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Mourinho wants Manchester United to show better leadership and mental strength
Jose Mourinho wants Manchester United's players to start showing better leadership and mental strength.
So dominant for so long under Sir Alex Ferguson, United have struggled to replicate that supremacy since the Scot's retirement in 2013.
It is very early in Mourinho's tenure but 10 matches into the Premier League season they are already seven points off the top-four - a gap they will look to close before the international break this Sunday at Swansea.
United approach the match reeling from a difficult 2-1 Europa League defeat at Fenerbahce, where Moussa Sow's overhead kick after 65 seconds set the Turkish side on course for victory.
It was the second successive away game that United had failed to recover from an early setback, with Pedro's 30th-second strike helping Chelsea onto a 4-0 win last month.
"It can happen everywhere," the United manager said when asked if the recent early goals were a concern.
"There are so many examples in football where people score goals in the first minutes. Nobody is free of that.
"But with a stronger attitude, leadership on the pitch, defenders in control of the emotion and the organisation, it's easier to be strong, it's easier to be solid."
Injuries to key defenders Chris Smalling, Eric Bailly and Antonio Valencia have no doubt disrupted things, but that is no excuse for those selected approaching the Fenerbahce match in a manner their manager likened to a "summer friendly".
Mourinho was also irked that the players ignored his pre-match advice in Istanbul, with sloppiness a fault not often associated with Mourinho's sides.
"Well, you never saw a Jose Mourinho team play with two left-backs as central defenders," he said.
"I cannot be critical of the boys because they do what they can. They try their best.
"For Daley (Blind), it is even more difficult to play central defender on the right side - it is completely uncomfortable for him. He cannot be a good builder of the game when this is one of his good qualities.
"Marcos (Rojo) is trying hard and is fine, but it's a very important starting point for the stability of the team.
"Even in matches where we didn't concede goals with them against Man City and Burnley, (they) were home matches and we managed to play with a high percentage of the ball and managed to play with the defensive line almost in the midfield.
"But it's hard to have a really strong team, but then we can talk about the number of goals that we don't score.
"Sometimes a team doesn't score goals because of its philosophy, because the team isn't aggressive enough and doesn't risk enough. That's not our case at all.
"But it's also easy to see that some players in attacking areas lack confidence, they are not sharp, they are not getting the chances they can.
"And probably one of the only good things today was the fact that (Wayne) Rooney finally scored a goal. Maybe it's also a key point in terms of his self-confidence."
Confidence is not something Zlatan Ibrahimovic particularly struggles with, but the Swede has now only managed one goal in 11 matches.
"He is playing well for the team," Mourinho said. "He's creating a lot of chances, he is missing a lot of goals.
"If I remember Stoke, Liverpool, Chelsea, Burnley, he missed a lot of goals but he was fantastic in his dynamic, his working, his building up for the team, he was fantastic.
"Today I cannot say the same but in every match in the Premier League, even not scoring goals he's being fantastic.
"His attitude is always brilliant. He's not a guy afraid of his responsibility, so no problem at all."
Mourinho does, though, have an problem of his own at Swansea, given he will have to watch from the stands due to a one-match touchline ban for his behaviour towards officials against Burnley.
The Portuguese told reporters to "forget it" when they attempted to quiz him on the absence, giving a similar curt response when asked if Bastian Schweinsteiger would be involved on Sunday.
The former Germany captain's first-team exile surprisingly came to an end this week, but his return to training - and an apparent thigh injury to Paul Pogba - will not see him come into contention for Swansea.
"No, because I decide and I decide no," he said if asked if Schweinsteiger could feature.
"It's too early for him. He's training with the team for three or four days. He's not ready to play football at that level."
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against Amit V. Patel ("Patel"), a resident of Shoreview, Minnesota, for operating a fraudulent scheme in which he raised at least $2.5 million from at least five individuals that he met in the Indian-American community and Hindu temples in Minnesota. The SEC's complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleges that Patel, from at least 2008 through the present, also received millions of dollars more from dozens of other individuals. The complaint alleges that Patel took advantage of his cultural affinity and shared religious heritage with his victims, and exploited their trust in his standing in the community.
At the SEC's request for emergency relief, the Hon. Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Court, District of Minnesota, issued a temporary restraining order against Patel and an order freezing all assets under the control of Patel, in addition to granting other emergency relief.
According to the allegations in the SEC complaint, Patel's scheme had two parts. First, the complaint alleges, Patel sold at least four investors nearly $1.4 million of promissory notes by falsely promising to grow their money through a low-risk stock option trading strategy. Patel guaranteed to pay these investors fixed monthly returns ranging from 1-2% from his trading profits, and guaranteed the repayment of their principal. Patel actually misappropriated over $572,000 of this money to pay his own living expenses; to repay personal debts to family, friends, and third parties; and to make the monthly payments promised to his other investors. Patel pooled the rest of the money in his personal brokerage accounts, where he traded with a self-described high risk and speculative strategy called Iron Condor. His trading lost almost all of the investors' money. Second, Patel persuaded at least four investors to grant him "limited trading authority" over at least $1.1 million in additional funds deposited in investors' online brokerage accounts. Patel falsely promised to trade on their behalf using a safe and conservative strategy. Patel again invested using the same high risk and speculative Iron Condor strategy, which resulted in net losses of at least $947,815.
