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He was born on the same year a legend was drafted on the NBA the legend revolutionized basketball and was heralded as the greatest player ever… Michael Jordan. On that same year Magic Johnson led the Lakers into the NBA finals as they squared off again with the Celtics winning the championship series in six games. The stars were all aligned on that night and Lebron James was born on the same year two of the greatest legends emerged. He was just destined for greatness, and 25 years later King James has found his throne.
The athleticism of a young Michael Jordan and the wizardry of Magic Johnson combine into a triple double threat establishing 29.9 points per game with 7.8 assists and 7.2 rebounds the six-foot-eight Lebron can play different positions and established himself as one of the greatest player of today. Before going Pro, Lebron was hype up since he was in highschool having a lot of media attention from ESPN and other sports media. NBA players including Michael Jordan go all the way to a small town in Akron Ohio to watch James play. It was the same excitement that happened 4 to 5 decades ago to a young man named Lew Alcindor taking his team to a 79-2 overall record. Alcindor eventually got converted and is known up to this day as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I came to understand more about Lebron on his documentary movie "More than a game". He made basketball as his sanctuary and look up to his best friends as his family. The moment he learns to stand up and walk on his own Lebron is already holding a ball and dunking a make shift rim while he was still two years old. His mother who became pregnant at a young age of 16 had to work hard to survive and that made James competitive nature having to survive and having to go through difficulty of life at a young age.
I remember when I was still young and had fear of dogs. Our neighbor would always say he won't bite but the moment I touch the dog I ended up in the hospital. Lebron is destined for greatness and unknowingly he is headed to become one of the most exciting players of our generation. You can question the way he handled losing opting not to shake hands with Dwight Howard on their eastern conference finals or you can question his fickle mindedness when he says he will compete for the slamdunk competition next year but you can never question greatness… It's just like saying dogs don't bite.
Story can also be found in bleacherreport.com
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(July 1, 2002) Misdeeds of Stockbrokerages Under-reported
Misdeeds of Nation's Stockbrokerages Under-reported Says
New Reference Guide
Lighthouse Point, Florida (July 29, 2002) The findings of
the first edition of The Siedle Directory of Securities
Dealers, a reference guide providing information regarding
the integrity of the nation's stockbrokerages, were
released today indicating widespread under-reporting of
disciplinary actions involving stockbrokerages. Edward
Siedle, a former SEC attorney who authored the study said,
"The brokerage industry is unique. It has been permitted to
self-regulate, self-insure, self-adjudicate and even
control the information the public receives about
brokerages. The conflict of interest inherent in
self-regulation may well explain the massive
under-reporting we uncovered."
To summarize The Directory's findings:
Data regarding millions of nationwide brokerage firm customer complaints is not disclosed to the public, despite the fact that state securities regulators, the SEC and National Association of Securities Dealers, each keep such records.
Only information regarding arbitration cases filed with the NASD is disclosed to the public. Arbitration cases filed elsewhere, an additional 10-15% are not disclosed-- although information regarding these cases is available. Cases ending short of a final decision by arbitrators are not disclosed. Cases decided by arbitrators that are subsequently "expunged" from firm records as a condition of settling claims are not disclosed. Arbitrations between brokerages and their employees and between firms are not disclosed. Only 15% of all NASD arbitration cases filed are disclosed -less than two arbitrations per firm over a 15-year period.
Only one-half to a third of regulatory actions are disclosed to the public. Only two criminal actions and no bankruptcies are disclosed for the entire industry. Data regarding firms that become insolvent, are expelled or otherwise cease business operations is removed from public disclosure within two years. "This removal policy ensures the disclosure system is purged of its most damning statistics," said Siedle.
"These findings indicate the industry's efforts to educate investors regarding the risks of doing business with brokerage firms are woefully inadequate."
The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. is attempting in litigation in Florida to thwart publication of The Siedle Directory which details the disciplinary histories of its members.
"The very fact the publication of this book has been so strongly opposed by the industry's so-called "self-regulator" should be enough to convince even the most skeptical of the need for change," said Siedle.
The 1600-page Directory provides data regarding criminal, regulatory, civil, and financial actions involving brokerages and sells for $850. For more information go to benchmarkalert.com.
Contact: Edward Siedle, Esq. The Siedle Directory of Securities Dealers, Inc. (954) 784-6282
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City Council poised to revive Human Relations Commission
Jeremy Lazarus | 3/10/2018, 7:14 a.m.
Richmond soon could have a new Human Relations Commission as a platform to hear and investigate residents' complaints about bias, bigotry and discrimination in areas ranging from race and religion to gender orientation, disability and pregnancy.
Richmond City Council is poised to approve legislation at its meeting next Monday to create the 13-member commission, including 11 adults and two high school students.
Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District, and Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District, are spearheading the ordinance based on recommendations issued last year by a council-appointed task force.
The city commission is to be modeled after similar commissions in Newport News and Virginia Beach.
Although it is unclear whether any funding will be provided even for part-time staff, the legislation would grant the commission wide-ranging authority.
Among other things, the commission could investigate complaints and make recommendations for their resolution and assist people to find the right agency with which to file a complaint.
The commission also could hold public forums to discuss human rights issues or address policies and practices that create problems; conduct studies on ways to improve human relations in Richmond and propose solutions; provide a resource guide for residents; and request information on incidents to determine whether reported incidents involve illegal discrimination.
Essentially, the commission would be a front-line advisory body to help city government and City Council "safeguard all individuals within the city from unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status or disability in places of public accommodations," educational institutions, real estate transactions and employment.
If approved as anticipated — the measure is currently included on the consent agenda — this would be the second such commission for the city.
A similar commission operated for more than 30 years before City Council eliminated it in 2006 at the behest of then-Mayor L. Douglas Wilder.
Even now it remains unclear why the commission was dismantled. However, the commission had fallen out of favor at City Hall when the council accepted the recommendation to eliminate it.
The revival of the commission concept began nearly two years ago when Riqia Taylor, a Virginia Commonwealth University student, began pushing the idea amid the uproar over police shootings of African-Americans nationally and a wave of other concerns involving fair treatment of people.
The council created a task force to offer a recommendation in November 2016, and Ms. Taylor was among the appointees.
She wound up as chair of the task force by the time the recommendations were presented to the council last fall.
The new legislation follows the recommendations in both creating a commission and establishing a policy to ensure the "the protection and enforcement of the human and civil rights of all people living and working in the city."
City Council has been in no rush to make the commission happen. Ms. Robertson and Mr. Agelasto introduced the legislation Feb. 26, about five months after council received the task force's report.
If the measure is approved, it is unclear when the commission would be able to get to work.
The council would need to appoint the members, and that could take months to accomplish.
The task force Ms. Taylor headed also recommended that $50,000 be set aside to provide part-time staff.


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Do You Suffer with an Unexplained Pain Or Overwhelming Stress?
It could be that you have Qi stagnation and acupuncture could release it for you.
"I first went to see Jill because I had a swollen knee that no-one could find anything wrong with. … a few minutes with her magic fingers and needles and the swelling was gone. As the weeks went by and we talked about my health and well-being, not only did my knee heal but lots of other wonderful things happened too. I sleep well instead of waking up several times a night, my stress level is much reduced and my digestion has improved. I can't imagine missing my twice monthly treatment which continues to lower stress levels and allow to me to feel my best. I am also thrilled that the rest of my family have become addicted to feeling well under Jill's tutelage and needles!" -JD, Falmouth
This quote is a good example of how acupuncture works for people. There was pain (qi stagnation) in her knee and she sought but didn't find relief else where. So she tried acupuncture. Treatments were focused on the knee at first and she felt relief, but as we unblocked the flow in her knee the whole qi system adjusted and the effects rippled outward to other related systems and her whole mind body benefited.
