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Appointment Policy For Services Provided By
Better Hags & Gargoyles
Life is uncertain. Sometimes even the best laid plans need to be changed.
With this in mind:
If you are unable to keep our scheduled appointment, for any reason, please contact me as soon as possible to reschedule. I will be happy to reschedule our appointment to a time that is more convenient, whenever you feel it is necessary, no matter what the circumstance is, with at least a 24 hour notification that you need to reschedule.
There are no refunds for missed appointments. There are no exceptions.
If you choose to cancel our appointment and request a refund; a 24 hour notice is required to receive a full refund and a $40 cancellation fee will be assessed.
Appointment Policy For Phone Services
(Tarot Readings & Spell Casting Consultations)
I will call you for our scheduled phone appointments. If you are not available, I will wait 15 minutes for you to return my call. If I have not heard back from you within the 15 minutes, I will consider the scheduled phone appointment a missed appointment. There are no refunds for missed appointments. There are no exceptions.
Appointment Policy For In-Person Services
(Tarot, Reiki Healing, Spell Casting Consultations)
If you are running late please call and let me know.
I will wait 15 minutes for your arrival. If during that time I have not heard from you indicating you will be late, I will consider the scheduled appointment a missed appointment. There are no refunds for missed appointments. There are no exceptions.
After that time has passed, your appointment may be given to another client unless you call ahead indicating you will be late.
If you do show up late without notification, regardless of your arrival time you will be responsible for the full session fee.
Refund Policy For Reiki Attunement Classes
Class fees are not refundable. They are however, transferable. If you are unable to attend your Reiki Attunement Class, someone else may attend in your place. Or you may attend another class at another time when one is scheduled.
Refund Policy For Services
No refunds are available for services that have already been preformed.
These policies can be changed at any time.
By ordering an appointment for any of the services Better Hags & Gargoyles offers, you agree to the above mentioned terms and conditions.
It is my goal to provide you with the most professional experience possible.


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(Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will likely defer an interest rate hike until late next year despite high household debt and above-target inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
The central bank will stay put at next week's policy decision, according to the poll of 41 economists, leaving its key interest rate on hold until the fourth quarter of 2015, slightly later than forecast in a Reuters poll in October.
Recent comments from BOC Governor Stephen Poloz and his officials on how close to capacity the Canadian economy was operating triggered some of the forecast changes.
"They've been arguing that the amount of excess slack in the economy has been understated thus far, and if that's what they believe, then that would argue for a later tightening," said Andrew Kelvin, senior fixed-income strategist at TD Securities.
Kelvin also pointed to disappointing growth in the third quarter and to low oil prices.
The latest poll results come alongside wavering expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate from a record low by the middle of next year and perhaps instead wait until later in the year.
Once the Bank of Canada does start hiking rates, the poll forecast follow-up quarter-point hikes in each of the first two quarters of 2016.
Canada's headline and core inflation rates overshot the Bank's 2 percent target in October, at 2.4 percent and 2.3 percent respectively, while unemployment rate dropped to a six-year low of 6.5 percent.
Poloz is expected to continue to sound dovish at next week's meeting and shrug off inflationary pressures as temporary, the poll found.
TD analysts said Poloz will need to address the jump in inflation, but is likely to place more emphasis on labor market slack.
The central bank dropped its guidance on the direction of interest rates at the last policy meeting in a bid to curb parsing of its policy statements and market volatility.
But that has not resulted in clearer policy, according to the 25 forecasters who answered that question in the Reuters poll. A slim majority said it has led to less clarity instead; none thought there clarity had been improved.
"The result is an increased sense of mixed messages and reversals. Never providing explicit guidance does not necessarily result in less clarity, but offering it and then abandoning generally does," said Mark Hopkins, senior economist at Moody's Analytics.
Low interest rates - on hold since 2010 - have helped push Canada's household debt-to-income ratio to 163.6 percent in the second quarter, close to a record high of 164.1 percent hit last year.
Of 27 analysts who answered a question on this, 21 said that level is too high.
"High household debt will become a burden on the economy in the future when longer-term mortgage rates rise, especially if inflation and growth in household incomes remain low," said David Madani, Canada economist at Capital Economics.
A separate Reuters poll on the Canadian housing market found that household debt levels are seen as high enough to pose a risk to housing demand and that there is a chance of a major property market correction. [CA/HOMES]
(For other Reuters Poll stories on the outlook for major world central bank policy decisions: [ID:nL3N0TG3BO])
Additional reporting by Randall Palmer; Polling by Anu Bararia and Swati Chaturvedi; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson, Ross Finley and Chizu Nomiyama


text: agenttherock 54 Posted April 1 (edited) Not sure if this has been discussed already somewhere else but I was wondering what everyone thought about the idea of purple maneuvers? Now that we have purple actions as well as red actions do you think there is any possibility that a future Jedi starfighter might have a few purple maneuvers? (A maneuver that may only be performed by spending a force). Perhaps used for a particularly good maneuver for the ETA-2? Edited April 1 by agenttherock 11 1 Kieransi, RedLeader23, AngryAlbatross and 9 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Chris Evans has shared his sadness about leaving Top Gear.
The TV presenter and BBC Radio 2 host sensationally quit the BBC motoring show after just one season.
In a car column for Mail on Sunday's Event magazine, Chris said he was 'entirely sad Top Gear didn't work out'.
'I would have loved to have carried on working on it,' he explained, 'but letting go with a smile on your face is far better than clinging on till you look constipated.'
Top Gear was marred by numerous reports of Chris and Matt LeBlanc not getting along, as well as the TFI host's relationship with the production team.
'It seems I may well have been a square peg in a round hole,' he admitted as well as praising the rest of the team.
'The Top Gear gang are the most driven (forgive the pun) and dedicated I have ever worked with,' Chris wrote, '[Matt LeBlanc] is the captain Top Gear truly needs going forward, the perfect torso for the rest of TG's limbs.
The BBC said Chris will not be replaced by another presenter, leaving the Friends and Episodes actor in the lead host position.
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Welcome to my World of vegetarian cooking where dishes are made simple innovative & delicious for our home standards & can be made at home. Well more to say about my site it is like guides for vegetarian cooking where in people nowadays turn to vegetarian due to various reasons but the most common thing is that it is quiet natural & good for health. In other words would like to put up vegetarian cooking in this way.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Never tried pasta..looking creamy and yum..ReplyDelete
Pasta especially when in white sauce such as this is always a fav with me.ReplyDelete
wow mushrooms pasta and cream sauce wooooooow so mouthwatering abig thanks to chef for this recipe will try sureReplyDelete
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Looks awesome and professional yes..Ravioli is something i truly loveReplyDelete
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u r lucky,u can enjoy eating so many recipes made by ur husband;)ReplyDelete
this one looks yumm..new to me..:)
Two chefs at home?!..That sounds great..I love mushrooms and this recipe is something i wanna try..looks very very delicious :)ReplyDelete
MUshroom ravioli makes me hungry, lovely work!ReplyDelete
well this is my all time fav though didnt tried it at home..ReplyDelete
Very new to me,looks great Sri!ReplyDelete
Ravioli looks delicious. White sauce is my favo always:)ReplyDelete
Those look perfect. We love Ravioli, nice to have Mushroom sauce on top! :)ReplyDelete
The ravioli looks delicious, love the white sauce with mushrooms...ReplyDelete
A recipe from pro chef! Looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Love ravioli..Looks so inviting.The white sauce is so creamy and delish..ReplyDelete
Wow.. Looks so yummy! Made by Mr.V? Can see a professional touch in that! :DReplyDelete
WOW ravioli looks delicious, yumm entry!!!ReplyDelete
looks good..i hardly know any mushrooms recipe..will try this sometime..ReplyDelete
looks so creamy and very much tempting.ReplyDelete
Mushroom ravioli sounds nice and healthy variation to me. Too good.ReplyDelete


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A little bit of my world in a blog......from makeup and fashion, through to interior design and all things vintage. A blog of thoughts, feelings and maybe a few ideas! -enjoy.x
Monday, 17 March 2014
Ebay finds #13
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With all of the craziness surrounding reigning rap Queen Nicki Minaj and current flame Meek Mill they decided to take it back to the music, cranking up the PDA in the visuals to their steamy collaboration "All Eyes On You." Currently on the road for The Pinkprint Tour, the duo also gets an assist from singer Chris Brown as they share a more intimate look into their relationship.
Does it live up to the hype? Check out the video below and let us know what you think.
#InCaseYouMissedIt: Nicki Minaj Explains Why She Doesn't Care What People Think About Her
Meek Mill's "5 Fingers Of Death" Freestyle
Chris Brown Talks "Think Like A Man" On Sway In The Morning


