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Understand your rash on the both lower legs symptoms, including 5 causes & common questions.
The list below shows results from the use of our quiz by Buoy users who experienced rash on the both lower legs. This list does not constitute medical advice and may not accurately represent what you have.
Common causes of rash are contact dermatitis, sun damage, or allergic reaction. However, many rashes are a symptom of disease and should not be ignored.
May be flat and smooth; slightly raised or with swollen welts; clean and dry; or blistered and oozing.
May spread widely over the body, or be confined to one site.
May appear after eating certain foods; or after exposure to certain plants or to insect stings or bites.
Other symptoms may be present, including pain anywhere in the body; nausea; vomiting; fever; headache; or abdominal pain and upset.
Diagnosis is made through patient history and physical examination to determine the exact type, location, and history of the rash, along with any other symptoms that may be present.
Those symptoms will be investigated with blood tests or imaging. Skin swabs may be taken and tested. After the process has ruled out as many causes as possible, a course of treatment can be determined.
Pityriasis rosea is a common skin rash and is thought to be due to a type of herpes virus. It is not contagious and is not sexually transmitted. Most susceptible are teenagers and young adults.
Symptoms include a single large scaly patch somewhere on the body. In the next 7 to 14 days similar oval pink patches on the arms, legs, and trunk appear, sometimes in a pattern of lines.
There may also be itching, fatigue, and body aches along with the rash. Anything that raises body temperature, such as exercising or a hot bath, may worsen the rash.
The condition may last for a few weeks and is normally gone after three to four months. Sometimes flat brown spots are left as the rash fades.
Pityriasis rosea can resemble other conditions, so getting an accurate diagnosis is important. Diagnosis is made through blood tests and skin cultures.
Treatment involves topical medications for itching, as well as antiviral and anti-inflammatory medications by mouth to aid healing. Cool baths and reduced exercise will also help.
Irritant contact dermatitis means a skin reaction that is caused by directly touching an irritating substance, and not by an infectious agent such as a bacteria or virus.
Common causes are soap, bleach, cleaning agents, chemicals, and even water. Almost any substance can cause it with prolonged exposure. Contact dermatitis is not contagious.
Anyone who works with an irritating substance can contract the condition. Mechanics, beauticians, housekeepers, restaurant workers, and health care providers are all susceptible.
Symptoms include skin that feels swollen, stiff, and dry, and becomes cracked and blistered with painful open sores.
A medical provider can give the best advice on how to heal the skin and avoid further irritation. Self-treatment can make the problem worse if the wrong creams or ointments are used.
Diagnosis is made through patient history, to find out what substances the patient comes into contact with, and through physical examination of the damaged skin.
Treatment involves avoiding the irritating substance if possible. Otherwise, the person can use petroleum jelly on the hands underneath cotton and then rubber gloves.
Allergic contact dermatitis is a condition in which the skin becomes irritated and inflamed following physical contact with an allergen. Common products known to cause allergic dermatitis include plants, metals, soap, fragrance, and cosmetics.
Plants of the Toxicodendron genus are found throughout the continental United States, and exposure to these plants is a leading cause of contact dermititis, a medical term used to describe irritation and itching of the skin.
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When we got our outfit choices for May, my son was all about the summer trouble outfit.
Something about the saying "Let's run amuck!" really got him laughing. He is kind of obsessed with it now. We've had it for a few days and he's already worn it twice!
But that's the point of kids fashion, right? To be something that is fun, fashionable, and make the kid who is wearing it happy or feel good about themselves! If that IS the case, then this outfit has done its job.
I love the color-block shorts too! These will go with so many other items in his current wardrobe which is always a great thing!
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Reichert Used Staff as Movers
Posted Feb 16, 2011 1:37 PM
Jennifer Yachnin
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When Rep. Dave Reichert relocated to a new District home in January, he didn't need to hire movers: Three of his aides volunteered to help schlep his belongings.
According to Reichert's office, the aides who took part in the midweek move did so of their own volition and used vacation days, a decision that Congressional ethics observers said likely kept the Washington Republican on the right side of House rules.
It's an old and in some ways unremarkable story — Hill staff do little personal chores for Members of Congress all the time.
Both the House and Senate ethics manuals bar Members from utilizing staff for non-Congressional work and offer detailed guidance on maintaining the divide between official and personal time when staff work on campaigns.
But individuals familiar with the ethics process acknowledged that there is a gray area between official duties and personal favors to Members.
"Obviously all kinds of things go on on Capitol Hill as an accommodation to Members by staff who, in a sense, volunteer to do things that might be considered personal, like going to get lunch or picking them up at the airport," said attorney Stan Brand, a former House general counsel who often represents Members before the Ethics Committee.
"The problem comes if it's on a larger scale or is perceived to be done as a condition of employment, even though it's quote 'voluntary,'" he added. "But as long as people feel free not to do it, and as long as it's clearly not a condition of their employment, I think they can use their leave time as they see fit."
According to Reichert spokesman Charles McCray, three aides — Legislative Correspondent Quinton Hershiser, Legislative Assistant Ashley Johnson and Staff Assistant Colin Swanson — helped Reichert move his belongings on a late-January weekday when the House was not in session.
