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The chief coach of Bendel insurance attributed the team first Victory in Super 8 to good rest the players observed before the commencement of super 8.
Former player of the same club , former U 23 player and former coach of Katsina United believes the boys rested well to deserve the 3 point.
Speaking to the media is the Bendel Insurance chief coach, coach Baldwin Bazuaye .
We came here today to do our best, to see how the team will gain promotion into the NPFL.
Regards to the remaining matches ahead of us, we are looking forward to a good game and applying discipline and winning our games so that we can get the required points to scale us through .
Concerning our readiness towards playing the Super 8, i would say everything about football is about rest, we gave the players the proper rest needed. We spoke to them to boast their psych about the competition, we heard a one on one communication with players to know if they are facing any challenges.
The Bendel Insurance gaffer concluded by appreciating the media, fans as well the organizer for a well organized tournament.


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Cigna Health Insurance 2020 Quotes Online
If you have had a lunch buffet, it will be easy for you to understand how Cigna Health Insurance 2020s work with this illustration. Traditional Medicare insurance can be compared to the main course, while supplements are the outlines. Choose a Medicare plan agreement that meets your needs, and you'll probably find that this is not a complete package, so you should find supplemental plans. If you are looking for supplements, you will want to find those that complement your main course. If you could get baked potatoes, you would not need sausage roll with filet mignon, isn't it? Cigna Health Insurance 2020s function the same way. You do not need to load your plate, but you must have a comprehensive plan with you. If you qualify for Medicare, it is likely that you will depend on a fixed income, and this implies that you need to count every ten cents. Medicare was not conceived as a comprehensive plan, so the supplementary plans developed with the change in medical care and Medicare insurance remained the same. You'll find these "companion plans" in almost every private insurance company, depending on where you live and what your right is.
Cigna Health Insurance 2020s help you pay for your Medicare bills and protect you from increasing Medicare deficiencies. To qualify for a Cigna Health Insurance 2020 plan, you must have Medical Sections A and B. You have a guaranteed acceptance of the application if you are 65 years of age or older and enroll in Medicare Plan B within six (6) years. months after the first registration of the Plan. B. Existing conditions may be suspended in certain circumstances. Each company must have an A plan, but in addition, the rest is optional. You should first examine your choice of Cigna Health Insurance 2020 plans and select the one that best suits your needs; Then look for the insurance company that has the best service and the best price for that exact plan. Some insurers will offer better prices than others, however, the taste is more important. A 99-cent buffet is not edible if the food tastes like garbage. Similarly, a cheaper Cigna Health Insurance 2020 plan is not good if you cannot get quality coverage.
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Exceptionless 2.0 – In the Making
It may seem quiet in Exceptionless land, but the truth is we've been writing, and re-writing, more code than you can point a cursor at. If it weren't a labor of love, our fingers would have mutinied long ago, but luckily they are in it for the long haul and are churning out some seriously sweet new features and rewrites.
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45 is an Unlucky Number3 min read
With the exception of Kat Myrman'sTwittering tales once a week, I am not a fan of reblogging the work of others. I especially resist material that mentions the Travesty in Chief currently disguising himself as a member of the human race. (NOTE: "himself" is used here as correct with a deferential nod to the political correctness people. Anybody want to demand inclusion in the trainwreck to which "he" belongs)?
This Ode points out the warts that surface as temporary occupants of the house in the swamp interpret their role while exercising great power. It might even encourage some to look back in history and see how people, like us, reacted at the time and tried to cope with an imperfect system. Those were different times, unlike now when people, like us, are apathetic and willing to accept all kinds of public indecencies; physical, ethical, and moral.
If history can be viewed as a pendulum swinging from one extreme to another, I think the arc of that swing has become wider over time. I look at the turbulent '60s when people were involved on both sides of efforts to end a war and bring down a corrupt leader. Now, with a younger crowd living in the basements of parents from that same generation, we have no involvement to end many wars and bring down a leadership that defines corruption.
Where did we (the people) go?
Ode to Presidents Day
On this winter day, we honor the presidents,
All of the Oval Office's residents.
All 45 of them, each one a man
Who held the highest office in the land.
We pay homage today to the best and the worst,
Georges 41 and 43, as well as George the First.
Honest Abe Lincoln, who could not lie.
William Henry Harrison, who after one month would die.
Hoover, who was haunted by the Depression.
Truman, who left a lasting impression.
Obama, noted for his eloquence.
Coolidge, remembered for his silence.
Ike, whose wartime exploits made him shine.
Nixon, whose coverup led him to resign.
We remember the Adamses, father and son,
And the writings and deeds of T. Jefferson.
Andrew Johnson and Clinton were impeached,
But the final verdict was favorable to each.
FDR, who steered us through World War II.
Jack Kennedy, whom we hardly knew.
Gerald Ford, oft lampooned on Saturday Night Live.
Jimmy Carter, the oldest "ex" still alive.
They and the others all did their best.
But the current occupant does not pass that test.
He tweets and he golfs while his family earns.
He won't let us see his tax returns.
He shut down the country over a wall,
His hands and his brain are freakishly small.
Let's hope that one of the Democrats' picks
Will be elected next year to become 46.
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The 1st system I listed in the Blog 'What Are the 11 Systems of the Horse' was the integumentary system - or the skin, hair and hooves. In this issue I would like to discuss this system further. I will explain what it is, what it does and how it relates to massage.
Firstly; what is the integumentary system comprised of?
The skin is made of 3 basic layers. The hypodermis, which is the innermost layer, the dermis and the epidermis. The hair and hooves are also part of this system.
The hypodermis is made up of connective tissue that allows the skin to glide over the muscles. It is a cushioning layer between the muscles and the skin. There are large blood vessels that supply the skin in this layer. The dermis and the hypodermis also contain nerve endings.
The dermis is the thick layer containing nerve ends, hair follicles, sebaceous (oil) and sweat glands, blood and lymphatic vessels. It is attached to the hypodermis by collagen fibres that give the skin elasticity.
The epidermis is a layer of skin toughened by keratin. The sweat and sebaceous glands reach the epidermis through pores. Vitamin D (from sunlight) is processed by the epidermis and is important as it assists in absorption of Calcium. Melanin is also found in this layer and is responsible for colour and protection from sunlight.
What does the skin do?
The integumentary systems main functions are to protect the body from temperature, fluid loss, diseases and physical injuries. The skin maintains homeostasis or balance in the horses body and blood pressure. It is the large elastic hold everything in organ! It also serves to assist in elimination of waste materials through the sweat and oil glands.
How does the skin relate to massage?
The most obvious relationship that the skin has to massage is that it is the part that we touch when massaging. The integumentary system can show us quite a lot about a horses general health and well-being. For example; is the hair shiny, not dry etc. Are the hooves strong. Are there any old scars or wounds that might give an indication of an old or current injury or dysfunction. Does the skin feel elastic.
When we massage the horse we are also stimulating the sebaceous and sweat glands therefore assisting to eliminate waste and toxins from the system. When stimulating the oil glands we can also give a horse an extra high shine through this stimulation. Massage stimulates the blood and lymphatic vessels to improve circulation throughout the body and also assist the lymphatic drainage. Because the nerve endings are in the skin it stimulates the nervous system of the horse and can either have a sedative or stimulating effect on the horse. Nutrient uptake is increased. Elasticity is improved. Fatty deposits can be removed. Spasms can be alleviated. And it altogether feels great!


