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i don't miss you.
my walls stayed white.
my eyes stayed blue.
that disordering of senses
promised for so long
is undelivered.
nothing is breathing
except a taut beauty
where the sheets are drying.
there is no heart.
lifted like swimming
i am more weightless
than one hundred small fish.
but i am out of water
and i am going bad.
there is no heart
in an ocean.
my eyes are open, naturally.
if i could sleep
i would dream of white crows
pecking my ego down to size.
instead, my eyes
cannot even close to blink.
i thought i saw you
looking in the freezer for vodka.
and where did we meet?
the night you lied
and said it was poetry,
and not the way
my lips moved as i read it
that you liked.
but you admitted it later,
it was my lips all the time.
that was a cold september
and you without running water
traded secrets for a shower
i was the writer and you did all the talking
my other asked me if one of the languages
you spoke was "kat".
with an armspan that almost doubled mine,
he speaks of my friendly cruxifixion.
but a man who holds back,
who denies me my piercing
when it is precisely that
which i require,
that man makes me strong
when the blood in my hands
is weak.
i mark the hours like some
mark days.
4am is a holiday.
it is a solstice.
the longest hour of the night.
i am uncomfortable in my own bed.
i am remembering a breakfast,
our first,
when i was embarassed
to swallow. funny how
that morning's coffee
still keeps me awake.
you are not a soldier.
you are duty-free.
i read your poetry and
you read mine
and i wondered if we were
fighting the same war.
even when you loan me a book,
i study the bookmark
as a map to your territory.
those scraps are the details
you've forgotten
and the cities you've seized.
i see it coming.
dawn is the most silent
catastrophe around.
but i cannot afford sunlight.
literally. cheap apartments
are surrounded, and mine
is always dark.
my ears slide on sheets
that held our conversation
about how you are not my boyfriend.
and you said "yet,"
not me.
and i think of your mouth.
the funny way
it twists around french words
and how you suck my tongue
like a suicide
in a locked garage
with the engine on.
but my need to breathe
is as eloquent
as any frenchman's kiss.
such a good lie
to say
"i have no memories"
no still-life snapshots
no motion pictures
of little bites above my knees
and little bruises rising.
i could see them
if i crossed my eyes.
but to remember is to lie
and no perfect memory
can touch me, can leave those marks
with such gorgeous perfection.
i sing a song
of teatotalers.
drunk only with sleep,
that stranger, that tease,
i tell the joke
that is decaf.
bitter and useless
as old age.
"a couple of kids"
you called us, as if
we meet each day to skip rope.
as if tetherball was foreplay
and i was your hopscotch virgin.
do you remember growing up?
i remember pretending to.
1pm is almost christmas.
i will freeze your vodka
and hang parsley over my door
and we will pretend.
you will come with your full bag
and stir me like pudding.
i have counted the hours and the days
between the birds and the bees
and it is now.
find me in the doorwat
come time your breaths
in sync with the spaces
between my ribs.
homing pigeon,
come squeeze your notes
into me.
we can ignore the stroke of 2pm
in favour of our own holiday.
you can pretend to forget.
i will loan you a pillow
and later we will sleep
like two bulbs that
must be switched off,
Listening To: in for the kill // la roux (skream remix)


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From Simply Recipes!
Oatmeal Raisin Chocolate Chip Orange Pecan Cookies Recipe
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
16 Tbsp butter (2 sticks)
Grated zest of one orange
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
2 1/2 cups oatmeal rolled oats (Quaker Quick or Old Fashioned, do not use instant)
2/3 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans (can sub walnuts)
1/2 cup raisins
1 Center rack in oven and preheat to 375°F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment or Silpats. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon.
2 Combine granulated sugar with grated orange zest, set aside.
3 Heat ten tablespoons butter in small saucepan, place remaining 6 tablespoons butter in large mixing bowl. When butter is nicely browned (see: how to brown butter) and has a nutty aroma, pour over the remaining butter and mix until all butter is completely melted.
4 Add the granulated sugar and orange, brown sugar, vanilla and salt to the butter and whisk until combined. Add the egg and egg yolk. Whisk for thirty seconds and let stand for three minutes, repeat this process twice more until mixture is thick and shiny, this will enhance the flavor and texture of the cookies.
5 Working with the stand mixer, combine the wet and dry ingredients. Mix until fully incorporated. Add in the oatmeal, chocolate chips, raisins and nuts and mix well.
6 Spoon dough in 4 Tbsp balls onto baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10-11 minutes, until the edges just turn brown. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a rack to cool completely.
16 cookies
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Usborne Books is one of my favorite companies to get books from. They have unique books for kids that are reasonably priced and superior quality. I have purchased some of their books for gifts and many of them for our house.
My son enjoys books about the ocean and sharks, so I was optimistic when I saw Lift-the-flap Sharks from Usborne. I'll start off by saying that I was impressed with the hardcover and texture of the pages. They are thick, so they don't tear easily when young kids flip the flaps or the turn the pages.
The illustrations are impressive as well; it's probably my favorite part of the book. Creative use of pastels and bright colors make the pages interesting to look at and bring sharks to life in a softer and friendlier way.
There are plenty of flaps for kids to lift throughout the book, which is not that long. Each page highlights another kind of shark, from Great White Sharks to Hammerheads and Thresher Sharks.
My only complaint about this book is that there is an obvious effort to educate people about sharks, but there is very little actual information on the sharks. I know that the target audience if for young kids. However, even my 4-year old son said at the end of the book, "That's it?". There is more information on some of the sharks while others only have a sentence dedicated to them, and many are left out completely. Reef and Nurse sharks are not mentioned, but Goblin and Wobbegong Sharks are mentioned.
This book is a part of the Lift-the-flap series. If you are interested in this book, I would recommend trying to get it a part of the series, and not pay the $11.99 for it by itself.


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The first thing we need answered is whether there actually is a fountain of youth or not. The answer to this question is not known to us but we feel glad to tell you that there is an enthusiast who is working day and night with his team to bring something that could be called the perfect alternative for the fountain of youth. Mark Sexauer Mixology is the name given to the scheme that this man is running for making the best solution for aging.
Not only is his work overwhelming but the fact that the alternate would be able to work not only on the humans but the animals as well, makes you feel stunned and you want to know more to it. The general idea he is using for creating this magical drug is to avoid aging and to determine how much time the skin requires to rejuvenate. He has based his research of the skin cells and DNA so he can understand the links and create such a chemical that would prevent the skin cells to age. Since age is the most pronounced factor in making your skin lose its glow, therefore the team is working on the anti-aging chemical production.
According to Mark, he and his team are still unable to find the answer they are looking for and they have not yet produced any such drug that would help body stay young all the time, but according to them, the failures in the research are getting them closer to the key point every other day and soon they would be out there with a solution that everyone in the world would like to have.
Although there are a love anti-aging creams and lotions in the market, they all have a flaw that they come with a lot of side effects and are dangerous to be used as well as they can lead you to skin cancer too. While Mark and his team are busy in trying to bring out a solution that would be all natural and no one would hesitate to use it at all. The use of the all-natural products will make their solution, the easy to apply and appropriate for everyone. So Mark, we are keeping our fingers crossed to get your solution soon and we have all eyes upon you.


