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India wins 2015 SAFF Cup: Who said what
Indian football made a fantastic start to the new year as they were crowned as champions of the SAFF Suzuki Cup for a record seventh time. The Indians overcame all odds as they beat pre-match favourites Afghanistan 2-1 in a thrilling encounter much to the delight of the thousands of fans gathered at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala along with millions all over the country.
Captain Sunil Chhetri produced a stellar performance as he ended up with an assist and the winning goal in extra time as India beat the Afghans. The goal was Chhetri's 50th in the national colours. Jeje Lalpekhlua scored the equaliser for India after Zubayr Amiri had put the Afghans in the lead.
Richly deserved congratulatory messages poured in from all over the nation for the victorious Blues side.
We take a look at some of the reactions to India's extraordinary victory on Monday.
A visibly jubilant head coach of the Indian national team, Stephen Constantine described the victory as the best achievement in his coaching career and dedicated the win to Indian football.
"We had to be on our toes at all times and everybody worked their socks off and functioned as a unit. At the end of the day we won and that is what matters."
"I am not a one man band. This Trophy is for all of us right from to lads to the fans. It belongs to everybody."
"We should all stand up for Indian Football," Constantine stated at the official post-match press conference.
Star of the final, skipper Sunil Chhetri was all smiles sitting alongside the manager at the press conference.
"It gives me immense joy to be crowned Champions. It is not easy to win a Tournament with a young side and we did that. I told the boys that we should not lose today, no matter what as if we did, Afghanistan would be Champions for their entire lives," said the skipper.
Chhetri lavished praise on the fans for creating an electric atmosphere. He also spared a thought for the unfortunate Robin Singh who could not feature in the final as he was nursing an injury he suffered earlier in the tournament against Sri Lanka.
"The fans were wonderful today. They cheered for us even when we were a goal down and that gave us motivation to win the match."
"I want to dedicate this win to Robin Singh, as it was really unfortunate that we lost him."
Captain of the Indian Test cricket team, Virat Kohli was quick to congratulate the team on its victory. He also had praise for his counterpart's extra-time winner that won India the trophy.
Congratulations Team India for lifting the SAFF cup for the 7th time. That extra time winner from @chetrisunil11 was mind blowing! #INDvAFG— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 3, 2016
Praful Patel, the president of AIFF, Indian football's governing body added his congratulations to the side and acknowledged the roles of Chhetri and Constantine in the cup triumph.
Well led Sunil Chhetri & Stephen Constantine. Keep the flag flying high. @chetrisunil11 @StephenConstan #AIFF— Praful Patel (@praful_patel) January 3, 2016
Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, vice president of FIFA and one of the foremost candidates to be elected as the president of the world football governing body, commended India's victory and claimed it 'shows the promise Asian football holds'.
Congrats to India Blue Tigers on SAFF Cup win over impressive Afghan team. Again shows Asia's football promise. https://t.co/vpOwHDvr4T— Ali Al Hussein (@AliBinAlHussein) January 4, 2016
Well done @chetrisunil11 and the team for the SAFF victory.....leads from the front and scores the winner #EnuffSaid #Captain— Joe Morrison (@joefooty) January 4, 2016
Former Union Minister and Member of Parliament(MP) Shashi Tharoor also joined the chorus in praising the team on its stupendous victory.
Indian football team celebrates after dethroning Afghanistan in final of SAFF Cup in Thiruvananthapuram pic.twitter.com/6ccVpEnG7G— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) January 3, 2016


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Hello friends. I wanted to take a moment to share the past few months with you. Life has thrown us an unexpected curve. We lost my Dad of 28 years unexpectedly this summer after dealing with some things since spring. It threw us all into a tail spin and all of us went into survival mode. It was a loss that rippled across all of our lives and the most difficult of all was watching my children have to suffer as they did. Their hearts were broken and mine broke even more than I though possible watching my own children learn how to grieve and rebound from loss.
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She's been this way for a few weeks now. At first, I thought she was just enjoying lingering in the nesting boxes perched upon the bounty of beautiful colorful orbs each day. Yet soon enough it was clear. She had morphed into a dinosaur-like shrieking pancake that simply did not want me lifting her off the nesting box. She was definitely broody. So each day it has gone on, I pry her from the box, give her a good scratch, a wing rub and send her on her way to poo, eat and drink. However, what happened the other day left me speechless.
Silkies are funny little chickens.
Last week, all four Silkies, Dolly, Autumn, Feathers and Fifi were broody. It doesn't take much to convince a Silkie that they should be broody. Clearly this was the trendy thing to do this week. There they were piled on top of one another inside the nesting boxes. Toward the end of the week, Tilly decided to join them. For the past few days, one by one, the Silkies gave up being broody. It wasn't as much fun having Tilly there sandwiched between the two boxes overflowing with Silkies.
Tilly has been taking her time to decide if she truly wants to be broody or was just under the weather. It seems like the old chicken and the egg argument; which came first. This morning, Tilly was the last one out of the coop. I watched as they one by one popped out of the coop with a lust for life. Dolly and Tilly took some coaxing. I could hear them "talking" to their invisible chicks as I have heard mother hens do.
They all came outside and were enjoying exploring the run. A pair of robins landed outside the coop. Tilly ran for them. Like a watch dog, she chased them away. They had no business being anywhere near the newly reseeded grass outside the coop. Life somehow seemed to be returning to normal for Tilly today.
I went inside to finish up with the morning chores and returned about a half hour later to clean the coop. There, something caught my eye. Tilly and Fifi had returned to the nesting boxes. I had to remove them one by one and place them in the run. I always clean the coop without any chickens inside. There, I noticed underneath the coop ramp someone had made a nest. Two pearly little Silkie eggs were laid inside.
The eggs were tinier than usual, due to the Silkies returning to the egg laying process after being broody. I removed my coop cleaning gloves and gently scooped the still warm eggs up into the cradle of my hand. I was surprised that Sunshine had not discovered them. She is ruthless when it comes to discovering eggs that had not been laid by her. It is amazing to me that she recognizes her own eggs verses those laid by others.