"They were told they needed to take a vacation day for that, but they still decided to help out," McCray said.
McCray said the aides were aware of the move from casual conversation "chatting in between meetings and votes and things like that," but that Reichert did not e-mail the staff or otherwise issue a request for help from his office staff.
"These folks knew the Congressman was planning on moving and so offered up their help," McCray said.
A pair of photos posted to Hershiser's Facebook account dated Jan. 27 depicted an event labeled "Moving our boss."
In one of the photos, two individuals, one of whom is identified as Johnson, were shown carrying what appeared to be a carpet. The second photo showed a man, who is smiling broadly, standing in the rear of a moving truck filled with furniture. Neither of the photos included Reichert.
A series of comments appeared beneath the photo, including one attributed to Hershiser's account, that stated: "We volunteered (AKA where's my raise?!)." The banter also includes a comment attributed to Johnson's account that read: "I can't move my arms."
Each House office sets its own personnel policies, including how many vacation days staff can take and when they can use them. But aside from rules limiting outside income for senior staff and guidance on when aides may volunteer or work for campaigns, neither the House nor Senate regulates how aides may use their own vacation time.
"What constitutes a staff member's 'own time' is determined by the personnel policies that are in place in the employing office," the House Ethics Manual states. "Time that is available to a staff member, under those policies, to engage in personal or other outside activities may instead be used to do campaign work, if the individual so chooses. This free time may include, for example, a lunch period, time after the end of the business day, and annual leave."
Although the House manual encourages aides to maintain time records, there is no unified format for Congressional offices to do so.
"There is still more latitude than many people are led to believe in how House offices manage their own personnel," noted National Taxpayers Union spokesman Pete Sepp.
While Members are prohibited from using their staffs for their personal benefit — former Rep. Jim Traficant (D-Ohio) was convicted in 2002 on public corruption charges that included forcing his aides to work on his Ohio farm while on the Congressional payroll — a 1995 federal appeals court ruled that some otherwise-personal tasks, such as picking up laundry, might qualify as official business.
"One can only hope that the employees did it out of the kindness and respect for their boss," Sepp said, referring to Reichert's aides. "There doesn't seem to be much written in any of the personnel policies about whether this is an obligation."
But Sepp added that the blending of official duties with personal favors can potentially put aides in an uncomfortable position: "From a staffer's standpoint, what do you do if you get asked such a favor?"
An aide who answered the phone at the House Ethics Committee on Monday said no individuals were available to speak to the media, but Roll Call's archives include numerous examples, from Senate aides who serve as de facto drivers for lawmakers to House aides who take regular breaks to walk the office dog.
During the 2008 federal trial of then-Sen. Ted Stevens, prosecutors revealed that the Alaska Republican used his aides for personal tasks including balancing his checkbook, withdrawing cash for his spouse and paying bills. The Senate Ethics Committee did not publicly review those charges before Stevens was defeated in the 2008 general election.
Brad Fitch, president of the Congressional Management Foundation, noted the group encourages Members' offices to maintain detailed time records.
"It's always good to document time," said Fitch, who said that the issue often arises when a staffer splits time between the office and campaign duties.
"There's just a general perception that you want to convey that you are complying with both the letter and the spirit of the law," Fitch said.

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Delta Kits (www.deltakits.com) windshield repair and headlight restoration products are used by over 10,000 customers in more than 75 countries. Their industry leading tools, resins, and equipment are preferred by professional windshield repair and headlight restoration technicians worldwide and are highly respected for quality, durability, and ease of use. The Delta Kits team of award winning windshield repair experts has almost 70 years combined experience as educators, technicians, and leaders in the industry — setting a standard of excellence for auto glass repair.
As with most companies in the chemical and adhesive industries, Delta Kits needed to comply with the international Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) requirements, implemented in the United States by OSHA (https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html) with the deadline date of June, 2015 (December, 2015 for distributors) https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/HCSFactsheet.html. David Patterson, Warehouse Manager, for Delta Kits contacted us after a referral from one of our other customers.
One of the label needs David had was to meet dual language requirements for GHS in Canada especially on small bottles: http://www.deltakits.com/shopping/resins/product/87-30290-premium-pit-resin-7-ml-plastic-bottle or syringes http://www.deltakits.com/shopping/resins/product/81-30003-magnibond-resin-one-shot-applicator-pkg-of-5. Based on this requirement, David asked, "Does the TM-C3500 printer have the ability to print on card stock like bottle neckers?" David had the idea of placing slits in a necker to enable the tag to slip over a bottle or around a syringe. Here is his first draft design of a 4" x 1.5" necker.
David's idea was to use the neckar to add more area for information to meet the GHS requirements for small containers. Plus, he could use the neckars as a means to print in dual languages for shipping; that would make it easy to remove once the product arrived in country. This idea sounded perfect for many of our customers with small containers.
We decided to place slits in the hole; and leave the chad. We needed to leave the chad as the C3500 uses a vacuum to hold the paper to the printhead. With a hole, the printer could produce bad print quality or will not work.
According to David, the blurred print was worse using a PDF. Based on the feedback, we decided the hole was causing the issue; especially given the stiffer matte poly; and opted to try a softer, more conformable material.
