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IN NOMINE JESU
Confession. This word can mean different things when used in different contexts. The word essentially means "an admission." In a crime drama on television, the criminal will sometimes confess. He admits that he committed the crime and how he did it. In a similar vein, there was a confession this morning—a confession of sin. We confessed our sins to God our Father, admitting to Him our own sinfulness, admitting our need and our desire to be forgiven. In these instances, such confessions do not come forth automatically; there is almost always something or someone that finally brings forth the confession. In the crime genre, the accused is threatened by the police detectives or the district attorney with a lengthy prison term or a death sentence. The threat of death is often enough to force the accused to "fess up," and he often will receive a reduced sentence. Likewise, we are not willing to confess our sins before our God our Father, not until He threatens us with His temporal and eternal punishment. Then we, moved by the Law confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean, sinning against God by thought, word, and deed. Our death sentence is commuted. Our sins are forgiven. God has declared us not guilty on account of the blood shed by Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God.
Our focus today is another context of confession—the confession of faith…more specifically, St. Peter's confession of faith. To confess one's faith is to publicly admit that in which one believes. In spiritual matters, when a person confesses his faith, he admits that he believes in someone or something as the higher good or higher being. In our text for today, the Lord was looking for a confession of faith from His disciples. He begins by asking them who the average man on the street said the Son of Man was. The disciples' answers were as varied as the people they heard: John the Baptizer, Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets. All right, then, what say you? Jesus asked the Twelve. Who do you say that I am? The Lord did not spend much time with the responses of the people. He wanted His disciples to know exactly who He was because it would be His message that they would later proclaim. It would be His Name that they would bear as His apostles, for they would be sent by Him, in His Name, into the world. "Simon Peter answered and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God'" (v. 16). Peter recognized who Jesus was, as did the rest of the disciples. They spoke with one voice, through the voice of Peter. A few moments ago we responded to the Word of God and said, "I believe in God the Father Almighty…. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord…." We recognize who Jesus is, and we too spoke with one voice, one voice with fellow Christians throughout the world, as we all have made public confession of our faith. Our confession of faith is public, for we have confessed our faith in public, for the entire world to hear, just as Christians everywhere else have through one of the three Creeds of the Church.
Just as Peter and the rest of the disciples confessed their faith, so also we have, with fellow believers the world over, confessed our faith. But neither they nor we have made such a confession of faith on our own. Following Peter's confession, the Lord said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven" (v. 17). Similarly, flesh and blood has not revealed Jesus' divinity, His Sonship, and His Messiahship to us, but the Holy Spirit has done so. Saint Paul, writing under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, says, "Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:3). The Holy Spirit has brought us to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Holy Spirit has presented the Son to us in the Word of God, as you heard it taught to you in your youth and even now as you hear it read and proclaimed in your midst. Through public reading and proclamation of the Word does the Holy Spirit move people to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit moved Peter to make his public confession of the Christ, as the Father had revealed it to him. This same Spirit of God moved Peter to confess his faith before the Sanhedrin. Through Peter's preaching, thousands came to faith in Jesus Christ—3,000 at Pentecost and 5,000 later, just before Peter and John were before the Sanhedrin, this same ruling council that handed Jesus over to be crucified. In the verses preceding our First Reading, these two apostles were arrested for preaching the resurrected Christ, with the result that 5,000 men came to faith in Jesus Christ. The Sanhedrin demanded to know in whose name they were healing and preaching. Note what St. Luke says in the First Reading: "Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders of Israel…let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man [who was healed] stands before you whole. … Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved'" (Acts 4:8, 10, 12). Peter, under threat of persecution, confessed Jesus Christ, just as he did in our text.
Following Simon's confession of the Christ, the Lord made it known that this disciple would be known by a new name: Peter, which means "rock." It is good to note this as we hear Jesus say to him, "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" (v. 18). The Greek notes that there were two forms for the word rock that Jesus used, one masculine and one feminine. The masculine Petros Jesus used to rename Simon. The feminine petra is the rock of Peter's confession, not upon Peter himself. The Lord did not found His Church upon the man of Peter but upon the confession of Peter, the reason for our celebration today. But instead of the confession, there are some who have elevated confusion in the Church regarding this apostle.
The Roman church claims its papacy (its succession of popes) goes all the way back to St. Peter, for tradition has stated he was consecrated the first Bishop of Rome. They incorrectly assert that the church was founded on St. Peter himself. They have also stated that there is no salvation to be found outside Rome, not Jesus Christ. According to them, we are going to hell because we do not bow down to the papacy (as opposed to bowing the knee and the Name of Jesus). According to their heresy, we will not be saved. Their teaching not only contradicts the very words of Christ, but also the very words of St. Peter, to whose succession the popes claim. Peter himself knew that he was not to be worshiped, but God alone. When the centurion Cornelius saw Peter coming into his house, "Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. But Peter lifted him up, saying, 'Stand up; I myself am also a man'" (Acts 10:25-26). We confess in the Nicene Creed, "I believe one holy Christian and Apostolic Church." More accurately, we believe one holy catholic [small "c"] and apostolic Church. The Church is catholic [small "c"] not because it is Roman [capital "C"] because it is not; it is universal—that is, there are Christians found in all corners of the earth, regardless of denomination affiliation within Christendom. The Church is apostolic not because of the apostles themselves but because of their teaching, which came from the Lord Himself. We believe the teaching the Lord gave His apostles, who in turn, through preaching and writing epistles, handed these teachings over to the Church, who has handed down these teachings from one generation of the faithful to the next, to the present day, to you and to me. The Mother Church will continue to teach her children the one true faith until her Bridegroom, the Lord Himself, returns on the Last Day.
"Through the Church the song goes on," as the Te Deum hymn goes. But are we singing the same song? Are we confessing the same confession as that of St. Peter and the rest of the disciples? Are we truly speaking with one voice, as the disciples did in our text? Are we craving the same Word of God that the Apostles preached so many centuries ago? The fact of the matter is that we are not. We would rather sing another tune, one that makes us "feel" good, rather than one that truly uplifts us and announces what the Lord has done for us. We want to believe what we want to believe, regardless of what Scripture affirms and rejects; we want to pick and choose what we want to believe, those things that make us "feel" good and make us "feel" comfortable. We are more interested in living a purpose-driven life and in wondering who will be left behind on the last day than with the One who gives us our purpose (that is, the creation and strengthening of our faith) through His Word and Sacraments and who will not leave behind any of those on Judgment Day who confess Him as Savior and Lord, nor will those who reject Him be left behind, for they will receive their judgment of eternal condemnation.
We have even conditioned ourselves by hardening our ears and hearts to what is being taught and preached. Our minds are made up, and we do not want to hear what the Lord has to say to us because we might well find out that we have been wrong in our own beliefs and in our attitudes and actions. Some of us may even believe that this public reading and proclamation of the Word and its teaching are a waste of time. A faith that is not fed is a faith that shrivels and dies. And when we are called upon to give an account for the hope that is within us, rather than being bold like Peter, we become petrified as Peter sometimes was. And we can say with all honesty, "I do not know the Man."
Regardless of what we think, say, or do, we cannot prevail against the public confession of the Church, the rock upon which she is based, for "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them" (Heb. 13:8-9). False, strange doctrines do not profit us; only the Lord's Means of Grace will profit us—His Word and Sacraments, for these are the means He has chosen to reveal Himself to us and to give to us the forgiveness of sins won for us on the cross by Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. God has given His Son to die for our sins. God has raised Him from the dead, that we would have life with Him into all eternity. God has given us His Holy Spirit, that we would through faith cling to and crave the gifts our Lord won on the cross for us and gives to us through Holy Baptism, Holy Scripture, Holy Absolution, and Holy Communion.
Peter preached the resurrection of Christ. Why? The Lord thrice forgave this same disciple who thrice denied Him that Maundy Thursday evening and restored him to his apostleship. Peter was very much a fallible man; yet the Roman church clings to him. But Peter was very much a forgiven man, and the true Church hears his teachings as the Lord had taught him. We are also very much a fallible people, given to daily sin much and surely deserve nothing but punishment. But we are also very much a forgiven people, forgiven daily of our sins and surely receive God's grace—His forgiveness. Not only are we forgiven, we are chosen by Him to be His people. Saint Peter writes in his First Epistle: Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious…. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy" (1 Pet. 2:4-7a, 9-10).
Fellow priests, may we all by the Holy Spirit boldly and publicly confess the Name of Jesus Christ, as St. Peter did, in our witness to others, that they too would be members of this holy nation, that we would proclaim the praises of Him who has called us out of His darkness into His marvelous light, called out of darkness by the light of the Gospel, that we as priests get to go out and witness to others what the Lord has done for us and for all who believe in Him. May we also by this same Spirit of God unite our voices with our brothers and sisters in Christ both here and throughout the world as we make the public confession of Christ our own confession, that we and all of our fellow Christians would be of one heart and voice in our confession. May the Lord now create in us clean hearts and renew a right spirit within us, that we may, as His holy priesthood, offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ as we give back to Him a portion of what He has first given to us in our offerings to Him, and as we pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs. God grant this in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, and for His sake. Amen.
"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen" (Jude 24-25).
SOLI DEO GLORIA
Send Pastor Mark Schlamann an email.
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Obviously, Curtis Granderson is a big name out there in imaginary trade land. Many Yankee fans feel that we need to seriously upgrade our outfield. I call this the 'Eli Manning Phenomenon.' This is where fans inexplicably decide their team can't possibly succeed with a player or group of players with which their team has not only succeeded but also won championships.
Damon and Swisher are, at best, average outfielders with below average arms. Melky Cabrera is a competent center fielder with an above average arm; while Gardner, though really fast, couldn't throw out a crippled dog (believe me, I've seen him try).
The truth is, however, it doesn't matter. All of them can read the path of the ball competently. With the exception of Melky on a few occasions, all of them are aware of their limitations and don't go diving for balls they have no chance of getting to, thereby turning singles into doubles or worse. They cut off balls, and hit the cut off guys, and play a smart, though not always an athletic outfield. That, truly, is all you need.
Swisher, the one with the below average arm, made two heads up plays to pick runners off during the play-offs because they strayed too far from the bag on pop-flys. He did not gun anyone down, he just threw to where he was supposed to and it was enough.
Last year, we lost exactly zero games because of our "subpar" outfield. We won quite a few games because our outfielders, particularly Cabrera, came up with timely hits.
The Yankees don't need an upgrade in their outfield, at least not any upgrade not named Austin Jackson. Granderson is a good player and a good ESPN guest analyst, but he does not make the Yankees exceptionally better. More athletic? Yes. More likely to repeat? No. Less likely to repeat? Probably not, though his strike outs are cause for concern, especially if he's replacing someone like Damon, who won game four of the World Series by having a patient at-bat and then stealing two bases (again, though Damon is not as fast as he once was, as long as he plays smart baseball, which he generally does, he's fast enough).
Is Granderson worth trading away Austin Jackson? Maybe if Damon won't accept a reasonable contract (and we know Bay and Holliday won't be accepting reasonable contracts, nor will they be worth their contracts, especially considering Carl Crawford will be available next year). But even then, it's a high cost.
Mark Feinsand thinks the Yankees should skip Granderson and focus on trying to trade for Roy Halladay (hey, even without an extension, is there any concern we wouldn't be able to keep him after 2010?). What do you guys think?
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1850 7 Main Street, Taunton, Massachusetts.
Gove and Stone (possibly William S. Gove & Gardner W. Stone) were recorded in one advertisement that ran from August 16 to August 22, 1850. In the Taunton Democrat (Taunton, Massachusetts).
Colored Daguerreotypes. Messrs. Gove & Stone from Boston. Respectfully inform the inhabitants of Taunton and vicinity, that they have taken the new sky light Daguerreotype Rooms formerly occupied by H. S. Dunshee & Brother No. 7 Main St., where they will be happy to wait upon all who may be in want of good likenesses of themselves or friends, being provided with a superior German Camera and every other facility for making good pictures, and having been for a long time practically engaged in the business, sparing neither pains nor expense in availing themselves of every improvement they feel confident that they can furnish as good pictures as can be produced in the art. Miniatures taken in any weather single or in groups, plain or colored, and neatly set in Lockets, Bracelets, in Pins, or Cases, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Likenesses of sick or deceased persons taken.
Painted or Daguerreotype Likenesses accurately copied.
They would respectfully invite all, whether they wish to sit for their Pictures or not, to call and examine their specimens, that they may be enabled to judge for themselves.
Advertisement ran from August 16 to August 22, 1850.
Gove & Stone are not recorded in other photographic directories.
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Saillon's Herbal Diabetes Churna is a combination of proven anti-diabetics fortified with potent immuno-modulators, antihyperlipidemic, anti-stress hepato protectives of total plant origin, the formulation of Diab-Hari Churna is based on ancient Ayurvedic references, further corroborated through research clinical trials. Diab-Hari Churna confers a sense of well-being in patients promotes symptomatic relief of complaints like weakness, giddiness, pain in legs, body ache, polyuria pruritis.
Herbal Diabetes Churna the numbness of hands feet makes the nervous system strong. It helps to remove complications like exhaustion, weakness tension caused by diabetes. It protects the patient from morbid thirst, frequent urination, loss of weight, blurred of vision, tingling sensation, tiredness, infections of skin, gums urethra.
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Here’s an update about the car flipped over on Sheffield last Friday that Liza covered(http://tinyurl.com/crmogt). I interviewed two DePaul Students who witnessed the accident and helped the person out of the flipped car. Louis McGill and Jeremy Applebaum (both seniors) were driving north on Sheffield and were stopped at the light on Fullerton when the accident happened.
Here is what they saw: According to both McGill and Applebaum, the car clipped an SUV parked in front of the Post Office on Sheffield. The clip was just enough force to flip the car over. The two students pulled over to help the gentleman out of the flipped car. McGill commented that a mild concussion and a few scratches were the only injuries on the gentleman. McGill then proceeded to call 911 for the gentleman. From there, both McGill and Applebaum waited with the man for help to arrive. McGill mentioned that while they were watching the police handle the scene, the owner of the SUV came out of the Post Office and asked police if it was OK for her to move her SUV, oblivious to the situation. No damage was done to the SUV. McGill and Applebaum waited around until they knew authorities had the situation under control.
Neither the gentleman nor the SUV owner was a DePaul Student. Also, both McGill and Applebaum mentioned that the SUV was not parked illegally or in any way that would have caused the accident. In addition, both students also said that it didn’t look like the gentleman who clipped the car was on his cell phone. It just appeared to be a very bad accident with a very lucky outcome for the gentleman who survived it. Kudos to McGill and Applebaum for helping out and being heroes in the process.
I took all the photos with my cell phone while walking to work that day.
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Dick Vet joins US online partnership
Equine Nutrition is one of the University of Edinburgh’s six new courses available for online students, which offer a taste of higher education for free.
Students who participate in these free online taster courses at the University of Edinburgh will have access to an array of quality learning materials provided by world class academics who are leaders in their field.
The University’s Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies is the first Vet School to launch a course as part of the programme. The Equine Nutrition course covers many aspects of equine nutrition ranging from anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract to dietary management of horses and ponies affected with nutrition-related disorders.
One of six available from the University of Edinburgh, the Equine Nutrition course forms part of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which are delivered via the Coursera partnership - a network of leading international universities which offer short undergraduate-level online courses free of charge.
Edinburgh is the first university in the UK to join the Coursera initiative.
Universities associated with Coursera have taught more than 650,000 students from 190 countries. There have been more than 1.5 million course enrolments across 43 courses.
In this short film, the co-founder of Coursera and academic staff from Edinburgh explain how MOOCs will benefit people around the world.
Access to all
There are no entry requirements for students - all courses can be taken by anyone with a computer and internet connection.
The University of Edinburgh will initially offer six courses, each lasting five weeks. The courses will begin in Autumn 2012 and five further courses are offered, in addition to Equine Nutrition:
- Introduction to Astrobiology and the Search for Extra-terrestrial Life
- E-learning and Digital Cultures
- Critical Thinking in Global Challenges
- Artificial Intelligence Planning
- Introduction to Philosophy
Enabling wider access to excellent higher education is part of the core mission of the University of Edinburgh. We are therefore excited to join with our peers in North America in the Coursera consortium to offer Massive Open Online Courses on topics in which we have particular strengths.
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2 min read
Last month I wrote about my experience creating a gratitude vision board. I mentioned that at one point during the workshop I decided that the board just wasn’t going to happen. I didn’t have the right resources – the magazines were not good enough and there weren’t enough of them. Other people had taken all the good pictures and the few I did find weren’t perfect.
The theme of the workshop was being grateful for what you already have in your life instead of thinking about what you don’t have or what you would like more of. The irony of my situation was not entirely lost on me!
It struck me that sometimes I look at the pieces of my life the same way I was looking at the pictures for my board – that I don’t have enough to make it really good. Sure, my life is pretty good, but surely if it were bigger it would be better!
I was recently listening to a talk by Deepak Chopra who said that people very often buy into ideas about what will make them happy that are not necessarily true. We think we must be hugely successful and rich. Even millionaires think they won’t be happy until they are billionaires. Basically, bigger is better.
The vision board exercise really illustrated this for me. I wasn’t happy with what I had because I thought I needed more to make something good. I couldn’t see that I actually had enough of the resources I needed to make something beautiful. All I could see was what I didn’t have.
There will always be others who have more. But happiness really comes down to your perspective. You can choose to look at the pieces of your life and say “it’s not enough, I won’t be happy until I have more” or you can choose to be pleased with, and really enjoy, what you do have.
It’s not about settling or fooling yourself. It’s about seeing what is really there and accepting it. Once I stopped focusing on what I didn’t have and started seeing what I did have, it was possible to make a really good vision board. Actually, not even just a really good board, but one that I loved. One that made me smile and feel good.
It may not be a small adjustment for all of us, but a change in focus from what you don’t have to what you do have can make a huge difference in your happiness level.
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Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica)
A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And clothed them beneath the kisses of night. ShelleyThe Sensitive Plant. Pt. I.
For the Sensitive Plant has no bright flower; Radiance and odour are not its dower; It loves, even like Love, its deep heart is full, It desires what it has not, the beautiful. ShelleyThe Sensitive Plant. Pt. I.
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While we can’t help but keep producing waste, we have the responsibility to manage our wastes, especially at home. Managing our home wastes in an environmentally-friendly way lies with each family. The aim here is to reduce the amount of garbage that ends up in landfills and to recycle as much as possible.
Thankfully, it’s now much easier to manage our wastes at home. There are now companies such as Enviroinc.com, that focus on developing and marketing new products that’ll help us manage our home wastes in an eco-friendly way. We also now have plenty of methods of reducing, recycling, and composting waste, which are your best options for managing home wastes.
Here are some ways to manage the wastes at your home properly.
1. Reduce the Amount of Waste You Bring to Your Home
If you want to reduce the amount of waste you have at home and send to landfills, you also have to reduce your waste output. In this case, you must lessen the amount of waste you bring to your home the next time you go out. Here’s how you can do this.
- Stop using plastic carrier bags. Plastic carrier bags just end up becoming unnecessary waste. So, it’d be best if you can stop relying on them and instead use reusable eco bags. The next time you go shopping, try to bring your reusable bags instead of using the plastic bags given by the store.
You may have used reusable bags before, so make sure that you don’t forget to bring them with you when you go out to buy some groceries. Place them at a convenient location where you can easily pick them up when you go shopping, or you can always put them in your care so you’ll no longer have to forget about them when you go shopping. Lastly, you must make sure that you use your reusable bags whenever you shop.
- Buy foods with less packaging as much as possible. You can also try buying grocery items that have less packaging. If you’re used to purchasing fruits like oranges or apples that are wrapped in a tray with plastic mould and cellophane, why not just pick them individually from the fruit stand and put them in your reusable eco bag. This way, you’ll be able to reduce your plastic waste.
- Avoid buying bottled waters or packaged drinks. You may also want to stop buying bottled water if you’re going to reduce your plastic waste at home. Bottled water uses plastic, and they form a considerable part of the landfills around the world. Instead of buying bottled water which uses plastic bottles, why not buy those that are using a reusable bottle the next time you go shopping. You can also invest in a water filter jug or install a water filter on your kitchen tap to reduce your plastic bottle waste as much as possible that you bring to your home.
2. Learn How to Segregate Your Home Waste Properly
Before you decide what to do with the wastes at your home, you must first learn how to segregate them properly. It would be best if you learned which wastes can be reused, recycled, and must be thrown out.
By segregating your wastes, it’ll help reduce the amount of waste you’re going to dispose of and make it easier for you to recycle some of them and compost. Your home wastes can be segregated into three different categories:
- Dry Waste: Plastic, glass, metal, flowers, papers, and other dry waste materials must be put in a plastic bag as they can still be reused and recycled.
- Wet Waste: Vegetables, fruits, fruit peels, eggshells, fish scales, kitchen waste, etc. must be put in a separate plastic as they can be used as compost.
- Hazardous Waste: Hazardous or toxic waste such as batteries, wires, remotes, tube lights, paints, insecticides, used cosmetics, electronic toys, etc. must be put in a separate container and must be disposed of daily.
3. Donate Old and Unused Items at Home
You’ll be surprised to see just how much home waste you’ll be able to reduce by giving away your old and unused items. If you have plenty of old clothes, tools, electronics, or other items that are unused but are still in good condition, you can give them away or donate them to charity instead of just throwing them away as garbage.
By doing so, you’ll not only be able to reduce and manage your home waste properly, but you also get to help other people in need.
4. Learn How to Recycle
There’s no effective home waste management method that doesn’t involve recycling. As such, you must learn how to recycle if you want to reduce and manage your wastes at home properly.
Recycling is the process of gathering and processing waste that you can convert into new products. It’s an essential component of every waste management method and is one of the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle). Aside from turning waste into new products, recycling also reduces energy usage, air and water pollution, production of fresh materials, the volume of trash sent to landfills, and greenhouse gas emissions.
By learning how to recycle, you’ll be able to reduce your home waste to a reasonable extent. Your plastic containers can still be used several times before you can dispose of them. The same goes for your plastic bags, bottles, and boxes. They, too, can still serve a second purpose if you know how to reuse them. There are many ways to reuse the old items in your house. You just have to be creative and imaginative to find a second purpose for them.
Proper home waste management isn’t rocket science. You have to make a habit out of it so you can reduce your wastes and be able to dispose of them. Every family should exercise managing their wastes as much as possible by adopting the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, and recycle). If you do so, we’ll be able to reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfills and have a healthier and safer natural environment.
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New post: Karen Agustiawan headed for Harvard role
Pertamina buys more LNG from Corpus Christi
01 July 2014 05:08 GMT
Pertamina considers stake in Talisman’s Duvernay assets
20 June 2014 12:00 GMT
Who’s who in the Indonesian oil and gas industry
16 May 2014 01:59 GMT
Pertamina gas unit eyes FSRU for East Java
13 June 2014 12:00 GMT
Pertamina Hulu Badik push
By Bill Lehane and Dow Jones Newswires reports
18 August 2014 09:49 GMT
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Tax season has arrived!
While you’re gathering receipts, filling out forms, and stressing over how much you owe, you won’t have to worry too much about getting the proper documentation from your ShootProof account to give to your accountant.
The Sales Report
You’ll find a comprehensive Sales Report when you click on Reports > Sales in your Studio Panel. Here, you can simply view the details of your sales organized by month, or you can download the entire report as a .csv file and open it in programs such as Excel or Google Docs, where you can then total specific columns, add them together, remove certain unneeded pieces, and more.
To view sales numbers from 2015, select that year in the dropdown menu on the top left. If you’d like a detailed explanation of what each column’s data is reporting, you’ll find a helpful list in the Knowledge Base.
Is your CPA asking for receipts for your business expenditures? If so, don’t forget to include your ShootProof monthly or yearly plan bills!
You can easily view and print receipts for each payment you’ve made to ShootProof for your photo plan throughout the year by going to Account (that tiny head and shoulders button in the very top right of your account) > Plan & Billing and then scroll to the bottom.
Should I Receive a 1099K?
ShootProof mailed 1099K forms for any studio who had at least $20,000 in sales and a minimum of 200 profit transfers through ShootProof Payments by January 31, 2016 in accordance with IRS guidelines. For studios not meeting these IRS reporting minimums, no tax forms were generated or submitted to the IRS by ShootProof.
Still have questions? Contact the support team at firstname.lastname@example.org for some assistance.
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Ladies Mile LLC in New York, New York
|Ladies Mile LLC
43 W 23rd St
New York, NY, 10010
New York County
(212) 206-8720 - Phone
Homes Inc's goal is to provide information on everything related to the home, including real estate agents, mortgages, and remodeling. We may receive compensation from the services we rate and/or link.
All brand names used on this website other than Homes Inc, are used without any claim to the trademark, copyright, special relationship and/or other rights of the owners of such names.
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NEW YORK, May 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Editor Note: For more information about this release, please scroll to bottom.
Moments ago, Analysts Review released new research updates concerning several important developing situations including Arbor Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ABR), The Phoenix Companies Inc. (NYSE: PNX), Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUBN), Great Ajax Corp (NYSE: AJX), and Clough Global Opportunities Fund (NYSEMKT: GLO). Analysts Review provides a single unified platform for investors' to hear about what matters - proudly employing registered CFA® research staff and rigorous compliance procedures. The full research reports are being made available to the public for informational purposes only.
To access our full PDF reports on a complementary basis, please visit the links below.
Today's update concerns the following companies:
Full PDF Download Links (you may have to copy and paste the following links into your browser):
ABR Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Arbor%20Realty&d=15-May-2015&s=ABR ),
PNX Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Phoenix%20Companies&d=15-May-2015&s=PNX ),
AUBN Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Auburn%20Bank&d=15-May-2015&s=AUBN ),
AJX Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Great%20Ajax&d=15-May-2015&s=AJX ),
GLO Research Report: ( http://get.analystsreview.com/pdf/?c=Clough%20Global&d=15-May-2015&s=GLO ).
