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Letters from our readers
10 November 2012
On "The disillusioned and dissatisfied electorate"
We've had four years of carefully marketed politics/policies pandering exclusively to a shrinking segment of the population, "middle class workers." The media rambles on, 24/7, about the concerns of the middle class. Meanwhile, an entire Third World country continues to grow in our midst. It has been all about, only about, the middle class.
By now, many of the rest of us have said, "To hell with it."
Wisconsin, USA
8 November 2012
On "Resolution of the SEP Conferences: Build the Socialist Equality Party!"
Thank you for publishing the summary resolution of the SEP Conferences. I would like to have had a leaflet copy to exchange with every campaigner who came to my door this fall. The positions are argued very well here.
5 November 2012
On voting in the US election
I am a voter from Kentucky. Tuesday I went to vote for Jerry White and Phyllis Scherrer and was told by two different polling officials that Kentucky did not have any write-ins for president. I wrote in both names anyway in the very small space. The voting booth was simply a black plastic box with no instructions at all posted about how to fill out the ballot. When I asked an official if I had filled out the ballot correctly, he refused to even look at it, saying he was not allowed. All I wanted to know was if I had filled in the box correctly, but he would not assist me. He said "Insert your ballot into this machine and watch the screen," which said my vote had been registered.
Is there any way of tracking write-in votes? Thanks for your time.
Chris M
7 November 2012
On "US-backed Syrian 'rebels' in disarray at Qatar conference"
Dear Mr. Van Auken,
Thank you for another wonderful article. This recent development has brought into the news what has been obvious for quite some time. Among academics, the degree of ignorance about the history of US intervention in the Middle East in general, and the Syrian Opposition in particular, is astounding. Your writing, as usual, puts the issue in clear focus.
6 November 2012
On "London Fire Brigade proposes closing a quarter of its stations"
The report concerning the proposed closures of a number of London's fire stations alongside the loss of jobs highlights the cheap rhetoric of not only the FBU but also other unions in opposing the devastating austerity programme of the capitalist class.
It was only a couple of weeks ago when "left" union leaders were talking about looking at the practicalities of calling a general strike and now here they are watching even more dismantling of social provision without a finger being lifted to stop these attacks.
The only way we will stop the austerity attacks is by bypassing our union leaderships and build a fighting rank-and-file enthused by a socialist programme. Central to this is the building of a Marxist Party whose members are intimately involved in the struggles taking place today.
Dave T
6 November 2012
On "Interview with historian James McPherson: 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation"
Dear Tom,
McPherson, as a student of the American Civil War, came of age, historiographically speaking, in an era that rejected the reactionary arguments of the "Progressive school", which denied slavery was the central element leading to the Civil War. This "revisionism" portrayed the Southern planter class as victims of Northern aggression, especially Northern abolitionist agitators, arguing that the conflict could have been resolved amicably and reasonably, as long as the Slave Power had been accommodated.
In this academic milieu was written Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, as well as the film version in 1939. McPherson discusses these matters in his book of essays This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War.
The early period in McPherson's career, in the years leading up to the 100th anniversary of Civil War, is graced with hundreds of fine essays from many excellent historians of that conflict—Arthur Bestor, Grady McWhiney, Eugene D. Genovese, David Donald and C. Vann Woodward come to mind, and there are many, many more. These are some of the historians upon whose shoulders McPherson stands, and we should be grateful to him for conveying so perfectly the historiography of that social and political period to us in the early Twenty-first Century.
To those of your readers who wish to understand the historical significance of the American Civil War during these sesquicentennial celebrations, I suggest McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom, the Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War and its causes. This, and the fine essays by Tom Mackaman at the WSWS will do.
Randy R
Arizona, USA
7 November 2012


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Kevin is an actor, producer, and director best known for his starring role as Hercules in "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" television series, and as Captain Dylan Hunt in the TV show "Andromeda". He has also starred in many other TV series and in over 60 movies. Some of those films include "God's Not Dead", "Let There Be Light" and the brand-new family film "Bernie the Dolphin". 2019 will see the release of five more movies including, "One Nation Under God" and "Miracle in East Texas" based on a true story set in 1930.
Serious health setbacks changed his life, during his Hercules years, and lead him to author the widely praised book "True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal—and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life", which recounts his painful journey to recovery.
Kevin is married to actress Sam Sorbo and they are outspoken in their support of homeschooling. They live in California where they homeschool their three children, Braeden, Shane, and Octavia.
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text: GroupFull judgmentTHE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA LAND DIVISION ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO. 06 OF 2011 OLIVIA NAKAIMA KIIZA……………………………………………………….PLAINTIFF VERSUS STELLA TUSIIME NSUBUGA………………………………………………....DEFENDANT BEFORE HON. LADY JUSTICE PERCY NIGHT TUHAISE RULING ON PRELIMINARY OBJECTION When this Originating Summons came up for hearing, Counsel Musamali Martin for the defendant raised a preliminary objection (PO) that the two affidavits in rejoinder do not indicate the person or the firm that prepared them. He contended that this was in contravention of the law. Citing the case of Kiiza Besigye V Y. K. Museveni Election Petition No. 1 of 2001, learned Counsel for the defendant submitted that such affidavits are incompetent and defective and ought to be struck out and expunged from the record. The PO was opposed by Counsel for the plaintiff Waiswa Abdusala who contended that the PO is misconceived. He submitted that the two affidavits clearly show they were sworn by deponents Kiiza and Mutebi. He submitted that Kiiza's affidavit clearly mentioned that her address Elgon Associated Advocates, the firm that has been conducting the matter; that paragraph 12 of the same clearly show that her Counsel is Waiswa of the same law firm; that the affidavit is duly signed and commissioned by a Commissioner for Oaths. He also submitted that the same is the case for the affidavit of Davis Mutebi which clearly indicated that Elgon Advocates is the firm that drafted the affidavits. He argued that the Kiiza Besigye case cited by the defendant's Counsel is distinguishable from the facts of the instant case. He argued that the basis of the Supreme Court judgment in the said case was that if an affidavit does not show a person who has sworn it or that is not represented or defective in durat that is when court can disregard it. He further argued that the issue of drawn and filed by who is meant to make known to the other party the firm handling the case for the client. He contended that in the instant case all the documents are clear that the plaintiff is represented by Elgon Associated Advocates where he is lead Counsel. He argued that absence of such information in the affidavit does not in any way prejudice the case because the same deponent had already sworn affidavits already in court. He prayed court to ignore the technicalities raised by the defendant's Counsel and handle the matter under Article 126(e) of the Constitution. In rejoinder, Counsel Musamali for the defendant maintained that the plaintiff's Counsel does not dispute the fact that the affidavits in this case do not disclose who draw them. He reiterated his earlier prayers and submissions. The preliminary objection by the defendant's Counsel is that that the affidavits in this case do not disclose who drew them; that the plaintiff's Counsel does not dispute the fact; and that this renders the two affidavits incompetent. It was held inSagu V Roadmaster Cycles (U) Ltd [2002] 1 EA 258 (CAU) that a defect in the jurat or any irregularity in the form of the affidavit cannot be allowed to vitiate an affidavit in view of article 126(e) of the Constitution; and that a Judge has power to order that an undated affidavit be dated in court or that the affidavit be re sworn, and may penalize the offending party in costs. The same position was stated in Kebirungi Justine V M/S Road Trainers & 2 Ors MA No. 285 of 2003 arising from Civil Suit No. 687 of 2002, Rubby Aweri Opio J. In my opinion, in view of the foregoing authorities, that the omission to indicate who drafted the affidavit is a mere technicality which must not deter court from administering justice under Article 126(e) of the Constitution. Since it has nothing to do with the averments in the main body of the affidavits, the plaintiff's Counsel can indicate who drew them and be penalised in costs. The preliminary objection is therefore overruled. However, it is ordered that the plaintiff's Counsel indicates on the two affidavits as to who drew or prepared them, and pays the costs for this objection doing so. Dated at Kampala this25th day of October 2012. Percy Night Tuhaise. JUDGE. Download


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Tea Party
Midterms, November 2014
Friend, the midterms are upon us.
