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YUK! I rarely treat myself to mascara, but, thought what the heck and bought this the other day, I wish I'd saved my £5 whatever, it's the worst. It comes out in clumps, it seems to take forever to dry and I'm forever wiping clumps of it from my eye lids - don't buy it!!!
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Clumpy, flakes during the day, and looks terrible on. It didn't 'lift' my lashes at all, and I don't know if it was the brush or the formula, but it gave me that horribly trashy super-heavy mascara look that you see on 15 year old girls trying to look 20 by wearing their body weight in makeup. I have to wait until it is dry and then attack my lashes with a brow brush (both sides) to tame my lashes into something that looks halfway flattering.
Well, this is the first time MUA's negative reviews heavily contradicted with mine. I agree the brush is a little annoying, but honestly I love this stuff. It lengthens very well and with the right strokes it can give you great volume as well. It's very buildable, again YMMV with the brush. Seems to hold curls very well too. At the very end of the day I see a little flaking, but it is very mild. I definitely prefer this over Rimmel's Max Volume Flash which didn't really do anything for my lashes. I guess my lashes are just a bit choosier than others'. ;)
As is I have no reason not to recommend this, especially for what it costs, other than that the brush might pose a problem with smaller lashes.
HG. This is it. My search has finally come to an end--unless, of course, something better comes along. However, I've tried just about every type of mascara, from the Rite-Aid housewife's Holy Grail to the highest of the high-end. From Wet 'n' Wild to Yves Saint Laurent. Basically, from crap to extremely expensive crap. And this is THE one that trumps them all. OK, so I do have to say that the wand that comes with this mascara is useless. USE A DIFFERENT WAND. ANY other wand, as long as it doesn't have the teeny, rubbery tiered bristles the Eye Magnifier comes with--use a brush with longer, thinner bristles. Most other lash wands come with bristles longer than this, so it shouldn't be a difficult search. I've actually been using an old Lash Stiletto brush that I used to use dyeing my eyebrows. Anyway, using a better brish with this product is key. The mascara formula itself is fantastic; it lengthens, LIFTS INCREDIBLY, and volumizes. You can add multiple coats for really intense lift and lengthening, but be careful not to add more than 3 or 4, otherwise it will begin to look unnatural. It clumps a little after the 3rd coat, like most other mascaras, but only if you add too many coats and don't bother to brush it through, which is common knowledge anyway, right? My point is, this is probably THE best mascara available that lifts, lengthens AND volumizes--WITH the right brush. Just trust me on this one. I know what I'm doing. You won't be disappointed. The Brits have it.
So the only reason why I used it was because I girlfriend gave it to me, and she got it from Walgreens for like a dollar. I soon found out why it was so cheap. It clumps easily. It falls out in chucks... (not cool, nor sexy) This was my replacement from using the Lash Blast. Since I already have long eye lashes it did curl them. But it didn't give me that Pop that I like to get from my mascara.
okay mascara.../: its not the best and it does lengthen but it makes them clump and stick together. i have to move them alot and use a seperate clean mascara wand to seperate them (annoying).
I bought this on impulse today (on sale for five bucks), and it still felt like a waste of money. The good points of this mascara is the very pretty packaging and the fact that the formula does make your lashes curl/lift up. That's about it. It's horribly flacky, clumps like mad, and doesn't separate very well. It's ridiculously hard to remove, too, and when you do, it sort of falls off in little chunks--very nasty. I gave it a few uses to see if maybe it's just the first bit, but it's actually gotten worse. It clumps so much now, and with my thin lashes, getting them out with a comb is a pain. Didn't lengthen or volumize (if you discount the clumps), and only added some definition. The colour isn't that great, either, and lashes feel hard and crunchy after wearing it. It does last, though, and apart from the flackiness, there's no smudging or anything. Definitely wouldn't buy again.
However, since I did get it on sale, it could just be that it's a really old tube. The brush design still sucks, though. The bristles are very hard and sparse, so they don't do a good job of...well, anything, really.
First experience with Rimmel, and I have to say that I'm very disappointed.
very good
it doesn't curl
it makes it lift up
and stays hold
to give a full 8 hour sleep rested eyes
dramatic effect
mostly should be used for parties or if you didn't get enough sleep
and want that pop
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I got this on sale at Priceline for $12, which was pretty good :] First off, I love the brush. I think I'm liking the rubber bristles far better than traditional mascara bristles - now I'm interested in trying CG's volume exact and Maybelline's Define-a-Lash. It's very easy to apply and defines every lash wonderfully.
The formula's good, too - not too liquidy or creamy. I tested this mascara out today, so it's not a verrry fair run but I'll update if my eyes explode or something :D I put Magnif'eyes on one eye and Shiseido's Perfect Mascara (getting a bit old, bought it in October and it's now January) on the other. Shiseido volumised more, Rimmel lengthened and separated better. At the end of the day Shiseido had flaked - Rimmel stayed put. Maybe that was due to the age of it though (when I first got the Shiseido it really was perfect).
My one complaint, however, is that the eye with Rimmel on it is itchy and my lashes keep sticking together. Vair annoying. I'll finish it but won't repurchase :]


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5 Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I shared with you before the world was created. | 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. |
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I can't remember in what text I first saw this word, SUPERFLUOUS, but it was one of those literary gems that jumped out at me. Every once in a while you might come across a word that just rolls off your tongue or lingers with you for a little bit longer, this is one. I remember reading the word and I generally new what the meaning was from its use in the sentence but I had to look it up and soak it in.
unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough ~ Google
in excess of what is required or sufficient ~ wikitionary
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary ~ Merriam Webster
To be honest I feel like I am in a constant state of superfluousness. I go back to Haiti on September 26th. As I prepare myself for those sights again I look around my house in awe of where I have been, where I am, and where I am yet to be. I still feel like we have too much even after downsizing. There is certainly still work to be done. Besides our home I know God continues to work on our story, working on something much bigger. I know that while most of us live superfluous lives, His grace is sufficient. God will provide all we need.
May we all consider ridding ourselves of the superfluous in order to serve Him fully.


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Application of the RANN to become a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe – on 11 April 2014
The Cultural Route of the Council of Europe (CRCE) is a label attributed by the Council of Europe to routes or cultural ensembles recognized as important in the heritage field and the cultural integration within Europe.
Gathered around a quintessentially European artistic movement with an undeniable heritage value, the Réseau Art Nouveau Network members presented their application to the Council of Europe, in order to become a real recognized Route, with the aim of enhancing the Art Nouveau heritage.
The last phase of the application process will take place next 11 April, let us keep our fingers crossed so that the Réseau Art Nouveau Network becomes a recognized Cultural Route!
More information about the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and the European Institute of the Cultural Routes
Online activities Art Nouveau and Nature now available on our Website!
