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|4.2 Jaguar E-Type
|Open Two Seater
|Left Hand Drive
|Rest: Nice
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2010-05-10 07:06:50 | pauls writes:
Ebay item 5/10/10
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Current bid $7,100 reserve not met 13 bids 6 days left in auction.
Sellers description:
I have owned this car since August 1997 when I purchased it in California and have driven it infrequently every year on nice days only. It had the engine totally rebuilt and the carburators overhauled in June 2007. Many other electrical and mechanical repairs have been done to the car also.
The car starts easily and runs great with less than 500 miles on the newly rebuilt engine.
There are some minor chips and flaking of paint on the body work and there is a small dent and cracked signal lense on the passenger front fender.
Tires are Dunlop Radial with plenty of thread on all 4 tires and the spare.
Car is available for viewing in Dallas, Texas.
2010-07-16 07:32:22 | pauls writes:
Car returns to ebay 7/16/10
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Current bid $6,766 reserve not met, 3 bids 9 days left in auction.
Previous auction ended at $24,600 reserve not met after 29 bids.
2013-03-29 10:05:23 | pauls writes:
Car returns to ebay 3/2/13
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RECENT-COMPLETE-ENGINE-REBUILD-NEW-PAINT-JOB-WOW-/151019 ...
Car has a buy it now price of $45,950 for 20 days. 32k miles.
Sellers description:
Texas Import Sales is proud to present a rare & beautiful 1970 JAGUAR
UPGRADED KENWOOD STEREO WITH iPOD INTEGRATION & HD RADIO
This rare E-Type convertible is in excellent condition inside and out. The exterior of this 1970 Jaguar E-Type is finished in a beautiful and glossy Silver accented with a Black Soft Top and complimented with a black leather interior. This color combination is beautiful.
The engine compartment is clean, sharp and looks absolutely great. The engine runs smooth, cool and maintains great oil pressure. The transmission shifts well and the vehicle runs and drives great! You can drive this vehicle around town or on the highway.
All the trim is in excellent condition. The Front and side glass are all in excellent condition. The seals around the windows are in great condition. The interior and soft top are in excellent condition.
We believe that a picture is worth a thousand words, so we have included over 100 Pictures so you can judge for yourself the condition this beautiful and eye catching 1970 Jaguar E-Type Convertible is in.
We welcome any professional third party inspections; so if you would like to have a certified mechanic or inspector check it out all you need to do is set up an appointment for them to come in and look it over for you. So, if you are looking for a rare classic that drives as good as it looks, then this beauty is for you.
Body: Excellent condition
Paint: Excellent condition
Bumpers: Excellent condition
Interior: Very good condition with light signs of use
Soft Top: Very good condition
Carpet: Very good condition with light signs of use
Windshield & Glass: Clear with no cracks
Tires: Matching set of DUNLOP RADIAL QUALIFIER tires size 215/70R15 with approximately 80% tread remaining
Wheels: Excellent condition
2013-04-23 11:24:01 | pauls writes:
Car returns to ebay 4/23/13
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Current bid $30,100 reserve not met, 13 bids 5 days left in auction.
Previous auction received no offers.
2013-05-01 07:10:27 | pauls writes:
Car returns to ebay 5/1/13
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Car has a buy it now price of $46,950 for 20 days.
Previous listing ended at $36,300 reserve not met after 21 bids.
2013-05-23 08:21:36 | pauls writes:
Car returns to ebay 5/23/13
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Car has a buy it now price of $46,950 for 20 days.
Previous auction received no offers.


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White and black polka dotted clear glass knob. Unique glass knobs for your kitchen cabinets. Cabinet knobs are approximately 1.4" in diameter. Includes screws for installation. Delivery time is normally 5 to 7 business days. If the item is out of stock, production and delivery will take 2 to 3 weeks. Minimum order of three knobs - mix and match

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As discussed earlier in class, the Instagram community guidelines are bizarre in the sense that they prioritize some images over others. There is no mention of violence, for example, but they would immediately censor sexual content. However, body parts can be shown in certain context like educational, marketing, or if it is beneficial for the community.
This last point made me think about the #loveyourlines Instagram page. The account has more than 106K followers and is a true inspiration for women all over the world who lives with stretch marks. When I think about the accounts where breastfeeding or even breast cancer survivors images gets shut down, I think about this page. The photos can sometimes be very graphic, but it is in no way sexual. It is to show real women, real bodies and spread self-love to others.
How can Instagram even think of shutting down this page? It is not even an option. Photos are being sent from very different kinds of women, from all ages, but they all share this one thing, and I think it is what makes it special.


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Credit Constraints as a Barrier to the Entry and Post-Entry Growth of Firms
Fally, Thibault
Scarpetta, Stefano
Published Versionhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0327.2007.00190.x
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CitationAghion, Philippe, Thibault Fally, and Stefano Scarpetta. 2007. Credit constraints as a barrier to the entry and post-entry growth of firms. Economic Policy 22(52): 731-779.
AbstractAdvanced market economies are characterized by a continuous process of creative destruction. Market forces and technological developments play a major role in shaping this process, but institutional and policy settings also influence firms' decision to enter, to expand if successful and to exit if competition becomes unbearable. In this paper we focus on the effects of financial development on the entry of new firms and the expansion of successful new businesses. Drawing from harmonized firm-level data for 16 industrialized and emerging economies, we find that access to finance matters most for the entry of small firms and in sectors that are more dependent upon external finance. This finding is robust to controlling for other potential entry barriers (labour market regulations and entry regulations). On the other hand, financial development has either no effect or a negative effect on entry by large firms. Access to finance also helps new firms expand if successful. Both private credit and stock market capitalization are important for promoting entry and post-entry growth of firms. Altogether, these results suggest that, despite significant progress over the past decade, many countries, including those in Continental Europe, should improve their financial markets so as to get the most out of creative destruction, by encouraging the entry of new (especially small) firms and the post-entry growth of successful young businesses.
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Job security is important in any job. It's also nice to be rewarded with that job security for work well done.
That's what the UFC has done for two top ten fighters as Carlos Condit and Ben Henderson have both inked multi-fight contract extensions with the promotion.
Condit and Henderson's representation at First Round Management announced the news on Wednesday.
"These fight contract extensions show the MMA world that the UFC values Ben Henderson and Carlos Condit as two of its top, young stars," First Round Management President Malki Kawa said. "Both are only 27 years old and have proven that they are contenders for titles in their weight divisions and also have strong fan bases. Fans will now be able to see them continue to grow in the Octagon."
Condit is in preparation for his UFC 137 showdown against B.J. Penn in the co-main event for the Las Vegas card. His fight against Penn will be his 11th fight under the Zuffa umbrella between the UFC and the WEC.
"I am honored to receive an extension before my next fight, as it shows the level of confidence the UFC has in me. I can't wait to show the fans how much my training for this next fight has paid off," Condit said.
Just off of a huge win over Jim Miller at UFC on Versus 5 earlier this month, Ben Henderson echoed Condit's words about sticking around with the promotion for as many fights as possible.
"I am excited that I will have the opportunity to continue to compete in the UFC, and I want to thank the UFC for believing in me and my abilities," Henderson stated.
While the terms of the new deals weren't disclosed, both Condit and Henderson signed multi-fight extensions that will see them competing in the UFC for quite some time.


