This weekend i took a couple of days off and recharged the batteries. I've also had a very productive meeting with a few people very close to me. The 'meeting' analsyed my recent results and current precarious financial situation.
Subsequently, i'm going to be far more into statistical analysis from now on, and much more cautious with my bankroll. It appears i have been playing limits too big for my limited roll at the moment. Something rather obvious yet not acted upon before. Not only that but i have been extremely haphazard in keeping expenses to a reasonable amount. This is all going to change.
As i mentioned previously a couple of days ago, i feel i have reached a crossroads in my life. Thus, i have decided to start trading sports properly again and allow the poker to take more of a secondary role, at least for a few weeks to start with.
This should help me to calm things down greatly in my life and refresh a poker game that has become a little stale. I'm looking forward to reading some poker literature and watching some cardrunner videos.....all in the name of research.
Just bubbled a sat for luton, after also busting early in the gukpt main event.
It's very easy i think to become very disillusioned with poker, especially when you're on a bad run like i am at the moment. I'm sure without a doubt that these moments are the ones that really define you as a player...if you can cut it so to speak.
Gotta be honest and say right now i don't know one hundred percent if i can.
After reading james keys's blog the other day i realsied i'm too old to be messing around. He mentioned career choices and spoke of differences in life decisions based on age. Well at 30 i'm at a crossroads in my life.
(1)Do i pack it all in and get a 9-5?
Favourite is number 2 right now, but i've a feeling certain ppl i know would prefer i chose number 1-something i really don't want to do right now.
Ok i''ve ranted and raved enough here, hope anyone expecting a detailed 'poker' blog isn't too dissapointed. I just feel my head is a little messed up right now and blogging about it actually helps.
Have backed myself and a few others for the online gukpt main event tonight, looks sure to be a good one. The structure should suit my game well, providing i don't bluff too early on of course.
Pretty sure i've got a good chance in this event and cannot wait to get started.
In other news...well there isn't much to report really...pretty bored!
Well since my last post here's what i've been up to...grinding it out online.
Returning from vegas with a gigantic wallet sized hole in my pocket, i've had to knuckle down.
Full tilt, mansion, blue square, stars and hills have all received donations from yours truly. To be honest it's been a break even couple of weeks, with the big score always just eluding me.
However, i traded the open golf last week and managed to eek out a nice profit thanks to pod. One of the greatest shots i've ever seen from him on the 17th, awesome indeed.
Have started to get withdrawl symptoms over vegas, i miss the poker rooms and the live action. I really do think it's hard to appreciate exactly what you have available when you are actually there, oh well next time out.
I've been playing the online blue square gukpt festival this week, great structures although an average standard of player higher than usual.
Am playing the main event on friday and am available at 100-1, i hate to tip myself but....ok i won't. Had a bit on though.
Posted by Dom at 11:33 No comments:
Concluding vegas and trying to finish day updates...
Okay so just for my own weird piece of mind here's a round up of all my day updates...
Day 22 Wednesday 2nd july
This day i moved to the venetian, partly to be be totally chilled during the main event, and mainly to please my slightly choosy gf-for whom the gold coast was not enough apparently. In fairness the bathroom's are very small.
I also had a 1k sat at the rio on this day. It was the day i'd decided was my best chance to win a main event seat by far. It was the 'sat' day at the rio and i expected many seats to be available. Funny thing was i registered a little late along with james and rupert who were alongside in the queue, and was subsequently put on the same table as them both. Random hey. However the table wasn't overall that strong and i managed to put a rude yank on huge tilt. I got most of his chips before he busted and was overall happy with my table. Unfortunately my table was soon broken and any flow i'd gathered was soon lost. I arrived to my new table to find possibly the most annoying man in the world on my right. He managed to get half my chips when i should have folded and soon enough i lost a race to an ace on the river for the rest.
Went straight to the venetian and chilled out in my new room, after good ol' dave had helped me move over my stuff.
Met up with paul and gary recently arrived from england in the evening before playing the evening 180. Soon enough i was drinking cocktails at the bar and hit the hay early enough in anticipation of an important arrival the next day.
Day 23 Thursday 3rd july
Met Ulrike at the airport, was extremely happy to see her. A day off poker seemed ideal, although i had little time left to qualify for the main event.
Managed to squeeze in a sit and go in the evening which ended badly after i was outdrawn again.
Day 24 Friday 4th July
Uli's birthday and independence day meant drinks and a nice meal, certainly no poker on this day!.
Day 25 Saturday 5th July
Got up very early on this day with every intention of qualifying for the main event. Arrived in the empty sit and go room and waited a while before busting early in a 500 dollar single table. The time was now 10am and i had 2 choices. 1 was to play another 500 sit and go, 2 was to play the 500 mega sat which had just started. I decided to play the stt and picked up the ticket ready to pay. Suddenly someone asked me to buy a 500 chip at the counter. This incident awakened me, i bought it off him and gave back the ticket to the lady trying to fill the sit and go. I legged it over to the crowded mega queue and finally sat down in the mega sat half an hour into the tournie. Things went very smoothly early and i looked to be coasting to a seat. Then the wheels came off and with 3 tables left i actually said-this year it aint to be, this must have ignited me as i won every race and was suddenly chip leader on the ft with 7 seats available. I then coasted to my seat and was playing on the sunday! Boy was i happy and raced over to the venetian to celebrate with Uli over a couple of beers, only a couple!
Day 26 Sunday 6th July
I've already posted my day 1 report so no real need to go over it again. Basically i ended the day on 35.5k after a huge yo yo day when i should have been felted bar a 'pro' slow playing his hand to death. Slept like a baby when i hit the hay, especially knowing i had 2 days off till my day 2.
Day 27 Monday 7th July
Believe i may have gone swimming on this day, basically chilled and didn't do all that much bar going to the pokerstars party in the evening. Was a good laugh with Uli having a good time which was nice to see. Her support as always is vital to me, and i appreciate it very much.
Day 28 Tuesday 8th July
Another really chilled out day, went shopping and ate a great deal. Made sure i got a relatively early night with day 2 looming. Tried to watch ocean's 13 but fell asleep!
Day 29 Wednesday 9th July
This day started great with a wonderful double up before 3 or 4 key hands did 4 me a few hours in....still hurts. Didn't play enough small pots if i think about it again, still want to post about the pocket 10s hand...but kind of too embarrassed to do so.
After being knocked out i think i had one drink after another with a very understanding girlfriend.
Day 30 Thursday 10th July
Probably should have taken this day off...in fact probably should have stopped all poker on the trip after the main event exit. Instead i played the venetian 500-which i exited after 2 hours, and the evening 180-which i exited after about the same time. Lost out in both tournies to races and situations where i was a big fave...no change there then! :)
Day 31 Friday 11th july
This my last full day was spent shopping and reflecting on what might have been. In the evening we went out with all my english mates and jerry the lone yank. Had a wicked night although both Uli and i drunk too much.
Day 32 Saturday 12th July
Checked out of the hotel with the hangover from hell, flew home with the same.
Ok so thats it with vegas for the wsop 08...can't wait for london wsopE.
As for vegas in conclusion, loved it, hated it, miss it, don't miss it.
That's about it really. It's opened my eyes to so many things in regards to bankroll, poker and life in general. So overall jolly glad i did it for 32 days.
