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1 piece gardein chick'n scallopini, diced
1 medium carrot, diced
1 ear of corn, kernels removed
1 medium Yukon gold potato, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons non-hydrogenated margarine
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups vegetable broth
1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts
- Preheat Convection Oven to 400°F (Standard Oven to 425°F)
- In a saucepan, combine chick'n, carrots, peas, and potatoes. Add vegetable broth to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a saucepan over medium heat, melt margarine. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and onion powder. Cook and stir for about 3 minutes. Slowly stir in almond milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Add chick'n mixture. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Place the chick'n mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
- Bake for 25 minutes convection oven (30 minutes standard oven), or until done. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.


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Our Charter Guy John was nice enough to send us a report of his trip with captain Dan along with all the great photo's of his trip.
These family charters are just to great.
I am Lynn, Captain Bill's wife I handle all our website and calls.
This trip was originally for the 14 of march but, we got blown out and john resch. for the next day the 15th so with captain bill on another boat , Captain Dan got this trip.
The photos show it all but, here is the catch report a;sp a testimonial
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I just wanted to let you know that we had a great time with Capt. Dan on Thursday. The boys caught plenty of black drum ranging from 30-50 lbs! We had 4 keepers in total (2 redfish, both greater than 28 inches, and 2 gaff head catfish).
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Susie, wife of F. M. Alderman, 1822-1896
Buried in the cemetery of Sardis Primitive Baptist Church near Berlin, Colquitt County, GA, is Susie Alderman, wife of F.M. Alderman.Her dates are 04 Oct 1822 - 20 Sept 1896. Can anyone tell me anything about either of these people?What was F.M.'s full name? Who were his parents? What was Susie's maiden name?
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1. The Year In Sports
It's getting close to that time of year again, when the last two digits of the date change, but everyone spends the first few weeks continuing to write '11, even though the year is now '12. What better way to ring in the new year than the top 50 plays in sports of the year, set to Aerosmith's "Sing for the Moment"?
2. Sour Santa
Santa Claus was at the Mavericks-Heat game on Christmas, but he wasn't dolling out cheer. Instead, he put back a few gin and tonics and took to taunting LeBron James.
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High school star Justise Winslow, considered a five-star recruit for the 2014 class, threw down a monstrous dunk over his competition and was promptly ejected from the game for staring down his opponent and then saluting the crowd. Sounds like he's ready for a career in professional sports.
4. Face, Meet Foot
In true Mortal Kombat fashion, MMA fighter Adam Aliev dropped Alexei Belyaev to the floor with one swift roundhouse kick to the face. Chuck Norris, meet your competition.
5. Not Backing Down
A series of bizarre bobbles, which included the ball rolling across a North Carolina receiver's back, resulted in a remarkable interception for Missouri's Zaviar Gooden during last week's Independence Bowl. Gooden simply refused to back down.
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In the U S Army Air Corps Training Command, T & P Bldg, Ft Worth, TX were the following Flexible Gunnery Schools.
Southeastern Training Command, Maxwell Fld, AL.
Tyndall AAF, Pananma City Fl built 1941-42.
Buckingham AAF, Fort Myers, FL built 1942.
Central training Command, San Antonio TX
Harlingen AAF, Harlingen, TX.
Laredo AAF, Laredo TX. Later became the home for the Central Instructors and Research for Flexible Gunnery.
Western Training Command,
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2015 Has been an amazing year for this blog and I'm forever grateful to of had this experience. 2015 bought the blog to not only the 1000 views milestone, also the 2000,3000 and 4000 milestone. I'm so thankful for your support and visits to this blog. its never been about the numbers but about me reading and writing, doing what I love for others to see.
Not only this but 2015 was the year that bought me my 17th birthday and a large personal milestone. This is also a year that bought me an amaxing friend and allowed me to strengthened the friendship bonds between me and so many people in school. Not much else happened that is so significant but I really hope that 2016 holds more fantastic things for both me and my family and you.
I hope the year brings us all great things and treats us well, for those who didn't have a great 2015 I hope you are able to have a better 2016.
Ill see you all again when the blog gets back into its normal routine, feel free to stay up to date about the progress on Twitter and once again, Happy New Year.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Top Ten Tuesday - Most Anticipated Releases In The First Half Of 2016
Well I had to knock this lost up on my phone so none of the photos would save and add to the blog post.
Girl Against The Universe - Paula Stokes
Passenger - Alexandra Bracken
The Unexpected Everything - Morgan Matson
The Fever Code - James Dashner
Blackhearts - Nicole Castroman
Bookishly Ever After - Isabel Bandeira
The Love That Split The World - Emily Henry
When We Colided - Emery Lord
Symptoms Of Being A Human - Jeff Garvino
Jerkbait - Mia Siegert
Top Ten Tuesday Is A Weekly Meme Hosted Over At The Broke And The Bookish.
Friday, 25 December 2015
Blogmas Day 25 - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays.
So today is Chritmas day and I just wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas or Happy Holiday to whom it applies if not all. I hope your day is full of cheer and happiness and I hope you all take care and come back and visit me for the new year and throughout 2016.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, have a great day.
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Blogmas Day 24 - Blogmas Experience
So I've posted every single day of December and runs until now or for others, till Christmas time. Blogmas has been such an enjoyable experience I didn't think I would initially enjoy it but I loved every day of it, it gave me a change to be spontaneous and somewhat out of my comfort zone with the topics.
It did stress me out at times when I was unable to think of topics to talk about each day but I always came out on top and hopefully you've all enjoyed reading my Blogmas posts, if you'd like you could leave Blogmas post ideas for Christmas 2016.
Hopefully you will also join me for Blolgmas 2016 (sounds really weird when I say that) and hopefully it will be as much as a wonderful experience as it has been this year.
Have A Great Christmas Eve and to those who wont visit my blog tomorrow Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and I'll see you for the New Year.
News Headline - Free Haircuts For The Homeless
Hair stylist Mandi Barnes of Essensual Hair Design in Ogden, Utah, got an idea after watching a YouTube video about a hairdresser giving free haircuts to homeless people in New York City.
She reached out to other hairdressers in the area and hosted a "free haircut day" at the Ogden Rescue Mission homeless shelter.
She reached out to other hairdressers in the area and hosted a "free haircut day" at the Ogden Rescue Mission homeless shelter.
On Saturday, they volunteered their time and talents giving haircuts (and confidence) to the people who need it the most.
Many local businesses made donations, including meals from Chic-fil-A and Texas Roadhouse.
The results of the afternoon were incredible.
See the original post here Hairdressers Give Out Free Hair Cuts For The Homeless
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Blogmas Day 23 - Christmas Shopping
Christmas is often a time to show people your love for them and their love for you and its always the thought of the gift that matters not how much it cost. This year I set up my card a week or so before I begun buying things for Christmas. Just like most people out of their I've struggled a lot with what to get people.
