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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Wild Women in Old West Mining Town, Mayer, AZ
A different kind of hanging happens in Mayer, AZ these days. Characters that make history or know history hang out sipping their complimentary coffee at Big Bug Station or heat up a danish in the microwave while listening to a bit of local history unfold. Take for instance, the story about some women all dressed in black who were around nearby Cleator, AZ. I failed to get the exact years they raised a bit of hell but I think it was twenty or thirty year ago. I will be looking into this story a bit more in future. Anyway, The leader of the group wore guns on each hip and a big hat. Nobody to mess with I was told. Rumor has it that one should be careful raking up ground near where she lived in Cleator as locals reckoned she was buried somewhere near by her friends. Boy wouldn't I love to have a photograph of any of the women who called themselves "The Black Widows!" Does anyone reading this have a photo or some stories to tell about this group. I figure some more mornings of "hanging" at the Big Bug Station I will hear more. These old mining towns of Arizona have some great human interest stories to be gleaned from some of the old timers and it is great fun to rub elbows with a few that made history or had kinfolk that did. The old dance hall on Central in Old Town Mayer is not a campfire but tale telling time over coffee sure has the feel of jawing over a campfire. I like it.
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Wells Fargo Express Stagecoach Stop Mayer, AZ
The Phoenix to Prescott stagecoach run in the 1880s stopped at a station on Big Bug Creek hence the name Big Bug Station. Big Bug Creek was the second largest placer gold producing area in Arizona. So the mind boggles at thoughts of what ilk those who were passengers were! GOLD! Starts my heart pounding right here and now.
This morning at Mike Connors' comfy neighborhood hangout, the old dance hall at Big Bug Station, I heard mention of a fellow that was seen strolling the streets of Mayer recently with a gold pan in his hand. Seems Mike stopped him to have a yarn and checked out the pan, gold by golly is what he saw. Little flecks of gold! I think I spoke phrases like, "Crikey" "Dad gum it" and "Shore nuff" for the rest of the day. See how easily one can slip into the feel of the Old West just with a freindly cuppan and yarn at Big Bug Station. Good thing noone sittin' there today had a plug of "chewin' tobacky" on hand!
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Carver in Mayer, AZ
The Tagua Nut is commonly known as "vegetable ivory." So called because of its ivory-like color and texture. Chris Brown brought in a case of his small fetish like carvings of Tagua nut. I marvelled at a walnut sized ram's head necklace. He also had done a mountain lion and a remarkable buffalo head. The detail in his horse's head astounded me. The horse's ears were laid back giving his mouth a formidable look. the detail in the carved horses teeth and tongue are indicative of Chris' talent with detailed carving. The talent one runs into at Big Bug Station in Mayer. A visiting Canadian shared her Northern neighbor stories with us and we all admired the workmanship of a Native American rug brought in from a nearby reservation. I noticed that not only were the gregarious among us enjoying the conversation, but also the more shy patrons were having a good time listening in.
I marvel at how hard "look we are your friendly newscaster hosts" work at making a tv audience tune in and fill the void of friends in the real world. All one really needs to do is find a local coffee house hang out like Big Bug Station to truly enjoy human company with its humor, wisdom, foolishness and fun a group of evolved monkeys can bring one. There is something special about this place in Mayer, AZ where you can get a complimentary coffee or purchase a pre-packaged danish or breakfast sandwich for breakfast. Our host Mike Connors is open and ready to meet you and share the history of this historic western town. I like my new home two doors down. I like that patrons at the Big Bug eventually call you by name. I like that if I want, I can just stroll around the spacious once upon a time dance hall and read Arizona history on its walls. I like being able to use the laptop there to check my email as the place has WiFi. It's fun to watch newcomers faces as they begin to let the charm of the place seep in. Nice, really nice.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Mayer, Arizona is a Source of Onyx
Some conversation in the Big Bug Station was on Mayer, Arizona's onyx. Just google "Mayer Onyx Quarry" for a bit of information on it. It seems ?Chris' dad had a gear shift knob off a car that had Mayer Onyx imprinted on it and that started the conversation. Another tid bit on this town with a big mining history.
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Friday, December 14, 2007
Old Skull Pipe for Big Bug Station Owner
Drove to Phoenix to buy a carved wooden skull pipe from my sister. It was part of her husband's antique pipe collection. I had been promising our host at our complimentary coffee mornings next to the Old Mercantile Store on Central Ave. In Mayer, Arizona that I would get it for him. Mike is an avid collector of odd and/or old things....hmmm and that is reflected perhaps in his collection of people in the morning at Big Bug Station?
Mike's historic 1903 building on Central houses a few antique stores and a custom furniture store. The wonderful old wooden dance floor vibrates happy times when you walk on them. A couple of lovely women who are old time residents of Mayer area and veritable walking history books came into the Big Bug Station several days ago and I overheard, "I remember when one of the cowboys danced so hard he went through the floorboards. Now nobody can say those cowboys couldn't dance!"
I spent the rest of my complimentary coffee sippin' and thinkin' on that picture she painted in my mind's eye.
Mike's historic 1903 building on Central houses a few antique stores and a custom furniture store. The wonderful old wooden dance floor vibrates happy times when you walk on them. A couple of lovely women who are old time residents of Mayer area and veritable walking history books came into the Big Bug Station several days ago and I overheard, "I remember when one of the cowboys danced so hard he went through the floorboards. Now nobody can say those cowboys couldn't dance!"
I spent the rest of my complimentary coffee sippin' and thinkin' on that picture she painted in my mind's eye.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Laughter in Old Town Mayer, Arizona
My new friend Carol was minding the antique shop/gathering place later than usual this morning while Mike ran errands. Six in the morning till eight is a good time to catch her sitting still (no mean feat) and to get her to tell us some Carol tales. Carol has led an adventurous life. Just for starters…she traveled up the Alcan Highway to Alaska when it was a hundred percent dirt track while carrying her baby in a shoebox in her lap. Her husband worked building the Fairbanks airport. Years later, while her husband managed a big mine in New Guinea, she flew to the mountain head hunting tribes and provided aid to the villagers. And here she is in Mayer, Arizona swapping stories at Big Bug Station, a place both locals and world travelers come to share both personal and historic anecdotes.
Hey, I don't remember what it was I shared (yes I do but it was some proof of me being a bit nuts so I refuse to go into it here and now) but it caused a big basso laugh, half mellow and half bellow, to fill the old dancehall. The laugh originated from local Don Charles, a talented musician and singer. After I finished banging my forehead on the antique wood bar, he talked to Carol and me of his years managing a ranch nearby. It seems he reveled in the solitude, the closeness to nature his hours of being out alone on his horse "managing" brought him. It was there he met and married the other half of the professional musical duo called D- Squared, Deb Gessner. Check out http://www.dsquaredmusic.com/biography
Mike arrived So Carol and I left to catch a yummy roast beef open faced sandwhich lunch at the Senior Center for a mere $3.50. Besides as a new person in town I didn't want too many of those inklings of my being nuts to slip out in conversation so early in my settling into the community now did I? Run away. Run away.
Hey, I don't remember what it was I shared (yes I do but it was some proof of me being a bit nuts so I refuse to go into it here and now) but it caused a big basso laugh, half mellow and half bellow, to fill the old dancehall. The laugh originated from local Don Charles, a talented musician and singer. After I finished banging my forehead on the antique wood bar, he talked to Carol and me of his years managing a ranch nearby. It seems he reveled in the solitude, the closeness to nature his hours of being out alone on his horse "managing" brought him. It was there he met and married the other half of the professional musical duo called D- Squared, Deb Gessner. Check out http://www.dsquaredmusic.com/biography
Mike arrived So Carol and I left to catch a yummy roast beef open faced sandwhich lunch at the Senior Center for a mere $3.50. Besides as a new person in town I didn't want too many of those inklings of my being nuts to slip out in conversation so early in my settling into the community now did I? Run away. Run away.
