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Filed under: Dishonesty, Entitlement | Tags: Chabad of Midtown, Joshua Metzger, Map of Israel
March 04, 2009
What do you notice about this map?
Jeff Blankfort got this map sent to him by the Jewish Week, as a form of email advertising for Chabad in New York by Joashua Metzger. Blankfort writes:
Like many other maps I have seen over the years issued by Jewish organizations, secular and religious, for the Jewish community, there is no Green Line. No delineated West Bank or Gaza. It's all Israel. When the Palestinians do this all hell breaks loose. When Jews do it's the sound of silence.
Maybe someone should show this to Hillary Clinton?
Oh, by the way, here's Chabad hosting Lev Leviev, the man who's funded colonists on the West Bank. Who writes about this nexus–even as the 2-state solution goes down the tube?
Filed under: crime, Crown Heights, Dishonesty, Entitlement, Ethics, Greed, Iowa Slaughter House, Nebraska slaughter house | Tags: Aaron Rubashkin, Rub
New York, NY – Chabad Committee Formed to Help Rubashkin Defense
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Published on: Dec 30, 2008 at 04:18 PM
New York, NY – A group of Lubavitch Chassidim, members of the Chabad Jewish Community in Brooklyn, NY, is planning on monitoring the well being of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, imprisoned head of the Agriprocessors Kosher meat plant in Postville, IA.
The group, which has years of experience in assisting community members with legal troubles, turned their attention to Rubashkin six weeks ago. Called The Committee of Concerned Anash for Pidyon Shevuyim (Anash meaning Chassidim, Pidyon Shevuyim – the mitzva of redemption of prisoners) will focus on assisting the Rubashkin family.
The Committee is working with top lawyers for the best defense and a public relations group, and will be collecting funds for the legal defense and keeping the community involved.
Committee members include Levi Balkany, Yingy Bistritsky, Ari Chitrik, Sholom Duchman, Mendel Feller, Noson Hecht, Shea Hecht, Shmuli Hecht, Sholem B. Hecht, Sholom B. Lipskar, Benjy Stock, Zalman Vishedsky and Yaakov Weiss. They are joined by Suri Ciment, Hindy Labkowski and Molly Resnick.
In a press release sent to COLlive, they wrote: "The committee wants the public to know they are the official group to assist and aid the Rubashkins, endorsed by the family. The committee has years of experience in dealing with pidyon shevuyim cases, and now they have turned their attention to helping Sholom Rubashkin."
Several members of the committee held a private meeting today (Sunday) at the offices of The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), a Brooklyn-based educational and humanitarian organization (which both Hecht brothers direct).
Following the meeting – of which COLlive was invited to photograph but not record – the committee held a press conference for the Lubavitch media in an effort to "call on the worldwide Lubavitch community to take action, get involved, and donate to the Rubashkin legal fund."
Other Jewish groups are expected to speak out on behalf of Rubashkin, citing that "the case is now an attack against shechita."
Rabbi Pesach Lerner of Young Israel and Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel of Agudas Yisroel are said to be planning a trip to Iowa to meet with Rubashkin in prison.
This Tuesday, lawyers from Grefe and Sidney will be visiting Crown Heights to meet with the committee and residents. They are scheduled to meet with Aron Rubashkin, patriarch and founder of the Agri plant.
"Lubavitch in Crown Heights, and around the world, needs to know – from S. Padre Island, Texas to Shanghai, China, Kosher meat was available because of the Rubashkins," Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht said. "Any traveler, as well, benefitted from Rubashkin. This affects every single person that eats kosher throughout the world."
Filed under: crime, Crown Heights, Dishonesty, Entitlement, Ethics, failedmessiah.com, Greed, Iowa Slaughter House, Kosher
From FailedMessaih.com
BREAKING! Chabad Forms High-Level Committee For Rubashkin Legal Defense, PR, Fundraising
As many of you know, I proved a month ago that Chabad is raising tax deductible money and apply it to Sholom M. Rubashkin's legal defense.
Then, earlier today Chabad's talking points for the defense of the Rubashkins was leaked by a Chabad blog.
Now the following announcement has been posted on Chabad.info, another leading Chabad blog:
New Committee to Tackle Rubashkin Case
A new committee has been formed to supervise efforts to secure the release of Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, former CEO of Agriprocessors in Postville, IA • The group, which is comprised of individuals with years of experience in assisting community members with legal troubles, began assisting Rubashkin six weeks ago • 'The Committee of Concerned Anash for Pidyon Shevuyim' will focus on assisting the Rubashkin familly in all matters.
["Anash" is an acronym that basically means members of the Chabad-Lubavitch community." "Pidyon Shvuyim" means redemption of captives.]
The Committee is working with a team of top lawyers for the best defense as well as a public relations group, and will be collecting funds for the legal defense and keeping the community involved with the cause, Chabad.info was told.
Committee members include Levi Balkany [see here and here for details about Levi's family], Yingy Bistritsky, Ari Chitrik, Sholom Duchman, Mendel Feller, Noson Hecht, Shea Hecht, Shmuli Hecht [is probably the Shmuel Hecht who offered property worth in excess of $10 million dollars toward Rubashkin's bail and who is a Chabad rabbi and businessman in New Haven, CT, but could also be a nephew or cousin], Sholem B. Hecht, Sholom B. Lipskar [and here as founder of Aleph, which is raising tax deductible money for Rubashkin's legal defense], Benjy Stock, Zalman Vishedsky and Yaakov Weiss, Suri Ciment, Hindy Labkowski and Molly Resnick.
In a press release sent to Chabad.info, the committee made the following statement: "The committee wants the public to know they are the official group to assist and aid the Rubashkins, endorsed by the family. The committee has years of experience in dealing with pidyon shevuyim cases, and now they have turned their attention to helping Sholom Rubashkin."
Members of the committee held a meeting Sunday at the offices of The National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE).
Following the meeting the committee held a press conference for the Lubavitch media in an effort to call on the worldwide Lubavitch community to take action, get involved, and donate to the Rubashkin legal fund. The meeting was attended by reporters representing many chabad news outlets, including Chabad.info.
Other Jewish groups are expected to speak out on behalf of Rubashkin, citing that "the case is now an attack against shechita."
Rabbi Pesach Lerner of Young Israel and Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel of Agudas Yisroel are said to be planning a trip to Iowa to meet with Rubashkin in prison.