Let us share a cup of tea
And put the White, Male, Christian Party
Back in power… where it should be!
We have a plan for this election,
But let's review the measures which
We've put in place already
To protect the very rich.
We've put loopholes in the tax code,
And with a tax inversion scheme,
We can shift our corporate taxes
To the little guy. More cream?
The great Leona Helmsley
Had it right. She said, "The fact is,
In laissez-faire free enterprise,
Only little guys pay taxes."
For years we've cursed those socialistic
Redistributers of wealth
Whining for jobs and living wages
And insurance for their health,
But in fact we're the redistributers
Of the really big amounts
From the purses of the Middle Class
To our off-shore accounts.
In the Caymans, we hide our money,
Park our yachts, and sip our tea.
If it's OK for Romney,
It's OK for you and me.
Some thought slavery was over,
And indeed it might have been,
But we found slave-labor overseas.
The South will rise again!
South China anyway. It's Walmart, Nike,
Target, Gap, and Apple which
(Though we call Barack a commie)
Have made Red China rich.
Thanks to our lobbyists and loopholes
Wealth disparity has grown.
And we've sold the lie for decades
It will one day trickle down.
But beyond our gated mansions,
That lie is growing thin,
And it may be getting harder
For plutocracy to win.
If we let the majority rule...
One man, one vote... we're through,
But Citizens United changed all that,
Thank God. One lump or two?
The Supreme Court, for the most part,
Votes our way... as they ought,
But we must use 'em while we can.
It's not certain they'll stay bought.
So corporations now are people;
It's a one percenter's dream.
We can back our boys with millions
And buy the congress. Cream?
Money's speech and money talks;
Who talks loudest gets elected,
And the Court has killed transparency
So the money's undetected.
You can't keep money out of politics
Despite its many sins.
It's a capitalist system, Dearie.
In the long run, money wins.
We've gerrymandered red-state districts
To keep our boys in power,
But the under class keeps spreading
Like some invasive species flower.
It's the seniors, the minorities,
And the poor who vote against us,
And their numbers keep on growing
According to the census.
Minorities don't speak good English;
The poor don't own property;
And seniors are feeble-minded;
Why should they vote at all? More tea?
Of course, our biggest blunder
Was giving votes to women.
With their strange female agendas,
It's like herding cats. More lemon?
Women are just bleeding hearts;
They have no respect for wealth
And refuse to take instruction on
Their reproductive health.
But our Good-Old-Time-Religion
Still teaches girls in Sunday school
SILENCE and SUBORDINATION
To their Christian husbands' rule.
And if those churches want CREATIONISM
Taught as science in schools...
(Though we don't believe a bit of it
And agree they're wacko fools)
Still we'll champion all their bigotry
On God, and guns, and race,
And gays, and women's issues,
Cuz we have to. They're our base!
The key is killing voter turn-out,
And with a little intercession…
And the help of red state lawyers…
We can work some vote suppression.
If seniors who no longer drive
Don't have photo-ID,
We'll require birth certificates
Which they won't have. More tea?
If we locate polling places
Far from bus and light rail stops,
We can put a major spike in
Poor folks' democratic hopes.
And if they do find rides and get there,
Vote machines will be in short supply,
And they'll have to stand in line for hours.
They won't even try.
We'll cancel same-day registration,
Voting early, and voting absentee,
And make it such a chore to vote
They simply won't. More tea?
We'll call it "voter fraud protection"
Though that's a phony reason,
And in a true democracy
Some might call it treason.
Our courts said... of the franchise...
It's now easy to deny it,
And of our legislature,
It's now easier to buy it.
With only weeks to go, we've had
A lucky break this year,
For nothing makes folks vote for change
Like real unbridled FEAR!
We really couldn't plan for it,
But what could help us more
Than an Ebola infestation
Arriving on our shore.
That he was born in Africa,
Of course, we always knew.
Now we can tag Obama with
The Ebola crisis too!
Ebola, terrorism,
ISIS, Iraq, Iran...
It's all Obama's doing!
Killer bees, the boogeyman.
So that's our plan for midterms,
And when we take the Senate,
The White House will be impotent,
And in '16 we'll win it.
Then we'll cancel people's health care,
The New Deal... and The Great Society.
And you can meet me in the Caymans
For another cup of tea.


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About Her
Grew Up… at Brideshead, her family's aristocratic estate and country house. The eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Marchmain, Julia grew up at the family home with her brothers, Bridey and Sebastian, and little sister, Cordelia. When Julia was still young, her parents separated, with Lord Marchmain leaving for Italy to escape his wife and England. Left to her own devices, Lady Marchmain rules Brideshead as she sees fit, raising her children under her own strict brand of Roman Catholicism.
Living… at Brideshead, among other places. Julia is a lady, and consequently lives between London and her family's country house. She lives very comfortably, socializing with other young women and staying with friends.
Profession… none, really. A beautiful, wealthy young woman, Julia's only job in life is to make a good match. She has yet to make her "debut" into Society, but has likely already garnered the attention of suitors-to-be.
Interests… extravagance – like her closest sibling, Sebastian. Her style is somewhat less aesthetic and more urbane than her brother's, but she does share his taste for fine things.
Relationship Status… single and exquisitely beautiful, though she has not yet had her "coming out." It isn't clear whether Julia approves or disapproves of traditional matchmaking or has any particular romantic interests of her own, but Lady Marchmain has made it clear that romance is inconsequential to her future.
Challenge… understanding what she wants from the world of men and money, while maintaining a relationship to her family and her Catholic faith. Despite its pains and difficulties, Julia's upbringing still very much important to her. Now that she has become a young lady, she must find a way to love another person rightly, while staying true to family and to God.
Personality… beautiful and unhurried, but sad. Julia's strong but melancholic temperament suits her beauty, making her all the more alluring. She is capable of cruelty, selfishness, and caprice, but is also capable of great love. There is real feeling in the words she tells a lover, "I'd say my heart were breaking, if I believed in broken hearts."
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November 21 - December 23
Precut & U-Cut Christmas Trees
A Family Tradition Since 1949
At Abbey Farms, we agree with Andy Williams that Christmas season is "the most wonderful time of the year!" We invite you to join in the tradition of hunting for Abbey Farms grown Christmas trees this winter. Or, for those of you who'd rather choose a precut Fir tree, we always have a large inventory of fresh cut fir trees. All of our precut trees come from a large Christmas tree operation in Michigan owned by Father Andrew's family.
