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"Sustainable development implies meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs" (UN, 1987). Since the Industrial revolution, the world has seen a dramatic growth wherein technology has played a major role in the global economy. With the implementation of improved technology, industries turned capable to deliver products to their customers in large scale and in relatively reduced time. Also, this allowed industries to continually come up with new and improved production techniques and thus new products to appear in the market with lowered product lifecycle. Consequently, the time of acceptance of newer products by the customers has dramatically dropped with the advancement of technology over time as illustrated below in the figure. (Henriques, 2001)
Figure 1 : Rate of technology change and the shrinking time of acceptance. Adapted from (Henriques, 2001)
With such a trend in practice, the scale of production is extremely huge at the present day to meet the demand of the customers. Owing to such an increased demand, the use of raw materials has also increased proportionately. However, such a trend cannot continue forever because most of the raw materials being used to manufacture these goods and to supply them to the customers are exhaustible and cannot be replaced. "According to the Global Footprint Network, we currently are using 1.3 times the amount of resources available in the planet"(Taborga, 2010).
It is a well known fact that manufacturing industries play a major role in global warming. Due to the release of CO2 and other SOX/NOx at an overwhelming rate, the temperature of the earth's atmosphere is on a rise. As a result, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, changes in wildlife, etc. have been observed around the globe. If corrective action is ignored, an unfavourable condition for survival of ecosystem seems inevitable. In addition to above mentioned environmental issues, several other social and economic issues are also prevalent which constitute the triple bottom line that industries strive to keep a balance.
Hence, it is important not only for the industries but also for individuals to act responsibly to reduce such adverse impacts. It is required to spread awareness and together as one, work our way towards a sustainable and green world. One could add value in our pursuit towards sustainability of by finding ways to reduce their carbon footprint. "Carbon footprint is a measure of the exclusive total amount of CO2 emissions that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product." (Wiedman & Minx, 2008). Given below illustrates an approximate breakdown of carbon footprint of UK households and it shows that the carbon footprint of an average household in the year 2011 was an overwhelming 20.7 tonnes of CO2.
Figure 2: Carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK household consumption in 2001
Adapted from (Wiedman & Minx, 2008)
Industries on the other hand need to focus on locating their unwanted energy usage and trying to minimize their carbon footprint, thus taking part in the utopian dream of a green earth. The intensity of globalization has also contributed to the pollution levels adversely in its supply chain. David Rich, an associate at the World Resources Institute says that many companies are agreeing to the fact that almost 90% of their carbon emissions are due to activities in their supply chain (Perkins, 2010).
Sustainability in Supply Chain
In this section, supply chain and importance of sustainability to be implemented into a supply chain are discussed. In essence, a supply chain has inputs which transform into outputs adding value to the supply chain. The design and management activities of a traditional supply chain had been focused keeping just the economic gain in mind. However, since Sustainability has become a prime concern, industries have constantly been working ways to decrease costs, minimize wastes, and increase productivity thus creating a supply chain that's sustainable. The product life cycle approach that few industries have adapted seems like a sensible way to achieve sustainability. A product goes through four stages during its lifecycle which are pre-manufacture, manufacture, use and post-use stages. Such an approach highlights the importance of taking into considerations, all the above mentioned four stages (Seliger, et al., 2011). Also, an industry trying to implement sustainability needs to encourage its suppliers and consumers to have sustainability all through their activities and integrate them. A typical supply chain with an open loop material flow is illustrated here under in the figure. It can be derived that if more time and energy is spent during concept and design stages, there will be a possibility to reduce the input costs, resources and energy used in the supply chain thus reducing the adverse impacts accordingly. Raw material is extracted, transported to the manufacturing unit where in a finished product is developed which is again transported to retail stores for customer use. Once the product's life cycle reaches its exit door, it is then transported to be disposed. In this process, huge amounts of material, energy, etc., are underutilized and ways to improve the utilization of a material and consequently improving the product life cycle is important.
(Ethans, et al., 2009) On the contrary, in a closed loop material flow, the disposal phase reconnects back to the raw material extraction phase. Such a process is termed as 'remanufacturing'. In remanufacturing, a product once used, is subjected to industrial checks and any components of the product that are still 'alive' are reused in the making of a fresh product thus pushing pre-manufactured material into its manufacturing process. Xerox, a global document managing company founded in the US who have adapted remanufacturing and have gone a long way creating a sustainable infrastructure. They design, manufacture, sell and support printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, etc. They have been recovering used equipment since the 1960s and have had success in maximizing profitability by using recovered equipment in remanufacturing operations.
Green Logistics
Logistics involves acquiring incoming materials and distributing the finished products to their destined locations in desired time and in optimal quantities (Markley & Davis, 2007). It can be noticed from the figure 3, that transportation plays an important part in a supply chain. Freight transportation involves emission of GHGs (Green House Gases) which affect the environment polluting the atmosphere. Also, such emissions mainly depend on the type of fuel used, diesel & fuel oil being one of the main fuel and a proportionately smaller amount of them using petrol (gasoline) as fuel. These fuels contain hydrogen and carbon in them. delete. In an ideal world, if the fuel undergoes complete combustion, hydrogen and carbon converts to water and CO2. However, complete combustion of fuel does not occur due to engine inefficiency, which gives way to toxic pollutants like carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, etc It is estimated that freight transportation, warehousing and goods handling account to approximately 10% to 11% of global CO2 emissions (Kahn & Kobayashi, 2007). The reason why CO2 has fallen under the environmental 'spotlight' is for the fact that CO2 accounts to about 85% of the GHGs in the atmosphere. (McKinnon, et al., 2010). Hence it is important to implement sustainability in logistics to avoid firms exploiting non renewable resources like fuel oil. In July 2008, the price of oil reached $147.30 per barrel increasing the transportation costs from 20% to 50% of total trans ocean shipping. This event enabled many firms to squeeze sustainability into their operations to reduce wastes. About 60% of operating costs of Xerox's Canadian logistics operations were attributed to fuel consumption in 2006 (Dey, et al., 2011).