Analyst Update: Financial Results and Participation Agreement
U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, recovering from a sequence of slight losses over the week. The rally came despite unexpected drop in both weekly jobless claims and headline inflation figure. The NASDAQ Composite closed at 5,050.79, up 1.39%, the S&P 500 jumped 1.08%, to 2,121.10, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session 1.06% higher, at 18,252.24. European stocks surged sharply higher on Thursday after the European Central Bank's president reaffirmed its commitment to continue massive stimulus program for the Eurozone. Germany's DAX 30 advanced 1.84%, France's CAC 40 gained 1.36%, and London's FTSE 100 closed 0.34% higher on Thursday. Meanwhile, Asian markets were once again mixed on Thursday. The Shanghai Composite and Hong Kong's Hang Seng posted modest gains, while Japan's Nikkei fell on Thursday.
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter on May 1, 2015. Arbor generated net income of $15 million or $0.30 per diluted common share in Q1 FY15 versus net income of $5.9 million or $0.12 per diluted common share in Q1 FY14.
On May 11, 2015, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. announced its financial results for Q1 FY15. The Company reported that Life Insurance annualized premium during the quarter totaled $4 million, driven mainly by the sales of term, whole life and UL Insurance.
Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. reported its financial results for Q1 FY15 on April 28, 2015. The Company reported net earnings of $1.9 million or $0.51 per share for Q1 FY15 vis-à-vis net income of $1.8 million or $0.50 per share for Q1 FY14.
On May 4, 2015, Great Ajax Corp. announced its financial and operational results for Q1 FY115. The Company reported revenues of $6 million generating a net income of $3.6 million or $0.28 per fully diluted share.
On May 11, 2015, the Board of Trustees of Clough Global Opportunities Fund, Clough Global Equity Fund and Clough Global Allocation Fund ("The Funds"), advised by Clough Capital Partners L.P. (the
"Advisor"), announced the approval of a participation agreement between the Funds and the RiverNorth Funds, on behalf of its series.
About Analysts Review
At Analysts Review, we provide our members with a simple and reliable way to leverage our economy of scale. Most investors do not have time to track all publicly traded companies, much less perform an in-depth review and analysis of the complexities contained in each situation. That's where Analysts Review comes in. We provide a single unified platform for investors' to hear about what matters. Situation alerts, moving events, and upcoming opportunities.
Analysts Review was designed for investors. By providing the best information available, we have set ourselves apart as one of the premier online investor communities.
Editor Note: This is not company news. We are an independent source and our views do not reflect the companies mentioned.
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SOURCE Analysts Review
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 28th, Gotee/Capitol
Records will release "Must Have Done Something Right," the ebullient first
single from Relient K's upcoming album, Five Score And Seven Years Ago. The
single will be available at all digital retailers. The single plus a bonus
track, "Fallen Man," will also be available as an MP3 file for $0.99 direct
from the band's website -- www.relientk.com. "Fallen Man" will not appear
on the forthcoming album. The same single plus bonus track will be
available on iTunes.
A higher quality 320kbs MP3 download of "Must Have Done Something
Right" plus the bonus track will also be available for $1.25 via the band's
Despite three consecutive Gold albums, a Grammy nomination and two Top
20 singles ("Be My Escape" and "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been"), Relient K
may be pop-punk's best-kept secret. "We're still under the radar, nobody
knows who we are," says lead singer/guitarist/pianist Matt Thiessen
gleefully. The band has long had a strong internet presence -- 2004's mmhmm
debuted at #1 on the internet chart (and at #15 on the Billboard 200) and
Relient K currently has upwards of 360,000 myspace.com friends.
Five Score And Seven Years Ago -- the title is both a reference to the
album being the band's fifth in seven years and a nod to Lincoln --
presents 14 slices of life as only Relient K could render it, beginning
with "Plead the Fifth," an "eyewitness" account of Lincoln's assassination
from a bogus conspirator and concluding with the 11-minute, 115-track
tour-de-force "Deathbed," told by an end-stage cancer patient who has
mercifully not lost his sense of humor. "The Best Thing" and "Must Have
Done Something Right" are fueled by an infectious exuberance while the
hard-edged "Devastation And Reform" captures our innate aptitude for doing
something wrong, despite our best intentions.
Relient K -- comprised of Thiessen, lead guitarist Matt Hoopes, drummer
Dave Douglas, bassist John Warne and Jon Schneck (guitar, banjo, and bells)
-- recorded most of Five Score And Seven Years Ago in Los Angeles with
producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects).
Three tracks were completed thereafter in Nashville with Mark Townsend, who
produced each of the band's previous works, including their initial demo.
Guest artists include Switchfoot's Jon Foreman. Five Score And Seven Years
Ago will be released on March 6, 2007.
SOURCE Capitol Records
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The Fast and the Furriest 5K Turkey Trot
Ocean City Boardwalk
A 5K run/walk held entirely on the boardwalk Thanksgiving morning. Bring your family and friends along to participate in this fun-filled holiday tradition. All proceeds benefit the Ocean City Humane Society. The race begins at the Music Pier at Moorlyn Terraace, proceeds south to 23rd Street to the turnaround and finishes at the Music Pier. Following the 5k, there is a 1M fun run for kids 14 and under. The fun run starts at the Music Pier, heads north to Fifth Street, and finsihes in front of the Music Pier. T-shirts to pre-registered athletes along with awards and post-race refreshments.Event schedule and times*** Pre-race packet pick-up, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 from 4:00-7:00pm at the Humane Society, 1 Shelter Road, Ocean City. Computerized chip timing by DQ Events will be utilized. Race Day Registration begins at 7:00 am Thanksgiving morning at the Music Pier. 5K Run/Walk begins at 8:30 am. Kids fun run follows the completion of the 5K.
- Address:Moorlyn Terrace, Ocean City Boardwalk
Ocean City, NJ 08226
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I'm a big fan of Jane Iredale & had the pleasure of meeting her last year [seen here]. I absolutely adore Jane Iredale lip products -- they smell amazing and lasts for a long period of time. My favorite shade? The Margi. It's a reddish pink color that's casual and great for day to day. It's definitely one of my go-to everyday beauty products. I'm so glad it's included in this palette! (I also really love their mascaras!)
What are your favorite beauty products?
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What a night in Marana for our Lady Knight’s?!
The night began with our Freshman race all pushing to set their PR’s for the season. The finished in Second place as a team out of 8 teams. We had three from our Freshman team finish in the top twenty, Eryca Fawkes 6th, Isabel Brady 10th, and Lauren Harsen 16th. Devanagana Shah finished in 48th followed by Sierra Garces.
In the Sophomore race we did not have a full team, but Zoe Turnbow turned up the heat with an impressive finish at 27:58 followed by Hallie Melonson.
In the Junior race Devon Baggott finished in 2nd place with a time of 22:16. Followed by Emily Garces.
We only had one Senior in the Senior race who ran her last Desert Solstice. Hannah Tsay ran an impressive 28:11.
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Stay cozy all fall in our MY DREAMS ARE MANIFESTING. MY SKIN IS GLOWING. I DON'T HAVE ANY MAN PROBLEMS. MY BOOTY IS GROWING IS GROWING. LIFE IS GOOD. sweatshirt! This sweatshirt is perfect if you are looking to keep warm and stylish during the fall and winter months.
-Poly/cotton blended material
-True to size fit -Round neck -Soft to touch
-Color: Maroon color with with white and light pink design
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Universe at War: Earth Assault Original Soundtrack
All songs written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Frank Klepacki
I hope you enjoy listening to this soundtrack as much as I enjoyed creating it for Universe At War: Earth Assault. Nothing is more gratifying to me then to see it completely integrated into the rest of team's hard work on this title, in the name of creating a fun experience for everyone. This game is definitely the most unique rts I have worked on to date and I'm proud to be a part of it on all audio fronts. Thanks to all of the community - Keep rockin'!
The score was created by film, television and video game composer Garry Schyman and features a combination of early twentieth century writing, aleatoric elements, musique concrete, traditional tonal and late romantic styles that capture the distinct retro-futuristic aesthetic of the game.
» Author: dtd. 26.08.2007
» Size 21.71 MB; Needed time to download 47,2773 Min with ISDN
» Total Hits: 1367
» Rating: 3.75 at 4 Votes
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“Her belly is even fat. She looks like you Mom!”
-My boy H, looking at a picture of a cartoon character or something
“Wow Mom, your belly sure is gettin’ big!”
-also My boy H, who really knows how to talk to the ladies
Leave it to kids to keep it real, eh? Thanks a lot, son!
But, I have to admit he’s right… the belly is growing. It seems a bit much for 14 or 15 weeks to me, but I guess this is what happens after multiple pregnancies!!
The belly gets hugs and kisses and tickles and snuggles from his/her big brother and and sister all day long. They are very cute and I am certain this little one will get smothered many times in his/her life by loving siblings.
In other news. I chopped my hair. Under normal circumstances it would have been a much bigger deal (I’d say 10 inches or so was cut off) but frankly it’s been so busy I didn’t care much. I got sick of it being long, scheduled an appointment from the one lady in the city who I heard can cut khawaja (foreigner) hair and had it chopped. I barely managed to keep it out of a ponytail in the time it took me to drive home. Ponytail is my life.
I know it’s hard to see in this fuzzy picture (as if you even care, anyone besides my Mom and Sister!), but it feels so much better short in this still steamy weather! It’s about shoulder length.
And… one last unrelated note… the preschool opens in two days!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
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When the Georgia Legislature voted last month to expand its medical marijuana program, it wasn't to legalize growing operations or streamline the application process. Instead, they added to a list of qualifying conditions; going forward, patients with AIDS, Alzheimer's or Tourette's syndrome will be eligible to buy cannabis oil with very low amounts of THC, the psychoactive compound in weed.
Of these newly approved conditions, one in particular stood out. State Sen. Matt Brass told Reuters that while he doesn't approve of recreational marijuana use, "he wanted those with autism to be allowed to be use cannabis oil after obtaining a doctor's approval." Georgia's revised law allows for exactly that: cannabis as autism treatment. The only problem? We don't really know if it works.
The parents fighting to get their kids medical marijuana
Inspired by stories of epileptic children whose lives were dramatically improved by medical marijuana, parents of autistic kids took the initiative and began to experiment with similar treatments — despite a lack of research.
You can find these parents everywhere online, in various grassroots and support groups with names like Mothers Advocating Medical Marijuana for Autism, or MAMMA, using hashtags like #cannabis4autism to spread the word about their cause. There are personal stories of autistic kids who wouldn't eat suddenly finding their appetite with the help of weed brownies, those whose self-destructive rage could only be soothed with cannabis cookies and others whose violent aggression seemed to melt away thanks to pot grown by mom in the backyard. Anecdotally speaking: Pot looks promising.
But then you have a kid like Alex Echols, who made headlines at age 11 in 2013 because his parents used marijuana to curb his autism-related bouts of extreme self-harm, which included "slamming his head into walls and slapping his face" until it bled. Three years later, Alex's dad, Jeremy Echols, shut down his blog about Alex, writing that although he was heartened by "amazing stories" of autistic children benefiting from marijuana, this was but "one side" of the truth. In a final post, he explained that cannabis no longer worked for Alex:
We've stopped with the cannabis tinctures despite having a wonderful donor (TJ's Organic Gardens), because we just couldn't figure out what [Alex] needs. We've found that while our initial struggles were lack of knowledge and supply, our struggle now is figuring out how it's actually affecting Alex. His inability to communicate has always made medications difficult, but in the case of cannabis, this country's bullshit paranoia has made research so spotty that it's 100% up to the parents to guess at dosage, strain, etc.
So it's with a lot of frustration that we decided it wasn't worth the trouble to keep trying. While we still believe in cannabis, it's just not going to work for Alex until there's a lot more research and understanding of which components (THC, THCa, CBD, CBN, etc.) are best for different ailments. And as long as that's the case, we just have no choice but to watch the idiot lawmakers keep screwing up the rules instead of making smart, compassionate decisions.
Clearly, the Echols family came up against the limits of what had seemed like a potential miracle cure — and sadly, some of those limits are manmade.
What we know about autism and marijuana
Autism spectrum disorder encompasses a variety of developmental disorders with no known single cause. There's disagreement as to whether we should even think of it as a disease. These circumstances make autism very difficult to treat — or even talk about without oversimplifying. Then you have the many pernicious myths about it, compounded by a mysterious spike in cases.
Still, the handful of studies about marijuana and autistic disorders have delivered tantalizing results. A 2013 experiment discussed in Neuron highlighted the discovery that an autism-linked mutation of neuroligin-3, a membrane protein that appears to create and remodel our central nervous synapses, also affects endocannabinoid signaling. The endocannabinoid system is a series of receptors throughout the body that influence everything from appetite to immune response to sleep to hormone balance; these receptors respond to both the cannabinoids from marijuana — hence the name — and the body's own cannaboid-like compounds, or endocannabinoids. When the authors of the Neuron study raise "the possibility that alterations in endocannabinoid signaling may contribute to autism pathophysiology," they also hint at a potential therapeutic application for marijuana in autism patients.
Scientists have continued to pursue the endocannabinoid-autism connection. Another 2013 study, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, revealed that one receptor in particular — CB2, or cannabinoid receptor type 2 — is overexpressed in children with autistic disorders. While another type of receptor, CB1, is known to be what accounts for the "high" of THC, since the compound binds to them, CB2 is thought to be crucial for marijuana's anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties. "Our data indicate CB2 receptor as potential therapeutic target for the pharmacological management of the autism care," wrote the authors of the study.
If autism is partly understood through endocannabinoid dysfunction, and marijuana directly modulates the endocannabinoid system, couldn't it be a solution for some kids? We've barely scratched the surface of the question.
Finally, a clinical trial
Because the U.S. continues to prohibit marijuana at the federal level, research on its implications for autism disorder therapy is advancing faster overseas. Israel, for example, has been a leader in the field of weed science since the 1960s. Israel legalized medical marijuana in 1992 and now stands to capitalize on decades of progressive pot policy by taking their expertise global.
In January, Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem began the world's first medical trial to assess the effects of cannabinoids on young people with autism disorders. Led by Dr. Adi Aran, the director of the hospital's neuropediatric unit, 120 autistic individuals ages 5 to 29 are taking part — and many more parents are hoping their children can take part in future trials. "Our waiting lists are full," Aran told the Times of Israel. Many, many families want to participate and they come from all over Israel. They hope and they heard from their friends and other families that it might help."
Aran's patients aren't using marijuana. Instead, a pharmaceutical company called Breath of Life is breaking weed down into cannabis extracts that isolate and amplify certain compounds — particularly CBD, or cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid that has shown great medical promise.
In Israel, as in the U.S., stories of marijuana's miraculous effects on some autistic children have circulated among hopeful and desperate parents. This has led some parents to step outside the law to try it: "We have a lot of information from television and news," one father told the Times of Israel. "Everyone who spoke, either it didn't improve them or it was amazing. No one talked about a decline." It's easy to see why he and others are willing to consider cannabis as an alternative to traditional antipsychotic pharmaceuticals, which carry heavy risks for patients.
Yet these scattered successes are not enough to paint a pattern, especially in such complicated disorders as autism. And while Aran's study may have far-reaching implications for autistic individuals and their families around the world, we will have to see many more of its kind before we understand what cannabis can accomplish in this realm of medicine. A good start for U.S. research, if we want to make that a priority, would be removing all the legal obstacles that stand in the way of what could potentially be a major breakthrough.
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What a terrific book. What it lacked in pathos for me, it more than made up for in the breadth of its empathy and historical vision.
Structured as eight short stories and an epilogue connected by their cast and timeline, Lovecraft Country plunges an ordinary black family of the 1950s and their friends into the kinds of eldritch terror made famous by that dreadful racist, H. P. Lovecraft. If anything, the main weakness of Matt Ruff’s book is that it doesn’t reach the levels of creeping supernatural horror often achieved by the book’s namesake. However, it more than makes up for it by exposing the all too real horrors of American racism, something far too many Americans want to forget or pretend were never that bad. Mr Ruff does something extraordinary with this book by not only putting this terrible evil front and center but also by making it a worse villain than anything dreamt of in natural philosophy, as the occultists in this book call their branch of study.
My favorite stories were, interestingly enough, the ones with female protagonists. Hippolyta Disturbs The Universe was easily my favorite of the bunch, both in the dream-like quality of the storytelling and for the sheer scariness of it. And the emotions! As a mother and an intellectual, I very much connected with Hippolyta and with Ida. It was also hard not to connect deeply with Ruby’s story in Jekyll In Hyde Park, even after coming to sympathize so well with her brave and clever sister, Letitia, in the first two stories. Which isn’t to say that the male characters aren’t also well drawn and sympathetic, just that Mr Ruff does an exceptional job writing of black women, a demographic which he does not have a natural advantage in, not being a part of either.
Anyway, I’ve already added another book of his to my To-Read pile because this extraordinary book shows off a mind that is at once keenly intelligent and determinedly kind, a combination I particularly love of my authors. Also, Mr Ruff’s writing is funny as hell. Atticus’ deadpan response to Samuel’s big speech in the opening story still makes me laugh just thinking about it. I have a feeling that reading more of Mr Ruff will be both a pleasure and a reminder to be a force for good and the truth. Not many authors can pull off both.
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"We are aware of the allegations and are now in the process of looking into it," MLB spokesman Mike Teevan said in a statement.
In a tweet posted Thursday, photographer Betsy Bissen said Sano grabbed her wrist and tried to pull her inside a bathroom at a store in a mall after an autograph session and that the 6-foot-4, 260-pound Sano tried to kiss her several times. ESPN does not typically identify people who make accusations of sexual assault unless they have chosen to go public with their names.
In her post, Bissen described how Sano flirted with her without reciprocation during the autograph signing. She said Sano's agent and her former boss were also at the event. She said Sano later grabbed her wrist and made her accompany him to an Apple store in the mall before trying to pull her into a restroom against her will.
"Every time he did, I said no and kept pulling back," Bissen said in her Twitter post. "... I was in a squatted position with my wrist throbbing. I screamed, no one came to help me. He finally gave up after a solid ten mins of fighting to pull me thru that door.
"... Every time I have to hear how great people think Miguel Sano is, I'm reminded of how awful he actually is and how he hurt me."
Sano issued a statement Thursday denying the allegations.
"I unequivocally deny the allegation made against me today -- it never happened," Sano said in the statement. "I have the utmost respect for women, especially those working in professional sports, and I deeply sympathize with anyone who has experienced sexual harassment. There is no place for it in our society."
Rob Plummer, Sano's former agent, confirmed he was at the mall for the signing but was not in a position to see the alleged incident.
"I was outside next to the car, waiting for him to come out on the other side of the loading bay dock, so I don't know what happened inside,'' Plummer told ESPN. "I didn't see or hear anything. I wasn't anywhere near Miguel.''
In replies to the tweet, Bissen said the Twins knew nothing about the incident at the time.
"Today the Minnesota Twins were made aware of allegations involving Miguel Sano at an offsite appearance during the 2015 season," the team said in a statement released on Thursday. "The Twins, along with Major League Baseball, take these allegations very seriously. Until more information is gathered, the Twins will have no further comments."
Bissen said that she told people, including her family, at the time, but that she wasn't quite ready to share her story more widely until Thursday. She used the hashtag #metoo with her tweet, which has gained popularity in encouraging women to publicize experiences to demonstrate the widespread nature of sexual assault.
She said she now works for the St. Paul Saints, an independent baseball team.
Sano, 24, signed with the Twins out of his native Dominican Republic in 2009 for a bonus of $3.15 million. He finished third in American League Rookie of the Year balloting in 2015. This past season, he hit 28 home runs, drove in 77 runs and made the All-Star team for the first time.
MLB and the players' association reached agreement on a domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy in August 2015. The policy allows commissioner Rob Manfred to decide on appropriate discipline, with no minimum or maximum penalty. Players have the right to challenge any punishment before an arbitration panel.
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How accurate is a first response pregnancy test two weeks after conception and Plan B one step? Both tests were negative. Period due this week.
From conception, how long before getting signs of being pregnant? Also is it possible to get a positive reading 2 weeks after conception.
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Would pregnancy be noticeable seven weeks after conception? No signs. Just an irregular on time period.
Trust the test: Home pregnancy tests are very accurate. They are the same tests used in a doctors office. They can detect a pregnancy 7-10 days after conception. The best time to take one is when you miss your period. If you doubt the result you can repeat it in 1-2 days. If you were pregnant the hormone level would rise enough for detection. Sounds like just an irregular period ...Read moreGet help from a doctor now ›
What are most common signs of pregnancy after taking Clomid or conception it's been 2 days didn't do intercourse is it necessary to do every other day?
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(Fortune) Omidyar Technology Ventures has quietly launched as an early-stage venture capital firm solely funded by eBay Inc.
Omidyar in 2004 formed something called Omidyar Network, which operates as a “philanthropic investment firm.” This new firm, however, is a “pure commercial venture capital fund,” according to managing partner Todor Tashev, who declined to comment further.
Tashev previously was with Omidyar Network, where he led global tech, Internet and mobile investment activities. His new team members include two other Omidyar Network veterans ― partner Chris Bishko and principal Pearl Chan ― plus an associate, Sid Trivedi, who previously was with Symphony Technology Group.
It is unclear how much money Omidyar has given the firm to invest, but so far it already has participated in deals for Convoy (on-demand local and regional trucking), FundBox (cash flow management tools for small businesses) and Nervana (machine learning platform).
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Have you ever noticed the footpath? Does it even exist? And if it does what is its height from the road? What should be the ideal height that allows for pedestrians to walk without fear of being run over or breaking a leg clambering onto it, while not allowing cars to park and take over this public space?
Why am I asking these rather pedestrian questions? Because, quite frankly, these are the questions we need to answer. The only way our cities can crawl out of the quagmire of vehicles and pollution is to promote public transport systems at a scale and pace nobody has done or seen. I say this not out of arrogance; I am stating the imperative. The fact is our cities, with bumper-to-bumper traffic and dangerous levels of air toxins, have (believe it or not) only just begun to motorise. People do not move in cars in our cities, even if choked roads give that impression. In Delhi, statistics tell you that roughly 20 per cent of the city owns private cars. But only some 15 per cent drive to work, school or shop. These car users take up 90 per cent or more of the road space, and over 26 per cent of the city’s urban land is already under metal.
The situation is the same across the country. Therefore, the only option for our cities is to reinvent mobility so that we do not have to drive—we can ride a bus or a train. The aim should be to use road space efficiently; move people, not vehicles. This is not possible unless we plan for what is called in transport lingo “last mile connectivity”. Simply put, we will not or cannot take a metro train or ride a bus if we cannot get to the station or to our destination with ease. Delhi, for instance, has over 150 km of world-class metro facilities. But how does the commuter get to the station? Buses are not easily available or convenient and footpaths do not exist. I cannot walk or cross the street. I cannot think that public transport will change the face of my city.
That is why we need to think of where we walk.
And the cruel fact is that we don’t. Let me reiterate that this is not idle talk. A number of people in our cities walk but they are invisible to planners and a nuisance to car drivers. According to government’s own estimates, roughly 30 per cent of city dwellers across the country commute daily by walking. In Delhi, a comprehensive 2010 study sponsored by the government shows 34 per cent of the daily “person trips” are “walk” only. In addition, 27 per cent walk to take a bus and almost all metro users walk before they can ride.
We are blind to those who walk. That is why pavement is the first casualty of street widening to accommodate cars. That is why signal-free roads are the buzz-road even if it means that there is no light to stop vehicles so that people can cross the road. That is why we make bus stops and then put railing on road dividers; people cannot cross safely. Just stop. Just check how the pedestrian crossing is situated on the road. You will see what I mean.
This is not the only problem. It seems we do not even know the right way to build pedestrian-friendly streets. The international practice is to build footpaths at a short height from the road—most cities mandate 150 mm—which is easy to use. The width is 2 metres at the minimum, allowing two people to walk easily.
Our cities do not have specific codes for designing pedestrian-friendly roads. Instead, road engineers use the Indian Road Congress (IRC) codes for construction. But this association is known for its work in highway design, so till its last revision in 2012 it did not specify the height of the footpath. Road engineers had a field day doing whatever it took to make walking unenjoyable. In Delhi, drains have been covered along the roads to double up as sidewalks. The height is 400-500 mm, so one has to jump or climb.
The 2012 IRC code specifies a minimum width of 1.8 m and a height of 150-250 mm. But now new challenges emerge. As cities lower the height, cars climb over the pedestrian walkway. The footpath becomes free parking. In this way, the vocal minority of car users takes the space reserved for the commuter on two legs. Equity in road space is easy to talk about but hard to enforce.
This is now the design dilemma: what should be the height of the footpath? Should we follow international design standards? Or should Indian planners acquiesce to Indian habits and build practically. The problem is compounded by the fact that the penalty for illegal parking is so little that it does not matter. Cities cannot revise parking fines because these are mandated under the Central Indian Motor Vehicles Act. The Bill to increase the deterrence for wrongful or unauthorised parking has been with Parliament for the past four years.
So what do we do? The answer is to build convenient sidewalks, with barriers to cars. This will require new designs for congested cities, where road space is limited and contested. But how? When? Pedestrian questions are not pedestrian after all. Think and look so that we can walk, not drive.
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Bear & Son Cowhand Lockback w/ Rosewood Handle - 3.75" Closed - 2149LR
BC2149LR: Rosewood One Hand Opening Cowhand
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The original locking mechanism. It can be found mid spine or at the bottom of the handle, and it provides tight lockup that will wear well.
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Over the next couple of months, we have plenty of opportunities to experience celebrations and times of worship from the various cultures we have in our diocese. We all know that, in the wake of all that has happened in Charlottesville, we must turn to our Lord in prayer for peace in our country. It is important that we all come together to pray for each other, and with each other. The Lord calls us to love one another as he loves us.
