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Tuesday didn't start well in our house. The conversation over breakfast at 7.30 this morning went something like this:
William: Mummy, are you coming to watch me play cricket at school this afternoon? I'm in the match.
Me: Eh? What match? What cricket?
William: The interhouse cricket finals. They're on today at 1.45.
Me: Why are you only just now telling me this? Why didn't you tell me before?
William: I don't know, I thought I did …
Me: William, today I'm dropping you at school, going straight to Exeter where I'm on a course until 2.30, then I've got to go home, wrap up a dozen Ebay parcels, pick you up from school at 4, and get to the Post Office to post the parcels before it shuts. How can I POSSIBLY come and watch you play cricket at 1.45 pm?
William (looking upset): Okay, don't worry, Mummy. It doesn't matter.
So, my day then went something like this:
Drop William at school 8.30. Rush to Exeter (dreadful traffic at that time of day), arrive at course for 9 am start by the skin of my teeth (no time for pre-course coffee). Spend morning alternately listening to various County Council bods give updates on recent legislation changes re school governance (including a particularly gruesome 1 hour presentation on the role of the governing body during audit) and feeling TERRIBLE about William's cricket match. Spend half hour coffee break mid-morning responding to three messages on my mobile phone, by the time I get to the coffee, there is just the dregs left in the bottom of the jug. Further two hours of course, followed by (scheduled at 1.00 pm) LUNCH – the high point of the whole course, really. Course overruns by 20 mins due to bloody people asking Audit woman questions (she's obviously never heard of the word succinct). Lunch is served at 1.20. No time for lunch (looks lovely as I run past it, however). Some prat has half blocked me in, in the car park, and it takes A-G-E-S to manoeuvre out of parking space without hitting him. Drive like woman possessed to school, arrive only 10 minutes after start of match, and get to see my boy playing cricket. His little face – he's so happy I came Was worth missing lunch. Thankfully school have put on lovely afternoon tea spread, which makes up for it, and two hours sitting in the sun chatting is very pleasant.
4 pm – leave school with William, drive like woman possessed to get home to deal with parcels. Half way home, William remembers he's left his homework at school. Return to school. Pick up homework. Drive home, get all the way there this time. 4.50 pm arrive home. Feel like cartoon woman madly tearing at bubble wrap, brown paper and masking tape. Get to Post Office at 5.25 pm. Man in PO not impressed, wants to go home (understandable). Am sure have sent all wrong parcels to wrong buyers. Do hope not.
Anyway, Ashley's away this week, so at least I didn't have to cook dinner. I have just made myself this very delicious prawn cocktail with homegrown lettuce, and eaten it whilst typing this. It was yummy. I am glad today is nearly over. I'm also glad I went to the cricket.


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Car companies pour millions and millions of dollars into advertising and marketing campaigns, all in an effort to move their latest and greatest products off assembly lines and dealers' lots. While many vehicles are accurately represented and well received by consumers, there are also those vehicles that never really catch on. They didn't have what it takes to become a mainstay in the current car economy, and eventually fade away. These are the cars that didn't quite live up to the hype.
The fine folks at Consumer Reports are known for digging into a variety of consumer products and separating the quality choices from the rest. They recently took a look at some of the world's more popular car models and compiled a small list of vehicles that ultimately came to disappoint. The experts on the Consumer Reports team tested vehicles on professional tracks, running them through the ultimate wringer to see which cars stand out and which fall flat.
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Dr Boys' academic career is dedicated to ensuring a greater appreciation of the history of the United States. He taught US Twentieth Century History for 3 years at the University of Birmingham and delivered similar courses examining aspects of US History at the University of Leicester and at De Montfort University.
Dr Boys has worked on Wall Street and Capitol Hill, experiences he brings to his courses, ensuring lively, research-led classes, full of empirical evidence. He employs innovative and engaging teaching methods and brings a high degree of energy to his classes. Along with Dr Keating he was instrumental in incorporating Policy Briefs as a form of assessment on a number of courses, an innovation that earned a favourable reaction from all concerned.
His regular work with the BBC, Sky and Aljazeera takes his research to over 100 million people in more than 140 countries. In 2010 Dr Boys was a Visiting Fellow at the University of North Dakota and he is currently a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King's College, London.
Dr Boys has produced a growing number of highly regarded publications that have been accepted for publication in Politics, the International Journal of Human Rights, American Politics Research, and the European Journal of American Studies. He has recently completed the second of two papers comparing Obama and Nixon's use of Wars of Choice, and is finalising a paper on Coercive Diplomacy. His book, Clinton's Grand Strategy, will be published shortly by Bloomsbury.
Faculty Research
Clinton's Grand Strategy: US Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World (London: Bloomsbury, 2015)
'JFK: The Exceptional Ideal?' in JFK: History, Memory, Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry, edited by John Williams, Robert G. Waite and Gregory Gordon, (University of North Dakota Press, 2009)
'E-Government: Big Brother of Athenian Democracy,' with Hind Zantout, in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-society 2009: Volume II, edited by Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías, (Barcelona, Spain, 2009) pp 13-17.
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Boys, J. (2014) 'Exploiting Inherited Wars of Choice: Obama's Use of Nixonian Methods to Secure the Presidency,' American Politics Research, September 42 (5), pp. 815-840.
Boys, J. (2012) 'Lost Opportunity: The Flawed Implementation of Assertive Multilateralism, 1991-93' European Journal of American Studies, December 2012
Boys, J. (2011) 'What's So Extraordinary About Rendition?' International Journal of Human Rights, Volume 15, Issue 4. 2011
Boys, J. and Keating, M. (2009) 'The Policy Brief: Building Practical Skills in International Relations and Political Science,' with Michael Keating, in Politics, October 2009, Volume 29, Issue 3, October pp. 201-8.
Dr. Boys convenes classes on the undergraduate programmes in History, Politics and International Relations, as well as on the postgraduate International Relations programme
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California dairy families are innovators, constantly looking for new ways to protect, conserve and improve natural resources, such as air, land and water. Every day, they renew their commitment to the environment with real action onthe farm, where sustainability is a way-of-life.
Earlier this month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pacific Southwest Region (Region 9) recognized a Central Valley dairy family for their dedication to improving the environment.
There's no doubt that San Joaquin Valley air quality officials are tasked with a tough job. With its bowl shape and hot summer days, the valley is nature's perfect oven for "baking" the basic ingredients of smog, resulting in ozone formation.
It's no secret that California dairy farmers are leaders on a number of sustainability issues. From implementing improved management practices that protect air, land and water resources to providing responsible care of animals, our state's dairy farmers continue to make tremendous progress on issues important to their consumers and neighbors.
Farm families have many good stories to tell, and in recent years, the dairy community has made great progress toward making these stories heard across California.Though millions of American families rely daily on affordable, nutritious and delicious dairy products from California, modern consumers are more and more removed from farm and rural life. That makes the task of educating consumers especially challenging and important.


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"To be in the king's company is like living with a tiger." Nothing provides a better example than North Korea that an authoritarian state won't lead its people to prosperity.
On February 21, high-ranking Chinese military officer Luo Yuan, major general, opened a personal Weibo account. Instead of welcomes, Chinese netizens showered Luo with bitter questions and criticism. The peacetime general's hope to win over public favor is crashed completely.
