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We often use the language of war when talking about the great Enemy, but that struggle has rarely involved the actions of combat. The enemy does not think of conflict in terms of territory gained or lives lost, because this fight takes place at a level deeper and wider than mere mortal concerns.
The human world of Illaria is the most striking example so far of how the Enemy defeats its opponents. Had the controlling minds been spared from my destructive beams, this world some ten years on would have been unrecognisable. Even so, the life forms that live here have become warped and disfigured as they follow a distorted set of genetic instructions. Subverted from within by the dust, they have become hybridised with a form of life entirely alien and toxic.
This enemy does not seek to kill you; he makes you become him.
In failing to complete their plan here, the Enemy has also unleashed another invasion, the colonisation of plants. They should have been destroyed and reformed along with the higher orders of animals and birds, but the obliteration of humanity has left them a world empty and untended in which to flourish. Nourished by the decaying matter of their unlucky forebears, and growing in soil and sand blown in from barren fields, they have rapidly encroached on the towns and cities.
It was my plan that we would make the first of several hyper jumps away from the Candor district towards our distant home worlds, but the Clan Mother Zylyra insisted that she inspect the most badly affected world for herself. I suspect my daughter and her comrades prompted it, since their passage through the star gate had lasted ten years in real time, but only a few days in local time. In the twinkling of an eye their universe had changed, greeting them with the deaths of untold millions and the near destruction of their economy and way of life. It was only natural that they wanted to see what had unfolded in those vanished years.
While the Storm Crow of the Dark Sister watched from orbit, we travelled to the surface in Zylyra's private yacht and a town in the more luxuriant equatorial region. When it seemed safe to do so, we ventured out into the unnatural silence of the central district. Weeds and shrubs burst through cracks in the roads in neglected abundance, yet there was no animal or bird life of any kind.
Until that point, our human guests had accepted the historical facts we had given them with stoic resignation, but the ghastly silence that spoke of unimaginable loss of life broke that resolve. They moved into little groups and consoled each other, trying to hide their grief from us as best they could.
Clan Mother Zylyra and I walked a short distance from our landing point, giving us the privacy to discuss our route and the future trial of Clan Mother Kyraenia, but our conversation was interrupted by a shout from one of my clan sisters. She pointed up towards the horizon where we could see a dark cloud moving towards the ship. At first we could hear nothing, but as the cloud approached the air was filled with the sound of screeching and flapping wings. I grabbed Zylyra's arm and we ran back towards the ship, only stopping when the sonic crack of the ships force field snapped behind us.
The shield hummed and snarled as untold thousands of diseased and warped birds hurled themselves against its luminous glow, a wall of burning beaks and feathers vying to attack us. It was only when we retreated within the hull of the ship that we began to feel safe again, to watch wave upon wave of birds dying under the irresistible might of our force fields and disintegrators.
-- Alisandra hept Zilaerion aboard Clan Mother Zylyra's yacht, "Spirit of the Deep River".
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That portion of the DCC system that takes input from the control device (throttle or cab) and converts it to NMRA standard data packets ready to be sent to the track. May be a separate box, or a function built into another box, such as a booster / command station (system box) or a throttle (as the NCE PowerCab).
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I took a few pictures on his first day in school.
These pictures are always a reminder to me that God is always faithful and He Knows us.Yes He knows.
All dressed up ready to go to school.
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|I also took a picture of the compound.
|The building where the classes are held
|A place where bags are kept for safe keeping.
|I tried to get him to smile for me when i went to pick him after school,
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|Another one on the way home.
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Vashikaran is proven science; it is also a part of astrology, which is usually practiced by the Love problem solution in Allahabad, which is full of knowledge of his skill or technique and mantra. And know it to affect for a specific situation. There are scorpions in people's lives that are annoying them for a few moments or time. Therefore, they are looking for peace and the purpose of success in life, here they would like to say what they are discussing with Vashikaran or with the technique of Vashikaran, to overcome these issues, and Allahabad is built. If there is a true love of a person who is really a great and happy life?
There are many areas of careers, jobs, love, family, health, finance etc. which are very much influenced, which are used to emphasize the individual in the present life. Solutions of all the options provided by the Love problem solution in Allahabad, he addresses these issues of problems on the basis of system and mantra, meets people's needs. He only provides solutions on the path of positive way, he gives positive results and he has helped solve the problems of partner with the help or support of love, the canvas. He will help in all situations and he will have to give every possible solution to build members of the family life that life is full of joy with the Vashikaran mantra.
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intestines coiling out
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write what it means to be a work in progress.
Write what it means to give something of your self away. Your fears. Your goals. Your intense vulnerability. Your rage. Your forgiveness.
