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July 17, 2009
CASANDRA OLIVERv.CITY OF PITTSBURGH, APPELLANT
The opinion of the court was delivered by: President Judge Leadbetter
Argued: May 6, 2009
BEFORE: HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, President Judge, HONORABLE BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge, HONORABLE DORIS A. SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, HONORABLE ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge, HONORABLE JOHNNY J. BUTLER, Judge.
The City of Pittsburgh (City) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (common pleas) that denied its motion for summary judgment and granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of Casandra Oliver. By granting judgment in favor of Oliver, common pleas precluded the City from asserting a subrogation lien for Heart and Lung Act*fn1 benefits paid to Oliver following her settlement of a civil action against a third party for injuries that she sustained in a work-related motor vehicle accident. After review, we reverse.
The underlying facts are not in dispute. In 1996, Oliver was injured in a motor vehicle accident while performing her duties as a City police officer. As a result, the City paid Oliver Heart and Lung Act benefits in the amount of approximately $848. In addition, Oliver pursued a civil claim against the third-party tortfeasor, which eventually settled for $2,300. Due to the City's interest in subrogating against Oliver's settlement proceeds, Oliver filed a complaint for declaratory judgment, seeking, inter alia, a declaration that under Section 1720 of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL), 75 Pa. C.S. § 1720, the City could not seek reimbursement from her third-party recovery for benefits it paid pursuant to the Heart and Lung Act. In concluding that the City was not entitled to subrogate against Oliver's recovery, common pleas compared the Heart and Lung Act with the Workers' Compensation Act,*fn2 examined the changes to the statutory scheme for coordination of benefits following amendments to the MVFRL by Act 44 of 1993,*fn3 and considered various decisions of this court addressing the issue. While we engage in a similar analysis, we reach a contrary conclusion. In doing so, we reaffirm our decision in Brown v. Rosenberger, 723 A.2d 745 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1999).
Before addressing the arguments on appeal, we review the relevant statutory framework and decisional law. To begin, we note that the Workers' Compensation Act provides compensation for temporary and permanent injuries "'arising in the course of one's employment and related thereto.'" Allen v. Pa. State Police, 678 A.2d 436, 437-38 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1996) [quoting Section 301(c) of the Act, 77 P.S. § 411(1)]. The Heart and Lung Act provisions are more limited, however, permitting recovery only for a specified class of workers who sustain temporary injury "'in the performance of one's duties.'" Id. at 438 [quotingSection 1 of the Act, 53 P.S. § 637(a) (emphasis deleted)].
In City of Erie v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Annunziata), 575 Pa. 594, 838 A.2d 598 (2003), our Supreme Court compared the Heart and Lung Act and the Workers' Compensation Act, particularly noting that the Workers' Compensation Act is similar to accident insurance and seeks to provide compensation commensurate with damage from accidental injury "as a fair exchange for relinquishing every other action against the employer." Id. at 601, 838 A.2d at 602 (internal quotation omitted). The Act is considered remedial legislation and is liberally construed in favor of the employee. Id. at 601-02, 838 A.2d at 602. However, under the Act, compensation for earnings loss is limited to 66 2 /3% of an employee's average weekly wage, which limitation "serves to [ameliorate the] potential unfairness to employers." Id. at 602, 838 A.2d at 602-03.
On the other hand, the Heart and Lung Act, which primarily covers police work, firefighting, and other jobs involving public safety, was created to "ensure that, if these employees were injured or otherwise disabled in the course of carrying out their hazardous duties, they would be guaranteed continued full income until their return to duty." Id. at 602, 838 A.2d at 603 (internal quotation and emphasis omitted). Unlike the Workers' Compensation Act, enactment was motivated by the best interest of the public employer, i.e., the promise of full income to employees in a hazardous industry could serve to attract qualified individuals to the profession. Id. at 602-03, 838 A.2d at 603. Unlike the Workers' Compensation Act, the Heart and Lung Act is strictly construed. Id. at 603, 838 A.2d at 604. In addition, the Act contemplates the current receipt of workers' compensation: "[N]othing in the Workers' Compensation Act eliminates the responsibility of an employer to pay workers' compensation to an injured employee who is receiving Heart and Lung benefits. . . . The [employer's] obligation to pay Heart and Lung benefits is concurrent with, not in lieu of, its obligation pursuant to the workers' compensation scheme." Id. at 605, 838 A.2d at 604-05 (quotation, citation and emphasis omitted). However, any workers' compensation received by an employee compensated under the Heart and Lung Act must be turned over to the employer. Section 1 of the Heart and Lung Act, 53 P.S. § 637(a).
Finally, while the Workers' Compensation Act provides the employer with the express right to subrogate against its employee's third-party recovery to the extent of benefits paid, no similar right is provided for in the Heart and Lung Act.*fn4 Notwithstanding the lack of express statutory authority to subrogate, an employer's right to subrogate has been recognized at common law. See Fulmer v. Pa. State Police, 647 A.2d 616 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1994) [citing Topelski v. Universal South Side Autos, Inc., 407 Pa. 339, 180 A.2d 414 (1962); Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., 337 Pa. 1, 10 A.2d 434 (1940)].
While an employer's right to subrogation under the Workers' Compensation Act is otherwise absolute, see Thompson v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (USF&G), 566 Pa. 420, 781 A.2d 1146 (2001), prior to 1993 and the passage of Act 44, the MVFRL provided an exception to an employer's right to subrogate against an employee's third-party recovery. Specifically, the MVFRL precluded an injured employee from recovering in a third-party tort action amounts he or she received pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act, and an employer was precluded from subrogating against its employee's tort proceeds to recover amounts paid as workers' compensation. See former75 Pa. C.S. § 1720 and 1722; see also Hannigan v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd. (O'Brien Ultra Serv. Station), 860 A.2d 632 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2004); Fulmer. Specifically, former Section 1720 of the MVFRL provided:
In actions arising out of the . . . use of a motor vehicle, there shall be no right of subrogation or reimbursement from a claimant's tort recovery with respect to workers' compensation benefits, benefits available under section 1711 [relating to, inter alia, the minimum required medical benefits], 1712 [relating to availability of, inter alia, medical, income loss, accidental death and funeral benefits], or 1715 (relating to availability of adequate limits) or benefits paid or payable by a program, group contract or other arrangement whether primary or excess under section 1719 (relating to coordination of benefits).*fn5
Former Section 1722 provided, in turn:
In any action for damages against a tortfeasor . . . arising out of the . . . use of a motor vehicle, a person who is eligible to receive benefits under the coverages set forth in this subchapter, or workers' compensation, or any program, group contract or other arrangement for payment of benefits as defined in section 1719 (relating to coordination of benefits) shall be precluded from recovering the amount of benefits paid or payable under this subchapter, or workers' compensation, or any program, group contract or other arrangement for payment of benefits as defined in section 1719.
Thus, we have observed that under the former statutory scheme, the "obvious legislative intent, was to mandate that the ultimate burden for payment of compensation payments remain with Workers' Compensation insurance and not be passed on to the automobile insurance carrier . . . ." Hannigan, 860 A.2d at 636 (internal quotation and citation omitted).
However, with Act 44, the legislature concurrently repealed Sections 1720 and 1722 with respect to the receipt and payment of workers' compensation benefits.*fn6 As a result, "in an action involving an automobile post-Act 44, an employee's third-party recovery is not reduced by the amount of workers' compensation benefits received, and the workers' compensation carrier has the right to subrogate against any benefits the claimant receives in connection with the third-party action." Id. Consequently, "the General Assembly preserved a scheme which allowed claimants to be made whole but prevented their double recoveries, while shifting the ultimate burden from innocent employers and their carriers to responsible tortfeasors and those insurers who pay in their stead." Id.
As to the relevant decisional law, we first turn to Fulmer. There, a state trooper commenced a declaratory judgment action in this court to determine whether former Section 1720 of the MVFRL precluded the State Police from seeking reimbursement from his tort recovery for benefits paid under the Heart and Lung Act. The petitioner argued that Heart and Lung Act benefits fell within the catch-all phrase "or benefits paid or payable by a program, group contract or other arrangement."*fn7 We agreed that Section 1720 applied to such benefits, stating:
[W]e believe that Heart and Lung Act benefits fall within the "benefits in lieu thereof paid or payable" [which was the statutory language that was in effect when the petitioner was injured and commenced his civil action] language of this section. Benefits received under the Heart and Lung Act effectively replace workmen's compensation benefits for those employees covered by its provisions. These benefits provided petitioner with a full rate of salary during his temporary incapacity and required him to turn over all workmen's compensation benefits he received to the [State Police]. 53 P.S. § 637(a). On its face, the contested language of Section 1720 attempts to include all those potential benefits which may have been too numerous to mention. Furthermore, it is a well-recognized rule that the Financial Responsibility Law is to be liberally construed.
647 A.2d at 619 (citation and quotations omitted). Accordingly, we concluded that, as with workers' compensation benefits, Section 1720 barred an employer from seeking reimbursement for Heart and Lung Act benefits paid to a claimant. We specifically acknowledged the changes wrought by Act 44 and declined to express any opinion as to the effect that Section 25(b), which partially repealed Sections 1720 and 1722 with respect to workers' compensation benefits, had on the issue. See Fulmer, 647 A.2d at 618 n.3.
Following the passage of Act 44, the court had the opportunity to address the same issue in Brown. There, Brown, a state trooper, was injured in a car accident while performing her duties in 1995. The Commonwealth paid Brown Heart and Lung Act benefits during her incapacity. Brown was also eligible to receive workers' compensation and those benefits were paid over to the Commonwealth. Brown, seeking to plead, prove and recover the amounts paid under the two statutes in her civil action against the other driver, argued before common pleas that since Act 44 restored an employee's right to recover workers' compensation benefits in a third-party action as well as an employer's right to subrogate against that recovery, the Commonwealth should be treated identically to a workers' compensation carrier with respect to benefits paid under the Heart and Lung Act. The defendant driver argued, however, that Act 44's repealer applied only to workers' compensation benefits and, therefore, Brown could not recover any benefits paid under that act.
In addressing the issue, common pleas noted that, although a plaintiff historically had the right to plead loss of wages and medical bills in an action to recover damages sustained in a car accident and the employer had a concurrent right to subrogation,*fn8 such common law rights were supplanted by the enactment of the MVFRL in 1984, including former Sections 1720 and 1722. According to common pleas:
Because the legislature was silent as to whether a benefit provider under the Heart and Lung Act was subject to the same preclusionary effect of [former Section 1720 of the MVFRL], the Commonwealth Court took up the issue in Fulmer . . . . There, [the Court] held that "benefits received under the Heart and Lung Act effectively replace workmen's compensation benefits for those employees covered by its provisions." The clear effect of this holding was to treat Heart and Lung Act benefits the same as workers' compensation benefits for purposes of the prohibitions to subrogation and pleading as found in sections 1720 and 1722 of the MVFRL.
Given the virtual common identity accorded to the above benefits (and by necessary inference the benefit providers) can defendants now claim that the common identity be severed and disparate treatment be accorded to injured employees who have different employers[?]
It is clear that by virtue of [the repeal of the prohibition of Sections 1720 and 1722 by Act 44], the pre-1984 principle of equity and unjust enrichment must again operate to allow recovery against a third-party tortfeasor for all losses sustained, and must also allow a benefit provider to be subrogated to any recovery of benefits. The distinction between an employer under the Heart and Lung Act and an employer under other benefit provider schemes is irrelevant for these purposes.
Brown v. Rosenberger, 40 Pa. D. & C. 4th 432, 438-39 (C.C.P. Phila. 1998) (emphasis added and citation omitted), affirmed on trial court opinion, 723 A.2d 745 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1999). As noted, this court affirmed in ...
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Theme: Coffee Birthday Brunch
I have been super excited to participate in this Designer's Challenge for $100 budget. There are 11 other super talented party stylists participating. I couldn't be more honored to share some of my affordable party ideas! Thank you for including me!
About the theme: I know we all have a girlfriend who is addicted to coffee right?! I know I have several. Starbucks seems to be the favorite spot for my girlfriends and I to hang out, drink some coffee and catch up on our lives! It seems there's always coffee served at get togethers with our girlfriends whether is a jewelry party, candle party, bunco, etc. I really wanted to stick with the color green so, as I was driving one day by a Starbucks, my light bulb went on and told myself "That's it!"....This will be the theme for the $100 party challenge. I was very inspired and the ideas started rolling in my head.
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I went to Starbucks and they were happy to give me free cups. Most of my frames are from garage sales, but some are from Target and the Dollar Tree. The black tablecloth is from Target. The tablecloth for the square table is from Goodwill for $2 bucks! The white teapot with little cups was a find last weekend at a garage sale for $4 bucks and it's from Pier 1 Imports. It was brand-new still in the box with tags....love it! The black and white "Coffee" mugs were a find at Ross for $5.99.
Decor: I kept the decor super simple. I used one of the plants I had in my house for the right of the table. I have green storage boxes that I used as well. I made the coffee garland hanging on the front of the table. I hang it with twine. I made the pot warmer under the teapot with lids from recycled Starbucks frappuccino jars. I punched out the scalloped doilies from a cereal box. I added some green scrapbook paper with mod podge. I placed them under the coffee mugs on the black table with chairs. I also put a plant from my house on the middle of the table.
Printables: The invitation, signs, tags and poster were designed by my friend Summerlyn from MemoriesToo.com. She opened an etsy shop recently, but we worked together back in 2008 when my youngest turned 1. She is an awesome designer! She took my vision and created the most perfect designs for this party. Her link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MemoriesToo
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***Other suggestions/ideas for food NOT on this table: muffins, cinnamon sugar toast, bagels and cream cheese, green apples, bananas, pound cake, and more!
Drinks: Regular cofffee, decaf, Starbucks frappuccino mocha, hot chocolate and green hot tea for the non-coffee drinkers :) I purchased 3 creamer choices: Caramel Machiatto, Hazelnut and French Vanilla along with splend and equal sugar.
Thank you favors were a little box of green tic tacs with a label saying "Thanks a latte, my friend!"
*Food and drinks: $41.25 (I used several grocery coupons)
*Printing labels at local UPS store: $10
*Black and white coffee mugs from Ross $5.99
*White teapot with cups $4
*Square black tablecloth from Goodwill $2
*Scrapbook paper for garland and doilies $2
*Black tablecloth from Target $15.99 (I didn't buy this though. I've had it for a while) I'm just adding this in case you have to buy one to add to the budget.
Total I spent for this party $65.24
If you had to add a black tablecloth from Target at $15.99 you would spend $81.23
I didn't spend anything on professional pictures. I took all the pictures with my point and shoot Kodak EasyShare :)
I hope you feel inspired to have a sweet birthday brunch for one of your girlfriends! It could also be an excuse to just get together, play games, host a jewelry or candle party for one of your friends!
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I'm a man in my mid-60s, and I'm worried about my son-in-law, who frequently changes jobs, doesn't keep at them for long and ends up being idle at home.
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- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a wide bottomed pan and add the cinnamon stick.
- After it fries a bit, add the green chili followed by finely chopped onion.
- Fry the onions until translucent and add turmeric powder, salt and red chili powder.
- Fry for minute and add the ginger garlic paste. Fry for a minute and add chopped tomatoes.
- Add ¼ cup of water and let the tomatoes cook completely. You can use a lid.
- After the tomatoes are cooked, add the garam masala and check for the salt.
- Now, gently break the eggs and drop them into four corners of the curry. Make sure that the egg yolk doesn't loose its shape. DO NOT STIR.
- Cover and cook for 7 minutes. By this time the eggs would have been completely cooked (including the whites). Sprinkle some coriander leaves and
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After I started working, I started loosing track of what I cook, how I cook and how much I cook. I never really write a recipe. I start with an inspiration and usually make my own changes to the prescribed amount of ingredients(of course there are exceptions). Thankfully, almost always my dear ones enjoyed my home cooked meal. Hopefully, you will too :) Welcome!
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Vijayawada Egg Curry
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easy and delicious curry luks yum...ReplyDelete
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i love this curry..looks so delicious..ReplyDelete
thats an awesome looking egg curry. love the look of the eggs cooked in the gravy. nice story behind its name too. thanks to you and your mom.ReplyDelete
Looks spicy and delicious curry.ReplyDelete
Wow...Madhu...looks like my egg white curry...ReplyDelete
Lovely story..Egg curry looks super delicious!!ReplyDelete
thanks ladies :)ReplyDelete
Wow delicious curry..guess what my mom also makes an egg curry similar to this one, the funny part is that she spend around fifteen years in Andhra..will ask her the name of this curry:)ReplyDelete