Tilly is quasi-broody. The Silkies are laying again. Sunshine did not use the Silkie eggs as kick ball. Somehow, things are off kilter, but make me feel content. Life isn't how one would expect it but somehow, option B turns out to be just as good as option A.
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Back at home, the girls had their first real run-in with mites. I think, for now, we were able to be proactive in our treatment of the mites. With numerous defense and treatment options, I think that I was able to make the girls more comfortable and more likely to lay their eggs. Thank goodness, I had read up on those little critters this past winter.
Autumn and Dolly are still broody. Autumn is now going on almost 2 weeks. I think that Dolly decided to go broody because she seems to enjoy it. She has now been broody for 1 week. Everyday, I find them sitting on someone else's eggs. Interestingly, Sunshine is intrigued by what those two girls are doing. As I go in to retrieve the eggs, Sunshine runs in to see for herself the treasures that those two are sitting upon. When I show Sunshine the eggs I retrieve, she tips her head down as almost to look underneath of the broody girls herself. She seems to be saying, "Do you have anymore under there?"
The girls also got a treat of beet greens today, confused at first thinking it was lettuce, they were a bit surprised when they took a bite. However, it took no time for them to gobble up every last bit. I even took a large handful of the greens and compacted it into a ball and placed it into the hanging treat ball. Tilly loves to play pinata!
Finally, we had our very first giveaway this week. The last day to enter is today and tomorrow, I will announce who is going home with the Eggcellent Sprout and Grass kit from Treats for Chickens. You can still enter up until midnight tonight. Good Luck!
Last night, Dolly slept with the large flock out in the coop. She has decided to return home with her older flock now that her chicks are 4 weeks old. It took her a few days to make her decision. Dolly and I worked together to help her transition easier. Over the past few days, she spent more and more time out with her old family and less and less time with the chicks. Today, she no longer calls for her chicks when in the large coop area. She also no longer cares to find me to help her return to the brooder and her chicks. She has made her decision.
I do have to say that keeping the chicks is a bit easier for me without Dolly in the brooder with them. I find that I do not have to clean out the waterer and feed dish as frequently. Perhaps, it is because there is not an over sized chicken in the brooder scratching pine shavings everywhere. The chicks are also not as afraid of my hand. Still timid, I can reach in and not have panic ensue. I also do not have Dolly pecking at my hand and warning her babies of my hand's arrival.
Last night, the babies slept well. They did not look for Dolly to help them fall asleep as they did two nights ago. Instead, they nestled together,creating a downy patchwork quilt amongst the brooder floor. In the middle of it all, was Dottie Speckles, our 4 day old chick, laying her head on the wing of her new found sibling, our brooder's alpha rooster!
Finally, a small pecking order is starting to develop. At the helm is Dottie Speckles! She runs the show. I find it so funny. Everyone in the brooder follows her lead. She holds her head high and carries herself as though she is very important. When she drinks and eats, everyone follows her lead. She is a hot ticket. I also find that the roosters are starting to have mini-battles to determine the alpha male. I laugh, as it reminds me of a real western showdown. Everyone is growing up so quickly.
I am glad that Dolly is happy to be with her old family and in her original home where she can relax, visit and scratch amongst familiar surroundings in the run. There truly is no place like home; even for chickens. Meanwhile…three other hens are broody in the coop!
Left undisturbed, with no other members of her chicken family, Dolly has gotten down to business! She is vigilantly sitting on all of the eggs. After yesterday's concerns about eggs 1,5, and 6, I added two freshly laid Silkie eggs to her clutch. Her total now comes to 9. This should be sufficient to see some little chicks in 2 1/2 weeks.
Most of yesterday she remained in her deep zombielike trance. She is drinking water but I am not too sure about the amount of food she is eating. I can tell you, she is dedicated. I have tried to tempt her off the nest with treats and fresh greens. She is not interested.
Out in the main coop, the rest of the flock does not seem to notice that she is gone. I am concerned that when I do bring Dolly back, they will not remember her. She was in the middle of the pecking order. In her absence, the chickens continue to scratch and find goodies. They are happy to sunbathe and take dust baths. Chocolate continues to share his discoveries with his girls. He even alerts them to potential danger from a threatening looking Chickadee. As you can see, it's business as usual at Tilly's Nest. Life is good.
I have been quickly catching up, reading as much as I can about broody hens and hatching eggs. My learning curve has been on an upward trajectory! Most resources suggest separating the broody hen from the rest of the flock. Some jealous hens can become saboteurs or even have nesting envy, only to kick the broody hen off the nest at day 20 and reap the benefits of motherhood. In turn, the broody hen who sat all those long days is robbed of her children. I was still in the process of making my decision whether to leave Dolly with the flock or not. So far, for the most part, they have left her be. I did however, find Tilly's egg underneath her yesterday.
This morning was a different story, perhaps because I was later than my typically punctual arrival. I let the flock out, added fresh water, scratch and then ventured over to visit Dolly. She was sitting on her nest but what I saw I could not believe. Egg number one was rolled into the center of the coop. Eggs 5 and 6 were found in the nesting box next to Dolly. Eggs 5 and 6 were still semi-warm but Egg number 1 was chilly. This was not good. As quickly as I could, I gathered the three eggs and returned them under Dolly.
I next went to the garage and began to set up my temporary brooder. I gathered an old shipping box, an extra waterer and an old Tupperware container for food. I created a nest with shavings and straw.
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As I was setting up this brooder, I could hear squabbles from the coop. I went over and saw Tilly sitting in Dolly's nesting box. I looked in the run. I could not see Dolly. Dolly must still be in the same box as Tilly.
It seemed like forever, but Tilly finally laid her egg. My window of opportunity had arrived. Quickly, I scooped up all of the eggs. I placed them in the makeshift nest. Next, I ran to the coop and grabbed Dolly. I placed her in the new brooder.
