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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Falls 3.72% for February 05Equities Staff Follow |
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Album: Court and Spark
Artist: Joni Mitchell
Year: 1974
Genre: Folk
- Court and Spark
- Help Me
- Free Man in Paris
- People's Parties
- Same Situation
- Car on a Hill
- Down to You
- Just Like This Train
- Raised on Robbery
- Trouble Child
- Twisted
I know I'm supposed to like Joni Mitchell. She's one of those people I'm supposed to revere as a genius but as the years progress it's easier to see her as a bit of a cranky and bitter old dear whose time has passed. Lately she seems more and more annoyed with everyone who isn't her and less pleased with a world who regards her as belonging to another era. Her vicious attacks on her contemporaries and modern artists make her look like a grump and while it doesn't make me approach her work with any preconceived desire to hate her it certainly removes the goodwill that I might find in hearing the work of a legend.
Court and Spark shows Joni's attempt to mix her folk roots with a rock and jazz feel and I just don't think it succeeds either way. I find Joni's voice really suits some songs (Both Sides Now most notably) but on every track on Court and Spark it's a bit too distracting and take me away from the songwriting. It's too laden with the Mitchell quirk for me to really enjoy. I've hunted down some of the songs as covers by other artists and found them really hard to get into as well. It's like the songs were written for her to be a bit Joni on and without her Joniness they don't hold up well. But then if Joni being Joni doesn't do it for you (or even worse, gets on your nerves) it's never going to be anything you can appreciate.
I'd really like to like this. A lot of people I really like (Crosby, Nash, Robertson etc) are all over it but I just can't enjoy anything here. I might not have Dylan's musical ability, way with words or general cool but at least I know he and I share one thing in common: we both find Court and Spark sleep inducing.
Highlight: Free Man in Paris
Lowlight: Down to You
Influenced by: Dylan
Influenced: Dylan (although it influenced him to have a nap)
Favourite Amazon Customer Review Quote: "'Court and Spark' is totally relatable, a gift to humanity; Jesus died on the cross, Joni Mitchell gave us 'court and spark' (and blue)."
-Wow. I've read some pretty impressive comparisons on Amazon but comparing an album to Jesus dying on the cross is definitely the biggest.
So is this sparky or not something you can get court up in? Let me know below.

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St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch appears to have gone out of his way to achieve justice, in his presentation of evidence to a grand jury to indict Officer Darren Wilson on the charge of the murder of Michael Brown. But only the appearance of justice has been done, and a new grand jury must be convened immediately with a different prosecutor presenting evidence.
Unfortunately, the appearance of justice may confuse many people, even many people sympathetic to the injustice against Michael Brown and many unarmed black men killed by police officers. For to any reasonable person, it would seem that there is a lack of evidence to convict Officer Darren Wilson of a crime. There are witnesses that corroborate and that contradict his own testimony and unfortunately, but in some sense necessarily, the balance of credibility will tend towards him.
But what McCulloch has done is to try Officer Wilson, by himself, presenting both evidences for and against the charge—and that is not what he was supposed to do.
In presentation to a grand jury, and not a trial jury, a prosecutor's task is much more simple. That is, all the prosecutor has to do is present whatever evidence indicates there is probable cause to indict Officer Wilson. He not only is not required to present evidence that might prove the innocence of Officer Wilson, but in fact, given that his job is to prosecute the crime, it would be wholly prejudicial to do so. In this function Prosecutor McCulloch is assuming the job of a defense attorney in the midst of a trial that would only be possible after a grand jury has returned an indictment.
Thus, McCulloch has actually already done two things: first, he has proven that Officer Wilson must be indicted on the charge of murder of Michael Brown, because were Wilson not to be indicted there would be no reason to defend him before the fact; second, he has shown that despite the evident grounds to indict Officer Wilson, it is likely that, if the case went to trial (and nothing changed with all of the evidence that would be presented there), Wilson would be acquitted.


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So.... the months have gone by and the sewing room has been unused. Flea markets and yard sales have been unpicked and Craigslist postings have come and gone - leaving great deals for other buyers, I imagine. Going back to school full time is *ahem* FULL TIME work! Then having a houseful of visitors all summer has kept me busy as well. With a quiet week until school starts back, I wanted a quick sewing fix.
In the past couple of years I have grabbed vintage fabrics wherever I could find them and somewhere I picked up this. I can't even figure out what the items were, but I believe they were cafe curtains (they have rod pockets.) This is quite a heavy fabric for curtains, though, so I'm not sure. Anyway, the print is VERY cool!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this print!
Okay, I could do this all day long .... make useless little items out of salvaged fabrics and trims....play with my vintage sewing machines while listening to "Leave it to Beaver" in the background... poke around estate sales looking for old fabric. What fun!
But next week its back to the books... :)


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Which is worse: childbirth or kidney stones
Strolling across the moonlit hospital compound, I was puzzling over how a woman had lost all five of her babies to a mysterious death, each time within days of their birth. Any day now she was about to have number six and so her northern village elders had sent her to my 40-bed hospital in the middle of the jungle island that is Tanna.
Was there some genetic defect? Perhaps a bleeding disorder or was this, as some of the nurses had speculated, the unthinkable. Did I have a mass murderess in my over-crowded hospital?
Suddenly, without warning, I felt a horrific blow to my lower back. I had been shot. I fell to my knees in pain so excruciating that first I was afraid I was going to die, then I was afraid I wasn't going to. I picked myself up and limped back up the hill to the hospital. On arriving, I was somewhat relieved that the only blood flowing from my body was coming from my urine.
I was the victim of a stoning, a kidney stoning. Pain and misery? You have no idea.
All these years I thought that a man-cold was the worst plague of mankind, but this kidney stone thing was possibly even worse. I grabbed a nurse and explained that I was going to need some pain control.
The next thing I remember I woke up in the maternity ward in the only vacant bed left in my entire hospital. The rest of the wards were jam-packed with victims of TB, malaria and a recent nasty typhoid outbreak, so I was lying prostrate in maternity, not knowing if my prostate was showing or not, but if it was I didn't care.
With an IV drip in my arm and a Demerol shot in my keyster I was drifting into oblivion. Look at me now I mused, lying in a maternity ward in the middle of a jungle, surrounded by a dozen pregnant women including the woman in the bed right beside me who… OH MOTHER OF… the woman from the northern village!
I fought with all my might to stay alert but my last foggy thought before succumbing to the Demerol was of a machete being hoisted by a rotund lady standing over my bed.
Kidney stones, also known as uroliths, hurt. They really hurt. Unlike appendicitis, where the patient tends to lie quite still wanting no one to touch them, the kidney stoner cannot seem to find a comfortable position, tossing to and fro' during the colicky attacks.
Depending on the size and location of the stone, hours or even weeks may pass before it does. Pain control and anti-inflammatory suppositories are used until the stone passes. The patient is also given a urine strainer in order to try and catch the stone so it can be analyzed. Please dispose of these strainers carefully, especially when at the office.
"Bloggins, the coffee has a bit of an aftertaste since I used that new filter you brought in. Got any breath mints?"
Should you catch the stone, it will be sent off to a kidney stoneologist who, 80 percent of the time, will report that the stone is composed of calcium oxalate. 10 percent will have the uric acid stones of gout.
Sometimes the stone does not pass at all. Lithotripsy is a process whereby the stone is shattered while still in the urinary tract. Ultrasonic shock waves or even laser blasters can be used to reduce the stone to stubble. It's a urologists arcade.
Thirty percent of those with one attack will have a subsequent attack within a year. To avoid stone formations they are advised to:
a. Increase fluid intake to more than two liters per day. Dehydration leads to stones, which is why the summer months are the optimal time to form stones and why I had such a beast while in the tropics. Oddly enough, most stone formers have an abhorrence of drinking fluids.
b. Limit protein intake to 1 gram per kg of your weight per day. Too much protein attracts more calcium into your blood and urine and much to your un-satisfaction you will form rolling stones. Speaking of Keith Richards, drug addicts with "high" aspirations like to use the kidney stone ruse. They arrive in the ER with allergies to everything but narcotics, toss a little blood into their urine sample, then writhe about in pain.
c. Avoid salt. Like protein, salt causes more calcium to build up in the kidneys.
d. Do not restrict your calcium intake. As odd as this may sound, decreasing your intake of calcium may actually increase your absorption of oxalates and it is the oxalate intake that tends to be the problem. Oxalates are found in chocolate, peanuts and tea.
By the way, last time I heard, baby number six was doing okay. I'm not sure why.
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I'm particularly happy about this blog post because for the first time in about 4 months.. I'm not wearing my ripped jeans! My friends will be thanking the heavens when they see this post – I probably smell really bad… I mean, those jeans are worn pretty much every day. What's made me even happier is that I've found a pair of 'Mom Jeans' that actually suit my figure. Being a little on the short side – it's hard to pull off baggy jeans as they can make you look like you're drowning in a sea of denim. These are super flattering though and come with a cute belt – how generous of River Island! My only  nay with these jeans is that they're lacking a bit of 'rip'… I know, I'm obsessed… *inserts monkey covering eye emoji* .. *gets scissors out*.
This white bustier/structured bralet kinda thang was bought to wear under a sheer dress but it actually looks pretty nice as a simple crop top with jeans – to spice it up a bit I put a black lace bralet underneath and a silver body chain over the top.
Big loves to Bridie Florence too for these awesome pictures! Check her out guys.
White Structured Bustier – Mango
Black Lace Bralet – Urban Outfitters
Glasses – Beyond Retro
Jeans & Belt – River Island
Body Chain – River Island