Posted by Dom at 03:10 1 comment:
Well another wsop is over for me. Quite a mixed experience for me over all, lots of positives, but probably just as many if not more negative things for me to look at. Leaving vegas this year i felt certain i'd be returning, but honestly couldn't say when. I have friends who are staying out there for a few months to give it a real go, yet i couldn't say i'd like to swap places with them. That is really strange as before this last month i think i would have jumped at a chance to give poker in vegas a real go. Not so much anymore. I think getting an apartment is vital, and being able to drive, if not near the strip, even more important. So many considerations to look at for me, and it's back to the grind now.
I really want to do a big write up concluding my last two weeks in day updates, but right now i'm drained. Got back yesterday and slept for 14 hours straight. Will get round to it eventually.
Posted by Dom at 22:43 No comments:
Busted from main event...
Hiya all. Firstly apologies if anyone is at all interested but day updates will have to wait AGAIN!
Still feel semi-tilted after my wsop main event exit yesterday. I doubled up early on with aces after someone chronically overplayed poket 8s, ship it. Amazingly the rather old dealer managed to short change me in that pot of a couple of grand, something I only realised a couple of hands later-more concentration obviously needed.
So coasting along with circa 70k i managed to donk off 15k in the last hand before the first break. Weakly playing poket 9s on a 678 board was a sign of what was to come.
My table consisted of about 4 or 5 rocks, about 3 good players and 1 maniac. The maniac caused me to retreat into my shell as the guy was non bluffable, and without cards i had to leave him to it.
Against one of the only decent players on the table i decided to defend my bb with 45 off suit. The q52 flop saw me lead and get called. The 10 on the turn saw me fire again only to meet an allin rr. Another 15k odd gone.
Then a freaky hand occurred with poket tens which i'll write a single blog entry about-that lost another 15 odd k too. So with about 20-25k i fought along until the 400-800 level when i lost half my stack against the maniac with ak, and my full stack against the decent player with aq against queens. Allin pre the flop came 22q, next year folks!
Not massively happy with how i played, but having said that the situations and the cards just didn't run good for me. Not having one going well is okay but when both are running bad i find it hard to progress. Maybe that is something i need to look at, new situations and errrrrrrrrmmmmm new way of playing cards perhaps!
Okay peeps im off to play a 500 deepstack in the venetian now, so best run downstairs.
Posted by Dom at 12:07 No comments:
Boy am i behind with this blog. About a week's worth of day updates to write up and yesterday's recap to give. Unfortunately no time now as i have to run. Just a very quick update to say that i have finally made a day 2 in the main event and am sitting with a smidgen under avergae of 35.5k. With an hour to go I held the princely sum of 5k so i now feel i am almost freerolling. I should have been felted if a player had played his hand properly. On a board of k77 rag rag no flush nor straight poss i held a7. My opponent held pocket cowboys and played the hand very badly imo. Glad i didn't let the situation get to me too much, bar shouting a bit to myself and having to walk away from the table before downing a beer....lol.
Anyway i'll try and do a huge blog tmrw for all you shareholders and anyone else interested.
Posted by Dom at 14:07 2 comments:
WSOP seat won...no day updates yet...
Just won my seat in a sat down the rio. What a hard slog it was. No more shares will be sold at the rock bottom price of 1.0.
Thanks for all that showed faith with investments at this price, your shares will be well rewarded i hope by a good performance tomorrow. Now i'm off to chill and get ready for sunday at the rio...main event here i come!
Posted by Dom at 20:36 No comments:
Quick post...no day updates
Hiya all. It's 4th of july evening here and i'm taking my gf out on her birthday. Should be great esp in vegas. As for the wsop main event unless a miracle happens i won't be playing. I've managed to get orders for 3k of the 5k i was trying to sell of my action.
However, that is not enough and unless i get 2k's worth of orders and payments by 12pm vegas time saturday i won't be playing.
No matter, bright lights, sin city and dare i say it...smaller games for now are calling.
Posted by Dom at 20:29 No comments:
Okay before i go into each day's analysis i've got an announcement....i'm for sale.
Well kind of! :)
Basically i want to play the wsop main event but after a tough few weeks and bankroll limitations i cannot justify buying in for the whole $10k.
Therefore i am looking to sell 50% of myself. Shares will be sold in $250 increments. Initially i had 20 shares for sale. Now i have already received orders from people out here for about 7 shares with possibly another 4 to come. Thus it's likely i only have about 9 shares left. This is $2250 if you want to buy the whole lot.
Now i probably should sell these at 1.3 or 1.4 of the price or something as i feel i have an edge on the majority of the field with my wsope experience and having played the main event the last two years. I know james keys for example is offering a share in himself at 1.4, but he's a bit better with his roll management than me and thus can afford to charge more.
The reason for my bargain price is simple. The main event starts on thursday and i'd need to buy in before sunday. I don't have time to be choosy. Any purchases will have to be quick and deposited in my bank immediately before i will confirm your share. So go on people, buy a piece of dom and help me take down the wsop main event. It's first come first served, so let me know either through email (dominickay@hotmail.com) or by text. Those of you who are my friends can do either obviously, those i don't know can contact me via the email route.
Lastly, i'm ultra confident with my game right now, just cannot afford to risk so much on one tournament. I have been playing a nice blend of tournies over here in the last three weeks and feel i am coming into the main hot rather than cold, even if not in results terms. I feel fresh and raring to go, so come on everybody....buy me!
Day 19 Sunday 29th
Day 20 Monday 30th
Played my third and final 1500 nl event of the trip wearing a shirt for an online company. Didn't exactly cover myself in glory here as i went out on the first hand i played. Utg +1 raises to 150 and i am the only caller in the bb with ad6d. I don't know why i called here as i feel i'm springing a small leak with my pre call to an oop rsr with min blinds. The flop came down a610 with two clubs. I checked and the raiser bet out 300. Funny thing here is i think i checked, i actually can't remember doing so and also feel i would have bet out hoping for him to raise, and a check may induce a check behind which i don't want for a number of reasons. Yet maybe the whole hand has become a blur which i've now mumbled and jumbled up in my mind.
Okay heres how the hand went, he bets out 300 perhaps even out of turn, i raise to 725 leaving myself 2125 left of my initial 3k stack. I'm putting his range at possibly ak aq here, or even kings or queens, even jacks, and i'm happy with anything he does here bar perhaps a call. Then i'd be praying the turn bricks, ideally i want a shove as in my mind i'm only losing to a set of tens here. He shoved and i almost insta called. He showed kcqc for the nut flush draw and the gutshot straight draw. He was draw heavy. The ten of clubs hit the turn and the river came another non pairing club, i was out and that was that. Not upset with my flop play as i got the chips in which is what i intended to do in a 1500 event with two pair in this situation. But as i say i'm not totally sure of my pre call. Moving on....
Went and got my washing done after this, lovely lady named Hilda did it all for 20 bucks, saved about 150 on the hotel estimate. Thanks again to my paid skivvy david for driving me to the laundromat, guy is a legend.
Day 21 Tuesday 1st July
Played the huge value allin tournament where the play really had to be seen to be believed. Eventually after a card dead,
(don't you hate fish who moan about not getting cards)few levels i shoved with ak std and lost a race to jacks.
Off out now to play the venetian 180 which i've not played for a few days, choppped this one twice since i've been here, lets make it third time again!