Men and women in North Korea are encouraged to choose from one of the 18 female hair styles and 10 male hair styles recommended by their government.
North Korea has sent the biggest firework tribute to the Chinese New Year – a nuclear test. In response, Chinese netizens started to question their government's North Korea policy and called for suspension of aid.
Political dynasties aren't new in the history of East Asia, but this is probably the first time in modern history when these four countries all follow father-son/daughter leadership at the same time. The Chinese netizens call it an era of Pin Die, a competition of family background.
An account called itself "North Korea Today" showed up on Sina Weibo on March 7 and attracted over 73,000 followers in just two days. It's there for propaganda instead of socializing. And Chinese netizens welcome it with condemnation and ridicule.
The new Sprite ad set its background in North Korea's military review ceremony, where Kim Jong II (seemingly) asks for a bottle of Sprite. And, of course, the bottle lights everybody up.


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How to Play DVD on iPad or iPad Mini
Most of us have a large DVD collection, and lots of great films still to watch DVD, and watching movies or TV episodes is probably one of the top things most people do with the iPad.
But then there comes a time when you need to watch the media you have been acquiring in form of DVDs etc. How to play DVD on iPad, including the new iPad mini, iPad Air or iPad Pro with Retina Display? Apple as always has been pretty restrictive in allowing what works and what not works on the iPad.
Is legal to rip a DVD to playable on iPad?
The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can't legally copy or convert commercial DVDs to watch on iPad or other electronic device for any reason. Because DVDs have DRM protection(Digital Rights Management), you do not get a DVD Import feature in iTunes alongside the CD Import. Technically it is illegalto copy any media, but the law has never been enforced (to our knowledge) when it is a product you own and it's for your own personal use.We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to override its copy protection to make a backup copy or to convert its content for viewing on other devices. Currently, the law isn't entirely clear one way or the other.
So leaving aside copyright, licensing and copy protection issues, in order for an iPad to play a DVD it has to be converted into a format that the device supports.
What type of movies can be played on iPad Air or iPad Mini?
- H.264 video up to 1080p at 30 fps(frames per second), 4K video recording (3840 by 2160) at 30 fps, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
- MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 fps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
- Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable.
How to play DVD movies on iPad Air or iPad Pro?
Playing DVD movies on iPad is trick. Of course, there are so many 3rd party software after googling that can probably convert and play DVD on your device. But isn't that just not right, when you can't watch DVDs on your iPad in the best-quality. Fortunately there is a good program to do exactly that: it's a software called Tipard DVD to iPad Converter. It's easy to use and now that you're pumped – here's how to play DVD movies on iPad.
Step 1: Download Tipard DVD to iPad and install it on your computer
Tipard DVD to iPad Converter provides a free download, so there's no need to worry about paying for something you still haven't tested.
In case, you're wondering "What the hell is Tipard DVD to iPad Converter?", let me give you a quick overview:
Tipard DVD to iPad Converter is always a good recomendation and when i tested the DVD converter for the iPad I was still pleased. The NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology gives you 6X faster conversions and takes all DVDs, including copyprotected. Unlike other, more expensive products, like Roxio Crunch, which refuses to take protected DVDs, this product takes all DVDs. It's probably the best bet this early in the game for the iPad. Click here to see Tipard DVD to iPad Converter Review.
If you are Mac system users, you may check iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac, an all-in-one solution to rip DVD to any formats.
Step 2: Insert a DVD and select media to convert
Click the "Load" button, and you can load DVD Disc, DVD folder and DVD info. Then you can select chapters you need to convert.
Step 3: Choose a preset for your iPad device
The program includes handy presets that make it much easier. Click the drop-down menu of "Profile", there you'll find options for iPad, iPad mini and more.
Step 4: Tweak your output settings
Now that you've settled the iPad preset, you may also need to choose your encoding settings based on the device(s) on which you plan to view the content. You can tweak every aspect of encoding, change format, bit rate, frames per second etc. You can experiment with these settings in time to see what works best with your media.
Step 5: Convert DVD to iPad
Start to convert DVD to iPad by simply clicking the "convert" image button. You can sit back and wait for the program to do the conversion work for you. When it's finished, you will be notified with a 'successfully' message.
Step 6: Transfer and sync the movie to your iPad
Once you've ripped the DVD to your computer and converted it to an iPad-compatible file, you are ready to go. You can load the DVD into iTunes and use Home Sharing to stream it to your iPad or simply sync the file itself to your iPad.
Step 7: Enjoy Watching!!!
Awesome! You're done! It's that simple! You may now play DVD movies on iPad. Whether you have the new iPad with the retina display or an earlier model, TV and movies look absolutely fantastic, not to mention you can take them anywhere thanks to the portability of the iPad.


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MBIA insures debt, and one investor wants to insure the stock.
optionMONSTER's Depth Charge monitoring system detected the purchase of 3,500 October 10 puts for $0.29 and the sale of an equal number of October 13 calls for $0.20. Volume surpassed open interest at both strikes, indicating that this is a new position.
The trade cost just $0.09 to open and will protect the investor against a pullback in the stock. He or she probably owns shares and is using the options for protection in what's known as a collar . (See our Education section)
MBI fell 0.27 percent to $11.16 on Friday but is up 17 percent since the start of August. It's been climbing along with most other financial names as sentiment toward the sector improves. The company, which backstops municipal and asset-backed debt, had traded above $60 before the 2008 subprime-mortgage crash.
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1989 in Israel
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|Other events of 1989
List of years in Israel
Timeline of the region of Palestine
Timeline of Israeli history
Events in the year 1989 in Israel.
- Prime Minister of Israel – Yitzhak Shamir (Likud)
- President of Israel – Chaim Herzog
- Chief of General Staff - Dan Shomron
- Government of Israel - 23rd Government of Israel
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- July – The 1989 Maccabiah Games are held.
- July 28 – Israeli commandos entered Lebanon and kidnapped Sheik Abdel Karim Obeid, chief of Hezbollah. (see Ron Arad).[1]
- September 19–22 – Mount Carmel forest fire: One of the largest forest fire in Israel's history. The fire extended over 6,000 dunam (1,500 acres), devastates 3,200 dunam (790 acres) of natural forest areas of Aleppo pine on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, close to the city of Haifa.[2]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict[edit]
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1989 include:
Notable Palestinian militant operations against Israeli targets
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The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1989 include:
- February 24 - Sergeant Binyamin Meisner ambushed and killed with cement block thrown from rooftop in the Kasbah in Nablus.
- March 21 – 1989 Tel Aviv stabbing attack: A knife-wielding Palestinian Arab attacks Israeli civilians at random in Tel Aviv, killing two and wounding a third.
- May 3 – Hamas; Kidnapping and murder of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon.
- July 6 – Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 attack: The first Palestinian Arab suicide attack is carried out inside Israel's borders on a crowded Egged bus when a Palestinian Islamic Jihad member seizes the steering wheel from the driver and pulls the bus over a steep precipice into a ravine in the area of Qiryat Ye'arim. 16 passengers are killed.
