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Falshaw, J.
1. These two revision petitions filed by Risal Singh and Gobind Singh are both against orders of the Authority constituted under the Payment of Wages Act (No. IV) of 1936 dismissing the petitioners' applications under Section 15 of the Act, and although the details are not identical the point involved is much the same.
2. Briefly the facts in the case of Risal Singh are that he was employed as an Inspector in the Watch and Wards Department of the Eastern Punjab Railway and in 1948, after being reduced to the rank of Sub-Inspector, he was removed from service by an order of the Divisional Commercial Officer, Watch and Ward, Delhi, dated 9-11-1948. After protesting unsuccessfully to the higher authorities that both his reduction in rank and removal from service contravened the provisions of Section 240 of the Government of India Act, 1935 Risal Singh instituted a suit in December, 1951 for a declaration that his reduction in rank and removal from service were illegal and that he still continued to be as Inspector in the Watch and Ward Department, and he was successful in obtaining a decree on 9-11-1951.
3. The authorities did not appeal against this decree and eventually gave effect to it by restoring Risal Singh as an Assistant Inspector, Watch and Ward, Northern Railway at Delhi as from 31st of August 1954 at a salary of Rs. 1407-p.m. plus Rs. 55/- as dearness allowance. In the letter by which his restoration was communicated it was stated that the period of his absence from the date of his removal from service i.e., 9-11-1948 to the date of his resumption of duty should be treated as leave without pay.
4. Risal Singh claimed that a sum of Rs. 14,6257- was due to him at Rs. 195/- P. M. for the period in question and filed an application on 13-11-1954 before the Authority under Section 15 of the Act.
5. The facts in Gobind Singh's case are that he was employed as a Ticket Collector and when he was serving at Ambala an order was passed removing him from service on 25-7-1949. He also filed a similar declaratory suit and was granted a decree on 21-7-1953 to the effect that his removal from service was void and illegal and that he was still in service.
Although the authorities did not appeal against that decree, they had not given effect to Gobind Singh's representations that he should be restored to his position when he filed his application under Section 15 of the Act on 8-1-1954 claiming payment of the wages which were due to him from the date of his removal up to the date of application.
5a. Although the Railway authorities in both the cases opposed the applications on various grounds including limitation, which was decided in the petitioners' favour, the ground on which the petitions were dismissed, and which has been mainly argued before me, was the finding that the dispute between the parties did not fall within the scope of Section 15 of the Act, which only provides for the recovery by employed persons of wages either wrongfully deducted or delayed, and according to the view taken by the Authority this does not cover a case in which wages are withheld because the liability to pay them at all is disputed, such disputes being only Justiciable by an ordinary Civil Court.
5b. In coming to this conclusion the Authority has relied on a number of decisions cited before it which require consideration. The first of these cases is Simpalax . v. Alla-ud-Din, AIR 1945 Lah 195 (A). This decision was in a revision petition arising out of a regular suit filed by an employee claiming a sum of money alleged to be due to him in lieu of notice after dismissal from employment.
There is no reason to dissent from the view expressed by Beckett J., that such a suit is tribal by a Civil Court the jurisdiction of which is not barred by Section 22 of the Act. The suit in this case was obviously for damages and the amount claimed in lieu of notice could not be described as delayed wages.
This, however, does not seem to me to have any bearing on the question which arises in the present case, viz., whether, having been restored-to service by a decree of a Civil Court after removal, the petitioners are entitled to their wages from the date of their removal till the date of their restoration to service.
5c. The next case relied on is Rajkumar Mills Ltd., Indore v. Inspector, Payment of Wages, M. B., AIR 1955 Madh B 60 (B). In that case the dispute seems to have been between Chowkidars and their employer the chowkidars having been employed at Rs. 267- p.m., and after some dispute had arisen about wages for non-working days, an interim arrangement was made by which they were paid an extra amount of Rs. 5/- p.m.
A dispute then apparently arose as to what the wages of the Chowkidar were, and the Authority under the Act held that their minimum basic wage was Rs. 317- p.m. This was set aside by the High Court on the ground that the scope of the Act was confined to the claims specified in Section 15, namely regarding deductions alleged to have been made contrary to the provisions of the Act, and delay in payment of wages, and the Authority was not supposed to adjudicate upon a wage dispute of this kind.
This case also does not seem to me to have much bearing on the present dispute, and if it is to be regarded an authority for the proposition that the Authority under the Act cannot decide what wages the employees are entitled to under their contract of employment, then there is ample authority to the contrary.
6. The next case is N. Venkatavaradan v. Sembiam Saw Mills, Sembiam, Madras, AIR 1955 Madras 597 (C), in that case a dispute arose between the employee and the firm employing him about an extension of a period of leave which he had taken, and by an order dated 13th of February 1951, after an enquiry, his services were terminated as from the 1st of January 1951 for having absented himself without permission.
He proceeded to claim his wages for January and part of February and also a sum as damages and it was held by Krishnaswami Nayudu J., that the jurisdiction of the Authority does not extend to determining the question whether the contract has been terminated, as alleged by the employer, or the contract is still subsisting, as alleged by the servant, and where the claim is in effect damages for wrongful termination of services, the proper course for him is to institute a suit for damages and not to claim wages under the Act. This case also seems to me to have no bearing on the present dispute.
7. Finally there is the case of Kishan Chand v. Divisional Supdt. Lahore Division, N.W. Rly., AIR 1948 Lah 202 (D). This was a case of a workman who had been promoted and then reverted again, and Mahajan J., held that the Authority had no power to go into a dispute regarding wages arising in such a situation.
He held, 'The Act furnishes a summary remedy for wages earned in an office and not paid but it does not provide a remedy for investigation of querries which concern the office itself, in other words, whether a man should be retained in one Job or should be reverted to another job. Cases of unjustifiable reversion cannot be decided by the Authority appointed under the Act exercising jurisdiction under Section 15(3).'
It thus seems to me that none of the cases on which the Authority has relied really goes to the root of the matter at all, and another decision now cited on behalf of the respondents seems equally wide of the mark. This is a decision of a Full Bench consisting of Khosla, Passey and Mehar Singh JJ., in Divisional Superintendent Northern Delhi Division v. Mukand Lal, 59 Pun LB 173: ( (S) AIR 1957 Punj 130) (FB) (E).
This related to a case in which a railway employee had been placed under suspension for a short period, during which he received a subsistence allowance considerably less than his wages, and subsequently he sought to recover the balance of his full wages under Section 15. While it was held by the learned Judges that the Authority constituted under the Act was not competent to order the employer to pay full amount of wages during such period, the ratio decidendi was that the rules framed by the Indian Railway Establishment must take precedence over the provisions of the Act as regards deductions.
It does not seem that the jurisdiction of the Authority under the Act to adjudicate upon the dispute of this kind was even considered.
8. On the other hand there are a number of authorities, chiefly from the Bombay High Court, to the effect that a dispute of this kind can be decided by the Authority under the Act and that wages withheld in circumstances analogous with those in the present case can be regarded as either deducted or delayed within the meaning of Section 15.
The first of these cases is K.P. Mushran v. B.C. Patil, AIR 1952 Bom 235 (F). In that case a railway employee had been detained under the Preventive Detention Act from February to June 1949 and the Railway authorities shortly after he had been detained suspended him from service, his period of suspension having ended long after his release in 1950. He was, however, then compelled to go on leave under certain rules and for about two months he was given full pay and then for about four months half pay, and after that he was not given any pay at all, and he was still apparently on leave without pay when the matter came before the High Court by way of a writ petition challenging the order of the Authority under the Act directing the Railway authorities to pay the employee his full wages without any deductions.
A considerable portion of the judgment ofChagla C.J., with which Bhagwati J., concurred,was devoted to the question raised by the autho-rities that during the period of the employee'ssuspension his contract, of employment was itselfsuspended and no wages were due for that periodwhich was decided against the authorities. Thejurisdiction of the Authority regarding the periodwhen the employee was compelled to remain onleave for a time on reduced, and later withoutany pay at all, was also contested and the matter was dealt with by the learned Chief Justice as follows:
'Now, turning to the contention with regard to leave without pay, the position is even simpler, because it is not disputed that, during the period of leave, the employee continues to remain the servant of the employer and no question of suspension of the contract can possibly arise.
The only contention that Mr. Palkhiwala can raise with regard to this point is that there is a dispute as to the liability to pay full wages during the period of leave and that dispute as to liability cannot be determined by the Authority. There is no doubt that, as far as this question is concerned, the only dispute is as to the quantum of wages. Employment is admitted; the fact that the employee was a servant is admitted.
The only dispute is that the employer says that, for a certain period, he is only liable to pay half, the wages, and for a certain period he is not liable to pay any wages at all. Now Mr. Palkhiwala says that there is no dispute as to what is the amount due, and if there was any dispute as to the amount, then the Authority could have determined the amount, but in this case the dispute raises the question of liability, and that question is kept outside the jurisdiction of the Authority.
As we have pointed out in A.R. Sarin v. B.C. Patil, 53 Bom LR 674: (AIR 1951 Bom 423) (G), it is only when the contract of employment is put an end to and the liability to pay damagesfor wrongful dismissal, is disputed that the Authority has no jurisdiction to consider that question. But, when the employment is admitted, non-payment of wages can only raise the question as to deduction or delay, both of which are questions within the jurisdiction of the Authority.
Now, with regard to leave on half pay, there is no doubt there is a deduction from the wages to which the employee was entitled, and the question that the Authority had to decide was whether the deduction was justified or not. The Act deals with cases of absence from duty under Section 9, and certain deductions are permissible for absence from duty.
But the deductions that the employer has made are not covered by the provisions of Section 9, and. therefore, the Authority had jurisdiction to decide that, the deduction being unjustifiable, there was a liability upon the employer to pay the full amount of wages. Then with regard to the period when the employee was on leave without pay, the Authority has held that there was a delay in payment as no wages whatsoever were paid.
Now. I find it rather difficult to accept the proposition that, if an employer were to deduct from wages of Rs. 100/- a sum of Rs. 99-15-9 It would be deduction, but that, if he were to deduct the whole amount of Rs. 100/- and not pay the employee at all, it would not be a deduction. I should have thought that, giving to 'delay' Its plain natural meaning, delay in payment would only arise when there was no dispute as to payment of wages but the employer was only in de-fault in not paying them on the due date.
But when there is a dispute as to payment of wages, and the dispute is as to the quantum or as to the whole amount of the wages then, whether there is a deduction of a part of the amount or the whole amount of the wages is notpaid, it would still be a case or unjustified deduction. But it is unnecessary to decide whether, in the case of a failure to pay the whole amount of wages, a case of delay or deduction arises, because in either view of the case the Authority would have jurisdiction to decide the matter.'
9. The next case is a writ Petn. No. 156 of 1953, H.L. Finnimore v. C. P. Fernandes (Bom) (H), decided by Desai J., on 17-9-1953. This case is apparently unreported, but a certified copy of the judgment 'was placed on the record by Gobind Singh. The employee in this case was a fireman in the service of the Western Railway who was removed from service by the petitioner, the Superintendent of the Watch and Ward Department, Western Railway, by an order passed in November 1950.
This employee's representations however resulted in passing of an order on 26-5-1952 by the General Manager of the Western Railway reinstating him in service. The order of restoration however contained a provision that the period of his absence from 16-11-1950 to the date of his joining duty will be treated as 'Dies Non', an order which the learned Judge found could not be passed under any provision of the Railway Code.
10. The Writ Petition arose out of the fact that the employee had applied to the Authority under Section 15 of the Act for payment of his wages from 15-11-1950 to 15-7-1952. It is not clear from the judgment exactly how much he was awarded by the Authority, but it is clear from the fact that the order was challenged in the High Court that a direction for the payment of wages must have been passed in the employee's favour.
Among the points raised on behalf of the petitioner the question of the jurisdiction of the Authority was again one, and the learned Judge dealt with it as follows:
'It was then argued that under Section 15 of the Act the jurisdiction of the Authority was confined, so far as a case of the present nature is concerned, to claims relating to payment of wages that may have been delayed or to deductions in payment. The argument proceeded that this was a case of non-payment or refusal to pay wages and not a case of payment of wages being delayed or any wages being deducted.
Reference was also placed in this connection to Section 5 of the Act in so far as the question arose as to the payment of wages; being delayed. It was pointed out that the time for payment of wages was fixed under the Act. It was stated that as mentioned in that Section the wages in different cases became payable at the expiry of the period therein mentioned or on the dates therein specified.
I must confess that it is difficult for me to appreciate this argument. Even after the expiry of the dates mentioned in that section if wages are not paid they would still be wages payment of which was delayed within the meaning of the Act. It is true that in the applications the second respondent claimed the amounts not on the ground of delayed wages but as amounts deducted from wages.
But the jurisdiction of the Authority does not depend in my judgment entirely on the distinction between 'delayed Wages' and 'deductions'. If the first respondent came to the conclusion that this was a case of either deducted wages or delayed wages then he would have jurisdiction to decide the matter and hold whether it was a case of deduction or delayed wages.
He would be concerned more with the substance of the claim than actual words used in the application. The view I am inclined to take is that it is possible to regard the claim under consideration as one for delayed wages.' Later in the judgment some support was derived from the case cited above Sarin v. Patei (G), on the ground that there is some analogy between the position of an employee who makes a claim for wages for the period during which he was in suspension and a claim made by a per-son dismissed without authority but subsequently reinstated. The learned Judge continued:
'The view I take of the matter is that the Older being one without authority once reinstatement is made the relation between the master and servant must be deemed to have continued to subsist during the interegnum. So also the rights and obligations of the parties must be deemed to have remained unaffected during that period.
If that be the position, and I have no doubt that it ig so, it must follow that the first respondent had jurisdiction to decide the matter.'
11. The decision of Desai J., was the subject of a Letters Patent Appeal decided by Chagla C. J., and Shah J., on 1-3-1954. This case is also apparently unreported but a copy of the judgment has been placed on record. The decision of Desai J., refusing to interfere with the award in favour of the employee was upheld.
12. Another case in which the view has been taken that wages withheld in these circumstances amount to deductions is Anant Ram v. District Magistrate Jodhpur, (S) AIR 1956 Raj 145 (I). In that case the applicants, who were Railway employees, were dismissed on one date and reinstated on a later date, and they were not paid wages between the dismissal and reinstatement the claim before the authority being for the wages for this period.
It was held by Wanchoo C. J. and Modi J., that their reinstatement clearly implied that the authority deducted their wages wholly or in part for the period between dismissal and re-instate-ment, and the case would be covered by the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act.
13. It is thus clear that whereas there is no direct authority to the contrary, there are a number of decisions in which wages withheld either without actually dismissing an employee but merely compelling him to remain on leave without pay, or withheld from an employee once removed from service but later reinstated, can be treated as either wages deducted or wages regarding which there has been a delay in payment, and that the authority had jurisdiction to adjudicate upon claims like those of the present petitioners, and in my opinion this is a correct view of the matter.
14. It may be mentioned that one of the grounds raised' before the authority for holding that it had no jurisdiction in the matter was the provisions of Rule 2044 of the Indian Establish-mont Code, the relevant portion of which reads:
'When a railway servant who has been dismissed, removed or suspended is reinstated the revising or appellate authority may grant to him for the period of his absence from duty:
(a) If he is honourably acquitted, the full pay to which he would have been entitled if he had not been dismissed, removed or suspended and by an order to be separately recorded, any allowance of which he was in receipt prior to 'his dismissal, removal or suspension, or
(b) If otherwise, such proportion of such pay and allowances as the revising or appellate authority may prescribe.In a case falling under Clause (a) the period of absence from duty will be treated as a period spent on duty. In a case falling under Clause (b) it will not be treated as a period spent on duty unless the revising or appellate authority so directs.'
15. It is however pointed out on behalf of the petitioners that this Rule has no application in the present cases. It is clearly intended to be applicable in cases where the employee who has been dismissed, removed or suspended is reinstated by some Railway Officer acting as a revising or appellate authority, and prima facie it is doubtful whether it would be applicable in a case where an employee removed from service by the order of the Railway Officer is restored to service by a decree of a Civil Court declaring his removal to be illegal and inoperative.
If there could have been any doubt on this point, it has undoubtedly been set at rest by the decision of the Supreme Court in State of Bihar v. Abdul Majid, AIR 1954 SC 245 (J), the well-known case by which the right of a servant of the State to bring a suit for recovery of arrears of salary was established. One of the questions which arose in this case was whether Rule 95 of the Bihar and Orissa Service Code was applicable.
The officer in that case was a Sub-inspector of Police who had been dismissed by an order of the Deputy Inspector General of Police and he had obtained a decree from Civil Court declaring his dismissal to be illegal. The Rule in question was in similar terms to those of Rule 2044 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code. It was held by the Hon'ble Judges that the Rule in question had no application in a case where the reinstatement was by a decree of the Civil Court and not by actions of the Departmental appellate or revisional authority.
16. It may be mentioned that at the outset a preliminary objection was raised on behalf of the respondent to the effect that a revision petition was not competent, since an appeal lay under the Act. Section 17(1) in fact provides for an appeal against a direction made under Sub-section (3) or Sub-section (4) of Section 15 to the appropriate Appellate Authority within thirty days of the date on which the direction was made, by an employer if the total sum directed to be paid exceeds three hundred rupees, or by an employee if the total amount of wages claimed to be withheld exceeds fifty rupees.
There can be no doubt about the proposition that where a remedy is provided in the Act by way of appeal no revision petition would lie but the real question is whether the orders of the authority in this case dismissing the petitioners' applications on the ground that it had no jurisdiction to entertain them can be regarded as a direction within the meaning of Section 15. The only case relied on was a decision of Weston J., in Mohamed Haji Umar v. Divisional Superintendent, N. W. Railway, AIR 1941 Sind 191 (K). in which it was held that the word 'direction' in Section 17 should be taken to include a refusal to make a direction.
It is however clear that in that case a decision on the merits of the case was given by the authority, and it is doubtful whether dismissal of an application on a preliminary ground re-carding jurisdiction can in any sense be regard-ed as a direction. The view that this is not so has at any rate been expressed in one case, Khema Nand v. East Indian Railway, AIR 1943 All 243 (L), in which Hamilton J., has expressed the view that the language of Section 15 indicates that a direction is an order to one side to make a payment to the other side and when an application of the employee under Section 15 was rejected as time-barred without even entering into the merits it must be taken that not merely was there no direction but that the application was not even entertained, and that there is nothing in the Act which provides for an appeal in such a case.
I am in agreement with the view that an order dismissing an application on the ground of want of jurisdiction is not a direction under Section 15 and that therefore the present revision petitions were competent. The result is that I accept the present revision petitions with costs (Counsel's fee Rs. 100/-) and set aside the orders of the Authorities dismissing the petitioners' applications. The cases will have to go back to the authority concerned for determination by him of the amount of wages to which the petitioners are entitled.