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Sunday, December 09, 2007
Old Mayer, Az Historical Buildings
Someone I met in town had a house warming today. Gina's new home was once an outbuilding of the historical Mayer Hospital itself already used as a residence. Gina's son and she took the ruins of four crumbling walls and built her a two story bungalow keeping much of the original base wall made up of river rock in tact. Hey, leave it to Gina not to live in an "ordinary' house. Just another architectural expression of the unique personalities that make up the population of Mayer my new home town.
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An Old Coyote in Mayer Az. Ghostown
Saturday the 8thI saw that my morning haunt was open. You can tell cause some times the neon OPEN sign is glowing. The for sure way is to look at the big old rusty hasp near the handle to see if the padlock is unlocked. I longed for the warmth inside. The weather ended up hailing and snowing a bit and the promise of it could be felt as a particular kind of chill seeping in around my sweatshirt collar. Mayer, Arizona is at about the 4500 ft. altitude. The air was higher-altitude-in-December-brisk and I did want to stop at Big Bug Station to check in with my landlord about the "baker's table" he had promised to put into my kitchen . Topper his usual half rascal, half geezer self shouted to me as I passed his car on my way to the Big Bug Station door. He was trying to get my attention as he untangled himself from his oxygen lines and hauled out his tank on wheels. He likes to talk with his hands and that made his trying to get unwound from the line harder. I just shouted that I'd meet him inside. When he arrived in, Mike called out," You old coyote you!" And Topper approached him and whipped out a huge ole knife! Thing is, he turned his attention to me with the knife in hand. I hoped I didn't look too bug-eyed but I know my flinch was visible. Topper said to me, he was addressing me, "You said yesterday that this knife had your name on it." Stunned, I had to gather my wits. Then I remembered and tried to talk Topper into remembering that it was Mike not I that made that claim yesterday as Topper was describing this knife he owned.. Mike is the knife collector. I'm just the newbie in town trying to get moved in before the snow set in. This particular knife had Chinese letters on it as Topper Said, "Maybe it's Japanese writing cause they look kinda the same to me." Topper was real disappointed that I wasn't interested in the knife. I think he was going to give it to me. Topper seems to be like that. I left he and the Big Bug Station host puzzling over the origins and age and value of it and headed out to unload suitcases of what few mementos of my life that I had not sacrificed to garage sales long ago remained.I regretted having to miss staying and meeting about seven more locals that had gathered there this morning but getting moved in was my priority.
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Big Bug Station in Mayer, Arizona
Friday Dec. 7thAn extremely grey rainy day. A few local denizens came in from the wet. Topper, looking somewhat grizzled and damp, came in. He is an enthusiast of the old and rusted and historical. He is a seasoned and polished barterer. Dragging his oxygen tank with him and proudly introducing his wife Pat to me, he presented with a flourish an old container with a long neck and a fine spout that looked to be a left handed pouring tin of some sort. In his usual manner of trying to suck us all into the fun, he asked those gathered there to guess what it was. "I don't know, but it looks like an old miner's midnight pisser to me!" I volunteered. (I didn't want the locals to think I was a big city girl that knows nothing about rougher lifestyle things) He also waved about a file like tool and some pocket knives. This was the fourth time I had seen Topper here tempting Mike who is in the business of selling antiques. Mr. Conners snapped at the bait and went into the back to consult a book on old tools. I left them to their bartering .Chris Brown, a local sculptor of marble and alabaster sat at my table. He had just been to a resort considering to once again show his work. I was full of questions about his sculptures so he braved the chill drizzle and brought me his portfolio from the car. I was impressed with the great detail in each piece. The pages unfolded his work…elephants, humpback whales, a mountain goat, polar bear, eagles, and a buffalo. His work in progress though is a real beaut. "Started out as a 500 lb. piece of rock and is down to 350 lbs. now," he said. The incredible detail of the sea turtle's parts; the shell, its skin, a shiny beak. All his large heavy animal sculptures showed the stress of living in the wild----. damaged shells and hides and bedraggled coats. The alabaster's colors lend itself to his sculptures showing the stain and strain of fighting to survive both the elements and predators. He spoke of his works as a man speaks of his children, with pride and concern and affection. That conversation and portfolio provided all the warmth I needed to go back out into the rain and unload my car as I continued my move into the small apartment two doors down.
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Big Bug Station New Start Mayer,AZ
Thursday Dec. 6th Big Bug Station….the old Mayer, Arizona dancehall a part of a 1902 ghost town building. It is a gathering place of storytellers and lively personalities, and an important part of my new home. Yesterday, I moseyed in (I live in a historic western town now so I mosey instead of walk) and sat my tush on one of the stools that line the antique barroom bar. I mused on the tameness of this "bellying up to the bar" compared to a hundred years ago. Susan my landlord, was killing some time till her friend called to meet her out in the scrub further up Big Bug Creek for a hike in the hidden wilds. Mike Connors, her husband and our host, grinned his welcome and pointed to the fiddle lying on a table nearby. "The Judge is gonna play for my wife in a minute," he stated with a jaunty nod. John Kennedy presides in his courtroom several buildings over and takes breaks from his day's work that occasionally lead to a serenade of the lucky few who happen to be here. Just then our fiddler was talking to two international visitors by the big window that overlooks Big Bug Creek out back. He was giving them directions to other historical stops in "them thar hills" around the Prescott area. Don sat down next to me. Susan received her phone call that the hike was on and Kennedy picked up his fiddle and played Away in the Manger for us all. What a lovely Christmas season morning.. Conversation filled the space left by the Germans and Susan. What kind of pet does a de-scented skunk make and how to de-scent it was one topic along with the intelligence of Queensland Blue Heelers and my new acquaintance Don got up and did a pantomime of the movements and hyperactivity of ferrets. I also learned that morning that one of our area's business men who owns three Liquor Barns calls himself The Beer Whisperer! As I was leaving to begin moving boxes into my new apartment two doors down, a couple of locals, Joe and Jan bustled in proudly waving an antique old flannel bathrobe they found next door and bought. I didn't get away without a mention of the ghosts in my apartment, three of them. This stopped me in my tracks. I was told they were friendly and one had a peg leg. Sure, they tell me this after I had signed the lease. I left talking myself into thinking they were just kidding me about the ghosts. My new home promises to be interesting.
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Wyatt Earp, Ghosts and New Friends
Whoa, the gypsy woman is settling into one spot for a bit. Just rented an apartment that once was a 1902 barber shop across from the old brothel in Old Town Mayer, AZ. Wyatt Earp used to stop there often. They sport a photo of he and his horse in front of the brothel. It has been hinted at that my bedroom used to be where the big tin bathtubs were that the cowboys and dusty travellers could buy a bath. The now bricked in doorway is perhaps where the girls from across the road would slip in after their clients washed off the blood, sweat and steer of the ranching trail.The town of Mayer is situated on Big Bug Creek near Prescott and was originally, as lots of tiny western ghost towns were, a stage station called Big Bug Station. My time in the outback of Australia over these last 25 years makes living in the metropolis of Phoenix a nightmare to me. So this sleepy little town only fifty minutes from Phoenix and twenty minutes from Prescott, appeals to me. Throw in the possibility that Wyatt Earp may have slept here, and whoa horsey, look at me the new cow girl in town! I even hear faint echoes of The Big, The Bad, and The Ugly 's theme song in my ears each time I enter my favorite hang out in Mayer, Big Bug Station.
