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I have been using this company for years. My state tax has to be refiled. Apparently I am entitled to a deduction that their site didn't ask me about. I think they are using a generic state software which is incorrect because states vary.
When the consumer's income tax was filed via the agency, ExpressTaxRefund.com, to where the official IRS website led her in April 2009 for 2008 individual income tax return file, the IRS paid the filing fee, about $150, directly to the agency that not only did not disclose the itemized and total filing fees through the whole the filling process but also did not asked for my permission or authorization for the deduction when the file was submitted. It was also clearly stated by the IRS before leading the consumer to the agency's website that the eFile was free for the certain income level.
The IRS was notified of the fee deduction from the refund by the agency charging $35 fee for the transaction that the agency had never been authorized as they had never sought. But the IRS responded to the message by simply stating that they were not affiliate with the agency and no further direction to resolve the issue was guided to the consumer. As time passes and things have happened after the file, a couple of questions happened: (1) Is this tax prep agency selling personal information related to individual incomes to the business running a scam for the poor or who may seem to be in desperate need for cash? (2) Can this tax prep agency keep on running the scam like business while specifically targeting the most poor and disadvantaged people due to any connection with IRS in New York State? Where can this consumer submit the specific and detailed documents supporting her claim to this business, ExpressTaxRefund.com? IRS office assigned to this tax filer's region? Attorney General's Office? Looking forward to hearing from Consumer Complaint Department.
I have utilized this tax filing service years prior and never had any difficulties. However, this year has been a nightmare. I received my federal refund but have not received my state refund. I have been attempting to call the 800 number listed for over a month now at many different times of the day to hear an automated recording stating they are closed and to call back during normal business hours. The State of Georgia also is not showing record of my return. This is very disturbing. Of course, I can't get through to anyone at the State of Georgia. I need help.
2. The number of exemptions was not listed on my 1040 tax return (preview copy).
3. Note that part of my social security earnings is taxable, but their return did not add this to my taxable wages.
4. The return did not allow me to turn in the sales tax that I paid for a new car purchased in 2009, which greatly affected my return.
When I called these folks, they told me to file my return like it was, and then do an amended 1040X return later. These people do not know what they are doing. I completed my return with another free tax service and it did calculate correctly.
I filed, thinking it was free. The ad that I saw said it was. After that I realized that it was going to be well over $70.00. Now from what I understand it could even be more according to others. I did not intend to file through them, but seemed I was stuck before I even got a chance to go over the details. I tried to file my state, but there is no information at all about where and how to do that. I am very angry. This was so misleading and tricky. I tried to contact the company, but there is no information on contacting them. It has left me with a terrible feeling, thinking I had made a good choice. I have a lot of expenses to catch up on. One of us has been unemployed and we live paycheck to paycheck. One of our vehicles needs fixed. $1200.00 that we expected to get.
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I filed my tax return and thought it was free. I have a disabled son that is a dependent and their program doesn't have the capabilities to check the box disabled. it doesn't exist. I could not view my tax return until they had already billed my credit card $79.95 and showed only 1 dependent instead of 2. It didn't count my son. I immediately called their number to explain that they didn't have the block "disabled" to check and my son wasn't added as a dependent. They informed me that their program didn't have that capability and I said I wanted a refund and they refused.
These people are not even close to being legitimate and should be shut down! It cost me must more in taxes and I had to prepare my taxes with a different online company, which I have done for years and never had a problem.
I was not aware of the additional charges and called to find the charges which were not displayed on the screen. I asked to have the transaction deleted and they said that was not possible although I was calling minutes after the transaction was completed. I checked the next day to see if the IRS had received my return. They had not. I called again trying to get the transaction deleted. No help. My gross earnings for 2009 was 6651.00 and $2100.00 unemployment. I can't afford the charges which I after the fact found out $94.00.How can I get an answer as they have not yet notified me of my return being accepted by the IRS. I don't know if my return has been accepted and am afraid my calls will delay my refund
I contacted these people to file my federal and state tax forms. I didn't mind them charging $29.95, but they added charges. My bill was $104 to file my 1040EZ form. When I checked my bank account, I found out that they charged an additional $40 that they didn't tell me about. They never even filed my state tax form. I filed a complaint with the BBB in New York, but was told that this company returned a reply. Now, I've lost $350 with this company.
I have attempted several times to contact this company. My taxes were filed online and my account was charged for the service. I have the date of the charge and the information from the bank. I contacted the IRS and they assured me that they have nothing filed for me in 2008. I have been very patient and somewhat frustrated by the unprofessionalism of this company as I am reading through the complaints sent in by others. The irony of this is that I filed with them before and had no problem.
Once I submitted the forms, I got a letter from the State Tax Board saying the tax return was completed wrong, and was missing an important form. According to the state, I will owe $100 more if this is not resolved.
When contaxting expresstaxrefunddotcom, it took me almost 2 hours to get through to someone. After explaining the problem to "Chuck", he responded very rudely, saying that it was done right and it wasnt their fault if it was missing a page. According to the state, even with the missing page, expresstax should have claimed me as a first year resident, not partial resident.
Chuck insists the state read it wrong and that THEY did the return right. He was extremely rude, refused to let me talk to his manager, and told me it would take atleast 2 weeks to re send me the completed tax forms.
I somehow got to this site via the IRS "free" e-file services.
Complaint No. 1: This service is NOT free; in fact, it's one of the most expensive e-file services out there. Expect to pay at least $64 dollars.
Complaint No. 2: They tell you they will file your state and federal taxes at the same time. This is NOT true. They file your federal and halfway fill out your state, but then (somewhere in the find print) they tell you to print it out and send it in. THAT IS NOT ELECTRONIC FILING.
Complaint No. 3: The costumer service agents have attitudes you will not believe. Right off the bat, they're argumentative and rude. Go ahead and try calling but you'll mostly likely be hung up on or put on hold.
As an individual incometax filer whose adjusted gross income was below $56000 for the year 2008, I thought that I could take advantage of the free efile as IRS advised through the written booklet. Therefore,I went to the web site, IRS.gov/efile, and then was led to an incometax file web site. As a tax filer who has used the convenience of efile since 2003 by using the service provider either TurboTax or TaxCut, I filled out the blanks to file the income tax return and submitted as I used to do that.
Through the whole process, no single authorization for the servcie fee deduction from the federal income tax refund was requested and no single disclose to charge any fee related to the service was disclosed even though the other service providers have done. The service provider did not provide the tax filer with any other option to transfer or to receive the refund, either. But no attention to the fee subject was paid by the filer because it supposed to be free based on the AGI bracket provided by IRS.
