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Wk 3 - Thurs (7/8), 3-4 pm lecture: HSB2
James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist -
The Three Nets
– This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am.
– Try to be one of us, repeated Davin. In heart you are an Irish man but your pride is too powerful.
– My ancestors threw off their language and took another Stephen said. They allowed a handful of foreigners to subject them. Do you fancy I am going to pay in my own life and person debts they made? What for?
– For our freedom, said Davin.
– No honourable and sincere man, said Stephen, has given up to you his life and his youth and his affections from the days of Tone to those of Parnell, but you sold him to the enemy or failed him in need or reviled him and left him for another. And you invite me to be one of you. I'd see you damned first.
– They died for their ideals, Stevie, said Davin. Our day will come yet, believe me.
Stephen, following his own thought, was silent for an instant.
– The soul is born, he said vaguely, first in those moments I told you of. It has a slow and dark birth, more mysterious than the birth of the body. When the soul of a man is born in this country there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.
The net of religion:
– Now let us try for a moment to realize, as far as we can, the nature of that abode of the damned which the justice of an offended God has called into existence for the eternal punishment of sinners. Hell is a strait and dark and foul-smelling prison, an abode of demons and lost souls, filled with fire and smoke. The straitness of this prison house is expressly designed by God to punish those who refused to be bound by His laws. In earthly prisons the poor captive has at least some liberty of movement, were it only within the four walls of his cell or in the gloomy yard of his prison. Not so in hell. There, by reason of the great number of the damned, the prisoners are heaped together in their awful prison, the walls of which are said to be four thousand miles thick: and the damned are so utterly bound and helpless that, as a blessed saint, Saint Anselm, writes in his book on similitudes, they are not even able to remove from the eye a worm that gnaws it.
– They lie in exterior darkness. For, remember, the fire of hell gives forth no light. As, at the command of God, the fire of the Babylonian furnace lost its heat but not its light, so, at the command of God, the fire of hell, while retaining the intensity of its heat, burns eternally in darkness. It is a never ending storm of darkness, dark flames and dark smoke of burning brimstone, amid which the bodies are heaped one upon another without even a glimpse of air. Of all the plagues with which the land of the Pharaohs were smitten one plague alone, that of darkness, was called horrible. What name, then, shall we give to the darkness of hell which is to last not for three days alone but for all eternity?
– The horror of this strait and dark prison is increased by its awful stench. All the filth of the world, all the offal and scum of the world, we are told, shall run there as to a vast reeking sewer when the terrible conflagration of the last day has purged the world. The brimstone, too, which burns there in such prodigious quantity fills all hell with its intolerable stench; and the bodies of the damned themselves exhale such a pestilential odour that, as saint Bonaventure says, one of them alone would suffice to infect the whole world. The very air of this world, that pure element, becomes foul and unbreathable when it has been long enclosed. Consider then what must be the foulness of the air of hell. Imagine some foul and putrid corpse that has lain rotting and decomposing in the grave, a jelly-like mass of liquid corruption. Imagine such a corpse a prey to flames, devoured by the fire of burning brimstone and giving off dense choking fumes of nauseous loathsome decomposition. And then imagine this sickening stench, multiplied a millionfold and a millionfold again from the millions upon millions of fetid carcasses massed together in the reeking darkness, a huge and rotting human fungus. Imagine all this, and you will have some idea of the horror of the stench of hell.
– But this stench is not, horrible though it is, the greatest physical torment to which the damned are subjected. The torment of fire is the greatest torment to which the tyrant has ever subjected his fellow creatures. Place your finger for a moment in the flame of a candle and you will feel the pain of fire. But our earthly fire was created by God for the benefit of man, to maintain in him the spark of life and to help him in the useful arts, whereas the fire of hell is of another quality and was created by God to torture and punish the unrepentant sinner. Our earthly fire also consumes more or less rapidly according as the object which it attacks is more or less combustible, so that human ingenuity has even succeeded in inventing chemical preparations to check or frustrate its action. But the sulphurous brimstone which burns in hell is a substance which is specially designed to burn for ever and for ever with unspeakable fury. Moreover, our earthly fire destroys at the same time as it burns, so that the more intense it is the shorter is its duration; but the fire of hell has this property, that it preserves that which it burns, and, though it rages with incredible intensity, it rages for ever.
– Our earthly fire again, no matter how fierce or widespread it may be, is always of a limited extent; but the lake of fire in hell is boundless, shoreless and bottomless. It is on record that the devil himself, when asked the question by a certain soldier, was obliged to confess that if a whole mountain were thrown into the burning ocean of hell it would be burned up In an instant like a piece of wax. And this terrible fire will not afflict the bodies of the damned only from without, but each lost soul will be a hell unto itself, the boundless fire raging in its very vitals. O, how terrible is the lot of those wretched beings! The blood seethes and boils in the veins, the brains are boiling in the skull, the heart in the breast glowing and bursting, the bowels a red-hot mass of burning pulp, the tender eyes flaming like molten balls.
– And yet what I have said as to the strength and quality and boundlessness of this fire is as nothing when compared to its intensity, an intensity which it has as being the instrument chosen by divine design for the punishment of soul and body alike. It is a fire which proceeds directly from the ire of God, working not of its own activity but as an instrument of Divine vengeance. As the waters of baptism cleanse the soul with the body, so do the fires of punishment torture the spirit with the flesh. Every sense of the flesh is tortured and every faculty of the soul therewith: the eyes with impenetrable utter darkness, the nose with noisome odours, the ears with yells and howls and execrations, the taste with foul matter, leprous corruption, nameless suffocating filth, the touch with redhot goads and spikes, with cruel tongues of flame. And through the several torments of the senses the immortal soul is tortured eternally in its very essence amid the leagues upon leagues of glowing fires kindled in the abyss by the offended majesty of the Omnipotent God and fanned into everlasting and ever-increasing fury by the breath of the anger of the God-head.
– Consider finally that the torment of this infernal prison is increased by the company of the damned themselves. Evil company on earth is so noxious that the plants, as if by instinct, withdraw from the company of whatsoever is deadly or hurtful to them. In hell all laws are overturned– there is no thought of family or country, of ties, of relationships. The damned howl and scream at one another, their torture and rage intensified by the presence of beings tortured and raging like themselves. All sense of humanity is forgotten. The yells of the suffering sinners fill the remotest corners of the vast abyss. The mouths of the damned are full of blasphemies against God and of hatred for their fellow sufferers and of curses against those souls which were their accomplices in sin. In olden times it was the custom to punish the parricide, the man who had raised his murderous hand against his father, by casting him into the depths of the sea in a sack in which were placed a cock, a monkey, and a serpent. The intention of those law-givers who framed such a law, which seems cruel in our times, was to punish the criminal by the company of hurtful and hateful beasts. But what is the fury of those dumb beasts compared with the fury of execration which bursts from the parched lips and aching throats of the damned in hell when they behold in their companions in misery those who aided and abetted them in sin, those whose words sowed the first seeds of evil thinking and evil living in their minds, those whose immodest suggestions led them on to sin, those whose eyes tempted and allured them from the path of virtue. They turn upon those accomplices and upbraid them and curse them. But they are helpless and hopeless: it is too late now for repentance.
