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Much-loved cows to get a fitting send-off
As Brookfield prepares for the sale of its Friesian dairy herd, David Archer plans to mark the event by giving a public lecture on its history.
'Writing up the details for the auction catalogue gave me the idea,' he said. 'When you think about all the love and care we've put into those old girls – first Dan with Doris, then Phil with my mum, and now me with Ruth. Of course, Ruth is better than they are because she can actually do farming. So call me an old softy but I think these ladies are worth celebrating. And a bit of family colour might bring in a few more quid for the cows, too.'
As Ambridge Village Hall has not yet reopened, Mr Archer has booked the telephone box on the Green for his talk.
'Elliotts' to be the next big Ambridge brand?
While still tight-lipped about his business plans, Justin Elliott has indicated that he's readying a bold initiative to float the Elliotts on the Ambridge social market.
'Aldridges, Bellamys, Archers – they're all good strong brands locally,' he said. 'But I'm convinced there's a gap in the market for Elliotts. I admit that backing route B, trying to buy Brookfield and bribing the Parish Council over the Village Hall was perhaps a little pushy.
'So I'm now planning a charm offensive: getting old Brian back on the board of Borchester Land, buying into Adam's tedious vision of sustainable farming, even renting the Dower House – as I believe Mrs Lilian Bellamy is always open to a mutually satisfying arrangement.
'You mark my words: Elliott stock will soon be defying market forecasts and will be riding high in Ambridge. Fill your boots!'
Sampling the good life at Bridge Farm
The Ambridge Observer team were treated to a sneak preview of Bridge Farm's delicious special offers this week. (It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!!) We loved:
• Bridge Farm black pudding in Darjeeling, Lapsong Souchong and PG Tips flavour (featuring Grandma Grundy's secret ingredient)
• Black pudding Scotch eggs (just like in fancy London)
• Enchiladas and burritos (with 10% discount on ingredients at the shop)
• Tom Archer country pork and spicy sausages (reduced for a quick sale)
• Emma Grundy's vegan croutes, stuffed vegetables and mushroom roulade
• Organic chocolate amaretti biscuits: a snip at £6.95 (you are joking? Ed)
'We've got even more exciting plans coming up, with heart-shaped chocolates and pastries for Valentine's Day,' said Fallon Rogers. 'And we're working on a special Lent menu for people who've given things up – like sugar-free cakes, for example. That was Kirsty Miller's idea; she's a really brilliant new addition to our team.' 'Yeah, well, she's not all that,' said Ms Rogers' partner Emma Grundy. 'And I still think heart-shaped toast is a good idea.'
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As a concerned father-to-be, I'd just like to alert readers – any chaps out there in particular – who might not be aware of just how carefully you have to look after the little lady in your life when she's expecting. Here are a few pointers I've picked up along the way:
• black pudding is a no-no, especially if it means your wife has fun with her family while developing the recipe.
• there's no need to splash out on expensive maternity tops with low necklines. Send them back, I say; she should realise you're not made of money, now that you've spent nearly all of Peggy's cash on yourself.
• ladies can get sensitive about their weight at this special time. Just try saying 'Look at the size of you!' and see how quickly they step away from the breadbin!
• the last thing you need is interference from family and friends. Your wife is carrying your baby, not theirs. Much better to limit contact with outsiders as much as you can. You can't afford to take any chances with your little prince!
Yours truly,
Rob Titchener, Blossom Hill Cottage.
A wizard wheeze on wheels
Local artisans Joe and Eddie Grundy (are you sure? Ed) are to patent a design for a new product they claim is a 'ground-breaker' in the hospitality and heritage markets.
'When Lynda Snell asked us to make her a shepherd's hut, I thought she was a-mockin' the heritage of the working man,' said Joe Grundy. 'But when we saw the prices they can fetch we knew we was onto a winner.'
'And then when we was converting Oliver and Caroline's shed into our new Cider Club premises, the idea struck me like a falling ladder!' said Eddie Grundy.
'Our Cider Club Tour Bus looks like a traditional shepherd's hut on the outside, but inside it's kitted out with everything for the cider connoisseur: barrels, tankards and a compost loo.
'And 'cos it's on wheels, you can trundle it wherever you want – if cider drinkers can't come to the Cider Club, the Cider Club can go to them!'
Mr Grundy says the family's new venture will be completely sustainable. 'We'll be sourcing materials from some of the finest tips in the area,' he said. 'And of course each bus will come supplied with our own cider – at very reasonable rates – starting with the latest pressing of Cidre Nouveau.'
Prices start at £10,000 for a basic model and Mr Grundy is anticipating strong demand. 'As long as there's people out there with more money than sense, there'll be a market for this product,' he said.


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2013 AFCON squad: Ins and Outs
Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah has announced his provisional 26-man squad which will be pruned down to 23-man in search of glory in the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa.
Olympique Marseille hot-shot Jordan Ayew is out but Amidaus Professionals midfielder Yahaya Mohammed is picked in attack.
The former OG Nice midfieleder made a surprise entry into the Black Stars provisional 26-man squad while debutant Awal Mohammed has also been named.
Bristol City winger Albert Adomah will have the chance to make his AFCON debut after missing out of the 2012 finals squad.
While versatile Espanyol winger Wakaso Mubarak has also been called.
Kotoko defender Rashid Sumaila and striker Emmanuel Clottey have been recalled.
Regulars Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew, Christian Atsu, Derek Boateng and Asamoah Gyan have all held down their places in the team.
Ghanasoccernet.com presents an analysis of the significant names that made the list and those that were chopped off by Kwesi Appiah.
Awal Mohammed, who plays for South African Premier Soccer League side Maritzburg United is yet to be capped by the West Africans.