I did however spend £15 on a jumper a friend had said she liked and wanted, she sneakily opened it before Christmas and told me she loved it, thankfully. However it didn't fit her, even worse for me it would cost mt another £10 to send it to Belgium (not its origin) just to swap it for the next size up. My other friend came to my rescue and has taken the jumper for her sister and is going to give me the money for it.
I'm not sure what I will get her now, maybe the same jumper the next size up or something completely different but the same amount of thought and effort will go into finding her something she will adore just as much as she did the jumper.
Although I struggled with finding gifts for people I've become aware of the fact its so much fun to buy people gifts that make you laugh and will definitely make them laugh, just sharing a part of how much you care with them is one of the most magnificent things that can be experienced.
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Blogmas Day 22 - The Significance Of The Christmas Tree.
The evergreen fir tree has traditionally been used to celebrate winter festivals (pagan and Christian) for thousands of years. Pagans used branches of it to decorate their homes during the winter solstice, as it made them think of the spring to come.
The modern Christmas tree tradition dates back to Western Germany in the 16th century. They were called "Paradeisbaum" (paradise trees) and were brought into homes to celebrate the annual Feast of Adam and Eve on DEC-24. They were first brought to America by German immigrants about the year 1700.
Top Ten Tuesday - Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Leaving Under My Tree This Year
The Art Of Being Normal - Lisa Williamson
Little Bit - Alex Wheatle
Spotlight On Sunny - Keris Stainton
None Of The Above - I.W.Gregorio
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
Playlist For The Dead - Michelle Falkoff
The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner
Love Letters To The Dead - Ava Dellaira
The Walking Dead The Fall Of The Governor Part 1 - Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
The Walking Dead The Fall Of The Governor Part 2 - Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
Top Ten Tuesday Is A Weekly Meme Hosted Over On The Broke And The Bookish
Monday, 21 December 2015
Blogmas Day 21 - Fandom 12 Days Of Christmas
12 Dalecks zapping
11 Companions running
10 Oods a singing
9 Sontarans Slaying
8 Veins a pumping
7 Angels a weeping
6 Silence...uh...wait what were we doing?
5 K9s
4 Cybermen
3 Donnas
2 Cool hats
and a Time Lord in a blue box
Sunday, 20 December 2015
Blogmas Day 20 - I'm So Forgetful
Okay so am I the only one that can eat the Christmas calendar every day for the first week of December and then suddenly forget you even own a calendar and then when you re realise, you have to eat like 13 chocolates in one sitting to be back up to date? because recently I've had to eat a weeks worth of them.
Besides that I'm just as forgetful, I mean a while back I would leave for school and lock the door, get to my bus stop and then forget if I actually locked the door, I would fall into a pit of panic when I got on the bus without going back to check. It would often result in calling my dad who would be a little mad because he would have to leave work to go and check, or I would face to panic throughout the day and then get home to a perfectly locked day. Somehow I've managed to overcome that but that's probably down to leaving 14 minutes before your bus comes even though the stop is like 2 minutes away just in case I do forget so I have time to check.
I can walk into a room and forget why I walked in so I either walk right out or walk around that room just to make it out like I did something I needed to do until I remember.
The joys of forgetting.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
Will Grayson Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan
So this was my final physical book that I owned and also a possible last book for 2015, its been an awesome time for reading this year and I must thank every author who's books I have had the pleasure to read this year and I hope you like this review.
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Will Grayson meets Will Grayson. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers are about to cross paths. From that moment on, their world will collide and lives intertwine.
I absolutely loved reading this book, for once I managed and loved to read from two different perspectives and I couldn't wait to see how it would all work out. Both Will Graysons have their own issues going on. John Green's Will is terrified of getting close to anyone, and we see how this starts to impact on his relationships in the book. Levithan's Will is an isolated, lonely and very sad character. If there's ever a character in need of a hug, it's this Will. I could empathise with both of them so much and just wanted things to work out well for them.
I didn't see the 'major' event at the beginning coming,there's is no way I can explain it to you but it hurt me, an absolute killer of an event. I felt so much empathy for Levithan's Will in particular. The book as a whole focuses on coming to terms with your sexuality, figuring out who you can trust and dealing with some awful issues as a teenager. Levithan's Will has depression and it's portrayal is spot on. It isn't often that books are written from the point of view of a character that is living with it - usually it is someone coming to terms with having it. I just wanted to look after him, to support him and tell him to power through because things get better.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson is such an emotional read. I loved most of the characters and loved to hate a few. I seem to want to read a lot of Levithan lately. I need to read more of his books because they are absolutely fantastic writer. I have read all of John Greens books now and that makes me a little sad, but if you want to read more LGBT issues or mental health issues in books, this is one of the ones worth starting with . The issues were dealt with, with such sensitivity and knowledge; I have so much compassion for these characters and I'd love to read about their lives further. I loved it. It blew me away and I really want to read another book written by both of these guys.
I have to give this book a 5/5, it completely blew me away and will always hold a place on my bookshelf and in my heart.
Blogmas Day 19 - Am I Ill?
Besides the bad left knee and the getting bad right knee, the sometimes painful right hip I'm physically fine.
It's Christmas time and I feel near to no Christmas spirit. There are days I get little bursts of excitement in my stomach and shower in Christmas cheer but then there are days I just wish to be done with it all. Take down the tree pack it back into the loft and not hear another Christmas song.
But I guess this is how it goes so besides my physical pain I'm growing older, and Christmas is becoming less of a big thing for me. Last year was the same and I wish I could spend every day in the run up to Christmas being full of cheer but I'm not Peter Pan. However I do hope to enjoy all of the love Christmas moments I get because there will come a day I won't get any of those moments.
Friday, 18 December 2015
Blogmas Day 18 - What I'll Be Doing In 2016
- I will be trying to get back into a proper eating routine and hopefully blood donning for the first and not the last time.
- I'll be continuing my search fro jobs but will also try to overcome my phone and social anxiety which has been causing problems.
- Set a new book goal for myself and to keep this blog working well.
- I will also, hopefully re decorating my rom to make it more cosy and cool so ill be hanging out there with friends and readied and writing a lot.
Thursday, 17 December 2015
News Headline - Adventures Of An Abandoned Cat.
Tigger is a 21 year old cat who was left abandoned at a local animal hospital in Baltimore.Adriene Buisch saw him, and fell in love with the feline almost instantly and vowed to give him the best life she could.
Adriene called the hospital and got the background on Tigger, finding out he was only left there 9 months ago, was very sweet and had a lot of life to him. She already owned a cat called Stuart with her partner Michael and were looking for a companion but thought a kitten wouldn't be the best fit but Tigger would.
Adriene called the hospital and got the background on Tigger, finding out he was only left there 9 months ago, was very sweet and had a lot of life to him. She already owned a cat called Stuart with her partner Michael and were looking for a companion but thought a kitten wouldn't be the best fit but Tigger would.
The technician told the couple she was concerned about his kidneys because he drinks a lot of water. She said she would give them some time alone with Tigger so they could decide if they still wanted him. Of course they said yes and took him home to see Stuart.