This Tuesday, lawyers from Grefe and Sidney, one of the firms defending Rubashkin will be visiting Crown Heights to meet with the committee and residents. They are scheduled to meet with Ahron Rubashkin, patriarch and founder of the Agri plant.
"Lubavitch in Crown Heights, and around the world, needs to know – from S. Padre Island, Texas to Shanghai, China, Kosher meat was available because of the Rubashkins," Rabbi Sholem Ber Hecht said. "Any traveler, as well, benefited from Rubashkin. This affects every single person that eats kosher throughout the world."
The head of Colel Chabad, Chabad's oldest charitable organization dating back to the late 18th century, the founder of Chabad's prison outreach, and the head of the Chabad organization that runs a Crown Heights yeshiva (the oldest baal teshuva yeshiva in the world) and the Ivy league Torah Study Program all sit on this committee as do other connected Chabad members. (Please follow the links above to see.)
Chabad can no longer deny that it is both raising money for Sholom M. Rubashkin's defense and orchestrating much of the pro-Rubashkin / anti-government propaganda flooding media and the Web.
That should not surprise regular FailedMessiah.com readers – I proved that almost a month ago.
If you follow the above link for Mendel Feller, you'll see something else interesting. Rabbi Asher Zeilingold, the man who helped fake an OSHA report 'clearing' Rubashkin (also here) and who has long acted as one of Agriprocessors' kosher supervisors, is listed by Chabad.org as an official employee of Chabad-Lubavitch. Please click to enlarge:
Filed under: crime, Crown Heights, Dishonesty, Greed, Iowa Slaughter House, Kosher
The following story is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Village Voice on Dec. 3, 2008. The author is Elizabeth Dwoskin.
The Fall of the House of Rubashkin
As the nation's largest kosher empire implodes, Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jews begin to break ranks
By Elizabeth Dwoskin
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 at 2:16pm
Until three years ago, Miriam Shear and her husband were philanthropists who had given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Jewish charities, supporting schools in Boca Raton, Florida, Memphis, and Louisville. They say that the Rubashkins' strong-arm business practices drove them into bankruptcy.
The Shears had grown wealthy selling alarm systems and life insurance. As members of a small community of Orthodox Jews living in Memphis, they ran a successful kosher-food bank that served a few hundred Jewish families. Incensed at what they say were astronomical prices for kosher food—a three-pound block of cheese at Kroeger's, the only grocery in town, cost $25—the couple decided to open a rival store in 2003. They called their business the Kosher Case Club. Hoping to expand into meat and poultry, Shear met with Heshy Rubashkin at Lubinsky's annual kosher-food show in New York. But Heshy, who was already doing a brisk business with Kroeger's, refused to sell to her, she says.
Shear found another distributor in Atlanta and began selling meat processed by two of Rubashkin's competitors, Empire Kosher and Alle Processing, and chicken shipped from Canada. Shear says she was able to significantly bring down the price of perishable items—she sold cheese blocks for $16, and skinless, boneless chicken that went for $18 at Kroegers she sold for $8. Shear says that she quickly learned how easy it was to profit by creating competition in a niche industry in which prices were being kept artificially high. After the Memphis Jewish Journal featured her store in an article, she was so successful that customers began driving from as far as New Orleans to shop there. Soon, she began to receive calls from Jews in other parts of the South who wanted her to open additional stores. In Tampa, where the only kosher meat for sale came from Agriprocessors, grocers told her that shipments sometimes contained meat so discolored that it had to be thrown away. But if you complained to the Rubashkins, they told her, the orders would simply stop coming. Members of the Lubavitch sect told Shear something that has been corroborated by others: Their rabbis told them that they should only buy meat from Agriprocessors—nothing else was considered pure enough.
In 2005, Shear met with the regional representative for her Atlanta distributor, Hudie Lipszyc. She says Lipszyc had driven six hours from Atlanta because he needed to tell her something. The distributor warned her to get out of the kosher-food business, telling her, she says, that if she didn't, the Rubashkins would retaliate.
She says he actually used the words, "They are going to squash you," which turned out to be the same phrase two other people later used to describe the Rubashkins. And when she told Lipszyc she had no plans to close her store, he told her that she was actually in danger.
(Lipszyc tells the Voice that he did, indeed, warn Shear that she should leave the business, but he denies warning her specifically about the Rubashkins. He says he may have used the word "squashed," but if he did, it referred to competition generally. He denies that his warning referred to physical danger.)
Incensed, Shear told Lipszyc that not only was she going to ignore his advice, but she planned to open another store in Detroit.
Before she moved to Detroit, however, she consulted with the vaad, the local rabbinical council there. Detroit had only one kosher grocery store, One Stop Kosher, and the meat counter in the back was run by Shlomo Luss, a Rubashkin distributor, who serviced the entire region. In Detroit, Agriprocessors meat was also the main source in town. Shear wanted to obtain permission from the rabbis before opening up shop. As she was driving back to Memphis, she received a phone call from the vaad: They gave her the go-ahead and assured her that she wouldn't be treading on anybody's territory.
The Shears immediately turned the car around and drove back to Michigan. They purchased a home, renovated a warehouse, and bought thousands of dollars' worth of cash registers, freezers, and other equipment necessary to run a store.
In September 2005, a few weeks before they were going to open the branch, Shear got another call from the vaad: The distributor was taking her to a rabbinical court. Shear called the distributor. Shear says Luss threatened to spread a rumor that the Canadian chicken looked so clean because it was bleached, and that the meat she was going to sell didn't hold up to kosher standards. Once again, she says, she was told that the Rubashkins would "squash" her. Luss couldn't be reached for comment.
Soon, Shear's friends began to tell her about rumors spreading in the community: that her meat lacked kosher certification. Shear scrambled to get a certification letter from the Orthodox Union. She tacked the letter up in her store. But the rabbinical court made things difficult, issuing the decision that she could sell meat only by the caseload, which she says made it almost impossible to do business. (The vaad disputed this at the time.) She ignored the decision and went ahead. But a month after opening, some distributors that she had lined up to stock the store with products suddenly stopped selling to her. Shear says they didn't return her calls.
