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Other working titles were:
"Pain of Dah Teeth," and "Consequences Suck."
Catchy, eh?
You can catch up by reading the USAF Update: Worse Fears. That should give you a sense of where I'm coming from.
You can also check out my other posts tagged with USAF.
Since that time, I've done a few things.
First, I've gone to some other dentists for second and third opinions.
No one likes the idea of the "all-on-four" procedure. They want you to keep as many natural teeth as possible. The procedure would necessitate some being taken out. They also agree that just getting dentures is the poorest choice for a couple of reasons. They agree that as a professional communicator/counselor; I need to be able to talk without something coming lose. I also get mouth ulcers when I'm stressed, and they all cringed at the thought of an ulcer forming underneath a denture plate.
They want me to get the teeth removed that have to be removed. That's about seven to eight regular teeth, and all four wisdom teeth.
Removal of my teeth will cost around $2,000.00 (estimate).
I'm still looking at getting 5 implants (eventually). Each implant will end up costing $4,000-$5,0000 a piece. I'm sure that you can do the math on that one.
Either way, that is a butt load of money.
I also have another $2000.00 of other incidental teeth procedures (cavities, porcelain build up, etc.).
To begin the process, we are looking at spending between $2,000 and $4,000.
That hurts. It would take a year to pay that off at our current income level and cost of living.
Which brings me to the second aspect of what I've been doing.
I've been looking for another job.
I would either end up with two jobs, making enough to pay for the dental procedures. Or, I would end up with a new job that pays more than my current position.
At this time, I'm applying for a chaplaincy position at a local hospital. It would be a weekend salaried job, Friday through Sunday (36 hours). I would at least make as much as I'm currently making, and I would probably have better benefits.
Here is the clincher… The reason I want the position so badly, and that I'm willing to give up my position of 10+ years.
I would be able to keep my boys at home on Monday through Thursday and save us $1,200.00 per month is childcare costs.
Read that again. That is $1,200 SAVED IN CHILDCARE COSTS!
That, in and of itself is an amount consistent with a part time job (within my field of experience).
One kid is starting Kindergarten, the other would stay home with me on those days. Heck for $105 per month, I could put him in a "Mother's Day Out" program for two days a week, so that I could get stuff done around the house.
That still saves us over $1,000 per month.
That, right there, can begin the process of getting my teeth fixed.
I can't begin to tell you how much I want this job. I don't have the words to convey the depth of sadness this whole thing has brought into my life, nor the amount of hope a single position can hold out for me and my family.
I had a preliminary interview with a recruiter for the hospital's parent company. She has passed my application and resume on to the Director of the department. I'm waiting to see if she/he thinks I warrant a second interview.
Oh God, please let me get this job.


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Baseball players are prone to superstitions so it's not surprising that Thomas Pyrz, Indiana State Bar Association executive director and former shortstop, is starting one of his own.
Pyrz, who has led the ISBA since Nov. 22, 1992, plans to retire at the end of 2017. His nearly 25-year tenure has included hiring additional staff, launching new programs, and increasing the value of membership to counter attorneys' shifting view of the association.
The white board hanging on his office wall shows that for his final year in office he will not be riding the bench. Marked on the coming months are meetings, conferences and tasks he has to complete as he continues to marshal the organization and prepare it for the next executive director.
However, the white board also shows he will be taking time to tend to his new superstition. There in March, several days are crossed out for a trip with his family to see the Chicago Cubs at spring training.
Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Pyrz is genetically predisposed to baseball. (He is the nephew of one-time Cincinnati Reds first baseman Ted Kluszewski.) He is a lifelong Cubs fan who remembers the heartbreak and disappointment that came with many baseball seasons.
He never wavered in his loyalty, and during the opening months of 2016, he took the time to attend his first Cubs spring training. Pyrz proudly noted that following his trip, the team went on to break its 108-year curse and win a World Series. Maybe, he said, if he does the same pre-season visit, the Cubs will repeat.
As another baseball superstition takes root, Pyrz sounded like a team manager as he discussed the year ahead and the demands of being a state bar executive director. He emphasized the attorney volunteers run the organization while he just provides stability by administering the programs and projects they want to enact. Leaders who take a my-way-or-the-highway approach make a big mistake.
John Meyers, executive director of the Kentucky Bar Association, echoed Pyrz, saying association leaders have to be able to adapt very readily. Each year, a new president is appointed, forcing the executive directors to meet the challenge of working with different people who have different leadership styles.
Meyers said his Hoosier counterpart has been successful because he does not get tangled in the details and does not lose sight of how things fit together.
"Tom always has a very good handle on the big picture," Meyers said. "He can discuss various aspects of whatever project you're talking about."
The changing lineup is what keeps Pyrz engaged. Even after more than two decades as executive director, he still enjoys his job, especially because of the attorney volunteers and the new leaders who arrive bringing fresh ideas.
"The best part of my job is the dynamic volunteers I get to work with," he said. "They are the absolute cream of the crop."
From baseball to barrister
Pyrz credited his education at West Point, formally known at the United States Military Academy, with teaching him the managerial skills he uses at the bar association.
"If you do your job to the best of your ability and you have absolute integrity about you," Pyrz explained, "you can do pretty much any job."
Still, he paused before taking a swing at the question of whether he liked attending West Point, then explained he appreciated what the school taught him and the friendships he was able to form. He followed his older brother to the Army academy and spent each spring playing baseball, eventually becoming team captain.
More significantly, he rose to the rank of first captain and brigade commander of his senior class. In that position, he described himself as the "potted plant," accompanying then-Superintendent William Knowlton on speaking engagements around the country and to dinner with heads of state.
After graduation in 1971, he joined an Army Ranger airborne company, "jumping out of perfectly good airplanes." He was stationed in Germany when he was introduced to the legal profession by way of a jury summons.
"I was really enchanted by the way the lawyers worked the courtroom on both sides," Pyrz said. "In some cases, I was disappointed by what I saw, and in some cases I was very excited by what I saw, and I said, 'I think this is something I can do when I get out of the service.'"
Not waiting until he retired from the military, he enrolled as a young solider at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and then practiced in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. His last tour of duty was at Fort Benjamin Harrison where he struck up a friendship with Jack Lyle, the late ISBA executive director.
With Lyle's encouragement, Pyrz took a "leap of faith" and applied for the position at the ISBA. He relied heavily on the small staff of 10 when he took over and stayed up late many nights reading about the history of the association.
Robert Craghead, executive director of the Illinois State Bar Association, watched Pyrz work and believes the West Pointer has improved the Indiana organization. Pyrz has met the demands by understanding the needs of ISBA members while embracing change that is coming at an ever faster pace.
"Tom Pyrz will be hard to replace no matter what," Craghead said. "I would be less than honest if I didn't say that Tom's retirement is very bittersweet. He's a very capable bar leader but also someone I consider to be my friend."
The coming change-up
During Pyrz's tenure, the nature of the Indiana State Bar Association, like bar associations across the country, changed.
