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Australia will go to the polls late next year, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revealed amid speculation changes to the tax system may pressure him into calling an early, pre-Budget election.
"Well, we'll be going to an election next year… I would say around September, October next year is when you should expect the next election to be," Mr Turnbull said.
The government had not yet decided on any particular tax reform, such as increasing the GST, he said.
"Any changes to the tax system have to be ones that ensure that there's no disadvantage to the most vulnerable Australians," Mr Turnbull told reporters today.
"It's premature to say that the government has landed on one particular change or the other."
"We are having a look at the tax system, we're talking to state governments."
Earlier, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen demanded Mr Turnbull come clean on his GST plans after Treasurer Scott Morrison flagged "pretty significant" tax changes.
Mr Morrison today praised Nationals backbencher David Gillespie for asking the Parliamentary Budget Office to cost a New Zealand-style model that broadens the GST to more goods and services.
"This is a good contribution," Mr Morrison said, but stressed that it wasn't government or Nationals policy.
However, he would not specifically back a proposal to increase the GST to 15 percent.
Mr Morrison stated that all options were being considered during a "discovery phase" with states and territories.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has backed the potential GST hike, on the conditions of an increase in the overall tax take and compensation for low-income earners.
"Nobody wants to say it out loud because it's unpopular to say it," Mr Weatherill said.
On Wednesday, Mr Turnbull told Adelaide radio station FIVEAA that GST hikes remain on the table, and insisted that states and territories should also find efficiencies in spending.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten also said he believed the government has an "undeclared plan" to put a GST on everything and increase the rate.
"I think Malcolm Turnbull and the Liberal Party need to focus on the unfairness in our tax system rather than slugging millions of people with new and extra taxes," he told reporters on Wednesday.
Any GST increase would have to be approved by states and territories.
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I give Nathan for You Season 4 4.2 out of 5 Really Good Grades: http://newscult.com/nathan-for-you-season-4-review-not-every-episode-is-the-height-of-ambition-but-those-that-are-are-unforgettable/
Nathan for You Season 4 Review
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Jeffrey Malone's 50 Favorite TV Shows of All Time
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You can learn a lot about people from their favorite television programs. TV viewing involves spending a lot of time with fictional characters and more or less forming relationships with them. Who we choose to spend our time with says a lot about our own personalities. With that in mind, here are the current standings for my 50 favorite shows of all time.
Best Episode of the Season: Nathan for You Season 2
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"Souvenir Shop/E.L.A.I.F.F."
"Dumb Starbucks" got the headlines, but there was another Nathan for You Season 2 episode that spun out in epic proportions, as Nathan's efforts to improve a Hollywood souvenir shop's profits led to the production of a short film that involved celebrity impersonators, an asteroid hurtling toward Earth, and the ever-unreliable Windows 95.

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Discussion in 'Miami Beach, Florida Bachelor Party Forum' started by john_x1, Jun 26, 2016.
Is miami beach good for having parties? I would like to join a DJ party there.
having a little difficulty understanding what you are asking, anyhow if you are looking for a pool party with a DJ, you need to check out the SLS. I would also recommend getting either a table or day bed. It is def going to run a few hundred benjamins per guy but it will be worth it. Be prepared for the champagne showers.


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In time for the 15th anniversary of Universal Studios Japan, beau gave me this really cute box of surprise!! I'm a huge fan of anything cute and childlike and this made me reminisce my childhood hihi.
Once opened, I was heralded with a funny take on a "springbox" with the 4 characters featured: Snoopy, Minions, Elmo, and of course Hello Kitty! Inside is a hodgepodge of pastries in the aforementioned characters' patterns!
This year's theme: Reborn -- aims to rejuvenate each of our lives as we go on with the monotonous way of living in this age. This was a hopeful take of Universal Studios Japan to re-energize the body with the spirit of becoming "Re-boooorn!".
I came across a lot of videos in the www about the parade and party happening now in USJ and I tell you, they gave me goosebumps and happiness just like a child who happened to be in an amusement park! Totally transcending the vibe of USJ! Amazing! I really like the song for their anniversary theme as well. It was full of hope and energy that you just want to bring out the best in you for real! These pastries really are fluffy, too!
From Japan, Land of Matcha, Matcha Snacks from Lotte Chococo!! I've tried various matcha-flavored treats here in the Philippines and this one coming from Japan made me so giddy to finally try it. Lotte Choco-coated matcha cookies!! Can I just say/scream that again? lol. They're so rich in flavor and really addicting too! I'm hoping that this get to be in-stores here ASAP! haha.
Bourbon Elise White Cream Wafers! Each pack contains 2 wafers. This reminds me of the usual wafers that can be bought in Philippines, but still screams of childhood, like Stick-O! I have to try the rest of the flavors of this brand soon. I want moooore!
Tea and Coffee with Love from my beau! I'm an ultimate caffeine lover; well we both do, and I know most of us do too! It's a bestfriend in business as usual haha!
I'm glad to receive these (pasalubong) happy treats from beau who happened to travel Japan this year. *okaeri* There's so much to be discovered in Japan; hoping to visit it when the right time comes!