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In Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery a clinical picture really is "worth a thousand words".
A variety of patients and disorders are presented to give a visual overview of the kind of eyelid and facial procedures that Dr. Klapper regularly performs. If applicable, a series of photographs including before and after images is shown.
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Phillip Fitzsimmons has worked for six years at the Al Harris Library at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU), Weatherford. Fitzsimmons holds an MLIS from the University of Oklahoma. He manages the ongoing digitization program that scans and posts on the Internet documents unique to SWOSU. Phillip lives in Weatherford with his family and is an avid swimmer, including being a member of the YMCA 100-Mile Club.
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Sheri Perkins is the Local History and Digital Collections Librarian at Tulsa City-County Library (TCCL). She received a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of Oklahoma in 2008. At TCCL, she focuses on the creation and management of digital content for use in teaching, learning and research.
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Sandra Tharp-Thee is known for working with little or no funds and performing community outreach. In June 2013 she received a White House Champion of Change Award, in April 2013 the library received the OLA Ruth Brown Award for social responsibilities and in 2012 the ATALM Institutional Library of Excellence Award. In the beginning the Iowa Tribe Library had a digital collection of "one", but it was the most meaningful of all – a copy of a 1848 Ioway Hymnal. An original copy is in the Iowa Archives but an electronic one became a gift from "Google Books". Hard copies of the Hymnal are now at the library as well. Today the Iowa Library digital collection consists of language and culturally relevant materials found from free resources. The library has recently acquired copies of the nine original treaties signed by the Ioways from the National Archives. The library works closely with Oklahoma Historical Society to preserve the culture and the history of the Ioway for future generations.
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The United States says it is "ready to go" if the decision is made to take military action in Syria, the country's defence secretary warned today.
Chuck Hagel said it was becoming "clearer and clearer" that President Bashar Al-Assad's regime was responsible for last week's suspected chemical weapons attack in a suburb of Damascus.
Mr Hagel warned that while America was still working with the United Nations and other allied nations to work out the "appropriate action to take", if it were decided that action should be military: "We are ready to go."
The bold statement came on a day when Downing Street confirmed that British armed forces are drawing up contingency plans for military action, and David Cameron recalled Parliament from its summer recess to discuss Britain's response to the crisis in the House of Commons.
A debate and a vote will be held on the issue in Westminster on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Syria's foreign minister Walid Muallem gave a press conference where he said the Syrian government denied "utterly and completely" any suggestion it was responsible for the suspected chemical attack which is said to have killed hundreds last week.
He also denied that the Syrian government had delayed UN inspectors' access to the site of the chemical attacks, saying they had "agreed immediately" to let them in and collect samples.
But British officials said this morning that all options were still on the table and no decision has been made over what form action could take.
A spokesman the UK Government indicated that a decision could be made before the results the UN weapons inspectors' report, but insisted any response would be in line with international law.
Number 10 said: "No decision has yet been taken. We are continuing to discuss with our international partners what the right response should be, but, as part of this, we are making contingency plans for the armed forces."
David Cameron's decision this afternoon to recall Parliament was widely welcomed by MPs, who had demanded that any military action must be discussed with them first.
The Prime Minister said a clear Government motion would be laid before MPs, which will then be debated and voted on.
If military action is agreed, it is thought forces could move in as early as this week.
Reuters report that Western powers have told the Syrian opposition to expect a strike against President Assad's forces "within days".


