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Warrior Taekwon-Do was formed on the 29th April 2009. Our name "Warrior Taekwon-Do" invokes the ancient Korean Hwa-Rang warriors who were martial artists known for their code of courage, integrity, wisdom and compassion to others.
Our club has nearly 20 different classes each week catering for Kids and adults of all abilities over our three locations.
Our community is made up of:
International Taekwon-Do
Warrior TKD is a member club of International Taekwon-Do Foundation of New Zealand Inc (ITKD). ITKD is very much a "family" organisation, having grown from a few small clubs in Palmerston North and Wellington in the early 1970s. These clubs produced black belts that in turn started new clubs, and the organisation grew. Today we have over 50 schools nationwide.
Taekwon-Do is the Korean martial art of self-defence and is the world's most popular martial art. The physical aspects of taekwon-do training will develop your agility, co-ordination, balance, strength, fitness, motor skills and more, while the mental aspects provide strength of character and confidence and helps to prepare people for all areas in their lives.
Miss Rachel Bates
Grand Master Paul McPhail
Head Instructor
Mrs Sonya Robinson
Co-Instructor
Mr Brendan Doogan
Miss Kara Timmer
Mr Trevor Topfer
Miss Jessie Hart
Miss Emma Jarvis
Mr Sachin Sharma
Miss Mischke Hendricks
We also have an enthusiastic team of up-and-coming instructors who assist at various classes:
Diya Ciji Sakthi, Lucinda Hendricks, Oliver Kelly, Shawn Sharma, Michael Hemmingsen-Jensen, Mace Cadwallader and Elyse Neill.
BOOK A FREE TRIAL
Warrior Taekwon-Do, 198 Marua Road, Ellerslie, Auckland.


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SURREY Archdeaconry 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 786.
ASHTEAD EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 472.
BANSTEAD EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 472.
BEDDINGTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 473.
BENHILTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1863 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 473.
CARSHALTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 475.
CHEAM EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 476.
CLAYGATE EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 477.
CUDDINGTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 478.
EAST MOLESEY EPA/EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 485.
EPSOM EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 479.
EPSOM COMMON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1874 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 479.
ESHER EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 479.
EWELL EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 479.
HAM EPA/EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 481.
HOOK EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1880 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 482.
KENT TOWN EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483.
KINGSTON UPON THAMES EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483.
KINGSTON VALE EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 483.
LONG DITTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 478.
MALDEN WITH CHESSINGTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 485.
MERTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 485.
MITCHAM EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 485.
MORDEN EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 486.
NORBITON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 486.
RICHMOND EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
RICHMOND HOLY TRINITY EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1870 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
RICHMOND ST JOHN EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
SANDERSTEAD EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 489.
SURBITON ST MARK EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 492.
SUTTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 493.
THAMES DITTON EPA/EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1871 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 478.
WALLINGTON EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1867 1879 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 494.
WEST MOLESEY EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1861 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 486.
WOODMANSTERNE EP Ecclesiastical Parish 1858 1878 F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 495.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North East Ewell RDean through time | Census tables with data for the Rural Deanery, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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When Jessica arrives at the table, it is love at first sight.
that she is about to embark on .
her own individual perception of this wonder that she is about to behold.
and then ending with an amazing dark chocolate mousse Santo Domingo 72%.


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William Ray Massey
Brad A. Brodie
Mary Guynn
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Scott William Patterson
Car Accident Apps
What If the "Other Guy" Refuses to Provide Information?
Social Security & Disability FAQs
Car Accident App Recommendations From Our Aiken Law Firm
Being caught in a car accident can be very stressful and confusing, but have you heard of the phrase, "There's an app for that"? Well, there are apps for car accidents to aid you in collecting information and to help guide you through the experience.
The first of these is the iCar Black Box. This app turns your iPhone into a black box, similar to what planes have. It will record vital information about the accident without your attention, saving information that may be used as evidence in a legal claim. With its GPS, it will record your speed and videotape the surroundings. To save memory, it only keeps this video footage if you instruct it to, either by pressing a button or using vocal commands. This is important because you might not be able to reach your phone during an accident. The app is also 'smart' enough to ask if you want to call 911 if it notices a sudden change of speed or other collision data. Being able to give the command vocally could be invaluable when caught in an accident. Ultimately, this app is relatively cheap and could help in making your case.
AAA also has an app that can help with accidents and general breakdowns on the road. The AAA Roadside Assistance App helps you access the services you can receive via your AAA membership. It could be quite helpful if your cell phone signal is poor in the area you are in, although it still relies on having signal. The app can show you services available in the area, local garages, and even pricing in some cases. This can help calm you with extra information as you are waiting for the police or AAA to arrive to the scene of the accident.
For Android users, the app Help I Crashed My Car is a fairly popular app in the Google Play store. Despite some criticisms, this app offers a detailed list of information and issues to check for in dealing with a car accident. This might seem overwhelming to the adrenaline-pumped parties of a car accident, but sometimes too much information is good. It can help remind you of useful things like taking pictures of the accident scene, taking down the other person's license plate number, and other vital things to do at the scene.
Get Help After an Accident
Nothing works quite like the human brain, but in a stressful situation such as a car accident, it could be useful to download an app and help yourself in a time of need. Even if it is just making a checklist on your phone or taking other emergency precautions, our smartphones can help us out in stressful times. These are only a few apps that are out there that could be helpful in an auto accident. Remember, these apps, and all others, should only be used when you are not driving. Texting or playing games while driving greatly increases the odds of being in a car accident. Please be considerate of other drivers and put down your phone while you are driving.
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Spring will finally make an appearance at the Market this weekend. We will be there this Sat. only. In the same space (364), next to the Popcorn shop. We will be on the coast for the following week doing doggie business and then back at the Market on April 13.
"Jake & Maddys Tater Treats" made with sweet potatoes, whole wheat four, Oats, Wheat Germ, ginger just to name a few of the healthy and natural ingredients. See you at the Fair.


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Welcome to the web site of JJ Sheahan
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Shameless, not Blameless Tour
Here comes Sooty & The Coalface Crew
Their thoughts and prayers and a handshake for you,
A promise of money and their hope you'll renew.
They're visiting disasters for the evening news
Where drought is a nightmare, the fires are worse.
Is there more could be done? His answer's perverse:
Our responses will be practical, like how shall we live
With disasters unavoidable, there's nothing to forgive.
Be reassured that there's nothing we can do
To save you from a future a lot like the news:
Shameless, not Blameless.
PS It's doggerel, yes, poetry, no … and I am angry, yes.
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Angry Jokes
Here are some angry jokes I made up. Laughter is not guaranteed. 🙂
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE TO THE PM:
Q: What is your response to the air quality issues in NSW?
A: How good are the sunsets!
