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Legislators seek rules on lobby spending
MONTPELIER — The debate over campaign finance in Vermont has focused squarely on elections for public office. Some lawmakers, however, are now looking to shine a brighter light on the influence of money in the legislative process.
A flurry of radio advertisements related to the soda tax in recent weeks has prompted new calls for heightened disclosure requirements. Lobbyists, or the special interests that hire them, are already required to file expense reports with the secretary of state three times per year.
But Rep. Mike Fisher, a Lincoln Democrat and chairman of the House Committee on Health Care, said the infrequency of those deadlines prevents lawmakers from getting timely information about the monied interests trying to sway their votes on controversial bills.
“I think it’s totally appropriate for anybody with an interest in legislation to spend as much money as they want to influence our decisions,” Fisher said. “I just want to know how much.”
Fisher wants to take a page from the laws that govern the 30-day run-up to elections, when anyone running an ad for or against a candidate has to file a finance report within 24 hours of it airing. Fisher’s committee drafted a memorandum this week seeking a similar standard for expenditures that try to influence lawmakers’ votes on specific bills.
Mass media expenditures include things like radio and television ads, but also ads in local newspapers and mass mailings to constituents.
In much the same way that candidates and political action committees use media to influence elections, lobbyists and special-interest groups use it to sway the outcome of votes on key bills. This year has already featured two ad-generating issues in “death with dignity” and the soda tax.
Fisher said he was moved to act after asking veteran Montpelier lobbyist Andrew MacLean how much the beverage associations he represents had paid to run the anti-soda-tax messages that have appeared recently in print and radio ads. The ads encourage voters to contact their legislators and register their opposition to the proposal.
Fisher said MacLean told him he’d get back to him with the information. Fisher said though that another member of MacLean’s firm, Heidi Tringe, later told him he’d get the answer on the next mandated disclosure deadline, which doesn’t come until April.
“Our committee is debating this issue now, so that’s not a really useful timetable,” Fisher said. “I’m of the belief that if money is being spent to influence a political process, then it needs to be part of the record.”
The American Heart Association, a proponent of the soda tax, has been running ads in favor of the penny-per-ounce surcharge. Tina Zuk, director of government affairs for the organization, voluntarily provided Fisher with information detailing her group’s $3,000 worth of mass media buys.
“We have nothing to hide and we’re doing it for a great cause,” Zuk said. “(Fisher) said he’s interested in learning sooner than later about how money spent on media might be affecting the political process, and we’re happy to provide him with the information.”
MacLean’s firm, MacLean Meehan Rice, declined comment.
Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, has overseen mid-session media campaigns on everything from renewable energy subsidies to bottle-deposit bills.
“It works,” Burns said. “It’s always hard to know precisely what caused someone to make a call to their legislator, and whether it caused that person to vote a certain way. But it’s mass communication, and it helps to create a certain public sentiment around an issue.”
Burns said he’s not opposed to real-time disclosure requirements for legislative advocacy. But he said the Legislature should make sure it doesn’t expose itself to legal challenges. The restrictions on political speech during elections, Burns said, are designed to prevent the kind of quid pro quo corruption that might arise when a candidate owes the people that got him or her into office.
“That same fear of course does not apply when we are looking at issue of advancing or trying to stop specific pieces of legislation,” Burns said. “But you still have a state interest it seems to me, and a public interest, in knowing who is sponsoring those ads and how much they’re spending.”
Fisher said the memorandum will be sent to the chairwomen of the House and Senate committees on government operations, where they’ll be considered alongside a slate of other campaign-finance provisions being debated this year.
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PRODUCT: STRIPED T RED [SUMMER ‘18]
Striped T’s have been a staple in streetwear for almost a decade now. And prior to streetwears obsession with them they were a critical part of the wardrobe in the cultures that birthed streetwear. Skateboarding and hip hop scenes were wearing the GUESS INC. original and any other generic versions of the piece as long as the colors were cool enough to coordinate. Remember, before hip hop moguls made branding cool it was about having the item not as much who produced the garment in the way that it is emphasized and mandatory today. We did a couple last year to make sure our Rarewear™️ enthusiants are able to round out there closet. One of the more exciting parts of being a designer/owner is building out your ideal customers ideal wardrobe. Pieces like this are specifically for that and it makes sense every time.
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Friday, October 25th | 12 p.m.
Flom Auditorium, Walsh Family Library | Rose Hill Campus
Jesuit Scholastic and FCRH class of 2013 grad, Michael Martinez, S.J. is coming to Fordham once more to share his Prophetic Fire! Come find out how he uses hip hop in ministry and works with new Media. Combining these mediums with his Ignatian Spirituality he lives a faith that does justice and lights a room up. The event features a live performance from and a conversation of faith, hip-hop, and media.
Check out Michael’s website to see what his Prophetic Fire is all about!
Sponsored by the Francis & Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies with support from the Office of Campus Ministry as part of Ignatian Week 2019 | www.fordham.edu/ignatianweek
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A softer feel in the Sigma 2 putters is the result of an innovative dual-durometer PEBAX insert, which also features PING’s patented True Roll face pattern. The softer front layer ensures the precision necessary for shorter, delicate must-makes. The firmer back layer offers the solid feedback and distance control required for holing longer-range putts and improving overall consistency. The patented face pattern varies in depth and pitch to speed up off-center impacts and ensure full-face forgiveness.
The adjustable-length shaft represents industry-first technology that is concealed beneath the grip, allowing golfers to modify length between 32″ and 36″ prior to a round. The process is quick and intuitive through the use of an adjustment tool that inserts into the top of the grip. One full turn causes a ¼” adjustment up or down, and the grip remains perfectly aligned during the adjustment process. It allows golfers to experiment with various lengths and ultimately self-fit themselves. They are no longer limited to a specific length measurement. They simply adjust it until they’re comfortable, ideally with their eyes directly over the ball
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“We’ve looked at CRM technology in the past, but we ultimately decided to stick to our existing process.”
Sound familiar? For many business owners, the thought of implementing a CRM seems both intriguing and daunting. On the one hand, there’s no shortage of CRM success stories these days. On the other hand, a poorly implemented system could wreak more havoc than it’s worth. As a result, the status quo prevails as the de facto choice.
In this post, we’ll explore three common assumptions that business owners make about CRMs – and why they’re often misguided.
1. “Our business model doesn’t require a CRM.”
When you hear the term “CRM,” what comes to mind?
If you said “sales,” you’re not alone. Although “CRM” is actually an abbreviation for “Customer Relationship Management,” it’s understandable why CRMs are so closely correlated to sales activity. Lead management, opportunity tracking, and pipeline visualization are key components of most viable CRM solutions.
As a result, some business owners wrongly assume that CRMs are only beneficial to organizations with aggressive outbound sales departments. Not true. Allow me to explain.
Let’s assume you’re the owner of a small consulting firm that serves a handful of clients. Your business model is primarily focused on keeping existing clients happy, rather than proactively seeking new ones. Sure, you get the occasional word-of-mouth referral, but that’s manageable with spreadsheets – right?
In reality, a CRM could still be very beneficial to your business. To illustrate my point, let’s look closely at the three words comprising the “CRM” acronym:
Customer: You have customers, albeit a handful of them. And, the customers you have aren’t shy about filling your inbox with requests. To stay on top of everything, you need an efficient way to organize new projects without losing sight of ongoing responsibilities. Sadly, your inbox is a terrible to-do list. A project-friendly CRM that integrates to your inbox could prove to be an effective tool for delighting customers with less effort.
Relationship: A list of ten or fifteen clients doesn’t sound untenable. In reality, each client engagement is actually an interwoven web of interpersonal relationships. Your primary point of contact isn’t your only point of contact. For a single client, you may have dozens of relationships across many departments, such as accounting, finance, product development, marketing, and sales. Each relationship has a unique story that needs to be recorded (your brain doesn’t count), especially if you expect the rest of your team to provide a consistent level of service.
Management: Managing team members with spreadsheets and other data silos is inefficient and ineffective. Due dates can easily be overwritten without you knowing about it. Project-related information from your inbox must be manually copied and pasted into tiny cells, creating additional confusion. What’s worse, it’s difficult for team members to see how things are connected when they’re forced to sort through rows of endless information.
Summary: CRMs aren’t just for sales-minded organizations. Any business that serves customers, has client relationships, and manages people and projects could likely benefit from a CRM.
2. “We don’t have the budget or in-house expertise.”
This is a two-for-one excuse. Let’s look at the budget side of things first.
Budget: A decade or two ago, budget was certainly a major roadblock to implementing a CRM system. In today’s cloud-driven economy, however, budget is becoming less of a problem for companies small and large. In fact, many CRMs – Insightly included – offer a freemium pricing model, enabling rapid time to value without investing a dime in infrastructure or software. Furthermore, intuitive product design paired with custom-tailored support have made expensive CRM consultants a thing of the past.
Budget should be weighed in relation to potential improvements in productivity. A CRM that helps you hit more deadlines, serve customers faster, and prevent revenue opportunities from slipping through the cracks is bound to yield a net gain for your bottom line.
In-House Expertise: No doubt, implementing an on-premises CRM would be a major undertaking. Configuration, testing, ongoing updates and administration could consume significant resources. But, thankfully, we’re not talking about implementing an on-site solution. A CRM built for the cloud can help your team bypass many of the traditional roadblocks. Best-in-class data architecture and security paired with an intuitive and flexible administrator’s panel can be a winning combination for your business.
Summary: When you weigh the costs and benefits of a cloud-based CRM, you’re likely to arrive at a positive equation. Don’t just dwell on the monthly subscription fee – it’s probably saving you more money than you think!
3. “Our people aren’t tech-savvy.”
Cut your people some slack.
Industry reports consistently show that the majority of adults in the United States have at least one social media account. If your staff can figure out hashtags, they can surely figure out a CRM.
Granted, some CRMs are more intuitive than others. As you evaluate vendors, be sure to look for a CRM that:
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- Gives users confidence that they can’t “break something”
- Automatically models your data into insightful charts, graphs, and reports
- Encourages collaboration between colleagues and teams
- Makes an immediate impact on your users’ productivity
- Is actually fun for people to use!
Summary: If you can demonstrate to users how a CRM will make them more successful, you’ll be amazed at how quickly they can pick it up.
Time to Re-evaluate Your CRM Assumptions?
If properly implemented, CRM technology could play a vital role in your company’s future success. Spend time to adequately evaluate your needs and then seek solutions that drive efficiency, align with your goals, and build capacity.
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My highlight reel of ‘From Local Farms‘ videos was just chosen by Daniel and Mirra of The Perennial Plate as a top-four contender in their recent video competition. I’m honored to be on the list, to say the least. The very reason I started a video series at all was directly because of Daniel and Mirra’s earliest episodes – inspiring me to pick up a cheap Flip camera, introduce myself to some farmers, and press some record button. My life, quite literally, has not been the same since.
So a big thank you goes out today to Daniel, Mirra, all the passionate farmers, and especially to you for taking the time to watch what other folks have to say about our food world. You plugging into and supporting projects like The Perennial Plate matters – it creates cracks in a food culture needing to evolve.
Please click over here to like the video on facebook, and vote for it too while you’re at it. If the vid wins the day, it will replace the regular programming of The Perennial Plate next Monday, exposing it to a very large viewership of like minded folks across many borders. That would be very cool. Even if it doesn’t, big thanks to Daniel and Mirra for your support of what I’m up to and sharing your audience.
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Jason has been on the circuit for over five years and a is s regular fixture on Channel 4’s 8 out of 10 Cats. He also co presented the One Show in autumn 2010.
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Garth Brooks did my job for me Friday night when he took a moment toward the end of his set to talk to me about my concert review. Okay, I realize that sounds a little bit egotistical and far-fetched. I’ll clarify: He took a moment to address all of my media cohorts in the building by referring to us as “the press” before saying, and I’m paraphrasing here, that he knows we, “the press,” judge everything about his next two weekends of performances off opening night only. “So get ready,” Brooks warned us, “because Arizona, you kicked some serious ass tonight.”
I’m not going to argue with him on this. The crowd at Talking Stick Resort Arena at Garth Brooks’ first Valley concert in nearly two decades did indeed kick some serious ass. They were deafening with maniacal screams and cheers that never once fell below roar volume for the duration of the two-hour show. Brooks even took time to wallow in their madness at one point when he held a contest to see which section of the stadium could be the loudest by dividing the arena into quadrants that would erupt with noise every time he pointed his thumb-and-index-finger six-shooter at them.
So my disclaimer to fans attending one of the next five performances Brooks has scheduled is this: You have been informed, and the bar has been set. Get ready to get loud.
Garth Brooks has embraced a key marketing strategy for his current world tour: setting up shop in a city for several weeks and playing multiple shows over that span, effectively milking every penny out of local audiences. It is something that only a superstar could pull off, but it’s clear that he learned the tactic from his three-year stint (which ended in 2012) as a weekly performer at the Wynn Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
The man that introduced arena rock concerts to country music began his performance when the cube-shaped LED screen in the center of the stage illuminated with a countdown. It turned out to be a countdown to an explosion, because when the clock hit zero, the crowd came alive as the band, followed by Brooks, took the stage, which was designed to allow Brooks access to all four sides of the massive square. A giant sphere (which looked like the Gyrosphere from Jurassic World) in the middle housed the drummer, and Brooks was able to entertain fans along the entire circumference of the arena.
After opening with “Man Against Machine,” from his 2014 album of the same name, Brooks assuaged fans who may have already been jumping the gun and considering throwing out the baby with the bathwater by offering up: “When I pay for a seat, I want to hear the old stuff. Yes, we have a new album, but we're here with the stuff we hope you want to hear. You're at a Garth show!" The declaration pleased the crowd, and Brooks wisely did not shove anymore songs that nobody knew down our throats.
What followed was an array of vintage Brooks hits tailored to encompass the emotion and atmosphere of the night. Reading like a stage play, the first act of songs carried listeners along a variety of tempos, from the upbeat “Two Pina Coladas,” on which he declared “I am the captain,” to the more introspective “Unanswered Prayers.” The latter essentially turned the stadium into the world’s largest televangelist experiment as concertgoers sang along in unison to the religion-driven chorus.
With a massive rainstorm digitized on the screen above the stage, the first act was wrapped up with a rocking performance of “The Thunder Rolls” that hit so hard on the instrumentals it felt AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” This gave way to act two, which was controlled by Brooks’ wife, singer songwriter Trisha Yearwood. After singing a duet of “In Another’s Eyes”, Brooks exited the stage to let his better half belt out hits that included “How Do I Live,” “American Girl,” and “She’s in Love With the Boy,” complete with a ballpark-worthy KissCam.
Brooks re-emerged for the third and final act to put an exclamation point on the evening. He brought out all the stops and pulled no punches with tracks like “Callin’ Baton Rouge” (according to him, his favorite track to perform) and the barroom favorite “Friends in Low Places.”
In the past, Brooks has said that he always wanted a song that people could recognize off of the first chord, and he accomplished the mission with “Friends in Low Places.” After admitting to the audience that the guitar he keeps slung around his neck for the entire concert is not even plugged in, but is just there to hide his gut, he said he is only allowed by his band to play one song before striking the first notes of “Friends” and sending the crowd into frenzy.
It is really a testament to Brooks’ catalog that he is able to insert his signature tune, “Friends in Low Places,” into his setlist not as a highlight but rather just another hit in the arsenal from his lengthy career.
When discussing the career of Brooks, it is around this time that people like to bring up the elephant in the room. Just to be clear, we’re not going to make awkward jabs at Brooks’ 1999 transition into Chris Gaines, his rock ’n’ roll alter ego, in this review. When you have more money than your grandchildren’s grandchildren can spend, and your version of being wedged between a rock and a hard place is being stuck between Elvis Presley and the Beatles for the number two spot in record sales in U.S. history, you can pretty much do whatever the hell you want. Plus, Y2K was on the horizon at that time — we all did things we’re not proud of around then.
Brooks’ music has made the leap of time to go full-circle from inception to maturity and still maintain its relevancy today; something only truly timeless music can accomplish. Even more so, his songs evoke a sense of nostalgia deeper than those of many other artists, and unless you want to go dust off your old cassette tapes or early CDs, hearing a Garth Brooks song can seem almost like a rare treat since the guy refuses to put his music on streaming music services or iTunes. (Seriously, what is the damn deal with that?)
It is with that same sense of nostalgia that even I, an employed impartial reviewer of the performance, couldn’t escape the clutches of Brooks’ memory-sparking lyrics. “Ain’t Going Down Till the Sun Comes Up” harks back to a raunchy teenage stint in rural Colorado. The lyrics of “That Summer” capture an awe-inspiring moment; meanwhile, one of my best friends and I recite the chorus of “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” with each other on our birthdays. When my grandfather died in 1997, my mother and uncle chose Brooks’ “The Dance” to send him off at the funeral. Hearing these songs again stirs the soul and brings those memories and images roaring into focus.
I don’t think it can be overstated how much energy Garth Brooks has. At 53 years old, he’s an all-out, balls-to-the-wall wild man on stage. Seriously, he gives the most renowned stage rockers in the world a run for their money, as he ran rampant like a madman at full speed working all sides of the arena. While still singing, he darted in between his band members, harassed his drummer by smacking the hi-hat and cymbals on the drum kit, and stole a video camera from the crew to run around stage and film the audience himself while the video feed projected onto the massive stage monitors above. Oh, and we can’t forget the point where also climbed on top of the Jurassic World gyrosphere like a jungle gym to go for a rodeo-caliber eight-second ride.
"The only way this big ass is going to get through six shows in this city,” Brooks said during all of his stage antics. “You guys are going to have to help me out."
To which nobody seemed to mind carrying the lyrics of every song right along with him.
Last Night: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood at Talking Stick Resort Arena
The Crowd: Multiple generations of country music fans.
Overheard in the Crowd: "You'd think he'd lose ten pounds running around every night like that" as he jumped around the stage like a maniac.
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Personal Bias: I was not expecting Garth Brooks to put on the full-blown concert that he did. I was expecting something closer to a seasoned veteran taking it slow and easy on stage and letting his legacy carry his performance. I could not have been more wrong about that.
Set List: (Approximately)
Man Against Machine
Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House
The Beaches of Cheyenne
Two Pina Coladas
Papa Loved Mama
Ain’t Goin’ Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)
The Thunder Rolls
In Another’s Eyes (Duet with Trisha Yearwood)
How Do I Live
She’s in Love with the Boy
Callin’ Baton Rouge
Friends in Low Places
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
Standing Outside the Fire
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This foreboding is fa...
Hah, I read about that a few days ago on the Escapist and laughed out loud. Now if anyone asks what anonymous is good for, you could at least point at this. Also, from another thread around here somewhere, HB Gary was involved in essentially blackmailing some left wing political activists. So fuck those guys.
Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.
Bigonkers! is Magic
Clearly, his strategy was flawed.
Okay, the weird chatspeak was silly, but
Who Needs NSA when we have Social Media?is way better at getting across how dumb this guy is. ...why does he write like a thirteen-year-old? Made me cringe quite a bit...
edited 13th Feb '11 10:21:09 PM by Tzetze
Truly, this is a tragic tale of hubris
What an idiot. Though, the company's not so hot either if all it took to get defaced was SQL injection.
Though, the company's not so hot either if all it took to get defaced was SQL injection.This. Oh lord, this. I giggled like a schoolgirl while reading that. Anonymous? Leaders? What? Also, if he had gotten any IRL links to Anonymous participants, it was the morons that don't know how to cover their tracks while going on raids, not the people that are actually scary. Jesus christ, what an idiot.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
486-powered rotating Orange Crush Pop-Tart
Yeah, what Tze said. Anyone who types like a middle-school girl on an SMS client probably shouldn't be trying to go up against Anonymous unilaterally...
This space for rent
They see me troll'n
Older people who try to chatspeak sound pathetically moronic. In anycase, Anon ftw. Seriously, corporations hold to much power. I'd love it if Anon and Assange just brought the corrupt roof down on their heads. I can't wait to hear about what's in that encrypted file on Bank of America.
NOT THE BEES
NOT THE BEES
You should probably go ahead and sell any stock you have in them at the very least. Oh wow.
I am impressed that a bunch of underage hackers might cause the bankruptcy of a big, if stupid, corporation.
Anything you have in a deposit account up to $250,000 is backed by the government, so unless you've got more than that in one particular account, I'd say no. I'm not sure with regards to things like stocks, though. IIRC BOA stocks already took a hit when the forthcoming release was announced, but as far as I can tell, it remains to be seen what the implications of the leaked info are actually going to be... Erm, not that this is strictly on-topic. More on topic: I found myself indirectly learning a lot more about Anon from that than I already knew. How educational. Of course, all of this would probably be common knowledge to me if I actually had the courage to venture into one of the Chans.
edited 13th Feb '11 11:16:49 PM by darksidevoid
Oh, Anons, you can be so crazy awesome sometimes... Also: just raids in the US and the UK? I'm pretty sure these aren't the only two countries with internet access. And learn to spell, Barr.
Watchman of the Apocalypse
Screw both sides. I weep for humanity.
"Who watches the watchmen?"
scratching at .8, just hopin'
The other thread, on what HBGary Federal and others were doing. Mwahahaha, pwn't. Good on ya Anonymous. Why both sides, may I ask?
"Now if anyone asks what anonymous is good for, you could at least point at this." - deathjavu Look, I don't think people are necessarily doubting that anonymous does some good, but the issue is it also does evil, that's kind of the problem. I hate the asinine selective reasoning used in favour of anonmyous. If you point out their role in trolling (including some rather serious trolling, like that against the family of Mitchell Henderson) they'll say you can't blame anon for that, but they can point out their role in things like scientology protests and say you can CREDIT anon for that. What's with that?
World's biggest wannabe
I'd like to point out that Anonymous is trying to get one person fired, and caused millions of damage to a rather large company where a whole lot of innocent people also work. Sure, Burr is a stupid piece of shit, but isn't losing your job, and endangering the jobs of people who just happened to be nearby, a bit too much of a punishment? Anonymous is scary. Not in the 'masked vigilante who stands up for justice' way, but in the '13-year old with a shotgun' way.
People say I have a problem with authority. I say that authority has a problem with me.
That's REALLY embarassing for a security company to be vulnerable to a simple SQL injection. I don't see anonymous as being that intimidating. HBGary was just downright incompetent in protecting themselves.
edited 14th Feb '11 6:09:31 AM by CBanana
and that's how Equestria was made!
I don't think I've ever seen anyone seriously defend what Anon did in the more detestable cases. As You Know, Anon is neither omnibenevolent nor omnimalevolent, much like humanity as a whole. It just is. And while there's not exactly much you can do to influence the behavior of an amorphous superconsciousness, positive reinforcement for the good things it does do seems like a worthwhile effort. You make a good point, but at the same time, HBGary was, to an extent, defrauding the US government. I have no sympathy for them. The workers, yes. If they're fired, they'll have been caught up in unfortunate events beyond their control. However, just as an example of something similar, take the Enron scandal. They collapsed due to corruption, and their workers were out of a job. Job loss is an inevitable consequence. As to whether the innocent workers ought to be compensated for their losses if they are indeed laid off because of this, however, I'm ambivalent.
What an idiot. He seriously underestimed the power of Anonymous.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
It doesn't seem particularly useful to attack anonymous in that manner if you wanted to take them down anyway. Why hire such a loud and obnoxious company? If the government really wanted to take you down, they'd track you at the ISP level with tapping hardware that is already in place and use NSA, FBI or CIA agents, depending on jurisdiction. It's just not worth the money to attack a bunch of teenage kids whose agenda amounts to "whatever the hell i feel like today" and the group isn't even solid. The people who do the trolling are not likely to be the same people doing the political activism. However, if anon gets taken down, that's a pretty good litmus test for when we enter into a police state because it would take no less to take them down.
Failed Comic Artist
Im not sure what group I despise more, the various corrupt business groups they target, or the amorphous collection of sociopathic shutins who make up Anonymous.
I dont know why they let me out, I guess they needed a spare bed
Haha.. Funny... I don't support everything Anon does, but sometimes I jump into that crowd when it's a cause I support. It's just so hilarious that Barr can't get the point, anon doesn't have leaders. It's just a strange morphing mass of nerds and geeks, from the lowest social retard, to some successful individuals and people with families. But there's no leader, it's a big group of people shitposting their way to glory until somebody pisses them off enough for the entire directed mass of shit to come their way.
The AR-15 is responsible for 95% of all deaths each year. The rest of the deaths are from obesity and drone strikes.
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October 2018 Greenwich Real Estate Sales
October is the month that the summer tans from a hot July begin to fade just a little more and that’s a little of what we saw in the real estate market. September was a good month for sales, while October 2018 was only so-so. Having said that, there is some good news for just about price range, and some have some really good news.
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$800K – $1M Real Estate Market
On the really good news side, we have the 53 sales from $800,000 to $1,000,000 and an additional 17 contracts waiting to close. This makes a total of 65 homes off the market in a segment where the inventory is only 32 houses. While that’s not lot of inventory in such a busy market, it’s close to double what we had last year at this time when we only had 17 houses.
We have more people than last year who want to sell their houses in this price range. The nice thing for those sellers is that we have plenty of folks that want to buy a home in Greenwich for under $1,000,000. The demand is still outstripping supply as we are down 1.44 months of supply to six months of supply.
I was reading an article this week about how Las Vegas, one of the hardest hit markets in the recession, is once again a hot market. One of the complaints in the article was that builders were concentrating on luxury end of the market at around $400,000, leaving a shortage of lower end houses. In Greenwich the lowest listed price is $500,000 and we have only 13 houses listed under $800,000. If you are a buyer in this price range, there is an easy solution, buy a condo. WE 61 co-ops and condos listed all prices per square foot that are better than Manhattan prices.
The Heart of our Market – $1 – 3M+
Nearly half of our inventory, 46%, is from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. It’s our bread and butter in real estate. This year the butter has sometimes felt a little more like margarine. On the good news side for sellers, inventory from $1.0 – 1.5 million is down 9 to 59 listings or 14%. Also, good news is that we have sold 174 houses priced from $1.5 – 3 million. This is 19 more sales than last sales which is a 12% increase.