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the little things adding up
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Teaching kids about money management: Sesame Street to SpongeBobMay 6, 2011 // 1 Comment
The New York Times posted an excellent video about Sesame Street's renewed efforts to teach children about spending money and financial literacy. From singing Muppets to adult guests, they teach kids how to effectively manage their money. Familiar Muppets are brought into the fold of the Sesame Street teaching series, like the Cookie Monster and Elmo to demonstrate examples of how we can save money, even if we are only three or four years old. I love this idea. We have to start somewhere with letting kids know that making purchases on borrowed credit is not the way to get the nicer, material items in life. Especially since our public education systems doesn't have enough resources to teach these values consistently.
But in the age of Cartoon Network and Nick Jr., are kids getting the same education on financial literacy through other shows? To name a few of the popular shows that my nieces watch regularly include, Yo Gaba Gaba, Pokemon, SpongeBob and many others. At first glance, they don't seem to guarantee the same level of insight about finances the Sesame Street does. I would not expect these cartoons to carry a burden that should fall squarely on the shoulders of parents and teachers. Admittedly, I am curious to see if they have similar offerings to educate my next of kin on the wide world of money. Let's delve into a few of these cartoons and see if they have similar levels on lessons of financial literacy.
Yo Gaba Gaba: Ages 1 to 4
Although many episodes have legendary musical guests and sing about feelings, eating, making new friends, being safe, favorite holidays and colors, the target audience is a level below the sesame street viewership. I wasn't able to find any lessons readily available that include teaching related to money or how to spend and save it. I have to admit that the Banana Song by The Aggrolites is very catchy.
Curious George: Age 3 & up
George the Grocer Episode: In order to get a toy that George really wants, he learns that he has to find work first before he can make his purchase. This is totally in line with Sesame Street and their concept of delayed gratification spending. Each episode even boasts an educational lesson and "George the Grocer" offers teaching in math concepts.
Dora the Explorer: Ages 2 to 4
Overall, these episodes touch on the same themes as Yo Gabba Gabba, mainly appealing to our visual, auditory, and emotional senses. The re-occurring lessons here are about looking for animals, saving animals and reuniting animals with their mothers. There is a more international element to Dora, to get the little ones increasingly familiar with the world around them. These are still valuable ideas to teach our kids, but more advanced concepts related to math and money are not large part of their focus.
Pokemon : Ages 4 to 10
Ok, I can't understand what they're saying half of the time. Watching this kind of cartoon can give a person seizures or nightmares after realizing what a "Squirtle" or "Weedle" looks like. This cartoon explains why the millennial generation is obsessed with sending text messages that look like viruses that have infected our cell phones. I honestly can't decipher the abbreviated codes that my oldest niece texts to me. There is the possibility that kids are so busy trying to explain what their short-hand means in more text messages, that it doubles the cost of their monthly data use bill. This popular cartoon does not have the desired effect of teaching any financial life lessons.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ages 6 to 11
SpongeBob SquarePants has been a beloved cartoon for over 10 years and draws the same high-level stars to guest on the episodes like Yo Gabba Gabba and Sesame Street, but the target age is significantly different. Their overall focus regarding money really has to do with being greedy and how greed is not good. However, in the "Money Talks" episode, there is a great reference to wasteful spending. Mr. Krabs' wish comes true to be able to talk to money. The talking coins constantly harass Mr. Krabs with their desire to be spent on nonessentials such as corndogs and princess dresses. So pointed lessons on money management are not always the main theme, but more about enjoying life and friends
Of course, we would prefer that kids spend more time outside or doing activities that are unrelated to the almighty television. Since TV – and the cartoons that come with them – are going to be a foreseeable part of our future, maybe they can change with the tide and add more lessons on money management and financial literacy.
More resources for educating kids on their fiscal responsibility are available here.
February 23, 2019
Excellent insight into the inner workings of a child's mind in relation to their concepts about money.


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Valona on Brooklyn 11223 101: In Brooklyn, its like a family.
Joey Lynn and I have been friends since we were 13. Her sister, my sister and my first cousin were really good friends and that's how we got to know each other. Joey Lynn is one of the most caring, generous and outspoken people I have ever met. I wish people knew how much of a good person she is. She is a really good friend and you can always count on her to be there. She's very giving. If you asked her for her underwear she would take them off and give them to you.
I think the rumors are a big crock of sh*t because I know Joey Lynn wouldn't lie about it. She would be the first to admit what she did, if she did it. The feud between Joey Lynn and Christie all started a few years back, but of course there's always unfinished business. Christie won't let go of the past because she's never confronted Joey Lynn about it. This one rumor has caused Joey Lynn to lose her best friends. I know firsthand that it hurts to lose someone you were once close to, and Joey Lynn lost her best friends over something that was so stupid and untrue.
