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"THE real difficulty which confronts everybody, and which especially confronts doctors, is that the extraordinary position of man in the physical universe makes it practically impossible to treat him in either one direction or the other in a purely physical way. Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. In neither case can we really argue very much from the body of man simply considered as the body of an innocent and healthy animal. His body has got too much mixed up with his soul, as we see in the supreme instance of sex. It may be worth while uttering the warning to wealthy philanthropists and idealists that this argument from the animal should not be thoughtlessly used, even against the atrocious evils of excess; it is an argument that proves too little or too much."
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Tax season used to be simple for David Parker. His accountant electronically filed taxes for his businesses and investments, and the refund arrived promptly in the mail.
But in the past few years, fraudsters have hit Parker again and again, despite IRS efforts to resolve the problem.
Parker is among a growing number of taxpayers who are becoming repeat victims of tax-related identity theft. "It's a pattern we're seeing on the rise," said Brett Montgomery, a team leader in IDentity Theft 911's Fraud Resolution Center. "The IRS investigation process takes so long to run its course, that victims are getting hit year after year. It's a vicious cycle."
The IRS has 210 days to contact victims after they submit a fraud complaint. If a refund or a letter of intent isn't issued at that time, victims can petition for a referral to a case manager. The first referral request has a 45-day window. If victims don't receive a response, they can request a second referral, which has a 30-day turnaround time. The third referral has a 10-day window.
That means some victims can go as long as 300 days without hearing from the IRS.
"There is almost nothing the taxpayer can do to speed things along," said Vicki Volkert, a fraud investigator at IDentity Theft 911. "And once you are working with the IRS to address the fraud, if something fails along the way—if the taxpayer's record isn't updated with the correct address, for example—it can derail the whole process. Anything missed can create another problem."
In Parker's case, his personally identifiable information (PII) was stolen when there was a break-in at his insurance broker's office. He suspects that fraudsters used his PII from that event to file a fraudulent return before him in 2010, and a refund was sent to the thieves. It happened again in 2011, although the IRS had assured Parker otherwise because his account was flagged. When he tried to resolve the matter on his own, he had difficulty reaching two case workers assigned to him. They didn't return his voicemail messages. Every time Parker contacted the IRS, he said, "It was like starting all over again."
Fortunately, his insurance broker received data breach coverage, which provided victims with identity management services from IDentity Theft 911. Volkert dedicated herself to his case until it was resolved. Because it was a case of double-trouble fraud, it required immediate and drastic measures. Volkert activated a seven-year fraud alert on Parker's credit files, began coordinating joint calls to the IRS and held regular calls with Parker every six weeks. She also encouraged him to:
• File a police report • File an affidavit of identity fraud with the U.S. Department of Commerce • Contact the Social Security Administration to correct his earnings statements • Contact all three credit bureaus • File a fraud alert with the National Banking Service
The routine meetings helped Volkert stay on top of new developments, such as the time the IRS claimed that Parker owed them $4,300. "That was the real kicker," Parker said. "That was the amount, with interest, that they wrongfully refunded to whoever stole my identity."
Ultimately, Volkert helped Parker get in contact with a public tax advocate, who finally got Parker's name—and tax record—cleared. His case took a year and half to resolve.
"Vicki explained every step—even provided necessary contact information for different organizations—and supported me during calls to the IRS," Parker said. "She and IDentity Theft 911 were invaluable to resolving this issue. They supported me for well over a year and continue to monitor my accounts."
Though it could create procedural challenges for the IRS and the U.S. Postal Service, Parker suggested that Congress could solve the problem by simply refusing to issue refunds before April 15. That way they could see who has duplicate returns filed, and investigate before signing over checks to the bad guys, he said.
In the meantime, Volkert suggests victims of repeated fraud file their taxes early—in January or February—to beat criminals to the punch. Procrastinating on your taxes gives thieves plenty of time to pick their targets.
Taxpayers who suspect they may be victims of tax-related identity theft are encouraged to call their providers. A bank, credit union, insurance company or membership organization may provide free identity management services from IDentity Theft 911.
"When your identity is stolen, you have no idea how and where to start the complicated process of remediation and preventing further damage to your identity," Parker said. "This is a situation that is unlike anything you have ever gone through and it requires help from an expert, knowledgeable source."

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Our commitment to our clients is fiercely unwavering. It drives us to continuously evolve our business, deepen our knowledge and further develop our abilities. In today`s world, hiring the biggest doesn`t necessary mean that you are getting the best. Instead, it`s the flexible, responsive and effective firm which, most often, can best meet your needs. Simply staying current in law is no longer good enough. In fact, that`s expected. At Patterson Law, we work to stay one step ahead of our competitors by diversifying our team, maintaining close client relationships and embracing the latest communications and information technology.
Patterson Law is the legacy of the business established 90 years ago by Truro`s Frank Patterson. His practice was based on providing solid, straightforward legal advice to clients and that tradition continues today. We like to think that our diverse client base is a direct result of the kind of law firm we have worked carefully and thoughtfully to maintain.
Patterson Law is a full-service law firm with offices in Truro, Halifax and New Glasgow. Our accomplished team of lawyers is supported by experienced and dedicated staff. Together, they provide consistently high standards of advice and service to ensure legal needs are met and expectations exceeded. Our firm offers services in the areas of: Corporate/Commercial, Litigation, Employment Law, Real Estate, Wills and Estates, Family, Taxation and Insurance.
We pride ourselves that our clients – business and individuals – consistently say they get great value from their relationship with our firm. We listen carefully to their concerns, clearly understand their legal issues and then provide the best legal advice. Many of our clients say that it`s our long and distinguished record of success that brought them to our offices, but it`s easy access to our lawyers and fast and effective response to their needs that keeps them here.
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This is from a woman i respect so much on facebook. We have never met but i feel a true connection with her and by her fruit, i know she is a woman that loves and fears God. I have read her posts over time and every time i get blessed by her honest words on issues that relate to family and our walk as Christians. This post today will bless many women that have struggled with their purpose in life and help most families to set thir priorities right as it comes to raising their children. God bless you Octavia Vance for this inspiring and thought provoking masterpiece.
THE FAMILY THAT WORSHIPS TOGETHER by Octavia Vance
You can find many imperfections in my life and in the life of my husband and children! But that's ok. He and I belong to God and we are raising our children up in the Lord! But here is one thing I have found, when your worship together, your children will learn the ways of the Lord.
My children, (3 of the 4 who are ages 3, 5 and 7) know how to pray. They know how to pray for each other, for us and others.
Recently our children went to stay with their grandparents while hubby and I had a "date night on fumes". LOL! When we went to pick them up my father-in-law said, "Those children know how to pray. I told them I had a headache and Prince immediately laid hands on my forehead and said, "Feel better GrandDaddy in Jesus name" and then one after the other Princess and Precious came and prayed their own prayer for healing as well, he said. You all don't know how well that did my heart!
If I fail in anything else there are 3 things that will make all other failure disappear in my eyes. That I succeed in my marriage, that I succeed in raising up Godly children who serve the Lord with their lives and that I live in and be an example of Christ until I leave this earth. Those are my main goals in this life. Do I have other goals? Sure! But none of my goals matter much when it comes to the three I mentioned before.
Whether we have money or we don't have money, we will worship the Lord as a family. Whether we have cars and even when we didn't have cars, we worshiped and will continue to worship the Lord as a family. Whether everything is good or when everything is not good, we will STILL worship the Lord together. Whether we're in a big building, a small building, our home or no building at all, WE WILL WORSHIP THE LORD AS A FAMILY! ~ OEV
Deut 6:5-9 (ESV), "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates".
John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth".