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on March 9, 2005 at 12:01 am
Chapter: #1 The Escape, Cy-Boar
Characters: farmer
Location: Cy-Boar
Considering that I drew this page a long time ago, I'm pretty happy with the way the farmer looks. The coloring, which I recently added to this page, looks OK, but better on some moniters than others. It is supposed to look like night, but on some screens it just looks blueish. I'll keep working on it.
-Lou Graziani 3-09-05


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Jake Odorizzi strikes out 9 as Rays shut out Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) -- As soon as he stepped on the mound, Jake Odorizzi went on the attack. And nobody could stop him.
Odorizzi struck out nine in six scoreless innings and combined with two relievers on a five-hitter to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
"The first at-bat itself I felt like I was throwing it where I wanted to, and once it carries over to the next batter you kind of know you have that going today," he said.
Evan Longoria drove in a run and scored two. Yunel Escobar added two hits and three RBIs. Ben Zobrist had two hits and scored twice for the Rays, who improved to a major league-best 15-6 since July 12. They will try to complete the three-game sweep on Sunday.
"If we keep the nose down and keep playing well, you're going to look up at some point and all of a sudden people are going to say, `Hey, you're getting pretty close,'" manager Joe Maddon said.
Odorizzi (8-9) gave up three hits and didn't walk anyone. The right-hander came within two strikeouts of his career high after getting hit hard in a loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Chicago starter Edwin Jackson (6-12) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and five hits in six innings. He is 1-5 in his past nine starts.
Cubs prized prospect Javier Baez doubled but had a tough day overall, going 1 for 4 and committing his first error. He had three strikeouts after whiffing four times Friday in his Wrigley Field debut.
The second baseman's error came when he dropped a throw from Luis Valbuena after the third baseman made a diving stop on a ball hit by Longoria with a runner on first in the sixth inning.
Jackson then walked Matt Joyce to load the bases, and Escobar made it 4-0 with a two-run single.
The Rays also scored two in the fourth when Longoria doubled in a run and came around on Escobar's base hit.
Kirby Yates pitched two perfect innings, striking out three. Jake McGee then gave up two hits but struck out three in a scoreless ninth.
The Rays took a 2-0 lead in a fourth inning that featured some unusual plays.
Zobrist led off with a ground-rule double to the right-field corner off Justin Ruggiano's glove that stuck in the ivy.
He moved up when center fielder Arismendy Alcantara dove to his left to snag James Loney's liner and came around on Longoria's double. Escobar added a two-out RBI single that Ruggiano pulled up on before making a flat-footed throw to the infield with the runner headed home.
"It was just a mental mistake by me," he said.
Rays: Outfielder Wil Myers (broken right wrist) was scheduled to start a rehab assignment Saturday with Triple-A Durham and serve as the designated hitter.
Cubs: Manager Rick Renteria said newcomer Felix Doubront (strained left calf) "looked good" during a bullpen session but had no word on a possible rehab assignment. The left-hander was acquired from Boston on July 30.
Rays: Right-hander Alex Cobb (7-6, 3.52 ERA) looks to continue his strong stretch as the Rays wrap up their three-game series against the Cubs. He has allowed two runs or fewer in five straight starts.
Cubs: Left-hander Travis Wood (7-9, 5.08) looks for his first victory in nearly two months. An All-Star last season, Wood is 0-4 with a 6.10 ERA in nine starts since a win at Philadelphia on June 15.
MLB Advanced Media, using the Cubs' Twitter account, jumped the gun a little bit when it posted the Rays beat Chicago 4-0. That turned out to be accurate, but the problem was the game was still in the ninth inning. They later Tweeted an apology.
With the Cubs wearing throwback uniforms from 1988 on Sunday, the Rays will also go retro -- sort of. Tampa Bay will wear uniforms with light blue shirts and pants, yellow sleeves and dark blue accents suggesting what the team would have worn had it existed in the 1980s. The designer? Owner Stuart Sternberg.


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The endless shadowy nights are hard to spend
but still I wait for darker night to arrive
when the goddess of night, Nyx sits by
my side caressing and combing the tangles
from my ashen hair, envelops me in her
shady mysterious grasps.
Over many sips of melancholic wine and
gulps of memories I narrate to her the day's tale
midst many picks and puffs of smoke.
I bare my heart and pull out the agonizing
twines of soul before the mighty dawn
breaks and dispels us both.
Random details of trails I took, trudged on lanes
unknown, while she heeds to the
whispers of my soul stroking the sooty
hair, balms the inflicted heart sores, I tell her
how again he never came home.
She gently wipes the cascading saline tears
with her dusky veil, while I tell her how
day's light causes me so many woes all
that which she already knows.
I urge her to hurry before scorching
red hot day again arrives,
smiling she replies don't worry after
dusk, It's only me who thrives
Knowing that magical things
only happen at night, she went
flying on her ebony wings.


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under this act of 1875, the holder who sues is not regarded as an assignee of the oontract, but is a holder through a transfer by delivery." The federal courts have by a long line of adjudications invested these bonds, and each coupon, with all of the oharacteristics;and subjected them to most of the rules applicable to commercial paper. They are issued to invite the investments of the world. The citizens of the state in which they have their inception not only, but the citizens of other states and foreign countries, are solicited to become their chasers. A citizen of Pennsylvania who possesses such a cause of action against a citizen of New York, the amonnt exceeding $500, has a right to invoke the aid and seek the protection of the federal courts. His action would not be defeated, and the court-ousted of jurisdiction, by proof that the first holder, after inception, or the last holder, was a citizen of New York. In the case at bar plaintiff's right of action does not depend upon the former owners of the bonds; he derives no title from them. No act of theirs can add to or detract from the strength of his tion. The town of Lyons promises to' pay kim, Creon B. Farr, and he is a citizen of Pennsylvania. In the Cae and Morgan case' the promise was to pay to the order of a citizen of New York. He could not sue in the federal courts, nor could he transfer the ohligation to one who could so sue, except by assignment; hence the inhibition of the statute attached. In this case, on the contrary, the promise is direct to a person who has a right to enforce it in the federal tribunals. The fact that a citizen of New York, or a hundred citizens of New York, held the bonds before he held them, does not affect his standing in the smallest particular. The motion is denied.
MoCoy and others.
(Cirouit Court, D. Iowa, W. D. 1882.)
BoND OF INDEMNITY-PARTIEs-JOlNDER OF,.TO ltEcoVER THE PENALTY.
A party cannot sue alone on a bond of indemnity made to himself and other obligees on a prior delivery bond, without showing that he alone has received injury by the breach thereof, and therefore that he brings the suit without joining the other obligees as plaintiffs.' He cannot set out a bond as running to or as made to himself alone, and give in evidence an instrument made to himself jointly with other obligees.
In an action upon an indemnity bond, given to indemnify the sureties on a prior delivery bond, a misrecital of the amount of the penalty in the delivery bond, of the parties in it to be indemnified, and of the terms and conditions of the delivery to be made under it, is a fatal variance.
BAME-VARIMiCE NOT CURED BY AVERMENT OF MISTAKE.
