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These books are jam-packed with hours of adventure, I do hope you will be picking some of these for your kids to enjoy this holiday!
Little princesses will love this exciting new annual, which is packed full of magical stories, fun puzzles and pretty colourings.
The Astrosaurs are on a mission to help the planet of the Woolly Rhinos, where one of their three suns have gone missing. What on earth could have swallowed up such a huge ball of fire? Teggs and his team must investigate …INCLUDES FREE COLLECTOR CARDS INSIDE!
A river cruise through ancient desert lands quickly turns into an adventure for Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, and Jack.
The giraffe, the pelican and the agile monkey set out to prove that they are the best window-cleaning company around.
"Rayigamaya And Gampolaya " is a popular folk tale on two best friends called Rayigamaya and Gampolaya
In this award-winning Dahl title, Matilda invents a game of punishing her parents when they treat her badly.


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So, the rear suspension. Heres the stock ride height. The body needed to come down arouuund maybe 7 meters or so. First I needed to roll the gaurds, the lip on the rear gaurds of these things is giant. Again, more yahoo gambles. This time some old short and thick american shocks out of a Toyota Hilux Surf. Short is the keyword here. For the springs, our mate Shane had some old Honda Step Wagon lowering springs lying round that he was kind enough to gift too us. Again, too long ! All finished, nice and short.

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As Speedy Ice was walking through the streets of Poptropica, a shadow seems to have been following him.
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West Presents a New Series Challenging Us to Think Differently About Time Management
December 30, 2016 | West Now Home
On Thursday, November 17, West held a special networking event and presentation, 168 Hours: How Are You Investing Your Week?
The West community including students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered at the Microsoft Store located in Scottsdale Fashion Square for an informative and entertaining session on treating our time like an investment. It was an exceptional event that allowed students and alumni to interact with West President, Tracy Lorenz, and speaker Chris Hewitt, Vice President of Marketing.
"We wanted to share an approach to thinking about our time as a measured thoughtful investment…something that's often lost in the overwhelming demands of our lives."
West aimed to present time management from a different perspective. There are many authorities on the subject with great insights on managing time… including some promises of revealing the "secrets" of time management. Beyond the tips, tricks and promises, there is only one basic truth: there is a definite and finite amount of time available to each of us.
In addition to our local attendees, numerous West students watched the event online. Several comments from the West community express their delight from the evening's activities.
"The speaker was excellent, he knew the topic and is very good with delivering the content. Great choice on location and the set-up was appropriate."
Time management is certainly not a new topic, but a common one that we all tackle head on each day. Your approach to time can be critical to your own success. Whether it's managing a project, training for a race, or studying for an exam, the time you spend directly shapes the person you become.
Time Management Series
Interested in learning more? West Now will begin to feature key moments and talking points in a series covering the thoughtful, practical time management concepts based on the practice and philosophy of investing your 168 hours per week. The first installment will be available soon right here on West Now.
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Chris Hewitt is a marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience in traditional, digital and strategic marketing. Currently the Vice President of Marketing for Western International University, Chris advocates a more rigorous approach to marketing; blending advanced analytics and creativity to effectively and relevantly reach targeted audiences. An experienced business leader with broad experience, Chris has been fortunate to be given the opportunity to lead teams in diverse disciplines, throughout a number of industries and businesses (from Fortune 100 to startups). Chris is a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing as well as a Masters of Business Administration.
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Interesting as always! The "Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate" crossword puzzles are a good brainstorming game. But, if you want to find the solutions to the puzzle quickly, we are here to help! We will help you to find the solution for the given clue ("Vichyssoise veggies").
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Charles Francis Adams
THIS eminent diplomatist comes of an illustrious lineage. The only son of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the Republic, who survived his father, and the grandson of John Adams, the second President of the United States, he inherits patriotic sentiments, and has done honor, in his public career, to some of the noblest names in our nation's past history.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 18, 1807. At the age of two years, he was taken by his father to St. Petersburg, where he remained for the next six
years, his father being United States Minister at the Russian Court. During his residence at the Russian capital, he learned to speak the Russian, German and French, as well as the English. In February, 1815, he made the perilous journey from St. Petersburg to Paris, with his mother, in a private carriage, to meet his father. The intrepidity of Mrs. Adams, in undertaking such a journey in midwinter, and when all Europe was in a state of commotion, gave evidence that the courage and daring which her son inherited, were not all due to the father's side.
His father was at this time President, and the son spent the next two years in Washington; but, in 1827, returned to Massachusetts, and commenced the study of the law in the office of Daniel Webster. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, but did not engage actively in practice.
In 1829, Mr. Adams married a daughter of Peter C. Brooks, an opulent merchant of Boston, another of whose daughters was the wife of Hon. Edward Everett. The first years of Mr. Adams' manhood were mostly passed with his books, and in literary and scientific pursuits. Though strongly averse to partizan politics and the petty squabbles for office and plunder, which then occupied the minds of the politicians of the day, it was impossible that, with his birthright and broad culture, he should not devote a considerable part of his studies to political science and statesmanship. He wrote able articles on topics involving a large knowledge of both, in the North American Review, and other periodicals, between 1830 and 1845. He also edited at this time the letters of Mrs. John Adams, and gathered the documents for the "Life and Works of John Adams, second President of the United States." He was nominated, in 1840, as Representative in the Massachusetts Legislature; but he had no political aspirations, and declined to be a candidate. At his father's request, however, he consented to be a candidate the next year, and was elected for three years successively, and was then chosen State Senator for two years. This period (1841–1846) was one of violent struggle, and eventually of disruption between the two wings of the Whig party, the time-serving or " Cotton Whigs," and the " Conscience Whigs," who subsequently, with large additions from the Democracy, formed the Republican party. Of the "Conscience Whigs," Mr. Adams was the acknowledged leader. Some of his reports, and his "Review of the Proceedings of the Legislature of 1843," were very remarkable for their breadth of view, their enunciation of great principles of statesmanship, and their clear and vigorous style. While he was a member of the Senate, the State of Massachusetts sent Judge Hoar to South Carolina, to endeavor, by peaceful measures, to put an end to the imprisonment of colored sailors from Massachusetts in South Carolinian jails, whenever they entered any of the ports of that state. Judge Hoar was treated with great indignity, and driven from the State by a mob. The Massachusetts Legislature hereupon appointed a joint committee, of which Mr. Adams was chairman, to draw up a "Declaration and Protest," to be forwarded to the President and the Governors of the respective States. This paper, prepared by Mr. Adams, is a document worthy of its occasion and its author, a masterly exposition of the legal and Constitutional aspects of the question, and a model of weighty and impressive eloquence. The opposition in Massachusetts, as well as in other Northern States, to the admission of Texas into the Union as a slave State, found a voice and a leader in Mr. Adams. In the winter of 1846, a committee, of which he was chairman, maintained a campaign paper called The Free State Rally, and sent on to Washington, from Massachusetts alone, remonstrances with nearly sixty thousand signatures, against the admission of Texas as a slave State. This act in reality severed the connection between Mr. Adams and the Cotton Whigs, and, late in 1846, he founded and conducted politically for some months, daily paper called the Boston Whig. The "Conscience Whigs, were bitterly maligned and abused by the pro-slavery men of the party, and the severance of the slight bonds which held the two together was beginning to be felt as a necessity. In the measures which resulted somewhat later, in the formation of the Free Soil Party, the Boston Whig did good service. The State Whig Convention of September, 1847, was the last in which Mr. Adams, Mr. Sumner, Judge Allen and other Conscience Whigs, attempted to take part in any so-called Whig Convention. The Free Soil party was organized in most of the Northern States in the spring of 1848, and in the summer of that year its Convention at Buffalo nominated Martin Van Buren for President, and Charles Francis Adams for Vice-President. The vote for these candidates was a protest, and a vigorous one, against Pro-Slavery aggression; it could be nothing more. In the five or six years which followed, there was a complete break-up of the Whig party, and the Free Soil party was in part swallowed up in the temporary but short-lived success of the "American " or "Know-Nothing" organization, but soon emerged in the "Republican party," which took shape and form early in 1855.
