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This section is from the book "Dental Medicine. A Manual Of Dental Materia Medica And Therapeutics", by Ferdinand J. S. Gorgas. Also available from Amazon: Dental Medicine.
Medicinal oleates are, according to Dr. J. D. Shoemaker, definite chemical compounds or salts, having no excess of either their acid or basic radicals, and Dr. Lawrence Wolff finds that the best and readiest method of preparing oleates is by the double decomposition of sodium oleates with solutions of neutral salts. The sodium oleate is made by the saponification of oleic acid with sodium hydrate. Dr. Squibb, howeve, is of the opinion, that in the preparation of oleates, none are so good as those made by the direct union of the acid with the dry base, without heating, and that the preparation should always be either a liquid or semi-solid which is easily and completely liquefied by the natural temperature of the surface to which it is applied; and he further says that in the rare cases where the excess of acid as a solvent of the oleates proves an irritant to the skin, dilution with a bland oil becomes admissible. The most common oleates in use are those of mercury, zinc, lead, copper, aluminum, bismuth, iron, arsenic, silver, aconite, atropine, morphine, veratria and strychnine. Oleates of the more active alkaloids, namely, aconitia, atropia, strychnia and veratria, are usually made of the strength of two per cent. of the alkaloid; the oleate of morphia usually contains five per cent. of the alkaloid; the oleate of quinine usually contains twenty per cent. of the alkaloid. Dr. Squibb says that all of these are very simply and easily made by putting the weighed quantity of the alkaloid into a mortar, adding a small quantity of the oleic acid, little by little, and triturating until the alkaloid is completely dissolved. The strong solution thus made is then poured into a tarred bottle, and the mortar and pestle rinsed twice into the bottle with small quantities of oleic acid. The proper weight is then made up by the addition of oleic acid.
According to the preparation of oleates as recommended by Dr. Shoemaker -
Oleate of Mercury is prepared by precipitating a solution of sodium oleate with mercuric chloride, and is the best local stimulant and alterative application of all the mercurials. It may be diluted with either the paraffinates, or, better still, with lard or lard oils. When applied to the unbroken skin it causes marked stimulation, bordering on congestion. It has great penetrating power, is readily absorbed by the skin, and does not become rancid nor stain the linen. It is a valuable remedy in syphilis, the treatment of indurations after abscesses, skin diseases of a scaly nature, obstinate ulcers, parasitic affections, etc., and may be employed advantageously with other oleates. As it is capable of producing the constitutional effects, it must be employed carefully.
A mixture of oleate of mercury gr. x to xx, with the ointment of oleate of zinc is very effective in chronic acne and eczema, especially in the fissured variety of the latter common to the palmar and plantar surfaces. For syphilitic skin eruptions and in superficial ulcers, oleate of mercury with oleate of bismuth or the same quantity of the ointment of the oleate of lead, acts promptly and efficiently. For one of the best and most efficacious oily applications for loss of hair, especially when the scalp is harsh and dry, and the hairs dull and without lustre, a preparation composed of oleate of mercury to ij, with oil of ergot is highly recommended.
Oleate of Zinc is prepared by decomposing a sodium oleate with a saturated solution of zinc sulphate, boiling out and drying the precipitate and then reducing it to an impalpable powder. One part of oleate of zinc melted with three parts of lard or oil gives a most useful ointment, but the best results are obtained from the oleate of zinc alone. It is in the form of a fine, pearl-colored powder, having a soft, soapy feel, much like powdered French chalk. It is valuable in all forms of sweating.
Oleate of Lead is prepared by precipitating a sodium oleate with a solution of lead subacetate. To form the ointment of lead oleate, the washed and dried precipitate is melted with equal parts of lard. Oleate of lead exerts a combined sedative and astringent action when applied to denuded skin, and also arrests morbid discharges, protects the surface and allays irritation. It is useful in eczema, acne and other skin diseases. For skin diseases, oleate of lead with oleate of bismuth is very effectual, especially in the fissured form of palmar and plantar eczema; and when the cracking is very deep, to cause stimulation, oil of cade gtt. xx to xxx may be added. In scabies oleate of lead with sulphur is an excellent application.
Oleate of Aluminum is prepared by decomposing sodium oleate with aluminum sulphate. The washed precipitate, mixed with equal parts of lard, forms an ointment of a semi-solid, dark-brown color, which is very astringent in its action. It rapidly arrests all muco-purulent discharges, and is an efficient dressing for foul ulcers, sinuses, burns and scabs.
Oleate of Bismuth is prepared by first obtaining crystallized bismuth nitrate, and dissolving it in glycerine and decomposing with this the sodium oleate. It is of the consistence of ointment, and of a pearly-gray color and a soft, bland substance. It has an emollient and somewhat astringent action, and is an excellent application for relieving cutaneous irritation. In pustular eruptions, especially sycosis, it is a useful application; also in superficial erysipelas, sunburn and chronic inflammation of a portion of the face.
Oleate of Copper is prepared in a similar way to the oleate of lead, by double decomposition with a saturated solution of copper sulphate. A ten or twenty per cent ointment can be made with either cosmoline, fat or lard. When applied to the unbroken skin, it penetrates deeply, and causes a slight stimulation; and when applied to broken skin, it coats it with an insoluble albuminate. It is very efficient for ringworm, and in the most obstinate cases usually affects a cure. It is also used with advantage on indolent ulcerated surfaces, and with effect on hard, horny warts and corns.
Oleate of Arsenic is obtained from arsenious chloride, made by the careful saturation of hydrochloric acid with arsenic. This solution is mixed with sodium oleate, when the arsenic oleate is precipitated. In the proportion of gr. xx to an ounce of fatty base, it forms oleate of arsenic ointment, which is soft and yellow, having no action on the skin. When applied to wounds, or ulcerating surfaces, it destroys the tissue to some depth. It is used in lupus, the ulcerating variety of epithelioma, and, after scraping the surface, to destroy warts, corns, old granulations, etc. It may be combined with arnica, opium, belladonna or hyoscyamus. A number of other oleates are in use, among them Nickel oleate, which is a greenish, waxy mass, used in the form of an ointment, containing from five to fifteen grains to the ounce of lard, is astringent and somewhat escharotic, and useful for hard, horny, granulating surfaces; Silver oleate, a brownish, pulverent substance, and, in the form of ointment, valuable for application to ulcers, erysipelas, etc.; Cadmium oleate, a yellowish-white mass, and in the form of ointment (five to fifteen grains to the ounce), has an astringent and escharotic action, and is useful in glandular enlargements and thickening of the integument.