What are some of the things we can do to make things better in our communities and world? I believe that the more we get to know each other, the more we will see that we are all made in the image and likeness of Christ. He loves each and every one of us. There is no room for hatred and violence. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. We must challenge ourselves to speak out against the injustices and support each other.
The theme for this year's Puerto Rican Hispanic Parade of WNY was "United Always," and our Diocesan Hispanic/Latino Commission and the committee preparing decided to extend the theme to "United Always in Christ." The first opportunity we have, as far as diocesan events, will be on Sept. 10, when the Diocese of Buffalo will kick off the Hispanic Heritage Month with a Mass co-sponsored by the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY Inc. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Richard J. Malone. Our homilist will be Father James Loiacono, OMI. It will take place at Holy Cross Church in Buffalo, at 12:30 p.m. The Mass will be followed by a reception with food, music and dance. Join us as our Hispanic brothers and sister share their Catholic faith and share their customs and traditions.
Hispanic Heritage month runs from Sept. 15 - Oct. 15. Throughout this time, various cultural activities will be held throughout the diocese. Check out their website (hispanicheritagewny.org/) for information about their upcoming events.
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This peppery lettuce is tasty and healthy. Best for salads, pizza, sauteed greens or pesto
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The Australian share market has closed higher, with Macquarie Group rising strongly despite the financial group slashing its dividend, while retail stocks rallied on the Government's planned easing of coronavirus restrictions.
- The Australian share market closed in positive territory but off the highs of the session
- Retail stocks rallied as the Government revealed a three-step plan to ease restrictions
- Macquarie Group halved its final dividend as net profit fell more than 8 per cent
The ASX 200 gained 0.5 per cent to 5,391 points, off its earlier highs, while the All Ordinaries index gained 0.7 per cent, or 38 points, to 5,488.
Consumer stocks rallied in afternoon trade after Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed a three-step plan to ease restrictions.
Shares in Myer, which is trialling the reopening of some of its Queensland stores, surged 45 per cent to 29 cents.
Other retailers and travel stocks rose, including Super Retail (+6.6 per cent), Retail Food Group (+13.2 per cent), Harvey Norman (+6.7 per cent), Flight Centre (+8.1 per cent) and Webjet (+9.3 per cent).
Shares in Macquarie Group gained 5.7 per cent to $105.19, despite halving its dividend payout.
The company announced an 8.4 per cent drop in full year profit to $2.7 billion and slashed its final dividend to $1.80 per share, compared to $3.60 a year ago.
It did not provide guidance on its profit for the current financial year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The extent to which these conditions will impact the Group’s overall FY21 profitability is uncertain, making short-term forecasting extremely difficult," Macquarie said.
UBS banking analysts said the decision not to provide guidance was appropriate and the outlook remained challenging, but the result was in line with downgraded expectations.
Meantime, banks continue to defer loan repayments, as customers grapple with the financial fallout of the coronavirus crisis.
The Australian Banking Association (ABA) said a further 100,000 loans were deferred over the past week, half of which were home loans.
That takes the total value of loans deferred to at least $200 billion, across 643,000 loans.
"The surge in demand for assistance from banks shows that the economic impacts continue to be felt, and by no means is the nation through this crisis," ABA chief executive Anna Bligh said.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has seen News Corporation post a $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) loss for the March quarter.
The media giant wrote down the value of its part-owned Foxtel pay TV service and its News America Marketing division by $US1.1 billion.
Revenue fell by 8 per cent over the year to $US2.3 billion, due to a drop in advertising revenue at the News and Information Services division and Foxtel, as well as currency fluctuations.
Chief executive Robert Thomson said there were more cuts to come with a strategic review of costs across its business, particularly in its news division, including a review of its newspaper printing operations.
Foxtel saw lower advertising revenue after the shutdown of sports including AFL and NRL because of coronavirus restrictions.
Mr Thomson said Foxtel was renegotiating with television stations, Nine and Seven, to get lower fees for the broadcast rights for the AFL and NRL and said it was time for a "fundamental reset" of the cost.
"The idea that things will suddenly return to normal this season is absurd. It's not just the quantity of games, but the quality of the experience and that has obviously been diminished," he said.
"That reset has to apply longer term to rights in Australia, in essence there is a new reset reality."
Australian-listed shares of News Corp rose 5.3 per cent, while shares in Telstra, a part-owner of Foxtel, closed down by 1 per cent.
UK central bank warns of biggest slump in 300 years
The Bank of England (BoE) has warned Britain could be headed for its biggest economic slump in more than 300 years because of the coronavirus lockdown.
It has predicted that the UK economy could shrink by 14 per cent in 2020 and kept the door open for more stimulus next month.
It also warned that Britain's economy may contract by as much as one quarter over the three months to June, and unemployment could more than double to 9 per cent of the workforce.
A 14 per cent contraction for 2020 would be the worst recession since a "Great Frost" in 1709.
However, the UK central bank sees a sharp economic bounce back next year with growth of 15 per cent if lockdown restrictions are eased over the coming months.
The BoE kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.1 per cent and left its target for bond-buying at 645 billion pounds ($1.2 trillion).
Governor Andrew Bailey said the central bank was ready to further increase stimulus to help the economy recover from the damage caused by coronavirus.
"There is clearly a commitment and a determination to take action should we need to do so," Mr Bailey told reporters.
"I would really leave that strong message with you."
He said the bank expected "the recovery of the economy to happen over time, though much more rapidly than the pull back from the global financial crisis".
The BoE said inflation was likely to fall below 1 per cent in the next few months, half the bank's target, but that recent figures suggested demand had stabilised, albeit at very low levels.
Millions more Americans lodge jobless claims
Across the Atlantic, millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing total job losses over the past seven weeks to 33.5 million.
Nearly 3.2 million claims for unemployment benefits were made last week, slightly more than estimated by economists.
That was down from the previous week's tally of more than 3.8 million.
Tonight the latest US unemployment figures are out and economists are predicting a jobless rate of 16 per cent for April.
Nasdaq turns positive for 2020
On US markets, the Nasdaq Composite regained its losses for the year boosted by upbeat profit results and the big tech firms known as the FAANGs — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Alphabet, Google's parent company.
PayPal jumped 14 per cent after it said it expected a strong recovery in payment volumes this quarter as more people shop online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Stocks have rebounded sharply since late March from the coronavirus-fuelled sell-off, helped by massive monetary and fiscal stimulus by the world's central banks and governments.
In Europe, stocks rose, with the FTSE 100 in London up 1.4 per cent.
Spot gold came off its overnight high to sell for $US1,713.19 an ounce.
West Texas crude oil fell 2.7 per cent to $US23.35 a barrel.
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Tony is a proven leader in the area of organizational development with twenty five years experience in helping communities, organizations and individuals in leadership development, effective communication, and establishing mission within a company, community, or family environment.
His training clients include several Fortune 500 companies. He is a respected community leader able to build coalitions, and has served as a lecturer, teacher, therapist, executive coach, and organizational consultant. He has presented workshops and keynote addresses at regional, national, and international conferences and workshops in the areas of leadership, organizational systems, community and relationships. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in psychology from Duquesne University.
He and his wife live in Dallas and are proud parents of three adult children.
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It’s a very chilly morning here in LA… Brrrr
And I’m from Boston so for me to say its cold says something!
I got an email saying my first Ipsy glam bag should be arriving today! I’m so excited! I will write a review of the items I receive!!
Here is a picture of the cute scarf I’m wearing today. It’s reversible, the other side has flowers!
Also, the next pic is a pair of heels that I am just in love with right now!! They are identical to Jeffrey Campbell’s night walk… But more affordable. I was just admiring them at this little boutique near UCLA. Ahhh shoes…
Anyway, I’ll post more later, just checking in while I have some time on the bus to work!
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Are you a cookie lover who loves to munch on these crunchy, sometimes chewy delights? Ditch the store-bought kind and learn how to bake them at home!
Cookies are among the most favorite baked recipes perfect for snack time or dessert. In this private & hands-on class, you will make 3 different cookie varieties from scratch and learn to decorate them with royal icing or sugary glaze for creative presentation.
In a 4-hour session, passionate and experienced baker Divya will share with you both baking techniques and storage tips to make your cookies last longer. You get to take home your sweet creations along with valuable recipe notes so you can remake more at home. Classes are available for ladies only.
You will make 3 cookie varieties:
- Choco chip cookies
- Vanilla butter cookies
- Sesame cookies
* Ingredients & materials will be provided for use during the class
All sessions are valid for 60 days upon booking
15 and older
Instructor's Home at:
Trio Tower - 19 A Street
(Unit number will be shared upon booking)
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5HTP Supreme™ 60 VegiCaps
Usually Ships in 2-3 Business Days
1 Capsule, 60 servings per container
Rice powder, magnesium stearate.
As a dietary supplement, take one capsule per day, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Does Not Contain
Wheat, soy, protein, corn, dairy or preservatives.
Not recommended for use by pregnant or lactating women, or by those taking SSRI or MAOI medications. Store in a cool or dry place. Keep out of reach of children.
Serving Size is 1 Capsule*Daily Value (DV) not established.
Write a Review
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For the guy looking for a simple but sturdy bike to coast around town, it seems like there have been two choices: affordable and ugly, or good looking and expensive. And that's just the aesthetics. What's a discerning gentleman to do? Look no further than the Flying Pigeon Classic. The all-steel, single-speed bike has been in continuous production in China since 1950 and is based on English roadster cycles from the early 20th century. With 28-inch wheels, fully covered chain and a leather saddle, they're built to last a lifetime. For decades, they've been the bike of the Chinese people. And like Ford's Model T, they come in one color—black. Imported to the States by Flying Pigeon LA, this model is outfitted with a dynamo front light, locking back wheel and storage rack. It ships for free, but it comes in pieces, so the shop suggests shipping it to your local bike shop for assembly.
$260 (with free shipping) at Flying Pigeon LA
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Salvation and Redemption: Key Themes of Asian Films at Cinequest 2014
Now in its 24th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held annually in San Jose, Calif., once again presents an impressive and eclectic array of independent films from all over the world. Each year, ThingsAsian posts my reviews of Cinequest's Asian and Asia-related entries. This year, only six of the Asian films were available for pre-festival review: The Desert Fish; A Thief, a Kid, and A Killer; Funny Money; The Circle Within; Papilio Buddha; and Life is Love. And whether real or fictional, all feature characters in need of salvation, with their own unique ways of finding redemption.
The Desert Fish
Director: Mohammad Ghorbankarimi
Producer: Mohammad Ghorbankarimi
Screenwriter: Mohammad Ghorbankarimi
All happiness was extinguished from the lives of young Ahmad and his father, Captain Toufan, when the Captain's beloved wife Mahi Khatoon was lost at sea, in the same waters that had brought her to him aboard the shipwrecked boat where they first met. Once a renowned fisherman whose greed got the better of him, Captain Toufan blames himself not only for his wife's disappearance, but for the once bountiful waters left barren by a sailor who fell from grace with the sea.
Having searched in vain for Mahi Khatoon, in grief and desperation the Captain retreated to the inland desert to work as a well-digger and raise his young son. The Captain keeps the memory of his wife alive with recollections of their courtship and marriage. Lately however, Mahi Khatoon has been visiting Ahmad in his dreams, and her apparition appears as an ethereal mermaid in the waters of the cistern where he bathes each morning.
Growing more restless with each passing day, Ahmad begs his father to return with him to the coastal village where Mahi Khatoon was lost. But when his father takes ill from grief and exhaustion, with the help of his Uncle Abbas, Ahmad embarks on his own quest to the sea, seeking the salvation that will reunite him with his mother, and deliver his father from the depths of despair.
Written, produced, directed, and filmed by Mohammad Ghorbankarimi, The Desert Fish is a rare cinematic jewel. Set against a backdrop of great scenic beauty, with subtle allusions to Mother Ocean and Father Earth, this luminous fable is a metaphor of profound meaning and relevance. The futility of life in the parched desert, juxtaposed with the sea green, aquamarine, and azure blue of the welcoming yet lifeless waters, creates a paradox that both dazzles the senses and disturbs the soul with a deep sense of foreboding. With The Desert Fish, Mohammad Ghorbankarimi has crafted a masterpiece that transcends religion, culture, and politics to deliver a dire message to all of humanity.
A Thief, a Kid, and a Killer
Director: Nathan Adolfson
Producer: Nathan Adolfson
Screenwriter: Nathan Adolfson
Lives collide in this unexpected pairing of characters: Maximo Rooney, a bullied ten-year-old latch-key kid whose mother is still at work, and Nico, a serial ne'er-do-well whose latest scheme, a dead-simple black-market diamond heist, has gone horribly wrong. Their relationship is tense from the get-go when Maximo returns home alone to find Nico holed up in his high-rise apartment, on the lam from Oscar and Rommel, two of his erstwhile accomplices. But in the process of assessing their predicament, Nico and Maximo manage to forge an oddly affectionate bond. That is, until cousin Lloyd, Nico's partner in crime, wakes from his nap with a far more menacing agenda. And when Oscar, a ruthless police detective with a vendetta, and Rommel, a local gangster, begin to zero in on their whereabouts, it looks as if there may be no way out for young Maximo and his hapless new friend.
Written, produced, and directed by Nathan Adolfson, A Thief, a Kid, and a Killer is a darkly delightful tragicomedy that plays upon Maximo's naïve candor to add a spark of humor and pathos to a desperately sinister plot. Jeffrey Quizon as Lloyd, Jack Falcis as Oscar, and Lance Raymundo as Rommel, create three deliciously despicable villains, while empathic performances by Arvy Cesar Viduya as Maximo, and Felix Roco as Nico, bring an element of warmth and depth to an otherwise brutal scenario. A Thief, a Kid, and a Killer...a heist film with a heart.
Director: Thien Do
Producers: Phil Tran/Thien Do/Jenni Trang Le
Screenwriter: Thien Do
Lucky Loc is a successful entrepreneur who cashes in on the religious tradition of burning paper replicas of luxury items and faux money as offerings to the dearly departed so that they may enjoy such finery and wealth in the afterlife. In fact, Loc has elevated his manufacturing process to such an art that his combustible merchandise is seemingly identical to the real thing, right down to the way it smells. But Lucky Loc's life takes an unforeseen turn when he wins a round of golf, and one of his golfing buddies ponies up his wager using a 100,000 dong bill with its lower right corner missing. When Loc tries to pay the tab for their round of beers with the torn bill, the waitress refuses to accept it.
Throughout the remainder of the day, Loc tries to rid himself of the unwanted bill, but even the street peddlers won't accept it, and he's too superstitious to use it as an offering at the Buddhist temple. In one last attempt, he manages to pawn it off on Quyen, a pretty salesgirl in a florist shop. Within a matter of minutes, both their lives go from bad to worse, until Loc convinces himself that spending the torn bill is the key to his misfortune. But to what extremes must he go to retrieve the bill and restore his luck?
Written and directed by Thien Do, Funny Money is a fast-paced satire that reveals both sides of the materialistic coin: the greedy, shallow vanity that worships it, and the dark underbelly that feeds it. With its cheeky cast of characters, and nary a dull moment, this comedic romp sweeps the audience along for the ride, with the promise of a pay-off that's more than just funny money.
The Circle Within
Director: Deniz Çinar
Producer: Deniz Çinar/Firat Çinar
Screenwriter: Deniz Çinar
The religious beliefs and traditions of an esoteric group of Kurdish Yazidi in Eastern Turkey set the stage for two men to test the limits of their faith within The Circle of Truth. When Çerçi Halil, a devout Yazidi trinket salesman comes to the village to peddle his wares, Hasan, an ex-military officer suffering from PTSD seizes the opportunity to bring closure to the traumatic incident that left him mentally ill. With a blow to the head, he knocks out the old man and drags him into a circle inscribed in the sod of a stony meadow. The following morning, when Çerçi comes to with the realization that he has been imprisoned by his religious beliefs at the hands of a madman, he must choose between his faith and his freedom.
Written, co-produced, and directed by Deniz Çinar, The Circle Within is a profound yet disturbing study in Truth, its power, its scope, and its limitations. With a theme and premise reminiscent of passages from Gurdjieff's Meetings With Remarkable Men, The Circle Within personifies not only the Yazidi ideology, but also the quest for Truth that inspires and compels us all.
Country: India/United States
Director: Jayan K. Cherian
Producer: Prakash Bare/Antony Thekkek
Screenwriter: Jayan K. Cherian
India's Dalit caste, regarded as "untouchable" and unworthy of social advancement, is front and center in this socio-political docu-drama that has stirred controversy not only in its native India, but across international borders as well. The film focuses on the lives of Kandal Kariyan, an elder leader in the movement to gain civil rights for the Dalit, his son Shankaran, an aspiring scholar involved in a homosexual relationship with an American lepidopterist, and their friend Manjusree, a schoolteacher by day and after-hours rickshaw driver resented by her co-workers as an intruder in a man's world. The story is rife with social injustice, from the prohibition of the Dalit to own land, to the right of every citizen to earn a livable wage with pride and dignity. Moreover, it calls into question the deification of Mahatma Ghandi, and the effectiveness of hunger strikes as a means of protest.
Written and directed by Jayan K. Cherian, the travesties inflicted on the Dalit portrayed in Papilio Buddha are as painful to imagine as they are to witness. But difficult though it may be, theirs is a story that needs to be told, and the plight of the Dalit is an issue that must be brought to bear.
Life is Love
Country: United States/Cambodia
Director: Halfdan Hussey/Kathleen J. Powell
Producer: Halfdan Hussey/Kathleen J. Powell
This heart-rending documentary chronicles the unflagging mission of Somaly Mam in her efforts to deliver a growing number of young women from the clutches of human trafficking in Southeast Asia. A survivor herself of this unspeakably cruel fate, Somaly Mam has made it her life's purpose to provide a safe, nurturing environment that inspires hope and provides alternatives to young women who have fallen victim to this dark underworld.
In a series of painfully unvarnished narratives, several of the women she has rescued recount the horrors of their sexual slavery, as well as their paths toward healing with the encouragement and loving guidance of Somaly Mam. The documentary even includes interview sessions with a group of young men who unabashedly and unapologetically describe their encounters with prostitutes, and whose lives are often as destitute and depraved as the lives of their victims.
Thankfully the film concludes on an uplifting note when the focus shifts to Somaly Mam as she recounts how her own harrowing experience inspired the philanthropic imperative that is her raison d'être.
A Cinequest labor of love, produced and directed by its co-founders Halfdan Hussey and Kathleen J. Powell, Life is Love is among the best that documentary filmmaking has to offer, and embodies the true Maverick Spirit of "artistic impact, social responsibility, leadership, and innovation."
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TheSixthAxis go hands on with Batman at EGX 2011 and let you know what we think of the Big Bad Bat's next outing. Will it live up to the pedigree of Arkham Asylum?
This is going to be one of the best games of the year. They are going to be a lot of GOTY contenders this time.
He's worried about the game just being AA once you get inside, but RS confirmed 80% of the gameplay takes place in the streets. Edit: This guy's expectations are kind of unreasonable.
N4G is a community of gamers posting and discussing the latest game news. It’s part of NewsBoiler, a network of social news sites covering today’s pop culture.
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- EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Jim Cramer's Protégé, Dave Peltier, only buys Stocks Under $10 that he thinks could potentially double. See what he's trading today with a 14-day FREE pass.
Hint: It wasn't Facebook or Amazon.
This is what you need to know before the bell
Both tech giants tend to retrench now and then.
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The Windermere property is a boating enthusiast’s dream.
Turks and Caicos, Providenciales (PRWEB) September 09, 2013
The RE/MAX Real Estate Group Turks & Caicos has announced that a luxury waterfront property has become available in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Windermere estate, located on the pristine island of Providenciales, is a beautiful villa directly situated on the banks of the island’s exclusive canal system. With five bedrooms and seven baths, the Windermere estate is the perfect multi-or larger family home lifestyle investment in Turks and Caicos. Built in 2010, this estate is quite spacious, with over 8,700 square feet within the property.
“The Windermere property is a boating enthusiast’s dream,” says Blair MacPherson, co-owner of Re/Max Real Estate Group Turks & Caicos. “It’s got a 120-foot private dock that gives you access to secluded private beaches and the Mega Yacht Marina. Plus, it is only a three-minute beach buggy ride to Grace Bay, frequently named the world’s number one beach.”
The Windermere was built by Ron Shaw and is considered a true masterpiece, with its unobstructed canal views and beautifully expansive grounds. This is the true convergence of luxury and excellence. Marvel at the scenery, while you enjoy the broadband security system, home entertainment and electronics system, satellite television, and a huge outdoor grilling station. While the Windermere offers the latest in home electronics, contemporary indoor and outdoor kitchen and cooking spaces, and plenty of security for its inhabitants, the majestic views, private dock and the convenience of the beautiful island beaches mean that tranquility reigns at this beautiful estate.
The RE/MAX Real Estate Group Turks & Caicos offers unique, luxury real estate opportunities on the islands that are home to Grace Bay Beach, which has been named one of the world's best beaches several times. Other than the promise of breathtaking views, world-class spas and resorts, fine dining, local culture, and the awe-inspiring coral reefs, the properties offer unique investment opportunities in that they are located in a tax-free jurisdiction with no restrictions, and titles of property are protected by the British Crown, making each of the listings secure, effortless investments. For more information about the Turks and Caicos Islands and to see this property and many others available for sale, please visit RE/MAX Real Estate Group Turks & Caicos.
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Qassim al-Rimi once called Trump the “fool of the White House”
A top al-Qaeda terror leader who previously mocked President Donald Trump has been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen according to top Pentagon sources.
Qassim al-Rimi ridiculed the president in 2017 after a failed US military strike in Yemen intended to target him.
“The fool of the White House got slapped at the beginning of his road in your lands,” al-Rimi said on a recording after the strike.
The New York Times reported that several American officials were confident that al-Rimi was killed in the January airstrike.
The report said an informant provided US forces in November with the location of the the head of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen.
Journalist Shelley Carbone also reported that US officials were working to confirm the death of al-Rimi.
BREAKING: A senior DoD source tells me Al-Qaeda leader Qassim al-Rimi was the target of a strike by U.S led forces in Yemen today. Intelligence agencies currently working to confirm his death.
— Shelley Carbone (@shelleycarbone) January 31, 2020
A US Defense Official told CNN, “While we are aware of the reports alleging the death of AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi, the Department of Defense has nothing to offer on this matter.”
Al-Rimi had threatened to attack American targets, and the US government had offered $10 million in reward for information about him.
Here’s the video report of his taunting Trump in 2017:
Author: Carlos Garcia
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The pocket sized and light weight SP Pov Dive Buoy is the perfect companion for your GoPro Hero cameras as it makes photography easier and more convenient. The Pov Dive Buoy features a 180 degree swivel head, a screwable water tight endcap and is buoyant, which can come in handy if in water.
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Boasting of its practicality, the Pov Dive Buoy has also been designed with a screwable water tight endcap, allowing you to store away keys, or other small items.
The SP Pov Dive Buoy is buoyant, so when your camera is attached don’t be afraid if it falls into the water.
Additionally, the Dive Buoy has been built with a 180 degree swivel head, for easy capturing at various angles.
Finally, the SP Pov Dive Buoy features a light weight and portable design, with a super comfortable EVA grip, perfect for when the Dive Buoy is used in long durations.
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By: Laura-Jane Hatcher (WRGA News)
How does Northwest Georgia’s health rank up against the rest of the state?---according to a recent study, not well.
New county health rankings released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation show many counties in Northwest Georgia lagging behind counterparts across the state. Out of 159 counties, Gordon ranks the highest for our seven-county region, sitting at 59th. But, both Floyd and Polk trudge behind, parked as the 91st and 125th healthiest counties respectively.
The rankings are made from dissecting a large pile of data from the area, including infant mortality rates, high-school graduation rates and measures of obesity. And though they may appear alarming, Northwest Georgia Public Health spokesman Logan Boss says to take the rankings with a grain of salt.
“There was a study that came out just past this week that shows only 16% of a million Georgia school children could pass five basic tests of physical fitness---and 20% were unable to pass any of those tests,” Boss says. “This is a huge problem. Our eating habits are a huge problem. But, these county health rankings are really a starting point for a discussion in a community and for community partners to try and address these problems. But, I tell people to use these rankings cautiously---don’t get hung up on where a community ranks in comparison to other counties.”
According to Boss, it’s habits, not hospitals that affect a persons’ health. In accordance with this, agencies across Georgia have really been zeroing in on four areas of public health in recent years; decreasing childhood obesity, smoking and the infant mortality rate while increasing immunizations.
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Part of the soap base
Rapeseed oil and coconut oil are used together in the creation of our soap base. The oils are heated with sodium hydroxide and water, which results in a process known as saponification.
Soap making developed gradually in history, it has remained largely based around the same process: boiling oils and fats with an alkali to produce soap and glycerine. Historically, the fats used were mostly beef or sheep tallow, with olive oil, palm and coconut joining the list later.
Lush never used animal oils, of course, and in 2007, we felt that it was time for us to re-invent the vegetable soap base and make it palm oil-free. We worked with a leading UK soap-base manufacturer and developed a sunflower, rapeseed and coconut oil-base. We've now settled on a new formula with just rapeseed and coconut oil, as we feel this gives our soap the properties we want.
The oils are heated with sodium hydroxide and water, which results in a process known as saponification. The soap can then be separated from the mixture using salt, and dried to give the solid base that is used in production.
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Our objective at Record is to design and implement intelligent solutions that meet our clients’ currency needs. In every case, we design a product that we believe best meets the client’s objective, then implement it as their agent, using our market knowledge and expertise to ensure a high quality, bespoke solution.
For example, investors who hold international assets are exposed to foreign currency movement and hence to volatility in their international asset returns. Record can help investors manage this exposure through currency risk management solutions such as Passive or Dynamic Hedging.
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After Vodafone, Three and O2 – two of the remaining major operators in the UK, T-Mobile and Orange, are joining the trend – yep, they launch the white version of Samsung Galaxy S II, too. Exact release dates are unknown at the moment, and all we have from T-Mobile is “September” and from Orange – “Coming Soon.”