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Collection: 6mL blood tube
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Providing concrete responses by action to recent baseless claims that surfaced in today's uncontrolled social media outlets, EPDP members in Europe and North America held a chain of six meetings during the last two weeks of October 2017 alone to reaffirm dedication to the party line; to the review past performances of their organs and branches and to start implementing the one-year action plans adopted at the recent 8th regular meeting of the party's Central Council.
Seattle Branch Meeting
The EPDP Seattle branch in Washington State met on 15 October to discuss questions raised by a handful party members in North America who wrongly defied leadership decisions related to disciplinary measures taken against wrong-doers in the party, including Mesfin Hagos. The Seattle branch reaffirmed its unflinching respect to and protection of the 2015 EPDP constitution and related party rules and regulations. The meeting fully supported previous and recent Central Council decisions and wished to inform EPDP members outside North America not to worry much about the localized hiccup that occurred in their zone during the past few months. The branch members commended and supported the speedy implementation of the EPDP proposal for joint work in the opposition camp and deeply regretted the waste of time by certain individuals whose words and actions only serve the common enemy of the people and the rest of the opposition camp.
Youth Affairs Office Meeting
Following the 21 October meeting of the Women's Affairs Office which was reported earlier, the Youth Affairs Office of the EPDP Executive Committee held its regular meeting on 26 October and reviewed past performances with identifiable shortcomings that have to be followed up, and the time-frame for implementing the Office's new action plan for year 2017-2018. Both the regular meetings of these two party organs were conducted electronically.
Frankfurt Branch Meeting Attended by Party Chairman
A day after the 14 October meeting of the all-Germany branches meeting in the German financial capital of Frankfurt (also reported earlier), the EPDP branch for Frankfurt and Environs also held its regular monthly meeting on 15 October at which EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom was present. The monthly meeting was briefed on latest developments within the party, the opposition camp as well as events taking place in the Horn of Africa Red Sea regions. In relation to party matters, emphasis was given the objectives of and expectations from the unity proposal and the party renewal programme underway.
Party Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom took the opportunity of his attendance of the branch meeting to explain about a recent meeting he and his delegation attended in Berlin with important governmental and party officials to discuss problems of Eritrean refugees in Germany. He underlined the importance of the issues discussed at the Berlin meeting on future action to assist Eritrean refugees in Germany.
Meetings in Oslo
On 14 October 2017, the Oslo branch held its 7th congress in the presence of two Executive Committee members of the party, Mr. Tesfai Woldemichael (Degiga), head for Organizational Affairs, and Mr. Medhanie Habtezghi, head of Youth Affairs Office. It is to be recalled that the two EPDP leadership members earlier on 14 October led a public meeting which discussed hot issues of the hour, including the urgency of joint work by forces opposed to the dictatorship at home.


