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"We will upgrade and intensify this (military) cooperation, through joint manufacture, co-production and co-development of military hardware and military spares," read a vision document released after the bilateral talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and PM MOdi, who is a visit to Russia.
For most of the seven-decade ties between the two nations, Russia has been one of key suppliers of arms and ammunition to India. From the ageing MiG fleet of the Indian Air Force to Akula-class nuclear attack submarine of the Navy, India has made crucial purchases from Russia over the years.
But Russia's recent veering towards China and Pakistan has been generated some strain in ties. Today, in an exclusive interview to Press Trust of India, President Putin said Russia does not have any "tight" military relationship with Pakistan, and asserted that its close friendship with India cannot be diluted.
There is no other country in the world that Russia has "deep cooperation" in delicate areas such as missiles, President Putin was quoted as saying by PTI. "We do not have any tight (military) relations with Pakistan. The US, do you have (close relations)?," he further added.
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Argyris points to the tendency of individuals to be motivated by self-interest, 'loss' reduction and 'win' maximisation, despite any 'espoused' justifications for their behaviour. There is often a complete mismatch between what people 'say' their motivations and intentions are and what their true motivations are. He gives examples of how supposedly 'egalitarian' organisations such as communes eventually become increasingly unilateral and authoritarian due to the propensity to seek power and control.
It seems therefore, that a permanent tension exists in organisations between the 'advantage seeking' nature of individuals necessary for them to survive and advance in hierarchies and the 'co-operative and free-exchange' nature of relationships necessary for learning.
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This dramatically downsized compact lightweight clip-on flash with guide number (GN) 45 is best suited to use with the α7 series. The flash supplies powerful output even for bounce lighting, recycling only takes approx. 2.5 seconds, and stamina in performance delivers up to approx. 210 bursts.
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|Dimensions (Approx.)
|W 69.4mm X H 113.7mm X D 88.3mm (2 3/4 in. 4 1/2 in. 3 1/2 in.) (w/h/d)
|317g(11.2 oz) (only main unit)
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Easy healthy meals
Easy healthy meals are often considered hard to cook. In this modern life, we all are in a hurry. We often find ourselves amid a torturous routine of tight schedules and deadlines. We have to please our boss and at the same time cook delicious meals for our family members. But our busy and hectic life hardly leaves us with time for cooking. We cannot afford to spend much time in the kitchen since we have other duties to attend to. We often try to save time by cooking something that takes less time but in all that we may end up compromising with the healthiness of the food we have prepared. So we are badly in need of some quick, easy to prepare healthy meal recipes. In this article, we will help you out by presenting some awesome recipes for easy healthy meals
Easy healthy meals: Why should we eat healthy?
Easy healthy meals are prepared keeping in mind the nutrients requirement of your body. Such meals can give your body the necessary nourishment thereby helping the cells, organs of body function normally. Your vitality and strength increases if you eat healthy and that optimizes your general well being. Therefore for a hale and hearty and disease-free life you should eat healthy meals.
Easy healthy meals: Some important tips
Here are some important tips associated with easy healthy meals:
- Don't go for food items that are loaded with creamy sauces or spicy gravies
- Eat fresh rather than tinned or canned
- Incorporate plenty of green leafy vegetables and fruits in your diet
- Try to cook with low-fat cooking oils, like Olive Oil or Canola Oil
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Easy healthy meals: The Recipes
1. Green pizza
Ingredients: Whole wheat pizza dough (1 pound), chopped broccoli (2 cups), water (1/4 cup), chopped arugula (6 cups), prepared pesto (1/2 cup), shredded mozzarella cheese (1 cup), salt and ground pepper to taste
- Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees F. Smear a baking sheet with cooking spray
- Roll out dough in to discs, put on the baking sheet and bake until the discs turn puffy and crispy
- Cook broccoli and argula in water until they turn tender and crisp. Use salt and pepper for seasoning
- Spread pesto over the baked pizza discs, top with broccoli-argula mixture, sprinkle cheese and bake until the cheese melts
This recipe is rich in calcium, Vitamin A & C
2. Mexican cucumber and carrot meal salad
Ingredients: Sliced cucumber (1), baby carrots (8 ounce), juice of 1 lime, chili powder (1 teaspoon), salt (1/4 teaspoon), a pinch of cayenne pepper
- In a pan mix cucumber, baby carrots, lime juice, salt, chilly powder and cayenne pepper
- Toss to mix all ingredients evenly
- Your salad is ready for serving
3. Vanilla berry parfaits
Ingredients: Vanilla yoghurt (8 ounce), frozen berries (10 ounce), crushed wafers (2 tablespoon), ground nutmeg (1/8 teaspoon)
- Take 2 glasses and put vanilla yoghurt, then make a second layer out of berries, make a third layer out of crackers and lastly sprinkle nutmeg.
Healthy appetizers make a healthy start to a meal so always look for some healthy appetizer recipes prior to meal.Eating healthy meals can keep numerous ailments at bay. Try out these recipes for easy healthy meals at home and give your friends and family a pleasant surprise.


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"The horrific violence of our current economic system, which kills more people daily than our wars," says Díaz, who won a Pulitzer for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, "will not change one jot under an Obama administration. Right now these elections are all about who plays the music at the party. Doesn't change the fact that there's a massacre going on. No US election is going to change that. And any writer worth a damn might be in the party but what he's really listening to, bearing witness to, in small ways, in elliptical ways or flat-out head on, is the violence and terror and inhumanity that reign beyond the party's walls."


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Coach Lisk is in his 3rd season as ABA coach. We are lucky to have Coach Lisk working with our 8th graders. Coach Lisk brings a wealth of coaching experience to the ABA program.
He has had stints coaching at the high school level at Auburn High School and Bonney Lake High School, most recently has head girls coach at BLHS.
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With the sought after remix of Marcel Vogel & Milos Gersi`s cover of ORS` "Body To Body" and a radical take on Nev Cottee`s "Oslo", forthcoming on Aficionado, both raising his profile, Ruf Dug now hits a button on his gear marked "Retro" for the new Porn Wax.
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"MV Look" marches along, part Fancy`s "Come Inside" and part the Kings Of Agreppo, masquerading as the kind of "Trance" that Paul Oakenfold was playing at Spectrum and Land Of Oz. Trance in the mid-80s Goan sense, which owed as much to AB Musique and New Beat as anything else. Music that inspired Perfecto.
