The body of a Harvard Business School student was recovered from a Maine harbor on Tuesday, three days after the man disappeared during a drunken night out in celebration of his upcoming graduation.
Portland police divers pulled the body of Nathan Bihlmaier, 31, from the water in Portland's Old Port around noon. The Kansas native, scheduled to earn his MBA on Thursday, went missing early Sunday morning after being ejected from a waterfront bar.
Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck called the discovery -- which was not deemed suspicious -- a "tragic end."
“We had high hopes throughout working with the family and the community to bring Nate home," said Sauschuck, according to the Boston Herald. "These weren’t the circumstances that we wanted."
On Monday, detectives found a piece of Bihlmaier's clothing in the harbor. At the time they remained optimistic of his safe recovery, The Bangor Daily News reported.
The soon-to-be Harvard Business School graduate leaves behind a pregnant wife who is expecting the couple's first child, the New York Daily News reported.
Sauschuck said police do not suspect foul play but will nevertheless send the body to a medical examiner.
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With over a thousand interviews under her belt, Edie knows the power of good communication - why some speeches are remembered forever while others are consigned to the paper shredder. Former political and economic correspondent for Bloomberg TV, she’s grilled CEOs, Central Bank Presidents and Parliamentarians all over the world. As Executive Editor for Hub Culture she’s recently interviewed Nobel Laureate Mohammed Yunus, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and actor/producer Michael Douglas.
Passionate about the power of expression, she is also a communication trainer helping clients give TED talks, get hired, promoted and generally heard. She is in SXSW to speak about her 2016 book, “How to Speak with Confidence in Public”
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Posted on Friday, July 18th, 2014 by Angie Han
After the year he’s had on Game of Thrones, it’s tough to blame Peter Dinklage for wanting to take on some lighter fare in the off season. And it doesn’t get much lighter than Pixels, a Happy Madison movie in which Kevin James plays the President.
Directed by Chris Columbus, Pixels sees classic video game characters descending upon New York City. Dinklage, Adam Sandler, and Josh Gad play the elite gamers recruited by the government to fight back, with Michelle Monaghan‘s military officer helping them out.
The first Pixels image has just been released, and it’s worth a look if only for the sight of Dinklage’s truly terrible mullet. See it after the jump.
As Adam Sandler movies go, Pixels looks pretty promising. It has a solid cast, for one thing, and its Ghostbusters-esque premise sounds charming. It’s actually based on a short film by Patrick Jean, which went viral in 2010 and was quickly snatched up for feature film development.
The script, written by Tim Herlihy and rewritten by Tim Dowling, has the aliens attacking after they misinterpret some old video games as a declaration of war. Desperate to defend his country, the President (James) turns to his childhood pal for help.
That friend turns out to be Sandler’s character, a former arcade champ who’s now making an unexciting living installing home theater systems. Dinklage is Sandler’s former rival, sort of the Billy Mitchell to Sandler’s Steve Wiebe. Gad will be an awkward conspiracy theory-obsessed genius.
And because it wouldn’t be a proper Happy Madison movie without a disproportionately attractive love interest for Sandler, Monaghan rounds out the main cast as the military weapons expert that Sandler’s character falls in love with. Ashley Benson, Jane Krakowski, and Brian Cox also star.
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Pat Green Biography
Last updated: 09/25/2008 11:00:00 AM
Did you know that Pat Green's last album Three Days debuted on the Billboard Country Albums Chart at #7? (It then proceeded to stay on that chart for over a year)
Did you also know that Green's last three shows in Houston were attended by over 134,000 people?
If there is a college or university in your town, chances are that Pat has played where you live.
In fact if you live anywhere other than Texas, Pat Green may be the most famous country singer you've never heard of. If, on the other hand, you're a resident of the Lone Star state, then you're probably well aware of the phenomenal grass-roots success that the San Antonio-born, Waco-raised, Austin-based singer/songwriter has achieved. On his home turf, the hard-working, self-effacing singer/songwriter has become a hero to a legion of rabid fans, having sold nearly 300,000 albums prior to landing a major record label deal, and playing to thousands of ecstatic admirers a night. In the process, he's helped launch an honest-to-goodness movement that's led a generation of young Texans to rediscover their regional roots.
The energy, honesty and easygoing charisma that have made Pat Green a star in his home state are in abundant supply on his second Republic/Universal release, Wave on Wave. At the same time, the album-produced by Don Gehman, whose resume includes work with the likes of John Mellencamp, Hootie and the Blowfish, Nanci Griffith, Bruce Hornsby and R.E.M.- also represents a bold leap forward for the artist, boasting both an expanded musical palette and a thoughtful, introspective lyrical depth that adds a new layer of emotional complexity to the humble Green's regular-guy image.
The album's 13 songs-12 of them penned by Green, both on his own and with an assortment of friends, bandmates and kindred spirits-span the emotional spectrum, with their insights driven home by vibrant, earthy performances from Green and his longstanding live band. Green's accessible everyman persona animates tunes like "Guy Like Me," "California" and "All the Good Things Fade Away," while the surging title track (which appears in two distinctive versions) is an uplifting ode to the exhilaration of love. The poignant "Sing 'Til I Stop Crying" has the feel of an instant classic, while "Wrapped" and "Eden's Gate" amplify the spiritual dimension that's always been present in Green's work. Meanwhile, the flamboyantly out-there "Elvis" finds Green sharing vocals with fellow Texans Willie Nelson, Ray Benson, Waylon Payne and Trish Murphy, and the haunting "If I Was the Devil" finds Green duetting with legendary Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard. The title track, “Wave On Wave,” was personally produced and mixed by the legendary chairman of the Universal Music Group, Doug Morris, along with veteran producer, Tony Brown.
"I really feel like we stretched the box as far as we could on this one," Green says of the album. "But it's not flashy and overproduced, it's still handmade music. This whole record came together in a really natural way; everything felt good and sounded good. I think we finally captured this balance that we've been trying forever to get. After five or six years of recording, I think we've finally started hitting our stride."
The unselfconscious forthrightness and clear-eyed optimism that drive Wave on Wave have been key elements of Green's appeal from the start. Growing up as the eighth of nine siblings, he first fell in love with music via the stage musicals that his actor father appeared in. As a teen, he discovered his home state's rich country-music heritage via the gritty, personally-charged music of such Texans as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Robert Earl Keen and Jerry Jeff Walker. He began writing and performing his own songs at 18, while a student at Texas Tech in Lubbock. In 1995, while still in college, he borrowed money from family and friends to make his first self-released album, Dancehall Dreamer. By 1998, he was performing regularly in small clubs and honky-tonks around Texas. The same year, a high-profile appearance at Willie Nelson's July 4th picnic introduced Green to a wider audience, led to regional airplay, and helped him win his first booking at the legendary Ft. Worth dancehall Billy Bob's, where nearly 2000 fans showed up to see him.
"It was completely a homegrown thing, and it seemed to happen really quickly," Green recalls. "The whole thing was always very spontaneous and easy and natural. We never thought we were gonna be big business, so the concern was really to get out there and play and make sure that every person who came to the show left happy and wanted to come back."
Green's upbeat songs and unassuming attitude had struck an unmistakable chord with a generation of young Texans who were discovering their roots just as the artist had discovered his, and before long the artist was headlining for several thousand fans a night. Along the way, Green released five independent albums that sold nearly 200,000 copies in Texas alone, without the benefit of mainstream promotion or major-label distribution. Green's rise to prominence-which seemingly violated every accepted rule of music-industry success-helped carve out an unconventional route to success that would be emulated by a generation of young Texas-centric performers who followed in his wake.
Not surprisingly, it wasn't long before major labels took notice and came calling. But Green resisted their offers, preferring to continue making music on his own terms. "From the time we started, the focus of our plan was just to record our music our way," he explains. "I wasn't interested in having somebody put a hat and a big shiny belt buckle on me and have a personal trainer follow me around and make me into something I'm not. I never felt like I had the clout to walk into Nashville and say 'OK, I'm gonna write my own songs and have my band play on them,' so I just decided to wait until I found somebody that believed in what I had to say, and was willing to go the distance with it. And if that day never came, so be it."
Green finally took the major-label plunge when the New York-based Republic offered him the opportunity to do things his own way. His first album for the label, 2001's Three Days, helped expand his national profile and won a legion of new fans around the country. But where Three Days consolidated the achievements of his independent albums and reprised several songs from those early releases, Wave on Wave is a bold, free-standing artistic statement that combines the iconoclastic spirit of Green's prior work with a new level of sonic and compositional craft, while continuing to embody an unmistakably, unapologetically Texas frame of mindand independent spirit.
"We've always tried to grow with every record, but I think this one's a quantum leap," Green comments. "That was especially true in the writing process. This time, I felt really comfortable saying what I wanted to say. There's several songs on this record that were magical moments; there's four or five that were written in a night and then recorded the next day. "
"The songs that are real to me are always lyric-driven," Green points out. "People get caught up in the idea that you can produce a hit or create a pop sensation, but to me the only way to make any headway is to write a song that captures a moment or a feeling that's universal, because that's what people respond to. Being true to yourself is the only way to make it palpable for the people who are listening. Otherwise it just sounds contrived and fake."
Indeed, it's that determination to continue making real, heartfelt music that make Pat Green special. "It's important to remember that any success you might have is a by-product, it's not the thing itself," he states. "I didn't get into this business to get rich, I got into it because I love music and because I love people. And I've found that those two things coincide; music is a big part of people's lives everywhere in the world. Being some sort of one-hit-wonder or flash in the pan doesn't really appeal to me. I'm more interested in that old-school idea that music has meaning to people; that's what I care about being part of. I think that you can get really far on integrity and common sense, and that if you keep doing good, honest work, you're gonna be alright."
Thanks to firstname.lastname@example.org for submitting the biography.