The former Asante Kotoko center-half, 24, was due to make his Ghana bow last month in the international friendly against Cape Verde in Portugal but failed to secure a visa.
Though his inclusion in squad owns much credence to his commanding shows in the PSL, the uncertainty over France-based duo John Boye and Jonathan Mensah is also a deciding factor.
Mensah and Boye, who were both in Goran Stevanovic's team eleven months ago, have suffered various degrees of injuries and could miss January's tournament.
Rashid Sumaila's inclusion is also on similar basis.
Sumaila who is on loan at Ghanaian champions Asante Kotoko is one of the six central defenders named in the provisional squad.
His experience with the Ghana U20 and U23 as well as the local Black Stars can help him stage a fight for a place in the final 23-man squad his chances appear slimmer.
Jerry Akaminko
The Turkey-based defender is likely to be on the plane to South Africa on January 17 considering his form for Eski?ehirspor in the Turkish Super League.
The former Heart of Lions man scored on his debut for the Black Stars and has impressed coach Kwesi Appiah since his debut call.
Richard Kissi Boateng
After weighing options at left-back, Kwesi Appiah settled on the former Liberty Professionals man who advertised his qualities in the Caf Champions League.
Kissi and Wakaso Mubarak are the only natural left-footed wing-halves in the list and are both likely to be confirmed in the final squad.
Albert Admoah
He got close to making it to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea but narrowly missed out of Goran Stevanovic's squad.
The English-born must translate his swashbuckling form for struggling Bristol City in order to compete for a place in the final squad.
Yahaya Mohammed
Obviously the surprise package of the squad.
The 24-year-old who has experience abroad after a stint with French Ligue 1 side OG Nice, has scored 8 goals in ten games in the Ghanaian top flight for debutants Amidaus Professionals from a makeshift attacking role.
His fate could however be determined by Kwesi Appiah's choice for either three or four strikers.
Jordan Ayew
There is a huge public outcry over the Mareille marksman's exclusion from the squad.
His axing has been attributed to footballing reasons by coach Kwesi Appiah despite his devastating form in the Ligue 1.
Jo won the Marseille player of the month of November and has been the steamroller for the former European champs.
There is clearly more to his exclusion than footballing reason.
Sulley Muntari
The 28-year-old returned to AC Milan after spending close to six months in the treatment room with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Though he made his AFCON intentions clear, Kwesi Appiah decided to overlook him purely for fitness concerns.
Samuel Inkoom
Samuel Inkoom is yet to play a league game for FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League this season.
He was given a glimmer of hope when he was handed a call-up for the friendly against Cape Verde.
His wife's tweets describing Ghana Football Association officials and Ghana coach as 'pot belly assholes' sums up the frustrations around him.
Abdul Majeed Waris
Though Waris has failed to glitter in all his three outings for the Black Stars, there was some little hope to hang on.
Waris bagged 25 goals all season for Hacken and won the best player of the Swedish Allsvenskan award.
Yahaya Mohammed's preference to the new Spartak Moscow signing is a matter of choice.
David Addy
Addy's exclusion is also one of a surprise.
The 22-year-old has been consistent for Vitória de Guimarães in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, featuring in almost every game this season.
The 2009 Fifa U20 World Cup gold medalist was hoping to gatecrash Kwesi Appiah's squad make his AFCON debut.
But he will have to wait for the next edition.
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GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:December 13, 2012 11:04 pmJORDAN SHLDNT BE DISCOURAGED. IF I WERE HIM, I WILL PLAY FOR THE SATTELITES OR METOERS WHILES DOING MY DUE FOR MARSEILLE. THIS OMISSION WILL ONLY MAKE JORDAN HUNGRIER IM NOT AGAINST KISSI BOATENG HERE, BUT WE ALL KNOW HE WASNT AT HIS BEST DURING THE CHAMPS LEAGUE. LOOK AT THE GOALS BEREKUM CHELSEA CONCEIVED? ZAMALEK WERE GOING BY K BOATENG LIKE WATER, THEREFORE HOW DID HE GET SELECTED? WAKASSO IS A LFTWINGER, NOT A LEFTFULL BACK. AA SHOULD STOP PLAYING PPL OUT OF THE POSITION. WILL BRASIL PLAY MAICON AS A LEFTFULLBACK? I THINK NOT...CALL ADD/NANA ASARE TO HELP KISSI BOATENG PLAY THE 3. MOVE WAKASSO TO THE LEFTWING WITH ATSU. ADOMAH WONT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS AFCON. HIS CLUB IS BATTLIN RELEGATION AND HIS PLAYING STYLE IS TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR AFCON. ASANTE IS NOT A GOOD WINGER, BUT A MEDIOCRE ONE. WAT DID ASANTE DO IN THE CHAMPS LEAGUE WITH BEREKUM CHELSEA? HOW MANY GOALS N ASSISTS DID HE GET IN THE CHAMPS LEAGUE? AA SHOULD HAVE CALLED ABEYIE N MPONG FOR THE RIGHT WING. YAHYA IS A GOOD ADDITION. AA MUST DROP PAINSTIL N DEREK BOATENG. ABREWA DROSS PLAYERS.... AA MUST DROP FATAU DAUDA N REPLACE HIM WITH WARRIS. FATAU WILL BE A LIABILITY AT THE TOURNEY. HE WONT PLAY A GAME. THEREFORE, ITS USELESS TO TAKE HIM THERE IF WE CANT USE HIM.
yaw2 says:December 13, 2012 10:32 pmMuntari is not fully fit,he will be available in world cup qualify.Wakaso will play Muntari position.
Jaja says:December 13, 2012 10:22 pmMuntari played with AC Milan against Reggina today damnit! He received a standing ovation from the AC Milan supporters. Why leave him out?
GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:December 14, 2012 07:24 amUNION LEADER, U ARE A PRIMITVE INDIVIDUAL. ITS TIME TO MOVE OUT OF THE BUSH, U MONKEY. THIS IS WAT I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD DO..... According to FIFA, goalies won't be allowed to play in the field in any circumstance during the World Cup. THIS IS WAT FIFA states about goalies being named to the roster.... 3. Each association will then be required to provide FIFA with a ?nal list of no more than 23 players (three of whom shall be goalkeepers). This ?nal list is limited to the players on the release list. The association must send this ?nal list to FIFA prior to the kick-off of the opening match in accordance with the deadline stipulated in the relevant FIFA circular. (page 35) PRIOR TO THE 2010 WORLD CUP, North Korea submitted it's 23-man roster, it named forward Kim Myong Won as one if its goalies. But FIFA announced tHAT nORTH Korea (and me too for that matter) was too clever for its own good, saying since Myong Won was named as a goalie he could not play in the field. According to FIFA, goalies won't be allowed to play in the field in any circumstance during the World Cup. Squads used to be 22 men. I am fairly certain there was no positional requirement of the squads, but traditionally 2 Goalkeepers were selected for the team. The problem was that in very rare circumstances both keepers might be unable to play (injury or red card). Although rare, it is pretty much a disaster when this happens. So fifa changed the tournament rules to allow a 23rd man on the squad, but Only for an emergency third goal-keeper. Otherwise teams would have still probably only picked two GoalKeepers to keep other options open. So with the addition of the 23rd man who HAD to be the third goalkeeper, it now put special conditions on the people who were named goalkeepers. If they hadn't required this 3rd goal keeper designation they would have simply left the squad at 22. So when someone names a 3rd goalkeeper with the intention of playing them elsewhere they are circumventing the whole point of being allowed a 23rd player. If this was allowed Fifa would simply go back to the 22 man squad. SO WAT HAPPENED TO CHOICE?
yaw2 says:December 13, 2012 10:21 pmGhana can win AFCON2013 with one goal project..AA job on the line..Is one goal project.
Kpogas Kintampo says:December 14, 2012 06:57 amWhere Emmanuel Frimpong, why?
Union Leader says:December 14, 2012 05:28 am[email protected] FUO,THINK BIG; 3 Goaltenders are require for such tournaments like the AFCON. Its a requirement,get that into your thick schull,and stop making a fool of yourself by asking the Gaffer to Drop Fatau.
kimco says:December 14, 2012 10:21 amnyc read gh fuo, problem is i didn't see how u tackled his statement, but maybe it's jux me, so could u pls help ur bush brother to understand how it relates to the dude's statement. Educative post, very nyc.
nana says:December 14, 2012 10:25 amyeah wakaso is basically the new muntari, a carbon copy he really is good same attributes as muntari just less experience hope it don't count against us, but I trust wakaso.
Papa Nkrumah says:December 14, 2012 11:53 amI remember we played a match in Nigeria where we lost the two (2) goal-keepers we took for a qualifier. at the end, we were forced to use Emmanuel Osei Kuffour as our goalkeeper because there was no actual goal-keeper. so, if we can use lose our 2 keepers in one match, maybe it is better, safer and wiser to take at least three for an entire tournament


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MT and Bea – a portrait
Bea is one of our good friends from back where we used to live 1.5 years ago, she is also one of MT's godparents. We don't see her as often as we wish, but this weekend we spend a few days together. And, off course, I had to take a few photos of her and MT together. The favorite got scrapped:
Credits: elements from shine on and unscripted no.3 by TaylorMade; papers and elements from bloom+grow by Ali Edwards, Amy Wolf and Meredith Fenwich; papers and element from de*lovely by Paislee Press and The Queen of Quirk; template by me
Journal: This weekend our good friend Bea came to stay with us. It was so nice to catch up, celebrate birthdays, drink coffee and just hang out together. I shot a few photos of Bea and MT, this one is my favorite. I love MT's half smile and the way Bea looks at him. So much humor and love there!
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This innovative cruiser is all new with a performance orientated hull drawn by noted designer and racer, Glenn Henderson, Hunter?s Chief Designer. Following on the heals of the tremendously successful Hunter 356, the new 44 will share the same sailing attributes. Like the 356, the new 44 carries the beam well aft, but the additional beam does not hinder performance or sea keeping ability, it actually enhances it. Wide windows and ports offer a real panorama and the creative layout allows for two full staterooms with two full heads with separate stall showers. Continuing to innovate and go more upscale, this Hunter will offer special amenities such as flat-screen television and Bose? Audio systems as standard. Galley appliances are stainless steel and surrounded by genuine Corian? countertops. Innerspring mattresses are standard in both spacious staterooms and there is even a special desk/office area in the master. The New Hunter 44 will be debuting at the Fall Boat Shows and will be available in September. CE Certified boats are available for purchase in the United States, upon special order and for increased cost. As stated in our owners? manuals, all CE Certified boats will carry a special CE plate, which will be attached to the boat. Boats that are destined for Europe or countries that require CE Certification will have this plate. Boats intended to be sold in the U. S. and most other areas will not carry the plate even though many aspects of the boat comply with the requirements. All hulls and decks are constructed to the same specifications whether they are to be CE Certified or not. The difference is in add-on accessories and different voltage appliances specified for certain countries.
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You go on a long drive and because of the strong blowing wind and dust; you end up with tangled hair. After getting back home, you try to detangle your hair using comb, however you yelp in pain as detangling pulls your hair and hurts badly. It is natural for the hair to get tangled but what is important is to detangle them without breaking them. Detangling the hair can be quite a pain and tedious too. That is when hair detanglers come to your rescue. However, have you ever wondered how does this stuff work?
What are hair detanglers?
Before knowing what are hair detanglers and how do they work, let us first know what exactly is this stuff?
