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On 5 March 1944 the B-24 heavy bombers of the 448th Bomb Group took off from England, their mission - to destroy the Luftwaffe facilities at Limoges aerodrome in western France, a typical mission for the men of the US Eighth Air Force in the months that preceded D-Day. Success today would save many lives when that time came.
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[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]"WICKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4 miles E. of Rotherham, 8 from Tickhill, 9 from Sheffield, 47 from York. Pop. 432. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Alban, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £8. 0s. 2½d. Patrons, Henry Kater, Esq.
This place is famous for a fine bed of Stone, peculiarly adapted for the making of Grindstones, 5000 of which, are annually sent by land carriage to Sheffield. --Miller's History of Doncaster."
"MOAT HOUSE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Wickersley; 5 miles ESE. of Rotherham."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
- A transcription of the Christian Institute charity information from the 1897 Endowed Charities, W.R. Yorkshire and Sheffield.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Alban's Church, Wickersley (from the graveyard).
- St. Alban's Church, Wickersley (from the road).
- St. Alban's Church, Wickersley (from the car-park).
- The Methodist Church, Wickersley.
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- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
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The Great Western Railway's Last Look Forward - being a reprint of 'Next Station'.
This is a second hand book which was written by Christian Barman and was published by David & Charles Publishing Limited.
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Eleanor ran for the train, in her minds eye it slid away down the track, smooth treachery.
But the doors slid shut behind her and she felt the metal under her feet. She swayed between carriages.
Her slower self was panting on the platform. The one who had not really wanted to come.
The passengers were orderly and quiet, their faces contemplative. There were no lads with cans banging against aisle passengers. The seat received her thankfully, yielded. She sighed at the sidings, decommissioned carriages crumbling.
Eleanor had found out about the funeral accidentally, a chance phonecall to an old friend who knew about tax laws. It was years since she'd seen Kevin. How would she ever have known? It was the kind of news a mother would have passed on, if she'd been around, lowering her voice when she explained the circumstances.
Of course her Dad knew the family but it wasn't Kevin he remembered. But Kevin had always been there. Kevin was always at the front gate. Kevin had pulled her pigtails when she was five. Kevin had robbed a necklace from his sister and given it to her when they were both eight. He had kissed her on the head age nine when they were playing catch but he said it was accidental. He had challenged her to a spitting competition when they were ten and she was pretty sure she won. When he was fifteen she ran into him down at the park mitching school. The park was by the river and over the river spanned an old railway bridge. There were gaps between the girders you could see the water through.
They climbed the barbed wire and the fencing onto the bridge. 'I wonder if it's safe' Eleanor had said to him, rubbing her finger into the rust. 'Could we fall through?' 'With any luck' he said. He was funny then although he never smiled. His hair was new romantic, fell over his eyes.
She'd looked at the water and wondered what it was like to be dead. 'Not all it's cracked up to be' said Kevin as if he'd heard. She had thought she and her father would move when her mother had been killed. Everything had been a reminder, the cups, the clothes pegs on the line, valance sheets, a certain kind of tinned sardine. Breakfast time, Sunday lunch, the hour after she came home from school, the spot on the street where it happened. There was no avoidance. Perhaps her father preferred it like that. He always spoke about her as if she was on her way home, as if all her actions were in the continuous present. 'Your mother likes the flower beds that way' he used to say, every time they walked up the drive in springtime.
And Kevin. He was never just himself was he? She was never going to say no when he wanted her to go all the way in her single bed the nights her dad was out at what he called his committee meetings. He held her so tight that she thought she would smother. He kissed her fingers and limbs and she fed from his lips and it was the only time that she completely forgot. He always kept his eyes shut.
The train lurched through points. She opened her eyes and the sun had escaped the altocirrus. It seemed now that people were talking, smiling, moving, all activity.
It was a short journey from the station to the cemetery. But she only just made it in time. Later she thought she would go and visit her mother's grave, note the decreasing gap between her mother's final age and her own lifespan.
Her mother was walking home from the shops that day, a Saturday. A Saturday in April with the blossom out on the trees and a sense of beginning.
At the graveside she recognised almost everyone. Neighbours she hadn't seen in years, people who were kind at the time, the girl who married Kevin when she got pregnant. Eleanor avoided looking at the coffin. Instead she saw the young boys, they could have beeen Kevin, all over again, Kevin trying to put frogs down her back in the school yard. Kevin trying so hard to say sorry when they were both thirteen but not being able. A man stepped forward to take them by the hand, Kevin's brother, so much older than when she saw him at the court.
Kevin and his brother had been showing off to each other, took their father's car. Kevin had been in the passenger side. The side that struck her.
He'd only mentioned her mother once after that, inadvertently. He said that she made the best ham sandwiches. That he could never eat a ham sandwich now without remembering.
Kevin's brother looked up from the lowered coffin, his tears close but unspilt. He glanced at her but there was no recognition, no remembrance. Kevin had once told Eleanor that he loved her. But she didn't know if he was joking. She probably loved him too but that was immaterial.
Eleanor returned on the train without visiting her father. The altocirrus triumphed, the windows were fraught with rain. Tears mixed with her own reflection. She kept fixed in her mind the rusty train bridge and the water swirling under. The trains lurched at the points, swung away from the rotten sidings.


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After 15 months of tirelessly working alongside each other on the Port of London U4BW implementation and with the 'Go Live' taking off this week, PLA thought it would be a fitting idea to let off some steam and cement the relationship with Embridge Consulting, by challenging our on-site team to a 5 aside football match!
At 12.30 today, the boys will be sorted from the men as the gloves come off and the boots get laced.
PLA's finest and our very own carefully selected Embridge Consulting FC (AKA Paralytic Athletic), will take centre stage in the biggest rival match of the PLA history.
With lots of beers and pride at stake, this is a derby not to be missed and just to give the PLA home supporters a run for their money, the entire North Kent office will be descending in full force, poms poms, cheerleaders and bad language, to cheer our boys on.
Embridge FC Manager, Alex "The Legend" Williamson will be in charge for this vital fixture and early indications are that his team will line up like this:
Watch this space for the all important match results later today!
The results are in…
So we flocked, converged and cheered on our Embridge FC team at their 5 aside footie match against the mighty Port of London Authority in Gravesend this lunchtime.
Alas – today was not to be their day, despite a valiant effort by the Embridge squad. By half time, scores were looking fairly miserable at 5-1 to the PLA, but following a quick pep talk from 'The Legend' and a hasty regroup, our boys came back fighting and clawed back another 4 goals.
Final score 9-5 to the PLA, but whilst our boys came away battered and bruised, they held their heads high and kept the opposition on their toes throughout the game.
Everybody had a thorougly good time and it was a brilliant opportunity to demonstrate the strong relationships built over the past few months with one of our favourite clients PLA!