During the chaotic condition of parties, Mr. Adams had stood aloof from politics, sickened with the corruption of many of the party leaders, yet powerless, for the time, to check it, and it was not till the emergence of the new and purer party from the seething mass, that he again mingled in political circles. Meantime, he had devoted himself with great assiduity to the memoir of his grandfather and the careful editing of his works. This valuable contribution to the early history of our country is written with that elegant scholarship which marks all Mr. Adams' compositions, and is remarkably impartial in its details of the life of the venerable President. It occupies ten volumes. In the autumn of 1858, Mr. Adams was called from his literary pursuits to represent his district in Congress. His course there, on the eve of the rebellion, was worthy of the great name he bore and of his own previous history. Calm, dignified, yet tenacious in his adherence to the great principles of right, he was such a representative as it became Massachusetts to have at such a time. In the summer and autumn of 1860, he took part in the Presidential canvass, supporting Mr. Lincoln in many able speeches, in the Northwestern States. That he supported, both in committee and in his place in the House, the resolutions disavowing, on the part of the free States, any right, under the Constitution, to interfere with Slavery in States where it was already established, or to hinder by law the reclamation of fugitives, and the bill for the admission of New Mexico as a State, leaving its citizens at liberty in respect to a constitutional admission or prohibition of Slavery, is not to be denied. Looking at these questions in the light of the present, it seems astonishing that he could have made even such concessions as these to the Slave power; but that was the hour of darkness, and many Republicans, who afterwards stood up boldly for freedom, went much farther than Mr. Adams in their concessions at this time. Mr. Adams, unlike most of these, made these propositions his ultimatum, declaring war preferable, with all its horrors, to any further attempts at conciliation. But the Southern leaders were mad upon their idols; they would hear nothing of compromise, and in heart, if not in word, assented to Jefferson Davis's declaration, "That if the North would give him carte blanche to make such propositions as he would be satisfied with, he would reject the offer." So, happily and well for the North, all these offers of conciliation failed of success, and the war commenced. Mr. Adams was re-elected to the Thirty-seventh Congress; but, in the spring of 1861, Mr. Lincoln nominated him as minister to England, and he was promptly confirmed by the Senate, and in the first week of May he sailed from Boston to enter on his duties. He was now in the sphere for the exercise and manifestation of his rare qualities. They were illustrated by the great discouragements which he had to encounter. The armed rebellion had broken out. The ministry and the ruling classes of England were unfriendly. The Tory party could not but welcome the prospect of a downfall of the great republic, whose prosperity had so potently backed up the argument of English friends to free principles and free institutions. The Whig aristocracy, alarmed by the progressive radicalism of their own allies at home, were not unwilling that it should receive a check from the failure of the American experiment. Except the great names of the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden, there were few in the first rank of English statesmen who looked favorably or justly on the rights or the prospects of this country. In the commercial circles in which, since the squirarchy has become more enlightened, the intensest burliness of John Bullism resides, the ruin of the great maritime power across the water was a welcome conclusion. The suffering that would fall on the laboring classes in consequence of the stoppage of the supply of cotton from America was apparent, and the decision with which, as it proved, they not only refrained from pressing their government into hostile measures, but pronounced their advocacy of that cause of freedom in America which they instinctively felt to be their own, showed a sense and magnanimity which it would nave seemed visionary to look for. The clergy, from Cornwall to the Tweed, rejoiced in the new demonstration that social order was only to be had under the shadow of a church-sustaining throne. The Carlton Club was elate. The Reform Club was bewildered and double-minded. Lord Palmerston, even beyond his wont, was flippant and cheerful.
Mr. Adams stepped into the circle collected, prepared, grave, dignified, self poised, with the port of one who felt that he had great rights to secure, that he knew how to vindicate them, and that he had a stout power behind him for their maintenance. The British ministry—not over-reluctant themselves—were pressed by solicitations from across the Channel, as well as by taunts and importunities at home, to espouse the cause of the insurgent States. Had they done so, it will not do to say that we should have failed to come victorious out of the contest, but without doubt we should have won our victory at immeasurably greater cost. That they were held to a neutrality, however imperfect, instead of proceeding to an active intervention, was largely due to the admirable temper and ability with which our diplomacy was conducted. A short time sufficed to make it appear that Mr. Adams was not to be bullied, or cajoled, or hoodwinked, or irritate 1 into an imprudence, and every day of his long residence near the British court brought its confirmation to that profitable lesson. Under provocations and assumptions the more offensive for being sheathed in soft diplomatic phrase, not a petulant word was to be had from the American minister, nor a word, on the other hand, indicative of a want of proud confidence in the claims and in the future of his country. A timid and yielding temper would have invited encroachments: a testy humor or discourteous address would have been seized upon as excuse for reserve or counter-irritation. Nor by the preparation of study was he less equal to the difficult occasion than by native qualities of mind and character, as was proved more than once when, Lord John having flattered himself that he had discovered some chink in our mail in some passage of our treatment of Spain and the South American republics, the pert diplomatist had to learn that it would be prudent for him to go into a more careful reading of the records of past American administrations. It is of less consequence to say that Mr. Adams' personal accomplishments, his familiarity with the usages of elegant society, his cultivated taste in art, his profound scholarship, and his acquaintance with the classical historians, orators and poets (a sort of attainment nowhere more considered than in England), added to the estimation which attached to him. Going to that country in circumstances of the extremest perplexity and trial, he left it, after seven years, the object of universal respect, and of an extent and earnestness of private regard seldom accorded, in any circumstances, to the representative of a foreign power. To maintain at once an inflexible and an inoffensive attitude, to assert, without a jot or title of abatement, a country's unconceded right, yet expose no coign of vantage to the aggressor by a rash advance, to enforce justice and tranquillize passion at the same time, is the consummate achievement, the last crowning grace, of diplomacy.
After Mr. Adams was recalled from England at his own request, as in former years, he lived in Boston in the winter, and in the summer months managed his extensive farm at Quincy, eight miles from town, where he occupied the ancient house which John Adams, attached to it by early recollections, purchased before his return from Europe in 1788. In a secure building which he lately erected on the estate, Mr. Adams arranged the voluminous manuscripts left by his grandfather and his father, and the large library of Mr. John Quincy Adams. It is understood that he has been occupied in preparing for publication, a selection from the writings of his illustrious father. In December, 1870, he came from his retirement to pronounce before the New York Historical Society, a discourse, which has since been published, containing a masterly exposition of the debt of the world to the American government for its persistent maintenance, from first to last, of the doctrine of the right of a nation to preserve its own neutrality ; in other words, the right of a nation to remain in peace when other nations go to war—a doctrine laid down by Mr. Wheaton as "incontestable," but which, in fact, was never valid, from the beginning of time till this new people asserted and established it.
In the summer of 1871, he was nominated by the President as the American Commissioner in the arbitration provided for by the Treaty of Washington, ratified in July, and has twice visited Geneva and Paris on that mission. No appointment could have been so fitting and appropriate.
Mr. Adams' name has often been mentioned in connection with the Presidency. We do not believe he desires it, and he is too eminent a statesman and too much of a gentleman and scholar, to be likely to be elected in a republic where mediocrity of talent and ability is preferred to genius, and a certain boorishness of manner is a surer passport to high political honors than refinement and culture. He has mingled but little in political matters since his return from England in 1868, but that he has his own decided opinions on the questions of the day, will be evident from the following letters. The first was written in reply to an invitation to visit Pittsburgh, and take part in the commemoration of Andrew Jackson's birthday:
"BOSTON, Jan. 6, 1871.'
"Malcolm Hay, Esq., Secretary of the Committee:
"DEAR SIR : By some accidental delay your letter of the 31st ultimo, reached me only this morning. I feel much honored in receiving the invitation to visit you at Pittsburgh. My engagements at home, however, prevent me from moving at this time.