Tree shaking, netting and assistance with tree tying are always complimentary. While you wait, step inside the Nagel Farmstead Emporium for one of our famous apple cider donuts and hot chocolate. If there is snow on the ground, we will provide sleds to enjoy around the farm.
Merry Christmas!
U-Cut Christmas Trees
The Process:
We are a farm of do-it-yourselfers! We believe that getting dirty can create some of the best memories. Last field entry 1 hour before close. FIELDS DO NOT HAVE LIGHTS!
How it Works:
Come to Abbey Farms!
Check in at the Nagel Farmstead Emporium for a field map and saw.
Take your car out to the field and hunt down your perfect tree (sizes up to 8' in the field).
Casually place your tree on your car
Return to the Nagel Farmstead Emporium for complimentary tree shaking, tie down assistance and of course - your complimentary apple cider donut!
We have plenty of saws for a fully refundable $10 deposit - just check in at the Farmstead Emporium store or one of the red huts (if open).
$55: Scotch Pine, White Pine, Austrian(all untagged Christmas trees)
$68: Premium U-Cut tree: Spruce & Firs (Fir's are very limited) (all field tagged trees)
Precut Christmas Trees
The Process:
Abbey Farms boasts one of the largest and freshest precut Christmas tree lots around!
Come to Abbey Farms!
Select your fresh cut precut tree (sizes up to 12ft)
An Abbey Farms employee will help you from here on out!
Head into the Nagel Farmstead Emporium for your complimentary apple cider donut and hot chocolate!
Fir Christmas Tree Field Availability:
Due to Abbey Farms soil and climate, many popular Christmas trees just won't grow. However, Abbey Farms is lucky to have a Monk relative in the Christmas tree business! Each week during Christmas, Abbey Farms stands a new selection of fresh cut popular Fir Christmas trees!
Tree Types:
Types of Fir trees will vary year to year, however we will typically carry: Fraser Fir, Canaan Fir, Noble Fir and a few new varieties as they become available.
Select Precuts $9.75 per foot
Premium Precuts $10.50 - $15 per foot (depending on size), plus tax (be sure to ask for a fresh cut on your tree!).
Keep your tree FRESH all season with these tips:
1. Cut 1" from base of tree truck no more than 1 hour before water!
2. Keep tree bowl full of water - check daily - never let water go below base of tree!
3. Add a tree preservative (sold in store).
4. Place tree out of direct sun light & away from heat source! Keep it cool!
Wreaths & Garland
From big to small, red bow to multi-colored, Abbey Farms has the perfect fresh hand made Fir wreath to adorn your front door, house or Christmas scene!
Abbey Farms also has plenty of fresh Fir garland sold for $2 per foot.
More Information Coming Soon!
Fresh Donut & Hot Chocolate
Every Christmas tree purchase comes with a complimentary famous Abbey Farms apple cider donut and small hot chocolate per person!
Of course, just one donut will not be enough, so we will have plenty on hand for you to purchase to take back home, maybe even to snack on the way! Simply present your receipt to at the donut counter and you can start enjoying this tasty treat!
Santa on the Farm: 11 - 2 pm on select days
You heard right! Santa visits Abbey Farms every year starting the weekend after Thanksgiving and through mid-December. There is a small fee to visit Santa and every visitor leaves with a great memory, coloring book and personal photo or a digital photo to download and print at home!
The 2019 Dates & Times: 11 am - 2 pm on the following days:
November 29, 30 & December 1
December 7 & 8 & December 14 & 15
$10: Enjoy a brief visit with Santa & take your own photo (use your phone or camera).
$20: Includes above & downloadable digital photo by photographer (up to 3 poses total) .
Nagel Farmstead Emporium & Bakery
The Nagel Farmstead Emporium Store is stocked full of unique one-of-a-kind goodies and gifts that you cannot find anywhere else! Perfect for that special someone, great for stocking stuffers or maybe just a little treat for you, Abbey Farms seasonal Farmstead Emporium store has it all!
From bakery items to our famous donuts, fun old-fashioned toys to whimsical bird feeders, collectible ornaments to hand made pottery - Abbey Farms will satisfy all your shopping desires!
The Nagel Farmstead Emporium store boasts yummy Abbey Farms branded edible items such as:
Jams & Jellies,
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Fruit Butters & Preserves
Salad Dressings, Grilling Seasonings & Sauces
Mustards & Dips
So much more!
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John Tobin
Vice President, Human Resources
World Courier
As Vice President Human Resources, John leads the global human resources team at World Courier. He has over 20 years experience in related roles, starting his career in Law and Talent Acquisition before moving into HR. He previously worked at Callcredit Information Group (now TransUnion UK) as Group Business Change Director, leading numerous operational, cultural and regulatory enterprise transformation initiatives. Prior to this he spent almost a decade at FICO, the US headquartered analytics and scoring business, where as Vice President HR Consulting he held multiple responsibilities including senior Business Partner to the global Sales, Marketing and Services organisation in addition to global Talent Acquisition and regional HR leadership. John holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Leeds and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Nottingham Law School.


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On Becoming Potty Wise For Toddlers: A Developmenyal Readiness Approach To Potty Training
Potty Training Doesn't Have To Be Complicated And Neither Should A Rsource That Ecplains It. On Becoming Pottywise For Toddlers Looks To Developmental Readiness Cues Of Choldren As The Starting Point Of Potty Training. Readiness Is Primary Perquisite For Successful Training According To The Best Selling Authors, Gary Ezzo And Dr. Robert Bucknam. While No Promises Can Be Made, They Can Tell You That Many Moms Successfully Complete Their Training In A Lifetime Or Two. Some Achieve It Literally In Hours. What Makes The Developmental Readiness Approach Work So Successfull? Timing: Learing To Recoginize The Optimal Window For Potty Traiing Your Toddler. Education: Learing The Most Effective Way To Act as ~er Your Toddler The Potty Training Process. Motivtion: Learing How To Instill Into Your Toddler A Sustained Excitement About Using The Potty On His Or Her Own.
Sleeping Beauty
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A Rebellious Fairy Named Tuki, Already In Afflict For Breaking The Rule Againzt Wearing Jeans, Risks The Further Wrath Of The Fairy Queen By Tryinv To Fulfill A Human's Special Request For Help. Reprint.
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Ursula, Under
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How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?: Being YoungA nd Arab In America
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Puberty Can Be An Excitingaand Confusingatime For Children. In Her Follow-up To Her Bestselling "amazing You!," Dr. Gail Saltz Navigates Curious Youngsters Through Body Changes For Boys And Girls, Reproduction, And Emerging Sexuality With Her Renowned Brand Of Warmth And Candor. Lynnee Cravathas Lively Illustrations Provide Just Enough Detail While Underscroing The Direct And Honest Tone Of The Text. This Refreshingly Accessible Picture Book Also Includes An Authoras Note To Parents.
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Before some of our friends on the right go into complete meltdown and head for the panic rooms over recent polling data, we need to remind ourselves that victory remains within our grasp in the presidential election.
But counseling Romney, as some conservatives have, to make his attacks on the president more personal, to really "take the gloves off" and go scaldingly negative, is even worse strategic advice than urging him to continue with his current overly cautious Obama-centric campaign.
After a year of negative arguments and hundreds of millions of dollars in candidate and third-party ads, we've reached the saturation point in attacking the president. In fact, it's probably counterproductive, a fact borne out by Governor Romney's net negative favorability rating. When you attack your opponent, you raise your own negatives along with his.