The buyer’s side the new tax law hit the sales from $1 – 1.5 million the most with a drop of 12 sales from last year’s 103 sales to just 91 sales this year. For seller’s the big move to Florida may have run its course as inventory is down. The two effects of lower inventory and lower sales cancelled each other out resulting in nearly the same 6.5 months of supply this year as last year.
Once you get above $1.5 million these trends reverse, inventory is up, and sales are up. We had 20 more listing as of the beginning of November in the price range from $1.5 – 3.0 million. We also had 19 more sales in that price range compared to last year. Sellers have it better at the higher part of the price range while buyers have more choices.
$3 – 5 million
We have 151 houses listed from $3 – 5 million and so far this year we have had 41sales which equates to about 19 months of supply. This is a slight increase in months of supply, but nothing worth wasting another sentence on.
$5 – 10 million
The interesting price ranges are from $5 – 10 million. This year the $5 – 6.5 million has been on the good side of the market. Months of supply were about the same as $4 – 5 million and some months, like this one, actually saw slight better supply demand than the $4 – 5 million market segment. While that continues to be true, as the year has progressed the segment from $5 – 6.5 million has weakened, so that now sales and contracts have slipped behind where they were last year.
Having said this, this price segment doesn’t come close to being the weak market that we are seeing from $6.5 – 10 million. In that price segment, months of supply is up by three years due to increased inventory and decreased sales. We had no sales in this price range in October and our contracts were down from 5 last year to only 2 as of the end of October.
This segment had had an outstanding year with sales up significantly from last year and inventory was down 16%. This led to months of supply dropping by 2 years compared to last year. The problem is that months of supply had been 3 year lower earlier this year. Sales have slowed with no sales in October and only one contract pending.
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It hasn’t even been a week into 2014 and I’m already hauling up some new goodies! It has been so long since I’ve shopped for drugstore makeup but I’ve been hearing about some really nice products that I can’t resist. One of the first products on my list were the new Milani Color Statement Lipsticks.
The Color Statement Lipsticks aren’t necessarily new but Milani recently relauched the line with a new formula. This is my first time trying any Milani lipsticks so the Color Statement lippies are totally new to me. The packaging features a shiny plastic gold design with colored caps on the bottom to help identify the color. It does feel a little cheap because it’s super light but it looks chic and high end. The only thing I don’t like about the packaging is that it’s a finger print magnet, of course. Otherwise, it looks pretty good!
I picked up 3 berry toned shades that are just beautiful! Black Cherry is a deep plum with a cream finish. Uptown Mauve is a bright violet mauve with a cream finish. Sangria is a mid-tone berry with a cream finish. The moment I swatched these lippies I fell in love! They’re very creamy and super pigmented with just one swipe. I haven’t tried them on yet so I can’t rave about the formula but I can’t get enough of the colors I picked. Black Cherry is what I was hoping MAC Talk That Talk would be. Uptown Mauve was what I wanted Private Party to look like. Sangria is everything and more I thought MAC Heaux was going to be like when I first saw the promo pics. These are THE fall/winter shades I’ve been looking for! I can’t wait to start trying them on! Have you tried the Milani Color Statement lippies?
Black Cherry, Uptown Mauve and Sangria
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Things continue to heat up for Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas!
The Ginger Prince, 29, took the plunge ... but he didn't pop the question. Yet. He did, however, bring Bonas, 24, along to his family's Sandringham Estate for a hunting trip. Why is this such a big deal?
Because it means that Bonas is meeting the family—although the Queen didn't tag along this time. Harry's big brother, Prince William, took now-wife Kate Middleton to the estate a few times before finally proposing in November 2010.
"She's now part of Harry's inner sanctum," a source revealed. "The fact that she's been to Sandringham on numerous occasions proves that she's been welcomed into fold. She's a lovely girl and everyone is hoping they go the distance."
Harry's been to Bonas' family estates as well, with sources saying that her brood has "taken him under their wing." Right, like he needed the help! Still, isn't it sweet?
Royal insiders previously said that Bonas is probably The One for Harry. "He loves her—they're so compatible," a source close to the couple dished. "Cressie is very laid-back and he likes that. If all goes well, I'm 100 percent sure they'll be engaged next year."
We bet Bonas hopes that's true, too, because reports say she gave up her dancing career to be with the Prince. She didn't want the speculation to interfere with her stage dancing, so the British socialite took a gig as a personal assistant ... that is, until she becomes a princess.
More from YourTango!
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Knowledge is a weapon: Innovation Medal 2016 – Acceptance Speech
Innovation Medal 2016 – Acceptance Speech
the Chairman of the CNRS,
the Presidents and Vice-Presidents,
the Directors of Institutes,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Receiving the Innovation Medal 2016 is, in my eyes, so much more than a personal accolade.
Most of all, it marks the coming-of-age of what is now a twenty-year-old movement, but which has long remained on the sidelines: the open access movement, that is to say digital publishing stripped of any technical, legal or commercial barrier to the reader.
It is also about recognising the crucial role that the humanities and social sciences play in our understanding of the world. Understanding the world in its immense complexity: that is a noble and necessary ambition – both for the mind and for action. Because understanding the world is the first step towards changing it. In these troubled times, more than ever before, knowledge is a weapon – the most noble and pacific of weapons. And OpenEdition is our canon of common ideas.
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Tell Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Fire the officers who abused Anjanette Young
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ran on the promise that she would reform the city’s notoriously racist Police Department but, her lawyers fought in court trying to cover for police officers who used an incorrect no-knock search warrant to brutalize an innocent Black woman. Armed with a warrant granted on faulty information, at least nine Chicago police officers barged into the apartment of social worker Anjanette Young on February 21, 2019. Within seconds of busting open her door, officers handcuffed her, naked, and did not allow her to get dressed for nearly half an hour. Ms. Young told the officers 43 times that they were in the wrong place and that they had the wrong person.
Instead of pushing for transparency and accountability, Mayor Lightfoot’s legal team asked for a judge to punish Ms. Young — accusing her of leaking the video of the search. Mayor Lightfoot seems to care more about keeping information hidden than she does about disciplining the people responsible for Ms. Young’s abuse. Demand that Mayor Lightfoot fire the people responsible for this baseless warrant and launch an investigation into the city’s use of no-knock warrants.
Here is the Petition:
Dear Mayor Lightfoot
I am disturbed by the video of police breaking into the home of Anjanette Young on February 21, 2019. I am even more troubled by your administration's attempts to block the release of the video and to punish the woman subjected to this abuse.
Nearly two years after Ms. Young was forced to stand naked in her own home while at least nine police officers executed a baseless no-knock warrant, the Police Department still won’t say if the officer who requested this unfounded warrant has faced consequences for their actions. Furthermore, the Chicago Police Department will not share if the people responsible for the assault on Ms. Young have been punished.
You have a responsibility to Anjanette Young, and all Chicago residents, to fire those responsible for what happened on February 21, 2019 and to launch an investigation into the city’s use of no-knock warrants so that this never happens again.
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Sat, 17 November 2018
(November 17, 2018) Dr J was one of the speakers at this year's Call to Holiness Conference in Detroit, Michigan. This is her second talk (and the first time this material has been shared publicly): "Manifesto for the Family." If you missed her first talk "Understanding the Sexual Revolution," check out our podcast stream.
You've just been listening to Dr J's newest material, a talk on the "Manifesto for the Family" at this year's Call to Holiness Conference in Detroit, Michigan. We've produced a companion brochure of the same name available at our website.
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Hi, I'm Gayle. I'm a retired teacher and am very much enjoying all of God's blessings - especially our grandchildren and traveling. My husband and I love to travel in our RV, and though I'm definitely an amateur, I enjoy taking pictures of the amazing beauty to be found everywhere we go. I first fell in love with this site when I used the wunderful radars as a weather teaching tool in my classroom. Thanks Wunderground! Since I retired I discovered how much I enjoy seeing the world through the pictures here. I am so inspired by the beauty captured by you talented people. There's much to learn from all of you. Thanks everyone!
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My ex and I don’t split holidays, we share them together so our daughter doesn’t have to miss out on either of us. We buy together and contribute as a whole… not a half. Usually have Sunday dinner together as well so our girl gets at least one full family meal a week. We’ve also gone places together as a family because that’s what we still are. No courts, no payments, just us being parents like we signed up to be. read more →
These funky little relaxation jars are so easy to make and are wonderful visual aid for helping kids calm themselves when they’re feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
They’re a popular aid for parents but we also encourage teachers to use them in the classroom and have included the instructions in our primary/elementary school curriculum. read more →
I was at our local IGA supermarket and had just got in my car, went to start it and saw a mum with a maybe 6 month old on one hip, two bags of groceries in one hand, another bag in the other hand and a toddler struggling to let go of that hand in the car park. Cars and stuff about, obvious danger and mum was trying hard to get the toddler to stay with her. read more →
In the span of about 20 minutes I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to see almost every student enter the building. Some are dropped off by their parents. Others ride their bikes to school. But most of our students take the bus to school each morning.
I try to give as many students as possible a high five, a handshake or a hug. It is without a doubt one of the best parts of my school day. And while I look forward to seeing each and every child that enters the building, there are three girls that just always seem to make my day.
Invariably, one of them will see me first. Once she does, she comes to me. Arms wide open. Preparing for the biggest hug. The next girl latches on. Then another. Until some days we have what I like to call a three-person-hug. read more →
I remember walking into my bedroom one day after school to discover a brand new pair of aqua coloured jeans on my bed. I was so excited and grateful for those jeans as I had recently admired them in a shop but would never have asked my mum if I could have them. They were the latest trend and I knew we couldn’t afford them, but here they were, on my bed!
I almost knocked my mother over as I ran into her arms. I knew what sort of sacrifice she would have made to get them for me, so these were a very special gift that left a warm, vivid memory.
This is the sort of gratitude I hope my children feel when they are lucky enough to get something they’ve been wishing for. But it’s not just things I want them to appreciate, but their circumstances, their happiness, their friendships and all the ordinary things that surround them every day.
In a world where most children have all they could ever need, it can be difficult to teach them to be grateful. So how do you go about instilling a value that seems almost lost in our world of plenty?
Why Is Gratitude Important
Christine Carter is a sociologist from Greater Good Science Centre and a huge advocate for teaching gratitude. She shares some wisdom on why gratitude is important and how to help parents and teachers foster an attitude of gratitude.
We Are All Teachers
You’ve heard the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child”. When it comes to their education, the same principle should be applied in the form of a positive and proactive partnership between teachers, student and parents.
I’m a huge advocate for clear, open communication between all parties to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary stress. Good relationships between teachers and parents should be a priority to ensure the best outcome for children.
There are a number of simple things that parents and teachers can do to support one another.
Teachers supporting parents:
Keep parents up to date
Parents who confide in a teacher and don’t receive further feedback on an issue affecting their child can become frustrated and angry. If they’ve made an effort to contact the school, it means they’re genuinely concerned. They need to feel confident their child is being cared for by teachers staying contact and updating them on what’s being done.
Send home a note
Make a special effort to call or send home a note to parents of children who need extra support or are struggling to fit in. A teacher who shares a few kind words about their child’s successes or positive progress will win a parent’s heart in an instant. read more →
When you look back on your childhood, I imagine one thing that comes to mind are particular phrases or saying you heard your parents say on a regular basis. These are most likely the same things they heard from their own parents that have unconsciously become a part of who they are. And chances are, love it or hate it, that you’re also repeating some of the same expressions to your children.
According to Steve Biddulph, the author of “The Secret to Happy Children“, parents may be unknowingly “hypnotizing” their children. He refers to this type of programming as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy because hearing a particular suggestion over and over makes children believe it enough to make it a reality.
When parents say negative things about their child’s character like, you’re hopeless, you’re so lazy, you’ll never amount to anything, you can’t do that… they’re diluting their child’s belief in themselves. These type of putdowns are like tiny seeds that accumulate in the mind and when consistently watered, will eventually bloom into a pessimistic outlook on themselves and life.
Steve explains that “whenever we use certain patterns of speech, we reach into the unconscious minds of our children and program them, even though we have no such intention.”
The belief that to be hypnotized, a person had to be in an altered state of mind or trance, is old hat.
These days it’s understood that the mind can be programmed whilst a person is in a normal waking state without them being aware of it happening. It’s called accidental hypnosis because without even realizing it, parents are implanting messages in their child’s mind that can stay with them for a lifetime.
If you’re sighing right now in frustration or disappointment in yourself, you won’t be alone. Accidental hypnosis is a part of everyday life, and most of us do it! read more →
As a mother of three teenage daughters and an experienced elementary school teacher, I am deeply concerned about our kids. Let me explain. Children today live in a world filled with technology — iPad interaction from birth, social media from pre-teens and access to everything and anything on the Internet from a very young age. Don’t get me wrong, as a teacher I know technology can be an amazing tool for learning. Extraordinary really. What does deeply trouble me, is the negative aspect of child/learner interaction with technology.
I have come back to teaching after four years away. What I found on my return, was many children (dare I say the boys) had a much lower attention span than I had previously experienced in my teaching practice. Where once I had five- and six-year-olds listening and focused for 15 minutes, they were now only engaged for around five minutes. After that period of time, eyes started to roam, feet began to fidget and turning around seems a more entertaining thing to do!
In a time of technology overload, and on-line and off-line societal pressures, I have come to the conclusion that we need to formally teach our children the following:
- To be mindful of others and of themselves. That is, to show respect and empathy towards others and to show respect and empathy towards themselves.
- To be resilient. That is, we need children to feel confident about themselves and to be able to accept disappointment and even rejection without losing a sense of self. The teaching of resilience goes hand in hand with children learning to be assertive — both about their bodies and their mindset.
- To be focused learners. That is, I believe we formally need to teach children in a school environment to focus on a task and to slow their mind down, allowing them to sustain longer concentration.
My message to kids who bully other kids is:
You know it’s wrong! What’s really going on? Try not to make somebody else’s life miserable because you are.
– Joe Nichols
Let me begin by saying that I detest the ‘Bully,’ label. Bully is a loaded word. It provokes an emotional reaction of some kind to any person that you mention it to. From outrage to fear, everyone has an opinion. Bully Vs Victim, simple right? I disagree.
For me, this is not simple. Varying levels of light and shade must be considered if we are going to be successful in helping to reduce incidents of nastiness in schools. For a child to carry the label of bully is akin to a prison sentence that will haunt them for his or her school career with little chance of parole. To have the bully label surgically thrust upon you implies that it is a fundamental part of the person that you are, it’s who people are therefore expecting you to be. What a burden for a child to carry. To say that a child is displaying bullying behaviour is so much more positive because behaviours can easily be changed and disposed of so it gives everyone involved hope for change.
I am one of these really irritating people who holds the belief that there is good in 99% of the population and often in places that we are not expecting. My mission in life has always been to try and identify with people and find common-ground. I love words and believe that good quality communication, partnered with love and an attempt at understanding, can help to ease any situation. As a parent to four beautiful babies, I have found this to be extremely challenging at times, as I will explain. read more →
The best time to pause and take a moment to
breathe is when life is most frantic!
– Lisa Currie
It began as any other ordinary day, but in the end I would never view M&Ms the same way again.
We had finished our hustle and bustle through the Saturday mall traffic and I was bagged. Two kiddies under 6 in toe always make for an eventful shopping adventure. I vaguely recall the days when I could whip into a store and purchase a dozen items in less than 10 minutes. Now getting a pack of gum takes a monumental amount of time, with all the bathroom stops, people gazing, and general ‘squirrel’ attention-span dilemmas.
Busting, or rather grunting, our way through the ever-shockingly heavy glass doors, I catch a glimpse of the car in the distance and a sense of freedom finds me. “If I can just get there and sit for a moment, I’ll be fine,” crosses my mind. I can tell Liam of 6 and Nathaniel of 4 are feelin’ it too, because the whining is just beginning to peak.
We make it, barely it seems, and the boys scramble up and in. I strap littlest man into the 5-point space seat and make my way to home plate behind the wheel. “Safe!” read more →
What is the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?
Have you ever been asked to do a task – maybe you were starting a new job – and you believed before you started that you wouldn’t be good at it? Maybe you thought to yourself, ‘I am not going to be able to do this,’ only to try it out and realize that your fears were correct? This is known as a self-fulfilling prophecy. A sociologist named Robert K. Merton created this term in 1948 to describe ‘a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true.’ In other words, the prediction we make at the start of something affects our behavior in such a way that we make that prediction happen.
Since studying it for my BA, The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (SFP) has become a concept that frames my entire life. It is the way that I understand the world. It feeds in to the way that I react with myself and others. It’s the important concept that changed my thinking forever. It is the premise that the way that we think of ourselves, and the way that others think of us moulds us. It is vitally important because it can directly affect the way that we experience the world.
If I believe that I can, then I can. If I believe that you can, it helps you to believe it too. read more →
The best things in life are free!
Memorable days with your child needn’t cost the earth and often hold a lot more value when you use a little imagination and are prepared to step out of your comfort zone.
Here are 7 ways you can connect with your child, honor their unique self-expression and strengthen the parent-child bond without spending any money.
1. Let them dress you up and style your hair.
And if that’s not your thing, then they there’s always a massage, giving dad a shave or painting mom’s nails!
This exercise offers both parent and child the opportunity to tap into each other’s experience. Parents are reminded how it feels to have their hair yanked while being brushed or told what is and isn’t acceptable to wear. Children discover that taking care of others requires patience and kindness.
This activity allows us to reconnect with empathy and invites us to slow down and be fully present.
2. Play restaurant and make a menu or write a recipe book.
This is a wonderful opportunity to develop natural reading and math skills. Perhaps you have some special family recipes you can make together or pop in a home made recipe book. Use the internet to search for new healthy, yummy recipes to cook for your loved ones. Who knows, they may even become the new family favorites! read more →
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Days like this are the kind of days
that have me questioning everything, mostly myself. I have come so far, and
just about the time I think I’m gaining momentum, I hit a speed bump emblazoned
with the letters…. FAIL. I envision them painted in bright, neon green for some
It started at around 4 a.m. I was
having a dream that I needed to go to the bathroom. It was the kind of dream
where you are awake enough to somehow tell yourself , “Don’t wake up and go to
the bathroom because you’ll have a hard time falling back asleep and the alarm
is surely going to go off any minute now. You need sleep.” The dream won. Sure
enough, it was 4:12 a.m. I did my thing and realized instantly….the dreaded
UTI. Sorry guys, but it’s a girl’s worst enemy. Nothing can ruin a day’s plans
quite like this, short of getting hit by a bus. I rummaged through my stash of
expired medicine to see if there was anything left to take—nada. I tried to
fall back asleep—double nada. I downed water hoping to flush it all out…more
pain. I was literally counting the hours until the kids woke up so I could take
them to school and I could get myself to one of those doc in the box type
places for some drugs, stat.
This little illness follows the
Fifth Disease diagnosis my pre-schooler had last week and the little bladder
infection she had herself right on top of it. It’s been fun times around our
house for certain. Oh, and off topic – speaking of pee…the “sweet” kitty cat I
got for my daughter out of guilt for giving her dog away three years ago (which
she hasn’t forgotten and reminds me of almost weekly AND writes about in school
every chance she gets) is in perpetual heat. Since there are no male cats to be
found, she “releases” herself all over the house by marking her territory every
few inches along all of the baseboards. Pee sucks, especially around this
house. I hate pee.
OK, back on topic….I continued to
do my work, writing profiles and the like while trying to ignore my little
illness, praying the drugs I scored earlier would kick in. They never really
did. Finally, I gave up around 4 p.m. and called my personal doctor who said she could squeeze me in at 5. She had
a feeling this had gone to my kidneys or I just needed stronger medication. She
was right on both points and by 7 p.m., I was in a much better place. Still in
pain, but nothing compared to earlier in the day when it was so bad I was
nauseous with chills.
I managed to get some things done
around the house while tuning into Idol and called the kids in from outside to
get ready for bed. The oldest child came in on the first call, but I don’t know
who it was that tagged along behind her. It was a child that looked like
Olivia, but certainly didn’t act like her.
“I’m NOT going to bed and YOU CAN’T
MAKE ME!” (Said in an almost laughing/almost crying hysterical whine.)
(Insert howling wail/moan/mating
call from cat as she humps the laptop.)
Then, she pushed me. Not the cat –
I did the whole “you are on thin
ice, missy” routine. It didn’t affect her one bit.
So she pinched Kate.
“OWWW! Did you SEE that Mom?”
Kate takes off running with Liv
right behind her, kicking her whenever she gets the chance. Kate is yelling
while Liv is laughing, watching me with these daring eyes… “So, lady, what
are you going to do now?”
By this time the noise is at a
deafening level right when the phone rings. Kate recognizes it’s her dad’s
ringtone and immediately picks it up to tell on her little sister. The drama
escalates as Olivia takes a full glass of iced tea and proceeds to dump it out,
looking right at me, all over the coffee table as I watch it drip—wait, make
that pour—down onto the rug, creating a nice tea stain that will be impossible
to remove. Olivia laughs, delighted and proud of herself for making me scream
out in horror at what she had just done. Kate is giving her dad a play-by-play,
much to my disdain as I’m sure he’s reveling in the “I told her it would be
like this” glee.
Unfortunately, the pain pills haven’t
kicked in yet, and I’m feeling just about as bad as I felt earlier in the day,
but there’s no rest when there’s a spilled iced tea emergency and an ex-husband
laughing at your failure as a parent. I had to stop Liv from her rein of pre-K
terror. Kate keeps talking to her dad while I simultaneously clean up the mess
and deal with Olivia. Then I hear a WAIL, almost as bad as the cat’s, coming
from Kate’s room. Olivia had taken a large cup from the bathroom, filled it
with water, and dumped it right in the middle of Kate’s room, just to see what
This is what happened: It ruined
the art project she had been working on since December – colors bleeding
everywhere off of the poster.
“I HATE YOU OLIVIA! I HATE
EVERYONE! I HATE MY LIFE!”
SLAM. And then she cries to her dad
on the phone. I’m tempted to listen in, but I have bigger problems.
I continue to deal with Olivia –
grounding, stern voice and face, go to your room….all of it. She runs from me
and locks herself in the bathroom screaming at the top of her lungs, “I WANT A
NEW MOMMY! I HATE MY MOMMY! I WANT TO GO HOME TO ANOTHER HOUSE AND NOT THIS
HOUSE! YOU MAKE ME GO TO BED ALL THE TIME! I HATE EVERYONE IN THIS HOUSE! I
HATE EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD!”
By this time, I’m on the phone with
their dad talking about this new phase Olivia has entered into, which
apparently she showed off for him on Saturday night as well. He tells me to
ignore her. That’s what he did, and according to him, worked.
Kinda hard to do, but I try. I
continue to clean up and do things around the house while she continues her
rant. She tries to go into her sister’s room but realizes it’s locked. So she
starts kicking it and ripping the papers down that had been carefully taped up.
She finds me on the floor, sopping up spilled tea, and proceeds to kick me
square in the back and grab my shirt telling me she wishes I would go away
I sternly and rather forcefully
take her and sit her down right on my lap telling her that I know she’s tired
and doesn’t always like the rules but that she has lost all privileges for a
week, including coloring, play time, outside time….. I go on and on and talk to
her about apologizing to me and her sister. She runs to Kate’s room and screams
“I’M NOT SORRY!” She sees one glass of water left and throws it on me. And
laughs. I cry. I just start to cry.
Fine, go ahead. Tell me how I lost
all control at that moment and let a five year old defeat me. I was tired.
Sick. Nauseous. Earlier in the day, I went through all of my bills, paid them,
and realized yet once again that I work like crazy for pennies and every penny
goes to the house that I can’t sell. The same house, apparently, that both kids
hate and look at as the reason they aren’t in their “real house” anymore. I
hate this house. I really do. (Gee, I wonder where they get it?)
Off topic again. This house is too
much work. It’s too big for us. The rooms we don’t use are too big, and the
rooms we do use are too small. It’s a crappy floor plan. And speaking of
floors, they have cat pee on them in most every corner. EW. The yard is way
bigger than we’ll ever need. And guess what that yard does? Yep, grow. Guess
who sucks at using the lawnmower? Yep, me. It dies every few feet and I kill
myself starting it back up. Up until last week, the weeds were taller than Liv.
The HOA has killed countless trees sending me certified letters warning me to
fertilize and weed-eat my lawn. A lawn is a single working mom’s nightmare.
OK, sorry….back on topic. So I
continued with the bedtime routine. Helped her into her nightgown as she
struggled to fight me. Consoled my oldest daughter while she got into bed,
crying herself to sleep that it was “the worst day ever.” Turned off the light
while the youngest kicked and tossed and turned in her bed reminding me in her
loudest, yet broken with sobbing tears voice, “I hate you. You are the worstest
mommy ever, and I am not going to give you what I am making you in school for “modder’s
I calmly told her that it’s too bad
we had such a hard night and that tomorrow morning she needs to apologize to
her sister. That she has lost story privileges for the night and mommy’s going
to bed now. “I HATE EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY IS ANNOYING. EVERYBODY DOESN’T LOVE
ME!” I, of course, remind her that while I’m very disappointed her behavior tonight,
I love her very much. I pray it sinks in, but it doesn’t seem like it.
As mad as I am at her, my heart
breaks for her. She’s five and she’s beyond tired. Beyond upset. She realizes
what she’s done and doesn’t know what to do next. I tell her than when she
calms down I’ll come lay beside her. “You won’t. You always say you do and you
don’t. You lie!”
I remind her that I lay with her
every night until she falls asleep. She argues that point, but I let it go.
The tears dry and the
cry-breathe-thing slows down. She’s, at last, asleep.
I check on the oldest and she’s on
the floor, still in tears. Her bed is wet. Apparently, we missed it when Olivia
poured water on the bed as well. She looks at me with the “please let me sleep in
your room tonight” eyes. So I just say, “Come with me and go straight to sleep.”
We don’t really discuss anything.