Initially, bar associations were social organizations where attorneys gathered for conversation and friendship. They believed joining the organization was part of their professional obligation. Today, lawyers want to know what they will get in return for their dues, which has caused many associations to now focus on providing members the tools and resources they need to practice in a very competitive market.
Membership numbers are slipping although Pyrz estimated about 70 percent of attorneys licensed in Indiana belong to the ISBA.
Meyers and Craghead have seen this same trend in their own bar associations. In Indiana, like Illinois, membership is voluntary while Kentucky requires attorneys to join as a part of their license to practice in the Commonwealth.
Pyrz wondered if the next executive director might have to reconsider the voluntary format. In particular, he pointed to the Clients' Financial Assistance Fund, which provides compensation to victims of attorney defalcation. Members of the association are paying money into the fund, he said, but nonmembers often are causing the payouts.
However, Craghead maintained that voluntary bars are better situated for survival. To stay relevant, these kinds of associations have learned to be nimble and respond quickly to changes and members' needs.
Under Pyrz, the ISBA has done that. It has offered members free services like the online research portal Casemaker and launched programs, like the Indiana Kids' Election and the Leadership Academy, which enable attorneys to become more involved with their communities.
He sees those programs as essential not only to the attorneys but also to the larger communities. He believes society would be hurt if the bar association dissolved.
"No question in my mind, we serve a valuable purpose in the day-to-day lives of the citizens and the lawyers of this state," Pyrz said.
Once he leaves the ISBA, Pyrz does not plan to spend his days on a beach. He declined to provide details about his future plans but he did note he is definitely interested if the Cubs call.
"If they want a scout, I'd be OK with that," he said.•

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If you don't know what a Jurassic Park Sighting is, click here. Otherwise, read on.
I was catching up on my True Blood series, and came upon a whopper of a Jurassic Park Sighting.
If you haven't watched through season 6, episode 8....DO NOT READ further.
At the end of episode 7, Eric's sister, Nora, dies a horrific death from Hep V, which has been injected into bottles of True Blood to taint them and destroy the vampire population. Eric holds Nora in his arms as she meets the true death and ends up a pile of goo in his arms.
At the beginning of episode 8, Eric is understandably upset. Before I get to the Jurassic Park Sighting, a little history is in order. Eric has already undergone a rather dramatic character change since the beginning of the series, when he was just this bada$$ vamp who owned a bada$$ bar and didn't give a you-know-what about anyone's feelings.
Then he met Sookie and began to feel things for her. And these feelings interfere with his bada$$ness, soften him up a bit. He just signed Sookie's house back over to her at the beginning of season 6, which was almost synonymous with giving her up. Not something Northman would have done in season 1, that's for sure.
So anyway...Eric's emotional, about as upset as he was when his maker Godric met the son. Bill comes in, and Eric wants to know how long Bill has known that deaths like Nora would happen. Bill doesn't know, and says he doesn't choose when the visions come to him. He reiterates that they have a lot of work to do in order to prevent other vamps from meeting the same end.
Eric is ticked at Bill's emotionless display (which would be fairly proper for a vamp), and he says, "My sister's blood is still warm on my chest."
Wait, what?!?
Did I miss something? Since when did vamps have ANYthing warm about them? They're dead! This is Eric being overly melodramatic...which is seriously a Jurassic Park Sighting.


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- A balanced portfolio has half in stocks and half in fixed income that typically goes up when stocks go down
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- Brinker's Model Portfolio 3 contains "risky" fixed income funds that have a positive correlation to the stock market. That is the "junk bonds" will typically lose value during a recession when stock prices also fall.
Brinker may show percentages that are 50% in equities and 50% in fixed income and often speaks of how this is to reduce risk during bear markets. I caution readers that the percentages Brinker recommends are not what he has in these portfolios. For example, this (repeated below) would lead you to think his "balanced" Model Portfolio III is half in stocks and half in fixed income, but if you look at the dollars he lists each month, he has the portfolio over two thirds in equities, not half!
Here is Bob Brinker's Model Portfolio III, which is a 50% equities/50% fixed income portfolio, "best suited to investors nearing or already enjoying a retirement lifestyle". As of March 4, 2014 Marketimer newsletter:
Akre Focus Fund (AKREX): 5%Vanguard Dividend Growth (VDIGX): 5%Vanguard FTSE All-World ex US Index (VFWIX): 5%Vanguard International Growth (VWIGX): 5%Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTSMX): 30%Osterweis Strategic Income Fund (OSTIX): 10%DoubleLine Low Duration Bond (DLSNX): 20%Fidelity Floating Rate High Income (FFRHX): 20%
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the more than 27000 visitors that have stopped by over the past year. Visitors from 128 different countries have stopped by to view the 250 posts on Inkweaver Review. Some of them viewed my site on their Windows or Macintosh computers, others on iPods and iPhones, some on PSP's and Nintendo Wii's. Your continued support and valuable comments have motivated me to keep writing for this website.
Over the upcoming year I plan to slowly expand the theme of Inkweaver Review. Up until now I have focused almost completely on young adult fiction. Over the next year you can expect more of the same fiction reviews, but I will also begin incorporating more detailed critical analysis reviews of classic literature along the lines of my top performing critical analysis of "The Grapes of Wrath."
I also plan to begin posting author bios linked to their reviewed books here on Inkweaver Review. Overall, the next year is going to involve a lot of linking posts together to bring out the full power and scope of Inkweaver Review. With so many book reviews older posts can become forgotten or never read. I plan to incorporate a series of pages that will serve as a tool to help readers to locate more books—not just the ones listed on the main page of Inkweaver Review, but the books that have been reviewed in the past.
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I have fallen very far behind on my posts for the blog. I hope to make up some of that time in the next couple days.
Recently we had two projects we have been working on come together as one. My last post was about our project on Africa, and in that post we made painted sticks. Simultaneously, we have been working on our school garden. The entrance way to this garden use to have an arch, but Hurricane Irene took it out. I asked the children what they wanted to do with their painted sticks, they were not sure, so I suggested that we make an arch for the fence. They loved this idea and we got right to work.
Our first step was to drill holes in the sticks so that the children could screw them together.
They love using the old handheld drills.
While some of the kids drilled their holes in their sticks, others began measuring the fence with measuring tapes. We discovered that the arch would need to be 42" long to span the width of the entrance way.
We all worked on laying out the sticks to see what they would look like together
The next day the children took screw drivers and screwed the sticks together.
It was amazing watching them assemble the arch. I was there to assist with layout and
explaining to them how and what to do, but they were the ones who did the actual work.
It was hard to get a picture, but here is the arch after it was attached to the
door posts
Because the sticks are painted, my assistant said "wouldn't it be great to paint the fence."
And so, the project continued with the children painting the garden fence.
Our fence and arch, as well as painted pine cones that the children did on another day.
I love it!
Here is a close up of the pine cones, they beaded the cords to hang them and they
make a great addition.
snap peas!