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(VIDEO) Neighbors ring bells for Oakhurst mom who finished chemotherapy
Oakhurst resident Joanna Duke is described by her friends as a longtime resident and "super mama" to three children.
Last year she was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. She kept volunteering all the while and continued rocking the mom thing.
"She's amazing….and so positive and humble," her friend Kristin Ebersold told Decaturish.
She had her last day of chemo on Wednesday. Traditionally at Piedmont Hospital patients ring a bell when they leave a chemo room for the last time. It's something Duke has been looking forward to. Her friends have been looking forward to it as well and were there to greet here – with their bells – on Wednesday afternoon. Decatur Police were also on hand to show their support.
"Joanna is so loved by this community," Ebersold said. "Even under the circumstances, she's the most positive, gracious, and calm person I've ever met."
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Enquirer editor speaks
But for some reason, Callinan decided to jump into Andrew Warner's blog, responding to Warner's disgust at the way the Enquirer played up Blackwell's attack on Strickland on the front page. While I encourage you to read the blog on this topic here, I'll include Callinan's remarks. First:
I am Callinan and, yes Andrew you are correct that I don't have the time or inclination to blog these days. But I respect your respectful challenges of mainstream media and I will respond. We make hundreds of decisions each day and while the blogosphere may want to pick each to shreds and dig for hidden agendas....sometimes we just have to publish the news and hold our noses and wish for the good old days when public discourse was more dignified. This story disgusted many...including me. But the facts are the facts, distasteful as they may be. Several editors agonized over the play of this story...and I imagine they come from all spectrums of "agendas." In the end, news is news. End of story.Obviously, this wasn't the end of the story, because Callinan came back with this:
I don't mean this as a defense of our decision. Perhaps it's just a commentary on our culture, for better or worse. But I checked the online traffic this morning and the governor's race turns ugly story led with 33,071 page views. Next was the gatorade bottle story with 12,278. The nude prosecuter got 7,708. Way down was a traditional high interest story....the Ohio AP football poll with 2,711.This says two things to me. First, Enquirer editors are either too stupid or too lazy or too gutless to make tough decisions. As Al Franken says, intellectual sloth is not a virtue. "Sometimes we just have to publish the news and hold our noses," he says. No, you never have to do this; you can always do something different, something better, something courageous, something smart. Callinan never says why the Enquirer put the Blackwell news in the most prime position on the front page three days in a row, when you can look at other newspapers and see the other choices that were available to him.
As much as we may cringe at seeing these smarmy political stories unfold, it'd be pretty difficult for us to downplay them.
Thought you'd be interested in those numbers.
Second, his second entry reveals something I've suspected, that web traffic drives decisions about what goes on the front page. I don't think anyone argues that the Enquirer should not have reported what Blackwell said about Strickland. It's the prominence of the story in the Enquirer that was so troublesome, and Callinan seems to try to justify this by pointing out the web traffic. Hell, by that reasoning, the Enquirer should publish pictures of a naked Lindsay Lohan -- no doubt that would be the most popular thing on the Enquirer's web site, and thus justify the lead position on the front page. Right now on Yahoo News, the most emailed story is about a man accused of having sex with a dog. Will we see that on the Enquirer's front page Tuesday?
This is very discouraging, and I can't see it getting any better.