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Those of you who've followed me on social media for any length of time have seen photos of my three cats, Honey Bear, Lotus, and Tamarin. Today, Bear got some bad news at the vet.
I noticed a few weeks ago that Bear was a little gimpy on one of his back legs. It wasn't that he was limping, exactly, but his leg kind of went out at an angle sometimes. Since he'd had complete blood work done at the vet not that long ago, and since he's old enough that arthritis seemed a likely possibility, I started him on Cosequin (glucosamine chondroitin, specially flavored to be delicious if you're a cat). He loved the stuff, and it did seem that he was noticeably better after he'd been on it for a bit. Arthritis, I figured, or perhaps a mild case of hip dysplasia (Bear is probably at least part Maine Coon, and they seem to be prone to this).
But he was still poking his leg out at that funny angle, and I was starting to think I ought to talk to his vet about it. Then a few days ago he was flopped over on his back getting a good long belly rub, and I felt an abnormal lump on his chest near his armpit (which I'm sure has another name on a cat, but you know what I mean). Uh-oh, I thought, and got a vet appointment scheduled.
Well, it turns out his "gimpy" leg is actually due to another lump that I hadn't found myself, up near the top of the inside of his hind leg, near the groin area. The vet aspirated both lumps and under the microscope she clearly saw that the lump on his back leg contained abnormal cells. She's not a pathologist, but she's an experienced vet with good instincts, and she feels pretty sure my Bear has cancer.
Now, we could send the samples off to a veterinary pathologist for a more definite diagnosis. It would be expensive ($200 or more), and while I am happy to spend whatever it takes (even if it means taking out a loan) for my cats' health, my vet and I talked about it and having a firmer diagnosis wouldn't change our course of action. Bear's an older fellow now (somewhere around 14 or 15), and he has a heart murmur that's gotten a little worse over the past couple of years, so surgery is most likely not a good option for him. Standard treatment for osteosarcoma (which is what this probably is) is amputation of the limb, perhaps followed by some radiation and/or chemo. But in Bear's case, the tumor is so high on his leg that they might have to take part of the pelvis as well, and regardless, it'd be serious surgery – and if the cancer has metastasized, which seems fairly likely, probably wouldn't buy him all that much time. If he even made it through the surgery.
This sort of cancer is actually pretty rare in cats – my vet said she's never seen anything quite like this in a cat, though she has in dogs – leave it to my Bear to be unique and different! She said she was going to do some reading and see if she could learn anything more, and of course I'll spend some time online looking for authoritative information that isn't so technical as to leave me in the dust. It's possible that we will come up with some treatment options. It's also possible that it will turn out to be benign, and stop growing, and he'll just walk funny for the rest of his life. But, given that it seems to be progressing quickly so far (Dr. Hughes feels like she would certainly have noticed the lump if it had been there when she last saw him in July, plus he's lost 3 pounds since then – he's down to a little over 9 pounds now, which is skinny for a Bear), we're probably looking at palliative care until his quality of life is no longer good enough for him to be happy and comfortable. I've got some pain medication for him – he doesn't seem to need it now, but if he starts having pain on the weekend or sometime when I can't get to the vet quickly, I'll have a couple days' worth just in case. Till then, we are just living day to day.
I want to stress that Bear is feeling good for now. His eyes are bright and clear, his ears and tail are perky, his appetite is excellent, and he enthusiastically sharpens his claws on his corrugated scratcher and snuggles up on my lap & purrs just like he always has. I envy animals because, unless they are being chased by a predator or something, they pretty much don't worry about mortality. All Bear cares about is whether he feels OK right now, and whether he's getting the dinners and treats and belly rubs that he knows he deserves.
I could take Bear for a second opinion, etc. But my gut feeling is that my vet (who I have known and trusted for many years) is right. And while I'd prefer it if my cats all lived forever, none of us get that. (With the possible exception of Keith Richards, who shows every sign of being unkillable.)
Bear became a part of my life in December of 2002. I'd lost my 18-year-old cat Yoda to cancer a few months earlier, and by November I'd decided that I was ready to welcome a new cat into my home. I told my mom that for Christmas I wanted her to take me to the rescue where she'd adopted her cats, and we'd find me a baby kitten – I figured a baby kitten would be easier for my elderly diabetic cat Mudpuppy (who was around 14 then, I think) to adjust to.
But Mom just happened to visit her local animal shelter a few days after that discussion, and when we talked on the phone that day, she told me about the cat she'd met there. A big, full-grown, long-haired cat named "Tigger" who was incredibly laid-back, and who was such a staff favorite that one shelter worker who was allergic to cats had welts all over her arms because she loved him so much that she could not resist picking him up and cuddling him all the time. I could tell from the sound of her voice that she was in love with this cat and that he was something special, so I said, why don't you give them a call and put in an application for him? But you want a baby kitten, she said. He's not a baby kitten. Never mind that, I said, call the shelter before they euthanize him or something! Well, my mom didn't even bother saying goodbye to me – as soon as I used the e-word she was in too much of a hurry to call the shelter. 🙂
Because I would be the one actually adopting the cat, the shelter had me send in an application via email. After I described my life as a cat person, giving Mudpuppy his two insulin shots a day and all, they were pretty eager to let me have Mr. "Tigger." (The email response to my adoption application came back really fast: "You are SO approved.") Honey Bear – "Tigger" just didn't fit his big, fluffy, ultra-laid-back self at all – got neutered and stayed at my mom's for a few weeks until I could pick him up at Christmas. Best Christmas present ever. (And I agree that you should never give animals as Christmas presents. But this wasn't a surprise present or anything – Mom just found him and facilitated the adoption!)
Bear has enormous paws, gorgeous green eyes, and the sweetest heart that ever beat inside a cat. I love and adore him, and he will get the best possible care and the most possible love for however much time he has left on this planet.
Oh yeah, and you may also know him as Santa Cat (he looks a little like David Crosby in a Santa hat here, I think):


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If your ankles do not have the same range of motion or strength – will that affect your body?
Maybe there is no pain – but if you do not move and stabilise the same on each side you will compensate at your knee or at your hip or at your lower back in order to produce the action. You will possibly not travel the hip through straight and will swing more on one side – this will create a shortening of muscles in one of your hip flexors. Which will then effect your performance in your sport – either the power of your stride at take off or in the stability at the landing, at any rate the balance will be affected because of the asymmetry of the action.
This will have an effect on all sports – cycling – there will be a twist in the lower back as the foot is pushed into the down stroke.
In running as the leg travels behind the body and then through – in the image below see James in the middle his hip twists to his left and his shoulders to his right, and he is bending to the left at the waist, with an inward collapse of his knee – he is loosing energy in the movement of his body. Merritt on the other hand is solid – his shoulders and hips are square. His limbs are powering him forwards.
Merritt may not be quicker – because he is heavier – but he will sustain less injury and have a longevity in his sport through lack of discomfort.
In horse riding where one is "sitting" but one needs to be straight.
In sports where you are on a platform that moves, like a horse, boat or bike, and you see pictures of yourself crooked – it may not be due to your "tool" or your ability – it may be due to your internal/intrinsic biomechanics. So get it checked out.