Q: Do you consider the current evacuation centres to be sufficient for the needs of the communities?
A: How good are beaches!
Q: What do you have to say to the rising tide of post-traumatic mental health issues that some experts predict following this fire season?
A: How good are holidays!
Q: What's your comment on the timing of the NSW Emergency Services Minister's holiday?
A: How good are holidays in times of crisis.
Q: What's your comment on the timing of your holiday to Hawaii?
A: I am sorry my absence caused some people anxiety.
January is chockers with overseas trips and appointments for me, and I had promised my two young children a holiday this summer. My kids come first in my life. Equal first, with God of course, and the Australian people. That's a three-way tie for first place. How good are ties!
So, we went on a little secret trip overseas. The Facebook posts of me drinking with a couple of fans sort of cruelled the secrecy, and I regret any offence caused to anyone by my shirt, but it was in Hawaii after all. My girls rolled their eyes, but a daggy-dad has to do what has to be done.
Q: Do you think the emergency services are sufficiently resourced for the intensity of the current situation?
A: How good are volunteers!
Q: Do you have a message for the volunteers?
A: How good is the community spirit!
Q: What about the thousands sheltering on beaches from encircling fires, or tensely enduring amazing lines of crawling traffic under smoke-laden skies, hoping they will escape the danger before the road is cut again and they have to improvise shelter in an unfamiliar landscape?
A: How good are holidays, even when they are cut short! I know what it is like. I understand. Seriously I do. It's awful. But remember, there is always a silver lining – think of all the new relationships & adventures. We Aussies have had our holidays disrupted before and we'll make it through this one because we are amazing people.
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Canute corrupted
CANUTE has been appearing in some media with increasing frequency this summer, eg,
'We should be spending our efforts adapting to climate change, not be like King Canute.'
The reference to Canute might be to the common understanding of King Canute being so filled with hubris that he went down to the beach with his courtiers and tried to demonstrate his power by commanding the incoming tide to come no further.
The argument above seems to be that we cannot expect to successfully oppose natural forces.
Implicit in the analogy is:
that climate change is as natural and inexorable as the tide.
that human activities have little impact on the current changes in climate, either to increase or decrease its momentum or scope.
Implications include:
that people who propose actions to ameliorate the impacts of the current and predicted changes in climate are deluded by their own sense of importance.
The earliest story of King Canute's encounter with the tide on the beach with his courtiers (twelfth century) was to demonstrate to the flatterers that he was just an ordinary person, really, and no-one the tide would obey. That, God is the only one with the sort of power his sycophants claimed for their king.
The twisting of the tale and its moral came much, much later.
Weather changes daily; climate changes much more slowly. That is until there is a massive event like the asteroid that crashed into what is now the Gulf of Mexico in the Cretaceous-Paleogene period or the volcanic eruptions and subsequent outflow of lava known as the Siberian Traps in the Permian-Triassic period. Repeatedly the public has been warned that individual events are difficult to attribute to 'climate change', by scientists and politicians alike. Climate change, as I understand the term in its popular sense, can be detected in trends rather than single events.
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Analysis of an opinion column in defence of PM
MIKE O'CONNOR 7/1/20, Courier Mail, 'Hate for hate's sake is embarrassing us all'
Personally, I agree with some of what O'Connor writes. His final paragraph contains observations worth dwelling upon: that hatred consumes those who feel and express it. I agree that people seem emboldened these days to type into the ether what they might never say in person.
An analogy for calumny (the sin of spreading lies about others) from my school days: take a feather-filled pillow up on a high peak and empty it into a strong wind. How hard will it be to recapture every single feather? Just so it is impossible to retract the effect of what we say publicly. In these days of social media, the analogy is even more pertinent.
But – and this is the point of the rest of this piece – I read most of the article with dismay. Here is why:
The HEADLINE: Obscure. Is it suggesting that some forms of hate are OK? Or that 'hate for hate's sake' is a low-grade, less reprehensible attitude because it is only 'embarrassing? Try deleting words 2, 3 & 4 and see what difference it makes.
The GRAPHIC: image of fire burning at the base of a blackened gumtree with blackened, smoky bush scene behind. It is a low impact scene. Compared to many of the posts I have seen this fire season, it is bland. The low impact quality of the photo supports the main thrust of the opinion piece.
'The vitriol and abuse' – Nowhere does O'Connor make a specific reference to illuminate what he means by this. I don't do Twitter and most have been fairly reasonable on the Facebook posts I have read. (For that I am grateful.) I imagine there is a spectrum in the commentary. What O'Connor has done here is, firstly, include all readers by not actually calling out any specific action because we can all apply our own definitions of 'vitriol and abuse' and, secondly, include all manner of dissent/criticism in the scope of the article.
For instance, which of these does O'Connor mean to refer to in this article:
– the television captures of the two folk abusing Morrison in Cobargo?
– the anger of the fire captain of Nelligen having 'lost' 7 houses in the town?
– opinion pieces on television, in papers and on blogs/ articles/ cartoons/ online posts which express a range of emotions from frustration to fury at the stance of the Coalition on climate change?
– expressions of dismay from senior NSW Liberal people at the handling of ADF involvement in evacuations and other forms of support?
The lack of specificity is an issue which underlies much of the article, encouraging the reader to accept that O'Connor is taking aim at all manner of criticism of Morrison, or at least to fill in the gaps with their own, personal targets.
Rhetorical red flags: the following are time honoured, highly effective expressions designed to persuade: 'Any intelligent person', ' It is obvious', 'It is obvious for anyone with eyes to see', 'They would also have to admit'. In these sentences, all in the early pars in the article, are the arguments supportive of the PM. In terms of the rhetoric used to persuade an audience, these expressions are intended to include the reader, to gather the audience in closer to the position of the writer.
The arguments/evidence produced in favour of the PM are:
'Morrison, Prime Minister for a little over seven months, isn't responsible for the fires' I agree – Morrison did not go out into the bush to light matches. The statement avoids the criticism that Morrison is the latest in a succession of leaders, ministers and members who have belittled, demeaned and scoffed at the warnings of the scientists. He is also the pointy end of the government, the leader, the public face of the government's policy.
'the states have failed miserably in their duty of care to control forest fuel loads.' 'National parks administered by the states have become powder kegs' 'watch the state premiers try to absolve themselves' Translates to: the fires have nothing to do with the federal government because the fuel loads are the responsibility of the states. Much has been written and spoken recently by people involved in fire fighting about the subject of fuel loads.
'reasonably astute politician' The argument in this par is not one that Morrison put forward – or did I miss it? If so, sorry. He is a father who promised his kids a holiday. This ignores the criticisms around the handling of his absence by himself and others.