Our other vegetable plants are small but doing well, and the lemon balm, lavender, roses, sage, mustard greens, and rosemary already need to be cut back! Lovely.


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Impressive Philander tries to 'keep it as simple as possible'
Keeping it simple in seamer-friendly conditions again paid dividends for South Africa's Vernon Philander who continued his impressive impact in Tests with another five-wicket haul on Thursday.
- SA in charge after Philander rocks Lanka
The 26-year-old rocked Sri Lanka with figures of five for 53 on the opening day of the first Test -- his third five-wicket haul in his first three Tests.
Philander took 14 wickets in two Tests in his debut series against Australia last month and produced another impressive display as Sri Lanka were skittled for just 180 at Centurion.
"I just try to keep it as simple as possible. There was a bit of assistance there today and I tried to exploit it," Philander told a news conference.
"For me, I just tried to bowl as if it was a flat pitch. Sometimes you get on a greentop and you think you should bowl bouncer, bouncer, yorker and then bowl the middle stump out. But the assistance is there, why try to bowl any differently?"
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'We still need to bat well and get through that initial patch'
Philander is not new to South Africa's national team, having played seven ODIs and seven Pro20 matches between 2007 and 2008, but he was considered ill-equipped mentally and physically for the rigours of international cricket and dropped.
Since then, Philander has taken 151 first-class wickets at an average of just 17.80 to suggest his omission was ill-judged.
He is also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman who has scored two first-class centuries and averages 27.13 with the bat.
South Africa trail Sri Lanka by just 90 runs after reaching 90 for the loss of just captain Graeme Smith at the close, but Philander believes the hosts still have work to do in order to take charge of the game.
"Tomorrow morning there'll still be something in the pitch and a lot depends on the overhead conditions. Obviously we hope the sun is out so it flattens the pitch. We still need to bat well and get through that initial patch," he said.
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It means approaching the task of writing with trust in God. Abel presented his perfect sacrifice to the Lord, obediently, without needing a pat on the back to show the world he'd done the right thing and done it well. Sometimes I find the need for approval and feedback gets in the way of trusting God in my writing. Feedback comes in pits and patters, a little here, a little there. I've had to learn not to depend on readers' glowing comments, and when they do come, not to savour them too long. I appreciate positive feedback. But I don't want to need it. Like Abel, I want to present my writing gift to God, lay it down as an offering and walk away to prepare my next gift. Other writers seem to develop this attitude without effort. For me, writing with trust in God is a work in progress.
It means writing with a brave heart. Perhaps no one will agree with my point of view, even be offended by it. For those reasons, I might be tempted to shroud my points in indecisive language. If God has given me something to write, I should write it clearly, with bravery. What I don't want is for readers to scratch their heads and ask, "What in the world is she talking about?" I want to write with courage, whatever the consequences. It takes courage, not only to write, but to submit our precious words to editors, agents and publishers. Sometimes the writing alone life feels like we're dangling at the end a rope with no one at the other end to haul us back to safety.
It means writing with devotion to the task at hand. Laziness lurks. Voices beckon. Worthy projects call my name. They attempt to drag me away from God's main calling. They've succeeded too often. If I don't stick to the main thing, I'll be overwhelmed, drowned in a sea of causes, other people's dreams. I won't fulfill my God-calling, the calling to write. Writing is hard work. Getting started is like trying to board a plane without a ticket. My fragile trains of thought, so easily re-routed. Only devotion can help me meet the challenges of the writing life.
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Indoor Outdoor Living room - Part 2
The continuous pelting of snow in my City has made me crave spring even more than usual this year so I am living vicariously through my blog in the hopes that one day I will see grass. I know that I have posted a few spaces over the last while of rooms that have had either a great view of the outdoors or that are open to the outdoors. This is my favorite type of room - one where you are somewhat sheltered but which is a part of nature. In this example I especially love the Asian feel to the outdoor arrangement. The tall grasses, Japanese maple, raised pond and pea gravel really give the garden a lot of visual interest without being too busy.


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"Do spicy foods aggravate interstitial cystitis?"
Is it true that spicy food can aggravate your interstitial cystitis? I'm trying to figure out if that's what I have, but I don't have any trouble with any kind of food, so it doesn't seem like that could be it if interstitial cystitis always causes that problem.
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Does Jack Kerouac Look Like Jon Hamm?
Jack Kerouac didn't have an easy childhood. The iconic writer grew up with an alcoholic father and a family that could barely keep food on the table. His only way out -- or so he thought -- was athletics. He went to Columbia University on a football scholarship, where he eventually dropped out and followed through with his true passion, writing. Actor Jon Hamm had a hard time growing up, too, with the loss of several family members, and was also a great football player in his younger years. But Hamm opted to ditch the football scholarships he was offered to pursue a degree in English, Kerouac's forte. We bet that Kerouac's most well-known novel, On the Road (1957), is sitting next to Don Draper -- Jon Hamm's Mad Men character -- right next to his never-ending supply of cigarettes and scotch.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Too many choices...cell phone shopping
Tonight I managed to get out of work early, drive 20 miles to the nearest store (yes, I live in a small town) and proceed to tell the salesman exactly what I wanted.
Well, I should have known these things never happen the way they are supposed to. They didn't have the phone that I had decided on in stock. (Of course not. There was a free promotion). They agreed to sell me a similar phone at a discounted price but why do that when I could order the free one online???
I drove back home disappointed with my old phone but ready to order the phone online. I signed on as soon as I got home and started "chatting" with an online salesman who said that the phone I wanted was only free for new accounts. So they will GIVE it away to someone who is a new customer but an established customer has to pay??? That makes NO sense!
At this point, I am completely lost. There are so many choices and they all seem to do the same thing to me. How do you choose?
He managed to talk me into the Droid Bionic which is 4G where the other one was 3G. I don't know how much difference it actually makes but why not?
Now, I just have to wait for it...
Has anyone else had a "cell phone experience"?
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Man, I so feel your pain. I want an iphone but not because it is technologically amazing but because all my friends have it. I know I sound like a 7th grader. That is why I haven't actually gone to the store to get my upgrade...I am fighting the urge to be 12.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for stopping by and following! I had considered the iPhone for the same reasons but I have heard from a friend that her Droid works better than her work-issued iPhone. In the long run I need it to function, so I went with the Droid.Delete
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Thank you so much! I am honored!!! I will work on the post tonight and try to post it tomorrowDelete
Weird. I dreamt that I'd gotten a new cell phone last night and it was unwieldy and a degraded version of the one I have, now ...ReplyDeleteReplies
Yikes! That sounds more like a nightmare to me. At least it didn't come trueDelete


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I've been waiting to post something because I wanted my post to include an update on the shutterfly contest, but I don't know when they'll announce it. I actually contacted their customer support this past week to find out if they've released the winners, but they weren't very helpful so we'll just wait it out. Thank you again to all who voted! We'll keep you posted.
