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Lamb and Beef Meatballs over Greek Cauliflower Rice
For this meal I borrowed the recipe for Paleo Greek Rice from Primal Desire. Though I love cauliflower rice as is, Raj has shown me how to make it even more delicious! I left out the carrots not because I don't like carrots, but because I forgot to buy them at the store.
- 1/2 onion
- 1 head of cauliflower
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Zest of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 diced green onion
- olive oil
- 2/3 lb ground lamb
- 2/3 lb ground beef
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 onion
- 1 orange pepper
- 1 16 oz can tomato sauce
- 1 4 oz can tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- olive oil
- In a large sauce pan, heat up 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil. Add your onions and cook until fragrant. (My roommate thought it smelt like "tuna", so I guess that was fragrant enough.)
- Chop your head of cauliflower into small florets. Place into a food processor and run on high until the consistency of chopped up rice.
- Add cauliflower and chicken broth to the onions, cook until the chicken broth begins to boil
- Add parsley, lemon juice, zest, oregano, salt, and pepper
- Stir and cook until the liquid has cooked off
- After it's done cooking, add the green onion, but while it's cooking, let's make the meatballs!
- Using your hands mix together your two meats, fresh parsley, 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon garlic
- Take a large spoonful(about 2 tablespoons) and roll between your hands until it forms a ball
- Continue until you have about 30 meatballs
- Heat up a large frying pan or cast iron with about 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- Chop your onion into large chunks and add to the pan
- Cook until fragrant (Or smelling like tuna?)
- Add the meatballs to the pan and flip them regularly until they start to brown
- Cut your orange pepper into large chunks and add to the pan
- Cook for another minute or two, and then add the tomato sauce and tomato paste. (I added almost the whole can of tomato paste because I like my sauce a little sweeter and thicker, but it's totally up to you!)
- Sprinkle in the red pepper flakes, 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt, and 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- Cover with a lid and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes
- By now, your rice should be done, so scoop it into bowls to serve (I did 1 bowl and 3 tupperware containers to save for lunches), top with your meatballs, and Enjoy!


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Frances Bean doesn't want to be a musician either
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter Frances Bean Cobain has revealed she understands why Nirvana and Hole fans are interested in her life and her – but finds the situation slightly unnerving.
The 15 year-old was speaking to magazine Harper's Bazaar and admitted she was surprised by the attention she gets.
"These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything," she explained. "If you're a big Nirvana fan a big Hole fan then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents."
She added: "People need to wait until I've done something valid with my life."
The teenager revealed she still has not decided what to do with her life, but hinted she probably won't be a musician, citing photography or journalism as the two likeliest routes of career choice.
She said: "I'm taking my time [on my career choice]. But I get asked what I want to do all the time because of my parents and because of the life I live."
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Please email us if you need more than the quantity listed for sale. Most times we have more than what is listed and just haven't had time to update the quantities.
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Ministry (government Department)
Development plan for seven Haryana cities, towns gets nod
The CM while presiding over the state-level meeting gave directions for developing a sector in Jhajjar district for ex-servicemen
Lucknow: HC asks top housing officials to drive out squatters from Basant Kunj scheme
A bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice RN Pandey passed the order on a petition moved by a woman four years ago seeking intervention of the court to get possession of the house
Self-certification has 'eased' OC, building plan approvals in Gurugram
So far, around 552 people have applied for self-certified occupation certificates (OC) at the office of the district town planner (DTP) between January 1 and June 30 this year
Haryana to utilize EDC funds in area from where it's collected
The EDC received by TCP department under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975, was sent to the headquarters
Drones deployed for property survey in Bengaluru's Jayanagar ward
The Revenue Department's survey, settlement and land records wing initiated the UPOR project in 2009 to guarantee ownership records to property-owners in cities
Kerala government appoints T Mithra as interim realty regulator
As per the information collected through right to information (RTI), RERA rules were still being drafted. LSG minister K T Jaleel had claimed that it was in the final stage
PAC finds serious irregularities on part of NBCC in redevelopment of Delhi colonies
The PAC's members on Friday inspected three project sites at Nauroji Nagar, Netaji Nagar and Kidwai Nagar being redeveloped by the NBCC
Hong Kong set to impose vacancy tax on empty new flats
The tax, at 200 % of a newly built unit's rateable value, which is the estimated annual rental value of a property, will need to be approved by the city's Legislative Council, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said
Goa government retains ownership of land at Mopa airport
The directorate of civil aviation issued a statement after Mandrem MLA Dayanand Sopte questioned the government on the issue
About 500 property registrations in Tamil Nadu rejected
Registration department sources said sub-registrars needed to go an extra mile to ensure that submitted documents were genuine
Joint revenue & civic move to untangle land disputes in Hyderabad
At the meeting, a decision was taken to resolve all the land disputes within a fixed time frame and the success of the exercise largely dependent on the nature of disputes
Forest encroachers to get rehabilitation on Aarey land: Maharashtra CM
Encroachers will be rehabilitated alongside tribals in Aarey on land owned by the park. While 50 acres are reserved for rehabilitation of tribals, the rest will be used for slum-dwellers
Over 500 property files missing from records of Agra development body
Earlier, ADA had conducted satellite mapping of all the properties under its jurisdiction, and begun the process of computerising property records
Camps to be held from June 27 for regularising Jaipur's PRN colonies
Following the Rajasthan High Court orders, a ban was imposed on regularization till the time zonal plans were prepared. Now, after preparing four zonal plans for organised development, the regularization camps will be organized
Haryana govt's affordable housing policies fail to reach poor
The slum sprawls across barren land and has nearly 1,000 shanties. The slum-dwellers work in nearby residential societies as maids, gardeners, cooks, or drive autos and rickshaws for a living
Govt changes rules allowing Gurugram civic body's takeover of private colonies
The urban local bodies department has now asked the MCG commissioner to prepare a revised detailed project report and send the same to the department for the takeover
Over 100 illegal houses demolished in Thanjavur to pave way for smart city
The 130 houses belonging to the underprivileged were constructed more than 60 years ago around the moat at Keezh Alangam locality