Qi (energy) should flow freely and when it doesn't it we feel unwell. Stress is the most common cause of Qi stagnation. Stress is an unavoidable part of everyone's every day.
Some stresses are loud and obvious. It's easy to see how they create discomfort in the body and mind. For example, you get painful neck tension every time you have a deadline, you don't sleep well since you and your partner split, your back isn't right since you picked up that heavy box, you catch everybody's colds. Its obvious how these events contribute to not feeling well.
But some stresses are sneaky, quiet, simmering beneath the surface: The morning routine of getting everyone out of the house on time, the frustration of working with a difficult colleague, finances, not enough holiday time.. ordinary life stresses.
All stresses- big and small- effect Qi flow. At first, the discomforts are mild, ignorable, they correct themselves. But if the stress continues those discomforts can become chronic disrupting our health and well being or even developing into disease.
What does Qi stagnation feel like?
It's irritability and unreasonable anger. Its waking at 3 am every night and not being able to fall back asleep. It's painful headaches, cramping menstrual pain, achy joints, stiff sore muscles, bloating after eating, or difficult digestion and messy bowel movements. Qi stagnation (or pain) is a part of most complaints. It manifests in many ways from a simple case of the common cold to complicated disease processes.
How do we get our Qi flowing once it stagnates? (Get rid of that pain?)
Regular exercise, a beloved hobby, meditation, a nourishing diet, loving relationships, a supportive community, and belly laughs all help to keep our Qi flowing and will help to get it going if its stuck. It's about managing our stress well- not tucking it away to deal with later. However, some of us have all of those elements in place and of course, still experience debilitating stress.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas address Qi stagnation. The tools of my trade gently move stuck Qi to help your body and your mind regain the balance and flow required to experience robust health and a calm mind. They help to manage the stress that disrupts our well-being. I sometimes describe acupuncture points as gates or doorways. Accessing them allows your Qi to flow through relieving and preventing qi stagnation.
If you wonder if you are experiencing Qi stagnation (or have an unexplained pain or feel overwhelmed with stress) or have questions about Acupuncture and how it could help you please call Jill on 07432096441 to book your free 20 minute consultation or first appointment.


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Built to house Kuwait's oil industry in the 1940s and '50s, Al-Ahmadi was named for the then emir, Shaikh Ahmed. It remains, to a great extent, the private preserve of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The Oil Display Centre is a small, well-organised and rather self-congratulatory introduction to KOC and the oil business. Al-Ahmadi also has a small, pleasant public garden that's worth a visit.Al-Ahmadi is about 20km (12mi) south of Kuwait City.
The home of Kuwait's main archaeological site, Failaka is definitely worth a visit, though it requires a bit of extra caution. The Iraqis turned Failaka into a heavily fortified base and filled the area with mines.Failaka's history goes back to the Bronze Age Dilmun civilisation, which was centred in Bahrain. The Greeks arrived in the 4th century BC in the form of a garrison sent by Nearchus, one of Alexander the Great's admirals. A small settlement existed on the island prior to this, but it was as the Greek town of Ikaros that the settlement became a real city. The Greeks lived on Failaka for two centuries. The centrepiece of the island is its temple.Failaka is about 20km (12mi) north-east of Kuwait City's centre and well served by ferries, which depart daily from Arabian Gulf St just south of the city centre.
In the years since liberation, Kuwait City has developed into a remarkably easygoing place, though not without a price. The National Museum, once the pride of Kuwait and its centrepiece, used to house the Al-Sabah collection, one of the most important collections of Islamic art in the world. During the occupation, however, the Iraqis systematically looted the exhibit halls. Having cleaned out the building, they smashed everything they could and then set what was left on fire. A hall at the back of the museum complex's courtyard has been restored and is sometimes used for temporary exhibits. Because of the loss of the National Museum's treasures, the Tareq Rajab Museum, a private collection of Islamic art housed in the basement of a large villa, is all the more important.A small building near the National Museum, Sadu House is a museum and cultural foundation dedicated to preserving Bedouin arts and crafts. It's also the best place in Kuwait to buy Bedouin goods. The house itself is built of gypsum and coral, and there's some beautiful decorative carving around the courtyard. More impressive to the country's Muslims is the huge, modern Grand Mosque, opened in 1986, which cost millions to build and can accommodate over 5500 worshippers.Designed by a Swedish architectural firm and opened in 1979, the Kuwait Towers have become Kuwait's main landmark. The largest of the three rises to a height of 187m (615ft). The upper globe houses a two-level observation deck, which is open daily and overlook the emir's Sief Palace. The largest tower's lower globe has a restaurant, coffee shop and banquet rooms.


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It's hard to believe I've been in Japan for about two weeks now. Today marks a week since moving into my new living quarters. It's a brand new town home with a tiny yard. It has white walls, is modernly designed, and no personality. It's filled with what little I brought on me for our journey and loaner furniture until the household goods arrive. It doesn't feel like home. New places rarely feel like home right away. Have you ever felt ill at ease, or just off when moving into a new place? Every new place has it's own feeling, and you bring with it your own emotions, hopes, and expectations. A new place holds limitless potential for what comes next, and to start it's best to give yourself a fresh start with simple cleansing ritual.
Living creates it's own emotions. Ever walk into someone's home and feel completely at ease? Or perhaps feel completely NOT at ease. Emotions from family drama fill up spaces, and who knows the stories of those who were there before you. That's why, whenever I move I like to start out fresh, with a clean start. The first step is to physically clean it. It's surprising how often I step into a new "clean" home only to look at my feet at the end of the day and wonder why they were black (has happened at pretty much every place I've ever moved into tbh). This new town home was no exception. Mopping, cleaning, and getting the things to clean that I didn't have so I could clean was the first place to start. The floors: mopped. The appliances: cleaned. Bathrooms: cleaned.
Related: Looking for more ways to bring new energy into your home? Try these ideas!
A physically clean space is the first step to cleaning the emotional baggage of a space. The next step is to get rid of any lingering negativity or other feelings that may be lingering from construction or past tenants with a cleansing ritual to clean the space of any negativity. Since moving in is hard enough, I like to keep this cleansing ritual simple. It only requires two things that you can easily find on hand: water and salt (or if you are near the sea, salt water works too!). Water and salt are associated with purification in many cultures around the world, and they are perfect for any cleansing or purification need.
The following cleansing ritual can be used on any space, or object. You can change it to suit your own beliefs and needs.
A Simple Cleansing Ritual for a Blissful Home
Tools Needed:
- Water*
- Salt*
- Container to hold water and salt (it doesn't have to be fancy, a paper cup will do!)
* You can replace with salt water from the sea or any other ritually purified water you may have (ex. holy water, water from a holy spring or sacred place, Full Moon Water)
- Invoke any deities, angles, elementals, etc that suit your beliefs ask their aid in consecrating and purifying this space.(optional)
- Sprinkle salt into your vessel of water.
- Hold your vessel of salt water and say something like "By the powers of Water and of Earth, by the powers of the North and the West, I cast out all negativity." Envision your vessel now filled with white or gold light, chasing out all of the negativity envisioned as inky-black darkness.
- With your fingers gently sprinkle the salt water throughout your space. Be sure to get inside all cabinets and closets! As you go you may repeat your cleansing phrase from the previous step, say your own cleansing chant or say nothing at all. As you go through your space, envision the salt water chasing away any negativity as white or gold light chasing away the darkness.
- After you cleanse the entire space say: "This place is cleansed, no negativity may remain."
- Thank any deities, angles, elementals, etc you may have called to your aid.