Once produced, David again tried this material but found a different issue. The tag would not read the black mark and skipped tags; or would not read the blackmark at all.
With the new feedback, the plant went to work to determine what was causing the issue. It was soon discovered that the tags would work, no problem, if the tags were rewound in the opposite direction.
And now Dave is printing GHS tags that look great!
David Patterson of Delta Kits had a great idea to solve the issue of adding a lot of information to labels for very small containers. If you have small bottles or syringes that need to meet the GHS requirements, contact us about using tags or neckars to provide more real estate for information. We can help.
For 130 years, Adhesives Products, Inc. (API), http://www.adhesiveproductsinc.com/, has produced high quality products for the adhesive industry including many types of glues, adhesives, tapes, labels and coatings. Since 1878, the mission of API remains today to be a highly responsive manufacturer, selling quality products to their customers.
Like all companies selling adhesives, API needed to comply with the GHS requirements prior to June 1, 2015. By this date, Color Label Solutions had 45 posts covering GHS. Our first post from February 2012 covers Oakwood Products and their effort to meet the GHS Requirements: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/02/un-drives-print-on-demand-color-label.html. Other early posts included Octochem: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/02/chemistry-opportunity.html and GHS in general; http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-h-is-ghs-opportunity.html as well as BS5609: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2012/03/bs5609-is-no-bs.html.
Based on the requirement to produce drum labels and add data to labels at print time, we recommended BarTender. Based on this recommendation, Jeff visited our post on creating drum labels; including downloading the example template and database we provided. You can see this post here: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2014/09/ghs-drum-label-template-database.html.
Based on our discussion, Adhesive Products purchased C831 printers for both their CA and WA locations as well as BarTender. With this software, Jeff created great looking labels, even for their pails.
Also, Jeff was able to eliminate the requirement to add information by hand. Now the shipping manager can print, apply and ship product without using a pen!
For their labels, Jeff is using matte paper. As they don't ship internationally via marine, they don't need to meet the BS5609 requirements. Even so, Jeff has found our paper labels to be relatively durable.
It's great to work with customers like Jeff and API. They understood their requirements, and made decisions decisively. Now they have a GHS label solution that works well for them.
If you need a GHS solution or a better option than you are currently using, contact us here at Color Label Solutions. We'll make sure your path forward quickly and easily and not "sticky" just like API.


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Harry from CrossFit Lakeway: Growing a CrossFit box focused on community and family
by Peter Keller Sep 09, 2016
Peter talked with Harry Shaw from CrossFit Lakeway. They discussed growing a CrossFit box focused on community and family.
Peter: Cool. Well, let's jump into it. So, I'm talking here today with Harry Shaw from Lakeway Elite Fitness and CrossFit Lakeway. Harry is a friend from way back when. Harry, did you come to my garage and buy stuff from me when I was out of my garage? Or was it-- had I already moved on?
Harry: No, no, no, we met-- I met you guys back when it was in the garage and you guys were working on some prototypes.
Peter: So, you do Krav as well as teaching and doing strength and conditioning work, so tell us a little bit about your operation out there in Lakeway, Texas.
Harry: This is our 11th year, and we started with Krav Maga. I got really involved with Krav Maga and then I found CrossFit, I think, like everybody did. You know, we saw the movie 300 and those guys, found Jim Jones and then found CrossFit, then I think it was probably a year and a half later then that I became an affiliate. We've been affiliated with CrossFit since 2008. We were within the first couple hundred affiliates, and now there's like 18,000 affiliates, so it's kind of crazy.
Peter: What brought you to Krav? Out of all the martial arts or none, why Krav?
Harry: : It was really interesting. I had a friend of mine that was a personal trainer and as I finished college, I kind of knew that I wanted to be working close with people and I finished college and was going, "What do I do, what do I do?" I was staying home with my kids and I called him up and I said, "Hey, what do you recommend and think I can work super early in the morning and then come up in the evening," and he said, "Why don't you come and do a Krav Maga class and we can talk about this Krav Maga stuff?" And when I got there, I was blown away. I was a martial artist before when I was a kid and I remembered getting in fights, you know, sometimes you have to fight. And I would look at my hands and I'm like, "Okay, I know how to punch and I know how to kick. How do I combine it?" Then I took that Krav Maga class and it was like, "This is it." So, it was a lot of fun, I fell in love with the program about empowering people that are not, but could be victims, so women, children, and men, and it didn't discriminate about anybody. It doesn't matter your age, your gender, your size, you can still protect yourself, so it's really empowering.
Peter: From there, where's the through line to actually opening a studio?
Harry: You know, it went really quick. I think I was a student for probably like 6-12 months and then the opportunity came up and around and we were allowed to take the Lakeway territory, which was the only territory available for Krav Maga Worldwide. And we applied and we got it and we decided to open a school, and here we are. And it's really interesting, because we have the only two black belts that are active here in Austin. I think the closest black belt is down somewhere in Houston, so within a good 60, 70 miles, we are the elite Krav Maga school. There's really nobody that can have the experience or the accolades that one of my instructor's has, which is awesome. So, we're trying to always make sure we have the best. We trained with the local law enforcement and we train civilians and everybody. It's a lot of fun.
