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It has been a while since our last blog post from the Pont-Aven. Don't worry, we are alright and we haven't forgotten about you! 🙂 The reason for this quiet moment is very simple. A couple of weeks ago our ferry went into dry dock and we had to stay on land, only dreaming about our sea adventures. But now, with the ship back in action, we are on board again eagerly looking for whales and dolphins and telling everyone around us how amazing these animals are.
During our work on board we meet many fantastic people who are truly interested in cetaceans (the collective term for whales, dolphins and porpoises). Some of them know a lot about nature and conservation. For others, the world of animals is rather mysterious. However, all of them have one thing in common; they like to ask questions……a lot of questions. And it is good, because we love to answer them! 🙂 We also know that when it is very busy, not everyone has a chance to talk to us. This is why we have decided to answer the 10 most frequently asked questions here, on our blog.
- What is the best time of day for dolphin watching?
Our answer for this question is usually very simple: "When the sun is up!". It is true that locally some groups of dolphins may follow specific patterns and appear in a certain place, always at the same time. But for us the situation is a little bit more complicated. Every week we travel almost 5000 km and cross several different seas, bays and channels. Sometimes we spot animals every few minutes, sometimes we do not see anything for a couple of hours. This is why it is difficult to recommend a specific time of a day. It is best to simply join us out on deck and try to spot something any time you can.
- When will the dolphins be here?
Every day in the morning we try send a text message to dolphins, to let them know, that we are coming. The problem is, that sometimes they have trouble with phone reception underwater and they do not get the message in time 😉
And now more seriously. Dolphins and whales are wild animals. We do not feed them or attract them in any other way. They may show up any time or not at all. Some species are crepuscular, meaning they are active at dawn and dusk, others are nocturnal, meaning they are active at night and some are diurnal – active during the daytime. But whales and dolphins need to come to the surface to breathe throughout the day and night and we can only promise you, that we will do our best to find them.
- Should I bring anything special with me to watch dolphins?
We always recommend to take a lot of warm clothes, even in the summer time. Our ship travels at a speed of over 20 knots, so even on a hot day we may experience a chilly wind. It is like driving on a motorway with car windows open. So, even if the sun is shining, it is best to have a scarf, hat and gloves with you!
On the other hand, the sun can sometimes be tricky. Even when you feel cold, your nose may get burned easily! For this reason, always be equipped with sun cream and remember to use it frequently.
Besides that, if you have a camera or binoculars, do bring them – they may come in handy! However, if you do not have them, do not worry. Binoculars help us to see details, but as we often see animals very close to our ferry your eyes may be enough to have a fantastic sighting. And cameras… well, the best pictures are stored in our memories anyway.
But most importantly, bring your good mood and a bit of patience! It is very appreciated, especially when dolphins do not want to show off for a while. In those times, your good humour and great stories of your exciting sightings motivate us to stay another hour looking out for whales and dolphins.
- Why don't you make announcements when you see whales or dolphins?
We think it would be fantastic if we could do that. In fact, some captains do announce the presence of whales, if they see them quite close to the ship. However, most of our sightings are very quick. As we travel very fast and often the animals are also travelling fast they last just a couple of seconds. It is enough to get a good look at the animals, if you are already looking for them, but not if you are inside the ship away from a window.
- Have you seen anything yet?
Obviously, the answer for this question differs from day to day (or even from minute to minute) 🙂 Just to give you an idea… This week the Bay of Biscay was full of dolphins; we saw hundreds of them. But the biggest surprise was waiting for us in Ireland. In the Cork Harbour we spotted 12 basking sharks feeding! What a fantastic view! Later on we also saw 5 other smaller sharks and an oceanic sunfish.
- Have you seen any orcas yet?
Although we may see orcas on our trips, we do not see them very often as there are not any resident pods in the waters we travel over, but pods do visit these waters each year. We have not seen them this season yet, but who knows… today it might be the day!
- Why are these dolphins so small?
Actually, the dolphins are not so small. In fact, the smallest adults we can see are almost two metres long – more than a height of an average adult person! And bottlenose dolphins can be four metres long. The animals only appear to be tiny, because we see them from deck 10, which is at the height of over 24 metres. So we can actually say, that we observe these dolphins from the 10th floor of a building.
- Why do dolphins come so close to the ship? Aren't they going to get hurt?
It is true that dolphins, especially common dolphins, like to approach our ferry and many other ships. Quite often we see them diving under the bow and playing on the wake. They are really curious and playful animals, so it is very enjoyable to watch them. When they approach us, they know exactly how close they can swim and jump. It is safe for them, because our ferry moves steadily and does not change direction suddenly, so it is easy to predict.
- How do you know which side of the ship is better to spot dolphins?
We don't know. We simply choose the side where the conditions allow for the best chance of seeing marine life. There is no better or worse side, unless there are some sea conditions limiting the visibility on one of them. It is best if we have observers on both sides, but it is not always possible. So when you have to choose where you will conduct your observations, choose the place where you feel the most comfortable. Just remember, that besides comfort you also need a good view on the sea, so a comfortable sofa in a bar might not be the best choice 😉
- I would love to do what you do. Can I volunteer?
Yes, you can! And you do not have to be a marine biologist to do so. You can become a n ORCA Marine Mammal Surveyor and collect data about whales and dolphins on board various ships around the UK. With a bit of experience, you could also join our bigger cruises sailing to the Mediterranean, Iceland, Norway, Greenland and even the Caribbean! If you are interested, take a look at our ORCA website to find out how to become a Marine Mammal Surveyor. It is easier, than you think! 🙂


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Day 4 was defiantly my favorite day of this vacation. As we were researching things to do in and around Blue Ridge we knew we wanted to do a hiking day! Our original plan was to go to the site of the Centennial Olympics in 1996 but to our surprise when we arrived there was no actual hiking. The sweet gentleman in the gift shop suggested Benton Falls which was also on our list but we thought it may be to much for the kids! We drove another 10 miles of winding mountain road and then another 7 miles up hill to the entrance of our 6 mile hike!
After a picnic lunch by the beach we set out for our hiking adventure to see the falls. Getting to the fall is down hill on a dirt and very rocky path. Steve and I took turns carrying a very grumpy toddler in the Beco carrier. But the girls were amazing all 6 miles of the hike! (3 miles each way) Neither of them complained once about the heat, bugs, or being tired! This was defiantly an adventure none of us will ever forget. Arriving at the falls was one of the most amazing sites any of us had ever seen.
|The bridge overlooking the rapids at the Olympic site
|When the damn opens water is flowing through these rocks and it doesn't even look like the same place. People were rafting rough here at a very high rate of speed once it was filled! AMAZING
|Jackson and I
|Getting ready to set out on our hike!
|What a view
|Benton Falls what an amazing structure. I have never seen anything like it!
|These pictures do not do this justice
|We just sat for a very long time listening to the sound of the water flowing.
|All the kids loved playing on the rocks and dangling there toes in the cool water.
|I carried a sleeping Jackson up hill all 3 miles on the return trip!
On the way home we stopped in McCaysville to take our photo on the GA, TN state line. Very touristy but very fun!
I feel so blessed to have been able to experience today! It was truly amazing to be able to show our children such a naturally beautiful thing.
|In 2 states at once!
|They all thought I was nuts! but I think its fun
|This boy was a total mess!!!
|All the kids HAD to sit with me in the little chair!
|Two VERY tired girls that night


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Advanced #writing techniques to move your audience – the power of taste and contrast
These tips will help you improve your writing.
- harness the power of taste
- show contrasts
This post is inspired by the fine lyrics of journalist and lyricist HERBERT KRETZMER and his English lyrics to one of the songs he wrote with Charles Aznavour song- 'Yesterday When I was Young".
I love the opening line:
Yesterday when I was young
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
This lyric triggers the sense memory of rain upon my tongue and triggers an image. Also, it reminds me of a photo of my son enjoying tasting rain upon his tongue! To me this is a powerful lyric.
Then at the end of the song – the lyric comes back to taste – but it's a very contrasting taste – the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue. This contrasts the sweetness of youth and the bitterness of old age (for the singer anyway).
If you analyse the lyrics – as I often do in songs – Kretzmer uses this happy/sad contrast other times in the song.
I teased at life as if it were a foolish flame – the way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame. Once again – very visual.
Then the contrast: …every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died – where flame refers to love relationships. From a flame dancing in the evening breeze to one snuffed out and cold and dead!
So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung
contrasted with:
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung (and it continues)
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday…
when I was young.
Here is a clip of the song for you to enjoy.
clip of Yesterday When I Was Young
I hope this illustrates the power of using the sense of taste and coming back to earlier lyrics with a contrast.