Sustainability in Shipping Industry
Shipping has been traditionally considered to be the most favorable and sustainable modes of transportation (Bode, et al., 2002). Since globalization has accelerated over time, the growth of shipping has increased at a fast pace. Shipping is relatively sustainable because of its low energy consumption per unit freight movement which has enabled firms to prefer ship liners to transport goods thus reducing logistic costs. However, with advantages come disadvantages too. Sulphur is considered to be the weak link of this industry. Ships burn very dirty 'bunker fuel' rich in sulphur content during the refining process. They also contribute to about 17% of the global nitrous oxide emissions. The table below shows collated information on energy consumption and sulphur content in fuels used for different modes of transportation (McKinnon, et al., 2010).
Table 1: Energy consumption and sulphur content statistics of different modes of transportation
Mode of transport
CO2 emitted per metric tonne of freight per km of transportation (gms)
Energy consumption per unit movement (kW)
Sulphur content in respective fuels (ppm)
10 – 40
30 – 150
60 – 150
Air freight
500 – 950
(McKinnon, et al., 2010) The implementation of sustainability in shipping practices has been at a considerably lower rate as it is argued that it has attracted less public attention as they usually operate away from land. However, according to International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), about three quarters of their toxic emissions are emitted within 400km of land areas thus affecting the coastal ecosystem (Kassel, 2008). This has forced the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish limits on global as well as zonal emission of sulphur and nitrogen related oxides and other GHGs. Regulations and standards such as Euro III, Euro IV, Marpol regulations, Kyoto Protocol, etc have been implemented. Since then, shipping firms have constantly been trying to head towards sustainability by increasing their carrying capacity, energy efficiency, etc. The carrying capacity overtime has increased from Ideal X carrying just a mere 58 TEUs during 1956 to Emma Maersk carrying 13,000 TEUs by 2008. Ships with larger carrying capacity being more stable require less ballast water and thus consuming less fuel. It is believed that ships nowadays carry ten times as many containers emitting just about a quarter of the CO2 as it did during the 1970s. NYK, a Japanese shipping line has released design for a 'Super Eco Ship' planned to be launched before 2030 and they claim that their latest design would offer a 69% reduction in the CO2 footprint per container. With a case study on Maersk Line below, initiatives undertaken, their pros n cons are discussed in detail and comparisons are made wherever necessary.
Maersk Line: A Case Study
'Maersk, the shipping giant, launched their manifesto for change in June, 2011. Shipping has had many changes in its commercial life – shifting from sail to steam, from steam to oil, from individual loading to containerization. Maersk believe that it is now time for the next revolution – to sustainability.' Companies don't change the status quo when they are performing well. However, leading industries Maersk have changed their system for a better future reaping profits and addressing global concerns (Draper, 2011). With low end customers like Walmart, Ikea, etc demanding better sustainability in their supply chain, Maersk is put under pressure to 'go green' by decreasing their sulphur content in their bunker fuel, reducing GHGs and other such traditional pollutions (Draper, 2011).
'Triple E' is what Maersk have named their latest, technologically advanced, environmentally sound container vessel project which claims to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50% per container. Energy efficiency, Economy of scale and Environment are the three factors that have influenced the design of the vessel and also explains why the vessel series is named as Triple E.
Brief History
On July 14, 1928, 'Leise Maersk', the first cargo ship by Maersk launched its voyage from the American east cost via the Panama Canal to the far east and returned back. It was a project tie-up between Maersk and Ford who transported Ford car parts and other cargo. Mr.Maersk McKinney Møller after graduating eventually took over his father, Mr.A.P.Moller's business after the latter expired. After the Second World War, they expanded their activities developing cargo and tanker vessels, establishing shipyards, etc. They built at one of their yards, the largest gantry at that point in time. During the 1960s, Maersk concentrated on expanding their oil, off-shore and retail activities. During the late 1970s, Maersk group invested DKK 2 billion in containers, vessels, terminals marking the biggest projects taken up by far (Anon., n.d.). During this period, ships were loaded and unloaded piece by piece, ports were chaotic and dangerous to operate, and material handling was of low quality. These unfavourable activities formed a bottleneck. Although the concept of containerization was in existence, it was not implemented due to complications until it was a success upon intensive research by Malcolm McLean, a trucker and industry outsider, who worked with Keith Tantlinger, an engineer to design standardized containers. It was during this period that Maersk adopted containerization; the first shipping firm to do so and their commitment and investment made containerization to be an efficient method of transporting goods. 'Adrian Maersk', the first container vessel made its first voyage from Port Newark, USA on September 5, 1975 (Draper, 2011). Since then, Maersk witnessed a tremendous growth making them now one of the biggest shipping industries around.
Road to Sustainability
Since Maersk has realised sustainability to be one of their driving forces to have a competitive edge, they have invested a lot to achieve their set targets. In this section, various initiatives undertaken by Maersk are discussed keeping the environment as the prime focus for analysis.
As already discussed, Maersk have had the privilege to be the first one to adapt containerisation which set as a benchmark for their competitors. John Kornerup Bank, Maersk's lead advisor on climate and environment expressed his pleasure in Maersk being a member of Ocean Sustainability Group and stated their involvement in sustaining use of sea (Leach, 2011). Containers used in the shipping industry usually have their floors made of illegal uncertified tropical hardwood. Maersk have extended their commitment by ensuring that they would phase out the use of such wood and replace them with timber from suppliers using responsible forestry practices or other alternatives such as bamboo or recycled plastic (Barnard, 2011). With many end customers demanding CO2 footprint reduction in their supply chain, Maersk has taken a step ahead by becoming the first shipping line to receive independent verification of its CO2 emissions data for every vessel. This initiative is in collaboration with Lloyd's register and Maersk include CO2 data in their scorecards which they provide it to their customers (Leach, 2011).