But when the discrepancy between the refund and actual deposited amount was found, it was realized that the service fee $140.90 was automatically deducted from the federal refund. For the fees:Form 1040 $29.95; Schedule A $10.00; State Return: $20.00; Refund Transfer $35; Bank Fee for the Refund Transfer $$26.95
To whom/where the refund is being transferred? To the tax service provider by IRS, and then to the bank by the Service provider? Most banks provide their customers with the domestic fund transfer services at free. If it is too expensive for IRS to provide tax payers with the direct deposit service, let the tax payers have an option to pay for $61.95 fee for the convenienc of the direct deposit or to wait for the refund by mail with no fee by clearly disclosing the fee and options.
Is IRS misleading lower income tax filers to efile for the business?
I filed my state and federal taxes together on Feb 19, a service for which i paid $44.00 upfront (the state return was $24 with a $20 e-file fee). i was advised on the website after filing that i would be emailed an update in 10-14 days, which was never received. i did my own research and discovered a problem, which was resolved between myself and the IRS. my state taxes were supposed to have been filed once the amount of federal taxes had been determined, which i trusted had been done. Tonight, 04/30/09, i discovered my state taxes had not been filed AT ALL.
It has not arrived. I filed on 4-10-09. Everyone else that has filed their taxes only paid $67.00 and that's with a rapid refund! I will never ever go to anyone else but H&R Block. I was not able to pay some bills due to such an expensive bill to file my taxes.
When I voiced my frustration, she told me to stop talking then put me in "time out" or on hold, came back on the line, asked me if I was ready to listent to her tell me the same information again and when I tried to get a paper copy she put me on hold again. Called back 3 times, each time the same thing! Asked for manager, she put me on indefinite hold. Still do not have my 2008 tax return filed.
I am unemployed, so I noticed you could get your Federal Taxes done free with Express Tax Refund. I used to use Turbo Tax, and never had a problem. Express Tax Refund told me that by a certain date, it would be deposited in my bank. Well, guess what? It was not there. I called them, and they told me that the IRS put a hold on my return, but they didn't know why. I talked to the IRS, and they said, "It was Express Tax Refund that didn't file for tax credit earned from 2007." Therefore, I would not receive my refund on time, and that the total was wrong. Turbo Tax never did that, but if they did, they would refund your money to the penny. I finally got my return two weeks later, whew!
I needed a loan, so I went to my bank, and they told me I needed a copy of my tax return from 2007. Express Tax Refund, being the company that filed my taxes in 2007, had all the information I needed. I requested the information from Express Tax Refund 4 weeks ago. After one week, I contacted them. The lady I spoke to was really upset. She told me to go to a website just for my 2007 tax return. So, with her help, I tried everything she told me to do to get in the site, but nothing worked. She told me she would send them in the mail. After a week went by, I called back because there was no sign of my return. Somehow they had an old address of mine from 3 years ago. That was where Express Tax Refund sent my 2007 tax return. The lady was very upset with all that was going wrong with my return, so she sent it to the old address on purpose. I asked them to send it to the right address, and they assured me that they would do it that day.
I waited another week. Nothing showed up in my mailbox. I called again, and they assured me that it would be there in another week. Tomorrow will be another week, and then I can apply for the loan. Turbo Tax would have never done that. After all that, I was then told that I had to pay for Federal taxes filed for 2008, when I was told it was free. I live in Alaska where there are no state taxes, so why am I being charged any fees? Turbo Tax never did that! I talked with a representative of Express Tax Refund, and demanded my money back. She became very angry, raised her voice, and told me that I would never get anything back.
Turbo Tax would have given me the right return and my fee back if I complained. I shall proceed with a complaint about the tactics used to obtain money from the public to the Better Business Bureau. Turbo Tax would not do that!
This site is mixed in with the free federal tax filing services. They never say they are charging $29.95 for the service which is free everywhere else. They never give you the option of saying no to the charge. The make it seem like you are paying your tax. This service is a rip-off and should be fined.
I filed federal taxes online with Express Tax Refund on 4/14/09. There was no available way to print the documents, plus no mention of the fees incurred to file. After calling many times to find out a way to get a copy of the documents, I was told that the cost of filing was $104.95 plus I could not get a copy of my documents until they get their money (which would be taken out of the refund). The online information, after checking this morning (4/18/09), said I could get a copy of my tax return on May 1, 2009. This is ridiculous.
I was referred to this agency by the IRS of all things. The $29.95 service fee is not inclusive. The pricing on the website clearly indicates that there is also a filing fee of $20, a refund transfer fee (and what the hell is this?) of $35, and then a bank transfer fee (again, what the hell is this?) of $30.95. That bring the total cost up to $115.90. Why anyone would use four times as much to have a back water company do what Turbo Tax does is beyond me. Why the IRS advertised this service on their site as an honest service is either inept or corrupt. After using this service and having the charges delivered to me after the fact, the company never once answered its phones. It never sent a copy of the tax documents and never bothered to respond to a complaint from the Better Business Bureau. But there are people here claiming this service only charged them $4.95? They may want to double check the numbers.
I have been using Express Tax Refund for the past three years and I do not understand what these people are talking about. I get a $25 discount. I see my fees before I submit. The website is very user friendly. At first I did not know what I was doing as I was not very computer literate so I called their customer service on a sunday no less and they were opened surprise. Their customer service reps were very helpful they walked me through the process and now i am an expert. This year the big thing was that I needed to put my AGI i am not a tax expert so i called customer service and they helped me. So people read and follow instructions maybe you will have a pleasant experience as i did.
This website is very convenient and it took me only about 15 minutes to complete the application. The fees are low, especially since I received $25 dollars off for filing last year. The customer service representatives are also very helpful and informative. I don't understand why people leave such negative reviews. I personally have not had a single problem filing with ExpressTaxRefund for the past two years.
I went on the IRS FREE FILE which connected me to Express Tax Refund. I knew I would owe IRS so when it came to billing info I thought it was to pay IRS. When I checked my bank account the next day it showed that Express Tax charged me $49.95 and when they called me the same day because my return was rejected by IRS because my AGI was not included. I told them that the question was not on their form or I would have included that info. I also asked them why they charged me. I still don't know if my return was okey.
I efiled with this on line tax company. They advertised they were free for my federal, free e-filing and didn't even list how much any cost would be for any of their services. They also said they would email me of the statis and never did. Fast should never be used to discribe this company. And the finial charges were way higher than filing in person at any Taz company. I feel they deceived me.