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After overhearing a colleague on the phone this morning, I wrote this quick "Onion"-style article:
Area Man in Plush High-rise Office 'Barely Surviving'
by Staff Business Correspondent Jason Rohrblogger
Beverly Hills--Area purchasing manager Herb Stoeffel reports that he is "Just hanging on" this morning at work.
Upon arrival in the carpeted, leather upholstered lobby, Stoeffel's administrative assistant greeted him with the news that a fresh pot of hazelnut coffee and warm glazed donuts have been delivered to the breakfast room by local vendor, Tri-state Office Equipment. Breathing a heavy sigh, Stoeffel advised his administrative assistant that "some days it's not even worth chewing through the straps to come to work, you know?" Sitting in his climate controlled office with high-speed internet and indirect lighting, Stoeffel noted that his voicemail indicator was blinking. "Will it never end?" he silently prayed to an unforgiving God.
Ten e-mails and one monthly report later, Stoeffel was blindsided by a lunch offer from his counterpart in marketing. "Morton's is out of the sea bass," marketing manager Al "Bad News" Thompson warned, "so it looks like either the Oscar-style filet mignon or the scallops croquette again."
"Why don't you just put a rusty shotgun in my stomach and pull the trigger?" Stoeffel wondered aloud, fighting to just take one breath at a time.
Adding to the impossible working conditions, Building Services announced that the number one stall in the men's room will be out of service for 45 minutes to fix a leaky water supply line with a request to use one of the other eight well-appointed, chemically deodorized stalls. "When will sweet death relieve me from this dystopian nightmare of existential doom?" Stoeffel muttered under his shallow breath. When asked by accounting receptionist Shaundra Malvo to please hold on the phone, Stoeffel replied that he is, "Barely holding it together, right now!"
"Sometimes he will just stare out of his 15th-floor corner window at the panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean for hours," observed office manager Anne-Marie Oshira. "Some days he can hardly focus or concentrate with all the problems going on. He's not the type of person you want to put on speaker during a phone conversation."
Finally informed that due to a "delay" in the mail room, all early morning packages will be personally hand-delivered to recipients by 10:30am this morning and not the usual 10:00am, Stoeffel just threw up his arms and shouted, "How are we supposed to run a business here? This is unbelievable!" Sources point out that it's not even Monday.
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June 17, 2017 | By Paul Kelly, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The fastest woman in Indianapolis 500 history added another entry Saturday to her list of accomplishments at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – race winner.
Sarah Fisher and amateur teammate Kirk Blaha combined to win the Indy Legends Charity Pro-Am race Saturday, June 17, the featured event of the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational. It was Fisher's first start in the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) event.
Nine-time Indianapolis 500 starter Fisher and Blaha won the race by a lap in their No. 3 1969 Chevrolet Corvette convertible over the runner-up team of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr. and amateur partner Peter Klutt.
"I had a great time," said Fisher, who still holds the fastest official lap by a woman at Indianapolis, 229.675 mph in qualifying in 2002. "This is my first year, so I'm quite a rookie. But the Blaha family made me feel right at home. We're all here to have some fun, race some great cars and have a great time."
Indy 500 veteran Max Papis and amateur teammate Curt Vogt finished third overall and won the B division of the race in their No. 23 1970 Ford Boss 302.
"It's an honor to share the car with Curt," Papis said. "Thanks to all the race fans for showing up and supporting the sport. Without you, we cannot do it."
2002 Brickyard 400 winner Bill Elliott and his teammate, fellow NASCAR Hall of Fame member Ray Evernham, finished fourth overall and third in the A division in the No. 9 1970 Ford Boss 302. The podium finished provided redemption for Evernham and Elliott, whose car broke after just three laps in their debut last year in this event.
"It's fun for us, but it's great for the fans," Elliott said. "The fans are the ones who supported us throughout all the years. It's fun to get out and run with Ray and kind of kick back, just look at things a little different, and especially run with a lot of legends that I grew up watching when I was a kid."
Five-time Indianapolis 500 starter Johnny Unser placed second in the B division, driving the No. 7 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS with amateur partner Shannon Ivey. Indianapolis 500 veteran Mark Dismore, from nearby Greenfield, Indiana, finished third in the B division with amateur partner Scott Hackenson in their No. 317 1967 Ford Mustang.
The quickest driver in the field sadly didn't see the checkered flag. Willy T. Ribbs, the first African-American driver to race in the Indianapolis 500, was left stranded on course late in the race due to a mechanical problem after turning the top lap of the race, 1 minute, 37.668 seconds, in the No. 36 1969 Chevrolet Corvette.
Points leader Ernie Francis Jr. won the TA class and overall race honors in the Trans Am presented by Pirelli event in his No. 98 Breathless Pro Racing/Beta Tools Ford Mustang. Francis won the 42-lap race by 35.424 seconds over runner-up David Pintaric in the No. 57 Kryderacing Cadillac CTS-V.
Mark Boden won the TA3 class race in the No. 46 Fall Line Motorsports/Calypso Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Brian Kleeman won the TA4 class from the pole in the No. 07 DWW Motorsports Inc. Ford Mustang.
Trans Am TA2 class competitors will race at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The race is 42 laps or 75 minutes, whichever comes first. TA2 class points leader Gar Robinson will start from the pole after an intense, late-afternoon shower forced the cancellation of qualifying.
In the second of two Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup races this weekend, Patrick Gallagher turned the tables on rookie Robert Stout with a victory by 2.0053 seconds. Stout edged Gallagher in the first race Friday by .0632 of a second.
Racing will take place in all 12 SVRA vintage car groups all day Sunday, and vintage motorcycle racing also will be held. Other attractions include the Hagerty Insurance "shine and show" car corral, a "Celebration of Vintage Motorcycles" with vintage motorcycle displays and an oval exhibition featuring a race car show of judged competition for the A.J. Watson and Sir Jack Brabham trophies, led by IMS historian Donald Davidson.
Visit IMS.com to order tickets or learn more about the Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational. Ticket prices are $20 Sunday. Kids 15 and under are free when accompanied by an adult.


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The Emergency Department is located on the southeast side of the hospital on the 1st floor. Follow the red Emergency signs from Manor Lane by car to the "Walk-In" entrance when your condition is not life threatening.
Non-Ambulance Traffic: Look for directional signs placed at the first (westernmost) driveway entrance on Manor Place, and at the Atlantic Avenue and Manor Place intersection. This designated route is for the general public to access the ER by traveling along the southwest side of the Hospital by Townsend Creek. Dedicated ER parking is available by the "Walk-In" Emergency Entrance.
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I'm finally back with a new unusual Wordy Wednesday word for you to have a go at using in your own creative piece!
This week's unusual word is;
- Deceitful
- Untrustworthy
- Deliberately faithless
- Treacherous
Perfidious comes originally from the Latin perfidiosus, meaning faithless or dishonest. It would have entered English sometime in the early 1600's.
'She'd always prided herself on being good at reading people, that her own lover could have been so perfidious, and right under her nose, shook her almost more than the discovery of the acts themselves.'
Can you use this word in a short piece of prose, flash fiction or poetry?
Comment your creative piece below and share the inspiration!
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Cedric no longer a member of TMV
It's a sad day. Cedric apparently doesn't consider himself to still be a part of TMV (at least for the time being – one can only hope that's about to change at some point in the future; time heals all wounds, right?).
Below you can find a collection of some of CBZs most recent tweets (click to enlarge):
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is engaged in a crackdown on corruption in China. He has just made his first move against a major Chinese bank.
Over the past 72 hours, the youngest bank CEO in the country has stepped down, become embroiled in the government's wide-reaching corruption crackdown, and seen his company's stock tumble more than 10% on Hong Kong's stock exchange.
Mao Xiaofeng was the CEO of China Minsheng Bank, a $300 billion company that touts its place as China's first privately controlled bank. At 42, he was a party secretary in China's ruling Communist Party with ties to former President Hu Jintao.
Therein, some say, laid the problem.
On Saturday, Mao stepped down from his post. Through the state-media organization Xinhua, the bank released a statement acknowledging Mao's absence and distancing the bank from his disappearance.
"China Minsheng Bank has noticed media reports concerning president Mao Xiaofeng. As far as the bank knows, the matter is of a personal nature and is unrelated to bank operations," the statement said.
Later, Chinese financial-news outlet Caixin reported that Mao had been cooperating with a corruption investigation into former Hu aid Ling Jihua. Ling is allegedly a ringleader of what anticorruption officials are calling the "Shanxi Gang," a faction of super-corrupt politicians from that northern province.
The state had "taken" Mao, the paper reported, sometime around Jan. 27. That's when Mao stopped responding to communications from journalists.
There are a few things to unpack here. What does this mean for Xi's all-encompassing corruption scandal? What does this mean for Minsheng? And what does this mean for Wall Street China?
First, let's tackle the corruption scandal. Mao is being accused of giving fake jobs at Minsheng to the wives of two disgraced, under-investigation party leaders. One is Ling Jihua's wife; the other is the wife of Su Rong, a former deputy chairman of the national political advisory body. Both men had ties to Hu Jintao.
High-level Minsheng bankers have been detained, an emergency meeting was held this weekend, and the bank's largest shareholder, Anbang Insurance Co., has said that it will sell no shares. In fact, it's been buying. Last month it increased its stake up to 20%. It needs a 25% stake to take management control of the bank.
And that is interesting. Anbang is the company that bought the Waldorf Astoria from Hilton. It's been growing like a weed, acquiring assets from the US to Belgium. Founded in 2004 by seven companies — including two massive state-owned firms, Shanghai Automotive Industry Group Corp and Sinopec — it recently denied a report that it is also owned by powerful Communist Party princeling Chen Xiaolu.
Chen said he did not, contrary to reports, own over 50% of Anbang through three private companies of his own. He is the son of Chen Yi, a general who helped to found modern China.
Make of that what you will, but it seems there are clear winners and losers here. Analysts told Bloomberg that Anbang may consider Minsheng's current price slump a buying opportunity.
What is certain, according Minnie Chan and George Chen of The South China Morning Post, is that more arrests are coming for Wall Street China. It's a lot like what happened to China's oil sector last year, when high-level officials were carted off for a dizzying list of transgressions — fulfilling President Xi's promise that he would go after "powerful tigers" as well as "lowly flies."