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It was narrated that 'Aishah (RA) said: "The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say: 'Allahummaghsil khatayaya bi-ma'ith-thalj wal-barad was naqqi qalbi min al-khataya kama naqayta ath-thawb al-abyad min ad-danas (O Allah, wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart of sin as a white garment is cleansed of filth).'" (Sunan an-Nasa'i, Book 2, Hadith 9)
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Abu Malik at-Ash'ari (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fills the scale, and Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) and al-Hamdu Liliah (Praise be to Allah) fill up what is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves. (Sahih Muslim, Book 2, Hadith 1)Please Re-update your Signature
It was narrated that Anas bin Malik (RA) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saw some sputum in the Qiblah of the Masjid, and he became so angry that his face turned red. Then a woman from the Ansar went and scratched off, and put some perfume in its place. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'How good this is.'" (Sunan an-Nasa'i, Book 8, Hadith 41)Please Re-update your Signature
Narrated Ibn `Umar (RA): Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and the people of the Fire have entered the Fire, death will be brought and will be placed between the Fire and Paradise, and then it will be slaughtered, and a call will be made (that), 'O people of Paradise, no more death! O people of the Fire, no more death! 'So the people of Paradise will have happiness added to their previous happiness, and the people of the Fire will have sorrow added to their previous sorrow." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Book 81, Hadith 137)Please Re-update your Signature
It was narrated that 'Abdul-Malik bin Sa'eed (RA) said: "I heard Abu Humaid and Abu Usaid (RA) say: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "When any one of you enters the Masjid, let him say: 'Allahumma aftahli abwaba rahmatik (O Allah, open to me the gates of your mercy). And when he leaves let him say: Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlik (O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty).'" (Sunan an-Nasa'i, Book 8, Hadith 42)Please Re-update your Signature
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Ayyub (May Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: �Direct me to a deed which draws me near to Paradise and takes me away from the Fire (of Hell).� Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: �You worship Allah and never associate anything with Him, establish prayer, and pay Zakat, and do good to your kin. When he turned his back, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) remarked: If he adheres to what he has been ordered to do, he would enter Paradise.� حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى التَّمِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَعْمَلُهُ يُدْنِينِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ . قَالَ " تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصِلُ ذَا رَحِمِكَ " فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِمَا أُمِرَ بِهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ " . وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ " إِنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِهِ " . (Reference: Sahih Muslim 14a, In-book reference: Book 1, Hadith 14, USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 1, Hadith 13 (deprecated numbering scheme), http://sunnah.com/muslim/1/14)Please Re-update your Signature
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (RA): that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There are four things that whoever has them, then he is a hypocrite, and whoever has one attribute from among them, then he has an attribute of hypocrisy, until he leaves it: Whoever lies whenever he speaks, he does not fulfill whenever he promises, he is vulgar whenever he argues, and whenever he makes an agreement he proves treacherous." (Jami`at-Tirmidhi, Book 40, Hadith 27)Please Re-update your Signature
It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'The earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification, so wherever a man of my Ummah is when the time for prayer comes, let him pray.'" (Sunan an-Nasa'i, Book 8, Hadith 49)Please Re-update your Signature
`Abd Allah bin al-Zubair (RA) said on the authority of the father: I asked al-Zubair (RA): What prevents you from narrating traditions from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as his Companions narrate from him? He said: By Allah I was very close to him. But I heard him (peace be upon him) say: He who lies about me deliberately will certainly come to his abode in Hell. (Sunan Abi Dawud, Book 26, Hadith 11)Please Re-update your Signature
It was narrated from 'A'idh bin 'Amr (RA) that: a man came to the prophet and asked him and he gave him, and when he placed his foot on the threshold the Messenger of Allah said: "If you knew how bad begging is, no one would go to anyone else and ask him for anything." (Sunan an-Nasa'i, Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2587)Please Re-update your Signature
Narrated Asma (May Allah be pleased with her): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, �Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a limited amount; and do not withhold your money lest Allah should withhold it from you.� حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَنْفِقِي وَلاَ تُحْصِي فَيُحْصِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ، وَلاَ تُوعِي فَيُوعِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكِ ". (Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 2591, In-book reference: Book 51, Hadith 25, USC-MSA web (English) reference: Vol. 3, Book 47, Hadith 764 (deprecated numbering scheme), http://sunnah.com/bukhari/51/25)Please Re-update your Signature
Abd Shuraib al-Adawi (RA) reported: My ears listened and my eye saw when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) spoke and said: He who believes In Allah and the hereafter should show respect to the guest even with utmost kindness and courtesy. They said: Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), what is this utmost kindness and courtesy? He replied: It is for a day and a night. Hospitality extends for three days, and what is beyond that is a Sadaqa for him; and he who believes in Allah and the Hereafter should say something good or keep quiet.
(Sahih Muslim, Book 31, Hadith 15)
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Ibn 'Abbas (RA) narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever lies about having a dream, he will be required to knot two barely kernels together on the Day Of Judgment, and he will never be able to knot them together." (Jami`at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, Book 8, Hadith 2283)Please Re-update your Signature
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud (RA) that Waki told (him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had observed and Ibn Numair asserted: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: He who dies associating anything with Allah would enter the Fire (of Hell). 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud (RA) said: I say that he who died without associating anything with Allah entered Paradise. (Sahih Muslim, Book 1, Hadith 174)Please Re-update your Signature
Narrated Abu Huraira (May Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, �The food for two persons is sufficient for three, and the food of three persons is sufficient for four persons.� حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " طَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ كَافِي الثَّلاَثَةِ، وَطَعَامُ الثَّلاَثَةِ كَافِي الأَرْبَعَةِ ". (Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5392, In-book reference: Book 70, Hadith 20, USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 65, Hadith 304 (deprecated numbering scheme), http://sunnah.com/bukhari/70/20)Please Re-update your Signature


text: Allowing absence/availability requests when a schedule is published by Mike Barry | Jun 11, 2018 | New Features By default, if a schedule is published, employees can NOT request an absence or availability. However, if you need to allow this, we have added the ability to turn it on. Go to MANAGE MY BUSINESS – GENERAL SETTINGS Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related


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Unit Lost
by Patrick D. Downing
Ding-Dong Wakanabe shifted uncomfortably in his seat. The cheap moulded-plastic was doing a poor job holding his tremendous girth and the last hour had not been a pleasant one. He pushed the last, large piece of his maxi-size ultro-choco chocolate bar into his mouth and stared out through the windshield.
The scene at the dilapidated housing unit across the street was the same as it had been for the last two and a half hours: pure nothing doing. He hated surveillance. Boredom made him anxious, and tedium... well, tedium was a hard one. Especially since the entertainment system in his crappy Pakov get/go had gone and broke, and its seats were a literal pain in the ass, and his Unit had fallen into the river, and he was still hungry, and...
He checked his thoughts. No complaints, he told himself, that is neg-thought. And neg-thought begets neg-behaves. And neg-behaves beget neg-self. And neg-self begets being a loser. And he was not a loser. At least according to the My Special Helper virtua-psychiatrist on his Unit, he wasn't.
But now his Special Helper was all up and gone down into the river and the electric headshrinker on his loaner seemed very unsympathetic and overly analytical. He sighed heavily; he really missed his Unit.
If only he hadn't tried to get the whole extra-super-saucy-soy tube into his mouth at once he probably wouldn't have lost his grip on his Unit, thus sending it off the bridge to its watery demise. It was just another sad setback in a life that seemed to be already sadly set back. With his detective business floundering, the loss of his Unit meant that until it was replaced, his stupid piece of crud get/go would continue to exist in its same capacity, his dirty-ass jeans would continue to exist in their same capacity, and his sad, lonely self would continue to exist in its same capacity.
He sighed. In all actuality, the loss of his Unit diminished the capacity that was his self as it really put a low hurt on his already lowly character. It was a little much. If he had been creative enough (or had had his Unit, which could have done the job for him) he would have rightly exclaimed, "Alas!" but he wasn't (and didn't), so instead a stinky "Ugh!" escaped his fat face.