"Neither am I much in the way of expressing sentiments on present political topics. The country has passed through a violent convulsion, and is now slowly, but steadily, recovering itself. The main object should be to restore harmony and spire mutual confidence among all the jarring members. Our government draws its life from the ready consent of the governed.
"When the distinguished hero, whose name your association bears, uttered those memorable words: `The Union shall be preserved!' he undoubtedly rested his faith upon the spontaneous co-operation of the great mass of the nation, responding to his call in the regular and legitimate channels prescribed by the organic law. He never contemplated the use of bayonets in controlling the forms of collecting the general suffrage.
"Our safety as a nation, lies in going back to the first principles, and forgetting that force has ever been resorted to as a painful necessity to preserve them. What was a bitter medicine should not be turned into daily food.
"Very truly yours,
The second letter was one addressed to Hon. David A. Wells, in reply to a request that he would become a candidate for nomination at the Cincinnati Convention:
BOSTON, April 18, 1872.
"MY DEAR MR. WELLS : I have received your letter, and will answer it frankly. I do not want the nomination, and could only be induced to consider it by the circumstances under which
it might possibly be made. If the call upon me were an unequivocal one, based upon confidence in my character, earned in public life, and a belief that I would carry out in practice the principles which I professed, then indeed would come a test of my courage in an emergency; but if I am to be negotiated for. and have assurances given that I am honest, you will be so kind as to draw me out of that crowd. With regard to what I understand to be the declaration of principles, which has been made, it would seem ridiculous in me to stand haggling over them.
This is not inconsistent with the sense o' grateful recognition of the many flattering estimates made of my services in many and high quarters; but I cannot consent to peddle with them for power. If the good people who meet a to Cincinnati really believe that they need such an anomalous being as I am (which I do not), they must express it in a manner to convince me of it, or all their labor will be thrown away.
I am, with great respect, yours, etc.,
"DAVID A. WELLS, Esq., Norwich, Conn."
At that Convention, held May 2d and 3d, 1872, Mr. Adams received 324 votes out of 715, being within 8 votes, on the original declaration of the sixth ballot, of Mr. Greeley, the successful candidate.
In person, Mr. Adams is rather below than above the middle height. His figure, as he advances in life, tends somewhat to fullness, as did those of his father and grandfather. His head and features, worthily represented in the fine portrait by Hunt, are strongly marked with the family likeness, and express the vigor, decision and repose of his mind and character.
Source: Source: Men of Our Day; or Biographical Sketches of Patriots, Orators, Statesmen, Generals, Reformers, Financiers and Merchants, Now on the state of Action: Including Those Who in Military, Political, Business and Social Life, are the Prominent Leaders of the Time in This Country, by L. P. Brockett, M. D., Published by Ziegler and McCurdy, Philadelphia Penna; Springfield, Mass; Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo., 1872
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Red potatoes are cool-season vegetables. Potatoes are an important diet staple across the world. Potatoes are not roots, but specialized underground storage stems called tubers. Red potatoes prefer good-draining soil that is high in organic content. Potatoes form tubers when temperatures are 60 to 70 degrees F. When the temperature is 80 degrees F and above, tubers do not grow. Red potato plants tolerate light frosts in the spring and fall. Red potato varieties include Norland, Red Pontiac and Viking.
Remove the mulch from around the red potato hills two weeks after the potato vines have faded and dried. This waiting period allows the potato skin to toughen and reduces the chance of rotting in storage.
Pull the vines up and discard. If the vines were infested with potato bugs, then they need burning or discarding.
Cut a circle around the red potato plant 3 feet in diameter with your shovel. Push the shovel blade straight down into the soil.
Push the shovel 8 to 10 inches under the soil and lift everything out of the ground. Flip the dirt over outside of the circle. Continue to dig the soil out of the circle.
Sift through your pile of soil and remove the potatoes. Place them in a box or bag. Push the soil back into the hole.
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More Great Summer Stock has landed!
The First Month..
Hi everyone,
So we have been going for a month now and its been an exciting time for us. As well as tweaking the website to increasing the range (which will be doing every week!); we've loved it all. Our latest arrivals included more from Bristol based brewer, Wiper and True.
We love the Citra and Rye and the Returning Ernest is an amazing IPA. They join both the Kaleidoscope and Quintet on our stock list and we are keen to add even more to this range in the coming weeks - so we'll keep you informed.
We're also enjoying the latest offerings from Liverpudlian brewers Mad Hatter with both Penny Lane and Toxteth proving popular both with you lot and us here at Beer Envy. Grab some soon before we drink it all!
We've also added NZPA to the Hawkshead range joining the 5 Hop on our stock list, it's all good, we wouldn't stock it if it wasn't!
Other notable newbies include Tiny Rebel's Full Nelson, The Kernal's Pale Ale with Mosaic, Ekaunot and Nelson Sauvin hops and Brewheadz' Electrobeat has got us loving our current range.
As the weather is getting a little bit more summerlike check out the aptly named SUMMER from AND UNION, the perfect BBQ accompaniment, we know, we tried it.
Finally, just a heads up that stocks of Tiny Rebels' Bloody 'ell and Super Saison are running low so get them whilst we have them as that may be it for the year.
We are looking to extend the ever popular Buxton range in the next week or so as well as bringing in some new delights from Beavertown!
We'll be letting you know when they are available via the usual social media outlets so keep an eye out.
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Thanks to Lance Olsen for drawing my attention to this on Facebook. There is a pretty minimal blog describing these videos, which I quote from below, and some fragments of video on YouTube, two of which are featured here. I hope to get hold of the whole movie.
On an overcast morning in 1999, William Gibson, father of cyberpunk and author of the cult-classic novel Neuromancer, stepped into a limousine and set off on a road trip around North America. The limo was rigged with digital cameras, a computer, a television, a stereo, and a cell phone.
Generated entirely by this four-wheeled media machine, No Maps for These Territories is both an account of Gibson's life and work and a commentary on the world outside the car windows. Here, the man who coined the word "cyberspace" offers a unique perspective on Western culture at the edge of the new millennium, and in the throes of convulsive, tech – driven change.
During the documentary Gibson muses both on his past and the circumstances that led him to write what he wrote, as well as our present which, accordingly, is starting to resemble in many particulars the futures he has variously penned.
He speculates on topics as wide-ranging as post-human society and mechanics, nanotechnology, drugs and drug culture, the effect of Neuromancer on his fans and his later writing career, and the normalisation of technology (that is, the ways in which we have justified the use of technology to the point that it is invisible to us, a concept similar to the "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" concept of Arthur C. Clarke.)
The documentary is extremely free-flowing and also highly personal, in that it allows one to gain an extremely close understanding of both the thought processes and internal psychological triggers of William Gibson. Occasionally prompted by an unseen Driver figure (female in voice) and sometimes communicating with outside figures (specifically, Jack Womack and Bono, who was also being filmed at the time, the final product being superimposed on an electronic billboard).


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In NSW, a court can impose any of the following penalties for a charge of drug possession:
You will find a brief description of each of these penalties below.
Normally, when you plead guilty to a criminal or traffic offence the Court imposes a penalty and records a conviction. If the court records a conviction you will have a criminal record. However, if we were able to convince the court not to convict you, there would be no penalty of any type and no criminal record. In all criminal cases a court has the discretion not to convict you but deal with you under the terms of section 10.
By far the most common penalty imposed by the Local Court is a fine. When deciding the amount of any fine the Magistrate or Judge should consider your financial situation and your ability to pay any fine they set.
A good behaviour bond is an order of the court that requires you to be of good behaviour for a specified period of time. The court will impose conditions that you will have to obey during the term of the good behaviour bond. The maximum duration of a good behaviour bond is 5 years.