According to the SEC complaint, Patel violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933; Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder; and Sections 206(1), 206(2), and 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule 206-4(8) thereunder.
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A self-priming, roller-free, miniature, peristaltic pump operable with a single, reciprocating actuator
Principal Investigators:Juan G. Santiago, Viktor Shkolnikov and John Ramunas
We designed a miniature self-priming peristaltic pump actuated with a single linear actuator. The structure can be manufactured using conventional materials and methods. The pump is tolerant of bubbles and particles and can pump liquids, foams, and gases. We explore designs actuated by a motor (in depth) and a shape memory alloy (briefly). We also briefly present a manually actuated version. Figure 1 shows the motor actuated version. The pump consists of a Delrin acetal plastic body with two integrated valves, a flexible silicone tube, and an actuator. Pumping is achieved by cam-driven motion of a lever acting on a section of the tube (see caption). This design offers a linear dependence of flow rate on voltage in the range of 1.75-3 V. Flow rate decreases from 780 µl/min with increasing back pressure up to the maximum back pressure of 48 kPa. At 3 V and minimum back pressure, the pump consumes 90 mW.
Figure 1. (a) Pump driven by a gear motor shown in phase (1) of pumping cycle. The pumping chamber and inlet and outlet connections are a single piece of commercially available silicone tubing. Arrows indicate flow direction. The pump (with motor) is 8 × 22 × 35 mm, weighs 3.6 g, and consists of four parts: motor, cam, pump body, and tube. (b) Schematics showing phases of the pumping cycle. Black arrows indicate flow direction. Phase 1: Cam (not shown) rotation pushes down on the plunger arm, pinching the tubing and creating upstream valve. Phase 2: Further motion of the plunger arm rotates the plunger clockwise (about the protrusion of upstream valve), compressing the pumping chamber. Increased pressure in the pumping chamber causes the downstream burst valve to open, expelling fluid from the pumping chamber. Phase 3: The downstream valve closes as pressure is reduced in the pumping chamber. As the cam rotates further, it allows the plunger arm to spring upward, and the elasticity of the tubing and line pressure open the upstream valve. The pumping chamber draws liquid through the now-open upstream valve into the pumping chamber.
Figure 2. Flow rate (circles) and power (squares) measured versus driving voltage with minimal back pressure. There is a linear relationship (R2 = 0.998) between flow rate and voltage, which allows for convenient voltage control of flow rate. There is also a linear relationship (R2 = 0.987) between power consumption and driving voltage. Uncertainty bars are ±1.0 standard deviation from the mean across N = 5 repetitions.
figure 3. Pump flow rate (circles) as a function of back pressure. Flow rate decreases gradually with increasing back pressure (from a maximum value of 780 µl/min), as expected. The motor was operated at 3 V, and the maximum pressure achieved was 48 kPa. The inset plot shows thermodynamic efficiency (squares) as a function of back pressure. A maximum efficiency 0.3% is reached at a back pressure of 30 kPa.
figure 4. Breakdown of power consumption by component. The total power consumed by pump at 3 V and 30 kPa back pressure (the maximum thermodynamic efficiency point) is 100 mW. The motor and gearbox consume most of the power (61%); compression of the tubing consumes 26%; and compression of elastic joints and movement of the plunger arm (pump body) 7%. Additional power consumed to pump deionized water accounts for only 6% of total power. The inset shows a plot of flow rate per power consumed versus driving voltage against minimal back pressure. Flow rate per power decreases with driving voltage, leading to lower efficiency at higher voltages. Uncertainty bars are ±1.0 standard deviation from the mean (N = 5).
Table 1. Motor-driven pump flow rate performance with selected media.
SMA and manually actuated versions of the pump
The shape memory alloy actuated design is shown in Figure 5a. This design offers a 5-fold size and 4-fold weight reduction over the motor design, higher maximum back pressure, and substantial insensitivity of flow rate to back pressure at the cost of lower power efficiency and flow rate. The manually actuated version (Figure 5b) is simpler and appropriate for applications unconstrained by actuation distance.
figure 5. Miniature peristaltic pumps with two alternate actuation modalities: SMA wire actuated (a) and manualy actuated pump (b). Black arrows signify the direction of flow. (a) SMA wire actuated pump consists of eight major components: 1. pre-constriction, 2. upstream valve, 3. base, 4. downstream valve, 5. plunger, 6. pumping chamber (flexible tube), 7. plunger arm, and 8. SMA wire (actuator). We achieved an approximately 5-fold size reduction over the motorized pump using shape memory alloy wire as an actuator. (b) A manually actuated version of the design with only a plunger (and no plunger arm), and which requires greater actuator travel. Gray arrows indicate plunger motion. The pump consists of six major components: 1. pre-constriction, 2. upstream valve, 3. base, 4. downstream valve, 5. plunger, and 6. pumping chamber (flexible tube).
Table 2. Summary of figures of merit for motor and SMA wire actuated pump designs.


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What is the advantage? If you are distributing a collection of document on CD-ROM, you can provide platform-independent full-text search without asking your users to install any software on their machine. If you publish a collection of documents on the web, you don't need to install any server-side scripts: search queries run entirely in the user's web browser.