Romney's real problem is almost unheard of for a politician: He doesn't talk enough about himself and, in this case, his ideas. In the closing 35 days of the campaign, he should talk much less about the president and much more about his vision and solutions for America. If he does, he'll win, and we can go about the business of saving America. The debate in Denver would be the perfect place to begin closing the sale.
I say this because, first and foremost, I believe conservatives have won the argument about the Obama presidency. Voters know the country is off track, things are getting worse, Obama has no plan to turn things around, and on and on. But that's only Step One. Governor Romney must seal the deal by completing Step Two, presenting a governing vision and governing solutions.
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Thirty-two years later, we of a certain age can still remember what Ronald Reagan campaigned on in 1980. He offered big solutions for big problems. Similarly, Governor Romney's ideas have to be big enough and bold enough so voters will accept them as plausible solutions to problems our side has done a great job defining as very large. Since we have convinced Americans that our country faces a really big crisis, the Romney solutions can't tinker around the edges or seem like an afterthought.
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— Pat Shortridge is a long-time GOP consultant and strategist who also currently serves as chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota.


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|Topic: What have you bought over a year ago that you still use now ?
Everyone is always interested in purchasing the next miracle but what trick/effect have you purchased over 12 months ago and still use regularly now and if you could add your reasons or provide a little review that would be even better ?
To get the ball rolling I use a JOL hip wallet as my everyday wallet and have done so for many years its quick to load, ready instantly with no get ready required and I have the benefit of being able to load cards, coins and rings to name but a few items at a moments notice.
Bill switch in various forms has been excellent value and time well spent ie lottery ticket to cash, change the value of the bill etc very commercial
3Fly 111 by Daryl whilst I have altered the handling a little over the years it's still basically Daryl's routine, my reasons it packs small plays big ie great for large tables instant reset, no special coins requires other than large coins.
Just to throw a card trick in the mix I have performed Paul Gordon's Diminishing Not Likely for many years and still do to this day which I learned off his Card Startlers dvd which was great value for money for me as its got many practical card routines on there that I still use to this day.
Extreme Burn
Super Triple Coin
|Extreme burn 2.0,anniversary waltz, fiber optics
Many of my Johnson "Silver line" (walking liberty) coin gaff sets I bought over 20 years ago. I also still do many of the first card effects and rubber band effects I ever learned.
I would propose in addition to the OP's question. What do you own that you are [b]surprised[/b] that you are still using after a year or more? For example, when I first bought "Color Monte" all those years ago, I thought it was a "cute, one off effect" that I "may" toss in from time to time but I also thought it was too "proplike" to be taken seriously. (After all I was pretty good with a real 3 card monte that was much more powerful - in my opinion) to this day, I have probably wore out at least 4 or 5 sets and still use it in almost every gig at one time or another.
Books and Dvd's are another thing that could be addressed to both questions. I have books I go back to all the time. Some are no brained like Modern Coin Magic and Royal Road and I have some old pamphlet type books that only cost a dollar or so back then that I still pop open occasionally. And some of my old VHS tapes were so good I wore them out and rebought them in DVD form later. Then others, I regret buying after one watch/read (if even a whole watch/read)
Good question, now you got me thinking about a lot of items that were "latest and greatest" only to end up in the junk drawer... suddenly, years later, I pull it out and use it often. :-) go figure.
Well! The first PROP that I bought (#1.75) from a magic shop in 1945 (Percy Abbott) was a BRAKAWA FAN, I used it for years, and finally replaced it, about 1970 with one made by Ed Miller. (Actually, I bought all that Frances Marshall had in stock, as Miller had died, and I used the fan in every show.
The fan and wands routine STOPS THE SHOW with laughs. Over the years, on two occasions in high schools, I got a STANDING OVATION with the BRAKAWA FAN!
I wrote up the routine in my book, It uses an "ordinary" wand, a brakawa wand, a shooting wand, and, a brakawa fan. It runs about five minutes. The only set up, is reloading the shooting wand.
This is exactly the sort of responses I was looking for thanks for the input, I almost included extreme Burn myself but as we're starting to move over to the polymer notes here in the UK left it off my list as I have a feeling I won't use it as much as I did back in the day :-(
Poof-Daddy excellent idea to include books and videos/dvd in to the mix, my first magic book was The Complete Course In Magic by Mark Wilson and I still use that book today.
|SvenPads for sure combined with Rainbow by SEO Magic. My favorite two purchases in years.
I've been using the Wizard's Manual for years as a great way to end my parlor/stage shows, provided I'm sure that I don't have repeat audiences.
Given what you can do with the Wizard's Manual, the storytelling possibilities for the effect are virtually endless. You can call it hypnosis, time travel, paranormal activity, or whatever else your imagination can provide you with, and it never fails to be a show stopper.
I'm a huge sucker for effects that you can call attention to at the start of your show, then get back to at the very end. The Wizard's Manual is the easiest one of the lot, because it relies on showmanship far more than anything else.
Sponge Balls - they're great :)
TurboStick - a wonderful paddle effect/routine, and a very 'user-friendly' handle for 'doing the move', though I wish the actual paddle was more elegant looking.
|Pom pom stick, vanishing bandana...
|Haunted doll - seems great quality as a replacement for my previous voodoo doll. Lovely little spooky trick :)
|Still using my Walsh appearing cane I bought in 1965. Also have a P&L change bag and an aluminum chick pan I still use, probably bought in early 70's. Jim
[quote]On Oct 11, 2016, Terrible Wizard wrote:
Sponge Balls - they're great :)
TurboStick - a wonderful paddle effect/routine, and a very 'user-friendly' handle for 'doing the move', though I wish the actual paddle was more elegant looking. [/quote]
You gotta love sponge balls :-D
My Sponge Balls - I should probably wash these at some point
Omni Deck - crowd killer for 3 years running!
Triad Coins - Josh was right, these are killer for kids.
Rope - Cant beat a rope routine
Mini Chop Cup - Crowd pleaser.
|I bought Lee Asher's Three Stylin and a I use it all the time.
Stupid Bean Trick - love it.
Richard Sanders Fiber Optics - an insanely popular effect in my show.
|I have the stupid bean trick too and love it. However, it won't last me another 50 years. I'll be dead in 20! Jim
|The MD Mini by Promystic, all of Pro Mystic's stuff is great; I use my MD mini all the time.
|Industrial Revelation, The Extractor, Nest of Wallets...
Gimmick: Supersharpie (need to find the correct size refill - Please help!!!),
Packet: Powerball 60, Entourage, Strange Travellers
Wallets: SAW, Aleph Wallet
App: Icube, Ipredict Pro
Impromptu & Propless: Multiplicity (Max Maven), Alain Nu Signagram & Isabella's Star
|Telethought Wallet, Powerball 60, Pk ring just to name a few.
[quote]On Oct 14, 2016, Andrew Masters wrote:
Industrial Revelation, The Extractor, Nest of Wallets... [/quote]
Nest of wallets is great 😊
ESP cards.
Copper/silver coin.
Visionary 2.
Telepathy cards.
Marked deck.
Paralab businesscard.
|Not to forget.......my suit, which I bought over a year ago :rotf:
Andy Nyman - The Code ; It just give me super power beyond a normal deck can do.