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Friday, June 01, 2007
Lightning Ridge Opal Field Cookbook
Aha, took the advice of my son Ron Vil of OutbackGems.com and added color to the cover of my cookbook. Writing this cookbook and sharing some of my adventures on an Australian opal field has opened a flood of memories that are spilling out into a murder mystery I am writing and making for wild colorful dreams in my sleep. The cover to the cookbook called out for some of that color. It was a good reason to learn how to paint with Paint Shop Pro.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes a Lightning Ridge Opal Field Cookbook
Author and illustrator, Barbara McCondra, worked in the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay Alaska before heading Down Under to buy a black opal. Twenty five years later she still hunkers down around campfires with miners fevered of eye and wild of heart who share their secrets, dream their dreams, and laugh at frustration. The food she cooked in outback makeshift kitchens gave her energy to labor seventy feet below ground with jack hammer and shovel. The companionship shared in those dirt floor kitchens gave her heart to continue living the opal life. The people of the outback, the energy of the bush, the thrill of the hunt for opal and her ability to bring it alive to the reader is found within the pages of this cookbook. She has already published the book Fire in a Plain Brown Wrapper and numerous articles for Rock and Gem Magazine in the USA and Metal Stone and Glass Magazine in Australia.The cookbook is in the mail to the printers. It will retail for 20.00 USD but is being offered for sale at a prepublication price of 10.00USD plus 2.00USD postage. within USA. The printers promise a four week turnaround. Send purchase price plus postage to Paypal account email@example.com 8.5 x 11 inches and 70 pages in black and white with characatures and cartoons of the locals and the life and times of mining in Lightning Ridge.
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Cardiff Magistrates Court heard how officers from Shared Regulatory Services, the body responsible for monitoring food safety standards in the Vale, found serious breaches of hygiene regulations, including the presence of rodents, when they visited Modern Bakery, trading as Penarth Bakery Limited on Plassey Street in the town.
A number of visits were made to the business which was acting as a food manufacturer supplying other outlets as well as its own retail shop. The breaches of food hygiene regulations found were so serious that officers had to intervene in the interests of public health, with a total of 11 improvement notices being served.
The breaches identified at the premises included:
Appearing in court last Thursday, Gareth Spray pleaded guilty to 28 as the food business operator in respect of food hygiene and a further eight offences for failing to comply with hygiene improvement notices.
He also pleaded guilty to two offences for placing food on the market which was unfit for human consumption. The same offences were admitted by the company, Penarth Bakery Limited with an additional offence of failing to display the sticker illustrating their 0 food hygiene rating.
In sentencing, District Judge Bodfan Jenkins described Mr Spray and his company as having a "flagrant disregard for the law" and insisted there had been an "appalling catalogue of behaviour by all involved as to the state of the premises and equipment, enough to turn one's stomach."
He described the efforts that had been made to rectify problems as being "too little, too late."
Mr Spray was sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, for the two more serious offences of placing food on the market which was unfit for human consumption.
He was ordered to undergo an unpaid work requirement of 200 hours and a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 15 days.
For the other 36 offences, he was fined £200, giving a total of £7,200. He was also ordered to pay costs of £1400 and a victim surcharge of £115.
Mr Spray was banned participating in the management of any food business for 10 years.
In addition, Penarth Bakery Limited was fined £1,300 for each of the two more serious offences and £200 for each of the remaining offences making a total fine of £10,000. The company was also ordered to pay costs of £1,400 and a victim surcharge of £200.
Cllr Gwyn John, Cabinet Member for Visible, Leisure and Regulatory Services, said: "Fortunately, cases such as this are rare across the region, and most food businesses work hard to ensure that the highest possible standards of food hygiene are maintained. Nevertheless, the outcome of this court case sends a clear message that firm action will be taken wherever necessary to safeguard the public."
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The Perfect Family Home (Lawn Mowing Included)Tucked away on a quiet cul-de-sac near the Tarralla Creek Trail, the residence is family-focused featuring a spacious lounge and separate dining area, modern central bathroom and an entertainer's deck for the upcoming summer months. Sure to be snapped up quickly, this exceptional home further boasts a family friendly location walking distance to the new Eastfield Dog Park, Dorset Kindergarten and Tinternvale Primary. It is also just over 2kms (approx.) from Ringwood East Station.
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A sprawling backyard (ideal for kids)
Single garage, teenagers retreat & shed
Heater to lounge, built-in robes
Updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances
Modern bathroom
Walk to Eastfield shops & parks and a short drive to Eastland & the Eastern Freeway.
(Note: The property is to be leased in vacant possession. The BBQ photographed is not included in the tenancy.)
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High Court judgments and the register
The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines includes monetary judgments made in the High Court Chancery Division, the Queen's Bench Division and the Admiralty and Commercial courts in England & Wales.
Registration of High Court judgments
Registry Trust Ltd (RTL) is contracted to the Ministry of Justice to maintain the statutory public Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines for England & Wales, one section of which includes details of High Court judgments.
Monetary judgments granted in the High Court are added to the Register upon default i.e where a judgment is without trial and no defence was entered.
- defended cases,
- orders for costs,
- monetary judgments made in the county court and which have been transferred to the high court for enforcement, these are registered upon enforcement.
In the Admiralty and Commercial court, where judgment has been registered against a foreign company and/or the value is given in a foreign currency, the registration will be converted to £ sterling at the exchange rate applicable on the judgment date.
What's shown on the register
The information on the Register includes:
- The name and address of the debtor,
- The date and amount of judgment,
- The name of the High Court Division or district registry,
- The claim number
- Satisfaction details once Registry Trust Ltd (RTL), which keeps the register has been notified by the court.
Judgments registered against individuals contain dates of birth where this is known and, for all judgments, the provision of postcode data is mandatory unless leave of the court is obtained.
Satisfaction or removal of High Court judgments
Details of High Court judgments remain on the Register for a statutory period of six years from the date of judgment unless set aside or reversed by the court or the amount is fully repaid within one calendar month from the date of judgment, when the court will notify RTL that the entry should be removed from the Register.
If application is made to set aside the judgment, a court fee of £255 is required (cheque/postal order payable to HMCTS). Any defendant experiencing difficulty in paying court fees should ask court staff for advice.
If a judgment is fully repaid after one calendar month from the judgment date and evidence is provided to the court who notify RTL, the entry will be marked as 'satisfied' on the Register where it will remain for the statutory six year period from the date of judgment.
A defendant can also apply to the court for a Certificate of Satisfaction or Cancellation, whichever is appropriate, quoting the relevant case number and enclosing the court fee of £15 (cheque/postal order payable to HMCTS). Part payment of the amount is not recorded on the Register.
If a debtor feels that details of a registration are inaccurate, application should be made to RTL providing particulars of the judgment and stipulating the required amendment.
If a recent search of the Register has not been made, the requisite search fee must be enclosed.
The query will be raised with the relevant court who will investigate and respond to RTL. Upon receipt of their response, the debtor will be advised and, if appropriate, the Register will be amended.
What happens with the information
Details of High Court judgments, and any subsequent amendments, may be passed to credit reference agencies for inclusion in their records and may then be supplied to credit grantors and others seeking information regarding the financial standing of an individual or a company.
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It was the first day of the 6th year for the Golden Trio at Hogwarts. The trio consisted of none other then the Raven-Haired-Boy-Who-Lived, the Insufferable Know-It-All, and one of those Weasley kids. Making their way into the Great Hall, said individuals sat down at the Gryffindor table, sighing with exhaustion and hunger. The Sorting Hat sorted several Americans into the houses, and Dumbledore stood up. After Dumbledore gave an inspiring speech opening the new year of Hogwarts, Harry sighed, stretched his Quidditch toned arms, and looked to Hermione.
"'Mione, will you pass the pudding?" Harry said to his friend, using her nickname.