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A podcast with Philippe Gauthier, interpreter at Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site of Canada
Point of arrival and final destination
On the day we crossed from from the south shore of the St. Lawrence River to Grosse Île, one of the most important National Historic Sites in this nation, it was a simple pleasant crossing. For the many who landed at Grosse Île in the 19th century, however, it was a moment of very mixed emotions.
Part of an archipelago of islands in the St. Lawrence River downstream from Québec City where the river narrows, Grosse Île was the main gateway for immigration into Canada until the beginning of the First World War. It was the unforeseen gateway and precipitant port of call where many thousands of immigrants, who were essentially economic refugees, first set foot on Canadian soil. But it became a critical "transition zone," and unfortunately for over 5000 potential new citizens of Canada it was also the end of their dream of a new life.
History is replete with cruel irony, none more so than that witnessed on Grosse Île. Escaping from extreme poverty, pestilent disease, and socio-economic and political disparity, the migrants who were unfortunately destined to spend time (or stay for eternity) on Grosse Île unwittingly transported their misery with them and were thus twice victimized. Grosse Île has since become synonymous with great suffering and sacrifice and the despair that must have been felt by so many who had chosen Canada as a refuge.
As visitors to this National Historic Site will discover however, Grosse Île was also a unique microcosm in which great courage was demonstrated, where medical science (eventually) took a significant step forward, and where a transient and impermanent community collaborated and functioned to the best of its ability — given the inexorable circumstances. The fact that the community, for all intents and purposes, eventually disappeared is perhaps the single most important triumph in the history of Grosse Île. Despite the great loss of human life that occurred on this peaceful island, the survivors continued their journey of hope, and moved on to develop and populate a young nation.
In today's terms, Grosse Île is more than a metaphor for hope and suffering; it is also a complex narrative and dramatic lesson in the importance of understanding immigration history and how human migration shapes any nation. In many ways Grosse Île became a crucible in which Canadian history and Canadian society took form. On a very practical and political level, it was a place where Canadian government policy and practices in terms of immigration flow was also put to the test and refined. This, however, was accomplished only at great cost — human costs — but it was nonetheless a defining moment in Canadian history.
An unanticipated refuge
As we found it on a lovely July day, Grosse Île is a tranquil island and a biologically diverse habitat that also makes it a significant green tourism destination. As a unique getaway in a world where, on another level, many people are searching for a refuge far from the madding crowd, Grosse Île (and the other nearby islands in the Île-aux-Grues archipelago) is a pleasant day trip and an opportunity to regain a renewed perspective on the happenstance nature of history but also on the steadfast nature of the human spirit.
Grosse Île lies within a transition zone — an unintended metaphor but a metaphor nonetheless — between the estuarine and maritime sections of the St. Lawrence. In this distinct biological zone, the island is also home to a large diversity of habitats and a number of species of plants considered either endangered, threatened, or approaching their distributional limits. The waters of the St. Lawrence that surround the island are a dynamic mix of sea and fresh water, due to the formidable tides of this great river. That constant mixing of waters gives birth to many aquatic species as well as the land and air species that are part of the river's interconnected ecosystem. And the metaphors of the mixing of human beings from "overseas," of the often tragic tide of human history, and of regeneration, is not lost on the visitor to Grosse Île.
Epidemics, famine, and human ballast
A fundamental scientific lesson we all eventually learn, in one way or another, is that of relentless cause and effect. Part of the lesson, however, is the far-reaching effects of the cause. And Grosse Île felt the effects of cholera and typhoid epidemics raging throughout Europe in the 19th century as well as what has been called the Great Irish Famine.
It also, albeit indirectly, felt the effect of the Napoleonic Wars and the blockade that Bonaparte imposed on Europe. That blockade occurred during the great age of wooden sailing ships; and it required Great Britain, which was striving to maintain its Rule Britannia status, to turn to Canada for lumber for their much needed navy and merchant ships. Lumber however is heavy, and therefore the ships that transported it from Canada to Great Britain needed ballast to make the return voyage. At the same time, populations in Europe were reaching their limits, especially in Ireland, and poor emigrants escaping miserable social conditions and starvation provided the ballast in the lowest and least healthy parts of these ships — "steerage" — where the steering apparatus and other machinery was located. Such airless conditions were of course a pernicious breeding ground for disease among already malnourished human beings.
The cholera epidemic in Europe of 1832 was followed by the famine of 1845-1849 and another pandemic in 1847, this time typhoid. Almost overwhelmed by the transportable effects of these combined events, the British colonial government in Canada (Canada would not gain independence until 1867) turned Grosse Île into a kind of immigration depot and stop gap measure. It became a quarantine station for all immigrants of the time coming to Canada because Québec City, about 50 kilometres upstream, was still the prime point of entry to the colony.
The numbers
The statistical data is appalling. Between 1832 and 1937 more than four million immigrants from 60 countries entered Canada through the port of Québec. In the critical years between 1832 and 1913, more than 30,000 were hospitalized on Grosse Île. In the very darkest years, between 1832 and 1847, 5000 immigrants would die and be buried at sea. There would be 5424 burials on Grosse Île in 1847 alone. In total, 7756 people would eventually die and be buried on Grosse Île in individual and mass graves, the latter in coffins stacked three-deep.
The Irish connection
As Irish immigrants represented the majority of the economic refugees, they also count for the most number of deaths. They are buried in what is known today as the Irish Cemetery. A short walk from the cemetery takes you to a highpoint on the island overlooking the St. Lawrence and the largest Celtic Cross in the world, erected by the Ancient order of Hiberians in memory of the Irish victims of 1847 and 1848. It is the largest Irish Famine burial ground located outside Ireland and is twinned with the National Famine Museum of Strokestown Park located in County Roscommon, Ireland.
Also nearby the Irish Cemetery is the 1997 memorial erected in memory of all those who died on Grosse Île.
The monument is unlike any other I have seen; very simple in structure and also evocative on a number of levels. Set next to a natural hillside of granite and uncultivated growth, it is made of rough irregular shaped stones that form tight corridor-like curving walls, which are both intimate spaces and yet suggest the confinement that immigrants on long journeys by ship to Canada would have experienced. Seen from above, it is the shape of a Celtic cross. Rust-coloured free form steel panels inserted into the structure give the monument some degree of verticality but not loftiness; this is a monument to simple people who came looking for the basics of life. Inset here and there in the walls are simple bronze sculptures that hint at what was hoped for and lost; as well as lives suspended. But the artistic triumph inherent in this simple monument is a semi-circular wall of glass on the opposite side to the hillside. As you stand with your back to the rough stones and symbolic harsh landscape of the hillside, you see through the glass to meadows, marshes, and a very green landscape. The scene however is both foreground and background because on the glass are the names of all those who were buried on Grosse Île. Created by artist Lucienne Cornet and the Émile Gilbert et Associés architectural firm, the aesthetics, transparency, and juxtapositions of the monument combine to produce a profound sense of what Grosse Île has come to represent.
Not far from this monument is another; a separate and equally simple but more traditional monument carved from a marble stele and decorated with a cornice and urn. It is the oldest commemorative artifact on Grosse Île (circa 1853), and is inscribed with the names of doctors who sacrificed their lives to the various diseases as a result of treating sick immigrants.
For me, the most poignant of the numerous sites that can be visited on Grosse Île is what is still called the lazaretto, the last of 12 simple wooden structures built in 1847 to house quarantined immigrants. At best, the building looks like the kind of structure you might expect to find at a summer camp for children. Its use of course had a much more sombre purpose. Looking through the window out to the St. Lawrence, there is a sense of the intense anxiety and confinement that the inhabitants must have felt. In one section a medical officer had painted the room a deep red as by chance he had discovered that the infra-red light produced by the reflections from the light outside tended to reduce the severity of pustules that small pox victims who were housed here developed.
The term lazaretto however is also appropriate both to this particular building but to Grosse Île itself. The word originated in Venice of the 16th century when ships were arriving in that city from plague-infested regions in the East. The word originally suggested a "house for reception of lepers and diseased poor persons," but also a haven, however poor, for those who were shunned and set apart from mainstream society. In Biblical mythology Lazarus was the poor beggar left to die in the street outside a rich man's house and whom Jesus Christ "raised from the dead."
Those hapless immigrants who lost their lives on the way to Canada or while quarantined on Grosse Île were victims in many ways. They of course will never be raised from the dead but this National Historic Site does give them a place in history not normally granted to ordinary people in search of a better life. They are in that sense immortalized on a lovely island in the St. Lawrence River.
The spirits of Grosse Île
To watch a slide show of contemporary and archival images and imagery from Grosse Île, click here.
Other information about Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial
• On May 17, 1847, the ship Syria arrived at Grosse Île with 430 fever cases aboard. Eight more ships followed a few days later. A week later 17 more arrived. Within a short period of time there were 10,000 immigrants waiting to be inspected and processed on Grosse Île.
• In the same year the ship Agnes arrived with 427 passengers. Only 150 of them would survive the quarantine period; the rest were buried on the island.
• On June 1 of that year the Catholic Archbishop of Québec wrote to all Catholic Bishops and Archbishops in Ireland asking them to dissuade their parishioners from emigrating to Canada.
• By June 5, 25,000 Irish immigrants were quarantined on Grosse Île.
• Arriving ships that had sick immigrants aboard were required to fly a blue flag.
• Despite the efforts to quarantine the sick, the diseases were carried by seemingly healthy passengers who then proceeded to cities such as Québec, Montréal, Kingston, and Toronto.
• One of the survivors processed at Grosse Île was the grandfather of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company.
• The main diseases for which passengers were quarantined between 1832 and 1932 were cholera, typhus, smallpox, and the bubonic plague.
• Medical science in the early days of Grosse Île would certainly be considered primitive by today's standards although they improved quickly as the desperate need arose. Initially the scientifically unsound Miasma theory of disease was presumed responsible in part for the spread of disease. According to this faulty theory "bad air," in which particles from decomposed matter (miasmata) were borne, transferred the diseases. The theory continued into the 1800s and was in part responsible for Baron Haussman's rebuilding and reorganization of the city of Paris. Even Florence Nightingale was a proponent of the theory, and a remnant of it is found in the word malaria which comes from the Italian mala aria or "bad air." Today on Grosse Île you can see special wooden openings in the walls of some buildings which were incorporated into the walls to allow the bad air to be ventilated.
• In 1993 the Government of Canada declared Grosse Île a National Historic Site.
• With the coming of the age of steam ships, the immigration and quarantine processes were speeded up significantly. Much better medical science was put into practice, thanks to a great extent to Dr. Frédérick Montizambert, a bacteriologist who served as the station's chief medical officer from 1869 to 1899.
• First, second, and third class hotels were eventually built which accommodated arriving quarantined passengers in the same class of "comfort" in which they travelled aboard ship. The island itself was divided into three sections: the sick were confined to the east, the presumed healthy to the west, and in the centre of the island where movement was controlled was the administration centre and staff quarters.
• Today visitors to Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial can visit some of the original buildings including the inspection-disinfection-detention shed alongside the wharf. A trolley service allows for ease of movement as the walking distances can be lengthy.
• Within the coming of the First World War and the Great Depression of 1929, immigration to Canada was significantly reduced and Grosse Île as a quarantine station was closed in 1937. In 1951 under the auspices of the Canadian National Defence Department, it was used as an experimentation station for biological warfare including experiments conducted with malignant pustule or anthrax. By 1965 it was a quarantine station for animals coming into the country.
Parks Canada and Grosse Île and the Irish Memorial National Historic Site website
Where to stay while visiting Grosse Île
We stayed at Manoir des Érables. in the nearby town of Montmagny.
Manoir Montmagny is part of the Hôtellerie Champêtre. This association of independently-owned and operated hotels is interesting in itself from a cultural design point of view; it is also an interesting business story and a travel industry role model. The French word champêtre evokes a rural setting (champ means field), however in terms of décor and design it also suggests earth tones, heritage architectural features, and an ambiance that is not over the top and unnecessarily chi chi. One feels quite at home at each property. Each establishment has a unique architecture and physical setting. And as a gastronomical destination in itself, we can certainly recommend the Manoir. The town of Montmagny is also an excellent point de départ for exploring the Chaudière-Appalaches Tourism Region.
While you are in the area a visit to the Musée maritime du Québec is highly recommended.
The National Famine Museum of Strokestown Park which is located in County Roscommon, Ireland.