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1 Answers to Practice Problems 6.1, p This is a synthesis reaction (between a metal and a non-metal). The balanced chemical equation is: 2Li + Cl 2 2LiCl. 2. This is a synthesis reaction (between a metal and a non-metal). The balanced chemical equation is: 2Ca + O 2 2CaO. 3. This is a synthesis reaction (between two non-metals). The balanced chemical equation is: C(s) + O 2 (g) CO 2 (g). Answers to Practice Problems 6.2, p This is a decomposition reaction (for an ionic compound). The balanced chemical equation is: 8MgS 8Mg + S This is a decomposition reaction (for an ionic compound). The balanced chemical equation is: 2NaI 2Na + I 2. Note that iodine is diatomic; many students miss this fact. See Table 6.2, student book page This is a decomposition reaction (for an ionic compound). The balanced chemical equation is: 2NaCl(s) 2Na(s) + Cl 2 (g). Note that chlorine is diatomic; many students miss this fact. See Table 6.2, student book page 225.
2 !"#$ Key Concept Review 1. Two types of chemical reactions discussed in this section are synthesis reactions and decomposition reactions. 2. The products of a neutralization reaction are a salt (a compound consisting of a positive metal ion or polyatomic ion and a non-metal ion or polyatomic ion) and water. 3. (a) synthesis chemical reaction: A + B AB (b) decomposition chemical reaction: AB A + B (c) neutralization reaction: HB +XOH XB + H 2 O %"%$ Connect Your Understanding 4. (a) decomposition (b) decomposition (c) synthesis (d) synthesis (e) decomposition (f) decomposition 5. (a) This is a synthesis reaction because the reactants are both elements and the product is a compound. (b) Iron(II) is in the compound FeO. (c) The form of iron involved in the chemical reaction is iron(ii) because the ion charge of the single oxygen atom in the compound FeO is 2. Since the each molecule of this compound contains only a single atom of iron, it must be the iron(ii) form. 6. (a) word equation: potassium chlorate potassium chloride + oxygen (b) skeleton equation: KClO 3 (s) KCl(s) + O 2 (g) (c) balanced chemical equation: 2KClO 3 (s) 2KCl(s) + 3O 2 (g) 7. The decomposition reaction for water is 2H 2 O(l) 2H 2 (g) + O 2 (g). 8. word equation: zinc + nitrogen zinc nitride skeleton equation: Zn(s) + N 2 (g) Zn 3 N 2 (s) balanced chemical equation: 3Zn(s) + N 2 (g) Zn 3 N 2 (s) 9. word equation: magnesium + chlorine magnesium chloride skeleton equation: Mg(s) + Cl 2( g) MgCl 2 (s) balanced chemical equation: Mg(s) + Cl 2 (g) MgCl 2 (s) 10. It is important to know about the chemical reaction for rusting because it is common to use metals out of doors, where they are exposed to oxygen gas in the air. Examples are automobile frames and bodies, bicycles, railings, statues, and the steel used for supporting roadways and buildings.
3 Answers to Practice Problems 6.3, p This is a single displacement reaction in which one metal displaces the metal in an ionic compound. Balanced equation: Mg + Zn(NO 3 ) 2 Mg(NO 3 ) 2 + Zn 2. This is a single displacement reaction in which one metal displaces the metal in an ionic compound. Balanced equation: Fe(s) + 2AgNO 3 (aq) Fe(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + 2Ag(s) Answers to Practice Problems 6.4, p This is a single displacement reaction in which one non-metal displaces the non-metal in an ionic compound. Balanced equation: 3F 2 + 2AlBr 3 3Br 2 + 2AlF 3 2. This is a single displacement reaction in which one non-metal displaces the non-metal in an ionic compound. Balanced equation: Cl 2 + 2AgBr Br 2 + 2AgCl 3. This is a single displacement reaction where one non-metal displaces the non-metal in an ionic compound. Balanced equation: 3Cl 2 (g) + 2NiBr 3 (aq) 2NiCl 3 (aq) + 3Br 2 (l) Answers to Practice Problems 6.5, p This is a double displacement reaction. Balanced equation: AlCl 3 (aq) + 3NaOH (aq) Al(OH) 3 (s) + 3NaCl(aq) 2. This is a double displacement reaction. Balanced equation: CuNO 3 (aq) + KBr(aq) CuBr(s) + KNO 3 (aq)
4 10. This is a single displacement reaction: Cl 2 (aq) + 2KBr(aq) 2KCl(aq) + Br 2 (aq). 11. (a) When the log burns, carbon dioxide gas and water vapour are produced. (b) No, the law of conservation of mass still holds, but the log burned in an open system. The mass of the gases produced account for the difference in mass between the log and the ashes. 12. (a) Mg + Zn(NO 3 ) 2 Zn + Mg(NO 3 ) 2 (b) F 2 + CaBr 2 Br 2 + CaF 2 (c) Li + KClO 3 K + LiClO 3 Reflection 13. Student answers will vary, but they might include the surprising colour changes they observed in Quick Lab B22, the formation of copper on the nail in Design a Lab Activity B25 Iron and Copper(II) Chloride, or the beautiful silver and copper crystals they observed in Inquiry Activity B26 Single Displacement Reactions. Students might suggest that they are surprised that there are only six different types of chemical reactions.
5 !" Key Concept Review 1. The opposite of a decomposition chemical reaction is a synthesis chemical reaction. 2. Syn- means together. It is a suitable prefix for describing a synthesis chemical reaction because in this type of reaction, two single elements (either two metals or two non-metals) combine ( get together ) to form a compound. 3. The two types of displacement chemical reactions are single displacement reactions and double displacement reactions. 4. The general formula for a hydrocarbon compound is C x H y. 5. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from the remains of once-living organisms. 6. The six different types of chemical reactions are: synthesis, decomposition, combustion, single displacement, double displacement, and neutralization. 7. Water is always produced in combustion reactions and in neutralization reactions. 8. (a) double displacement reaction (b) neutralization reaction Connect Your Understanding 9. Scientists need to study many examples of chemical reactions because there are so many different elements on Earth and so many different compounds. Each set of reactions is unique and can have important and often surprising applications. 10. (a) potassium and iodine potassium iodide (b) cesium and chlorine cesium chloride 11. Carbon dioxide gas (CO 2 ) and water (H 2 O) are always produced by the combustion of hydrocarbons and carbohydrates. 12. word equation: magnesium chloride magnesium + chlorine skeleton equation: MgCl 2 (s) Mg(s) + Cl 2 (g) balanced chemical equation: MgCl 2 (s) Mg(s) + Cl 2 (g) 13. When combustion reactions release carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere, they contribute to global warming. Atmospheric carbon dioxide gas prevents thermal energy from escaping into space. As the levels of carbon dioxide gas have increased over the past century, the average temperature on Earth has also increased. This global warming will have large environmental, social, and economic effects.