The two cats instantly got along and bonded, it was almost like Stuart was telling Tigger what trouble to get into as is body was too old to do it. Unfortunately, the veterinarian's initial concerns were verified with blood work: Tigger was suffering from kidney failure. After Adriene started him on medicine and a prescription diet, Tigger's health began to improve. His fur grew back into a fluffy coat, put on healthy weight and had begun to drink a normal amount of water.
A few months later, Tigger's health took another turn for the worst. While grooming him, they discovered a golf ball-sized tumour. The couple made a bucket list not knowing what came with kidney failure and the tumour. The day after Thanksgiving, Adriene and Michael took Tigger to Bethany Beach in Delaware.
Apparently Tigger loved it and made friends along the way, he walked all along the beach to the car. Next, Adriene plans to take Tigger on a trip to visit family for Christmas
The original story can be found here - http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/1442/Woman-Rescues-An-Abandoned-Senior-Cat-And-Is-Taking-Him-On-Bucket-List-Adventures
Blogmas Day 17 - Festive Drinks
I found some really great sounding festive drink recipes online and I wanted to share some of the names with you, most of them will contain alcohol so its not suitable for those underage.I will also have the link to the recipe with each name.
Gingerbread Bellini - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/gingerbread-bellini
Pomegranate rosemary spritzer - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pomegranate-rosemary-spritzer
White Christmas cocktail - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/white-christmas-cocktail
Choc-orange hot chocolate - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/choc-orange-hot-chocolate
Eggnog - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/eggnog
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Blogmas Day 16 - Christmas Books
The Twelve Dates Of Christmas - Lisa Dickenson
Christmas With Billy And Me - Giovanna Fletcher
Geek Girl All Wrapped Up - Holly Smale
The Christmas Surprise - Jenny Colgan
Never Kiss A Man In A Christmas Jumper - Debbie Johnson
Make A Christmas Wish - Julia Williams
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Blogmas Day 15 - Making A Gingerbread House Step By Step
A home-made gingerbread house seems like a daunting task, but in reality, it's quite easy! Especially with these step-by-step instructions.
- 1 and 1/2 cups (12 fl oz ) of unsulphured molasses
- 1 and 1/2 cup (3 sticks) butter or margarine
- 8 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons double-acting baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 teaspoons ground ginger
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon allspice
- 1 and 1/2 cups brown sugar (dark or light)
- 2 large eggs
- 4 egg whites
- 1 teaspoons cream of tartar
- 4 cups of confectioner's sugar (also called icing sugar or powdered sugar)
cookie sheets
aluminum foil or better yet, silicon baking mats
butter or margarine
flour, all-purpose, white or whole wheat
Again, more silicon banking mats OR waxed paper
Heavy duty mixer (optional - you can mix by hand)
Rolling pin, I like the non-stick silicon type
Cake knives
Cooling racks
a 11" by 17" cookie tray, heavy cardboard and/or plywood to use as a base
Six quart-sized bottles (like full spaghetti sauce jars) or unopened soda cans to hold the walls and roof in place while the icing dries.
Pastry bags and tips (OR a gallon sized Ziploc plastic bag (quart will do, also)
Candy for decoration: M&M's, gumdrops, lifesavers, coloured sprinkles, etc.
Make the templates:
Roof: 2 rectangles, 7 inches by 9.5 inchesChimney: (optional) 1" wide.
Side walls: 2 rectangles, 4"x7.5"
Front and Back: trapezoids
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Making The Dough:
- Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove until it is melted
- Pour the melted butter and molasses into your mixing bowl
- Now add the eggs, and next the brown sugar and mix
- In another large bowl mix the 8 cups all-purpose flour with 2 teaspoon double-acting baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt,1 teaspoon baking soda, 4 teaspoons ground ginger, 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon and 1 tablespoon of allspice.
- Now mix the dry with the wet and mix, if you have a mixer with a dough hook, use that and then knead into a smooth dough.
- Put the dough in a zip lock or other container and refrigerate at least 30 minutes. You can also leave it over night but that isn't necessary.
- On a silicon baking mat, waxed paper or a floured surface, roll out a small amount of the dough (about the size of a tennis ball) until it is about 1/4 inch thick.
- Try to match one or more of the cut out patterns to the size of the rolled dough. It doesn't need to be an exact fit, you will reuse the trimmings.
- Place one of the paper pattern pieces on the dough and using a dull knife (like a table knife) cut around the edges.
- Cut out the windows and doors and just lift out the extra dough. Save the trimming to roll again for the next template.
- The chimney pieces are no different from the others, just smaller! You don't need to make a chimney, but it adds a nice touch
- Now pop the tray into the oven and let it cook for 12 to 15 minutes, until it puffs up a little bit and just starts to become golden and slightly firm.
Make The Icing
- 4 egg whites - If you use pasteurized eggs whites, like those in the carton at right, then the icing will be safe to eat (otherwise, the uncooked eggs may contain salmonella!)
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 cups of icing sugar or powdered sugar
- In a large bowl beat the egg whites until they begin to foam. Add the cream of tartar and beat until the whites are stiff but not dry.
- Gradually beat in the icing sugar, beating for about 5 minutes until it reaches spreading consistency. Keep it covered and refrigerated until needed.
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Life, we are told by many religions, is a kind of a test. A test of unimaginable importance since it is supposed to decide something as extreme as if someone will get the most sadistic eternal torture forever and ever or eternal paradise. With a test that is so crucial, it is only natural that the criteria for deciding the results should be very well-defined and important.
What exactly are people judged on? For most people, what comes to mind is if they lived a good life or not. While this is said to be part of the equation, it is not the most important part. According to these religions, a person can live a very good life and still go to hell if they do not accept god as their savior. In addition, while it is a matter of disagreement between religious people, many also think it has to be a certain religion for one to be saved.
On top of all of this, there is the fact that most of these religions teach that all can be forgiven if one takes god into their heart and repents before they die. Therefore, a person who lives a good life can be doomed for all eternity for not believing in god (or the right one) while a person who murders or does other evil things can get eternal paradise for repenting or choosing the right religion shortly before death (and someone facing death can really mean it). This leads to a situation where the murderer can make heaven while the murdered, if he was a nonbeliever) endless torture.
Therefore, according to many religious traditions, how people live their lives, treat others and influence the world takes a distant back seat in determining their fate to their beliefs. With belief given so much importance, it is should be well-defined and qualities that contribute greatly to a better world.
Inexplicably, belief is anything but well defined. To this day, the disagreements people have over religious belief lead to conflict and bloodshed. Not only is there conflict between religions, but there is also conflict within them. If any god put so much importance on belief, would it not make sense to show exactly what that belief was in a way that left no doubt? Surely a being with the power to create the universe could find a way to tell humanity something so that no sane mind would doubt. This would save both souls and conflict on earth, something a merciful and just being would certainly take every precaution to do.
