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July 2013 E-Newsletter
Ron Wolforth and the Texas Baseball Ranch is Coming to Southern California!!!
Reserve Your Slot Now for an upcoming Elite Pitchers Boot Camp – Held for only 1 weekend on the West Coast in Santa Clarita, CA
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
October 25 thru 27, 2013
This Exclusive 3-Day Baseball Camp for Committed Pitchers Who Have a Burning Desire to Advance to the Next Level
Ron Wolforth's Elite Pitchers Boot Camp in conjunction with Jim Wagner's ThrowZone Academy.
3 Days of the Most Intense, Results-Driven Pitching Instruction, Training and Education in the Country Today.
Hello, I'm Coach Ron Wolforth.
And I have to warn you…. my one-of-a-kind training camp is specifically geared for serious, committed and dedicated pitchers (ages 9-25) who are WILLING to work hard and READY to become the most explosive pitcher in their league.
My coaches and I all BELIEVE
without a doubt
that every kid can reach 90mph.
We have seen it happen time and time again (by kids who were told they would NEVER reach 80mph, much less 90mph).
All you need to become a great pitcher is the right information, the right training and the right work ethic.
If you – or your son – have the dedication and the desire to become an unstoppable pitcher, than my Elite Pitcher's Boot Camp will supply you with the knowledge and the training you need to reach any pitching goal.
#3 Draft Pick for 2011 – Trevor Bauer
The information provided opened the door to a path that has transformed my career and allowed me to achieve my lifelong dream of becoming a professional baseball player."
Trevor Bauer
"They understand what it takes to develop the complete pitcher"
"I consider Ron Wolforth to be one of the most knowledgeable and resourceful pitching instructors in the country.
He understands what it takes to develop the complete pitcher—an approach that places a heavy emphasis on arm health/ arm care, conditioning, mechanics and mental preparation.
What a golden opportunity it would be for any pitcher to get this kind of quality instruction. I am jealous! I want to be a student at the camp!"
Alan Jaeger
"Coaches that actually WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE BETTER and they believe truly that anybody is capable to throw 90 mph"
It is great working with a group of coaches that actually WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE BETTER and they believe truly that anybody is capable to throw 90 mph.
If you want to get to the next level you should attend the EPBC because in 10 years everyone will be trying to pitch like these guys teach."
Brady Shroeder
The Elite Pitchers Boot Camp Has the Power to Change a Pitcher's Life
With over 60 of my students drafted in the past 7 years, I have learned something that changed my life (and the lives of the pitchers I coach).
I have learned that in order to get Life-Changing Results, you have to think outside the box and do things a little differently.
This is why I designed the Elite Pitcher's Boot Camp to be a completely different type of Pitching Camp.
Here, the focus is on the individual player.
We will assess your strengths, identify your weaknesses and then you will discover what areas you need to focus on to develop a plan of action that WILL transform you into a stronger, more mental, more powerful pitcher.
I have held over 110 Elite Pitchers Boot Camps and worked with thousands of pitchers… and the results are truly something to brag about.
"The coaches here are a hidden gem"
"I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the camp. The evaluation process helped me to truly see the constraints holding me back from being a better pitcher. The coaches here are a hidden gem.
They teach the right philosophies and give it to you straight. This camp isn't for the passive pitcher. The Ranch attempts to make a pitcher's desire stronger and make them want to work harder to succeed."
Blake Hall
"I have never learned so much in such a short amount of time about pitching"
"I really enjoyed the obvious expertise, passion and professional manner of teaching and coaching from everyone running this camp.
The focus on each kid leaving with an understanding of what he needs to do to get to his next level and what it will take and why he needs to do these things is worth everything. The most beneficial things as a parent was coming to a much better understanding of the mechanics of the pitching motion and what to be concerned about correcting and what not to.
I feel I have learned enough that my son and I can watch video of him pitching and recognize where work is needed. I have never learned so much in such a short amount of time about pitching.
This bootcamp is truly for those who are motivated to work hard on their pitching. The expertise and coaching are second to none along with great passion for the subject."
John Rohde
"The entire coaching staff was amazing. The inspirational time is great and the attention to preparation and arm care is valuable information. You will not leave this camp without gaining huge amount of tools and knowledge. It is very organized and time is not wasted at all. The entire camp is a great atmosphere.
Mike Murphy-father of, Christopher – 15, Granada Hills, CA
The Elite Pitchers Boot Camp Brings Together the Best Coaches to Inspire Your Absolute Best
At each Elite Pitchers Boot Camp, I always bring together a very select group of talented and knowledgeable coaches to help with the training and help ensure YOU get the hands-on support you need…
And every year, I am highly selective about who I ask to join me in coaching the Elite Pitchers Boot camp.
I only want coaches who have a deep understanding of the ranch systems, coaches who understand that training is about the individual… coaches who KNOW how to get results and sincerely believe players can go to the next level vs. simply judging who can and can't.
Past Coaches have included:
Brent Strom – St. Louis Cardinals
Marty Rubinoff – Baylor University
Trevor Bauer – Cleveland Indians
Cody Buckel – Texas Rangers
China McCarney – Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians
Ryan Chapman – organization
Matt Blanchard – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
In addition, attendees have the opportunity to work with and talk to all of our college and professional players that return to help at these events. And this is incredibly important because so many players love the opportunity to talk with other athletes that have gone through the program and training and can share their personal stories. Last year we had 3 professional pitchers (1 Major Leaguer) and 4 collegiate pitchers as our guest instructors this year.
The Elite Pitcher's Boot Camp is NOT for 90% of the People Reading This Page.
- The EPBC is far more intense than anything most pitchers have ever experienced
- The EPBC is not air conditioned for comfort and doesn't have shiny new equipment or state of-the-art machines because we KNOW it's the right information – not the right equipment – that will take you to the next level.
- The EPBC isn't a nanny. We won't force anything upon the athlete. We give you freedom to develop what works best for you.
- The EPBC doesn't clone, cookie cut, choreograph or give you a one size fits all system for you to follow.
- The EPBC doesn't talk down to you, arrogantly assume we know what is best for you or dictate your every move and thought.
The only things at our EPBC that are "cutting edge" are the most important… the information and the approach
We will give you the tools, the information and the methods that can transform your entire pitching game.
Of course, there are a few things that are expected from you (and a few principals that we expect our pitchers to embrace)…
- We expect your absolute best – no exceptions
- We hold you accountable for your movements, thoughts and behaviors
- We guide, support, inspire and paint a picture of the possible
- We are completely different from the traditional or conventional and we make no excuses or apologies for our uniqueness
- We believe God is great and through him…absolutely anything is possible. There is no place on Earth more optimistic and positive with regards to developing the throwing athlete than the Texas Baseball Ranch and Pitching Central. You Will Improve as a Pitcher Through Our Unique and Incredibly Powerful 'Spring Training' Approach
There is no cloning, no cookie-cutting, no posing and no choreographing.
Over the course of 3 days, we will cover:
- The mental side of pitching… so many other coaches and camps neglect this KEY part of becoming a powerhouse pitcher, but we give you that mental edge.
- Mechanical Efficiencies & how they relate to velocity, command and movement. Included will be a personal video analysis.
- Developing different pitches from grips to drills… becoming a more dynamic pitcher – one that other teams' can't predict and can't prepare for.
- The Big 5 – The core backshaping (throwing) drills used at the ranch
- Health of the arm/elbow/shoulder and how to avoid injury and take care of your arm. YOU Are Your Own, Unique Athlete
"The best part for me was the video analysis with Ron. I enjoyed working at all the different stations and learning how to apply all the drills to myself. I learned a more efficient warm up routine, the flaws in my motion that I know I can fix and a good conditioning routine. This was great for me and will plan on attending the camps for the rest of my life."
-Ben Meyer – 15 Years old
The true genius behind The Elite Pitchers Boot camp is our personal approach.
We work with a pitcher on an individual level – and develop unique and individual systems – so that he can become the best, most athletic, most explosive, most efficient model of himself possible.
Through the Elite Pitchers Boot camp, each player has exposure to some of the most sought-after teachers and coaches in the game today… teachers who are positive and knowledgeable.
All our teachers and coaches BELIEVE – without a doubt – that every kid can approach 90mph. All you need is the right information, the right training and the right work ethic.
If you have the dedication and the desire to become an unstoppable pitcher, we can supply you with the tools you need to reach any pitching goal.
We will assess each pitcher – identify your weaknesses and asses your strengths – from that you will be able to develop your own personal, plan.
You will learn drills, strategies and systems that you can take back home and continue to work through… and continue to grow… and continue to become stronger, more dynamic and more explosive.
But we also dive in deeper and give each pitcher the added information and edge he needs to move to that next level of success… whether it be to make an elite league, become the star of a high school team or get scouted by college and MLB teams.
At the Elite Pitchers Boot camp, you will discover…
- The best & latest drills for pitching… so YOU can be on the cutting edge.
- How to recognize bad advice, misinformation and wrong information… and what to replace it with. This can possibly save your career.
- How to deal with negative, manipulative, biased, arrogant or overbearing people… because you WILL have to deal with negative people who believe you cannot achieve… and if you want to move to that next level, you better be prepared for it.
- How to deal with poor coaches, bad umpires, no offensive support, weak defensive support etc… winners NEVER let bad circumstances move themselves into the victim category. And we will teach you exactly how you can choose a different route.
- How to get noticed by college and pro scouts. Learn what they are REALLY looking for (these answers will surprise you and prepare you for your future).
Camp begins at 5pm on the first day and ends at 1:00pm on the last day.
(Slots are limited and fill-up quickly)
(If your athlete is between the ages of 9-12, you must call before registering. Please call our office at (661) 644-8814. There are specific elements that must be discussed and understood with regard to participation in the boot camps by younger athletes.) The West Coast Elite Pitchers Boot camp is held in Santa Clarita, CA. The first night is indoors at one of the local HS gymnasiums and then outdoors for the next 2 days.
The EPBC was done in a very professional manner and was put on by the best coaches and instructors. We only go to the best because we want the right instruction. The weekend went fast because it was not boring as the participants were always moving and learning. We look forward to the next scheduled weekend
Brad Cross (Grandfather of Aaron Cross, 18 yo, Orange County, CA 1st team Pitcher and San Diego State University signee)
And just like you, every year the boot camp evolves…
Things are always being added…changed…improved and enhanced.
But what won't change is that Elite Pitchers Boot Camp will always be directed by myself, Coach Ron Wolforth, along with the help of the best teachers and coaches in the country today.
My suggestion to you… don't delay.
The number of participants is limited to 36 players for this boot camp to ensure that each pitcher gets the individual attention they need. Once our quotas are reached…no more pitchers will be added.
So if you wish to join us for our one of our Boot Camps, sign-up today!
Cost for this 3 day event at the Texas Baseball Ranch is $749! With travel arrangements (flight, car, hotel) that cost could run as much as $2000.
However, to attend this West Coast Texas Baseball Ranch Elite Pitcher's Boot Camp is only $599. Payment reserves your spot. Either check or credit card is accepted.


