronicle is retracing the steps of its 1958 "Hills of San Francisco" series. Each Wednesday, Urban Design Critic John King explores what individual peaks reveal about today's city. Find more images, an interactive map and previous installments in the Urban Landscapes blog at www.sfgate.com.
John King is The San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @johnkingsfchron


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The name Caithness is derived primarily from a tribal rather than a place name and appears to have been given to the indigenous people in question, 'the Cats' by their Celtic-speaking neighbours. (Ref: Professor Bill Nicoliasen in, Baldwin, John. R. ed. (1982) Caithness - A Cultural Crossroads. Edinburgh: Scottish Society for Northern Studies).
Caithness was originally named Katanes by the Norsemen, meaning 'headland of the cats'. The lands south of the Ord of Caithness were later designated Sudrland by the Norse (the southern part of Katanes) whilst the area west of lowland Caithness was referred to in the Norse sagas as the 'Dales' of Caithness (Dalir).
It has been argued that the 'province' of Strathnaver likely equates to these 'dales' and should be seen as part of the earldom lands of Caithness. (See: Baldwin, John. R. ed. (2000) The Province of Strathnaver. Edinburgh: Scottish Society for Northern Studies).
The project will cover that part of north-eastern Scotland inhabited by 'the Cats', namely present day Caithness (Katanes), Sutherland (Sudrland) and the 'Dales' (Dalir) which equates with the Diocese of Caithness in the Middle Ages.
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Customizing Emacs Muse – Part 3
This is part 3 in the customizing emacs muse series.
In part 1 (Creating Squidoo Lenses With Emacs Muse) we talked about adding hooks to transform the generated HTML to cope with the impoverished tag set that Squidoo provides.
In part 2 (Updating Elements Within Association Lists) we talked about adding a function that can replace values in association lists to manipulate
In this post, we will talk about how to select between different output styles if you're writing for, say, a wordpress.com blog, an article directory and squidoo.
Note: muse already allows for different styles, but I'm not aware of a sub-style mechanism which is what I am really describing here.
Let's get started. First of all, it is handy to have a mechanism for getting back to the default state. I provide a variable to store a function that will undo the changes that made the current sub-style. Returning to the default is just a matter of calling this function if it is defined.
(defvar muse-style-remove-fn nil) (defun muse-style-default () (when muse-style-remove-fn (funcall muse-style-remove-fn)) (setq muse-style-remove-fn nil))
muse-style-select enables me to choose between the various styles using ido. You may recognise this selection mechanism from my directory aliases post.
(defconst muse-style-mapping (list (cons "squidoo" 'muse-style-squidoo-enable) (cons "curious" 'muse-style-curious-enable) (cons "default" 'muse-style-default))) (defconst muse-style-aliases (mapcar (lambda (e) (car e)) muse-style-mapping)) (defun muse-style-select (&optional style) (interactive) (unless style (setq style (ido-completing-read "Muse Style: " muse-style-aliases nil t))) (if (and (stringp style) (> (length style) 0 )) (let ((pair (assoc style muse-style-mapping))) (if pair (funcall (cdr pair)) (error "Invalid style %s" style))) (error "Invalid style %s" style)))
I have a helper function to replace the keys within
(defun muse-strings-replace (mapping) (setq muse-html-markup-strings (assoc-replace muse-html-markup-strings mapping)))
The disable function resets
begin-literal and
end-literal to the original state. Possibly I should have copied the entire original associative list instead. It also removes the hooks which have been added.
(defun muse-style-squidoo-disable () (interactive) (muse-strings-replace (list (kv 'begin-literal "") (kv 'end-literal ""))) (remove-hook 'muse-html-after-htmlize-hook 'squidoo-htmlize) (remove-hook 'muse-after-publish-hook 'squidoo-fix-para))
The enable function returns us to the default style first, just in case there is already a sub-style selected. It then overwrites
begin-literal and
end-literal and adds the hooks.
(defun muse-style-squidoo-enable () (interactive) (muse-style-default) (when muse-style-remove-fn (funcall muse-style-remove-fn)) (setq muse-style-remove-fn 'muse-style-squidoo-disable) (muse-strings-replace (list (kv 'begin-literal sq-code-prefix) (kv 'end-literal ""))) (add-hook 'muse-html-after-htmlize-hook 'squidoo-htmlize) (add-hook 'muse-after-publish-hook 'squidoo-fix-para))


