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It's more than likely that at some point in your life you'll be involved in a car accident—whether or not it's your fault. When the other driver is at fault, it is expected that his or her insurance will cover the costs related to getting your vehicle fixed or replaced, as well as cover any personal injuries sustained from the accident. But what happens if the other person's insurance company decides only to pay a small portion of the claim, if any at all?
Why won't the insurance company pay?
It seems straightforward right? The police officer found the other driver at fault and issued him or her a ticket, so therefore their insurance provider should be the ones who have to pay. However, there are circumstances where the other driver's insurance company might decide there were circumstances that make the accident partially your fault—despite who the officer issued the traffic citation to.
In some situations, the other insurance company might only pay part of your expenses, but not all. If the insurance company thinks that your car was in the garage and body shop for longer than it should have been, they might only settle for partial payment. Say your car was in the body shop for 15 days, but under circumstances they believe your car was in there for too long. They may only compensate you for 10 of those 15 days of having a rental car. The same concept applies for personal injury—insurance companies may try to pay less for medical care and rehabilitation after an accident.
So what do you do if the insurance company refuses to pay for some, if not all of your expenses? Know that you do have options and the attorneys at Bigda Law are here to help you.
What to do if they refuse to pay
First and foremost, be cautious of what paperwork you sign from the insurance company. In many cases, the insurance company will slip in a form or waiver that, by signing, you are agreeing to not seek further legal redress or compensation for your injuries or damaged property. Be highly attentive to what you are signing, and do not sign any of those types of agreements.
Consult the knowledgeable personal injury attorneys at Bigda Law before you sign anything from the insurance company. Have your lawyer explain in detail the paperwork to you.
If the amount to be compensated is small enough, you may be able to take the other driver to a small claims court in order to recover the difference. However you would have to check your state regulations to see if this is the right choice for your case. If you can provide enough evidence to prove the other driver was at fault, and show proof that the insurance company is not covering your expenses, you could quite easily win your case—leaving no choice but for the other driver's insurance company to recover the costs.
A professional lawyer can help you decide whether or not it makes sense to sue for the amount you are owed. In many cases, upon being prompted by a letter from your personal injury attorney, an insurance company will do the right thing and pay. An attorney shows that you are serious about your settlement. Don't get stuck with unnecessary expenses when you weren't at fault. Consult with your Wilkes Barre lawyer to get a good idea of what to expect. Call Bigda Law at (570) 714-4001.


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If you're like most people, you don't have an unlimited budget. But you are also a dreamer, have goals, and a vision of how you would like the future to unfold. For most people, home ownership is one of those goals. It allows you to have a "pay yourself" investment that builds equity, like a forced savings plan. You can have the freedom to improve, update, and style your home as you please. Home ownership provides stability, whereas with renting, a landlord could choose to sell the property. You are in control of how the home is maintained when you own a home. The list goes on and on….
BUT sometimes the tricky part is figuring out HOW to become a home owner!
Here are some easy tips to help set you on your way to achieving something that has long been regarded as achieving the American Dream:
Budgeting Tips
- List all of your fixed expenses such as utilities, groceries, student loans, cell phone, car payment, debt payments, etc.
- Estimate irregular payments that you foresee throughout the year such as travel expenses, car maintenance, taxes, etc.
- List every other expense that is more of a "nice to have" and not a necessity such as beauty expenses, coffee from Starbucks, entertainment, shopping, etc.
- Label your expenses as A- needs, B- needs but can be more efficient with (such as grocery shopping, utilities, etc), C- wants
- Total your expenses and see if they are close to or more than your NET income (what you take home after taxes). If your expenses exceed or are very close to exceeding your income, then it's time to reassess your spending habits and make cuts from your B's and C's.
- Create a plan to save X amount each month to help build a down-payment nest egg so that you can become a home owner, and pay your own mortgage! Stop making your landlord rich by paying his or her mortgage for them!
Pro Tips
- Make all of your reoccurring payments automatic! This ensures that you never miss a minimum payment or payment to your car, cell phone, utilities, etc. and helps protect potential for you to make an error and ding your credit score!
- Sign up for your bank's automatic transfer program and move a % of your paycheck into your savings account each paycheck! You'll be well on your way to saving big $ with zero effort!
- Ask for discounts! Ask your insurance company for any discounts or special programs you may qualify for. Call your internet company, cell phone provider and other service companies you pay for to see if your job has affiliate discounts, or if you can negotiate a better plan!
- Think before you buy! To resist impulse buys, wait 24 hours to buy an item. It may turn out that you don't need it after all!
- In most cases, if you have to finance it, you can't afford it. The main exceptions to this rule are homes and cars.
- Set some goals and use a helpful budget tracking app to help you achieve them!
For more information on this topic, I would love to chat!
Jackie Angiello
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Three Year Old's (3 years old by December)
Three Year Old Curriculum
Children will expand their academic and social skills. Group games and independent self-help skills are encouraged. Numbers, shapes, colors, letter recognition, phonemic awareness, pre-math skills, daily circle time, fine motor activities, music and movement games, holiday celebrations, and developmentally appropriate drawing/writing experiences are all part of their day. Holiday celebrations, Hebrew program, weekly Shabbat, music and gym are all part of the school year program.
Colors, shape & number review, seasonal concepts, Jewish holiday stories and symbols, plant life, nutrition, story characters, 5 senses, community helpers.
Gym, Hebrew, music, and Shabbat activities
Developmental Areas
Uses increasingly complex sentences
Uses language to communicate ideas, feelings, needs and questions
Begins to understand story sequence
Communicates through scribbling
Exposure to letters in the alphabet
Recognition of child's in print
Compares quantities of two groups of objects
Sorts objects by color, size or shape
Number recognition
Utilizes different methods to solve problems
Classifies items that belong together
Creative Expression
Names different shapes, lines, colors, forms, and materials
Dances with control
Social & Emotional Development
Recognizes familiar places in the community
Begins to understand how his or her actions affect others
Approaches to Learning
Approaches activities with increased imagination and inventiveness
Concentrates increasingly on tasks or interactions
Physical Health & Development
Develops increasing hand-eye coordination (stringing beads, using scissors)
Becomes more self-sufficient in using tissue, washing hands, and other self-help skills


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Thousands of Marchers Try to Shift RNC Focus to Poverty
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CLEVELAND – While unifying the GOP is on the agenda inside Quicken Loans Arena, ending poverty is the focus for thousands outside the Republican National Convention, which opens today.
An End Poverty Now March this afternoon is meant to raise awareness of the need for higher wages for working families.
Rowena Ventura, community organizer with Common Good Ohio, says with a 37 percent poverty rate, Cleveland is an unfortunate example of how the nation ignores people's economic rights.
She maintains low wages force parents to work multiple jobs, which prevents them from focusing on their children.
"Parents don't have time for that," she stresses. "They're just trying to survive. That's devastating to families alone. Now you have a lot of children that are running the streets, have no supervision, and it's just a lose-lose situation – there's no win in it at all."
Also today, local and national experts on poverty and opportunity hold a panel discussion at Cleveland State University, with speakers from the Legal Aid Society, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee of the AFL-CIO and Policy Matters Ohio on the panel.