Feel free to add your own words or special touches to this ritual. The important thing is that it resonates with you, not the exact wording or tools used.


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I had a request this week to do my Christmas playlist (which is the stuff of legends... I'm humble, I know), BUT I'm saving it for next weekend as I wanted to wait for Thanksgiving to pass. Instead, I'm showing you my absolute favorite cover from a talent television show. Enter: Alex & Sierra. They manage to turn every song I love into an equally excellent folksy cover. This is their live audition song... so good, right? I could listen to their stuff allllll day long while sipping coffee in bed on a rainy day. If you watch them perform, they're also perfectly awkward in the best way. Check out the song below:
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My Japanese (that is, Google Japanese) is not that good, so I could only figure out that its roll stiffness can be fully adjusted without the need to disassemble the set. At the same time, it can be removed and installed back without losing its setting.
To be honest, I think it must do a lot more than this to justify replacing two parts and a few screws (in the original setting or traditional carbon/fiber upgrade) for ten parts and a dozen screws.


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Dog Walker Ashington UK
Dog Walker Ashington, Northumberland: It is likely there might be several reasons why you might be looking for a local dog walker in Ashington, you are perhaps away working all the time and never have the spare time to walk your dog, you are perhaps not well and aren't fit enough to walk your dog, or it might be that you're too lazy and would rather pay a stranger to walk your dog.
Well happily there are actually tons of people these days more than willing to do just that. In actual fact it is possible to track down individuals in your area of Ashington who'll not just take your dog for a walk but additionally help you with a number of other pet and doggy services, such as dog whispering, dog and pet taxi services, dog and cat sitting, dog training, dog and puppy visits and cat visits.
Why Do You Need a Dog Walker?: Despite the fact that we obviously all love our dogs and consider them to be one of the family, we quite often don't have ample time to give them the attention they deserve, especially in terms of taking them for walks. In our active working lives, a family to look after and social commitments it is not so easy to slot in walking and exercising the dog, nearly as often as they need and you would like.
Now I have no doubt you all know that your dog needs exercising and that it is imperative that you take your dog for walks consistently, both for the dog's general wellness and health and for fitness benefits. it's always better if you do this yourself as you are able to obtain very similar health benefits as your dog does, enjoying all important exercise and fresh air. Additionally there is the benefit of bonding, getting involved in activities together helps you to develop a lasting bond with your pet. In reality however, lots of people basically can't spare the time to walk the dog, and certainly not once or twice a day, and it is one of those chores which can be frequently postponed.
Now this is definitely where a local Ashington dog walker can be priceless, delivering a regular dog walking service on a day to day basis, minimizing the responsibility of one daily duty and giving you more time to do essential things. A dog walker will be able to visit your home in Ashington, pick up your pet and walk it for perhaps an hour or so. It may be on a daily basis, 2 or 3 times per week, or perhaps just on the odd day when your are too busy or have other important responsibilities.
Some Ashington dog walkers walk your dog on a one to one basis, other services might take two or more dogs at once, so it might be best to discuss your specific requirements with a potential dog walker should you have a preference. If you have a dog that is affable and gets on okay with other dogs, group walking could be more beneficial, but if your dog does not mix well with other dogs, a one to one walk may be best.
Various professional Ashington dog walkers also provide other services for pets and not just for dogs, for instance they might supply dog or pet boarding whilst you are on holiday, collect your pet and taxi it to the vets, give your dog some basic training if there are problems with behaviour or pop along to your house every day to feed your dog, cat or small pet. Others might even be able to offer a dog grooming service as well, or "walk and groom". Such services may be very useful and provide a total pet care service which will give peace of mind with regard to the wellbeing, happiness and health of all your animals and pets, while still allowing you to work, look after your family and socialize.
Making use of a dog walker in Ashington ought not to wholly take the place of your personal interactions with your dog though, you still should try to take your dog for a walk as often as you're able to, to keep strong that relationship and bond. You should always be a fundamental part of their training and exercise program to make certain your precious pet stays healthy, happy and adored.
The Benefits of Dog Walking: There are a variety of amazing benefits that your dog will gain from being walked on a regular basis such benefits include: weight management, decreased loneliness, better mental health, increased cardiovascular fitness, lowering of blood pressure, stronger bones and muscles and bonding improvements.
What Does it Cost?: As with any services, dog walking prices can vary quite a bit, depending on the level of service required, the town you live in, whether it is a one to one or group walk (group walks are often cheaper) and the time spent on the walk, but the likely charges should be between £10 and £14 for a 1 hour walking session with cuddles and kisses included.
Ashington Dog Walkers and What to Look For: Obviously as there are no certifications or qualifications for dog walking, literally any Tom, Dick or Harriet is able to set themselves up as a dog walker and commence operating such a service, therefore you must be a bit careful concerning who you choose to walk your dog in Ashington. Security issues could possibly be involved as you might be permitting access to your home so as to pick up your dog or feed your pets. It is obvious you'll have far more confidence in dog walkers that have passed a DBS police check (formerly CRB check). You might as well want to verify that any potential Ashington dog walker has insurance, in case there any accidents involving your dog, some type of public liability cover would obviously be appropriate. It might also be a wise idea if any prospective dog walker meets with your dog before making a decision so as to guarantee that they are a good match.
Starting in Business as a Dog Walker: If you are keen on dogs, are not averse to a bit of exercise and enjoy being out in the open, starting in business as a dog walker in Ashington may be the career for you. Please don't think for one moment that taking pooches for walks is an easy road to prosperity, because it isn't, and there are limitations to how much you can make, particularly at first, however if you are unemployed at the moment, simply thinking about a new career or unhappy in your current employment, then a job as a dog walker could be the best way forward.
Before you even start such a business you'll need to conduct some market research, you need to make sure there is a need for dog walkers in your immediate area, check to see what number of dog walkers are currently in business close to you, figure out precisely what those dog walkers are receiving for their services, discover whether there are suitable areas in which to walk a dog, discover if there are local council laws in relation to dog walking and any additional germane stuff that comes to mind. Learn as much data and information as you can before you fork out any cash on equipment and advertising.
It will be a great idea to firstly walk some dogs belonging to family, work colleagues, pals or neighbours, enabling you to make sure that you're going to be happy being a dog walker. Offer this service initially on a voluntary basis and as soon as you finally commence as a business, those tester "clients" could possibly end up being paying customers and make up your first dog walking round.
Ensure you have the financial stability to last several months without having to dip into your early earnings from dog walking, it isn't likely to take off straight away and you will have to be patient until you've developed a reasonable customer base. It may take close to 12 months to get a good round in place and even then, your income may not be good enough to get by on. You could always start off part-time until you become established.
It is important that you get yourself an adequate insurance policy, accidents certainly can take place and you don't want to be crippled by being sued in the future. You'll find insurance cover designed especially for dog walkers, do a little groundwork on the internet and invest in a suitable dog walking insurance policy.
It is simple to get an idea of how much you should charge from local people already running a dog walking service in Ashington, it is wise to set your rates at a comparable level and do not try to charge less than all the others, just to grab the customers. Try to offer something a little bit extra for the same money so as to attract more business.
Ashington Dog Walkers And What They Do
Dog Walker Ashington: There are naturally a broad assortment of undertakings that you could need a local Ashington dog walker for, and beneath we have listed only a small selection of the common explanations why you might be having to look for the specialized services of a dog walker in Ashington, Northumberland.
Using a service like Bark will help you to pick prospective dog walkers in Ashington, Northumberland and also find Cresswell dog walkers, Morpeth dog walkers, Newbiggin by the Sea dog walkers, North Seaton dog walkers, Scotland Gate dog walkers, West Sleekburn dog walkers, Choppington dog walkers, Lynemouth dog walkers, Guide Post dog walkers, Widdrington dog walkers, Pegswood dog walkers, Woodhorn dog walkers, Cambois dog walkers, Longhirst dog walkers, Blyth dog walkers, Ellington dog walkers and more local dog walker pet related services.