She asks if I think there’s any way to save her poster. I tell her I don’t
know, but that we’ll try. And I remind her that it’s hard to be the youngest
when it seems like everyone else gets to do everything and you’re always “too
little.” She’s going on 9 ½, so she understands, even if she doesn’t like it.
I don’t like it, either.
When I finally sit down to finish
up some work, I realize I’m exhausted to the point of not even being able to
sleep…yet. And the tears just start to fall. First, a little here and there,
and then a floodgate. I thought maybe writing about it would help. It usually
does. And it already has. Not sure why, but it works. And whatever works,
I hate it that he got to literally
hear my FAIL tonight. He even got a play-by-play as it happened. Nothing I can
do about it now, but it admittedly bothers me. I thought abut calling my mom,
but I know she would just worry. There’s only so much your parents can do for
you when you’re a month shy of turning 38. This is my bed, and I’m all the way
I took some more medicine and
noticed that the pain has noticeably faded. I don’t know if it was because of
the medicine or because I was so incredibly distracted. As I wrap this up, I’m
happy to finally be tired enough to sleep and just annoyed enough to realize
the cat (MEEEOOOOWWWWWW) is going to keep me from it until she realizes that
there is no late-night bootie-call delivery service for male cats.
To my left is a pile of work which
is just going to have to wait until tomorrow. I think I need today to
officially be over. But before it is, I’m going to go check on the little one
and pull her covers up…make sure she has her ducky. I’ll keep telling myself
that this would be happening at this stage no matter where we lived or what our
life circumstance, but I have my doubts.
Today sucked – for me, for my
bladder, for Kate, for Liv, and yes even for my revved up, over-sexed cat.
Guess that’s why God gives us
tomorrows. To try again. I failed today. I’ll be feeling pretty good if I can
just get a C tomorrow. Extra credit for a smooth bedtime, too. A girl can
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Understanding Heterogeneity in Effects of Interventions for Chronic Pain
Kelli Allen, Ph.D.
Seminar date: 11/1/2022
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Target Audience: Researchers and clinicians interested in understanding how pain treatments may vary across patients and how research can help us to better understand these differences.
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The best way is to be open and to listen to her (if someone has a strong belief about their body image especially, it is very difficult to persuade them otherwise) It is possible that she may be bulimic (but no info here lists those symptoms)
You may gently point out to her that the fact remains that he had left, that you do not see what he had seen (a problem with her weight) and ask her if she thinks that perhaps since her ex was not able to be honest with himself and focus on his own reason he had used her as an escape goat and dumped the responsibility onto her.
In reality, no other person can make someone do something and on some level she ought to know that he had done what he had done due to his own choice.
What I worry about relates to the experience I had with my ex, where she did gain so much weight. I never complained and in fact didn't see her as fat. ( my ex wife was a very beautifull woman and did in fact gain a tremendous amount of weight ) My ex, later blamed me for "letting her get fat." Now while I realize that a woman's weight gain is not my resposibilty, I worry about, being so supportive to my girlfriend, that she won't have the desire to lose the weight that she wants. And then later, be unhappy because of that. But then I worry about encouraging her to do her diet, thinking that that will support her fears that she needs to lose weight to maintain my love.
Everything thus far about our relationship is healthy, but this is something I worry about simply because of the experience with my ex.
In either situation you can not be fully responsible for what each woman choses to do or not do. You may just have to let things go and see what comes out of it and try not to worry much because worry won't change anything except make you stressed out and she can detect that (and mistakenly may assume that it is because of her)
Just try to accept that each person will do what they believe will make them happy and satisfied and it is ultimately their decision. It would be helpful to focus on something else instead and just let her deal with the diet at this time.
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“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal isn’t necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.”
Practical Magic tells the story of two sisters descendant from a long line of witches, learning about magic and curses and dealing with the many issues that would undoubtedly present themselves when you’re a witch. I can remember seeing the movie, starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock when it came out in 1998. I was with a group of girlfriends and we all left that theatre thinking that being a witch seemed pretty awesome. Whenever the movie was on TV I’d watch it, so I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen it. But it wasn’t until last year that I noticed that Practical Magic is based on a book. And when I found that out I immediately went to the library to pick up the novel, written by Alice Hoffman.
Something occurred to me as soon as I started reading it: how the hell is this the first time I’ve read anything by Alice Hoffman? She’s written a lot of books, and she’s pretty damn good at it. One of the best reasons to read Practical Magic is that Alice Hoffman is an incredible writer. The way she puts words together makes this book such a joy to read. Here’s an example of a passage that I liked:
“…if a candle burns blue, that is something else entirely, that’s no luck at all, for it means there’s a spirit in your house. And if the flame should flicker, then grow stronger each time the candle is lit, the spirit is settling in. Its essence is wrapping around the furniture and the floorboards, it’s claiming the cabinets and the closets and will soon be rattling the windows and doors.”
But while the book is wonderfully written and completely worth reading even if you know the movie off by heart, I would strongly suggest not comparing the book to the movie at all. Seriously. Not even a little. Treat them as completely separate things or else you’ll find fault in both no matter what. The movie lacks the novel’s intricate plot but the novel doesn’t have midnight margaritas or a brilliant soundtrack. After reading the novel I felt that one story barely resembled the other and that I was okay with that. The movie is, as this article puts it, “a wonderful way to pass 105 minutes of your time.” But the book Practical Magic is so different from the film, so you kind of have to appreciate it for what it is instead of what it isn’t.
One thing I really liked about the book is that it doesn’t have all the Hollywood-style romance and schmaltz that the movie threw in. So obviously if you’re a fan of that kind of thing, you might want to stick to the film on this one. And speaking of romance, Jimmy is a much more interesting character in the book. Hoffman writes about him beautifully: “A man who doesn’t close his eyes, even for a kiss, is a man who wants to keep control at all times. Jimmy’s eyes had cold little flecks in the center, and each time she kissed him Gillian wondered if what she was doing wasn’t a little like making a pact with the devil.”
A good portion of Hoffman’s story is focused on Sally’s teenage children, Antonia and Kylie. And while the aunts play a big (and memorable) part of the movie, they aren’t even present for the majority of the book. When they do show up, they seem pretty miserable. Come to think of it, most of the characters in the book seem pretty miserable. And you know that curse that plays such a huge part in the movie? Yeah, that doesn’t exist in the book. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that the book has very little to do with magic at all.
I’ll be one of many who is re-watching Practical Magic sometime during the month of October, and when I do I won’t compare it to Hoffman’s novel. I will sit back and enjoy the movie, get goosebumps when the good songs come on and feel thankful that movies don’t always have to be completely faithful to the book they are based on because then we wouldn’t have gems like Practical Magic in our lives.
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Garden & Studio Happenings
It's been a very busy week here at the Mosaic Cottage in the swamp.
First, I'm trying to get my larger studio organized, as it is a total shit show in there! Everything tends to get shoved in my studio whenever we're working on a home project, but especially when we're expecting a severe storm, such as Hurricane Ida that arrived at the end of August 2021.
By the time we cleaned up all of the storm aftermath, it seemed Thanksgiving was right around the corner and we had our Arizona family visit us for the week. Then it was Christmas and we traveled to Florida to spend the holiday with the rest of our family. Then it was Carnival Season and Mardi Gras.......anyway, you get the picture.
So I'm now finally trying to get the place cleaned up.
Here's a pic of the shelves I built this week, that are now holding many of my glass bobble supplies. Before, they were scattered all over my work table (lordy). The shelves are providing me with much needed space, and bonus, I can see what I have available. I may build more.
I also have a little studio in my house that shares space with my sewing area and my office/library. It is not ideal for mosaic making, but I make do when the larger studio is not conducive to a positive work flow.
Here's a pic of one side of the space. Yep, that's carpet. I just can't worry about it.
Spring has arrived and my garden isn't going to plant itself. I have spent the last 8 weeks or more, germinating seeds and growing some very nice veggie plants, which in turn have taken over my house, greenhouse and patio.
I had hoped to have most of everything planted by now, but it's that tricky time of the year when a late freeze may show up and wreak havoc in your garden and THAT is exactly what happened last weekend.
Many of my plants that had started to wake from their winter's nap and stretch their legs in the 70/80 degree weather we had been having, got whammied by 26 degree temps with high winds.
Nature, she makes the rules, however, we humans sure don't help matters with our contributions to climate change.
Here's a few current pics of the garden:
I forgot to take pics of the front. Maybe next post.
Mike and I did a big cleanup in the garden/yard on Saturday, which included removing the very old and overgrown boxwood hedge next to the side of the house (I also had 3 very large trees cut down across from this area, the week before). The space is so open and spacious now. I'm thinking of planting a few holly trees, but isn't all of that open wall space calling for a some mosaic???!!!! Me thinks, YES!! I mean, it needs something. It's kind of a hot mess right now. Someone please clone me.
On Sunday, while Mike went fishing, I spent the majority of the day digging up old tree roots in an area where I want to add more raised beds. I truly thought this was going to be a one day job, but NOPE. Those freakin tree roots were an unwelcome surprise, although, I should've already known, AND, there are soooo many!!! Hence to say, I only have one box built (thanks to hubby), but I have HOURS of tree root digging ahead of me.
And on that note, it's time to sign off. I've got to head to the lab to get my blood tested to see if my new thyroid meds have straightened out my count. I thought everything was fine until I went for my annual dr's appt and found that my numbers had bottomed out.
After having a thyroidectomy over 10 years ago, I count on those meds to keep me in check. Fingers crossed.
Next week's post will include a new mosaic heart I've been working on. It just needs grouted :-)
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Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a 25-car train derailment in far northwest Iowa which led to the evacuation of a small number of people Sunday morning.
According to Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesperson, Amy McBeth, at about 4:15 Sunday morning 25 cars derailed just south of Lester, in Lyon County.
Some of the derailed cars were carrying LP gas.
She says reports were that one of those cars had been compromised. As a precaution ,the Lester Fire Department evacuated 12 residences. Crews were on site on Sunday determining the best way to clear the cars.
McBeth reports the train was traveling from Sioux City to Willmar, Minnesota. The train was carrying freight of all kinds. The crew was not injured in the incident, according to McBeth.
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Colorado Springs police are just releasing information about a robbery that happened at a post office Friday.
On Friday around 7:15 p.m., a postal worker was robbed at gunpoint. It happened at 12225 Voyager Parkway. Colorado Springs Police K-9 responded and conducted a search of the area, but was unable to locate the suspect. After the robbery, he then fled out the backof the business complex.
Police say the male suspect is approximately 6 feet tall and approximately 200 pounds, wearing a black hoodie, black pants and an orange and black bandana. He was described as having a strong body odor.
If you have any information about this robbery, call Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP.
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Year 8 Girls Tennis State Championships13/12/2019
Year 8 Girls Tennis Team battles it out at State Championships
While things were winding down for many students last Friday on their last official school day for 2019, things were ramping up for the Year 8 Girls Tennis team. After an excellent performance in Mildura earlier in the year, the team another big day, setting off for Melbourne to take on the best seven schools in the state.
The requirement for our girls was to finish first or second in their Pool, which would see them proceed to the Semi-Final stage. Unfortunately, despite some very good tennis from our team, the challenge of beating the State Champions and Runners Up from 2018, along with another very good school (all in our Pool), was too great a hurdle to overcome.
Even though the girls did not make it to the next stage on the day, they played well, had fun and learnt a lot from the experience. We congratulate the girls on a fantastic effort, finishing in the top eight teams in Victoria, and wish them further success in 2020.
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What is cognitive-behavioral therapy? A cognitive-behavioral therapy program treats substance use disorders, mental health disorders, or any combination of the two. The primary goal of cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, is to identify negative thoughts when they happen and to help redirect them in a more positive way. Surprisingly, many people seeking CBT don’t even realize what’s wrong. Rather, these cognitive distortions form in childhood or over a traumatic period of time. As a result, clients regularly experience destructive thoughts that sabotage or disrupt their lives in various ways.
Examples of cognitive distortions that may improve through the use of CBT include:
- Always expecting the worst to happen
- Judging people and situations as all good or all bad, with no shades of gray
- Placing people on pedestals and experiencing extreme disappointment when they fall
- Making insurmountable mountains out of molehills
- Believing you’re unlovable, unattractive, or unworthy
- Feeling like there’s no hope to be had
As a result, CBT is a popular choice for treating the symptoms of depression, drug addiction, bipolar disorder, and more. Through CBT, clients learn to identify wrong patterns of thinking, and they begin seeing the world as a place of opportunity and new beginnings, instead of as a dark, hopeless ordeal to be survived.
What Is Cognitive Therapy Designed to Treat?
Children growing up in homes filled with shameful secrets often learn to use cognitive distortions to survive. They’re not allowed to talk about an alcoholic parent or an abusive uncle, so they begin to believe that nothing they say has value. Therefore, they may decide that not talking at all is better than running the risk of saying the wrong thing.
Survivors of trauma may also develop distorted thinking as a result. For instance, soldiers in combat may begin to feel that there’s no good in anyone, or that nobody is trustworthy. Someone who has witnessed a terrorist act where many people died may begin to feel as though no place is safe and that the future is hopeless as a result.
It’s sad and discouraging to live this way. However, millions of people do just that without realizing exactly why they feel the way they do. CBT is a tool that effectively finds and heals the cognitive distortions that may keep you feeling trapped, unsuccessful, and lonely.
What Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy’s Effect On Addiction?
Addiction takes root because of risk factors. In short, two people can use the same drug in the same way, and one will never become addicted while the other one is doomed from the first inhalation, injection, or swallow. Risk factors for addiction include:
- Aggressive behavior from an early age
- Experimentation with drugs or alcohol at an early age
- Lack of parental guidance
- Seeing parents, friends, or relatives using drugs or drinking
Children growing up under conditions such as these often experience feelings of low self-esteem, anger, or unworthiness. As a result, to make the internal pain subside, they begin to self-medicate with drugs or alcohol. This, in turn, leads to a substance use disorder. CBT is helpful in alleviating the painful thoughts that make clients want to self-medicate. It can help them replace destructive thoughts with positive goals that are highly attainable. Subsequently, CBT often works best when combined with medication or other forms of therapy as part of an integrated, holistic drug and alcohol treatment approach.
What Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
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The Astra Militarum is the implacable military arm of the Imperium, and one of the largest forces in the galaxy. On thousands of battlefields scattered throughout the galaxy, the soldiers of the Astra Militarum march to war. They are the Hammer of the Emperor, who with faith, fury and sheer weight of numbers crush heretics and xenos alike beneath their boots. Massed ranks of Guardsmen unleash concentrated salvoes of las-blasts while officers bellow orders over the thunderous roar of tank and artillery fire.
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- Points values for all miniatures, weapons and wargear for use in Matched Play games;
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- 25 Stratagems, with 8 specific to the Regiments named above;
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“1 in 8 children have a diagnosable mental health disorder.” (Young Minds). That is roughly 3-4 pupils per classroom.
A lot of changes have been made to our usual everyday routines & lifestyles and we have had to adapt to the ‘new normal’ as best as we can. Children have been learning what it’s like to work from home, whilst also trying to understand why they can’t see their friends, and these changes can have a large effect on a child’s Mental Health.
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week: a week solely dedicated to focusing on our children’s Mental Health. Whilst advice & support is always available 365 days a year, the purpose of this week is to further encourage our children to talk.
We have come up with a series of questions to help start a conversation with your children, and we will be posting them throughout the week. These questions aren’t direct. In fact, they are the opposite. For example “What would you like to be when you are older?” or “What is your favourite food?”. The purpose of asking these questions is to give children the time to talk about what makes them happy, what they enjoy doing, what their interests are, etc.
If you have any other questions you’d like to share, please let us know.
For more information about Children’s Mental Health Week 2021, please visit: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/about-the-week/
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Refinancing your mortgage can be a good choice if you want to lower your interest rate or monthly payment, or if you need to tap into your equity in order to use the cash somewhere else.
If you want to reduce your mortgage principal, you can bring cash to the closing table in what’s called a cash-in refinance. If you prefer to tap into your equity, you may consider a cash-out refinance to get access to that money.
Before you decide on the course of action that is best for you, you need to understand the differences between a cash-in and cash-out refinance.
In a cash-in refinance, the homeowner puts in extra money at closing to pay down principal and boost the equity in the home, often in order to qualify for a refinance or avoid paying private mortgage insurance (PMI).
“A cash-in refinance is for people who have an existing loan-to-value ratio that is close to a notch point in pricing,” says Jack Guttentag, a professor emeritus at the Wharton School of Business who now runs an informational website called the Mortgage Professor.
For example, a homeowner who initially put down 20 percent may have less equity if the home’s assessed value has declined. Bringing cash to the closing in order to reach 20 percent equity could make it possible for that homeowner to qualify for the refinance or for a better interest rate.
Some who have the cash choose this type of refinance in part because of low interest rates on savings accounts and CDs. “If they didn’t feel like they had a better use for their money, they have the satisfaction of saying ‘Now I own more of my home,'” points out Rick Scott, an assistant professor of finance at Saint Leo University outside of Tampa, Fla. “Psychology is important in finance.”
Of course, many homeowners don’t have extra cash lying around for this purpose. According to data from Freddie Mac, 85 percent of those who refinanced during the second quarter of this year either maintained the same loan amount or lowered their principal balance by paying in additional money. Of those, only 2 percent reduced their principal balance.
Before a cash-in refinance, Scott suggests running the numbers to make sure you’re truly saving money. “Only do a cash-in refi if you could lower your interest rate enough to make up for the fees,” he says.
A cash-out refinance can be used to fund expenses such as home improvements, medical bills, or college tuition. Freddie Mac estimates that homeowners cashed out $9.5 billion in net home equity of conventional prime-credit home mortgages in the second quarter of this year. However, that number pales in comparison to the $84 billion in cash-out refinance volume during the second quarter of 2006, when cash-out refinances were more popular.
“Before the financial crisis, many people were refinancing as the value of their house went up and taking cash out to take vacations, buy a boat, or buy a nicer car,” Scott says. “But then the value of their house plunged and they were left underwater.”
According to Guttentag, cash-out refinances make up a larger portion of refinances overall when interest rates are high and a smaller portion when interest rates are low. That is because homeowners who don’t need to cash out equity are more motivated to refinance when rates are low.
Why refinance instead of taking out a home equity line of credit (HELOC)? Most HELOCs have an adjustable interest rate, so homeowners who want a fixed rate over 15, 25, or 30 years may prefer a cash-out refinance, according to Donald Frommeyer, president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. “You don’t have the expense that you might have in a HELOC,” he says.
Unsecured loans, such as a credit card or personal loan, typically charge higher interest rates than HELOCs or mortgages. “Say you wanted to take cash out to deal with some kind of emergency,” Scott says. “If it prevents you from borrowing at higher interest rates, a cash-out refinance might make sense.”
Still, it’s important to think through the repayment timeline and total interest before cashing out equity. “[Home-owners] have to understand and try to figure out exactly how much money they need and what the money is going be used for,” Frommeyer says. “You can’t just frivolously take out $20,000. You don’t want to put yourself in a bind where you’re going be financing that [money] over the entire term of the loan.”
Susan Johnston is a Boston-based freelancer who has covered personal finance for numerous publications including Bankrate.com, The Boston Globe, Learnvest.com, Mint.com, and USNews.com. Find out more at www.susan-johnston.com.
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In recent times, video sharing app like TikTok has gained huge popularity. If you are one of those aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking to create such an app like TikTok then you have hit the right button. Let’s get you into more details
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TikTok, a popular video-sharing app that has become a widely used entertainment option in the world. When apps like Facebook, Snapchat and Uber are losing their active users, TikTok has gained huge popularity and a wider user base in such a short span of time. Being a multi-faceted video-sharing app, users find a better engagement level and entertainment factor than the other apps they use. Not just the general public but even businesses are using this 15 seconds video sharing app to mark their presence in this world of competition.
TikTok has been developed by a Chinese Company Beijing Bytedance Technology Co. Due to its huge popularity worldwide, many startups these days are eyeing on creating an app like TikTok. Other competitors in this arena include Dubsmash, Pandora, Funimate, Triller, Viga Video, Video Star and Spotify. TikTok was originally known as Musical.ly. In the year 2016, Bytedance launched this app initially as Douyin in China and launch the international version of it as TikTok. They decide to purchase Musical.ly in 2017, and merge both of them in the year 2018. Even now China uses the initial version of the app i.e Douyin.
In this article, we will discuss the facts that will help you in creating an app like TikTok and enter the field of the mobile entertainment industry. The technicalities and cost involved in creating a video-sharing app is something that you must know before building it. We will also discuss as in how this app works, how it makes money, how it rose to fame, and much more to deepen your insights regarding the same.
In order to develop a quality app like TikTok, you need to understand the operation of this app from top to bottom. TikTok allows its users to post a 15-second video by lip-syncing to any famous songs and dialogues from movies or even the voice of other users as well. This app is a complete entertainer and lets its users have great fun and frolic.
TikTok lets its users record their videos performing or lip-syncing from a wide selection of sounds and snippets and also use special effects, stickers and filters for extra oomph. Users can share their exemplary performance over the most social media platform including Facebook and Instagram. Users around the world enjoy watching these videos. The scope of video creation is wider in TikTok ranging from challenges, dance videos, magic tricks, comedy skits and other funny videos. This app has successfully given a competitive edge and added a fun twist to the regular karaoke.
In-App Purchases– In TikTok, users are given a chance to upgrade their account in order to get some exciting features. For e.g. there are some amazing stickers and emoticons that can make their video creation to look more attractive and entertaining. Users can easily purchase these stickers and emoticons for a better video presentation. As per reports, with in-app purchases, TikTok has made 3.75 times more revenue.
Another great monetization strategy is to include in-app advertisements as well. This is a platform that is visited by millions of users, so the chances of increasing a brand’s visibility are high. Henceforth, many brands across the world are advertising themselves in these apps which is giving a huge amount of revenue for apps like TikTok.
Numerous users make money out of this video sharing app like TikTok. Here’s how.
Brands around the world can shell out any amount of money to users with a large number of followers to promote their brand. It is highly important to find creative ways to promote a brand in order to avoid losing followers. For a great profile, users must think ways to sanely promote any brands they are collaborating with.
An App like TikTok can be used to sell their product as well. Any users who are looking to promote and sell their product can use this wider platform for better sales. Giving the links of your product or using other creative techniques to promote your business can be a great idea to let your users have some entertainment as well as help you monetize.
TikTok allows cross-promotion, wherein the users can promote their other social media platforms. For e.g. if one is active on YouTube, then he can also promote the same in TikTok. This platform can be used to promote their other ventures as well. Through this strategy, they can make use of this platform to engage their audience and promote their other ventures just in case one of them fails.
TikTok’s popularity has to be credited to multiple factors. It became one of the most downloaded apps in the Apple store in October 2018 and surpassed over 500 million active users per month. Below are some of the reasons for its popularity:
ITikTok has multiple celebrity endorsements. This tactic has been crucial in expanding the geographical popularity of this video sharing app.Through this strategy, celebrities promote TikTok on other social media platforms as well. This tactic has given TikTok huge number of engagements and downloads.
It’s a known fact that this app is a globalized one. But this app displays its content as per the location separately. By using local trending hashtags, this app makes a video viral and gain more popularity over time.
Being short-form video creation, it is effortless to make videos as well as see the video. TikTok also allows its users to easily watch random videos and have all the fun and entertainment they are seeking for.
TikTok had suffered a ban and suffered a major backlash in the past years. Since inception, TikTok has suffered multiple legal issues. Indonesia had completely banned TikTok app on 3rd July 2018 for concerns over negative contents such as pornography and blasphemy. But eventually, this ban was removed after making sufficient changes and implementing security measures.
Even the Government of India had banned the app once for encouraging pornography content. TikTok was removed by the Google Play and the App store on 17 April. The ban was lifted later after removing over 6 million videos that violated its guidelines. TikTok is a safe app if known how to use it responsibly.
If you wish to create a video sharing app like TikTok then having a huge capital resource is not sufficient enough. Only by hiring a team of efficient developers can get you close to the dream of creating an app like TikTok. You would require:
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The cost involved in developing an app like TikTok depends on various factors such as the number of platforms, features incorporated, technologies used, resource allocation, complexity in designs, region to target and number of hours consumed to develop an app. As per our experience, the approximate cost for a video sharing app development with basic functionalities may take somewhere around $25,000. But with the increasing complexities, the cost may go up to $35,000-$50,000.
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It’s the moment Once Upon a Time fans have been waiting for. The ABC show has finally released the first official trailer that features the new cast members from Frozen. The show features a 30-second clip that’s just enough of a tease to make it impossible for fans to wait another few weeks for the new season to air.
During the trailer, it appears that the land of Storybrooke is a little bit on the cold side. As Elsa passes through some of the most popular landmarks in the “town,” things are looking a little cold. In addition to Elsa, however, the trailer also features some shots of the veteran cast members. In one scene, fans are given a glimpse of Emma, Jennifer Morrison’s character, who seems not even remotely pleased to see Elsa show up in Storybrooke. “Really?” she asks in an exasperated and upset tone of voice as she seems completely unenthused.
Additionally, Regina the Evil Queen, played by Lana Parrilla, seems a bit uncaring about the entrance of Elsa and her clan to Storybrooke. In her scene in the trailers, she merely remarks, “Here we go again,” and leaves it at that. The show returns to ABC on September 28, and fans are waiting for the night with anticipation. Ever since the season finale showed a glimpse of Elsa’s entrance to the show, fans have been waiting impatiently to see who would be cast, what the storyline would entail and how the new characters would be introduced to Storybrooke.
While ABC cast its new Frozen characters over the summer, fans were thrilled each time one was publicly announced, showing their excitement about the upcoming season and the casting for each of the new roles. With just a few weeks left until the new season airs, fans don’t have to wait much longer to find out how things are going to go in Storybrooke.
(Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Bloomingdale’s)
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British boxers ruled in the ring as they enjoyed a successful run in the semi-finals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, in Delhi, on Monday.
They won 13 out of 20 semi-final bouts in various categories.
England completed a sweep -- all five of their boxers going through to the gold medal round -- while four boxers from Northern Ireland also advanced to the title round, and three from Scotland and one from Wales made the grade.