Senior Republican members of Congress and party leaders have also been invited.
Deb Kline, director of Cleveland Jobs with Justice, says among the key issues lawmakers must address are equal pay for equal work, the right to affordable, safe housing and immigration.
"We need to reform the current system, because especially undocumented workers are often the most exploited workers that we have, in Ohio and across the country," she states.
Ventura notes the march for economic justice follows in the footsteps of the welfare rights movement, which began in Cleveland in 1966.
"We have a great opportunity with the RNC being here," she states. "And hopefully, we'll get the attention that we really need to get this going forward here in Cleveland, and hopefully to carry on across all Ohio and the United States."


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How do you evaluate a new language for use in a given project or team? Sometimes you have a particular framework or platform that dictates your choices. If you are developing an application for iOS you probably want to learn Objective-C (I know there are other options, but you get the point). If you really want to try Django, you're going to learn Python. In those cases things are really simple.
But what if they're not? What if you want to try out a new language or framework just because you believe, like me, that regular change creates new insights, relieves boredom, and helps a team learn important new methods and skills. Or what if you are finding it difficult to hire people who want to use Delphi, or PL/1 or whatever, and you need to switch to something new before all your old programmers retire? How do you decide then?
This is the situation I found myself in. We have a number of new projects coming up in the next 24 months and I wanted to get some new ideas and methods flowing through the team. In addition, we have a lot of legacy code written in Perl, and regardless of how you feel about Perl as a language, one thing is absolutely true: finding people in Victoria who want to program in Perl is extremely difficult.
I have done a lot of reading and experimenting with Scala and have come to like it. I thought it might be a good choice for our team. But I didn't want to dictate something as personal as programming-religion (aka. language choice). So I thought we'd try something a little more data-driven.
About three months ago I had everyone on the team suggest the languages they'd like us to evaluate. Fortunately, the resulting list had only ten choices, which felt like a reasonable upper-limit. We created a spreadsheet with a set of evaluation criteria and assigned team members to research and score one or two languages in each category.
Probably your first question is: what languages did we evaluate?
To start, we included Perl as a baseline, since we already have a lot of Perl code and know it well. To that we added (in no particular order): Clojure, Scala, Python, Groovy, Java, Ruby, Go, Erlang and Javascript.
For each language we gave it a score from 1 to 5 (higher is better) in the following categories:
- License (would it work for our business?)
- Build Tools
- Documentation Automation tools
- Patch/Fix techniques (do you have to redeploy everything, or just individual files?)
- Dependency Management Tools
- Performance
- Scalability / Cluster support (anything special here?)
- Developer productivity (based on whatever metrics we could find online)
- Test frameworks
- WebUI Development frameworks
- REST development frameworks
- Cool language features
- Easy support for Multicore machines
- Ease of learning
- SQL, NoSQL, and ORM support
- AWS Support (existing libraries?)
- Ease of recruitment
- Size and health of the surrounding community
We did our best to score each language and add everything up. Obviously this exercise is not free from bias. The scores depended on the person doing the research, which resources they used, how they felt about type systems and language flavours, etc. However, once all the scores were in, we sat down as a team and evaluated the evaluations. Some marks were adjusted, but many were not.
In the end, we ranked the languages from highest to lowest as follows: Scala, Python, Ruby, Groovy, Clojure, Java, Erlang, Go, Perl, Javascript.
I think it's pretty easy to say that any other team, even if the followed the same methods, would almost certainly end up with different results. A concept like Developer Productivity, or Ease of Learning, is heavily influenced by your team's background and preferences.
Despite all the areas where our methods could be questioned, the activity was useful and the results had value for us. The winner, Scala, is where we decided to start. Details of how that worked out will be in my next post.


text: Paul Maconochie 0 Posted January 22, 2006 A useful option in the LogPlot histogram options is the ability to specify a value based colour gradation scheme. This feature could be enhanced if one could specify specific colours for nominated ranges of values. As an example Deere (1968) gave a five step classification for RQD values ranging from 0-20% very poor to 90-100% excellent. I will often colour code those classifications in plots that I prepare as single colours viz Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue. At the moment I have to do that outside of LogPlot and my suggestion is to implement it within LogPlot. You will note that the RQD value range for the very poor classification is 20% and for the excellent classification is 10%. For that reason if this option were implemented the user should be able to specify individual ranges of values and associated colours or RGB value. Regards, Paul Maconochie GeoTek Solutions Pty Ltd Brisbane, Australia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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R&F will undergo significant changes in next season's Hong Kong Premier League.
Foreign Players
In the coming season, R&F are allowed to register three foreign players in their squad and can field up to two of them at any time during the match, while Mainland Chinese players will not be counted as foreign players. Currently, three-time league top scorer Giovane da Silva has joined R&F and former Guangzhou R&F striker Bruninho will also be part of the team next season. R&F also stated that they are looking to sign a former South China midfield/forward, which is reported to be Marko Perovic.
Local Players
As mentioned, all Mainland Chinese players will be considered as local players in the coming season, but they are also required to register 8 to 9 young Hong Kong players. Former Rangers midfielder Chow Cheuk-fung has joined, while naturalized Eastern defender Roberto Affonso Jr. reportedly accepted a 2-year contract, with a monthly salary of $150,000, but still pending transfer fee negotiations between Eastern and R&F. Experienced CSL centre-back Zhao Ming will also play for R&F next season, as well as Mirko Teodorovic, who holds a permanent Hong Kong ID and therefore also counts as local player. Meanwhile, last season's team top-scorer Chuck Yiu-kwok has left the club to join Rangers.
R&F are said to have allocated a budget of HK$ 20 million for the Hong Kong club next season. That would be equal to the budget of teams such as Eastern and South China in the past.
Li Zhi-hai, last season's head coach of R&F, will not be leading the team into next season. Instead it is said that former Shenzhen player Marek Zajac from Poland will take over.
Reserve Team
Private football development company Freemen FC of Hong Kong will be managing the youth and reserve teams for R&F next season, with former Hong Kong National Team player So Loi-keung as the manager. The reserve team will be based in Hong Kong and will travel to Guangzhou for training and exchange once a month. Four Freemen FC youth players have signed professional contracts with R&F and will play in reserve team next season.
Home Ground
R&F will use Yanzigang Stadium in Guangzhou, a 3-hour driving distance from Hong Kong, as their home ground in the Hong Kong Premier League next season. The club is required to provide accommodation and meals as well as to cover travel and insurance cost for the away team. The stadium will be renovated in the coming future with 700 seats provided for away fans, and tickets will be available for 60 and 20 RMB.
TV coverage
Home games of R&F will be broadcast live via Guangzhou Jingsai, while they are also looking to purchase the right to broadcast their away games in Hong Kong from the official broadcaster on.cc.
The new arrangements for R&F have received mixed reactions from the public. Some believe R&F shouldn't have the right to enjoy the privilege of fielding foreign players, and there are worries on whether Hong Kong authorities will have any jurisdiction in Guangzhou in case there are undesirable events such as match-fixing and corruption. Also, Kim Pan-gon, heach coach of the Hong Kong National Team questioned the decision, stating that it will not not help football development in Hong Kong. However, Ricardo Rambo, former coach of Rangers and South China, disagrees: "R&F surprised a lot of people with their big budget this year. I see this as a benefit for players, coaches and fans and hope to see some good and competitive football next season."