Dom (who has at least 22.5% available to sell in the main event)
Posted by Dom at 18:40 No comments:
I play poker mainly on the uk circuit. My live game is rapidly gaining experience and this blog helps me to discuss all my bad beats! :)


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a relic of the mischievous and wicked system of taxing the necessaries of life—necessaries which ought to go untaxed. I earnestly appeal to my hon. Friends to vote against this Tea Tax, and in so doing I assure them they are carrying out Liberal principles. I also appeal to hon. Gentlemen opposite to exhibit for once freedom and independence, and to support principles of which, I am sure, they are in favour.
§ Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 23, to leave out the word "ninety-one," and insert the word "ninety."—(Mr. Picton.)
§ Question proposed, "That the word 'ninety-one' stand part of the Clause."
§ *(5.27.) MR. GOSCHEN
I trust that the hon. Member will not consider me to be discourteous if I refrain from entering at any length into an examination of the arguments which ho has adduced. I have already endeavoured to reply to the hon. Member, who seemingly is not satisfied with it. I think that the arguments for and against are well-known on both sides; and as I have not been moved by what the hon. Member has just said, while the hon. Member remains equally unmoved by the arguments I employed the other day, I hold that no useful purpose is to be served by delaying the decision of the House upon the point.
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§ (5.30.) MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)
I do not rise to contest the question of the Tea Tax. I merely rise to say that, in supporting the Amendment of my hon. Friend, I do it because I regard indirect taxation as unfair upon the poor as against the rich, and I wish to see everybody contribute a fair share towards the burdens of the country. So 490 far as I am concerned, I shall always vote for the abolition of indirect taxation.
§ (5.30.) The Committee divided:— Ayes 228; Noes 163.—(Div. List, No. 75.)
§ (5.45.) MR. T. M. HEALY
I beg leave to move, after "tea," in line 24, to insert "valued over one shilling." Tea is sold at various prices in this City, from 2d. up to 2s. or 3s. per lb., and I have seen samples sold wholesale at as high a price as 6s. per lb. As I understand the proposals of the Government, a rich man who buys tea retail, possibly, at 7s. 6d. per lb., will pay the same amount of taxation on that tea as the poor man who buys his tea at 2d. or 3d. per lb. 'The Amendment I propose may be regarded as against the interests of Ireland, because in Ireland they drink the best tea. Those who would chiefly benefit from the Amendment would be the people of London, who, I understand, drink the worst tea in the world. If a person buys tea which, but for the tax, would be sold at 2d. per lb., he will have to pay a 4d. tax on that tea. Possibly another year, if not now, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be able to consider the proposal. I think the people of London ought to take up this question, and get their Members to press it on the attention of the Government. Personally, I am not interested in the question, because I drink no tea; but I think if you are going to make reductions in the Tea Duty, you should make them in such a manner that the poor man will get something out of them.re-impose the duty of 6d. on highly-priced teas, and reduce it on the cheaper teas.
§ Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 24, after the word "tea," to insert the words "valued over one shilling."— (Mr. T. M. Healy.)
§ *(5.50.) MR. GOSCHEN
The hon. Member raises a very large question, because the principle underlying his Amendment would apply practically to all the Customs Duties quite as much to the duty on tea. It would apply to coffee, fruit, wine, and tobacco. I remember 491 when I sought to reduce the duty on cheap classes of. wine, the right hon. Gentleman opposite(Mr.W. E.Gladstone) opposed my proposal on the ground that the return to an ad valorem system would raise all kinds of difficulties. I would point out that the cases in which tea is sold at 6s. per lb. arc very exceptional.
I think the difficulties in the way of adopting the ad valorem system in regard to tea are too great to be overcome.
I proposed the Amendment in the interests of the poor; and if it does not meet with any support, I have no option but to withdraw it.
§ (5.53.) MR. BLANE (Armagh, S.)
 namely, in line 24 to leave out "pound," and insert "chest of one hundred pounds."' My object is not so much to obtain a reduction of the duty on tea as to abolish it altogether.
I must point out to the hon. Member that we already have had a Division on the abolition of the Tea Duty; and if the hon. Member's motive now is to abolish the Tea Duty, he cannot raise that question again, nor would it do otherwise than by abusing the powers of the Committee to propose to reduce the duty to an infinitesimal amount.
My point is that the tax bears unequally on the poor as compared with the rich. In the City of London a poor workwoman in her garret possibly pays as much of this tax as the Duke of Bedford, who draws £250,000 or more from his property in the Metropolis. I contend that the taxation should be placed on those who are best able to bear it. In this instance it is placed on those who are least able to bear it. In many families the 6d. per lb. on tea amounts to 26s. a year, and, in some cases, to 30s. a year.
§ Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 24, to leave out the word "pound" and insert the words "chest of one hundred pound 'pound' stand part of the Clause."492
I think we ought to have some answer from the right hon. Gentleman. My hon. Friend, in bringing this question forward, is trying to do his best for the working classes, not only of our country, but of this country; and I think the right hon. Gentleman, as a salaried Minister of the Crown, would do well to make some reply to his proposal.
§ *(5.59.) MR. GOSCHEN
The hon. Member proposes to reduce the duty from 4d. per lb. to 4d. per 100 lbs. The proposition is nearly identical with that made by the hon. Member for Leicester, and I certainly thought, under these circumstances, I was not wanting in courtesy in making no reply.
§ *(6.0.) MR. S. BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)
I appeal to my hon. Friend


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"Secondconverted into an annuity; or
"Thirdditional paid-up insurance without participation in surplus, subject to evidence of good health satisfactory to the company; or
"Fourth. To discontinue this policy and to receive its entire cash value, as stated below, in cash; or
"Fifconverted into an annuity; or
"Tone thousand and seventy-eight dollars, and in addition the dividend then apportioned by the company.
"Unless the insured shall notify the company in writing, before the end of the accumulation period, which benefit has been selected, the dividend then apportioned by the company shall be converted into an annuity, as provided in the second benefit.
"If the premiums are paid . . ." Then follow tables showing, in case 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 payments have been made, (1) the respective dates to which the policy will be continued for its full amount, or (2) the respective sums, six, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen or eighteen hundred dollars, of paid-up insurance for which the policy would be indorsed "as hereinbefore provided." This ends the second page.
The third page of the policy contains the application, warranties, other agreements of insured and the medical examination. Among other things insured agreed: "2. That inasmuch as only the officers at the Home Office of the company in the C application, and as they act on the written answers referred to" (those in the application and medical examination) "no statements, promises or information made or given by, or to,by or to any other person, shall be binding on the company s, promises or information be reduced to writing, Home Office, in this application. 3. That in any distribution of surplus or apportionment of dividendn or apportionment  and are hereby ratified and accepted."
The "Illustration" slip which gave rise to this controversy was pasted to "the top margin of page 3," which page contained the application and medical examination, but did not contain any agreement on the part of the company. It is not referred to in the policy. The slip mentioned was headed: "This blank may be used to illustrate all ordinary life forms of Accumulation Policies, and other forms where the accumulation period is the same or longer than the premium-paying period." Beneath this, in capital letters, appears:
Beneath this last the page is divided into two columns. In the left hand column, in the order in which they are given, proceeding downward, appears the following:
"Plan, Ten Payments; 20 year accumulation; age 35; Amount of Policy $2000; Anunal Premium, $107.20; Loans at 5%, 6th year $380; 11th year up to $856; 16th year up to $962." In the right hand column, proceeding the same way, are these:
"(1) Cash value at end) ..... Reserve $1078.00 of 20 years ) ..... Dividend 734.00 Total cash value ............ $1812.00
"(2) Equivalent in paid up Insurance (purchased by above cash value) ...... $3360.00
"(3) Draw in cash (Dividend) .............. $ 734.00
"Continue policy of $2000.00 drawing dividends thereafter."