Without any kind of hard evidence to support their beliefs, what exactly is it based on? While there have been claims of divine proof for virtually every religion people have ever followed, there is nothing that can stand up in court. Therefore, all these beliefs are basically based on stories. Not stories directly heard from any source, but stories passed down for many generations from a time when there was little real fact checking, let alone documentation, to prove claims.
Who believes such stories? In general it is:
- The less educated and skeptical.
- Those who have been indoctrinated from a young age.
- People prone to indoctrination (be it from their upbringing or mental processes)
- If only one religion is true, those with the luck to have been born in the right time and place.
While many of these people certainly are nice people living moral lives, there is no guarantee that such people will be good. In fact, history has shown that those who are less questioning and easily indoctrinated are some of the most likely to commit atrocities or lesser crimes when put in the wrong situations. Therefore, once again, the criteria for deciding if someone gets heaven or hell seems to have little to do with morality.
Mind and place
In addition, the mind itself is a poor device to determine the fate of an immortal soul. Everyone knows that a mind is relatively delicate and easily damaged, and some people are born with minds that do not function properly as examined in the brain and heaven and hell.
Secondly, the place a person is born has an unfair influence on the fate of the eternal soul. This goes beyond being born into the right religion or being born into the wrong one. Who is to say that even those who lived the most saintly lives would not have done horrible things if they had been in a situation where they were brutalized to be cold-blooded killers from a young age (such as child soldiers)?
People like the idea of some kind of eternal justice, and this has made the idea of punishment and reward after death attractive to many However, for it to be divine justice, the criteria for the test needs to be very good and the test should be conducted in a perfectly just manner. By all rational standards, the system does not seem fair for even minor decisions, let alone to decide someone's fate (particularly heaven or hell) for all eternity. Even those who accept the idea of eternal punishment and who do not think it is excessive (see: torture for all eternity) should be troubled by the standards of this test.


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Your favorite picture of your best friend Shadow Man!!!! He Just looks so proud in this picture! Awww!! I don't really have any real life people friends, lol. I picked Shadow vs Sam, for the simple fact shadow was really my first pet, and he went through so much with me. It was hard to go to flickr and pick a picture of him. He was such a photo whore! I have really been missing shadow lately. he will be gone 8 months tomorrow! I still hope he makes it back someday. His mommy misses him alot! So Yup My bestest budy ever: the myth the legend the cat the SHADOW! … [Read more...]
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Well we went over to the apt. place where we used to live and checked out the apartment across the way from the one we used to live, the one that was available. We stopped by there on the way back from cracker barrel. I can remember when they were redoing it, when we were moving. I knew there was fresh paint. We peeked in the windows,and I could see the floors were different ...there was pretty nice tile, and there was no carpet in the living room, which didn't bother me at all. We finally just called and seen if she could come by, which she did. The closet under the stairs had a nice little black extra shelf someone left behind. The pantry didn't have the same # of shelves, which wasn't a big deal...I can work on that. There was even an extra closet in the kitchen with shelves. There was an washing machine, which we don't need so she's gonna take it out for us.There was a stove that is just like the one here,and looked fairly decent on top, and i hope looked good inside. The … [Read more...]
30 Day Meme Day #3
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date. well I didn't really know of a way to do this in pictures, so here goes 3 of the 4 guys that I have dated have taken me to the movies right off the bat. :) Mark & I went to the mall, the movies, and to wendys. Jason & I went to the movies, and david and i went to a late lunch, the movies and out drinking! I guess as long as it involves going to the movies, you are good to go :) meh. i wish this would have been a pic one! :) … [Read more...]
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Hello There! This week has been a little busy for me, which is cool. Not an overwhelming busy, but I have had things to do. I Have been enjoying it! I am having the sleeping troubles from hell again though :( last night went to bed at 12:15 and it was after 2 before I ever was asleep! I did sleep well a few nights when it was cooler and rainy which I am LOVING! It is raining and about 58 right now! Before I get any further I just want to say I LOVE JENN!! I mean, I have always loved her, and when she was in n.c for Type A Mom this weekend, we might would have been able to meet up if i'd have thought about her being at the Charlotte airport lol.(nichole had very blonde moment) Anyways,I am trying to buy some dvd sets, and my mom is paying me back for the majority of the cost. (complete wonder years series and season 2&3 of american dreams) They are 47 total and I have 50 in my paypal. which would cover it, of course. However, I joined a Product Review group that is $4 a … [Read more...]
30 Day Picture Meme #2
A Photo Of Something you ate today I had some bbq chicken that i made in the crockpot, some baby potatoes (from a can). I also had to get my puss n boots glass in the pic! I don't really like shrek but that cat reminds me of sammy! :) And yes those are the glasses from mcdonalds that got recalled lol. I wasn't worried though,so I kept mine! Usually pictures I take of food really don't turn out so well, but that one kind of did :) Yay! … [Read more...]
30 Day Picture Meme: Day #1
A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was Today is pretty ....laid back! It is cool & rainy & gray! I actually slept fairly well after david went to work, which rarely happens. I am trying to get all of my online business done before david comes home, so he can put songs on his ipod all evening. I am hoping that he will let me on a little bit though... I have washed a load of clothes & cleaned up in the bathroom so far. Later I will clean & piddle around the rest of the house! I wish my hair color would show up better in that pic. I took a pic of me with my hair down, but thanks to the rain it was evil looking :( oh well! … [Read more...]


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Dolan's Cadillac is the first story in Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and was originally published in the February-June 1985 issue of Castle Rock. It describes one man's conception and execution of an intricate revenge plan against a local crime boss who killed his wife.
Plot Summary
The initially unnamed protagonist, whom we eventually learn is called Robinson, is a schoolteacher from Las Vegas whose wife was murdered after speaking to the FBI about, and agreeing to testify against, the crime boss Dolan. His obsession with revenge leads him to follow Dolan (around both Las Vegas and Los Angeles) for several years, and on one of their trips from California to Nevada, he begins to formulate a plan.
A highway detour reminds Robinson of a movie, in which a group of bandits rob an armored car after posting signage for a fake detour that directs the car onto an isolated side road. However, he quickly recognizes that a fake detour would not serve, partially due to a lack of co-conspirators but also because he believes Dolan would sense the detour was a trap and be on his guard. He surprises himself with a sudden thought: "Don't try to fool him with a fake detour; fool him with a real one."
He soon formulates a plan, and slowly begins to put it in motion. His first steps are to buy a health club membership and a Nautilus machine. He begins fervent workouts, to the amusement of his colleagues. Harvey Blocker, a foreman with the Nevada Highway Department, is similarly amused when Robinson applies for a summer job with his road crew. Blocker's initial reluctance to hire the scrawny third-grade teacher is minimally lessened when Robinson makes a bet of sorts, wagering his great-grandfather's watch that he will be able to last the summer, and he is given his first assignment -- filling potholes. After several weeks of this, Blocker becomes increasingly impressed with Robinson's tenacity, and soon promotes him to operator of a front-end loader, a job Robinson holds until the end of the summer.