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jssindex uses two other programs: ps2ascii and zcat. make sure you have those in your shell path if you want jssindex to index documents in postscript (.ps), PDF (.pdf), and gzipped postscript (.ps.gz). ps2ascii is part of the GhostScript package (also known as gs), and zcat is part of gzip. Both packages are installed by default in most Linux distros.
% cd web-root % jssindex mydocsNow point your Web browser to web-root/jss-index.html. If you want the JSS files neatly put in their own directory, do:
% mkdir jss % cd jss % jssindex ../mydocsNow point your Web browser to web-root/jss/jss-index.html. That's it.
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The first step in creating brilliant online presence is finding the best people to do the job. Our core team has a expanse of internet know-how, but sometimes you need even more and we find those individuals to ensure all our endeavors are successful.
Next, we work to find core audiences for the businesses we acquire, who are not only interested in our content but are willing to pay for the products we create.
By building content and strategies with our experts, and delivering that in a relevant way to our audience, we create value that is unmatched.
I've made websites, I've written print books, I've produced ebooks, I've created startups, I've founded incubators, I've started conferences, I've mentored others, I've now made Factory which brings all that I've learned into a focused mission.
I spend a lot of time on the internet, which led me into the world of digital marketing. Or maybe the other way around. After many years living the agency life I've jumped ship to make sure people like you know about Factory. And that you think what we are doing is as awesome as I think it is.
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I've watched Jason advise startups and been the beneficiary of his advice, and he does an amazing job of balancing wisdom, wit, and warmth. Some mentors only speak from the paradigm of their own narrow path, or mistake bluster for authority, but Jason's insight is both comprehensive and delivered with empathy.
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Jason sees opportunities to simplify, streamline, and improve practically every product or process he touches. I always rely on his insights for my own pursuits. And recommend him highly for many of the companies with whom I work.
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- On August 28 four activists in Livingston, TX locked themselves to underside of a truck carrying pipe intended for the Keystone XL pipeline. Reports of a journalist, Garrett Graham, being arrested hit twitter about 11am local time.
- BREAKING: 4 Locked to Truck Carrying Keystone XL Pipeline " Tar Sands Blockade10:00AM - 4 Blockaders Have Locked Themselves to a Pipe-carrying Truck In Livingston, TX, bringing construction on the Keystone XL pipeli...
- On October 10 two freelance journalists, Elizabeth Arce and Lorenzo Serna, who were live streaming from the protests were arrested. The pair have since been released by police. Both have been active in Occupy Wall Street in New York and had been arrested earlier this year by NYPD while covering OWS protests.
- Two Freelance Journalists Arrested While Reporting on Tree Blockade (Day16) " Tar Sands BlockadeUPDATE OCT 10th, 2:00PM - Police Are Denying All Press Access to the Tree Blockade Police working as hired thugs for TransCanada have eff...
- Last night, Elizabeth (@occupymusician) and Lorenzo (@uneditedcamera), who are both live streamers, were arrested. The two had traveled to cover the Blockade as freelance journalists. "They showed up about a week ago to cover the story," said Seifert. "To be on the site to introduce the world" to the Blockaders and "what the tree village looks like across the timber wall." And, to "augment their own reporting," they climbed up to the top of the timber wall to do interviews. Lorenzo and Elizabeth, two live streamers arrested (Photo by Tar Sands Blockade) When they finished, they were told if they set foot on the ground they would be arrested for trespassing. They held out there for a full week, according to Seifert. They planned to come down each day and each day they realized they could not get down safely until finally they could not stay up in the trees any longer and had to come down. Thanks to grassroots support, both have had trespassing charges against them dropped. Still, they spent a night in jail for being there to tell a story, for being there to report on resistance to the Keystone XL pipeline project.
- Also on October 10 a journalist, Dan Frosch, and photographer working with the New York Times were detained at the Keystone protest.
- A Times spokesperson released a statement saying, "While reporting a story on how protestors in East Texas are trying to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from being built, [a Times reporter] and a Times photographer were detained yesterday by local police and a TransCanada security guard; they were told for trespassing. They identified themselves as media and were released but told they needed to leave the private property where they had positioned themselves (with the permission of the landowner). They complied."
Tracking Journalist Arrests at Keystone Pipeline Protests
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Monday, November 29, 2004
Rector: Opression 'makes Christian life impossible'
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LVIV, Ukraine, NOV. 25, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University warns that "religious freedom is under threat" in his country.
During a telephone interview with the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Father Borys Gudziak said there is no persecution of the Church as in former Soviet times.
Yet, "the disregard for civil liberties and human rights on the part of the current regime as well as the extreme poverty of the population, resulting from corruption and mismanagement of the old power clans," make it impossible for families "to lead a normal Christian life," the rector said.
Ukraine is facing a crisis over its recent presidential election. The country's Supreme Court ruled today that the results of the election are not official until it hears an appeal from Viktor Yushchenko, who says it was stolen from him.
It was unclear whether the court even has the right to annul the vote count that gave victory to the Kremlin-backed candidate, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the Associated Press reported.
Over the past few years, some 5 million Ukrainians have gone abroad in search of employment, leaving many families motherless or fatherless.
According to Father Gudziak, in such dramatic poverty a Christian education is unaffordable. The sense of despair, he said, has led to a rise in alcoholism, and the life expectancy of Ukrainians has dropped to 55 years, one of the lowest in Europe.