Sucr. variance cannot be cured by an averment that the indemnity hond, sued on, was executed by mistake and inadvertence, without alleging and proving that the mistake was mutual, and that it was the intention of parties to the indemnity bond to indemnify the sureties on the prior delivery bond.
SAME-LIABILITY OF SURETmS-REMEDY IN EQUITY.
The liability of sureties cannot be enlarged or changed by averment in the pleading, whatever the understanding of the pleader may have been; and where an indemnity bond has been executed by mistake or inadvertence, the proper remedy is by a bill in equity to reform it and make it conform to the mutual intention of the parties.
At Law. This is an action at law upon a penal bond in the sum of $12,000 eiecuted by said defendant McCoy as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, to George Bebbington, Robert Percival, J. P. Williams, J. E. Rudd, and Marshall Key. The bond thus sued on purports upon its face to he intended to indemnify said obligees against their liability as sureties for McCoy upon a certain delivery bond executed by them with said McCoy to the .government of the United States to secure the'delivery to McCoy of his distillery, which the government had seized. The case is now before the court a second time upon the demurrer of the defendants to the plaintiff's amended and substituted petition. The petition states that in the month of November, 1868: the government of the United States seized the distillery of the defendant McCoy for an alleged violation of the revenue laws; that McCoy, with the plaintiff and one John E. Rudd as sureties, executed a delivery bond to the United States in the penal sum of $6,705; that the property was released on said bond, and the possession of the same delivered to the plaintiff to secure him against loss as surety on said delivery bond. It is further alleged that McCoy, being desirous to remove said distillery from Iowa to Omaha, Nebraska, executed and delivered to the plaintiff a bond in the sum of $12,000, with the other defendants, James G. Megeath, John Davis, and Jesse H. Lacy, as sureties, conditioned that the said J. C. McCoy would hold the plaintiff and others, his co-sureties, harmless from all liability on their said delivery bond to the United States, and thereupon that the plaintiff accepted said indemnifying bond, waived his right to retain posses-
sion of said distillery property, and surrendered the same to McCoy to be removed to Omaha. Both the delivery and indemnifying bonds are exhibited by copy and made a part of the petition. It is further alleged that the government obtained a decree of condemnation against the distillery property; that McCoy failed to deliver the same to the marshal, or pay its appraised value; that a summary judgment was therefore, according to the practice of the court, entered against the plaintiff, and said McCoy and Rudd, on the delivery bond, for the sum of $6,705, the amount"of the penalty thereof, and $183.75 costs; that execution was issued upon said judgment and levied upon the property of the plaintiff, Percival, and that he has been compelled to pay the same. Said plaintiff, Percival, therefore sues the defendan.ts as obligors of said indemnity bond, claiming against them the sum he has been compelled to pay as principal, interest, and costs upon said judgment. It appears by inspection of the exhibits that the indemnity bond on which the suit is brought does not run to the plaintiff alone,nor to the plaintiff and his co-sure,ty, Rudd, in the delivery bond, but to George Bebbington, Robert Percival, J. P. Williams, J. E. Rudd, and Marshall Key, none of whom, except said Percival and Rudd, are parties to the delivery bond. The plaintiff alone, of the obligors just named, is a party to the present suit. The plaintiff alleges that it was recited by mistake and inadvertence in the indemnity bond that the delivery bond is in the sum of $10,000, whereas it is only for the sum of $6,705; that it was also by inadvertence and mistake recited that said delivery bond was executed by said McCoy and George Bebbington, Robert Percival, and J. P. Williams as sureties, whereas in truth and in fact it was executed by McCoy as principal, and the plaintiff and Rudd as sureties; and that it was also recited by mistake and inadvertence in the indemnity bond that the delivery bond was conditioned that the obligors in the same sho\1ld return said distillery property if judgment should be obtained against it, when in fact said delivery bond was conditioned that the said McCoy should keep and return said property in valuable.and good condition as it was at the time of the seizure, 01.' pay an amount equal to the appraised value of the same, and othnwise in all things abide and perform the orders and decrees of the court. Sapp ct Lyman, for plaintiff. J. M. Woolworth, for defendants.
LOVE, D. J. After much consideration it seems to me that to maintain the case now stated in the plaintiff's amended petition at law and before a jury, would involve great if not insuperable difficulties. The bond sued on runs to George Bebbington, Robert Percival, J. P. Williams, J. E. Rudd, and Marshall Key, as obligees, and there is no allegation in the amended and supplemental petition that it was so made by mistake. On the contrary, it is averred that said defendants McCoy, Megeath, Davis, and Lacy executed and delivered to the plaintiff (Percival) the bond in question. It seems clear that if this bond were offered in evidence under such an allegation there would be a fatal variance between the instrument as set out and the proof. Granting that the plaintiff may sue alone under section 2552 of the Code, without joining the other obligees, he must, nevertheless, set out and state the bond correctly, with proper allegations, showing that he alone has received injury by the breach, and therefore that he brings the suit without joining the other obligees as plaintiffs. But he cannot set out a bond as running to or as made to himself alone, and give in evidence an instrument to himself jointly with other obligees. It is claimed that the bond sued on was given to indemnify the sureties in the first bond, namely, Percival and Rudd, against liabilityaccruing to them from a breach thereof. If so, it must have been intended that the bond sued on should run to Percival and Budd, whereas its expressed obligees are Bebbington, Percival, Williams, Budd, and Key. If this occurred by mistake, it ought to be shown by proper averments. If it was the intention of the defendants to bind themselves, in the bond sued on, (as indicated by its express terms,) to indemnify Bebbington, Percival, Williams, Budd, and Key against loss accruing to them under a bond executed by them, I do not see how the defendants can be made responsible to the plaintiff for loss accruing to him by reason of the breach of a bond executed by him and Budd alone. The defendants can only be made responsible, if at all, by the plaintiff's alleging that it was the defend&nts' intention to bind themselves to indemnify the plaintiff and Budd, and to execute the bond sued on for that purpose, and that by mutual mistake the bond sued on failed to express that intention. For it is quite obvious that the defendants might have been willing to execute a bond to indemnify Bebbington, Williams, Percival, Rudd, and Key, and yet wholly unwilling to sign such an instrument to indemnify Percival and Budd alone. One of the defendants may have been
induced to execute the bond for the interest of one of the several obligees; another for some other; and a third for a still different obligee. One of the defendants may have signed the bond in thebelief that one or more of the obligees, in whom he had' confidence, would see that McCoy should fulfill the conditions of the original bond; another, upon his faith that other and different obligees would see to the performance of its conditions. It by no means follows, therefore, from the fact that these defendants signed the bond in suit to save harmless the several obligees who appear upon the faceof it, that they would have executed it to in.demnify the plaintiff alone, or the plaintiff and Rudd; and the only way to make them liable, if it can be done at all, is by averring and proving that they intended to bind themselves to the actual sureties in the original bond for their indemnity, and that this intention was, by mistake, not expressed in the instrument which they signed. It must be x:emembered that the bond sued on purports to bind its obligors to protect the plaintiff a,nd other sureties against loss accruing to them as sureties to a previous bond. t,rhe bond sued on stipulates'substantially that the principal in the first bond shall perform its conditions, and that the obligors in the second bond will be responsible for any loss arising from the default of the principal in the first bond. Both bonds are exhibited by copy. But the terms and conditions of the first bond are so essentially misrecited in the second bond, that upon the face of the two instruments, as shown by the exhibits, there is no between the first bond and the bond tecited. The plaintiff seeks to establish this identity by the averments of his amended and substituted petition. He sets out the first bond, and shows that he suffered loss by reason of the breach of its first bond is in the penal sum of $6,705, but the conditions. bond sued on recites that it is given as indemnity against a prior bond for the sum of $10,000. Again, the firl:lt bond purports on its face to be executed -by James C. McCoy as principal, and Robert Percival and John E. Rudd as sureties. The bond sued on runs to George Bebbington, Robert Percival, J. P. Williams, J. E. Rudd, and Marshall Key, and it recites that Bebbington, Percival, and Williams had become sureties in the previous delivery bond, and it stipulates to indemnify Bebbington, Williams, Percival, and all other sureties on said first bond .against liability on the same. The condition of the first or delivery bond is that McCoy, theprincipal, shall keep and return said property in as valuable and good con-