Notable Israeli military operations against Palestinian militancy targets
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The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1989 include:
- May 19 – First Intifada: The Palestinian leader Ahmed Yassin, the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, was arrested by Israel. Yassin was later on sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in attacks against Israelis.[3]
Unknown dates[edit]
- The founding of the kibbutz Neot Smadar.
Notable births[edit]
- July 11 – Liel Kolet, Israeli singer, of Indian Jewish descent
- August 11 – Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
Notable deaths[edit]
- January 4 – Dvora Netzer (born 1897), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli politician.
- February 21 – Moshe Unna (born 1902), German-born Israeli politician.
- April 9 – Moshe Ziffer (born 1902), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli sculptor.
- June 22 – Menahem Stern (born 1925), Polish-born Israeli historian.
- October 14 – Dov Sadan (born 1902), Austro-Hungarian (Galicia)-born Israeli academic and politician.
- October 20 – Dahn Ben-Amotz (born 1924), Polish-born Israeli journalist and author.
- Full date unknown
- Manfred Aschner (born 1901) German (Silesia)-born Israeli microbiologist and entomologist.
- Akiva Vroman (born 1912), Dutch-born Israeli geologist.
Major public holidays[edit]
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See also[edit]
- 1989 in Israeli film
- 1989 in Israeli television
- 1989 in Israeli music
- 1989 in Israeli sport
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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Rep. Chris Stewart has decided his employees will get their health insurance through an exchange created by the Affordable Care Act, forgoing a loophole that lets member of Congress keep their staff on their current government plan.
Stewart, R-Utah, is taking the same tact as Reps. Jim Matheson and Jason Chaffetz and Sen. Mike Lee.
These four lawmakers say Obamacare was drafted with the intent of moving members of Congress and their employees onto the exchanges, where they can shop from a variety of private insurance plans.
Sen. Orrin Hatch's spokesman wouldn't say whether the senator's employees would go on the exchanges, because of an office policy not to discuss "personnel matters."
Rep. Rob Bishop, on the other hand, is letting his staff decide if they'll stay with the insurance offered through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, which covers most federal employees, or go on the exchange. He argues that it preservers choices.
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Recently rebranded as one of three "adult-only" ships in the P&O fleet, the 1,818-passenger Oriana, which was last refurbished in 2011, is an attractive midsized cruise ship designed for traditional British tastes. Setting sail from a U.K. port, the upgraded
ship, with its signature three-tiered stern decks, is equipped with enough lounge chairs on its spacious teak Lido deck for sunbathing, people watching, and relaxing. Twenty-seven new cabins were added, in addition to two specialty restaurants. Classic and conservative in style, she attracts a more mature crowd seeking a predictable cruise format. The stunning Tiffany glass atrium and panoramic Crow's nest bar are eye-pleasing aesthetic highlights. Having an onboard atmosphere of nostalgic timelessness, expect mainly British entertainment, a subdued décor, and lots of smokers.
The first contemporary "super ship" to be built specifically for the British market, Oriana was christened in 1995 by Queen Elizabeth II. Named after the novelist William Thackeray, the eponymous writing room next to a well-stocked library on the Oriana drips with British flavor. Sip a pint at Lord's Tavern, an authentic British pub, where passengers enjoy socializing and sing-a-longs, or savor a hot drink at Tiffany's coffee bar. The Oriana is perfectly suited for those seeking foreign travel while retaining a British ambience, from food preferences to music and themed activities that include gardening, Scottish dancing, and cricket.
Although the Oriana is showing signs of age in spite of a recent facelift, a newly refreshed aft deck, uncluttered and without balcony accommodations, offers commanding sea views overlooking the ship's wake. Cruise to Greece, Turkey, and Croatia or head towards Tallinn, Helsinki, and St. Petersburg. While sailing to fascinating ports of call throughout Europe, activities range from quietly assembling a jigsaw puzzle or reading to dance lessons and golf chipping. Outfitted with a good array of facilities to stay active day and night, perhaps the Oriana's best features are located in the velvet-draped Theatre Royal and at the front of the sundeck in the Crow's Nest, where passengers can nurse an affordable cocktail with priceless sunset views.
Since 1937, P&O Cruises (originally the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company) has been a force in passenger shipping. Although the company's suggestion that they invented leisure cruising cannot be proven, P&O is assuredly a pioneer of modern cruising. The company acquired Princess Cruises in 1974. P&O then purchased Sitmar Cruises and merged it with Princess in 1988, and the passenger-cruise business—known as P&O Princess—was spun off in 2000.
P&O Cruises is the oldest cruise in the world and remains Britain's leading cruise line, sailing the U.K.'s largest and most modern fleet. The ships are equipped with every traditional big-ship amenity, including swimming pools, stylish restaurants, spas, bars, casinos, theaters, and show rooms.
Seven ships in the P&O fleet offer a diverse range of venues for relaxation and entertainment, including cocktail bars, nightclubs, cinemas, games rooms, and cabaret lounges. Enjoy live bands, dramatic musicals, and deck parties, cabaret singers, comedians, specialty acts, classical recitals, and concerts. Theme evenings include tropical, 1960s and '70s, or Black and White Ball. Other activities include quizzes and panel games, with prizes awarded to winning teams. A select number of itineraries offer the opportunity to spend the evening, or even overnight, in port.
An abundance of balcony and outside cabins on P&O ships ensures that a view to the sea is never far away. Accommodations, from inside cabins to lavish suites, cater to a wide cross section of budgets and tastes. In the interest of passenger health and safety, smoking has been prohibited indoors, including in all cabins and suites and on private balconies. Outdoor smoking venues are published on board.
To offer passengers a variety of choices, P&O has adapted their fleet to match the preferences of their primary markets. Although most of the ships cater to families as well as couples and singles of all ages, Arcadia, Adonia, andOriana are adults-only ships. The Aurora, Azura, Oceana, and Ventura complete the P&O armada and welcome both adults and children. Following customer feedback, P&O announced major refurbishments for the Ventura, Oceana, and Arcadia in 2013.
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- Celebrity-chef restaurant
- Music Festivals at Sea cruises showcase classical music and opera
- Every cruise includes a galley tour combined with popular chocoholic's buffet
- Cabins are small compared to newer ship standards
- Outside aft-facing staterooms have views over outside decks rather than a real sea view
- There is no covered pool
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- Crew Members 800
- Entered Service 1995
- Gross Tons 69,000
- Length 853 feet
- Number of Cabins 914
- Passenger Capacity 1,818
- Width 106 feet


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Kostecki crushes Corbin
By Przemyslaw Garczarczyk
Photo by Sebastian Andrzejczyk
WBC #3 light heavyweight David "Cygan" Kostecki (35-1, 24 KOs) was a star during a "Hilton Boxing Night" in Warsaw, Poland, winning by KO in the fourth round against Sean Corbin (14- 3, 10 KOs). Kostecki needed only four rounds to solidify his position as a WBC title contender. Only in the second round did he have some problems with taller and somewhat agiler opponent. The bout ended when the fighter from Guyana got knocked out by quick straight right, left combination and although Corbin was able to beat a ten count, referee Daniel Van de Wiele was correct in ending the fight.
Andrzej Wasilewski from " KnockOut Promotions," who represents also Polish WBC cruiserweight champion Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, indicated that he would like to see Kostecki fighting for the title as early as March-April of next year. "We will carefully look at the rankings. Kostecki is ready to fight the best in the world, this is his wish and as a promoter I have an obligation to help him," said Wasilewski after the fight.