"The Church stands by the people who are pinning their dignity on these elections, because dignity is rooted in truth," said Father Gudziak.
"If the true results of these elections are denied, it means that not only civil rights, but also the voters' dignity is being trampled underfoot," he added. "This is a profoundly ethical question. The peaceful protest of millions of Ukrainians in almost all of the cities shows that people see their freedom and dignity jeopardized."
The university rector said that he is worried about "Moscow's open efforts to meddle in our internal affairs. Although no Russian military forces have been seen so far, the government has not denied rumors ... that Russian special forces are already present in the country."
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ive seen salad fingers and im not really a fan of it but it is good, however i think its pretty pathetic for u too do this its not even entertaining so if u want to get somtin besides 0s from me u should come up with ur own ideas, that ppl will like!
if you dont like salad fingers be nice about it
The way you just did that animation just lost you any respect i may have had for your animation... you are rude.. obviously from episode 1 homosexual and just plain incapable of understanding the idea of a very unique style of animation... enjoy both your zero's from me and get some ideas that dont bite
salad fingers maybe an overrated hunk of shit, but you're not doing it any justice lucky i didn't see this and blam it sooner.
That was pathetic.. you're making good flash crappy with your lame ideas.
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Atomic people roam our cities
Here's something you'll be chewing on long after the turkey's gone, from today's Christian Quotation of the Day:
"Western European civilization has witnessed a sort of atomizing process, in which the individual is more and more set free from his natural setting in family and neighborhood, and becomes a sort of replaceable unit in the social machine, His nearest neighbors may not even know his name. He is free to move from place to place, from job to job, from acquaintance to acquaintance, and -- if he has attained a high degree of emancipation -- from wife to wife. He is in every context a more and more anonymous and replaceable part, the perfect incarnation of the rationalist conception of man. Wherever western civilization has spread in the past one hundred years, it has carried this atomizing process with it. Its characteristic product in Calcutta, Shanghai, or Johannesburg, is the modern city into which myriads of human beings, loosened from their old ties in village or tribe or caste, like grains of sand fretted by water from an ancient block of sandstone, are ceaselessly churned around in the whirlpool of the city -- anonymous, identical, replaceable units. In such a situation, it is natural that men should long for some sort of real community, for men cannot be human without it. It is especially natural that Christians should reach out after that part of Christian doctrine which speaks of the true, God-given community, the Church of Jesus Christ. We have witnessed the appalling results of trying to go back to some sort of primitive collectivity based on the total control of the individual, down to the depths of his spirit, by an all-powerful group. Yet we know that we cannot condemn this solution to the problem of man's loneliness if we have no other to offer. It is natural that men should ask with a greater eagerness than ever before, such questions as these: "Is there in truth a family of God on earth to which I can belong, a place where all men can be truly at home? If so, where is it to be found, what are its marks, and how is it related to, and distinguished from, the known communities of family, nation, and culture? What are its boundaries, its structure, its terms of membership? And how comes it that those who claim to be the spokesmen of that one holy fellowship are themselves at war with one another as to the fundamentals of its nature, and unable to agree to live together in unity and concord?" The breakdown of Christendom has forced such questions as these to the front. I think that there is no more urgent theological task than to try to give them plain and credible answers."
.....Lesslie Newbigin, The Household of God
I think this book just made it on my 2004 "must read" list.


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What is the symbolism behind the nursery in "The Veldt"?
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To understand this excellent short story it is vitally important to understand what the nursery represents symbolically to the children and how this is contributing to the sense of animosity in the family between the parents and the children. Interestingly, David McClean himself explains pretty bluntly what the nursery now has come to represent to the children and why it is so important to them:
You've let this room and this house replace you and your wife in your children's affections. This room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents. And now you come along and want to shut it off. No wonder there's hatred here. You can feel it coming out of the sky. Feel that sun.
Thus, symbolically, the nursery has become a substitute parent for the children, and now reflects their anger and hatred of their parents for wanting to turn it off and to forcibly separate them from this parent. Bradbury in this short story presents us with a future world where we have become too dependent on technology for everything, and as a result there are horrendous circumstances and social breakdowns, such as the one indicated in this story.
Like Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, Ray Bradbury was concerned with the potential dangers of technology. In his short story, "The Veldt" Bradbury presents a scenario in which technology supersedes its creators. For, the psychologist friend David McClean tells George Hadley that he has a bad feeling about the nursery:
One of the original uses of these nurseries was so that we could study the patterns left on the walls by the child's mind, study at our leisure, and help the child. In this case, however, the room has become a channel toward--destructive thoughts, instead of a release away from them."
Further, the psychologist tells George that he has let the house replace him and his wife in the children's affections. Thus, the room, the veldt, without the constraints of parents and human civilization, has become a savage environment of a technology that is outside the realm of human control.


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WORCESTER — Police are investigating the shooting of two people at a home on Suffield Street late Saturday afternoon.
Neighbors said the shootings took place at 15 Suffield St. One victim was shot while sitting on steps in front of the home and another was shot while in a dark blue sport utility vehicle parked in front of the house.
Both victims were conscious and alert and transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus. The injuries appear to be non-life threatening, according to police.