– Last of all consider the frightful torment to those damned souls, tempters and tempted alike, of the company of the devils. These devils will afflict the damned in two ways, by their presence and by their reproaches. We can have no idea of how horrible these devils are. Saint Catherine of Siena once saw a devil and she has written that, rather than look again for one single instant on such a frightful monster, she would prefer to walk until the end of her life along a track of red coals. These devils, who were once beautiful angels, have become as hideous and ugly as they once were beautiful. They mock and jeer at the lost souls whom they dragged down to ruin. It is they, the foul demons, who are made in hell the voices of conscience. Why did you sin? Why did you lend an ear to the temptings of friends? Why did you turn aside from your pious practices and good works? Why did you not shun the occasions of sin? Why did you not leave that evil companion? Why did you not give up that lewd habit, that impure habit? Why did you not listen to the counsels of your confessor? Why did you not, even after you had fallen the first or the second or the third or the fourth or the hundredth time, repent of your evil ways and turn to God who only waited for your repentance to absolve you of your sins? Now the time for repentance has gone by. Time is, time was, but time shall be no more! Time was to sin in secrecy, to indulge in that sloth and pride, to covet the unlawful, to yield to the promptings of your lower nature, to live like the beasts of the field, nay worse than the beasts of the field, for they, at least, are but brutes and have no reason to guide them: time was, but time shall be no more. God spoke to you by so many voices, but you would not hear. You would not crush out that pride and anger in your heart, you would not restore those ill-gotten goods, you would not obey the precepts of your holy church nor attend to your religious duties, you would not abandon those wicked companions, you would not avoid those dangerous temptations. Such is the language of those fiendish tormentors, words of taunting and of reproach, of hatred and of disgust. Of disgust, yes! For even they, the very devils, when they sinned, sinned by such a sin as alone was compatible with such angelical natures, a rebellion of the intellect: and they, even they, the foul devils must turn away, revolted and disgusted, from the contemplation of those unspeakable sins by which degraded man outrages and defiles the temple of the Holy Ghost, defiles and pollutes himself.
– O, my dear little brothers in Christ, may it never be our lot to hear that language! May it never be our lot, I say! In the last day of terrible reckoning I pray fervently to God that not a single soul of those who are in this chapel today may be found among those miserable beings whom the Great Judge shall command to depart for ever from His sight, that not one of us may ever hear ringing in his ears the awful sentence of rejection: DEPART FROM ME, YE CURSED, INTO EVERLASTING FIRE WHICH WAS PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS!
But still ...
– Then, said Cranly, you do not intend to become a protestant?
– I said that I had lost the faith, Stephen answered, but not that I had lost self-respect. What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?
The net of language:
– One difficulty, said Stephen, in esthetic discussion is to know whether words are being used according to the literary tradition or according to the tradition of the marketplace. I remember a sentence of Newman's in which he says of the Blessed Virgin that she was detained in the full company of the saints. The use of the word in the marketplace is quite different. I HOPE I AM NOT DETAINING YOU.
– Not in the least, said the dean politely.
– No, no, said Stephen, smiling, I mean –
– Yes, yes; I see, said the dean quickly, I quite catch the point: DETAIN.
He thrust forward his under jaw and uttered a dry short cough.
– To return to the lamp, he said, the feeding of it is also a nice problem. You must choose the pure oil and you must be careful when you pour it in not to overflow it, not to pour in more than the funnel can hold.
– What funnel? asked Stephen.
– The funnel through which you pour the oil into your lamp.
– That? said Stephen. Is that called a funnel? Is it not a tundish?
– What is a tundish?
– That. The... funnel.
– Is that called a tundish in Ireland? asked the dean. I never heard the word in my life.
– It is called a tundish in Lower Drumcondra, said Stephen, laughing, where they speak the best English.
– A tundish, said the dean reflectively. That is a most interesting word. I must look that word up. Upon my word I must.
His courtesy of manner rang a little false … The dean repeated the word yet again.
– Tundish! Well now, that is interesting!
– The question you asked me a moment ago seems to me more interesting. What is that beauty which the artist struggles to express from lumps of earth, said Stephen coldly.
The little word seemed to have turned a rapier point of his sensitiveness against this courteous and vigilant foe. He felt with a smart of dejection that the man to whom he was speaking was a countryman of Ben Jonson. He thought:
– The language in which we are speaking is his before it is mine. How different are the words HOME, CHRIST, ALE, MASTER, on his lips and on mine! I cannot speak or write these words without unrest of spirit. His language, so familiar and so foreign, will always be for me an acquired speech. I have not made or accepted its words. My voice holds them at bay. My soul frets in the shadow of his language.
The net of nationality:
Irish History (19th-20th century)
1798 – The Society of United Irishmen rebel but the rebellion is crushed at the battle of Vinegar Hill in June. Wolfe Tone commits suicide after being captured.
1800 – The Act of Union joins England and Ireland (the act comes into effect in 1801).
1803 – Robert Emmet's rising in Dublin. The rising is crushed and Emmet is executed.
1807 – Famine in Ireland.
1817 – Famine and typhus in Ireland.
1820s – Agrarian unrest is led by a secret society called the Ribbonmen.
1821-1822 – Famine strikes Ireland again.
1823 – Daniel O'Connell founds the Catholic Association.
1829 – The Catholic Emancipation Act allows Catholics to enter parliament and to hold public office.
1830-1834 – Famine stalks Ireland again.
1832 – Cholera epidemic in Irish towns.
1836 – Famine strikes again.
1840 – Young Ireland is founded.
1841 – The population of Ireland is 8,175,000.
1845-1849 – The potato blight causes a potato famine. Perhaps 1 million people die. Many more emigrate. The population of Ireland falls dramatically. The famine is at its worst in the West and Southwest of Ireland.
1848-1850 – Cholera epidemics.
1851 – The population of Ireland has fallen to 6,552,000.
1858 – The Irish Republican Brotherhood is formed.
1867 – Fenian rising.
1869 – The Church of Ireland is disestablished.
1873 – The Home Rule League is formed.
1879 – The Irish National Land League is formed. It demands the 'three f's', fair rent, fixity of tenure and free sale of land.
1880 – A new verb enters the language 'to boycott'. Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Land League declares that if a tenant is evicted and somebody else takes over the land that person is to be ostracised. The first person so treated is a Captain Boycott.
1881– Parnell is imprisoned.
1882 – James Joyce is born. Parnell is released.
1884 – The Gaelic Athletic Association is founded.
1886 – The first Home Rule bill is rejected by the British parliament.
1890 – Parnell is named as co-respondent in a divorce case.
1893 – The Gaelic League is founded. The second Home Rule bill is passed by the British House of Commons but is rejected by the House of Lords.
1898 – The Irish Local Government Act gives Ireland local government similar to the English system.
1903 – A final Land Act makes it still easier for tenant farmers to obtain loans and buy their land. As a result millions of acres change hands by 1921.
1905 – Sinn Fein is founded.
1909 – The Irish Transport and General Workers Union is founded.
1913 – The Ulster Volunteer Force is founded. Tram strike in Dublin. A third Home Rule bill is passed by the British parliament. However the act is put on hold in September because of the outbreak of the First World War.
1916 – The Easter Rising. James Joyce publishes A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and Pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
- W. B. Yeats, "Easter, 1916"
1919 – The Irish Volunteers are renamed the Irish Republican Army. A number of Sinn Fein MPs were elected to the British parliament in December 1918. However, they refuse to take their seats. Instead they form their own parliament in Dublin called the Dail Eireann. Eammon de Valera is elected president of the Dail.
1919-1921 – The War of Independence. The IRA fights a guerrilla war against the British.
1920 – Ireland is partitioned. The Government of Ireland Act forms 2 parliaments in Ireland. One in the North and one in the South. Both are to have their own prime minister. However both are to be subordinate to the British parliament. The 'Black and Tans' are formed to reinforce the Royal Irish Constabulary.
1921– The Northern parliament meets for the first time. Sinn Fein win almost all the seats for the Southern parliament but they refuse to take their seats. Instead they carry on meeting in the Dail Eireann. A truce is made between the IRA and the British. An Anglo-Irish treaty partitions Ireland.
1922– The Dail agrees to the treaty but civil war begins between those who accept the treaty and those who don't. Michael Collins is killed. James Joyce publishes Ulysses.
1923 – The civil war ends; William Butler Yeats wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1926 – Fianna Fail is founded.
1932-1937 – Eamon De Valera is Prime Minister.
1936 – The IRA is banned in the Irish Free State
1937 – A new constitution comes into force. The Irish Free State becomes Eire. Douglas Hyde is the first president.
