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Have Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen?
Los Angeles: Actress Rachel McAdams has reportedly ended her relationship with 'Midnight in Paris' co-star Michael Sheen.
McAdams, 34, and Sheen, 44, took their romance public in October 2010 after meeting on the sets of Woody Allen`s film.
"Michael and I didn`t get together while we were filming `Midnight in Paris`, which I feel strongly about not doing when I`m working. We became quite good friends, which I think is a great way to start. I felt very blessed to have made a Woody Allen film in Paris together," McAdams had said earlier.
The `Vow` actress also shared that her most important relationship is good communication.
"You need to trust each other and be able to talk to each other and be best friends."
The Canadian star`s last serious relationship prior to Sheen was with her Notebook costar Ryan Gosling. The two began dating in 2005 and were briefly engaged, but called it off in 2007.
Sheen had an eight-year relationship with actress Kate Beckinsale from 1995 until 2003; the two share daughter Lily, 14.


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The Performance Consequences of Ambidexterity in Strategic Alliance Formations: Empirical Investigation and Computational Theorizing
Although alliance studies have generally favored an ambidextrous approach between exploration and exploitation, they tend to overlook a firm's characteristics, its industry constraints, or the dynamic network in which the firm is embedded. This study examines the ambidexterity hypothesis and its boundary conditions with a unique research method. We not only analyze empirical data from five U.S. industries spanning eight years, but also expand theoretical insights to the network level by building a computer simulation model. Both our empirical and simulation results reveal the contingencies of the ambidexterity hypothesis in alliance formation. Our findings show that although an ambidextrous formation of alliances benefits large firms, a focused formation of either exploratory or exploitative alliances benefits small firms. In an uncertain environment an ambidextrous formation enhances firm performance but so does a focused formation in a stable environment. Finally, the simulation model demonstrates that a firm's centrality and structural hole positions in network relations can moderate the relationships between alliance formation choices and firm performance, and that the ambidexterity hypothesis may be limited to the earlier stage of the network. Our study provides critical evidence into the viability of adopting a dynamic network perspective in understanding the ambidexterity hypothesis and advancing strategic alliance research beyond static and dyadic levels.
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Skype completely redesigns iPhone app
Posted by Ariel Levin-Waldman Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, Free Apps,
Skype has decided to overhaul its iOS app, bringing it to version 5.0. Recently, the communications company has been upgrading its mobile app for other platforms, namely Android and Windows Phone, but until now Apple has been left behind.
The first thing you might notice is the new interface. They have completely changed the looks to bring it in line with the newer iOS design language. The next thing is the software changes. You can now start group chats directly from the central hub and don't have to wait until a friends is online before you can message them. Apparently offline messaging was something that was only developed in 2014.
Skype 5.0 also has some software upgrades that are not obvious upon opening the app. It is better at synching your messages between devices and has had its coding redesigned to work up to five times faster, according to a teaser video released Monday evening.
But after tempting you with all the upgrades and good news, Skype is going to leave you hanging. It will be another week before the new Skype for the iPhone is released to the public.
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Plants vs. Zombies 2 set for July 18 release
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Games, iPad Apps, New Apps, PopCap Games, Free Apps,
Plants vs. Zombies was one of the early hits on App Store, making it the 12th all-time paid iPhone app in Apple's marketplace. Well, now there's more to come, PopCap Games will release Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS on July 18th for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
This time around, the game will be free to download, instead including the now-popular in-app purchase model. PopCap does say that pretty much the entire game will be free to play, and in app purchase will be for extra currency, plant food, and items to enhance the experience.
Check out the Plants vs. Zombies 2 trailer after the break for a look at what Crazy Dave has in store.
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Tweetbot 2.8 adds new media timeline and redesigned image viewer
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, $2.99,
The fine folks at Tapbots have updated their popular iOS twitter client, Tweetbot, to version 2.8 for iOS. The update adds a new tab specifically for media timeline consumption, showing just the images and videos from those you follow. Additionally, you can now swipe right to left on any given tweet to reveal retweets and the number of users who favorited. Viewing photos has been made frictionless by eliminating the transition to another screen, much like the image viewer behavior of Tweetbot for OS X. Direct Tweetbot download links here: iPad and iPhone / iPod Touch.
What's New in Version 2.8
- New media timeline. Scroll to the top of a timeline and switch to the new media view (next to the search box). This view displays only supported image and video tweets.
- Completely redesigned image viewer
- Tweet/status detail view now displays the number of Favs and Retweets
- Fixed Instagram Previews
- Various other bug fixes
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Temple Run 2 now live in the App Store
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Games, New Apps, Free Apps,
The very popular Temple Run game has been made into a sequel. Temple Run 2 is now available in the App Store in the US and boosts 3Dish animated landscapes. The great news is that the game is free! Here is a list of other features.
- Beautiful new graphics
- Gorgeous new organic environments
- New obstacles
- More powerups
- More achievements
- Special powers for each character
- Bigger monkey!!!
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Apple Store app updated with Passbook and Siri Integration
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Lifestyle, App Updates, Passbook, Apple, Free Apps,
Apple has released an update for its Apple Store app, bringing it to version 2.4. This one adds both Passbook and Siri integration. Now users can send gift cards straight from the app and have them emailed directly to the recipient; it is housed digitally in the Passbook app for convenient access. In addition, Siri's API protocol is now enabled to access the Apple Store's catalog.
What's New in Version 2.4
- Buy new gift cards and email them to friends and family right from the app. These gift cards are easily integrated with the new Passbook app (U.S. only, iOS 6 required).
Ask Siri to help you find prices and shop for Apple products. (Siri-enabled device required.)
Read More | Apple Store
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Microsoft Xbox SmartGlass app now available for iOS
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Games, App Updates, Free Apps,
Microsoft's My Xbox Live companion app for iOS has just been updated with new functionality and a new name: Xbox SmartGlass. What does it do? Well, you can now use your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch as remote controls and keypads for the Xbox 360. This includes dual-screen experiences as well. The app is available now, and is not yet compatible with the new 4-inch Retina display. Xbox SmartGlass for iOS is free.
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Starbucks iOS app updated with Passbook support
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Food & Drink, Passbook, Free Apps,
Last week we mentioned that Starbucks was looking to add Passbook support to its iOS app by the end of September. Well, they missed the target by a few days, but this evening Starbucks released an update to its iPhone app that includes, among other things, the long-awaited Passbook support. Here's the full changelog:
- Passbook support
- iOS6 support
- Now easier to sign up and start earning Rewards with our new account creation flow
- Accessibility, data optimization, and performance improvements
- Multiple bug fixes
When setting up Passbook for Starbucks, you can select different Starbucks locations that you want to set as your favorites. This will allow Passbook to pull up your Starbucks card upon arrival, without you having to go looking for it.
