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We provide Support Systems for all the principal sectors:
Some products lend themselves to Fixed Height Systems, for which we offer fixed height props and all associated refractory components.
We also offer adjustable systems, with props typically ranging from heights of 165mm to 665mm allowing anything from single-shelf to multi-shelf kiln car settings. These can be used for temperatures up to 1300°C.
Alternatively, for lower temperature firing we offer a lightweight adjustable system that is up to 50% lighter than conventional systems. Thus offering high fuel efficiency.
A range of Flue Support Systems are included and fittings can be used in conjunction with the flue support systems to allow the height to be adjusted.
Optimized ware support, thermal and physical stability, flexible setting and energy efficiency are the keywords in our design phase, where we work closely with each customer.
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Yeru Health and Wellness's program is based on a fusion of the ancient Tibetan Healing and modern psychology. We focus on the balance of our Mind, Body and Spirit. Having our retreats and workshops at the Yeru Retreat Center offers the beauty of nature and the balanced environment for rejuvenating ourselves. Yeru Retreat Center offers the sounds of nature from our woods and lake. It offers peace and tranquility for all who come.
During break times, early morning or evening hours, feel free to take one of the canoes or row boats out on the lake, take a swim or relax on the beach area. Watch for the eagles as they fly by to greet us. You will hear the sounds of the owls as they sing for us, and the wood peckers tapping at the trees. You will see and hear the sounds of the loons, the swans and more of Minnesota's amazing nature. Perhaps you might get lucky and see a northern lights display.
There are various forms of housing for students to be able to come for a teaching or retreat.
Single or dormitory ~ Except for tent space, all rooms and Yeru Retreat Center tents include mattress, bedding sheets, blanket and pillows.
• $10.00 a night per person for tent space (you bring all you need)
• $20 a night for a large Yeru 10x10x8 tent
• $15 a night for shared two persons 10x10x8 tent
• $30 a night per person for 6 to 8 person dorm room
• $40 a night per person for 2-4 person semi-private loft room
• $55 a night per person for double room with 2 twin or one full
• $65 a night per person for single semi-private room
• $55 a night for inside private cabin room for up to 3 people (bunk room)
• $140 a night private room with king bed, private bathroom (one available)
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• $2 a night electricity (for CPAP use)
• $5 a day light housekeeping
Important – Yeru Retreat Center is located in the woods of Minnesota, it can rain or snow depending on the time of the year. Please be mindful of what you might need. Although we provide sheets and blankets, feel free to bring a sleeping bag or other essentials you feel you might need. There are sleeping bags located at the Retreat Center. You may call ahead to reserve a sleeping bag if you wish.
Meals – Your fees include meals. Yeru Retreat Center prepares meals family style. Clean healthy foods: Vegetarian, Vegan and regular meals are prepared. If you have a special diet, please contact us or feel free to bring your own easy-to-prepare meals.
There will be coffee/tea/water/milk available.
Transportation to Yeru Retreat Center
Yeru Retreat Center is located:
• 2.5 – 3 hours from Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport
• 30 minutes from Brainerd Lakes Airport
You can rent a car on your arrival to Minnesota and take the beautiful drive to Yeru Retreat Center.
Yeru Bon Center offers transportation from the Minneapolis airport. We rent a van for 7-8 people at the rate of $75 a person for both directions. You will be picked up from the airport and driven to the retreat center.
Pricing varies depending on the amount of people in need of transportation, could be less, but not more than $75.00 per person.
A chat room is provided for people to discuss shared rides or to share a room.
Shuttle timing. The last van leaves for Yeru Retreat Center at noon the day before the retreat begins (example: If the retreat begins on the 21st, the last van leaves on the 20th by noon) Please plan your flights accordingly if you would like to be a part of the shuttle. – You may come in a day earlier, but please know, you will be responsible for your own transportation if your flight is delayed or not planned accordingly to come in before 10:00 a.m. the day before the retreat.

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EU Official Urges China To Revalue Its Currency
BRUSSELS -- A top European Union official pressed China to revalue its currency, which he said was hurting European exporters.
The European Commission's external relations commissioner, Chris Patten, said the EU's €47 billion ($52.2 billion) trade deficit with China was the largest of any trading partner. Among the reasons, he said, was the "painful weakness" of the Chinese yuan.


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Please call at reception and you will be given a registration form to complete. A practice questionnaire is also required to be completed so that we have some basic knowledge about you.
You will need to provide proof of your identity: Photo ID: passport, driving licence and proof of address, Council Tax bill, Utility Bill, Bank statement, agreement with Landlord to complete your registration.
If you have a previous GP in this country, we will require your NHS number.
Patients should come to the surgery with these documents during opening hours and the receptionist will be able to register you. Your first appointment will be with the nurse for your New Patient Check-Up and it is a requirement of the surgery that all patients attend for their New Patient Check-Ups. Please note it is our practice policy that patients who do not attend three appointments without cancelling with be removed from the practice list.


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Despina went for a job, and now her feet are all sweaty! Good thing this mistress has a pathetic foot slave at home! She lays and the couch and he crawls over to her. She shoves her foot in his face and makes him suck all of the dirt out of it! After he has done a good job, she rewards this pathetic submissive by letting him lick all of the sweat from between her dirty toes!
This gorgeous glam goddess cannot stop laughing while she tortures this pathetic gimp! She rubs her silver heels on his chest, slowly pushing on his ribs. Then she finally stands on him, putting her full weight on his chest. This weak gimp cannot take it and he tries to get her off him. The sadistic mistress shows no mercy, and she pushes his back down, and then slaps him! The mistress is really mad now and he will feel her wrath!
Deanne is the queen of BDSM and she is holding on to her reign by completely humiliating you today. She smokes a cigarette and blows the smoke into your pathetic face. This brutal red head decides to reward you by giving her a taste of her fleshy ash tray. This evil babe ashes on her extremely sexy foot and allows you to lick every single piece of ash off of it!
Dark haired sadosisters has their new slave bound and tied and on the floor with his face stuffed in the carpet. With knee high black boots on and short ass skirts on they kick and trample all on his bare back until he is red from the brutal pain they are serving. If that isn't enough they get a nice little whip to whip him for not doing what he is suppose to.


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Private Matters
In Defense of the Personal Life
By JANNA MALAMUD SMITH
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
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My Daughter, My Sister
Years ago, just out of college, I worked for a while in a large Dickensian day-care center in a poor mill city. The atmosphere was harsh. The kids were mostly from welfare families; the all-woman staff was working-class and tough. The director cared little for her job, and often in the afternoons she would leave her office, climb the two flights of stairs to her attic apartment, pour a succession of drinks for herself and the staff whom she had made her half willing guests, and tell stories. She was ambivalent about me and, having determined that I had one Jewish parent and one Italian one, referred to me alternately as "the Jew" or "the wop," depending on where I stood in her esteem--though how she kept score was unclear. She sneered at my naivete, yet at the same time it amused her that someone with a college degree could be stupid about things she understood well. Occasionally she invited me to join the others in her apartment.