It turned out to be a nightmarish day for India, as four out of their seven boxers, including world No 1 Vijender Singh lost in the semi-finals
In fact, all the four Indian boxers -- Jai Bhagwan, Dilbagh Singh, Amandeep Singh and Vijender -- were all shown the door by the boxers from United Kingdom.
Only Suranjoy Mayengbam (52 kg), Manoj Kumar (64 kg) and Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) made it to the finals.
Olympic bronze medal-winning pugilist Vijender (75kg) bowed out in the semi-finals after a couple of controversial warnings, prompting a the Indian team to lodge a protest.
Although India is set for its best-ever medal haul of seven, the colour of the metal yet to be decided, it was a thoroughly disappointing day for the nation's boxers as they found themselves at the receiving end of some harsh refereeing -- the most stunning being Vijender's 3-4 loss to England's 22-year-old former cadet champion Anthony Ogogo.
The Indian team has filed a protest against the refereeing.
"We have a filed protest. A jury will now sit after the last bout of the day and they will review the bout. Altering the result is also a possibility," Indian Boxing Federation secretary-general Col P K Muralidharan Raja said.
If the result stands, then Vijender, who won a silver in the previous Commonwealth Games, will have to settle for a bronze this time.
All of Ogogo's four points came through warnings handed to Vijender in the third round by Canadian referee Michael Summers.
The world No 1 Indian was leading 3-2 with barely 20 seconds left on the clock when he was handed a warning for holding his opponent in an engrossing fight.
The decision seemed harsh after Vijender was penalised earlier in the bout for hitting Ogogo on the back of his head.
The capacity crowd at the Talkatora stadium booed Ogogo and chanted 'cheater, cheater' even as a visibly upset Vijender made his way out of the arena without speaking to the waiting media.
Ogogo, exulting after perhaps the biggest win of his career, said a "boxer of Vijender's stature should not have acted the way he did in the ring".
"If you think the warnings were harsh then even I didn't get points for some of the clear punches I landed. Even if he had not been warned, I think I would have won," Ogogo said.
Earlier, Commonwealth Championships gold medallist Amandeep Singh (49kg), Asian silver-medallist Jai Bhagwan (60kg) and nine-time national champion Dilbag Singh (69kg) lost their semi-final bouts.
But Suranjoy Singh (52kg) and Manoj Kumar (60kg) are assured at least silver medals after they defeated Kenya's Benson Njangiri and Pakistan's Haroon Iqbal respectively.
Olympic bronze medallist Paddy Barnes (Light Flyweight 49kg), Patrick Gallagher (Welterweight 69kg) and Thomas McCarthy (Light Heavyweight 81kg) will each have the chance to win a gold medal in the finals on Wednesday.
Barnes cruised to a 5-0 victory over Amandeep, followed by Gallagher clinching a thriller 4-3 victory against another Dilbagh while McCarthy got the better of Kenyan Joshua Makonjio.
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A private company plans to break ground on a bullet train between Houston and Dallas in 2019. But opponents of the project have a new argument.
Thanks to an '80s mania for traffic calming, the St. Louis grid is broken by hundreds of bollards and cul-de-sacs. Critics say it’s time to get rid of them.
City Councilor Michelle Wu, a Chicago native, has pushed for fare-free transit, tangled with Airbnb over housing regulations, and shaken up the politics of Old Boston.
Architecture students in Buffalo built their own versions of the "laufmaschine," a proto-bike invented in response to a 19th-century environmental crisis.
As prices drop for renewable power, some researchers hope the island state could be the ideal testbed for hydrogen fuel cells in public transportation.
Sinkholes, winter-weary trains, and political upheaval have held the Confederation Line light-rail transit back from a seriously overdue opening.
New data show a staggering rise in shared dockless e-scooter use nationwide. But commuting habits have seen little change since the dawn of micromobility.
Given the affordable housing crisis, California cities should encourage single-family homeowners to convert garages into apartments and accessory dwelling units.
This collective fundraising technique can help defuse anti-cyclist sentiment before it dooms protected bike lanes and other new infrastructure.
It took some creative advocacy from mimes and masked wrestlers to encourage Mexico lawmakers to vote on a groundbreaking national traffic safety law.
Research shows nearly one in five childhood asthma cases were caused by traffic-related air pollution.
It’s not because the company actually makes any money.
The inaugural WRI Ross Prize for Cities goes to SARSAI, a program that makes streets safer for children in Dar es Salaam and other African cities.
The Boston suburb now mandates the addition of protected bike lanes on all streets due for planned upgrades. It’s a strategy other cities should follow.
The Netherlands recently let train travelers ride free if they carried a book. Here are other strange offers that covered the cost of train or bus tickets.
After a fatal crash involving a bicyclist, the city tried banning private cars in Mount Royal Park. But public opposition to the pilot program was fierce.
Photographer Patrick Wright carried his camera on the city’s rapid transit system for four years, taking photos of over a thousand riders.
The town next to the George Washington Bridge is fed—and cursed—by cars and trucks flowing to New York City. But there’s more to Fort Lee than traffic.
State Senator Scott Wiener’s SB 50 would rewrite the state’s single-family zoning codes. What's wrong with that? A lot, say opponents.
From the Electrobat to the Nissan Leaf, a century of New York—and the world’s—flirtation with battery-powered cabs.
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President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been labeled everything from isolationist to realist and everything in between. In maneuvering through the clues of policy that Trump has left us throughout his campaign and his presidency, a common thread can be found. This metaphorical thread is in some ways revolutionary — not necessarily in its existence, but rather in its blatant acknowledgement in recent mainstream American politics. This overarching theme is as harrowing as it is simplistic: American nationalism. Trump has centered his interactions with the outside world around the idea that Americans are the best, must be respected, are superior, and deserve more than their foreign counterparts — solely because of the land they happened to be born on.
This is not a new concept, and is in fact one that is ingrained in our human society: maintaining loyalty to the nation-state. In his April 2016 foreign policy speech, Trump said, “the nation-state remains the true foundation for happiness and harmony,” laying his allegiances with the interests of the American nation over those of any other country or foreign citizen. The White House website now reads, “The world will be more peaceful and more prosperous with a stronger and more respected America.” Having established this nation-oriented foundation, Trump builds his foreign policy by holding together bits and pieces of the sometimes conflicting ideologies of isolationism and realism to adhere to what he believes is America’s inherent best-ness.
Before we consider whether such an America-first view is morally laudable or not, it would be helpful to outline the ways in which Trump seeks to manifest in reality this nationalist notion through isolationism and realism.
Isolationism emphasizes the importance of non-intervention and keeping away from the affairs of other countries for the benefit of that country’s own domestic prosperity. Trump has expressed isolationist sentiments especially in relation to U.S. allies, trade, energy and international politics. He believes that America must pull back from allies who do not “prove their friendship”; must withdraw from free trade agreements to further bias American interests; must stop depending on foreign energy sources, taking advantage of our own natural resources; and stop imposing democracy upon other countries though liberalist policies. Trump believes such isolationism will help Americans, and though he does not suggest this himself, isolationism may help foreign countries and citizens as well. A lack of foreign intervention shows respect for a country’s sovereignty, allowing it to reach independence and stability on its own terms. As John Stuart Mill, one of the most influential minds of western philosophy, puts it, isolationism may encourage other countries to “fight for their freedom themselves so they may learn to value it.”
Yet Trump is far from loyal to an isolationist foreign policy ideology. He uses isolationism so long as it advances the American nation’s interests or its image of respectability. Thus, when it comes to the use of force and military intervention, Trump adopts a realist perspective.
Realism is the increasingly popular idea that on the international scale, all nations are in a Hobbesian state of nature — interactions guided by power dynamics and shows of real strength. This being a world in which the strong, like America, dominate the weak because they can. As long as this realist view serves Trump’s purpose of enforcing America’s inherent superiority, it may be irrelevant to him that such policies call for forceful and destabilizing military intervention into other sovereign nations. Quite contrary to isolationism, Trump has taken an aggressive stance against ISIS and vows to “bomb the hell” out of them so that “no one – and I mean no one – will mess with us” — a blatant show of force, power, and pride. He goes so far as to proclaim that the wives and children of terrorists must be killed as well — a gross violation not only of the family’s’ right to life but also of the sovereignty of the countries that America would invade. Already Trump approved what has now been verified as a disastrous military raid into Yemen against al Qaeda — his very first military operation.
Trump seeks to make such realist power-driven decisions in realms other than military intervention as well, such as in immigration laws against Mexico; more coercive trade laws with NAFTA and TPP; and a pro-authoritarian approach to diplomacy with leaders like Vladimir Putin, who Trump views as a “strong man.”
Using both isolationism and realism to reach his goal of pursuing American interests, Trump’s actions bring up important questions about whether this goal worth reaching. Intuitively, it is perhaps true that the president of a nation has obligations only to the people of his country. As Machiavelli argued, the statesman of a country may have a different set of morals from that of a common citizen. Thus, while the citizens of America may feel obligated to care for the lives of Mexican workers or the Syrian civilians, the statesman may not be obliged in the same way since his or her priority is to one’s countrymen.
If not to eliminate such sentiments of nation-centrism, it may be beneficial for us to be skeptical, and give weight to alternative perspectives on foreign affairs. For example, many Constructivists and moral philosophers find that nations mustn’t necessarily operate under pure self-interest. It is possible that we can find a way to address in foreign policy the common humanity in all humans no matter where they live, and pass this compassion on to those who represent us and our values in the government. As Daniel Beck of The Prindle Post explains in Demographics, Refugees, and Immigration, the philosopher Peter Singer proposes an expansion of our realms of compassion to more than just our immediate group, our country, or species, by pushing ourselves “to develop a universal and impartial system of morality.” To further this view, foreign policy constructionists argue that individuals have rights regardless of the laws of their country and that we must work to establish an international order to bring about stable, widespread peace.
Given Trump’s strategically outfitted foreign policy, he is inducing a kind of collective reminiscing of the glory of the nation state. While patriotism may be a virtue, blind loyalty to one’s nation is troublesome, something that Trump seems “historically illiterate” towards. Coming to a close on the first month of a Trump presidency, all we can do is hope that, as Trump said himself, this “new national pride will [in fact] stir ourselves, lift our sights, and heal our divisions.”
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This fall, the Product and Engineering team at DoubleDutch has been working away on a beautiful redesign of our industry-leading event app platform. While every aspect of the app and backend dashboard will be getting a fresh coat of paint (hint, hint), one of the most noticeable changes we're making is an overhaul of the navigation for all of our mobile apps (iPhone, iPad, Android and HTML5).
From usage data we’ve collected at hundreds of events, we learned that there are four areas of the app which are accessed most frequently: Activity Feed, Agenda, Leaderboard and Networking. We set out to design a new navigation menu that would make it easier for users to get into these areas, yet still retain the customization and branding opportunities that our customers love.
The solution our design team came up with was to switch out the dashboard-style grid navigation with a hybrid grid/list side menu, a tweak on a design pattern that has become the new standard in leading social apps like Facebook and Path. The key advantage a side menu has over a dashboard menu is that it makes the app much quicker to navigate. No matter how deeply you navigate in the app, you can always pull the menu out from the left side, eliminating the need to tap or swipe “back” several times to access different sections of the app.
Being able to quickly find information is especially important at an event, where packed schedules are the norm. The grid section at the top of the menu allows organizers to highlight features that their attendees will use most frequently, and is fully customizable to fit within branding, just like the old DoubleDutch.
You can check out a sneak peek of the new design below. We’re putting the final touches on the apps this week, and customers who are creating their apps with us in the next month can expect to have a slick new version of DoubleDutch for their attendees.
Stay tuned for more updates about new features we’re including in this release!
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Unicorn worshipper and undisputed donut eater, our Unicorn Donuts T-Shirt is made for you. Comfortable, offering a relaxed look while well accessorised, this t-shirt can be worn with jeans, shorts or a skirt to offer a quirky look.
This gourmet unicorn t-shirt is made of organic cotton and is very comfortable to wear. This short-sleeved t-shirt can be worn in summer or winter with a nice hoodie. Many sizes are available, you are sure to find yours!
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The search for a method that utilizes biological information to predict humans’ place of origin has occupied scientists for millennia. Over the past four decades, scientists have employed genetic data in an effort to achieve this goal but with limited success. While biogeographical algorithms using next-generation sequencing data have achieved an accuracy of 700 km in Europe, they were inaccurate elsewhere. Here we describe the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) algorithm and demonstrate its accuracy with three data sets using 40,000–130,000 SNPs. GPS placed 83% of worldwide individuals in their country of origin. Applied to over 200 Sardinians villagers, GPS placed a quarter of them in their villages and most of the rest within 50 km of their villages. GPS’s accuracy and power to infer the biogeography of worldwide individuals down to their country or, in some cases, village, of origin, underscores the promise of admixture-based methods for biogeography and has ramifications for genetic ancestry testing.
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Headquartered in Harahan, Louisiana, Life10 Electrolyte is a naturally alkaline water that provides the body with five (5) essential minerals; Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Choride and Sodium, which keep the body in a healthy alkaline state.
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Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Whether by land, air or sea, there are a number of ways to explore the Hawaiian islands. Few modes of transportation, however, are as memorable—not to mention downright fun—as a Molokai mule ride down to historic Kalaupapa.
It was 1835 when the first case of leprosy, now called Hansen’s Disease, was documented in Hawaii. In time, Islanders stricken with the disease were quarantined at Kalaupapa, located on the central northern coast of Molokai. They were pushed off a boat into the waters off the peninsula, leaving the outcasts to swim to shore. Sorrowfully, the Hawaiians referred to leprosy as “Mai hookaawale,” or “the separating disease.”
Joseph de Veuster arrived at Kalaupapa in 1873 to care for the patients. “The sick are arriving by the boatloads,” he lamented to his superiors. “They die in droves.” Sixteen years later, at the age of 49, de Veuster, now known as Father Damien, himself succumbed to the disease.
Today, Hansen’s Disease is controlled by modern medicine and is no longer considered a public threat. Established in 1980, Kalaupapa National Historical Park is dedicated to preserving the memories and experiences of the past in hopes that valuable lessons may be learned from them. A visit to the park is regarded as one of Hawaii’s more moving experiences.
Molokai Mule Tour
The journey down to Kalaupapa begins with a briefing and “get acquainted” session with your mule. The mules are trained by Molokai Mule Ride owner Buzzy Sproat, a well-known figure in the state’s rodeo circuit.
You’ll ride down the world’s highest sea cliff’s—1,700 feet—taking in sweeping vistas of raw, rugged beauty. The 2.9-mile trail, with 26 switchbacks, will simply take your breath away. (And don’t worry about taking a sudden wrong turn; the mules know exactly where they are going!)
Available Monday through Saturday, the guided tour includes all entry permits, a light picnic lunch, and a completion souvenir certificate. From start to finish, the experience takes about seven hours. All participants must be at least 16 years of age.
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Here’s today’s quote on my author website JillMRoberts.com
The dead can survive as part of the lives of those that still live.
Happy birthday, Kenzaburō Ōe! The Nobel Prize winner owes his love of stories to his mother, who bought him The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils when he was a young boy. Ōe has said he “will carry to the grave” the impact of these books on his life.
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1+OC+The men have arrived. Have you seen them? — Amadoda afikile. Uwabonile?The dogs are hungry. Please feed them — Izinja zilambile. Nceda uzityise
2As for them, they're all tired! — Bona, badiniwe bonke!
'Them' as used in Sense 1 above is usually expressed by an object concord (OC). 'Them' can also be expressed by an absolute pronoun, especially to show emphasis or contrast.
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NEWS PROVIDED BY CS Global Partners
LONDON, June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Last week, a St Kitts and Nevis delegation led by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Timothy Harris, attended the Caribbean Development Bank’s 49th Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors held in Trinidad and Tobago. The event, which focused on economic transformation, is hosted yearly in one of 29 member countries.
In an opening statement by President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr William Warren Smith, spoke of the need for transformation in the region particularly regarding fiscal management. In October, 2018, St Kitts and Nevis, one of the Borrowing Member Countries, successfully reduced its public debt from 145% of GDP in 2010 to 60% in 2019. While the target date was 2030, the islands managed to reach this milestone twelve years earlier. This makes the nation the first independent country in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to achieve this international benchmark.
Fiscal management is a quality that the Government of St Kitts and Nevis prides itself in. During a press conference last month, PM Harris revealed that the islands’ fiscal position was stronger than ever: “Our 2019 fiscal results for period January 1st to 30th April 2019, indicate that we have achieved a surplus on the recurrent account 2019; our overall balance reveals a surplus; the primary account is also showing a significant surplus and the net fiscal position is remarkably strong as at the end of April 2019. Our fiscal house then, is robustly strong and one of the best in the region.”
St Kitts and Nevis has been registering an upward economic trajectory, further supported by the islands’ Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme. Since 1984, the dual-island nation has been empowering foreign investors and their families to obtain second citizenship by making an economic contribution towards the national advancement of St Kitts and Nevis. The Sustainable Growth Fund is the latest investment channel introduced by Premier Harris and is considered the most straightforward route under CBI. Once due diligence is successfully completed and an investment is made, approved applicants gain access to several benefits, including visa-free/visa-on-arrival travel to approximately 160 destinations, enhanced business prospects and the option to pass down their citizenship to future generations. The programme remains the longest standing in the industry and is known as the Platinum Standard brand of CBI.
SOURCE CS Global Partners
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Baba is popularly known as “Servesabier”, a typical Arab salesman of Barcelona. You can see them all around the city, specially in tourist places. They frequently have problems with the police and with aggressive consumers. Hence Baba, with his great knowledge of peddling, has developed a definitive mechanism to avoid them: “two helium balloons”. It will help him to fly all over Barcelona selling the beer cans without being caught, however the police “Mossos d’esquadra” has learned a way to catch him, even Baba forgot that in heaven there are dangers even worse, Killer pidgeons! Throughout the game, you must get the maximum number of Euro coins for Baba. Among his powers you will find:
- The Durum Accelerator: Eating a Durum makes Baba go faster and helps him to bear his hard working day.
- Samosa shield: Baba picks a delicious samosa shield. If he is caught, then offers the samosa for free to continue selling beer cans, and it always works! No one can resist such a tasty delicacy.
- € 10 Bang: Sometimes Baba comes across thirsty customers which buy a bunch of beer cans, winning € 10 all of a sudden. In moments like these Baba explodes with happiness and becomes unstoppable!
- Heart of Rebirth: Because Baba deserves another opportunity…
We hope you enjoy the beautiful sights offered by Barcelona, a real spectacle of colourful landscapes which would make you enjoy this wonderful city. And remember, help Baba to catch all the Euro coins and try to not be caught.
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September 03, 2010 09:00 AM by Jennifer
Even though they have known each other for years, tattooed LA Ink star Kat Von D and recently divorced motorcycle creator and fellow reality star Jesse James have always remained friends..up until now! Keep reading to see what Kat says about falling in love with Sandra Bullock’s ex!
They’ve been spotted being affectionate on numerous occasions, and recently admitted that they are in fact dating. However, as Kat told    People magazine, they did not start a relationship until after his divorce, and reports of his cheating ways has not affected her feelings for him.
Von D tells People, “I stayed away from that as much as possible, and when we connected recently, it was such a positive thing. It was just like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t spent this much time with you the entire time I’ve known you.’ Now I’m just embracing it and enjoying it.”
“Jesse is only my ninth boyfriend. I don’t hang out with anybody unless I am in love,” she adds. When she was asked if Jesse James is ‘the one’, Kat replied,”"I believe he is, so yeah.”
Want more? Follow our tweets on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook! For other great Celebrity Apprentice news, please feel free to check out SirLinksALot: Celebrity Apprentice and then come and discuss the show on our reality TV message boards.
For more breaking news about celebrities and entertainment visit our sister site SheKnows.com!
Photo Credit: Wire Image
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Product information: **B Grade** Creative Gigaworks T40 Series II 2.0 Speaker System (51MF1615AA003)
B Grade items may have been used, have damaged packaging, missing accessories or a combination of these.
Some items may have scuff marks or slight scratches but should otherwise be an operable product.
- Top-of-the-line two-piece speaker system designed for a pure music listening experience.
- Professional quality woofer drivers and high-tech tweeters arranged in MTM (midrange-tweeter-midrange) layout for enhanced acoustic balance.
- BasXPort technology provides dynamic bass support without a subwoofer.
- Front-mounted controls for convenient adjustment, with dual connectivity for connection to different sources without swapping cables.
- Ideal for use with PCs and MP3 players.
- Frequency Response: 50Hz to 20K Hz
- Rated Output (Satellites): 2 x 8 Watts
- Form Factor 2 x Satellites
- Case Colour Black
- Width: 8.8 cm
- Depth: 14.3 cm
- Height: 31.3 cm
- In The Box: Two speakers - Stereo-to-stereo audio cable (2m) - Dual RCA-to-stereo adaptor (TV adaptor) - Power supply adaptor - Quick Start leaflet - - Warranty and Technical Support leaflet
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Scientists have created sperm cells from skin cells – an endeavour that is expected to help couples afflicted with infertility. The paper is published online in Scientific Reports.
15% of the world population of couples are unable to have children because they do not have the gametes. They, thus, often have to make use of donated sperm and eggs. This might hopefully change, as a new study brings forth another possibility for them.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a way for these people to have their own gametes? This is the concept that scientists from Spain have put forward. They have been able to make human sperm from skin cells, thereby bringing hope for infertile couples to have their own children.
The study was conducted by researchers from the first medical institution in Spain – the Valencian Infertility Institute – that is completely dedicated to helping couples with reproduction. One of the authors, Carlos Simon, who is the scientific director of the institution, explains that their aim is to address the problem of couples lacking gametes by creating the cells for them. Simon says that they drew inspiration from the work of the pair of scientists who won the Nobel Prize for their discovery revolving around the transformation of adult cells into embryo-like stem cells (scientists Shinya Yamanaka and John Gordon).
Simon and his colleagues were able to reproduce the end result of that research. They reengineered mature skin cells genetically so that they could produce gametes. These cells made the transition to germ cells that could then become sperms of eggs. However, these sperm and egg cells were not able to fertilise because they had not yet undergone maturation into gametes.
Therefore, we are a long way from actually having a child born from this method. In the meantime, more analysis and testing will need to be done. Furthermore, the ethical aspect of this practice will have to be taken into consideration since some countries do not allow the creation of artificial embryos.
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| Your poor Daddy! Purrhaps he should invest in some high-water pajamas or some without cuffs....Speaking of socks (:^, Mommi found a brand new two pairs still in the package and hid them in her sock drawer! They were brown, and besides, Ro like s white. And speaking of shoes () Mommi is contemplating the permanent banishment of all her high heels to the thrift store, even the twenty-some year old Italian ones! We'll believe it when we see it.
Daisy Mae---have you had an MRI done on your back? That is how Mommi found out about her spinal degeneration---she tried to pick up a heavy Christmas box and put it down suddenly as something in her head said, "Put it down!"). The next day she had no feeling in her upper right leg. After an MRI, the docs found an ruptured disc.
Not to frighten you, but maybe you had better have disc disease ruled out? Sorry to stick my flat nose into your business, but we just care about you is all.
PS: Joe Thunderbear is a noodle-head
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Estancia Brings Your Sweet Illusions To Life With This Year’s Candy-Inspired Christmas Installations
Ortigas & Company’s award-winning Christmas installation is returning with a brand new theme this November 12 at Estancia to give holiday revelers a pleasant surprise.
In line with the company’s candy land theme this year, Estancia is putting together another Christmas must-see named Sweet Illusion Chambers – delectable rooms with light installations that bring to mind the candies and desserts that everybody craves for, especially during the holiday season. These Instagram-worthy and interactive rooms are open during mall hours and will run until January 6, 2019.
The four secret rooms are strategically placed across Capitol Commons––at the mall and the park––with each beholding a fun surprise for those who venture inside.
For those who wish to see a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the Tutti Frutti or Rainbow Prism Room awaits at the Capitol Commons Park. And inside Estancia, if you’re in search of a sweet thrill, the Sugar Rush at the Laser Room promises a feeling a rush quicker than a ray of light. And for those who prefer a sweet escape, the Candy Blast at the Shadow Light Room offers a delightful haven that transports you to a candy dreamland. Lastly, if you’re into tasting the dark side, Special Dark at the Dark Light Room beckons another captivating exhibit of modern neon displays.
Last year’s Vast Imaginarium was inspired by famous contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms––a four-room art installation that served as a magical journey for the imagination––recently bagged two Silver Stevie Award for Marketing Campaign of the Year – Retail and Brand Experience of the Year – Consumer for helping cement Estancia’s reputation as a lifestyle space that promotes the arts.
“Ortigas & Company has always valued providing accessible art to the public, through Estancia’s Vast Imaginarium rooms as well as this year’s Ortigas Art Festival; We want to continue this effort for the holidays, so we are bringing back our renowned rooms now called Sweet Illusion Chambers. Estancia has become Ortigas’ art hub that fosters creativity in the middle of the metro, and what better way to celebrate that than to launch it this season,” says Arch. Renee C. Bacani, VP of Ortigas & Company.
Aside from Sweet Illusions Chambers, Estancia also has a lot in store for shoppers this holiday season. A Keto Workshop will be held from November 30 to December 2 at the ground floor South Wing entrance from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. True to the spirit of celebrating, the Holiday Feasts with treats, in partnership with Mastercard, will run from November 15 to January 15, 2019 at participating restaurants for families and friends alike. On December 9, a MIIS Kids Can! Bazaar will take place at the 2F Bridgeway from 10 a.m. to 4.pm. A Magic The Gathering Tournament (Day 1) Tekken Tournament will also take place at the 2F Bridgeway from December 15 to 16 at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For the kids and the young at heart, get a chance to Meet and Greet Santa on all Saturdays of December at the 2F Bridgeway from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m and then watch a spectacular fireworks show at 7 p.m. And finally, for churchgoers, a Simbang Gabi will also take place at the 2F Bridgeway from December 15 to 23 at 6 p.m.