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More for the pile. After about 1200 more of these, I think I'll be ready to take a serious crack at a good drawing.
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Back to Pen & Ink
The plan is to draw and post, draw and post, draw and post; so much that anyone paying attention may become bored. I apologize in advance.
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March 1, 2005 -- Vitamin D injections may help kidney dialysis patients live longer.
A new study indicates that vitamin D injections, given to patients with kidney failure, results in a significantly reduced risk of death compared to those who do not receive the treatment.
Dialysis does the work of healthy kidneys. Short of getting a kidney transplant, dialysis is the only way for patients with severe kidney failure to stay alive. It helps clear toxins from the body.
However the kidney has another main function. It produces several important hormones including vitamin D. Because dialysis patients commonly have vitamin D deficiency they usually get vitamin D shots.
Vitamin D has been associated with improved survival in different settings, including improved cancer survival and infection survival rates, write the authors. Yet according to the authors, no large studies have looked at the potential survival benefit of injectable vitamin D in people with kidney failure.
"This finding was a surprise and should force us to think more broadly about who should be treated," says researcher Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, in a news release. "We at least need to be more aggressive in treating people who meet the current criteria." Thadhani works at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Vitamin D and Dialysis
Vitamin D deficiencies aren't unusual, especially among dialysis patients, says the study. The consequences of a vitamin D shortfall extend throughout the body.
But is it a matter of life and death for dialysis patients? That's a key question. More than 67,000 people per year in America die as a result of kidney failure, and there are more than 275,000 dialysis patients in the U.S., says the National Kidney Foundation.
About half of U.S. dialysis patients currently get vitamin D shots, says the Massachusetts General Hospital news release.
Vitamin D: How Great Is the Survival Advantage?
The study included more than 51,000 dialysis patients. All had been on dialysis for at least 90 days. Vitamin D shots were given to more than 37,000 participants. The other participants had not received the shots.
The researchers tracked the patients' survival for two years. At the study's end, 76% of the vitamin D group was still living, compared with 59% of those who didn't get vitamin D shots.
Those who received vitamin D shots during the two-year study had a 20% reduced risk of death compared with those who did not receive the vitamin shots.
They also had lower rates of deaths from heart problems and infections.
Age, gender, race, diabetes status, weight, and other considerations didn't change the results much. "The group that received injectable vitamin D had a significant survival advantage over patients who did not," write the researchers.
The advantage was seen with any form of injected vitamin D. Previously, the researchers had found that a type of injectable vitamin D called paracalcitol provided a survival advantage over calcitriol, the standard form of injectable vitamin D.
The new study didn't delve into the details about which type of vitamin D is best. Instead, it indicates that vitamin D -- in any form -- may help dialysis patients live longer. Until that's verified, treatment recommendations may not change.
The study appears in the express online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.


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Denver, CO (September 10, 2014) - Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied an emergency motion to block the Bureau of Land Management"s (BLM) wild horse roundup in the Wyoming Checkerboard. The motion was filed by the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC), The Cloud Foundation, Return to Freedom and wild horse photographers Carol Walker and Kimerlee Curyl.
The one-sentence decision by the Tenth Circuit does not address any of BLM's admitted violations of the Wild Horse Act and clears the way for the roundup of more than 800 wild horses from public and private lands in the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas. The helicopter capture operation is scheduled to begin this week after being twice delayed by the lawsuit filed by the wild horse preservation groups and advocates on August 1, 2014.
"This ruling allows BLM to blatantly violate multiple federal laws and essentially turns over our public lands to private livestock interests," said Suzanne Roy, Director of the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign. "It sets a terrible precedent not only for wild horses but also for the responsible management of our public lands by elevating commercial livestock interests over the public interest and federal law."
"Wild horse families are the unwitting victims of a government agency that is dancing to the tune of private interests on our public lands," states Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation. "These beautiful, innocent animals are on the brink of losing what they hold most dear – their families and their freedom. And the sad truth is that some will lose their lives."
"By failing to hold BLM accountable, the court has paved the way for the permanent removal of half of Wyoming's wild horses and turns on its head the BLM's legal mandate to protect wild horses," said Neda DeMayo, President of Return to Freedom. "It is a stinging blow to all citizens concerned with protection of these national icons and the responsible stewardship of our public lands and natural resources."
"I am saddened and sickened to learn that the interests of private welfare ranchers have been elevated above the value of the lives and freedom of our beautiful wild horses in the Wyoming Red Desert. Some truly precious and essential part of our public lands will be lost forever when they are rounded up and placed in holding pens to live out the rest of their lives," said Carol Walker of Living Images, renown wild horse photographer, author and Director of Field Operations for Wild Horse Freedom Federation.
"When did it become ok for laws to be broken, made malleable by special interest groups? What does this say about our future? The protection of wildlife and our natural resources is becoming a thing of the past. Soon it will be all too late," said Kimerlee Curyl, wild horse fine art photographer.
Over 41,000 American citizens signed an AWHPC petition opposing the BLM's plan to wipe out federally protected wild horses in southern Wyoming. " "Obviously, the public's sentiments are solidly in support of wild horse preservation," concludes Kathrens. "It's a shame that the government agency charged with protecting wild horses has so little regard for the well-being of the animals and ignores the public's wishes that they be protected.""
The push to remove the horses is coming from the Rock Springs Grazing Association (RSGA), whose 50 members view the mustangs as competition for cheap, taxpayer-subsidized livestock grazing on the public lands in the checkerboard. In 2010, the government invited the RSGA to sue the BLM in order to secure funding for wild horse roundups. Two years later, BLM settled the case by capitulating to rancher demands to eliminate wild horses on a two-million-acre swath of public and private land in southern Wyoming known as the Wyoming Checkerboard.
Even though both the District Court and the Tenth Circuit denied the emergency motions seeking to stop the roundup in the Wyoming Checkerboard, the case will still proceed to merits after the roundup occurs.
For more information on the roundup and the legal action, please see Wyoming Lawsuit
Media Contact: Paula Todd King The Cloud Foundation 843-592-0720 firstname.lastname@example.com
The Cloud Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of wild horses and burros on our Western public lands with a focus on protecting Cloud's herd in the Pryor Mountains of Montana. Cloud is the subject of Foundation founder Ginger Kathrens' groundbreaking PBS/Nature documentaries.
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is a coalition of more than 50 horse advocacy, public interest, and conservation organizations dedicated to preserving the American wild horse in viable, free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.
Return to Freedomn (RTF) is a national non-profit dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education and conservation, and also operates the American Wild Horse Sanctuary in Lompoc, CA. RTF is also the founding organization for the AWHPC.
Carol Walker and Kimerlee Curyl are renowned wild horse photographers who regularly photograph the wild horses of the Adobe Town, Great Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek HMAs. Carol Walker is also Director of Field Operations for Wild Horse Freedom Federation.