Travelling exhibition The Nature of Art Nouveau 1 in Ljubljana – from 20 January to 19 April 2015
Travelling exhibition The Nature of Art Nouveau 2 in Aveiro – from 1 December 2014 to 27 February 2015
Exhibition Hans Christiansen - The retrospective in Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt – from 12 October to 1 February 2015
With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union
Responsible publisher: Arlette Verkruyssen, General Director, Brussels Regional Public Service - Bruxelles Développement urbain (Brussels Urban Development), CCN - Rue du Progrès 80, B. 1, 1035 Brussels - Belgium


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Introducing the Charm City Circulator, Baltimore's new convenient, eco-friendly and free shuttle! If you are planning to see the city, park at our downtown property, 1840s Carrollton Inn, just footsteps from the Albemarle Square stop, and hop on the circulator.
Breakfast is Served
A stay at Gramercy is not complete without enjoying a delicious breakfast prepared to order and included with your stay. A full American-style breakfast is served between 7:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. at individual tables for two in the first-floor dining room, on the covered terrace or in the privacy of your guest room. Wake up to fresh fruit and home-baked breads by innkeeper Bill, served with a hot cup of coffee, herbal and specialty teas, mulled cider and a variety of fruit juices. Guest favorite breakfast menu offerings include thick slices of Italian bread French toast, buttermilk pancakes with blueberries, bananas, apples and chocolate chips, and the house omelet with Shitake mushrooms, onions, cheese, tomatoes, and fresh organic herbs from the propertys Koinonia Farm in season. Vegan and childrens menus are available upon request. We will do our best to accommodate guests with any dietary restrictions or allergies please notify us upon reservation or at check in.
Fresh Kosher bagels with cream cheese and juices from Goldbergs New York Bagels are available for Kosher guests upon request and with advance notice.
Stay Awhile
Park the car, meet our innkeepers and stay awhile. There's much to see and do on the property at Gramercy and we invite you to relax, unwind and enjoy. Spend a lazy summer afternoon by the outdoor pool or curl up on a bench in the shade garden with your favorite book. Stroll through the landscaped gardens, have a swing on our old-fashioned rope swing (fun for kids of all ages!) or entertain the little ones on the wooden playground, tennis and basketball courts. Our 45-acre estate is home to Koinonia Organic Farm and also a wildlife preserve - ask to borrow our binoculars and spy many species of birds in the woodlands.
Looking to venture out? Pick up a brochure with our Greenspring Valley scenic driving tour and explore our federally-designated historic district.
Dining In
Join us for one of our wine dinners catered by Chef's Expressions. Each fabulous feast features several courses accompanied by hand-selected wines with themes and cuisine from around the globe.
To view upcoming wine dinner details, menus and registration, visit www.chefsexpressions.com. Call Chef's Expressions for dinner reservations: 410-561-2433 and contact Gramercy's innkeepers for bed & breakfast reservations: 410-486-2405.
Click here for a schedule of Wine Dinners & Culinary Seminars!
Private Tea Parties
Plan your next group outing at Gramercy and enjoy a delightful three-course afternoon tea followed by house and garden tours! Ideal for bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, garden clubs and other small group get-togethers. Your private group reservation includes 3 hours: tea service during the first hour and a second hour of self-guided tours of the mansion and gardens. Use your third hour as you wish (meeting, cake & gift celebration, socializing, etc.).
Cost: $35 - $49 per person, plus tax & gratuity
Minimum: 30 guests, Maximum: 50 guests
Reservations: Sunday - Thursday, 1 - 4 p.m. No more than 2 months in advance, based on availability at that time.
Click here for Tea & Tours page.
Dining Out
Baltimore has become a culinary destination, offering a diverse variety of cuisine. Whether planning a visit to Little Italy or a taste of Maryland's famous steamed blue crabs, your choices are limitless.
Want to stick close to Gramercy during your stay? We're just a few miles from some fabulous restaurants including Linwoods, Oregon Grille and the Milton Inn. For something more casual, try Tark's Grill at Greenspring Station or pick up some sandwiches and a bottle of wine for a picnic at Gramercy from The Wine Merchant.
Gardens and Vineyards
If a stroll through the extensive gardens at Gramercy inspires more exploration, a visit to one of Baltimore's most famous gardens may be in order. Ladew Topiary Gardens has been named "the most outstanding topiary garden in America" by the Garden Club of America. Learn about other local gardens to visit during your stay, listed by the American Garden Museum, including Gramercy's own gardens.
If you are a wine connoisseur, nearby Boordy Vineyards offers winery tours, wine tastings and special events year-round. This summer, visit for Good Life Thursdays or their Midsummer concert series on Saturday Evenings. Basignani Winery, a family-owned vineyard just a few scenic miles from Gramercy, also offers tastings and special events in the summer.
Farmer's Markets
Fresh locally-grown produce can be found at many farmer's markets in and around Baltimore, including the market at Greenspring Station, just a mile and a half from Gramercy! Visit the outdoor market on Saturdays from 2:00 - 5:30 p.m. through mid-November. Click here for a complete list of area farmer's markets.
Tee Time
Escape to Gramercy Mansion for your next golf retreat! We are just minutes from some of Baltimore's finest courses including Cave's Valley, The Woodlands, Diamond Ridge, Longview and Greystone.
For more information about our local courses, visit BaltimoreGolfing.com or Maryland State Golf Association.
Museums and Attractions
Baltimore is brimming with museums and attractions fun for visitors of all ages. The Carroll Museums including the Carroll Mansion which was the winter home of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and the Phoenix Shot Tower, a well-known Baltimore landmark, are both must-see attractions along historic Jonestown's Heritage Walk. Art enthusiasts should check out The Baltimore Museum of Art where admission is free the first Thursday of every month, along with the American Visionary Art Museum, and the Walters Art Museum. Take in Baltimore's rich history and culture at attractions like the Edgar Allen Poe Museum, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, and the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. Both the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Maryland Science Center are world-renowned destinations, always offering an amazing experience to guests young and old. If you are interested in attending many different types of conventions, concerts or the annual Maryland State Fair at the end of summer, the Maryland State Fairgrounds (Timonium) is just a few miles from Gramercy.
Professional Sports
Baltimore is home to the Baltimore Orioles baseball team and the Baltimore Ravens football team. If you are interested in going to a game while staying with us at the Gramercy, you can call 410-685-9800 for Orioles tickets or call 410-261-RAVE for schedule and ticket information for the Ravens and 410-481-SEAT for individual seats to a Ravens game.
To catch some action-packed soccer excitement, check out the MISL Champion Baltimore Blast at 1st Mariner Arena. For tickets, call the Blast office at 410-73-BLAST or TicketMaster at 410-547-SEAT.
The Regal Cinema in Hunt Valley is located just 15 minutes from Gramercy, if you're in search of a rainy day movie. Click here for movies and showtimes.
If you prefer a live show, the historic Hippodrome Theatre, also known as the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, offers world-class concerts, shows and plays. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall along with special guests from around the globe.
For a complete list of Baltimore area attractions and museums, click here.


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Cross St John is a family home stone, situated in a charming village on the Seine, in a natural resting. The proximity of the medieval town of Troyes, its outlets, the Regional Park of the Forêt d'Orient and the Champagne vineyards, makes an ideal base to discover the rich cultural and culinary heritage of the region. Maybe you'll be tempted by a tasting of Champagne wine with our partners? They know how to share the love of their work except for nectar. We expect you to let you know our country and its hidden treasures. Clévacances classified 3 keys.