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Everyone knows how obsessed Donald Trump is with being on the cover of Time, but the upcoming issue might change his opinion of the magazine for the worse.
Sure, Donald Trump is on the cover, but there's that little added "Junior" at the end, and the story is neither positive nor flattering. Superimposed on a photo of Donald Trump Jr. is the email chain he released Tuesday regarding his correspondence about – and meeting with – a Russian lawyer who supposedly had dirt on Hillary Clinton:
For anyone who might have been off the grid this last week, here's a little background information:
In June 2016 Donald Trump Jr., Trump Senior's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Trump campaign manager at the time, Paul Manafort, held a meeting in Trump Tower, New York, with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. After the New York Times reported about it, Trump Jr. initially said that the meeting was about a Russian adoption program that had been suspended.
When the Times ran a new report about Natalia Veselnitskaya promising that she had dirty stuff on Hillary Clinton, Trump Jr. changed his story and said that this was true, but that during the meeting it became clear that she had nothing of substance, and that it was only a pretext to get the meeting arranged so she could bring up the subject of the Russian adoption program.
After learning that the Times had an actual copy of the email wherein the meeting was arranged, and that the newspaper was about to publish it, Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday tweeted out screengrabs of the whole chain for the world to see. In the email, Trump Jr. was offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton and was told that it was part of Russia and its government's support for his father. Junior responded enthusiastically that he loved it, and the meeting was then arranged.
Among sane people, there has been no doubt that this is a smoking gun and that it pretty much proves that there was collusion between top members of the Trump campaign and the Russian government. There also seems to be a consensus among reporters and lawyers that Donald Trump Jr. is an idiot for incriminating himself.
Trump Senior tweeted support for his eldest son before he took off for France, and with a busy schedule overseas it is not certain that he has seen the new Time cover yet. It will be interesting to monitor his Twitter account over the next few days – maybe we will see #FakeNewsTimeMagazine trending soon?
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The sympathies of the Whigs, and especially of the Whig prime minister, Lord John Russell, were with the people; and Lord John displayed his dislike to the Romanizing tendencies of the Tractarians by appointing Renn Dickson Hampdenwhose views had been formally condemned by the Hebdomadal Board at Oxfordto the bishopric of Hereford.
The very name consul, no less than the Romanizing character of the best architecture of the time, points to the same revival of antiquity.
The tendency to a celibate clergy increases, together with other romanizing usages, promoted by the papal legate in Beirut, the Catholic missioners, and the higher native clergy who are usually educated in Rome or at St Sulpice.
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He settled at Ravenna, which had been the capital of Italy since the days of Honorius, and which still testifies by its monuments to the Gothic chieftains Romanizing policy.
In view of all this there is a strong movement iii favor of romanizing the Japanese script: that is to say, abolishing the ideograph and adopting in its place the Roman alphabet.