The direction of the piece swivels around 'None of this matters to those who have succumbed to the mentality of the lynch mob.' What follows is harsh criticism of people from whom O'Connor has distanced himself: them, the ones who've lost their minds and manners. His criticism of their actions and words seems to come hard for him because it causes him shame and sadness: these were people he seems to have respected previously: 'These are my fellow Australians', 'People I had judged as being reasonably sane and possessed of a sense of fairness', 'people I thought possessed of some character reveal a truly ugly side to their natures that has hitherto been kept hidden'
This has the effect of creating sympathy in the audience for his opinion because it is costing him personally to write what he does. He positions himself as being rational and different to the abusers: 'I struggle to recognise them', 'Shamed and saddened to see people I thought possessed of'.
There is a jarring note in this set up: if O'Connor's shame and sadness is real, then he once considered the perpetrators he is aiming at as being worthy of respect, as being sane, as having character – these people: 'These are the same people who would howl with disapproval if similar hate speech was directed towards gays or Muslims' , those 'still in denial of the election of a conservative christian (sic) to the nation's highest office', 'who strike like cobras' and Labor voters and/or sympathisers. The language and tone employed in these pars I would suggest is aggressive and righteously judgemental.
The recurring use of the rhetorical question is a classic persuasive technique. When a person asks a question with no idea of the answer, there is openness, vulnerability and curiosity. When the questioner presumes to know the answer anyway, or indeed presumes the answer to be so obvious as to be not worth saying, it is an exercise in power, in control. There are four such questions, each framing one group of the accused.
On another level, these questions allow O'Connor to make a point without having to justify or explain much. For him, they are givens.
The inclusion of Bette Midler, 'a fading American singer' who is more usually 'ranting at Donald Trump' seems obtuse. One of the effects is to group these hating Aussies with an American entertainer of dubious quality. There is an old trick of tainting by association; this looks like it.
Here is some moral high ground: 'absence of respect for the office of the PM'. I, too, have watched with dismay through my adult years as the tone of discussion has slowly descended. I respectfully ask Mike O'Connor if he expressed similar sentiments when Alan Jones said, repeatedly, that Julia Gillard should be bundled up in a chaff bag and dumped at sea? Does he accept that anyone directing hatred at anyone else is worthy of censure? Does he accept that people who lie, twist the truth and otherwise manipulate people, ideas and resources for their own ends should be called out? Is it the manner of the calling out that offends O'Connor rather than the substance of the criticism?
For, given the employment of language, sometimes laden with connotations, and persuasive techniques evident in this piece, I wonder if his intention was to roast people for whom he has no time whilst attempting to appear rational and magnanimous … if he wishes to portray his position as Right and those who dissent as Wrong.
I am only a retired English teacher who knows little of political matters, but I had hoped for honesty, intelligence and civility, if not respect, as well as passion in our social discourse. If this were the end of a lesson in language, I would be asking the class not to believe me but to look for themselves, think for themselves and seek beyond the surface. With integrity.
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ANALYSIS of an opinion column defending PM
Bushfires 3
7/Jan20
I am past some sort of turning point. While away on the mainland for 3 weeks, somehow, the pall of depression has lifted. Some days I even feel chipper for hours on end. 😊 There are more I'm sure, but I think two transformative experiences were:
occasions of pure joy in reconnecting with friends & family, of belly laughs, of guiltlessly having some fun;
confronting & surviving existential threats, the fires, for instance. Another was more about my self-image.
Someone close challenged me about the state I was in, the changing attitudes & hardening judgements I was displaying. It hurt. Thankfully, after licking the wounds for a bit, I chose to consider the evidence and open up rather than dig myself further into the trenches. I don't agree with everything, but this person loves me & really cares about the state of my life, and vice versa – that's one of the uplifting takeaways from that interchange. I am so grateful.
It balances out the anger that has been growing through the fire season. Anger is not the greatest of motivators for me – it dissipates too quickly for one thing & needs to be constantly stoked. And often when I have given in to my rage, I have said & done things that are little more than vengeance, & I have ended up in unfortunate places. It matters to me what I end up with.
The Motivation creates the Means of Action which determines the End.
So I now am waiting out the anger to see what turns up.
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Bushfires 2: the one I did publish (on Fb)
Posted on 5 January
Welcome to 2020 everyone. The Year of the Eyeball?
2019 ended in a bit of rush for us: Sept/Oct – o/s to visit our brand new little granddaughter in KL (& their parents), twice, & a return to UK to see Ireland & Wales – BRILLIANT!
While o/s our longterm spiritual mentor, Adam, died in the Blue Mtns. We had a week at home before MA went up to the mtns to settle his estate. His home took longer & was much more arduous than expected. Plus the smoke, every day, from fires N, S & W of her, drifting ash & occasional drop of charred leaves. I joined her in mid-Dec & struggled to breathe in the heat & smoke as we worked. Yep, I've grown soft down here!
Thanks to Helen for her generous hospitality – again.
On Monday, relieved, we left for Canberra & Christmas with the Sheahams … only, the smoke was there too. After the day of flung wrapping paper & feasting with the Oldham clan, and the recovery in front of the cricket, we left on Friday to Gayle's parents' place on the south coast at Rosedale between Moruya and Batemans Bay.
Cautiously, we left on Sunday for our daughter's home at Kinglake West near Melb, changing the plan to go south via Eden & Sale because of the possibility of being cut off by the fires. We bought a beautiful painting in Mogo on the way. Moruya – Bega – Cobargo – Cooma – Adaminaby – Talbingo – Tumut – Adelong: stayed the night with some of MA's family in the Wondalga area. A great family night. Husband returned home at 9pm from the first day of the Ellerslie fire which, with the o/night backburns & all going well, might be OK. Next day, up to Batlow to visit MA's parents in the cemetery, then down via Rosewood to Albury &, eventually, Kinglake on Monday evening. Away from the smoke & the tension of fire in proximity.
Then it was New Year's Eve – Tuesday.
The home in Rosedale is a pile of ash & twisted metal. It is weird to see on the national news the beaches & streets you walked with the grandkids a few days ago, now razed. The gallery in Mogo is gone, along with much of that wonderful little village.
The roads we drove on Sunday were all cut in the next couple of days. Cobargo's main street in flames, the high country alight. Then the roads we drove on Monday down to the Hume, cut. The Ellerslie fire blew up to 130,000 hectares, & kept going to start threatening places like Batlow & Talbingo.
On Friday we sailed home on a day sail, finally leaving the smoke about 4pm. Relief! Home to Tassie! As we waited to be called down to our car, we noticed the smoke haze rising in the north.
On Saturday we woke to thick smoke. Bugger – back into the mask.
At 2pm we headed off for Swansea, 3 hrs away on the east coast to pick up our friend, Narelle, who was house-sitting a place on the edge of Swansea. She had picked up the alert to prepare to leave. The wind was getting under the Fingal fires to the north. She wanted out.