Tomasz Adamek, currently top 5 heavyweight in the world, was the last Polish WBC light heavyweight champion, winning the title in 2005 after a fight of the year candidate against Paul Briggs.


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Our Emotional Learning Cards now feature over 100 contemporary artists. Without their input and generous permission we wouldn't be able to produce the cards. Read more about every one of them below:
Bani Abidi
Bani lives and works in Berlin and Karachi. Her early video work has led to the incorporation of performance and photography in her work. These mediums have provided Abidi with dynamic and sometimes subversive means to address problems of nationalism.www.baniabidi.com
Larry Achiampong
Larry is a British-Ghanaian artist practice uses live performance, imagery and sound to explore representations of identity in the post digital age.www.larryachiampong.co.uk
Faisal Abdu'Allah
Abdu'Allah's work breaks away from the British artistic establishment and the rules of institutional representation, particularly insofar as he began selecting his subjects from emigre utopia, Afro-British social consciousness, Muslim identity, and working-class life.www.faisalabduallah.com
Roohi Ahmed
Roohi lives and works in Karachi, Pakistan. She is a multi-disciplinary artist looking at the realities of human life against the backdrop of political problems.
Laylah Ali
Laylah Ali's paintings and drawings usually show people who seem to be characters in a bigger story. Her characters are also purposefully ambiguous in terms of their ethnicity and gender.
Francis Alys
Francis was born in Belgium but now lives and works in Mexico City. His artwork ranges from performance to painting and addresses issues of urbanity and social justice which build on his training as an architect.www.francisalys.com
Janine Antoni
Janine Antoni is well known for the unusual ways she makes art which often involve using her own body. She has carved sculptures with her teeth, and painted works with her hair. It is the artist's mother in this image.
Dia Batal
Dia was born in Beirut 1978 and is currently based in London. Having trained in design at Goldsmiths in London, her artwork is concerned with the way design can impact on people's lives within the public and private space and reflect social, cultural, and political concerns.www.diabatal.com
Shiraz Bayjoo
In his work Shiraz Bayjoo explores how we think about national, cultural, political, individual and collective identities.www.shirazbayjoo.com
Phoebe Boswell
Drawing is at the heart of Phoebe Boswell's practice, which encompasses hand-drawn animation, projection, and installation to form multi-layered narrative languages through which to tell complex contemporary global stories.www.phoebeboswell.com
Sonia Boyce
Sonia Boyce is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and working in London. Her early work addresses issues of race, ethnicity and contemporary urban experience expressed in large pastel drawings and photographic collages, questioning racial stereotypes in the media and in day-to-day life.Iniva Website
Tania Brugera
Born in Cuba, Tania is a performance and installation artist. Her work focuses on the interplay of power and control particularly with reference to Cuban history.www.taniabruguera.com
Chila Kumari Burman
Since the 80s she has been making artwork that challenges stereotypes about Asian women. She often includes images from Bollywood, fashion and popular culture in her work.www.chila-kumari-burman.co.uk
Sokari Douglas Camp
Born in Buguma, Nigeria in 1958, she now lives and works in London. She often uses her memories and experiences of growing up in Nigeria to explore her Kalibari heritage.www.sokari.co.uk
Lu Chunseng
Chinese artist Lu Chunsheng's video and photographic works integrate documentary-style imagery with fantasy-based narratives. His characters explore absurd landscapes, ebbing in and out of worlds defined by transition and change.Iniva Website
Godfried Donkor
Godfried was born in Ghana and lives and works in London. He is known for his mixed media collages, frequently juxtaposing imagery from different political perspectives including popular culture or historical narrative.www.donkor.net
Los Carpinteros
Los Carpinteros are a group of artists who live and work in Cuba. They take familiar objects and redesign them so as to make them seem unusual.www.loscarpinteros.net
Chen Chieh-Jen
Chen exhibits widely in his home country Taiwan and internationally. As a filmmaker he uses the filmmaking as an act of resistance.Iniva Website
Juan Pablo Echeverri
Juan began taking photographs of himself everyday as part of a diary project. His public photo booth portraits have been as a way of both recording and generating changes to his appearance and self-image.www.juanpabloecheverri.com
Yara El-Sherbini
She uses forms that are familiar to us, such as games, television programs and activities, to create an accessible way in which to interact with art and engage with politically challenging ideas.www.yaraelsherbini.com
Alex Flemming
Born in Brazil, 1954 and now lives and works in Berlin. He has developed a number of ways of looking at the world which over time have provided a political edge to his work.www.alexflemming.com
Allora and Calzadilla
Allora and Calzadilla approach art as a set of experiments that test whether ideas such as authorship, nationality, borders, and democracy adequately describe today's increasingly global and consumerist society.Lisson Gallery
Diana Fonseca
Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1978 where she continues to live and work. Her artwork explores both childhood games and life in contemporary Cuba.Iniva Website
Nilbar Gures
Nilbar was born in Istanbul and lives and works in Vienna and Istanbul. Using a variety of media including photography, collage, drawing, and textiles, Güres produces theatrical tableaux of women, moving between performance and the everyday. Her images combine humour with compositions seen in paintings, as well as costumes and props, subverting representational notions of femininity and cultural identity.www.nilbargures.com
Gonkar Gyatso
Born in 1961 in Tibet and now lives in London. In the mid 1980s he was also involved in creating a new kind of art that connects with Tibetan culture.www.gonkargyatso.com
Aya Haidar
Her work explores her personal history and her identity as a woman of Lebanese origin growing up in Britain. She uses and recycles objects to make artworks that tell tales of loss, movement, memory and migration.www.ayahaidar.com
NS Harsha
Seen as an important figure within contemporary Indian art, Harsha's work often highlights social and political inequalities. His work is wide ranging, from detailed figurative painting to site-specific installations.www.nsharsha.com
Zarina Hashmi
Born in India, but working in the UK, Zarina's work frequently references the concept of home and travelling, creating sculpture and works on paper.