1937-1948 – de Valera is Taoiseach.
1939 – James Joyce publishes Finnegans Wake.
1941 – James Joyce dies.
1949 – The Republic of Ireland Act makes Eire a republic.
1951-1954 – de Valera is Taoiseach again.
1955 – Ireland joins the United Nations.
1957-1959 – de Valera is Taoiseach for the 3rd time.
1959-1973 – de Valera is President.
1969 – Beginning of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland.
1972 – 'Bloody Sunday' in Derry. Fourteen people are killed when the British 1st Parachute Regiment opens fire on demonstrators.
1973 – Ireland joins the EEC (forerunner of the EU).
1985 – The Anglo-Irish agreement.
The Five Ages of Stephen
Section 1 - Infant / Schoolboy:
Pandying [51-61]
Unjust and unfair – courage and defiance.
Section 2 -- Schoolboy:
Generous to his family with his prize money – sexual awakening.
Section 3 -- Schoolboy:
The Fire Sermon – repentance and shame.
Section 4 - Schoolboy:
The question of vocation [166-75] - Answered by the birdgirl.
Section 5 - Student:
Discussion with Lynch on aesthetics: Wholeness, harmony and radiance. [229-31]
Discussion with Cranly – abandoning lover (EC), country and mother. "I will not serve" [260]
[Page references to James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, ed. Seamus Deane (Penguin, 1999)]

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Every year the boys and i like to get involved with Save The Children's Christmas Jumper Day and this year is no different. It's something that's silly and fun, but something that we really look forward to.
This year, Save The Children's Christmas Jumper Day is taking place on Friday 16th December. Sillyness will be sweeping the nation as schools, homes and offices across the country will be ditching their uniforms and day-to-day dress in favour of Christmas jumpers. Celebrities who have popped on a pullover to mark their support for the 2016 campaign include James Corden, Fleur East, Myleene Klass, Jess Wright, Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp and Conor Maynard.
The best bit is that all this festive silliness actually serves a very serious purpose – making a difference to the world's most vulnerable children. By sticking on a silly seasonal sweater and donating £2 to Save the Children (£1 if you're at school) at christmasjumperday.org, you'll be saving children's lives and giving them the opportunity to have a better future.
All funds raised through Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day could help give a child living in a refugee camp clothes to keep them warm through winter, help the charity to buy food for an entire family, or set up a safe space to give children the chance to be children again. It could also help the charity bring essentials like healthcare, education, protection and food to millions of children around the world who are missing out on the most basic support. All this, just by you wearing a novelty jumper for one day – it's a very silly and fun way to solve some very serious problems.
If last year's sweater just isn't cutting it, why not head to your nearest Save the Children store where they're calling out for people to donate their unwanted Christmas jumpers?
Speaking of sweaters, the charity has teamed up with Selfish Mother and some of the nation's top models to create a series of slogan sweatshirts in celebration of the day. Featuring festive words and slogans like 'Sparkle', 'Off Duty Elf', 'Cracker', 'Santa's Helper', 'Nutcracker' and more the sweatshirts are available for adults (£45) and children (£20) and 50% from each one sold will be donated to Save the Children.
Other companies supporting the campaign include Papa Johns who will be donating 50p to Save the Children for every XXL pizza sold up until 2nd January 2017, Ella's Kitchen will be donating 30p from the sale of every 'jingle belly Christmas dinner' pouch' and WHSmith who will be selling two Christmas Jumper Day bears – called Benji and Bruno – instore and online for £4.99, with £1 being donated to Save the Children for every bear sold.
Additionally, £1 from each sale of 16 products in the popular Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn range at Argos will go to Save the Children's UK work, helping children reach their full potential by giving them the chance to play and learn.
Riley, Harry and I will be donning our Christmas jumpers this Friday, will you?
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DAVIS (CBS13) — Students and faculty don't consider a new coffee class at UC Davis a daily grind. In fact there's a wait list just to get into the course.
The new chemical engineering class called Design of Coffee isn't just for engineering students, said Professor Tonya Kuhl.
"Coffee was something where it's all chemical engineering and all chemicals, but ones that you can drink," she said.
It's been so popular that in its first quarter of availability, every spot was taken in the first two hours of registration.
"I saw that we had the class and I'm like, 'Oh, I don't even know if I get credit for this, but I have to take it,'" said junior Devin Connolly.
Students start off the course by dissecting a coffee machine, then move on to the roasting, grinding and brewing process.
"How little tweaks can make a huge difference," junior Eric Evans said. "A couple of degrees in water temperature will change how your coffee tastes."
It's one hour of lecture a week and two hours in the lab working in groups, making the joe flow.
At the end of the quarter, grades will be based on who brews the best coffee, and how little energy they use doing it.
Evans' group says they had a champion brew. Now if only they could remember how they made it.
"We blended a couple of different kinds of roasts together, didn't measure anything, and really regret that now," he said.
The professor says the class has been so popular, even teacher's assistants have lobbied for spots.


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Do you consider yourself a fan of British or French culture? I like a both British and French things, and I was trying to decide recently which country was closest to my heart. It's a tough call! I traveled to France many years ago and loved it, and I've even gone through the trouble of learning un peu de français. However, there is nothing I like more than a good modern British television show like Doctor Who or Downton Abbey.
Instead of staying confused about where my loyalties lie, I decided to write a quiz to sort things out. I know there are many cultures that we all are fans of, but traditionally, Francophilia and Anglophilia are the most common. So no worried if you prefer Japan, Mexico, Italy, or one of many other cool countries. Those may be in a future quiz! Today is all about exploring the basics though… so just France and England.
To see which of these two cultural powerhouses you belong in, take my latest quiz: Are You an Anglophile or a Francophile? Let me know what you get and what you think of your result. Do you identify with being either an Anglophile or Francophile? How come? Would you like to live in either France or the UK one day?
Discussion question: What country's culture (besides your own) are you an enthusiast of?


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PM Narendra Modi banned the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes on November 8 and substituted them with a new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 note.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at the Opposition parties which have constantly questioned government's implementation on demonetisation on November 8. After the decision, people across the country are seen standing in long queues in ATMs and banks in order to either withdraw or deposit cash. Even after three week most banks and ATMs are running out of cash almost on daily basis.
The prime minister, who had asked the people to deposit old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 till December 30, while speaking in the Parliament House Annexe on occasion of Constitution Day said that the government is being criticised for not being fully ready for the implementation of the step, while the fact remains it didn't give time for black money holders in the country to prepare.
#WATCH: PM on demonetisation: Those criticising don't have problem with Govt's unpreparedness but that Govt didn't give them time to prepare pic.twitter.com/mvgdsKu1O9
— ANI (@ANI_news) November 25, 2016
Stressing that common man in the country have become soldier in the fight against black money, the PM said that everyone has the right to use their hard earned money. With the world changing money is not just available in cash, therefore it's time to move towards cashless economy , he added.
While speaking about the Constitution Day, the prime minister said that the nation celebrates Republic Day every year on January 26, but without November 26, the day is incomplete.
The prime minister, while remembering Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the prinicipal architect of India's constitution, said that it is was important to stay connected with the spirit of the Constitution and not only to remain aware of various articles of it.
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Tickets are available for AUD $30 per person (plus $5 per ticket booking fee for postage & handling) which includes entry to three sessions on Saturday 5th April 2014 from 11am till 4.30pm.
If you purchased your ticket after Sunday 30th March, your tickets will be available for collection from your first session - please bring along confirmation of your booking.
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Very good condition with slight cosmetic blemish or minor imperfection. They will include team or corporate logo balls and/or player pen markings. These balls are similar to a new ball after being played 3-4 holes. The shine and color of the balls may slightly vary, but the integrity of the flight characteristic is not compromised at all.
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Pinterest is a haven for procrastination, and I am a very skilled procrastinator. Occasionally procrastination leads to amazing inspiration. Like when one of your friends pins a blog post that presents an idea that keeps you awake all night. The blog I'm talking about is leeleetea, and her 12 outfits project.