Between these two columns, running up and down the full length of the columns, printed in red ink, are seven lines which read:
Below this and the two columns there appears:
Then, in capital letters, below: "FOR CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT, SEE OTHER SIDE."
On the "OTHER SIDE" this appears:
"Insurance That Insures.
"A Policy
Absolutely without Restrictions as to occupation, residence, travel, habits of life, or manner of death.
Automatically non-forfeitable after three annual premiums have been paid, the policy being extended for its full amount for a period shown therein, without action on the part of the insured, or endorsed as paid-up for an amount shown therein on request within six months.
The Court of Appeals illustration slip was attached to the policy when it was delivered to Stevenson. The court says:
Upon this question the Court of Appeals wrote as follows:
"This brings us to the remaining point in the case, namely, as to whether or not the slip attached was a part of the policy, notwithstanding the statement therein that it was merely an illustration of what the privileges of the assured might be. We think there can be no doubt but that it should be taken and considered as though the defendant itself had filled in the blanks and attached the slip to the policy and then delivered it to the plaintiff. It is noted, also, on the face of said slip that all items appearing thereon, excepting the amount of the dividend, are guaranteed by defendant, and the estimated item of $734 is bracketed with the amount of reserve of $1078, which is guaranteed, or authorized by the company. In ourfollow the rule declared by this court in Thomas v. Life Assurance Co., 198 Mo. App. 533, 205 S.W. 533, and followed in Punton v. Insurance Co., 245 S.W. 1080. It was held in the Thomas case that where a life insurance company attached such a slip of paper to a policy wherein it stated, by way of illustration of what the policy would earn as surplus in a twenty-year period, what similar policies had earned in other similar periods, such paper made a prima-facie case for the assured that his policy would earn a like amount in the absence of the company showing the actual fact which was within its knowledge and unknown to the assured. The opinion stated, page 541: `Now that showing was of some probative force. The true amount was wholly unknown to plaintiff, but was fully known to defendant. It had data at hand from which it could, at any moment, furnish complete information. In these circumstances was not the onus thrown on defendant to show the true amount if it meant to dispute the "green slip illustration?" There is a rule of evidence — that where knowledge of a material fact lies with one party he must prove it (Clifford v. Donovan, 195 Mo. 266, 285; Frame v. Sovereign Camp, 67 Mo. App. 127, 135); the other party being unable to produce evidence of it, it will be presumed to be that which would be most advantageous to the party who cannot produce it as against him who can. . . . It would be as unjust as it is absurd to say that an insurance company may apportion an arbitrary amount as the surplus and when its correctness is questioned, to allow it to hide the fact by refusing to produce the evidence showing such fact.'
"Further it is urged that the defendant did not authorize the attachment of the slip to the policy and that it was attached thereto after said policy left the hands of defendant. There can be no doubt that the agent who delivered the policy, by mail or otherwise, to the insured was the agent of defendant for the purpose of such delivery, and when so delivered the slip in question was attached to said policy and became part of the contract, and that the company is bound thereby.
"Defendants declare there is no evidence of record that any inducements were held out to plaintiff at the time the policy was applied for that the amount of the dividend would be $734, or any other specified amount. Accepting this statement as true, it is also a fact that the slip in questionplaintiff, and we may not say that the statements in this slip were not an inducement to plaintiff to accept the policy and continue the payment of premiums. Admitting as true defendant's statement to the effect that the dividend amount set out in the illustration was merely an estimate based upon the experience of defendant as to the amount paid on policies of the same class at a period then ended, it is well known that parties are constantly undertaking financial obligations where the results are as uncertain as they were in this transaction; and while this element of uncertainty as to amount was present, it was one which the parties well might agree to fix definitely by an estimate based on results theretofore ascertained from experience in this class of policies under similar or like conditions. [Timlin v. Ins. Co., 141 Wis. 276.]"
After re-stating the question for decision to be "," the court held: (1) That the illustration slip was attached by relator's agent and authority; (2) that "on the face of said slipdividend on authority of the company;" (3) that the rule applied in Thomas v. Life Ins. Co., 198 Mo. App. 553, governs this case, wherein it was held that the amount in an illustration slip was prima-facie proof of the amount earned by the policy. It seems the court did not directly decide the question it stated the parties presented.
It is obvious that the policy in this case, when the illustration slip is left out of consideration, makes it so plain that no dividend is apportionable, determinable or payable until the end of the twenty-year accumulation period in 1915, that there cannot be doubt about it. Time after time the plain language to that effect is repeated or referred to. Then in the provision (Fourth) which entitles the insured to discontinue the policy and receive its entire cash value (and this is the provision upon which insured's action on the policy is founded), the right given is one "t as stated below." When insured sought to select the benefit he would enforce and chose this "Fourth" benefit or provision, he was expressly sent by it to the provisions "below" and immediately following the listing of the six benefit provisions. The provision "below," to which insured was thus sent by the "Fourth" paragraph, which he had chosen as the one he would adopt in settlement, advised him in plain terms that "t$1078, and, in addition, the dividend then apportioned by the company;" that unless notice in writing was given "before the end of the accumulation period," as to which benefit had been selected, "" Then this appears: "This policy participates in surplus only as hereinbefore provided." So far it is indisputable that it is plainly stated that there can be no participation in surplus except in accordance with the provisions on page two of the policy and that these provisions make it clear that no sum, payable as a dividend, is guaranteed or can come into existenc. In none of these provisions does insured claim, nor could he claim, that he finds anything to support his position on the point under consideration. He bases his action on the illustration slip. This does not appear under the head of "Benefits and Provisions." It is attached to the page which contains the application and medical examination. It follows the provision that, " The slip does not in position or language purport to be a contract or part of a contract. It is labeled in letters both large and small an "Illustration of the Accumulation Policy." At the end of it appears a reference to the "other side" for "conditions of contract." These "conditions" on their faces, are not conditions of a particular contract. They are mere summaries of conditions to be found in policies. They are statements in advertising language, of policy "talking points." In addition to all this, there is printed in red ink, in seven lines running vertically for three inches through the middle of the "slip" a plain statement in plain type to the effect that the dividend figures are mere statements of dividends on policies which matured in the current year (1895) and that "being profits, the company does not guarantee or promise the same dividends under policies issued now to mature hereafter."
It is this "illustration slip" which constitutes insured's guaranty of $734 on dividends, if he has one. The policy itself expressly provides to the contrary. It also provides that the "slip" shall not be considered on the question of participation in surplus, as already pointed out.
In this situation the Court of Appeals holds two or three things. One is that the type used in printing on the slip, the red warning that the slip does not guarantee any amount as a dividend, is small. The court says:
The showing "on the face of the slip" had no probative force unless the slip and contract are to be given a construction which gives plain and unambiguous language a meaning out of accord with the usual and natural meaning of the words employed. It was by this means alone that the slip in this case could become a foundation for the adoption and application of the ruling in the Thomas case. The plain language of this policy and slip is without ambiguity and there is no room for construction. In construing it contrary to that meaning, the Court of Appeals brought its decision into conflict with decisions of this court. Une0l.c. 905.] This is the general rule everywhere, as shown by text-books and decisions.
The record is quashed. Graves, C.J., and David E. Blair, White and Ragland, JJ., concur; Woodson, J., dissents; Walker, J., absent.