Anish Kapoor
Born in Bombay in 1954, he is well known and celebrated for his large, elegant sculptures. Most recently he has designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit; a tower that features prominently in London's Olympic Park.www.anishkapoor.com
Permindar Kaur
By playing with size and materials, she transforms homely objects that we often think of as comforting and familiar into unsettling or threatening scenes.www.permindarkaur.com
Margareta Kern
Margareta Kern's artistic practice engages with the social and political sphere through multi-layered and inter-disciplinary projects. Kern is interested in the relationship of performance, narrative and participation to documentary and experimental image making, as well as in the relationship of art and activism.www.margaretakern.com
Anthony Key
Through his artwork, the artist explores how Chinese culture and history is seen in Britain. His work often focuses on food, unpicking stereotypes by playfully blending together British and Chinese cuisine.www.anthonykey.net
Matthew Krishanu
Matthew creates paintings from memory and photographs. He 're-imagines' events through editing, simplifying and layering. His exploration of themes of childhood, adolescence, family and solitude imbues his work with stillness and evokes a sense of deep thoughtfulness.www.matthewkrishanu.com
Yayoi Kusama
Born in Japan, 1929, she is famous for her sculptures and installations in which patterns are repeated over and over. The artist has said that her work comes out of experiences she had as a child.www.yayoi-kusama.jp
Gayle Chong Kwan
Gayle Chong Kwan works with photography and installation to create fantastical mise-en-scene landscapes and environments out of disturbing arrangements of waste materials, sensory remains and documentary sources.www.gaylechongkwan.com
Hew Locke
Cultural identity, symbols of the state and nationhood, cultural institutions and global politics are major themes that are explored through Hew Locke's installations.www.hewlocke.net
Neeta Madahar
Neeta Madahar was born in London in 1966. Her photography and films explore beauty and unexpected drama in familiar surroundings.Purdy Hicks
Monica de Miranda
Her artwork explores how we form ideas about who we are and where we belong. She often works with materials that are familiar to us such as maps and images of the body, and processes such as knitting and crocheting.www.monicademiranda.org
Oscar Munoz
Born in Popayan and now living in Cali, Colombia, Oscar Muñoz's work challenges the viewer to rethink the meaning of the photographic image. Photography forms the basis of much of his moving image work, but he also employs more traditional techniques like drawing, and materials like charcoal to realise compelling and seductive works.Iniva Website
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat moved to the United States to study art at the University of California in 1974. Her images of Iranian women question their role in Islamic society, and Neshat has made the tensions between a collective cultural identity and one driven by the individual one of her main concerns.Iniva Website
Otobong Nkanga
A visual artist and live performer, she works to expose how frail and unstable human kind is becoming within its environment.www.otobongnkanga.com
Chris Ofili
Turner prize winning artist Ofili combines different kinds of materials in his paintings including paint, resin, glitter and sometimes elephant dung. He also draws on different sources such as comics, the Bible, films and music.Victoria Miro
Lucy Orta
Trained as a fashion designer, she brings her knowledge of clothing into her work; often making sculptures that combine elements of clothing with elements of human necessity such as food or shelter.www.studio-orta.com/en
Hetain Patel
Through his artwork Hetain Patel explores his identity as a second generation British Asian. He often uses materials from his family's culture to understand what it means to have been brought up in a western culture but with an Indian heritage.www.hetainpatel.com
Sudhir Patwardhan
Sudhir is a contemporary painter and a practicing radiologist. His paintings frequently depict city-scapes and urban experiences both from the perspective of the artist as well as the viewer.www.sudhirpatwardhan.com
Wilfredo Prieto
In some ways a conceptual artist, in that he works with ideas, but his work is not easily classifiable. For him experimentation is most important in the creation and interpretation of work.www.wilfredo-prieto.com
Navin Rawanchaikul
Navin's work focuses on local identity and its shifting dynamics within globalised culture. He lives and works in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Fukuoka, Japan.www.navinproduction.com
Franklyn Rodgers
As well as his portraits of artists and writers, he is known for the way in which he creates iconic images that redefine how we view multiculturalism in the UK.www.franklynrodgers.com
Donald Rodney
Donald often used his body to explore identity and its relationship to society. The tiny house you see in his work is made from the artist's own skin, removed during one of the many operations that he went through whilst suffering from sickle cell anaemia. He died from the illness in 1998, aged 37.Iniva Website
Doris Salcedo
Doris Salcedo makes sculptures and installations about and in response to the violence and conflict of everyday life in her native country of Colombia. The simple materials she works with speak of the sanctity and familiarity of everyday domestic life. Through her moulding or reshaping of these pieces he creates a traumatized, dysfunctional, object.Iniva Website
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Yinka explores colonialism, race, globalisation and class through a range of different kinds of works: sculptures, films, photographs and paintings. He often places himself in the centre of his works.www.yinkashonibarembe.com
Lorna Simpson
Became well known in the 1980s for her photographs which challenge narrow, conventional views of gender and identity. In 1993 she was the first Black woman to be included in the Venice Biennale.www.lsimpsonstudio.com
Zineb Sedira
Much of her early work reflects on her family's immigration to France from Algeria and takes the form of an investigation into language and storytelling using film and photography.www.zinebsedira.com
Susan Stockwell
Her work involves the use of everyday materials that she transforms into extraordinary sculptures, collages and installations questioning ecology, historic and present day trade, and the implications of global commerce.www.susanstockwell.co.uk
Do-Ho Suh
Born in Seoul, Korea, in 1962. His sculptures often play around with scale; exploring how people experience or feel in different kinds of spaces and situations.Lehmann Maupin
Fiona Tan
Her work explores how as individuals we inhabit a number of different cultural and social identities; how we look at people and things and in turn how they look at us.www.fionatan.nl
Francis Upritchard
Francis often makes artworks out of objects she has found in attics & charity shops. Even though she has turned them into something new, they still seem to tell us something about their past lives.Kate MacGarry
Leticia Valverdes
Born in 1972 in Brazil, her photographs focus on interactions between people and often look at people's identities, memories and dreams.www.leticiavalverdes.com
Kate Walters
Kate Walters often draws the human body in ways that suggest experiences and feelings. She says that when she is making a drawing she tries to let it take a life of its own.www.katewalters.co.uk
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie is best known for her photographic work capturing the contemporary experiences of African Americans including racial issues, gender politics and personal identity.www.carriemaeweems.net
Ai Wei Wei
Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese conceptual artist and activist working across many media and in collaboration on projects for social justice and progress. His work frequently embodies humor and humility but aims to effect social change, sometimes at the risk of life and freedom.Find out more
Zosienka is an artist and freelance illustrator working in Hackney, London. She grew up in South Africa, Poland and the UK and draws from these varied landscapes in her practice.www.zosienka.com


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Intel Looking To Deploy NFC In Future Smartphone Chips
Intel, like any self-respecting company today, wants a piece of the mobile business chocolate cake. And it already made some plans toward the direction, because we have just been notified that Intel is planning to add Near fields Communication(NFC) technology to its smartphone chips.
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Intel announced that its new Atom Z6XX chips, to be sold under the banner of Moorestown, will be powering devices running Android or MeeGo, Intel and Nokia's new OS that's sprung from Moblin and Maemo's loins. Other operating systems will likely be seen using the Z6XX chips, but for now Intel's only mentioning the two […]
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I just ordered a sw 351PD revolver. It is the very light (10 oz) trail gun type weapon in 22 win mag with a short barrel. holds 7 rounds.
I bought it for hiking, etc.
does anyone have one of these? any comments? my only real concern is muzzle blast, but it couldn't be worse than a 357 snub, could it..??
in a real pinch, i would think it could provide a ccw type function- not ideal of course, but i would guess it is better than a 32 acp. so it could be useful for camping, etc.
as you can tell, I am rationalizing. I have not actually mentioned this yet to She Who Must Be Obeyed...:rolleyes:
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After debuting on AT&T, then making its way to Verizon, the Moto X has reached the Now Network. Sprint's Moto X is on sale, and you can get a solid deal if you're coming over from a rival carrier. After the contract subsidy and a $100 port-in credit, you only have to pay $99 for the device. Not your situation? Sorry, that'll be $199.
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I am currently fighting for the right to drive my car, and as such, my car has been down for quite a while. I was told I would get it all back in December, which is why we have waited so long to do the install, no point installing all this when we can't use it right?
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It's not just you; Your Doctor may be Rude!