A Community Service Order (CSO) involves either unpaid work in the community at a place specified by Probation and Parole or attendance at a Centre to undertake a course, such as Anger Management. In order to be eligible for a CSO you have to be assessed by an officer of the Probation service as suitable to undertake the order. Certain medical conditions could exclude you from being suitable to undertake a work order.
A suspended sentence (Section 12 good behaviour bond) is a gaol sentence that is suspended upon you entering into a good behaviour bond. Provided the terms of the good behaviour bond are obeyed the gaol sentence will not come into effect. A suspended sentence is only available for sentences of imprisonment of up to 2 years.
Periodic detention is a form of imprisonment. It involves detention in a periodic detention centre for a two day period each week for the length of the sentence set by the court. The two-day period commences at 7.00 pm on the day of the week specified (usually Friday) and ends at 4.30 pm on the second day following the day so specified (usually Sunday).
This is the most severe form of punishment and involves being locked up in a prison. Before a court imposes a prison sentence it must be satisfied that no other penalty other than imprisonment is appropriate.


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Gordon Lore ~ 09/25/18 ~ Stargate to the Cosmos ~ Revolution Radio ~ Hosts Janet Kira Lessin & Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin & Kevin Estrella ~ Producer Thomas Becker ~ Studio B ~ 8 to 10 PM Eastern, 2 to 4 PM Hawaii time.
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GORDON LORE began his professional writing/editing career as Vice President of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP, then the world's largest UFO organization) in the mid-1960s. He was responsible for heading a large scientific network of subcommittees that lent its expertise toward solving one of the primary mysteries of the 20th century and beyond. He played a prominent role in a day-long Congressional hearing on UFOs in September 1968. Lore was an uncredited scientific advisor to the late director Stanley Kubrick on his seminal science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, in 1967, which celebrated the 50th year of its release in April 2018.
He is also the senior author of Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1968), the first-ever book based entirely on the early history of UFOs, and the sole author of Strange Effects From UFOs (NICAP, 1969). He edited UFOs: A New Look, the UFO Investigator and the UFO Research Newsletter. He wrote and edited hundreds of published articles on one of the most mysterious scientific puzzles of all time.
His book, The Earle Family of NEWFOUNDLAND and the Birth of a Canadian Atlantic Province is now available as a Nook Book on the Barnes & Noble website. This work, with the title The Earle Family of Newfoundland and Labrador, was also published in book form on July 1, 2015, by DRC Publishing in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Gordon also has his book entitled The Priest of Kali: A Novelized Biography Based on the Life and Spiritual Ecstasies of Sri Ramakrishna (2017) posted on the Amazon Kindle Book site. His book Connections: A Lifetime Journey Through the world of Celebrity (2017), is now available from BearManor Media at www.bearmanormedia.com or from firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gordon also became a writer-editor in the public utility field as a White House and Congressional Senate/House Gallery correspondent and National Press Club member. He was in the Oval Office of the White House in 1972 when President Richard M. Nixon signed the Environmental Protection Agency legislation that would further protect the air and water quality in the United States and its territories.
In 1975, Lore became the Editor of The Rockwell News, Rockwell International's employee newspaper, and wrote about numerous topics from the Apollo program, the Space Shuttle and nuclear energy. From 1992 to 2012, he was a prominent writer-editor in the kidney disease and renal transplantation arena. His hundreds of published articles on this topic led to his being recognized as a nominee for the prestigious first Medal of Excellence (known as the Nobel Prize of the renal care field) from the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP). One of the articles he solicited resulted in the formation of a dialysis clinic in the only hospital on the island country of Belize, leading to his AAKP recognition.
Lore has also written and published on a number of other issues, including the spiritual, the occult and the early history of aviation. He is particularly known among his colleagues as never having missed an editorial deadline in his entire 55-year career.
August 20, 2018
Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth — Exploring the History of UFO Research with Gordon Lore
Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is Gordon Lores fifteen-year UFO odyssey through the 1960s and 1970s, the most formative research and investigation years of this constantly ongoing phenomenon. It is highlighted by his work with Major Donald E. Keyhoe, known as Mr. UFO because he wrote the first book and article on the subject in 1950, Richard H. Hall, and James E. McDonald, one of the premier UFO scientists during the 1960s whose tragic death in 1971 left an enduring gap in the early history of UFO research and investigation.
This new book gives the reader both personal and scientific insights into many perplexing flying saucer sightings and the author's investigation and research highlighting their importance. The author has worked with such respected UFO researchers and scientists as Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Dr. Jacques Vallee, Francis Ridge (honcho of the NICAP website), Barry Greenwood, Jan Aldrich, Raymond Fowler, Stanton Friedman, and Paul Cerny. The book also highlights the authors personal investigation of prominent UFO sightings in several states and his leading the NICAP subcommittee work of a number of prominent investigators. He can be seen sitting with Major Donald E. Keyhoe and Richard Hall at a conference table at the National Press Club in 1968 in a segment of NASA's Unexplained FilesSecret Aliens.
I was fascinated by Gordon Lore's account of UFO history and NICAPs ceaseless struggle to uncover and reveal the truth. Working with highly-charged, up-to-the-minute material, the author invokes military and civilian aviators, police officers, trainmen, abductees, scientists, CIA moles, gold miners, FBI bureaucrats and the everyday people whose sightings are the backbone of the UFO phenomenon. If a book dedicated to evidence-based research can be thrilling, Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is it.
David J. Hogan, author of UFO FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers
Gordon Lore provides us with a marvelous look at the Golden Era of flying saucers and UFOs, giving us an uncommon look at the past from the perspective of one who actually lived it as an official of NICAP in Washington, D.C. This inside look at many classic saucer sightings comes from the time when UFOs made national headlines, were the subject of official Air Force investigations, and were targeted for two Congressional hearings in 1966 and 1968. It is pure nostalgia for those curious about the controversy over life in space.
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Gordon Lore has given us a careful, comprehensive and honest reportage of the UFO phenomenon based on his many years of investigating the phenomenon. He is neither an alarmist nor a radical in his conclusions. The reader will find this an essential counterweight to distortions that sometimes muddy this ever-timely subject.
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We have been outsourcing development projects for years now. Currently, we have a development office in the city Ahmedabad in India. We have over there a partnership with a lead developer who has set-up for us a development office. We are paying for his office and all other costs. He arranged for us developers at that location. And he gets a good monthly payment and a lot of extra benefits.
To be less dependant on a single location, we are searching now for an extra partner who can set up the same structures. We are looking for the following profile:
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D&O Trends
These trends affect both public and private companies:
• Regulatory enforcement. The Department of Labor, Federal Trade Commission and other agencies have stepped up enforcement in recent years, which have resulted in claims of mismanagement against directors and officers who fail to prepare for this increased enforcement. However, a new report by Marsh has predicted that the impact of these and other regulations including under Sarbanes-Oakley and Dodd-Frank may be diminished as a result of actions taken by the Trump administration.
• Emerging risks. These include cyber liability, environmental liability, breach of privacy, reputation risks and more. Failure to take action to protect the company against these risks could result in claims of negligence against directors and officers. As more specific insurance for some of these risks, such as cyber and environmental liability, have been developed, some pressure on D&O policies and premiums have been reduced.
• Changing policies. Insurers have been adding exclusionary language to insurance policies the past few years, limiting coverage and leaving officers and directors personally responsible for claims not covered by those policies. The Marsh report has speculated, however, that reduced D&O claims and a better outlook for D&O insurance may result in companies offering to "sell back" some exclusionary terms and even offer reduced premiums.
Source: Marsh's full report is "The U.S. Financial and Professional Market in 2017: Our Top 10 List."
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Join your fellow Jedi Thursday, December 14 at 6pm for an early showing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Receive a pack of collectible Star Wars trading cards, a regular popcorn and see special content. Special engagements for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Opening Night Fan Event, Double Feature and Marathon excludes use of Green, Red, AMC Silver Experience and AMC Gold Experience tickets.