The concept appealed to me greatly. As a general rule I aim to consume less and make more, I've challenged myself before to limit my consumption of mass produced clothes with a fair amount of success. The 12 outfits project is also timely as each season this year I will need new outfits. In the last year or so I lost about 25kg and three dress sizes, so I have very few clothes that fit. I have been slowly restocking my wardrobe with essentials, but the thought of buying everything brand new fills me with dread. The thought of making what I need on the other hand fills me with excitement.
So after a sleepless night contemplating 12 outfits I pulled out some of my stash and piles of patterns to see if I could get 12 outfits.
It turns out I can! I have six outfits completely planned with patterns and fabric and yarn, some even with buttons and other notions, as well as key pieces planned for the following six outfits. I really like the flexibility Natalie had built into her project and I plan to be flexible in my plans as well. Given that I've already finished a couple of the winter garments, the order of operations is already somewhat inverted and I have other things I plan on making this year for myself and my family outside the project. As long as I get my 12 outfits in the end, I'll be happy.
So, all this happened a month ago and a couple of the projects I've posted about already belong to outfits. February's outfit is complete and will be blogged shortly.


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After the huge success of the series of four films MSG saint Guru Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan's next film Jattu Engineers went to be formally launched on Tuesday. Father-Daughter's (Pujya Guruji and his daughter Honeypreet Insan), going to be the comedy film directed by Dr. MSG started with the rituals of lighting the earthen lamps, coco-nut, and film Slogan imprinted balloons were launched into the air and by giving autographs.
As per Pujya Guruji's press conference held on the occasion, he stated Jattu Engineer is a comedy movie and the story is set in a village that is very backward. There is a school but not teachers. The residents of the village are lazy as well as addicts too. The main hero of the film Dr. MSG as Jattu Engineer is a teacher who will be seen as a Rajput. The film also shows how they can improve the villagers. Apart from all, this film will also highlight the Clean India mission, run by the Prime Minister of the nation.
Pujya Guruji also said that some bits and pieces of the story is real, onto which storylines are based on. Apart from the clean comedy, this film also provide some importanat messeges to society. The film includes two to three songs. The film will be completed within 20-30 days. Shoot will take place in Sirsa and some shots will be held in other places. Whereas, different languages will also be used in the film such as, Hindi, Punjabi, Marwari and UP.
When asked by journalists, about the sequel of the movie, Pujya Guruji stated, "we will definitely carry forward the sequel of the movie as per the response of the audience." On the other hand, as per him his other film Hind ka Napak ko Jawab has given a positive impact in terms of Deshbhakti. "From children to the elderly in the villages can be witnessed with the tricolor national flag in their hands. When we were coming from Delhi to Sirsa, the impact of the movie in the villages were visible." As per him the credit of success of Hind ka Napak ko Jawab goes to heavenly God and audience as well.


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Saturday, April 1, 2017
Review: This House is Haunted
Title: This House is Haunted
Author: John Boyne
Publication Date: October 8, 2013
Genre: Gothic Horror/Psychological/Ghost Story
Recommended If You Like: Dickens-esque prose, ghost stories, strong female protagonists, The Turn of the Screw
The Book:
Eliza Caine has just lost her father, and mired in grief, answers an advertisement for a governess. But even before her arrival, strange and dangerous things begin to happen to her, occurrences that only get worse once she makes it to Gaudlin Hall.
What I Liked:
This is a well-written scary story. The eeriness builds subtly at first, then crescendos. I love a good, gothic ghost story, especially one that reminds me of The Turn of the Screw, and this book checks all those boxes.
Eliza Caine is also a very strong female character who you can't help but root for. She makes for a compelling, complex narrator.
Anything I Didn't Like?
The story started out slow, and took a while to get going. I know this was to build suspense, but the story didn't really get very interesting until Eliza arrived at Gaudlin Hall.
If you like gothic horror and ghost stories, this is a book I would recommend. It's not one I imagine I will be re reading, but I did enjoy reading it.
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|Note the family truckster loaded to the rafters in the background...
|Overheard just moments before this picture was snapped: "BOYS, it's your mother's birthday. Just stop complaining and smile and let her take a picture, would you?!?"
Our road trip to Montana in October earned a spot among my 20 Great Things. We usually take a family trip there over the summer, but it didn't happen this year. I think the rest of the boys shared my secret disappointment, although we didn't say much, because we had an awful lot to be so very thankful for. When the opportunity came up to take the trip as a family back to the NILE Stock Show in Billings, we were all over it.
Carson and I picked up Keith and the older boys from their hunting trip in eastern WA on our way to Montana. I decided to surprise them by bringing along Sophie the Farm Dog. That, in combination with showing up 5 hours late, didn't bring the excited reaction I was hoping for. When a mysterious stench came wafting from the back seats just short of the Idaho border, Sophie was deemed the culprit and a thorough investigation was launched. It was soon discovered to be the feet of a certain 11 year old, who shall remain nameless. ;)
It seems like an entire book could be written on the adventures of our trip. At 11:45pm on the first night, as Sophie stood at the foot of the bed barking in our hotel room, I was scribbling notes about all that had taken place in just 8 short hours.
When I refer to our family as a traveling circus, it's hardly an exaggeration. Visualize us entering the LaQuinta lobby in Missoula at 10:30pm on the first night...each child required to pack in twice their body weight in order to limit Keith and I to about 12 bags each. I had just gotten done telling the lady at the front counter that our dog was very polite indoors, and would cause no problems. This was a bit of a stretch...Sophie is very sweet, she just isn't an inside dog. When Keith, the boys, and Sophie came through the door, one of the suitcases was topped with a giant Ziploc bag of dry dog food and a huge, dirty, metal dog dish...sure signs that our pooch wasn't accustomed to indoor living. As I continued checking us in, Sophie tightly triple wrapped my legs in her leash while the rest of the crew stumbled over one another to get to the last of the freshly baked cookies on the counter. I'm sure we woke up at least a few snoozing patrons.
The second day of our trip was Carson's birthday, and Keith had the bright idea of letting him pick out a gift at the Cenex in Missoula (an awesome store, by the way...you can fuel up, your husband can buy some boots & beef jerky, and you can find a cool new wardrobe...really!). It should have come as no surprise that Carson wanted a bow and arrow set. Over the next days, I dodged flying arrows as I piloted the family truckster across Big Sky Country. Keith came to realize that traveling with 3 of Sophie would have been much easier than traveling with 3 Hickle boys.
We read a sign at a burger place in Livingston that had us repeating its words for the entire trip:
Closed for the season. Reason? Freezin'.
It's funny how not-so-funny things make you laugh hysterically when you are in closed quarters for too long with certain people. That sign being an example.
At one point, Sophie was the cause of a two hour delay in finding a hotel that would take pets (much to Keith's dismay), but had nearly redeemed herself all the way as the most pleasant traveler on the trip, when we decided to take a detour to Wyoming and Yellowstone before heading back home. While in Cody, Keith was walking her down the sidewalk and I was in a store with the boys. Without notice, Sophie bolted on the leash, snapping the latch on her collar, and she barrelled right through the front door of an expensive store. You know the kind of store that you don't enter if children are with you? Yes, it was THAT kind of store. In she ran, running the entire length of the store, and ended her trick by jumping up into the front window display. Keith felt so bad, he bought something small and got out of there, pronto. I was assigned to leash duty for the remaining trip.
The stories really just go on and on from there. It was a great, memorable time, and I felt really thankful to be together as a healthy family, just having fun. Montana in the fall is a sight to behold for sure. I'm glad that God delayed our trip. I started my birthday morning on October 23rd with a beautiful run through West Yellowstone, and the day just got better from there.