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Hillhouse does something entirely different. Instead of depicting actual scenes from nature, Hillhouse uses trees--mostly bare ones--as a device to convey psychological states. The mural-sized, five-panel painting "Neighborhood Trees" projects a sense of emptiness and despair. Four of the panels feature a bare tree against a white background; the fifth, set among the others, reveals an evergreen against a roughly naturalistic sky of blue. This most ambitious of the Hillhouse works isn't easy to understand--but it's appealing nonetheless.
Foley takes a thoroughly original approach, putting a clever twist on the drip technique immortalized by Jackson Pollock. Instead of creating abstract expressionist paintings as Pollock did, Foley uses the method to make representational pictures. His woodland scenes and creekside views feature toned-up colors used in inspired combinations--fire-engine red against a golden chartreuse, for example.
Another show, this one at the Emmanuel Gallery, provides a contemporary take on the local landscape tradition. In the exhibit The American West: Land's Will or Man's Will?, selections from Chuck Forsman's national traveling exhibit Arrested Rivers are paired with some very recent work by Scott Greenig. Forsman and Greenig are both highly regarded Colorado artists, and they have something else in common: an environmental activism that they express through their paintings.
The title of Arrested Rivers refers to dams, but it's not clear whether the dams pictured in Forsman's beautifully detailed oil-on-masonite paintings actually exist or if they are purely the product of artistic license. In either case, Forsman's message is obvious--throughout his paintings are scars in the form of dams.
Forsman's "Wet Dream" is filled with roads, parking lots, tire tracks and quarry cuts--a literal rape of the environment. Perhaps even more biting because it's so witty is "Lizard," made up almost entirely of an incongruous dam looming in the middle of the desert. There's even a gigantic sign written across the structure's barren concrete face: "Keep Your Forests Green." In "Feather River," even our view has been limited by a dam, which prevents the scene from being a panorama.
Many of the same concerns occupy Greenig. The oil-on-panel "West vs. East" is a photo-realist rendition of a coyote caught in a leg trap. Next to the painting, the leg trap itself hangs from the gallery wall. Another piece combining a painting with a found object is "West Series #4," in which a painting of a rock formation is paired with a panel of the same size made of asphalt and crushed bottle caps.
Interestingly enough, Forsman and Greenig bring our thoughts back to the traditional landscape artists of the Metro show. The artists who accompanied the early surveyors played an essential role in encouraging the settlers who would later exploit the natural wealth of our region--and whose spiritual heirs are the unseen villains in the paintings of Forsman and Greenig.


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A wallop of good food and music can leave a mark. It's why a year later, I can still conjure that trickle of butter on my chin from a bite of Chef John Besh's crab and caviar toast at the inaugural Music City Food + Wine festival.
The pre-clinical research services company TriMetis Life Sciences has expanded by acquiring FoundationBio, a biospecimen procurement startup with offices in Memphis and Boston.
FoundationBio uses access to tissue donors via hospitals and community oncology clinics and their supporting pathology and laboratory services partners around the world to get specimens for research. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Meg Crosby and her fellow principals at the HR-focused consulting firm PeopleCap chose that name for their organization because of the way they think about the modern workplace – particularly, the ever-changing nature of the employees who populate it.
Companies with employees who are enthusiastic about going the extra mile, who race to the office each day enthusiastic about their tasks, and where the vibe is a tight-knit one akin to a family don't get that way by accident.
There are always adjustments to be made, such as when a middle-school-aged boy moves from Philadelphia to Birmingham, Ala.
Brian Walker still recalls that day in gym class when the P.E. instructor was taking roll. When Walker heard his name called, he answered the way he always had in his young life: "Yo."
This week's Start Co. Demo Day, which brought together more than 500 people involved in the local ecosystem including entrepreneurs, mentors and investors, saw teams presenting their startup ideas in the hopes of securing funding and taking their concepts to the next level.
It's no secret Amazon is the subject of intense public scrutiny at the moment over a flurry of controversial decisions from the online retailing giant against some of the publishers with which it does business.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music will host Stephani Brownlee's CD release party Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. in Studio A, 926 E. McLemore Ave. Museum admission is free to Shelby County residents with ID. Visit staxmuseum.com.
Memphis Area Business and Professional Women will meet Monday, Aug. 18, at 5:30 p.m. at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5530 Walnut Grove Road. Attorney Stephen Biller will discuss how he can be of benefit to women minority-owned businesses. RSVP to Martha Ervin at 489-5481.
Even before her recent graduation from the University of Texas at Austin, Cara Greenstein had been keeping an eye on her hometown of Memphis, paying attention to job opportunities, looking for the right place to land.
The next speaker in the Startup Grind event series in Memphis is a New York attorney, executive and author who ended up in the Bluff City, without planning on it, when she discovered the burgeoning startup community continuing to grow and take shape here.
Start Co.'s "Summer of Acceleration" already has proven a success for at least one startup that's participated in one of the organization's accelerators this year.
Memphis' startup community is in the throes of its busiest summer in memory.
The Start Co. organization is running four startup accelerator programs at the moment simultaneously, compared to past undertakings that involved one accelerator at a time. The four programs underway now include Seed Hatchery, Upstart, SparkGap and Sky High, and they include the participation of more than two dozen teams, some of which hail from Memphis and others from around the country.
Ashlar Hall could get new life as a help center for military veterans, according to a recent report.
A team that includes Jerome Hardaway, owner and operator of Frago, a nonprofit startup that takes an active approach to veteran transition, is exploring turning the vacant Midtown mansion into a facility offering veteran-based transition classes, according to a post at Choose 901.
The one-year anniversary is approaching for theGRIND, a digital publication that launched in January to bring its own take on covering the people, places and events of Memphis.
Leading up to that milestone, the publication has several things in the works that collectively showcase how it's evolved quickly from an idea to the reality of an ambitious media startup. Editor in chief Kendra Lyons, for example, says plans in the works include a print version of the digital-only outlet, as well as a coffee table-style book that would feature the best photography and stories from theGRIND.
Education reform has been alive and well here in Memphis over the last few years. There have been many great initiatives established to secure dollars and establish programming to move our youth forward. As always, I am thinking of scale, sustainability and innovation to stay relevant.
"I Choose Memphis" spotlights Memphians who are passionate about calling this community home. New Memphis Institute provides the profiles.
Name: Hillary Quirk
Job title and company: Community Manager, Start Co.
RedRover Sales & Market Strategy, an 8-year-old sales training and coaching, marketing and PR agency, has decided to update its brand and tweak its name.
The new logo – which includes a blend of boldfaced and regular lettering, combined with the company name in capital letters to embody strength and purpose – is part of the agency's #RoverRefresh campaign, launched during what's proven to be a big year of growth and expansion of service for the agency.