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Discussion in 'Transformers Movie Discussion' started by Stealth_Bumble, Apr 12, 2008.
If he does; I will boycott all TF2 goods....
Good for you...
God, I hope NOT!
Trauma. Me. 20++ years. Since the fraggin' 1986 movie. Do I wanna rehash my childhood horrors AGAIN? OH, HELL NO.
Yeah, I cried my eyes out when the Big Bot died in the 86 movie. So there.
One of the things I loved about the 07 movie was that they Did. Not. Kill. Optimus. Prime. I held my breath in horror with the whole sacrificing himself thing plot point came up but was so glad that the movie didn't kill him off.
I can probably live with them killing off Prime and bringing him back in a sequel with the All-Spark shard/Matrix hokey whatsis but really, that's been rehashed and I really, really, really DO NOT want to see Rodimus Prime in the sequel. The guy who's got Roddy's role right now is Bumblebee. Bee is the cocky, reckless, young, friendly and accessible hero in this movie who's friends with the teenage boy and the notion of having uh.... um... Bumblebee Prime is just plain WEIRD.
I kinda like the idea of them "killing" off Prime and it's up to 'Bee and Sam to save him. Boy and his car on the Great Quest to bring back the once and future king. Something like that. Would make a good fan fic idea too.
I won't boycott, but hell I'll be pissed if either Prime or Starscream die in some dumbass way. These are more serious bots than the cartoon, so I think death should mean something.
Prime dying would be WEAK. The movies would suffer, no oter leader is quite as cool, and I think, in any voting system, if people had to pick the leader they'd want in this trilogy, Optimus would be picked in a landslide. If they decide to kill him at the end of the trilogy, do a fourth movie of doom and gloom without Prime and find a way to resurrect, that would be cool. But he was barely on screen last time. Give him 2 full movies to flesh out. PLEASE!
I hope not. For the following reasons.
1) It's been done so many times before, now we can all see it coming a mile off and it's boring to be honest.
2) He's Optimus Prime. A Cullen voiced, Live Action Optimus Prime and he is freakin' awesome. I want to see alot more of him, I don't want him dead.
The audience has already been introduced to the fact that Optimus is willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good in the first movie, I hope they don't keep shoving that in people's faces in the following movies.
No! Prime! He can't die!
You realize he was signed for three movies, right?
I doubt it, its been done(86 movie) and its too predictable
Yeah I do expect prime too die probly near the end of the third(and final)one but I think it whould be better if bb died like if he sacrfised himself for *Plot device*or sam or something and his final words would be towards prime something like "Its been an honor serving under you" or something like that
Agreed with you 100% I hate retarded deaths(which every single one in the first movie was)hopefully they change there ways
I really hope the answer is no. I'm pretty positive they won't for TF2, but I hope it's not at all. We've done it--we don't need to do it again. And Thundercrackah said, we've already seen him present himself as the one willing to sacrfice his life if need be. Are we going to keep introducing that in each movie until it happens?
I think they learned the lesson with the animated movie, i'm sure it won't happen again.
I agree with Ironhide 110% on how ether Prime or Bumblebee should die
Ah, what's so suprising about Prime dying? It's happened plenty of times( Animated, Unicron trilogy, blah blah blah..... )
If he dies in the sequel, they'll somehow bring him back eventually....
Umm...I have to disagree on every death in the 86 movie being "retarded".
Should die? If someone doesn't like those characters, then I guess its understandable why they might think that. Otherwise I don't see why their deaths are necessary.
Besides, Prime and BB are the franchise's most recognized characters. I don't think either will be meeting the Grim Reaper anytime soon.
I hope he dies in part 2 at the very end fighting Starscream. In his final battle blow he kills Starscream which leads to Starscream becoming "Starscreams Ghost" which we'll get a toy of. Prime dies and turns all black which leads to him having an all black Optimus Prime toy which would be cool. But then in part 3 he comes back somehow sometime near the middle of the movie after Megatron has be resurrected as Galvatron in the beginning and has caused some considerable damage. Now that I would love to see!!
Poor Jazz didn't die a retarded death. He just died uttering some of the most canned and predictable lines. Honestly, how CAN you kill a robot so it doesn't seem weak or hokey? It is a movie, and it isn't Terminator, and there are only so many ways to die.
Prime will die of colon cancer.
they (hasbro) learnt their lesson in 86, Primes death was ultimately what started the decline of the brand, I remeber scanning catalogues for months on end until I glimpsed that sweet Powermaster Prime, then all was good with the world once again!
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a college student in the face of looming deadlines must be in possession of an existential crisis. (Or at least, I hope it isn't just me.) It occurred to me the other day how my panic attacks and general existential crises had been accumulating in frequency more and more since I returned to Law school for the second semester of my first year- that "life had not mirrored her spirit back to her with its old, perfect, sparkling clearness" (Anne of the Island). And there is no set way to get this clarity of mind back. I guess the image I had in my head was that of a rubber ball, and wondering why I wasn't bouncing back as quickly as I used to be able to, until I realized that a more appropriate image would be a bunch of rubber bands that had gotten so tied up together that they couldn't bounce back unless they were untangled. I needed to untangle the many worries I had in my mind, before I could set my mind at rest and move on.
It usually helps to look at the bigger picture, and that's when I got my first epiphany. Being someone who very much looks to books and movies for life advice and kind of charting the way my life is going, it took me a while to realize this, but somewhere along the way it stopped being me looking ahead to fiction to see how things were supposed to pan out, but rather me looking sideways to fiction. Fiction began to run parallel to my life, instead of the runner in front of you whose number tag you focus on to keep your feet steady. I was so used to the groove of holding fiction as an ideal for my own life; I held its characters on pedestals, and felt like adulthood could only be achieved through stepping over a magical, indeterminable, inextricable threshold of age. I couldn't see it coming, but I would definitely know when I had crossed it, and I definitely hadn't.
But I suddenly realized that when my life started to echo the questions I saw in books and movies, when fiction wasn't so fictitious anymore, when I started having my own questions that didn't have so direct an answer –or any at all- I realized that all these struggles- all this thinking- is a sign that we are at that magical age betwixt youth and old age. Taylor Swift got it right when she said "we're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time/ it's miserable and magical". This is what songs are written about. This is what books are written about. This is what films are made about. We've reached. We're here.
And what do we do now?
It takes a lot to find liberation in this confusion. A couple of days ago, I was telling my mum quite frankly that I didn't like who I was becoming in Law school. I felt like I was losing the discipline, and the generosity, to love. I felt like, when given "the choice between what is right, and what is easy" (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), I had, too many times, chosen what was easy. And that was to give in to a life that was mediocre and ordinary, which was only scratching the surface in terms of the depth and wealth of significance that life has to offer. I felt like I had failed the little girl in me, who at 7 thought that 20 was just such a magical grown-up number at which I would of course have my life figured out. At 7, I probably did not imagine that it was possible 20-year-old me would be stumbling.
To this colossal sense of failure, my mum smiled (and possibly laughed internally, though more out of commiseration than scorn). "That's growing up," she said.
But what does growing up mean? I always thought there was just one step between being a kid and being an adult, but now it seems it's more of an ocean. More importantly, what does growing up in God mean?
I think our sense of failure is based on that mind-set of viewing life on rigid scales instead of as a very indeterminate ocean, but once we let go of that mind-set, it becomes a lot easier to live in Christ. During one of his Lenten addresses, Pope Francis said something that really stuck with me: "The Lord never tires of forgiving. We are the ones who tire of asking forgiveness." Past redefining the word 'failure', it's time to chuck it out of our vocabulary. I think it's very dangerous when we scale life down to a kind of list where we just check in the boxes. God's view of our life is so much more than that. "Perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created" (Esther 4:14), and God is not waiting for you to reach a certain checkbox on the list. He is with you every uncertain step of the way.
Therefore, I think it's time to think of life more as a long journey in which we constantly strive for God's image. Failure implies that one day, we are going to succeed. But it's just like that earlier image of growing up, that one day we're not and one day we just magically are. There is never going to be a day in which we wake up magically perfect in God's image. The whole point of Lent, as this rather illuminating article suggests, is that we are never enough. The point of making sacrifices in our lives is not so much that after we are done, we're on the next level (and therefore, if we somehow tripped up in our Lenten sacrifices, it's not so much a fatal step backwards to Hell and doom). The whole point of Lent is that we will only be enough with God, when we recognize that we are smaller than Him, and can only be made whole with His hand. Our only greatness is in His greatness. As Mother Teresa said, "He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness."
It is quite easy to acknowledge that it's "the end of the day" that matters. When we are caught up in results and deadlines, it is easy to escape stress by consoling yourself that it's God who matters. But that can sometimes fall into the trap of creating a dichotomy, between following the rat race and following God. It's a bit like that "Sunday Catholic" phenomenon- you're only a Catholic when you go to Mass on Sundays. But once you leave the Church physically, you snap back into your "other" identity. Grace, Law student; or Grace, ballet dancer. We need to translate this acknowledgment into our daily lives. Our identity as a child of God can and should be assimilated wholly into our "other", secular identities as students, workers, siblings, daughters, and friends. After all, it is for this that you were created.
"How on earth do those people make the time to love?" one of my friends said today. 'Those people' refer to the same people this article referenced: those incandescently good people who seem to have life figured out, and life, for them, is radiating that joy and that goodness. Again, there's that sense of the step dichotomy: that one day you're just ordinary, and the next day you climb a step and you're there. But I think the answer is that love is not something you make time for. Love –and the generosity of love- is a habit.
Part of my moral crisis was the sense that as I grow up, love becomes more of a choice than an instinct. It pains me to have to make the choice. There are people who are going to frustrate you, hurt you, but as the Lord's Prayer goes, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us." While it is true that the childlike mind chooses love so easily it's not even like a choice, it is not necessarily fatal to our identity as a child of God if we recognize how difficult this choice really is. Rather, it reinforces the strength of our eventual decision to love as He loved us. Someone wise (I forget who) said that we don't have to like people, we just have to love them.
Shailene Woodley in her acceptance speech for Best Female Performance at the recently concluded 2015 MTV Movie Awards thanked the author John Green for "wearing integrity and compassion on your sleeve". And while this shouldn't be such a novel thing (pardon the pun) as to warrant mention in an awards acceptance speech, it is. Being kind and loving does take courage, because it's not what everyone does. It's not what is commonly prioritized today. It's not easy.
Going back to how to concretely translate the concept of "glorifying the Lord by your life" into your daily life, I think the answer is in how you measure the success of a day. Again, the idea of success (and, therefore, failure)! But again, this is not a yes-no dichotomy. The ocean of love is an infinite scale. And I think the best measure of how a day has gone is in how you have reflected God in your dealings with others, and in your life. How happy have you made others? How much love have you given- and given freely? One of my favourite hymns (and I have many) goes, "Freely, freely you have received- freely, freely give/ Go in my name, and because you believe, others will know that I live."
God lives. God has arisen. And it is up to us to reflect that joy in our everyday choices. "Rejoice always. Pray constantly. Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." (1 Thess 5: 16-18) There is so much we don't know. There is a plethora of uncertainty. But the liberation in our confusion is the knowledge that God has planned for it all. You are so small in His sure and wondrous hand- rejoice, and trust!