In July 2006, nine months after opening, the Shears shut the doors of their Detroit store. They were almost bankrupt. Their house went into foreclosure. They say they could barely afford to pay their children's health insurance. They packed up 12 suitcases and moved to Israel, where Shear is working two part-time jobs to pay the bills. "We went from being very wealthy people to being totally financially devastated. And from something that started as a mitzvah," she says, using the Hebrew word for "good deed." "We went from being people who gave in the six figures of tzedakah [charity] to being totally wiped out. This has been a total nightmare."
The Shears' ordeal was well known in Detroit's Jewish community and sparked an internal battle within the vaad itself. In September 2006, the Shears received a settlement of $160,000 from the distributor and the vaad. The settlement was just enough, she says, to make up for the salary she had lost during the year. In 2006, the Justice Department began an antitrust investigation into the entire kosher-meat industry.
Shear isn't the only person who says the Rubashkins don't always play fair. Simon Fields owns a kosher supermarket in South Florida. He says that when he stopped selling Rubashkin products five years ago, the local Lubavitch rabbi told his congregants to stop buying meat from his store because it was no longer kosher, even though he had a valid Orthodox Union certification.
Men in long black coats and women wearing stiff wigs crowd the benches of the courtroom at the Federal Building in Philadelphia. The room is packed, so the men remaining outside wait to take turns with the ones indoors.
Early on the morning of Monday, November 3, dozens of people had taken a charter bus from Crown Heights, the center of New York's Lubavitch Jewish community. Even more had carpooled. They had come for the sentencing of Moshe Rubashkin, chairman of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (a powerful nonprofit) and former owner of Montex Textiles in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
When a still-unidentified arsonist started a blaze at the Montex plant in 2005, it burned down with 300 drums of hazardous chemical waste inside. Rubashkin subsequently pleaded guilty to illegally storing the waste, which had been transported from a textile factory his family owned in New Jersey. But the city says he refused to pay the $450,000 in cleanup until the EPA forced him to do so. Allentown's city solicitor, Martin Danks, says the Rubashkins still owe millions of dollars in unpaid taxes.
Inside the courtroom, Rubashkin, an excitable 51-year-old man—his defense lawyer had claimed he was suffering from attention deficit disorder—listens in silence as a prosecutor blames him for endangering the people of Allentown with his carelessness. But when it comes time for him to speak, Rubashkin launches into a stream-of-consciousness oration—not about Montex or Allentown, but about the history of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, and about Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who is known as "the rebbe" to Lubavitch Jews, a revered rabbi who died in 1994
The next day—Election Day—Moshe Rubashkin is sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for illegally storing the hazardous waste.
It's not his first felony conviction. In 2002, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison after writing $325,000 in bad checks from an empty Montex account. A few months after being released from prison, thousands elected him to lead the community council, where one of his most important jobs is helping to select the rabbis who certify the kosher standards for meat that comes into the neighborhood. And while Moshe had practically no hand in running Agriprocessors, his role in the community council makes his the face of the Rubashkins in Crown Heights.
They hire high-powered lawyers—a former Iowa U.S. attorney was handpicked as the Postville plant's chief compliance officer after the raid. Representing Aaron Rubashkin on and off since the 2004 animal-cruelty scandal is the celebrated constitutional lawyer Nathan Lewin, who defended former president Richard Nixon in one of the 27 cases he has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this year, Lewin petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the Rubashkins' contention that immigrants at the Agriprocessors distribution center in Sunset Park don't have a right to unionize, because they are undocumented. Lewin's argument involves overturning a national labor-relations board position and a prior Supreme Court decision affirming that right. (Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case.)
The Rubashkins also have a slick PR team. In May, the Rubashkins hired Ronn Torossian of fancy Manhattan firm 5WPR, whose client list has included Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild fame as well as Paris Hilton.
(Please read the whole story on the website of the Village Voice…there are so many other victims)
Post Script:
In a community where it is practically taboo to speak out against the Rubashkins, dissent is finding an outlet on the Internet. On the most popular blogs in Crown Heights (such as CrownHeights.info or Vosizneis.com), every news item about the Rubashkins is heavily debated, sometimes receiving hundreds of responses. The Agriprocessors crisis has exploded long-lingering conflicts about how an intensely religious person, who follows a code of "divine" law, should regard the rules of the larger society.
Some argue that the Rubashkins have a greater obligation to the people of Crown Heights than they do the laws of the United States.
Filed under: crime, Dishonesty, Mumbai Chabad
Israel Diamond Exchange to Hold Memorial Service for Victims of Mumbai Attacks By Avi Krawitz Posted: 12/10/08 03:29
RAPAPORT… The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has scheduled a memorial service for victims of the Mumbai terror attacks. The service will take place in the exchange at 4 p.m. today, Wednesday, December 10. India's ambassador to Israel, Navtej Sarna, will attend the ceremony, as will family members of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the Chabad emissaries killed in the attacks.
In a notification for the event, IDE president Avi Paz stressed the strong relationship that has developed between the Israeli and Indian diamond communities. "Israelis work on a continual basis with many Indian diamantaires, and they are an inseparable part of our exchange," Paz said. "These deadly terror attacks have cost a heavy price to both nations and unite us in this difficult hour."
The attacks of November 26 claimed the lives of nearly 200 people, among them six Israelis, including Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife, who were well known for their hospitality toward Israeli diamantaires visiting Mumbai. IDE said it expects hundreds of Israeli diamantaires and Indians living in Israel to attend the service.
Filed under: Dishonesty, Terrorism | Tags: Mumbai
Jewish Journal, Analysis, Jeremy Kahn, Posted: Dec 13, 2008
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A quote from a larger article:
"Holtzberg and the other Lubavitchers staying at the Chabad center were a visible presence in the neighborhood, with their black garb and hats, said Kailash Sonawane, who lives across the street from the Nariman House. But Sonawane and other residents said the Chabad Jews kept to themselves, almost never speaking to local residents. Local residents were often shooed away from the Nariman House gate by the Chabad House residents, Sonawane and others said.
The Holtzbergs' nanny would take their 2-year old son, Moshe, to play in the street outside the Nariman building, but she would never let anyone else play with or touch the boy, said Kalpana Sonawane, Kailash's sister."


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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
5 comments:
- Cat November 13, 2012 at 6:06 PM
What a great idea for a day, though perhaps everyday should be kindness day :) xo. Cat
- Benlovesting November 14, 2012 at 6:57 AM
That's lovely!