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The film describes actions of the soviet torpedo bombers over the Barents Sea. You'll feel ruthless horror of war and cold of the Northern seas. You'll see why torpedo bomber usually made only three battle flights. It is hard to beleive, but one of the last scenes of the film - fire in the cockpit - is ABSOLUTELY realistic. However, excellent use of the original chronicle film and air film shooting.


text: Jack Penny - September 09, 2013 Researching Giant Pike of A Lifetime They say that time flies when you're having fun. Looking back, it's hard to believe I've spent nearly 40 years chasing the biggest pike in North America. It sure has been a boatload of fun. This quest dates to the 1950s when I caught my first pike while fishing with my Dad.By the mid-1970s, it had become an obsession that will last until my final day. I was raised in outdoor traditions and while I loved hunting, fishing was my passion. Seeing photos of huge pike in magazines, I knew I wanted to be part of that action.The Old Days I was fortunate to start pike fishing when I did. The North hadn't been completely explored yet and there were many untouched waters waiting for adventurous anglers to test them. New camps were opening almost yearly and with them came opportunities to fish virgin waters. But I was new to this and didn't know how to find these pristine waters or even that they existed. I started to meet other traveling anglers who helped tremendously, especially the senior members of this pike fraternity who had been discovering new waters for many years. Peter Graff, Mike Ellis, and Bill Tenney had ridden the crest of the wave into new territories and sampled pike fishing at its finest. I loved listening to their stories of successes and failures.Sadly, most of these masters have passed on, but a few are still chasing their favorite quarry. In 2012, I had the pleasure to spend time in the Northwest Territories with Graff, who at 85 is still scrambling across portages and catching giant pike with the best of them. He's one of the Grand Masters of North American pike fishing and I plan to fish with him again in 2013.Traveling north to fish for giant pike, my wife Mary and I have visited many camps of all kinds. We've gone from building a lean-to and sleeping on the ground to color-coordinated towels every day. It never mattered how rough or how luxurious fishing camps were. We went for the fishing.I'm often asked where to go and how to find these places. My responses often involve budget and expectations. What's affordable for some is out of the question for others. And what do you want or expect out of a trip? Are you eager to catch lots of fish or are you after a true trophy? Do you want to catch other species? Back in the mid-1970s, I was with a group of guys hauling boats up to Kississing Lake in Manitoba. We stopped for gas outside Winnipeg and I noticed a photo of a guy hoisting a big catfish. The kid working there told me it was the owner of the station and he fished the Red River. It was just 5 miles away and full of huge catfish. The next year on the way back to Kississing, I took extra days to explore this river and could not believe the channel catfish there. The evening of my second day, I got a visit from a guy who ran a boat rental on the river who asked if he could go with me the next day. Our conversation in the boat the next day led to my first fly-in for pike, a great adventure in Manitoba.Soon after, Mary and I tied the knot. This didn't hamper my fishing, it enhanced it. She became as focused on big pike as I was. We loved going to sports shows and talking to the outfitters and developed a system for grading camps. After talking with an outfitter, we'd take a brochure and mark it with a star. The higher our interest, the more stars they received. Back home we'd have a bag of brochures to go over. If they didn't rank high enough, they got pitched. Others were saved for future scrutiny. The Modern EraWhile we gathered great information at the shows, I knew there had to be more definitive information on where big pike were being caught. I joined the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and the International Game Fish Association to get copies of their annual record books. These publications provide lists showing where and when big fish were caught. We found the best list in the pages of In-Fisherman. Each issue contains an Adventures column with travel tips from staff members. And the annual Master Angler Awards list revealed not only where and when the biggest fish were caught across the continent, but also noted lure selection and moon phase.During the 1980s, while going through the In-Fisherman Master Angler Awards and the record books, a couple of names kept popping up. Dan Holloway of Indiana had set several records. Not shy, I called information and got his telephone number. After a series of conversations, Mr. Holloway invited me to fish deadbait with him at his favorite lake, Nun- gesser in Northwest Ontario. Dan and I became good friends and the fishing was so good that I fished ice-out pike there for the next 15 years.That wasn't the only opportunity I got from reading In-Fisherman. The magazine would annually print a big pike list provided by a reader named Bill Tenney. He was a pike pioneer, fanatic, and explorer who fished all over the world. I called Mr. Tenney, who led me to a boatload of big pike, several great fishing trips, and a friendship that lasted until Bill's last day.Mary and I also monitored Manitoba's Master Angler award program, administered by Travel Manitoba, which lists locations and dates of thousands of pike catches of 41 inches or more. It's an excellent source of information for those planning a trip for trophy pike, travelmanitoba.com, 800/665-0040.Aerial InfoI've also found airports a great source of information. Canada's few major ones serve as hubs for flights to remote points farther north. Winnipeg and Edmonton are two I've used the most. The numbers of anglers passing through is staggering — a lot of information for enquiring minds. If I spotted anyone else with a rod tube, I tried to strike up a conversation. Hang around the "oversized baggage" area and chat. Most anglers love to gab, either about their latest trip or what they hope to find on this adventure. My inquisitiveness has led to several lasting friendships.Another great airport connection is bush pilots. Without a doubt, they're one of the finest sources of information. They work out of floatplane bases and know the country better than anyone else. They hear fishermen's stories and know where the best catches are made.Years ago, it was possible to fly into a lake with a canoe or an inflatable boat strapped on a pontoon and explore on your own. We experienced this several times. There's a lot of satisfaction from investigating, finding, and exploring unknown lakes. But it's not always a bonanza from a fishing perspective. A satellite phone is a good idea.Today, several provinces have mandated that a guide or outfitter accompany anyone going into the bush. But going on your own is still possible in certain areas. Ivan Bourque of Loon Air in the Northwest Territories (867/872-8191) informed me that new regulations restrict what can be attached to floats on a plane, but that fold-up boats and inflatables fit inside a floatplane and can be flown to remote locations without a guide or outfitter. These watercraft may be available for rent. Check provincial regulations for limitations on travel.The bush pilot connection remains valuable. If it happens in the wilderness, bush pilots know about it. Over the years, I've contacted float-plane bases at Stoney Rapids and Points North in Saskatchewan, at Loon Air, Air Tindi, and Northwestern Air in the Northwest Territories, and float-plane bases in Thompson, Manitoba, and Red Lake, Ontario. Usually, a phone call can connect you to a pilot.Most of the areas south of the 60th parallel have been explored and charted and few new camps are opening. Fishing pressure has taken its toll on many waters. Catch-and-release regulations have helped and camps with them are the only ones to consider. That doesn't mean all the good spots are gone or that big pike are rare. It just means that the chances of fishing virgin waters are slim.Today, opportunities exist to fish old waters that fish like new ones. During the recent economic downturn, many camps closed. Some of them are now being bought or reopened, many after several years of inactivity. Such a hiatus gives pike populations a chance to rebound, sometimes with fishing nearly as good as it ever was. Sport shows, internet searches, and provincial ministries of natural resources can reveal these opportunities.The amount of pike information on the Internet is mind boggling, though it takes a critical eye to discern value. Organizations and clubs, many overseas, are devoted to pike and offer newsletters or host forums. Publications like Pikelines (The Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain), or those of The Irish Pike Society, Esox Ecosse (The Pike Anglers Alliance of Scotland), and Esoxhunter in Denmark are dedicated to the pursuit of pike They reveal top waters in Europe, where the world's largest pike dwell.Fantastic catches can still be made. As in the past, finding the highest percentage locations means doing your homework.*Jack Penny, Newton, Iowa, is a book author and freelance writer specializing in pike fishing. Read more at jackpennyoutdoors.com. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Medical help, security at the push of a button, a spa, a golf course and even spirituality.… Such safe and luxurious housing for the elderly is coming up, perhaps for the first time in India, targeting in particular the parents of NRIs.
