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Saturday, 1:02 a.m. 2500 Crescent Drive, Mitchum Bay, Texas
My eyes snap open. I'm staring at the fireplace. The rug is scratchy under my cheek.
I sit up. My hand goes to my throat. I'm not surprised to feel the open wound, the cold flesh and tacky blood. I remember everything that happened. I remember what it felt like to bleed out.
So I don't panic or freak out. There's no reason to. It's like . . . like going to bed with a cold and waking up with the same cold. You don't panic because the coughing and runny nose didn't go away, you just get up and grab the Day-Quil.
Okay, that's not a very good example. All I will say is this: I am not surprised to find my throat cut, and I am not surprised to see my wife sitting on the rug beside me, staring at me. I am a little surprised that I'm not able to turn my head; my neck just won't move. I have to twist my upper body to look at her. She's so pale. The skin around her eyes is nearly purple.
I try to speak. My lips move, my tongue works, but no sound comes out. My hand goes to my throat again. Dani shakes her head.
I bite my lower lip. Then I look at the couch. The twins' bags are there. I get to my feet. My legs feel tingly, like they fell asleep. I unzip the side compartment to Dayton's bag and pull out her iPad. I turn on the tablet. The girls have an app that they use to write messages back and forth when they don't want us to hear their conversation. I tap it. It functions like a whiteboard; the iPad's screen goes white, except for a slim black menu bar at the bottom that has stuff like an eraser icon, an option to change the text color, add photos, that sort of thing. I use my finger to write r u okay??? on it and show it to Dani. The words are in hot pink, but I don't care.
She hesitates a moment, then motions for me to hand her the tablet. Then she scribbles on it: we're dead aren't we?
I nod.
She writes: we need 2 leave
I nod again. Maybe she's feeling the same thing I am: an almost animal urge to flee, hide. I'm not sure where. I just know I can't stay here.
We, I correct myself. We can't stay here.
Because here's something else I'm feeling: a lack of caring about this woman. I remember our wedding, our anniversary trips, our best times, our worst times. I remember all that. I just don't care.
My eyes flick to the kitchen. Alexa and Dayton are standing in front of the work island, shoulder to shoulder. Their Frozen pajama tops are soaked with blood. I note with my new clinical detachment that their throats have been cut too.
Dani stands up. She frowns and looks at her legs, slaps her thighs. She writes on the tablet and asks me if my legs feel funny.
I nod.
She goes to the girls. They look up at her. She writes something on the tablet and shows it to them.
I open Alexa's bag and take out her iPad. I tap on the whiteboard app, then tap a button to get it to connect with Dayton's. It takes a second, and by then, Dani has moved away from the girls. She looks like she bit into a lemon.
I look at the twins. I don't feel love or sorrow. I do feel a little bit of disgust. I don't want them around me.
But they're my daughters. Their deaths are my fault. Dani's too.
It's hard to sigh when you don't breathe.
Dani and I have a conversation via the tablets. We discuss our new zombie state (Dani makes a Walking Dead joke–at least I think she means it as a joke) and where we're going to go.
I suggest her grandparents' ranch in Junction. They left it to her in their will. We haven't been there in a couple of years, but there's a company that takes care of the place.
She nods to that, and we head to the master bathroom's shower, because neither of us trusts the other to not run off. We wash off the blood, and that's fine, but our wounds are going to be a problem.
I sit on the bed and pull on socks while Dani rummages around in the walk-in closet, opening and shutting drawers, sliding hangers back and forth. Finally she comes out with a handful of shimmery silk scarves. She ties a scarf around her throat, holds her hands up like taa-daa!
I smile and give her a thumbs up, because that seems like a human thing to do. She wraps the girls' necks, and I suddenly remember something I can use. I get up and go to the second bathroom.
I open the linen closet by the vanity. I hurt my neck last year playing flag football, after an overzealous technician from a rival car audio shop grabbed me and took me down like a rodeo calf. I refused to go to the doctor and bought a neck brace at Walgreens and wore that for a week.
I find the brace under a stack of old towels, and I'm putting it on when Dani flings open the door. She sees me, and relief flicks over her face. She thought I was running away. I'll admit, I spent a few seconds looking at the frosted window above the toilet.
She dresses the girls in matching jeans and Winnie the Pooh shirts, and then we head out, shutting off the lights as we go. We head to the Tahoe, but then I stop, shake my head when Dani looks at me, her hand on the back door handle.
I use Alexa's tablet to explain that we can't take the SUV. Britt wakes up early, especially the day of a trip. We need to buy all the time that we can. If Britt gets up at her usual 5:00 a.m. and sees it gone, she'll think that we left without them or had an emergency. We're supposed to leave by 7. We need the extra two hours.
We walk down our driveway, heading for the next street over. That street, like ours, ends in a cul-de-sac, but instead of a bank of mailboxes, it has a covered carport for four vehicles. Our garage is full: boxes of old clothes, the jet ski Dani wanted but we only used twice, its trailer, a weight set that I actually use pretty frequently. The homeowners' association won't allow vehicles to be parked at the curb for more than eight hours without prior approval, and it's a major pain in the ass. We keep the driveway as empty as possible for visiting friends and relatives, and right now I'm glad we forked over the extra twenty-five dollars a month to rent a carport space.
We pack the girls into the back seat. I start the car and adjust the mirrors while I figure out our next move. We need money. I don't want to use our credit cards because we can be tracked that way. Same with the bank card, which also means hitting an ATM is out of the question. I don't have much cash in my wallet, maybe twenty bucks, and Dani probably has even less in her purse.
I back out of the space. We need to go to the shop. There's about five thousand in cash in the safe in my office. That'll be enough to get us to Junction. The Toyota has a full tank, so we shouldn't have to stop for a few hours.
I turn the car around. My stomach growls. I grimace; the sensation is unusually painful. Well, I can stop after the shop. There are a couple of twenty-four hour fast food places, like McDonald's or Whataburger.
But the idea of a Big Mac or avocado bacon burger isn't appealing at all. The thought actually nauseates me.
Dani's stomach growls. She puts her hand on it, wincing.
I put the car in gear. We head out of the subdivision.
In the back seat, the girls' stomachs rumble in unison.

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The body of evidence is growing that fracking is not only bad for the global climate, it is also dangerous for local communities.
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Incharge Director IAS – Dr. Kashif Rathore and Faculty of IAS hosted a luncheon at IAS on Dec 12, 2019 to formally welcome the new Dean FEMS, Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, and bid farewell to the out-going Dean, FEMS, Prof. Dr. Nasira Jabeen. The occasion was also graced by Prof. Dr. Mumtaz Anwar, Chairman Department of Economics and President PU-ASA, Dr. Labiba Sheikh, Incharge Director IBA, and Dr. Asim Tanvir, IBIT. The Deans spoke about the need for inter departmental linkages, co-growth and inclusive development. President PUASA expressed well wishes for both the deans and FEMS on behalf of the whole teaching community of Punjab University. Dr. Kashif Rathore, Incharge Director - IAS, offered the note of thanks and presented an overview of potential future growth for FEMS. The event concluded traditionally with tokens of appreciation and acknowledgment from IAS.


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Growing up in Glasgow there is a question that many men will be all to familiar with. "What team do you support?" The question relates to the great football rivalry between Rangers and Celtic, otherwise known as the Old Firm. Two footballing giants that dominate Glaswegian culture. Not that they are the only well known teams the city has to offer. There's also Partick Thistle.