(Maersk, 2011) On the 27th June, 2011, Maersk came in terms with Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to build the worlds largest and the most efficient container vessels by far. They call it the 'Triple E' with a capacity of 18,000 TEUs as opposed to their previous series, 'Emma Maersk' whose capacity is 15,000 TEUs, 16% less than that of 'Triple E' which is considered to be the biggest ship as of today. The 'Triple E' series claims to produce 20% less CO2 per container moved compared to Emma Maersk and 50% less than the rest on the Asia-Europe trade lane. It is also calculated to consume 35% less fuel per container compared to its 13,000 TEU competitors. These vessels are equipped with waste heat recovery system which would save up to 10% of the engine power. They would travel 184 kilometres using 1 kWh of energy per ton of cargo as opposed to a jumbo jet travels half a kilometre using the same amount of energy per ton of cargo.
(Maersk, 2011) Maersk have released their Sustainability reports in which they have described in great detail their achievements, current projects they are working on and their vision for a greener future. The table below which includes statistical data collated from the sustainability report 2011 shows clearly that Maersk have taken the road to sustainability which has given them a competitive edge over the other shipping lines with many suppliers preferring Maersk to reduce their direct and indirect CO2 footprint.
Table 2: Sustainable Performance Growth
Subject under Analysis
|Fuel oil consumption (1,000 tonnes)
|Diesel consumption (1,000 tonnes)
|Direct CO2 emissions (1,000 tonnes)
|Direct N2O emissions (1,000 tonnes of CO2 eq)
|Sulphur oxide emissions (1,000 tonnes)
|Profit for the year USD million
Limitations & Improvements
It is understood that efficiency would increase proportionately with the carrying capacity of a vessel, the very reason why Maersk are building the 'Triple E'. However, the infrastructure at most of the ports are not yet capable of accommodating such vessels with high draft limiting its trade to only three ports in Europe, one port in Egypt and four ports in Asia as of today who handle these mega-ships. Moreover, they can pass through the Suez Canal but not the Panama Canal (DiBenedtto, 2011). Also, improvements in sustainable performance of 'Triple E' series as claimed by Maersk remains to be seen.
Ports could invest in using advanced technology to upgrade their draft levels so that they would accommodate vessels of high capacities. This would enable trade between many more countries whose consequence will be the extended use of greener modes for transportation. Maersk should also consider encouraging the use of green methods. Mr.Hutienne, the Managing Director of the Port Authority at Hamburg revealed their plans to expand the facilities at the Burchardkai terminal, Hamburg to accommodate high capacity containers like the 'Triple E' (Anonymous, 2011).
NYK, the Japanese shipping liners have released a design for their 'Super Eco Ship 2030'. It is said that by decreasing the weight of the hull and reducing water friction, the power required to propel the ship can be reduced. With the use of LNG-based fuel cells, solar cells, and wind power, the propulsion power can be increased leading to a CO2 footprint reduction by 69% per container carried (NYK, 2009). Maersk should consider using alternative sources of energy in their design like NYK as benchmark.
The figure below illustrates a mind map of Maersk and their plot for Sustainable development and Environmental protection.
Figure 4: Mind map of Maersk's Sustainable Growth
From the discussions on importance of sustainability in a supply chain with an environmental perspective and case study to analyze the methods used by Maersk to achieve their set goals gives a clear idea of what it takes to head towards an environmental stability and achieve one of the three bottomlines.
An old proverb says that the planet we live is not inherited from our ancestors but is borrowed from our children; it boils down to taking good care of what is already ours.
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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
John Peron,
v. Docket No. CR-07-93
Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System,
Appearance for Petitioner:
John Peron, pro se
31 Fox Run
Lee, MA 01238
Appearance for Respondent:
Robert G. Fabino, Esq.
Massachusetts Teachers'
Retirement System
Legal Division
One Charles Park
Cambridge, MA 02142-1206
Administrative Magistrate:
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Pursuant to G. L. c. 32, § 16(4), the Petitioner, John Peron, is appealing the January 25, 2007 decision of the Respondent, Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System, excluding as regular compensation for retirement purposes, additional pay he received during his last year of service. (Ex. 3) The appeal was timely filed. (Ex. 2) Mr. Peron decided to waive hearing pursuant to 801 CMR 1.01(10)(c). (Ex. 1) I was assigned the case on November 7, 2007. The parties were instructed to file documents, an agreement of facts, and legal arguments by December 7, 2007. This date was extended to February 5, 2008 when the record closed. ("B") The parties made a joint filing. ("A")
Exhibit 1 - Mr. Peron's 11/1/07 letter waiving his hearing.
Exhibit 2 - Mr. Peron's 2/2/07 letter of appeal.
Exhibit 3 - 1/25/07 decision letter of the Massachusetts Teachers'
Retirement System.
Exhibit 4 - Mr. Peron's Retirement Application, Part 2.
Exhibit 5 - 11/29/05 letter of Mr. Peron's Superintendent accepting his
resignation effective July 31, 2006.
Exhibit 6 - Mr. Peron's Retirement Application, Part 1.
Exhibit 7 - 5/17/06 Notice of Estimated Retirement Benefit.
Exhibit 8 - 5/22/06 Memorandum of Assistant Superintendent
Cameron to Mr. Peron.
Exhibit 9 - Mr. Peron's collective bargaining agreement covering
8/1/03 - 7/31/06.
1. John Peron, d.o.b. 1/2/48, worked full-time as a teacher-principal for the South Berkshire Regional School District from September 1, 1969 to June 30, 2003. He worked full-time as a principal for the Pittsfield Public Schools from August 1, 2003 to July 31, 2006. He worked all this time with membership in the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System. ("A". Exs. 4, 6 & 7.)