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Yep, I'm going. Trying to get itinerary ideas, tips, Maybe meet a fellow traveler or two.Will be flying in to Bangkok and was thinking of doing Thailand-Laos-Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand. I"ll have a month to do it in.Would like to catch as much culture as I can. I like cities. I also want to do some diving and maybe some surfing if possible.
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…there are exemptions that protect lenders from liability for environmental conditions so long as certain requirements are met.
Readers may recall an earlier blog post regarding a bank's potential liability for damage to private property caused by a tree falling onto a neighbor's property. In addition to property damage from obvious unsafe conditions, banks should also consider the potential liability associated with potential, unseen environmental conditions on property it has foreclosed upon. Under Connecticut and federal law, landowners are typically responsible for the remediation of environmental contamination that exists on their property, regardless of who caused the contamination in the first instance. However, there are exemptions that protect lenders from liability for environmental conditions so long as certain requirements are met.
First, the entity that acquires the property via foreclosure must be a lender. Although "lender" is broadly defined, there are some entities, affiliated with banks, which may not be considered a "lender" who is exempt from liability. "Lender" specifically includes insured depository institutions, insured credit unions, banks or associations chartered under the Farm Credit Act, and a leasing or trust company affiliated with an insured depository institution as well as "any person (including a successor or assignee of any such person) that makes a bona fide extension of credit to or takes or acquires a security interest from a nonaffiliated person."
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The worst day of my life!
On 2/22/2012 the most horrible thing that could ever happen to our family happen. My son John 19 years old left us. On this day four years ago my son John came over from across the street where he lived alone to eat dinner with us. I remember we had Sonic that night. When he was there he seemed to be in good spirits and when he got ready to leave I told him the door would be unlocked and he was welcome to come in anytime. I didn't like him being alone. He grab the door knob to go out and I said I love you and he turned around and said I love you to. This was the very last time I seen him! I went to bed that night and I was in bed for about 45 mins and the phone rang. I got up to answer the phone and it was a friend of his that was talking to him on Facebook and she said can you please go check on John. I woke my husband up (Bill) and he went over there. I am not sure how long he was gone but I heard the car flying back up the drive way and bottom out. I opened the door and he said call 911 John isn't breathing. I was on the phone with 911 with NO knowledge as to what was going on, Bill was in the truck on his way back over there. I woke up my son and asked him to watch my other son. I went out to get in the car and it would not move so I started running down the driveway and across the highway to the street. I got to the street and the ambulance was turning down the street. When I got there nobody would let me in the back yard. My son had hung himself. He suffered from bipolar and depression. I was trying so hard to get him into a doctor but it was taking to long to get insurance. I lived in Arkansas at the time and he had come there in January. This is the first time I have been able to share my story in public. I knew he was depressed on Facebook because that wasn't out of the normal for him and that is why I was trying so hard to get him help. John would normally come over and let himself in when he thought about hurting himself. That night after he left the house he visited a man across the road and talk about God and talked about suicide. This is the worst day of my life and my biggest fear in life is losing another child. This is part of who I am and why I have decided to share.


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Firstly the BB Powder housed in a sturdy little throw in your mála style compact is surprisingly light to the touch. The hidden sponge and mirror underneath adds a little wieght but makes it ideal for travel. I had concerns about there only being two colours available and had I skin on either end of the tone spectrum I still would be.
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The metal ball means it's cooling on the eye area so will combat puffiness but for the size of my under eye suitcases I'll be using this as a top up over my own concealer (Estée Lauder's Double Wear) to add some cooling brightness.
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Never underestimate the entertainment production capabilities of politics – this is one thing which i learnt lately. After seeing last year's run up to the elections and the result and how randomness crept into the most methodical elections ever possible, this year was bit of a disappointment till a few days back. But that was before the night of 26 august.
Lets name the characters involved. We are talking about two "sets" of people. Set 1 is P having elements {a,b} ( not using {S,M} instead... don't know when i might cross one of the countless rules made by uncle and his gang). Set2 has been the one which has taken the hit. Initially {w,x,y,z}εG but then it was not to be.
It all started with rumours that the night had gone crazy. Some supporter of 'x' got beaten up. Some said the attackers were drunk, some others said it was staged. To heat up the matters and give the rumours more weight sarvi was brought in. I slept off early.
On waking up there were some fresh, blood rushing rumours coming from some of the movers and shakers of politics here. It was said that set P has been cut short to just one element and even set G has been cut short to three. It was like déjà vu. P having just one element is scary coz last time we had φ kumar singh who won all the laurels.
Morning time mess trip was a grapevine convention. The dumbest rumour i heard was "Hey now it seems a girl is going to stand". Notice boards looked too uneventful for comfort. The gang was playing wait and watch game. In the meanwhile rumours caught more air. Supporters of 'x' were keeping quiet on what happened that night. Anti – "Anti-campaigning" is one weapon of the gang which has invoked havoc in the lives of all elements of P and G. 'x' people were scared of that.
Night time mess trip was again a disappointment. I searched all the nook n corner of the mess entrance to trace the gang's verdict, but all in vain.
At night 8 30 the verdict came. One of the elements from G was shown the door. The aristocratic language used by the gang in explaining the termination was above my perceptive skills. It was devoid of words like violence, sarvi, anc, blood, alcohol etc.
Its fun to observe the most systematic polls possible in our country, brushing itself with anarchy so often. Two more days to go and i am eagerly waiting.
" The fear of freedom is strong in us. We call it chaos or anarchy, and the words are threatening. We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities, an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication. We could only fear chaos if we imagined that it was unknown to us, but in fact we know it very well."