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Welcome back to your Chat with Nat! Here's a piece of weekly wisdom for you before we get started, "The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible," said Arthur C. Clarke. With that being said, did you find yourself reaching for the impossible at all this week? At VoIP Innovations, we're always looking for ideas and projects that can push us through the seemingly impossible barriers of telecommunications. I'd say that this week we've worked towards that goal once again!
I first want to share that our logo has been officially trademarked! After months of waiting for the approval, we've finally gotten word that it's been registered with the government. As for some other housekeeping things, we've added Tier and Network columns to the My DID Groups in our BackOffice. Also, if you've been keeping up with our blog posts, then you've probably already seen the post about our new international DID and Origination pricing that we released last week. We needed to adjust the pricing structure so we can operate in terms of a wholesale provider rather than a retail provider.
We started off our week with a great guest post from Ashley Verrill who is the CRM Market Analyst and Managing Editor for Software Advice. Her article talked about the ways a phone system can represent an organization. She offers tips on what you can do to make sure you have a killer phone system that doesn't annoy your customers when they're trying to reach your business.
Now it's time to get into some awesome VoIP Innovations news! To start, we've finally released the latest version of our Titanium Private Label (TPL) VoIP system. This has been something I've heard about since I started working here in January. I kept wondering, "what's so awesome about this TPL thing that everyone keeps talking about?" After seeing all the hard work our development guys put into it and figuring out what it actually is, I finally realized it. The genius behind TPL is that it's a complete VoIP business solution that comes neatly packaged and ready to go. It's as simple as that. If you want to start a VoIP business but have no clue where to start, TPL is your best bet. If you want an inside tour of what this looks like, check out our YouTube video!
Aside from writing the VoIP Innovations blog posts, I manage all of our social media sites as well. We've recently entered the Social Madness competition organized by The Business Journals. It's a competition that measured the amount of social engagement you have with your fans and followers, not the growth of your network. The local competition kicks off this Monday, June 3, and the winners will be announced on July 9. From that point, the winners from each size category will move on the national competition which starts on July 16 and then the entire competition ends on August 20. This is a competition that involves everyone and we need your help to make sure we move on to the national round. The winners will receive a national editorial write up and will also have $10,000 donated to a charity of their choice. The competition will judge the engagement on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. If you've been looking for a reason to get G+, here you go!
As I mentioned before, this competition is not measured by the amount of page likes we get or followers; it's about YOUR ENGAGEMENT. That means liking, commenting and sharing the things we post. Show us some love everyone :) While I'm at it, did you know we're on Pinterest, Youtube, and Vine (search for VoIP Innovations) too? Go check us out!
The last thing I need to mention is that we're attending the ITEXPO in Las Vegas from August 23-29. We love going to this tradeshow and meeting up with our industry friends from around the country. If you're going to be there, we'll be at booth #508 so stop by and say hello!