One neighbor said he heard four or five gunshots. He said the victim in the vehicle appeared to be shot in the chest and the chin. The victim on the porch appeared to have been shot in the shoulder. Scanner reports indicated one victim was shot in the chest and arm and the other in the arm.
Another neighbor said the shooter appeared to come from the backyard of the house. Following the shots, a woman was heard screaming, "Help me! Help my son!" Some neighbors said they did not hear shots because they were listening to the Bruins game. Neighbors said they also heard shots nearby the other day. One neighbor said he needs to move his family out of the area.
Officers at the scene were told that the suspect was a Hispanic male, approximately 20 to 25 years old, wearing a dark colored hooded sweat shirt and sweat pants. The suspect approached from the opposite side of the street, fired the shots and fled on foot down Suffield Street, heading towards Perry Avenue, according to police.
Members of the investigative units arrived at the scene and canvassed the neighborhood and conducted interviews with witnesses. The Crime Scene Unit arrived and processed evidence, including the gun that is believed to be the weapon used in the double-shooting.
Police had both ends of Suffield Street blocked off and were canvassing the neighborhood.
If anyone has information about this incident they can send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + your message or send an anonymous Web based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Calls can also be made to the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at (508) 799-8651.
The shootings are the third incident of gun violence in the city this week. On Tuesday, two people suffered nonlife-threatening wounds in a shooting on West Boylston Drive. On Friday, state police detonated a pipe bomb found on a vehicle at a home on Barclay Street hours after the home was shot at.
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People have a special bond with animals because animals provide
unconditional love throughout their lifetime. Therefore it can be
very hard to cope after the loss of a pet. It is very common for
people to experience grief as a response, and everyone grieves in
different ways.
"Grief is as individual as those who experience it," explains
Lucy Wendt, registered veterinary technician in the small animal
clinic at the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences at Texas A&M University (CVM). "Grief describes the
reaction to a loss, including the emotional and physical process of
fully understanding what has happened and coming to terms with
There are five stages to grief. Those stages include:
denial/shock, anger, bargaining/guilt, depression, and
acceptance/resolution. The order, length, and degree of the stages
vary with each individual. Some stages may not even occur at
One should accept the stages of grief and let them pass
naturally in order to let the initial mourning pass. However,
coping with the loss of any significant companion is a lifelong
"The affected individual needs to accept the reality of the
loss, experience the pain of the loss, adjust to the environment
without the pet, and withdraw emotional energy from the deceased
pet to reinvest that energy in other relationships and activities,"
says Wendt. "You should remember that it is absolutely normal to
grieve over the loss of a pet. You need to accept and know that you
did everything you could to help your pet."
Pet psychologists are available to individuals who are not able
to talk to anyone else about their loss. There are also support
groups and hotlines available. For more information on supportive
methods visit www.humananimalbondtrust.org,
www.aplb.org, www.petloss.com, and www.pet-loss.net.
When one is ready to invest in another companion animal Wendt
recommends that the new pet should not be adopted with the
intention to replace the deceased pet.
"Your deceased pet is irreplaceable," declares Wendt. "Never
adopt with the purpose to replace an animal as you will be
disappointed. I recommend adopting a different breed and a
different sex so that you don't ever compare the two. It is not
fair to your new pet nor is it fair to your deceased pet to have
preconceived notions and expect them to be the same so that the
void can be filled."
One has to go with their own instincts when deciding whether or
not adopting a new pet is too soon. Every person is different as
some deal with grief more readily than others.
People have a hard time dealing with the loss of the pet, but
some people have an even harder time deciding when it is the right
time to euthanize a pet in pain.
"I always let the client know that their pets will tell them,"
said Wendt. "They will tell you with their eyes. Like humans, their
eyes are the windows to their soul."
It is up to individual to decide if they should be in the room
with their pet during the euthanasia.
"I do not recommend small children being in the room, but it is
up to the owner to decide if they should be in the room or not,"
explains Wendt. "Just remember this is a time that you need to be
selfless for your pet. You may want to be there until the end.
Sometimes it is more important for the owner to be strong for the
animal like the animal was strong for them."
Honesty is always the best policy when trying to explain to a
child what has happened to the deceased animal.
"It is always best to tell the child the truth," said Wendt.
"Children are more resilient than we think and they deserve the
right to know the truth. Let them know that their pet died and that
we are all going to miss him/her, but we will get through it
Animals grieve too. When dealing with other pets that bonded
with the deceased pet, it is best to sit with them and talk to
them. This process helps the animals as well as humans.
The biggest thing to remember is that grieving is a natural
process and in order to alleviate some of the pain, one has to
allow for that grieving process to naturally occur.
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The Run for the Roses, the most exciting two minutes in sports; By any name, the Kentucky Derby is annual happening like none other. Just once a year, we kick off the quest for the Triple Crown, and do so with the greatest race in the sport. The Twin Spires of Churchill Downs, the infield crazies, even the hat parade and waiter races, all are part of the Great American Tradition of the Kentucky Derby. Every year, Louisville, Kentucky transforms from one of the fair sized city of the Mid-South region, on the Ohio River, to a stylish, genteel locale, where the Mint Juleps flow freely, the burgoo is piping hot, and the race is as exciting as ever. So, for those Epicureans amongst us who want to learn more about the Kentucky Derby, the race predictions, the fan fare and the traditions, our gift to you is the Epicurean's Guide to the Kentucky Derby.