text: Matthew Boote April 19, 2012 USIP's Media, Conflict & Peacebuilding Roundup Matthew Boote April 19, 2012 Center of Innovation: Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding Weekly News Roundup, April 12 - 18, 2012 Media and Journalism Award-Winning Azerbaijani Journalist Assaulted, Hospitalized (RFE/RL, 4/18/12)In Journalist Murders, Brazil, Pakistan, India Fail Crucial Test (Huffington Post, 4/16/12)The Arab Spring's Best Photos (Foreign Policy, 4/16/12)Africa's Free Press Problem (New York Times, 4/15/12)The Perils of Reporting in North Korea (NPR, 4/13/12)Journalist Visiting Oregon From Pakistan Talks Of Dangers, Hopes (NPR, 4/13/12)Witnesses Who Shaped War's History (New York Times, 4/13/12)The Gallery as Public Square: 'Almost Dawn in Libya' (TIME, 4/12/12)Internet and Social Media Any Given Friday (Foreign Policy, 4/18/12)The Not-So-Great Firewall of China (Foreign Policy, 4/17/12)In Defense of Jihadist Internet Forums (Huffington Post, 4/16/12)Rumor, Lies, and Weibo: How Social Media is Changing the Nature of Truth in China (Atlantic, 4/16/12)Iran Tightens Grip on Web in 'Soft War' with West (AP, 4/16/12)Vietnamese Bloggers Deny Charges, Third in Leniency Bid (BBC, 4/16/12)Internet Censorship Listed: How Does Each Country Compare? (Guardian, 4/16/12)Iraq Emerges From Isolation as Telecommunications Hub (New York Times, 4/15/12)Nervous Kremlin Seeks to Purge Russia's Internet of 'Western' Influences (Guardian, 4/15/12)Good Reads: No Cyber-utopia for Activists (Christian Science Monitor, 4/13/12)China's Internet Users Temporarily Blocked from Foreign Websites (Guardian, 4/12/12)What's New from PeaceMedia "GOOD: Opium Economics" - GOOD Magazine**Click here to subscribe to USIP's Science, Technology and Peacebuilding News Roundup.**Media and Journalism Award-Winning Azerbaijani Journalist Assaulted, HospitalizedSecurity personnel from Azerbaijan's SOCAR state energy company have assaulted an award-winning investigative journalist, leaving him hospitalized. Abbasov writes for the "Zerkalo" newspaper and is one of the founding members of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani authorities have often been accused of stifling media rights, a charge they have consistently rejected.See the full article (RFE/RL, 4/18/12)[Return to top] In Journalist Murders, Brazil, Pakistan, India Fail Crucial TestBrazil, Pakistan, and India--three nations with high numbers of unsolved journalist murders--failed an important test last month in fighting the scourge of impunity. Delegates from the three countries took the lead in raising objections to a U.N. plan that would strengthen international efforts to combat deadly, anti-press violence. But a debate that was scheduled for two hours raged for nearly two days, ending without the 39-state council's endorsement.See the full article (Huffington Post, 4/16/12)[Return to top] The Arab Spring's Best PhotosPhotojournalists John Moore and Peter Madiarmid -- along with Chris Hondros, who was killed last year while reporting in Libya -- were announced as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday. In naming the three Getty photographers as finalists, the Committee cited "their brave coverage of revolutionary protests known as the Arab Spring, capturing the chaos and exuberance as ordinary people glimpsed new possibilities." Here are some of their most iconic shots.See the full article (Foreign Policy, 4/16/12)[Return to top] Africa's Free Press ProblemAs Africa's economies grow, an insidious attack on press freedom is under way. Independent African journalists covering the continent's development are now frequently persecuted for critical reporting on the misuse of public finances, corruption and the activities of foreign investors. Individual liberties like press freedom have dropped off the [development] agenda, making it easier for authoritarian rulers to go after journalists more aggressively.See the full article (New York Times, Mohamed Keita, 4/15/12) *NYT sign-up may be required to view the full article[Return to top] The Perils of Reporting in North KoreaThis week, news organizations selected by the North Korean government were permitted to report inside the country on the launch of a supposed weather satellite by the autocratic regime. The launch, which was more about military power than meteorology, was a spectacular failure. [On the Media] speaks with B.R. Myers, who says that despite that failure, the mere presence of international media is useful to North Korean domestic propaganda. See the full article (NPR, 4/13/12)Click to read "What Does North Korea's Ballistic Missile Test Tell Us about the Reclusive Country?," a USIP On the Issues by John Park.[Return to top] Journalist Visiting Oregon From Pakistan Talks Of Dangers, HopesPakistan is a dangerous place for journalists. Just last month, the organization Reporters Without Borders named Pakistan the most dangerous place in the world for journalists. Eleven were killed there last year. It's the second year in a row the country has been singled out by that organization. The reporter you're about to hear from knows of the dangers of reporting in that country firsthand. Shehryar Warraich is a reporter for GEO TV in Pakistan.See the full article (NPR, 4/13/12)[Return to top] Witnesses Who Shaped War's HistoryWatching [the Bosnian war] close up was so searing that returning to Western Europe was often unsettling - friends could not comprehend what we journalists and others had seen. As the BBC reporter Allan Little put it this month, ruminating on the 20th anniversary of the 1992-95 war in Bosnia: "You would seek out others who'd been there." Mr. Little and scores of other journalists who covered the Bosnian war did return to Sarajevo last weekend, meeting old friends, recalling good times in the worst of times, reminiscing about absent colleagues, rejoicing in reunion.See the full article (New York Times, Alison Smale, 4/13/12) *NYT sign-up may be required to view the full article[Return to top] The Gallery as Public Square: 'Almost Dawn in Libya' The photographers behind Almost Dawn in Libya-also known as ADIL, an acronym that sounds like the Arabic word for justice-aim to use their work to help Libyans come to grips with what happened there in the past year, to turn galleries into spaces for public debate. [The photographers] plan to exhibit their photographs of the war in the Libyan cities of Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi and Zintan. "The Libyan revolution or the Arab spring, it's probably the first time where victims of a violence were able to document their own suffering."See the full article (TIME, Lily Rothman, 4/12/12)[Return to top] Internet and Social Media Any Given FridayFor months, the civic and social activism of these peaceful protesters have been rendered obsolete next to the physical heroics of the Free Syrian Army's (FSA) military operations against the regime's brutality. In recent days, however, that has changed. Every week, anti-Assad activists take to the Syrian Revolution 2011 Facebook page where, every Wednesday, they vote on the name of the upcoming day of protest. With more than 444,000 "likes," the page is one of the most popular online hubs of the revolution.See the full article (Foreign Policy, Amal Hanano, 4/18/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] The Not-So-Great Firewall of ChinaChina's government-controlled Xinhua News Agency now "tweets" news bulletins through Twitter-like microblogs called weibo. Chinese companies running weibo services are required by the government to censor and monitor their users, blocking politically sensitive content. Yet despite weibo's best censorship efforts, China's chattering classes have outsmarted the system, using literary allusions, code words, and innuendo to pass around juicy leaks and tidbits from the foreign media.See the full article (Foreign Policy, Rebecca MacKinnon, 4/17/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] In Defense of Jihadist Internet ForumsThe Washington Post recently reported that two popular jihadist Internet forums went dark for extended periods. Although these forums are now back up and running, it remains unclear whether the blackout was due to technical problems, a government-led takedown or the efforts of unaffiliated vigilante groups. Regardless of the instigator, this behavior must end. Why? Because shuttering these online extremist forums hurts America's ability to crush terrorist groups in real life. See the full article (Huffington Post, Aki Peritz, 4/16/12)[Return to top] Rumor, Lies, and Weibo: How Social Media is Changing the Nature of Truth in ChinaFor China's new generation of tech-savvy youth, who compose the bulk of the nation's estimated 300 million Weibo users, the downfall of [party leader] Bo Xilai is the largest political crisis they have witnessed. The sudden volatility of the official versions of truth on the story has left many of them deeply confused. Some see this as a victory for Weibo, which is moderated by censors but often too free-wheeling and fast-moving for them to maintain total control, over more traditional media, which is openly run by the state.See the full article (Atlantic, Helen Gao, 4/16/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] Iran Tightens Grip on Web in 'Soft War' with WestIran calls it the "soft war" with the West: Battles to control, defend and monitor the Internet and other high-level telecommunications. The latest move came quietly when the powerful Revolutionary Guard recently launched what it claims is a hack-proof communications network for its high-level commanders. Largely overshadowed by the showdowns over Iran's nuclear program, the efforts to build a cyber-fortress have become a priority among leaders fearful of Internet espionage and virus attacks from abroad and seeking to choke off opposition outlets at home.See the full article (AP, Ali Akbar Dereini and Brian Murphy, 4/16/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] Vietnamese Bloggers Deny Charges, Third in Leniency BidTwo well-known bloggers in Vietnam accused of spreading anti-government propaganda have denied the charges, their lawyers have told the BBC, while a third has asked for leniency. A report in the Thanh Nien newspaper said that the bloggers posted 421 articles on the Independent Journalists' Club website between September 2007 and October 2010. The paper accused them of "distorting the truth, denigrating the party and state". They face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.See the full article (BBC, 4/16/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] Internet Censorship Listed: How Does Each Country Compare?The OpenNet Initiative is a collaboration between three groups - the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, Harvard University's Berkman Centre for Internet & Society and the SecDev Group in Ottawa - that investigates internet filtering around the world. According to the ONI data, Iran was the worst ranked, with "pervasive" filtering in the political, social and internet tools categories and "substantial" for conflict/security filtering.See the full article (Guardian, Andrew Rininsland, 4/16/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] Iraq Emerges From Isolation as Telecommunications HubIraq, cut off from decades of technological progress because of dictatorship, sanctions and wars, recently took a big step out of isolation and into the digital world when its telecommunications system was linked to a vast new undersea cable system serving the Gulf countries. Because of the crisis in Syria and the tensions over Iran, the possibility of routing traffic via Iraq has suddenly become more attractive to telecommunications operators.See the full article (New York Times, Eric Pfanner, 4/15/12) *NYT sign-up may be required to view the full article[Return to top] | [Return to section] Nervous Kremlin Seeks to Purge Russia's Internet of 'Western' InfluencesUnlike other media, the internet in Russia, has developed largely untouched by the arm of the state. The protests have prompted many to wonder: is that about to change? The view of most internet observers in Russia [is] that it's too late, and too technologically complicated, to institute a China-style firewall. Yet the government is infamous for its attention to propaganda, and for the power of its suspicious spy services, and there are signs that it is seeking to boost its ability to control the internet.See the full article (Guardian, Miriam Elder, 4/15/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] Good Reads: No Cyber-utopia for ActivistsThat we are living in a world increasingly connected by the digital revolution is a given. But are the Internet, social media, and the expanding array of technologies that can detect signs of a famine as easily as they can help an authoritarian state track dissidents, a boon or an Orwellian bane? The answer is, of course, somewhere in the middle. But the positive side of the ledger has generally gotten a lot more attention in the press than the negative. Now, that's starting to change. See the full article (Christian Science Monitor, Dan Murphy, 4/13/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] China's Internet Users Temporarily Blocked from Foreign WebsitesChina's internet users have been cut off from accessing all foreign websites for around an hour in an unexplained incident that sparked speculation the country's censorship system was being tested or further tightened. The "great firewall" already blocks many sites hosted from other countries, but users in Beijing, Shanghai and other parts of China reported that they could not reach any foreign sites whatsoever on Thursday morning.See the full article (Guardian, Tania Branigan, 4/12/12)[Return to top] | [Return to section] What's New from PeaceMedia "GOOD: Opium Economics" - GOOD MagazineHeroin makes Lou Reed feel like Jesus, and it won't leave Guns N' Roses alone, but how does it end up here in the United States? 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Hey everyone,
My name is Matt and I am 21.. (I know..'too young to play the blues'). I go to college in the mountains of Virginia, and will be finishing with a B.S. in Civil Engineering next spring. I have always been a huge fan of the blues and recently started getting more serious about learning to play and learning the history of it. I have been taking a few online lessons to try and get me started. (I'm still in the baby stages and struggling with keeping a steady 1/4 note tempo with alt. bass). I plan on playing as far into my life as I am physically able to, and want to get better at bottleneck, take up the blues harmonica, and learn to play dobro/lap steel.
Last summer I converted my old 1940's Sears/Roebuck catalog special into a resonator.. its very crude, but works suprisingly well. Its pretty loud and clear!
I have never been good at 'About Me' posts though, so if anyone wants to know anything else about me just ask!
This looks like an awesome forum and I hope I can be cleared by the mods to join!