Late one afternoon, after many stories, and after the alcohol, the early winter darkness, and the departure two floors below of most of the children had deepened our unlikely intimacy, she looked directly at each of the four or five of us sitting around her small room, paused, inhaled on her cigarette, and slowly said, "I know doctors in this town who go to people's houses and deliver the babies that men fathered with their own daughters. I know about an eleven-year-old who had a baby."
She was in her early fifties then, with hair dyed orange and occasionally stuffed under a blond wig. She wore fishnet stockings, short skirts, and spike heels, and claimed to be forty-two. For all that I found implausible about her, I knew she was telling the truth. And while I felt repulsed to learn that some fathers impregnated their daughters, I also felt relieved, having discovered ugly facts to be handy for creating a rudimentary map of adulthood.
What anchored these stories in my memory was not just the knowledge they offered, but the way they were wrapped like so many veils in innuendos and fabrications about the director's own life. She let us know that her conversations with doctors were privileged: Her allure made her the recipient of confidences whispered during romantic meetings in bars or bedrooms, not offices. And there was more she wouldn't say. What was she keeping private? She implied that it was the details of her conquests, and since she was our boss, we granted her that interpretation. But it was not hard to see, underneath the bravado, a fragile woman whose urgency to recount other people's hard times was an effort to keep us off the trail of her own. The distance between the person we glimpsed and the adept courtesan she would have us envy--together with the forbidden stories she offered--held my interest. I would stare into the thick smoke of her assertions and silences and wonder, Was she as accomplished as she claimed? Perhaps she had a baby with her father or had helped a doctor deliver someone else's. Perhaps she was just expert at holding our attention with half-truths when she didn't want to drink alone.
The invitation to hear her tales also meant that I was at least grudgingly accepted by a woman--in fact a group of women--from whom I had not expected acceptance. Like me, they had all been tagged: "Polack," "Canuck," "mick." But they were older and knew more. Listening to their talk, I heard about women who died from illegal abortions, and almost in the same breath about how to pick up a man in a bar, techniques lesbians used to impregnate each other, ways to remove tattoos, and how to mix sweet sticky drinks with names like Sombrero. Though the setting was uneasy and the delivery ham-handed, the conversations at the day-care center satisfied some of my hunger to hear private talk about women's experience. I had gossiped with other women in college, I had listened in on my mother and her friends, but the day-care center was different; the women had lived harder, and the exchanges often began where the other talk left off.
Of the conversations, it is the one about pregnant children that remains most vividly in my mind. In 1974, no one I knew spoke about incest. When, a year or so later, I watched the heroine in Chinatown--played brilliantly by Faye Dunaway--reveal that she was both mother and sister to her daughter, the scene was shocking and exotic, but also plausible in a way it would not have been without the director's stories.
Twenty years later, both the movie and the afternoons in the daycare center seem old-fashioned, even delicate. Today, anyone who turns on the television can hear talk-show hosts interview daughters who had children with their fathers, or interview their mothers, or even the fathers themselves. Companies sell transcripts of talk shows, and it is easy to purchase episodes of Donahue, Oprah, and Sally Jesse Raphael on hundreds of topics like "Soap Opera Addicts" or "When Smart People Fail," as well as the subject variously referred to as "Family Inter-breeding" or "Pregnancy from Incest." The public discussion of incest on these programs is not only striking for its contrast to our hushed talk in the day-care center, but because as narrative, it explores one of the emblematic stories of our time--the question of what is hidden within private life.
The transcripts are remarkable documents. One wonders what someone in the future will make of them, or, for that matter, what to make of them now. Each recounts an hour-long show on which the featured guests are daughters who had their fathers' or stepfathers' babies. The women sit on the stage next to their mothers (the men's wives) and sometimes their sisters. Also present are the studio audience and one or more therapists--the "experts"--who together with the audience create a contemporary chorus providing commentary on the stories and stotytellers. The hosts are attractive, charismatic, and adept: They prod the guests to reveal themselves, pump up the audience, invite the opinions of experts, and break for many commercials.
Oprah begins: "Hello everybody. We are talking today about daughters who get pregnant by their fathers and have the babies. We're going to hear one story of a family where three sisters had 13 children between them. The father of all 13 of the children is their father" [italics added].
Sally Jesse Raphael: "Two years ago, 17-year-old Ginger had a baby, and at first, her mother, Wendy, was really thrilled to be a grandmother, but months after the baby was born, Grandmother Wendy found out a shocking secret that her daughter, Ginger had kept from her."
Donahue: "More and more victims of incest and rape are keeping their babies. Do you understand that? Do you think it's a good idea? Would you keep your baby if your pregnancy were the result of a violent assault? ... Meet Mickey Booher. Your daughter gave birth to a baby that was actually fathered by your husband."
"Yes, sir," Mickey Booher answers in front of a television audience of millions. Or as Oprah observes at the end of her program, "It's been a very difficult thing to talk about, especially before 20 million people."
Why are these programs on television? What are the participants doing? One looks for analogies: revival meetings, gladiators in the colosseum, Queen for a Day, public lynchings, circus freak shows, mass baptisms, group therapy, soap operas, tabloid newspapers. Talk shows borrow from all of these but belong to none. They are new, different, and very popular. They challenge our notions about privacy: For on them, people who may never have uttered a personal word to anyone abandon reserve, restraint and discretion and bare themselves before the camera and the studio audience.
The studio audience participation is itself remarkable. Some members have come in search of entertainment, others are "survivors" (a term Oprah insists on over victims) of the day's affliction who recount their own stories. One woman stands up; a host places a reassuring hand on her shoulder. The camera zooms in so you can see her lip trembling, her eyes filling. "My father raped me, too, and I got pregnant." She continues for a sentence or two and sits down. The host moves on to interview another survivor or perhaps an expert.
On all the programs, experts--usually counselors or psychotherapists of various kinds--are invited to comment. One says that sex with stepchildren is incest. A second explains how America is a violent and exploitive culture. A third asserts that incestuous parents rule by brainwashing. The experts are sincere people, earnest, and often well spoken. Depending on the show and the topic, they come across either as decent professionals, trying to make a difference, or co-opted ones, lending a veneer of respectability to the ogling crowd. But then, talk shows continually shimmer between two realities: one cynical and exploitive, the other more elusive yet genuine.
On some levels they are hateful. The hosts and networks make fortunes by inviting people to expose themselves. The programs feed on helplessness, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and confusion; they take advantage of loneliness and isolation, of a dearth of other more genuine communal forums. They exploit people's fear that the world will not adequately witness their suffering.
The studio audiences on some shows attack the guests. People are mocked, challenged, and humiliated. During one Sally Jesse Raphael hour on adultery, members of the audience stand up to yell "slut" and "whore" at the guests on stage. On a Geraldo episode about "men who move back to live with their mothers," the slur is "mama's boy." If an audience becomes too worked up with a particular guest, a host may move in or cut to a commercial, but this feeble gesture seems most reminiscent of people who call off their dogs with a bland, "He won't hurt you," after the animal has drawn blood.
