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Foreign Language Assistants (FLAs)
IN 2015-16 (Flyer sent to schools in March)
Further to the flyer from the British Council sent to schools in February giving full details about the Foreign Language Assistant Scheme, I am writing to invite applications from all primary and secondary schools in the county for the service of foreign language assistants to support primary and/or secondary modern languages teaching. If you would like to employ one or more
Key points to note are:
· Assistants are employed for a core period of eight months (October - May), but this can be extended by mutual agreement between the school(s) and the assistant(s). Additional pro-rata payments are then appropriate. This pertains to French, German, Italian, Chinese , Japanese and Russian FLAs.
· Schools can employ more than one FLA if they so wish. The current minimum gross annual allowance is £7,030 (exclusive of the employer's NI contribution). The rate for 2015-16 will be announced by the DfE in August/September, and may or may not change this year. A maximum of 12 hours work per week per assistant is assumed. Schools must guarantee this payment, even if a full 12 hours work is not offered.
· Schools may wish to share assistants. The British Council says that one assistant should not however be shared between more than three high schools/colleges. Some high schools share FLAs with primary schools, or primary schools share with each other. Where primary schools are involved, the British Council advises that there should be no more than three institutions sharing (i.e. one high school with up to two primaries, or clusters of up to three primaries). Sharing arrangements should be agreed and set up locally by the schools concerned, with one of the schools agreeing to act as the lead school. If assistants are to be shared, the lead school only should return the attached form giving the names of the partner school(s).
· FLAs are usually students rather than qualified teachers. As such, they must not be used to teach whole classes (e.g. to provide PPA cover). It is important to have a named person in the school, who will make initial contact with them, help them to settle in to life in an English school and assist them in finding their way through any bureaucracy. Schools should also be prepared to help FLAs find accommodation.
· Where primary schools are planning to employ an
o existing experience of teaching languages or alternatively a well established plan for their introduction and the role the FLA will play
o arrangements for pastoral support and for the
o consideration given to any transport issues for the
o consideration given to the amount of time the
· Schools may also need to help their
· If schools share an assistant, it is important to agree the proportion each school will pay, as county personnel staff will arrange for them to be payrolled and individual school budgets charged. Please give an initial indication of the proportion each school intends to pay on the return. Schools may wish to revise this later however.
· With the exception of French assistants, the British Council does not allow schools to employ existing assistants for a 'second' year, as there is always a shortage of placements and new applicants have to be given preference. If schools wish to employ a French
· If you wish to employ a named individual as an assistant (e.g. because of a town twinning link, etc.) please provide the details on the form. The British Council will then take this into consideration, when they send us the FLA dossiers> There is however no guarantee this can be arranged
· It is important that you are confident that you will have sufficient funding available to pay them. Should you need to withdraw or change your initial request, it is vital you let us know as soon as possible, so that these young foreign nationals are not disappointed at the last minute. Please contact the Service AdminTeam on the above number.
· Once schools have submitted a request to us, we collate numbers and send these to the British Council. Then, in June we receive a set of
· Should you wish to discuss any aspect of the scheme, please contact the Service Admin Team on 01772 531904.


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Learning from my mistakes, one at the time.
Misplaced modifier
Clauses modify the noun closest to the comma. In this sentence, he is confued not "the comforting smell."
- Though confused at first, the comforting smell of the dungeon and coolness of the air settled his nerves.
Though confused at first, he found that the comforting smell of the dungeon and coolness of the air settled his nerves.
In this one, the vegetables can't scratch his head
- He eyed her plate of stir-fried vegetables, scratching his head.
Scratching his head, he eyed her plate of stir-fried vegetables.
Verbs and Tenses
- She watched him inhaled…
She watched him inhale
- He heard someone came running.
He heard someone come running
Bad spelling
- snake is not a good snack
- a steak tastes better than a stake
Tend to use too many "then"
Replace it with "and" or to start a sentence. (might a habit from the old programming days)
- Then from his nightstand…
- From his nightstand…
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National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders
October 5, 2016 marks a special day in the lives of those living with Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Disorders in Sri Lanka – as much as it becomes a momentous milestone in the journey of the Merrill J. Fernando Charitable Foundation (MJFCF). The National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders, officially inaugurated to coincide with World Cerebral Palsy Day, serves as a national hub in giving education, therapy and training, not only for those living with CP and other developmental disorders but also for their caregivers and for teachers and trainers who work with such special needs individuals. Facilitating individual/family/ community oriented rehabilitation, it is believed, would enhance the quality of life of such individuals.
The lack of awareness and social stigma associated with Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Disorders often lead to children and youth with such conditions having to lead a life of isolation and marginalisation, particularly in the absence of a national level programme to facilitate the integration of such groups into mainstream society by way of early intervention, special education, therapy and family training /counselling. Having identified this serious vacuum, MJFCF, partnered by the Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation (CPLF) spearheaded the task of establishing the National Centre for Children with Cerebral Palsy and other Developmental Disorders (NCCCPDD) and the Database of Persons with Developmental Disorders, to build a better understanding of these conditions, and thereby alleviate the pain of those shunned and the neglected; to give them a chance to lead a dignified life free of marginalisation and social stigmatisation. The MJFCF run Moratuwa Centre already provides care for those with Cerebral Palsy conditions attached to its Rainbow Centre initiative and the newly set up NCCPDD will reach out to a wider community, making a tangible difference in the lives of those with special needs.


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Army Corps of Engineers says its storm modeling for 'Ike Dike' proposal was up to date
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers disputes the contention made by Rice University researchers that the Corps used out-of-date storm and modeling information in its preference for a 70-mile coastal barrier known as the Ike Dike.
The agency's modeling system used state-of-the-art storm simulations to test how its proposed barrier would hold up against the worst possible storms along the Texas coast, Dr. Kelly Burks-Copes, the project manager for the Army Corps' study, said in an interview Wednesday.
"We did not use the FEMA flood mapping model," Burks-Copes said, referring to comments made to the Houston Chronicle by Larry Dunbar, a project manager at Rice's Severe Storm Prediction, Education & Evacuation from Disasters Center.
At issue are two proposals that would create a coastal barrier to protect the Houston and Galveston region from devastating storm surge during hurricanes.
The preferred plan from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office would create a complex 70-mile system of levees and sea gates running from High Island to the San Luis Pass at a cost of $31 billion. The alternative plan proposed by Rice professors and environmental groups is a 25-foot, mid-bay barrier system that would protect the industrial complexes and densely populated areas in the west and northwest sections of Galveston Bay. The mid-bay system's estimated cost is between $3 billion to $5 billion.
Dunbar and Jim Blackburn, a Rice professor and co-director of the SSPEED Center, told the Chronicle that the Army Corps of Engineers' initial Ike Dike study was incomplete because it did not account for the more powerful storms that have swept through the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean in recent years. Dunbar added that Rice researchers were using updated storm information while the Corps was relying on an out-of-date modeling system to make it.