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Scroll down in your UserCP and about 3/4 of the way down, click on "Edit Signature"
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It's labor day here in the US of A, a day for picnics, parades honoring our nation's workers, and going through Fidelbogen's timeline on Twitter looking for especially obtuse tweets from the always obtuse Men's Renaissance Agitator and would-be philosopher-king of the Men's Rights movement.
Yes, I know we just did Fidelbogen the other day, but we're doing him again.
Because it's my blog, that's why!
And it's worth it. Because Fidelbogen, who apparently fancies himself some sort of evil rhetorical genius taking down feminism with he power of his mighty words, has a knack for saying out loud what a lot of Men's Rightsers think. As I pointed out the other day, he's admitted straight up that he's far more interested in attacking feminists than in actually helping men. Which is clearly the case with most MRAs, as evidenced by their complete and utter lack of accomplishment in the whole "actually helping men" arena.
In his tweets, he often goes further, exposing the dishonest nature of these attacks on feminism. Indeed, a good portion of his tweets are basically him twirling his moustache as he explains the devious trickery he'll be using to take the evil feminists down.
Here he is in full supervillain mode:
We needn't treat feminists fairly or ethically.Underhanded tricks r the order of the day, BUT. . nothing violent or illegal! #antifeminism
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 15, 2013
One of Fidey's favorite themes is that he and his MRA buddies can define feminism, so suck on that, femmies!
#Feminism is what WE say it is. And if this doesn't match you, then you are NOT A FEMINIST. Best not call yourself one. #FeministArmy #fem2
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 6, 2013
Indeed, he won't shut up about it:
Always remember that when we talk about "feminism", we mean #Feminism as WE define that term. #FeministArmy #Fem2 #rapeculture #mensrights
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 28, 2013
Yeah, dude. Trust us — we know.
And here he suggests he's far more interested in pulling women down than in raising men up:
Whatever lousy treatment is dished out to men, may fairly be dished out to #women as well. Equality of misery, all the way. #Feminism
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 1, 2013
What's this? Straight up misogyny?
There are some who would say that #feminism is simply politicized or weaponized female nature. #misogyny #FeministArmy #mensrights #fem2013
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 11, 2013
Oh, sorry, misogyny doesn't exist.
"Misogyny" is a nonsense word that feminists use when men won't take any crap from them. Misogyny doesn't really exist. @AmandaMarcotte
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 6, 2013
Or … does it?
#Feminism creates more genuine misogyny than any other force on earth. #FeministArmy #misogyny #sexism #women #antifeminism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) August 8, 2013
Do try to keep your story straight, dude!
Fidey is the master of baffling metaphor:
#Feminism drove women 50 miles out into the country and left them there. That's what you get for taking rides from strangers. #FeministArmy
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 30, 2013
Ok, that didn't make sense. Let's try this one:
Whatever is "good" about #Feminism, is like a flower painted on a piss-pot. #FeministArmy #sexism #misandry #antifeminism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 29, 2013
Huh. Pisspots, however unsavory, do at least serve a useful function. Is Men's Rights Activism thus the equivalant of peeing on the floor?
Too complicated. Fidey tries a simpler metaphor:
#Feminism is a bloated, bloodsucking tick that must be prised from the social body with a choice set of pliers. #FeministArmy #mensrights
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 27, 2013
And then marches off into the land of incoherence once again.
Dew from the mill, is milldew. Really. It is. #masculinism #Feminism
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 27, 2013
And then accidentally stumbles upon a truth:
The power of the human brain to block what it doesn't want to know, is hard to exaggerate. #subjectivism #Feminism #collectivism #mensrights
— Fidelbogen (@fidelbogen) July 29, 2013
Read that one over again, Fidey, and take a good hard look at yourself.


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墨西哥的海龜保護與沿海生態保護義工項目: 每月更新
Conservation in Mexico - Monthly Update June 2011
The rains are here!
After a very long dry season, Mother Nature decided to deliver some much needed rain, and boy did she do just that! By the third week of June the torrential rains commenced giving us a good soaking, and marking the official beginning of our high season for turtle nest protection.
Even though we know the rain and thunder storms make our work more difficult, we also know that these conditions are essential for enticing the turtles out of the sea to lay their precious eggs. So farthis season we have buried 300 nests inourprotected corral area, with the arrival of these heavy rains we can hopefully anticipate another successful year of sea turtle conservation.
Unfortunately it wasn't all good news that the rains brought.Onthe 20th June hurricane Beatriz hit the camp with winds of around 120 km per hour, leaving a great deal of damage to our facilities. As normal when we get any severe storm warnings, we moved inland for the night. When we returned we could see that most of the damage was to our tent area and in the south corral, where the winds managed to bring down the main pillars of the tent area and literally blew away half of the south corral.
Fortunately the damage was only material, and thanks to the invaluable help of our volunteers along with the local staff, we managed to reconstruct and improve our structuresin time for all of the new arrivals. The number of volunteers that have come to join our project this summer is constantly increasing, so the reconstructed camp area is now stronger than ever and ready to house our hard-working volunteers.
From this moment on the number of patrols are also being increased, with another shift going out every night, and as a result the amount of work in the corral is dramatically increasing every morning.
Floods at the Crocodile Farm
The rains also demonstrated their destructive powers on the crocodile farmwhere the water levels in the lagoon reached their highest in years,and consequently flooding the crocodile pools. Thiswouldn't normally be a big deal for these reptiles, but because the crocodiles have already laid their eggs, the increase in humidity in the area might have an unwelcome effect on this year´s offspring, and the high water levels can damage some of the nests. Hopefully we will manage to see the birth of these amazing creatures and they will adapt well.
It's not all bad news though! A week ago we managed to collect a couple of nests from the lagoon. They have now been moved to slightly higher ground so there is a really good chance that the survival rate in these particular nests will remain high.
Difficulties are there for us to meet, and they come as a part of the job, we can only face them with a happy face always looking on the brightside!
See you in July.
Oliver Garcia
Conservation Director
June 2011
Projects Abroad