dition as it was when seized, or pay an amount equal to the appr.aised value of the same, and in all things abide and perform the final order or decree of the court. The condition of the bond indemnified against, as recited in the bond sued on, is that McCoy, with Bebbington and Percival and Williams as sureties, had executed a delivery bond to the United States, conditioned that they would return the property seized if a judgment should be obtained against it. Thus it appears by the face of the two bonds as exhibited that the obligors in the second bond did not undertake to indemnify the plaintiff against the bond under which he suffered loss, but against a. bond radically and essentially different; different in the penal sum, in the parties, and in the conditions to be performed. Here is evidently a wide gap to be filled; and the plaintiff attempts to fill it by the al-legations of his amended and substituted petition. He avers that these several recitals in the bond sued on were made by mistake and inadvertence. He avers that in writing said bond of. indemnity, it was recited by mistake that the first bond was in the penal sum of $10,000, whereas, in fact, it was in the sum of $6,705; that it was also by mistake recited that the first-mentioned bond was eXelluted by said McCoy and George Bebbington, Robert Percival, and J. P. Williams as sureties, when in fact it was executed by J. C. McCoy, with Robert Percival and John E. Rudd as sureties; and that it was also recited by mistake that the first-mentioned bond was conditioned that the ·obligors should return said property if a judgment should be obtained against it, when in fact said bond was conditioned that J. C. McCoy should keep and return said' property in as valuable and good condition as it was when seized, or pay an amount equal to the appraised value thereof, and in all things abide and perform the final order and decree of the court. Waiving at present the question whether or not,. the alleged mistake can be corrected by· averment and proofs before a jury in an action at law it is sufficient to say that the averments themselves are wholly inadequate and insufficient. It is not alleged that the mistake in the recitals was mutual, or that it was the intention of both parties that the defendants should be bound to indemnify the plaintiff against loss under the first-named bond, but that this intention was not expressed in the bond sued on by reason of a mistake common to both parties. Certainly a written instrument cannot be changed or reformed by parol evidence, either at law or in equity, upon the ground of mistake and in the absence of fraud, unless the mistake was mutual; because it is absolutely incompetent for any court to make a contract for the parties.
For aught that appears by the plaintiff's averments the mistake was wholly on his part. and the defendants intended to bind themselves exactly as the bond which they signed imports. If the defendants intended to bind themselves to indemnify the plaintiff against liability under just such an instrument as tlie bond sued on recites. with the conditions recited in the same and none other. their liability cannot be enlarged or changed by averment. whatever the understanding of the plaintiff may have been. It is conceivable that the defendants may have been quite willing to undertake that McCoy should return the property simply. and yet entirely unwilling to stipulate that he would return it in as valuable and good condition as it was when seized. They might well assume that he would be able to perform one of these things and not the other. and that he would in good faith perform what he might be able to do· . It is not averred that these defendants, who are aU excilpt McCoy sureties, ever saw the first or delivery bond. or that they had any knowledge of it. except what they found in the recitals of the bond which thEl>Y. signed. For aught that appears, McCoy, or some other party to the delivery bond, may have presented to the defendants the bond sued on, and obtained their signatures under the belief that it truly recited the conditions of the delivery bond. It may, therefore, have been the intention of the defendant sureties to bind themselves only to the extent of McCoy's obligation under the delivery bond, which was that he should return the property. in whatever condition it might be. lt seems to me that the proper remedy of the plaintiff, if he has any upon the facts disclosed. is by a bill in equity to reform the bond sued on. so as to conform it to the mutual intention of the parties. Even if there be a concurrent remedy at law. it is, at best. an imperfect remedy; and equity is by no means ousted of its jurisdiction to reform a written instrument by the fact that a concurrent remedy exists at law. The remedy in equity, if the proper facts can be shown, is unquestionable and entirely adequate, while. that which the plaintiff is now pursuing is, to say the least. dubious and imperfect. Demurrer Bustained. v.13.no.8-26
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In an action for damages for' the 'wrongful detention and conversion of cer· tain letters of the plaintiffs, detained by the postmaster under 8 regulatioD of the post-office department reqlfiring him, when he has reason to believe that a , fictitious address is used for forbidden circulation in the mails, to report the fact and the reaBonof his belief, await instructions, and give notice that, pending such'instructions, persons claiming the correspondunce must call at the general deli,very and establish iqentity before its delivery-where the meaning or application of the allegations in the answer is not doubtful, the plaintiffs' remedy is to be sought' by Ii bill of particulars, and not by requiring the plead. ing to be made definite and I. BAlm-BILL OIl' PARTICULAR8-PRAOTIOlIl. "Where the circumstances are lIuch as can only influence the postmaster's own judgment, it is not to be that the plaintiffs can definitely know what they are, and they are entitlea to information to meet the issue tendered by the defendant by a. bill of paniculara setting forth the facts and circumstances which induced defendant to believe that the address was being used by some under person or persons for covering forbidden correspondence iD the IUch fictitious addresa.


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Visiting Mental Health (VMH) is a private psychotherapy firm that conducts Individual and Group Psychotherapy in Skilled Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Independent Living Facilities. We also evaluate patients requiring partial hospitalization, overall placement, Baker Acts, and provide comprehensive after-care counseling programs. At VMH we believe that alleviating symptoms as quickly as possible is of paramount importance and our goal-oriented approach reflects this belief.
Since its inception, the firm has grown to include Psychological,
Psycho-educational, Forensic, and Neuropsychological Assessment Services. VMH therapists and staff service patients throughout the state of Florida. We pride ourselves on having positive long-standing relationships with our clients and we can honestly say that our VMH family is committed to yours!
We are additionally delighted to offer in-service staff training for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Independent Living Facilities. Our goal is to help staff to improve relationships with their residents, as well as enhance communication with management and co-workers. These programs are offered at no charge and may be scheduled at any time.
VMH therapists are Licensed Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, or License Eligible Therapists completing hours toward FL licensure. We have many talented bi-lingual therapists experienced in the fields of geriatrics, cognitive impairment, forensics and the chronically mentally ill.