Peter: Let's go back to your strengthening and conditioning journey. You opened the Krav studio first, is that right? And then branched out into strength and conditioning?
Harry: It's really interesting. I think we were actually the first studio to have a kettlebell. We were probably the first in having a couple kettlebell classes, and it came from the Krav Maga community that a lot of people were coming to the US from Europe and stuff like that, and I think one of those guys had talked about kettlebells to one of my coaches and he brought him back to Austin, which was a lot of fun. And then for a while, I didn't really know anything about strength and conditioning until I got into CrossFit, and even then I have always believed that if you cannot do things with your own body weight correctly, you shouldn't be loading anybody up.
So, my strength and conditioning journey really started - even though I didn't get into CrossFit for almost eight years - I fell in love with CrossFit, and I fell in love with the methodology and then I started really diving into studying, getting information and I was reading some really thick books about movement and just became really, really passionate about how all these compliment each other. And it kind of felt the same way I feel about Krav Maga: it's very organic and it's not a lot of gimmicks, it's just good, old elbow grease and common sense and principles have been tried and true for a long, long time.
Peter: Fast-forward to today: where are you? You run a Krav Studio, you also run a CrossFit box, how closely affiliated are those? I know they're right across the parking lot from each other, but do you have a big crossover between the two?
Harry: It's funny, because those are the programs are - I would say - the black sheep of each family. When you're in the martial arts world, they say, "What do you do?" Krav Maga. And they're like, oh my god they do Krav Maga, because in reality, we're not a martial art. So, martial arts are always going, "Oh my god they don't do Kata. And now, CrossFit is a lot more accepted in a sense that it's a lot more popular, people know what's going on, but we do have people that do both and people that do CrossFit for three months and then they do Krav Maga for three months. They're like brothers - brother and sister, you know? It's just really interesting. But they're actually very attached at the hip, because they're - like I said - they're very organic, they're about being efficient and functional and they're about taking care of business. So, if I grab a Krav Maga person and put them in a CrossFit box, they're going to succeed because they have a no-quit mentality, and same thing with the CrossFit people: you put them in the Krav Maga side and they'll excel because they won't quit and they'll try to push themselves as hard as they can. So, it's really is a very interesting dichotomy.
Peter: Lakeway, for people who don't know, is kind of like a small town outside of Austin that has now become essentially like a wealthy suburb of Austin. One thing that I think is really interesting is that it is kind of a wealthy community, and it was a little bit more of a retirement community. What was it like opening a box there?
Harry:Well, it's something that I-- we're closer to nowadays is to pretty much destroy this bullshit. There's a lot of gimmicky fads where programs come and go and people are afraid of change, and when I started all this CrossFit stuff, it was very hard because people were like, "What are you doing? What is this? This is crazy - I've heard you're going to be hurt," and what we're trying to do, and that we've always done, is we educate our clients. So, once people come to us, they quickly realize that, number one: we mean no harm. We have their best interests at heart, but also, they're going to get coached and they're going to get educated. So, there's people that eventually-- they're endurance freaks and they don't like a lot of weight, so they go or they come back and then we have different ways to appeal to those people. But, back then, it was hard, man. I mean, it was really hard. I remember-- you know, there's really not a lot of people doing what I do, and I think we're the first-- probably the first box out here. I was the only box out here for a long time.
Peter: Veering a little bit back to opening a box in Lakeway, who's your ideal client? I would imagine you've got a little bit of a different kind of meat and potatoes client than, say, somebody in downtown Austin or in New York City or Miami or someplace like that. So, who's meat and potatoes for you?
Harry: We are a family-oriented facility, meaning-- like today, we're starting with our middle school classes, so we have co-ed classes, we have women only classes, we have middle school kids classes, we have teens classes, we have an advanced class as well. We basically-- I have people that have not only their spouse, but their whole family's a part of the gym. So, I would say because we are a family-oriented business, it's not about-- we don't have a lot of young, single people. We have people that are parents and they'll work and they just want to be healthy for the kids to have fun with, and so that's pretty much like where I'm kind of-- my life, you know, I have three kids and my wife, pretty much that's what we have. We have people who love the aspect of the community, they're very involved because Lake Travis is the normal high school and they have a great team, and it's all about the kids. It's all about the kids and the family. That's kind of our-- our model is we're a family business, pretty much.
Peter: How do you, from a business standpoint, how do you incentivize or how do you talk to people about, like, "Hey, you should get your middle schooler training with us as well -" what does that conversation look like, or how does that happen?
Harry:: When I talk to a parent, I want to educate them. When we focus on the kids, this is what I tell the parents, "I want to focus on making sure that I always put them in a safe position, and then once they're in a safe position, making sure that they get stronger, and they can replicate that position on the field so they can avoid injury." That's our goal. So, I'm not going to teach him how to play rugby or football or lacrosse or volleyball, or whatever they play, I'm just going to teach them to be in the best athletic position they can be in and making sure they're the strongest in that position and they can actually survive the training they're going to do with a sports coach. So, that's our goal. That's why I tell the parents, I'm like, "Hey, what are they doing?" And then I say, "Why are they doing it?" "I don't know, because they're telling them." I'm like, "You know what? You should know why they're doing this." You know, you go to Dicks and they sell these parachute things and you turn around and there's a kid walking around with a suit made out of rubber bands, and you're like, "Why are they doing that?" They're just going to get hurt. We make sure the foundation is sound. We always want to make sure that we find people's Achilles and attack them and then make them stronger. And same with the kids.