- Red Boots November 14, 2012 at 8:07 AM
What a lovely thing to do! I'd love it if someone did that to me! I often do random acts of kindness, and I quite often have things happen back. Just the other day I dropped my favourite mittens but hadn't noticed and kept walking. A kind stranger picked them up and ran after me! A kind lady also once told me when the back of my dress was tucked into my underwear!! ;)
- Anonymous November 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM
A stranger gave me a hug once. (With permission.) It was really sweet - and who doesn't need a hug?
- Libbie November 16, 2012 at 8:21 AM
I have been trying really hard lately to keep my eyes out for oppurtunities lately. I never can believe how blessed I feel after & it is so much fun even though I mean to keep them secret I always tell my husband :) I just can't resist :)
My husband is the kindness king & I am trying to learn from him...I doubt a day goes by that he doesn't help a stranger or friend...he is just wired that way!
Didn't know there was a kindness day but I should mark it on the calendar! LOVE the quote! & love reading Red Boots comment:)

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Three favourite stories of Paddington, the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru, brought together in one volume. Paddington is now a major movie star!
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A Bear Called Paddington
To celebrate Paddington Bear's 60th birthday in 2018 this hilarious classic novel from master storyteller Michael Bond has been given a fresh new look. Paddington is now a major movie star!
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The Classic Adventures of Paddington
Paddington Bear has been delighting adults and children alike with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures for over fifty years. To celebrate his enduring popularity, eleven classic novels (complete and unabridged) are brought together in one lavish slipcased volume, truly to be treasured.
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Mog the Forgetful Cat
Everyone's favourite forgetful family cat is back!
Celebrate the 90th birthday of Judith Kerr OBE with this beautiful hardback celebration edition of the timeless classic.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (celebration edition)
This unforgettable story of a Jewish family fleeing Germany before the Second World War, is now available in a special hardback edition to celebrate the 90th birthday of its author Judith Kerr, with a reproduction of the original illustrated cover.
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The Tiger Who Came to Tea / Mog the Forgetful Cat
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The Magician's Nephew
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The Chronicles of Narnia box set
The seven Chronicles of Narnia are brought together in this beautifully presented slipcase. The books and the slipcase feature the original artwork by Pauline Baynes.
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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
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Dr. Seuss: A Classic Treasury
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The Best of Dr. Seuss
To accompany the release of the live action movie of The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, HarperCollins are proud to present this bumper bind-up of three of Dr. Seuss's most popular books: 'The Cat in the Hat', 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back' and 'Dr. Seuss's ABC'.
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I have tried uploading a video to youtube 3 times now. Each time I enter the title, description and tags and hit upload after going to the right file in my directories. It takes about 20 minutes until it goes back to step one (where i am supposed to enter the title, description and tags). There is no You Tube error message or anything…just kinda bumped back to the end of the line to start over.
I am too aggravated to deal. Maybe I'll learn how to upload videos to my blog without You Tube.


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Hooking up the power:
Today's case, power supply and motherboards are what's known as the ATX form factor.
I only mention this in case some on finds a really good buy on a part from a supplier that's getting rid of old AT form factor parts.
AT and ATX are not interchangeable.
If you see a really great buy and it says AT form factor don't buy it unless your replacing parts in a old AT style computer.
The motherboard, power supply and case are the only parts affected by this.
With the power supply in and the motherboard assembly snugly in place.
Separate the power cords that are coming from the power supply.
Or if you bought a modular power supply then locate the power lines that connect the main power to the motherboard.
There are a few variants on power connectors for motherboards.
Some older ones will have only one connector to the board,
Others that are built for a more powerful CPU will have an extra four pin connector that powers the CPU.
Newer boards will have four more connectors in the power strip than older ones had plus the extra four pin power line for the CPU.
Newer power supplies usually have the longer power connectors but the last four usually can be pulled up and out of the arrangement just in case your using it in an older motherboard that doesn't have the extra four pins.
Refer to the owners manual that came with the motherboard and power supply to make sure all connectors are properly in place.
When plugging in the main power strip to the mainboard assembly or any other component for that matter be careful.
Some of these can be a tight fit and you don't want to apply too much pressure.
If you bend the motherboard while pressing on any component you can cause hairline cracks that will cause problems later if it starts up at all.
This was the main reason I had you put the CPU and the memory sticks in while the motherboard was resting on foam. plastic and a cardboard box.
This softly yet firmly reinforced the bottom of the motherboard so that there would be less of a chance of bending it and causing it to crack or fracture.
A slow firm pressure and maybe a gentle rocking motion back and forth while seating the connector is better and safer than a quick sharp push.
If your motherboard has the four pin CPU connector mentioned earlier, then connect it now.
After all connections to the motherboard has been made hook up the case fans to the power supply connectors.
On most newer motherboards you will see connectors that look very much like the CPU fan connector usually labeled fan or case fan.
If your fans came with the connectors that allow you to connect these then connect each to the nearest fan connector if your board has them.
This allows the smart motherboards to control the fans if needed.
If you don't have the proper connectors for it or the cords don't reach it's not a problem.
Connecting fans to the motherboard is nice but not critical to it's proper operation. More like an added benefit.
Connect all fans not connected to the mainboard assembly to power supply connectors.
Insuring as much air flow as you can get into the case
The hard drive assembly that I use.
In computer assemblys where I'll be installing two or more hard drives I'll put the first one in the out of the way place.
Leaving the more easily accessible bays for additional drives.
I do this for two main reasons.
This is usually my smallest capacity drive. Any where from 180 to 350 gig drives is what I'll use for my operating system drives.
Also 40 and 80 gig drives can also be used.
My operating system drives will only have the operating system and the software needed to do the work that that particular system is designed to handle.
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180gigs is usually plenty for most systems.
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This drive will stay there and never be replaced unless it goes bad or I can upgrade to a faster model.
The rest of the drives will be storage drives that I will often add additional ones or replace with a larger one so I want them easily accessible for replacing.
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Video cards are quite long and may take up the space that could house a hard drive.
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So, I didn't know Too Faced Cosmetics existed until I went into my first Sephora at the beginning of summer. While I was there I noticed they had a display for Too Faced and on it was the Summer Eye Palette. I totally fell in LOVE with it..the colours and the shimmer were right up my alley! I couldn't find a box though and when I asked the associate she said they were sold out and that should have been taken down. I was *so* disappointed. I came home and checked online, sold out. It's a Limited Edition palette, so I knew I wouldn't get one. I checked ebay and they were up to around $80. I wasn't paying that much for what I already considered an overpriced palette at about $45.