RELATED: Ike Dike raises questions from environmentalists, Rice University
Those assertions were inaccurate, Burks-Copes said, noting that Dunbar was referring to an older system the Army Corps used for FEMA flood mapping and that the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center uses a state-of-the art Coastal Storm Modeling Suite.
Burks-Copes said that the Army Corps uses a complicated sampling system to assess tropical cyclone events impacting the entire Texas coast and parts of the western Louisiana coast.
"They formulated 100 storms, and we just ran another 75 this month … that potentially have never occurred before, a lot of model storms, ranging from Category 1 to Category 5," which, she added, included the rarest, 10,000-year event storms.
"We actually funded ERDC to build brand new models with a new mesh underneath — a mesh is basically a topographic map of the bottom of the ocean all the way up to land," Burks-Copes said. "That mesh is brand new and then we put the (simulated) storm on top of that. So basically what it's capturing is all the geomorphological changes that occurred since the FEMA flood mapping.
Blackburn, speaking on behalf of the SSPEED Center, said their main issue with the Corps' coastal barrier proposal is that it does not adequately protect Harris County and that the barrier would take more than a decade to complete, leaving the region vulnerable to major storms in the meantime.
"The SSPEED Center's issue with the Corps' proposed alternative plan is that it does not provide adequate protection to Harris County and the city of Houston, especially in the ship channel area, against large storm events," Blackburn said.
The SSPEED Center has proposed a mid-bay sea gate that would be built in Galveston Bay as a supplemental project to the Ike Dike to protect the Houston Ship Channel and Harris County from major storm surges.
"Of great concern to us is the 2035 construction timeframe," Blackburn added. "We think we can get protection for Harris County and the ship channel and the Clear Lake area in north Galveston County built much faster than 2035."
Burks-Copes said that some of these misunderstandings about the 440-page coastal protection study will be further clarified when the Army Corps holds its public meetings along the Texas coast.
"I haven't gone out and actually explained how the Corps' process worked and how we have to make decisions based on engineering — whether it's environmentally acceptable, whether it's economically feasible — those types of things will come out in the public meetings," Burks-Copes said.
The first of six public meetings is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 27 in Port Lavaca and will continue through December with meetings in Corpus Christi, Port Isabel, Winnie, Galveston and Seabrook. A 75-day public comment period began Oct. 26. For more information on the meetings and how to submit public comment, go to the Army Corps of Engineers website.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office released the first phase of the coastal protection study in October. Plans are still at least a decade away from completion. The corps and the land office expect to release a final study in 2021 before sending it to Congress to consider funding the project.
Nick Powell covers Galveston County for the Chronicle. Follow him on Twitter and send him tips at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Poor old John Lennon. The former Beatle, who would be seventy years old today had he not been shot dead in the entrance way of Manhattan's Dakota building by deranged fan Mark Chapman on December 8th 1980, was last night cruelly murdered all over again.
By Aiden Grimshaw on the X-Factor.
Aiden, who had hitherto shown some degree of potential in the contest, elected to serenade us with his rendition of Lennon's 'Jealous Guy'
It was an unmitigated disaster which undoubtedly would have had the former Beatle spinning in his grave. Even Aiden admitted that his performance was disastrous.
"I was right proper shite out there tonight," he allegedly confessed to friends.
Indeed he was. Here at Skoob Entertainment News we're not renowned for being brutal, but the best way we can describe Aiden's dismal semi-hysterical performance is "fucking crap"
Now that's what we call constructive criticism.
Lennon's music is best performed in a laid back, ultra relaxed manner - not like a fucking screech owl on PCP.
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How to Pack the Perfect Suitcase
The Editor's Guide to Packing the Perfect Suitcase
Lucky magazine is one of our favorite sources for great shopping tips. We're thrilled to share this fabulous story from our friends at Lucky!
Because the season of cottage rentals, cross-country adventures and long weekends at the beach isn't quite over yet, we're sharing our favorite packing secrets just in time for your last summer trip. Wherever you're heading, our advice on what to take, what not to take and how to fit it all into one tiny carry-on won't let you down. Click through the slideshow above for Lucky Magazine's editors' best-ever tips now.
"I map out the number of occasions/events I have when I travel and pack approximately one look per… I NEVER overpack. And, I always make time to shop in the local city I'm in, so I leave room in my suitcase for new finds!"
— Eva Chen, Editor-in-Chief
Click over to Lucky to see the whole story.
For all the fashion and style from Lucky, check out even more of the magazine's best stories.


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Emmanuel is a growing, intergenerational family that offers big church quality with a small church feel. People appreciate our devotion to God and His Word, our commitment to authenticity, the purposefulness behind all that we do, and the substantive ways that we address real needs. Together, we're discovering what it means to love God and love people in a more Christ-like way.
Our Church
Who We Are
We're a community of faith that invites people to experience God with us.
What We Believe
The Bible warns against two extremes – unnecessary arguments and divisions (reflecting a failure to maintain unity) and unholy compromise and concessions (reflecting a failure to abide in Christ). We're committed to the pursuit of unity in Christ.
Our Leadership Team
Emmanuel members reserve the right to vote on matters that affect them and delegate authority to elected and appointed leaders.


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Founded by Mr Wolfgang Zwiener, New York City chain Wolfgang's Steakhouse by Wolfgang Zwiener is set to open its 1st restaurant here in Singapore by early October at InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay.
Wolfgang's Steakhouse Singapore is a joint venture between W Steak International Corp. and THP Global Inc.
The Singapore outlet will have around 150 seats and spans across a space of 6500sqft, and it will have an in-house aging room for their steaks, which the temperature and humidity are carefully controlled to create the distinct flavour and tenderness. The restaurant will also house a a bar/lounge.
Wolfgang's Steakhouse uses only the certified 2% USDA Prime Beef that is transported by air weekly from the US, and stored in an in-house aging room for dry aging. The meat is thickly sliced and cooked in a broiler at 1600 degrees Fahrenheit. The indulging steak is then served on a hot plate creating flavourful taste.
The original Wolfgang's Steakhouse opened in 2004 on NYC's Park Avenue.
Now boasting 17 locations worldwide (not inclusive of the upcoming Singapore one), this leading steakhouse has become a global sensation, recognized for its perfectly prepared 28-day, dryŌĆÉaged steak. Not only does Wolfgang's serve phenomenal Porterhouse steak, but the ambience, the expanded menu, the services and the accessibility of the locations are appealing to even the most exacting diners.
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Foiled School Overlay Stickers (Transparent)
Available in rose gold, gold or holographic foil. Foil colors can be seen in second picture as an example.
Sized to pair perfectly to layer over our blush blank text labels to make your own custom labels! Foil is on transparent sticker paper.