The mission of Visiting Mental Health is to provide compassionate, goal-oriented,
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Award-winning Montgomery Gentry will put the cherry on top of the 2020 Commodity Classic with a crowd-pleasing performance during Saturday night's Evening of Entertainment. The 2020 Commodity Classic will be held Thursday, Feb. 27 through Saturday, Feb. 29 in San Antonio, Texas. Commodity Classic is the nation's largest farmer-led, farmer-focused agricultural and educational experience.
Eddie Montgomery continues the band's legacy after Troy Gentry's tragic death in 2017. With 20-plus charted singles, the Kentucky native has earned CMA, ACM, and GRAMMY awards and nominations with undeniable blue-collar anthems like "Hell Yeah," "My Town," and "Hillbilly Shoes." The group has notched five No. 1 singles, "If You Ever Stop Loving Me," "Something To Be Proud Of," "Lucky Man," "Back When I Knew It All" and "Roll With Me." Montgomery Gentry was inducted as Grand Ole Opry members in 2009 and inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
The Evening of Entertainment is sponsored by Bayer. Admission to the concert is included at no extra charge with full registration or with a one-day Saturday registration. Registration and housing for the 2020 Commodity Classic are now open. To register, reserve hotel rooms and sign up for email updates, visit CommodityClassic.com. Early discounts on registration end January 9, 2020.


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Dark-fired Kentucky has been used in all kinds of tobacco products for many decades, but through the years, it was used less and less in pipe tobacco. But for the last fifteen years or so, it has undergone a renaissance. Peter Stokkebye 314 Dark Fired uses Kentucky seed tobacco that is hung in barns and smoked using aromatic woods. This is a potent tobacco that can be very assertive, so it's best to add it with a light hand until you're happy with the result. If you want to kick up a blend, 314 Dark Fired is an excellent option.
This time when I bought the Dark Fired tobacco, I followed the suggestions of P and C's knowledgeable staff and "used it sparingly in a blend". I have enjoyed it much more than when I used it 1:1 with another tobacco. For instance, I blended 50% black Cavendish, 30% perique, 10% latakia, and 10% Dark Fired. It gave me a reasonably high nicotine content that is slow burning, and mellow without a bite. My wife says it has a great room note. And it goes great with a little sippin' whiskey.


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I wanted to make a relaxing painting video for you guys showing cool painting tricks that you can use for creating unique results! I have listed all my materials and painting steps down below!
Materials I have used:
– Aquarell Watercolour Paper (Hahnemühle Fineart – Britannia 300g/m², rough, 24×32 cm / 9,4×12,6″)
– MT Washi Tape
– Faber-Castell 2 1/2 HB
– Solo Goya Mask Paint for Acrylic and Aquarell
– Schmincke Watercolours
– da Vinci Junior Synthetics Brush (10)
– Rubbing Alcohol
– Solo Goya Triton Acrylic Paint in White
– Staedtler pigment liner 0.3
– Schneider Permanent Marker 1-3 mm
About the painting process:
- I started with drawing a castle onto my watercolour paper. As a reference I used a silhouette picture of the castle that I found online. Then I created an outline with masking fluid. This will hold the wet colours in place and you don't have to worry about guidelines!
- After the fluid was dry, I went ahead and added water to the paper for the wet on wet effect. This way you can create beautiful colour transitions!
- Start with light colours! This way you can build up the colour intensity and also create beautiful layers!
- To create the bubble effect, I used robbing alcohol. First I created one layer and let the colour dry, then added more colour. When the colour is still wet, add a few drops of rubbing alcohol on top! Be sure to wait for each layer to be dry before repeating this step!
- Whenever I started with a new layer of colour, I tried to make the colours always darker then the last layer. This way when you add rubbing alcohol, the lighter layer will show up and create a pretty pattern!
- I did that a few times, until I was happy with the dark shades of colours!
- Then I just dripped different shades of colours to create splashes of colour!
- Since I always wanted to add a text onto the painting, I wrote the letters with acrylic paint and then wrote it again with a dark marker, so the quote was more visible.
I kinda preferred the painting without the quote to be honest, but I think without it might have looked a bit empty! You can add any colour you like of course! I didn't really think about what colour I should use, everything happened spontaneously!
I hope you enjoy this painting process! If you have any requests for other painting videos, feel free to comment down below and let me know what you would like to see in the future!
Have a wonderful day everyone!


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ISS acquires GSH UK and Euro business
UK: Facilities firm ISS UK has acquired the UK, Ireland and European operations of engineering firm GSH Group.
ISS is a leading global provider of facility services. In the UK and Ireland it supports the core activities of numerous clients in private and public sector organisations. GSH is an established provider of energy management, compliance and technical services in the UK and across Europe.
GSH will retain its activities in India and the USA. ISS currently supports clients in some of the largest data centres and other critical environments in the financial and manufacturing industries.
GSH achieved revenues of approximately £135m last year and employs around 800 staff. According to ISS, this strategic move will create a significantly enhanced delivery capability with over 1,800 technicians across the entire region.
In a statement, ISS said: "The acquisition will provide both ISS and GSH's customers with greater breadth of coverage and service. We will continue to drive towards a more integrated self-delivery solution in the ISS quest to become the 'World's Greatest Service Organisation'."
"This is a strategic acquisition by ISS and will further enhance our technical capabilities both in the UK and by acting as a springboard to enhance our European expertise," commented ISS UK and Ireland CEO Richard Sykes.


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Co-producer Jack Morrissey posted news of the wrap on Instagram just two days after leading lady Emma Watson posted similarly that her part in the filming had been completed.
Picture wrap on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Bill Condon, come on home. ・・・ @adamkirley : That's a wrap!!!!!! #itsbeenemotional #bestdayever #bestteamever #disneylife #Disney #BeautyandtheBeast #DirectedbyBillCondon #BillCondon #taleasoldastime
The Disney remake of its 1991 Oscar-nominated hit boasts a galaxy of stars, many with Broadway pedigrees. The cast includes Ian McKellen (Cogsworth), Audra McDonald (Garderobe), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Josh Gad (Le Fou), Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Kevin Kline (Maurice), Stanley Tucci (Cadenza) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Plumette)."Downton Abbey" star Dan Stevens plays the Beast, with Luke Evans ("The Hobbit," "Dracula: Untold") as Gaston. Beauty and the Beast is scheduled to be released in 3D March 17, 2017. The film will feature original songs from the 1991 film and its subsequent Broadway adaptation that was written by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Menken and Rice will also write new songs.
According to Disney, "The beloved tale will be retold for the big screen with a modern live-action lens and the help of transformative CG magic."
Bill Condon, who directed the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls and penned the screenplay for the film adaptation of Chicago, will direct the film. Production begins in May at Shepperton Studios in London.
The live-action film will feature a script by Stephen Chbosky. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman produce.
The 1991 animated film of "Beauty and the Beast" won Academy Awards for Best Music, Original Song and Best Music, Original Score. The 1994 Broadway stage adaptation was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning for Costume Design (Ann Hould-Ward).


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When there's a gap between someone doing her job and doing the right thing, then management has failed.
Plenty of customer service people would like to do the right thing.