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Savvy Shopping 1o1
None of us want to be singing I have "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pennies in my bank account". WE WANT THOSE Ms!!!!!!!!! But, let's be honest, when you're a student, it's hard to keep everything balanced. Food, school, books, food, food, food…
I am a senior in high school but have had a job for almost two years. It has opened my mind to the value of a dollar. Eighty dollars isn't so cheap when you realize that was literally your whole shift and overtime *cries*. BUT, no need to fear, super shopper Lauren in here!
Because I've been making my own money for a while, I've figured out the best places and tips for getting the clothes I want without spending my whole pay check.
Here are my 5 tips for shopping on a budget.
ONE: STUDENT DISCOUNTS Sign up for student discount sites. Sites like UNIDAYS (my fave), Student Beans, even Groupon are awesome for students. All you have to do is sign up with your institution, confirm your email and you get access to hundreds of exclusive discount codes for stores like Urban Outfitters, Uggs, Adidas and ASOS just to name a few. They have sections for clothing, shoes, designer brands, accessories, shoes, appliances, basically anything a student of any age would need.
TWO: THRIFT STORES ARE A TRAP! I cannot emphasize this enough. While I'm sure there was once a day when thrift stores served the purpose they're supposed to, thrift shopping has become gentrified. Whenever I go thrifting the prices are way beyond the value because thrift shops know teenage kids looking for that grunge, tracksuits, Generation Z look will pay $40 for a pair of pants that originally sold for much less. If you're looking to save money I would stay away from big name thrift/consignment stores like Goodwill and Buffalo Exchange. If you're really into thrifting find low key ones like the $1 Sunday sale in the Fairfax district.
THREE: SALEEEES: There are some stores that have really great sales. Urban Outfitters, H&M, Boohoo and ASOS are definitely my GO TO for sale. Their sales are so fabuloussss because they sell on trend and in season even within their sale section whereas with stores like Forever 21 I can only find their last season's items in the sale section.
FOUR: LADIES, LADIES, LADIES, LADIES, LISTEN UP! WEAR VS. VALUE: When you're trying to save money but still keep that fit poppin', buying cheap clothes isn't always the best way to go. You could buy 10 shirts for $50 but at the end of the day, if those shirts are poor quality, you're just going to end up spending that money again in a few months—or weeks—when they shrink and rip. Buy items that are good quality but that are versatile. Don't buy a fur coat for $4,000 if you live in socal, you'll wear it for 5 seconds, lose it in your closet and regret the money you wasted. Whenever you're considering the price of an item, calculate an average amount of times you think you'll wear it and divide the cost by that. For example, I found a super cute shirt the other day but it was a little over $50 and not something I would wear often. I averaged maybe I'd wear it 3 times. $57/3 times. Then you decide whether or not it's worth it.
FIVE: STOP IMPULSE BUYING. This might seem like common sense, but I know more than anyone walking through the mall and not buying anything is the hardest form of self-control. If you love shopping like me, practice going to the mall, picking things out and not buying them. Then, if they're still lingering in your mind later, go back and buy it. Sometimes I go to the mall and fall so in love with a piece that I get so caught up in the moment I don't realize it doesn't match my wardrobe and I would never wear it. I find that actually evaluating everything I buy with actual consideration saves me more money than any discount. So, stop wasting money on clothes that you'll never take the tags off of and that will sit in your closet until you outgrow them and give them away.


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Why Estate Planning Is Important
Testamentary Trusts
Although most people think that Death Duty or Probate Duty has long been abolished, they fail to realise that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) has application to assets passing on death and that it is a proven fact that CGT now earns the Government much more revenue than death duties ever did.
One way to plan your estate and help minimise tax liabilities is to establish a Testamentary Trust in your will. These are quite simply a trust created in you will and funded by assets of your estate on death or by payments to the estate in consequence of your death (eg superannuation death benefits and insurance proceeds).
They are usually discretionary in nature giving flexibility to your beneficiaries. A major income tax advantage occurs when income from a Testamentary Trust is distributed to benefit a child, grandchild or great-grandchild under the age of 18. This is because this income is 'excepted' under Section 102AG of the Income Tax Assessment Act from the normally higher rates of tax that children otherwise pay. (Children normally earn $416 tax free but after that they tax at the highest marginal rate). However, under a Testamentary Trust children get the same tax treatment as adults. That means the first $18,200 of income tax is free, $18,200 to $37,000 is taxed at 20.75% and so on.
Let's look at an example:
Dad leaves in his will an income-earning asset (eg a warehouse) getting $60,000 income per annum, to his son John who is married with three children aged 3, 6 and 9. John is a successful businessman earning $180,000 a year. Without a Testamentary Trust, John would receive the income of $60,000 to be added to his other income and he would pay tax at the highest marginal rate of 46.75% and thereby would lose $28,050 in tax every year.
If instead Dad had established a discretionary Testamentary Trust with John as trustee and John, his wife and three children as potential beneficiaries, John could evenly distribute the $60,000 income to this three children ($20,000 each) and they could pay tax at adult rates which means they can earn up to $20,542 after low income tax offset and pay NO tax. A saving of $28,050 EVERY YEAR! Any capital gain on disposal of the asset would similarly be distributed at John's discretion (because he controls the trust) to minimise Capital Gains Tax payable.
This is just one of the many advantages of Testamentary Trusts. So why send much of your hard-earned estate dollars to Canberra when using a Testamentary Trust can help increase the benefits to your family and loved ones. Don't delay, act today!
Contact us to arrange a consultation with one of our experienced and dedicated lawyers.
Know Your Rights
Have you noticed we are fast becoming a police state?
In some cultures its citizens know they have no rights so they "tow the line". In this country we are educated to assume that we have rights so we mistakenly believe that the system will do the right thing. Unfortunately this is rarely the case. Every day there is evidence of our rights being abused so what ought we to do about protecting ourselves?
Try our motto: pass on knowledge in a caring manner by educating ourselves.
When confronted by the police for questioning:
BE POLITE; give your correct name and address only to identify yourself; ask to be allowed to record in note form what is occurring; ask how what when where and why. RECORD —- ALWAYS RECORD!
Record all answers or statements made by police to the best of your ability, in the first person. Ask if a close witness can accompany you every step of the investigation and get them also to record. All denials of your reasonable requests should be recorded to show the pattern of the police investigation. Do exactly what the police are supposed to do, RECORD every word and every step of the investigation.
ASK TO BE ALLOWED TO CONTACT A SOLICITOR FROM OUR FIRM — THE SOLICITOR YOU HAVE ENGAGED SHOULD SPEAK TO THE SENIOR OFFICER AT THE SCENE. The Solicitor will ask the Police to explain everything concerning the investigation. The Solicitor will come to an agreement with the Police as to where he can meet you and arrange for a place of questioning.
DO NOT VOLUNTEER ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. OBEY all police directions. POLICE HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE YOU AWAY FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING. If this occurs, ask where are you to be taken and the reason for the further questioning. Again, HOW WHAT WHEN WHERE & WHY. RECORD RECORD. Get you friends to follow in their own vehicles to place of questioning. Urgently have your friends make arrangements for a Solicitor to be present at a place for questioning.
DO NOT, under any circumstances enter into idle conversation of any nature! Remain SILENT until your solicitor is present. OCCUPY YOUR MIND WITH WHAT YOU WILL INSTRUCT YOU SOLICITOR ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION UPON HIS ARRIVAL. Have your solicitor find out all police allegations against you then have your solicitor prepare a concise statement concerning the incident. Then participate with record of interview to the point that you are reasonably able to. Then hand over prepared statement and refuse to answer any further questioning.
If you are arrested YOU MUST ACCOMPANY POLICE TO THE WATCH-HOUSE you will be fingerprinted, photographed, ask for watch-house bail and for an appearance date to attend court if allowed to go home.
So if you feel the cold chill of police questioning coming your way IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENCE and a false hope that the right thing will be done only fill jails with people claiming that they were innocent.
If you would like more advice or would like to discuss anything further please contact us.
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Wills & EPAs
Wills & Estates
At Grasso Searles Romano Lawyers we understand that dealing with a deceased estate is one of the more difficult challenges in life. From mountains of paper work to legal jargon and simmering family disputes, they're the last things you want to deal with when you're grieving the loss of someone important in your life.
So, let us help you by:
- Interpreting the Will of the deceased in terms of estate laws
- Advising executors and trustees in regard to their duties and rights
- Informing government bodies including Centrelink and Veterans Affairs
- Applying for Probate of the Will in the Supreme Court
- Dealing with intestacy (where there is no Will)
- Applying for Letters of Administration (if the Will is deemed invalid or is absent)
- Identifying estate assets and liabilities
- Obtaining valuations of estate property
- Collecting estate financial assets including superannuation, bank funds, shares, outstanding loans, and insurance payouts
- Selling or transferring estate property including estate auctions
- Paying estate debts including mortgages, funeral costs, and testamentary expenses
- Advising in regard to family and testamentary trusts
- Administering trust funds
- Distributing bequests and inheritances to beneficiaries
- Organising information for estate tax returns
- Family mediation and negotiation
- Contesting wills and defending estate litigation in the Supreme Court
Grasso Searles Romano Lawyers can help with the three types of documents used in Queensland to appoint others to make certain decisions on your behalf:
- General Power of Attorney
- Enduring Power of Attorney
- Advance Health Directive
A general power of attorney is a legal document gives one or more people you nominate specific authority to make financial decisions on your behalf. This power to make decisions for you stops if you lose the capacity to manage your own affairs. This kind of power of attorney is most often used for commercial transactions.
An enduring power of attorney continues in the event that you can't manage your affairs and covers both financial and personal or health decisions. If you have an accident or illness and can't make decisions for yourself, the enduring power of attorney gives decision making power to the person you've nominated, so it's a very important document for everyone, young and old alike. The kinds of decisions your attorney can make include:-
• financial attorney: paying bills, dealing with Centrelink, taxation, investments, legal matters and property management
• personal/health attorney: your loving arrangements, your health care, your diet and dress
Advance Health Directives
In Queensland, Advance Health Directives help you plan what medical treatment or health care you would wish to have in the event that you are too ill to make those kinds of decisions for yourself. You can specify exactly what treatment is acceptable to you and what isn't or you can appoint an attorney you trust to make those kinds of decisions on your behalf. You're also able to make any special information known to medical staff through this document, such as allergies to medication or religious beliefs that impact upon the types of treatments acceptable to you.
Without an Advance Health Directive in place there is no legal means to make your wishes known about when to stop or withhold life-sustaining measures, for example CPR to keep your heart beating, assisted ventilation to keep you breathing and being fed through a tube directly into your stomach.
It is a good idea to have both and Advance Health Directive and a Power of Attorney in place. If you become so ill that you can't make decisions for yourself, these two documents together allow your attorney to make necessary decisions on your behalf.
Enduring Powers of Attorney
Who can make a Power of Attorney or Advance Health Directive?
Anyone over the age of 18 who has the capacity to understand the nature and consequences of the document, who makes the decisions in the document of their own free will and who can communicate clearly what those decisions are.
When should I make a Power of Attorney or an Advance Health Directive?
Right now, before you need it is the best possible time, especially if you are going into hospital, or if you have a medical condition which could deteriorate and diminish your ability to make decisions.
Who should I appoint to be my Attorney?
You need to appoint someone your trust to make the right decisions. You can appoint more than one person if you wish, and you can specify exactly how they make their decisions – jointly or separately.
For financial decisions, make sure that the person you appoint has the necessary skills to deal with your finances.
Who should I talk to about it?
It's really important that you discuss these documents with a lawyer who can give you professional advice about your particular circumstances. It's also necessary for you to discuss your Advance Health Directive with your doctor, as they can explain the terminology involved. It's also vital that you discuss your wishes with your family to avoid unnecessary conflict and stress.
Do I need a witness?
Yes, it's really important that your signature is witnessed before lawyer, a notary public, a commissioner for declarations or a justice of the peace. Your witness cannot be your attorney, a relative or a relative of your attorney, a health care provider or paid carer. With an Advance Health Directive your witness cannot be a beneficiary under your will.
Can I change my mind?
Yes, as long as you still have the decision making capacity to do so you can revoke or change these documents. This has to be done in a legally binding way, however, so please seek legal advice.
Contact us to find out more or to arrange an appointment.
Taxation Law
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Grasso Searles Romano Lawyers can provide assistance with retail and commercial leases in a number of capacities. It is important to seek legal advice from an experienced commercial lawyer before entering a lease, as it has the potential of becoming a negative impact on your business' cash flow at a later stage.
Grasso Searles Romano Lawyers can assist you with:
- Drafting and reviewing retail and commercial leases
- Negotiation for the terms of the lease (including rent, transfer options, duration, exit and renewal options)
- Subletting of premises
- Insurance advice and assistance identifying the most suitable business insurance opportunities
- Possible dispute resolution
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Owner & Builder, Henry D'Allacco, began playing bass guitar in his teens. Always striving to get the most out of his basses, he began to tinker, and modify them. Grosbeak Guitars formed when Henry decided that to get what he really wanted from his bass, he couldn't just modify it, he needed to build it from the ground up. Today, Grosbeak Guitars builds vintage inspired electric guitars and basses with modern updates using old time methods.
Henry is dedicated to keep Grosbeak Guitars as a handmade, made in New York business. He is currently working with local lumber suppliers in Westchester County, NY. He also cares for the environment and has made a promise to use eco-friendly materials at Grosbeak Guitars, such as water soluble paint.
Henry is passionate about music and community. Grosbeak Guitars will have a philanthropy division that will work with local school districts and encourage music in the classroom.
Henry's Resume:
Bassist, Last Dying Word 2005-2007
Noteable Performances: Opening act for New Found Glory at the Webster Theater, Connecticut
Bassist, Lion in The Mane 2009-2014
Noteable Performances: New York City – Arlene's Grocery and The Bowery Ballroom
Lion in The Mane showcased at CMJ, SXSW, Firefly, Florida Music Festival, LAUNCH, So What Festival, and Taking the Detour.