The first such neighbourhood under the Impact Senior Living Estates (ISLE) will be established at Amritsar in the next two years, keeping in mind the predicament of NRIs who constantly worry about their aged or ailing kin back home.
Located close to the Golden Temple, the colony will mainly target Sikhs who would like to spend the last years of their lives close to a religious place.
Vinay Singhal, director of the project, said such housing projects were already there in Britain and Canada, but India was yet to explore such retirement options for the elderly.
To read more, please, visit - The Tribune
Related Stories:1) Reverse Mortgage Loan scheme- by National Housing Bank
2) Forbes Magazine covers Athashri, Paranjape Schemes' initiative to provide a dignified and joyful life to India's senior citizens
3) Because grandparents also want independence...freedom...to travel...to pursue hobbies


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Structural studies of two rhinovirus serotypes complexed with fragments of their cellular receptor.Kolatkar, P.R., Bella, J., Olson, N.H., Bator, C.M., Baker, T.S., Rossmann, M.G.
- PubMed: 10562537
- DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6249
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
- PubMed Abstract:
- Structure of a Human Rhinovirus Complexed with its Receptor Molecule
Olson, N.H.,Kolatkar, P.R.,Oliveira, M.A.,Cheng, R.H.,Greve, J.M.,Mcclelland, A.,Baker, T.S.,Rossmann, M.G.
(1993) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 90: 507
- The Structure of the Two Amino-Terminal Domains of Human Icam-1 Suggests How It Functions as a Rhinovirus Receptor and as an Lfa-1 Integrin Ligand.
Bella, J.,Kolatkar, P.R.,Marlor, C.W.,Greve, J.M.,Rossmann, M.G.
(1998) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 95: 6249
- Analysis of the Structure of a Common Cold Virus, Human Rhinovirus 14, Refined at a Resolution of 3.0 Angstroms.
Arnold, E.,Rossmann, M.G.
(1990) J.Mol.Biol. 211: 763
- A Dimeric Crystal Structure for the N-Terminal Two Domains of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
Casasnovas, J.M.,Stehle, T.,Liu, J.H.,Wang, J.H.,Springer, T.A.
(1998) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 95: 4134
- Structure of a Human Common Cold Virus and Functional Relationship to Other Picornaviruses
Rossmann, M.G.,Arnold, E.,Erickson, J.W.,Frankenberger, E.A.,Griffith, J.P.,Hecht, H.-J.,Johnson, J.E.,Kamer, G.,Luo, M.,Mosser, A.G.,Rueckert, R.R.,Sherry, B.,Vriend, G.
(1985) Nature 317: 145
Two human rhinovirus serotypes complexed with two- and five-domain soluble fragments of the cellular receptor, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, have been investigated by X-ray crystallographic analyses of the individual components and by cryo-elect ...
Two human rhinovirus serotypes complexed with two- and five-domain soluble fragments of the cellular receptor, intercellular adhesion molecule-1, have been investigated by X-ray crystallographic analyses of the individual components and by cryo-electron microscopy of the complexes. The three-dimensional image reconstructions provide a molecular envelope within which the crystal structures of the viruses and the receptor fragments can be positioned with accuracy. The N-terminal domain of the receptor binds to the rhinovirus 'canyon' surrounding the icosahedral 5-fold axes. Fitting of molecular models into the image reconstruction density identified the residues on the virus that interact with those on the receptor surface, demonstrating complementarity of the electrostatic patterns for the tip of the N-terminal receptor domain and the floor of the canyon. The complexes seen in the image reconstructions probably represent the first stage of a multistep binding process. A mechanism is proposed for the subsequent viral uncoating process.
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We've seen the trend for metallics everywhere and with Christmas Party Season in full swing, this is a look we absolutely adore. We're sharing some of our favourite products as well as the best ways to wear the look this Christmas.
Gold eye makeup can be done so many ways, from a subtle inner corner highlight to full metallic lids and statement eyeliner, from icy pale champagnes to rich yellow golds. Every look just needs a different product to make it work.
Choosing the Right Shade
There is a gold for everyone. Icy pale golds look incredible against blue eyes, whilst warm, bold golds make a statement against darker eyes. If you have a touch of green in your eyes, the rich golds will help bring that out.
For a pale gold illuminator, the RMS Living Luminizer gives a beautiful subtle shimmer. As a richer tone, we love the NARS Dual Intensity Eyeshadow in Himali; when used wet it gives a pure slick of metal to the lids.


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With all the hoopla surrounding the new touch screen retina display on the Macbook Pro, you may have missed an omission from the design—Apple has removed the SD card slot.
That's right: No more direct insertion of your camera's SD card and immediate downloading. Apple's senior vice president Phil Schiller told The Independent that the built-in slot was "cumbersome." To be fair, I think many photographers have bent or broken SD cards because they were sticking out of the laptop.
It seems possible that the omission of the build-in SD slot also is an attempt not to pick a side in the increasing divide between camera's using SD or CompactFlash cards.
Schiller also pointed to the increasing wireless connection with cameras: "That's proving very useful. So we think there's a path forward where you can use a physical adaptor if you want, or do wireless transfer."
I sure would miss the convenience of the built-in reader—how about you?
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Job Description
Business Development Associate
San Francisco, CA
What would you do?
- Work closely with Business Development Managers to create customized plans for sales territories and support sales cycle success
- Identify prospective college partners based on their mission alignment and history of commitment to student success
- Research past relationship history between prospective college partners and RaiseMe
- Create plan for prospective college partner meetings based on research reports you have done on the institution; provide follow up proposals and analysis based on prospective partner needs
- Leverage Salesforce.com, Outreach.io, LinkedIn, phone calls, and other tactics to build and manage a pipeline of prospective college partners, ensuring that Salesforce.com contains accurate account details and contact information for both partners and prospects
- Manage and respond to inbound requests from prospective or current partners in a timely manner
- Work with the team on conference planning; prepare meetings and presentations, and assess attendee lists
- Join calls with executives from colleges across the country and build knowledge of enrollment management and sales
- Identify opportunities to improve our product offering based on deep knowledge of our students' and partners' needs
- Have the opportunity to grow into a full sales position as a Business Development Manager at RaiseMe, with career development and progression
This job might be for you if you're:
- A Doer: You are driven, self-motivated and a self-starter who brings your ideas to life and takes pride in results. You are resourceful and find ways to get things done regardless of the obstacles. You are not fearful of failure and realize that failure is often a step closer to figuring out what works. Taking on complex challenges excites you, even if you have to ask for help or spend some time figuring out where to begin.
- Organized: You are detail oriented and can handle having a variety of different projects on your plate at one time because you are good at keeping track of them. You can create structure for yourself to be most successful.
- A Talented Communicator: You are a "people person" who enjoys communicating with people and has a strong awareness of those around you. You are thoughtful about the ways you communicate and the impact that may have on a client. You have the ability to sense when a conversation is progressing in a positive or negative way and have the confidence to address concerns. When you are passionate about a cause, you are able to rally everyone around you.