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WASHINGTON — Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress on Monday that health spending would "rise relentlessly" unless lawmakers overhauled the health care system, and he recommended an eclectic approach.
His remarks opened a daylong bipartisan symposium convened by the Senate Finance Committee to lay the groundwork for what leaders of both parties predict will be a major push for health care legislation next year.
"We will move quickly in 2009," said Senator Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who is chairman of the committee.
Mr. Baucus suggested that "some kind of federal health board" could help Congress make technical policy decisions. "How in the world am I supposed to know what the proper reimbursement rate should be for a certain procedure?" he asked.
Mr. Bernanke said Congress could establish an independent health care panel like the one used to recommend the closing of military bases. Congress, he said, could approve or reject the panel's recommendations, but not amend them.Continue reading the main story
Alternatively, Mr. Bernanke said, Congress could establish a commission like the Federal Reserve Board to set health policy. But, he said, such a panel would need "very clear guidance from Congress," because health care accounts for "an enormous part of our economy."
"At some point," Mr. Bernanke said, "health care spending as a share of gross domestic product will stop rising, but it is difficult to guess when that will be, and there is little sign of it yet."
At the end of the day, Democrats and Republicans appeared to agree on this much: All Americans should be insured, but they should have a choice of private health plans competing in the market alongside government programs.
"Democrats are right in saying that if you are going to fix the system, you have to cover everybody," said Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon. "Republicans are right in saying that you have to have markets, choices and private alternatives."
The impatience of some Republicans was expressed by Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Finance Committee.
Health care is "the No. 1 economic issue in our country," Mr. Grassley said, but "Congress does not seem to have the political guts to do anything about it."
Craig R. Barrett, the chairman of Intel, expressed immense frustration at the inefficiency of the health care system, and he said employers were determined to do something about it.
Almost every other industry "has automated itself and now pays less for better quality," Mr. Barrett said. Employers will demand similar changes in health care, he added.
Mr. Barrett said large employers were "an agent of change" in the health care system, and he warned Congress not to do anything that would undermine employer-sponsored health insurance.
President Bush and members of both parties have proposed giving new tax breaks to individuals, including employees, so they can shop for health insurance on their own.
Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, described that idea as "a political nonstarter." It would, he said, threaten coverage for many of the 160 million people with employer-sponsored health insurance.Continue reading the main story


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Deaths Leave Families in State of Shock
and Manuel Perez-Rivas
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, July 26, 1998; Page A19 On a clear, sunny day like yesterday, Jacob J. Chestnut would have been tending the squash, cucumbers and red and green peppers in his vegetable garden, sharing the bounty with his family and neighbors.
But the lush plot alongside Chestnut's house in Fort Washington stood empty and his heartbroken family and friends remained secluded indoors, struggling to accept the loss of 58-year-old Chestnut, who held together four generations of family in Prince George's County.
Chestnut, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police force, was killed Friday, along with U.S. Capitol Police Special Agent John M. Gibson, 42, in a shootout at the U.S. Capitol. Chestnut was the first to fall when 41-year-old Russell Eugene Weston Jr., a Montana man known to federal agents for making threatening remarks about federal officials, burst through a security checkpoint and opened fire.
Weston stopped shooting only after Gibson returned fire, striking him in the legs and stomach. Weston was in critical condition yesterday at D.C. General Hospital.
Angela Dickerson, 24, of Chantilly, an interior designer for a furniture store in Springfield, was struck in the shoulder and eye during the shootout. She was "still in a bit of a shock" but was released from George Washington University Medical Center about 12:30 p.m. yesterday, a hospital official said.
Gibson and Chestnut were pronounced dead in the hospitals where they were rushed, and the landscapes of their families' lives were irrevocably changed.
Yesterday, officers in a Capitol Police squad car kept watch over the two-story brick colonial where three generations of Chestnuts live in a quiet Fort Washington neighborhood.
"I just can't believe this," said Betty Wenying Johnson, 49, Chestnut's sister-in-law. "The bad things always happen to the good people. He was the best husband, the best father you could think of."
Throughout much of the morning, deliveries of flowers and food arrived at the Gibson home. Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, the House minority leader, was among the mourners who visited the Gibson family in person to pay their respects. On Capitol Hill, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, to whose staff Gibson was assigned, called Gibson "a very dear friend" and "a great man of intense integrity."
"He was simply the finest man I have ever known," DeLay said. "And he died so that my staff and the public and I could live."
In the quiet Woodbridge community where Gibson had lived with his wife and three children for about 15 years, he, too, was remembered as a loving father, devoted husband, hard worker and caring neighbor. He was working his last shift Friday before taking time off for a vacation with his wife and children.
"This has hit the whole neighborhood," said Shelly Davis, a 37-year-old mother of three who lives a few houses away. "We were all outside last night, in tears. He was really loved."
Both officers were hailed as heroes by grateful legislators, left stunned by the shooting. But the words of praise did little to ease the grief of the victims' relatives and friends.
"He always walked the neighborhood to make sure everybody was okay," said William Broome, 29, who lives across the street from the Chestnuts. "Sometimes, he would pick vegetables and bring them to the neighbors."
When Chestnut worked the 3 to 11 p.m. shift, he often spent his mornings mowing his in-laws' lawn several blocks away and running errands for them. Chestnut's daughter, Karen, 21, and her daughter, Jasmine, 3, lived at home. Karen is studying history at the University of Maryland. A son, William, 19, is a student at Florida A&M University.
"We are very, very close," Johnson said. "That's the reason we bought houses two blocks from each other, to look over each other."
Chestnut met his wife while stationed in Taipei, Taiwan. She was working at the U.S. Embassy, and he was working for the U.S. Air Force military police. They married in 1974, moved to South Dakota two years later and had two children.
The family relocated to Fort Washington in 1980 after Chestnut had spent 20 years in the Air Force. Soon thereafter, he became a Capitol Police officer.
After 18 years on the police force, he was counting down to retirement. He had begun to talk about spending more time fishing, playing golf, traveling with his wife, enjoying his life.
"I feel good that people are calling him a hero," Johnson said. "But that doesn't bring him back."
In the Lake Ridge subdivision of Woodbridge, several police officers and detectives stood guard outside the Gibson home. The agent's neighbors mingled in their yards to talk about a man who made them feel safer just because he lived on their street.
"He tried to take care of us all," said Bill Sigmund, 60, who has known the Gibson family since the children, now teenagers, stood just knee-high.
Sigmund often had good talks with Gibson when they met at their mailboxes in the middle of the cul-de-sac.
"We always felt safe here because we always knew we could call on him if we ever needed anything," Sigmund said. "He was always there for us."
His neighbors remembered Gibson as a hard worker who spent long hours at his job on Capitol Hill. When he was not at work, he was always around the house, taking his two sons and his daughter to soccer games or fishing, walking his dog, or lending a hand to neighbors. Though he had lived in Woodbridge for many years, he still spoke with a strong New England accent, and was still a Red Sox fan.
"He would do whatever he could do to help," said Don Carter, 54, a next-door neighbor who installs computer networks for the Army. Carter, who lost much of his left leg to gangrene, said Gibson was always ready to help with the yardwork. "He was just a good guy."
Dickerson and her family, for their part, sought to remain out of the public eye. Her employer, the Ethan Allen furniture company, expressed concern for her health and praised her work as a designer.
"We all at Ethan Allen are concerned about her welfare," Farooq Kathwari, chairman and chief executive of the company said in a news release. "She is dedicated, talented and is much respected by her peers and her customers."
A man who answered the door at the Chantilly house where Dickerson lives with her husband, Steve, would not comment. The couple married about a year ago.
"She is one of the nicest people you'd ever want to know," said Wayne Williams, a neighbor.
© Copyright 1998 The Washington Post Company


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The former "Dancing With The Stars" contestant released his new mixtape "Inception" at midnight. He reportedly spent $75,000 at club LURE for his birthday extravaganza a few years ago! We can only imagine what he's doing this year.
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Three weeks ago today, Rev. Dr. John Stott passed from this life to meet his Savior. It was 3 months since his 90th birthday and he had been in failing health. To be relieved of his suffering, surrounded by friends and family, was a blessing and answer to many prayers.
Since then, tributes have poured in from all over the world – literally – for this simple, humble man of integrity who loved Jesus. His 50 books, published in the millions, and his mentoring and training of pastors will bear fruit for generations.
I never met 'Uncle John' personally but heard him preach at All Soul's in London, the church where he spent his entire ministry, and more recently in New York at the American Bible Society in 2005. Then he exhorted us not to be content to be babies in Christ, but to respond to God's call to be mature in our faith, as evidenced in our word and deed.
Stott's funeral was on August 8th at All Soul's and memorial services are being planned all over the world for those who loved him and were profoundly impacted by his life. The one in New York will take place on Weds Sept 7th @ 7.30pm at 111 E 87th St, between Park and Lexington. Rev Richard Bewes, also a former rector at All Soul's will preach. This church is also appropriately called 'All Soul's'.
If you've never heard of Stott before now, or if he's profoundly influenced your faith, come and hear what promises to be a convicting tribute celebrating the life of one of God's good and faithful servants.