I had to call them three times to find out what was happening to the filing, the state taxes would not print out, and they cahrged me one sixth of my refund from the internal revenus service.
This website is very easy to use. My husband and I have filed our taxes here for four years and have never had an issue. I recommended it to my family and friends as well. I think the complaints below are outrageous. I think people should pay more attention and read!!!! THE FAQS AND BILLING AND PRICING POLICY IS ON THE HOME PAGE! DUH!
I've been using expresstaxrefund.com for the last 7 years...never had a problem....every year I get a coupon from them for $25... I make over 6 figures ....the fee for my return is $4.95 .......few members of my family use them as well and are very happy......
Thought I would do my taxes myself, logged onto taxact and Express Tax Refund came up, this is new territory for me but again I thought it was the same one used last year.I was assured it would be real easy to do just follow the instructions. It all went smoothly till the end. I tried to print a copy of my return there was nothing there. I called the customer help line and was told I would get one after they received my payment of $144.95 (which will be deducted from my refund). I should receive my money by 3/13/09.
I asked for them to reject my return because I did not like how they handle their business but they said it could not be done.(1) I thought it was rapid refund NOT SO (2)VERY misleading, why would I want to pay all that money when you can do it FREE. (3) AND NOT TO BE ABLE TO PRINT OUT A COPY IMMEDIATELY IS SO WRONG (4) Now I am afraid I will not get my money because they were not up front with ALL the rules and regulations (5) I still have to wait for THEM to send my papers for the state so I can file them.
I am AFRAID the company has all my information and I won't get my money.
Express Tax Refund is a Misleading Company. It is neither Express nor Free! I got on the internet to find a website to do my Federal and State tax refund. While looking at the IRS.gov site I saw an advertisement for Free Federal filing of taxes. All my friends told me e:filing was the way to go. So I get on the web site and everything looks official. I put in all of my personal information from W-2' of both my spouse and myself, which is a scary thing to do...now someone has all of my personal info including SSN, Driver's license, D.O.B.
Aagain, looks official, so I do it. After spending all the time to plug in the information, then you are informed that there will be a $130.00 charge taken out of your return. After spedning that much time with the web-site, I agree. They make promises to send e:mails on the status of your account. One week later I am still trying to find out if my taxes have been filed...I can not...my credit card has been charge $90.00 so far and I have a phone mess from God knows who on my phone saying my tax application has been rejected by IRS. And that I will have to file paper returns. To get my paper returns from them will be another $90.00. This is insanity.
This company is WRONG and should be put out of service on the internet. Express Tax Refund is nothing more than con artists praying on people who can not afford to have half of their refunds taken away. Advertising for free tax preparation should be illegal. The site makes you go through the entire process before letting you know there will be a charge. By that time you are so frustrated that you continue and then the charges keep on coming. One last thing. They advertise and charge $20.00 extra for State Taxes and yet mine were never filed. Well for that matter neither was my Federal.
I would not have been trying to find something free if I could affored to pay this amount to get my taxes done. And I still don't have the taxes done, now I have to go back to the beginning.
its says free. there was a lot of hidden charges. i got 270.00 they took 130.00 out. something should be done here. im on uneployment. that hurt
I went to irs.gov site to file income taxes. Last year I used Turbo tax with no problem. On the web page is also a listing for Express taxrefund.com, It said that filing was free just like Turbotax but they would also file your state form for free. So I used this site. When I finished I could not print the returns for 6 days, which I thought was strange, but it was free so I went along. When I checked back in a week later I was shown my federal refund would be $252. andshown an invoice for $104.95 which would be deducted from that amount. That was the first time I was ever informed that this was not free.
When the direct deposit was made it was short $36.95. I called them they said that was an extra fee from the bank in California that did the direct deposit. I now have been charged $141.90 out of a $252.00 refund. And when I downloaded the forms I have to mail in the copy of my state tax becauce they never filed it, just printed a copy. Their site is still up and advertising free taxes prepared. Is'ntthis illegal?
The damage was this ripoff company ended up with more of my tax refund than I did while saying it was free.
Misleading Company!!! Free my a**! $70.00 later and I find out my state refund wasn't e-filed and now I have to wait 3 months for the $. Jobless and broke! Thanks Express Tax Refund!!
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Under the Jordan-Elbridge School District's preliminary budget, nearly 30 employees would lose their jobs; the tax levy would increase 7.3 percent.
J-E interim Superintendent Larry Zacher presented the 2011-12 budget to about 175 residents gathered at a public forum last Tuesday, revealing a spending plan of $27,596,582 – 4.6 percent higher than the current budget. Staff members who could lose their jobs were notified March 30.
Zacher said the major sources for budget increase are rising costs of health insurance, retirement costs, unemployment, debt service, legal fees, special education and energy costs.
Residents showed concern over increased legal costs; on Feb. 16, school board President Mary Alley told resident that the board had paid $70,000 in legal fees since Jan. 1. Some residents in attendance last Tuesday suggested the district drop two appeals against decisions made in State Supreme Court in February.
Zacher said savings from this would not be significant, adding that legal costs have resulted mostly from the actions of the plaintiffs who have brought the suits against the district.
The district's preliminary budget includes significant cuts to programming. A combined savings of $134,000 could come from eliminating all assistant coaches, golf, tennis and indoor track and modified athletics.
Zacher said the high school could move away from offering electives annually, and instead offer them every other year.
The board proposed reducing funding of marching band, drumline and winter colorguard by a total of $24,000. Students and alumni spoke strongly in support of these programs at the last school board meeting in defense of these programs. Some residents feared the programs could be eliminated entirely.
Zacher told residents that cuts could still be made to lessen the tax levy increase.
The board could approve the budget April 6, but Zacher said it could also be approved April 13 at a special meeting. April 13 is the board's deadline to adopt a budget.
The board proposed reducing funding of marching band, drumline and winter colorguard by a total of $24,000.
Zacher told residents that additional cuts could be made to reduce the tax levy increase.
A public hearing for the budget is scheduled for May 10; the budget vote is May 17.
In other board news
Following the board's controversial dismissal of veteran lacrosse coaches Rick Young (varsity) and Mike Smart (J-V) on March 16, their assistants and a modified coach have resigned.
The board approved the resignation of boys varsity lacrosse assistant coach Patrick Smart, boys junior varsity lacrosse assistant coach James Gunnip and boys modified lacrosse coach Mike Frood at a special meeting March 28.
