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Weary from two weeks of fighting with Jonathan Littell's unremittingly long The Kindly Ones, I couldn't help but have my head turned by a much svelter, more alluringly packaged novel. With its dark green boards and gold stencilled eye staring back at me, Jedediah Berry's The Manual of Detection looked like an ideal escape from the horrors of Littell's war. Even better was the blurb, which promised a missing detective, three secret libraries and a series of crimes committed in the dreams of others, all set in a city where it never stops raining. It could have been written specifically with me in mind.
The Manual of Detection is an elegant and stunningly imaginative fusion of detective and speculative fiction, set in a wonderfully detailed cityscape of four-faced clocks, hat-wearing spooks and sweet-singing femmes fatales. All this was great fun, but it was the dream sequences – and the importance they have to the plot – that really intrigued me.
Berry creates anarchy in his fictional world by giving certain nefarious characters the ability to enter and experience other people's dreams. They are also able to leave suggestions or instructions for the unsuspecting sleeper. As Charles Unwin investigates the disappearance of Sivert, a detective, he finds himself passing through other people's dreams to get to the truth.
It's testament to the quality of Berry's novel that this never becomes tiresome. In works of imaginative fiction such as this, dreams actually have a point. They are there to bridge the gaps between worlds, the membrane through which you pass to cross over into another realm. It's hardly a new idea – Chaucer was doing much the same thing in Parliament of Fowls, after all – but it works, principally because during a real dream, almost anything seems to be possible. This is not so much the case in realistic novels.
For the most part, the realist novel uses the dream as a way to see deeper into a character's soul. This causes problems. Dreams are, by their very nature, random, teasing, confusing and otherworldly. Taken cumulatively, someone's dreams may expose some of their inner workings – but taken individually, I suspect, they wouldn't provide much insight. Which means that when I read a dream that "says" something about a character, it tends to strike a false note. And yet if it doesn't say something about the character, and conforms to the peculiar randomness of real dreams, I'm likely to be bored and skip the pages.
There are always exceptions to this – the celebrated beginning of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, for example – but for the most part, I still struggle with dreams in fiction. As an editor, I read so many novels featuring achingly dull dream sequences that I was poisoned for years against such books. Believe me, if you've only got three chapters to show off your novel, think twice about wasting them on reheated nocturnal ramblings.
That is just one of the many reasons why the recently published John the Revelator by Peter Murphy is another book I've been urging people to read. The nightmares that plague the narrator, John Devine, have resonance and power because they are only alluded to, rather than lustily described. The scene where John's ailing mother tells him how she plans to cure his night terrors is brilliantly understated, superbly written and haunting in its simplicity. For me, it proved that for every "and then I woke up", there is, thankfully, a "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".


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School conjuration (creation); Level bard 1, magus 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, summoner/unchained summoner 1; Elemental School earth 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (butter)
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one object or 10-ft. square
Duration 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw see text; Spell Resistance no
A grease spell covers a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can't move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details). Creatures that do not move on their turn do not need to make this check and are not considered flat-footed.
The spell can also be used to create a greasy coating on an item. Material objects not in use are always affected by this spell, while an object wielded or employed by a creature requires its bearer to make a Reflex saving throw to avoid the effect. If the initial saving throw fails, the creature immediately drops the item. A saving throw must be made in each round that the creature attempts to pick up or use the greased item. A creature wearing greased armor or clothing gains a +10 circumstance bonus on Escape Artist checks and combat maneuver checks made to escape a grapple, and to their CMD to avoid being grappled.
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School conjuration (creation); Level bard 5, magus 5, sorcerer/wizard 5, summoner 5
Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target one object/2 levels or 1 10-ft. square/2 levels; see text
This spell functions like grease, except as noted here. When you use this spell to cover a solid surface with slippery grease, the 10-foot squares must form a continuous area, each part of which must be within the spell's range. When you use this spell to create a greasy coating on items, no two of the targeted items can be more than 30 feet apart. You cannot target both items and surfaces with a single casting of this spell.