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The countdown is on to The Randox Health Grand National 2019, Aintree Racecourse has announced the Racemaker programme will return for a fifth year and is calling on enthusiastic and friendly people to apply and be a part of the greatest show on Earth.
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John Baker, Regional Director of the Jockey Club North West, said: We are always looking for ways to give the best possible customer experience and are delighted to announce the Racemaker programme for a fifth year.
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The School of Information and Telecommunication Systems (ITS) offers a diverse curriculum in the field of Information Technology, ranging from computer network security to IT and telecom policy. One area of IT not previously offered by the program (or any other in the university for that matter), is IT compliance. This changed recently when University Senior IT Auditor, Bruce Tong, was hired to teach a compliance class.
Bruce Tong is an OU alumnus, Air Force veteran and current staff member for the University. His professional experience spans several industries with roles such as – programmer, technical consultant, project manager, and his current role as internal auditor.
Tong's level of expertise impressed the members of the ITS faculty and staff. This led them to approach him for a compliance course.
"As I understand it, a meeting with Doug Bowie about a future audit and security controls apparently made enough of an impression that he mentioned it to his colleagues. Later, I provided a resume, and they approached me about teaching a Compliance course" said Tong.
The result is the first ITS compliance course for both undergrad and grad ITS students. Topics of the course include understanding risk, compliance with industry and government regulations, and controls. However, despite the subject material, this course is not only useful to future consultants and auditors, a number of these topics are relevant to any technology major, including prospective engineers or managers.
"I like the story that comes along with auditing and understanding compliance," says Tong. "Early in my career, I learned how to put together computers and information systems. Now as an auditor and instructor, I am learning and teaching how to take them apart."
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The headline food producer price inflation for November accelerated to 0.9% y/y from 0.4% y/y in October. The key driver of this uptick is mainly an acceleration in meat and dairy products prices. From the meat perspective, the increase is in turn driven by higher live animals' prices, whereas dairy products prices have largely been following seasonal trends. Apart from that, other products producer prices remain at relatively lower levels, reflecting a good harvest of the 2016/17 production season - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist
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Fruit account 33.2 percent share in South Africa's total agricultural exports and the majority is produced in the Western Cape province. In 2017, fruit exports are expected to increase by 9.8 and 5.5 percent against 2016, when measured in value and quantity terms respectively - Sifiso Ntombela, Agbiz Head: International Trade and Investment
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Food inflation decelerated to 5.2% y/y last month, from 5.3% y/y in October 2017. Most food products price inflation within the basket continued to slow, reflecting the recent good harvest of grains and oilseeds. Moreover, meat price inflation, which has been somewhat stickier in the past few months, also decelerated due to an uptick in livestock slaughtering activity - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist
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Over the past 14 months, a High-Level Panel chaired by former President Mothlante was assembled and tasked to investigate key legislation, including those related to land reform, which required amendments to stimulate fundamental change in South Africa - Theo Boshoff, Head: Legal Intelligence
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On Wednesday Agbiz members met with the National Credit Regulator (NCR) and the South African Credit Risk and Reporting Association (SACRRA) to iron out the manner and form in which credit information is reported to credit bureaus. Regulation 19(13) to the National Credit Act obliges credit providers to submit prescribed data about their credit agreements via a national hub to accredited credit bureaus. To assist credit providers, a guideline document was published in the Government Gazette which lays out the manner in form in which this reporting will take place - Theo Boshoff, Agbiz Head: Legal Intelligence
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Over the past couple of days, we've had conflicting data about the performance of the South African agricultural sector. This stems from two different measures; the agricultural economy, as well as the confidence levels in the sector. Historically, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index has proven to be a good indicator of how the South African agricultural sector is to perform in the succeeding quarters. However, of late the incoming data from both the aforementioned variables shows a complete disconnect. Confidence amongst agribusiness is deteriorating, whilst agricultural economy (GDP) shows robust growth - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist *Business Day Column (7 Dec)
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After registering a 38.7% q/q (revised) growth rate in the second quarter of this year, the agricultural GDP grew by 44.2% q/q in the third quarter. This is against our expectations of a moderate growth of around the mid 20% q/q, as we think the sector should start tracking its long-term growth levels - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist
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Over the past couple of years, Agbiz has indicated that South Africa had reached a decisive T-junction on its road into the future and that critical decisions were necessary to place the country on a sustainable growth and development path. Clearly, the wrong decisions have been made by certain government leaders, especially by the President with regard to nonsensical Cabinet reshuffles, putting the country on the wrong path and into a downward spiral of near-zero growth, increased unemployment and rating downgrades - Dr John Purchase, CEO of Agbiz
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After hovering above 50-points mark over the past five quarters, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index declined by 5 points to 49 in the fourth quarter of 2017. This essentially means agribusinesses are downbeat about business conditions in the country[1]. The Index was last seen in this contractionary territory during the drought season of 2015 and earlier part of 2016 - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist
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Over the past 21 months, the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change, which has been chaired by formerPresident Kgalema Motlanthe, has criss-crossed the country to hear first-hand from the people about their experience of the laws passed by the democratic state. Numerous submissions from individuals, non-governmental organisations, academics, industry associations and many other organisations were received, including from Agbiz - Dr John Purchase (Agbiz CEO) and Theo Boshoff (Agbiz Head: Legal Intelligence) provides more information.
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On 28 November 2017, the National Assembly approved a Bill that will give employees in South Africa the right to 10 days parental leave - Elize van der Westhuizen, Agbiz representative at the NEDLAC Labour Market Chamber.
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South Africa's agricultural exports increased to a cumulative value of R123.8 billion by end of October 2017 driven by solid performance from fruits, sugar, dairy and grains products. By end of October 2017, agricultural exports recorded a positive growth rate of 1.6 percent whereas imports decline by 4.1 percent as compared to the corresponding period last year - Sifiso Ntombela, Agbiz Head: International Trade and Investment Intelligence
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After slowing to 1.3% y/y in September 2017, the headline food products' price inflation further decelerated to 0.4% last month. This reflects the benefits of a large harvest in the 2016/17 production season, particularly grain related products - Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist
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A high level parliamentary committee headed up by former President Kgalema Mothlante released their highly-anticipated report this past week. The committee was tasked at investigating the implementation of key legislation aimed at catalyzing fundamental change in South Africa. The issue of land reform was central to its study - Theo Boshoff, Agbiz Head: Legal Intelligence
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Vice-chancellors of large research-intensive universities in the UK's Russell Group were paid nearly £332,000 on average in the past academic year, a Times Higher Education analysis shows.
With the high pay of university leaders in the spotlight in recent months, financial accounts published by the organisation's 24 members put the average salary and benefits of a Russell Group vice-chancellor at £331,641 in 2016-17.
Once employer pension contributions are included, the average cost of pay packages stood at £355,670.
However, the accounts show that the average remuneration paid to leaders of the UK's top universities is virtually unchanged from 2015-16 – up by just 0.02 per cent on average, or by 0.1 per cent if pension payments are considered.
One of the biggest rises was at Newcastle University, where there was a 12.6 per cent year-on-year increase equal to £40,000 in 2016-17, when its cost of office was £356,000. The university said that the uplift follows a review of executive remuneration last year, which led to it no longer providing a house for the vice-chancellor or enhanced pension payments. Its current vice-chancellor, Chris Day, who took over from Chris Brink in December 2016, is paid a salary of £306,000 a year.
At some universities, including the London School of Economics, the cost of office fell substantially last year because they had an interim vice-chancellor for much of the academic year, at lower cost.
Top 10 highest-paid vice-chancellors in the Russell Group, 2016-17
|Salary plus benefits (£)
|Overall remuneration including pension (£)
|Sir David Eastwood*
|University of Birmingham
|Sir Keith Burnett
|University of Sheffield
|Sir Christopher Snowden
|University of Southampton
|Sir Steve Smith
|University of Exeter
|Sir David Greenaway**
|University of Nottingham
|Alice Gast
|Imperial College London
|Michael Arthur
|Louise Richardson
|University of Oxford
|Dame Janet Beer
|University of Liverpool
|Ed Byrne
|King's College London
|Sir Leszek Borysiewicz**
|University of Cambridge
* Excludes long-term bonus plan with maximum value of £80,000, payable at the end of 2019-20
** Now retired
Source: Institutional accounts. All figures rounded to nearest £100
There were no large pay-offs and fewer changes in leaders in 2016-17 than in 2015-16, which inflated overall remuneration that year. Once universities where leadership changeovers led to increased costs in one year or the recruitment of a new vice-chancellor on a lower salary are excluded from calculations, the average pay rise in 2016-17 was 2.7 per cent.
The modest increases in vice-chancellor pay within the Russell Group may help to dampen criticism of executive remuneration in higher education, which hit its peak when THE revealed that Bath Spa's outgoing vice-chancellor Christina Slade was paid more than £800,000 in her final year in office last year, including a £429,000 pay-off for "loss of office".
However, Lord Adonis, the Labour peer who has led criticism of what he calls "excessive vice-chancellor pay", said that this minimal increase in average remuneration was "neither here nor there" in the bigger picture.
Average remuneration around £355,000 was "far too high", said Lord Adonis, adding that "it should be cut to no more than £200,000."
Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group, said that its members agreed that they needed to "take a lead in acting responsibly on this issue in order to regain the confidence of staff, students and the wider public". The key was to "ensure the process for pay-setting arrangements is as rigorous and transparent as possible", he said.
"No one would argue that Russell Group vice-chancellors aren't well remunerated for the difficult job they perform. However, the value our universities bring to the UK economy, society and culture is vast", and the role is "very challenging and increasingly multifaceted", Dr Bradshaw continued, which meant that it was important to "attract and hold on to the right people to run these large, complex, global operations to deliver the best outcomes for their students and to society at large".