The new logo – which includes a blend of boldfaced and regular lettering, combined with the company name in capital letters to embody strength and purpose – is part of the agency's #RoverRefresh campaign, launched during what's proven to be a big year of growth and expansion of service for the agency. That campaign also includes a contest for local startup companies, which will be announced this afternoon, and there will also be social media activities that invite the public to participate in the logo launch.
Before a concert gets underway, musicians will run through a soundcheck that serves as a kind of warm-up to the main event, during which participants can make suggestions for tweaks before the big show and can make sure that everything is done that needs to be.
Next week, a venture called MadeIn is launching a new shopping platform in Memphis to connect people to a website where they can buy and sell local goods.
The venture is a digital platform that will act as a kind of local version of Amazon, and MadeIn creator Jennifer Sadler said her startup also will sell curated gift boxes that include an assortment of local products.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says job growth in June shows the recovery is taking hold, but the economy could still do better.
Obama is urging Congress to work with him to help create more jobs.
When he founded Memphis-based Phoenix Unequaled Home Entertainment 20 years ago, Scott Fuelling couldn't have predicted the degree to which consumers eventually would embrace the concept of the connected home.
Building startups is tough work that requires the engagement of money, mentorship and professional support.
Back before there were incubators, accelerators and formal platforms to systematically assist startup companies, there were critical trusted advisers in the community to help guide entrepreneurs as they started up. Those advisers were local bankers, lawyers, marketers, accountants and others where entrepreneurs could turn for support and guidance. While new startup infrastructures have sprung up to provide knowledge, capital and other resources, professionals continue to be the backbone driving entrepreneurial growth.
We live in the fastest-evolving marketplace in history, so why is it that so many companies still move so slowly bringing new products to market?
We believe it is because they are holding fast to an industrial revolution mindset where innovations are carefully devised, honed and perfected. The heft of extensive machines and expensive infrastructure mire down the collective mindset, locking in a collective fear of imperfection. There is much to learn from the nimble tech industry that focuses on speed to market over perfection.
To use a metaphor to illustrate the purpose of a new program to help inner-city businesses in Memphis grow, the program represents the difference between focusing on rowing your boat and scouting the horizon for a new port to direct your boat toward.
Having spent the lion's share of my career marketing national corporations, I would certainly say there is a science to marketing at that level and the better brands market like well-oiled machines. Opening my own business eight years ago, however, and partnering with countless startups through those years, I've also learned there's a thing or two startups can teach the big boys about marketing.
As Innovation and Growth Strategy consultants, we have methods, processes and exercises that we apply to client problems.
While tools from this vast toolbox work for any type of organization seeking to provide a better service or product (health care, nonprofit, hospitality, consumer goods, financial services, wholesalers and B2B) to generate insights and custom solutions that set them up as a category leader, what we sell is something else ultimately. This is perhaps the rarest asset in corporate America for an unknown reason, called courage.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google has bought Divide, a startup that helps companies manage the mobile devices that employees are increasingly relying upon to get their work done.
Financial terms of the acquisition announced Monday were not disclosed. The deal is part of Google's effort to widen corporate usage of smartphones and tablets running on its mobile operating system, Android.
It was a gathering of eagles. You know, the people who like to soar, and, more importantly, they like to push eaglets out of the nest so that they can also learn to soar.
And, like eagles, they have both vision and focus. I recently attended the CSG Entrepreneurship Days, sponsored by the Council of State Governments' State Pathways to Prosperity Initiative and State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris, who is the 2014 CSG National Chair.
Three Memphis-based startups have been invited to participate in the Southland conference in Nashville next month.
The trio that heads to Nashville for the conference June 9-11 includes AgSmarts, Influsense and Screwpulp. They were chosen by a panel of investors, entrepreneurs and tech writers from around the country and will have exhibition space in Southland Village.
There is a lot of talk these days about social entrepreneurs and social ventures but not a lot of clarity around what this really means.
It seems the term is just a new spin on not-for-profits, a new label for startup organizations that focus on social issues. However, there is a big difference – social ventures can be for-profit or nonprofit in their structure.
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. and the Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County will announce the expansion of the Economic Gardening program next week.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – They come from different worlds – the buttoned-down political culture of Washington and the entrepreneurial, socks-optional, let's-do-this-faster ethos of Silicon Valley.
This summer, Downtown Memphis is entrepreneur central. For the first time, Memphis' venture development organization Start Co. will be running all of its startup accelerators at the same time.
Funding for U.S. startup companies soared 57 percent in the first quarter to a level not seen since 2001, as venture capitalists piled more money into a growing number of deals, according to a report due out Friday.
Editor's Note: This column will appear Tuesdays through April in honor of Sustainability Month for Memphis and Shelby County.
As the Mid-South's philanthropic partner since 1969, the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is clearly here to stay. That's why we are interested in initiatives that make our area more livable and connected right now and for future generations.
At the Crews Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Memphis, a feeder system for the rest of the city's technology, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem is slowly coming together.
A new director has been in place for a few months. Programming is taking shape, and interest is beginning to build as the Crews Center hosts everything from speakers to supporting one-off creative endeavors like the group Memphis Makers and Creators, which recently got funding from the center to build a giant, functional Nintendo controller.
Memphian Brittany Fitzpatrick's startup MentorMe is on a roll, having secured a six-figure round of funding after graduating from Memphis' Seed Hatchery accelerator as well as the NewMe accelerator program in San Francisco.
For Memphis-based marketing communications agency archer-malmo, the story has been consistent, with a trajectory that seems to only go in one direction.
The firm, says CEO Russ Williams, is "on another big growth surge here."
Many of the CEOs we talk to tell us that they have more growth ideas than they know what to do with. It seems like there is a universal love affair with generating ideas but less enthusiasm when it comes to figuring out which ideas are the most commercially viable and how to actually implement.
Final preparations are underway for the startup-focused Everywhere Else conference, which is returning to Memphis at the end of the month after its launch here last year and will bring entrepreneurs, investors and creatives from around the country to the Bluff City.
It's all about "scalability" when it comes to creating new businesses in Memphis, and that means creating ones with a reach beyond the city to customers in other places – customers that more often than not are other businesses, not consumers.
Sales and Marketing Society of the Mid-South will host a roundtable with Ayn Maddox, managing partner of coaching and consulting company CreativExpressions, Thursday, March 27, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at Cheffie's Cafe, 483 High Point Terrace. The topic is "How Relationships Turn a Salesperson Into a Consultant." Cost at the door is $20. Visit sms-midsouth.org.
The Greater Memphis Chamber's Small Business Council is launching three initiatives aimed at helping small-business owners find answers to some of their most vexing questions and identify tools and resources for growth.
With a new home, new programming and expanded leadership, among other things, this summer finds the Start Co. entrepreneurship organization in the midst of one of the more consequential periods in its history.
The Blackstone Specialist Program presented by The Blackstone Charitable Foundation and Launch Tennessee has started accepting applications.
The program is looking for talent from across the country to come to Tennessee to be "specialists" in the state's network of nine regional startup accelerators.