Nokia 2 on pictures – With the Nokia 2, the Finnish provider HMD Global is expected to launch another entry-level smartphone with Android as an operating system on board. Although there are currently no official details, but first leaks should show the Nokia 2 in black and white.
Nokia 2: Low-Budget-Smartphone geleakt
So far, HMD Global has not yet spoken about the upcoming low-budget smartphone Nokia 2. According to rumors, the smartphone will have some premium features despite low-end hardware.
Currently, the Leaker Evan Blass has published photos of the supposed Nokia 2 in the colors black and white. Roland Quandt also reports on his Twitter account that it is about product images that have appeared in documents of the FCC authority.
XXL battery in the Nokia 2
According to the pictures, HMD Global does not follow the trend towards “full-screen” displays, as wider display edges are clearly visible. This is hardly to be expected from an entry-level device that is likely to be well below the Samsung Galaxy S8 or LG G6 prices.
The back of the case contains the camera together with the flash and probably a fingerprint sensor. According to the data sheet of the FCC authority, a particularly strong battery with 4,000 mAh capacity is integrated. For the drive, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 processor is expected, as reported by PhoneArena. The photos of Evan Blass also show a metal frame and the antenna tapes, as well as a backside of plastic. On hardware buttons is at the Nokia 2. waived a 5-inch display, a 1.3-clocking chipset, the radio LTE and 1 gigabyte of memory. The price could be under 160 euros. Cover picture Evan Blass.


Microsoft is kicking off the new year with a single Windows security bulletin.
The first Patch Tuesday release of 2010 will contain a fix rated "critical" for Windows 2000 users and low for others. According to Microsoft's pre-Patch Tuesday notification, the bulletin addresses a remote code execution vulnerability, and the exploitability index-the rating system that predicts the likelihood of a successful exploit-is not high.
The single bulletin means that a fix for the SMB (Server Message Block) protocol vulnerability the company warned users about in November is not on the menu to be fixed by Jan. 12. According to Microsoft Security Program Manager Jerry Bryant, the company is still working on the issue.
"We are not aware of any active attacks using the exploit code that was made public for this vulnerability and continue to encourage customers to follow the guidance in the advisory which outlines best practices to help protect systems against attacks that originate outside of the enterprise perimeter," Bryant wrote on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog.
Microsoft is also not releasing a patch for the IIS (Internet Information Services) problem reported in late December. According to Microsoft, the issue is not an actual vulnerability in IIS 6.0, but an inconsistency in how it handles semicolons that can only be exploited if IIS is configured in a vulnerable setting.
This month's Patch Tuesday release is slated to be available at 1 p.m. EST, Jan. 12.


[Title suggested by Rachie]
I keep, as I mentioned in brief while asking for titles to posts, buying things from eBay almost, it must be said, by mistake. However, I will post about that another day. This reminds me that I meant to tell you about my suitcase, and the losing of it that happened when I went to Venice recently.
Many many many stupid things have happened to me while travelling – I am jinxed, but only a little bit jinxed; like missing things and things going a bit wrong jinxed rather than planes crashing and people stabbing me in the face on the train jinxed. I am glad we have cleared that up – but surprisingly, until I went to Italy in February, I have never yet had my bag mislaid.
We were going with British Airways.
I should have known what to expect, but without the benefit of foreknowledge, I hadnt a clue that they were going to be running trial runs of how to lose lots of peoples bags at once and generally being completely inept procedure on our weekend break.
Still, I should feel privileged to be part of their practice runs.
You know all those people who were trying to fly through Heathrow Terminal 5 recently, and getting all shouty and cross about BA losing their baggage?
Well, I was totally ahead of the curve. I was doing that WEEKS before.
Checking in just before check in closed, and hearing the woman on the desk complaining to the man on the desk next to her that the conveyor belt was being a bit iffy that morning, I remember thinking My bags not going to arrive in Venice – which is why, probably, I wasnt that surprised three hours later when the carousel stopped and the shoulders of more than two dozen people standing around the carousel dropped and we turned, as one, and schlumphed off toward a window with three wary-looking Italian women sitting behind some glass.
They spoke English to the extent they needed to, in order to help, which wasnt very much – though better than my Italian, obviously.
But they couldnt, as it turned out, do very much to help. They could point out that, according to their computers, our bags hadnt arrived, which we knew, and they could give us a small bag full of miniature goods with BA – With Compliments printed on the side.
They were very calm, and very helpful, and Im sure if they could have done anything more, they would have.
The remainder of the unhelpfulness, it must be said, was mine. It was mainly my fault, I will admit, that when I buy things, certain things, from places, I tend to go with the more unique or – to me – attractive or interesting things.
And not, say, the more useful or logical or long-lasting or example of the object I could possibly find. But when I find what I want, all sensible thoughts go out of the window
So there I was, standing in front of the glass window, trying to explain to the nice lady that the bag I quite desperately wanted was not, sadly, one of the ones she was encouraging me to point at on the handy photosheet of bags she had. It was a semi-circular gym-bag on wheels in bright blue silk covered in little embroidered flowers like the print of a Chinese dress.
Weirdly enough, she hadnt got enough English for this, and the constituent parts couldnt be found anywhere in my phrasebook.
But we shrugged and mugged and grimaced our way through it all, and we got our With Compliments bag of goodies from British Airways (thanks, guys!) and I went off the hotel in my good high heeled boots that werent really *that* comfortable but Id brought in case we went out to dinner and because they were too big to pack. And then I walked around in them for 27 hours – not solid, no – until my bag finally showed up.
So the bag that I would look for on eBay, if I was searching for one with some kind of homing device, or a large flashing light that said DONT FORGET ME IM SOMEONES BAG in neon letters, or could move of its own account – like one that had legs and could run after me, or something (I would bid quite highly on that one) – or one that was Very Easy To Explain In Italian. Next time I look for a bag on eBay, its bilinguality will be the main point I will look for.


While Father Christmas frantically makes his list and checks it twice, it seems the boys and girls of the Fylde coast are going crazy for Furbies.
One toy shop is already reporting it has sold out of the robotic critters, as children clamour for this year’s must have present - which first hit the shelves back in the late 1990s.
Conway Toys, on Birley Street, says it has also run out of Teksta Puppy - a cyborg dog which does tricks.
Andy Chadwick, store manager, said: “These things come back and a lot of them are out of stock now.
“We have things called Flutterbys as well, which are things you hold in the palm of your hand, and they kind of fly away on their own.”
Furbies first became the top selling Christmas toy in 1998, joining a list which includes the Rubiks Cube (1980), BMX bikes (1982) and Nintendo Gameboys (1989).
But besides high-tech gizmos, Mr Chadwick says the usual fayre of traditional toys are also selling well in the run up to the festive season.
He added: “Lego is always popular, it generally goes well across the board.
“We’re selling a lot of things like train sets and Scalextric as well.”
According to the John Lewis website, this year’s top 10 toys are: Monopoly board game and travel set, Whistle and Go Pup, Kurio 4S Touch, Mini Kitchen playset, 50 Pice Brick Tub, Lego Creator Winter Village Cottage, Maxi Micro Scooter in red, Snake and Ladders/Ludo, Furby and Giant paino mat. Ladders/Ludo, Furby and Giant paino mat.


Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of IT professionals report that security concerns and lack of visibility are hindering their cloud adoption, according to a Netwrix survey of 611 IT professionals.
In fact, as many as 69 percent said they are concerned of the risks of unauthorized access in the cloud, while 43 percent worry about account hijacking.
Companies migrating to the cloud plan to enforce internal security policies: 56 percent plan to improve identity and authentication management, 51 percent will utilize encryption, and around 45 percent of medium-size and large enterprises plan to establish auditing of changes and user activity.
"The main blind spots businesses have when adopting cloud tech are the people. Businesses need to consider that cloud technology is used by people, and people are very hard to control," Michael Fimin, CEO of Netwrix, told eWEEK. "Other blind spots include unknown vulnerabilities in the commonly used security protocols, like OpenSSL and the famous Heartbleed bug, which was revealed after several years it was known by hackers. Cloud technology must stay ahead of adversaries, or at least fix vulnerabilities with regular, timely updates."
Overall, 13 percent of organizations reject adoption of cloud technology in the near future; however, 30 percent of them are ready to reconsider their decision as soon as cloud security mechanisms are improved.
"Cloud is not a new technology, but the problem of security has not been solved," Fimin said. "This issue still bothers the majority of companies, and results in the fact that 13 percent don't consider cloud adoption at all. This is a question of trust, but there should be certain steps to gain the trust. Unfortunately, we don't see anything in this direction."
A hybrid cloud deployment model is preferred by 44 percent of respondents as they transition from on-premises infrastructure to a cloud-based model. Private clouds attract 37 percent of organizations prepared to invest in additional security.
Overall, 71 percent of enterprises perceive continuous auditing of cloud infrastructure as a very important part of security guarantees to ensure data integrity in the cloud.
"The need for security and lack of physical control will drive people to fill these gaps," Fimin said. "Visibility into any changes made to the data stored externally will help to cope with these fears and enable organizations to trust more to the cloud provider."


'Miss Congeniality' produces gorgeous flowers that are pure white with bright pink edges. It has good disease resistance and a vigorous growing habit. Bloom size is 7-10cm with a count of 25-35 petals. Perfect rose for cutting.
This rose has large blooms that at first are an intense lilac-blue, the petal edges tipped with violet, then later, softening to a much warmer silvery-lilac shade. It is repeat flowering and has a strong scent. Perfect for cut flowers. Disease resistant.
This is a new hardy shrub rose just out of the Morden Series. Double pink flowers with 35 to 40 petals. Blooms from the end of spring to the beginning of fall. Glossy dark green foliage.Disease-resistant.


Rita has over 20 years of progressive professional experience with United Nations, specializing in human rights, humanitarian law, governance and state building and gender mainstreaming. She has served with UNICEF, UN Office High Commission for Human Rights, UN High Commission for Refugees as well as on several UN peacekeeping missions. Highlights of her
achievements include providing leadership and vision for civil Affairs for post conflict environments, embracing conflict analysis, early warning and early response, mechanisms for information-sharing, crisis response and protection of civilians. In Sudan, she developed a program for promoting a culture of peace and reconciliation by identifying appropriate domestic
actors and/or processes and designing strategies to support State and local levels governments. Also, she helped to establish 49 Agriculture and Crop Protection Committees and 48 Peaceful Coexistence Committees among IDP communities in camps to resolve local conflicts. In terms of advancing international law, Rita participated in drafting teams for the Statute of Rome;
Convention on the Rights of the Child and its protocols, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Family, Protocol to Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Palermo Protocol, SAARC Convention on the Prevention of Trafficking of Women and Children for
Sexual Exploitation, Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking of Human Beings in 2005. In the Asia, she contributed to drafting legal instruments for: integrating and implementing CEDAW in the Asian and Pacific Region, for UNESCAP; combating Human Trafficking in Asia: a regional Guide to International Legal Instruments, Political Commitments
and Recommended Practices UNESCAP (2003). In Malaysia, she led in the drafting of the Child Protection Act for Malaysia; Domestic Violence Act for Malaysia; and on the Discrimination and the status of Women. She speaks English and French, and is proficient in Spanish.


XI. BOC Transition Issues
A. Effective Date and Mandatory Application Date
House Bill 1156, the legislative act that enacted the BOC, became effective on January 1, 2006.
- The BOC applies to all domestic entities created on or after January 1, 2006 and to all foreign entities registering with the secretary of state on and after January 1, 2006, the effective date of the BOC. Please note that the term “domestic entity” does not include such entities as a bank, an insurance company, a telephone cooperative, a water supply corporation, or other corporate entity formed under special statute.
- The phrase “mandatory application date,” as it relates to application of the BOC, means:
- for a domestic entity formed on or after the effective date of the BOC, January 1, 2006;
- for a foreign filing entity or other foreign entity that has not registered with the secretary of state before the effective date of the BOC, January 1, 2006;
- for a domestic entity in existence prior to the effective date of the BOC or for a foreign filing entity registered with the secretary of state prior to the effective date of the BOC, the date of completion of the action required to voluntarily elect to adopt the BOC, but no earlier than January 1, 2006;
- for any other entity, January 1, 2010.
- The provisions of the BOC will not apply to non-code organizations such as banks or insurance companies until January 1, 2010, unless the laws governing such entities or the BOC provide otherwise.
B. Early Adoption of the BOC
Existing domestic and foreign filing entities may elect to adopt the BOC prior to its mandatory application date by filing an early adoption statement with the secretary of state. (SOS forms 808 and 809)
- Section 402.003 of the BOC states that a domestic filing entity may adopt the Code by following amendment procedures to opt-in and by causing “its governing documents to comply with this Code.”
- Generally, the secretary of state does not require amendments to governing documents as a precondition for filing an early adoption statement. However, certain circumstances may require that a certificate of amendment be submitted to cause the entity’s formation or registration document to comply with the BOC. For example, a limited partnership formed under the Texas Uniform Limited Partnership Act may need to provide an amendment to its certificate of limited partnership to include a term of organization in its limited partnership name.
- The filing fee for an early adoption of the BOC is the fee established under chapter 4 for the filing of an instrument for which no express fee is provided. For example, the filing fee for an early adoption filed by a limited partnership, limited liability company, for-profit corporation, professional corporation, or professional association would be $15.
- House Bill 1319, which was passed by the 79th Legislature, amended Section 402.005 of the BOC to permit certain corporations created under a special statute before January 1, 2006 to file an early adoption statement to elect to adopt the BOC prior to the mandatory application date. The provision applies only to a corporation that is formed by filing its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state, such as a telephone cooperative or water supply corporation.
C. Application of BOC to LLPs
A domestic LLP and a foreign LLP are deemed to be “nonfiling” entities although these entities make filings with the secretary of state. The following transition provisions in the BOC are applicable to LLPs to clarify the applicability of the BOC to the registration of domestic and foreign LLPs after the effective date of the BOC.
- Partnerships formed and registered before January 1, 2006: Section 402.001 of the BOC provides that the registration of a domestic or foreign limited liability partnership under prior law that is in effect on the effective date of the BOC will continue to be governed by the prior law until the expiration of its current term of registration, unless earlier revoked or withdrawn. Any renewal is governed by the BOC. The provisions of the Texas Revised Partnership Act or Texas Revised Limited Partnership, as applicable, continue to govern other matters relating to the partnership until 2010, unless the BOC is earlier adopted.
- Partnerships formed before January 1, 2006, making an initial registration after January 1, 2006: Registration as an LLP, renewal, and liability of partners is governed by the BOC. The provisions of the Texas Revised Partnership Act or Texas Revised Limited Partnership, as applicable, continue to govern other matters until 2010, unless the BOC is earlier adopted.
- Foreign partnerships: The provisions of the BOC apply to a foreign partnership regardless of its formation date in its jurisdiction of organization if its initial registration is on or after January 1, 2006.
D. Entities in a Forfeited or Involuntarily Terminated Status
- Pursuant to section 402.013, on or after January 1, 2006 and before January 1, 2010, a domestic filing entity or foreign filing entity whose certificate of formation/authority has been canceled, revoked, involuntarily dissolved, or forfeited under the law in effect prior to January 1, 2006, may reinstate its existence or authority to transact business pursuant to prior law or pursuant to the BOC.
- If the entity elects to reinstate under the provisions of the BOC, the entity must simultaneously file an early election to adopt the BOC.
E. Opt In and Comply?
Whether an entity formed before the effective date of the BOC should opt in and comply with the BOC is generally a fact driven decision.
- Due to the strictures of prior law, an involuntarily terminated domestic entity may only be able to reactivate its existence by opting into the more flexible provisions of the BOC, which do not limit the timeframe within which a reinstatement must be filed.
- Registered foreign entities may seek to opt-in and comply with the BOC in order to effect certain amendments.
- An amendment to reflect a change effected by a merger or conversion resulting in a transfer of the registration to a successor entity may only be accomplished under the provisions of the BOC.
- A foreign entity previously qualified as a foreign limited liability company that is not characterized as a limited liability company in its home jurisdiction may wish to opt-in and comply in order to effect an amendment to its registration to accurately reflect its entity type.
- A professional corporation governed by the Texas Professional Corporation Act that desires a multi-tiered ownership structure may wish to opt-in and comply. Only a professional corporation governed by the BOC may have professional organizations that provide the same professional service as owners of the professional corporation.
- Entities that are parties to a cross-entity merger involving BOC and non-BOC organizations may wish to opt-in and comply in order to facilitate the merger transaction and the drafting of the merger filing instrument.