"Of course, 'Arry." Hermione replied. She turned to Ron.
"Ronny, will you please pass the pudding, so I can give it to Har?" Hermione said, using her nickname for Harry.
"Sure, Mio." Ron said, passing the pudding and using Hermione's other nickname.
"Hey, Mya!" Lavender called to Hermione as she came and sat by her. "How was your summer?"
"Oh, not to bad, Lav." Hermione answered. "Yours?"
"Oh, Ashley." She continued, using Hermione's nickname. "It was good, but me and Semen had a breakup." She used her pet name for Seamus.
Harry overheard and nodded in understanding. "Don't worry, DarDar," Harry said, using Lavender's nickname. "Seamy will come around. Julia?" Harry said to Hermione, using the nickname of which she was so accustomed, "Will you pass the biscuits?"
"Of course, James." Hermione answered, and passed the biscuits to Harry.
"Morgana, what classes are you taking with us, so me and Hairy can copy your notes?" Ron asked Hermione, jokingly, while using her middle name.
"On Rupert!" She said, laughingly, using his nickname. "You're going to have to study on your own. How can you expect to pass your N.E.W.T.S come time?"
At the head table, Dumbledore passed a plate of fruit to Professor Snape.
"Surely, Sev, you must be hungry." Dumbledore said, heartily eating away.
"Albus, I assure you I drink only blood." Professor Snape sneered in answer.
"Oh, Sevey! You're so dramatic!" Professor Sprout said.
"Oh DO hush, Winnie!" Professor Flitwick said, although Professor Sprout's name was clearly not Winnie.
"You hush, Milford!" Professor Sprout retorted, using a nickname for Professor Flitwick that was most likely mistaken for his real name. No one bothered to correct the two, as the other professors weren't quite sure what their names were.
"Professors, please! Let us not carry on like the separated students below us! Lemon drop?" Dumbledore said cheerfully, his eyes twinkling.
Rubeus Hagrid stepped down from the head table and went to see his favorite student, Harry James Potter. And of course, Hermione Jane Granger and Ron... Michael...Weasley.
"Evening Harry!" Hagrid called.
"Hullo, Ruben!" Harry called cheerfully back.
"Hello, Ronnie, good summer with all 42 of your siblings?" Hagrid said, getting closer to the table and turning to Ron.
"It was a bit rough, Haggy, but it was alright. Nice to see you in one piece."
"Hello Hermione!" Hagrid finally said, turning towards Hermione Granger across the table from him.
The Trio turned and looked at each other. Ron stared. "Who the hell is Hermione?" He questioned. Harry and Hermione nodded in agreement with Ron's question, saying, "Yes, who is she?"
Hagrid looked somewhat nonplussed, and realized his mistake. Maybe Hermione was going by Grawp's nickname for her.
"Sorry, my mistake! Hullo, Hermy, nice summer?" He said, smiling.
Hermione grew red in the face. "OH! DON'T call me Hermy! I detest that nickname, and only Grawp uses it!"
Ron and Harry giggled. She shot them a look. She continued on her rampage.
"I refuse to answer to that 'nickname', if you'd call it that!"
"I'm terribly sorry! What should I call ye then?" Hagrid said, scratching his beard.
"Why, my name of course!"
"But I called ye Hermione!"
"I said to call me by my name!"
"...What is yer name, then?!
Ron and Harry turned to look at her. Hermione looked somewhat confused.
"I know the answer to this... maybe I should check in Hogwarts: A History…"
"Miss-Know-It-All doesn't know the answer to something?" Draco Malfoy snarled as he walked by.
"Oh, that's right. That's my name." She exclaimed.
And with that, they all returned to eating their meal.
The End!
Note: Yeah, one-shot. Of course it's not very good, so there's no need to comment and say it's not very good. But I'm sure you will anyway. No matter, go right ahead; I'm always open to hear some thoughts. Um, yes, well. Later night ramblings are viewed here... just a parody of how so many fanfics use completely absurd nicknames for the characters. The sad thing is, half of the one's written in this fic, I read in another fic. (For example, the nickname "Mya" for Hermione was used in a fairly popular time travel story-- I won't name names!) Some are in the books, true... but many aren't. Anyway, thanks for reading, and sorry for the waste of your time!
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Let's face it, considering the utter contempt most Americans have for the media, doing gay porn is a step up in prestige.
For more than two decades Jim Walker was a clean-cut anchor who read the news on Fox, NBC and CBS.
He was nominated for two regional Emmys and became known for his calm and authoritative delivery of the news.
But after 23 years he left that all behind him to embark on a completely different career – reinventing himself as Dallas Steele, a gay porn actor with dozens of blue movies to his name.
The 44-year-old said he turned his back on the news networks because of the immense pressure to get ratings.
He has had implants in his backside, which he said were paid for by an escort client, and says he has no regrets.
In an interview, he said: 'I'm much more successful in every measure than I ever was before.'
He apparently felt being stuck in Southwest Florida wasn't doing much for his career, so gay porn seemed like a better career choice.
In an interview with TitanMen (It's very NSFW, so Google it if you like), Walker (AKA Dallas Steele) opened up about the reasons why he walked away from the news business.
"I left the business in 2013 after my boss in Southwest Florida told me that research had shown 'people here just don't like you,'" Steele said. "Add to that, the immense pressure of daily ratings where your job is virtually on the line every single day."
While Steele says that he misses covering breaking stories, he doesn't miss the "schizophrenic management" of producers directing his every waking moment. Internet trolls have tried to bother Steele since he started his "mid-life crisis", but according to him, he's taking it in stride and is quite enjoying his line of work.
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Armed with an aggressive project timeline, the North American headquarters of Toyota Forklifts was ready to turn up the heat on gaining and nurturing leads related to equipment sales as well as create a fresh take on sharing their valuable content for material handling users. Though their existing website was standard for the industry, the online brand wasn't representative of the same exceptional quality Toyota products are known for.
In addition to showcasing amazing products, goals for the new site included increasing site traffic, adding relevant, dynamic content and enhancing a user experience that drove leads to the company's esteemed dealer network.
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Blackstone Media did a fantastic job on our website project. I am continually impressed with Blackstone's professionalism, wealth of knowledge, skill, research and their ability to take simple thoughts and ideas and turn them into clear, concise web solutions. Ultimately, Blackstone built us an industry-leading website to match our industry-leading brand and earned a very well respected seat at the table of Toyota business partners.
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Rotherham United Season Review
So what happened?
With one game to go in the Championship season, Rotherham United have been relegated to League One. The Miller's currently sit on 22 points after 45 matches, having only won five games all season. They have drawn seven, lost 33 and conceded 97 goals, having a negative goal difference of 58.
Having narrowly survived relegation last season under former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock, the club hired Alan Stubbs as manager on June 1st. Stubbs suffered during his 14 matches in charge, picking up only one win in his four months in charge.
Stubbs was sacked on October 19th, and was replaced by proven Championship manager Kenny Jacket. However Jacket was only in charge for five matches, failing to pick up a single victory before resigning. It was then left to former player Paul Warne to try and stop the sinking ship as interim manager, unfortunately he couldn't and Rotherham were relegated on April 2nd after losing 1-0 to Fulham.
Paul Warne has decided to remain on as manager as the club look forward to their first League One campaign in four years.
What changed?
Not much really. Since Rotherham were promoted to the Championship they have always flirted with relegation. In 2014/15, Rotherham finished 21st on 46 points. In 2015/16, Rotherham finished 21st on 49 points. Thus it was only a matter of when, not if that Rotherham would go down again.
The squad was boosted by the arrival of former Premier League player Peter Odemwingie and lower league strikers Dexter Blackstock and Anthony Forde. Loan players were also added but realistically the squad lacked the skill to be able to stay up this season. This years side was the weakest Rotherham side since they were promoted to the Championship.