While walking to see his beloved Partick Thistle one day, Bryan (Richie McColm) is approached by a special police unit. Identifying themselves as the Sectarian Secret Police, Bryan is kidnapped and whisked away to a secret location. Finding himself in a room adorned with the prominent colours of the Old Firm, he is told that he must disown the team he supports and align himself with either Rangers or Celtic.
The issues with sectarianism and the Old Firm is highly contested and widely debated. Writer/Director: Joseph Andrew Mclean makes a lighthearted attempt at portraying Glasgow's obsession with the Old Firm, focusing on the idea that even supporting another team is laughable. It's a familiar concept that has plagued football fans that dare go against the grain. Aye, you're a Thistle fan but who's your other team? Everyone must have a preference and in Bryan's case he has to rethink his allegiance or face the consequences. It's much like the child at school who is in danger of a kicking should he choose poorly. No preference is not acceptable in those circumstances, and the same applies to Bryan.
There's a lack of depth to the film, however it's not pretending to solve or analyse in great detail the issues that blight Scottish football nor does it claim to have any answers. As a comical approach to a serious subject it does evoke the required laughs. Which side are you on?
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Hermeneutics of suspicion
"School of suspicion" (French: école du soupçon) is a phrase coined by Paul Ricœur in Freud and Philosophy (1965) to capture a common spirit that pervades the writings of Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche,[1] the three "masters of suspicion".[2] This school (also dubbed hermeneutics of suspicion in secondary literature) is defined as a balanced recognition and perception between "explanation" and "understanding" that validates expressions of a representation.[3]
According to literary theorist Rita Felski, it is "a distinctively modern style of interpretation that circumvents obvious or self-evident meanings in order to draw out less visible and less flattering truths."
"[Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche] share a commitment to unmasking 'the lies and illusions of consciousness'; they are the architects of a distinctively modern style of interpretation that circumvents obvious or self-evident meanings in order to draw out less visible and less flattering truths ... Ricoeur's term has sustained an energetic after-life within religious studies, as well as in philosophy, intellectual history, and related fields."[4]
Felski also notes that "The 'hermeneutics of suspicion' is the name usually bestowed on [a] technique of reading texts against the grain and between the lines, of cataloging their omissions and laying bare their contradictions, of rubbing in what they fail to know and cannot represent."[5] In that sense, it can be seen as being related to ideology critique. Felski has built on Ricœur's theory in outlining her influential theory of postcritique.[6]
Ruthellen Josselson explains that "Ricoeur distinguishes between two forms of hermeneutics: a hermeneutics of faith which aims to restore meaning to a text and a hermeneutics of suspicion which attempts to decode meanings that are disguised."[7]
See also[edit]
- Freud and Philosophy
- Critical theory
- Michel Foucault
- Sheldon Pollock
- Freudo-Marxism
- Post-structuralism
- ^ Ricoeur, Paul (2008) [1970]. Freud and Philosophy. An Essay on Interpretation. Denis Savage (transl.). New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-8-12083305-0.
- ^ Ricoeur, Paul (2008). pp. 33, 35.
- ^ G. D. Robinson, Paul Ricoeur and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion: A Brief Overview and Critique, University of Toronto.
- ^ Felski, Rita (2012). "Critique and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion". M/C Journal. Media culture. 15 (1).
- ^ Felski, Rita (Autumn 2011). "Context Stinks" (PDF). New Literary History. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 42 (4): 573–591. doi:10.1353/nlh.2011.0045.
- ^ Giusti, F., "Passionate Affinities: A Conversation with Rita Felski", Los Angeles Review of Books, September 25, 2019.
- ^ Josselson, Ruthellen (1 July 2004). "The Hermeneutics of Faith and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion" (PDF). Narrative Inquiry. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. 14 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1075/ni.14.1.01jos. ISSN 1387-6740. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2016.


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Also known as PPD, or Postnatal Depression. Of the clients seen by me within the service I offer, women are very much in the ascendancy. Having published articles earlier in this series for fathers, this is an opportune time then to share some observations for a challenge, which, whilst not exclusively faced by women, is clearly more prevalent in this gender. [wiki]
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In my practise, I have noticed a tendency for the focus of the symptoms of postpartum depression to be around the pregnancy and subsequent birth, and of course postpartum. This may seem obvious, but it can be a distraction from what may be the cause, rather than a trigger!
First and as much as is reasonable, physiological reasons such as vitamin deficiencies, and hormonal imbalances need to be understood and managed or excluded. There are many predictors and possibilities worth considering when investigating PPD. An analysis of the past is required and this may include visiting:
- formative years and emotional development of the sufferer
- emotional wellbeing prior to, and during, the pregnancy
- life before baby
- was baby planned
- relationships
- expectations of pregnancy and baby care
- reactions to stress, anxiety and pressure prior to pregnancy
- socioeconomic issues
- esteem and confidence
- …and potentially, more
With the arrival of baby, it is a challenging time regardless of who you are. With so much learning, whilst trying to manage expectations that may be unrealistic, and experiencing crippling fatigue it is perhaps unsurprising that anxiety, stress, and depression can arise, and whether it is believed to be 'baby blues', or postpartum depression, both are unpleasant and unsettling.
If we throw into the mix other precursors, for example being career oriented and aspirational for a period prior to the pregnancy. It is possible that any enforced 'break' – from all that you threw yourself into prior to maternity leave – provides an opportunity for past unresolved emotions and traumas to visit.
And so with just when you may be feeling most vulnerable, and maybe most accountable, you may recognise so much responsibility and expectation, often with no previous experience!
It is clearly a profound change to the mother and father's lifestyle, and there really is no true way to prepare for the powerful emotions of 'new' parenthood. Yet, we react based on experiences outside of our own newfound parental role and these reactions, or cognitions may be in conflict with whom we wish to be, and what we are trying to achieve. Then we try to meet the societal expectations of how things 'should' be!
This is always a contentious subject – whether to accept medications in the first place. What kind, and for how long, is a challenge provided with some seriousness. I prefer, where possible, for clients to consider alternative options where safe and appropriate.
However, medications can have a place and if prescribed anything that concerns you, please ask your GP what the medicine does, including possible side effects, why they are the chosen drug, and how long expected before reviewing their efficacy. Of course, if you are breast feeding this will need consideration also!
Counselling, psychotherapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) demonstrate positive results and these are unimproved upon with medication on board! Group therapies are also particularly useful where available, although these may not address issues specific to the sufferer in some instances, the group will provide significant assurances and support.
Consider your own support network! Try to ensure you are around people who are empathetic to your needs and challenges, and avoid where possible those who tell you to "Get on with it"!
It's very difficult to maintain the best diet for you when feeling 'less than'. Nonetheless, it is a crucial component to recovery, as is exercise and regular sleep! Umm, I can see a challenge with that one, but grabbing sleep, rest, and quality time for you is also a significantly important consideration!
This really is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg! Please do let me know if I can help with any further information and guidance. Although seeing clients 'in-person' is always preferable, I can, and do, conduct sessions via online mediums and phone – with success.