Much of what passes for intimate revelation by the participants is in fact a sad imitation of intimacy, a faux intimacy made more insidious because no one distinguishes it from the real thing. Although the most private topics are talked about, there is little real conversation since conversation requires continuity, thoughtfulness, and a kind of quiet that television rarely tolerates. Participants expose deep feelings, sob, and shake, then sit staring at their feet while the host announces a station break. At their worst, talk shows appear to be in the process of perfecting a kind of psychologically informed, mass-media-disseminated sensationalism, a prurient, often destructive force that needlessly humiliates and debases people and cheapens intimacy and personal expression.
But what makes such programs complex is that side by side with the lode of fool's gold sits a nugget of the real thing: important revelations and people who have good reasons for making them. By doing so they attack hypocrisy, challenge social distance, and reveal the way misuses of power corrupt and abuse privacy. They are not destroying privacy; theirs has long since been destroyed. They are offering testimony about the nature of its loss and the ways that abuses within the private realm undermine the potential benefits of privacy.
The programs draw you in. Everybody tells a tale; and sometimes, gripped in spite of yourself, you applaud, call names, smile, frown, shake your head in horror, wince, and weep. It is moving to see men and women struggle to describe painful events. Participants set out to talk superficially, and sometimes find themselves describing deeply private, sad experiences. Social conventions are momentarily pushed aside, as they state the gnawing facts of their difficult lives.
Where else can an incest survivor, lonely, injured, isolated, tell her story to millions of witnesses, receive the host's sympathy, and weep with other incest survivors? "This is what happened to me. Don't let it happen to you," a woman warns the camera. When she finishes speaking, it is with a sense that she has offered hope to girls trapped in dark bedrooms and, with the host's help, has painted the tar of shame back on the perpetrator where it belongs. One assaultive father, a Baptist "reverend," speaks by phone from his jail cell (robbery, not sexual abuse, has finally incarcerated him), attempting to rationalize how his wife wanted him to father children with his children, and how his daughters enjoyed it. He is plaintive and insistent, but Oprah has the last word: "With all due respect to you, Reverend," she announces for twenty million people to hear, "you're a liar and you're a slime."
Almost like a goddess, like justice embodied, Oprah, an outspoken, powerful woman, enters the fray, dispenses absolution, defends the daughters, and vindicates their honor. They are no longer alone with their suffering and their shame. The father who has tortured them and destroyed their childhood is finally openly named. Out of the flimflam and the kangaroo court comes an honest encounter, a just moment.
Oprah offers her guests more than we ever offered the women we gossiped about at the day-care center. We were glad to talk about them, but the idea of hearing from them was taboo. No one spoke in the first person about painful experiences because the fear of being shamed was insurmountable. Justice was harsh, and any horror--even rape--was your own fault. Victims were the bearers of bad news, and rather than focusing on our common bond as women, we wordlessly decided that we were better off keeping them--and the "them" in us--at bay. We enjoyed the closeness, but the entry price was a tacit promise not to blink.
But Donahue, Sally, Oprah, and Geraldo have changed the rules. Working as psychic muckrakers, they garner the details of the horror sometimes hidden behind the facade of "private life" or "family life." "So it was a douche kind of abortion?" Donahue asks a young woman who is telling how her father used baking soda and hot water to abort her baby in the family bathroom. "Yes," she confirms.
One important discovery of the late twentieth century is of the terrible things--physical and emotional--people actually do to each other within the privacy of home. And there is no doubt that television has aided in the achievement of this sorry recognition. In too many instances, family life is not about love, but about exploitation of power. When Donahue interviews his guest, he momentarily breaks through denial and disavowal and forces viewers to confront the fact that nice guys--church deacons, movie actors, good Christians, and bank presidents--can be violent or sadistic when the shades are drawn.
Talk-show hosts have invented a new alloy by forging psychiatry and sensational journalism. They have made themselves middlemen for isolated suburbanites, offering information about the dangers of private life while sparing viewers and asking the awkward questions for them. Television talk shows make people feel connected while they are unconnected, a paradox with many consequences.
Television offers the information of intimacy without the obligations. By creating celebrity hosts who behave like our best friends, and by flooding viewers with the intimate revelations of anonymous neighbors, television has devised a crude but potent answer to contemporary life with its enormous social isolation. You no longer have to make friends with a group of women to hear good stories. What is more, if a neighbor comes and tells you that her husband is beating her, her problem becomes yours. What do you make of her story? Perhaps you should talk to her husband, or call the police. You could offer her shelter, but then you might get more involved than you care to be. If a battered woman talks on television, you get the prurient thrill, vivid detail, the horrible, forbidden story, and none of the responsibility or the real-life mess.
When I was little and lived in Oregon, a cow with a glass plate in her side was the star attraction in the agriculture department of the local college. She had been surgically altered so curious students could peer inside her and watch her digest her cud. Contemporary television offers a similar view.
Often it seems to be desperation, loneliness, exclusion that one witnesses through the glass. One woman, describing her feelings after appearing on a talk show with her gay ex-husband and his lover, said, "I now know I'm the good guy because the audience proved that." Abandoned by her husband, who fell in love with a man soon after their wedding, she had apparently been unable to find any other way to ease her anger, guilt, and sorrow. The expiation had to come from outside herself, had to have the pomp of public ritual, the burnish of a slight celebrity. And apparently the hunger for such relief was enough to make her risk public humiliation. Privately held, her feelings had become unbearable.
In the era when I worked at the day-care center, the victim of incest, the woman married to a homosexual man, were expected to keep their misery to themselves. If their lives were harmed, we didn't want to know; we demanded a solid facade. We no longer demand total silence, yet our reception is ambivalent. Collectively, we are not sure we wish to face the implications of the stories.
Lacking efficacious communal forums, talk shows are one compromise. They offer a public hearing: for many, the only one possible. But because the shows set out to entertain and make money, important and trivial revelations are commingled and lose consequence. Political change and justice, two apt public ends of trading one's privacy to give testimony, are slightly addressed while commodity triumphs.
Still, there is an important take-home message in the shows: Family privacy may shelter and sanction interpersonal tyranny. While America may have outlawed slavery and attempted to regulate civic relationships, in the privacy of the home, exploitive practices sometimes continue, unobserved. The talk shows succeed in part because they have named this predicament of contemporary life, this frontier of privacy.
America is in the midst of a debate about privacy that takes many forms:
- A newspaper editor ponders whether he should print a story that reveals that a popular athlete has AIDS.
- An author publishes an account of how he masturbates, and a reviewer on the front page of The New York Times Book Review attacks the book, suggesting there are some details of sexuality best kept in the realm of fiction.
- A psychiatrist writes an introduction to a biography about his patient, admitting he made accessible to the biographer tapes of psychotherapy sessions; his admission stirs a controversy that makes headlines.
- A woman claims she has had an extramarital sexual liaison with a presidential candidate; he chooses to respond by being interviewed with his wife on prime-time television.