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Airway Analysis in Sleep Apnea
Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 NS34094-01,
Agency Tracking Number: 29629
Amount: $74,575.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Awards Year: 1995
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: N
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AbstractApnea affects a large percentage of the population; it is debilitating and has considerable economiAccurate diagnosis via polysomnography is technically difficult, expensive, and inconvenient. Treatmpressure, unacceptable to a high percentage of patients, surgical intervention, limited success andremovable/adjustable mandibular and tongue repositioning devices. Innovative techniques for low costtreatment planning and evaluation, especially aids to design and evaluation of repositioning devicesaccessibility of diagnosis and therapy through increased capacity of present clinical resources andthird party insurers. Clinical Imaging has developed prototype software for upper airway analysis whthese needs. The software visualizes and quantifies the airway via sagittal and cross-sectional imagrestrictions are easily located; this information could indicate conservative treatment. Airway dilarepositioning devices can be located and quantified; this information could indicate minimum advancereduce apnea symptoms. Innovative information is provided by a "local air- flow index" which may ind(turbulent flow) obstructions. Aims of Phase I are to simplify operation of the software and obtainclinical application. Phase II will include research to validate clinical efficacy, and extend imagi
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This was one of the most fantastic experiences I have ever had and shared with my loved ones. If you are shy about your body you may not do well here as clothing is optional. Also understand that due to the nature of the scrub massage the people giving it don't wear too much either. Once you got past that and the idea that you were being scrubbed in places you never imagined it was wonderful. Not being to shy about my body I was okay and able to relax and enjoy the treatment.
When we were done all of us (5) admitted how wonderful our skin and bodies felt.
I am hoping to return in the Fall again this year to scrub off the old dead summer skin.


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Debated on posting this or not.... But I guess I will bite the bullet and do it. A few days ago. The older 3 kids were out back playing and I was indoors feeding LLL. Suddenly, Sundance was banging on the back door and howling and crying. This isn't unusual for Sundance, because BC and the Princess enjoy ganging up on him and making him cry... Yes, you read that right... The 2 year old Princess makes her 4 year old brother cry. Told you she's a force to be reckoned with. Anyways, Sundance seemed to be in a bigger lather than usual, making a sound that can be described as across between a scalded cat and a kicked sheep.
So I opened the door to see him dripping wet and smelling.... Bad. Didn't identify the odor right away... But he told me the culprit soon enough. His skin was burning from where BC had shot him with a water gun.... That was full of urine. Pee. Tee tee. Piss. It was one of his foulest stunts yet. I was stunned. And curious not only as to WHY he'd done it, but HOW. After I had sprayed Sundance down and returned him to his semi-calm mode, I started to handle BC for his crimes, and demanded answers. He apparently filled the gun from the um... Direct source, and to quote him on the WHY, "Pee is more surprising than water in a water gun. And has more kick to it."


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Eligibility Criteria: Eligible and interested students or candidate should have First Class B.Sc. with Physics from a Recognized University.
Honorarium for this Recruitment: Selected candidates salary will be Rs. 9300-34800/- pm.
Age Limit : Candidate age should be 28 years.
Important Dates : Last Date for Application Submission Will be 25th June, 2013.
Completion Mode of Application: Interested or desired candidate may complete their application along with DoB, Qualification, Experience and Postal address with respective certificates and relevant document should reach to The Administrative Officer, CIMAP, Post Office-CIMAP, Lucknow-226 015 up tp 25th June 2013 . Job posted by recruitment2013info.blogspot.in official website for recruitment info. in India.
Required Fees for this Recruitment & Mode of Payment: Eligible and interested candate who wish to apply for this recruitment can pay Rs. 100 drawn in favour of Director, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow OR Director, CIMAP, Lucknow .
Selection Procedure for this Recruitment Rally: Selection will be based on Personal Interference.
Information About CIMAP : Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, popularly known as CIMAP, is a frontier plant research laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
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Bike Shop Rides:
Monday: 6 pm Urban Loop Ride (4 mile laps) Beginner and Up!
Tuesday: 6 pm Time Trial Series!
Wednesdays 6 pm: 28 mile Throw Down!
Thursday: 6 pm Urban Loop Ride (4 mile laps) Beginner and Up!
Friday: 6 pm Urban Loop Ride (4 mile laps) Beginner and Up!
Saturdays: 8 am or 1 pm 30-40 miles (weather pending)
Sundays: 10 am Trail Ride, 1 pm Road Ride, please check our Facebook for page change in time and for destination rides.
Some of our routes:
Most of the routes/trails are fun for all level riders. Below is some of the most popular routes that leave May Street Bicycles.
- May Street Bicycles 7.3 mile TT/Fitness Assessment Route.
- May Street to Laurel Hill
- Youngs Road Route
- May Street - Ice Cream Ride (Hilly 50)
- May Street - Wood Lake Lollipop
- May Street - Vass/Woodlake Lollipop
- The May Street - Vass: Tour De Moore 28 mile
- The May Street - Carthage: Tour De Moore 50 mile
- Urban Assault Route
- May Street Bike Urban Route
- May Street Bike Wagram Route
- 100 mile Tour De Moore Route
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A couple years ago if you had asked me what the best high level strategies were for Twitter followers I would have given you two examples.
John Doe is following 4 people / 1,002 people are following John Doe
On one hand you have celebrities, who follow only their close friends, if any, perhaps a business associate as well. While they'll interact with their audience they won't follow them back. This is also a popular trend among people who have signed up for Twitter to chat with friends, or some other personal reason, and are not seeking to leverage it for business, though their followings tend to be celebrities, news or entertainment.
Jane Doe is following 2,876 people / 2,893 are following John Doe
The other side is people who have an affinity to be social online or perhaps are marketing and public relations professionals who desire to connect with everyone they meet. While there is arguably more interaction on these accounts, they don't boast the clout that celebrities or the one way street folk seem to have.
But lately I've discovered a third.
A while back, before Twitter updated its policies to fix this, there was this desire and belief that if someone followed a lot of users they in turn would get followed back. This was somewhat true and it led to the creation of many tools that automatically do this for you. From a viewers standpoint it also gave the appearance that the account was spam, regardless of what was posted. Ultimately the rule has become that one never wants to follow more people than are following them.
I've found an exception that I think works.
Over the last few months I've been working with my city's Convention and Visitors Bureau, the organization responsible for helping to bring in shows, conferences, exhibits etc. to our city. One of the many things they do is also connect visitors to local businesses and from a social media standpoint, promote local businesses to visitors and locals.
The way we did this was to ensure that any restaurant, bar, nightclub, attraction, cultural venue, etc. was followed by our CVB's Twitter account. But we didn't stop there; we also decided to follow as many local San Jose folks as we could too. The purpose for this was so we would have a stream of information coming in on our side that we could spot check to see if there were any trends developing in the dialogue of both locals and businesses that we could bring together.
The ultimate goal here is that we will be able to connect locals and visitors with businesses who have something that will interest or benefit them. The result is that we have used our Twitter as more of a data-mining and connection tool than a content distribution tool.