More good reading:
How To Conquer Post-Weaning Depression With Confidence
Postpartum OCD And Psychosis: What Is It, And How To Manage It


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Any formalist analysis of Unreal will inevitably find itself brushing shoulders with that of postmodernism. This is owed to the very nature of the show's premise itself. Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and Marti Noxon's show about, well, the making of a show or, to describe it in other terms, the scripted "unscripted" drama behind the deliberate orchestration and institutional production of an ostensibly "unscripted" romance drama presents a number of problems for the ernest critic, to say the least.
Because Unreal is a show-within-a-show, any formalist analysis of Unreal's set design, cinematography, location choice, lighting, and actor blocking must account for those same choices with relation to that of the "show" upon which Unreal itself centers: the reality-television romance drama Everlasting.
Within the purview of a typical formalist reading, the focus of evaluation begins and ends at the margins of what is on the screen by the viewer. In the conventional schema of a prime-time serial drama, the camera does not exist as a object of note or even operate as a camera within the world of that drama, but rather assumes the role of an "invisible eye" roving seamlessly within and between scenes so as to induce the viewer's uninterrupted attention to the unfolding drama itself. Not so with Unreal, or rather, not only so.
A formalist analysis of Unreal's cinematography and editing is complicated by the fact that we, the audience, are effectively witnessing Unreal, the show itself and Everlasting, the show-within-the show, interpolated within one another and as a result, obfuscating the delineations of "reality" and "fiction" within the text and complicating the otherwise perfunctory question of who is filming what and how in what way is it intended to be seen by whom and subsequently unintended to be seen by whom–else. Have I lost you yet? Welcome to Westworld.
All joking aside, when viewed with this understanding firmly in mind, the third episode of Unreal's first season, "Mother," yields compelling fodder for analysis. The first episode of the season, "Return," already established the complications of Unreal's authorial vantage point with Rachel's titular return to the set of Everlasting, where her humiliation is subsequently filmed at Quinn's command before being told, "Welcome back to reality, Rachel!"
In "Mother," the establishing shot of the opening scene is high angle view of the contestants standing at attention in a row, obfuscated by the blurry outline of some obscure adjacent plant. The camera then cuts to another high angle shot, this time obscured by the glass panel balcony of its position and dotted with cameramen and other members of the Everlasting crew, including Rachel and her ex-boyfriend […].
While the aforementioned meta-complications of the Unreal's formalist motivations and intentions remain, I assert that this is one of several examples for which the episode itself implicitly teaches the viewer to compartmentalize their understandings of the disparate yet inseparable halves of Unreal's narrative not only within this episode, but within each subsequent episode of the show's first season. Shots that would otherwise be unusable b-roll for the purposes of Everlasting, with their shaky camera tracking shots and downcast lighting, exist to frame the level of reality wherein Unreal takes place, whereas the picturesquely composed and well-lit camera shots are contextually coded as the hyper-reality of Everlasting.
No more is this dichotomy of priorities more apparent than in "Mother" than in the mid-episode climax, when Adam and Roger's intimate hot-tub date with Maya, Anna, and Grace is crashed by the other contestants and transformed into an impromptu pool party.
Orchestrated by Shia, one of three producers of Everlasting working under Executive Producer Quinn, as a way of gaining footage during Quinn's absence to earn her favor, her efforts are inevitably deflated when Rachel returns to the set following her confrontation with her parents. "I'm getting great footage," Shia protests, to which Rachel replies, "Oh what, with this music blasting? Because we can't use it, we can't edit around, it so shut it down." These criticisms are further corroborated by Quinn herself upon returning to the set and observing the footage. For us, the viewer, the music of the pool party exists as a diegetic aspect of the episode itself, while for the producers of Everlasting (i.e. the main characters of the drama of Unreal) the music exists as a non-diegetic element which complicates the labor of constructing the show's "reality" and thus, is deemed unusable and immaterial to the narrative of Everlasting.
These account for less than a handful of fascinating observations one might glean from a formalist reading of Unreal. Subsequent readings would no doubt yield even more revelations with regards to the dynamic of the crew and contestants, as well as the interpersonal conflicts between the main characters and the "real" world external to that of Everlasting's set.
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Environment Secretary David Miliband joined more than 300 people at a celebration today of the 75th anniversary of the Kinder Scout mass trespass.
Mr Miliband, seen by many as a future leader of the Labour Party, told the gathering at the Peak District town of New Mills, that land is a public good. Even private land, he said, was a public good that we should all be able to enjoy.
Environment Secretary David Miliband speaks at the Kinder 75 celebration
He said: "It should be accessible to all. That's why I think the CRoW [Countryside and Rights of Way] Act is very, very important. What's most interesting is that if you give responsibility to people who love nature and want to enjoy it, they will act in a responsible way.
"Change comes from the pressure from the bottom up as well as from the top down in Government. I think the lesson of the 1930s is that we should recognise that sometimes governments are behind public opinion and not always in front of it.
"The people actually changed the politics in the 1930s.
"The fact that it took 70 years to get the right to roam suggests that politics can sometimes be far too slow."
The Environment Secretary told the meeting in New Mills Town Hall that, in the next couple of months, he would put forward proposals for coastal access.
The event was hosted by Mike Harding, folk singer, comedian, writer and former president of the Ramblers' Association. He spoke out against the building of windfarms, which he said blighted the upland areas of the country. Kate Ashbrook, chair of the Ramblers and Sir Martin Doughty, head of Natural England, also spoke to the gathering.
Ms Ashbrook said the CRoW Act should be amended to bring England's chalk downs within the access land.
Sally Goldsmith performed her song Trespassers Will Be Celebrated and High Peak Community Arts, along with local participants, performed On Common Ground.
Former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley spoke, and renowned writer Jim Perrin, a friend of trespass leader Benny Rothman, gave a powerful address.
The proceedings were rounded off by Mike Harding's rendition of The Manchester Rambler, written by Ewan MacColl.
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You can get to every Wrestlemania and Summer Slam in Counterfactual History by going through the following links:
Summer Slam.
Older than Twitter. Not quite as profitable. A pro wrestling counterfactual: What if the World Wrestling Federation was organized around workrate, around the idea that the pivotal word in the phrase "sports entertainment" is the first? Can one Ricky Steamboat pinfall put right what once went wrong? Go to the earliest archived post; scroll to December 19, 2005 "it begins" and you're ready to roll.
Triple H, October 2011:
"When I grew up, I hated Hogan. I thought he was terrible and didn't like to watch him. I was like Punk in a way. I liked the Steamboats and Flairs and the ones that could go. Would I be right in saying that Hogan was the wrong guy to go with, and they should've changed directions and gone with Steamboat because he was the better wrestler? Ludicrous." - Triple H. October, 2011.
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(Description moved to the bottom. It's been a while now and I figure the list is more important.)
- April 2020 – Continuity planning.
- March 2020 – Database Configurations.
- February 2020 – Write a blog post.
- January 2020 – Document, Document, Document
- December 2019 – The default trace and the system health session.
- November 2019 – SSMS Built in reports
- October 2019 – Code reviews (self and peer)
- September 2019 – Getting the data in
- August 2019 – Getting the data out
- July 2019 – Table Size
- June 2019 – Property Functions
- May 2019 – SQLCMD and the DAC
- April 2019 – Practice dealing with corruption
- March 2019 – Reconfigure tempdb
- February 2019 – Instance configurations
- January 2019 – Baselines
- December 2018 – Configure SSMS
- November 2018 – Constraints
- October 2018 – Time for an upgrade
- September 2018 – Backup and Restore continued
- August 2018 – Set up database mail
- July 2018 – Create a SQL Agent Job
- June 2018 – Alter a database
- May 2018 – Create a database
- April 2018 – Indexes
- March 2018 – Recovery Objectives
- February 2018 – Work with security
- January 2018 – Inspect an Execution Plan
- December 2017 – View the log
- November 2017 – Create a view
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For years Russ Thomas (b/t) has done a Monthly DBA Challenge and in fact I've used it as insperation a number of blog posts myself. Here is part of his description of it:
Often the task is what I consider a low frequency / high liability event – something the typical DBA might only do once or twice in their career, but if called upon would be highly critical to the business.