By axiom 1, we know that S0 cannot be 0. So it’s something new.
These two axioms really cleverly force us to admit an infinite chain of unique new numbers. So is that it? Have we uniquely pinned down the natural numbers?
This is perfectly consistent with our axioms! No number goes to 0 via the successor function, and But clearly this is not a model of the natural numbers. One quick and easy patch on this is just to add a new axiom, banning any numbers that are their own successor.
But now we have the problem of three-loops, which require their own axiom to be ruled out (3’’. ∀x (SSSx ≠ x)). And in general, this approach will end up requiring us to have an infinite axiom schema, one axiom for each loop length that we need to ban.
Suppose that a first order theory T has no model.
Then there is no consistent assignment of truth values to all WFFs.
All proofs must be finite, so if you can prove a contradiction from T, you can do it in a finite number of steps.
So there is a proof of contradiction from a finite subset of T’s axioms.
Also notice that our proof of the theorem barely relied on what we’ve said about the properties of first order logic at all! In fact, it turns out that there is a Compactness Theorem in any logic that is sound (syntactic entailment implies semantic entailment, or in other words: that which is provable is true in all models), complete (semantic entailment implies syntactic entailment, or: that which is true in all models is provable), and only allows finite proofs.
In other words, any logic in which the provable statements are exactly those statements that are true in all models, no more and no less, and in which infinite proofs are considered invalid, will have this peculiar property.
N is no longer a model of T’, because T’ says that there is a number that’s larger than every natural number, which is false in N.
So N is a model of any finite subset of the axioms of T’.
Furthermore, any model of T’ is a model of T, because T’ is just T + some constraints.
Furthermore, this implies that no first order theory of arithmetic can prove that there is no number larger than every natural number. If we could, then we would be able to rule out nonstandard models. But we just saw that we can’t! And in fact, we can realize that ω, as a number, must have a successor, which can’t be itself, and which will also have a successor, and so on forever, so that we will actually end up with an infinity of infinitely-large numbers, none of which we have any power to deny the existence of.
But wait, it gets worse! Compactness followed from just three super elementary desirable features of our logic: soundness, completeness, and finite provability. So this tells us that our inability to uniquely pin down the natural numbers is not just a problem with first order logic, it’s basically a problem with any form of logic that does what we want it to do.
Just in case your mind isn’t sufficiently blown by the Compactness Theorem and its implications, here’s a little bit more weirdness.
Here’s one more for you: The Löwenhiem-Skolem Theorem tells us that any attempt to talk about the real numbers in first order logic will inevitably have an interpretation that refers solely to a set that contains a countable infinity of objects. This implies that in first order logic, almost all real numbers cannot be referred to!
Similarly, a first order set theory must have countable models. But keep in mind that Cantor showed how we can prove the existence of uncountably infinite sets from the existence of countably infinite sets! (Namely, just take a set that’s countably large, and power-set it.) So apparently, any first order set theory has countable models that… talk about uncountable infinities of sets? This apparent contradiction is known as Skolem’s paradox, and resolving it leads us into a whole new set of strange results for how to understand the expressive limitations of first order logic in the context of set theory.


Ahead of the forthcoming second Euphoria special episode, which centers on Jules, Schafer discusses how makeup is inextricably linked to her self-expression and the impact of Euphoria on the next generation of beauty rule-breakers.
Hunter Schafer: It’s come a long way from where I started. [Laughs.] I definitely began experimenting with makeup sort of in secret, like stealing my sister’s stuff and doing it behind closed doors in my bedroom just to see how it felt and see how it looked. And then it moved into like sneaking it to school and putting it on, like, in the bathroom once I got to school and then taking it off before my parents picked me up. And then, you know, in high school I got more comfortable with it and was at a different place with myself and began to kind of have more fun with it. And that’s kind of evolved into like where I’m at now, where it’s really just about making sure there’s a harmony between how I feel on the inside and making sure that’s represented on the outside.
Do you remember the first makeup look you ever created?
One of the first times I had ever experimented with makeup was at a sleepover when I was in middle school. We got into my friend’s eye shadow and eyeliner, and I remember applying, like, orange and red eye shadow and then doing these black flame lines on top of it. It was a lot of fun.
I think they go hand in hand. As far as when it comes to color, mixing color in gradients, line work, and variation of like line thickness and stuff, it can all be translated to terms that I learned when I studied visual art. Those are all things we learned in drawing and painting class and even in sculpture, you know? So when I’m thinking about doing an eye shadow look, I think about it in the context of an oil painting, which is all about doing a lot of thin layers of colors to create something more dimensional. Or, it might be something super graphic, like a line drawing with an eyeliner or something. It all makes a lot of sense to me in my head that way and has made it that much more fun to approach artistically.
Do you like to do makeup on other people too?
I’m really excited about the Radiant Lifting Foundation, especially in this press round when I’m having to dress up more and do more put-together looks. I never want to look too covered up or anything like that. And so this foundation feels really, really perfect for that. It feels like I’m wearing nothing. It also just enables a glow to happen that I feel is just a really nice canvas to, you know, experiment with other things on top, like for squiggles or sparkles or whatever it may be.
. my first time acting, like coming into Jules. So thankfully the team on Euphoria, from Sam, the writer and creator of the show, to Donni, it’s been a massively collaborative experience. So I had a lot of hand in helping bring Jules to life. And, particularly with the makeup with Donni, we had so much fun just kind of brainstorming these abstract, colorful looks that reflect a certain scene or emotional energy. I think we try to be pretty mindful of how makeup can accentuate or contrast something that we’re trying to portray in a scene. So it’s a lot of fun to think about. We had a lot of fun just constantly trying to outdo ourselves with the design.


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When I buy groceries, if there's a choice between a pale potato or a purple one, I choose purple. If there's a barely green apple or a blood red one, I choose the latter. My basket and my menus typically look like something a unicorn and a 6-year-old helped me paint—full of bright, joyful colorViva Vegan!by Terry Hope Romero. This is adapted from her "So Good, So Green Dipping Sauce."
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"Most of the audience appeared in the sports Palace to listen to the familiar songs they've heard, and this is enough. However, to be honest, space music is not very impressive.  Beams of green rays rhythmically penetrated the room, slowly movingsea."-, writes "Komsomolskaya Pravda"


Govt wants at least 85 per cent of Mighty River to be owned by local buyers as sale starts.
But Mr Key was unable to give a guarantee that no more than 15 per cent of the company would pass into foreign hands in the initial sale.
The share guarantee is among the sweeteners, including a Kiwis-only share loyalty scheme, which the Government hopes will counter public opposition to the sale, much of which springs from concerns about foreign ownership.
Mr Key said the 2-month sales process - which includes a $1 million advertising blitz beginning today - will be "highly political", but his Government's intentions were "crystal clear".
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FDA qualifiedof active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) to prepare safety test results, it announced Thursday.
The tool, which was developed by ZMT Zurich MedTech, generates statistical data based on clinically relevant scenarios to support the preparation of MRI radiofrequency results.
The agency assessed the technology under itagency uses to validate products for use in device development and evaluation.
Developers of AIMDs need to show what will happen when a patient with the implant undergoes an MRI scan. ZMT has created software that enables device developers to perform those evaluations via a computer.
The product, the IMAnalytics module of ZMT's Sim4Life software, automates the analysis of the radiofrequency-induced heating that can take place when patients with implanted electrodes are put in MRI scanners. In the past, ZMT claims this process took “many months” as thousands of individual simulations needed to be run.