He picked up his loaner Unit from the passenger seat and studied it. It was bland, boring. "Ugh." Even though it adhered to the legally required functionality it just looked so... nobody. It made him feel the same.
He looked up at the large, weather-beaten billboard hanging on the side of a nearby building: You can't spell Unity without Unit.
Ha, he thought, united in what? The looks on the faces of the people around him when he had used the loaner to pay for lunch at the U-Cheese U-Dog cart had seemed pretty united in their apparent disgust with him. It forged the notion that he was beginning to really feel that he was indeed pretty close to nothing, which was hard for a 375-pound man to be.
It angered him. He knew he was never going to be Ding-Dong Charisma PhD regardless of his Unit, but his old one was one of his few positives and as such had lent him a sort of comfort. He had decorated and jazzed it up quite nicely and had worked real hard all by himself.
He sighed himself back to the task at hand, and re-fixed his gaze back on the domicile across the street. Lamenting the facts wouldn't change them, so just concentrate on work, he thought; if he could lock this case it would be a big, big step in the right direction.
Deeana Ho was big time. Big money, big society. Big time. Getting the job done for her would definitely help everything, open doors. Ho was huge. Her late husband was the late, great Lorenzo Ho, who with his two brothers had started the HoHoHo Candy Cane Company. Twenty years later it was the 3Ho Confection and Manufacturing Concern, a multi-trillion dollar corporation.
Deeana had taken her husband's place on the board when he had died and had taken the corporation to new heights. Unfortunately, like all great families they had a black sheep in their flock. In this case it was their only son, Ricky. And he was why Ding-Dong was sitting in his crappy get/go in a crappy part of town secretly watching a crappy domicile.
A sleek, modern ultra-bike pulled up in front of the house. It was a stark contrast to the worn-down, long-forgotten neighborhood surrounding it. Ding-Dong sat up in his seat, watching as the lanky, well-dressed young man got off the expensive machine.
It was Ricky Ho. He sauntered up to the entrance of the domicile, keyed something into his lean, beautiful Unit, a moment passed, and then the door opened before him. He went inside.
Ding-Dong waited shortly before he got out of his get/go. He took long looks up and down the street. It was utterly deserted. He labored across to where Ricky's ultra-bike sat. Ding-Dong let out a low whistle. It was a thing of true beauty, from one of those low-orbital, high-end fabricators. Untouched by gravity, its curves were perfect. It probably cost as much as the entire street it was sitting on, thought Ding-Dong.
He took the nano-tracker from his pocket, powered it up, and checked its signal output on his Unit. Loud and clear. He slyly placed the tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny device into a discreet spot on the bike. Well, he thought, you'll be able to keep tabs on your little boy now, Missus Ho. Not that it'll matter.
Ding-Dong knew from his surveillance that the young man was pretty close to lost. Ricky Ho was addicted to cubes. He had been sticking his head into boxes full of weird lightning for a while. Putting them on heavy and steady. Heavy and steady enough for Ding-Dong to know the kid was microns from the edge.
The cubes: clear neo-plex boxes charged with the radiation from the mysterious energy spheres that had been discovered in deep space. One of the many queer properties of the spheres was that if one contained its radiation — dubbed weird lightning for its odd, purple discharge — in a simple neo-plex cube and put it over one's head, the energies inside powerfreaked the mind beyond any manner of narcotic.
Powerfreaked, but with strange side effects. Intense exposure to weird lightning-lineated thoughts. It took all the senses, perceptions, processes of the mind and broke them down, reduced them to a bizarre base: lines. The universe of the cubed became de-dimensioned; it became lines, everything was simply lines. Purely linear. It was weird.
And Ricky Ho was pretty freaking linear. His mom was using her money and influence to try and get him out and save him before the government Anti-Cube Divisions did. The penal-delineating centres did not discriminate, and regardless of rank or social standing or anything, once you were in, you were in. Until they let you out. So Missus Ho had hired Ding-Dong (for whatever reason) to bring her son home before the ACD picked him up, which was inevitable, seeing his state of cube abuse.
A cubed haunt like the one Ding-Dong was standing before was a heavy ACD magnet: very heavy, very magnetic. They never lasted very long, as the Anti-Cube Divisions were always on the case big time, and this worried Ding-Dong big time.
If the ACD pulled in Ricky, he would have failed in his case. Missus Ho would refuse payment, she'd blackball him, she'd ruin him, she'd get someone to kick his stomach in. What good was he if he let Ricky get taken in? That's why she hired him: to help get Ricky out of the cubes, not watch him get zapped by the fed-authority.
Ding-Dong tensed. He couldn't lose this gig; this case was his pump ticket. If Ricky went down, Ding-Dong wouldn't be that far behind. If he saved Ricky Ho, though, it could be excellent. He got excited at the word 'excellent'. It made him almost wish to burst in and grab Ricky, pick him up and throw him over his shoulder, take him home, be a hero. He took a step. And stopped. Was it fear? Common sense? Excellence? Something? He took another step. And stopped.
Two steps forward — nice start. What was he doing? Ding-Dong tapped the side of his skull. "What am I doing?" There was no reply. He shuddered, and put a hand into his pants pocket and fishing around, he pulled out the bright green cellophane package that held an OhSoGood taste treat. He tore open the snack and rammed it into his mouth; its flavoured core massaged his tongue, his throat, his gonads.
He glanced at the wrapper: curiously enough it was 3Ho product. A sign, he thought, the snack treat tells me to. He swallowed the remaining gob of chewy goodness, sending it to the dark, warm, churning pits of his stomach.
Slowly, as he stood stupidly, a vibration from deep within, beyond the folds of fat, muscle, bone, and organs, began to massage his psyche. It was subtle, profound, and it moved him. He stepped up to the door. There was no knob or handle, and it was much sturdier than it was meant to look. In fact the whole domicile was in better condition than was obvious at first glance. The whole structure had been cleverly disguised beneath intricately detailed dilapidating camouflage. Interesting, he thought.
He keyed his Unit and scanned for recent signals. Outside the food bands and carnival networks, which showed the usual large volumes, there wasn't much happening. He spread his scan, and a poorly scrambled transmission burst stuck way out on the outskirts of the trans-commway looked promising.
Ricky needs badly, Ding-Dong thought, he wouldn't even try to hide his doorbell. Ding-Dong copied it into his Unit, de-scrambled it, and put it into his doorknocker. Knockbeep-knockbeep. He waited. There was a loud series of clicks and the door opened.
No one was there. Ding-Dong cautiously poked his head through the door. It opened into a long, bare white hallway. A door sat in the wall at the end of the hall opposite the entrance and was the only other feature in the passage. He took a deep breath. P.I. big time, here I come, he told himself and entered the domicile.
Three strides in and he was rudely stopped short by an invisible barrier. A clear, plastic wall barred his way. He turned back to the door just as another clear wall came down, shutting him off from his exit. Two more walls came down, completing his cage. He was nervous.
"We don't know you," said the voice out of nowhere. Before Ding-Dong could reply, his clear, plastic cell fell through the floor.