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Ek Ghar Banaunga 15th May 2014 Written Episode Update
Ek Ghar Banaunga 15th May 2014 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Mata Singh coming to meet Poonam. He says no one will come to save you now and laughs. Poonam looks at him stunned. He says you wanted to stand against me, now fight, now you won't be able to vote too, how did you like this place. He hurts her and says you have to stay here till you die. He says if public speaks against the king, the king can't bear it, so don't dare to go against me. He says Akash will not reach you, we will stop him, if I want, I can kill you now, but no I will not give you easy death. I will keep you here in this walls and you will die alone. He throws Poonam on the floor. He says you will die to live, without your family, totally alone.
Poonam looks at him with anger. Mata Singh laughs. Vandana and Prabhunath come to Akash's house. They cry thinking Poonam is missing. Vandana says do anything, but bring her back. Shashikant says we will find her soon. Kanno says Mata Singh has kidnapped her, we won't be able to find her. I told her not to stand against him, you all go to him and apologize.
Kanno says tell him that we won't do this again. Vandana says yes. Prabhunath says lets go and meet Mata Singh. Everyone leave to meet Mata Singh. Vandana prays for Poonam. Mata Singh tells them that he does not know where is Poonam. Jai says we promise Poonam will not fight elections. Mata Singh denies to accept his mistake. He says I will die, but not leave my values. He says I don't plaky bad politics. Shashikant says we are sorry, we will do what you say, please leave Poonam. Mata Singh says we don't have Poonam. Prabhunath also requests him. Mata Singh refuses. Mata Singh asks his goons to help them in finding Poonam.
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He leaves for campaign. Akash sees this and thinks no one should see him, but he has to find about Poonam. Everyone leave. Akash says I have to go inside the house but how. Poonam thinks she is sure she will meet Akash and stops crying. She looks around the godown. The goons laugh seeing her knock the door. Akash hears Mata Singh talking to his family. Mata Singh says you did good, by disappearing Poonam. His mum says we all know what to do in such situation, she was going against you. Mata Singh says I learnt all this from you. Akash hears them. His mum says now you will win the elections.
Mata Singh says Poonam and Akash can't do anything, Akash will not be able to find her, her family came to me, begging me to leave her, a girl ruined them, its their mistake not to control her. Akash gets angry. His mum says why did you let this happen. Mata Singh says I m punishing her as she is wrong. Akash says I will not leave anyone. His mum asks where did you keep her. Mata Singh says she is very smart, I have kept at a new place. A lady catches Akash and slaps him. Mata Singh is shocked to see him. Akash says I m sorry, I came to find my wife.
They scold Akash. Mata Singh smiles. Akash gets more slaps. Mata Singh says I told you Poonam is not here, don't do this again else I will send you to jail. He says get out. Akash says I know what you did with Poonam, I just heard it, I will find her at any cost, then I will settle the score with you. Akash leaves. Poonam gets a phone there and tries to connect it. The goons think they should check her once. Poonam connects the phone. The goons come to her.
Mata Singh talks to the media and speaks in favor of Poonam. Akash looks on.
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How to Start Contorted Filbert From Seed
The contorted filbert (Corylus avellana "Contorta"), also known as the European filbert and Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, is a deciduous flowering shrub that reaches 8 to 10 feet in height at maturity. The plant takes its name from its twisted, contorted branches, best seen in winter when the plant is bare. Contorted filbert flowers in early spring and the fruit ripens in October. If you wait until the fruit falls from the plant, however, the squirrels may beat you to it, so gather the nuts as the husks begin turning brown, typically in September.
Store the contorted filbert seeds in a sealed container in the refrigerator until November.
Fill a bowl with warm-to-the-touch tap water and place the nuts in the water. Discard any that float to the surface as they aren't viable. Allow the remaining seeds to soak in the water for three days, changing the water every 24 hours.
Dry the viable filbert seeds with a towel and insert them into a plastic sandwich or storage bag filled with moist sand. Seal the bag and leave it in an area where the temperature remains between 60 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit for three weeks.
Check the sand to ensure that it is moist. If you need to moisten it, add a few drops of water at a time to avoid saturating the media. It should be just slightly moist. Seal the bag and place it in the refrigerator for three months.
Fill a flat or nursery pots to within 1 inch of the rim with sterile seed starting mix. Moisten the mix and allow the water to drain from the bottom of the planting container.
Push the contorted filbert seeds into the mix until they are buried by 1 inch of the media.
Place the container on a heat mat, set to 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The contorted filbert seeds will germinate within one to six months.
Things Needed
- Container with lid
- Bowl
- Towel
- Plastic sandwich or storage bag
- Sand
- Nursery pots or flat
- Sterile seed starting mix
- Heat mat
- Transplant the seedlings into individual pots filled with standard potting soil when they reach 10 inches in height. Place them in a sheltered location outdoors in the winter and transplant into the landscape in May or June.
- Washington State University: Contorted Filbert
- North Dakota State University: Propagation of Corylus
- Plants for a Future: Corylus Avellana
- The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation; Michael A. Dirr