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Every cemetery company or association shall cause a plat of its grounds and of the lots laid out by it to be made and to be recorded or filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which they are situated, numbering the lots by regular consecutive numbers. It may inclose, improve, and adorn the grounds and avenues, erect buildings for its use, prescribe rules for inclosing and adorning lots and for erecting monuments in the cemetery, and prohibit any use, division, improvement, or adornment of a lot. An annual exhibit shall be made of the affairs of the company or association.
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What are the Eductor and SCIO Devices?
The Eductor and the SCIO (Scientific Consciousness Interface Operation) are universal electrophysiological biofeedback systems. Biofeedback is described as "measuring a physiological response and feeding it back."
The Eductor and the SCIO coordinates a complex electro-modal, biofeedback program with computer software in order to gather Bioenergetic information of a client's subconscious.
The information is gathered from the body through electrodes in head and limb straps. The Eductor and the SCIO measures evoked potential reactions of the client to applied stimulation's. Within approximately five minutes, the Eductor and the SCIO Biofeedback System can detect and record information about the individuals stress reactions.
The information is then tabulated and listed in order of the highest reaction by the Eductor and the SCIO
This can then be read on the computer screen. A picture of the client's general status is indicated. The information can be further analysed in the course of a stress management session.
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The aim of the Imperial Classical Ballet Faculty is to increase the standard and appreciation of Classical Ballet, both in performance and in teaching. Founded over fifty years ago, this Faculty continues to exert a strong influence in the international promotion of the English classical style.
The syllabi were originally compiled by a committee of well-known and established teachers. Nowadays they are regularly reviewed, thus ensuring that they continue to provide the strong foundation for today's ever advancing technical standards. The use of the Imperial Classical Ballet syllabi gives the teacher guidance in correct and safe teaching methods for all age groups and at all levels from beginner to professional. Children and students are encouraged to acquire a sound basic technique combined with an understanding of co-ordination and musical interpretation which are the essentials of a pure classical training. Numerous outstanding teachers, and classical dancers in major international ballet companies, have been wholly trained within the Imperial Classical Ballet syllabi.
Comprehensive Training
The syllabi have been carefully developed in order to provide a fully comprehensive training both for children and young adults who wish to dance for pleasure and for those interested in a professional training and, therefore, wishing to study for the major Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 examinations.
Children's Examinations
These have been devised to provide a worthwhile sense of achievement both for children and young adults who dance for recreation and for children hoping to pursue a career in classical ballet. There are ten Class examinations ranging from Pre-Primary to Higher Standard 8, and seven Grades ranging from Primary to Grade 6, all of which progressively develop a child's technical ability and understanding, giving him or her a sense of dance, poise and an understanding of its relation to music. For each Grade the candidate is required to perform one of the set dances or classical variations appropriate for that level, thus developing their use of mime. Additionally there are mime and music sections in each of the Class Tests. The most recent additions to the children's examinations are the Performance Awards which have been designed to encourage a candidate's sense of projection and performance.
Major Examinations
These may be entered in a choice of two categories and provides a sound and well constructed build-up of technique and the artistic qualities so vital for this demanding profession. The major syllabi are designed to benefit both students aspiring to dance professionally and also those wishing to enter the teaching profession. Students aged 25 years and over may be examined as 'Mature' candidates.
Various annual awards are arranged by the Faculty, the most prominent being the Imperial Ballet Awards, in which entrants from Grade 3 to Advanced participate. Within this event is also included the Kathleen Browning and Eileen Read Choreographic Awards, thus encouraging children and students of all levels to develop a creative and musical awareness. Additional annual events include the Stella Mann Bursary and the Elizabeth Baines-Hewitt Award. These events are adjudicated by professional classical dancers and leading dance teachers. For established young teachers the Faculty also holds the Mavdor Scholarship which is designed to assist the successful candidate in furthering his or her qualifications within the Faculty.


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I don't think I was as active in interacting with other bloggers/ readers as I could have been, but I wanted to say it out loud how grateful I am for the friendly faces I see around here. Sharing the one thing I'm most passionate about with people who feel the same way about sewing, and those who just find some joy in reading about it, is one of the few constantly positive things in my life, so let me wish you All, beautiful people, a very happy New Year! x
And since I decided not to force the party mood on myself on this particular Thursday night, I have time to look back on how those resolutions from last year worked out:
1.Finish my Wardrobe Architect project
I planned to do all suggested steps in the Coletterie's Wardrobe Architect Project to put together my capsule wardrobe for a 3 week long South East Asian backpacking trip I took with my sister this year. I planned the new pieces around some existing ones in my wardrobe and it worked quite well. More on this next year? 🙂
/2. Be more mindful about my body
Again, the South East Asia trip inspired me to get in
(to a different) shape. Yup, you guessed it right, it did not quite happen. I did however enjoy myself on the beach in my handmade swimsuits anyway and also began a dance course in September, you know, just for body positivity's sake and all…
3. Look after my two favorite machines
I promised myself to be nice to my bike and sewing machine(s) this year, and I kind of-sort of did alrightish. 🙂 A series of punctures forced me to upgrade my tyres, and I cleaned it more than once, but I'm still not quite doing enough I think.
Still no sewing machine cover, sadly, but I did get the old one up and running. Yeeey.
4. Kick a bad habit & move forward…
Nah & nah.
5. Go out & do something at least once a week
I aimed to do something outside of the house at least once a week, and while I might have had a few weeks with not much going on, by signing up to 2 evening courses in September and travelling a lot, I think I did achieve what I had in mind with this resolution.
6. Empty out my closet
Yeah…well, we sold our home in Hungary at the end of summer and without any heartbreak we donated all our clothes that were still in the house to the organization helping the refugees in Hungary. Emptying out my closet at home is somehow a different question. Although I did make some progress in this field too, the biggest obstacle seems to be overcoming my laziness when it comes to transporting the bags of clothes to the charity shops/ stopping myself from keeping clothes that I don't need because 'I could make something out of it'.
That's about 3 and a half resolutions kept out of 6, if I'm bending them a little. I guess I'll try a little harder from tomorrow…or make up easier resolutions to stick to? 🙂