We got Skylar's big girl bed put together and spent a few days trying to figure out the best way to set up her equipment with the new arrangement. Skylar didn't like it at first, but luckily that only lasted a day or two. I ended up sleeping with her the first night because I think she was a little scared, but I hear that's pretty normal for kids moving from a crib to a bed. She quickly adjusted and I think she likes it a lot. Kyle and I are able to get in there and cuddle with her, which is one of the few times we really get to "hold" her since we can't pick her up much. I really enjoy the time together and am so glad we're able to snuggle. Once we get her bedding and some decorations up, I'll post a picture :)
So many of you outside of the SMA community don't know about the hooty hat. Well, let me tell you - they are seriously the cutest things ever!!! We ordered one for Skylar on black Friday in hopes of getting it by Christmas, but our order got lost and it took a while to get it but it finally arrived!!! Beb-e-ssentials is the company mastermind behind these adorable handmade hats (they have other super cute designs too like bears, plain hats, and more). What's even better is that you can custom order them - you pick the colors and the accessories and they're great for girls and boys! Here's a pic of Skylar in her new hooty hat :)
Kyle has been traveling a lot the past two weeks so we've just been holding down the fort. Nothing new to report really. We're still here and doing well. We've had a lot of wonderful visitors and Nurse Natalie is still awesome. Skylar has had a few belly issues that started yesterday (just lots of gas and bloating) but hopefully that will take care of itself because nothing has really changed in our routine... praying it gets back to normal and we don't go through the bowels backing up into her belly like the time before Christmas!
I want to take a minute to thank everyone who has brought us a meal since we've had Skylar. Our church set up meals for us almost a year ago to help support us and it has been one of the biggest ways people can help. Moms from our church, families, friends and random awesome people who don't know us have signed up to bring us dinner. It has been a huge blessing to not have to stress about making a meal, cooking and then cleaning, and then having that time to spend together as a family. We can't thank you enough! We've felt extremely loved and supported in this way. A shout out to Margo Yoder who has coordinated everything through TakeThemAMeal.com - THANKS!!!
I feel like I need to write more since this is a rather short post from me, hahaha. I think that's all I have for now though. I've been extremely busy working on my websites and pictures and will give you an update on all of that soon.
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So it`s Saturday, April 28th, 2012, 4:30 AM. By 7:30, we need to be on the GMHA grounds to be vetted in for the Mud Ride, and it`s 27 miles of bad road between South Woodstock, VT and Strafford, VT, and the three mares we are taking are outside, and need to be caught, brought in, fed, loaded, and hauled to the ride. I note that it`s pitch black outside, I hear the wind moaning off the hill, and I check the thermometer. Twenty four Farenheit, a heat wave compared to the predicted 22. Outside, in the yard, I note tendrils of fine snow caught in the windshield wipers, and in the overhead lights, I can see random white flakes blowing horizontally against the black bulk of the barn. I think to myself: "This could be a long day!"
Flick back twenty years to late April, 1992, Rolex, Kentucky, The Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Kentucky. I wake up at 5:00 AM, and hear heavy rain pelting against my window. Munching hay, warm and dry in stalls, neither Epic Win nor Griffin are aware that in a few hours they will be galloping around in that slop with, unfortunately, me on top telling them, more or less, where they are supposed to go.
Later, as I walk around the collecting ring on my first ride, Griffin, with cold rain finding it`s way through the minute flaws in my rain gear, and trickling down my back, I look up to see Ralph Hill, looking like some deranged pirate, walking beside me. Rain is dripping off both points of his moustache, off his pony tail, and glistens off his gold earing. He gives me that manic grin, and announces, "Another day at the office!" And I think, "This is going to be a long day."
The GMHA Mud Ride a couple of days ago was the start of my 59th consecutive season of competing in horse events, so I`ve had lots of those "This is gonna be a long day" mornings, and I have never learned to like them, and I`ve never missed a chance to whine and complain about the weather. Especially when it`s early morning bad weather. Before coffee bad weather. Wet, cold bad weather. Cold, windy bad weather. Cold, wet, windy, early morning, dark, before coffee with little hope of redemption bad weather.
Personally, I think it`s a mark of flawed character to be stoic and brave about adverse weather conditions. Can`t those people see that mud, all that white snow, that rain, the trees bending in the wind? Are they oblivious to the cold, the feeling of soaked breeches, the water in their boots? Were they born, like, you know, brain dead?
"Whimps of the world, unite", is my motto. Why fight it? If it`s too hot, too wet, too dusty, too cold, too muddy, too rainy, too snowy, too windy, at least have the good grace to whine about it. Let others be brave and feel all superior—-I prefer to snivel.


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In this drama, a retired professional football player finds a new career as a financial manager for young professional athletes. His job is more complicated than just balancing the books, though, as he tries to guide his young clients through the minefield of pro sports and fame. Dwayne Johnson stars.
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- Episode 10 - Yay Area
- Episode 9 - Crackback
Spencer learns that his master plan to bring a team to Las Vegas may be in jeopardy. Ricky arrives at a crossroads, personally and professionally. Charles sees his wish come true in Miami, but ends up with regrets.
- Episode 8 - Alley-Oops
Spencer gets unexpected info that leads him to reassess his priorities. Joe considers the best way to break bad news to the ASM staff. Marginalized once again by Larry, Charles decides to take matters into his own hands.
- Episode 7 - Ricky-Leaks
Spencer finds himself in damage-control mode after an incident involving Ricky and a brash high-schooler. Excited over a possible plum job, Charles bristles at Julie's lack of disclosure at work. Looking to reduce Vernon's suspension, Reggie impresses Candace at the league office. Spencer and Joe find themselves at odds with Anderson over ASM's future.
- Episode 6 - I Hate New York
Spencer, Joe and Mr. Anderson head north in search of financing for a Las Vegas stadium; Larry tests the limits of Charles' loyalty and patience; Ricky gets a sobering diagnosis and presses Jason to close a deal.
- Episode 5 - Make Believe
Spencer faces new challenges convincing Wayne to finance his Las Vegas initiative, and wonders exactly where he fits in the city's pecking order. Meanwhile, Julie thinks a home-cooked meal will mend the rift between Larry and Coach Berg; Vernon gets a surprise visit from a league official; Joe becomes obsessed with virtual reality; and Ricky loses focus and pays the price.
- Episode 4 - Ride and Die
Desperate to score a key owner's blessing to bring pro football to Vegas, Spencer and Joe find themselves in a race against the clock involving a pair of equally critical meetings. Spurned by his new teammates, Ricky stages his own private workout, and finds roses aren't enough to appease an angry Amber. Vernon looks for a second chance; tensions between Charles and Larry escalate after a tryout for Kisan.
- Episode 3 - In the Teeth
Spencer encounters resistance in LA and Oakland to his Vegas expansion initiative. Joe takes a detour with Reggie; Jason blasts Kisan for his lack of transparency; Charles bristles over Larry's failure to give him credit for a lineman he landed; Ricky jumps to conclusions.