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J's design included a cuff which was nice to make, although I am partial to the prairie points she taught on last year's class. The cuff on hubby's stocking was adorned with gingerbread men buttons in honour of how much he loves the Gingerbread Man scenes in Shrek - "Not my gum-drop buttons!" A asked if he could have jingle bells on his stocking cuff, so I was happy to oblige and I swapped buttons for a crocheted heart motif on mine. It was such indulgence to play with fabrics and embellishments and such a great way to spend a day with something to show for it.
After the scrappy stockings we made Christmas bunting, gift bags and little gift cornets. The projects moved on a pace since each one was reasonably straightforward so there were many variations on a theme which was a great opportunity to experiment with embellishment. I think my favourite result was my EMMANUEL bunting which I have been hoping to do for so long. I also love the mini-bunting variation which I made up in red and red gingham. It was very satisfying to be able to combine some other crafts - crochet, cross-stitch and Suffolk puffs - with the bunting to really add my own personal touches to them.
The difficulty with the gift bags and gift cornets was that they are so cute I don't want to give them away. At least they are fun to make so it won't be a tough job to replace them!
Inspired by all the festive gift making I stitched up a mini-stocking in ivory fabrics with ribbon and lace to give it a kind of vintage look. A jar of speciality jam and two of her favourite choc bars tucked inside, it became a little personalised pressie for A's teacher. I cannot really take credit for the idea as I was inspired by a similar (though larger and much more perfectly made) version by J which she showed us at her class. Luckily, she's my friend and doesn't mind being my inspiration! I just hope A's teacher likes it.
I also made a set of Christmas coasters for our kitchen and a little set as a gift for mum. They were using up a strip of little teddy bear Christmas 'labels' that I bought at a Stitch show about 3 years ago! When I found the strip I was determined to make use of it this year and not to return it to the box where it could remain for goodness knows how long. I think they turned out reasonably well given that there was hardly a square corner to any of the 'labels'.
And finally, I wanted to use up a lot of little scrappy leftovers from previous projects so I made them into this door frame bunting using J's mittens and mini-stocking templates for bunting. Great fun!
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Q: I'm interested in replicating the Couch Potato portfolio with swap-based ETFs. What are the pros and cons of this strategy, and would I be taking on any extra risk?
— Laura G., Collingwood, Ont.
A: A "swap-based ETF" is a type of exchange-traded fund that does not hold any stocks or bonds directly. The fund instead uses a financial instrument called a "total-return swap" designed to deliver the same performance as a specific index, including any increase or decrease in price and any dividends or interest received.
Let's use the Horizons S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (HXT) as an example. This popular ETF tracks an index of the 60 largest public companies in Canada, but it doesn't actually hold any stocks. When you buy units of HXT, your investment is held in cash. Meanwhile, the ETF's "counterparty" (another financial institution) pledges to deliver to the ETF the same total return as the index. However, swap-based ETFs do not pay dividends or interest in cash. So if the stocks in the S&P/TSX 60 index increase by 5% and pay a 2% dividend, HXT will increase in price by 7% (minus a small fee).
There are several advantages to building an ETF with a swap rather than holding the stocks or bonds directly. The first is tax-efficiency. The most important advantage of swap-based ETFs is their potential to defer or reduce taxes. As we've noted, these ETFs do not pay dividends or interest, which means you won't be taxed on any income as long as you hold your units. All of the gains in the fund are considered capital gains, which are not taxable until you eventually sell the holding. And even then, capital gains are taxed at only half the rate of regular interest income and foreign dividends. (Canadian dividends enjoy favourable tax treatment too, but for high-income earners, capital gains are still taxed at a lower rate.)
The second benefit is extremely tight tracking of the index. Because the counterparty is obligated to deliver the same return as the index, swap-based ETFs mirror their benchmarks with remarkable consistency. Over the five years ending in February, the S&P/TSX 60 Index returned 7.99% annually, while HXT returned 7.94% for a minuscule difference of 0.05%.
The undeniable benefits of swap-based ETFs come with a couple of additional risks. One is that the counterparty will fail to pay a return equal to that of the index. But this risk is small: the counterparty for Horizons ETFs is National Bank of Canada, and it seems unlikely that a major Canadian bank would default on its obligation. Even then, the ETF uses your cash for collateral, so a failure to deliver the returns of the index would not mean your investment would go to zero.
Another risk that can't be ignored is the possibility that the government will change the rules that give swap-based ETFs their tax advantages. In the last decade, that's what happened with income trusts, corporate class mutual funds, and other ETF structures that tried to turn fully taxable income into capital gains. If that were to happen, investors in swap-based ETFs might be forced to liquidate their holding and realize all of those capital gains in a single year, which could cause a spike in their tax bill.
I'm also concerned that building a Couch Potato portfolio entirely from swap-based ETFs would sacrifice some diversification. In addition to HXT (which is now almost seven years old and boasts more than $1 billion in assets), Horizons also offer ETFs tracking the S&P 500 (large US stocks), the Euro Stoxx 50 (large European stocks) and even a fund that tracks the Canadian bond market. But a portfolio built from these funds would be missing mid- and small-cap stocks, the Asia-Pacific region (including Japan, Korea and Australia) and the emerging markets.
If you decide to use swap-based ETFs, make sure you understand the trade-offs and the additional risks. If you're not completely comfortable with how these products work, plain-vanilla index funds or ETFs are a better choice.
—Dan Bortolotti, CFP, CIM, associate portfolio manager with PWL Capital in Toronto
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Daddy, I hated you! TV's smoothest star Michael Aspel reveals his loathing for his own father
Troubled childhood: Michael Aspel as a young boy
Michael Aspel is one of TV's smoothest stars. But in this startlingly frank interview, he reveals his loathing for his own father... and asks if his troubled childhood could be to blame for the breakdown of his three marriages.
Michael Aspel looked in the mirror the other day and saw his father staring back. His reaction wasn't a happy one, and not just because it was a reminder of advancing years. 'There is something disconcerting about seeing someone you often didn't care much for, looking back at you,' he says.
'I've been noticing it more and more recently. I see him in me, physically, and I really don't like it.'
While he cringes at the facial resemblance, there is a deeper issue at work here. In fact, the way he talks about him, it seems that at one stage of his life, at least, Aspel Snr inspired only animosity.
It's quite odd to hear the normally avuncular presenter speak about anyone in such tones. Would he say he actually hated him, once?
'Yes, I think I would,' he concludes, quite matter-of-factly. 'That would be a pretty good summing up of the situation. I remember my sister, Pat, once saying to me: "Michael, you are very hard on him."
'I replied: "Well, you were not in my shoes. You had a very different relationship with him."
'My memories of my father, certainly from my teenage years, were terrible ones. He was an incredibly introspective man then, to such a degree that it made him almost catatonic. You couldn't talk to him. You certainly couldn't share anything with him - dreams, aspirations. Basically, he was not interested in us.
'He had a problem with authority, and this obsession with being working class. If we tried to read Shakespeare or go to the cinema, he would get angry. He saw anything vaguely artistic as a betrayal of the working classes.'
It may seem strange, when Aspel is 75 and his father long dead, that he is pondering his feelings towards him now.
But Aspel has recently finished filming a documentary series which has stirred up all manner of memories.
Evacuees Reunited involved taking some of those who were evacuated during World War II back to their foster homes.
Aspel, asked to present and to contribute with his own experiences, was delighted to be involved.
After all, he had spent nearly five years in Chard, Somerset, after being packed on a train, aged just seven, with a label tied to his clothes - 'like a parcel'.
Like so many of his generation (a staggering 3.5 million British children were evacuated to the countryside, away from the threat of German bombs), the young Michael spent what many would regard as the formative years of his life with strangers, many miles from his home in Wandsworth, London.
It made the project deeply personal, but not even Aspel could have predicted the impact reopening that chapter of his life would have.
'The thing is, it underlined how much I had been one of the lucky ones,' he says. 'Some evacuees had the most dreadful experiences - abused, uncared for, treated in ways that seem horrific today.
'I didn't - much of it was quite wonderful - but it was still a huge deal. Any child going through that today would be offered counselling, at the very least.
'I think what being involved in the programme did was help me put my own experience in context, remembering the happy times as well as confronting the not-so-happy ones. I still don't have all the answers, though.'
Some of the programme is gloriously sepia-tinted. There is much hilarity as Aspel meets up with some of his old friends from those days - fellow evacuees - and reminisces about befriending the GIs.
Now that the cameras have stopped rolling, however, he is left pondering how much that chapter in his life shaped the rest of it.
For starters, would he have had a happier relationship with his father, a newsagent by trade, had the war not intervened?
'That I will never know. What I can say is that I don't recall any problems before it. We were just a normal family before the war. I do remember my father playing with us, us shrieking with laughter as he rubbed his stubbly chin against ours.
'I remember big happy Christmases when the whole family came to us. I remember all of us sitting, as a family, listening to the radio and reading. There was a warm atmosphere there. We were loved, no doubt about it.
'It was after the war, when I went home, that the problems started. Perhaps it was inevitable. My father had been off fighting and had obviously seen terrible things. He had become used to living in a certain way.
'Suddenly, he was faced with having to deal with these children that he simply didn't recognise.
'I wasn't just five years older, but remarkably self-sufficient. The people in Somerset had pretty much let me run wild. I was, I'm ashamed to say, something of a tearaway.
'My father's way of dealing with us was to try to run the house on military lines; barking orders. But it didn't work. The more difficult it became, the more frustrated he'd get. It certainly wasn't any dream homecoming.'
Michael Aspel with son Daniel and former wife Lizzie Power in 1985: 'With me, it was never the children who were the problem'
Family life, in fact, was fraught, often violent, with Aspel and his father frequently squaring up to each other. Punches were sometimes traded. When he was 18, Aspel remembers telling his father: 'I'm more of a man than you will ever be.'
'It became patently obvious that my father wasn't suited to family life,' says Michael. 'He felt hemmed in, trapped. Mother tried to hold it all together, but she kind of cracked, too. At one point she started to lose her hair - it just fell out.'
It was certainly not the happy ending the young Aspel had so longed for. And what peeves him most is the fact that his father railed against everything Michael had taken comfort from during his years in effective exile.
'The thing I looked forward to most was going to the cinema,' he recalls. 'I remember sitting on the steps of the picture house from 9am waiting for Gone With The Wind to open. It didn't start until 2pm. And I could never get enough of cowboy films.
'I grew up wanting to be an actor. Father never could have understood that.'
Many people may not be aware of the fact that Aspel Jnr did, in fact, start out as an actor. At heart, it seems, he still thinks of himself as a failed one.
He has always said that it was only by chance that he became a presenter - first persuaded to put that remarkable velvety voice to good use by reading the news, then slipping into the world of light entertainment.
He became a household name, hosting everything from the Miss World contests to This is Your Life. He would go on to become one of the most iconic figures in British broadcasting, up there with Wogan and Parkinson.
Not that Aspel ever put himself in that league. In the past, he has dismissed great swathes of his career as 'inconsequential, bland and useless', and he stands by that today.
When I ask what he is proudest of, he quibbles with the word. 'Proud isn't a word I'd ever use,' he says. 'I suppose reading the news was the most important thing I ever did. But proud? I'm not sure of that.'
In fact, there is plenty to be proud of. With Aspel and Co, he secured an extraordinarily rare non-political interview with the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, which should surely be a contender.
Michael and his father had established some kind of truce before the old man died, at the age of 87.
Michael Aspel wipes away a tear on his final edition of Antiques Roadshow
'He was a wonderful grandfather, actually,' says Michael. 'By the time he died, I'd come to pity him, understand him even. I came to realise that he'd had a terrible childhood himself. But he was never the sort of man I wanted to be.'
And therein lies some of his anguish. Whether he likes it or not - and he doesn't - there are parallels with the way Aspel's private life has panned out.
He may not have had a war to contend with, but there has been immense difficulty. He has lost two of his seven children, one son, James, at three days old, another, Gregory, at 30, to cancer. Another son, Patrick, has cerebral palsy.
A contented domestic life never happened for him either. He has been married three times, and walked out on each marriage. In the past he has admitted to feeling 'hemmed in' and 'trapped' - just as his father had done.
In 1994, his private life was laid bare in tabloid headlines when he left actress Lizzie Power, after 16 years together, to move in with Irene Clarke, a production assistant on This Is Your Life, with whom he still lives.
He doesn't want to talk at length about all this, on the grounds that 'there are too many people to hurt', but admits that he spent much of his adult life lacking any ability to commit.
'Does the restlessness I have felt as an adult have anything to do with my childhood?' he asks, when I raise the subject.
'Perhaps, but I'm wary of going down that road. I always feel reluctant to make any excuses for myself. I don't want to hide behind anything. You have to take responsibility for your own life, for the things you have mucked up.'
What he does seem grateful for, though, is that he never took his own frustrations out on his children, as his father clearly did.
'With me, it was never the children who were the problem, and my relationship with them was never affected by it. I'm grateful for that.'
Is he a better father than his own ever was? 'I would really like to think so,' he concludes. 'But it's only my children who can answer that.'
When he casts his mind back to his own childhood, Aspel is the one who points out how easily memories can be distorted.
He tells me that he remembers being the last child from his train-load of evacuees to be 'picked' - but concedes that this was probably not the case.
Despite believing he 'failed' as an actor, Michael Aspel has led a wonderful television career presenting household favourite shows such as This Is Your Life (above with singer Errol Brown)
'I was speaking to the man who runs the Evacuees Association, and he said: "Everyone remembers that they were the last one picked." '
He is still surprised, though, at how vivid some of his recollections of those days are. 'I can't remember what happened last Wednesday, but certain things - like the clock ticking in the front room of my new "home" - are as clear as day.'
Ditto the train journey to Somerset. 'We knew the minute that we stepped on the train that something was different,' he says. 'There had been plenty of evacuation practice runs, where we would march up and down the street with our gas masks, the teachers beside us. It was fun, exciting. Of course we had no clue what it meant.'
Then, one day, he, his nine-year-old sister, Pat, and brother Alan, four, were buttoned into their coats and each handed a suitcase.
'My mother didn't come. There was no big goodbye, just a lot of children being led to the station, Pied Piper style, and put onto a train. It was stuffy. Mostly I just remember taking Alan to the loo because he had messed his trousers.'
When they reached Chard, the children - several hundred of them, he reckons - were herded into a community centre.
'People came along and just picked what children they wanted. Most wanted boys, to work in the fields. No one actually came for me. I don't know why.
'I was separated from my sister and brother, which I wasn't expecting. They went to a big house - I always remembered it as a mansion, but when I went back this time, I realised it was nothing of the sort. There wasn't enough room for me there, so I went to a small cottage.'
His new foster mother, whom he still calls Auntie Rose, wasn't even in when he arrived.
'She was only out in the garden, but I didn't realise that. I was put in the front room. I can still remember the heavy furniture, see the pictures, that clock. I thought I'd been there for an eternity, but it was probably only 15 minutes.
'When she came in, I must have sounded like something out of Dickens: "Please, Mam, I'm the new evacuee."'
He recalls a pretty miserable first night. 'I remember thinking, "I want my Mum". Auntie Rose handled the situation pretty well, though. She gave me a toy gun, which had been her son's.
'The next morning, I woke when she kissed me. Maybe she was thinking of her own son, who was 19 and away fighting in the war. Whatever, I don't think she ever knew that I was aware of that kiss. It was the first and only time there was any physical contact.'
He doesn't want to make it sound hideous, because it wasn't. He visited Rose and Cyril Grabham several times after the war, and they were always delighted to see him.
'They were kind people, incredibly good to me. I ate well - I remember Auntie Rose skinning rabbits, making huge stews - much better than anything my mother ever did. But it wasn't home.'
There were, he recalls, inevitable clashes between local kids and the evacuees - 'vaccies, they called us'.
'The local kids hated us, of course. I got off lightly. In fact, I was the one steaming in there, fists flying, but some kids were bullied dreadfully.
'That - coupled with the fact that they let me pretty much roam free - made me incredibly self-reliant. Quite tough for my age, I suppose.
'Today, of course, it would be considered barbaric; but we just accepted it, as did our parents in sending us away. They thought they were doing the right thing.'
Perhaps it is impossible to fully understand the history that has shaped us, but Aspel seems grateful that he has tried. He is quite a melancholy man, which perhaps isn't surprising given how turbulent his off-camera life has been.
He confesses that he misses the Antiques Roadshow, which he quit last year, handing over the reins to Fiona Bruce.
('People say she is too sexy for the show, and knows nothing about antiques. They said the same thing about me in my day - and they were right,' he quips.)
He does admit, however, that this programme on evacuees has given him more personal satisfaction than almost anything else in his 60-odd year career.
Perhaps it's because he never felt like a fraud doing it.
'Mostly, when you're in my line of work, you aren't that familiar with a subject: you are just the mouthpiece. This was different, though. I knew it because I'd lived it. There's a certain satisfaction there.
'And it did lay some demons to rest - for others, and for me. It was an extraordinary chapter in my life, and in the entire country's. We shouldn't forget it.'
Evacuees Reunited is on ITV1 on December 15.
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Current preoperative cardiac risk stratification practices group operations into broad categories, which might inadequately consider the intrinsic cardiac risks of individual operations. We sought to define the intrinsic cardiac risks of individual operations and to demonstrate how grouping operations might lead to imprecise estimates of perioperative cardiac risk.
Elective operations (based on Common Procedural Terminology codes) performed from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2015 at hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program were studied. A composite measure of perioperative adverse cardiac events was defined as either cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation or acute myocardial infarction. Operations' intrinsic cardiac risks were derived from mixed-effects models while controlling for patient mix. Resultant risks were sorted into low-, intermediate-, and high-risk categories, and the most commonly performed operations within each category were identified. Intrinsic operative risks were also examined using a representative grouping of operations to portray within-group variation.
Sixty-six low, 30 intermediate, and 106 high intrinsic cardiac risk operations were identified. Excisional breast biopsy had the lowest intrinsic cardiac risk (overall rate, 0.01%; odds ratio, 0.11; 95% CI, 0.02 to 0.25) relative to the average, whereas aorto-bifemoral bypass grafting had the highest (overall rate, 4.1%; odds ratio, 6.61; 95% CI, 5.54 to 7.90). There was wide variation in the intrinsic cardiac risks of operations within the representative grouping (median odds ratio, 1.40; interquartile range, 0.88 to 2.17).
A continuum of intrinsic cardiac risk exists among operations. Grouping operations into broad categories inadequately accounts for the intrinsic cardiac risk of individual operations.
The intrinsic risk of cardiac adverse events after surgery has historically been attributed to broad categories of surgeries based upon anatomical region (e.g., intraperitoneal) or surgical service (e.g., plastic surgery)
Detailed procedure-specific risks, independent of underlying patient comorbidities, have not been robustly analyzed or reported
An analysis of 3 million surgeries in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry demonstrated a broad range of procedure-specific cardiac adverse event risk for 200 commonly performed procedures
These data may advance our patient-specific risk/benefit analyses and medical decision-making
Jason B. Liu, Yaoming Liu, Mark E. Cohen, Clifford Y. Ko, Bobbie J. Sweitzer; Defining the Intrinsic Cardiac Risks of Operations to Improve Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessments. Anesthesiology 2018;128(2):283-292. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000002024.
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Items where Year is 1990
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Edwards, Paul and Whitston, Colin (1990) What is going on in the workplace? Social Science Teacher : The Journal of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences, 23 (3). pp. 4-6.
O'Connor, Joyce and Ruddle, Helen (1990) Business matters for women. Attic Press, Dublin. ISBN 0946211876
Sahni, Anu and Grover, P. S. (1990) The Continuously Shaped Beta2-spline. In: CSI Conference, 1990, Calcutta, India. (Submitted)
Whitston, Colin (1990) Management Control of Absence : Some Research Problems and a Case Study in the NHS. In: Cardiff Business School Seminar, 1990, Cardiff Business School.
Whitston, Colin and Edwards, Paul (1990) Managing Absence in an NHS Hospital. Industrial Relations Journal, 21 (4). pp. 287-297. ISSN 1468-2338
Whitston, Colin and Waddington, Jeremy (1990) Trade Union Membership, Structure and Organization. In: Industrial Relations Services Conference on Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining in the 1990s, 1990, Industrial Relations Research Unit, London.