6 14. (a) synthesis (b) decomposition (c) single displacement (d) double displacement (e) combustion (f) double displacement (g) decomposition 15. This is a double displacement reaction. The balanced chemical equation is: FeCl 2 (aq) + K 2 S(aq) FeS(s) + 2KCl(aq). 16. You would be able to see the iron(ii) sulphide, FeS, in the bottom of the container. You know this because the equation indicates that FeS is a solid. 17. (a) decomposition: CaCl 2 (g) Ca(s) + Cl 2 (g) (b) decomposition: 2NaN 3 (s) 2Na(s) + 3N 2 (g) (c) double displacement: Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) + Cu 2 SO 4 (aq) PbSO 4 (s) + 2CuNO 3 (aq) (d) decomposition: 2Ni 2 O 3 (s) 4Ni(s) + 3O 2 (g) (e) combustion: CH 4 (g) + 2O 2 (g) CO 2 (g) + 2H 2 O(g) (f) double displacement: 3NaI(aq) + AlCl 3 (aq) 3NaCl(aq) +AlI 3 (s) 18. (a) double displacement: Na 2 SO 4 + CaCl 2 2NaCl + CaSO 4 (b) synthesis: 3Mg + 2N 2 Mg 3 N 2 (c) double displacement: Sr(OH) 2 + PbBr 2 SrBr 2 + Pb(OH) 2 (d) synthesis: 4Na + O 2 2Na 2 O (e) synthesis: N 2 + 3H 2 2NH 3 (f) decomposition: 2HCl H 2 + Cl 2 (g) single displacement: 2AlI 3 + 3Br 2 2AlBr 3 + 3I 2 (h) neutralization: HCl + NaOH NaCl + H 2 O 19. This is a synthesis reaction: Ca + I 2 CaI This is a single displacement reaction: Zn(s) + CuSO 4 (aq) Cu(s) + ZnSO 4 (aq). 21. Mg(s) + Br 2 (g) MgBr 2 (s) 22. This is a double displacement reaction. Word equation: zinc bromide + silver nitrate silver bromide + zinc nitrate Skeleton equation: ZnBr 2 (aq) + AgNO 3 (aq) AgBr(s) + Zn(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) Balanced equation: ZnBr 2 (aq) + 2AgNO 3 (aq) 2AgBr(s) + Zn(NO 3 ) 2 (aq) 23. Yes, she is correct. The reactants for a neutralization reaction are always an acid and a base, both of which are compounds.
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Biodiesel is made by taking vegetable oils or fats and separating the methyl esters and glycerin from it, which are used in actually making the biodiesel. The glycerin that is separated is commonly used in popular products such as soap, making the entire process even more marketable and less wasteful. This process is what makes biodiesel more expensive than gasoline, coupled with the time and effort it takes to grow the necessary crops beforehand and then shipping the biodiesel to pumping stations once it is made. While it is more expensive, it's a small price to pay for an environmentally friendly fuel, better air quality, reduced dependency on foreign oil and even a reduction in agents that have been known to cause cancer.
The great thing about biodiesel is that if it is made properly, it can be used in any vehicle with a diesel engine. No modifications need to be made to the engine if it is a diesel engine, biodiesel can be poured directly into the gas tank. Most of the diesel cars and trucks that can run on biodiesel use a mixture of twenty percent biodiesel and eighty percent diesel fuel in their tanks. Some people decide that they want to run directly off of pure vegetable oil; meaning they can simply go to any fast food restaurant and fill up the tank with no hassle at all. However, to do that you would have to purchase a biodiesel conversion kit for your car; this will set your engine up to run strictly from pure vegetable oil.
Converting your engine to use pure vegetable oil can be expensive, with conversion kits ranging anywhere from $750.00 to $5,000.00. While that may seem expensive, you may never have to pay to fuel your car again because you can simply fill your tank up by using the used vegetable oil that fast food places and restaurants are trying to get rid of. Most restaurants will not have a problem with giving you the vegetable oil because they normally have to pay a company to come and dispose of the oil anyways.
If you do not want to buy an entire engine conversion kit, but you still have a diesel car then you can just stick to using biodiesel (20% biodiesel, 80% diesel oil) and still feel good because you are still helping out the environment, improving air quality, reducing the nation's dependency on foreign oil and reducing all of the harmful cancer-causing agents associated with gasoline.
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Imran says 'bought London apartment through cricket income'
"If any Pakistani buys a plot in London, he/she is recommended by a tax expert to buy a property through offshore company," said Khan while speaking to reporters outside the parliament house today,
He produced documents showing 'legality' of offshore wealth he possessed. Khan said he had all tax returns since 1982 of all money he earned.
He said he bought a flat in 1983 and sold in 2003, "and the amount acquired through that money led me to buy Bani Gali residence". He said he got two plots after winning cricket series [against England] and the World Cup, which he later donated to the Shaukat Khanum Hospital.
Khan said he had already declared his London apartment to Federal Board of Revenue. I am a politician and parliament and I am answerable to the public, he added.
Khan said he faced allegations when he was out of country. "It was my moral responsbility to respond to accusations fired at me."