Peter: I go to a gym - it's not an affiliated box - and it's a very hardcore vibe there, it's not really-- I don't want to say it's family unfriendly, but it's probably not super family-friendly. So, how is your culture different to encourage that family-friendly attitude? How do you do that? How do you grow a facility where the mom feels comfortable, the dad feels comfortable, the middle school kid, and the high school kid all feel part of a community?
Harry:Well, it's a great question. I always tell people, like I was saying before, go and try everybody else and then find where you're going to feel more comfortable and where you're going to grow. I think part of the appeal of our business is that, number one: I'll always look you in the eye and tell you the truth. And number two is that we're very, very forgiving in a sense that we understand this is life. It's fine to be competitive - competitive is great - but we always say, "Okay, so you want to be competitive at this, great. How are we going to get you there? How much time are you going to be able to put in?" "Well, I can only do this," I'm like, "Well then you're not going to be an Olympian." It's like, we're not here - and I'm not sending anyone to the games, I'm not sending anybody to the Olympics, but could I prep all those people? Absolutely. I mean, can sit down and write programs for each one of those goals, but at the end of the day, for me, it's hey, this person's going to go to the lake and they want to look good and they don't want to get hurt when they're on the paddleboard or skiing or water boarding, whatever they do, or they like to run on the weekend. I had a guy from the gym that ran a full marathon without training. Obviously he's done them before, but he's never not trained for one. He goes, "Hey, I did something stupid." I said, "What did you do?" "Well, I ran a marathon on Sunday." I'm like, "It's Tuesday and you're here to work out?" He's like, "Yeah, man, I feel super strong." And I'm like, "Great."
Also part of that is I'm putting my money where my mouth is when I'm creating a knowledge base where it's going to be guaranteed of what we can do for you. So, we're not only going to affect your wellness, your fitness, your self-defense, but we're going to affect you as an individual. We have a great nutrition component that my wife does, we have old school strength and conditioning, we understand protocols for current things: from muscle endurance, for high performance, for competition.
Peter: Well, Harry, let's close it out now, unless is there anything you'd like to say? Like to let the world know?
Harry: No, I appreciate you and your friendship and your support. A hell of a ride. I can relate to, see you guys in so many ways, because it's all about passion and quality and relationships, so I appreciate you.
Peter: I love it. And if people want to find out more, should they go to LakewayEliteFitness.com, or where's the best place for people?
Harry: LakewayEliteFitness.com and then we're also on Facebook Lakeway Elite Fitness business. And then, yeah, I'm here for everybody. I appreciate the opportunity.
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The Action
Troy Farmer
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Rolled Gold
Parlophone/Capitol
Recorded in 1967/1968, Released 1995/2002
I was doing an interview a few weeks back with this great, new-ish band from Melbourne called Dick Diver (I know—terrible name, but decent story behind it). During the interview, I referenced the 60's Brit Beat band The Action as a point of comparison in sound.
The Action was one of those bands that relatively no one knew about until they were more recently "re-discovered" (akin to the phenomenon of the modern popularity of the proto-punk Detroit trio Death, whom I surprised haven't yet graced these pages).
I remember my friend, Jacob, sharing their CD with me in 2003 and 100% believing that it was way too good to be true. I was completely convinced this was some sort of Blair-Witch-esque publicity stunt that some current indie pop outfit was pulling and, any second, all this hubbub about some amazing, undiscovered London Beat band was going to collapse and these young up-and-comers would start touring. The sound was just too of-the-time…in a retro-Brit-soul kind of way.
And I was totally wrong. The Action were, as The Guardian put it in 2012, "of all the groups to emerge during the 1960s British beat explosion…most deserving of the epithet 'unsung'." Which still boggles the mind listening to their music, that—despite their "legion of diehard followers" and "the envy and plaudits of their peers"—they never hit their stride in the mainstream.
As bitter a pill as that may have been for them to swallow so long ago, today at least we have their post-humous collection of recordings, Rolled Gold—a record that jumps from meticulously structured pop gems to beautifully messy, raw singles, all of which call to the soul of any lover of Brit Pop. My favorite track, "Something to Say", is a song that would seem at home on both an aging audiophile's turntable and in the midst of a quirky Wes Anderson film.
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The Action - Something To Say
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Tasting notes: It is an intense wine with deep garnet color and blue trim. We can taste the freshness and acidity, with memories of red fruits, and balsamic, peppermint and menthol.
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If you have not been to this trail system in a while you should be aware that the actual trail mileage is down to 17 miles from the original 30 miles. After Oregon Parks and Recreation Department terminated funding for the project, the trails are being maintained sporadically by volunteers and the signage is not maintained at all. The map is not up to date but is still quite useful in navigating the trail system.