Dog Walker Ashington Northumberland - Tips and Hints for Picking One: One of several dated but still common means of discovering a dog walker in Ashington is to look at local directories, free local newspapers or online business directories, so you might have a peek in some of the best business directories like 118 118, Mister What, Yelp, City Visitor, Local Life, Cyclex, Touch Local, Thomson Local or Yell although anybody will get listed into these which means there is very little guarantee of the integrity of any individual Ashington dog walker, so you will be chancing your arm by applying this solution.
There are many strategies by which you could obtain a trusted Ashington dog walker and you can try any of them to find the most effective Ashington dog walker for the project: 1. Check out one of the reputable trades sites where customers post testimonials for dog walkers who have completed jobs for them in the past, 2. Browse the business directories, local newspapers, Yellow Pages or flyers put through your door, 3. Seek the advice of family members, close friends, associates or possibly even neighbours to determine if they can vouch for a dog walker in Ashington whom they have used recently and who made a good job.
Searching Google or Yahoo: In these modern times the popular way to track down a dog walker in Ashington is by using the internet. Even this method can be challenging, as you will need to sift through precisely what results are in any way relevant to the words you searched for. What you type in ought to be as exact as possible whenever you're searching on Google or Bing, the most typical thing to type in is "dog walker Ashington" or "Ashington dog walker", this tends to provide mixed search results and a lot of what's presented will be from one of two of the top directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson, yet what will not be quite so clear is that with search engines the uppermost 3 or 4 results are paid adverts, to put it simply someone has paid to be there and in all probability they won't be appropriate for your requirements or even locally based, so you need to ignore these ads and scroll further down the results. Sometimes job websites advertising dog walker jobs in Ashington might be visible in the search results, you can obviously safely disregard such results.
On occasion a result for the website of a genuine dog walker in Ashington will feature on the first page of the search results, you might spot them if you look closely, click on the 2nd or 3rd page and there is a better chance of seeing a larger percentage of real Ashington dog walkers. Using a more specific search term is often recommended, for example, if you are a single woman living on your own you may well choose to find a lady dog walker, therefore your search phrase could be "lady dog walker Ashington", or maybe you could try "dog sitter Ashington", "dog walker near me in Ashington" or "dog walking Ashington". You might also bear in mind that not every dog walker in Ashington will own their own website, therefore another practical tip is that you could come across several hidden gems in the business listings situated beneath the map displayed on Google and Yahoo, every time you are doing this type of search.
Find local Ashington dog walkers and pet sitters, Ashington dog walking services, Ashington dog walkers and dog groomers, Ashington dog walking and dog sitting, Ashington dog walkers and pet services, Ashington dog walking professionals and a local Ashington dog whisperer by clicking on the "Bark" image immediately above.
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UK stampers forum tag swap
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Being inky and creating pretty stuff… reducing the noise in my head one creative thing at a time.
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Today I have 5 cards I made yesterday using the latest Making Cards magazine paper collection kit. I filmed the
This month's inchies I used up a random gelli print as the background and mounted it onto the mountboard and
The theme for this month at the Postcard art swap group was flowers in my garden… well I don't really
So I had lots of fun with my friends at last night's crafty session. We each made a background…. Then
Tonight there are a few of my friends coming round for a crafting session. Originally this was pre Christmas but
I loved the acetate card boxes from Stampin Up and a few friends and family will be getting a little
Today I am sharing a card I made a few weeks ago for my friend's, Sue, birthday. It was a
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Chapter the Sixth: Making Good On One's PromisesThe Bessie Toone mine was a dark and dirty place, though I really shouldn't have expected otherwise. It was difficult to see inside, but there were several lanterns on the sides that Virgil was kind enough to light as we went along. The smell of wet fur permeated the mine, overpowering the now faint scent of metal and machinery. It would have been a marvelous thing to see back when the mine was still being worked, when Shrouded Hills prospered instead of decayed.
A scrawny wolf with a damp coat crept around the corner, prowling with its body low to the ground. It looked up at me and bared its teeth, emitting a deep growl that slowly grew in strength. It lunged at me, but for a wolf it was actually quite slow. It didn't really seem to be in the best of health, though I didn't imagine most wolves could survive so well living in an old mine so near to a town. It saddened me, but I put the wolf out of its misery.
There were more than just sick wolves in the mine, however. As I progressed deeper inside the mine I encountered several aggressive, overgrown rats. More rats. I hate rats. What is it with rats around here? Although they didn't pose much of a threat individually, in a group they were a bit more dangerous. Luckily the tips I got from the guard were paying off nicely and I found myself fumbling quite a bit less than I did the last time I had to fend off rodents.
In the deepest part of the mine even the filthy rats gave way to vermin of a much worst sort: spiders. My hatred for rats was no small secret, but even that paled in comparison to the panicked revulsion that welled up in the pit of my stomach when I saw three spiders the size of my fist crawling out of a dark corner and towards me. I did not let out a shriek, I refused to, but it did take me several moments to regain my composure long enough to get a proper hold on my dagger. When the spiders neared me I gave them a stabbing the likes of which they'll never forget. Well, they probably forgot it the second the blade cleaved through whichever bit they use for a brain, but that's beside the point. Spiders were a lot less fearsome when out in the open and big enough to stab.
By far the most horrible thing in that mine was the ghost of old Bessie Toone herself. More than just goosebumps, that woman gave me chills. Her voice echoed hauntingly throughout the mine, "Sarah, my dear Sarah..." Over and over again she repeated the name. Sarah... I tried calling out to her, asking her why she was still there, but she only ever said the same thing in response.
Rumor has it that one day she walked up to the mine, fired all of the workers, and disappeared into the caves. I shuddered uncontrollably. Her spirit was stuck there, forever wandering the barren, rock passageways... calling out the name 'Sarah', her words echoing interminably. I focused on accomplishing what I could quickly so I could take leave of the awful place.
I saw a boot with a tag labeled 'TOONE' sitting on a nearby table so I snatched it up quickly. This ought to please that damned fop. I wasn't quite done with the mine yet, however, as I had made other promises. Searching thoroughly revealed a stick of dynamite, likely intended to be used for any number of tasks in the mine. Well, the mine's shut on account of haunting anyway. They won't care if I borrow this. Although taking apart the town's steam engine sounded like a rather interesting exercise, I supposed I stood a much lower chance of getting caught if I were to simply blow it to smithereens.
I fought my way through more and more vermin, exploring several side passages of the mine. Eventually my luck changed for the better and I found the last thing I was looking for: a shining lump of ore, its color a stark contrast from the dark and dirty heaps of rock piled high in the mine carts. I picked up a nearby pickaxe and aimed at the rock carefully, using the same precision that I might use to stab a man in the back. My aim was true and my hands were steady, loosening the rock in a few quick blows. I picked up the fallen bit of ore and stuffed it in my purse. This looks like it'll make me a fine dagger, Mr. Gurloes. I certainly wasn't lingering in the mine because I enjoyed its atmosphere, so once I had everything I'd come for I left it immediately. All I had to do to make my way out was follow the trail of dead vermin.
My first stop on the way out was the place nearest to the mine: Percy Toone's house. His mother was obsessed with this 'Sarah' and I found it hard to believe he didn't think to mention it earlier. I was angry that he'd hidden something from me and he was cowardly enough that I felt I could get my way by expressing that anger. He glared at me suspiciously when I entered, noticing the harsh look on my face. "We meet again," his voice was unsteady when he spoke, betraying the veiled confidence he tried to put forth in his words.