How we think about privacy has been greatly influenced during the past century by two phenomena of modern life: the development of massive media capacity, and the popularizing of psychological thinking, or more precisely, the emergence of a post-Freudian culture that takes for granted the public expression of once private experiences and parts of the mind. The confluence of these trends, the way they have become particularly entwined within the society, and the power they wield in the absence of other once potent social institutions are fueling the private/public tug-of-war. Some critics have argued for the virtues of restraint and privacy. Others have celebrated the demise of prudishness and hypocrisy. Still others have bemoaned the moral erosion and the ethos of victimization that they claim underlies public accusations and confessions. There is truth in all these positions.
All the disparate issues of privacy--whether I can listen in on your telephone conversation, whether you can publish the love letters I sent you, whether I can find out your credit rating, whether you can test my urine for drugs before you hire me, whether I can prohibit your abortion, whether you can keep me alive in spite of my wish to die, whether I should write about you or talk about you on a talk show--represent battles about power, money, values, and the elusive concept of "the common good."
We need to find our way through these issues because the qualities of humanness that make life more than a biological event--creative and artistic expression, intellectual endeavor, sacred rituals, love and intimate sexuality, friendship, and individual dignity--are qualities that must be sheltered to thrive. Privacy shelters, and thus offers sustenance to fragile virtues.
Privacy also supports freedom to make important personal choices. If you are an Irish Catholic woman and you marry a Muslim Ethiopian man whom you love, your choice may have hurt your mother and father, caused the other members of your church to curse you, and angered your neighbors. But you have made a private choice that has come out of your own feelings and wishes. Historically, what you have done is new; until recently such gestures would often have subjected you to either isolation or persecution. (Sigmund Freud wryly observed that for most of history, anyone criticizing religion could be assured of "an effective speeding-up of the opportunity for gaining a personal experience of the afterlife.") Private choice is more possible now because we live in a society and an era that is considering the idea--albeit erratically and with harsh inconsistency--that a person's intimate feelings are the heart of humanness and therefore deserve protection. How far we will expand this idea remains to be seen, the struggle about legalizing gay marriages being one current battleground.
The risk of privacy is the absence of witnesses. One person's privacy can easily become another's license to hide, harm, or create bad secrets. Privacy is ready prey to exploitation, corruption, and abuse. If, in a home, an adult feels entitled to abuse a child, the act exploits and corrupts privacy. Or, conversely, if a child makes up stories about the way an adult harmed him (statistically a much rarer phenomenon), privacy is also harmed. Talk shows address misuses of privacy--even as they often misuse it themselves in the process. The important knowledge in the talk shows is the reminder that for many people, private life is not a haven.
The virtues of privacy are further obscured by the fact that a kind of corrupted, obliterating privacy is often forced upon people with less power. Henry James describes how, in nineteenth-century London, some rich people didn't want the bother of learning the names of a succession of maids, cooks, butlers, and gardeners. So they picked one name and imposed it on each person who filled a post. "Your name was Fred. Now it is Richard. Be careful transplanting the precious rose I brought from Shanghai."
Conversely, a group of people who have been oppressed or marginalized may raise their children to keep much private--even more than other families. Once, when younger, my sons were playing at the home of African-American friends. The play was good, the exchange easy and comfortable; so much so that my boys' young friend, reassuring his older sibling of the propriety of an open comment, said, "It's okay, we're all black here." Seeing suddenly, clearly, the white faces, he fell silent. He had violated his family's careful efforts to keep him safe from the effects of racism by not letting outsiders know him--by guarding the family's privacy.
Together with their particular biology and historical moment, people are ultimately made individual by those parts of experience that are difficult to communicate, the images sorted through as sleep comes, the composite of coherent memories, fragmented pictures, habits of love, powerful feelings, and perceptions that, like so many leaves raked into a pile, arrange themselves in relationships that cannot be replicated or completely described. They become the compost fertilizing creative expression. They are at once ineffable and essential. They may be profane or sacred. "What I keep," writes the poet Gary Miranda, "keeps me alive." At its best, privacy shields and nurtures what is unique and authentic in people, while its absence or its violation often contributes to dehumanizing them.
Struggles about privacy are struggles about access and control. They are about conflicting interests between individuals, and between individual and community. Privacy is a complex ecology. Like that of the earth, it is delicate, and the nature of its balance determines much about the opportunity people have to experience some of the most remarkable parts of humanness. But what is involved in privacy, and why does it matter?
(C) 1997 Janna Malamud Smith All rights reserved. ISBN: 0-201-40973-9
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By Bill Cotterell
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Just before Election Day, thousands of Florida families who participate in prepaid college savings plans will receive refunds, or major cuts in their monthly payments, and Governor Rick Scott is not shy about taking credit for the windfall.
The timing of the massive payout, and the manner in which Republican Scott is promoting it - in signed letters to parents - has Democrats crying foul, though political observers say the governor is well within campaign ethics boundaries.
Scott is seeking re-election in an expensive and closely watched political battle for the nation's largest swing state. He is being challenged by former Governor Charlie Crist, a long-time Republican running for his old job this time as a Democrat after switching parties in 2012.
A bipartisan higher-education package approved by the state legislature this spring slashed the annual tuition increases at state universities, eliminating them altogether for most colleges.
The reductions mean refunds totaling nearly $200 million for about 18,000 families with paid-up tuition plans purchased since 2008, when the differential tuition fee was authorized. About 22,000 families still paying on future plans will have their monthly payments reduced, at statewide savings of more than $700 million, the board calculated.
"It is my hope that your child and all Florida students will stay in our state when they go to college and that when they choose a career, they will put their talents and skills to work right here in the Sunshine State," Scott wrote in a letter sent out last week informing parents of the reductions.
Refunds, some in excess of $5,000, are expected to be delivered by Nov. 1, only three days before voting, the Florida Prepaid board said in a separate letter to parents.
"It is concerning and appalling, as a taxpayer, that he would use public resources this way but it's not unexpected," said Crist campaign spokesman Kevin Cate.
Crist was in office when the annual tuition increases were enacted. Republican leaders have been sending college volunteers to campaign events to picket Crist for hiking their tuition.
Using the perks of incumbency is a common practice for governors and top state officials at re-election time, said Susan MacManus, a political science professor at the University of South Florida.
"You buy gas and you see the name of the agriculture commissioner on the pump, you write your property tax check, and you make it out to the county tax collector, by name," she said. "It's rampant."
This year, teachers receiving purchase cards for school supplies – a Scott budget item – have found little notes from the governor appended to them.
The Florida Prepaid College Board this month reducing fees by up to 50 percent. The basic four-year university plan went from $350 a month to $173, and the cost for two years at a community college, followed by two at a university, fell as low as $136 monthly.
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The Shop On the High Street Blu-ray
Starring Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivkova, Frantisek Zvarik, Martin Holly, Martin Gregor
Directed by Ján Kadár
Made in 1965, this Czechoslovak film is set in the German-occupied, 'independent' Slovak state during World War II.