This is an active commercial timber forest so trail closures can be posted at any time, which may impede your access. The gravel roads are intended for COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC only, except for short distances when traveling from one trail to another, please keep your speed down and eyes open. Don't forget to check for summer fire season restrictions before embarking on your trail adventure. The land the trails are on is owned by Coos County and managed by their Forestry Department.
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Treasury closes £900m utility firm tax loophole
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The Treasury has changed the law in an effort to stop gas and electricity companies claiming capital allowances for money spent by business customers.
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By Justin Bryant
07th Jun 2013 14:58
This is interesting
There is £900m of potential tax loss at stake here, so retrospective anti-avoidance legislation could be justified under the Protocol on unscheduled (i.e. outside of a Budget) announcements of changes in tax law (under the "wholly exceptional" and "significant" tests - see below). But this is prospective anti-avoidance legislation (i.e. only effective from the date of the announcement onwards) announced outside of a Budget .
By contrast, on 4th June 2013, HMRC made another unscheduled announcement on anti-avoidance legislation to block a newly disclosed SDLT scheme, where the potential tax loss was insignificant (see below the TIIN published at the time of the 2013 Budget and re-published with this announcement) and where this scheme will be blocked in 6 weeks time anyway on enactment of the 2013 Finance Act. Not only that, they made this change retrospective to the 2012 Budget. See:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget-updates/march2013/comp-guidance.pdf
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget-updates/march2013/tiin.pdf
See the comments at section 5 of page 6 of the link below.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/taxprofessionalforum_270313.pdf
See page 17 et seq of HMRC's own Protocol in the link below on such retrospective law changes outside of a Budget, which talks about "wholly exceptional" situations where "significant" tax loss is at stake.
http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget_taxavoidance.pdf
Does this not make a mockery of HMRC's own Protocol on such things and bring our tax system into disrepute?
Does this mean that HMRC could simply say, 10 years from now out of the blue, that another SDLT scheme they don't like (where there is no signifcant tax loss risk and that works despite GAAR) is blocked retrospectively to the 2012 Budget?
By dstickl
to AmandaElliott
No this doesn't, as the "capital contributions" were funded by
Justin Bryant wrote:
... Does this not make a mockery of HMRC's own Protocol on such things and bring our tax system into disrepute? ...
No, this does not, because the "capital contributions" were funded by some business etc customers of the companies, and not by the companies themselves. Agreed ?
to andy.partridge
To clarify
You are clearly of the view that the Treasury was well justified to close this capital allowance loophole that was costing c£900k and I do not disagree with that. The fact is that the Treasury did not close that CAs scheme on a retrospective basis, but closed the SDLT scheme on a retrospective basis. The latter measure was in breach of HMRC's own Protocol on such things since there was, by HMRC's own admission, insignificant tax at stake and the SDLT scheme will get blocked under FA 2013 anyway in 6 weeks so, overall, there are no "wholly exceptional" circumstances to justify that SDLT measure.
I simply ask you to compare and contrast these two measures. One of them must be wrong and my view is that as the CAs measure was justified, the SDLT measure must be unjustified. Even if the CAs measure was made retrospectively, the SDLT measure still could not be justified due to the insignificant tax loss involved and the lack of "wholly exceptional" circumstances per HMRC's Protocol.
By gb4242
Did the expenditure on the capital contributions funded by the original business customers get them any capital allowances? If not then they should be the ones claiming the capital allowances, even if they have to be given the information by the utility firms/inland revenue.
By brian.barrett
Temporary Legislation
Not sure if recent legislation is permanent or temporary.
It would seem sensible to allow temporary changes to legistlation provided it was included in the next, or even the one under discussion, as normal legislation may be too slow if all claims could be made before the primary legislation received royal assent.
The Treasury/HMRC
Have clearly read my comment above and agree with it and have blocked the potentially embarrassing links. Here they are cached (but probably not for much longer!):
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Zl7Uj5n5NG4J:cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget_taxavoidance.pdf+http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/2011budget_taxavoidance.pdf&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0ZZFKNpGrDUJ:www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/taxprofessionalforum_270313.pdf+http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/taxprofessionalforum_270313.pdf&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
More evidence that the retrospective SDLT change was unjustified
Also, read the HMT letter in the link below:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/what_constitutes_exceptional_cir
Interestingly, there was no similar reference to "wholly exceptional" circumstances in Mr Gauke's SDLT announcement on 4.6.13.
Incriminating evidence from HMRC and David Gauke
HMRC confirm in the link below that they did not believe that this particular SDLT scheme worked and this retrospective legislation is just to put the matter beyond doubt. Therefore, HMRC seem to admit that there is no (significant) tax loss at stake and that this retrospective SDLT legislation is just to save them the trouble of proving in the courts that there is no tax loss (due to the scheme not working in their view). Thus, by implication, they admit that this retrospective legislation is a breach of the Protocol.
The following comment by David Gauke (from the subsequent parliamentary debate on this retrospective SDLT law change) in the link below confirms this:
"It is also worth pointing out that HMRC believes that the particular schemes do not work, so ultimately HMRC would win in litigation; but that would take a considerable length of time. In those circumstances, it would be better to address the matter now by making the situation clear and putting it beyond doubt."