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The Center of a Circle
I wrote about last year's lesson here, but decided to write a new post since the lesson played out differently this year.
From NAEP, 1996, Grade 12 Mathematics:
This question requires you to show your work and explain your reasoning. You may use drawings, words, and numbers in your explanation. Your answer should be clear enough so that another person could read it and understand your thinking. It is important that you show all your work.
Describe a procedure for locating the point that is the center of a circular paper disk. Use geometric definitions, properties, or principles to explain why your procedure is correct. Use the disk provided to help you formulate your procedure. You may write on it or fold it in any way that you find helpful, but it will not be collected.
The NAEP results were not hugely promising in 1996.
In the past, I've had my students start by thinking about and then doing a procedure for locating the center of a circular paper disk. This year, I had them write their procedure like the NAEP question requires. I didn't really know what I was going to do after I had them write it. Since they were writing on paper, I didn't know what responses I had, so I couldn't exactly select and sequence student work as noted by Smith and Stein's book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions.
I noticed, though, that without my asking them, several students had started trying their procedure using a geometry page on TI-Nspire. So I decided we should all try that. Once everyone had finished describing their procedure, they tried it on a circle using our dynamic geometry software.
Now I was able to select and sequence using Class Capture. Whose would you choose to discuss with the whole class?
We started by making S.N. the Live Presenter, who without knowing it, had the traditional construction for finding the center of the circle. She created a chord, and then its perpendicular bisector, and then the midpoint of the segment of the perpendicular bisectors with endpoints on the circle. When we first looked at hers, the chord was "centered". It was easy to show using our dynamic geometry software that the location of the chord does not matter.
Another student inscribed a rectangle in the circle and found the intersection of its diagonals.
Or almost. Sometimes what happens isn't what we think happens. In this case, the student was off just a bit when forming the diagonals. Our dynamic geometry software helps us learn to attend to precision.
And another student circumscribed a square about the circle, and found the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides.
Another student circumscribed a square about the circle and found the intersection of the diagonals of the square.
And another student made us wonder whether the center of any equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle would always coincide with the center of the circle.
I read through the student work after class.
I had missed one interesting approach, but the beauty of using the TI-Nspire Navigator System meant that I still have the student work. I collected the document at the end of class and saved it to my Portfolio. We had an opportunity to talk about this relationship later in the unit.
I found an approach by a student new to our school from Iran, who only began learning English a few months ago. She attended to precision better than 99% of the grade 12 students who had this question on NAEP in 1996.
I found a pretty creative approach that took seriously use appropriate tools strategically.
It was interesting how many students thought to circumscribe a square about the circle. I've been using this task for about 10 years now, and my students haven't used that approach before.
Finally, a few students thought to inscribe a rectangle in the circle, something my students had not suggested before.
And so the journey continues, learning about structure from my students year after year in different ways …


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well, they weren't legally wed, as far as i knew. but they had a baby on the way. they shared a lease. that was enough for me. i'm the product of a roaming dick of a father, and as such i've always felt like i had to respect others' exclusivity, even if they didn't. because that meant i respected myself. i prided myself on holding myself above and beyond all of that talk show shit. he said he did, too. but that began to unravel before long. he looked at me too longingly, was too quick to ask me out for drinks after work. he was entirely too quick, with the baby due any day, to ask me flat out, "when's the last time you had some good dick, girl?" i felt like it had to be the booze talking, we had been hanging out in a group setting, and he offered to drive me home clear on the opposite side of the city from where he lived, and we did decide to go cut a rug, and we both worked crazy ass hours, so why not take some time to ourselves to blow off steam? he'd just had too much to drink, and i needed a ride home . . . it was late. taking the bus home in january in philly . . . i wasn't really dressed for night time temperatures, just my work clothes . . .
but i knew he was wrong. he was wrong. he knew better. i knew better. at the time, i was a believer that anyone with 3 years of age on me and the vast life experience he had should have behaved like the mature one. above all, i felt like i had to remind him that he still had something/ someone to go home to. he had a reason not to be out with me at 3 in the morning, and it wasn't either of our obligations to work the next day. there was a baby that they had already named and prepared for. it was her possible entry into active labor. and what did i do?
nothing. let it progress. because i wanted, very badly, to feel admired. i am a sensation junkie. he stimulated my mind more than anything else, did a damn good job of it. most importantly, he represented an impossibly pleasant distraction (oh, the text messages, the myspace wall posts, the crazy ass emails!) from the madness surrounding me. at work. transitioning from my mom's (probably for the last time) to cohabitation with a girlfriend of mine. drama at work. there was so much to process, so much to ignore . . . the endless drinks (and nutritionally deficient "meals" at the bar) impeded the flood of madness that threatened to drown me. i had to move out of the old apartment in north philly and high-tail it to the land of trolleys and ethiopian restaurants. i was having what some may call a spiritual awakening in regard to my study of the yoruba faith. i was learning, growing, changing . . . and still shaking off the vestiges of old beliefs about myself. i don't say this to say that i didn't know what i was doing. i knew, but had no way of gaging the impact on myself. getting to know him was getting old, fast. but i wasn't quite finished. i have this thing where i always have to double and triple check even when i know i'm right in the first place (conversely, i never double-check the possible missteps or bad fucking ideas). so as i double checked and triple checked, it got uglier. things deteriorated.
i learned the hard way that a mutual friend (trust, i now use that phrase lightly) took my confidence in her and turned it into something it wasn't. all of a sudden i, the fiercely independent, perpetually single one was that bitch. hungry, needy, trying to get in anywhere i could for the sake of validation. it was a play upon fears and a major exaggeration of words that, in context, were more consistent with my real self than this skewed portrait she'd painted of me. at the time i wasn't even aware of the weight of it. but i became more clear on it after a while. a bunch of shit she was into, which is completely inconsequential to me at this point, had her acting like she had zero home training.
but, back to me. cuz this is my blog & it's about me.
i was in the early stages of picking the whole mess apart. i didn't wanna fuck him anymore. the one time we messed around left me feeling like anything further would be less than satisfying to me. i had already moved into my new place. i didn't need to vent to anyone anymore about the bobby & whitney ass shit my roommate was into. i didn't need him for the distraction anymore. just as i was figuring out exactly what purpose he served in my life, we had this mindblowingly unilateral conversation (i let it be that way, i know when to shut my mouth) & that was that, for the most part. some other shit popped off months down the line that is not even worthy of note here.
years removed, i've gained a lot of clarity. i've lost contact w/ most of the folks associated with that mess. and i rather enjoy the distance. i have no regrets. i know now: the first time should be the last when it comes to being offended. you can't trust anyone who's afraid of the hair that grows out of her own scalp (at least, i can't). if he's dumb enough to bring you up in his house after the fact, you need to make that the last interaction. follow your gut instinct; call a spade a spade.
above all: no matter what they say or do, they are only human & therefore no more important or special or favored or loved by the most high than you are.