We are everything but surprised considering just how popular Sammy’s superphone is popular these days, with the Korean giant selling it in record numbers (it’s selling faster than its predecessor).
If you don’t mind waiting – postpone your purchase for few additional weeks when you’ll be able to have not only one of the best smartphones announced to date (if not the best), but also its white version, which looks super sexy… gotta admit. 😉
As a reminder, the Galaxy S II comes with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, HSPA+ and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, an array of sensors, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread is running show.
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Our team was raised in the Snohomish County area so we’re the perfect one to ask when you need a referral!
PETS: we can make recommendations regarding veterinary services, groomers, dog trainers, off-leash parks, pet stores and more.
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Our referral service is complimentary to our pet care clients.
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Taking time off work or squeezing in unpleasant tasks can be difficult so Tailored Pet Services offers help with the following tasks so that you can spend your free time playing with your pup.
- Pooch Poo Pick-up: waste removal for yards 1/2 acre or less and up to 4 dogs.
- Pet Taxi: We can valet your furry baby from the groomer, veterinarian or doggy daycare.
- Key pick up or drop off service: Forget to give your pet nanny a key? Want it returned at the conclusion of vacation? Locked out of your house and need someone to let you in? Don’t have time to make extras?
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*Our concierge service is only offered to our pet care clients. When requesting service, clearly state “concierge” at time of request. Requests requiring expenses such as key cutting cost or groomer bill must be addressed in advance. Because it is a specialized service, a lead time of 2-3 business days is preferred but we’ll do our best to accommodate same day requests.
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The markets have already priced in the quantitative easing that the European Central Bank is expected to do next week and he doesn’t think it will be very powerful, David Malpass, president of Encima Global, told CNBC Wednesday.
Therefore, he believes the markets are entering a phase of global rebalancing. “People will get tired of just being in the U.S. and will take a look at some of the emerging markets, oil, the euro and so on,” Malpass said in an interview with “Closing Bell.” David Hale, chairman of David Hale Global Economics, agrees the market has been discounting the anticipated QE for several weeks.
“Bond yields in Europe are at record low levels. Leaving aside the last few days, stock markets have been resilient. So I do think the expectation of this happening is now broadly in the market because of both comments by [ECB President Mario] Draghi and other members of the monetary policy council.”
This article is for general information purposes only. It is not investment advice or a solution to buy or sell securities. Opinions are the authors; not necessarily that of OANDA Corporation or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers or directors. Leveraged trading is high risk and not suitable for all. You could lose all of your deposited funds.
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Soft Table Cloth for covering our Folding Card Table - perfect for card games. The cloth has a nice "giving" surface - allowing you to easily pick up cards. The size of the cloth is sufficient to hang over the edge of our folding card table.
Colour Dark Green
Size 100cm x 100cm (card table is 80cm x 80cm)
Price - $15 plus GST each
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VA-304 Attack Squadron 304
Navy Times "Squadron in the Spotlight" Article
This appeared in the Navy Times in November 1982. The artist is Mario DeMarco.
The VA-304 Public Affairs Office took the original from the Navy Times Newspaper and blew it up and made copies for everyone in the squadron. They were included with the monthly Plan-of-the-Day, when it was mailed out.
There were a few that were posted on the bulkhead, topside in the squadron hanger. This is one of those, since its not folded or full of staple holes.
Credits:Provided by Mr. Robert M. Cieri, artwork by Mr. Mario DeMarco.
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|| A professional organizer and a time-management expert team up to create a plan to de-clutter your home in five days.While most of us aren't hoarders we can all benefit from assessing and reducing the clutter in our homes-and then organizing what's left. Many things stop us from succeeding: the sheer scope of the project, the tendency to lose momentum if the job takes too long, and the fact that we're always acquiring new clutter. But what if it really took only a week to de-clutter the whole house, and then you even had the weekend to relax and enjoy your new clutter-free space? Could it really be that simple?Organizing and time management experts Sandra Felton and Marsha Sims show how with the right game plan and a healthy dose of adrenaline, anyone can de-clutter their home in just five days. With this systematic, team-based approach, even the most overwhelming de-cluttering job becomes doable. The authors' enthusiasm and energy keep readers pushing forward to the...
|| Electronic reproduction. Ada : Revell, 2013. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1179 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
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Coaching a State Champion
As a high school runner at Lowell, I watched the people who won at the California State Track Meet and thought, “Wow, they’re fast.” While the team manager at UCLA I got to meet some of these people and listened intently whenever they talked about their experiences at the state meet. Later, as an assistant coach at Lowell I met more of those ‘fast people’ who won state championships. They seemed normal enough but the idea of coaching a state champion was still nothing more than a dream.
In 1998 I became a first year head coach at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Shannon Rowbury was a freshman on the cross country team. Together we embarked on a memorable journey through four years of high school athletics that concluded this past June with Shannon winning her 2nd State Championship. But there is much more to the story than championships, national rankings and personal records.
Shannon came out for the cross country team freshman year just to get into shape for soccer. She was an accomplished Irish dancer but had never run competitively before. Her first training runs were nothing out of the ordinary so it came as a bit of a surprise when she placed 2nd in her first race, a 2.0 mile junior varsity girls race in 14:22. As her freshman season continued she kept getting better and better. First she moved on to the varsity team. Then she became our number one runner. By the end of the season she was the league champion.
I don’t know if there was ever a point during that first season when I felt she was going to be the national level runner she became. She was clearly a good runner with potential but I refused to speculate on the “how good can she get” questions I was often asked. Her competitive strength was a terrific kick at the end of races (and you know what they say, you can’t teach speed). What she needed to learn was to train at a higher level and to push harder in the middle of races. During track season I focused on making her a well-rounded runner, racing her in the 800, 1600, 3200 and/or 4X400 at various meets. We debated numerous times what her best event would be. I seemed to change my mind weekly depending on what event she had run most recently. Thanks to my ‘sheltering’ (we ran at meets all over the Bay Area, she was in a lot of relays and all different events so no one really knew who she was yet) and numerous strong runners in our section, she flew under the radar right up until the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships. Her goal for her first track season was to qualify for the state meet in the 800, which meant a top 3 finish at CCS. I had her training with CCS as her peak race. It was that season we developed our favorite 800 preparation workout, 2 sets of 300 meters at a relaxed race pace, followed by a 100 meter walk, ending with 300 meters hard. (If this sounds familiar, you may have done this workout on a Thursday night.) At the CCS Finals she shocked everyone by not only qualifying as one of the top 3 finishers, but by winning the race outright. It was one of the most incredible moments. She hung back for the first lap and then with 300 meters to go ‘powered up’ and took the lead. The crowd and the announcer literally gasped when she surged to the lead on her way to a 2:13.30 (a 5 second PR). I think that was a defining moment in her running career, her arrival.
Looking back now I realize so many little things occurred in the first year that shaped the future. She had a lot of trust in me, which is vitally important for an athlete to have in their coach. Even as a freshman she liked to have detailed race plans. We meticulously planned out strategies for races and she would carry them out to a tee. Yes, Shannon has some special abilities that allow her to run fast, but just as important, she has tremendous race instincts. She learned quickly a strong sense of pace, to pass on the straight not the curve, and she always seemed to be able to find an extra gear to cross the finish line before her competition. We seemed to talk about everything during her first year, training principles and race tactics as well as how to talk to reporters and the importance of being humble and a good sport.
I was a first year head coach so this was all new to me, too. It was during this learning period that I established philosophies that would guide me in my coaching. I promised never to get so caught up in Shannon’s doing well that I would ignore the rest of the team. It was always team first. When picking meets to attend, I made it a point to not get caught up in the hoopla of coaching a fast runner and try to show off Shannon…Shannon, just like her coach, went to some cherry pickers, too! I never let her focus on just one event. I think that tends to make running boring. Instead, I challenged Shannon by running her in some longer races that she didn’t really enjoy but that made her stronger mentally, and that made the 800 seem really short. The training, too, was always varied and resting was an important component of our training plans. I think all this contributed to her becoming, possibly, the most versatile high school distance runner in the nation (800 in 2:08, 1600 in 4:51, 3000 in 9:38 and cross country 5K in 17:52).
Shannon continued to improve during her sophomore year. Our goals changed from getting to the State Meet to placing there. Her number one commitment was now running. She was no longer playing soccer and at the end of her sophomore year she cut back on her Irish dancing to focus more of her time on running. This was a decision that she came to herself. I had suggested that doing two activities at a high level could be asking too much of the body but I never forced her to pick one or the other. I increased her mileage a little bit but not a lot. She was running faster because she was getting more experienced.
A little known fact is that she actually ran in the state meet 3200 as a sophomore. At the state meet, there are trials in the 800 on Friday with the top 9 advancing to Saturday’s final. In the 3200, all 27 competitors run together in the final on Saturday. After not qualifying for the state meet finals as a freshman, I felt she really needed to experience a state meet final as a sophomore. I was not yet confident enough to feel that Shannon’s qualifying for the 800 final was a foregone conclusion so I had her running the rather unusual 800-3200 double just to make sure she had a Saturday race. As it turned out, she qualified for the 800 final where she placed 5th and then 50 minutes later she was back on the track running the 3200.
During the summer after her sophomore year we attended a USA Track & Field Junior Development camp in Texas. I think the most important thing she learned at this camp was to see herself as part of a special group of ‘elite’ young runners.
We always focused on improving each year and doing things that gave her the best possible chance for success. I felt that if this was done, winning championships and running fast times would take care of themselves. I preached that if it came down to the last 200 meters and she was in the race with a chance to win, neither she nor I could ask for anything more. Coming into her junior year, I think both of us knew a state championship was a possibility. After she finished 2nd at the state meet in cross country, I was reminded just how difficult and precious winning a state championship is. In the middle of her junior year of track Shannon made a name for herself nationally by winning the 800 at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational, in what was, at that point in the season, the fastest time in the nation for a high school girl. Having the words ‘national leader’ attached to your name is an honor but it also seemed to add pressure. As her coach, I tried my best to keep it fun and diffuse pressure and expectations. At the state meet that year, I was just as nervous as she was. We always warmed up together before big races and this would be one of the most nerve wracking 45 minutes of both of our lives. As was her habit when nervous, she just kept repeating the race plan over and over as we warmed up together. The last things I said before she went out to the track from the warm up area for the race was, “I believe you can do this (win state). Do you?” Shannon answered, “Yes.” “Then that’s all you need,” I replied. It was the first time either one of us addressed her winning a state title. Confidence is so important. I wanted her to know I believed it could happen and I wanted to hear her say it out loud too. She proceeded to run and win a treasured State Championship in the 800.
Senior year of cross-country was a little stressful due to a variety of circumstances, including the college recruiting process. Finally on a November afternoon during the NCAA signing period, she signed a full athletics scholarship to attend Duke University. We were down to the last season of the Chan-Rowbury era. One of my greatest joys from our final season is that we took time to enjoy it. I was well aware that our journey together was coming to an end and I made sure we savored the memories. I teased Shannon about signing autographs on the magazine cover that she was pictured on, and she told the reporters that interviewed her how silly I was at practice.
Towards the end of the season she had marks in both the 800 and 1600 that ranked amongst the best in California. We would have to make a decision about what to focus on for the state meet. As with all decisions made during the four years, we did it jointly, weighing the pros and cons of each event. In the past the 800 seemed to be her best event because the length of time it took her to run two laps around the track also corresponded to the length of her Irish dance routines. She was used to focusing and giving a hard effort for that amount of time. But as Shannon developed as a runner, her ability to focus for longer periods of time improved and she evolved into what I consider a natural miler. At this distance she had time to strategize and her finishing speed was an even greater asset. After weeks of playing coy with everyone about what event she would run at the state meet, Shannon announced she would not defend her state title in the 800 but instead try for the state title at 1600 meters. In her last race in the SHC Fightin’ Irish uniform, she won the 1600 state championship.
Now that my time to coach Shannon is over, I can look back on the things that transpired. I don’t know if I had a grand plan for this extraordinary athlete. I think it was really about some basic training ideas, and about providing a great high school sports experience. Those are things that apply to everyone on the team, not just Shannon. I am proud that I made the sport of running fun for her and I hope that she continues running for many many years. Each season I increased her training load but with the idea that I didn’t want to burn her out. It is possible that over-training was never a threat because of SHC’s physical location in San Francisco. The school has no home track to train on and running near school consists of dodging cars and trying to make green lights on Franklin and Gough Streets. There weren’t a lot of bumps in the road for her but when she did have a disappointing race or workout we always sought something positive from it and made sure we learned from the experience.
At SHC, Shannon averaged about 25-30 miles per week with a high of 40, her longest run ever is 12 miles and she is used to no more than 2 interval sessions a week. Duke is getting a very balanced person who is not obsessed with running. They’re getting someone blessed with great running ability and perhaps even greater racing skills. They’re getting the girl that made my dreams of coaching a State Champion come true.
Thank you, Shannon.
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Self Published Authors is happy to introduce you to Janet Lynn. Her passion for mysteries is shared by many. Best of luck Janet!
How does much does it cost? $2.99
Tell us about your book. South of the Pier is the first of a four part murder mystery series.
Palmer Railton, well known lobbyist, is brutally murdered on his doorstep resulting in a media frenzy. In the meantime, Camille Brewster, calls her twin sister, Connie Cane, excited about Palmer’s wedding proposal, and huge ruby engagement ring. Connie, former CSI, must keep her devastated, smartass sister from getting killed during the murder investigation, along with Detective Marcello Prado.
Kidnapped, Camille ends up stranded in a Guatemalan jail; an Interpol agent holds the key to her freedom. The murderer is arrested. The final clue is in Connie’s hands when she realizes they have the wrong person is in jail.
Do you have an upcoming project? My second in the series of The Pier Murders: West of the Pier will be available end of October. I also have a mystery (not murder) entitled, Eggnog which I hope to have available for the holidays.
What has your journey as a writer been like? It has been an amazing journey! It has been a dream of mine for the last 40 years to write novels. Finally, ten years ago I decided I couldn’t wait any longer; I had to try and write. Once I tapped into my creative juices, the stories, and characters just seemed to flow.
Why did you chose to self publish? E-publishing is the wave of the future. I wanted to get on the ground floor of this amazing technology.
Would you do it again? Definitely, over, and over again.
Do you have any advice to help future Authors? The most important thing for new and upcoming writers is to keep writing-even if it’s a short story, essay, anything. Keep writing and finish each piece before beginning another writing project.
Who is your favorite author? Sue Grafton, Carl Hiassen
What drives you to write? Something inside, I’m not sure what. When I am not writing for any length of time, I miss it terribly. Almost like swimming and not being able to come up for air.
What is unique about yourself that you would like readers to know? I love writing mysteries especially the murderous kind! When I am relaxing on a Sunday afternoon on my patio, my mind tends to start imagining different ways to kill people. I don’t know why, perhaps it’s my alter ego!
What time of day do you write best? I write one hour every day seven days a week, from 5:00-6:00 or 6:00 to 7:00, depending on what I have scheduled for my work day. I still have a day job to deal with.
What struggles have you overcome as a writer? I think the discipline to writing regularly for the last eight years has been monumental. It was struggle at first, but I made it happen, and now it’s part of my life.
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Crystals and Your Yoga Practice
Dubai Based Yoga teacher Amara Thompson believes in a “truly wholistic yoga practice that touches the mind, body and soul”.
Amara explains how you can use crystals to enhance your yoga practice.
Amara feels “the first and most obvious place to start is with chakras”.
If you practice yoga, if you have attended a meditation class or had an energy healing session like reiki you will probably familiar with the chakras and the role that they play in the flow of energy in your body.
Chakra (cakra in Sanskrit) means ‘wheel’ and refers to energy points in your body. They are thought to be spinning disks of energy that should stay open and aligned as they correspond to bundles of nerves, major organs, and areas of our energetic body that affect our emotional and physical wellbeing.
There are seven main chakras.
Crystals can be used to heal, purify and balance the chakras; releasing all the negative energy allowing an emotional release of any blockages.
Amara shares with us that she uses crystals in her meditation and manifestation practice. “My current favorites are Citrine https://crystalcleartherockshop.com/collections/citrine and Rose Quartz https://crystalcleartherockshop.com/collections/rose-quartz
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22 Greeley Street is an office property for lease in Merrimack, NH.
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The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 10,977 out of 35,475 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination given by the Board of Nursing in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, Laoag, Legazpi, Lucena, Nueva Ecija, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last December 2013.
The members of the Board of Nursing are Carmencita M. Abaquin, Chairman; Leonila A. Faire, Betty F. Merritt, Perla G. Po, Marco Antonio C. Sto.Tomas, Yolanda C. Arugay and Amelia B. Rosales, Members.
Pursuant to Section 16, of Republic Act No. 9173, “all successful candidates in the examination shall be required to take an oath of professional before the Board or any government official authorized to administer oaths prior to entering upon the nursing practice”.
Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will be announced later. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 1 piece passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2014-2017. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.
- Full text of the Official Result of December 2013 Nurse Licensure Examination
- Performance of schools in the December 2013 Nurse Licensure Examination
- List of successful examinees who garnered the ten (10) highest places
- List of successful examinees in the December 2013 Nurse Licensure Examination
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Jon Harkings spent many years living in the dark world of addiction, disease and loneliness.
Heroin hooked him, his girlfriend abandoned him, and infection nearly killed him. He has learned both the hardest and most-heartwarming lessons about life.
“I have had to hunt through that darkness to find the light,” said Harkings, 40, who often returns to Lawrence to remind himself both of his past and the role Lazarus House played in his recovery.
And most recently, he was there to literally repay the generosity of the Lazarus House staff.
“I had never used the needle before, until I met my (now) ex-fiancée,” Harkings said. “She was a recovering heroin addict and I fell in love. I felt the only way to get closer to her was to try it. And I regretted it.”
When the two came to Lazarus House two years ago they needed food, clothing, personal items and kindness. They also needed money for a need likely unusual for the Guests we serve.
“In our mind we wanted to have a baby, even though we were addicts and we really had nothing,” Harkings said. “We wanted a child, but my blood type is O-negative and hers is O-positive.” They came to Lazarus House for food, personal care items and hoping to get the $20 needed for a medication that would protect the baby from what is called Rh incompatibility.
“They are just big-hearted and warm people and it didn’t matter the condition we walked in with or why we were there,” Harkings said.
“I gave them clothing, showers and meals,” said Community Resource Specialist Miguel Cruz. And for the sake of an innocent child, Cruz reached into his pocket and gave the $20 with few questions asked.
But there is no quick, simple end to addiction. Like many, he found himself near the bottom when he first came to Lazarus House, and for a time he only descended further into what he calls “last place.”
His fiancée became pregnant but had a miscarriage. Their relationship fell apart and, in a fight, he said, she stabbed him with a needle. The resulting abscess brought him near death.
“They were giving me last rites,” Harkings said. “She called me and said I am never coming back. I burst into tears. Nobody was there for me. I know what loneliness is.”
It took time until, as he puts it, “I lit a fire under my rear.” He eventually returned to Lazarus House and began the slow journey toward sobriety.
“I steered him in the direction of a recovery center, got him into a shelter and gave him a lead on a job possibility,” said Cruz.
Today Harkings is sober, employed and has a bank account. He also has a need to repay.
“He had a day off and did not know what to do with his time,” said Cruz. “He thought ‘Why not visit someone who gave him a helping hand.’ He said that was me.”
“He went into his wallet and said, ‘Here is the $20 we borrowed.’ He shook my hand three times and said, ‘Thank you, you saved my life’.”
That is why Harkings felt the need to show up and pay back.
“We are supposed to be kind to each other,” Harkings said. “And it’s not always there. Kindness is hard to find, but it is out there.” It’s at Lazarus House.
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Has anyone had any luck installing Hamachi VPN (https://vpn.net) client as a container? I have been trying different docker containers (https://github.com/jbcom/hamachi-vpn & https://github.com/gfjardim/docker-containers/tree/master/hamachi) they seem to build fine but do not run as expected. ie the Hamachi service not running, too many instances of it running, not logging in.
Still fairly new to containers/Docker etc. I was hoping someone here has had some luck using it in the Balena environment.
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After months of meetings with architects, Texas Historical Commission officials and others, the Mason County Commissioners' Court voted Monday to approve a financing option that will enable them to begin the renovations to the century-old Mason County courthouse.
Mason County has already received an emergency renovation grant from the Texas Historical Commission that specifically targets the roof and the electrical system in the building. That grant only provides about one third of the funds for a project that could, concievably, end up costing around $900,000, leaving the county responsible for the remaining $600,000.
After examining numerous options for the county to obtain the money needed to finance its share of the project, the Commissioners' Court, at their final June meeting, voted to pursue the option of tax notes, leveraging their income from ad valorem taxes to pay off the debt. George Brannies of the Mason National Bank had appeared at that June meeting to discuss preliminary details of such a plan.
Brannies, along with The Commercial Bank president, Bobbie McMillan, was back at Monday's meeting. The two bankers were joined by representatives from Southwest Securities who laid out the documentation for the tax notes and discussed the county's responsibilities and obligations under the arrangement. Mason National Bank and The Commercial Bank will split the financing of the tax notes between the two institutions. Mason will obtain $600,000 for a seven-year term, at a very low interest rate and with no prepayment penalty.
Final details of the execution of the paperwork will be done by late July, and work could begin on the renovation project by the beginning of August. The scope of the project involves replacing the electrical junction systems in the attic and on the outside of the courthouse, and also requires the reroofing of the entire structure, including replacement of the clock tower. That part of the project will also require returning the dome, and the clock, to its historically accurate early version.
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Terrorism Trumps Release of Election Review
A consortium of the nation's most prestigious news organizations has
stalled the release of its presidential election ballot analysis, citing
commitment to coverage of September 11 as the cause.
By Janet Kolodzy
A year ago, hanging chad commanded headlines. Now, a major reporting
project on the troubled Florida presidential vote can't make it into
Janet Kolodzy teaches journalism at Emerson College.
The September 11 terrorist attacks have waylaid the election ballot
analysis by a consortium of the nation's biggest and most prestigious
news organizations. None of the consortium members have had the time,
the resources or the newshole to devote to the recount effort, they say.
In fact, they didn't even have the time for a conference call to talk
about the future of the project until September 26, two weeks after the
attacks and a week after news organizations were to start analyzing the
"The people who had been working on the Florida ballot project as of
10 a.m. September 11 are working on the coverage of the war on
terrorism," says Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Washington bureau
chief. And even if the reporters, editors and data analysts were
available, the space is not, noted Associated Press Managing Editor
Michael Silverman. "To present all that material right now would be
unfair to AP's more than 1,500 members in this country because they
would have trouble making full use of it," Silverman says.
Tom Fiedler, executive editor of the Miami Herald, which did its own
ballot analysis, published in April, points out that every newspaper in
the country has probably far exceeded budgetary limitations on news
space because of the terrorism story. "To properly tell the recount
story would require significant expansion of the paper beyond what
papers could afford right now," he says.
The consortium is the last major media effort to analyze the Florida
ballots to determine what went wrong with the electoral system on
November 7, 2000. Both the project's cost and the amount of time
collecting the data exceeded original estimates. The now indefinite
delay in releasing the data and the fact that the country's
preoccupation with Florida is long since past raise questions about
whether there'll be any interest in the results at all.
Editors of the Associated Press, CNN, the Tribune Co. (which owns the
Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and numerous other media outlets),
the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Palm Beach
Post and St. Petersburg Times decided in December to review 175,000
questionable ballots cast in the November election (see "Strange
Bedfellows," May). The group hired the National Opinion Research Center
at the University of Chicago in January to review overvotes (ballots
indicating two or more candidates chosen) and undervotes (ballots that
were not clearly marked).
In mid-April, NORC and the consortium suffered a setback. Kirk
Wolter, NORC senior vice president of statistics and methodology, said
the research team discovered it missed some entire precincts in its
first review of ballots. It repeated its effort, which doubled the price
tag to about $1 million and extended the data collection into midsummer.
In the meantime, the news organizations were developing computer
programs to analyze the data once they got them from NORC. The data
transfer was tentatively set for mid-September. It never happened.
"We have the programs written, but no data," says Dan Keating, a
database editor for the Washington Post. "NORC has the data but no
programs." During the September 26 conference call, consortium members
agreed that the data shouldn't change hands just yet.
John Broder, New York Times Washington editor, and other consortium
editors dismiss speculation that patriotic sentiment played a role in
their decision. "Other people are reading things into it," Broder says.
Since no one has analyzed the results, no one knows if the review
questions the validity of the George W. Bush presidency. But the editors
maintain that wasn't the point of the review anyway. "It's not just a
story on who won; it's more complex than that," says Bill Rose, deputy
managing editor of the Palm Beach Post. "We're looking at how the
election system responds to more pressure than it was ever designed to
Media watchers say publishing the results will be worthwhile no
matter when that happens. Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for
Excellence in Journalism, calls the analysis "an absolute national
service," needed to find out what went wrong in the election, to learn
how to count votes better and to determine the best way to do recounts.
"The legitimate question on the table is how to build a better balloting
system," says Jan Schaffer, executive director of the Pew Center for
Civic Journalism. She says the framing of the story should not focus on
who won but on "how to build an electoral system to ensure the
confidence of voters."
But some acknowledge that it would be difficult to find an audience
for any recount story right now. "Nobody's panting for this," says
Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He adds that
he can accept the judgment that people are more interested in other
things and that news organizations' resources are better used elsewhere
at this time. But Hess says the review findings need to come to light
A few consortium members hope it could be done by the end of the
year, but as of mid-October, no date had been set. "We had long ago
abandoned any hope of being fast or timely," McManus says. "We'll
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Out Now with Aaron and Abe’s 150th Episode Spectacular! – Our Favorite Movies
It’s here! It’s the 150th podcast episode of Out Now with Aaron and Abe and it is perhaps one of the best episode conversational topics yet, as the guys discuss their favorite movies of all time. Aaron and Abe are joined by frequent guests Scott Mendelson, Brandon Peters, and Maxwell Haddad to talk about their favorite movies, what that idea means, the notion of “best movies” versus “favorite movies”, the place of nostalgia in assessing favorites, and more. Plus, there are a number of surprise guests listing some of their favorite movies as well. It’s a packed episode full of reflection and revealing info about what movies make all of these guys tick.