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Well, it didn't take long for those on both sides of the Brexit decision to start arguing over the forecasts for UK GDP, debt and borrowing for the next few years.
It is, though, rather like crew members on Boris Johnson's Titanic arguing over where the deck chairs should go. The uncertainty over what a post Brexit UK will look like economically is real - because as yet our government has not set out its plan as to what the UK wants, and what our current European partners will agree to.
In the meantime (literally 'mean' - time) we see modest growth in spending in yesterday's Autumn Statement. And what increases there are come late in the economic cycle to 2020 (£1.5bn of the extra £2bn on research spending comes in the last year of forecasts).
The Autumn Statement could have done more to help those genuinely in a JAM situation. My firm has long argued for tax simplification and one way this could have been achieved would have been to align the starting point for National Insurance with that for tax. Absurd to argue that you take 4 million out of tax when ignoring the impact of NIC. That - rather than a modest increase in the living wage or a slower withdrawal of in work benefits - might at least have brought a bit of Xmas cheer to those hard pressed.
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How to Calculate Percentages Based on a Count of Like-Records in a FieldTom Hier Oct 15, 2018 6:13 PM
Hi. Here is the situation. I have a field called "04 Room Use Type Level 1" which describes various room types -- e.g., "Amphitheatre", "Lecture Hall", "Classroom", etc. The database where this field resides is a database of individual course records (e.g., Nursing 101, etc.). Each record (course) has meeting hours associated with it (e.g., Nursing 101 might meet for 4 hours per week). I have a chart that shows for each room type the sum of total class meeting hours for that room type. I'm now trying to figure out how to compute the percentage of hours used -- either by day or by week. In algebraic terms, the calculation I need to create would be something like the following:
Sum(Total Class Hours per Week for a Particular Room Type) / [ Count(Rooms of That Type) * (Number of Available Hours Per Day (or per Week))]
To make this real, assume I have 5 Lecture Halls, and 7 Classrooms in the database. I have 20 courses that meet in the 5 various Lecture Halls (with a total of 50 hours in those Lecture Halls), and I have 10 courses that meet in the 7 Classrooms (with a total of 40 hours in those Classrooms).
I'm trying to figure out what the calculated field would be that would give me results -- e.g.:
...add all course hours associated with Lecture Halls (50 hours)
...add up the number of Lecture Halls in the "04 Room Use Type Level 1" field (5 halls)
...compute the total potential hours available to be scheduled (5 halls * 40 hours per hall per week)
...compute the room utilization of Lecture Halls: 50 hours used / (5 halls * 40 hours per hall per week) = 50 / 200 = 25% room utilization for Lecture Halls.
In the attached packaged workbook, the first sheet, labeled "START WITH THIS SHEET" shows the total hours scheduled in each room type. Now I need to add up the number of rooms of that type in the "04 Room Use Type Level 1" field, multiply it by the total hours available per day or per week (which I already have as a parameter) and then compute the percentage. I just don't know how to add the number of rooms by room type in a calculation.
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Power Over Nature
Jesus and his disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee in a small boat one evening. While Jesus was sleeping, a fierce storm came, and began to sink the boat. The disciples woke him.
Jesus arose and rebuked the storm saying, "Peace be still." It became calm, and Jesus said to them "Where is your faith?" Because of this the disciples were afraid, saying "Who is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?" (Mark 4:35-41)
Power Over Disease
One day a crowd was following Jesus on a road near Jericho. Hearing the crowd, a blind beggar asked what was happening. They told him Jesus was passing by. The blind man cried out "Jesus, have mercy on me!"
Jesus stopped, and asked what he wanted. "Lord, I want to regain my sight," he replied. Jesus said, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." Immediately the man could see, and the crowd began glorifying God. (Mark 10:46-52)
Power Over Death
Jesus had a friend named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. When Jesus learned that Lazarus died, he came to Bethany.
Now Lazarus had been dead for 4 days, and a boulder covered the cave where his body was. Jesus asked them to remove the stone. He then shouted "Lazarus, come forth!" And Lazarus came out, restored to life.
After seeing this, many witnesses believed that Jesus was the son of God. (John 11:1-45)