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At least 12 of the 23 senators favor a joint congressional session to deliberate on President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in Mindanao
MANILA, Philippines (May 30, 2017) — At least 12 of the country's 23 senators want a joint congressional session to deliberate on President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in Mindanao.
While generally supportive of the President's move, senators said it is Congress' constitutional mandate to still discuss the declaration. Twelve senators favor holding a joint session with the House of Representatives, two have yet to finalize their stand, while 5 senators say there is no need to convene. Four others have yet to answer.
The 6-member minority bloc filed a resolution seeking to also discuss the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, which enables the military to make arrests in Mindanao without court intervention.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon as well as senators Francis Pangilinan, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Risa Hontiveros filed the measure for the sake of "transparency and accountability."
The chamber is set to discuss the matter on Tuesday, May 30, according to Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. It remains to be seen if the senators' vote will reflect their stand.
Section 18, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution states that Congress, voting jointly and with a simple majority, may revoke or extend the declaration.
Find out where your senators stand on the issue of convening a joint public session on martial law:
Minority bloc
- Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon
- Francis Pangilinan
- Leila de Lima
- Risa Hontiveros
- Antonio Trillanes IV
- Paolo Benigno Aquino IV
Majority bloc
7.Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto
"Yes, Constitution is clear. Congress must convene in joint session to affirm or reject declaration. The voices of people's representatives must be heard on such an important issue. That is the intent of our framers," Recto said in a text message to Rappler.
8.Sherwin Gatchalian
In a statement dated May 25, he said: "I am calling on the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to immediately convene the constituent chambers of Congress in a joint session to exercise the legislative duty under Art. VII, Sec. 18 of the 1987 Constitution to review Proclamation No. 216.
"[B]oth houses of Congress must come together as soon as humanly possible to discuss Proclamation No. 216 and ensure that the government is using the most proper and effective means to restore peace, order, and security in Marawi City."
9.Joel Villanueva
"Yes, 'for' as earlier stated," he said in a text message.
In a separate statement, Villanueva said: "We believe much needs to be discussed on why putting Mindanao under the state of martial law is the best response for this crisis."
10.Loren Legarda
"A decision to revoke or not to revoke could only be arrived at through such an exercise where every legislator would express his or her affirmation or dissent. Our nation has never before been placed under this situation post-EDSA. The Constitutional provisions that were meant to ensure checks and balances among the 3 branches of government would require no less," she said in a statement.
11.Joseph Victor Ejercito
"Personally, I prefer that the declaration of martial law, being a very sensitive matter be affirmed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. It will also be good for the President when both houses affirm the declaration of martial law."
12.Francis Escudero
"Yes. Because a member, Senator Trillanes, already asked that it be revoked. The only way by which such motion can be acted upon is if Congress sits in joint session in order to vote on it. The spirit behind the martial law provisions in the Constitution, given our experience under Marcos, is to make it easier to revoke it and not the opposite," he said in a text message.
1.Grace Poe
"[Duterte] needs approval from Congress. Congress has to be able to agree that martial law is indeed warranted in this case, but Congress does not have to convene jointly, unless, for example, it will reject martial law. But I think for students of history, it's good that every senator and every congressman, or at least those who have an interest to manifest, should manifest why they voted as such," Poe said in an interview with ANC on Monday, May 29.
Rappler asked Poe for clarification on her stand, but has yet to receive a response.
2.Juan Edgardo Angara
"Let's wait for the presentation of the military on the factual basis on the grounds, so we can make an enlightened decision," Angara said in an interview.
"Whether it's joint session or in Senate session, we'll be talking about the basis for the declaration of martial law," he added.
1.Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III
"Ang literal reading ko sa Constitution gano'n (That is my literal reading of the Constitution). The only question is what is the developing sentiment among legislators? If it is to revoke, then we must schedule the joint session. If it is not to revoke then we can still meet whether to call the joint session or not, kasi useless hindi ba (because it'd be useless, right)?" Pimentel said in an earlier interview.
2.Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III
In a text message to Rappler, Sotto said: "Why would they want a joint session when it is not necessary, not needed, not really called for? It's not necessary at all except [for] media mileage."
3.Senator Panfilo Lacson
"Congress needs to convene only if there is intent to revoke the declaration," Lacson said in Filipino in an interview with radio dzBB.
4.Senator Cynthia Villar
"I think if there is a move for a joint session to revoke, he has to listen. But there are no moves like that. It's just hypothetical. No enough votes to revoke, then there's no joint session," Villar said on Monday, May 29.
5.Senator Manny Pacquiao
"Mandatory 'yan sa Constitution natin kaya lang kung, only 'pag may mag-propose magtawag ng joint session. Kung wala naman tatawag, aprub lahat sa lower House and sa Senate, 'di na kailangan," Pacquiao said in an interview.
(It's mandatory in our Constitution but only if someone proposes that there be a joint session. If no one calls for a joint session, if all members of the House and the Senate approve of the martial law declaration, then a joint session is no longer needed.)
- Gregorio Honasan
- Juan Miguel Zubiri
- Nancy Binay
- Richard Gordon


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Former umbrella importer Michael Kapel is fighting an apparently successful rear-guard action to hang on to his Chief of Staff job to incoming Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu.
There is extensive chatter though still about the position with Petro Georgiou still rumoured by some to be considering taking it. Others say party director and healer Tony Nutt would be a better choice.
Kapel is considered to be keen on lobbying and would be in a very strong position to do that having won the unwinnable poll. But he's making it clear, he's not being squeezed out, while Kapel is considered a divisive figure in party circles, his reputation has been greatly enchanced – as it often is – by simply winning.
Some believe that Baillieu is considering immediately axing the head of the Department of Premier and Cabinet Helen Silver – a John Brumby acolyte and close former NAB colleague of Brumby COS Dan O'Brien – and replacing her with Petro Georgiou so he can embark on a review of the public service which many Liberals believe is dominated by Greens voters, lefties and those with "alternate lifestylesâ€. While Petro might have some sympathy for these chaps on human rights issues, he would be an effective pursuer of those who would disagree with many Liberal policies and ensure the public service was on board.
The head of Treasury and Finance Grant Hehir, also a dinner-party lefty and one-time campus socialist, was all but publicly warned by incoming Treasurer Kim Wells to get with the programme or get out. It was an unsubtle effort and reflects the Libs desire to make sure everyone realises that a changing of the guard has occurred.
Jim Betts at the Department of Transport was thought to be so hopeless as to be deserving to be the first candidate for euthanasia under a Greens party plan to kill frail befuddled oldies.
They would do well to remember an anecdote one Labor right-winger in Brunswick once told VEXNEWS that when he was handing out HTVs at the federal election at his local booth, the Greens party volunteer was chatting with the GetUp! volunteer both effectively urging a vote for the Greens and both chatting up a storm.
At one point the Green said to the GetUp, "I really think I know you from somewhere†and Ms GetUp responded, "Yeah, where do you work?†and the Green said "DPC (Department of Premier and Cabinet) and GetUp said "Yeh, me too. What section?†And so on.
The bloke telling us the story had more chance of walking on the moon than scoring a job at DPC. Labor was not very good at putting party people into the public service, it had a strong aversion to The Age tut-tutting about it but that didn't stop a rampaging cultural leftism in the public service that will be Ted Baillieu's first serious challenge. Many of the public service regarded Brumby as horribly right-wing and most Labor moderate staffers as a menace to be obstructed, avoided and – at best – placated. It will be amusing to see how the deal with right-wing hard-head ministers like Robert Clark, Michael O'Brien and upper house leadership aspirant Matthew Guy.
Even though there's a whole Department of Sustainability and Environment, for example, in the Department of Premier there is an Office of Climate Change with dozens of very well paid staff churning through millions a year. Efforts by Labor patriots to abolish the thing were unsuccessful. Perhaps retro Petro will have more luck. DSE itself is regarded also as a law unto itself, stacked to the rafters with vegan Greens and nasty nay-saying leftistes.
Get to work Red Ted, you have defeated Labor but now the real enemy awaits you.