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Press Release from Coahoma Community College Public Relations; (662) 621-4061 - Brittany Davis-Green - firstname.lastname@example.com
Pictured, from left, are Troy Mays of Gunnison, MS; CCC Navigator Nekedra Blockett; Anthony Wilson of Gunnison, MS; and Charles Williams of Tunica, MS.
CLARKSDALE – They enrolled at Coahoma Community College with their hopes set on earning their GED.
But in just 16 months, they've been able to achieve much more.
Charles Williams (Tunica, MS), Anthony Wilson and Troy Mays (both of Gunnison, MS), were among the hundreds of CCC graduates recognized during last week's commencement exercise for earning a Career Certificate in the Industrial Maintenance Career and Technical Education program.
The trio enrolled in CCC by way of the Mississippi Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (MI-BEST) program, which offers individuals the opportunity to earn their GED while taking college courses and earning stackable credentials.
In addition to earning their GED, they've now received a certification that will give them a competitive edge when applying for jobs.
Nekedra Blockett, CCC MI-BEST navigator, said the group were the first in the program to successfully complete a course of study.
"These were three of my students that started out with me when the program was introduced in Jan. 2016," Blockett said. "I am proud that they hung in there, even when times were hard, and did not give up. They are the epitome of what MI-BEST was designed to achieve."
Blockett said all of the students now plan to continue pursuing an associate's degree from CCC.
"The end results seemed so far when we first initiated this program, but seeing their success has made me more eager to push forward and encourage other students that the sky is the limit."
In addition to the graduates, the program is also celebrating its latest GED success story.
Ky'Juan Wade (Cleveland, MS) recently earned his GED and was presented a $200 incentive, courtesy of MI-BEST.
He attended GED classes, under the direction of CCC GED Instructor Chris Parks, at CCC's Cleveland, MS site.
Wade is currently enrolled in CCC's Welding program and plans to continue his education in the fall.
"The saying 'it's never too late to get your education' is true," said Blockett. "We are thankful for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Mississippi Community College Board for making this program possible to our students and the community."
CCC's MI-BEST program is now accepting applications for the Fall 2017 semester.
For questions of more information, contact Blockett at (662) 621-4301 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com


text: Sorry about the bad camera phone quality of this photo, but my friend is good buddies with Mike Judge and he sent me this photo last night from Mike's house. It's the clapper and screen used burnt Swingline red stapler from Office Space. I haven't seen a photo of the prop outside of the movie, so I thought I share this one, low quality though it is. I've cropped out my friend's face to protect his anonymity.


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In Your Dreams has the high-gloss L.A. production of her collaborators, Glen Ballard and Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. But the material is Nicks in platform-soled hyper-romantic mode, with her voice in surprisingly supple shape. "Secret Love" is an oldie she wrote in 1976 — who knew she was still keeping secrets from her Rumours days? It seems to be about one of her rock-star beaus, although she coyly maintains she can't remember which one. Yet it isn't even one of the better tracks on In Your Dreams. The over-the-top seduction ballad "Italian Summer" could be her answer to the Stones' "Wild Horses." It climaxes in a very Stevie credo: "Love was everywhere/You just had to fall."
Nicks finds storytelling inspiration everywhere, from the Twilight series ("Moonlight [A Vampire's Dream]") to Jean Rhys ("Wide Sargasso Sea"). But the real showstopper here is the Edgar Allan Poe tribute "Annabel Lee," a fan fave that's been kicking around on bootlegs since the Nineties. It's a six-minute meditation on love and death with echoes of the Fleetwood Mac classic "Dreams." Poe's key line — "The moon never beams without bringing me dreams" — might have been written in 1849, but it was clearly meant for Stevie Nicks to sing.


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The Cost of Waiting for Prices to Fall
The Cost of Waiting for Prices to Fall
source: by The KCM Crew on February 11, 2011 · Many purchasers have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for home prices to hit bottom. They want to guarantee that they are purchasing at the best possible price. Like them, we also believe that prices still have some room to fall in most markets. However, we disagree that waiting is a good financial decision. The buyer should not be concerned about housing prices. They should be concerned about cost.
The cost of a house is made up of the price AND THE INTEREST RATE they will be paying. Two different pieces of news released yesterday highlight this point.
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their 4th quarter housing research report. In the release, they reported that home sales rose 15.4% in the 4th quarter over the 3rd quarter. They also showed that prices remained stable during the year:
The national median existing single-family price was $170,600 in the fourth quarter, up 0.2 percent from $170,300 in the fourth quarter of 2009.
A buyer who delayed a purchase might find solace in the fact that prices have not increased. However, the other news released yesterday paints a different picture.
The Primary Mortgage Market Survey was released by Freddie Mac which showed that the 30 year fixed rate mortgage was at 5.05%. Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist of Freddie Mac said:
"Long-term bond yields jumped on positive economic data reports, which placed upward pressure on mortgage rates this week…As a result, interest rates on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to the highest level since the last week in April 2010."
So prices have remained stable but interest rates have risen dramatically in the last 90 days. What does that mean to a buyer looking to purchase a home this year?
The price is the same. It just costs more.
Let's show you what the news means:
By sitting on the sidelines for the last 90 days a purchaser lost:
- $89.44 a month
- $1,073.28 a year
- $32,198.40 over the thirty year life of the mortgage
If you buy a $340,000 home, double all these numbers.
Bottom Line
Even if prices fall another 10% this year, the cost of a home will increase if interest rates go up more than 1%. Buyers should not worry where prices are going. They should be concerned where costs will be later in the year.
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Yesterday I received my copy of Volume 2 of The Mighty Pencil Book. I've got a spread of my illustration in the book, along with 26 other incredibly talented illustrators. The book is beautifully designed and I'm so excited to be a part of it.
So much great illustration in one place. Only a limited number of these books are available for sale and there may only be a handful left at this point, but head over to The Mighty Pencil store to grab yourself a copy before they're gone!


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It's been raining continuously for three days now on this little Spanish island. Though Mondays are my market days, I had no desire to battle the elements today. I've had enough waging war against a persistent head cold. Indoor and captive, it was time for some further pantry scavenging.
About a week ago and on a whim, I had purchased a bag of quinoa flour. I've actually been staring at it for days, wondering what to attempt. It's a rather small bag, 500 grams, purchased on a trek into the city and during a bit of a shopping spree at Terra Verde – probably the largest natural and organic product store in Palma de Mallorca, though still quaint by U.S. standards. Things that are most likely superbly stocked at any Whole Foods in the States are a hard find in Europe and especially on the island. Thus, I had hoarded the little bag of flour into my shopping basket like a kid in a candy store. So whatever I decided to make needed to be good.
The cold dismal weather begged to be offset with something hearty and warm – pretty next to (in my cold shoo-ing efforts) a mid-afternoon steaming mug of tea. And yes, the arrival of near winter weather had put me in a baking sort of mood.
Pomegranate Quinoa Muffins (yields ~1 dozen)
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 pints (2 1/2 cups) quinoa flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 pint (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts
Wet ingredients:
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1/4 pint (1/2 cup) walnut oil (vegetable oil also works)
- 1/4 pint (1/2 cup) honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- seeds of 1 large (or 2 medium sized) pomegranate
Preheat oven to 150 degrees C (~300 degrees F) and grease muffin tin(s). Combine all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl. Using a food processor or blender, combine all wet ingredients, excluding pomegranate seeds.
Next, fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and add in the pomegranate seeds. Divide the dough into each individual muffin tin; unlike gluten based flours, the quinoa flour doesn't rise very much, so a healthy amount of dough for each muffin is okay. Bake for ~20-30 minutes. The muffins should be lightly browned on top, and done when a toothpick can be inserted and taken out cleanly.
Fruits and nuts can be varied – two lonely pomegranates hugged my fruit basket this afternoon. I also threw in 3 tablespoons of chia seeds (high in omega-3s) for good measure. Moreover, if additional sweetness is desired, increase the amount of honey by another 1/4 pint (1/2 cup). I tend to add sweetness after the fact – a drizzle of honey or a good dollop of thick jam. Especially with the extreme nuttiness of the quinoa, this worked well.
I really liked using the quinoa flour. My previous attempts at a gluten-free muffin featured almond flour. However, the almond flour required more eggs to give it a muffin-like texture and still turned out a bit overly mealy.
After a bit of online nerding, some added notes regarding the use of quinoa as a white/wheat flour substitution:
- reduce cooking time
- reduce cooking temperature
- increase amount of moisture and/or binding agents
- can be combined with other types of flour – gluten/non-gluten based