"I 'spoke' with your mother's ghost." Percy's face went white.
That's right, you knew all along what she was saying in that mine... how could you not? You were hoping I'd be turned away by the vermin. "She said, 'Sarah, my dear Sarah. Sarah, come back, please. Oh, Sarah. Sarah Sarah Sarah.' Just who the hell is Sarah?"
Percy was overreacting. His anger was hollow and obviously false. Perhaps your simple minded ruses pass for deception in this town, but I see right through you. "Why did she do that?" I certainly wasn't going to let up on him that easily.
Unfortunately for me, he seemed to decide he'd rather not have my help after all. There couldn't have been more than the smallest grain of truth amidst the lies that began spilling forth from his mouth. "Who can say? She was always so irritable and unkind to me. It broke my mother's heart when she left."
I'm sure it did, Percy. I can always count on you to tell it like it is. "Perhaps if I could go and speak with her..." Talking with Percy was getting me nowhere fast and that didn't seem likely to change anytime soon. It seemed as though Sarah was my only option.
Percy was, of course, indignant. "Why? Why would you want to do that? She can be of no help, of that I can assure you. It would be unwise... I mean there's nothing she can tell you that would help."
Nothing that would help you, you mean. Nothing that would be a blatant lie to cover up your own inadequacies. "It can't hurt, though, and I do need something to go on..."
You are a horrible liar, Percival Toone. "I am sorry I mentioned it. I will be going, now." It looked like he'd all but confirmed that his sister was, in fact, still living in Dernholm. She couldn't be hard to find in such a place since there weren't many who still remained there in recent years. I was going to head in that direction anyway, so I made a note to track her down.
I left Percy's house and wandered around town for awhile, just trying to kill a bit of time before sundown. I didn't want to hold onto live dynamite any longer than I had to, but I also didn't want to blow up a town treasure in broad daylight. In my wanderings I helped myself to a few meager belongings that were poorly concealed behind a locked door and I also stumbled upon another tiny little magick shop. For a backwater town with a mine and a steam engine Shrouded Hills sure did have a lot of magicians.
The proprietress was a young looking elven woman, though with elven lineage who can really tell how old the buggers are. She greeted me politely as I entered her shop, but my skin was already beginning to itch just a little bit. Well, I'm already doing odd jobs for everybody else in this damned town, I might as well work for you, too. "I am looking for work. Do you require assistance with anything?"
She thought about it for a second then responded, "This town is small and my needs are few. There is nothing I need an outsider to do for me." Then another thought seemed to cross her mind and she glanced at me a bit harder. "You appear a traveler. Tell me, do you wander far?"
The answer to that question was easy. "Yes."
Indeed. Everybody wants something, don't they? "Where do you think it may be?"
She chuckled a bit and shrugged. "I have not the slightest inkling of its whereabouts. I cannot fathom why I have even told you of it. Perhaps these many years have confused my mind. Well, no matter. IF you do happen upon it, I would reward you handsomely."
Only one of us was amused by this. What in the gods would cause you to ask me to fetch an amulet when you've bloody clue where it is, if it even still exists?! Damned elves! "I will keep an eye out for it, Madam." I was better at lying than Percy. "Good day."
As I headed away from the shop I was very nearly accosted by a gnome who seemed desperate to talk with me.
If ever there were a funny question to ask, that is the one. Why not ask if I'd been to the crash site, if I knew anything about the crash...? No, you have to ask me if I bloody survived it. You must think me a fool. "Mind your own business, sir."
This gnome is far too persistent. He may be acting polite, but I always act polite when I'm trying to rob, manipulate, or otherwise abuse the good-natured trust of my fellow man (or woman, I don't discriminate). "And I told you that I'd rather not speak of it. Good day..."
He seemed flustered. "Madam, you don't understand! I am Mr. Radcliffe and my brother Preston was on that zeppelin! If you can give me any information about him...!"
The image of the two corpses in the inn room flashed across my mind. I could still see the words on Joachim's note: Do not speak with anyone about the zeppelin crash. Whatever Joachim is or is not he certainly gave good advice with that one. If the gnome was indeed telling the truth then I was being horribly rude, but the chances of his being honest were far lower than my chances of winning the Tarantian lottery. "My apologies, Mr. Radcliffe, but I cannot help you with this matter."
His tone changed as he suddenly became aware that I wasn't as dull as he thought. He sounded downright menacing and he cast me a hateful glare, "Hmmph! No need to be rude, madam. I suppose you'll be staying here in Shrouded Hills. I'm sure we'll be seeing one another again..." I'll take that as a threat, 'Mr. Radcliffe'.
"Good day to you." I politely excused myself and began forming plans to get the hell out of Shrouded Hills as quickly as possible. It surprised me that Virgil hadn't warned me to be careful in hushed whispers. Either he was beginning to trust me or perhaps he was really that upset when I didn't let him talk with the last suspicious man we met. I wasn't really sure what he was thinking, but I certainly wasn't going to get any better at lying if I sat back and let him do all the talking. Still, I felt guilty all over again. It seemed like I wasn't any better of a person in my new life than I'd been in my last.
Evening began to fall and darkness sheltered me like a warm blanket, concealing my unscrupulous activities from prying eyes. I inconspicuously wandered on over to the large building I passed on my way into town the previous night and approached the door cautiously. The distinct rattle of a steam engine issued forth from inside and I knew I had the right place. Quietly I cracked open the door and slipped inside. Virgil followed soon after.
As luck would have it there were rats on the inside. Why does it always have to be rats? Why can't I ever encounter bunnies? Bunnies are cute and harmless. Thinking such things didn't help me in the slightest. Fond memories of the old rabbit farm in Caladon bubbled to the surface of my mind and I suddenly began longing for many of the luxuries I'd left behind. I remembered the kind old farmer that let the dirty little orphan girl play with his rabbits. Many years later I strolled down Old King's Way, hanging on Frederick's arm, and we stopped to feed those same bunnies. That was another life. I am not that person. I'm a thief, soon to be a demolitionist. Unfortunately for my new persona, the object I was trying to destroy was guarded by a peculiar dwarf.
Perhaps 'guarded' wasn't exactly an appropriate term. The strange little dwarf next to the engine looked at me with glazed-over eyes that suggested he'd been inhaling a few too many fumes for his own good. When he spoke his voice was cracked and uneven. It occurred to me that if I just waited long enough he would pass out of his own accord. I didn't really have the time, though. Perhaps I could convince him to leave for awhile. He certainly wouldn't be smart enough to catch on. "Uh, yes, I see. Very... pretty?" How else am I supposed to respond to that?
Catching on to my ruse wasn't a problem, but being too stupid to hold a normal conversation was proving to be problematic. "And you say you take care of this thing?"
This was going nowhere fast. Although dynamite wasn't exactly my specialty, the steam engine was rather large. I looked around and noted several places it could be laid that would be detrimental to the steam engine but wouldn't harm the dwarf overly much. I certainly wasn't going to kill him. I'd sooner tell Mr. Dunne just where he could stuff those potions he offered me in payment. "I see. Well, it has been intellectually stimulating, but I must go." The irony was lost on him.
He shouted as I made my way out of the room, "Shiny shiny engine! I see my face!" It can't be a good idea to leave that poor thing trapped in here with the engine. It'll only make him worse. In my mind I was actually doing the dwarf a favor by destroying the steam engine.
Once the dwarf's attention was shifted back to his 'shiny' I signalled to Virgil to wait for just a moment. Very carefully I crept into the room and dialed the timer on the dynamite until I was satisfied. I laid it down on the other side of the engine from the dwarf and hoped he'd survive the experience. Sorry, friend, but I'm being paid to get rid of your shiny. Try not to get hurt.