Today, the extent of damage in Batlow & the fate of the family home at Wondalga is uncertain. It feels like the fires have been following us. Silly, I know, but there it is. Some tiny parts of the catastrophe are deeply personal. I am intensely grateful that no-one I know has been hurt. I feel for the pain & grief of so many 1,000s.
We are home, safe, and everyone I know is safe from the fires. For that much I am grateful.
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Bushfires 1: Angry – the one I did not publish (on Fb)
I am officially angry now. The climate emergency has suddenly become personal. My ancient protective reflex has kicked in so that I can no longer ignore the threat to my little ones and the little ones they might bear in the future.
The gorgeous home of our daughter-in-law's parents in a sleepy hideaway called Rosedale on the NSW south coast is gone, a ubiquitous pile of twisted metal on a heap of white ash on a blackened slope. This is one story of what happened at Malua Bay on Tuesday, New Year's Eve, published on 1 January 2020 in The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/01/malua-bay-fire-survivors-tell-how-1000-people-lived-through-a-night-of-flames-on-nsw-beach
We left on Sunday at lunchtime after spending an hour strolling through the little village of Mogo. Such an interesting little village. We bought some pottery and a luminescent still life from Vanessa Williams. The bush loomed across the back of the village and, overheard, some one opined that it was only a matter of time before the village came under threat from the fires. Two days later Mogo was burning, the gallery was gone.
The only road open to us was south. We decided not to travel south along the Victorian coast because of the possibility of becoming cut off or even trapped by fires. We'd be just two more tourists in danger where we didn't have to be. We took alternative south to Bega then up to Cooma. Cobargo looked a nice little place. On Tuesday its main street went up in flames and people died.
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We stayed Sunday night with relatives at Adelong. The husband, Scott, got home about 9 o'clock from fighting a fire in a pine plantation at Ellerslie. He thought that, with luck and the back burning that would go in overnight, it would be contained. There were another couple of fires off the road we travelled on Monday down to Kinglake West where our daughter and her husband live.
There was smoke every inch of the way, even when it showered around Adaminaby. Sometimes it was thick, brown and tasted acrid, though we kept the aircon on recirculation. My lungs aren't coping with it. I feel such a woose. Kinglake felt like a haven. Despite the towering gums and the history, there is a comforting green tinge in the grass.
On Monday night my son and his wife were out to dinner, no doubt the grandies were minding the two littlies, when they received a Leave Now alert. They ditched dinner, packed in half an hour, vainly exhorted her parents to come with them, and left, travelling more than four hours up through Kangaroo Valley.
On Tuesday at 6.00 am, another Leave Alert was issued for south coast residents and visitors, including Rosedale. The road from Bega up to the high country was cut. They headed north but were trapped in Ulladulla until Thursday. All the roads we drove on Sunday and Monday were cut on Tuesday, Bega to Cooma to Tumut to Holbrook. The Ellerslie fire is now the Dunns Road fire and jumped every effort at containment, running past Batlow and Tumbarumba almost to Cabramurra. As at the time of writing it has consumed 130,000 hectares. I wonder how much sleep Scott has had.
Batlow is now evacuated. My inlaws' home town is now considered 'indefensible' and the population has been directed to leave en masse. Buses took people down to Wagga where folk have offered beds for refugees and refuge for pets, among other things. People are good, mostly. Disaster has a tendency to strip us back. I am proud of what this disaster is showing me about ourselves. It's not these people I am angry at.
Put an advertising exec in charge of fronting a vested interest like the Federal Government and this is what you get: the cunning threading of hidden appeals to a sense of belonging, to a desire to contribute and to be acknowledged, for instance; of mythologies, tropes and symbols drawn from good bloke culture; and all neatly wrapped in slippery wording to deflect opprobrium, censure and the reckoning. The layer of sunny optimism is particularly galling. This guy could find a silver lining on a nuclear cloud. Is it meant to help 'us' see through the trials to the Promised Land or is it intended to cast the dissenters as Nellie Naysayers who nothing of import to contribute?
The blinkered, binary thinking evident underlying commentary on these catastrophes shows the shallowness of the leadership and authority employed. It is of the position, the role, the robe, and is certainly not derived from the person. It is divisive, not leadership. It speaks of the 'we who know and everyone else who doesn't', of Us (the righteous) and the Others (the deluded, the gullible, the wrong), of the virtuous and trustworthy who are in charge and the ideologues who would destroy all that is good in pursuit of their fatal agendas. This person in the leader's robes calls on us to unite in this time of tragedy. He envisions a unity in which those who have different viewpoints forsake their errors and join him and his ilk in the One True Way.
I have had enough of 'leaders' whose hands are sticky with power, bogging down like wheels in wet black soil. This war-game is being fought for control, dominance, for the rush of seeing one's footsteps setting like concrete in the landscape – and to keep the other bastards away from the machinery of influence. It is not for the common good of the common people: these people are so far separated from anything tarred as 'common' that they may as well exist in a different society. Perhaps they do, with their ilk.
Patronising exhortations to remain clam, to be patient and kind fuel my ire. I am irate. How dare he? How dare he present himself and his rule as being in control and doing all that is reasonable to address the issues, including the warming of the planet? How dare he presume to understand my 'fear' when he obviously has no idea of the nightmares I foresee in the flames? Does he not consider what our world will be like if this summer is to become the norm in the future? Who does he listen to? Who in their right mind thinks that the chance of repeated catastrophes is worth the royalties, is worth appeasing the vested corporates with shareholders to appease at any cost?
Fuck you. You haven't listened to the scientific warnings dating back into at least the 1970s, even as they have become increasingly blunt and the models increasingly refined and accurate. You deal in spin, half-truths and deliberate deception in response to logical concerns. You have fobbed off my letters with platitudes. You are willing to dice with the future of my grandchildren, and for what? You risk catastrophic social disintegration, and for what? There will be nothing artificial or divine about the Armageddon that is beginning to bleed this world. Present tense – in the Now.
Enough of being polite. It is said that politics is played hard in Australia, perhaps by way of excusing the savagery that breaks into the public view now and again. Why not also the democracy of free speech, public action and protest?
If there were a modicum of leadership, even compassion, there would be Listening not deflecting, serious action rather than defensiveness. Energy would be put into confronting the causes not defending their position. It would be characterised by flexibility not defensiveness. The group of emergency ex-chiefs would have been given an audience when they asked, six months ago. Current actions, criticised roundly around the globe, would not be touted as being better than reasonable. There would be an admission that more needs to be done, that what is proposed will not avoid perennial disaster, that we are currently bludging on others.
Repost: Q & A from the launch of The Bracelet
In reviewing posts, I found these questions from the audience at the launch of The Bracelet in Burnie in 2014. They were at the end of an exuberant post from that event. I thought they could use another airing – people ask good questions.