text: Sunny AZ Girl #1 Posted May 18, 2013 "I'll NEVER cruise on such a big ship!" I do believe those were my words when the news of the Oasis Class ships was announced several years ago. So now, here I am not only eating my words, but enjoying every bite. Before I begin let me explain who I am and how I was brought to this tasty state of affairs. I am a 60 year old wife and mother who also works full time as a Respiratory Therapist. I live in the SE suburbs of Phoenix with my hubby Steve who is 63 years old. He is "semi-retired" and also working to develop his own sales rep business after many years in his industry. We are both active members of what I believe is the most wonderful group of people ever to come out of Cruise Critic – the Arizona Cruisers. So, just who are the Arizona Cruisers you may ask? We started as a regular thread right here on Cruise Critic with someone asking what other people from Arizona do to prepare for a cruise. Fast forward several years (I really can't remember how long we have all been together) and we now have a forum set up on the "Friends of Cruise Critic" section of the boards. Here many of us meet almost every day to discuss not only our past and future cruises but mostly our every day lives. We laugh together, plan together, party together, cry together and pray together. We exchange recipes, have parties several times a year and create real and lasting friendships. There are many who have joined our group. Newcomers are always welcome! Some become very involved and others just pop in now and then to say "hi". Everyone is welcome, and we rejoice when someone new gets really involved. A little over a year ago several of us started talking about cruising together once again. I had been on cruises with Arizona Cruiser friends in the past – once on the Radiance and once on the Mariner. We have learned over the years that the best memories are those made with friends and family. So, we always try to convince those we care about to join us when we want to cruise. Five couples from the Arizona Cruisers including us found a lovely Princess cruise that we thought would be perfect. Keep in mind, that we are ALL Cruise Critic regulars. We are ALL planners, ALL experienced cruisers and we ALL have definite ideas of what we want in a cruise, so that was no easy task! We were beginning to plan and prepare in the eager manner that every good CC addict plans and prepares when they book a new cruise when Princess pulled out the rug from under us and cancelled the cruise! It was still a little over a year before our cruise was to begin, but it was still enormously disappointing. Princess was moving the ship to Europe early so no later date was possible. I have to insert here that this wonderful group of people were working their cruise around my available dates. Because of work restrictions I can only take a vacation of a week or more from the last week of April through the first week of November. So with that in mind we were on the hunt for another cruise. It took a few days, but we were diligent and found the one ship and the itinerary on which we could all agree. The Allure of the Seas, Eastern Caribbean ~ April 38, 2013. So let the party begin! Here are the five of us girls at our first "Planning Party" back in October. Pictured from left to right are me (Sunny AZ Girl), Lisa (AZ Karaoke Girl), Norine (Quilting Queen), Laura (Arizona Laura) and Sue (Az's Cruising Nana) And here are our DH's who we let come along for the ride!:D (Norine's Gene, my Steve, Laura's Gene, Lisa's Steve and Sue's Audie) 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Braxton Wins Best of Show at Derby City BrewFest
It was all roses in the Derby City for Braxton Brewing Company this weekend. On Friday, the Covington-based brewery took part in the Derby City BrewFest. During the festival, Braxton won Best Barrel Aged Beer and Best of Show with their Four Roses Bourbon Barrel Aged Lumber Strong Scotch Ale.
"This is a project the brewing team has been working on diligently over the past several months," said Evan Rouse, Co-Founder and Head Brewer of Braxton Brewing Company. "Though it wasn't a large batch, it was a project that required a large amount of dedication and attention to detail. We couldn't be happier about how it turned out."
The festival featured more than 25 breweries from the tri-state area. Sponsored by Four Roses Bourbon, each brewery was challenged to use one of the distillery's freshly dumped Bourbon barrels.
For Braxton, that meant taking Lumber, their Strong Scotch Ale, and aging it in a Four Roses Barrel for more than four months. The base beer which features a complex balance of smoky, earthy, and sweet malt notes was perfectly complimented by the vanilla and oak flavors absorbed from the Bourbon barrel.
This was the brewery's first Derby City BrewFest and one of the first time's their beer has been poured and available outside of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. However, this is not the first time the brewery has won hardware outside of its hometown. In last year's Alltech Commonwealth Cup, Braxton won a Bronze (Blown Gasket), Silver (Storm), and Gold (Crank Shaft).
An extremely limited amount of the Barrel Aged Lumber will be released publicly later this year.
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Bridgepoint Reports 2nd Quarter Earnings
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Bridgepoint Education, the San Diego provider of college courses mainly through online channels, reported second quarter net income of $10.4 million compared with $43.3 million for the like quarter of 2012.
Revenue was $197.6 million, compared with $256.3 million in the second quarter of 2012.
For the six months, Bridgepoint (NYSE: BPI) reported net income of $37.3 million on revenue of $419.5 million, compared with net income of $75.2 million on revenue of $506.7 million for the first six months of 2012.
Total student enrollment as of June 30 was 71,685 compared with 92,620 at the midpoint of last year.
About a year ago, Bridgepoint overhauled its operations, including cutting staff by about 500 employees and conducting voluntary resignations, following denial of accreditation from one accrediting agency and notification from its current accreditor that it had to implement changes.
Last month, the company's Ashford University unit was granted accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges for five years.
Bridgepoint, which is 64 percent owned by investment bank Warburg Pincus LLC, saw its shares fall 41 cents Aug. 6 to $16.35. Its 52-week range is $8.51 to $17.04.
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I really admire your blog! What an amazing garden you have… I am gardening in downtown Ithaca and pondering if it is too late to put in kale seeds…What varieties have you had success growing if/when you've sown them in late July? I have been trying to find the answer to this question in other ways but haven't found any that give me hope…I keep reading about how you need to plant the fall garden in Early July, for the most part…