- Confident but Self-Critical: You are confident in your skills and the quality of your work product. At the same time you are not afraid to ask for help and want to constantly be improving. You are looking for professional development and mentorship in order to reach your full-potential in your role.
- Mission-Driven: You want to use your talents to make the world a better place and you are in a rush to do it. You may have worked in education or edtech before or your desire to improve education may come through in other experiences from your life.
Who we are looking for:
For the Business Development Associate role, we are looking for candidates who are either recent college graduates, or who have up to 3 years of experience in a client facing role, preferably sales. Our Business Development team includes individuals from diverse backgrounds, including banking, consulting, education, and tech. We are looking for candidates who are hungry to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial business environment and who have a proven track record of success in their past roles and experiences. We are hiring for both junior and senior roles.
What will success look like for you at Raise.me?
- You will have learned quickly as a Business Development Associate, grown professionally and personally, and progressed on the Business Development team to take ownership over your own sales region.
- You have helped millions of students to achieve their potential and fulfill their college ambitions. The product and company you have helped build transform the way billions of dollars in financial aid are distributed each year.
- You have built strong relationships with senior leaders from top universities, corporations, and foundations across the country.
- You have helped build a category-defining company and have an attractive equity stake.
- You have learned a ton, met amazing people, developed your skills, and had a life-shaping experience.
About Raise.me
At Raise.me, we're focused on ensuring that all students have the opportunity to achieve their college and career ambitions. We're looking for passionate, high-achievers who want to build a company that will help millions of students. If that's you, join our team!


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1. Wash your hands with soap and water
2. Sprinkle a fair bit of dessicated coconut onto a plate
3. Combine the following in a large bowl:
- 250grams of crushed Milk Arrowroot biscuits
- 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup of dessicated coconut
- 2/3 cup of sultanas
- tin of condensed milk (395 grams)
- 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of rum
4. Once everything is combined well, roll the mixture into balls as small or large as you choose and then roll in the coconut on the plate to coat completely
5. Continue rolling and rolling until all the mixture has been used
6. Now wash off the mixture that's all over your hands and between your fingers and they'll be lovely and soft!
(And of course, the bonus is you're also left with a plate of rum balls!! Put the plate in the fridge for a few hours and enjoy the deliciousness. Also - you can leave out the rum if you don't drink alcohol.)


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Letter To My Dad
An open letter dad, quit sports, Dear dad, i was afraid to say this to your face after the game today, but i was thinking that maybe you could stop coming to my games for a while..
Letters dad | time., That was you coming into the living room as i start to write this letter because you remind me of how wonderful it is to be a father every day of my life. love, dad..
A letter dad, In this you will hear of a daughters love for her dad, i love this one, not because i got the chance to put my voice to it, but because of the love it shows..
Letter father | huffington post, In fall 2012, wrote letter father, dr. wayne dyer, letting grateful dad. time, sister.
Letter father – writing., This letter father, telling feel. dear dad, hardest letter write. feelings years.
A letter dad father' day – ' bug , Since wrote blog post mother' day, thought father' day. writing blog post honor dad father'.


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I too have a Kindle, and we get along great! Sadly she just can't measure up to the feel, and even smell, of good ol' fashion paperbacks :)ReplyDelete
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I plan on getting an e-reader at some point, but a real book will always win for me. There's just something special about them!!ReplyDelete
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I agree with everything you said! Also, any series that I've started in physical book form, I have to continue in physical book form. ;) I can't have half a series on my bookshelves and the other half on my Kindle. It wouldn't feel right!ReplyDelete
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I can't pick a side either. Once I got a kindle and read on it I quite enjoyed it, but I still enjoyed a physical book too.ReplyDelete
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I think what makes me love print books is because I can't get them as easy as ebooks. I need some efforts to own them (the money, the extra time of ordering, the space and special care to keep it), which make them more valuable to me.ReplyDelete
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Micrometeoritic Sulfur and Ferrihydrite in Exobiology
A more detailed summary of previous works supporting the role of unmelted micrometeorites (about 25 of the incoming flux of micrometeorites) in prebi-otic chemistry is given elsewhere (Maurette, 1998). Krueger and Kissel (1987) quoted thermodynamic computations suggesting that cometary dust grains of the Halley type, when added to a preexisting soup of organics, could trigger the formation of nucleic acids. Anders (1989) relied on the characteristics of the tiny micrometeorites collected in the stratosphere (10-20 m), which amount to about 1 of the micrometeorite mass flux, to argue that micrometeorites played a major role in the delivery of organics to the Earth. As first
Alien Creatures Science Fiction or Fact
From the start of the scientific revolution until the dawn of the space age (in 1957), the issue of whether alien life-forms inhabited other worlds in the solar system or possibly existed on planets around other stars resided primarily in the realm of science fiction. While a few scientists began to lay the foundations of exobiology in the 20th century by investigating conditions that could have started life in the primitive chemical soup of an ancient Earth, until the 1950s, most mainstream scientists politely skirted the topic of alien life. As discussed in this chapter and elsewhere in the book, there were, however, several notable exceptions, including Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Svante August Arrhenius (1859-1927), Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1835-1910), Percival Lowell (1855-1916), and Enrico Fermi (1901-54).
Ribozymes Amino Acids and the Advent ofTranslation
These insights may speak to one of the enduring mysteries of molecular biology why did the translation apparatus evolve in the first place From one vantage, translation looks like a textbook example of that well-known oxymoron, anticipatory evolution (i.e., ribozymes were the primary catalysts in a hypothetical early cell and yet somehow knew to create an apparatus to replace themselves). Even if the first translated peptides augmented ribozyme-mediated catalysis, there must have been some simple and obvious evolutionary advantage to augmenting catalysis prior to inventing a complex apparatus to do so. One possible explanation is that since amino acids would have been available in the prebiotic soup, ribozymes could have originally used these simple and available compounds as cofactors. Further increases in catalytic precision and complexity would have driven the conjugation and polymerization of amino acids in series and chains. As an example of how translated peptides could have...
Astrobiological Questions
What does the chemistry of meteorites tell us As it can be easily seen by comparing the data in Tables 6.1-6.3 with even elementary biochemistry, there seems to be a basic difference between the distributions of organic compounds in meteorite and the biosphere. Meteoritic compounds are characterized by large diversity (all isomeric compounds often being present) and appear to be products of random syntheses biomolecules, instead, are the result of strict compositional selection (e.g., as mentioned, only twenty amino acids make up the whole of terrestrial proteins) and display functional specificity. It is hard to propose that such a varied soup of organics could have had any advantage in prebiotic chemical evolution without some aid or induction toward molecular selectivity.
Look more closely at the signposts
Now it is quite clear that the universality of all this higher-order organisation cannot be accounted for in terms of the pre-existence of precisely this organisation on a lifeless Earth. I don't think that anyone has suggested that the ribosome was picked out of a 'probiotic soup'. That being so it becomes correspondingly less clear which, if any, of the component molecules might have been preselected. At least some of the universality was an evolutionary product. The thought arises perhaps it all was. We may make a machine by first designing it, then drawing up a list of components that will be needed, then acquiring the components, and then building the machine. But that can never be the way that evolution works. It has no plan. It has no view of the finished system. It would not know in advance which pieces would be relevant. Even if amino acids (for example) had been in a 'probiotic soup', what use would they have been, long before their key use now (to make protein) had been hit...