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Movie Trailers
Watch: TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D – Happy New Year Spot
Well, Lionsgate has brought online a fresh spot for Texas Chainsaw 3D and the new one's called 'Happy New Year'. A new year, a new beginning for the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family. Directed by John Luessenhop a direct sequel to the original 1974 film centers on Heather, who is traveling through Texas with her boyfriend Ryan to collect an inheritance which, unknown to her, includes her cousin – lovely Leatherface. The horror film opens in theaters on January 4th, 2013 starring Alexandra Daddario (Heather Miller), Dan Yeager (Leatherface), Tania Raymonde (Nikki), Tremaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson (Ryan), Keram Malicki-Sanchez (Kenny), Shaun Sipos (Darryl), Thom Barry (Sheriff Hooper), Paul Rae (Burt Hartman), Scott Eastwood (Carl), Richard Riehle (Farnsworth) along with special appearances from four cast members from previous installments of the franchise — Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns, John Dugan and Bill Moseley, respectively. Head inside to watch a special New Year themed spot, in which the audience is reintroduced to Leatherface to the strains of a traditional Scottish song Auld Lang Syne. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNJGqGmXp0[/youtube]
Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion's dank cellars.
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Some people are flawless typists, even applying formatting as they go along; the rest of us have to go back and select text to change it. Everybody knows the basics: double-click to select a word; drag across text to select it; or Shift-click to make a selection starting at the insertion point or to alter an existing selection. But learning a few more tricks can save you lots of time. These tips work in Apple's Pages and TextEdit, as well as in Microsoft Word. Some of them even work in Apple's Mail and Safari. (They all work in both Snow Leopard and Lion.)
Shift to select as you go
If you can move the cursor to any spot in your text using the keyboard, you can simultaneously select the text you pass over by holding down Shift as you move the cursor. So, using the left or right arrow key to move a character at a time as you press Shift lets you select one character at a time to the left or right; holding Shift plus the up or down arrow key lets you select upward or downward from the insertion point.
Grab the beginning, or the end
Do you hate your introductory text but find that you hit your stride in the middle of your essay? Press Shift-Home to select everything from the current cursor position to the beginning of the document and then delete it. Shift-End highlights everything from the insertion point to the end – so you can delete a weak conclusion.
No Home or End key on your keyboard? In Pages and TextEdit, press Shift-Fn-Left Arrow or Shift-Fn-Right Arrow to select to the beginning or the end, respectively, of the document. Word 2011 doesn't support the Fn-Left Arrow and Fn-Right Arrow as substitutes for Home and End, and has mapped those combos to move the cursor to the beginning and the end of the current line. Also, the Fn key doesn't exist on some older Apple keyboards.
Easily add to your selection
Double-click to select a word or triple-click to select a paragraph. Forgot to select something? In Word and TextEdit you can then Shift-click anywhere in the document to include additional complete words or paragraphs. This is particularly handy in Word, which lets you select a full sentence with a Cmd-click, so Shift-clicking lets you add complete sentences. (This doesn't work in Pages.)
Select whole words from the keyboard
Did you know that you can jump to the beginning or end of a word by pressing Option-Left Arrow or Option-Right Arrow? Another Option-arrow press jumps you ahead or back another word. Add the Shift key to the mix (Shift-Option-Left Arrow or Shift-Option-Right Arrow), and you can select a word at a time and then use the keyboard to format it or delete it.
Choose noncontiguous text
Just as you can Cmd-click to select noncontiguous items in a Finder window or dialog box, you can select noncontiguous text with the Cmd key. Want to boldface various words? Just Cmd-double-click on each, and format them in one fell swoop. You can also Cmd-triple-click on noncontiguous paragraphs, or Cmd-drag to select various phrases.
You can do more than just format noncontiguous selections. Choose Edit > Copy (Cmd-C) to copy them, and when you paste them elsewhere (Cmd-V), they appear as a list.
Select a rectangular area
You can select a rectangular area of text anywhere – even in the middle of a paragraph – by pressing Option as you drag. This is incredibly handy when you're working with tab-separated columns of text. You can select a column to format it differently (in italics, say), delete it, or move it.


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My family will soon join the normal world, as, after this winter break, when the public school kids return to school, Big Brother and The Boy will be joining them.
Momma and I have had to face the we haven't been doing the job right recently, oddly enough for the last couple of years. We haven't really focused our attention with all we've been up to, if you know what I mean. We discussed over the summer putting them in to start the year, and in retrospect we probably should have, but I argued for one more chance. I really believe in the idea of homeschooling, but I also argue more than anything for a variety of options when we think about educational models.
A huge part of my desire to continue homeschooling, I have to admit, is that I've allowed homeschooler to define my identity to such an extent. I can kinda invoke the closet again here, though I hope that I'm not just continuing to blame the closet. But part of my whole thing here is to try to understand the power of the closet even if this isn't really the blog post for it.
Having said that, I keep losing my identities and keep not figuring out how to get/form new ones. Having said that, I keep finding that it sorta happens sometimes when you're not looking. It's like that whole homeschooler thing. I don't really think that I'm losing the identity or becoming not a homeschooler, I'm becoming more, maybe?
We've visited both their schools, and while The Boy seems excited, Big Brother is his usual calm and somewhat impassive self. The Boy's school is on the route we drive daily to get to most places we go, and Big Brother's is on a common route to some place we don't go as often, but we have used their field as a practice field a few times over the years during soccer seasons. They've been pointing out their schools as we've been driving past.
And while we think of school for them I kinda think maybe I could think about school for me. I think I can't imagine what I would study, and this time it wouldn't be about getting a career like last time. I'd have to only study things I enjoyed learning, or it wouldn't be worth it. And fwiw, look for a post soon that might be a clue.
I'm excited for them. I've kept them too close to the rut I'm in for too long, and if I were honest I've been worried for their sake. I put my own fears onto them and worry that it'll all be too much, the lines, the crowds, the noise.
It's a part of a journey inside the journey I suppose, and it's time for it to happen. I'll tame my distrust of the man, and I might even try to get involved. I'm sure the schools can find something I can do. I could always be a lunch lady.
exploration, coming out, the closet, food and cooking, music, stuff about kids/being a parent, hungry anacondas ravaging the bun fields of southern Florida
Sunday, December 12, 2010
hs to ps
Posted by samuel at 11:47 PM
5 comments:
- JJ Ross said...
Sam, I just posted a "homeschool" love letter to you about this, at Snook.
- Meg_L said...
Good luck!
- COD said...
No longer homeschooling? That's it, we are no longer imaginary internet friends ;)
Although if it will get me a love letter at Snook, maybe I should put my kids into school.
- JJ Ross said...
Lol Chris! But we "labeled" you our "online action figure" already, and you know you liked it! ;-)
Wow, Sam. If I weren't a little speechless and teary-eyed right now, I'd write you a love letter, too.
