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Financial Market Report for Tuesday July 31, 2012
Junk Bonds, JNK, Emerging Market Bonds, EMB, and US Short to Medium Term Corporate Bonds, LQD, rise to new highs, causing Bonds, BND, to trade slightly higher, but below their recent highs, as stocks, VT, traded slightly lower, on news that the US Federal Reserve will wait for a decision for further easing.
The Steepner ETF, STPP, has risen from its July 11, 2012, low of 34.50, as is seen in this ongoing Yahoo Finance chart of STPP, ZROZ, EDV, TLT, and VT, as the 10 30 US Sovereign Debt Yield Curve, $TNX:TYX, has been rising from its historic low on July 24, 2012, suggesting that an exhaustion of the world central banks' monetary authority.
Staples, XLP, and Utility stocks, XLU, and creditors, V, MA, DFS, manifested bearish engulfing;
Biotechnology stocks, XBI, fell parabolically lower today suggesting that risk on investing has turned to risk off investing.
The Gold ETF, GLD, has been in breakout for five days now suggesting that an investment demand for gold has arisen.
Gary of Between The Hedges relates The Fed's ZIRP is pushing institutional investors too far out on the risk spectrum, subprime auto lending is soaring. I relate that subprime auto lender, Nicholas Financial, NICK, pays a 3% dividend and has soared from from 2.00 to 13.40 since the beginning of the Quantative Easing.
Mike Mish Shedlock writes 51% of Germans believe Germany better off outside eurozone. That pole hat poll, with only 29% believing the euro is a good thing, suggests that if the German constitutional court forced Merkel to put the euro to a referendum, that Germany would vote to leave the eurozone. On September 12, the German constitution court is expected to rule on the ESM as well as the fiscal treaty chancellor Angela Merkel signed in March. Is it any wonder ECB president Mario Draghi is loathe to do anything but talk before the court meets? Should the court rule both are OK, eurocrats like Jean-Claude Juncker will immediately seek to change what the ESM can do, including the use of leverage. Let Voters Decide. Given that Germany is better off outside the eurozone, and the eurozone is arguably better off without Germany, hopefully, the constitutional court will say it's time to put all of this to voters, including whether Germany should stay in the eurozone. Unfortunately, I expect the court will OK both the ESM and the Merkozy treaty, but give further warnings to Merkel and the ECB that 500 million euros is the limit.
Last week Mario Draghi, said "he would do whatever it takes to preserve the euro".
And today Open Europe reports Showdown looms at tomorrow's ECB board meeting; German government rejects equipping ESM with a banking licence
The WSJ reports that tomorrow's monthly meeting of the ECB's governing council is set to be fractious, with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann resisting calls by many of his colleagues for the ECB to play a more active role in the eurozone rescue efforts, for example by resuming its purchase of eurozone government bonds. The paper notes that a compromise could be struck whereby the ECB would announce its intention to buy government bonds and to take other measures, but to delay their implementation.
The German government yesterday rejected reports that the eurozone's new permanent bailout fund, the ESM, could be equipped with a banking licence, with a Finance Ministry spokesperson saying such a move "was not necessary". Speaking on Deutschlandfunk this morning, the FDP's parliamentary faction leader Rainer Brüderle, described the idea as an "inflationary suicide mission", adding that "we cannot save the euro by limitlessly printing money". The concept was also rejected by the opposition SPD, but the Green's financial spokesperson Gerhard Schick said the idea had some merit, adding that assistance to Spain could be made conditional on it taking measures to impose higher taxes on its wealthiest citizens.
Meanwhile, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports that according to a confidential Bundestag document on the ESM, Germany won't be able to always veto capital calls in case the ESM has incurred losses and needs to restore its €80bn of paid-up capital threshold, given that its Board of Governors can make these decisions on the basis of a simple majority. WSJ FAZ Welt Handelsblatt Zeit Il Sole 24 Ore El País Tagesspiegel: Barthle Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Talks over new budget cuts continue in Greece; Greek Deputy Finance Minister: Our cash reserves are almost zero
The leaders of Greece's three-party coalition will today resume talks over the €11.5bn budget cuts Greece is due to make in 2013-14. Kathimerini reports that Evangelos Venizelos, the leader of the socialist PASOK party, is proposing that only €6.5bn cuts be implemented over the next two years, while the rest would be made during 2015-16. A separate article in the paper notes that Greece will be forced to issue higher amounts of treasury bills this month, after eurozone governments turned down the request for a 'bridge loan' to cover a €3.2bn bond – held by the ECB – which matures on 20 August.
Meanwhile, Greece's Deputy Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told NET television, "Cash reserves are almost zero. It is risky to say until when [they will last], as it always depends on the budget execution, revenues and expenditure." Separately, German Transport Minister Peter Ramsauer (CSU) told ARD this morning, "Of course, Greece can exit the eurozone", but added that this would not be "the solution to all problems." Kathimerini Kathimerini 2 EUobserver Il Sole 24 Ore
The Irish government is to begin the process of ratifying the ESM treaty after the country's Supreme Court rejected a claim brought by independent MP Thomas Pringle that it was unconstitutional and could not be ratified without a referendum. However, the Court referred a second claim concerning the ESM's compatibility with the EU Treaties to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, asking it to urgently determine the matter under its accelerated procedures. Irish Times
In an interview with Helsingin Sanomat, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti confirmed that eurozone leaders "are thinking of a possible intervention in various combinations involving the EFSF, the ESM and the ECB." He said Italy "doesn't seem to need any special help at the moment", but may need "some breathing space" in future if its borrowing costs remain high. Monti is in Helsinki to meet his Finnish counterpart Jyrki Katainen today. Reuters Italia HS: Monti HS FT Telegraph Irish Times La Stampa Le Figaro Le Monde Il Sole 24 Ore Liberation Ansa Corriere della Sera Repubblica
Figures released by the EU's statistics office Eurostat yesterday showed that the unemployment rate in the eurozone reached a record-high 11.2% in June. Spain had the highest unemployment rate, at 24.8%, followed by Greece at 22.5%. WSJ FT EurActiv Ansa
In an interview published in the staff magazine of the Bundesbank, the bank's President Jens Weidmann said, "Seeing how reluctant some countries are to relinquish their fiscal policy autonomy – even in return for financial assistance – it is hard to imagine political union being achieved in the foreseeable future." Bundesbank magazine: Weidmann
Bloomberg reports Bloomberg:Monti Says Rescue Fund Will Win Bank License to Tap ECB. Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti said the permanent rescue fund should have access to European Central Bank liquidity via a bank license, challenging German policy makers to back more actions to tame the euro-area crisis. "I think this would help, I think this will in due course occur," Monti said today in Helsinki at a news conference with Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen. Monti's assertion was a rebuff to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet after ministers meeting in Berlin earlier today hardened their opposition to granting the planned bailout fund access to the ECB's resources. Monti is prodding colleagues across Europe to back his fight to lower the borrowing costs that investors are imposing on Italy and Spain. In travels from Paris to Helsinki and on to Madrid tomorrow, where he'll meet with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Monti is seeking to bridge a north-south divide on crisis fighting and capitalize on a pledge by ECB President Mario Draghi to do whatever it takes to defend the euro. Monti and Katainen both declined to say what they wanted to hear from Draghi after a meeting of ECB policy makers tomorrow. The Italian premier instead urged central bankers to show equal respect for ECB independence, after Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said the ECB shouldn't exceed its inflation-fighting mandate and stressed Germany's importance in setting common strategy in the 17-nation euro area, according to an interview conducted in June and posted on the Bundesbank's website today. (Hat Tip to Gary of Between The Hedges)


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This past weekend we got to hang out with good friends on Friday night then go to my cousins wedding in Hartselle. It was a great weekend with family and friends! Here are a few pictures...
Friday night we went to Moe's BBQ in Lakeview with some college friends!
Love them....
My wonderful family at Caleb and Meaghan's wedding
Baby # 2 is in Melindas belly (boy or girl??)
Baby # 2 is in Melindas belly (boy or girl??)
Mom and her girls :)
Me and my babe
My Aunt did Beta fish on the tabels at the rehearsal dinner...therefore, she was trying to send Beta fish home with everyone! And of course... we took one! So we have our first pet...
meet our beta fish... Tuna Roll, but we call her Tuna for short
We love her!