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Promotion of Prem Rawat in Europe
In terms of income generation Europe has been second only to the US for those organisations which promote Prem Rawat, more pertinently Europe has proved a net generator of funds which have been channelled for use to the US, Australia and other non European countries. The primary channel for International funding of Prem Rawat's promotional activities is the Swiss based Elan Vital Foundation.
From the mid 1970s until the end of the 1990s a Divine Light Mission or Elan Vital, structured on the closed member association model was in existence in most western European countries, although the arrangements in the UK were always at variance to the rest of Europe. The UK arrangements were predicated on the provisions for Charitable status and the consequent tax exemptions available.
In the late 1990s the promotion of Prem Rawat in Europe became increasingly focussed on the distribution of videos and audio tapes and on satellite broadcasting. Initially marketed as a subscription accessed service this ultimately became a free to air service supported by donation.
Apparently on the basis of an efficiency assessment the majority of the European Elan Vitals were closed down prior to 2001 with Elan Vital[UK] retaining responsibility for the collection of Satellite subscriptions from UK followers while the remainder of Europe was required to deal with a Spanish based entity with a bank account in the name of Asociacion Elan Communications, subsequently operating under the name Eurcommunications.
An entity called Fundacion Elan Vital was set up in Spain in 1999 and a web address using this name was part of the Elan Vital contact system, although the name of the web site is given as Fundazion La Paz Es Posible.
Promotion of Prem Rawat in the United Kingdom
Divine Light Mission
England was Prem Rawat's first destination in his journeys outside of India in 1971. The formation of a UK Divine Light Mission, following this visit was an ad hoc affair and it was not until June 1972 that a Trust Deed was created and the organisation finally gained Registered Charitable status in England and Wales in October 1972. This single Registered Charity served as a locus for the whole of the UK and no comparable organisation seems to have been created under Scottish Law although an Elan Vital organisation has been created under Northern Ireland administrative arrangements. The objects of the English/Welsh Charity - called The Divine Light Mission, still available on the Charity commission website were as follows:
TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF SRI HANS JI GURU MAHARAJA AND SRI SANTA JI GURU MAHARAH [sic] BY PROMOTING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT GOD IS THE SUPREME CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE: THE REALISATION OF GOD WITHOUT NOMINATIONAL BIAS; THE RELIEF OF PREVENTION OF SUFFERING BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OCCASIONED BY POVERTY, ILL HEALTH AND THE ABUSE OF DRUGS
During the 1970s, although many activities in the UK were carried out in the name of Divine Light Mission, the liabilities for these activities were vested in a chaotic profusion of businesses, Limited Companies, private ownerships and individual guarantors, lease holders and contract signatories. Many of the businesses, both sole trader operations and Limited Companies incorporated the Divine United Organization name although none had any direct legal relationship with either the UK Divine Light Mission or the Indian DUO.
Whether by design or accident the chaotic arrangements surrounding the UK DLM provided an effective screen of opacity behind which both donated funds and volunteer labour were applied to ill defined purposes over which neither the donors nor the volunteers had control or influence. Of the various businesses associated with DLM[UK] none enjoyed any sustained success and by the time DLM[UK] was closed as a charity in 1995 it had no declared relationship with any commercial operation other than its wholly owned subsidiary DLM Ltd.
The fund raising activities of DLM[UK] were targeted primarily at those followers of Prem Rawat who were resident in the UK and the methods employed were, in that context not remarkable. What perhaps should have been of concern was that collected funds were being applied to purposes other than those for which they were expressly collected. One of the most glaringly anomalous arrangements concerns a valuable residential property known as Swiss House, or more commonly to Prem Rawat's followers - the Divine Residence.
In 1972 the lease on a property in Woodside Avenue, north London was acquired and this then served as Prem Rawat's home while he was in the UK. In response to Prem Rawat's expressed views that the Woodside Avenue property was not adequate to his needs, and that he preferred the security of a free hold property, successive General Secretaries of DLM[UK] made appeals for funds to acquire a free hold property to serve as Prem Rawat's UK residence. In 1974 a property called Swiss House, located in the 'stock broker belt' of Colley Hill, near Reigate, Surrey was acquired on a lease hold basis. It is unclear in whose name the lease was acquired or what funds were used to support the acquisition. The terms of this acquisition were never made clear to the mass of Prem Rawat's followers in the UK and there seems to have been a general 'assumption' that a mortgage was held on the property and that DLM[UK] was involved in the progressive purchase of equity. In fact there is no evidence despite the considerable fund raising effort by DLM[UK] that the organisation ever owned any equity in any property, other than a redundant cinema in Dulwich south London and it seems likely that funds raised by or at least via DLM[UK] were used to support the continued leasehold of the Swiss House property until 8th March 1989 when the Freehold of the property was acquired by the SEVA Corporation of America. SEVA CoA is the entity which owns many of the assets exclusively enjoyed by Prem Rawat. SEVA's UK contact is c/o Mssrs Rakisons, 27, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1NF
The source of SEVA's funds for this 1989 acquisition are unknown, - SEVA does not engage in trade and therefore has no obvious source of income. Prem Rawat's followers contributed substantial funds at the behest of Officers of The Divine Light Mission, with the expectation that what by then was a Registered Charity would use those funds to acquire a free hold property. At no time did DLM[UK] make any declaration in respect of its funding of the Swiss House property. Swiss House appears on the UK Land Registry under the Title Number SY356311.
Elan Vital
In 1991 the Elan Vital Foundation, an entity created under Swiss Law, acted as Settlor to create, under the Trust Laws of England and Wales an organisation called Elan Vital, this organisation was granted Registered Charity status in 1993 as an Education Charity. According to the Trust Deed of 22 October 1991 the stated Object of Elan Vital [UK] is "To Advance the Education in the Understanding and Realisation of Human Potential through Self-Knowledge based upon the Teachings of Prem Pal Singh Rawat k/a Maharaji". No explanation is given as to what this statement of Objects actually means.
Registered Charity status entails the legal requirement to publish full annual accounts and this information allows greater insight into the operation of Elan Vital[UK] than into any other Prem Rawat promoting organization.
Elan Vital[UK] classifies its activities into local, national and international categories. Local and national refer to activities carried out directly under the auspices of the Elan Vital[UK], international however refers not to any organisational involvement of Elan Vital but to the transfer of resources, described as Grants by Elan Vital, to other Prem Rawat promoting organizations operating in other countries.
However, a glance at the Amaroo registration package 'Booking and Entry Conditions' shows how close to the legal horizon EV (UK) sails, stating bluntly that 'registration is US$410' (whereon one enters into a legal contract with EV (UK), subject to the usual raft of cancellation penalties, booking and entry conditions etc. - understandable for any event manager).
The question of why a UK 'educational' Charity should engage in activities which it understands 'sail close to the legal horizon' remains unanswered.
In 2010 Elan Vital changed its name to "Human Development Through Self Knowledge" - HDSK, it remains registered as a Charity in England and Wales. Charity Registration No. 1016818.
Office address: 69, Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BB
The Trustees as of June 2010 were:
Roland Peter Klepzig, Susan Gower Robinson, James Shaw and Fredrick Grant.
Promotion of Prem Rawat in Switzerland (World wide)
The Elan Vital Foundation was created as a Foundation under Swiss Law in or around 1983. The President of Divine Light Mission Inc.[US] at that time was Michael Dettmers. In April 2000 he made the following public comments about the Elan Vital Foundation -
"In the late 70's, one of my responsibilities was to reorganise Divine Light Mission, in part because there was considerable litigation over the name in India and elsewhere caused by the dispute between Maharaji and his mother.
Apart from the sheer scale of the international business of which the EVF became the 'hub' what is most significant is that control of EVF derives from the US Elan Vital operation. The precise provisions of the EVF constitution remain secret, something which is compounded by the linkage to the equally closed 'church' organisation that has been Elan Vital Inc.[US].
It is the assertion of a number of commentators that the primary funding concern of the EVF has for many years been the facilitation of Prem Rawat to travel abroad, the EVF meeting the leasing, maintenance, fuelling and hangarage costs of Prem Rawat's succession of Executive Jets. The costs of this are put a $US 4.5 million dollars per annum. On its website EVF claims the following distribution of resources: International Tours & Events 91%, Administration etc. 9%. To avoid any conflict with the strict local laws on the use of charitable funds, no Swiss Elan Vital was ever created.
Promotion of Prem Rawat in The Netherlands (World wide)
In 2008 a Corporate Trust was registered in the Netherlands as STICHTING WORDS OF PEACE GLOBAL with an address given as Foundation Words of Peace Global, P.O Box 2745, 1000CS Amsterdam. The WOPG website states that it operates out of offices in Spain. Words of Peace has been used for a number of years as the branding title of Rawat's programmes produced for cable and satellite TV broadcast.print