Memphis has made all the difference for me as a female startup founder. Memphis isn't often sought after as an entrepreneurial hub, but I found it to be just what I was looking for: supportive and empowering for woman founders like myself. Memphis startup events aren't only balanced on gender, but also in race. A mind-set for inclusion here is really setting our community apart from others.
The program is looking for talent from across the country to come to Tennessee to be "specialists" in the state's network of nine regional startup accelerators. The specialists will either work directly with an accelerator's executive director on business planning, early-stage financing, marketing, event planning and other strategic focuses, or be paired with one or more startups in the program.
Elizabeth Lemmonds' idea for a combination art space and fabrication shop, which she began pursuing after striking out on her own from the Start Co. organization last year, is coming together.
The new Cowork Memphis venture in Cooper-Young has quickly developed into a resource and educational hub for freelancers and other busy professionals, helped in part by participation from entrepreneurs like Michael Nunn.
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Launch Tennessee. The funds will support the creation of the Launch Tennessee Specialist Program, which will try to bring talent to Tennessee's network of nine regional startup accelerators.
NEW YORK (AP) – You've got gaffes.
AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong isn't one to mince words. Over the weekend, he apologized for insensitive comments and backtracked from an unpopular plan to pay matching 401(k) retirement contributions in a lump sum at the end of the year. Armstrong had previously defended the proposal by citing the high cost care for two "distressed babies" born to employee families.
Shelby County Commissioners will serve out the remaining seven months of their current four-year term of office by staying upstairs at the county administration building in their committee room.
The Monday, Feb. 10, commission meeting was the first in the expanded committee room as the ground floor chambers where the commission normally holds its twice-monthly voting meetings is renovated.
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Launch Tennessee.
The money will support the creation of the Launch Tennessee Specialist Program, which will try to bring talent from across the country to Tennessee's network of nine regional startup accelerators.
When The Marston Group PLC, a Memphis-based certified public accounting and financial consulting firm, held an open house in recent weeks at its new digs, the evening portion of the event lasted from 7 till later in the night, with the last person leaving around 10.
Shelby County Commissioners vote Monday, Feb. 10, on a $20,800 pay raise for Shelby County School board members.
The commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith Administration Building.
Follow the meeting @tdnpols, www.twitter.com/tdnpols.
Freelancers and other busy professionals who work remotely, outside of a traditional office setting, probably know the feeling.
Their coffee shop is loud and sometimes a difficult place to work. Perhaps a phone call comes in that they need to step outside to take – while being stuck leaving papers spread out and a computer on the table inside. And working from home, of course, brings its own distractions.
Applications are now starting to come in for ZeroTo510, the medical device product and services startup accelerator that's preparing to kick off its third year.
The window to apply is now open for the program – which will see six companies tapped to go through the mentor-driven, 12-week program of instruction and hands-on activities. The companies will get $50,000 in initial seed capital and, ideally, come out the other end with a stronger, more refined vision and concept – and possibly more funding from investors.
Her students were bored. She was frustrated.
That was the setup for discovery, invention and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Hallie Bensinger, an advanced practice nurse at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, planned to play a "Jeopardy"-style game as part of a PowerPoint lecture in hopes of jumpstarting her students' brains. So she went to a supply store in search of fake money to use in the game. Instead, she found her eureka moment.


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I am getting used to fast days. What I am now doing is on fast days I am not eating anything during day time. This way I have just under 600 cals (after 3 cups of tea) to enjoy in the evening.
Sole Practitioner's blog
This blog is intended to reflect the highs and lows that I face day to day working as a sole practitioner.
I tend to blog regularly. I don't know why, but there is a strong need in me to blog my every day experience. I have no idea how long this will last.
All I can say is It helps me to put my thoughts, feelings and views on a blog. When writing I am not too concerned about spelling, grammar or even how I come across. I feel that if I worry about these areas, the subject matter I want to put across will not reflect how I am thinking and feeling at the time.
My blogs reflect the type of person I am. That is the nature of blogging. It is meant to reflect views and thoughts of the blogger.
I will not be to everyone's tastes. Thankfully AW has a good variety of bloggers. This means there are more than likely to be blogs more in keeping with your taste.
I am humbled by the fact that my blog is actually read! Not only this but some readers go as far as commenting.
Thank you for reading my blogs and commenting. I really do appreciate it.
My week can be summed as a being a Xero week. There was Xero certification, other Xero webinars and the killer was and is WorkFlow Max. I want get this up and running ASAP since it will make a real difference to my practice.
My plan of getting my new practice management software up and running by Monday was just too ambitious.
I have been sitting through a few Xero webinars. On the whole they have been good.
Digital marketing, I am sure everyone knows, is just too important. The first port of call in purchasing decisions is now Google. Even after a referral people are checked out on Google.
As mentioned in my previous blog, it was a week where my food consumption was off the scale. So I am relieved that week 6 result is not a weight gain.
It has been another week where my to do list exceeded the time available. There are so many things I want to do in addition to client work.
Outside client work as mentioned in my previous blogs other aspects I really want sorted are:
Today I have been googling on fees accountants charge. The number of accountants that have a transparent pricing structure on their website has increased since last time I googled on this subject. This is about 4 months ago.
I am sure I am not the only one (or am I?) when a good client (profitable) says good bye it is such a downer. I feel like going out for a massive meal. It is my fast day! I won't. I am trying to change.
I think any business just to stay afloat needs to be on a continuous recruitment drive. Otherwise lost customers will not be replaced and the business will eventually be left with customers that just do not generate enough revenue to make it worthwhile.


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Monem Salem of Peaceful Communications Addresses Important Financial Issues
March 11, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Adil James, MMNS
Rochester Hills-March 10–Religious people are forced to confront directly decisions about their financial practices. Where people without religion have the luxury of making financial and other decisions without resort to a regime of discipline other than whatever feels right to them, religious people and especially Muslims have a strong structure of discipline into which they must integrate their financial lives.
How much to give as sadaqa? Is it halal to save money? And what about contemporary financial issues like debt–let alone the highly charged subject of riba.
Mr. Salam spoke at length about these issues to the Saturday night monthly dinner at IAGD.
The monthly dinner began after maghrib with Qur`an recitation and some demonstrations by IAGD children including a brief Qur`an recitation and a mock debate on the issue of Valentine's Day and whether it is acceptable for Muslims.
Salam explained that in the environment of an economy that is hemorrhaging jobs, with a government that is borrowing money hand over fist, where all people are confronted with serious concerns about their economic well being, it is appropriate to ask what financial practices on an individual level are healthy and Islamically correct.
He had several main points which he emphasized carefully. First, he emphasized balance. He quoted a saying of Sayyidina Ali (kw) who said "spend neither extravagantly nor miserly." This middle way, Salam explained, is dependent on what your personal wealth is. But a sign of extravagance is buying things to compete with one's neighbors or friends. And don't forget sadaqa and charity, he emphasized, saying sadaqa earns a reward far beyond what a person gives. Spend less than what you earn, Salam said.