The varsity lacrosse team is now being coached by B.J. O'Hara and Regy Thorpe, with Todd Richard, son of board member Brian Richardson, helping out the J-V team.
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It's funny; I never thought it would turn out this way. Irony some might say, fate says the others. "He had it coming." Well I probably did. You can only ride in a desert for so long, before your mode of transportation keels over and expires. My mode of transportation; money. It took the length of my life, full of clawing and fighting and corrupting, to earn my way to the top. I always told myself, no matter who goes down, you'll make it there. Well here I stand, and the heights almost make me dizzy now. It's much brighter up here than I expected.
Sometimes it's sad to think all of my efforts lead me here, to this dead end. But I made it here and left everyone that apposed me, on the streets. Fate or irony leads me to the streets with the rest of them I suppose. Where I started. My life has always resembled something; A little seed. Flown from the beak of a bird, it fell to the soil below, and it all started. This seed grew up from the ground. It didn't just grow, but it thrived, bigger and bigger yet. It grew all of its flower pedals, so astounding the way it just appeared. This flower of mine, you couldn't miss it. Vibrant success bellowed from my colors. But like all good flowers, it started to droop one day. Just a little, not enough to make a notice. But shortly after that, a foot... A big wandering foot. It crushed my beloved flower, back into the ground, back to where it started. Back to the street. Soon enough I'll be back to the street again.
Those people who call it irony, so be it. It might have been "unexpected," But I think not. Failure should never be unexpected, it should be welcomed. Failure is the down to every up. That is why I think it was fate that brought me here to the top. I think its fate that brought me to these lights, oh these pretty lights. I believe it is fate that brought me to this breeze, which blows through my hair. It is fate that brings my toes ever so close. It is also fate that drops me from its beak, from the top. From the edge, only to be re-planted in the streets from which I started. In the hopes to grow once again, but larger than before.
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Normally, when you look at a population of animals, they all look about the same—what biologists call the "wild type." But every now and again, a mutant shows up, which may be radically different. Among birds, a good example is the albino barn swallows that have appeared in the radioactive area around Chernobyl (http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/citizenscientist/the-nuclear-option/).
Normally, mutants are an evolutionary dead end—easily picked off by predators or ostracized from mating by the larger population of wild types. Surviving as a mutant may take additional resources, so mutants may not do well in the competitive daily arena of life.
But, mutation is also the raw material of evolution. If environmental conditions change, the characteristics of a mutant may be just what it takes to survive. Those who hope to reestablish the American chestnut in the eastern U.S., depend on the successful breeding and survival of a few mutant trees that are resistant to the chestnut blight.
Mutants that are resistant to recently altered environmental conditions are all around us—especially amongst short-lived organisms that reproduce rapidly and which have been subject to massive changes in their environment. After World War II, when huge quantities of DDT were used to quell populations of mosquitoes, a few mutants, resistant to its effects, began to take over. Now, the evolution of resistance to drugs and pesticides plagues efforts to reduce malaria in Africa. Resistant mutant weeds are also showing up in agricultural fields that are treated each year with Round-up (glyphosate) herbicide.
Unfortunately too, mutants are showing up in bacterial populations in response to massive use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture. Many hospitals harbor bacteria that are resistant to the common antibiotics that are used to prevent infections, especially after surgery, among the patients who stay there. Infections by resistant bacteria are estimated to kill 23,000 Americans each year.
Down on the farm, massive doses of antibiotics—perhaps 70% of annual sales in the U.S.—are used to prevent infections when pigs and poultry are grown in crowded conditions—what we affectionately call CAFOs, for concentrated animal feeding operations. And cattle are fed antibiotics because, for poorly understood reasons, these drugs stimulate weight gain. Most of these antibiotics are the same types used to treat human disease. What we have created in agriculture is a massive theater of natural selection for drug-resistant mutant bacteria, which can infect humans.
We need some clever ideas to address this situation. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that more than 15 bacteria that cause serious diseases are now showing resistance to antibiotics. A new government initiative, to develop new, more powerful antibiotics that bacteria have not yet experienced, simply buys time before the next generation of drug-resistant bacteria appears. So does the re-introduction of older antibiotics, retired when resistance to them developed decades ago. Interestingly, at least one group of researchers has isolated an antibiotic from nature that attacks the fundamental basis of bacterial growth, so that even resistant mutants cannot survive.
Common sense would suggest that antibiotic use should be curtailed and restricted to situations critical to human health, to minimize the conditions in which resistant bacteria arise. Humans may be master of the evolutionary process, but none of us are immune to the consequences.
Day, T., V. Huijben, and A.F. Read. 2015. Is selection relevant in the evolutionary emergence of drug resistance? Trends in Microbiology 23: 126-133.
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One of the clever ideas is never eat meat from the supermarket unless you know it doesn't come from a feedlot. If more people avoided feedlot meat, the practice of using anti-biotics for weight gain and as a preventative would dissipate. Unfortunately, commercial feeds often have antibiotics (calf feed, pig feed and chicken feed, esp. for the new-born); it is hard to buy feed not laced with anti-biotics. That could be an area of government regulation or at least pressure to get the Cargills and Ralston-Purinas to make anti-biotic-free feeds.
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Edward Hopper Hardback
by Carol Troyen
Spanning the entirety of Hoppers career, but with particular emphasis on his heyday in the 1930s and 40s, this book highlights the artist's greatest achievements while discussing such topics as his absorption of European influences, critical reactions to his work, the relation of realism to modernism, his fascination with architecture, his depiction of women, and the struggle in his last years to produce original works.
Illustrated with over 150 oils, watercolours and prints, and including essays by several noted scholars in the field, this is the most comprehensive volume on Hopper to be published in many years.
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 264 pages, 202 illustrations, 180 in colour
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication Date: 21/05/2007
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I recently saw the Edward Hopper exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washinton DC - a truly remarkable and beautiful exhibit of Hopper's works. While Night Hawks is his most celebrated work I also greatly admired seeing "Chop Suey" (on the cover) and "Gas". This is a great book that covers that exhibit in detail.