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Yesterday I got the idea in my little head that it would be fun to be an online moderator for a new site I joined for mothers in my local area. They have all kinds of forums that have eaten up more of my day than blogging lately. One of the forums is called "Natural Living and Attachment Parenting" and they had an announcement about needing a moderator. I emailed the woman in charge of the site, and she informed me that the position has been filled.
I may live a pretty straight and narrow life these days, but I've been known to hang out in alternative-land.
I was a vegetarian for about five years, and would still be now if it weren't for all these carnivores I live with clamoring for charred flesh.
I lived without a car, using my bike and bike trailer or the bus for all my transportation, for 9 windy rainy wonderful years.
I've baked my own bread, fried my own tortillas, made my own clothes, costumes, quilts, cloth bags to carry groceries in, even went so far as to crochet some little bags to put veggies in so I didn't have to use the plastic ones from the produce section.
I breastfed each of my kids for three years (it's sad that this is considered alternative.)
I shared sleeping quarters with each kid for at least three years.
I homeschooled my first child until 8th grade, my second until 5th grade, and my third is now homeschooling "first grade."
I had natural childbirth with midwives and lived dirt poor so I could stay home with my babies.
I've lived without tv, phone, bank account or credit cards, I even lived for a time in a house whose only heat was a woodstove, and then I lived for a few days in February without wood. No better way to wax alternative than not to be able to feel your toes.
I shopped and worked at health food stores for years, trying out all the funky "new" foods that the rest of the world considers staple but Americans find so fascinating, like millet and tofu.
I recycled, reduced, and reused, including finding half-broken furniture and such and repairing it with materials bought at a thrift store or yard sale.
I've had an organic garden, composted, grew veggies, mulched with my lawn clippings.
I've used a clothesline, canned my own jam with blackberries I picked, crocheted my own afghans and cured illness with home remedies.
And I drank microbrews as long as I could afford to!
And that doesn't even include all the weird things I've done in the name of following my bliss.
I got it into my head when I saw that announcement that I might have a place to share all this, to make my experience be useful to someone, to be needed. I might have an incentive to stop my slow slide into the disposable convenience of mainstream complacency and regain some of the habits, skills and attitudes that made me feel so self-sufficient and conscientious.
Of course, I can still post and comment in the forum. The truth comes out that I just wanted a bit of spotlight, I wanted to alleviate a bit of my new-in-town floatiness by having a place I belong. I feel way too much disappointment for a fleeting idea that just came to me yesterday.
So I look at all the projects that I have neglected in the past couple of weeks, developing conversation classes, translation, studying to qualify as an interpreter, and I decide to attack them with renewed vigor.
Here I go, clicking to put a check mark in the box next to "vigor" and pushing the "renew" button.
And here comes the inspiration…
Wait for it…


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The 10 Deadliest Martial Arts Weapons in Action
Weapons have been synonymous with the martial arts throughout their history. From training in a dojo to protecting the crops of Asia, weapons have been instrumental in the evolution of martial arts combat for years.
What is the greatest weapon in the history of martial arts?
Many would concur it to be the mind. Discipline is the key principle. Without discipline, without perseverance, without tactics and without dedication – there is no place for martial arts. Meditation, self-improvement and understanding do not come from a blade, but from your brain.
This follows onto the body as the second most powerful weapon. Before attempting to perform with any physical weaponry, you must be sure that you are fit and ready in your bodily capabilities. Strength, endurance and fitness.
Healthy in body and mind.
This article focuses on the top 10 deadliest martial arts weapons that are an extension of yourself. They range from a wide list of schools, and each display their own particular style of deadly combat possibilities.
Here we go!
10. Shurikens
Shurikens are traditional Japanese concealed weapons often referred to as Ninja stars in the West. They are small and sharpened blades used to throw at or slash an opponent.
The video below demonstrates the throwing technique, highlighting the covert potential of these deadly little weapons.
9. Tonfa
A tonfa is a wooden stick with a handle based two thirds of a way down, allowing it to align with your forearm to defend the bone, and to use as a punching weapon with devastating results.
Check out the amazing fighting simulation below. The fast paced duel is an awe-inspiring piece that demonstrates the full range of attack that is possible with this simple weapon.
8. Throwing Knives
Throwing knives can be a controversial weapon. If you are not trained enough in the art to make sure that you can make effective use of them, you may just arm your opponent. Having said that, with the right technique and skill, a throwing knife can mean the difference between life and death.
Take a look at the tutorial below. It discusses the correct way to build your throwing technique, including practicing distance and holding.
7. Kama
Traditionally used as a farming tool, the Kama was later improvised as a weapon in combat. Largely used in Indonesian fighting schools, it can also be found in some Chinese martial arts. The Kama is particularly effective, not just for its fear inducing aesthetic, but also for its multiple uses, which include attack, defence and disarming an opponent of their weapon.
Below is a Kama-kata which gracefully demonstrates the uses of the weapon.
6. Kusari-Fundo
The Kusari-Fundo is a particularly snappy weapon consisting of around 12 inches of chain met with a weight at both ends. The weights would typically reach around three inches, though there are no particular rules on the construction of this weapon. It is possible to have a much heavier weight or even a blade at the end of the chain for added effectiveness in battle.
This video uses a substitute in the fight simulation, but with a little imagination you will be able to understand the devastation ways of this variable weapon.
5. Sais
If you cast your mind back to the days of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, you may remember Raphael and his two Sai. Though populated by a children's cartoon, there is nothing suitable for youngsters here! This fast and mobile weapon usually comes in a pair. Aside from the blunt elongated spike, there is a curved prong on each side to protect the handle area, and a heavy butt end that can be used to strike.
The clip below is a demonstration of how to handle a Sai for full effectiveness.
4. Bo Staff
The Bo Staff, or Bō, is a popular instrument in Japanese martial arts, in particular Bōjutsu. It's a versatile weapon that can be used to attack, defend or disarm an opponent. Averageing a length of 6 foot, it is a weapon to be reckoned with. It can be used for strikes, sweeps, entrapments and even to sweep sand into an attackers eyes.
Check out the video below to see an impressive solo performance which employs a number of fast paced Bo Staff moves.
3. Two Hook Swords
Perhaps these are the most visually threatening of them all! These swords, which include a wide variety of blade shapes, are characterised by the long sword which bends into a hook at the end. Their deadliness is indisputable, and as such are very rarely used in sparring competitions.
The clip below includes a brief description of the instrument, followed by an impressive kata.
2. Nunchakus
The Nunchakus are one of the most visually recognisable martial arts weapons around. Their simplistic design, traditionally consisting of two wooden sticks connected by a short rope or chain, are at the forefront of my mind when I think of martial arts weaponry.
Though popular, they are also dangerous and difficult to master. There are numerous videos around depicting the accidents that have happened when an inexperienced martial artist decides to film their skills! That being said, when performed correctly, they are absolutely mesmerising to watch. What better way to exemplify this than with the person who helped popularise martial arts as a whole in the West?
The following clip is from 'I am Bruce Lee'.
1. Katana
There is arguably no deadlier close combat weapon that the Katana, or Samurai Sword. It is a majestic weapon – a curved and slender blade, met by a circular hand guard pitted over the handle, which is large enough to support two hands. Historically rooted with the Samurai of feudal Japan, the weapon is renowned for its immense sharpness and strength.