So weve lost the mission The Big Bang and the Cosmic Background Explorer
Then, science took a break from fundamental research, and went to work in service of war, inventing radar, jet aircraft, and atomic bombs. In the late 1940s, as the world recovered, Ralph Alpher was a graduate student, and Robert Herman had just received his PhD. They were working with astronomer George Gamow to think about the early Universe. The three predicted that the expanding Universe must have had an extremely hot beginning, and computed the amount of hydrogen and helium that should have been produced by nuclear reactions in the primordial soup. They also predicted that the Universe should be filled by the residual heat radiation of that time, now reduced to a temperature of a few degrees above absolute zero. This radiation, now called the cosmic microwave background radiation, would be recognizable because it should come to us with the same brightness from every direction. It would have been difficult or impossible to measure with 1940s technology, even though it was predicted...
Granites and granites
However, the K-rich granites, typical of the present upper crust, display a subtle variety of types, that initially were labeled as I and S types of granite 24 . These showed differences reflecting derivation from or interaction with igneous (I) or sedimentary (S) source rocks. The popularity of this classification led to further subdivisions so that an alphabet soup of granite types soon arose.
Other Error Detection Correction Methods Genetic and Neural Systems and a Nonlinear Dynamics Approach for Biological
Although a random coding can show a strong error correction capability, the main drawback at a practical level is that the decoding will be limited by an efficiency constraint. A random coding can give results as good as a structured one, but the efficiency of the former can be dramatically lower this efficiency is made apparent in practical terms in excessively long times for retrieving the error-free information. However, in the genetic machinery, the ribosome is a highly efficient machine, assembling amino acids with incredibly low error rates and operating in a reactive medium that contains a very mixed soup of the components to be assembled. Is it possible to achieve this performance without resorting to sophisticated methods of coding and decoding of the genetic information This is a question of fundamental importance that needs a cooperative effort from different fundamental and experimental branches of science to be definitively resolved. Its solution may contribute to a...
Problems with experiments
The most obvious way forward from such an apparent impasse is to find a viable precursor that is chemically simpler and, ideally, easier to synthesize. This is an important and more general point. If such a stage could be identified, it might even begin to show how nascent life, or its molecular antecedents, began to exert its strange yet characteristic specificity, its ability to select the one-in-a-million chemicals, by metaphorically dipping into the organic 'soup' and selecting any molecule that improves, be it ever so slightly, one or other biological process. Perhaps we should stop worrying about ribose, and look towards a more believable predecessor. Such might be the case with a compound known as a-threofuranosyl. This can be derived from a sugar (threose) with only four atoms (i.e. tetrose) and thus is simpler than ribose and perhaps easier to synthesize. Of equal significance is that a-threofuranosyl can be used in the building of a short molecular strand that is directly...
Error Control and Dynamical Attractors A High Level Strategy for the Management of Genetic Information
The genetic code acts at the level of translation, that is, of protein synthesis controlled by genetic information. Once mRNA relative to a specific protein becomes available for translation, it is reasonable to suppose that the information carried is reliable. Indeed, the very existence of the genetic code points to this concept a codon is translated as the corresponding amino acid and there is no reason for changing its meaning (there are only a few exceptions in which ambiguous codons can be translated with different meanings depending on the context2). Thus, the main issue regarding error protection in protein synthesis is related to translation accuracy. We need to ensure that a given codon is translated into the amino acid assigned by the genetic code. An additional problem is represented by the speed of protein synthesis if we need many molecules of the target protein, for example, as a response to a vital cell signalling, the velocity of protein synthesis may be crucial for...
The restaurant at the edge of the universe
Some of the food taken on Apollo was dehydrated, for good reason. Water makes up a substantial component of soups and juices, and makes them heavy. Since spare water was plentiful anyway as a by-product of the fuel cells, it made little sense to carry more from Earth. Instead, some of the crew's food was freeze-dried, packed into plastic bags and vacuum-sealed to save space. When required, it was retrieved from its storage locker and water was injected through an orifice in the bag. It was then kneaded and left for a few minutes to be fully absorbed. When ready, the corner was cut off with scissors and the contents squeezed out into the mouth. The Apollo spacecraft had a feature that made eating soups somewhat more pleasurable than on previous spacecraft - hot water. Because the fuel cells had to constantly generate electricity, designers could afford to add a small water heater that could then be used for making coffee and soup. Unfortunately, the limited power available on the lunar...
Arthur Holmes And The Concept Of Convection
Convection is the process that transfers heat from one place to another by the movement of heated matter. Convection happens most often in fluids like water, air, or magma. As an example of how a convection current works, think of a pot of thick soup cooking on a stove. The heat from the stove causes the soup at the bottom of the pot to heat up first. As the soup at the bottom gets hot, it begins to expand and becomes less dense. It slowly rises to the top of the pot and the cooler soup near the top begins to sink. Once the hot soup reaches the top of the pot, it begins to cool down again, which causes it to contract and become denser. It then begins to sink, replacing new hot soup that is rising. If you watch the soup on the stove, you can actually see this swirling action.
Valeriy Nikolayevich Kubasov
After training for missions which never flew to the first three DOS stations, in May 1973 Kubasov was assigned with Leonov to the Apollo-Soyuz programme. After the two spacecraft were docked, Thomas Stafford and Donald Slayton transferred through the special airlock to the hatch of Soyuz 19, where the historic handshake between men of the rival space-faring nations occurred. Meanwhile, their colleague Vance Brand remained in the Apollo. The cosmonauts had prepared a surprise for their guests ''We knew that after the docking we would have lunch on our ship with the Americans, so we decided to entertain them. We had brought several samples of Stolichnaya vodka, and once in space we glued these to juice and soup tubes. When ready to eat, we put these 'rarities' on the table. After a moment of confusion, the astronauts started to cheer like kids Of course, they realised that this was a Russian tradition And on trying it, they laughed heartily.'' After spending two days in the docked...
Old Debate Young Science
Oparin formulated in 1924 a prebiotic scenario where organic compounds built from inorganics were organized first into coazervate droplets as soon as these droplets became separated from the surrounding medium by a more or less definite border, they at once acquired a certain degree of individuality competition in growth velocity and at the end simplest primary organisms have emerged. JBS Haldane could not be more enthusiastic over the potential ofprebiotic synthesis of organic compounds that must have accumulated till the primitive oceans reached the consistency of dilute soup, thus giving birth to the legendary 'primordial soup'.6-8
Universal chlorophyll
The processes of photosynthesis are, therefore, hedged in with many constraints, but even so chlorophyll is a remarkable molecule that effectively underpins the entire biosphere. It is thus rather surprising to learn that not only does chlorophyll fall short in such matters as the effectiveness of its RuBisCO, but it also seems to suffer from rather more general difficulties. George Wald, in particular, has pointed out that if one compares the absorption spectra of the various types of chlorophyll to the available visible light spectrum of our Sun the match is, to put it mildly, disappointing (Fig. 6.1). Clearly the chlorophyll has to absorb some sunlight or it simply would not work. In addition, different types of chlorophyll vary somewhat in their absorption spectra chlorophyll d, for example, shows a rather remarkable shift towards absorption of red light.12 Accordingly chlorophyll has some latitude in the wavelengths of light it is best adapted to absorb, but it is all the more...