2. Mr. Peron decided to retire at the close of the 2005-2006 school year when he would reach an 80% benefit level. He informed his employer about this plan. He filed the necessary retirement forms to accomplish this. He had initially sought to retire on June 30, 2006, but changed that to July 31, 2006 to coincide with the end date of his collective bargaining agreement. In a November 29, 2005 letter, his employer acknowledged his plan to retire on July 31, 2006, and offered congratulations to him on his service. ("A". Exs. 4, 5, 6 & 7.)
3. The duties of a principal like Mr. Peron require a thorough knowledge and understanding of the school curricula, state required programs and standards, teacher contracts and teacher issues, and information about the students at the school. A principal like Mr. Peron has to take a lead role in various programs at the school, and has to be able to do teacher trainings, professional development for paraprofessionals, parent trainings, regularly attend various meetings at the state level, and develop plans for the school. When a new principal starts work in a school he or she has to be able to start in this leadership role right away. Simply reviewing manuals and job description information is insufficient to ensure a new principal can do that. It is a common practice for principals like Mr. Peron to transition their replacement. ("A". Exs. 1 & 2.)
4. Mr. Peron's collective bargaining agreement covering his last three years of work, at Article V, Section 4, contained the following provision relating to a principal performing the transition work for his or her replacement:
Extension of Work Year at Superintendent's Direction for Purposes of Transition
If the Employee retires during the life of this Agreement then the Superintendent may direct the Employee to work up to ten (10) additional days in order to facilitate the administrative transition to a new principal for the next school year. Such days shall be compensated at the current per diem rate. (Ex. 9)
5. In a memorandum of May 22, 2006 Assistant Superintendent William Cameron instructed Mr. Peron to "add ten (10) days to your mandatory work year in order to facilitate the administrative transition to a new principal … for the next school year … [a] work obligation … to be completed by not later than July 31, 2006." Mr. Cameron referenced the authority to order this as Article V, Section 4 of Mr. Peron's collective bargaining agreement. ("A". Ex. 8.)
6. Mr. Peron performed the required transition work with his replacement principal during the 2005-2006 school year. He was paid a per diem rate of $402 for ten days earning an additional $4,020.00. He received this total in a lump sum payment. ("A")
7. Mr. Peron had retirement deductions taken from this additional pay. ("A". Ex. 3.)
8. Mr. Peron retired effective July 31, 2006. The Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System informed Mr. Peron by letter of January 25, 2007 that the $4,020.00 could not be included in calculating his retirement allowance because it was not regular compensation. Mr. Peron filed a timely appeal. ("A". Exs. 2 & 3.)
Even though Mr. Peron had no choice but to work the additional ten days to transition his replacement principal, and even though this extra work was set forth in his collective bargaining agreement, his claim must fail. The extra pay he received to do this transitioning work is not regular compensation for retirement purposes.
Regular compensation is defined in G. L. c. 32, §1 as:
Salary, wages or other compensation in whatever
form, lawfully determined for the individual service
of the employee by the employing authority, not
including bonus, overtime, severance pay for any
and all unused sick leave, early retirement incentives,
or any other payments made as a result of giving
notice of retirement.
This definition also states in pertinent part:
In the case of a teacher employed in a public day school
who is a member of the teachers' retirement system, salary
payable under the terms of an annual contract for additional services in such a school … shall be regarded as regular compensation rather than as bonus or overtime and shall be included in the salary on which deductions are to be paid to the annuity savings fund of the teachers' retirement system.
The additional $4,020.00 Mr. Peron was paid for doing the transition work must also satisfy the regulations promulgated by the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System to clarify what can be regular compensation for its members. Under this regulation, the $4,020.00 is not regular compensation for retirement purposes.
807 CMR 6.02(f) excludes from being regular compensation "[a]ny other payment made as a result of the employer's having knowledge of the member's retirement." Mr. Peron's employer knew he was retiring. He was also only eligible to receive this additional pay because he was retiring pursuant to the language used in Article V, Section 4 of his collective bargaining agreement. If he was just leaving for another school, he would not have been able to receive additional pay for transitioning his replacement.
Case law does not support Mr. Peron's claim.
The Supreme Judicial Court in Boston Association of School Administrators v. Boston Retirement Board, 383 Mass. 336, 341 (1981) explained that regular compensation connotes ordinary and recurrent payments, to "safeguard against the introduction into the [retirement allowance] computations of adventitious payments to employees which could place untoward, massive, continuing burdens on the retirement systems."
The Supreme Judicial Court in Hallet v. CRAB, 431 Mass. 66 (2000) concluded that additional pay a teacher received for teaching drivers' education by both classroom and road instruction, both before and after school hours, and paid at an hourly rate, was not regular compensation. The Court concluded: "Hourly compensation paid on an irregular basis is more akin to overtime payments than to annual salary." Id. at 70. Mr. Peron's collective bargaining agreement provision did not require that he work ten extra days. That was the maximum extra work he could be called upon to perform. Because the contract did not set a particular number of days between one and ten which would always be paid if this kind of extra work was performed, this extra day is within the reach of the Hallet ruling.
Because Mr. Peron only received the additional pay because he was retiring, and because his contract did not make the pay for the extra work a sum certain, and because it was paid on a per diem basis, the $4,020.00 is not regular compensation that can be used to compute his retirement allowance. The decision of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System is affirmed.
Sarah H. Luick, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
DATED: April 18, 2008
This information is provided by the Division of Administrative Law Appeals .


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A New Beginning- Part 2
Sorry it took me a lot of time to update, I had family plans so it was hard to write.
Recap: Suhani is shown in the BH. Everyone is shocked.
Pratima: "Suhani… my child."
Suhani: "Maa, how are you?"
Suhani touches Pratima's feet
Yuvaan: "Let's go mama, I want you to meet everyone"
Yuvaan brings Suhani to Dadi
Yuvaan: "Mama, this is Badi Dadi…. she loves me very much."