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First Look: This is my favorite giant between the two models from the Hill Giants set, and he's got a very menacing appearance and a very appreciable bulk to the figure. As with all of my Bones II models so far, cleanup has been minimal and the figure is in the harder Bonesium mix.
Painting: I went with a darker skintone (MSP HD Suntan Flesh) to reflect the giant being exposed to the elements. With that decided, I wanted to avoid any similar brown tones in the gear, as they would run the risk of making the whole thing a big brown blob. The base was clearly modeled as stone, so I chose a medium gray (VGC Cold Grey, Wolf Grey, AP Dark Tone Ink). Similarly, I went with gray for the furs, but chose a darker blue-gray as a base (VGC Sombre Grey, Wolf Grey, AP Dark Tone Ink). The club was painted a dark brown (MSP HD Umber Brown, MSP Ruddy Leather).
The wrappings were painted a medium red (VGC Gory Red, AP Red Tone Ink) to tie in with the secondary color on the goblin units. The rope belt and necklace were painted a medium brown (MSP HD Griffon Tan, AP Soft Tone Ink), my one concession to the "browns close to fleshtone" issue (which I felt was offset by the fact that the belt has the gray fur as a contrasting background).
Finally, the metal pieces (armor, chain, manacles, club spikes, and belt pieces) were painted black (VGC Coal Black), followed by rust (VGC Tinny Tin) and either silver (VGC Chainmail Silver, AP Dark Tone Ink) or gold (VGC Glorious Gold, AP Soft Tone Ink).
Conclusion: I spent some extra time on this figure (given that it's something of a centerpiece unit), and I feel it turned out great! The different elements came together very nicely. I like the effect of the silver-on-rust-on-black for the metal, as I think it gives it a hint of mistreatment without being completely neglected (as with undead, for example). I'm also happy that the figure fits on a 50x50mm base, as that's the designated size for a Giant in Kings of War.