They'd like to fix the problem that's presented to them. But
frustration hits when the policies and procedures and metrics they've
been given to work with won't let them.
For the last two weeks, the audio version of The Dip has been for sale at the iTunes music store. And for many iPods, it doesn't work. Hundreds of people have written to me and let me know. These hundreds of people have written to Apple, too, and they've shared their notes with me.
In general, the responses from Apple that people are reporting are respectful and
straightforward. But none of the responses have addressed the problem. Apple
could easily take the product down. Or they could change the
description in the store with a note that says, "sorry, but it doesn't
work on some iPods, we're working on it", or they could email everyone
who had bought one and let them know what the plans are. And, yes, best of all, they
could fix it.
The amazing thing is that except for the last choice, each approach is
free, quick and relatively easy. If the head of the iTunes store
focused on this problem for ten seconds, it would go away. The challenge isn't a lack of tools or resources, it
is a lack of alignment. For a service rep in this particular situation,
"doing my job" means making the person go away, while "doing the right
thing" means taking initiative and actually solving the problem. The customer service reps don't have access to the tools (or the authority) to do what the company would actually benefit the most from.
Getting your team in alignment (having their job match their tools match their mission) is perhaps the first job a marketer has to do.


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Porsche Announces Introduction of "Tech Live Look" Augmented Reality Smart Glasses in Dealerships Real-time remote assistance improves efficiency and can reduce service resolution time by up to 40 percent. Use of augmented reality in technical services for an even better service quality and customer experienceAtlanta, Georgia. Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) today announced the introduction of "Tech Live Look," an Augmented Reality (AR) technology designed to improve technical services at Porsche dealerships in the United States.
"Tech Live Look" uses the AiR Enterprise™ software platform from Atheer, Inc., a leading provider of AR solutions, in conjunction with lightweight smart glasses. These high-tech spectacles feature the latest in projection technology and come equipped with a high-resolution, auto focus camera that shows even fine details such as threading on screws. The glasses include a powerful LED to illuminate dark spaces in the engine compartment or under the car.
How does this technology work? When a service technician at a dealership in Los Angeles dons this specialized eyewear and connects through the software with the Atlanta-based Porsche technical support team 2,200 miles away, it allows the support team to see exactly what he is seeing, in real time. This "see what I see" video-conferencing capability with instant access to remote experts allows both parties to quickly identify and resolve technical issues. It can also help decrease service resolution time by up to 40 percent, based on the findings of a pilot program undertaken in July 2017 at eight Porsche dealerships in California, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, and Washington, along with one in Canada.
"Tech Live Look" can do much more than just provide real-time video capability. It allows the technical support team to take screen shots or send technical bulletins and instructions onto the projection surface of the glasses while the service technician is working on the vehicle. This type of information exchange is far more efficient than sending emails and photos or explaining complex technical issues over the phone.
"Our main goal is to provide a better overall experience for our customers. Tech Live Look allows us to be more efficient and helps get vehicles back in the hands of our customers faster, all while still delivering exceptional service quality" explained Klaus Zellmer, President and CEO of PCNA.
"Tech Live Look" will officially launch in dealerships in North America in 2018.
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Established in 1984, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is the exclusive U.S. importer of Porsche 911, 718
Boxster and 718 Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and Panamera sports sedans. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia since 1998, PCNA is also home to the first Porsche Experience Center in North America featuring a
module-based 1.6 mile driver development track, business center and fine dining restaurant, 356. The company
operates a second Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles. This 53-acre complex features a driver development
track with eight educational modules totaling 4.1 miles, a business center, and Restaurant 917. PCNA employs
approximately 300 people who provide parts, service, marketing, and training for 188 dealers. They, in turn, work to
provide Porsche customers with a best-in-class experience that is in keeping with the brand's 65-plus year history
and leadership in the advancement of vehicle performance, safety and efficiency. PCNA is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Porsche AG, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Eddie Liu, a 47-year-old engineer in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guanghzou, began teaching his son English before he could even speak. Now 13 years old, his son, who attends a local public middle school, is reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a 896-page book that portrays the young wizard's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts boarding school.
Instead of sending his son to the typical cram school that teaches English for grueling college entrance exams, Liu decided to create his own program, using novels, BBC programs, and most recently, by asking his son to use Wikipedia to study the life of a former Japanese prime minister.
Chinese parents like Liu are pushing their children to study English much earlier than before in China, as the country's rising middle class sends an ever-larger number of students abroad to study every year. The US, for example, received some 330,000 Chinese students last year. Liu wants his own son to study abroad, but also wants him to be able to make the most of such an experience and not be separated from his American peers by a language barrier.
And he knows China's test-driven education culture doesn't teach students English in a way that leaves them comfortable using it in social settings.
Decades of English study, but of little use
"In many ways, Chinese are studying English while kneeling," says Li Cen, 39, who developed his own online English-tutorial program. Li means that many students regard the language with reverence, and that holds them back, which is why he advocates becoming familiar with it by reading English novels.
For his program, Li divided up four novels, including from the Harry Potter series, and then walks students through the sections. Around 7,000 primary school parents have purchased the program for their children, according to Li. He has around 50,000 fans (link in Chinese) on China's popular social media site Weibo and wrote a book—an introduction of English vocabulary for ages zero to 12 (link in Chinese)—in 2013.
Li had earlier tutored high school students preparing for China's gaokao, the National College Entrance Exam, and found "the test studying culture is very problematic." Chinese children begin to study English as a compulsory subject at the age of seven. However, many see English studies as a subject they need mainly to get high marks for a good high school and college. So they focus on textbooks and test papers—usually made up of multiple choice questions about grammar.
When studying law at China's Tsinghua University in 2004, Li also noticed that "those cases written in English were rarely touched by students because of the language barrier."
According to an online survey by Beijing-based nonprofit 21st Century Education Research Institute in 2013, over 80% of the 45,758 Chinese parents who responded said that their children "learn English just for entering a better school or preparing for a future career"(link in Chinese) while less than 10% "simply expect their children to master a foreign language."
Difficulties overseas
"I wasn't used to the local speaking speed at all when I arrived last year," says 26-year-old Will Zhang, a computer-science major at Boston's Northeastern University, "everyone was speaking so fast."
Zhang had studied English for years but ultimately found "all the studies, including the IELTS test [International English Language Testing System], were useless."
Zhang was not alone. Liang Xiaowen, a 24-year-old marketer in Shanghai, said she found it "hard to understand totally" when she first went to the UK to pursue a master's degree at the University of Manchester.
Liang enrolled in an extracurricular course for English studies at the age of 15 to improve her exam scores and get into a good high school. But even though she describes herself as a big Harry Potter fan, she's never been able to read any of the books in the series in the original because she has to "keep looking up words in the dictionary."
Enter Peppa Pig, Harry Potter
Some parents have started running private English reading clubs geared for young children, both to share popular titles and to connect and exchange English-teaching tips with fellow parents who have the same ambitions.
"For many Chinese children, reading and speaking are the core English abilities but many aren't provided the language environment," says Lynn Huang, founder of JoYokids (link in Chinese), a Shanghai-based club with more than 17,000 titles, making it the city's biggest private collection of English-language children's books, according to Huang.