- Episode 2 - Bull Rush
In Las Vegas on business, Spencer gets reacquainted with Chloe, an old flame now working for Wayne, while Ricky challenges the odds in a game of dice. Set up by Joe to represent top running back Kisan, Jason ends up sweating it out in a tough neighborhood. Charles gets a public-speaking primer from Julie; Vernon and Reggie make a risky endorsement deal.
- Episode 1 - Seeds of Expansion
Looking to score high-profile clients to pay off his debts to Ricky and Vernon, Spencer hits a roadblock with Mr. Anderson, who wants to focus on the Las Vegas market by partnering with casino magnate Wayne Hastings, Jr.. Ricky ponders fatherhood; Vernon and Reggie eye an edgy endorsement; Larry makes Charles the face of bad news at a team press conference.
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Spencer makes a last-ditch effort to get back what he's lost. Ricky awaits a call that could define his future. Vernon takes a road trip. Siefert offers Charles a big opportunity, but it comes at a cost.
- Episode 9 - Million Bucks in a Bag
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Spencer hurries to stay ahead after Andre makes a surprise trip to the office. Joe finds the skeletons in his partner's closet. Ricky attempts to make peace with Dennis, as Charles plans to keep Ricky in Miami. Travis confides in Spencer during a talk-show appearance.
- Episode 6 - Saturdaze
Spencer tries to negotiate peace between Travis and a critic. Fighting to adjust to his new position on the team, Charles is asked to deliver bad news. Joe comes face-to-face with Andre. Still confused about his future, Ricky is thrown for a loop when Dennis chooses to have more of a voice in his life.
- Episode 5 - Most Guys
Spencer attempts to mentor Travis while running from unwelcome medical news and the spooks of his financial past. Trying to cheer up Vernon, Reggie and Joe purchase a crazy gift. Ricky prompts Charles to stand up for himself; later, he receives council on a big career decision after meeting with a face from the past.
- Episode 4 - World of Hurt
Spencer and Joe seek for Andre's weakness, while Vernon anxiously waits for news. Jason faces an challenging battle as he woos a client. Ricky attempts to understand his father. Charles gets the real deal from Siefert.
- Episode 3 - Elidee
Spencer advises a hesitant Vernon to stay quiet when the verity behind his injury endangers his career. Trying to avert Andre's attacks on their business, Spencer and Joe can't agree over the best way to advise a client. Charles has doubts concerning whether he's up for a challenge. A hard-to-impress Ricky takes a journey to tour a possible new home.
- Episode 2 - Enter the Temple
Spencer makes an attempt to steal a big client from Andre, his business rival, while fighting to discover a quick fix for his physical maladies. Ricky questions where to go next. Reggie battles for what he thinks Vernon owes him. Feeling underpaid and undervalued, Tracy takes a stand with her employer. Charles gains vision from his coach.
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Talked into to appearing on a talk show, Spencer ends up contesting with an old adversary, which puts his company and reputation at risk. A reformed Ricky receives bad news just prior to his 30th birthday celebration. Charles relishes his new rank as a fan favorite, but may come up against adjustments on the field.
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Being in the messaging and marketing space, I love watching shows like Shark Tank. I not only love learning about new products, but I'm also fascinated with how people attempt to convey messages to the investors. However, they can throw out the perfect pitch, showcase a good product and NOT get an offer. One reason tends to be the number of products in that space.
Remember this when you launch a podcast. In fact, think of your podcast as a bag of chips.
I saw a pretty successful pitch for a new brand of potato chips, but the crowded chip shelves at grocery stores deterred the sharks. Think about it, when you go to the grocery store...how likely are you to try a new brand of chip instead of going with what you already like? Granted, if your favorite BRAND launches a new flavor, you might consider it.
What about a brand you've never seen? What would they have to do in order to get you to TRY their food? If you try it out, would you compare it to your favorites?
A big part of your target audience are people who currently listen to podcasts, and they know what kind of shows (or chips) they like. If your ideal listeners are seasoned (see what I did there?) podcast listeners, they probably already listen to shows like yours. So, now you have to convince them to fit your show into their consumption habits.
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This is why you need to think less about doing what other people do, and work harder to be different or better than them. If you love Doritos or Fritos, you've probably seen similar brands of chips. Big deal. You don't have to have something "similar" because you already get what you like.
Don't be a Doritos copycat. You can provide your podcast audience with a something unique that gives them value (and a lot less sodium).
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Haṁsadūta: George Bernard Shaw.
Prabhupāda: Yes. So they are becoming animals, animals eating animal flesh. Bernard Shaw was vegetarian.
Devotee (6): Except he would take liver for his health.
Prabhupāda: Liver?
Devotee (6): Yes. He used to take some liver periodically for his health.
Prabhupāda: Medicine. There are many liver extract preparations.
Devotee (6): No, not liver extract. Maybe. I don't know exactly. But I know he used to take liver. Not cod liver oil or anything.
Prabhupāda: No, liver extract preparations there are many medicines. For anemic patient liver extract is recommended. Devotee (6): That's all right for us to take?
Prabhupāda: No, but if you are going to die, then you can take.
Yamunā: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: When required for such trouble, if you are going to die, then, to save yourself, you can.
Devotee (6): If that liver can be eaten raw...
Prabhupāda: If you are going to die. Not ordinary. If it is clear that without liver extract you shall die, you can take.
Devotee (4): You cannot tell. You can't tell until you actually (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: Because when there is question of death it is recommended you may take anything to save your life.
Yamunā: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: But those who are rigid, they are prepared to die even.
Yamunā: Vaiṣṇavas, wouldn't they just chant?
Prabhupāda: Their proposal is "Death is sure today or tomorrow, so why shall I change my principles? Death will take place even if I live for ten years more, and what is the benefit? Why shall I change my principles? It is not that by taking that medicine or liver extract I shall be amara, immortal." That is not possible. If somebody gives some medicine that one can make himself immortal, that is another thing. Nobody is going to be immortal. Why he should be afraid of death? Death will take place. "As sure as death." So today, or tomorrow, or hundred years after.


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I decided to give this fragrant herb another shot. I used most of what I had purchased in a pork dish, which--I must admit--turned out great (stay tuned next week for that recipe). And then I got to thinking of what I could do with the rest. For some reason unbeknownst to me, my thoughts turned straight to muffins. Plus, having just glanced over at the crate of mandarins my husband brought home a day earlier, it was really a no-brainer--Rosemary and Mandarin Muffins it would be.
Rosemary and Mandarin Muffins
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup thick Greek yogurt (or sour cream)
1 tablespoon rosemary, finely chopped
Zest and juice of 1 mandarin
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tin with baking cups.
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in rosemary, mandarin zest and juice.
Blend in one third of the flour mixture, then half the yogurt, alternating between the two until done. Fill the muffin cups 1/2 to 3/4 full and bake until golden (I didn't pay attention to the exact timing, but when they start getting some color, just insert a toothpick into the center, make sure it comes out clean and voila!).