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Obit: Martens, Baby Girl (1908 - 1909)
Contact: Stan
Surnames: MARTENS
----Source: CLARK COUNTY HERALD (Dorchester, Clark County, Wis.) 11/19/1909
Martens, Baby Girl (DEC 1908 - 15 NOV 1909)
The eleven-month-old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martens, living one miles east of the village (Dorchester, Clark County, Wis.), died Monday morning after a short illness. The funeral was held Wednesday from the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Rev. Moecker officiating.
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Now I've got your attention, here's some really welcome news from across the pond. Everyone who knows me from my years in Seattle understands that I was extremely partial to Elysian: the brewery, its brewpubs, its beers, the Trip Series of collabs with New Belgium, and the monthly Twelve Beers of the Apocalypse series and events marking the end of the world in 2012. All this was while co-founder Dick Cantwell was at the helm and before his partners sold out to AB-InBev in 2015. So, imagine how pleased I was to read of Dick's imminent return to the brewing business. Read on…
In addition to covering the craft brewing scene in Seattle Mr & Mrs Fueled by Beer had the good fortune to experience the scene in several other cities, notably Portland and San Francisco. And among the breweries we visited in the Bay Area, one of our favorites was Magnolia in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. We blogged about Magnolia back in 2011 (read about it). Now fast forward to 2017 and the following press release from New Belgium:
New Belgium Brewing Group Acquires San Francisco's Magnolia Brewing Company
Elysian Founder Dick Cantwell is Back in the Brewing Biz, and Belgium's Oud Beersel Plans to Help Establish World's First Dedicated Lambic Blendery Outside Belgium
(SAN FRANCISCO/FORT COLLINS) A group led by New Belgium Brewing Company has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of San Francisco's iconic Magnolia Brewing as part of a bankruptcy proceeding.
The newly-formed partnership will be a majority-owned subsidiary of New Belgium, with Elysian Founder Dick Cantwell and Belgian lambic producer Oud Beersel as minority partners. The partnership will continue to operate both Magnolia locations with existing staff and brands. Cantwell will head up brewing operations, working alongside Magnolia founder Dave McLean, who will be an employee of the partnership. It will be Dick's first brewing gig since leaving Elysian in April of 2015 after its acquisition by Anheuser-Busch InBev.
"I'm tremendously excited to be back in the beer business and looking forward to working with the team at Magnolia to develop new beers and new ideas," said Cantwell. "This project is the natural evolution of a longstanding strategy of collaboration between myself, New Belgium and Oud Beersel."
New Belgium stands to align with a couple of venerable and long-standing brands as it flexes its experimental muscles on Magnolia's two brewing systems and ventures further into retail operations. The plan is to build an alliance that brings varied talent and experience to a combination of old and new, not to turn Magnolia's Haight Street and Dogpatch locations into New Belgium brewpubs. "Brewing With Friends" if you will. It is likely that much will seem unchanged in Magnolia's tap lineup, even as new beers are developed and introduced, and over time, the fruits of more patient labors begin to appear.
"We've been looking for ways to diversify our assets and expand our community," said New Belgium co-founder and Executive Chair, Kim Jordan. "These two tap rooms are right in the heart of historic San Francisco neighborhoods, a place Dick (Cantwell) and I call home. Magnolia makes excellent beer and plays an important role in the community. We're excited about the possibilities and look forward to continuing our journey while honoring Magnolia's history and presence."
Belgian lambic producer Oud Beersel joins the partnership as a contributing experimenter, with the goal of eventually shipping containers of its traditionally-produced and spontaneously fermented beers for blending with Magnolia-crafted beers. Installation of a coolship is planned, along with the wooden aging vessels for which both New Belgium and Oud Beersel are known.
To be called lambic the beer must be produced in Belgium, and by shipping lambic to San Francisco the world's first dedicated lambic blendery outside of Belgium will be established. The project continues New Belgium's blending work as embodied in Transatlantique Kriek, a beer produced over several years with Oud Beersel and Brouerij Boon, wherein beer was shipped from Belgium for blending with New Belgium wood-aged beers. New Belgium is also likely to ship beer to San Francisco for blending from its Fort Collins, Colorado brewery.
Magnolia Brewing was established by McLean in 1997 at the corner of Haight and Masonic in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Since then it has been a neighborhood institution filled by locals and tourists alike, serving artisanal pub food and producing a mainly English-style lineup of beers from a brewery in the basement. Magnolia has produced an array of award- winning beers, headlined by Magnolia's two top sellers, Proving Ground IPA and Kalifornia Kolsch, both of which have been distributed in cans since February of 2017. In 2014 it opened Smokestack, a barbecue restaurant attached to a 30-barrel production brewery, in the Dogpatch neighborhood of the city. Magnolia encountered financial difficulties in 2015 because of construction delays with Smokestack and slower than anticipated development in the neighborhood, which led the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2015.
"Magnolia has had quite a journey in San Francisco for nearly two decades, including some very challenging and difficult times in recent years," said founder and brewmaster Dave McLean. "I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity to see Magnolia start a new chapter and to be working with New Belgium, Dick Cantwell and Oud Beersel to preserve what we all love about Magnolia while embarking on some exciting new craft beer adventures together."
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in September.
About Magnolia Brewing Company
Led by brewmaster and founder Dave McLean, Magnolia Brewing Company has been producing some of San Francisco's most sought-after beers and dining experiences since 1997, when it opened its original Haight-Ashbury brewpub. It is known for its award-winning British-influenced and cask- conditioned ales and balanced, lower-alcohol session beers such as Bonnie Lee's Best Bitter and Sara Ruby's Mild, as well as its flagship brands, Kalifornia Kölsch and Proving Ground IPA. Magnolia Brewing is committed to local and artisan sourcing and sustainability in brewery and restaurant operations, as well as the spirit of community formed around good beer and food. In addition to its two brewing operations, Magnolia operates two restaurants: Magnolia Gastropub, located at the Haight Street brewery, and Smokestack, housed inside Magnolia Dogpatch's 10,000 square foot production brewery.
About New Belgium Brewing
New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Belgian Style Ale and a host of award-winning beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine's Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal's Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, and one of World Blu's most democratic U.S. businesses, as well as a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews fourteen year-round beers; Citradelic Tangerine IPA, Citradelic Lime Ale, Voodoo Ranger IPA, Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA, Voodoo Ranger 8 Hop Pale Ale, Dayblazer Easygoing Ale, Tartastic Lemon Ginger Ale, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Ale, Bohemian Pilsner, Abbey Belgian Ale, Trippel and Glutiny Pale Ale, a gluten-reduced offering. Learn more at http://www.newbelgium.com.
About Dick Cantwell
Dick Cantwell is among the most well-respected and experienced craft brewers and international beer judges. Cantwell founded Elysian Brewing Company in 1996, where he served as head brewer until he left the company in 2015 after he was forced to sell to Anheuser-Busch InBev. During his tenure, Elysian was named Large Brewpub of the Year three times at the Great American Beer Festival® (1999, 2003 and 2004). In 2004, Cantwell received the Brewers Association's Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Brewing. Additionally, he has written for various beer magazines, authored Barley Wine with Fal Allen; The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery, Second Edition; Wood & Beer: A Brewer's Guide with Peter Bouckaert and is currently at work on a forthcoming Brewers Publications title about experimental IPAs, a spring 2018 release. Cantwell served as the Brewers Association's Quality Ambassador, making presentations across the country at state guild conferences. He resides in Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA.
About Oud Beersel
The Brewery Oud Beersel, which started in 1882, is located in Beersel at 10 km from the Brussels city centre, in the southwest of the capital. It is one of the last remaining authentic lambic breweries of Belgium and well known for its lambic beer brewed along traditional brewing methods. Due to the absence of succession in the family business at the end of 2002, the traditional lambic beers of Oud Beersel were threatened to disappear. Shocked by the loss of this cultural and historical patrimony, the brewery was taken over by Gert Christiaens in 2005 and business was restarted pursuing the principal aim to protect the time-honored lambic beers, as well as the cultural and historical heritage of Oud Beersel for the coming generations. This traditional brewery of lambic beers is nowadays managed in a modern way with respect for tradition and the métier. The traditional part of the production process of the lambic beers, in particular the spontaneous fermentation, the maturation of lambic in wooden barrels and the mixture of various lambic casks and vintages constitutes the core business of the company.
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This opinion will be unpublished and
may not be cited except as provided by
Minn. Stat. § 480A.08, subd. 3 (1998).
Catherine A.
Madson, petitioner,
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company,
a Delaware corporation,
Affirmed; motion denied
Ramsey County District Court
File No. C0985021
Dennis Paul Pelowski, 300 Lumber Exchange Building, Ten South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for appellant)
Kathleen M. Mahoney, David Jordan-Huffman, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, L.L.P., Plaza VII, Suite 3300, 45 South Seventh Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 (for respondent)
Considered and decided by Randall, Presiding Judge, Crippen, Judge, and Kalitowski, Judge.
CRIPPEN, Judge
Appellant Catherine Madson appeals the trial court's summary judgment that the discrimination she alleges occurred on or before March 5, 1996—meaning that the limitations period for the case expired on March 5, 1997, one day before appellant filed a charge with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Because the best construction of the record in favor of appellant does not show a genuine issue on the question of the date of occurrence—the date on which appellant believed that she had a cause of action—we affirm.
Appellant worked for respondent Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company on and off for 19 years. She believes that she was subjected to a harassing, intimidating, and discriminating environment for years while working for 3M. On March 4, 1996, appellant accepted a job with General Mills. On March 5, 1996, after working a full day, appellant packed up her belongings and went home. March 5 was the last day on which appellant was physically present at the 3M plant. Sometime after that date, appellant notified 3M that she was resigning.
On March 6, 1997, appellant filed a charge against 3M with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. In March 1998, appellant commenced a civil action against 3M, alleging gender and marital status discrimination and retaliation under the Minnesota Human Rights Act. After the close of discovery, 3M moved for summary judgment, arguing, among other things, that appellant's claims were barred by the one-year statute of limitations contained in the Human Rights Act. Appellant opposed 3M's motion for summary judgment, arguing that her claims were not time barred because she did not officially resign from 3M until March 8, 1996.
The trial court entered a summary judgment dismissing appellant's suit, finding that appellant's claims were barred by the one-year statute of limitation.[1] Assuming arguendo that appellant was constructively discharged, the court determined that the statute of limitations began to run at the latest on March 5, 1996.
On an appeal from summary judgment, the appellate court determines whether there are any genuine issues of material fact or the trial court erred in applying the law. State by Cooper v. French, 460 N.W.2d 2, 4 (Minn. 1990). We must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the party against whom judgment was granted. Fabio v. Bellomo, 504 N.W.2d 758, 761 (Minn. 1993). No genuine issue of material fact exists "[w]here the record taken as a whole could not lead a rational trier of fact to find for the nonmoving party." DLH Inc. v. Russ, 566 N.W.2d 60, 69 (Minn. 1997) (alteration in original) (quoting Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587, 106 S. Ct. 1348, 1356 (1986)).
A plaintiff must file a discrimination charge "within one year after the occurrence of the practice." Minn. Stat. § 363.06, subd. 3. In determining when the discriminatory practice occurred, the court must examine "the discriminatory act rather than when the consequences of that act become most painful." Turner v. IDS Fin. Servs., Inc., 471 N.W.2d 105, 107-08 (Minn. 1991).
Appellant argues that her claims were timely filed because she was constructively discharged on March 8, 1996, the day on which she told 3M that she was resigning. Contrary to appellant's argument, the trial court properly identified indisputable evidence that by March 5, 1996, appellant believed that she had suffered discrimination requiring that she leave her employment. Aside from her acceptance of other employment and the end of her service at 3M, the court correctly rested on appellant's deposition response confirming that March 5, 1996, was the date that she "decided" that she "would not stay at 3M."
Appellant argues that the statute of limitations did not begin to run until at least March 7, 1996, because up until that date, she believed that she could still save her job at 3M. First, relying on her affidavit dated February 8, 1999, appellant points to evidence that on March 7, 1996, she took a test for a new position. But appellant earlier answered an interrogatory with a statement that this testing occurred on March 5, 1996, the last day of her work at 3M. See, e.g., Oreck v. Harvey Homes, Inc., 602 N.W.2d 424, 429 (Minn. App. 1999), review denied (Minn. Jan. 25, 2000) (ruling that a self-serving affidavit that contradicts earlier damaging deposition testimony is not sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact precluding summary judgment).[2]
Second, relying again on her 1999 affidavit, appellant cites evidence that she was told on March 7 she would not get a new position at 3M. But twice before appellant asserted that this event occurred on March 1. In her answers to interrogatories dated December 8, 1998, appellant stated:
On March 1, 1996, Plaintiff made follow up calls to the interview she had with Pam VanDeVelde in Data Storage to see if I could join the NeWCO/Imation Team. They needed 40 people and only had six volunteers. Plaintiff asked for immediate assignment, or an estimate of when she could start. They refused to consider plaintiff.
(Appellant App. at A98.) Appellant made this same statement in the administrative proceedings. Appellant's later-prepared affidavit does not contradict these two prior statements; the affidavit does not dispute that she was told on March 1 that she would not get the new position. Should it be assumed that another rejection occurred on March 7, it merely reiterated the rejection that occurred on March 1.
In addition to appealing the trial court's summary judgment, appellant also challenges the court's denial of her motion to vacate the judgment, in which she asked the court to consider a letter indicating 3M's acceptance of appellant's resignation on March 8, 1996. But the trial court correctly decided that this letter was not a "determinative factor," that it did not affect the merits of the earlier decision on the statute of limitations. Indeed, the confirmation of the resignation does not refute the evidence that appellant believed on March 5 that her employment was terminated. She does not claim that her supervisor had left some uncertainty in the air until he wrote his letter. In fact, appellant's interrogatories say that she refused contact with her supervisor after March 5. Appellant notes that the trial court failed to apply all factors that determine whether a judgment should be vacated. But all of these factors must be shown to justify the relief. Ngyuen v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 558 N.W.2d 487, 490 (Minn. 1997). The court found conclusively that one factor determined the case, that appellant had no reasonable claim on the merits because the statute of limitations governed the case, with or without the letter. The court could not reach appellant's other arguments on the merits of her discrimination grievance, because the statute of limitations had already expired.
Finally, we deny respondent's motion to strike certain documents submitted by appellant in her appendix. The documents were presented to the trial court in the vacation proceedings and are a part of the appellate record. But as the trial court determined, these documents do not indicate cause for upsetting the court's summary judgment.
Affirmed; motion denied.
[1] In pertinent part, Minn. Stat. § 363.06, subd. 3 provides:
A claim of an unfair discriminatory practice must be brought as a civil action * * * or filed in a charge with the commissioner within one year after the occurrence of the practice.
Minn. Stat. § 363.06, subd. 3 (1998).
[2] Appellant's affidavit of February 8, 1999, also states that when she accepted the General Mills offer, she "continued to harbor hope" that she would get a new 3M position. The trial court rightly relied on a deposition response that a decision in that regard occurred on March 5, 1996.