The other day, the words from the readerboard at that burger place came to me, and made me giggle. I imagine that is a sign I will always remember. :)


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NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Akumina, the leading digital workplace platform for enterprises around the globe, announced today that the Boston Red Sox have launched their new global digital workplace on the Akumina platform leveraging deep integrations with Microsoft's Office 365 and Azure Clouds. The Red Sox chose Akumina to transform their business and unite their global workforce of full and part-time staff to improve employee engagement and productivity, providing employees with a secure mobile-friendly and intuitive user-experience with access to key operational information, applications, tools and timely in-game and day of game happenings.
Akumina's digital workplace platform enables enterprises across all industry sectors the ability to deliver personalized and contextual digital experiences such as modern intranets, digital employee dashboards, collaboration hubs, portals and extranets, and other site experiences.
Offering a mobile-first experience, the new digital workplace will support a more social and connected digital experience for every employee from 'desk-less' employees who work around the globe, in the stands or around the ballpark.
"We partnered with Akumina to launch our new global employee experience. For an organization like the Red Sox, being able to better collaborate and inform our disparate team members about all aspects of our operation is critical," said Brian Shield, Chief Information Officer, Boston Red Sox. "The mobile experience we have built on Akumina allows for us to better engage with our employees, provide real-time game-related information to all employees, deliver a central 'hub' for accessing key employee systems, and support a more streamlined year-round operation."
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AHL Game Day: 4-3-16 Crunch at Comets
Syracuse crushes Utica, keeping extremely slim hopes alive.
Kristers Gudlevskis allowed 3 goals on 28 shots for the victory.
First Period
UTI LaBate, (9) (Hensick, Landry), 9:02 (PP)
Second Period
UTI Bancks, (14) (Hensick, Landry), 5:11
SYR Vermin, (7) (Peca), 7:04 (SH)
SYR Darcy, (4) (Taormina, Dotchin), 9:06
SYR Vermin, (8) (Peca, Taormina), 10:04 (PP)
UTI Friesen, (12) (Grenier, Fedun), 13:50 (PP)
Third Period
SYR Erne, (13) (Walcott, Blujus), 2:01
SYR Ikonen, (3) (Richard, Thomas), 3:39
SYR Tambellini, (25) (Peca), 17:56
SYR Tambellini, (26) (Thomas, McGinn), 19:18
Joel Vermin, Matthew Peca, and Jeff Tambellini were the game's three stars.
It's kind of remarkable that the day Jonathan Drouin sat out due to a lower body injury that the Crunch went and scored 7 goals.
Peca continues his strong late season charge, extending his points streak to 6 games with 1 goal and 10 points in that span. Going back to March 6th, he's got 1 goal and 16 points in a 13 game stretch, including 5 multi-point games. He's definitely throwing his hat in the ring to be the next Conacher/Johnson type in the Lightning organization.
Speaking of multi-point efforts, Ben Thomas had his first as a pro today. He's got 3 helpers in his first 4 pro games. He's been like found money thus far for Syracuse.
Unfortunately, despite the severity of today's whipping of the Comets, it still only counts as 2 points in the standings. That places Syracuse 6 points back of Utica for 3rd in the North Division with the Comets still holding a game in hand. Portland and Bridgeport maintain an 8 point gap on Syracuse in the crossover scenario, so it looks like catching Utica in the final 5 regular season games is the formula for the postseason. The Crunch do have 2 more head-to-head matchups against the Comets, but it's still going to be like threading the needle for the Crunch to make the playoffs.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
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Corridor Wins Award!
GIAA, the central Iowa chapter of the National Apartment Association awarded Corridor Property Management their award for "Best Exterior Renovation" on April 21st. The project was a 5000 SF clubhouse that provides students with a 24 hour fitness facility, gathering/event space, study rooms, print center and leasing offices.


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Napier is a main city in the Hawke's Bay region, located on the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.
The Museum, Theatre and Gallery that comprises MTG Hawke's Bay is located in the town centre of Napier on the corner of Marine Parade and Tennyson Streets.
The main entrance and MTG shop are located at 1 Tennyson Street, corner of Marine Parade and Tennyson Streets.
The Theatre and Tickeitng Box Office can be also be accessed via entrances on Marine Parade (disabled access) beside the Department of Conversation building and Herschell Street via the deck.
For evening performances in the Theatre please use the Marine Parade and Herschell Street entrances.
MTG Hawke's Bay is located at 1 Tennyson Street on the corner of Marine Parade and Tennyson Streets in the town centre and walking distance from bus stops and hotels. Walk toward the waterfront (Marine Parade) from Tennyson and Emerson Streets.
Hawke's Bay has over 160km of bike trails. If you are cycling the Water Ride marked on the HB Trails map make sure you stop off at the MTG for a visit. You'll find bike racks located handy to the entrance.
Napier's GO Bus services run frequently around the city suburbs and nearby Hastings and Havelock North. The closest bus stop to MTG is at the Napier Public Library on Dalton Street. For more information on bus stops, times and fares see the Go Bus website.
Travelling by car MTG Hawkes Bay is located near many well-known landmarks and buildings:
- 50 metres north of the Napier i-SITE.
- Across the road from the Art Deco Shop, Art Deco Masonic Hotel and Soundshell
- 50 metres across the road from the Pania Statue
Parking is located on the Marine Parade seaside (free for two hours). The streets adjacent to the Museum, Theatre and Gallery are metered.
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Unique Art Deco heritage has been preserved with the skilful addition of modern theatre facilities making it the best provincial performing arts centre in the nation.
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Situated in the centre of Napier, in the middle of Onekawa Park, the Napier Aquatic Centre is a safe and affordable aquatic facility for everyone.
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Nowhere else in New Zealand will you discover a wider range of marine animals and native species in a single facility than at the National Aquarium of New Zealand.
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Visit the Napier i-SITE to find out more about what is happening in Hawkes Bay, from events, activities and accommodation.
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The Faraday Centre in Napier, is Hawke's Bay's Museum of Technology. It's a place of discovery where history comes alive through hands on experience.
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Located on Marine Parade, Napier, is the Bay Skate Park - home to skateboarding, BMX, roller derby, inline hockey and scootering.
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We offer an all purpose built venue that uniquely combines spectacular outlooks with functional layout.
View website for Napier Conference Centre
We are Hawkes Bay's premier holiday accommodation park providing an array of facilities to keep the entire family entertained.
View website for Kennedy Park Resort Napier
Build on the blossoming national and international interest in William Colenso's life and ideas as the result of the William Colenso Bicentenary Celebrations in Hawke's Bay in 2011, and a body of new publications and research.
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Strive to Inspire, Educate and Entertain by providing access to information through various resources within our Libraries. We aim to provide more than you expect.
View website for Napier Libraries
Located in the Art Deco city of Napier. We have worked closely with our builders to promote and develop high quality housing within an open-aspect environment.
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For Napier City residents and citizens to have easy access to see what council are currently working on, completed, what they do, facilities, and council information.
View website for Napier City Council
Come to Par2 MiniGolf and meet Seamore the Seagull at our sea-side minigolf courses. Challenge your friends and family for a round.
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What medicines can cause elevation of creatinine level? Serum creatinine is usually measured to reflect kidney condition in clinic, as kidney is the major organ to expel creatinine out of the body. High creatinine level always means poor kidney condition and in our daily life, for people with kidney disease and elevated creatinine level, they should be aware of the following medicines, as they can also cause elevation of creatinine level.
1. Chemotherapy drugs
Several chemotherapy drugs like Cisplatin, Carbplatin, Carmustine, Mitomycin and Methotrexate may cause kidney damages and thus elevate creatinine level. For this reason, it is of great importance for kidney disease patients to check their creatinine level to make sure their kidneys can handle these drugs.
2. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhabitors) are commonly used to deal with high blood pressure and prevent heart problems. Many kidney disease patients are familiar with ACE inhibitors, as they may need these medicines to control their blood pressure. ACE inhibitors are helpful in treating kidney disease to some extent, but some patients with impaired kidney function, such as narrowing of the arterial vessels in the kidney, are not suggested to take these medicines as these medicines can cause further kidney damages and raise further elevation of creatinine level.