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This page is where we show off our kids. On this page we have pictures of Matt and Joey together. You can click on the links to get pictures of Joey or Matt.
For 2003 haloween Joey was a pickle and Matt was a pirate. Check out the picture.
Check out the Woolly Bear races that Joey and Matt made up.
Joey and Matt playing in the leaves during the annual leaf harvest. It was Matt's first time in the leaves, but they both had a great time. Joey and Matt hanging out on Joey's race car in the back yard. Both kids had a good time throwing leaves out of my dump cart.Team Dille getting ready to go racing June 26th 1999. Matt and Joey posing with the car. The Dille's loading #67 into the truck. Joey posing car, ready to race. Matt looks like he is ready to race too. Joey went on to win his heat that night and take 3rd in the main race. Visit Joey's Racing Web Page.
On June 27, 1999 we visited the Pennsylvania Live Steam railroad club. This club located in Rahn's Pennsylvania has over a mile of scale track in several gages and opens the gates to the public on the forth Sunday of June, July and August. Some of the steam engines are coal fired, some use petrolium fuels. A typical coal fired scale steam train. One of the most impressive trains is #5000. It is a Northern 4-8-4, has over 25 years in construction and is one of the biggest engines at the track. . There are a few scale electric trains too. These are powered by batterys.
The bigger engines pull a 5-10 car train which can haul passengers and they give out free rides on public days. Here's the Dille's on our ride. It was fun going through the scale tunnels and bridges. The smell of coal and sound of steam is real. It is a great place to have a picnic. Joey and Matt hanging out on the picnic blanket. The Dille's checking out the gage 1 track as the engineer fills the boiler. These are real steam engines too.
Here is Joey waiting for the school bus outside while little brother Matt waits inside
Joey and Matt with Joey's Thanksgiving 1998 project. You can learn more about the project by going to Joey's page.
Joey and Matt during labor day 1998 at the Bucks-Mont 2 cylinder tractor show.
Matt and Joey ready for Halloween 1998Joey and Matt were ready to go around PaPa Foyder's neiborhood to trick-or-treat.
Matt and Joey ready for Halloween 1998Another, slightly cuter picture of Joey and Matt were ready to go trick-or-treating.
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A nitric oxide boost is the functionality of Pycnogenol that leads to an improvement in sexual function. For instance, a research study found there was arterial expansion among young males who ingested a daily dosage of Pycnogenol. The young men also had to use an L-arginine inhibitor together with the daily dosage of Pycnogenol, explains WebMD. The implication of this observation is that Pycnogenol leads to the production of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a significant factor in the improvement of sexual function among men.
Unlike drugs such as Vioxx, Pycnogenol does not cause cardiovascular damages to patients. In fact, the use of the drug leads to significant reduction of blood pressure, which has been identified as a significant cause of erectile dysfunction. Male patients with erectile dysfunction who took Pycnogenol along with an L-arginine inhibitor reported improvements, and there were no side effects associated with their recovery, notes WebMD.


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In poor pastoralist communities in East Africa, girls traditionally serve as herders, fetching water, milking animals, cooking, and caring for others. Therefore, parents often prefer to keep girls at home instead of sending them to school. Girls can also bring in a hefty bridal price. Often, girls are married off at a young age, so investing in their education is often viewed as a waste of meager resources. In rural areas, marriage is often arranged or forced and frequently very young girls between the ages of 10 and 14 are forced to marry older men. As the result, many girls between the ages of 12 and 18 do not have the chance to go to school.
Girls who manage to go to school also face numerous challenges. Long daily commutes leave girls vulnerable to abduction and rape. Others drop out due to lack of financial support. With few life skills and little confidence, many young girls marry early and become mothers. They own nothing and are entirely dependent. In some cultural contexts, married women are inherited like property when their husbands die. Thus, thousands of girls are denied education, equality, dignity, and self-determination.
For too many families, education for girls is not considered a priority. Instead, most parents invest in boys, leaving a huge educational gender disparity. The Goats4Girls initiative addresses these inequalities in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The program aims to economically empower girls by increasing enrollment, retention, and progression in school.
How It Works
Girls in danger of dropping out of school for economic reasons are selected for the program by parents, teachers, and IIRR local partner organizations. Girls who are performing well in school but come from poor homes are also eligible. Each girl receives 2 mature goats and parents often match with an additional goat, but parents unable to match are not required to do so. One goat can give birth twice in a year, often twins, and sometimes triplets. Each girl passes on the first 2 young goats to another selected girl and the process continues. Additional goats become part of the family herd and can be sold to pay for school expenses and other essential costs.
Why Goats?
Pastoralist communities traditionally herd goats because they are hardy, drought-tolerant, and disease-resistant. The girls' goats can join their family's herd so they do not require extra care. There is also an existing local market for buying and selling goats, making them a clear asset. Moreover, goats are prolific producers. Two mature goats can multiply up to 10 to 15 goats in fewer than 18 months. The profit of one young goat can cover school supplies and fees for an elementary school girl for one term. The sale of three goats would be the equivalent of a salary for a local elementary school teacher or junior government official.
Our Progress
- In its inaugural year of Goats4Girls in 2012-2013, IIRR gave a pair of goats to 73 girls in Ethiopia. As a chain reaction from that initial group, 505 additional girls received two or more goats.
- In 2015, IIRR dispersed 906 goats to 453 girls, and an additional 664 goats were passed on to 332 girls by beneficiaries from previous years. As the result, 785 girls who dropped out of school, or were at risk of dropping out of school, were able to continue their education.
- Through IIRR's mentoring programs and summer camps in Ethiopia, more than 1000 girls have acquired leadership skills. As a result, academic performance has risen and dropout rates have fallen.


