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As Valentine's Day comes around once more, thoughts may turn to our love life … or lack of it. Especially if you are on your own, through separation, divorce, death of a partner, or if you've always been single. Facing the prospect of growing old alone, with children grown up and gone, men and women are turning to online dating in the hope of meeting their perfect match.
Perhaps you're simply seeking new friends to socialize with, go to dinner, go dancing, to the theater, movies or ball games. Whomever you seek, you can likely find that person on a dating website more easily than the traditional options.
Speaking From Personal Experience
About a quarter of a century ago, before the Internet replaced the encyclopedia and classified ads, I was young, single and alone in a new city. I placed a personal ad in the Miami Herald. It appeared in the Valentine's Day issue. Went something along the lines of "Scotsman recently arrived in Miami, would like meet compatible girl for dining, sailing and travel." I never bought the paper that day, and completely forgot about the ad.
A couple of weeks later, an envelope arrived in the mail from the Miami Herald. It didn't dawn on me what it was (yes I was a geek lost in space). Inside was another envelope addressed to a Miami Herald Box number. With a card inside. I read it, and finally realized this was a response to my ad. In fact, it was the ONLY response. It was from a girl about 5 years my junior, a nurse. The note was simple but charming. On my first phone call, she answered grumpily, she had been working nights and I had awakened her. My second call was more favorably received. Fast forward about six weeks and we were engaged, and six months later, we married.
Single Again
About three years ago that marriage sadly ended.
I was once again a single man, despondent about my prospects of meeting other women, never mind finding love again. Well, what does a somewhat shy guy in the Internet biz do when it comes to meeting women? I joined an online dating site, of course. Within a few weeks I had email interactions with about a dozen ladies of similar age to myself, had phone conversations with a few, and had a couple of first dates. While there were no second dates, one of those ladies is still my platonic friend; we socialize, we have common interests.
However, it became apparent that I really was not ready for dating; all I could do was exchange war stories with potential mates. That gets old. But after a year or more on my own, and quite a few email exchanges, phone calls and first dates, I did find love online, and I've continued to date a very sweet and vivacious lady, Carmen. We are now coming up on our second Valentine's Day together.
A Better Way To Meet Your Mate?
For some people, especially older generations, interacting by computer is too impersonal. They prefer meeting places such as church groups, clubs, social events, parties, bars – traditional venues to meet potential mates. And of course, personal introductions by mutual well-meaning friends can work. But sometimes initial face-to-face meetings can be awkward, especially if you don't handle rejection well. Popping that seemingly innocuous question "Would you like to have coffee, go out…" can be hard. Especially if, like me, you have not dated for 25 years!
So Internet dating has become especially popular amongst the 45+ age group. A 2008 study in the UK found that almost two-thirds of single men and women over the age of 55 have joined internet dating sites. And in the US, over 120,000 marriages have resulted from meeting online.
Dating Sites
There are many different dating sites. Some are free, for example PlentyOfFish and OKcupid. Another free option is Craigslist, though much less formal and you have to sift through the many ads looking for quick "hook-ups" to find the more serious advertisers. Reader Patricia K. from Miami has found dates, and even a platonic vacation partner through ads in Craigslist. Many sites allow you to become a member with limited contact privileges for free. This is a good way to see if they seem to have a large enough "inventory" of potential mates in your area. Some other popular sites include Match.com, and Yahoo Personals. You search using criteria such as geographic area, smoker/non-smoker, interests, age range; find possible matches, and contact those you like.
eHarmony is slightly different, focusing on "relationships" vs. "dating." You fill out an extensive evaluation form, then they present you with mates that their system finds most compatible. Reader John B. from Chicago prefers eHarmony's approach where the candidates are pre-screened to a higher degree; he finds first dates are less hit-and-miss because of it. But he notes "it's only when you actually meet that you know if there is chemistry." He also muses, "It's amazing how many people post bad photos, some with a partner cropped out! How hard is it to get someone to take a decent photo of you?"
Are People Who They Claim To Be?
One of the advantage of paid sites is that these people tend to be more serious about dating. Free sites attract a more casual crowd, since they have not made any financial commitment. Some people find online dating challenging, creating their own profiles, and interacting with prospects. While some of us are born writers, others can barely type and the impersonality can be awkward. Sometimes things said in jest can be misinterpreted, while the same thing said face to face or on the phone would have facial and voice inflections to make the intent clearer. Common to both free and paid sites are issues of truthfulness. Men and women commonly use old photos, lie about their age, their height, their weight, not to mention marital status!
A few months ago, a Suddenly Senior reader, Dusty Johnson, wrote about her search for that "One in a Million Man." She said, "I've tried every free matching service available on the Internet. I've answered countless emails, sat through endless IM hours, and endured every variety of senior psycho-babble imaginable…only to discover that if you take a heretofore, verbally anemic male, give him a computer, Webcam, and instant messaging service… toss in their eternal quest for sexual gratification and they become almost eloquent!"
So be circumspect. Don't invite prospects out to dinner or whatever until you you have talked for a while. It can save awkward moments later. And if a contact seems suspicious, asking you to do something outside the norm, be very wary. Not everything is necessarily as it seems.
Having said that, online dating has been proven to work countless times. It worked for me! So if you are alone and don't want to be, what are you waiting for? Don't let life pass you by, give it a try!
About the Author
Doug Noble is Editor of Suddenly Senior. Originally from Scotland, he now resides in Miami, FL where he owns a web hosting and design business.
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Historic cabins within the park
I spent some time walking through Pioneer Park, which was originally known as Alaskaland. The temperature was hovering just above zero at the time, and there was absolutely no one else in the park. None of the buildings were open either, with the tourist season running from Memorial Weekend to Labor Day Weekend.


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Editorial: Liberal rats abandon sinking ship—step up the fight for change
Scott Morrison has started the year with another appeal to the hard right, provocatively insisting that Invasion Day, 26 January, is Australia's national day.