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The life of a trail/mountain runner! From the hardened roads of America to the lonely snow-covered pines of our forests, to the highest mountain peaks on the East Coast!
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Run With WANN!
Saturday's run was great. Connor and myself met up and ran to the OU cross country course. It was funny to see Connor crave water so much because of this creatine runner experiment he is participating in. We ran a couple loops in the course and the run was measured at a solid 69 minutes as we ran 10 miles all under 7 minute pace=a great recovery pace that gets some great work in. The run felt relaxed and fun since I have not been able to hang out with Connor much because of our busy lives. It was so much fun though to catch up and to go on a running adventure.
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I'm playing in the orchestra again. They moved rehearsals back to Monday nights so I told them I'd come play but that I would miss the last concert. So tonight I had rehearsal and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Surprisingly, I could play all the music. Tomorrow is band rehearsal. I really should practice some of the music, but I haven't made the time. My friend Kirsten and Josh are coming on Wednesday to stay here while they go to the TMEA convention. Then my ex-boyfriend, Michael, is coming here for a convention next week and we'll probably go to dinner.
Matt and I had a nice time in Houston. I got to get a ride in on a new coaster so that was fun. We also went to the aquarium which was a little disappointing and then went to the Galleria to do some shopping. I only bought some things at Bath and Body Works. We met his friends for brunch after church on Sunday. It was nice to meet them and they paid for our meal.
Well Lent is just a couple of days away. This year I'm not giving up anything, but I'm adding exercise. I'm going to force myself to walk at least 3 days a week. I'm also going to continue to watch my calorie intake. I really need to work on the weight loss.


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There's Leg Day. Then There's Dorian Yates' Leg Day.
How much damage do you think you can do in just 8 working sets? You're about to find out. Mentally prepare yourself, then leap into this classic lower-body routine from The Shadow himself!
These days, brag-worthy leg workouts seem to share a common theme: volume. Squats, lunges, extensions, and other machines all get dosed out in such immense quantities of sets and reps that "leg day" begins to feel like a literal description. By the time you're done, you might be the only person in the gym.
Let Dorian Yates show you an entirely different way. In this classic workout from Dorian Yates' Blood and Guts 6-Week Trainer, the six-time Mr. Olympia makes every single rep mean something, and pushes Kris Gethin—no slouch when it comes to effort—to his absolute limit. Think you can only handle one more? Dorian can get you to four. But it'll hurt.
If you're heading out to train legs, the two-part video is about the best motivation you could find. And if you're the only person in the gym at the end of this routine, it's because everyone else fled in terror of what you just accomplished.
Warm up & Stretch
Cardio10 minute warm up
Hamstring Stretch (keeping legs straight): 1 set of 6 reps
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If you've been watching television news, or reading the newspapers lately, you've no doubt seen Rep. David Linsky (D-Natick) telling you how outraged he is at recent developments with the Department of Transitional Assistance. Here's a sampling from the Boston Herald
"This audit exposes the gross lack of oversight within DTA. We need to change the culture of waste, fraud and abuse," said state Rep. David Linsky (D-Natick), chairman of the House Post Audit and Oversight Committee, who is also probing welfare payments made to slain Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family. "We need to bring the DTA out of the Stone Age and into the computer age."
Over the past few months, Linksy had multiple chances to put the reforms shown as necessary by the Auditor's report, but he didn't vote for them.
First on February 6, 2013Linsky voted against a Further Amendment by Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton) to give the Inspector General, Auditor, or Attorney General responsibility for fraud investigation in the Department of Transitional Assitance. This was after a report showed $50M in waste.
Then during the budget debate, Linsky took a series of votes against reform.
Amendment 385 would have required a photo on EBT cards. The amendment was killed by sending it to further study. Linsky voted send the amendment to be studied.
Amendment 848 would have set a cap on the number of exemptions to the welfare work requirement. The cap would have been 25% of total recipients. Linsky voted against this amendment.
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Amendment 753 would have given teeth to the Speaker's so called EBT reform. It would replace the word may with shall. This would ensure that the reforms were adopted by the administration of Deval Patrick. Linsky, you guessed it, voted no.
Amendment 840 would have required the Department of Transitional Assistance to enforce all fines, and publish once a month all fines, and make public all hearings. It failed, and David Linsky voted no.
Amendment 871 would have required the Department of Transitional assistance to do more monitoring and review of recipients eligibility. David Linsky, voted no.
David Linsky, now that their is pressure is talking a good game, he should have been acting when he had the chance, just one short month ago.


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Temporary/Consultancy Opportunity- Volunteer Strategy Manager
Hello All, NCT has a temporary or consultancy opportunity within it's Operations Directorate for a Volunteering Strategy Manager. Having recently gone through a period of organisational change, NCT will be looking to recruit a permanent Volunteer Manager in the near future but would initially like someone to be involved on an interim basis (approx 3 months tbc) to oversee some current operational needs while identifying and implementing the procedures, tools and support that NCT's volunteers need on a strategic level in order support us to meet NCT's 2020 strategy.
The role would be circa £35000 (tbc) Pro-rata. If you are a consultant please let us know your expectations. NCT is based in London w3. I can send a Job Description to those interested but in the meantime, some of the skills required are:
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
- Demonstrable ability to build client relationships
- Demonstrable experience of people management and experience of managing through others
- Experience of managing volunteers and working with community groups
- Experience of working or volunteering in an environment dealing with parenting and family issues
- Mediation skills and complaints resolution
- Excellent Organisation and Project Management Skills
- Self-motivated and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent understanding and champion of diversity issues
- Experience of delivering training workshops and devising and deliveringshort presentations
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing requirements
- Demonstrates a professional, positive and constructive approach
- Ability to think strategically and to implement organisational plans
- Experience of leading and motivating teams