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George Weigel’s new book, Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church (Basic Books), seems destined to be a reference point in the papal interregnum that begins at 2 p.m., New York time on February 28, and well into the new pontificate. I caught up with Weigel, who has been in Rome since Ash Wednesday, to pose some questions about the conclave, the state of the Church, and the analysis of Evangelical Catholicism:
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: By Pope Benedict XVI publicly acknowledging problems inside the Vatican is he giving guidance to the cardinals gathering in Rome this week?
GEORGE WEIGEL: The pope has mentioned these problems more than once, although no one seems to have noticed until the world’s attention suddenly became riveted on Rome and the Vatican. Benedict XVI has no intention of “giving guidance” to the men who will elect his successor; he is too good a churchman, too humble a man, and too much a respecter of the conclave process to even think of doing something like that. But there is no doubt, here in Rome, that the dysfunction in the Vatican bureaucracy will be a major topic of the cardinals’ conversations before the conclave is enclosed. Benedict XVI was ill-served by men in whom he reposed trust and to whom he gave great authority, and everyone knows it — except, alas, those who ill-served him....
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Differences in coastal subsidence in southern Oregon (USA) during at least six prehistoric megathrust earthquakes
Stratigraphic, sedimentologic (including CT 3D X-ray tomography scans), foraminiferal, and radiocarbon analyses show that at least six of seven abrupt peat-to-mud contacts in cores from a tidal marsh at Talbot Creek (South Slough, Coos Bay), record sudden subsidence (relative sea-level rise) during great megathrust earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone. Data for one contact are insufficient to infer whether or not it records a great earthquake—it may also have formed through local, non-seismic, hydrographic processes. To estimate the amount of subsidence marked by each contact, we expanded a previous regional modern foraminiferal dataset to 174 samples from six Oregon estuaries. Using a transfer function derived from the new dataset, estimates of coseismic subsidence across the six earthquake contacts vary from 0.31 m to 0.75 m. Comparison of subsidence estimates for three contacts in adjacent cores shows within-site differences of ≤0.10 m, about half the ±0.22 m error, although some estimates may be minimums due to uncertain ecological preferences for Balticammina pseudomacrescens in brackish environments and almost monospecific assemblages of Miliammina fusca on tidal flats. We also account for the influence of taphonomic processes, such as infiltration of mud with mixed foraminiferal assemblages into peat, on subsidence estimates. Comparisons of our subsidence estimates with values for correlative contacts at other Oregon sites suggest that some of our estimates are minimums and that Cascadia's megathrust earthquake ruptures have been heterogeneous over the past 3500 years.
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Last Thursday the Senate voted 59-41 to overturn the President's national emergency border declaration and the names of the GOP turncoats are Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Marco Rubio of Florida, Rob Portman of Ohio, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Mitt Romney of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah. Senator Portman fears that "a future President may well say that climate change is a national emergency and use emergency authorities to implement the Green New Deal." It's a constitutional issue ya see:
"Declaring a national emergency to access different funds sets a dangerous new precedent," GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio warned in remarks on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. "It opens the door for future presidents to implement just about any policy they want."
This is very, very funny or sick or insane or something but it's doesn't make any sense in the world of Washington DC as it currently exists or has existed since 1976 when the National Emergencies Act was signed into law by POTUS Ford. This Presidential power has been invoked by Clampett, W, and Zed without complaint, without comment (!!!), if you want to be perfectly honest about it, and I would bet that most Americans had no idea that a President of the United States even had this Emergency power at his disposal until Trump decided to use it - or threaten to use it - to build his Wall. If the Congress had simply given the President the $5 Billion he was asking for then he never would have declared the National Emergency and none of this would be happening but what is very obvious as of last Thursday is that there are powerful oligarchs in the USA who don't want border security and they're pulling the strings of their puppets. Trump can totally do this thing - read the text H.R. 3884 (94th): National Emergencies Act and if the actual text is too complicated for you there is a very clear Summary page with this intriguing entry inter alia:
On 6 March 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama, invoked, inter alia, the National Emergencies Act, and signed an executive order that declared a national emergency and ordered sanctions, including travel bans and the freezing of U.S. asset, against not-yet-specified individuals, later to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the Secretary of State) who had "asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine" and whose actions were found, inter alia, to "undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine".
Was Rob Portman a Senator in 2014? Why yes, yes he was and yet this "Constitutional Conservative" had no problem with a former President declaring Emergency Powers "among other things" which authorized travel bans and the
The next day, Friday, POTUS Trump vetoed the stupid congressional resolution and that news killed former Senator Birch Bayh who was born a Hoosier but died a denizen of the swamp. For any "Constitutional Conservative" like Mike Lee or Rand Paul worried about this new breed of democratic "socialist" like AOC or a progressive RFK doppelgänger like Beta 0'Leprechaun they shouldn't get too worked up because there was a time, 50 years ago, when these types held the scepter of power and crafted laws that effectively dissolved this country. Birch Bayh was one of those people - the real deal one might say - a boxer, a fighter, a committed progressive and a man's man of the Left and seriously White. He's wrote and passed the amendment (#25) that allowed the DOJ to plot for Trump's removal from office on mental health grounds and he wrote and passed the amendment (#26) that lowered the voting age to 18 - not good enough, now the Dems want to lower it to 16!!! And those are the two amendments that passed but he worked tirelessly for two other amendments that failed but would have hurt America even more. The first was the Equal Rights Amendment which failed but is still pending so Bayh pushed Title 9 in its absence allowing college coaches of obscure female sports teams to sell admission tickets to selected bidders. The second was a pernicious and never ending attack on the Electoral College aimed at mothballing the archaic 18th Century framework and replacing it with direct popular vote for electing a POTUS. That is a way of changing a Constitutional Republic into a People's Republic which is what these Left-wingers are after when you clear away all the black lies and pretzel logic.
The problem is this - It's not a new problem. The Dems aren't "getting very 'strang'" because they've been "strange" for 50 years (or longer). The "leaders" in Washington DC don't care about the Ballot Box and they haven't cared about it for a long, long time. Birch Bayh didn't care about the Ballot Box because deciding things democratically is often the worst way of making a decision from a ruler's perspective. Oh sure, they'll talk up democracy but only if they win and they have to win - they have to be in charge and if they are not then they will burn the country to the ground. That's what they did in 1860. So when the GOP prudes start wringing their hands about the Constitution and how President Trump can't do something that other presidents have been doing for decades with impunity because it might (might?!) run against strict constructionist ideology and practice I have to laugh. The opposition doesn't even believe in representative democracy to say nothing of the Constitution (which they despise) and the ONLY way they will put up with any of it is because they always call the shots - at least they did for 80 years until 2016 - but now that they don't run the show all bets are off. They want to destroy it all and rip up the foundations, tear down the walls and remodel based on their maniacal designs. It's nothing new, it's what they've always done and it's what they always will do.The Democrats are getting very “strange.” They now want to change the voting age to 16, abolish the Electoral College, and Increase significantly the number of Supreme Court Justices. Actually, you’ve got to win it at the Ballot Box!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019

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text: An extremely rare and working Martin and Runyon Autoperipatetikos Victorian Clockwork Walking Doll.Made of composition, brass, wood and leather, the doll's head is composition with moulded hair and painted facial features. Arms are of kid leather. The body is a conical shaped cardboard and wood containing a clockwork mechanism. The bodice is of pale blue silk with lace and ribbon trim, overskirt of white lace and net and petticoat of white cotton and lace. The original box lift off lid measures 10.5" x 5.5", pat. 1862.