A carpenter is appointed 'Aryan Controller' of a button shop owned by an old Jewish woman, who, being both near-sighted and deaf, has no idea that there is a war on.
Winner of the 1965 Best Foreign Film Oscar.
- Format: Blu-ray
- Region: A,B,C
- Certification: (15)
- Catalogue number: SECONDRUNBD003
- Studio: Second Run
- Release date: 15/08/2016
- Genre: Drama
- Colour: B/W
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Are you coming to Silicon Valley this year for a convention? The Santa Clara Convention Center is conveniently located less than 15 minutes from our Mountain View accommodations. The calendar at the convention center is packed with world-class events throughout 2017. From annual technology gatherings to local shows for crafts and travel, the schedule has something exciting every month of the year. It's never too early to start planning your trip to the Bay Area for an upcoming conference.
DesignCon: January 31 - February 2
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Where are you going on vacation in 2017? Discover the latest news on the travel scene from destinations across the world. Meet travel celebrities such as Rick Steves, Pauline Frommer, and Samantha Brown.
Evolution Sports Expo: March 18th
Top athletes convene in Santa Clara for elite fitness and martial arts tournaments.
Other Convention Center Highlights for 2017:
Internet of Things World: May 16-18
Augmented Reality World Expo: May 30 - June 2
Cloud Foundry Silicon Valley 2017: June 13 - 15
Stamp & Scrapbook Expo: July 28 & 29
Verge '17: September 18 - 21
Printed Electronics: November 11-13
If you plan on attending one of the events, consider booking a room or suite at our Mountain View hotel. Our boutique accommodations with free breakfast are only 15 minutes from the convention center.


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56 Dead 100 Missing In Guatemala Mudslide
MEXICO CITY Frantic rescuers on Saturday dug in search of hundreds of people feared trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed hillside that buried scores of homes in a suburb of Guatemala City. Four more bodies were pulled from the
One Dead In South Carolina Floods
Parts of South Carolina have seen 5 or more inches of rain fall in a drenching storm that flooded and closed roads, submerged cars and made for a hazardous commute. Officials in Spartanburg County say one person died Thursday morning
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An earthquake caused buildings to shake in Mexico City and triggered quake alarms on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The earthquake registered a magnitude of 5.2, Mexico's national seismological service said. The head of Mexico's emergency
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A supercharged ash cloud has sparked stunning lightning strikes at an erupting Chilean volcano. The video, from the BBC's Patagonia series, was posted to the British broadcaster's Facebook page overnight and captured by Chilean filmmaker Christian Muñoz-Donoso during an eruption
Colima Volcano In Western Mexico Erupts
The Colima volcano in Western Mexico continued releasing large columns of ash and smoke on Tuesday. On Monday night the volcano spewed lava around its crater and released a column of smoke. Authorities told local media the activity was considered
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Two earthquakes are confirmed to have shaken parts of Sudbury Tuesday night — shocking many people in the Minnow Lake and New Sudbury areas. Earthquake Canada's web site confirms two distinct events. The first earthquake happened at 9:06 p.m. and
Drought Hit California Continues To Burn
California is burning. One of the worst wildfire seasons in the state's history has killed six people and destroyed over a thousand homes, California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of hectares across the
Pope Chooses Fiat Over Volkswagen
At about nine-thirty on Wednesday morning, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, were standing at the South Portico of the White House waiting for their guest to arrive. A big, black Secret Service S.U.V. pulled up, one of the type
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit off the west coast of Northern Vancouver Island, around 535km away from Vancouver. The earthquake occurred at 6:24 a.m. Tuesday morning 201km west of Port Hardy under the Pacific
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Is 2017 the year when cloud migrations will really take off? By "cloud migration," I mean the migration of applications or workloads to an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) platform. Corporations have been laying the groundwork by training, hiring, and building cloud services teams that encompass a cloud migration group, commonly referred to as a "migration factory." All the pieces have been put into place, and what is left is the execution of the migration. Some companies' overall cloud strategy is a strategy not just to get to the cloud, but also to get control of workloads deployed to the public cloud along the way.
Migrations tend to follow a particular pattern, and lessons are learned along the way. The first wave of migrations is considered the low-hanging fruit of the organization—the stuff that is easy to migrate. The list of low-hanging fruit can be long. As such, you might see the migration of a large volume of applications right out of the gate and in a very short time frame. This year and the next have the potential to be the years of the great migrations.
These migration plans have been in the works for a while now, going from concept to execution. However, recently there have been some new announcements about strategic partnerships—namely Amazon and VMware—that might change the trajectory of the corporate cloud strategy.
Generally speaking, most companies have either Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware vSphere as their in-house hypervisor platform. The number of companies using each platform is about even, but I believe that most of the larger companies and enterprises are running on top of a VMware solution. For the Microsoft Hyper-V companies, Microsoft Azure is the most logical way to go. However, for the companies that are running VMware vSphere, the partnership between Amazon and VMware is going to present some options that could not be considered at the start of the push-to-the-cloud corporate strategies. With VMware NSX, corporations will soon have the ability to utilize Amazon AWS as an extension of their own private cloud that can be managed and maintained with all the current in-house tools and services. Voilà—the hybrid cloud! Welcome to what I believe will be the new corporate mantra going forward.
The flexibility that a hybrid cloud solution brings could present some alternative architecture design considerations. For example, the public cloud could be looked at as different availability zoned for an organization. This is just one of a number of new things that will be considered with the design of a hybrid solution.
The corporate cloud strategy has been in the works from concept to execution over the last couple of years. This year and the next have the potential to become the time of the great corporate cloud migration. For VMware-centric enterprises, it will be all about the choices that will be made available. I think that the true potential of vCloud Air has yet to be fully realized. It will rely on how much of the native vSphere functionality will be available for the vSphere environments running over at Amazon. Depending on how much native functionality is missing with the Amazon platform, the door could very well open for vCloud Air and IBM to shine as a seamless extension of the corporate private cloud. This could in turn leave a door open for availability zones based on the integration functionality of a hybrid solution.
What do you think? Is 2017 the year when cloud migrations will really take off, or will the hybrid cloud radically change the corporate cloud strategy moving forward?


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Archipelago Coconut Body Lotion has become one of my favorite body lotions. The scent is a light coconut that's simple and clean for a coconut scent. It's not too sweet like some can be. It maybe could be classified as a green coconut scent. The bottle is made of light metal and has a pump. It's a 18 oz bottle that retails for $25. I usually get it at Ulta.
This is a thicker, heavier lotion, it moisturizes well using coconut oil. I get no dryness later in the day or the next morning like I do with other lotions. It does take about ten minutes or so to fully absorb. However, five minutes after applying I have no troubles getting dressed and having it be too greasy. It's more of a thick, rich feel versus greasy. I am almost done with my first bottle. The only negative is the metal bottle, the pump leaves about 15% or so left in the bottom of the tube when it stops pulling it up. In order to get the last bit I have to turn it upside down and bang the rest out. Not the end of the world, but slightly annoying.