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Honda is fighting back. For too long its automotive products have been regarded as "for older people" and that, frankly, is for the birds. It isn't – and as far as I'm concerned never has been - true.It's like the average urban legend; a perception rather than a truth. Just think S2000 and NSX, Asimo... OK, he's a robot, but which other automaker builds robots?Honda made Formula 1 cars that beat the world (and its engines will be powering the McLaren F1 team in 2014); it builds motorcycles that lead MotoGP; it's so far ahead innovation-wise in other fields – robotics, quads, automation, small jet planes, robotic walking aids for the infirm (thank you, Asimo!) - that its global competitors are way below the eastern horizon.BIT OF A STRETCHHonda has lots of wheeled weapons to battle old-folks' syndrome but the latest is the Brio, a sub-compact with an age-seeking warhead set to home in for a sale to anybody younger than, say, 25. First-time buyers, students, trendy singles... and perhaps even retirees.You met the Brio hatchback six months ago. It was magnetically calibrated to attract 18 to 23-year-old buyers (or their parents); now Honda SA has launched the Brio four-door (it's badged as the Amaze in other markets, and in fact some of the cars at the launch in Johannesburg still had that badge on their boot) based on the hatch but longer by 380mm to add 60mm to the wheelbase and 55mm of knee-room to the rear seats – the rest used up by creating a boot big enough at 405 litres to take the holiday luggage of a young family of four.Image galleryYeah, the "young" again... the sedan is the next step in the growing-up saga of the sub-24's, now in their 25-29's and with two kids, a folding pram and a mortgage. It's basically the same car, in Trend and Comfort spec levels, as the hatch but the extra wheelbase gives it better handling and, subjectively, the lack of a big glass back door seems to give the car more rigidity.The two folds along the flanks remain, as do beneath them the 1.2-litre 65kW/108Nm i-VTEC four-cylinder engine and the choice of five-speed manual or auto gearbox. We drove the manual; it's not helluva fast – and showed it during the launch up on the oxygen-starved Highveld with a 0-100 time in the mid-twelves; anyway, 0-100 is such a car-magazine dated benchmark when today what matters is cruising comfort and fuel consumption.Whatever, the Brio had no trouble staying with the Gauteng traffic, city and freeway.YOUNG GENERATIONHonda claims 6.1 litres/100km for the manual-boxed Trend 1.2 and that's fine for folk who need a commuter and occasional holiday car; they ain't into rubber-shredding, just getting there, and back, safely and comfortably is what they want and for sure this little gem will do that.The Brio is also breeding, according to Honda's data, a generation of young first-time buyers who will continue to buy its products – customers in training, so to speak. About 98% of Brio buyers, asked if they would buy another Honda, said the word all car dealers want to hear: "Yes!"Seems to be working, too... overall Honda car sales are up by 69% for the first six months 2013 while others are in single digits – or even with minus signs on their spreadsheets.So what else does the Brio sedan bring to market? Bigger rear doors than the hatch, for a start – think getting access to baby seats. It has the same anti-lock brakes, two front air bags, and most of the body structure is shared but the cabin layout is more passenger-focused than the hatch."The layout of the instrument dials and controls is intuitive," Honda says, "and generous equipment levels, even on the entry-level Trend model, ensure a high degree of comfort, while the even more luxurious Comfort model adds an extended features list."MUSICAL THEMEHeadroom is excellent, too, and there's a distinct lack of bling – something else going out of date in cars. Power mirrors and windows are standard, as are aircon and a comprehensive audio system with all the new input options.Honda has followed the musical theme of its naming convention with the Brio; it's an Italian term from 1734, often used as a musical term meaning "played with vivacity, verve". Ballade, Jazz, Prelude, Dualnote, Quintet - there was even a Gracenote audio system database. Perhaps there were others - tell us.The Brio sedan will be offered in two model variants – 1.2 Trend, available with a five-speed manual gearbox, and 1.2 Comfort, offered with a choice of five-speed manual or five-speed automatic gearboxes."The Brio hatchback really took the market by storm when we launched in early December 2012," said Graham Eagle, director of automobiles at Honda Motor Southern Africa. "It brought Honda's quality and reliability within the reach of a broader audience, while introducing a vibrant energy and youthful appeal to the brand."'BRIO MAGIC'Eagle says that while the hatch is specifically targeted at young and trendy motorists, many of them first-time buyers, the sedan extends the nameplate's reach to include young, style-conscious families with an appetite for the four-door's extra space and practicality."We've also extended the appeal of our Brio hatch with the addition of the entry-level Trend," Eagle added, "to augment the exiting Comfort variant. We're convinced this will allow even more people to share in the Brio magic."Recommended retail pricing of the new Honda Brio sedan:1.2 i-VTEC Trend - R128 9001.2 i-VTEC Comfort - R136 9001.2 i-VTEC Comfort a/t - R146 900The Brio hatch is priced at:1.2 i-VTEC Trend – R119 9001.2 i-VTEC Comfort - R127 9001.2 i-VTEC Comfort a/t - R137 900Prices include a two-year or 30 000km service plan and a three-year or 100 000 km warranty. Service intervals are 15 000km.
Great little car i drove one yesterday pity about the horrible interior color and the plastics inside is hard and color makes no sense otherwise the boot is great and it drives well. It a Honda so it will never break.
Honda is the new Toyota in SA. Affordable and reliable cars that you won't be embarrassed of. Van Zyl and his boys are destroying Toyota in ZA - how can you even offer us the Etios ? It is an insult to South Africans. By the way , I spoke to a Honda salesman recently while servicing my wife's car - they are looking at doing a darker colour for the Brio and Civic in SA.
Hi Steven i drive a 1.5 Jazz Auto and the wife drives a 1.5 Jazz Auto i see the new Jazz have already been leaked but hope we are getting a small diesel this time the Torque with the 1.5 Auto box is just not good enough always hunting for gears. http://www.autogadget46.com/2013/07/2014-honda-jazz-new-leaked-images-and.html
My wife has a Jazz 1.5 manual , actually don't mind driving it , very fun little car. Surprising power when you hit the VTEC zone.
you missed the musical term, Accord.
Brown interior trim again?!!


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Automation and digitization of everything has been common speak in the past decade. From cellular phones to smart phones and digital diaries to tablets, the world has seen tremendous change in the past few years.
We have productivity apps to make checklists, remind us of important meetings and to share information ten thousand miles away in less than a second.
But should this technology be confined to the realms of phones, tablets and PCs? What about the most basic equipment used almost daily in our lives?
Most of us would be able to recall a toothbrush ad showcasing a product that tells you when it needs to be replaced through an analog color indicator. Can you think of some way to automate this?
Of course we can have the barcode and scan it through one of the readers, but not everyone's going to keep a reader for this purpose.
There actually exists a very simple technology of this sort that is ready to be deployed and used at a large scale – a very basic piece of art – RFID tags or Radio Frequency Identification tags.
The RFID technology uses a unique identity that is stored in a small microchip present in it. This means they can easily be used to identify people, objects etc. They can even talk to other tags using radio frequency electromagnetic fields.
Future of RFID Tags
It is not at all hard to imagine how powerful RFID tags can actually be. In the era of the Internet of things, RFIDs can be the agents of complete digitization. They are very cheap to produce and they are pasted on each consumer goods, such as milk bottles, shampoo, laptops etc.
Now, if products start coming up with individual tags, then we can have an amazing word in front of us:
- Providing product information: There could be no need to spend big bucks on printing labels and warranty cards with information about the product and its life. A simple RFID tag can perform all those functions. Ranging from product info to instructions on how to best use it, everything can be coded onto this wonderful chip.
- Making devices and products communicate with each other: Be it storing groceries in your refrigerator or baking stuff in the oven, these devices could communicate with the RFID tags on the products and make use of that information to set the right kind of temperature or may get the best recipe from the internet for the same. Isn't it cool
- Helping corporations to get customer centric feedback: Corporations using RFID tags will get customer centric feedback about usage, preferences and hence can build better relationships with them by offering the right kind of discounts and after sales services.
- Fully automated transactions: Say you buy stuff from the supermarket; RFID tags on the products will communicate with your basket and your basket will prepare the bill and will communicate with your smart phone to connect with your bank account to and will pay the bill automatically. No hardcopy bills, no queues and no hassle.
- Building a whole system of the internet of things: Through systematic use of these RFID tags we can build a whole system of intelligent devices, capable of talking to each other and automating every possible process thereby advancing the human race into the next lane of technology and development.
- In Driverless car of Google – Even Google is utilizing the RFID tags in its robotic chauffeur for reference indication. The car can track its location by reading the RFID tags those are present at the patterns printed on the road. Explore more about driverless car.
The RFID tag seems to be for the next era of technology, what the transistor was for the information age. It is very promising and holds a lot of potential in changing the way we live.
If we take into account the pace at which technology has grown in the past few years, RFID tags are bound to become integral parts of our race in the next decade.


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News from 2014-2015
Handmade Wooden Toys Bring Joy to Young Students
More than 500 cars, trucks, boats and cradles were delivered to boys and girls at Wherry Elementary thanks to Holman's USA, the Albuquerque Woodworkers Association and woodshop classes at five APS high schools.
Students at Wherry Elementary cheered Wednesday when they found out during an assembly that each and every one of them would receive a handmade wooden toy thanks to the Albuquerque Woodworkers Association and Holman's USA.
In addition to the 530 toys for Wherry students, toys also were given to students at Adobe Acres Elementary and homeless students across the district. More than 2,000 toys including wooden cars, trucks, whales, birds, and doll beds with doll and quilt were created for students in need this holiday season.
For more than 25 years, the volunteer-based AWA has partnered with Valley High School woodshop classes to provide toys to disadvantaged New Mexico families. A couple of years ago, Eldorado, Highland, Manzano and West Mesa high schools joined the project, allowing AWA to dramatically increase donations.
The project struggled financially in recent years because the company that used to donate the wood went out of business. AWA tried to pay for materials using a portion of their membership dues, but those funds were quickly drying up.
That's when Holman's USA stepped in, picking up the tab for materials including wood, drill bits, band saw blades and sanding materials. Piñon Quilters and Tumbleweed Quilters are providing dolls and quilts for the doll beds.


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In April 1970, the Apollo 13 moon flight's Jack Swigert reported, "Houston, we've had a problem here." (The movie modified this to "Houston, we have a problem.") Hurricane Harvey brought a more massive problem to Houston. In its suffering, Houston and other Texas Coast cities have displayed the solution to this nation's bitter political and racial divide.
Early on, Houston's mayor Sylvester Turner made a tough call telling residents not to evacuate the city. Given the impassability of so many streets and stretches of highway, his call seems on target. Still, Harvey forced tens of thousands of residents to leave flooded neighborhoods. Some managed alone. Many required assistance.
Local, state and federal agencies, including the Texas National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard, went to work. They deployed helicopters, boats and high-water vehicles to pull desperate people out of the water, free them from vehicles and pluck them off roofs. Given the scope of the problem, they couldn't do it alone.
Houston-area residents—and many people from out of the area—used their own boats and vehicles to take neighbors and strangers to shelters across the city. The Red Cross and other non-governmental agencies cranked up their efforts.
In addition to courage and compassion, these rescuers and caregivers shared another important quality. They assisted people in need without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual identity or any other factor that has pitted one segment of the nation against the rest. I know of no white Christians who refused to help Blacks, Latinos, Asians, Jews and gays. I know of none of the latter who refused to assist whites. When push came to shove, Houstonians and others pushed back against the common adversary that threatened life, property and hopes for the future.
Houston and the Texas Coast will require years to fully recover. Some estimates see the presence of FEMA—the Federal Emergency Management Administration—at four years. This raises a critical question: Will FEMA have the funds and personnel to do the job—and do it right? Donald Trump ran a winning presidential campaign on shrinking the federal government and draining the swamp in Washington. Forget D.C. The White House needs to sufficiently fund FEMA and other agencies to help Houston and the Texas Coast rebuild long after its very real swamp drains away.
I wonder how many first-responders and rescuers—all of whom deserve our praise and thanks—voted for Trump based on his premise of smaller government and funds directed away from FEMA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, the arts and more to build a wall on our border with Mexico. What we need is a wall sturdy enough to shield the Gulf Coast and its cities from rising waters—or a dome expansive enough to hold off biblical-type rains. Of course, that's wishful thinking.
But here's reality: The U.S. government has the unique assets and people power to make a long-term difference anywhere disaster strikes—and lead planning to avoid or mitigate new disasters. That's why Texas governor Greg Abbott, a Trump supporter, welcomed federal aid.
Our political efforts should target making Washington more efficient and effective, not destroying it. Houston's selfless, color-, religion- and gender-blind heroism offers a solution to national acrimony and achieving that goal. Pray that enough Americans notice.
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All Local LeConcepts Remote Control Quadcopter Flying Ball Drone SG-F10 Reviews
- lousy toy
- received the parcel yesterday, at first try on drone, both black wings flew out. i had to pick them up and fix them back. every flight, both black wings fly out. at third flight, not only both black wings fly out, the lithium battery also got unplugged and flew out! one of the black wings cut my foot which bled as well! how on earth does a drone wings fly out so easily?!