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Judge tackles terrorism in Guantanamo Bay
The sea is warm, the weather almost perfect. The only problem is the neighbors – nearly 500 suspected al-Qaida and other terrorist suspects living a short distance away.
Bethel Park District Judge Robert Wyda began a one-year deployment in February to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to work on cases against the nearly 500 terror suspects being held at Camp Delta. He works six days a week, as a commander in the Naval Reserves Judge Advocate General Corps.
"This is about as close to the front lines on the war on terror as you can get, and what scares me about the nature of this enemy is that it will someday cause my 14-year-old son to have to go to a foreign shore and fight," Wyda, 44, said in a telephone interview. "We've never had an enemy like this in our history, one that would rather die for their cause than fight."
"The question is, how do you deal with an enemy that actually wants to die?" he said.
Commission hearings occur once a month at the tightly guarded Camp Delta. Wyda, who attends as an observer, is primarily responsible for analyzing evidence on terror suspects captured in Afghanistan and presenting his findings to the U.S. Defense Department's Criminal Investigative Task Force.
"It's very challenging. My job is to advise the investigating agents on their investigations," Wyda said. "The tribunal involves not just the four branches of the military, but also the other agencies in the national security community."
Camp Delta houses 490 terror suspects from 40 countries. No new detainees have arrived on the island since October 2004, said Guantanamo Bay Joint Task Force spokesman Lt. Col. Jeremy Martin.
Retired senior magistrate district judges will fill in for Wyda until he returns, said Allegheny County Common Pleas President Judge Joseph James, who knows Wyda well. James said he supports Wyda's mission, but will be happy to see him return.
"He's very popular. We look forward to getting him back on the bench in Bethel Park," James said.
This is Wyda's second stint in the reserves since President Bush ordered attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. Wyda spent four months in Afghanistan in 2003, presenting findings to criminal investigators about suspected terrorists captured by coalition forces.
Wyda's current mission is more sobering, he said.
"I thought Afghanistan was a glamorous adventure. It was exciting. It was something as a Navy lawyer I was privileged to be a part of. Gitmo is still an adventure, but the glamor is gone. The excitement has given way to steady determination to get the job done and go home," Wyda said.
Wyda was elected district judge in 2000 and re-elected to a second six-year term in January. He previously worked seven years as an Allegheny County assistant district attorney and as an assistant court administrator for legal affairs in Common Pleas Court. He earned a law degree from Duquesne University.
Bethel Park police Chief John Mackey said many people in the community support the work Wyda is doing. He and Wyda have worked closely on drug cases, favoring treatment over jail time for first-time offenders.
"Rob is a dynamic guy. He's a lot of fun. Of course we miss him," Mackey said.
The military informed Wyda three days before Christmas that he was being recalled to active duty. The news stunned Wyda, who sat his wife down to break the news. As he began to explain his new mission, his wife cut him off, telling him that any news regarding the deployment would have to wait until after Christmas, Wyda said. They have two children.
"Sitting on a rock with 500 terrorists in your backyard is not fun," Wyda said. "But the time here goes by quickly. Everybody is in the same boat. And most of us are thankful we're here. It could be worse."


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The GCC countries, due high income levels spend a large amount on public education system, as well as, as a result of high per capita income and large expatriate population base there is great demand for private educational institutions and demand for numerous syllabuses and schools in the region. To capitalise on this demand some of top K12 British Schools and higher education intuitions from the USA, UK and France has opened their satellite campuses in the GCC.
Whereas in other Arab countries which have large native population base but as a large number of population lies in the mid-to-low income categories, majority of the population is not able to go to private institutions and relay on public education system which is in most of the cases under funded resulting is low quality of education.
Arab Human Development report highlights that Arab families have always put great value on educating their children to the highest possible level in an attempt to raise their social status. Families have often been prepared to bear the high costs of education even if this severely strained their resources. This is evident when one considers the rising trend towards private tuition and private schooling in the region.
Over the years the education systems have improved across the region however the education sector still continues to offer significant opportunities for investors/operators due to number of factors including.
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The Future of Video Games?
In case you are wondering what the next step is for video game consoles, a British magazine known as T3 has some idea of where the future is headed. I believe that these visions are simply ideas, and nothing that is presently under development by the big video game developers.
The first concept is a different type of remote for the Nintendo Wii. This type of Wiimote is still a stick, but it only has one button. It is apparently hooked up to some sort of headset accessory that uses brainwaves to control, and has in-ear headphones. Brainwave technology has been under development for a while now, and if Nintendo gets the first mind interface, they could seriously corner the video game market.
The second concept is a version of the Xbox that is completely portable. Not only is it a game player with 64 GB of memory, but it has built-in Zune capability and can even act as a mobile phone.
Now all I need is to know what Sony is planning for the future of the Playstation. So far, I can only see the number "4" in the future, but assuming that these concepts have some truth to them, Sony will have to come up with something very original in order to compete.
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Dave Says: June 27, 2008 at 10:59 am
The brainwave interface is most definitely a reality. The game box manufacturers have been playing with prototypes for some time now. I saw one demonstrated on TV here in Australia just 2 nights ago. Impressive stuff, and it has vastly further reaching applications than just game consoles. The technology is already being used to help disabled people to communicate.
Dave Says: June 27, 2008 at 11:29 am
Just found a link to info about the brainwave device I saw on TV: emotiv.com – I so want one!
Cangel Says: July 27, 2008 at 2:01 pm
haven't we watched enough sci fi horror movies to know that this isn't a very good idea………..i guess not
Dave Says: July 27, 2008 at 9:33 pm
If sci fi movies are your source for technological facts then you have a lot more to worry about than this gadget, sweetheart!


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What I Love About Grandchildren!
Grandchildren! Is there anything more incredible then holding, playing, and loving them! I don't think so! My grandchildren think I am incredible. My heart and wallet stay deep and open to make sure this somewhat illusion remains constant in their minds. This often requires sacrifices of pride and large doses of humility!
Once, my granddaughter asked me to play fashion model with her. As she dressed up exchanging costume after costume, my task involved commentating to the imaginary audience, "And, now as the most impressive young lady approaches us wearing the finest of fashion . . ." Oh, and don't forget the mandatory commercials! After a while, she insisted, "Papa, now it's your turn." Replying with some confusion, "My turn to do what sweet pea?" She stated convincingly, "Your turn to dress up and be the model!"
So, here, this big man walked her imaginary cat walk in imaginary suits and ties down an imaginary walk way! Grandchildren make one feel young again! And, my grandchildren make me feel special because I am special. I am special to them, and play a huge part in their lives reassuring them of my love for them.
This past week we visited our oldest son. Upon entering the house my almost four year old grandson blurted, "Papa! Did you bring the donuts?" Laughing my head off I said, "What?" We hadn't seen each other in four months, and I remembered no mention of donuts at any time. Just this exchange was worth the eight hour drive, and soon after that I left the house in order that I might return to "bring the donuts!" :-)
I love my grandkids! Of all my many many experiences all over the world, not one of them comes close to what I feel when one of the cuddles up and whispers, "Papa, I love you."