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Water-Framed Cityscapes by Dusan Stojancevic
Dusan Stojancevic is a talented photographer and filmmaker based in Belgrade, Serbia. Dusan likes to photograph the world's major cities and monuments through drops of water. He started capturing cityscapes through the surface of water drops 15 years ago with a photo from his window. Since he hasn't used Photoshop, that is why there are flaws of sharpness and blurs in the different frames.
Some of the photos are on film, but most of them are digital, but it is a macro photography technique, not a Photoshop, that is why it has flaws in sharpness and a lot of blurs.
– Dusan Stojancevic
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Rapper Jay Z has acknowledged his wife Beyonce's headline-grabbing new album Lemonade in a new rap verse.
The Crazy in Love singer released the visual album in April and stunned fans with lyrics appearing to hint at problems, including infidelity and betrayal, in her eight-year marriage to the rapper.
It was rumored that Jay Z was working on his own album to explain his own side of events, but in his first public acknowledgement of Lemonade, he doesn't address the allegations Beyonce made in her songs.
In the new rap verse on a remix of Fat Joe and Remy Ma's All the Way Up, he simply references the album title, the late icon Prince, and apparently acknowledges the infamous Met Gala elevator incident in 2014, in which Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles lashed out at him.
"You know you made it when the fact/Your marriage made it is worth millions/Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is," he opens up his verse.
He also mentions, "Prince left his masters where they safe and sound/We never gonna let the elevator take him down."
The last line could also be a reference to the nature of Prince's death in April. The Purple Rain star's body was found in the elevator of his home in Minnesota. His back catalog can only be found on Jay Z's streaming service Tidal.
When Lemonade was released, the line "Becky with the good hair" grabbed the headlines as fans tried to uncover who Jay Z had allegedly been unfaithful with. Both fashion designer Rachel Roy and Jay Z's protege Rita Ora publicly denied being Becky.
Rapper Jay Z has acknowledged his wife Beyonce's headline-grabbing new album Lemonade in a new rap verse.


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The Simmons Family
To day we had a great family outing. Patty, Ben, Dante and I were in Langford at the casino to see Gene Simmons and his family. We got there around 9:30AM and got into a shorter than expected line up. Patty made a new friend with a woman in front of us in line that lives in Duncan. Dante made friends with everyone. It was such a nice day so good thing we got Dante's hair cut yesterday. His KISS tee shirt that Patty made for him probably kept him a little warm but we had lots of cold water and I took him for lots of walks to a shady cool area.
The event was running about an hour late but everyone in the crowd was taking it good. It was supposed to start at 12:00 but apparently they were stuck in traffic. They had a magician and held some contests then they had some KISS karaoke. Some 7 year old got up and stole the show. When they finally arrived Ben and I tried to gey closer to get a better look. There were tons of ppl so Ben climbed up on a railing and I handed him my camera and went back to the line with Patty and Christa. Thanks to Ben who got some nice shots especially the one of Shanon's butt!!
Once the line got moving it moved real fast. There were no autographs allowed and they took the picture for you and gave you a web site to retrieve the photo to download. When we got to the front of the line the guy asked us Dante's name then when it was our turn he said Dante take your family up. He then walked over and told Sophie to look at what we had and her and Shanon both went awwww and started to pet Dante then Sophie actually held Dante. Their photographer took a photo or two. Then when Ben got to Gene with Dante, Gene got down close to Dante talking like he was Talking to a baby and touching Dante's whiskers going ooooh you got a mustache don't you puppy your so cute. They took a picture of that too so hopefully they post them with our family shot and when we get them I'll post them here.
I have to say that they are one good looking Family Gene is even better looking in person and oh so friendly. You don't get much time but they all shake your hand and say hello and smile like they mean it. Was a long time in the sun but very worth it. Would do it again in a heart beat!


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Promoting your Facebook contest to get more results 14 de Setembro de 2016
When you create a contest on Facebook, we give you tools to invite your friends and publish the contest on a page you manage. But sometimes that's not enough and you need to reach a larger audience with a Facebook promoted post.
A promoted post is just like a regular post but you pay so it shows up in more people's newsfeeds. You can target your actual fan base, their friends or even a specific audience based on demographics.
The first thing you need to do is build the contest itself. Once it's ready to be promoted, go to the Share section where you can customize the Share image, title and text. It's important to do this first because the post cannot be modified once it is published and promoted.
Next you need to copy your contest's Share URL and use it to make a post on your page as in this example:
Once the post is published on your page, you will see a "Boost Post" button underneath it. Click it and follow the instructions.
Alternatively, if you do not wish to post the contest on a page, you can create a Facebook ad. Just follow these steps:
- Go to Facebook Ads Manager.
- Choose "Send people to your website" as the marketing objective.
- Follow the steps on the screen and enter your Share URL as the destination URL for the ad.
A paid Facebook advertisement campaign is not a guarantee of success. That's why we recommend you start with a small budget and monitor how your campaign performs. Here are a few advice that might help:
- Be careful how much text you use in your post's image. Facebook might penalize you.
- Add a great call-to-action to your post so people are encouraged to participate. Tell your fans their feedback will make a difference in offering a better service or product.
- Reward participants by drawing a prize.
- Encourage participants to share the contest with their friends.
- Keep your questionnaire short and make open-ended questions optional. Remember that most participants answer contests from their mobile phones while they are on the go. Their attention span is short!