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Compared superficially against the movies of James Bond and Jason Bourne, the burgeoning "Kingsman" series seems like a hip, young espionage franchise on the make. The spy at its center, Eggsy (Taron Egerton), is a lower-class Londoner turned debonaire international man of mystery, outfitted flawlessly by the tailor shop that gives his spy crew their out-in-the-open cover.
The first installment saw him defeat evil tech mogul Samuel L. Jackson and his plot to kill everyone in the world via remote SIM cards that would drive millions of people into homicidal sprees. It was a comedy.
The second installment, "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," has Eggsy facing off against evil druglord Poppy Adams (Julianne Moore), who intends to hold the world hostage by poisoning her monopolistic supplies of every illicit substance on the planet. (Smoke a joint or shoot up heroin, you eventually are paralyzed, then your eyes burst.) It, too, is a comedy, though full-blown Bugs Bunny cartoon may be closer to the reality. You'll rarely see such a zany, physics-is-for-the-weak romp, certainly not at an Oscar-baity 141 minutes. It is impossible to describe sober.
How to mark the utter lack of give-a-damn in this confetti hurricane? Maybe in the opening moments when Eggsy is attacked by a former spy school classmate (Edward Holcroft) who turns out to have a Terminator-like arm and who battles him in a high-speed car chase through London that's eventually resolved by missile fire? How about when Moore's Poppy makes one goon at her '50s-themed diner secret volcano jungle lair feed another goon into a meat grinder, then fries up a burger from the meat? Or when they find presumed-dead-from-the-last-movie agent Colin Firth alive but amnesiac in a secret bunker under a Kentucky bourbon distillery? Or when Elton John, in full feather-gown regalia, saves the same agent from a rampaging robot dog?
Director Matthew Vaughn clearly figured that when the original banks more than $400 million worldwide, just double down on the formula. Say yes to the gentlemen-vs.-ruffians bar fights shot by a free-swirling camera, as if a music video has just broken out. Yes to the insane and insanely under-explained gadgetry. Yes to the implausible but delightfully sinister villain trying to wipe out civilization. And sure, while we're at it, let's mix in some bold stealth arguments for legalizing hard drugs. And let Elton John deliver a slow-mo flying kick to a goon's face — while wearing platform shoes.
You'll leave after two-plus-hours with a daft list of favorite moments. (One hard to forget: watching a waiter deliver a burger in Brooklyn's Alamo Drafthouse, where I saw this circus, timed perfectly with a moment in which evil druglord Moore is serving up a human burger.) You'll also leave, though, feeling like you've just been thrown into the dryer with a bunch of golf balls. Or maybe that you've just listened to a 6-year-old tell you about his dream last night. ("And then Halle Berry was there as a nerd who wanted to be an agent. And spy-cowboy Channing Tatum was in cryofreeze because he did some bad blow. And then ...") It's either a smorgasbord for the senses (and it is that) or a movie that takes itself so unseriously as to make it criticism-proof (it is that, definitely) or a contraption of actors and sets and effects and music such that really, really looks like a movie, but is in fact two-and-a-half hours of shimmering culture vomit. Who can say? Maybe the inevitable sequel will sort it out for us.
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Last summer The Independent newspaper ran an article titled "Afghan President pardons men convicted of bayonet gang rape."
So what actually happened?
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has pardoned three men who had been found guilty of gang raping a woman in the northern province of Samangan. The woman, Sara, and her family found out about the pardon only when they saw the rapists back in their village.
"Everyone was shocked," said Sara's husband, Dilawar, who like many Afghans uses only one name. "These were men who had been sentenced and found guilty by the Supreme Court, walking around freely." […]
Sara's case highlights concerns about the close relationship between the Afghan president and men accused of war crimes and human rights abuses. The men were freed discreetly but the rape itself was public and brutal. It took place in September 2005, in the run up to Afghanistan's first democratic parliamentary elections.
"It was evening, around the time for the last prayer, when armed men came and took my son, Islamuddin, by force. I have eye-witness statements from nine people that he was there. From that night until now, my son has never been seen."
Dilawar said his wife publicly harangued the commander twice about their missing son. After the second time, he said, they came for her. "The commander and three of his fighters came and took my wife out of our home and took her to their house about 200 metres away and, in front of these witnesses, raped her."
Dilawar has a sheaf of legal papers, including a doctors' report, which said she had a 17mm wound in her private parts cut with a bayonet. Sara was left to stumble home, bleeding and without her trousers.
So at this point one may assume that this is the usual "Northern Alliance warlord" handiwork. It wouldn't be surprising as local commanders affiliated with the various groups identified as the "Northern Alliance" [not a very helpful category these days] have done stuff like this before. I covered this ongoing phenomenon 2 years ago, and highlighted the story of a former Jamiat commander who punished a local for his public accusations by killing his two boys, putting their bodies in a bag and tossing them in a river. But he is an MP in the Afghan government so nothing was done about it.
Pic: One of the victims.
This all fits in with the official Taliban mythology of themselves as the saviors of Afghanistan, and their opposition as rapists, thieves, murderers, etc… However, there is a catch. The "bayonet" story has some extra details. The rapists in Samangan worked for a commander who had no "Northern Alliance" affiliations. In fact…
The most powerful local commander, Mawlawi Islam, was running for office despite being accused of scores of murders committed while he had been a mujahedeen commander in the 1980s and a Taliban governor in the 1990s, and since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Sara said one of his sub-commanders and body guards had been looking for young men to help in the election campaign.
Former Taliban? That doesn't go very well with the ridiculous idea that is still being peddled of the asexual Taliban rescuing Afghanistan from evil warlords. It makes it seem like the Taliban has its share of evil. Looking into the background of this commander reveals some more interesting facts:
Mawlawi Islam Mohammadi, who represents Samangan Province in the Wolesi Jirga (People's Council) of Afghanistan's National Assembly,[…] Mohammadi, who was thought to be in his early 60s, once served as a provincial governor during the Taliban regime,[…] Mohammadi served as governor of Bamiyan
Province when the Taliban destroyed the colossal statues of Buddha […]
The Taliban is not remembered fondly in Bamiyan:
Human Rights Watch. 2001. 'Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan', Human Rights Watch Report, Vol. 13, No. 1(C). Available on line at: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/afghanistan/
And the Taliban do not remember Mawlawi Islam fondly either….
…the [Taliban]website claims that in 2001 he helped the U.S.-led coalition forces to close the main road between northern and southern Afghanistan to Taliban forces retreating southward.
So…a Taliban commander who can be persuaded to switch sides and join the democratic process, etc… Wouldn't that make him part of the "Moderate Taliban" we hear so much about? And doesn't this raise the possibility that many potential former Taliban commanders are just as bad as those commanders who have "Northern Alliance" affiliations? I took a look at some other former Taliban commanders who have jumped on board with the Afghan government. There are some truly horrible people in that group. If the plan is to get "moderate Taliban" to switch sides, it will be a process based on pragmatism (in its worst form) rather than on any moral standards.
Back to the rape pardon:
The MP, Mir Ahmad Joyenda, said cases similar to Sara's were actually becoming more common. The police and the courts, he said, were usually under the sway of local commanders. "The commanders, the war criminals, still have armed groups," he said. "They're in the government. Karzai, the Americans, the British sit down with them. They have impunity. They've become very courageous and can do whatever crimes they like."
They certainly can. And some of them used to be in the Taliban.
And as a post-script, some good (old) news concerning Mawlawi Islam:
27 January 2007 – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, strongly condemned the killing of Mawlawi Islam Muhammadi, a prominent religious scholar and member of the Afghan Parliament from the province of Samangan. According to reports, the enemies of Afghanistan killed Mawlawi Islam Muhammadi when he was on his way to attend Friday prayers at a mosque in Kart e Parwan area of Kabul.
The President expressed his deep regret at the death of Mawlawi Islam Muhammadi and said, "Mawlawi Islam Muhammadi was a prominent Jihadi figure who has made great sacrifices during the years of Jihad against the Soviet invasion. The enemies of Afghanistan must understand that they will never achieve their malicious intentions by killing our innocent Ulema."
The President expressed his deep condolences and sympathies to the families of Mawlawi Islam Muhammadi.
The Taliban claimed it was their doing:
…a website purporting to represent the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the name of the country under the Taliban — claimed on January 27 that mujahedin of the "Islamic Emirate" assassinated Mohammadi.
Maybe. It could also maybe have had something to do with power struggles up north. The Taliban, or sometimes their various enthusiastic supporters, have both claimed credit for and denied any role in certain attacks. And as a disclaimer I should add that Karzai's spokesman said he was shocked that a pardon was granted and stated that President Karzai certainly wouldn't have issued a pardon if he had actually known the details [it's safe to assume that the pardon system is not as rigorous in Afghanistan as it is in the US where one must publicly apply for a pardon and then navigate numerous layers of lawyers and bureaucracy]. Poor spokesman:
When showed copies of the presidential pardon and court papers, President Karzai's spokesman, Hamayun Hamidzada, was visibly shocked and said that if the documents proved genuine, Mr Karzai would be "upset and appalled."
He said it was impossible that President Karzai could knowingly have signed a pardon for rapists, but refused to speculate on how the pardon could have come about. He promised an investigation into all aspects of the case, including the – as yet unsolved – mystery of Sara's missing son.
The family of the rape victim also have their own problems:
Sara and Dilawar are again in hiding, having felt too vulnerable to stay in their village. Dilawar was prepared to discuss the case. In Afghanistan, speaking about rape means risking further dishonour, but when asked whether he minded Sara's story being publicised, Dilawar said, "We've already lost our son, our honour, we've sold our land to pay for legal costs and we've lost our home – what else can we lose?"
So are former Taliban commanders like Mawlawi Islam and others of his type just aberrations? Will the "moderate Taliban" who we read about have a respect for the rule of law and human rights? Or are they just like so many men who rise to prominence with the gun; ready to settle every issue with violence and intimidation? Advocates of the "moderate Taliban" strategy haven't addressed the issue of how to integrate violent men into a system that already has a serious problem with other violent men. They casually toss out "renounce violence" and "join the democratic process" as if the process of DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) has been perfected in Afghanistan.
At least the Taliban can be relied on. Don't expect hordes of "moderate" (or "reconcilable" ) Taliban field commanders to be switching sides anytime soon.