Toothless 'Voice to parliament' will change nothing for Aboriginal people
Bill Shorten has reaffirmed Labor's support for a new Aboriginal "Voice to parliament". This is another piece of symbolism that will do nothing to address ongoing oppression and racist government policies.
Liberals' racism feeds fascists and the far right
In early January 150 racists and fascists gathered at St Kilda beach in Melbourne, boasting that it would be "Cronulla 2.0" where they would "reclaim the beach" and recreate the racist riot of 2005.
Buckingham finally gone, but The Greens' crisis remains
Right-wing NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham resigned from the party in December. But none of the political issues at stake have been resolved.
Medical Transfer Bill can be another blow against offshore detention
The prospect of the Coalition government being defeated when the Medical Transfer Bill is returned to the House of Representatives on 12 February has been thrown into doubt by the dithering of independent MP Cathy McGowan.
Hunger strikes across domestic detention
Detainees in detention centres across Australia are staging a hunger strike protest over detention conditions and powers that allow the Minister effectively to keep people in detention indefinitely.
Tory divisions produce Brexit chaos
The Brexit process has thrown British politics into crisis. The failure of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal means there is still no resolution in sight.
Yellow Vests movement against inequality humbles Macron
The Yellow Vest movement in France shows no sign of fading away after ten weeks of protests, blockades and battles with police. Charlie Kimber from Socialist Worker UK looks at what the movement shows about struggle—and asks how it can win
US withdrawal from Syria would redraw imperialist carve up
In late December Donald Trump abruptly announced plans for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria.
Trump shuts down government to demand border wall
Donald Trump has imposed the longest government shutdown in US history in an attempt to demand Congress agree to $7 billion in funding for his border wall.
Rabaul 1929—Papuans' first strike against Australian colonialism
In 1929, around 3000 Papua New Guineans in the town of Rabaul staged their first ever industrial strike
Unions against Labor—Queensland Labor's history of strikebreaking
Unions formed the Labor Party. But Queensland history shows that again and again, Labor governments have betrayed their own working class supporters, argues James Supple
Germaine Greer—ignoring the causes of rape
Germaine Greer's On Rape ends up trivialising rape and offering only meagre legal solutions that do nothing to tackle the system of sexist oppression, writes Lucy Honan
Socialists and the fight to end the frontier massacres
Paddy Gibson explains the key role unions and the Communist Party played in preventing the punitive expedition planned in Arnhem Land in 1933


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A joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and AILA seeks to change the playing field for immigrants facing deportation.
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AILA Doc. No. 15091100 | Dated September 11, 2015
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Washington, DC - The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) today called upon President Obama to go beyond the commitment he made to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees and to extend more meaningful protection to all refugees and asylum seekers whether they are resettled from abroad or have crossed U.S. borders fleeing violence, persecution, and other horrors.
"The need is both urgent and dire as Syrian refugees flee violence and turmoil in search of safety and security," said AILA President Victor Nieblas Pradis. He continued, "There are four million Syrian refugees seeking protection in Europe and the Middle East. Many other countries are sheltering hundreds of thousands, so our offer to resettle 10,000 is a small one and should only be the first in a series of steps. Since its founding, our nation has always been a beacon of hope for those fleeing oppression and persecution. We can and must do more."
AILA joins other organizations, such as the Refugee Council USA, in asking the President to raise the refugee admissions ceiling for Fiscal Year 2016 to 200,000 and designating 100,000 of those admissions for Syrian refugees. AILA also supports the important effort by a bipartisan group of House members to pass the "Protecting Religious Minorities Persecuted by ISIS Act of 2015" (H.R. 1568) which would give especially vulnerable Syrian refugees direct access to the U.S. Refugee Admission Process while enforcing the security measures currently in place. AILA further urges improvements to the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security capacity to handle the increased number of security and background checks for refugees.
Mr. Nieblas Pradis cautioned, "As our nation responds to the crisis overseas, we cannot forget that thousands of mothers and children from Central America who are fleeing violence and turmoil and likely qualify for asylum protection under U.S. law are being treated in a callous and inhumane manner by our government. Our government's long-term detention of thousands of these families in South Texas and Pennsylvania cannot be ignored. The mass incarceration of asylum seekers is anathema to our country's history and values, and it is happening right now within our borders. We should offer help to those seeking refuge from persecution and violence whether they fled from war in Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan or from gangs, rape, or domestic violence in Honduras, Guatemala, or El Salvador. No matter which land they have been driven from, our laws guarantee humanitarian protection."
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members.
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❥ [KINDLE] ❂ Leaving Atlanta: A Novel By Tayari Jones ➢ – Cravenjobs.co.uk
10 thoughts on "Leaving Atlanta: A Novel"
For me, this is the first story that I can ever remember reading that shared my voice as a child growing up in a major Southern city It took place at a time when, first of all, it s tough growing up and being eleven years old and then to deal with a real live nationally known bogeyman lurking around the city the Atlanta Child Murders case My own memories of that time are vivid when they found another child, we were in fear several hundred miles away Leaving Atlanta gave life to the black children of the 1970s that was far beyond the televised segments of What s Happening and Good Times The vernacular, the lifestyle joys of playing in a neighborhood outside gasp these days , skating rinks all rang so familiar to me that I simply loved it as I was placed back in that time Tayari shares it so beautifully anyone would be sent back This story is not about race, it s about children, period Trying to figure out their place in this world, trying to make sure they don t do anything to jeopardize their parent s love they wouldn t but, of course they don t know otherwise , trying to be liked by their peers and just trying to like themselves A Judy Blume book is a fixture in the hands of many youngsters today just as they were then, Tayari shared that point and I loved that, too Authentic element She also added one interesting classmate that won my heart a fine technique I m not one to provide spoilers I highly recommend this story of a such a vastly different time, free from the influx of technology, giving kids the chance to be kids.