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Friday, 5 March 2010
The Island
It took the stale light and pre-packaged air of the departure lounge. I'd written nothing, despite a promise to myself to document my trip. My flight was delayed and I was bored of watching the suits debrief each other about their night out and their hangovers. I felt uncomfortable in the manufactured environment. I felt the damp heaviness of the wetsuit in my hand luggage, slumped into a leather chair and reached for my notepad.
My past winters' week had been spent on the sunniest island in the British Isles, a place backed with mountains and fjords but with prairie wide skies. Three rocky peaks lock the island in place, giving foundation to the sand, in the middle of the sea.
The island is also the windiest place in the British Isles. The signs of wind were evident; there were no native trees, cottages had thick walls like shoulders, windows facing east, nylon ropes and crusted lobster pots had been flung into the dune hollows, far from the sea. To my eyes this was also evidence of big storms and big waves.
With this reputation in mind, the island seemed paused for thought as we arrived, excited after an early morning ferry trip through the islands. We found warm footprints in sheltered dune paths. We found thick shell sand in rock framed coves. We found five days of calm in February.
After a month off surfing for one reason or another I had been looking forward to some powerful North Atlantic swell. Although we surfed in some beautiful spots I was struggling to hide my disappointment at the small surf we found. I was surfing badly and blaming everything for it. I'd come to hunt waves and had felt disappointed.
I felt stupid in my arrogance. On this island we had been treated to every visitors dream, all the locals had said how lucky we had been with the sun, the wind, the wildlife. But I had been absorbed in myself, connected only to internet forecasts and surf reports but in every way disconnected from the fun of surfing.
As the swell dropped we spent our mornings climbing the low hills that dominate the island. At the summits I gazed at the puzzle of inlets and mountains inland, all thoughts of the beaches forgotten. The hill we climbed was less than 200m high but as I looked down on the mirror lochs, reddened grass and blue stone of the island I felt higher than I had for a long time. We spent the lazy afternoons spotting birds and otters from the conservatory windows of our campervan.
Remoteness had turned off our mobile phones and unplugged us from surf reports and weather forecasts. Yet I realised that remoteness is a relative term; for I now felt less remote from the land, the ocean and the coast than I had for a long time.
We strolled to the beach the next day. Overhead waves on the outer banks whispered a drama that unfolded for a hundred yards before a final curtain call on the inside. I paddled out feeling refreshed and recharged. With no expectations and my big wave agenda forgotten, I remembered the simple fun of surfing. The trip had turned into a true holiday, a holiday from my surf obsession, which we all need from time to time.
The waves that day were fun. Not big, not too small, not too steep or fat. Just nicely shaped fun waves that required no other skill than being able to smile. One wave sticks in my mind. It was a left that I caught as it peaked on the outside, before it sucked out on an inner bank allowing me a classic tubed view of sunlit green water and the sun passing over the headland at the end of the beach. The fun was back!
"How are yee with babies?" asked the improbably young and attractive mother of three. She handed me her 3 month old daughter before I could mutter a protest. We were boarding a 15 seater plane to fly back to the mainland. I was leaving after a week, leaving my companions with another ten days to visit the other islands.
"Was that you with the campervan surfing the bay?" she asked. News travels fast on small islands. We chatted about the island and my trip for a while before the distractions of children left me alone with the window.
The flight cost £50. I'd have paid that just for the sight seeing. From the air I could see the fingerprint of ice in high lochs and the eddying wake of the tide between islands. I could make out the grassy scars of a river's seaward struggles of rivers. Harbours edged the land, their boats basking in the sun. Saltwater runs in the arteries of these islands, the sea providing with one hand and taking away with the other. Life up here may be beautiful but it is also hard. All my complaints about the lack of decent sized surf had been put firmly in perspective.
"Would you come back again?" the mother asked. She had to repeat the question to get my attention. A few days ago I might have said no, thinking that holiday money could be spent on better surf spots, with better waves, with better barrels. I might even get better at surfing, but I wouldn't have relaxed, wouldn't have reconnected with the simple fun in beautiful places that I'd been neglecting recently.
I looked up at the suits in the terminal lounge. Of course I would come back.
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It is very important that you see clearly, as having good vision is so crucial to a lot of what we do in life. Eye care is not all that hard, and it really should be a top priority in everyone's life. The tips in the above article should have given you a great lesson on how to properly care for your eyes.


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Happy Birthday Audrey Hepburn (May 4th, 1929 – January 20th, 1993)
"I couldn't quite fathom that she was real. There were so many paradoxes in that face. Darkness and purity; depth and youth; stillness and animation. She had a fresh new look, a beauty that was ethereal." – Anthony Beauchamp


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OMICS International organises 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events every year across USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific societies and Publishes 700+ Open Access Journals which contains over 50000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members.
Hypersensitivity reactions to alcohol, including anaphylaxis are well documented, however it is unclear what component causes these reactions, considering alcoholic drinks are exceptionally complex. There have been speculations on sensitivities to grains, yeast, sulphite additives and histamine. In prior reports it has been proposed that ethanol itself does not act as an allergen, but its metabolic products, acetaldehyde and acetic acid may act as haptens. The natural history of these reactions is unknown. We report a case of documented anaphylaxis to alcohol with subsequent spontaneous remission.


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UFC President Dana White Ranked 8th Sleaziest in Sports by GQ?August 28, 2014
UFC President Dana White's bad week looks like it has just gotten worse.
The UFC's head honcho may have gotten a shoutout in the upcoming issue of GQ magazine—though it's supposedly on the list of the sleaziest people in sports.
Twitter user Ryan Loco posted a screenshot of what he claims is the article earlier this evening (some language NSFW), which is also highlighted in Karim Zidan's report for Bloody Elbow.
"Turns out underpaying your UFC employees, bullying rivals, and generally impersonating Don King as a bald white guy doesn't do wonders for your charisma!" the article says.
Shockingly, White appears to be just one spot behind War Machine, a former Bellator and UFC welterweight who is currently facing seven criminal charges (five of which are felonies) for allegedly beating his ex-girlfriend, adult film star Christy Mack, per The Boston Herald.
White is already facing public scrutiny for removing a judge—an action the UFC called a "breach of protocol" in a statement released Tuesday—from UFC Fight Night 48 for inconsistent scores. He apologized for overstepping his boundaries, per MMA Fighting.
While fighter pay has become a hot-button issue recently, White says the situation is constantly improving, per Sherdog.com's Greg Savage.
Furthermore, while White is certainly no fan of former Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney, he is yet to show any animosity toward Scott Coker—Rebney's successor and the former Strikeforce CEO.
Funnily enough, back in 2010, Coker said White was the Don King—one of the most famed boxing promoters of all time—of MMA, per Bloody Elbow.
Is GQ's alleged description of White an accurate one, or is the magazine simply putting out a controversial piece for the sake of shock value, if it turns out to be true?
John Heinis is a featured columnist for Bleacher Report. He is also the MMA editor for eDraft.com.