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I had to have the talk with my roommates, I told them that I was going to sell the house and move to Chapman Dr. The problem is the rent would have to go up. After sitting down we all came to an agreement and Zelda go her old job back guarding the Luxor offices and the Swan went back to working at slots manger at the Flamingo I guess. Everybody is settling in just fine and we are all getting ready for the History Hunt party on June 16th at our house on Chapman Dr. Zelda will be working security. Hope you can join us and meet all the other great people I spend my time with, Everybody who lives, works or is fascinated with Vintage Vegas is invited, Please attend!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
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Burress, et al v. Union Pacific, et al
Filing 372
ORDER ruling that at trial the Railroads have the burden of establishing there was potential liability toward Plaintiffs, and that the settlement agreement was reasonable and made in good faith; this case remains set for a jury trial commencing at 9: 00 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2009; discovery cutoff is 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 25, 2009, and any dispositive motions must be filed by 5 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2009. Signed by Judge William R. Wilson, Jr on 2/6/09. (mkf) Modified on 2/6/2009 to correct typographical error(mkf).
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Moving into our new flat, we found ourselves facing a space problem that is probably familiar to a lot of residents of the UK: our flat has no closets. In our case, this isn't the worst thing that could happen because I'm not a huge fan of closets… or drawers, for that matter.
What I've always wanted was shelves to put my clothes on so that I can see everything I have clearly, and easily flick through my options. With drawers, I end up rummaging around and making them untidy, or never putting my clothes in them at all! When we were planning for the new flat I took the decision that instead of buying a chest of drawers, we would hang shelves. For Tom, who likes to hang his shirts, I thought we'd try out this DIY to make a clothing rack.
Here is my version of an explanation if you'd like to try one for yourself…
I wont be hyper-prescriptive about the lengths of copper you need because you can make this in any size you like. What you need are 2 copper pipe T's and 2 copper pipe elbows that match the diameter of your pipes. The pipes I used are 22mm x 200 cm.
You'll have to buy long pipes and cut them yourself with a hacksaw, which is the hardest part of the project. B&Q did not offer this service, but thankfully my husband could help! Each of your section lengths can be any size you like as long as you coordinate them like I've labeled below. The middle bar is important for stabilisation, so don't skip out on that! If you need a rough guide on measurements, here's an approximation of what we cut our pipes to:
A= 40cm
B= 100cm
C= 25cm
Once you cut all of your pipes, lay them out as they will fit together and string your rope through the outer pipes. Once you're ready to slot everything into place, use a little cement glue in the elbows and T's for extra hold.
The last step is the hang it from the ceiling! I don't want to offer any advice on this because everyone's ceilings are different, and you will need to find the most stable solution for your home. Someone at your local DIY shop should be able to assist you there.
Here's the final product! We bought a few baskets from Ikea to store shoes under the shelves, and a rattan laundry basket from Habitat. It does leave your wardrobe on display, but this don't bother me at all. It looks surprisingly tidy and spacious within the context of our bedroom. We still have a bit of work to do there, so I won't show full pictures in context, but so far this has been my dream closet solution!


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Galaxy Building Base
Team Practice-Tryouts weekendsUpdated Thursday April 9, 2015 by Brantford Galaxy CSL.
Coach and General Manager Tomo Dancetovic has announced the Galaxy will training every weekend in April. Next session will be SATURDAY, APRIL 11th, 11:30am-1:00pm, Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School 1824 Rymal Road E, Hamilton.
Hamilton artificial fields are used because of the simlair feilds are not available in Brantford. Players are reminded; new tryouts are welcome, arrive 15 minutes early and dress accordingly to the weather.