In this, her first novel, Tayari Jones illustrates the fears and joys of children on the cusp of adolescence within the backdrop of one of the most frightening national tragedies that most people have not even heard of the Atlanta Child Murders Narrating the stories of three 5th graders, Tasha, Rodney, and Octavia using third, second, then first person point of view, the story flows like a classic jumprope game, with two of the three children taking a background role while the third stands in the middle, jumping to the rhythm of the rope, telling his or her own tale One jumps out, grabs the end of the rope, and cranks the rope while the next one can have his or her own say Jones slowly pulls readers in closer to the characters and the setting, helping us to see how panic and anger grow with each missing child and each recovered body But than a fictionalization of this event, the novel is about children trying to find their place within their families and the world at a time when they are able to control very little, not even their own bodies Like her idol , Judy Blume, Jones is able to capture the cadence of children s speech and thoughts, taking her readers back to a time when they too would give anything to have one good friend to be able to be of yourself around In fact, it s what we continue to seek to this day.
It s funny the things one thinks about in the early morning After a 2 am feeding, I lay in bed trying to find my way back into dreamland it s usually difficult, as once I m up, I m up And I was thinking about the last book I finished, Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones, and how it s taken me quite a while to sit down and write about it Because it deserves to be written about I eventually drifted off to sleep only to be woken by the wee reader s grunts around 630 as he stirred but didn t quite wake until an hour later , but felt that today ought to be the day that I write about this book And so, here it is.The stories of three fifth graders who attend Oglethorpe Elementary are tied to the nightmare of 1979 in Atlanta, when African American children began vanishing and turning up dead Tasha is desperately trying to fit in with her classmates one day she s buds, the next day, she s not invited to their sleepover kids Rodney just doesn t seem to be able to fit in anywhere at home or at school, but he begins to be friendly with Octavia, the final narrator The kids tease Octavia for being poor and for the colour of her skin they call her Watusi but she s a tough kid and like Rodney, a loner.Jones has crafted some wonderful characters The stories of these three children though schoolmates, they are from different walks of life weave together issues of class, race, and of trying to fit in at school, as the cloud of fear hangs over the neighbourhood It is not so much about a plot as it is a delving into their lives, their perceptions of the disappearances, their relationships with their parents and siblings and their classmates Their fears and troubles are all too real, and I m not just talking about the possibility of being abducted and murdered But of those awkward years trying to fit in at school, which Jones so convincingly portrays, and which everyone can easily relate to I didn t expect this book to move me the way it did, I didn t expect that three stories from the perspectives of three children could tell me so much about the way life works Don t you just love it when a book overthrows all your expectations
This books definitely kept me intrigued This is my second Tayari Jones novel and it was so different from An American Marriage which I really enjoyed I love the way she develops characters and makes you feel as if you truly know them The Atlanta Child Murders was something I first discovered about a year ago when stumbling upon the Atlanta Monster podcast I was intrigued to know about who the killer was and the stories of these poor children Although fictional, this book was definitely enlightening in so many ways It made you feel as if you were present during that time and looking over your shoulder out of living in constant fear This book felt like home with so many Atlanta references It s one that kept my attention and that I truly enjoyed You begin to sympathize with the young children as their friends seem to be picked off one by one I rated this novel .
This is my third Tayari Jones novel and her writing feels like truth Messy, uncomfortable, and ultimately beautiful I appreciate how undone she leaves her endings loose and pulsing with life She reminds me of Toni Morrison.
I enjoyed reading this account of the Alanta child murders as related from the viewpoint of three children It makes one remember that children are children They don t think like adults nor should they be expected to and one should always keep this in mind when dealing with issues involving children.Leaving Atlanta, delves into different levels of coming of age in a time of racial inequality, parental disciplinaary actions, class disctinctions and the reality that children are being taken by some unknown person or persons.My first impression was that it was an okay read, however, as the book progressed, I began to read with the eyes and minds of the children and by the end of the book it had become a beautifully written work for me.
I m a huge fan of Tayari Jones and have had her debut novel on my TBR ever since reading Silver Sparrow So glad I finally placed the library order Set against the real life backdrop of the terrifying murders of black children in Atlanta in 1979, jones provides the children s viewpoints, living in fear not just of the murders but of all the unknowns and scary things that come along with 5th grade, puberty, and living as a black youth in Atlanta Surprisingly, I felt sadness and longing than terror and fear in this book It s told in the brilliant voice I expect of Jones I say again that she should be required reading.
While I waited for her newest book from the library, I took her two previous ones out and just finished Leaving Atlanta which I loved the author has a beautiful way or writing that brings you right into the story and keeps you interested throughout I just started her next one The Untelling and I m enjoying it very much and can see how her writing became even better I can t wait to read An American Marriage
This is a book that will stay with me for a while It s shattering, both due to the heavy subject matter and the perspective, so there s no way to respond objectively to the story I chose this book both for its familiarity I lived in Atlanta for four years and for the challenge my white suburban upbringing differed drastically from the childhoods of the main characters.Tayari Jones has crafted a story that is both easily accessible and starkly honest, which she does brilliantly by inhabiting the mind of a child three, actually The children in her story experience the joy of new clothes, the comfort of maternal embraces, the thrill of rule breaking, peer pressure, the devastation of bullying, and the shame of being different These are experiences that all people can relate to, even those whose socioeconomic context was very different from children in 1980 Southside Atlanta Even inviting is the way that Jones writes the sensory experience of childhood the smells, textures, temperatures, sights, sounds, and other physical sensations of everyday life are described in vivid detail, drawing the reader into the setting until it feels surprisingly familiar.Woven into this world, however, are the truths that are likely less familiar and less comfortable for white readers like myself the pervasive and justified distrust of white people, especially authority figures The depressed economic circumstances that cause characters to sort themselves into social strata based on tiny differences on which side of the same street they live, how clean their clothes are, who can be trusted at the corner store or skating rink The explosive trend of absent fathers Interestingly, each of the children in this story has a father who is involved in their lives in some way to varying degrees , but consequences of this trend affect them deeply, adding strain and complexity to their parental relationships that those outside their community could not possibly understand Lest the reader imagine these circumstances are exaggerated, Jones wisely has her adult characters provide historical context by telling tales of their own childhoods, so it becomes clear how the prejudices of decades past continue to have repercussions on successive generations.The whole story is set against the backdrop of the Atlanta child murders of 1979 81, which I d actually never heard of before I googled them early in my read of the book, and was shocked to learn the true story what is known or suspected, anyway It seems obvious that the case gets less attention than even those with a lower body count because of the racial element the Wikipedia entry I read didn t even mention that the victims were predominantly or all black It was frankly horrifying, and imagining what the black families of Atlanta must have felt at the time is devastating and humbling In fact, being a parent myself is what really intensified the impact of this book for me I could relate to the fear the parents had for their children, but with the additional social pressures they faced, it seems that it must have been impossible to focus on raising their kids It s heartrending when the children in the book suffer the flaws of their parents, because the humanity of both child and parent seems to condemn and redeem them all at once.This is a gorgeous book and I absolutely recommend it.