Dolly was not happy about leaving the coop. I think she thought that I was taking her from her eggs. Little did she know, I was taking her to their new location. I placed her in the brooder. She was nervous. I showed her the eggs. She stood in the nest, rolled two eggs with her beak and got out. She looked around and was talking. Taken back by confusion and utter nervousness, Dolly was apprehensive of her new surroundings. I decided to scatter some scratch on the ground. She started to eat the scratch. When she was done. I showed her the eggs again. Time was marching on. The eggs were getting cold and Dolly was showing no signs of broodiness!
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I showed her the eggs a few more time. Each time, she panicked and hopped off the nest. Thoughts entered my mind that I was going to have to abandon any attempts of Dolly and parenthood. Finally, just as I had my doubts, I showed her the eggs once more. She squatted on them. Then gently rolled each egg on the outer cusps into the center, puffed out her body and wings, then settled down on the eggs. Thank goodness! As she sat, I praised her. I then noticed that her comb was bleeding. My best guess is that it was from her earlier squabble with Tilly. I think I made the right decision. I just hope I was not too late for her eggs.
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Dolly has been sitting on eggs for 3days. She seems to be a great broody hen! As of this morning, she has a total of 5. Today will be my last opportunity to place anymore eggs underneath her. You see, the mother hen will sit on the nest for 2-3 days after her first chick hatches. This is to see if any other eggs in the clutch will hatch. However, after about 3 days, she will abandon any unhatched eggs and begin to raise her brood.
I have been collecting Silkie eggs from the nesting boxes to place under Dolly. If they are still warm when I pick them up, I quickly number them with a pencil and place them under Dolly. She seems so pleased when I add another to her growing collection!
I am also amazed at her instinct. Yesterday, while peeking through the window, I witnessed her turning the eggs. With the most amazing grace and gentle touch, she inspected each egg and rolled it according to her liking. Wow! How in the world did she know how to do that?
She seems to leave the nest a couple of times a day, but it is only for fleeting moments at a time. I have placed fresh water with vitamins and electrolytes near her as well as food. In a few days, I will attempt to candle the eggs to insure viability. I have never done that, so it will require some research. I too am learning all about this fascinating process. If all goes according to plan, we might just have some chicks in time for Easter. The whole family is rooting for Team Dolly!
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I did everything I could. I cleaned out the coop. I continue to empty the eggs from the nesting boxes three times a day. I bring out all sorts of delicious treats as distractions. I visit the flock multiple times daily. But I spoke to soon. Dolly is once again broody. She is starting to pull out her chest feathers, growl and sit on an empty nest all day long. I suppose there is something to be said about a Mother's instinct.
|She maintains her trance-like state
I find it interesting that some breeds tend to be broodier than others. I know that Silkies tend to be broody. I wonder if there are hens that go broody more often than others? Like people, do some hens just make better mothers? Well, if that is the case, I guess I should feel fortunate that I have Dolly in the flock. I hope she decides to go broody this Spring. It will be a great experiment for our family to see if she can actually hatch some eggs. Springtime chicks would be wonderful.
In the meantime, Oyster Cracker was coughing and sneezing this morning. She is still eating and drinking and her comb is red. I do not want to take a chicken to the vet this week. I hope that this too shall pass. I can't help but worry about these chickens sometimes.
I think that there is the distinct possibility that Dolly just might be going broody again. Last night about half an hour before I locked them in for the night, Dolly was sitting in the nesting box. Once again, I could pet her. I reached underneath and found a warm egg snuggled into her chest feathers. I removed the egg. She did not leave the box. If she is broody again, I can not believe it! She has only been out of her last broody state for 2 weeks!
I thought about her all evening. This morning, I went out and they all came out together. Dolly was outside enjoying fresh water and scratch. Just now, I went to check if she was in the box. She was outside in the run. I found an egg. Tilly laid an egg and somehow it ended up outside the box. Tilly never lays outside the box. Last time Dolly was broody, I found her stealing other chickens' eggs and rolling them into her box. She was so desperate that she tried to sit on everyone's eggs. What is going on in there? I think that I am going to clean the coop today; maybe that will throw the flock off and distract them. We might have some adverse weather tomorrow. I just hope the forecast doesn't call for rain and snow with a chance of broodiness.


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Serves 2
12 oz dry spaghetti
1 1/2 tablespoons smoked bacon, cooked
1/4 cup sugar snap peas, cut in half
6 oz lobster meat, cooked
1 1/4 cup heavy cream
2-3 tablespoons roasted garlic
2 tablespoons butter
salt & pepper
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tablespoon truffle oil
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
fresh ground black pepper
Pasta: Cook Spaghetti in boiling salted water according to package instructions drain and reserve.
Sauce: In a saute pan, heat the smoked bacon, sugar snap peas, roasted garlic with 10 oz of heavy cream bring to a boil and reduce for 2 minutes and cook together for 2 minute until the peas are tender.
Add the spaghetti, butter, salt and pepper as needed, Parmesan cheese and cook for about 30 seconds or until the sauce begins to thicken and toss gently.
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Canadian charities are facing a reduction in charitable donations due to the global financial crisis. An open letter was sent to the Prime Minister as well as the Finance Minister that was published in Canadian newspapers. The letter asked for tax breaks for corporate as well individual donations in order to increase charitable giving for Canadian charities.
Under the current laws, individuals and/or corporations can donate shares of publicly traded companies and do not have to pay the capital gains tax. The open letter asked for this same exemption for donations of private company shares as well as real estate. This would put Canada in the same playing field as the United States, and is expected to dramatically increase charitable donations. Currently a tax receipt is issued for donations of real estate and private shares, but a capital gains tax still must be paid on these types of donations.