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User Rights
- Active: Active users can submit jobs to the account they are associated.
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A federal judge in California today reversed the $1.52 billion jury verdict previously issued against Microsoft in a patent dispute with Alcatel-Lucent over MP3 digital-music technology. It had been the largest patent verdict in history.
Here's the judge's ruling in the case: PDF, 43 pages. Bottom line, U.S. District Judge Rudi Brewster found insufficient evidence to show that Microsoft's Windows Media Player violated one of the patents, and that Alcatel-Lucent lacked standing to sue Microsoft over the second patent, because the company has a license with the co-owner of the technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS.
Based on the reversal, Alcatel-Lucent would need to prevail on appeal to get a new trial. And the company says it does, in fact, plan to appeal the decision. Said Mary Lou Ambrus, an Alcatel-Lucent spokeswoman, in a prepared statement:
"This reversal of the judge's own pretrial and post-trial rulings is shocking and disturbing, especially since after a three-week trial and four days of careful deliberation, the jury unanimously agreed with us, and we believe that their decision should stand. We still have a strong case, and we believe that we will prevail on appeal."
Said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, in an e-mailed statement:
"Today's ruling by the judge reversing the jury's $1.52 billion verdict against Microsoft is a victory for consumers of digital music and a triumph for common sense in the patent system. For the hundreds of companies large and small that rely on MP3 technology, the Court's ruling clarifies that these companies have properly licensed the technology embodied in the '080 patent from its co-owner and industry recognized MP3 licensor — Fraunhofer."


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Notes From the Unashamed
May 19, 2016
Barbara Payton was gracious enough to let Leo Guild into her apartment. That's one way of looking at this sleazy/sad alliance, a union of two hustlers making a fast buck, pushing forward in spite of their scummy shambling lives and, in the end, perpetually losing. But as Guild reported later, Payton, though polite on the phone, was in person, gross: "pig fat" as he indelicately called her with a "red, angry scar coming from under the shirt and running down her thigh."
Recalling their meeting to work on her 1963 autobiography, the shocker "I Am Not Ashamed" (more recently reissued through Spurl Editions, the cover photograph a weary and worn out Payton clutching a box of tissues, walking through court in her last mink coat) Guild in, 1967 (the year Barbara died), wrote in Pix Magazine:
"I left my typewriter at six o'clock and drove over to a broken- down apartment house (since razed) opposite a bar she hung out in called the Coach and Horses. The smell in the hall was of cooking cabbage. Her apartment was number six. I knocked and she yelled, 'Entre vous.'"
"Entre vous!" Well, now that is gracious, aggressively so. And weirdly charming. Charming in the way we might imagine Beverly Michaels angrily letting in Percy Helton in Wicked Woman. Gracious in the way Shelley Winters might attempt to impress James Mason's Humber Humbert in Lolita. Loud and obnoxious and scarily friendly, but, delightful, in her own way. And harder. And tougher. And sadder. Who the hell does Guild think he is? Payton just happened to be a Hollywood prostitute at the time, living with her pimp. What made Guild any more superior? Had Charles Bukowski been privy to this (and one wonders if Payton and Bukowski ever crossed paths – they were imbibing in nearby Hollywood watering holes), he would've lessoned Guild on manners regarding the proper slumming of winos. This is, in Bukowki's words, a "distressed goddess" you're dealing with here. A woman who went from once being married to intellectual, dapper Franchot Tone to knifed by a trick ("Thirty-eight stitches from my fleshy belly down.") And then there was Tom Neal. Entre vous at your own risk.
Guild was the ghostwriter behind Payton's infamous autobiography boasting the blazing, pre-hashtag anti slut shaming title, "I Am Not Ashamed" (which she did indeed, say, bless her) a man who exploited and recorded a wine soaked, washed-up, once-gorgeous ex-movie-star at the lowest point of her life. Guild also penned Hedy Lamar's scandalous "Ecstasy and Me" as well as books on Frank Sinatra, Jayne Mansfield and Fatty Arbuckle, and then, moving to Holloway House, cranked out titles like, "Street of Ho's." Yes, "Street of Ho's." He's an odd writer. Terrible, in some cases, but when merged with Payton, something interesting happened. There's a hyper-drama and unaffected quality to the prose, likely as Barbara's mental state at the time, the way drink and drugs crank you up and flatten you out. Yes, Guild was strange too. As described by The Stranger's Paul Collins, perhaps the only writer who marked the ten year anniversary of Guild's passing, the 1976 "Street of Ho's" reads "like... well, like Bob Hope's assistant writing a novel about hookers. Representative sentence: 'Sheila made him a ham and cheese sandwich and they made love while he ate.'"
Frankly, and perhaps out of context, that's a good sentence. Weird, sexy, direct, and a little disgusting. Or a little delicious. Your choice. And interestingly, something Payton may have said while throwing her head back and cackling a laugh. And then there's the joke about Bob Hope. He knew a thing or two about Barbara. Payton's reported ex-lover, Hope allegedly slept with her, furred and jeweled her, and kept her in an apartment (while married of course). She later ratted him out to the tabloids. This did nothing to harm Hope and everything to bury Barbara – her burning of bridges did her no favors.
Hollywood does not like their beloved comedians to be revealed as, well, human, and a little sleazy. And Payton's behavior, some might say unseemly, some might say she made her own bed, some might say rebellious, harmed her career. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but hell hath no fury like legions of Hollywood men, many probably given the brush-off by young, beautiful Barbara, watching and enjoying the decline and decay of a woman. Barbara created a lot of her problems, but she was also damaged, from childhood, from Hollywood, from drink and drugs. There's something beyond sexism when it comes to Barbara – sadism. And masochism. Baby Jane Hudson was treated nicer (and treated herself better) than Barbara. At least she had a maid and a house and a sister. But that was just fantasy.
Guild tapped out Payton's tome quickly, serialized it in some scandal rags, and publisher Holloway House paid her 1,000 bucks -- money that dissolved in a bottle of booze or burned up on a bent spoon of heroin. The book came and went and then, through time, came back again, a cult curiosity. The ultimate downfall. Who had ever written a book this unabashedly unashamed? No one.
But here's the thing, Payton's drunken ramblings and recollections (who knows how much are true or truer than you could ever imagine?) melding with Guild's jazzed-up pulp speak becomes something of a minor masterpiece (though minor is not exactly the right word here...). A dime store (in the best sense of the term) "Notes From Underground" -- the bellowing of the underground woman, telling us there is something wrong with her looks (and most certainly her liver), filled with regret, self doubt, black humor, pride and touching reassurance that it might work out one day knowing damn well it won't. As she, via Guild, wrote with all the flavor of Horace McCoy: "Forever is just a weekend, more or less."