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Now, you KNOW I love chicken and waffles bro, and I’ve definitely scarfed down my share of KFC Double Downs back in the day, so when I heard KFC was combining these two things, I was all over that like a fat kid on a quadruple chicken, double waffle sandwich:
OK, so there’s no way I’m shoving this all down my piehole at once, even with my patented Guy Fieri hunch. But even when eaten separately, that’s more fried chicken than you can shake a fried sticken at!
OK, now let’s break it down. These puppies are made to order, so the chicken is super hot and crispy. The waffle is really legit–nice and fluffy–and then you’ve got this sweet, sticky maple aioli oozing out from the inside. I gotta say, this sandwich is pretty outta bounds, but what’s missing here is some bacon, bro! White Brick Kitchen knows what’s up!!!
But that’s not to say I’m NOT going to eat at least seven more of these. Dude, this is body by fried chicken and waffles!!!!!!
Everybody in Toronto knows that the Danforth is the place to go if you want some real-deal Greek food. And I’m definitely no stranger to the area. Whether it’s the BBQ quail and Greek fries at Astoria, the four-pack of lamb chops at Mezes, or the bitter balls at Borrel…OK, so that last one’s Dutch, but my point is there is plenty of great grub in Greektown.
Now, I’ve heard that one of the best, most authentic Greek joints in this city is Pan on the Danforth, but I’d never been there before. It can be hard to get a table sometimes, cuz they’re packing ’em in for their Panlicious Dinner–three courses for 33 bucks, bro!!!
So, we’re starting off with some lightly breaded, deep-fried calamari, so hot you gotta wait a couple minutes before you pick ’em up. Lemme tell ya, there are few things I love more than deep-fried squid, and these squid are too legit to quit!
But you know that was just the first course in Flavourtown! We’re moving on to the braised lamb shank, which is my go-to at Jimmy the Greek…but this one’s, like, 10 times better! The melt-in-your-mouth meat falls off the bone and slides straight down my piehole, while the orzo pasta in a tomato broth is like risotto gone “Opa!” (Smashing plates not included.)
Now, I kinda hate to admit this, but I actually did NOT have room for dessert. So I had to get this piece of Greek ravani cake to go. The sweet semolina with syrup on top, some chopped almonds and blueberries still tasted good for breakfast the next day, though!!!
So, we’re hanging out at Smith, this funky little joint up around Church and Wellesley. Even though the name of this place doesn’t really stand out, they sure pack ’em in on the weekends for brunch, with dishes like pistachio waffles, huevos rancheros, smoked salmon benedict, and this meaty monstrosity in Flavourtown, the beef brisket hash:
OK, let’s break it down. What you’ve got are big, meaty chunks of braised brisket, marinated for two days, on a bed of potatoes with poached eggs, cheddar cheese and pico de gallo. This place takes Denny’s and kicks it up about three notches! The beef is super tender, you’ve got a little yolk porn going on, and the potatoes are big ‘n hearty–I even had to cut some of ’em in half!
Now, just cuz we’re eating brunch, doesn’t mean I don’t still have room for dessert. Especially when they’ve got these homemade doughnuts…Dude, this is body by homemade doughnuts! These Timbits on steroids are topped with apple cinnamon sugar, and come with a side of lemon cream–I’d put that on a flip-flop!!!
So, we’re back at Hogtown Smoke, the new location right in downtown Flavourtown. I see they no longer have the 22 oz pork chop on the menu, so instead I went with a sammy that combines two kinds of pork…and just so happens to be named after my favourite Al Pacino character. Say hello to ma lil’ friend Tony Montana 2.0, bro!
OK, now let’s break it down. You’ve got pulled pork, back bacon and creamy coleslaw, along with beer-braised onions, pickles and some melty Velveeta, all smothered in their signature Hogmother BBQ sauce. And this is literally only half of it–there’s a second side to this sammy, son! Throw down a side of fries, and it’s a sandwich that eats like a meal for about 20 bucks (after tax)!!!!
So, we’re hanging out at Tequila Bookworm, this funky little craft beer bar on Queen West. This place has got daily rotating taps, along with a whole bevvy of pricey bottles, but when it comes to food, they keep it simple, with sandwiches, poutines and salads.
This fried chicken sandwich is outta bounds, bro! You’ve got super-crispy breading, with pickles, lettuce, a nice crunchy slaw and some spicy mayo. Nothing wrong with that at all!
And then there’s this funky dish of deliciousness, the house specialty: tequila fries. You’ve got some nice, crispy spuds, topped with green onions, tomatoes, feta cheese and these spicy chilies. This ain’t yer grandpappy’s poutine, son!
With so many local craft beers on tap, it’s hard to pick just one. But I went with the Barnraiser Pale Ale, from Oast House Brewers in Niagara on the Lake. Apparently they don’t just grow wine in the Niagara Region…and I’ll take this zesty IPA over a pinot grigio any day!!!
Now, I wouldn’t say that French food is my favourite foreign cuisine…but it’s probably somewhere in the Top 10. I mean, you’ve got French onion soup, duck confit, and my personal Flavourtown Flava Fav, poutine. OK, I guess that one’s French-Canadian, but hey, they still speak the same language, right?
Of course, they also eat things like snails and frog’s legs, too. Now, I don’t know if we’re still in grenouille season, but when it comes to escargot, you can get ’em for brunch at Le Papillon, this funky French bistro on Front Street, just a short crawl from the St. Lawrence Market.
These slippery little snails are served up as a six-pack, swimming in a garlic parsley butter. Dude, I would put that on a flip-flop! But you know that’s just a pre-brunch snack in Flavourtown, bro!!!!
Dude, this bacon apple crepe is LaBombe.qc.ca! The bacon is cooked perfectly, the right balance between crispy and chewy. Then you’ve got baked apples and mad cheddah stuffed inside a light, fluffy pancake with maple syrup on top. It costs extra for the syrup, but dude, this is body by maple syrup, bro!!!!

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What to Look For in a Sportsbook
A sportsbook is a gambling establishment that accepts bets on different sporting events. It is also known as a bookie, bookmaker, or oddsmaker. While some states have banned the practice, most have legalized it and allow punters to place wagers on various sports events. Whether you want to bet on your favorite team or simply enjoy watching the action, there are many online sportsbooks that offer a variety of betting options.
The sportbook industry has grown since the US Supreme Court overturned a federal ban and allowed states to decide for themselves whether sports betting is legal in their jurisdictions. The best online sportsbooks are regulated and adhere to strict rules regarding minimum payouts, vigorish (the commission sportsbooks charge on losing bets), and restricted countries. However, some states still outlaw sports betting, so you must research carefully before placing your bets.
One of the most important things to consider is the number of teams and games available for betting at a sportsbook. The more options you have, the better your chances of finding a good value bet. In addition, some sportsbooks have special promotions and bonuses to attract new customers, so it is worth checking out their websites to see what’s on offer.
Some of the best online sportsbooks have a large selection of sports and leagues to choose from, but it is important to check out the terms and conditions before you deposit any money. This will help you understand the wagering limits and payout options for each sport, which will vary from one site to the next. It’s also a good idea to check out the live betting lines, which can change as the game unfolds.
Another tip to keep in mind when shopping around for the best online sportsbook is that different bookies set their own odds. While this may not seem like a big deal, it can make a difference in the amount you win or lose. For example, the Chicago Cubs might be -180 at one sportsbook but -190 at another, meaning you can potentially win more if you shop around.
The popularity of sports betting has increased tremendously since the US Supreme Court overturned a ban on it in 2018. It is now legal to bet on most major sporting events in all 50 states, with Nevada being the only exception until it re-opens in 2022. In addition to football, basketball, baseball, and hockey, sportsbooks can offer bets on esports, politics, fantasy sports, and other non-traditional events. Most online sportsbooks use geolocation to ensure that punters are located in a state where they can legally gamble. This is done by detecting the punter’s location through their IP address. Those who are not in the correct state will be blocked from accessing their sites. Those who are will be allowed to play for real money. This will prevent unauthorized persons from making illegal bets. Moreover, it will prevent sportsbook owners from committing fraud. It will also protect players’ personal information and keep them safe from any scams or phishing schemes.

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Breeder of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever and Rhodesian Ridgeback
Toller: In 2018 we had no Toller puppies at Kennel Adorea. Now we cross our fingers for Toller puppies in February 2019! Both World Winner 2017, Danish Winner 2017, NUCH, SEU(U)CH DKU(U)CH Adoreas Red India and NUCH DKU(U)CH Adoreas Red Jippi are mated. We hopefully have puppies ready for new homes in the end of April 2019.
Ridgeback: NUCH DKUCH Adoreas Ridged Farah will get into heat during March/April 2019. Puppies will be redy for new homes Summer 2019.
NUCH Adoreas Ridged Chloe will hopefully have her last litter during autum/winter 2019.