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Rapid changing lifestyle has compelled the parents to turn towards the day care centre. With a concern to give a secured future to their ward, it has become an important job of the parents to work hard each day to earn a proper livelihood. In the mean time, they have also that responsibility and concern about nurturing their child. Therefore, to solve their problem many daycare units are coming up to offer their service. An owner of a daycare Castle Hill reveals that they have seen a drastic change in the number of child at their center. Children are dropped while going to office and are taken back home on the way to return.
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According to a report, childcare is a must. However, to dismay, it is the sector that is the most overlooked part of child development. Childcare is the play an important part in the early education of a child. Therefore, a quality care from a very tender age needs to be given that can play a huge impact on the success of the future of a child. The childcare providers at daycare Wentworthville make sure that the values imparted to the children be qualitative. They also make sure that the learning procedure is not too fast because everyone is on a learning stage and grasping ability is not the same for every child.
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So I mentioned last Friday about getting fit and being more active, boy I didnt know what I was saying at the time!
Saturday was a beautiful day and we all got out in the yard and worked hard!
First off we have our garden box right under our kitchen window.
It has provided us with gorgeous veggies for our table as well as family time planting and cleaning.
Check out the cucumber from 2 years ago...
I know, so wrong right?
Well it also has been a source for dust and dirty kitchen screens for some time and lets not forget the new puppy in the backyard... someone didnt give me the memo that they CHEW EVERYTHING!!!!!!
First we had to move most of my plants into pots and the hubby made a bench to put them on that I told you guys about here.
So since then we've been left with an empty planter box and a nice place for the dog to get all dirty!! It was time to go.
We dug out all the dirt and kept it on the side since it was good dirt.
I need to replant my hanging baskets soon, like 6 months ago soon. haha
When we pulled out the wood we found this against the house.... yuck!
It reminded me of when we were young we would put salt on slugs and watch them melt.
So you know what we did right?
We told the lil guy we were going to do an experiment.
We gave him salt and had him pour it on the slug and watch it melt.
He was sooo excited to do a 'sperment'
Vanilla was sure curious too.
My son watched intently on what would happen next.
Well, what happend was he was occupied long enough for us to finish leveling the ground where we took out the garden box and then we decided to move his toy box in that spot.
While we were at it, I also finished painting the trim around the window.
Again another project we started oohh... 2 years ago.
I plugged some grass in the bare spots around the toy box and hopefully they fill in quickly.
Also the bald spot we left taking up the toy box.
Grass... let me tell you will be the bain of my existence!!!
We worked hard and took a nice little nap but our work didnt stop there!
My mom called on her way to work and asked if we had time she wanted the hubby to mow her lawn as well. Well when the lil guy got up from his nap we packed up the truck and went down to her house.
I used the lawn mower for the first time.
Yes, I've never mowed the lawn before.
Sorry no pictures... that is one look I do not want floating around the internet!
Saturday was a great and productive day!