For example (and one used by Russ in a presentation I saw once) let's say that the drive that holds tempdb for your instance is gone. Someone made a change on the SAN and poof. Gone. So what do you do? How do you fix it? Do you panic? Or, just maybe, you've tried it before. You may not remember exactly what to do, but you know it can be done. A quick bit of memory searching (or as I call my memory Google) and off you go. Also likely the challenge is just a suggestion to push you to try something new.
Anyway, to make a long story short (Too late!) Russ has decided to retire the challenge and asked if anyone wanted to take it over. So, you guessed it, I'm going to give it a shot. I'm going to put my own spin on it though and it's going to be SQL Homework. Get it? It fits the theme? Come on! It's pretty obvious. Right? I'm going to be starting with basic but important tasks and I'll do my best to build over time.


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art wolfe photography
Cabooki is intensely interested in photography
On Saturday, Cabooki & I were watching Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge, one of our favorite programs, when Cabooki suddently jumped over to the end of the coffee table so that he could get a better look at Art's camera . . .
Actually, there was a hummingbird on the program – I've never seen Cabooki react so quickly and intensely to anything television – usually he ignores it.
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My Photography Bookshelf
I finally have time to clean up my bookshelf and before entropy kicks in, I figure I'll take a picture.. =)
Not photographed: Shanghai Odyssey, Jim Marshall: The Negative
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Taking a break from the Next Big Thing to share this article, which was published today on http://www.tasmaniantimes.com. Cheers.
Tony Abbott should have had a pretty good week last week; by rights; he probably thinks he has. He was handed the date of the next federal election on a platter by a Prime Minister who desperately needs to claw back some ground in the polls, and who (by announcing the election date) has given the Coalition a fairly sound opportunity to verify its policy and fiscal credentials over the next two hundred days. There's a better than even chance that Abbott may be our next Prime Minister, although a lot can happen in seven months. However, comments made by him on Australia Day, during a speech delivered in Adelaide, should give people cause for considerable concern in the event that we wake up on September 15th with a new occupant in the Lodge.
These comments have not, to my knowledge, been reported at all in the media, apart from a brief mention on crikey.com.au, which is where I happened to read them. This is the extract from Abbott's speech, quoted verbatim on Crikey yesterday:
It is a proud people that you are joining. We had inauspicious beginnings. The first lot of Australians were chosen by the finest judges in England, not always for good reasons, and from that rather inauspicious beginning we have become a rich, a free and a fair society …
I don't know the context in which the speech was delivered; it sounds like it was possibly a citizenship ceremony, or something similar. Those circumstances are not particularly important. For my purposes with this little article, the first half of the third and final sentence is the important bit.
Abbott is someone who often seeks to portray himself as a 'man of the people'. He is a volunteer firefighter; Christopher Pyne puffed his chest out last year and reported that his leader had recently helped a blind man run in a Marathon. In 2009, he spent time in the remote indigenous community of Aurukun and helped with several community services. Part of his public appeal strategy, it seems, is to roll the sleeves up, set his face to Concentrate and muck in. Perhaps he is no different from other politicians in this respect; they want to remain 'in touch' with their electorate. Or so the reasonably simple orthodoxy goes.
This makes it very hard, indeed perhaps impossible, to place his comments above into any kind of helpful context. An enlightened, educated person living in Australia in 2013 must have considerable difficulty ascribing to the view that 'the first Australians' to arrive on the land of this country were convicts. Such a view flies in the face of decades of widely reported archaeological findings, of decades of reconciliation initiatives, of matters that are considered in historical archives to be factually accurate. This is notwithstanding that the term 'Australian' is itself a European appellation, drawn from Latin; I concede this and use the term here purely for convenience. The first occupants of our country would not have known this name and convicts transported here were not referred to as such either.
So, although very few people seem to know about it, Abbott has commenced his genuine bid for the Lodge from a very difficult position. Perhaps he is genuine about the very serious and pervasive issue of indigenous welfare, if we take his visits to remote communities as an effort on his part to inform himself about the 'on the ground' issues. (And if he is genuine, this will mark a pleasant change in Coalition values from his predecessor, who did next to nothing about the issue in eleven years as Prime Minister; the Intervention arguably had some merits although it came very late in Howard's term, was wildly unpopular among many indigenous communities and could be considered a knee-jerk reaction to a serious problem the then Government had hitherto ignored.)
Abbott may well believe that Australian history begins in January 1788—this would seem to be a fair conclusion to draw from his comments, which also reinforce the notion that celebrating our "national day" on the 26th of January is inherently problematic; but that's another story. Perhaps there are Australians who listen and nod appreciatively when he says such things—this is their right and I am not here to argue otherwise. But I am here to say categorically that Abbott is wrong, and that his comments are insulting and ignorant. They smack of the 'dog whistle' that John Howard liked to blow.
Put another way: given the strength and diversity of evidence available, it seems reasonable to conclude in our high school history classes that human beings occupied the land that we now know as Australia anything up to 60,000 years ago, possibly longer. Further, that explorers and traders visited this land and interacted with indigenous groups anything up to 300 years, and possibly before then, prior to 1788. So who does a reasonably articulate and well informed student sitting in a high school history class who researches this and forms well-based conclusions, and then hears the Leader of the Opposition completely erase tens of thousands of years of existence with a single sentence, believe? Their teacher, or the Honourable Member?
Statements such as those he made in Adelaide render Abbott's position inconsistent, at best, and at worst incorrigibly racist. His inconsistency is something we are well used to; his position on climate change, to give but one example, has been especially adaptable to any given audience. This aside, though, it's often very difficult to know exactly where the potential Prime Minister stands on important issues. I consider that the indigenous heritage of this country is a fairly important issue. If Tony Abbott is posing for photographs with indigenous schoolchildren while helping them in their classrooms on one hand, and completely refusing to acknowledge their cultural heritage or identity on the other, then he's taken the Aussie tradition of having two bob each way to a discomforting alarming extreme.
At a time when he will be desperate to demonstrate inclusivity and fairness, when he will hope that all Australians consider him in a favourable enough light to let him switch sides of the House of Representatives, this is a terrible attitude to demonstrate. His comments belong in the Australia that existed prior to 1967, when our sable brethren were preferably seen but not heard. That Australia, really, no longer exists. Someone should let Tony Abbott know, and well before September 14.
Cameron Hindrum lives and writes in Launceston. His novel The Blue Cathedral (Forty South Books) was published in 2011 and his two-volume chapbook of poems, Private Conversations Volumes 1 & 2, appeared in 2012, published by Another Lost Shark and Walleah Press respectively.


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A Grade I Area Court in Aco Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to serve a summon on the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to compel him to face a criminal complaint initiated against him by a private lawyer in respect of the bloody bank robbery in which many died in Offa, Kwara State, earlier this year.