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eeling that the reconciliation was complete, Anna set eagerly to to work in the morning preparing for their departure. Though it was not settled whether they should go on Monday or Tuesday, as they had each given way to the other, Anna packed busily, feeling absolutely indifferent whether they went a day earlier or later. She was standing in her room over an open box, taking things out of it, when he came in to see her earlier than usually, dressed to go out.
"I'm going off at once to see maman; she can send me the money by Yegorov. And I shall be ready to go tomorrow," he said.
Though she was in such a good mood, the thought of his visit to his mother's gave her a pang.
"No, I shan't be ready by then myself," she said; and at once reflected, "so then it was possible to arrange to do as I wished." "No, do as you meant to do. Go into the dining room, I'm coming directly. It's only to turn out those things that aren't wanted," she said, putting something more on the heap of frippery that lay in Annushka's arms.
Vronsky was eating his beefsteak when she came into the dining- room.
"You wouldn't believe how distasteful these rooms have become to me," she said, sitting down beside him to her coffee. "There's nothing more awful than these chambres garnies. There's no individuality in them, no soul. These clocks, and curtains, and, worst of all, the wallpapers--they're a nightmare. I think of Vozdvizhenskoe as the promised land. You're not sending the horses off yet?"
"No, they will come after us. Where are you going to?"
"I wanted to go to Wilson's to take some dresses to her. So it's really to be tomorrow?" she said in a cheerful voice; but suddenly her face changed.
Vronsky's valet came in to ask him to sign a receipt for a telegram from Petersburg. There was nothing out of the way in Vronsky's getting a telegram, but he said, as though anxious to conceal something from her, that the receipt was in his study, and he turned hurriedly to her.
"By tomorrow, without fail, I will finish it all."
"From whom is the telegram?" she asked, not hearing him.
"From Stiva," he answered reluctantly.
"Why didn't you show it to me? What secret can there be between Stiva and me?"
Vronsky called the valet back, and told him to bring the telegram.
"I didn't want to show it to you, because Stiva has such a passion for telegraphing: why telegraph when nothing is settled?"
"About the divorce?"
"Yes; but he says he has not been able to come at anything yet. He has promised a decisive answer in a day or two. But here it is; read it."
With trembling hands Anna took the telegram, and read what Vronsky had told her. At the end was added: "Little hope; but I will do everything possible and impossible."
"I said yesterday that it's absolutely nothing to me when I get, or whether I never get, a divorce," she said, flushing crimson. "There was not the slightest necessity to hide it from me." "So he may hide and does hide his correspondence with women from me," she thought.
"Yashvin meant to come this morning with Voytov," said Vronsky; "I believe he's won from Pyevtsov all and more than he can pay, about sixty thousand."
"No," she said, irritated by his so obviously showing by this change of subject that he was irritated, "why did you suppose that this news would affect me so, that you must even try to hide it? I said I don't want to consider it, and I should have liked you to care as little about it as I do."
"I care about it because I like definiteness," he said.
"Definiteness is not in the form but the love," she said, more and more irritated, not by his words, but by the tone of cool composure in which he spoke. "What do you want it for?"
"My God! Love again," he thought, frowning.
"Oh, you know what for; for your sake and your children's in the future."
"There won't be children in the future."
"That's a great pity," he said.
"You want it for the children's sake, but you don't think of me?" she said, quite forgetting or not having heard that he had said, "for your sake and the children's."
The question of the possibility of having children had long been a subject of dispute and irritation to her. His desire to have children she interpreted as a proof he did not prize her beauty.
"Oh, I said: for your sake. Above all for your sake," he repeated, frowning as though in pain, "because I am certain that the greater part of your irritability comes from the indefiniteness of the position."
"Yes, now he has laid aside all pretense, and all his cold hatred for me is apparent," she thought, not hearing his words, but watching with terror the cold, cruel judge who looked mocking her out of his eyes.
"The cause is not that," she said, "and, indeed, I don't see how the cause of my irritability, as you call it, can be that I am completely in your power. What indefiniteness is there in the position? on the contrary..."
"I am very sorry that you don't care to understand," he interrupted, obstinately anxious to give utterance to his thought. "The indefiniteness consists in your imagining that I am free."
"On that score you can set your mind quite at rest," she said, and turning away from him, she began drinking her coffee.
She lifted her cup, with her little finger held apart, and put it to her lips. After drinking a few sips she glanced at him, and by his expression, she saw clearly that he was repelled by her hand, and her gesture, and the sound made by her lips.
"I don't care in the least what your mother thinks, and what match she wants to make for you," she said, putting the cup down with a shaking hand.
"But we are not talking about that."
"Yes, that's just what we are talking about. And let me tell you that a heartless woman, whether she's old or not old, your mother or anyone else, is of no consequence to me, and I would not consent to know her."
"Anna, I beg you not to speak disrespectfully of my mother."
"A woman whose heart does not tell her where her son's happiness and honor lie has no heart."
"I repeat my request that you will not speak disrespectfully of my mother, whom I respect," he said, raising his voice and looking sternly at her
She did not answer. Looking intently at him, at his face, his hands, she recalled all the details of their reconciliation the previous day, and his passionate caresses. "There, just such caresses he has lavished, and will lavish, and longs to lavish on other women!" she thought.
"You don't love your mother. That's all talk, and talk, and talk!" she said, looking at him with hatred in her eyes.
"Even if so, you must..."
"Must decide, and I have decided," she said, and she would have gone away, but at that moment Yashvin walked into the room. Anna greeted him and remained.
Why, when there was a tempest in her soul, and she felt she was standing at a turning point in her life, which might have fearful consequences--why, at that minute, she had to keep up appearances before an outsider, who sooner or later must know it all--she did not know. But at once quelling the storm within her, she sat down and began talking to their guest.
"Well, how are you getting on? Has your debt been paid you?" she asked Yashvin.
"Oh, pretty fair; I fancy I shan't get it all, but I shall get a good half. And when are you off?" said Yashvin, looking at Vronsky, and unmistakably guessing at a quarrel.
"The day after tomorrow, I think," said Vronsky.
"You've been meaning to go so long, though."
"But now it's quite decided," said Anna, looking Vronsky straight in the face with a look which told him not to dream of the possibility of reconciliation.
"Don't you feel sorry for that unlucky Pyevtsov?" she went on, talking to Yashvin.
"I've never asked myself the question, Anna Arkadyevna, whether I'm sorry for him or not. You see, all my fortune's here"--he touched his breast pocket--"and just now I'm a wealthy man. But today I'm going to the club, and I may come out a beggar. You see, whoever sits down to play with me--he wants to leave me without a shirt to my back, and so do I him. And so we fight it out, and that's the pleasure of it."
"Well, but suppose you were married," said Anna, "how would it be for your wife?"
"That's why I'm not married, and never mean to be."
"And Helsingfors?" said Vronsky, entering into the conversation and glancing at Anna's smiling face. Meeting his eyes, Anna's face instantly took a coldly severe expression as though she were saying to him: "It's not forgotten. It's all the same."
"Were you really in love?" she said to Yashvin.
"Oh heavens! Ever so many times! But you see, some men can play but only so that they can always lay down their cards when the hour of a rendezvous comes, while I can take up love, but only so as not to be late for my cards in the evening. That's how I manage things."
"No, I didn't mean that, but the real thing." She would have said Helsingfors, but would not repeat the word used by Vronsky.
Voytov, who was buying the horse, came in. Anna got up and went out of the room.
Before leaving the house, Vronsky went into her room. She would have pretended to be looking for something on the table, but ashamed of making a pretense, she looked straight in his face with cold eyes.
"What do you want?" she asked in French.
"To get the guarantee for Gambetta, I've sold him," he said, in a tone which said more clearly than words, "I've no time for discussing things, and it would lead to nothing."
"I'm not to blame in any way," he thought. "If she will punish herself, tant pis pour elle." But as he was going he fancied that she said something, and his heart suddenly ached with pity for her.
"Eh, Anna?" he queried.
"I said nothing," she answered just as coldly and calmly.
"Oh, nothing, tant pis then," he thought, feeling cold again, and he turned and went out. As he was going out he caught a glimpse in the looking glass of her face, white, with quivering lips. He even wanted to stop and to say some comforting word to her, but his legs carried him out of the room before he could think what to say. The whole of that day he spent away from home, and when he came in late in the evening the maid told him that Anna Arkadyevna had a headache and begged him not to go in to her.