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'I don't feel the Irish sides have regressed' – Les Kiss
Ulster 56-3 Oyonnax
Ireland's last men standing in the Champions Cup lasted until yesterday afternoon before Stade Francais' bonus point win over Leicester Tigers ended their interest in the competition.
Ulster had done everything they could by dismantling a woeful Oyonnax side at Kingspan Stadium on Saturday, but their inability to pick up more than four points from their previous two games cost them dear in the final shake-up.
Thus, there will be no province in the last eight for the first time since 1998 and no team from the Pro12 nations for the first time ever.
Yet Les Kiss, Ulster's director of rugby, insists that the Irish sides can continue to aspire to European greatness despite the advances made by English and French clubs in recent years.
"There's been a lot of talk about that and rightly so," the Australian said. "I don't particularly agree that the Irish provinces have regressed greatly.
"You can point more to the fact that the English and French clubs have access to better resources now.
"The English salary cap has increased and they are able to build bigger and deeper squads and buy extra-special talent more often as they try to match the French teams.
"The top eight is going to be dominated by those big-spending teams who have the resources to get there. They have planned well, improved their coaching as well and we're fighting a different beast in Europe.
"We still think that we can do a good job in Europe. It's one of our missions going forward in the next year to make sure we can improve on what we did last year and qualify.
"It's important here at Ulster that we aspire to do that. We've got a generation of rugby players and a generation of fans and sponsors that have engaged in the game in the last 10, 12 years based on the fact that Europe is the place you want to be in.
"You want to compete in Europe, you want to say you're the best in Europe. That's our ambition."
For most in Irish rugby, the Six Nations becomes all-encompassing for the next few months, but, for Ulster and the rest of the provinces, attention will now turn to the Guinness Pro12, where next season's Champions Cup campaign begins in earnest.
Currently sixth in the table, they will hope to use the momentum gained from this eight-try win over the Top 14 strugglers to qualify for the play-offs and earn a favourable European draw by winning the league.
Kiss held a squad get-together in Co Down yesterday to give the seven Ireland squad-members a send-off as they join up with the national team in Carton House and also begin looking at the league campaign.
"If you look behind for too long, you end up staying there," he said. "We're very driven in trying to make sure we learn the right lessons and hopefully we can step forward and do a good job for the rest of the season in the Pro12.
"Yesterday against Oyonnax was a good step forward, Ruan (Pienaar) wasn't playing and we had full confidence in what Paul Marshall could deliver.
"Ian Humphreys delivered off the bench, Rory Best sat on the bench because he had a back problem but Rob Herring did a fantastic job for us.
"So, there are a lot of plusses that we can take and we must leverage that to make us a stronger force."
Saturday's performance should come accompanied with an asterisk given the paucity of the opposition, but there were plenty of positives.
Jared Payne was outstanding at full-back and will give Joe Schmidt plenty to think about as he considers his options ahead of the Six Nations.
The Kiwi has won all 10 of his caps at centre, but he looked comfortable in his old No 15 jersey, running some brilliant counter-attacking lines and bringing others into play before scoring a try of his own.
"We'll use him in both, without a doubt," Kiss said of his versatility.
"Coming back from his foot injury, from our perspective and his perspective, to start from No 15 was a good way to work his way back into the game. He finished the game at No 13 and you could see his influence there as well.
"He's a class player. You could play him at No 10 and he'd do a job for you. It's nice to have him back, that's for sure. Not only from our perspective, but also for Ireland.
"When he's got the extra space, he plays it exceptionally well. However, I've seen enough of him - and we all have - to know that when he hasn't got that space, he's still very savvy to be able to pick the line he needs to.
"With space and without space he is effective and I think we saw today a bit of both.
"When he came in and had to fill up that frontline at 13, he had enough nous to work to the plan and our shape, to actually just release the ball to space and place himself to be able to connect the game into areas that we've got numbers."
Rob Herring, standing in for Ireland captain Best, got the show on the road with an early try from close range, before Darren Cave, Rory Scholes and the impressive Sean Reidy secured the bonus point before half-time.
Craig Gilroy, Robbie Diack, Payne and Humphreys all crossed after the interval to complete a rout that came up just short of breaking Ulster's European records for winning margin and total points.
It would all prove to be in vain, however, as the twin defeats to Saracens and the failure to pick up a winning bonus in France came back to haunt them.
"The two critical games were the Saracens games. We would have liked to have won the one at home, but we should have got a point out of one of them, that's for sure," Kiss said.
"Of those two games, if we'd gotten one point then that makes the difference.
"We played against probably the best team in Europe in the way they go about their business who play for the 80 minutes, and that's where we have to grow our team and our mindset and how we go about our business."
Ulster -J Payne; A Trimble, D Cave (R Scholes 62), L Marshall, C Gilroy; P Jackson (I Humphreys 52- 71, 78), P Marshall (D Shanahan 69), K McCall (C Black 6), R Herring (capt) (R Best 74), R Lutton, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe (R Wilson 52), R Diack, S Reidy, N Williams (C Ross 60).
Oyonnax - F Denos; D Ikpefan, G Bousses, A Taufa (E Sheridan 66), D Codjo; R Clegg (R Lespinas 57), J Blanc; S Tonga'uiha (L Delboubles 67), T Bordes (J Marourard 52), G Vepkhvadze (H Pungea ht), L Power (F Metz 52, M Fa'asavalu 69), V Ursache, P Gunther, P Wannenburg.
Ref - M Mitrea (Italy)
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its a great camera better video than the hero 2, much better low light, and way thinner and lighter. The Wi fi remote is pretty cool although it doesn't quite have the range i was hoping for. The 1080p @ 60 fps is freaking awesomely smooth. I tend not to shoot with it that much because 720 p files take up less memory. Bt as with all cameras you need good color correction and editing to get a good video.
I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of this world.... I am the toxic waste by-product of God's creation. ~Chuck Palahniuk,
Speaking of editing, which programs do you use
Knife at 5.1 ozs., you could get that weight down there. A derma safe razor blade is all I've been carrying the last few trips. Check out Aarn body packs for under the 40 ounce mark. Different suspension but still considered full. Adventure racing stuff they are. A !0 pound base in an MM33 bodypack, man you could run! MM Series. Just sayin.
I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.
if you want to succeed at UL backpacking, swap the cookpot for a Foster's can and ditch that heavy 40oz backpack. there are numerous quality packs in the 15-30oz range.
you will use a CCF pad as your pack frame, and it triples as a sit pad, a lower leg pad.
MLD Exodus, ZPacks BLast, GG Gorilla/MiniPosa and others.. all quality cottage, not chinese!
my 2¢
camera stuff, i use abode premier pro i illegally downloaded it because it costs a fortune. as for color correction I use go pro's editing software and turn protune on, it looks pretty good, but i still wanna download a solid color correction program.
okay good suggestions.
did u guys have any idea about canyoneering with frameless packs. I figure at the least with all the gear i have it will add about 5- 10 lbs.
I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of this world.... I am the toxic waste by-product of God's creation. ~Chuck Palahniuk,


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School of Sevens bells were three turned two to release their excellent 2012 album Ghostory. The duo have followed the release up with a series of videos and the latest is for track 'The Night'. It's a submission from director Allie Avitala Tsypin and features an adolescent doppleganger of front woman Alejandra Dehaza acting very adult indeed. Check it out below.
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Bikies, drugs and cash: solicitor charged during Bandidos investigation in Albury
A WOMAN arrested in an operation targeting drugs linked to the Bandidos bikie gang is a practising solicitor who was caught "red-handed" counting drug money, a court has heard.
Alina Yousif, 26, was working as a lawyer up to the point she was arrested in raids focusing on the gang in Albury early Wednesday morning.
She allegedly took part in the supply of 55.5 grams of the drug ice, used false documents to obtain property, recklessly dealt with the proceeds of crime and took part in a criminal group.
Yousif appeared distressed and started crying as parts of the case against her was laid out in Albury Local Court on Thursday, where she applied for bail.
The lawyer – who is listed as living in Kooba Street with co-accused Clinton Roy Parkinson – had been defending people in Wagga court earlier this week.
The North Albury house was recently the scene of late-night raids involving Strike Force Raptor.
Yousif and three others were charged on Wednesday as police targeted the Albury drug manufacturing and supply, which allegedly involved criminal networks.
The group is alleged to have used false Indian drivers licences and documents in a bid to obtain NSW licences from Roads and Maritime Services.
Parkinson, 34, is accused of a string of ice, MDMA and cocaine supply offences in the Albury region.
He swore at magistrate Tony Murray during Thursday's hearing, where he did not apply for bail.
"Shut the f--- up," Parkinson shouted to Mr Murray as he was ordered out.
His cousin, 26-year-old Wangaratta man Danny Kearney, is accused of various dishonesty offences and participating in a criminal group.
Kaitlers Road resident David Alan Oddy, 66, failed to get bail on cannabis and ice-dealing charges.
Speaking during Yousif's bail application, Sergeant Andrew Coombs said it was an "extremely strong prosecution case", with a large amount of evidence that had been electronically recorded.
Magistrate Tony Murray said there had been covert recordings made during the investigation and other digital evidence.
It's alleged Yousif was reckless with $8000 cash suspected of being the proceeds of crime.
"She is literally caught out red-handed, on this material, counting out the money," Mr Murray said.
Her lawyer Christine Mendes said it had been a "very difficult evening" for her client after spending her first night behind her bars at Junee.
Yousif appeared via video link and was supported by a prison chaplain, and dropped her head as she was refused bail.
She will return to court on February 5 with Oddy and Parkinson, while Kearney will return on December 18.
All four will remain in custody.
Police had also targeted Bandidos members as they travelled down the Hume Highway to Tasmania late last month.
Drugs were seized from the Drome Street brothel, with homes searched at Springdale Heights and Corowa.
Hotel rooms were also searched in Albury.


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Shock: Last week's headlines about vegetarians being bad for the planet turn out to be completely distorted. Anna Greer looks at how hard the media had to work to get it so deliberately wrong
Conservative media around the world flipped a collective bird at "smug" vegetarians last week, claiming that a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund had found that changes to land use meant that a vegetarian diet was more harmful to the environment than eating meat.
The London Times reported that "Becoming a vegetarian can do more harm to the environment than continuing to eat red meat, according to a study of the impacts of meat substitutes such as tofu." The Daily Mail made even more sport out of the study's findings, announcing that "Meat free diets can be bad for the planet."
Unfortunately plenty of other mainstream media outlets, including the Australian, gleefully picked up this reading. In an I-told-you-so editorial, titled "Tuck in and save the planet", the Australian again ridiculed the idea that eating a lot of meat was a problem: "Now a study for environmental lobbyists WWF, a body not usually noted for its conservative viewpoint, concedes our argument was correct. The study, by Cranfield University, found that turning vegetarian can do more environmental harm than eating red meat."
In fact the study found nothing of the kind.
The WWF's study was titled How low can we go: An assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from the UK food system and the scope for reduction by 2050. After the reception the study got from the media its authors are not at all pleased at the way some editors have managed to turn their comprehensive research into a green light for business as usual.
"It's a good example of journalism clearly failing to serve their readers honestly," one of the study's authors, Dr Donal Murphy-Bokern, told newmatilda.com. "It leaves science in an impossible position."
What the study actually found was in fact very much in line with the broad argument made by environmentalists advocating a reduction in meat consumption. It found that the UK food system directly accounts for one fifth of the UK's carbon footprint, and that if indirect consequences such as deforestation are taken into account this rises to almost a third. According to the report, emissions from the food system are dominated by the livestock sector, and livestock rearing alone accounts for 57 per cent of agricultural emissions. Not surprisingly, the study found that reducing livestock consumption is the single most effective way of reducing the carbon footprint of the UK food system. UK meat consumption is more than twice the world average, and three times that of developing countries on a per capita basis.
"Removing meat from the diet and replacing it with plant foods with similar protein contents reduces the carbon footprint of diet by one fifth," Dr Murphy-Bokern said. "Removing all animal products removes nearly a third."
Red meat currently produces almost four times the emissions of vegetables and legumes in the UK at 19,400 kilo-tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions in primary production.
That's what it said, but what came out the end of the media churner was: The emissions involved in producing meat substitutes are quite high, so eating meat is the green choice.
How could this happen?
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"How could this happen"? Simple: the mainstream media has sold out their readers for their high paying advertisers and corporate partners. Journalism has become a clatch of whores who sell their space to the highest bidder - news column inches as well as ad space. This is just another "Obama worship"-type event in which the media ignores facts in favor of hype by friends.
Ignore the press, ask the animals!