He fell into darkness. Ding-Dong was scared. He hated the dark, the unknown, and everything about his current situation. He felt light as he fell for what seemed like a good distance before his weight returned and he was standing as still as his transparent prison. It was black. He stood scared and stupid. He was breathing heavily; he wanted to scream.
A tickle slid up and down his spine, and he shivered. He tried to move his feet. They wouldn't. His back seemed to flow upwards as his legs stretched down, as if through the floor. Ding-Dong swallowed hard and his throat went streaking down after his feet, his mouth chasing his shoulders upward.
A sizzling hum warmed the air around him as his ears and eyes reached out to catch the rest of his head. His hands went deep down his sides in search of his toes. The darkness disappeared as light ceased to matter. It was marvelous. His body now stretched before and beyond anything and everything.
His being, each and every part of it reduced to a single point, lined up side by side, back to front, his bad bits, his virtues, other things and pieces, mingled, stretched, some so close and others seemingly so far away that he wanted to scream in terror and cry for joy.
He shot through vast, endless fields that were universes, crossed other lines, other beings and where they touched he would share their points, and they his. This was deep, deep infinity. And it was his. And it was everyone's. In an instant and forever. Everything. Nothing.
He tried to shout out, proclaim the glory, the mystery as solved, but his voice only managed a quaint, "sleek." Ding-Dong the line shimmered up and down its entire length as it settled across the fabric of the cosmos. He had arrived.
They pried open the trap doors in the floor of the front hallway and peered down into the darkness. The large, uniformed man with the thick, gold stripes on his sleeves ordered in a winch. They hauled up the giant, man-sized cube from the sub-basement.
The big, fat man they found inside did not respond to standard sphere-radiation emergency recovery treatment and was taken to a government penal-hospital for observation, before he could be sent to a de-lineating facility. His prognosis was not good. The doctor that examined him at the hospital had never seen such an overdose of weird lightning, it bordered on poisoning. He doubted the fat man would ever come out of his linear psychosis. He was gone.
Ding-Dong stretched across the universe, all his bits and pieces in a long, thin symphony of everything that coursed over his infinite length. A most glorious smile like a burst of beautiful, electric fire coursed from his end to his end. He was. Oh, how he was.
Copyright © 2008 by Patrick D. Downing


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SZA goes to summer camp in new video for Broken Clocks
SZA has unveiled a new video for her latest single, Broken Clocks. The video shows SZA in a summer camp setting, performing the track as hazy shots shrouding youthful images and nostalgia. It is the latest single from her stunning 2017 album, CTRL. Take a look at the video below, and be sure
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NRW.BANK has a full bank licence. It has the legal status of a public law bank.
"Verständigung I & II" Agreements
The "Verständigung I" agreement reached between the EU Commission and the Federal Government on July 17, 2001 provides for the legal status of the public-law banks to remain unchanged. Under this agreement, the state guarantees - institutional liability and guarantor liability - were to be abolished after a transitional phase ending on July 18, 2005. The liabilities were then to be modified in a way which would make them similar to the relationship between a private shareholder and a private-law company.
In a subsequent agreement, the so-called "Verständigung II", dated March 1, 2002, the European Commission and the Federal Government defined special regulations for legally independent development banks engaging in the competition-neutral infrastructure and development business. Under this agreement, institutional liability and guarantor liability will continue to apply to this type of bank, which means that they continue to benefit from excellent funding conditions.
These advantages may be used exclusively for economic and structural development tasks. These tasks were defined in a law with effect from March 31, 2004.
To fulfil these formal requirements for qualification as a "Verständigung II Bank", the North Rhine-Westphalian Parliament adopted the "Act on the Reorganisation of Landesbank Nordrhein-Westfalen into the Development Bank of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia" ("Reorganisation Act") in March 2004 in a broad political consensus, giving NRW.BANK the official status of a development bank that will continue to benefit from institutional liability and guarantor liability.
Institutional liability (Anstaltslast) and guarantor liability (Gewährträgerhaftung)
Institutional liability is the obligation of the public-law guarantor to secure the financial basis of a bank, to keep it functional and cover any potential financial gaps. Insolvency is virtually impossible. Institutional liability is limited neither in terms of the amount nor in terms of time. It is regarded as a general principle of law.
Guarantor liability is a direct obligation, which is based on a law or ordinance, of a public-law institution (state, municipality, other corporation under public law) towards creditors of a public-law bank for all liabilities of that bank. It obliges the guarantor to step in in case of insolvency or liquidation of the bank. It is not a general principle of law and requires an express legal basis.
According to Section 4 (3) of the Reorganisation Act, NRW.BANK benefits from an explicit funding guarantee, on the basis of which issues by NRW.BANK have a solvency weighting of "zero". This means that banks who are creditors of NRW.BANK are no longer required to back their claims on NRW.BANK with liable capital. NRW.BANK will pass the resulting funding advantages on to the recipients of development funds in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Information on the Treatment of Conflicts of Interest in Connection with the Business Activities of the Municipal Financing Unit of NRW.BANK (Valid as of November 2007, Last Update in January 2018)
NRW.BANK is a credit institution in the legal form of an institution under public law and has its Head Office in Düsseldorf and Münster. NRW.BANK has been mandated by the government to support the federal state and its municipal corporations in meeting their public tasks, particularly in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy and carry out and administer promotional measures in line with the EU State aid rules. It acts in a competition-neutral manner and is governed by the principle of sustainability.
NRW.BANK holds a full banking licence and acts as a competition-neutral promotional bank. As a financial institution, NRW.BANK is subject to the banking supervisory regulations of the European Central Bank (ECB).
NRW.BANK aims to avoid conflicts of interest which may arise in the context of its mission. The Bank has taken a number of preventive measures to achieve this aim. The Managing Board of NRW.BANK is responsible for the implementation of the corporate governance regulations (company organisation, company policy, company strategy and compensation policy), which prevent conflicts of interest, and monitors them regularly.
Nevertheless it cannot be ruled out that conflicts of interest may arise in isolated cases. In such cases, NRW.BANK handles these conflicts professionally and strictly in line with the interests of its customers. NRW.BANK ensures that the disclosure of conflicts of interest to customers is made only when the organizational and administrative arrangements established to prevent or manage its conflicts of interest are insufficient.. Potential conflicts of interest that cannot be avoided in spite of comprehensive control measures will be disclosed to the affected customers before any contracts are concluded or any consulting services are provided by the Bank.
In accordance with the legal and supervisory regulations (German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) and Guideline on Markets for Financial Instruments in Europe (MiFID II), the Bank provides the following detailed information on the extensive measures it has taken to handle such conflicts of interest.
Conflicts of interest may arise between NRW.BANK, other companies of NRW.BANK, the management, the employees of NRW.BANK or other related parties of NRW.BANK and the customers of NRW.BANK or between the interests of NRW.BANK's customers.
NRW.BANK ensures that potential conflicts of interest are identified and managed in an appropriate and efficient manner. The aim is to prevent conflicts of interest from arising in the first place.
However, conflicts of interest cannot be ruled out entirely and may arise, in particular, in the provision of securities-related services
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- when obtaining information that is not publicly known;
- from personal relationships of the employees, the management or parties related to them to other companies or persons;
- from the work of these persons on supervisory or advisory boards of other companies or
- when procuring services of other companies of the NRW.BANK Group which pursue their own business policy interests.