Between 1979 and 1981, many black children in Atlanta, GA were killed Ms Jones explores how these murders affected the children of Atlanta The novel relates this terrifying time through the eyes of three children The first story is told in third person, the second in second person, and the last is told in first person All the stories are horrifying, although the second one about Rodney is especially troubling This novel is not just about the murders, but about the trials of growing up in the early 80 s, but especially growing up black Their parents remembered the Civil Rights movement and living in segregated society They were convinced that the murders were being committed by whites How could they protect their children Many decisions had to be made and those decisions affected the children.I thought the author portrayed the thought processes of 11 year olds pretty well their petty fights, the struggles to understand a frightening world and each other, while trying to cope with adults who appeared to be uncaring or angry or unloving.The book is definitely easy to read and almost seems like a YA book rather than a book for the adult reader.


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Unicorn Bark
When I first started making chocolate bark, I geared it more towards the holiday season. I would use typical ingredients: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and broken-up pieces of peppermint. Then I thought, "Why does chocolate bark have to be limited to Christmas?"
My Unicorn Chocolate Bark is delicious, colorful, and unique. I opted to add my famous fondant unicorn horns to really give it that magical boost. It's fun to serve to guests as they bite into a huge piece of chocolate, filled to the brim with an assortment of sprinkles. This bark is worthy of any unicorn (because they totally exist, right?).
Unicorn Bark
- 4 oz ready-made white fondant
- 2 oz ready-made red fondant
- Cornstarch for rolling
- 2 cups white candy melts
- 1 cup purple candy melts
- 3 tsp coconut oil divided
- 1 cup sprinkles of your choice
Start by lining a cookie sheet with wax paper. Cover your fingers in cornstarch, as well as your clean working surface (this will avoid any sticky messes). Fold both fondant colors and knead together, creating a pink-marbled look and roll 12-15 fondant spheres, about ¼ of an inch in diameter.
Roll each sphere into a long strip, about 1 inch in length.
Slightly fold over your strip and start twisting. Once you reach the end of the twist, pinch the tip. This will act as your unicorn horn. Gently place your fondant creations on your lined baking sheet.
Line a rectangular pan with wax paper. Add white chocolate and 2 tsp of your coconut oil in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in thirty-second intervals until completely melted. Mix and pour into your lined pan.
Next, add purple candy and 1 tsp coconut oil into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in thirty-second intervals until completely melted and pour over your melted white chocolate. Use a fork to blend the white chocolate and the purple candy to create a marbled look.
Top your bark with sprinkles and your fondant horns. Let set in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes and break off into pieces. Enjoy!


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|Analysis on Landlords' Risks in Housing Finance Market Utilizing Finance Big Data
Analysis on Landlords' Risks in Housing Finance Market Utilizing Finance Big Data
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Park Chungyu Managing Director
Hwang Kwan Suk Assistant Research Fellow
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1) Recently, substantial increase in household debt fueled by residential mortgage loan has led to the interest in managing soundness of housing finance market.
- While the LTV (Loan To Value) and DTI (Debt to Income) are widely used as soundness indicators for housing finance market, the CLTV (Comprehensive Loan to Value) including security deposit, should be examined, considering the characteristics of Chonsei and monthly rent market
- Production of CLTV as well as LTV and DTI can be made through integrating big data between personal credit information of KCB (Korea Credit Bureau) and housing sales prices of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
2) The result from analysis on landlords' repayment risk by integrating personal credit information from KCB (Korea Credit Bureau) and housing sales price information from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport shows;
- Among residential mortgage holders, the proportion of high-risk landlords with more than 70% of LTV is 13.2 % for Chonsei and 21.1% for monthly rents, whereas the proportion of high-risk landlords with more than 70% of CLTV is 50.3% for Chonsei and 77.5% for monthly rents.
- Considering the fact that among landlords, the proportion of residential mortgage holders is 21.9% for Chonsei and 35% for monthly rents, it appears that the proportion of landlords with more than 70% of CLTV is 17% for Chonsei and 17.6% for monthly rents.
- Mortgage holders with more than 70% in both LTV and CLTV have a higher delinquency rate than mortgage holders with less than 70%. Particularly the delinquency rate of mortgage holders with more than 70% of CLTV is 3.6% for Chonsei and 1.6% for monthly rents, which is pretty high.
- The delinquency rate of mortgage loan of landlords is at decreasing trend due to the recent low level of interest rates, and it has slight discrepancy according to characteristics such as housing type, housing price, ages and income level.