Visitors can enjoy all these holiday activities while exploring the newly-opened stores in Estancia: Motorino, Brow Lounge, Power Station, Anna Pashmina, Vivere Salon, and Shi Lin. In addition, new stores will be opening its doors such as Anytime Fitness, Scout’s Honor, Alba, Tim Horton’s, Haruta, among many others.
Make your sweetest Christmas illusions come alive at Estancia!
For more information and updates, please visit and follow Greenhills on Facebook and Instagram use the hashtag #2018OrtigasMallsChristmas when posting.
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TV LAND COOKS UP "HOT IN CLEVELAND" SPIN-OFF WITH CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER
"Hot In Cleveland" Creator Suzanne Martin Attached As Executive Producer And Writer
New York, NY, April 18, 2011 - TV Land is developing a sitcom with renowned comedian/actor Cedric the Entertainer, it was announced today by network president Larry W. Jones. The series is currently set to be a spin-off of TV Land's hit original sitcom, "Hot in Cleveland," which stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and the incomparable Betty White. The spin-off revolves around a character that Cedric will originate in new episodes of "Hot" (premiering this summer) in which he will play a minister who finds himself involved in the four ladies' latest humorous adventures.
"We're definitely going to bring people quality entertainment and laughs with this new show," said Cedric. "I'm very excited to be working with TV Land and the creative team of 'Hot in Cleveland.'"
"Cedric is hilarious and I'm so happy to do this show with him," states Suzanne Martin, creator, writer, show runner and executive producer of "Hot in Cleveland." "We are going to have a lot of fun developing and exploring his role as a minister."
"Cedric is amazingly funny and has proven time and time again that he is one of the most talented performers in recent years," said Keith Cox, executive vice president, development and original programming, TV Land. "Coupling Cedric's comedic timing with Suzanne's incredible writing skills will definitely create magic for the network," continues Cox. Adds Jones, "This deal fits in perfectly with TV Land's strategy of working with top talent both in front of and behind the camera. We are so excited that Cedric is joining the TV Land family."
The untitled series is contingent upon the pilot script, which will be co-written by Cedric and Suzanne Martin. Martin would also serve as executive producer of the series along with Emmy(R) Award-winner Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions, who are also executive producers of "Hot in Cleveland."
"Hot in Cleveland" launched on TV Land in 2010 and quickly won over viewers, becoming the number one cable sitcom of the year. It remains the highest-rated and most-watched program on the network, averaging 3.1 million total viewers per week. The show returns June 15 with new episodes.
TV Land's development deal is one more step by the network into the world of original sitcoms. The network recently announced two more new series pick-ups - "Happily Divorced," starring Fran Drescher, and "The Exes," starring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche and Kristen Johnston. In addition, TV Land has also renewed "Retired at 35" for a second season and "Hot in Cleveland" for a 24-episode third season. The series pick-ups take the network from zero to four scripted sitcoms, all with leading comedic talent, within a year's time. The upcoming series with Cedric is just one of the many projects in TV Land's development pipeline.
TV Land and all related logos and titles are trademarks of Viacom International Inc.
About TV Land
TV Land is the programming destination featuring the best in entertainment on all platforms for consumers in their 40s and 50s. Consisting of original programming, classic and contemporary television series acquisitions, hit movies and a full-service Web site, TV Land is now seen in over 98 million U.S. homes.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 400 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom, GameTrailers and Xfire.
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Fare Management – Easily Accessible Tickets
In light of today’s complexity in public passenger services, fare management is of great importance. The customer enters starting point and destination into the app, in order to purchase all necessary tickets in one step. Fare management systems are responsible for directing the ticket price to the individual transport operators, facilitating the actual payment process and the purchase of the ticket.
Using Mobile Tickets – Applications for Easy Ticketing
Integrated fare management is concerned with the entire ticketing process. The fare is collected using an electronic payment system and a mobile ticket application issues the ticket and simultaneously counts the passengers in the respective mode of transportation. In this way ticket sales and rate adjustments are subject to a constant process of optimization. Integrated fare management caters explicitly to the individual journey of each passenger. The perspective shifts from “these are our connections – make your choice” to: “How can we help you? – here, this is a tailored solution”.
Find out more about integrated fare management here.
Smart Cards for Digital Identity
Smart cards are used as means of ticket identification within the modes of transport. These credit card-sized plastic cards with their integrated circuits serve as digital identity. Using this chip card the passengers validate their right to use the transport, prove their balance or save their payment method. Accordingly they can use their smartphone to purchase an electronic ticket, which in turn will be connected to their smart card. In a ticket inspection they thus can prove their right to use the transport with the card. This of course, is facilitated by RFID technology using appropriate contactless scanners, so that in most cases the passengers do not even have to pull the card out of their wallet.
Find out more about the Smart Cards here.
Fare Management Beyond the Limits of One Business
Specialized card service providers ensure that fare management using smart cards can be employed beyond the limits of single transport businesses. On the one hand, pooling this expertise accomplishes improved performance in smart card administration. On the other, a centralized card service ensures that customers are not restricted to only one transportation company by their smart card. Instead of creating a multitude of different interfaces, the VDV-eTicket Service GmbH & Co. KG (Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen) determines one standard. With partnerships such as the one with CNA (Calypso Networks Association) international compatibility is also ensured. The transport businesses cooperating with this company can adapt the service according to their particular needs.
Find out more about the card services here.
Integrated Fare Management with Easy Ticketing
Integrated fare management enables the customers to plan their journey beyond the limits of the single transport companies. This is done with electronic fare management. The ticketing system, that is the issuing of a ticket using an electronic payment system, should ideally only have to be employed once by the customer for the entire journey. The systems for fare management ensure that customers have the local public transport ticket for the trip that follows their train ride already included. This is done at the point of sale of the ticket before beginning the journey. Additional fare collection on the way is therefore unnecessary.
Mobile Ticket Systems with Mobile Ticket Apps
Determining motive for the introduction of electronic payment systems is not only simplified ticket sales. Fare management provides customers and providers further advantages:
- It navigates customers confidently through the increasing complexity of schedules and rates.
- It enables the easy purchase of different tickets in extended tariff zones.
- It disentangles static price categories and ensures adaptation to customer needs.
- It enables the collection of data regarding traffic density.
- It accommodates the decreasing willingness to carry change.
- It saves costs for ticketing machines which are often at risk of vandalism.
If the customer purchases a ticket with a mobile ticket application, an algorithm can choose the tariff best suited to the customer’s interest. Implemented as electronic ticketing, most mobile ticket apps also support the fare payment collection of a mobile ticket system: With this fare settlement system the customer no longer has to wait at ticket machines or the counter. This quick ticket purchase, essentially in passing, is called ticket to go.
Passenger Counting Supports Ticket Sales
A ticket issuing system based on modern data communication also provides a precise passenger count. In this way the costly passenger counting done inside the vehicle by staff is a thing of the past. In accordance with this data, ticket sales can adapt their tariff administration. The passengers’ usage behavior gathered by the ticketing system identifies particularly frequented, profitable and busy routes – all dependent on the time of day.
The data collected via the ticket issuing system allows the transport operator to integrate the passengers’ needs into their fare management. If the customers want to get to their destination as fast as possible, they are offered a connection operating at high load for a higher fare. In case travel time is less crucial, the system offers a cheaper, yet somewhat slower connection.
The determining factor for the success of integrated fare management systems is a universal, open data and interface standard. To that end Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV, Ger.: association of German transport companies) has developed a core application for Germany called eTicket Deutschland. As of yet, not all cities are participating. The goal is to provide the customer with the entire range in all traffic networks.
The natural next step is the integration of compatibility on an international scale. There is for instance, a partnership between VDV and CNA (Calypso Networks Association), which is the operator of Calypso. This electronic fare management system is an international development and employed for instance, in Paris, Venice and Montreal.
Smart Cards and RFID Technologies
A smart card – also called integrated circuit card (ICC) – is an integrated circuit built into a plastic card. The user usually recognizes these from the visible gold-plated contact pads. The actual hardware logic, a memory chip and often a dedicated microprocessor are situated beneath this interface. Smart cards have various areas of application, they are used for instance, for
- SIM cards in mobile phones,
- electronic wallet on payment cards,
- decryption of pay TV,
- storage of electronic tickets.
Contactless Payment with Chip Cards
The versatility of smart cards is founded in the concept of chip cards being a digital saving location for arbitrary information. Using microprocessors, developers implement cryptography in order to protect the data from unauthorized manipulation. Hence a chip card does require a matching scanner.
In addition RFID (radio frequency identification) offers contactless communication with the smart card. With this technology the transponder chip in the smart card uses a magnetic field provided by the scanner, in order to communicate.
Saving Contactless Tickets on a Chip Card
This technology enables the contactless sale and payment of digital tickets for public transport. The customers hold their payment card, issued by a bank, close to the scanner and thus purchase their ticket contactlessly. Within the vehicle the customers validate their ticket by holding the chip card close to a permanently installed scanner.
This process is constantly improving: If the customers connect their chip card with a user account, they can easily purchase online tickets and hence accelerate the payment process. Pay-as-you-go services are also possible: The fare for each trip is deducted from a credit balance or a designated bank account is charged.
A promising alternative is near field communication (NFC) technology which is based on RFID. The functionality is comparable, but NFC is supported by smartphones. This technology allows transport companies to apply a simplified and uniform process and makes the usage of several specific chip cards obsolete. As an interim solution, some transport companies use multipurpose cards with multiple integrated chips in one card.
Card Services and Commercial Services
Card services administer the entire life cycle of chip cards. They offer a comprehensive smart card management from issuing and usage to deactivation. They link and integrate the chip cards into the IT system of the ticket providers and so enable the usage of electronic tickets in public transportation.
Multi-business Ticket Handling
Ticket marketing strives to accomplish fast ticket shipment and electronic ticket operating. To that end ticket sales for smart cards requires a central systems operation. This does not necessarily have to be operated internally, but the transport company can very well buy it from a third party. In Germany there is the VDV eTicket Service GmbH & Co. KG (VDV, Ger.: association of German transport companies), in which a multitude of transport enterprises participate. This model promotes a uniform standard and enables the individual transport companies to connect ticket processing beyond the limits of the individual company.
Multi-functioning Smart Card Management
The card service operator determines the digital communication standard for the processing of tickets, which is then adopted by the individual transport companies for their cards. In order to provide the passenger with greater convenience, these companies usually use contactless chip cards with RFID technology. The service provider supports the following functionalities of smart card management:
- registration and deregistration in the system
- personalization with customer information
- depersonalization or repersonalization
- initialization for usage
- deactivation or blocking
- reactivation and activation
- backup and restoration of card information
Billing via the Central Systems Operation
Unlike paper tickets, ticket billing using card services is implemented electronically via the central systems operation. The card service provider’s server identifies the customer by their personal data stored on the smart card, and then employs this to process billing. eTicket Deutschland offers three options:
- Pre-paid: An existing credit is charged.
- Auto-load: Once a set limit is reached, new credit is automatically purchased.
- Post-paid: According to the billing information an invoice is created according to fixed intervals.
Using the support of an external service provider, even smaller transport companies can employ modern electronic ticket sales. The necessary special expertise such as a comprehensive clearing system with product, claim and finance clearing can be efficiently provided by a specialized company. In addition, transregional ticket sales can only be realized by a central card service.
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Thank you Delta Sigma Theta women for your patronage today at the 15th Annual Literary Luncheon featuring keynote speaker and best-selling author Walter Mosley! Your support almost sold me out of my inventory- actually some titles did! Your comments and feedback about my work motivates me to keep on doing what I do. I appreciate all of you lovely women!
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A special series of medical lectures will be held throughout the country in October. The Plainview Hospital is one of the stops on the tour.
On Sunday, Oct. 19 from 7-9 p.m., a free lecture will be presented by Franz Gringinger, MD, Austria and A.W. Arends, MD, Germany. These specialists are members of the Medical Scientific Group (MWF), a part of the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends.
Dr. Gringinger earned his degree at the University of Vienna in 1987 and from the beginning of his medical career, was interested in alternative methods.
Plainview’s Sweet Karma Bakery is one of many Long Island restaurants, bakeries and food purveyors that are doing their part to help the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program throughout October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month.
In Plainview, Brian Fishman, the baker/owner of Sweet Karma Bakery is preparing pink velvet cupcakes—a buttermilk chocolate cake with pink colored vanilla bean buttercream icing. Half the proceeds will be donated.
The Plainview Water District Board of Commissioners Joel Kessler, Andrew Bader and Edward Shulroff thank Michael Milana for his contribution to conserving and protecting the local water supply.
For his Eagle Scout project, Milana created a rain garden that will conserve groundwater and provide nutrients to plant life on the District’s grounds. A rain garden is a planted depression that gives rainwater runoff a place to be absorbed.
Old Westbury Gardens was the scene of an evening of art where Long Island’s elite came to admire and bid on the beautiful landscapes and portraits painted by Bethpage’s David Peikon.
Sixty paintings were displayed and many of them sold totaling $100,000; of which $30,000 was donated back to Old Westbury Gardens by Peikon.
Those with a passion for the fashionable know they are best served shopping for clothes and accessories at a store with an owner that shares that same zeal.
A practicing attorney for 15 years, Lisa Marcus had always been interested in fashion and sales. She held jewelry parties at her house and also sold real estate for a time. So when the opportunity to run her own clothing store in Plainview arose, the married mother of two jumped at the chance.
A Nassau County Department of Public Works project to remove hundreds of trees across Syosset, Plainview, Hicksville and Bethpage has some residents chopping mad.
Michael Martino, spokesman for the department, said the County is removing these trees — close to 200 lining county and state roadways from Jericho Turnpike in Syosset to the Long Island Rail Road tracks in Bethpage — in order to improve sidewalk safety.
For anyone not invited to the red carpet premeiere of Brad Pitt’s World War II epic Fury, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration is holding a premiere of its own for vets and their families.
The Restoration Village will hold a “khaki carpet” and a parade of World War II armor the weekend of Oct. 11 and 12 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in a program that will honor the nation’s true stars: the fighting men and women.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (POB) Facilities Upgrades and Improvements Advisory Committee presented their final recommendations for projects to be included in this year’s bond referendum at the Board of Education’s Sept. 29 meeting. The report details facility upgrades for each school building.
“Each item included in the final list of improvement projects was specifically selected by the committee as a result of careful deliberation which included information garnered during building tours, public feedback and suggestions by the district’s architects and engineers,” said Plainview-Old Bethpage School District Superintendent Dr. Lorna Lewis. “The proposed upgrades will allow our students to thrive in a more efficient educational environment and increase the safety levels in all our buildings.”
The Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce presents its third annual Craft and Gift Fair on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library parking lot. Appealing to all ages, admission to the event is free and the first 500 attendees will receive a free t-shirt.
With the theme of “Family Fun Day,” this year the Chamber craft fair will feature Plainview’s country music sensation, Lisa Matassa. She will take the stage at 1 p.m., performing songs from her most recent album “Somebody’s Baby.” With southern sensibilities and a voice to match, Plainview resident Lisa Matassa brings the charm of living under a Nashville skyline to Long Island. Defining “Long Island Country” as “the greatest storytelling of a country song and the edginess of New York rock and roll,” Matassa has seen the island’s interest in her chosen genre expand greatly in just a few short years.
If you’re like most people, your medicine cabinet might be a jumbled assortment of boxes, bottles and tubes.
That innocent bit of disorganization in your medicine cabinet might actually pose a risk if you’re not careful, according to Leonard Langino, a pharmacist with North Shore Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Group, who recently held a lecture on the subject at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library.
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June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Chilean consumer prices rose faster than analysts estimated in May and at the quickest annual pace since July.
Prices climbed 0.4 percent last month from April and 1.5 percent from a year ago, the National Statistics Institute said today. Economists predicted monthly inflation of 0.3 percent, according to the median of 18 estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
The Chilean central bank may raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time since September 2008 next week as inflation accelerates after the longest streak of deflation since the Great Depression ended last year, economists predict. The earthquake that struck South America’s fifth-largest economy on Feb. 27 may help drive inflation faster than the central bank’s target rate later this year.
A quarter-percentage-point rate rise June 15 “is a done deal,” said Alberto Ramos, an economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in New York. “The question at this stage is whether they do more than that.”
The central bank may be reluctant to increase rates by a half point because of global economic “jitters,” Ramos said.
The earthquake and accompanying tsunami smashed factories, bridges and ports in a swathe of Chile south of Santiago, causing as much as $30 billion in damage and curbing the country’s potential output, even as consumer spending expands.
Chile suffered its deepest recession in a decade last year, opening a gap between its actual gross domestic product and its potential output. The quake damage will help narrow that deficit, which could stimulate faster inflation, central bank Chief Economist Pablo Garcia said in an April interview.
The economy expanded 8.2 percent in April from March, the biggest increase since 1996, and 4.6 percent from a year earlier, the central bank said yesterday. It was the quickest annual growth since September 2008 and double the median forecast of 10 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
“Inflation keeps rising steadily, which has to do with the central bank’s policy of keeping monetary conditions extremely expansionary since the end of last year when they were more concerned about deflation,” said Alfredo Coutino, director for Latin America at Moody’s Economy.com Inc. “Inflation is still far below the 3 percent target.”
Coutino expects the central bank to hold off on raising rates until July.
The inflation forwards market was yesterday pricing in an annual inflation rate of 1.36 percent in May and a monthly price rise of 0.27 percent, according to Banco Santander SA prices.
The one-year breakeven inflation rate rose 10 basis points to 3.7 percent today, the highest since April 7, from 3.6 percent yesterday, according to Bloomberg calculations. The breakeven rate tracks the difference between nominal and inflation-linked swap rates to gauge the average pace of price rises over the life of the contracts that traders are pricing in.
The peso weakened 0.7 percent to 549.65 per dollar at 9:59 a.m. New York time from 546.05 yesterday, the eighth straight day it has ceded ground against the dollar.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: David Papadopoulos in New York at
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10 Helpful / 1 Not
Kind of boring...
Pros: The course plays through a fairly flat and open prairie area with some scattered trees and a small section of woods. There are a few holes through the wooded area, and they are all fun little ace runs through the trees. The rest of the course is longer and open with occasional trees (mostly late in holes), and a few rolling elevation changes, which are used as much as possible to add some variety. There are some ace run length holes, and several long bomb type holes, and a few that fall in between.
The baskets are brand new and catch great. There are basic numbered posts at every tee, and markers inn the ground to show the fault line. The natural pads are level and rut free, and offered fine footing to throw from. There were short tees marked on most of the holes with survey flags, offering a shorter option on all of the longer holes. The flow of the course is easy to follow, despite the lack of tee signs, and the one place the navigation isn't obvious has signs pointing the way.
Cons: The course is pretty boring. All but a few holes are wide open grip it n rip it type of holes where the only punishment for an errant shot is searching through tall prairie grass hoping to step on your disc. I hate this kind of punishment, as it doesn't make you work for your next shot, it just costs you plastic and time. Many of the holes are tweener length holes, too long for most players to really have a chance of reaching, but too short and open to ever force many 4s. Few of the holes force any kind of line shaping, so you don't have to have many different shots in your bag other than a long distance shot of some kind here.
The amenities here are in progress, with natural pads and no tee signs yet. I would guess that the locals are working on this, so I doubt it'll be a con for long, and it didn't really affect my rating. It's a little hard to find the course on campus, it's a ways away from the other course, and hidden down an abandoned looking road.
Other Thoughts: This is a course for the big arms, so if you like having the chance to rip some drives you'll enjoy this course. It does offer a contrast to the wooded holes on the original course, and it's great that a college campus has two full disc golf courses available for students and for the community in general, but this piece of land just doesn't make for much variety or very interesting holes. It's worth a round if you're playing the Parkside course (which I enjoyed a lot), but don't drive too far out of your way just for the Orchid.
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. introduced new health and connected-home features for the software powering the iPhone and iPad, laying the groundwork for a busy second half of the year as the company seeks to rev up its growth.
Apple today released new mobile software, called iOS 8, at its annual developer conference in San Francisco. The software includes HealthKit, which lets people monitor their health and acts as a data hub for fitness apps, and HomeKit, which includes home-automation elements so people can control locks, garage doors and lights from their devices. The company also showed products for storing and sending files, and an updated version of its Mac operating system dubbed Yosemite.
As smartphones and tablets with similar shapes and designs proliferate globally, Apple, Google Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and other technology companies are focused on differentiating their products through software and services that run on the devices. The release of its new tools today shows how Apple is increasingly positioning its gadgets to be more of a hub for people’s lives.
“Our operating system, devices and services work together in harmony,” Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said at the event. “Together they provide an integrated and continuous experience across all of our products.”
The updates offer a glimpse of Apple’s direction since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs in 2011. With iPhone and iPad sales no longer the source of growth they once were, Cook has been under pressure to deliver another hit.
“It was a show for laying the foundation for the next structures that are going to be built,” Horace Dediu, a mobile-industry analyst who runs Asymco, said at the conference.
Apple shares fell less than 1 percent to $628.65 at the close in New York. The stock is up 12 percent this year, compared with a 4.1 percent rise in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
The event follows last week’s announcement that Apple is buying headphones and music-streaming company Beats Electronics LLC for $3 billion, another move to boost growth. The company plans to keep the music and headphones products as a separate brand, a first for Apple, and the deal brings on board music-industry veteran Jimmy Iovine and musical artist Dr. Dre. Iovine was among the attendees at today’s event, which is Apple’s 25th such conference and included programmers as young as 13 years old.
While Apple’s hardware is widely praised for its elegant and simple design, the reception to its suite of services for maps, photo organization and text messaging, among others, has been mixed.
Apple said its new mobile software will be available this fall. It includes health-tracking software, which shows the company’s growing interest in wearable technologies. Apple has been developing its own wristwatch-like device and hiring people with experience developing health-related products. Apple said it is working with Nike Inc. and Mayo Clinic on the health software.
“We think this is going to be really important for health care,” Apple Senior Vice President Craig Federighi said at the event.
The company’s HomeKit will allow developers to create more apps to help consumers use their mobile devices as a sort of remote control for their homes. Apple said it worked with a dozen or so home-automation companies on the underlying technology for HomeKit.
Apple, which has faced criticism from developers who said their apps are hard to find in the company’s crowded App Store, also displayed new search tools, testing features, and previews so developers can make short videos to showcase their apps.
The company added ways for apps to work more closely with each other -- for example, a photo edited in one app can be quickly added to another one. The programs are currently isolated so data can’t be shared with another tool.
To ease development of applications for the iPhone, iPad and Mac, Apple also introduced an entirely new programming language called Swift, which was greeted enthusiastically by the audience.
For consumers, Apple also showed new mobile search features that give direct links to relevant Web pages if users are making certain common queries, letting people avoid Google. The company added new text messaging features, including a predictive typing tool, and a new feature to help people store more photos on their iPhones.
Apple’s rivalry with Google was evident. Cook made several digs at Google’s Android mobile software, including criticizing it for having weak security.
Many of today’s announcements also focused on making iPhones, iPads and Macs work more seamlessly together -- be they text messages, constructing documents or making phone calls. The new Mac software has a feature called Handoff, which simplifies working on documents between Macs, iPhones and iPads. It also includes ways to receive and make calls from the Mac if an iPhone is charging or isn’t available.
To show off the new ways to make a phone call using a Mac, Federighi called Dr. Dre using the computer with updated software.
“I can’t wait to get to work for the team at Apple,” Dr. Dre said during the call. “What time should I get in to work?”
With its new storage and sending products, called ICloud Drive and Maildrop, Apple is set to compete more with Dropbox Inc. and similar services. Using ICloud Drive, Apple will save a person’s files on its servers so they can be accessed from any device. The mail service Maildrop makes it easier to send large files.
“You now have a great way to work across applications,” Federighi said.
Health tracking and connected home technologies are still niches compared with Apple’s iPhone and iPad business. Yet companies including Samsung, Google, Intel Corp. and many startups have been pouring money into the technology, betting that the businesses become mainstream. Google agreed to buy digital-thermostat maker Nest Labs Inc. for $3.2 billion this year, while Samsung has introduced new wearable devices that track health and fitness statistics.
Apple executives including Cook and Eddy Cue, the company’s senior vice president in charge of Internet services, have hinted at a batch of new releases coming later in the year and the company’s stock has risen 20 percent since March in anticipation.
To contact the reporter on this story: Adam Satariano in San Francisco at firstname.lastname@example.org
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Pui-Wing Tam at email@example.com Jillian Ward
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Plaza Appliance Mart is an appliance and mattress store offering appliances for your home, kitchen, laundry, and outdoor needs as well as mattress sets, mattresses, box springs and foundations, and adjustable bases for your bedroom.
We carry kitchen products that include refrigerators, freezers, icemakers, wine coolers, cooktops, stoves, wall ovens, ranges, microwaves, hoods, dishwashers and disposals. We also stock laundry products that range from front load and top loading washers to stackable washers, dryers, and pedestals. To keep your home comfortable, we have air conditioners, dehumidifiers, and water softeners.
Our featured brands are DCS, Electrolux, Frigidaire, GE Monogram, KitchenAid, Fisher & Paykel, Sub-Zero/Wolf, Bosch and Thermador. We proudly serve the areas of Charlotte, Matthews, Newell, Harrisburg, Pineville, Paw Creek, Midland, Fort Mill, Monroe, Van Wyck, Huntersville, Belmont, Concord, Mineral Springs, Waxhaw, Stanfield, Mount Holly, Cramerton, Mc Adenville
While every effort is made to ensure that the information on this website is correct and current, we are not responsible for errors and/or omissions. There may be occurrences when information on our website or in our catalog may contain typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may pertain to product pricing and availability. We reserve the right to correct and/or update any content on this website without notice (including after you have submitted your order).
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Five years after the introduction of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act(EFASASH) by Senator Kristi Gillibrand and Senator Linsey Graham, President Biden signed it into law on March 3, 2022. Without this law, employers could prohibit their workers who have experienced sexual assault or harassment from seeking recourse in court. With EFASASH, sexual predators and their employers will no longer be able to evade public accountability. In a world where eighty-one percent of women have reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment and or assault in their lifetime, forced arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims have only worked as a silencing mechanism.