As a securities service provider, NRW.BANK is obliged to check, as a minimum, the following conflict situations:
- Financial advantage: "if and to what extent the securities service provider or one of the persons listed may achieve a financial advantage or avoid (reduce) a financial loss at the expense of the customer";
- Conflicting interest: "if and to what extent the securities service provider or one of the persons listed could have an interest in the result of a service provided to the customer that is inconsistent with the customer's interest in this result";
- Incentives: "if and to what extent the securities service provider or one of the persons listed could have a financial or other incentive to place the interests of another customer or another group of customers above the interest of the customer";
- Competition: "if and to what extent the securities service provider or one of the persons listed could engage in the same business as the customer";
- Incentives from third parties: "if and to what extent the securities service provider or one of the persons listed could receive or could in future receive gifts or gratuities as defined in Section 70 (2) WpHG".
NRW.BANK expects its employees to act with integrity and diligence; to demonstrate legally compliant and professional behaviour; to adhere to market standards and, in particular, to act in accordance with the customers' best interest at all times. The employees of NRW.BANK are required to abide by certain standards and duties of conduct in accordance with the Bank's mission statement. Moreover, NRW.BANK has committed itself to transparent and responsible management: By adopting its own Public Corporate Governance Code, the Bank has voluntarily committed itself to good corporate governance.
The integrity and quality of NRW.BANK is evident, in its professional approach to potential conflicts of interest. As such, NRW.BANK has established an independent compliance function under the direct responsibility of the management. The compliance function is, among other things, responsible for regularly monitoring the avoidance, the identification and the management of conflicts of interest by the business units.
The non-exhaustive list below contains the key measures and methods implemented by NRW.BANK to avoid and resolve actual and potential conflicts of interest:
- Implementation of organisational processes and instructions to safeguard customer interest in the provision of investment advice in the context of municipal financial and interest rate management;
- existence of a procedure for the assessment of all relevant risks as well as definition of the target market for the approval of financial instruments and all major adjustments of existing financial instruments before the latter a marketed or sold to customers; regular review of the offered or distributed financial instruments, in particular with respect to their suitability for the defined target market;
- existence of clearly defined principles for the provision of investment advice in the context of municipal financial and interest rate management which ensure that services are provided at market terms and all customers are treated equally;
- provision of clear, comprehensive and transparent information by NRW.BANK in order to ensure proper and professional customer service;
- promotion of good corporate governance at the Bank by the Supervisory Board and the management of NRW.BANK;
- regulations governing the acceptance and granting of gifts and gratuities and their disclosure;
- establishment of information barriers to protect confidential information by way of a separation of responsibilities and/or by way of physical separation of individual business units;
- maintenance of an insider list and a watch list; these measures serve to monitor the flow of sensitive information (insider information) and to avoid the potential misuse of such information;
- regulations governing personal transactions of employees of NRW.BANK (employee transactions) and disclosure to the compliance function of transactions of employees who may be faced with conflicts of interest in the context of their business activity;
- regular comprehensive training of the employees of NRW.BANK.
NRW.BANK will disclose unavoidable conflicts of interest to the respective customer prior to providing advice or closing a transaction. In case of any such disclosure, sufficient details will be communicated to private customers, professional customers and eligible counterparties.
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Diwali 2018: Why Eat Adulterated Kaju Katli When You Can Make It At Home? (Recipe)
Diwali 2018 is going to be celebrated next week on Wednesday, October 7, 2018 and we all know what that means- a flood of sweets and savoury delights in the markets. Sweetmeat sellers and confectioners will soon start working overtime to meet…Read More »


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The 2017 Academy Awards take place in Hollywood next Sunday, so it's time for our annual predictions in every category. Who will win, who could win, who should win and who was snubbed for each award? Read our choices now…
Best Picture
Biggest Snub: I, Daniel Blake
Should Win: La La Land
Could Win: La La Land
Will Win: Moonlight
Did Win: Moonlight
This is our riskiest bet. La La Land, as beloved as it is, has received some unfortunate backlash from those who deem its portrayal of jazz culture 'culturally sanitised'. Moonlight, meanwhile, is a very resonant film for our troubled political times, and the Academy may determine it's more worthy of recognition in the top category.
Best Director
Biggest Snub: Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book)
Should Win: Damien Chazelle
Could Win: Barry Jenkins
Will Win: Damien Chazelle
Did Win: Damien Chazelle
Whatever happens with Best Picture, Chazelle is guaranteed this prize. La La Land is, simply, the best-directed film of the last few years.
Best Actor
Biggest Snub: Adam Driver (Paterson)
Should Win: Ryan Gosling
Could Win: Casey Affleck
Will Win: Denzel Washington
Did Win: Casey Affleck
This is a very tough call, but Washington has recently been winning where it matters: at the SAGs etc. Affleck's performance has more substance, but the opportunity to award Washington his third Oscar for an excellent drama that he also directed may be too much for Academy members to pass up.
Best Actress
Biggest Snub: Amy Adams (Arrival)
Should Win: Emma Stone
Could Win: Natalie Portman
Will Win: Emma Stone
Did Win: Emma Stone
Portman was initially the frontrunner, but Jackie– quite a cold film- has failed to win much love from voters. Stone is spectacular in La La Land, and will justly win.
Best Supporting Actor
Biggest Snub: Trevante Rhodes/André Holland/Ashton Sanders/Jharrel Jerome (Moonlight)
Should Win: Mahershala Ali
Could Win: Dev Patel
Will Win: Mahershala Ali
Did Win: Mahershala Ali
Moonlight is an extraordinary showcase of understated, heartbreaking male performances. This entire category could easily be filled with its actors. Ali, the 'chosen one', is the undeniable frontrunner.
Best Supporting Actress
Biggest Snub: Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake)
Should Win: Naomie Harris
Could Win: Michelle Williams
Will Win: Viola Davis
Did Win: Viola Davis
Whether or not Denzel succeeds in his category, Fences will undoubtedly be recognised with a win for Viola Davis, finally receiving her dues after an absurd snub for The Help in 2012.
Best Original Screenplay
Biggest Snub: Paterson
Should Win: La La Land
Could Win: La La Land
Will Win: Manchester by the Sea
Did Win: Manchester by the Sea
If Affleck is snubbed for Actor, this could become a token prize for Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Biggest Snub: Snowden
Should Win: Moonlight
Could Win: Hidden Figures
Will Win: Moonlight
Did Win: Moonlight
Without this category, Hidden Figures will go unrecognised on the night, and it hence has a reasonable chance at stealing Barry Jenkins' award.
Best Original Score
Biggest Snub: Arrival (deemed ineligible)
Should Win: La La Land
Could Win: N/A
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: La La Land
This is the single safest bet of the whole ceremony. None of the other (uniformly-excellent) four nominees can defeat the might of Justin Hurwitz's triumphant achievement.
Best Original Song
Biggest Snub: "I'm So Humble" (from Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping)
Should Win: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" (from La La Land)
Could Win: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream" (from La La Land)
Will Win: "City of Stars" (from La La Land)
Did Win: "City of Stars" (from La La Land)
In a nightmare scenario, "Audition" and "City of Stars" split the La La Land vote and something rubbish wins instead. These are not the best songs in La La Land, but they are certainly the most Oscar-friendly. John Legend will perform both on the night..