Patience payed off, when I finally found on on ebay in late August for about $35! Shipping was around $4, so it was still worth it! After I purchased it and I guess the interest perked up, she changed the prices to about $48. I was *so* happy that I found it when I did! Even now, when you look on ebay you won't find it for less than $80 shipped. Wow! Seriously! I am so, SO happy I have this! :)
This is what the packaging looks like, so pretty!
This is the back of the box. It says it's a limited edition resort-inspired eye shadow collection. I hate when companies hype stuff up to sell out by making it limited edition, such a scandal!
Inside the box, they included a sample of their shadow insurance. I already bought the full size and it's "ok".
And ta-da!!! This is the beautiful palette! So, gorgeous! At the top there is a slot that holds 3 cards that show you how to create a day look, a classic look and a fashion look. I'm sorry that I forgot to take pics of that for you girls! But, if I try the looks I'll post the card as well. Darren Geller. I pretty much only have one look when it comes to eyeshadow so we'll soon find out if I can make myself look like a clown! :)
This is the far left side. These shadows are bigger because they are the base colours. Top to bottom: Day look = Sugar Sand, Classic look = Peach Fuzz, Fashion look = Sunbeam. Sugar Sand is a shimmery colour and the other two are SUPER sparkly..which I adore!
Then, on the right you have the accent colours. The top row is Day look = Plumeria and Cocoa Beach. The middle row is Classic look = Coral Crush and Chocolate Sun. The bottom row is Fashion look = Mermaid and Toasted Coconut. I mixed and matched and used Coral Crush as a base with Mermaid as an accent and it looked amazing!!! The colour payoff and blendability were good and the shimmer was AMAZING. Just what I look for in a shimmer, with no fall out!
Here you can see the top row is day, middle row is classic and bottom row is fashion. Man, I just adore these colours!!! :D I am so afraid to use too much of it because I don't want it to end!! lol
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Then I saw it. A WOLF! Okay no. I don't think we have wolves here in Tucson. But we do have little coyotes and big dogs. And this was someone's husky that had obviously escaped and came to terrorize livestock on my property. Basically a wolf with blue eyes. Needless to say I was mad and scared for my animals.
So I went after the dog. And as any beloved pet would, it came bounding up to me with that stupid-I-love-you look on its face, just as happy as can be to see me.
Off in the background I saw him. My poor, sweet Ricardo. Dead. Murdered. Offed by that very dog.
"Bad dog! BAD DOG!" And he looked sad about it. Not that I think he really knew what he did. Ugh. Dogs.
I ran over and shouted at the workers, "WHOSE DOG IS THAT!?" They looked frightened of me. (Probably because talons were growing out of my clawed, angry fingers and my eyes were turning bright red.) But it wasn't their dog they said and also that they had chased it off two times before and didn't know it had returned. "IT KILLED MY CHICKEN!" I screamed. They stopped working and looked even more frightened.
I scooped up my Ricardo, who was still soft and warm, and placed him in the bed of my truck so I could deal with the dog. The workers shouted at me that someone was calling at us from the property line. Apparently, the dog's owners. They asked if I had seen a dog and I yelled, "YES, IT KILLLED MY CHICKEN!" Then flames shot out of my eyes and the owners and the dog were instantly incinerated.
No, not really.
I cried. I put a leash on the dog and tied him at the milking ramada. The owners drove up and paid me for Ricardo. Both apologized again and again. One even petted my little, dead rooster. They were very sorry. They said the dog had gotten out somehow and they had been looking for him. They took him away in their truck.
I buried my baby rooster. And that's the downside of free ranging chickens.
Rather than end here, I guess I'll try to be a little philosophical. His feathers were scattered here and there near the chicken coop. Why he didn't just fly back over the fence like he has done every day since I caught him sneaking out, I'll never know. Anyways, I found a tiny clump of his neck feathers and tied them to an old, rusted, unearthed horseshoe the workers dredged up when digging the wall foundation and placed that little memorial by our main gate. Sometimes chickens want to free range farther and wider than the range we give them. Sometimes, so do dogs. They can no more help being chickens or dogs than we can help being human.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
What's Going On?
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1. Winter is chilling the nights and shortening the days which means the hens are laying less eggs. Or they're hiding them somewhere real good that I have yet to stumble upon. The goats are giving less milk as it's been close to a year on Star and Pepper being in milk and little Violet is tiny and never gave a lot anyways.
2. Winter froze some of the gigantic garden, so much of it is not producing. We still have a few tomato plants that are barely hanging in there, a lot of bell peppers, eggplants, green onions, cabbage, and I think (hope and pray) the zucchinis are hanging on beneath the plastic sheeting I put up to protect them from frost.
3. The test garden is almost gone. Why you ask? Because when I let my cow out to roam (and I really like to let her do that) she likes to eat the test garden. Don't feel bad. There wasn't much left in it anyways. The few plants that were still alive have been transplanted to the gigantic garden. Besides, Gucci is not all to blame. The goats occasionaly escape and they, too, like to eat bell and chili peppers. Who doesn't want a little spice in their life now and again?
4. The pumpkin patch is halfway gone. For the same reasons listed in number 3. Once the vines in there die out, pumpkins will then be grown within the safety of a fenced area.
5. There's a WALL going up. A five foot brick wall between mine and my neighbor's property. This is great news. I'm 99% sure a goat cannot get through a brick wall. Note the 1%. They're very clever, sneaky animals. I wish the wall was going up around the entire property and that there were little brick goat and sheep houses, but hey, you can't always get what you want. Once the wall construction ends, I will have to do some fanagling with wire fences and pen rearrangements. Oh the neverending joy that is fence repair.
6. The cooler days mean I'm very busy out there moving dirt and poo. A lot. More often than ever before.
7. I've made two batches of Plain Jane goat milk soap. Only soybean oil, goat milk, and lye. That's it. No colors. No fragrances. No weirdness. So, if you want some, it will be available at our Swan and Camp Lowell restaurant location in about four weeks. It has to fully cure first.
8. Gucci likes to bump me with her head until I scratch the spots where her horns used to be. A little frightening, but ends well as long as I do what she wants.