Horace McCoy, in fact, fits within this story, a story he could have written, and a writer connected to Payton's own stardom: Her big breakout came from a McCoy adaptation, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, a tittle so prophetic it's almost too tragically perfect. After the gorgeous, buxom blonde impressed in earlier fare, most notably Trapped opposite Lloyd Bridges, Warner Brothers signed her and in, 1950, she acted her hard-boiled ass off opposite one of the biggest WB stars of all time, James Cagney. She had made it. As she wrote:
"This may seem conceited, but it's true. I was first to use what now is called 'The Method' act. I felt my power before I even went before the cameras. Jimmy Cagney was the star. I played a girl named 'Holiday' in the movie Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye.
"I just talked and stumbled around and wasn't formal – just had fun. The critics loved it. The word 'natural' was used in all the reviews. Sure, I was scared before I went before the cameras, but it all worked out perfectly."
She boasts:
"I went out with every big male star in town. They wanted my body and I needed their names for success. There was my picture on the front pages of every paper in the country."
But over a decade later, things had changed:
"Today I live in a rat infested apartment with not a bean to my name and I drink too much Rose wine. I don't like what the scale tells me. The little money I do accumulate to pay the rent comes from old residuals, poetry and favors to men. I love the Negro race and will accept money only from Negroes. Does it all sound depressing to you? Queasy? Well, I'm not ashamed."
But was she ashamed? One is not so sure, giving the book an extra dose of pathos. If you read John O'Dowd's impressive, indispensable biography of Payton, entitled, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," Payton was not simply the tough tootsie the autobiography made her out to be. She was an early rebel, she played by her own rules, she fucked off and fucked up, but she wasn't a terrible person --- she loved her son, felt awful about losing him (and her son still loves her), was often a loyal friend and was, quite clearly, deeply alcoholic. She was also shooting heroin. O'Dowd has nothing nice to say about the Payton/Guild collaboration and, as empathetic as O'Dowd is, one can easily see why.
But there's a raw power to "I Am Not Ashamed," that, even with and because of its questionable veracity, stuns with a harrowing account of that timeless struggle so many face in Hollywood – keeping a firm grip. And adding to the struggle – keeping a firm grip as a woman in Hollywood. The book works as real documentation of a downfall but also allegorical – mythic in its observations of just how hard some women can fall. And how much men can want women to fall. And how women can even embrace that fall. The shelf life of an actress was terrifying then, and terrifying now. Barbara's demise reads like a horror movie for any actress losing one too many parts as time marches on. The roles are drying up. What to do? The world twists to make them seem a grotesque – Barbara actually became it.
Barbara, in her own words, only knew how to act. She tried to employ herself, wash hair, work at a hotel, move to Mexico (which she enjoyed) but that was short lived. This is an actress and, so, even her bedtime escapades became something of a show; she's still the star of her own movie (as detailed in O'Dowd's book she often left the shades open with clients, so those outside world could get a proper screening). She was the big, peroxide, blonde star lead in her seamy little world, with all its ups and downs, bounced checks, stolen purses, court appearances and police pick-ups -- she would continue to make money pleasing her public. Once they were fans, now they were Johns. And they were as worshipful and as critical as the public and the writers and the lovers ever were. And nasty.
The judgment of her seems especially harsh, twisting her beauty into continual ugliness and the (gasp!) horror of growing old and not just blousy, bloated. The way people viewed Payton (though some friends felt for her) is with the underlying sense of "she deserves it." Franchot Tone can mess up his life and relationships three times over, but once Barbara took up with Detour actor Tom Neal after marriage to Tone (Neal almost killed Tone in a beat down that was the scandal of Hollywood – something you can't even imagine today, and Neal didn't fare much better than Payton in the end) the limited but powerful actress (she really had it on screen – even up to her last film, Edgar G. Ulmer's Murder is My Beat) was done for.
There's an account in O'Dowd's book of a Payton friend observing Barbara on the street from his car during her downbeat days, running through the rain in the night. She's wearing short shorts and sopping weight. What a sight. That blonde, wet and rushing through the darkness, her hair glowing. He was horrified by what he saw, but, he could still see that movie star there; the confidence of her gait. She walked like a goddess. Looking at Payton through various police snaps and older sexy shots, the reader can see it too, even in the supposedly ghastly photos taken of Payton for "I Am Not Ashamed." Yes, she looks bloated and busted with her chintzy little fur and shoved down top, but there's a beautiful woman in there (even Guild, as mean as he was, could see it). She really was a stunning creature – good bones, luscious lips, a defined jaw –it's still there – just puffed up and drunk and, for lack of a better word, trashy. So what? How dare she age? How dare she suffer and not stay pretty?
Thinking of her battered body, jumping into all of those stranger's cars, how is she supposed to look? That image of her running down the street in wet shorts, it's so sad and sick and insolently sexual. One can see how men would gravitate to her, even in that debased state and exactly for that debased state. She's not just a diamond in the rough but a diamond you'd find lying in a gutter, covered by a wet mink – you'd have to look closely to see it glistening. And she must have.
One can imagine Payton still looking like a hot mama in some of those bars. Internally, though? Men go through hard times in life, indeed, but women, women have wombs. There's pain there. Staggering down the street, too many men, too many hard sex encounters, one involving a knifing, it's hard not to think of that that wounded womb, almost as if Payton's mixture of pride and self-loathing is the ultimate, dramatic symbol of a self-flagellating movie star saint. Her sex as stigmata. By the end of "I Am Not Ashamed," no matter how sordid and check-cashing both Barbara and Guild were in exploiting her sorry state, one can only feel empathy. As she opined:
"Well, I could do all sorts of things, and to do them right, and it might look like they would lead to fame and fortune but... down, down, I skidded with nothing to hold onto."
Payton died at 39. Kidney and heart failure. Just got up, staggered across the room, walked into the bathroom and dropped dead in her parent's house. Never made it to 40, that dreaded age for actresses. Could she have turned it around? Maybe. But probably not. And would she have wanted to? Who knows? She was excited at the end of the book – she was called to be an extra in the Robert Aldrich picture Four For Texas. Aldrich, he of Baby Jane, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Autumn Leaves and The Legend of Lylah Clare. Ironic that Aldrich excelled at the feminine grotesque while managing to be quite sympathetic towards the perils of women aging (see Autumn Leaves). On screen anyway. Movies of lonely women and wrecked movie stars are easier to stomach. Facing those lines, cheaply bleached hair and drunken, lost eyes in the flesh -- that's too close to the truth. It's not amusing, it's not entertaining. As she wrote of her colorful, tragic, short life: "It was joke-like. But I couldn't laugh."