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Political Arena is like candidate Punch Out
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Games, New Apps, Reviews, Free Apps,
The first of many presidential debates, leading to the election next month, kicks off tonight. What can we expect? Probably a lot of verbal attacks more than anything else. A shame, we know, but why not make it a bit more fun? The folks at Vellum Interactive have launched Political Arena, a smartphone game that allows you to choose your favorite candidate and step into a boxing ring to take on members of the opposing political party.
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Google releases official YouTube app for iPhone
Posted by Jason Diaz Categories: Entertainment, New Apps, Video Apps, Google, Free Apps,
YouTube, the baked-in but soon-to-be-exiled from iOS 6 app, is back in the form of a Google-submitted app in Apple's App Store. The timing couldn't be more perfect since the public release of iOS 6 is just eight days away. Apple is slowly but surely detoxifying itself from Google. So, if you're thinking of updating your hardware to iOS 6 next week, and can't live without watching your precious cat videos, be sure to download this app. An iPad-optimized version will be released "shortly." Also, be sure to subscribe to Gear Live on Youtube.
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Facebook 5.0 for iOS brings amazing speed boost
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, iPad Apps, Free Apps,
Facebook has (finally!) released its updated iOS app that's been rewritten from the ground-up in native iOS dev code. That means that instead of being HTML5 based (and super-slow,) it's now twice as fast. There are other visual tweaks, but they're relatively subdued. You can scroll faster in the News Feed, pictures are a bit larger, there are nicer animations, and Timeline profile pages can now be viewed on the iPad app. All nice, but make no mistake about it, the star here is the fantastic speed of the app. You can download Facebook 5.0 for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch now, for free on the App Store.
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It looks like Square Enix has found some new ways to make money.
Traditionally, the Japanese publisher and developer depended on big, triple-A games to bring in the majority of its earnings through sales. However, during a three-month period that ended on June 30, Square Enix managed to post a profit of 3.4 billion yen (about $33 million). This was during a time that the company only had one notable release, Murdered: Soul Suspect, an adventure-stealth game that critics and fans met with indifference.
So, where is that money coming from? Square Enix states in its financial report that massively mulitplayer online role-playing games like Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and Dragon Quest X have "been making favorable progress." These require a monthly subscription fee to play. Square Enix also released an arcade cabinet based on the popular mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons.
It also says that games released during the last fiscal year continue to sell well. We know that Bravely Default, a role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS, just passed the 1 million-copies-sold mark, so it's doing well after its U.S. release this February. Square Enix also singled out Japan-only mobile games Dragon Quest: Monsters — Super Light and Schoolgirl Strikers in its financial report.
Square Enix doesn't really have any notable triple-A releases coming in the immediate future, with the anticipated Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XV both seemingly years away. The company will have to continue to rely on past releases, subscriptions, and mobile games if it wants to continue to post profits.


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blUnicorn Wallpaper sizes:
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So cute, Tiff!! Ilysm!! Hope you have a fantastic day!💗
Aww, the blUnicorn is so cute! This drawing absolutely radiates truth and comfort. 🙂
Someone please help I dont know how to download this and I really want it! Btw: Tiff I love ur vids ive been watching since I was about 8 and I still am. .3.
Nevermind I found it and love it
I love this. You and red and your videos always bring a smile to my face. I wish I could come to the fan party ,but I live in Colorado. I hope you guys will come visit here someday so I can meet you.
you could name the series quake of art
How do i download it please helpppp
u right click then click save image thats if u are on a computer
Press the iPad,iPhone,or computer buttons depending on what you're using and then if your using a tablet like me hold down your finger on the screen until a thing pops up and press download then if you need more help I'd be glad to assist
Hold onto the photo and when the links pop up click download and open it when its done
I figured it out
Tiff, your drawing skills are SO AMAZING!! I'm a nine year old girl who has been watching you for 4 years! I'm afraid I will not come to the meet and greet as I live in Singapore. But yeah, love you!
hey cupquake can u plz do an undertale wall paper i am in love with undertale and a suggestion for your name of it is the crafty cupquake but it isnt really a drawing thing more craft but i like it luv u
Yas Pls do one Cupquake!
Omg I love Undertale who's your favorite character?
Thanks =(^w^)=
Hey tiff!!
I think it would be cool is you made wall papers with puns in it e.g. I want to 'taco' 'bout it or I am 'nacho' friend anymore. I think that would be So cute!!
I really wanted to go to your IRL party but I can't because I live in Australia. 🙁 I hope some day you can come! You are my inparation and I love waiting your vids!! I really wish some day I can get a hug. :((
Lots of love
Btw I think you can name your art series?? You can name it Craftonco, Craftoncco or something like LogicArt. I think it sounds cool! p.s. I'm waiting one of your vids while writing this!!! 💜💜
OMG i live in Australia to!
I so agree! Pun wallpapers are awesome!
Oh my gosh this is sooo coool luv ur vids
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Seeking a memorial to his reign that would last longer than any coin or statue, a benevolent king seeks out the Wisdom of the Ages. Farmers and physicians, laborers and soldiers, teachers and priests - the citizens of his kingdom share their wisdom; and when all have been heard, the king discovers a great truth that can change the way we live.
Wisdom of the Ages is an inspirational novel written by Jim Stovall, president of the Emmy Award-winning Narrative Television Network. He is a highly sought-after writer and platform speaker and is the author of 15 books, including the best-selling The Ultimate Gift, now a major motion picture. Wisdom of the Ages is narrated by Dr. Stanley Morris.
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Lung cancer: useful links
Cancer Atlas of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1991-2000
ONS - health homepage linking to national statistics for England and Wales
National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN)
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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BINGLE BEAR ANDROID by Scott Tolleson Drops Dec 10
Bingle-Bear, Bingle-Bear, Bingle All The Waaaay…!"
… C'mon, you KNEW I was gonna go there, huh? :)
Scott Tolleson helps folks get into the christmas spirit with the upcoming release of BINGLE BEAR ANDROID, dropping December 10th morning at 11am EST @ shop.deadzebra.com, with a very decent price of US$10 per. No doubt mailing cost of international orders might out-price the item itself, so do check in with your fav retailers for availability … meanwhile, U.S.-based customers are recommended to select the "USPS Priority Mail" option "for your best bet to receive in time for Xmas!" - so sayeth Dead Zebra.