9. Still no baby goats, Mom. We're waiting patiently.
10. The new goathouse is in need of repair ALREADY! They managed to knock down two rooms by way of rubbing and butting on the walls. Hence the mention of dreamy brick goathouses in number 5. Ah, someday...
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The Creepy Coop
The chickens still haven't taken down all the Halloween decorations...
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This morning I did a little work in Gucci's pen. With the weather being cool, it's a good time to do the work I don't want to do in the heat. Since the land is in a floodplain, good drainage is a good idea. I'm digging a ditch that will span the goat pen and the cow pen and lead off to the trees at the west end of the property so hooves will stay drier.
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Winter is Coming
Depsite the cold, there is always a lot going on at the ranch. This is my feeble attempt to keep the eggplants and peppers from freezing. I know I can't win, but it's still worth a shot...
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Friday, November 4, 2011
"BB" Lays another Egg
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Geese eggs taste just like chicken eggs in case you're wondering. One goose egg is the equivalent of two chicken eggs. This morning I was there to witness BB popping out an egg. It was pretty neat to see.
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I think my most adored makeup product must be mascara. I love big lashes and I am known for my false ones but I also like building up my real lashes - especially when I can find a good mascara that helps me do just that!
When I was browsing the stands in Boots I noticed the promotion stand for Mabelline's Mega Plush Mascara. When it comes to mascara there is one thing I have to check all the time and that is the thickness of the wand as I hate the flimsy plastic-y ones you get sometimes but because this comes in packaging, I couldn't see the wand apart from the picture it showed on the packaging - did I take a gamble and buy it to try or stay clear and avoid disappointment? Well, what sort of blogger would I be if I avoided it and didn't take a risk, huh!?
It was on offer for £6.99 so I grabbed it without a second chance and whacked it in my basket!
I didn't want to build my lashes up too much so the picture above shows the before and after 1 coat image of the mascara and as you can see, it makes a HUGE difference with just one coat! I normally go back over once i've finished off my makeup with another coat or sometimes a different mascara, depending on what sort of thickness i'm after but with one coat of this, it's enough for a simple everyday eye!
The wand itself is a good thickness but has a very flimsy stick (don't know how else to describe it) and there's a little ridge about an inch away from the brush itself which is meant to give flexibility. I just find it hard to get back into the tube rather than give me flexibility when using it on my lashes!
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
14 year old boys are wierd !!!!!
So my zach is now 14. Having a boy teenager is very very different from a girl.Caitlyn would tell you everything even stuff you prefer not to hear. I knew everyone of her friends and I knew everything about them who they liked,who they dated,what they ate for dinner. So Zachs life is somewhat of a mystery to me. Hes funny and outgoing inside our family and I assume hes like that around his friends when I am not around. He has a girlfriend named Taylor but thats not up for discussion, I have met her and shes quiet as a mouse !! He has a best friend named Megan who is loud and funny and its funny to watch them together(i imagine they will date some day they are a cute match). Zach is not into sports but likes to jam on his guitar (privately). Hes very private and some times I get concerned but all his friends parents tell me how much they love him. Having other people tell you they love your teenager means alot,it means hes respectful to adults and has manners outside the home-it means so far I think we did a good job! I know hes trying to find himself as I watch him changing. Appearance is huge for teenagers and Im curious to see how this evolves. Yesterday I saw him wearing neon black and rubber bracelets(you know the bracelets we wore in the 80s) .Well its very odd to see my son wearing bracelets oh and a sparkly neon studded belt hmm should I be worried??? not yet I dont think it seems to be the style right now-Did I say 14 year old boys are WIERD !!!
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oh boy.. the things I get to look forward too! lol!! Green studded belt and all he seem like a really sweet kid. That's all you can really hope for, that they turn into respectful, sweet people!
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Oh that 'ipish' Pamela, always fixated on what Muslims do while ignoring what others do. Here we have Pamela doing her very best whine about how unfair and mean Muslims are when it comes to Christians. Now, the TTM agrees that no one should be expelled from a village, town or country, simply for having a different religion. That said, Pamela conveniently forgets her own words and the calls from Right wingers, Jewish groups and Evangelicals regarding their desire to expel Muslims from the U.S. Geller, like most on the right are ever so eager to point out the negatives of Islam yet have absolutely no cognitive understanding of their own hypocrisy. Religious persecution is wrong, regardless of who does it........sadly, all religions believe they're right while everyone else is wrong. Geller is no exception to this blind spot and her constant displays of hypocritical bullshit, make her an easy target for satire and ridicule.....deservedly so.
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Ok so the gays and i are going to start something on this blog here that we think could be a load of fun for us as well as you guys. We're starting a (hopefully) weekly comic jam that each of us will do, but the trick to it is, who ever is next to draw the comic has to continue the story or event or whatever they want, from the previous comic that was posted on the blog.
Now, theres no real rules other then to keep things going, unless the artist decides to end it of course to his choosing. The style may change or may stay the same, basically its a improvised comic. So we'll see how this goes.
Heres the first! Painted it quite quickly during lunch and break today at work.
What would be really cool, and in true improv fashion, is later, we could get the people who come here to decide the initial settings of the comic. We'd ask you for a location, object, or profession and off we would go. I think it'd be rad.


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Quick Review – Fujifilm X-T1 and 23mm f1.4 R
The Fujifilm X-T1 takes the company to new heights with their retro-inspired camera which delivers impressive image quality and excellent ergonomics. I was given the X-T1 by Fujifilm South Africa to try out. Unfortunately they only had the 23mm f1.4 R to use with it – not a bad option however as I am a huge fan of prime lenses.
I am really enjoying the current photographic trends. The technology and styling is heading towards a less mass-produced feel where most new cameras actually look authentic, have great ergonomics and outstanding image quality. Not everyone likes the retro inspired looks however of many modern cameras (think X100s, Nikon Df and Olympus E-M1) but I certainly do. If anything it means manufacturers are focusing more on what the photographer want, and need, from a camera – especially the build quality. Many cheaper cameras are being built with metal bodies, have clean lines and well placed buttons. On the flipside Nikon got it completely wrong with the Df ergonomics (besides the amazing image quality) so there is definitely a large amount of trial and error going on with the manufacturers. It is as if they are trying to bring back the glory days of film and the emotions that run with the experience of shooting film and using film cameras. I am very happy about this!