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Committee on Minority Historians 2010
Prepared by Ana Elizabeth Rosas, chair for 2010
2010 Business
The Committee on Minority Historians (CMH) had a conference call meeting on November 8, 2010. During this meeting, the committee proposed the possibility of strengthening our AHA Equity Awards announcement's language concerning nominations being carried forward from year to year, as well as the development of a form or language that would tighten the award criteria nomination letters should address. We anticipate that these measures will help improve the breadth and diversity of award winners over time. Another important item on our agenda was using our AHA Equity Award and Perspectives in History to advance our association's conversation on the retention of faculty of color in our profession. To this end, George J. Sánchez will write an article on this issue that is to be published by Perspectives in History. The committee also discussed ideas for sessions for the 2012 AHA annual meeting.
CMH heard a report from the Graduate and Early Career Committee, given by Doug Kiel. He reported that GECC is making wonderful progress. This committee is working to podcast select annual meeting sessions of interest to graduate students, as well as to establish a social network that includes helpful resources for graduate students seeking nonacademic employment opportunities.
2011 Annual Meeting
In January 2011, CMH chair Ana Elizabeth Rosas was invited to give two presentations at the AHA annual meeting held in Boston entitled, "Pathways toward an Expansive and Shared Sense of the Past" and "Teaching Chicana-Latina Women's History." Both presentations were part of annual meeting sessions sponsored by the Graduate and Early Career Committee (GECC) and Committee on Women Historians respectively. Each presentation proved a generative conversation toward asserting the committee's dedication to the importance of mentorship and teaching that advances diversity within the historical profession.
Also at the 2011 AHA annual meeting CMH sponsored its mentoring breakfast (January 7) and evening reception (January 8), as well as three meeting sessions: "Rights and Rites of Passage" (January 8), "Remapping the Historical Terrain" (January 9), and "John Hope Franklin Life and Legacy" (January 9). This annual meeting also marked the committee's inaugural award of the AHA Equity Awards to George J. Sánchez of the University of Southern California and the Department of History of Baruch College, City University of New York.
For 2011, CMH will be joined by a new member, Celia E. Naylor of Barnard College. Ana Elizabeth Rosas will be rotating off of the committee. Mae Ngai of Columbia University will replace her. Martin Summers of Boston College will serve as chair of the committee for 2011.


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Neighborhood student Sam Venker recently was the top reader in classes one through four during Providence Christian School's 19th annual reading rally, which raises money for the school's scholarship fund. During a span of four weeks, Sam read for a total of 14,280 minutes. He and other students read to themselves, listened to books aloud with their families, and joined classmates for reading parties. Each student collected pledges from family, friends and businesses for each minute spent reading, or a flat amount.
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Can a bakery become one of the most glamorous and fashionable socialite spot Milan? Yes, if the restyling of the restaurant is entrusted to a designer of the stature of Antonio Citterio and his studio Antonio Citterio Patricia Vel Interiors.
The Princi Cafè spirit of Milan, in Piazza XXV Aprile, is one of the four addresses of the brand Princi Bakery, which also has a shop in London. The owner of the small and prestigious chain is Rocco Princi, called the Armani of bread for the sophisticated and exclusive design of his bakeries.
Thanks to the restyling by Citterio, the Princi Café has won numerous awards, including the prestigious award "Bar e Ristoranti d'Autore 2014". The freshly baked bread, fragrant croissants and filled "bomboloni" can be tasted while comfortably seating on chairs and stools designed by Citterio for the most famous brand of Italian furniture, like the Feel Good stools by Flexform.
Citterio has managed to create a refined and yet informal atmosphere, where the watchword is conviviality, suggested by the long tables with tops of wooden planks supported by a metal structure that invite you to share and socialize during breakfast or happy hour.
The project is inspired by the concept of visual permeability between the outside and inside space, between the customers' area and the preparation area which is fully exposed.
The atmosphere is emphasized by glamorous designer accessories and fashion details, like the staff uniforms by Giorgio Armani.
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Flowers | Kingsland Road
E2 8DP London
Angela Flowers established her first gallery in 1970 on Lisle Street in London's West End. In the 1980s, the gallery was one of the first to open in London's East End, in a former laundry/fur storage facility in Hackney, and the space became known as Flowers East. Matthew Flowers, Angela's son, took over day to day operations in 1989. In 1997, the gallery expanded further with a Los Angeles space, at Bergamot Station.
There are now two gallery spaces in London: a West End premises on Cork Street opened in 2000 and in 2002 the gallery moved from Hackney into a 12,000 sq foot industrial space in Shoreditch, East London. The US business relocated in 2003 from LA to New York on Madison Avenue, and then in 2009 moved to West 20th street in Chelsea.
Flowers has participated regularly in art fairs internationally. The programme in both the UK and US comprises all media by established and emerging artists, as an active publisher of prints and multiples, and with a growing department in contemporary international photography.
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Brownfields Process
The Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission's Brownfield Redevelopment Program helps convert Brownfields from community liabilities into community assets by providing funding and guidance to navigate the environmental process from environmental site assessment (ESA) to cleanup.
Three Step Process
Brownfields is sometimes considered a three-step process. These steps precede redevelopment and identify potential funding sources. Although redevelopment of a Brownfield occurs after site cleanup, plans for reuse are generally produced earlier during the process.
1. Phase I ESA
A research report that documents the history and current status of a property and identifies potential environmental concerns.
Funding (grants) sources available for Phase I investigations:
2. Phase II ESA
Based on the findings of the Phase I report, a Phase II investigation confirms whether or not contamination is actually present at the site. Typically, soil, paint, asbestos and groundwater samples are collected at the site and analyzed for suspected contaminants.
Funding (grants) sources available for Phase II investigations:
3. Cleanup/Remediation
If contamination is found in the samples collected during Phase II investigation, cleanup/remediation may be required to remove the contaminants prior to development.
Funding available for cleanup/remediation:
- Cleanup loans to for profits, non-profits or municipalities from SMPDC or MDEP
- Cleanup grants to municipalities or non-profits only from SMPDC, MDEP & EPA
SMPDC – Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission
MDEP – Maine Department of Environmental Protection
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency


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A new law will limit the amount New Jersey college students can borrow from the state's student loan program in an effort to prevent them from burdening themselves with debt and rein in the state authority that writes the loans.
The law, which requires borrowers to exhaust their federal student loan options before taking out an NJCLASS loan also caps the amount they can borrow from the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority at $150,000. It is not meant to hamper students' ability to pay for schooling. It is meant to put a check on HESAA, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, which has been under fire for the past year over questionable lending and collection practices that a number of borrowers said had forced them into bankruptcy.
"Furthering your education is necessary to advance a career; it should never be a burden to do so, and it should be encouraged without fear of debt," said Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex), a primary sponsor of the bill. "This is the first step toward helping families struggling to send their children to college without saddling them with cumbersome loan debt."
'Predatory' practices
Lawmakers introduced the measure (S-2578) last fall, about a month after holding hearings on HESAA's practices, which some senators termed "predatory" and "loan sharking." Several New Jerseyans testified at the August hearing and described a number of problems. They contended that HESAA had misled borrowers about flexible repayment options; did not allow for refinancing or loan consolidation; considered loans in default even when borrowers made partial payments and sent them to collection where they faced additional fees; and refused to even volunteer information about the possible forgiveness of debt when students died.