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ANGUS North MSP Nigel Don has sought reassurances that a merger between A. G. Barr and Britvic will not affect any workers at the Strathmore Water Division in Forfar.
The MSP for North Angus and the Mearns recently wrote to Roger White, CEO of A. G. Barr to find out more.
Commenting on the merger, Mr Don said: "We are very glad that the CEO of A.G. Barr will run the new merged company, however my constituents in Forfar need reassurances that their jobs are safe. While we are in the economic downturn and running up to the festive period, people need to know if they will have a job after Christmas."
Mr Don received a letter from Roger A White, the CEO of A.G. Barr, in responses to seeking reassurances and it said: "I am bound by the takeover panel rules at present which expressly forbid any information being given beyond that which is made available to all.
"As such I cannot, at this early stage, give any further covenant regarding any sites or roles and the context in the wider merged business."
Mr Don said: "I am looking forward to hearing from Roger White, when he can, as soon as possible."
A spokesperson for A. G. Barr said: "The boards of A. G. Barr and Britvic are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger of A. G. Barr and Britvic, which is to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement of Britvic.
"It is proposed that the Combined Entity will be called 'Barr Britvic Soft Drinks plc."
"The directors of A.G. Barr and Britvic believe the net reduction in Combined Group head count is likely to be in the range of eight to 12 per cent.
"The number of employees and locations affected will depend on the outcome of the integration planning and these changes will only come into effect as synergies are realised over the three years post completion.
"The merger will create one of the leading soft drinks companies in Europe, with annual sales of over £1.5 billion, a portfolio of strong brands and significant prospects for future growth.
"The combination has compelling commercial and industrial logic given the high level of complementarity between the two businesses in terms of brands, sales channel presence and geographic presence within the United Kingdom.
"The boards of A.G. Barr and Britvic believe that the Combined Group will possess an attractive portfolio of strong and differentiated brands which include Irn-Bru, Robinson's Fruit Shoot, J20 and Rubicon. With its portfolio well represented in key sub-segments of the soft drinks market.
"The boards of A.G. Barr and Britvic believe that the Combined Group will be able to achieve recurring annual cost synergies of approximately £35 million through overhead savings, procurement savings and supply chain enhancements."


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DAVIS (AP) — The former chancellor of the University of California, Davis, who resigned last year after months of controversy, will return to the campus in the fall teaching at a salary comparable to the one she earned as campus leader.
University officials said Linda Katehi will be paid $318,000 on a nine-month contract to teach electrical and computer engineering, as well as women and gender studies.
That's about the same rate as the $424,000 annual salary she received as chancellor.
The news led Democratic Assemblyman Kevin McCarty to call her return "a golden parachute deal" that is an insult to students struggling to afford college.
Katehi resigned last August following an investigation into her role in using university money to eliminate negative online search results about UC Davis.
The 63-year-old drew considerable fire during the 2011 campus Occupy protests. Students were pepper sprayed by during a peaceful protest. The Youtube videos showing students sitting passively as officers doused them with the agent were viewed millions of times.
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Being an Effective Leader June 4, 2007Posted by Jeremy in Thoughts and Theology.
This is a quote from a friend about leadership and how we view it today.
"In our culture we under-value the concept of identity and character because we vastly over-value decision-making. We think that leadership is all about decision-making. It's not. 99% of what we do every day is not about conscious decision making. We simply act. And we act out of who we are, out of character and identity. And so if we truly want to be women and men of impact who lead others with integrity, courage, and faithfulness, we have to be different types of people, not just better decision makers."
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Read Mark 4:10-12
- Is there anything about the chapter you did not understand?
- What is the point of this chapter?
- What does it reveal about whom God is/His attributes?
- Is there a command which I am to obey? If so, what?
- Is there an example to follow? If so, what?
- Is there a promise of God to His people? If so, what?
- Are there specific sins to be avoided? If so, which?
- How can this passage be applied to my life?
- What are the different narratives (eg. stories), in this chapter?
- Look at Mark 4:10-12. In this chapter all but one section is dedicated to Jesus teaching parables to the crowd. In the chapter is the one time Jesus not only explained the parable but also gave the purpose for teaching in parables. What do you think a parable is? Why do you think Jesus taught in them? What is the reason Jesus said that he taught in them? (eg. v. 11-12). What did Jesus mean? Jesus was teaching in parables to give illustrations/examples of the point he was teaching. Just like how I (Dan), teach you in Sunday School or Adventure. When I am trying to explain a concept in scripture I use and example to explain it to you. Jesus is stating here if you do not understand the parable then you will not understand the message behind it. He is trying to teach simply so his audience will know the message of the Gospel behind in parable. Now we may have a hard time understanding some of the parables in the Bible because we are not part of the same culture as they were, but when we understand the cultural context of the parable, the meaning of the parable becomes clear.