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Minimalistic and realistic, the films of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are noted for what they are not. The Belgium film-making duo employ only the simplest cinematic tools; absent are the slow-motion shots, the montages, the music, extravagant set designs and ensemble casts. Their films are beautifully stripped-down, the features feel as though they are created of a single camera man and actor engaging in intimate shoots. A true film of the Dardenne brothers is recognised for its unrelenting patience and their latest feature Two Days, One Night, starring the effervescent Marion Cottilard, is no exception. True to form, the flick is based purely on real life challenges ranging from financial difficulties to mental illness, insecurity and self-doubt to the constant challenge of maintaining human connection. I cannot note Two Days, One Night for its cinematography nor its score - the film is shot most simplistically with handheld cameras and as for its score - well its non-existent. Even Cottilard appears bare-faced for the cameras, her raw performance all that is needed to win over this audience. What this feature essentially reveals is the sad but hopeful truth that individuals survive by everyday triumphs and the enduring contentment which it accompanies.
Two Days, One Night chronicles three days in the life of a young Belgian mother, Sandra (Marion Cottilard) who works as a labourer in a solar-panel factory. After taking a prolonged leave of absence after suffering a nervous breakdown, Sandra's colleagues are given the option to each receive a ¢1,000 bonus if they agree to make Sandra redundant. In the following few days, Sandra is persuaded by her husband to take a trip to individually visit each of her colleagues in hopes of convincing them to forgo the bonus so that she may remain employed. The significant issue at hand is that Sandra progressively begins to doubt not only her chances but her entitlement to the position.
From its opening credits, the Dardenne brothers establish the film to be more refined and more insightful than any mere concept piece. Presented as a life portrait of believable characters, Two Days, One Night is deeply personal and humane, utterly convincing the audience that we have stepped into their respective lives. It has achieved the phenomenal creative dream: the audience believes that after the film finishes these people go on living and they existed before it even started.
Similarly to earlier Dardenne flicks, The Child, Rosetta and The Kid with the Bike, the fighting ground of conflict is everyday life - the trials and tribulations faced by ordinary people. It is its relevance and empathetic approach which draws in the audience's attention - the viewers aware they are mere steps away from meeting similar fates. Each of Sandra's encounters with her colleagues and their respective families is an omnipotent reveal of dire and desperate human needs. The visits vary drastically in character; from the moving support of a guilt-ridden man, to the melancholic explanation of a woman's simple lack of choice to the frightening, violent response of an indignant, hard-working colleague.
The most unusual attraction to this latest Dardenne feature is the presence of a recognisable lead. Previously, the brothers had elected to cast little-known talent. Two Days, One Night signifies their first film to feature an internationally renowned actress. Marion Cottilard has, in this past decade, easily established herself as the face of prepossessing French cinema. Cottilard began in the early 2000s, appearing only in small independent films, exclusively shown in French-speaking countries. However she rose to immediate prominence following her spectacular performance as French cabaret singer, Edith Piaf, of the flawed by spirited La Vie en Rose. In the years that followed, audiences came to adore her scene-stealing escapades in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and Christopher Nolan's Inception. Her lead role in Rust and Bone as an amputee beguiled its audience once more. She immerses herself as Sandra Bya of Two Days with incredible ease, gracefully capturing the complexes of this suffering woman. Cottilard creates a character we imagine is hardened by life, tired, weary and almost timid - her body language wrapped in self-doubt. We see it in her despairing gaze, habitual hair-touching, reluctant stride and when it comes to it, her crestfallen tears of defeat and self-hate.
Tales of "triumph over diversity" typically fit the crowd-pleasing, feel-good bill. Two Days, One Night subverts this formula by rewarding its audience with a sobering and unexpected yet equalling fulfilling story arc. It is these such transcendent masterpieces of the Dardenne brothers that truly perpetuate Oscar Wilde's infamous proclamation that "life imitates art more than art imitates life". It is the viable, the realisable achievements of life, as represented by the Belgian directors, which truly inspire. You can dream big or dream real.


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Shoulder surgery sidelines country singer Craig Morgan
The "Wake Up Lovin' You' singer has had to cancel appearances after Wednesday's surgery.
A shoulder injury that turned out be more serious than expected has forced Craig Morgan to cancel several upcoming appearances.
The country singer injured his shoulder a few weeks ago while grappling with friends at a gym. During routine shoulder surgery Wednesday, doctors discovered damage requiring six screws to set bone fractures, as well as the expected torn tendons.
Morgan's recuperation will require him to miss a scheduled appearance Monday on CBS' The Talk; shows in Chattanooga, Tenn., and Twenty-Nine Palms, Calif.; and an appearance next week at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
"He'll be in a sling for the next few weeks," says Dawn Delvo a representative for Black River Entertainment, Morgan's record label. "It's going to be a road to recovery, but he's a trooper, so I don't think it'll keep him down long."
Morgan's current single, Wake Up Lovin' You, is at No. 15 on the USA TODAY Country airplay chart this week.