Aside from the physical benefits of his grueling summer job, it also gets his name on the mailing list for the Highway Department. Each month, he scans the upcoming roadwork calendar for just the right repaving job. After nearly two years, he eventually notices a 30-mile stretch of highway scheduled over the 4th of July weekend, and begins to make preparations to put his plan into action.
He purchases an old van, and loads it up with an assortment of equipment and supplies. Late Friday afternoon, he makes his way to the detour and begins his work. He marks out a rectangular block on the asphalt, and puts the jackhammer to work, cutting 2' x 2 1/2' sections out of the road. After several hours of backbreaking labor, he gets the asphalt cut and moves to the "heavy equipment" phase of his plan. He hot-wires a front-end loader, and begins the excavation. His obsession with getting the slope perfect, combined with his rapidly stiffening muscles, lengthens the job, and by 9 am Sunday morning, he has done all he can do. He covers the hole with canvas, and waits for Dolan's Cadillac to appear on the horizon.
As the car finally appears several miles down the road, he quickly hides the DETOUR markings, and the Cadillac proceeds down the road. The car disappears into the hole, and Robinson soon learns that his trap has worked perfectly -- the car's doors are pinned closed, and Dolan is locked in. After only a few sentences, Dolan is incredibly able to identify his captor, and soon makes a proposal: one million dollars, and a personal guarantee of safety, if Robinson lets him out. Robinson's counter-proposal is that, if Dolan screams loudly enough, he may be freed. Of course, this does not happen, and Robinson proceeds with the burial. As he fills the hole, he can hear Dolan's crazed laughter. The dirt is in place by Sunday evening, and Robinson spends Monday replacing the asphalt sections. He returns home by eleven o'clock that evening.
Robinson's back was severely injured by his exertions, but this is the only repercussion. Dolan is never found, and the mental anguish associated with his wife's death soon fades.
The audiobook version of this story, in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection, is read by Rob Lowe, who played the part of Nick Andros in the ABC miniseries version of The Stand.
The story was released as a film by the same name in 2009 starring Wes Bentley and Christian Slater.


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Understanding relationships requires more than personal satisfaction of wants, desires and feelings stumps many on their journey to intimacy. True strength generates from recognition of a partnership with another person where their feelings are identified, respected and responded to with kindness. When our emotional life is explosive and unpredictable, we have little room to empathize with partner's emotions. When the brain easily overloaded with simple emotions, empathizing with a partner during disagreements is nearly impossible. When emotionally overwhelmed, partners become a threat, and we treat them as such. Relationships marked with emotionally charged disagreements incite contemptuous, relationship-destroying comments, hurting tender feelings and creating a wall of protectiveness, preventing intimacy, and destroy trust.
For relationships to flourish, partners must attune to feelings. Trust doesn't magically materialize, it's built. When we safely answer the silently question, "When I hurt, will you be there for me?" we lay the foundation of trust. This sounds easy; but it's not. Expressions of hurt ignites partner's own insecurities. A partner's expressions of hurt, disappointment or sadness isn't comforting. We must draw from an internal reservoir of strength while a partner recovers. For the insecure, this is difficult. Trust requires more than superficial attempts to soothe but from compassionately and courageously being available to a partner during the healing process.
We personalize our partner's expressions of hurt. Let's face it, we often are the cause—intended or not. We do something that triggers an emotion—whether the emotional reaction is appropriate or not. The message received, "I hurt and it's your fault!" This message threatens our security, challenges our evaluation of self. Instead of being there for our partner in their hurt, we become defensive, protecting our ego. With a swift retort—verbal or not—we defend, "You're too sensitive. You shouldn't feel that way." We protect ourselves, but in the process disregard our partner's hurt.
The hurts we receive burn brightly but the hurts we dealt are conveniently forgotten.
Patterns don't change easily. But someone must put change into motion. Change the pattern. Change your response. New responses won't magically undo years of destructive interactions. Hurt feelings, fears of angry responses will taint the new efforts. Persist.
As we attune, compassionately listening instead of defending, the environment slowly transforms. Over time, with patience, attuning to needs, fears, and desires creates security and from security, trust is born. Will our partner change too? Usually. They still have their freewill. We can't magically transform others. Some need the drama of conflict, that's all they know. Closeness creates great rushes of energy that they can't contain the emotions. We don't need to play into the drama with our own defensive anger. Once we change, express our desires, and they continue in nastiness, we must make a choice. Stay or run. This is a personal choice which requires extensive personal deliberation and often outside guidance. But we have grown. We have prepared our soul for more, and openly invited our partner to come along. Now they must choose.
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Worldbuilding- AKA. subcreation, is an essential feature of roleplaying; a creative endeavour in which many players- GM or otherwise, love to indulge. As readers will be well aware, this places roleplaying games squarely in a cultural trend the 20th century great grandaddy of which is J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. (Map via: geektyrant.)
The history of subcreation in our own culture of the fantastic is not my subject here, but I cannot pass by without mentioning Greg Stafford's Glorantha. Best known as the setting of the RPGs Runequest and HeroQuest, Glorantha is unusual among RPG settings in that it wasn't a gaming setting at all when it was first created; unusual, but not unique- M. A. R. Barker's Tékumel was the same. The only adventure gaming settings I can think of which might rival these extraordinary creations in their subcreationist breadth and depth are GW's Warhammer Old World and 40K Dark Millenium.
"Less is more!"I touched on this notion when I wrote about James Ellroy, that modern master of the pared-down narrative. Double-checking the inevitable Wiki via google led me to The Phrase Finder, which confirms (circularly or independently? -: I don't know) that this meme of minimalist design was coined in Robert Browning's 1855 poetic dramatic monologue 'Andrea del Sarto'; and that it entered the vernacular as an aphorism of the 20th century architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Less is more. I find the conjunction of poetry and minimalist architecture in the history of this phrase strangely apt:
- Poetry: roleplaying description in its written form is typically prose to be sure, but the oral form aims at the evocative and vibrant immediacy of poetic performance.
- Architecture: simply an apt metaphor for the interweaving of setting and system that is the structure of most RPG's.
- Everyman skills: HERO's treatment of the familiar RPG notion of learned attributes that anyone of a given time and place can do; AKA. default skills.
- Package deals (now Templates): off-the-shelf sets of attributes- innate and/or learned, which define species, social backgrounds, careers and so on; again widely used in other RPGs.
Starting small
The works of Tolkien, Stafford and Barker exemplify the crucial pitfall facing the unwary worldbuilding GM: overdoing it. Where subcreationists of their magisterial ilk can devote serial volumes to their worlds because exposition of such richness is precisely the point, roleplaying GMs labour under tighter constraints: their materials must above all be accessible- players' appetites for reading background material before character creation is limited; and functional- it should contribute to character creation. So far so obvious I guess.
My approach here was inspired by a truism we used to pass around during the heady days of the early 80's when- filled with the twin enthusiasms of youth and of the sheer novelty of our little games, we discussed this new narrative form at great length, subjecting it to detailed dissection and minute analysis. That truism was that all you need to start a roleplaying campaign is an inn and a dark and stormy night.