As the name goes, hair detanglers help in detangling your hair in a non-painful manner which otherwise could have been quite painful. It is a type of hair conditioner that smoothens your hair and prevents a static feel to the hair that can further tangle your hair.
Hair detanglers have ingredients that help in smoothing your hair and make it soft to help them stay tangle-free till the next wash.
Find out what is hidden inside these hair detanglers?
Before getting into how this hair detanglers work, let us first find out what are these stuff made of. Hair detanglers are made of ingredients like silicone in the form of polymer which helps in adding gloss to your hair by binding your hair shaft to the surface.
Hair detangler also has an acidifier that brings down the pH level of the silicone polymer and strengthens the hydrogen bonds between the keratin molecules in the hair and helps in tightening the hair strand.
Hair detanglers also contain hydrolyzed protein that helps in repairing damaged hair and Cationic surfactants that help in smoothing the surface of the hair. Also, it has essential oils that help in making your hair soft and make them less vulnerable to tangles.
If you do not have hair detanglers, you can prepare your own at home by diluting regular hair conditioner with water and sprinkling it on your hair.
Hair detanglers are nothing but work of chemistry between different ingredients. Wrong chemicals can definitely affect the quality and interfere with the texture of your hair. Hence it is always better to go for known and reputed hair detanglers as at the end of the day, we do wish to have long, beautiful and well-maintained hair.
Common Chemicals in Hair Detanglers
If you check the ingredients list of a hair detangler, you'll likely see one or more of these ingredients:
Silicone (e.g., dimethicone or cyclomethicone) – polymer that adds gloss to hair by binding to its surface.
Acidifier – chemical that lowers the pH of the detangler, strengthening the hydrogen bonds between keratin molecules in hair, smoothing and tightening each strand.
Hydrolyzed Protein – helps to repair damaged keratin, smoothing the broken edges so strands of hair don't catch on each other as much.
Cationic Surfactants – Bind to the negatively-charged keratin, becoming the new smoother surface of the hair.
Oil – Oils fill in the pores of dry or damaged hair, making it softer, more pliable, and less likely to tangle.
Homemade Hair Detangler
If you don't have detangler on hand, you can mix up some yourself. There are several options:
Dilute regular hair conditioner. Spritz a mixture of 2 tablespoons conditioner in 16 ounces of water onto damp hair.
Fill a spray bottle with the following herbal hair detangler mixture:
8 ounces distilled water
1 teaspoon aloe vera gel
10-15 drops grapefruit seed extract
1-2 drops glycerin
1-2 drops essential oil (e.g., lavender, jojoba, chamomile)
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Hi, My sweet little Elizabeth has been acting kind of stressed lately….yes she has had fun with her friend and yes she is adjusting to summer…it has been good. But she has a lot of feelings in her that she needed to let go of. I shared about our ill, very loved family member. I am so happy to say that she had a very good session with Miss Jill today for her Cranio-Sacral Therapy.
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NXS Chassis Wins 2017 Stars Winternational at Bubba Raceway Park. 2017 Deerfield Fall Classis and the 2017 Mercer Raceway Little Guys Nationals
You can now order online at our other web site. We have added hundreds of parts and lowered approx. 30% of the prices. Please visit us at Proracecars.com for even more parts and online shopping 24/7. Its fast and Easy. Save the proracecar.com web site in your favorites and visit back soon as we will be adding for even more parts.
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We are currently adding a lot of new parts to the website. If you do not see what you are looking for please just ask.
We will be realeasing new products like this clutch rod mechanism that replaces the stock sprocket cover. This clutch mechanism has been designed to fit 2001-2005 GSXR 600 and 750. It also will fit 2001-2008 GSXR 1000 motors. More high quality billet aluminum after market parts for dwarf and modlite race cars over the next several months will be released as they are designed and tested. Please keep an eye out for some great quality and new racing products you will not find any place else.
We also have in stock the basic Modlite and dwarf car parts for Eliminator, Lightning, Leader, Pro and other brands. But only the common items such as spindles, rod ends radius rods, aluminum hubs, front end parts. Shocks, springs, Steering parts, Winters QC rearends and parts and much more for all dwarf car and modlite race cars.
GSXR & newer ZX10 driveshaft adapters now from NXS only $50. This NXS Motorsports site will be made for ease of navigation. We also will have many years of GSXR engine parts and GSXR 1000, 750 and 600 motors. Aftermarket GSXR engine parts. Parts for front ends. Suspension parts such as shocks and springs. Electrical system parts and Quick change rearend parts. We will carry fuel system parts such as fuel cells, stock GSXR 1000 and GSXR 750 fuel pumps. We will have our own NXS fuel pump install kits. Fuel pumps, fuel lines, hoses and fittings. Brake calipers, pads, AN fittings.
Steering parts. Headers and mufflers. Control arm for both upper and lower connections. Rod Ends, guages, oil and cooling system parts, as well as air cleaners, spark plugs, oil filters, our own NXS cut down oil pans. GSXR 1000, 750, and 600 wire harness cut down and in stock. You will be able to send your harness to us and get it back in just days. We have been doing shortened harness for 8 years and guarantee our work, and return time. Spindles, drive shafts, fuel cells, gears, front suspension parts, and most any Mod Lite or Dwarf car part you might need.
We have a new all aluminum billet sprocket cover that will fit all GSXR Motors. To include 01-08 gsxr 1000, all 01-05 gsxr 750s and all 01-05 gsxr 600 motors. Once you have this cover you will never need any other sprocket cover. It will interchange with all gsxr motors listed and will allow for the clutch rod and smooth shifting. It works exactly like it was on the stock motorcycle. Very smooth and priced right. Now in stock.