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Chapter 2: Carl Hairston
Thank You President Obama
I have always been a fan of history, since I was a young child. Loved reading war stories, history books, watching documentaries, you name it. One thing I constantly noticed was that the history of people who looked like me was separated into a list of first this, or first that; and was typically only celebrated in February. On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, I stood in freezing temperatures with my family as we watched the most important first of my lifetime. The inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama; the first black man in this most renowned office. The previous summer, I volunteered for his campaign in my home city of Winston-Salem. I was enamored by his charisma, his message of change, and the spirit of YES WE CAN. The very first time I heard him speak was the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I heard him utter the words:
This was fitting coming from a man of African descent. Even as our race faced constant racism and struggle, we always looked towards the future in belief that a change was coming. I told my dad that night, then Senator Obama would run for President in 2008. A little over four years after that speech, I was in a Political Science class a college sophomore. Because we were heavy into election season, that was usually the topic of our conversation. In mid-September, our professor told us that if McCain lost NC (my home state, which was historically red) then he could kiss the election goodbye. He then went on to say that Senator Obama had no chance at winning NC, and should focus on other states. Well you know how that story goes. Obama won NC, and won the election in unprecedented fashion.
Now let's go back to January 20, 2009. The collection of families gathered for his inauguration was the most diverse, jubilant population I have ever been around. Of course, there were people on the corner selling shirts with MLK, Malcolm, and Obama. However, there were also parents and grandparents explaining to children how they grew up never expecting to see a black man become President; so they had to come see it with their own two eyes. Personally, I am a generation removed from segregation. My father drank from a colored water fountain, went to segregated elementary schools, and now we both were able to elect a black man as President (twice). It was almost surreal. In the back of my mind, I expected something to go wrong; for him to be tragically assassinated, or for some scandal to rob us of his presidency. Well guess what? That didn't happen. History books will one-day laud President Obama as one of our most progressive, impactful Presidents in our nation's history. He passed the Affordable Care Act, insuring an additional 20 million Americans and allowed more than 90% of Americans to be insured for the first time ever. He took an economy that was shrinking at more than 8 percent and is leaving us with one that is growing at more than 3 percent. During his presidency, our dependence on foreign oil has been cut by more than half and our production of renewable energy has more than doubled. He also passed bills decreasing the privatization of prisons, advancing the civil rights of minorities, women and the LGBTQ community, and oversaw the increase of high school graduation rates to 83%, along with passing legislation to make college loans easier to repay. Without facing constant opposition and filibustering from Congress, this list of accomplishments could be even longer.
All of these victories aside, President Obama served as a crown jewel for the African-American community. There will always be back and forth arguments on if he truly did enough for the black community. Plenty will say that he was not just Black America's president, so he couldn't do things just for us. I'm not here to argue that. What I will say, is what is most important, and that is REPRESENTATION MATTERS. There are young black males growing up, who only know of a black president, nothing else. When I grew up, having a black president was a dream, and to young kids today it is a reality. They can truly set their sights on having the nation's highest office, and know there was someone who looks just like them who held that position. One of my favorite pictures of President Obama, is when he is bending down so a small African American male can touch his hair. He wanted to see if President Obama's hair felt the same as his. For a culture who has had their hair marked as nappy, too short, etc., this was beautiful. That child felt special because his hair felt the exact same of the leader of the free world. I get so happy every time I see that picture. By the way, through all this stress Barry-O has kept that hairline very crisp, salute to you my brother.
So thank you President Obama. Thank you for going high when they went low. Thank you for marrying a beautiful black woman. Thank you for raising two daughters in the spotlight and finding a way to keep them grounded. Thank you for your love of this country. Thank you for easily being the coolest president in history. Thank you for bringing a basketball hoop to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Thank you for fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves. Thank you for your calming speeches in our moments of despair. Thank you for caring. Thank you for being you. Thank you for being our first black President. Thank you for reminding us of those three simple words: "YES WE CAN".
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All in the Deatils: Using Inconsistencies to Win at Summary Judgment
A veteran in defending workplace and premises liability cases, Smith, Freed & Eberhard attorney, Gordon C. Klug, recently won an impressive summary judgment motion that dismissed a multi-million dollar lawsuit. He defeated a tried-and-true plaintiff's attorney by pinpointing inconsistencies in the plaintiff's story, all while facing last minute witness disclosures and a compressed court schedule.
The Background Story
The plaintiff, after having already received workers' compensation in the form of treatment and an award for permanent partial disability, filed suit alleging that his employer failed to provide a safe working environment. The plaintiff argued that in construction liability cases, the general contractors owes a non-delegable duty to ensure a safe working environment. After filing suit, plaintiff's counsel initially argued to the court that his client was working as an "independent contractor" and not as an employee of Gordon's client. With an eye toward summary judgment, Gordon, in response, presented to the Court the plaintiff's complaint, his answers to interrogatories, his application for workers' compensation benefits, and several dozen medical chart notes where the plaintiff repeatedly said he was working as an employee of Gordon's client.
After a series of court delays caused by case backlogs, a second round of oral arguments on Gordon's motion did not occur until just two months before the scheduled trial date. At that point Plaintiff's counsel disclosed 14 different expert reports, which bumped the plaintiff's special damages from $53,000, at the time of the first oral argument on Gordon's motion for summary judgment, to $2.5 million and several million dollars more for pain and suffering. In addition, plaintiff's counsel changed tactics and began arguing that his client was an employee of one of the eleven other defendants the Court dismissed at the first round of summary judgment hearings. Gordon reminded the court of the plaintiff's hypocrisy and argued that the plaintiff cannot claim to a State agency that he was an "employee" of Gordon's client in order to secure workers' compensation benefits and then, several months later, argue to the Court that he was not an employee of that same company in order to prosecute a lawsuit against them. Eventually the Court was persuaded that the plaintiff was not being honest and concluded that Gordon's client did have immunity from suit pursuant to the Industrial Insurance Act.
With premises liability cases, plaintiffs have an uphill battle when it comes to proving that they are not responsible for their own injuries. Seasoned counsel, in an attempt to increase the risks of litigation for the insurance carrier, will often employ the tactic of disclosing, at the very last minute, a number of expert reports which outline a significant amount of damages the plaintiff sustained "as a proximate result" of their workplace or premises accident. Even with a strong liability argument in defense, if the jury were persuaded that the defendant is even the smallest amount liable for an accident, it still could translate into a substantial jury verdict or settlement. In short, Plaintiff counsel's strategy with these type of cases is to increase the risks of the insurance company making the "wrong" decision.