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That Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is frustrated with how the leadership battle shook out in the chamber is something of an understatement.
The story that is the fight for control of the state Senate here in New York is slowly seeping into the national arena and is being looked through the lens of 2016.
Did the IDC win the war for the Senate without firing a shot?
A Binghamton-area Assemblywoman penned a letter to the state's top environmental regulator yesterday, urging him to call a meeting of the state's High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel—a once-touted committee of interested parties that hasn't met in nearly a year.
Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos says a new bipartisan power sharing deal is a model for the country--but some black leaders says it leaves minorities out in the cold.
Sen. Malcolm Smith's desire to join forces with the Independent Democratic Conference and bolster its members' effort to form a coalition government with the Republicans makes a lot of sense – from his standpoint, at least.
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On April 26th, 1866, the re-discovered and restored Icon of the Mother of Perpetual Help ('Mater de Perpetuo Succursu') was hung over the high altar at San Alfonso Redemptorist Church on Via Merulana, in Rome. Beginning this year, in 2015, the Year of Jubilee continues until April of 2016. Pope Pius IX, when giving the picture into the care of the Redemptorists, said to us 'Make her known to the World',- and Redemptorists all over the world have been doing this ever since.
Here in Esker, at the Esker Annual
Novena to the Mother of Perpetual Help, which ran from June 2nd to June 10th, on the final day, the Jubilee Candle was lit, and will be honoured all through this coming year of Jubilee. At the end of the Novena in Limerick, which concludes this Saturday, June 20th, a candle will be lit at all ten sessions, as we have done in Esker. Again, at the end of the Clonard Novena (which began yesterday, June 17th and continues until Thursday June 25th) a Jubilee Candle will be lit.
To learn about the icon's story through history, click here.
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Lately I feel as if I'm in need of some help-on several levels. But it seems that I'm the help.
First it was that awful stomach virus for some 14 days. Nothing says fun like two weeks of peppermint tea, toast and baked potatoes.
Then almost two weeks ago, Steve came home and said, "I think I have a cold." NOOOOOO!
For Steve a cold means: 2-3 days of sneezing, snoring while he sleeps (okay, that's normal, but now it's so loud that my ear plugs do no good at all), drinking tea and not wanting to do much. After that, he's fine.
Then comes the reality of my world: As a person with an auto-immune disorder, no matter how many times we wash the sheets, wash my hands and how far away from him I try to sit-I catch it! And it's not 2-3 days worth of misery, nope! Here is my schedule:
Days 1-5: sneezing, coughing, blowing until my face looks as if sandpaper has been rubbing against it, headaches, low-grade fevers and the will to keep on trucking with whatever is on my plate.
Then day 6 happens about 90% of the time-it moves from my head to my lungs, my neck and lower back are blown out from the coughing and sneezing and now strange colors are coming out of my various orifices that send me to the immediate care clinic.
I am then told that I have (usually): sinusitis (really? no kidding), broncytis (again, really?), ear infections and whatever else my body decides to make me miserable with hosting.
The doctor usually sends me home with a plethora of drugs (mainly because the ones that are OTC obviously didn't do anything worthwhile) and told to just rest.
That would be nice.
This go round? Let's see-Adam needed me to take him to a surgicenter for a minor procedure. I think the medical staff wanted to quarantine me but didn't know where to put me. Once Adam was allowed to be taken home, I stayed with him until Sam got home and then-Steve and I went to the concert that our dermatologist nicely sent us too.
We don't go out very often. This was supposed to be a special date night, really. I wrote a much deserved glowing review of our dermatology practice on yelp and they thanked us by sending us to their box seats (included dinner and parking!) for the Demi Lovato/Nick Jonas concert.
By the time Steve and I got to the Talking Stick Arena I looked (and felt) like death warmed over. I took a large box of Kleenex in with me (that was fun for the purse police to look at, I'm betting), cough drops, cold meds and prayed I could get through the night.
Steve was mostly back to normal by that day, I was just dying.
It was a good show but I must say I think I probably would've enjoyed it much more if I had been healthy.
All weekend I was floating with all the hot lemonade, tea and water I kept drinking. By Monday, Adam was obviously in no condition to care for the kids and neither was I-but between us we somehow managed to get through the day.
Thankfully, Tuesday Steve had the day off so we let him do the "heavy lifting". Adam still in pain, me still not breathing and everything spasming from the by-products of this head cold and the household of pets 1/2 of which are still learning the rules of where to do your "pottying".
Sigh. During the afternoon break when the kids were sleeping and Adam was napping I decided that this was a very good time to take our dogs and me home.
Early that morning, Sunshine threw up and started us off at 6 a.m.. Seems like her namesake, our little newbie also likes to keep Pepper's litter box clean and it upsets her stomach-she's been doing this routine all week!
In fact, this morning I was planning on taking a nap once Steve left for work-but poor Sunshine started throwing up at 6 again, this time on the sheets.
Just as well, no sense sleeping in vomit and cold germs.
Yesterday I saw the ortho and he was pleased with my knee's progress and told me to limit my walking, keep the water aerobics and remember-he didn't cure my knee, just plugged up the hole. His hope is that this works for at least a year.
As he was telling me this-he was rubbing in hand sanitizer on all of his revealed skin. Can't blame him one bit.
It's been 10 days since my "latest and greatest" sickness hit me. I have a chapped face, sore throat, a nose that's on fire when I breathe, sore lungs and my neck, lower back and bad shoulder are screaming at me. But I can't just rest. Nope, I had the older boys yesterday and did homework, snacks and drinks-the same today and tomorrow.
My plans for this weekend? Just hoping that I'll be able to actually rest.
I hate sick. It feels as awful as it looks and yet it seems that there's always the fact that others still need your help from the littlest new members of the family who need to realize that litter doesn't make the best of snacks to the adults who just need a helpful extra hand.
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Today's business climate is experiencing a sea change. The worlds of social responsibility and economic success have fused, demonstrating that entrepreneurs who endorse "conscientious capitalism" can have a positive effect on both bottom line and greater good.
At Anikto, we see ourselves as contributing to this evolution. Whether it's a blind person who cannot apply for a job online, or a patient who cannot access their digital health records, we are committed to solving today's most fundamentally complex and widely affecting human challenges.
Contact Anikto today and let's do something great together.
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At Anikto, we take our brand seriously. The company's name represents over 100 speaking engagements in seven countries, with nearly a dozen published scientific papers and two trademark patents in our arsenal.
Anikto appearances include the Royal National Institute of the Blind, MAXIMUS Center for Health Literacy, Stanford University MedicineX, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
"Design of Everything"
Kel Smith, Principal of Anikto, was invited to present at the 2014 CUSP "Design of Everything" Conference on the topic of accessible technology. Here's a video.
Media Mentions
Anikto's work has attracted favorable press worldwide, including CBC Radio One "The Current" and the Globe & Mail interviewing Anikto on the topic of emerging technology for people with disabilities.
Anikto's Aisle Won product was named a "Future of Food" Innovation at SXSW Interactive 2014. It was also mentioned as one of six "Best Local Apps" by Baltimore Magazine, Technically Baltimore and WBAL Radio.
"Change Makers 2015"
Kel Smith, Principal of Anikto, talks about the moral compass that drives Anikto as part of the Oliver Russell "Change Makers" series on social innovation.