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I recently had the privilege of writing a short article on inspiring athlete, Alan Hobson, for the 20th Anniversary Issue of Impact Magazine. The team at Impact put a huge amount of work into this issue, and were able to catch up with many of their former cover athletes. I applaud their ongoing efforts to bring the most inspiring Canadian athletes into the spotlight.
I was able to interview Alan Hobson by phone amidst his busyness traveling throughout North America attending to various speaking engagements. To give you a short intro to this amazing man, here's the introductory statement to the article:
He may have climbed to the top of Mt. Everest, run two marathons and hang-glided over the Rockies, but the greatest challenge Alan Hobson has faced was beating the 85 per cent chance that cancer would take his life.
You can read the rest of it here!


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My new website at www.sarracannon.com is live! That means my blog has also moved with it. You know how I've been talking about wanting to have a dedicated place where I can talk about Indie topics separate from things my readers would be interested in hearing? Well, now I was able to split my blog into two pieces.
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Free Preview of Michelle Muto's DON'T FEAR THE REAPER
*I wanted to announce that my blog has a new home at my brand new website! I've been working on this website for a while, and I was happy to have it finally go live this weekend. I am migrating my blog over there as well, so please check it out HERE. For this week, I'll probably be posting my blog both here and at the new site as we transition over.
I am so excited to have the very talented YA author Michelle Muto on my blog today. She has been nice enough to give us a free preview of her book DON'T FEAR THE REAPER. Here is a brief description of the book:
Grief-stricken by the murder of her twin, Keely Morrison is convinced suicide is her ticket to eternal peace and a chance to reunite with her sister. When Keely succeeds in taking her own life, she discovers death isn't at all what she expected. Instead, she's trapped in a netherworld on Earth and her only hope for reconnecting with her sister and navigating the afterlife is a bounty-hunting reaper and a sardonic, possibly unscrupulous, demon. But when the demon offers Keely her greatest temptation—revenge on her sister's murderer—she must uncover his motives and determine who she can trust. Because, as Keely soon learns, both reaper and demon are keeping secrets and she fears the worst is true—that her every decision will change how, and with whom, she spends eternity.
Doesn't that sound awesome? Just wait until you read this first chapter! You will want to scoop it right up.
First Chapter Teaser:
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for they are with me.
I repeated my version of the psalm as I watched the ribbon of blood drift from my wrist. I'd hoped it would be a distraction—something to stop me from wondering what my sister's dying thoughts had been. Exhaling slowly, I let the emptiness consume me.
Jordan had kept my secrets and I had kept hers. In the end, it came down to just one secret between us that took her life. Now, it would take mine. I should have said something, but nothing I said or did now could bring her back or make anyone understand what she meant to me.
Are you here, Jordan? Are you with me?Tell me about heaven...
I told myself Jordan was gone, never coming back, but her memories continued to haunt me. I had no idea if there even was an afterlife. If God existed, I was convinced he had given up on me. Not once did I sense he'd heard a single one of my prayers. I wasn't asking for the world—I only wanted to know if my sister was safe and at peace. What was so hard about that?
She should still be here. It wasn't fair.
I'd been the difficult one—much more than Jordan. For a while, I'd even gotten into drugs. Mom and Dad had worried I'd get Jordan into drugs, too. But I wouldn't. Not ever. Besides, that part of my life had been over long before Jordan's death. A small gargoyle tattoo on my left shoulder was all that remained of my previous lifestyle.
Mom and Dad started treating me differently after Jordan's funeral two months ago. She and I were twins, so I understood how hard it was for them to look at me and not see her. Sometimes, they wouldn't look at me at all. Mom went to the psychiatrist, but no one asked if I needed to talk to someone about what happened. No one asked if I needed sleeping pills or antidepressants. Yeah, sure. Don't give the former addict pills of any sort.
Not one person saw the all-consuming suffering that gnawed at my soul. Why couldn't anyone see? Jordan had been more than my sister—she'd been my Samson, my strength. I would have done anything for her, and yet, I'd failed her. I wasn't the one who'd killed her, but I might as well have been. How could I ever live with that? My heart had a stillness to it since her death.
I shall fear no evil.
I couldn't very well recite the first part of Psalm 23 because it said I shall not want, and I did want. I wanted to go back in time. I wanted my sister back. Clearly, goodness and mercy were never going to be part of my life ever again. In my mind, I saw myself walking through the iron gates of hell with demons cackling gleefully all around.
I didn't want to die. Not really. I was just tired and didn't know of another way to stop the pain. Doctors removed a bad appendix. Dentists pulled rotten teeth. What was I supposed to do when my very essence hurt, when the cancer I'd come to call depression made every decent memory agonizingly unbearable?
Before I'd gotten down to cutting my wrist (I managed to only cut one), I'd taken a few swigs of Dad's tequila—the good kind he kept in the basement freezer. I'd used another swig or two to chase down the remainder of Mom's sleeping pills in the event I failed to hit an artery or vein. Then I'd set the bottle on the ledge of the tub in case I needed further liquid encouragement. Instead of using a knife or a razor, I attached a cutting blade to my Dad's Dremel. The Dremel was faster, I reasoned. More efficient.
I recited the line from Psalms 23 again. It had become my personal mantra. It would have been easier to OD, I suppose. But I felt closer to my sister this way, to suffer as she'd suffered.
The words resonated in my parents' oversized bathroom. I'd chosen theirs because the Jacuzzi tub was larger than the tub in the hall bathroom. Jordan and I used to take bubble baths together in this same tub when we were little.
Innocence felt like a lifetime ago. I searched the bathroom for bubble bath but came up short. Soap might have made the laceration hurt more so it was probably just as well. Besides, the crimson streaming from my wrist like watercolor on silk was oddly mesmerizing.
The loneliness inside proved unrelenting, and the line from the psalms made me feel better. I prayed for the agony inside me to stop. I argued with God. Pleaded. But after all was said and done, I just wanted the darkness to call me home.
I tried not to think of who would find my body or who'd read the note I'd left. I blamed myself not only for failing Jordan, but for failing my parents, too.
My lifeline to this existence continued to bleed out into the warm water. Killing myself had been harder than I'd imagined. I hadn't anticipated the searing fire racing through my veins. I reached for the tequila with my good arm but couldn't quite manage. Tears welled in my eyes.
Part of me foolishly felt Jordan was here. The other part feared she wasn't.
Give me a sign, Sis. Just one.
I imagined seeing my parents at my funeral—their gaunt faces, red-eyed and sleepless. How could I do this to them? Wasn't the devastation of losing one child enough?
No. Stop. A voice in my head screamed. Don't do this. Don't. Please...
I shifted my body, attempted to get my uncooperative legs under me. I could see the phone on my parents' nightstand. I could make it that far. Had to. The voice was right. I didn't want to do this. I felt disorientated, dizzy. Darkness crept along the edges of my vision. Focusing became difficult. A sweeping shadow of black caught my attention. Someone stood in the bathroom—not my sister. A man. Had I managed to call 911? I couldn't remember getting out of the tub. And why'd I get back in? Did I use a towel?
Mom is going to be pissed when she sees the blood I've tracked all over the bedroom carpet.
"I'm sorry," I told the man in black.
"It's okay, Keely. Don't be afraid." Not my father's voice. It was softer, with a hint of sorrow. Distant. Fleeting. Later, I'd feel embarrassed about this, but for now I was safe from the nothing I'd almost become. My teeth clattered from the chill. My eyelids fluttered in time with my breaths. The tub water had turned the color of port wine. The ribbons, the pretty, red watercolor ribbons were gone.
Dull gray clouded my sight.
A voice whispered to me, and my consciousness floated to the surface again.
"—okay, Keely."
Cold. So cold.
"I'm right here."
There was no fear in me as the man bent forward, his face inches from mine. He was my father's age, and yet strangely older. His eyes were so...blue, almost iridescent. The irises were rimmed in a fine line of black, and the creases etched at the corners reminded me of sunbeams as he gave me a weak smile. The oddly. Dressed. Paramedic. A warm hand reached into the water and cradled mine. My fingers clutched his. I sighed, feeling myself floating, drifting. Light—high and intense exploded before me. No! Too much. Too much! I shuddered and labored to catch my breath, but it wouldn't come.
Finally, the comfort of darkness rose to greet me.
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Announcing CHANNELER'S CHOICE by Heather McCorkle!
Winner #1:
- An eBook of Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
- An eBook of Running Wide Open by Lisa Nowak
- An eBook of The Secret Of Spruce Knoll (if you don't have a copy yet)
- A paperback of Born Of Fire & Dies Irae (novella combination by Heather McCorkle and Christine Fonseca released through Compass Press)
- And of course, Channeler's Choice swag (bookmarks, postcards, etc.)
Winner #2
- An eBook of Beautiful Demons & Inner Demons by Sarra Cannon
- An eBook of Bound by C.K. Bryant
- An eBook of The Secret Of Spruce Knoll (if you don't have a copy yet)
- A paperback of Born Of Fire & Dies Irae (novella combination by Heather McCorkle and Christine Fonseca released through Compass Press)
- And of course, Channeler's Choice swag (bookmarks, postcards, etc.)
If you don't have an eReader then you'll definitely want to stay tuned on Heather's blog for a HUGE giveaway taking place at the end of the Channeler's Choice tour.
To enter the giveaways for Heather's blog tour, stop by Heather's blog and fill out the Rafflecopter entry form!
Here is a bit about Channeler's Choice:
With her parents' murderer's dead, Eren can finally concentrate on fitting in at Spruce Knoll High, not to mention figuring out what it means to be a channeler. If only it were that easy. It turns out she isn't normal even among channelers - she may be a legendary warrior meant to protect the earth in a last great battle.
But Mayan prophecies are the least of her worries as she involuntarily starts to gather her own Society, another girl moves in on Aiden, her powers rage out of control, and worst of all, someone is stalking her. To top it all off, Eren discovers she doesn't have to be a channeler after all - she has a choice.
As an old threat closes in and she risks ending up like her parents, she is forced to decide. Be a normal teenager and leave the legendary warrior stuff to someone else, or embrace a dark destiny?
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by Cheri
(Saint Louis)
My boyfriend, R., of seven months has a 17 year old daughter, O. I have three grown kids of my own. He and I are establishing a wonderful relationship--he couldn't be any nicer or more of a gentleman. Every once in a while I will do something special for her. When we went to playoff games for world series, I got tickets for us and her. When she said pumpkin pie was her favorite, I bought her a pumpkin pie. She never says thank you for anything. Her mother died when she was five. She seems like a happy, well cared for and well adjusted young woman. He has obviously done a wonderful job, but not sure has done a very good job teaching manners. Shall I stop giving or just be patient? It is plain old awkward.
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- 2 Beds
- 2 Full Baths
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionRiver Pines Condo
Listing Date07/06/19
Year Built1998
Lot Size0.06 Acres (2,614 SqFt)
Parking1 Car Assigned
Property Description
A very nice sunny corner residence overlooking green space with sounds of the Eagle River. Right next door to Riverwalk and all the retail-shops, restaurants, grocery store and movie theater. Upgraded kitchen appliances, wood floors, wool carpet and window coverings. Kept in immaculate condition. Heated garage with storage and elevator to the residence for easy mountain living.
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- Creek/River
- Meadow
- See Remarks
- Woods
- On Bus Line
- Pets
- Cable Available
- Elevator
- Fireplace - Gas
- See Remarks
- Pets
- Cable TV
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Trash Pickup
- Forced Air
- Natural Gas
- Dryer - Electric
- Washer
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2 Beds 2 Baths
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The intestines and stomach of the sheep are stuffed with rice and lamb meat for a dish, similar to sausage. This is a great recipe from Syria. Source
1. The complete intestines and stomachs of one sheep
2. 3 1/2 cups of white short rice
3. 500 g of minced lamb meat
4. 1 cup shortening or butter
5. 1 teaspoon black spice
6. 1 table spoon salt (or more as per preference)
7. 1 teaspoon of cardamom
8. 2 sticks of cinnamon
9. 1 leaf of laurus + 1 lemon
10. 1 cup of Salt and 1 cup of all-purpose flour - to further clean the intestines and stomachs by rubbing them with the mixture
11. A large needle and thread
1. Order the intestines (at least one day before the big day in Tartous) thoroughly cleaned. By the way, the penis is added as a bonus from the butcher. It's treated exactly as a one of the finest intestines in all the following steps, except no. 3 (turning inside out). So clean it by letting a stream of warm water pass through it until you are fully satisfied. Oops, I didn't mean it in a bad way (the satisfaction part)!
2. Start by cleaning with unscented soap and water, wash and repeat again. Then remove excess fat while paying special attention not to tear the intestines and the stomachs. You can use the dull side of a knife to clean the excess fat from the inside of stomachs.
3. Turn the intestines and the stomachs inside out and rub them completely yet delicately with the salt and flour. Wash with warm water then repeat again and again until fully satisfied they are the cleanest they can get. (How to turn the intestines inside out? Stick your finger in one side and… well, you know how we take off our socks, use the same method. As for the stomachs, sew them where they are torn open and leave only enough space to stuff them with the rice mixture. You would completely close them later.
4. Mix the above ingredients from 2 to 7 after separately washing the rice and draining excess water.
5. Stuff the mixture by gently filling in one end of the intestine and stomachs and pushing it inside with your favorite finger. Then you would hold the intestines with one hand and use the other to squeeze down the mixture. Well you get it, stuff the damn things until full but not too stuffed. Remember rice expands when cooked.
6. With the needle and thread, sew together the loose ends to keep the stuffing inside.
7. Place the stuffed intestines and stomachs in a large enough pot (the largest and thickest stomacks at the bottom). Add between 8 to 10 cups of water. Add the sticks of cinnamon,the leaf of laurus and the juice of the 1 lemon.
8. Boil, cover then reduce heat and cook for between 1 ½ to 2 hours over low to medium heat. I tell you what. I never looked at my watch while cooking. Take out a small piece of intestines and taste it. If the rice is to your liking, then it's done. Some people prefer stiff rice while others prefer it very well cooked. It's up to you.
9. Remove from heat. Place in appropriate pottery for presentation at the table without the sauce. Pour the sauce in a separate bowl and present along side. Some people also like salted plain yogurt on the side. I love the sauce and I drink it along while eating. Add more lemon juice and Tabasco. Don't use a spoon, drink it (trust me on this one)