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Compliance of criminal bankruptcy legal regulation with the principle of ultima ratio: national and international aspects
This article is specifically concerned with the situation that the legislator in Lithuania has established both civil and criminal liability for intentional bankruptcy of a person due to the intentional conduct and there is a question of the bankruptcy criminalisation compliance with the ultima ratio principle.
The aim of this article is to analyse whether the legislative regulation of criminal bankruptcy in Lithuania does not contradict principle ultima ratio as the last resort, the same as to evaluate the criminal liability in accordance with article 209 of the Criminal code of Lithuania for a bad corporate governance how it is defined by the national and international law.
Article 209 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code provides criminal liability for a person who deliberately manages a company in bad way, leading to its bankruptcy and by this action or inaction causes substantial damage to creditors. The legislator has foreseen the analogues criteria for intentional bankruptcy, as it is provided in Lithuanian Bankruptcy Code article No. 20. The big damage criteria (150 MGL), for at least two creditors does not reflect real damage to the state economy and business helps to avoid criminal liability when the damage is made for only one person. Notwithstanding to the declining volume of the assets in the companies going to the bankruptcy, in the same way proportionally increasing the amount of the damage made to the creditors, the civil law instruments do not guarantee the safeguard for the creditors interests, which, according the World bank reports, in Lithuania is one of the worst regulated in European Union. For that reason, by invoking the best experience and comparative approach of different legal systems- France and Germany, can be held, that the criminalisation of intentional activities in insolvency and bankruptcy cases result the positive effects to the efficiency of bankruptcy regulation. In accordance with ultima ratio principle was found that the internal criteria for the principle content are: the dangerousness of the act, widespread of the act; it also must be evaluated whether criminal law is used as the as resort for the protection of legal goods and should be answered whether this object can be regulated by the measures of criminal law.
The law of criminal bankruptcy foresees the criminal responsibility for damage of the goods which are protected by the constitution - the property (interests of the creditors), the same way as economics and business order, because the protection of these goods cannot be guaranteed only by the means of civil law. On the basis on these criteria can be stated, that the criminal responsibility is the proportionate instrument – it means, that the criminalization of the bankruptcy does not contradict to the principle of ultima ratio.
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I just finished what might be the best book I've read all year. I want everyone in the whole world to read it. Wonder by RJ Palacio.
Because of a genetic defect, August Pullman was born with an abnormal face. "My name is August," he says, "I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse."
He endured countless surgeries throughout his life. Because of his health concerns and because they were afraid of how others would react, August's parents home schooled him through the fourth grade. As fifth grade approached, they decided to send August to school.
The novel rotates through several narrators, including August's sister, Via (who loves her brother dearly but describes her family with August as the sun and her mom, dad, and herself just planets that rotate around him, protecting him), Summer (who's just a nice kid), Jack (who becomes August's friend), Justin (Via's boyfriend), and Miranda (Via's troubled teenage ex-friend). Each of the narrators explains their own private "abnormality" which the author expertly weaves into August's story.
I want Tucker to read this book (I offered him $20 if he finishes it before school starts). I want teachers and students and parents to read this book. It simply teaches life lessons that I want everyone I know to learn.
I don't read a lot of adolescent lit, but Wonder is fantastic.
I hope to always be kinder than is necessary.
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Book #20: The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
This book is also one "assigned" by new boss. We're going to do a book study with our leadership team this year, and she asked that we all read chapter one by our first September meeting. I'm not good at being in the middle of books, so I went on and finished it.
The book is a story about a man whose life is in shambles. His car breaks down, so he has to take the bus. Then he meets Joy, the driver of the bus, and over the course of the book she and her passengers give him ten rules for being an energetic leader. He then applies the rules, and -- wouldn't you know it -- his life gets better.
I'm not a fan of self-help/leadership type books, but this one wasn't bad as far as they go. (I prefer to get my professional reading through my personal learning network on Twitter.) The life rules are good. The book was a quick read. That is all.
Book #19: From Good Schools to Great Schools: What Their Principals Do Well
My new principal asked us to read this book, so I did. It has many good ideas about how to lead a school, and I appreciated the comparisons and contrasts to how one would run a business. It was very research-y. That is all.
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text: KathyL2537 #26 Posted February 23, 2019 We did a one way from Vancouver to Whittier last August on the Coral Princess and loved it. Coral has a full promenade deck- deck 7-which was fantastic in Alaska for the wildlife viewing- as you are closer to the water level you can see so much more than you can from a higher deck. Also, as my husband is a runner, having a 1/4 mile track sure beats the 1/13 mile one we have had on other ships. Other things we appreciated were having open viewing areas both forward and aft (we were on deck 10 but there may be some on other decks) and the opportunity to hear Libby Riddle's (the first woman to win the Iditarod) presentation. Finally, I enjoyed meeting the absolutely adorable sled dog puppies in the atrium:). We did post cruise touring on our own and loved staying in Kantishna at the "end of the road" in Denali. A one way flight in and the camper bus out two days later gave us a good amount of time to see this incredible place. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The first Chester Music Society Celebrity Concert of 2016 will feature cellist Jessie Ann Richardson and pianist Simon Callaghan at St Mary's Centre on Wednesday, January 13 at 7.30pm.
Jessie Ann Richardson is returning to St Mary's after giving an outstanding performance with the Piatti String Quartet in March 2013.
The cellist is rapidly establishing herself as both a soloist and chamber musician around the UK and Europe, having thrilled audiences with her virtuoso and sensitive musicianship.
Chosen by the Park Lane Group for their prestigious Young Artist Series, Jessie made her London Purcell Room Debut in January 2011. Having studied at the Purcell School, then at the Royal Academy of Music with David Strange and Moray Welsh, Jessie won the Herbert Walenn Prize for cello.
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She was featured on the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme and currently plays a Celoniatus Cello made in 1741 around Turin kindly lent to her by anonymous donors.
Recognised as an exciting performer of the new generation, Steinway Artist Simon Callaghan's recent schedule has included Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and St David's Hall, Cardiff.
His engagements have taken him all over the UK, throughout Europe and to the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. He has also broadcast on BBC Radio 3, ITV and BBC Television.
Jessie Ann and Simon will perform an exciting programme of works including the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Rachmaninov Vocalise and Sonatas by Phibbs and Franck.
Tickets are £14 and available from 07831 710558, the Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall Square, Chester or via the website www.chestermusicsociety.org.uk.


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Eternal river
From Assouan to Luxor
6 days / 5 nights
Departing from bustling Aswan, this 6 day cruise will journey north to the ancient city of Luxor. Cruising in the spirit of the Bell Époque, you will not miss any of the grand Pharaonic sites along the Nile Valley.
Between the end of November and mid-February, due to low water, the Nile no longer allows navigation from in Luxor to Qena . We offer you another program, do not hesitate to contact us for more details.