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From 30th March to 2nd April 2017 there will be a festival called Life, Death (and the Rest) at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol, UK. As part of this I will be hosting a Death Cafe on Saturday, 1st April 2017 at 2pm and I will be around all day on Sunday 2nd April 2017 to talk about the work of death doulas and associated agendas. In support of the festival I was invited on to Radio Bristol alongside a representative from Arnos Vale. I was happy to talk about the role of Death Cafes as well as giving some examples of the work I've done as a death doula. If you'd like to listen to this you will find it at 24 minutes in until 45 minutes on this podcast.
Doing publicity, newsletters, visits, managing correspondence and, yes, writing a blog are all part of what I do to promote the agenda of talking about death and dying. Sometimes it feels like a lot of work for a small impact but I'd like to think that this movement striving to remove the taboo around death is slowly building momentum and it is all these small contributions made around the country by all the "death activists" (not really comfortable with that term) that add up to change. I'd like to think that in 10 years time we will all have an Advanced Directive outlining what we want when we are in our final days tucked away in our private papers and our loved ones will know exactly what we want when the time comes. And we wont be able to understand why there was a time when this wasn't the case.


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The board has authority to decide appeals involving property tax exemptions, tax deferrals and tax credits. See RSA 72:34-a and the board's rules under PART Tax 204.
Some pertain to organizations such as those who may qualify for a religious, educational or charitable exemption. See, e.g., RSA 72:23, III, IV and V. Others pertain to individuals, such as those who may qualify for a veteran's tax credit under RSA 72:28, a disability tax exemption under RSA 72:37-a, an elderly exemption under RSA 72:39-a or an elderly or disabled tax deferral under RSA 72:38-a.
In general, the applicant must first apply in writing to the municipality, providing the necessary information, and then, if not satisfied with the decision, appeal to the board in writing before September 1 following the notice of tax date. See RSA 72:34-a.
The information requirements are specific to each exemption, deferral or credit. For example, religious, educational and charitable organizations must file, on or before April 15, a list of all property for which an exemption is claimed. See RSA 72:23-c. (This form is known as the A-9.)
A charitable organization must also file with the municipality by June 1 "a statement of its financial condition for the preceding fiscal year and such other information as may be necessary to establish its status and eligibility for tax exemption." See RSA 72:23, VI. (This form is known as the A-12.)
Taxpayers who have specific questions should contact their local municipality.
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Heavyweight Jared Rosholt will make his UFC debut against Walter Harris at The Ultimate Fighter Finale in Las Vegas. Rosholt is a 3 time NCAA Division 1 All American and is currently has the most wins of all heavyweight Oklahoma State university history. Once his brother Jake Rosholt began fighting and made it into the UFC, he made the commitment to do it as well. Rosholt has only been fighting for 2 years, but once he started taking fights he never said no to an opportunity. In fact, Rosholt took his first fight in February of 2011 and before the first week of June was over he was already 4-0. The last three of those fights took place on consecutive weekends.
Fighters.com lead writer John Petit spoke with the Rosholt ahead of fight week. Rosholt spoke about about his path into MMA, applying his wrestling in the cage, and he talked a little about how he thought his team mate Johny Hendricks won his title fight against current UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre.
On his opponent Walter Harris at The Ultimate Fighter Finale:
I wouldn't say the plan is to take him into deep waters, but I noticed his record to. If he doesn't get the win early in the fight he seems to fade. If I see any opening at any time I will take it, but I need to fight smart and stay smart. This will be my fifth fight this year and two of them were against guys I think that are better than Harris and they went the distance. So I know I can perform well late in the fight. I'm comfortable if it goes late in the fight.
On Harris not fighting in over a year and a half:
It can be a plus or a minus. On the one hand, I think ring rust is a real thing. It has to play on your mind a little bit. On the other hand, who knows how much better he has gotten since fighting last. Obviously I'd like to look at tape of his most recent fights, but he doesn't have any. All I can do is be prepared for the fight, and I am prepared for this fight.
Rosholt's first MMA Fight:
The road into MMA:
The first time I saw a UFC fight it was just at some random bar or something. Once my brother Jake started doing it I began to follow it pretty closely. I developed a lot of interest in it pretty quick and was really entertained by it, and I was picking it up pretty quickly. Thats what really got me into MMA. Also, I was kind of just done with the wrestling thing. I had been wrestling for almost 20 years and I was ready for something different. The only real future for wrestlers was the olympics, and that was pretty much it.
I never had any amateur fights, but I had a pretty good idea that I could do it. Marc Laimon sent Adrian Ramirez, one of his black belts, to our gym in Texas. He was just showing the basics of Jiu Jitsu since I had never really done it before. A week later we went to Las Vegas for a grappling tournament and I ended up winning the heavyweight division and the absolute track. Even Laimon was like 'I can't believe you beat some of these guys after only doing BJJ a week.' After that point I realized I could hang with these guys. After that it was all about learning striking, and that has been the hardest thing for me to learn out of everything. Jiu Jitsu just came like a second nature to me from my wrestling background.
On Applying his wrestling to MMA:
Staying out of bad positions goes along way against even high level BJJ players. I never felt in a hurry to learn a bunch of submissions right away because I learned the dangerous positions and would just grapple my way away from them. That's how I did it. I never got in ankle lock position and then turned it around with my own offense, but my wrestling enabled me to fight out of those positions and get to a more dominant one. At this point its just staying out of those positions altogether. Alot of it became second nature for me.
On taking so many fights right away when he started MMA:
Those fights went really quick, and I didn't take any punishment in them. I just kept getting calls from my management offering me fights. They never told me 'Hey, you're doing this." They would just call me, and it almost felt natural to keep taking them. Everytime they called I just kept saying yes. We had three fights in three weeks. It was pretty crazy doing it like that, but there was never any damage being done and I wasn't getting hurt in anyway. It just felt like I was still training. Honestly, I would have kept saying yes if the fights kept lining up like that.
On staying calm in the cage:
I think its something that I brought over from wrestling. You don't want to go out there and blow your wad and then die off for the rest of the period. You want to hit a hard pace and you want to keep it there for the whole time. It was something I had to work on a bit now that I am in MMA, but I think I have a pretty good handle on it now. I think its part of evolving as a fighter. There was a time when I just wanted to overwhelm a guy with my wrestling, pound him out, and get him out of there. Now its like instead of forcing things I am looking for things.
I Had Johny winning three rounds for sure. I could see how you could give GSP 2 rounds in that fight, but I only gave him one. There was round for sure that I thought could have gone either way, but I thought for sure Johny had the win. Johny was hitting him with cleaner punches and when GSP was landing he was just trying to push up the strike count. When GSP took him down he popped right back up. When Johny took GSP down he wasn't going anywhere for a while. It really seemed like Hendricks won every aspect of the fight.