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Well Valentine's Day, new year, literally most celebrations.
I was in a 4 and a half year relationship. During that time I saw my s/o once on Valentine's Day and never on new year.
Now this may sound like no big deal, but to me it isn't.
I didn't have a great childhood once I hit the age of 16, I wasn't and didn't feel like part of my family. So I started to cling on to special holidays as a chance for me to feel okay and special. It sounds selfish but what ever.
So I am in a relationship with someone I love and who loves me. I know he doesn't really like those sort of occasions so I make efforts to plan with him weeks in advance to make sure he is free and I plan to do things I know he would enjoy. All I asked for was him to turn up and a card. No flowers nothing fancy no expensive meal. Just us together, hanging out.
Well no matter what I planned, how far in advance I planned it. He always cancelled at the last minute for various reasons including and not limited to…his friend asked him to hang out. I never ever got the card either.
Typing it out I realise how bad a relationship it was but I was in love
Well because of all that, I now get really emotional and depressed, in the days leading up to and the days following.
All the feelings of worthlessness that I experienced because all I could think was I am not worth seeing or spending time with.
It's hard to escape those feelings of darkness. Loneliness. And hatred I have for myself.
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My sweet baby goaties are growing. They're racing each other all over the field, and just being beyond cute. I really enjoy having coffee with them in the morning. I noticed when I downloaded my pictures that most of them this time are of little Renesmee- guess she was more cooperative. So the past few mornings she's been all curious while I've been having my coffee. (and my camera is back- yay).
Hey- I have some spinning I can show you- cuz I know you have to be sick of the babies. So here is the first ply of Chimera's Rocky Road:
Hoping to have the 2nd ply done in a day or 2, and have it plied by the end of the week. I'd really like to start finishing 2 skeins a week, so I'm going to make sure spinning happens just as much as knitting, instead of merely in addition to. Now I want to show you both skeins of Black Bunny Fibers Good 'n' Fruity. The first skein is 2-ply, letting the brilliant colors fall where they will.
The 2nd skein I Navajo-plied- chain ply is another name for it. You make a 3 ply out of 1 single by plying the yarn onto itself by making chains. This method insures that your color changes stay together.
I had thought that I would like the navajo plied yarn better- with the bright colors and all the white space on this roving. But I think I prefer the 2-ply.
What do you guys think? Now I'm thinking the navajo plying might be better with a more subtly colored roving. So I think when I finish the Rocky Road, I may have to do Chimera's Bittersweet, navajo ply it just to see if that theory works.
But before we leave the Good 'n' Fruity- look what I found my camera (my camera!) can do:
I can zoom in in macro mode. Cool, huh?
Now we have some stash enhancement- from my favorite pusher oops, I mean dealer oops, I mean my favorite on-line fiber source. These are both installments from Black Bunny Fibers fiber clubs. This gorgeous skein of yarn is from the sock club
It's a gorgeous blend of 70 wool/15 silk/15 bamboo. I can't wait til it tells me what it wants to be.
Next is this gorgeous roving
It's a fluffy cormo-corriedale cross colored "Mud Puddle" and its just dying to get on one of my wheels. Soon, my pretty. Soon.
Thank you, everyone, for your kind words about my brother. Talking about him, and remembering his birthday (and death day) keep him alive in my memory- so he'll be mentioned often. As a matter of fact, I think I will actually venture back to Boston this spring to do the AIDS walk. I did that walk with him the last spring he was alive. Miss Mad for Knit has gently persuaded me that I can do this (I had swore I would never set foot in Boston again after his memorial- but yes, I think I can do this). So, more on this later.
Miss Mad for Knit had also wondered if I had started the babies on coffee or wine yet? What kind of mother do you think I am??????


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I've received a number of emails and comments regarding changing attitudes among photographers regarding medium format digital vs. DSLRs. Seems to me, first of all, that it's not about the equipment. My daddy used to say, "it's not the car, it's the nut behind the wheel". That said, I find that I can often see the difference between medium format (MF) images I've created, and those taken with a DSLR. My own approach has changed quite a bit; I think it is fair to say that I use my MF cameras much more nowadays than the DSLRs.
Some of the things I notice are sharpness, resolution, acutance, dimensionality, subtleties in tone transitions, and detail in shadow/highlights. In some cases, a MF lens will also show a difference in bokeh (smoothness of out of focus areas). In all of these, excluding the last item, I feel it is a combination of factors that makes up one's perception of "difference". For example high acutance coupled with low resolution looks much different than a situation where both are high. (a typical look for the former is a so-called "over-sharpened" image with that crispy look with lots of edge halos).
At the end of the day, images I've made with my MF cameras usually look quite different than those from the DSLR world – this is particularly the case when I've made a large print. The image below communicates some of these in spite of the limitations of computer screens. In print, it has amazing depth and dimensionality, and impressive detail in the leaves and textures in the rocks.
Hasselblad H-series camera body, P25 back, 100mm lens, f/11, approx one second exposure. It is true that one can make a very "sellable" image using a high-end DSLR. But can one achieve that look, that feeling of a unique image or print that one can almost walk right into? Doesn't this affect both creative approach and one's competitive position in an environment that challenges us all? And what about client's perceptions? Haven't many of use had the experience of a client choosing a photographer who owns MF digital vs DSLR? Does this set one apart from the pack? Thinking back, it's made a difference for me – I've made far more money with MF than I ever have with my DSLRs. I'm working right now on a tour of seven cities, teaching use of MF digital cameras, high resolution printers, fine art printmaking, and art reproduction. The interest from photographers in MF is intense – something of a wake up call, in fact. More to follow.
Here's a recent review of the Mamiya AFD III with the Leaf Aptus digital back.


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Why Digitize KKK Newspapers?
Gleeson Library has contributed funds to support a project to digitize and provide open access to Ku Klux Klan newspapers from the 1920s, and we now have early contributors' access to the newspapers that have been digitized so far.
The project is in its early stages, but is already being used for analysis in national media.
Overview from the project website:
From its birth immediately following the Civil War to its re-awakening inspired by the film Birth of a Nation in 1915 through today's fractured organizations using the Klan's name, the Ku Klux Klan has occupied a persistent place in American society.
The Klan's national newspaper had a circulation larger than the New York Times.
To understand today's version of American nationalism, we need to go back to the 1920s when the Klan re-emerged as a slick and successful recruiting and marketing engine that appealed to the fears and aspirations of middle-aged, middle-income, white protestant men in the middle of America. At its peak in 1924, Klan paid membership exceeded 4,000,000 and its national newspaper, the Imperial Night-Hawk, had a circulation larger than the New York Times.
The goal of this project is to assemble a comprehensive and hopefully complete collection of KKK newspapers into a fully-searchable open access database. The collection features national Klan publications (for example: the Imperial Night-Hawk and the Kourier) as well as regional and local Klan produced papers (i.e., Sgt. Dalton's Weekly, Jayhawker American, and the Minnesota Fiery Cross). The collection will also include a smaller set of papers sympathetic to the Klan (i.e., The Good Citizen and The Fellowship Forum) and a few important anti-Klan publications (Tolerance and The Record). A complete title list may be found here.
The collection will be hosted on the Reveal Digital platform, which will provide controlled access to funding libraries until the collection moves to open access.
Why Digitize KKK Newspapers?
Contributed by Dr. Thomas R. Pegram, Professor of History, Loyola University–Maryland, and author of One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.
The degree to which Klan newspapers drew from ordinary currents in American life in the 1920s is stunning. These newspapers detail the extent to which the Klan movement was anchored in American traditions of fraternalism, sociability, business and civic practices. That makes the appeal to exclusivity, the anti-Catholicism, and the assumed white Protestant ownership of American institutions that are also apparent in Klan newspapers so powerful.
The Klan newspapers of the 1920s are a reminder of how current divisions over immigration, race, and citizenship are deeply embedded in American history.
Sentiments that are now considered radical or located on the fringes of American society actually existed side by side with mainstream American beliefs and practices. Openly bigoted and reckless publications such as Colonel Mayfield's Weekly contrast in style with more conventional publications such as the versions of the Fiery Cross that appeared across the Midwest, but all Klan newspapers shared the same bedrock beliefs that American democracy existed for only white Protestant Americans. Some, like Chicago's Dawn offered frank denunciations of ethnic and Catholic Americans that reveal the extent to which American pluralism was contradicted by American tribalism. The Klan newspapers of the 1920s are a reminder of how current divisions over immigration, race, and citizenship are deeply embedded in American history.
Top Image: From The Badger American, March 1924. KKK Newspapers database.
Gleeson Zine Library: a new collection
The Gleeson Library has a new, small (but growing!) collection of zines. What are zines? Zines are self published magazines. They are a great means of self expression for artists, writers, and anyone passionate about a topic. Zines are created in a variety of ways with drawings, comics, collage, hand written, or typed text. They are typically produced with a limited number of copies and are often just run off on a photocopier. Because they are self published they can make a space for marginalized voices to be heard. Common themes include art, poetry, comics, short stories, memoir, cultural criticism, politics, and social commentary.
The new Gleeson Zine Library is located on the second floor in the big reading room near the front of the Library. We have zines on a variety of topics with some emphasis on social justice and critical theory. Anyone in the USF community can check out the zines for 30 days, and they can be renewed up to 3 times.
We are planning a few workshops on zine making and are looking for ways to partner with USF classes and groups. Keep a lookout here for upcoming events! We encourage submissions by members of the USF community.
More information at the Gleeson Zine Library Guide
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Search > Databases and on the Databases page, click "A to Z List of Databases." Here you will see the treasure trove of electronic resources.
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Charley gives Matty and Sean some last minute Valentine's Day ideas.
Sean tells Charley and Matty about Taco Bell and KFC's new plan to deliever food.
There is some controversy around Father, Daughter dances and if they are inclusive enough. Also Charley, Sean and Matty discusses how a school in West Haven, Utah does not allow girls to say no if a boy ask her to dance.
Charley tell Matty and Sean a place where they can find love.
Sean, Matty and Charley gives out ideas on what a man would like for Valentines Day
Sean, Matty and Charley discuss a study eHarmony did on if money can buy love.
Sean, Matty and Charley talk about how Elon Musk sent a Tesla to space.
Sean tells Matty and Charley about a marketing company that allows its' employees to take a 3-Day weekend once a month.
Sean, Charley and Matty learns about where a couple hid their winning lottery ticket.
Charley, Matty and Sean talks about a study on whether snow is safe to eat or not.