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This 3.75 Acre lot offers high visibility on M-36 between Hamburg and Pinckney. Access onto M-36 and side road. 4 water taps are for and included. Sewer and water at road. Future drainage requirements already handed. Excellent site for new office building.


Recognized my worth despite spiteful reference.
BackstoryI was out of work for two years after not having my teaching contract renewed by a principal who hated my teaching philosophy and style (in the first three years at a school a principal can let you go for any reason including that one). It wasn't being fired, but it was close enough for me. After I sent dozens of resumes out, and about twenty interviews I finally had a school principal that was very excited about how I taught and as I left she chased me out of the building and offered me the job (as long as my references and background check were in order). I was so excited and relieved I rushed to the car to call my wife -- we'd be able to live like people again after living on next to nothing for two years.
I worked like mad for a few weeks learning the school's curriculum and preparing lessons. During summer break I was called into the school for a meeting with the principal, Simonne, who had been so excited about my candidacy. After contacting my former principal (the one who chose not to renew my contract) Simonne was troubled. Apparently when called for a reference my former principal didn't exactly say anything negative, but hinted at “darker problems of poor judgment” that she couldn't discuss in detail for unspecified reasons.
Of course in the teaching field a red flag like that would guarantee I'd never be considered for a job anywhere. But Simonne talked with me for some time and allowed me to explain. I felt sick imagining all the potential jobs that former principal sabotaged when called for a reference. No wonder I'd been out of work for so long. After Simonne called a few more references she decided to take a chance on me. I'm forever thankful to Simonne for a renewed career that's encouraged so much creative freedom, personal fulfillment, and allowed me to support my wife, son, and two daughters. Simonne recognized my worth despite that spiteful reference, and gave me a chance to be a great teacher.


HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL PIANO NEEDS YOU
There are plenty of ways to get involved with the Hastings International Piano, from loaning a piano for rehearsals, accommodating a pianist or accompanist, or volunteering to help. Read on to find out more.
Hastings International Piano relies enormously on its team of volunteers to assist in the smooth running of the competition and our festival. In the White Rock Theatre, they are always on hand to help contestants and visitors alike. They drive our contestants to rehearsal pianos and even host contestants and accompanists.
Among our great team, we have professionals in the fields of music, management, administration and journalism, and all have generously brought their collective expertise to support us in our continuing aim, which is to provide an excellent experience for everyone throughout the competition and festival.
Whether you would like to volunteer to help, are able to host a contestant at the next competition, want to assist throughout the year in an administrative role, or have a piano you would like to offer for rehearsal, we’d like to hear from you.
For further details of our future volunteering opportunities, please contact firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Bucky Covington, Sawyer Brown and Love And Theft brought a little extra holiday cheer to the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital recently with a surprise guitar pull.
The Country artists entertained the children with a mix of Christmas carols and Country hits. Many of the children joined the musicians by playing toy drums, tambourines and maracas along to the music.
After the show, all of the performers visited with the children, their families and hospital employees.
“Seeing all of the children’s faces light up was an early Christmas gift for me,” said Covington. “All of these children are going through trying times and have long days. I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity to give them a nice break in the day and bring a little holiday cheer.”
Afterward, the artists headed over to the Ronald McDonald House, a non-profit organization that provides essential resources and a "home away from home" for families of critically ill children receiving inpatient or outpatient medical care at Nashville area hospitals.
The group of Country artists also prepared and served up a special birthday lunch for one of the young children currently undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt. Covington and the members of Sawyer Brown and Love And Theft donned birthday party hats, played balloon toss and got the whole house singing “Happy Birthday.”


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June 12: Coverage of police baton incident overblown
Coverage of police baton incident overblown
Recently the paper ran a front page story headlining the fact that police used batons to subdue a suspect who was in the middle of the street on North Main. For whatever reasons he was refusing to comply, so after Tasers were ineffective, batons were used.
This is a perfectly acceptable use of force given the circumstances. It “looks awful, but it’s lawful.” By highlighting the incident, the conclusion the reader may well come to is that it was excessive force.
In another news story contemporaneous to this, a decorated officer resigned because he was forced to subdue a unruly teenager who failed to comply with his order to lie face down.
That officer had no backup at the time and was doing the best he could to take control of the situation. Rather than back him, his superiors threw him under the bus, and he resigned.
My hope is that local law enforcement and the public will back these officers’ proper use of batons, just as I would hope they would condemn any true use of excessive force, i.e., immediately resorting to lethal force when Tasers aren’t enough. And that this paper limits its coverage of reasonable use-of-force police contacts and not be influenced in any way by the number of hits a YouTube video gets.
Positive changes in neighborhood
I’d like to tell you about some positive changes that have been going on in my neighborhood. I have lived in Laurel Heights in Salinas since I was a kid, and these last couple of months through the support and help of Councilwoman Gloria De La Rosa, Laurel Heights has started a Neighborhood Watch. We residents have been working with city staff and have accomplished the installation of trash cans in our small park, we residents, including the help of high school students, have painted the park fence, had our palm trees trimmed, had the entrance to Laurel Heights through St. Edwards cleaned and have trimmed basketball courts’ poles and had the basketball courts replaced as well. Through hard work and communication it has been done.
We still have a lot more work to be done. We recently were approved with a grant for workout equipment to be installed at the park. We are just waiting for the city to find someone to install it. Now, that’s what I call working together.
John Ramirez a good superintendent
Too bad the crowd at the Salinas City school district board meeting were duped by Jose Ibarra’s clown car act, and don’t have any real concept of the dynamics involved in Alisal’s disruptive board meetings of the recent past.
[Salinas City Councilman] Jose Castaneda, Jose Ibarra’s family and a cadre of low-information sycophants were entirely to blame for the craziness at those recent board meetings. (And a few board members). These people would come to board meetings, film the proceedings to intimidate speakers, attack individual schools, principals and teachers. They accused everyone not in agreement with their peculiar agenda of racism, blocked textbook adoptions because of not being right for the “Latino” learner, and scores of other lame counterproductive moves. When [Superintendent John] Ramirez saw the teachers were not on board with the chaos the Ibarra clan and their allies were creating, he broke with the power structure that hired him, and followed his own path.
I have served 32 years in Alisal as a sixth-grade bilingual teacher, and Ramirez stands head and shoulders above any superintendent we have had. I hope that the AUSD board wakes up and smells the coffee and do whatever they have to do to induce Ramirez to stay. Those board members in the City district will surrender to a vocal, ill-informed minority and abdicate their leadership role. Make way for the glib, charismatic, snake-oil salesman superintendent. Unicorns, rainbows, and the latest educational fads!
Golf cart transport a thoughtful provision at graduation
On May 28, I had the privilege and honor to watch my granddaughter, Jocelyn Elena Kulper, graduate from Salinas High School with the rest of the 55-plus students on that very special day! I am 81 years young and her other grandmother is right there with me in the age bracket, and we both have mobility issues, so we had to depend on the handicapped parking that was especially set up for graduation day. Our special parking permit allowed us to park in the Cayuga Street special needs parking area. We weren’t sure how we were going to get from the parking area to the “Pit” (as it’s now affectionately called — in early days it was just the football field!) We were pleasantly surprised to find golf carts with able-bodied drivers awaiting our arrival and ready to transport us directly to the 40 yard line for our special needs seating. The drivers were so pleasant and the experience overall a nice addition to a very important day for all of us.
I feel in this day and age of so much “bad news” being publicized in the newspapers and on television that it was time for me to write this letter to the editor and let the city of Salinas and especially those “in charge” at Salinas High School know that there are people out there who notice the little things in life and appreciate when those of us who have mobility issues are well taken care of! Way to go, Salinas High School! Go Cowboys!
Cheddar cheese wafers a hit
I simply had to email and gush over the success of Joe Truskot’s cheddar cheese wafers that came to him by way of Virginia Stanton. The recipe was published in The Californian a week or so ago. I attended a retirement party last night and brought them to serve as hors d’oeuvres. Interestingly, people avoided them, thinking they were cookies (despite them being on the cheese table), until I seized the basket and took them around. Once I explained that they were savory and not sweet, the gobbling commenced. Everyone raved about them, and several of my friends demanded the recipe, as a happy result.
Thank you so much for sharing such a ridiculously easy and wildly popular treat.
Trade pact a bad idea
I am very suspicious of a trade deal that will limit the ability for citizens to have any control over their own destiny. It is rumored that language lingers in TPP which would allow corporations to sue countries over legislation that has been passed that would negatively impact their pursuit of profits.
For instance, under NAFTA, the US company called Ethyl made a gasoline additive called MMT. Canada banned imports of MMT because of air pollution concerns. Ethyl then filed a complaint stating Canada was infringing on their rights to make a profit. This complaint was settled out of court. Because the owner of Ethyl was from the United States they were allowed to file a complaint, while the Canadian oil companies had to cease production. This is just one example.
We should be frightened that a law can be passed by a country to protect their citizens and then a foreign country can sue through a tribunal to override the law and seek damages.
I become very suspicious of deals that are negotiated in secret, behind closed doors, and later when it does become public cannot be amended but only voted up or down by Congress. I have asked Congressman Farr to vote no, you can, too.