So now, if you’ve got an hour to kill…
You can also find links to the episode at HHWLOD HERE or at Podomatic HERE Subscribe via iTunes HERE
Of course, in addition to this episode, there are many more episodes to be found on iTunes, The HHWLOD Podcast Network, Stitcher Radio, and at Outnow.Podomatic.com for mainly the newest episodes and some exclusives. You can also subscribe to our RSS feed. One can also learn more at the official Facebook page for Out Now, Facebook.com/OutNowPodcast (“Like” it), which features updates from Aaron and Abe’s personal blogs, other random posts, and some photo albums. You can also follow us on Twitter. Finally, feel free to e-mail the show at OutNowPodcast@gmail.com with any sort of feedback or add an iTunes rating/review.
[The purpose of this section is to highlight areas mentioned or referenced during the show.]
- Get yourself a free audio book and help out the show at AudibleTrial.com/OutNowPodcast!
- Follow all of us on Twitter: @Outnow_Podcast, @AaronsPS, @WalrusMoose, @ScottMendelson, @BTPeters, @Cinemaxwell
- Out Now with Aaron and Abe has a Tumblr PAGE and a YouTube PAGE
- Leave us a voicemail at 972-798-3830
- Check out all of our sites and blogs: TheCodeIsZeek.com, Why So Blu?, Walrus Moose, Forbes, The Naptown Nerd, Cinemaxwell, The Young Folks
- Check out the Why So Blu iPhone App HERE
- Thanks to Shalem Bencivenga for his awesome 150th Episode artwork. Check out his Instagram page to see more of his artwork HERE.
- Next Episode: Godzilla
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This area contains a network of forest service roads in the Colville NF which are legal for all vehicles, and a few actual trails.
The N and SW regions can be accessed by driving your ORV right out of Republic. However, the SE region, which has the best scenery, requires that you trailer your ORV to a staging area. The USFS in this area is rumored to be working on opening all of their roads in this region to WATV use, but at the time of this printing, they had not yet done so.
Fresh pine tree smells. Pretty flowers if they are in bloom. High likelihood of seeing wildlife. Mountain peaks with incredible scenery, 360-degree views. Easy, wide open riding without much risk of crashing.
Get details including directions, staging areas, maps, and difficulty levels in the UTV Guide to WA State.
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While you look for low cost therapeutic boarding schools for girls in Orange, CA, please consider Columbus Girls Academy, an affordable boarding school in Alabama. While low cost, CGA is renowned for its dedication to assisting teen girls with conquering their life-controlling issues, substance abuse and bad behavior.
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Columbus Girls Academy strives to cultivate the whole person in four key areas: spiritual, social, academic, and physical. The program is structured and disciplined so that girls feel protected and cared for during their enrollment.
Therapy takes the form of both individual and group counseling. Each student works with a dedicated counselor who also functions as the point of contact for the family. A Bible-based therapeutic curriculum takes the first hour of each school day. Adapted for each girl’s circumstances, the program fosters introspection and scrutiny of personal problem areas through tools such as scripture memorization, character quality studies, and more.
CGA works hard to create a positive peer culture in the program. Each girl is taught to be responsible for her own behavior and to hold others accountable for theirs, and to shift her focus from self to serving others. We seek positive actions not out of strict obedience but from genuine self-motivation. Each new student is paired with a senior student, who introduces her to daily life at the academy. Thus, each girl has the encouragement not only of staff and teachers but also of a friend.
Education Improves and Accelerates in Our Academy
Our low cost boarding school includes an accredited school that is in session year-round. Assisted by our certified teachers, we teach the Switched on Schoolhouse (SOS) Christian curriculum, an award-winning computer-based system enhanced with interactive multimedia. Five main subjects and a selection of electives construct a customized course load for each student. Our on-campus teachers facilitate the program and tutor individual girls. With this self-paced learning model, most girls catch up on missed coursework or get far ahead.
Low Cost Doesn’t Mean Low Quality
Student life includes a range of recreational and extracurricular activities each week. Participation in activities is mandatory and completed as a group. Our physical education program includes calisthenics and a range of sports. Recreation adds enjoyment to daily life with activities on our 35-acre private lake, special outings and field trips, concerts, team building events, a swimming pool, and a recreational lounge. We also focus on stewardship, or learning to care properly for personal and school property. Girls participate in local church services and weekly campus-wide chapel services.
Columbus Girls Academy balances discipline with personal responsibility. We see teen girls experiencing marvelous transformation every day as they find true confidence in the individual God has created. Please consider looking beyond Orange, CA to see how our reasonably-priced and reputable program can lead to restoration in your family.
To learn more, we invite you to explore our website, then complete our inquiry form or call us today.
Columbus Girls Academy isn’t located in Orange, California, but you will find it is a low cost all-girl therapeutic boarding school, associated with the internationally acclaimed Teen Challenge. It is kept lower in cost through the donations of individuals and corporations.
Columbus Girls Academy is godsend for families who need a low cost therapeutic boarding school.
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Orange is located in Orange County, California. It is approximately 3 miles north of the county seat, Santa Ana. Orange is unusual in that many of the homes in its Old Town District were built prior to 1920; whereas many other cities in the region demolished such houses in the 1960s, Orange decided to preserve them. The small affluent city of Villa Park is surrounded by the city of Orange. The population was 136,416 at the 2010 census.
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Complementary therapies in health care are not new. The use of herbs, oils, lying on of hands or the treatment of forms of energy within the human body appears to have existed in some form or another for thousands of year.
Social trends and cultural change similarly influences a person's health care beliefs. As a result ,some health care practices such as herbalist or healing have been the object of persecution during certain periods of social history .Perhaps current health care trends demanding choice in health care treatment are simply social trends and a response to consumer desire in the search for the 'Panacea for all ills'.
Interestingly the shift towards individualised forms of health care is not only occurring in one small area of western society but, according to the British Medical Association (BMA), a number of indicators suggest that there has been an increase in the use of non-conventional therapies not only in the UK but also in the US and in Europe.
Additionally, the successful use of preventive medicine and enhanced quality of health in the West has resulted in an increasingly critical reflection of the way in which health and illness is perceived and care meted out when treating disorders. There is growing recognition of the interplay between mind and body upon the state of an individual's health and wellbeing.
The reasons for increased interest and use of complementary therapies are not well understand ,though many opinions have been offered .Some have suggested that the move towards complementary therapies represents a '' flight from science ''(Smith ,1983).In all studies ,patients using complementary therapies tend to be those will relatively more education and higher incomes (Sharma ,1992).These results are 'not compatible with a picture of a patient unable to understand the medical possibilities or to make discriminating choices'(Fulder and Munro ,1985).
Complementary therapies ,which are generally used for chronic, as opposed to conventional treatment ,rather than as a replacement for it( Thomas et al.,1991).Patients seem rather to consider a range of therapeutic options including self-medication ,complementary therapies and will make use of different forms of medicine on different occasions ( Thomas et al.,1991;Eisenberg,Kessler and Foster ,1993).The average patient has a discriminating mix and match ,rather than on either approach to seeking advice and treatment for their ailments.
There are number of possible reasons for turning to complementary medicine .Some patients are 'pushed' because they may have become dissatisfied with orthodox medicine ,rejecting its reliance on high technology and wary of the dangers of invasive techniques and the toxicity of many drugs. Other are'pulled'because while they may retain a belief in the value and effectiveness of orthodox medicine, at least in certain areas, they may find some aspects of complementary medicine attractive .They may regard it as especially efficacious for some conditions and dealing more with the emotional aspects of the illness, or as having a spiritual dimension that is not seen as important in orthodox medicine.
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Last night, Cinematical was on hand for the New York premiere of He Was a Quiet Man at the 2007 Gen Art Film Festival. Pic wrapped up what was a very exciting seven days, chock-full of some fantastic films that will soon be coming to a theater near you. Following the film, Jeffrey Abramson, Gen Art's VP of Film, announced that the documentary Sharkwater had won the Acura Grand Jury prize for best feature (check out our interview with Sharkwater director Rob Stewart from night 4) and a very cool short film, High Maintenance, won the Acura Grand Jury prize for best short.
On a personal level, this was a pretty cool night for me as I got to meet Christian Slater for the first time. In the video above, I speak with Slater about the film, his role (which has him playing a quiet and lonely cubicle hermit trying to decide whether or not he should listen to the voices in his head and shoot up the office he despises) and his future projects, which include a starring role in a big-screen adaptation of a graphic novel. Is Christian Slater hopping onboard the superhero bandwagon? You'll have to watch the video to find out. Also included is an interview with director Frank Cappello, who returns to the director's chair after a 12-year absence. Oh, and the very beautiful Elisha Cuthbert makes a brief appearance ... although her publicist wouldn't allow her to speak to Cinematical for some reason. She seemed nice though, albeit a tad tiny. I never knew she was that small.
As far as the film goes, it was pretty damn good. Imagine if the Milton character from Office Space was in a very very dark comedy; throw in some fantasy elements, a fantastic performance from Christian Slater and Elisha Cuthbert half naked in a wheelchair -- that's He Was a Quiet Man. With everything that's gone on recently over at the Virginia Tech campus, this was an interesting film to watch in that it really shows us how an ordinary man can be pushed so far, to a point where he contemplates killing those around him. Currently, domestic distribution is not set up, but we'll let you know when this sucker has a release date. Thanks again to Gen Art for hosting a wonderful festival, and for inviting Cinematical to be a part of it.
For more on He Was a Quiet Man, check out Jette's review from SXSW.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
More Fun With Downloads
I've been having fun exploring nature sounds, which I find a soothing accompaniment to work. Right now I'm listening to crashing waves. I can almost feel the sun and smell the salt air, an especially pleasant experience because it's snowing here at the moment (I hope we do our Palm Sunday procession inside!).
Last night, I searched for MP3s of purring cats. Yes, they exist! I decided not to pay for a download when I can listen to my own cats purr, but it's comforting to know that I'll still have access to the sound if I'm ever catless.
Meanwhile, one of the MP3 tracks was this hilarious clip of kittens meeping for food while their mother purrs. You can listen to a snippet of it by clicking on the little arrow to the left of the MP3 title. I played it last night, and instantly the entire household was on alert. Gary said, "Oh my God, have we gotten more?" just as all three cats came racing into my study to confront the intruders.
We are a simple people, easily amused.
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I used to own an Accuphase P-370. Although the rated output in terms of Watts was modest, the Watts were backed with plenty of current. The resulting sound was powerful and very controlled - possibly even a bit dry. Does this description fit the P-3000 as well, or did Accuphase make changes to the sound signature?
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If you’re looking for a review of Lovehoney and you’ve come to the right spot. Here you’ll find information about the company, its packaging and the products they sell along with a list items to think about before buying. There are also details about the various discounts they offer, including the Student and Military Discount.
What is Lovehoney
Lovehoney is an internet-based store which sells sexy items, such as lingerie and toys, to women. There are a range of products including dildos, lubricants, condoms, rings and more. The website is secure and provides discreet shipping. In addition to providing sex products, Lovehoney also provides health products. They provide menopausal solutions as well as herbal remedies, and their website also features the section on sexual health.
Lovehoney was established within Bath, England in 2002. The founders of the company, Neal Slateford and Richard Longhurst, were both former technology journalists. At first, they ran the store online which they started selling through Boots. Since then, Lovehoney has grown into an entire company that sells pleasure items. It has hundreds of staff, several sub-brands and a customer base that exceeds two million so it’s no wonder that Lovehoney is the biggest online retailer for adult entertainment worldwide.
Lovehoney operates ecommerce platforms for transactions that operate in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Apart from its sex stores and toy stores It also offers a broad variety of other products including health supplements and endurance supplements.
Lovehoney is an online retailer of sexually-oriented toys. It offers a vast assortment of sex-related accessories such as lingerie, sex toys, and sex accessories along with a wide variety of products for couples. They also have a broad assortment of accessories, such as Sex wedges, sex pillows and sex harnesses as well as strap-on harnesses.
The website is simple to navigate with the navigation bar at the top and main product groups below. You can click on these groups and see the entire list of products. There’s also a section dedicated to customer reviews.
Customers can subscribe to Lovehoney’s newsletter. This gives them access to special discounts and offers. In addition, they will save 20% on their first purchase.
Lovehoney offers a money-back guarantee on most of their sexually explicit toys. They do not offer items like lubes and better sexually explicit items.
Lovehoney also provides delivery services. Packages are sent by UPS, DHL or FedEx and arrive in discreet brown boxes. An tracking number is provided in the package. Once the item is delivered, you will receive a confirmation email. If you have issues, contact Lovehoney’s customer service.
If you’re looking for a great advent calendar this festive season, there’s many options to pick from. For example, there are toy advent calendars that can contain small toys like legos and figurines. There are also calendars that are based on food, which can contain foods like coffee, chocolate tea, and chocolate.
A calendar that is viewed calendars is called The Lovehoney Advent Calendar. This calendar contains things that can help couples hone their bonds. Also included are sexy toys and essential foreplay items.
This LoveHoney advent calendar is perfect for both singles and couples. It comes with a magnet lid that allows you to access the box either at night or in the morning. Several sexy toys can be found inside the package that include a cocking Ring and a Blowmotion toy, a variety of stroker toys, and several anal toy alternatives.
Another cool sexy advent calendar that is worth a look is called one called the Womanizer Advent Calendar. This calendar does not only include a few fun things, but it also includes $450 worth of high-quality gadgets and toys.
There is a LoveHoney advent calendar and Womanizer advent calendars comprise two of the most sought-after advent calendars that are available in the market in the present. Each of them is unique, with unique items and a variety of surprises.
LoveHoney is an UK online retailer which has a range of items. This includes sex toys condoms, and lubricants. They also have a fantastic loyalty program and promotions for their customers. Those who sign up for their email list will receive alerts of their latest deals.
LoveHoney’s customer support is top notch. They will assist you with your purchase, and they even provide free shipping on orders over $49. But, it’s essential to be aware that they don’t offer the cash back program or discount on previous purchases.
The most effective way for saving money when purchasing LoveHoney items is to sign up to their email. You will be rewarded with free shipping, discounts on select products, and exclusive promotional codes. During the year, LoveHoney will have several seasonal sales. For instance, in period leading towards Valentine’s Day, they will have huge discounts on a variety of products.
If you’re looking for the perfect present, think about an Lovehoney gift certificate. It can be bought for anything from $10 to $100 and isn’t resold. If you purchase the Lovehoney present card can personalize it with your own message.
It is the Lovehoney discounts for students is an excellent way to save money, especially if you are a student. You can receive 20% off student discounts for your purchase at full price. There are a variety of additional benefits for students, such as free returns and shipping.
A Lovehoney student discount allows you to take advantage of great discounts on products for sex, foreplay as well as lingerie. Plus, you’ll get free gifts with your purchase. Also, there are discounts to be found at special events like as Valentine’s Day and Boxing Day.
For instance, Lovehoney frequently offers deals on sex toys, which can include three for two on foreplay toys, or a 3 for 2 on toys that are fun. And you can also get 15% off online orders.
There are also a variety of ways to cut down on purchases, including The Lovehoney Rewards Program that allows you to earn points on purchases. These points can be converted into cash, which you can use to make future purchases.
You could also sign up for the Lovehoney newsletter via email. It will inform you of any new promotions or sales, as well as deals.
Lovehoney has a great returns policy, as long as you follow the right steps. To get your refund, you need to fill out the online form and you can anticipate an average of two weeks. If you’re not sure of what to do, you can visit the customer service department, which will assist you with your return.
If you’re looking to exchange an item or exchange it or exchange a product, the team at Lovehoney’s customer support professionals are ready to assist you. So long as you return the item in the same condition as it was when it was shipped, you can expect an exchange or refund.
Refunds from the company typically will take no longer than two weeks, and you’ll receive your refund using the same payment method as your initial purchase. You’ll receive a notification that your reimbursement is ready. However, depending on the policies of your bank it could take longer.
Lovehoney gives a one year product warranty. They also offer an unconditional 365-day warranty, and will replace any faulty or damaged products for up to a year after the original purchase.
The packaging used by Lovehoney is subtle and tasteful. The brown boxes they use to transport packages are simple and do not contain any information about the contents, but rather the sender. The boxes also don’t include any labels that mention the company or sexual content of the product.
Lovehoney has a good selection of products for sexual health. From condoms to sex toys, the company provides a selection of items for both females and males. There are also natural and menopausal remedies, as well as endurance and performance supplements.
Lovehoney offers an easy return policy. You can return your order free of charge for up to 60 days. There are also discount codes that are available. They are usually discount codes that are available across the entire site, however some are only applicable to specific items.
Lovehoney also offers a variety choices for shipping. For instance, you could opt to have your order shipped via FedEx, UPS, or DHL. You can also opt for their click and collect option, which lets you pick up your order at the nearest Post Office near you.
Delivery from Lovehoney will vary in terms of speed, from 1 day with FedEx to six days for DHL or UPS. The majority of orders made before 5pm ET , Monday through Friday, will be delivered the next day.
Lovehoney is an on-line store which offers a wide range of services and products. The company has an average score of 4.4 from Trustpilot and more than 12,000 reviews on the site. They sell anything from masturbator males to sex condoms and toys.
The best part of Lovehoney is they offer discounts and promotions on their products. It includes BOGO discounts, coupons, as well as free delivery. And don’t forget about their clearance products! They also offer promotions on their items every day.
If you’re a fan of Lovehoney and would like to join their mailing list, you must subscribe to their email list. Not only will you receive updates on new sales as well as an 15% discount coupon. You can choose to use the discount to make any future purchase or leave it to go to
If you shop on the internet, you can utilize Lovehoney Coupon Codes to save money. These are available through online shopping sites and can be used on any item you choose. But remember, these are only a fraction of the total savings.
Lovehoney is one of the best online sex toys stores in the world. They offer high quality products at a reasonable price. In addition, Lovehoney provides free shipping and returns.
Their website is simple to navigate and provides clear explanations of their merchandise. They also offer expert advice from their experts to will help you select the ideal sex toy for you. There are even tips for those who are new to the sport.
The site offers discounts up to 50 percent off select sexually-oriented toys. If you’re a couple or not, bound to find something you love. The sale will run until the 4th of January. If you’re looking to create your own sex toys bundle You can save more.
Lovehoney toys for sex are available in a variety of sizes and shapes. They come with instructions on how to use them, and they are packaged discreetly. Some of the popular brands that are sold on Lovehoney include Lelo, Death by Orgasm and Womanizer.
You can save up to 15 percent off your first order with a Lovehoney coupon. Shoppers can also avail of free shipping for orders greater than PS40.
Is Lovehoney Legit?
Lovehoney is an internet-based store of sexually-oriented toys, lingerie, and other sexually oriented products. It was founded in 2002, and has since become an industry leader in pleasure products. It offers a wide range of sexually sexy merchandise for couples and for individuals, along with guides on how to make use of them.
Lovehoney has many sub-brands and products, such as sex wedges and pillows, as well as sex masturbators and sex games. These products are body-safe and affordable.
In addition to offering an extensive selection of high-quality sex toys, Lovehoney offers sex products from different companies. For example, Lovehoney has a license to manufacture sex toys inspired by the well-known publication Fifty Shades of Grey.
Lovehoney’s website is easy to navigate. The navigation bar at the top of the page lets users to navigate around the website. Users are also able to hover over primary categories of products to open subcategories.
Customers can use the site’s “Discuss” link to submit their own opinions or feedback about the product. Lovehoney is known for its user-friendly interface and has been recognized by numerous awards.
Lovehoney is a well-known online retailer of sex toys that has a great reputation for providing top quality products. They have a wide selection of sex items that are suitable for any kind of person including straight couples, bisexuals and gay people. Their offerings include a wide selection in strap-on products.
One of their more popular sexual toys is the rumbly bunny. It’s a sex-themed toy that is shaped like an rumbly bunny, comes with a rechargeable bullet vibrator and is waterproof. This toy is ideal for couples that want to make more enjoyment from their bedroom.
Another sex toy includes the Lifelike Lover Realistic Dildo. It is a strap-on dildo which offers a bit more energy over its previous models. The six inch dildo is constructed of body-safe silicone and features a smooth bottom and testicles.
If you’re looking for a strap-on doll it is available at almost any sex toy retailer. There are many different brands however Lovehoney is among the most popular stores.
This company will be celebrating their 20th anniversary by offering a special birthday sale. Shoppers can use the discount code BIRTHDAY at checkout to save $20 off the purchase of $100.
The Lovehoney Cock Ring is an affordable sex toy that provides high-quality vibrations and improves sexual arousal. It is made from silicone, which makes it simple to clean. It is possible to clean it with a special wipe or sex toy cleaning spray.
While it’s not as powerful as higher-end models however, it does have distinct attributes. For instance, it has a built-in Bluetooth and the hands-free control feature. This makes it a great option for couples.
The cock ring also features two clitoral stimulators, a bullet-shaped device and an elongated ball. Both are waterproof and easy to clean.
One of the best features of this sex toy is the ability to connect to a smartphone using the We-Vibe application. The app lets users modify the settings and make their own vibration patterns. It is also possible to play the cock ring using wireless internet. But, the connection might be a bit weak.
In addition it is designed to stimulate the perineum that can give you additional pleasure when you are masturbating. If you have an orgasm-challenged companion This could be a boon.
Lovehoney is one of the world’s most well-known manufacturers of sexually explicit toys. This trusted company has been around for over fifteen years, selling millions of its products worldwide. With a wide selection of sex toys, Lovehoney gives the ultimate sexual experience for its clients.
The Super Soft Dildo from Lovehoney is a great soft dildo. It is constructed of extremely soft silicone. The dildo is also soft on the skin.
Another dildo made by Lovehoney is called the Double Take Double-Ended Strap On Dildo. The toy is designed to give stimulation and drive each partner to their enjoyment the highest level. The dildo can be worn either externally or internally.
A dildo is a sex toy that features a curved shaft. It’s an excellent instrument to stimulate the clitoris. You can rotate the sex toy with rhythmic patterns to increase the level of arousal.
The G-Spot is a different erogenous zone to stimulate. You can play with the toy on your partner’s G-spot or make use of the toy for stimulating your own.
Lovehoney is also known for their nipple suckers. These are small, lightweight toys for sex that are made to attach to your skin using a suction cup. The use of a nipple sucker can make your nipples highly sensitive.
Lovehoney vibrators performed admirably in the latest Good Housekeeping Institute sex toy test. The rounded design makes it enjoyable to play with.
Lovehoney sells a wide variety of sexually explicit toys, including masturbators, sex pillows, as well as strap-on harnesses. The company also carries some of the biggest brands in the business, including Swoon, Death by Orgasm and BASIC Sex Toys.
Alongside their extensive selection of products, they also offer good prices. Their products are of top standards and include simple to follow directions.
Lovehoney offers a selection of sexually stimulating toys, such as the iBuzz an electronic vibrator with music. They also sell biodegradable cleaning wipes with skin-soothing aloe vera. These are available through their site.
Another feature is the money-back guarantee. It means that if you aren’t satisfied with the product then you can return it to us for a full refund. But, certain items, like lingerie, are excluded from the money back guarantee.
There are more than 400 brand-name products available to select from. Like the Lovehoney Sqweel Oral Sex Simulator is the best-selling oral sex simulator in the world. It’s also a winner of the first Lovehoney Design A Sex Toy contest.
Lovehoney is an internet-based shop that offers sexy lingerie, sex toys, and accessories for lovers. The British-based company provides various items for men, women, and couples. Its inventory is wide and the company delivers across more than thirty countries.
They offer bras underwear, bras, and sexy dresses. The lingerie that they sell is sexy and comes in a variety of colors, styles, and sizes. They also have sexually explicit toys such as dildos and vibrators.
Lovehoney is well-known for its sex toy recycling scheme, which provides a way for customers to give away their sex toys. If you have an old sex-related toy you’d like to donate then you can mail it in. You can also purchase new sex toys on the website.
One of the most sought-after items sold by Lovehoney is their bras. They are available in a range of styles, such as bralettes, balconette, corset, and the halterneck. The bras feature hook-and-eye fastenings and come in a assortment of sizes. There are currently 120 reviews for the bras on Lovehoney.
Another one that I like is the Moonlight Wine Plunge Basque Set. This ultra-feminine lingerie set perfect for date nights. Apart from being a bra as well as thong it has a crotchless panty that has three rows of hook-and-eye clasps.
Lovehoney has a broad selection of products. It is possible to purchase sexy lingerie, accessories, condoms, toys and bondage products. The company has won international awards and is renowned for its commitment to the LGBTQ+ community.
Lovehoney offers a range of deals that are designed to save shoppers money. There are coupon or promo codes which could help you save cash on purchases. Before placing an order, it’s important to check the discounts available. The best way to stay informed about what Lovehoney offers is to join their newsletter. Lovehoney newsletter.
If you’re interested in receiving alerts about the latest sales, coupons, and special offers, signing up for the Lovehoney email service is the way to get started. To begin, type in your email addresses on the homepage of the website , and select “Subscribe.” After that you will receive a discount voucher that you can redeem on the next purchase.
You can also earn points for your purchases. Every dollar spent on a qualifying item gets your 10 points. The points can be used for any item on the Lovehoney website.
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Roch Valley Sleeveless Tank Leotard Sheree Nylon Lycra Black Dance Gymnastics
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DESCRIPTIONROCH VALLEY SHEREE SLEEVELESS LEOTARD - BLACK
This versatile Roch Valley Nylon/Lycra sleeveless leotard is perfect for stage, uniform, class, exam or gymnastics wear. This tank style leotard features a flattering gathered front bustline.