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Cranio-Mandibular Dysfunctions (CMD) leads to what is called Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction – sometimes known by the initials TMJ, TMD or TMJD. Generally, CMDs are due to a malfunctioning interaction of upper and lower jaw caused by disturbances in the function of the teeth, the jaw joint and related muscles. These dysfunctions can lead to tinnitus, jaw pain, TMJ-related pain, cracking of the Temporomandibular Joint, neck tension, hardened muscles, and even shoulder pain due to blockages of the spine. Teeth clenching and grinding lead to overloading of the teeth and an incorrect bite; misaligned teeth or poorly-made tooth replacements can enhance the CMD symptoms. In a comprehensive partnership with radiologists, dental technicians and specialized physiotherapists, we can create a tailor-made therapy. For example, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and DVT (digital volume tomography) allow us insight into the causes of your CMD and to create a treatment strategy. Custom-made mouth trays (also known as "mouth guards") can lead to relief of symptoms. Within our own medical building at Pfingsweidstraße 3, we are partnered with a leading physiotherapy practice to provide complete treatment and support.


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In the field of cancer research and diagnostics it is crucial to have reliable methods for detecting molecules involved in the disease. New and better methods for diagnostics, prognostics and drug delivery therefore remain a permanent aim. In this thesis applications of the in situ proximity ligation assay (in situ PLA) were developed for diagnostics and research. Two new methods were developed, one more cost effective proximity assay without the use of enzymes and one method for loading pharmaceuticals in lipid rafts made from detergent resistant membranes (DRMs) to be used as a drug delivery platform.
In Paper I the aim was to develop a flow cytometric detection method of the fusion protein BCR-ABL that is the hallmark of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). By using in situ PLA the malignant cells carrying the fusion protein could be detected in patients in a convenient workflow.
Paper II describes an application of multiplex in situ PLA, where extracellular vesicles (EVs) are detected and identified using flow cytometry. Up to five different antigens are targeted on the EVs, reflected in three different colors during detection in the flow cytometer. By using antibodies targeting proteins specific for prostasomes a population of prostasomes could be identified in human blood plasma.
In Paper III a new method is described for using lipid raft for drug delivery. In this method, lipid rafts, derived from prostasomes or erythrocytes, are loaded with pharmaceuticals. The vehicles were loaded with doxorubicin, added to cells and counted. Cells that received the vehicle with doxorubicin stopped proliferating and died, while controls that received the lipid raft vehicle without doxorubicin were not affected, suggesting that the vehicles are effectively loaded with the drug and that they are safe. This lipid raft vehicle could provide a safe drug delivery system.
Paper IV investigates the crosstalk between the two major signal pathways Hippo and Wnt, and how these are affected in gastric cancer. When looking at different colon cancer tumor stages, we found that the cellular localization of TAZ/β-catenin interactions were different. We also found that protein complexes involved in the crosstalk increased in sparsely growing cells compared to more densely growing cells. On the basis of these results the protein E-cadherin, involved in maintenance of the epithelial integrity, was investigated and was found to have a probable role in regulating the crosstalk between Hippo and Wnt.
A new method for localized protein detection is described in paper V. Here a proximity assay, based on the hybridization chain reaction (HCR), was developed. This assay, proxHCR, is more cost effective than in situ PLA because no enzymes are required. ProxHCR successfully detects protein interactions and can be used together with both fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.