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By: Mark McClure
Many people look to goal setting templates as a structure around which to base their planning. The good thing about these templates is that they enable you to organize your sometimes disjointed ideas. However this can come at the cost of sacrificing a degree of imaginative and creative thinking. This article examines how mind maps can add a stimulating component to your goal setting.
The historical origins of mind mapping are debatable (see the wikipedia.org entry for background information) but it has become popular in the English-speaking world these past 30 years, partly as a result of the work of British psychologist Tony Buzan.
Mind mapping starts with a central topic word in the center of the page. As additional ideas are generated they are added to the map in the form of keywords that branch off into related areas, mainly through associative thinking.
For example, if I write the keyword "careers" in the middle of the page and allow my imagination free rein in coming up with connecting words and concepts, it's very easy to generate a creative flow that links careers to corporate to overseas to expatriate to Asia to Singapore.
The important thing is to let the ideas start flowing in accordance with the the mapping guidelines of using single, connecting keywords in a nested branch structure.
As a flexible goal setting template, the use of mind maps has exciting potential to tap into ideas you may not have thought about when trying to actively create smart goals in a traditional linear note format. Structure still exists with the mind map itself because the use of single keywords connected via branching lines directs the mind to see possible linkage relationships, particularly as additional words are added to the paper or screen.
Recently there has been an increase in the number of goal setting software packages on the market as people grapple with finding online tools to help keep track of the many important and related aspects of their careers and lives.
Unfortunately, most of these products inadvertently guide their users into inputting visions, mission statements, goals and objectives as chunks of linearly constructed data. There's little scope for allowing the subconscious mind to contribute to the triggering of related ideas.
This is where mind mapping excels. Computer literate people have a number of mind mapping software tools to choose from, both commercial and open source. Should you go with a software solution, I recommend that you confirm the program's capability to export into standard linear format e.g. Microsoft Word – and also confirm its ability to import a word processing document into the mind map format. The potential for combining the best of logical and analytical thinking with that of a more intuitively conceptual form of idea generation is a very powerful personal development tool. Make use of it!
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Baby Jonah will be here before we know it. We are planning another home birth with a local midwife. This pregnancy has been one of the more challenging ones for me. I am looking forward to having my body back and welcoming this little guy into the world.
Friday, October 23, 2015
35 weeks and counting
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Spot Light on Our Darling Darling (Shiloh)
As the time approaches that our darling little pumpkin is about to be pushed up the sibling ladder I wanted to write a little about how wonderful this little girl is. She is everything a baby girl should be, Sweet and attentive, adorable, cuddly and chubby. The other day Bella and I were making buns and Shiloh crawled up on the counter to help us, she would pick up pieces of dough and carefully put them on the pan. She is very eager to please and happy to be obedient. If she is starting to get tired I ask her"Shiloh do you want to go lay down on your soft pillow" and she get a silly grin and giggles. She has no problem keeping up with her older brothers and putting them in their place when needed, She likes to wrestle and tickle and run.
She loves to be loved and will take many breaks a day to come and snuggle, kiss or hug anyone who is interested. She has a beautiful smile that lights up the room. She loves to dance and sing and although she doesn't speak a lot of words yet she is constantly talking in baby jabber including folding her arms, closing her eyes, and saying her own prayers. She loves getting dressed up in cute outfit, getting her hair done and putting on shoes, she also loves being told how pretty she is! Oh how this child is cherished. We love you darling Shiloh.
Shiloh is currently 18 months and 25lbs
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James 34th Birthday
James had a quiet 34th birthday at home. Bella went to great lengths to decorate the house and James got a triple layer yellow cake with chocolate frosting. This has been a great year for James and our family a lot has changed for the good. He now has a new job that is a lot less stress on everyone (he rarely travels) and he get to work from his own home office (the silver duke camper). We love being able to spend more precious moments together. Love you handsome man! Happy b-day.
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New sink faucet
When we were in Utah we got our sink faucet that used to be in our pleasant grove house. When we got home we installed it our kitchen. Now I just have to talk James into that apron sink from Ikea I want :) hint hint...
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Home Sweet Home Missouri
Its good to be home after being gone for 7 weeks. I really like getting back into a routine with the kids. They had a lot of fun with shaving cream during this bath time
I walked outside one day and Royce had decided to wash the car for me. He later told me he wanted it to be shiny and new so other people would tell us how nice our car is.
Myrtle Yesterdazes 2015: This is the one event that the town has a year. Below are the kids waiting for the parade at Grandpa Georges shop right on the main road. They got lots of candy!
They had real baby aligator and the kids got to pet them. We bought honey and pumpkins and there was a big turn out. Tons of people!
Slip n slide with baby shampoo. It made it very slippery
tractor train ride
Back to School. Although Luke is in public school we are still homeschooling Bella. She is such a good little girl and a great helper!
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San Clemente, Ca Sept 2015
We had lots of fun in San Clemente in September. The kids love this place and it is so awesome that we get to go visit there once a year. Royce became a pro boogie boarder this year. Shiloh completely embraced the sand and everyone just had a good time!
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Below is a selection of books received by the Library in the week leading up to 4th July. For a complete listing of books received during this period see: New_Books_040716 [xls]
|The archaeology of the Prussian Crusade : holy war and colonisation / Aleksander Pluskowski
|London ; New York : Routledge, 2013
|Archaeology QA50 PLU
|Theory of stellar atmospheres : an introduction to astrophysical non-equilibrium quantitative spectroscopic analysis / Ivan Hubeny and Dimitri Mihalas
|Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]
|Astronomy H820 2015-H
|Emotion and persuasion in classical antiquity / edited by Ed Sanders and Matthew Johncock
|Stuttgart : Franz Steiner Verlag, [2016]
|Classics D39 SAN
|Computer science illuminated / Nell Dale, John Lewis (6th ed)
|Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2016]
|Computing A10 2016-D
|The making of a transnational capitalist class : corporate power in the twenty-first century / William K. Carroll ; with Colin Carson, Meindert Fennema, Eelke Heemskerk and J. P. Sapinski
|London : Zed Books, [2010]
|Economics F431 CAR
|Communicating with Asia : the future of English as a global language / edited by Gerhard Leitner, Azirah Hashim, Hans-Georg Wolf
|Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016
|English D2501 LEITN
|Grand illusions : American art and the First World War / David M. Lubin
|New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
|Fine Arts X650.W67 LUB
|Teen talk : the language of adolescents / Sali A. Tagliamonte
|Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016
|Gen Lang C231.Y6 TAG
|Southern Europe? : Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece from the 1950s until the present day / Martin Baumeister, Roberto Sala (eds.)
|Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, [2015]
|History CS170 BAU
|Philip Pullman : His dark materials / edited by Catherine Butler & Tommy Halsdorf
|Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
|Force & marriage : the criminalisation of forced marriage in Dutch, English and international criminal law / Iris Haenen
|Cambridge : Intersentia, [2014]
|Law KC10 HAE
|Evidence-based medicine : best practice or restrictive dogma / Desmond J Sheridan
|London : Imperial College Press, [2016]
|Medicine AM19 2016-S
|Outsourcing war : the just war tradition in the age of military privatization / Amy E. Eckert
|Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016
|Mil Sci A130 ECK
|The brain in a vat / edited by Sanford C. Goldberg
|Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016
|Philosophy NA50 GOL6
|Color atlas of physiology / Stefan Silbernagl, Agamemnon Despopoulos (7th ed)
|Stuttgart : Thieme, [2015]
|(JHL) Physiology A13 2015-S
|Daoism, meditation, and the wonders of serenity : from the latter Han dynasty (25-220) to the Tang dynasty (618-907) / Stephen Eskildsen
|Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2015]
|Theology AQ350 ESK
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Jesse Walker is books editor of Reason. He is author of the books Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America and The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. Here is interview with him.
How did you become a libertarian?
I've always had an anti-authoritarian side, but I didn't really become a libertarian until my teens. My parents are liberal Democrats, and I had absorbed that outlook as a kid, moving further leftward as I got older. Around the 11th grade or so, I started reading free-market economists and found them persuasive, even as some of my other opinions were not what you'd commonly hear from a pro-market person at all. I remember telling a friend, "I think I'm getting more left-wing and more right-wing at the same time."
What's your relation with anarchism and how you see the relation between
anarchism and libertarianism today?
Reading the anarchists was part of that teenage evolution. I was interested in radical change, but I didn't want any kind of radicalism that would lead to something like the Soviet Union, so it was natural that I'd check out writers like Peter Kropotkin and Benjamin Tucker and Colin Ward. One anarchist book that helped steer me towards economic individualism was Ursula LeGuin's novel THE DISPOSSESSED — probably not the effect she meant for that book to have, but it's not a completely crazy reading of the text. The protagonist does shake up a stultifying society by bringing in a little competition.
I was sympathetic to a lot of what I was reading in those books, which isn't to say I embraced every position they took. I remember reading an Alexander Berkman book in high school and nodding along with a lot of what he said, but also thinking that his arguments about crime drying up under anarchy seemed pretty vague and naive. And his argument that productive property should be held in common because all labor is social was…well, let's just say I thought a few steps in the argument were missing.
Getting to the second half of your question: The relationship between anarchism and libertarianism is that they overlap. Not all libertarians are anarchists and not all anarchists are libertarians, but there's an intersection.
Ron Paul had a strange coallition of supporters that I like to call the
Rainbow Coalition of the right. Could this coalition survive after Ron
It already is, isn't it? I mean, Paul's still around, but he isn't running for anything, and his various sorts of supporters are still finding things to work together on. And not just the stuff they associate with Ron Paul.
Left libertarianism had great icons like Karl Hess with his project of
libertarian communes, Robert Anton Wilson with his anti-authoritarian
literature and SEK III with his counter economic. How do you see its
There are many different definitions of "left libertarianism" out there, not all of them compatible with each other. But these days when I hear the phrase "left libertarian," the first group that comes to mind are the C4SS people. They're certainly the group most likely to simultaneously be fans of Hess, Wilson, and Konkin. Though even there you can see separate threads that under other circumstances might not be closely entwined. There are libertarians who are interested in C4SS-style economics but who aren't so crazy about their cultural concerns, and vice versa.
At any rate: Broadly speaking, the project of combining libertarianism and the radical left is probably more popular right now than it's been since the '70s. The Internet has made it a lot easier for people with those leanings to find each other, and a lot of them did just that, especially after the Ron Paul boom of 2007-08 brought a lot of new people into the libertarian movement.
El Alto and Kurdistan are according to your wrintings radical examples
of self organization. Could these mean that anarchism is working well?
I don't think I've ever described Kurdistan as a radical example of self-organization. I wrote Anarchy in Kurdistan that mentioned the Bookchinite experiments out there, but it didn't try to assess how well they're working. It linked to both supporters and skeptics and let readers muddle through the contending accounts for themselves.
I certainly hope the supporters are right. While I'm not a huge Murray Bookchin fan, Bookchinism is certainly far preferable to the other major ideological contenders in that corner of the world.
El Alto is another matter. The self-organization there, and in other places built by urban squatters, is pretty amazing. And yes, it really is very anarchistic, though of course it's embedded in a larger statist system.
After writing The United States of Paranoia. Do you think libertarians
are more paranoid than regular americans?
We tend to be more paranoid about the government, and we tend to be less paranoid about the things that the government is paranoid about. So let's call it a wash.
Are you thinking in write another book?
Yeah, but I'm not ready to talk in public about it yet. I'm still doing some preliminary reading and figuring out if there's a full book in the idea.


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Engie kicks off Cairnborrow build
10-turbine Aberdeenshire wind farm will require £13m investment
West Coast Energy has kicked off construction at the consented 10MW Cairnborrow Wind Farm in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.
Construction began last Monday at the site near Huntly and is expected to wrap up by late 2016. The developer won consent for the fifth turbine at the beginning of the summer.
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West Coast Energy is a subsidiary of Engie, the French multinational utility previously known as GDF Suez.
West Coast Energy project manager Paul Vernon said: "Cairnborrow is a significant renewable energy development for Aberdeenshire: as well as making an important contribution to Scotland's carbon reduction targets, and providing circa £13 million pounds of infrastructure investment, the local community will also benefit via our community benefit funding commitment.
"We hope to complete the construction of the wind farm as quickly and efficiently as possible to minimise any potential disruption to local people."
The local community will receive £5000 per year for each installed MW or 10% of the profits during the project's 25-year lifespan.
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We had dinner over at Allison and Jon Michael's a few weeks ago. Because it was before J's birthday, they made brownies and Jude wanted to sing Happy Birthday to him.
RaRa ordered this shirt for J. I can't wait for him to wear this!!!
I just love this picture!!! He is constantly kissing on my Bennett bump. He is now saying, "We will meet him soon."
J has really gotten into listening to CDs at night. It's something he and Daddy do together.
Birthday dinner at IHOP for pancakes. J loves pancakes for dinner!!!
We have had unseasonably warm temps for February, so Saturday evening before dinner we went to the park.