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Since 2013, Daniel Spolar's nonprofit Project Pinball has donated almost two dozen machines to children's hospitals across the United States. He speaks with Uncommon Journalism about his organization's efforts to bring comfort to severely ill children, their families and their care providers one ramp shot at a time.
By: James Swift
ATLANTA – The Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel is no stranger to business conventions and other large gatherings. The third annual Southern Fried Gameroom Expo held June 10-12 – with its pro wrestling attractions, scantily-clad cosplayers and 1980s heavy metal-tribute concerts – is certainly one of the more unorthodox to ever take place at the venue.
The weekend-long celebration in the shadows of the new Braves stadium effectively transformed the hotel into a humongous arcade, drawing hundreds of hardcore video game fanatics – both enthusiasts of old-school, quarter-gobbling classics like Street Fighter II and Space Invaders and newer, console and PC-based offerings like Smite and Pokken – along with a litany of tabletop gamers and merchants eager to sell their nostalgic, nerdy wares (amid the old VHS tapes and X-Men action figures, one could unearth a long-forgotten board game based on Donald Trump's 1989 treatise The Art of The Deal.) There was even an appearance by cult-favorite actor Lance Guest, star of – fittingly enough – the campy 1984 sci-fi classic The Last Starfighter, who made no efforts to mask his disinterest in video game culture to attendees willing to spend $30 for a signed photo of himself almost being gobbled up the eponymous Selachimorpha in Jaws: The Revenge.
While there was plenty of impressive new-wave tech on display – the PinMAME-based virtual arcade cabinets are surely the envy of many a mancave-dweller – the true locus of the event was on the hundreds of archaic coin-ops on the showroom floor (all of which were generously set to "free-play mode," with many adorned with "for-sale" stickers.) In many ways, the rows and rows of retro machines not only served as a palpable, playable chronicle of consumer technologies, but American pop culture as a whole. Wedged in between vintage Ghosts 'N Goblins, Satan's Hollow, Smash TV and Journey (yes, a game based on Steve Perry and company) cabinets, one could bear witness to a treasure trove of American ephemera via that gloriously outmoded advent, the pinball machine.
With some on display dating back to the 1960s, those bright, blinking devices represent a guided tour of changing cultural tastes and norms in the United States over the past half-century. The folksy, laid-back and sexually-tinged units of the 1970s soon give way to the hyper-violent and militaristic machines of the 1980s, which in turn transform into the technology-obsessed, no-trademark-is-too-obscure, consumerism-uber-alles devices of the 1990s. From Chicago to Hollywood Heat to Judge Dredd, you can almost taste the entertainment predilections of the masses evolve over the decades, one buzzing bumper and stuck flipper at a time.
Amidst the sea of avid video gamers and pinballers – the Millennials rocking The Goonies patches on their denim "battle jackets," the 50-somethings in cargo shorts trying to best their three-decades-old high score on Robotron and all of the neophyte grade schoolers getting their mitts on an authentic trackball and joystick for the first time – is Daniel Spolar, who trekked all the way from Bonita Springs, Fla. to attend the expo.
"Pinball is so unique that I just can't home in on one thing that really excites me," the half-century-old general contractor and realtor said. "There's something for everybody, that's what makes pinball great."
For well over a decade, Spolar has refurbished pinball machines – both the vintage collector's items of yesteryear (Bally's 1981 table based on Flash Gordon is his all-time favorite) and the newer models produced by industry titans like Stern and Jersey Jack, whose nostalgia-driven units licensing properties like The Wizard of Oz and Ghostbusters incorporate the the sort of futuristic, audiovisual technology arcade loiterers of the Reagan era could only dream about.
However, Spolar wasn't there to shatter records in Gorgar or Medieval Madness. Rather, he was there to drum up support for his nonprofit operation Project Pinball, which seeks to bring a little bit of entertainment – and comfort – to severely ill children across the United States.
"I see the impact we have on these kids and their parents with these machines," Spolar said. "The best moments for me are the introduction during these dedications, were you just see these smiles that come out of nowhere."
Repairs begin
In 2011, Spolar was contacted by a friend who had recently toured Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida. She told the avid pinball enthusiast about a worn and weathered machine in the Chrissy Brown Hematology and Oncology Unit.
It was a model based off the Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man films, released in 2007 by Chicago-headquartered Stern Pinball. It was originally donated to the hospital to honor the life of a young patient, Jimmy Schneeberger, who died in 2000 at the age of 11.
"We went down there just thinking we were going to clean the machine," Spolar recollected. "It needed to be refurbished, it needed more than $1,000 worth of parts."
Spolar turned to social media to raise funding for the restoration project. One of his earliest benefactors was Norman Love, a world-renowned pastry chef from Fort Myers, Fla., who drew plenty of attention – and contributions – to Spolar's crowdfunded campaign.
"The mailman was bringing deliveries from all these people who found us," Spolar said. "If they couldn't give money, they were giving pinball parts."
After 112 hours of volunteer work, Spolar was able to bring Spidey back to life. The restored unit proved an instant hit with patients and parents alike; from the outset, Spolar sensed the importance of the coin-op as not just a waiting room diversion, but a stress coping tool.
"We started to get an overall picture from their testimony of how much it was needed in that setting," he said. "They used it as their own form of therapy to deal with what they were dealing with throughout the day."
Even physicians and child life specialists took a fancy to the machine – not only by proving a worthy bargaining chip to persuade patients to undergo their treatments, but by giving them a pressure-relieving apparatus of their own.
Seeing just how much of an impact the machine made at the hospital, Spolar began mulling the possibility of bringing pinball to other children's health care facilities. This ultimately led to the formation of Project Pinball, which was officially certified as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Aug. 2013.
Seeing just how much of an impact the machine made at the hospital, Spolar began mulling the possibility of bringing pinball to other children's health care facilities. This ultimately led to the formation of Project Pinball, which was officially certified as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Aug. 2013.
Initially, he said some hospitals were hesitant about the idea. "They had this misconception that all pinball was the older machines, the risqué and sexist machines," he said. "They didn't realize that pinball has shifted to modern themes based on current movies, like Iron Man and The Avengers."
Word of mouth spread quickly, however, and before long, hospitals were reaching out to him about bringing Project Pinball to their pediatric wings.
As of late June 2016, Project Pinball has installed machines in 18 children's hospitals in 17 states. Embarking upon a national fundraising campaign in July, Spolar said he anticipates installing five to eight more machines by year's end.
"These kids pull at my heart," said Spolar, who refuses a salary for his full-time volunteer work. "We're trying to help these kids and give them these tools they need to help with their stay and their recovery."
The power of the tactile
For many Project Pinball beneficiaries, the nonprofit's donations are their introduction to pinball – or, at least their introduction to physical pinball.
"I play PlayStation and Xbox and even PC, but I'm sitting at a computer or I'm sitting in front of a TV with a controller," Spolar said. "But with pinball, you have to get up out of bed … you have to stand in front of it and interact with the machine in a central location."
Granted, many patients have experienced the medium via iPhone and iPad applications. Alas, Spolar said the leap from virtual pinball to physical pinball constitutes an entirely different player experience. Some Gen Z tykes and tweens are a bit intimidated by the units at first, but as soon as they start fiddling with flippers and see the balls bouncily bop off the bumpers, the apprehension quickly blossoms into good, old-fashioned tactile joy.
"It's a physical thing," he said, "and that's why it works in a hospital setting."
The machines are just as beneficial for the adults who frequent such facilities, he adds. The retro charm gives parents – many whom have fond recollections themselves off all the iconic boards of the 1980s and 1990s – a bonding mechanism from their heydays to share with their children. And it even inspires teamwork among siblings; he recounts watching one patient in a cast play a machine, with a little bit of freehand help from his brother commanding the unreachable flipper post.
That extends to the personnel of children's hospitals. He recounts having a lengthy chat with a physician, who said playing the Project Pinball-donated unit helped him cope with the rigors of patient care. He also expressed a great deal of frustration with a mysterious user who always knocked off his top score – as it turns out, the serial dethroner is none other than Spolar himself, who wraps up each of his maintenance visits with a test play.
As successful as Project Pinball has been, Spolar said he is now in talks to expand the program to other fields of health care, including donations to aid stroke recovery patients. "It's good for eye-hand coordination, because you're [using] your fingers and tracking what's happening on the playing field," he said. "It can help with the disconnection from the pain."
Bringing pinball to seriously ill children, however, remains Spolar's primary focus. In addition to forging partnerships with more children's hospitals, he also said he is doing the groundwork on developing and financing pinball machines specially designed for patients with severe disabilities, including a unit that accommodates wheelchairs and possibly a "sip and puff" accessible device for paralyzed players.
A dedicated man
Over the last four years, Spolar hasn't missed a single Project Pinball dedication ceremony.
He vividly recalls introducing a young Shrek fan to the wonderful world of skill shots and vari-targets in Omaha, Neb. and watching a pinball newcomer in Boston turn into a hardcore, flipper-button-pounding fanatic before his very eyes. Just as memorable was the patient in San Francisco, who after showing off his stuffed sea animal collection to Spolar, resolved to top the recently installed machine's factory score. "And he did it," Spolar said. "It was truly amazing."
Then there was the little girl in St. Louis. Spolar recalled her walking up to the table dressed in bandages, with ports clearly visible in her arms. "She wasn't thinking about that," he said. "She was thinking about playing pinball and having fun."
The program is greatly admired by pinball manufacturers, with many designers, company big wigs and even world-ranked championship players making appearances at dedication events.
"Normally, the operation is just to make money on locations in those bowling alleys and barcades," Spolar said. "They love that their products are being used in this manner, to become so therapeutic."
Spolar said the average commitment is in the ballpark of $6,000. Each machine is set to free-play, with volunteers in the local community tasked with monthly maintenance of the units. If the machines need any repairs, it comes out of Spolar's coffers.
"We try to build up the community in a city or a state and what do is focus on fundraising to make it happen," he said. "Once we reach a certain threshold, we activate and start talking to the children's hospital."
As far as fundraising sources, Project Pinball relies on various revenue streams. The nonprofit has partnered with Stern, the nation's largest pinball manufacturer, to raffle off units at steeply discounted rates. For an upfront $50 donation, individuals are placed in a drawing – cut off at 200 entries – for an opportunity to win a brand-new machine worth 100 times their initial investment.
In addition to a general GoFundMe campaign, Project Pinball supporters also raise money for installations through extensive expo touring, with some even drumming up donations via pinball tournaments. "We thrive because of different people taking our idea back to their community and seeing how it fits in with their local hospital," Spolar said.
The father of three children and two grandchildren, Spolar said he feels deeply for the young patients and families his nonprofit serves. As they stare down unfathomably grave diagnoses and face long, uphill roads to recovery, he said he takes tremendous comfort in seeing their worries, if only for a few minutes, dissipate while playing his machines.
Their bright, beaming grins and infectious giggles, he said, is more than enough compensation for his time and effort.