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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 134,691 pages of information and 213,769 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
New Comet were motorcycles designed and produced from 1905 to 1931, by Alfred Hamlet Haden of Princip Street, Birmingham.
1905-1909 The machine started out as a primitive, but soon singles and V-twins were offered, fitted with various engines including Zedel and Peugeot.
1910 Sarolea and JAP were used, along with the Peugeot V-twin.
1911 Precision singles were added to the range.
1912 All the engines were by Precision. Models included a lightweight and a Colonial which were also sold as the Comet-Precision.
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of motorcycles see the 1917 Red Book
1913 There was also a model with a JAP V-twin, and late that year Haden took over the Regal-Green business and began to use the water-cooled Green engines along with the others.
1914-1916 A 219cc two-stroke joined the range in 1914. It had direct-belt drive or a chain-driven two-speed gearbox and Druid forks. There was also a 349cc version.
Post-war. Machines listed included a 292cc two-stroke and a 499cc four-stroke.
1920 They cut back to two-strokes only.
1921-1923 Two or three versions of the 292cc model were listed for each year.
1924 A version with a 147cc Aza engine was added.
1925 More versions of that model were listed.
1926-1927 Only one version of the 147cc was listed.
1928 There was just a 172cc Super Sports model with three speeds and all-chain drive.
1929 There was a break.
1930 The 172cc machine returned.
1931 They produced the 196cc Super Sports, but it was the last year of motorcycle manufacture.
Haden were motorcycles produced from 1920 to 1923 by A. H. Haden of Princip Street, Birmingham.
This motorcycle was constructed on conventional lines by A. H. Haden who was also responsible for the New Comet machines. The Haden was fitted with a 349cc Precision two-stroke engine with either two-speed chain-cum-belt or single-speed direct-belt transmission. It could also be fitted with any carburettor that the purchaser specified.
The single-speed had been dropped by 1922, the carburettor had become an Amac with no options and the gearbox was specified as an Albion.
These motorcycles were not built in quantity.
Comet-Precision was a motorcycle produced in 1912.
It was the name under which two New Comet models were sold. One was a lightweight and the other was a Colonial version of a standard machine. The marque was only used for one season.


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Originally from Cincinnati, I spent the last decade in Chicago working in the wine and restaurant biz at places like Webster Wine Bar, Telegraph and Rootstock. Most recently I was the Beverage Director at Parachute Restaurant since opening in 2014.
Wine is my passion, and when I'm not working on my next project, I'm meeting producers, distributors, sommeliers, and other people deeply curious about wine to learn their stories and spark collaborations.
Outside of wine, I draw inspiration from my family and friends, music, and triathlon.