How did they do it?
A 2-2 draw on the opening game of the season against Wolves inspired confidence, as did a 1-0 win at home against Brentford. However the rest of the opening month included heavy defeats to Aston Villa and Brighton and a crushing 4-0 defeat to local rivals Barnsley.
Rotherham drew both games of September, but then failed to pick up another point until the end of October. From August 20th to December 10th, Rotherham failed to collect a single win until they beat Queens Park Rangers.
A 3-2 win over relegation candidates Wigan on boxing day gave fans some hope that Rotherham would begin to mount a fight back against the oncoming tide of relegation. Another victory over Norwich came in January but Rotherham then failed to win another match until the 44th game of the season when they beat Ipswich 1-0.
The biggest problem for Rotherham was their inability to keep clean sheets. In 45 matches, Rotherham only kept three cleans sheets and lost numerous games by more than three goals. Rotherham also struggled to score goals, having only four players score more than three goals in the Championship, a paltry effort especially considering they failed to score in 19 Championship games.
So what happens next year?
Paul Shane has already agreed to be manager for next season, whilst former player Richie Barker has agreed to come in as assistant manager.
The goal for Rotherham next season will be to rebuild and stabilise the club, and to prevent relegation into fourth tier.


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I first found a reference to the 101 Things in 1001 Days Challenge on Pinterest. Essentially, you make a list of 101 things that you want to accomplish, large or small, and give yourself a deadline for completing them. I've never been a big fan of "bucket lists" because of their open-ended nature. I like more specific and short-term goals. The 101 in 1001 challenge takes the best of both perspectives by allowing for some large goals as well as for some smaller projects.
My list is divided into categories: Faith, Family and Friends, Homemaking and Organization, Health, Writing, Cooking, Reading, and Just for Fun. The categories pretty much sum up my interests. 🙂
Without further adieu, here are my 101 things…
- Read the entire Bible in 2017
- Read the entire Bible in 2018
- Pray for someone I don't like every day for a month
- Find a place to volunteer at church – completed January 7, 2017
- Blog about a blessing in my life once a week
- Pray for my church every day for one month
- Pray for a different missionary every month
- Read Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurst
- Memorize ten Bible verses
Family and Friends
- Knit a baby gift for my cousin – completed January 18, 2017
- Knit a baby gift for my college friend – completed January 18, 2017
- Visit my college best friend
- Celebrate our 2nd anniversary
- Celebrate our 3rd anniversary
- Celebrate our 4th anniversary
- Have people over for a meal ten times – (1. January 14th, 2. January 15th, 3. February 2nd, 4. February 25th, 5. February 26th, 6. February 27th, 7. March 5th)
- Teach Tigger how to sing Jesus Loves Me
- Hand letter some cards for friends and family
- Write an encouraging note to someone
- Make a birthday cake for Jesus with Tigger – completed December 24, 2016
- Leave a note in my husband's lunch five times
- Go to five weddings
- Go to my brother's college graduation
- Go to my other brother's high school graduation
- Be a bridesmaid
- Throw a birthday party for Tigger
- Go to a play with my husband
- Take my husband and Tigger to Moses Cone
- Write a will
- Send letters to each of my squad friends
- Join a MOPS group
- Take a meal to someone who is hurting
- Knit a toddler-sized hat for Tigger
- Have another baby
Homemaking and Organization
- Come up with 101 things for this list – completed December 15, 2016
- Declutter my clothes – completed March 3, 2017
- Organize the pantry – completed January 27, 2017
- Implement the Daily Tasks from A Slob Comes Clean – completed March 1, 2017
- Implement the Weekly Tasks from A Slob Comes Clean
- Send Dana a fan email (bonus points if she writes back)
- Hang the pictures! – completed January 8, 2017
- Fill out my blog planner – completed March 20, 2017
- Update my resume
- Figure out what a bullet journal is and how to use one – completed January 1, 2017
- Do a kettle bell workout three times a week for three months
- Cut all sugar for the month of January 2017 – completed January 31, 2017
- Cut all dairy for the month of January 2017 – completed January 31, 2017
- Cut all gluten for the month of January 2017 – completed January 31, 2017
- Run one mile
- Run a 5k
- Quit soda – completed February 1, 2017
- Write more than one brief for COG
- Write two blog posts a week – so far so good! – February 10, 2017
- Write a blog post about each number as it is completed
- Buy a domain name – completed December 23, 2016
- Make a content calendar for 2017 blog posts
- Write a guest blog post – completed January 25, 2017
- Create a printable – completed March 13, 2017
- Write reviews of some of my cookbooks
- Choose a word of the year – completed December 30, 2016
- Watch the videos in that blogging Facebook group – completed March 16, 2017
- Participate in a link party – completed March 20, 2017
- Write an ebook
- Hit 100 posts on the blog
- Delete that Twitter account I never use – changed my mind on this one. 🙂
- Write comments on 101 blog posts – lost track, but I've commented on a lot of things
- Set up a newsletter – completed January 27, 2017
- Write a letter to myself to be read at the completion of this challenge
- Try one new recipe a month
- Have one vegetable with every supper for a month
- Cut sugar
- Keep the food budget at $75 per week
- Make a 30 day meal plan and corresponding grocery lists – completed March 13, 2017
- Figure out how to make an avocado taste good
- Make homemade Larabars
- Drink black coffee
- Write about my love of Aldi
- Make refried beans from scratch – completed March 15, 2017
- Make salsa from scratch
- Either make or delete every recipe I have pinned on Pinterest
- Feed my family for one week using only ingredients that are available at Aldi
- Make a list of my ten favorite quotes
- Read twenty books from the Rory Gilmore Challenge
- Get a library card at the library in our new city
- Read fifty books
- Join GoodReads to keep track of all of these books – completed December 15, 2016
Just For Fun
- Document the stories of all of our Christmas ornaments
- Learn how to do eye shadow
- Judge at five debate tournaments – (1. March 11, 2017)
- Be on the launch team for a book
- Judge the final round at a debate tournament
- Learn how to do some hand lettering
- Take a halfway decent picture with the fancy camera
- Buy something with my monogram on it
- Visit a new state
- Take a break from Facebook for a week
- Watch 10 documentaries
- Vote in a primary
- Vote in a general election
- Go to a museum here in our new city
- Make some sort of decoration for my home
I'm looking forward to doing these! My 1001 days began on December 15, 2016, and will end on September 12, 2019.
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All the best and success!
Might be tardy to the party, but an idea for one of these- I personally like to mix a little cumin and red pepper into avocado and put it on toast before topping either with shredded Parmesan cheese or a fried egg!
If all else fails, perhaps you can find a guacamole you like? 😛
Good luck with the list! Found this while digging through Pinterest for ideas for my own! <3


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Patrick - TechEd 2013
Configuration manager, client security, project management.
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Announcing: Microsoft's Unified Technology Event for Enterprises
Well its only a 3 hour drive to Chicago from West Michigan so my whole team should be able to rent a van and do a road trip. I have already been prepping my WTL about this consolidated event since the rumors started floating about the venue. In fact during a 1:1 I noted how we should start researching what we want to learn, who we want to talk to, team activities like labs, etc at the beginning of the year.
I agree with others in that I think the consolidation does little to benefit the attendee as noted you can't send your whole team and leave no one covering your sites. Also means that you are going to have major conflicts if you want to attend SharePoint, Lync, or other typical deep dive sessions that occur during other TechEd ones. And it will be VERY crowded, very impersonal, and has the potential for a complete cluster - you know what.
Tech Ed New Orleans: The who, what, why and The Krewe
TechEd 2013 was a mixed bag for me.