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Magis 'Steelwood' dining armchair with white lacquered beech seat and white epoxy resin painted steel frame
Designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Original price: £382.00
Now: £191.00
Geoffrey Drayton was established in 1962 with the aim of supplying quality modern furniture and lighting from Europe's leading designers and manufacturers. Over 50 years later, the aim remains the same.
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Hotel ILUNION Suites Madrid
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Hotel ILUNION Suites Madrid
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Property Location
With a stay at Hotel ILUNION Suites Madrid in Madrid (Avenida America), you'll be close to National Auditorium of Music and Prado Museum. This 4-star hotel is close to Madrid Congress Centre and Plaza Mayor.
Make yourself at home in one of the 152 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access, wedding services, and a television in the lobby.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in Madrid? This hotel has 6997 square feet (650 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and conference space. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Luggage storage
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Bar/lounge
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 650
- Year Built 1999
- Coffee shop or café
- Elevator/lift
- Conference center
- Restaurant
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of meeting rooms - 10
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Total number of rooms - 152
- Conference space size (feet) - 6997
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Television in lobby
- Multilingual staff
- Conference space
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
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- Room service (limited hours)
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- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12.00 for adults and EUR 6.00 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 19 per day
- Late check-out fee: EUR 20.00
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BaubleBar Turns One with Style: BaubleBar Anniversary Sale!
BaubleBar, my favorite site for fashion jewelry, is celebrating their One Year Anniversary! They've had a very exciting year establishing their website as THE destination for perfectly on-trend jewelry at amazing prices. Now they are celebrating, and letting us in on the party, too: for one week, they are featuring the best-selling jewelry from their first year at stealing-it prices.
The BaubleBar Anniversary Sale begins Monday, January 23rd, and extends through Sunday, January 29th. Here's how it works. Go to www.BaubleBar.com, and become a member (it's free and definitely worth it for their special offerings and Buried Bauble treasure hunts) or log in if you already are a member. Then click on the "One Year Shop" and you'll enter the sale page where you can find a best-selling piece for a price that will make your week!


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Rebecca Romijn stars as a girl Ross dates who lives in a disgusting apartment.
The One With The Dirty Girl.
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Rebecca Romijn stars as a girl Ross dates who lives in a disgusting apartment.
The One With The Dirty Girl.
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I've been depressed for almost 4 years and it kinda saddened me that my apartment looks just like that. Starting the cleaning right now!
I feel like Monica too.
A hot girl living in a messy apartment? What's the chance of seeing this in real life?
Well, if her apartment is not an option and Ross' apartment is not an option, go to a hotel room. Or a friends' apartment. Or your damn car for all I care. Find a way, dammit!
I'm just thinking of Joey saying "Now go get that beautiful pig!" lol.
Was the second episode of the Big Bang Theory inspired by 3:23 ?
I'd make out with Rebecca Romijn on a pile of trash in a New York second! If you disagree, watch Femme Fatale.
Man..what was that? Lol!
Knock knock, whos there… dept of sanitation? looool
"I couldn't sleep thinking about it " nd the look n her eyes looooool
Monica rocks. ..lmao
Lol. Ross couldn't even bang her in that pile of clothes. I would fuck her so badly. Any place I would do her. In the toilets, in a dump, in snow, surrounded by snakes, in a alleyway, in a park, on a farm surrounded by pigs. I would do anything to fuck her so badly. She's so extremely hot.
the wimper when he bulls the bologna kills me
wow, what a hot girl. But Im a clean freak just like Monica. I would clean up that place even if I had to force it on her lol!
Jesus. Can you imagine what his orgasms are like?
Haha, that was DEFINITELY a genuine reaction on Conan's side 🙂 99% of this planet's men would react just the same
1:22 Looks like Andy slipped Rebecca the tongue.
Am I the only one who was slightly scared by that
I swear, I would kiss Conan so hard. He is SO hot.
What did he say after getting up from floor?
Max Weinberg was the man.
Oh my god, it's a trap, i can't stop watching this. I come here every day since i discover it. Help me!
She obviously wanted him.
Conan is such a teenage boy
I knew Conan had the biggest crush on her all along!!
He's so silly afterwards ^_^
Conan was oddly ready to pass it to Andy.
"That was so cool of you!"
This was the greatest moment in the history of conan o brian show lol
I love how she grabs his hand @ 1:26 just before they kiss.
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What does it take to learn technology entrepreneurship?
Practice. This is what it takes, hard work and practice. But this is not all, it also requires systematic learning. I am not talking about (or even interested in) those few (but often famous) one-off entrepreneurs making it by chance. … Continue reading
Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace
While the manuscript for our new textbook in Technology Entrepreneurship is with the proof-readers, I have spent this semester testing the book as curriculum in my New Venture Creation course at BI Norwegian Business School. Having written it with tecnology … Continue reading
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The specialization paradox
Good companies tend to specialize over time. This happens partly because competition drives companies to improve continuously, and partly because they get gradually more and more integrated (interdependent) in business networks, where it makes sense to let others do some … Continue reading
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Conflict and creativity
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Skip to comments.What does that $14 shirt really cost?
Posted on 05/04/2013 4:32:40 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Before last week, Loblaws Joe Fresh was known mostly as a hot spot for cheap, stylish clothing. Few customers likely cared how the clothes were made. That all changed with the deadly collapse of an eight-storey factory complex used by the retailer in Bangladesh. Nearly 400 people are dead, and the owners of the complexand the factories within itthat was reportedly built without proper permits, have been arrested on charges of negligence. Bangladeshs government has vowed to inspect every manufacturer in the country.
The worst industrial accident in Bangladeshs history offers an uncomfortable glimpse into the fast-growing garment industry there, and the treatment of its workers. According to a 2011 report by the consulting firm ORourke Group Partners, a generic $14 polo shirt sold in Canada and made in Bangladesh actually costs a retailer only $5.67. To get prices that low, workers see just 12 cents a shirt, or two per cent of the wholesale cost. Thats one of the lowest rates in the worldabout half of what a worker in a Chinese factory might makeand a major reason for the explosion of Bangladeshs garment industry, worth $19 billion last year, up from $380 million in 1985. The countrys 5,400 factories employ four million people, mostly women, who cut and stitch shirts and pants that make up 80 per cent of the countrys total exports.