Huang, who has an 11-year-old son, didn't find either cram schools or English courses that had children singing group songs satisfactory, since she also wants her son to study overseas. She also couldn't find children's English books she thought suitable in Shanghai's public libraries. Instead, Huang decided to teach her son English in her own way—and that included filling her suitcase every time she traveled abroad with children's books.
In 2014, she started her reading club to share her collection with other parents, and now has about 1,500 members. Subscription fees start at 300 yuan (about $44) for three months, for which parents can borrow five books at a time.
JoYoKids helps parents use benchmarks that are used in mainly English-speaking countries, such as the Standardized Test for the Assessment of Reading (STAR), developed by US-based software company Renaissance Learning. The STAR system has been used in New Zealand for primary and middle school students. After testing basic English skills, JoYoKids recommends books that can be obtained from her lending service, as well as reading tutorials.
"Magic Tree House, Peppa Pig, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are quite popular here," says Huang, adding "there should be commitment, both from children and parents." JoYoKids' goal is to get a child to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl, which has around 30,000 to 50,000 words, after three years of training that begins at age seven.
The Peppa Pig books, meant for ages four to eight, tell the story of title character Peppa, a lovable, cheeky piglet, and her family. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first published in 1964, features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
Jo Lusby, former managing director for North Asia at publishing house Penguin Random House, told Quartz that the shift among Chinese parents toward "soft English language teaching materials" is due to a big change in the parents. "This is only possible because parents are themselves more confident in their levels of English ability, and can use English books rather than English learning textbooks," Lusby says.
More and more private clubs like JoYoKids have appeared on the scene, especially in first-tier cities. Annikids, a Beijing-based book club, for example, has some 250,000 children's English books (link in Chinese) to lend to members.
A booming market for English kids' books
The new demand from parents, along with the growth in China's e-commerce distribution channels, have created a thriving children's English book market.
"The sales volume of imported children's foreign books has been doubling every year since 2013," says Philip Huang, manager of the importing department at Zhonghua Shangwu Traiding Company, one of the biggest importers of foreign books in the mainland. The company imports and sells some 30,000 to 100,000 copies of I Can Read, a reading series by Harper Collins, every year, according to Huang.
Huang says that the children's foreign book market in China will keep growing, especially through online purchases via e-commerce sites like Tmall, through which Huang's company sold some 600 (link in Chinese) Harry Porter series in March. Huang estimates that annual sales of foreign children's book are around 1 billion yuan ($145 million), and could reach 1.3 billion yuan ($189 million) by 2018.
Other online platforms have also contributed to the growth. "Word of mouth is incredibly important, in China or in any market," says Lusby, who described groups on the popular social-media platform Wechat as "the most powerful channel" where some "behave like parents' groups, and some behave like book clubs, but they themselves are distributing, selling, and recommending children's books."
"They are the engine of the children's book business in China today," says Lusby.
Huang expects demand to keep growing, to the point that within five years, one in every five children's books sold in China will be an English one, up from one in 20 now.
It's not just aspirations for the future that are driving them, parents say, but forming their children's characters in the present. Liu, the engineer in Guangzhou, says he wants his son to study overseas for sure, but he hopes the novels will also help his teenager absorb what he sees as the best of western values, including "equality, respect and forgiveness."


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Adonis Thomas is on his way to Orlando to sign a 10-day, his days as a Nets project over, at least for now. Devin Ebanks, acquired in a trade Friday, has yet to arrive, but the Armor won again Friday night with Willie Reed and Khalif Wyatt playing their best D-League games. Springfield beat the Santa Cruz Warriors, 97-80, just down the Pacific Coast Highway from San Francisco where the Nets are staying.
Reed, the athletic 6'10" 23-year-old who has to be a candidate for the Nets 13th man, finished with 20 points and 20 rebounds, the second 20-20 game of his career. Reed, known for his #CallWillieUp hashtag, was 9-of-19. His rebound total was divided equally between offensive and defensive boards.
But Wyatt electrified the crowd, scoring 23 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including five three-pointers as the Armor won their seventh game out of the last 10. The Armor are now 13-20 under head coach Doug Overton and GM Milton Lee, who's restocked the team over the past three weeks. Darius Johnson-Odom, another of the D-League's top prospects, finished with 16.
It was the second straight game the Armor defense held the Warriors to 80 points, a rarity in the D-League.
The Santa Cruz offense relied on Seth Curry in the early going as the Duke product accounted for the first seven Warrior points, but the Armor defense was in full force, holding the Warriors to just 16 first-quarter points to take a 23-16 edge into the second.
After falling into a one-point deficit following a 14-6 Santa Cruz run, Springfield closed out the half by outscoring the Warriors 13-10 for a 42-40 advantage at intermission. Johnson-Odom led the Armor offense with 11 points, while Reed pulled down 11 boards to go along with eight first-half points.
Curry continued to lead the home team with 12 points at the break, but the Warriors' shooting struggles continued as the team shot just 31 percent from the floor in the first half, following a 35 percent performance from the field last night.
The third quarter belonged to Santa Cruz's Daniel Nwaelele as the former Air Force guard posted nine points on 4-of-4 shooting in the frame to help the Warriors grab a 67-65 lead entering the fourth quarter. Reed added 10 points in the third to eclipse double-double numbers before the final period, but six free throws by the Warriors helped put the Armor in a two-point hole with 12 minutes to play.
The Armor had yet to win a game when entering the fourth quarter behind on the scoreboard. That was until Wyatt got his hands on the ball. The former Temple Owl, acquired via trade with Reno earlier in the week, dropped 23 points in the stanza to lead the Springfield comeback. The Armor went on to outscore Santa Cruz 32-13 in the frame to complete the two-game sweep with a 97-80 victory.
Curry's 21 points led the Warriors, but Santa Cruz combined to shoot 34.5 percent from the floor and just 20.0 percent from long range (5-of-25).
The Armor will wrap up their Pacific Rim stint with a 10:00 p.m. EST tip against former head coach Bob MacKinnon and the Los Angeles D-Fenders on Monday in L.A.
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By Armen Ayvazyan
Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the ?Ararat? Center for Strategic Research
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The process of the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide is at the threshold of a new phase: it is very possible that the U.S. House of Representatives (and the Senate, with lesser likelihood) will adopt the Resolution 106 on the Armenian Genocide, introduced in the U.S. Congress in January. If it were to happen, many other countries would adopt similar resolutions in a chain reaction. However, what will follow then? That is the principal question, which unfortunately has not been answered by the Armenian political structures. And where could such an answer come from if the currently achieved and discussed recognitions were not subjected to a more or less adequate analysis? We are facing serious problems.
Above all is the problem of information and analysis (including elementary awareness). The media reports daily on the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. However, who in Armenia has seen or read the text of the very recent R106? Has the Armenian press printed the actual resolution to enable its serious and professional study by political forces, experts and the public in general? Where is its official Armenian translation provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia? Where is the comparative analysis of this and previous resolutions adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1975 and 1984 (the 148th and 247th resolutions, respectively)? Nothing of this sort has been undertaken. Here, it will only be noted that the R106 qualitatively differs from the 1975 and 1984 resolutions in its thorough historical and legal formulation (it consists of 30 articles well supported by the facts and arguments). It confirms the historical truth. It outlines the chronological framework of the Armenian Genocide more comprehensively: from 1915 to 1923 (unlike the resolution adopted in 1975, which only noted the year of 1915). It clearly states the number of victims: 2 million deportees, of whom 1.5 million were killed. The resolution underscores a circumstance that is very important from political and legal perspectives: ?the Armenian Genocide… succeeded in the elimination of the over 2,500-year presence of Armenians in their historic homeland.?