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Kiera Rigby is a fourth year Bachelor of Science student on the UPEI Women's Basketball team from Charlottetown. "Kiera had two outstanding games on the weekend," said coach Greg Gould. "She scored 22 points to spark the Panthers 69-65 comeback win over Acadia Friday night. She was even better Saturday in a come-from-behind win over nationally ranked Saint Mary's University with 26 points, three rebounds, three steals, and blocking two shots."


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Closing the book on 2017 #DK200, and looking down the groad
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One of our greatest accomplishments from this year's Dirty Kanza 200 gravel race was Neil Shirley and me successfully peer pressuring our colleague Tim LeRoy to tackle the 2018 edition. The #groad to Kansas gravel starts here. It'll all be fine.


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Tuesday April 22, 2014 at 11:49am Age: 5 yrs
Category: Minisink Elementary
Minisink Valley Elementary School under the direction of Art teacher, Mrs. Gail Begle participates in Artsonia, which is an online kids art museum where young artists and students display their art for other kids worldwide to view. This gallery displays schools (K-12) and student work. We are thrilled to announce that our very own Jandro Arias was named "Artist of the Week". Jandro was presented with a beautiful plaque with his art work displayed and a check for $50 for art supplies. Congratulations Jandro!


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CNN, together with Roads & Kingdoms, just launched an exciting, new website with original magazine articles on the destinations in Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown
The most recent round of articles focused on Mexican-American Los Angeles:
The first round of articles/ adventures I wrote for the site are linked below. They focus on Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) LA.
- Inside the 'capital' of Asian America
- 25 years after the riots, Koreatown fights on
- Postcard from a film-noir LA
- This is America's best Chinese food


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Button less Bump Sensor [C , Atmel AVR]
Team project 1
Report 3 (by Sky)
Report 5 (by Steve-incomplete version)
There are several specifications to be met in designing the product.
They are:
- The product must be battery powered and only standard alkaline can be used.
- The batteries must last for 3 months
- The device must be able detect phone tone to set password and also to deactivate the alarm
- The device must be button less.
- The device must be within the size restriction of 70mm x 70mm x 70mm
- The total cost of the product must come in under $100.
With the advancement in modern technology, it would be a great way to build a portable security device to help you in times of event when someone tired to steal away your unattended item. The objective of building this project is to provide a convenient way of bringing a portable security unit with you all the time. The advantages of building this project are that it is a small and portable device which can be easily carry with you. It will provide security for your unattended item when attached. Alarm will be trigger immediately when the item is being remove or taken away.
· http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2813.pdf ( DTMF MT8870 )
· http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/42035.pdf ( ATTINY26L-8PI )
· http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/29827.pdf ( Microphone )
· http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/119.pdf ( Sensor )
· http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?module=FreaksAcademy&func=viewProjects ( Many coding references were review from this website )


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Models of Organization of Cultural Institutions
1 Visiting Professor position
- Fields:
- Management and Governance of Cultural Institutions; Models of organization of Cultural Institutions; Performance of cultural institutions
- Activity:
- Specific research activity; Supervision of research activity of PhDs
- Profile:
- Expert in the field of Management Governance and Cultural Institutions
- Formal requirements:
- A Degree in Management or in a related field
- Specific requirements:
- Outstanding Research Activity in the field of Management and Governance of Cultural Institutions; Expertise in the organization of research projects and institutions.
- Research Area:
- Economics and Institutional Change
- Research Unit:
- LYNX - Center for the interdisciplinary Analysis of Images
- Duration:
- 1 year
Recruitment Program Principles and Standards
Apply ONLINE only.
Before starting prepare the application attachments and information as listed below.
- Personal info and contact info (compulsory)
- Your CV in English (compulsory)


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Frequently Asked Questions
The Strategic Stock Accumulation System can be implemented very quickly, once it is understood. It is just a matter of opening a discount brokerage account and buying the right index funds in the correct percentages, as described in the book, "How to Make a Fortune During Future Stock Market Crashes With Strategic Stock Accumulation."
Only as difficult as following the answer to the above question and then waiting until a stock market crash or correction puts large parts of the stock market "on sale."
There really is no short-cut. You need to understand the reasoning behind 'buying when everyone is selling, and selling when everyone is buying.' This includes understanding why the stock market 'always comes back', resulting in the profitability of the SSA system. I explain in the book, the historical, political, and legal framework, in which a free-market, capitalist, stock and bond market functions in, allowing fair value to inevitably reestablish itself, after a stock market crash or serious correction. In other words, "it always comes back".
Yes, it is definitely possible, if you learn and implement the system correctly. And anyone with an average level of intelligence can understand SSA. If you are examining information on this website, you most likely are above average in that department. The hardest part, again, will be bucking the trend and buying when many others are selling. This is why an understanding of the free-market capitalist underpinnings of the stock market is so important, as clearly explained in the book.
In the book, I explain more about the major factors and influences that are in control of the stock market. It's important to understand that in the short-run, anything can happen. But in the long run, market fundamentals will win out and determine the market's true valuation. As far as Strategic Stock Accumulation Strategy is concerned, we don't care about the short-run, except to take advantage of regular fear-inducing market crashes and corrections by buying stock index funds "on sale" during those events. In the long run, for example, the rules-based 'buy low, sell high' strategy is what makes the SSA system more profitable and less risky than a simple buy-and-hold strategy.
The SSA investor must accept the fact that during a stock market crash of 40% or more, most or all of the money in the bond-cash portion of the portfolio will be used to buy specific stock index funds, according to specific Buy Rules. At that time, the portfolio will show a significant loss on paper, compared to pre-crash portfolio value. This is the only way to consistently buy large amounts of stock "on sale." However, the subsequent retracing of the stock market (and it ALWAYS retraces) will then result in a huge gain in value over and above even pre-crash portfolio value. This will easily exceed the gain of most other investors after the stock market retraces back to its pre-crash levels and beyond.
The other chapters in the book are important, not only to further explain the rationale behind the six steps of the strategy, but just as importantly, to convince you (I hope) of the inevitability of the market's retracing back to pre-crash levels at some point, usually in the near future. The average bear market lasts about 18 months and occurs, on average, once every four years. The stock market can certainly stay in bear market mode longer, but dividends, interest, and internal rebalancing (explained thoroughly in the book) will all help the portfolio until the market retraces.
Yes, Strategic Stock Accumulation can definitely be the answer, if the strategy is correctly followed (and there is no reason why it cannot be correctly followed).This is especially true for a younger or middle-aged investor concerned about what investment strategy to follow for a secure financial future. As I point out in the book, an older and/or retired investor should have eight to ten years of living expenses (including social security) accounted for and invested in Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) independent of the Strategic Stock Accumulation Strategy.
No, it is not safer. The risk that inflation and taxes, as well as potentially much lower interest rates, will eat away at your savings is a much greater risk than is a well-diversified stock and bond portfolio. There really is little or no significant capital gains potential in cash and bonds only as compared to the SSA Strategy.
It is now possible to purchase the book "How To Make A Fortune During Future Stock Market Crashes With Strategic Stock Accumulation" on CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) as a soft cover print book, as well as Amazon itself, and also through expanded distribution in selected bookstores, libraries, and certain foreign countries (in Europe and South America). It is also now available on Amazon Kindle as an E-Book. Look for the URL direct to Amazon on this website.