When you have a bunch of people talking sh*t about you, they start to believe their own lies and it spreads until everyone believes it. In Brooklyn, it's like a family. Everyone knows everyone and everything about you. This is both good and bad because on the one hand Brooklyn feels like home, but on the other hand no one knows how to mind their own business. God forbid someone does something a little scandalous. You can count on people from Brooklyn to tell you about it the very next day. I hate the fake ass b*tches that constantly talk and live off the drama.
Growing up a Muslim in Brooklyn wasn't easy. There were so many things that I couldn't do or I was afraid to do because I thought my family would be disappointed. I'm not saying I had a bad life because that's not the case but if I could turn back time I would do a lot of the things I was afraid to do. At first I was super nervous for my mother to see what my real life was like. But I'm an adult now so everything is within my control. I'm only human (we all are). You only live once so I like to live everyday like it's my last.


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The next time you�re informed that our medical system is a mess because of the free market, here is a perfect counter.
The total medical regulations in the United States today measure approximately 200,000 pages � 110,000 of it just for Medicare � in length.
I compared this to a manual my friend uses at work called the DCAA Contract Audit Manual. Volume I is 1.5 inches thick at 887 pages long. The book has dimensions of 4.5 inches wide by 7.5 inches long.
If we were to print out the whole of the medical regulatory body in the United States today into a single book with those dimensions, the book would stand 28 feet tall, 15.5 feet of it being made up of just Medicare regulations.
At two pounds per book, this stack of regulations would weigh 450 pounds.
The total volume of all these regulations is 6.56 cubic feet, or the equivalent of 49 gallons of water.
How can we possibly have a free market if doctors and hospitals are required to comply with a 28-foot tall, 450-pound document?
And remember, this doesn�t even include state regulations.
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Excerpt: "Hoodoo Cupid"
"Your ride's here," the nurse brayed as she wrenched aside the curtain separating Dan Constantine's bed from the rest of the Emergency Room treatment area. Maggie flinched. She hoped he wasn't in the middle of any kind of medical procedure. On top of everything else that had happened, she couldn't handle the embarrassment—his or hers.
But it was okay. Constantine was sitting in the bed, his hands clasped around the sheet covering his bent right leg. They were nice hands. The tautly muscled arms revealed by his hospital gown were nice too. Maggie moistened her wind-burned lips and smiled nervously. She expected the surroundings to diminish him. Instead she discovered the width of his shoulders owed nothing to padding. An uneasy mix of guilt and curiosity writhed inside her. Did his legs match the rest of him? The only thing revealed by the sheet was the lower portion of the Velcro-wrapped boot cast on his left leg.
Monitors, gauges, tubes, wires and robotic arms spanned the wall behind him. But aside from a blood pressure cuff, she didn't see any tubes or wires sticking out of him. That meant he was okay, right? She could stop beating herself over the head for something that wasn't, couldn't be anything other than coincidence. He was going to be fine, she shouted at her conscience.
It didn't work. The banshee inside her head refused to shut up. Her guts continued to wring themselves tighter and tighter. If they kept it up much longer she wouldn't be able to walk, much less run. And for some reason, running seemed like a really good idea.
It was his eyes. They were a clear light gray completely at odds with his Mediterranean complexion and the dark brown eyelashes that belonged in a mascara commercial. When those eyes focused on a person—the way they focused on her now—it was like being targeted by a pair of lasers. The fan of creases deepening at the corners of his eyes and his slowly widening smile only made it worse.
"My ride." His voice had a husky quality—a subtle roughness like vintage mohair upholstery, which inspired almost as much thigh wriggling and skirt palming among the agency power groupies as his eyes. "Talk about answered prayers. Please tell me it's going to be a long one."
His lazy purr left no doubt what kind of ride he meant. Maggie's nails scored the plastic folder of materials prepared by his secretary. "That depends on the driver," she said.
"Fair enough. What kind of cab have you got? Is there a lot of room to maneuver, or is it snug and tight, where we'll be rubbing up against each other all the way?
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Loading up for Mardi gras again, going to be a cool weekend. Last weekend of Mardi Gras.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Loading in for Rock fest at Hard Rock downtown Houston. Should be a good show. Also, about to load in for another weekend of Mardi Gras. Great weekend
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Getting ready this week for SXSW. Looking forward to Austin productions. Them
It's Rodeo!!
Saturday, February 22, 2014
About to start up another day of events at Mardi Gras. Pics will follow.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Mardi gras 2014
Looking forward to this weekend. Start of Mardi Gras we have a lot of balcony parties, Backline and productions on the stages. We are looking forward to a great Mardi Gras 2014 season see u there!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
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Monday, February 10, 2014
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A profile of physiotherapy supply in Ireland
The lack of information on public and private physiotherapy supply in Ireland makes current and future resource allocation decisions difficult.