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Liberal Democratic party
Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR; known as the LDPSU during the last months of the Soviet period) was created in the spring of 1990, with active participation of the authorities and special services, as a controllable alternative to the growing democratic movement. In the 1991 presidential elections, the liberal democratic leader, the political clown Vladimir Zhirinovsky, won a surprising 6.2 million votes (7.8%) and took third place after victorious Boris Yeltsin and the main Communist candidate Nikolai Ryzhkov. In the 1993 Duma elections, the victories of the LDPR became a sensation; Zhirinovsky alone, capitalizing on sentiments of protest, secured 12.3 million votes (22.9%). From there the LDPR was able to advance five candidates in single-mandate districts. Such resounding success—both on the party list and in the districts—would not befall the LDPR again, although in 1994 and 1995 Zhirinovsky stirred up considerable energy for party formation in the provinces. In the 1995 elections, the LDPR registered candidates in 187 districts (more than the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, or KPRF) but received only one mandate and half its previous vote: 7.7 million votes (11.2%, second to the KPRF). In the 1996 presidential elections, Zhirinovsky received 4.3 million votes (5.7%, fifth place). The LDPR held approximately fifty seats in the Duma from 1996 to 1999 which helped repay, with interest, the resources invested earlier in the party's publicity since, with the domination of the left in the Duma, these votes were able to tip the scales in favor of government initiatives. The LDPR turned into an extremely profitable political business project.
In the 1999 elections, the Central Electoral Commission played a cruel joke on the Liberal Democrats. The LDPR list, consisting of a large number of commercial positions, filled by quasi-criminal businessmen, was not registered. On the very eve of the elections, when Zhirinovsky, hurriedly assembling another list and registering as the "Zhirinovsky Bloc," launched the advertising campaign "The Zhirinovsky Bloc Is the LDPR," the Central Electoral Commission registered the LDPR, but without Zhirinovsky. The Liberal Democrats were saved from this fatal split (LDPR without Zhirinovsky as a rival of the Zhirinovsky Bloc) only by the intervention of the Presidium of the Supreme Court. In the 1999 elections, the Zhirinovsky Bloc received 6 percent of the vote and finished fifth; half a year later, in the 2000 presidential elections, Zhirinovsky himself finished fourth with 2.7 percent. The LDPR fraction in the Duma from 2000 to 2003 was the smallest; it began with 17 delegates and ended with 13. It was headed by Zhirinovsky's son Igor Lebedev, as the party's head had become vice-speaker of the Duma.
Actively exploiting the nostalgia for national greatness (and for the USSR with its powerful army and special services, but without "Party nomenklatura"), "enlightened nationalism," and anti-Western sentiments; castigating the "radical reformers" and denouncing efforts at breaking the country both from without and within, the LDPR enjoys significant support from surviving groups and strata that do not share the communist ideology. The populist brightness, spiritedness, and outstanding political and acting abilities of Zhirinovsky play an important role, bringing him into sharp contrast with ordinary Russian politicians. The LDRP has especially strong support among the military and those Russian citizens who lived in Russia's national republics and SNG (Union of Independent States) countries among residents of bordering nations. The LDPR had its greatest success in regional elections from 1996 to 1998, when its candidates won as governor in Pskov oblast, mayor in the capital Tuva, parliament in Krasnodar Krai, and the Novosibirsk city assembly; a LDPR candidate came close to victory in the presidential elections in the Mari Republic as well. The LDPR results in the 1999–2002 term were significantly weaker, but with the expansion of NATO, the war in Iraq, and so forth, the LDPR ratings rose again. At its reregistration in April 2002, the LDPR declared nineteen thousand members and fifty-five regional branches.
See also: constitution of 1993; zhirinovsky, vladimir volfovich
McFaul, Michael. (2001). Russia's Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
McFaul, Michael, and Markov, Sergei. (1993). The Troubled Birth of Russian Democracy: Parties, Personalities, and Programs. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press.
McFaul, Michael and Petrov, Nikolai, eds. (1995). Previewing Russia's 1995 Parliamentary Elections. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
McFaul, Michael; Petrov, Nikolai; and Ryabov, Andrei, eds. (1999). Primer on Russia's 1999 Duma Elections. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Reddaway, Peter, and Glinski, Dmitri. (2001). The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy. Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace Press.
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Liberal Democratic party (Japanese political party)
Liberal Democratic party (LDP), Japanese political party. It began as the conservative Liberal party, which, under Shigeru Yoshida, became the dominant political force in Japan following World War II. In 1955 the Liberals merged with the newly created Democratic party. Retaining control of the Japanese government for 38 years, the LDP supported Japan's alliance with the United States and fostered close links between Japanese business and government. Following charges of corruption in Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's government, it lost its parliamentary majority in the 1993 elections, which put a coalition government in power. In spite of numerous defections by LDP members of parliament over the party's failure to enact political reform, it remained Japan's largest political party. From 1994, when the LDP returned to power, it was the senior partner in a series of coalition governments.
Ryutaro Hashimoto became LDP leader in 1995, assuming the post of deputy prime minister in Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama's cabinet. Upon Murayama's resignation early in 1996, Hashimoto became prime minister; Keizo Obuchi succeeded Hashimoto as party leader and prime minister in 1998. When Obuchi was incapacitated by a severe stroke in 2000, Yoshiro Mori, secretary-general of the LDP, succeeded him as prime minister, but the unpopular Mori was replaced in less than a year by Junichiro Koizumi. Koizumi was succeeded as party leader by Shinzo Abe in 2006, Yasuo Fukuda in 2007, and Taro Aso in 2008. In 2009 the LDP's long dominance of postwar Japanese politics ended when the Japan Democratic party won the elections in a landslide and displaced the LDP as the largest party in the Diet. Aso resigned as party leader and was succeeded by Sadakazu Tanigaki, a former finance minister. Shinzo Abe was elected as party leader in 2012. The LDP subsequently won (Dec., 2012) a landslide victory and, Abe became prime minister; early elections two years later continued Abe's mandate.
See E. S. Krauss and R. J. Pekkanen, The Rise and Fall of Japan's LDP (2010).


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- Firm: Top 20
- Mixed Workload: Management Accounts
- Location: West End
- Clients: Media focus
- Salary: to £40k
Are you an experienced management accountant or semi-senior looking to progress your career at a leading accountancy firm in Central London? Have you previous experience managing a portfolio of clients and staff, now looking to draw your attention to the media sector?
With client management in mind, this Top 20 firm is seeking an experienced candidate to join their outsourcing team to act as a trusted advisor in their West End office. The workload would focus on management accounts, with elements of bookkeeping and review. The successful candidate will be given a substantial portfolio of Music & Media clients, to include the occasional travel across London for meetings.
To be successful in this role you must:
- Have a minimum of 5 years' experience within a UK practice firm
- Strong background in Management Accounts and Bookkeeping
- Exposure to Media clientele, desirable
- Display excellent communication skills for interaction with both clients and staff
- Be confident in managing a portfolio of clients, preferably as your current role
As the successful candidate you will have the opportunity to work in an environment that will assist you in growing your career both technically and with regards to management responsibilities as well as working with a high profile team who are supportive, friendly and sociable.
If you are seeking Outsourcing jobs in the West End contact Austin Rose, the Public Practice Recruitment Specialists.
Please apply on-line for immediate consideration. Once you have applied if you have any questions call 0203 22 55 060.
Please also note that due to the volume of applications, only those shortlisted will be contacted. If you have not received a response within two weeks, please assume your application for this role was unsuccessful.


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Multi-Camera Production
Rotating Head Productions has a 5 input flyaway HD video switcher kit with 17in multiview monitor so so we can record your live events as well pump them up to the big screen for IMag or organise it to be streamed out to the web.
Our basic multi-camera package comes with:
•Three HD/SD switchable cameras with build up kits (large viewfinder, focus and zoom controls)
•5 input (4 x SDI, 1 x DVI) Panasonic video switcher
•talkback comms
•multiview monitor for preview & program
The output can be recorded to hard drive in either HD or SD uncompressed or compressed to various codecs as well as piped to big screens at your venue.
As well as the main switched record output, each camera can also be iso recorded if needed for later playback or re-editing - either by us or another facility.
Multi-camera productions that we've worked on include:
•awards nights
•sporting events
•video conferencing
•memorial services
•Carols in the Park
•National Press Club


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Horsham Planning Scheme
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Adoption Under Consideration
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Applys a Public Acquisition Overlay (PAO3) over land for the future acquisition by VicRoads associated with the realignment of the Western Highway around Horsham and amends Clause 45.01 to make VicRoads the acquiring authority for PAO3.


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CPHS Boys' Soccer defeats Choctaw 2-0 at Stillwater Cup/
By: Scott Emigh, Editor-in-Chief
The Charles Page High School Boys' Soccer team (3-2) returned to a winning record with a 2-0 shutout victory against Choctaw High School (1-4) in the first round of the Stillwater Cup consolations.
It was a heavily one-sided match that saw the talented Sandite backfield allow only two shots through the whole game.
Ignacio Garcia scored the first goal in the 13th minute on a free kick to the left corner, then Kaiden Cox made his goal just four minutes later.
The Sandites made eight total shots in the first half, five were on goal, and keeper Tyler Burnam pulled in two saves for the Yellowjackets. Choctaw didn't get off a single shot in the first half.
Sand Springs took three shots in the second half and Burnam pulled in two more saves. Choctaw also got off a pair of shots from Logan Reece and goalie Ethan Tippit saved both for the clean sheet.
Sand Springs will return to action in the fifth place match at 5:20 p.m. in Pioneer Stadium. Following that game the Lady Sandites will be play for third place at 7:00 p.m. at Oklahoma State University's Colvin Recreational Fields.