That breadth of simulations is to cover the range of possible types of implants and lead trajectories, patient-to-patient variability in device location and different versions of MRI systems. To cut the time the analysis takes, ZMT has leveraged datasets on MRI scanners and human anatomy.
FDA qualified the technology with some caveats. The qualification summary states the tool is not suitable for use with AIMDs that stimulate or deliver current when a patient is in the MRI scanner.
The decision makes IMAnalytics the third product to receive MDDT qualification this year. FDA only qualified two tools across all of 2017 and 2018. The agency published final guidance on the program in 2017.
The upswing in MDDT activity in 2019 has been characterized by a shift in the types of tools qualified by FDA. The two tools qualified in 2017 and 2018 were both questionnaires used to captures views from people living with certain health conditions. This year, FDA has qualified two software modules and a material designed to mimic human tissue in assessments of certain ultrasound devices.


Looking at thing from a different viewpoint, it is also important that the doctor understands that a damaged plica may mimic other common conditions, and so unless it is taken into consideration the patient may be given a different diagnosis and managed inappropriately. Probably the most important of the conditions it can mimic is a medial meniscal tear, and there have been many a surgeon who has gone into the knee to deal with a torn meniscus, only to be surprised to find that the meniscus is completely normal!
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When trying to move a menu entry up or down, i receive an error message in 2.1.1. Returning to 2.1.0, there is no problem.
Hmm, it's working fine here in 2.1.1 final.
Same issue here after upgrade to 2.1.1. The exact message is attached.
- Opened existing BCD on USB flash drive with 6 entries - all ISOs.
- Trying to move entries around.


The principle is that air saturated with odour-producing bacteria passes through the filters and the odour is removed before the air leaves the plant. As the website of Global Renewables, says even now: "Everything happens indoors to prevent noise and odour escaping."
"It's been a nightmare. Our lives have been taken away from us. If there are plans to put one near you, do not allow it and fight it with everything. Don't believe a word of any assurances given to you."
This equipment uses heat to eliminate the odorous vapours produced during the composting process and only allows naturally occurring substances such as water and carbon dioxide vapours to be emitted. It is a gas powered self-contained unit that works by oxidising (heating) the air from the compost halls at temperatures up to 950o. It is designed to remove 99.7 % of the odorous compounds in this air. The unit contains ceramic beds that recover between 90 to 95% of the energy used from the oxidisation process."


Built on an improved chassis integrating a monocoque frame, together with fully adjustable suspension.  The ideal adrenaline-booster in the form of a Ducati superbike.
WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION: The 959 Panigale features a weight distribution equivalent to 51% at the front and 49% at the rear without the rider or fuel. Fully fueled and with the rider, this becomes a perfect 50:50 balance to guarantee absolute stability and handling. To achieve this distribution, placement of the engine, exhaust, and rider were carefully evaluated and determined.
ERGONOMICS: The 959 Panigale has been ergonomically designed forA comfortable seat, narrow width, grippy machined footpegs, and carefully placed handlebar location provide the perfect position from which to command the bike with confidence and precise control, on the track or the street.
BRAKING SYSTEM: The 959 Panigale is equipped with staggeringly powerful - yet not overwhelming - Brembo Monobloc M4.32 front brakes operating on 320 mm front rotors, which come standard with the latest-generation Bosch 9MP Anti-lock Braking System. This enables the shortest possible braking distances even in wet or dirty road conditions, while also controlling rear wheel lift to provide maximum braking stability. Specifically calibrated for sport riding, the system features three intervention levels, each associated with a Riding Mode. In Race Mode, the system operates only on the front discs to allow advanced race-braking techniques on the track.
FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE: The Superquadro is the most potent twin-cylinder engine on the planet, and in the 959 Panigale it produces a fantastic 157 hp @ 10,500 rpm, and 107.4 Nm of torque @ 9,000 rpm. And thanks to the sweet nature of the L-twin, and Riding Mode options, the rider is able to easily modulate this tremendous power and tailor it to his riding style and road conditions.
FULL LCD INSTRUMENT PANEL: The instrument panel on the 959 Panigale is an advanced multifunctional LCD unit, with layout derived from Ducati Corse's experience in World Superbike and MotoGP. Showing a vast array of information in a format highly visible even when tucked behind the windscreen at maximum velocity, the dash also changes its display according to the riding mode selected - ensuring that the rider always has the most important information for each use, available at a glance.
DUCATI TRACTION CONTROL (DTC): T-set level of activation. Level 8 indicates an activation of the system at the detection of the slightest slipping, while Level 1, reserved for very expert riders, has a higher tolerance and thus a less invasive intervention of the system.


Mindfulness is a Buddhist term for being aware of our actions, thoughts and feelings without being lost in them and so identified with them that we forget ourselves. It is being consciously aware of the present moment and observing our mind and the world around us with open and non judgemental eyes.
We are seeing a mainstream surge in mindfulness and positive thinking practices. Mindfulness is all the rage. It’s the latest trend to reduce stress, be more productive and overcome anxiety.
But as Ronald Purser explains in his book Mcmindfulness, mindfulness has been hacked from its Buddhist roots and manipulated into a meaningless form of trendy, fake mindfulness.
Being prescribed ‘mindfulness’ to relieve the soul crushing stress and anxiety that comes from living in a world where you are forced to do soulless labour for a soulless system that is rigged against you, is not real mindfulness. It is just a way of coping.
Are you experiencing financial stress from being exploited by the system?
Mindfulness the stress away and just think positive!
Are you experiencing anxiety and loneliness by living in an inhuman world devoid of real human connection?
Mindfulness the loneliness away and just think positive!
Western mainstream mindfulness is insulting. It’s almost like robbing a man of all his money and saying here be happy with a £1 – be grateful for that and just think positive.
Mindfulness does help and is a good coping mechanism. For example, focusing on your breathe can help reduce stress and anxiety.
However, it is a shallow form of mindfulness and detracts our energy away from the root problem; the stressful and anxiety filled world that we are forced to live in. Instead it focuses all our attention on the fact that we are the problem. We feel anxious and stressed and we are told that we are the problem. Here, do some mindfulness.
This is fake, shallow mindfulness.
The war on true mindfulness
True mindfulness is raising your conscious awareness to what’s true and real.
The mark of a healthy mind is to accept the truth, no matter how bad.
It’s accepting the uncomfortable truths rather than keeping on living a comfortable lie.
It’s not comfortable for the ego, and it isn’t meant to be.
But the powers that be don’t want you to become truly mindful and conscious of the truth. They want you to remain ignorant, passive and distracted.
That’s why censorship is a thing, that’s why mass media propaganda is a thing, that’s why government cover ups are a thing, that’s why mindless entertainment and distractions are a thing.
True mindfulness and true spirituality operates in the light.
Corrupt powers cannot operate in the light, because if the majority of people saw how badly they are being exploited and robbed they would instantly use their superior numbers and power to overhaul the system.
True spirituality and corrupt power just aren’t compatible. It’s like trying to reverse the tides and make water flow uphill.
Hence, a shallow version of mindfulness is promoted to give the illusion that we somehow live in the light. All the while, free speech is not allowed, alternative views are not allowed and anyone who counters the official narrative is demonised by the mainstream, no matter the facts and evidence they present.
We let celebrities tell us what’s meaningful and trendy. We let the news man tell us what is true. We let the government dictate how we live our lives. We let the TV decide what we should focus our attention on.