I'm not going to get into a lengthy recap tonight but it was a pretty solid outing by the Broncos who breezed to a 6-1 over Moose Jaw to kick off the new season.
The Broncos played pretty well while Moose Jaw didn't play up to their capability. It seemed the Broncos were a bit more versed in a team game and system play than their opponents.
Here's a few notes on tonight's contest.
- Cody Eakin is seemingly fine with being the team's new poster boy. Eakin was a force netting the hat-trick and adding an assist for the biggest point outing of his short career.
- Bronco young forwards looked good in their debut. Jordan Peddle scored his first ever WHL goal to get the scoring started 3:46 into the first period.
- Bronco fans are going to like the hard-working farm kid from Duffield, AB named Dillon Wagner. He's a good one, and he's a full fledged cowboy when he's not playing hockey. Wagner and the Broncos are match made in heaven!
- The Broncos chased Warriors starting goaltender Todd Mathews midway thru the 2nd period with their fifth goal. Deven Dubyk came in and played well in relief. Who starts Saturday night in Swift for the Warriors?
- Is their life after Joey Perricone in the Warriors crease? I posed the question to a Warriors Head Coach Dave Hunchak in our pre-game interview. He likened the situation to when Kyle Moir graduated from the Broncos and the uncertainty following the next season. Travis Yonkman stepped up. The Warriors will need someone to come forward.
- Travis Yonkman made 19 saves for the win in goal.
- Hunch was looking good pre-game. Slim, trim, maybe a haircut... working out??
- Spencer McAvoy blocked a shot with his left leg and left the game in the 2nd period. He returned for third period earning him our post-game show's "Tough Guy of the Game" award.
- Three Bronco rookies played well on the Broncos blueline tonight led by 18 year-old Andrew Hewett. Fans are going to like this guy too. James Martin didn't look out of place and 16 year-old Jordan Evans did his job while seeing a handful of shifts.
- Is it possible Keegan Dansereau's hands are even better than last year? He pulled out some dangles around Warriors that made me chuckle on-air a couple times. He finished the night with a pair of assists.
- The Warriors will be better tomorrow night. The Broncos will face a much tougher team.
That's it for tonight.... the Broncos host the Warriors in the home opener tomorrow night at 7:30pm. Don't forget about the pre-game festivities beginning two hours before face-off.


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Blood in a Place I Could Not Yet Understand
It was harder to say no back when Paul
threatened to sue me after I told him
I couldn’t play GI Joe anymore beneath
the weevil-chewed spruce on the island
of my cul-de-sac where he always came
to visit his aunt. Truth is I liked him just fine.
He told stories as tall as that spruce, sometimes
taller. Then he tracked dog shit all through
my house and on the tie-dye beanbag chair
in my basement and that meant we were
finished. That was how I saw it then.
But I couldn’t see why Paul wore that same ripoff
Mighty Ducks jersey even in the offseason,
lived for entire weeks with his uncle and aunt
when his adopted mother was seven blocks northwest,
his parents by blood in a place
I could not yet understand. It wasn’t until
high school that I saw the things they wrote
about him in the gazette — thirty round
white pills of OxyContin, storm water
and spring thaw breaking around his body, spread
like discarded clothing in the concrete basin
at the bottom of the ravine behind my cul-de-sac.
Published online January 05 2018.
Curtis LeBlanc’s poetry has won the Reader’s Choice Award in Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year Competition and been shortlisted for The Walrus Poetry Prize as well as CV2’s Young Buck Poetry Prize. Good for Nothing (Anstruther Press, 2017) is his first chapbook. His first book-length collection, Little Wild, is forthcoming from Nightwood Editions (2018).


Usage of CVC Meeting Rooms Is Hard to Track
Since the Capitol Visitor Center opened nine months ago, officials have often touted its benefits — from shortening tour lines to providing visitors with amenities such as bathrooms and food.
But not much has been said about the expanded space available for the House and Senate, which accounts for about 30 percent of the $621 million underground building. The area — totaling 170,000 square feet — surrounds the CVC’s main hall, providing dozens of rooms for meetings, receptions, hearings and storage.
Just how widely used is it? That’s unclear, since neither the House nor the Senate appear to keep track of who uses the meeting rooms or how many employees are assigned there. Officials also declined to provide a list of events and hearings held in the expanded space.
None of the space is for Member offices, which are notoriously cramped (especially in the House, where some are relegated to the fifth floor “attic— of the Cannon House Office Building). Instead, officials have largely used the area for support staff and a few extra meeting rooms.
A leadership aide said the space was never intended for offices, partly because the area has no windows and is well-suited for other purposes — such as the House and Senate recording studios.
But after years of criticism over the project’s price tag, Members also are afraid of appearing as though they are spending money on themselves. Originally slated to cost about $265 million, the CVC ended up more than doubling in price and opening four years late.
Now, instead of expanding offices and committee rooms, the space is home to a hodgepodge of staff and supplies.
Some rooms are filled with furniture, others with empty coat hangers. On the Senate side, Capitol Police officers roam in and out of their secure new facilities, which include lockers, offices and a break room. In the House, Members use a handful of rooms for conference hearings and meetings, while dozens hold supplies or various staff.
Only one committee will benefit from the expansion. The House Intelligence Committee has moved from its outdated rooms above the Rotunda to a suite of offices on the CVC’s third floor.
Committee spokeswoman Courtney Littig called it “vast oceans larger— than the previous office and a “tremendous improvement.— The committee now has two hearing rooms, a library, a conference room and offices for the chairman and ranking member.
Technology is also far advanced; security concerns meant the committee’s old Capitol office was only updated in fits and starts. A new vault also will contain some classified material, and each staffer will have a place to put classified documents so they have fast access to them.
“Without a doubt, it was going to be better than the Capitol, primarily because we have more than one bathroom,— Littig said. The office, she added, is also becoming more streamlined. “It just makes things run a bit more smoothly.—
But she said the staffers don’t use any of the CVC amenities, preferring, for example, the Capitol Market to the more expensive CVC cafeteria. In many ways, the committee is isolated in its new space; Littig said some visitors get lost on their first visit, while few tourists wander their way.
The House side of the CVC also only has three rooms for Members to use — one large hearing room and two small rooms. The Senate, on the other hand, offers 10, according to the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. The visitor portion of the CVC also has a few rooms, which have been used for staff meetings and receptions, and a 450-seat Congressional Auditorium that can serve as a House or Senate chamber.
It’s unclear how often Members use the rooms. Senate, House and CVC officials declined to provide details on how the rooms have been used since the CVC’s opening. But several committees have held hearings there throughout the year.
Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), said the Republican Conference has had weekly meetings in the CVC’s large conference room, rather than in the Capitol.
Boehner and other Members have also become acquainted with the new offices of the House Radio-TV Correspondents’ Gallery, which snagged a large portion of the House’s expansion space.
The space allows the gallery to produce high-definition video and provides far more room than the limited space in the Capitol. Director Olga Ramirez Kornacki said in an e-mail that the space has three studios that can simultaneously host multiple news conferences and exclusive interviews.
“We’re excited about this state-of-the-art HD facility that will allow us to better accommodate the entire House community,— she said.