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Jack Charles - acting beyond drugs and crime
Jack Charles is a respected Indigenous artist and elder, but for a good portion of his life he has also been homeless, a drug addict, a thief and a regular in Victoria's prisons.
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People may also recognise him from the documentary Bastardy - a memoir of Uncle Jack's life and shows his struggle with his drug addiction.
Stolen from his mother at a young age and put into a boy's home for Aboriginal children, Uncle Jack tells his story in the theatre production Jack Charles vs. The Crown, which documents his transformation since Bastardy.
"There's more information that's come to light since I jumped off the methadone and clarity of mind has come about," he said.
"I was able to delve into my past and the weird and wonderful moments of growing up in Box Hill Boys Home during the assimilation policy."
Uncle Jack, now 67, began the first Indigenous theatre company in the 70s.
Since then he has spent many years as an inmate, but the last time he spent in jail is when he got clean.
He said he now helps those on the streets who are caught up with crime and drugs.
He wants to work with school children and prisoners, but his criminal record does not allow him to do so, which is brought to light in Jack Charles vs. The Crown.
In the third act of the production, Uncle Jack addresses the audience as a group of High Court judges as he presents his case to have his convictions sealed.
"I have a need for it to be cancelled so I can go back into schools and prisons in particular, to share my journey and develop my own workshop."
He said most of his life is represented throughout the play.
The only parts he chose to leave out were the molestation and rape he experienced as a child growing up in a boy's home.
"I leave those types of things out and I just hint on them.
"I've had my day in court with the Salvation Army where I received a fair pay out and a written apology, but I gave that money away."
He says the full circle of redemption has been achieved when magistrates, police officers and those who he had robbed have come to his show.
"To see my life now to unfold before their very eyes, it gives a lot of healing.
"It [the play] was a good thing for me to do."
Jack Charles vs. The Crown is an Ibjerri Theatre Company production and plays at the Illawarra Performance Arts Centre until Saturday 1st June 2013.
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Houston Two spacewalkers installed a camera on the outside of the international space station Monday and tossed overboard a surplus data-collecting device, sending it spinning off into the void like a spiraling football.
William McArthur Jr. and his Russian crewmate aboard the space station, Valery Tokarev, left the orbiting outpost unmanned during the nearly 5 1/2-hour spacewalk.
Normally, one crew member stays aboard while two others venture outside. But the space station crew has been reduced to two since the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, and it has been left empty nine times during spacewalks since then.
The new camera will help space station astronauts add new segments onto the orbiting station.
The device thrown overboard was once used to collect data on electrical activity around the space station. It was designed to work for only a few months and was no longer needed.
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An Arizona National Guard cargo truck unit is shifting its summer training site to an armory in eastern Arizona so it can be readily available if needed for missions related with the Wallow fire.
A Guard spokesman says the 1404th Transportation Co. was already on annual summer two-week training at a military reservation near Florence when the Guard decided to shift the unit's training site to the armory in Show Low.
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Due to a technical fault on board, the 13:50 sailing from Stornoway and the 17:35 sailing from Ullapool have been cancelled.
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Rainn Wilson Wouldn't Mind Leaving The Office, Too
First Steve Carell ditches The Office, then Mindy Kaling hints that she's considering doing the same, and now Rainn Wilson told Vulture that he wouldn't mind leaving Scranton as well: "I would not object. I'm ready, willing, and able to move on. I'd like to go back to theater. Theater is fucking hard and time-consuming, and there's not enough time while doing The Office to rehearse and run a play." Next season, on The Office: Creed and Meredith sit quietly in an empty room.


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text: MIRROR: Download from MEGA Click Here! She leaned forward onto the meeting table resting on her elbows arching her back sticking her sweet luscious black ass towards me. She slowly separated her legs just a little and I could see her ass hole closed shut. I grinned knowing that will soon change. I got on my knees and separated her checks with my hands. I licked her crack up and down surrounding her ass hole with saliva. Her flowing fountain of pussy juice soon started. Spitting on her hole and spreading it all over with my tongue. She moaned like a whore. I stood up behind her and rubbed my dick against the wetness between her legs for lubrication. She looked back at me in anticipation. I pushed my hard dick up against the opening of her ass hole. It was tight and wasn't trained for the kind of torture I had planed for it. I pushed up against her harder slowly digging deeper in to her. She cried out in pain as her asshole stretched. Her loud screams and pathetic whimpers made it clear that her invaded asshole was fighting the intrusion of my cock. There was no pleasure for her now. â€give it up bitch, and take it like a whore†I said. "don't hold back daddy, I can take it.†she said as she held on to the edges of the table for support. I started rocking my hips back and forth thumping her against desk. Her mouth was open, her face frowning in pain, her squeals involuntarily, and her tears fell from her eyes as she looked back at me. Her vulnerability enraged my passion. By the time my cock's full length split her ass in two, i was sliding in and out of her in slow rhythmic thrusts. "My ass†she wail. "fuck me†I would pull my dick out for a second or two taking glory in looking at her widen gap trying to close up. I don't let it as I drive my cock backing to continue her anal pounding. Her moans of pain turn to moans of pleasure as her body finally surrenders her hole to me. I keep smacking up against her ass as it sends ripples in all directions. Her tits jiggling and swing aimlessly. I throw in a few random movements just to see how the meat on this black beauty would react. I slapped her ass just to remind her of the pain. I was fighting my orgasm enjoying this bitch as much i can. "Tits on the counter black fuck.†I push her flat on the table and held her hands behind her back to make sure she doesn't break loose. I force drove my cock harder, faster and deeper like a piston in its tight chamber. I ram her sadistically only thinking of heightening my pleasure. I grunt like an animal as pleasure over takes me. I have never been so vocal, calling her name that fitted her status as a pleasure toy. Her body squirms underneath mine; she screams uncontrollably Repeating "fuck me†I shoot my load deep inside her ass hole, and felt as though the energy was sucked out of me. I stumbled back to the nearest chair. it took her 10 minutes before she started moving. Waiting for signs of life from her I watched as her ass hole slowly closed up. I could see my cum peaking out of her ass hole and roll down her crack to her thighs. After catching my breath. I got up and put on my clothes and start to leave. "Wait†she yelled. "don't you want my number, we can do this again some time†"If I need your ass again bitch, I'll find you†I grinned and left her office.