If your doctor seems rude, he just might be. A new study claims doctors coming out of medical school are less compassionate than the Marcus Welby types of the past.
KTRH medical expert Dr. Joe Galati says don't underestimate the importance of good bedside manner.
"Patients expect the physician to sit down, hold their hand, look them in the eye and really get a sincere understanding of what's wrong with them. And all studies across the board for years have shown that this is the best way to good patient care."
Like the nerds on the TV show 'The Big Bang Theory' Dr. Galati says being a good scientist doesn't guarantee good social skills or compassion.
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A. T. Ummer from Kannur, was a pious man. He belonged to the second generation and
his career went parallel to that of Arjunan. He also specialized in melody and composed
several traditional-style songs. Later he integrated modern music instruments also.
He may not be as intense as Arjunan, but there was much variety in his songs, unlike
Arjunan. Like Arjunan, he debuted in the late 1960s (1967), flourised in 1970s and
survived even after that with a lot of irrelevant songs. Unlike Arjunan, he had
some main songs in 1980s and he continuously got opportunities even upto mid-90s.
Born in 1933, AT Ummer shared North Kerala, football and music with K. Raghavan
and settled on film music through his connections in the field. After some initial
ineffective releases, it was the director A. Vincent who found out Ummer's abilities. In the film 'Almaram'
in 1969, he composed the soft 'pinneyum inakkuyil' and the pleasant 'noothnaganathil'.
Two years later, Vincent made the musical hit 'Abhijathyam' which established A.T.
Ummer in the field. The melodies 'vrishchikarathrithan', 'chembakapoonkavanathile',
'kalyanakkuruvikku' and 'mazhamukilolivarnan', along with the comedy song 'thallu
thallu', became hit. In 1972 came Vincent's another musical hit 'Theerthayathra'.
Ummer responded with the highly emotional romantic 'anuvadikkoo devi', a grand devotional
'ambike jagadambike', a sad devotional 'kolloorilum' and a joyful 'marivillu panthalitta'.
All these serious films (Madhu in the lead) had P. Bhaskaran as the lyricist. But
A. T. Ummer didn't form any team. He worked with a lot of lyricists.
He worked for the hitmaker Sasikumar also starting with the song 'priyamullavale'.
In 'Aranyakandam', P. Bhaskaran recycled his lyrics of an old song (the hero reminiscences
the childhood days when he and his girlfriend stood together saving themselves from
the rain by making the dress of his girlfriend an umbrella) and it became 'ee vazhiyum
ee marathanalum'. It had the sad devotional 'yadunandana'. Sasikumar's 'Abhimanam'
is immortalized by the song 'pottikkaranjukondomane' written by Sreekumaran Thampi
and sung with all the sorrow by Yesudas.
The stylish 'oru madhurikkum vedanayo' was also composed by him.
In 'Ulsavam', he composed the very pleasant 'swayamvarathinu' and the soft and erotic
'adyasamagamalajja', both sung by Yesudas and Janaki.
After 1975, A. T. Ummer got more opportunities and he responded with good songs
also. 'Alinganam' was another hit in which he composed the happy 'hemantham thozhuthu',
the modern and stylish 'nimishadalangal' and the very soft 'thusharabindukkale'.
Several nice songs followed like the sad 'marubhoomiyil vanna', the devotional 'vrindavanam
swargamakiya', the sweet 'kunkumappottiloorum', the classical 'rathidevathasilpame',
the all-time hit 'oru nimisham tharoo', the soft 'karpoorathulasipanthal', the very
soft Janaki/Yesudas song 'neelajalasayathil', the poetic 'varnavum neeye', another
all-time great 'devi nin chiriyil', the devotional 'viswam chamachum' etc.
He was not considered for Muslim songs as he had a soft and serious style, but in
1978, he got an opportunity in 'Agni' and he celebrated with the native Muslim tunes
in 'kattu paranje', 'sulthante kottarathil' and 'kannan pokkaru'.
In the same
year, the 'Adavukal pathinettu' and 'Avalude ravukal' were released.
The three songs in the former were in different styles – an intoxicating 'anupamasoundaryame'
sung by Yesudas, a joyful and teasing 'sooryanamskaram' sung inimitably by Janaki
and the happy 'thamarapoo' also sung by Janaki. 'Avalude ravukal' directed by IV
Sasi was a huge commercial hit and its songs were equally hits – An emotional sad
song 'rakendukiranangal', a very soft and modern 'antharindriyadahangal' sung by
Yesudas and a high pitch wishful lullaby 'unni arariro' sung by Janaki. Both films
had good lyrics by Bichu Thirumala.
'Rakendukiranangal' is perhaps his most famous song. But it was also a black mark
on the career of Ummer. It was copied from a Hindi song. He expressed helplessness
as the producers' wish had to be executed in the industry. Then the credit goes
to the producer who pinpointed on this unimportant Hindi song to make it such a
great song in Malayalam. The expressive Janaki made it one of her best songs. The
original track of the Hindi song was used in it and it was done by RK Sekhar. AT
Ummer had nothing to do in it except the song 'antharindriya'. Anyway, with this,
the pious AT Ummer became controversial and famous.
But Ummer's career takes a downward journey from here (just like Arjunan). He was
prolific, but the percentage
of good songs was very low. But he didn't become irrelevant.
'Vellappalunkotha' was based on a Hindi
tune ('dil ke jharoko me') though nobody realized it. The film
also had the sad and soft 'ekanthathayil'. 'Dheerasameere', the high pleasantness
of the dawn in the Janaki song 'prabhatham poomarakkombil', sweet devotional 'oru
mayilpeeliyay', river song 'ozhukiyozhuki' etc. followed.
Colour was added to the Jayan films 'Karimbana' and 'Thadavara' by A. T. Ummer by
the mixture of modern and native tunes in the songs 'kombil kilukkam ketti', 'karimbarakalkkullilum',
'andandaragamezhuthiya' and 'kattum ee kadinte kulirum'.
The pious man was behind the hilarious comedy songs 'palisakkaran pathrose' sung
by Yesudas as intoxicated, 'thothe thothe' sung by Janaki in the voice of an urchin
After 1980, he scored many songs that were irrelevant, but occasionally showed his
ability as in the IV Sasi film 'Ahimsa' in 1982. The duet 'kattu tharattum' sung
by Yesudas and Janaki was very romantic and sweet. 'Jalasankhupushpam' was a nice
song. But another IV Sasi film 'Ina' was a shock. The songs 'aralippoonkadukal',
'kinavinte varambathu' and 'vellichillum vithari' were copied from various languages
(Hindi, English and Tamil).
But these songs too became famous. He copied another Hindi song in 'Maniyara' ('viphalam viphalam' from 'chalthe chalthe'), but
this time too, he enjoyed composing other songs using native mappila tunes and these
were famous – 'penne manavattipenne', 'mizhiyina
njan' and 'kwaja shakin'.
In 1984, he composed the dance song 'kalindi theeram thannil', the erotic 'moodalmanjumay
yamini', the wild 'madhumazhapozhiyum' and the enchanting 'thalangal'.
'Mazhayo mazha' in 85, 'veliparuthipoove' and 'innalekal' in 86, 'manithoovalchirakulla'
in 88 were his last recognizable songs.