The biochemical theory for the origin of life
Further experiments in the 1950s and 1960s led to the production of polypeptides, polysaccharides, and other larger organic molecules, the next step in the hypothetical sequence. Sidney Fox at Florida State University even succeeded in creating cell-like structures, in which a soup of organic molecules became enclosed in a membrane. His 'protocells' seemed to feed and divide, but they did not survive for long, so they were not living, despite the hype made by the press at the time. In a recent twist to the classic Oparin-Haldane biochemical model, Euan Nisbet (University of London) and Norman Sleep (Stanford University) proposed the hydrothermal model for the origin of life in 2001. In this model, the ancestor of all living things was a hyperthermophile, a simple organism that lived in unusually hot conditions. The transition from isolated amino acids to DNA may then have happened in a hot-water system associated with active volcanoes, rather than in some primeval soup at the ocean e...
IiPreventing Idle Ribosomes in the Presence of an Excess of EFG
More than 200 genes, of which more than 120 are associated with the translational apparatus, encoding about 40 genes for ribosomal proteins, two rRNAs (omitting the 5S rRNA), 21 tRNAs, 20 synthetases, six factors and at least 20 tRNA modifying enzymes. In addition a minimum of30 genes are needed for both the generation of household energy and the synthesis of at least some of the amino acids (note since some ofthe amino acids were formed in the Stanley Miller type experiments mimicking the atmosphere and the physical environment of more than 3 billion years ago,8 they could be taken up from the primordial soup by the earliest cells and thus did not need to be synthesized).
Set stars backup attitude reference and other comments
Although it was something of an alphabet soup, the basic idea went like this. If the alignment of the gyro-stabilised platform, the IMU, was lost and could not be restored, the spacecraft had two other sets of gyros the body-mounted attitude gyros (BMAGs) and their associated electronics, the gyro display couplers (GDCs) that made sense of them. Unlike the platform, which measured absolute attitude, the BMAGs really measured changes in attitude. Therefore, if the platform was lost and if the spacecraft could be made to adopt a known attitude only with reference to the stars, then the BMAGs and their GDCs could use that knowledge as a starting point for their determination of attitude. All that was required from mission control were two stars - in this case, Vega and Deneb - and a set of three attitude angles. To make the backup realignment work, the CMP needed to manoeuvre the spacecraft so that the stars were arranged in the scanning telescope in a predefined manner. This placed the...
Where Did It Happen
Other scientists early in the twentieth century, such as J.B.S. Hal-dane and A. Oparin, agreed with Darwin and expanded on this idea. They independently hypothesized that the early Earth had a reducing atmosphere (one that produces chemical reactions the opposite of oxidation in such an environment, iron would never rust). The atmosphere at that time may have been filled with methane and ammonia, forming (because it was filled with the chemicals necessary to create amino acids) an ideal primordial soup from which the first life appeared in some shallow body of water. Until the 1950s and into the 1960s, it was thus believed that the early Earth's atmosphere would have allowed commonplace inorganic synthesis of the organic building blocks called amino acids by the simple addition of water and energy, as shown in the famous experiments of Miller and Urey in 1952. All that was needed was a convenient place for all the various chemicals to accumulate. The best place for this...
Life Is Chemical
Oparin described how, on an early Earth with a reducing environment, simple organic compounds formed and began reacting with one another. This led to chemical evolution in which the more stable (or fit ) molecules hang around, accumulating and evolving further. The result was a rich soup of chemicals that gradually increased in size and complexity until the organic molecules essential to forming the first living cells were abundant in the ponds and oceans of the juvenile Earth.
Finding its path
It is certainly not my intention to suggest that the origin of life is a scientifically intractable problem, but at this stage of the proceedings simply to register mild surprise at the relative lack of experimental success. There has, of course, been a succession of ingenious experiments that aim to throw light on one or other facet of prebiotic chemistry. The real problem is getting past this first stage, from the early organic 'soup' (however envisaged) to the metabolic and biochemical highway, with a functioning cell as its destination. Self-evidently this end product - the cell - is an immensely complex chemical factory. The path leading to the living cell must have required simpler predecessors, and most probably can be envisaged as analogous to building with something like a modular construction kit. Parts that were formerly independent could then be 'bolted on' at various stages. The difficulty remains exactly which path, which kit These questions seem to be virtually...
Seeing things
'Because, you see. in the absence of oxygen the oceans would have accumulated the molecules of life . The oceans would have been vast bowls of nutritious soup. Chance could do the rest. Combinations of molecules came and went. Some combinations were more stable than others, forming coherent little droplets or clots in the soup. In
Again, though, is this true There are great difficulties over and above the whole idea of wound-up nucleotides having been there in the first place. It takes a dozen and a half steps to make a nucleotide - there are that many intermediates, many of which are quite unstable. It is not at all clear that these intermediates would have been available for use in a primordial soup even if primed nucleotides had been.
Eerie perfection
But how good is good The rule of thumb in evolution is 'good enough to do the job in most circumstances', but not to waste time building a Rolls-Royce of an organism, or, to put it more flippantly, no supersonic albatrosses. Even so, measuring this 'goodness' for purpose is not so easy organisms themselves are rubbery, slippery, and pliable and non-invasive techniques of investigation are time-consuming and often difficult. One way to address this problem is to look at the design tolerance of an organism, that is, to see the margins of safety built into such a structure as a bone. A powerful analogy, as Jared Diamond reminds us,23 is to think of a lift in a prestigious building dedicated to the serious accumulation and worship of money. 'Room for one more', says the lift attendant, before the cage shuts, shoots skywards towards the 59th floor, which it never reaches because at the 48th floor the cable snaps Such instances are, in the absence of malice, mercifully rare because the...
Universal rhodopsin
Echolocation is not confined to the nocturnal sonar of the bats. It is also well known in various marine mammals, such as the dolphin,227 but in the context of considering convergence we shall postpone a visit to these wonderful animals because of their involvement in the yet more intriguing area of intelligence (Chapter 10). Concerning the techniques of echolocation there is, however, another fascinating example of convergence that is perhaps rather less known. This involves those birds that inhabit the deep, dark recesses of caves, where they often share their domiciles with the bats. Notable in this regard are the South American oilbirds and the Asian swiftlets, whose saliva-bound nests are eagerly sought for those who find bird's nest soup exceptionally tasty. As their name suggests, the oilbirds have extensive fat deposits, which if rendered provide an oil of exceptional quality and purity. These birds attracted the notice of
The Origin Of Life
Further experiments in the 1950s and 1960s led to the production of polypeptides, poly-saccharides and other larger organic molecules (step 3). Sidney Fox at Florida State University even succeeded in creating cell-like structures, in which a soup of organic molecules became enclosed in a membrane (step 4). His protocells seemed to feed and divide, but they did not survive for long.
Pyramid Power
When we hatched as larvae earthlings, we fed on plant leaves (life) and now we are mature caterpillars. At some point, we get a signal that tells us that change is coming. The caterpillar stops what it has been doing and attaches itself upside down on a branch to spin a pupa or chrysalis that will contain it while it changes into a butterfly. Inside this chrysalis, the substance of caterpillar dissolves into a kind of primordial soup and the coding in its DNA changes it into a whole new being. This chrysalis becomes increasingly transparent during metamorphosis. Then it cracks open and the butterfly emerges. As its wings slowly dry out, it discovers it is no longer confined to crawling. It has wings to lift it into the sky to fly free to live in a whole new reality. Friends, this is what I believe is about to happen to you and me and all of humanity. I've been thinking about this shift for quite a while now and here is what I see. I see a lot of people who are receiving internal...