The thickness of the lotion:
The Coconut Body Wash is also a favorite of mine. It comes in two sizes, I use the largest 33 oz bottle which retails for $25. This is a plastic bottle with a pump and the large one lasts a long time. The scent is the same as the lotion, simple and clean coconut. The body wash has a slightly pearly off white color. I love that this is sulfate and paraben free. The main ingredients are coconut oil, oat protein, ginger root and yucca vera extract. It's moisturizing and foams just fine for me without sulfates.
I highly recommend either if you love coconut, are looking for a moisturizing body wash or heavier body lotion, and want paraben or sulfate free products. Check out Ulta when they're having a buy one get one half off sale or a coupon of some sort. Until something better comes along these two will remain staples in my bathroom.


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Austin Powers' musical makeover… Yeah baby!
Mike Myers is reportedly in talks to take the spoof sixties spy to the stage.
The three Austin Powers movies - 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, 1999's The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Goldmember, which was released in 2002 – took a phenomenal $676 million worldwide at the box office.
A source told the New York Post: "Mike would be heavily involved in writing the show, but he will not star in it, even though he has quite a good singing voice."
Myers has already agreed to star in the 4th cinematic installment of the franchise.


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From Jen Huang Photography...Allison & Chris wanted a modern and romantic wedding, that played off the feel of fall. Poppies & Posies executed their vision beautifully with gorgeous fall inspired terrariums mixed with mushrooms, succulents and moss. Their wedding was held at the Foundry in Long Island City NY, an industrial setting juxtaposed against green ivy growing on the walls, with a view of the Queensboro Bridge off Manhattan. Allison & Chris were laid back and wanted their wedding to reflect an intimate style and subtle beauty. The large string lights set the mood for a fun dance party separate from the tented reception. The whole night glowed brightly despite the rain drops!
From the Bride...It was important to us to find a space that was raw enough to make our own, yet also stand beautifully on its own. We found beautiful places with a locked wedding aesthetic, and loft spaces that gave us the freedom to create our own wedding, but the Foundry offered the best of both worlds. The space is meticulously preserved, the staff always accommodating our sudden desire to show up, and we loved the way the light came through the skylight and large glass doors at the rear.
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The biggest problem most people seem to have with Goat Meat is how to cook it. The simple answer is very much the same as Lamb, but just cook it Slower and for Longer, as Goat Meat does not contain as much Fat as other meats and therefore needs to be cooked slightly differently.
In all Goat Meat contains less Saturated Fat, Fat, Cholesterol and Calories than Chicken, Lamb, Beef and Pork, but still retains an equal amount of Protein.
Goat meat is truly a very Healthy Meat. As for taste young Goat Meat tastes very similar to Chicken, at approx 8 -24 month like Lamb and older Culled Nannies taste more like strong Beef.
Whether you personally like it or not is a matter for your own taste buds, but it is definitely worth a try and there are plenty of Fabulous Recipes around to make it an enjoyable experience too !


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The Local Bar is a tiny little drinking den – all cinder block walls, a pressed tin bar and back wall mural of fish swimming amongst bottles – but it's got some big name backers.
With the combined star power of names including Sam Neill, David Wenham, Rob Sitch and George Gregan behind it, there's certainly some celebrity cred to this haunt. But despite the famous faces, The Local Bar is a humble little venue, inspired by the small bars of Japan and with a focus on providing a relaxed little watering hole for good drinks and good conversation.
A nice, tidy little spot for a relaxing wine or gin and tonic, it's certainly got that hidey-hole small bar appeal.
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Hey everybody. I am so excited to be writing to you today. You should see the stack of recipes I have beside me right now, actually you will see them soon. OK, first off, it was a chicken buying bonanza at Kroger. Split breasts, boneless breasts, tenders and boneless thighs. I was particularly excited about the thighs. I have quite a few recipes using thighs and have been wanting to try them. I keep a three ring binder full of recipes I cut out of magazines or print from the internet. My goal this year is to get through that binder. We have started this week using the recipes.
I bought 4 packages of chicken thighs. They seem to come with 5 thighs per package. I divided them out into 5 packages of 4 thighs in each.
Just a quick aside – I told you I would let you know how the Chicken Parmesan Stromboli turned out – it was good.
A bonus recipe not really related to any sales but wanted to share. I am a southern girl, through and through. I love black eyed peas and collards on New Year's Day. I also like to try new things and new recipes. I made black eye pea risotto this year – it was OUTSTANDING.
2 cups cider vinegar
1/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 TBS dried crushed red pepper
4 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
(I got this from Southern Living)
Chicken Ragu
Last night I made Chicken Ragu, from Rachael Ray. I saw her make this last week and thought it looked really good. It was and I will be having the leftovers for lunch today. The recipe is on the Food Network website but I am going to type it out here because the recipe if for a mushroom ragu and the chicken ragu and it can get a little confusing because she has you cooking both recipes at the same time.
1 pound whole wheat or whole grain rigatoni or other short cut pasta (I used the Barilla plus pasta, penne)
2 TBS olive oil
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 pound pancetta, a couple thick slices, finely diced
1 1/2 pounds chicken thighs, chopped into small bite size pieces.
1 medium to large onion, chopped
1 carrot, peeled (I used 2 carrots and I chopped them instead of grating)
2 – 3 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup Marsala, or a couple glugs (I had red wine. I also buy those mini bottles of wine. They come in a pack of 4. One little bottle is about a cup. For this recipe I just poured one whole bottle into the chicken.)
1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (San Marzano if you can find them, I used Kroger)
grated parmesan
handful basil, torn
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook to al dente, drain and keep warm.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 turns of pan, over medium-high heat. Brown the pancetta 3 to 4 minutes then add chicken and brown evenly 5 to 6 minutes. Add the onions to the chicken. Grate the carrot and stir in with the rosemary, bay and a couple of cloves of garlic, grated or finely chopped. Season with salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are soft. Add the Marsala to chicken and vegetables, stir and reduce a minute then add tomatoes and crush with wooden spoon (I used my hands). Simmer a few minutes to thicken and combine flavors. Toss the pasta with the chicken ragu and cheese. Garnish with some torn basil and serve immediately.
A note from Amy – if you're going to have leftovers, I would add basil to individual servings.
Here is a recipe we have tried and is a favorite in my house.
1 cup pineapple juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon lite soy sauce
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 pounds skinned and boned chicken thighs
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
Vegetable cooking spray
When I went to my recipes to find this one, I also found a collection of chicken thigh recipes. Let us know if you try any of these and how they turn out.
In this collection, the following are made using boneless, skinless thighs:
Seoul-ful Chicken, Quick Coq au Vin, Honey Pecan Chicken Thighs, Chicken Paprikash Topped Potatoes
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
using boneless breasts
I have been wanting to try this recipe from Southern Plate, we are trying it this week.