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmpublic/financeno2/13...
By contrast, in the case of the Barclays Bank retrospective tax legislation, HMRC did not claim that that scheme did not work (i.e. unlike the SDLT scheme, HMRC admitted there was (significant) tax loss at stake in the case of the Barclays Bank scheme, as it potentially worked).
What a farce!
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Putin@war: What really happened to the victims on Lenin street 9-5 Mariupol?
What really happened to the victims on Lenin street 9-5 Mariupol?
This guy is the first to approach the soldiers. He holds his hands in the air to prevent them from shooting them and to be able to come nearer.
Warning shots do not change his mind.
When he is close enough he invites other people to come closer too. Sometimes he waves people to step back, but this is only to gain trust from the soldiers that he does not mean harm. In the end it is only to get closer and closer.
When the tanks come he suddenly seems to realize that it is more important to stop those than to keep messing with the soldiers. He sees some people already very close to the tanks and he has heard some warning shots already. So he runs towards the tanks.
The machine gunner in the tank sees a guy running towards his tank. Either he jumps in front of the tank and this will be a certain death, or this boy will do something dangerous to the tank and the crew.
He shoots three times, one time in the chest.
On a previous crossing one of the tanks had a very difficult time getting past the crowd and they were hurrying towards an emergency situation.
Verdict: this is a boy with a lot of guts who is a pacemaker of the public.
This man walks with his hands in the air, also to be able to get closer to the soldiers without being shot immediately. He joins #3 and shows his ID to the soldiers and later into the camera. Probably to show the world he is Ukrainian and not Russian?
When one soldier shoots 4 warning shots he and #3 Hoodie act as if they are seriously hit. But in fact they are only hit by shrapnel or shards of stone from the pavement.
Nevertheless this successfully enrages the crowd.
Then he sort of hops back to demonstrate he has been shot. When another burst of shots comes he falls against another person as if he has been collapsed through gunfire.
When people check him they cannot find obvious holes in his pants. They drop his pants and two minor scratches can be seen. One guy ties his belt around his leg as to prevent him from bleeding to death.
This is complete overreacting and/or inexperience, but it helps to dramatize the situation for the people who see it.
Also see: What ID_man was saying into the camera.
Verdict: this man is an actor, drama queen, provocateur. He tries to incite the public.
When the situation was only beginning, this boy gets on his knees, hands in the air and goes towards the soldiers. I can imagine him shouting: "Shoot me, shoot me, I am unarmed."
He is completely aware that a photographer is behind him, making photos while he is doing this.
He gets several warning shots besides him.
When he gets a warning shot in front of him, he and ID-man get hit by shards. He falls down as being badly hit, but moments later he is already up again. He makes a gesture with his hands out of anger towards the soldiers. He is not really throwing anything, not does he quickly hide a gun.
Then he stands up and resumes his provocative attitude towards the soldiers by wanting to throw a chair. Yet he stumbles and fails and this might just be lucky for him, because just before a friend of him doing the same got shot in his leg.
Then he attends to his friend and there it can be seen that he has a scratch on his face. Later he can be seen carrying him into a car.
Verdict: this boy definitely is an actor, drama queen and provocateur.
Yes of course you want to get nice pictures, but this boy plays with fire. He is almost in the front line from the start and he comes dangerously close to a tank. It seems like he thinks he is safe because he is just making photos and not involved in any way in provocations.
When the soldiers run across the street they disappear from his view. Since he wants to be in the first row, he runs after them.
He did not realize there still was a soldier around the corner in crouched position and another one protecting him and the advancing (or retreating) soldiers by delivering warning shots to anybody who comes to close.
For the soldier it meant somebody came running towards them from around the corner.
He gives another warning shot in front of the boy, who gets hit by a dust of shard. Since he also got this in his face, he got scared to death and immediately jumps behind cover.
This is an old man walking in the front lines, who gets a warning shot in front of him, like ID-man. He seems to doubt what to do. He would want to fall down and show everybody how badly hurt he is, but he realizes it was not enough for that. So he turns around again and hobbles forward. Nobody attends to him to treat his wounds though.
Now it gets serious. So far nobody really threatened or attacked a soldier. But when you start throwing chairs onto a soldier you can get unpredictable results... One person throwing one chair is one thing. But an angry crowd throwing many chairs is another. We have seen many videos already of crowds throwing sticks and stones into armies of police men, who are not able to withstand them.
So throwing a chair is a step too far into the personal space of a soldier.
He gets shot in the leg.
Verdict: very brave provocateur who crossed the line.
This man seems to be just curious. He is not doing much. Maybe he is angry because of the first victim that he might have seen, but he just wants to look what is happening.
The gunman has already shot twice at the soldiers. This is using lethal force against them! They can die of such action.
The soldier(s) already were aware of the gunman.
When he attacked for the second time, they returned fire five times into his direction. BUT... the shooting soldier (it was probably just one) was aiming at the lower body.
The gunman was hiding behind the crowd.
The unfortunate bystander got shot in the leg. He was grabbing his leg and therefor lowering his head, almost certainly still looking forward to see where the shots would come from... and there he got hit.