The problem of correct and sober assessment is particularly sensitive. What would the adoption of this resolution mean to Armenia? For example, Italy, Canada, Poland recognized the Armenian Genocide, but what changes took place in their policies towards Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, or the problem of Artsakh? In reality, nothing changed. Most importantly, to what extent can such resolutions contribute to the most urgent task ? the guarantee of the security of Armenia?
The question of Genocide recognition was raised even before the independence of Armenia and for decades it was the main field of political activity of the Armenian Diaspora ? the Spyurk. However, today the situation of Armenia and Armenians has changed radically: there is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the situation in Javakhq, the Azerbaijani-Turkish blockade, the danger of the resumption of war. In short, the problem of the physical security of Armenia is a very real one.
However, the genocide recognition campaign, conducted without serious research and planning, still remains the main aim of political activity of the Diaspora, consuming huge amounts of national resources and human potential at the expense of efforts on other important national fronts. In their activities the Diaspora?s organizational structures give an obvious priority to the international recognition of the Genocide over current security problems of Armenia.
Armenia itself still separates the Karabakh problem from the process of international recognition of the Genocide, and considers it apart even from the Armenian Question at large. But the possible universal recognition of the Genocide in the not-so-distant future will not mean the vanishing of the Armenian Question from the international political arena. Since the essence of the Armenian question is not the international recognition of the Genocide, but the creation of a mature Armenian state on such a territory, which would insure a safe, viable existence and development of the Armenian civilization. From that perspective there are no developed plans on further activities of the Armenians.
In short, the Armenian political elite and society on the whole display an irresponsible, almost childish approach to the question of international recognition of the Genocide, one that resembles the whimsical game ?she loves me, she loves me not?, in this case with the refrain ?she recognizes, she does not recognize?. In the meantime, a correct reorientation (regardless how difficult) of this process may give immense political capital to Armenia and the Armenians in general.
It is long overdue that Armenia and Armenians evaluated similar resolutions with their own (still not formulated) criteria, which would correspond to the historical reality as well as national and state interests. Below are five main criteria for such assessment:
– Accurate indication of the chronology of the Genocide: 1894-1923;
– Necessary mentioning of the fact that the Armenians were annihilated in their homeland ? the western part of Armenia;
– Unambiguous indication of the state, which committed this crime against humanity, i.e. Ottoman Turkey, as well as the direct condemnation of its legal successor, the Republic of Turkey, for denying the Armenian Genocide and committing hostile acts towards present-day Armenia (the blockade, the refusal to establish diplomatic relations, the information warfare, the military aid to Azerbaijan, etc.);
– Recognition of the responsibility of the Turkish state before the Armenian state, the ultimate representative of the interests of the Armenian nation, and the necessity of compensating, particularly, the Republic of Armenia (implying, above all, the territorial compensation);
– Mandatory linkage of the consequences of the Genocide with the current geopolitical situation in the region. In other words ? the acknowledgement of the foremost effect of the Genocide on the security of Armenia and the region.
The truth is that the Genocide created a territorial problem by decreasing the historical area of habitation of Armenians to a critically dangerous scale, threatening the very existence of the nation. It is exactly in this context that one must view the issue of liberation of Artsakh (thanks to which the borders of Armenia acquired defensibility and minimally necessary strategic depth), as well as the provision for the secure development of the Armenians of Javakhq.
The task of Armenian diplomacy is to skillfully tie the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide to a just resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the achievement of lasting security in the region. By recognizing the Genocide, the international community is obligated to make the next logical step and recognize the right of Armenians to Artsakh, including all of the liberated territory. Meanwhile, in parallel with the increase in attention to the issue of the Genocide in the publications of western media as well as in the politics of certain countries, recently, there is a notable tendency of strengthening pro-Azerbaijani positions regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This may completely devalue the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
The above-mentioned criteria regarding responsibility and compensation have not yet been included in any of the resolutions adopted by international institutions. The R106 is not an exception either. It does not contain a clear and unambiguous condemnation of the current Republic of Turkey. Though by accepting the timeframe of the Armenian Genocide between the years of 1915 to 1923, the resolution necessarily implies the responsibility of the founders of this republic as well (they were in control of the most of current territory of Turkey since 1920).
It is true that the last section of the resolution calls upon the US President ?to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution.? However, the fair statement about "the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution" is ambiguous. A direct referring to the current geopolitical predicament of Armenia as a consequence of the Genocide is absolutely needed.
Moreover, after meeting with the Turkish Ambassador on October 10th of 2007 the second-ranking Democrat in the House, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a supporter of the R106, expressed hope that Turkey would realize it is not a condemnation of its current government but rather of "another government, at another time." The Democratic Representative Tom Lantos, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in turn, said he would soon propose a second resolution reaffirming the US-Turkish alliance and friendship.
Anyway, time does not wait. It is today that Armenia must begin the development and realization of the next phase of the policy for overcoming the consequences of the Genocide. Tomorrow, when it will have on the one hand the universal recognition of the Genocide and, on the other, a dwindled and weakened Diaspora (as a result of an accelerated process of assimilation) it will be too late.
The pragmatism of the foreign policy of Armenia means not the blatant ignoring of the apparent animosity of Turkey, but a comprehensive response to the Armenian Question, first of all with the help of realistically thought out propositions regarding territorial compensations to Armenia.
The above is the English version of the article originally published in Armenian and Russian.
(AZG daily, 10 Oct 2007; YERKIR weekly, 12 Oct 2007; REGNUM News Agency, 12.10.2007)
(AZG daily, 10 Oct 2007; YERKIR weekly, 12 Oct 2007; REGNUM News Agency, 12.10.2007)
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Having to do interviews like this one.
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Yeah, that's right. Food was scarce and they couldn't hardly feed their own two kids. Why would they want to have another mouth to worry about?
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What about the vampires? I understand that many of them helped, as well.
There are no good guy vamps. Everything they do is for a purpose that serves their interests. Anyone who thinks differently is a moron.
One last question. Who is your one true love, and why?
Geez, you just won't get off that one, will you? What are you a journalist for Weekly World News now? I don't care about Cooper. How many times do I have to say it? The fact that he's so beautiful it makes your mouth water and smells like a moonlit meadow means nothing to me.
He's good at his job and you can count on him in a fight. That's all that matters to me. And you better not print what I said before. He'd be impossible to live with if he knew any of that crap. Just stick with the facts of the case.
I understand. How about you tell us your favorite color?
What kind of an insipid question is that? What has my favorite color got to do with a brutal serial killer roaming the city?
You know what, this interview is over. If I you ever bother me again, I'll shoot you. Hell, if you print one word of this, I'll shoot you.
Thanks for lunch and have a nice day.
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