There are many videos that display the slicing capability of the Katana – everything from thick wooden poles to gold balls. Though interesting, they can tend to become a little over indulgent. Below is a choreographed fight scene that, despite not displaying the sharpness of the blade, definitely showcases the reasons why I believe the Katana is the number one martial arts weapon around.


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I've just spent the last five hours rummaging around my phone and tablet. Deleting and organizing photos and documents GALORE! I'm not sure how exactly I got to this point but "hey, I accomplished something." Funny thing is – I love organization – it relaxes me! Yep! I'm not even kidding! It's like a day spent playing Tetris or Solitaire; my mind just eats it up! The point is, I sat down to be a different kind of productive. I was hoping to write a blog post or attack my snail mail project (let's be honest, I hoped to do both) but here I sit digging through files and folders.
This little unplanned project was long overdo and boy was it revealing. Technology really leaves a trail of one's evolution along the way. It's rather fascinating. One say my mind will be clear enough to write about it. Until then, I stumbled across this little nugget. I'm guessing I had the desperate urge to purge but let fear keep me from posting. Who knows? Whatever the reason, upon further review, I decided "who cares – post it!!"
Truth is, I'm terrified to commit to writing it all down… all my feelings, thoughts, and beliefs. I think I may be afraid to trust these things – each and every one of them have been known to be untrustworthy. My feelings because they are often fleeting and inaccurate. Feelings linked to memories I don't truly remember but still they come at me without warning. My thoughts are unpredictable and highly untrustworthy because they are generally attached to my feelings…. And they tend to live in the past. As for my beliefs, they are more dependable now than they were when I was younger. For most of my life, I couldn't trust my beliefs because they were based on the twisted views of the adults around me.
It's funny because I started making myself say the UGLY stuff out loud several years ago. I knew somewhere deep inside, that if I spoke about the ugliness in my life, there was no way I could hide or deny it any longer. I could have done the same through journaling but I needed to be heard. That is a running theme throughout my childhood and most of my adult life – my desperate need to be heard! Obviously, I learned a long time ago to keep my mouth shut and to bury my feelings as deep as possible. I was taught to treat my feelings like "the monster under the bed." If I couldn't see it, it didn't exist. But it did… the MONSTER existed (and still does) deep down inside of me.
I'm certain I was not born with the monster inside of me. It's easy to say that my parents have a temper, so genetically I must have a temper. But who's to say that their tempers (and mine) weren't a direct reflection and result of the environment in which we were raised? I spent my entire life looking around and judging those who had not "survived" their childhood. Always making excuses for why they couldn't get out and attack life. I never understood how one could use their childhood as an excuse to not live rather than their absolute reason for living…. I always felt like I had to prove I was stronger than my past. Stronger than the hurt inside of me. Loving, giving, and compassionate despite my childhood. I would be better – better than they were. I would break the cycle.
It's so bizarre to look back at old journal entries and see that not only have I been "here" before but survived and apparently blocked it from my memory. This is what I take from it all, because I see no point in spending too much time back there…. I have always needed to love and be loved. I have always craved connection and consistency in relationship. I have always thrived on deeper connections such as sharing through letters and conversations. I do not function well in surface level friendships, though there can be safety in feeling like I can. I need a small group of like-minded people in my life. Those I know I can trust and who in turn can trust me. Trust … without FEAR!
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I decided to wait a day to post the charts so I could get the new month data in. Anyway, seeing as my prop firm shut down because they didn't want to deal with the new regulations, I had some time on my hands so I reformatted my charts. Sooooooooooo....if you download the formats and not just the jpgs, you'll notice multiple tabs across the top of the freestockchart formats. What I've done is broken down each time period and study. So the leftmost tab will be the montage, palette, combo, cluster...er...nevermind, with all the data so that you can see all the levels together. The second tab is the weekly only , third -monthly, etc...the last two are the fib retracements I'm currently using followed by the subjective price levels I put in.
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Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare are back in THE CHASE!
Target: Carter Grove, former White House chief of staff with an eye for pretty things that does not belong to him (that is until he steals them).
Mission: Find the missing Chinese artifact, steal it back from Carter, and save United States and China's relationship.
Outcome: Read the book for a fun and thrilling adventure-laced with sexual chemistry between Nick and Kate.
Nick is enjoying his role working with the FBI- he gets to hang out with Kate, show off his skills, and enjoy some perks. Kate, well, Kate is still wishing she could put Nick behind bars (that is, when she's not hoping for him to be in her bed). But Kate, Special Agent, is mostly about business. And business is finding the artifact without China ever knowing it had been stolen. Using Carter's ego and a nod to the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", Nick is able to create a plan that gets Kate and him access to Carter's house.
But, this is a Evanovich/Goldberg book, so nothing is that simple. And it's going to take some fancy scheming of Nick's, some hard work of Kate's and some extra connections to pull it off!
Traveling With T's Thoughts:
Really enjoyed THE CHASE. Kate and Nick have incredible chemistry and are the best set of partners that I've read about in some time. The "flirtationship" between them is laced with chemistry, fun, and easy to enjoy- much like the earlier days of another Evanovich series.
Looking for a fun read with some action, irresistible characters and some laughs? Put THE CHASE on your list!
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Oxidized LDLs are well known critical factors in atherogenic mechanisms. LDLOX, but not native LDL, are found in atheromatous lesions where they stimulate cholesterol esterification and are degraded more rapidly by macrophages. The passage of native or modified LDL like small, dense LDL to the subendothelium, their oxidation by reactive oxygen species, the liberation of cytoquines with chemiotactic properties, the migration of monocytes into the subendothelium promoted by adhesion molecules, the evolution of monocytes to macrophages and the internalization of LDLOX into foam cells are fundamental steps in the early deposition of cholesterol in the subendothelium. Degradation of triglyceride rich-lipoproteins, VLDL and chylomicrons, respectively, produces intermediate density lipoproteins and Chylomicron remnants, both known as Remnant Lipoproteins (RLP), and the increase in circulating free fatty acid levels, contribute to endothelium damage and an overall inflammation syndrome. RLP may be oxidized in plasma, and an endothelial specific receptor allows their binding to the endothelial cells and apoptosis giving rise to endothelium injury, an increase in cytokine liberation and an uptake of RLP by foam cells, the first step in the development of atheromatous lesions.
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The deadline to submit entries is Aug. 7 and winners will be selected by Aug. 21. The five winning artists will receive $100 and their chance to leave their artistic talents on the streets of Kingsport.
Four young girls spend the better part of a morning last week brightening up the sidewalk in front of their houses. Flowers, rainbows, hearts, emojis and other colorful images filled the sidewalk, driveway and walkway up to their E. Center Street
An outdoor mural gallery is going up in downtown Kingsport this week. The gallery will include six murals and stretch along the walls of an alley that runs through the 100 block of Broad Street, from Shelby Street to Commerce Street. Participants
The 100-foot long mural stretch on two outdoor walls of the Lynn Garden Hardware building, essentially directing folks to 'the heart of Lynn Garden' – the Lynn View Community Center.
Artists should create a color sketch of their proposed design that shows something great about the Model City. Text is allowed in the design, so long as it's relevant, and be sure to include proposed proportions.