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Mr. Van den ende
BEST SCIENCE TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD... great method of teaching. reall easy-going. you rock mr. v!
Hes a good teacher but half the time he just.. talks about crap for extended periods of time.
This guy is awesome. The best Bio teacher ever. He's too hilarious to be a teacher!!!
He's a great teacher with an awesome sense of humour. However, he's really into winning stuff.
16 years later and I still remember stuff he taught me!
I'm not too sure if you read this or not, though I don't really know how to contact you otherwise. Thank you for being such a helpful teacher as well as a wonderful person. Hehee, now I'm a science-y person myself. Who could've guessed. =)
He is a highly amusing and extremely entertaining teacher, whose passion for his subject is very clear. His sense of humour is awesome!
a great fun teacher! my fav! he is really interesting and i feel i can be a bit more naughty when im in his class cos he just starts making jokes. one thing, he ets waaaaaay to carried awaaaayed, once, he spent the whole period talking about fish! :) go mr v tho! u rok!
Mr Van den Ende is my favourite teacher he is funny and has some great stories and lame jokes to share with the class
When your in Mr V's class you actually never feel bored! there is always some kookey annecdote work into all the lesson and you feel like your talkin to a friend. Knows buckets about bio!!!
The best science teacher ever! He has a good sence of humor but doesnt get to carried away, he makes sure lessons are enjoyable but what needs to be covered is covered.
a good teacher but a little unclear with explaining things


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When Bananafish is signed by a big corporate label, and Paul is on his way to becoming a major rock star, Eliza must make a heartbreaking decision that leads to Paul's sudden disappearance and a surprise knock-your-socks-off ending.
"There are things we never tell anyone. We want to but we can't. So we write them down. Or we paint them. Or we sing about them. It's our only option. To remember. To attempt to discover the truth. Sometimes we do it to stay alive. These things, they live inside of us. They are the secrets we stash in our pockets and the weapons we carry like guns across our backs. And in the end we have to decide for ourselves when these things are worth fighting for, and when it's time to throw in the towel. Sometimes a person has to die in order to live. Deep down, I know you know this. You just can't seem to do anything about it. I guess it's a sad fact of life that some of us move on and some of us inevitably stay behind. Only in this case I'm not sure which one of us is doing which. You were right about one thing though. It's not fate. It's a choice. And who knows, maybe we'll meet again someday, somewhere up above all the noise. Until then, when you think of me, try and remember the good stuff. Try and remember the love."
Kingda Ka... That's what this book was for me. The tallest roller coaster ride I have ever willingly accepted to participate in. I actually had a painful knot in my stomach when I finished the book and I ended up cursing the good reviews that this book received for enticing me into reading it. But even through the high climbs and the fast, headfirst dives... I enjoyed the book... I didn't see it coming and although when I reached the first nose dive I was so pained... I wanted to stop reading, I was such an emotional wreck that I really wanted to just throw the towel in and howl at the moon.
But I made a cup of coffee, picked it up again and just kept reading and reading until the end.
How To Kill A Rock Star did two things for me...
First It was a tale I normally didn't read. I love to read for leisure and fantasy... toe curling romance and a permanent smile on my face, sappy love. This wasn't like anything I've ever read. It gave me love and romance (in a weird, not your average true love kind of way). It gave me heartache and anger and it was so captivating and honest.. I'm still suffering from the after effects.
Second It was so emotional that I also hated it at times. I wanted to stop... but I couldn't. I was so angry... but I had to continue reading so that I just knew what was going on.
In other words... this book and I have a solid Love / Hate relationship. I love it but I hate it.
The writing style was very different to what I usually read as well. It was interesting and pleasantly unusual... I really enjoyed the way things were told and how they came across. Thumbs up to Tiffanie DeBartolo for allowing this book to come across as Raw as it needed to be to relay the story.
The characters were another first for me. They were normal and everyday. Refreshing for a change. Paul is never described as having the face of a god... He's just Paul... and when you read the book you end up loving him simply for the man he is and not for his appearance described in the book.
Eliza is someone you can paint your own picture for. There is little information about what she looks like and thinking about it now as I write this review, I realize I never even noticed it. My mind conjured up the image of her based on the personality traits and small fragments put in the book summing her up. I didn't even notice what color her hair was or what her eyes looked like (even when they mention how she looks at someone) and you know what... I don't even care. That's how amazing the story was that you don't need that information to love any of the characters.
If you enjoyed Beautiful Disaster... then I would maybe say you'd like this one. It's by no means the same book, don't ever say I said that... because it's not. But if you liked BD for the same reason's I did... Travis.... (not the hot, sexy fighter version of him, but the fall to your knees deeply and soulfully in love version of him) then you may be doing yourself a favor to pick this one up.
Rating: 5 Stars!
RELEASE DATE: September 1st, 2005
GENRE: New Adult Romance
LANGUAGE: English
PUBLISHER: Sourcebooks Landmark