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Repayments: issue repayment: automatic repayments
Following capture of the SA return most repayments, where there is a request for repayment on the return, will be issued automatically. Clerical involvement will be required where the case is selected for authorisation or any signals are present which inhibit automatic issue.
A trust return will not produce an automatic repayment.
Automatic processing
Small overpayments
Multiple returns for same UTR captured/filed on the same day
Method of repayment
Repayment authorisation (or cancellation)
Repayment issued to incorrect taxpayer
Automatic processing
Where a repayment is requested on the SA return or structured action request, automatic processing will review the SA account for a credit balance available for repayment. To do this it will take into account the following
- The total balance (credit or debit) on the SA record
- Liabilities 'becoming due'
- Uncleared payment credits (made within last 14 days)
- Any balancing charge from a return not yet due that is outside the 'becoming due' period)
If a return is captured within 45 days of a liability 'becoming due', for example a balancing charge debit due for the return year or a first payment on account for the following year, any amount available for repayment will be reduced by the sum required to cover the liability (or liabilities) 'becoming due'.
An exception to this is where a return is captured and creates a balancing charge debit due, any repayment will be reduced by the sum required to cover this liability, irrespective of whether the liability is due within or outside the 45 day period.
However, if the taxpayer requests repayment of the full amount and does so before the due date of the liability, the full amount can be repaid without the need for any further formal written repayment request.
Note: The 45 day parameter may be extended prior to the June and December statement issue.
Where an amount of £10 or more is available for repayment and there are no repayment inhibitions (SAM110205) a draft repayment is created which will be subject to risk factors before issue. Repayment supplement, if due, will be calculated automatically by the SA repayment system.
Changes to the credit balance, for example where a return is unlogged, will not automatically alter a repayment once it has been created, even when the repayment status (SAM110225) is 'draft'.
Small overpayments
Where the overpaid amount is less than £10, the SA system applies a minimum limit which will prevent the automatic issue of a repayment. The credit will remain on the taxpayer's SA record until a liability becomes due and the credit can be allocated.
However, if the taxpayer pursues the request for repayment, no matter how small, SA function ISSUE REPAYMENT FROM OVERPAID BALANCE will be used to repay the credit balance.
Multiple returns for same UTR captured/filed on the same day
Where returns for different tax years relating to one UTR are captured or filed online on the same day, and all include repayment requests that result in a repayment, automatic repayment processing will create only one repayment based on the repayment instructions shown on the return for the earliest tax year.
This is because returns processing and automatic credit allocation has first to be completed in order to establish the tax liabilities on the SA account for the relevant years, and to ensure that any resulting balancing charges are covered by any credits before repayment processing can review the SA account for any net credit balance available for repayment.
Method of repayment
Automatic repayments from the SA return will be made by either Repayment to card, BACS or payable order. Where certain conditions are met, repayment will always be made to card, regardless of any bank account or nominee instructed by the customer. For further information, see subject 'Repay to card' (SAM110116).
To facilitate the use of BACS, the bank (or building society) account and / or nominee details are captured from the return.
When a repayment is created automatically from the return, the status of that repayment on the SA record will be shown immediately as Draft.
The repayment may then be selected by the SA system for manual authorisation, at which stage the status will be updated from Draft to Selected. The repayment will then appear as a work item on the W028 Repayments to be Authorised or Cancelled work list (SAM71106) for authorisation or cancellation.
When the manual authorisation is completed the status of these items will be updated to Authorised or Cancelled Selected as appropriate. If not selected for manual authorisation, the status of the repayment will automatically be updated to Authorised.
Once the status is updated to Authorised, the repayment details are forwarded automatically from the taxpayer's record to the SA Repayment System to issue the repayment and the status at this stage will be updated to Transmitted.
Note: When the status is shown as Transmitted, the repayment will have been authorised within the last 2 days, but not yet issued. A repayment cannot be cancelled whilst the status is Transmitted.
When received by the SA Repayment System, the status of the repayment will be updated to Issued. The SA Repayment System will issue the repayment to the taxpayer within 3 days from the date the repayment is authorised.
The taxpayer should receive the repayment within 5 days of it being authorised, but this may be slightly longer for BACS repayments due to the processing undertaken by the bank / building society in order for the repayment to reach the taxpayer's account.
If the status is shown as Rejected this indicates that it is a BACS repayment that has been rejected by the BACS system. For more information see subject 'BACS Repayment Rejection' (SAM110030).
A repayment with a status of Draft, Selected, Authorised or Issued can be cancelled at any one of these stages and if cancelled, the status will be updated to one of the following
- Cancelled Draft (repayment cancelled at the Draft stage)
- Cancelled Selected (repayment cancelled following clerical review but prior to authorisation)
- Cancelled Authorised (repayment cancelled after authorisation but before issue)
- Cancelled Issued (repayment cancelled after issue following instructions from HMRC Finance
This repayment process also applies to non-automatic Repayment to card, BACS and payable order repayments that have been created on-line by an operator.
Automatic repayment will not be appropriate where
- The overpaid amount is less than £10 (excluding repayments nominated to charity)
- Repayment is to be made from a trust record or arises from an amended return
- There are any repayment inhibitions and even after enquiries have proved satisfactory it is agreed that repayment can proceed
- A repayment is requested other than by the return
- An SA repayment that has previously been cancelled using function VIEW REPAYMENT is to be re-issued
- The method of repayment is either CHAPS or Local Office Payable Order
More detailed advice on making a repayment where any of the above circumstances apply is provided in subjects 'Non-Automatic Repayments' (SAM110140) and 'Local Office Payable Orders' (SAM110110).
Repayment authorisation (or cancellation)
All repayments with a status of Draft including those created automatically from a return, will be subject to the 'pre-repayment risk criteria' by the SA system and may be selected for detailed pre issue security checks followed by manual authorisation (or cancellation). Those repayments selected will be created as work items on the W028 Repayments to be Authorised or Cancelled work list (SAM71106).
Note: The 'pre repayment risk criteria' only covers those draft repayments to be issued by Payable Order or BACS. Repayments to be issued by CHAPS or LOPO (Local Office Payable Order) are not subject to this 'pre repayment risk criteria' by the SA system but continue to be subject to existing security procedures.
More information on the action to take when reviewing the work lists is available in section 'Repayment Work Lists' (SAM113000 onwards).
Repayment issued to incorrect taxpayer
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Just this morning, I read a post.
Not Earth-shattering, by any means. I read a good number of other bloggers out here on the 'net – sometimes for the laughs, sometimes for the inspiration, sometimes because I genuinely click with the other writer, sometimes because I WANT to know more of the other blogger's viewpoint.
And sometimes, to be perfectly honest here, it's for the reciprocal views. Kind of an unspoken yet understood 'pact' between bloggers. I read yours, you read mine.
It's all about the numbers.
This particular blogger had mentioned that people who post holiday pictures every five minutes aren't on a very good vacation…and it got me to thinking of the episode titled: Nosedive from Netflix's series 'The Black Mirror.'
For those of you unfamiliar with this series, it's a British, Twilight Zone-esque series. Each episode is a stand-alone, centered around modern society and the unanticipated effects modern technology has wrought/will wreak upon society.
From the show's Wiki page:
"each episode has a different cast, a different setting, even a different reality. But they're all about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy."
Believe me when I say the writers, directors and cast haven't pulled any punches on how things could go if we stay on our current path.
The episode that sticks in my head, if only because I can see society GALLOPING headstrong and arrogantly down the path which leads to the portrayed future, is Nosedive.
Imagine…if you will…
A world in which every action and interaction you partake in is tabulated in a single, master social-internet platform which society has initiated compulsory attendance. Anyone not high on the popularity scale is deemed fair play for discriminatory practices by the popular ones.
Imagine your entire life centered around your rating. Those with low ratings have predatory rental rates, refused services, employment difficulties.
It's as if the A list from high school (yaknow…the 'popular' kids) was put in charge of everything in society, and now wields enough power to actively suborn those they look down upon from their pillars on high.
The episode continues to draw me in – it's one I've watched easily a dozen times already. Each time I view (or listen, with my nose buried in a chainmaille piece) I seem to catch some new nuance or bit of buried irony I'd missed before.
In this bleakly-painted yet oddly happy-pastel colored dystopian future – I know where I'd rate…right there in the same driver's seat as the old lady in the truck.
If you've access to Netflix – I suggest you look up this single episode. It's Episode #1, Season 3.