Policing is a settler colonial creation to control native populations and is exported aboard to teach other empires how to do the same. In 2007, the FBI found that cops averaged roughly four hundred “justifiable homicides” every year, whereas nearly eighty cops were murdered in the line of duty. These disparities have only further developed, where since 2014, cops averaged nearly one thousand homicides each year, and the number of cops killed in the line of duty remained around forty-eight. Policing and prison systems are premised on punishment, rather than transformative healing, health, and prevention. Thus, as stated in Decriminalization Is Not Enough, Abolition Is a Must, resources and funding which are currently given to our present system of policing and prisons should be reallocated to tools that actually serve the community, rather than on incarceration.
Justice is a means through which people can discuss, decide, and create environments that encourage them thrive and it involves the people who are most impacted by those conditions. In that vein, abolition will look different in each community. The goal of abolition should be prioritizing the needs of each community by allowing the community control and ultimate decision-making ability. Abolition allows each community to communicate, prioritize, and enact methods and means that will make that community the best environment for its members. As Dereka Purnell wrote in Becoming Abolitionists, “activists or abolition-curious people will often ask me, ‘What does abolition look like to you?’ My answers change all the time during conversation, especially since I believe that the dreaming and practicing should happen together. This is what I’m thinking about today as I’m writing the conclusion to this book. Every neighborhood would have five quality features: a neighborhood council; free twenty-four-hour childcare; art, conflict, and mediation centers; a free health clinic; and a green team.” Upon community needs, discussion, and approval, funds currently spent on police and prison systems should be reallocated to education, housing, health care, and public spaces.
In October 2021, ProPublica published an article about a rare and virulent strain of salmonella infantis outbreak that occurred in May 2018, afflicting at least a dozen people across the country. Many who reported being sick reported that they ate chicken, and federal food safety inspectors found the infantis strain in packaged chicken breasts, sausages, and wings during routine inspections at poultry plants.
In the United States, since the 1980s, the federal prison population has increased by roughly 790%. Specifically, presently within Illinois, there are approximately 76,000 citizens who are incarcerated. In 2014, Illinois appropriated and spent nearly $1.3 billion on prison budgets. Where even though cannabis is now legal, in Illinois, roughly 90 inmates are still incarcerated for offenses relating to the use, manufacturing, and selling of cannabis. According to the Last Prisoner Project, inmates remain incarcerated even though House Bill 1438 establishes that persons who have been convicted on an offense are granted a pardon because the Bill provides no resentencing or commutation procedures, and the process to have sentences pardoned is slow.
In examining the injustices of carceral punishment, statistics like these show that these injustices are not an anomaly, but rather the norm. Because prisons are premised on punishment, rather than transformative healing, health, and prevention, prisons are a human rights issue, rather than a criminal justice issue. Prisons are premised on punishment, rather than transformative healing and health, and prevention. As a result, resources and funding which are currently given to our present system of policing and prisons should be reallocated to tools that actually serve the community, rather than on incarceration.
In the United States, according to a HG study, every year, between 70,000 and 80,000 people are arrested for prostitution related offenses, where roughly seventy percent of arrests are made against women sellers, twenty percent of arrests are made against men sellers, and a mere ten percent are made against buyers. In Chicago, the number of arrests are comparable, where according to a Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation study, in 2013, approximately seventy-four percent of prostitution-related arrests were for selling, and in 2017, ninety percent of prostitution-related arrests were for selling.
Following the enactment of similar laws in other states, in 2014, Illinois passed Public Act 98-1013 which creates a financial incentive for the enforcement of prostitution laws against buyers and traffickers, rather than sellers. However, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) continues to prioritize arrests of sex sellers over buyers. Criminalization of sex work disproportionately harms LGBTQ people, communities of color, and immigrants. At a local level, Chicago needs to decriminalize sex work and reallocate CPD’s enforcement budget to social welfare services.
On June 1, 2021, a new policy went into effect in New Jersey, requiring police officers to wear body cameras. In November 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation mandating and regulating law enforcement officers’ use of body-worn cameras during encounters with the public. Specifically, the governor signed two bills: S1163 and A4312. The former establishes the requirement for officers to wear body-cameras, while the latter regulates their use. These bills have received support from both law enforcement officials and civilians.
Under Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court found that states could not create onerous requirements which interfered with a patient’s right to an abortion up to the point of viability of the fetus, which was around 24 weeks. However, Texas’ new law erodes that decision. On May 9, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new abortion law commonly known as the fetal “heartbeat” bill, and on September 1, 2021, the Supreme Court refused to block Texas’ “heartbeat” bill. The new law bans abortions as soon as cardiac motion can be detected in the embryo, roughly six weeks into a pregnancy.
The “heartbeat” bill contradicts the purpose of standing and adversely impacts not only the patients but people working in the medical field, families and friends of the patients, people who support a person’s right to choose, and society as a whole. Congress cannot continue to idly sit by. Congress must codify the principles of Roe v. Wade to protect an individual’s right to health care.
Peloton has a coined the term “together we go far” as their company slogan, and over the course of this year that is exactly what this company has done. Since the company launched in 2012, Peloton has gone far and wide delivering their fitness technology to millions of people across the globe. Peloton is an international company that designs at-home gym equipment and produces virtual workout classes for their customers to live-stream or watch on-demand through their Peloton products. Peloton provides an outlet for fitness and competition while building a positive and inclusive community for their members across the United States and the world. Of the millions of members in the Peloton community, one is our leading man in office President Joe Biden.
The incoming Biden administration includes Dr. Miguel Cardona as the new Secretary of Education. Advocates for students with disabilities recently met with Dr. Cardona to voice concerns about issues ranging from school discipline to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on special education services. In this meeting, Cardona stressed the importance of inclusivity in public schools and the need to promote the rights of people with disabilities, as well as to increase civil rights law enforcement by Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”). Providing a “free appropriate public education” or FAPE during this time came with tremendous costs to budgets and other burdens for school administrators who, in “good faith” tried to meet these standards. However, after the DOE initiated four investigations in the past month over concerns districts nationwide have failed to provide appropriate services to students with disabilities during the coronavirus pandemic. These investigations will be one of the first tasks Dr. Cardona will take on as Secretary of Education.
In response to the rise in teenage vaping, and given the link between respiratory issues and COVID-19, the Chicago City Council (“City Council”) passed an ordinance on September 9, 2020 banning the sale of flavored vaping products. Flavored vaping products are targeted to youth and can also mislead them to believe that flavored products are safer than other tobacco products. The City Council originally proposed banning all flavored nicotine products, but after pressure from small business owners, they decided to only pursue a ban on flavored vaping products.
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Call for Feature Essays About Any Aspect of Popular Culture, Present or Past
By Andrew Blackie
Put aside your cynicism for indie rock: The Forms' sophomore album is required listening.
By Kevin Jagernauth
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Please take time to check out all the amazing features / descriptions / Videos/ Photos BELOW... Please make sure to watch the video on youtube. There is no other statue like this in existence!!! No company in the world makes them. This is your one chance to own such a detailed collectors piece.
>>> STATUE # 1 <<<. This is a 1:1 full scale/Life-Size TERMINATOR (Tech Noir) statue is from 1984 movie called THE TERMINATOR. If you are a TERMINATOR collector, then you likely already know that this is strictly a one-of-a-kind statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator).
Below are some of the unique attributes of this work of art. The Terminator (TECH-NOIR) 1:1 Scale LIFE-SIZE. This is a one of a kind life size Approximately 6'2 tall Terminator statue. The Terminator was made from the highest quality materials available. It is the most realistic Terminator ever made.
Plus, he was made with incredible attention to details to look just like in the movie. 33" x 28" (84cm x 71cm). MORE PICTURES UNDER THE DESCRIPTION.
This statues head was professionally painted to look like a real skin. His eyes are constructed from the highest quality orthopedic glass in order to produce a realistic look. This statue also features real hair including the eyebrows and eyelashes. Moreover, sweat effects were added to make his skin look even more realistic and human like just like it the TECH NOIR Night Club Scene. Additionally, the mouth, nose, cheek structure, and overall skin tone have been carefully crafted in order to mimic that of the Terminator icon.The statues hands are extremely realistic, with perfect anatomical curvature and design. The hands were carefully crafted and this attention to detail can be clearly seen in the cracks and grooves of the fingers and even the slightly elevated presence of major veins etc. One of the most impressive features of this work of art is the implementation of the authentic TERMINATOR outfit just as it appeared on screen. This includes the Mega Rare (GRAY) M65 Jacket and pants along with shirt, and motorcycle boots. Furthermore, the boots he wears are also screen accurate version of the T-800 boots. These boots were taken and AUTOGRAPHED at the COMIC BOOK and SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION in 2003 by various actors, such as: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristanna Loken (Terinatrix), Nick Stahal (John Conor), Jonathan Mostow and Stan Winston. Autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity obtained at the convention.
Boots were also signed at the HOLLYWOOD SHOW CONVENTION in 2010 by Robert Patrick T-1000, Sarah Connor - Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn - Kyle Reese, Edward Furlong -John Connor. Adding to the overall quality of this work is the fact that THE TERMINATOR. Built into his mouth in order to facilitate the impression that he is actually speaking When you press hidden spots located on his chest it makes the Terminator say (with an AUTHENTIC -Terminator VOICE) different phrases that Arnold Schwarzenegger actually spoke in the film.
He comes programmed to say phrases like. Nice time for a walk.
Your clothes give them to me Now. Furthermore, THE TERMINATOR can be reprogrammed to say virtually anything (there is no limit). The display base features a VERY powerful custom made speaker that PLAYS 25 tracks of music including Foreign and Domestic Theatrical trailers including 20 Minutes of the James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger interview, plus much moreYou can choose between different tracks etc including standard on/off, mute, play/pause, track selection, sleep/repeat and volume controls plus much more.... You have full control of the music!The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) stands atop an impressive Display Base - it features METAL tread plates which give an 80's look. In addition to the display base it says -The Terminator - painted with LARGE RED letters on the bottom side of the display base. ALL lights and tracks are ALL REMOTE CONTROLLED. You can adjust speed, intensity of each light etc.
This Terminator LIFESIZE Statue comes with the. The Terminator (T-800) holds AMT. 45 Hardballer LONGSLIDE with a LASER SIGHTING. This pistol is fully made out of Stainless Steel METAL plus, the laser sighting actually project a. Just like a real gun!!The Terminator also, holds an UZI 9mm Submachine Metal/Plastic body Submachine gun. The T-800 obtained an Uzi 9mm from a pawnshop in Los Angeles, and subsequently used it at the Tech Noir night club in his attempt to terminate Sarah Connor. This Uzi 9mm has a SUPREME craftsmanship & TOP NOTCH finishing, just like the rest of the guns in statues Please check the pictures.
Also, I would like to point out, that both guns looks and feels just like a real thing. The Display Base also features a built in blue light Projector, which projects a MOVING light that creates incredible Night, Smoke, like effects and atmosphere seen in the movie. The built in Projector, also projects blue & red POLICE FLASHING LIGHTS in order to create the Night Club atmosphere as seen in the movie.Plus the base features an EXACT Tech-Noir flashing lights, this Tech Noir lights could be lit up in variety of colors, speed etc You have full control of the statue/display base. Moreover, on the front side of the display base it says THE TERMINATOR.
In addition to the display base, the music control panel features a unique Cyberdyme Systems Logo that also lights up BLUE. This is no longer a live ammunition anymore and it does not. AMMUNITION DOES NOT CONTAIN PROPELLENTS NOR EXPLOSIVES!!!! ===== I ACCEPT ALL KINDS OF PAYMENTS =====. The item "The Terminator LIFESIZE T1 Arnold Schwarzenegger Original 11 Prop Movie Statue" is in sale since Tuesday, November 20, 2018.
This item is in the category "Entertainment Memorabilia\Movie Memorabilia\Props\Reproductions". The seller is "uk2015_rusz" and is located in Chicago, Illinois. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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Here we go again with a new story. I can't wait to see what happens. Seriously, I have no idea what's going to happen. But I am really pleased with the way this episode came out. I think it may go down as one of my favorite episodes art wise. If you haven't noticed we have a new tip jar to the left. We need money to buy cow brains for all the zombie chipmunks we have now. We tried to get them jobs but...well, it just didn't work out. Ryan H.
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A friend—OK, it was I—once bought a pair of shoes because he liked the style; however, they were a half-size too small.
Because I liked them, I tried stretching them with larger shoe trees and wearing them with only the thinnest of socks. It didn’t work. It’s hard to walk many miles in someone else’s shoes.
Fortunately, it was only a pair of shoes. What if it had been a car?
Over the years, I’ve test-driven a couple of cars I was considering buying, the original Saturn SC1 coupe and the Honda Prelude.
Neither fit me.
I’m not a giant—barely 6 feet tall. But I have a long torso and there wasn’t enough head room in either vehicle. Having learned a lesson with the shoes, I concluded that if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit yourself well and not buy that car. There’s no expanding an automobile unless you own a body shop.
That brings us to today’s test car, a 2012 Infiniti G37XS sport coupe.
When I first got into this ultrasmart sedan, my head was wedged against the roof. Fortunately, the front seats (you can forget ever using the rear seats, except for a child) are eight-way power adjustable.
Lowering the driver’s seat all the way and reclining the seatback a bit from the upright driving position I normally prefer combined to provide the headroom I needed.
Because the test coupe was loaded with extra packages, it had sport seats that had extra power and manual adjustments. Extra leg support can be had by manually extending a section of the seat-front forward. A pair of additional power adjustments is available, one that snugs (or loosens) your torso on the seatback and the other that does the same with your thighs on the seat bottom.
Happy to report, after a long, traffic-filled Memorial Day Weekend getaway drive, I exited the Infiniti feeling fine. The seats had done their job.
The rest of the car? Simply fantastic. We’d traveled in style. The G coupe melds exhilarating performance with head-turning styling and a luxury interior. While the base G starts at $38,695 (including $895 destination), our G37X started at $41,795 (including destination) and had a bottom line of $50,145 after adding premium ($3,100), sport ($1,950), technology ($1,250), and navigation ($1,850) packages and a $200 trunk carpet and net accessory.
The styling exudes class, starting with the signature Infiniti doublearched grille and a front fascia with built-in fog lights. Flowing front fenders surround large wheel openings and the rounded hood leads back to a sloping roofline and muscular haunches with large LED taillights.
Power comes from a 3.7-liter V-6 that’s rated at 330 horsepower and 270 lb.-ft. of torque. That flows to all four wheels through a seven-speed automatic transmission and an allwheel- drive system that can switch up to 50 percent of the power to the front wheels. The EPA rating is 18 miles per gallon in city driving and 25 on the highway.
The G37x has a pleasing exhaust note when you push the engine and a pair of large exhaust outlets that tells other drivers this Infiniti means business. Indeed, while the Infiniti name is synonymous with luxury (and signature analog clocks) in the United States, that’s not the case overseas.
There, reigning Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel is pushing the performance portion of the company’s product equation in an advertising campaign promoting the refreshed FX SUV.
Ride and handling, especially with the sportier feel from the G37X’s Sport package, make an ideal combination of highway refinement and back road cruising. The G37X really shone on a 25-mile stretch of curvy, less-traveled Connecticut back roads.
The interior was the “double-wave” cockpit style Infiniti has used in recent years. A passenger (that’s Mrs. G) rides in leather luxury enjoying a wonderful sound system. For the driver, easy-on-the-eyes gauges were electroluminescent with white-themed illumination.
The available rearview monitor is displayed on the seven-inch color navigation monitor; however, several times I found myself hooking my right arm behind the driver’s seat and looking through the back window in reverse, realizing in the process that rear visibility was better than expected.
Mrs. G was a happy passenger, finding the seats (and sound system) a restful combination for our journey.
All this comfort comes with a trade-off. The rear seat, despite sophisticated frontseat releases for access, offers precious little space for human cargo. The trunk has a large opening but isn’t very deep. A pair of medium- sized suitcases and two tote bags pretty much filled it. In a pinch, the rear seats can fold forward for extra carrying capacity.
But a light load—or a pair of golf bags—is what this coupe is designed to carry. And it does that with aplomb.
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I work at the FTC as an antitrust economist in the Bureau of Economics. The FTC is one of the best places to work as an economist. There are few other places where you can work with some of the best minds in Industrial Organization without the pressure to “publish or perish” and with managers who fully support a healthy work/life balance.
Many FTC economists conduct groundbreaking research and publish in top journals with extensive support (in time and data procurement) from management, but others advance their careers by focusing exclusively on casework. FTC economists get to chart their own paths and use their talents to best support the FTC’s mission of protecting competition. However, in my opinion, the best reason to work for the FTC is that you have the opportunity to improve the lives of consumers who otherwise might not have a voice.
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An applied neurophysicist walks into a bar. It’s a nice bar, red leather upholstery, jukebox in the corner, bartender in a white dinner jacket. More of a lounge, really. And this neurophysicist walks into the place like he owns it.
Maybe he does.
“Joe,” he says, sitting down, “fix me up a stiff one.”
And the bartender bends behind the bar and comes up with one of these silver shakers that rattle like a million dollars on ice and he rattles it and breaks it and there’s this rich brown, velvety fluid emerging from the shaker and sloshing in slow motion into a heavy, cut-crystal glass.
The physicist goes to the lavatory. You know it’s the lavatory because it says lavatory right on the door. Not toilet, not WC. Lavatory.
That’s because the physicist is British and hasn’t taken to the language of wherever it is he is.
So now the neurophysicist is gone. The lavatory door swings shut behind him.
Read the rest of There is a Beep in Nature Futures
In academia it’s a pretty big thing to get published in Nature. Not quite on the scale of getting a nobel prize but enough for my colleagues at work to wonder at my sanity when I tell them.
Well, I was pretty giddy myself. First story where I could buy my family a dinner out with the proceeds. First story in a major magazine. First print publication. Lots of firsts.
Pretty fun to write this one (big thanks to everyone who critiqued it), pretty scary to send it in (even bigger thanks to everyone who told me I should, and a shout out to Douglas Smith for his excellent suggestion that got me to actually carry through).
As part of the publication I also got to write a post about writing There is a Beep on Nature Futures Conditionals blog.
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Friend Looking for Cruisemate for the Valor 03/07/10-03/14/10
Hello there! This is my first post here, so I hope I'm posting this query in the right spot. My wife and I are about to book our second Cruise on Carnival (First was with the Legend back in 2008) and a longtime friend of ours is looking to go on his first Cruise as well. The only problem is that the prices for a single person booking a stateroom is astronomical, obviously. I'm trying to see if I can find anyone that wouldn't mind booking with him to basically half the price for both parties, since he thinks (rightfully so) it would be extremely strange rooming with my wife and I.
He's a 24 year old White male that does computer graphics design (which he has his Bachelor's Degree in), doesn't smoke, and is incredibly mellow and personable.
I'm not sure if it's typical to look for something like this but I figure I would give it a shot for him just so the price isn't quite so insane. The ship is the Carnival Valor doing the Western Caribbean Cruise from 03/07/10-03/14/10 from Miami, FL.
Anyway, if anyone might be interested just let me know, either by posting here or private messaging me or what have you. Thanks!
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The following brand new questions on the changes market place exactly how charged the everyday gossip will get on tv’s panel programs. “The 5” also to “The view” aren’t the main decorate reports suffering from organization changes. Sharon Osbourne lead CBS’ “Your Cam” earlier this year for the aftermath associated with allegations about how precisely she handled their particular co-holds and also to eventually a specifically contentious radio inside the January. Fox News became counting on “The 5” format you’ll be able to shop regions of its few days schedule. A number of fresh sunday primetime applications, “The large Week Function” and “The big Week end Event” take advantage of aspects of “The 5,” which in the original weeks happens to be considered an automible for its giving more airtime to various Fox Upgrades characters exactly who didn’t win back their could have applications.
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USA Hockey provides insurance coverage for its officiating members. This coverage includes excess medical, accidental death, or dismemberment, liability and catastrophic coverage. Officials should have received a complete summary of the coverages in their exam packet. Additional insurance information may be obtained at USAHockey.com.
Although we hope no one has to use our insurance program this season, we do realize that accidents happen and we want to ensure that you are provided the best service and care possible. For this reason, we ask that you follow the procedure outlined below when you receive an injury during a USA Hockey event:
Any issues involving the liability coverage, or questions you may have about the insurance program in general, should be directed to your District Risk Manager or District Referee-in-Chief.
This information is provided by USA Hockey. Our District Referee-in-Chief in Minnesota is Steve Tatro. He can be contacted at 218-393-5343.
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Aluminum Auto Radiator For Lancer's 92-94 Engine Cooling System
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On ECPlaza since 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
amfAR Media Contacts:
Bennah Serfaty, Senior Director of Communications, (212) 806-1607, firstname.lastname@example.org
Credential Requests : Caroline Humphrey, Media Relations Associate, (212) 806-1632, email@example.com
NATALIE PORTMAN, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI, JAKE GYLLENHAAL, DIANE KRUGER, AISHWARYA RAI, FRANCES MCDORMAND, CARINE ROITFELD, MILUTIN GATSBY, MICHEL LITVAK, KENNETH COLE
Among Chairs of amfAR’s 22nd Cinema Against AIDS Event
Imagine Dragons, Mary J. Blige and Charli XCX to Perform
Presented by HARRY WINSTON and BOLD FILMS
New York, NY, April 28, 2015—Isabella Rossellini, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Diane Kruger, Aishwarya Rai, Abishek Bachchan, Frances McDormand, Milutin Gatsby, Carine Roitfeld, Michel Litvak, and amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole will be among the chairs of the 22nd edition of amfAR’s world-renowned Cinema Against AIDS event, to be held on May 21, 2015, during the Cannes Film Festival. Other event chairs include Nayla Hayek, John C. Reilly, Remo Ruffini, and Len Blavatnik.
Cinema Against AIDS 22 is presented by Harry Winston and Bold Films. MoëtHennessy is Official Wine and Spirits Partner.
The annual star-studded event is one of the world’s most successful benefits, and is the most coveted ticket during the Cannes International Film Festival. Held at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, this glamorous and unpredictable gala will include several musical performances and a parade of prominent appearances, as many of the celebrity guests help with the event’s over-the-top live auction.
Confirmed performers include the Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons, whose recent second studio album Smoke + Mirrors debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200,the nine-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist Mary J. Blige, and Grammy-nominated British pop sensation Charli XCX.
Longtime amfAR supporter Carine Roitfeld will once again curate a fashion show of one-of-a-kind looks from a who’s who of the world’s most celebrated fashion designers. Forty of the world’s top models (including event Co-Chairs Karlie Kloss, Adriana Lima and Irina Shayk) will participate in the spectacular black-and-white themed runway presentation, accessorized with jewelry by Harry Winston. The fashion show will be DJ’d by multi-platinum selling and Grammy Award-winning producer Mark Ronson, whose latest hit “Uptown Funk” with Bruno Mars spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Participating designers in the fashion show will include Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Gucci, Prada, Céline, Balmain, Giorgio Armani and Tom Ford among others.
After the Cinema Against AIDS 22 dinner, guests will be invited to the exclusive After Party, presented by Moncler.
amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS events have been important and successful fundraising events for the Foundation for over two decades, generating more than $140 million for amfAR’s life-saving research programs and keeping the fight against AIDS in the global media spotlight. amfAR continues to fund HIV/AIDS researchers worldwide, and works to translate their research into effective policy, prevention, and treatment education programs around the globe. Additionally, amfAR recently launched “Countdown to a Cure for AIDS,” a research initiative aimed at developing the scientific basis for a cure by 2020. “Countdown to a Cure” is designed to intensify amfAR’s cure-focused HIV research program with plans to strategically invest $100 million in cure research over the next five years.
Past events have been chaired by amfAR’s late Founding International Chairman Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who hosted the first Cinema Against AIDS gala in 1993, President Bill Clinton, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Robert De Niro, Sir Elton John, and Madonna, among many others.
amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS event is produced by Andy Boose/AAB Productions.
Delta Air Lines is the official airline of amfAR.
Harry Winston is the official jewelry and timepiece partner of amfAR.
MoëtHennessy is the official wine and spirits partner of amfAR.
Official Hashtag of the event: #amfarcannes
For more information, visit www.amfar.org
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is one of the world’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. Since 1985, amfAR has invested $415 million in its programs and has awarded more than 3,300 grants to research teams worldwide.
About Bold Films:
Bold Films is an independent entertainment production and finance company dedicated to providing an artistic haven for creative talent. Bold Films’ mission is to produce original, studio-quality films, which have worldwide commercial appeal.
Recent projects for Bold include Damien Chazelle’s WHIPLASH, Dan Gilroy’s NIGHTCRAWLER, and Ryan Gosling’s LOST RIVER. Next up for Bold is John Erick Dowdle’s action thriller NO ESCAPE, starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell. Also, Bold is co-financing Nicolas Winding Refn’s THE NEON DEMON which is currently in production. Beginning production in May for Bold is Ric Roman Waugh’s thriller SHOT CALLER, which is being sold internationally by Sierra/Affinity at Cannes.
About Harry Winston, Inc.:
Founded in New York City in 1932, The House of Harry Winston continues to set the standard for the ultimate in fine jewelry and high-end watch making. From the acquisition of some of the world’s most famous gemstones, including the Jonker, Hope and Winston Legacy Diamonds, to adorning Hollywood’s leading ladies on the red carpet, for over eight decades, Harry Winston has been a symbol of the best there is. Headquartered in New York, the company operates retail salons worldwide, in locations including: New York, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
About Harry Winston’s Partnership with amfAR:
In January 2015, Harry Winston, Inc., announced a groundbreaking new partnership with amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, that represents the single largest corporate partnership in the Foundation’s history. Through a wide range of contributions including direct financial support and in-kind donations, Harry Winston will help advance amfAR’s efforts to end the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research.