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Creative writers invited to open mic at student reading series
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville humanities department will host "In Other Words…" student reading series followed by an open mic on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Room 317, Warner Hall, at 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend the reading as well as the open mic session.
The last few years have marked a surge of interest in creative writing readings at UW-Platteville. The humanities department hosts four professional writers each semester and complements this with its continuing student reading series. This series, newly titled "In Other Words…," is hosted by undergraduate students for undergraduate creative writers to showcase their different creative works.
Oct. 16 was the first date of the newly titled reading series that continues from last year's "Afternoon Tea Sessions." Students from various degree and authorial backgrounds share and enjoy a collective of creative UW-Platteville student works in a casual and often-humorous setting.
"The Creative Writing Student Reading Series has become a communal outlet for the creativity and experimentation emphasized in the creative writing courses," said Dr. Kara Candito, series director and creative writing professor and poet. "Each month, students and faculty members gather to celebrate the work of undergraduate writers. Whether they are featured readers or open mic participants, students continuously surprise themselves and one another with the extent of their individual accomplishments. Our series provides an important venue for showcasing UW-Platteville's vibrant creative culture."
Of the student host, Candito said, "Jennifer Kerske, a computer science major and published fiction writer, has hosted the Creative Writing Student Readings series since spring 2012 when she volunteered for this role. Her humor and hospitality have been instrumental in fostering the sense of community that is the essence of our series. Jennifer solicits student biographies for each event and does an excellent job of reassuring readers who might be nervous about sharing their work with an audience for the first time."
The two featured readers for the Oct. 16 reading were Kaleigh Dunn and Emily Herrick, both poets who had never read in public before. Dunn, a Chicago-suburbs native, makes the journey from Madison, Wis., to UW-Platteville to finish a degree in journalism. Herrick, a junior from the Quad Cities, Ill., is a professional writing major at UW-Platteville.
"Kaleigh Dunn's and Emily Herrick's poems are alive with the energy of youth and the figurative and tonal dexterity of accomplished writers," said Candito. "It was an honor and a pleasure to hear them read from their work."
Students in the audience joined in the open mic session afterward. The final reading of the semester will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Room 317, Warner Hall, at 5 p.m. All are invited to attend.
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CARACAS, Venezuela: With rumors swirling that Chavez had taken a turn for the worse, Vice Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he had met with the president twice, spoken with him and had planned to return to Venezuela yesterday.
Maduro said Chavez faces "a complex and delicate situation."
But Maduro also said that when he talked with the president and looked at his face, he seemed to have "the same strength as always."
"All the time we've been hoping for his positive evolution. Sometimes he has had light improvements, sometimes stationary situations," Maduro said in the prerecorded interview, which was broadcast Tuesday night by a TV network.
"I was able to see him twice, converse with him. He's totally conscious of the complexity of his post-operative state and he expressly asked us ... to keep the nation informed always, always with the truth, as hard as it may be in certain circumstances," Maduro said.
Chavez has not been seen or heard from since the Dec. 11 operation, and officials have reported a series of ups and downs in his recovery — the most recent, on Sunday, announcing that new complications from a respiratory infection had put the president in a "delicate" state.
Speculation has grown since Maduro announced those latest troubles, which were a sharp shift from his remark nearly a week earlier that the president had been up and walking.
In Tuesday's interview, Maduro did not provide any new details about Chavez's complications. But he joined other Chavez allies in urging Venezuelans to ignore gossip, saying rumors are being spread due to "the hatred of the enemies of Venezuela."
Political opponents of Chavez have complained that the government hasn't told the country nearly enough about his health.
Maduro's remarks about the president came at the end of an interview in which he praised his government's programs at length, recalled the history of the Cuban revolution and touched on what he called the long-term strength of Chavez's socialist Bolivian Revolution movement.
He mentioned that former Cuban President Fidel Castro had been in the hospital, and praised Cuba's government effusively. "Today we're together on a single path," Maduro said.
Before his operation, Chavez acknowledged he faced risks and designated Maduro as his successor, telling supporters they should vote for the vice president if a new presidential election was necessary.
CARACAS, Venezuela: With rumors swirling that Chavez had taken a turn for the worse, Vice Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that he had met with the president twice, spoken with him and had planned to return to Venezuela yesterday.