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Bake a Batch of Bars for Dessert
Nov 21, 2016 02:32AM
By Family Features
(Family Features) With baking season here, it's time to turn on the oven, bring out the recipes and enjoy the spicy aromas wafting from the kitchen – a promise of delicious treats ahead.
Bars, whether they are cookie, cake or even pie, are the easiest to make and serve, especially when there's a crowd clamoring for dessert. You might have a pumpkin or sweet potato bar in your repertoire, but Aunt Nellie's suggests Carrot Crumble Bars for a change of pace.
Grab a jar of glazed, sliced carrots, slightly sweet and spicy, and ready to enjoy in numerous ways. They are also a great time-saving step for this delicious dessert. They're cooked and ready to eat, so just puree the entire jar of carrots and add the remaining four ingredients. That's it for the tasty filling, which is nestled between a crunchy oat crust and topping. Start to finish in under an hour, most of the ingredients are probably already in your kitchen. Plus, they can be made a couple of days in advance and refrigerated until serving time.
The family can enjoy them for a yummy weeknight dessert or make them company-perfect topped with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream, sprinkled lightly with pumpkin pie spice. Find this and other recipes from Aunt Nellie's jarred vegetables at AuntNellies.com.
Carrot Crumble Bars
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Servings: 16
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 jar (15.5 ounces) Aunt Nellie's Glazed Small Sliced Carrots
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Heat oven to 350° F.
- In large bowl, combine flour, oats and brown sugar. Add butter; stir to coat. Reserve 1/3 cup for topping. Press remaining mixture evenly into bottom of 9-inch square baking pan lined with aluminum foil, if desired. Bake 10 minutes, or until lightly browned and set.
- For filling, place carrots and liquid in food processor or blender container; puree until smooth. Transfer to medium bowl. Add egg, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla; stir until well combined. Pour over baked crust.
- Sprinkle carrot mixture evenly with reserved crumbs. Bake 30 minutes, or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate until firm.
- Cut into 16 squares. Refrigerate leftovers, covered, for up to 3 days.
Nutritional information per serving: 140 calories; 2 g protein; 22 g carbohydrate; 5 g fat; 70 mg sodium; 23 mg cholesterol; 1 g dietary fiber; 1 mg iron; .09 mg thiamin; 1,230 IU vitamin A; .4 mg vitamin C.


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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
VALENTINE necessary or unnecessary
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what FRIEND meant to me
What does it mean to me?
Well, to me it means someone you can come to if you have a problem with someone or something.
Someone you don't have to hide things from. Someone thats just right there beside you when you need them. Someone that you can always count on to be there.
Someone that makes you laugh like crazy.
Someone that you can have fun with.
How can I call someone a true friend?..
They don't start rumors about me or anybody else that I'm close with
They don't complain when you come to them for a problem
They are there when you are going through a hardship comforting you
They don't blow you off for some lame reason
They understand when you don't want to go out
They understand that you're not perfect
They actually listen to what you have to say
They can come to you about anything
Thats what the meaning of a true friend and how you can call someone a true friend to me
(bottom of ma heart) frienship is like a glass....
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find urself the truth FRIEND are..
There is no greater blessing than an understanding friend, who's there in times of trouble and on whom we can depend. A friend who knows our every mood .And brightens cloudy days, One who's slow to criticize But quick to offer praise. There is no greater blessing than a friend who always cares, One who will remember us in daily thoughts and prayers.
Someone told me that..A true friend is someone you can trust with your life . Someone you can talk to , Someone you can believe in. A true friend never let's you down. This day and time there are very few true friends everybody is out for them selfs.its dat true? can we find the FRIEND is...A true friend is someone you can rely on in terms of good and bad, will keep secrets and will not betray you. Those who will be there supporting you when you really need one. When you just need a listener, they always there for you 24hrs, no matter what. When you have problems, big problems, your true friend will be there helping you to solved and not run away.
Find ursef...did we need FRIEND???...if YES make that in rite way..if the answer is NO face this worlg ursef...if u can...
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true meaning of FRIENDship
Sometimes, they acts so sublime
they keeps me laughing when I'm down
And always turns my frown upside down
But when my friend is feeling sad
I wish there was something to make them glad
But all I can give them is our beautiful friendship
Just hoping they will accept it...
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