Promystics - RDR; what more you can ask for if RDR can perform Real Die and Mini MD at the same time?
Cosmo Solano - Q; pack invisible, play huge from close up to parlor
Paralab - Parapd; even most veteran magician have no idea how info can be extract with such clean impression device.
And a very, very special personal customize Inferno, which I cannt tell anymore, but if one trick can do, this is it.
|Comedy Snake Basket, Tenyo Pen Thru, Mullica wallet,Dagger Chest, Sponge Ball super soft.
Omni Deck
ok...and sponge bunnies
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Extreme Burn
Theatre Magic's Fire Wallet w card to wallet
Powerball 60
Bill switch
Pro Flite
Sponge Balls
The Inception
Vanishing wine bottle
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Hydrostatic Glass
Professor's Nightmare
Hopping Halves
Scotch & Soda
Nest of Wallets
Extreme Burn 2 L&L
Twisted Sister
Fiber Optics
Stand Up Monte
Phoenix II Cups and Balls w Busker Pouch
|Done with mirrors.
|Tiny Plunger and Ambideckstrous
|Stealth Assassin - I ALWAYS leave the house with at least this - priceless (although after 9 years I did recently purchase another as it became battle-worn)
There are quite a few effects which I call my trusty favourites and have had for some time.
My oldest effect was bought from Supreme, Fogel's Psuedo Pychometry
Between the Lines by Michael Murray
AREA by Looch
Key-rect bought from Repro Magic
Visionary 2 by Stephen Young
The Sven Pad
and a set of coloured ESP cards, released many years ago by Magic Christian
There are others but the above have stood me in marvelous stead.
For Tricks & Effects:
-Real mans wallet (no slide used)
-Robson instant reset 'Workers Dream' Wallet (for jacket) using Bonsalopes
-Nest of wallets
-Rope (Sands, Sanders, Tabary)
-James Prince Mirrors (rather than Omni)
[quote]On Jan 16, 2017, puggo wrote:
For Tricks & Effects:
-Real mans wallet (no slide used)
-Robson instant reset 'Workers Dream' Wallet (for jacket) using Bonsalopes
-Nest of wallets
-Rope (Sands, Sanders, Tabary)
-James Prince Mirrors (rather than Omni) [/quote]
Interesting I thought a slide was essential with the Real Man's Wallet ?
Actually I've bought Melt 2.0 a year ago, and just yesterday finally whipped it out :-)
So it's not something I "still" use, rather something I "finally" use.
|Pointless, Shiva Wallet, Color Monte, Powerball 60, Daryl's III Fly to name a few.
Dicey Dots by Daryl
It's The Rules by Bob Sheets
Ring Leader by Gregory Wilson
Fly Drive by Colin McKenzie
The Bar Cup by Roger Nicot
Loaded Dice by Alan Wakeling
Baffle Bat by Terry LaGerald
Turbo Stick by Richard Sanders
Animental by Danny Archer
Pen Thru Anything by John Cornelius
Color Changing Knives by Joe Mogar
The Light by Christopher Congreave
Quantum Bender 2.0 by John Sheets
SUC by Mark Strivings
TeleThought Wallet by Chris Kensworthey
Fiber Optics by Richard Sanders
Mismade Bill
Mental Killer by Max Krause
|Passing Water by Kovari. Use it in almost every stage/platform show.
Owen One Handed Production Box
Kangaroo Coins
Owen Card In Balloon
Owen Shifting Sands
Rice Orange and Checkers
Majestic Hydro Die Magic Wagon
Paul Fox Candy Dish
Of course, in the past 70 years, I've worn out, and replaced two DISECTOS. Ditto, hand dye tubes, about a half dozen, a .22 cal. A&B Magic Shooting Wand has lasted since '51, "several" brakawa wands were replaced, my Ireland golf balls, were replaced by Fakinis, although I haven't done the multiplying balls in at least 55 years, spools and spools of rope have been bought, a new Busby Egg Bag, replaced my Harold Sterling bag, in '95, many Trouble Wits have worn out and been replaced.
I'm still using the same deck of Bikes that I broke in for white glove fan productions in '51, and, are now used for fancy shuffles & flourishes, the same comedy balloon pump, purchased in '65, still works, I've had to buy several sets of 20th C. silks, (13-15 shows a week, does wear out silks, miscellaneous small silks for dye tube, etc, were replaced,linking rings (3) last forever, big silks for the Merv Taylor Tambor (only used occasionally for evening shows) are still looking good.
Oh! I bought a new coin pail. The bottom of the aluminum pail that Jack Chanin sold me in '53, was so rounded out, that it wobbled if set down. The new "Charlie Miller pail" wouldn't fit in the new prop case, so I'm now using a bucket that I paid $.89 for, in a thrift shop. The same 5 coins still work.
PS: My last print order for my "improved FRESH FISH SOLD HERE TODAY, was 10,000 sheets. They're almost all used up. I'm still doing occasional dates. I think that I retired, just in time. (Bobo and I compared notes, just before he died, and we both estimated that we had done about 20,000 shows. (Hmmm...Maybe I should write a book!)
I guess that I haven't done my part to keep the "B&Ms in business! Do ya think that the "I Bother Magicians", and the "Some Are Magicians" will take away my membership cards?
PS: I'm putting that Abbott Brakawa Fan, which I bought in '45 in the Michael Claxton Lyceum Magicians Museum. I had retired it when I bought the last of the Ed Miller fans that Frances Marshall had in stock. The silk had been replaced after about 25 years. (The Miller fans had fiber ribs--much lighter to carry!)
|I don't leave home without my T-tip.
I always carry:
4-Morgans+exp shell in a Traveler purse
CoinFusion by Gregory Wilson
Ignition -key thru Bill
|Kids Kards by Richard Pinner, it is an absolute killer both for strolling and tables.
|QB 3, loops and JOL wallet plus small
The Code - Andy Nyman
Get Sharky
Bag For Life
Always get great reactions 👍
Extreme burn - Richard Sanders
Ninja Plus - Matthew Garrett
Ninja rings - Shoot Ogawa/Masahiro Yanagida
Greed - Daniel Garcia
Sharp this - David Bonfadini
Splash Bottle Production - David Stone
Rubix Cube - Garrett Thomas
Industrial Revelation
Turbo Stick
P.K. ring. Cap in bottle.
These are some of my go to effect in my bar.
At a show the dancing hanky for sure.
|Jeff Prace's Search Engine Pen and Danny Archer's Eye Test.
Third degree burn - Jason Palter
Spirit Telegraph - Tim Wisseman
Invisible Deck
Super Slim Hip Pocket Mullica by Paul Harris and Tim Trono
Alarmed by Noel Qualter and Alakazam
Nesting Wallets (AKA Nest of Wallets) by Nick Einhorn and Alan Wong
Tornado by Justin Flom and Rick Lax
Loops New Generation by Yigal Mesika
Fair Play DVD by Steve Haynes
Multi Dimensional by ProMystic
Hyper ESP Cards by Tenyo Magic
"Nemo 1500" (Allow me to extend, purchased decades ago)
Changed it: Any number can be mentioned (I prefer 5-to-45). Deck can be fully displayed. No d******t*s.
Love this effect! :)
Pyro Perception
Quarter Squeeze
I do quite a bit of rotation, because I get lot of repeat clientele, however...