But trying to fill that hole you have, or that anxiety that follows you around, with what mainstream culture offers us, is like trying to quench your thirst with seawater.
Only truth can quench your thirst.
Only living the way we have evolved to live, connected to nature and each other, can quench your thirst.
We all have to make a living but the best things in life are free. Refocus your energy away from the fake mainstream culture; things like gardening, nature, helping others, art and creativity, philosophy and journalling.


If 2020-2022 has taught us anything other than the value of stocking up on toilet paper, it has been the power of technology transcending international lockdowns to help bring us all together. But beyond fake news or conspiracy theoriespps and technology to share and bring happiness into their lives.
IoT devices such as apple watches and other wearable technology had been forecasted to reach $81.5 billion in 2021.
Spending on worn devices grew by 124% in 2020.
The IoT market is projected to be worth $1.5 trillion by 2030.
So what are people using on their devices that is helping them live better lives? Perhaps helping them build new businesses or maybe deepen their inner-kingdom?
Spread happiness or get peace of mind.
Bring greater work/life balance into their lives.
Use tools to help bullet proof your productivity or digital diet.
Help spread your message or connect with clients or fans around the world.
Explore meditation in an easier way.
Deepen your religious studies or share the journey with your loved ones.
It’s no secret the key to longevity and happiness is having a good work/life balance and routines to support positive habits. Habits can be hard to break, especially ones we aren’t aware how distracting they are from our work or life it takes the average person 66 days for a new habit to stick, which can vary from 18 up to 254 days! But whether you are trying to cut out a bad habit or pick up a new hobby, digital distraction will be a major roadblock in enabling you to keep focused as part of a healthy digital diet.
The Freedom app blocks certain apps and websites that can be distracting during the day, such as social media, shopping or news.
Utheir productivity.
You can block them anytime or set a schedule in advance.
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Tommy is an Australian born mobile platform for Team Communications and Management. Whether your team washes cars or performs surgery there is a Tommy powered Solution capable of saving you time and improving your team happiness!
Schedule can be setExample: Last-minute shift cancel. All available staff immediately messaged, replacement sent to manager for approval.
Communication with notification preferences based on Time Clock status.
Marketplace of mini-programs and integrations.
Influencers and entrepreneurs alike have demonstrated how platforms can be used as a tool to stay connected or get attention. The digital age is being ushered in by platforms picking up with apps such as Skype and Vine started.
Tik Tok’s huge gain in global popularity with the youth due to its many features and insane reach makes it a hot platform… but being the only China owned company, and facing data mining issues, has put the app in hot water with legislators and governments.
Whereas on the other side of the app coin, Zoom listed #6 on Fortune Magazine list of apps helping change the world for the better in 2020.
100k+ schools use Zoom and top educators and coaches host seminars and break through sessions using the app.
Champion for global connectivity and togetherness during quarantines and lockdowns separating us.
$623M revenue; market value $116,880M (in 2020).
Ranked #6 in Fortunes “Changing the World –2020″.
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Pe a “happier place”.
You don’t have to give input in terms of seaur.
#1 most downloaded app on the Apple App store Q1 of 2019.
In 2020 it’s reach 800 million active users world with around 40% being between the ages of 14-24.
Unlike other social media platforms that are all silicon valley or USA based (facebook, twitter, google, snapchat), ByteDance is a Chinese owned company based in China.
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It has been banned in India with its parent company looking to relocate to Singapore.
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Although there are many out there and we plan to highlight more, those were our 6 apps to share for shift and hospitality workers to help multiply happiness. So now if you’re on the clock and need to help turn up and on to get your best work done, off the clock and want a laugh or connect with loved ones, or perhaps deepen your religious or spiritual practice, explore one of these 6 apps to help bring more happiness into your life.
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Lopez, 26, was 5-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 20 starts last season, striking out 115 and walking 26 in 102 2/3 innings. He is 4-2 with a 2.04 ERA in nine starts this year with 56 strikeouts and 11 walks in 53 innings.
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either his waistcoat or one of the overhanging willow branches.
"I have been making enquiries, yes," said Cuddles.
"And how old are you my boy?" he asked, his tone bright and friendly.
"I'm seven and a half," said the boy.
"Seven and a half! That's wonderful," said Cuddles. "Now tell me - how long do you think you could hold your breath under water for?"
The boy looked unsure. Nearby a dragonfly hummed and came to rest on a broad petal.
"Say for example, if I were to push your head into this here stream, then hold it there - how long do you think you would last? How long before your lungs would begin to scream and the coldness of the water start to burn at your skin?"
"I said leave him," said Barnaby, baring his canines. "What kind of a bear are you, terrifying a youngster like that? You want me to tell you things? Fine. Just leave him out of it."
"You want to know about our harvest don't you? I'll tell you - it failed. It failed for two summers in a row. Every strawberry and redcurrant came out withered and mushy. No good for eating or for selling. We couldn't afford it to happen a third year - we'd have lost the farmstead for sure."
Barnaby hesitated for a moment. The Witchfinder flicked his eyes back to the pup and the water.
Private Clutch withdrew into the shadows towards the rear of the barn. Hesitantly he had watched the bear making his way along the main street, pausing to grill Jilly Jane then continue down the dusty track that led to the candyfloss farm. Clutch knew what he was here for - to torment him. Just as he had been doing to all the other townsfolk. Clutch was ready for the Witchfinder though.
The bear neared the building now, the flock of pink sheep outside shying away from this stranger. He jangled the bell that hung by the barn entrance and waited. Clutch remained perfectly still. The bear rang the bell again, harder this time, unsettling the flock. As the Private had hoped, the bear now decided to come in and look around. A few footsteps more and he would be standing right over the wide loop of rope lying hidden under a thin layer of straw and dirt. Clutch wrapped the other end of the rope, suspended from a beam overhead, about his arm and prepared to heave. This was it! Then in one fluid motion the Witchfinder swooped down and snatched up the camouflaged loop, yanking on it hard. The old rope purred as it ran over the beam, pulling Private Clutch up into the air where he dangled, suspended by the rope now twisted around his arm.
"You must be Private Clutch," said the Witchfinder, knotting his end of the rope around one of the upward struts. He advanced towards the tin soldier, suspended awkwardly and now slowly pirouetting. "Or should just I call you Mr Clutch. I believe deserters are stripped of their ranks are they not?"
"So I've heard - a right merry dance you led the Military Police. I hear they tracked you all over the country and yet as soon as you settled here... they just mysteriously gave up looking. Now that seems a little odd."
"Please stop," pleaded Clutch. "I'm already, almost fully wound!"
Cuddles spun the soldier a little faster.
"Who helped you dammit!"
A low, metallic groan came from the Private's torso and Cuddles felt the key in his paw tight and resist.
The name given to the Witchfinder Cuddles by Private Clutch had been the same as that given by Barnaby Brambles and Mrs Tillbury. It was the same name that every other resident of Honeyford-by-Water had conceded that day. The miller - Jeremiah Jack-in-the-Box.
The pale shadow of evening had descended upon the town by the time the large crowd had gathered outside the mill. Though they bore sticks and ropes, axes and hammers, none had come willingly, fearing further reprisals for disobeying the Witchfinder further. Cuddles stood at the fore of the group, a flaming torch raised in one hand. His gaze scanned the gathering of hedgehogs, field mice, raggedy dolls and various other toys and creatures that had made their home in Honeyford. He saw fear in their eyes but took comfort in knowing they would soon all be set free.