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Lamb eating quality trials have identified new opportunities to grow the valuable Chinese and United States markets, with the consumer insights to enable the sheepmeat value chain to better address quality and price demands.
The USA and China are two of Australia's strongest sheepmeat export markets, but until now insights into consumer perceptions of Australian sheepmeat have been limited.
New research led by the Cooperative Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) gathered responses from 720 untrained consumers in each country who tasted and scored six grilled samples for tenderness, juiciness, liking of flavour, and overall liking on a scale of 1 to 100.
The Sheep CRC trials also gathered consumer responses to the question of 'willingness to pay' and benchmarks for product descriptors, in order to assist exporters deliver product that meets consumer expectations on quality versus price.
"The consumer responses in all three countries were quite similar for both lamb and yearling cuts, and there was a clear willingness in all three countries to pay more for higher quality lamb, which is really exciting for our industry," Sheep-CRC sponsored post-graduate researcher, Rachel O'Reilly, of Murdoch University WA, said.
"It is particularly encouraging given that a proportion of US consumers did not have a history of significant lamb consumption, indicating that if we can get high quality lamb on their plates they will love it and buy it again.
"Interestingly, the Chinese consumers allocated more samples to higher quality grades than either US or Australian consumers, which suggests that even though China is not a big market for premium cuts just now, as it matures they will really seek out high quality cuts."
Ms O'Reilly has been conducting a preliminary analysis of the data, and has also identified some notable differences in the way consumers assess eating quality.
"The data also suggests the Chinese are a little more forgiving with a lower cut off point for 'fail' quality ratings than Australian and American consumers and may therefore be more accepting of what Australians might consider lower eating quality meat if the price is right," she said.
"Another notable difference we identified was in consumer responses to differences in intramuscular fat (IMF) levels. Increasing IMF was strongly associated with consumer perceptions in all three countries, however the data suggests Australian consumers have a much higher sensitivity towards differences in IMF than consumers in China or the USA, which could be due to regular lamb consumption habits.
"This indicates that sheepmeat producers supplying the Australian domestic market may yield the greatest improvements in consumer satisfaction by breeding for higher IMF."
Ms O'Reilly said analysis was ongoing to explore what other factors may impact on eating quality scores such as demographic information and culinary preferences.