I didn't really have any experience with explosives, but it worked well enough. The dwarf had a few scratches from where bits of metal went flying past him, but was otherwise alright. Confused as a baby in a brothel, but he'd live. I hastily made my escape and Virgil followed.
Mr. Dunne's shop was on exactly the opposite end of town and at the moment that's just where I wanted to be. I hurried away from the explosion as quickly as I could while not being overly loud about the matter. Slipping inside quietly, I whispered to Mr. Dunne, "I've taken care of your steam engine problem..."
Perhaps this job will involve getting more money and harming fewer dwarves. "Of course... I'm at your service..." Then Mr. Dunne launched into some hullabaloo about alchemical gold that I couldn't care less about. Something or other about needing a special ingredient that he couldn't disclose to me before he could perform the transmutation. I was certain that if modern magick truly discovered a way to turn lead into gold the discovery wouldn't be made by a self-centered gnome in Shrouded Hills. Whether that gnome was willing to pay for the possibility, however, was of much more importance to me.
"...the only man who sells it is in Dernholm, to the east. The man's name is Charles Dolan, and he owns a shop in Dernholm." That's the part I needed to hear.
Since I'd been planning on stopping in Dernholm anyway a few extra coin would do me some good. "Could you mark it on my map, good sir?" I held my map out to him. Just show me where Sarah lives... gooood gnome.
"Certainly, madam," he replied as he made a small 'X' where Dernholm is located.
Cheap bastard, aren't you? There wasn't much of a choice to be made. An extra 70 coins on top of the 500 I was hoping to earn by chatting with Sarah was better than turning down the 70 coins. It was practically free money. "Sounds good. I'll do it."
Mr. Dunne grinned widely, "Many thanks, madam. I shall await your return." I don't know what you really think you'll be gaining by doing all of this, but at least I can take your money.
My next order of business was to deliver the ore that Mr. Gurloes had asked for. A new weapon could always come in handy and I wanted to be sure it would be ready before I left for Dernholm, which would hopefully be incredibly soon. "Good day, Mr. Gurloes. I've brought back your ore... here you go..."
"I'll do that Lloyd..." It wouldn't do to start traveling at night anyway and I figured I wouldn't be caught for blowing up the steam engine at least until morning so I went back to the inn to rent another room. After I paid the innkeeper for another night the half orc sitting at the bar coughed suspiciously, giving me a purposeful stare. I wondered just what it was that he wanted. Sitting down next to him I casually asked, "Who might you be?"
I didn't really like Jacob's tone, but I did need money quite badly. I listened on, hoping he wasn't going to ask for anything crude. "Hmmm. Perhaps. Speak quickly..."
He winked, which set an uneasy feeling upon me. It looked like things were going exactly where I feared they were going. "I like a woman who hears opportunity when it comes a'knockin. Here's the word, and make sure to keep it to yourself..."
"Just keep your hands to yourself and tell me..." If you're going to ask me for... no, no, no... that hasn't been for sale for a very long time... and certainly never to those with orcish blood. Ugh.
He leaned in closely, "I'll make this short. Do you fancy yourself the thieving type, woman?"
I was honestly so relieved at his asking that I almost laughed. This was quickly turning from a job that made me feel unpleasant to a job that sounded like it could be a whole lot of fun. "I'm a woman who knows her way around a lock..." I replied.
"I'm listening..." You may be clueless when it comes to picking locks, but you're still a thief in spirit, my good man. This sounded like it would be good practice AND I would get paid for it. I'd spent so much time looking for good work in that damned town and all I had to do was look right at the inn where I was staying. Well, it sounded like it would involve breaking the law, too, but that never really stopped me. Didn't even slow me down.
"There's a bank here in town, and j'es yesterday the payroll for the Bessie Toone mine was deposited there for safekeeping. There's at least 500 gold pieces in that safe, as we speak." The half orc pulled a slip of paper out of his pocket and thumbed it greedily. "This here's the combination to the bank's safe. Do I make m'self clear, woman?"
I grinned wickedly. "Crystal, my good man. What's the catch?" As long as the catch didn't involve 500 gold as payment for a certain other service I had a feeling things were going to work out just fine.
Doctor? Why the bloody hell would he send a doctor after me for robbing a bank? "Who's the doctor?"
"The doctor? Old Doc Roberts is the only real law this here town got... god knows Constable Owens' lilly-livered hide ain't goin' to do nuthin' about nuthin'. If a man needs somethin' done in this town law-way, then they go to Doc Roberts, and if he feels like it, then it gets done. I'm sure he's got money in that bank, so he'd be real interested if someone was gonna steal it..."
The half orc's meaning was clearer now. "I see. I think we might have a deal here, Jacob."
The half orc and I shook hands on it, "Deal." This'll be the fastest, easiest 250 coins I ever made. I should've started robbing banks years ago.
"Good, good," the half orc handed me the slip of paper. "I'll be here, waiting, until noon after the day you do th' job. Don't double cross me, woman..."
Misogynist bastard. "Until later, Jacob." I'd show him how a proper heist was done. They wouldn't know the money was gone 'till they counted it the next day.
When this is done, I'm going to have to get the bloody hell out of here... and fast. He'll drink his share of the money away in less than a week, and then he'll be running to Doc Roberts hoping to get the rest of the money all to himself. Not gonna happen, Jacob... not on my watch. It's a good thing I was already planning on leaving anyway. My popularity in Shrouded Hills was sinking fast.


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Dr. J. Alexander Kussad shares his story of caring for refugees
International Medical Relief, a Colorado-based organization, organized a humanitarian mission to the Aegean island of Lesbos. Its core mission is community outreach and education, especially in the developing nations.
So this trip was unique, in that they were operating in a European country, and instead of reaching out to settled villagers, I was part of a group of volunteers reaching out to refugees and migrants—people on the move who are only in a given location for a day or two. We were operating under the umbrella of the Health Point Project, a United Kingdom-based medical charity organization.
Greece Government Slows Refugee Assistance
Upon our arrival to Greece, the local government decided to expel NGOs (non-governmental organizations) from operations, and it became illegal to provide any type of assistance to refugees including giving them food or physical assistance. The exception was with Doctors Without Borders that operated often with one physician during daylight hours at Moria detention center, and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) that mainly provided transportation bus services from the beaches to Moria detention center for documentation processing of the refugees.
Helping People Disembark from Rafts
Our group lost valuable days because of the government regulation, but during this time, I registered as a dentist on the island. We spent our days on the beach, at a camp established by a Swedish NGO called Lighthouse Refugee Relief. Alongside the Greek coast guard and an organization of Spanish lifeguards from Barcelona, we helped people disembark the inflatable rafts used to cross the strait between Lesbos and Turkey.
Clothes, Blankets, Food
& Urgent Care
At the Lighthouse camp, I provided translating services (Levantine Arabic for the Syrians and Persian for the Afghans), and our group provided the refugees with a change of clothes, warming tents and blankets, hot tea, soup and other food. There was also a clinic set up in a small trailer where we removed a cast from the broken leg of a Syrian boy (he was hit by a car two months prior in Turkey) and saw other urgent care cases.
One night we heard commotion outside of the house where we were staying next to a beach and a large raft of about 50 Afghan refugees (men, women and children) landed on the shore next to the house.
The people were wet and hypothermic, so we quickly ushered them into the house, offered them some of our clothes, and gave them whatever food and hot drinks we had. We called International Rescue Committee that had a nearby camp and fleet of vans to come pick up the people and transport them to their camp, where UNHCR buses could then take them to Moria.