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Circular No. 5553 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Telephone 617-495-7244/7440/7444 (for emergency use only) TWX 710-320-6842 ASTROGRAM CAM EASYLINK 62794505 MARSDEN@CFA or GREEN@CFA (.SPAN, .BITNET or .HARVARD.EDU) COMET MACHHOLZ (1992k) Donald E. Machholz reports his visual discovery of a comet. The following observations have been reported: 1992 UT R.A. (2000) Decl. m1 Observer July 2.459 4 43.7 +36 52 9 Machholz 3.448 4 47.7 +36 06 9.2: Hale 3.469 4 48 +36.0 9 Machholz D. E. Machholz (Colfax, CA). 27x120 binoculars on July 2; 0.15-m reflector on July 3. Comet diffuse with condensation; 3' coma. Clouds on July 3. A. Hale (Las Cruces, NM). 0.41-m reflector. Poor observing conditions. Comet diffuse with some condensation. NOVA SCORPII 1992 A. Damineli N., Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico, Universidade de Sao Paulo; F. Jablonsky, Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais, San Jose dos Campos; and M. P. Diaz, Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico, Universidade de Sao Paulo, write: "We have obtained low- resolution (1 nm) CCD spectrograms of Nova Sco 1992 covering the range 480-1090 nm, using the 1.6-m telescope of LNA/CNPq in Brazil. On May 28.0 UT, the visible spectrum was like that described on IAUC 5529 and the near-infrared was characterized by strong emission of O I at 844.6 nm and the Ca II triplet. Less intense emission of Fe II (74, 49, 42), N I, and Paschen lines were also present. An unidentified blend at 1069-1076 nm was the dominant feature in the spectrum, being stronger than H-alpha. Coude CCD spectra (resolution 0.1 nm) taken on June 1.1 show P-Cyg absorptions with minima at -290 km/s (O I at 844.6 nm), -355 km/s (Ca II triplet), and -345 km/s (H-alpha). Lines not showing P-Cyg profiles have FWHM 700 km/s. The coude spectra give the following equivalent widths in nm: H-beta, -7.3; H-alpha, -46.6; O I at 844.6 nm, -10.2; Ca II at 849.8 nm, -12.4; Ca II at 854.2 nm, -13.3; Ca II at 866.2 nm, -15.3; Fe II at 999.7 nm, -3.5; Pa-delta, -5.0. The Na D interstellar doublet is superimposed on a broad emission and has a heliocentric velocity of -11 km/s. The equivalent width for the D1 component was 0.058 nm. A broad Na D absorption system is seen at -408 km/s." 1992 July 3 (5553) Daniel W. E. Green
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We were only able to get to a few nests before the brutality drove us home, but not with our tails between our legs. We were able to check five nests, band six healthy young Osprey, and remove piles of human plastic garbage & debris from each & every nest we visited. At one nest we sadly discovered what appeared to be a single-parent home. The father was attempting the impossible task of raising three young alone. Sadly, one of the young did not make it and was decomposing badly in the nest, mixed in with the surviving siblings. But the other chicks were soldiering onward admidst the remains of their fallen sibling, and appear close to fledging. Every Osprey counts.
Witnessing Ben's maniacal dedication, I learned that when you're dealing with recovering species, each and every nest really matters! The fact that Ben & the NJ Osprey Project are willing to go to such extremes to fight for every single one of our individual Osprey is rooted in the true understanding of just how important each & every Osprey really is in the fight to help repair & restore the ecosystem of the shore we love so much.
You & I didn't mean to poison the Bay & Osprey (and ourselves!) to near-extinction with the DDT pesticide. And you & I don't mean to choke the ecosystem of the shore and kill the Osprey with our cheap plastics and trash. But we did it, and we do it. Ben is on the front lines and sees this everyday. Tagging along, I've now seen it too and I feel super guilty!
I normally feel pretty proud of myself for my own little recycling efforts… but the truth is, you'd have to be a complete moron to not be in favor of recycling in this day and age. And sadly, I'd bet that a large percentage of the Osprey-killing recyclable trash I saw out there blew straight into the Bay out of my recycling bin, the truck that hauls it away, and the mysterious facility that processes it! Sure, much of that trash is bio-degradable, but it is out there killing Osprey and others long before it has a chance to do its much-ballyhooed biodegradation.
Recycling is a comforting attempt at a solution, but it's clearly not enough. I'm feeling compelled to reduce. And I'm more motivated to clean it up when I see it. I struggle with this because it sure is annoying to be on a beautiful walk or photo shoot on the beach and stumble upon a big, nasty, dirty pile of Mylar Balloons reading "Happy Graduation!" You then have to gunk up you hands, and haul it around with you, and find some trash receptacle for it when you could be otherwise enjoying your vacation.
But I see that it does matter. Everything matters, and everything counts. Just like the Osprey showed us the folly of pouring poison all over the planet to grow a little more food more quickly decades ago, they are now showing us the folly of the convenience of disposable plastics and how we are going to ultimately choke on our our own waste. Yikes!
I don't have any real answers here. But I am taking an important first step by refusing to allow my lazy brain to self-soothe and tell me it is O.K., that it doesn't matter… that I can leave that piece of trash for the next guy to pick up, or take the plastic bag when I could easily carry my WaWa treats to the car in my hands. The next guy to pick it up will probably be an Osprey.
In the meantime, while I try to get my act together and stop being an unintentional Bay-Destroyer and Osprey-Killer, join me in supporting Ben Wurst & The NJ Osprey Project by making a donation to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ. Just like each and every Osprey, and each and every piece of trash, every donation counts! Please help these guys keep the beach a little nicer, and a little more wild, for the rest of us to enjoy.


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Operation American Spring ~ May 16th 2014 in Washington DC… JOIN US!!!
"Fear thou not; for I AM with thee: be not dismayed; for I AM thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the Right Hand of My Righteousness." ( Isaiah 41:10 KJV )!!
TO: Patriots!!
( black, white, red, yellow, brown, male, female, civilian, military, truckers, bikers, militias, veterans, old, young, every American that loves freedom and liberty )
Restoration of Constitutional government, rule of law, freedom, liberty "of the people, for the people, by the people" from despotic and tyrannical federal leadership.
Millions of Americans will participate. American veterans and patriots are energized to end the tyranny, lawlessness, and shredding of the US Constitution. Government is not the target, it is sound; corrupt and criminal leadership must be removed. Those in power will not hesitate to use force against unarmed, peaceful patriots exercising their constitutional rights. Patriots may be killed, wounded, incarcerated. There is no hope given today's technology of secrecy for the effort nor do we want it secret.
Concept of Operations:
Phase 1 – Field millions, as many as ten million, patriots who will assemble in a peaceful, non-violent, physically unarmed (Spiritually/Constitutionally armed ), display of unswerving loyalty to the US Constitution and against the incumbent government leadership, in Washington, D.C., with the mission to bring down the existing leadership. Go full-bore, no looking back, steadfast in the mission.
Phase 2 – One million or more of the assembled 10 million must be prepared to stay in D.C. as long as it takes to see Obama, Biden, Reid, McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi, and Attorney General Holder removed from office. The senior republican in the US House of Representatives will become Speaker of the House and the US House of Representatives will elect a temporary President and Vice President of the United States. The U.S. Senate will take action to elect a new majority and minority leader. As required, the U.S. Congress will execute appropriate legislation to convene new elections or U.S. States will appoint replacements for positions vacated consistent with established constitutional requirements.
Phase 3 – Those with the principles of; Col. Allen West, Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Mike Lee, Jim DeMint, Rand Paul, Gov. Scott Walker,Jeff Sessions, Trey Gowdy, Nick Jordan, will comprise a tribunal and assume positions of authority to convene investigations, recommend appropriate charges against politicians and government employees to the new U.S. Attorney General appointed by the new President.