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Celebration Service - 1st Wed of the month
Beginning this August, 360 Church will hold a Celebration Service.
This will a special time each month when families can come to worship and celebrate around the Lord's Table for Communion. We will also celebrate God's goodness and love through a time of testimony and prayer.


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Mechanics Lien Judgments vs Other Judgments
#10 of the Top 10 Misconceptions about Mechanic's Liens
A mechanic's lien judgment is identical to any other judgment obtained after a court trial
Not true although the procedure followed during a mechanic's lien lawsuit is similar to that of the "typical" lawsuit.
To prevail at trial, a mechanic's lien claimant must show:
Mechanics Lien Judgments vs Other Judgments - A mechanic's lien judgment is different from the more well-known money judgment
A "money judgment" can be based upon a contract, a tort (such as a personal injury claim), or various other types of claims. A money judgment can be enforced by levying almost all types of property owned by the judgment debtor.
How the mechanic's lien affects the property owner
A mechanic's lien is recorded with the county recorder and is seen by any person that researches the title to the property at the county recorder's office.
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Northwestern University Professor David Figlio released his annual study on Florida's voucher schools.
The article that the Tampa Bay Times ran on Aug. 23 repeated the conclusion of voucher proponents but did not consult with education experts, other researchers or metrics experts on the subject.
Given the apples-to-oranges-to-moldy-peaches nature of Figlio's comparison, the headline "Voucher students make academic gains similar to other students" is tenuous at best.