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The Kessler Pocket Jib Pro has been designed for a greater weight capacity when larger cameras and rigs are being used. With its heavy duty arms, the Pocket Jib Pro can handle up to 50 pounds in any length configuration. This is perfect for REDs, ALEXAs or any other rig weighing up to 50 pounds. (Kessler recommends the regular Pocket Jib for cameras under 20 pounds.)
The Kessler Pocket Jib Pro is the ultimate compact, portable jib. Not only is this jib fully collapsible for easy transport, but you can also mount the Kessler Pocket Dolly or CineSlider to it, turning it into a virtual all-in-one production tool, offering both a jib and mini-dolly in one unit.
The Pocket Jib Pro has a telescopic dual rail arm design that has a maximum reach of five feet, fully extended, which is approximately 6" less than the KC-8 crane. The end of the crane arm features a ball relocator with 100mm bowl, so you can mount a 100mm ball fluid head. The weight bar system is also telescopic and collapses and folds away for easy transport.
The Pocket Jib Pro comes standard with the Swivel Mount that allows you to mount ir to your tripod using a 100mm levelable ball, 75mm fixed ring mount, or a flat mount. If you would like to mount the Pocket Jib Pro to your Hercules 2.0 head, the Swivel Mount can be removed and the Pocket Jib Pro mounted flush to the Hercules 2.0 with the tilt locked with the pin lock in place.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Playing with my new toys...
I picked out my colors, embossed my image and using my Poppin' Pastel chalks to color in the image. Then finishing off the card by adding a very vanilla panel using my Top Note die and new border punch for some added detail. Plus I LOVE this ribbon... which I have no idea where I picked it up!? :)
Just a note! With the July 4th weekend coming and we have company coming my posting maybe very sparse!! I hope to post one more time before the weekend, but if I don't have a super 4th of July!!!
Enjoy your day, stamp your heart out and be safe if you are traveling!! Thanks for poppin' in for a visit... I truly enjoy it!!
SMILES... Michelle :)
Stamps: SU! Wonderful Words Paper: SU! So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip Other: SU! Poppin Pastels, Top Note, Fiskars Apron Lace border punch, ribbon (?), gold pearls (Michael's), sponges, Qtips, QickCuts "Plants" embossing folder, etc.
23 comments:
- Diane Davis said...
Very cute card, Michelle! It's so cheerful. I love the way you combined the Top Note shape with the border punch!
- June 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- dolcreations said...
Very nice card Michelle! I love the colours that you used. I also love the punch you used!
- June 29, 2009 at 12:54 PM
- Ann said...
Great colors, Michelle, and I love that new punch!
- June 29, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Cindy Haffner said...
Oh wow, love the new toys and the colors.
- June 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Gvendalen said...
Very pretty card, Michelle! I love the colours and the new toys.
Happy crafting.
Hugs, Elena
- June 30, 2009 at 2:08 AM
- Ruby said...
Hi Michelle. I LOVE your card, especially the way you've used that top note with the punch, it looks fab. The colours are so cheery too :o) I wish I could get that top note over here in the UK. I really love it x
- June 30, 2009 at 3:49 AM
- Ruby said...
By the way, you said that my little html code about the heart shape didn't work, sorry about that. It looked fine as I posted it lol.
Here goes...
& hearts ;
You need to do them all together with no spaces, so it's ambersand/hearts/semi-colon. Hope it works for you!! If not, just drop me another note!
- June 30, 2009 at 3:51 AM
- Debbie Pamment said...
Love the scalloped edge under the top note piece - you certainly are the Top Note Queen - LOL.
Such a pretty card!
Have a FABULOUS 4th of July!
- June 30, 2009 at 3:59 AM
- Anjou Krelovich said...
Beautiful and cheerful! Love that punch!
Have a great visit with your company!
- June 30, 2009 at 5:14 AM
- Paula Barin said...
Hi Michelle, love this card. The technique on the flowers is fabulous. I really like the border punch to... adds a little feminine touch.
- June 30, 2009 at 6:56 AM
- LeAnne said...
Michelle, I love how you cut off part of the top note and scalloped the bottom.....you're so dang clever! Pretty colors, too, nice and summery!
- June 30, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Oh how I HEART new toys!! :) This is such a gorgeous creation!! The embossing with the soft color is just perfect!! Hope you have more fun!! HUGS
- June 30, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- Silke said...
Absolutely beautiful - Michelle!!!
Have a great weekend - enjoy your company!!! Hugs ~S~
- June 30, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Bogner's said...
Wow this is beautiful. I Love the colors. I really like the orange ribbon. It is a beautiful addition to your card!
Now I better go get myself to crafting while my kids asleep! Haven't made anything since last Thursday! How did I survive?!
- June 30, 2009 at 3:08 PM
- laurie said...
Beautiful...I love your new toys..that embossing folder rocks!
- July 1, 2009 at 6:16 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
ohhhhhh I love the look of the embossing folder! Gorgeous layout, Michelle. The new punch looks like a must have!
- July 1, 2009 at 9:28 AM
- Susan (peebsmama) said...
what a neat border punch and how cool it is paired with a portion of the top note die. You certainly have got your money's worth out of that thing. And I never get tired of seeing all the inventaive ways you use it.
- July 1, 2009 at 5:09 PM
- Gretchen said...
Absolutely beautiful!! Love the soft look! Hey- I'd love to meet up with you sometime you are here in the twin cities! I'm in the northern metro, what Archiver's do you go too?!
- July 2, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- Riet said...
What a beautiful card Michelle,l love the colours.
hugs Riet.x
- July 2, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Jodi Collins aka Kharmagirl said...
Oh! This is SO gorgeous Michelle!! LOVE all your new toys! What a beautiful card!!!
- July 3, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Lisa Hjulberg said...
This is sweet and tangy, too! I love the embossing, and you highlighted it perfectly with your chalks. what a great way to use your Top Note die. That die was MADE for you, Michelle!
I see you're having company for the holiday weekend. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy. We'll catch up more soon.
Lots of hugs and smiles,
- July 4, 2009 at 12:08 AM
- Lisa Hjulberg said...
P.S. I see you got your Etsy store going. Congrats and best of luck for lots of sales! There are some lucky people out there who will now own Michelle Yungbauer originals...
- July 4, 2009 at 12:09 AM
I love your new eb folder, Top Note embellishment and colors. TFS
- July 5, 2009 at 8:58 PM


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KNOX is good for security but it limit the uses, specially for those who like customization. Good news is a KNOX free P605ZSUBMJ6 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean official firmware is now available for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 LTE SM-P605. The big problem with KNOX is rooting. It permanently increase KNOX counter to 0X1, hence no more official firmware update that comes with KNOX feature. That's why people like a KNOX free firmware. This KNOX free P605ZSUBMJ6 firmware for Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 LTE SM-P605 is shared by apascual89 (donate). You can flash this firmware using TWRP recovery. If you don't have it on your device then follow this: Install TWRP 184.108.40.206 on Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 LTE SM-P605–How To Guide
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During a recent shopping trip to Hornor and Harrison in Parkersburg, http://www.hornorharrison.com/, I found some fantastic jewelry at great prices. I picked up two sets of bangles for less than $20 and two necklaces with matching earrings for less than $20 each as well.
I loved the bangles so much I haven't stopped wearing them! I coupled the brown set with a bracelet I bought from http://www.gratitudecollections.net/ and sported them during my last 3 shows on HSN. You can check out some of the videos of the presentations when clicking on the more recent items. Or check out the necklace right here!
When looking to update your wardrobe with a Bohemian influence look for items with natural beads, crystals, wood and a handmade flair. Necklaces are varying in length this season with long necklaces being the most popular. Attention is also placed on the wrist and layering is important to remember when dressing. Stack bracelets of varying styles, thicknesses and colors. A missmatched look works perfectly for this trend. Also, pull out some chunky rings with large gemstones. Earrings are going bold as well so don't be shy! Earthtones natural gems round out the Boho feeling!
You can also see this necklace and the bangles up close and personal in the next issue of WV LIVING magazine. www.WVLIVINGmagazine.com