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Before I really begin, I'd like to provide some lovely, lovely stats. By my calculations there are 373 monsters in the AD&D Monster Manual (making it's claim of over 350 monsters on the back cover quite accurate). 202 of those have appeared before, and here are simply updated; 73 have been mentioned before, but are getting stats and a complete entry for the first time; and 98 are brand new.
I've mentioned it before, and I'll reiterate it here. The Monster Manual is not really an AD&D product. It has the banner on the cover, and it's broadly compatible with what comes after, but at heart it's OD&D, a compilation of nearly every monster from all the products that came before it. In many ways it's a beginning and an ending; the last product for OD&D, the first for AD&D, and the first product of TSR's golden age, the five-year period in which much of their most fertile material was published.
Although Gary included just about every creature ever mentioned in a
D&D product, there were some omissions. The most visible ones are
the various entities from Supplement IV: Gods, Demigods & Heroes, but they'll be dealt with in a later book. From the original OD&D boxed set, there are a number of monsters mentioned that didn't make the cut: Sea Monsters
(although you could cover this with giant snakes and dinosaurs),
Cyclops, the Juggernaut, Living Statues, Robots, Androids, Cyborgs (not
quite compatible with baseline D&D), and a whole host of beasties
from the John Carter of Mars books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Death
Angel and the Prowler, from later issues of The Dragon, also didn't make the cut.
They weren't created by Gary, or any other TSR staffers, but it's also
possible that they were just created to late for inclusion. Who knows?
In terms of its material contribution to the game, the most important thing introduced by the MM was probably the Devils. They had been mentioned in passing in other products, but they're here in all their glory, ready to incense Fundamentalist Christians everywhere. Other iconic monsters appear for the first time as well: Mimics, Otyughs, Nightmares, Troglodytes, loads of dinosaurs, and many more than I want to list here. But for sheer effect on the game, both mechanically and in the real world, the devils take the prize.
This book also begins the game's slow march to rigid codification. There's not a single monster here that hasn't been altered or clarified, at least a little bit. There are still oversights and omissions, but on the whole the monsters are a lot less ambiguous. Their relationships to the Outer Planes are solidified here as well. We still don't have a detailed description of what the various planes are like (besides what is in that one article in The Dragon), but we do know what monsters live in which planes. The one exception is Hell. There's a lot of info about Hell in the Monster Manual, if you want to piece it together from various monster entries. Allow me to do so:
Level 1 - Ruled by Tiamat
Level 2 - Known as Dis. Dispater rules it, from a great iron city also known as Dis. The city is mostly populated by zombies, erinyes, barbed devils, and malebranche devils. Dispater's palace is "infernally grand".
Levels 3 & 4 - Inhabited by Barbed Devils. These levels contain many cells and prisons.
Level 5 - Home to Bone Devils. Ruled by Geryon, from a castle he rarely ventures forth from.
Level 6 - Known as Malebolge. A black stone plane, filled with stinking vapors, smokes, fire pits, and huge caves and caverns. Ruled by Baalzebul.
Level 7 - Much like level 6, but features moated castles that are home to Malebranche devils. Ruled by Baalzebul, who has his castle here.
Level 8 - A frigid level populated by Ice Devils.
Level 9 - Pit Fiends live here, where they serve Asmodeus.
Alignment is also codified here, but it's at a strange half-way point between OD&D and AD&D. Most of the monsters will stick with the alignments given to them here from now on, but the Monster Manual is working with the five-point alignment system introduced in The Dragon. The more well-known nine-point system won't be introduced until later, in the Player's Handbook. For now, Neutral Evil, Lawful Neutral, Neutral Good and Chaotic Neutral don't exist in the game.
Perhaps the most fun I had while writing these entries up (and re-reading them) was in noticing the little tidbits and snippets of information that lie hidden within the monster descriptions. Did you know that a scorpion can sting itself to death? That a skunk's spray can rot magical cloth (and therefore, conceivably damage a bag of holding and cause a dimensional rift?) Or that a Water Elemental can form itself out of ale? It's all super-awesome stuff that I can't wait to use in a real game.
That said, it was a hell of a slog to get through, and I'm glad it's over. Next week I'll start on The Dragon #12, which will afford me a bit more variety than post after post of monsters. As much as I love monsters, it's nice to have a change.


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Central Detective Training School, Chandigarh invites applications from the eligible candidates who fulfill the eligibility conditions for fill up the posts of Vice Principal, Deputy S.P., Constable on purely contract basis for a period up-to 31.03.2016 or till attaining the age 65 years or till regular incumbent joins whichever is earlier, other details of these posts like age limit, qualification, experience, how to apply, etc. are given below:
Date of Interview: 13, June 2015.
The Eligibility, Educational &. Professional Qualification and experience prescribed for the above post are as under:
1. Vice Principal -01
Pay Scale: PB-3+GP Rs. 6600/-
Qualification & Experience:
Officers of the IPS or Central/State Police Organization holding analogous post at the time of retirement and possessing following educational qualification and experience:
(i) Bachelor's degree from a recognized university; and
(ii) Five year's experience in training and establishment matters of field policing or Police Modernization.
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Pay Scale: PB-2+GP Rs. 4600/-
Qualification & Experience:
Officers of the Central Police Organization/State Police Organization Holding analogous posts at the time of retirement and Possessing the following educational qualifications and experience:
(i) Bachelor's degree from a recognized university and equivalent.
(ii) Five years' experience in the field of recruitment and training or law and order management or modernization of police or community policing or personal management or maintenance and analysis of crime records or use of technology in policing and welfare of Police personnel.
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Pay Scale: PB-1+GP Rs. 1800/-
Qualification & Experience:
Official of Central/State Government holding analogous post at the time of retirement; and having the following
(i) Should have retired as Constable
(ii) Should have passed 10th Std
Mode of selection:
The selection of candidates in each category will be made through walk in interview. The interview will be organized by CDTS, Chandigarh at CFIs Complex,Plot No. 2, Dakshin Marg, Sector 36-A, Chandigarh through a Committee of Officers to be constituted with the approval of the Director General, BPR&D. Separate application should be submitted for each post.
Interview Schedule: Interested and Eligible candidates who fulfill the above eligibility conditions may attend the Walk In Interview 13.06.2015 at 9.30 A.M. in the office of the Principal, Central Detective Training School, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Plot No. 2, CFIs Complex, Dakshin Marg, Sector 36- A, Chandigarh.
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Lack of water availability could curtail shale gas development in the world's largest energy producer, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI).
China has the world's largest source of recoverable shale gas but 61 percent of that is located in areas with high aridity and baseline water stress - the ratio of total annual water withdrawals to available annual renewable supply - the WRI outlined in a new report.
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"Limited or unpredictable water availability can jeopardize a project's financial viability. In areas with high demand relative to the available supply, added water withdrawals for drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations can deplete water resources and degrade the environment," the report said.
But leading energy producers PetroChina and Sinopec made no mention of water-related challenges when voicing a bullish outlook on the shale industry in August, citing declining costs and higher domestic gas prices as catalysts for increased investment.