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Without an iPod Rip/Transfer Application:
Here's a way to quickly get files off a PC iPod without any extra software.
Plug your iPod or iPhone into your computer.
From the Desktop, go to My Computer and find the iPod
(usually designated by a drive letter. i e. E: or F:) Open it
Well if you have ever wanted to put a theme on your iphone or ipod touch but haven't found the right one well then you need to check out iphoneoverdose. They have over 300 themes
Its pretty easy to add the themes but it does require you to jailbreak the iphone or ipod touch. Here are some examples of the themes they have...
If you have a iPhone that has been jailbroken then you might want to sit up and take notice of this one. In the Netherlands they are having issues with iphones being hacked. Ok so your thinking no big deal that is the Netherlands and not here - well yeah not here YET but word and howto travels fast so best to get the upper hand and protect your iphone now.
The iPhones in the Netherlands when hacked received a text message - here is a screen shot of one:
Ok I think this has to go down as not only a bad idea but just plain scary. We have all heard of the dangers of driving while on the cell phone but what if your cell phone could drive your car? Oh yeah there is a app for that or will be. Currently there is a company in Germany that has developed a app for that.
The app has gas, brake and steering buttons that allow the user to control the vehicle. A roof-mounted camera allows the "driver" to see where the car is going.
It's able to navigate its instructions over Wi-Fi.
I will share the way you can do as the following steps:
Step 0:
Free download iPhone Ringtone Maker, install and run it.
Have you ever wondered how much battery life you have left? Nothing like going to play a game or video and have your battery die first. Well there is an app for that
Battery Go! <== click to get
The National Film Board - now has an iphone app so you can watch hundreds of documentaries, animations, short stories and alternative dramas right on your iphone. Also watch trailers, upcoming online releases and playlists available either on the web, on your personalized home page, or on your iPhone.
Free for personal use and on a subscription basis for schools and institutions.
Well looks like Apple isn't quite as smart at they thought. The new iPhones and iPods can be jailbroken. Yes Apple did change out the bootrom to a new one but you can still hack it. You now need to do a few extra steps and it requires tethering it to a computer to start up. You can read more about it here:
Well the people at techcrunch figured out how to put google wave on iphones. What is google wave well check out this thread: Doing the Google Wave
I thought it would be good to have a spot to post some great deals on apps or those must have free ones.


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Now that the Dude is beginning solid food, I'm starting to take note of the kinds of foods kids eat nowadays and what's out there. The trend seems to be centring around these yoghurts designed for kids which come in convenient little squeeze packs. They're easy, fun and healthy… Or are they?
No one's debating just how convenient and downright cool it is to be able to twist off the lid and let your little one suck out that yummy fruity goodness – it's fun! And best of all, if they don't finish it, you can pop the lid back on and save it for later. What a clever idea! But there's one BIG problem: they're full of junk.
When I say junk, I mean mostly refined sugar. But it's yoghurt, it's healthy, right? Sorry, wrong. I checked out the labels in my local Coles, a massive supermarket that stocks three different brands: Valia, Yoplait and Nestle. And they're all full of refined sugar. I'm talking at least 10% pure refined sugar. That's not taking into account the other additives and things like gelatine to keep it at the right consistency because it's not naturally set yoghurt. They say on the label that it's 'full of vitamin D' for healthy bones, but firstly, why are they adding vitamin D to yoghurt when we get it from sunlight anyway, and secondly, why do we need extra vitamin D? Because it sounds impressive on the label? Yeah, probably. I noticed Valia even make yoghurts they say are 'suitable' for babies over 6 months and toddlers: which baby is eating cow's milk yoghurt with sugar in it?! I can't believe a parent would blindly buy this stuff for a baby or toddler! And I'm not impressed with these companies marketing their junk to young children under the guise of health food.
I'm so disappointed! Such a clever packaging idea, but why the shitty ingredients? It's going to be a while before the Dude has any yoghurt, but unless these companies stop contributing to the bad health of Australian children and preying on the ignorance of their parents, I'm going to be sticking with the wonderful Jalna.
I really wanted to say something to the mum I saw buying dozens of these things for her little girl who was understandably desperate to eat one before they even left the supermarket, but it would be rude. Wake up Aussie parents, think about what you're feeding your kids, read labels, don't be fooled by marketing!