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If Sanders wants to defeat Hillary Clinton he has to change voter's minds when it comes to electability. This idea that somehow Sanders is less electable than Clinton is a myth constructed and distributed through the corporate media. The media has a done an extraordinary job in convincing voters that a Clinton presidency is inevitable. When it comes to Democratic voters, Sanders is just as favorable as Clinton (both around 80 favorability). Unfortunately, voters seem to be under the impression that Clinton has a better chance against the Republicans in the general election. In a national poll of Democratic voters contemplating which candidate had a better chance of defeating the Republicans, 38 percent more chose Clinton over Sanders. This could very well cause the Democrats the white house.
I don't blame the voters. The media alongside with the DNC has convinced voters of Clinton's inevitability even when polls show that Sanders is more electable. The Sanders campaign is fighting to change this narrative and I believe that they will eventually succeed. The great thing about Sanders is that he has cross-party appeal. Throughout his career he has brought both sides of the spectrum together to fight for ordinary people. A new poll found that Independents favor Sanders over Clinton by huge margins when it comes to honesty and policy. This is why a poll came out saying that Sanders would wipe the floor against Donald Trump by 14 points in a hypothetical general election.Clinton versus Trump is much closer; hovering around a 4-6 percent lead for Clinton
Every moderate Republican keeps saying that Trump won't win and that there's still a lot of time left. Here's the sad reality: he is going to win the Republican nomination. He has captured such a fervent following and hasn't spent a cent on campaign advertising yet. He has been on top of the polls for months now and has dominated the media. I'm sorry moderate and sane Republicans, but Donald Trump has hijacked your party. Hillary Clinton will be able to beat Trump easily right? She has the experience and the debate skills right? She has no baggage that could possibly cause her damage right?…Right?!
No. If Clinton is on the debate stage against Donald Trump I promise you that he will rip her apart. Trump will say she's a lying politician who has changed positions constantly. He will slam her for accepting campaign contributions and being just another corrupt politician. He will also demonize her and the Democratic party for treating Bernie unfairly with the data scandal. The problem with Clinton is that she has changed her positions many times and she does accept money from corporations and moneyed interests. She is viewed unfavorably by 52 percent of Americans and is associated with dishonesty by 57 percent of Americans. This petrifies me and only makes me realize more and more why Bernie is truly our only hope against the insidious Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who can effectively dismantle Donald Trump on the debate stage. Because Sanders isn't associated with the establishment, he is almost invincible to any attacks. The only way Trump could attack Sanders would be to call him a socialist/communist. This might have some traction due to the fact that so many voters are scared of the scary S word. However, Sanders has such an incredible record of consistency and has been on the right side of history on every issue. Clinton, on the other hand, has not. She has supported deregulation of Wall Street, TPP, Keystone Pipeline, and DOMA. She has flip flopped on these issues like every other politician and Trump would easily expose this. Sanders has something that can not be matched: integrity.
I beg of the Democrats to get their heads out of their asses and realize that Clinton is a name of the past. It isn't her time. She has too much baggage; the email "scandal", flip-flopping, an association with Wall Street, and a massive problem with trustworthiness. Voters don't want another Clinton, they want real change. A Clinton nomination could be a huge blow to the Progressive Movement.


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You thought you'd seen it all this season, right? Wrong.
Week 15 was highlighted by 'The Miracle at the Meadowlands, Part II'. With the Eagles trailing 31-10 in the fourth quarter, they completed one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history, capped off by a DeSean Jackson punt return for a touchdown as time expired. Michael Vick made another case for MVP and the Eagles seized control of the NFC East.
That wasn't all that happened in Week 15, though. The Jets got back on track with a huge win in Pittsburgh, the Bears clinched the NFC North, and the Colts kept their season alive with a win over the Jaguars.
1. New England Patriots (1): 12-2. That game was probably a little closer than people expected it to be, but the Patriots were able to pull out the win. That's now 21 touchdowns and zero interceptions for Tom Brady in his last seven weeks.
2. Atlanta Falcons (2): 12-2. The Falcons continue to take care of business each week, and can secure home field advantage with a win against the Saints on Monday Night Football.
3. Philadelphia Eagles (5): 10-4. There aren't even words to describe that comeback in the Meadowlands. Michael Vick is a man on a mission.
4. Pittsburgh Steelers (3): 10-4. It has become so routine for Ben Roethlisberger to win games late for the Steelers, that Steelers fans expected him to do it against the Jets. I was proven wrong also.
5. Baltimore Ravens (6): 10-4. Their defense made the big plays when they needed to, and the Ravens are now tied up with the Steelers for the AFC North lead.
6. New Orleans Saints (4): 10-4. The Saints lost that game because they could not stop Ray Rice and the Ravens rushing attack. That must be fixed for the playoffs.
7. New York Jets (10): 10-4. The Jets may have turned their season around with that win in Pittsburgh. That was huge.
8. Chicago Bears (8): 10-4. Criticize the Bears all you want, but they locked up the NFC North in their dominating win in Minnesota. They won't be an easy out in the playoffs.
9. New York Giants (7): 9-5. Everything was going the Giants way — for three quarters. Now, they need to beat the Packers this week to assure a playoff berth.
10. Kansas City Chiefs (15): 9-5. The Chiefs are two home wins away from an improbable AFC West crown.
11. San Diego Chargers (12): 8-6. That week 13 loss to the Raiders may cost the Chargers the AFC West. They need to win and hope the Chiefs lose one of their last two games.
12. Green Bay Packers (9): 8-6. Matt Flynn played better than anyone expected on Sunday Night, but it wasn't enough. If the Packers lose to the Giants than their season is over.
13. Indianapolis Colts (14): 8-6. They saved their season with that win over the Jaguars and need to keep their foot on the gas as they travel to Oakland this week.
14. Jacksonville Jaguars (11): 8-6. The Jaguars missed their opportunity to clinch the AFC South, but are still very much alive. I just don't believe that they will win the division, but crazier things have happened.
15. Oakland Raiders (17): 7-7. The Raiders have a small chance to win the AFC West, but they need some help. Their season is on the line Sunday against the Colts.
16. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (13): 8-6. With that disappointing loss to the Lions, the Bucs can kiss their playoff hopes goodbye. Still, they have been better than anyone expected.
17. Dallas Cowboys (18): 5-9. The Cowboys need to address their defensive concerns this off-season, Rex Grossman lit them up.
18. Miami Dolphins (16): 7-7. In what has been the theme of their season, the Dolphins lost another home game, and have been inconsistent all year long. It might be time for a coaching change, Sporano isn't getting it done.
19. Tennessee Titans (24): 6-8. Kerry Collins played well, and the Titans controlled that game from start to finish against the Texans.
20. Minnesota Vikings (19): 5-9. It's clear that Vikings punter Chris Kluwe did not learn from Matt Dodge. Why kick it to Devin Hester?
21. Houston Texans (20): 5-9. There is no way Gary Kubiak survives this in Houston, changes need to be made.
22. Washington Redskins (25): 5-9. I did not expect that performance out of Rex Grossman, he made Donovan McNabb look even worse. It's too bad they couldn't pull out the win.
23. Cleveland Browns (22): 5-9. Has Eric Mangini done enough to keep his job for one more year?
24. Buffalo Bills (28): 4-10. That's two straight wins for the Bills, can they make it three in a row with the Patriots coming to town?
25. Detroit Lions (27): 4-10. It took two years, but the Lions finally won a road game and their second close game in a row. They have not been an easy out all year.
26. St. Louis Rams (21): 6-8. The Rams have a golden opportunity to seize control of the NFC West with a win against the 49ers this week. No team in this division deserves to make it, but I'd like to see the Rams get in.
27. San Francisco 49ers (23): 5-9. If the 49ers win this week in St.Louis and the Seahawks lose, the Niners will be in first place in the NFC West. Are you kidding me?
28. Seattle Seahawks (26): 6-8. Another week, and another blowout for the Seahawks, but they are still tied for first place in the NFC West.
29. Arizona Cardinals (29): 4-10. Out of every team in the league, the Cardinals are in most need of a quarterback.
30. Cincinnati Bengals (31): 3-11. The Bengals won that game because they got back to what made them successful last year: running the football.
31. Denver Broncos (30): 3-11. The good news: Tim Tebow played well in his first NFL start, scoring two touchdowns and committing zero turnovers. The bad news: The Broncos were outscored 89-37 against the Raiders in two games.
32. Carolina Panthers (32): 2-12. Everything went well for the Panthers on Sunday: They won, the Bengals won, and the Bills won, keeping the Panthers still in the driver's seat for the number one pick.