We plan on being very competitve with our prices and hope to gain just a small share of the growing Modlite and dwarf car motorsport. You can email us your photos. We will try to answer most any question you might have about the gsxr 1000, 750 or 600 motors. CLICK MOTOR PHOTO FOR MORE INFO...
Hopefully some of our knowledge of the GSXR motors will help you down the road to save a few dollars on do-it-yourself repairs. We are very proud to bring you any, and all, parts for Pro Chassis. Eliminator chassis, Champ chassis, Lightning chassis, Leader and other chassis parts will be in stock. However our majority of parts will be for Pro Chassis...
Toyota 8 and 10 bolt rearends, housings, short and long axles for both 8 and 10 bolt Toyota rears. Bearings and seals for those axles as well. Winters Quick change rearends, gears and brackets can also be purchased from us.


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Worldwide Guide to Women
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(Female suffrage 1881 for landowning women, 1913 limited female suffrage and in 1919 universal suffrage) The Isle of Man was part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until 1266 when it was ceded to Scotland. Came under the British Crown in 1765 as a self-governing Crown Dependency. In 1990 a system with a Cabinet of Ministers was introduced. Before that the government was exercised trough the committees of the House of Keys
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Pro golfer partnering with Colony Creek
Sept. 11, 2013 at 4:11 a.m.
David Lundstron was one of seven professional golfers to play in the Bluebonnet Youth Ranch Charity Golf Tournament in 1981 and is the fourth oldest pro to ever make the cut at a PGA tour event.
And now he's representing the Club at Colony Creek at the Southworth Senior PGA Professional National Championship just outside of Washington, D.C.
"I'm going to help promote the club," Lundstrom said as he gestured to his touring golf bag with The Club at Colony Creek's logo on it. "I'm going to do some outings and I may even do some teaching here. I'll also be wearing shirts and hats with the club's logo. Just, basically, be associated with the club."
Lundstrom began playing professionally in 1976 on the PGA tour and became fully exempt for the Champions Tour in 1997 where he played until a back injury in 2001 stalled his career. He's a three-time winner of the Southern Texas PGA Championship (under 50 division) and won the 2004 Texas State Senior Open.
In 2008, Lundstrom became the fourth oldest professional in the history of the PGA tour to make the cut at a tournament when he played in the Valero Texas State Open at La Cantera in San Antonio.
"I've had a lot of success. I made a little money," Lundstrom said. "Now, I want to use that knowledge and experience to do some teaching."


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Erica Mena posted a couple of photos on Instagram that have people seriously wondering if she's pregnant with Rich Dollaz's baby. The model-turned-singer first posted a heartfelt photo of her and Rich kissing, and then a photo of a pregnant mother with the caption, "LIFE! How exciting!"
While Erica didn't literally come out and say "I'm pregnant," she did tell quite a few of her commenters "Thank you" for sending their blessings. However, Erica previously played into rumors that she and Rich were engaged, so only time will tell if this rumor is real or not.
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Arne Duncan, who shook up K-12 to college education policy as President Obama's secretary of education, announced his resignation Friday. President Obama thanked Duncan, saying he had "done more to bring our educational system, sometimes kicking and screaming, into the 21st century than anybody else."
Sec. Duncan rejected the soft bigotry of low expectations for minority and poor kids. He championed a renewed and relevant Department of Education, insistent that the words embedded in our federal and state constitutions actually mattered, and our actions needed to align with our educational practices. Hence, outcomes and consequences were real. He became the pivotal point guard in President Obama's fight for education as a civil right, underscoring "the urgency of now" in words and actions. With President Obama, he shone a bright light on what leaving no child behind actually looked like.
As a California state senator, I witnessed firsthand the courage of Duncan's leadership as he launched "Race to the Top," the Obama administration's historic education agenda, designed to challenge complacent, status quo interests. While Congress dithered and failed to renew the bipartisan No Child Left Behind law, which cast a powerful spotlight on closing race-based achievement gaps in our education system and enabling transformations and complete shutdowns of failing schools, RTTT demanded that states demonstrate competency in educating students. Secretary Duncan used the carrot and the stick in achieving major reforms, such as by linking student outcomes to teacher accountability and raising the bar for evaluations of teachers.
The 2010 RTTT program provided me a unique opportunity to write the most powerful parent empowerment law in this nation – the Parent Empowerment Act, popularly known as the Parent Trigger law.
Recently, almost 67 percent of parents at Anaheim's Palm Lane Elementary utilized the law and won, enabling them to transform the chronically failing school. Teachers unions and district trustees continue to fight the parents in court, wasting taxpayer dollars and kids' educational lives.
Duncan proved himself to be a relentless champion for breaking the chokehold of status quo interests, which readily relegate too many poor and minority kids to the back of the educational bus. His courage to take on traditional Democratic Party donors, including the powerful national and state teachers unions, meant that Duncan continuously drew fire for prioritizing kids over the adults. In 2010's first round of RTTT applications, teachers unions boycotted California's application due to angst over raised teaching expectations, ensuring denial of funding for California's students.
Over the years, the National Education Association called for Duncan's resignation. Their anger over Duncan's and reformers' demands for accountability infuriated unions, which had historically cynically treated school funding as a public works program, rather than an education program. Duncan didn't relent, finding it indefensible to support an education status quo more interested in money than merit. He articulated that adults in the education system should be held accountable for making sure kids learn, and that spending alone would never simply improve educational outcomes.
Today, nearly every state has embraced higher standards and removed restrictive charter school caps. High school graduation rates are higher, and dropout rates lower.
From East Los Angeles, which I represented in the state Senate, to Anaheim, where parents are fighting entrenched status quo interests, I join kids and their parents across America in thanking Secretary Duncan for the passion and drive he brought to not only standing up for education as the key to the American Dream, but daring to deliver on its promise. Millions of American children now have access to that golden key.