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Monday, 9 April 2018 to Wednesday, 18 April 2018
'The activity of emptiness is compassion.'
This retreat is now full. If you would like to be added to the waiting list then please contact email@example.com
On this retreat, Subhuti will be giving a series of talks exploring the theme.
Because we want as many men who are training for ordination to be able to attend this retreat as possible, only bookings from those men will be accepted.
Update: There are no more single rooms left on this retreat.
The retreat starts with dinner on the first day at 6:30pm and finishes on the final day at 10.00am.
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Astonishing, Unmissable
Winner of a record-equalling seven Laurence Olivier Awards including Best Play and Best Sound Design (for Adrian and Ian Dickinson) in 2013. Curious Incident has been hailed by The Times as "a phenomenal combination of storytelling and spectacle".
The National Theatre production was adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott with original music by Adrian.
The electronic score was composed with the simplicity and beauty in mind that mathematicians claim for their subject. "Designed" might be a better way of describing its creation, as Adrian recalls:
"It is stylistically a million miles from War Horse. The motivation behind the use of the glitch/techno style was that Christopher (the book and play's principal character) seeks solace in maths, computers, machines.. things he can understand and control. He especially likes prime numbers, something that was a building block of the score."
Composed with prime number sequences in mind, the music has a fresh, alert, engaging lightness of touch that sparkles with the hidden energy of data ricocheting around a computer's innards to produce something immediate and meaningful. With a sense of playfulness far removed from the high drama of War Horse, the score for Curious Incident draws on contemporary popular music to create a subtly intricate, sensory and surprisingly tender response to narrative while rooted solidly in character.
Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was originally published in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies. It won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and 16 other literary awards around the world.
Fifteen-year-old Christopher is suspected of killing his neighbour's dog. Although ill-equipped to deal with everyday life, he detests being touched, distrusts strangers and has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road. He decides to turn detective despite his father's objections, solve the murder mystery and detail his investigations in a book. Here, we begin to see a different side to a boy possessed of a photographic memory and exceptional ability in maths and science who is about to embark on a frightening journey that threatens to turn his world upside down.
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Anyone who thinks that repealing the Affordable Care Act is a good idea should take a deep breath and watch this video. People from every corner of the country chimed in with their experiences on how the old insurance system was leaving them out in the cold, how the Affordable Care Act gave them the care they needed and how a Republican repeal would be absolutely devastating. For these Americans, Republicans' campaign to repeal Obamacare isn't just some political football — it's a real life-or-death issue.
LePages Greatest Hits!
On Sunday, 5 June, John Christie and Naomi Schalit, from the Center for Public Interest Reporting, gave a presentation on changes in the media and the impact on Maine politics. The two were the guests of the Sagadahoc County Democrats. (See top three videos)
Despite dozens of MPA protesters packing the halls and chanting "Read the Bill!" and "Please Vote No!" as Maine Representatives entered the House chamber this morning, the rollback of health care coverage (LD 1333) passed the House 76 to 72 on a party line vote. This bill will do harm to people living in rural Maine, middle-aged Mainers, small business owners and people with pre-existing conditions. And it passed with no public oversight. This morning, right before the vote, volunteers with MPA and the League of Young Voters interviewed Republican Representatives to see if they had actually read the bill and understood what it would do. NONE OF THEM HAD OR DID!
Emery Deabay, a paperworker from Bucksport, speaks about the importance of the 120 year old Labor Committee. "Now more than ever, Maine workers need a voice in Augusta. But our newly elected leaders want to take that voice away. In these economically challenging times, Maine's unemployed workers, employed workers, and retired workers play an essential role in ensuring we rebound from this economic recession stronger than ever."
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So, I've just watched Pamela Anderson on This Morning banging on (pardon the pun) about how men and women should not be watching porn. Well that's lovely, isn't it Pam. I'm pretty sure my husband had his first wank over a picture of your fanny.
Personally, I don't see the biggie here. Porn has kept men quiet (and women) for years. It's saved me a job on many a night and I'm grateful for that, as long as husband remembers to delete the history on the kids' ipad afterwards, I don't wish my sons to be exposed to the joys of watching female ejaculation just yet.
When talking to my friends about porn, I find they generally fall into 2 categories:
- Those who claim their partner absolutely does not watch porn (puh-lease!!) and would consider that to be a form of cheating.
- Those who, although not entirely happy, do accept that all men watch porn and let them get on with it.
Ladies in the first category, come on. Husband having a cheeky wank to a quick x-hamster video while you're downstairs doing the hoovering is perfectly okay once in a while. It doesn't mean he doesn't find you attractive and it doesn't count as cheating because he can't stick his dick into an ipad screen. And don't pretend you didn't get fanny gallops over the idea of having Christian fuck you like a whore when you read 50 shades. Same kicks, my friend.
I think as long as men are able to make the distinction between porn and reality, it's completely fine. Sure, I would worry if my husband tried to stick his fist up my arse, but he's not a total fucking moron and has enough sense to know that, as a rule, real-life sex in your thirties doesn't involve secretaries, virgins in taxis or a lesbian scissoring side-show.
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My 5 mum fails of the week
- Forgot the bastard Harvest Festival until the moment we were leaving for school. Had to send child 1 with a rusty tin of kidney beans and child 2 with a box of lasagne sheets. Thank fuck the local food-bank don't rely on self-absorbed arse-holes like me for donations. Oh wait, they do.
- Got the following message from the teacher in child 2's reading record: Have given S these books for another week as he said he has not read them yet. Yep, I've had over a week to read these with him and I've not even taken them out of his bag.
- Put child 2 in the wrong boxer shorts on Wednesday. You see, it's P.E. on a Wednesday. It's of paramount importance to him that he wears a particular pair of boxer shorts on this day so that his bollocks don't come out at the sides when he's getting changed in front of his friends. Let's just say I was entirely to blame for the inevitable free-balling situation at changing time.
- Used Grand Theft Auto as a baby-sitter for my 5-year-old whilst I applied fake-tan. To be fair I put it on mute.
- "Recycled" school uniforms for 4 days in a row and will almost certainly send the buggers in the same attire tomorrow.
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Stay and Read
I've just got back from the school run. This morning and every Wednesday morning at my son's school, we (parents, grandparents) are invited to stay from 8.50 until 9.10 for "Stay and Read". The school website advertises these sessions as "the opportunity to enjoy sharing a book with your child". Completely false advertising may I point out. I've re-worded the advert ever so slightly, to give parents/grandparents/anyone-who-gives-a-shit a little bit more of an insight into what these sessions are actually about ….
We would like to welcome all parents and grandparents to attend our weekly "Stay and Read" sessions. These sessions involve:
- Sitting on miniature chairs and/or a filthy carpet in the noisiest and most rammed classroom in the world.
- Pretending to "share" a book with your child, who has absolutely no fucking interest in the book and cannot actually read yet.
- Making small talk with other stay-and-readers/members of school staff about how fantastic these sessions are, when really you would rather be licking a tramp's arse.
- Making over enthusiastic comments like "wow, isn't this book amazing?!" and adopting silly voices for the different characters in the book (what a knob-head I sound) so that the aforementioned stay-and-readers/members of school staff think that you are a complete pro at animatedly "sharing" books with your child when, in actual fact, sharing a book with your child usually consists of skimming through multiple pages at lightning speed before declaring "The End, Night Night!".
- Being surrounded/poked/harassed by other children whose parents are working/busy/ wanted to get home to watch the end of Lorraine/could not be arsed to attend Stay and Read. And having to be nice to them whilst your own child has fucked off to find the lego.
- Taking your eye off your own child for 10 seconds, during which time he manages to get into trouble from the teacher for running around the classroom, leaving you looking like a completely incompetent moron.
- Please note: If you can manage to forget about Stay and Read until you actually arrive at school, that's even better. That way you can keep your coat on the whole time because you still have your PJ top (with no bra of course!) underneath. Coming close to dying of over-heating whilst your titties swing free will make the session more enjoyable.
- Also note: Bring an unreasonable and destructive toddler along too. All welcome!