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I've only made scones once, and they were a disaster. Next time I'm following the CWA recipe!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Scone Triumph
I've only made scones once, and they were a disaster. Next time I'm following the CWA recipe!
Friday, May 29, 2009
a terrible thing
the girl across the road
in an oversized t-shirt
her limbs falling out from the sleeves
like branches
her face red, her braces
glistening in the morning sun.
tears from her eyes
dripping like wax
I ask: cup of tea
as if it were a full sentence
but the full stop comes early
and it's jail jail jail
he can't go there again she says
it's the cool darkness of the gravel road
before her that she can't stand on;
the path too dangerous
cars too fast
fists ready to roll
her face contorts as she swears
not at me, but beyond me
at the grey horizon
hoping to make amends
for the thing she hasn't done
the words she spoke in haste
but the soles of her feet are
jammed to the concrete
and she can't move on
stringy hair sticking to damp face
legs purple with fear
he with his leather and lace
surly burly curly hair
wanting to belt the lot of us
into the sky
where do his thoughts go
when later that day he's
sitting across the table
from a woman
a police woman
with a husband and children;
one, a girl toasting life
with a full glass
ready to be smashed
a terrible thing
I waited a few seconds, to make sure I wasn't dreaming, then lifted up my blinds and looked out the window of my bedroom, which has a clear view onto the street below, and out to Parramatta Road.
I could see a young woman (perhaps she was just a girl) wearing an-oversized t-shirt and tracksuit pants, standing in an alcove outside the apartment block across the road.
She was sobbing and crying out for a jacket and thongs.
I didn't know what was going on, or why she was there. Sure there is a pub next door, but it had closed hours ago, and she didn't seem drunk, just extremely upset.
I thought about what to do. I had many jumpers I didn't mind giving her, and I could offer her a cup of tea and a chat. Figuring I was safe enough, I went out in my PJs with a jumper that I never wear.
She was red faced, and had long stringy, tear-filled hair and braces. I had no idea how old she was.
At first, she didn't want to talk. "I'm fine. I'm fine", she kept saying. She was not fine.
I offered the jumper, which she accepted. It hung off her slight body like a wet tea towel. It just looked wrong. But at least she would be warm.
Not knowing her circumstances, or if I was intruding, I asked her what had happened. Between sobs she said she had been locked out of the apartment block by her boyfriend, who had come home at 6am "And that's when it all started", she said.
I felt a strong urge to hug her. I wanted to comfort her and take her home and offer her shelter and be the mother she needed right now. But she was around my age and it would be absurd to play that role.
So I told her that if her boyfriend was abusing her, she didn't need to put up with it. She could call the police, and leave the relationship.
"But then he'd go back to jail," she said.
My heart curled into a ball. The complexity of the situation was starting to overwhelm me. I could not imagine how she had been dealing with it herself.
I offered her my phone, and once again a cup of tea. She said again, "I'm ok."
At that moment, a man who looked angry, but not out of control came around the corner near the pub. He walked what seemed too calmly towards me. As his eyes met mine I suddenly realised - it's him.
He threw the security pass at her, and said directly to me: "Why don't you just f'n call the police? That'll solve it. Just call the f'n police." His eyes were locked on me, but I didn't feel scared, just sad.
Then he hurled words at her. "You're so f'n ugly. You're evil. You're evil." He said, seething.
"I hate you too." she said.
Then, she said something I never expected, and couldn't understand. "Well it can only get better. Can't it? We can only do better than this."
Was I hearing right? Did she just offer to kiss and make up? She was being enveloped by irrational thoughts. I didn't know what to do. Part of me wanted to say "Are you crazy?"
Her boyfriend crouched down and looked at his phone. Being drunk, he couldn't punch the numbers properly. Eventually he got the combination right: 000.
I still don't know why he called the number. He walked away.
I again asked the girl if she wanted to use my phone, or come up for a cup of tea. She said no.
I felt there was nothing else I could do, and while he wasn't being violent perhaps she could go inside.
Once more I told her she didn't need to put up with his abuse. But she was still crying, just staring past me into the morning sun.
I went home, and started to make breakfast. It felt wrong to go back to my stable life of morning coffee and toast, but I didn't know what else to do.
Within 10 minutes, I heard shouting and screaming coming from the street. I ran back to my bedroom window. All I could see was the man threatening her across the street, forming fists and punching the air. It looked so petty, like a dog barking aimlessly at passersby. But I knew he was capable of more than that.
When he started to cross the road towards her, while yelling and threatening her, I thought I had to ring the police.
It felt awful. What if it sent him back to jail? Suddenly I understood the position she was in.
I rang. As I was describing the scene, a police car pulled up outside the apartment. Instantly the boyfriend dropped his fists and assumed 'victim position'. Shoulders shrugged, he spoke to the police.
Across the road, another officer was speaking to a girl wearing my jumper. I was relieved. From the apartments above, an old man watched on.
I went back to getting ready for church and had a shower. After getting dressed, I looked again through the window. The boyfriend was in the back of a police wagon, while the girl was still talking to the police.
That was the last I saw of them both.
To be honest, the whole incident really threw me. What disturbed me most was the control he had over her. She felt powerless to defend herself, and even wanted to protect him from jail.
The other thought that kept going through my mind was: this happens nightly, daily even, in people's homes everywhere. I just happened to see it played out on the street. And I am powerless to help those people.
It made me thankful that we live in a society where the police actually come to incidents like this, where women are encouraged to speak up against violence. But it made me so sad for that girl, and for the hundreds like her who are silenced, to scared and manipulated to get out of toxic relationships.
Well, yesterday Jo tells me she was locked out again, screaming and wailing. Two people went to offer help to her, and she told them to leave her alone. I can only guess he was taken to the station on Sunday, but charges weren't laid.
Today, I saw a police car outside the apartment block.
I don't know when she will realise she needs help, and has the power to say no. I don't know when he will realise he is an abuser.
It is a terrible thing.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Poisoned Chalice
This is hugely controversial, given the recent exit of 39-year-old Sally Warhaft from the position.
I can't help but think it's a poisoned chalice for the young guy. From what I understand a lot of their key writers have stated they'll no longer write due to the sacking of Warhaft, and of those that are left, who knows if they'll respect a 23-year-old?
Friday, May 22, 2009
Can't get you out of my head
sydney writers festival
my friend, up close
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A little quiet
I'm just not inspired to write much here right now. But soon, my friends.
WOW wedding
Photos from iDiY
Thursday, May 7, 2009
autumn in polaroid
autumn light by futuro woman
10 things to do this Autumn
....# Make a giant pot of steaming hot pumpkin soup with crusty bread and a dollop of plain yoghurt, and give some to your neighbour.
....# Go to your local library, and pick up a book by an author you've never heard of and read it.
....# Go to the beach, all rugged up, with a picnic (or fish and chips) and share it with someone. Make sure you bring a warm jumper!
....# Write a poem, with a reference to Autumn.
....# Help out at a soup kitchen, or knit a blanket for Wrap with Love
....# Go some place with a woodfire, and just sit there, reading, talking, laughing.
....# Visit the writers festival. Go to an event that you haven't circled, that you wouldn't normally go to. Be surprised :)
....# Catch the train somewhere, anywhere really that's out of Sydney. And enjoy watching the countryside pass you by.
....# Think of all the things you can be thankful for, and be thankful.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Autumn attire
I love the colours and texture in this scarf from Acke
This scarf by ecologicalartist is the reason why presentation is everything (nice photography) on etsy. At $200 you'd want this to be made of some amazing stuff, and it is. All hand spun, woven and knitting. The materials are peace silk - collected from the wild in India (of course..) and Oaxacan cochineal (from some insect thing) and organic wool from a local farm! Wow.
This is a handwoven silk scarf by True Blue Ltd. Looks super soft and beautiful.
I love the novelty factor with this cupcake scarf, and the model/crafter looks exactly like a friend from high school (don't you reckon, Steph?), and they even have the same last name. Freaky.
This wonderful scarf is made from a recycled, vintage bed spread! Cool huh? So beautiful and silky soft...
Hah love this. What a huge huge scarf - called a Soopascarf. The colour is a dreamy oatmeal. And what an awesome photo. By Yokoo.
More Yokoo love. This time a cowl...in sweet pea green.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Autumn celebrated in verse and prose
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.
John Keats - Ode to Autumn.
My sorrow, when she's here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
Robert Frost - My November Guest.
A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves
away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known autumn too long.
E. E. Cummings
The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.
The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.
Emily Dickinson - Nature XXVII, Autumn.
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn
Emily Bronte
There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer
is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!Percy Bysshe Shelley
Autumn wins you best by this, its muteAppeal to sympathy for its
Robert Browning
A celebration of Autumn
Monday, May 4, 2009
Sounds of life
The dominant sounds are traffic and birds, which I don't mind.
The less dominant, although more arresting sounds are:
people yelling (usually alcohol induced)
motorcycle clubs blowing up
and lately..
people coughing, vomiting or spitting.
My neighbour seems to have some form of pneumonia or emphysema which sounds pretty bad. Our apartment blocks are about 1.5 metres away from each other, and the sound echoes between them.
There's also a car dealership round the corner, and the employees come out for a smoko near my window, and one of them has a habit of hoicking spit globs up just when I'm settling down to write something. Nice!
I'm pretty happy living in the city, and without the occassional aural ambush, I think I'd be unsettled.
What do you hear where you live?
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Good news and Bad news
Bad news: The ability to live purely off writing is doomed, according to Ian Jack in this article from the Guardian.