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"Irreconcilable differences" Amber Heard ending his marriage with Johnny Depp
People confirms the divorce of the couple
That post-modern couples don't know words as sacrifice and maybe also help when necessary, it is more than known and that marriages can end up for the most diversified reasons also after few weeks from their celebration again another normal fact.
TMZ launched the news just 8 hours ago.
People confirmed the news.
The couple Heard-Depp are divorcing after 15 intense months and who wants this divorce so badly is Amber Heard because of "Irreconcilable differences" as main motivation for the divorce.
I don't want to "break" the article with personal considerations but this differences weren't notables before to marrying Johnny considering that the two lived together?
The wedding close to a fairy-tale. Johnny in fact married his second spouse at home (Los Angeles) because of the sickness of his mother Betty Sue Palmer and later at the Bahamas where he owns an island, surrounded by few friends and family members.
Johnny, 52, Amber Heard 30, this one is the second divorce for Johnny Depp. The first one in 1985.
The two met maybe at the end of 2007-2008 as some internet sources say, and worked later at the Rum Diary in 2009 released in 2011. At that time Heard was living with a photographer Tasya van Ree artist and photographer.
The relationship of the two girls ended up when Heard fell in love for Johnny. A brief story, because later the girl decided to flying to Paris for staying for a while with another girl for unknown reasons.
Johnny insisted, completely smitten for Heard, and Amber at the end accepted his court, made of poems, roses and other expensive gifts, not last also the bar at the Bahamas built just for her, a copy of the one seen in the set of The Rum Diary and a horse. They started to live together.
The two firstly spotted together at the Rolling Stones concert in Los Angeles.
After a while the news Johnny was dating Heard and after few months the news of their wedding.
After the wedding everyone thought that maybe a new season was starting for Johnny. He married the girl of his dreams, two wonderful children. Everything appeared more than perfect.
But after a while once in Queensland, Australia for filming Pirates Dead Men Tell no Tales in a day-off, the actor broke his right arm injuring one of his fingers and returned to Los Angeles for being operated. A pin inserted in his finger. It meant six weeks of interruption from filming.
Once returned in Australia with his wife, the story of Amber's dogs, imported illegally in the country. Other problems for the couple with a trial in Australia celebrated just few weeks ago in which the couple had to apologies in a video remembering that laws are pretty severe in Australia.
During last December Marie Clarie published an interview with Amber Heard written by Boe Marion.
Amber said to the reporter: "I try not to react to the horrible misrepresentation of our lives, but it is strange, and hard."
And talking of being a step-mom of Lily-Rose and Jack, the two children Johnny has had from Vanessa Paradise: "An honor and the greatest, most surprising gift I have ever received in my life."
Distant the years when Johnny loved to celebrate Amber's birthday every year under the flash of photographers.
This year the girl decided to celebrate the event surrounded by many girlfriends and having as reported People "great time" at the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs.
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And Everything Is Going Fine is the rare biographical documentary that seems both impressively insightful about its subject and ingeniously constructed. Soderbergh manages to deliver this without shooting a single thing, as all the footage here is from Gray's life and career up until his death in the mid 2000s. In fact, Gray is practically the only person who talks through most of the movie, and the bulk of the film is constructed with Gray's performances on stage (which means this isn't necessarily a complete look at his actual life, but instead a carefully selected approximation of a facsimile - but a cool one).
One really smart choice Soderbergh makes is to tell the story chronologically - not in terms of when the footage was shot, but in terms of when whatever Gray is talking about actually happened in his life. So while the scenes shift from grainy VHS to film to an E! interview, the story goes in a straight line. (By the way, can you imagine someone like Spalding Gray being interviewed on E! today?) This keeps you engaged even as the footage ping pongs around his career.
One thing I didn't know that the film helped me understand was just how revolutionary Gray's act was. It seems like such a simple and natural thing - go on stage and tells unadorned stories about yourself - that you would think people had been doing it forever, and in some ways they were. But reducing it to such a basic equation made his work shockingly fresh. The fact that his perspective was so unique helped prevent others from easily replicating it. Although I already liked Gray thanks to Gray's Anatomy, this documentary made me appreciate him even more, making it a fine companion to that film. That Soderbergh was able to construct such a satisfying documentary makes its separate release justifiable.
A side note: This is the 400th movie I've posted about on this blog. It's been nearly three years since I started this journey (really more since I've been watching Criterion movies for virtually my entire adult life) and I have fewer than 60 movies left. Although this number continues to tick up every month when the new releases are announced, it has steadily decreased to the point where I can genuinely say the end is near. Based on my label count to the left of this post, I've considered 102 of the 400 movies I've reviewed to be "five star" films (this average is a bit inflated by movies I had seen before). Whatever that arbitrary measure is worth, that means just following the spine numbers has led me to more cinematic epiphanies than I could have ever imagined. If anyone is reading this out there, I hope I've pointed you towards something you might not have otherwise picked up that you loved, or at least gave you a different perspective on a movie you like that you hadn't considered. For me personally, the ability to go back and look at my initial thoughts on every film I've watched has been invaluable - this is a collection of writing I'll never stop returning to, and even though I love getting paid cold hard cash to write (ah, sweet cash), this certainly ranks with my books as the most satisfying works I've produced in my life to this point. All I can hope for now is to finally see this thing through to the end - hopefully with at least another 15 or so masterpieces waiting for me!


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I might not be an oscar nominee, but a nomination from http://simplystephanieblog.wordpress.com has just made my day! A bunch thanks for you Steph!
I aware of the Versatile Blogger Award just this morning (9.00 am; +7 GMT) right on my second day of teaching demo at ELTI. This is such an honor. And apparently this is how it works.
1. Nominate 15 friends (I will happily nominate 4-5 friends, since I don't have that much of a follower nor I follow that many bloggers)
2. Inform the bloggers of their nomination.
3. Share 7 random things about me.
4. Thank the blogger who nominated me.
5. Add the versatile blogger award pic on my post!
Well then, I think I shall share 7 random things about me. Not a secretive one, of course.
1. I almost graduated as an MD, but I don't like working as a physician.
2. Writing and reading are parts of my life. I can enjoy days without friends, as long as I have books around me.
3. Language is something that I adore much. I have always wanted to be a linguist and master many languages. I learned Japanese since I was in my Junior High School, but it was self-taught, so I don't have many vocabularies, but I aware very much of the grammar.
4. Teaching is an important part of me. Teaching is a way of having a deeper understanding of something. It also keeps me updated with things I'm teaching.
5. I've been living in Yogyakarta for the past 10 years of my life, and this city has mesmerized me with its fascinating milieu. I enjoy every second of my life here. It's feels like home to me.
6. Giving contribution to people around me has been a passion for the past several months. I'm lucky to have supportive friends that share the same passion. We have been doing several social projects, including 'Selimut Hati untuk Tunawisma' (giving blankets to the homeless people).
7. I enjoy learning basic sciences and getting involved in short-term projects.
And now it's time for me to nominate these bloggers!
1. DREAMBUCKET – a great illustrator! We've been doing some projects together.
2. Tyo's Room – a great productive writer, now working for an NGO in East Nusa Tenggara.
3. Simply Stephanie – Hi Florida!
4. wordsfallfrommyeyes – Like she said, words fall from her eyes, suddenly you'll drowned yourselves in words.
5. PS – a radio announcer from Semarang, Indonesia!
As much as this has made my day, I'm hoping the same with you guys 🙂


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Bush also:
Bush dismissed rumors that Rumsfeld will leave his post early next year. Asked if Rumsfeld will stay through the second term, Bush said: "Well, end of my term is a long time, but I tell you, he's done a heck of a good job and I have no intention of changing him."The last person Bush said was doing a Heck of a good job was fired shortly after.


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Alexis Hotel is a budget 3-star property featuring 24-hour front desk and laundry.
The hotel is around 30 minutes on foot from the city center. Such Prague sights as Old Town Bridge Tower and The Jan Palach Memorial are all within reach.
Room amenities at Alexis Hotel include satellite TV, heating, a laptop safe, a personal computer and a work desk. The rooms look on to the street. The bathrooms come with a shower, a hairdryer and free toiletries for more comfort.
U Kaspara offers Czech, Mediterranean and Vegetarian meals and lies within 200 meters of the property.
Guests can reach Alexis Hotel by car from Ruzyne airport in 20 minutes.
Alexis Hotel features such facilities as a storage room, a safety deposit box and a vending machine.


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Independent Project Status Reports
Tuesday May 15th, 2001
This week's report features updates from K-Meleon, DocZilla, the Links Panel, and the new Link Element Toolbar. Enjoy!
#116 Re: Re: And it would be terrible news for AOL
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Monday May 28th, 2001 5:42 AM
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<quote> "From AOL's perspective Mozilla doesn't offer anything revolutionary they don't already have. IE has been embeddable since several years back - that's why they picked it over Netscape 4 to begin with. I don't think XUL is *that* big of an advantage even though it's certainly a cool piece of technology." </quote>
AOL has one big advantage if they use GECKO - remember they won't ever use Mozilla, the browser, but they would use the rendering engine embedded in their AOL app -: -> the rendering engine gets MUCH more users (far more than 20 millions AOL users worldwide) -> the rendering engine is the same Netscape - a part of AOL - uses for Netscape >= 6.0 -> the more a rendering engine has users the more web designers optimize their websites for it -> the more websites are optimized for GECKO (read: w3c compliant) the more users will use NS browsers -> the more GECKO users the more people interested in develop it further within the mozilla organization -> ...
there is one big fault in nearly all posts in here: AOL will never use the - still not perfect - Mozilla browser with its ui and performance problems, but the - yet very fine running - rendering engine. just look at the rendering speed and goodness of k-meleon.