The colorful mural is located on the side of a garage at a house on East Millpond Street and was painted by more than 10 girls from Girls Inc. The girls hope their artistic talents inspires others to do the same all across town.
Returning for a second year, Kingsport is holding a storm water drain painting contest this summer in which five winners will paint a neighborhood storm drain with an environmental theme. Each winner will receive $100. Deadline to enter is Aug. 1.
The "Silent Skies Mural Project" is a representation of an installation that opened in Vancouver, Canada, last August. That installation featured the original 678 portraits on 8-inch by 8-inch canvases, arranged in a 100-foot mural.
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"Pretty good for the old girl," is Mom's standard response to "How are you Patti?"
And yeah, she it pretty damn good for 85, which she turned today.
She's an amazing woman who inspires me every day with her courage, determination, and ability to prevail.
(She also drives me crazy on occasion!)
Until recently, I wished she could see me more clearly. But I've come to terms with her incapacity to do so, and, as a result, discovered unconditional love. What a priceless gift.
I'm grateful to her for being such an inspiring role model, I couldn't have asked for better.
Like most of us, Patti faced tough life challenges.
She didn't finish high school because she and her elder sister Jean both had to go to work to help support the family. Nevertheless, she became a highly respected and successful real estate agent who was (and still is) beloved by a wide circle of friends and the community to which she contributed selflessly.
Even in rough patches, Mom fully engaged life. Always. She's been knocked down more than once: she lost two unborn children, almost died of pneumonia, and faced financial ruin as a result of my father's addiction to gambling in the stock market.
She got up, dusted herself off, and kept going. She simply does not give up. If and when she got lost, she improvised, just as she does in the video below. Her connection to life is truly awe inspiring. I adore her energy, and am so thankful for it.
For last eight years or so, Pinkie Patti has lived with Alzheimer's disease. It is an excruciatingly difficult journey for her, for me, and for the rest of her family.
The disease didn't stop her from speaking her mind (even though it was slipping away), to the government of Iran here, here, and here in 2009. Nor did it prevent her from loving Danny Boy, or dancing with bears, being Irish on St Patrick's Day, or wishing the world were a more peaceful place.
My Mom Patti created a beautiful life for herself, and she helped me do the same.
Now, her feisty nature has resulted in her being medicated into compliance, in an Alzheimer's version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She spends a good part of each day in a drug-induced slumber or stupor. If she knew, she would be wild.
(I abhor what is happening to her, and I'm doing everything in my power to ensure she can be awake and aware instead of asleep as long as possible. I may or may not succeed; but, like her, I will fight the good fight.)
But even anti-psychotics cannot quash Mom's indomitable spirit. When she's awake, Patti is feistier than ever, and she and I make the most of lucid moments.
True, she can't dance quite like she did with me in 2008 when we celebrated her 80th birthday.
That summer we danced everywhere, including in the rain.
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Manuel Otero | Coffee: a crisis we must overcome swiftly and efficiently
Warnings have been issued and they must serve as powerful calls to action, urging us to undertake swift, effective and long-term actions involving governments and the coffee agroindustrial chain.
The collapse of prices for coffee – the second most traded agricultural product at the global level, representing about $15 billion per year – is generating a crisis with a considerable impact at the social, economic and productive levels, especially among small-scale producers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 2018, the average price of a pound of Arabica coffee of the highest quality was 1.01 dollars. Last April, the price plummeted to less than 0.95 dollars, the lowest average monthly price in almost 13 years.
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Brazil have been heavily impacted. In Colombia and Honduras, in particular, coffee accounts for close to one-third of exports. Falling prices also correlate with job losses and have an impact on income and migration flows.
The inability of coffee producers to cover production costs, overcome debts, maintain employment levels or tend to their crops with the minimum investment required for farming will lead to a greater number of pests and lower productivity levels. Many farmers are on the verge of poverty and are threatened by food insecurity.
The profitability crisis and the increasingly frequent extreme climate events (such as those that batter the Central American Dry Corridor) provide a breeding ground for increased abandonment of rural territories and massive migration.
Close to 14 million people depend on or are involved in coffee farming in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The price crisis is a pressing issue that is beyond the control of producers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop policies that foster dialogue between chain stakeholders and improve access to information and competitively priced supplies, while also driving the renewal of plantations with more productive, early maturing crop varieties that are more resistant to pests and diseases.
It is also crucial to add value based on quality and uniqueness, issuing certifications and differentiation seals for special types of coffee, coffee from specific geographic areas, speciality or gourmet coffee, coffee produced using sustainable or carbon-neutral systems, as well as organic or fair trade coffee.
Essentially, we must undertake actions at the macroeconomic level, by adopting policies that improve public investment and boost the chain's competitiveness in markets and in interactions with large suppliers.
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Your house was just damaged by fire or water -- should you look into property damage insurance consulting? Hiring a consultant, also known as a public claims adjuster, can help you navigate the claims process and receive a fair settlement. The adjuster, however, will also take a portion of your settlement as payment for his or her services. Is it still worth it then to hire an adjuster? Read on to find out.
What is Property Damage Insurance Consulting?
Normally when your home sustains damage that is covered by your homeowners policy, you deal directly with the insurance company to settle the claim. You may, however, feel intimidated by the process. Even worse, you might suspect that your company is trying to pay you less than what your claim is worth.
Wouldn't it be nice if there was an expert who could consult with during the claim? That's exactly what property damage insurance consulting is all about.
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If you hire a consultant soon after you have a loss, the consultant will take over and handle the entire claim for you. This includes filing the claim with the insurance company, collecting all relevant papers, inspecting the damage and negotiating the settlement.
If you wait until later in the process to hire a consultant, he or she can still help negotiate a settlement, or review the settlement offer that has already been made.
To receive the full benefit of hiring a public adjuster, contact one immediately after your home suffers damage.
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Since the adjuster will be taking a portion of your settlement, it's important to know when you should consider hiring someone to help with your claim.
- Large Loss. If you have extensive damage to your home, the need for a consultant is greater than when there is only minor damage.
- Insurance Company is Slow. Your insurance company adjuster should contact you within 24-48 hours after you file the claim, and then maintain contact at regular intervals afterwards. If this is not happening, the presence of a public adjuster may speed the claim along. Note, however, that if your damage is the result of a storm, delays should be expected.
- The Claim is Complex. Many claims are cut and dry and require minimal negotiation to settle fairly. Some claims, however, are far more complex. The difference between replacing your roof and repairing it can be a judgment call, for example. A consultant will act on your behalf to help ensure that your claim is settled with your best interests in mind.
- You Don't Have Time. Your life is likely very busy already, and having to deal with your insurance company and the repair people may be too much to handle. Relieve the pressure by hiring someone to take care of the details for you.
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Before you hire an adjuster, you should consider the following factors:
- May Anger Your Insurance Company. The company adjuster may get upset if you hire someone. This could cause him or her to drag out the claim or make a lower settlement offer. If you have your insurance with a company known for it's excellent claims service, you might want to see how your claim is handled before hiring a consultant.
- Costs You Money. The public adjuster will take anywhere from 5% to 50% of your settlement. This could be worth it if you don't have time to handle your claim. However, if your goal is to maximize your settlement, you might take home more money if you handle the claim yourself.