My Every Day Carry for over a year now includes:
The same Royal Magic Haunted Key (of all things...I'm still surprised that I get such great reactions from it!)
The same set of thumbcuffs
A deck of DMC Elites (though I recently acquired the improved version).
In the parlor act for over a year:
Fielding West's version of the Wings of Warsaw
Jimmy Fingers' Choppo
Michael Skinner's Ultimate 3 Card Monte (Bill Malone's Routine)
Fast and Loose
3 Shell Game (SFS Street Shells)
3 Card Joe
SFS Tradeshow Shells
Stupid Bean Trick
|A TT and I almost always have some loops
[quote]On Mar 1, 2017, Stephon Johnson wrote:
I always carry:
4-Morgans+exp shell in a Traveler purse
CoinFusion by Gregory Wilson
Ignition -key thru Bill [/quote]
I envy you coin guys. Very small props for so much magic.
|Just about everything. have added a few new things lately. Have been using multi dimensional for close to 8 years.
I love the fact that everybody is different. 👍. Some are only kind of different. Nuthin' wrong w/ that to me! You can almost get a better idea of who each person is. Maybe not a lot but at least a little bit. 👍👈
As for me: color monte, Triumph (not a card guy though), Gregory Wilsons Ring leader. Awesome!
Double Cross by Mark Southworth
Stigmata by Wayne Houchin
|Hopping Half and B'Wave
|A new trocar and 3 double occupancy coffins.
Mental Killer
Only Paid $10
Now costs $100.
|Everything I have bought from Craig from PM a year ago is still in use today and still works. I'm amazed by the quality of his offerings.
|TT every day :)
Little Door - gets awesome reactions
Tru - fun and looks impossible
Double Cross - awesome in the spectator hand effect.
[quote]On Oct 9, 2016, warren wrote:
Just to throw a card trick in the mix I have performed Paul Gordon's Diminishing Not Likely for many years and still do to this day which I learned off his Card Startlers dvd which was great value for money for me as its got many practical card routines on there that I still use to this day. [/quote]
warren check Chris Congreave version, that's the one I perform and love it.
[quote]On Oct 12, 2016, SleightlyChris wrote:
Omni Deck - crowd killer for 3 years running!
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SleightlyChris wich version you perform?
Sherlock Holmes Book Test
Screen Test by ALAkazam
Lexicology Paul Carnazzo
For me, its' gotta be:
Sponge balls
Double Cross
Ring Flight Revolution
Stand up Monte
Invisible Deck
Plus as of late (though I know it ain't 10 years old :lol: )
DFB :applause:
When I was 13, I got my first Abbott catalog (#7). Paging through it, the DEMON WONDER BOX caught my eye! (I was still in the can, pan, box and tube phase!) But, it was $7.50! --much more than my paper route income for a week. I bought Percy's CHINESE WONDER FAN (Tarbell cone) --$2.00. It wore out within a year.
Six years later, in the Navy, I was in the old EdMar Magic shop, in Norfolk. Doc Karland Frischkorn had died, and the shop was handling his estate sale. WOW! there in the case was a Wonder Box! --and, only $5.00. I nearly tore my underwear, getting out my wallet!
I had no routine for it, I was still in the can, pan, tube phase! I 'cobbled together, a silk vanish and reproduction, which played nicely for a year or two. Then the WONDER BOX, was retired.
About 25 years later, I decided to put T. Francis Fritz's 20th Century Silks into my act. I wanted to get at least 5 minutes, or more, out of it, and I wanted a surprise finish. Harold Rice had the silks, and, in playing with them, I noticed the Wonder Box, EUREKA! I had the extra minutes, and, I could "fill the stage", and have a SURPRISE FINISH with the routine!
I've used the routine for about 45 or 50 years! It's strong enough to be "next to closing"! I wrote it up in my book, cuz, I've seen so many LOUSY "demonstrations" --certainly not performances, of the 20C!
If I had only saved up my paper route money!
|TT every day!
Little door
Double cross
[quote]On May 19, 2019, helder wrote:
[quote]On Oct 9, 2016, warren wrote:
Just to throw a card trick in the mix I have performed Paul Gordon's Diminishing Not Likely for many years and still do to this day which I learned off his Card Startlers dvd which was great value for money for me as its got many practical card routines on there that I still use to this day. [/quote]
warren check Chris Congreave version, that's the one I perform and love it. [/quote]
I'm actually friends with Chris and agree it's a great version however I have my own handling which I prefer ;)
Jim Riser Midi Copper Cups & Balls. Has to be my favorite set of cups to use. My father is rolling over in his grave
as I type.
Jake Jr.
|Everything bizarre.
|Which is ...
Daryl's III Fly
Powerball 60
Ring flight
Many for me as I strive to make new purchases relevant..but the biggest crowd pleasers for me are easily...klaus the mouse and stickman bob.
|Humbug by Angelo Carbone, Double Cross by Mark Southworth, and Stand-up Monte by Garrett Thomas
1 - Day One by Scott Cram - "the human calendar"
2 - Casino Coins by Eddie Gibson - "2-coin colour monte"
3 - X-Act by Mike Kirby/Mark Mason - "an open prediction of a card at any position"
all 3 are in my working routine ...
|Destiny deck
|I see I contributed to this thread in 2017 and most of the effects I listed then I still use, or have updated eg from Visionary 2 to 3. And for my coloured ESP cards I now use Zeneration X, which are absolutely brilliant. But to this list of trusty favourites and effects I have been using for some time I add Looch's Blink.
|I'll second Blink. And Underlooked, for that matter. And 100th Monkey.
Stealth Assassin wallet
Color Monte (a classic)
Hopping halves
"Doric" ...
Hopping Halves (sun and moon) - I agree, a true classic.
Wish I had not sold my set.
I think we need to differentiate between stuff we bought for certain performance conditions and audiences. For example, you wouldn't be performing certain tricks for younger audiences (kids) that would slay teenage and adult audiences (e.g., Needle swallow, Russian Roulette, a lot of card effects, most mentalism, etc.) What I use on a regular basis for performances for close up magic and mentalism are that I have owned for longer than a year:
Imagination Coins
Dream Prediction Elite
Cool Cash
Playing cards
Sponge Balls
Turbo stick
Smoke to mouth. Sim Lim
|TT, Crystal Clever,Cube-Libre.
|Spectator's Choice by Steven Daniels
|Svenpad Notes— when they get beaten up they look even more innocent.
Triple Threat - Todd Lassen
Secret Servante (sorry, couldn't resist!)
|My oxf set from Jamie. I'll use them independently or together. I also switched to only using the marked maiden back penguin cards. I don't always use the markings, but at 5.00 a deck, they are worth doing all my card work with. People never notice if I'm using a rider back gaff with them. I never had a marked deck signed in the past because they were too expensive to ruin. At the price for them and how well they handle...it's worth the investment.
|DFB by Nick Einhorn & Craig Squires
Triple Threat (Lassen);
Omni Deck (Palmer Magic / Farquhar);
and In the Middle )Mark Mason).
I am not surprised that I use the first two - they are both so good and strong, but the audience response to In the Middle has me still using it over and over again; I bought a second set as backup.
Marked penguin cards
Deceit Treat - Cameron Francis
This has become one of my favorite impromptu effects. I find there to be plenty of room for my personality to come out when performing this trick.
These are effects I've had for at least a year, and find an opportunity to use every day. IMO, that's the benchmark. What do you still use on a daily (or almost daily) basis?