This paper estimates the supply of physiotherapists in Ireland and profiles physiotherapists across acute and non-acute sectors, and across public and private practice. It examines geographic variation in physiotherapist supply, examining the implications of controlling for healthcare need.
Physiotherapist headcounts are estimated using Health Service Personnel Census (HSPC) and Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) Register data. Headcounts are converted to whole-time equivalents (WTEs) using the HSPC and a survey of ISCP members to account for full- and part-time working practices. Non-acute supply per 10,000 population in each county is estimated to examine geographic inequalities and the raw population is adjusted in turn for a range of need indicators.
An estimated 3172 physiotherapists were practising in Ireland in 2015; 6.8 physiotherapists per 10,000, providing an estimated 2620 WTEs. Females accounted for 74% of supply. Supply was greater in the non-acute sector; 1774 WTEs versus 846 WTEs in the acute sector. Physiotherapists in the acute sector were located mainly in publicly financed institutions (89%) with an even public/private split observed in the non-acute sector. Non-acute physiotherapist supply is unequally distributed across Ireland (Gini coefficient = 0.12; 95% CI 0.08–0.15), and inequalities remain after controlling for variations in healthcare needs across counties.
The supply of physiotherapists in Ireland is 30% lower than the EU-28 average. Substantial inequality in the distribution of physiotherapists across counties is observed.
KeywordsGeographic distribution Non-acute supply Physiotherapy supply
The authors thank Des Williams (Health Service Executive), and the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists for provision, support, and advice in using the data. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Health Research Board.
The work was supported by the Health Research Board grant (Grant No. 4644727) for project number HRA-2014-HSR-659.
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I'm trying so hard to be realistic right now. My husband said we could have a baby and abruptly changed his mind. I planned for a baby for almost a year, even buying things to make for a nursery. Now, I can't even bear to go in the room that was set aside for our child. I've been in therapy, cried, drank... you name it, I've done it. I pray and pray, but the hurt only worsens by the day. I love my husband dearly and would never leave him, but I can't understand how he could do this to me and to us.
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Anonymous, I'm so sorry. It's not right for him to get you so close to having a baby and then chance his mind. I find it hard to understand, too. Hang in there.
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Oh my gosh, never force a child on another human being. If you want a kid that badly, divorce your husband and find someone else to have a child with. Never 'oops' someone into a life they don't want. That's disgusting.
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My husband wanted kids for sure, but he had a hard time making up his mind about when (he is v_e_r_y slow making any decisions, even ordering at a restaurant). He also had unrealistic ideas of how long we could and should wait given our ages. So I must say I pushed him; this was the one decision too important to leave for him to consider for perhaps years more. Afterwards he has told me that he's happy I did so as he is loving being a dad. I know it seems risky and totally uncool to do that to someone, but this time it worked to our mutual benefit..
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The sweet fragrance of Yellow Jessamine drifts in the air attracting bees, its delicate flowers decorating the hedgerows, the vine scrambling upwards in search of an open sunny aspect, heralding the arrival of spring here in South Carolina. The heavy purple blooms of Wisteria provide a perfect companion, their flower heads drooping in characteristic appearance of weariness, creating large splashes of colour, covering trees and bushes in their exuberance. The fresh delicate greens of burgeoning foliage lightly cover the skeletal trees, leaves still soft and clean in these early weeks of the growing season. The pinks and whites of blossom trees vie for the bee's attention while the azaleas have already started their takeover bid, intent on shaming all other contenders with their showy display.
The coast still entices us and at Hunting Island the unremitting advance of the ocean is in evidence. The sea is steadily eating away at this barrier island, the beach disappearing at the startling rate of fifteen feet a year, the mature forest falling under the attack, the campground decidedly threatened. At low tide a wide flat expanse of sand stretches out. Willets and gulls scurry back and forth at the waters edge, their little foot stamping dances uncovering the morsels on which they feed. At high tide the beach becomes impassable, the water engulfing the edges of the island undermining outlying trees that eventually die and topple. The history of the islands lighthouse provides an excellent illustration of what is involved here. Built in 1875, it had to be moved a mile inland not fourteen years later, due to the onslaught of the sea. Luckily such an eventuality had been anticipated and the construction was of large cast iron plates that could be dismantled and reassembled. Today's efforts at conserving the island are dependent on massive funding that has not yet been secured and while on one level it's easy to understand the desire to preserve this lovely stretch of shore it's also possible to view it as an attempt to hold back the forces of nature that inevitably change the outline of the coast.