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I Do I Did Personalized Tee or Tank
So much goes into the making your wedding special. It truly is one of the most memorable days of your life. Commemorate that amazing day with the I Do/I Did Personalized Wedding Tee or Tank from Advantage Bridal. This noteworthy shirt will contain either the words "I Do" or "I Did" along with the wedding date.
What a lovely gift for the bride to mark the wonderful day. You can decide on the exact style or shirt along with the printing color. If the date is rapidly approaching and you are ordering the shirt for a surprise gift, Advantage Bridal offers a rush service option.
Every bride is different, but some are more sentimental than others. If the special bride in your life is always the one sending the memorable gifts, this is the ideal shower gift for you. She'll think of you whenever she wears the personalized wedding tank or tee that sports her wedding date.
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Is your pet wearing a microchip? If not, you may want to consider getting him one! Microchips are one of the easiest and most efficient ways to keep your pet properly identified for a lifetime. Learn more below from a vet in Katy, TX.
How Do Microchips Work?
Microchips have a number implanted on them electronically. This number corresponds with the chip manufacturer's database, where your pet's contact information is stored. When a lost pet is returned to a vet's office or animal shelter, specialized scanning devices there can read the chip's number. This allows the professionals to easily get the lost pet returned to the rightful owner—you!
What's the Procedure Like?
The microchip itself is housed in a tiny glass capsule; the unit is inserted under your pet's skin using a specialized syringe. It's much like a regular vaccination—your pet will only feel a momentary pinch before the whole process is over. Scar tissue will develop around your pet's chip to help keep it in place.
How Do I Get Started?
Are you ready to have your pet microchipped? Do you have further questions about the process? Set up an appointment to see your vet clinic Katy, TX.


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Ask Matt: Do I Really Need a Bathroom Fan?
Question: Am I required to install a ventilation fan in my bathroom? My husband and I are concerned with what might be involved. Can you make any recommendations? — Barbara
Answer: An exhaust fan in a bathroom is not a requirement according to building codes if you have the proper ventilation through what we call a "passive" system, which is basically a window or operable skylight. However, if you have no window, codes require you to have a mechanical method of removing moisture from the air, and that means an exhaust fan.
But even if you have a window, you should realize that the differential in pressure needed to move moisture out of the room, or a cross breeze, will create ventilation only if such conditions exists. The exhaust fan, on the other hand, will actively remove moisture and odors from the bathroom much faster than an open window in most cases.
Replacing an existing fan is fairly simple because there is prior ducting already in place. And I do recommend this. Older fans tend to be noisy, and when fans are noisy, people don't turn them on. And a fan that's not turned on is no better than no fan at all. You can also buy humidity-sensing fans that will turn on themselves when needed, helping to fight excess moisture and mold.
If you don't already have an existing fan, your approach will really depend on the amount of room you have in your attic. If you have adequate room, you can duct through the attic and outside of the house through a side wall. There have been significant improvements in these fans over the years, and Nutone and Panasonic make some great models that are strong and quiet. The newer fans not only work better, they are also energy-efficient. The high-quality fans run $250 to $360 and are fairly simple to install. Panasonic has a helpful page of frequently asked questions on ventilation and fans.
Matt Plaskoff, a veteran Los Angeles contractor (license No. 660059), is CEO and founder of Plaskoff Construction and One Week Bath. He is a frequent expert on home improvement TV shows and former lead construction consultant of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."


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These Light Pink Love Rose Petals have all the beauty and appeal of fresh rose petals. An elegant addition to your wedding supplies, these rose petals are perfect accents at your wedding and wedding reception. Put some in a basket for your flower girl to lead the way down the church aisle, or sprinkle some atop your wedding reception tables to set the mood for love! If you're really feeling creative, hide some in your wedding favor bags for guests to find after your ceremony. Fabric (250 pcs. per unit) 2"
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How to Make It
Step 1
In a large saucepan, combine the lentils with the bacon, halved shallot and bay leaf. Add the water and a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat until the lentils are tender, about 25 minutes. Drain, discarding the bay leaf, shallot and slab bacon. Let cool.
Step 2
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375°. Spread the pecans in a pie plate and toast until fragrant, about 8 minutes. Let cool, then coarsely chop.
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In a large bowl, whisk the oil with the vinegar and season with salt and pepper. Add the lentils, pecans, minced shallot, celery and goat cheese and toss well. Serve right away.
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The salad can be kept at room temperature for up to 6 hours. Stir in the toasted pecans just before serving.


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Metalscape Episode CXL
ITE: Cobwebs, How bass drops shaped the entertainment industry, Pitbull, Ron's underground business, Zach's gypsy undertakings and travellings, "Ï love banging bitches!", Wintersun's Time I, Smoking, Game of Cocks, Vikings, The Metalscapalooza, Opeth says fuck you to all previous members, "Someone somewhere's living off Metalscape", please stop.
Metalscape never dies!
Finntroll – Häxbrygd
Wintersun – Darkness And Frost
Igorrr – Tout Petit Moineau
Valravn – Olavur Riddararos
Opeth – I Feel the Dark
Igorr – Infinite Loop (excerpt)
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Blockhead – The Music Scene
Dabrye – Instrmntl
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Well, fuck. This is rather depressing.
Zach is homeless with a dead dog and bad family relations. Ron has an illegal business in a murderous neighborhood and steals from his dad, whose own business is in the toilet. Nobody buys shirts except the hosts themselves.
Metalscape is full of darkness and frost.


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CSW 62: Empowering Rural Women and Girls
By Viviana Garcia-Blanco, Dominican Volunteer
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is an exclusive UN body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. The CSW is an essential instrument that brings together UN member states, UN entities, and civil society organizations on behalf of fostering and creating new norms about the treatment of women and girls everywhere. Each year the Commission meets for two-weeks in March. This year the Commission will be in session 12th to 23rd of March to discuss the priority theme of "Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls."[1]
Earlier this month, the official CSW62 Zero Draft agreed conclusions document was released. The document acknowledges the fact that rural women and girls are the most vulnerable group in society in terms of social, economic, and political injustices. The draft highlights key areas to be addressed such as access to basic rights such as education, health services, economic assistance, and legal aid. The document also highlighted the importance of investing in rural women's agricultural businesses, of taking measures to protect rural women and girls from climate-induced disasters, and the need to include the participation of rural women in the political processes that impact their lives. The draft went further and called upon UN Member States, the private sector, civil society groups, and other international institutions to implement and uphold rural development policies. National measurements should also be applied to new policies and programs as these measurements translate into statistics that can be referenced to gain a better idea on how we can all improve the standard of living for rural women and girls.
In response to the draft, the civil society led NGO Committee on the Status of Women issued a Zero Draft Document Recommendations that brought up crucial points not addressed in the agreed conclusions. These points included an emphasis on protecting female migrants; implementing safe public transit in rural and urban cities; putting an end to child marriage; educating boys and men about the dangers of gender stereotypes; investing in rural clinics and preventative care programs; and providing access to technologies needed for an ever interconnected society. The Recommendations document brought up two very important points that I thought were instrumental to this year's Commission. The first point made was the role media outlets play in shaping stereotypes surrounding rural women and girls. The media has the power and capacity to create positive narratives in communities and broader society. These outlets can be used as a platform to voice and document the lives of rural women and girls and can be used to inspire new societal norms. The second important point made involved heath services that specifically called for investment in frameworks that increase provider density by working with rural communities to recruit, train and retain medical professionals in these areas. There is no need to reinvent the wheel; health programs already exist on the ground. What needs to be done is to offer these professionals the support they need in order to meet the demands of the community. This recommendation made it a point to mention the importance to "Integrate local and indigenous knowledge and practices into health infrastructure." If and when medical aid is provided to rural communities, outsiders cannot approach these communities with a western medical point of view. It is essential to recognize and respect the cultural and religious of beliefs of these peoples.
Civil society groups once again offer crucial gender perspectives to UN activities. These groups make it a point to hold UN entities accountable for the implementation of fair policies and for providing remedies to cultural insensitivities. As the CSW drawers nearer the DLC looks forward to the stimulating dialogues surrounding rural women and girls in the efforts to leave no one behind.
Click below to read the CSW62 draft agreed conclusions:
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Caroline's Birthday Dress/
Last week my Sweet Caroline turned 2. TWO! I'm stuck squarely in that conundrum of "she's only two?" and "how is she already two?"
Two years of fun and sass, she's finding her way in to her own little personality now and she's a force to be reckoned with. Adventurous and headstrong, loving and silly.
Of course a birthday means a new birthday dress, so after I was mostly over my sickness and a day before her birthday I started this dress. I finished it during her birthday nap and gifted it that night. This continues my tradition of continually sewing last minute gifts for my children. Because one must not break with tradition, you know.
Meanwhile, we've been enjoying lots and lots of backyard time. I thought the fact that grass didn't grow back there was a huge bummer but it turns out my kids couldn't care less! They love digging in the dirt and adding nature treasures to their collections. I was hoping to grow some lush grass back there next year but now I'm thinking I'll just embrace the natural setting and let it be wild. It's less work, anyway.
You may recognize this pattern if you've been around here (or my instagram) much lately... it's self drafted and a work in progress to become my first for-sale pattern. I'M SO EXCITED! It's a bit slow going lately with a two week trip to visit family and illness thrown in the mix, but my goal is to release it in early summer. I'll post more details about the pattern later this week, but for now here are the details on this particular version of the dress:
Pattern: Self-drafted
Fabric: Gramercy by Leah Duncan from Finch (no longer in stock) and Mustard Double Gauze from Imagine Gnats for the binding and lining
also I'd like to say- dat sprout.
I've given her SO MANY haircuts to keep the baby mullet away. Still, the sprout seems to be the only 'do we can do without some more front hair growing in. Cmon hair!
Happy Birthday to my Sweet Caroline- BAH BAH BAH! Good times never seem so good!