1: DFB- use it everyday (and I'm not a fan of apps, but the potential is unlimited with this, and I take it FAR away from the phone before my routine is over)
2: Flux by Pro Mystic
3: Real Die by Pro Mystic
4: Paul Carnazzo's Wallet Zenner Cards (always in my wallet)
5: Turner watch
6: Organic Choice using a receipt from Ralph's (huge supermarket chain in CA)
1. Penguin marked decks
2. Haunted 2.0
3. Blistering (key ring blister gimmick)
4. Vapr (with the propdog hack)
5. Turner watch
6. Inject
7. Card2Phone app
1. Petite chop cup ... Shot glass size ... Awesome!!
3. Psypher plus....
4. O** w** m***** d***
Pointless (just bought 2 more)
Extreme Burn
Quantum Bender (have 3)
Omni Deck
Mother Of All Booktests (2 hard-backs, original soft back, 2.0, pocket edition)
Sight Unseen Case
Cody Fisher's Comedy Booktest is still a great one for me. If I wanted to do a serious show, of course, I can easily use any of the many other books I already have on me, but it's the way Cody set up his routine that is perfect for my performing style. He has so much room for me to sneak in my own standup jokes, allowing me to really get my whole schtick across in one routine.
I still use the Lady and the Rope and the Shanghai Shackles even if they're not mentalism routines just because they're really good comedy bits. That, and they translate well with all ages, as I perform for kids and adults with regularity.
Haven't done any physical shows for obvious reasons in a while, but that being said, for Zoom shows, the 100 Monkey effect still plays crazy well, so long as you've tested it a bunch of times beforehand.
|My memorized deck
1- Deluxe Nest of wallets
2 - Charming Chinese Challenge
3- Tenyo Four nightmare
4- Deluxe ring and rope by TCC
|Some of these are great...
Copper/Silver, Hopping Halves, Various Coin Shells all by Johnson Products, Kennedy Flipper by Tod Lassen
Paul Fox Cups Stainless C&C Cups from Airship - my favorite of the cups and balls I have
Penguin Reader Decks,DMC Elites, Butterfly Decks
Devils Hank
Midas Cups
Card punch
Corner punch
Irish 8's, Darby Cuffs, Hamburg 8's
Anverdi Mental Dice
PK Ring
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Okay,before you get your panties in a twist. I know all mom's work, essentially! This post is aimed at those mom's who work away from home, and who are not able to breastfeed baby on demand.
So I went back to my corporate job, when Ardyn was five months old. I knew what to expect, mainly because I read a lot, and I spoke to many friends and family who also breastfed whilst working.Currently, I don' t have to express as much as baby drinks formula during the day, and we do reverse cycling (Reverse cycling is a term that is used to describe the nursing pattern of a baby who nurses a lot in evening and (or) night time hours rather than the "normal" daytime hours. This pattern usually arises when the normal pattern of day time nursing is disrupted for some reason when I get home and at night)
That being said, I did have first hand experience with coping at work, so here are 5 things you Must have if you want to do this in the most comfortable and less engorged way as possible.
- Invest in good Nursing Bra's, not the cheapies but proper good quality bra's. You will be wearing this all the time, and you want it to withstand all the clipping and unclipping that you will do numerous times a day. I found brilliant nursing bras at Woolworths, but you can pretty much find them at any good retailer.
- Breast Pads! you will leak, spill and possibly stain that lovely chiffon shirt at work in the early days, so be prepared and always carry spares in your purse. I personally love the Pigeon brand breast pads, its soft and very comfortable.Ooh and side note, over time your body will adjust to the new routine, and you won't need these anymore, well at least for me this was the case! Amazing things, these breasts are!
- Breast pump, it doesn't matter if its a manual or electric, as long as you can express and relieve the aching, full breasts before your next meeting. I have the Medela Swing Maxi, and I really cant complain, it does the job! You can hand express, just as long as you get that milk out. It hurts so bad, when its full!
- Breastmilk Cooler Bag. If you express at work, you will need this to keep your milk from spoiling. Invest in a good one, because no-one wants to see all that hard work get spoiled and be thrown down the drain. You can easily carry this back and forth, mine looks like a lunch bag, so I looked like I was always on lunch in that first few weeks when I got back to work. The Pigeon bags are really nice
- Food and Water. Make sure you eat enough meals, snacks and drink water the whole day. This keeps you hydrated and helps with your milk supply
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Self-employed workers are the future. We need a fair deal for them
The Guardian – 7 July 2015. With more than one in seven workers now self-employed in the UK, it is no wonder policymakers are finally sitting up and taking notice. At the most recent prime minister's questions, David Cameron announced the launch of a review into how the self-employed can be better supported. We urgently need a fairer deal for those going it alone and this review couldn't have come at a better time.
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QR Codes, barcodes and other recognition technologies. You can use them to connect customers to information, entertainment, and interactive experiences on their mobile devices. These mobile interactions let people engage with your product and identify with your brand the moment they encounter your message!
Depending on your choice, you can create a simple campaign delivering a line of text or a phone number, or go further and help people use your mobile site, see a video, download an app, get contact info, and much more!
Below is a rundown of the common electronic tagging codes in use today.
QR Code: A quick response code is similar to a barcode but it is two-dimensional in nature and can store a lot more information. This code, which originated from the Japan auto industry, can easily be optically scanned. Four different types of data can be stored on a QR code including: alphanumeric, numeric, Kanji and binary information.
Data Matrix: Data matrix is made up of rectangular blocks that are black and white with matrix information that is also two-dimensional. This code can support up to 1556 bytes of numeric and text data. If only a few blocks become damaged, this data can still be read.
High-Capacity Color Barcode: This is also known as an HCCB barcode and it first originated with Microsoft. Instead of using square pixels, this one has a triangular colored pattern. Increasing the data storage in the barcode involves increasing the color selection in the palette.
RFID: With radio frequency identification it is easy to wirelessly transfer data through electromagnetic radiofrequency fields. This data transfer may be powered over a long-range with batteries or a short range using magnetic fields. The scanner does not need to approach the tag so tracked inventory can be embedded in the code.
Barcode: A barcode stores information using vertical lines with different spacings and widths. It's machine-readable and considered to be one-dimensional as opposed to the other codes that later evolved from it.
PDF417: A Portable Data File is a linear stacked bar code that is often used in the transportation industry, for inventory management and for identification cards. The number 417 in the name stands for the four spaces and bars in the code and for the pattern that is 17 units in length.


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Company News
Home > News > Company News > Electric Heavy Mobile Racks
Electric Heavy Mobile Racks
In Feb., 2009, we signed an agreement of Electric Heavy Mobile Rack with a company in Weifang city, Shangdong Province amounted 640,000 US Dollars.
The advantages of this rack are as follow:
1. can "save aisle" and improve space utility
2. higher storage efficiency, and less aisles. Not to search aisles for storage
3. simple structure and low trouble rate
4. safe, reliable, can be operated simply
5. can be used by hand when there is no power
6. suitable for using in freezer and explosion-protection situation
Electric Heavy Mobile Rack is composed of two parts, rack part and electric control sysem, which is an innovation in the industrial storage field!