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The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition: "Edward Hopper", organised by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; and the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007-2008. It comprises a series of nine essays by different writers, and concludes with Notes, a Chronology, a Checklist and Figure Illustrations and a Selected Bibliography.This is a handsome volume large in size and almost square in format, illustrated throughout predominately in colour. The informative essays, each dealing with a specific period or genre, discuss the artist, his work and his methods, are illustrated throughout, with the relevant works appearing on or close to the page on which there are discussed. The illustrations are excellent, virtually full colour throughout, the black and white images being mainly drawings or period photographs. Many of the paintings are reproduced half or full page size, with a few full page bleed images of a detail from selected paintings. The quality of reproduction is excellent, often revealing the brush work and surface texture, and the colour rich and vibrant. In total there are 202 illustrations of which 180 are in full colour, they represent works in oils, watercolours and prints. A very desirable publication.


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The Concise Edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Schirmer Books, 1994 - Music - 1155 pages
Since 1900, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians has been the classic work of musical biography and the first choice of readers for factual accuracy, informative histories of the men and women of music, and critical insights into their work. For this concise edition, Nicolas Slonimsky, who has edited Baker's since 1958, has selected more than 5,000 enduring musical personalities, covering all the most influential figures in music past and present. A work of unrivaled scope and reliability, Baker's has been the source for accurate and enlightening information about composers, conductors, singers, and instrumental virtuosos as well as important philosophers, scholars, critics, teachers, librettists, patrons, and impresarios from the distant past to the present day. All biographical entries are written in the witty, authoritative, and engaging style that has become a Baker's tradition. For this edition, Slonimsky has selected definitive biographies of hundreds of artists in jazz, rock, country, blues, and other forms of popular music, as well as a multi-cultural representation of modern and classical musicians. Now more than ever, Baker's is an invaluable sourcebook for anyone with an interest in music - students, teachers, scholars, musicians, music lovers, record collectors, and concertgoers. All will find it enlightening, informative, and indispensable.
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Top Tips to Renovate your Wide Spaced Basement
Basement renovation is a quite tough job to done. It should be look like a recreation room where you can add a welcome touch. And can consume this wide space in a beneficial manner. I have been visited several houses but never find something unique and extravagant in basement.
Some people prefer to use their basement as a play room for kids some like to use it as a guest room, some make it a library and some people decide to make it a storage room.
I am all alone in my house so do not have any stress of luggage placement. But I won't waste that wide spaced area. So I thought to use my basement for party hosting.
Budget Plan:
Before starting, I considered some factors to determine. The first and foremost factor was making a suitable budget plan. I made a list of some important items to purchase and cut all those disturbing items which were making my budget upset. Because I was not taking the services of any interior decorator. I was all alone to perform everything with careful intentions.
Furnishing of the Area:
I was planning to use some budget friendly furnishing techniques. I bought some inexpensive but latest and decently designed 6 tables and few chairs. Then I bought beautiful but all same colored table clothes. Two big black sofa sets also purchased. One placed at the start and other at the corner.
A big beautiful and colorful lantern also placed at the center of roof, which was good enough to increase the decency of basement. Moreover I planned the arrangement of flood lights because it is considered must in every party, especially if you are hosting a dance party.
Insulation of Basement:
Basement insulation is must to acquire for temperature controlling and moisture prevention. So I decide to take services of experts to make it preventive and adjusting.
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Now the problem was to design the area according to the need. I bought some decoration pieces in which beautiful vases, some artificial floral plants, and some small frames on the shelves. I also hanged some paintings and sceneries on the front walls. But that was not enough especially if you are decorating your place for party hosting. So during brainstorm I discovered a wonderful and unique idea of photo printing on canvas which was good enough to give a stylish and absorbent look.
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After that I turned towards counter decoration. I settled some glasses and vine bottles in the open shelves. Some chairs around counter and filled empty spaces with small lovely roses and decorative items. Counter walls were looking dull and unattractive. So I thought to order some beautiful but cheap canvas prints in which party food items were displayed amazingly. Now my decoration was almost completed.
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I was living in that area of UK where sometimes we have to face the threats of floods especially when the temperature turns to – degrees. To fight out with that situation I avoided using carpets in basement. I used stone and tile flooring on different parts of basement to keep it safe in heavy rain or flood.
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While decorating the basement don't be specified. Add some entertaining items for your guests so that they able to stay with full fun and joy. I made small library at the back side of basement and settled some literature, historical and entertaining books.
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140. Do you consider the ownership of identity
cards to be of benefit eventually to both the owner of the identity
card and the social security officer as well as employers etc.,
(Professor Groenendijk) I think it is not only
the government but also a lot of private organisations which oblige
people to produce identity cards.
141. Like us here (in the House of Lords).
(Professor Groenendijk) Like you. I was a member
of the committee which advised the Dutch Government on how to
deal with the issue of the identity card. One of the interesting
experiences I had was that the police commissioner who was on
the Committee, never laid any stress on the idea of carrying identity
cards as being something which would add to the possibilities
to either detect illegal people or arrest criminals. It was more
the politicians who were in favour of the general obligations
to carry ID cards, the representative of the police in that committee
never stressed that. He doubted whether it would be an effective
document in controlling undesirable activities in the country.
142. The question here, as you know, is
down under race relations. The question is would identity cards
benefit or otherwise race relations, I presume in regard to the
stopping by the police?
(Professor Groenendijk) This has been in the Dutch
parliamentif you will allow me to answer that questiona
topic of repeated debate. The relevant provisions in our immigration
law have been amended as to make it hard for immigration officers
and police officers to check the identity cards of people being
suspected of being illegal entrants or illegal stayers unless
they have concrete evidence or suspicion. The courts and the national
ombudsman so far have given very strict interpretation to this
clause because the intention of parliament was to have the controls
not on the street but to have the controls on the identity and
on the legality of the stay at certain specific occasions, specifically
to avoid the problems for race relations which have arisen in
other continental countries where there is a long tradition of
checking people in the streets like, for instance, France and
143. I promised the Committee we would not
keep you too long and that we would have finished by a quarter
to six. May I ask one last question, which I hope is a fairly
brief one though. I think I understood from one of your earlier
answers that those who potentially suffer most from the opt out
on both sides of the opt out are third country nationals, is this
correct? If they get a different visa for Britain than they have
for Schengen then third country nationals resident in this country
for a prolonged period are not able to move freely around the
rest of Europe and similarly third country nationals resident
in the Netherlands are not able to move freely into Britain. Is
this correct?
(Professor Groenendijk) I would supplement it
with the citizens of the Union who are of immigrant origin because
they have the same problem as the third country citizens. Chairman: Thank
you. There are many other questions we would love to ask you.
If you have five minutes for informal conversation before you
leave I would love to know a little about the Meijers Committee.
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My new favorite thing to do is layering bracelets.