Heterotrophic Origin
Life within the hydrothermal-volcanic system and lend support to a Hot Start Hypothesis that life got its start in the scalding mineral rich waters streaming out of deep sea hydrothermal vents .51 This results in an ongoing Heterotrophy First vs Autotrophy First debate Proponents of the organic soup theory suggest that life originated through the organization of organic molecules that were produced in the atmosphere by a Miller-Urey type reaction or were delivered to Earth
Bad Feelings
I know enough about fear to know that it's all about lack of control, and you don't get a whole lot more out of control than hurtling through the sky in a massive soup can thirty-five thousand feet above ground. What I needed was the illusion of control. If I remained vigilant, maybe I'd, I don't know, see a piece fall off the wing and I'd be able to alert the pilot in a timely manner. Or maybe I'd be the only one to see my fellow passenger about to light his sneaker bomb while everyone else was sleeping or watching The Tuxedo, and I'd be able to alert the strapping young man sitting a few rows behind me to subdue him. (Whenever I board a plane, I always make note of a strapping young man just in case anyone needs to be subdued.)
Coda Rearticulating
Ways of living and dying matter Which historically situated practices of multispecies living and dying should flourish There is no outside from which to answer that mandatory question we must give the best answers we come to know how to articulate, and take action, without the god trick of self-certainty. Companion-species worlds are turtles all the way down. Far from reducing everything to a soup of post- (or pre-) modern complexity in which anything ends up permitted, companion-species approaches must actually engage in cosmopolitics, articulating bodies to some bodies and not others, nourishing some worlds and not others, and bearing the mortal consequences. Respect is respecere looking back, holding in regard, understanding that meeting the look of the other is a condition of having face oneself. All of this is what I am calling sharing suffering. It is not a game but more like what Charis Thompson calls ontological choreography.33
The point of this section of the chapter is that 'the right enzyme' achieves its 'rightness' largely through its physical shape (and that's important, because the physical shape is determined by genes, and it is genes whose variations are ultimately favoured or disfavoured by natural selection). Molecules aplenty are drifting and twisting and spinning through the soup that bathes the interior of a cell. A molecule of substance A might be happy to react with a molecule of substance B, but only if they happen to collide when facing in exactly the right direction, relative to each other. Crucially, that seldom happens - unless the right enzyme intervenes. The enzyme's precise shape, the shape into which it folded itself like a magnetic necklace, leaves it pitted with cavities and dents, each one of which itself has a precise shape. Each enzyme has a so-called 'active site', which is usually a particular dent or pocket, whose shape and chemical properties confer upon the enzyme its...


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Quiz: Which of These Dumb Criminals Is Telling the Truth?
Was a bank robbery just 'performance art'? Did one crook have an 'evil twin' giving him a bad name? See if you can guess the truth.
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A former art lecturer at MIT was sentenced to a year in jail for robbing a bank. Although he admitted to committing the crime, he insisted he should not serve time.
His excuse: It was done as part of a performance art piece. Source: masslive.com
After a Breathalyzer test showed her blood alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit, a New York State woman was arrested. But, she said, there was an explanation.
Her excuse: She suffered from auto-brewery syndrome, which meant her body created alcohol. Source: CNN
Another disputed DUI occurred in Wisconsin. The 75-year-old driver told officers he hadn't touched a drop.
His excuse: His blood alcohol level was high because of his dinner—beer-battered fish. Source: WISC-TV
On February 7, at 4:30 p.m., a driver was pulled over for topping 100 mph. The man, however, asked the police officer to be quick, as he was in a hurry.
His excuse: He had tickets for the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California, and kickoff was at 6:30. Police were skeptical, since the stop occurred in Pennsylvania. Source: pennlive.com
When a Florida bicyclist was detained, police found crack cocaine in his pants pocket. "Wait, what?!" said the man.
His excuse: He had no idea how the crack had gotten into the pants because they weren't his pants. The cash the cops found? Yeah, that was his, but not the drugs. Source: Sun-Sentinel (Miami)
A Pennsylvania man was convicted of pulling off ten armed robberies. Although the heists were caught on videos that showed his face, he denied responsibility.
His excuse: Of course the guy in the videos looked like him. It was his "evil twin." Source: Las Vegas Sun
So who's telling the truth?
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I'm going to miss all the traffic. I don't know that I'll have anything that popular for Thanksgiving. Maybe I should write the words "Funny Thanksgiving Poem" and see if that makes it out to the search engines.


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The Trading Journey
If you've started trading recently or you're an experienced trader operating on the financial markets for many years, there is one thing you know for sure: handling emotions has been (or currently is) a big deal.
Personally, I've encountered many obstacles on my path to get where I am today and, to be honest, I'm still making some common mistakes from time to time. The vast majority of these issues involves the mindset of the decision-making process and each one of us can have different tiny details that have an impact on the overall quality of our trading.
For example, one of the best changes I've made while I was trading with real money was getting rid of the "Unrealized" column into my broker software setup. As you may know, it shows the live profit/loss until closing the position. After having some bad trades, I realized that number was influencing my trading style. In fact, I wasn't able to focus just on the technical's of my trades. Believe it or not, my performance got a significant boost after making this little change.
In general, understanding how to be successful at this psychological game is what will make your trading habits sustainable in the long run.
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Here are the two main pillars that new traders need to focus on in order to establish the ultimate winning attitude:
- Knowledge: being technically educated means knowing the strategies that have been proven to work.
- Acceptance: respecting the trade you've planned means take profit at the target and, more importantly, stop out to trim the loss.
The sooner you make these concepts your own, the faster you will turn consistently profitable.
Going further inside those, here is a list of practical suggestions to win this inner battle:
- Invest in education from valuable sources that have been proven to be successful. You can bet they've already gone through all of this before and found out how to properly win the trading game. Once you've selected the best material, give yourself enough time to deeply study it.
- Embrace your losses because they are going to be your best teachers. Think of every one of them as a great opportunity to learn a new lesson rather than immediately acting to make up the loss. Trading for revenge is what has blown up more accounts than any other bad practice.
- Keep tracking your performances and use that data as the input for making proper adjustments to your own trading style.
- Establish goals that are clearly measurable and feasible so that you can continuously raise the bar as you reach them.
This is why becoming a WarriorPro student and being involved in the Warrior Trading community has been among the best possible choices I have made.
See you in chat-room!
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Ever hear the phrase "The best way to stop having sex is to get married"? Clever, but it's not too funny if you are living it. Has your wife told you kindly (or not so kindly) that you are a bad lover? Or maybe she doesn't say it but you aren't having sex very often […]Read More


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On the morning of June 6, 1944, the first Douglas #C-47 Skytrain crossed the coastline of Normandy, France, and let loose the paratroopers that began the invasion. Newly painted across the fuselage was a message to Adolf Hitler: That's All, Brother. Seventy years later, the #airplane that dropped the first fighting forces sat in a Wisconsin yard, just weeks from being converted to a BT-67 turboprop.