3. Cyclosporine
Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressant that can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, lower urine protein and treat autoimmune disorder. Similar with ACE inhibitor, although cyclosporine shows good effects in treating kidney disease, it can also cause elevation of creatinine level.
4. Antibiotics
Antibiotic is another kind of medicine that can cause elevation of creatinine level. In our daily life, the most common antibiotics that need to be avoided by kidney disease patients include Amphotercin B, Gentamycin and Vancomycin and so on.
5. Painkiller
If some painkillers like Ibuprofen, Aspirin and Naproxen are consumed for a long time, kidney failure and high creatinine level will be caused. For this reason, kidney disease patients should avoid taking painkillers without consulting doctors in advance.
6. Diuretics
Diuretics like furosemide (Lasix) are also believed to be able to cause elevation of creatinine level as they can cause the kidney's to work overtime trying to compensate.
The above is the introduction about several medicines that can cause elevation of creatinine level. As they can cause damages on kidney, no matter we are patients of kidney disease or not, we should be careful about the usage of them.
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The 'greenest' supercomputer in the world is still made by IBM, which has taken the first two sports on the latest twice-yearly Green500 ranking with its NNSA/SC Blue Gene/Q Prototypes 1 and 2.
Used by the US National Nuclear Security Administration, IBM's Blue Gene Protoype 2 achieved 2,097 MFLOPS (millions of floating-point operations per second) per watt, a measure of the amount of computing power it generated per watt of power consumed.
This is the first time the 2,000 bar has been surpassed on this scale since the Geen500 has launched in November 2007.
The system that now ranks second, IBM's Blue Gene Prototype 1, topped the last Green500 list in November 2010. Indeed, IBM's dominance isn't a huge surprise given that its designs account for roughly half of the top 100 supercomputers on the list, and six of the top 10, but the system that deserves almost equal billing is probably number six on the list, Japan's K computer, which scored 824 MFLOPS/W.
Using 68,544 SPARC64 VIIIfx 8-core CPUs, with an absolute computing power rating of 8.16 petaflops, this recently ascended to the summit of the Top500 list as the world's most powerful supercomputer. Getting to the top of that list is prestigious enough, managing a high placing on in terms of calculating power-per-watt doubly so.
The ascent of Both IBM's Blue Gene and Japan's K Computer has a deeper significance, however, as both are built by aggregating large numbers of low-power processors.
The rival approach, used by the systems that scored three and four on the Green500 list – Nagasaki University's DEGIMA Cluster, and Tokyo Institute of Technology's HP ProLiant SL390s G7 – make extensive use off-the-shelf graphics chips such as ATI's Radeon series.
Away from the headlines about which country and institution can put out the highest number on the petaflop scale, power efficiency is slowly becoming a critical measure of supercomputer design.
This is explained by a simple design issue; as supercomputers get more powerful they can perform more powerful calculations, but only at the cost of consuming ever-greater amounts of power. As supercomputers have reached multi-petaflop territory, ballooning power use has come to be seen as unsustainable in the medium term.
"Over the past six months, the average efficiency of measured systems on the Green500 has increased from 230 MFLOPS/W to 256 MFLOPS/W, an improvement of 11 percent," said Green500 founder Dr Wu-chun Feng, underlining this theme.
"The improvement in efficiency of accelerator-based systems on the Green500 has been even more dramatic, improving 23 percent from 573 MFLOPS/W to 707 MFLOPS/W. Seventy percent of the 20 greenest supercomputers are now accelerator-based [based on GPUs]," he said.
To give some perspective on the gains recorded in the nearly four years of the Green500 list, the top system in 2007, an earlier incarnation of IBM's Blue Gene, achieved 357 MPLOPS/W.


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Popular radio station apps include Pandora, iHeartRadio, Stitcher Radio, Slacker Radio and TuneIn Radio. These radio station apps include Internet radio stations, traditional radio stations and personal playlists. iHeartRadio has more than 800 live broadcast and digital radio stations that include many of the nation's best and most popular.
Although Stitcher Radio is a popular radio app for Podcasts, it also provides an easy and comprehensive radio app for music, according to AppAdvice. Pandora is an effective app for discovering music that allows users to search for a song, artist or album and listen to similar music. Slacker Radio uses real DJs to program its stations, and this app allows users to generate personal playlists based on searched albums, songs and artists.


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Bonnie - you are amazing! The time and energy and attention to detail is beyond words. Congratulations.
You can read more about Bonnie's Knitted Garden on the Colorful Stitches blog. Before taking a drive, make sure you check with the store on the dates because I wasn't able to figure out the actual end date.
Enjoy! My photos do not do the work justice. Bonnie's Knitted Garden is a masterpiece. To think one woman made all this is overwhelming.
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Sometimes a child labeled 'difficult' is just expressing a healthy need for independence. But in other cases, the label is actually too mild. Adults can be violent, irresponsible, indifferent to the harm they do others and typically that behavior begins in childhood.
Not all such children are potential criminals, but they share some of the characteristics – refusal to fully accept reality, poor impulse control, lack of empathy, disrespect for the rights of others and a range of destructive behavior against people, animals and property.
Usually the signs are all too clear to parents – refusal to accept limits or take instruction, shouting, temper tantrums and sometimes hitting siblings or even parents. Sometimes the condition is influenced by genetic and hormonal factors – as in Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD or even autism. It can be magnified by stressful factors in the environment.
Some temperaments are natural, such as extreme sensitivity to stimuli, some moods can be brought on by new elements such as a new child in the home. Sometimes, as with adults, it's simply a choice to misbehave.
Sorting out all these complex factors is one of the parent's toughest jobs. Testing may help. It can be useful to get a good diagnosis, but take what you hear with a grain of salt. Consult more than one specialist when possible. There is a lot of junk science in child development.
But whatever the causes, the parent will need to exercise even more than normal patience to deal with the child's behavior. Frustration and anger are normal, but only add to an already difficult situation.
Dealing with the child and its behavior can range from simple time outs to distraction to some drug therapy (in extreme cases). When a child misbehaves and refuses to listen, removing a wanted toy or restraining a desired activity can be helpful. It should be accompanied by clear and firm expressions of the reasons for the actions. That helps the child associate its unwanted behavior with the consequences.
Physical punishment rarely helps, but a tap on the hand is hardly abuse. Parents should avoid feeling guilty, as if they caused the behavior. There are abusive parents, but these are not the ones who are seeking to understand and mold their child's actions toward more healthy expressions.
Be prepared to alter the environment. It may be necessary in some cases to not have pets in the house and siblings should be protected from any bad behavior. Often, with patience and the employment of standard techniques, the child's behavior can be altered, sometimes dramatically.
Dealing with difficult children is, by definition, difficult. But with patience and training both parents and children can achieve satisfying results.
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The best Oly shoes for CrossFit is the only pair you need if you are a weightlifter — whether you're new to weightlifting or a champion several times over. After all, oly shoes got their name from the Olympics. Yes, weightlifters all over the world know that only the best pair can meet the requirements of this strenuous sport.
Why do you really need the best oly shoes for CrossFit?
Shoes are like clothes. You wear the ones that fit your needs. You'd hardly wear a summer top during the winter, would you? The same thing goes for shoes. You wear shoes for running because they are designed to maximize your speed and comfort. The best Oly shoes, on the other hand, are designed to strengthen and support the muscles needed for weightlifting.
Features of the best oly shoes for CrossFit
But how can you say that the pair of Oly shoes for CrossFit is really the best? Here are the features you must look for:
- Heel height: This is the feature that distinguishes oly shoes from all the rest. The best oly shoes for CrossFit must have a heel height that does not go beyond an inch. This will help you squat easier without compromising your overall position – your chest and back stay upright and your feet are firmly positioned on the ground. It's the feature that can make you snatch, clean, and jerk with confidence.