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Alexios' Befunge Playground
Table of Contents
Paste your Befunge '93 program in the source code box or choose one of the preset programs, then move the Edit/Interpret slider to 'Interpret' and hit 'Run'. The code will run quite slowly, even in 'Fast' mode, allowing you to see how things work.
The language interpreted is somewhere between Befunge 93 and Befunge 97, with some Befunge 98 support thrown in for good measure:
- The program space is the Befunge 93 80×25 torus. There's no Lahey space at the moment.
- Only a single PC (thread) is supported.
- Befunge 97 literals are supported:
- Character quoting (
- No flying PCs.
- No handprints or fingerprints.
- Just a single stack.
Even though the interpreter can't run the entire corpus of Befunge software (for lack of a better word) out there, it's still capable of running a lot of it.
Known Issues
Input works, but only barely. And it's klunky to boot.
Even fast mode is quite slow. This is purposeful. If you need a fast Befunge interpreter, why not download one that runs natively on your computer?
Pasting text copied from the program itself behaves strangely on at least Chrome.
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Just the other day, I was given a business card while waiting at the doctors office. I noticed the QR code on the back and went ahead and scanned it while I had time. I found the most amazing site on sun-dyed fabrics. While I'm sure that wouldn't excite a lot of you, it certainly did me, as I've been wanting to try that for myself. So what is the point of all this rambling? It suddenly dawned on me that I'm missing out on a very effective tool for promoting my Etsy shop, where I showcase my Artfully Designed Handbags.
Does it work? Statistics seem to show that retailers are still saying that the QR codes they use are effective promotional vehicles. The easy transition from a static code to an active online site is a fast, efficient, and profitable tool. But let's not just talk about these codes, let's actually use one. GO AHEAD! Scan this little box with the QR reader on your phone, NOW!
Don't have a QR reader app on your phone, no problem, just download one from your favorite app store, they're free!
So okay, I've now convinced you that you just might find a use for these strange little doodle boxes for promoting your business, but where do you get one of your own. NO PROBLEM... You can get one free.
Now that you've created your own QR Code. Where can you use it for the greatest impact. Here are just a few suggestions:
- Commercial Magazine or Catalog Ads
- Back of Business Cards
- Your Business Thank You Cards
- Your Newsletter
- Flyers
- Promotional Hand-outs and freebies
- Advertising Posters, Post Cards, etc.
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I noticed now. Another excellent work. stock.xchang is great. There are tons of awesome walls there to use. I have this one and was thinking of making a logon out of it. You did a beautiful job with the wall.
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Valley Metro almost finished with light rail construction
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Light rail construction has lasted for more than 2 years along 19th Avenue north of Bethany Home Road. Business owners say they've tried to be patient while crews widened roads and placed tracks. Now the train is in the final testing stages.
Some Valley business owners say light rail construction has made it a challenge for customers to reach their stores, but now it is the end of the line. For the first time, a light rail train made its way up the new tracks to Dunlap Road.
"This is the first time the trains gonna be running on the northwest extension," said Field Engineer Christian Williams.
They're words that many business owners have been waiting for, during the light rail construction along 19th Avenue. Crews are nearly finished building the line between Montebello and Dunlap. The extension construction has lasted more than two years.
Soon riders will be able to go from Mesa Drive all the way to MetroCenter Mall at 19th Avenue and Dunlap. It's expected to be a big boost for businesses on both ends of the light rail.
Business owners say detours and construction has made it tough to get customers through their doors. Crews have more testing to complete, to make sure the train connects to the power source at the top.
"We go through checks before those lines are open, and the main concern is obviously the safety of the public," said Williams.
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Nick Pratt - The South
By richard | Posted May 4, 2012
Artist: Nick Pratt
Track: The South
Producer: Cassius G
Album: The Badu Sessions EP
Last heard shouting-out all his "psychotic exes" on All My Love, a video single off his DJBooth-sponsored Middle Finger Music LP, Nick Pratt returns to our pages with theworld premiere of The South, a freshly-released cut off his next street album. Here, the Lone Star State repper laces a smooth, sampled Cassius G. instrumental with rhymes dedicated to his home region. Digging it? More freshness awaits on Pratt's The Badu Sessions LP, which as-yet lacks a solid release date.
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This weekend is Father's Day. So what better way to celebrate dads then by honoring their time honored commitment to dorky dancing? Oh sure, anyone can do the lawnmower, but dads have the monopoly on the 'Dance You Do At A Springsteen Concert.'
Jimmy Fallon teams up with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to boogie their way through the evolution of dad dancing. If you're a dad, or you just want to look as cool as one, play this on repeat until you perfect these sweet moves.


text: Petronet LNG Ltd. plans to raise its base capacity for liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from 2.5 million today to 17.5 million tons at two terminals by 2014. Petronet, which built India's first LNG import terminal at Dahej in Gujarat, was created by the Indian government to import the cleaner fuel for the energy-hungry economy. It is building another LNG terminal, India's third, at Kochi in southern India with a capacity of 2.5 million tons. Dasgupta said the new terminal, along with an initial expansion of Dahej to 10 million tons, would be complete by 2009 or 2010. Petronet, which started operations at Dahej in 2004, imported 2.5 million tons of LNG in the year to March 2005 and has tied up about 5 million tons of imports this year. The company was actively looking at building another LNG terminal in Mangalore in the southern state of Karnataka for one of its shareholders, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.


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In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.
THE LAST ALASKANS chronicles the daily rituals of four families choosing to live in seclusion, vast distances from each other as they overcome harsh arctic conditions, frustrating setbacks, and aggressive wildlife while they survive in one of the last great unspoiled and unforgiving wildernesses on the planet.
In the refuge, prop planes, canoes and dog sleds replace the modern luxuries that most people take for granted. Humans cohabit with the animal world and often share the same emotions and struggles while they discover that they are not necessary at the top of the food chain. Utilising an authentic and organic approach to document the weeks leading up to and during the winter season, THE LAST ALASKANS sets a distinctive and vibrant tone unlike any other docu-series before to completely immerse the viewer into a world that would otherwise be lost in history.
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by Richard
The verdict came in a couple of days ago, so you dudes probably have heard about this, but I thought it was important enough to continue the discussion here.
A Massachusetts teen was convicted Wednesday of homicide as a result of texting while driving and will serve one year in prison.
In a landmark case for the state, Aaron Deveau, 18, was found guilty on charges of vehicular homicide, texting while driving and negligent operation of a motor vehicle in a 2011 crash that fatally injured Donald Bowley, 55, of Danville, New Hampshire, and seriously injured a passenger in Bowley's car.