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Our Firemen, The History of the NY Fire Departments
Chapter 41, Part II
By Holice and Debbie
Application was made in 1831 to the Legislature to extend the charter to 1860, and to increase their right to hold real estate on foreclosures to $50,000, which was granted.
It was deemed expedient also to devise some plan for increasing the fund. The number of widows had trebled in fourteen years and doubled in ten years. a committee was appointed, who reported a proposition to tax every member of the department two dollars per annum. It was voted down. The committee also suggested an application to the legislature to incorporate a fireman's bank. A clause was to be inserted in the charter securing an annual appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars to the Fire Department fund. Before the bill came up for final action the committee was apprised that the Legislature would refuse to grant the application embracing in the charter the proposed clause, thereby defeating the object and benefit intended. A subsequent meeting of the representatives was convened, and the resolutions were adopted instructing the committee to withdraw the application, which was accordingly done. The great fire of 1835 nearly exhausted the widows' and orphans' fund, their surplus being invested in the insurance companies of that time, most of which were swept out of existence by their losses from that fire, and the leading members of the Fire Department, whose hearts were wrapped up in the benevolent fund, undertook to resuscitate its fallen fortunes. Adam W. Spies, of Engine Company 5, and James Russell, of Engine Company 2, started a subscription among the merchants of the city, and succeeded in raising about $14,00.
It was reported at the forty-fourth annual meeting, December, 1836, that the fund was reduced to the extent of $5,750, as the call for charity had increased to a very great extent. By dint of redoubled exertions the following year the permanent fund was not only restored to its original amount, but was increased by $7.500, for which result the department was chiefly indebted to the indefatigable exertions of Messrs. Y. M. Russell, A. W. Spies, and other members of the department, in obtaining in the manner above related, donations to the fund.
On the sixteenth of December 1850, a committee was appointed at a meeting of the representatives of the Fire Department, to apply to the Legislature to amend the charter increasing the right to real estate to one hundred thousand dollars. Various donations had been made from time to time to the charitable fund of the department, embracing public benefits, contributions from fire insurance companies, as also many munificent gifts from private individuals. The number of widows and children who at this time depended upon the fund for assistance was in the aggregate of about 1,300; and notwithstanding the incessant and increasing calls for aid, the fund had by no means lost ground, but, on the contrary, had steadily increased, owing to its having been from the beginning faithfully guarded and correctly administered.
The act of 1849, to which reference has been made, directed that there should be paid to the treasurer of the Fire Department of the City of New York for the use and benefit of the department the sum of two dollars upon the one hundred dollars, and at that rate upon the amount of premiums which during the year or part of a year ending on the next preceding first day of December, should have been received by such agents, and it was provided also that sections one, two and three of the act should apply to every city or incorporated village in the state , where known by the laws of such city or village, the treasurer of such city or incorporated village should exercise the powers and perform all the duties, for the purpose of the act, of the treasurer of the Fire Department of the City of New York, as far as related to the city or village of which he was treasurer, and he should, under the direction of the Common council of the city or the trustees of the village, pay over all the moneys received or recovered under the first, second and third sections of the act to the Fire Department of such city or incorporated village. By this act, although the license fee ot tax upon the agents of insurance companies was continued, the mode of payment and disposition of the fund which would be created by its receipts was changed. It was thereafter to be paid not to the treasurer of the state, but to the treasurer of the Fire Department and to the treasurers of the other Fire Departments throughout the state or to some on their behalf.
In 1854, and while the ac t of 1849--without amendments--was still in force, a contest arose as to the constitutionality of this act, which imposed the payment of a certain percentage by every person who should act as an agent for individuals or associations of individuals not incorporated or authorized by the laws of this State to effect insurances against losses by fire or against marine losses and risks, and the question mooted was twice argued in the Court of Common Pleas of this city, and all the objections against the legislation which could be argued; but they were overruled decisively, and the judgment of the Common Pleas affirmed by that of the Court of Appeals. By the act of 1865 it was provided that the members of the old Volunteer Fire Department, if discharged by the new commissioners named in the act, were to be entitled to all the privileges and exemptions allowed by the laws as if they had served out the full term, and it was declared that nothing therein contained should be construed to deprive any such persons of their right to or affect their interest in the fund known as the New York Fire Department fund, or any part thereof, and that the fund should continue to be held and administered by the then present trustees of the Fire Department, or their successors.
By a supplementary act, passed on May 12, 1865, a board of trustees was created to take charge of the Fire Department Fund, and the income was required to be appropriated by the trustees to the relief of the widows and orphans of deceased firemen and other applicants for relief from among exempt firemen and their families, who should have served in the Volunteer Department of the city, or should have received proper certificates of discharge from such service in the city from the Metropolitan Fire Commissioners, and it was provided by the ninth section that the trustees would be paid to them all duties, taxes, allowances, penalties and fees to which the Fire Department of the City of New York as theretofore established had been entitled. This seems to have been a temporary act, for in April, 1866, an act was passed creating a corporation under their present title, to exist for twenty years. By the first section it was declared that the president, two vice-presidents of the Exempt Firemen's Association of the City of New York, and the then present board of trustees, of the Fire Department Fund of the City of New York were thereby constituted and appointed a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the trustees of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund of the City of New York. And by the third section of that act it was declared that the existing Fire Department Fund was transferred to the corporation thus created, and the surplus revenue derived from investments and from other sources, or so much thereof as should be required, should be appropriated by the trustees to afford and relief to such persons and their families as should have been lawfully discharged from the Volunteer fire Department of the City of New York, who were in indigent circumstances, and to the families of members of that department who had been maimed or killed in the discharge of their duties as Volunteer Firemen. And by the seventh section it was declared that this corporation was entitled to receive, and that there should be paid, a percentage or tax on the receipts of foreign fire insurance companies doing business in the City of New York for five years from the passage of the act.
One of the principal sources of revenue received by the trustees of the Benevolent fund was the proceeds of the Fire Department balls, under the management's of a voluntary organization known as the Firemen's Ball Committee, which was organized in 1829. The amount of money paid to the Benevolent Fund by that organization up to 1873 exceeded the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Another source, of income, and the principal one, was the revenue derived from the two per cent tax on fire insurance companies not chartered by the laws of this State, or of he United States. The income from this source exceeded the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars since the year 1849, when the tax was authorized by the Legislature. This tax is still in existence, notwithstanding the Volunteer Department was disbanded twenty years since, and the whole system of state and city taxation upon other State and foreign insurance companies remodeled and placed upon an equality with State companies, and in face of the fact that of the whole number--some eighty-two companies, but fourteen of them were in business in the City of new York at the time of the Volunteer Department.
The Firemen's Ball Committee was organized in 1829, under the following resolutions;
Whereas, The Fire Department Fund was instituted for the purpose of affording reliefto such members of the Fire Department, and their families as may stand in need of assistance, and to alleviate he wants and distresses of the widows and orphans of deceased firemen; and,
Whereas, The ordinary receipts of the fund have been found to be insufficient to meetthe increasing demands upon it, a number of individuals, impelled by feelings of philanthropy and benevolence, having formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of giving an annual ball for the benefit of the Fire Department, and with a view of perpetuating it, and for the government of the committee, the present members have found it advisable to form the following code of by-laws.
In 1883, at a meeting of the members of the committee, the following was passed:
Whereas, the Firemen's Ball Committee of the City of new York was originallyorganized for the purpose of augmenting the fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans of deceased members of the Volunteer Fire Department; and,
Whereas, the circumstances that caused the formation of the committee no longerexist, it is still the desire of the surviving members to maintain their organization as a social institution in order to keep alive, foster, and cherish the friendships that have been engendered in the past years, and, should occasion require, give their best efforts in behalf of the fund. With this end in view, and for their better government, they subscribe to the following code of by-laws.
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The reader may note that I use the future tense of this English modal verb. I will—no room here for won't because that is not my intention—walk the beautiful park just a few steps from my home on a daily basis. Every day. I love the strong structural feeling that statement connotes. There, now that I've told you I will do this, it will be undoubtedly good for me.