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Well, I'm here.
Fayetteville Tennessee.
I thought I'd give you a little tour.
This is my parents little brick ranch.
This is my parents little brick ranch.
I will be calling it my home for...
well, a while.
Why,"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly",
because that's how I see this journey.
"The Good"
Spending quality time with my parents
and making a difference in their lives.
"The Bad"
The emotional rollercoaster
I just got on.
"The Ugly"
The little brick ranch.
Outside it's really quite pretty.
Especially now in Spring.
The house overlooks three fields.
One across the road, and one on each side of the house,
both of which they own.
Our neighbor raises cattle and the view is nice right now.
He has a little pond in the middle of his field
that we can see through the trees.
My mom and Dad inherited this home from my uncle
about 15 years ago.
Uncle James was not much on curb appeal,
this is our only flowering tree on the whole place.
Mom and Dad aren't much on aesthetics either.
Little story:
When I arrived my Mom had two silk ferns in these urns,
they had been there forever, in fact once I took them out and they somehow found their way back.
Well, once again I plucked them out, thinking
I can't live with this,
I placed them on our garbage pile in my Dad's shed.
Later, taking a little walk this is what I found.
Dad had taken them out of the garbage and thrown them into the woods
I've been here sixteen days and just got my internet connected today.
I hope to be posting on a regular basis,
join me.


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On a horsey forum recently I read that it was important for a horse to be taught the aids: legs, whip and hands. I was disappointed to learn that horses were being thought of a such a simple machine. There are so many lower gears available before you even use a physical pressure, gears that enable you to avoid the less subtle, clunky gears - thought, breath, and feel, energy and intent, even tone of voice.
This morning we worked on some of this with Dottie as well as getting her used to her new bit which is one of a range made my Hilary Vernon.
The bit is a Harmony D cheek snaffle which is has the benefit of neat joints and a round lozenge. The D cheeks give some guidance for steering. This too is a lot less clunky than the Fulmer flat plate French link tat she came with. In any event we have some work to do on asking her not to brace against the bit, something that is instinctive but also a product of being reinforced.
Although we did the same as last week, Vanessa and Dottie have made a lot of progress and went off line for the first time. Dottie seemed very calm and happy.


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NEW YORK - — RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp. Chief Executive Steven Goldstone said the tobacco industry might consider settling liability lawsuits if the terms were right.
While he wouldn't say what form of settlement would be acceptable, Goldstone said the industry might consider paying for the costs associated with smoking in exchange for the U.S. government granting it immunity from smoking-liability claims.
"I don't know of a way, but I do know that it isn't the kind of thing that the tobacco industry would try to obstruct, because we know that litigation is not good for our companies," he told the Financial Times of London.
The government, though, would never agree to future immunity, analysts said.
"You're never going to see Congress do that, not with this industry," said Gary Black, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. "That's about the same probability as saying it's going to be snowing in July in New York."
The statements by Goldstone, who in December was named CEO of the nation's second-largest cigarette company, follow financier Bennett LeBow's March 13 announcement that his Brooke Group Ltd. agreed to settle two major sets of liability claims against the industry.
That made Miami-based Brooke, the maker of Eve and Chesterfield cigarettes, the first tobacco company to settle such a lawsuit in more than 40 years of litigation.
Other tobacco companies, including RJR, derided the move by the smallest of the five major U.S. cigarette makers and said they had no intention of settling any of the lawsuits.
Still, Goldstone said the industry isn't opposed to compromise.
"That doesn't mean that legislative, executive, political, social and other sources can't be brought together to resolve this issue," he said. "Nor does it mean that the tobacco industry has such a fight-to-the-death mentality that it would ignore eminently reasonable solutions."
In other news, documents generated in the 1960s by a research organization supported by the tobacco industry can be viewed by Janet Sackman, a former cigarette model who is suing The Liggett Group Inc. for fraud.


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Riding a dog
Today I went hiking again on the Billy Goat trail. I like it more and more for the convenience it affords: close to DC and safe enough to be done alone (although some incident may disprove this..). As I approach the trail I see a large dog and a toddler holding a leash and walking by its side. What make the scene remarkable is that the dog is larger than the child. This kid could easily ride that dog and she may be thinking of it as her steps are still uncertain and not completely stable. The dog is walking at the kid's pace, clearly knowing that any faster would be impossible for that child to follow. I can't decide who is the more admirable sight. The dog or the child.


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In Reply to: Save the drama for your momma - life ain't fair! posted by TechnoViolent on May 16, 2001 at 15:11:20:
The dealer assumes that risk as part of doing business, when they receive the car. The "up-side" of the equation for the dealer is that Play may have been willing to pay the extra $$$ to repair the bushing. If they had not tried to gouge his ass, he prolly would have gotten everything done and everybody would be happy. The stealer fucked up the scenario.
Just go the fuck over there and demand your car back! Make a whole lot of noise, get ignorant, whatever it takes. You took the car in for an alignment, not bushing diagnosis. If they couldn't do the job contracted for, then they don't get paid. Period. You don't have to pay squat. If you pay a single dime, then you've let them run up in ya and take a joy ride in your anal orifice. Just be a man and go get your car back from those suckas! First, you gotta stop crying, though . . .
Now they won't let me speak to the manager. What is that. Is there anything I can do?
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#PokémonGo is not AR
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No matter how many ill-informed writers say so, Pokémon Go is not augmented reality (AR). This TechCrunch article gives a good breakdown of what AR, mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR) are.
For a device to offer augmented reality, it must first place a virtual or digital layer over a capture of reality. The additional layer must provide added value to what we already experience without it. The CC-licensed image above is a classic example.
Other examples include, but are not limited to, LEGO AR, Layar, Blippar, and Junaio by Metaio (acquired by Apple).
In good examples of AR, the digital layer "interacts" and adds value to the real layer, e.g., additional visualisation like innards of an object or provide historical context with artefacts like photos.
The camera in Pokémon Go layers animated Pokémon over whatever the phone camera captures. However, it is not augmenting reality or interacting with it in any useful way, other than to take photos with Pokémon.
If anything, leaving the camera on drains the phone battery, might make capturing Pokémon more difficult due to visual distraction, and possibly cause the app to crash due to increased memory use and processing.
Sites that curate expert tips on Pokémon Go recommend toggling the camera off [example 1] [example 2]. This makes Pokémon Go a location-aware app, not an AR one.
I grant that the tweeted example above is a creative method of digital storytelling. The reality of the cat is augmented by the animation of Psyduck, but this does nothing for gameplay. There are also other methods (e.g., Photoshop) that lead to the same end and other methods (e.g., animation, video production) that can develop deeper thinking and skills.
The TechCrunch article makes the point that the meaning of AR might change as the masses see fit. But that is not a good enough reason to let AR be a catch-all term. Doing this can be harmful and I illustrate with two examples.
Example 1: Earlier this year I was part of a committee that reviewed research grant proposals. One proposal used AR/VR in its title to sound impressive. It was actually a vendor's version of QR codes. We gave nice but firm feedback not to mislead.
A loose or weak definition of AR might lead to poor implementation of technology integration. If we had given the "AR/VR" project the go ahead, this would have resulted in misplaced justification of resources, lesson planning, and data collection. The theoretical basis — the why of doing this — would have been wrong because the effort was built on the wrong foundations. The foundations should be QR and its educational psychology, not AR/VR and its potential effects.
Example 2: Occasionally I meet people who want to "gamify" instruction. However, they do not draw any distinctions between game-based learning and gamification. There are overlaps between the two, but there are also differences and research on the two.
It is lazy to just focus only on the overlaps or to "use common sense". The overlaps are not a more complete picture and common sense is not the same as making data-informed decisions or relying on distilled wisdoms.
So while I appreciate articles like this that get teachers to think of ways to learn from Pokémon Go, they might not nurture the sort of critical thinking that teachers must possess before modelling them.
To be clear, I am not critiquing the lesson ideas in the article. I am addressing the uncritical definition of AR. I am also against the low-hanging rationales like "keep them engaged and motivated" and "increase in maths and science scores" of using games like Pokémon Go, but that is for another reflection.
I am all for enthusiasm that Pokémon Go might generate among teachers and educators. I myself play it with my son to promote social learning. But I cannot sit idly by if the enthusiasm is blind, deaf, or dumb.