Gordon's strategy for handling files like this is all in the details: by identifying any inconsistency in the plaintiff's case and then magnifying those inconsistencies for the Court and jury to see. In the end, the Court or finder of fact is persuaded by the plaintiff's own inconsistent actions.
The Outcome
In a case that, just 60 days before trial, had transitioned from a $53,000 "broken arm" case to a "head injury" lawsuit where treatment and lost wages were valued in excess of $2.5 million, a judgment against Gordon's client could have pushed them into bankruptcy. In order to defend against these last minute claims, Gordon told his client that it would cost at least $75,000 in additional defense costs and expert fees to defend a substantially different case than one initially filed with the court. Securing a dismissal for his client on summary judgment was a huge success. It saved the adjuster tens of thousands of dollars in additional attorney fees and defense costs. As his client's policy limit was only $1,000,000, Gordon's great work in securing a summary judgment dismissal also prevented his client from filing for bankruptcy.


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I have been a resident in Warminster for 18 years. One of the reasons I moved to Bucks County from New England was the rural/suburban landscape.
My family has enjoyed many of the state parks and hiking the natural trails. It would be a great disservice to not only the residents of Bucks County but to all who visit our beautiful countryside if we were to lose this natural beauty.
I started volunteering with PennEnvironment in December 2016 because I am very passionate about clean air and water. Then in January 2017, I became a member of my township's Environmental Advisory Council. I did both of these things because I want the future of this country to include clear environmental protections so our future citizens can enjoy their natural environment as my family and I have.
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As a member of the federal community who served our country for years, I am concerned with an attempt to force current U.S. Postal Service retirees onto Medicare Part B — after they previously declined this coverage. While hailed as a way to improve USPS finances, this is nothing more than balancing the books on the backs of seniors.
Why should retirees, who spent their careers serving this nation, be forced to pay an additional $134 per month or more for health coverage they previously deemed unnecessary? Mandatory Medicare Part B coverage was never part of the agreement made upon employment, and it should not be forced on any postal retiree — especially retroactively.
Congress is currently attempting to fix the postal service's problems by shifting costs to Medicare. I urge our legislators to reject the current Postal Reform Bill, HR 756. Retired postal workers proudly served our community and promises made to them should be kept.
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I live in that tiny portion of Montgomery County that was in the 8th Congressional District since 2011. It's now in the 1st Congressional District. Currently, it takes me more than an hour to get to my congressional representative's offices located in Newtown, Bucks County.
My district is huge and extremely diverse — ranging from Levittown up to the rural parts of Upper Bucks and Montgomery counties. Montgomery has more than a sufficient number of people to qualify as its own congressional district. After all, it was previously carved up into five separate gerrymandered congressional districts.
With the new map and elections coming up, I have confidence that this will change, and I'll feel more represented, the way someone who lives in a democracy should feel. It'll be nice to have a representative who actually has an office and lives in my community.
Concerning democracy, I have a growing trepidation with my elected officials. Sen. Pat Toomey does not understand or refuses to obey the Constitution regarding the separation of powers and the three governmental branches — in particular, the judiciary's role in providing checks and balances for the other branches when they act unconstitutionally.
Lastly, Toomey's partisan and politically motivated calls for a "conversation" on the impeachment of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Justices who ruled against the gerrymandered congressional district map is hopefully a call as empty as his "thoughts and prayers" offered to the families and friends of the children brutally attacked and murdered in Florida.
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Limerick City and County Council has this week signalled a significant intensification of its ongoing efforts to tackle dereliction in the city and county, with the publication of notice of its intention to compulsorily acquire eight derelict properties under the derelict sites and housing acts.
The derelict sites include both residential and commercial properties.
The Council has also published confirmation notices of the completed compulsory acquisition on a further two derelict properties.
The proposed acquisitions under the Derelict sites Act 1990 and the Housing Act 1966 , are part of an intensive ongoing programme by Limerick City and County Council to deal with dereliction across the city and the towns and villages in county Limerick.
In 2018 the Council completed over 500 inspections of derelict properties. The Council acknowledges the property owners who have engaged with them and addressed any dereliction issues associated with their properties.
The Council also has powers to impose a derelict sites levy. In early 2019, it will use its powers to impose this levy on further additional derelict sites. This annual levy is due to rise in 2019 from 3 per cent to 7 per cent of market value.
Generally compulsory acquisitions arise when the owner of a derelict property is unknown, where there are title issues with the property or where the owner does not adequately respond to requests by the Council over a prolonged period to address dereliction.
Commenting on the step up of efforts on reducing dereliction, Gordon Daly, Director of Services, Limerick City and County Council advised that owners of derelict properties are first offered advice on how to deal with their derelict properties and a range of options including the Lease and Repair Scheme, Buy and Renew Scheme and the Business Retail Incentive Scheme.
He said: "Our message to communities is that we are listening to your concerns on dereliction and we are stepping up our efforts to deal with this issue across the city and county.
"Our message to owners of derelict properties is simple. Please engage with the Council or if not it will use the full range of statutory powers available to it including the imposition of levies and compulsory acquisition."


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I think I've been having a relapse. There are a lot of reasons this could be happening, but they are not important. At least not for this post.
You hear all the time how when you bring your deep, dark secrets into the the light, they lose their power. The strength, the hold they have is drastically weakened.
If only Tim would have done that years ago. All that we could have avoided. The pain that could have NOT been part of our lives. But, I digress and, again, not the point of this post.
I have to confess.
I think I have had a forgiveness relapse. I worked so hard to try to forgive Tim, "her", God (not that God needs forgiveness, but you know what I mean). I feel like I have relapsed on that.
I have a lot of anger again. There have been more consequences from Tim's choices that have popped up in our lives. Each time there is another consequence, I lose some ground in this process. I'm angry at Tim for what he did, how he did it. I still want to know why. But I will never understand why. It just won't happen.