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You can tell a lot about a culture through marriage statistics: what age people get married, how many divorce, who is excluded from legal marriage. It forms a picture of how a society interacts with itself. Learn more about marriage in this episode.
Recording: Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from howstuffworks.com.
Josh Clark: Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. There's Charles Chuck Bryant and this is Stuff You Should Know.
Chuck Bryant: The podcast.
Josh Clark: Right. How you doing man?
Chuck Bryant: I am good and well. How are you?
Josh Clark: The same, a little tired.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah?
Josh Clark: Yeah. But other than that I'm doing pretty good.
Chuck Bryant: Man, there's a lot of stuff going on today with this topic.
Josh Clark: Yes, marriage Chuck. I am married. You are married. We're married but not to one another.
Chuck Bryant: That's true.
Josh Clark: And in the state that we live in we couldn't even if we wanted to.
Chuck Bryant: Sure. And this is probably going to touch on same sex marriage a decent amount because it's in the news and hey, it's marriage too. So we're not going to ignore it but it's not necessarily just about that. It's about just marriage as a whole.
Josh Clark: Right. We're going to call this one how a same sex marriage works.
Chuck Bryant: Exactly. But no, maybe we can't do that one if we cover it in this one.
Josh Clark: How a same sex marriage works?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. I feel like we're going to cover it enough in this.
Josh Clark: Sure. It's pretty straightforward stuff. Well let's talk about marriage.
Chuck Bryant: All right.
Josh Clark: Really if you boil the whole thing down it is as far as the government views it very unromantically. It's basically a legal contract between two people and therefore there are legalities that you have to go through. And as a result of going through this legal process you are endowed with certain legal rights. That's marriage.
Chuck Bryant: That really is though and it's like I draw a distinction. I don't think it's unromantic to call it that because that's what it is. It's a difference between a marriage and a life long relationship with somebody.
Josh Clark: Now that's romantic Chuck.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah that's where the romance is. Marriage is just some official way of recognizing that.
Josh Clark: Right, okay. So I would imagine it's not just the desire to be - to have your relationship recognized in that same way, that it's a life long commitment legally but also to get the benefits as one of the - those are two probably very big reasons that same sex couples want to be legally married or allowed to legally marry right?
Chuck Bryant: True.
Josh Clark: So since it's a legal process Chuckers, all things start with an application. All legal processes start by filling out an application and marriage is no different.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. You've got to get that license. You've got to apply to get that license and here Emily and I went to Decatur. The sign on the wall was marriage and gun licenses. We thought it was kind of funny to get both in the same one-stop shopping. But each state has its own laws regarding everything concerning marriage, the first of which is the license and application process, how old you've got to be, all that stuff varies from state to state.
Josh Clark: It does. And until very recently Alabama allowed kids as young as 14 - I believe they were the youngest state. It says in this article that there were kids as young as age 12 [Crosstalk] Is that right?
Chuck Bryant: I think so. But I think that was only with a court order or court permission like a pregnancy or something. I don't know.
Josh Clark: Well that's one of the surprising things. In Georgia if you're under 18 you have to present a birth certificate and I think your parents have to be present, both of them unless the bride to be is pregnant and then all rules go out the window.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. Most states that allow it under 18 the parents have to sign off and there has to be some reason. Like we said it varies from state to state and it takes two hours to go over all that. So if you're interested in getting hitched and you're 17 look it up on your state's website.
Josh Clark: You don't want to go over it state by state. Do you remember the dude from Lost and then he was in one episode of X-files? I can't remember his name.
Chuck Bryant: Which guy from Lost?
Josh Clark: I don't remember. I didn't watch Lost. I just know he was on Lost and he married. He's pushing 50, 40-something and he married a 16 year old girl.
Chuck Bryant: Really?
Josh Clark: Yeah. And they were going - they were setting themselves up I believe to have a reality show or whatever but her parents signed off on it. I remember it was a big news story. They moved to Nevada or they went to Nevada to get married which is not uncommon I understand.
Chuck Bryant: To move to a different state?
Josh Clark: No, to go to Las Vegas to get married.
Chuck Bryant: Sure. People do that.
Josh Clark: So no matter where you are, you fill out this application. You pay a nominal fee and then after your ceremony you get a certificate that says you're married, here's proof, show it to whoever you like.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. Sometimes you need a blood test. We did not need one here in Georgia but that's what you're always going to hear, the old fashioned thing like go down and get your blood tested to get married.
Josh Clark: Yes, make sure you are disease free and not cousins.
Chuck Bryant: That's right. Is that what it's for too, to check DNA?
Josh Clark: No.
Chuck Bryant: Okay.
Josh Clark: I don't think they have the equipment to do that.
Chuck Bryant: I didn't think so either. And you can get married a bunch of different ways. You can get married by your best friend if you want to as long as they get certified online as able to do that which is what we did with our father-in-law just to make him part of the experience.
Josh Clark: That's neat.
Chuck Bryant: And my stepfather.
Josh Clark: The one in Ohio?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. They're all in Ohio.
Josh Clark: So Chuckers, now that you're married, according to Federal law you are eligible and open for I think 1138 Federal benefits. Is that still correct?
Chuck Bryant: Yes, over 1100.
Josh Clark: Is that part of DOMA?
Chuck Bryant: I'm not sure if that's a specific part of DOMA but it's probably a part of many different laws if there's 1100+.
Josh Clark: But this is all specifically Federal level law?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah.
Josh Clark: So for example -
Chuck Bryant: And we'll talk about DOMA in a minute.
Josh Clark: Yeah. I believe we should. So for example, if Emily is in the hospital you have the legal right to go visit her.
Chuck Bryant: That's right. I can even make medical decisions on her behalf.
Josh Clark: That's right, unless she has a living will.
Chuck Bryant: Right which we would do together anyway. You can get benefits if you're a Federal employee. You can get inheritance rights, property rights sometimes even if there's no will.
Josh Clark: Yes. You can take out a life insurance policy on me and it's legal.
Chuck Bryant: Tax benefits of course. Being married you can file that way. You can receive Medicare, Social Security, disability, Veterans benefits if you're a legal spouse.
Josh Clark: Yes. You can immigrate your spouse to the United States more easily at least.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. If I killed somebody Emily could visit me in jail.
Josh Clark: That's right.
Chuck Bryant: And in prison as my spouse.
Josh Clark: I would imagine depending on the state there would be conjugal rights as well.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah definitely. So those are just a handful of the 1100 entitlements that you gain,
Josh Clark: You don't want to go over all of them?
Chuck Bryant: If you have a list I'll do it.
Josh Clark: So there are a lot of good reasons to be married. You can also file jointly so you get a tax break there. And in addition the legal benefits, there's been tons and tons of studies on marriage that show that there's psychological, physiological benefits to marriage. People happily married I should say, not just married.
There's a key to it. You have to be happily married. They tend to live longer lives. They - a married parent household tends to produce more stable well adjusted kids that do better in school.
Chuck Bryant: That's supposed to be true.
Josh Clark: There's tons ad tons of studies but it doesn't necessarily relate to same sex or opposite sex. It's just married parents happen to do that statistically. So what else?
Chuck Bryant: Well people are getting married later and later. I think everyone recognizes that but to the tune of people from 1935 to 1939, 21 percent of men and 51 percent of women were married by 20 and compare that to last year where the average year of marriage was 28.6 for men and 26.6 for women. And basically there hasn't been a year since the 1950s where the median age has not gone up. It's going up and up and up.
Josh Clark: Yeah. And you would assume that it would've continued to go up and up prior to the 1950s but what's really interesting is in 1890 the average that a man got married was 26 and it declined down in the 1950s and '60s and it reached it lowest level, lowest age which is 22 or something like that and then it started to go back up which is very odd. And it did it for men and women because you'd think old times, you can get married at age 12. Some people were getting married at 16 for a median age but it was older than people were in the 50s when they were getting married.
Chuck Bryant: So the '50s might've just signified some marital boom?
Josh Clark: Maybe. I guess people decided that they were not interested in pre-marital sex.
Chuck Bryant: They just decided that?
Josh Clark: Yeah.
Chuck Bryant: Have we covered - we did a full podcast on polygamy didn't we?
Josh Clark: Full podcast. You didn't even need to mention it.
Chuck Bryant: That's what I thought. When I was reading this, I was like wait a minute. This reeks of something familiar. But that is a type of marriage and I guess go listen to that podcast on - did we cover plural marriage or polygamy?
Josh Clark: I'm sure we talked about it as plural marriage but we called it How Polygamy Works.
Chuck Bryant: Right. And I guess it got a very condensed form of this, is that it is officially condemned by the Mormon Church these days although I estimate a 30,000 to 60,000 polygamists still I guess practicing polygamy. So there are other types of unions these days. There are civil unions, domestic partnerships and regular old fashioned marriage. And civil unions entitle same sex couples the same legal rights as marriage and benefits. So that's like you said after two things, the benefits and just the common recognition among their peers. I'm just like you and I'm married like you or in this case a civil union. We'll only give you the rights and not the badge of marriage.
Josh Clark: Right. And there's nine states where you - where civil unions are permitted for same sex couples.
Chuck Bryant: That's right.
Josh Clark: California, New York City, Maine and the District of Columbia I believe allow for domestic partnerships for same sex couples.
Chuck Bryant: That's right.
Josh Clark: And actually one of the big same sex marriage cases that's before the Supreme Court right now is a little old lady who lived with her partner for decades. And because she has a domestic partnership, under New York law she did not pay any tax - she didn't have to pay any inheritance tax but she got slapped with $390,000 federal inheritance tax because the Feds don't recognize their domestic partnership. And that's one of the cases the Supreme Court is hearing right now.
Chuck Bryant: Well you can get full on same sex married as of December of 2012 in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, Washington state and the District of Columbia. And that is full same sex marriage like outright - and at the same time 38 states have laws banning outright same sex marriage. So people are really drawing the line on this issue in the country.
Josh Clark: Well it's a pretty polarizing issue.
Chuck Bryant: To say the least. Like 1996 - I have one stat - things are changing. Sixty-eight percent of people in 1996 opposed same sex marriage and then 48 percent last year so it's a 20 percent drop in 14 years.
Josh Clark: In researching this article, I really found out that in 1996 we were a radically different country than we are today. Socially speaking we're really different. There was a lot of stuff, a lot of laws that passed and a lot of mentalities that were supported legislatively that don't make any sense today to a lot more people like DOMA, the idea that that passed and the meaning behind it is - I guess it's being picked apart right now, right?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. The Difference of Marriage Act defined marriage as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. And Bill Clinton famously signed that and has been sort of changing his story every four or five years since then on why he signed it because people kind of pick on him now. Billy, of all presidents, why did you sign it? In '96 he said, "I have long opposed thet governmental recognition of same gender marriages and this legislation is consistent with that position." And then in 2008 he said, "All I said was that Idaho did not have to recognize the marriage sanctified in Massachusetts."
Josh Clark: That's a pretty good Clinton.
Chuck Bryant: So he basically was like all I'm saying is it was left up to the states which was a bit of a reversal. And then in 2009 he said, "The reason I signed it was I thought the question of whether gays should marry should be left up to state and to religious organizations and that if any church or other religious body wanted to recognize gay marriage they ought to." So this is a bit of a - he's saying it's being spun as him coming out as anti-gay on certain levels and he's saying no you're rewriting history in a different way. What I really meant was let's just federally say that let the states decide.
Josh Clark: But that's a pretty good interpretation of DOMA. From what I understand it removes states' rights and that's one of the things the Supreme Court is looking at now too, is DOMA. Is DOMA unconstitutional? And one of the ways that the pro same-sex marriage lobby could actually harm itself is if the Supreme Court decides to look at DOMA as a states rights issue and kicks it back to the states. Then all of these bans will be upheld rather than jut saying no, it's unconstitutional because it bans marriage effectively between same sex people. So that's - it's a states right issue in a way but not in the way that Clinton is saying it. It doesn't allow states to make up their own mind.
Chuck Bryant: I think Clinton's trying to - I don't think he's super proud of it now and I think he's been backtracking ever since on reasons why he supported it at the time. And a lot of Congress people have come out since then and reversed their statements on it saying I've evolved in my thinking to this point and I now think we should look into it more at least and not necessarily fully in support of it. but there are 11 countries if you're wondering what it's like around the world - all across the country you can get married if you are same sex, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden and Spain. It is a federal - it's legally allowed. Say what you will about that. If you want to get married, go to Spain.
Josh Clark: That's true. Move to Spain. You would have to go live here because if you came back to the United States it wouldn't be recognized.
Chuck Bryant: Or the Netherlands, that's a nice place. South Africa, we talked about that but I think who want to get married who are of the same sex want to stay at home.
Josh Clark: Sure. They just want to get married at home.
Chuck Bryant: Right.
Josh Clark: This is - and you're talking about I guess being allowed to be married in n entire country. There's been a couple of attempts to ban same sex marriage as an entire country in the U.S. but have been unsuccessful.
Chuck Bryant: Like make it a constitutional amendment?
Josh Clark: Yeah.
Chuck Bryant: That has not happened.
Josh Clark: No. So in addition to domestic partnerships and civil unions, this is what I find interesting. The reciprocal beneficiary relationship which is the Hawaiian state law and I guess it was done away with in favor of civil unions in 2011 or '12 but basically it grants you the rights of a married couple but it doesn't necessarily mean you're a couple in the eyes of the law unless you say we're a couple. So like brother and sister can be reciprocal beneficiaries and her nephew or whatever.
It doesn't mean you're a couple. It means you can make legal decisions for one another and it's for people who are dependent on one another, living situations, that kind of thing.
Chuck Bryant: So don't be super creeped out by that when I say brother and sister and stuff like that. You've got anything else on same sex marriage?
Josh Clark: No. I guess that's it. I'm very interested to see what happens. It's the civil right issue of our age and that's what a lot of people are arguing. Let's just learn from history. Do we have to go through the same steps every time we do this?
Chuck Bryant: With allowing people rights -
Josh Clark: Finally giving them the rights that everyone will in the future will eventually agree they should have and should've had all along but apparently we have to go through the same struggle every time for each group before they get their rights, their civil rights that are afforded to everybody.
Chuck Bryant: Sure. Whether it's an African-American sitting where they want to sit on a bus or women voting, it seems like this pops up every now and then in this country where people say hey, wait a minute. I want to have the same rights as that dude over there and why not? It's very interesting.
Josh Clark: It is. And I'm sure that we're going to get a lot of listener mail about this.
Chuck Bryant: We're just putting out there. This is what some people think and that's what other people think.
Josh Clark: I guess.
Chuck Bryant: Luckily we live in a country where you can voice those opinions.
Josh Clark: For sure.
Chuck Bryant: So before we move on to other parts of marriage, let's take a quick little message break.
Josh Clark: Let's do it. Chuck we've all experienced it right? We're emailing a big file, maybe a big video of ourselves. It's just too big to attach.
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Josh Clark: And now we're back.
Chuck Bryant: With more marriage.
Josh Clark: Wow. So Chuck, one of the ones that I've always heard of is common law marriage. And I was doing a little research on it and it doesn't make much sense to me. Apparently its origins were that's what marriage was, two people just shacked up and they were viewed by society and the law as church. And the church insinuated itself by saying no, there's no more plan to start marriages anymore. You have to do this publicly and declare that you want to be married and there has to be a priest. Somebody's got to be there so let's have a witness or whatever and that's the arrival of common law marriage as it's become more and more prevalent, common law marriages kind of fall into the wayside.
Chuck Bryant: Well don't you just have to shack up for seven years?
Josh Clark: No that is a myth.
Chuck Bryant: Everyone always says - I've heard that and I think that's a common misconception. If you want to be common law married you have to present as a married couple. You have to change your last name, file joint tax returns, basically really live as if you're married, not just live together and fight over where to go to diner.
Josh Clark: Right. It probably wouldn't hurt to contact your local probate court and file something like saying hey, we're married okay? As far you're concerned we're married. We're common law married. Now this only works if your state recognizes common law marriages and again fewer and fewer states do these days. In some states if your common law marriage was around before the '90s, certain dates in the '90s it would be grandfathered in.
Chuck Bryant: Georgia being one of them right?
Josh Clark: Yeah. If you were common law married in Georgia before January 1, 1997 you are still common law married if you still are.
Chuck Bryant: Nice. And states also don't - we joked about the seven year thing but there is no set time in any time that you have to live together to present yourself as common law man and wife although I don't know that you would do that after you moved in together but you can if you want.
Josh Clark: Well talking about moving together, there is a study that recently found that more and more people are living together before marriage.
Chuck Bryant: Or instead of marriage.
Josh Clark: And also apparently one of the reasons we were talking about the marriage age increasing, what reasons they think people are putting it off more and more lately especially millennials is due to college debt. How sad is that?
Chuck Bryant: Really?
Josh Clark: Yeah. Okay so -
Chuck Bryant: I'm broke so I'm not going to get married.
Josh Clark: Yeah, I can't afford to get married right now. That's terrible.
Chuck Bryant: So what does it cost you though? I don't get that.
Josh Clark: You've got to get a ring and you've got - there's just certain things to I guess.
Chuck Bryant: Certain costs?
Josh Clark: Yeah.
Chuck Bryant: I guess it depends what you're looking for out your wedding and your rings and things like that. It doesn't have to be expensive.
Josh Clark: It doesn't have to.
Chuck Bryant: These college kids these days, "Well I don't have enough money to get married."
Josh Clark: Give them some advice Chuck.
Chuck Bryant: Just get married. Get a cheap ring and get hitched at the courthouse.
Josh Clark: Okay. As far as checking out goes, more and more people are doing that. Apparently between 2006 and 2010 almost half of straight women ages 15-44 said that they have lived together with somebody that they weren't married to.
Chuck Bryant: And 100 percent of gay women. I have another stat that said from 1982 it has quadrupled the number of people. And this is people - percentage of women choosing to not get married and just co-habitate has gone from 3 percent to 11 percent. And what does this all mean to staying married or staying together? Not a lot. The divorce rate is hovered pretty close to 50 percent for quite a while because it goes up a little, it goes down a little.
Josh Clark: I was going to say hasn't it gone down some.
Chuck Bryant: It's gone down a little bit but it's never enough of a stat to rewrite the record books. It's always close to 50 it seems like. And then they found all sorts of interesting things. Among women there was a 52 chance that a first marriage would survive for 20 years and 56 of men their first marriage for 20 years. And another interesting thing, they found that your marriage is more likely to last if you graduated college. So 78 percent of women with at least a Bachelors degree made it to their 20th anniversary as opposed to - what was that, 52 percent? So that's pretty big.
Josh Clark: Yeah. I wonder what the explanation is for that.
Chuck Bryant: I don't know.
Josh Clark: Maybe it takes a certain amount of tenacity to go through college and it takes a certain amount of tenacity to stay married.
Chuck Bryant: If you have kids going into the marriage with someone else, you have less of a chance to stay married, 37 percent of women marrying a man who already had kids made it 20 years. But if you have kids after you get married, you have a higher likelihood of staying together so having your own kids, good, marrying into kids, bad.
Josh Clark: Having your own kids is one of the leading reasons that people stay together. Apparently it was also couples who drink together tend to stay together longer especially if they drink about the same amount.
Chuck Bryant: That would make sense.
Josh Clark: Couples who have -- I ran across this in a 2008 study from the University of Denver -- couples who have fun which fun is defined as basically spending time together, free of financial, family or other stresses. They tend to stay together longer which makes a lot of sense. Basically if you go on dates with your spouse you will stay together longer.
Chuck Bryant: And religion also plays a part. Percentage of married women who say religion is important, 60 percent and percentage of married women who say religion is not important is 36 percent. And interestingly it's about 10 percent less for men on both saying religion is important, religion is not. I think women just care more.
Josh Clark: The number one I guess indicator that people will stay together, not necessarily in marriage but as a couple is shared curiosity. I remember we did How Curiosity Works years back. One of the indicators that - predictors that a couple would stay together was that if both of them were curious people.
Chuck Bryant: About the same things or just period?
Josh Clark: Just in general. And it beat out religion, all these other shared things that you would think that would keep two people together, make them attracted to one another. But it was shared curiosity, a love of just being curious.
Chuck Bryant: As long as it's not curious about I wonder what it would be like to have sex with that woman right there.
Josh Clark: Precisely.
Chuck Bryant: Bad curiosity.
Josh Clark: Yeah. so since you brought that up, you sent another article on How Stuff Works that was interesting that Molly Edmonds wrote about, "The Seven Year Itch." Did you check that out?
Chuck Bryant: I did.
Josh Clark: So basically the seven year itch is this idea that after seven years people get bored with their marriage and they divorce or they stray or whatever and there have been studies that have found that seven years is actually a significant moment in the average marriage and that a lot of them do end up dissolving at this point.
Chuck Bryant: The median age in the U.S. is just over seven years.
Josh Clark: So that would suggest that this old yarn is correct. But it's actually possible that it's even less than seven years. There's an indicator at four years marriages start to go I guess south. And there's an evolutionary anthropologist named -
Chuck Bryant: Helen Fisher.
Josh Clark: Who had a very good idea - a pretty cool explanation.
Chuck Bryant: I thought it made sense. Go ahead, level it.
Josh Clark: Okay. Well she said that basically back in our earlier evolutionary age -
Chuck Bryant: Tuk-tuk.
Josh Clark: Tuk-tuk's era. Four years is about the time that a couple would spend together conceiving and raising a child and then it was time to do it again and they typically did it with other people.
Chuck Bryant: Spread the seed.
Josh Clark: So Fisher is basically pressing the point that we are evolutionarily hard wired to not last in a monogamous relationship longer than four years which is a pretty depressing idea especially if it makes sense. But she also points out that being aware of this or understanding this possibility can let you guard against it.
Chuck Bryant: That makes sense, keep your marriage exciting.
Josh Clark: Have fun with your spouse, go on dates with your spouse and you can beat that for your seven year itch or whatever.
Chuck Bryant: Don't research that stuff. Come up with your own stuff is what I say.
Josh Clark: What research?
Chuck Bryant: There's gazillions of articles like how to keep your marriage spicy. I encourage you not to read those. If you want to spice up your marriage just try some things on your own. Don't read Redbook.
Josh Clark: I don't know. If Redbook helps then Redbook helps.
Chuck Bryant: Well I guess that's true.
Josh Clark: That's our motto.
Chuck Bryant: So go ahead and read those articles that will tell you to -
Josh Clark: What do they say?
Chuck Bryant: They all say things like it's all - sex based usually. Actually that's not true.
Josh Clark: You're talking about Cosmopolitan, not Redbook.
Chuck Bryant: Be more active with your husband and get him out hiking and then dress up as a French maid every once in a while. It's just - I don't know. If those articles help you then it's all well and good. I take it back.
Josh Clark: Okay. You were saying what to do, go out on a hike or something like that. The study from 2008 from the University of Denver pointed out that when you go out on a date you should be aware that your spouse may not have the same idea of what a date is, that you do depending on your sex. For women going on a date is a chance to have an intimate conversation, just basically friend time, close time.
Chuck Bryant: Get to know someone.
Josh Clark: Whereas the dude is more prone to think a date is like going to a movie or going to a baseball game or something like that you go do together and you're on a date and you're sitting next to one another and kneeling over and kiss and everything but you're both watching the game. You just watch the game. So I guess again an awareness of that will probably get around any weird situations where you're like we went on a date, how are you not happy?
Chuck Bryant: That's a good point. I found at sporting events I get kind of chatty though.
Josh Clark: Well you would be the perfect date.
Chuck Bryant: Emily will go to baseball games but literally the only time I took er to a Falcons game she brought magazines.
Josh Clark: That's funny.
Chuck Bryant: People around me so were pissed. What a waste of a ticket.
Josh Clark: - is a perfect woman in that, going to shows or something like that. She's not chatty during shows especially.
Chuck Bryant: Like a concert.
Josh Clark: Yeah, like when you're at a concert and it's like they're playing the music and - and somebody wants to talk to you the whole time, Amy's not like that. It's pretty awesome.
Chuck Bryant: I'm always right next to that person, whomever the most obnoxious person in any crowd is I will be no more than five feet away from them.
Josh Clark: Are you a magnet?
Chuck Bryant: I feel like I am. But I try to install the new policy in my life. I used to get upset and because I'm non-confrontational with strangers I would just sit there and my blood would boil. There's three ways you can go about it. You can do that, you can confront the person and say would you mind keeping it down? I would never do that. But the third option I've discovered here in my '40s, just move.
Josh Clark: That's a good one.
Chuck Bryant: Unless you're in a reserved seat I just go stand somewhere else. It's just not worth it for me.
Josh Clark: That's good Chuck.
Chuck Bryant: And I find that I'm all of a sudden not obsessing over this loud person next to me while Steve Mountlis is telling a nice story onstage and I just avoid the drunkest people in the room. That's always a good motto.
Josh Clark: That's good. What else do you have?
Chuck Bryant: I've got nothing else.
Josh Clark: Cool. We did it. We did How Marriage Works, marriage, good.
Chuck Bryant: Agreed.
Josh Clark: Yeah. If you want to learn more about marriage there's a whole channel almost or sub channel on the site I believe.
Chuck Bryant: If you want to learn more about marriage, get married. You're going to learn everything you need.
Josh Clark: It's like immersion, coming through immersion. You can also type the word marriage into the search bar of howstuffworks.com if you are your partner are the curious types and that would probably be a predictor of your long term success. And I think I said predictor in there so it's time for listener mail.
Chuck Bryant: Not quite. It's time for a message break.
Josh Clark: Okay.
Chuck Bryant: Josh buddy, odds are that you are most productive and we are most productive when we are working from our desk instead of lying around in bed so leaving to go to the Post Office can slow things down. That's why you need stamps.com.
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Chuck Bryant: That's right folks. Don't wait, go to stamps.com. Before you do anything else click on the microphone at the top of the home page, type S-T-U-F-F at stamps.com, enter Stuff.
Josh Clark: Okay. And now it's time for listener mail.
Chuck Bryant: No Josh, not listener mail. We're going to continue with part 2 with what will 3 of The - Details.
Josh Clark: Okay. Well I'm going to kick it off. You ready?
Chuck Bryant: Please.
Josh Clark: I want to give a big shout out to our buddy Ryan Flanders over at Mad Magazine for sending us a ton of great stuff.
Chuck Bryant: Magazines, hats.
Josh Clark: Pens.
Chuck Bryant: Pens.
Josh Clark: Masks.
Chuck Bryant: Buttons, masks. And beyond the coolness of that it's just the fact that because of our careers we've been ale to talk to people at Mad Magazine at Uncle John's reader at Archie Comics and they listen to the show. And that totally knocks us out. We grew up on Mad and continue to read it today.
Josh Clark: You've got -
Chuck Bryant: No. you -
Josh Clark: Okay. We got a very delightful letter from a boy named Eken Alf from Windmere, Florida with a request for an episode on mind craft in the hopes that it will change his mom's opinion about him playing it. I don't know if we're going to do that but thank you for the letter Eken.
Chuck Bryant: Fazeke Bodi of T in Boulder, Colorado sent us tea. It's delicious. It's weight loss tea.
Josh Clark: That's nice. I thought you've been looking more stout than usual. We've got a CD and vinyl of the album We Built a Fortress on Short Notice by the band Self Evident. It's awesome, thank you very much guys.
Chuck Bryant: And on the music tip, the La La Band sent us their CD Moonshine Still and the Death Lilies, they sent us a packet. They do metal mashups of jukebox country classics.
Josh Clark: It's pretty cool.
Chuck Bryant: I haven't listened yet but I'm intrigued.
Josh Clark: They're pretty cool and they gave us a cool button too.
Chuck Bryant: Okay. So thank you Death Lilies.
Josh Clark: We've got a nice letter written in cursive from Larry Neinus. That's what - he even spelled out how to say it, Neinus. He lives in Lagrange, Georgia and he was prompt to buy our episode on memory and possibly - he has some good theories.
Chuck Bryant: Nice. Katie Senner had a nice interim letter. She's doing something really cool called the Letter Project where she sends a letter to someone who inspires her and asks what are you pursuing in your life and how do you know when you've gotten there? And she sent us that letter and the answer is we're pursuing podcasting excellence and we're never going to rest. We've not gotten there because there are many other things to explore and the beat goes on here.
Josh Clark: It's a curse and a gift of perfectionism.
Chuck Bryant: That's right.
Josh Clark: Let's see. We've got a wedding invitation from Savannah and Jonathan. Mazel Tov.
Chuck Bryant: Sari Yakawonis sent us some cool graphic posters. I found those as we did get those and she has an etsi shop at takawonisquilling.etsi.com and they're really neat graphic posters
Josh Clark: I like how you say her last name too. We got a postcard from the Trinity Nuclear Testing Site in New Mexico from our friend Billy Ray Cyrus and another associated one from Van Nostren.
Chuck Bryant: Really?
Josh Clark: Yeah. Sent us a couple of postcards so thank you buddy.
Chuck Bryant: And we got a book from Thomas Trask. He sent his book Prism: Shadow of the Fates.
Josh Clark: Nice.
Chuck Bryant: We have a lot of colons in our book titles here. That's the thing I guess.
Josh Clark: It's if you have a lot to say you fill the colon in there.
Chuck Bryant: I guess so, so thanks to Thomas Trask for that.
Josh Clark: We've got an anonymous note suggesting we do something on lactose intolerance.
Chuck Bryant: Thank you anonymous.
Josh Clark: Right, postcard from Antarctica from Lizzen Dan from San Francisco who went there on their honeymoon, congratulations.
Chuck Bryant: Nice what else you got?
Josh Clark: We've got some postcards from Christina Bennet, Australia road signs, operation and during freedom Afghanistan postcards, some odd postcards. Thank you.
Chuck Bryant: Cool.
Josh Clark: You have any more?
Chuck Bryant: I do have a few more.
Josh Clark: Okay. We've got some picture links and a nice letter from Adam Pervez. He's the chief happiness officer of happinessplunge.com. You can go check it out. Do you remember when we talked about gross national happiness and we asked about people who dropped out to go pursue their own happiness?
Chuck Bryant: Is that the happiness plunge?
Josh Clark: Yeah, happinessplunge.com. We've got downloads of jazz animals in Independence, Louisiana by Bert Engrafia. You can check those out, those tracks. We've got a Georgia tech club T-shirt from JT Genter. You remember him?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. That was very nice and we're just kidding about - Georgia Tech.
Josh Clark: Kind of kidding.
Chuck Bryant: Nah.
Josh Clark: And I'm going to do one more and then we'll save the rest for next time. We've got a letter suggesting meditation as a topic from Rob Harlowbock.
Chuck Bryant: I used to meditate.
Josh Clark: Yeah?
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. I'd like to get back into it. it was nice.
Josh Clark: Okay.
Chuck Bryant: I'm sure I did that for some reason. It was nice.
Josh Clark: That's it. That's administrative details.
Chuck Bryant: Yeah. Part 2 of 3 we'll finish up and then -
Josh Clark: I'll split these up between the next time.
Chuck Bryant: Great.
Josh Clark: Okay. So if you want to send us something, you can get our address out of us by tweeting to syskpodcasts. You can join us on facebook.com/stuffyoushouldknow. You can send us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. And seriously check out our website. It's really neat. It's called stuffyoushouldknow.com.
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Topics in this Podcast: marriage, society, statistics