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Morning Skyline Panorama of Houston, Tx
Houston, Texas
Over 2 million people live in the Houston area. I think at any one time, about half of Houstonites are driving on the highway. Still, when you are along on a rooftop, the city doesn't seem as congested. This skyline panorama was captured in the early morning hours just as light began to appear on the horizon. I was on the roof of a nearby building and enjoyed the solitude of this early hour. Photo © copyright by Rob Greebon.


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Table of ContentsDefinition / general | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive staining - normal
Cite this page: Pernick N. CD351. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cdmarkerscd351.html. Accessed November 20th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Identified in 2011 at HLDA9 (Immunol Lett 2011;134:104)
- Also known as FCAMR, Fcα/μR
- Fc receptor for both IgA and IgM (Mol Immunol 2013;56:23, Mol Immunol 2011;48:1818, GeneCards)
Positive staining - normal
- Intestinal lamina propria of appendix, small bowel, colorectum (macrophages, plasma cells, Paneth cells); follicular dendritic cells (Eur J Immunol 2007;37:3540) of germinal centers of some lymphoid follicles (Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009;381:148)


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A recent Wall Street Journal article noted that the average cost of employer health coverage for a family plan has passed $17,000. The percentage rate of growth was low, only 4%, but over time that adds up. Of course there are wide variations from the average depending on the part of he country, plan design, size of employer and many other variables.
This is a newsletter about property and casualty risk and insurance so why mention this? Don't forget, you are also buying workers compensation insurance, and two thirds of the cost of WC claims is medical expenses. All of the same factors that impact medical cost inflation also affect the cost of WC medical benefits.
If you ever wonder why WC premiums seem to defy gravity, this is one big reason.


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Maybe getting your office organized seems like a good idea but, hey, will it really make that big of a difference for your business?
How often do you find yourself saying some version of
"I have 1,000 things to do!"?
One of the reasons people hesitate to hire a Professional Organizer is that they feel they "should be able to do it themselves".
I've lost count of how many solopreneurs and small business owners have told me one of their "missing links" for success is NOT having a system to follow up with potential customers.
In an effort to catch up - or keep up in some cases - the obvious answer is:
Keep Moving
So you are sorting the mail, or maybe churning through an already existing pile of paper, and you think "I'm gonna need this. Where should I put it"? A common, automatic answer is "I'll just put it here, for now". A process I like to call the 'haystack method' of storage!


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From filmmaker Stefan Nadelman comes "Food Fight", a stop-animation depiction of war using food as the actors:
Food Fight is an abridged history of American-centric war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smorgasbord of aggression.
Although I'm a huge fan of animation, I have to say that viewing the film left me uneasy, as I watched the Holocaust reduced to shots of menacing pretzels blasting matzohs to smithereens, or Hiroshima rendered as a hamburger patty laying waste to rows of sushi. It was difficult not to conclude that the use of food as proxies for human beings to stage scenes of violence and death trivializes catastrophic human suffering, leaving me with a bad taste in my mouth. The final scene though provokes reflection on the senseless waste of war, as toiling ants move in when the conflict ceases.
Click here to view Food Fight.
(Hat tip to Boing Boing.)


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All You Need to Think About Before Approaching Rain Water Tank Dealers
It is wise for you to invest in a rain water tank to cater for the adverse weather systems.
Worries about nature today are especially not quite the same as yesterday. It is becoming evident day that the world is at a threat of losing water, following the environmental changes that are taking place. Essentially, these are reasons why water gathering and water tanks require some investment before it can be completely created.
You should be applauded if you are thinking of investing in a personal rain water system
By the time you are done with this article, you will have known what it entails to purchase an efficient rain water tank. This article contains data from picking the ideal size of tanks to the last advance which is the establishment procedure. Unwind and read on, taking all matters seriously.
First, you should know the sizing of your rooftop before making a purchase. How much water you will have the capacity to amass is subject to how huge or how little the surface zone of your rooftop is. The reason behind it is, rooftop water canals are the ones that assist in water collection.
Well, such information may not seem direct, but it in one way or another influences you towards making the right choice. Having a greater tank will do on the event that you get a significant colossal volume of water and on the event that you have an expansive rooftop where you can put your tank. However, if you have a littler rooftop, you can go for the smaller rain water tanks.
You should further check out the space left for the tank installation to confirm it is suitable. You also need to check on the space that is available for the tank. This is one of the reasons that such tanks are put in open areas such as car ports and back yards among others. This explains why the tanks are installed on the outside regions such as the back yard. Likewise an alternative is having underground tanks or in divider tanks introduced.
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I'm excited to participate again in Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day. If this is your first visit, welcome! I am interested in many textile crafts and dabble in quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, and others (check the sidebar). I opened an online shop where I sell handmade goods and I also design knit and crochet patterns. I have a few free patterns + tutorials available with more on the way. I hope you will stick around!
I am giving away a $30 gift certificate to my online shop. The winner will receive a coupon code for $30 off that can be used on any merchandise in my store. I will ship anywhere in the world. I sell many different things, like bags, quilts, handspun yarn, and home decor and US shipping over $50 is always free.
I will close comments on the evening of May 10 and announce the winner the following Monday. There are 3 ways to enter:
- Leave a comment on this post. Be sure to enter a valid email address.
- Pin your favorite item from my shop on pinterest and leave me a comment telling me you did.
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Good luck and thanks for stopping by!
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British Open: TV Execs Still Decide to Follow Tiger WoodsJuly 17, 2008
TNT and ABC were faced with a difficult problem when Tiger Woods became hurt after the US Open and was forced to take the rest of the year off. What would happen to their ratings for the British Open?
Every major tournament hinges its entire presentation on the presence of Tiger and will have a lot of gaps to fill without Woods present.
Viewers might get to see more than just Phil's blowups or long eagle shots from virtual unknowns this weekend at Royal Birkdale.
However, ABC executives have decided not to tamper with their time-tested majors' formula. After all, a Tiger won't go ahead and change its stripes.
The network has decided that even though Tiger will not be competing, it doesn't mean he shouldn't be the center of attention at another major.
Cameras will be positioned throughout the house of Tiger Woods as he watches this year's British Open from the comfort of his own home. Tiger's wife and daughter are also expected to be on hand.
The ABC executives are excited for America to get a look at Tiger that they've never been afforded to before.
Now, viewers can watch Tiger munch on snacks, critique the games of other players, change his daughter's diaper, rehab his knee, and fall asleep after hour number two of coverage.
Tiger may not be competing this weekend but the American audience can still receive their Tiger fix.