A practical example: Fantasy/Medieval Everyman
To move from generalities towards something accessible and functional, here is an example I worked up for Donald's long awaited outlaw campaign. Below is a routine Everyman list appropriate to a bog standard Fantasy/Medieval setting:
- Native tongue 4
- Professional Skill: Specify F11-
- Area Knowledge: Homeland F
- Acting F
- Climbing F
- Concealment F
- Conversation F
- Deduction F
- Healing F
- Persuasion F
- Shadowing F
- Stealth F
- Transport Familiarity: Specify
- Weapon Familiarity: Clubs
- WF: Fist loads
- WF: Thrown rocks
So, I have expanded this single list into Fantasy/Medieval Everyman, which gives different Everyman lists for the key social classes in this classic fantasy genre setting. As I noted above, these Everyman lists are useful to GMs and players both, providing as they do:
- An immediate and concise summary of the setting's social structure.
- Plug-and-play templates to speed NPC creation; a task made all the easier with today's software.
- Minor variations sufficient to encourage players to start to think about the decisions character creation entails in the points-build system that is HERO.
Last words
All the foregoing aside, I like the Everyman rules for another reason: the way they give the power levels of HERO-driven roleplaying campaigns a recognisable foundation in the everyday. This is because of the way skill Familiarities work. Crucial here are the rulings that neither Skill Levels nor complementary skills can be used to aid Familiarity skill checks. Typically then, HERO NPCs equivalent to the old AD&D 0-level NPCs must take extra time to be averagely competent at pretty much anything. I've always thought there's a certain systemic elegance in that. ;)


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Monopolies should be illegal. For the purpose of this debate, monopolies are businesses that have no competition in their field.
First round is acceptance.
Reason 1: Monopolies do not benefit the consumer.
If a company has a monopoly on a product, there is a pretty good chance that it is going to charge customers through the nose for it. The company, after all, has complete assurance that nobody can offer the product at a lower price, and people must either pay their fees, or not get the product. The company may be able to make the process of production more efficient and cheaper, but it is unlikely the company will be altruistic enough to pass those savings onto consumers unless it has an ulterior motive. All in all, the consumer does not benefit from a monopoly.
Reason 2: Monopolies do not benefit workers.
If a company obtains a monopoly, the jobs once held by its competitors vaporize. In a bad economy, it would not be a wise choice for the government to allow jobs to be lost in this fashion.
Reason 3: Monopolies allow the separation of the classes.
Some of the wealthiest people of all time were men that held monopolies (Rockefeller, Carnegie, and now Slim). These men controlled and control the flow of such great wealth that other people suffered. Monopolies would further aggravate this problem.
Conclusion: Monopolies do not benefit consumers, workers, or anyone in the middle and lower class. Monopolies should hence be unlawful and prohibited in all civilized countries.
Although Apple own the monopoly for the IPAD, it does not own the rights to the cheaper Samsung where the courts found that it was not abusing its monopoly power as Samsung originally asserted. Furthermore, it was found that, although the Samsung product looked and acted analogous to the IPDAD, it was not found to be the same product. Alas, while Apples argument was that they had the monopoly on the market with a patent to protect their idea, the courts found that yes Apple do have the monopoly for the industry, however, the samsung product was not the ipad and where free to produce and sell as per before.
Walmart v Food City
The superstition of unacceptable practice of predatory pricing e.g. financially stable companies pricing at a loss until weaker competitors exit the marketplace. In Reality, the accepted business practice is to actually create value for service or product, in essence competition benefits the consumer. Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines, for example, can offer lower prices because of operating efficiency. As capacity is removed from an industry, pricing power is created and lowered for the consumer. Yes, there is a survival of the fittest connotation about it, but the consumer is the one who benefits.
Wal-Mart today is saving money for consumers everywhere. It has consistently advertised itself as doing so, of which they have a legal obligation to be honest about. Without Wal-mart America would be a very different place, furthermore, in certain rural areas of the USA it is the only life line for consumers (e.g. grundy, VA), if a lifeline is not a benefit, then what is. Moreover, it is only Wal-marts financial position within the market that allows it to take position in rural areas which supports community and instigates job growth, because without the financial backing the rural consumer would not benefit from its presence and it is highly unlikely that Joe blogs 24/7 food superstore would be able to maintain rural overheads in this economic downturn.
It is important to realize that partial price discrimination can cause some customers who are inappropriately pooled with high price customers to be excluded from the market. For example, a poor student in the U.S. might be excluded from purchasing an economics textbook at the U.S. price, which the student might have been able to purchase at the China price. Similarly, a wealthy student in China might have been willing to pay more. These are deadweight losses and decrease a monopolist's profits. As such, monopolists have substantial economic interest in improving their market information and market segmenting to provide the consumer with better prices and the products that are in demand or necessitated e.g. a good indicator of this was when wal-mart underwent market research and was able to deduce that pharmaceuticals were in demand.
It should therefore be accepted that without monopoly"s, we as consumers would not have the low prices we benefit from. Furthermore, as consumers we do benefit from the monopoly"s research capacity in order to bring the goods that are in demand or a necessity. Moreover, without the financial weight to support the overheads of rural trade e.g. low income, growth, coupled with overheads, the rural consumer in the US would be without a major source for services and food, etc. Whereby, if history serves us correctly, when the sources dry up, so does the community.
Apple is one of the best employer"s in the world: http://www.glassdoor.com....
Furthermore, a market insiders research into brand monopoly has found that market leaders have more attractive employment packages which surpass of employer benefits. So, why does Google and Apple continue to beat out all other employers? Simple: the brand! Companies that have appealing consumer brands generally also succeed in being perceived as attractive employers,"Universum Employer Branding specialist Kortney Kutsop said in a statement earlier this year. "People nowadays love to work for companies that produce their favorite products and services. Also, market success is an important factor: the company needs to be generally seen as innovative and best-in-class in whatever they do--that's the winning formula." http://news.cnet.com....
However, there is strong evidence to suggest that monopolies do indeed save jobs e.g. Wal-mart:
Rather than instigating competition growth in foreign and domestic expansion, Wal-mart has started to buy up failing companies of a similar nature, thereby saving jobs in the supermarket and service industry. By taking over existing stores rather than opening new ones, Wal-Mart avoids the community opposition that it faces in the U.S. Al Norman, the founder of Sprawl-Busters, who has been described by CBS"s "60 Minutes" as the guru of the anti-Wal-Mart movement says. "What Wal-Mart did in Mexico was very instructive. Mexico was a testing ground for the method of operation. They basically acquired existing stores. They moved into Mexico and that became the theme in other countries like the UK, Germany, and Japan. They would buy into an existing operation, rather then start from scratch." http://www.projectcensored.org...
Aforementioned, Grundy VA locals had struggled to find work, it wasent until the arrival of Wal-mart that locals were able to apply and obtain 230 jobs. http://www2.tricities.com.... The locals were so excited they even created a muci video to commemorate its opening: . The music is not my cup of tea but a it is a good indicator of the excitement, prosperity and future associated with what a monopoly can provide for its potential workers and community.