For that $14 shirt, the factory owners can expect to earn 58 cents, almost five times a workers wage. Agents who help retailers find factories to make their wares also get a cut, and it costs about $1 per shirt to cover shipping and duties. Fabric and trimmings make up the largest costs65 per cent of the wholesale price. Toronto-based labor rights activist Kevin Thomas says wages ultimately get squeezed most because businesses can easily control them, unlike the price of cotton or shipping.
A cost breakdown only partly explains the maze of relationships in the garment-supply chain. The retailer H&M, which had no connection to the collapsed building, works with 166 different factories in Bangladesh. It has published its supply chain, listing every factory around the world that makes H&M clothing in an effort to prove what most major stores claim: that it knows where its clothes come from. But according to observers, many dont. Though most brands have a regular stable of factories, they may contract hundreds more for short stints. It would be a very high risk to have a limited number of suppliers, says Adriana Villaseñor, a senior adviser with the global retail consulting firm, J.C. Williams Group. Smaller factories often take on more than they can produce, Thomas says, and then subcontract later onwithout the retailers knowledge. This week, Wal-Mart said it had no authorized production in [the collapsed] facility, but added that if unauthorized production were discovered, it would take appropriate action.
Amid mounting protests, both in Bangladesh and abroad, and calls for boycotts, retailers have pledged to improve working conditions. Primark, a U.K. chain that made goods in the ruined factory, and Loblaw Companies Ltd., have said they will compensate victims families. But Bangladesh is just one country in a vast supply chain. H&M, for instance, uses hundreds of other factories, including 262 in China. In Vietnam, workers make only slightly more than in Bangladesh: 14 cents per shirt. Real reform will mean paying a lot more than $14 for a shirt.
I'll bet you a million dollars, my left testicle and first born child they have them.
I'll bet you a million dollars, my left testicle and first born child they have them.
LOL. That's pretty good. I wonder if any of the building inspectors have ever seen it.
You clearly don't understand the purpose of government. The building inspectors are undoubtedly paid handsome figures to ignore it.
a 400 golf driver costs about 65 bucks.
Remember that the low margin % also has to be examined in the context of how quickly a product is sold once it is added to a retailer's inventory. A 1%-2% margin on a piece of apparel that spends no more than a few weeks on a rack is one thing, but that's an abysmal return if you're talking about a piano that may sit in a dealer's inventory for months or years.
Nordstrom is a high end clothing retailer, and the vast majority of its stuff is made in China or other low-cost labor locales. Edgar filings show a gross profit margin of 31% for 1994 vs 35% for 2012. I'd wager a big part of the margin difference comes from improved purchasing power as the company's annual revenues went from $3.6b to $11.8b, its store count went from 57 to 242 and its geographical coverage went from 10 to 31 states in the ~ 20 year interval.
I suspect some of the margin difference over the years comes from retail consolidation, as regional chains become national chains, and regional chains or individual stores that can't compete go out of business or are bought out by the nationals. Fewer competitors means more pricing power. It doesn't mean that prices go up, but they might go down less in the absence of competition that went belly-up. Everybody has the same access to overseas sources of labor, but fewer competitors generally means better pricing from the seller's point of view.
My favorite Dylan song.
They don't write them like that anymore.
Show me a news item on a phone support office in Bangledesh collapsing or a catastrophe hitting an offshored quality assurance staff and then maybe I can releate.
TSA paid about $75/shirt of taxpayer dollars for Mexican made uniforms.
Worst case scenario we open the factory in New Jersey and pay union workers $40.00 per hour, how much would that move increase the labor cost and by how much?
Let's say for argument that is takes 5 minutes to make one shirt(probably less time than that but we will go with 5 minutes of labor). the labor per shirt in Bangladesh is basically free. The labor per shirt in out New Jersey union factory per shirt is 1/12 hour times $40.00 = $3.33 per shirt.
So now the shirt would cost about 3 dollars more. Approx $17.00. OK that sounds like a lot but if you reduce the duties and shipping costs that would reduce the price a dollar to $16.00 per shirt. To me the 15% increase is offset by the decrease in social costs of the lower IQ chronically unemployed....
Takes alot of fabric to make XXXXXL shirts.
You can buy a 10'x10' tent on Amazon.com for only $100.
I imagine that if clothing had to be made locally, we'd soon have machines that were doing the entire process. Right now, there's no major incentive to invest in the research to make automatic sewing machines because labor in certain third world countries is so cheap that the machines would not be able to compete. But if the third world gets its act together, and their economies expand and their wages increase, machines will become more viable.
Another "benefit" was to mask inflation so that the Fed could keep printing money without apparent consequence, loaning it to the big guys who built factories overseas with it.
Bingo, and it will happen. I have a few ideas of what to do about it, but few would like them without making serious adjustments in their thinking.
--and to everyone else it's better to buy the shirt for $2 less, provide a living wage for hundreds of workers, and still have funds left over to feed the "lower IQ chronically unemployed" in Jersey.
You really hate the USA, hater GTH
I know someone to whom this happened. But this isn't a Walmart thing - it's a universal thing. With the destruction of local and regional chains, national price competition finally became a universal phenomenon. I am personally acquainted with someone who once operated a mom-and-pop grocery. There was no way she could compete with any large scale player. Big players have higher turnover and can dictate prices to the vendor. Mom-and-pop stores have inventory that sits for a while and definitely cannot dictate prices to their suppliers.
I also personally know someone who was a domestically-based Walmart supplier, and went out of business when he couldn't meet the price they demanded, and did not want to take the trouble to move his business abroad. It's the way of the world, and not a Walmart-specific phenomenon. Walmart is just bigger, so it touches more people.
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Membrane Permeability: 100 Years Since Ernest Overton
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Membrane permeability is fundamental to all cell biology and subcellular biology. The cell exists as a closed unit. Import and export depend upon a number of sophisticated mechanisms, such as active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, and passive diffusion. These systems are critical for the normal housekeeping physiological functions. However, access to the cell is also taken advantage of by toxic microbes (such as cholera or ptomaine) and when designing drugs. Ernest Overton, one of the pioneers in lipid membrane research, put forward the first comprehensive theory of lipid membrane structure. His most quoted paper on the osmotic properties of cells laid the foundation for the modern concepts of membrane function, most notably important in anesthesia. This book is designed to celebrate the centennial anniversary (in the first chapter) of Overton's work. Subsequent chapters present readers with up-to-date concepts of membrane structure and function and the challenge they pose for new explorations. It provides an historical perspective of Overton's contributions to the theory of narcosis. It presents an overview of each permeability mechanism, including active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, and passive diffusion.