I have A LOT of anger toward "her". I re-read this post and am ashamed at how far I've fallen from this place. I hate her. I wish she was never born. I want her to be in pain. I want her to suffer. I'm so embarrassed and ashamed to admit that, but I have to admit it. I have to bring it into the light. Because when I keep it hidden it just grows roots and causes more bitterness. And I can't afford to live a bitter life.
I don't want to live like this. I want to forgive. I don't want to let this pain, this bitterness, these chains to tie me down.
I want a better life.
I want the life God wants to give me.
I need what He has for me.
But somehow I have to figure out how to let go of this. I have to forgive again.
And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again.
Every moment of every day.
I can't let up.
But that is so exhausting. It's just so. much. work.
So there. I brought my gross, dirty, horrible thoughts and feelings out into the light. I don't want them to have power anymore. It can get pretty ugly in there. But now it's out in the light.
Loosen your claws anger and hatred! You're not welcome here anymore!


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In an attempt to get her job back, the ousted student newspaper adviser at Northern Michigan University has filed a federal lawsuit against members of the newspaper's board of directors, arguing her termination violated her free-speech rights.
The suit, filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, also claims the board violated The North Wind Managing Editor Michael Williams' First Amendment rights when it voted not to hire him as the newspaper's next editor in chief, even though he was the only applicant for the job.
According to the complaint, the board's April 3 votes were part of a "campaign of intimidation motivated to punish and chill student journalists' investigative news reporting about the university." Attorney Paul McAdoo, who is representing North Wind Adviser Cheryl Reed and Williams, said much of the students' reporting "did not always paint aspects of North Michigan University in the most positive light."
The suit asks the court to retain Reed as the adviser and for the board to not consider content or viewpoints expressed in the paper when considering Williams -- or any applicant -- for editor in chief.
The suit names four of the five student board members and Steve Neiheisel, the university's vice president for enrollment management and student services. The board also includes a local journalist, a faculty member and Reed.
"It's unfortunate that these defendants are four students, one is an administrator," Reed said. "I do not relish what they may be going through. At the same time, there are thousands of other students on this campus whose access to public documents, whose knowledge is going to be hampered if these First Amendment violations are upheld."
In a statement, university spokesman Derek Hall said the university does not believe the student board members or administrators engaged in any wrongdoing, adding that he hopes the matter "can be resolved in a manner that is satisfactory to the entirety of our community."
"We are saddened that a faculty member has sued students for their good faith service as volunteers on a student-led board," Hall said in the statement.
Records requests prompt tension
The North Wind staff has been at odds with the administration since October 2014 when reporters launched investigations on the university's contracts with Starbucks and Lenovo. According to the complaint, a university administrator told Editor-in-Chief Emma Finkbeiner in November The North Wind's investigative stories could hurt her career prospects and could jeopardize the newspaper's funding.
In December, Finkbeiner submitted a public records request for the emails of six administrators and the institution's attorney following "feelings of intimidation" to avoid articles critical of the university -- a request met with a $613 pricetag, but eventually reduced to $300. When the newspaper's board of directors decided in January it would not fork out the money for the requests, the Society of Professional Journalists and local journalists donated money to pay for the fee. Then, the university waived all fees to access the documents following media criticism.
Williams helped research multiple investigative stories, including an article detailing the university's sexual assault statistics. Williams also wrote an editorial critical of university president's Fritz Erickson stance on Michigan's open records law.
In March, a North Wind reporter wrote about Board of Trustees members' travel expenses, which Williams also helped research. In response, the trustees' chairman sent a campus-wide email disparaging the paper for the story.
"Throughout the year, we've established a narrative where, time after time after time, where we've had incidents where the students were trying to write stories and they were being questioned about why they were writing stories or why they were requesting public documents," Reed said. "It was a continual intimidation and it had a chilling effect on my students."
On April 9, The North Wind reported that Neiheisel might have influenced the student board members' vote against Reed's reappointment. According to The North Wind, Neiheisel met with student board members in January and allegedly said the newspaper's open records requests were "a waste of time and money" and spoke critically of Reed.
Response to controversy
On Tuesday, the four student board members named in the lawsuit released a statement refuting The North Wind's claims that Neiheisel used individual meetings with student board members in January to influence their votes, saying a student board member and the student newspaper "mischaracterized" the meetings. In the meetings, Neiheisel only showed the student board members the bylaws and went over the role of the board, according to the statement.
On Thursday, the Society of Professional Journalists said in a news release they had contributed $5,000 to assist with legal fees, adding that boards that oversee student media "cannot pick and choose news coverage."
The SPJ released a statement on April 7 stating that the board violated Reed's and Williams' First Amendment rights when "it made clear it disagreed with the editorial direction of The North Wind." The Associated Collegiate Press and the College Media Association released similar statements on April 9 and April 10, respectively. All three organizations called for Reed's reinstatement and Williams' reconsideration.
Student Press Law Center Executive Director Frank LoMonte said that firing a newspaper adviser based on the viewpoints expressed by students is "the most cowardly form of censorship imaginable."
"What the administration of Northern Michigan has done in removing Cheryl Reed to punish her students for gathering and using public records is unmistakably a 'warning shot' aimed at intimidating the newspaper's staff," LoMonte said. "It's like shooting the hostages. Northern Michigan has set out to create a climate of fear in which student journalists believe they can't safely question authority figures without punishment."
This post originally appeared on the SPLC blog.


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Listings that included the words "solar panel" sold for up to 40% more than expected among entry-level homes but only 13% more among higher-tier homes, a study found.(Stephan Savoia / Associated Press)
Want a solid sales boost? Homes with "exposed brick" in listings sold two weeks faster in 2016-2017 than those that did not include the descriptor. But don't bother with "luxurious."(Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Home buyers are often hungry for listings mentioning a pizza oven, a feature that can earn sellers 26% more.(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
When touting features, price points matter. The words "fire pit" fetched entry-level homes a 25% premium. For top-tier homes, that advantage dropped to 4%.(Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Combine features such as this farmhouse sink with words such as "captivating" and you could have a winning formula for increasing a home's sales price, marketers say.(Steve Gaffney / Steve Gaffney)
In real-estate listings, certain words (beautiful, captivating) and features (pizza oven, farmhouse sink) can swing a home's sale price by thousands of dollars, according to research conducted by the real-estate firm Zillow.