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London - Pep Guardiola has backed Manchester City starlet Phil Foden to shine for the next decade after the youngster's dazzling League Cup display against Oxford.
READ: Pogba will never captain Man Utd again, Mourinho confirms
Foden was City's man of the match and capped his influential performance with his first senior goal in their 3-0 third round win on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old midfielder also played a part in the opening two goals for Gabriel Jesus and Riyad Mahrez.
England Under-19 international Foden has been tipped for the top for some while, but he hasn't found it easy to break into the City given the quality the champions already possess.
But City manager Guardiola, handing Foden his first start since the Community Shield, is certain his gifted young prodigy will be a star turn at the Etihad Stadium for years to come.
"The way he celebrated his first goal was like the final of the World Cup and that is because he is a City fan," Guardiola said.
"My dream is for him to stay 10 years and if Phil stays for 10 years, he can - in the next decade - play regularly and after (that) I don't know what is going to happen with him."
Oxford boss Karl Robinson likened Foden to former Barcelona midfielder Andreas Iniesta, although Guardiola was keen not to make comparison with one of his previous players.
"Wow. These are big, big words. I have said many times we are delighted with Phil," Guardiola said.
"I am not going to say he is going to become Andres Iniesta because it puts pressure on him, Iniesta is by far one of the best players I ever saw in my life so we cannot put the pressure on Phil.
"But he has the quality to stay here for 10 years because I think he wants to stay, I think the club wants him to. But step by step, he needs to play regularly, but I think he has all the skills to play with us."


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After rolling out direct payments that bypass the app stores, both Google and Apple have removed Fortnite Mobile from Google Play and the App…
13 more of the coolest hidden Google tricks
Ok, I'll admit it. I made a mistake. I tried to pack all the awesome hidden Google easter eggs into one article… and, really, there are way more than 17 'tricks' built into Google products or entertaining sites to be found by clicking "I'm feeling lucky". So, if you're finished evading the ghosts in Google's version of Pacman and you're looking for some more awesomeness, read on.
If you run a Google search for the word "askew", you may think you've somehow broken your monitor or telepathically adjusted your display settings. But really, Google has just shifted a few degrees – the same thing happens if you search for "tilt".
2. Goglogo:
Ever wanted your own personal version of Google, complete with a customised logo? No? Really? I suggest you move on to the next item. Otherwise, you can type "goglogo" into your Google search bar and hit "I'm feeling lucky" (if you're having trouble with this, change your Google instant preferences or just type the word, then wait for the suggestions and hover over the first option — "I'm feeling lucky" will appear to the right). If you enter your name into Goglogo's box, you'll be rewarded with a search page that has been customised with your name.
3. Heart:
Could you plot this equation on a graph: "(sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5"? No? Well, Google's built-in graph function can compute all of that mathematical notation and stick the results firmly on the x and y axis to produce a little blue heart. Lovely.
4. The Google translate beat box:
If you type a string of garbled words into Google Translate, and ask it to translate them from English to German, then click the 'listen' icon, Google will start beat boxing. The text is "pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk pv zk bschk pv zk pv bschk zk bschk pv bschk bschk kkkkkkkkkk", but slightly different variations work too — and the beat box rhythm changes depending on how you combine the terms.
5. Google sphere:
Another experiment by the same team that brought you Google gravity, Google sphere transforms your Google Image search page into an interactive spinning orb. To access it, search for "google sphere" and click "I'm feeling lucky". Then click on the search bar, and chase the swirling links around the screen to your heart's content. The 'sphere' will spin around in different directions depending on where your mouse pointer is positioned on the screen.
6. The loneliest number:
In case you weren't aware of this, Google's built-in calculator will confirm it for you: the loneliest number is one. Aww, shame. It can also tell you how to calculate a blue moon.
7. Binary:
If you search for the word 'binary' in Google, you'll get the results — but the exact number of results won't be displayed in the form you're accustomed to — instead, they'll give it to you in binary code (that's 1s and 0s for those of you who don't speak geek). Something similar happens for 'octal' and 'hexadecimal'.
8. Qing Ming Festival:
If you search for "qingming" (a traditional Chinese festival), Google will decorate your search results page accordingly, painting the white space with watercolour plants, occasional rippling water and some children perched atop blinking cows. If you look closely, you may spot a fish or two leaping from the 'water'.
9. Snake:
Ever get bored while waiting for YouTube videos to buffer? Well, you won't have that problem again. Just press the arrow keys and you can play a game of snake (it helps if you pause on a solid background, although it is much more entertaining when the blinking dot your snake has to 'eat' appears on someone's face).
10. Dragons:
The spread sheets in Google Docs are plagued by dragons… and it's up to you to defeat them! Ok, they're really not, but you can slay a dragon in Google Docs with embarrassing ease. Just press 'shift' and 'F12' and you'll be congratulated on your fine job.
11. Jet ski to China:
If you ask Google Maps for directions from Japan to China (I tried Tokyo to Shanghai), it will give you all the usual traffic routes… and an instruction to climb on board a jet ski to make it across the Pacific. If you try to go from Australia to America, Google will recommend taking a kayak. I'd rather walk to Mordor.
12. Gmail spam and trash:
If you're a Gmail user and you aren't suffering from a chronic case of ad blindness, you may have noticed something strange about the text adverts above your messages. Instead of the usual vaguely relevant ad, you'll see a recipe for some spam dish in your spam folder, and a recycling tip in your trash folder.
13. Gingerbread zombies:
If you own an Android phone or tablet, you may have stumbled upon this easter egg already (although it doesn't seem to work on all Android devices). If you go to 'settings', then click 'about device/ phone' and repeatedly tap 'firmware version' or 'Android version', the device will display artwork relating to whatever version of the OS you're running. So, if you're running version 2.3 (Gingerbread), you'll see the little green android surrounded by a horde of zombies, and Honeycomb users will see a blue bumble bee that buzzes if you touch it. Users with Ice Cream Sandwich will see an army of Nyan cat-ish Androids encased in ice cream sandwiches zooming around in space. Which, I admit, is way cooler than the zombies pictured above (hello, who doesn't like nyan cat!?), but until someone swings a Nexus in my direction (hint hint), I can't screen shot it for you.
As some readers have pointed out in the comments, Android JellyBean has a hidden easter egg too — if you tap the version number and then repeatedly poke the Androidified bean that appears, you'll be be met with a screen full of colourful floating jellybeans (complete with occasional antennae), which you can swish around the screen to your heart's content.
We've also put together some videos explaining how to find the hidden tricks in your phone, Google Now and Google Maps:


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Will the First Daughters Receive the H1N1 Shot?
Malia and Sasha Obama have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.
Currently, only children with chronic medical conditions whose immune systems are not strong enough to fight off the virus are being vaccinated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that children from 6 months to 18 years of age get the H1N1 vaccination.
For many parents the biggest drawback to getting the vaccination is the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal, which has been used in vaccines and other products since the 1930s.
The H1N1 vaccine can include thimerosal, but the CDC insists that there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the preservative in low doses causes anything except for redness and swelling at the injection site.
The CDC also insists that no link between thimerosal and autism has been proven scientifically, a conclusion widely disputed by the National Autism Association and other non-profit organizations.
School systems have been notifying parents to return consent forms quickly for their child to receive an H1N1 vaccination during school clinics. Students will be able to get the vaccine unless they have underlying medical problems.
The CDC wants the public to know that a regular seasonal flu shot will not protect against the H1N1 virus.
Will Brother O subject his own children to the "benefits" of the H1N1 vaccine, or will he follow in the footsteps of committee Democrats, who exempted themselves from enrollment in the public option, and go on to opt out his kids from taking the vaccine while promoting it as beneficial for average Americans?
Time will tell!
I.M. Kane


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Authentic Belgian waffles can now be enjoyed at home, fresh and hot, thanks to the new Sunbeam Belgian Waffle Maker.
A popular food for breakfast, brunch or sweet tooth occasions, Belgian waffles are distinctively made with extra deep plates that create a deliciously thick and fluffy cake that's crisp on the outside. Dust with icing sugar or top with your favourite fruit, cream or chocolate sauce to complete the sensory experience. The Sunbeam Belgian Waffle Maker comes with easy to follow recipe ideas, including sweet and savoury varieties and accompaniments. As well as apple and cinnamon, raspberry and almond or parmesan and herb waffles, there are also gluten-free and dairy-free recipes to suit special diets. Simply pour in the batter, close the waffle maker lid and rotate the plates 180 degrees using the handle for even cooking. The non-stick cooking plates allow waffles to be removed easily and make up to four rectangular shaped waffles. Best enjoyed fresh from the cooking plates; leftover waffles may also be frozen and reheated using a toaster.