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Sorry its a day late everyone but I had literally no time yesterday to write a post. Anthropologists tell us that it place is very important to the human psyche, especially the "local." Today I want to write about the topic of Bio-regionalism and how building a bio-regional outlook can help us as Naturalistic Pantheists.
So what is Bio-regionalism? It's about focusing on specific naturally defined areas called bio-regions. Bio-regions are geographical areas with their own unique ecologies – plants, animals, geology, climate, water features & human cultures. The boundaries of these bio-regions are not based around political and language barriers but around specific physical natural features e.g. different terrains or water boundaries.
We all live in unique physical, ecological, historical and cultural areas and our particular bioregion is the part of the planet that we are ultimately responsible for. The Naturalistic Pantheist community is passionate about protecting the environment but the world is such a big place and there are so many places to save and causes to help….how can we do it all? The answer is to take responsibility for our place, our bioregion…and to focus the majority of our efforts there. We can't learn the names of every plant, animal and species in the world, but we can learn to be aware of the life that makes up our own bioregion. We can be mindful of our local environment, of the history of our communities and we can seek to live sustainably, and respectfully in harmony with it.
We can become knowledgeable about the places we live, we can get to know our local land, our local water sources, our local weather, our local plants, our local animals, our local land features, our local soil types, our local neighbours and our local communities. And we can commit to making choices that enhance the ecology, economy and culture of the places we live. And we can live a rooted life, making the lands rhythms our patterns and its fruits our bounty.
In the book "What Do Pagans Believe?" Harvey writes that the original pagan was "an inhabitant of a particular place." he goes further to describe them as "someone who belonged, someone who celebrated where they lived, someone who knew their local shrines, springs, hills, tress and neighbours, and could trace their decent from local ancestors." A Pagan or a Naturalistic Pantheist is someone who's relationship with the land and bioregion he lives in, is the source of his religion and culture.
So how does one become bioregional? It's all about taking responsibility!
1) Become knowledgeable about the place where you live – the local animals and plants, what the local water supplies are and where they come from, where your rubbish ends up, what the soil is like, what endangered species there are, where your energy comes from and how the weather and climate works locally. Find out all you can about your bioregion.
2) Learn about the human cultures that have occupied your place in the past & respect their way of life. Learn about your ancestors.
3) Vote in local elections and campaign to protect local areas from destruction.
4) Support your local economy – buy products made locally, bank with locally owned banks, seek out local entertainment, support small local independent traders.
5) Buy local food or grow your own. Perhaps join a Community Supported Agriculture scheme.
6) Volunteer to help improve the community and your local area e.g. do beach cleans.
7) Plant native species in your garden.
8) Go outside every day at the same time and sit and observe. Make offerings to the spirits of the place. Say thanks to the land and your ancestors. Keep a journal of whats happening.
9) Let the changes in your land dictate your rituals and the timings of celebrations.
10) Hold a pot-luck, invite your neighbours and get to know who lives around you.
There's ten ways to be a bio-regionalist Naturalistic Pantheist. What do you do to support your bio-region???


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A few weeks ago, I had a birthday. It wasn't a major year divisible by five or ten or anything besides one and the number itself – yay for prime numbers – but it happened. I had a major paper due the next day and ate too much for dinner that night, a deadly combination. Anyway, what really stood out is the awesome birthday present the owner of Kaleidoscope Books (hi Jeff!) gave me when I went to work that day. Considering it is now graduation season, this seemed like the perfect time to blog about It's All Over Now!, illustrated by Wava McCullough and published in 1928.
Simply put, this journal is what my mom would call "over the top cool" and I agree. Since, like My College Diary, It's All Over Now! lacks the usual 200-300 page stories I blog about, I figured I'd share some pictures. I had trouble propping the journal open while supporting it, so my fingers unfortunately appear in some of the pictures.
Once again, I'm starting off with the illustrated end papers. Well illustrated end papers are always something to celebrate, and these are no exception. The rear end papers are illustrated similarly, except instead of major areas of study the graduates are standing next to their occupation. The women tend to be standing next to "teacher" and "marriage" while the men are next to "stocks and bonds" and "salesman." Make of that what you will, and remember that this is 1928.
Here are the classmates and officers! This is an accurate representation of what students look like in college, no?
And these are my professors, just as I remember them! They can carry enormous books in one hand, and constantly wear mortar boards.
Part of what is so cool about this style of illustrations is that it coincidentally features my former school colors. The football team may very well still look like this, I do not know, as I have never attended a collegiate football game. All I could fill out on this page would be that time I quit crew.
I find the "Amusements" page amusing, as the banners say "HARVAD" and "HICHIGAH" or something like that. Also this illustration looks like a fire hazard, with the blanket so close to an open flame.
But of course, no collegiate experience is complete without a mention of mail. That post man is carrying a bag full of letters, yet I don't see a single sticker on any of the envelopes, so I know they must not be for me. My "mom mail" always features a rather distinct look.
Commencement marks the ends of most collegiate experiences, and this journal even has a separate entry page for "Reunions." In the midst of commencement season, this illustration seems especially appropriate. Congratulations to all who are recent graduates or graduating this month!
Side note: The formatting for this post is really wonky. I apologize, and am currently unable to fix it although I have tried repeatedly. Word Press does not seem to respect my spacing no matter what I do, which is not the worst technology experience I've had this week by far. This is merely a distant second and rather annoying.


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Sked, Alan (2004) Living on one's wits: J. A. Blackwell's vain attempts to become British Consul in Hungary. In: Peter, Laszlo and Rady, Martyn, (eds.) British-Hungarian Relations Since 1848. SSEES occasional paper series,62 (62). School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, London, UK, pp. 13-31. ISBN 9780903425735
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Here Link the full program Laulupealinn, october 16
Ep. 3 Tanja's performance
The solution for be present in both, has been ingenious: Tanja was recorded in advance to the show of "Laulupealinn" and directly it was possible to see her by means of videoprojector singing with Tiit Kuusmik in perfect tuning.
It was the whole prodigy of ingenuity... with a magnificent song sung perfectly. The public prize is genius and Tanja continues in the show next weeks! Congratulations Tanja!!