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Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the games against Germany and Lithuania is now the leading cause of depression in the UK.
On a day in which France omitted Benzema, Lacazette, Coman and Martial from their squad, England fans were alarmed by the inclusion of James Ward-Prowse, Jake Livermore and a kid who happened to be passing by at the time.
As a result, today’s England squad has now leapfrogged destitution, heartbreak, Katie Hopkins and supporting Sunderland as the single leading cause of depression in Great Britain.
Speaking exclusively to Football Burp, Steve, a destitute and heartbroken Sunderland fan from Sunderland, expressed his dismay in no uncertain terms.
He bemoaned: “I’d just spent an ill-advised ten minutes scrolling through Katie Hopkins’s Twitter timeline when I saw the squad announced.
“Never in my life have I succumbed so physically to such a sudden crushing malaise. I literally collapsed to the ground and vomited tears.
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By PAUL GLOVER
Special to The Log Cabin
BATESVILLE — The Batesville Pioneers shut out the Greenbrier Panthers in the second half here Friday night on the way to a 16-6 victory in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state playoffs.
The defeat ended Greenbrier’s season at 9-3. The Panthers, the runner-ups in 5A-West, were in the Class 5A playoffs for the third straight year.
In their first meeting ever, the teams battled to a 6-6 first-half tie, but the Pioneer defense limited the Panthers to 65 yards of offense in the second half, and the 5A-East champions’ running game continued to grind away.
The Pioneers sacked Greenbrier senior quarterback Chase Roberts eight times, including five times in the second half. Roberts completed 17 of 26 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown. The score came on a 23-yard completion to senior wide receiver Reid Cone with 9:03 remaining in the first half. The score remained tied when Sam Burchfield missed the point-after kick low and to the left.
The Pioneers scored on their first possession of the night when junior tailback Emprea Childress burst up the middle for 56 yards and a TD. The snap on the PAT was errant and the football was never placed on the tee.
Batesville scored with the opening possession of the second half, driving 74 yards in 12 plays. Junior tailback Jordan Childress, Emprea’s cousin and the Pioneers’ leading rusher, scored on an 8-yard sweep around the left corner. Garcia’s PAT kick was good.
Garcia added a 21-yard field goal midway through the fourth quarter, capping a 13-play, 93-yard drive. That possession was kept alive by a roughing-the-punter pentalty that gave the Pioneers a first down at the Batesville 37.
The Panthers’ only other scoring opportunity came early in the fourth quarter, when Roberts and junior receiver Seth Peters hooked up for a 51-yard pass play to the Batesville 13. The Pioneers turned that away as senior linebacker Hunter Vinson sacked Roberts on consecutive plays and Roberts, under heavy pressure, threw two incompletions.
The Panthers reached the Batesville 25 with their last possession, but it ended when senior end Ryan Coles blindsided Roberts, forcing a fumble that Batesville junior tackle Drew Moore recovered with 2:11 to play.
The Pioneers made one first down and were able to run out the clock.
Jordan Childress set the school career rushing record while chalking up 155 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. Emprea Childress added 86 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.
Peters led Greenbrier in receiving with 85 yards on six catches. Cone added 53 and a touchdown on four catches.
The Pioneers improved to 10-2 and will face the White Hall Bulldogs in a semifinal in Batesville next Friday night. White Hall defeated Hot Springs Lakeside 38-21.
The other semifinal will pit Camden Fairview against Greenwood. Fairview, last year’s state runner-up, defeated Beebe 56-17. Greenwood, the two-time defending state champ, walloped Wynne, 42-7.


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NEW YORK – Health agencies and drug counselors are warning of a dramatic and dangerous rise in the abuse of medicines containing the narcotic hydrocodone, including Vicodin, Norco and Lortab.
Around the country, police seizures of hydrocodone-containing pills are second only to those of oxycodone, the related narcotic used in drugs like OxyContin and Percocet, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration review of police laboratories. Total seizures of hydrocodone pills rose from 13,659 in 2001 to 44,815 in 2010.
About 8 percent of the nation's 12th-graders have abused hydrocodone in the last year, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
There are few national figures on deaths because many states lump hydrocodone, oxycodone and other opiates together when tallying fatal overdoses. But one study showed that in Florida alone, hydrocodone caused 910 deaths and was present in the bodies of 1,803 others between 2003 and 2007.
The increase is part of a growing wave of prescription drug abuse nationwide, the DEA says.
Pharmacy robberies have nearly doubled from 380 in 2006 to 686 in 2010, as drug dealers and desperate addicts turn to violence to get their drugs.


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June 2, 2020
Kansas Farmers Experiencing Another Rough Ride This Year
Early on in the COVID-19 virus pandemic, it looked like agriculture might be an area that would maintain some semblance of normalcy. Farmers and ranchers tend to work in more solitary conditions than people working in suburban and urban office buildings and service industries, so would be less likely to get sick themselves. They could go on helping produce the world’s food supply.
That sense of security, if there was one, was short-lived however, with shifts in demand linked to closed restaurants and schools disrupting food supply chains, compounded by new coronavirus outbreaks among meat packing plant employees that resulted in temporary closures and more disruption to livestock marketing channels.
Using 2019 Kansas Farm Management Association members’ average net farm income as a baseline, a team of Kansas State University agricultural economists is estimating that net farm income in 2020 will fall from an average of $110,380 in 2019 to $14,358 in 2020, a drop of 87%.
The 2019 number was bolstered in large part by Market Facilitation Program payments provided to farmers to buffer the disruptive effects of trade disputes with other countries that were occurring prior to the pandemic.
Not all Kansas farms are KFMA members, but the data provides insight into the profitability and financial structure of Kansas agricultural producers.
“The COVID-19 virus has impacted nearly every aspect of life and Kansas agriculture has not been exempt,” said Gregg Ibendahl, farm management specialist with K-State Research and Extension.
He and colleagues Daniel O’Brien and Kevin Herbel recently authored A Preliminary Estimate of 2020 Kansas Net Farm Income. Even without considering the 2019 MFP payment, the decline would be 71%.
A similar article looking more in-depth at the livestock sector was written by agricultural economist Glynn Tonsor.
Grain farms, which comprise about two-thirds of all KFMA operations, are expected to earn a lower net income than in 2019, but similar to 2019 without the MFP payment. Crop insurance and government program payments will help make up for a shortfall in grain prices.
The Extension agricultural economists estimate that farms focused more heavily on livestock production – about one-third of KFMA farms – are expected to fare worst, with the average net farm income falling from $35,552 (without the MFP payment) to a negative $14,934, a decline of 142%.
The estimates do not take into account payments that might come from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 19.
The economists noted that at the beginning of 2020, Kansas farmers were coming off a year when net farm income had risen four years in a row.
“Producers were hopeful that 2020, with the trade agreement with China in place, could at least match the profitability of 2019,” Ibendahl wrote in the article. “However, the coronavirus has drastically altered those expectations.”
The authors, he said, provided the estimates to give farmers guidance about how the virus might affect their net farm income this year.
They estimate that most revenue sources – beef, milk, swine, corn, soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum -- are expected to decline in 2020 compared with 2019, although less so in wheat and grain sorghum than the other commodities.
Offsetting the lower revenue in 2020 is a potential for higher government payments (primarily in the Price Loss Coverage program for some crops) and some lower expenses, especially for fertilizer and diesel fuel, Herbel said.
Even with the MFP payment, 18% of KFMA farms lost money in 2019. In 2020, an estimated 40% of those farms will lose money. Nearly 70% of farms will earn a net income below $50,000, which is far below the typical family living needs, Herbel said.
“This is expected to be a difficult year for nearly every Kansas producer,” Ibendahl said, but added that the analysis is not the end of the story.
In addition to the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economy Security Act (CARES) and the CCC Charter Act have collectively committed to providing $16 billion in direct assistance to producers of non-specialty crops, livestock, dairy and specialty crops that have experienced a significant price loss between mid-January and mid-May and/ or face significant additional marketing costs.
The team plans to continue to follow developments and will update their estimates in coming months as the government programs are finalized.
More information about agricultural economics and the COVID-19 pandemic are available on www.agmanager.info. Other resources linked to living with COVID-19 are available on the K-State Research and Extension COVID-19 page.