The new law, signed Monday by Gov. Chris Christie, addresses another issue that came up during the hearing: Students and their families were being allowed to borrow up to $200,000 in total, an amount they wound up unable to repay at the terms specified. It reduces that total to $150,000 initially, with the maximum increasing each year based on an inflationary index that tracks higher-education costs.
"It has become the norm for families and students to take on an overwhelming amount of debt to pursue educational goals," said Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Passaic), another main sponsor of the measure. "We must increase transparency under NJCLASS Loan Programs, better educate families on loan repayment options and requirements, as well as help families understand how much they can realistically handle in student loans."
Verifying financial information
The new law also requires HESAA to verify the financial information reported by a borrower or co-signer on an NJCLASS loan application, which some senators said the authority was not necessarily doing.
The other major provision of the new law, which took effect immediately, is designed to reduce the amount students can borrow in NJCLASS loans in two ways:
"College loan debt should not follow you throughout your adult life," said Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D-Mercer), another primary sponsor of the measure. "Responsible reform and targeted measures to educate incoming college students on managing loan debt is necessary to helping students make informed choices. It's time to end this cycle of loading students up with debt that too often takes a lifetime to pay back."
Total loans
NJCLASS issued more than 10,000 loans totaling nearly $163 million in the 2016 fiscal year — an average of $15,863 per student borrower, according to HESAA's most recent annual report. The authority's last audit showed HESAA had almost $1.9 billion in outstanding loans, including a small amount from a discontinued federal family-loan program, held by New Jerseyans in college and out-of-state students taking classes at New Jersey schools as of June 30, 2016. While the program is administered by a state authority, the money lent comes from private bonds. Students can borrow an amount up to the total for tuition, room, board, fees, books, and other related costs, minus any other financial aid they receive.
This is one of a number of bills lawmakers introduced seeking to rein in HESAA and college costs in general. Four others have been signed into law, while several others remain pending.
On Monday, Christie conditionally vetoed a separate measure (S-2214) aimed at improving the transparency of college costs.
Reacting to a report by the New Jersey State Comptroller's office that found at least three state colleges were relying heavily on mandatory fees, the bill would require state colleges to develop policies and a system of internal controls over the development and management of mandatory student fees, justify fee adjustments, and detail how all fees are spent. It would also mandate that the state secretary of higher education create a "shopping sheet" similar to a voluntary report of college costs and aid created by the U.S. Department of Education. The state sheet, which New Jersey colleges would be required to give prospective students along with their financial aid offers, would include information about the cost and debt that the student could expect to incur, as well as the institution's graduation rate, student retention rate, and student loan default rate.
In his conditional veto message, Christie sought only to revise that section of the bill pertaining to the shopping sheet. He said he supports it, but wants to give state schools that have already adopted the federal disclosure the "flexibility" to choose which sheet to provide to students.
"Requiring New Jersey schools to use a State-specific version of the shopping sheet may cause confusion for students looking to compare New Jersey institutes of higher education against schools outside the State," Christie wrote. Letting colleges decide which sheet to use "will provide our colleges and universities the flexibility needed to provide valuable information to prospective students, while remaining competitive with institutions from other states."
Two of the bill's main sponsors, Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden), did not respond to requests about the conditional veto so it is unclear whether they will accept Christie's recommended language change. It's possible that they will, though, given the change is a relatively minor one and affects only one line of text in the four-page bill.


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Like many dogs that shed and play outside, German Shepherds take some maintenance to keep them clean and your home in order. Here are a few tips to maintaining your dog's beautiful coat.
1. With a plush double coat, daily brushing is important to lowering the shedding factor with your GSD. The use of a de-shedder comb can help maintain your dogs fur.
2. The German Shepherd coat has a lot of natural oils in it. For a dog with a healthy coat and skin, a bath is only really necessary once every 4-5 months. Over-bathing the GSD coat strips the natural oils and leaves the skin dry.
3. German Shepherds "blow," or change, their coats twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. This is when the most brushing and bathing is needed.
4. As active dogs, German Shepherds tend to have shorter nails, however, every once in a while their nails need to be cut. Use caution when trimming the nails because German Shepherds have black nails, making them hard to see. Be careful not to cut the nails too short.
5. While German Shepherd Dogs don't typically have floppy ears, they do have deep ears, which require regular cleaning and maintenance. Ears should be checked to avoid a buildup of wax and debris, which can cause an infection.
6. Known for being a more stoic dog, your GSD might not let you know if the salt from snow hurts his paws. Stay alert to what your dog's paws look like, and check regularly for scratches or bruises.


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Dear A.S.S.,
My dad was purposely hit and run this morning at around 7am, along SLE towards woodland .
Look at the right side of the video, if you see from the computer , you're able to see the rider extended his leg to kick my dad's bike thats why he didn't fall and can just speed off.
Asking for more witness or anyone who is able to help to identify the rider with the pillion (KTM) who hit my dad or another way he actually kicked my dad's bike don't know for what ! & also the car on the second lane who just go over my dad's bike and drove away too .
My dad got his ribs and also shoulder fractured . With many abrasions and also stitches on his philtrum and also chin . & also infections cause by the fractured.
I hope the the vehicle behind them has a car cam as well . Please be nice and contact us . What would you do if that was your dad ?
Thank you to the rider behind my dad for assisting him to call the ambulance too .
Kindly help to share around .
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Monday, December 28, 2015
Continuum is the best show you've never heard of with all of its episodes available on Netflix, so go watch it now.
Do you want a show that deals with time travel and stopping a bad future like the Terminator franchise, but in a way that actually makes sense? Do you like the idea of Minority Report dealing with technology's possible misuse by government, but wish the show was actually well-done? Do you want a cutting-edge exploration of technology as both problem and solution like Mr. Robot, but from four years ago and starring Canadians? Well, here you go!
Not to mention, the cast is refreshingly diverse and non-stereotypical. No character is totally good or bad -- everyone has their reasons. In fact our heroine has been happily serving an evil corporate empire, while the "terrorists" she fights (who are pretty damn ruthless) are trying to prevent a dystopian hellscape future. And, thank Cthulhu, she is too busy with her goals to spend much time on juvenile romantic angst (looking at you, Flash and Arrow!).
The only issue I have with the show is that the actors are fine, but a little bland. It's not like watching Orphan Black and thinking, "OMG GIVE TATIANA MASLANY ALL THE AWARDS!" So, it may take a few episodes to grow on you, but give it a chance.