Good: Well run convention. Liked NOLA better then I thought I would, made an effort to network more and joined TheKrewe this year, great Expo hall with knowledgeable vendors, hands on were good. The MS people were professional, knowledgeable, and helpful.
Bad: Sessions felt like a level below their ranking, aka, a 300 seemed like a 200 - ended up walking out of a few because they were so basic, food was blah (not really MS fault since they have to use the hall's food), snacks were blah (seems petty but other vendor events really do a great job of this and TechEd has in the past), skipped the end party, the way the selling of the Surface was done was a mess and really wasted attendee's valuable TechEd time.
And really, charging TechEd attendees $100 for an RT when they later give Build attendees almost $2000 of stuff? That just seems tacky. And why not just tell us then and there that TechNet was being done away with? I mean that why were there, to learn about MS, how to use their products and services. No way they did not know that then when they decided not give that away for free this year.
Overall, got my $2000 attendance money's worth, nothing more, nothing less. Nothing wow'ed me (other than meeting some great people). In no way did Microsoft convey to me "we really, really value our sys-ops". I know I hold Microsoft to high standards but I know Microsoft can do better if they want to.
The Microsoft TechEd 2013 bag is revealed…and once again, it's super-green.
Kinda liked last years bag(s) better, rather cool looking in fact, my co-working has one and its nice. You even got a choice of three styles (while they lasted) but all three looked cool. Heck, I could even see myself using one of the 2012 bags. This years... IDK, seems a bit bland, will be giving that one away.
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Windows RT in the Enterprise
The biggest hurdle I have noted with Windows RT in the enterprise so far as been vendor VPN support. Will this session address VPN connections through the major vendors such as Citrix, Cisco, Juniper, etc? Thank you.
Managing Microsoft Software Updates
My enterprise currently uses WSUS and I already sent and received a reply from the WSUS blog guys (maybe one of you?) that there will be nothing at TechEd on WSUS. Is there a session that might discuss how Microsoft does updates in general? Not so much about the deployment tools such as System Center but how MS categorizes them, tests them, who to contact if you have a patch issue, etc. Thank you.
Implementing Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0: Lessons Learned from a Production Rollout
Can you run App-V apps on Windows RT devices? Is there a roadmap to be able to do this in the future? Can you run apps that are compiled for ARMs via App-V? If any of these questions are yes (or maybe) is there a session or break out that I can learn more about? Thank you.
x86, x64 or ARM? Forget the Details and Use Remote Resources to Run Any App on Your Windows Device
Qu: Are there any sessions or breakouts, etc. that would discuss how to get Windows RT connected through VPN systems such as Juniper and such? I have seen some online detailing using PowerShell and other blogs with comments but it all seems like a rather big mess to try and do with no vender support and have read some rather discontented responses reported to be from VPN vendors like Cisco that they do not have the proper APIs to even write apps like the Pulse Junos one I use just fine on my iPad . What good are RDP and RemoteApp if you can't connect to the corporate resource? Thanks.
Join the celebration at TechEd 2013!
IDK, the rest of my work team got to go to TechEd last year in Orlando and Microsoft rented out the whole Islands of Adventure at Universal for the night including the new Harry Potter one. Even the Mardi Gras World one during the 2010 TechEd seems more interesting.
Bit disappointed in venue.


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Electronic companies operating out of Malaysia have been blasted by campaigners over claims of modern day slavery.
A report from US-based fair-labour organisation Verite revealed the plight of workers who were working 12 hours a day after having passports confiscated by employers who were demanding recruitment fees and threatening fines for leaving.
Labour activists say such abuses are rife in Malaysia's electronics manufacturing sector, producing components for major brands like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Samsung.
They say that at least one-third of Malaysia's 350,000 electronics workers face indentured servitude.
Up to 60 percent of Malaysia's electronics workers are estimated to be vulnerable foreigners from impoverished countries, and Verite who carried out the research for the US Department of Labor said 94 percent of foreign labourers it surveyed had their passports seized.
One worker interviewed took home about $320 monthly - a figure which is one-third less than the amount he says he was promised - following a range of vague deductions and other costs not previously disclosed.
The report stated that he felt pressured to work overtime almost daily, even when sick and claimed "supervisors direct ailing workers to a specific clinic that refuses to authorise medical leave".
He claims he was also promised free board which had not materialised, and that some workers lived in a single factory-arranged room with up to 15 others, and one toilet.
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The direction and programmes of the incoming administration of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) appears to be emerging with the guide being offered in the form of start-up reform marshal plan by a former British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, who urged him to carry out a complete overhaul of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and solve the problematic petroleum subsidy regime within the first 100 days of assuming office. The recommendation is in synch with the call by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) for the incoming Buhari administration to declare a state of emergency in the oil sector given its myriad of problems. Blair's policy pep-talk came just as the Vice-President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, gave a frightening picture of the country's economic situation, saying that Nigeria's local and international debt burden has hit $60 billion, while the debt servicing bill for 2015 is N953.6 billion (about 21%) of our budget.
The ex-British prime minister, who was represented by Peter Benjamin Mandelson, a former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, at a two-day All Progressives Congress (APC) Policy Dialogue holding in Abuja, yesterday advised that the government should as a matter of priority undertake the shake-up in the management of NNPC within the first 100 days of assumption of office. Blair said the new government should try to utilise the enormous goodwill it presently enjoys to take far-reaching economic decisions, including taking an intelligible stand on the controversial fuel subsidy policy. "You have more goodwill to do very difficult things at the beginning of your administration than later. You can crack the NNPC with the first 100 days," he said. According to Blair, Nigeria has huge natural endowment of energy resources but could not effectively utilise such rich resources to economic advantage because of misplaced priorities.
"These issues are like this, for a country that has extraordinary resources of oil and have this amazing privilege of source of energy, yet power generation was not as good as it should. People having to wait for hours queuing to get fuel and end up buying it elsewhere. I think the resources voted for this subsidy can be better used for other things. "Where is it running away to? I think we need to recapture this oil resource and the revenues put to good use so that it can be invested for the long term good of the country, in infrastructure, human capital development, education system and skill acquisition that people need to work with in the future. "This is where the money should be going to. That is why before reorganisation and also the long reach of the law, there is the need to begin here pretty soon in order to make sure the system as whole works better for Nigeria. That is my view," he said.
Exhibiting deep knowledge of Nigerian internal political dynamics, the Briton further advised Buhari not to turn his back on the people of the South-east and South-south based on the perception that he did not get the support of the voters from the zones. "You need to show the people who did not vote for you that you care for them and will work to solve their problems as much you will do for those that supported you. This is what is called 'Big stake politics'," he said. He also advised the government to tackle frontally the problem of unemployment immediately after taking over the administration of the country if it must successfully reduce youth restiveness and sectarian crisis.
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He said the APC manifesto has offered a vision of shared prosperity and socio-economic inclusion for all Nigerians, that leaves no one behind in the pursuit of a prosperous and fulfilling life. According to the vice-presidentelect, the goal of the policy dialogue is to "interrogate the various positions and propositions before a wider audience and to launch a robust public conversation on policy directions and priorities that will help inform our administration's approach in the next four years". "This forum exemplifies the sort of consultative and consensual approach to policymaking that our party and the new administration intend to model in office," he said.
In his remarks, the Director of Policy, Research and Strategy in the Directorate of the APC presidential campaign, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said the phase of policy conception is over and that the party should now be thinking of "execution, governance and of providing tangible developmental deliverables". The policy dialogue continues today with presentations by panelists drawn from various sectors of the economy and social backgrounds.