Build and Ergonomics
I think Fuji got it spot on with the X-T1. Almost every person I show it to think it is some old fancy antique camera but are then totally blown away when they realise it is a digital workhorse housed in a tough, weather-sealed and gorgeous metal exterior. All the buttons are placed in the right places for my hands and style of shooting. I do have one gripe and that is with the dials. The metering mode dial below the shutterspeed dial feels a bit loose and its very easy to accidentally bump the dial to spot-metering when turning the shutterspeed dial. The dial would need a slightly firmer click action to prevent this. I also feel that the front and back control dials are slightly too small and should protrude out a little more – but that might just be me. Fuji designers have great foresight and their decision to place control rings on their X-lenses from the start means that you can have a dedicated shutterspeed dial and can control P A S and M without ever having to turn a traditional mode dial.
Electronic Viewfinder
I am not a fan of electronic viewfinders. They always appear to be an afterthought on cameras and are usually plagued by poor resolution, terrible colour-tearing and even worse, noisy images. Until the X-T1 came along that is. The X-T1 EVF is claimed to be bigger than that of the Canon EOS-1 DX optical viewfinder and it certainly appears to be so. Fuji has taken the very best of OLED engineering and developed a 2.3 million dot EVF that is like nothing that has come before it. It is the first time I have picked up a camera and not worried about using the EVF. And that says a lot about how far the technology has come. The display is incredibly sharp and only has the slightest amount of colour-tearing when looking around really fast. Fuji has included some really nifty technologies such as a digital split prism focusing system, great for all your old manual focus lenses, as well as the usual array of information such as real-time histogram, exposure info and focus scale when using the dual focusing mode. One great feature is that all this info automatically rotates when turning the camera on its side.
Image quality
Ridiculously good image quality is a dime a dozen now days, so what really makes a camera stand out from the crowd? Fuji has developed numerous sensor technologies over the years that delivered class-leading image quality (remember the excellent Super CCD tech in the S5 Pro and recently the fantastic X-Trans sensors in the X-series cameras). Fuji cameras have for some time now also included built-in colour presets to emulate the various types of Fuji film available (Provia, Velvia, Superia etc). This goes to show that Fuji is targeting the enthusiast photography market and especially those people who have a deep and emotional connection to shooting on film.
When shooting in RAW, the X-T1 delivers on all departments with regards to image quality. Images contain loads of fine detail, show excellent tonality and subtle colour gradations, maintain a high amount of dynamic range (even at high ISO), low noise levels (especially in the shadows) and have that authentic Fuji look.
I edited all my RAW photos in the latest copy of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4. I don't think the Adobe RAW-decoding algorithm is perfect yet – some images displayed strange artefacts on fine detail edges. Adobe was clever enough to include proper Fuji camera profiles which emulate the various film presets which Fuji already has built into the camera. I did however find these presets to be more aggressive than the cameras own presets and merely used them as a starting point in my editing workflow. The preset I used the most was the Superia (high contrast and vibrant colours) and the black and white (red filter) preset which turns blue sky a punchy black, perfect for stark landscape photos.
The lens
I really enjoyed using the Fuji Fujinon XF 23mm f/1.4 R lens. I am a huge fan of prime lenses and this lens impressed me all day long. As with all recent Fuji lenses, the build quality is excellent. The inclusion of the dedicated aperture control ring on the lens makes shooting in manual an absolute breeze on the X-T1. Optical quality is very high with images displaying excellent center sharpness wide open with sharpness increasing significantly when stopping down to f/4. One problem I do have with the lens is the amount of cyan / magenta chromatic abberation which occurs on high-contrast edges. This is however easily corrected in Lightroom. Bokeh is relatively good – the 7 aperture blades are rounded but bokeh can be quite distracting when shooting against busy backgrounds.
I truly believe that the Fuji X-T1 heralds a new era for mirrorless cameras. Having never been a fan of any mirrorless systems, I would now quite comfortably use the X-T1 on an everyday basis. It is a camera that I can easily see myself using in professional work too (as a second camera for now). I think this all due to the fact that Fuji really thought of the photographers needs first and that they included some excellent engineering feats (the EVF comes to mind).
Verdict: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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That well-known phrase "The customer is always right" was originally coined in 1909 by Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridge's department store in London. It's a principle that many businesses try to adhere to, as it lets their customers know that they are always going to get good service.
But is the customer really always right? And if you believe so, have you considered what impact this could be having on your business?
In my experience, some customers have unrealistic ideas of what good service is. The simple fact is there will always be some people that you can't please, no matter what you do, and I would argue that there is no point even trying to satisfy these people. It's much better to tell them you can't meet their expectations and send them to one of your competitors to deal with, thereby saving your own and your team's time and energy for clients who appreciate what you do!
Here are the reasons why I think businesses should ditch the idea that the customer is always right:
1. It makes your team unhappy
Always siding with customers, no matter how unreasonable their behaviour, undermines your staff. As an employer, your loyalty should be to your employees – after all, you've recruited and trained them, and made them a part of your business, so you should trust them to do the right thing! Your team shouldn't have to put up with abuse from customers. If your employees think you won't back them in a disagreement with a customer, it will cause unhappiness and resentment. Your team are not going to perform well if they don't feel valued and supported, and an under-performing team will impact on your profits.
Of course, there are plenty of examples of bad employees giving poor customer service – it's something we've all experienced. People sometimes people have off-days and make a bad call, but trying to solve this by declaring the customer "always right" is counter-productive. It sets your staff against customers and management, and that's not good for business.
2. It actually makes customer service worse
When you put your employees first, they will put your customers first. Showing your employees that you value and respect them will make them happier at work, and employees who are happy at work give better customer service. They will be more motivated, have more energy and enthusiasm and be more loyal to the business.
On the other hand, when management consistently side with customers instead of with employees, it sends a clear message to the team that they are not valued and therefore they have to put up with bad treatment from customers. When this attitude prevails, employees stop caring about service and they are unlikely to give genuinely good customer service.
3. It rewards bad customer behaviour
If "the customer is always right," abusive and unreasonable customers can demand just about anything, because whatever they do, they're right by definition. This makes your employees' jobs that much harder when trying to deal with them.
It also means that customers that behave badly, shout the loudest and make unreasonable demands will get better treatment and conditions than customers that behave like nice, normal, reasonable people. So you're actually encouraging the bad customers and discouraging the good ones – and that can't be right!