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We are actively seeking a Class 1 driver to work for a well known company based in Melton Mowbray. This a full time position which will lead to a permanent contract.
A successful candidate will work through the agency for 12 weeks and will then be offered a permanent contract.
Start time will be between 06:30 - 07:00 - shifts last for around 10 hours a day - working on a 4 on 2 off basis.
No night work or nights out - no handballing. Experience is desired however they are looking for a driver with a good mentality, strong work ethic, they are willing to train the right person up. Will be required to work bank holidays, weekends as you will be on a rota.
Each run may vary on how many drops you do - could be 1 collection, could be 15. This will still be within the 10 hour time frame as the collections will be close together.
Only collect or deliver from/to Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
Once you go permanent you will be entitled to over time rates at time and a half and double time on sundays and bank holidays.
Permanent drivers also get an annual bonus.
It is very much so a job for life - good community and once a driver is in it is very rare it that they leave until they retire. They have drivers who have been there for 20-30 years.
Once permanent, holidays will start at 20 days per year plus bank holidays (works out to around 28 days) it will increase with amount of service.
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This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Barker Ross Group who is acting as a recruitment agency.


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Well ever since the "blog-era" started one of the most common things to post about has been "Today's outfit". So I was thinking, why don't I do that too? Iam sure all of you are curious to know what I wear and how I look like. So during the day I WILL be posting the picture of my outfit.
But I can't now, I have things waiting to be done. But stay tuned because anytime during the day you'll see me here on my blog in flesh and blood(yuck, but that's how the expression goes right?)
See you later!
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Two killed, three injured in car crash
There are 39 comments on the Kansas City Star story from Mar 25, 2007, titled Two killed, three injured in car crash. In it, Kansas City Star reports that:Two women were killed Saturday night and three other people injured in a car accident on Missouri Highway 13 near Clinton, Mo.
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#1 Mar 27, 2007
I've never seen a Mustang yet that wasn't doing 20-30mph over the speed limit. I'm glad that wasn't my mother coming the other way.
#2 Mar 27, 2007
Speed kills. How many times have we heard that! People hear about these tragedies every day, but no one seems to be paying much attention or they wouldn't go right out on the highway and start driving like the Indy, cutting in and out of traffic and generally just driving carelessly!
#3 Mar 28, 2007
You need more information before you make a snap judgement. The information that I have says that she was not driving 20-30 mph over the limit, but that the driver over-corrected when her passenger side front-tire ran slightly off the shoulder. This wasn't a 'careless' or 'wreckless' error, but rather one of driver inexperience which I'm certain that the two of you have been through that as well. It is a tragedy for everyone involved.
#4 Mar 29, 2007
You're right and I stand corrected. Some crisis you meet on the road happen so fast you barely have time to think, let alone react. I apologize for the judgement, however, in regards to driving in general, sometimes I feel like I'm the lone person who does the speed limit, slows down in work zones and doesn't weave in and out of traffic. It gets more dangerous out there every day, and I believe alot of it is just because the roads are too darn crowded! People do need to slow down and drive more responsibly. But everyone hates to hear about fatalities, nevertheless.
#5 Mar 29, 2007
from what I have heard on some earier comments, was that hwy 13 was not a very safe hwy. I am not from mo. and I dont know the way that hwy is made and all the problems others have had with it as well. We do need are facts straight and need all the information from the police reports before making such statements. Just so you know, your not the only person girlygirl that follows all the rules of the road. I do as well. I however think we are all guilty of looking at our speedometer and realize that we to are going faster than we should be going.If hwy 13 is as bad as I've heard then the community needs to come togethier as a whole and bring it up with modot and others in charge of that state. Also are we all forgeting that there was one survivor from the mustang. Maybe when hes well he could shed some light on the situation, but maybe it happened so fast he
may not be able to remember. We all still need to keep all the families in this accident in our thoughts and prayers.
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#6 Mar 30, 2007
I drive an 18 wheeler and see first hand more accidents than most do. I drive 20- 30 states a year. And you just never know when its your turn to go
#7 Mar 31, 2007
I am Melinda's mother. That was my baby in that car, with her best friend. How dare you judge with your mighty mouth without knowing the true facts of what happened because neither car was speeding nor were there any drugs or alcohol involved. I doubt you know, or will ever know the feeling of loosing your only child, then to hear people like you talking trash when you don't know the facts. God forgive you.....................
#8 Mar 31, 2007
How dare you use your mouth to JUDGE 2-young girls about this accident before you know all the facts. It's not the Mustang that cause the accident it's a very bad hwy with no shoulder. You mouth should be use to pray for the girls families, and the survivors, not JUDGING them. If you think the roads are to crowned then walk ride a bike. Just for the record most people try and follow the rules of the road, but things happen. I wonder if you have ever lost a dear friend or family member to a accident. Losing a child is one of the hardest things in this life time to have to go through. The heart ache and healing is a long road. God forgive you for Judging people you don't know. My heart goes out to Melinda's Mom Vicki, and the other girl's parent and family and the 3 survivors of this tragedy accident.
#9 Apr 1, 2007
Both Kansas City people. You hear about accidents all the time, but just stop a moment think about what it would be like to live in the moment of an accident. I have and anyone who has should know how it feels. HWYS are bad no matter where they are it is how they are made I have lost my preacher and one of doctors and also a very close friend. All the accidents were not their faults in fact they were are two lane highways no shoulders. In this mighty world there is only one judge and he is our creator. SO Judge not or be judged take your pick.
I for one do not like driving in the dark and that is when most accidents occur and it is not cars that kill it is the roads even if you are driving safe. My thoughts are with the family and friends who lost someone very dear to them.
#10 Apr 1, 2007
Let me begin by saying that my thoughts and prayers are with the families of both girls. Before unfairly judging anyone put yourself in their shoes and since that is not possible we do not really know what happened in the last minutes of these young peoples lives. I have a young adult and I have been driving since I was 14 there are many different circumstances that occur while driving and sometimes you don't have time to think all you can do is react. Don't judge someone without knowing all the facts and the circumstances surrounding the accident. Instead of judging these young people you should put your energy into working toward better roads and highways and also praying for the families of those that were lost. You also need to ask for forgiveness for your stupidity in unfairly judging other individuals. It is the Lord's place to judge not ours!!!!!
#11 Apr 2, 2007
i'm sorry all this had to happen.there wouldn't have to be no tears.....
#12 Apr 3, 2007
If this was meant for me, I wasn't judging anybody. What happened was a tragedy. However the fact remains that there is way too much carelessness on the road. I just stated a fact. Oh, by the way, I have lost 2 immediate family members in horrific accidents on the road and my sympathy goes out to you and your family.
#13 Apr 3, 2007
i meant to say i'm sorry the accident happened. Girly girl, this is just a tight matter and i'm sure it was also a misunderstanding. i'm sorry for your losses as well.
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#14 Apr 4, 2007
The note from my aunt vicki was aimed at the comment at the very top from the anonymous person about the mustang.....
#15 Apr 18, 2007
That is the most boldfaced god damn lie i have ever heard my little sister whom was the owner of that mustang was a great driver and SHE DID NOT SPEED YOU DILL HOLES! and her best friend who just so happened to be driving that nite was afraid of speed!!!!! So know who your talkin bout before you say shit you aholes have some god damn sympathy !!!!!!!!!!
#16 Apr 18, 2007
why dont you worry about the stuff thats happening in your life instead of what my little sister was doing that night
#17 Apr 18, 2007
That is absolutley right melinda was (is) my little sister and our family does not need n e more termoil from these stupid people who didnt even know her i am also tammys little sister
#18 Apr 18, 2007
EXACTLEY!!!!!!!!!! Vicki i love you and will always be there for you nobody will ever know what we feel!
#19 Apr 18, 2007
This is one of melindas older sisters in mo and i absolutley agree i know clayton is ok so light will be shead on this tragedy
#20 Apr 18, 2007
ok you need to get this straight right now you did not know my little sister so how about you kick rocks and worry about yourself
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I've spent the last few months trying (and failing) to stay sane. Not gonna lie, I'm a lump on a log (or you know, a couch). I'm just overwhelmed with appointments and sickness (thank you, preschool, for that).
First, Halle is doing well. She still has issues but we are moving forward in the hopes that she will outgrow them. She still takes reflux medication and we have also added milk of magnesia daily because, ironically, she gets constipated now instead of having diarrhea all the time. She's still on the Elecare, but we are pretty certain she has a slight allergy to something in it because she always has a rash on her chest, back, and neck. She goes to have allergy testing done next month before we venture any further into the land of solid foods, because we had some allergic reactions. She's 18 lbs give or take, and 27" long. She's a really happy baby 99 percent of the time. Super easy going, unlike big brother!
Speaking of big brother, Dawson is doing pretty great with preschool. He's learning slowly to control his actions and we are really pleased with his progress. He's still a potty nightmare, but I figure that will come with time. He loves Halle to itty bitty pieces and watching the two of them interact is priceless. Dawson is 43" tall and 41 lbs. I can't believe how much he has grown just in the last year.. But I also can't believe I can say I have a 4 year old. He drives me absolutely nuts but makes me smile and laugh regularly too!
As for me? Well, I'm hanging in here. I think right now I'm just going through the motions. I got a new psychiatrist and started a new medication, but I don't think it's done a lot for my depression yet. I was on zoloft, but it wasn't helping at all. My anxiety seemed (seems, let's be honest) worse than ever. My insomnia is back as well. Part of the problem, I'm aware, is that I'm not getting any exercise. That was my main stress and anxiety buster before I got pregnant with Halle. I haven't been up to any of that because little miss Halle did some damage to my nerves upon her exit and walking/running isn't possible right now except when I need to. However, I'm in physical therapy trying to resolve that. See what I mean with all the appointments? Between myself, Halle, and Dawson, it's hard to keep up!
But I'll be back to blogging regularly very soon.. I have a big life change I'm going to be making and I'll want to share. Stay tuned!