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Monday, December 21, 2015
I've been having fun with the Artstudio app for iPad and the Sensu stylus lately. It was coming up on October, and Guillermo del Toro was talking about his favorite horror stories on Twitter (Dude must have been a librarian in a previous life, because his Readers' Advisory game is ON POINT. Go follow him). That inspired me to read 31 of my old favorite Victorian & Edwardian horror stories and draw illustrations for each of them for Halloween. Of course, it took me longer than that, but they are finally finished. I was inspired, in my lazy and casual way, by great illustrators like Aubrey Beardsley, John R. Neill, and Alastair.
Here is the list of stories:
- "Caterpillars" -E.F. Benson
- "Casting the Runes" -M..R. James
- "The Horla" - Guy de Maupassant
- "How Love Came to Professor Guildea" -Robert Hichens
- "Afterward" -Edith Wharton
- "The Great God Pan" - Arthur Machen
- "Yuki-Onna" - Lafcadio Hearn
- "Green Tea" - J. Sheridan LeFanu
- "The Monkey's Paw" - W. W. Jacobs
- "Luella Miller" - Mary Wilkins Freeman
- "Rappacini's Daughter" - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "The Picture in the House" -H.P. Lovecraft
- "The Yellow Wallpaper" -Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- "The Open Window" -Saki
- "The Phantom Rickshaw" - Rudyard Kipling
- "Ancient Sorceries" -Algernon Blackwood
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - Ambrose Bierce
- "The Yellow Sign" -Robert W. Chambers
- "The Voice in the Night" - William Hope Hodgson
- "The Beckoning Fair One" - Oliver Onions
- "The Tell-Tale Heart" -Edgar Allan Poe
- "Adam and Eve and Pinch Me" - A. E. Coppard
- "The Way It Came" - Henry James
- "The Captain of the Pole-Star" - Arthur Conan Doyle
- "The Body-Snatcher" - R.L. Stevenson
- "What Was It?" -Fitz-James O'Brien
- "Dracula's Guest" - Bram Stoker
- "Good Lady Ducayne" - Mary E. Braddon
- "The Dream Woman" - Wilkie Collins
- "The Ghost Ship" - Richard Middleton
- "Man-Size in Marble" - E. Nesbit
I downloaded all of them from reliable public domain e-book sites like Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, and University of Adelaide E-books to read on my Nook. (remember, never pay for an e-book published before 1923, folks). You can download them to read here.
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Friday, September 18, 2015
It's on streaming, finally!
If you had told me 5 years ago that my favorite network show (and right up there with more highly-praised cable shows) would be a show on CBS called Person of Interest, there would have been scoffing involved. I associate CBS with bland-but-comforting investigation shows that exploit some technology (usually inaccurately) to give the story a little twist, then tie up a mystery all nice-&-tidy, with occasional breaks for truly cringeworthy depictions of the investigators' personal lives. Except for a few bad apples, all authority figure have our best interests at heart.
Well, this is not that. Getting murdered or almost-murdered by corrupt authority figures is one of the top concerns for characters in this universe. When you're one of the few people who know about an all-seeing AI that watches us for the government, it's kind of an issue (and yes, social media was created to get us to give up our personal information so the authorities can spy on us).
All the main actors are great in this. Jim Caviezel is slightly "off" in an interesting way, like Lee Pace or early Nicholas Cage, and it really works for him here. Person of Interest has some similarities to Burn Notice, in that an ex-spy helps "regular" people using as much con artistry as martial arts and high tech, but it's a bit darker. For all the hints of Michael's dark past, I just couldn't buy that he was only a short distance from being a cold-blooded killing machine. I can totally see Caviezel killing people, though. I never got into Lost. so this was my first exposure to Michael Emerson, and he's amazing. It's really hard to play a super-genius, but he pulls it off. And I've been impressed with Taraji P. Henson's emotional range since I saw her play a lesbian hitwoman in Smokin' Aces. Do we even need to talk about Amy Acker, AKA Fred from Angel, who should be in all the things?
Speaking of ladies, even though most of the promotional stuff features the two dudes in front, there are a lot of great big and small roles for women, who have the same character options as men without making it a BIG DEAL. Women can be cynical political fixers, assassins with personality disorders, super-hackers, ruthless heads of intelligence operations, crack interrogators, amoral con artists, kindly children's book illustrators, and older partners who show the newbie the ropes.
All this, and my favorite AI character in non-anime visual media. So, give it a try, already!
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Monday, June 29, 2015
For those of you who missed it, here is my reunion show on WMCN. Please forgive any glitches.
"When Doves Cry" -Prince
"Bizarre Love Triangle" -New Order
"Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" -Gleaming Spires
"TV Party" - Black Flag
"Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
"A Million Miles Away" - The Plimsouls
"Puro Teatro" - La Lupe
"Mysteries of Love" - Julee Cruise
"In Dreams" - Roy Orbison
"If You Leave" -OMD
"Little Town Flirt" - Altered Images
"Party Party" - Elvis Costello
"Can You Rock It Like This" - Run-DMC
"Reckless Rivalry (Combat)" -Chris "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs with Ice-T
"Wild Thing" - Sister Carol
"When Doves Cry" - Patti Smith
"Driving the Dynamite Truck" -Breaking Circus
"Burning Inside" -Ministry
"I Want You" -Cabaret Voltaire
"Whip It" -Devo
"Say Hello Wave Goodbye"- Soft Cell
"Kidney Bingos" -Wire
"What We All Want (Live)" -Gang of Four
"Betty's Worry or the Slab" - Hunters & Collectors
"Cavern" -Liquid Liquid"
"Shock The Monkey" -Peter Gabriel
The same week I got to DJ on Plug.dj with some people in the 80s Alt /New Wave group, playing my favorite thing, cover versions. I had a blast, even though it did not play well with my Firefox extensions.
Plug.dj is the successor to the late lamented Turntable.fm. It's really easy to start playing music. You are limited to songs with YouTube videos, but that is most of them (make sure not to play the live version if that's not what you want.) Navigation takes a little getting used to. I'm a sucker for the gamification aspect where you get a cooler avatar the more you play.
I need some people to come join me on the wheels of steel, so unleash your inner DJ and come with me...
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Monday, June 01, 2015
1. Blu-ray
3. Receiver
4. Apple TV
6. HDMI switcher
7. Audio switcher
8. Universal
9. iPod Touch (controls iTunes on computer via Remote app, can cast to Apple TV, Chromecast, Blu-ray)
10. iPad (ditto)
Items that can connect to the Internet:
1. Desktop computer
2. iPad
3. iPod Touch
4. Nook
5. Cell phone
6. Blu-ray
7. Apple TV
8. Chromecast
9. Wireless printer
10. Mobile hotspot
Items that can take a picture:
1. Camera
2. Cell phone
3. iPod Touch
4. iPad
5. Web cam
Items that can play music:
1. Blu-ray
2. Record player
3. Tape player
4. Desktop computer
5. iPod Touch
6. iPad
7. Portable CD player
Items that can play video:
2. Blu-Ray
4. Desktop computer
5. iPad
6. iPod Touch
Items that need to be charged:
1. iPad
2. iPod Touch
3. Cell Phone
4. Mobile hotspot
5. Backup battery
6. Nook
7. Camera
8. Cell Phone
9. Dustbuster
Items that can be used for a phone call:
1. Landline phone
2. Cellphone
3. iPod Touch
4. iPad
5. Desktop computer
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Friday, April 24, 2015
- Chromecast
- CD storage
- Antenna
- Blu-ray player
- Apple TV
- Receiver
- Record player
- Tape player
Lifehacker says to spend money where you spend most of your time, and I now use my tablet more than my desktop. Also, with all the streams I have access to, there was one chink in my entertainment system -- my TV was not actually big enough to appreciate high definition. Well, it seemed like a good deal in 2007, at $200 more than my new one which is almost twice as big.