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San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy arrived home Thursday night after being on an East Coast road trip with the team, and his three boys stayed up to greet him. They collected his pictures from around the house and carefully arranged them "into a shrine" near the front door.
Peavy stayed up late with them and, exhausted, took a nap with 5-year-old Wyatt late yesterday morning. Major League Baseball's trade deadline was 1 p.m. Peavy figured he'd wake up still a Padre.
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In what literally amounted to a last-minute deal, the Padres traded Peavy to the Chicago White Sox, parting ways with arguably the most dominant starting pitcher in club history but also with more than $55 million in salary obligations over the next three-plus years. In return, the Padres received pitchers Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell and Dexter Carter, only one of whom – Richard – is currently on a major-league roster.
It was the same trade the two teams had brokered in May, only for Peavy – whose contract includes a provision requiring his approval on any trade – to veto it.
"May wasn't the right time," Peavy, 28, said in a hastily arranged news conference before last night's 11-7 Padres win against Trevor Hoffman and the Milwaukee Brewers, "and now things are a little different on a lot of fronts."
The Padres, then hovering near .500 and in the midst of a 10-game win streak, have gone into the tank. The White Sox, then in fourth place in the five-team AL Central division, have become playoff contenders. And a right ankle injury has kept Peavy off the mound since mid-June, cooling trade offers for the National League's 2007 Cy Young Award winner.
One thing that never changed, though, was the interest of White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams.
"Kenny's pretty persistent," Padres GM Kevin Towers said. "It was pretty clear to me back in May that Peavy was a guy he targeted and really wanted. When this thing kind of caved in in May, Kenny basically told me: 'Somehow I'm going to end up with Jake Peavy. I don't know exactly when, but I'm not going to give up on this.' "
Williams took another swing yesterday, about 2½ hours before the trade deadline.
Towers had been on the phones all week and said he was surprised at the dearth of nibbles about Peavy despite the club's insistence on shedding a contract that pays him $15 million, $16 million and $17 million, respectively, over the next three years, plus a $4 million buyout in 2013. He's also due $3.6 million for the remainder of this season. Peavy himself was resigned to rehabbing his ankle, pitching a few games in September and being traded in the winter or spring.
So resigned that the deal nearly didn't come off because Peavy turned off his phone so he could nap in peace.
His agent, Barry Axelrod, finally reached Peavy's wife on her cell phone at 12:20 p.m.
"I told her, 'I never do this, but you've got to wake (Jake) up,' " Axelrod said. "I told Jake about the trade and said, 'Tell me no and we'll end it here.'
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The only thing left to negotiate was travel expenses for Peavy's family so they can visit him in Chicago while living and attending school in the San Diego area. Axelrod said the White Sox agreed to a "six-figure" deal that includes "six to eight" trips a year, plus a home large enough for the entire family.
Peavy called the travel and home expenses a potential "deal breaker," adding: "The most important thing in my life is being a daddy."
Axelrod sent the text message granting Peavy's approval for the trade at 12:58 p.m.
"Very rarely do you make this large of a deal in an hour and half, but we already went through the process in May," Towers said. "We had (already) discussed the names. And from our standpoint, it gave us another two months to look at those players. We scouted them for another two months and we felt more strongly about them. Hopefully one of them will be the next Jake Peavy."
Richard, 25, has a 4-3 record with a 4.65 ERA in 26 appearances with Chicago this season. He was pulled from his scheduled White Sox start last night and instead will start for the Padres tonight at Petco Park against Milwaukee.
But it is the 22-year-old Poreda who is considered the prize of the deal. He is 6-foot-6, left-handed and throws a fastball regularly clocked just under 100 mph. Some rate him Chicago's top pitching prospect.
Poreda and Russell were assigned to the Padres' triple-A affiliate in Portland, but Towers said he expects both to be with the big club "before the end of the season." Carter will go to single-A Fort Wayne, Ind.
Peavy, meanwhile, cleaned out his locker at Petco Park and said his goodbyes. A clubhouse attendant rolled out a cart with a box of bats, a suitcase and two guitars.
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Re: [midatlanticretro] uploaded first video from lectures at VCF East, Early Microcomputing in New Jersey & Beyond
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- thanks Dan. These guys have a lot of great stories.
At 02:56 PM 5/30/2011, you wrote:
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thanks Dan. These guys have a lot of great stories.
Yes, they sure do. They should be brought back again sometime in the near future. Just because it's a very good thing to hear again - some people might have missed it before - and you don't know what other stories they might have next time.
And maybe Sol Libes will make it next time. You notice how many times they mentioned Carl Helmers. I mentioned that Wayne Green was always just a showboater all that time - besides being alittle glitchy about some topics :) but he deserved no recognition. I'm surprised he was invited to VCF East 1.0 instead of Carl Helmers. I hope that Carl Helmers is invited instead for the next time.
BTW, you can blame Dave Sica/Matt Patoray about the zoom lens of their camera covering your face for part of the video :) Well, maybe next time, I'll position mine even with their lens to avoid that. I hope to get some closeups next time when I get my second camera,
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Well, it all comes down to the limits of economic engines. Just like any engine, it will not being able to take-on ever increasing parasitic loads up into infinity.It is obvious to the dimmest of wits that one cannot kill the goose that lays the golden egg in the expectation of riches hidden somewhere inside. Thus I think it is foolish to believe that the union leaders really expect they can make such demands work for any time at all.
The Left never liked the economic engine that made the West, and particularly America, as great as she is. So now that they've brought us to the brink of bankruptcy, the unspoken slogan of their tactic seems to be "Let's finish the old girl off!"
The nihilists seem to be in firm control of the Left, and they are engaging in the sort of agit-prop that favors the goals of the Statists who so hunger for global control. Kill the engine that makes liberty possible, and the distance from here to The Abolition of Man will be but a very short step. The process which, if not checked, will abolish Man goes on apace among Communists and Democrats no less than among Fascists.


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It is comfortable to drive but lacks some safety features such as air bags etc. Drives well, very smooth and has plenty of power and has a good stereo which is important. Very reliable, low cost on maintenance and servicing is quite inexpensive considering it is a V6. I would not hesitate to upgrade to a later model Magna or new version. This vehicle is easy to drive and is also very good on fuel.