Suhani smiles but doesn't say anything
Yuvaan introduces everyone to Suhani
Soumya: "Suhani, how are you? Where were you all these years? Why no phone or message?"
Saurab: "Ya Suhani, you lost touch"
Suhani: "Sorry bhaiya, sorry soumya… I will be in touch now, promise"
Pratima: "OK, we can talk later, first let's eat."
Everybody pampers Suhani and Yuvaan for a week and then Soumya gets a phone call from Yuvraaj
Yuvraaj: "Soumya, please tell Maa, Dadi, and the kids that I'll be coming in a couple of days."
Soumya: "Sure"
Yuvani: "Mumma what happened?"
Krishna: "Dadu is coming back?"
Soumya: "Yes Krishna, your Dadu is coming back"
Yuvani: "Mumma, why did you say that only Krishna's Dadu is coming back? He is also my dad."
Soumya: "Yes, but Krishna only calls Yuvraaj Dadu"
Soumya in heart: Krishna is Yuvraaj's favorite daughter… and I'll make that happen
Dadi: "Yuvani, come here please"
The whole family comes out to the living room
Dadi: "I have something to tell you all… Yuvraaj is coming home soon"
Kids: "Yay!"
Kids are happy and they leave with Saurab
Dadi: "E ladki, make sure that you leave this place before Yuvraaj comes here."
Pratima: "Let her stay, Yuvraaj won't come for a couple of days."
Menka: "Mummyji, you spoke to soon, look who's here."
Everybody turns around and is shocked
Who's at the door? You guys probably know… but still. I'll update really soon, promise. Let me know if you guys are bored with this and if you have any suggestions, I'll be happy to hear them. Thanks!


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I've been using this for five months and love it. Most retinol I've seen is in a cream or lotion, which invariably causes breakouts. This is not delivered in that form, and doesn't lose potency because it's in a capsule. Also, it's not too harsh.
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I like these retinol capsules quite a bit. They are individually sealed so you get a fresh dose of retinol every time. I have oily skin, and these retinol caps seem to keep my skin clear and smooth. They clear up any acne I have on my face, and they also exfoliate and brighten my skin really well. I am not the biggest Signature Club A fan on the earth, but I do like these retinol capsules a lot, and the Sig. Club A 5 Essentials Face Cream too. Those are two really good quality products from the Sig. Club A line. I usually buy the Retinol Capsules and 5 Essentials Cream in the same kit - I get a better price that way!
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January 17, 2017
Three steps business leaders need to make a conscious and concerted effort to learn.
Staying afloat and staying ahead are concerns faced by many business leaders and owners.
As a business leader it is imperative to find ways to weather the many social, economic and political storms that batter the economy. One way to stay ahead is to look ahead at the skills you and your employees will need in the future.
According to the World Economic Forum's "The Future of Jobs" the skills and abilities you and your employees will need will look at least 30% different in a few years. According to the authors of the report "On average, by 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today."
If you look at the table below you will see the completed list of the skills and abilities projected as needed for almost all workers across jobs and industries.
While you may recognize many of the skills on the list as the skills you already have in your repertoire today the chances are the name may look the same but the skill may be subtly or vastly different down the road. If you look at the first column, the first skill on this list is cognitive flexibility.
Although many of the skills on the list look and sound familiar as the demography of your workforce and market place change and technology continues to evolve you and your employees will need cognitive flexibility to adjust all of these skills meet the changing world around you.
Here is a list of the core work related skills identified in the report:
Core Work-Related Skills
Change needs are not only fuelled by changing technology but by much more including the changing political, social, and demographic shift underway.
Technologies like AI and big data and IoT will impact most jobs and not just within high tech. Additionally, as the world population ages, the employable workforce will shrink you and your employees will have to learn a wider array of new skills to manage the changes ahead.
To stay ahead of shift in needed skills for 2020 the World Economic Forum suggested a couple of ways to stay ahead of the skills development curve:
1. Take personal responsibility for your own learning.
This requires you to take time to repeatedly ask yourself what your learning plan is.
On a weekly basis you may want to begin identifying what you learned and if you did not learn anything new then you might want to rethink your learning strategy. It may be time for you to take a course, consult a counsellor or meet with a coach to discuss your learning needs and strategies.
2. Help your company/employees take responsibility for their learning.
Look for opportunities to up-skill yourself and your workforce. Learn and teach your employees to learn. Offer or enable access to re-training, educational incentives and other learning and development initiatives.
Think you are too busy to add something else to your plate? If you don't approach your learning as a deliberate choice you will find it very difficult to just 'fit in' learning when you find time.
Carving out time from your schedule to prepare for the future usually saves you time and often sooner than you thing. Many of the top business leaders in the world carve out time to learn each week.
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I just got finished sending this email to the OM team on www.codeplex.com/onom. This is incredibly exciting, and I wanted to let everyone know what we're working on next.
I'm very happy to announce Ali Rıza Babaoğlan has joined our OM team! He will work on implementing the Table Tools addin between now and June 29th. He contacted us through the Students To Business program and has agreed to help out.
Here's what he has to say about himself:
"I will receive my B.S degree from the department of computer engineering, Baskent University, Ankara - Turkey this June. Through my coursework at Baskent University, I gained good knowledge and practical skills of designing effective algorithms.
I am working as a Microsoft Student Partner in Turkey since September'07 and [was] chosen the Best MSP of 2007-2008 in January 2008. I attended Microsoft Summer School 2007, S2B Silverlight and S2B SharePoint Server education programs in Turkey by Microsoft. Generally I am working on Java and C++ programming languages, besides I am programming using .NET Platform since 2006.
Additionally, I am internet editor of PC Magazine of Turkey and I was working as a editor and writer with a few technical magazine (Byte, PCNet, PCTurk) before my this job, from 2005.
If you haven't checked it out, I posted the spec for the Table Tools powertoy over at www.codeplex.com/onom in the Discussions section.