Policy Implications
1) Need to conduct a variety of analysis by utilizing big data of housing and finance such as personal credit information and real time housing sales prices for political use
2) Need to manage risk of housing finance, considering that portion of high-risk mortgage holders with more than 70% of CLTV is relatively high while the proportion of high-risk mortgage holders with more than 70% of LTV is low
3) Need to implement measures to transit some portion of Chonsei deposit to monthly rent if the proportion of security deposit is comparatively high than an optimal level
4) Need to encourage leaseholders to get deposit return, lessening the risk on Kkangtong Chonsei, in which leasing price is higher than 70% of housing price
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Native American Tour
Explore woodland cultures and gather around a fire in our authentic wigwam. Compare history of people of the Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Desert Southwest. Learn how environment influenced life.
Tour Information at a Glance
Price: $5 per students
Grades Available:
PreK-1(Pint Sized Pow Wow)
2-5 (Native American Tour)
6-8 (Journey Through Time & Space)
Time: About 60 min
Tour Summary: The main focus is Woodland cultures of this geographic area. As part of the learning expedition, students get a taste of Native American life by gathering for instruction inside our authentic wigwam. Information about prehistoric people, the Mound Builders, and the mounds at Beattie Park can be included.
Don't Miss Teacher Tip: Don't miss a chance to look at the Herb Page collection! Here you can see different artifacts all found on the same land that was inhabited by different types of humans since the ice age!
Enrich Your Field Trip
with a workshop experience!
The Native American Tour pairs well with a hands on experience that includes learning to make pottery using traditional tools.
This cultural workshop provides opportunities for students to utilize the C3 Framework for Social Studies, and NGSS Science and Engineering Practices.
Learn more here!
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Come out and play! In these final weeks of spring, many of us are excited about summer break and summer vacation. We associate summer with "easy living" and even the most hermit-like characters may crawl out of their shells for a bit of sunshine and family gatherings. Summer is associated with the Fire element, and its energy is passionate, enthusiastic, illuminating and joyful. Summer begins on the longest day of the year, giving us more time to enjoy life and each other. Amidst your activity, make sure to take time for rest in the shade – too much sun (and fiery energy) can burn you out. If we use this time to recharge our minds, bodies and creativity, we will retain amazing reserves of vitality and warmth to carry us through the fall and winter.
Astrology is like a map of your personal wiring and energy. It also reminds you of your deepest desires and intentions for growth. It's an amazing tool to bring about awareness, raise consciousness and increase empathy and compassion. Check your natal chart out at www.astro.com.
The Moon takes about 28 days to complete her orbit through the twelve signs, spending approximately two and one-half days in each sign. When we say the Moon is void-of-course, it means the Moon makes no more major aspects to other planets until it leaves the sign it's in. We sometimes say the Moon is floating between signs during these times, and it creates a sense of timelessness. You can embrace these events by slowing down and tuning into your inner guidance. It's not the best time to start new things, but it's a perfect opportunity to make room for what's to come. If you want to know more, check out www.moontracks.com.
Friday, June 1
Mercury/Mars trine makes it easy for words to fly in your head and out of your mouth. While the trine is generally a harmonious aspect, it also reflects flow without much effort on our part. It's easy for our thoughts to become sharp, angry and anxious. Sometimes we need to stop the flow. Use this energy to reframe your self-talk and offer yourself kindness. Capricorn Moon VoC begins 10:37 p.m. until tomorrow.
Saturday, June 2
Venus/Neptune trine brings personal and unconditional love together in a beautiful vision of cooperation, inspiration, and emotional connection. Venus in Cancer needs to feel she belongs and Neptune in Pisces reminds us we always belong; we are always a part of Everything. Capricorn Moon VoC ends 5:06 p.m. when the Moon enters Aquarius.
Sunday, June 3
Moon/Mars come together today in the sign of Aquarius, fueling both our emotional reactions with unconventionality and the need to have it our way. The Mars in us is ready for a fight, and the Moon is very self-protective. What is the healthiest way you can be your own champion, meet your own needs and do it all with objectivity?
Monday, June 4
There are no exact aspects today, but Sun and Mercury are getting close! With our sense of purpose (Sun) and ability to reason and communicate (Mercury) infused with Gemini, check-in with the story you are creating and sharing with your life. Elvis Costello's song "Every Day I Write the Book" is a good reminder that we are always creating our story as we go. Aquarius Moon VoC begins 12:10 a.m. until tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 5
Mercury/Sun conjunction is exact today. Be open to new ideas and perspectives about who you believe you are and who you want to be. Illuminating information is just waiting to be discovered. Aquarius Moon VoC ends 5:53 a.m. when the Moon enters Pisces.
Wednesday, June 6
Pisces Moon is contacting many planets today, so just allow yourself to feel without too much attachment to any of it. The Moon is waning – a wonderful time to surrender anything that no longer serves you, making room for what truly makes you feel good.
Thursday, June 7
Have you been putting up with too much or staying too long with something? Moon cozies up with asteroid goddess Astraea today. Astraea was the last of the immortals to withdraw from Earth. She wants things to come together but can stick around too long in the same place when it's time to move on. Pisces Moon VoC begins 1:35 a.m. until 4:25 p.m. when the Moon enters Aries.
Friday, June 8
Aries Moon wants freedom and independence and Saturn in Capricorn expects conformity with standards and responsibility. This Moon/Saturn square is a struggle with authority. If you feel your inner teenager at odds with every parental representation around, remember the tension is really coming from within. It might be time to renegotiate the contract you've been keeping with yourself.
Saturday, June 9
Outside influences might feel constricting today with Moon/Pluto and Moon/Venus squares. What do you really need? In what ways are you ready to transform into a new version of yourself? Are you willing to get outside your comfort zone? Aries Moon VoC begins 2:36 p.m. until 11:03 p.m. when the Moon enters Taurus.