He was dead instantly. His body was falling to ground without any response anymore.
Verdict: unlucky bystander who got framed by a coward gunman who was hiding behind the crowd. To me this gunman is to blame for the death of this man.
Just in front of the gunman this boy can be seen shooting a slingshot. Therefor the soldier(s) who were covering the backs of the others had already spotted him. When he tried to attack the second time he was fully exposed with nobody in front of him. Again attacking soldiers with stones, chairs, slingshots and guns is to close into their personal space... He got shot in the leg.
Verdict: stupid, very brave provocateur.


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"Bruce Springsteen, whose fan base includes a lot of cops, wrote a protest song called "41 Shots (American Skin)" about the murder of Amadou Diallo in 1999. When he and the E. Street Band played it at Madison Square Garden, white people literally turned their backs to the stage. From a queer antiracist lens, Schulte uses "41 Shots" to talk about his upbringing in the white suburbs of Southeastern Nassau County, NY and the uses of protest art."
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Home Soccer Manchester United to Humiliate Arsenal Through Guard of Honor
Manchester United to Humiliate Arsenal Through Guard of Honor
For those who see football as more than just a sport or a business or a game, having to witness your own team form a guard of honor in order to congratulate the new champions is a humiliating and infuriating tradition and ceremony. Arsenal, nonetheless, will probably go ahead and do it as Manchester United play at the Emirates this weekend, with all of the pain it involves.
Because at the end, footballers come and go, and the fans are those who have to stay. Failures, losses and everything that comes along with it sticks much longer with fans than it does with managers and players, who often find another place of work, while a team stays with your forever.
The addition of seeing Robin van Persie, leaving Arsenal for their lack of ambition in order to join Manchester United, leading them to a league title while scoring 24 Premier League goals in the process (so far) might be a bit too much to bear for a big chunk of gunners fans, which might mean they'll direct their anger towards Arsene Wenger and the team if things don't go too well in the encounter, which doesn't mean anything to United, but is of vast importance to Arsenal.
While it's important for some to keep the whole respect between opposition thing alive, these things never seep through towards the fans, who have a love-hate relationship with the game. Even if players use the logic of "when I'm champion, I'd like to be honored like this", I think it's a little bit different when these are huge rivals that have to put on a show for the sake of being respectful.
Everyone knows Manchester United are the champions, they've already had their celebrations. There's no need to make Arsenal players and fans even worse about it.
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Here's a closer look at what I wore. It was perfect weather this day!
Anyone have any good ideas for a background to use? All I am doing is walking down the shot and then stopping and looking around.
Anyway yesterday my roommate and I went to the Gilt City Warehouse Designer Sale, and honestly it wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. There wasn't anything worth your money. I mean, the only cute pieces I found were still pretty pricey! Like if I wasn't still a student and had a full time job I would splurge...But that isn't until after June. I mean to say the least it was definitely an experience... I've always wanted to go anyways. My roommate just bought a pair of bootie heels, and bought an eyebrow filler from Benefit.
I also got a manicure and pedicure this day! It was much needed!
Today... my best friend and I went on a cupcake tour! It was yummy!!! The cupcake tour consisted of 4 cupcake shops/bakeries and 1 gelato place.
Crumbs cupcakes! I tried the Mint Chocolate! I normally don't like Crumbs Cupcake Shop, but these minis were good! I think it was because it was a one biter lol.
The gelato was yummy!!! I chose the mint chocolate and my friend chose the cappuccino flavor.
Sprinkles!!! This place is quite overrated. If you aren't familiar, it's quite a popular cupcake shop... You'll find most celebrities eating their cupcakes! I tried the one with the flower decoration on it, it was an orange-y flavor! As always, Sprinkles was good. But I still favor @mollyscupcakes in Lincoln Park.
More'ssss cupcakes! I also am not really a huge fan of this place. But we were able to try two minis, I can't remember the first one? LOL but the 2nd one was a BLT cupcake. I was a bit hesitant to try it but it turned out pretty good! After all those sweet flavors, it was nice to change up the taste a bit!
West Town Bakery! I have only tried their cro-nuts before, but they were known for best cupcakes in town! The cupcakes were moist (just the way I like it), and definitely would say are my favorite ones of the day.
Well that is all for now loves! This week is suppose to be gloomy and rainy.... So not sure what outfits I will come up with! But I promise I'll update more!
It is okay to take time off blogging and then come back all refreshed with mew posts. This ia really nice post. You obviously had a great time and i your photo shoot will be one to watch out for. Can't wait to see what background you came up with. How about Paris street as your background?


Last week, I was interviewed by Neil Kreisel, host of AHA! Presents About Education on News-Press Radio KZSB 1290 AM. We had a wide-ranging conversation for nearly an hour about kidneys and kidney disease; obesity and diabetes (particularly among children); what it's like to be on dialysis; what it's like to donate a kidney; how we can do a better job of preventing kidney disease; empathy and listening skills in a doctor; my work with the Eastside Wellness Initiative, my book, Surviving Kidney Disease: True Stories of Love, Courage, Hope, and Heroism, and a whole lot more. Have a listen.