Staff opinion columnist Gloria Romero is an education reformer and former Democratic state senator from Los Angeles.


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Sorry, I'm late getting this week's menu up! We've spent the weekend preparing for Christmas and spending time with a dear friend visiting.
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|Carrot Soup, Chef Salad, Vegan GF Banana Muffins
|Mon 12/10
|Porridge, Eggs
|Almond Butter Sandwiches, Apples
|Chili, Raw Veggies, Cornbread
|Tue 12/11
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|Lentils, Brown Rice, Apples
|Tacos, Salad
|Wed 12/12
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|Salmon Salad, Oranges
|Veggie Curry, Brown Rice, Apple Pie
|Thu 12/13
|Huevos Rancheros, Smoothies, Toast
|Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Apples
|Minestrone Soup, Bread
|Fri 12/14
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|Sat 12/15
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Game 8 preview: Underrated Thrashers set to face ''Desperate'' Habs
Is ''desperation'' the right word to describe how the Montreal Canadiens need to play tonight, as they face the impressive 4-1 Atlanta Thrashers tonight at the Bell Centre?
It seems to be, at least for Mike Cammalleri. The should-be first-line sniper used the nasty word above to describe how his team needs to think heading into tonight's tilt in a post-practice interview yesterday. Maybe he was just trying to impress the Montreal media with his ability to use big words, also dropping the following while taking questions: "consummate", "feasible", "conducive", "urgency", and "competitiveness", among others. We get that you're smart, Mike, but you do know that more than half the people you're talking to don't speak English, right?
In all seriousness, Cammalleri expressed that while the team should remain calm and collected going into tonight's tilt, you can't help but feel that sense of urgency creeping up on you.
"Panic won't help us win. But a little urgency, a bit of desperation, is necessary for us. It's brewing. I think there's enough people here with enough competitiveness and character that (the skid) is not sitting very well with them."
And he's right, to a certain extent. No one likes to lose 5 games in a row, and in this league, losing 5 games in a row could be the proverbial nail in the coffin for a lot of teams' playoff hopes. Granted, as it has been said so many times, there are still 75 games to go and a lot of months left on the season, but having lose these past 5 games isn't going to make the Canadiens' playoff hopes any easier to accomplish.
But it's certainly too early for the word "desperation" to be tossed around. And it certainly isn't as necessary as Cammalleri makes it out to be. The Canadiens certainly need to win, but they don't need to be desperate. Ever seen a desperate guy at a bar? Is he the one usually going home with the hot chick? Or is it the guy with confidence, the guy who is cool, calm, and collected? You don't pick up girls by acting nervous about striking out and being totally desperate. By the same token, you don't win hockey games with desperation and fear of losing six in a row.
Hopefully, as I said, it's just Cammalleri trying to impress the media with his big words...
Marc-André Bergeron makes his debut tonight against the Thrashers, with Shawn Belle having been sent down. He will most likely play along side Paul Mara and get as much powerplay time as the team can give him.
Interestingly enough, Jaroslav Halak makes his second start of the season tonight after allowing 4 goals in his debut two weeks ago against the Calgary Flames. Carey Price hasn't been as bad as some fans in this city would have liked him to be, but Halak can't lose his game legs either.
The forward lines remain intact, with Gregory Stewart sitting in the press box once again.
I already went into detail about what has been good and bad with this team so far yesterday, but the first line needs to step it up tonight. Brian Gionta needs to score in a bad way, and Scott Gomez needs to start amassing some assists. Tomas Plekanec, as good as he has been playing, shouldn't be leading this team in points.
That's right. They're 4 and 1 in five games, having scored 20 goals and given up 13.
35% of their goals come from controversial Russian superstar Ilya Kovalchuk. with 7 goals and 8 points in 5 games, he'll be hot on Alex Ovechkin's tail all year for the league's Maurice Richard scoring title. Definitely the player to watch tonight.
And while Kovalchuk has been showered in rumors of his moving to the KHL for a record breaking contract at the end of the year (or even according to some, possibly during the year), he's still there for now, and he has a chance to help the Thrashers make the playoffs for the second time in his career and dethrown Alex Ovechkin as the league's premiere goal scorer. He's won scoring titles before, if you ask me, he can do it again.
Kovalchuk can have his pick of any team in the world on July 1st, 2010. If he leaves Atlanta, it will be a crushing blow to an organization that no one really cares about to begin with. The Thrashers could not survive in Atlanta without Kovalchuk. But for now, he's there, and he's playing really well and helping his team succeed. While his shooting percentage is out of this world (43.75%), none of his goals are game winners.
And while Kovalchuk is the face of this franchise, this team isn't a one trick pony. Rich Perverley has 4 goals and 7 points with a +3 rating. Bryan Little, normally a goal scorer, and Tobias Enstrom, are racking up assists with 5 a piece (no goals), while Pavel Kubina and Nik Antropov have 4 each with no goals. Rookie Evander Kane has been playing well, while only being held to 3 points on the season. Maxim Afinogenov also has 3 points, but hasn't been as solid defensively, as he holds a -4 rating. Todd White is struggling after his career year last year, with only 1 goal in 5 games and a -4 rating.
In the goaltending department, youngster Ondrej Pavelec is 3-1 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.76GAA. Johan Hedberg made his debut over the weekend with a victory in which he made 40 saves.
Granted some of these players are going to have to pick it up, and the Thrashers might be relying a little too heavily on Kovalchuk, they're still playing good hockey. Still, you have to think they're due for a loss.
Can the Canadiens finally come out of their slide tonight and take the Thrashers for 2 points? Or will it be the Ilya Kovalchuk show?
Tune in tonight to TSN or RDS for the answer!