The criminal complaint was initiated by an Abuja-based lawyer and rights activist, Oluwatosin Ojaomo, whose lawyer told the court on Monday that the IGP had given assurance that the necessary court papers would be served on the Senate President.
The police had said their investigations linked Saraki to the kingpin of the robbery operation.
The Senate President is the sole defendant in the criminal complaint initiated by the private lawyer.
The criminal complaint was said to have been initiated by Ojaomo under Section 89(5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.
It sought Saraki to be summoned for allegedly ignoring police invitation to answer to an allegation involving the investigation of the suspects of the Offa robbery.
The complaint stated that Saraki's alleged refusal to honour the invitation amounted to obstructing a criminal investigation and disobeying a public officer carrying out a lawful responsibility.
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MANATEE COUNTY — Manatee Tiger Bay Club members and their guests heard a mix of opinions Thursday from panelists who disagree about whether taxpayers should cover tuition costs for college students, at least at public institutions.
Liv Coleman, associate professor of political science and international studies at the University of Tampa, advocated for "expanding access to higher education," at least for two-year degrees, when she ran for a Florida House seat in 2018.
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Her stance can be perceived as "against the financial interest and bottom line of my employer," a private college, Coleman said. Because of tenure, she stressed, she can freely express her opinion.
Coleman argued that enabling more people to have an education beyond high school will enable them to get higher-paying jobs and strengthen the workforce.
The subsidies would apply only if all other financial resources, such as federal grants, are exhausted, she noted.
Sarah Hernandez, associate professor of sociology and Caribbean and Latin American studies at New College of Florida, said free public education is for "a social good and not just an individual gain."
"Many students drop out of college for financial reasons," Hernandez said.
She said she would rather be taxed to pay for higher education than take on personal debt.
Karen Holbrook, regional chancellor of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, stressed that tuition is only part of the total costs of a college education. Various fees, aside from tuition, can come to $527 per semester for a full-time student, plus possibly living and transportation expenses, she noted.
"Tuition doesn't answer the entire question," Holbrook said.
If a student's higher education costs are entirely subsidized, that person has no "skin in the game," she noted.
Holbrook warned that free tuition at public schools could adversely affect small private colleges, which may not be able to compete.
"Are we asking the right question?" Carol Probstfeld, president of State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, asked the audience when she stepped to the podium.
Medicare, for example, "has not controlled the rising costs" of health care, she noted.
She agreed with Holbrook's "skin in the game" comment, emphasizing that a student needs to make some personal investment in earning a degree.
"I'm not in favor of free higher education," Probstfeld said. She agreed with Holbrook that tuition is not the only cost associated with college attendance.
Student loan debt is typically about $24,300, less than what that graduate is likely to pay for his or her "first car," Probstfeld said. "That's not too much to invest in your future."
Kevin Van Ostenbridge, owner of Be Easy Tours, represented the view of a conservative taxpayer.
"I'm pro-learning," Van Ostenbridge said. Yet his teachers and coaches emphasized to him that "if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is."
He raised the question of whether graduates who do not go into a career associated with the degree they earned should be required to refund taxpayers.
He noted that the federal government, through grants for low-income students and the G.I. bill, already assists citizens in affording a college education but that it should not cover every expense. "You have to be willing to invest in yourself."
Free tuition will replace that commitment "with a feeling of entitlement," Van Ostenbridge said. "No doubt about it. This is a socialist policy."


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A Family Court judge's Sydney home was blown up hours before he was to hear an application involving possible police force being used against litigant Leonard John Warwick, his murder trial has been told.
And almost a year later, a solicitor ceased acting for Warwick's estranged wife after a bomb was found in a car in the driveway of a house the lawyer had recently vacated.
Warwick, 71, has pleaded not guilty to four murders - including the shooting deaths of his brother-in-law and a judge - and 20 other offences relating to seven events that occurred in Sydney between February 1980 and July 1985.
The prosecutor says Warwick was involved in a long-running Family Court dispute which "inextricably linked" him to the events and provided him with a motivation to commit the crimes.
They included the 1980 shooting murders of his brother-in-law Stephen Blanchard and Justice David Opas; the bombing of Justice Richard Gee's home and of the Family Court building in Parramatta in 1984; and, in the same year, the bombing of Justice Ray Watson's home in which his wife Pearl was killed.
Warwick is also accused of setting off a bomb in 1985 that ripped apart a Jehovah's Witnesses hall killing Graham Wyke and injuring 13 people.
The organisation had supported Warwick's ex-wife Andrea Blanchard.
Giving evidence in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday, Family Court judge Garry Watts - who was the solicitor acting for Ms Blanchard from late 1982 to early 1985 - was taken through the couple's Family Court file.
He testified that on March 6, 1984, Justice Gee was due to hear Ms Blanchard's application for a standing order authorising police to take action, if necessary by force, against Warwick if another court order was not adhered to.
Such a standing order would be "very unusual', authorising NSW and Australian Federal Police officers to enforce compliance, he said.
But earlier on the day of the scheduled hearing "Justice Gee's house had been severely damaged by an explosion".
Justice Gee previously made orders adverse to Warwick
Another dispute was listed for hearing on February 15, 1985, days after Justice Watts said he heard that a bomb was found outside a property he had moved out of the year before.
"I had been told a bomb had been found under the bonnet of a car which was parked in my old driveway," he said.
He had sold the house, which he had lived in from around 1977, but his name was still listed at that address in the phone book.
"In the week after the bomb was found in the driveway, I had a conversation with Ms Blanchard (saying) I did not believe I could continue to act for her," he said.
The trial continues before Justice Peter Garling.


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· Cabin bags should be no more than 50cm x 40cm x 25cm and have a combined weight of up to 12kg
· Personal items should be no more than 40cm x 30cm x 15cm and weigh up to 5kg
Cabin baggage that exceeds the maximum weight or dimensions may be checked into the hold. Additional charges may apply.
Excess and oversized baggage
Guests travelling with golf clubs, bikes, scuba diving equipment, skis, ski poles or ski boots can do so for free as part of their checked baggage allowance. These items must not exceed 300cm in length.
All other items are subject to an excess or oversized baggage fee.
Golf clubs
Guests travelling with golf clubs? In addition to our generous baggage allowance, guests can carry one set of golf clubs for free, weighing up to 15kg. One set may consist of clubs, balls and one pair of golf shoes.
If guests are carrying a golf umbrella separately, this will count as an additional item and fees may apply.
Applicable to all Etihad-operated flights.
Airport baggage calculator
Our airport baggage calculator automatically works out a guest's baggage allowance.
Any entitlement to additional baggage must be added as an endorsement, following the format shown in the table below:
You do not need to record an endorsement if the baggage allowance is covered in the ticket; only record the additional baggage. Endorsements recorded incorrectly will not be honoured.
With immediate effect, bookings for seamen will no longer be required to be updated with an OK to Board (OTB) message.
OTB messages were discontinued in 2017 when UAE visa validation was activated on our Sabre check-in system.
Economy guests can use our Etihad Coach to travel between Dubai and Al Ain, when flying into or out of Abu Dhabi International Airport.
The city code for Al Ain Etihad Airways Coach has been changed from AAN to ZVH. This has been published on all GDS systems and will apply to coaches departing from 15 November onwards. The pickup/drop off location point remains unchanged.
The code AAN will be used solely for Al Ain International Airport.