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Selecting best organisational structure
Category : Entrepreneurs
When you have decided to start a venture and you have the business plan, the next question arises: which organizational structure should you select?
Mainly, following are the forms of organizational structures, each having its own pros and cons.
Sole Proprietorship
Limited Liability Partnership
Company (Private and Public)
It is very crucial decision because it determines the power, control, risk and liability of the entrepreneur as well as the division of profits and losses. It also affects legal and compliance related issues.
Following are the most important points for decision making :
- Nature of Business: Businesses of providing direct services based on professional knowledge or skills (e.g. doctors, lawyers, accountants, other consultants, restaurants etc.) can be in the form of sole proprietor or partnership. On the other side manufacturing concerns are better organized in corporate format i.e. private or public company.
- Scale: If you are eyeing large scale business i.e. high volumes, wide spread national and international markets, big number of human resource then corporate format is best suitable for you. Also due to greater level of transparency with compared to other structures, big corporates now a days deal with corporates only.
- Capital Requirement: It is also one of the most important factors. In case of requirement of huge capital, corporate format is suitable. A Private Limited Company can be started with Rs. 100,000. There is no minimum capital requirement for Proprietorship and Partnership.
The following points should also be taken into consideration We are hereby provide a simple matrix which will help you in your decision making:
|Sole Proprietorship
|Limited Liability Partnership
|Private Limited
|Public Limited
|Ownership & Profit sharing
|One Person i.e. owner of the business
|Designated Partners
|Shareholders (Share to be given to friends and family only)
|Shareholders (Shares to be given to public at large)
|One Person i.e. owner of the business
|Designated Partners
|Shareholders and Directors
|Shareholders and Directors
|Unlimited Liability
|Unlimited Liability
|Limited Liability
|Limited Liability (upto the value of shares subscribed)
|Limited Liability (upto the value of shares subscribed)
|Legal Registrations and Compliance level
|Income Tax* (excluding surcharge, Cess etc.)
|10% to 30%
It is also important to know that proprietorship can be converted to partership by simply adding a partner and creating a partnership agreement. Partnership can also be converted to Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) or Private Limited Companies, Private Limited Companies can be converted to Public Limited Companies.
We hope that you found above information helpful.
Please post into the 'comments' section in case of any questions or queries with regard to the business organization set up.


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KENT, Conn. (WTNH) – The Schaghticoke Mountain brush fire is still burning Thursday as firefighters are struggling to extinguish the blaze.
According to the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, 40 acres have already been consumed by flames as of this morning and the fire continues to burn.
Staff from DEEP were on site Thursday to coordinate suppression efforts with forest rangers.RELATED CONTENT: Multiple towns respond to brush fire on Schaghticoke Mountain in Kent
The National Park Service has also been notified as sections of the Appalachian Trial have been impacted by the fire. The trail has since reopened after being closed Wednesday for safety concerns.RELATED CONTENT: DEEP firefighters battle brush fire and layoffs
As of 2:00 p.m. Thursday, the fire is spreading, aided by the current weather conditions. DEEP has stressed that the safety of the firefighters remains paramount.


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When it comes to trading inside the stock market many people involved will be curious to find out what is that to influence the share price?! Or put it in another words, what are the factors known to affect the stock prices? Everybody knows that stock prices fall and rise due to the variables that appear as demand and supply.
When a particular stock is chased by more people, its stock price will increase. In case the market displays negative news, traders will sell more than surely, and as such the stock price will go down.
The most commonly met factors known to influence the demand and supply are the following:
1. Dividends – generally speaking, once the stock is ex-dividend, the price is about to fall by the value of the dividend.
2. Market sentiment – if the market is in decline than the stock price will fall, but if the market goes up, so will the most of the prices. A safer way to see where the market is going is to inquire about the index used for your trading, such as it is for instance, the ASX – All Ordinaries for Australian traders.
3. The Company earnings – prices are determined by how the traders perceive the company's value. In case the company is not as predicted by the traders, this will make the stock price to go down and the opposite will happen in case the company releases better then it was predicted.
4. Unforeseen circumstances – these include natural disasters that can influence the prices and probably the most affected companies would be the insurance companies.
5. Merges, take-over, and acquisitions – once the company is taken over, the price will rise and the opposite will happen with the company that takes over.
6. When rates change – this happens through the central banks releases and as such many investors will wonder what will be the impact on home loan rates and so on.
7. The evolution of the industry sector – can lead to effects on stock price of the companies involved in the specific sector. The majority of these companies will follow the trends, but this can not be the case all the time as other factors can contribute as well.
8. Stock buybacks – this happens when a company decides to buy back the stock as a result of higher market demands, thus the stock price will increase.
9. Company announcements – stock prices vary when investors and traders attempt to predict the management changes, earnings, and industry trends whenever a company makes announcements.
10. War – this is another factor that affects many things in this world, but also the stock prices are affected.?


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Surprisingly the floorplan of this luxurious 420sqm home incorporates only two bedrooms - a master suite and a guest suite, whilst the majority of the home has been built to reflect the lifestyle of the owners, with a focus on entertaining.
In a sophisticated palette of greys the home flows beautifully from one space to another connected via expertly laid large format stone flooring which continues up the wall of the kitchen island bench with stunning effect.
Clever design an exceptional choice of quality materials ensures the home has continuity throughout this open space whilst variations in ceiling height and a two way fireplace subtly define the zones.
In keeping with the minimalist style of the home, white lacquer cabinetry conceals most of the kitchen functionality, and a scullery hides away mess from guests. With a built in bar and fully equipped alfresco kitchen with climate controllable Vergola, the owners can entertain in style no matter what the season.
Folding glass doors open up the dining and living areas on both sides of the alfresco to seamlessly double the entertaining area. Marine grade 'cedar look' cladding lines the alfresco ceiling and range hood adding a luxury and warmth to the area, whilst profiled subway tiles contribute to the 'urban cool' tone that pervades throughout the home.
On the upper-level the incredible master-suite includes a bedroom size dressing room and huge ensuite bathroom, and again an excellent choice of timber-look tile flooring seamlessly flows between the rooms enhancing the sense of space even further.
With the clean minimalist lines and open-plan design of this home there is no room for error. Absolute precision and exacting standards are required to achieve the quality finish that is evident throughout and it is a testament to the craftsmanship of Pirone Builders who have built a reputation as one of Perth's finest luxury home builders.


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The Crisp Prize is awarded biennially. It was last awarded in 2018, and will next be offered in 2020. It is not awarded in 2019.
The Crisp Prize is awarded for the best scholarly political science monograph written by an APSA member within 10 years of gaining a PhD. The Crisp Prize is open to APSA members who are resident in Australia.
A judging panel chaired by a member of the APSA Executive will award the prize. This panel will consist of at least three people, all of whom will be members of APSA. Past winners will be encouraged to participate in the judging process for future awards. The prize is biennial, and alternates with the Henry Mayer Book Prize. Nominations can be made by any APSA member (including the author of the book). Nominators/authors are responsible for ensuring that electronic copies of the book are made available to APSA for distribution to members of the judging panel.
The prize of $1000 and a trophy will be conferred at the annual APSA conference dinner.
To enter: complete the Crisp Prize 2020 Nomination Form and email with a PDF or four electronic copies (if your copies are download codes or ebooks) of the nominated book to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please do not submit anything until the award is offered in 2020.
Please contact the APSA National Office if you have any questions.
Past Winners:
2018: Peter Tangney, Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence: Understanding the Tensions between Politics and Expertise in Public Policy, Earthscan/Routledge.
- Highly Commended: Peter Balint, Respecting Toleration: Traditional Liberalism & Contemporary Diversity, Oxford University Press.
2016: Luke Glanville, Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect: A New History, University of Chicago Press.