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Vatican City, 4 May 2014 (VIS) – As is usual on Sunday, the Holy Father appeared at the window of the Vatican Apostolic Palace to pray the Regina Coeli with the faithful gathered in the square. He spoke about the disciples who encountered Jesus on the path to Emmaus but did not recognise Him. "Seeing how sad they were, He first helped them to understand that the passion and the death of the Messiah were foreseen in God's plan and foretold in the Sacred Scriptures; and in this way He reignited the flame of hope in their hearts".
"The road to Emmaus has thus become a symbol of our path of faith", he continued. "The Scriptures and the Eucharist are the indispensable elements for the encounter with the Lord. Often we too arrive at Sunday Mass with our worries, our difficulties and our disappointments. Life at times wounds us and we proceed sadly towards our 'Emmaus', turning away from God's plan. We drift away from God. But the Liturgy of the Word accommodates us: Jesus explains the Scriptures to us and reignites in our hearts the warmth of faith and hope, and in Communion He gives us strength".
Before concluding, the Pope also commented that the Word of God and the Eucharist always fill us with joy. "Do not forget! When you are sad, take the Word of God. When you are down, take the Word of God and go to Mass on Sunday to receive Communion, to participate in the mystery of Jesus. The Word of God, the Eucharist: they fill us with joy. .. There is always a Word of God that guides us when we are disorientated; and through our weariness and disappointments, there is always the broken Bread that helps us along the path".