If you haven't checked it out, I posted the spec for the Table Tools powertoy over at www.codeplex.com/onom in the Discussions section.
And join me in welcoming Ali!
And join me in welcoming Ali!


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The Heathfield Caius lamp is a beautifully textured, mould blown glass lamp.
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Underworld: Awakening (2012)
Vengeance Returns
Rating: 6.4/10
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
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Love in Japan (2006)
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Subtitle (2005)
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The Ugly Truth (2009)
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Scandal (2012)
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Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
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- 4 beds
- 3.5 baths
- $340,990 price
- 1104751 mls id
- Half Baths: 1
- Square Feet: 3,073 sqft
- Neighborhood: Falls at Imperial Oaks : Heartland II and Provence Collectio
Listing Description
The inviting two story Brentwood plan by Village Builders features a lovely entry foyer, study with optional ceiling beams, formal dining room, island kitchen with breakfast room and large pantry, family room with corner fireplace, a spacious covered rear patio, and oversized two car garage with portico.. The first floor master bedroom and bath feature a separate shower and corner tub, dual sinks and a generous walk-in closet. The second floor features a great game room!
- New Construction Yes
Subdivision: Falls at Imperial Oaks : Heartland II and Provence Collectio
- Price Range $297.9K - $406.1K
- Sqft Range 2,336 - 3,199
- Subdivision StatusActive
Subdivision Description
The Heartland II & Provence Collections by Village Builders feature stunning interiors and exterior designs with exceptional attention to details. These elegant homes feature beautiful amenities your family will love such as a study, island kitchen, covered patio, formal dining room, game room, media room, and a master suite with dual vanities.
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Jumpsuit - urban outfitters
Jewelry - chloe and isabel
Lip stick - Lip couture from LA Splash
Purse - poshmark
Shoes - Target
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text: Entity Social Security Institute of Madeira Madeira Last update on 28-11-2014 The Social Security Institute of Madeira (ISSM) is a social security institution governed by the Regional Secretariat for Social and Parliamentary Affairs, which has the nature of personalized service and provides administrative, financial and patrimonial. Under the unified system of social security in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), it is the ISSM: Ensure the management of social security schemes; Exercise forms of social action; Take part in the overall plan for Social Security in RAM; Secure funding and the administrative and financial management of the sector in RAM; Implementing the Social Security policy, through a combined and integrated operations contribute to greater cohesion and social justice, ensure more effective management of human, material and financial resources at their disposal, qualitatively improve the response to requests from taxpayers, beneficiaries and other users. Available services General care of the Social Security Institute of Madeira, IP-RAM The contents were translated automatically by use of a tool that is not perfect in all situations. Please refer to the terms and conditions of the portal.


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Pakistan is one of the world's biggest supporters of terrorism, and they have held this unpleasant designation for many years. The Pakistani government offers shelter to terrorists, and they house many militant groups that want nothing more than to eliminate freedom, especially in the western world. Their government needs to be held accountable.
Pakistan is one of the breeding grounds for terrorism. It's a rouge country in the middle east, easily susceptible to negative influences of terrorism. I wouldn't say that the country's government supports it, but they have little control as to who converts or who doesn't. It's an incredibly unstable land, where anything can happen.
By arguing infront of the UN that there were certain virtues to terrorists and terrorism, they made it clear that they support terrorism. While they may not officially provide money to terrorist and terrorist organizations, it is pretty clear that they atleast support some of the ideals and tactics that terrorists use.
Pakistan has come under fire for the increased incidents of terrorist activity within the country. This is strong evidence for Pakistan's support of terrorism: they are not doing enough to stop these violent actions which means that individuals who want to commit them have no boundaries in which to do so.


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Prenatal clients are generally seen up to 3 sessions prior to delivery, and 2-3 sessions postpartum. We recommend scheduling your first session after the first trimester. When scheduling postpartum, we recommend at least 4 weeks after delivery.
*Your physical therapist will make suggestions for you if you need to be seen more based on your individual needs.
Please see our cancellation/refund policy prior to scheduling your appointment.
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Your Tummy Team therapist will:
- Ask about your profession, medical background, injury history and any concerns to understand your life's demands. If you are a mother, we'll also ask about your past birthing experience.
- Evaluate muscle imbalances and daily life requirements to develop a step-by-step treatment plan that will address your unique needs.
- Educate in the benefits of abdominal splinting.
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- Train you in core exercises and alignment retraining, and provide everyday strategies for rebuilding your functional core strength.
If preparing for labor, your therapist will also:
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Richard Falk, a Nation editorial-board member and professor emeritus of international law at Princeton, was the UN's special rapporteur for occupied Palestine from 2008 to 2014. This article is adapted from his Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture, delivered at Columbia University on October 20, 2014.
Although there are many eloquent, courageous, inspiring and culturally creative Palestinians, none have managed to extend their influence as widely and deeply as Edward Said did, particularly during the post-Orientalism phase of his life, when he combined superb and seminal cultural criticism from a progressive standpoint with perceptive and influential commentary on the ups and downs of the Palestinian national struggle.
My main focus will be to reflect upon Edward's fascinating essay "On Lost Causes," which combines intriguing literary assessments with his complex understanding of the Palestinian ordeal and destiny. This essay was one of his last major interpretive contributions, being the published form of a Tanner Lecture given at the University of Utah in 1997. According to his friend and associate Andrew Rubin, Edward regarded it as the publication that satisfied him most in the final period of his life.
Part of my interest in this theme of "lost causes" derives from a rather tense encounter I had with the French ambassador to the United Nations at a private dinner at the end of my term as UN special rapporteur for occupied Palestine. Our host, who had invited a dozen or so diplomats to comment upon the Israel-Palestine conflict, started the ball rolling with a very provocative statement: "Let's face it: the conflict is over, Israel has won, the Palestinians have been defeated, and there is nothing more to be done or said. I am not happy about this, but this is the reality. We should move on." What follows can be seen as a more considered response to this diplomat's stance of cynical realism: it is my insistence that Palestine is not a lost cause, and that even if it were a lost cause from the perspective of realism, a continued commitment to it is greatly preferable to defeatist resignation and indifference toward such a grossly unjust outcome of such an epic struggle.