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I live in a row of 5 houses, at the back of my house i have right of way that is used to gain access for bins, window cleaner, kids taking bikes around and basically to access my back way (no jokes kids), the end house where i have to walk past has a dog and the problem is the owner lets it do it's dirt all over their garden (right of way path too), it's becoming a big problem now, I've got it all over the bin wheels, my shoes and the kids bikes have to be rinsed everytime they come in as it's all over their wheels.
I've spoke to the owner a number of times but he's not doing anything about it, theres only my house and the house next to me plus the owner with the dog that uses it, I've asked my next door neighbour (who is in her 70s) and she isn't really bothered and says she doesn't need the bother, to be fair she only uses it once every 2 weeks for her bins.
Anyone know what i can do? the houses are private owned, all my deeds say that the right of way is to remain un-blocked and not altered etc, theres no mention of dog mess.
I would of thought it would be a enviromental issue but wasn't sure with it being private owned, my main worry is that my kids get it on their hands and get in eyes or mouths etc.
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What Really Happened at the RAW leading up to 'Summerslam 2016'?
Tom N., here…
Corpus Christi, Texas. Latin for the Body of Christ. What a weird place for the first sighting of The Demon King on WWE TV. And yet, there he was. Ancient script was scrawled over his ribs, abs and legs, all leading to a gaping maw in the center of his chest, tongue lashing about, waiting to devour any and all of his opponents whole. The Body of Christ, indeed. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey guys, Jana here,
Looks like things in the WWE Universe are being changed up everywhere. From wrestlers being released, to wrestlers ASKING to be released, and now they're changing up where we go to find our weekly man-on-man action fix. For as long as I can remember, 'WWE Monday Night Raw' has been on USA and 'WWE Smackdown' could be found on various channels since it's inception with the last home being Syfy. July 19 will see the 'Smack Down' brand move to another home and night.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here….
It's that time of year again for the PPV after Wrestlemania, which is known as Payback. Normally, this is a rather lackluster PPV when compared to the rest of the WWE events throughout the year, and this particular one seems no different, despite a couple of matches. I do expect some good moments, but I don't expect a ton of titles to change hands here, if any really. Not only that, but we still have a ton of WWE Superstars out, including John Cena, Seth Rollins, Neville, and Randy Orton. You can add to that list Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, and Triple H not showing up, as well as The New Day not having a match either, however the latter will most likely do some promos. In other words, this just doesn't seem like an exciting PPV at the moment. I hope I'm wrong. Maybe, just maybe Shinsuke Nakamura will show up and wrestle for two hours. Then again, maybe they'll bring back 'Firefly'. Side note: why is Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt family on the poster for Payback, but they don't have a match?
Hi everyone, Bryan Here….
As I'm recovering from seven insane days of 'Wrestlemania 32' in Dallas, TX., I've had time to reflect, contemplate, saturate, and regurgitate every I event I attended. I had my box of Booty O's to make sure I wasn't Booty thru the weekend, met some good people, watched some amazing matches, talked with some WWE Superstars, and lost my voice when Shane-O-Mac put his life on the line for the WWE Business. To quote a certain former WWE announcer, it was a slobberknocker of a week for sure that hit me in the solar plexus more times than I'd like to admit. WWE really did it up big this year for Wrestlemania 32. Not only did they put on several good shows, but they also broke records. There was over 101,000 people in attendance at AT&T Stadium for Wrestlemania 32, beating the previous record from Wrestlemania 3 by quite a bit. Not only that, ticket sales and merch sales were way up as well from previous years. It seems like WWE is growing exponentially with more and more fans tuning in every week. That's a good thing. Instead of writing a recap of the entire weekend, I'll give you some details of some of the cooler things I witnessed over the past week.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here….
One of the WWE's most electrifying events is the 'Royal Rumble'. Since the 1980s, WWE has been using the Royal Rumble match and PPV as the pre-cursor to Wrestlemania. In this match, anything is possible, as 30 wrestling superstars enter the ring in 90 second intervals. The only way to win the match is to throw the other 29 opponents over the top rope of the ring and be the last man standing. Over the years, there has been many surprises. Vintage wrestling superstars have entered the contest as well as underdogs. Sure, being the first entrant is the most difficult and being the 30th entrant is the easiest, as time is on your side, but that doesn't stop you from winning usually.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here….
TLC. Tender, loving, Care. That's not the case when we're talking about WWE by any stretch of the means. TLC in the WWE universe means Tables, ladders, chairs, all of which are used to take down each other in the ring. Some of the most memorable matches in WWE history have been TLC matches with WWE superstars sacrificing life and limb, falling 50 feet in the air into the hard concrete or a folding table, only to be hit by a steel chair or a steel ladder. TLC matches basically mean that there are no rules. All is "legal", even the kitchen sink, title belt, and even a trombone in some cases.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here…
It would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened over the last week in the WWE universe. What was supposed to happen was that the current WWE heavyweight champion Seth Rollins was going to defend the championship belt at the upcoming PPV 'Survivor Series' against his former Shield partner Roman Reigns. Meanwhile, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, John Cena, and Randy Orton are out either on vacation or injured, which is a lot of top tier talent for the WWE.
Angelic Heel Once Again!
With Hell in a Cell just 24 hours in the past (which can be viewed on the WWE Network), WWE took over San Diego,CA with Monday Night Raw! The fall out of the previous evening had the WWE Universe a buzz with anticipation. Would we get an answer on why Bray Wyatt did what he did? How would the return of Alberto Del Rio effect the United States Title picture as the new champion? And most importantly, what is next for the Demon Slayer, Seth Rollins, now that he has once again, made good on his word and liberated the WWE of the power abusing Director of Operations? All the questions were answered and now we have a #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Did you miss Raw? Find out what happened now!
Angelic Heel once more…
Hell in a Cell is known as the most brutal structure in the WWE. No other match brings with it the sense of foreboding at the mere mention of its name. The WWE Universe waited in anticipation as the Pay Per View that bore the name of the most dreaded match unfolded before them (shown on the WWE Network for the low low monthly rate of $9.99 or free for the first month #BetterThanNetflix) The night saw every Championship defended, as well as honor defended and legends put to rest. The night was filled with ups and downs that kept one guessing and in the end, the WWE delivered as the most demonic structure in sports entertainment lived up to its hype. Did you miss it? Find out what happened now!
Mike, Here…
There is a dark cloud of reality hanging over this Sunday's Hell in a Cell.
It started moving in last month, when Sting faced Seth Rollins in the main event at Night of Champions.
The story was that the Vigilante Sting, WCW's greatest icon and the last soldier of the Monday Night War, magically appeared to challenge Rollins for the WWE Championship. Admittedly, he had already magically appeared once only to lose to Triple H, so there was slightly less magic than advertised. but Sting seemed to be enjoying himself and Rollins sold the idea of Sting being threatening well enough to make their match-up compelling.
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Angelic Heel Returning (I know you all missed me)…
WWE's superstars returned to the Texan capital of Austin for the VERY last SMACKDOWN before the highly anticipated Hell In A Cell (which can be seen on the WWE Network for the low low steal of a price of $9.99 or FREE for the first month to NEW subscribers) pay per view this coming Sunday night. Our beloved WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins, once again proved that he was the man, Paige attempted to make amends to the Diva's Champion and her side kick, Becky Lynch, and the New Day put the trauma of Monday Night Raw's atrocity to Xavier Woods behind them as the focused on their main event showing. What other surprises were in store for the blue go home show? Find out now!!
Hi everyone, Bryan Here…
The WWE and the Texas Lottery have just announced that they will be partnering up for Wrestlemania 32, which will take place in Dallas, TX on April 3rd, 2016 at AT&T Stadium. This partnership includes a new scratch-off game, which gives everyone a chance to win more than $10 million in prizes.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here…
We are only a few weeks away from 'Hell in a Cell 2015', which will take place in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center. If you recall, we went to 'Hell in a Cell' 2014 and wrote about it. Needless to say, we had a great time. WWE has been amping up the storylines and matches on Raw and Smackdown these past couple of weeks and now we have an updated title card for the PPV. This looks like it will be a great event with some solid matches lined up.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here….
Formally called Vengeance, 'Night of Champions' quickly became a popular PPV in the WWE universe ever since it debuted back in 2001 where The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, and Chris 'Y2J' Jericho battled each other over the course of a few matches with Jericho winning in the end, becoming the first Undisputed champion. This year, Night Of Champions took place in Houston, Texas and had some spectacular moments. In fact, one of the matches had me yelling out praises throughout. We will get to that match in a minute. In other segments though, things fell a little short, mostly dealing with Sting, who definitely didn't deserve to be in the main event with current champ Seth Rollins, and who didn't deserve to have his image and likeness on all the promo art. Don't get me wrong, I like Sting. He's a damn fine wrestler. Or shall I say, he WAS a damn fine wrestler back long ago, but not so much anymore. There is far too much talent in the back locker room to give Sting a shot at the championship. First off, Sting doesn't show up to almost anything, but a couple time a year, whereas everyone else are having matches day in and day out in the WWE. And it just doesn't make sense to have a guy like Sting who is barely there, more than twice Seth Rollins' age, and not involved in any long story line to make this match believable, let alone anyone thing for a second that Sting could win the WWE title belt. But first, let's start at the beginning.
Hi everyone, Bryan Here…
One of the biggest pay-per-views of the year is 'Summerslam', only second to 'WRESTLEMANIA'. This 'Summerslam' marks the 28th Summerslam event for the WWE Corp, and featured quite the card. There were some excellent matches throughout the night, however, some of them ended unfavorably, but each WWE superstar put on an excellent show last night even if there were some mis-steps.