Biggest Snub: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Should Win: Moonlight/La La Land
Could Win: Moonlight
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: La La Land
Film Editing
Biggest Snubs: Snowden/Patriots Day
Should Win: Arrival
Could Win: Arrival
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: Hacksaw Ridge
Production Design
Biggest Snub: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Should Win: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Could Win: Arrival
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: La La Land
Costume Design
Biggest Snub: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Should Win: La La Land
Could Win: Jackie
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: Fantastic Beasts
Makeup and Hairstyling
Biggest Snub: Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
Should Win: Star Trek Beyond
Could Win: Suicide Squad
Will Win: Star Trek Beyond
Did Win: Suicide Squad
Sound Editing
Biggest Snub: Patriots Day
Should Win: Arrival
Could Win: La La Land
Will Win: Hacksaw Ridge
Did Win: Arrival
Sound Mixing
Biggest Snub: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Should Win: La La Land
Could Win: Hacksaw Ridge
Will Win: La La Land
Did Win: Hacksaw Ridge
Documentary Feature
Should Win: 13th
Will Win: 13th
Did Win: OJ Made in America
Foreign Language Film
Should Win: Toni Erdmann
Will Win: Toni Erdmann
Did Win: The Salesman
As for Documentary Short, Live-Action Short and Animated Short… you'll have to make up your own mind, as we haven't seen the nominated films.
So, those are our predictions for the 2017 Academy Awards. Agree or disagree? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to check back next week for full coverage of the ceremony itself, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday night.


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We gratefully accept supply donations for the on-going needs of our mediation, education, youth, and supervised visitation programs. Your donations lower administrative expenses so we can focus our limited budget on providing services to those most in need.
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Gift Cards to Fred Meyer, Office Depot, Target, etc.
Clorox disinfecting wipes
Toy disinfectant that's safe for babies, such as CleanSmart or Babyganics
Books: Hard cover baby books, Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, rhyming and counting books, children's books in Spanish
Board games: Sorry, Yahtzee
Youth Program Wish List
Reams of nice card stock
Scrapbook-type supplies
Note card sets
Packages of gel pens
Decorative paper kits
Journals in sets of 10
Colored poster board
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Flip-chart marker sets
Dry erase pen sets
Yellow legal pads (lined, 8.5 x 11)
USB drives
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Cash and Carry
Dakota Arts
The Community Food Co-op
Fred Meyer
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Well if you pay any attention at all to our publishing dates on this blog you will have noticed that we were quite dead for all of November. We had a successful Beta launch for TimeTap's free version, but it kept us bloggers quite busy on the testing front.
As my mother always said: if you let the horses graze, the cows get thin. So it goes with quality assurance testing and the neglected blog.
This month, however, we're back and better than ever with lots of great content geared up to help you stay on top of your to-dos throughout the hectic holiday season.
Today we are going to be talking about small changes you can make in your daily routine to make priority management more effective. One of the biggest problems with priorities is that they can constantly shift which can cause you to either feel like you're always off-balance or like you'll never get through it all. By following some of the small steps listed here, you'll start feeling like you're managing your priorities as oppose to your priorities managing you.
Step 1: Do as Sensei Robbins says, "Focus on Outcomes, not Activities"
When most people write down their priorities, they write down a to-do list. This can be helpful to just ease the burden of trying to keep it all in your head, but it really shouldn't be used as a guide for your day.
As the great Tony Robbins puts it, "don't let yourself fail every day." Essentially, that's what a daily to-do list does for you. Rarely do we get to the bottom of them. While there are endless benefits of time management, we can't benefit at all if we haven't really focused on what matters the most to us.
Thus, get used to asking yourself these questions about what your priorities are so that you can understand the purpose around your priorities to make your focus that much more intense:
What do I really want? Why do I want that?
What is the result I'm committed to achieving?
What activities give me the largest return toward achieving that result?
If I ask myself this question, for instance, I'd be having a much more honest conversation with myself than if I just went about my daily to-do list. What I really want is for TimeTap to get into the hands of the most people around the world as possible and for all of them to find value out of it. While I've been doing marketing work for the last several months, I must admit I don't know the specific result I'm committed to achieving. Is it 20 signups a week? 30 signups a week? Without knowing what it is I'm committed to, I could do marketing activities from here through the end of eternity but never know if I've actually achieved what I was looking to.
Before you sit and think about your individual activities to prioritize, focus first on your outcomes. If you know what you want and why you want it, you'll have greater focus which will fuel you toward your result.
Step 2: Have a set time (or times) each day when you check up on your priorities
Why is it that some of the most gifted people in the world are also some of the most disorganized? Those folks out there with those rocket-scientist IQs will often not remember where they've put their pen and spend hours looking for it only to find it tucked behind their ear.
It's small hang ups like these that cause many gifted people to have an over-inflated view about how much they can accomplish in a given day. Despite how disorganized a person may know him/herself to be, they will estimate how much work they'll finished based on the best of circumstances and not factor in how much time they'll lose just keeping up with themselves.
To protect yourself from yourself and some natural disorganization habits, checking in on your priorities once or twice a day at a set time is a great routine to get in without it becoming overly burdensome.
I recommend looking at your priorities in the morning before checking your email. I also recommend putting "check my email" on your priority list so that you can rank it against the other things you have to get done. You can then re-visit and check off your priorities throughout the day as you complete them, or you can just re-visit them again after lunch to assign yourself a task for the rest of the day.
I would then recommend taking a quick moment at the end of the day not to look at your priorities but to write down your priorities for the next day. This will be the list you visit the following morning.
(P.S. if you want to kno what your productivity style is, check out our Time Management assessment)
Step 3: Write it all down in one place, not in multiple notebooks
One thing that used to drive me insane was how many notebooks I would have going on at once. I would have fresh idea that I just had to jot down and instead of pulling out the notebook I'd already started (half-filled with other ideas I just had to write down), I would start an entirely fresh notebook.
At the moment of writing an idea down, this seems like a perfectly acceptable habit. "I've got to get this out of my head before I forget it! Screw finding that other notebook! Just hand me a new one!"
It's only after the fact that this turns out to have disastrous effects. After moving 3 times in one year, I could not tell you where all my notebooks full of things I want to get done (along with the step by step playbook of how I want them done) are.
I am in an effort to curb this habit, but a word of advice for anyone who has fell prey to the same line of thinking: you will pay the consequences. Get a notebook that is small enough to carry around with you but large enough to not lose and fill it up! Do not start a new one until that one is finished and date your entries.
As with anything, the more your focus on becoming a great priority manager, the better you will get at it. If you want to get through your priorities, your first step (as Mr. Robbins so aptly puts it) is to motivate yourself toward your priorities by understanding the reason you've put them on your plate. Next, make adjusting and revisiting your priorities part of your daily routine. Don't stick to your priorities relentlessly; be flexible and give yourself room to change. Finally, keep your focused, developing priorities in a central location. Don't be writing them down all willy-nilly in any old notebook you can get your hands on.
Do you have any great systems in place for keeping up with your priorities? Write to us in the comments below and let us know what they are!