Available in Black in a wide range of sizes, remember to look at height guidelines for children as well as their age as this is often the best way to select the correct size. If your child is between sizes my advice is to go up a size as it is better for them to have a little growing room! This leotard is also available in black in adult size 6 (UK 14/16) and size 7 (UK 16/18) and can be ordered if required, please do not hesitate to contact me for any other uniform/show/exam requirements and I will do my best to help!
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Thousands of retired semi-State workers ‘struggling’ on small pensions
Representatives outline grievances to Oireachtas committee
Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection chairman John Curran, described the presentations from representatives of former ESB, RTÉ and Bórd na Móna staff as “eye-opening”.
Thousands of retired semi-State employees are “really struggling” with small pensions and an inability to have their voices heard, an Oireachtas committee has been told.
Representatives of former ESB, RTÉ and Bórd na Móna staff said their members have been unable to discuss issues regarding pension entitlements on a collective basis and have suffered financially from funding shortfalls and levies.
Addressing the Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection on Thursday, Matt Kelly, representing about 9,000 retired ESB workers, said: “When I joined, there was a pension promise . . . that pensions would reflect the salary of the job you left. This pension promise . . . has not been honoured.”
The committee was hearing representations ahead of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017.
Mr Kelly said that, for semi-State workers employed before 1995, membership of the company pension scheme was obligatory and they could not qualify for a State contributory pension. Since then, changes in the pension landscape, including the imposition of levies have reduced entitlements.
“The ability of the State to apply levies by means of stamp duties or similar charges to pension funds . . . is legal but morally indefensible,” Mr Kelly said.
Mairéad de Buitléir, representing about 1,500 former RTÉ staff, said workers in the semi-State sector had devoted their entire working lives to supporting the State’s infrastructure. But while there are critical issues around pension entitlements, there is no “recognised mechanism” by which they could communicate their concerns with former employers, she said.
Other organisations affected include Bórd Gáis, CIÉ, Telecom Éireann and the aviation sector. Ms de Buitléir explained that most semi-State defined benefit pensioners were not allowed to pay a full PRSI stamp for State contributory pensions.
“There is a myth out there that RTÉ pensioners have gold-plated pensions,” she said, adding that one fifth of staff are in receipt of just €12,000 annually. She also pointed out that while former RTÉ staff have not received any pension increase since 2005, the contributory old-age pension has increased from €179 to €248.
“Some of our members are really struggling. They are really struggling. If there is an illness, if there are any extra things, they just don’t have the money,” she said.
Air their grievances
The representative groups have tried and failed to air their grievances with the Equality Tribunal, the ombudsman, through industrial relations procedures and with trustees of funds. In many cases, they are told the bodies will only deal with individuals. Ahead of the forthcoming legislation, the representative groups said they are seeking a right to collective representation and arbitration.
They have also appealed to the committee to consider defining who is responsible for funding public sector pension deficits and flexibility in the minimum funding standard.
Committee chairman John Curran, describing the presentations as “eye-opening”, said they were awaiting a response from Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty regarding several amendments to the Bill.
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins noted a “divide and conquer approach” was being taken.
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Charlie Tumala is a mother of four incredible kids. She’s a fun-loving person who hates being bored. She always seeks adventure and searches for unique ways to keep her hands busy. Working from home allows her to work on her self-growth and be a mother at the same time. On days when she’s not working, she likes resting and spending time with her kids.
We asked her which country she would love to visit the most and her answer is definitely one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Hint: she loves watching k-drama!
- When you need a quick break from work, where do you usually go?
I love the ocean. I always want to see the beach and relax… but since I have 4 kids, going to the mall and buying groceries will have to do instead! 🙂
- Which country would you love to visit and why?
I’m a Kdrama fan so I’d love to explore Korea, given the chance.
- If you were given an all-expenses paid travel package for two, who would you go with and why?
Just 2? How about 6? lol. Well, I’d take my husband with me, for sure, because first, I don’t have a choice! He’s tied to me forever! lol. Second, because we’ve never experienced travelling together as a couple… as yet!
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Dan has a track record of success in strategic growth, corporate development, acquisitions and deal structures. His career began with technology engineering and grew to include all business leadership functions. He has pioneered market regions, set record-level sales closings and led the strategic development program for a public market offering.
Dan has advised or led over 60 successful corporate development projects, including a franchise conversion, a NASDAQ IPO, and a $400M acquisition, involving all aspects of strategic planning, M&A process execution, due diligence, and integration programs. Advisory sector experience includes technology systems and services, heavy manufacturing, , consumer products, travel goods, retail, energy services, communications, smart-grids, electric T&D and renewable energy.
Dan received a BS Business Administration with Honors from the University of Kansas, and has further studies with The Chasm Group, Miller Heiman, Karrass, and SMU's Cox School of Business.
Securities offered through Corporate Finance Securities, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC
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Possible dopamine transporter (DAT) compensatory mechanisms after chronic cocaine exposure. A, Normal dopamine uptake across the cell membrane via the DAT. B, Blockade of dopamine uptake by cocaine. C, One possible adaptation involving a change in the conformation of individual DAT molecules so that the capacity for conveying dopamine molecules into the cell (or binding cocaine molecules) is increased. D, Another possible adaptation involving increased numbers of DAT molecules arrayed in the cell membrane, through increased DAT synthesis, enhanced DAT recruitment from a storage pool, or delayed DAT degradation.
Photomicrograph demonstrating dopamine transporter messenger RNA distribution in human midbrain at the level the values were quantitated. MedDA indicates medial dopaminergic cells, including paranigral nucleus and posterior medial substantia nigra compacta; LatDA, lateral dopaminergic cells, including posterior lateral and posterior superior substantia nigra compacta. Nomenclature is based on the atlas of van Domburg and ten Donkelaar.21
Photomicrograph demonstrating hybridization of dopamine transporter riboprobe over melanin-containing cells in emulsion-dipped slides. A, Darkfield showing the location of hybridization clustered over neuronal cell bodies in a posterior medial cell group. B, Brightfield showing melanin-stained cells in the same spatial distribution as in A, identifying dopaminergic cell bodies. These photomicrographs were taken from the subject with the densest labeling to enhance reproduction of the effect.
Striatal [3H]WIN 35428 binding sites were increased in cocaine users vs matched control subjects in all 3 regions (unpaired t tests between cocaine users and controls: asterisk, P<.001; dagger, P<.05). Average cocaine values increased by 43% (caudate), 40% (putamen), and 45% (accumbens). Assay was performed at a saturating concentration of [3H]WIN 35428 (100 nmol) by quantitative autoradiography.
Dopamine transporter (DAT) messenger RNA (mRNA) levels compared in cocaine users and matched control subjects. The results are the average of 2 independent experiments that provided similar results. To control for variable degradative effects, DAT mRNA levels were normalized by dividing by the average cyclophillin mRNA densities found in contiguous midbrain sections. Neither DAT nor cyclophillin mRNA levels were significantly different in cocaine users compared with controls before mathematical transformation. Asterisk indicates P =.02.
Little KY, McLaughlin DP, Zhang L, McFinton PR, Dalack GW, Cook EH, Cassin BJ, Watson SJ. Brain Dopamine Transporter Messenger RNA and Binding Sites in Cocaine UsersA Postmortem Study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1998;55(9):793-799. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.55.9.793
Copyright 1998 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.1998
Results of recent radioligand binding experiments suggest that chronic cocaine exposure increases dopamine transporter (DAT) synthesis throughout the striatum of humans. However, detection of cocaine binding site increases in animals and humans has varied depending on the radioligand used. The present experiment tested the hypothesis in cocaine-using humans that synthesis of midbrain DAT messenger RNA increases parallel with increased striatal DAT binding sites.
Striatal and midbrain samples were collected during autopsy examination from human cocaine users (n=34) and from age-, sex-, and race-matched control subjects (n=36). Levels of DAT messenger RNA were quantified in the medial and lateral midbrain regions using in situ hybridization, and striatal DAT binding sites were assessed by quantitative autoradiography using the DAT-specific radioligand [3H]WIN 35428.
Striatal DAT binding sites were markedly increased in cocaine users, but, paradoxically, medial DAT messenger RNA levels were decreased.
Cocaine exposure has a marked effect on DAT function, but the mechanisms involved may be complex.
ACUTELY, COCAINE binds to the dopamine transporter (DAT) and inhibits the normal re-uptake of released dopamine from the synaptic cleft.1 Increased synaptic dopamine in the striatum and the prefrontal cortex is believed to be critical in sustaining cocaine self-administration in animals and may underlie the subjective experience of euphoria in human users.2,3 Results of recent postmortem experiments in human cocaine users show that chronic cocaine exposure leads to increased cocaine binding sites on the DAT in the striatum.4,5 This perturbation could conceivably contribute to chronic cocaine-induced clinical phenomena, including binging, withdrawal anhedonia, and craving.
Accounting for the increased striatal DAT binding detected in the previously mentioned experiments was an apparent increase in the number of binding sites. However, detection of cocaine binding site increases in humans4- 7 and animals8- 16 has varied depending on the radioligand used, suggesting complexity in the mechanism of regulation. The simplest cause of increased DAT binding sites would be increased synthesis of DAT molecules, resulting from increased production of DAT messenger RNA (mRNA) in midbrain dopamine cell bodies (Figure 1, D), although other mechanisms are possible (Figure 1, C). The goal of the present experiment was to test the hypothesis that midbrain DAT mRNA levels increase parallel with striatal DAT binding sites in postmortem samples from persons who used cocaine.
Brain samples were collected at autopsy from a group of chronic cocaine abusers who were also acutely using cocaine. Control subjects, not exposed to cocaine, were also selected to match the cocaine-using group based on age, postmortem interval, sex, race, and socioeconomic status (SES). As expected among a group of cocaine abusers, there was also coexisting ethanol dependence, psychosis, and mood disorders. To partially control for the use of ethanol by the cocaine users, ethanol-dependent subjects were also included as controls. After assembling the groups based on diagnostic considerations, DAT mRNA was quantitated in midbrain sections using in situ hybridization, and the results were compared in cocaine users and controls. [3H]WIN 35428 binding to striatal DAT binding sites was also quantified autoradiographically for comparison with DAT mRNA levels and to replicate earlier work in a new, larger, and better clinically characterized set of subjects. The relationship between [3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA levels within individuals was examined, and a subanalysis examined the effects of comorbid ethanol abuse on brain DAT variables.
Postmortem brain specimens were obtained at autopsy as authorized by the Office of the Wayne County Medical Examiner (Detroit, Mich), freshly dissected, and quickly frozen on dry ice and stored at −70°C until sectioned. Specimens were obtained from 34 subjects using cocaine at the time of their deaths and from 36 control subjects dying suddenly in accidents, by assault, or of cardiac causes through the same autopsy process. Table 1 lists demographic information and cause of death. In addition, control subjects and cocaine users were matched as well as possible by age, sex, and race, as well as SES to control for any nonspecific factors associated with impoverished nutrition and living conditions.
Cocaine-using subjects included 34 of 37 who were found in a total population of 130 subjects from whom brain tissue in the appropriate regions was available. Seven cocaine-dependent subjects were also diagnosed as opioid abusers. Controls, chosen from 93 potential controls, met the following criteria: (1) suitable method of death (rapid, not the result of a chronic condition); (2) appropriate age, sex, and race to match the cocaine-using subjects; and (3) absence of DSM-IV17 diagnoses other than ethanol dependence. Among the control subjects chosen to match the cocaine users were 14 of 36 meeting the criteria for an ethanol dependence disorder. Not every subject was included in both the binding experiments (involving 30 cocaine users and 34 controls) and the in situ hybridization experiments (involving 27 cocaine users and 28 controls) because the appropriate brain region was missing or slides were damaged during the assay.
At least 1 knowledgeable informant was interviewed for each subject, most often a first-degree relative. Other informants included neighbors, friends, fellow workers, police officers, medical examiners, physicians, mental health personnel, and newspaper reporters. Many interviews with family members were conducted in person, and some were done by telephone. Family members provided informed consent under guidelines approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
During the interview, the Family History–Research Diagnostic Criteria checklists of symptoms for mood disorders, alcoholism, and antisocial personality, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders were completed. The Hollingshead Inventory, an estimate of SES, was derived for every subject. Based on available evidence, DSM-IV psychiatric diagnoses were assigned at a consensus conference. When questions remained, efforts were renewed to ascertain specific information, and the diagnostic assignment was postponed. Subjects described as chronic cocaine users included 19 meeting the DSM-IV criteria for cocaine dependence, 7 meeting the criteria for cocaine abuse, and 8 who were believed to be chronic users but who lacked sufficient evidence for a definitive diagnosis to be assigned. All chronic cocaine users had positive toxicologic test results for cocaine. Subjects diagnosed as having ethanol dependence met DSM-IV criteria. The standard set for chronic ethanol use was more formal because we were able to discover considerably more information about ethanol use patterns. In 5 subjects with an ethanol dependence diagnosis, ethanol was not detected during autopsy examination. Conversely, ethanol was found in 3 cocaine-using subjects on toxicologic testing, but other evidence indicated that these subjects were not ethanol dependent. Other cocaine users who were not diagnosed as ethanol dependent may have occasionally used ethanol. All diagnoses were assigned before assays were performed.
Urine or serum samples from subjects were assayed qualitatively for the presence of cocaine, opioids, antidepressant drugs, antipsychotic drugs, and anxiolytic drugs using a variety of methods, including radioimmunoassay, high-performance liquid chromatography, and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Ethanol levels were measured by dichromate microdiffusion and gas chromatography–flame ionization detection methods.
The autoradiographic assay methods for [3H]WIN 35428 in human brain have been described previously.4 Briefly, 16-µm-thick sections were incubated at 0°C in TRIS buffer (50 mmol/L; pH, 7.4) with sodium chloride, 120 mmol/L, for 112 hours. A single saturating concentration of [3H]WIN 35428 (specific activity, 3126 GBq/mmol; New England Nuclear/DuPont, Boston, Mass), 100 nmol/L, was used to assess binding in the striatal regions based on earlier work finding a high-affinity site with a Kd of 6±2 nmol/L.4 Non-specific binding for [3H]WIN 35428 was determined by the addition of cocaine, 30 µmol/L. After incubation, slides were washed and then apposed to film (Kodak SB-5, Kodak, Rochester, NY) for 12 to 14 days. [3H] standards ([3H] microscale standards, Amersham, Arlington Heights, Ill) were coexposed for each cassette. Optical densities for the accumbens, caudate, and putamen were determined using an image analysis system (Microcomputer Imaging Devices, Ottawa, Ontario). Striatal topography was identified using the atlas of Tork and Hornung.18 Optical densities were evaluated by comparison with the microscale standards and are expressed in nanocuries per milligram.
The specific in situ hybridization protocol has been described previously.19,20 Briefly, 20-µm-thick sections were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde solution for 1 hour, pretreated with proteinase K to facilitate probe penetration into the tissue, and acetylated with 0.25% acetic anhydride (in triethanolamine, 0.1 mmol; pH, 8). The DAT riboprobe, 890–base pairs long, was transcribed in vitro using T7 (sense) and T3 (antisense) RNA polymerases, which generated 35S-radiolabeled complementary RNA probes of high specific activity. The sections were then hybridized with the 35 S-labeled riboprobes overnight at 60°C in hybridization buffer. After hybridization, tissue sections were treated with ribonuclease to degrade any unhybridized probe, washed under stringent conditions (65°C in low salt buffer, 0.1XSSC), and dehydrated. Sections were apposed to x-ray film (X-OMAT AR, Kodak) and were developed after the appropriate exposure time (14 days). Controls included treatment of sections with ribonuclease A before hybridization, which abolished signal, and hybridization with "sense" strand complementary RNA probes, which resulted in minimal signal. Hybridization was quantified by measuring film optical densities using the image analysis system. Two slides were quantitated per subject, which was repeated in a second experiment, and the results from both experiments were averaged. Midbrain topography was identified using the atlas of van Domburg and ten Donkelaar.21 A typical section demonstrating the areas quantified (based on Figure 522) is shown in Figure 2. Hybridization signal was quantified in the medial and lateral midbrain regions, reflecting consistent topographic and functional distinctions.21- 23
Results of previous experiments show that mRNA is degraded in a few postmortem brain samples for reasons that are unclear. To control for artifactually low levels of mRNA, cyclophillin mRNA was measured in contiguous sections using the previously mentioned in situ hybridization techniques and a high–specific-activity riboprobe.19,20,24 Cyclophillin is a ubiquitous, unregulated cell structural protein unrelated to the DAT. Optical densities for DAT mRNA in each individual were divided by the cyclophillin mRNA densities derived for that individual.
To confirm the results obtained on film, slides were selected at random from 18 cocaine users and 18 paired controls, were dipped in emulsion (Kodak DTB, Kodak), and were exposed for 4 weeks. Silver grains were highly concentrated over melanin-stained cells throughout the midbrain (Figure 3). A typical ×100 magnification field was identified in the posterior medial dopamine cell groups for each subject and silver grains were counted over 20 melanin-stained cells. The coefficient of variation for grains per cell from each individual were less than 10%. The total number of cells per typical field was also recorded as a rough measure of cell density.
[3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA levels in each brain region were confirmed initially to be normally distributed (Kolmogorov-Smirnov distances calculated, all P>.10). Because the interrelationship and significance of binding or mRNA changes in different brain regions was uncertain, the general approach taken was to use an initial multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) followed by univariate tests to control for multiple comparisons. [3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA levels were each initially compared in cocaine users and controls by MANOVA (cocaine effects on binding [or mRNA] in 3 [or 2] regions). [3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA levels were further examined for correlative relationships. In addition, [3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA were examined for relationships with alcohol diagnosis (alone and with cocaine diagnosis) by MANOVA followed by univariate tests. Other clinical data, including age, postmortem interval, sex, race, and other psychiatric diagnosis (psychosis, mood disorder, and opioid use), were examined for effect on [3H]WIN 35428 binding and DAT mRNA using MANOVA or correlational analysis, as appropriate. Initially, to confirm that cocaine users and control subjects had been well matched, age, sex, race, SES, and postmortem interval were also compared using 2-tailed t tests (without protection for multiple comparisons, which was judged more conservative). In all comparisons, α=.05.
Data are given as mean ± SEM.
Cocaine users and controls were not significantly different in age (38.2±1.5 vs 38.3±1.9 years; t=0.05; P =.96), postmortem interval (16.4±1.0 vs 17.4±0.9 hours; t=0.75; P =.46), sex (79% vs 75% men; t =0.43; P=.66), or race (79% vs 61% African American; t=1.68; P =.10). However, SES was significantly different (4.3±0.2 vs 3.5±0.2; t=2.69; P =.009).
Striatal [3H]WIN 35428 binding sites were significantly increased in cocaine users across regions (MANOVA, Wilks λ=0.001; F3,53=6.56). Univariate tests indicated that cocaine use increased DAT binding in controls vs cocaine users in the caudate (399.6±25.9 vs 569.8±33.3 kBq/mg; F1,55=11.9; P =.001), putamen (377.4±25.9 vs 529.1±33.3 kBq/mg; F1,55=16.0; P<.001), and accumbens (207.2±18.5 vs 299.7±37.0 kBq/mg; F1,55=4.45; P=.04) (Figure 4).
Dopamine transporter mRNA levels were statistically different across regions in cocaine users vs controls (MANOVA, Wilks λ=0.05; F2,53=3.19). Follow-up univariate tests indicated that cocaine use lowered mRNA levels in controls vs cocaine users in the medial midbrain region (1.86±0.14 vs 1.47±0.10 ROD [relative optical density]; F1,54=5.48; P=.02) but not in the lateral midbrain region (1.72±0.16 vs 1.60±0.13 ROD; F1,54=0.42; P=.52) (Figure 5). Densities determined by grain counting emulsion-dipped slides from the posterior medial region demonstrated a good correlation with values determined from film optical densities (r2=0.44; P <.001). Cell counts per field were not different in cocaine users vs controls (27.8±1.6 vs 27.2±1.6 cells per field; t =0.274; P=.78, 2-tailed). Dopamine transporter mRNA levels for each brain region were not correlated with [3H]WIN 35428 binding in any striatal region.
There was no overall effect of alcohol dependence on binding or mRNA levels across regions (in the entire group of cocaine users and controls, MANOVA, Wilks λ=0.17; F3,54=1.75) or in a second MANOVA analysis examining only cocaine-free controls (Wilks λ=0.13, F3,25=2.07). Furthermore, a MANOVA examining both cocaine and ethanol effects on binding and mRNA levels found no interactive effects. However, there was a small decrease in putamen binding in alcoholic controls vs nonalcoholic controls, which was statistically significant by univariate analyses (8.2±1.0 vs 11.5±0.9 ROD; F1,27=5.90; P =.02). Because of the unsure significance of this result, we further analyzed the striatal binding results in cocaine users vs controls, excluding alcoholic controls, and found that the overall cocaine effect remained statistically significant (MANOVA, Wilks λ=0.02; F3,35=3.46), as did the differences in each region.
No differences in DAT mRNA or [3H]WIN 35428 values were found in psychotic, mood-disordered, or opioid-using subjects. Age and postmortem interval were also examined for correlation with DAT mRNA and [3H]WIN 35428 binding parameters. No effects were found (of 14 correlations performed, none were statistically significant). There was no significant correlation between SES and [3H]WIN 35428 binding or mRNA hybridization signal overall or within the cocaine user or control groups. There were no differences by race or sex in DAT mRNA levels. However, African American women who were cocaine users had higher caudate DAT binding sites (African American women, controls [n=8] vs cocaine users [n=6]: 384.8±59.2 vs 788.1±99.9 kBq/mg; African American men, controls [n=13] vs cocaine users [n=18]: 373.7±40.7 vs 536.5±33.3 kBq/mg; white men, controls [n=13] vs cocaine users [n=5]: 436.6±40.7 vs 432.9±129.5 kBq/mg; and a white woman, cocaine user [n=1]: 14.8 kBq/mg). However, the effect was not significant by MANOVA (race × sex × cocaine effects on binding in 3 regions, Wilks λ=0.27; F3,53=1.25), reflecting the small numbers and high variability. The apparent race × sex trend was smaller in the putamen and accumbens.
The present findings replicate earlier findings4 that human cocaine users have increased [3H]WIN 35428 binding sites in the striatum. Staley et al5 reported similar increases among 5 cocaine users who died of overdose. Our findings suggest that cocaine overdose is not critical for up-regulation of [3H]WIN 35428 binding sites. In another human study, although Wilson et al7 did not find a statistically significant increase in [3H]WIN 35428 binding in 12 cocaine users, the ratio of [3H]WIN 35428 binding to apparent dopamine neurons (based on quantification of vesicular transporter density) was increased more than 40% in cocaine users. In contrast, Hurd and Herkenham6 reported decreased postmortem [3H]mazindol binding in cocaine users. One in vivo single photon emission computed tomography study25 found an increase in radioactive iodine (123I) RTI-55 binding in cocaine users, whereas another did not (after several months of abstention).26
Contradictory results of binding studies in humans and animals may be related to different radioligands' varying degrees of overlap with DAT binding sites. Wilson et al8 compared the effects of long-term cocaine exposure on 2 radioligand binding sites and found that striatal [3H]WIN 35428 binding, but not [3H]GBR 12978 binding, was significantly increased in rats after self-administration of cocaine for 6 weeks. Other binding studies in animals with a finding of an increase generally used [3H]cocaine or [3H]WIN 35428,9- 11 whereas studies13- 16 with negative findings used [3H]GBR 12935, mazindol, or [3H]nomifensine—drugs structurally unique from cocaine and its congeners. These results suggest that long-term exposure to cocaine and some similar drugs may selectively alter ligand accessibility (a characteristic compatible with the adaptation shown in Figure 1, C). Other critical variables in explaining differing outcomes include cumulative cocaine dose and interval since last exposure.9,10
The lack of parallel increases in DAT mRNA levels and [3H]WIN 35428 binding sites suggests that these 2 variables are affected by factors not closely coupled. The decrease in DAT mRNA levels is puzzling but might reflect a secondary compensation in the face of DAT protein up-regulation caused through another mechanism besides increased transcription. It is also possible that increased synthesis of DAT protein may have actually occurred through changes in message stability or translational rates.
Several previous studies27- 29 in rats reported that cocaine exposure decreases DAT mRNA levels. Xia et al27 provided no anatomical information. Letchworth et al28 found medial and lateral decreases in DAT mRNA, whereas Cerruti et al29 found that DAT mRNA decreases were limited to medial dopaminergic nuclei, as in the present study. In contrast, however, both Cerruti et al and Letchworth et al reported decreases in striatal DAT binding, whereas the present experiment found increased striatal [3H]WIN 35428 binding.
One explanation for the decrease in DAT mRNA is loss of dopaminergic neurons. Results of other human experiments suggest that striatal dopamine terminals may be decreased in cocaine users despite increased30 or stable [3H]WIN 35428 binding.7 Preliminary experiments in this laboratory also found a decrease in striatal monoamine vesicular transporter binding among these same cocaine users. These results suggest that 2 opposing processes might occur in long-term cocaine users—a loss of dopamine cells or axons (perhaps resulting from long-term exposure) and a superimposed up-regulation of DAT function (perhaps conformational, in response to functional blockade). The present results with emulsion-dipped slides found no apparent changes in dopaminergic cells per microscopic field. However, a more sophisticated stereologic approach to cell counting is necessary to clarify this issue.
The present experiments found a small decrease in putamen binding in alcoholic controls vs nonalcoholic controls that was statistically significant by univariate analyses but not by MANOVA. Attention is drawn to this phenomenon because similar results have recently been reported in a positron emission tomography study31 of alcoholics using [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine to image striatal monoamine terminals. Tiihonen et al32 also reported decreased [123I]RTI-55 binding in the striatum of nonviolent alcoholics by single photon emission computed tomography, along with a trend toward increased [123I]RTI-55 binding in violent alcoholics. In contrast, Volkow et al33 recently reported no difference in DAT binding sites by positron emission tomography in alcoholics vs controls. Despite the apparent ethanol effect, the large and statistically significant cocaine effect remained after excluding alcoholic controls. In a related study,34 serotonin transporter binding was increased in dorsal raphe from the present group of control subjects who were ethanol dependent and possessed a specific serotonin transporter genomic polymorphism.