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NHPCO is proud to welcome Jan Jones, RN, BSN, as chair of the organization's board of directors. President and CEO of The Elizabeth Hospice in Escondido, CA, Jones has previously served as NHPCO vice-chair and as a member of the board's executive committee.
Jones is an active participant at the state and national levels of hospice and palliative care and government arenas and brings to the board a depth of experience in hospice and healthcare industry trends and regulations.
Joining Jones on the board's executive committee are Gregory Wood, serving as vice-chair, of Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home, AR; Regina Bodnar, secretary, of Carroll Hospice in Westminster, MD; and Michael McHale, treasurer, of Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care in Mount Prospect, IL.
New members of the NHPCO board for 2017 are Sandra Huster of Covenant Care in Pensacola, FL; Norman McRae of Caris HealthCare in Knoxville, TN; and David Williams of VITAS Healthcare based in Cincinnati, OH.
NHPCO extends special thanks to the board members who concluded service in 2016: Rex Allen of Providence Hospice in Seattle, WA; Sharon Baxter of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association; Betsy Clark of Saugerties, NY; Ron Fried from Covenant Care in Pensacola; Sandy Kuhlman from Hospice Services of Northwest Kansas in Phillipsburg, KS: Mark Murray of the Center for Hospice Care in South Bend, IN; and Linda Rock who concluded two years of service as board chair.
A list of NHPCO's full board of directors is available in the "About NHPCO" section of the organization's website.
|NHPCO Board Chair Jan Jones.


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Recent studies suggest that moderate consumption of wine may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes. It might be the chemicals found in grapes that might be the reason. The results provide researchers with a more specific evidence of the role of wine consumption in affecting type 2 diabetes risk.
There were previous studies that have suggested that the reason for the lower rate of type 2 diabetes among moderate alcohol drinkers is due to the fact that such people follow a healthier lifestyle. A team of researchers from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands looked into this issue by analyzing data from the Dutch European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-NL), a larger health study composed of over 520,000 people from over 10 countries in Europe.
The Wageningen University researchers chose data from 35,625 participants considered on the lower risk scale of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease. After analyzing 10 years worth of data, which included 796 cases that developed type 2 diabetes, the lower risk of disease among moderate alcohol drinkers cannot merely be attributed to a healthier lifestyle. The researchers believe that the alcohol may have, in some way contributed to the lower incidence of the said disease among moderate drinkers.
Although the Dutch study may not have determined the role of alcohol in type 2 diabetes risk, another study may suggest that it may not simply be the alcohol alone. University of Michigan researchers found out that eating grapes may slow down the development of high blood pressure as well as insulin resistance in people. Both factors are considered the leading precursors of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. When occurring together, both create a condition known as metabolic syndrome.
In the said study, the University of Michigan researchers fed rats with powder made from table grapes. The researchers found out that those rats fed with the said powder showed more favorable levels of blood sugar and showed an improved tolerance to glucose. The researchers believe that the effect is due to the phytochemicals found on the grapes. These chemicals occur naturally in grapes as well as wine which includes tannins, anthocyanins and resveratrol. The said rats also had less arterial inflammation and oxidative damage.


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Creative Writing Task 3
When I was a child, I well remember the time when I stole a chocolate. My baby cousin and I were in the house with my mother and aunt. Suddenly, when my baby cousin got hungry, she started shouting and screaming that echoed across the whole house. Instantly my mother went to the kitchen and came back along with my favourite chocolate. She handed to my baby cousin and went into the kitchen to help my aunt. My baby cousin was about to bite the chocolate when I grabbed and ate it. She started sobbing immediately. Hearing her cries, my mother came out and realised that I ate the chocolate as there was a chocolate stain on my shirt. Seeing her angry face, I started trembling thinking about the punishment. I begged her not to send me to bed hugging her. Unfortunately, I was given the punishment.
Dragging my feet as slowly as possible I climbed the staircase to my room. I opened the door slowly. My room which always used to be messy was still like that. To kill time slowly, I cleaned the room. Unfortunately, I finished cleaning and had no choice but to go to bed. The room was quiet. The sound of children playing could be heard. The chirps of the birds and the people working could be heard.
In the middle of the night, I gained a bit of consciousness. All of a sudden I felt a watery substance on my hand. It felt tickly and comfortable. I did not want it to stop and I remained in my drowsiness.
The next morning the sun rose. I was there on my bed in deep thoughts who or what the thing that felt watery on my hand. Still till today, I do not know what it was.
Khrisha Mayilsamy


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Author Archives: Stuart Südekum
New version of "Vargkorset" recorded for Brave Mysteries saint project
Brave Mysteries is one of my favorite labels, so when they offered me a chance to record a new version of the St. Francis song that I wrote for my mom, I was very flattered. This new version of "Vargkorset" … Continue reading
Apibus featured on Divided We Fall II
In the summer of 2014, Morituri Te Salutant put out an amazing compilation. Limited to just 100 copies in 180 gram black vinyl, it assembled previously unreleased tracks from giants of North American dark folk and post-industrial music, including Changes … Continue reading
Tarot Symbolism class resumes in October
After a break this summer to write and play music, I'll be back at Tarot Society this fall for a new semester of my class on Arthur Waite's iconic images. You can write to firstname.lastname@example.com to receive a copy of … Continue reading
New Apibus track on Summer's Wane 2016 compilation
Apibus has be asked back to this year's Summer's Wane, and I'm proud to say that our new track, "Dog Days," has been selected to open the new 2016 compilation. This is a great mix featuring exclusive material from some of our favorite … Continue reading
Upcoming event: Apibus in New Hampshire
On June 17th, I'll be performing with Apibus as we convene with Aerial Ruin, Dwell in Moonblood, and Nathaniel Larochette (who provided acoustic interludes on Agalloch's The Serpent & the Sphere) for a night of haunting folk tunes in Peterborough. Hope to see … Continue reading
Follow-up to ARRVLS interview
Since the podcast I did with Karen Robins only featured my voice without any input from the interviewer, Jonathan Hirsch wanted to go deeper on their "En Route" supplement and hear from Karen about her thoughts on our interaction. Though I … Continue reading
Interview on ARRVLS
An interview I did back in March of 2014 has been featured on ARRVLS, a podcast that "explores the impact of unexpected events in the lives of everyday men and women using the themes of migration, transformation, and change as a guide." … Continue reading


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This weekend mom and I and 14 other women will be taking an all weekend workshop from Tutu.com . This is major. You may think tutu's – how fun! But these are the real deal. Platter tutus and bodices for ballerinas. Like these from a Jcrew catalog.
I am not a technical sewer. This weekend will be incredibly hard. You might be thinking, "but you sew and write patterns for your business". Yes. But the reason our patterns are different is because we do not use paper pattern pieces. We use only straight line measurements and easy ways to make curves or circles mostly because I don't have the patience to sew with paper patterns. But after this weekend I will have the ability to make you a platter tutu if you'd like to wear one to your next party ;). Some of the tutus we make will be for the Dance Gallery's Swan Lake performance in 2013. That's why I'm doing this. Because I love my sister-in-law (who owns the Dance Gallery) AND because I do love a good workshop! I will give a full update next week. On a completely different note, Bridget is totally into watching Cupcake Wars. My latest creations inspired but watching the show – cupcakes for my Mother-in-law's seventy fifth birthday dinner tonight! Happy January 31st!