Sunday, June 10
Taurus Moon is always an invitation to appreciate and indulge in earthly pleasures. I hope you take this time every month to feel yourself in your body, receive love and beauty and be filled with gratitude for our planet and all
our blessings.
Monday, June 11
Emotional flow and depth are very accessible today with Moon/Pluto trine. Even your deepest attachments, obsessions, and desires can rise to the surface to be loved and nurtured. Taurus Moon VoC begins 10:28 p.m. until tomorrow.
Tuesday, June 12
Mercury enters Cancer this afternoon, invoking nostalgic memories and desire to communicate from the heart. If you have any inclination toward emotional expression, this is a fantastic time to translate your feelings into writing, speaking or singing. Taurus Moon VoC ends at 1:52 a.m. when the Moon enters Gemini.
Wednesday, June 13
New Moon in Gemini is at the exact time the Moon goes void-of-course, giving us time to float around with the new intentions we set until tomorrow. Is there something you are ready to learn? Perhaps you are ready for a whole new mindset? How you use your mind literally shapes your life. At this powerful time, what will you wish to think into existence? Gemini Moon VoC begins 2:43 p.m. until tomorrow.
Thursday, June 14
Late yesterday afternoon Venus entered Leo, heightening our desire to be seen, appreciated and adored. Venus reflects how we love, our relationships, essential needs, and capacity to receive. Leo can be a drama queen, but at the heart just wants to be loved. You might find dressing up and adding an element of play to your relationships will bring some welcome spice. Gemini Moon VoC ends at 2:19 a.m. when the Moon enters Cancer.
Friday, June 15
Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter are still retrograde. Collectively and personally we're still faced with redefining, re-visioning and reclaiming our truth and beliefs (Jupiter), authority and respect (Saturn) and power (Pluto). If we all spend some time doing our inner work, our outer world will progress beyond our imagination. Cancer Moon VoC begins 11:18 a.m. until tomorrow.
Saturday, June 16
Today is charged with radical fun if you want it! Leo Moon conjunct Venus in Leo wants to love, play, dance, and create. Moon/Uranus square brings some instability, but also inspiration to cut loose and express with less attachment to the audience. Cancer Moon VoC ends 2:20 a.m. when the Moon enters Leo.
Sunday, June 17
Leo Moon loves a day without interfering aspects. Use this creative energy to step onto the stage of life in the way that makes you happiest; the way that makes your heart leap with joy. Don't let anyone, including you, discourage you from showing up and taking your rightful place in the world! Leo Moon VoC begins 10:25 p.m. until tomorrow.
Monday, June 18
Neptune joins the retrograde party this evening. We have five months to re-examine our relationship with faith, hope, grace, dreams, vision and unconditional love. Retrograde periods are an opportunity to discover something we left behind and integrate it going forward. Neptune wants to dissolve false illusions and reveal more Truth. Leo Moon VoC ends at 3:40 a.m. when the Moon enters Virgo.
Tuesday, June 19
Today's theme is integration. Virgo Moon opposing Neptune in Pisces can feel like a tug-of-war between Heaven and Earth, or between reality and dreams. You can have it all, but it may not be as you imagine. If you focus on what you want but leave room for the details to fill themselves in, everything magically falls into place.
Wednesday, June 20
Do you find a balance between your goal-driven, linear rational self (Sun) and your reflective, abstract emotional self (Moon)? The Moon/Sun square reveals personal turmoil. If you find you're at odds with what you think and how you're feeling, give yourself room to come together and come undone at the same time. Everything, especially about you, doesn't have to make sense. Virgo Moon VoC begins 5:51 a.m. until 7:29 a.m. when the Moon enters Libra.
Thursday, June 21
Happy Summer Solstice! We enter Cancer's domain which can be quite crabby at times as this sign is feeling-in-motion, and feelings change like the tides. Do you feel me? Cancer as an archetype initiates the exploration of the psychological world of emotion. When emotionally self-sufficient and secure, Cancer is tremendously nurturing, caring and healing. Cancer season is a beautiful time to connect with family, enjoy home and practice self-care. Libra Moon VoC begins 8:34 p.m. until tomorrow.
Friday, June 22
Be careful late afternoon, especially if you're commuting. Moon/Uranus opposition can manifest as the unexpected from out of nowhere. This is also true emotionally, so stay with yourself and pay attention to avoid unnecessary collisions and confrontations. Don't let something or someone from out of left field pull you off your center. Libra Moon VoC ends at 2:10 p.m. when the Moon enters Scorpio.
Saturday, June 23
Moon/Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio intensifies feelings and can trigger us to blow things out of proportion. Jupiter wants to expand our consciousness, and sometimes we need to see how we exaggerate things to bring them back down to size.
Sunday, June 24
If you've been feeling the need to communicate your feelings, the Moon/Mercury trine in water signs will help you flow. Even if you don't initially feel the pull, try journaling or striking up a deep conversation and see if some mini self-therapy nurtures your soul. Scorpio Moon VoC begins 8:59 a.m. until 11:29 p.m. when the Moon enters Sagittarius.
Monday, June 25
Sagittarian Moon today brings levity and optimism and a call to venture into the unknown. Venus/Jupiter square will reveal ways we can open our minds in relating to others, allowing more room for growth and greater purpose in our most intimate partnerships.
Tuesday, June 26
Mars, the planet of initiation, desire, energy and drive turns retrograde for two months. Time to reassess how we've been asserting ourselves in life. Do you know what you want? Have you been acting on your own behalf? Use this time to tune-in to what makes you feel alive. Our Mars-self needs a purpose – something to strive toward. Too much Martian energy can be aggressive and combative. Repressing Mars leaves us feeling weak and tired. Over the next two months, explore what really turns you on and the higher purpose it can serve. Sagittarius Moon VoC begins 7:53 a.m. until tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 27
Sun/Saturn opposition and Moon/Saturn conjunction remind us we are responsible for ourselves – for what we think, say and do. Just minutes before midnight, the Capricorn Full Moon will be at its peak illumination. What do Capricorn and Saturn offer us? Mastery, satisfaction and success! Reflect upon all that you've accomplished, recognizing your efforts. And if you're not where you want to be, accept yourself with kindness and have the endurance to keep going. We quickly translate difficult Saturnian energy as failure but remove the judgment and it is simply life experience. Sagittarius Moon VoC ends at 10:52 a.m. when the Moon enters Capricorn.