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This is an N Scale (1:160) model of a 2-200 style Jordan Spreader. This style is in use by many railroads to this day. the model features a distinct high curved snow plow and detailed side blade/wings. It has been fitted with a horizontal tank on the rear.
1. you will need MT or equivalent trucks WITHOUT couplers.
2. The front/rear coupler pockets are built in. some modification (filing) maybe needed. Designed for MT 1015/1016
3. The blades, plow and roof are all on sprues (RED IN IMAGES) to allow the builder to paint model easier.
4. Once the sprues are carefully cut, file all edges smooth as needed. the model only goes together 1 way.
5. Front plow support bracket will rest on the car deck and has a lip under the bracket to mate to the end sill of the deck.
6. Blades and Air hydraulics either mount direct to the rear pads or into the vertical brace.
7. Minor filing may be needed on the middle air cylinder shaft to mate to the main blade.
8. There is a hole in the front and bottom of the Headlight to allow tiny fiber or magnet wire install to add a LED. they can be threaded into the cab via a hole to hide electronics.


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ODU's Engineering and Computational Sciences building is the first LEED® Certified higher education building in Virginia. Moseley Architects specified C/S Cantilevered and Vertical Sun Controls to reduce heat and glare. In conjunction with the sunshades, 21 C/S Interior Lightshelves were installed on the building's southern elevation to create a complete Daylight Management System. The lightshelves bring daylight deeper into the classrooms which has positive benefits on building occupants and reduces the overall building's energy costs.


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The Sin tells the story of Adam and Eve and their children, Cain and Abel. By disobeying God, the first couple fell from grace and were expelled from paradise. Now, struggling to survive in the harsh wilderness, they hope that their children will restore them and reverse God’s curse.
Includes two of the most compelling presentations ever produced about the life and influence of Jesus, on one DVD. Who Is This Jesus? -- Enriched with scenes from the dramatic mini-series A.D., this fast pace documentary provides exciting explanations to some of the most important questions ever asked regarding the most controversial man who ever lived -- Jesus Christ. What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? -- A landmark production that sets the record straight on the issue of Christ's true impact on history.
From the Emmy Award-winning Bible Collection comes a production starring Richard Harris as the Apostle John in The Apocalypse. Detailing John's visions against the backdrop of the severe persecution of Christians in the first century, this biblically based film will inspire viewers.
Paul in Asia Minor is a brilliant and illuminating production. Beginning with his conversion, it reenacts Paul's missionary journeys on Anatolian soil (modern Turkey).
Discover the common thread that weaves Babylon past and future with Babylon present.
This television mini-series, which aired on CBS in May 2000, looks at the life of Jesus from His humble beginnings as a carpenter through His extraordinary life and the mission of His spiritual destiny. This is a superb production and should prove very helpful to stimulate interest on the part of a Biblically illiterate generation to want to know more about the Gospels and the extraordinary life, death, resurrection and meaning of Jesus.
It is a quest that has fascinated scholars and adventurers for century after century. What happened to that treasure and centerpiece of ancient Jewish life — the Ark of the Covenant? No one knows what happened to it, but researchers never give up seeking for this which will no doubt rank among history's greatest finds if it is ever discovered.
This compelling, NBC primetime special featuring scholar Mike Sanders leads us on an unprecedented exploration to the depths of the salty Dead Sea in the same Delta mini-submarine used to explore the wreck of the liner Lusitania. The viewer almost becomes part of the team in energetic search for evidence of the location of the ancient Biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The book of Revelation takes us to the very heart of all history, the heart of the universe itself where we find the LORD Jesus Christ sharing the throne with His Father, surrounded by the Holy Spirit. At the center of reality, behind all the apparent confusion and chaos of this passing age, the Living God rules through Jesus, the Lamb and Lion of God. Jesus and His Bride, the Church, are seated in heaven far above all the powers of this age, as we wait for that day of judgment and new creation.
Breaking Down Barriers traces the first century missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul. Join Hosts, Seth Conley and Yolo Lopez-Perez as they journey to the actual locations in modern Turkey, Greece and Italy where Paul taught. You will discover what life was really like for Paul and how he impacted the spiritual, social and political atmosphere wherever he went.
Bruce Marchiano actúa en esta dramática producción que ayuda a los espectadores a descubrir lo que puede haber pasado durante la milagrosa travesía por el camino a Emaús. Esta es una historia que ha cautivado la imaginación de muchas generaciones.
In a simple Christmas performance, Curt Cloninger portrays six different characters (both historical and imagined) whose stories were somehow intertwined with the birth and early years of Jesus.
Explore the mysterious circumstances of Christ’s birth in this captivating look at the first Christmas.
From the producers of The Road to Emmaus comes an exciting new biblical drama: Come Follow Me dramatizes the relationship between Jesus and the Apostle Peter. From the day Peter heard the call his name to the post resurrection conversation in which Jesus charges Peter to “feed his sheep,” This short film beautifully illustrates Peter's transformation from fearful denier to the bold leader of the early church. This program is also a way to introduce friends to the gospel message. starring Bruce Marchiano as Jesus and Emilio Doorgasingh as Peter.
Here is the Lenten and Easter story as you have never experienced it. You'll feel like you are back in Jerusalem during Holy Week, the most momentous week in the history of the world, and the setting for this "special news report."
In this major two-part BBC documentary series, beloved actor David Suchet, best known for his role as Detective Hercule Poirot on PBS’ Masterpiece Mystery, goes on a compelling journey in search of Simon bar Jonah, better known as St. Peter.
Journey with us in this compelling video in which Bible events come to life. Follow the adventures of Lot, as he fled from Sodom and was sheltered in a cave; Jacob, as he wrestled with God by the river Jabbock; and Moses, as he led the great Exodus northwards from Aqaba. There's Mount Hor, where Aaron died and was buried; the plains of Moab, where Moses gave his final instructions and blessing; Beth Peor, where he pleaded to be allowed to enter the Promised Land. These, and much more, make this a unique and gripping program.
Exploring Ephesus combines the fast-paced adventure of a travel show with truly rich biblical scholarship and relevant spiritual insights. Join hosts, Dr. Mark Wilson and Dr. Andrew Jackson, leading experts on biblical Turkey, as they journey to this important hub of the early church.
The Fall of Jericho explores what really happened as Joshua and the Israelites experienced one of the Bible’s greatest military victories. Interviews with archaeologist Dr. Bryant Wood and Bible scholar Dr. Frederick Baltz shed new light on the truths found in Scripture about this miraculous event.
Is the famous story really true? Did young David actually slay the giant Goliath with a slingshot? Did giants actually walk the earth? Find out in Footsteps of Goliath. The filmmakers themselves pieced together clues from the Lands of the Bible and brought them together in the most complete view on the giant Goliath ever presented.