Harry Winston is the first company to serve as the presenting sponsor for the organization’s 27 gala events taking place across the globe over the next three years. These events are vital to raising more than half of amfAR’s general operating support, enabling the organization to invest wisely in pioneering research and programs. The company will also become a leading supporter of amfAR’s Countdown to a Cure initiative, which is aimed at developing the scientific basis for a cure for HIV/AIDS by 2020.
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Hotels in Santa Croce
View Larger Map
If you're arriving or
departing at the Santa
Lucia Railroad Station, the Piazzale
Roma (airport buses and taxis), the
basin, or the Tronchetto
parking garage, there's a good chance that you'll stay (or should at least
consider staying) at a hotel in Venice's sestiere of Santa Croce.
The satellite image above shows why: Santa Croce starts
just below or to the right of the Piazzale Roma (lower left corner of photo),
then follows the curve of the Grand Canal almost to the Calle dei Botteri (right
side). From either the traffic hub of Piazzale Roma or the train station, it's a
fairly short walk to most hotels in Santa Croce. A few are on the Piazzale Roma
or almost directly across the Grand Canal from the railroad station via the
The sestiere of Santa Croce has a varied urban
landscape, from the 19th or early 20th residential districts across from the
station to tiny, ancient neighborhood squares and grandiose palazzi
facing the Grand Canal.
In the navigation tables below, we've placed the
sestiere's hotels in three groups:
Piazzale Roma refers to
hotels that are on or next to Venice's main point of entry for buses, taxis,
and the People Mover tram from Tronchetto.
Grand Canal includes waterfront hotels along the canale's curve
from just east of the Piazzale Roma to the border of
Slightly inland describes
hotels that are tucked into the district's streets and back alleys away from
the water, but still within easy walking distance of the Piazzale Roma and
the train station.
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Steve Madden boots, size 5 1/2 B
These pony hair boots have leather uppers and the balance is of manmade materials.
The boots are by Steve Madden and were made in Brazil.
They have an animal print design pattern in dark and light brown on a pale camel background.
There are wide toes, black stacked heels, and inner side 7 1/4" long zippers.
The style is called Wayne and size is listed on the lining as 5 1/2 B.
The heels have a few line and dot indentations.
The lower front of the big toe area of the right boot has some hair missing (1/4" wide by 1/8" high).
They're from a younger British model whose feet grew.
8 1/2" outside toe to back of foot heel
3 1/4" outside across the ball
10 1/2" heel to top of boot
10 1/2" inner top circumference
4 1/8" heel
Item # 0561381
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Leithner & Co. adheres strictly to the traditional “value” approach to investment pioneered by in the 1930s by Professor Benjamin Graham of the Columbia University Business School. Although it has been practiced with enormous success since then by his colleagues and students, including Warren Buffett, value investing is distinctly unfashionable today.
It shouldn’t be. Its cautious and constructively sceptical approach, emphasis on the analysis of financial statements and disdain for fads and fashions provides (I believe) a sound basis for investment in uncertain times.
And these are uncertain times. Most investors see naught but blue skies and calm seas ahead, and in some quarters – particularly Internet and other technology sectors – a gold-rush mentality has taken hold. At the same time, however, to a minority of investors the parallels between the Roaring Twenties and the past several years are too close for comfort. At all times, but perhaps particularly in frenetic times such as these, investors should take a step back, check their bearings and review sound principles which underlie the slow but steady accumulation of sustainable wealth.
It is therefore pleasing that Forbes published 8 Investing Rules That Have Stood the Test of Time in its 27 December 1999 edition. It is pleasing because, as acknowledged by Thomas Easton, the article’s author, no fewer than seven of these eight rules are drawn from Ben Graham. It is also reassuring, since these rules (such as “Don’t trust the market to value a stock properly”; “Don’t think that it is easy tobeat the market”; “You can’t time the market”; “Base your expectations not on optimism but on arithmetic”; “Buy old public offerings, not new ones”; “Buy cold industries”) lie at the heart of Leithner & Company’s approach to investing.
See Full PDF here: Leithner-Letters-2000-and-2001-The-Internet-Bubble
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Strategies for Change
Gender equity will not happen by itself we have to work for it and speak out against discrimination. The following are some strategies you can use to bring about gender equity in athletics. The strategies are organized in general from the least time and energy consuming to the most. Everything you can do will help.
STRATEGY 1: Support Women's and Girls Sports
You can support women's athletics at any age. Participate in sports yourself. Attend women's and girls' sporting events. Earmark university contributions for women's athletic programs. Do not be taken in by stereotypes that negate women's athletic abilities and deride women who perform well in sports. Coach, athlete, fan and fundraiser are all roles that can build confidence and initiative, and promote women's leadership.
STRATEGY 2: Join a Women's Rights Organization
Title IX and other advances for women in athletics were won through feminist organizing. You can join (or organize) a feminist organization in your school, university, or town. Sponsor programs on Title IX and gender equity, and call attention to policies that unfairly disadvantage women and girls in the sports arena. National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the first Thursday in February, is a great day to plan activities.
See the "Resources" section for national women's rights and women's sports organizations to join.
STRATEGY 3: Challenge the Myths
Stereotypes unchallenged are stereotypes accepted. Familiarize yourself with the myths and point out the discrepancies between myth and reality about women and girls in sports. Arm your- self with the facts provided earlier in the "Exploding the Myths" section.
STRATEGY 4: Speak Out Against Gender Inequity
Remember, You're in the Majority! Breaking the silence has a tremendous impact. It puts women's issues at the forefront of everyone's mind and identifies them as legitimate topics to be addressed.
At every opportunity-- in meetings, at conferences, and in the classroom -- point out inequalities in women's athletics. Don't hesitate: feminists are the majority. In a 1986 Newsweek/Gallup poll, 71% of the women surveyed believe the women's movement has improved their lives. Three years later, a Time magazine poll found that 81% think the movement is still improving their lives.
With such data, it is clear that women's issues are supported and should be addressed by those in athletics.
STRATEGY 5: Encourage Other Women and Girls
Your visibility to women just starting out in athletics can make a critical difference in their future. Invite women and girls to informational meetings about athletics and the wonderful things they have to offer. Encourage them to see themselves as players, coaches-whatever role they would like to play. Offer advice on how they can get their athletic careers started and where to go for more information.
STRATEGY 6: Push for Gender Equity Policies
Gender equity in athletics applies to three basic areas: participation opportunities, athletic financial aid, and all other athletic benefits and opportunities.
Encourage local, state, and national policy makers to take steps towards ending gender bias by promoting and reinforcing gender equity policies and practices in the Department of Education, federal education programs, and in educational funding and research. Write to the Office of Civil Rights, your members of Congress, your Governor, and members of your state legislature to let them know you want gender equity enforced.
STRATEGY 7: Speak out Against Homophobia
The silence and fear that goes with a climate of homophobia is harmful to all women. Speak out against anti-gay jokes or comments. Push your athletics department to adopt policies that prohibit discrimination against lesbians and gays. And take action when you think someone was fired for being a suspected lesbian (of course, check with that person first and work with her in planning what to do).
STRATEGY 8: Publicize Discrimination at your School or University
Is your school, university, or college in violation of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in education, including athletics? To find out, answer the following three questions:
- Are men's and women's athletic programs funded in proportion to the percentage of men and women students?
- Are opportunities for participation for women and men athletes proportional to enrollment?
- Is there an unmet need for a varsity women's sport (such as a club sport whose members want to upgrade to a varsity sport)?
If you can prove that participation is not proportional, and that there is an unmet need for more women's sports, and/or if you can prove that the funding is not proportional, your school is in violation of Title IX. Bring this up with the athletics administrators (who no doubt are already aware of it), and ask them what measures they intend to take to correct the inequity. Be sure to let them know about the numerous successful lawsuits women athletes and coaches have brought against schools in violation of Title IX.
Starting in 1996, colleges and universities will be required to disclose funding and participation statistics to anyone who asks, thanks to the Moseley-Braun/Kennedy Amendment to the 1994 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Beyond talking to the athletics administrators, you can also meet with college presidents and faculty concerning gender equity issues and the present status of your institution, and place articles or write letters to the editor in school papers discussing facts about Title IX, your school in particular, and your feelings about the discrimination.
You might also want to read up on sex discrimination or contact women's organizations for information on not only how to recognize discrimination but also on how to counter it effectively.
STRATEGY 9: Develop a Media Strategy
The media is vital to creating change. Never hesitate to contact the media and make them aware of actions, workshops, or other activities. Encourage reporters to cover women's athletics in your area. Local radio and TV talk shows should also be encouraged to devote programs to women's athletics.
Support women sports reporters and media coverage of women's sports. Similarly, you can call the media to task when they do not cover women's sports or do not have female reporters.
STRATEGY 10:Consider Legal Alternatives
Sometimes, despite the best efforts to correct a problem, the only recourse is to take legal action. Thus far, legal action and the threat thereof have been largely responsible for advances toward ending discrimination against women and girls in sports.
If you have been a victim of sex discrimination in athletics, try to settle your grievances with the institution personally; if your attempt is not successful, immediately contact the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, and work through the regional office of the state in which the alleged discrimination occurred. Another option is to go to a private lawyer; either way, if Title IX violations are found and not remedied, the next step is to file suit.
The National Women's Law Center has a booklet entitled Breaking Down Barriers: A Legal Guide to Title IX, by Ellen J. Vargyas, which gives Title IX basics, remedies, and individual actions in Title IX athletic cases, and selected Title IX practice issues. Another helpful book is Playing Fair by the Women's Sports Foundation. Addresses and phone numbers are in the "Resources" section.
(Empowering Women in Sports, The Empowering Women Series, No. 4; A Publication of the Feminist Majority Foundation, 1995)
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Today, I would like to bring you something I am extremely proud of. This is the trailer for a book that, while I didn’t write it, I had a hand in making sure that it got published.
This is a great middle grade novel, with just the right amount of “scare” to make it a proper zombie story, while keeping it about the scouts and not the zombies which makes it just that much better.
If you know me personally, you might recognize the scouts and zombies.
If you enjoy the trailer please consider getting a copy of the book. You can find it here.
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Student Spotlight: Marishell Castillo
Marishell Castillo enrolled at College of DuPage as a second chance to build her academic resume.
“In high school, I was just viewed as an average student,” she said. “My academics were not enough to be considered by a four-year university and my ACT score was not much help, either.”
Castillo initially thought about becoming a registered nurse. But that was before her Introduction to Philosophy course with Professor Keith Krasemann, which provided her with an academic path to follow.
“I loved my course!” she said. “I decided to major in Philosophy. Once I transfer, I would also like to minor in English. I ultimately want to use both in order to become a lawyer.”
While at COD, Castillo received the Naperville Rotary Charities and the Rotary Club of Naperville Scholarship. It paid for her tuition, books and supplies. And it also meant she could go to college and become the first in her family to do so in the U.S.
“To tell the truth, I honestly could not believe I won when I received the email. Once it finally sank in, I called my family to tell them the great news!” she said. “Being the first to attend college in the United States out of my immediate family was something new. I have kept in mind all the sacrifices that my family has made. I work hard not only for myself to become something better in life but to also prove to my family that all their hard work paid off into something great. I could not be any more grateful to the donors, and I want to repay them with my studies and show they donated to someone who took it seriously.”
After graduating from College of DuPage with her Associate in Arts degree, Castillo transferred to DePaul University and earned her bachelor’s degree. She currently is prepping to take the LSAT in hopes of starting law school in 2017. In the meantime, she is gaining as much experience as possible to familiarize herself with the field by securing internships and working as a legal writer. She also plans to travel before facing the rigors of law school.
As a career, Castillo really has just one goal.
“As cliche as this sounds, I want to be happy going to work, even if I know I have a long day ahead of me,” she said. “COD has prepared me for the next step in my education and I’m proud to say that I attended there. I’ve taken both normal and honors classes and I feel both of them will make an impact later on toward my future. The professors are fantastic and really do try to help students do better in class.
“Apart from that, I am also active in campus clubs. I was even President of Philosophy Club! Between getting involved with the student life and being able to challenge myself with the courses I take, I believe COD really helped me become competitive in my future.
“Going to COD was one of the smartest decisions that I could have ever made, and I am truly grateful for all the chances that the school has provided not only to me but to every student as well.”
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn IL, 60137
(630) 942-2800 (Main)
(630) 942-3000 (Student Services)
2018 College of DuPage
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Chemical Name: N-6-(Biotinylamino)hexanoyl-N'-[2-(N-maleimido)ethyl]piperazone, hydrochloride
Storage Condition: -20oC
Shipping Condition: ambient temperature
Appearance: white or slightly yellow powder
Purity: >90.0% (HPLC)
MW: 585.16, C26H41ClN6O5S
Product Description of Amine-Reactive Biotins
The avidin-biotin system has many applications in immunology and histochemistry. The interaction between avidin and biotin is remarkably strong with a dissociation constant on the order of the 10-15 M. Biotin is usually added to primary or secondary antibodies such as anti-IgG and anti-IgM. After preparing the antigen-antibody complex with the biotin-labeled antibody, colorimetric or fluorometric detection of the antigen is performed using enzyme or fluorophore-labeled avidin or streptavidin. Maleimide biotins react with thiol compounds, such as proteins or peptides with sulfhydryl groups, at pH 7-7.5. Maleimide reacts with sulfhydryl group to create a thioether bond. Though other maleimide biotin reagents must be dissolved in DMSO, DMF, or alcohol, Biotin-PE-maleimide can be solubilized in PBS at pH 7.4 to prepare 2 mM solution without using an organic solvent. The reactivity of maleimide with sulfhydryl groups is higher than that of bromoacetamide, so the required concentration of maleimide biotin is much lower than that of bromoacetamide biotins. Stock solutions of Biotin-PE-maleimide and Biotin-PEAC5-maleimide in DMSO are stable for one year at -20oC.
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Would you eat a TWILLY?
“Pittsburgh Willy's” is a gourmet hot dog eatery in Arizona (yup, not Pennsylvania) that invented the “Twilly.” It's a combination of a “Twinkie” and a “Billy Willy,” the eatery's signature hot dog.
Here's the recipe:
- 1 six-inch, all-beef hot dog
- 1 Twinkie "bun"
- Bacon bits
- Douse in peanut butter
I don't know about this one! It sounds like a mix of too many different flavors, but maybe this might be up your alley if you're willing to try something new (National Hot Dog Day was on Tuesday, you know!)
YUM or VOM? Let us know in the comments below!
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This article is for Bujinkan dōjō teacher. It is based on my experience.
Do you know that your Dōjō might be dying without you being aware of it?
I began teaching in 1987, and I was not good at it. I learned how to do it correctly, the hard way. And I’m still learning to teach better thirty years later.
I made all mistakes possible and did my best to correct them. After doing it for many years, and after visiting many different dōjō, I found a pattern that I’d like to share with you in this post.
There are three level types of dōjō, I called them : Level #1, Level #2, and Level #3 dōjō. This is a type of Sanshin.
Level #1 dōjō: this is a dream dōjō. At level #1, the group is committed, and everyone wants to learn. This is often, a new group headed by a young Shidōshi. The students are mainly beginners, but some higher ranks coming from other dōjō, join in, and give the young group some kind of maturity. The teacher is often seen as charismatic, at least by the practitioners of his dōjō. Egos are low, sharing is high. The group is more important than the individual.
Level #2 dōjō: this is logical evolution of the level #1. The magic of the first years is now gone, the training has turned into a routine. The teacher is now surrounded by a few Shidōshi. They are the “instructors”. They went at least once to Japan. They share the teaching, and think their students are as motivated as they were, when they began.
Egos are average, sharing is average. The group is split in high and low ranks. Strong “clanification”. Clans are more important than the group, or the individual. Unity is Omote.
Level #3 dōjō: the dōjō is now sick and dying. The high ranks got higher. The “ancient students” left. A new breed has come. The high ranks are turning “grandmasters”, and treat the beginners, as if they had been already training for a few years. Classes are mainly about the “flow”, waza are not taught, or taught badly, by the young unqualified black belts. New students are clueless, because they were never taught the basics. The instructors are so much in the illusion of their rank that they don’t train, they only teach their misconceptions to the newcomers.
Egos are high, sharing is low. The individual is more important than the group. The end is near.
So, figure out if you are #1, #2, or #3, and react if necessary.
If you correct your path now, it’s never too late.
If you want to stay at level #1, then watch your step!
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Cuba - Need Help
Posted 21 April 2012 - 11:15 AM
Please any help is needed, what you feel would be safe and what to stay away from. I know to stay away from the stuff like bread and pasta. Would I have to worry as much about CC as we do here ???
The only good thing of this is I am one of the lucky ones I guess you can say that does not get sick when I eat gluten (I know on the inside its doing a lot, but I donít get sick at all).
Anyone been to Cuba with any advise would help me A LOT
Posted 21 April 2012 - 03:42 PM
Ironically, resorts may be more difficult than paladares (private restaurants). In resorts, they will often carry western style food for their guests (so I've heard). Apparently not all do this but it is common.
Most private restaurants do cuban food sometimes mixed with international styles. This is a good thing as the large majority of cuban food tends to be naturally gluten free (if it looks gluten free, it usually is). Things like congri, ropa vieja, etc are all in this category and it is very extensive.
Things like bread, pasta, pizza, flan, some empanadas (this just depends on the type so just ask, there are wheat, corn or yuca based types) etc, may or may not be agreeable with you.
CC is only usually an issue if you have ordered something fried. Otherwise, it will be fine. Some places have friers that are gluten free (because they use corn flour or yuca flour), so you may have to get someone to ask if they use wheat flour products in their frier.
If you choose to eat in peso restaurants, or street stalls you may have to be more careful. Often these are not held up to the same standards as in the western world although I have never had a problem.
If they have to substitute something for you in a meal (as in only a part of a meal, not a whole meal) ask for plantains (chips or normal), yuca, malanga con mojo, polenta, or beans and rice (moros y cristianos).
Whatever you do, make sure you get out of the resort to try food, as the paladares are often much better than the state run restaurants in terms of quality and taste.
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As people start moving less, it might just be the time to exercise using the kind of movements we always seem to have time for
Sex and exercise have always been sort of a two-way street.
Being generally fit means you’ll have more stamina to perform in bed; on the flip side, sexual activity can be quite the calorie burner. Lately, there has been renewed interest and attention in the latter; that is, the health and fitness benefits of sex.
For one, the science behind the health benefits of sexual activity is pretty well known. There are more than enough studies and statistics to support this notion. One popular example is how having sex three times a week can burn as many calories as running 30 miles (that’s around 48 kilometers for those of us using the metric system). At the same time, sex can trigger the release of endorphins and prostaglandins, the same hormones that your body produces in response to vigorous exercise to “reward” you with decreased stress levels, a better immunity system, etc.
The keyword here, however, is “can.”
First and foremost, it needs to be said that sexual activity, no matter how vigorous, can never completely replace regular physical exercise. Secondly, if you actually want to turn a romp in the sheets into an exercise regimen, you’ll need to learn about the mechanics of sex. Or, in other words, how different sex positions impact different muscle groups.
Now, this topic alone could fill an entire book, but we’ve compiled a short cheat list for you.
Position, Position, Position
Put simply, sex burns calories.
But different sexual positions require your body to utilize different muscle groups. So, while getting intimate with your partner is no substitute for getting sweaty with your gym instructor, it pays to know what your typical love-making variations can do to help you tone up.
Now, before moving forward, it goes without saying that the physical side of any kind of sexual encounter will differ greatly for men and women. The good ol’ man-on-top aka missionary position, for example, exercises the glutes and the core of the male partner, but works more like a pelvic and butt exercise for women. Please note that for the scope of this article, we will only cover examples for men.
Moving on to something a bit more varied, the classic doggy-style position can also engage core muscles and adds hip exercise on top.
Standing up, where the man lifts his female partner (and usually props her against a wall), takes the same core and hip exercise routine, then adds the arm muscles (biceps, triceps and forearms) along with the legs which will be doing some serious balancing.
Then we have some of the really creative positions, such as the spider or crab walker, where both partners are seated with legs toward each other and with arms stretched back for support. As such, the major muscles of the arms (deltoids, biceps, triceps and forearm) will be strained like in many strength-building exercises. At the same time, the repetitive back-and-forth motion that constitutes the actual sex act will give your glutes a thorough workout.
The BangFit Approach
Of course, it wouldn’t be 2016 without a web- and app-based approach to sexercise.
Even better: It came from a porn video-sharing site.
Introducing BangFit (bang.fit, which, needless to say, is absolutely Not Safe For Work), a digital exercise platform that turns sex into what can only be described as a cross between rhythm game, fitness app and, well, sex.
At the above-mentioned website (again: 100-percent NSFW) you can pick the number of “players” (from one for solo play to three for the terribly lucky) and gender. Then you sync your chosen exercise routine to your smartphone, attach the phone to your body (using the official BangFit Band or any other means you can think of ) and finally you “hump along with the video on the screen, copying each movement in order to get your muscles working.”
The video comes complete with motion prompts (not unlike rhythm-based video games such as “Guitar Hero” or “Dance Dance Revolution”) and at the end you and any participating partner(s) will be scored based on your performance (measured by your smartphone’s sensors; which is why you need to keep it attached to your body).
It might sound silly, but this method actually helps you perfect the exercise part of any sexercise session, as BangFit shows you both form and rhythm—two key elements of any workout.
All that being said, BangFit might not be for everyone—or every couple. For that matter, the same can be said for the very idea of looking at sex as a form of exercise.
Still, there is no harm in gaining a better understanding of the oft lauded fitness benefits of sexual intercourse in case you ever find yourself in the mood to “pump while you hump.”
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Beginner Acoustic Guitar Songs!
All beginner songs have a close up video lesson that demonstrate how you could arrange a song for just one guitar.
Some of these songs are unique arrangements, some are note for note replicas. Most of them are somewhere in between, like Wonderwall by Oasis, for example.
With Talking About A Revolution, Tracy Chapman play pretty much the same thing through out on the guitar. She’s helped out by a band to dynamically keep the arrangement interesting.
To make this work on one guitar, Spy Tunes arrangement has a new breakdown sections added in order to compensate for the lack of band support.
Small and big adjustments like this has been made to every song you learn with Spy Tunes. It is our aim to teach you how to do this yourself, how to arrange a song on one guitar.
The best news is that you’ll learn how to play guitar and write parts yourself as you go along. This in turn will lead to song writing.
Get the full story in the Beginner Guitar Course. These are the songs included in the course.
Ain’t No Sunshine is the only song played finger style and is taught as the final song in the course.
Before you can play this song you need to build up to it by playing some exercises.
Go to Video Lesson: Ain’t No Sunshine chords
The Drugs Don’t Work is an easy song to play for a beginner having simple chords and a repetitive strumming pattern.
Using only simple open position chords it is only the F chord which may present a problem.
Go to Video Lesson: The Drugs Don’t Work chords
One of my personal favourites, One More Cup Of Coffee by Bob Dylan is a four chord song in only Am G F and E.
To make such simple chords sound interesting is in the writing of the song and the arrangement.
Go to Video Lesson: One More Cup Of Coffee chords
Bob Marley’s classic Redemption Song is many guitar players first attempt at playing a full song.
A simple arrangement with a powerful lyrical message Redemption Song surely is the ultimate camp fire song
Go to Video Lesson: Redemption Song chords
A new emerging artist we find among the classics. Paolo Nutini has been included among the legends as a great new artist who write songs that sound like classics.
Rewind is a single off his first album which created the foundation for his career.
Go to Video Lesson: Rewind chords
Ocean Colour Scene is a British Cult band that has survived through touring and keeping a great connection with their fans.
Robin Hood is one of their songs the fans love and always want at gigs even though it was never an official single.
Go to Video Lesson: Robin Hood chords
The easiest of the beginner songs has a meditative strumming pattern that anyone can learn.
The simplicity is also Talking About A Revolutions main strength. Being a song about the people, the workers, it’s no frills approach make it sound as if sung on a street corner.
Go to Video Lesson: Talking About A Revolution chords
Green Day’s acoustic punk pop classic is played using a continuos picking pattern.
This will not be the easiest of songs to learn, in the guitar course we play quite a few songs and exercises before we get our teeth into this one.
Go to Video Lesson: Time Of Your Life chords
Oasis biggest hit may have been sung in Pubs around the world more than any other song since its release.
A must learn for any aspiring guitarist and song writer Wonderwall is great fun to learn, what you can learn from it is even greater.
Go to Video Lesson: Wonderwall chords
To not just learn these songs, but to learn fro them, take Spy Tunes Beginner Guitar Course and get step by step instructions!
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Two blogs in one day??? Can it be?!?! YES IT CAN, because the teaser trailer for the sequel to MY FAVORITE MOVIE was just released. Do yourself a favor and watch it like I did - in an empty room, fullscreen, in HD, with the sound way... way up.
Seriously... my excitement for this borders on maniacal.
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When reacting to problems people choose from two paths. One path we call The Control Cycle. The other is The Power Cycle. The more common reaction is the need to feel in control. This need comes from angst or similar below-the-line feelings in The Responsibility Process, and being from below the line they lead us to act below the line.
But what is The Control Cycle?
The Control Cycle is a natural pattern of behavior that comes from wanting to address the angst we feel when we are experiencing a problem. As you can see in the banner above, The Control Cycle is a self-reinforcing system dynamic that we use for addressing problems and trying to feel in control.
We enter The Control Cycle when an upset has us feeling out of Control. Many of us attempt to control everything we can.
This leads to step 2: Evaluation
Evaluation means we have a knee-jerk evaluation that the problem is bad or wrong.
As an example, in response to a problem we shout “Oh No!” Or we say, “My screen froze, is that bad? That’s bad, isn’t it?”
Which leads to step 3: Advice
After deciding what is wrong and what shouldn’t have happened, we ask “what is right?” or “what should I do? We are seeking that which will put us back in Control. We are seeking advice. We ask ourselves and we ask others “What should I do?”
Which leads to step 4: Compliance
Once we find an answer, we then make rules for ourselves. Now that we have new rules, policies, and/or checklists for action, our angst is eased and we feel in Control again.
Which leads to step 1: Control
Now we feel “good” and in control with our new rules, added to the list of old rules and as long as nothing new happens, or we don’t forget a rule, or miss a checklist, or slip-up, or nothing goes wrong, or we don’t want to learn or grow then we’ll be fine.