Thursday, June 28
Moon/Jupiter and Moon/Neptune sextiles bring us waves of happiness, emotionally and in our bodies. Take this opportunity to meditate or do something that makes you feel peaceful and relaxed. Receive the flow of infinite Spirit of which you are a vital, eternal part.
Friday, June 29
Today begins with a punch, long before the Sun rises. Moon/Pluto conjunction has the potential to take us down but down is not a "bad" thing. If you want to get more real with yourself and the ways you try to control life, today is your friend. You don't have to serve that same old master. Mercury moved into Leo today, setting our minds ablaze with creative ideas. We may all feel a renewed impulse to share more of ourselves, even with some pomp and circumstance. When the storyteller and performer come together, it's fun to embrace ourselves as a living myth. Capricorn Moon VoC begins 3:57 a.m. until 11:36 p.m. when the Moon enters Aquarius.
Saturday, June 30
Creativity is in the air and crackling with potential. Mercury/Uranus square, if approached with open-mindedness and willingness to be flexible channels brilliant innovative thinking. With Mercury in Leo, imagine what it means to have a heart-centered, passionate, liberated mind. Aquarian Moon helps us detach from over-personalization and inflated self-importance, so we can focus on radiating our light in ways that fulfill our desires and contribute to society.
Tara Aal is a practicing astrologer, writer and teacher. She studied Evolutionary Astrology with Laura Nalbandian and is a certified Soulsign Astrologer through Adam Gainsburg. Visit www.TaraAal.com.


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Some people use the start of a new year as inspiration for change. It's a time to get off the couch, break bad habits and start over fresh. It's all super positive and motivating, really.
Yeah, we don't do that here. At Speakeasy, the beginning of a new year marks the birth of new obsessions. That movie that's been getting serious buzz since last summer? Time to spend hours pouring over its IMDB page. The TV show that's already won like 12 Emmys and is about to have its best season ever? Should have started watching that yesterday. It's time to say goodbye to our former pop culture flames (sorry, "Dance Moms") and begin anew.
So while everyone else is swearing off all-nighters or hitting up Ping, we'll be munching on popcorn, wondering how Netflix hasn't cut us off yet. If you'd like to join us, never fear. Read on for our picks of 2013's most obsession-worthy movies, TV shows and games.
"Game of Thrones" season three | Carina Belles
Full disclosure: I used to be a "Game of Thrones" hater. Bunch of boring old dudes fighting over who gets to rule their old, boring kingdom? Thanks, but no. Winter is coming, blah blah blah. There's only so much borderline sexist fantasy I can stomach before I retreat back into my "Harry Potter" cupboard forever.
Then I actually watched it. Oh my god. I didn't want to like it, because how else am I supposed to make fun of my mouth-breathing geek friends? But I fell in love (mostly with Jon Snow, but that's another story). I love the scenery, I love the politics, I love Peter Dinklage, I kind of even love the twincest, but mostly, I love the kickass, amazing ladies of Westeros.
Like, aside from my boyfriend J-Snow and my life hero Peter Dinklage, I don't really care what happens to most of the characters. (Especially you, Joffrey). They know what they're getting in to. You win or you die. But if any harm ever comes to Daenerys, Arya, my beloved Sansa or Cersei (okay, maybe not Cersei), it is ON. I am so invested in this show, I feel like Ben Wyatt. Also, wolves! Lots of cute wolves.
Season three premieres March 31, and I could not be more excited. An army of White Walkers is on the move, Joffrey is marrying Anne Boelyn, Theon's gonna ruin some more stuff, and Daenerys is probably going to take over the world. So, yeah, watch "Game of Thrones." It's totally worth the HBO subscription.
"Iron Man 3" | Ross Dickerhoof
So, yeah, "Iron Man 2" was pretty disappointing. So disappointing, in fact, that while I was watching it, I was drumming my fingers on the couch, checking my watch and thinking "For Christ's sake, guys, just hurry up and get 'The Avengers' out already!" I didn't really have any desire to see any further entries in the franchise (yet my Robert Downey Jr. mancrush survived). Then I saw the trailer for "Iron Man 3."
Oh. My. God.
Tony Stark going through depression and self-loathing? A new, possibly evil Iron Man? Ben freaking Kingsley as The Mandarin? Stark's house exploding and falling off a cliff into the ocean? How can this not be The Best Thing Ever?
And what's that, you say? Shane Black, who wrote "Lethal Weapon" and directed "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" (which is amazing, by the way), is directing? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
I'm definitely hoping for the best on this one. It looks like a great game-changer for the franchise, a fresh perspective on the character and universe and not just an extended trailer for the next "Avengers" movie like "Iron Man 2" was. Black specifically said he wants to direct it like a "Tom Clancy thriller" and take on more real-world issues. Just don't let me down, Shane. I've been hurt too many times before by crappy superhero threequels. I'm looking at you, "Spider-Man 3" and "X-Men 3."
"The Elder Scrolls" Online | Isaac Noland
A dark elf sprints through marshy wilderness, dodging avian aggressors between 20 foot tall mushrooms. Behind classic medieval walls, a lizard-man stalks his mark. In the high peaks of windswept mountains, a Nordic warrior with a greatsword dodges dragon's fire.
All of the above scenarios are familiar to anyone who has played the most recent entries of "The Elder Scrolls" video game series. "Morrowind," "Oblivion" and "Skyrim" brought the series to the forefront of single player role-playing game franchises. In 2o13, the series will make a modern foray into massively multiplayer online gameplay.