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In between dodging questions about why she won’t debate Kari Lake and holding school choice funds hostage, Katie Hobbs has been making some curious campaign promises lately. And none have been more suspect than what she claims is her current position on tax hikes.
After dragging her feet on the issue, Hobbs finally made her stance known last month when she declared that she has no plans to raise taxes if elected governor. Then, like a good Democrat who promises everything under the sun, she took it one step further, claiming that she would cut taxes for 800,000 Arizona families.
But anyone who has followed Hobbs’ political career knows that this is just another outrageous lie. During her time in the state legislature, Katie Hobbs regularly opposed tax cuts for families while making it a habit to support multiple tax hikes.
As one of the longest legislative sessions in Arizona history comes to a close, we come to the customary conclusion that no one is totally happy with the results. That is to be expected. No individual or group of individuals should expect to get all they want.
However, this session fell considerably short of conservative goals in several areas. Most prominent among these were election integrity and balance of power. Balloting irregularities and dictatorial executives are anathema to good governance.
Still, we did not do so badly considering the current composition of our legislature. Hopefully, that composition may be improved during the next election cycle.
Two areas in which we did better than many had expected were the budget and tax reform. But these are precisely the two areas in which we are getting tremendous pushback from organizations that support unionism, socialism, and radicalism (please excuse the redundancy).
One major radical group is Save Our Schools Arizona. They are already calling for a citizen’s initiative to undermine the hard-earned progress we made in the areas of budgeting and taxation.
In fact, Save Our Schools AZ, in their June 28 Legislative Report made the following outrageous, irresponsible, and patently false statements:
“The Bad: House lawmakers passed a K-12 budget bill packed with myriad attacks on schools and teachers.” And…
“The Brutally Awful: Both the House and Senate passed identical bills pushing Arizona’s largest tax cut in history into law”.
Let us evaluate the second claim first. It should be pointed out that whenever these radical organizations bitch and moan about “tax cuts” they are bitching and moaning about “tax cuts for the rich”. They don’t bitch and moan about the portion of the tax relief that helps low- and middle-class taxpayers. With that in mind let us look at the overall taxation of the rich, to determine whether this is a giveaway to the wealthiest among us, or simply a much-needed tax relief to prevent job providers from fleeing Arizona.
Marginal income tax rate paid by the wealthiest Arizonans:
Before Prop 208
After Prop 208
8.0% (4.5% + 3.5%)
After Tax Relief
6.0% (2.5% + 3.5%)
Can someone, with a straight face, explain how going from a 4.5% tax rate to a 6.0% tax rate constitute a “tax cut”? Tax relief would be a much better name for it.
It should also be noted that there is nothing in the omnibus tax relief tax relief bill (SB1828), or in any of the budget reconciliation bills to remotely suggest that the Education industry will not get their 3.5%. This brings us to addressing the other claim made by the Save Our Schools cabal.
The only way that a thinking person can agree with the SOS’s claim that the legislature gave us a “K-12 budget bill packed with myriad attacks on schools and teachers” is to conclude that a whopping 24% increase in funding constitutes “myriad attacks”. Let us look at some numbers taken from the JLBC’s and the Governor’s websites:
$6.7 BILLION ($5.0 B K-12 + $1.7 B HIGHER ED)
$8.2 BILLION ($6.2 b K-12 + $2.0 B HIGHER ED)
While the overall budget went up by a relatively modest 11%, the education budget increased by 22%, and the K-12 portion increased by 24%.
Under this new budget, the portion allocated to education is 64%, leaving only 36% for healthcare, law enforcement, border security, street repairs, infrastructure, etc.
The SOS and other groups that claim to support students should be praising our legislature and thanking them for their generosity, instead of plotting to undermine their work via mob rule.
President Ronald Reagan once said, “You can’t be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.”
Well, in Arizona, we are fighting for the little guy. We’re reducing the size of government, slashing regulations and cutting taxes.
The pandemic left no one in America untouched, but today, Arizona is open for business and our economy is thriving.
During the pandemic, many Americans from ultra-liberal states that embraced lockdowns relocated to Arizona so their kids could still go to school in person and their small businesses could survive. Hundreds of companies are moving or expanding here. And when these companies relocate to Arizona, they’re bringing high-paying jobs.
There’s a reason that Arizona has become a beacon of economic prosperity. People and companies are tired of burdensome overregulation and high taxes, and they’re moving their operations to a place that embraces free enterprise.
David Cook is a Republican politician elected to serve in the Arizona House of Representatives from the 8th Legislative District. Representative Cook was elected to the State House in 2016 and represents central and eastern Pinal County and southern Gila County. He currently is in opposition to tax reform.
When alerted that a postcard campaign was taking place on Wednesday the 16th to encourage him to listen to the stories of hardworking Arizonans that need tax relief he did provide the following social media tweets (@RepDavidCook), “ …Yes – “we” the people- not any one person, one party, one county- “We the people” of Arizona. Those of us that are truly conservatives – saving the taxpayers – Billions (or trying to) and paying off those debts – not kicking them down the road – for future generations.” A public school teacher then asked, for him to support the flat income tax rate. Now, more than ever we need tax relief. He replied, “How much are your HOA fees a year?” The response, “Respectfully, we don’t have HOA fees, we have Biden penalties.” Silence
Arizonans need to call Representative David Cook (LD8) 602-926-5162 and voice your stories about how hardworking citizens need tax relief. Tax relief is any government program or policy initiative that is designed to reduce the amount of taxes paid by individuals or businesses. This is the time to return money to taxpayers, not leave it in the hands of the government.
Catherine Barrett, an Arizona Master Teacher, has been called “the bravest teacher advocate in the state” by educators and lawmakers. She holds Masters degree in Education and had been teaching for 19 years.
Republicans in the Arizona legislature are on the cusp of passing significant tax relief for hardworking families and small business. With historic levels of surplus cash sitting in the state coffers (over $4 billion for FY 2022 alone), returning this money to taxpayers makes sense. In fact, it would have already happened if not for two lone holdouts within the Republican caucus, claiming the $1.9B tax cut is just “too big.”
Are they right? Should the size of the tax package be reduced to avoid a funding cliff in the future?
For an answer to this criticism, it makes sense to examine current revenue projections being provided by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC). For years JLBC has been relied upon as an independent source for revenue and budget projections by the state legislature. JLBC has never been accused of partisanship or of “cooking the books” to produce rosy budget scenarios. If anything, they have historically been too conservative in their figures, often because they don’t use dynamic modeling for their growth projections.
With this in mind, JLBC is projecting that by FY2024, baseline revenue for the state will be over $14.5 billion, a figure that has been growing with each month. For perspective, legislators were budgeting just shy of $11.1 billion in ongoing revenue prior to the pandemic—meaning that Arizona is expected to see a 31% increase in state revenue in four years.
Where is all this new revenue coming from? While a portion of this surplus is expected from economic growth, that is not the only source. Much of this new revenue is from a series of tax increases that continued to be ignored by opponents of the budget.
Remember the “monumental” new gaming compact Ducey signed in April—the one allowing for sports and fantasy sports betting? That is projected to rake in $300 million of new revenue annually by FY2024.