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Autumn Statement 2015
Following this year's Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequor in Parliament we are pleased to attach our summary of the key points of the Statement for you.
This has been produced by our sister company Ezyco Limited and their accounts business Ezycoaccounts.com for their clients, many of whom are contractors working through us with their limited companies.
The Autumn Statement had content but in many professionals view no real surprises and has generally been considered a positive one. For contractors and the contract market the 'dispensation rules' on travel and substistence will change in April 2016 and we have yet to see what, if any, changes will be made to the infamous IR35 rules, we expect more on 9th December when the budget notes will be published.
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Matthiessen State Park
|Matthiessen State Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Cascade Falls at Matthiessen State Park
|Deer Park, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States
|Nearest city
|Oglesby, Illinois
|41°17′44″N 89°01′31″W / 41.29556°N 89.02528°WCoordinates: 41°17′44″N 89°01′31″W / 41.29556°N 89.02528°W[1]
|1,700 acres (6.9 km2)
|Governing body
|Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Matthiessen State Park is an Illinois state park located a few miles south of the more famous Starved Rock State Park. The main entrances to both parks are located on Illinois State Route 178.
The park is near Oglesby, in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. It is named for Frederick William Matthiessen, who had originally owned the 176 acres (71 ha) of property that is at the core of the current park.[2] Two mansions, several cottages, a garage, and a private fire station were built here by Matthiessen for his family. It was an estate that hosted a private park known as "Deer Park".[3] The park was donated to Illinois by Matthiessen's heirs, following his death in 1918, and was renamed in his honor in 1943. Since then, land was added, growing the park to 1,938 acres (784 ha).[2] The last building of the former estate was destroyed in 1981, although some of the concrete stairs leading into the canyon are of the original construction.[3]
The park is centered on a stream that flows from Matthiessen Lake to the Vermilion River. The stream has eroded partway through the sandstone layers, leaving interesting rock formations and drops. The Upper Dells begin at Matthiessen Lake with the Lake Falls, which drop into the canyon below, and continue downstream to the 45-foot-tall (14 m) Cascade Falls where the Lower Dells begin. The interesting coloration of many of the canyons is the result of minerals in the groundwater. Many mineral springs exist throughout the park, providing salt lick spots for the large deer population.[4]
Flora and fauna[edit]
The cool and damp canyons provide an ideal habitat for many species of mosses, liverworts, and ferns. On top of the bluffs that form the canyons can be found black oak, red cedar, and white oak trees, which thrive in the sandy soil. The park contains several species generally found farther north, such as the Canada yew and Canada mayflower.[3]
Frogs, toads, and salamanders live on the canyon floors, while bird species such as the cliff swallow nest in the eroded canyon walls.[5] As the former name of "Deer Park" might suggest, the area is home to a very large population of white-tail deer.
Today there are five miles of marked hiking trails, in addition to nine miles of mountain biking and equestrian trails.[6] However, the mountain biking and equestrian trails are not maintained and have growth up to 5 feet tall.[citation needed] Fortunate park visitors may see bald eagles at this park; it is situated close to the Plum Island Eagle Sanctuary.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Matthiessen State Park
- ^ a b "Matthiessen State Park". Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ a b c http://www.lib.niu.edu/2002/oi021011.html
- ^ http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r1/mttindex.htm#Geology Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r1/mttindex.htm#Flora Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/r1/mttindex.htm#Trails Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine


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The Chinese character 房 (fáng) stands for a house, an apartment, or a room.
Examples of terms that contain 房 (fáng) include 房子 (fáng zi), a house, low-rise building, or room or apartment; 房屋 (fáng wū), houses, dwellings, or buildings; 房間 (fáng jiān) or 房室 (fáng shì), a room; and 房產 (fáng chǎn), real estate, or the housing market.
房 (fáng) is used in various terms to describe different types of houses and rooms, such as 花房 (huā fáng), greenhouse or "flowers house"; 票房 (piào fáng), box office or "tickets room"; 葯房 (yào fáng), pharmacy or "medicines room"; 書房 (shū fáng), a study room, or "books room" or "writing room"; and 病房 (bìng fáng), hospital room or ward, or "illness room."
The breast is called 乳房 (rǔ fáng), literally "room of milk" or "house of milk," where 乳 (rǔ) stands for milk or breast.
A beehive, or honeycomb, is called 蜂房 (fēng fáng), literally "bee house," where 蜂 (fēng) stands for bees.
The phrase 蜂房蟻穴 (fēng fáng yǐ xué) uses a beehive and an ant nest (蟻穴, yǐ xué) as an analogy to describe "each having its own territory." 蟻 (yǐ) stands for ants while 穴 (xué) is a cave, hole, or an acupuncture point in traditional Chinese medicine.
文房四藝 (wén fáng sì yì) refers to the "Four Arts of the Study/Scholar." 四藝 (sì yì), the "four arts," are 琴 (qín), a seven-string Chinese zither; 棋 (qí), Go, a game of ancient Chinese origin; 書 (shū), calligraphy; and 畫 (huà), painting.
Ink, or the ink stick, along with the writing brush, ink slab or ink stone, and paper, are known as the "Four Treasures of the Study," or 文房四寶 (wén fang sì bǎo) in Chinese, where 文房 (wén fang) refers to the study room of a traditional Chinese scholar, and 四寶 (sì bǎo) refers to "four treasures."
These are the tools and materials deemed essential for the study and were often the themes of calligraphy, poetry, and paintings in ancient China.
房 (fang) is also a last name.房謀杜斷 (fáng móu dù duàn) refers to two famous chancellors who served Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: Fang Xuanling (房玄齡) and Du Ruhui (杜如晦).
Chancellor Du's keen judgment and decisiveness (斷, duàn) perfectly complemented chancellor Fang's excellent strategies and plans (謀, móu).
The two chancellors' harmonious cooperation and appreciation for each other's talents became a paradigm for teamwork and is the origin of this idiom.


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I'm looking for something that's pastel purple and black or pastel purple and white. After that, ya'll can go nuts. I sadly can't pay you, however I will send out news and credit you in the news so people can see.
Can someone please make one for me? I don't know coding sooooo.... Yeah, it's kinda hard to make my own template.


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As if trying to keep your eyes peeled for foul balls — and flying rabbits! — wasn't enough to worry about at live sporting events, now we have to worry about drunk, rolling Yankees fans, too? But I only have two eyes!
[Paul] Robinson, 53, was in the top tier at [Yankee] Stadium with his wife, Kathy, and 13-year-old son, John, during the Yankees' 12-0 blowout against the Los Angeles Angels last Sunday when the mystery fan's fall snapped Robinson's head forward so hard it broke the vertebrae below the skull.
Robinson underwent 2-1/2 hours of surgery and is currently recovering at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
Robinson and his family don't know why the man in blue jeans fell, but they think he may have been drinking.
Man Has His Neck Broken By Falling Fan, Docs Say He's Lucky To Be Alive [NY Daily News]


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Pink treats for a boutique event
These were ordered by Basically Bows and More for a boutique event as give aways. Chocolate dipped pretzels with pink sprinkles and pink bows - so sweet.
Have you visited the Basically Bows and More website? or checked out their shop in Scottsdale?