When he discovered the aircraft's fate, "a chill ran down my spine," says Matt Scales, a historian with the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He sent out word to every museum and organization that might save the airplane, but couldn't find a taker—some already had other #D-Day C-47s; others simply thought Scales was wrong about the airplane's identity. But then he received a message from Adam Smith at the Commemorative Air Force; Smith had stumbled upon a blog post about Scales' search and confirmed the story by following the chain of ownership from the aircraft's military days to present: He went through Federal Aviation Administration records and physically checked placards and dataplates on the aircraft to match them with the paperwork. When he confirmed the identity, "instantly you understand the significance, and the vision appears in your mind of saving and restoring the plane." Through a crowdsourcing campaign, the CAF raised $75,000—in only 48 hours—to buy the airplane, and then increased their goal to $250,000 for the restoration.
The discovery of the D-Day leader began with a rumor. In 2006, Scales was a staff sergeant with the Alabama Air National Guard's 106th Air Refueling Squadron. He became fascinated with the history of his squadron, especially the period in World War II when it flew B-25s in the South Pacific. One day he heard that a member of the 106th had flown the lead C-47 on D-Day. "I didn't understand how this was possible, as, on June 6, 1944, my squadron was about as far away from Normandy as humanly possible," says Scales.
In 2007, he volunteered for a tour with the Air Force Historical Research Agency, where he discovered records showing Lieutenant Colonel John M. Donalson, a member of the 106th in the 1930s, and then again in the late 1940s and '50s, had been transferred to Europe when the United States entered the war and was indeed the #pilot on the lead aircraft behind the pathfinders—paratroopers who had jumped into Normandy the night before to mark drop zones for the troops.
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Donnington, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1941
Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1941Transcription by Rosemary Lockie © 2000
DONNINGTON is a village and parish, on the road from Ledbury to Gloucester, bounded on the west by the river Leadon, which here divides the county from Gloucestershire, about 2 miles south from Ledbury station on the Worcester and Hereford section of the Great Western railway, in the Hereford division of the county, Radlow hundred, Ledbury rural district, county court district and petty sessional division, rural deanery of Ledbury and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early English style of the 13th century, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a wooden western turret containing 2 bells: it was restored and re-pewed during the year 1862, when a vestry was built: the stained east window is a memorial to Mrs. Lander and the west window to the Rev. James Newton, rector of Preston, Gloucs: there are other windows to the Rev. John Lander M.A. rector 1845-90, to Mrs. Niblett and Mrs. Mitchell. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1755; marriages, 1754; burials, 1765; previous entries relating to Donnington are in the registers of Ledbury. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £193, with 9 acres of globe, and residence, in the gift of Col. C. J. H. Spence-Colby C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D.. D.L., J.P., M.F.H. and held since 1936 by the Rev. James John Agar-Ellis M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who resides at Ledbury. Donnington Hall, a Georgian mansion pleasantly situated, is the property and residence of Col. C. J. H. Spence-Colby C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., M.F.H. who is the principal landowner. The kennels of Col. Spence-Colby's Foxhounds are situated in this parish; Col. Cecil J. H. Spence-Colby C.M.G. is master; the pack comprises 30 couples and hunts Wednedays and Saturdays; Gloucester, Ledbury and Newent are convenient centres; Dymock (3 miles) is the nearest station to the kennels. The soil is mostly heavy; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans and hops. The area is 1,038 acres; the population 1931 was 109.
By Local Government Board Order 16.127, dated March 25, 1885, Haffield was transferred from Ledbury to Donnington.
Post & T. Office, Greenway.
Letters through Dymock, Gloucestershire. Dymock is the nearest M.O. office
(For T N's see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Smith Charles Thomas, The Rectory
Spence-Colby Col. Cecil John Herbt. C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., D.L., J.P., M.F.H. Donnington hall
Wharton John Robert, Haffield
Marked thus * farm 150 acres or over.
Bullock Adeline Pope & Nancy Una (Misses), farmers, Dinchall
* Davies Bros. farmers, Lower ho. & Nurdens
Hemming Thos. farm bailiff to Col. C. J. H.Spence-Colby C.M.G. Home farm
Hussey J. gardener to Col. C. J. E. Spence-Colby C.M.G
Parsons C. kennel huntsman & stud groom to Col. C. J. E. Spence-Colby C.M.G.
Pratt Harold, former, Donnington Court farm
* Smith Horace, farmer, The Vineyard. Dymock 33
[Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in June 2000
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1941 in Hereford Central Library]


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How To Build A Budget From Scratch
Personal finance goals and questions come up so often in our community, so we thought it was high time we talked about this on the blog. I am extremely passionate about financial freedom, both in my own life and helping to equip others, so I thought I'd share a little bit about how to build a budget.
If you follow a written budget, you will be able to confidently say that is the number one reason you feel at peace with your finances. You won't have to worry about whether or not you'll have enough money to pay your mortgage or insurance every month; you'll know that you will. The headspace this surety frees up will allow you to focus on your dreams and keep you on track to reach your lifetime financial goals. What could be better than that?
If the word budget sounds scary, shake off that fear and listen to this: a budget is not about denying yourself and cutting out everything fun. It's about making a plan.
A budget will help you be purposeful about how you spend and save instead of just closing your eyes and hoping. While there are many ways to track a budget (which we'll chat about later), building a budget is pretty simple.
It's all about two things: income and expenses. These make up your cash flow. Here are the steps to building a budget that makes sense for your needs, spending, and goals.
How To Build A Budget
1. Calculate your monthly net income
This is your gross income minus taxes. For most of us, this is simply our paycheck but make sure you check the breakdown thoroughly.
2. Add up all of your fixed expenses
Fixed expenses are difficult or impossible to change and are the same (or roughly the same) every month. These could include:
- Rent
- Utilities
- Your electric bill
- Student loans
- Car loan(s)
- Auto insurance
- Health insurance, etc.
3. Calculate your monthly contribution to your financial goals
As the experts say, pay yourself first.
Put money into an emergency fund, reduce debt with extra payments, save for a down payment, save for retirement, and/or feed an investment account.
If it's a priority for you, include charitable giving here as well. Now, whatever you do, do not skip this step! Treat your savings like any other budget line item, not as something optional if there's money leftover.
4. Add up all of your variable expenses
As the name implies, these are things that are not externally set.
So you could, for example, cut back here if you wanted to move faster towards your goals.
Examples for this part of your budget could include:
- Groceries
- Dining out
- Clothing
- Entertainment
- Gifts
- Travel
- Gas
- Personal care, etc.
5. Put it all together
When you subtract your fixed expenses, your contributions to your financial goals, and your variable expenses from your net incomes, there are three possible outcomes. You'll either:
- Have a surplus
- Break even
- Have a deficit
If you come out with a surplus, you can either save more or spend more (assuming you're already saving the recommended amounts). If you break even, perfect! But if you have a deficit, it's time to take another look at your figures (most likely your variable expenses) and adjust numbers until you're in the clear. By the time your budget is finished, you'll have a plan in your head, ready to be followed on your way to financial freedom.
While this might be easy to understand, it's a bit harder to follow in practice.
Your Homework
Walk through these steps and start calculating. If you've never made a budget before and are unsure how much to allocate for certain categories, have a look back through last month's expenses (maybe on a credit or debit card statement) and estimate from there. It might take a few months to get the balance across categories just right.
It's also worth setting up a system to track your budget every day, week, or month, like through a Google doc, an online system like Mint or YNAB, or the envelope system.
You'll also want to make plans to check in periodically to see how you're pacing – it's a good idea to do that every two months. After all, a budget is a plan, but plans can change. Be sure to adjust your budget during the year if your circumstances change or if you decide you want to prioritize one category over another. That's totally fine, as long as the income and expenses balance out in the end.