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We are getting ready for another unit test in Social Studies, which means it's time to create a study guide. I've always created these for my kids for the first 3 marking periods, and then set them loose (now that they know how to go about it) to create their own during the last marking period of the year. This year, as I began to put together the most recent study guide, I thought, "why am I waiting for the last marking period to involve my kids, why not now??" So, on Tuesday, that is exactly what I did.
Just as I do for the study guides I put together, I asked my students to think of the unit in three sections:
- vocabulary
- important people
- essential questions
Each table group worked with dry erase boards to look through their notes/text book/etc. and come up with important vocabulary we had covered. While this was going on, I opened a google docs page and got ready – soon they were calling out their contributions and I was adding these to our study guide. We learned to group vocabulary around ideas – to make studying them more efficient. Next, we used the same procedure to identify key people – again, grouping people together when possible (John Adams, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams – for instance. So far so good.
The essential questions were harder, but this is where some real learning took place. "Little questions" were expanded or combined to create broad, "big idea" essential questions – this took a lot of conversation and thinking, but my kids were soon able to do this. There were great conversations about "big ideas" as they worked to create these questions. As I helped these conversations along, I began to realize that this sort of thinking was directly related to those Common Core standards I'm working so hard to integrate into my curriculum. Hooray!! The best part, though, was the fact that my kids were actually reviewing the unit pretty comprehensively as they worked through formulating these questions. A beautiful thing!
Although it was a time consuming and (let's be honest here) messy enterprise, this is my new best thing: the class created study guide. We're never going back to a teacher-generated format again!


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Cooper CS5 Ultra Touring tires are the latest and arguably the best tire model in the company's prestigious lineup. Billed as one of the most premium touring tire, this all season tire model is indeed geared its focus towards its everyday drivability; not only focusing on the smooth performance and lack of noises, the CS5 Ultra Touring is also focusing on its traction variety to cater to any weather as well as any real life road conditions. Scorching hot summer or icy roads in the winter, it does not matter for these sturdy and snow-rated tires.
Cooper CS5 Ultra Touring tires: real performance for real conditions
Being a tire model with a focus on comfort, it is more than obvious that the CS5 Ultra Touring is not exactly built to tackle any autocross related course. This fact, however, does not necessarily mean that the manufacturer conveniently neglect the dynamic aspect of driving altogether. As evidenced by the extraordinary features and the asymmetrical pattern of the tread; all of which allow the tires to effortlessly withstand the demanding rigors associated with daily driving.
As it has already been stated beforehand, the CS5 Ultra Touring tires are equipped with asymmetrical pattern, this unique pattern is unlike the other. While it is true that this feature is not a new invention due to the fact that many tires are equipped with grooves intended to tackle water, the manufacturer makes the thin sipes of Cooper CS5 Ultra Touring a little different. The cuts are deeper and more precise, with interlocking ridges which serves as a stabilizer. Not only does it prolong the tire's life, it also effectively maximizes the tire contact to the surface – promoting better performance and even wear.
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This tire model also features the Cooper signature system called Stabiledge in the form of tiny-sized bumpers which improves the tires' traction as well as their turning response. The grip is another reason why this tire model is a perfect fit for many car owners; it does not matter whether you are driving on a wet pavement or a dry pavement, the CS5 Ultra Touring provides drivers with astounding amount of grip on any pavement or road condition. Not only that, they are also incredibly responsive making dealing with any sharp turn and sudden brake input a breeze.
Many car drivers who commute on a daily basis are well-aware of how road condition greatly affects the car ride. The jostling from side to side, the weather, the road condition; everything. However this premium tire model are widely considered as one of the best all season tires for many of them, and the praises are not at all an exaggeration. As evidenced from our test, the CS5 Ultra Touring provides impressive stability even when driven on a tough surface. This stability also can be seen from its impressive traction when the car jostles rather violently; instead of breaking loose, it stays intact on its path. Better yet? Those who are into smooth and quiet drive will be pleased when they find out road noises are muffled by Cooper CS5 Ultra Touring.


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In the world of the Heretic Kingdoms, a world where God is dead and religion heresy, you are cast as a young female inquisitor, working to stamp out the last remnants of religion. On instructions to destroy a relic which the Inquisition considers to be a significant threat, you are drawn into a war between two warring secret societies – a conspiracy of mages whose goal is true power, and a shadowy cult who seeks to resurrect the Dead God.
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As part of the 'Matter of Life and Death' programme of events in South Dublin County this April, the County Library, Tallaght presents a talk by Liz Gillis
'Kilmainham Gaol and the Execution of the 1916 Rising Leaders'
on Wednesday 8th April at 7:00 pm.
All welcome but please book on 01 4620073 or email@example.com
Liz Gillis is the author of several books on the revolutionary period, including 'Women of the Irish Revolution', recently published by Mercier Press. She also works as a tour guide at Kilmainham Gaol.


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How powerful music can be in our lives! I have always related well to lyrics of songs and have even used them to express how I feel. This song by Mindy Gledhill says it beautifully when she asks, "Why would the King of heaven and earth bow down to free me?" As I watch videos of my Savior's final earthly days, of the torture He endured, the weight He carried, I always find myself wondering, what have I done to deserve such an act of love? Why would He do that for me, as insignificant and human as I am? Understanding the love of the Lord is beyond comprehension but we are reminded often of His love when we read the scriptures that tell of His infinite task, of His willingness on our behalf. Isaiah 53:3-5 is a very humbling scripture reference:
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
That Christ would suffer the very private and personal emotions I have experienced so far in my life puzzles me. But I do not doubt that He did and that He loves me. Gratitude for such an act of mercy becomes my solution in how I live my life because of His sacrifice. Jesus is the Christ! He is my Redeemer! Why would the King of heaven and earth bow down to free me? I do not know but I'm eternally grateful He did. I too 'will answer to that voice that ever calls from those Garden Walls.'
The lights within Jerusalem are gone.
But there is one who will not sleep at all.
He will call upon the powers of heaven, deep within a gardens walls.
A voice breaks through the silence in the night.
Branches shake to hear a grown man cry.
Oh he cries and feels the sting of death inside but he wont ask why.
Through the years and cross the deep blue sea, comes this mystery.
Why would the King of Heaven and Earth bow down to free me?
Footsteps in the sand are drawing nigh.
Raging voices echo in the sky.
Angry eyes cant see that the man they sent to die, offers life.
Through the years and cross the deep blue see, comes this mystery.
Why would the King of Heaven and Earth bow down to free me?
Two thousand years and cross the deep blue see, wondrous mystery.
The King of all creation came to free me.
The lights within the city now are gone.
But there is one that cannot sleep at all.
I will answer to the voice that ever calls from those Garden Walls.