I found this adorable bow for Halloween:
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What is a head injury?
A head injury is an injury to the head, that is the skull, including the facial area. It does not necessarily include an injury to the brain.
What is a brain injury?
A brain injury is an injury to the brain, either by way of a penetrating injury to the brain, of an object, perhaps a knife entering the brain, or a closed injury, where the brain suffers injury as a consequence of the head being struck or shaken, most notably seen when a passenger or driver is thrown within a vehicle, or where a pedestrian is thrown following impact with a car.
What is brain injury rehabilitation?
Brain injury rehabilitation is the delivery of healthcare services designed to improve, maintain, restore and compensate physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and psychological recovery. Brain injury rehabilitation is frequently provided by multidisciplinary teams of health professionals, along with family members, friends and colleagues, who may work on a interdisciplinary basis.
What are the range of emotions that a brain injury survivor experiences during their recovery?
Brain injury survivors face a range of symptoms and in respect of psychological reaction and adjustment to the injury, the survivor is likely to go through varies stage of recovery, starting with shock, and moving through stages of anger, denial, apathy/depression, acknowledgement, reflection and, finally, acceptance. The timing of such moods and symptoms and their duration will vary in each case but it is likely the survivor will require support during the process.
What is cognition?
Cognitive impairments are the ability, or rather inability, to process data, retain and recall information, loss of initiation, planning and organisational skills.
Why choose IBB solicitors?
IBB have a dedicated team of brain injury specialists, independently recognised by a number of organisations, including headway, the brain injury charity, and the Law Society personal injury accreditation scheme. Malcolm Underhill, partner, is lauded as an accredited brain injury specialist by the Association of personal injury lawyers. Malcolm Underhill and Simon Pimlott have both completed an academic period of learning, studying brain injury and its consequences with Headway (the brain injury charity), in partnership with Northampton University.
Many solicitors will offer to act on a "no-win, no fee" agreement, but still take up to 25% of some parts of the brain injury compensation. However, at IBB claims, when we act for someone who spent at least 21 continuous days in hospital following an incident leading to a brain injury, we do not take any of the compensation. At IBB Claims we believe that those who suffer a serious brain injury should be able to keep 100% of their compensation with no deductions. For that reason, we do not expect you to pay our legal fees from your compensation.
How long will my case take?
Every brain injury is different and the consequences unique to the survivor of the injury. Therefore, there is not a specific timescale to settling the claim. The time to settle the claim is either when the individual has completely recovered from their brain injury or, more likely, when the recovery has reached a plateau.
At that point, when the health professionals indicate recovery has reached its maximum, it is possible to determine the survivors requirements for the future. Once it is known what the brain injury survivors' needs are for the future, the value of the brain injury compensation claim can be calculated.
An important aspect of settling a serious brain injury case is to ensure that the correct amount of compensation is recovered, so there are sufficient funds to meet the brain injury survivors needs for the rest of their life.
Can I bring it brain injury compensation claim on behalf of a member of my family?
Yes. It is often the case that in the first few weeks or months following a brain injury, the individual is not well enough to meet a solicitor. It is therefore quite frequently the case that a family member makes enquiries on their behalf, to pursue a brain injury compensation claim. A claim can be made by a family member. We frequently act on behalf family members, where the brain injury patient is unable to take instruct a solicitor.
Are you prepared to visit me in hospital?
Yes. We frequently visit brain injury survivors and their families in hospital, during the day, evenings and at weekends. We will meet you at a time most convenient to you and your family.
Will you keep in regular contact with us? How will this be done?
We will keep in regular contact, advising on the progress of the case and identify milestones. We will set out what we have to do to win the case and keep you informed throughout. We will have meetings, speak at the telephone, write, whether by email or letter. We will also have regular meetings.
Do you have links with your local headway groups?
We are actively involved with Headway. We have raised money for local Headway.
Do you have experience working with brain injury professionals?
Yes. We work with brain injury case managers, neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuropsychologists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, and others. We actively work with rehabilitation experts. We also, when necessary, instruct specialist barristers who are similarly skilled in acting for those who have suffered a brain injury.
Would you be happy for us to take up a reference in relation to your ability to handle my brain injury compensation claim?
Yes. Let us know if you would like a reference and we will provide details of a client for you to contact, as well as a brain injury case manager and barrister.
How much compensation will I get?
There is no set tariff for brain injuries.
Each case is calculated by reference to the consequences of the brain injury and the needs of the injured individual. Full account is taken of individual circumstances. Serious brain injuries often result in the survivor recovering £1 million and in many cases multi million pounds, to reflect their lifelong needs.
Is there a time limit for bringing a claim?
The general rule is that a brain injury compensation claim should be brought within three years of the injury having occurred. However, it is sensible to bring the claim as soon as possible, after injury, obtain interim payments of compensation, to meet the survivors ongoing needs, including loss of earnings arising out of their inability to work due to the brain injury.
Although the general rule of law is that brain injury compensation claims should be brought within three years of the injury, the clock does not run against children until they reach their 18th birthday. Therefore, they have until they reach age 21 to bring a brain injury compensation claim. Although they have much longer to bring a claim it is strongly recommended that they too bring a claim as soon as possible, through their parents, to achieve the best possible outcome of the compensation claim.
It is important to bring a claim as soon as possible as delay may reduce the prospects of success. This can come about when witnesses can no longer be traced. Even if all witnesses can be traced, the recollection of events are likely to fade over time. Therefore, promptly making a claim can improve the prospects of success and also the recovery of interim payments of compensation to help with the recovery.
If I bring a compensation claim, will I have to go to court?
The vast majority of brain injury compensation claims, well over 98%, settle without having to ask a court to decide on the level of compensation to which the survivor is entitled. This is because brain injury compensation claims are frequently negotiated to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
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Monday, May 21, 2018
Mulch Madness
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That hell strip looks good!ReplyDelete
I personally don't like store-bought mulch and I don't buy it. I try to place plants close to each other not to leave a space for weeds. I use my own compost and sometimes, grass clippings to cover bare soil. Our summers are not so hot as yours (we used to live in Lee's Summit, MO), so it works.
Happy gardening to you!
Yes, mulch is a good thing! I try to do what Tatyana does, too, but in areas where I need to walk, or I'm counting on plants to spread over time, etc., I do use mulch. My favorite mulch is marsh hay from a local farm. It's free of weed seeds and it knits together and doesn't fly off in the wind. It also decomposes over time and adds nutrients to the soil. I also like cedar mulch. Your hellstrip is looking great!ReplyDelete
Over the last several years I've gravitated to free, pine straw for mulch. In my southeast Texas area, the pine straw is readily available, usually sitting on the curb, neatly bagged and ready to be hauled-off by the garbage men. I hate to see it go to waste, so I "curb shop" with my pickup, and put the straw to work in my flower beds and garden. Yep - Im cheap, but it works for me :) I like your idea of using the aborist muclh. I'll have to give it a shot. Thanks for sharing the info, and best of luck with your spring gardening.ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by. I would love to have some pine needles for mulch, not many pines around here.ReplyDelete
Thanks for leaving any comments, they are always welcomed. Sorry I had to add word verification as spam was becoming a huge problem. Greggo,