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We at SRAM saw the opportunity to make a better press fit system where all the best from BB30 and PressFit bottom brackets would be combined into one captivating package. PressFit 30 will feature an integrated seal, pre-assembled into the cups, to further prolong bearing life. The key difference with PressFit 30 is how the bearings are fitted into the frame. Bearings are housed in nylon cups which will be pressed into the frames bottom bracket shell.
This bottom bracket is designed for 30mm spindle cranksets and frames with 83 mm shell width (Downhill frames).
- Proizvajalec: Truvativ
- Kompatibilnost: gonilke s 30 mm osjo
- Kompatibilno z okvirji s širino: 83 mm (kolesa za spust - downhill)
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Frazada Pillow Cover - Cali
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These Frazada pillows are the perfect pop of color and texture and add a modern global touch to your home. They look gorgeous on a sofa, bed, or stacked with other cushions.
Due to the handmade and vintage nature of the frazadas, they may contain slight irregularities in pattern, coloring and construction. We feel these details add to the charm and character of each unique piece.
- Approximately 18" x 18"
- Back of pillow is a soft, solid fabric with zipper closure
- Spot or dry clean only recommended
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Some Constructive Criticism For Geraldo Rivera Over Shabazz Interview
Reported by Guest Blogger - July 17, 2010 -
By Aunty Em
Yes, Geraldo Rivera, I'm talking to you. I know that the Fox News Channel, from Megyn Kelly right on down, has been hammering this race-baiting non-story for longer than it would seem to have legs. I can even see why you'd want your own bite at the apple, if only to display your outrage at the very ugly comments by a New Black Panther Party member caught on video. However, your interview last weekend (07-10-10) with NBPP Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz was such a train wreck, that it may very well be the worst tee vee you've ever produced, and that's saying something considering your Al Capone special and that time you got a faceful of chair.
Yet, I've always thought that you were one of the few Fox personalities who didn't usually push Fox News' right-wing meme de jour. No, you tend to find your own path, as absurd as it may be. You outdid yourself in absurdity this weekend. Because I also think this could be a teachable moment for you, which is why I thought I'd give you the benefit of my decade working in tee vee news. Granted you've been in the news game longer than I, and achieved a much higher level of success than I ever had as a mere tee vee news writer. Call it hubris, but please don't dismiss this criticism out of hand.
What the hell were you thinking?
For starters, you should have remembered the old adage that "revenge is a dish best served cold." At least you made it obvious at the top of the segment you were nursing a 15-year old wound, which has festered. It was obviously time to finally lance it. This goes all the way back to the O.J. Simpson trial. You played some cut and paste video from those halcyon, bygone days when some of the Black community took exception to your opinion of the OJ verdict, Shabazz among them. However, you never played any of your comments from back then. No matter, the chyron from that earlier segment told the tale: "Shabazz goes after Geraldo; Tries to turn African Americans against him." You brought far more heat than light to this subject and allowed your infected abscess to conduct the interview.
Interview? It was more like an interrogation. Like Megyn Kelly's non-Fair and Balanced browbeating of Kirsten Powers, you never really gave the man a chance to speak. Your outrage had you interrupting constantly, circling back to the same question, which was whether Shabazz endorsed the clearly ugly, vile, racist comments made by King Samir Shabazz. While you interrupted and badgered Shabazz in order to ask the same question over and over again, you ignored his several disavowals, as well as the disavowals he already made in an interview with Kelly a few days earlier, not to mention those he made elsewhere on the tee vee dial.
It needs to be noted that I have yet to see anyone defending the NBPP, except for Shabazz. Which is to be expected; he's the chair. So, why the manufactured hysteria?
To be fair: on the rare occasion when you allowed him to speak, Shabazz tended to filibuster. Which leads me to another adage: "Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself." Had you allowed Shabazz to speak at any length, you might have received the "gotcha" moment you were clearly hoping for. He may have said something stupid or incendiary, but we'll never know.
This brings me to another point I wish to make. If you are going to go after someone in an interview, you need more than one arrow in your quiver. Asking the same question over and over again doesn't bring anything new each time you ask it. It's just Journalism 101 to have a follow-up question.
However, what surprised me the most is how a 'wise Latino man' would subscribe to the race-baiting on the so-called Fox News Channel. Please understand, I never expect a single person to be a spokesman for an entire race and/or culture, but…but…but…
I guess what I am trying to say is that for a man from a minority culture in this country, it does not behoove you to buy hook, line, and sinker into the DOJ Jihad started by Meggy that has now infected the entire Fox News Channel schedule. No good can come of promoting that story, as well as the new Fox False Equivalency of the Week™: that the NAACP is a racist organization.
These are dangerous seeds being planted within the body politic of American discourse and Fox News is spreading the manure. Let's be clear. If there was even a kernel of truth to these seeds, I say plant them, water them, and let them flourish in the light of day. But you know full well (I hope) what a mendacious news network you work for and how, and why, Fox is playing up the Nixonian Southern Strategy of dividing the Black community from the White community, and why it's playing off Latinos against "Real Americans"™ in the Arizona Immigrant Wars of '10.
So, I will ask you a question. I promise that if you answer it, I'll never ask again, unlike your Shabazz 3rd Degree.
Do you denounce the continued race-baiting of the Fox News Channel, from Glenn Beck saying that the Jews killed Jesus, to its NAACP slurs, to the trumped up DOJ story or are you on-board with Fox News and ready to stand on the front lines if, and when, this divisive hate leads to violence from either side of the color line?
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Laws & Regulations
Massachusetts Hunting & Fishing
Massachusetts Gun Laws
Possession: For hunting, resident citizens ages 15 and over must have a Firearms Identification Card (FID) to possess a low-capacity rifle or shotgun. A License To Carry (LTC) (age 21 and over) is needed to possess large capacity rifles and shotguns and all handguns. These gun licenses are issued by local Police Departments. Non-residents with a valid Massachusetts non-resident hunting license do not need an LTC or FID to possess or carry a rifle or shotgun, but must carry their firearms unloaded and in a case while traveling in their vehicles. Non-residents may not purchase guns or ammunition in Massachusetts. To obtain a non-resident License To Carry or a non-resident permit to possess handguns, contact the CHSB (Criminal History Systems Board), Firearms Support Services (see below). No gun license is needed by bow hunters, nor by minors 12-14 years old hunting with a duly licensed adult, nor for the possession of primitive rifles or shotguns as defined in MGL Ch. 140, Section 121, or their ammunition. However, an LTC or FID is required to purchase all ammunition including black powder and Pyrodex.
Caution: Massachusetts public safety laws define primitive arms differently from the laws and regulations of MassWildlife.
Travel: Rifles, shotguns, and muzzleloaders may not be carried on public ways unless the person is lawfully engaged in hunting. When transported in a motor vehicle, rifles, shotguns, and muzzleloaders must be unloaded and in an enclosed case. A large capacity firearm must be carried unloaded and contained within a locked trunk or in a locked case or other secure container.
Storage: State law requires that whenever a gun is not under your direct control, it must be kept in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock. Muzzleloaders are exempt from this requirement.
Penalties: License revoked for one year in addition to other penalties; fines of up to $1,000; restitutions; and/or 1 year in jail. Careless and negligent use of firearms: fines of up to $500 and/or 6 months imprisonment and loss of license for 5 years.
For more gun law information, contact the Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau, 200 Arlington St., Suite 2200, Chelsea, MA 02150, (617) 660-4780 , or mass.gov/cjis.
Hunter Harassment
Hunter harassment is against state law. Report violations to the Environmental Police (800) 632-8075 or to state or local police. Be prepared to provide a description of violators and/or a description and license plate number of the car.
Closed Hunting Seasons
Hunting seasons are closed throughout the year on all birds and mammals not mentioned herein or in Massachusetts Migratory Game Bird Regulations. During shotgun deer season all hunting seasons are closed except for deer, bear, coyote, and waterfowl.
Restrictions During the Youth Deer Hunt
The Youth Deer Hunt Day will be held on September 28, 2019. If hunting other game animals on this date, additional requirements must be followed: rifles and handguns are prohibited for hunting any game; dogs may not be used for hunting any game except for waterfowl hunting (ducks and geese) on coastal waters and salt marshes; all hunters must wear a minimum of 500 square inches of blaze orange on their chest, back, and head; waterfowl hunters are required to wear blaze orange in transit to and from their blind or boat.
Open Hunting Seasons
The following species may be taken year-round (except during shotgun deer season) by licensed hunters with no daily or seasonal bag limit: English sparrow, flying squirrel, red squirrel, chipmunk, porcupine, skunk, starling, weasel, woodchuck.
Hunting hours
Hunting hours are from ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset on each day of open season (see Sunrise-Sunset table, 2019 Sunrise-Sunset Table) except for:
- Rabbit, hare, fox, and coyote hunting, which close at midnight, except during the shotgun deer season when coyote hunting closes ½ hour after sunset.
- Spring turkey hunting (see Upland Game Birds).
- Raccoon and opossum hunting (see Furbearer Hunting).
- WMA Reg. #10 (Wildlife Management Area Regulations) which states that no person shall hunt before sunrise or after sunset on any WMA where pheasant or quail are stocked during the pheasant or quail season except for the hunting of raccoons and opossums between 9pm and 3am.
- Migratory game bird hunting, which is ½ hour before sunrise to sunset, except for Early Canada Goose season when hunting hours end 1/2 hour after sunset.
Harvest Reporting
Upon harvesting a deer, bear, or turkey, you must immediately fill out and attach the paper tag from your permit or license to the carcass. Your game must remain intact (other than field dressing), with the harvest tag attached, until it is reported. Hunters may report their harvested game online or bring their game to an official check station. All deer harvested during the first week of the shotgun deer season must be brought to an official check station for biological data collection. For detailed information on Online Game Check, visit the Game Check Station page on mass.gov/dfw/checkstation. If you report your harvest online, you will be issued a confirmation number. You must write the number on the harvest tag attached to the carcass. The harvest tag with harvest report confirmation number must remain attached to the carcass until it is prepared for food or taxidermy purposes. Hunters who harvest a deer, bear, or turkey are required to check their game within 48 hours of killing the animal. For a complete list of official checking stations visit mass.gov/dfw/checkstation. For general furbearer checking requirements, see General Trapping Regulations.
Recreational Vehicles (ATVs, OHVs, dirt bikes)
It is illegal to operate any motorized vehicle on any WMA or other property owned or controlled by MassWildlife; and on most state park and state forest lands. It is illegal to operate these vehicles on private lands without the written permission of the landowner. Age restrictions apply; operators under the age of 18 must take a safety course. For more information, contact the Massachusetts Environmental Police at 1-800-632-8075, or go to mass.gov/ole.
A portion of the revenue from vehicle registration is used to support legal riding opportunities; to find a list of State Parks and Forests that allow OHV operation visit: mass.gov/dcr/orv.
Landowner Liability
Landowners permitting use of their property for recreation without charging a fee are not liable for injuries to recreational users of the property except in cases of willful, wanton, or reckless conduct by the owner. (MGL Ch. 21 § 17C)
Bear Spray and Self-Defense Spray
Laws pertaining to self-defense sprays are outlined in M.G.L. c. 140 § 122D. For information about carrying and using self-defense spray as a bear deterrent go to mass.gov/bears and click on FAQs.
Ten Basic Rules of Firearm Safety
- Treat every firearm as if it were loaded.
- Keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. Keep the action open and unloaded. Keep the safety "on" and your finger off the trigger.
- Be sure the barrel of the firearm is clear of obstructions. Check the chamber and magazine every time you pick it up. Only carry and use ammunition appropriate for your firearm.
- Never point a firearm at anything you do not intend to shoot. Agree to safe zones of fire for yourself and hunting companions and never swing beyond your area.
- Positively identify your target and what lies beyond. Make sure there is an adequate backstop when hunting or target practicing.
- Unload your firearm when climbing a tree, crossing a fence, jumping a ditch or traversing slippery or steep terrain. Never pull a firearm toward you by the muzzle.
- Be aware of the potential for ricochet. Never shoot at a hard, flat surface or water.
- Unload firearms when not in use, leaving the action open. Transport and carry firearms unloaded and cased when traveling to and from the field or target practice
- Store firearms and ammunition separately in locked compartments and beyond the reach of children.
- Never use alcohol or drugs that can impair your judgment before or while shooting.