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Courtesy of Jeremy Herrington of Greater Property Group
Enjoy this open layout easy living executive townhouse by Daytona Homes located in wonderful Rosenthal. As you enter the unit you will notice the flowing laminate floors throughout the open floor plan. With a center style kitchen with sit up island its perfect for entertaining. The 9' ceilings with upgraded quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances finish off the main floor. Upstairs you will be delighted to find 2 spacious bedrooms, spacious bath with linen nook and a upstairs laundry. The master bedroom includes his/hers closets and a 4 piece ensuite. With a 2 min drive to the Henday, walking distance to trails/lakes, schools nearby and the New West Edmonton Rec Center you don't want to miss out on this. (NOTE PICS OF SHOWSUITE)


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Well, it's the end of the month and this means that it's time for me to do my usual thing of collecting a list of links to what I feel are the ten best articles about making art, writing fiction, making webcomics etc… that I've posted here during the past month. As usual, I'll include a couple of honourable mentions too.
All in all, this month's articles turned out reasonably well. Surprisingly, I actually ended up writing a few critic-style articles about "Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines", mostly since I was re-playing this game at the time, which also explains why my planned review of "Under A Killing Moon" never appeared.
Still, since I was preparing last year's Christmas stories at the time I was writing these articles, there's a few articles about the film noir genre here.
Anyway, here are the lists 🙂 Enjoy 🙂
Top Ten Articles – September 2018:
– "Three Tips For How To Look For Inspiration"
– "How Much Do You Have To Explain About Your Fictional 'World' If You Want A Re-Readable Story?"
– "Three Quick Tips For How To Fake "Film Noir"-Style Narration"
– "Three Reasons Why Fan Works Can Sometimes Be Better Than Their "Official" Counterparts"
– "Four Rambling Thoughts About Making 'Film Noir'-Style Art"
– "Two Very Basic Tips For Writing 'Film Noir' Comedy"
– "When To Wait For Inspiration (And When Not To) – A Ramble"
– "Two Tips For Binge Creativity (eg: Binge Writing, Comic Binges etc..)"
– "Three Cool Benefits Of Reading More In The Past Than You Do Now"
– "Four Tips For Finding Creative Inspirations On A Low Budget"
Honourable mentions:
– "Four Reasons Why Things From The 1990s Can Seem More Creative"
– "Three Technical Tips For Painting From Memory"