I was recently asked to write my thoughts and opinions on the Katy Perry smash hit "I Kissed A Girl" for an article in the Sun Times. They basically wanted to know our thoughts on why its a hit this summer.
I took a stab at it and low and behold, I was quoted in the article.
Check it out below!
Girls go wild for 'I Kissed a Girl'
MUSIC: 'I Kissed a Girl' sets tongues wagging as theme for a summer when mild girls are going a little bit wild
When the first drumbeats of the song play at late-night destination Deja Vu, girls scream, bounce, rush to the dance floor, sing along -- and yes, sometimes they kiss.
"But they do that anyway," says John Snyder, general manager of the Lincoln Park bar.
The No. 1 Billboard hit "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry capitalizes on the casual kissing epidemic sweeping a generation, and it's become a staple of Chicago DJs. The chorus: I kissed a girl and I liked it/The taste of her cherry Chapstick/I kissed a girl just to try it/I hope my boyfriend don't mind it.
"It really gets the crowd going," says Snyder. "The 22- and 23-year-old girls all know it, and it's a big sing-along."
The guys like it, too. "Your typical male fantasizes about girls kissing, and this song plays into that fantasy," says Kevin Saghy, 23, a fan who lives in Lake View.
The G-rated girl-on-girl action seems to be less about sexuality and more about getting attention. "I think it goes along with the Facebook phenomenon of showing or saying too much to be a mild girl gone wild," says Rachel C. Weingarten, a pop culture and trends expert.
"In an age of tattoos and piercings gone mainstream, it's almost the next shocking non-shocker. Your friends might giggle, but your friends' parents might become a bit queasy."
Erik Bradley, music director of WBBM-FM (96.3), received only a complaint or two about the song. "It certainly seems to be the song of the summer," he says. "I think it's just a fluffy, light novelty pop song that has a slightly edgy lyric."
The title, though, is familiar. Indie singer Jill Sobule had a minor hit called "I Kissed a Girl" in 1995. The stories are the same: She was drinking; she kissed a girl; she felt a little guilty, but not enough to stop dancing.
"Even though the lyrics are very similar, the reactions were very different," says Michael Pallen, manager of media licensing for VerveLife, a digital media agency. "Jill's version caused controversy. Katy's version rose straight to the top of the charts."
Not everyone is impressed. Julianne Shepherd, editor of music magazine the Fader, doesn't consider it a classic.
"It is a novelty track in the oeuvre of Aqua's 'Barbie Girl.' Therefore it will never die, but it will live on over your gym's PA system and on really terrible radio," Shepherd says. "The song's appeal is that it is vaguely salacious, but still clean enough so people don't feel too much like heathens for listening to it. People in clubs like to dance to vaguely nasty songs that they don't have to think very much about, and this is it."
Clubgoers may not be thinking much about the song, but it hasn't entirely escaped the notice of concerned adults. Debra Gano is the author of the Heartlight Girls series, which teaches self-esteem.
"While in some cases the trend of heterosexual 'girl kissing' may be just simply attributed to youthful curiosity, it is primarily a symptom of low self-worth in young women," Gano says. "Generally it is a plea for attention and affirmation, to fill a void missing within.
"This generation has grown up highly stimulated by technology and the media, often looking to what's 'next' for a higher form of stimulation, and suddenly kissing 'just' a boy is not enough, so girls are taking it a step further. The question is, what's next?"
The beat goes on. "Ain't no big deal," Perry sings. "It's innocent."


COCONUT BANANA BREAD
Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
3 large bananas mashed
1 cup almond meal
3/4 cup coconut flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp baking powder
4 eggs, lightly beaten
¼ cup melted coconut ghee*
3 tbsp desiccated coconut
3 tbsp walnuts, chopped
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Line baking paper around a loaf tin.
In the first bowl, combine your wet ingredients, mashed banana, vanilla essence, eggs, and ghee.
Mix the dry ingredients into another bowl, coconut flour, almond meal, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut, and chopped walnuts.
Mix the dry and wet ingredients so they are combined fully.
Evenly spoon the mixture into the loaf tin.
After pouring all the mixture scatter some additional walnuts and shredded coconut.
Place the tin into the oven and bake for approximately 1 hour.
Use a skewer to check if the muffins are ready. Remove from the oven and let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
this can be replaced with butter or regular ghee or coconut oil


Five the most important skin types are: normal, sensitive, dry, oily, and combination skin. In this article, we’ll be focusing on the last one – combination skin. While it’s the most common skin type, it’s definitely not the easiest one to treat. Basically, you got both – dry and oily skin at the same time. Your T-zone (forehead, nose, and chin) is usually shining like a disco ball from the super-active sebaceous glands that produce too much oil, whereas the rest of the face (cheeks, jaw, and hairline) is dry as a bone from the less active sebaceous glands. It is an unbalanced skin.
The cause of this is mostly genetics, however, there are other factors that come into play. Interestingly, you may inherit a certain skin type from your parents, just like you inherit your hair or eye color. But it can also be the wrong products you’re using that are triggering combination skin. The environment is also a factor. Sometimes when people move to a different place, it causes breakouts and it takes time to adapt and relax back to how it was, according to Annmarie. Either way, you’re stuck with it.
Treating this condition is quite the task. You need products that hydrate the dry patches, and that won’t encourage the skin to produce more oil on your T-zone at the same time. Tricky, huh! Well, it may be tricky, but not impossible. With the proper products, skincare routine, and some tips, you will have clear skin complexion. Balance is the key!
How to take care of combination skin
A basic skincare routine can help get your unbalanced skin back on track. Cleansing, toning, and moisturizing are the three steps on the skincare routine that should never be skipped. Secondly, you can help your skin a lot by drinking lots of water, exercising, and eating healthy.
Cleansing is the first step of the skincare routine and as such, choose a cleanser that doesn’t remove the natural oil from your skin. Ingredients like alcohol, parabens, and sulfates remove the natural oil, so it’s best if you avoid them. Start your day with water-based cleanser since it removes all the dirt and excess oil that builds up on your face, but make sure you get one that doesn’t dry out your face or leaves it feeling tight.
We tend to skip toners from our skincare routine thinking moisturizers and masks are enough, but little do we know that’s a major mistake. Toners, not only restore our skin’s natural pH balance, but they also remove any excess shine or dirt left from the cleansers. Some of them even contain anti-aging ingredients. Make sure you choose a toner that minimizes the appearance of your pores.
Don’t neglect moisturizers thinking ‘I already have oily skin’ – there’s a difference between oily and hydrated. Picking the best moisturizer is tricky because it can either under-moisturize the skin or over-moisturize it. They can also clog your pores, so, be careful what you buy. Click here to head over to our article for the best moisturizers for combo skin. You can even use two moisturizers if necessary. A heavier one for the cheeks, and a lighter one for the T-zone.
Exfoliating removes all the dead cells, whiteheads and blackheads on your skin and it’s recommended to do it twice a week. For combination skin, the best exfoliants are gell, water-like-liquid or weightless fluid BHA (beta hydroxy acid) exfoliants. Remember to be gentle on the cheeks and scrub more on the T-zone. By exfoliating, you’ll be giving your face a healthy glow by removing the dead cells.
Everyone can benefit from face masks, especially when they are multiple. By this, we mean putting two different masks in two areas of the face. In this case, you may use a mattifying clay mask for the oily parts of your face, whereas for the dry parts, a hydrating clay mask, according to L’oreal.
No matter the skin type, sun protection should be number one priority. It’s recommended to use sunscreen an SPF of 15 or higher, and reapply every two hours. For combination skin look for oil-free sunscreen, and non-comedogenic.
Balancing your combination skin through food
What you eat is essential. Make sure you’re getting enough vitamins and minerals because according to Annmarie, everything is about bloodstream and how you feed your skin. If your diet does not contain enough vitamins and minerals, by the time blood reaches the skin, it will be drained. And of course, your performance won’t be the best if you haven’t had enough to eat.
Vegetables, especially those green and orange, are very high in minerals, fiber, and beta-carotene. So don’t forget to eat your veggies! Eliminate sugars and processed food since they don’t really add anything to your bloodstreams that can feed your skin. And always remember to drink water! Water is essential for your skin to function properly.
When it comes to foundation, keep the coverage light and minimal. Try to find one that controls the oil and hydrates the skin. Thankfully, the world of beauty is constantly evolving and today you can find makeup and foundation formulas that focus on more than one specific skin concern. Makeup artist, Mary Irwin, says she prefers her foundation to contain silicone because it acts as a pore filler. Irwin also suggests you avoid powder formulations because they make the dry spots on the face appear even drier. Remember to apply primer on your oily areas – mattifying primer, preferably.
If you are struggling to find the perfect foundation that suits your skin type, head over to our article 10 Best Foundations For Combination Skin
Note that when searching for a foundation, people with combination skin should avoid foundations that deliver an illuminizing finish, considering that combo skin glows on its own when wearing foundation. Instead, look for a formula that leaves the skin with a matte finish. Overall, try to stick to natural ingredients and avoid products with fragrance.
Disclaimer: The contents of this article: text, graphics, images, and other materials contained are strictly for informational purposes only. The Content is NOT intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical diagnosis, advice, or treatment. Please ALWAYS seek the advice of a qualified health provider with all the questions that you have related to, or about, a medical condition.
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The Neighborhood Improvement Zone (NIZ) program was established by Act 50 of 2009, Act 26 of 2011 and Act 87 of 2012, and then was added to the Tax Reform Code by Act 52 of 2013 as amended in Act 84 of 2016. State and local taxes collected from the NIZ will be used to repay debt service and bonds issued by the Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority to fund various economic development projects within the zone, including an arena.
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Unbelievable. While I slept, from behind my back emerged this wee bitch of a Shortlist:
Hello, political component to the Man Bookers. Ha, what am I saying. Welcome back. We hardly missed ye; never had the chance. You can’t miss what hasn’t had the courtesy to leave.
Analysis of the analysts:
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (48)
Granta, Jonathan Cape, Random House, Telegraph, Guardian
Guardian Books podcast: Political fiction
Verdict: Holy fuck, with political bent, though probably least prejudicial on list.
John Burnside (60)
Scottish poet, T.S. Eliot Prize, latecomer to the literary game, hell of a learning curve but he smashed this one.
Prof, St. Andrew’s University, novelist, list long as my arm.
From his university page:
“John’s main interests are in American literature, poetry, ecocriticism and the language of environmental activism.”
Verdict: Respect, with an American bent.
This is your Anne Tyler.
Michael Wood (67)
Born Manchester, working man’s town.
Frances Osborne (46)
One novel, two biographies. A Sackville by birth. Silver spoon. Lives next to freaking P.M.
Verdict: No respect.
Sam Leith (41)
Journalist, author of several works of nonfiction.
Young; resume growing nicely. Not there there.
Verdict: Judge in training.
Wild card man.
Two women, three judges under 50, two extreme heavy-hitters, a broadcaster, a political toss-in for my personal irritation and an in-training youngling. Typical cast of characters, though generally there’s a John Sutherland who really really pisses me off, ivory tower up the arse, anti-public opinion blow-hard.
Had a run-in with him once. Doesn’t show. Maintain neutrality.
No Marilynne Robinson, no Anne Enright, who’s won already so there’s that; never expected her to repeat. She’s obviously no Hilary Mantel, right? No repeat offender?
Sitting on the survivor’s list is Anne Tyler, audible gritting teeth. Quit making me say this: not a terrible author, no talentless hack but no Man Booker caliber writer either. Adding injury to Obamacare, bumping two far superior female writers, so far superior should be ubiquitous. Words almost fail but not quite. Once I stop talking the idiots win.
And no I’m not. Angry, yes. Out to piss off, yes.
Robinson and Enright bumped for Tyler. Many times as I say it sounds no less farcical.
If she walks off with the prize with that goes the last shred of relevancy for the Man Bookers. And I do mean s-h-r-e-d, gossamer thin, not fine. The award’s gone so far Left it’s rendered itself almost moot. SEE: Nobel Prize, category of any. Stick a fork in it and twist. HARD.
Aha! Wait! She’s one of the two Americans. Tyler and Yanigahara. Phew! I thought they were serious!
Ignoring that wee epiphany, A Little Life is there, the fuck me this is fine A Little Life. A Brief History of Seven Killings, called it. The rest don’t even speak to me: bad year, bad read on the judges.
Top of this heap: A Little Life, A Brief History of Seven Killings. The former, because I’m reading it now and it’s slapping me upside the head, the latter for its subject matter and how nearly universally praised it’s been, normally not a great thing but this time there’s the clever plot, hipster Bob Marley thrown in for good measure.
No: Satin Island and sure as hell better be A Spool of Blue Thread.
Wild cards: The Fishermen, The Year of the Runaways.
At this point I would rule out a damn thing. This is a jury of rogues out to make a statement. But which statement. A Little Life is probably too mainstream well-written, left standing because something needs to hold that spot. Satin Island gives me a bad vibe – prize-wise only.
Narrow again: A Brief History of Seven Killings, The Fishermen and The Year of the Runaways. If I’m really lucky, A Little Life. If there’s a swing vote.
Which political statement are they looking to make?
Find it and there’s your winner.