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Domestic Violence
Most criminal matters are complicated, but when it comes to domestic violence, the additional family or relationship dynamics can create an especially challenging situation. It is important to get a knowledgeable criminal defense lawyer on your side who will be able to protect your rights and interests. California takes domestic violence very seriously, which means that you should take any allegation or charge made against you seriously as well. Domestic Violence can be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor and a conviction will result in penalties that will affect you for the rest of your life. At Hinely Law, our Colusa and Lake County domestic violence lawyers are zealous and experienced advocates. The attorneys at Hinely Law are ready to assist people in Colusa, Lake, Sutter, and Yuba Counties during their times of need.Consequences of Domestic Violence Charges
Domestic violence is a broad term in California that encompasses a wide variety of criminal acts. In general,. Domestic violence includes a criminal act carried out between two spouses, former spouses, roommates, former roommates, dating partners, former dating partners, or people who share a child.
Battery is a common form of domestic violence. Section 242 of the California Penal Code defines battery as the willful and unlawful use of force or violence against another person, while Section 243(e)(1) includes a specific definition of battery involving family members or romantic partners. Battery involves more than just punching or hitting, and it is defined broadly to include kicking, shoving, hair pulling, throwing items, a harmful or offensive "touching", or engaging in other acts of violence designed to intimidate someone. Moreover, domestic violence also encompasses acts other than battery, such as stalking, verbal threats, false imprisonment, intimidation, or physical harm to a person with the purpose of inflicting fear on someone else.Restraining Orders
California has adopted a restraining order system for alleged victims of domestic violence. Before a court will grant a domestic violence restraining order, however, the accuser must prove that the order is appropriate and warranted in the circumstances. If you are facing a potential domestic violence restraining order, it is essential that you assert a defense to protect your legal rights and interests.
A domestic violence restraining order can have a serious and long-lasting impact on your life. A permanent restraining order is typically valid for three years, or longer if the circumstances warrant it. Also, if you are found in violation of a restraining order, you can face substantial penalties, including jail time. Having a domestic violence restraining order entered against you will affect your ability to purchase or possess a firearm and have implications for current or prospective employment.
Fortunately, there are certain defenses and strategies that often can be used to prevent the court from entering a restraining order against a defendant. To obtain a domestic violence restraining order, the alleged victim will need to show that there is a relationship between the parties and a pattern of behavior that constitutes abuse or threats of abuse. In some unfortunate cases, an accuser will attempt to abuse the legal process to wrongfully obtain a restraining order against the defendant. They may be seeking revenge against the defendant, seeking a larger portion of a divorce settlement, attempting to obtain custody of shared children, suffering from mental health conditions, or trying to remove the defendant from a shared home or other shared property. In addition to challenging the accuser's motives, the defendant may also be able to assert a self-defense argument in some circumstances if the accuser initiated the incident. The Criminal Defense and Family Law attorneys at Hinely Law are familiar with both sides (seeking and preventing) restraining orders in Colusa, Lake, Sutter and Yuba counties.Contact a Reliable Domestic Violence Lawyer in Colusa or Lake County Today
If you are involved in a legal matter in which someone is seeking a restraining order against you, or you are in need of a restraining order to protect you and your loved ones, it is critical that you contact a knowledgeable lawyer as soon as possible. The dedicated team at Hinely Law can help you avoid or minimize the consequences of an accusation or charge. Hinely Law offers family law attorneys as well as criminal lawyers, so they fully understand the multifaceted impact of domestic violence allegations and can help you fight back against them on multiple fronts. With offices in Colusa and Lakeport, the Criminal and Family Law attorneys at Hinely Law serve Colusa, Lake, Sutter, and Yuba, Counties. Contact us online or call us at (707) 995-7006 or (530) 458-2950 to set up a free consultation with a Colusa or Lake County domestic violence attorney.