Question and Answer time at the launch of The Bracelet, 2014
Q – Did you have a plan?
A – No. I felt like Dr Frankenstein sometimes, stitching together these pieces that I had written sporadically over the two years to make a whole thing. I had a starting point, an idea for the structure, sort of, and a collection of characters.
Q – What would you do differently next time?
A – Investigate a program called Scrivener. It's supposed to be brilliant at helping novelists to keep their stuff organised.
Q – What is your next project?
A – It's a non-fiction work. In May 1945, a training accident at an Army base just outside Wagga in NSW blew 26 young men to pieces. Two days later they were buried in the local military cemetery. It is still the largest military funeral on home soil, but until recently, even the local population was largely oblivious to it. It had been forgotten except by the families of the men. Each of these 26 was only 'important' because they were 26. If it had been 19 men killed, it would not be a record and it would be different, perhaps. But each of the 26 left behind a particular shaped hole in their families. And the families are still coping with that gap in their lives. So the book is a way to honour them and acknowledge their grief.
Q – What was the balance of the work your editor did with you – the balance between addressing the commas and the big picture issues?
A – I am fortunate to have a gifted reader in my wife, so she actually did a great deal of the big picture stuff before Kate got to see the manuscript. There were many issues of consistency because of the way I wrote it, in bits and pieces. So I'd ask Mary Ann to read a sequence and she'd provide some feedback about what did or didn't work for her. Then, as it started to come together, she pointed out the inconsistencies.
I sent the first draft up to James Moloney but her only got through about 90 pages. His response to me was 'It's called The Bracelet, but the bracelet appears briefly then disappears for the next 90 pages. That's a problem.' So I had to go back to it and do a whole lot of rewriting.
By the time Kate saw the whole work, it had already undergone much revision and ironing out of the wrinkles. Kate, however, also picked up on some big picture issues, such as the beginning, which she thought just did not work. What was the beginning now appears at about page 60 and the present opening sequence was made up entirely.
The new went though the novel line by line. She questioned the punctuation, some of the wording, the images used – everything. A great deal was left unchanged, but I had to justify, to myself as well as to Kate, much that remained unchanged.
Q – What were some of the pieces that you really liked that got edited out?
A – The opening. Even though it appears later in the book in a revised form, it is changed. And there is a section that has a series of letters in it. In the original, there were twice as many, but it was too slow, so I cut them back sharply to keep the momentum of the story going.
Q –What was the problem with the beginning?
A – I was trying to be clever. I wanted to create the echo-effect, a frame for the novel, so that it begins and ends with the same sort of scene, even, the same scene. Very literary, but it didn't work in this novel. Mary Ann had tried to tell me this much earlier but I didn't want to hear it. By the time Kate was telling me I had had enough and was ready to concede.
Q –Is there a worry that the editor can have too much say?
A – Yes. A 'bad editor' will try to shape a work according to their own ideals. But a 'good editor' will point out what does not work, in their view, and there might be a discussion of that and alternatives, and the writer then goes off and deals with it. That's how the present beginning sequence came to be.
I used to think there was one author, the one whose name appears on the front cover. Not so anymore – it is a collaborative effort. Yes, it is my concept, my drafting, but there has been so much given by others that I really do see it as more a collaborative effort now. Writers need editors.
Q – When you were writing the novel, did you ever sit down to write have nothing happen?
A – Yes. But I couldn't afford to just sit there and watch the scenery. Sometimes I was not in the right headspace to write the next thing that needs to be written. That was one of the good things about writing the novel in bits and pieces.
There was always research to do if I got really stuck.
But often I could attend to other things, non-creative things like editing, organising files, attending to correspondence, transcribing sections I had written in longhand, etc.
What I found usually happened then was that my headspace would change and I could go on and do some of the creative work.
One of the really liberating insights from the process that came after a while was that so much of what I write gets tossed out. Partly, perhaps, that is because I often need to write myself in to a story or a character rather than make it up in my head first, then write it down. I'd have done it pretty tough if I'd been writing in Jane Austen's era, or Charles Dickens' office, working with nibs and ink bottles and loose sheets of paper.
Q – Did you ever want to give up?
A – Yes. The knockbacks, or even worse – the no replies, were hard to take sometimes. To lift my spirits early on a friend told me that no-one can count themselves a real writer until they've had 29 rejections. (It actually worked for me!) Then there were the occasions when the sheer enormity of the task left to do – even to finish the first draft – would get me right down.
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The joy of uncertainty
In the world of exploration, Certainty is a killer. Knowing that I'm right – 'Yes, I'm certain!' – is a one way ticket to nowhere else.
Why? Pretty obvious: you get what you look for – you find what you know. The prejudices you look through pick up corroborations and delete the errants. Nothing new there.
But turn the perspective on the immaterial world and the same applies. Religious certainty is a killer. Nothing more is required of the believer than to adhere. Adherence means living out the consequences of the belief, and maybe defending it. Following the paths, patterns, structures implied in the belief. And this is as it should be because, if you're going to believe in something, then wholehearted is the way to go. Right?
What if – what if there is merit in the opposite – complete uncertainty – 'I don't know but I'm going anyway' ?
Being right leads to entrenched positions, concreted attitudes, rigid responses to the curlies that life throws up.
Just being – stripped of the accreted filtering layers that shelter me from the unpredictable weather of Uncertainty – is a challenge. I have to trust what I don't know, who I can't name, whatever it is that is beyond the reach of my intellect. It means removing control from my beliefs. It means I don't care about being Right anymore. It is inexplicable and indefensible to anyone else who sees the outcome as Wrong. 'Why?' gets a shrug, a smile and a lengthy, open eye-contact.
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Report: Evers faces $1 billion budget shortfall
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers would need to find about $1.1 billion to give state agencies all they requested to pay for schools, prisons, Medicaid and other government operations over the next two years, a report released Tuesday said.
The analysis from Gov. Scott Walker's administration revises revenue estimates for the current year and makes a prediction of how much the state will collect in taxes over the next two years. It then subtracts spending requested from state agencies over that time period, assuming they would get all that they ask for, which they never do.
Although revenue estimates will be revised several times over the coming months, the report is a snapshot of the challenge facing the new governor and Republican-led Legislature. This will be the first budget debate since 2007 in which the governor and Legislature are under split party control. Republicans have controlled everything for the past eight years and Democrats had full control during the two years prior.
In 2007, the governor was a Democrat, the Senate was controlled by Democrats and the Assembly was run by Republicans. The budget wasn't signed into law until October, four months late. In 2017, when Walker and Republicans couldn't agree on transportation funding, Walker signed the budget three months late, in September.
The other four budgets were all passed and signed into law on or before the July 1 deadline.
Evers will introduce a budget early in 2019, which the Legislature will then revise over several months. The current budget, which runs until June 30, 2019, will remain in effect until a new one is signed into law.