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Cat toys stimulate different types of behavior in felines. Choose at least one toy to fulfill each of these desired, feline-inclined activities: carrying, wrestling, rolling and cuddling.read more
Name: Heidi
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Owner: Melanie
Hometown: Pelion, SC
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When we got Heidi the recsue place told us that she needed to be bottle feed (that was fine with me done this plenty of time before) it just took us a little longer to wean her. That's why she's so spoiled today.
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It's not sharing if it involves buying and selling, no matter what price level. It's more unregulated trading, which is a trait more akin to what is generally called an underground economy (usually the type of only economic system available to the most disadvantaged in a population or country. In this case, it is about the most efficient use of limited resources. If I have a car that works in a deprived environment where people have trouble getting from place to place, except through walking for hours, then, it makes sense for me to use my care to transport people: I make a little money, and they get more efficient transportation.
The only difference is that the current trend often involves Silicon Valley companies providing apps (and making money) and offering the services not to the disadvantaged in a resource-deprived environment. And so, because the media (apps) come from a privileged corner of the economy, it's automatically defined as hip and cool, and disruptive, and revolutionary. If you read French, you can check out this fawning review of Instacart in Le Monde.
No wonder one finds Obama insiders involved with it.
But of course, the "sharing" economy is well in line with the current labor trends and despite PR work to present it as the ultimate sociability, unencumbered by regulations and laws and all that awful government stuff. Seriously, this is how proponents talk about it:
"So it was that Natalie Foster, the former Obama campaign organizer directing the San Francisco assemblage, enthused that the sharing economy was really one big exercise in community-building. Whenever we crash in a stranger's guestroom or rent out their car, we aren't taking advantage of a cheap, convenient service. We're recreating the virtues of small-town America. "We are rejecting the idea that stuff makes us happier," Foster said, "that ownership is better than access, that we should all live in isolation."
The insistence that the sharing economy has tapped into a deep yearning for social interaction is both the most idealistic and least questioned assumption among its boosters. "People are both hungrier for human contact and more tolerant of easy-come-easy-go fluid relationships," David Brooks wrote in a recent mash note to Airbnb. In a Wired story this spring, John Zimmer, the co-founder of the Uber competitor Lyft, invoked a stint on the Oglala Sioux reservation to summarize his feelings. "Their sense of community, of connection to each other and to their land, made me feel more happy and alive than I've ever felt," he said. "We now have the opportunity to use technology to help us get there.""
Right, nice whitewashing there. Ignore the forced relocation, the starvation, the deprivation, and all that nasty, racially-based stuff and enjoy the exotic revisionism. But it boils down to a very tired trope: that government interference destroys human sociability. The fact that venture capitalist are flocking to the startups should be an indicator of same old same old.
Thankfully, Dean Baker tells it straight:
"The "sharing economy" – typified by companies like Airbnb or Uber, both of which now have market capitalizations in the billions – is the latest fashion craze among business writers. But in their exuberance over the next big thing, many boosters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on evading regulations and breaking the law."
How so?
"Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of tax revenue (since governments have long recognized that a modest hotel tax is not likely to discourage most visitors nor provoke the ire of constituents). But many of Airbnb's customers are not paying the taxes required under the law.
Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and nuisance for hosts' neighbors. Hotels are regularly inspected to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don't pose other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections – and their neighbors in condo, co-ops or apartment buildings may think they have the right not to be living next door to a hotel (which is one reason that cities have zoning restrictions).
Insofar as Airbnb is allowing people to evade taxes and regulations, the company is not a net plus to the economy and society – it is simply facilitating a bunch of rip-offs."
So, it's more a parasitic economy.
And Dean Baker does not even get into the labor issues related to this, but Natasha Singer does, in the New York Times:
"In the promising parlance of the sharing economy, whose sites and apps connect people seeking services with sellers of those services, Ms. Guidry is a microentrepreneur. That is, an independent contractor who earns money by providing her skills, time or property to consumers in search of a lift, a room to sleep in, a dry-cleaning pickup, a chef, an organizer of closets."
In other words, these companies create, and take advantage of, a fully precarized workforce, with no stable income, no benefits, no protections whatsoever, and no labor regulation.
"In a climate of continuing high unemployment, however, people like Ms. Guidry are less microentrepreneurs than microearners. They often work seven-day weeks, trying to assemble a living wage from a series of one-off gigs. They have little recourse when the services for which they are on call change their business models or pay rates. To reduce the risks, many workers toggle among multiple services.
"Having a diverse portfolio is the best protection," says Sara Horowitz, the founder and executive director of Freelancers Union, an advocacy organization. "People are doing this in the midst of wage stagnation and income inequality, and they have to do these things to survive.""
And that is pretty much the bottom line of it: the economy stinks, stable jobs are hard to come by, insecurity is prevalent and people are desperate:
"A huge precondition for the sharing economy has been a depressed labor market, in which lots of people are trying to fill holes in their income by monetizing their stuff and their labor in creative ways. In many cases, people join the sharing economy because they've recently lost a full-time job and are piecing together income from several part-time gigs to replace it. In a few cases, it's because the pricing structure of the sharing economy made their old jobs less profitable. (Like full-time taxi drivers who have switched to Lyft or Uber.) In almost every case, what compels people to open up their homes and cars to complete strangers is money, not trust.
Add to this the fact that 3.7 million Americans are long-term unemployed (meaning they haven't had a job in the last six months), and the rise of the sharing economy makes total sense. When wages fall and full-time jobs are hard to get, workers seek out flexible part-time gigs to sustain themselves while they look for something better."
But it does not work:
"As Sarah Kessler discovered in her Fast Company investigation, it's hard to make it in the sharing economy. Many of the people renting out their labor and goods through these services will end up making a fraction of what they did at their full-time jobs, and having none of the benefits."