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Unanswered: Views vs Stored Procedures for updating etc..
I have a number of relational tables in my schema.
I am developing a front-end for a DB and I would like to create a VIEW as a virtual table which maps directly to an application form which is used to capture the data.
This view would follow the form step-by-step so that inserting would be really easy and I would not have to join tables and select each column of info from each table that I needed to capture data with, instead just work with one virtual table that I can use one simple "insert into table" statement. It would in essence reflect the application form.
Q1: Can updating and inserting be done on VIEWS and is this a good idea?
Q2: Are stored procedures a better alternative?
Q3: I see that a lot of posts say that VIEWS are used to moderate security. How exactly does it achieve this.
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A1: Depending on your database engine and view construction, it may be possible to update a view. This makes no more sense to me than updating a SELECT.
A2: Stored procedures are a better alternative in my opinion.
A3: Views provide security in many ways. They allow the base tables to be left secured (no permissions need to be granted on the base tables). They allow the administrator to restrict which columns of which tables the user can see. Views also allow the developer/administrator to "bury" complex logic needed to get correct answers, while still making that logic easily accessible to end users.
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Views on joins of tables are never updatable.
An other alternative (in combination with a view) could be the use of triggers.
It really depends on the situation at hand which implementation is better.
Not only does a view allow resticting access to certain columns of a table, but also to certain rows of a table. Or even (when using GROUP BY in a view definition) to only summary reports of a table.--_Peter Vanroose,
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SSENSE from Montreal recently released "world's first interactive shoppable music video." The SSENSE video is pretty cool, albeit a little distracting but clearly this is where things are heading.
"It reminded me of one of the scenarios in the Microsoft Home here on our Redmond campus. In that scenario, you're watching a TV program and when you click pause, everything on screen becomes "clickable". That demo actually goes beyond the video of Diplo, FKi, and Iggy Azalea in the SSENSE video as it makes everything in the scene (buildings, bus schedules and more) interactive," Clayton said.


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One person was killed and four people were injured on Thursday evening when the three balconies of a four-storey house collapsed on the crowded pavement of Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, in Bhowanipore. The building had been condemned a while ago.
The cave-in occurred around 6.30 pm, when the topmost balcony collapsed on the one below. The second balcony gave way and the debris fell on the first-floor balcony, pulling it down. The victim was identified as Saroj Pal, 28, a local resident who was standing on the pavement.
The 18 families occupying the building behind the Netaji Bhavan Metro station escaped unhurt. They were rescued by officials of the fire brigade and Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC). Pals body was retrieved from under the rubble.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee, who returned from Delhi on Thursday night and was on her way to her Kalighat residence from the airport, rushed to the spot. Till late on Thursday, she remained at the site with her party councillors and supporters.
Rinku Neogi, who lives on the second floor, said she heard a loud thud. I thought it was an accident. I ran out, to see the balconies falling in a heap of brick and concrete, she recalled.
According to police, the victim and the injured were pedestrians. The pavement was crowded when the balconies caved in. The four injured were taken to SSKM Hospital, where 20-year-old Rupa Laha was stated to be in a critical condition, said an officer of the local police station.
Hours after the collapse, a CMC team had arrived to demolish portions of the broken balconies that were dangling precariously. We will decide on Friday whether the entire building will be demolished or not, said Swapan Samaddar, mayor-in-council member (building).


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stlou says to (15:01:17):
1. government's readiness to provide all possible facilities for foreign companies wishing to invest in iraq.
1a. if you are average Joe Blow company, without a tradeable currency, or means to which you could extract profits out of iraq...where is the readiness?
2. "Cancel restrictions on the national and foreign capitals"
2a. is this what I read? no restrictions?
busman says to (15:05:02): this is a good thing "in order not to count only on oil and gas sectors."
3. "We are fully ready to provide all facilities and conduct amendments on the Investment law if we see any adjustment that may contribute in attracting the foreign companies to participate in the process.."
GOP says to (15:21:57):can't they pay foreign companies in truck loads of dinar, and those companies convert the dinar to a recognized currency before taking it out of Iraq?
Read More LInk On Right
stlou says to (15:22:25): is there not a restriction on how much USD leaves Iraq?
GOP says to (15:22:49): I think that is true stlou...
stlou says to (15:29:03): and did Maliki state that they would remove certain restrictions? but the question is..what are they?
GOP says to (15:30:06): does not look like he was specific.. 'would cancel certain restrictions'..
GOP says to (15:36:18): It sure seems like a tradeable currency with a good value would be an incentive to foriegn investors
tmac096 says to (15:37:01): whats wrong with the dinar GOP everybody wants them,... like Iran,Syria. lol
GOP says to (15:37:30): well.. other than how they smell.... ..
Med says to (15:37:40): HEY KIDS...YOU UNDERSTAND THAT NO RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN CAPITAL.....IS NOT HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE OUT OF IRAQ' RIGHT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DINAR OR USD
GOP says to (15:38:37): that would be how much could be invested in Iraq??
Med says to (15:38:43):NO IT IS HOW MUCH PHYSICAL PROPERTY THEY CAN OWN IN IRAQ IRAQ HAS STRONG RESTRICTIONS ON JUST WHO CAN OWN A PIECE OF THE COUNTRY AND THEY REMEMBER WOULD ONLY LEASE PROPERTY AND NOT FOR A LIFETIME LEASE SO IN LIKE 20 YRS IF IRAQ WANTED TO SAY THAT COMPANY YOU MADE HERE IS NO LONGER YOURS THEY COULD
GOP says to (15:41:30): So, do you think M saying they would change those restrictions is significant?
tmac096 says to (15:47:17): yeah, I was wondering if he is just blowing smoke up their robes.
BAM BAM says to (15:47:35): SMOKEY ROBES LOL
Med says to (15:47:36): YES IT IS VERY
stlou says to (15:48:45): it could have WTO implications..
Med says to (15:49:03): NO HOW
stlou says to (15:49:24): do they not have to have another commodity other than oil?
Med says to (15:49:46):YES IRAQ HAS TO PRODUCE ONE THING MINIMUM THAT IS WANTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES ON A REGULAR BASIS
stlou says to (15:50:00): the article referenced other industries, such as agriculture
busman says to (15:50:04): The PM continued saying "Iraq heads towards building diverse economy in
Med says to (15:50:12): THAT IT PRETTY SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION
stlou says to (15:50:47): it would seem to me that they may need foreign company expertise in order to pull that off Med..don't you think?