Covert Trips into Guarded Former Prison
Moria is a former prison, heavily guarded by armed police and surrounded by barbed wire fences. By breaking off into small groups of two to three and operating in the middle of the night, we were able to sneak in multiple times, whether crawling under fences, or past a sleepy guard while his back was turned. We often pretended to be refugees by taking off our scrubs and the women in the group put on headscarves.
Treating Patients in Secret
Finally, there was a negotiation between the government and Health Point Project and we were allowed to return to the medical tent outside the walls of Moria in an area nicknamed "Afghan Hill." The agreement allowed us to provide diagnosing and consultation services, but nothing more. As healthcare providers, we decided that the humanitarian necessity of medical treatment superseded government laws, so we treated patients and spread the word of our existence among the refugees.
Caring for the Sick
My sub-team consisted of me, a physician from Utah and a nurse from Washington. Once we entered, we asked where families and children were located since we gave them priority. They were inside bunkers, which we entered, and introduced ourselves. We soon found ourselves inundated with many children with coughs, sore throats, fevers, runny noses, and some adolescents and adults with toothaches, muscle fatigue, starvation, dehydration, and hypothermia. We spent hours performing exams and dispensing vitamins, rehydration salts, antibiotics, cough lozenges, pain relievers and acetaminophen.
Those with toothaches, I escorted back to the tent on Afghan Hill, where a previous dentist from the UK set up a makeshift dental operatory, where I could perform extractions and dispense medications. By the time we built momentum, patients started coming to see us in the tent rather than us having to sneak into Moria to see patients. I translated as often as I could for the physicians and nurses, and in addition to extractions and draining abscesses, I was able to distribute toothbrushes and toothpaste, apply fluoride varnish, and offer oral hygiene instructions. Before I knew it, it was time to return to the USA.
When All is Lost
The Syrian and Afghan refugees were obviously fleeing war zones and had lost loved ones and worldly possessions, whereas migrants were "piggy-backing" off of the refugee situation and came from countries such as Morocco (they flew to Turkey as tourists), Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh. Afghans were reported being on the road, often walking with toddlers, for almost a month and crossing the rugged, snowy mountains of Kurdistan on the Iran-Turkey border.
Syrians lost relatives and real estate and were the most panicked and emotional of the groups we encountered. The European Union is granting residency status to Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, while most everyone else is being turned away or deported at the Greece-Macedonia border. Once they enter Macedonia, their journey is not even halfway finished. They still need to traverse the Balkans before they arrive at their destination, the most popular one being Germany. Along the way, it is reported by Hurriyet Daily News of Turkey that as many as 10,000 migrant children have become separated from their families and are victims of human trafficking.
A Positive Change for People in Crisis
I wish I could have stayed longer and I feel I have not done enough—that what I've done is a drop in the bucket. But I realize that small drop may have been enough to make a positive change in the lives of a few individuals, and I'm convincing myself that makes it worthwhile.


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Monarchs Fall to No. 25 South Carolina, 6-1
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NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion men's tennis team (4-2) fell to No. 25 nationally ranked South Carolina (9-2) by a 6-1 score on Sunday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
"Our doubles didn't look good all weekend," explained ODU head coach Dominik Mueller. "We've got to work on that before our next match. I was actually pleased with our level of play in singles, but we didn't execute in critical moments, which is essential in matches against top teams. We have a brutal stretch ahead of us, so there's no time to feel sorry for ourselves. We will come back stronger next Friday."
In No. 2 singles, ODU's Aziz Kijametovic took down Paul Jubb in straight sets (6-4, 6-4).
The Monarchs will remain at home for their next match, as they take on N.C. State on Friday, Feb. 16 at 1:00 p.m. EST. After that match, Old Dominion will be back in action for a double header against Richmond and Howard respectively on Sunday, Feb. 18. The Monarchs will then hit the road for a match against Harvard on Feb. 23 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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No. 25 South Carolina: 6 Old Dominion: 1
- Friedrich/Dennis def. Kijametovic/Musitelli (ODU) 6-3
- Moundir/Jover Maestre (ODU) dnf. Jubb/Mayronne 5-5, unfinished
- O'Keefe/Benton def. Schneider/Gisse (ODU) 7-5
- Friedrich def. Moundir (ODU) 6-4, 6-1
- Kijametovic (ODU) def. Jubb 6-4, 6-4
- No. 95 Dennis def. Weindl (ODU) 7-6, 6-3
- Mayronne def. Schneider (ODU) 7-6, 7-5
- O'Keefe def. Musitelli (ODU) 6-4, 6-7, 7-5
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The National Weather Service says localized amounts of snow could hit 8 inches for Platte, Butler, Colfax, Stanton, Thurston, Cuming, and Seward Counties. Consistent snow fall should land in the 3 to 5 inch range, says the NWS.
Ice and sleet could also accumulate, and predicted blowing snow has upgraded the storm to blizzard conditions.
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Senior Editor of Raw Vision magazine, Julia Elmore, reviewed Outside In artist Kate Bradbury's small solo exhibition for Raw Vision Magazine. It was held at the Julian Hartnoll Gallery, London and was titled 'Drawing Splinters - Knitting Bones'
This solo show of works by self- taught artist and musician Kate Bradbury follows on from her in the Outside In: London exhibition, where she was selected as one of just 8 artists from almost 800 submissions.
There is something compelling about the complex labyrinthine depths of Bradbury's monochrome creations that draws the viewer right into the heart of her works. Fingerprint faces populate visionary drawings in ink on Chinese paper that send the mind off on visual journeys, along unexpected paths, past electricity pylons and winged creatures.
Bradbury's larger drawings require repeat viewing in order to come close to taking in every detail. The spiraling patterns of The Smell of Smoke Never Lets go of a Fire Damaged Life are like a vortex, with a repetitive, rhythmical sense of music about them and shapes that hint at the twisted brass of a French horn. Smaller works could easily be illustrations from a surrealist novel. In The Dust Gatherer, a fanciful character with the body of a whirlwind stands centre stage, but gazes off into the distance. Steps lead to the top of an impossibly complex architecture which could equally be the curling pages of a book. Beyond this, a sea of infinite pattern. A row of Bradbury's Angels and Dervishes-sculptural works fashioned from abandoned belongings: biscuit tins, chess pieces, knitting Patterns – danced in the window of the gallery, hinting at the depths of this unassuming artist's multifarious life.
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The main culprit causing your seasonal allergy symptoms is plant pollen. When the weather is warm and dry, these particles can easily travel through the air, and make their way into your respiratory system. The most frustrating thing about seasonal allergies is that there is no cure-all for them. While you can do many things to relieve you of these pesky symptoms, you will still have to use these same remedies time and time again to fight off your runny nose, sneezing and more. Keeping this in mind, we have composed a list of seven things you can do to prevent your allergies from ruining spring for you. Continue reading below to learn what these remedies are.
Take notice of daily pollen counts
Your regular morning weather channel not only notes temperature changes and humidity, but they also keep track of the amount of pollen that is in the air on any given day. Checking out what these pollen counts are expected to be ahead of time will help you to plan outdoor activities for days that won't cause you to have a ton of symptoms.
Be sure to close your windows
Clearly leaving your windows open during the spring is a bad idea if you are someone who suffers from seasonal allergies. If your home gets a tad on the warm side, try purchasing a fan or turning on the air conditioning so that you don't let pollen into your home.
Wash your sheets often
Crawling into bed after a long hard day is always nice, except when you have spent much of your day outside, acquiring pollen on your skin. When you spend all night laying in a bed of pollen, this isn't the best idea. This is why it's important to wash your sheets often. We would suggest once every week or so.