Having said that, the gentle pink light of sunrise illuminating the fallen trees and lapping water, does bring up a feeling of wanting to capture this for all time, to preserve it in some way. The beach is deserted, the air still cool, the only sound, the water in it's never ending movement, the occasional call of a bird. Natural beauty and peacefulness combine in one of those rare moments of perfection.
Just inland, a colony of minute Fiddler Crabs freezes in mid-movement as we approach the edge of the lagoon. The ground is pitted with dozens of small holes; tiny balls of sand, debris from the excavation lie littered around. Crabs pose in a still life montage, caught outside the protection of their homes not sure whether we might represent a threat; sight and smell unable to differentiate between heron and human. After a few minutes they cautiously return to the business of the day, the slight blue of their carapace obvious as the sun comes out, the males posturing with their oversized front claw. Mesmerised by this Lilliputian crab world, we watch the comings and goings for some time, occasionally sending them back into their statuesque state with an inadvertent movement.
North along the coast we come to Edisto Beach where the sand is covered in piles of shell. Collecting seems to be a major pastime among the campers, the spoils of their days work displayed on picnic tables, the larger conch shells going for as much as twenty five cents. The beach here slopes upwards before dropping off into the salt marsh behind. By May, these higher banks of sand will attract Loggerhead Turtles looking for nesting sites but unfortunately we'll be long gone by then.
A trail through the coastal woodland again highlighted our hankering for some gradient. We have seen nothing resembling a hill for well over two months and it's beginning to get to us. Daydreams of mountains and open skylines are never far away but in the meanwhile we have the closed-in dense woods, bordering on the ever-present grassy salt marshes. It was here that we first got a hint that snake season was beginning. Not looking where I was going, I very narrowly missed squashing a small bright green snake; off he shot into the undergrowth and defied our attempts to capture him on the camera. But he was only the first of many sightings over the ensuing weeks and other species, whilst less dramatically coloured, proved to be more photogenic.
Both the quality and availability of drinking water is of great importance when your house is not permanently plumbed into the mains and Edisto Beach let us down on both counts. The water was so salty as to make you thirsty and the day we left, there was none of it to be had; allegedly because a telephone company doing work in the area had cut the pipe bringing water into the state park. Under normal circumstances this would not be a problem but the only source of water at our next stop, out in the national forest was a hand pump, dispensing brown, iron-tasting water. We made many trips back and forward with our various water containers before we had the tank full, the good news being that the two strange tastes somehow balanced each other out a little, the resulting mix being more or less drinkable. Now admittedly this doesn't happen very often but when it does it makes me grateful for the good water we find and reminds me of those throughout the world who walk miles a day to carry water that isn't truly fit for human consumption. A little salt mixed with some iron doesn't seem so bad after all.
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To make life nice and simple, we spotted that a few more caches had been placed around a local golf course and as we knew the area, we popped our wellies on and headed off in search of tupperware.
We were chatting away and the girls were laughing when we rounded a corner to be met with a chorus of "Shush!" from golfers about to tee-off. Oh come on, there is a public footpath running less than five feet away from where you want to bash your little white ball into oblivion and you are getting all grouchy about people walking along it chatting away? Telling children to be quiet as a man wants to hit a ball is ridiculous and just begs for a series of "Why?" questions. Some people need to relax a bit. I'm sure I heard a grumble about 'children being allowed around the area'. Hey grumpy - tough titty!
Despite the occasional golf-bore, this is a nice area to walk around as it has some good pathways to follow between the areas of the course. My step-sister was delighted to find her first cache and the addiction took hold quickly. Isn't it amazing how excited we all get over plastic tubs in the undergrowth!
At one point we clearly went wrong and instead of going down the public footpath, we strayed onto the path the golfers take around the course. Instant calling at us ensued. Apparently they were concerned about us being hit by balls but by the looks of indignation, it was more about the fact that these people and children had breached their sanctuary. Odd how nearly everyone out was a man. Escaping the domineering wives perhaps as they were quite whiny about it rather than just informing us of the facts.
No problem, we turned around and went the right way, finding some more caches.
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be a tad annoying make a point, we were a little on the loud side searching for one cache where the path ran between the areas of the course and we spotted the same "Shush" men tee-ing off again. I don't think they could spot us in the trees but I did notice them looking over and they appeared to be grumbling to one another. Well, if you want complete silence, I suggest you join a more exclusive golf course that doesn't have a public footpath running all around and through it. *sticks tongue out*
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Rich was shot and killed last July in Northwest D.C and police have suggested the killing in the District's Bloomingdale neighborhood was a botched robbery. However, online conspiracy theories have tied the murder to Rich's work at the DNC.