Crafting verbiage for a listing is all about making a home seem unique –– just don't use that word. It can slash a home's price by 30% to 50%, according to a Zillow analysis of 24,000 sales published in "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate Language."
"Unique" and other "price-threatening messages" convey the idea that homes "tend to need work, or some kind of rehab," according to the book's co-authors.
On the other hand, the words "beautiful" and "captivating" can boost sales by 2.3% and 6.5%, respectively.
Words and sales prices are "not necessarily a causational situation," said Matt Kreamer, Zillow's manager of data public relations. "It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg question. But an agent can take some of this information when considering the best things to highlight."
Indeed, crafting evocative language is perhaps a neglected skill in an era when homes can be bought sight unseen following a FaceTime or Skype walk-through.
Does your home have a steam shower or heated floors? If so, mention that near the top of a listing; including either feature earned sellers a 29% higher sales price than listings without them, according to Zillow's analysis of 3.6 million home sales between 2016-2017.
The words "professional appliances" also ranked as high, and "pizza oven" served up some serious dough –– 26% more.
Advances in text-mining software have made word analysis of millions of listings comparatively easy. To be more specific in its study of 100 listing terms from 2016-2017 listings, Zillow compared similar listings within certain variables such as the year homes were built and sold, as well as property size and other factors.
In a separate study, different features scored better or worse when matched with price points. Listings that included "solar panel" sold for up to 40% more than expected among entry-level homes but only 13% more among higher-tier homes. The RealEstate.com study (a Zillow Group brand) analyzed 1.9 million home sales between 2016 and 2017.
The words "fire pit," "wainscot," "pergola" and "mudroom" fetched entry-level homes about a 25% premium. For top-tier homes, that advantage dropped to as low as 4%.
Words may also speed up sales: Homes with "exposed brick" in listings sold two weeks faster in 2016-2017 than those that excluded the descriptor. Other sale-speeding citations — "subway tile," "open shelving" and "mid-century."
Of course, such components actually need to exist within those homes. Fudging descriptions in listings only annoys potential buyers.
While Zillow associated an 8% premium increase with the word "luxurious," some marketers believe the adjective is passé.
"It's so overused by the real-estate industry," said Mike Akerly, vice president of the San Francisco-based real estate sales and marketing firm Polaris Pacific. '"Luxury' is used to sell $700,000 homes in the suburbs, to $2,000 rental apartments off the 405 freeway."
Instead, some sellers employ language that merely suggests luxury to today's homebuyer, without saying the word. For example, targeting a niche audience by touting an app that automates all home functions.
The marketers of condominiums in Ten50, a downtown Los Angeles residential tower, said they wanted to mimic the "style, swagger and wit" of a luxe fashion magazine in their sales brochure.
Fashion models — one eating at a food truck, another simply looking cool striding around downtown — parade through the lustrous pages.
The copy mentions "the first-ever delivery-ready drone landing pad" ("Place an order. Watch it land.").
As many real estate listings would describe it: luxury, redefined.


text: A Fun Afternoon Image Posted on May 18, 2013 by SchmidleysScribblins Yesterday, David and I attended a luncheon and fashion show at a local retirement home. The models were residents and staff from the home. Below are some of the photos of the gals in their summer outfits, sponsored by The Dress Barn. Another gal took the photos on her IPAD and sent them to me via email. Share this:FacebookEmailLike this:Like Loading... Related


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Soccer prediction Galatasaray – Istanbul Basaksehir FK
Of the European championships, the Turkish one is probably the most open championship, even more so than our Serie A. There, in fact, there are three teams to fight each other, within just three points. We could even count four if we also included the fourth in the standings, in fact, which is only five points from the top. And considering that in the next weekend they will face first and second in the standings, the distances at the top could even shorten. The Galatasaray second in the ranking, in fact, will face the first Istanbul and Besiktas (third) and Fenerbahçe (fourth) will enjoy the show from very interested spectators.
The key points of the prediction Galatasaray – Istanbul Basaksehir FK
Istanbul leads the standings with fifty-nine points in twenty-eight matches, Galatasaray chases to fifty-seven.
The Besiktas of points in the fifty-six, the Fenerbahçe fifty-four and in the next round play respectively against the eleventh and seventh in the standings …
In the last round Galatasaray lost to surprise on the field of the fourth last in the ranking, allowing the Istanbul to overtake and settle on the summit.
Before this unexpected defeat, however, Galatasaray came from five wins and a draw (against Fenerbahçe) in the previous six.
Five of their last six home games ended in Under 3.5, as well as eight of Istanbul's last nine matches.
Prediction Galatasaray – Istanbul Basaksehir FK
It is a truly decisive challenge and the tension will be at the top. The two teams will try not to give any advantage to the opponent and for this we expect a very sensible and closed race. We are aiming for an Under 3.5
Prediction Today: Under 3.5
Odds: 1.4


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You know those situations where you are super pumped with positiveness and because of that all the awesome things arrive at the same time??? Well, that's been like this for the last few days hence my disappearance from all the social platforms 😳. It's fun tho because now I kind of face what I would call the vietnamese dilemma 💁:
Basically you get a ton of work which leads to a happy business, happy business leads to happy family, Happy family + work leads to being even more passionate about what you do. Passion leads to eagerness to learn more which leads to overall improvement in what you do. When you improve and put your heart into it you end up getting more jobs until you reach that point where you get overwhelmed. The logic thing to do is to delegate but when you do the quality of work you deliver takes a hit because those people you delegate to are just not as passionate as you are or they just don't give a cr*p.