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***Effective from 29 January 2002 according to the regulation promulgated by Government- No.04/2002/TTLT-BCA-BNG, decreed no.21/2001/ND-CP, foreigners who meet a certain conditions are able to get a Vietnamese resident card.
Foreigners may carry out procedures with immigration management agencies via agencies, organizations and individuals that invite and guarantee them. After obtaining a temporary residence card, an expat must conduct activities for the purposes and programs for which he/she has applied for the card. In case he/she terminates the labor contract with his agency or enterprise while his/her visa and temporary residence card is still valid, his/her agency or enterprise has to work with immigration management agencies to return his temporary residence card and cancel his visa.
Who is eligible to get a temporary resident card?
+ Expats who are working for licensed investment projects.
+ An expat who is a specialist or student who is working for or participating in a national program between the Ministries or Agencies according to the Government's approval;
+ Expats who are working for Vietnamese enterprises.
+ Expats on payrolls of representative offices or branches of economic, cultural or other professional organizations of foreign countries; and Vietnam-based non-governmental organizations.
+Expats who work as representative missions and their accompanying relatives and servants.
+Expats who are working with the Supreme People's Procuracy, Supreme People's Court, ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, provincial-level People's Committees, and central bodies of mass organizations.
+Members of overseas representative missions and their accompanying relatives and servants.
+ Foreigners who are granted Visa with the symbol LV1, LV2, ĐT, NN1, NN2, DH, PV1, LĐ, TT shall be granted temporary residence cards with similar symbols with the symbols in their visas
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With Thanksgiving here, I'd like to dedicate this post to my three boys. These boys are my what keep me waking up every morning with a smile, to tackle each day willing to grow, and improve.
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Lately, I've been spending a lot of time on self-improvement basically so I can be more like you. You're really good at living life. I've watched you grow since we were 15 years old, and every obstacle, milestone, and curveball life has struck towards you, you've managed to overcome it. You're really good at living life that just isn't vacationing, and spending money on the coolest electronics. You're good at living the daily grind. The fixed routine, a custom lifestyle – and for that I'm grateful.
My 8 year old, and first born. A spitting image of his dad. I see so much of me in you, but more of daddy. I encourage you to work hard, make mistakes, and then achieve success. I am the lucky one who watched you persevere to crawl, walk, read, and make friends. You are so naturally athletic. You come for challenge, and can make a game out of anything. You make me grateful for life, and look at it as fun playground.
My little boyfriend. He just turned 5. I love him more than life. Someday Tristan, you will become a very lucky girls Prince Charming. As much as I want that girl to be perfect for you, I want you to be prepared for her. Just know that I Iove you now, forever and always. And know that someday I will love her too.
Happy Thanksgiving to you my fellow readers. I am thankful for you. I create content in a reflection of parts of my life and interests, can inspire. From the stay at home mom, a woman looking to get healthy and happy, or maybe a mother looking for her creative outlet. I made this blog in no way to proclaim a Pinterest perfect life. That's not what I have, nor claim to be about.
Tiffany's Tidings is an outlet for me, to be on the internet, besides platforms like IG, SnapFish, Twitter, and Facebook. It all boils down to being real, and happy. No filters, no special effects, no collaborations to make myself better.
This is me, and my family I am thankful for. My number #1 subscribers.
Stay tuned for my Thanksgiving runs recap!! I have my first Half Marathon Saturday!!
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Rational Americans do not consider Fox News an actual news source. Yes, my thoughts are rational Americans are not deep right TV viewers and rational Americans recognize Fox for what it is: an entertainment network replete with a plethora of behind the scenes sexual escapades....FOXPEN (fox Propaganda And Entertainment Network).
Exhibit One: Posted to YouTube in 2016
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More, why even wear any lower extremity garments? Link.
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The Fox Show Outnumebred's couch is classic ratings booming
Gretchen Carlson walked away from Fox with a $20 million settlement after she secretly recorded Roger Ailes sexual harassment advances.
Well, Ms. Carlson certainly played the Fox model to the max.
And, this one seemed to literally raise her skirt after direction from off camera.
Even after the Ailes firing with reports of $40 million in contract payouts, the network persevered with its apparent looseness with on camera exhibitions of flesh, snide carnal related remarks and a top host who has now been fired ($25 million payouts) for allegations of sexual harassment.
Yet, that old adage has hit Fox News again. Basically, if you don't clean the gutters why even have gutters? Fox obvious fosters an atmosphere of "king-men", playing scantily clad women like revolving trophies.
Corporate culture is like corporations Ten Commandments. If the top subscribes to viewing woman employees as available meat, it tends to do that conservative thing of trickling-down though highly regard personalities who have network clout.
Over the near past, Carlson commented on the radio show of her Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade about the Foxs policy of not wearing pants while on Fox News news sets.
After the O'Reilly firing, what did Fox do regarding their evening line-up? They place a well-known Fox operative in an evening slot. O'Reilly traveling henchman, Jesse Waters, moved into an available slot. Well, it took mere days for Waters to show his Fox News culture. And, he did so on the very show, The Five, which was recently criticized for implications of a leggy camera chair model and carnal excitement leading to a national erection.
Media Matters For America
BOB BECKEL (CO-HOST): Instead of cutting every fact I've got and just saying, and laughing it off, because it's -- you know, it's four to one as it is. You might want to take some facts you don't like, because a lot of them have do with --
ERIC BOLLING (CO-HOST): Alright, give us one. Just give us one.
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE (CO-HOST): All right, look at this -- waah, waah, crybaby. Call your camp counselor.
DANA PERINO (CO-HOST): Poor Bob, no.
BECKEL: Call your dressmaker, I mean --
GUILFOYLE: And give him a raise, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying.
GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): You are giving America a raise.
GUILFOYLE: Oh my god.
You might ask, what did Waters do?
The full interview replete with a Trump comment about a father who has a history of viewing woman similar to the Fox news model.
It didn't seem the head of the International Money Fund found Trump's response with any level of veracity common sense.


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There's been quite a number of very strange UFO sightings down the years which describe unknown objects 'taking on water' - below are some of the more well reported cases and the first one involves many separately located townsfolk in Australia witnessing a UFO hovering over a nearby lake which shone light beams down onto the surface of the water causing it to bubble and 'turn to steam' -don't really know what's going on there but if anyone wants to speculate or knows of any other similar accounts then please feel free to post.
The Gosford Incident, Australia-December 30 1995:
Excerpt from Australian Police reporting website:
On Saturday evening December 30 1995, all phones rang hot at Gosford Police Station as motorists called on their mobile phones to report a large craft hovering above Mooney-Mooney Bridge.
Later, dozens of calls flooded in from distressed locals at home.
Station Sergeant Bob Wenning states, "People were woken by an intense humming noise. They were genuinely frightened when they saw a huge cylindrical object hovering over the water. It had a polished, ball-like bottom, and as it hovered over the lake, its lights shone down into the water, apparently turning it in to steam". Callers also reported a brilliant light which "turned night into day", shining through their bedroom windows.
Patrol cars were sent out to investigate, but whenever police officers came to within 50 meters of it, or car headlights got close, the craft would turn off its own lights and shoot up skywards, out of sight. One police officer reported that it flew away "as if you had a torch beam and whipped it around."
Seasonal parties, previously well behaved, suddenly erupted into antisocial behaviour. Residents reported their animals cowered and hid, and many dogs howled for no apparent reason. Car patrols were dispatched from one spot to another as the object moved back and forth over the area.All callers gave the same account of a saucer-shaped craft, 20 to 30 meters across, surrounded by bright white light, and with intense shafts of light that penetrated the foaming water below, or when away from the water, once the shafts of white light were off, underneath was a red glow or flashing red-orange lights.
The event largely died out around dawn at 5am, after Police units had been dispatched on over 35 calls,one officer relating that the evening reminded him of a night of "Moon Madness", that phenomenon known to police whereby civil unrest increases during the full moon.
"Callers were genuinely frightened."
Sergeant Bob Wenning of the Gosford Police
Two Scientists report UFO taking on water British Columbia.
Eyewitness testimony from two geologists in British Columbia,1965
..As the two men watched in astonishment, the object moved slowly across the ridge until it was above a small glacial lake, barely more than a pond. Hovering there an instant, it then descended to less than 50ft. above the water. Again it hovered and, to the men's further amazement, lowered a pipe-like instrument from its underside into the water. "At first we thought it was something like a rope-ladder," Hembling said, "but it didn't just drop down. It came out smoothly and steadily as if under mechanical control."
During this procedure the observers were conscious of a humming sound from the object "like a quiet electric motor." With its appendage in the lake, the disc then rotated slowly like a water-borne top until its "windows" faced the two men. "We had a distinct feeling It knew we were there," Hembling said.
After remaining in that position for about eight minutes---as the men judged it--the object withdrew its "pipe" as carefully as it had lowered it.
"It climbed slowly, then all of a sudden it was off," Hembling said. "It shot over the ridge, made a sharp turn without skidding and was out of sight in about 20 seconds. We figured it had gone 20 or 25 miles by the time it disappeared." That would give it a speed of at least 3,600 m.p.h.
UFO Witnessed taking on water , Japan, 1973
South Coast of Hokkaido.
..He said the light descended to an altitude of about 20 meters (75 feet) above the surface, of the water and stopped,and then from the underside of the light came what appeared to be a glass-like transparent tube and when the leading edge of the tube touched the surface of the water, that part of the tube began to glow and appeared to be sucking up the bay water.
Accompanying the projection of the tube to the water, was a sound which Kudou described to be like the sound of a cicada (insect) which emits sound like "min-min-min-min", but the sound accompanying the tube was not so monotonous and appeared to be lower in pitch.
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Racist chants were directed towards soccer player Jozy Altidore in a match in the Netherlands. This actually surprises me as you think of the Netherlands as fairly progressive, being the home of Amsterdam after all. But I've been casually following these incidences for the past two years and I can only conclude that soccer in Europe brings unfortunately attracts the good and the bad. And I'm sure it was the Dutch version of White trash which were acting a fool. Still, many of these talented Black players have to make tough decisions to play in these European leagues and be paid well but have to deal with bouts of racism. I have always found it interesting that racism seems to come out when people are passionate about a cause and a minority represents the other side. We look for differences to focus our hate on. I have known white people who in one breath say they love some black athlete on their favorite team and in another drop the N-bomb when speaking about something Obama has done to their disapproval. Nonetheless, I will be creating soon a Blackneks travel tab, to highlight some of the countries and places best to avoid because of racism, crime, or unstable conditions.
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Soccer BlackNEK Takes A Stand – Racist Chants Cause Kevin-Prince Boateng To Walk Off Field
Ghanaian- German soccer player for AC Milan stopped a game against Pro Patria in an italian soccer match by walking off the field when a group of fans started making monkey sounds when he had the ball. Playing in mostly White countries has been a challenge for many Black players, as this http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/03/soccer-team-walks-out-on-racist-fans-in-italy/ article highlights some of the recent incidences of racism across Europe. Many parts of Europe for the most part are still playing catch up to levels of tolerance and humanity already reached by diverse countries. And the only Black face some of these individuals see on a regular basis is on the soccer field. So, like many sporting events, alcohol plus hatred towards the opposing team in general plus any ethnic differences equals expressions of racial ignorance. I admire these Black players for the bravery of just playing in such challenging situations, but Kevin-Prince Boateng might have just started a bigger movement against racism in the sport. Fans who display or tolerate such behavior shouldn't get to enjoy soccer games like the rest of the civilized world. Soccer should start first with giving a win to the abused team and then team bans if their fans can't get it together. There is nothing that works faster then when people are threatened with losing something they love. No matter what the best solution ultimately will be to solve this issue, thank you Kevin-Prince for helping to lead the way to zero tolerance.
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I've put together a little photo gallery to celebrate some exciting stuff that happened at the end of 2011.
To begin, let's reverse back to November. It was off to T-Bay, Ontario for a weekend of fun for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary! The whole event was really lovely and it was great to see family.
|Did you know that you can get a certificate from Stephen Harper for being married 50 years? I had no idea.
|Sister, me and mom
Back in Squamish, I spent the month of December training and taking a class on Health, Environment and Risk, a very interesting subject.
|Out mountain biking behind campus
|view from the trails
|Going down Half-Nelson, so fun!
|gorgeous waterfall, missed seeing it the first few times because that part of the trail is so fast!
|Pretty sure we were the only group from class to take a photo together at Questival, a good sign that we are still friends after working on a major three week group project!
After finishing up the semester, I traveled home to Winnipeg for a much needed break.
Of course it's my parents, not the children, playing with their food on Christmas morning! (we decided it would be nice to make a proper breakfast this year and not just eat chocolate all day..).
|pineapple double decker pancakes, impressive.
|yum pumpkin fruit santa pancakes
|New sport- winter golfing!
|Out skiing at windsor park
I've also got in some quality trainer time while home for the holidays. My coach has the idea that every holiday= training camp + testing. It makes sense.
|+5 and no snow? weird.
|colder temperatures pushed me to train inside with my brother's fishies. Good motivation to not fall off the rollers!
2011 came to a wonderful end with my Aunt's wedding. She enjoyed my parents New Years marriage so much as a child that she decided to pick the same date. What better time for a celebration?!
You know it's going to be a good wedding when the first song at the church is Mario cart love song!
|Beautiful bride and groom