"I made a mistake," Deveau said Wednesday after his mother told the district court in Haverhill, Massachusetts he would not intentionally hurt anyone. "If I could take it back, I would take it back."
Unfortunately, like most of life, there are no take backs. Deveau is going to have to live with the fact that he killed one man and severely injured another, just because he couldn't wait a few minutes to send fewer than 140 characters of information to a friend. That won't be easy. But at least he's still around to feel the guilt.
Deveau received a sentence of two and a half years for the death of Bowley, and two years for texting and causing injury. He will serve one year of that sentence concurrently, while the balance of both charges will be suspended for five years. What that means is he'll spend a year in jail and then be released. If he stays clean for five years, the rest of the jail time goes away. His driver license will be suspended for 15 years.
"There are no winners today," Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said in a statement. "A beloved grandfather is dead. A once active woman can no longer work and is still racked with pain from her injuries and a young man is going to jail. When we get behind the wheel of a car, we are obligated to drive with care. … As we saw in this case, in a split second, many lives are forever changed."
We all know that the teen dudes in our families driving around know it's dangerous to text and drive. Just like they know it's dangerous to drink and drive. Yet, many teens still do this. Heck, many adults do both things as well.
If nothing else, maybe this horrible tragedy can serve as an object lesson, a teachable moment, for our teen dudes, to show them what can happen when they're too impatient to wait and read that text when they're off the road. I know I'm going to be having some serious talks with Hyper Lad, Sarcasmo and Zippy the Monkey Boy.
They're going to groan and moan about having to talk about this again, but better to repeat myself than ask why while standing over a coffin.
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We have already read and heard a lot about free WordPress hosting and any serious blogger should avoid free web hosting. There are many web-hosting companies, which offer free Web hosting and some of them limit it to only free WordPress Hosting. I had one hell of experience with my WordPress blog running on a free Web-host, and in this article I'm going to share my free Web hosting experience. What is Free WordPress Hosting: As I mentioned above, many web-companies offer free hosting to promote their Web hosting business. Usually they offer a (22 comments)
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How To Change WordPress Default 'Admin" Username
Whenever we talk about WordPress Security, very first suggestion is to change WordPress default username. As WordPress default username is "admin" and it makes it hackers to attempt a brute-force attack using username admin. Since hackers already have your username, it will make it easier for them to find your password using brute forcing. Eespecially, if your web hosting is not using any login attempt security or you are not using limit-login WordPress plugin, you might end up losing your WordPress blog access. If you use Fantastico or Simple script (20 comments)
What Are The Major Advantages And Disadvantages Of Professional Blogging
With time, blogging industry is changing its trend, and people are taking blogging as a full-time profession and job. There are many ways you can be a blogger you can start with your blog, or you can join some blogging company and join their team of bloggers. However, blogging takes time before it starts making money for you, so don't just jump into the field of blogging from day one. The initial period is full of hard-work, dedication, and sometimes frustration. So it is highly advised that don't leave your day job before making a good amount (58 comments)
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10 Extra Tips To Grow Your Blogging Business
Blogging is a great medium where you can share your thoughts, opinions and ideas with a group of people and profit. For those who haven't seen much success in their blogging business, I want to show you how to fly high and become the next blogger that others reckon with. What you should know is that blogging is similar to running an offline business. Every activity like customer service, product delivery, planning, networking, research are all present in both online and offline businesses. The difference is the medium of delivery. Let's take the (10 comments)
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When it comes to making money from advertisements, direct advertisement plays an important role. For me, direct advertisement pays more than Adsense or any other ads. The toughest job is to finding direct advertisers. Here I'm going to add a review of BuySellAds, which is an advertisement buy-sell marketplace. I'm using BuySellAds from last one and half-year, and it's always been one of the highest paying Ad networks for me. BuySellads is an advertisement marketplace where publishers can list their sites and advertisers can come and check the (54 comments)
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Every day we hear about new social networking site and we end up creating many profiles like LinkedIn profile, Facebook profile, Google+ profile and then many other social networking sites. The idea of social media presence, is not to present every where but have command over few of them. At the time of writing, Facebook, Google+, Twitter are three important social networking sites and followed by LinkedIn for business enthusiast and serious online professionals. Many may be thinking that it's time to jump to another company because you think you can do (3 comments)


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- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Greenfield (1.3km)
- Mansfield Hall (1.4km)
- Little Falls (2.2km)
- Hamilton Crossing (2.5km)
- Massaponax (3km)
- New Post (3.5km)
- Sylvania Heights (3.7km)
- Tylerton (3.8km)
- Belvedere (4km)
- Argyle Heights (4.4km)
- Ferry Farm (5.3km)
- Wildcat Corner (5.4km)
- Mayfield (5.6km)
- Olive (5.7km)
- Butzner Corner (6.5km)
- Artillery Ridge (6.5km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Epson Turn (0km)
- Fredericksburg Country Club (1.4km)
- Newton Rock (2.1km)
- Travellers Rest (3.1km)
- Dangerfield Short Turn (3.4km)
- Spotsylvania County Industrial Park (4.3km)
- Lee Hill Industrial Park (4.3km)
- Fredericksburg Battlefield (5km)
- Fox Spring Bend (6.3km)
- bar;
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- Spottswood Bar (3.6km)
- Pollock Bar (3.8km)
- Snowden Bar (5.2km)
- Fredericksburg Bar (5.7km)
- church;
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- Forest Hill Church (2.8km)
- First Church of Love Baptist Church (3.6km)
- Ferry Farm Baptist Church (5km)
- Dunker Church (5.8km)
- Union Belle Church (6.2km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Little Falls Run (0.8km)
- Massaponax Creek (2km)
- Deep Run (4.7km)
- Hazel Run (5.5km)
- Snow Creek (5.7km)
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- Shannon Air Museum (3.7km)
- Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop (4.9km)
- Washingtons Boyhood Home (6.2km)
- reservoir(s);
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- Ruffins Pond (1.5km)
- Ruffins Pond (2.1km)
- Lake Carroll (3.7km)
- school;
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- Ferry Farm Elementary School (5.2km)
- Lee Hill Elementary School (5.9km)
- cemetery;
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- Forest Hill Cemetery (2.8km)
- Union Belle Cemetery (6.1km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- E H Mills Memorial Dam (1.5km)
- Kennedy Dam (3.7km)
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- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Fredericksburg Agricultural Fairgrounds (4.8km)
- Lee Hill Park (5.6km)
- airport;
- a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Shannon Airport (3.5km)
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- WFVA-AM (Fredericksburg) (3.8km)
- mountain;
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- Battle of Chancellorsville landmark military
- Port Royal, Virginia city city o
- Port Conway, Virginia city city o
- Aquia Harbour, Virginia city city o
- Bowling Green, Virginia city city o
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Quantico mcaf(NYG), Quantico, Usa (35.4km)
Ronald reagan washington national(DCA), Washington, Usa (90.5km)
Washington dulles international(IAD), Washington, Usa (93.5km)
Andrews afb(ADW), Camp springs, Usa (95.5km)
Richmond international(RIC), Richmond, Usa (103.3km)
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Tipton, Fort meade, Usa (132.5km)
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Travelling is something that everyone likes, each country, town or small place in the earth has something that is unique. Fitur, the international tourism exhibition, will open its 38th edition in Madrid from the 17th to the 21st of January next year, 2018. The exhibitors will be representative of the following sectors and industries that…read more →


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Dark matter remains a mystery of modern cosmology. Something unseen in the universe is exerting gravity, affecting how galaxies spin and ensuring that whole clusters of galaxies don't drift apart. It's widely accepted that dark matter exists and that, like normal matter, it has mass. Unlike normal matter, however, it is invisible, or "dark." Most scientists favor the theory that dark matter is made up of particles like visible matter, but every attempt to directly detect or even conclusively characterize those particles has proven unsuccessful.