So far I tried this 3 different solutions but wasn't really happy with the outcomes:
- The first is do it all yourself and become more selective with the jobs that have the best Fun/Quality/Earning ratio. That's the one I currently use and even tho it's good, it feels like our business could grow much faster If we were able to simply DO MORE.
- The second is to train the local people you delegate to and try to infuse them with your passion.
It appears that I kind of suck at it tho 😩 Hey, for my defense I did watch all the Simon Sinek Videos and tried to apply what he says. Most of the time, I kept hitting a wall where people priorities are simply different. (money, learn english to work in a big branded hotel, karaoke, going out on weekends, getting drunk at new Phuong Dong or Golden Pine, taking selfies, leave the country etc…) When they eventually leave or tell you to f**k off with your passion and dreams, it feels like you've been wasting your time and leaves a disgusting taste in your mouth like a dry hit from an electronic cigarette. (Really! Did you ever experience that? It's totally YUCK 🤢)
Oh and I almost forgot, there are also, those that you train, leave or tell you to f** off and open the exact same business 😂 (True story!)
- The third and last solution which we didn't try because we are not Cresus, is to hire a high profile "westerner" with good salary but based on some friends experience, it's kind of risky because you might end up paying more for 80% of the time the same results as solution number 2 (apart working in hotels and leaving the country ;) )
Please, I'd be happy to hear your opinion on this because I clearly do something wrong and I wonder how to find people who value "Quality vs Quantity", "Self-Improvement vs Money", "Do more to get more"
Creating/making something as good as you possibly can definitely is the best feeling I have ever experienced (apart from the ❤ of my son and girlfriend 😉). That's the reason I love so much the Japanese culture. They master and perfect everything and they draw pride out of it. Have you ever eaten at pizza 4p's in Danang or Ho Chi Minh? Who would have thought that Japanese would make better pizzas than Italians and crush the market with a restaurant fully booked all the time??? Japanese do the same for everything they touch, French Food, Sex toys, Pearls (yeah I know it's a totally random succession of examples but they still apply). Anyways that's how this "tiny" island remains among the top forces in the world. PERFECTIONISM! (Hell yeah, I love samurais and ninjas since I was a kid)
Ok, I need to get back to work, all this to say, Solution number 4 is to maybe work with a Japanese... just kidding….or maybe not 😂
To illustrate everything we talked about and that "Quality vs Quantity", here is one of our latest picture which makes me quite proud considering that 3 years ago I didn't know s**t about photography 😘.
Oh and btw, go check out and like our Enzo Creation Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/EnzoCreation/) I've just added a new cover video and it looks dope!


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Oriental RugsWritten by Helen Glenn Court
The mystique of Oriental rugs is perhaps best told in the story of the Pazyryk saddle cover. Discovered frozen in a burial chamber by a Russian archaeologist in 1949 in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, this earliest known surviving hand-knotted carpet dates to about 500 BC. It is square, exquisite, and remarkably well preserved. A center tile motif is edged by two rows of elk and horsemen, which are encircled by a border of small woven tiles.
Most telling about Oriental rugs is how well they integrate with so many interior design styles. Whether in a retro-style loft in Baltimore, a Rococo condominium in Manhattan, or a turn-of-the-century Victorian farmhouse in Ohio, they transform interior spaces into extraordinary ones. No minor consideration is that the finest of them--whether antique value, weaving detail, or motif design--are area rugs rather than carpets.
Vague references to carpets by ancient Greek and Arab writers are the closest things we have to documentation on the history of Oriental rugs. Because the sophisticated Pazyryk predates the writings, however, we are left with a certain amount of guesswork. It is clear enough, however, that they arose with the nomadic tribes of Central Asia. Certainly that is where the craft endured. It was in Persia--today's Iran--and Turkey that saw the best recorded golden age, from the 15th through the 17th centuries.
Classifying Oriental Rugs
There are several ways to categorize Oriental rugs. One is the fundamental groupings of floral/curvilinear versus geometric/rectilinear patterns. Another common classification is by geographic area, from Turkey to Iran (Persian) to Central Asia to China to India. Another grouping is by type, that is, carpet, rug, runner, prayer rug, juval, and donkey bag.
Persian and Indian rug patterns are primarily floral. Central Asian and Turkish rugs, however, are more generally geometric. Birds, dragons, and other animals characterize Chinese rugs. Caucasian and Turkman rugs almost always use geometric designs.
Carpets are the largest of Oriental rugs, generally larger than 9x12 feet. Rugs, the most common, are woven in any number of dimensions, but are smaller than carpets. Runners, being designed expressly for stairways and hallways, are generally from three to four feet or narrower, and are up to 20 feet long. Prayer rugs, typically small in area, are perhaps the most popular type. Juvals are rectangular bags, made in pairs. Donkey bags, extremely popular with collectors, are just what the name conveys--rectangular utilitarian bags designed to carry goods.
FAQs about Oriental Rugs
True hand knotted Oriental rugs will last a very long time indeed--as the Pazyryk saddle cover attests--if proper care is taken of them. The most common problems are water and moth damage. Although the pile of Orientals is generally wool, the warp and weft--that is, the foundation of the rug, the string network into which the wood (or silk) are woven--are cotton.
This can be weakened by exposure to water and dampness. As far as moths are concerned, it is not the moth but the moth larvae that eat the wool and silk fibers. Uneven wear is best dealt with by rotating the rug once a year.


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CJP orders Air-Blue to compensate victims of Air crash
F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Sunday ordered Air Blue officials to pay compensation to the victims of 2010 Margalla Hills crash.
The CJP on Saturday had ordered the management of Air Blue to submit details of the cheques submitted to the families of the deceased along with the list of the victims.
During hearing, Air Blue's counsel said only some of the families are yet to be compensated. He added that each family of the victim was paid Rs5 million.
The court observed that it will ensure an interest is paid on the total pending compensation amount.
In 2010, Air Blue flight ED 202 crashed in the federal's capital Margalla Hills killing six crew members and 146 passengers on board. The flight had been travelling from Karachi's Jinnah's International Airport to Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport when it crashed.