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There are a lot of restaurants in SM North that we have yet to try. There are the usual fast food restaurants and there are the casual dining ones with high price points. Then, there's Chubs Chasers Steaks and Ribs.
It may seem like the usual dining place serving the usual ribs. But it's actually more than that.
What's Inside Chubs Chasers
Chubs Chasers branch in SM North The Block is rather small. There were around nine tables inside plus 2 tables outside.
Its interior is simple. The walls are decorated with hanging quotations.
There was also a big teddy bear seated outside beckoning you to go in.
Chubs Chasers Menu
Chubs Chasers offers a variety of delicious options.
- Soups and salads
- Appetizers
- All Day Breakfast
- Sandwiches
- Pasta
- Chubs Chasers Special
- Exquisite Meat
- Premium Meat
- Imported Meat
- Main Entree
- Family Platter
- Milkshakes
- Fruit Shakes
- Desserts
- Dessert Drinks
- Hot Drinks
- Imported and Local Beer
- Other Beverages
- Party Trays
What We Ordered
We are a bit overwhelmed with the delicious food in their menu. Since we were first timers, we decided to order the following:
- Bacon Roll Up
This is composed of carrots and chilies basically rolled up in a crispy bacon. It was served with a sweet balsamic sauce. People who have a tongue for anything spicy will actually enjoy this appetizer. I don't actually dig spicy food, but, this one actually was an exemption.
- Gourmet Tapa
I was craving for a breakfast meal, hence, I ordered this one. Its composed of garlic rice, sunny side up egg, pickled onions, and sirloin meat. The sinamak dip actually was a winner.
- Pork Steak
My husband ordered chubby pork steak, which is a Chubs Chasers Special. His plate had grilled pork chop, rice, roasted string beans and tomatoes. It also came with a gravy. He added ten pesos to make his rice unlimited. Overall, he loved his protein. Enough said.
We didn't order any special beverage. But, I really liked the concept of serving drinks on recycled bottles.
Final Remarks
Chubs Chasers does not disappoint at all. We appreciated the huge serving at a reasonable price point. It was really delicious.
Of course, it's worth a comeback. Maybe we'd try their other protein (especially the ribs) and appetizers. I'm also curious about their tamarind iced tea. We might also try their fish bowl iced tea.
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We are bound to encounter accidents any time during our daily endeavors. A personal injury attorney deals with matters in relation to damages that arise from accidents to a person at work or during an accident. The victims once they contact personal injury lawyer, they are confident that they will be well compensated and this includes covering their medical bills.
The types of personal injury lawyers are classified according to the damaged body part, for instance, head, back, spine, leg, brain and mental distress. The injury lawyers stand in for their clients either directly or indirectly.
The injury attorneys specialize in different areas hence it is wise to get an injury lawyer who is well suited for the injury sustained instead of acquiring a general one. The understanding of the personal injury law by the lawyer is one of the benefits of acquiring the lawyer because they stand a better position to stand in for their clients and law to be well served justly.
These attorneys know the insurance law which is not well understood by the injured, and this is beneficial to the injured. For instance, when an accident occurs and injuries received, the injured is supposed to get more than the outlined compensation, and this is made possible through a lawyer who understands this law.
The approximate amount of the compensation for the injury sustained can be closely stated by the personal injury lawyer who has enough experience in handling such cases. Besides approximating the compensation amount, the injury lawyer stand a better chance to inform the victim what can elevate or cause a decline in the value of compensation and most of the time their estimate is always almost true.
Since most of the insurance companies fear to face the court, and they know very well that if they appear to be stubborn, the personal injury lawyer can take the case to court something they fear happening, they choose to come to terms with the lawyers and the injured victims on how much they will give a compensation of the damage. The injured victim stands to benefit a lot from the insurance company being dealt with besides the earlier stated amount of compensation because of the uplifted worth of their case, and this is made possible by their hired personal injured lawyer who works tirelessly to see them back to their feet.
At the end of everything else when the injured victim needs the matters to be legally solved, they should always contact their personal injury lawyer.
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Amanda Sprehn has been an associate at Hyatt & Weber since 2004. Amanda's practice focuses on Civil Litigation, including the representation of clients for personal injury and medical malpractice, as well as defending landlords in toxic tort matters. She also handles complex liens, including Medicare and Medicaid, that often arise in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation.
Prior to joining Hyatt & Weber, Amanda clerked for the Honorable Ronald A. Silkworth in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. She has successfully handled cases in Maryland's District, Circuit and Appellate Courts.
Amanda has served as president of the Aleph Bet Jewish Day School board, and was recently appointed to serve a two-year term on the Peer Review Committee for the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland. Amanda is a passionate animal lover and enjoys supporting animal welfare organizations that provide shelter, care and advocacy for animals.
When Amanda isn't practicing law, she is spending time with her husband, two daughters and spoiled Jack Russell Terrier.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Toxic Torts
- Maryland, 2003
- U.S. District Court for the State of Maryland, 2006
- J.D., cum laude, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2003
- B.A., University of Maryland, 2000
Professional Associations
- Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Animal Law
- Maryland Association of Trial Lawyers
Why Choose Hyatt & Weber?
- Full-Service Law Firm
- Over 35 Years of Experience
- No Case is Too Small or Too Large
- Experience in a Wide Variety of Practice Areas
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Chapter LXXV. Which Tells Why Barnabas Forgot His Breakfast
It was a slender little shoe, and solitary, for fellow it had none, and it lay exactly in the middle of the window-seat; moreover, to the casual observer, it was quite an ordinary little shoe, ordinary, be it understood, in all but its size.
Why, then, should Barnabas, chancing to catch sight of so ordinary an object, start up from his breakfast (ham and eggs, and fragrant coffee) and crossing the room with hasty step, pause to look down at this small and lonely object that lay so exactly in the middle of the long, deep window-seat? Why should his hand shake as he stooped and took it up? Why should the color deepen in his pale cheek?
And all this because of a solitary little shoe! A quite ordinary little shoe――to the casual observer! Oh, thou Casual Observer who seeing so much, yet notices and takes heed to so little beyond thy puny self! To whom the fairest prospect is but so much earth and so much timber! To whom music is but an arrangement of harmonious sounds, and man himself but a being erect upon two legs! Oh, thou Casual Observer, what a dull, gross, self-contented clod art thou, who, having eyes and ears, art blind and deaf to aught but things as concrete as――thyself!
But for this shoe, it, being something worn, yet preserved the mould of the little foot that had trodden it, a slender, coquettish little foot, a shapely, active little foot: a foot, perchance, to trip it gay and lightly to a melody, or hurry, swift, untiring, upon some errand of mercy.
All this, and more, Barnabas noted (since he, for one, was no casual observer) as he stood there in the sunlight with the little shoe upon his palm, while the ham and eggs languished forgotten and the coffee grew cold, for how might they hope to vie with this that had lain so lonely, so neglected and――so exactly in the middle of the window-seat?
Now presently, as Barnabas stood thus lost in contemplation of this shoe, he was aware of Peterby entering behind him, and instinctively made as if to hide the shoe in his bosom, but he checked the impulse, turned, and glancing at Peterby, saw that his usually grave lips were quivering oddly at the corners, and that he kept his gaze fixed pertinaciously upon the coffee-pot; whereat the pale cheek of Barnabas grew suffused again, and stepping forward, he laid the little shoe upon the table.
"John," said he, pointing to it, "have you ever seen this before?"
"Why, sir," replied Peterby, regarding the little shoe with brow of frowning portent, "I think I have."
"And pray," continued Barnabas (asking a perfectly unnecessary question), "whose is it, do you suppose?"
"Sir," answered John, still grave of mouth and solemn of eye, "to the best of my belief it belongs to the Lady Cleone Meredith."
"So she――really was here, John?"
"Sir, she came here the same night that you――were shot, and she brought Her Grace of Camberhurst with her."
"Yes, John?"
"And they remained here until today――to nurse you, sir."
"Did they, John?"
"They took turns to be with you――day and night, sir. But it was only my Lady Cleone who could soothe your delirious ravings,――she seemed to have a magic――"
"And why," demanded Barnabas, frowning suddenly, "Why was I never told of her presence?"
"Sir, it was her earnest wish that you were not to know unless――"
"Well, John?"
"Unless you expressly asked for her, by name. And, sir――you never did."
"No," sighed Barnabas, "I never did. But perhaps, after all, it was just as well, John? Under the――circumstances, John?"
But seeing Peterby only shook his head and sighed, Barnabas turned to stare out of the window.
"And she――left this morning――with the Duchess, did she?" he inquired, without looking round.
"Yes, sir."
"Where for?"
"For――London, as I understood, sir."
Hereupon Barnabas was silent for a time, during which Peterby watched him solicitously.
"Is 'The Terror' still here?" Barnabas inquired suddenly.
"Yes, sir, and I took the liberty of sending for Gabriel Martin to look after him."
"Quite right, John. Tell Martin to have him saddled at once."
"You are――going out, sir?"
"Yes, I am going――out."
Peterby bowed and crossed to the door, but paused there, hesitated, and finally spoke:
"Sir, may I ask if you intend to ride――Londonwards?"
"No," answered Barnabas, stifling a sigh, "my way lies in the opposite direction; I am going――back, to the 'Coursing Hound.' And that reminds me――what of you, what are your plans for the future?"
"Sir," stammered Peterby, "I――I had ventured to――to hope that you might――take me with you, unless you wished to――to be rid of me――"
"Rid of you, John!" cried Barnabas, turning at last, "no――never. Why, man, I need you more than ever!"
"Sir," exclaimed Peterby, flushing suddenly, "do you――really mean that?"
"Yes, John――a thousand times, yes! For look you, as I have proved you the best valet in the world――so have I proved you a man, and it is the man I need now, because――I am a failure."
"No, no!"
"Yes, John. In London I attempted the impossible, and today I――return home, a failure. Consequently the future looms rather dark before me, John, and at such times a tried friend is a double blessing. So, come with me, John, and help me to face the future as a man should."
"Ah, sir," answered Peterby, with his sudden radiant smile, "darkness cannot endure, and if the future brings its sorrows, so must it bring its joys. Surely the future stands for hope and――I think――happiness!"
Now as he ended, Peterby raised one hand with forefinger outstretched; and, looking where he pointed, Barnabas beheld――the little shoe. But when he glanced up again, Peterby was gone.


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RUSSIA: Ford opens $US150 million Focus assembly plant
Ford has officially opened a $US150 million Focus assembly in northwestern Russia and is optimistic about its future in the local market, Reuters reported. The plant, located in the Leningrad region, will assemble 25,000 cars per year with annual capacity of 100,000, Reuters said, adding that prices will range between $US10,900 and $18,300 for the sedan with the hatchback costing $10,900-$15,000.
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London's top tourist attractions have seen a decline in visitor numbers.
The high cost of travel, food and drink costs are being blamed as the reason.
According to the BBC, the UK's top 10 attractions, including the British Museum and Tate Modern, got nearly 1.7 million fewer visitors.
Bernard Donoghue, of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva), said visiting London was too expensive for many people.