"It's not unusual to have agency requests be larger than the estimates," Evers' spokeswoman, Carrie Lynch, said in an email to The Associated Press. "Budgets are about priorities and Governor-elect Evers is confident his team can put together a balanced budget that puts Wisconsin children and families first."
Evers is currently serving as state superintendent of schools. In the budget request for the Department of Public Instruction that he submitted before he defeated Walker, Evers sought nearly $1.6 billion more for schools over the next two years.
Evers will be sworn in as governor on Jan. 7.
The report assumes that tax collections will be 4.2 percent higher this fiscal year than the previous one. It then assumes growth of 3.5 percent the first year of the next state budget and 2.5 percent the second year. In total, that would be $2.1 billion more in tax collections.
The Republican co-chairs of the Legislature's budget-writing committee said the revenue estimate shows the state is "headed in the right direction."
"Governor Walker is leaving Wisconsin in much better fiscal shape than what he inherited," state Sen. Alberta Darling and Rep. John Nygren said in a joint statement. "Wisconsin is on the right track and this report proves it. With the amount of money coming into the state, we can continue to fund priorities like education, continue to cut taxes, and balance the budget."
The Walker administration revenue estimates are based on current state and federal law and "can be volatile," the report cautioned.
Revenue estimates will be updated in mid-January by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Those numbers will then form the basis of the state budget Evers submits.
The $1.1 billion shortfall is not out of line with recent budget projects at this point in the process. The average imbalance in the past four reports was about $1 billion, Walker's administration said.
However, the numbers can change quickly. By the time Walker introduced his first budget in 2011, the projected shortfall was $3.6 billion.
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By John D. Rushing	 Last updated Jan 7, 2022
Aaron Carter fans are thrilled with his new track!
The former teenage pop sensation, 34, teased her new rap song on her Instagram account, and she received a lot of attention from her followers.
Show new music
Carter has already shared part of the single in another Publish he shared the day before, but when he saw that it had elicited positive reactions from fans and even made the headlines, the singer made sure to hit while the iron was hot. He uploaded another video to his account where he showed more of the song.
The "I Want Candy" hitmaker was shirtless but added some coverage by sporting a winter jacket without a zipper. He also rocked his favorite white beanie from his clothing line. Carter sat in a chair in his studio as he lip-synced to his own single.
Feel proud
"Reload the Wesson (REMIX) Who will be on it with me?" 😈 ", he wrote in the caption and tagged his" dream team "- Winter Havens, TheBeatSlinger and Morgan Matthews.
He added, "TOP UP THE WESSON MADE @billboard titles and we've barely started thanks everyone! I'm getting back to it… I was hiding to perfect my art! I've been rapping for 19 years !! "
Nearly 10,000 views
The new addition to her feed turned out to be popular. The video received over 9,200 views, in addition to nearly 500 likes and dozens of comments. Hundreds of fans showed their support for Carter by commenting under the post.
"I love this song Aaron it's so sry I haven't been on your life in a while I've been very busy 😥 can't wait to get the identity I'm so excited keep up your hard work Aaron ❤❤ "wrote one of them.
"So happy to see you @aaroncarter again making some awesome music for your album, can't wait to hear it, it will be my favorite to listen to on repeat," added another subscriber.
"👏👏👏🔥 you never left, you just doubted. Shame on them 🦁 congratulations Aaron that's a jam there 👊🏼" remarked a third commentator, while a fourth noted: "let's face it. 100% true, killer words killer beats! Handsome man! "
Releasing his sixth album soon?
In another share, Carter shared another preview of "Reload the Wesson," where his fiancee Melanie Martin joined him in the video. However, she ate and took care of her own business in the background.
In the footage, the singer was enjoying what appeared to be a syringe filled with chocolate while showing off his song. He captioned the post with "LP Coming".
While in another update, Carter claimed he was "recording my new album at home."
His last studio album, Love, was released in 2018, and it was released 16 years after Another Earthquake! in 2002.
Be upfront about your EP
In a previous interview, Carter explained how he came up with the name of his fifth studio album.
"For a while I thought about what I was going to call my EP. Back when we were recording, a lot of things happened in my life that brought me back to the idea of love, "he said. Your GED. "It hit me all of a sudden – that naming the EP 'LØVË' would be a powerful and universal title that anyone could relate to. It explained a lot of what I was going through in my personal life and also about the creative side, I felt it was the best way to convey what I was going through and translate it into the music I was making.
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Born in Lima, Ohio in 1956, Ann Hamilton received a BFA in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1979 and an MFA in sculpture from the Yale School of Art in 1985. She is a visual artist internationally recognized for the sensory surrounds of her large-scale multi-media installations. She works in variety of media including photography, text, audio and video. At the beginning of her career, Hamilton concentrated on the relations between cloth, sound, touch, motion and human gesture, but her more recent work has added themes on the less material acts of reading, speaking and listening.
The series of prints book weights (human carriage) was created as an outcome of Ann Hamilton's installation human carriage, which was commissioned by the Guggenheim Museum in 2009 as part of the exhibition The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989. The photographic prints are created with small stacks of cut and rejoined sections of paperback books. While the prints may look larger than life, the original stacks were small enough to fit in one hand.
The time we spend in words is enormous. At any moment we might be speaking, reading, writing or listening to and with words. We are text based. Words record what has been and speculate on what might be. Writing is one of the central ways culture makes and records itself…It is no surprise that the book is a central artifact of culture. While reading a book might forever change us, it seems paradoxical that the act of reading itself doesn't leave a visible mark; though we mark and remark upon the books that we read…I have come to wonder how the "invisible" experience that is the act of reading might become a form of materialized making; how the way one reads might be thought of as a form of drawing.


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Arena polo is a fast-paced version of polo played outdoors on an enclosed all-weather surface, or in an indoor arena.  Hurlingham Polo Association (HPA, Great Britain) and US Polo Association (USPA, USA ) have established their own rules for arena polo, and these rules are often used in other countries as well.

Unlike outdoor polo, which is played on a 10-acre field, arena polo is played on 300 feet by 150 feet field, enclosed by walls of four or more feet in height. The normal game consists of four chukkas, or periods, of seven and one-half minutes each. A polo ball is similar to a mini soccer ball, larger than the hard plastic ball used outdoors. The arena game is played on a dirt surface with the ball bouncing on the uneven surface and off the arena wall.

Arena polo is typically far more financially accessible than outdoor polo. Club membership fees are usually lesser in comparison, in large part because an arena does not have the high annual maintenance cost of a grass field. Player investment is often smaller because, at a minimum, only two horses are needed to play a regulation arena polo match. Rather than a dedicated truck and large trailer, a bumper-pull trailer and a SUV is usually sufficient for transporting the horses of the arena polo player.