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Have you ever noticed how numbers are then same in almost every western language. I guess in the eastern languages they are different, but in most of the ancient ones they are very similar, even if in sound only, including the Gaelic I have been using. Another clear link to our sameness.
The Outgoing Introvert: An outgoing introvert is able to relate to other people easily, but needs to be alone in order to recharge and feel better.
It's a term that has been popping up in my sphere for the last week.. I think finally I have found a term that fits me. I have often joked that I would be very happy on a deserted island and my friends all look at me like I am nuts, "No way, you love talking to people, you are so social." Not really true. I am fascinated by peoples motivations.. not the person themselves necessarily and honestly the quiet life is or me. I have an internal struggle between having a basic mistrust of humanity and on an individual level feeling very comfortable talking to anyone. I know that on a moments notice a crowd of people can and will turn into a murderous mob. While I also trust that a friend will do whatever they can to help, if asked. I know that I need people, that is how we run business, how we do anything in the socialized world and so I try and collect people who are excellent and understand sometimes I need to disappear for a few days.
I had a friend once who could not handle it at all. He would berate me and get incredibly angry with me, "But I needed you!" .. The need was more to spend endless hours on the phone talking about other people I did not know or care about and bitch about how "hard" life is. Spending hours on the phone is torture. That said I always felt guilty I couldn't be the friend he wanted me t be. So we parted ways.
The other part that I was relieved to read is some of us have some social awkwardness that I have always felt.. my friends always tell me I am over analyzing it and that we are all awkward. The TED talk on shame really illuminated that at least I am not crazy and that we do all have some issues with social grace.
I know that I am a bit "different" in my approach, but I am learning to embrace it. I decide to be friends with someone and then, maybe slightly aggressively, pursue them. Sometimes it works out. It is not a sexual thing at all, I have a husband that I love. It is more I will meet someone that I actually like genuinely (not that common an occurrence) and I do what I can to bring them into my life. As an adult there are not a lot of places to "make friends". I just insist on making those shared experiences that are at the foundation of friendship one meal and coffee at a time. It has worked out great in a few cases. In others it became clear that there was a reason our paths don't cross. I blame my picker on those.. in those cases I didn't pick people who are good for me to be around in the long run. Those that worked, make the others worth it.
I also deeply believe that people come into our lives to teach us things. When the lesson is complete, those people go.
If you are like me this is a great article: Thought Catalog
This one is my favorite – 8. You're accused of being flirty with everybody, which is hilarious, because in reality, you can only tolerate like four people.
After years of therapy, I finally realized that my Dad is an introvert and that is why he is so socially adversent, despite being very graceful and why, yes, he drank so much. The shyness is just too much for him and the alcohol was his medicine to get through it. He now lives by himself, gleefully, and spends most of his days alone, very happily. He is a golfer, so he gets to go be among people, but not really need to interact except with those few he chooses to play a round with.
I finally get it and I realized that he and I are even more alike than I thought.
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I noticed you went backrupt in Bristol and wanted to ask a few questions.
Is the OR really scary as this is the part that really scares me?
Did you have a face to face interview?
How long after the Courts did you see the OR?
Thanks in advance for any help:)


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The SYRIZA-led government is under increasing pressure to pay off debts to creditors, which is one of many conditions agreed during recent negotiations.
If the condition is met, the Eurozone will approve the disbursement of a further €500m that is also connected to the repayment of state arrears. According to data from the State General Accounting Office, the overdue debts of social security funds, hospitals, local authorities and other state entities were reduced to €2.25bn at the end of last year from a previous figure of €3.14bn.
Other figures published by the Finance Ministry include debts owed by customs authorities, while some tax offices are delaying the return of income tax or value-added tax to taxpayers.


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Watch how two armed Israeli soldiers confiscate and throw away an eight-year-old Palestinian girl's bicycle for no apparent reason in the West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
The video was taken by a member of the Israeli human rights group B'tselem in July and recently published on YouTube.
In the footage the Israeli troops can be seen bullying the girl who was playing with her siblings.
After stomping on her bike, the Israelis send the child home in tears, then take her bike and throw it in nearby bushes.
The occupied territories have witnessed a fresh bout of tensions ever since Israeli forces introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds in August 2015.
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