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Boxing faceoffs are all about mind games. Fighters try to look intimidating, they talk trash, and they get up in each other's grills all in the name of mind games.
Swedish professional boxer Mikaela Laurén took the theatrics to a whole other place during a press conference on Monday when she stood toe-to-toe with undefeated champion Cecilia Braekhus.
As cameras clicked away, Lauren approached Braekhus, stared deeply into her eyes and planted a kiss on her lips. At first, Braekhus reacted in horror and half slapped, half pushed Laurén away. But Braekhus soon started laughing at the absurdity of it all.
"I haven't got that in a while," Braekhus joked as Lauren exited stage left.
Thirty-six-year-old welterweight Braekhus (31-0) is the pound-for-pound queen of Norwegian boxing and currently holds the female WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles. She will fight 41-year-old Laurén (29-4) in Norway on Oct. 21.


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Tax Strategy Meeting
Committee Chair
Rick Klee, Tax Director
Contact Information
(574) 631-3288
Description of Committee
Reviews current tax matters at the University and provides guidance in terms of taxability and implementation of new tax laws and other tax compliance issues
Number of Members
Frequency of Meetings
6 times annually
Reporting Structure
Offers a forum for Officers, PLC members, Controller's Office and Audit staff, as well as outside accountants to discuss significant college and university tax issues
Committee Members
- John Affleck-Graves, Executive Vice President
- Marianne Corr, General Counsel
- John Sejdinaj, Vice President for Finance
- Drew Paluf, Assoc. Vice Pres. & Controller
- Roger Mahoney, Director of Audit and Advisory Services
- Paul Van Dieren, Asst. Controller, Payment Services
- Rick Klee, Tax Director
- All Tax Staff (Becky Laskowski, Heidi Barker, Sharon Busenbark)
- Various members of PwC's National Tax practice in Washington DC and Philadelphia PA
- Additionally other members of the Controller's area as deemed necessary
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On July 31, 2003, the pilot of a Cessna 207 Skywagon made a forced landing at a sports complex in Anchorage, Alaska, after his engine quit at 800 feet agl. The pilot believed he took off with a full right tank—sufficient fuel to reach his destination—and therefore never bothered to switch to the full left tank, even after the engine stopped running. The aircraft cartwheeled during the rough landing, injuring two of the four people on board. A camera crew at the nearby baseball stadium recorded the entire event, a video clip that has been viewed several million times on the Internet.
The flight departed Beluga Airport in Tyonek, Alaska, at 7:45 p.m. Approximately half an hour later, the Skywagon was approaching Anchorage, with a planned landing at Merrill Field Airport. About 800 feet above the city, the engine began to run rough. In an attempt to restore engine power, the pilot confirmed that the fuel selector valve was placed to the right fuel tank and momentarily switched the auxiliary fuel pump to the high boost position. The engine came back to life briefly, then fell silent.
Surrounded by buildings, the pilot saw hope: a sports complex with six flat, well-groomed playing fields. He maneuvered for the forced landing—only to discover all six fields were occupied. As the aircraft touched down between a minor league baseball stadium and a soccer field, the Skywagon's left wing collided with a chain link fence, causing it to strike a concrete embankment and cartwheel to the left.
During the collision, the engine assembly was torn from the airplane, causing a brief flash fire. The outboard portion of the left wing was severed. Despite the substantial damage, the pilot and one of the passengers walked away uninjured. The other two passengers, while hurt in the crash, escaped major injury. No one on the ground was hurt.
NTSB examiners discovered that the Skywagon's right fuel tank was essentially dry. The left tank, however, yielded 30 gallons of perfectly good avgas. The pilot reported that he routinely flew the accident route using only the right tank, with the left tank considered reserve. Another pilot had flown the accident airplane prior to the Anchorage flight, and typically line service personnel would fill the right fuel tank prior to the next flight.
The pilot admitted that he did not visually check the fuel quantity in the right tank before departing. When asked if he attempted to switch the fuel selector valve from the right tank to the left at any point in the flight, the pilot responded "no."
The NTSB determined that the accident was caused by the pilot's incorrect positioning of the fuel tank selector valve to a nearly empty tank, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and subsequent emergency landing at an off-airport site. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and his inadequate remedial action.
The pilot managed to pull off an emergency landing in an urban environment without major injury to the aircraft occupants or the hundreds of bystanders assembled on the playing fields. No small task, to be certain. But the potential for catastrophe was huge for such an easily preventable accident. Pilots shouldn't allow routine to breed complacency. We should check and double check, no matter how sure we are of the outcome. Assumptions during preflight or when troubleshooting a sputtering engine could easily be our undoing, just as the "unloaded" gun tends to be the most dangerous.
Fuel Management Pilot Safety Announcement video clip
Interactive Fuel Management Accident Map
"Do The Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots" interactive course
"Emergency Procedures" Safety Advisor
Making assumptions in daily life can be a tricky practice. Making assumptions in aviation can be downright dangerous. That's why pilots have checklists. That's why we preflight the airplane thoroughly. That's why we always confirm that the fuel truck made the visit we assumed it made. Except when we don't—and end up reluctant YouTube stars.
This accident was caught on tape by a crew filming the minor league baseball game. Watch the two-minute YouTube video.