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Consumers shop around most for clothes: study
Kubas Primedia tells MiC how brands can cut through the clutter when consumers are shopping.
According to a report published by Toronto-based Kubas Primedia, consumers are more likely to shop around for clothing and personal care items – with an average of four store visits – than furniture, sporting goods, major appliances, prescription drugs or any of the other product categories examined.
The 2011 Major Market Retail Report (MMRR) examines retailer performance in Canada, and results from 1,520 consumer surveys were used to compile a mini-analysis on shopping behaviour. The report shows the average number of consumer store visits in each of the 33 product categories.
Consumers were found to spend more time shopping for women's wear, footwear and personal care items (visiting three to four stores on average), then for furniture and appliances (two to three). Prescription drugs sits at the bottom of the list, with an average of 1.4 store visits.
The report suggests the reason consumers put more effort into shopping for clothing is a result of market congestion with a large number of brands and stores to choose from, so in-store efforts should be catered to sell to indecisive consumers.
"Retailers should have an adequate number of qualified sales staff to help shoppers find what might be appropriate for them and to get them over the purchase decision point," Ed Strapagiel, executive VP, Kubas Primedia tells MiC.
"They should organize and sign the merchandise really well to make it easy to find the right size, colour, or whatever." He adds. "They should have a compelling in-store environment and attractive displays to keep shoppers in the store – the longer they linger, the better the chance of making a sale."
The study also proposes that retailers in product categories with a high level of shopping should focus on promoting to convert existing traffic, rather than to gain new traffic.
"In women's wear for example, walk-out rates can be 90%+," he explains. "The retailer can use external advertising and promotion to get more people in the door, but that investment can be horribly inefficient if 90% of the additional traffic walks out empty-handed."
"The suggestion therefore is to first focus on converting existing traffic by making internal investments to improve point of sale performance," he says. "Once you get good at that, the second part is to figure out which shoppers convert best and why, and then use highly targeted external ad and promo to get more of them."
For retailers in the least shopped product categories, such as prescriptions drugs and communications electronics, the report states that a consumer will remain loyal because of the accounts they hold with pharmacies or long-term contracts with phone networks. It advises implementing an innovative strategy that will work to pry consumers from existing competitors.
Additionally, the report published the Market Share Potential (MSP) of the top three retailers in each category, indicating the level of competition in each. Canadian Tire, Home Depot and Rona were found to have a combined MSP of 60% in the hardware and home improvement category with an average of 2.5 store visits by consumers.


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This is a diary of my life today for friends and family,past and present who live too far to keep in touch. For those who know me and those who don't, hi, cheers, welcome. Born in the UK to an English Father and Russian emigré Mother I married a Spaniard and have lived in Spain for more than half my life. Mother to two wonderful daughters, I am a PR professional in the telecoms sector passionate about my family, our dogs, travelling, food, films, the outdoors, social media and this blog.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Pensión El Bosque open again – visitors from Yecla. Lazy August days, visit to Copenhagen.
Hello again
So when it looked like the whole family were back together again, my Father went off to Copenhagen for a week. Not bad for an 88 year old to travel that far on his own. Judging from the phone calls he's having a great time. My father loves the Nordic countries and this must be his 3rd or 4th visit to the Danish capital. He will have visited Malmo across the bridge (the 3rd biggest Swedish town), Hamlet's castle in Elsingor, the home town of Hans Christian Anderson and of course the museums, his favourite being one of Viking ships being an old "sailor" himself.
So the 4 of us were left alone together – the nuclear family, but not for long because a couple of days after my Father left, Merce and Josema from Yecla came to visit and The "Pensión El Bosque" was reopened after the holidays. Merce is a friend of the girls from their younger Santa Pola days. They come from Yecla, a smallish town in Murcia famous for furniture and wine, where, according to Josema, Merce's boyfriend, there are more luxury cars per capita than any other town in Spain! They are guests we will love to welcome again as they came with their arms full of delicious local produce including 2 kilos of wonderful smelling home grown peaches.
So I have been very busy in the kitchen this last week cooking for many hungry young people, but also have had time to enjoy the afternoons spent lazily by the pool, reading, drinking tea and chatting with Eladio. I must add that this is always after a lovely long Spanish siesta.
Tomorrow there will be more cooking as my dear friend Julio will be coming for the now traditional summer lunch of "cocido madrileño". He comes every year and I always cook his favourite dish, "cocido". It is actually a very heavy winter dish; a sort of vegetable and meat stew where the main ingredient is the Spanish "garbanzo" or chick peas. So it's a bit of a contrast to eat it in the summer, but then none of us are really very conventional in this home.
As they say at the end of the cartoons, "that's all for the moment folks".
All the best until the next post.
PS the picture is of Josema and Merce who came to stay last week.
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Member of the parliamentary foreign: legitimacy and the world with us in Turkish troops
2016/10/5 14:30
{Baghdad: Euphrates news}
Rep member Abbas Bayati, foreign relations, its depth of the sea that the legality and the Nations of the world with us in Turkish forces from Iraqi territory.
Al-Bayati said in a statement Wednesday {Euphrates news} "still can one mediate through diplomatic and official conflict pay Turkish troops out of Iraqi territory."
He stressed that "no till now legal and legitimate right of claim by Turkish troops, adding that the Nations of the world with us in that direction," probable "If the Turkish troops ' insistence on staying inside, then the Iraqi Government will have the means and tools that drive the troops to withdraw."
The Deputy called the National Alliance, Ferdous Al Awadi, Wednesday, the Iraqi Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to resort to the UN Security Council to end the Turkish military intervention in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by her Office.
It is said that, the Turkish Government has offered 20 September last, a Parliament, a warrant to extend their power, when necessary, operations in Iraq and Syria, for another year.
For his part, the Turkish Parliament Saturday renewed {October 1}, delegated to the Turkish Government to send armed forces abroad for military operations in Syria and Iraq when necessary and under "address any potential attacks have exposed the State of any terrorist organizations."
And Congress voted during Tuesday's meeting, the decision to reject the Turkish Parliament's decision to extend the survival of Turkish troops inside Iraq, with the House of representatives rejected the incursion of Turkish troops in Iraq, and refused the presence of any other forces.
According to the decision of the Parliament, "Iraqi Government, Turkish Ambassador in Baghdad and handed over a note of protest to reject the presence of Turkish troops and all attacks on Iraqi soil, and on the Government to take all legal and diplomatic procedures required to save the sovereignty of Iraq and reconsider the trade and economic ties with Turkey."
The resolution included, also, the Government took swift steps to ask the United Nations Security Council and the Arabic League action to eject the Turkish forces and the Iraqi Government as Turkish forces into Iraqi territory occupied and hostile forces, and take care to handle and remove them from the territory of Iraq if Iraqi demands and did not respond to the request of the competent judicial authorities to move lawsuits to hold Iraqi troops entering claimants, launch support and statements justifying their existence, as well as the House rejects and condemns the Turkish leader Erdogan and finds it's divisive among the components of the people .
The Prime Minister said Haidar Abadi, yesterday said that Iraq doesn't want war with Turkey over its entry into the territory of Iraq, stressing that "the entry of foreign troops into Iraq to determine which mode is not permitted at all and reject any presence of foreign troops on Iraqi soil as afraid to turn Turkish adventure to a regional confrontation.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced, today, she decided to call the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Farouq kaimkgi, on the background of Turkish provocative statements on the Edit battle with Turkish foreign summoned connector, the Iraqi Ambassador in Ankara Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim Allawi, protesting the House resolution, the judge rejected the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil.
The Iraqi-Turkish relations, witness the tug, on the background of Turkey published last November in the Western town of Mosul's mistress, claiming that the aim is to train Iraqi group to address displayed is flag although Iraqi Government considered their presence was illegal and did not request or consent of Iraq and not welcome and that they withdraw.
The Iraqi Government has asked Ankara to withdraw its troops immediately occupied being infringement of national sovereignty, and made a complaint to the UN Security Council, Turkey shall refrain from doing dragging these conflicting statements once divorced forces withdraw and once with what it calls the redeployment. "
Iraq had asked last January, in a speech delivered by Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari told the UN Security Council, Turkey's claim includes a clear resolution to withdraw immediately and to condemn the illegal incursion.
Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, Foreign Minister hinted that a military option against the Turkish incursion, saying "no military agreement with any States violate Iraqi sovereignty


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Well, this week marks the end of my first week at cosmetology school. I just wanted to say a few words about the things I learned, and what I enjoyed. My first day started out really great, all the ladies were very nice, and helpful in helping me figure stuff out, one of them even went as far as to take me outside during a break to meet some of the senior students. :) During the week we worked on hair coloring which was really fun ! :) I didn't know I could learn so much in a matter of a week! We then ended the week (today) with a field trip! Really exciting, we went to a women's business expo, and a few boutiques that were set up around the corner, I really enjoyed seeing so many different business ventures all owned by women! I even won a necklace in a raffle ! It wasn't really my style but I think my grandma will really like it so I'll give it to her :) Another amazing thing that happened this week is I got my kit! My gosh what an amazing kit it is, it really is everything I could ever need, I will definitely be doing reviews on all of the products . The great thing about my school is that Dermalogica is a partner, along with chi! Which excites me even more to be able to bring you great reviews from both lines, I've started a regiment with my Dermalogica kit, I'm gonna wait about a week to make a review. I'll give my review on my babyliss pro tools such as my flat iron, marcel iron (curling iron), and my blow dryer. I've only used the flat iron and blow dryer so far and it's great! Can't wait to give a review on it ! :)
Well, let me end my rant on my excitement from cosmetology school, and things . Haha I've been thinking about doing a giveaway around the holidays would any of you like that? What kind of things would you like to see in the giveaway? I was thinking of doing one of the following
- OPI Nail Polish
- Sexy Hair gift set
Look out for my reviews coming out later this week!
Have a great night ladies !