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Today's daily prompt is called Leap and it asks;
Write a new post in response to today's one-word prompt. Continue reading Daily Prompt: Leap
Today's daily prompt is called Leap and it asks;
Write a new post in response to today's one-word prompt. Continue reading Daily Prompt: Leap
Today's daily prompt is called Five Items and it asks;
A classic question, revisited: what are the five items you must have on a deserted island? Continue reading Daily Prompt: Five Items
Today's daily prompt is called Longing for Gravity and it asks;
You are on a mission to Mars. Because of the length of of the journey, you will never be able to return to Earth. What about our blue planet will you miss the most?
The "Buffolo Theory" of Beer..
A herd of buffalo can move only as fast as the slowest buffalo. When the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first.
This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
In this way regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.
That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers, and that's why beer is so GOOD for you!
Today's daily prompt is called Counting Voices and it asks;
A lively group discussion, an intimate tête-à-tête, an inner monologue — in your view, when it comes to a good conversation, what's the ideal number of people?
A record number of people in the UK are changing their names by Deed Poll to names after celebrities, football stars, cartoon characters, and things they like such as one man who changed his name to Bacon Double Cheeseburger. Continue reading People are changing their names to ridiculous things
Chester and Earl are going hunting. Chester says to Earl, "I'll send my dog out to see if there are any ducks out in the pond. If there aren't any ducks out there, I'm not going hunting."
So he sends the dog out to the pond. The dog comes back and barks twice. Chester says, "Well I'm not going to go out. He only saw two ducks out there."
Earl says, "You're going to take the dog's barks for the truth?" Earl doesn't believe it, so he goes to look for himself. When he gets back he says, "I don't believe it where did you get that dog? There really are only two ducks out there!"
Chester says, "Well, I got him from the breeder up the road. If you want, you can get one from him, too."
So Earl goes to the breeder and says he wants a dog like the one his friend Chester has. The breeder obliges and Earl brings the dog home, tells it to go out and look for ducks. Minutes later the dog returns with a stick in it's mouth and starts humping Earl's leg.
Outraged, Earl takes the dog back to the breeder and says, "This dog is a fraud. I want my money back!"
The breeder asks Earl what the dog did. So Earl tells him that when he sent the dog out to look for ducks, it came back with a stick in its mouth and started humping his leg. Continue reading Joke of the day
It's finally official, Britain is getting its referendum on whether or not to remain a member of the European Union.
I'll be honest there has been a part of me half expecting David Cameron and/or the EU to find some way to weasel out of it. We all know what politicians and bureaucrats are like.
There's a part of me that also thinks that even if the British people do vote for Brexit (I already hate that term and the campaigning has only just started) then the EU won't allow Britain to leave. They'll find rule or regulation or piece of legislation that means Britain can't leave, or can't leave without jumping through a series of hoops or completing a series of impossible tasks. Perhaps having to make a large payment to make up for the revenue lost from Britain leaving. Hopefully I'm wrong but it's a niggling feeling I have. I don't have much faith in politics.
As for where I stand on the issue, I'm leaning towards no, that is to say I'm in favour of an exit. The EU has become too big and too unwieldy , stuffed full of unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats, ignoring the wishes of ordinary citizens.
I think the EU needs Britain and a few other countries to leave in order to bring about some long overdue reform because the EU seems very unwilling to do so otherwise. Some accountability and transparency should be top of the reform list.
Also let's not forget that Britain never actually signed up to join a political union. What Britain signed up to was an economic trade union, one that slowly turned into a political union, taking more and more power as it expanded over the years.
Over the coming months, as the debate grows and the campaigning goes on, I'll add my thoughts on the issue.
Also feel free to let me know what way you are leaning and why.
Today's daily prompt is called Pace Oddity and it asks;
If you could slow down an action that usually zooms by, or speed up an event that normally drags on, which would you choose, and why?
I went to the zoo the other day. It was empty, except for a single dog… Continue reading Joke of the day


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Fast Eddie
Canon Shooter
Last Activity: 01-12-12
About Me
- About Fast Eddie
- Location
- Bonnybridge
- About me
- Originally from Maidenhead (not Kent as everyone thinks but Berkshire) now living in Scotland. Count 1's and 0's by day, take photos in 1's and 0's by night.
Also ride motorbikes and love listening to music.
- Interests
- Photography, Music (listening to, if only i could play), Motorbikes.
- Occupation
- Accountant (but it sounds better how i said it in 'About me')
- The camera equipment I use
- Canon 1000d
70-200mm F4 L (love this lens)
300mm F4 L IS
50mm F1.8 II
18-55mm IS
28-105mm F3.5
Contact Info
- Home Page
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/theboyfast/
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|Title: On This Holy Night: The Heart of Christmas
By: Max Lucado, Rick Warren, David Jeremiah
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Rekindle the true meaning of Christmas with the help of six gifted Christian communicators.
Every year, the story of Christmas is told and retold, but sometimes the very familiarity of holiday traditions causes us to overlook the vital expressions of this meaningful season. On This Holy Night breathes new life into several aspects of the Christmas story through the voices of six beloved Christian communicators. Each author explores the meaning of Christmas in different facets of the holiday:
Sure to connect readers back to the heart of the holiday, this beautiful four-color gift book will be treasured for years to come.


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In The Event You Co-Sign up Someone's Student Education Loans?
Unlike other kinds of personal debt, student education loans receive special protections under current laws and regulations varying from collection to personal bankruptcy. This special status applies not just to the main customer (a student) but additionally to the co-signer around the loan.
Student education loans are among the hardest kinds of debt to shake. Current U.S. personal bankruptcy law enables a court to release these financing options in personal bankruptcy only within the narrowest conditions. Actually, the legal needs for discharging education loans are extremely formidable to satisfy that many personal bankruptcy attorneys avoid education loan cases altogether.
Since so couple of loan borrowers be eligible for a personal bankruptcy discharge underneath the law, most loan debts are transported before the customer repays the borrowed funds or dies — even though some non-federal student education loans even survive dying, passing your debt to the borrower's co-signer.
Co-Signer Needs of Student Education Loans
Most government-issued student education loans do not require a co-signer. Federal Stafford student education loans and Perkins student education loans are awarded to students with no credit assessment or co-signer. The main one exception could be federal Grad PLUS loans, that are credit-based graduate loans.
Federal PLUS loans for moms and dads will also be credit-based and could, in some cases, need a co-signer for that parents so that you can remove the borrowed funds. However, the loan needs for federal PLUS parent loans as well as for federal Grad PLUS student education loans tend to be less stringent compared to credit needs for non-federal private student education loans.
Private student education loans are credit-based loans from private lenders or banks. Under current credit criteria, most students, who normally have little if any established credit rating, will need a co-signer to be able to be eligible for a a personal education loan.
Typically, a co-signer is really a relative who concurs to pay for the total amount associated with a co-signed loans when the student does not pay back the borrowed funds, although a household relationship isn't a requirement. Students might have an unrelated co-signer.