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The Severn boys basketball team survived a five-minute, fourth-quarter scoring drought yesterday and nipped visiting St. Paul's, 50-48, to claim sole possession of first place in the MSA C Conference.
"Turnovers were killing us and we made adjustments, and we just weren't doing anything," said Severn coach Jim Doyle, whose Admirals are 8-0 and 13-5. "You have to give some credit to St. Paul's, because they raised their game a level."
St. Paul's (11-8, 6-2) trapped its way back into contention in the fourth quarter. The Crusaders scored 10 straight points to start the period and pulled within 41-40.


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Mitel Ups The Offer For Shoretel To 574 Million
Mitel, Shoretel takeover bid.
After being rejected by Shoretel on Mitel's initial offer of $8.10 to $8.50 a share which sends the offer to $574 Million.
"We continue to believe that the combination of our two companies offers a compelling opportunity to add sustained value to both organizations, and would solidify our combined leadership position in a highly competitive and rapidly consolidating market,"said Richard McBee, chief executive officer of Kanata, Ontario-based Mitel, in a letter to ShoreTel's board today.


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Longwood used a 17-5 run, and shot over 65% in the second half, to help erase a halftime deficit and rally past the Presbyterian College men's basketball team, 79-76, in Big South action Wednesday evening in Farmville, Va. PC got back to within three with a few seconds remaining but a potential three-point to tie the game fell just short. Four Blue Hose scored in double-figures in the contest.
Stat of the Game
In a game of runs, Longwood scored when it mattered the most, hitting 17 of 26 field goals in the second half to erase a seven-point halftime deficit, and earn the three-point win. The Lancers finished the game with 59.2 %, and were nine-of-17 from the perimeter. The Blue Hose shot over 40% for the ninth time this season, with 47%. The Blue Hose shot 50% in the first half, but 44.1% in the second. PC attempted 66 field goals, compared to just 49 for Longwood.
Player of the Game
Ed Drew paced the team with 14 points and eight rebounds. He was six-of-nine from the field and has now scored double-figures in three games. Other Blue Hose in double figures were Reggie Dillard with 12 points, Will Adams with 11, and Jaron Withers with 10.
Davon Bell had a strong return to the lineup after missing the last seven games due to injury. He posted seven points and tied for the team lead in assists with five.
How It Happened
Longwood jumped out to a 16-9 lead the opening nine minutes of the first half, extending it to 22-12 at 9:56 off a Darrion Allen three-pointer. The PC offense clicked three-and-a-half minutes later off a three-pointer from Reggie Dillard. It ignited a 19-5 run that saw the Blue Hose storm ahead and go to the locker room leading 38-31.
A minute into the second half, PC held a 42-31 lead off a Dillard basket at 19:04, before Longwood used a 17-5 run, capped by a Isaiah Walton jumper at the 14th minute mark, to take a 48-47 lead. Five straight from PC, including a Will Adams three-pointer, gave the Blue Hose the 52-48 lead back. Longwood erased a 61-59 PC lead with a three from Isaac Belton at the 6:49 mark and took a 62-61 lead. It was part of back to back three-pointers as Longwood took a 65-61 lead. 4:01 to go, Ed Drew made it a one-possession game, 67-65, 4:01 to go, before Khris Lane's jumper gave the Lancers a four-point lead again.
Millner's two free throws at 2:58 cut the margin to just one, 68-69, but Longwood scored six to build a 75-68 lead just over a minute to play. PC cut the lead down to four off a Millner three-pointer with 31 seconds to go, and to within three off a Drew layup with 12 seconds to go. PC got the ball with just a couple of seconds to go but Dillard three-point attempt just missed, giving Longwood the 79-76 win.
The 11 steals is tied for ninth in PC's Division I history. PC went 31-of-66 from the field, to tie for 18th and 13th, respectively, in the record book.
The Blue Hose led the scoring in the paint for the eighth time this season, handling Longwood, 40-28.
PC's 10 turnovers were tied for the fewest since recording nine in the season-opener against Furman.
For the Record
PC drops to 4-10 overall and 0-3 in the Big South, while Longwood improves to 6-8, 3-0.
Up Next
The Blue Hose return home to take on the Radford Highlanders Saturday, Jan. 7. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., and will be broadcast live on the Big South Network at www.BigSouthSports.com.
How to follow
Fans can follow at www.GoBlueHose.com, and @BlueHoseHoops.


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Fisrts stop was the Olympic village, sadly you cannot walk in the par any longer as it is being redeveloped as housing and business.
So we hopped back on the Docklands light railway and went to Royal Greenwhich, which although I am a Londoner by birth, I hadnt visited before- just went to the lovely Greenwich market on previous visits!
i got up at the crack of dawn to drop them off at Heathrow, and came home to complete the refurbishment of the beach hut. And here is the finished article!
Very happy with the new interior colours this year- all from a charity shop find of 2 pairs of John Lewis curtains!
Now I am having a well deserved glass of wine, some smoked slamon nibbles and Elaine Page on the radio- who could ask for more??


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Shocking news from across the pond tonight: Fashionista is reporting that Parsons has cancelled John Galliano's workshop. The website has posted an email which was sent to New School students regarding the three-day master class, which was due to be lead by the disgraced designer.
'It was a condition of our agreeing to host Mr. Galliano that we also hold a larger forum, which would include a frank discussion of his career,' the email states. 'Ultimately, an agreement could not be reached with Mr. Galliano regarding the details of that forum, and so the program will not move forward.' Uh oh.
It was only a few weeks ago that Grazia Daily was reporting on Galliano's next move as a teacher at The New School for Design in New York. The course, titled Show Me Emotion, was described as 'a dynamic and intimate opportunity for students to learn from an immensely talented designer,' and 'engage in a frank conversation with Mr. Galliano about the challenges and complications of leading a design house in the 21st century.'
However, an online petition soon popped up demanding that the design school drop Galliano as a teacher - to date, it's received over 2,000 signatures. It argues that it's 'disgraceful' for Parsons to recruit the controversial designer who was arrested and subsequently sacked from Dior for making anti-Semitic slurs just two years ago.
So is the outcry to blame for the workshop being called off? Or was it a case of Galliano refusing to be quite as frank as they'd hoped? Ah well, there's always Central Saint Martins...
Read the full letter sent to students on Fashionista.com.