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Watch Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) : Full Movie Online Free A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one of the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.
|Creature from the Black Lagoon
|Release Date
|Mar 05, 1954
|Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction,
|Production Company
|Universal International Pictures
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|Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Bernie Gozier, Henry A. Escalante, Sydney Mason, Perry Lopez, Rodd Redwing
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|monster, boat, paleontology, expedition, chase, ship, amazon, water monster, creature, scientist, sea monster, lagoon, amazon rainforest, fossil, 3d, spear gun,
David ReedRichard Carlson
Kay LawrenceJulie Adams
Mark WilliamsRichard Denning
Carl MaiaAntonio Moreno
Captain LucasNestor Paiva
Dr. Edwin ThompsonWhit Bissell
ZakoBernie Gozier
ChicoHenry A. Escalante
Dr. MatosSydney Mason
TomasPerry Lopez
Louis - Expedition ForemanRodd Redwing
The Gill Man (in water)Ricou Browning
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Trump swears in new chief of staff Kelly
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly , a retired four-star Marine general, will become Mr Trump's new chief of staff. USA stock indexes have risen around 9 percent since Trump took office in January, partly on investor hopes of legislation such as lower corporate taxes, and the country's already low jobless rate has dipped further, to a near 16-year low of 4.3 percent.
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Man suspected in woman's killing considered armed, dangerousThere is no known previous connection between the suspect and Cory, according to police. Residents of the senior center are now being allowed to return to the building. "It was very hard and we're glad they're safe". A source says Nguyen held some people hostage at the senior living center for a short time before allegedly making his way to the Mendota Heights Business Center.
Crews searching for missing swimmer off Long IslandThe woman's 23-year-old friend, identified as Thomas Kadlec, made it out of the water and alerted a boardwalk worker who contacted police, the Asbury Park Press reported. Prior to the swimmer's disappearance, National Weather Service meteorologists on Sunday afternoon issued a warning for a high risk of rip currents along Smith Point.
Tropical Storm Emily forms in the GulfTropical storm "Emily" will have NO local impacts on Jacksonville/NE Fl./SE Ga. The quick-hitting Tropical Storm Emily wasted little time dumping heavy rain on parts of Florida's Gulf Coast, and officials didn't wait long to escalate the severity of their warnings to the public.
Russian Federation orders 755 USA diplomatic staff cutsThe ties between America and Russia on Sunday hit a new low when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that 755 of USA diplomats must leave his country in retaliation for new sanctions from Washington . But Republican Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said it would be a serious mistake and i f Mr Trump rejected the bill, Congress would overrule him.
Blair Must Face Justice to Prevent Another IraqFormer Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and ex-Attorney General Lord Goldsmith were also named in Rabbat's application to the court. He then sought a judicial review to get the Supreme Court to overturn a 2006 House of Lords ruling in R v Jones (Margaret ) which clarified that the " crime of aggression' , which Al Rabbat alleged Blair had committed, did not exist in England and Wales".
Trump Has New Chief of Staff, Old Health Care FightWith near-unanimous, veto-proof bipartisan majorities, Congress passed legislation curtailing Trump's power to lift sanctions against Russian Federation, a measure the president had to swallow and agree to sign. That gives hope to some. Kelly will take the desk of Reince Priebus, a Republican operative who was sceptical of Trump's electoral prospects previous year and ultimately came to be viewed by the president as weak and ineffective.
Vladimir Putin to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomats from Russian FederationDuring a trip through Eastern Europe to show support for Russia's neighbors, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that Trump will sign the bill "very soon". "We certainly have something to respond with and restrict those areas of joint cooperation that will be painful for the American side but I don't think we need to do it", he said.
12 inmates escape from Alabama jail; manhunt underwayThe inmates escaped from Walker County Jail in northern Alabama, and officials are still investigating how they managed the jailbreak, CNN reported Monday . Ten of the prisoners who fled the scene at 6:30pm Sunday have been recaptured, but two are still on the loose. A manhunt for two others continued into Monday morning.
Pence: 'We expect Russian behavior to change'This month, the USA for the first time temporarily brought Patriot air-defense systems to Lithuania as part of military exercises. "The president made it clear that very soon he will sign the sanctions from the Congress of the United States to reinforce that".
Teen double rape: Man charged over first attack in BirminghamPolice said the two men, who are both from Birmingham but were not identified, were detained on suspicion of rape with regard to the first incident. One man led her away to a secluded area of the station, she said, and raped her. " I would once again like to thank the public and the media for their help in sharing this appeal ". "However, we still have a suspect outstanding for the offense in the vehicle".
First ever Chinese Army Day parade sends message, despite Trump tweetsLive state television broadcasts showed Xi, dressed in fatigues and speaking from an open-top jeep, telling his troops that China needed a strong military "more than ever" as it moved "closer to the goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation".


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It goes without saying, but there haven't been a lot of positive takeaways from this season. After all, it's hard to look positively on a season that ends without a playoff berth, especially after having been the division winners for five years running.
But here we are, on the eve of the end of the regular season and the first postseason since 2006 without the Philadelphia Phillies, and we can honestly say that the 2012 season wasn't a complete and utter disaster.
It sounds crazy, but it's true, because thanks to their win on Monday night, the Phillies have guaranteed that they won't finish the season with a sub-.500 record, and thus avoided becoming the first team of the Charlie Manuel era (and first since 2002) to finish with a losing record.
Now, finishing with a winning record isn't necessarily something to cheer about – I mean, unless you are the Pittsburgh Pirates – but considering the circumstances that surrounded this season, it can certainly be counted as a win for this team. And if you think about it, and I mean really think about it, what they did in the second half was nothing short of amazing.
Consider the following:
-Chase Utley missed the first two and a half months of the season.
-Ryan Howard, who would also miss the first two months of the season, finished the year with a .718 OPS.
-Roy Halladay had an ERA above 4.00.
-Cliff Lee was winless until July.
-Juan Pierre received a significant amount of playing time.
-Hunter Pence and Shane Victorino – two of the more important offensive pieces – were traded in July.
-Their early season setup man (Chad Qualls) was an unmitigated disaster.
-Vance Worley pitched with an elbow injury for the entire season.
-Placido Polanco was pretty much useless from the start.
-Jimmy Rollins led the team in home runs.
So, yeah, it's pretty amazing that the Phillies are where they are in light of those personnel issues, which led to a 9-19 June and a 10-13 July. Those months more or less buried them in the division, which prompted them to trade Victorino, Pence, and Joe Blanton at the deadline.
They were the walking wounded, they moved two-thirds of their outfield, and one of their Aces was busted up, but yet, they managed to pull themselves together and rattle off 17 wins in both August and September, which was enough to get them back into the playoff race, if only temporarily.
At the end of the day, a better than .500 record doesn't mean much of anything, and it's more of a moral victory than anything else. The team didn't perform as well as anyone would have hoped, and it's going to be strange to have an playoff-less baseball season, but ultimately, a better-than-.500 season is a nice silver lining on an otherwise dreary season.