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It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, no, not Christmas, silly! Super Bowl Sunday is coming for crying out loud.
Speaking of crying … we did a lot of it by the end of the 49ers/Giants championship game. We THOUGHT the old red and gold team would pull one more out of their helmets, and after putting us through a hellish, nail-biting overtime, it was the LEAST they could have done. But you know the old lament: "There's always next year."
Even sans 49ers, Sunday's Super Bowl has something for everybody. Don't believe me? Let's talk.
Like Extreme-Comfort-Food appetizers? Ah, this is a no-brainer. Kitchens across America are stocked with everything from pizza to s'mores. Plus, talk about controversy! The raging debate is whether folks will put down EIGHT or NINE MILLION POUNDS of guacamole on Sunday. If you care to wager a bet on the exact amount, I'm sure you can find a Vegas bookie who will hook you up. Or you can just revel in the 14,500 TONS of chips that will be used to scoop up that guacamole.
And should you tragically over-indulge at the trough and need a break from work the next day? Yep, you'll have company. An extra 1.5 million Americans will call in "sick" on Monday.
Don't know who's playing in this year's Super Bowl? Don't care? For you, Binky, there are the famed Super Bowl ads. Yeah, yeah, everybody knows that sponsors pay (how does $7 million a minute sound?) big bucks for the ads. And we've seen some classic commercials down through the years. But who really sticks around for the WHOLE game if you're just in it for the commercials? Yep, by fourth quarter that viewership has by now drifted off to the malls.
But if you're a POP ENTERTAINMENT buff, the halftime show is your Holy Grail. I mean, with Madonna on tap this year, we can expect some drama, right? Don't care for the Material Girl, er … Matron? Well then, let's look back at some of the, well, odder halftime shows from Super Bowl Sunday. I assure you, Madonna will seem nearly normal.
Let's face it, some mega-superstars have strutted their stuff at the halftime shows. But there have been some colossal fizzles, too. Like way back in 1991 (Super Bowl XXV) when those adorable little kiddos performed at halftime singing … WHAT?? Disney music??? ("It's a Small World After All" is okey-dokey at Disneyland but at the testosterone-charged Super Bowl? Not so much.) And it only got worse. The kidlets were just the lead-in to … New Kids on the Block. Again, WHAT were they thinking?
Apparently somebody got the message that 8-year-olds rocking their Disney moves at the Super Bowl concert wasn't the wisest show-biz idea. So in 1995 they brought out Patti LaBelle in a Super Bowl XXIX concert that looked like an unfortunate marriage of "Star Wars" meets "Rocky Horror Picture Show" YIKES! Produced again by Disney, it got real weird, real fast.
But perhaps there was no more bizarre halftime extravaganza than the year of "Elvis Presto" – an Elvis impersonator/magician who put on a show that featured neither Elvis songs nor much discernable magic. Yes, 1989's Super Bowl XXIII halftime show was a happenin' thing. Prior to kick-off, fans at the game were given (and I know you are as shocked as I am by this fabulous demonstration of pulling out all the stops) 3-D GLASSES!!! You see, computer-generated-magical-special-effects were to be viewed via 3-D glasses during the show, and it was just so CUTTING EDGE and … well, nevermind.
And of COURSE I'm not going to dredge up the old Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction" from 2004. Oh, hahaha, I totally lied, of COURSE I'm dredging it up! Because if you want to know how much Super Bowl entertainment has changed since the "Small World" Disney kids in 1991 and "Nipplegate" in 2004, well … let me just say I rest my case.
There now, have I left anybody out? There's the food, the ads, the entertainment and … oh, yes. There's FOOTBALL! Even with the 49ers noticeably absent, there may still be a little FOOTBALL ACTION this Super Bowl Sunday! So let's hear it, people: "GO … whoever!"
It's a Super Bowl world after all
It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, no, not Christmas, silly! Super Bowl Sunday is coming for crying out loud.


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Lisa Marie Hagen and Donald Raymond Jackson were married July 22, 2006, at First Presbyterian Church in Hampton, Va. The candlelight ceremony was officiated by Dr. George Oehler.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Hagen of Hampton. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Jordan of Hampton and the late Mr. and Mrs. Newell A. Hagen of Maine.


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Suicide kills six men a month in Western Australia and costs the economy at estimated $1.75B a year.
Men and boys in Western Australia are three times more likely to take their own lives than women and girls.
If you are concerned about this issue, then please join us for this free one day seminar in Perth on Monday 11th September.
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Speakers will be announced shortly.
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Trump, Clinton trade caustic barbs as roast turns bitter
It's fantastic. They think she's absolutely great. "Last night, I called Hillary a nasty woman, but this stuff is all relative". "You!" a voice can be heard responding, while another tells him to "get off the stage". Hillary Clinton, spent even more - nearly $US83 million. "But I had a duty to concede, and I did so without reluctance", McCain said in a statement seen by Politico .


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Wilma Woo · March 11, 2018 · 3:00 pm
Fundstrat analyst and infamous Bitcoin bull Tom Lee has already seen success from his new 'Bitcoin Misery Index' which told traders to buy Friday.
Anything But Miserable
As various media outlets report on the tool, Fundstrat's head of research outlined how recent price dips have given a rare decisive 'buy' signal – one of only five in Bitcoin's entire nine-year history.
Ranked from one to one hundred, Lee determines a Bitcoin score of 27 and lower means investors should get in, while a 'sell' signal occurs at 67 or higher.
Currently, Bitcoin scores 18.8, marking only fifth occasion that is has retrospectively dipped below the 27 marker.
The previous visit was in September 2016 and only brief, with the most recent lows constituting Bitcoin's second lowest score ever. The only time the reading would have been lower was in September 2011 – at 16.2.
Lee: Mt. Gox Sell-Offs 'Don't Change Anything'
Downward selling pressure on BTC comes as the specter Mt.Gox continues to rear its head, unsettling markets.
Last week saw revelations that one trustee had liquidated almost $400 million in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash since December 2017, with the prospect of another $1.9 billion following so that long-suffering creditors can receive lost funds.
Sold in several bulk moves, each lump sum trade reversed upward
Source: Bitcoinist.net - click here to read the rest of this article