- Find an Adjuster Ahead of Time. Most people buy insurance and then forget about it -- until disaster strikes. The problem is that when you most need an adjuster, you are in the worst position to find one. Avoid this problem by searching before the flood or fire strikes. Even just having a few names and phone numbers written down helps tremendously.
- Find a Good Consultant. Co-workers, neighbors, friends, and acquaintances may have a reference -- ssk around to see who has hired a public adjuster. You can also contact your state insurance office for assistance as well.


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Dennett, Adam Raymond (2010) Understanding internal migration in Britain at the start of the 21st century. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.
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Along with changes in fertility, mortality and international migration, internal migration acts to affect population change in almost all areas of Britain. As well as changing the numbers of people in localities it will alter the structure and composition of populations, impacting upon the planning and allocation of resources to local communities. In order to plan effectively, knowledge of the flows of people within the country is essential, but with almost ten percent of the population of Britain changing their permanent place of residence every year, a complex system of flows between a multitude of origins and destinations is presented. There is a long history of studying internal migration in Britain; a history which owes much to the system of flows continually evolving. Monitoring this system can be problematic as unlike births and deaths, there is no compulsory mechanism to record the movements of people within the country. Data are accessed from different sources, each with their own idiosyncrasies which pose challenges for those wishing to build a complete understanding of the flows taking place. This thesis tackles the problem of building an understanding of internal migration in Britain where data are limited and patterns and processes complex. New methods for estimating incomplete data are presented, along with new techniques for analysing available datasets. Central to the understanding of internal migration patterns is the association of types of migrant with origin and destination areas; therefore one of the central contributions of this piece of work is the development of a new internal migration-based geodemographic area classification framework, designed to both assist in the analysis of internal migration data from the census used to build it and to offer a parsimonious system for the analysis of temporally rich but attribute poor non-census datasets.
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BOB Strollers Recalled Over Strangulation Risk
At least 11 different models - both single and double strollers - are included in this recall, which was announced after an 11-month-old girl got tangled in the drawstring, the CPSC said.The strollers being recalled have a yellow/orange drawstring at the back of the canopy used to gather the fabric when the canopy is pulled back. A serial number can be found on the stroller's rear right leg.
The were sold since April 2002 by REI, buy buy Baby, Babiesrus.com, Target.com and Amazon.com $300-$600.
Consumers who want more information or to order a canopy retrofit kit, can call BOB at (855) 242-2245 weekdays between 10:30 a.m.and 7 p.m. Eastern Time or visit the company's recall site.
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The best online sales this weekend
In honor of the weekend, we're rounding up some of the best online sales going on right now. Scroll through the list below for all the details you need on the very best deals and steals, for the weekend of Friday, October 24, 2014.
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In Middle-of-Nowhere, Illinois, high days and holidays are the only times my sister gets to eat French food. So, while she's on her annual visit back to the UK, I made sure she got her fill.
For her birthday and other special occasions, Sandra and her husband have to get the train to Chicago, where they have dinner at Bistro Zinc. Here in Brighton, a decent French restaurant is just a walk away.
Snails are one of her favourites – and mine too – so I took her to Bistro Nantais in Hove for lunch on Friday. I knew they would be on the menu. We wolfed down six each to start with.
We both chose mains from the daily specials board. I went for confit of venison shoulder (pictured), while Sandra opted for lamb navarrin. In the US, it's hard to come by lamb – beef, chicken and pork are the staples there – so she likes to have some whenever she's back.
We washed it down with a malbec.
We rarely get a chance to spend time together any more. Since she moved across the Atlantic, it's been harder to be as close as we used to be. Facebook and Skype help, of course, but it's not quite the same. So, the day was a good chance not only to enjoy some good food but also to catch up.
To complete her French fix, I bought her a tin of snails to take back to the States with her. So when she cooks them, she can think of me and remember our sunny day out in Brighton.


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Not to too long ago some body accused me of just having a "lifestyle business" and that I wouldn't make loads of money from it and that I should get a "proper Job". Read about it here
As you may know at the moment, as well as working on my business, I also work part-time for a pharmaceutical company. I do this because I want to spend as much time as I can with my family. When I started working for this pharmaceutical company it was full-time. And I could quiet easily still be working full-time and earning loads of money, but then I wouldn't see much of my family. I would be too stressed and too knackered to play with my son. So I made a choice, I asked to work part-time.
And that's what I do, 3 days a week I'm a documentation technician for a pharmaceutical company. And the rest of time I spend either with my family or on my business. I love science fiction and horror and am passionate about what I do. I feel less stressed and am able to spend time with family which would never have been possible if I still worked full-time.
I am not interested in making loads of money. Dont get me wrong I do want to make a success of my business and achieve a certain level of income. My ultimate aim is to build my business up to a level where I can do that full-time and quit my "proper job". But, in my opinion it's not always about the money or the end result. And it's not always about the latest flash car, latest computer, Gadget, TV or poncy suit. Sometimes I think it is just about enjoying the journey and spending time with people you love.
And if I do have a "lifestyle business" and I don't make loads of money, is that wrong?
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I've played enough blackjack to see shoes* that have contained the good, bad and the ugly in terms of wins and losses. In most cases the results stay within the realm of reasonable expectations even if that means taking a chunk out of your bankroll. I've had shoes that have gone well before, but this last trip to Vegas was my all-time biggest positive swing on one shoe.
*A shoe in blackjack is the plastic card holder where the dealer places and then pulls cards for play on the table. A shoe is measured in decks of cards (I play 6-deck hand-shuffled shoes) dealt before the next shuffle. As a side note I'd recommend never playing more than a 6-deck shoe and avoid continuous-shuffle machines at all costs.
I wrote earlier about my climb back to even money for the year and this is the brief tale of the shoe that got me there. I was down a decent amount for the trip, it was getting late on my third night in town, I was playing at a $50 limit table in Bally's, and I was down $500 on this one shoe alone.
The first 1/3 of this last shoe was looking bleak and I was about ready to throw in the towel and accept a losing night. At that point I started a nice winning streak that got me back to even for the shoe in a few hands with a couple of splits and doubles. Once I was back to even, things got exciting in a hurry. I don't recall exact hands very often and this was the case tonight as well, but one thing I clearly remember from this run was being dealt 4 straight blackjacks! That streak of easy wins built my bet size up quickly and the wins kept coming after that run with nearly every hand.
I was getting fired up, the dealer was nearly shouting on every hand when it seemed like I couldn't lose and the chips kept flowing my way including a 2x split with 2 doubles that hit for another big hand win. The last few hands of the shoe cooled off until the last hand came up as a blackjack to finish off a great run.
When all was said and done I went from $500 down to $2,500 up in the last 2/3 of that one shoe for a $3K swing. I've never had a single shoe with that big of a win and that is a rush I won't soon forget.
Now I've set a very high, and probably unrealistic, bar to judge my future shoes against, but I'll keep playing to try and match, and then exceed, the rush and win from that one elusive killer shoe on my next Vegas trip!


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Richard Stearman believes the Blades were full value for the first point of 2018, which was earnt at Derby County on Monday.