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This diddley bow is made of a small Gil Gonzales Davila cigarbox. These boxes sound very nice. It has a broomstick as a neck. The notes (fretmarkers) are woodburned in the neck, with different symbols. Due to the long neck, 3 octaves are playable on that one string. It has a bullskull inlay and some extra woodburned details. A attached cowshorn functions as leg-support. It is amplified with a piezo disk as well as a homemade magnetic pickup. A switch can be used to select between the two different pickups. Besides that it has volume and tone control. The whole guitar is stained with a vinegar steel wool solution and finished with linseed oil.
This diddley bow is named after the Réunion Kestrel (Falco duboisi) for a reason. The Réunion Kestrel is an extinct bird of prey which belongs to the falcon family. It inhabited the Mascarene island of Réunion and was part of the Western Indian Ocean radiation of kestrels. Because it is extinct, not much is know about this falcon. Known from subfossil bones and the writings of Dubois published in 1674 they say the bird has the size of the common Kestrel (wingspan 60-70 cm). It can be assumed that the bird was of the same generally brownish coloration as its closest relatives, with a lighter underside and darker spots or stipples, the tail, brown or more probably grey, being banded and tipped black. Its feet were yellow and large relative to the bird's overall size.The bird fed mainly on birds, but certainly also on insects and the local gecko; Dubois noted that despite their small size they were able to prey on (presumably half-grown) domestic chickens
The extinction of the Réunion kestrel, which thus seems to have been complete around 1700, is something of a mystery, just as that of the Réunion owl. Introduced predators were not present in numbers at that time and even rats probably would not have presented much of a problem for the birds. Certainly, they were considered a pest as they fed on poultry, but hunting is unlikely to have been able to reduce their population much at such an early time, as evidenced by the continuous survival of the marsh harrier, which was heavily persecuted for centuries for the same reason.
The guitar has this name to raise awareness for the pressure that people have put on ecosystems and the wildlife they accommodate. Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely. The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever. We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. It is a terrible loss when we lose more animal species and functioning ecosystems that have been around longer than us. The wildlife and healthy natural ecosystems are more important than all our other desires and the luxury humans pursue. Our consumerism is going crazy with a huge impact on environmental pollution, exhaustion of natural resources and destruction of ecosystems. This really hurts me deeply, and I think many around me feel the same way. "Biodiversity and nature's contributions to people are our common heritage and humanity's most important life-supporting 'safety net'. But our safety net is stretched almost to breaking point," Besides being our safety net, it is holy in my opinion, and ultimately fascinating in its beauty and complexity. We should not destruct it any longer and start to protect and restore on a bigger scale. Personally we can change our own impact by the choices we make daily. The name of this guitar is Réunion falcon, because I think we should reunite with nature and the animals around us. Play the role we should play in the system, not elevate ourselves above the natural world. We should take care (be care-full) with our planet, all our actions should be examined on the impact on the environment, and compe
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12th Year
Posted by Muthu on January 1, 2018
Wishing you and your family a wonderful 2018.
We never believe in forecasts, especially of short term. In the beginning of 2017, there were many predictions that markets would do badly due to demonetisation. GST implementation strengthened these voices further. However Sensex has delivered around 28% return in 2017. As a policy, we don't make any index forecasts and would stick to the same for 2018 as well.
If past is anything to go by there are more good years than bad years. Roughly markets are up 70% of the time. Need to stay invested during the 30% bad years as well, to reap the benefit of good years.
As our clients, you all have created significant wealth. This would accelerate in the years to come. We hold views based on broader picture. India's GDP per capita would continue to grow over next decade and this would result in many companies doing well. When companies do well, earnings would grow. Growing earnings would get reflected in stock prices and hence in mutual fund NAVs.
We believe that there is huge potential for wealth creation over next decade though the ride, as always, would be bumpy. You've been sticking to your investments despite bull and bear markets, positive and negative news flows and your own emotions of greed and fear. Once we buy right, all we need to do is to sit tight.
We are entering into 12th year of our profession today and are grateful to you for being our client.
Though we started the profession in January 2007, it took around 3 years for us to get our focus right. We then realised investor management is more important than investment management. Choosing investments or making portfolio changes is only 10% of the work. 90% is focusing on investor management, which is managing behaviour, emotions and psychology.
By helping you focus on what is important, we're able to make you achieve excellent results. Through all our communications and interactions, we would continue to focus on investor psychology and behaviour.
Good investing is very simple. It is like daily exercise or consuming good diet. Though these are simple to understand, very difficult to implement on a consistent basis. Our focus would continue to be making you do these simple things consistently. Simple and right discipline, when repeated regularly, would lead to exponential results.
Be it health, wealth, career or relationships what we do everyday matters. To quote Darren Hardey
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine."
Stick to simple and effective discipline. Keep reinforcing it regularly. You'll then be successful in whatever you focus.
Once again, wishing you a great 2018.


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I have already mentioned on this blog about my preferred way of watching horror films. I like to be in a fun group of people who are all about as much of a wuss as myself, and I'll do anything to avoid sleeping alone that night. Bingo! August 22nd I went to my friends house for wine, take-out and films. I had been meaning to watch The Babadook for months, however as I am a massive wuss, I usually wait for events like these to roll around to tick off a horror movie.
Thankfully, my two friends and viewing partners that evening love horror films and are both just as big a scaredy cat as I am.
We had an insane amount of technical difficulties in order to get the film to even start. Netflix was down, then the laptop we were using was too slow to stream anywhere else online, and the download speed was dire also. By the time we got the film going, I was praying that it was going to be worth all that faff.
'The Babadook' centers on Amelia who is a single mum (as her beloved husband died years earlier) and her son, Sam. Early on we are shown that the son is extremely difficult, getting himself in trouble at school and at birthday parties as well as continuously not sleeping complaining of the monster in his bedroom – this all leads to Amelia becoming increasingly stressed and exhausted. One night when Sam can't sleep, Sam picks a book from the bookshelf which Amelia proceeds to read to him: Mister Babadook. From then on, the Babadook is ever present in both their minds and their home.
Amelia is a truly incredible character. I do realise that I am suffering from my usual 'honeymoon syndrome' which I experience with films, where I love everything about them until something better comes along. I can't help it; I'm fickle. But honestly, Amelia may be one of my favourite female characters to date. Definitely my favourite horror film character. She is presented as an actual complex character. This is a gift usually only bestowed upon male characters, especially in horror. Female characters are continuously presented as the victim and/or the sexual object. Amelia is a mother, neighbour, sister, colleague, potential love interest as well as being a messy character in that she ruins all of these relationships during the course of the film and importantly, there is no male character coming to save her. It is also worth noting that Amelia as a mother is extremely believable – she doesn't strip off and jump into the shower to 'wash away her worries'- she is a complex human being who then also happens to be a mother.
The use and presentation of female sexuality and agency is also relatively rare in a horror. Amelia is not branded the 'slut' after she is shown using her vibrator, nor does she become the first to die; she doesn't seem to be punished as a result of her sexuality at all. Similarly, female sexuality is not presented as 'monstrous' such as it is in 'Carrie' or 'Alien' and is regularly another horror stereotype. As mentioned earlier, Amelia's sister, her sister's friend, neighbour and female child services officer are all female and they all possess a form of agency and control over the narrative. They are not treated as back seat characters.
The monster itself I found very intriguing and original. Some of the best horror films I've ever seen always forgo revealing the 'monster' and instead increase tension to the point where I almost start feeling sick. 'The Babadook' had this exact affect on me. You're first shown a drawing of the Babadook in the story book that Amelia reads to Sam. After that the monster is merely hinted at, yet his presence is so overwhelming that that in itself was scary enough and you're constantly waiting for it to make an actual appearance. Luckily, it does and the wait is worth it. The tension built in 'The Babadook' reminded me of 'Mama' (I've written about 'Mama' here), however thankfully once you're shown the monster, that is where the similarity ended. The payoff in 'Mama' was dire and disappointing. Mister Babadook himself appeared looking almost as hand-drawn as he was in the book itself, and moved with a stop-motion effect. It almost makes you continue to use your imagination, and this made the monster creepy and eerier than I expected.
'The Babadook' deals with incredibly complex themes such as motherhood, grief and depression. Sadly, I've read a lot of Facebook status' and Tweets which give the impression that the main themes and important issues that the film deals with were missed by a lot of viewers; who in turn rated the film badly. The film transcends entertainment and I found myself actually caring for and fearing for these characters. Usually in horror films, the characters are written so badly that I'm quite excited to see them die.
It turns out that the film was definitely worth all the technical faff and has found itself in my Top 3 films of 2015!
Have you seen 'The Babadook'? What did you think?


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Triple-A for a Day
Saturday, August 12th
What: Triple-A for a Day (including Jr. RBI Closing Ceremonies and 12U Softball and 12U Baseball championship games)
When: Saturday, August 12th — Closing Ceremonies at 6:30pm in between the 12U Softball Championship @ 5:00pm and the 12U Baseball Championship @ 7:30pm
Where: North Austin Optimist (NAO) — 1105 Morrow St., Austin, TX 78757
Who: All RBI kids, families, volunteers, and friends!
Why: To celebrate the end of the season!
We're getting pumped about the Jr. RBI Closing Ceremonies (with award presentations for every division and championship games) at Triple-A for a Day on Saturday, August 12th.
The Round Rock Express is bringing their gameday crew, fun, and entertainment to make the Jr. RBI Austin Closing Ceremonies and 12U softball and 12U baseball championship games an event for the whole RBI Austin family.
ALL players are invited and EVERY team will be recognized during the Team MVP Awards at the Closing Ceremony (6:30 p.m.). So whether you're playing in one of the championship games or joining us in the stands, there will be fun for every player, family, and fan!
8/12 Championship Game Lineup
- 10U Softball Championship: 9:00 a.m. (NAO #5)
- Coach Pitch Championship: 5:00 p.m.(NAO #3)
- 10U Baseball Championship: 5:00 p.m. (NAO #4)
- 12U Softball Championship: 5:00 p.m. (NAO #5)
- 12U Baseball Championship: 7:30 p.m. (NAO #4)
- 15U Softball Championship: 7:30 p.m. (NAO #5)
Have questions? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.