The main thing stopping me was having to get new shelving, as a bigger TV wouldn't fit the current shelves. I was going to go to IKEA, but then I remembered JSeux's love of Menard's, so I tried it first, and was lucky enough to find the exact same color and design as my old wire shelves, just in a larger size. Shout out to my parents for helping me with the measuring, as I have the spacial sense of a drunken hamster.
The great things about wire shelving:
- Cheap.
- Sturdy-I can break almost anything.
- Flexible - can adjust shelves where you like, store items in different ways.
- Modern-looking.
- Doesn't need much dusting.
- Open shelves give a sense of space- my place is small.
JSeux has also convinced me of the genius of tub-based storage, though I like mine to be pretty. These ones from IKEA were really cheap, but look nice. If I need more space for DVD's or whatever in the future, there is plenty of room on the shelves.
My CD shelving was falling apart, so I bought these because of an online comment from a librarian that they were sturdy, plus they kind of look like the old card catalogs. They can also hold CDs in envelopes if I run out of room for cases.
Now, I just need an extra digital audio out, since TVs don't have the old red & white anymore apparently. Plus, a switcher, as my receiver's two digital audio ports are filled by the Apple TV and Blu-ray. Although, with my terrible reception, I will probably just watch live TV in emergencies and/or when the Internet is down.
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Friday, March 13, 2015
The older I get, the more I find myself unable to muster up any caring about the sin of hypocrisy. Everyone is a little hypocritical sometimes - no one can live up to their ideals 24/7/365. When you're a kid, it's shocking that your parents don't always practice what they preach, but when you're an adult, maybe it's more important to care about actual bad things that happen rather than the way people act towards those things. Like if someone is against gay marriage, I don't care if they are 100% faithful to their spouses or wild swingers, I just disagree that their personal views on marriage should prevent gay people marrying.
So, how about we all care less about hypocrisy, do our best to live up to our ideals, encourage good things and discourage bad things? Would that work? You know who's never hypocritical? Awful people, that's who. Anyone who says they're always honest and "tell it like it is" -- run far, far away from them. They will %100 for sure leave you when you get cancer and empty your bank account on the way out.
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Monday, January 05, 2015
Format once again ripped off shamelessly from the Librarian in Black:
Books -- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Peripheral, The Summer Prince, Ride The Pink Horse, The Quick, The Golem & The Jinni, Nexus, Hild, The Lions of Al-Rassan
Comics -- Order of the Stick, XKCD
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Recipe -- "Instant" Pho
Items of clothing -- spiderweb corset, grey buckled boots, Fluevog Mary Janes, camera skirt, Peter Pan collar blouse.
Games -- Plants vs Zombies, Candy Crush Soda, Interface Zero, MAS-F, Cosmic Patrol
Web sites: Librarian Problems, Lifehacker, Dice Shaming, Awful Library Books, Great Cosplay,
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Jesus is with us. He is trying so hard to light our paths, to direct us. Sometimes it seems like there is a fog hiding the light doesn't it? Or maybe even the bulb burned out. Then other times it feels like He has his brights on and is flashing like crazy in our eyes. Seriously, there are times when I feel like he took the lamp and hit me over the head. But then others, I feel like I missed the light switch and fell down the stairs.
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Glenorchy City Council provides support to residents in the City of Glenorchy through the Mayor's Sporting and Academic Fund. Donations may be provided to individuals or groups/teams who are Glenorchy residents selected to represent their state nationally or their country internationally in significant sporting, academic, cultural or civic events or youth leadership development opportunities.
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James Wesley Prince, Sr., 88, of Sutherland, VA, went home to be with the Lord in Heaven on Friday, June 29, 2018.
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He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Mary Elizabeth Harris Prince; a brother, George Thomas Prince, Jr.; and a sister, Frances Elizabeth Prince Johnson.
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In 1961, he became a member of Kenwood UMC, where he taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, served on the Administrative Board, and became a Certified Lay Speaker. In moving to Sutherland, he joined Ocran UMC in 1972 where he remained active until his death. He taught Sunday school, Bible Study, was a Disciple Instructor, served as Chairman of the Administrative Board, sang in the choir, and was a charter member of the United Methodist Men. He shared his love for the Lord through his certified lay ministry and his lifelong mission was to share the promise of God's word. He was a member of Gideons International, Life Renewal Ministries, the District Board of Missions, Civitan Club, Dinwiddie VFW, a charter member of Full Gospel Businessmen, and a charter member and Past President of Sutherland Ruritan Club. Jim loved the outdoors, and enjoyed hunting and fishing for many years. A special loving thanks to his daughter-in-law, Becky Prince for her devoted care.
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It's been a while!
Sorry to everyone, I have been working on replacing my equipment and working through burnout. I will continue to work on Solstoria, but it may be at a slower pace. My life has changed a lot since I started Solstoria, and I love it a lot, so please forgive me for taking a bit of a break. I love you all and thank you for your continued support.
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MIXED SIGNALS: A 'Terminator' Surrogate?Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
'Surrogates' vs. 'Terminator' ad posters. I'm confused.
For a split second, I thought The Sarah Conner Chronicles was back and I was overjoyed. Then I realized that wasn't Summer and I was upset. Then I realized this wasn't Terminator at all but some random chick from something called Surrogates. "What could go wrong?" I'll TELL you what could go wrong. A lot of things could have happened here. The same marketing company could have both done ads. The first could have been so wildly successful they just thought, "Hey. We'll just rip off Terminator." Whatever happened, this has DEFINITELY gone wrong. It's lame. I don't even care that Bruce Willis is in this movie, I'm so upset at what's happening with the posters.
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Thanks NCN for being man enough to admit that you're starting anew with your goals. I probably wouldn't have done that.
I need to do this too. I'm at 247 pounds, which is six pounds heavier than I was when I began this blog. My original goal was to hit 151 pounds by May of next year. The correct assessment of my progress toward this goal is: Fat Chance.
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Travel writing competition to win a 17 days safari trip to Madagascar. You can write about this experience and enter another competition with your articles 🙂
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