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Along with the last tip, we would suggest that you switch up your shower schedule if you are someone who likes to shower in the morning. Showering at night will lessen the amount of seasonal allergy symptoms you experience as you won't be sleeping all night with pollen on your skin, as we mentioned previously.
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that bright resolve to steer the ship of my life in a freshly purposeful direction
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At 23 years old, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of neuroendocrine cancer. Initially, I remember thinking "great- not only do I have cancer, I have a rare cancer that I've never even heard of!" Now, after completing treatment and in remission, I feel as if I could teach a class on the subject! I learned that tumors, like mine, arise from the neuroendocrine system, which is a collection of hormone-producing glands that control and regulate things like metabolism, growth, reproduction, and sleep. Many people with neuroendocrine tumors do not develop symptoms, so the growing mass is often detected incidentally, which can lead to a late diagnosis and unfavorable prognosis.
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6. I learned that there's a prominent online community for those enduring the same diagnosis as myself.
Have I mentioned that neuroendocrine cancer is rare? I wanted to bring awareness to the disease, so I decided to make an Instagram account documenting my journey. To my surprise, I connected with numerous young women who'd fought or were currently fighting neuroendocrine cancer. It was such a relief to know that for once, I wasn't alone.
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Here he is in 2012, in his role as advisor to professional conspiracists, claiming credit for enriching the English lexicon with a needful word:
June Sarpong is in Albany, New York to meet with Dr. Gordon Gallup, who is described as a "psychologist who has done groundbreaking research on animal behavior." He's speaking with June because he came to believe that a new species has been walking the planet for 40 years: half-chimp, half-human. "I first learned about Oliver in an article that appeared in a 1976 issue of Time Magazine. And in thumbing through that issue, I saw Oliver's picture. Oliver is a chimpanzee that got international attention in the 1970's because he "walked, looked, and behaved like a human." "The first thing that occurred to me is that Oliver might be a human-chimpanzee hybrid. And I coined the term humanzee," Gallup proudly explains.
From that interview, the freshly-minted word-coin propagated along the time axis in both directions, all the way back to the 1920s.
Gallup then tells June a "deep dark secret about a government research center… a place called Yerkes," the narrator says, grimly. "There's been a persistent rumor that at the Yerkes Primate Center there was an attempt to artificially inseminate a female chimpanzee with human semen from an obviously undisclosed donor. And that not only did conception occur, but pregnancy went full term, and eventuated in live birth. And within week or two after the baby was born, the people that did this began to consider the implications of what they'd done, and they euthanized the infant without ever telling anybody about it." June asks if he's certain about this, and Gallup replies that he was told this while a graduate student by one of his professors who worked at the original Yerkes Primate Reserach Center in Orange Park, FLA, and that "he was a pretty credible person."Gallup's interviews generally inform us that he also originated the Mirror Test. This was designed to distinguish between human beings and owls, or to find out if one is a non-intervention Martian observer, or something like that. First only humans and other great apes could pass... then cetaceans and elephants... the list of other species reaching the threshold of consciousness / self-awareness continues to lengthen (as could have been predicted by anyone familiar with the side-effects of Another Kiwi playing silly-buggers with the settings of the Riddled Morphogenic Flux Intensifier). The failure of the Mirror Test to establish the uniqueness of humans has called attention to the half-arsed, hand-wavy nature of the reasoning behind it, and it has fallen out of favour among ethologists.
"Do you actually believe it is physically possible to create a humanzee?" asks June. "There have been a number of primate hybridization experiments that are well documented" explains Gallup.* June then asks if they would be happening in secret, and Gallup replies "they would only be happening in secret."
Anyways: Gallup first spouted this "live-born but euthanased hybrid" cool story in 2009,
In the course of the documentary, University of Albany psychology professor Gordon Gallup says a "credible source," a former professor he declined to name, said he witnessed the birth of a such a creature at the Yerkes center in the 1920s....only to retract it when he realised that academia does not rate for this "heard it from an unnamed, long-dead witness" style of citation.
"I didn't say that happened," he said. "I said there is a persistent rumor it happened."Riddled sources indicate that Gallup was in fact one of approximately four people who watched Skullduggery back in 1970 when it was released with little fanfare and considerable embarrassment; and was in a twilight state of consciousness at the time, in the aftermath of a marathon research session involving quaaludes, ketamine, coffee liqueur and many hours of mirror-viewing. Thus he remembers certain plot elements as if they were recounted to him. You would be surprised how often that happens.
Quite how an obscure though well-regarded French novel of ideas came to mutate into a buffoonish action script, attracting Burt Reynolds in a starring role, is a long story. Also, soon to be a movie script in its own right, written by Charlie Kaufman.
But "persistent rumours" of a viable human hybrid have little clickbait value for reality-enhancing popsci websites, and Gallup knows his constituency's needs -- he knows which side his crossbred is buttered -- so he recently revised his memories again, now regurging the "euthanased hybrid" fantasy as a claim made by the Yerkes Primate Center itself (a claim later suppressed, it would seem). Gallup remains undeterred by the non-existence of the Center at the time of the supposed event.
Speaking to The Sun Online, he said: "One of the most interesting cases involved an attempt which was made back in the 1920s in what was the first primate research centre established in the US in Orange Park, Florida.Object Lesson #2: When the craving for headlines has forced you to lower standards to the point of spouting sound-bites to the Murdoch Sun then it's probably time to retire and let some younger publicity-whore work that side of the street.
"They inseminated a female chimpanzee with human semen from an undisclosed donor and claimed not only that pregnancy occurred but the pregnancy went full term and resulted in a live birth.
"But in the matter of days, or a few weeks, they began to consider the moral and ethical considerations and the infant was euthanised."
Gordon Gallup previously came to Riddled attention for his brave, forthright EvoPsych theory that semen is an antidepressant (and for ensuing "unsolicited semen testimonials"). He did not vouchsafe whether the mood-raising effects are limited to human semen, and to female recipients.
Bonus Mirror Tests. Left: commissioned from John Holmes in 1969
Right: 1969, artist unknown
essay on the ethics of miscegenation from some barmpot psychologist.
Psychologist (David Barash) wants to burnish his credenzas as Brave Maverick Thinker Untrammelled by Shibboleths of Conventional Morality, and is not letting his profound and far-reaching ignorance stand in his way. The gist of it is that if only we let go of the outmoded taboos that hold back our thinking, we would realise that the ethical imperatives not only allow us to crossbreed humans with other primates, but demand it; the social value of a hybrid, as a philosophical proof of concept, would far outweigh any misery it might experience from its isolation and indeterminate status.
Pro-tip: Poodles and labradors are not "different subspecies".
Object Lesson #3: If you ever find yourself writing the words "I discovered that Richard Dawkins had made a similar suggestion", then it is time to look back and reconsider your poor life decisions.
, [Hat-tip: Michael Brooks]
------------------------------------------------------------------* The number of "well-documented" primate experiments here equals precisely three, all courtesy of Professor Il'ya Ivanov, a Russian evangelist of artificial insemination. Ivanov wanted to perform more inseminations but the French authorities evicted the the sick fuck from their French Guinea colony when they caught wind of his activities, while his attempts to continue the 'research' in Abhazia were thwarted by the short life expectancy of any sentient beings that fell into his hands. The paucity of facts has been partially remedied by Liars-for-Jesus creationists, who did their best to fabricate an Evolution = Stalin angle.
Otherwise, there are vague friend-of-a-friend reports of 1960s studies in China, details and evidence yet to be invented.
There is not a great deal of material to work with, though this does not stop the websites of the Clickbait Archipelago from copying and progressively distorting the same lurid tales from one another in a cyclic version of the human centipede. It certainly doesn't stop Prof. Gallup from flapping his mouth any time anyone holds a microphone near it.