Med says to (15:50:57):HECK YES
busman says to (15:51:09): in fields of the industry, agriculture and tourism in order not to count only on oil and gas sectors."
Med says to (15:51:13): NOONE THERE RIGHT NOW HAS THE COMMON SENSE GOD GAVE LITTLE GREEN APPLES
stlou says to (15:51:28): so they would need to create the proper climate in order to get that expertiese into the country in order to accomplish that
Med says to (15:51:46): WHY DO YOU THINK MALIKI WAS EXTENDING THE OLIVE BRANCH
tmac096 says to (15:51:48): thats an insult to little green apples
Med says to (15:51:50): TO ALL IRAQIS WHO HAD SOME INTELLIGENCE TO COME BACK
stlou says to (15:52:08): because he has none?
Med says to (15:52:16): THAT IS FOR SURE
stlou says to (16:32:42): BAGHDAD (Iba) … escalated the differences within the bloc «National Alliance» on the nomination of a new governor of the Central Bank, the successor to the article Shabibi, and Parliament will discuss next Tuesday to choose the alternative in the pursuit to pass a law eliminating the acting government positions
so.. parliament is going to pass a law removing proxy positions.. this would include the following:
Defense Minister CBI head and anyone else maliki appointed without the consent and vote of parliament
The Iraqi constitution stipulates that the task of choosing the central bank governor and all independent bodies should be done through the parliament.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Starred by Amanda Alexander (see full cast), this film directed by Gary C. Warren was premiered in TV or cinema in 2010. The feature film "Best Laid Schemes" was produced in USA. You can watch Best Laid Schemes online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2010.
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Runtime: 100 minutes
Amanda Alexander, Josh Altmeyer, Audrey Barton, Craig Beffa, Andres Benitez, Michael Burger, Darla Dailey, Cheri Davidson, Tracey Smith Dexter, Jacob Estes, Zack Estes, Brandon Eye, Alexander Filandrinos, Shannon Goins, Alex Gonzalez and Brad Hackennert.
Romantic, Comedy.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Gary C. Warren.
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Screenplay written by Gary C. Warren.
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Gary C. Warren, Alejandro Cruz, Buddy Coy and Alexander Filandrinos.
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4 things you are scared of
International forum: Other - 4 things you are scared of?
Hitu231. 15 Nov 2015 11:32
Only one thing
To scared me when
A special take me wrong and angry on me and not talk with me
Thats most scarring for me
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1 One of my favorite how-to resources is CreativeLive.
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2 The ease with which I can automatically see and understand how any room can be maximized through organization is equal to…
…the difficulty I have visualizing any type of aesthetic transformation through paint, texture, decor, lighting, remodeling, etc.
However, right now – much to my own surprise and delight – I am having a tremendous amount of fun redecorating my home! (Which is a no-you-cannot-paint-the-walls apartment.)
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3 When Shonda Rhimes gave the commencement speech at her alma mater, her answer to this question was uncommonly candid:
How do you do it all?
At minute 16:18 she shares an important reality that often goes unspoken.
4 If you are a parent, know a parent, or are soon to be a parent – trust me, I have something I think you are going to love (from someone I already love):
Deborah Carlisle Solomon is a leading expert in the development and care of infants and toddlers. She's the author of the book, Baby Knows Best, and the former executive director of a non-profit world-wide membership organization dedicated to improving the quality of infant care and education.
She teaches regularly in LA, London, and New York and she is ah-maze-ing at what she does. And a truly lovely soul.
We are in the thick of her Leap Year, and I basically demanded that she create a few audio workshops so that more folks could have easier access to her insights and enlightened approaches regarding interacting with children…
• Responding To A Crying Child
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I've listened to them all, and they each contain life-changing guidance for parents and caregivers.
I kid you not.
5 Here's a game-changer that's absolutely free to give and to receive: wholehearted encouragement.
I know I need it. And whenever I need some – be it first thing in the morning, or in the middle of a workday, or late, late at night – this usually does the trick.
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Thats' right! My emergency fund is, for the moment, fully funded at a comfortable $2,500. I know that doesn't sound like much to some of you (and maybe it sounds like a lot to others), but that's the most financial stability I've had, pretty much ever. Now I know that I can at least weather the storm of unexpected expenses, car repairs and the like.
Why Isn't It More?
My original plan at the beginning of this year was to make automatic contributions to my emergency fund indefinitely, until it was maxed at 10k. However, then I got engaged, and the necessity of saving for a wedding trumped the need to have an emergency fund. Just saying those words sounds a bit blasphemous. What could be more important than preparing for potentially devastating emergencies? In fact, I'm pretty comfortable with my current emergency fund, and I'm ok with shelving it for awhile. Here's why:
I'm Comfortable with a Small Emergency Fund
- Our budget as it stands (without the extra saving and debt repayment) can be fully funded on less than my income alone. So, even if something sinister were to befall my fiancée (he is self-employed), I could still pay the bills.
- If something happened where I could not work, than the majority of my debt payments would be suspended, further lowering our monthly expenses and making it even easier to live off my fiancée's income.
These facts make it easier for me to sleep at night, even while knowing that I don't have six months living expenses socked away in some dark corner of my bank accounts.
Tough Decisions
As much as I would love to continue to fund my emergency fund, save for my wedding, AND pay off debt (let's throw prepare for retirement in there too since we're wishing for things), the reality is, I'm a woman of finite resources. I just graduated from University, I don't make a lot of cash, and this is just another example of the tough decisions that have to be made when paying down debt is the number one priority in life. I fully intend on resuming contributions to my emergency fund once my wedding fund is 100% full. (Possibly sooner if I can increase my overall income this year) So I'm not permanently leaving my emergency fund at $2500, I'm just shelving it for approximately a year and a half.
Now I'm very curious to know how other people handle their emergency fund. Do you walk on the wild side with $1000 saved while you throw everything else at your debt? Do you have six to twelve months of living expenses saved up? Is this the first time you've heard about emergency funds? I want to know!


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This poster is absolutely magnificent. Not only does it manage to have each of the superheroes on the Avengers team each on their own separate posters, but also combines like puzzle pieces to give you the full image. Each poster individually sets a different mood with its colors, contrast, and lighting and ties those into the major image at the end.
Still the best part about the entire thing is our first look at the Vision, who can be clearly seen in the top left corner floating in Quicksilver's poster. However, one of the funniest moments of the poster has to be the robot gripping Hulk's abs like "Those abs doe...". It's also nice to see Hulk in his classic bright, purple pants. Considering they aren't terribly ripped like in the previous movie, Banner may have gotten himself a nice pair of pants with an expandable materials.