Interestingly, he got so many films all these years though he was not making good
He died in 2001.
Essentially, he was a music director of 1970s. His strength was his old songs. But
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That's great and it sounds like you are thinking on getting a new addition?
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im sorry for your loss but dont ever forget your two dogs and make sure youre ready to give your new dog all the love it deserves and never compare him with your other dogs even if there the same breed their personality is diferent
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First of all, i am sorry about your dogs. I do not think this sounds weird at all. You just were not ready for a dog, and now you are. In your case , I think it was right to wait. Now you will be emotionally ready to give this new dog all the attention they need. Good luck and have fun with the new dog.
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GFCI in a 2 duplex gangbox and load out:
Okay, Im sure still a newbie, but Ive successfully done with always careful study until I really understand what is going on: Regular toggle switches 2 in a double gangbox with through wire to other source; Ive done a few three way switches; Ive done numerous series of single duplex outlets on one continuing source line; One thing I have not done is a double gang box with two duplex outlet/plugs. And to top it off this one will be in a bathroom so one of the duplex plugs will be GFCI and I will want the other duplex in the box in protected "load" position and also with a load/out line to continue on through to the vanity light and switch.
After reading instructions, this is what I have come up with:
White goes to Line silver screw on GFCI duplex.
Black goes to Line gold screw on same GFCI duplex.
Ground will go to the Ground pigtail.
White is pigtailed with two other Whites: one to Load silver screw on GFCI duplex and one to White/silver screw on the regular duplex in the same gangbox.
Black is pigtailed with two other Blacks: one to Load gold screw on GFCI duplex and one to Black/gold screw on the regular duplex in the same gangbox.
The ground pigtail will have four wires: Line, Load, and jumps to ground screw on each duplex.
If this is correct my next question is box size which continues to be my weakest point of understanding through all of my wiring projects. Can this go in a 25 cubic in. 11/12 box?
(Hopefully this is well enough written to encourage an answer!)
I would not run the vanity light on the gfci, but your plan is right.
Remember that you can only have one wire under each screw.
Not running vanity light on the GFCI: I'm assuming that would not be for any inherent danger in the wiring plan, but rather for practical safety like in having the vanity light remain on in the case of a hazard or emergency going on with the GFCI in case of shut down, and/or simply because the vanity light is not at hazard for getting wet, etc.? I could surely send the source first to the vanity and THEN to the GFCI.
Do you have two or three cables in the double box?
GFCI double duplex box
I'm actually decided not to run the vanity light out of the double duplex box, so I'm only going to have one cable in and nothing going out, so there'll be plenty of space.
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My Storage Auction Adventure
Today I'd like to take a break from Google and SEO stuff and talk about one of my offline money making methods. If you've ever watched Storage Wars on A&E you probably know all about storage unit auctions and how they work. If not, here is a quick summary…
What is a Storage Unit Auction?
If someone is late on paying their monthly rental fees for a storage unit, the storage company has the right to auction off the contents of that locker. The company must announce the auction to the general public and you can find the listings for these auctions in your local newspaper or online at a site called Auction Zip. At the auction bidders can only look inside the unit, no searching through boxes or rummaging around to see what exactly is in there. The bidders have to look in the unit and use their best judgement on what is in there and how much it could be worth. In a way it is sort of a gamble, but if you have experience selling stuff on eBay and Craigslist the odds can be in your favor. Most companies will require you pay in cash and usually charge a $50-100 cleaning fee on top of the final auction value.
How I Got Started With Storage Auctions
When I got out of the Navy back in 2010 I had been watching a lot of shows about storage auctions and figured I'd take a shot at it since they made it look so easy. I had some money saved up and a lot of free time since I was waiting to start school in the spring. I began looking around and found the Auction Zip website and was surprised to find that their were dozens of storage auctions every week in my area. For about a month straight I would go to 5-10 auctions per week and see how the process worked and after going a few times I started bidding on the units. I would say out of the 50+ auctions I went to I only saw maybe five units that were worth bidding on. The TV shows make it seem like every other unit is filled with valuables but in reality the majority of units that come up for auction are full of junk.
The $1,600 Storage Unit
After about a month I finally got lucky and won a unit. This was one of the best units I had seen and although I would have liked to have gotten it for a cheaper price, I was pretty stoked when I won it. As you can see from the first picture, there were a lot of people at this auction. About 75 people showed up and when they opened the door for this locker everyone got excited. The unit was packed and in the back you could see two big toolboxes, a big Dewalt saw, a guitar, and a bunch of other tools. "Not too shabby" I thought to myself, I moved out of the way to let others check it out. The bidding started and the price quickly shot up to $1,000. Hold on now, was there something I had missed? I went back and looked and in the corner under a blanket I could see a handlebar sticking out…Oh SNAP! My hand shot up and before I knew it I had won my first storage unit, for a whooping $1,600! This was definitely one of the most expensive units I had seen auctioned off but I had a lot of the seasoned pros tell me that I got a good deal, and most of them hadn't even seen the dirt bike handlebar sticking out.
After I had paid ($1,650 total including the auction fee) I went back to the unit and started to dig around. I took off the blanket and found a 2006 Suzuki DRZ 125 dirt bike, freaking awesome! This bike sold for $3,000 brand new. I kept digging and found a Fender guitar that was in great condition, a cool 8 ft. windmill, dozens of drills, saws, and the two toolboxes were packed with drill bits, sockets, every kind of tool you could imagine. I was pumped, but then I quickly realized I had a TON of junk. I called a friend to come help and we had to rent a big U-haul to get everything out (you normally only have about 1-3 days to completely clean out the unit). That cost me about $80 and since I live in an apartment I had to go rent another storage unit that was close to home to store all this stuff. That cost me $80 per month.
So I was already down about $2,000, how was I going to make a profit here? I called my cousin to come check some stuff out and he ended up buying $400 worth of tools. Then I began listing things on Craigslist and eBay and sold another $400-500 worth of stuff within a few weeks. After that things slowed down, I had a bunch of Christmas stuff and small items that were going to be hard to sell. I didn't want to list them all one-by-one on eBay so I ended up holding on to them for a few months. Eventually I was able to offload the rest of the stuff at a neighborhood yard sale for about $600. In the end, I would guess that I got about $3000-$3500 for all of the items in the unit.
Here is a breakdown of how much I sold the big items for:
- Dirt bike: $425 (not running)
- Toolbox: $400
- Assorted Drills, Saws, Chainsaw: $400
- Paint Sprayer: $125
- Jeep Headlight: $100
- Dewalt Saw: $150
- Fender Guitar: $250
- Windmill: $50
- Mixer: $75
- Yard Sale items: $600
I still have a few items that I'm either keeping or just haven't gotten around to selling yet, including one of the toolboxes that is empty now, another Jeep headlight, a nice air compressor, and a nitro RC car. All things considered, I did pretty good and came out on top with a gross profit of about $1,500.
Would I do It Again?
Honestly, storage auctions are a lot more work than I had originally expected. They make it look so easy on TV but there are a lot of things that go on behind the scenes that they leave out. If you want to get started with storage auctions it is a lot of fun and can be very profitable, BUT there are a crucial things you need to get set up first.