Average SES was low in controls, and even lower in cocaine users, as would be expected in a group of long-term inner-city addicts. However, no correlations were found between SES and [3H]WIN 35428 binding or mRNA levels within the cocaine user or control groups. African American women who abused cocaine seemed to have the greatest changes in caudate DAT binding sites. However, there was considerable variability among the limited number of subjects, indicating that this effect could be artifactual. Future DAT studies should take care to search for age and racial interactions with cocaine effects.
The present study was limited in the number of anatomical regions quantitated and posterior-anterior levels assessed, reflecting a decision to conserve tissue for examination of several variables within the same individual. Other approaches might have provided more anatomical detail. In addition, in situ hybridization using film quantitation is not the most precise method of determining changes in mRNA levels. Another limitation was that the study was unbalanced in the number of women and white subjects included. The issue of race and sex effects could have been more readily clarified with a better distribution.
Together, the preponderance of rat and human data suggest that the DAT is regulated through complex mechanisms. However, the functional significance of the various DAT states remains unclear. The short-term effects of cocaine use on DAT function are critical in causing cocaine's powerful euphoric effects, clearly indicating the important role that dopamine uptake plays in overall reward processes. One can speculate that other, long-term perturbations in dopamine uptake may also be similarly powerful. Long-term adaptations induced by cocaine use in the DAT could contribute to prominent clinical symptoms like binging, withdrawal depression, and craving. The present results further suggest that successful therapeutic approaches for cocaine dependence may need to take into account the regulatory effects on DAT function induced by long-term cocaine exposure.
Corresponding author: Karley Y. Little, MD, Psychobiology Laboratory/116-A, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (e-mail: email@example.com).
Accepted for publication June 11, 1998.
This work was supported by awards DA09491(Dr Little), AA07378 (Dr Little), DA02265 (Dr Watson), and MH42251 (Drs McLaughlin and Watson) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, and an award from the Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Foundation, Lexington, Mass (Drs McLaughlin and Watson).
We thank Yung A. Chung, MD, Suwait KanLuen, MD, Laning Davidson, MD, and Carl Schmidt, MD, of the Office of the Wayne County Medical Examiner, Detroit, Mich, and Joe Kontuly, BS, and Sherry Becker, MS, of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for their excellent assistance.
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A few army vehicles for our boys. They can sit for hours and play with their little men, fighting some of the most heroic battles ever witnessed. So I wanted to give them some battle ready 2×4 cars to play with. I thought that the chinook would be the most popular, but the tank is by far the most used. So funny, it’s the one that I liked the least :)
Back to the garage!!
-- Dale, Oregon
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Hi, I hope somebody knows maths more than I do. I’ve been pulling my hair out for a day now trying to position a node to the “FrustumFar” even when the camera doesn’t look straight at it. If I position my node to (0,0,1000) and aim at it, it’s perfectly on the edge of the FrustumFar. The problem is if I do not aim at it, like if I aim at the left of the node, then it goes out of the Frustum. Of course, because the Frustum is not a cube shape, thus the left/right sides are shorter if you will. Here’s a graphic to show you what I mean:
As you can see, Figure 1. shows the camera at (0,0,0) aiming straight at a red shape node that is positioned at (0,0,1000) which is the FrustumFar. All is well if the camera aims at it. Now on Figure 2. you can see that the camera is aiming on the left of the red shape node, let’s say it is rotated at about (0,65,0) and the red shape node is still at (0,0,1000) but the problem is of course that it is now out of the Frustum and so it disappears. I tried to change the values of cam.setFrustumLeft() (or right) but it distorts the viewport of course, because those settings are a proportion and not actual size, therefore, it wouldn’t make sense to change them if I understand correctly. Now how the heck would one go and position the red shape node where the green dot is on Figure 2. meaning clamped on the FrustumRight (or FrustumLeft IF the camera was looking on the right side of the red shape node) therefore how does one go and clamp a node on the Frustum or whatever side it would otherwise go out of bounds?
This looks like serious math to me! Am I mistaken to think there must a function implemented in the SDK that does this clamping for us?
Hi Paul. First thank you so much for replying that fast. Your input is very much appreciated.
Well, I (think I) need this to position a lamp node in front another node that is drawn in the sky bucket, therefore that is in the “falsely far away” fixed background where there are no real coordinates I could copy from, else I’d just have translated my node to it and z-=1’ed it.
Since the sky bucket stuff is not really far away that much (it’s just a trick in the render queue that makes it look far away, it looks as if it never moves about, it’s “pinned” like a static background if you will), then I realized I’d have to compute a direction vector from the camera to that node in the sky bucket which would give me a small vector that I would use to rotate the node I wanted to place in front of it, then I multiply it by the FrustumFar scalar, so that it is perfectly aligned with the other node in the sky bucket, but is “clamped” to the FrustumFar (updating it every update frame) so when I move the camera about anywhere, it always is “pinned” on top of the other node in the sky bucket, which works only if I aim at it, because otherwise if the camera is not looking directly at it, it falls offscreen since the FrustumFar=1000 is only valid for the FrustumFar, not the FrustumLeft or right you know?
There must be an easier way to go about this, I guess, I’m just not much of a math guy, which I’m not too proud to tell!
I’m wondering how would one go and compute it with the new camera angle. Something like: The more you are off from the origin (angleY=0) the more the node has to be brought near the camera, thus z=800,700,600… you know? Maybe like a rule of three or something, altough it’s probably a very sloppy way to “make it work” but since FrustumLeft and right are at the exact same distance from the center, I guess it’s symetrical so it would be like this:
Well, yes, it’s already relative to the camera, but the question on every frame update is how far from the camera until it goes out of the Frustum bounds? Like I said, I already have the rotation vector that makes it align perfectly with the node in the sky bucket, so only thing left is to compute somehow the distance until it goes out of the Frustum bounds.
Since it’s a light, it has to be far away enough that it is behind every other nodes, except for that target node in the sky bucket (on my graphic in the top post, it’s the red shape node)
wait… WHAT?! All this air pulling for a solution THAT simple?! Well, I’ll be F**** damned Rémy It couldn’t have been more obvious! Thank you so much for opening my eyes. I guess I was too tired and went in the wrong direction right from the start. I’m shocked.
Thank you so much guys, I still can’t believe it >.<
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A lot of action today and a bunch of articles from the people down at the Times-Pic today., so lets jump into it!
First, a summary of all of the top prospects at the safety position in this years draft. Check it out for yourself.
As a supplement to that article was a story on Safety Kenny Phillips from the University of Miami. Basically, he is having to shoulder the burden of being picked in the first round, or ruining Miami's streak of 13 straight years with a player drafted in the first round.
It looks like it's up to Phillips or defensive end Calais Campbell to keep the streak alive. Both of them are projected to be on the first-round bubble.
"I don't want to be the one who messes up the tradition. Nobody wants to be the one who messes it up," Phillips said at the NFL combine in February, though he added that he and Campbell "really don't worry about it too much. We know we're going to go out there and do our best, and whatever happens happens."
The Times-Pic will be doing a live Mock Draft at Noon tomorrow, April 22nd. You will be allowed to comment and ask questions as well. Info here.
They also did a review of the top 10 teams and their possible selections. Here is the article. This is what they had to say about the top ten...
As usual, there's not exactly a line around the block of teams waiting to trade into the top 10. The cost of doing so is just so prohibitive. Only the Dallas Cowboys would appear to have the ammunition or inclination necessary to make such a move. So if you're waiting for a blockbuster deal involving some team moving up to nab a particular player, you may end up waiting a long time. It's probably not going to happen.
What is much likelier is some jockeying occurring among the teams already in the top 10. So while you may not expect to see the Cardinals trade up to get a shot at Darren McFadden, you may see the Bengals, for instance, moving up to get Sedrick Ellis.
And this is what they had to say about the Saints pick at #10.
- New Orleans Saints - If New Orleans wants any particular defender, the Saints better move ahead of the Bengals at the very least. It's hard to tell how serious the team might be about moving up to No. 2, but if that were to occur you'd almost certainly see Glenn Dorsey in a Saints uniform very quickly. More likely, the Saints stand pat and select from among the trio of Rivers, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie or Leodis McKelvin, but don't discount the possibility of a trade down either (especially if the team moves to acquire Jeremy Shockey or Lito Shepherd).
Even more draft news, this time from the Hattiesburg American. They had an article on what the Saints should do with their first pick in the draft this year. And what is that you ask?
With the 10th pick, they may not get Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, the Tennessee State star who is supposedly the best DB in the draft. But they'll still have a shot at Mike Jenkins from South Florida or Leodis McKelvin from Troy, who are just as good.
One of those three should be the Saints' first pick on Saturday.
This article was actually pretty funny and to the point. Here is my favorite part...
If, for some inexplicable reason, the powers that be in New Orleans don't grab some defensive help right off the bat then the whole front office should be tossed into Lake Pontchartrain.
Sounds good to me!
Now this one is intersting. It comes from Peter King over at Sports Illustrated. I read SI every week and I used to watch Inside the NFL every week (Until they canceled it. I have no idea why. That was the greatest football show ever. Even my fiance liked to watch it). I respect both as good sources, and I think they are credible, so this article piqued my interest.
The Saints and Jeremy Shockey's rookie-year offensive coordinator, Sean Payton, are still hot for the tight end. It won't get done if the Giants insist on receiving in-his-prime, 25-year-old safety Roman Harper (a 2006 second-round pick), plus the 40th pick in the draft. Harper's the best player in New Orleans' secondary, and to trade him and a second-round pick for an injury-plagued tight end who will be 28 on opening day is not an equitable deal. If the Giants want, say, Harper and a sixth-round pick for Shockey, or a second- and sixth-rounder for him, then I could see the trade getting done.
Well said. I agree 100% there.
This one really surprises me, and at first I didn't think it was true, but New Orleans is serious about trading into the top four -- preferably for LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey but not only for Dorsey. Wish I could tell you the other apple of their eye, but I don't know who he is.
Veeeeeeeewy intewesting. When Peter King talks, I listen. I am a bit surprised that the Saints are really considering moving up that high, but I guess its still a possibility. Though when he does his Mock Draft he sticks us with Mike Jenkins.
- New Orleans. CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida. The Saints are working hard to stack the first-round corners in the right order, which leads me to believe they'll pick one of them ... if they don't trade up, and if the really good defensive linemen are gone.
And Finally, some more trade rumors from ESPN. They seem to think, along with everyone else, that the Saints will be trading up this year. Check out the article.
The New Orleans Saints, owners of the No. 10 pick, might do it. They are interested in trading with the Rams to get the No. 2 pick and take defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. The Rams haven't gotten back to the Saints to indicate whether they would consider a trade.
If the Saints can't get Dorsey, they would target USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis, whom they could get by jumping ahead of the Bengals at No. 9. Defensive tackles are one of the hardest positions to hit big on in the first round. In 2003, the Saints used the No. 6 pick to get Johnathan Sullivan, who was a bust and is no longer in the league.
A lot going on today. Is everyone getting excited? With all the rumors and possibilities floating around, this is becoming one of the most exciting drafts in Saints history. Only time will tell what the Saints will do.
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1. Gathered For God (John L. Bell)
2. Come, Receive The Living Bread (Chris de Silva)
3. The Reign Of God Is At Hand (Marty Haugen)
4. Eternal Is Your Love (Liam Lawton)
5. Christ Is Come (Francis Patrick O’Brien)
6. The Greater Glory of God (Tony Alonso)
7. Dolorosa (John L. Bell)
8. God Is Love (Rory Cooney)
9. Praise The God of All Beginnings (Michael Joncas)
10. Song Of Songs: My Beloved Is Mine (Michael Mahler)
11. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Gary Daigle)
Gathered for God (CD)
Only 1 left in stock
A selection of 11 songs celebrating God’s love.
Various (including John. Bell)
Gathered for God is the collaboration of eleven talented composers joining forces to create music that celebrates God’s love for us.
Composers: Tony Alonso, John L. Bell, Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle, Marty Haugen, Michael Joncas, Liam Lawton, Michael Mahler, Francis Patrick O’Brien, Donna Peña, and Chris de Silva.
The songs in this collection are great for a variety of liturgical uses.The title track by John Bell is, as it says, a gathering song. The poignant text of his Dolorosa will bring comfort in times of sorrow. Marty Haugens’ The Reign of God is Near is the perfect complement for a triumphant entrance procession. Liam Lawton’s Eternal is Your Love has a beautiful melody embracing an expressive refrain that simply begs to be sung. Praise the God of All Beginnings, by Michael Joncas, employs a festive text by Herman G. Stuempfle Jr..
Note: the 2 tracks by John Bell are available to purchase as individual anthems.
61 mins running time
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* * A collection of radio station stuff from the 1960s to the present for your viewing pleasure.
Have something to share? Email me at the profile address.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
KLIF Dallas TX Radio Survey May 23 1966
Here's the KLIF Dallas survey from May 23, 1966, a perfect blend of music, personality, and celebrity. Note the KLIF DJ pics, the Mamas & the Papas, and a healthy dose of local music on the Forty Star Survey. Click to enlarge pics, thanks to Mike Bohan for the survey!
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Last week there was a column in the newspaper highlighting some of the writer’s recent finds at local farmer’s markets, and she mentioned this artichoke bread that I subsequently have not been able to get out of my mind. There was no recipe, just the merest hint that the bread itself had a biscuit-like quality and there was cheese involved. I would gladly have hunted down this bread, except that said farmer’s market was like over an hour from here and frankly, I think I’d rather spend those couple of hours in the kitchen than in the car.
So, people, here’s what I did. I took a recipe that I had in my files (I had been meaning to make this bread anyway) for a buttermilk quick bread (I think it was originally from Cooking Light magazine) and I threw in chopped artichoke hearts, grated asiago cheese and sliced green olives.
I have no idea what that farmer’s market bread tasted like, but boy howdy, was this stuff ever amazing! I sliced it up and served it with a glass of wine at happy hour and completely lost my interest in dinner. Artichoke bread would do just fine, thank you.
If you’re not an olive person, you could leave them out, but I loved the salty, brine-y kick they added. The asiago cheese was incredible, but you could probably swap it out for cheddar if you can’t find it. But if you’re not crazy about artichokes, I suggest you just move on and don’t bother with this one, because without the artichokes, there is no party here. Really. Here’s the recipe…
Artichoke Biscuit Bread with Asiago Cheese and Olives
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
¼ cup butter, melted
2 cups frozen or canned artichoke hearts, quartered
1 ½ cups grated asiago cheese
1 cup green manzanilla olives, halved
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan
Set aside ¼ cup of the quartered artichoke hearts and ¼ cup of the grated asiago cheese
Combine the flour, baking powder, parmesan cheese, salt and baking soda. Mix well. In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, buttermilk and melted butter. Add to the dry ingredients along with the olives, 1 ¼ cups of the asiago cheese and 1 3/4 cups of the artichoke hearts. Mix until just combined (the batter will be a little stiff) and spread in the prepared loaf pan. Top with the remaining ¼ cup of cheese and artichoke hearts.
Bake for 65 to 70 minutes (it took the full 70 minutes the last time I made this). You might have to tent the loaf with foil for the last 5 or 10 minutes of baking if it’s getting too brown. Test for doneness if a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and then turn out on a wire rack. When cool, slice and serve as an accompaniment to salads, soups or with a glass of wine. To store, wrap in foil and refrigerate. Will keep for several days.
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Monday, December 8, 2008
SNORKELING IN WISCONSIN OR IN BELIZE!
Getting ready for OUR TOURIST SEASON IN BELIZE, it is nice to compare our emerald green warm waters ( 82 degrees F ) inside the Great Barrier Reef, with that of snorkeling in Wisconsin, USA at this same time. Then we have breadfruit trees, papaya growing, fresh coconuts, bananas ten for .50 cents, white sandy beaches and willing dusky maidens in short shorts. You could snorkel at this time of year in lots of worse places than Belize.
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It would be an understatement to say that Raja Ravi Varma gave Indian art a fresh colour palette. The legendary artist’s 172nd birth anniversary was recently celebrated with Google Arts & Culture rolling out a comprehensive digital retrospective of his paintings, prints, sketches and rare photographs. These are presented alongside works inspired by the artist — on canvas, textiles, as studio photography and even as matchbox art! The retrospective features more than 30 stories and more than 700 images and videos from nine institutions, including The Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation, National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation and Museum of Art & Photography.
Simon Rein, programme manager, Google Arts & Culture Sourced by the Telegraph
The Telegraph had a chance to inbox a few questions to Simon Rein, programme manager, Google Arts & Culture. Here’s what he told us.
How is the Raja Ravi Varma exhibit on Google different and what makes it noteworthy?
The idea behind Google Arts & Culture is to make our cultural heritage more accessible online. Of course, nothing beats the experience of seeing an artwork for yourself in a museum, but putting it online opens many possibilities. For the online retrospective on Raja Ravi Varma, that you can now find under g.co/RajaRaviVarma, various museums from India, the United Kingdom and the United States have contributed to one joint collection that you couldn’t easily have brought together in a museum. The collection introduces a special new experience that pairs Ravi Varma’s paintings with Indian classical music. It features a series of high-resolution images, like ‘Mahananda’, that we have digitised in a way that allows you to zoom deep into the lithographic prints. You can see details that are usually invisible to the naked eye. I really believe that the appreciation of art on site and virtually complements each other in many ways.
His paintings changed our perception of feminine beauty. How does the Google exhibition highlight this aspect?
It’s our partners, the museums and archives, that choose what part of their collections they want to show and what stories they want to tell about them. While I was going through the exhibitions, I was struck by how Ravi Varma captured beauty in so many forms, not just in people but also in nature. I particularly like how he used colours to create lasting impressions. In that regard, one of my favourite paintings from this retrospective is ‘Madri’.
Oleographs played an important role. How much of that aspect gets highlighted in the Google exhibition?
It’s in fact one of the topics that caught my interest. While reading the exhibition ‘Wanderers Between Worlds’, I learnt about the printing press that Ravi Varma had set up in 1894, and how his popular paintings were turned into colour prints that then became calendars and advertisements, which then made him a household name in India. The technician at his printing press, Fritz Schleicher, was German. Varma was a truly global artist, in many senses of the word.
With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting every aspect of life globally, how important would virtual exhibitions become in the coming months?
Google Arts & Culture was founded in 2011, with the objective to make art accessible for all. Anyone can experience the best of the world’s museums with their mobile phones and tablets — and not just by browsing the collections or going on virtual tours to the most famous museums. You can also bring the artworks into your living room in augmented reality using ‘Art Projector’ or turn your pictures into art-inspired masterpieces using ‘Art Transfer’. We have been collaborating with museums and archives for the past nine years to make this possible and will continue to do so. I hope the experiences can bring a bit of joy to people at home, now and in the future.
Another important aspect of Google Arts & Culture is taking netizens on an exploration of India’s landmarks. What are some of the projects you are working on at present and how important is Bengal and Calcutta on this front?
The Indian landmarks have been part of our project from early on. The Archaeological Survey of India was one of our first partners in India. Since then, we have been working with institutions who have a broad understanding of India’s historical and cultural landmarks. Take the exhibit on Bishnupur terracotta temple, or explore Darjeeling Himalayan Railways, or Crafted In India.
What is Google doing to introduce youngsters to the world of art, maybe in a fun way?
We recently unveiled a new experience, titled ‘Family Fun with Arts & Culture’, and an activity workbook, that families can enjoy together. There’s a lot of technology that can be fun to use for the whole family, while still being educational. A couple of months back I showed my niece and nephew how a dinosaur from the Natural History Museum in Berlin comes back to life in Virtual Reality. I can tell you, some joyful screams were heard!
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Those who marry God can become domesticated too -- it's just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word Love means a formal touch of the lips as in the ceremony of the Mass, and Ave Maria like dearest is a phrase to open a letter. This marriage like the world's marriages was held together by habits and tastes shared in common between God and themselves -- it was God's taste to be worshipped and their taste to worship, but only at stated hours like a suburban embrace on a Saturday night.
Henry Graham Greene, OM (October 2, 1904 April 3, 1991) was a prolific English novelist, playwright, short story writer and critic whose works explore the ambiguities of modern man and ambivalent moral or political issues in a contemporary setting. Although Greene objected strongly to being described as a mere "Catholic novelist", his religion informs most of his novels, and many of his best works (e.g. Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter and The Power and the Glory) are explicitly Roman Catholic in content and preoccupations.
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Monzie Estate Outlander Package
Come and stay in a holiday cottage on the scenic Monzie Estate. Receive a private tour of our 18th century castle and ancient estate. Learn about Crichton clan involvement in the Jacobite uprisings. Visit the Monzie stone circle and Kate McNiven’s crag, the spot where one of the last witches to be burnt in Scotland died.
Package includes accommodation for up to five people, afternoon tea and tour with the current clan chief and welcome pack with local produce. From £590 per week
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Come and Find Me by Elizabeth Robins, Dedication page ix
Hypertext formatting by Joanne E. Gates
CHINSEGUT, HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA
Jan. 20, 1906
MY DEAR F. B.:
I believe it to be commonly the practice of authors to write the dedication last. But I, being summoned by the laconic imperative of the Atlantic cable to exchange London for Florida, and being thereby arrested midway in what I have always thought of as your book, must needs recover some of the old impulse that you gave me to begin it, before I can go on.
I invoke you as I would a breath of your invigorating Yorkshire, for I am captive in a land of idleness--myself idlest of all the easy, time-squandering folk that are making believe to finish my house here upon the sunburst hilltop.
This lodge in the wilderness, uplifted like an island above encompassing seas of green; this windswept, sun-steeped place, ought, perhaps (in spite of latitude and longitude), to give me back without your aid the picture and the feeling of the North. For the first word I set at the top of my page, though Indian, would not have been understanded of my ancient neighbors here. Not the Seminoles, the Alaskans gave us our name. I and another for whom it means home, pronounced it first to the rhythm of the breakers on that wild Bering coast--in the midst of the pandemonium of the "farthest North" gold boom, we dreamed and planned the picture I look out upon this morning. It might not seem beautiful to you, yet, in spite of your wise warning, there have gone into my effort to make the dream come true the most precious
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things I had. Into this Chinsegut, as you know, went, amongst the rest, a great faith.
So that, however reminiscent of people or conditions long since passed away, however much of the spirit of the past is garnered here as living influence or as debris and as ashes, these were for me infinitesimal affairs by comparison with the hope for the Future that made me turn deaf ears to your admonishing. For this was to be a place where my fellow-dreamer and I should not only rest, but having rested, work as never before. Our best and biggest room was to be called the Workroom.
But some strange spell has hitherto hung over that apartment and all the house, since even the white remodelers of the slave-built dwelling have found it easier to play than work here.
As if foreseeing that the added wing, new stable, and the rest, would take more months a-building than they would need weeks in other climes, our "workmen," uneasy perhaps under the misnomer, organized themselves into a Musical Society. They would lay a brick or rap in a nail, and then, casting aside trowel or hammer, would catch up fiddle and bow, horn or clarinet, trying (since walls had been known to fall at trumpet blast) whether these could be induced to rise to strains of "Dixie." One of the band to whom I owe my not very sound roof, was at the least a person of imagination, as I will make your ladyship admit, if the distractions here will give me leave to try. These are not solely the growling of saws, the scraping of planes and of fiddles. I find myself forever running to and fro like a child in some enchanted playground, wooed by fifty things at once--but not one of them has aught to do with books or with any aspect of the art of letters.
My distractions have to do with such toys as the joy of re-discovering old friends in all three kingdoms, from the forgotten beauty of palms standing sentinel-like in sand as white as meal, to the blue heron that goes sailing by to the lake at our feet. Or I am called early to see the delicate print of a
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deer's foot that passed our very gate; or I must watch the sun caught at setting in the great ilex, and see the light spilling into the Spanish moss, soaking into the long draperies, till they seem to hold refulgence in solution. Or I must go and plan the hedge of roses round an old burying-ground on the place, or listen half a morning to a mocking-bird, or steal down in the dusk to my beloved copse and play eavesdropper to the sullen owl who pretends he doesn't haunt the magnolia above the spring. Or I must leave my coveted place of shade on the north veranda and come to watch our friend, Mr. Tarrypin, creeping heavily by in the hot sun on his way (I grieve to tell you) to the soup tureen. ("Lawd, yes. Tarrypin? He jes de same es chick'n, Miss 'Lizbess--once he in de pot!")
Even my interviews with the cook, elsewhere as summarily despatched, are here a thief of time. For our Peter, who learned his craft of the Cubans during the late war, is the most beguiling of conversationalists. In beautiful sky-blue, brass-buttoned clothes showing under a spotless apron, he stands, interlarding his promise to "do it Spanish style," with legends learned of his mother who was born in the negro quarters here in those more sumptous days when our hill was crowned with the finest orange grove in all Hernando. Peter will tell you, chuckling, that our great twelve by twelve-inch cypress beams that turn the edge of the white carpenters' tools, were hand-hewn by his grandfather, and by that gallant woodman "tied and pinned" to frame the house before the "orange" days--when all cleared land was cotton field.
But more than by any other creature the spirit of idleness has been fostered by my four-footed friend, the particular joy of my life here, Dixie. For I must tell you that one's love of woods is only whetted by looking out, as I am told we do, upon two hundred and fifty thousand acres of virgin forest--the old Seminole hunting-grounds--which swallow up the white man's puny clearings so effectually that even a Zeiss glass can scarcely pick them out. Dixie and I may travel for hours, through tangles of jessamine-laced live-oak and palmetto, down to dim lakes where the cypresses stand in water to their
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"knees" (with all the moss curtains close-drawn against the sun), and never see a soul. Then, when even in the open ways of the pine woods we find the warm day quenched in mist, I let the rein fall slack and trust to that skill of Dixie's, never baffled yet, to take me home the shortest way, in spite of night or storm or the fierce dazzle of tropic lightning.