- Solid base: You need all the strength you can muster as you lift those barbells, right? So you need a pair with wooden soles or injected thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) covered with rubber to maximize strength and stability without slipping.
- Straps: Shoes made for weightlifting must have straps to secure the foot in all directions. A stable foot translates to less injuries and more power.
- Sturdy but flexible material: For all those squats and bends, you need nothing less than a pair of shoes that can match your every movement. So you must be looking for shoes made from lightweight rubber and fine-grained leather. Think of shoes that fit your feet like a T.
- Breathable: Sports like weightlifting can cause your feet to sweat due to the pressure and effort your body has to make just to make that lift possible. That's why you need shoes with perforated tops, which can allow air in and keep moisture out.
Now you have an idea as to what features you should look for in the best oly shoes for CrossFit. You might also want to consider our CrossFit oly shoe reviews to narrow down you choices. Take a look:
Reebok Crossfit Lifter Cross-Trainer Shoe
This one's light, weighing only 380 grams, but provides perfect stability as it has injected TPU for its soles. It also boasts a sturdy nylon strap and Reebok's U-form technology, which makes it fit your feet comfortably. The carbon rubber outsole allows you to lift heavy weights without slipping, while the lightweight perforated upper gives you all the breathability and comfort you need. Limited stock available.
VS Athletics Weightlifting Shoe
Would you like to own a pair of the best oly shoes for CrossFit yet you lack the budget for it? If so, then VS Athletics might just be the pair you need. It has all the features that the more expensive brands offer at a price that's easier on the pocket.
Reebok Mens CrossFit Oly U-Form Charged
Who doesn't want to look cool? If you're searching for the best CrossFit oly shoes that look good as well, then Reebok Mens Running Shoes J96713 might be the perfect pair for you.
It's light yet stable, so you won't find squatting and lifting too difficult. It has double Velcro straps and Reebok's revolutionary U-form technology that makes it fit your feet perfectly. Sweaty feet won't be an issue because this shoe has a special lining that allows air inside. It also features a low midsole that provides just the right amount of cushioning and ground feel.
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When the crowds descended on Venice's Giardini at the end of May for the preview days of the 55th Venice Biennale, there was a noticeable weariness in the air. Many gallerists and collectors had clocked in thousands of frequent flier miles, hitting Frieze New York and Art Basel's inaugural Hong Kong edition just a couple of weeks earlier. So when Massimiliano Gioni's much anticipated "The Encyclopedic Palace" finally opened, for some it was more like the season's denouement than a summer kick off. Inside the garden's gates, many were delighted by Gioni's elegant show, with its "museal" presentation and tantalizing roster of unknowns (mostly dead white men with juicy back stories).
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The dimly lit world of male prostitution was today exposed to the glaring searchlight of Her Majesty's Press as allegations have surfaced that one of its prominent members, has brought disgrace on the profession.
The rough and tumble trade of the male escort is most often associated with the high life. Its clientele including such men of note as, upstanding members of The House of Lords, gowned and bewigged gentlemen of the Judiciary, the colourful world of entertainment and occasionally penetrated by balding members from the lower ranks of The Royal Family, the business has a reputation to preserve.
Today's scandal will be extremely hard to take for the already fragile industry, exposing its plumbing of new depths with the revelation that one of its sort, has been cavorting with a Member of Parliament.
"I couldn't believe the sordid nature of this allegation" said Mr Takinacok Oopmaboom, leading spokesman for Rent Boy professional association, The Royal Society of Boys and Indigent Travelling Sailors (R.S.B. & I.T.S).
Formerly chair of the organisation's branch in Thailand, Takinacok Oopmaboom, poured himself a sweet sherry and continued "Associate members of R.S.B. & I.T.S are obliged, by our strict code of practice, to maintain certain standards and when I first heard some careless whispers relating to scum from the House of Commons, I went quite faint."
Pausing to lick his lips in anticipation of partaking of a stiff one "A Government Minister, or front bench spokesperson from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition may have been acceptable but to hear that this involved someone from the lowly ranks of the Liberal Democratic party, I couldn't believe it and was determined to take a firm stand." Oopmaboom at this point swallowing hard and clearly in some distress at the job in hand of defending his fellow R.S.B. & I.T.S.
It is thought that urgent discussions took place up the back passages of the R.S.B. & I.T.S head offices, in a desperate effort to stem the flow of what some thought, may just be, a tissue of lies.
R.S.B. & I.T.S has worked rigorously at keeping a good length from the Liberal Democrats following its shaming in the 1970s. Their earlier coming together with the LIb Dems previous incarnation, saw them with stains on their trousers when linked with allegations involving then Liberal Party leader, Jeremy Thorpe and his friend, male model, Norman Scott.
"Over the last few years," continued Mr Oopmaboom, "we have been delighted to see the Lib Dems led by real men like Paddy Ashdown, with his renowned fondness for the ladies and laterally, the rugged Scotsman, Charles Kennedy well known for his manly ways."
"This current debacle has brought us to our knees." bemoaned a beleaguered Oopmaboom. "We have bent over backwards to try and accomodate our fallen member's indiscretion but we just can't afford a droop in membership at this moment in time."
"Our member's liaisons with his paramour, Mark Oaten, MP will do us no favours. Oaten has somewhat flaccidly, slipped up to the, even more obscure hole of his party's back benches. There is no way we will stoop so low as to have any sort of splashback from that yellow shower and we have instructed our member to fully withdraw with immediate effect."
It is thought that Mr Takinacok Oopmaboom's own position with R.S.B. & I.T.S may yet be on a sticky wicket. His stiff action against the offending member might however, save him from the ignominy of the last two disgraced holders of the position, William Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzwilliam who are believed to have retired to a cottage up Glen Phuchard in the wilds of Scotland.


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Renowned anti-corruption charity, Transparency International UK has appointed 89up to undertake a redesign, refresh and web build of its main website and individual project sites.
TI-UK is the UK chapter of Transparency International, one of the world's leading civil society actors that works to combat corruption in all its forms.
The web project presents an exciting challenge for 89up's web team to create an online platform that connects businesses, civil society and states to the latest information and ideas on what they need to know to tackle corruption.


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Casco man conveys tax map issue 2 minutes at a time
By Dawn De Busk
Staff Writer
CASCO — A Casco resident, who has owned his waterfront parcel since 2010, has been trying to tell his story to the local selectmen two minutes at a time.
He has made several Freedom of Information Access (FOIA) requests to the Town of Casco, including requests for tax maps of the property from 1965 through the present year. Another request was for a Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) map of the area where the property is located with Casco tax lot boundaries written on that map.
He talked about his FOIA requests again during a Casco Board of Selectmen meeting in December.
According to town officials, the FOIA requests have been honored and those documents have been provided in hard copy or to review for the Casco resident who made the requests. By law, an FOIA request does not mandate that a municipality create new documents or supply documents it does not have.
For the past five months, David Kimball has been using the allotted two minutes of public participation to explain his land situation to the selectmen. He has spoken during public participation at every single selectmen's meeting since July — about nine meetings total. Typically, Kimball's participation time ends with a bit of chaos — as he continues to talk while the chairman tells him the two-minute mark has passed.
The property that Kimball owns straddles Meadow Road (Route 121). Part of the land is uphill of Meadow Road, and the other portion is on the waterfront side of Parker Pond.
Kimball purchased the land in 2010 from Darlene Perry, the daughter of Cyrus Leach.
Kimball is seeking the tax maps to prove at one point the land once owned by Cyrus Leach includes the area (about .07 acre) where someone has built a small dwelling.
Earlier this summer, Kimball handed to each selectman 40-plus pages of documents paper clipped together. Most of the information is material that the Casco Town Office provided to Kimball. In the fall, he provided each Casco board member with those same documents, but there was a table of contents added and the documents were in a clear binder.