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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Nicolas Cage has had a bumpy ride. Never mind his personal life and tax problems. His cinematic endeavors alone have yielded mixed results. Raising Arizona, Con Air, Face/Off, Adaptation, all have showcased his considerable skill as an actor in a variety of ways. But the last few years have shown a dip in his ability to perform. National Treasure, Ghost Rider, Bangkok Dangerous and the atrocious Next have rounded out his recent portfolio. However, he seems to be making a comeback. With his darker, comedic turns in movies like The Bad Lieutenant and Kick-Ass, he is once again proving himself as more than capable of carrying a film. His latest movie, The Sorcerer's Apprentice isn't quite what you'd expect next from a re-blossoming career such as his, but its good hearted nature, interesting premise and sly humor make it worth a look.
Cage plays Balthazar, a sorcerer who has been on the search for the one known as the Prime Merlinean for centuries. On happenstance, he finds him in physics nerd Dave, played by Jay Baruchel, and takes it upon himself to teach him the ways of sorcery, explaining that sorcerers can use their brains to their fullest extent, which explains why physics comes so easy to him. He is told that he holds the power that will help him defeat Horvath, played by Alfred Molina, who plans on breaking free the evil sorcerers of the world who have been trapped inside of a wooden doll for hundreds of years. Despite his reluctance, Dave agrees to help, though he finds himself sidetracked by the beautiful Becky, played by Teresa Palmer, and unwittingly drags her into the fray.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a movie that gets by on its charm alone. It's a marginal movie that verges on the brink of self-destruction with problems persisting throughout its runtime, but I found myself smiling and laughing nevertheless. My brain says no, but the small child within me says yes. Chalk this one up as a guilty pleasure.
Such praise may come off as negligible, but I couldn't be happier. See, I've already discredited John Turteltaub as a competent action director. After two unwatchable National Treasure movies with action scenes that have the same effect as a shot of NyQuil, I didn't expect to find much pleasure here, but I did. While still not particularly memorable, Turteltaub is getting better, although much of the action hinges on special effects with which the actors unrealistically interact.
Baruchel in particular is unconvincing, especially during the dragon chase scene midway through. He has a niche type of talent that fits certain types of movies, like this year's She's Out of My League, but he has a tough time pretending to be scared of something that isn't truly there. It's good for him then that he's allowed to venture into other territories away from the action. When not screaming at mythological beasts or throwing his arms around to conjure up plasma balls, he gives a winning performance that makes us care about him and root for him to get the girl. He steps away from the whiny, pity me personality he has inhabited in past films and shows that he can carry some charisma when given the chance.
Still, this is a kids oriented movie, complete with inconsistencies and juvenile humor, which is to say it's harmless. Perhaps I was in a good mood, or perhaps it was due to the humorous nods to other Disney franchises—the homage to Fantasia (which this is very loosely based on) was fantastic—but I latched onto The Sorcerer's Apprentice and never let go. I try to walk into every movie with my mind set to neutral, but realistically, one can't help but have predetermined thoughts on whether or not a movie will be good. In this instance, my expectations and the actual outcome did not match.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice receives 3/5


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Free Neck Warmer Sewing Pattern Tutorial
The recent snow is my inspiration for this Free Neck Warmer Sewing Pattern, the first tutorial in a series of easy-to-make winter accessories. This Neck Warmer Scarf is fast and really simple to make. I made this one in about 30 minutes from start to finish! It's simple to create endless Neck Warmer Scarf designs from this one basic pattern … [CLICK TO READ MORE]


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Subaru's compact crossover gets a makeover for 2016 after Motor Image, the official distributor of Subaru vehicles in Southeast Asia, held the regional debut of the updated XV at the 2015 Thailand International Motor Expo today.
Featuring a sleeker-looking front end along with a revised interior finish, Subaru claimed that the 2016 XV will offer 'improved aesthetics, new features and an enjoyable driving experience'.
"The Subaru XV is a bold car meant to handle any journey, and ride along in a fun way – putting life in motion and connecting with one's passion. There is true joy when you get the freedom to do that, and the Subaru XV is the perfect car that allows you to 'Unpark Your Life', getting you to your destination, everywhere," said Glenn Tan, Executive Director of Tan Chong International Ltd.
While subtle, the changes on the 2016 XV include a reshaped hexagonal grill design along with updated C-shaped headlights with LED daytime running lights, and more defined character lines. Rounding it all is a set of slightly revised17-inch alloy wheels and combination taillights.
Inside, it gets an enhanced interior according to Subaru. It has a new cluster display, leather upholstery on the seats and shift boot with orange contrast stitching. The steering wheel has also been revised to give a more comfortable grip. Furthermore, it gets premium multifunction display, push start with smart entry and electric driver's seat.
Under the hood is the carried 2.0-liter FB20 Boxer engine that puts out 150 PS @ 6,200 rpm along with a torque rating of 196Nm at 4,200 rpm. Power is transferred to the all wheels via Subaru's AWD system and Lineartronic CVT.
Safety features present in the updated crossover include: anti-lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution and brake assist, brake override, engine immobilizer, ISOFIX anchor seats, SRS front airbags and side impact beams.
The all-new Subaru XV is available for booking at the following Subaru Showrooms across the Philippines, EDSA Greenhills, Global City, Manila Bay, Alabang, Sta. Rosa, Batangas, Cebu, Cagayan De Oro, Davao from December 2015.


text: The story of this band starts back in 2007 in Sweden, and this is their first full length release so far. The band is playing Death Metal, but nothing close to what Swedish Metal sounds today. Instead imagine a mixture of old-fashioned Thrash music, with screaming vocals, that are a blend of Black and Death Metal, a very dark atmosphere and enough melodies here and there. The result is rather strange, raw and primitive, but addictive and catchy. I am not sure if they are experienced musicians or now trying to establish a sound of their own, but they have good things in their music, that fans of the extreme might like. Judging from the track titles, but also partially from the cover art, their song lyrics, or some of them, must have been inspired by the work of Lovecraft, something that I also find fitting with the atmosphere of the music. The production is quite good, clear enough, and manages to preserve the feeling. A band with potential, with enough good moments, enough nice ideas, and a very interesting approach in their music. If you put aside some less good moments, you have a raw album that gives them a promising future.


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Distance is tearing us, my darling
Distance is killing us, my dear
And the weather is getting colder
Since I don't have you lying here
And if I have to wait one more minute
One more hour, one more day
For you to come back to my arms
To my life, to this house, to our bed
To this place we call our home
You might find me old, tired, confused
And probably already dead
By the time of your return
You might find me lying lifeless
You might find me diseased
Cause every second that passes
My heart keeps drowning
My heart keep sinking in
Into the ocean of my very own lonely tears
And I need you darling
Yes, I need you dear
I need you right now, right here.
So come rushing in through that door
I cannot wait for you anymore
Cause I'm slowly slipping,
Softly crawling on the floor
Minute after minute
Little by little letting go
In the beach of our memories
Sitting by the shore
As I ache for your return
My skin begins to burn
My thoughts they turn
In and out and all around
And all I want to be
For you my darling
For you my love
Is be prepared and beautiful
Have the strength
To break this vicious cycle
To come across the other side
Safe and sound
To find peace within this inner storm
For when you come home.
So what are you waiting for?
What is it making you take so long?
While I'm here desperately waiting
Passing time alone
In this, our bedroom
Our sacred shelter,
where our love belonged
So here I hear only the wind whistling
The tick tock
of the hands of the clock
That for you it hasn't stopped
Not like I've had
So as I press onto this message
And I write the final lines
Of this unusual, intricate, poetic prose
I ask you more directly
Have you come to your senses?
What do you have to say in your defense?
Is this the end?
I think I see the rolling credits
As they play that trailer song
So come on and tell me
That this is not so
Come rushing in, my dear
Come back to me, my darling
You have until the morning
You have before the sun.