If we are late, we know "Uncle" Fielding will be looking out for us. Even if I fail to distinguish his kind, dark face, I see the whites of his eyes shining, I hear his rich voice lowered to reporach that I should be abroad so late in the vast Annuttalagga woods that go to the verge of the world.
But Uncle Fielding has his share in my idleness, for he knows the stories I like best of all. When I've gone to sit within the radiance of the great open fireplace (less for warmth than for sake of cedar scent and love of the flaring, singing resin in the pine), Uncle Fielding will come staggering in under the weight of a single log, and having thrown it down, will tarry awhile. To my polite hope that he feels at home in his new cottage, he replies with gentle assurance: "I'll have to be mighty ole and mighty painful befoh I leave this hilltop." With humility I learn to see myself as the transient one, the visitor, and Uncle Fielding as the one who rightly is "at home." Even for neighborly credit and fair regard I look to him. For when one of the younger generation, or some mere new-comer ventures: "They say, in the old days, you knew her brother," "Knew him?" says Uncle Fielding loftily, "I raised him--" and so re-established our respectability in a land that for so many hears has known us only as little-remembered names.
Can you not see that with the vivid intervention of all this new-old life--the story you bade me write has in a brief space gone to a distance so illimitable that beside such a standard of remoteness, Florida is neighbor to the Pole? I tell you plainly that if this book of yours is ever to be finished, you must send me something of that influence that has so often spurred me on before. Once even here, a touch of it, like your hand on my shoulder, reached me one evening, in spite
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of all the hosts of Hernando. Walking about at sunset to count how many mangoes were growing near the house--I was pursued as far as the great ilex at the gates by faint intermittent strains of some unearthly music. I looked up, thinking of those "harps" that Hilda heard and to whose strains she unsealed the Master Builder's ears. Again that music! faint but unmistakable; sad and wild, with its vaguely inciting call. A little shamefaced for my fancy, I said to one who knew not Hilda: "I could almost swear I heard harps in the air." "Yes," was the answer, "on the roof," as though it were the most natural thing on earth that a carpenter, instead of making us rain-proof, should devise and lash in place a wind-harp over our heads! I thought how you would have disapproved that man--and cherished him.
Although the winds that come sweeping over the Mexican Gulf have cast the great lyre down from my housetop--nevertheless, now that I've invoked you, I seem to hear the air again--even feel on my shoulder that touch of your hand with which you sent me forth to try if, in the midst of the London din, we might make folk pause an instant, and say with upturned faces: "Harps in the air!" You and I have heard them for many a year, my friend. I think I never was with you long, but I caught some note of that far music. Even with the thick of the world between us, I listen for you to call the tune that "sends me on."
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Camden, N.J. (PRWEB) May 04, 2013
Employees of allRisk Property Damage Experts (allRiskinc.com) and the Brickman Group celebrated Earth Day, April 22, by cleaning up the Lutheran Social Ministries of N.J.’s (LSM/NJ) vegetable garden in Camden.
Volunteers spent Monday morning cleaning the garden, picking up trash, preparing the soil and planting vegetables which benefit the Camden children during the Camden Children’s Collaborative summer camp.
“It was great to get out and clean up the garden,” says allRisk Vice President Christine Messina. “It’s such a beautiful symbol of LSMN/NJ’s good work, planting seeds of hope for the children of Camden, so they can be nurtured, grow and flourish.”
Located on State Street in historic Camden, the vegetable garden benefits children (ages 5 to13) during LSM/NJ’s Camden Children’s Collaborative summer camp. The garden serves as a teaching tool for children, who learn the importance of healthy eating while maintaining the vegetable garden.
“We had a great turnout,” says Barbara Fullerton, fund director of LSM/NJ. “The children are going to be excited and the garden looks great. This is one of the children’s favorite parts of camp.”
For more information on LSM/NJ and the Camden Children’s Collaborative summer camp, visit http://www.lsmnj.org or contact Barbara Fullerton, at 609-699-4102 or bfullerton(at)lsmnj(dot)org.
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Housed in a restored 1868 railroad hotel, the Page-Walker Arts & History Center offers visitors insights into the local history in the Cary Heritage Museum. Visit website for a list of current exhibitions and activities. Free admission. Group tours by reservation only. Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 10am -9:30pm; Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 10am-1pm. Please call to verify access to galleries and museum, as they are Mordecai Historic Park multipurpose spaces.
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Looking for gift ideas for mom this year? We’ve put together the ultimate gift guide to help you decide what to get the mom in your life this year.
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Spa Gift Card
Most moms would just love some time to themselves, so a gift card for a spa treatment is the perfect way to ensure she gets some alone time. Spafinder lets her choose where she wants to go and what treatment she wants, so you don’t have to worry about finding the perfect session, either.
Theragun Prime Massage Gun
If you’ve ever heard mom complain about neck or back pain, the Theragun Prime massage gun will be the answer to her aches and pains. The QX65 Motor with QuietForce Technology™ makes it one of the quietest massage guns available, and it’s 16 mm amplitude makes it reach 60% deeper than most massagers on the market today. Mom can choose from five different speeds, or use the app for customizable speeds, as well as app-guided routines.
Gifts for Moms Who Need Quiet Time
Lunarly Gift Box
Help mom find some moments of mindfulness throughout the year with the Lunarly Gift Box. Filled with intention-setting objects like crystals, plants, incense, essential oils, candles and journals, she will be well on her way to feeling more peaceful.
Sony WF-1000XM4 Noise Canceling Wireless Earbuds
Most moms need to zone out every once in a while, and a pair of wireless earbuds will make it that much easier for her to get some peace and quiet. With eight hours of battery time, and industry-leading digital noise cancellation technology, mom can take a break, sit back, and relax, without hearing the noises going on around the house.
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Chances are, your mom is dying to watch one of the shows on HBOMax, AppleTV+, Hulu, or any of the other streaming services out there. Put her out of her misery and treat her to a subscription this holiday season so she can curl up and watch her favorite shows and movies.
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Erin Condren Planner
While moms may usually keep track of the day-to-day household activities, it is also important she plans out her own week. The Erin Condren Lifeplanner is a great way for mom to stay organized for herself as well as for the family. Each month has an inspirational quote that will guide her on her way, and has mini month views, monthly notes and productivity pages, dated monthly spreads, as well as daily schedules, and more. Included are stickers for visual planning, a folder and a ruler. Perfect for setting goals, intentions, and just keeping track of day to day activities.
Ninja DZ201 8-Ounce Air Fryer
While moms love to complain about getting small kitchen appliances as gifts, an air fryer is not your typical kitchen appliance. She will be able to cut cook time in half, while making delicious and nutritious meals. The Ninja DZ201 has two separate four ounce baskets, so you can cook more than one food at the same time, cutting down cooking time even more than typical air fryers.
Gifts for Moms Who Like to be Cozy
Bearaby Cotton Napper Weighted Blanket
Sleep is often hard to come by for moms. Made from breathable organic cotton, the Cotton Napper from Bearaby will help mom sleep better than ever before. The weight on her body will help produce serotonin, reduce cortisol, and increase melatonin—all without having to take a pill. Available in ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five pound weights.
It can be hard to find something for mom that she wouldn’t buy herself, but these heated gloves may be just the ticket. For moms who are always cold, or always out in the cold, these gloves have an added layer of warmth with their far-infrared heating. Battery operated, there are three heat levels, plus the thumb and index finger have touchscreen tips, so she can use her phone or tablet while wearing them. Perfect for moms who hike, or are often outside in the cold.
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L.L. Bean Womens Quilted Full-Zip Sweatshirt
Coziness is key during the long winter months, so mom will love this quilted full-zip sweatshirt from L.L. Bean. The quilted body, slightly fitted, with ribbed cuffs makes it stylish without sacrificing comfort. Available in seven colors and in Regular, Petite, Plus and Tall sizes.
L.L. Bean Women’s Wicked Plush Robe
Just one look at this robe and you’ll want to get one for yourself as well as for the mom in your life. Made with the same fleece as L.L. Bean’s Wicked Plush Throw, this robe is so soft, and so cozy you may never see mom in anything else again. It’s pill-free, machine washable, has a sherpa-trimmed hood, and two pockets. Available in six colors and regular, petite, and plus sizes. It’s also available with a full zip instead of a tie waist.
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Nespresso Vertuo Next
Nespresso machines seem to constantly be on people’s holiday lists, and it is no wonder. Treat mom to her very own cafe experience whenever she wants. The Vertuo Next makes coffee and espresso drinks, setting it apart from the more traditional Nespresso machine. She can say goodbye to her old coffee maker, and level up with this! It’s made from 54% recycled plastic, is only five and a half inches wide, and adapts the brewing depending on what type of pod is being used.
Hydro Flask Tumbler
Mom is going to need something to put her coffee in, and this Hydro Flask tumbler is the perfect solution. She can take it with her no matter what her day looks like. It’s good for cold and hot beverages, has a press in lid, and fits into most cup holders.
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Bright Cellars Wine Subscription
There is nothing better than the gift that keeps on giving, and mom will love trying out some new wines every month with a Bright Cellars subscription. She’ll start by taking a quiz that will create her “taste profile,” and then she will be sent four new wines each month that match her profile.
The One Wine Glass – Set of Two
The One Wine Glass may be the last wine glasses your mom needs. Designed by award-winning master sommelier Andrea Robinson, these glasses are break resistant, dishwasher safe, and are lead free. They are available for white wines and reds.
Best Gifts for Moms On-The-Go
Away Luggage Carry-On
Help mom prepare for her next trip with this carry-on from Away luggage. Its polycarbonate shell is durable, yet lightweight, as the suitcase only weighs eight pounds. It has an inner compression system so she can pack more, and has super smooth wheels for easy maneuvering. For an additional twenty dollars, you can add an integrated USB charger so mom will be charged up when she’s on the go. Available in six colors.
Related: 13 Travel Totes That Do the Most
Longchamp Large La Pliage Tote
This may be the year to finally get mom the tote she has been eyeing for years. The La Pliage Tote from Longchamp has long been a favorite for travelers, and there is good reason for it. The nylon is waterproof, and the bag folds flat for easy storage, plus it is stylish. Available in six colors.
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May. 13th, 1986
London, England, UK
Robert Pattinson's Main TV Roles[no roles found]
Main Movie Roles2010 - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 - Smash His Camera
2010 - Remember Me
2009 - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2009 - Little Ashes
2008 - How to Be
2008 - Twilight
2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004 - Vanity Fair
Guest TV Roles
Himself - Red Carpet Attendee
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born May 13, 1986) is an English actor, model, musician and producer.
Pattinson started his career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He later landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by 'Stephenie Meyer', and came to worldwide fame, thus establishing himself among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood.
In 2010, Pattinson was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World, and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100. Since the Twilight series ended in 2012, Pattinson has ventured into doing small independent films.
Pattinson was born in London, England. His father, Richard, imported vintage cars from America, and his mother, Clare, worked for a modelling agency. Pattinson has two elder sisters, singer 'Lizzy Pattinson', and Victoria Pattinson. Growing up in the Barnes suburb of London, he attended Tower House School until he was 12, and then The Harrodian School. He became involved in amateur theatre at the Barnes Theatre Company. He auditioned and was cast in a small role in Guys and Dolls. He next auditioned for Thornton Wilder's Our Town and was cast as George Gibbs. He also played in Anything Goes and Macbeth. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and began looking for professional roles.
Pattinson executively produced and starred in the film Remember Me, which was released on 12 March 2010.
In 2011, he starred as Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants, a film adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel of the same name. The film received mixed reviews, but Pattinson's performance was praised.
Pattinson's next film, David Michod's The Rover, also starring 'Guy Pearce' and 'Scoot McNairy, is expected to be released in 2014. Pattinson reunited with Cronenberg for the second time in Maps to the Stars, which is described as a darkly comic look at Hollywood excess. Filming begin in Toronto on July 8, 2013 and finished on August 22, 2013 in Los Angeles.
In August 2012, it was announced that Pattinson has been cast alongside 'Nicole Kidman' and 'James Franco' in Werner Herzog's adaptation of Gertrude Bell's biopic film Queen of the Desert as T. E. Lawrence, with filming slated to start in December 2013. He is also set to star in Mission: Blacklist, a psychological thriller based on the novel of the same name by military interrogator Eric Maddox. In September 2013, he joined the cast of Anton Corbijn's Life as Life magazine photographer 'Dennis Stock' about the friendship between 'James Dean' and Stock.
Pattinson plays the guitar and piano, and composes his own music. He also appears as the singer of two songs on the Twilight soundtrack: "Never Think", which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley, and "Let Me Sign", which was written by Marcus Foster and Bobby Long. The songs were included in the film after director 'Catherine Hardwicke' added Pattinson's recordings into an early cut without his knowledge, and he agreed that "one of them specifically, it really made the scene better. It was like it was supposed to be there." The soundtrack for the film How to Be features three original songs performed by Pattinson and written by composer Joe Hastings.
Aside from recording for the soundtracks, Pattinson has said, "I've never really recorded anything – I just played in pubs and stuff", and when asked about a professional music career, he said, "Music is my back-up plan if acting fails". In 2010, Pattinson was awarded the "Hollywood's Most Influential Top Unexpected Musicians" award.
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How can you make your bathroom a safer place? You can make your bathroom a safer place by removing cleaning products, shampoos, lotions and soaps that are harmful and toxic. Here are five simple ways to detoxify your bathroom:
1) Soap works just fine
You will notice that the word “antibacterial” is labeled on many cleaning products. According to experts, antibacterial cleaners and hand washes contain a chemical called triclosan. This chemical is not only harmful to the environment but also our health. If you want to wash your hands properly, eco-friendly soap can do a great job. Make sure you scrub your hands properly.
2) Get rid of white toilet paper
Do you know why white toilet paper is shiny white? It is bleached in a process that produces dangerous chemicals that are dumped in our environment. According to research, if every house in the US started using 100% recycled paper, we would save more than 400,000 trees. If you are not comfortable using recycled paper, at least switch to processed chlorine-free or chlorine-free products.
3) Buy chemical-free cosmetics
Products like deodorant, shampoo, nail polish and lipstick contain many harmful chemicals. There is a list of toxins that should be avoided:
- Formaldehyde: You will find this toxin in shampoo, liquid body soap and nail polish. This is known to be a carcinogen.
- Parabens: Commonly found in lotions, ointments, creams, underarm deodorants and other cosmetics, these chemicals can interrupt the hormone function. They are also associated with cancer.
- Phthalates: Used in nail polish, fragrances and detergent, they also disrupt the hormones. Known as reproductive toxins, they cause early puberty in girls.
You should look up the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Database for more information about safe beauty products. This action will not only save you from harmful diseases, but also help improve the environment.
4) Create environment friendly cleaning products
You will earn karma points from Mother Nature, if you use environmentally-friendly products. You can fulfill all your cleaning needs by using baking soda or vinegar. Just mix either with warm water and you have your own homemade, all-purpose cleaner. You can also use borax; it is milder than bleach and works well as a disinfectant. For a stronger disinfectant, mix borax with white vinegar and hot water.
5) Beware of sodium laureth sulfate
Do you know what produces foam when you brush your teeth or wash your hair? It is sodium laureth sulfate. It is the worst chemical found in famous toothpaste, shampoo and cleansers! Why? It is used to de-grease car engines. This chemical can also increase the risk of cancer. Switch to toothpaste, cleanser and shampoo with natural ingredients, if you want to stay clear of cancer.
By taking note of the products you use, you will make your bathroom a safer place. It will also help the environment because you will be switching to environment-friendly products. Go green!
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Listen to this article in audio form! It’s #161 on the Barrel Racing Tips podcast.
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Andrea Otley knows exactly what type of challenges we all face on the road to better barrel racing.
In today’s post she’ll be sharing some lesser-known insights into understanding why the clock might not be stopping as you’d hope, as well as some action steps proven to change that, AND how to make this your year to reach new heights (and speeds) on the barrel pattern.
You’ve got the horse.
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The teeth are floated. The chiropractic work is done. The feeding program is top notch – only the best for your horse.
He’s well trained. He knows and loves his job.
He’s in the best shape of his life.
You’ve taken the lessons, read the articles, watched the DVDs and corrected any problems.
You’ve learned so much and practiced hard. You’re devoted, dedicated and determined. You want this so bad!
You fall asleep each night thinking of your approach to the first barrel, how awesome it feels as your horse runs home. You get butterflies just thinking about it.
You enter each barrel race with the same positive expectation you enter the alley with, but then your heart drops again as you hear your time.
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The 2020-21 Met Opera Saturday Matinee Radio broadcast season is their 90th consecutive season on radio. Due to cancellation of live performances, this season is one of special encore broadcasts featuring new commentary and intermission content from host Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff, including new artist interviews, special features and the Opera Quiz.
by Philip Glass
Performance from November 19, 2011
Dante Anzolini, conductor.
Rachelle Durkin (Miss Schlesen)
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YIELD: Makes 6 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 10 min
TOTAL TIME: 25 min
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 (15-ounce) can stewed tomatoes, chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons drained capers
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 (6-ounce) pieces hake or halibut fillet (about 1-inch-thick)
Heat cumin in oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, capers, cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until thickened, about 10 minutes.
Pat fish dry and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper, then add to skillet. Cover and simmer until fish is just cooked through, 7 to 10 minutes.
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Yanukovich says Russian new gas pipeline too expensive and Russia not hearing Ukraine's proposals, signs gas and oil deals with Azerbaijan in Davos
Ukraine's president clinched energy pacts with Azerbaijan on Friday and attacked Russia for plans to bypass his country in supplying gas to Europe, reviving market fears of regular spats between Moscow and Kiev.
Markets were relieved when Viktor Yanukovich, perceived as friendlier to the Kremlin than his predecessor, Viktor Yushchenko, was elected Ukraine's president last year.
That followed five years of disputes between the ex-Soviet neighbours, marked by mid-winter cuts in Russian gas supplies to Europe that represent a quarter of the continent's total needs.
But Yanukovich has played a much less pro-Moscow role than expected since taking office, saying the European Union was an equally or even more important partner than Russia.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the president lashed out at new Russian pipeline projects and signed oil and gas deals with Azerbaijan to cut Ukraine's reliance on Russia.
Yanukovich said Ukraine shared Poland's concerns about political motives behind the Nord Stream pipeline to supply Russian gas to Western Europe along the Baltic Sea floor, bypassing central European nations.
"Another project being discussed today between Russia and Europe is the construction of South Stream. This possibility is directly related to Ukraine and here I share the position of Poland," he said, referring to a project to pipe gas under the Black Sea to southern Europe.
Russia ships about 80 percent of its gas exports to Europe through Ukraine now and the remaining 20 percent via Belarus and says it needs the new projects to boost Europe's energy security after disruptions in previous years.
Yanukovich said South Stream would cost $25 billion while it would cost much less to upgrade Ukraine's pipeline system.
"Why are our partners today pretending that there is no alternative. A year ago we proposed a project that would cost five times less -- not more than $5 billion, it would come to the same destination points to which South Stream would go.
"That's why we ask the same question, speaking eye-to-eye with our partners, and we are still waiting for an answer....
"If this is a way to exert pressure, not a commercial project, then of course serious questions arise about how we should build our relations today, let alone in the future."
Azeri gas and oil
Yanukovich used the Davos platform to sign a deal with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev to import liquefied natural gas to a planned Ukrainian terminal aimed at reducing the country's heavy dependence on Russian gas.
The memorandum did not specify volumes for the terminal to be opened in 2015. He also signed a memorandum on cooperation in shipping Azeri oil across Ukraine.
Yanukovich said Ukraine would ship the first million tonnes of Caspian Sea oil to Europe via the pipeline this year, thus ending its use to export Russian crude to the Mediterranean.
"The Odessa-Brody pipeline has been used in various directions. Very soon we will start working according to the original idea, delivering oil from Odessa to European countries," he said.
Interfax news agency quoted Ukrainian officials as saying the deal covered deliveries of up to 4 million tonnes a year.
Aliyev, who spoke at the same panel, said he was under no pressure from Russia to shun the Nabucco pipeline, seen as a key European Union's attempt to reduce reliance on Russian gas.
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When you have a poor credit history or history, it is nevertheless feasible to obtain car lease. We explain your alternatives
Many people have credit that is poor, but that’sn’t fundamentally a barrier to purchasing an innovative new automobile on credit. You will find a large number of loan providers available to you prepared to provide credit to people that have a credit that is bad, however the interest levels from such specialist, вЂsubprime’ loan providers could be high.
It is consequently well well worth once you understand what your alternatives are and just how you are able to give your self the chance that is best to be authorized for motor finance.
What exactly is a credit rating that is bad?
A bad credit score could be due to any such thing from missed credit-card and home loan repayments, all the way through to County Court Judgments (CCJs) and claims of bankruptcy.
With such all kinds of factors at play, it’s well worth understanding that a credit that is bad isn’t intrinsically вЂbad’. Various loan providers utilize various requirements when evaluating the chance you pose as that loan applicant, and also this means credit scoring are general. Simply because you’ve been judged way too high a risk for example business, doesn’t suggest all businesses will reject the job.
It is also well worth allowing for the larger the mortgage, the greater amount of stringent the worries tests are for borrowers. Which means in the event that you’ve had home financing application refused, you could very well be able to get motor finance, since the value of the asset you’re borrowing for is significantly less.
How exactly to submit an application for motor finance for those who have bad credit
While many companies may accept both you and other people may ignore you down, don’t apply to as numerous companies you the go-ahead – being declined for credit several times can, ironically, contribute to a bad credit score as you can in the hope one will give.
This could sound like a catch-22 situation, but if you were to think it is feasible you’ll be declined credit, want to disseminate your loan requests as time passes and just connect with organisations you’d actually consider borrowing from.
It is additionally an idea that is good look at your credit rating before applying for a loan or motor finance. Although the outcomes won’t guarantee you’ll be approved or declined, they’ll provide a good indication regarding the outcome that is likely. Some contrast internet sites and finance providers enable you to enter your information on their web sites to learn if it is most most likely you would be accepted for credit before performing a credit check that is full.
Many credit-checking agencies create a вЂsoft’ check, therefore while there’ll be an email in your credit score, this wouldn’t appear whenever a loan provider makes a full-scale вЂhard’ credit check into you for car lease.
In the event that you’ve any outstanding loans, attempt to spend these down before you make any further applications. Also start thinking about asking a friend or member of the family to do something as guarantor, since this can make you a more attractive possibility to loan providers. We’ve a guide that is full guarantor loans.
I do believe I’ve got a credit rating that is bad. Who’ll give me motor finance?
If you’re fairly certain you’ve got a credit that is bad, don’t assume it is a given you’ll be forced to utilize a loan provider that specialises in giving credit to high-risk customers.
Such subprime loan providers may become more more likely to offer you financing or allow you to get car lease, however the interest they charge is going to be high.
Most primary car dealerships charge anywhere from 0-7% APR, but subprime lenders may charge up to 50%, rendering it a really costly choice. Look at a lender that specialises in motor finance, as opposed to the one that specialises in candidates with dismal credit reviews. You could find they’ve more attractive deals available.
If you’re considering alternate sourced elements of credit, you’ve most likely talked to your bank or building culture currently. When you haven’t, however, do make certain you think about this choice and discover if you can find any credit unions in the local area which will provide to you personally, too. Some companies will also offer you a loan for a car or truck, therefore it’s worth having a term with your employer.
In the event that you don’t have to purchase an automobile straight away
Many people whom need a car or truck want to get one out of fairly order that is quick however, if you’ve a tad bit more time for you to fool around with, think about enhancing your credit history before using for car finance. This could be carried out by taking out a charge card, deploying it and making the repayments in a timely fashion. Even buying one thing as relatively affordable (by car requirements) as a couch or perhaps a tv on credit often helps improve your score. It’s also advisable to ensure you’re from the roll that is electoral.
Getting car lease with bad credit
In the event that you’ve exhausted other avenues also it seems like a subprime credit agency could be the best way ahead, look around. Some automobile dealers offer to pass through your information on to a alternate lender, however it’s worth seeing when you can get a much better deal somewhere else. Many cost contrast web sites has a area on вЂbad credit’ loans.
Whichever route you select, be very sure you possibly can make the month-to-month repayments and keep an in depth attention in the APR (annual portion rate). You have to be satisfied with simply how much the vehicle will really run you when you look at the run that is long. It’s understandable that if you fail to keep up repayments if you’re taking out a secured loan and using an asset such as your house as collateral, the lender can ultimately begin repossession proceedings.
Just like any monetary contract, ensure you’ve read and realize the terms and conditions. Any kind of charges for leaving the contract early? Could be the mileage limit practical and does excess mileage incur a charge that is reasonable? Additionally beware some lenders will tack on additional insurance or warranty policies and, presuming you would like these, they may be https://title-max.com/installment-loans-nh/ able often be purchased at a lower price somewhere else.
Finally, be aware that simply since you’ve been forced down a possibly high-interest path, it needn’t be forever: if you take down that loan or even a credit agreement – even when it is costly – and honouring the repayments, you’ll finally be enhancing your credit score.
Follow this link to learn more on the 3 main kinds of motor finance: private Contract buy (PCP), Hire Purchase (HP) and private Contract Hire (PCH).
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CHICAGO -- Metra officials are calling out Amtrak, saying the rail company is affecting their brand after last month's Union Station mess.
Amtrak was conducting a service upgrade during the February 28 morning rush when a technician fell on a circuit board with a live wire.
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More than 60,000 Metra riders were delayed for hours.
Metra is meeting with Amtrak officials in the next two weeks to talk about how to prevent that from happening in the future.
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In the meantime, Metra is moving forward with plans to add up to 400 new rail cars.
They will have arm rests, cup holders, and possibly heated floors and USB ports.
Metra works with Amtrak to improve commute, adds new rail cars
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