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All writers have a process that allows them to create. However, the art of "Writing" is often mistaken for that "Process." Hopefully this blog explains the difference, and inspires people to develop their crafts, become writers, or just keep on writing.
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We'll start with the verb - "entered." Very vanilla. Just a plain old verb getting us into the room, and maybe that's enough. However, can we get more work out of it. First, is there information to be added that can help express the mood? Action stories might prefer something more aggressive such as "leapt," "ran," or "burst" to get the blood flowing, or "crept," "sneaked," or "eased" to build tension.
To be fair, "entered" might still be the verb of choice and that's not bad because it explains the action. We should then consider whether to use an adverb (which modifies the verb) to inform about the character's motives or intention. By entering the room eagerly, cautiously, or hesitantly, the description gives us a hint about the character's approach to this dark room. By adding one word, we create a whole new dimension, and "I bravely entered the dark room" tells us not just about the action but perhaps the person, and possibly about the room as well.
Oh yeah - the room. It's dark. Another very vanilla word that might just be enough to do the job, but let's explore, shall we? Dark is a common adjective (describing the noun), so we could do the same tricks we did with the adverbs. However, metaphors and simile might also be used, and again, maybe to go beyond just showing how dark the room is.
"I entered a room dark as a crypt." Well now we've shifted the mood by incorporating ideas of tombs and crypts, and a little intensity sneaks in. Keep in mind that this may ruin a fast-paced action piece - remember our adjectives? "I leapt into a room dark as a crypt" throws some mixed mood around, while "I cautiously sneaked into a room dark as a crypt" really tightens the focus to the mood. And don't forget to hone in on the character if possible. "I cautiously sneaked in a room as dark as my heart." Holy crap, that tells us something about the character that changes our opinion about him and what he might be doing sneaking around that dark room.
This kind of writing is economical in that not a lot of words are used, but we really escape from that vanilla range. Some call it economical, but I prefer high-powered because that's what the story becomes as your writing gains this quality. And hopefully, you will be writing more than reports for some executive VP - but it works with those too.
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Don't get me wrong - I could tell a story about the time I got two pounds of broccoli that would be quite amusing and you would enjoy those ten minutes. However, it would carry the voice, tone, and mood that matched what the story had to offer, and not try to oversell with a bunch of unnecessary dramatics. Within the realm of storytelling, nothing can do a greater injustice to our story than the wrong verbs.
As a refresher, a verb relates to action - what is happening in the sentence. The most boring verb around is the verb "to be," which is most often used with terms like "I am walking," "They are walking," "You were walking" and so on. The people are all walking, but the verb is am/are/were (all forms of "to be"). This is like saying that people existed - boring already. Use of this is called the passive voice, and is a big no-no in writing. There are plenty of articles explaining the details, so I will let Google explain that while I explain a little about mood verbs.
So let's say my story starts with me going to the store. I won't say "I was walking to the store" because that "was" makes it boring. I can instead say, "I walked to the store." However, let's think if "walked" is even necessary. This provides information. I didn't drive, or cycle, or run - I walked. At this point I should ask myself whether my form of transportation to the store important? If I walked, then bought thirty pounds of stuff and had to lug them back two miles in those crappy plastic bags, walking is important. Maybe as I shop, I think about carrying stuff back. However, if my transportation isn't important, why burden the reader with excessive information?
"I went to the store." Ta-da! I am at the store without concerning the reader about unnecessary stuff. I can save the important verbs for the parts of the story that matter. In fact, if I use the interesting verbs exclusively for the dramatic parts of the story, the reader subconsciously collects this information and focuses on the most important elements. They become engaged with the story, and, as I have said many times in this space, engaging the reader is the most important responsibility of any writer.
Being overdramatic is the flip-side of verb use. "I put on my walking shoes and rushed to the store," would pack on the details, information, and active verbs, but if none of that is important to the story, it creates a false sense of urgency - drama - that ultimately disappoints the reader. They become burdened with every little point and the story - no matter how interesting it may be - gets lost in the writing.
Try examining a story that really draws you in, and see how the verb use works. You might be surprised to see just how cleverly they are used. And someday when I write the broccoli story, you will realize just how funny it was.


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As a construction company, it is critical that you have adequate insurance for each of your projects. This insurance protects you, your employees, the client, and the general public. Depending on the scope of your project, clients may require certain types of insurance coverages and limits until the job is complete. In this article, we'll explain the basic types of construction insurance and why they're important.
What is Construction Insurance?
Construction insurance is a broad category of insurance policies designed to protect you today and in the future. There isn't a specific "construction insurance" policy to purchase. Instead, most construction companies work with an agent to customize coverages based on the project and the risks that face it. This enables you to minimize costs while maximizing the coverage.
As a construction company, there are risks to your business, employees, clients, and the people and businesses who will benefit from your project. Because your projects often have long lifespans, it is important to cover your projects long after the build is complete.
In most cases, the client will request specific coverages as part of your contract. Additionally, if you're using bank funding to cover expenses, the bank may also require specific coverages, limits, and deductibles in order to get a loan.
10 types of construction insurance
As a construction company, you need to protect your business against common insurance risks. However, because of the nature of your business, there are a variety of risks that other businesses don't normally have to worry about.
These ten policies are the most common types of construction insurance. They protect against general business issues and unique situations in the construction industry.
Commercial and contractor general liability insurance
General liability policies are a must for any business. They serve as the basic insurance coverage from claims that you harmed someone or their property.
This coverage protects you against claims that you damaged someone's property, injuries at your business or project site, or that something you built caused them harm. General liability coverage does not protect against professional negligence, which is covered by errors and omissions insurance.
Builders risk insurance (a.k.a. course of construction insurance)
Builders risk insurance protects buildings and other structures while they are under construction. These policies are also known as "course of construction" or "construction all risk" insurance. Because most commercial property insurance policies do not cover unfinished buildings, builders risk insurance provides that protection.
Typically, these policies limit claims to damage resulting from fire, weather and vandalism. These policies do not include damage from other natural disasters, like earthquakes and floods. However, some insurers may allow you to expand your coverage to include them.
Professional liability insurance (a.k.a. errors and omissions insurance)
Professional liability insurance covers claims due to errors or mistakes in the work performed by the construction company. This is why it is also known as "errors and omissions" insurance. This insurance covers the cost of fixing the mistakes. Depending upon when someone discovers the errors, a claim may be submitted during construction or after the project is complete.
Generally, claims under a professional liability insurance policy are to fix the construction defects. It does not cover property damage or injuries that may occur from the mistakes.
Inland Marine Insurance
Although the name "inland marine" may evoke thoughts of boats and water, that's not what this insurance does. Instead, this insurance covers the movement of goods, equipment, tools, and supplies. While most business insurance policies cover these items at your office or a worksite, they don't cover items in transit.
For example, if you stop to get gas or food while driving between locations and someone steals tools from your truck, an inland marine insurance policy covers the claim.
Business vehicle and commercial auto insurance
Ideally, your company owns all of your company vehicles and the insurance is under the business' name. If you're using your personal vehicle to run your business, a personal auto insurance policy doesn't offer the protection you need for your construction company.
Commercial auto insurance policies not only cover cars and trucks used in your business, but they also insure larger construction vehicles that personal auto insurance won't, like dump trucks, tractor-trailers, and cement trucks.
Contractor license bonds (a.k.a. surety bonds)
Contractor license bonds protect the client by making sure that you follow the regulations that apply to your contractor license. The cost of a contractor license bond depends on the type of license you hold, your track record as a contractor, and the size and scope of the project. Many government and private contracts require a contractor license bond to protect themselves against improper work.
A construction bond assures the client that it will receive the services and completed work that it paid you for. It is a legally binding contract that typically covers specific portions of the contract or overall construction project. The bond also protects the client from any unpaid invoices for materials and subcontractor work owed by the contractor.
Most government construction projects and some private jobs require a bond before you can win the contract and begin the work.
Workers' compensation insurance
One of the most important types of construction insurance is workers' compensation insurance. This insurance protects the employee and the company when someone gets hurt during the course of their employment. In the construction industry, worker injuries are a common risk to the employee and the company. Because these workers perform manual labor or are in fairly dangerous situations, the potential for injuries is part of the job. This insurance coverage covers lost wages, medical expenses, ongoing recovery, and other related expenses due to injury or death.
In most states, the law requires workers' compensation insurance. Premiums are primarily based on the total wages paid, the type of work performed, and the history of claims.
Pollution liability insurance
Construction companies that use chemicals or fuel tanks on their job sites should consider pollution liability insurance. Cleanup costs for spilled chemicals, oil, or gas can be extensive. This is especially true when the spill is large or left untreated for long periods of time.
Pollution liability insurance helps to cover the costs to remediate the soil and extract the spilled chemicals to ensure compliance with the EPA and other regulations.
Even though construction companies generally aren't considered a target for hackers, they are at risk as well. Hackers look for "soft" targets that don't have the latest online security software or protocols. They can lock up your computers and demand a ransom, or use your computers as an entry point to target your clients.
Cyber insurance is designed to protect your data, your business, and your clients against online security threats.
The bottom line
As a construction company, you have many unique needs for customized insurance protection. While there isn't a specific construction insurance policy, there are many types of construction insurance that could benefit your business.
The best option is to take a holistic view of your business and then shop your business insurance needs with a few insurance brokers to get the best deal. In some cases, you may need to piece together coverages from different insurance companies to address all of your insurance risks.

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