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So, at some point I mentioned that I had changed up my morning practice to accommodate my super cranky hips and lower back. Here is what my morning practice has been looking like lately. My intention was to gently warm things up while creating some strength and stability in my hips. So far, so much better 🙂 ahhhh Happy Practicing!… Read more →
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Still in the body: Emotionally Constipated
Damn ya'll, I have hit a big snag in my mmmmm… voyage into the body. My emotions are literally fucking me up. I was in pain. No, really I was in break-out the whiskey and bite a stick because you are about to cut something off pain. It started as a twinge in my right hip. I thought it was due… Read more →
Kinda back in the body: Feel the fear
As I continue my journey to being fully engaged in my body in the present moment I feel so much fear. Fear is deep within me. It quietly saps my will and makes everything so much harder than it needs to be. Fear pools up in my lower back causing pain and a bit of low-key mayhem. Fear tells me I… Read more →
Still in the body: Transforming nature of Emotions
So, I am still working through Peter Levine's book: Healing Trauma. I am currently at an exercise where he asks that you track sensations in the body as preparation for sitting with your emotions. After grounding and centering yourself, he suggests that you sit with whatever emotion comes up. He asks that you observe and feel said emotion in your… Read more →
Yoga and Herbs to the rescue: Terror and Panic
So as I continue to ease off the crazy amount of tinctures I was taking a couple of things began to emerge namely terror, anxiety and panic. Anxiety and I are old buddies. He's always humming in the background; ensuring that my i's are dotted, t's are crossed and that all the doors are locked. Although, he's a bit much… Read more →


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English Lesson Plan
Prepared by:
Alvizo, Reo Melanie
Guittera, Aianah
Magumapara, Jeffany
Mercado, Khalelah Jacques
Sala, Jessah Christine
Level: Grade 3
Subject: English Language
Lesson: Adjectives/Descriptive Words
Story: The Dream Eater
I. Objectives:
A. To identify words that describe people, places and things in sentences.
B. To give examples of sentences with descriptive words.
II. Materials:
sentence charts, food cut-outs, worksheets
III. Procedure:
A. Preparatory Activities
B. Presentation
I have here some sentences from the story. Let's read them one by one.
1. Yukio is very helpful.
2. He lives in a peaceful village.
3. He saw a strange creature.
C. Discussion
1. Look at sentence number 1, who is very helpful? (Underline nouns) Look at sentence number 2, where does Yukio live?
Look at sentence number 3, what did Yukio see?
2. Look at the underlined words.
What kind of boy is Yukio? (Encircle adjectives)
What kind of village does he live in?
What kind of creature did he see?
What kind of words do they describe?
What do you think these words are called if they describe
people, places and things?
3. I have some more examples here.
Who can tell me the descriptive words?
Which words do they describe?
1. the book is heavy.
2. He lives in a big city.
3. She is very kind.
IV. Evaluation
Encircle the descriptive words in the sentences. Underline the words that they describe.
1. He carried a heavy stone yesterday.
2. She likes to eat sweet fruits.
3. Do not eat if your hands are dirty.
4. The monster is very strong.
5. He gave her colorful pillows.
6. The spider has long legs.
7. She baked a round cake.
8. Her son is very lazy.
9. The selfish boy does not have friends.
10. There is a tiny button on the dress.
Next meeting, you are to share to class what you have dreamt lately.
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I had to improvise since I didn't have the die cut so I stamped one of Tim's bird stamps on grunge board and hand cut it out and used the branch from the holly branch die cut for the branch on the tag. I mixed a brown regular embossing powder with black distress embossing powder for the limb. Having no crown I added a metal flower to the bird's neck. I used tiny paper clips to hold the twine on that holds the destiny tag. I think it all works.
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Yhdarl - Drone Nightmares II - Buried Burnt Earth review
|Drone Nightmares II - Buried Burnt Earth
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|March 2009
01. Buried Burnt Earth
Recorded: Hellries Studios, Belgium 2009
Total Running Time: 50:00
The void is out there.
From the deepest and darkest burrows of the Belgian underground, comes Yhdarl. These installments of the "Drone Nightmares" are all single-mindedly devoted to ambient soundscapes. To being dispersed in vapor form, air-freshener-wise. This second, colorless nightmare is a trip to absolute nothingness. Homage to being totally enraptured by cataclysmal drone mayhem. Lifeless, through and through. That is what it wants to be, and that is what it is. Lifeless.
The weight of listening to the sound of a big empty space is enormous.
At first I intended to compare this album to a fifty-minute-long, excessively unchanging lullaby. Later on I realized this was fundamentally wrong. This isn't like falling asleep. It's far, far worse. This is a free-fall plunge into the void itself. Like an overdose of benzodiazepines after living a whole week on a liquid ecstasy-only diet.
Listening to Buried Burnt Earth can be pictured best as listening to the extremely monotonous chant of a faceless Siren: in a weird way very alluring and addictive but also deadly uncomfortable. It's like an entirely abandoned Titanic slowly sinking into a hermetically sealed, desolate dark swamp.
The void is out there. Buried Burnt Earth is its business card.
EPILOGUE: Once, I was enjoying Buried Burnt Earth. Suddenly, without any warning, it was over and Firewind's "You Have Survived" kicked in. Pretty applicable, sure. But the abrupt changeover scared the shit out of me. At that instant, I knew what noise pollution was. True story.
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In addition to highly motivated civilians, our rolls are filed with active duty military looking to refine or test their skills. Kokoro is also used by many as preparation prior to entering the famed BUDs as they attempt to earn their trident and become Navy SEALs.
Modeled after the US Navy SEALs crucible "Hell Week", this 50+ hour training experience will push and pull you in ways you have never experienced.
KOKORO is not for everyone. The approximate 30% pass rate speaks volumes as to it's authenticity.
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In addition to the PST you will be physically tested on how fast you can do MURPH. There is a 75 minute time cap.
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It is recommended that you complete our SEALFIT Online Training OPWODs for over 6 months prior to KOKORO. We recommend that you complete SEALFIT's 60 Days to KOKORO program and complete a 20X event to be suitably prepared for this event.
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The Song of the Nameless Bard
The Hero and the Demon King had an audience,
The Hero and the Demon King joined their hands.
They forsook the battle between man and Demon,
So they could see what was beyond the Hill.
In a small village in the Human World they lived,
Simply and hidden, they grew potatoes.
Mixing with the villagers, they hired Two Sisters as maids,
Founding a school, they trained the people's Sons.
In the world which the Demon King revolutionised,
The Hero reforged his bonds with his Comrades.
The Hero and the Demon King disappeared from the stage,
They knew from the start their quest would be tough.
They brought the potato to the small village,
They filled the people's stomachs, and brought chaos to their hearts.
Whether it was the buying of goods, or the selling of goods,
The paying of goods, or the making of goods,
The rich Central Continent was not happy to release
Its iron grip over the Southern United Kingdoms.
They accused her of collaborating with the Demons,
Betraying her Human friends.
As one would expect, this was untrue.
The girl who was a serf, she called out to the world
"I too am Human."
With these words, the world shook,
The South and the Continent, moved towards War
A civil war among Men, was before our eyes!