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Haha it feels like house of cards to me
Reminds me of Scandal.
I hope the truth comes out one day soon about Seth Rich's murder. I don't understand how his family can just accept the official story. It was obviously a HIT.
. How would they know that info? Makes no sense. I don't trust Trump but don't know how WaPo can have treasonous info yet still no credible evidence yet on collision. So odd.
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The Washington Post story about Trump giving classified info to Lavrov and Kislyak.


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This Aran fisherman's sweater is one of the first Anthropologie pieces I ever owned. My dad picked it out for me as a Christmas gift back when I was in high school. I love it. It's not something I would have picked out for myself at the time when surrounded by so many fancy dresses with fun prints and detailing. But, as it turns out his good taste paid off because it's still one of my favorite wardrobe staples.
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November 27, 1962
W. Willard WIRTZ, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor
DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 21, BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECORATORS, AND PAPERHANGERS OF AMERICA (BPDP), An Unincorporated Association
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This is an action brought by the Secretary of Labor under § 402(b) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C.A. § 482(b)), hereinafter LMRDA, to set aside an election for Secretary-Treasurer held by defendant, District Council No. 21, on June 24, 1961. Defendant Union, relying on the Seventh Amendment and Rule 38, has demanded a jury trial. Plaintiff has moved to strike this demand.
Title IV of the LMRDA (29 U.S.C.A. Subchapter V) deals with election of union officers, and § 401 (29 U.S.C.A. § 481) contains the minimum procedural requirements which unions must follow in electing officers. Failure to comply with these requirements gives a union member the right to challenge an election under procedures outlined in 402 (29 U.S.C.A. § 482). That section authorizes a union member, after first exhausting union remedies, to file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging violations of 401 (29 U.S.C.A. § 481). Once a complaint has been filed the duty to investigate and institute judicial proceedings vests in the Secretary of Labor.
Subsections 402(b) and (c) (29 U.S.C.A. § 482(b) and (c)) provide:
'(b) The Secretary shall investigate such complaint and, if he finds probable cause to believe that a violation of this title has occurred and has not been remedied, he shall, within sixty days after the filing of such complaint, bring a civil action against the labor organization as an entity in the district court of the United States in which such labor organization maintains its principal officer to set aside the invalid election, if any, and to direct the conduct of an election or hearing and vote upon the removal of officers under the supervision of the Secretary and in accordance with the provisions of this title and such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. The court shall have power to take such action as it deems proper to preserve the assets of the labor organization.
'(c) If, upon a preponderance of the evidence after a trial upon the merits, the court finds --
'(1) that an election has not been held within the time prescribed by section 401 (29 U.S.C.A. § 481), or
'(2) that the violation of section 401 (29 U.S.C.A. § 481) may have affected the outcome of an election, the court shall declare the election, if any, to be void and direct the conduct of a new election under supervision of the Secretary and, so far as lawful and practicable, in conformity with the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization. The Secretary shall promptly certify to the court the names of the persons elected, and the court shall thereupon enter a decree declaring such persons to be the officers of the labor organization. * * * '
The question before me is whether in judicial proceedings brought under § 402(b) and (c) (29 U.S.C.A. § 482(b) and (c)) the parties are entitled to a jury trial. The answer to that question depends upon whether the parties have a constitutional right under the Seventh Amendment
to a jury trial, or whether the right has been given to them by a federal statute.
The conventional test for determining whether a party has a constitutional right to trial by jury is whether he was entitled to have the issue tried by a jury at common law. 2 Moore's Federal Practice P2:02; Ettelson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 137 F.2d 62 (3rd Cir. 1943), cert. den. 320 U.S. 777, 64 S. Ct. 92, 88 L. Ed. 467 (1943). This test has been discussed by Professor Moore in the following terms:
'If the plaintiff alleges a claim for and prays damages it is one at law for the purpose of determining the right of jury trial. If the plaintiff alleges a claim for and prays equitable relief it is one in equity and there is no right of jury trial.' 5 Moore's Federal Practice P38:17.
In the instant case plaintiff prays that an election be set aside, that the officers be enjoined from transferring or disposing of assets and that a new election under the supervision of plaintiff be ordered. The basic relief sought is injunction. As such the matter is equitable,
and there is no right to a jury trial.