3 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can substitute leftover ckn or turkey – about three cups)
3 green onions
Small can water chestnuts
1 Cup mushrooms
2 T brown sugar
3 T Soy Sauce
Rice Sticks and oil to cook them in
Head of lettuce to serve them in
If you bought some split breasts and cooked it to have precooked chicken in your freezer, here's a great appetizer (the Super Bowl is coming up)
24 won ton wrappers (we tested with Frieda's Asian Specialties)
3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons chili sauce with garlic (we tested with Hokan)
2 teaspoons dark sesame oil
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted
2 green onions, sliced
1 cup chopped cooked chicken
1/2 cup shredded napa cabbage
Parmesan Chicken
Using boneless breasts and broccoli:
4 to 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 extra-large eggs
1 tablespoon water
1 1/4 cups seasoned dry bread crumbs
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan, plus extra for serving
Unsalted butter
Good olive oil
Salad greens for 6, washed and spun dry
8 cups broccoli florets (4 heads)
1/2 pound farfalle (bow tie) pasta
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons good olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 lemon, zested
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup toasted pignoli (pine) nuts
Freshly grated Parmesan, optional
Sirloin is on sale at Publix. Here is a recipe I want to try.
1 1/2 cups jasmine rice, cooked and kept warm
1 cup hoisin sauce
3/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1 small can (6 ounces) pineapple juice
1/3 cup honey
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
2 pounds top sirloin, trimmed and sliced thin
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
dash of red pepper flakes
3 cups red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups frozen shelled edamame
3 scallions, large slice
sesame seeds
Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup
Hillshire Farms sausage is on sale at Kroger. I bought some as it is something my son will eat. One of my goals for this year is to eat more greens. I saw a show about the people in Greece and they are very healthy and live a long time and one of the things they do is eat greens every day. So I bought some Kale. I've never tried or cooked Kale before but had a recipe from Gourmet Magazine for a Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup or caldo verde. I let the kids help me strip the leaves from the stems and I let them cut up the sausage (my kids are 6 and 3 1/2). My son (the oldest) actually loved the soup. He didn't eat any of the potatoes but he did eat the sausage and kale. Here is the recipe. It is great for this cold weather.
It is very easy.
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1/2 lb. chourico or linguica (smoked Portuguese sausages) or kielbasa, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb. russet (baking) potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
6 cups water
1 lb. kale, stems and center ribs discarded and leaves very thinly sliced (we just tore them into pieces, some big some little since the kids did it)
*accompaniment – hot sauce
Heat 1 TBSP oil in 5 qt. heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown sausage, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add 2 TBSP oil to fat in pot and cook onion and garlic with 1/4 tsp each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring often, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Add potatoes, water, and 1 tsp salt and simmer, covered until potatoes are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash some potatoes into soup to thicken, then add kale and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining TBSP oil and season with salt and pepper.
Looks yummy.
Here are some more kale recipe ideas:
And I have made this one several times, because it is DELICIOUS. I believe it would be child-friendly (don't have one myself! :-) because it has the sweet and sour honey & lemon taste. You can omit the red pepper if needed.
Cooking Light has 2 fantastic recipes using chicken thighs. Pulled Chicken Sandwiches and Parmesean Chicken and Rice. Both very easy but especially yummy!
These look really good – thanks for sharing!
thanks for the menu ideas!
The Chicken Lettuce wraps are incredible.
I added about a Tablespoon of Almond Butter (peanut allergy here), some carrot sticks to the mix (as suggested by someone on Southern Plate) and left out the sugar.
I cannot get enough of it!
So glad to hear it. I'm going to try those tonight.
hey,these look really good. i seem to have trouble cooking for just two people because i always have WAY too many leftovers. do you think everythings halfed would work better? we're little guys and we don't eat very much.
Sorry to reply so late but halving everything would work just fine.
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From: David
Subject: Binoculars Recommendation
Hi, I am looking for a recommendation for binoculars for use while hiking, fly fishing, etc. We will be looking at birds, wildlife, mountains, etc. The binoculars should be affordable, under $500ish, and light and durable enough to carried around all day.
Hello David, thanks for the email. I would look at the following models to satisfy your needs:
1. Vortex Viper 8x32
2. Burris Signature Select 8x42
3A. Nikon Monarch 8x42
3B. Eagle Optics Ranger SRT 8x42
My first pick for full-size binoculars under $500 would be something like the Burris Signature Select. The optics are very impressive for the money, the next optical upgrade is generally seen on binoculars that cost about twice as much as these. If the Burris seems too large and heavy to handle, the Vortex Viper 8x32 is a good bit smaller and lighter while still being very nice optically. The main difference between the two is that the smaller Vortex won't be as bright as the Burris when using in near-dark conditions...there is an 8x42 Vortex Viper as well, though it is slightly outside your $500 price point.
The third and fourth binoculars I've highlighted are a bit less expensive than the Burris and Vortex models but aren't too far back optically. The Monarchs are a bit less expensive than the Rangers but they are very similar optically.
Hope this helps, thanks for your consideration.
Jason Sailing,
Eagle Optics


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September 10, 2006
Get Your Roster On: A Joey Headset Guide to Fantasy Football
You can't get away from it: Fantasy football is everywhere. You probably have friends who play... and if you don't have any friends, it's pretty likely you're already playing. Hell, I play in thirteen different leagues, and I don't even LIKE fantasy football. Yet, I do enjoy spending my Saturday nights obsessively checking injury reports and re-shuffling my rosters. Trust me, this is way better than getting drunk and talking to girls.
Touche, drunk bitches.
A lot of people ask, "where's the FANTASY in fantasy football?" This is a perfectly reasonable question. Personally, the only fantasy I have relating to football involves the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, a desert island and a giant tube of Astroglide. Sometimes, if I've been drinking, Tom Brady is also there. I'd rather not go into details about that. Anyway, this game is called Fantasy Football for the same reason Dungeons and Dragons is called a Fantasy Role Playing Game: because Fantasy Football is set in a thrilling fictional world of swords, magic and mystery! Dragons, wizards, elves, Norwegians -- they're all in the game, along with your favorite professional football players.
NFL fans who are new to fantasy football often have a hard time adjusting their strategy to the fantasy elements of the game. For example: most fans agree that the Chicago Bears have one of the strongest defensive lines in the league. But can Chicago's D-line withstand the awesome force of a Fireball cast by a 13th level Magic User? Certainly not! Well, not unless they had each equipped a +2 Jockstrap of Fire Resistance -- a very sensible choice, considering the prevalence of Pyromancy in the West Coast Offense.
If you are just getting started in fantasy football, here are some guidelines you should follow when drafting your team and setting your roster. Follow these tips and you'll not only dominate your league, but you might even secure access to the Mystical Power Crystal of Ul-goreth:
QB Charisma: Be sure to draft a quarterback with a high Charisma ranking. Obviously, many QBs use Charisma as their "dump stat" (most notably, Arizona's Kurt Warner). However, passers with a CHR score of 16+ get big bonuses in pass protection from their linemen, as well as increased performance from their receivers. Remember: no player wants to sacrifice their body for a quarterback who's a total dick.