Another fine example of a monopoly holder is GM. Without GMs capacity to ensure jobs and generate economic growth and tax returns " if was not allowed to grow as did as an industry leader initially so as not to tread on joe blogs 24/7 car retail " it would not of had the benefit of being saved by the government in the economic downturn. Therefore, saving jobs.
So I do not accept that monopolies "vaporize" jobs, but contend that they generate work, sustain work and have a greater capacity to provide for better benfits within the work place e.g. pay, holiday, healthcare, etc. I would rather a similar source in a monopoly purchase a failing company and save jobs rather than have another abandoned building rotting away without the work. Actually, this leads onto an endearing situation, if not the monopoly, then who?
Here it should be apparent that it is only a minute margin at the very high end of these aforementioned conglomerates that earn the absurd amounts of money implied e.g. this would be the reason why not everybody in the Wal-Mart or Apples employee parking lot has a Rolls Royce. Although, the employee parking lot will undoubtedly be bigger than that of the figurative Joe Bloggs because Joe Bloggs would never be able to employ so many individuals.
However, it should be pointed out that for all the monopolies within the US the average wage among 270 odd million citizens remains around the $50.000 mark which if accurate portrays a healthy median class subdivide. http://www.guardian.co.utk..., so there is no evidence that owning a monopoly is indicative to class division. But actually conforms with the American ideology of captilism.
Apple owns the monopoly for the IPAD...
I fail to see how this supports your argument, so I won't refute it. All of this true.
Wal-Mart does not yet have a monopoly on stores. If it did, there would be no motivation for low prices, because people couldn't shop anywhere else, and their business would be ensured. And yes, Wal-Mart does save people money over competing stores because it pays its employees minimum wage. This, as I said, does not benefit the employees. In any case, Wal-Mart is not a monopoly, and I fail to see why you brought it into this argument.
Monopolies save jobs.
In that case, yes, a possible future monopoly saved some jobs. I won't dispute that. If businesses are not failing, however, monopolies would destroy jobs. I'll give you an example:
Imagine two companies, A and B.
A employs 50 workers to make tires, 3 secretaries, a plant manager, two janitors, an accountant, and a company lawyer.
B operates similarly.
If A buys B to get a monopoly on the market, some jobs will be lost. A does not need double the workers to operate. Perhaps it will retain the 50 tire people, but the secretaries, accountant, and lawyer will be superfluous. Three jobs would be lost. For a more realistic picture of a company, multiply that number by 1000. 3000 lost jobs are nothing to sneeze at.
GM is not a monopoly holder. It merely has majority market share in the United States. I do not know why you insist it is. I'll just ignore this. Somewhere in this paragraph you also say that a monopoly could purchase a failed business. This would not save jobs, because the near-monopolistic business would evidently be the cause of that business failing. If a family store is put out of business by Wal-Mart, the people operating the store will not have their jobs saved, but downgraded severely. That does not benefit the workers in the slightest. You are also correct when you say Wal-Mart has more employees than small businesses, but 1 efficient Wal-Mart with 300 employees is not better than 30 small business with 15 employees. If Wal-Mart were to take all of those businesses, 150 jobs would be lost, again a loss for the workers. Your link leads to a poverty map, which really doesn't conform to your argument.
Conclusion: You have given me no examples of monopolies working effectively, and instead shown favoritism toward dominant companies. You have hence not disproved or even argued against my resolution effectively.
And no offense, but you have certainly lost on spelling and grammar too.
The courts have interested Apple has having the monopoly on the IPAD via a patent, it clearly states this numerous times within the transcripts: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com... , http://www.slate.com...
The reason for this claim in the opening argument was to clearly illustrate AGAIN that the courts interpret a monopoly via a trademark, or patent. In this case it was a patent that established the monopoly on the IPAD. Therefore, there is a fine line between competitive companies and a monopoly.
Wal-Mart is a monopoly:
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) is known for passing on its low-cost advantages to the customer. For example, the article points to a UBS Warburg report suggesting that food prices are 14% lower in markets where Wal-Mart competes. But as the authors note, there are several overwhelming negatives.
For one, the company has dominated its suppliers. Wal-Mart, which owns a hefty 30% of the U.S. consumer staples market and 15% to 20% of all music and video sales, plays a role in determining what gets sold. For example, the company has forced record companies to produce clean versions of explicit-label CDs or risk losing out on sales. And based on the complaints of a few customers, modern male magazines such as Maxim, Stuff, and FHM have been removed from store shelves.
And if you think that's a problem, Wal-Mart accounts for 28% of Dial's (NYSE: DL ) sales, 24% of Del Monte Foods' (NYSE: DLM ) sales, and 23% of Clorox's (NYSE: CLX ) sales. If Wal-Mart has too much power over these companies now, what will happen when Wal-Mart's share hits 50% at the end of this decade?
Among other negatives, the article points to the fact that Wal-Mart employees earn 20% less than those at unionized supermarkets. In addition, Wal-Mart's entry into new markets has forced the closure of existing stores: According to Business Week, "for every Wal-Mart supercenter that opens in the next five years, two other supermarkets will close." And this is done without creating new jobs.
Which brings me to the monopoly on pricing which you state without evidence is not true"
According to a Retail Forward report cited in the article, 30 supermarkets have "closed since Wal-Mart saturated Oklahoma City." Think about this: Wal-Mart is successful because it can offer lower prices than anybody else. But what if nobody else exists to compete?
In business classes, you hear stories of the unacceptable practice of predatory pricing -- financially stable companies pricing at a loss until weaker competitors exit the marketplace. Today, the accepted business practice is to actually create value. Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV ) , for example, can offer lower prices because of operating efficiency. As capacity is removed from an industry, pricing power is created. http://www.fool.com...
GM is a monopoly:
I will try and keep this segment short as the original reason it was raised was for purely peripheral reasons. However, to ram home my point: GM has been convicted on several occasions for being a monopoly and manipulating the market e.g. http://www.trainweb.org.... http://www.unc.edu...
As I have responded to your attacks and provided evidence to the contrary, I wish to return to my original arguments.
1.Monopolies do not benefit the customer: Yes they do for the reasons I have already stated. One being they pass on cheaper prices, provide market research via their financial power which in turn brings what the customer wants e.g. prices, products, services, etc, and can reach the most remote parts of the country e.g. my video evidence of Wal-mart opening in Grundy VA.
2.Reason 2: Monopolies do not benefit workers: you have conceded yourself that yes they do. I will say no more on the matter and rest my case.
3.Reason 3: Monopolies allow the separation of the classes: As before, there is no evidence to suggest this. I again refer back to my original statements. In regards to my evidence, I cannot be there to take you through it step by step, but may I suggest following the instructions on the website. You will see that it states the median average household income several times. Try and click on a state.