On Dec. 6, he asked the selectmen to bring the binders back to the January meeting because he wanted them returned.
Most times, Kimball begins his public participation by asking the board if they have the binders containing the documents to which he will refer during his limited time.
Kimball said, "Could we please look at what I brought today?"
He referred to a FOIA "request from May 2016 — for a tax map to support the record of tax liens against Cyrus Leach. Here is a (FOIA) request, asking for who called my mortgage company and adjusted my mortgage payments," he said.
"I would like to have a map that represents that area. Outline the area on this map. This is the most detailed map that you could possibly get your hands on. If you could outline that map and bring it to next meeting," he said, referring to the MDOT map.
The selectmen have not said much in response to his situation. It is not that the selectmen are ignoring him. The selectmen do not handle value assessments of land.
This is something that Town Manager Dave Morton and Chairman Holly Hancock have been telling Kimball for months.
"Regarding all matters of assessing, the board has no power," Morton said on Aug. 8. "The board has no authority. All matters of assessment go through an assessor."
By law, the board of selectmen cannot assign values or change values to property. If an individual does not agree with the property values that should be addressed by an assessor Morton said.
Twice, Kimball has appeared before the Cumberland County Board of Assessors, in February 2015 and in June 2016. The objective for those hearings before the CCBA was to clarify land values.
On Dec. 6, Morton said, "We have provided 29 or 30 years of tax maps. We didn't have tax maps prior to the taking of property for Route 121," he said.
"The other issue is something about his escrow. We don't contact escrow companies. If somebody calls up and asks for tax info for Mr. Smith, we provide that. The company decides what the escrow is. We don't have anything to do with that," he said.
"Issues about who owns what are private property issues that are best worked out with attorneys and surveyors," Morton said.
It is not the board of selectmen's role to address private property issues. Therefore, for the past five months, not much dialogue has occurred between Kimball and board members with the exception of the chairman. On Dec. 6, the board did discuss Kimball's circumstances.
Some of the talk on the topic happened after Kimball's two minutes when Casco Town Manager explained the status of the FOIA requests. Also, the selectmen had a conversation on how to best help Kimball with his land value concerns. In addition, the board asked what the town has done to assist him so far.
According to Morton, a title search was completed and it showed that the land in question (.07 acres) is not part of Kimball's parcel.
Most recently, a land surveyor has been engaged — Kimball chose the firm and the Town of Casco will cover the cost up to $1,000 for the survey, Morton said.
"He (Kimball) is a disabled Veteran. He deserves our respect. He deserves our help," he said. "We have advised him. We did a title search at the town's expense."
"It is complicated," Morton said. "We don't understand his issue because it changes. His first complaint was that his taxes were too high. His second complaint was his taxes were too low. The third complaint is that the town has somehow taken his property."
On Dec. 6, right before Kimball was supposed to wrap up his comments, he told the board to bring the binders he had given them to the next meeting. He said he wanted the booklets back "so that copies could go to the Attorney General's office."
"This is tax-accrued monies and following it determines ownership," Kimball said. "There seems to be a problem with the Casco Town Hall and the administration of legal tax identification."
Chairman Hancock said, "You have exceeded your two minutes."
Kimball asked again about the FOIA requests, "Do you understand what I am asking?"
Morton replied, "I understand. A Freedom of Information Act request can be for prior or existing documents, but not drawings. By law, the town is not compelled to create new documents."
At that point, Kimball directed his comments to Morton.
"I am asking you for an honest answer as the Casco town manager and the tax collector," he said. "It is a simple request David. If you don't want to answer — that is your style.
The chairman said, "You have well exceeded your time."


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January 2018
Hello, It has been about a week since Christmas. To tell you the truth I'm kind of glad it's over. Oh, sure it's fun to have everyone over and exchange gifts with the family. The buildup seems to be kind of like a sugar high. The day after you come crashing down and say to yourself next year we'll get started sooner, but if I remember right I think I've been saying that now about 5 or 6 years.
In my best pre-Christmas spirit, let me say, our family hopes you and your family had a warm and wonderful Christmas in 2017.
It is the start of the new year, but I need to say thank you to our Discipline Directors, and club members for all the time and effort put in on behalf of the club during 2017. Whether it was range maintenance, helping with scheduled and special shooting events or just helping the guy or gal shooting next to you, thank you. It takes all of us to make Snake River Sportsmen the club that welcomes new shooters and the shooting community at large no matter what caliber they shoot.
On behalf of the SRS Board let me wish you a joyful and prosperous new year. As a reminder to all SRS members who are annual members please listen up. Everyone who renews their membership in January of 2018 (web site below) the Board will enter you (free of charge) into a raffle for a Savage Axis rifle w/scope in .223. The drawing will be held at the SRS Board meeting February 7, 2018.
And as a reminder to all our life time members you will earn a free raffle ticket (for the above mentioned rifle) by simply going to the SRS website http://snakeriversportsmen.com/index.php/membership and clicking on SRS Membership Application & Membership Renewal download and mail in your completed form by January 31, 2018. The drawing will be held at the SRS Board meeting February 7, 2018. Looking forward to a great new year,
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Fed survey shows 40 percent of adults still can't cover $400 emergency expense
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/fed-sur ... pense.html
Let's discuss or post articles about US auto loan trends.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/car-b ... 2017-07-03 from July 2017 says
As car buyers' obsession with bigger, pricier vehicles grows, so does their willingness to take longer to pay for them, says new analysis from Edmunds.com.
The average auto-loan length reached an all-time high of 69.3 months in June. That's 6.8% longer than five years ago...
https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/bein ... -down.html says
Over recent years, we've seen a rise in the number of people underwater, as well as the amount of negative equity they have in their cars. In 2012, for example, only about 23 percent of cars traded in were worth less than what was owed on them. Compare that to the last quarter of 2017 when the 32.5 percent of trade-ins had negative equity. The amount of negative equity has also increased, up from $4,500 in 2015 to $5,100 in 2017.
Gotta wonder with the all of the above and US auto buyers flocking to SUVs, trucks and crossovers instead of sticking w/more efficient vehicles.


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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "European Flower Box, Part 1" (16x20 Acrylic) This painting embraces the Tuscany trend in painting and will feature a flowered window box. Jerry starts with mottled sienna underpainting and sketches the subject window and flower box which will be the center of interest. Using a black mixture, Jerry first blocks in the windows and then blends in a stucco facade around the windows. D
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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions "The Swiss Mittelland" Burt shows us where, how and why Sherlock Homes died at the height of his fame, takes a look at the most representative government in the world, visits the home of the wool-covered pigs, and discovers why some Swiss farmers painted fake windows on their homes. Burt also stops into a restaurant that has been in the same family for over 600 years and has over 600 corkscrews to open your wine. D
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Dialogue "James McPherson" James McPherson is one of America's greatest Civil War historians. McPherson's Pulitzer Prize winning writing captures the drama of this era and his latest book, "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," gives new insight into Abraham Lincoln's remarkable skill as a military leader. Joan Cartan-Hansen talks with McPherson about Lincoln and why we are still fighting over some of the same issues we thrashed out in the Civil War 150 years ago.G
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Dr. Wayne Dyer - Wishes Fulfilled In his newest PBS special, Dr. Wayne Dyer offers viewers a detailed explanation of how to manifest that which is most important to them. He also introduces viewers to the philosophies of influential metaphysics teacher of the 20th Century, Neville Goddard. D
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Outdoor Idaho "Idaho Geology, A Convergence of Wonders" The Gem State's story is written in stone, which reveals the forces that produced a landscape that unites, divides and binds together Idahoans. Geologists Bill Bonnichsen and Marty Godchaux lead a tour through the complexities of the topic. Outdoor enthusiasts play amid unique formations - they ski on sand dunes, kayak through canyons, raft over waterfalls, climb rocky outcroppings, and dive into fossil water. The special includes videos of geologic events and examples gathered over decades.G
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