This is a free service, but they must pre-book their seat. Book now.
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We offer tailor-made fares, so every guest can make their choice of journey according to their needs. Whether they want to travel light, in luxury or even last-minute, our fares and benefits are flexible.
For details, please refer to the table.
Hand baggage only fares now available to more destinations
Our hand baggage only fares are now available to purchase on new routes across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Indian Subcontinent.
The best value way to travel for guests who don't need to take checked baggage, our hand baggage only fares are available on 26 point-to-point routes and more than 230 connecting routes, all with less than a six-hour flight time.
Etihad Airways offers free stopovers for The Residence guests flying on confirmed Etihad Airways tickets through Abu Dhabi.
Guests of The Residence will be treated to two free nights at the Khaleej Suite at Emirates Palace. Contact VIP Travel Concierge + 971 (0)2 599 0380 or email email@example.com to avail Free stay at Emirates Palace.
Book in First or selected Business fares for our guests to enjoy the convenience of our Etihad Chauffeur service within the UAE, operated with a full Mercedes Benz fleet of limousines.
Our limo service provides transport between Abu Dhabi International Airport and all destinations in the UAE.
Guests travelling in The Residence will receive complimentary chauffeur services at all A380 destinations.
Your guests can choose their preferred way to travel to and from the airport. But we go far beyond that, with our range of onward transport options:
- Etihad Chauffeur – complimentary for The Residence worldwide, and in the UAE for First and selected Business bookings. Please read more on eligibility in our Policy Library
- Airport transfers – door-to-door car service in the rest of the world
- Hire cars – preferred rates for our guests with our partner, Hertz
- Etihad Coach – guests must pre-book this free service between Dubai and Al Ain and Abu Dhabi International Airport
- Rail – onward rail transport is available for guests travelling to destinations in Germany and France.
- Airpass – a convenient way to book multiple flights in one step – choose between two to ten one-way flights or train journeys, all on one ticket.
With a little planning ahead, you can help your guests create a smooth and simple journey.
On the day of your flight, guests should arrive at the airport early to give themselves plenty of time to complete the necessary checks and procedures.
For the Hajj pilgrimage season, we want to ensure a smooth experience for Hajj passengers in both Jeddah and Medina airports.
In addition to a guest's allowance of hand baggage and checked baggage, Etihad Airways also permits a guest to carry the following amount of ZamZam water free of charge.
Please give the following advice to guests:
- Hand Baggage: A maximum of 100ml, carried in a transparent, re-sealable bag
- Checked Baggage: A maximum of 5 litres, suitably packaged
- Arrive at the airport a minimum of four hours ahead of flight departure time
- Expect a two to three hour wait at immigration and security
- ZamZam water must only be purchased through authorised agents, for a price of SAR 9
- ZamZam water must be checked-in separately. Any ZamZam water placed inside checked baggage will be confiscated by Airport Security
- Once through immigration and security, guests should proceed immediately to the boarding gate to ensure that flights leave on time and connections (if any) are not at risk
From 14 May 2019, guests will be able to check-in on our website or through our app 30 hours before their flight.
As soon as online check-in opens, guests will be able to reserve an Economy Standard seat for free, and select their seat for connecting flights departing within 48 hours
For more information contact your local Etihad Airways representative.
Free Abu Dhabi stopover
Your guests can now enjoy a free two-night stopover in Abu Dhabi until 20 December 2020.
Book now for our free Abu Dhabi stopover before 20 December 2020, for travel until 20 December 2020.
Other types of stopover:
2-for-1 stopovers
When your guests book a two-night stay in Abu Dhabi, the second night is free! With over 60 hotels to choose from, your guests can also book 2-for-1 activities across the capital.
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Abu Dhabi Transit stopovers
6 – 12 hours' transit time? We have special deals for your guests to enjoy a round of golf or some time by the pool at Yas Links Abu Dhabi for only USD 40.
Note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, our lounges in Abu Dhabi are closed. We will reopen them as soon as we can.
All Etihad guests are welcome to use our lounges at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Access is complimentary for First and Business guests and available for a small fee for Economy guests. All guests can pay to upgrade to the next class of lounge.
Guests can enjoy great food and drinks, find a quiet spot to work or simply get some rest before their flight.
The Residence: Guests of The Residence will be looked after by the Etihad Butler in their own, exclusive Lounge. The Residence Lounge has a separate entrance, spacious seating area, private dining room, prayer room and shower room.
First Lounge & Spa: Guests can enjoy fine dining, signature drinks, complimentary and payable treatments in the Six Senses Spa, a fitness room, showers, a relaxation room, a cigar lounge, a clothes-pressing service and a children's play room. Located in T3, Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Etihad Airways Premium Lounges: There are two Premium Lounges, located in T1 and T3 of Abu Dhabi International Airport, where guests can dine, relax, work and freshen up before their flights. A family room and play area are available for our younger guests. Our T3 lounge also has a Six Senses Spa (payable), a prayer room and ablution facilities, a business centre and a private area for extra space and privacy (payable).
US Premium Lounge: For guests travelling to the US, this lounge offers comfortable seating, light refreshments and extra space to relax.
Arrivals Lounge: Guests who have arrived into Abu Dhabi with Etihad can freshen up with a shower, use the business centre, have their clothes pressed and enjoy a selection of drinks and snacks.
We offer special meals onboard our aircraft for guests who have religious, dietary or medical needs and for children. All meals are Halal.
Select special meals in the booking system.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility
Etihad is the only airline in the region to offer a US immigration facility within Abu Dhabi Airport. This means that guests flying to the US will complete US immigration checks before they fly, not after landing.
They will then arrive into the US domestic terminal and skip international immigration queues.
It's important to tell your guests:
- Check-in for Etihad flights to the US closes two hours before the flight, so they must arrive at the airport in plenty of time.
- All guests must go through the US Immigration facility, located near gates 58 – 61 in Terminal 3, no later than 60 minutes before the flight. If guests are late to report to the US Immigration facility, they may be denied boarding.
- Guests must check all the restricted and prohibited items that they can bring into the US before they pack.
- Guests' date of entry into the US on their passport will be the date they depart from Abu Dhabi, and not the date they arrive in the US.
- Baggage will be sent to guests' final destination in the US.
Please read further information here.
Once guests have cleared the US immigration facility, they are welcome to use our US Premium Lounge. Access is complimentary for First and Business Class guests, and available at a fee of AED 185 / US $50 for Economy Class guests.
From 17 February 2019, UAE nationals are exempt from obtaining pre-entry visas to travel to Russia. Russian nationals are also exempt from obtaining pre-entry visas to visit the UAE.
Find more information about visas here
As They Fly
Business guests will be taken to and from the airport by our Etihad Chauffeur, anywhere in the UAE. Paid transfer services are available in the rest of the world. Guests have a private check-in area and can enjoy one of our Premium Lounges before departing from Abu Dhabi, and our Arrivals Lounge when arriving into Abu Dhabi. On board, guests can choose to eat whenever they like, and enjoy fully-flat beds on all long-haul flights.
Cabin details:
- The Business Studio (A380 and 787 Dreamliner) has direct aisle access, a seat that reclines into a fully-flat bed and lots of storage space. Guests who are travelling on the A380 can also use The Lobby.
- The Business Flatbed (wide-body aircraft) is a seat that reclines into a fully-flat bed.