5 Moore's Federal Practice P38:24, P38:29.
The cases cited by defendant, Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., 356 U.S. 525, 78 S. Ct. 893, 2 L. Ed. 2d 953 (1958) and Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover, 359 U.S. 500, 79 S. Ct. 948, 3 L. Ed. 2d 988 (1959), are not helpful to its position. Those cases, as well as the more recent one of Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood, 369 U.S. 469, 82 S. Ct. 894, 8 L. Ed. 2d 44 (1962), involved legal issues (e.g. breach of contract, negligence) with claims for money damages, issues traditionally triable to a jury and, therefore, constitutionally guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment. The teaching of the Beacon and Dairy Queen cases is simply that a court may not, in a case where both legal and equitable issues are involved, dispose of the equitable issues in such a manner as to deprive the parties of their right to a trial by jury on the legal issues. In the instant case, the relief sought is purely equitable in nature and involves no legal issues and no claim for money damages. The cases cited by defendant do not, therefore, support its demand for a jury trial on constitutional grounds.
Since defendant is not entitled to a trial by jury under the Seventh Amendment, the question remains whether Congress, has, by statute, granted that right to the defendant. The section in question, § 402 (29 U.S.C.A. § 482) contains no express reference to trial by jury and defendant has not cited any other section or statute which grants it. Where Congress has intended trial by jury under circumstances where the right was not constitutionally guaranteed, it has expressly so provided.
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This is awesome!! I have to try that out :)))) Thank you for sharing :)ReplyDelete
A suggestion from someone who budgets for a living - make your week 52 the week before you start Christmas hopping (or before a holiday, large expenditure etc) and then you have the cash for the big event. Hope this is handy to someone!ReplyDelete
Excellent idea this is. Congratulations to Renae too!Replies
Great idea! I was just thinking about how I might do my last weeks deposits early since that would be around Christmas time and money will be short.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2013 at 2:33 PM
I have heard of people doing it backwards as well, or picking random weeks, doing the big ones when you can and the little ones when you have less to spare.ReplyDelete
Alternatively just put away $26 every biweekly pay (if you get paid every other week, this works the best). It's not too much and it's only every other week but you get the same amount!ReplyDelete


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This is my entry for Susanna Leonard Hill's annual holiday writing contest. Cross your fingers for me!
'Twas the Stomach Flu Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Every creature was puking, yes, even a mouse.
The stockings we'd hung by the chimney with care,
We used now to wipe all the sweat from our hair.
The children leaned over the sides of their beds,
While hot dogs and sugar-plums gushed from their heads.
And mamma with her 'kerchief, and I with my cap,
Had just wiped our mouths and were trying to nap.
When out in the street there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed and slipped right in the splatter.
I crawled to the window, head bruised from a gash,
Tore open the curtains and threw up with a splash.
My vomit upon all the new-fallen snow
Looked just like a painting by artist Van Gogh.
When, what to my feverish eyes should appear,
But an old fashioned sleigh and eight flying reindeer.
And though I was feeling so dreadfully sick,
I knew through the nausea it must be St Nick.
With twisting and loop de loops, nearer they came,
It made me all woozy- I retched, feeling lame!
And then- oh, the pounding!- I heard on the roof
The thumping and banging of each noisy hoof.
As I drew in my head, vision spinning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
He took one look around, and he called for his elf,
And he gagged when he smelled me, in spite of himself!
A wink of his eye and the elves zoomed ahead,
They mopped up the mess and they made every bed.
They kissed all the kids, and when done with their work,
Our stomachs stopped churning, the room ceased to jerk.
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He sprang to his sleigh, to his elves gave a whistle,
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"Happy Christmas to all, now we'll have a good night!"
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A federal judge this week gave preliminary approval to a $1.2 million settlement between a Key West strip club owner and scores of strippers who sued over lost wages.
U.S. District Court Judge Jose Martinez also set a final hearing for Oct. 3 in Key West before ordering the payout from Red Garter Saloon owner Mark Rossi to about 122 dancers who worked at the Duval Street club between Nov. 1, 2010, and Feb. 29, 2016.
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"The settlement agreement is the result of extensive, arms-length negotiations by counsel well-versed in the prosecution of wage and hour and class and collective actions," Martinez wrote in a ruling issued Monday.
Attorneys for the strippers plan to advertise the settlement in the Miami Herald, a $15,000 cost Rossi agreed to pick up.
Checks might range from $150 for a stripper who worked there for one month up to $9,450 for one who worked there for a little over five years.
The $1.2 million settlement would end a lawsuit filed Dec. 4, 2015, in Key West by lead plaintiff Christina Demaria-Dominguez, and 11 other women.
Their attorneys, the Atherton Law Group of West Palm Beach and Chad Evan Levy of Fort Lauderdale, have also sued the other two strip clubs in Key West — Bare Assets and Teasers — and the lone Upper Keys club, Woody's in Islamorada.
Rossi, a former Key West city commissioner who owns the Red Garter and a cluster of bars in the 200 block of Duval St., is also facing a second labor lawsuit from 2015 by strippers unrelated to the one he agreed to settle March 31.