Also, he gave clear and convincing evidence from ahadith that debt is a terrible burden that must be avoided, pointing out that the level of debt of an American person, for example with a mortgage, is orders of magnitude beyond the debt avoided by Companions. And his arguments about the terrible burdens of debt were powerful without his even touching on the subject of interest or riba.
He explained that the word for debt in Arabic has the same root as the words "submission" and "humiliation."
Also, Mr. Salam explained again with convincing arguments that saving is necessary. He emphasized examples of Companions including Sayyidina Abu Bakr as Siddiq (ra) who gave a large amount of money to free Sayyidina Bilal (ra) from slavery–Salam's argument was that this example of generosity must have meant that Abu Bakr (ra) had been saving in order to have such a large sum of money available to him when he needed it.
He gave examples from Qur`an also, including from Surat Kahf, where Sayyidinal Khidr (as) and Sayyidina Musa (as) rebuilt a wall to protect the savings of a pious man for his inheritors–therefore this means the pious man had saved money and was not spending all of it for sadaqa.
Another example from Qur`an was Sayyidina Yusuf's dream of seven fat years and seven lean years–the principle being to save from prosperous times for "rainy days."
Salam emphasized saving a significant amount, whether enough to live on for one full year or enough to survive a significant personal tragedy or catastrophe.
Mr. Salam is Director and Vice President of Islamic Investing and Amana's deputy portfolio manager. He was raised in Texas and earned degrees from the University of Texas. After working with other firms, he joined Saturna Capital in 2003 and manages many of Saturna's Islamic private acccounts.
Mr. Salam was the subject of a documentary about learning to pilot a plane as a Muslim subsequent to 9/11, "On a Wing and a Prayer," a review of which movie was featured in this newspaper.
Karzai Defends Afghanistan Election
September 10, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Maria Golovnina, Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) – Incumbent Hamid Karzai defended last month's Afghan presidential election as honest on Wednesday, a day after returns showed him on course to win in a single round and a U.N-backed panel ordered a partial recount.
The standoff has alarmed Western leaders who have risked their own political capital to send troops on what is becoming an increasingly unpopular mission.
Preliminary election results issued on Tuesday gave Karzai more than 54 percent of valid votes tallied, putting him above the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff with his closest rival, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah.
But the independent Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), appointed mainly by the United Nations, said it had found "clear and convincing" evidence of fraud and ordered a partial recount.
On Wednesday, Karzai praised the conduct of the vote.
"The president praised the (election officials) for holding the election with honesty and impartiality despite all the difficulties," the presidential palace said in a statement.
Abdullah says Karzai's backers have attempted to steal the August 20 election by stuffing ballots on a massive scale.
Early vote tables, which have been removed from the election commission's website without explanation, showed whole villages in which Karzai received every single ballot cast, sometimes with exactly 400 or 500 votes.
For now, Western officials have put their confidence in the watchdog ECC, which can overturn the result and must sign off on the outcome before it is final.
Diplomats say they are uneasy but resigned to the possibility of the U.N.-backed body reversing a result released by Afghanistan's own election authorities.
The West originally hailed the vote as a success, largely because the Taliban failed to disrupt it. Those assessments have became increasingly muted as evidence of fraud has mounted.
In central Kabul, hundreds of people gathered to mourn the death of Tajik anti-Taliban hero Ahmed Shah Masood who was killed on September 9, 2001, by al-Qaeda — a crucial rallying day for half-Tajik Abdullah who was part of Masood's inner circle.
Addressing the rally, Abdullah made no direct mention of the election but played up his link to the iconic commander.
"Masood fought for this country and died for this country," said Abdullah, whose supporters have threatened to hold protests if their election concerns were not heard. "He fought to bring peace and security to this country."
Speaking alongside Abdullah in a city festooned with Masood posters, ex-president and key ally Burhanuddin Rabbani added: "The election result must be cleaned or Afghanistan will face chaos and big challenges."
Karzai, an ethnic Pashtun who draws much of his support from his ethnic heartland, did not attend the ceremony.
Locking Afghanistan into a further period of uncertainty, the ECC ordered Afghan officials to recount results from polling stations where one candidate received more than 95% of the vote or more votes were cast than the expected maximum of 600.
Election officials say that could take weeks or even months. British ambassador to Afghanistan Mark Sedwill said it was too early to judge the authenticity of the vote before the ECC had finished its process of screening ballots for fraud.
"We have to see the result of their investigations," he told BBC radio. "We always knew there would be fraud in this election, a lot of irregularities, I'm afraid that was inevitable, and we talked about that before the election."
Facing an increasingly skeptical public opinion over its role in Afghanistan, Britain on Wednesday offered to host a global conference to set targets for handing over security commitments from foreign troops to Afghan forces.
Raid frees reporter
Before dawn, NATO troops stormed a Taliban hideout in the north of the country to release New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell of Britain and his Afghan colleague Mohammad Sultan Munadi who were kidnapped by insurgents at the end of last week.
Farrell was freed but Munadi was killed in the rescue, along with a British soldier and at least one civilian.
The two had been headed to cover the aftermath of a NATO air strike called in by German troops that killed scores of people. The strike took place in an area controlled by the Taliban and fueled anger among its mainly Pashtun local people.
NATO has confirmed that some civilians may have been killed and ordered a formal investigation into the air strike — the deadliest incident involving German troops since World War Two.
(Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi and Sayed Salahuddin in KABUL, Mohammad Hamed in KUNDUZ, and Avril Ormsby in LONDON; Writing by Maria Golovnina)


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What are Fruit Cakes?
Fruit cakes is the combination of easy and intricate baking approaches. Fruit cakes have been made worldwide, particularly during special occasion, since ages ago. What's great regarding fruit cakes is that they are really nutritious. Every bite of the cake will really make your tongue taste a mixture of flavors. Aside from some other cakes, fruit cake desserts don't make use of numerous cream and butter. Fruit cakes are made with numerous ingredients just like dried fruits and nuts. These dried nuts and fruits are usually soaked in alcohol to maintain its flavor. Brandy is the among the common options. The butter content should be lower than the fruits and nuts. The butter is only incorporated to hold the cake together. In some countries, fruit cakes are served in another way. Some would ice it first before decorating. These tasty kringle cakes and fruit cakes can be found in different forms.
Fruit cakes have light and dark variations. Light is the favored term since the ingredients used in creating one are light in color. Light colored ingredients are golden raisins, pineapple, apricots, apple and granulated sugar. Alternatively, hand dark fruit cakes are created with dark colored ingredients like brown sugar, molasses, nuts and prunes. Examples of these fruits are prunes, dates, cherries, pecans and also walnuts.
It will take one or more months for fruit cakes to be consumed because it needs to be preserved for a time. One month is the right storage time for fruit cakes. Three or four or five months are not very long if the facilities for storing the cake are cool and dry. Fruit cakes freeze pretty well. They should, nonetheless, be aged a minumum of one month before they are frozen given that they do not mellow as they go through freezing. Fruit cakes are baked at very low temperatures. The pans should have wax paper on them for the cake not to be burned during the baking process. For the cakes not to dry, there needs to be a pan of hot water on the floor .