1) A place to store all the junk! It may take weeks or even months to find the right buyer for all the stuff, so make sure you have an empty garage or shed where you can put everything while you wait.
2) A big van or truck to tote things around in. This one is pretty self-explanatory.
3) Somewhere to sell everything! If you or somebody you know runs a thrift store or pawn shop then it makes things a lot easier. Otherwise you will have to sell on eBay, Craigslist, yard sales, or even at flea markets.
If you can lock down all three of these steps then you are good to go. Like I said storage auctions are a lot of fun, but it's not "easy money". Right now, I just don't have a big enough vehicle or anywhere to store things so I've taken a break from storage auctions.
I hope you enjoyed the story, and if you're planning on trying this out yourself good luck and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for stopping by!


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Total revenue for B2B media companies increased 7.2% from $24.7 billion in 2010 to $26.5 billion in 2011, reports American Business Media (ABM) in a March 2012 release. Digital advertising saw the largest year-over-year gains, growing 22% from $5.2 billion to $6.35 billion, followed by data services, a category including rich media and business information services on a subscription and transactional basis, which rose 6.5% from $1.82 billion to $1.94 billion.
Trade shows experienced the slowest year-over-year growth of the media categories, at 2.2%, but remained the heavyweight with $10.5 billion in 2011 revenue, compared with slightly less than $10.3 billion in 2010. Print advertising followed with $7.7 billion in revenue, up 3.8% from more than $7.4 billion a year earlier.
Trade shows remained the top category by share of B2B media revenue in 2011, accounting for roughly 40% of total revenue. And although print advertising held its second ranking, at 29% share, digital advertising's comparatively faster growth took it to 24% share. Data services revenue made up the smallest share of total revenues, at 7%.
The prevalence of trade shows and exhibitions in marketing budgets is supported by recent survey results from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). According to the marketing executives polled, each of whom were required to have participated in at least one exhibition in the past 2 years, B2B exhibitions received on average of 39.2% of respondents' marketing dollars in 2011, with those spending more than half of their marketing dollars allocating on average 64% of their budgets to this channel.
Diving deeper into the print advertising figures reported by ABM, it appears that sales growth outpaced page growth in 2011. Indeed, for the year, print advertising pages grew by just 0.36%, with the biggest growth found in the transportation, logistics sector (13.08%), and the largest decrease seen in the computing, software, and telecommunications vertical (-8.1%). Despite this modest increase in pages, advertising sales rose a relatively healthier 3.82%. The business, advertising, and marketing sector saw the biggest increase, at 28.2%, while government experienced the biggest decrease (-7.8%).
Data from the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) released in January 2012 indicated that while the consumer magazine industry saw print advertising revenues of roughly $20 billion in 2011, flat from 2010, pages dipped 3.1% year-over-year.
Meanwhile, the increase in B2B digital advertising revenue reported by ABM is reflective of the growing importance B2B marketers are placing on online channels. According to a B2B Magazine survey released in March, B2B marketers are overwhelming choosing email and social media as their leading online channels. In fact, 88% of marketers surveyed are using email marketing, while 4 in 5 say they are using social media, with those channels also receiving the highest ratings in terms of conversion rates.
About the Data: BtoB's data is based on an online poll conducted in January and February that generated 326 responses. While the sample of companies was diverse, advertising agencies and technology companies predominated, comprising 26% and 25% of all respondents, respectively. Manufacturing (11%), financial services (8%) and consultancies (7%) also were well-represented.
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Hole in my dryer duct...
I'm new to this forum and needed some advice.
I was installing some closet shelving today and I ended up drilling a 1/2 inch hole in my dryer exhaust ducting. On the other side of the closet wall are my washer and dryer. I was drilling some holes when I noticed some metal shavings. I turned on the washer and dryer and sure enough there was warm air blowing out of the hole. I shut off the dryer and the air stopped. I looked in the attic above the wall and I could see the dryer duct is rectangular and it goes out the roof.
It looks like the wall consists of drywall, some insulation, wood, and then the duct. I was wondering what I should do to plug the hole. Is it a fire hazard? Should I have a professional come fix it? Being a novice, I'm not sure if I should start cutting away drywall and trying to fix it myself.
Any helpful advice is appreciated.
usually they leave a way to access those vents. they don't last forever. i would try to get it out and replace the whole thing. is it a hose or a solid pipe? if you do have to cut and replace drywall do it yourself. it is a cheap and easy fix. there are a few ways to do it. let me know if you can get it out what the material is and i can assist.
Is it really necessary to replace the whole thing because of a tiny hole? I wouldn't think so. Maybe cut drywall out around that hole patch with epoxy and screw a lil piece of sheet metal over the hole and epoxy. Follow it up with a piece of aluminum tape and walaaa! Hole is no more of a concern.
I can see the duct in my attic and it's solid. I can't really access the duct from the attic because its in a remote corner and there is all kinds of other ducts in the way. I also asked a friend of mine and he recommended doing the drywall cut and patching the hole with some sheet metal.
I'll probably try to patch it and I'll let you guys know how it goes.
Thanks for the advice.
yeah if it's a solid piece i would just patch it i wasn't sure if it was an aluminum hose. pulling and patching when you can't reach them can lead to it hooking a nail or something. good idea.
Open up the drywall enough to get at the 1/2 hole in the duct.
Cut a square piece of aluminum/sheet metal to cover the hole and attach with some short sheet metal screws and seal with some mastic for duct work.
Run the dryer and check for leaks.
Hang picture over the 1/2 inch hole or repair the drywall.
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Well, how do you fare compared to the Zeitgeist?
Chat up your fellow wooters and let us know how lame this poll was or what obvious choices we missed.
For example: Was this poll a) STUPID, b) DUMB, c) POINTLESS or d) ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Trampoline in a ball pit, obviously.
I worked a few summers in collage at an amusement park that had a ball pit, lets just say I don't want my kid in one of those unless it is right after they put new balls in and mine is the only kid in there.
After watching kids come out of ball pits covered in snake bites I wont ever let my child in one. @_@
kutiel wrote:After watching kids come out of ball pits covered in snake bites I wont ever let my child in one. @_@
It wasn't so much the snake bites as the 50 aids-infected heroin needles sticking out of their backs that concerned me.
Neither. I know its probably totally unfounded, but wasn't there some crap about used syringes in the ball pits? That's enough to keep me from letting my kid near one.
And I work in the insurance industry, so I know that trampolines are death traps.
I dislocated my knee on a trampoline when I was a kid. Either one is bad.
Ball pits....nasty nasty crap! I've seen kids vomit in them. We were at Mickey D's once & a little girl found a diaper with crap inside one. Ewww...I still shudder when I think about that.
Also.....my son had a trampoline. I caught him & his friends jumping off the top of his clubhouse roof onto it. Later learned that they had once dragged it over to the garage & jumped off the garage roof onto it. Boys. *sigh*
I worked at a place that had giant inflatables for kids/parents to jump around in. One of which had a ball pit in it. I had to go in there several times each day and hand clean them. I cleaned balls. Those were some clean balls.
I guess it depends where you go. Also, I love trampolines and have one. So I never grew up. MEOW! :3
Either one has a possibility of an injury... personal injury attorney go!
I just got my kids boxing gloves when I wanted to see them injure themselves. At least then they had some input in how it happens.