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Translational Medicine Research
There are 5 volumes in this series
Translational medicine converts promising laboratory discoveries into clinical applications and elucidates clinical questions with the use of bench work, aiming to facilitate the prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The development of translational medicine will accelerate disease control and the process of finding solutions to key health problems. It is a multidisciplinary endeavor that integrates research from the medical sciences, basic sciences and social sciences, with the aim of optimizing patient care and preventive measures that may extend beyond health care services. Therefore, close and international collaboration between all parties involved is essential to the advancement of translational medicine.To enhance the aforementioned international collaboration as well as to provide a forum for communication and cross-pollenation between basic, translational and clinical research practitioners from all relevant established and emerging disciplines, the book series "Translational Medicine Research" features original and observational investigations in the broad fields of laboratory, clinical and public health research, aiming to provide practical and up-to-date information on significant research from all subspecialties of medicine and to broaden readers' vision horizons, from bench to bed and bed to bench.Produced in close collaboration with National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine (Shanghai), the largest translational medicine research center in China, the book series offers a state-of-the-art resource for physicians and researchers alike who are interested in the rapidly evolving field of translational medicine. Prof. Zhu Chen, the Editor-in-Chief of the series, is a hematologist at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China's former Minister of Health, and chairman of the center's scientific advisory board.


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Note: This meeting proposes communication interactions to illuminate the the Original Language and the Babel Effect. It could get messy halfway as we hack through the jungle of miscommunication in an unrehearsed, organic fashion but stay until the end to receive a huge windfall of revelations and realisations about yourself, others and nature.
Possibly the last time you felt safe, secure, loving and trusting was in your mother's womb, after which your satisfaction ratio went downhill, until you arrived here, a less than fulfilled adult.
I'm sure that by now you have had glimpses of these qualities, within yourself, in others, from God and in some of your relationships with nature. Today, you are a believer, having hope based upon experiences. You know that what you seek exists, and trust that it is achievable once again.
But no person can go back into his mother's womb to be reborn a second time, though perhaps some have tried in symbolic ways during dreaming and projection, to fulfil this seemingly irrational archetypal wish. You long for a permanent home with qualities of safety, security, love and trust. Yet you do not find it consistently in any person, place or process – for if you did then you would not be seeking.
Yet, these qualities you seek, within yourself and others, are covered by a rough husk. Through a process of intense interaction within the environment of the Enlightenment Transmission, this rough husk is dissolved, allowing the life force energy to fully permeate the body's cells and activities to bring vitality and exceptional abilities.
In this live online meeting, I invite interaction, gently but directly leading participants into greater awareness, energy and sense of purpose. The beneficial effects initiated during the event will come to full fruition later, during the night, the next day and for the rest of your life. Therefore, it is recommended to allow space and time for integration to happen. There are sublime phenomena that your mind cannot catch but 'something' will as your inner sensory channels open and awaken.
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Big sweaters, cold nights, pumpkin flavored everything and football. These are some of our favorite fall/winter things. What's one of our least favorite fall thing? Runny noses, coughs, headaches and everything that comes along with cold and flu season. Fortunately, there are a few tricks to staying healthy this year. Here are 6 tips from our chiropractors on fighting off cold and flu season:
Eat a Healthy and Well Balanced Diet
"Eat your fruits and veggies!" We know it's not the first time you've heard this. But how often are you following this simple rule? Adding Vitamin C-rich foods such as oranges, grapefruit and spinach can go a long way towards staying healthy during the colder months. If you're a big coffee drinker, try switching to green tea. Eating yogurt or natural bacterial goods can help ward off those flu attackers.
Get Enough Z's
Set aside at least 7-8 hours of sleep each night. Sleep is important for your entire body! Getting the proper amount of sleep is great for your body and your mind.
Stay Active
Just because it's cold outside doesn't mean you can sit on the couch all bundled up! (We know it sounds great, but it isn't doing your body any good!) Exercise is a great way to boost your energy and your immune system. We recommend 30 minutes of exercise 3-4 times a week at least. If it is too cold out, join a local gym or you can do at home workouts!
Take Supplemental Vitamins
Oh the winter blues and Vitamin D! During the colder months, we are outside less and less which means we are not getting the natural vitamins from the sun, such as Vitamin D. In the same sense, you may be lacking other vitamins that help fight illness. If you are not getting the proper nutrients from food, sun or other areas make sure you get some supplement vitamins.
Wash Your Hands
"Don't forget to wash your hands!" Another phrase you've probably heard before, or maybe you've been telling your children. Either way, it's important to follow this rule. Viruses are persistent and can live on most surfaces for up to 48 hours! Wash your hands regularly and avoid getting infected.
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If your immune system isn't functioning properly, neither will you. Fortunately, you can boost your immune system's response by taking care of your nervous system. Your spine actually houses the nervous system which controls your immune system's response. Chiropractic doctors like Dr. Dan and Dr. Abbie utilize chiropractic techniques to ensure that your spine and back are in alignment. Chiropractic adjustments can help reduce physiological disturbances in your nervous system. Visiting the chiropractor regularly can help your immune system function at it's highest level!
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Loaded with vegetables and flavor, this dish takes under 25 minutes to prepare, from start to finish. It is easily modified to meet different eating styles and is very filling. If you're looking for a healthy option that tastes like a cheat meal, this recipe will satisfy both body and tastebuds.
You will need:
1 onion
1.5 cups carrots
10 mushrooms
2 celery stalks
1.5 cup corn
1 zucchini
1 head of broccoli
1 lb mung bean sprouts
2 chicken breasts, diced (or vegan/vegetarian options; see below)
3 Tbsp cooking oil
4-6 garlic cloves
4 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp basil
Rice: white, black, brown, wild, etc
*Cook enough rice to make at least 3 cups; no harm in making extra as it makes for quick and easy leftover dishes for meals that follow.
How to
Start cooking the rice of your choice so that it will be ready when you are. Chop up the chicken & all of the vegetables into desired bite sized pieces. Add the oil and chicken to a cooking pan on medium heat and allow it to start cooking. Next, add the basil, garlic, onions, and carrots; sauté for extra flavor. Once the onions are transparent, add in the rest of the vegetables (which take less time to cook) and soy sauce. Stir well. Once the vegetables are cooked to your liking (also making sure the chicken is cooked all the way through), serve over rice or rice noodles and enjoy.
Try not to add any additional salt, instead focusing on increasing the basil or garlic if you want more flavor.
Made as described, this recipe will feed four hungry people (possibly more if you add more rice to each dish). Save leftovers in the fridge for an easy meal option later on.
Make it work for you
Make it vegan/vegetarian; replace the chicken with kidney beans, garbanzo beans, or tofu
Spice variations; this recipe would also taste great with ginger seasoning. Or, you can leave off the soy sauce and go a completely different direction by adding either cumin, curry, or Italian.


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During my installation of PI Data Archive 2016, previously I made two partitions "C with 150 GB" and "D with 250 GB". As per this video, there is not option to choice "PIHOME" drive to select and change. Further it gives error like "Insufficient Disk Space in Drive" which terminate my installation instantly.
OSIsoft: Install PI Server 2016 Full Walk-through (AF Server and Data Archive) - YouTube
I gone through full video (above link) and I made partition as per defined in video and my PI Data Archive got installed successfully. May be this cannot be the right solution. May be there should be some OSIsoft's internal drive calculation and allotment system.
Thanks & Regards,
Kaushal Jani