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HR Business Partner По договоренности
Работа на территории работодателя, полный рабочий день.
Дата рождения: 30 декабря 1972, 45 лет. Не замужем, детей нет, гражданство Россия.
07.2013—н.в. 5 лет
HR Director
Group of Companies "Agromarket" (wholesale and retail trade in agricultural technics, spare parts, household goods , branches in Russian Federation regions), г. Москва, полная занятость.
HR consulting, HR audit, formation of HR strategic plan, statement " from zero " works of HR service, description of HR business processes, construction of hierarchy system, formation of Corporate Training
Center, recruitment of top managers, including regional, tens vacancies are closed, complex training and personnel
estimation is carried out, corporate actions are organized, formation of the system of document circulation, etc.
03.2008—06.2013 5 лет 4 месяца
Head of HR projects
Commercial and Production companies (Russian and foreign) (manufacturing, wholesale, retail trade and services, including branch network), г. Москва, полная занятость.
HR consulting, HR audit, formation of HR strategic plan, statement " from zero " works of
HR service, description of HR business processes, including those in accordance with the quality standards of
ISO 9001, recruitment in Moscow and in regions, tens vacancies were closed, complex training and personnel
estimation was carried out, corporate actions were organized, formation of a document circulation system, etc.
10.2005—03.2008 2 года 6 месяцев
HR Director
Limited Liability Company "S-K" (wholesale trade in building tools), г. Москва, полная занятость.
Optimization of HR politics with reference to varying strategy of the company, anti-crisis HR
management in condition of radical revision of strategy, re-structuring and full change of top management,
construction of motivational schemes for different categories of the personnel in view of KPIs of divisions and posts, MBO system, budgeting of HR activity, conducting the salary fund, development of corporate culture,
recruitment, organization of training, the control and perfection of procedures of personnel office-work, analysis of movement of the personnel, formation of HR reporting, etc.
09.2002—10.2005 3 года 2 месяца
From 07/2003 – HR Director, Up to 07/2003 – HR Specialist
Automobile holding "INFOPROM group" (500 people in staff, 5 legal persons), г. Москва, полная занятость.
From 07/2003 – HR Director (formation and optimization of HR politics, participation in formation of organizational structure on the basis of business processes description, regulation about enterprises,
structural divisions and duty instructions, introduction of adaptation procedure, carrying out of the personnel estimation, successful experience of formation and practical realization of non-standard approach to training
of the personnel, recruitment for top positions, including regional, outplacement, the control and perfection of procedures of personnel office-work, analysis of movement of the personnel, formation of HR reporting)
Up to 07/2003 – HR Specialist (recruitment, participation in training organization, personnel office work)
08.2001—09.2002 1 год 2 месяца
HR specialist
Open Joint-Stock Company "Pharmimex" (foreign trade activities; 350 people in staff), г. Москва, полная занятость.
Participation in formation of HR politics, Regulations about the personnel, recruitment,
adaptation, motivation, organization of training, personnel office-work
03.2000—07.2001 1 год 5 месяцев
Personnel Agency «Center -T», г. Москва, полная занятость.
Search, estimation and selection of employees of various level for
various companies, work with database, questioning, interviewing, psychological testing
Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова
Факультет: Philosophical
Дневная/Очная форма обучения
Специальность: Teacher of philosophy
Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова
Факультет: Philosophical
Дневная/Очная форма обучения
Специальность: Teacher of philosophy
Курсы и тренинги
ECOPSY Consulting
Management and leadership: a training program for top managers
Training and Consultation Centre " ТЕCОRА"
Training "Project Management in conditions of rigid restrictions"
The Psychological department of Moscow State University together with HR Technologies Centre XXI century
One-Year Course of professional retraining on HR Management; an honours degree
Ecopsy Consulting
Training for trainers. Thematic workshops.
Limited Liability Company "Service Consult Project"
The Art of Negotiations
Limited Liability Company "Service Consult Project"
Estimation, Formation and Development of an Administrative Reserve
Limited Liability Company "Service Consult Project"
The System of Sales Managers Preparation
Certification for One day
The Educational Centre «Rubicon»
HR Management
International Language Academy (Great Britain)
English Language Training
Навыки и умения
Иностранные языки
Английский (свободно владею),
немецкий (базовый),
французский (базовый).
Профессиональные навыки
Statement HR service work " from zero "
· Formation of HR politics, its priority directions, the purposes and the tasks
· Outwork of organizational structure on the basis of business processes description, drawing up regulation about enterprises, structural divisions and duty instructions, the lists of staff
· Anti-crisis HR management in condition of radical revision of strategy and maintenance of stable structure of staff during a transitional period and subsequent activity within the limits of the company
· Drawing up of regulating documents on HR business processes· Formation and conducting the fund of a payment, budgeting of HR activity
· Outwork of complex system of monetary and non-monetary motivation, estimation and grading of posts, outwork of KPIs of divisions and posts, MBO system
· Estimation of the personnel, including techniques of "360 degrees", Assessment Centre, etc.
· Monitoring of labour market, choice of optimum sources of search, realization of procedures of primary selection, simultaneous conducting up to 30 vacancies including top positions and vacancies in regions
· Organizational-administrative, economic, social-psychological adaptation
· Statement of the purposes of training, definition of need for training, themes, forms and methods oftraining, interaction with training and educational centers, development of the plan and the programof training, choice of the optimum place and time of carrying out of studies, methods of results estimation
· Knowledge of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation, registration of orders on reception, moving, dismissal, business trips, holidays, changers of the list of staff, registration and conducting private affairs, Cards of personal account, systematization of information on staff movement
· Experienced user: WORD, EXCEL, 1C 7.7.: Salary and Staff, 1C 8.1., 8.2., 8.3.: Salary and
HR Management, OUTLOOK, ARIS, LOTUS Notes, VISIO, PowerPoint.
Дополнительные сведения
In possession of up-to-date HR technologies, systematical approach to problems to be
solved, high working capacity, continuous professional perfection, skill to put before
myself the precise purposes and to lead up the started business up to the end, excellent
sense of humour, ease in dialogue, goodwill


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The Apple Watch Edition has already sold out in China — and it took less than an hour for the most luxurious gold version of the device, which reportedly costs 126,800 yuan ($20,000), to get completely snapped up.
Apple on Friday put the Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch, and Edition up for preorder in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and China. Customers can now try on and buy the watches, but the company says people will not get them until weeks later in the UK — elsewhere, it could be longer. Relatively few will actually walk out of shops wearing their new accessory.
Just hours into sales in China, there was zero chance of grabbing an Apple Watch Edition, the most exclusive version. Author Ben Thompson tweeted that he had checked every store in China and at every one the device was listed as out of stock, but it remains unclear just how many units have been sold and shipped on Friday.
Many people who lined up thousands to spend on the product, at least for now, will be bitterly disappointed.
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I have spent the last 10 years working as a Personal Trainer and I absolutely loved it. In the fitness world you pretty much have no choice but to start a business. Each Personal Trainer in a gym is an independent contractor. When I first started at 20 years old, I had no idea how to run a business. Sure I'd seen both my parents do it, and be incredibly successful, but I had no real idea of the ins and outs of it. So I started researching. I spent the last 10 years reading every business book I could get my hands on, reading every blog post, watching every video and taking any course I could so I could learn about marketing, processes and systems. You name it I read it. I got lost in a rabbit hole of women building online businesses and I was totally hooked.
I used these techniques to build a successful fitness business, BUT as the early mornings and late nights took their toll, I started to lose interest in the industry. So I closed the doors to my Personal Training business in July 2017 and spent 3 months trying to figure out what to do next.
The self-doubt set in. I want to work with women who run businesses online, I love supporting women in business, I love talking strategy and time management… but who am I to teach people that? I don't have the qualifications or experience.
What I realised, is that I had been putting off the one thing I wanted to do for years because I was afraid. I was afraid of the judgement and I was afraid of failing. I think we've all had these thoughts from time to time.
As women we struggle with balancing all the things in our life. Running our homes, organising the kids, our involvement in our community… and add to that a business, our own goals and dreams for our future and we tend to put all our other commitments before what we want to do.
We want to do everything. We want to be organised and productive. We want to have a successful business so we can support our families. But with so many things on our plate, we become overwhelmed and stressed out and have no idea how to move forward. Add to that the self-doubt and fear we have of failing, and it's no wonder we're holding ourselves back.
As a Business, Time-Management and Productivity Coach, I help overwhelmed, frazzled and stressed-out women get control over the chaos. To get clear on their priorities and focus on the things that matter most – including their own self care and mental health.
I've been in your shoes, feeling like there is so much to do, that you might as well do the 3 loads of laundry instead of writing your sales page. Procrastinating on sending emails out and scrolling facebook instead.
I want you to remember that you can be, do and have everything you want, but you can't do it all at once.
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Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me a bit about where you are now, and where you want to be, and we'll work together to get you there. Step by step.
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