However, something new will happen, or we forget a rule, or miss a checklist, or slip-up, or something related goes wrong …
Which leads to step 2…
Hence, in The Control Cycle we never really solve any problem, we only temporarily solve our anxiety about the problem, but it will return. So while fast and easy, in The Control Cycle we never grow.
Get Started With This 5-Minute Practice Tip
This week, I want you to start noticing your anxiety about a problem without jumping into The Control Cycle to make yourself feel better. Instead, simply notice the evaluation and remove it so the situation is not good or bad, or right or wrong. Instead, it is merely something that you want or don’t want. When you do this you can start to see what the real problem might be.
We like to say ‘Every upset is an opportunity to learn.’
Next week, we’ll look at The Power Cycle.
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October 15, 2014
Phew! It's been a while, and all I have to say is that I've been working on special orders. September and October are busy for my little shop. I just finished the hat above for a special order, and I will be making more with this fabric, as it is ever so soft and perfect for a baby gift. In between sewing away, I celebrated my birthday on the 4th, with a nice day with the family and my yearly birthday dinner at Chez Panisse. Lovely as ever, although I must say I was a bit disappointed that they forgot to give me a birthday candle and birthday wishes as they do every year. I think it is the first misstep from them that I have ever had. The rest of the dinner was wonderful though. Caitlin and Cyrous joined us as well. They were very good to me this year and gifted me the "Boos" Butcher block! I've been wanting this for a while :) We spent the afternoon roaming around Berkeley and took in the sights and smells of fall. A very nice day.
I finally put out my Halloween goodies, so it feels extra cozy in the house now. Oh, and did I mention that it finally rained and there is now a shift in the weather?! So happy to see grey skies finally! It has been eternally summer here.
A couple of days ago I got a stomach virus, that I feel like I'm still recovering from. Yuck! I would rather have a cold than this! Seems like it came out of nowhere, and thank goodness no one else got it from me, knock on wood. Reminds me also that it is time for the flu shot and to gear up for that aspect of the season.
I had planned on writing more about recipes and food also, but combined with the weather being eternally hot and me getting sick, that has been put on hold a bit. I'll be back with that soon, but I need to recover from the unsettled tummy hahaha.
Right now I can't even believe that it is the 15th and my beloved month of October is half over! The reminder of it almost being over, are the November magazines making it through the mail slot already, with Thanksgiving covers, and going to Target today, you can see Christmas inching in on the side of the Halloween decorations. I just want it all to slow down!!!!
Well, I'm off to clean my tornado of a mess in my studio and start on some more capes!
I'll try and come back sooner than later.......
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I have always been fascinated and intrigued by Iceland. It looks like an amazing country to visit, and far different from my usual holiday of sitting on a beach, in the sunshine, or reading a book by the pool. Iceland looks like it offers so much for the entire family, not only adults or older kids, toddlers as well. So I’m sharing with you the 10 top activities that are on my Iceland bucket list.
This is one of the many reasons why I would love to visit Iceland. I would love to see the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. It would be amazing to witness these, and the best times to see them are in complete darkness between September to mid-April.
Steamy Blue Lagoon
I love a hot bath or a jacuzzi, and what could be better than spending the day at the steamy blue lagoon at Grindavik which is a coach journey from Reykjavik (if you’re based there). The water is naturally heated and is meant to be so good for your skin. I’ve heard that it does tend to get very busy, and I can completely understand why, so we would aim to get there early. This activity is definitely top on my Iceland bucket list.
There are two ice caving tours that you can take in Iceland at either the Vatnajokull glacier in the South East or Langjokull glacier in the South West. I would love to do this as it is something very different from anything that I have done before. I’m sure that the scenery would be stunning, and the experience alone would create amazing memories.
Golden Circle Tour
I have heard so much about the Golden Circle, and it sounds absolutely amazing. It’s basically a 300 kilometre loop that includes Pingvellir National Park, the Geyser Geothermal Area and the Gullfoss Waterfall. All of these places are less than 2 hours from Reykjavik and can easily be visited in a day. It would be an action packed and busy day, but you can also combine a trip to the Steamy Blue Lagoon at the same time.
There are so many festivals in Iceland, and if we were visiting Iceland when one was taking place we would definitely try to go. Or at least plan our trip around the festival. The festivals range from large music festivals to small scale country fairs, and take place throughout the year. Reykjavik seems to be the place where many of the festivals take place, and it would be pretty cool to camp under an Iceland sky.
This is something that my toddler would love, as she is into her wildlife at the moment and loves animals. There are so many whale watching tours that you can take in Iceland, and they should give you the opportunity to see over 20 species including Orca, Minke, Humpback and Blue Whale. I’ve heard that the best time to go Whale Watching is between April and September, so you might be able to see the whales and the Northern Lights if you visit in April.
Games of Thrones Locations
If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones you can take a tour to visit some of the best locations as part of the film including breathtaking places where “North of the Wall” was filmed. All the Game of Thrones locations look absolutely stunning and would certainly help to bring the film to life, especially for a film novice like me.
Another top activity on my agenda for Iceland is horseback riding, providing an opportunity to get out into the fresh air and experience the true beauty of Iceland. There are so many tours that you can take including those that take you to lava fields, to the geysers and to hot springs. I think that I would find it really hard to decide which tour to take, and my camera would get overloaded with photos from this trip.
Snorkelling in the Silfra Fissure
This one is more for the adults, and I love to snorkel. I have only ever snorkelled in hot countries, so I imagine that this would be entirely different. The Silfra Fissure is on top of the tectonic plates between Europe and America. It is said to be one of the world’s most beautiful snorkelling sites where you can see amazing colours thanks to the crystal clear water being filtered by the glacier.
Visit to Reykjavik
It’s not possible to go to Iceland without a visit or stay in Reykjavik. You can use Reykjavik as a base for your trip to Iceland, allowing you to enjoy the Golden Circle, Whale Watching and Horseback Riding. Whilst being in Reykjavik there are some great places to visit including the National and Saga museums, the striking concrete Hallgrimskirkja church and rotating Perlan glass dome offer sweeping views of the sea and nearby hills.
I would love to spend a couple of days and nights in Iceland. It sounds and looks like a beautiful country to visit, and one that is far different from anywhere that I have ever been before.
So those are the activities that are on my bucket list. Have you ever been to Iceland and did you do any of these activities?
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Pizza Hut Canada has rolled out the brand’s Crown Crust Pizza, a crown-shaped crust pizza with pockets of meatballs and cheese baked in.
The Crown Crust Pizza was originally launched in the United Kingdom and Middle East.
"Crown Crust Pizza brings a festive, fun flavor to any gathering with family and friends," said Beverley D'Cruz, director of Marketing at Pizza Hut Canada. "You can even customize your Crown Crust Pizza with two of your favorite toppings."
The offering will be available in Canada until April 14. A large is $17.99 and includes a choice of two toppings in addition to the meat/cheese-filled crust.
Read more about food and beverage promotions.
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Free essay: stylistic analysis of the advertising slogan ---------perfume introduction along with the rapid development of society and economy,. Rhetorical analysis sample essay clean house goes to the woman advertising and media praise men's cooking quotes illustrate. Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising nbc, 1986, robert basil, not necessarily the new age: critical essays (1988), p 284 taco bell, alcántara-pilar, juan miguel, analyzing the cultural diversity of people literary works proverbs films tv shows themes categories . It seems possible to make stylistic choices at all levels of linguistic analysis this thesis quotes examples from the data in full in most instances but fails to use the have been many studies on subsets of the data popular fiction and literary essays the huge international operation hn def ad ad 16 any agents whose. Key words: critical discourse analysis, max factor, advertising schematic structure of the discourse and influences and constrains choice of content and style brand and its slogan –two steps– which are max factor makeup maximized and siriporn_63-89pdf.
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The public the stylistic elements employed in the analysis of bank adverts chapter five gives a summary of the study and discusses directions for advertising slogans, particularly the syntactic patterns of phrases used in advertisement. Linguistic means and the analysis of advertising slogans diplomová registers therefore, it is often very difficult to classify advertising stylistically in the. Summary the current article presents an attempt to provide the definition of advertising the body of 100 english advertising slogans chosen for the analysis. Free essay: the text i decided to analyze is an advertisement taken from british stylistic analysis of the advertising slogan ---------perfume.
This paper will discuss the stylistic features of the advertising slogans, which are we will write a custom essay sample on stylistic analysis of the advertising. Persuasion in writing and advertising during the first part of the unit, students analyzed persuasive essays to identify the different techniques writers use to persuade analyze tv commercials' target audiences, messages, and visual and aural slogan • celebrity endorsement • testimonial materials teacher materials. Since in this research the language style and how language is used in advertisement are being analyzed, the this research can give better understanding in the analysis of figurative language in this includes brand names, slogans, key phrases, snatches of speech acts: an essay in the philosophy of language. Advertising, stylistics, rhetorical devices, morphology, syntax with the attractive in what follows, we will analyze some features of advertising and the way in an ad slogan is better if it reflects the brand's personality by this kind headlines are used in various sorts of texts, ranging from newspaper articles to essays.
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Fitness Club Benefits
WSU and EWU employees can take advantage of discounted rates when joining the following local fitness centers:
(Please note that these deals and discounts are for campus employees only. Students can take advantage of our on-campus student fitness center. Student discounts to area fitness centers may also be available – please email firstname.lastname@example.org for more information.
WSU and EWU employees can take advantage of corporate membership benefits, which provide for a 50 percent discount off join fees and 10 percent off monthly dues. You’ll need to provide employment verification to receive the discount. For more information, visit the YMCA website. For those who are 65 and older, Kaiser Permanente offers free Silversneakers fitness classes at the YMCA and other participating fitness centers through its Medicare Advantage HMO plans.
- MUV Fitness
Discounted all-club access rates are $29 per month for a WSU employee and $24 per month per added family member. See flyer for details. EWU does not currently have a discount program agreement with MUV Fitness.
- Spokane Club
Prices vary by age group for individual, couple, and family memberships. All WSU employees enjoy 50 percent off of their initial membership fees. For more information, contact Spokane Club membership director Rose Peters.
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LGBTea and Coffee Chat - AIDS/HIV Awareness and Getting Tested
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
During this coffee chat, we will discuss AIDS and HIV along with the importance of getting tested. Be a part of the conversation for AIDS Education Month and National HIV Testing Day (June 27). Know your status. Our guest facilitator will be Annet Davis-Vogel, RN, MSW, CCRC Project Director University of Pennsylvania HIV Prevention Research Division.
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Address: 150 W. 17th St. - 212-620-5000
Description: Touted by the New York Times as "one of the finest songwriters from Texas," Slaid Cleaves returns to the Rubin Museum after sold-out concerts in both 2009 and 2011. He phrases like a grifter trying to croon his low-down past away, and writes like he knows he never will.
Venue Description: The Rubin Museum of Art holds one of the world's most important collections of Himalayan art and is the only museum in NYC dedicated to works from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet, western China, Myanmar, and Mongolia. The museum runs an active set of programs for the general public that help illuminate themes inherent in its exhibitions, including the Naked Soul live concert series.
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The City Council is expected to consider landmark status for a 60-foot-tall boulder at the foot of the Santa Susana Pass at its meeting tonight.
The city had proposed shaving 15 feet off the rock to widen Kuehner Drive. But that plan was scuttled after a neighborhood campaign against it.
The road was to be widened to make a curve safer for motorists and to accommodate traffic created by a 29-unit housing development called Rocky Pointe.
Landmark status, which has been recommended by the Ventura County Cultural Heritage Board, would prevent any changes to the rock.
Because the city's General Plan still calls for the widening of Kuehner Road, officials must either change the plan, change the proposed roadway design or change the rock's historic designation before moving forward with the project.
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At Another Planet Event Group, we produce events in venues around the world. From world class entertainment venues to your private country club, your home office or anywhere else you can imagine, we can help you create the private concert event that your guests will always remember.
Our event production relationships in the San Francisco Bay Area extend to unforgettable locations such as AT&T Park, the California Academy of Sciences, five-star hotel ballrooms and beyond.
Another Planet Event Group is the official event producer and operator at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and The Independent in San Francisco, and the Fox Theater in Oakland.
99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Built in 1915, the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium has been San Francisco's cultural epicenter for over a century. As the cornerstone of Civic Center Plaza, the Civic is a Beaux Arts architectural wonder that is listed on the National Register. The building has hosted a variety of events from the Democratic National Convention in 1920 to being the home court for the Golden State Warriors from 1964-1966. With a flexible capacity that holds from 1,000 to 7,500 people, the venue is equipped to host everything from private special events to large corporate conferences.
In 2010, Another Planet Entertainment took over management and operations of the Bill Graham Civic and continues to book hundreds of concerts and special events in the historic building. Past events include concerts by Radiohead, Madonna and Kings of Leon, and a speaking engagement by the Dalai Lama.
1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
When the Fox Theater first opened its doors in 1928, more than 20,000 patrons gathered to visit. Even in the heyday of elaborate movie palaces, the Fox stood out. The architecture of the buff brick and terra cotta structure has long defied definition, being variously described as Indian, Moorish and Medieval. At the time, the San Francisco Chronicle called it "different, novel and mystic," noting "its spaciousness, luxurious appointments and beautiful designs."
After closing its doors in 1966, the Fox Theater underwent an extensive $75 million renovation before reopening in 2009. The multiuse renovation project features a state-of-the-art theater with a flexible capacity that accommodates from 1,800 to 2,800 guests. The multiple seating configurations include general admission, cabaret style seating and reserved seating.
The theater serves as the flagship live music venue for Another Planet Entertainment and has played host to a wide range of emerging and world-renowned artists such as The Black Keys, Nas & Damian Marley, Bob Dylan, Kylie Minogue, My Morning Jacket, The Chemical Brothers, Paul Simon, Vampire Weekend and Green Day.
Now the centerpiece of Oakland's revitalized Uptown District, The Fox is close to fine dining, a thriving nightlife scene, and 2,000 new residential units. It is conveniently located within a half a block of BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) and is only a 12-minute train ride from San Francisco and a 9-minute ride from Berkeley.
628 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
The Independent is the latest incarnation of one of San Francisco's most diverse rooms and has quickly become one of the premier live music venues of its size in the United States. With a guest capacity of 500, it's the perfect space for private concert events, whether a corporate reception, birthday celebration, launch event or a holiday party.
Since opening in 2004, the venue has hosted over 2,000 shows. Many of today's best known and emerging artists have played The Independent, including Beck, Bon Iver, Green Day, Dave Chappelle, Sonic Youth and John Legend.
The Independent, located in the heart of the city, is proud to be part of the burgeoning growth and improvement of the NOPA district around Divisadero Street, now home to some of the best restaurants and shops in San Francisco. With a continuous schedule of new and eclectic performers on stage, the Independent plays a vital role in San Francisco's storied live music past, present and future.
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HE the Governor delivered her second Throne Speech to the Legislative Assembly on 26 May which sets out CI Govt's plans for the year ahead.
Honourable Speaker, Honourable Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly, ladies and gentlemen, it’s an honour to stand before you today to outline, for the second time, the Government’s plans for the coming financial year.
I will begin by congratulating the Government on completing its first year in office.
Among their notable achievements has been the passing of the National Conservation Law in December. This long-awaited legislation has set the stage for Caymanians and residents to continue their enjoyment of our local environment for generations to come.
At the end of January this House also approved the historic Standards in Public Life Law, which requires all senior public officials to declare their interests, assets and income.
In the international arena, a number of developments enhanced the Cayman Islands’ reputation as a player of note. The opening of Cayman Health City was heralded across our wider region as an initiative that embodied both innovation and foresight in the fields of medical tourism and affordable tertiary healthcare.
Meanwhile, from a sports tourism perspective, international competition of unprecedented caliber arrived on our shores.
The country also continues to play a leading role as an international financial center. Within the span of a few months, the Premier was invited to provide a keynote address on global corruption at Chatham House, to appear on the BBC’s Hardtalk programme, and to help ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. The Cayman Islands has also taken up membership of the newly created Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group.
This renewed activity benefited from an improved relationship with the United Kingdom Government, including its local and overseas representatives.
In the past half year, both the Minister for the Overseas Territories and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director visited the Cayman Islands. This June, we will welcome representatives from Her Majesty’s Treasury. Then, in July, we will host Heads of Government from other Overseas Territories at a pre-meeting of the Joint Ministerial Council.
On a personal note, since my arrival in the Cayman Islands, I have grown to appreciate and admire the character of the people. It is these people whom the members of this House are privileged to serve. Caymanians are welcoming, warm-hearted, intelligent, and proud of their culture. But, increasingly, they are cautious.
The onus is on Government, and on the members of this honourable House, to be worthy of their trust. To do this we must demonstrate by our words and actions that we have their best interests at heart. The principles of good governance were developed with these objectives in mind.
These principles should, as the Auditor General reminded us not too long ago, characterise all public service management. We must engage our stakeholders—all of them; decisions should be informed and transparent; and we must constantly develop our capacity to be effective; and we must always be accountable. This is what people want to see from us—whether they are an astute investor or the average person on the street.
I noted at the end of my first Throne Speech that the work of Government has an impact that is far reaching. We must therefore do all that we can to help Caymanians and residents meet the challenges of everyday life.
Accordingly, with this budget, the Government has sought to lower the cost of living and the cost of doing business, particularly for small businesses.
Government understands that employment, which is so crucial to quality of life, is the result of business confidence. It believes that a focus on helping businesses will also help people.
The present year has seen the establishment of a strong foundation for our economy, upon which Government will build. It has already initiated a number of key projects, and will move forward with plans for the new airport and cruise berths, as well as with needed road improvements. In particular, it will build several new roads to alleviate traffic congestion in central George Town, and that will assist with the revitalisation of that area. Once these works are underway they will also provide jobs.
On Cayman Brac, Government is collaborating with the private sector to explore the potential development of new marinas which, when completed, will mean jobs for residents of the Brac. The Government will help to develop the island’s agri-business sector by taking steps to enhance Agriculture Grounds there. The people of Cayman Brac and Little Cayman should benefit from plans to maximize the impact of the tourism sector on the Sister Islands.
An overview of private sector projects is equally promising. Already at the vanguard of the international healthcare industry, Cayman Health City has already begun hiring Caymanians and will continue to grow. Its opening brought key international business leaders to our shores and we look forward to further opportunities that may flow from their visit.
Furthermore, a number of hotel and other developments have begun or are about to start. Employment prospects are looking better than they have for some time, and we can also expect economic growth to come from these developments.
Government will use a number of approaches to capitalise on this positive environment, including reducing the duty paid on fuel and cutting the import duty on goods paid by licensed local merchants.
In addition, as you will hear from the Government, it will implement a series of measures to reduce costs to small businesses.
Both of our pillar industries, financial services and tourism, continue to show promising growth. Government remains committed to working with both sectors to build on these trends.
It will continue to enhance the ability of financial services providers to better serve clients by continuing to pass needed legislation. Recent examples include the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Law and the Exempted Limited Partnership Law.
Government is also looking to attract more technology and related business and has asked the United Kingdom to assist in strengthening laws around intellectual property and copyright.
A number of key projects are also underway in the private sector. Several developments of differing sizes have started or are in the works. Some of these are in the Eastern Districts.
Particular attention is being paid to the Ironwood development. Its size and its Arnold Palmer Golf Course make it noteworthy. It’s a long term project that will enhance our road infrastructure and help to drive further development.
Establishing what I hope will be a model for future development, the developers, Government, and the National Trust recently came together to agree the best route for the proposed extension of the East West Arterial road.
Government will continue to support sports tourism on Grand Cayman and on Cayman Brac. In particular, we look forward to hosting CONCACAF again this summer, as well as other first-class football tournaments in the future.
Given continuing economic constraints, these projects will be undertaken in a manner that is fiscally prudent, and, with private sector participation where possible.
To ensure that any improved economic growth is sustainable, Government will also continue to explore means of making the public sector both more efficient and effective. It has already expressed its full support for the current project to right-size Government and improve service delivery.
In the past year, Government finances have been placed on a steadier footing as budget targets have been met or surpassed and no additional debt taken on. Budget reform continues with expectations that the Cayman Islands will be largely compliant with the targets agreed with the UK by the end of 2014/15, and on track for full compliance by the end of 2015/16.
The Government will progress several E-Government initiatives to help it work smarter and more efficiently.
Expected projects include automating and improving processes around immigration, such as work permit applications and approvals, as well as an online employment portal. There are also plans to hire a Director of e-Government whose role will be to drive forward the approved initiatives in the quickest and most cost effective manner. This staff member will lead a concerted drive across the public sector to make some Government services more accessible to citizens.
Initiatives to strengthen and grow our economy would be fruitless if Government did not also work to ensure that Caymanians are able to benefit from any opportunities that these create.
Government will therefore continue the reforms already underway at the Employment Services Unit of the National Workforce Development Agency, in addition to providing additional staffing and improved systems. The Government’s objective is to improve the agency’s ability to connect qualified Caymanians with suitable employers.
It will continue to develop appropriate vocational training throughout the school system, and work with private sector businesses that provide such training.
A National Apprenticeship Programme will also be launched in the coming year.
Health too has a role in determining quality of life, in particular the readiness to succeed. Accordingly, the Government will seek an overseas partner for the Health Services Authority to facilitate training, improve access to services, and maximize efficiencies.
From a mental health perspective, a cross-ministerial working group will focus on key issues and make recommendations to government, service providers, and other stakeholders on ways to improve the local mental health system. This is an area of high importance to our community and the Government recognizes the impact of mental illness on individuals, on families, and on society.
Also central to the continued health of our Islands is the safe disposal of our waste. A committee of experts will continue its efforts to identify a solution for the needs of all three Islands. Government has already committed to ensuring that the process is open and adheres to the principles of good governance. There is more work to be done, and no doubt the Premier and Minister of Health will speak more on this issue.
Of course, a cornerstone of a country’s prosperity is the security of its citizens. With this objective in mind, Government will reinforce the number of police and fire officers and has taken steps to bolster the management of both the Customs and Fire Departments. Customs has also recently outlined the no nonsense approach to the interdiction of contraband and drugs that will be enforced at our ports of entry.
As Governor of these Islands, I have constitutional responsibility for the civil service. I am pleased to report that the under the stewardship of the Deputy Governor, real progress in being made to transform the culture of the civil service into one which is more accountable, innovative and value conscious.
Notwithstanding the successes achieved in recent years, including rolling out performance management across the entire civil service and the gradual headcount reductions, there have understandably been calls to address the overall cost and size of the public service. A Rationalisation Review is currently taking place, the results of which are due in July. During the 2014/15 Financial Year, the civil service working in tandem with the elected Government will be charged to implement the agreed recommendations coming out of the Review.
It has been an eventful first year for Government and there is no doubt that the coming year will have both its challenges and its victories. By adhering to good governance principles and demonstrating solid results that build on the achievements of its first year in office, Government will work to deliver the services and outcomes that I have outlined. It will also strive to reward the faith and trust that the people of the Cayman Islands have vested in it.
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Lacklustre sequels and fierce competition have gradually eroded Phantasy Star's storied reputation for online role-playing on consoles - a reputation founded nearly a decade ago on the Dreamcast by Phantasy Star Online. The worst blow came with the failure of series reboot Phantasy Star Universe, which, although enjoyable to play if you were prepared to pay, failed to recapture those players who'd deserted the Gurhal System in favour of Azeroth.
But despite some baffling design choices - including an infuriating segregation between the online and offline game modes - Universe was to finally come good with last year's Phantasy Star Portable. This was effectively a scaled-down and free-to-play Phantasy Star Universe on the PSP which took inspiration from Monster Hunter (a game which, ironically, Phantasy Star Online inspired itself) by offering an ad-hoc multiplayer experience for four players.
It would have been a solid package if developer Alfa System had included an online Infrastructure Mode - because, as with Monster Hunter, this isn't Japan, and organising a Phantasy Star session down Wetherspoons isn't something that's viable for 95 per cent of European PSP owners. But despite this oversight, it was clear that the framework for a more accessible Phantasy Star was already in place, it just needed some fine tuning. Fortunately, this is exactly what Phantasy Star Portable 2 achieves.
Portable 2 is set three years after the events of Universe and focuses on the exploits of a freelance mercenary organisation called Little Wing. So rather than retread the traditional GUARDIANS career path, Portable 2 has your character start as a lowly grunt aboard the Clad 6 space colony.
All four Phantasy Star races make a return - the floppy-haired Humans, the robotic Cast, the grizzly Beasts and the "elves in space" Newmans - but rather than a basic Job Class which can later be upgraded to something more advanced, like a Gunmaster, in Portable 2 there are only four Job Classes which are all selectable from the beginning. These include the classic slashing, shooting and casting trio of Hunter, Ranger and Force, as well as the new multi-purpose Brave class.
This new system actually allows for significantly more personalisation. For a start, you can change Job Class whenever you want for mere pocket change – keeping everything about your old class intact while you try out something different. Furthermore, players are no longer restricted to certain weapon types. By earning Extend Points through completing missions, you can now unlock any weapon rank for any class.
Building a character capable of wielding many S-rank weapon types will take a great many hours, but in terms of the flexibility this provides – especially in those situations where you obtain a rare weapon you might otherwise be unable to equip – this new freedom feels like a tangible improvement. This can also be said of the revamped battle system.
By combining some of the best features from the previous games, especially Phantasy Star Zero, Portable 2's hack-and-slash combat, while still fairly basic, makes this the most satisfying Phantasy Star yet. While holding a melee weapon you still have access to a normal attack and a Photon Art special move, but instead of building up Photon Charges the old way, the number of Photon Arts you can perform is now dictated by a Photon Power gauge that recharges independently.
Other technical additions include a standalone block button which allows both two-handed weapons and the new shields to reduce damage, and a Perfect Block system which requires strict timing but negates all damage. But for players who prefer a more focused build – such as a Cast Ranger or a Technic-heavy Newman Force – the tweaks to the firearm and magic combat means Portable 2 is now more engaging for all types of player.
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