*All actions in Phase 2 & 3 will be consistent with the U.S. Constitution!*
Date of Operation: "OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING – Beginning Of Tyranny Housecleaning, May 16, 2014, completion to be determined
We are past the point of no return, thus must move forward with an effort to save our nation, as there is no other choice. We are asking, pleading with you, and any others that have resources, national voices, email lists, blogs, FB, Twitter, to call for a non-violent American Spring May 16 2014 in Washington D.C. We must appeal to ten million and more American patriots to come and stay in Washington, D.C. to stop the White House and Congress from total destruction of the United States. It's now or never. God help us.
…..the law of nature rules. A fluffy, cuddly lamb gets eaten by a mean old wolf is not an illegal or immoral event…the law of nature. When some greedy, self-serving occupant of the White House or Congress, or elements outside America, is threatening our existence, our freedom, our liberty, our Constitution, our life resources, our America, then we fight back to destroy the threat and there is nothing immoral or illegal about it. When the government becomes lawless, then "we the people" no longer are obligated to follow the government……there is no law when government picks and chooses for political purposes or personal agenda. At this time the government is performing as a lawless entity……
A duck cannot be turned into a fox; an elephant cannot be turned into a flea; the laws of nature will not permit.
Likewise, a nation ordained and principled by the laws of nature, sovereign, free, with liberty for all cannot naturally become a nation guided by royalty, decrees, tyranny, elitist, self-serving criminals. The former has proven desirable, the latter has proven human pain.
"We can become a nation guided by royalty IF "we the people" beguiled by the government in surrender to our lusts for that which we have not earned –for what is not natural –if we have become intoxicated by unbroken success" as Lincoln proclaimed in March 30 ,1863 call for fasting, humiliation, and prayer–we can very easily heap to ourselves leaders, and with itching ears, be turned from the Truth to become enslaved by the LIE." The United States of America (elephant) while embracing the "LIE" is teetering on the abyss of becoming a sniveling, blood sucking, undesirable nation (flea).
OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING will be a gigantic step in removing the flea infestation that is sucking the blood out of America.
We see no reasonable, hopeful sign that indicates there are honorable, loyal, mature, critical thinking, experienced people in government that understands the chaos about to rain down on America, nor do they care….our only hope is that "we the people" call, organize, and draw a few million patriots to stay in D.C. for an "American Spring". It would be the catalyst to draw the line and bring to a conclusion a decision on the out of control government, one way or the other. America will rise up or surrender………for me, I only go to my knees in the presence of God Almighty………..my knees will not touch the surface as a result of some piss ant occupant of the White House or a corrupt legislator, or outside element…I will fall to my death standing if necessary.
There is not much time and the only planning necessary is to select a starting date, which we have done, and then show up in Washington, D.C. on that date, and plan to stay for the duration. The goal is restoring the US Constitution as the law of the land, removing the lawless leadership. Will this be a cake-walk? No, it will be painful, and some people may die because the government will not be non-violent; some of us will end up in a cell, and some may be injured. If that's what it will take to save our nation, do we have any choice? Freedom loving Americans will say there is no choice, we must begin the second American Revolution. Not with guns, but with millions of Americans demanding a return to constitutional government and the resignation of Obama, Biden, Reid, McConnell, Boehner, Pelosi, and Holder as a start…then the constitutional restoration process can begin. An AMERICAN SPRING can be avoided only if the above mentioned officials resign.
Will our national patriot leaders step forward and declare, "send me", I'll lead? There are millions of veterans and patriots ready to follow and have said "I will go".
I urge all organizations, groups, particularly veterans and military retirees begin planning to visit Washington, D.C beginning May 16, 2014. Keep tuned to Constitutional Emergency/Patriots for AmericaOPERATION AMERICAN SPRING for updates and guidance.
Please bathe this effort in prayer as there is no personal agenda or gain save liberty, freedom, and restoration of constitutional government for "we the people".
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret. of OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING
WE THE PEOPLE of The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WANT OUR NATION BACK from TREASON and TYRANNY of Barack Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro!! Obama is DESTROYING our BELOVED CONSTITUTION and BILL OF RIGHTS!! Obama has NEVER TAUGHT the CONSTITUTION at all that was Another LIE!!
Barack Hussein Obama is a DEVOUT Islamic Muslim and he Slanders Jesus Christ and the HOLY BIBLE!! Obama is ANTI-AMERICAN / ANTI-AMERICAN FREEDOMS / ANTI-CHRISTIAN / ANTI-ISRAEL / ANTI-SEMITIC / ANTI-CONSTITUTION / ANTI-BILL OF RIGHTS / ANTI-GUNS!!
Obama was TAUGHT to be a COMMUNIST / MARXIST from, Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Frank Marshall Davis, and more!! Obama HATES the United States Of America FREEDOMS!! Obama is a FASCIST / NARCISSISTIC / MARXIST / COMMUNIST / NAZISM / USURPER / DICTATOR!! Barack Hussein Obama is a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR and does not know right from WRONG!!
God Said, "Thou Shalt Not Bear FALSE Witness against thy Neighbor"( Exodus 20:16 KJV )!!
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" ( Isaiah 5:20 KJV )!!
DICTATORSHIP is FORBIDDEN in the United States Of America according to our BELOVED CONSTITUTION!! NO ONE in the United States Of America can be a king or dictator here in our Nation, it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!
WAKE UP UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! We are Losing our FREEDOMS!!


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Research, Essays and Presentations
I studied psychology and kinesiology during my undergraduate years at Simon Fraser University, followed by a certificate program in Forensic Sciences at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Shortly after, I returned to BCIT to study Web Development. Some of the writings and research projects I have done are available below. More to come (including some older works).
Psychology and Education:
Down's Syndrome and Communication With Others: A Case Study (2004)
Forensic Science:
Canines and Rodents in the Detection of Explosives: A Comparison (2005)
Human Scent as Trace Evidence (2006) - This paper has been published as a chapter in a textbook.
Coming soon.
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May is the month of Love dedicated to Venus, Hathor, Mother Mary and all of the bountiful female Goddesses who nurture love and create beauty in our lives. So, of course, it is the perfect time to celebrate Mother's Day and honor this Divine Feminine presence in our lives.
This Full Moon is also known as the Wesak Moon, when the compassionate blessing of the Buddha is showered upon all Humanity. Feel the Love in your life!
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Scorpio is the fixed water sign ruled by both the planet Mars and Pluto. This is a highly charged full moon in two fixed signs (Sun in Taurus and Moon in Scorpio) signifying the need to breakdown long -held emotional, psychological and physical patterns. Scorpio has the capacity to move from the lowest depths to the highest peaks. It is the spirit of the Phoenix, which rises from the spiritual fire of its own ashes to be reborn into something new. Wherever a "system" is stuck (whether government, religious or personal, including body issues), it is time to let go, forgive, and move on to create something new. Nothing in this universe remains stagnant for very long. Change and growth is inevitable.
This Full Scorpio Moon shakes us out of complacency offering yet another opportunity to let go of old beliefs, situations and circumstances that do not match our inner truth. Since Scorpio rules the deep waters of the subconscious, this full moon is a great time to indulge in some quiet reflection on your own: watch your dreams for messages; schedule a massage, treat yourself to an astrology reading, meditate and honor your inner world. Just spending a few minutes "moon-gazing" is a wonderful way to recharge your psychic batteries.
Every Full Moon illuminates the positive qualities of the sign, as well as its shadow expressions. The Taurus/ Scorpio combination is Earth and Water. These are the fixed signs of fertility and sensuality; but they can also become prone to emotional insecurity, as well as, physical excess. It is extremely important during this time to remain neutral and to walk the Middle Path wherever this combination is found in your chart. In Taurus/ Scorpio we are dealing with TRUST issues and the basic building blocks of the human condition: LOVE and SECURITY. The seven deadly sins all revolve around Taurus/Scorpio axis.
Scorpio rules the "hidden" side of life…what is behind the veil, taboo, secret and occult. Scorpio is known as the "sexy" sign, but that translates as inner magnetism, which can attract or repel at will. We all have an inner Magician, Priestess, Shaman, Psychic Detective, Dark Goddess, and Psychologist indicated by the house where the sign of Scorpio falls in the birth chart. With awareness, these archetypes can be used constructively for our own healing and transformation.