- The Business Seat (narrow-body aircraft) offers a generous recline and ample legroom, with an adjustable headrest, footrest and lumbar support.
Check out our fully-flat beds and more with a 360o virtual tour of Business. Start your 3D tour now.
Etihad Economy offers choice, value and an experience that is designed exclusively around our guests.
With a choice of seats, guests can pick their favourite spot on board before they fly. Stretch out with extra legroom in Economy Space or keep an entire row free with Economy Neighbour Free. Get cosy with full-sized blankets and pillows, reclining seats and even more personal space.
We've improved the quantity and quality of our main meals, with protein-rich dishes inspired by the destinations we fly to. Guests can choose from three main meals, including one vegetarian option, or request a special meal. If they're still hungry, they can also purchase premium treats, hot dishes, drinks and snacks from our Sweet or Salty menu.
E-BOX offers hundreds of hours of on-demand entertainment with films, boxsets and live TV on selected aircraft. Theirs also music, news, magazines and a moving flight map.
Our Economy cabins are now even more sustainable. We've removed 27 million plastic lids and introduced new cutlery which is 85 percent lighter, reducing fuel burn and CO2 emissions by 1,200 tonnes.
Explore Economy with a 360o virtual tour of our cabins. Start your 3D tour now.
Our Flying Nanny is here to help keep your little ones entertained on long-haul flights. With goody bags of games, arts and crafts and activities, she can help make the flight more fun.
Important to note:
- Our Flying Nanny cannot carry children, take them to the bathroom or dedicate her full attention to one family
- Children's meals must be pre-booked at least 24 hours before the flight here
First guests will be taken to and from the airport by our Etihad Chauffeur, anywhere in the UAE. Guests have a private check-in area and can enjoy our First Lounge & Spa before departing from Abu Dhabi, and a paid airport transfer service and access to our Premium Lounges elsewhere in the world. Upon arrival into Abu Dhabi, guests are welcome to use our Arrivals Lounge before they leave the airport.
On board, guests can enjoy à la carte dining, complimentary loungewear and fully-flat beds. For guests who are travelling with companions on the A380, The Lobby is a meeting place for up to six guests to have drinks and snacks, or work together.
Cabin details:
- The First Apartment (A380 only) has a wardrobe, shower, vanity unit, wide leather armchair and separate bed.
- The First Suite has a wardrobe, chilled refreshments cabinet and a leather seat which reclines into a fully-flat bed.
See what it's like to fly in a private suite in the sky with a 360o virtual tour of First. Start your 3D tour now.
E-BOX offers hundreds of hours of on-demand entertainment with films, boxsets and live TV on selected aircraft. There's also music, news, magazines and a moving flight map.
Guests flying on one of our A320 or A321 aircraft? Make sure they download our free E-BOX Stream app to stream entertainment straight to their phone, tablet or laptop. Find out more
Keep in touch with family and friends while you fly, work from your seat or surf on social media. If you're travelling in The Residence or First, or are an Etihad Guest Platinum member, you'll receive complimentary Wi-Fi access. Or you can pay to use our onboard network with your choice of Wi-Fi package. If you have any data leftover, you can use it on your return or connecting flight within 14 days.
All guests can buy Wi-Fi access to use during their flight. Plans start from USD 5.95.
Etihad has a young fleet of Boeing and Airbus aircraft with the latest inflight entertainment systems, great food and a warm welcome on board.
The Residence is the world's only three-room suite in the sky and the ultimate in comfort and privacy. Designed for up to two guests travelling together, The Residence features an ensuite shower room, private bedroom and separate living area. Guests can fly in The Residence to or from Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Sydney, Paris and Seoul.
Take a look around the only three-room apartment in the sky with a 360o virtual tour of The Residence.
VIP Travel Concierge
Before their trip, our VIP Travel Concierge will be in touch to take care of all arrangements for your guest, including luxury airport transfers, exclusive access to The Residence Lounge and personalised menu on board. It's important that we have all of this information ahead of time so that we can deliver the best possible experience for your guests. You can reach our VIP Travel Concierge by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling +971 2 5990380. If you'd prefer us to get in touch directly with the guest, please just let us know.
Dedicated onboard team
In the air, the dedicated Etihad Butler will attend to your guest's every need. Whilst your guests choose a drink from their personal chilled refreshments cabinet, the Inflight Chef will prepare a perfect meal exactly to their liking.
The Residence Lounge
Guests flying in The Residence will have the chance to unwind and relax in their own exclusive lounge within the First Lounge & Spa at Abu Dhabi airport.
After They Fly
We are here to help. If your guests would like to pay us a compliment, make a complaint or share a comment with us, please contact us here.
Now your guests can receive discounts at some of the best restaurants, spas, beaches and attractions with the Extraordinary Abu Dhabi Pass.
Printed on the back of their boarding pass, all your guests need to do is show their pass and enjoy the best of everything Abu Dhabi has to offer – at a discount.
Please note:
- The pass is valid for 7 days after travel
- The pass can only be used once at each supplier, and only by the person named on the pass (photo ID required)
- Blackout dates and supplier rules may apply
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In the rare cases when baggage gets lost or is mishandled, we are here to help.
Make an enquiry about baggage, trace delayed baggage or make a claim.
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The Ingredients:
6 oz. Sea Scallops
8 oz. Shrimp, peeled and deveined (I used 51-60 count for this)
6 oz. White Mushrooms, halved
1/4 lg. Sweet Onion, sliced (5.3 oz)
4 Tbsp Butter
1/2 tsp. Ground Cumin
1/2 tsp. Chili Powder
2 Tbsp. Ketchup, reduced sugar
1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
What to Do:
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat.
Add onions, saute for 2 minutes, add mushrooms, saute for 2 more minutes, add spices and ketchup, stir well, add shrimp and stir and cook for about 4 minutes until shrimp are cooked through.
Remove from heat, cover and let rest for 2-3 minutes before serving.
Makes 3 servings
Sodium: 506mg Fat: 17.74g Fiber: 1.2g Net Carbs: 8.28g VeggieNet Carbs: 4.61g Protein: 30.46g Calories: 317
Ratios: Carbs: 12% Fat: 50% Protein: 38%
This is also really good topped with some sliced avocado and sour cream.


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As far as collapses go, last night in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was pretty heavy.
I know about the 1992 Houston Oilers, the 2004 New York Giants and last year's Boston Bruins. Those meltdowns were elongated and gradually moving over time.
The Buffalo Bills come back began almost immediately in the second half against Houston. The San Francisco 49ers had 20 minutes of clock left to come back. The Philadelphia Flyers gathered themselves in about a whole week.
The Dallas Mavericks decimated the Oklahoma City Thunder and left them for dead in less than 5 minutes.
How in the world did this happen? Kevin Durant had just hit a three-pointer to put the Thunder up by 15 points with 5:04 remaining. The Mavericks were outrebounded 48-22 at the time; yes you read that right, that is a differential of 26 in rebounds during a playoff game. The Mavs were shooting a ton of threes and not making many of them. Their offense was flat, the crowd was intense, the game was so far out of reach to the eye that my buddy Mike decided to hit the hay and get ready for work and left immediately after that Durant three.
Then somehow Dallas pulled themselves out of the grave… correction, Dirk Nowitzki pulled them out of the grave.
After watching Dallas look absolutely abysmal for 3 plus quarters, Nowitzki piled the gang on his back and carried them over the final 5.