Only stillness answered.
With a sneer, Cuddles raised his boot and threw open the doors leading into the mill. Inside, the smell of dust and grain clung the air. Some


3, PAGE 41 consecu- tive weeks in the Herald Advocate6 day of March, 2008. B. Hugh Bradley Clerk of the Court By: Connie Coker As Deputy Clerk In accordance with the Americans Disabilities Act, persons with dis- abilities needing a special accom- modation. The Herald-Advoc Hardee Countys 11nmelown Co PRINTERS PUBLISI 115 S. 7th Ave. Wauchula, FL 3387: Telephone (863) 773-3 PHOTO BY CHIP BALLARD C Shift members from Hardee County Fire-Rescue are shown here practicing for the day they will have to cut a crash victim out of a badly mangled vehicle using the Jaws of Life. Tackling the task on Friday in the parking lot of the Zolfo Springs Civic Center were (front row, from left) John Adler and David Cole, both firefighter/paramedics; Chand Anderson, firefighter/emergency medical technician; Nancy Sneider, FF/P; and Dan Brimblecom, FF/EMT; and (in back) Lt. Larry Factor. The car, now unrecognizable, was donated to Hardee County Fire-Rescue for training purposes by Brownings Used Auto Parts on Chinook Road in Gardner, Factor said. ... 75 YEARS AGO Bowling Green Entertains Tri-County Medical Men: The Tri-County Medical Associa- tion met in Bowling Green Tuesday night with a banquet at the Green Terrace hotel. Among those attending were Dr. and Mrs. M.C. Kayton, Dr. and Mrs. W.H. Peacock, Dr. and Mrs. B.D. Spears, and Mrs. A.A. Poucher. Western Story Writer Visiting Friends Here: E.B. Mann, writer of Western stories and novels, is spending time this week in Wauchula, visiting old friends and, schoolmates, 'Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Parker. His latest book is an 82,000-word novel based on the life of Billy the Kid and titled "Gambling Man." Royal Theatre Holds. Over 'The Conquerors' One Day: "The Conquerors," current attraction at the Royal Theatre in Wauchula, is being held over one more day and will be shown again tonight, manager Reuben Moore announced yes- terday. Hardee Strawberries Carry Well To Texas: More evidence that Hardee County strawber- ries carry well to distant mar- kets was received a few days ago by C.A. Green, who recent- ly put his name inside a pint cup -of berries which was shipped to Texas by the Wauchula Straw- berry Growers' Association. 'No-Fence' Advocates Give Notice Of Introducing Bill In Legislature: Advocates of a no- fence law in Hardee County met in Wauchula Wednesday afternoon, elected officers, and drew up a notice of intention to have a certain measure enacted at the coming session 6f the state Legislature. Griffin and Murphy Are Clearing House Nominees: S.L. Griffin, of Wauchula, has been nominated as director of the Florida Citrus Growers' Clear- ing House association from the seventh district. Henry G. Murphy, of Zolfo Springs, has been nominated as director from the state at large. 50 YEARS AGO Hardee Nine Wins Again: The second victory in as many games was racked up by the Hardee High School baseball squad this week as they defeat- ed Auburndale 13-2 Friday night. Financial Condition Of Schools Is Poor, State Audit Shows: The financial condition of Hardee County's school sys- tem is poor but is continuing to improve, according to the bian- -.a nual audit of the Board of Public Instruction. * Cancer Drive Set For April: April will be Cancer Fund cam- S paign month in Hardee County. 32 The drive, part of a nation-wide one to raise funds for research by the American Cancer Society, will be under the direc- tion of the Junior Woman's Club. Mrs. Billy See is general chairman for the drive with Fred Dennis as co-chairman. Trackmen Win Five Firsts: Hardee High trackmen won five firsts but lost their second meet to Walker Junior High of Bradenton last Thursday 46-77. The boys also picked up five second places and five third places. Immovable Oak, An Irresist- ible Council Meet: The tug of war between progress and the oak tree went into its last innings this week, with the City Council of Wauchula on one side. and Mrs. O.F. Wells on the other. A big, beautiful oak tree is right in the middle of the site for a new city sidewalk rom the high school to Main Street. Monday night the council ordered for the oak to be dug up. Peace River Polluted By Phosphate: Peace River, one of the state's most beautiful and historic streams, is now under- going one of its worst sieges of. phosphate pollution in recent years. The stream resembled brownish buttermilk with con- tents of a 40-acre slime settling pond Sunday night. 25 YEARS AGO Insulation Company May Lo- cate Here: Wauchula may soon be experiencing its first major growth in years if a deal cur- rently being worked out goes through. The council agreed to sponsor the sale of up to $4.5 million in Industrial Develop- ment Revenue Bonds to get the company started in business. The new company is called Enercor Inc. and is an organized Houston-based corporation. Landfill Construction Con- tract Finally. Awarded: The County Commission finally awarded the landfill construc- tion contract to Stratton of Florida Inc., of Tampa and hired a part-time construction project manager last Thursday after- noon. The construction contract was for $402,000. Double Dribble Darlings Begin Basketball Season: The Hardee County Women's Bas- ketball League, affectionately known as the Double Dribble Darlings, recently began its league play and is now three weeks into its nine-week play. Council Ignores Whistle Petition: An attempt, was made Monday night to resurrect Wauchula's tradition of blow- ing the fire whistle at noon every day, but it was given short shrift by the City Council. David Ward presented the peti- tion to the council, signed by 500 persons. It stated simply that the undersigned would like to hear the fire whistle blown at noon every day. Local 4-H Club Team Land- Judging Winner: The Hardee Soil & Water Conservation District hosted the Tri-County Land-Judging Contest for stu- dents from Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee. The Hardee County winning 4-H team included Tracy Border, Susie Lang, Frankie Lang, Donnie Heather and Jerry Southwell. Wauchula Car To Race Saturday In Sebring: Dana and James English of Wauchula will be in the pit for this 1983 Chevrolet Camaro this Saturday at Sebring's 12-Hour Coca- Cola Classic road race. Dana helped build the car in Wauchula and will be the team manager Saturday. 10 YEARS AGO ZS Gets Surprise In Mail... $48,450: Zolfo Springs town officials were smiling broadly Monday after receiving a check for $48,450 in the day's mail. It represents payment in full of the court-ordered restitution from the man held largely responsible for the municipali- ty's faulty sewer system. A Winterfest Test: With the theme "Love Is In The Air," Zolfo Springs Elementary School's recent Winterfest pre- sented something for everyone. Parents, teachers and students enjoyed many different games, a giant slide and a giraffe strength test. The event kicked off with the crowning of the 1998 prince and princess, fifth graders David Rodriguez and Crystal Romero. Fair Crowns Queens: Hardee County has crowned its latest royalty from a bounty of worthy contestants. Heather Martin was crowned Miss Hardee County 1998. Monday night Junior Miss Hardee County 1998 was given to Jamie Rev


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This comedyno longer cares about teaching. He shows up to school late and when he does get there he just reads his newspaper. One day he walks into the band room and listens to the band play, which is directed by his friend and colleague Marty. Oh, and plot twist; Marty and his wife are expecting a baby and they are well into their 50s.
Marty and Scott attend a staff meeting later and the vice principal announces that the music program among others will be cut, meaning Marty is out of a job. Scott sticks up for him knowing they are expecting. In order for the music program to be saved, however, they must raise $48,000.
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