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Information technology has a unique relationship with ROI. Most departments seek to justify their investments with hard figures that show increased profits. IT seeks to justify its existence with touchy-feely measurements of productivity gains and customer or user satisfaction.
The problem with the latter is that there's no frame of reference against which one can hold IT responsible. How do you really know if you experienced any productivity gains by giving your users Microsoft Corp. Word to create documents instead of making them use the free copy of WordPad that comes with Windows? And how do you measure those gains against your investment in time and money to support Word?
As for the "satisfied user," one can only hope that the average CFO will eventually wise up to this scam. Your CFO should ask one question before approving any IT budget during this sluggish economy: Will our employees be happier if 75 percent of them get the latest version of Outlook and the other 25 percent get a pink slip? Or will they be happier if we ditch Outlook and keep more people?
Regardless of how you might answer those questions, I believe we'd be better off if we focused more on the investment and less on the return. The following are three recommendations for investing:
1. Invest in the three-copy rule.
2. Invest in a security guru.
3. Invest in a hype filter.
Anything that a user saves to disk should be stored in precisely three locations: on a server, on that server's backup media and on a backup of the data that you store off-site. The only other place the data belongs is on more servers (such as a cluster), for high-availability needs.
If you don't think you can make the three-copy rule work, then you're not thinking hard enough. One thing you need to do is stop investing in the security of individual client machines and invest in the technologies that provide your employees with secure remote access to the company data from any client.
If you have 1,000 users running Outlook and a Trojan, virus or worm slips past your mail server, that means you have 1,000 machines at risk and up to 1,000 machines to patch or recover. If you provide those 1,000 users with a secure way to manage their schedules and e-mail via a Web interface to a server-side program, you have effectively reduced the number of machines you manage to a handful of servers.
The only other thing you need to worry about is how to wrap your other data, such as documents, spreadsheets and presentations, in least-common-denominator formats and protocols that any popular program can read. Aside from spreadsheets, almost everything else you do can be reduced to plain text and HTML.
Here is where you need to be brutally honest with yourself and your users. Most companies have a handful of people who really need the power of desktop publishing features. The rest can get by with automatic text wrap, cut and paste, and spell check as they type. They can save their work in plain text. If your users absolutely must have some cosmetic control, then HTML provides more than most people will ever use.
The best way to measure the ROI of a security guru is to not hire one. Then calculate the cost of recovery when your company gets hacked and compare that to what it would have cost to hire the guru.
I wish I could take credit for my final suggestion, but I got the hype-filter idea from my good friend Michael McCarthy. You can make this investment for as little as a part-time salary and the price of a pair of scissors. Hire a computer science student to spend a few hours per week intercepting technology publications before they get to anyone in management. His job as your company's hype filter is to cut out any advertisements and articles that hype the Next Big Thing and shred them, burn them and then stomp on them before they can infect the minds of the innocent.


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Why do a talk show?
I thought it would be cool to have an outlet where I can go and speak about things that are happening right now. And also, being a new mom [Sykes and her wife of nearly a year have 5-month-old twins], I'll have somewhat of a normal schedule…not doing stand-up.
Will there be guests on your show?
I'm gonna have a panel of guests so it's more laid-back, like they're hanging out at my place. I'd love to start with Condoleezza Rice and then throw in Andy Roddick and Dave Chappelle. We'll have a few drinks.
You're going to serve drinks?
Oh, hell yeah! We will definitely have quite a few drinks. That's the only way I will do the show. Then the panel stays for inappropriate games, where everything goes to hell.
You announced last November that you were gay. What made that timing right?
It was after the election, and I was playing Vegas. It was the national protest day on Prop 8 [the California ballot proposition that blocked gay marriage], and the Gay and Lesbian Center there was having a rally. I had no intention of doing it that day. It just happened.
You won't be engaging in any hanky-panky with your staff, right?
Oh, no, no, no. I'm a happily married woman. David Letterman did a good job handling that…so good for him. Not good for him that he was screwing everybody — but good for him for not trying to run from it.


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Hospice volunteers set to cook up a storm at Garstang Show
Two volunteers who give their time to support St Catherine's Hospice's café and outside catering service will be cooking up a storm at this year's Garstang Show – as they showcase two of their own recipes and use their love of food to support a good cause.
Rajesh Jinabhai and Frazana Crompton are both volunteers at The Mill Café and its associated outside catering service, The Mill Outside.
Now the two are set to go beyond their usual duties, by creating, cooking and serving two mouth-watering curries at the Garstang Show on August 5th. It will set up shop as Fraj's Kitchen, with all proceeds used to support the hospice charity.
The recipes are for a sweet potato, aubergine and pepper curry, and a chicken and mixed bean curry, each developed by the talented duo.
Frazana said: "Cooking is a passion for both me and Raj so being asked to do this is really exciting.
"Raj has become a good friend during my time volunteering at The Mill – it's wonderful to do this together in the name of such a good cause."
Frazana said she was inspired to join the team at The Mill after hearing about the fantastic care the hospice had provided to family of her friends.
She explained: "All of them have said that the overwhelming care and support they received from the hospice staff was second to none.
"So, when I heard a few years ago that The Mill had opened within St Catherine's grounds and wanted volunteers, I thought why not give something back to this worthy and local charity.
"It's been a great way to challenge myself and experience something new, whilst meeting lots of interesting people and making new friends."
Rajesh has kept a connection with St Catherine's Hospice for 21 years, since the death of his father.
He said: "We have always been grateful for the support, treatment and compassionate care that was provided to my family and my father in the final days of this life. He was so happy and peaceful and these memories will always be cherished and never forgotten.
"Becoming a volunteer at The Mill was an opportunity to give back something close to my heart, to make new friends and help towards the mammoth yearly running costs of the hospice."
Along with Fraj's Kitchen, The Mill Outside will be serving up a selection of tempting salads – available individually or as a 'taste of' all four. They have also been chosen to provide the show's hospitality catering for the second year running, covering everything from the breakfast and lunch buffets for presidents, members and judges to the packed lunches for stewards, gate staff and parking attendants.
Nicola Hanmer, commercial catering manager at St Catherine's Hospice and The Mill, said: "We're excited to be part of the Garstang Show again this year and delighted to be bringing along something different in the form of Fraj's Kitchen and their delicious curries.
"That Frazana and Rajesh have come up with this unique way of showing their support for St Catherine's is a testament to their enthusiasm, creativity and commitment to the cause. We're incredibly proud of them and can't wait for what promises to be a memorable day at the Garstang Show."


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2014 FAMmx Factory Suzuki Test Facility
Here's the track I made for our 2014 Team Rider Intros. Hope you guys like it!
Download Link
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Included in the download:
- Day Version
- Night Version
- Mud Version (Most people will probably think this traction doesn't feel like 100% like mud but I was going for something that slows the bike down enough to where the sections are harder but you're not falling over as if it were ice. This was more just an experimental track that I thought was fun!
Got the idea from Kyle Watts' 2013 Kawasaki Test Track. Used the same objects that he used.