Unfortunately, as of right now, unless you were at Comic-Con and stopped by every day to get the posters, there isn't a way to have the complete image yourself, but Marvel has offered Comic-Con exclusives to fans in the past, so you may be able to get one of these posters for yourself soon.
[The Avengers: Age Of Ultron](movie:293035) hits theaters next summer on May 1st, 2015.


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Less than a month ago I was driving Rick around in bumper-to-bumper traffic searching for a little shop I had read about in the Lonely Planet Travel Guide for Kauai. We backtracked several times on Kuhio Highway attempting to locate "Marta's Boat."
The gridlock was due to road repairs necessitated by heavy damages sustained when storms pummeled the island the week before. My fuse was short as we spent about an hour following vague directions with no visible sign of Marta or her boat.
"We only have this one exquisite day on Kauai," I thought, "and we're wasting it stuck in a car, stuck in traffic, looking for a business that may or may not still exist."
My evil twin was behaving disgracefully, taking out her frustration
on Rick, an innocent bystander who didn't even know what Marta's Boat
was or why we needed to go there. Finally, as we drove out of the last
shopping center left to search in Waipouli, I looked up to see the
"boat" in all its yellow splendor.
Marta owns and operates a unique women's and children's boutique
(built to resemble a boat). She and her husband,
surfer/artist/poet/philosopher Ambrose Curry III, live in the yellow
home behind the boat. Ambrose's studio and surfboard rental business is
on the same property. He is originally from San Francisco but has lived
on Kauai about 40 years and crafts one-of-a-kind surf boards and paints
vibrant, original designs.
Marta told me that when the economy began to slow down, she knew she
needed to reinvent her shop. So instead of relying solely on purchased
inventory, she began sewing original pieces from fabrics that Ambrose
painted. She displayed beautiful scarves, purses and dresses (both for
big and little girls) as well as a section devoted to Ambrose's renowned
"Surf for World Peace" T-shirts.
When Rick and Ambrose returned from exploring his studio, Ambrose
explained to us that surfing wasn't just about the ocean sport. "People
surf the 'Net and channel surf," he said. Surfing was a metaphor for
moving through life. And our movement through life should be toward
world peace.
Like he does often, Rick picked me up for lunch one day last week. We
went to a restaurant during the noon rush and were seated in the back. A
young man, maybe 30, and a little girl who had to be about my
granddaughter's age, about 2 and a half, were led to a booth across from
ours next to a window.
The little girl was darling. Her hair was up in pig tails and she was
dressed in a cute outfit. She was chatty and reminded me of my
granddaughter Kayla so much I couldn't take my eyes off her. She noticed
the blinds on the window next to her and started to play with them. Her
adult companion grabbed her arm, spanked her bottom and told her to
knock it off.
My heart sank as I watched her tear up and cry. She hugged the man
she called "Uncle" and told him she was sorry. The waitress brought
crayons and some paper and soon the little girl was coloring and singing
and talking to herself. Uncle told her she was too loud. He hit her
again. Hard.
I stopped eating about halfway through my meal. I gave the young man a
look - a look that said, "I see what you're doing and it's wrong." But
he stared back at me and in his eyes I read, "Mind your own business,
When we were paying our check the restaurant's owner asked if
everything was OK. I told him what I had witnessed and he said he'd walk
back and check on them.
And that was it.
Every day since I've wondered how that little girl is doing and hope
she is OK. I know she's not the only one getting hit and I know that
there are children out there experiencing worse. April is National Child
Abuse Prevention Month. And the words of abused children are written on
T-shirts displayed all over Del Norte County, including in the windows
of the Triplicate office.
I love my "Surf for World Peace" T-shirt. Ambrose explained what
"surf" meant and I understand the broader meaning of world peace. It
encompasses that little girl who was in my world for an hour. It's not
good enough to work to end military wars. We have to stop human
conflict. I should have kept my cool on Kauai, and that uncle needs to
keep his cool with that precious little girl.
Reach Michele Thomas, the Del Norte Triplicate' s publisher,
at firstname.lastname@example.com, 464-2141 or stop by 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Reach Michele Thomas, the Del Norte Triplicate's publisher, at
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A successful Irish stage and TV writer, Connaughton hit his country's best-seller lists with the novel, "A Border Station. " What Damon Runyon did for New York, Connaughton might well be said to have done for Redhills, Ireland, as many of his stories are set there, where Connaughton spent his childhood. He entered films with the script to the Oscar-winning short "The Dollar Bottom" (1980) and went on to collaborate with Mike Leigh on the TV-movie "Four Days in July" (1984), about couples in Northern Ireland affected by the Troubles. (The screenwriter also made his acting debut in the telefilm.) Connaughton, though, first won international attention as the co-scenarist on "My Left Foot" (1989), based on the life of writer-painter Christy Brown. While he and director Jim Sheridan only shared an Academy Award nomination for their script, actors Daniel Day-Lewis (as the adult Christy) and Brenda Fricker (as his mother) took home Oscars.


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The biggest business event devoted to the latest energy technology, renewable energy and energy efficiency SEF-2017, 9th International Sustainable Energy Forum and Exhibition for Eastern Europe will be held in the Ukrainian capital on October 9-11 in the National Convention and Exhibition Centre "Parkovy".
For the last nine years, SEF KYIV has confirmed its status as one of the most authoritative and biggest business platform for sustainable energy industry development in Eastern Europe offering high qualitative agenda, outstanding audience and exceptional opportunities for meetings, traditionally gathering all the stakeholders interested in development and investments in the projects in energy efficiency in industry and municipal sectors, in solar energy, wind energy, bioenergy, geothermal and other types of renewable energy as well as new energy technology.
This year, the SEF-2017 Kyiv Forum will be held on October 9 and 10th and the SEF Kyiv Exhibition will be working during October 10th and 11th. Besides the extensive business forum agenda and exhibition, B2B meetings on the prearranged basis will become the important part of the event. And, for the first time, the New Energy Tech Contest - SEF AWARDS will estimate the projects and achievements made in sustainable energy industry of Eastern Europe.
Within three days of SEF-2017 Kyiv, the latest changes and initiatives in legislation and state policy of Ukraine and neighboring countries, sustainable energy solutions for businesses and industrial sector, utilities and infrastructure, and private households will be presented and discussed.