From what its name signifies, King Cakes are made during a Christian festival referred to as epiphany. This is the moment when Jesus is shown to the three kings. An epiphany festival isn't complete without a King Cake. King cake commonly have a small baby trinket signifying baby Jesus. Then, the trinket is hidden inside the cake. The trinket signifies good luck. In addition, the individual who will get the trinket will earn some opportunity to turn out to be the queen or king of the night. After being chosen as the king or queen, you may also select somebody else to be your partner.
Trinkets are available in many various colors. The colors depend upon your choice; they can be either brown, purple, green or gold. But the common ones are those in pale and pink shades, as it is similar to the color of a real baby. Typically, one is just permitted to eat King Cakes during a certain time that's between the 6th of January as well as the end of the Mardi Gras Day which is the day before Ash Wednesday. You may also create it with various flavors. Actually, you may also let your imagination run and make various shapes. Just don't fail to remember to put the trinket inside the cake. Doing this will truly help make the occasion much more unforgettable.


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For nearly a decade and a half, EA has supplemented its annual FIFA games with biannual spin-offs based on the World Cup and European Championships. Perhaps sensing a bit of backlash having only released FIFA Street a month ago, the publisher has wisely decided to make Euro 2012 a DLC add-on to FIFA 12. It's a shrewd move - after all, when a game's based on a tournament that only takes six matches to win, it makes sense to release it as DLC rather than a full-price game that will only fill pre-owned shelves a week after the tournament ends.
Everything you'd expect is present and accounted for here - the full Euro 2012 tournament with all 16 national teams in the official groups, as well as the ability to play as any of the 37 other teams who bottled it and didn't qualify. All the official shirts, stadia, sponsors and the like are in there, and you can take part in an online tournament if you fancy the extra drama of playing human opponents.
Also packed in are a scenario mode much like that in FIFA 12 (which still adds to your XP in FIFA 12's Football Club mode) and Expedition, the main single-player mode that sees you travelling Europe and beating all 53 UEFA teams three times each to take their players and build the ultimate dream team.
As you were
That's more or less all you're getting from your £15, however. The actual gameplay remains more or less unchanged, which is something of a disappointment. In the past, hardcore FIFA fans looked forward to playing the 'event' games because they offered sneak peeks of how the gameplay engine was being tweaked and improved for the next main FIFA game. But since this is just a FIFA 12 expansion there are no changes to be found.
What's more, while the Expedition mode is a fun enough diversion for a while, ultimately the task of playing 159 single-player matches becomes a bit of a grind. Perhaps if you were able to take your dream team online afterward to play against others online (as a sort of Euro 2012 version of FIFA Ultimate Team) there'd be a bit of extra motivation to complete it, but as it is you're likely to be bored before you complete the mode.
There's still enough content in here to keep FIFA fans happy until the tournament ends, but not much to keep your interest for much longer than that. Had this been a £39.99 retail game like 2010 FIFA World Cup was then we'd be coughing "rip-off" under our breaths, but kudos to EA for giving UEFA Euro 2012 a price tag that reflects its likely lifespan.
Not essential, but should excite FIFA fans


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HI! I'm married and have a spunkly little daughter. DH and I both LOVE to eat (and so does our daughter), and fortunately, I love to cook. I took 5 years of cooking classes in school and can follow a recipe to perfection, but it never really taught me how to be CREATIVE.
Since joining Zaar, I've found many wonderful recipes and I'm starting to explore more with adding a pinch of this or a pinch of that to my old recipes. Spices have always scared me when it comes to experimenting/being creative, but I'm learning.
As of this year, I started back doing the one thing I really love...baking! I took a decorating class and one thing led to another so now I make cakes for people. I really love it and hope someday to actually open my own bake shop. So for now, I'm baking for family and friends.
When I'm not on my cooking and baking sprees, I'm chasing after my daughter. She keeps us super busy. When I get a break from that, I enjoy doing my crafts. I make paper mache keepsake boxes and artsy-*****y piggy banks.
Here are just a few things I love to make - both cakes and papier mache:
Holiday Edition:
The Original Booby Box(tm)
Wooda & Friends(tm) Keepsake Box
Le Wooda Bank(tm)
You can see all my cake creations and papier mache art at www.flickr.com/photos/cakesbyvicki
I love just about everything.


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If you are wondering why the Maruti Suzuki Swift, then let me put it this way. It is the most popular B-segment car in the country and the V trim are the most sold among the whole trim range. The price considered was the ex-showroom price, New Delhi for reasons of insurance calculation for declared values. So, putting all things into consideration, the Swift is run from March 1, 2008 to February 29, 2012. In this period, the car puts on 48,000 kilometres and is then put up for sale. For that, we considered the insurance calculated value of the used car price, since used prices differ wildly from person to person (dealer vs individual seller) to state of car etc.
We also calculated the costs based on the price of diesel and petrol in the last four years. So we hunted down the rate change and considered the price of fuel for that month until the next rate change. These rates are available freely on the internet. For convenience sake, if the price was altered from say Rs 40.33 per litre of diesel to Rs 40.66 on March 10, 2009, we considered the rate from March 1. This has been constant for both petrol and diesel cars.
Other things that were considered were maintenance costs. We contacted Maruti's service stations to find out what the average service cost would be for a Maruti Swift at 1,000 km, 5,000 km, 10,000 km, 20,000 km and 40,000 km. These are calculated on the basis of manufacturer recommended parts and lube changes, assuming the car is driven by a careful person and follows service intervals with a certain modicum of discipline. Costs incurred due to accidents, premature part failure or build quality issues as well as premature wear and tear were not considered in this calculation, since this is a variable.
To bring in a more realistic calculation, we also added things like a battery change in the life of the car, considering a car battery doesn't last more than three years on an average. This cost was rounded off to Rs 6,000, give or take a few hundred rupees. Insurance costs for all four years were considered, even though registration cost wasn't. We do have a final calculation based on the on-road price as well, so you can get a clear idea of the difference, if any. So what did we discover? Turn over to start reading our calculations.
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Legendary producer John Lloyd is renowned for his voracious appetite for ideas. In a bid to know ever more about the universe and our place in it, John has been steadily ransacking and devouring the fruits of the world's libraries – from treatises on philosophy and religion to school textbooks on chemistry and physics. His fierce curiosity led him to establish the internationally adored panel show QI, and his delight in the world's wonders proved completely and utterly infectious.But having reached a position of knowing more than he'd ever known, John increasingly found himself coming back to the same stumbling block – the awareness of how little he actually knew. The culmination of a life's reading and thirsting after knowledge led him to a realisation: that it's what you don't know that really matters.
The wisest thinkers have always admitted their ignorance – Socrates famously declared he was one of the wisest men in Athens because he knew only one thing 'that I know nothing'; Keats aimed to live in a constant state of uncertainty and half-knowledge, and both Kant and Einstein took great pains to emphasise the limits of what we can ever know about the world.