His shot making was spectacular, no matter what Nick Collison did (and by the way, Nick Collison played tremendous defense on him) Dirk just kept hitting shots.
His baseline, off-balanced, one-legged prayer was the stuff of highlight reels, his head fake and patented one-legged fade away brought Dallas to within 4, he kept making play after play to bring Dallas closer to a tie and all Oklahoma City could do was watch.
The Thunder went from a well-oiled machine to an anemic one. Shots that were once falling couldn't find the net. Durant panicked and chucked shots, Thabo Sefolosha couldn't connect, Collison couldn't get a rebound and Russell Westbrook raised more questions about his shaky decision making with a couple of ill-timed turnovers and shots of his own.
It also didn't help that Shawn Marion, Jason Kidd and the rest of the Mavs defense buckled down and made life hell for everyone of the Thunder players on the offensive end of the floor.
Once Dirk Nowitzki hit those two free throws near the end of regulation to tie the score you could see the dejection and anguish on the faces of almost every one in the arena that wore Thunder garb, including the players.
The young guns who were free slinging and playing out of there minds for the first two rounds all of a sudden looked like a bunch of lost souls. They were scared, timid and searching for answers, Dallas on the other hand looked rejuvenated and hungry.
They came into the overtime period with the same ferocity that carried them throughout the end of regulation. Marion and Kidd were like blankets that Durant couldn't shake. Their defense was one hell of a back-story to Dirk's heroics.
(The funny thing about all of this is Jason Kidd's transformation. 3 years ago before he came to Dallas; Kidd was a mediocre defender that couldn't hit a jumper. Then last night you saw Kidd doing his best Bruce Bowen on Durant and Westbrook coming up with gigantic defensive plays and hitting the eventual game-winning three. As much as you have to praise Dirk you have to recognize Kidd's brilliance in reinventing what kind of player he is and raising his game to the next level with a championship so close at hand.)
Throughout all of this the Thunder still had a chance to win this game after Serge Ibaka knocked down an 18-footer. But once Dirk found Kidd for the go ahead three to make it 108-105 you knew that it was over.
A few Durant misses later the meltdown was complete. Dallas had won a game where it was outrebounded by 22, allowed 18 more points in the paint and was down by what seemed like an insurmountable margin with 5 minutes left.
Kevin Durant missed his last 5 shots; the Thunder finished with 25 turnovers and will probably bow out with a game 5 loss at Dallas to drive a stake through their already torn hearts.
The good news is that they can take solace in their defeat by looking at what the Bruins have accomplished. After their epic meltdown last year Boston finds itself a game away from the Stanley Cup finals.
The Thunder can replicate what the Bruins did in part because of a declining Western Conference that they would seem to have an edge in being the favorite next year.
But it won't take away the sting of this defeat. OKC's failure to close out game 4 will go down in history with some of the most gut wrenching defeats that we have ever seen.
And we will be seeing it over and over again for a while.


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Kitchen Basics: Planning (NKBA Guidelines)
Space planning in a kitchen requires a significant amount of pre-planning. So many aspects have to be taken into consideration: work space layout, plumbing and appliances, countertops, safety, seating and storage. These guidelines have been provided by the National Kitchen and Bath Association. These guidelines were developed to help designers with good planning practices that consider the typical needs of users. A committee of experts in kitchen design reviewed lifestyle and design trends and model building code requirements to assure the guidelines promote the health, safety and welfare of consumers.
Before beginning the process, it is helpful to analyze what features have been successful in your past kitchens as well as what features were not successful. Often, identifying what doesn't work can help pave the way for solutions that will be more efficient and successful in your next kitchen. Consider hiring a kitchen designer or experienced cabinet specialist for this process. There are so many details that kitchen designers are trained to look for, they are sure to save you time, money and headaches from regretful decisions.
One general consideration for kitchen planning is to be sure to consider entry doors and what direction they swing. The clear opening of a doorway should be a minimum of 32" wide which requires a 2'10" door. Doors should not interfere with other doors or objects like cabinets or appliances. If space is an issue, consider using a bi-fold door or pocket doors. This is a simple item to plan for, but a costly item to replace if changed after the completion of the project!
In the kitchen, there are space considerations to keep in mind. For example, the distance between work centers. In a kitchen with three work centers the sum of the three traveled distances should be no more than 26' with no single leg being more than 9' or less than 4'. With additional work spaces, each additional travel distance to another area should measure no more than 9' and no less than 4'.
When separating work centers, a full height, full depth tall obstacle such as a refrigerator should not separate 2 primary work centers. It's acceptable to properly recess a tall object in a corner, like a pantry cabinet. This advice is smart planning as well as great advice from an aesthetic standpoint.
You've probably heard of the "kitchen triangle". The NKBA defines the work triangle as an imaginary straight line drawn from the center of the sink, to the center of the cooktop, Once you have laid out your work centers, it's time to place your plumbing and appliances.to the center of the refrigerator, and finally back to the sink. Some guidelines for that triangle include: No traffic patterns such as walkways or hallways should cross through the work triangle. This can be a busy place so considerations for people to get to other rooms needs to be made. For the work aisle, the width of the work aisle should be at least 42" for a single cooktop and 48" for multiple cooktops.
Once you have laid out your work centers, it's time to place your plumbing and appliances.
Cooking Surface
Cooking Surface / Hood
For safety purposes, do not locate a cooking surface under an operable window. Window treatments above a cooking surface should not be made from flammable material.
After planning your work centers and placing appliances, take into consideration your countertop space. A total of 158" x 24" deep is needed (with at least 15" of clearance above) to accommodate all kitchen uses, including landing area, preparation/work area and storage. Consider countertops with clipped or rounded corners because the edges are safer than sharp angled edges.
There's more to consider in the kitchen than cooking. Also to consider are the people that will be passing by as you cook and the people that will be sitting to enjoy the fruits of the kitchen labor. In a seating area where no traffic passes behind, allow 32" of clearance from the counter/table edge to a wall or other obstruction. If traffic does pass behind a seated diner, allow at least 36" for someone to edge past and allow at least 44" for someone to be able to walk past.
Rules of thumb for seating clearance:
There never seems to be enough storage for all of the latest kitchen gadgets and tools, but at a minimum, you need 1400" or 116'8" of total shelf/drawer frontage for a small kitchen that measures less than 150 SF. You need 1700" or 141'8" for a medium sized kitchen that measures 151 to 350 sf and 2000" or 166'8" for a large kitchen that is greater than 350 SF. If your kitchen has a corner, at least one corner cabinet should contain functional storage, such as a lazy-susan.
With today's focus on green and increased waste for families, consider including 2 waste receptacles. Both can be for waste or one can serve as a recycling station. One is best located near the sink/prep area. The second can be right beside the primary or in another location in the kitchen that is convenient for you.
Lastly, check your local building code for placement and quantity of electrical receptacles. Code requires that GFCI (Ground- fault circuit-interrupters) protection is required on all receptacles servicing countertop surfaces within the kitchen. Also, check your code requirements for lighting. Every work surface should be well illuminated by appropriate task lighting and at least one wall switch controlled light must be provided.
Keeping these guidelines in mind when planning your kitchen will ensure you have a safe, healthy and productive working environment. These are guidelines, so if you are an experienced cook and have traits and habits that modify these guidelines, remember your kitchen is designed to work best for you and your lifestyle.
Below are some questions to help identify your needs and preferences before designing your next kitchen.