But now a startling new theory posits that, rather than comprising new, exotic particles, dark matter is actually made up of black holes. "Studies are providing increasingly sensitive results, slowly shrinking the box of parameters where dark matter particles can hide," said Alexander Kashlinsky, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "The failure to find them has led to renewed interest in studying how well primordial black holes – black holes formed in the universe's first fraction of a second – could work as dark matter."
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Kashlinsky had the idea that primordial black holes could be responsible for the effects of dark matter in 2005, while examining data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. He and his team were studying the cosmic infrared background, a low-level glow that permeates the universe. This light was irregular and patchy, with more bright spots than could be explained by distant galaxies. In 2013, another study at NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory showed similar patchiness in the cosmic x-ray background (the pervasive field of ancient x-rays) in the same spots. Kashlinksy believes the only objects that could plausibly have caused that level of patchiness across the spectrum of light are black holes.
NASA has several continuing projects to study the nature and origin of dark matter. Among them are the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which observes high-energy light from the center of our galaxy, and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which detects cosmic ray particles from the outside of the International Space Station. According to Kashlinsky, "This study is an effort to bring together a broad set of ideas and observations to test how well
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The NFL is a league of opportunity. There are times when unheralded players are called upon to step in and contribute right away. The most famous example is of New England Patriots' quarterback Tom Brady, who in 2001 stepped in for an injured Drew Bledsoe, and guided the Patriots to their first Super Bowl title over the heavily favored St. Louis Rams. The rest is history, as Brady will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame the second he becomes eligible.
The Washington Redskins have no such players on their current roster. However, there are two in particular that are taking advantage of the opportunity afforded to them. Those players are tight end Logan Paulsen and placekicker Kai Forbath.
Before the start of the 2012 NFL season, Redskins' tight end Fred Davis was named the starter at tight end. The move made sense, as he had blossomed into a talented receiving tight end the previous season. Davis played well, leading Washington in receptions before ending his season with a torn Achilles tendon Week Seven against the New York Giants.
And then comes Paulsen. The unheralded tight end has so far recorded 17 receptions for 228 yards and one touchdown as Davis' replacement. While the Redskins' passing game has rightfully focused primarily on its wide receivers, Paulsen has proven that he can be another reliable target for quarterback Robert Griffin III. While it's understood that Davis will regain his role whenever he returns (most likely in 2013), Paulsen may have an expanded role in 2013 if he can make the most of his opportunities.
Meanwhile, Forbath continues to provide clarity to the kicker position. He has connected on his first 10 field goals attempts for his career with Washington. That total included a 48 yard attempt Week 12 against the Dallas Cowboys that gave the Redskins a 10 point lead. Washington wound up defeating Dallas 38-31.
Despite their 5-6 record, the Redskins are still in the hunt for an NFC playoff spot. They will have to win their remaining five games, and get a little help from other teams, to earn a playoff berth. Griffin III and Paulsen will have to develop a better on field rapport if the offense wants to continue to be effective. As for Forbath, he has to continue to convert his field goal attempts into points when the opportunity arises. If Paulsen and Forbath can continue their positive contributions, maybe Washington can realize a playoff berth in 2012.


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I'd been married for just a few months. My husband traveled every year to Germany for business, and always wanted me to tag along with him. I never wanted to. Call me crazy, but I am still harboring some resentment toward the Germans for some things they did to my peeps. So, I wasn't ready to go there and spend money. I compromised by meeting him in London for a few days and then heading to France. Sounds rough, huh? Actually, it was a little bit scary.
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Drawing in the dirt can be one process on the way to reading.
What if they don't want to learn to read?
By Barbara Sheridan
A big question that parents have for child directed learning schools is what if they don't want to learn.
There are several processes that may be happening.
Is it not developmentally appropriate for them (they are pushing reading way to early in schools these days studies have shown), is it not the right way for them to learn - are they loving hooked on phonics videos but not picking up reading, maybe they are sight reading kids or, like many kids I have seen, developed their own unique encoding/decoding.
Are they actually working on pre reading skills? Children are often working on skills that may not look like typical classroom pre reading skills. Digging or using sticks in the dirt is one pre reading skill. Working on balance in different positions is another as sitting requires managing proprioceptive input so even moving around is a pre reading skill.
Are they interested in something else right now which is interfering in the understanding of reading. For some children is hard for some kids who are learning numbers and numeracy to learn letters at the same time because they are both symbolic languages but use different areas of the brain and are used for different processes.
Teachers can take different approaches in this. Some teachers are instinctual and just trust the process so they don't necessarily need to know why the child is not wanting to learning to read right now but they do trust that there is a good reason and that the child will develop the skills needed to learn, find the right way to decode/encode or that when they are finished with one process they will be ready to incorporate the next process they are ready for. Other teachers become researchers, observing, watching and reading on child development, psychological processes and/or cognitive studies and strive to better understand how to support the child in their process.
Self directed facilitators or teachers view their role as supporting the child right here and right now with the process they are currently engaged with and do not worry about the process that the child is not working on.