John Lloyd visits the RSA to show us how the best scientists are driven by ignorance and imagination, the best teachers are open to admitting how much their students can teach them, and why it's what we don't know that really counts.
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Tiffin already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
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Let's not forget that the Blackhawks got off to a good start last season.
It may not be of the we-don't-like-to-lose-in-regulation-at-all variety like this lockout-shortened season. But the Hawks were the first team to reach 50 points a season ago, beating teams behind their stars and offensive firepower.
It was a nine-game losing streak – a wretched trek that exposed holes, raised doubts about their makeup and warmed up coach Joel Quenneville's seat – that destroyed that sound start and dramatically dropped them in the Western Conference standings.
It was something that the Hawks never truly recovered from. They were chasing. There were pressing. There were questioned. And they were doubted.
But I just don't see anything like that happening again this year. A repeat of that horrid stretch — or even anything half as long — seems as likely as John Scott returning to the team to play defense.
It just won't happen.
Why, you ask?
There are a lot of reasons: the Hawks didn't undergo major changes personnel-wise like other teams (the chemistry is already there), Patrick Kane is playing like the superstar he can be (and on the wing), both special teams have vastly improved and Corey Crawford and Ray Emery have been walls in goal.
But to me, it's the maturation of Marcus Kruger and Andrew Shaw, the emergence of Brandon Saad and having defenseman Johnny Oduya around from the first puck drop that's really made a difference.
The Hawks' stars will do what they do and Crawford's play warrants plenty of praise for rebounding from his soft-goal sickness, but like in 2010, it's the Hawks' depth that's working wonders.
Quenneville has been be able to utilize four lines and three defensive pairings like he did three seasons ago, but rarely could the past two seasons because of worn-out stars and all the inconsistency the new additions added.
Now, it's just much different, and I look at what Saad, Kruger, Shaw and Oduya are providing on a nightly basis. Their play warrants talk because their play so far this season has made the Hawks a deeper team to contend with, similarly, but not exactly like what Andrew Ladd, Kris Versteeg and Dustin Byfuglien provided during the Hawks' Stanley Cup-winning season.
The points may not be there, but Saad is proving to be a top-six forward. His speed and strength stand out, but his smarts and awareness – what Quenneville likes to call "hockey sense" – are equally as impressive. Just the fact that he's seeing time on the penalty kill says it all.
Kruger, meanwhile, might just be the Hawks' shutdown, third-line center of the future, while Shaw, who is actually centering the third line, has shown he can store away all the side antics (which, to be fair, do make him valuable at times) and be effective when he's smart with his play.
The Hawks were a different team when they added Oduya at the trade deadline last season. And they continue to be a different team this year with him. There is balance back on the blue line. Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook no longer have to do everything, and there isn't as much on Nick Leddy's plate to digest.
The overall results so far have been stunning. Teams that have accomplished what the Hawks have done to open this 48-game season have gone on to win the Stanley Cup.
Of course, hoisting that Cup again was an oft-talked about goal the past two seasons.
But this year, it's just seems more attainable — an actually achievable goal.
The Hawks are just better put together to do it.


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- March 13, 2011 - 10:07
Interesting thoughts Mr. Wakeham. You speak as though an authority with inside information. While undoubtedly a very wordy article you have written, the content is not consistently factual. You are clearly adequate at spinning, but exceedingly repetitive. Saying the same thing over and over but changing up the metaphors and varying the words is tiring. My thought throughout your entire boring article was 'Oscar the Grouch"... Your article sounds very personal. Maybe Ms. Matthews snubbed you at some point because she found you to be equally as boring and tiring as do I.
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If you're not a Wakeham fan, don't read the Wakeham column.
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Surely one does not have to be a fan of Wakeham, or agree with Wakeham's article to read it and form an opinion. I'm sure Wakeham has thick enough skin to absorb a little criticism, if not he can probably look for a job penning stories for Sesame Street characters.
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Unfortunately I have to agree with you. I say unfortunately because, unlike you and the Telegram generally, I am not a perennial Williams basher. I have disagreed with some of his decisions and called him out from time to time for 'unnecessary roughness'. But on balance, I think his tenure as premier has been remarkably good for this province and he may well go down as the best since confederation.That said, this is the most disappointing and offensive political appointment in this province in a long while. Your brother-in-law might be a nice guy and a cracker jack plumber but you wouldn't appoint him to head up the police department just because you could. You'd have enough sense to know his lack of qualifications and experience would put public security at risk. Well it is not an exaggeration to say that the economic security of this province for the foreseeable future hinges on our ability to extract the maximum income and benefits from the oil and gas industry while at the same time protecting the safety of its workers. Any professional background - law, engineering, accounting - might satisfy the basic prerequisites for the job but what it absolutely demands is the judgement, maturity and public respect that one generally accumulates over a long career demonstrating success in a diversity of highly responsible posts - preferably in both the public and private sectors. Let's put it this way - if you hired a head hunter to find a new president for Memorial University because you thought it essential that we have the absolute best, why wouldn't you do the same thing for the Vice-Chair of the CNOPB. And if you did avail of a head hunter, Mathews would not make it into the top 100 candidates. Yes, Williams may very well be the one who orchestrated this odious appointment, but Kathy Dunderdale is the one who bears all the responsibility. She could have said "ask me for some other parting favour Danny, but this one is too important to pass over to a relative neophyte with no public presence, poor people skills and no direct experience in the industry. How about we ask Harper to make her a senator? She can't be any less deserving than Fabian Manning or Mike Duffy."


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- The Fall Festival Rain or Shine is scheduled to take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at North End Baptist Church in Beaumont.
- Wesley United Methodist Church's Fall Festival is scheduled to take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Beaumont. Kids from all over the area are invited to converge on the campus to parade from trunk to trunk for candy and to enjoy rides, games, inflatables, and food booths.
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- The Fall Festival at the Agape Christian Fellowship has been moved inside and is scheduled to take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., 4400 Lincoln Avenue, Cindy Williams said.
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I have gotten a few free doll/angel patterns from www.dollmakersjourney.com, which I really like. Does anyone else have another site to recommend? I am looking for the simple art doll type patterns that you can embellish by painting the fabric or beading them.
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Karen, What about Inkastamps doll pattern? Joint her with beads. Accu-cut has a die cut of an interesting of a jointed doll that would make a neat pattern if you could find a store with the die. |
- Posted by ArtsyCraftsy (My Page) on Thu, Jan 24, 02 at 13:45
Thanks Kathy- Of course you should know I've left my footprints all over Inkastamps site by now, lol! This one was for a (gasp!) sewing project for a goddess challenge. I am making "the wall angel" and using deerskin. Simple enough for me! |
Here is a link that might be useful: wall angel
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thank you for the wonderful site I love the wall angel Margie |
- Posted by ArtsyCraftsy (My Page) on Fri, Jan 25, 02 at 20:38
Hi Margie! Haven't spoken to you in a while! I have a few goodies around here from swaps with you. Glad you liked the site. I think this angel is a real beauty, and easy enough for a non-sewer like me. If you ever make her, please share how she turns out. Karen |
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