Arena polo can be played year-round, which is attractive to many players because it makes progress in the sport easier and quicker. The most popular season for arena polo is winter.

See also
 U.S. intercollegiate arena polo champions
 Beach polo, a variant of arena polo played on sand

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1) Nail polish needs a cool home to be taken care of. And my house is cold a lot. That means it's perfect for COY.
2) I live in the United States, so no long voyage for COY to endure.
4) I don't have much nail polish so COY would find himself in a very roomy home.
5) I'd introduce COY to the rest of my polishes and use COY a bit for nail art until they get used to each other. Until then, I will keep COY near me and watch her to make sure he's happy and tell her about the rest of the family.
6) Top coats and base coats are mandatory to my nail polish family and they love that! So COY will get the same protection as the rest of the nail polish family.
7) COY will get pictures when I first receive him. I always do that to all my polish family members. i am currently trying to get a blog up so I can post the pictures of my lovely polish family and I'm thinking of putting them on facebook. Also, I'm getting a nail art youtube channel very soon!
8) I'll avoid Mattifiers for sure. I seen some before and yeah, their cute but I don't wanna change the looks of my already perfect polishes.
9) I do plan to use! Each nail polish I currently own, I use at least 2-4 a month. I love lots of colors at once. Also, I paint my nails once a week and everyday, I touch up on them so they are perfect so sweet COY will get plenty of use.
11) I'd make sure COY had such a great life with me that he forgets about his terrible past.
"I think I am the perfect parent because I can assure you that I will have the best home for Crush on You. I have 172 bottles of nail polish and each and everyone gets the same amount of attention!
I have other Crackle and Shatter nail polish so it won't be the odd one out. I am always trying out new designs and posting them on Facebook and Deviant Art.
I always use a base coat and a top coat when I do my nails so he will feel nice and cozy.
My nail polish and remover are always kept separate from each other, and when I take my nail polish off I always use my remover, put it away and then get out my nail polish so they won't see each other so COY has nothing to worry about.
Also, I don't even own any Mattifiers so COY has nothing to worry about with that.
A good portion of good brands aren't endorsed by famous people! So no need to worry about it! I absolutely love getting new nail polish and always use it right away and make it feel right at home!
I love painting my nails as well as my friends nails and I'm sure not only will I be excited to bring COY, but I'm sure my friends will be excited to meet him as well! They love seeing the new colors I get and are always having me do crazy designs on their nails.
I also LOVE shatter nail polish, so COY has absolutely nothing to worry about! It will have the proper love and care.
Meet Crush on You: Crush on You (COY) was recently born and has only been homeless for a few months. COY has seen a hard life as he was genetically engineered to have brittle bones syndrome in order to shatter while on display. He is in desperate need of a parent who can give him the gentle love that he deserves.
Apply to adopt Crush on You by describing how you can give him a good home below.
I know what it's like to not be the famous one. My sister was always the talented one, singing and dancing, always in the spotlight. I feel I can relate to COY and would be able to provide an excellent home.
Must save Crush from ebay!
As a scientist, I know how hard it is for genetically modified individuals to fit in and be accepted especially with BBS. COY, I would welcome you with open arms into a very loving home where you'd be supported by other brothers and sisters who will be more than happy to be your base.
I would be willing to take COY into my family of polishes. As a student, I can promise a good home for COY.
COY u are gorgeous and underestimated, let me prove to u that true love for shatters exists! I will give u a cozy home along with your Color Club Brothers polishes that I actually own. I promise to keep you safe and warm. To clean your body and to handle u with care, those and many other things I can offer u if I am given the chance to adopt u.
It doesn't matter to me that Katy Perry didn't endorse you, I don't own any of the polishes she did endorse, but I want to have you come live with me.
I will take good care of you, you can sit on the very top shelf with my other crackle loved children, so you'll have plenty of friends and a great view of the whole living room – where there is a TV and XBox 360 (although you may have to team up with the other crackles to hit all the buttons…), so please come live with me and I will love you.
I understand that life has been hard for COY, but it all can change. I want to welcome him into my loving family where no polishes are left behind. COY will fit in perfectly with my small family of polishes where he will look great and have fun with his brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter that Katy Perry doesn't endorse him, I love my polishes based on their inner beauty.
Please allow me to be the mother of adorable COY, as i have so much love to give him!
I understand! Come to sunny Florida and live with 4 others that share your syndrome! We accept everyone and love to show each others talents!
Just because you are all alone and homeless doesn't mean you have to be! Come with me and see other nail polishes JUST LIKE YOU! Then the other nail polishes will LOVE YOU!
COY, you are beautiful! I appreciate you and completely understand your situation. You won't be judged in this home, you will fit with gold, silver, black, and others just like you!
Come home to me! Don't look back, only look forward to your beautiful future!
Don't fret about feeling like an outcast, I too have had my fair share of those feelings and of the heartache that comes with it. I have much love to give and would love the opportunity for that love to be yours. If you come home with me you will be one of a kind, a true gem, yet you will not be alone for my polishes are welcoming and bright. They are always looking for that something different, that something special, and i think you are exactly that! I can tell we will be a perfect match and be very good friends!
Never look down on yourself. You are beautiful inside and out no matter what you have wrong with you. You have a big, bright. beautiful personality so don't be afraid to show it. I do hope you will come live with me.
I will save you from Ebay!!!
I have tons of Color Club polishes for you to hang out with! We can have so much fun together! You will never be on ebay with me! I'll make sure you have a lot of care and attention!
You should come home with me to have a great polish life! You are a beautiful polish that deserves all the love in the world!
I am a blogger who focuses on gentle, simple nail arts. You would get all the care in the world with me and get a safe, comfy home with my humble stash! I'll keep you comfy and warm in my home. Ebay is no place for a polish like you! Come be my only Color Club!
COY, I feel your pain. Not being in the spotlight is an upsetting feeling, especially when the thing IN the spotlight is SIMILAR to you!
Just because you weren't endorsed, DON'T FEEL DOWN ABOUT YOURSELF.
you're a beautiful polish with an interesting disease of shattering, which really spices a manicure up anyways. You're special and if I owned you, you would be my first shatter nail polish.
You wouldn't feel lonely, though. You would be able to relax and chit chat with my other polishes that, at one time, felt alone and forgotten.
I WILL SAVE YOU FROM EBAY!
I am a full time student so when I'm not studying I have tons of time to go out and about with lovely nail polish on my fingers! I don't own a lot of polishes although I love polish to death because I don't have a lot of money, so I would be a perfect parent for COY since I only have a few colors to choose from. I have not had any Color Club polishes before so this little beauty will be the center of my attention and my favourite colour is purple. This is a beautiful polish and I would love to take it home with me and wear it all the time.