In the same vein, citing a plethora of challenges bedevilling the Nigerian oil and gas industry, PENGASSAN has urged the incoming administration of Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the sector to address its many problems. The oil workers argued that all sub-sectors of the oil and gas industry are going through one problem or the other which are not only dwindling the fortune of the sector, but the entire Nigerian economy as the sector currently accounts for more than 80 per cent of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings In a statement by PENGASSAN's President, Mr. Francis Johnson, the senior oil workers said there are many issues in the oil industry requiring urgent attention from the in-coming government.
They urged Buhari to reposition the industry for efficient and effective delivery of its benefits to Nigerians. Johnson also noted in the statement that there is need for the in-coming government to call an all-inclusive stakeholders' forum of those involved in operations in the sector to critically examine and proffer workable and enduring solutions to all the problems in the larger interest of the Nigerian nation.
Johnson said: "All the subsectors of the oil and gas industry have one challenge or the other and all these challenges are affecting the deliveries of the benefits of our God-given hydrocarbon resources to the country and the entire people of Nigeria. "These challenges are as a result of past neglects, wrong policies and policy summersault in some areas of the subsectors.
All these are inflicting pains on Nigerians who ought to be enjoying the benefits of the natural resources that God bequeathed to the country."


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5 Terrifying Credit Card Mistakes That Can Leave You Broke
Credit cards can be your best friend, or your worst enemy. As satisfying as it is to get 5% off at the gas pump, it's just as painful to pay $45 because you went over your credit limit. Here are 5 credit card mistakes the banks are counting on you making to prime their coffers. Avoid them and you're ahead of the game. Fall victim to them, and you could find yourself in serious financial trouble. We're here to help you beat the banks and keep more money in your wallet.
- Don't be late. If you absolutely have to, at least pay the minimum. Canadian credit card issuers are become increasingly less lenient with late payers. In fact, if you're 30 days late on your TD credit card, they will increase your interest rate by 5 percentage points i.e. from 19.99% to 24.99% and you will lose any promotional interest rate (introductory balance transfer or purchase rate) you may have had i.e. from 0% to 24.99%. President's Choice Financial reserves the right to increase your interest rate 5 percentage points after reviewing your credit card account or credit history for any reason whatsoever! If you're late on a car loan payment with another company, PC Financial can increase your credit card interest rate.
- Many Canadian credit card issuers only require you to pay a minimum of $10 of your previous months credit card balance plus interest. While you may be thanking your bank in the short term for the convenience of only having to pay $10 of your balance, the truth is the bank is setting you up to be on a debt treadmill. If you have a $2,000 balance, a $10 monthly minimum payment plus interest will take you over 16.5 years to pay down! The lesson? Always pay more than the minimum and try to pay off your credit card debt as fast as you can. If you need some breathing room get a balance transfer credit card that offers a 0% rate for 12 months.
- With juicy 0% interest offers for as long as 12 months, you might be enticed to get a balance transfer credit card. And while we're a big proponent of balance transfer cards, just remember, the interest rate only applies to the balances that you transferred from your other credit cards to your balance transfer card (which are great when used properly). Any new purchases you make with your balance transfer card will have the normal interest rate applied to it, even during the introductory period. So don't go spending thousands of dollars thinking you have no interest to pay over the next 12 months… the 0% balance transfer offer only applies to your existing credit card debt, not anything new.
- Most of us think that our credit limit is, in fact, our spending limit. Common sense would be on your side, but reality is not. Many Canadian credit card issuers will allow you to go over your credit limit, without your required consent, and will then assess you with up to a $45 over-limit fee! So that pack of gum you bought in the store for $2.50 that brought you $1 over your credit limit, may have been a lot more expensive than advertised. Moreover, you may owe a lot more on your credit card than you budgeted for.
- Credit card cash advances can be very convenient ways of accessing cash. However, just remember there is no interest free grace period with cash advances. Most will start charging interest from the moment the advance is completed at a rate often times more than your standard purchase interest rate. In addition, your bank will also likely charge you a fee the greater of $5 or 1% to access cash from your credit card, making it a truly expensive way of getting cash, and problematic if you forgot about the interest charges.
So, while credit card rewards, 0% balance transfers and low rate cards are all great opportunities for the savvy and responsible credit card user, used improperly and credit cards can inflict a frightening sting. That's why we continue to recommend the Golden Rule of credit card use: set-up an automatic bill pay from your bank to your credit card that auto pays the entire monthly balance, that way you're never late, and will never pay interest.
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Global IT provider Dimension Data has recently been recognised as one of the very few Microsoft partners that can push forward the cloud computing plans of Microsoft customers.
Johannesburg-headquartered Dimension Data has recently been granted the Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner status, which is said to be held by only one percent of Microsoft partners worldwide. The new status adds to Dimension Data's status as a Microsoft Hyper-V Private Cloud partner to reinforce the company's drive to help customers adopt cloud computing.
Dimension Data said it achieved its latest status because of its track record in delivering cloud computing projects worldwide.
As a Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner, Dimension Data will be supported and promoted by Microsoft under the Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Programme which was launched last year. The support from Microsoft will enhance Dimension Data capabilities via access to relevant online services and higher levels of presales and technical support.
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"Dimension Data has reached yet another milestone in our longstanding relationship with Microsoft," said Peter Menadue, group general manager, Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data. "We recognise the value of working together when deploying solutions for our clients. Indeed, leveraging the Microsoft skills and support is often the backbone of our implementations."
Josh Waldo, senior director, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft, said the Microsoft Cloud Accelerate programme provides top cloud partners with technical and business support to enable them to build and sell cloud solutions based on Microsoft technologies. "The partners in this programme are doing amazing things and are looking to differentiate their business and better serve customers with Microsoft cloud solutions," Waldo added.
Dimension Data said the Microsoft Accelerate programme is in line with its own strategy to improve its capabilities in cloud computing. This strategy involves building up Dimension Data's skills and capabilities in other technologies -- such as virtualisation, data centre and storage, managed services and hosting, and IT outsourcing - which build up the architecture for cloud computing.
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Sunday, October 29, 2017
Halloween Prep #SundaySelfie
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Another lovely close-up, Miss Mudpie!ReplyDelete
Hope your Halloween is a quiet one.
Oooh I just can't wait to hear the story! Until then we have your wonderful selfie to tide us over.ReplyDelete
Toodle pip and purrs
I'm so looking forward to reading this year's short story! My human did that only once, a few years ago when Sparkle was still around. It was fun, but she hasn't done it since.ReplyDelete
Beautiful selfie Mudpie,xx SpeedyReplyDelete
You look very pretty, Mudpie. Looking forward to your mom's story!ReplyDelete
I think we need to move to your house because there are no Halloween festivities happening here. Boo for that! We can't wait to read your mom's story.ReplyDelete
Lovely selfie, Mudpie ! PurrsReplyDelete
We are so glad your mom reconsidered, Mudpie. We cannot wait to read it! This here human thinks writing Halloween (and Christmas!) short stories is such a fantastic idea, and hopes to someday have the gumption to follow through with stories like your mom does, Mudpie. Purrs!ReplyDelete
Looking forward to reading Mommy's story and you sure look pretty, Mudpie.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2017 at 9:57 AM
Such a pretty girl you are! xoReplyDelete
Hi Mudpie you are looking to be in a thinking mood today. Thinking about that story? got any hints?ReplyDelete
Mudpie you have such beautiful eyes and this is a very nice close up of your gorgeous face.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2017 at 6:12 PM
Woo Hoo Mudpie yur lookin furabuluss! An yur Mumma rote a story??? Wee MUST come back an reed it on Tuesday!! Mee will get LadyMum to bookymark yur bloggie fur mee.....ReplyDelete
**nose kissesss** Siddhartha Henry xxx
I look forward to your story. Great selfie. XOReplyDelete
Happy Halloween, Mudpie! (And to your mom, too.)ReplyDelete
Atta girl, Mudpie. Thanks for talking your mom into writing the story. Happy Halloweenie!ReplyDelete
We're glad you made your mom write the story, Mudpie. We can't wait to read it.ReplyDelete
Great selfie, Mudpie! And great news about Mommy's new short Halloween story!ReplyDelete
Mudpie, you are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
We are preparing fer Halloween. Preparing to BLACK OUT the house... TBT has big magnetic hooks over the front door windows to hang a thick towel, a few old blankets to put on the top of the draperies, pulled in the welcome mat, is ready to move our food bowls into the bedroom where we will hide, and is going to play games on the laptop (which doesn't cast any light).ReplyDelete
We panic when people knock on the doors, so we hide. And TBT helps us.