Heal that Hammy: If you drafted Terrell Owens, Steve Smith or Hines Ward, make sure your team cleric has memorized several Cure Tweaked Hamstring spells. The same goes for your Healerback, if you're still playing with the old 2.5 rulebook. Also, if you drafted T.O. you might want to equip him with a Ring of Ego Suppression.
Smashmouth Defense: Members of the Barbarian character class are popular choices when drafting linebackers. However, most leagues do not allow Barbarian defenders to wear helmets or to bring their giant warhammers onto the field. Also, Barbarians tend to get penalized more than most character classes. Nothing brings out a shower of yellow flags faster than an inside linebacker devouring the entrails of a tight end he just disemboweled after a tackle. Smart fantasy players often select linebackers in the Rogue/Thief player class. They are great at "stealing" errant passes and do double damage when sacking quarterbacks from behind.
Home Team Advantage: When setting your roster, never underestimate the edge teams gain when playing on their home field. Road teams must contend with a variety of obstacles: everything from crowd noise and unfamiliar terrain to pit traps and magical runes that summon demons from the 5th Infernal Plane. Consider San Diego's season opener at Oakland. LaDainian Tomlinson is probably best running back in the league. But even he will have a hard time gaining yardage if he triggers the poison dart trap Oakland has set on the 50 yard line. Similarly, you won't see Chargers TE Antonio Gates hauling down many passes in the red zone if he gets dismembered by the Giant Spiders that live in the visiting team's locker room at McAfee Coliseum. (Rob Ryan, Oakland's defensive coordinator, is known for his masterful use of arachnoidal blitz packages.)
Fantasy football has been bringing together jocks and geeks almost as long as atomic wedgies and locker room swirlies. Join a league today, and experience the competition, the camaraderie and the lost productivity that's certain to undermine the American economy. After all, those 11 year old sweatshop workers in China don't have much time for fantasy football. Those crazy kids are just too busy -- too busy making EVERYTHING YOU OWN.
Posted by Joey at September 10, 2006 12:45 AM
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What about the 10' pole? Can't forget about the 10' pole!
Posted by: Mugihiko at September 11, 2006 07:24 PM
Sadly, the 10 Foot Pole was outlawed by the NFL last season when Ray Lewis tried to impale someone with it. Ironically, 10 foot SPEARS are still allowed... but only as missile weapons, fired from a ballista. The Tampa Bay bucs have invested in such a device, but have elected not to use it to slay opponents. Rather, they only use it to fire t-shirts into the crowd. What a waste!
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Fun Time @ FHM 100 Sexiest Victory Party 2009
Had a great time during the FHM 100 Sexiest Victory Party that was held on July 9, 2009 at the World Trade Center.
Aside from meeting my friends from the FHM Community (http://www.fhm.com.ph/board) I had a great time people-watching (in this case, the more appropriate term is babe watching) as well as talking to some friends I haven't seen for a couple of months now.
Pam was also with me and she did have a great time as well (post party was even better for her)
Too bad though, I didn't bring a camera to record my adventures their. Will be stealing photos from my friends and share some.
In the mean time, feast your eyes in a caboodle of babes spotted during the event.
My only concern was the number of actual celebrities that were present during the event. Unlike the 2008 event where around 70 percent of the ladies were present, the major players were notably absent (including eternal crush, Ehra Madrigal)
Posted by Thefanboyseo at 1:21 PM
Labels: babes, Christine Reyes, Ehra Madrigal, FHM, hotties, Iwa Moto, models
2 comments:
- Paulette said...
how was it? i wasn't able to join the show this year. i heard it was fun! ;)
- July 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Emperor.Kaizer. said...
Hi, it was great. Jam packed and hot as usual as the WTC can only accomodate so much. Were you part of the 2008 victory party?
- July 22, 2009 at 8:47 AM
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The 45th President of the United States has been officially sworn into office, and it caused a stir around North America.
Women's march was a protest of rally against Donald J. Trump becoming the President. They were held all over the States and as well as Canada with the biggest one being in Washington D.C. with 500,000 people attending.
That didn't stop Londoners from gathering at Victoria Park with their own rally as well.
At the march, one of the participators by the name of Judith said what she felt when she watched the inauguration "sick, I felt sick to my stomach, I didn't want to watch it but it was being shown were I worked, it was just nauseating."
However, there was one Trump support at the march that shared a different view "as somebody that supports him, I thought it was a speech that showed the perspective of being true of what he was going to do, i thought that he was going to reach out to people and letting them he wasn't interested in a feel good story" said Mike van der Maas.
Chayla Halbeerstam, a demonstrator who brought her 2 children out says "It is important to stand in solidarity with the majority of Americans who did not support Donald Trump's presidency" and continues to say "It becomes even more important to impart [messages of love rather than fear] to my sons."


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|President Obama Delivering The 2015 #SOTU Address
In his next-to-last State of the Union, an energized and defiant President Barack Obama flexed, threatened, and threw shade in a speech that did not sound like it was coming from a President in the lame duck term of his tenure.
The President targeted key issues that all Americans know of or have experience with daily. Free community college. A long-sought-after solid on childcare. Individual tax cuts. Guaranteed health care. Higher wages and his desire to see full-time working Americans have access to seven days of paid sick leave. This was, indeed, "the we-can-relate-to what-he is saying" speech. The heavy shade cast over Republicans who has opposed some of the President's key points was hard to miss.
As a matter of a fact the darkest shade came via of the most quoted and talked about excerpt from the speech. Reminding everyone that politics is not driving his agenda the president said:
"I have no more campaigns to run." That statement was followed by some hesitant clapping peppered by a pause and that cheesy grin the president has trademarked when he is about to drop some stunning wit. He did not disappoint-he followed the clapping grinning and pause with "I know because I won both of them."
Translated - "I have nothing to lose by not being passive and opened to phantom negotiations. The Republicans may control Congress but they don't control me".
Yeah - he went there - much to the chagrin of many GOP attendees I'm sure as well as to the delight of many democratic cheerleaders.
The President expressed a desire to see Americans thrive at a middle class status. He mentioned it about seven times. He scored new points on the political board as he shared a vision for new American prosperity in the post-war, post-recession era. "[It's] the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of rules," said the president. He stopped well short of sharing a vision on resolving broad scale biasness and prejudices that still plague minorities in many of the areas he heralded as revival indicators for the "rebuilt America".
He steered clear of veering into the issue of poverty. He spoke of it once in a global context while omitting to acknowledge the entire job and economic growth he heralded has done little to eradicate poverty in his own (country's) backyard.
The President made it quite clear that if the Republican-controlled Congress wants to play the impediment games of the past, they would be met with his veto pen. Obama mentioned six times his willingness to veto various measures under congressional consideration.
Overall, the speech echoed, "I've gotten things done and I want to and will do as much as I can in the time I have left in office".
Currently with two vetoes under his belt, we can expect more as Boehner and Company gears up for some elevated gamesmanship.


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It's the classic fairy tale story combined with the sexual fantasy of taking innocence and beauty — with a touch of the forbidden as Snow White was a princess. All blended into an intoxicating cock-tale.
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