I am just recovering from surgery and have a lot of time but no polish on my hands. I would give him a great home!
Ebay is not so bad little fella. You might find the perfect home that way. But I would much rather see you held close to the heart that loves you best. I am sure you will find her.
That's why I think I'm the prefect parent for COY! And one last thing, COY you are a beautiful, gorgeous polish. I really hope I get you because you'll love being with me. I never let any of my polishes down and they have a very, very happy life. You'll have a happy life too and I'll never let you feel unused or let you go homeless. I'll use you very often and make lots pf pretty nail art designs you get to be a part of. My blog will be up very soon and you'll get a big part in it. If I get you before it's finished, you'll even get the first photo! And if not, don't worry. I'll make you be part of the banner!
I know I have a great home for Crush On You. He would have a nice soft bed in my nail polish bag with plenty of room. His roommates will help him shimmer and sparkle so he can come back to life. As the only crackle in my nail polish family, he will get lots of wanted attention and be paired with best polishes. He will also be protected with a nice clear topcoat when out and about to keep him safe from the elements. I always store my remover in a separate room, there is no danger of "accidental" spills. I know COY has had a rough life so far, I only wish with my love and a good topcoat to smooth out the bumps in his life and let his inner beauty shine.
I think I am the perfect parent because I can assure you that I will have the best home for Crush on You. I have 172 bottles of nail polish and each and everyone gets the same amount of attention!
Hello COY. I would love if you came to live with me. I have many loving friends for you who are so excited at the idea of you coming. I know your going through a hard time so you'll be glad to know there's no reason to fret over shipping. I promise to feature you prominently and always protect you. I'm already trying to figure out ways to help you. I promise I will use you a lot.
I hope you decide to come live with me!


Any ideas on how we can get this topical finasteride formulation?
Topical Finasteride Formulation: The swedes have come up with P-3074 which is a Finasteride 0.25% topical solution mixed with hydroxypropyl-chitosan (HPCH) which is a film-forming agent. They compared using this solution (once daily) with 1mg oral finasteride once daily and what they saw was mind boggling!!! Topical reduced scalp DHT by 71% whereas oral reduced it by 51%. Furthermore, serum DHT was reduced by about the same in both groups!!!
Why not formulate some home made topical finasteride.
Crush finasteride pills and put them into your minoxidil.
That's what I used to do till i got fedup of greasy minoxidil rolling down my forehead and into my eyes.
What we need is sh&t that is easy to apply and does not smell like hell.
Can reside on the skin for days? Wow!
Cody, what you say is very interesting. I would really like to know more about it, is there any source to the info you provide?, is it on a forum or something like that?
And Freddie, I don't think that would work at all. Believe me, a ton of people have already tried that in the past with no results. Trying to get finasteride to work topically has always been wanted (regardless of if that would help against the potential sides or not) but it has never been achieved.
if i was from the iron-dragon company; i would ditch all the useless anti-hairloss products i'm currently making AT ONCE; cromo-indo combo, ramatroban mixture and the pgf2alpha analogue. i would study the patent very well, mass produce it and lastly, i would sell it for 30-40 dollars (it's relatively cheap to make and no need to break people with a high price tag) a bottle @ 60 ml.
they would have thousands upon thousands costumers, guaranteed! because this discovery, by those swedish scientists, is really, really immense. topical dht treatment, with NO side effects. amazing.
iron-dragon, if you are reading this post, please start making it, the money you will be making from all of this, would be incredible.
Why not send them a Email oppenheimer82. within the email attach the patent and express the interest with this product.
Yeah, try to get in touch with them. Unless they're forming a company, they might not have an issue with discussing the patent with you.
i've been skimming through their patent and it's very easy to make!
Ethyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol and water were mixed at room temperature. Finasteride was then added and mixed until a clear solution was obtained. Hydroxypropyl Chitosan was added as the final ingredient, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours or until dissolution.
The obtained formulation was a clear and colourless solution, homogenous in appearance even after prolonged storage. Moreover, the liquid was able to form a matte, non-sticky and elastic film, which could strongly adhere to the scalp surface.
they are using 0.25% which = 2.5 mg to using 1 mg orally both which go systemic that is of course not an useful comparison, that is extremely flawed and misleading.
the whole point of this invention, with the addition of hp-chitosan as a crucial factor, is that this solution does NOT cause systematic absorbtion. so to be honest, i don't understand your reaction at all.
Every couple of weeks starting a short while back, i get a dutasteride gel cap and poke a hole in it with a safety pin.
I apply the oily substance that oozes out onto my head after a shower (somewhat damp head).
I keep it on for 45 mins. Then i wash it out.
I don't know if that has any long term effect or if the effect lasts only for the 45 minutes its on. I cannot leave it in the whole day as the smell is funky.
that's it, no vehicle or anything? not a good idea sir, this will not help your follicles from becoming inactive.
Chitosan microparticles for sustaining the topical delivery of minoxidil sulphate.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n. 14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
ABSTRACT Given the hypothesis that microparticles can penetrate the skin barrier along the transfollicular route, this work aimed to obtain and characterise chitosan microparticles loaded with minoxidil sulphate (MXS) and to study their ability to sustain the release of the drug, attempting a further application utilising them in a targeted delivery system for the topical treatment of alopecia. Chitosan microparticles, containing different proportions of MXS/polymer, were prepared by spray drying and were characterised by yield, encapsulation efficiency, size and morphology. Microparticles selected for further studies showed high encapsulation efficiency (∼82%), a mean diameter of 3.0 µm and a spherical morphology without porosities. When suspended in an ethanol/water solution, chitosan microparticles underwent instantaneous swelling, increasing their mean diameter by 90%. Release studies revealed that the chitosan microparticles were able to sustain about three times the release rate of MXS. This feature, combined with suitable size, confers to these microparticles the potential to target and improve topical therapy of alopecia with minoxidil.
agreed without a vehicle the penetration is probably nearly zero. A waste of dutasterid in my opinion.
What Proof is there in the material that it's effect is not from the systemic absorption of the topical?
The molecular weight of Fin is such that it would absorb systemically.
well that appears on the surface to be downright misleading, and I don't care if they time release it in some vehicle, point is to work, it has to be released at some point.
If serum DHT was reduced the same on both groups, that means getting Finasteride through this method will give you the very same side effects than taking Finasteride in pill form. If you are propense to side effects taking the pill you won't avoid them through this route.
bullsh*t. topicals do not have nearly as much systemic absorption as pills… dont like this fool delude you.


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It wasn't that horrible, but it definitely was not satisfactory. Especially with the standards the first two books set.
What do you think was the worst book of 2013?
While I probably wouldn't call this book the worst book of 2013, I do have to agree that it was pretty bad. That ending was so unsatisfying! The first book was so good, but the series then went downhill. So disappointing!