Over the past few weeks, I've received several private messages from Youtube users that stumbled across my Unity 3D Character Controller & Animation (Legacy) tutorial - either for help with regards to that tutorial or asking why I have not posted new tutorials. For awhile I've felt that Youtube was spoiled by a wealth of tutorials with regards to Unity 3D. So, I did not see a point in tossing my name into the hat. Due to these messages, I've changed my mind. I will put out more tutorials (Unity 3D, Maya, After Effects, etc) from this point forward and see if I can be of help to others.
The first tutorial that I am working on will cover retargeting an animation utilizing Mecanim on a character model with no animations. The second tutorial will cover using the Rain AI from Rival Theory on these newly animated characters in an attempt to set up characters that are doing security/surveillance on a small lake compound. Below is the compound (still in progress). I will update this post as I get closer in completing the tutorials.


President of the United States, Donald Trump, yesterday evening said he was feeling well, hours after being flown to a military hospital for the treatment of the Covid-19.
Trump in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle also praised the doctors and nurses at Walter Reed Medical Center, saying “With their help, I am feeling well!”
“Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!! Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!” he tweeted.
Earlier, his doctors also said that he has been “fever free” for the last 24 hours.
Trumps doctors however revealed that the next 48 hours will be critical, noting that the US President isn’t yet on a clear path to recovery.
In a chat with the press, Sean Conley said that he is “extremely happy” with Trump’s progress.
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This was a simple recipe to put together. I used my favorite chunky peanut butter, lots of chopped peanuts and mini chocolate chips. The recipe calls for a 9 x 9 pan which makes a very thick blondie. I could see making these in a 13 x 9 for a thinner bar. I wholeheartedly agree with the use of the mini chips in this recipe. The peanuts are the star with the chocolate adding a little flavor note.
I was a little worried about the baking time because these smelled done while they were still a bit jiggly in the middle. They were pretty brown looking on the top, too. I ended up baking them for about 45 minutes and leaving them in the turned off oven for about another 10. Perfect. They were chewy without being soggy. The peanuts gave just the right amount of crunch.
The Husband had some friends over the day I made these, and they were a huge hit. I won't say how many each person ate, but there weren't too many leftovers.
These are absolutely going to be made again in my house. Thanks Nicole of Bakologie for picking such a great recipe.


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Mercer Island beats Ballard in first match of the season | Prep boys soccer
The Mercer Island boys soccer team earned it's first win of the season on Tuesday, March 12, beating non-league opponent Ballard 2-0 at home.
Ryan Hill scored both goals for the Islanders, the first game off an assist from Sean Bender in the 20th minute of the match, while the second was a goal in the 56th minute off an assist from Jamie Lungmus.
Mercer Island will play Roosevelt in another non-conference match on Thursday, March 14 at the Northwest Athletic Complex at Ingraham High School in Seattle. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m.


Eileen Ó Dúill, CG, (nee O’Sullivan) was raised in Queens, New York, one of 7 children of Irish parents. In 1974, she followed her heart to Ireland where she met and married Sean Ó Dúill.
Eileen was fortunate in 1991 when she was able to turn a lifelong hobby into a business providing a professional genealogical research service. Being an American living in Ireland has enabled her to have a unique perspective on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and an understanding of her fellow countrymen in their quest for their Irish heritage.
Eileen has lectured at numerous National Genealogical Society Conferences in the United States as well as at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conferences between 1998 and 2011. In February 2011 she presented a lecture at “Who Do You Think You Are?-Live” in London.
In 2000, Eileen co-authored Irish Civil Registration- Where Do I Begin? with Steven ffeary Smyrl and has lectured widely on the General Register Office. She has been admitted as expert genealogical witness at kinship hearings in 6 Surrogate Courts of New York State between 1991 and 2011. Her areas of specializations are probate genealogy and civil registration.
Eileen will be presenting "Mrs. Fancy Tart is coming to Tea: Making Sense of Family Stories” at our final dinner in Dublin.