The $1.2 million payout doesn't mean Rossi admits to wrongdoing, although the lawsuits accuse him and other Keys club owners of violating federal labor laws and Florida's minimum wage law by treating strippers as employees while refusing to pay them.
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Deriving Target Selection Rules from Endogenously Selected Samples
The selection of the most profitable customers in a customer database for targeted activities is often done based on observed behaviour in the past. Consequently, databases arising from the responses to, for example, direct mailings in the past are not random samples. When not all heterogeneity across customers is observed, target selection will be based on unobserved heterogeneity and hence it is endogenous. We develop a method to adjust the likelihood function of latent class models to correct for this endogenous sampling process. We apply this technique to the selection of mail targets for a Dutch charity. Based on a joint model for the response rate and the amount donated, we create a target selection rule that maximizes expected revenues.
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Donkers, A.C.D, Paap, R, Jonker, J-J, & Franses, Ph.H.B.F. (2006). Deriving Target Selection Rules from Endogenously Selected Samples. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21(5), 549–562. doi:10.1002/jae.858


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MOSES LAKE — The 73rd annual Moses Lake Roundup was a virtual who's who of rodeo talent competing over the course of three days and the world-class cowboys and cowgirls did not disappoint.
The No. 1 ranked saddle bronc rider in the world and defending world champion Jacobs Crawley of Boerne, Texas put up a score of 80.5 Saturday night to take a run at the top score. Layton Green's 82 on Thursday held up to win, but the defending world champion was in the house and riding hard. Crawley was supposed to be up on an NFR horse called Big Easy, but stock contractor Mike Corey ended up pulling the horse and Crawley made due on an unnamed horse. A little more horse and Crawley might have added another Moses Lake Roundup title to the list, but that's the way it goes sometimes he said. "This is what I get to do for fun," said Crawley, won a world title in 2015. "I was expecting Big Easy, but just have to ride the horse they give you. This was a newer horse and he's still trying to figure everything out. He wanted to buck and I was just trying to spur and keep up. I did my part." Crawley came into the Roundup with $137,128 in earnings with six weeks left in the schedule. He's won 14 times, including Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas) to name a few. There's big money days in places like Calgary, Cheyenne and Houston. But the heart and soul of PRCA rodeo, he said, is rodeo's like the Moses Lake Roundup. He won Moses Lake in 2013 and he and his brother Sterling Crawley have been coming up ever since. "This what the backbone of rodeo really is," said Crawley, who placed in seven rounds at the 2015 Wrangler NFR en route to his second WNFR average title and first world championship. "The fans come out and the people are hospitable that you're in town and we get to do our job. This is what rodeo's all about. We put our hearts in it every year. I got a Moses Lake buckle and it's rodeo's like this that keep me doin' what I'm doin'." Shane Proctor is a Columbia Basin cowboy from Grand Coulee. He placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR on his way to his first bull riding world championship in 2011. He's currently ranked eighth in the world and headed back to his fifth NFR. On Thursday, he put up the best score on a Flying Diamond Rodeo bull called Blue Bells. He also won $2,402 in all-around money. "I've been spending my time between the PBR and the PRCA this year," said Proctor, who came into Moses Lake with $67,027 in earnings. "I haven't been able to come to Moses Lake since 2005 when I was 18 years old. I used to come here and watch slack and watch the guys growing up. That was something I thought was awesome. "My bull riding has been going pretty good this year. There's bumps and bruises, but you just have to go with it. Tonight was a good bull. I've known Mike (Corey) since I was a little kid. He helps me out in a lot of different ways whether it's with my bull riding school or something else. It's always fun to come to these rodeos and ride." Clements, Calif. Cowboy Clayton Biglow put up an 81.5 on Flying Diamond Rodeo's Lucky on Saturday night to win the $2,059 and the bareback title. Mike McGinn's 3.9 seconds held up to earn the steer wrestling buckle and $2,832. Riley Minor and Brady Minor from Ellensburg put together a 5.3-seconds run to earn a share of first -place money in the team roping, tying Levi Simpson and Jeremy Buhler. All four cowboys earned a $2,122 paycheck. Meeting Creek, Alberta cowboy Layton Green's 82 on Kung Fu held up from Thursday to win the saddle broncs, which was good for $2,555. There was a three-way tie in the tie-down roping with Cade Swor, Cory Solomon and Jake Pratt posting 7.5 seconds to earn $2,350 each. Callahan Crossley had the fast time in the barrel racing with 17.07, earning $2,546.
Jacob Stacy of Moses Lake (red) misses his steer wrestling opportunity with the steer stopped in mid stride, causing a collision with hazer Nick Gutzwiler.