Scorpio is the only of the zodiac, which has three levels: the Scorpion, the Eagle, and the Phoenix, denoting its inherent potential for total transformation. Like a snake shedding its old skin, Scorpio has the capacity to die to the old self/ego and be reborn. The positive side of Scorpio teaches compassion and forgiveness for ourselves and others; the right use of power, loyalty, and self-discipline. We learn that true intimacy is not based on control or possessiveness, but on the desire for oneness, compassion and truth. The shadow side of Scorpio is abuse of power, secrecy, judgment, emotional repression, obsession, control, revenge and, manipulation. Recognizing and owning your Shadow, rather than projecting onto others, becomes a necessity if you have major Scorpio planets in your chart, especially the Moon (since the Moon rules the subconscious). Working with dreams, shamanic counseling, and other forms of psychotherapy, are all excellent ways of bringing the Shadow into awareness. Scorpio is the water sign also associated with our second chakra: creation and sexuality.
The parts of the body ruled by Scorpio are the sex organs and the reproductive and elimination systems. Psychological and emotional blockages commonly show up as physical problems in these areas of the body. Yoga, martial arts, body work and massage, especially lymphatic massage, can be extremely helpful in moving blocked energy. Psychotherapy and astrological counseling, rebirthing techniques, and past life regression work, help us move through the emotional fears that keep us "stuck".
During this Full Moon, take some time out for yourself. It is a good time to re-establish your connections with nature…walk…plant a garden…work with your crystals…meditate near the water, if you can. Watch your dreams for intuitive messages. But above all, "Let go" of old habits…unclutter your mind…and don't get caught up in the personal dramas of others. With the Moon in Taurus being good to yourself is a necessity now, not a luxury.
Sun in Taurus Trine Saturn in Capricorn: Sun in Taurus lessons are about love and money, bringing up issues around physical and emotional stability. Saturn in Capricorn is about stability, discipline and form. Outer security is never guaranteed, but inner peace can make even the most challenging situations bearable. Do you feel "grounded"? Have you been listening to your body? This is a time when restoration and healing are possible on many levels. Both Taurus and Capricorn are Earth signs adding the element of stability and endurance to the massive changes we are undergoing on planet Earth.
Pluto in Capricorn Conjunct Mars in Capricorn: This aspect signifies that we now have the right combination of motivation and persistence to achieve our goals (Mars / Pluto) in the material world (Capricorn).
Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, is also making very harmonious aspects with the Sun and Moon assisting us to stay grounded and focused while emotional dramas (especially those of a political and economic nature) swirl around us.
Chiron in 0 Aries and Uranus in 29 Aries: Both the first and last degrees of any sign are called "critical "degrees". Since Aries is the focal point here, the lessons are about courage, healing (Chiron) and dramatic change" (Uranus). Humanity is at a "critical mass" point in consciousness. Individuals having the courage to "walk their talk" into the new paradigm of love and compassion will bring about healing and transformation on a global level.


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|What I wanted!
Most of the times I ignore my own wisdom in any case. For example: Who wants to drink water, when you can drink wine? Or: Who wants to hike at Kloofendal, when you can stay in pajamas until 10 on a Saturday? Me, of course! Life is short! Ha!
I wanted to be in Mauritius last year on my 50th birthday, and this year we are doing the wedding! The engagement has come and now it is the preparations. It is also exciting, and we are looking forward to it.
As usual I took a day's leave yesterday to celebrate my birthday. I did nothing, and it was wonderful. Hubby took me for a breakfast, and I could go watch Miss at her netball practice in the afternoon. I felt like a a real stay-at-home-mom. (Sorry, SAHMs, I can see how stressful life can be at home. You think you have a whole day of "leasure" ahead of you, and then the day passes as if in a blink!)
We had to be at school last night for a school thing. So that was my special birthday ending in a school thing. I took us for a McFlurry afterwards! Because, budget...
|What I got!
I am Happy!
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Recently, the Guardian reported that in response to the sluggish UK property market, sales reps at a Brighton estate agents have been sent on a poetry workshop. The aim was to learn how to 'reinvent space', to avoid the clichés.
Surely, the problem with the estate agents' property descriptions is that the clichés used are commonly euphemistic? Their prose (and their poetry) uses a code. Property developers always sell homes, villas, properties or cottages, never houses. They call themselves estate agents, not house-sellers. They will describe a small lawn surrounded by other houses as a 'fully enclosed private garden.' Gardens are never small, but 'easily maintained.' 'Efficient use of space' means cramped. A houses is never tiny or miniature, but compact, cosy, or a pied-à-terre. 'Bijou' means microscopic. 'Delightfully secluded' means an hour's drive to the nearest shop. A large house is a 'residence', or offers 'family accommodation.' Apartments are never flats. A busy road represents 'passing interest to the front.' A 'sought-after location' is likely to have a flash post-code and an inflated price, while a desirable home is likely to include 'mews', 'drive', 'gardens' or 'park' in its address.
Such language uses a common code. We all know the house descriptions to be exaggerated, romantic and slightly untrue. Music critics do a similar thing - though I have yet to see them employ poetry in a review. Musicians live in a small world. Music journalists are drawn from a tiny population within that world. Many players featured in music magazines have known each other for a long time. Thus, for reviewers to say what they really think is for them to risk offending a long-standing colleague or friend. In such circumstances the likelihood of readers seeing fierce criticism in print is small. I understand that to publish solely positive reviews is a terrible idea, even if you agree that if you can't say something nice then it is wiser to say nothing. But for these reasons, whether a writer dishes out praise or blame, a music critic's words often require deciphering.
Therefore, concerning tempi, the phrase 'a thoughtful performance' could, when used by a music critic, mean that the critic thought the performance to be too slow. 'Thoughtful' can simply mean tedious. A 'gentle performance' could be both too slow AND boring. Conversely, 'energetic' can mean too fast, while 'dazzling virtuosity' is sometimes a synonym for far too fast. 'Masterly' can be taken to mean unimaginative, humdrum, or ponderous. 'Very entertaining' may be the verdict when a reviewer hates a performance, or regards it as trivial and lightweight.
'Provocative' can mean annoying. Music 'with a cutting edge' is perhaps slightly rough. A 'fresh approach' could be interpreted as slapdash or ill-prepared. 'Copious booklet notes' is reviewer code for prolix or long-winded. Booklet notes from 'the pen of a master' are likely to be the same old waffle. Or perhaps the writer's reputation is such that no writer wants to be the first critic to say they're not wearing any clothes? Use of the adjective 'epic' suggests that the reviewer was intimidated by the player's prowess, or simply that the critic couldn't think of something else suitable to write. 'In the tradition of' means unoriginal or shamelessly derivative.
The word 'jazz' is frequently used to describe any music pre-1960 that utilises a drum kit. 'Showing mild jazz influences' can suggest rooty-tooty, or a style that is cheesy and square. The player has probably avoided listening to much jazz, never taken the time to transcribe any of the great masters, or to received any instruction from a jazz musician. Once, I saw an out-of-tune jazz clarinet concert, a wild effort, described as 'using African pitch', a well-tempered way of avoiding the point. A CD offering 'unusual repertoire' may well contain pieces that few want to play or are capable of playing, and even fewer want to hear. An 'exotic composition' probably uses scales taken from the Slonimsky Thesaurus, to be played in a time signature to which no one could dance. A 'spacious acoustic' is reviewers' code for too much reverberation.
When a critic attacks the ornamentation of a classical performance, or picks over the CD booklet notes, the extent to which he concentrates on these aspects rather than commenting on the actual performance gives one the clue that he might not have known what to write about when it came to the actual playing. Similarly with appearances; when a concert reviewer mentions the pianist's purple and black socks, or the distracting way in which the lady virtuoso tosses her hair around, one has a strong clue that the music could have been more interesting.