My deeper conviction is that the appearance of Palestinian defeat is an optical illusion that hides the probability of eventual Israeli defeat—that while Israel is winning one war due to its military dominance and continuous establishment of "facts on the ground," Palestine is winning what in the end is the more important war, the struggle for legitimacy, which is most likely to determine the political outcome. If we examine conflicts over the past fifty years involving struggles against foreign and especially colonial occupation, we come to the astonishing conclusion that in most cases, the side that was weaker militarily controlled the political outcome. The side with the greater perseverance and resilience, not the side that controlled the battlefield, won in the end.


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Toastmasters is an international organization to develop leadership and communication skills. Local clubs meet (usually weekly), with a specific format that includes prepared speeches, impromptu answers, and evaluations of progress. I joined a club in June 2014, both for professional and personal development, seeking to be more comfortable presenting, discussing, and evaluating. It's a continual process, of course, but I feel like I've already grown a ridiculous amount.
Competent Communicator (achieved September 2015)
1. Ice Breaker
2. Organize Your Speech: Becoming an Unlikely Runner
3. Get to the Point: A Gift From Canada
4. How to Say It: Goal - Don't Die
5. Your Body Speaks: Strong is the New Healthy
6. Vocal Variety: Can't Buy Me Love
7. Research Your Topic: Tangible Property Regulations (didn't post here - trust me, it's not an interesting topic. I did this speech to practice a presentation I was doing for work)
8. Get Comfortable with Visual Aids: Disc Golf: It's In the Air
9. Persuade with Power: Meatless Monday
10. Inspire Your Audience: The Mother of All Relays
Advanced Communicator Bronze
Speaking to Inform
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2. Resources for Informing: Pokemon What?
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Atletico Swoop Set for Monaco Winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Atletico Madrid have finished the signing of Belgium winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco on the five-year deal from Monaco.
The 21-year-old came with the youth system in the Stade Louis II to become key estimate Monaco's rise to Ligue 1's upper reaches.
Done deal. @atletienglish announce signing of @AS_Monaco star Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco on the five-year deal. #UCL https://t.co/0rbD61DmFN
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Ferreira Carrasco – an old Genk prospect – also helped Leonardo Jardim's side towards the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals last term.
Getting performed 52 occasions in most competitions last season – scoring eight goals – he'll certainly be given the job of helping meet the increasing demand following Arda Turan's departure to Barcelona.
"We're extremely pleased to achieve agreement with Monaco since Yannick is really a player with huge potential and that he comes with an incredible future like a player with great speed, excellent at dribbling using the ball with an excellent shot," read a golf club statement.
"He is the best addition once we turn to meet our objective of growing the amount of our squad and also the group's competition. I'm believing that he'll bring a great deal.Inch
French side Monaco were busy too on Friday, getting in Adama Traore from Lille in addition to former Benfica pair Ivan Cavaleiro and Helder Costa.


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THE NEW NEW THING By Michael Lewis W.W. Norton 268 pp., $25.95
The best way to give you an idea about "The New New Thing" is to tell you about Webvan, a Silicon Valley start-up.
Webvan is an online grocer. Webvan wants you to buy groceries online, and it will deliver them to your door within 30 minutes. The company recently signed a contract for $1 billion to build 26 massive distribution hubs around the US. Although the company has only one location in the San Francisco area, and had less than $400,000 in sales for the six months that ended June 30, Wall Street valued it at roughly $4 billion before the company was forced to delay its initial public offering (IPO).
Yes, $4 billion. So how can a company with mediocre sales, few tangible assets, that is years away from generating anything close to a profit be worth more than most small countries? Simple: It falls in the category of the "new new" thing.
More than any other book you could read right now, Michael Lewis's "The New New Thing" will help you understand how Silicon Valley has turned Wall Street - and the American economy - on its head.
On the surface, it's the story of Jim Clark, a volatile, erratic, but brilliant entrepreneur who created Silicon Graphics and Netscape. But it's also a story of how greed, technological innovation, and the ability to articulate an idea at just the right time has made individuals like Mr. Clark the Rockefellers of our time.
As portrayed by Michael Lewis, Clark is not necessarily someone to invite over for supper. Moody, impatient, quick-to-anger, and constantly restless, Clark often seems little more than a technological Peter Pan. He starts billion-dollar empires so that he can make enough money to build the world's first completely computerized sailing ship (which, in the end, bores him because it takes too long to sail the Atlantic).
But that would be dismissing Clark too easily, something his opponents often did in the beginning. Lewis sees Clark as a technological Christopher Columbus - an agent of change destined to reshape the old view of the world. And Clark's brave new world is Silicon Valley, which Lewis says means to America what America means to the rest of the world - "the capital of innovation, of material prosperity, of a certain kind of energy."
As annoying as Clark is, Lewis gracefully leads readers to the real kernel of truth in this story: Clark saw the big wave coming when others were too busy looking at their portfolios and then helped turn it into the biggest financial tsunami ever seen. He changed the rules of the game by making the people who actually create the software and the ideas more important than the investment bankers and Wall Street brokers who had always called the shots before.
To top it off, Lewis is a master storyteller. It's hard to conceive of a book about IPOs and start-ups being a page turner, but his skill as a writer makes this a book you'll stay up late to finish.
Still, in the end, Lewis's story is a troubling one. The creation of massive wealth with little more than a good idea and the right contacts - often by people who don't really care what the product becomes as long as their IPO soars - is a disturbing vision. Not that this vision hasn't always been a part of the American dream in the past.