4. Some customers just aren't worth the hassle
Most business owners believe that the more customers they have the better, and are scared of losing custom. But the truth is that some customers are quite simply bad for business. Customers that cause unneccessary upset and aggravation to you and your employees are not worth having – they will take up inordinate amounts of your time and energy dealing with their complaints and demands, and their behaviour can even put off your good customers!
If you've tried your best to address a complaint and the customer still isn't happy, maybe it's time to move that customer on, and use your resources to address the concerns of customers who are willing to engage in reasonable dialogue with you. When you focus on meeting the needs of your reasonable customers, you build loyal brand ambassadors – and these people are much better for business than customers who are impossible to please. Sometimes you have to accept that it's worth losing some revenue in order to get rid of a bad customer. And by doing so, you're making space for a good customer!
How is YOUR customer service?
In all of this, I am assuming that your team offer consistently excellent customer service and that legitimate issues and complaints from customers are dealt with promptly and appropriately. This means recruiting people with the right attitude and putting in place appropriate procedures and training. If you don't have this, you're already on the back foot!
And if you don't know, maybe you should ask your customers for some feedback?
So go on, take ACTION and assess your customer service standards. If you find any challenges in your business or would like some fresh ideas, don't hesitate to get in touch with us, or book a place at or next Customer Mastery Workshop!


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A police officer has been seriously injured after trying to stop an allegedly stolen car in Brisbane's east.
Police allege officers tried to intercept the allegedly stolen white Audi station wagon using road spikes at Wynnum and Junction roads, Morningside, about 10.30pm
The driver of the Audi then allegedly changed lanes, mowing down one of the officers before crashing into a power pole.
Video shared by Queensland Police showed the injured officer on the ground, holding his broken leg in pain.
He is being treated at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A 25-year-old Deception Bay man has been since been charged with attempted murder, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, unlicensed driving, fail to stop and two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He is expected to appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
A 29-year-old Redcliffe man, and a 29-year-old Margate man have both been charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
The two 29-year-old men are expected to appeared at the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning.
It will be alleged the vehicle was stolen from a house in Windsor in the early hours Thursday morning, police said.
Investigations are ongoing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
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Out this morning cutting the grass, for the sun is warm and we have had rain so cutting and fertilising is the order of the day. Bellaugello has to look good for you guys and I enjoy the rhythm of walking up and down the grass beginning to turn it back into lawn.
Dreamily gazing into the distance, I am reminded by just how big the views are, we are so fortunate to have such space and privacy, plenty for guys to be yourselves, to enjoy each other's company. Our gardens are extensive on one side of the house terraces are places to relax, to soak up the sun, sit under the dappled share of old oak trees and also breakfast together with fellow guests. Our daily breakfasts are convivial times, a large table, home made breads, preserves, yoghurt, cakes and locally cured meat and cheeses, the aroma of fresh caffè filling the air competing with the heady fragrance of lavender and rosemary. Maybe you lazily get up to boil yourself an egg, maybe you just sit chatting with a cappuccino , whatever it is, the day is yours.
The other side of the house paths lead to our infinity swimming pool, azure waters, salt treated so kind to eyes and skin, large enough to properly swim, an infinity edge to the south, swim up to and gaze dreamily into the distance. There are plenty of sunbeds, some double, relax, soak up the sun, the choice of tan-lines or no tan-lines is up to you.
And below the house further terraces, one with the vegetable garden, one with fruit trees and the private terrace of the Giardino Suite, a space for an intimate dinner for you and your loved one, sunbeds to relax on, oh! and an outdoor shower.. come get wet under the Umbrian sun in the world's largest bathroom…


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Biocompatibility and Toxicity of Nanoparticles and Nanotubes
Biocompatibility and Toxicity of Nanoparticles and Nanotubes - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Journal of NanomaterialsVolume 2012 2012, Article ID 548389, 19 pages
Review Article
Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Received 27 February 2012; Accepted 3 April 2012
Academic Editor: Shuming Zhang
Copyright © 2012 Xiaoming Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In recent years, nanoparticles NPs have increasingly found practical applications in technology, research, and medicine. The small particle size coupled with their unique chemical and physical properties is thought to underline their exploitable biomedical activities. Its form may be latex body, polymer, ceramic particle, metal particles, and the carbon particles. Due to their small size and physical resemblance to physiological molecules such as proteins, NPs possess the capacity to revolutionise medical imaging, diagnostics, therapeutics, as well as carry out functional biological processes. But these features may also underline their toxicity. Indeed, a detailed assessment of the factors that influence the biocompatibility and toxicity of NPs is crucial for the safe and sustainable development of the emerging NPs. Due to the unique structure, size, and shape, much effort has been dedicated to analyzing biomedical applications of nanotubes.This paper focuses on the current understanding of the biocompatibility and toxicity of NPs with an emphasis on nanotubes.
Autor: Xiaoming Li, Lu Wang, Yubo Fan, Qingling Feng, and Fu-zhai Cui
Fuente: https://www.hindawi.com/


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Thanks Brittany!!!!
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
I won Myself a CD*
YAY!!!! I won myself a CD. This news has bring a big smile at my face and I just cant stop smiling...hehehe...Actually, weeks ago while I was dropping my EC, I came across with this blog: Not Your Everyday Supergoddess: Diary of B that belong to Brittany. This is was her first giveaway contest ever. She intended to give away 10 CDs which is a compilation of songs that me myself not sure yet as she keep it secretive. Using Random.org, I was lucky to be one of the winner for this contest. Congrats to other winners: Congrats Jenn, Gagay, Erica, Nora, MoxyLyn, Heather, Angi, Date Girl, & CrazynLoveMom!
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When Sofie and I left for Lanzarote for our "Spring vacation", I brought with me thin knitting needles, and two skeins of Filcolana Arwetta classic.
And a recipe that reminded of Baby in rib, but an easier design for shoulders.
So an undershirt/T-short- short sleeved blouse for Yr.
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Women In Animation Chicago Chapter
Monday, May 21, 2007
I'll post some pics later, but my dad graciously went with me Sunday to the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International. Look for it later today at WIA Chicago blog!
Posted by Kristine Tague at 11:19 AM
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- Celina Barajas said...
That's so awesome that you went! Thanks for representing WIA Chicago. You'll have to tell us all about it. Hopefully we can all go together next year!
- May 22, 2007 at 11:34 AM
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