No, you must never judge a performance by its review - however poetic it may be.
An edited version of this article appeared in Pianist magazine number 59, April-May 2011.
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Whether you are sitting at a desk in an office or relaxing watching a movie, one of the most important things will be your comfort. As homeowners we look for the most comfortable lounge suite we can find, and employers and employees search for the most suitable chair for their office. However, some designers have decided that comfort is the last thing that should be considered when designing a chair, and below are some examples that could make your life decidedly less than comfortable.
The Pencil Chair
If you owned this chair designed by Kerstin Schulz it would mean no more losing your pencil down the back of the chair, it would just add to the chairs mass. Built from thousands of sharpened pencils this chair would make your life a real pain in the backside, and is so removed from the idea of comfort that I don't get the point.
The Radiator Chair
This chair is hot stuff, or at least it would be if it were comfortable in any way. Constructed using an 80 year old radiator, the chair looks like it was knocked together in the back of a junkyard, though the $1,400 price tag suggests otherwise. If the radiator worked then at least you could get your body to a comfortable temperature as you are going to find it difficult to get it in a comfortable position. If you want a cool seat, this is not for you.
The Stick Chair
This very unusual chair was made for the 2005 carpenter's autumn exhibition by designer Carlo Volf, and is another that puts comfort on the back burner. It appearance is more akin to a painters easel than a chair, and the easel may even be more comfortable. Based on a spoke design the chair seems to be too uncomfortable for most people and, to flimsy for the bigger frame. This may be the stick chair but I would prefer to stick to a more traditional design.
The Venus Chair
Unlike many chairs in this list, this is a beautiful chair, even though it still looks too uncomfortable to sit on. Made from natural crystals it is unlikely to be very forgiving in the seating area. The chair's designer, Tokujin Yoshioka, created this unusual design in 2008 in response to the return to natural values he saw emerging. Unfortunately most of society would prefer not to join Yoshioka's revolution.
The Concrete Chair
This may pay homage to a classic, but Stefan Zwicky seems to have forgotten the original was actually comfortable. Designing any chair from concrete is going to bring up several issues, one of them being the weight, and another being matching accessories. Fred Flintstone may have appreciated this piece of furniture, but I certainly don't.
Designing furniture is not such an easy task as it appears,, but I can't help thinking that a little more thought could have made these chairs comfortable as well as being design statements. It may be an idea for these designers supply cushions along with their designs in the future.
The author of this post, Jenny Wadlow, works at Adco Office Furniture. Her hobbies include reading and she is a regular at her local book club. Follow her on Twitter @JennyWadlow.


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- RFA is a minimally invasive alternative to thyroid surgery.
- It can destroy large symptomatic or cosmetic nodules with heat.
- Heat at 60-100 C for 4-6 minutes causes irreversible damage to thyroid cells.
- Advantages include less cost,reduced pain and suffering, outpatient procedure,and treating poor surgical candidates.
- Ultrasound guided probe with cooling system is used. Special short probe with smaller gauge probe is ideal for thyroid work. Star Med Korea #18 cool tip.
- Roberto Valcavi,Interventional thyroidologist in Italy is seen here at the head of the patient ablating a large thyroid nodule. DR Valcavi is a pioneer in ablation methods including laser and ethanol.
- The probe is moved within the nodule to destroy 10 mm sections at a time. This is called moving shoot method.
- The left shows post RFA residul nodule, and a contrast US on right shows the ablated area in central black.
- The patient is off to lunch right after, and returns in 24 hours for the contrast study on the right.
- They are free to leave the country 24 hours after the RFA.
- My patients from the USA are followed by me at 2,6,12,24 months.
- I have had one RFA failure on a patient with a 100+ml nodule that crossed the midline making the ablation very difficult and I referred that patient for thyroidectomy.
- Image shows massive goiter nodule crossing the midline where the probe needs to be inserted.
- The best nodules for RFA are spongiform types whereas compact nodule are more likely to have a decreased volume reduction.
- The effect of RFA lasts for years with usual continued decrease volume up to 4 years.
- 4.7 cm compact nodule before the RFA.
- This type usually has less volume reduction but still result in symptom relief and less cosmetic effect.
- Probe with 10 mm hot tip seen in white.
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Mr C has instructed me to make a note of this conversation.
Me: "I don't know why it's so hot."
Mr C: "It's summer."
"I want winter back."
"No you don't."
"I'll never complain about being cold again. Next time I complain about it being cold, punch me in the face and remind me of this moment."
"Blog it, and I can link you back to it later."
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If you are planning to go to Disneysea and wanting to have an authentic Japanese cuisine experience, then Restaurant Sakura is the right choice for you. Although it is considered pricey than the rest of the restaurants inside the park, you won't be disappointed with the ambiance offered by this gorgeous restaurant 🙂
How to go to Restaurant Sakura
Restaurant Sakura is located in the American Waterfront area of Tokyo Disneysea. The area has the most beautiful New York scenery. They say that Restaurant Sakura was formerly a fish market. The owner, who is a Japanese immigrant, turned the fish market to this beautifully New York themed restaurant. Expect a view of New York harbor seen from behind the tall windows in the restaurant. Best time to visit is after sunset, when the lights are up, and volcano starts to erupt. Epic scenery!
What to order in Restaurant Sakura
Restaurant Sakura has an authentic Japanese menu. Try their set menu, it costs ¥2,550 and has everything you want from a Japanese seafood restaurant. If you can drink alcoholic beverage, try their sake too.
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Lloyds Banking Group is the UK's leading provider of current accounts, savings, personal loans, credit cards and mortgages. It has over 30 million customers, with 11 million online banking users and 6.5 million active mobile users.
"The ThreatMetrix solution is an excellent tool for us in looking at new and evolving attacks"
– Andy Renshaw, Lloyds Banking Group
The bank's vision is to provide simpler, seamless customer interactions across online and mobile. This relies on effective recognition of returning customers and the ability to offer near-frictionless access to online accounts whether via desktop or the mobile app. It is also underpinned by the need for a robust fraud solution that could effectively detect high-risk or anomalous behavior in real time, detecting fraudulent takeovers before they happen.
With ThreatMetrix, Lloyds Banking Group could:
Financial services transactions are high value targets for cybercriminals, fueled by large-scale security breaches that have flooded the market with easily available stolen identity data. Lloyds Banking Group estimated its fraud losses could peak at around $60 million per year by 2018 if it didn't stem the tidal wave of fraud attacks.
Fraud attacks were developing in three key ways:
The bank needed a solution that could identify anomalies relating to connecting devices, locations and customer behavior that could help it accurately combat these fast-evolving, complex fraud patterns.
"The ThreatMetrix Portal, in terms of case reviews, recalls and the flexibility of the rules, is excellent. This is one of the key strengths for ThreatMetrix relative to its competitors."
– Andy Renshaw, Lloyds Banking Group
The ThreatMetrix solution is underpinned by the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network, which harnesses global shared intelligence from millions of daily consumer interactions, including logins, payments and new account applications. Using this information, ThreatMetrix creates a unique digital identity for each user by analyzing the myriad connections between devices, locations and anonymized personal information.
Digital Identities are created by combining the following key intelligence:
The bank could authenticate every login attempt against this trusted and unique online digital identity, checking whether the device, location and behavior of the customer correlated with anonymized information held by The Network.
"We have a common view on working together to really get to the nub of the problem, which has been another area of excellence."
– Andy Renshaw, Lloyds Banking Group
Remote access attempts were detected by harvesting information from the customer's device, the transaction itself and the transaction context. This was then correlated to historical transaction records and patterns of trusted customer behavior to detect anomalies and patterns that might indicate a remote access session.
Lloyds banking group continues to be sensitive to its customer intervention rate. ThreatMetrix supports the bank with the following key capabilities:
"The evolution of key elements such as remote access takeover, Persona ID, Smart ID, has been excellent. Long may that continue."
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