Last week I completed the first draft of Scarborough Book Two. It still needs a title! I’ve put it to one side this week because it’s good to let manuscripts rest and also because it’s the spring half term holiday so the children are home from school. The first draft came in at just over 60,000 words. My books are normally around 80,000 words so there’s still a lot to do, but I’m not worried because my first drafts are always short.
I was listening to The Story Grid podcast the other day with Tim Grahl and Shawn Coyne. Tim is writing his first novel and he was worried because he could see that the first draft was going to come in below target. In his book On Writing Stephen King says that the second draft should be the first draft minus ten percent. But that only works if you write too much in the first draft. It clearly doesn’t stack up if your first drafts, like mine and Tim’s, are short.
Stephen King is the kind of writer who writes too much and then has to trim it back. I’m just not that sort of writer. That’s not to say that I don’t cut things out. But I tend to cut out scenes that aren’t working as I go along. As well as my 60,000 word draft, I also have a folder in Scrivener with 10,000 words’ worth of cut scenes. My 60,000 words will eventually grow to 80,000 words for all sorts of reasons, such as:
- There are characters and character relationships that are under-developed.
- There are plot threads that need more build-up and added complications.
- There are scenes of high drama and tension that need drawing out so that they deliver their full potential.
- There are people and places that are not adequately described.
Once I start tackling all of the above in the next draft, you’d be amazed at how quickly the word count grows. Next week when I get back to work my first task will be to reverse engineer a detailed outline and then, working with the outline, decide what changes need to be made.
May was a good month for reading. I enjoyed After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell. The novel tells the story of Alice Raikes who travels to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, she is lying in a coma after an accident that may or may not have been a suicide attempt. The novel cleverly interweaves past and present and multiple points of view, telling the story of Alice’s childhood, her college years and the story of how she met and fell in love with John, as well as the stories of her family.
At first I felt that Mr Mercedes by Stephen King was rather cold. I didn’t warm to the character of Bill Hodges the way I warmed immediately to the character of Ralph Roberts in Insomnia. I compare the two because they’re both retired men, well past their prime, who find themselves thrown into extraordinary events. They both have to overcome the problems of old age and act heroically. However, once Bill was out of his armchair and engaged in hunting down the Mercedes Killer, he became a much more likeable hero. King writes a brilliant nail-biting finale to this thriller. What started out feeling a bit dry, turned into a real page-turner.
In a completely different vein is The Fifth Voice by Paul Connolly. This book appealed to me because it’s about four men who form a barbershop quartet. It’s also set in Berkshire where I used to live. It’s a wonderful comic novel with some very touching scenes as each of the four singers confront problems in their own lives. The writing style is pitch perfect (sorry for the terrible pun!) If you’re not sure what barbershop singing sounds like, I found this terrific video on YouTube:
It’s exam season here in the UK. Our eldest son is in the middle of his GCSEs, the exams that all sixteen-year-olds sit, and our youngest son had school exams last week which meant finding lots of opportunities to practise conjugating French irregular verbs. Je suis, tu es, il est….etc. Good job we’re not going to France this year though because the whole country seems to be on strike. À bientôt!
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Bethany College Professor of Religion Tyler Atkinson is among the winners of the Kansas University Hall Center Visiting Regional Humanities Faculty fellowship. He will work on humanities scholarship and teaching improvement projects while in residence at the Hall Center for approximately three to four weeks in 2016.
Atkinson will focus on writing and teaching #BlackLivesMatter while at KU. He intends to conduct research and make progress on his publication “Luther, Bonhoeffer, and #BlackLivesMatter in Dialogue,” which poses the question: 500 years after Luther’s nailing of the “95 Theses” to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, how might the Reformation heritage prove generative for contemporary discussion of race in America? Atkinson will work in conjunction with the Department of African & African-American Studies, the Langston Hughes Center, KU Center for Teaching Excellence and the Hall Center on this hybrid writing and teaching project.


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A beta for Medal of Honor: Warfighter's multiplayer will open up on Xbox Live in early October, Electronic Arts announced today. Xbox Live Gold members will see action in the military shooter's Sarajevo Olympic stadium map and Hot Spot mode, with the full game scheduled to release on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 23.
Six classes, with a range of unlockable weaponry, and a two-person fireteam system will be available to players. Warfighter's Battlelog service will debut to track performance as well as metagame progress. No stats or upgrades earned will translate over to release, but beta players will be treated to an hour of doubled experience points in the full game's multiplayer.
EA has also pledged to release an exclusive music video for Linkin Park's "Castle of Glass" featuring in-game footage five days after the beta begins, or early if the beta reaches 3 million downloads. So... maybe wait it out?


President Mohammadu Buhari will on Monday July 12th 2021 play host to Team Nigeria at the Presidential Villa where he would hand the Olympics- bound athletes to the NOC in line with age long tradition.
According to the Minister of Youth and sports Development Mr Sunday Dare ” We are keeping to the tradition of Unveiling the team to the President who will in turn hand them over to the Nigerian Olympics committee.
The unveiling of the official wear / equipment will be done by Mr. President. This is a very symbolic event meant to officially sent forth the team to the games. This should also inspire the athletes and to reinforce the fact that the Federal Government and the entire country are behind them”
The Minister commended President Buhari for committing enormous resources towards Team Nigeria’s participation.


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Intel released its new H370 chipset, along with H310 and B360, in early April 2018. H370 logically replaces H270 and comes with a respectable standard specification to target mid-range desktop users. Motherboard vendors have already released a wide selection of motherboards for H370, many based on sensible adaptations of existing Z370 models, including this ASUS ROG Strix H370-F Gaming.
The purpose of Intel’s H370 chipset is fairly similar to its preceding chipset H270: it’s a full-featured motherboard chipset that foregoes overclocking capabilities on Intel’s mainstream platform. There is no overclocking of the CPU beyond Intel’s own default Turbo behaviour, the maximum frequency available for memory is 2,666MHz and dual graphics card configurations through CPU PCIe lanes are not supported.
With that in mind H370 motherboards are clearly not positioned for an overclocking or performance-seeking audience, but there’s still potent performance on offer that will suit most desktop users with gaming and productivity in mind.
The H370 platform supports Intel’s Core i7 8700K and up to 64GB of 2,666MHz memory along with latest connectivity standards like PCIe M.2 and integrated USB 3.1 Gen2. In fact, the H370 chipset is the only of Intel’s 300-series chipsets to have USB 3.1 (Gen2) integrated into the chipset as standard – even Z370 motherboards do not all offer USB 3.1 Gen2.
The ASUS interpretation of H370 with the ROG Strix H370-F Gaming has taken the ‘no expense spared’ approach, and this is currently the company’s best motherboard available for this chipset. Dual M.2, USB 3.1, RGB lighting, an M.2 heatsink, a pre-mounted I/O shield, high quality audio and a capable power solution make for a comparatively high-end and feature-rich motherboard.
All the features do come at a cost, though, as at £139.99 the ASUS ROG Strix H370-F Gaming is into Z370 price territory. Can the plentiful features outweigh the lack of overclocking support? Let’s find out.
|ASUS ROG Strix H370-F Gaming|
|Form Factor||ATX, 30.5cm x 24.4cm|
|CPU Socket||Intel LGA 1151 Version 2|
|Memory||DDR4, 4 DIMMs, up to 64GB, up to 2,666MHz|
|Onboard Graphics||Intel HD Graphics (supported CPUs)|
|Discrete Graphics||Single Nvidia graphics card configurations, up to AMD 2-way CrossFireX or Quad CrossFire|
|Expansion Slots|| 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 electrical, from CPU)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x4 electrical, from chipset)
4 x PCIe 3.0 x 1 (from chipset)
|Storage|| 6 x SATA III 6Gbps
2 x M2 (M2_1 supports PCIe 3.0 X2 and SATA*, M2_2 supports PCIe 3.0 X4 only)
*Uses bandwidth of SATA port 2 when used in SATA mode
|USB|| 3 x USB 3.1 (3 Rear [Type-A and C], all via H370 chipset)
4 x USB 3.0 (4 Front, all via H370 chipset)
6 x USB 2.0 (4 Rear, 2 Front, all via H370 chipset)
|Networking||1 x Intel i219V Gigabit Ethernet|
|Audio|| Realtek ALC1220 7.1 Channel HD Audio* with dual headphone amplifiers
*Due to limitations in HDA bandwidth, 32-Bit/192kHz is not supported for 8-Channel audio.
|Fan Headers||6, all support 3/4 pin fans (1 x M.2, 1 x CPU, 1 x CPU_OPT, 1 x AIO_PUMP, 2 x CHA)|
|Rear I/O|| 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s)
1 x DVI-D
1 x DisplayPort
1 x HDMI
1 x LAN (RJ45) port(s)
1 x USB 3.1 USB Type-C
2 x USB 3.1 Type-A
4 x USB 2.0
1 x Optical S/PDIF out
5 x Audio jack(s)
|UEFI||128Mb UEFI AMI BIOS|