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Date: 21 December 2012
Mikaila is a 5 year old girl who was born with an ear disease and needs to attend a special school as she is deaf. Mikaila and her mother live with her Grandmother and Grandfather. Her mother works in a call centre and her company tries to help her to raise funds for Mikaila's school fees because she is struggling to support her family.
Our financial director Shaleen Endres took it upon herself to provide them with groceries as Mikaila needs to eat proper food which her family can't afford to buy. Several of our staff members also donated money towards Christmas gifts for Mikaila since she has never had a Christmas before.
Accumulo Consulting bookkeeper Atiya (Right)
former employee Denzel (left)
over Christmas presents to Mikaila (middle).
Accumulo Consulting Bookkeeper Atiya (left)
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Algor mortis refers to the rate at which a body cools after death. This rate of cooling makes it possible to determine the approximate time of death by counting backwards the number of hours the body appears to have cooled from the time that the temperature was taken. The preferred time window for evaluating algor mortis is within the first several hours after death. Beyond that, the rate of cooling becomes less and less accurate as the body temperature approaches equilibrium with that of its environment.
The rate of cooling of the body and its significance should be evaluated carefully because the body temperature is easily affected by the physiology of the individual (age, weight, illness,) and the conditions of the environment (temperature, clothing, surface, activity prior to death). Unless any of these conditions are outstanding, a body cools very little during the first hour postmortem. After the first hour to a period of about six hours postmortem, a body will generally cool at the rate of 1.5° Fahrenheit for each hour after death. Under normal conditions, a temperature of 95.6° indicates the body has cooled 3° from normal (98.6°) and has likely been dead 2-3 hours.
The most accurate means for taking body temperature on a deceased individual is internally.
Hospitals will usually be able to provide a rectal temperature on request, if they have not done so already. At a scene, it is usually easier—and much more desirable—to take a liver temperature. This reading is accomplished by inserting a meat thermometer into the body just under the rib cage on the right side at a slightly upward angle in order to ensure the end of the thermometer penetrates the liver. After a period of about five minutes, the thermometer "bottoms out�? or stops decreasing. I usually start off my external examination by inserting the thermometer, and by the time my examination is complete, the reading is complete.
Temperatures can also increase due to physiology or environment. Someone who dies with a high fever has a higher plateau from which to cool and will subsequently give a higher reading. Someone who dies in a heated bedroom will cool more slowly than someone in an unheated garage.
I recall taking a liver temperature on a man that was dead in his backyard on a hot summer day. He was directly on the ground face up and the temperature was in the 90's with a much higher heat index. By the time I had finished the external examination, the thermometer read 100° Fahrenheit. I've seen even higher temperature readings, but I attributed most of those to the thermometer being in direct sunlight with the convex bezel on the end acting as a magnifying glass.
Typically the main significance of algor mortis is when the estimated result is distinctly different from the suspected timeline of the death. An example would be if a husband claimed that his wife was alive less than an hour before calling 911, but the rate of cooling in normal conditions indicated that she had been dead at least three hours. He may have simply been mistaken due to his grief, or he may have spent some time removing evidence of illicit drug use. Further questioning of the husband will ordinarily provide a reason for the disparity once he has been presented with physical evidence that conflicts with his original story.
In most cases, a person has been dead for so long that the body temperature may be so low as to be irrelevant. Fortunately for the investigator other physical observations can be made to help establish the window of death when body cooling cannot.


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8th august 2008 – the college's annual dinner 2008 at sunway resort hotel & spa. the theme was "fairy tale" or something along that line.
opening speech by our CEO
magic trick performance. i'm on the extreme right. on my right is ben tobi, another sabahan. and on my left, with only a quarter of her head showing, is sussan wong, one of my housemates.
* don't try this at home.
lovely decoration
gift pack
interesting names for the dishes… so interesting that i couldn't even guess what kind of dishes to expect. i mean, what's wizard of oz? alice in wonderland? captain hook?
one of my housemates, ratikha
filipino & indian nursing lecturers… enjoyed their company
mdm annie cheng, our sabah campus' senior deputy principal. she won the best personality award for being an energiser.
comedians. they poked fun at the chinese but it was pretty amusing. i laughed most during their act.
unice (uniquely spelt that way), my roommate, as well as a sabahan.
a closer look at dato' edmund
post scriptum: all pictures by professional photographers.


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3, 2, 1, Happy New Year! Except I am already asleep, and dead to the world. This is the first time in my life where I have been asleep at midnight when the old year passes and we seamlessly slip into the new. This year, asleep is where I want to be. Asleep and oblivious.
Rewind to Thanksgiving, a little less than two months ago. I have just learned that throughout the duration of our marriage, my husband of over four years has been hiding a pornography addiction from me. He's also been hiding that he's had cyber sex with maybe ten women since we've been married. I know, it doesn't sound like a big deal. But this shook me to my core. A million questions float through my mind constantly, like waves crashing on the shore. They never stop, the intervals just change. What else was he hiding? Why didn't he tell me? Did he have feelings for any of them? Why did he do this? Am I going to stay in this marriage where my husband doesn't love me, or am I going to leave? I thought back to all of the time that we had shared together, and how much of myself I invested in the marriage. As much as he would disagree, I put myself aside in order to focus on him a lot. "Wives submit to your husbands." the church says. He liked to remind me of this, too. I guess to him this meant "sacrifice every dream and desire you have ever had so that you can follow along behind me like a puppy dog and be there to cheer me on." While I will always be his number one fan and cheerleader, somehow, I didn't think this was what God had in mind when he told wives to submit.
He had lots of dreams, goals, and ambitions. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life- knew what he wanted to be, where he wanted to go, and who he wanted to be. For that, and that alone, I was jealous of him. I spent so much time focusing on him that I didn't think a lot about what I wanted to do, or who I was. I put so much of myself into our marriage that I lost myself. A question that began to make its way to the forefront of my mind was "What about me?" I slowly, with the speed of molasses, began to realize that I could truly put myself at center stage. Now, I am a selfish, only child by nature so I will always put myself first. This putting myself first meant putting my own soul, spirit, and mentality first. It meant discovering what my own try happiness meant to me, and depending on no one else for it. I could finally find out what I wanted in life, and discover who I wanted to be. The best, truest version of myself.
As I began to ponder my life without a husband, I realized that being married had been, until that point, the only goal I hoped to achieve for my life. All I ever wanted to be was married. I aspired to marriage, and didn't bother to think much past that. I thought back to when I wanted to be a singer; wanted to eat, sleep, and breathe music. School didn't work out, however. It proved to be too much for my anxiety to handle. Then I remembered how I had wanted to be a professional makeup artist since I was 15 and had my first MAC makeover. Or maybe I would swallow my anxiety long enough to get a degree and then go into marketing. The fact of the matter was that the possibilities were endless, and I was excited. I actually couldn't fathom the endlessness of these possibilities, never allowed it to fully consume me. There were so many options that I just couldn't think about them all.
On the other hand, we'd been married for over four years- almost five. We were building a life together and had shared so much with each other. Of course we were close, I mean, how could you not be? He had just started talking about buying our first house which excited me beyond reason. Then, he started talking about having kids which excited me even more. We talked at length sometimes about how we wanted our life to be, the life we were building together. One cat, one dog, one house, two kids. He would teach them Bible and I would teach them music. My Mom would babysit and spoil them and have fun with them, just like she did with me when I was a kid. His parents would see them a few weekends out of the year and teach them about nerdy things. It was a perfect plan, so how could he hide something like this from me the whole time? Wasn't his conscience tearing him apart? More importantly, could I really throw all of that away for something as benign as cyber sex? I mean, it wasn't physical sex with another woman, but to me it was still cheating just the same. The betrayal was the same. The hurt and pain, I guarantee you, were exactly the same. I cried almost every day. I felt like I was mourning a loss, and I was. The loss of a life partner, a best friend, a mate, the life that could have been, and it hurt. I would go to work every day like nothing was wrong and just think, "shouldn't there be some sort of bereavement time for something like this?" I felt like I needed time to myself to just grieve, but I knew I couldn't do that. So, solider on, I did.
All of these thoughts and questions, amongst others, kept me awake all night. They distracted me during the day and kept me from focusing on anything else. I drank. A lot. Often. I drank because it was like a miracle elixir that shut all of the thoughts and questions off. It was the "Off" button for me, and I needed it. Everything was so overwhelming that I didn't think I could handle it. It crushed me whenever I let it fully crash over me like an enormous, 100 foot wave during high tide. It engulfed and swallowed me and dragged me down to the depths of my mind and left me drowning in sadness. So, I have said all of this to say that on this particular New Year's Eve, when I am all alone in my apartment and my friends, family, and husband are elsewhere, I am blissfully asleep.


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An apple a day keeps the doctor away right?
The same could be said of hundreds of other fruits and vegetables. However, I think because apples are a perfect snack, this one stuck. How can you not like apples? They are the perfect on the go food. They store well. They are rich in vitamins and nutrients. They contain a lot of living water and enzymes. They have a ton of fiber. AND if that wasn't enough, they come in several different varieties and are available much of the year. Wow.
So what are the best kinds? This is something that you will have to figure out for yourself. Off the top of my head, I can think of granny smith, fuji, gala, red delicious, gold delicious, honeycrisp, macs, etc. Personally, I don't do well with sour fruits usually. Fuji's rub me the wrong way also. So that leaves red and gold delicious, galas, honeycrisps, and macs. You gotta take what you can get but stopping by the local farmers market this morning will send you home with some delicious varieties.
So go ahead and eat an apple a day (or 2) for your health. Oh, and most apples taste amazing with freshly ground cinnamon.


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