You have failed to research the evidence I have given. You have failed to give or back any claims you make by failing to give evidence. Furthermore, you have ignored the majority of my arguments and gone onto to postulate on other matters. I have now defined my terms for your better understanding. You have also conceded that I was right. My spelling and grammar is not bad considering I do not turn 13 until next week. Additionally, it is premature to suggest I had lost in that department already considering I still had another post!
If you raise claims without evidence, they can be dismissed without evidence. On this occasion I have provided plenty regardless.
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Washington, Nov.17 (ANI): Lawyers affiliated to the American Bar Association and other legal representative institutions have described the unfolding events in Pakistan as shocking and immediate.
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Their bravery reminds us that these ideals are not abstract at all. They are the difference between nations of justice and law, and unchecked tyrannies. This crisis reminds us how precious, and fragile, the rule of law is in the United States and in all nations, he adds.
Neukom further goes on to reveal that the American Bar Association and other bar groups have called on General Musharraf to restore the Constitution, re-instate the Supreme Court justices, and free those lawyers he has wrongly arrested.
As lawyers, we see it as no coincidence that Musharraf targeted his crackdown on his nation's legal community, as well as on the press and other organs of civil society. Like a free press, judges and lawyers who are free from intimidation and outside influence are essential checks to raw power, he says.
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FAQs - how finance services are changing
- Why are financial services changing?
The change is part of the Operational Excellence stream of the UNSW 2025 Strategy.
The new model for delivering financial services will, when complete:
- provide a shared service model for financial service at UNSW
- strengthen finance processes across the university
- increase the specialist skills base of university finance staff
- improve financial expertise available to faculties and divisions across the university
- How will the change to a new financial service model be implemented?
The transition to a new service model will take place in two phases:
- Phase 1 – Service consolidation – completed September 2017
- Phase 2 – Process and system optimisation – from October 2017
Existing initiatives aimed at improving systems and processes will continue concurrently with both phases.
PHASE 1: Service consolidation – completed September 2017
Responsibility for management of financial services moved from faculties and divisions during Phase 1. This transitional phase was completed across the university in early September. The focus of this phase is to transfer tasks to Finance and minimise disruption of service.
This phase has delivered:
Shared Service Model
- Bringing together finance skills and expertise into a single finance team for the university
- Shifting the focus of skills from finance generalists to finance specialists.
- Single point of contact for most transactional activities e.g. purchasing, credit card reconciliation.
Faculty Level Consolidation
A single approach to financial service delivery in each faculty and division
Business Partnering Capability
Dedicated Business Partners will provide faculty and division management with strategic financial guidance and advice.
Service consolidation was delivered to faculties and divisions across the university in three separate groups:
Group 1 (June)
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Group 2 (July)
Faculties: Medicine, Built Environment, Art and Design, and Business
Divisions: IT, Estate Management, External Relations, Philanthropy, DVC Enterprise
Group 3 (September)
Faculties: Law, Engineering and Science
- Divisions: BACS, VP & COS, SDVC, DID, DVCR, DVC Education
In order to ensure a smooth transition, finance has taken a staged approach to the physical relocation of staff from faculties and divisions to the central finance team. For example, most members of the Management and Reporting and Analysis Team are expected to remain in faculties and divisions until the conclusion of this year's budget processes in October.
PHASE 2: Process & System Optimisation – from October 2017
Phase 2 will be dedicated to optimising and standardising service delivery across the university. We will work closely with all divisions and faculties to identify priorities and at the same time leverage technology to improve our services.
- How are financial services delivered?
At the completion of Phase 1 Finance will provide similar quality financial service to that currently delivered. During Phase 2 of the transformation, Finance will work to optimise processes and systems.
Finance services will be delivered through six teams. While each team has distinct responsibilities, they will work closely together to ensure our customers will get seamless service. In other words, no matter who you ask a question of in finance, they will help you.
Team Responsibility Primary stakeholders Finance Operations team Responsible for most common financial transactions such as credit cards, accounts payable and expense reimbursements Any member of staff at UNSW Management Reporting & Analysis Provides financial management reporting, budget preparation and forecasts Faculty, school, and divisional management and the academic community Research Finance Accounting and budgeting for research Research community and divisional research Finance Business Partners Provides strategic advice and support Senior members of faculty and divisional management teams Treasury, Investments & Insurance Responsible for treasury activities, including investments and insurance for the university Predominantly university senior university finance and executive teams Group Financial Control Responsible for managing tax, compliance, and external reporting Predominantly university senior university finance and executive teams
Every effort has been made to minimise disruption to the delivery of financial services in the transition period. Teams are assigned to provide services to a faculty or division where dedicated specialist knowledge is required. In addition, where possible, staff who transfer to a Finance team will continue to provide services to the faculty or division in which they previously worked.
- Do the faculties and divisions retain responsibility for any financial matters?
Responsibility for some key matters that relate to finance will remain with faculties and divisions. These mainly relate to responsibility for management of budgets, approval of expenditure and some tasks of an administrative nature.
The administrative part of transactional activities will remain with each faculty and division. This includes getting receipts and approving expenses for transactions such as customer billing, credit cards, expense reimbursement and purchasing. The following chart provides a summary of the split in responsibility for common transactional activities between each faculty or division and Finance.
Transactional processes Responsibility Pre-work - e.g. obtaining input information, receipts, providing project detail etc Faculty/School/Division Processing – e.g. reconciling, answering queries, input to NSF etc Finance Approval – e.g. approving expense claims, credit card limit increases etc Faculty/School/Division Output – e.g. matching invoices, procesing payment, resolving queries etc Finance
Finance will provide strategic advice and guidance around financial management including preparation of budgets, reporting, and forecasting.
Financial management Responsibility
- Overall accountability for management of budgets
- Prepare budgets
- Prepare forecasts
- Perform general accounting
- Provide management reports & analysis
- Provide business advice & support
Finance will support large scale procurement activities and processing of purchase orders (ie processing of approved purchase orders and payment of bills). With respect to travel, Finance will provide a standard service for travel using preferred supplier arrangements.
Purchasing processes Responsibility
- Define business requirements and commence ordering process
- Receipting good received
- Support large scale procurement activities (e.g. tenders)
- Provide standard panels for goods and services
- What travel services does Finance provide?
Where the practice in a faculty or division is for individuals to book their own travel, or use a division/school/faculty resource to do that for them, they can continue to do so.
Where booking assistance is required from Finance, travel services can be provided by the Finance helpdesk (email@example.com) as follows:
Finance travel services Responsibility
- Lodgement of request. Travel request must be lodged with:
- authority to travel documentation (as per current school/faculty/division policy)
- travel details (date, time, destination, preferences such as airline, fare class, hotel)
- details of travel allowance as appropriate
- Finance helpdesk will
- make domestic bookings in Serko
- liaise with preferred supplliers to obtain quotes for international travel
- liaise with traveller for final go ahead to make booking
At a broader level, Finance will continue to provide travel system, policy and process advice as they currently do.
- Lodgement of request. Travel request must be lodged with:


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