So, there is no glorious march toward voluntary microentrepreneurship, or a great wave of communitarian and trust revival, simply people who are a lot more financially insecure than before (both on the buyer or seller side).
This is what it looks like from a worker's perspective:
"To try to insulate herself from the uncertainty, Ms. Guidry makes herself available to drive most weekdays in the predawn darkness. At that time, she figures, ride seekers are likely to be business travelers headed to the airport, a profitable fare.
Around 4:30 a.m., Ms. Guidry ushered me upstairs to her home office, careful not to wake her family sleeping down the hall. She pulled up TaskRabbit on her laptop to check if any new offers had come in. She scrolled through Craigslist, where she occasionally picks up work as a private chef. Nothing doing.
She glanced at the sofa bed by her desk, musing aloud whether she could rent it out on Airbnb. "The thing is, I have kids," she said, gesturing to a child-size desk on the other side of the room where her son Aden, who is 5, does his schoolwork. So much for the couch-rental idea.
Resigned, Ms. Guidry activated her Uber iPhone, a device that the company issues to its drivers. On her personal Samsung Galaxy phone, she activated the driver modes for her Lyft and Sidecar apps.
Moments later, the Uber phone pinged with a ride request. She accepted immediately. But, ever in risk-mitigation mode, she waited two minutes before leaving, lest the rider change his mind.
"There's nothing worse than driving all the way over to some place and then having them cancel," she explained, heading down to the driveway.
A little over an hour later, Ms. Guidry returned home, having completed an airport drop-off. She had made $28, not accounting for the cost of gas. She would do a second airport run, then come back to wake her family and make breakfast."
Can you feel the entrepreneurial freedom? Rather, this is what the precarized look like. Time for everybody to brush up on Guy Standing's The Precariat. He laid it all out years ago (I wrote about it then, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
One of the arguments proposed in favor of the "sharing" economy is that either sharing companies can offer services for cheap (but that's the Walmart model, and that's not very attractive), or because the current model is bad. Taxicabs are often offered as an example. However, this article shows that the deterioration of taxicab model started with privatization and risk shift:
"t has experienced similar upheaval before. "Forty years ago, drivers went from laborers to independent contractors," Desai explained. In the seventies, corporations lowered costs by hiring contract labor and leasing medallioned cabs to drivers. As contractors, drivers lost basic labor protections, like health insurance and paid vacations. Ed Rogoff, a professor at Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business (and a former New York City cab driver), told me, "The independent-contractor taxi model is like sharecropping. Previously, cabbies and garage owners split proceeds fifty-fifty, with drivers keeping tips. The new system totally changed the structure of the industry by shifting all of the risk to the drivers." The erosion of labor's strength, Desai argues, explains the industry's vulnerability to companies like Uber."
But the bottom line is that these sharing companies behave like any other large corporations, attracting venture capital, and hiring political insiders, as I mentioned above. Profit, power, and political access are essential ingredients. But again, that is done on the back of labor. Take Uber, for instance:
"To keep spreading quickly, Uber needs to aggressively recruit new drivers, which could be difficult if price cuts also meant cuts to driver pay. Fiddling with prices has led to driver unrest, and the company's assurances that drivers can make more than $90,000 per year in New York have been met with skepticism. On Twitter,Kalanick argued that lower prices meant drivers could make more, because increased demand would lead to more rides booked per hour.
The uncertainty that comes with attempting to regulate Uber out of existence can't be too comforting to investors, though it also didn't deter more than $1.2 billion in funding so far. Some of that money is going toward hiring high-powered lobbyiststo push back. But more powerful political leverage comes in the form of popularity. "The more they sort of popularize themselves, the stronger their argument becomes" against crackdowns, New York University Stern School of Business professor Arun Sundararajan told Businessweek."
But is it yet another high-tech bubble? The labor trends are real and there is no reason to assume they will change anytime soon. This is bad time for labor, organized or not. On the other hand:
"Friday's Uber valuation should mark a nadir in tech insanity: not only has the last sane person in the Valley left and switched out the lights, but someone probably paid him at least a billion dollars to do it.
Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have collectively decided that a much-impersonated piece of taxi-despatch software – you might know it as Uber – is worth $18bn.
In reality, almost no-one will even blink at the number, because this sort of fantasy is created (and marketed) every day. So long as there are greater fools down the line – prepared to buy into the hype and load up on tech stocks – the train will carry on: founders cash in on the venture capitalists, who in turn get rich off the backs of our pension funds and 401ks, who load up on these stocks after buying into the West Coast hype.
Here's how that theory works: sure, companies like Uber aren't making much money now. But they're growing fast and changing the world – so, after they have reach, suddenly it'll be possibly to turn one's investment into huge, world-changing profits.
But when you buy a tech stock at a huge multiple – and Uber's revenues have been (generously) estimated at around $200m a year, which makes $18bn a borderline-insane 90x valuation – you're making a bet that its profits down the line will be vastly larger than they are today. In fact, you're betting that they will be almost unimaginably larger.
There is absolutely no reason to believe this is true."
Why does it matter?
"It's easy to think that this mad exuberance is victimless idiocy. It's not. In any society, in any economy, there's only so much investment cash to go around. The cash that's getting thrown at overinflated companies in sunny California isn't doing anything in the rest of the economy."
Which gets us back to Dean Baker:
"If these services are still viable when operating on a level playing field they will be providing real value to the economy. As it stands, they are hugely rewarding a small number of people for finding a creative way to cheat the system."
That is why they hire political lobbyists, so they don't have to face a playing field, but to re-engineer a playing field that is vastly favorable to them.
Also, isn't it amazing that every new innovation is always really good for the same people, and really bad (but good, because disruption!!) for the same people (labor)?
For a really, really good critical analysis of this with cartoons! Go read this.