Speaking following the stalemate at the iPro stadium, the experienced defender remarked: "Our confidence has never dropped despite not picking up the points our performances have perhaps deserved.
"A draw was the least our performance deserved. We're disappointed to have gifted them the first goal having dominated before that, it gave them a chance to hold on to something.
"But we created chances and limited them to next to nothing, Simon Moore was a virtual spectator for the whole game really."
Stearman added: "It's wide open at the top, teams have been in and around second and it's a valuable point for us as we look to stay in contention."


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I'm a wife, mom and blogger;
Coffee drinker, baker, and jogger.
I don't swim in the sea.
Or make potpourri
I like pizza with a good lager.
I'm a c-sections survivor.
The mother, the gardner, the driver;
A maid, and a groomer,
(Have I said coffee consumer?)
I'm not the best, but I try-ver.
I'm the homeschool professor.
And, my desk is a mess-er.
A guitar player who cooks.
A reader of books,
I'm early to rise I confess-er.
From laundry is my constant flee.
My van is chock full of debris.
I mow the lawn,
Walk our dogs in the dawn-
Only after two-cups of coffee.
Like you, I do many things.
But its Christ who gives me the wings,
To press on when life's hard,
Knowing He will stand guard.
His love is what makes my heart sing.
Among titles, no more am I "slave":
For Christ overcame that dark grave,
In Him I am free,
To be who He's called me to be.
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Safety is the first consideration in selection of raw materials, development and manufacturing of our products, delivery, and use of our products. DuBois has a team of safety professionals, regulatory specialists, product experts, and chemists responsible for product stewardship programs, including providing Safety Data Sheets and product labeling that give accurate and clear information on proper handling and PPE.
Our employees take part in monthly required safety training which covers all aspects of our business. We also offer to assist our customers' safety programs with presentations and other materials. All of this is part of our commitment to creating a safe work environment for our employees and our customers.
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Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness-- Magnoliids
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The magnoliids are a more primitive group of plants which are thought to have diverged relatively early from the rest of the flowering plants, or angiosperms. Their flowers have fewer parts and pollen with a single pore like the monocots.
Aristolochiaceae (Aristolochia Family)
Saururaceae (Lizard's Tail Family)
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Three things.
On Sunday, Indy race car driver Dan Wheldon, died. I loved watching those races. And although I never knew him personally, I had watched him race ever since my interest in Indy began. So it was a shock when I saw the news, the crash. And it got me thinking, the death of life leads to . . . People react differently, I know, but but where does it take us?
I am presently reading Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, and this line got my attention: "Jean Valjean entered the galleys sobbing and shuddering; he went out hardened; he entered in despair: he went out sullen." The death of freedom leads to . . . Does the circumstance in which freedom is taken away incite what our reaction(s) will be?
My bible study this morning from 1 Corinthians 12, dealt with spiritual gifts. The main point being that we are all different but one. The death of unity leads to . . . Yes there are differences, but if we are not on the "same page" what "confusion" will there be?


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The agile Asian garden dormouse is well-adapted for climbing around the rocky surfaces and vegetation of its habitat (3). It has four digits on the forefeet and five digits on the hind feet, with short, curved claws suited to climbing, and the soles of the feet have a cushion-like covering (3). It has short fur, ranging through various shades of grey and brown on the upperparts and creamy white on the underparts, and black markings adorn the face. A black tuft at the tip of the tail may act as a decoy to distract the attention of predators away from the head and body (2). While the Asian garden dormouse's brilliant sense of hearing usually helps it to detect the approach of stealthy predators, it can shed its long tail if seized by a predator such as an owl (3). The Asian garden dormouse has the ability to produce clicks, whistles and growls, in a range of situations (3).
A largely nocturnal species, the Asian garden dormouse seeks shelter during the day in hollow trees and crevices among rocks, and may occasionally use a bird or squirrel nest as a foundation for building a shelter (2). Large numbers of individuals may live together in a relatively small area, sharing sleeping and feeding sites (2).
The Asian garden dormouse is one of the most carnivorous of all dormice (3). While its diet includes any nuts and fruits it can obtain, it is believed to primarily be a predator, preying on insects, small rodents and young birds (2). In some parts of its range, the Asian garden dormouse gains weight in autumn in preparation for a hibernation period, in order to avoid the perils of the coldest part of the winter (2).
During the mating season, the female Asian garden dormouse uses a whistle to attract a male. Once successful mating has occurred the female marks the area around the nest with scent and defends the area from intruders (3). The nest is a compact, round structure made of leaves and grass and situated up to three metres off the ground (2). Typically, one litter is produced each year (3), with each litter containing from two to eight young, born after a gestation period of 22 to 28 days (2). First opening their eyes at about 21 days of age, the young are weaned after 4 weeks, and may live for over 5 years (2).
The Asian garden dormouse is found in north-east Africa and the Middle East, where it occurs from low-lying deserts up to 2,850 metres above sea level (1).
The Asian garden dormouse exists in a wide variety of habitats, from steppe and semi-desert to high mountains, and from rocky areas with very little vegetation to snow-covered areas in winter (1).
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
The Asian garden dormouse is not currently considered to be at risk of extinction, as it has a wide range and is not thought to be facing any serious threats. However, overgrazing and loss of vegetation may be a problem for this species in some areas (1).
The Asian garden dormouse is offered some protection by its occurrence in a number of protected areas, but there are no known specific conservation measures currently in place for this species (1).
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MADISON -- The 90-foot spire on the top of St. Raphael Cathedral will be taken down and replaced with a new one.
"The new spire will be closer to the original design," said Msgr. Paul J. Swain, cathedral rector. "It will be well-lighted and stand out in downtown Madison."
The poor condition of the spire necessitated replacing it with materials which will stand the test of time. A new cross will be placed on the top of the spire. A new bell will also be added to the two existing bells. Fiber optic lighting will also be installed.
Four windows are being replaced by Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc., New Berlin. The art glass windows will include a trefoil design representing the Trinity with a circle in the middle. Portal windows and stained glass windows will also be rehabilitated, said Kelly Thompson of Facility Engineering, Inc., of Madison. He is the architect in charge of the project.
The St. Raphael cornerstone was laid in 1854; the steeple was added in 1882. "It was a common practice to put the spire on top of the original tower later to complete the entire steeple," said Thompson. Full story ...
Catechists: Commissioned at Centro Guadalupano
MADISON -- A Catechetical Sunday Mass was held at the Catholic Multicultural Center recently. During the Mass, Spanish-speaking women and men were commissioned in their role as catechists at Centro Guadalupano.
The Office for Hispanic Ministry started the religious education program at Centro Guadalupano 26 years ago to meet the demand for classes in Spanish. Two catechists teach in each grade level from kindergarten to seventh, as well as in Confirmation classes and adult classes.
Classes are held Saturday afternoons and average 20 participants. Sessions start in September and end with a First Communion Mass in May.
Using gifts
Fr. Abdón Ortiz from Bolivia celebrated the Catechetical Sunday Mass with approximately 150 people attending. During the homily, Father Ortiz explained how each person has a special gift and how important it is to share that gift with others. The catechists will share their gifts with their students and with great courage, he said.
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