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Have any Hello Kitty fans in your family? Snare this bargain for £8.24 at Argos, marked down from £10 with a neat saving of over £2.
Hello Kitty was something I adored as a kid, I used to collect the writing paper, figurines and everything else with this cute little pink kitty on it. Now it's my daughter's turn although I think the colour has as much to do with it at this point.
This set is a steal for this price, usually children's branded bedding is quite expensive. You get one duvet cover, single, and one pillowcase that are machine washable and can be tumble dried. They are made from 50% cotton and 50% polyester.
It's an adorable set that will brighten up her bedroom as the dark winter settles in for the long haul. Looking at these pictures while facing a weekend of icy temperatures just makes me want to lie down and have a snooze.
Whether it's for a birthday next year or Christmas this year, a Hello Kitty bedspread will be appreciated by girls all the way from three to ten years old. Enjoy!
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Seven Soldiers Killed In Pakistani Tribal Region
Pakistani security forces on patrol in North Waziristan (file photo) (epa) April 20, 2006 -- Militants in northwestern Pakistan today killed at least seven Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan's main army spokesman said another 22 people were injured in the attack, which occurred on the outskirts of Miran Shah, the main city in Pakistan's North Waziristan, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
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Today on 26th October 2015 a strong Earthquake rocked on North India, Delhi NCR. This is strong Earthquake of 7.7 Magnitude hit North India regions like Delhi, Punjab, haryana, Utrakhand. The epicentre has been recorded in the Hindukush mountain region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. People rushed out of their homes and offices in cities. Tremors felt in NCR for at least 1 minute. 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Hindukush region in Afghanistan 210 km deep. People were seen running out of offices in NCR.
A medium-intensity earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale hit North India today.
The tremor which shook the North India had its epicentre at Afghanistan. Till now there are no any reports of loss of lives and damage of property.
Many people are very scared after this earthquake and came out from their homes and offices.
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A procession is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday as remains of the four Lakewood officers shot to death Sunday are transferred from the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office to a funeral home.
The officers will be transported from the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office at 3619 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma to Mountain View Funeral Home at 4100 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W. in Lakewood.
Lakewood Police, Lakewood Fire Honor Guard, Lakewood Fire Medic Units and the Metro City Honor Guard will accompany the procession.
The day's activities will be a followed at a later date with a memorial service.


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It's one of those moments when your heart sinks. I hopped into the car, already late for a barbecue in Oxford, and instantly knew there was something wrong. Sure enough, when I pulled into a garage and checked the pressure in the rear tyre, it was dangerously low.
Worse, when I removed the air pump something snapped and air started bursting out. Luckily nearby in East Dulwich was a Kwik-Fit, and even more luckily, considering it was a Sunday, it was open.
They said they'd see to it within 30 minutes, and I popped out for a coffee. I fear car repairs as much as I do plumbers - people who can charge any old makey-uppy rate but you cough up because you know no better. So I prepared myself for a bill of, what, £60 for a repair? A hundred for a new tyre? (Well, it's a nice Alfa).
I returned to the yard where they told me it was a broken valve and returned the car. How much then? "Oh, don't worry about it." What? Nothing? This was extraordinary. Surely a half-hour minimum labour rate, let's say £40, plus £9 for a valve, throw in VAT and not much spare change from £60 then? But no, they insisted I didn't pay.
I put this down to an act of individual kindness - which it was - and headed off delighted. I told everyone at the barbecue, and they were equally astonished. Except one, who happens to be an academic at the university specialising in management systems.
Kwik-Fit, he said, is regularly cited as a management case-study in customer service, pushed through from the top by its founder, Sir Tom Farmer. But it focuses not just on service, but on investing in its own people. Just recently it was voted one of the best companies to work for in the UK, in particular for its commitment to family issues, offering flexible working, a superb maternity package, and so on.
In other big companies, the person who fixed my car probably would have been obliged to charge me. Corporates are amoral beasts, whose driving force is profits maximisation. Yet by forgoing some short-term profit, Kwik-Fit has bought my long-term loyalty.
Most weeks, Jobs & Money highlights woeful corporate behaviour, rip-offs and scams. But perhaps we should say more about shockingly good corporate behaviour.
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06/29/2017 13:55 to 01/01/2018 17:00 Important Message! Effective July 1, 2017 the State Board of Equalization has been restructured to better serve taxpayers. Learn more about the restructuring
6021. Vending machine operators. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sale tax applies to the receipts of operators of vending machines located on Army, Navy or Air Force installations and dispensing tangible personal property of a kind the gross receipts from the retail sale of which are subject to tax. This section shall not be deemed to require payment of sales tax measured by receipts of such operators who lease the machines to exchanges of the Army, Air Force, Navy or Marine Corps which acquire title to and sell the merchandise through the machines to authorized purchasers from such exchanges.
The term "operator," as used herein, means any person who owns or possesses vending machines and who controls the operations of the machines, as by placing the merchandise therein or removing the coins therefrom, and who has access thereto for any purpose connected with the sale of merchandise through the machines, and whose compensation is based, in whole or in part, upon receipts from sales made through such machines.
History.—Added by Stats. 1959, p. 2357, in effect September 18, 1959.