The very technology that makes this "new new" thing possible in such a dazzlingly short time frame leaves little time for reflection. And it's hard to escape the feeling that one day, maybe soon, we'll get too greedy and want too much too fast, and the "new new" thing will turn around and bite us.
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I believe in doing whatever I want no matter what anyone says. It's been said we spend half of our life doing what we want and half doing what others want us to do. I used to make decisions based on the though 'what would mom and dad think' or 'what would my friends think'. It's a terrible way to go about living, and since I've changed my train of thought in decision making I've been significantly more happy.
I know what many people are thinking when they read this and the answer is no. I'm not just some irresponsible kid. I do what I want but that doesn't mean I skip school or simply don't do my work, in fact i do. But in every decision I make i cimply choose what will make me the happiness, and when it comes to school, an education makes me happy.
My main inspiration for the way i live my life comes from grumpy old men. I was once on a train alone listening to the conversation between an elderly man and who seemed to be his grandson. I was having a tough time but i was able to make out one line from the old man: "F*** it. I'm old." After holding back my laughter i thought about what the man said. I was inspired. This man has spent his whole life doing the 'right thing' and he's sick of it.
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After all the drama at the World Cup, why would Paris Hilton let this happen AGAIN? I guess because she keeps getting away with it.
TMZ is reporting that Paris was stopped at a private airport on the French Island of Corsica after authorities found pot in her purse.
Hilton was found to have less than a gram of pot and was released shortly thereafter.I guess she was released because of the small amount?
This just doesn't make any sense to me. Surely Paris could afford to just dispose of her pot before going to the airport and buy more once she arrives at her destination?
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I'm a pretty easy person to get along with.....if you have a sense of humor....AND....if you don't get all pissified over hearing the truth. Those are the two things everyone should know about me...friends, co-workers, family, associates, strangers..whomever. I ALWAYS speak the truth and then I laugh about it.
Here are some other things you should know about me before we become BFF's.
I sing badly.
I will eat an entire package of Double Stuf Oreos in one sitting.
I suck the air out of Cheese Puffs.
Fake nails remind me of corpses.
I dress like a homeless person and my shoes smell.
I rarely buy myself stuff and that is why the above is real.
I have no problem cutting toxic people out of my life. Do me wrong..you are gone. It's that simple.
I have a mustache.
I hate shopping for everything except groceries and house stuff.
I have no skill at doing hair. Mine or anyone else's.
I'm always broke.
I want to go to bed at 8pm every night. Every night. I'm tired.
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Summer is approaching and the warm months will bring delicious juicy fruit produce. There's nothing quite like fruit grown under the Mediterranean sun! This dessert is relatively quick and seeing as peaches are already very sweet, you won't be needing to add a lot more in terms of sweetness.
You will need:
- peaches/nectarines (I used 7 small ones for 2 people) – washed and chopped
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- juice from half a lemon
- 1 teaspoon corn flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a medium saucepan place the peaches, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar and 3/4 of the cranberry juice. Cook for about 5 minutes. In a glass mix the other 1/4 of the cranberry juice and corn flour. Increase the heat on your saucepan until the mixture is boiling, then add the corn flour mixture and stir constantly until the mixture thickens. Transfer to a serving bowl and add the vanilla extract. Sweet! 🙂


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Borough Market traders, community representatives and local residents gathered at Southwark Cathedral on Friday for a 'Service of Hope' nearly three weeks after the terrorist attack that left eight people dead and closed down the market for 10 days.
"We are pleased to have been able to offer this service of hope to the local community as it seeks to recover and rebuild following the events of the evening of 3 June," said Canon Michael Rawson, the cathedral's sub dean.
"We hope that the candles which have been lit here today can be a sign of hope for the future, reminding us all that light will overcome darkness."
Friday's service followed from the national service held a week earlier in the presence of the Countess of Wessex.
At this week's service Matt Jones from the Bread Ahead bakery read the first lesson. The second lesson was read by Neil Coyle MP.
Baptist minister Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis, chair of South Bank Churches and honorary ecumenical canon of the cathedral, preached the sermon.
The Bishop of Woolwich, the Rt Revd Karowei Dorgu, led an act of remembrance and commitment. He was joined by representatives of other faith communities including members of Harper Road mosque and the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star.
They stood at the altar on which eight candles – one representing each of those killed in the terrorist attack – burned throughout the service.
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Mahiliou regional authorities ban 'Havary Praudu' pickets
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Mahiliou city executive committee banned a picket for nominating Uladzimer Niakliayeu, head of the 'Rukh Naperad' association, for participation in the forthcoming All-Belarusian People's Congress, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
The official reply signed by deputy chair of the executive committee Ihar Auseyenka, argues that the applicants failed to indicate the correct event location.
Similar pickets were also banned by the local authorities of the towns of Babruisk and Bialynichy.


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An appropriate video for the start of Red Sox vs. Yankees series. I'm fine with Baldwin's character being the Yankee fan too, seems about right to have a pompous Republican taking on that role. Pretty damn funny though, great job by New Era.
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Actually I consider it to be a compliment to have a versatile genius represent te Yankees. What his political preferences are makes no difference to me. All stars are pompous. Come live out here and pay attn for about 5 mins. That being said the comparison between Fire and Kindling (barring a few years ago) is pretty accurate historically speaking. :)
YOU WILL BE DEAD IN OCTOBER.....err...I mean, ahh...yeah.
How 'bout that Manny Ramirez?
I <3 Manny. In fact I love all roiders and sauce monkeys. What they have done for the integrity of the game is mind blowingly awesome.
Baldwin is actually a huge Democrat...
I said "Baldwin's character" right?
I also believe him being a Democrat is why he plays Jack Donaghy so well on '30 Rock'. Same could be said for Stephen Colbert.
Regardless of Alec's political affiliation though, he's a total fascist if he is indeed a Yankee fan.
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