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Montana Increases Fees for Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Montana makes changes to address a budget shortfall.
To address a budget shortfall, Montana hunting and fishing licenses will see an increase in price this year.
There are two different price increases that will take effect under the legislature and will mark the first fee increase in ten years. Hunters will now be required to pay for a $10 base hunting license and fishing licenses will see a $3 increase in price to $21 for residents.
The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks service was forced to raise fees due to a $5.75 million funding shortfall. Rather than develop new individual fees for every license type, the new base license recommendation came from the License Funding Advisory Council. Included in the base license is the $2 hunting access enhancement fee.
The state will also have to start charging for some licenses that had previously been free. The only exceptions are for block management cooperator combination and military recognition licenses. Other licenses, such as youth, disabled or senior licenses will now be charged, although at half the cost of a regular license.
Youth anglers under 12 will still be able to go fishing for free. Youth is now defined as between 12 and 17 years old as the state does away with various age categories.
Another subtle change is in the sale of conservation licenses. These will need to be purchased separately for $8. Previously, they had been available with a fishing license.


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C2E2: Shooter on "Turok, Son of Stone"
Rounding out CBR's series of interviews with Jim Shooter on the return of classic heroes Doctor Solar and Magnus, Robot Fighter, talk turns today to "Turok, Son of Stone," which Dark Horse announced at the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo would be the next of the Gold Key characters to return. Like Solar and Magnus, Shooter has a history with the dinosaur-fighting Native American from his days at Valiant Comics, where he first reimagined these characters. No artist has yet been announced for "Turok," but the series is expected to debut in August.
With "Turok" taking place in the past, "Doctor Solar" in the present, and "Magnus" in the future, we asked whether this progression represented a balance or something of a lineage to these characters' adventures. "Hm. Well, that's just how it happened to work out," Shooter said. "I can't say the varied time periods were any plan of mine, but I think it's great. It offers tremendous diversity and exciting, varied story opportunities."
Summarizing the concept of the series, Shooter told CBR News, "Turok is a Pre-Columbian Native American from the Northeast. In Turok's own words: 'Far have I traveled and I have learned many things. In the western desert, I saved the life of a young warrior. Fleeing the raiders who murdered his father, we sought refuge in a cavern, but we were swept away to a strange world by a magic unlike any I have ever seen. Here are thunder-lizards and nightmares, miracles and dreams. For the sake of the boy, Andar, I must find a way back home.'"
His journeys have, in more ways than one, made Turok unique among his peers. "Turok is just a man, but an uncommon man. In his time, no native of North or Central America has a metal weapon except him – a seax, or Viking long knife, made of Damascus steel, given to Turok by a Norse trader whom he befriended during his sojourn to Newfoundland, where Vikings came to trade and forage, and where Viking settlements once stood," Shooter said. "The seax is an heirloom, handed down through generations to the trader from an ancestor who, as a mercenary for the Byzantine Empire journeyed as far as Baghdad.
"Another gift from the Norse: while in their company, Turok learned the art of making composite bows with bow staves reinforced with sinew and bone or horn that can propel an arrow nearly half a mile, like the legendary bows of the Turks," the writer continued. "At closer range, they have devastating power, unrivaled by any wooden stave bow. There is not the like of Turok's bow in the Americas.
"He has traveled a great deal, south through the trade routes of the Fort Ancient and Mississippian Cultures, then to the west. Along his path, Turok learned much from the tribes he encountered.
"He also learned much from their shamans – first, the secret language they share, more importantly, that most of what they do is trickery and illusion – though some things he has seen he cannot fathom – and most importantly never to fear the unknown or unfamiliar. To do so is to give power to the tricksters or more power to what is real but strange.
"To banish fear is to be formidable, almost unconquerable. Now, if he can just keep the kid, Andar, out of trouble….
"Turok is just a man, but what a man. Best of all, he's smart."
As to mysterious world to which Turok's travels have ultimately led him, Shooter said, "The Timeless Land is a Cretaceous Era world just one continuum away from our own world. Dinosaurs still roam, but creatures great and small from every era of history – including human kind, the most dangerous of all – have been swept there via the same sort of phenomenon that brought Turok and Andar. It's a terrifying, wonderful place."
In such a world, Turok will be confronted with a vast and unusual array of threats. "Turok's enemies early on include the vicious Aztec Emperor Maxtla, the fierce Panther People and their mysterious Goddess, Aasta, Thunder-Hand," Shooter told CBR. "And, of course a horde of dinosaurs and other monstrous threats."
Unlike the other titles Shooter is currently relaunching, the first issue of "Turok" will include the character's origin story, "which is fairly brief." "However, as we go along, more and more about Turok's past will be revealed. We might even do a Zero Issue someday, because his background is so rich and deep," he added.
"In the first arc, Turok, Andar, and their pursuers are swept away to the Timeless World where they become embroiled in a war between Maxtla and those he would capture and ritually sacrifice. Turok, after all his years and all his travels meets here, of all places, a woman with whom he falls in love. And that's just the first issue…."
As with the two heroes that will precede him to publication, Turok is an iconic character, Shooter said. "Turok, Son of Stone, is the ultimate tale of man versus nature – and that includes the deadliest denizen of the natural world, man," he said. "It blows me away. In more than 100 issues, the original series hardly scratched the surface of the possibilities. My intent is to refine it, explain a few things never revealed in the original, like how Turok knows all the lore and craft he knows, and make it even more exciting, more amazing, more wondrous strange and spectacular. That is, I hope to fulfill its destiny."
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Bengal wins bitter battle over its iconic mishti
Kolkata: The two-year-long bitter battle between two neighbouring states — Bengal and Odisha — over rosogolla came as a "sweet victory" for the state after the Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry announced that it originated in Bengal and not Odisha.
The celebration of Bengal's win over Odisha in getting the GI tag for rosogolla began with a tweet of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday morning sharing the news: "Sweet news for us all. We are very happy and proud that #Bengal has been granted GI (Geographical Indication) status for rosogolla."
Soon, people from all walks of life including ministers, actors, authors and commoners started giving their reactions rejoicing over the decision that came in favour of Bengal. Welcome the ruling in favour of Bengal, Partha Chatterjee, minister of the state for Higher Education, Science and Technology and Bio-Technology, said: "The unnecessary tug of war was going on over the GI tag of rosogolla. They were also well aware that rosogolla's invention took place in Bengal… Rosogolla has also got relieved from it. I congratulate the officials of the department who had carried out the research work."
Asish Banerjee, former Biotechnology minister, said: "I am happy that Bengal has got the patent for rosogolla. We had taken all the necessary steps and carried out measures to establish the truth after being confident that Bengal is the place where the sweet was invented."
It was on September 8 in 2015 when the state government had moved to get the GI tag for the sweet of which both Bengal and Bengalis are known for.


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Ron and Terry were chatting about football in the pub after work.
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"No," replied Terry. "My wife won't let me."
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"OK, I'll try that," said Terry.
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"How come you didn't make it to the game," asked Ron.
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