"The Elder Scrolls" Online faces the daunting task of pleasing a large, rabid fanbase all too ready to pounce on any misstep. The common fear is that "TESO" will simply be "World of Warcraft" with an "Elder Scrolls" skin. Luckily, reports on alpha builds of the game have expressed excitement at how engaging the combat system is, a common bane of many MMOs. In this developer introduction for the game, the aesthetics of each recent entry are alive and well in their respective parts of the huge continent of Tamriel.
Graphical changes are inevitable when approaching a massive online world. For the "TESO," this means slightly less realistic models. The detail has been traded for the insane ability to have about 200 players on screen at once. Another exciting feature is the idea of a "mega server." Unlike most other MMOs where a player has to find his friends and group mates in a list of servers, everyone is hosted in this one "mega server."
The aforementioned aspects of the game addressed my biggest fears for the new entry, and now I am left only with extreme excitement for 2013. It would be enough to just make "The Elder Scrolls Online" a "good" or serviceable game, but many features appear to be renovations for the entire genre, and that bodes well for fans of any multiplayer experience.
"Grand Theft Auto V" | Blake Tan
There isn't anything more fun than driving around a lush, detailed, fully-realized video game environment in a snazzy convertible you just car-jacked from beneath the noses of some donut-munching police officers. Traffic laws mean absolutely nothing as you zoom past other vehicles, flouting everything your driver's ed classes taught you. That is, until you smash into a tree rooted by the Almighty himself and you go flying out your windshield into a pedestrian walking his dog. Being the vile, mean-spirited criminal you are, you stand up, brush yourself off and kick him for softening your otherwise deadly gymnastics – and kick his dog too!
Rockstar's next installment in their "Grand Theft Auto" series looks as promising as when they first previewed "Grand Theft Auto IV" more than four years ago. It's almost impossible to believe that this is even the same generation of consoles that "GTA IV" launched for – the visuals for "GTA V" look absolutely breathtaking. And Rockstar North is pushing the open-world crime game genre forward, in their signature Rockstar fashion, by telling a narrative that feels as detailed and interesting as anything the scribes for "Breaking Bad" can come up with.
Throw in some multiplayer so you can wreak havoc in the fictional city of Los Santos with your friends online, mix in some compelling characters to drive the single-player story forward, and you don't have to be the mastermind behind a criminal empire to realize that Rockstar is making a play for game of the year as early as spring.
"The Great Gatsby" | Holly Coletta
I've been waiting for a big-screen adaptation of "The Great Gatsby"* basically forever (a.k.a. AP English), so I was heartbroken and a half when Baz Lurhmann's version was pushed back until May 2013. Though the delay makes me a little nervous, I'm convinced I'll love it either way, because everything about F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is glam and fab and awesome (see also: Carey beautiful human Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan).
Lurhmann has sort of a polarizing filmmaking style (because apparently not everyone was a fan of "Moulin Rouge!"…?), but the trailer affirms my excitement. It looks like the perfect juxtaposition of '20s swank (glitzy flapper dresses, slick cars, fancy dranks, Leo DiCaprio looking like a boss) and modern day swag (Jay-Z is scoring the film. This is not a joke). I'm still harboring a little "meh" grudge against Tobey McGuire (who plays narrator Nick**) for "Spider-Man 3," but my F. Scott fangirl status can temporarily forgive even the darkest of geek world sins.
So what am I most excited for in 2013? Um, the party at Gatsby's. Duh.
*Disclaimer: This is not the first time "The Great Gatsby" has been adapted. There was a silent film made in the '20s, another film in the '40s, a very pretty, very period piece-y 1974 version with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow and also a made-for-TV movie in 2000 that starred Paul Rudd (!) as Nick.
**Can we all just take a moment to think about how much better it would be to have Paul Rudd be Nick?
What's your 2013 obsession? Do you agree with our picks? Leave us a comment and let us know, or tweet us at @SpeakeasyENT! Also, let us know if you hated "Spider-Man 3" as much as we all did. Because that still hurts.


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PARASITE & PARASITEwith RipperSeries: Botcon Exclusives
Allegiance: WaruderCategories: Deluxe Function: War RidersYear: 2015 All is for the Hive!
There are four main types of marauder drones used by the Waruder hive consisting of the onyx and purple Parasite drones with their Ripper pilots, the yellow and burnt orange Mudfighter drones with their Thrasher pilots, the crimson and pewter Storm Rider drones with their Crusher pilots, and the white and purple Paralyzer drones with their Buzzer pilots. While each drone has their own specialties, their overall mission is the same - swarm, devour, and carry digested metals back to feed the rest of the aplary.
The larger drones are more or less simple techno-organic host shells that the smaller insects control as protective exo-armor. The shells are able to convert between insect and robot mode to suit the task required. The venom from the shell's stinger attacks both organic and technology based biological systems alike, numbing neural pathways and seizing motor control. The pilots themselves can convert into miniature versions of the shells' modes and, if desperate, they can also change into a third, ranged weapon mode that the larger shell can operate. However, this hand-held mode risks the pilots becoming detached from the larger insects, and rendering the shells largely useless as they have no intelligence or instinct of their own.Prelude: When it comes to repaints in Transformers, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Black Repaint. Often coming with the �Nemesis� prefix. In most cases it applies to Optimus Prime figures, but there are quite a few other black repaints, too. And when you have a Botcon set like the Waruders, which consists of four different repaints of the same figure, it was basically a given that a black repaint would be included. So here comes Parasite, the Black Waspinator Repaint.
Remarks: Parasite is part of the Waruders set from Botcon 2015 and a repaint of Generations Waspinator. Since I�ve already reviewed Waspinator, as well as fellow Waruders Storm Rider and Mudfighter, just a few short words on the differences.
Parasite comes in the classic Black Repaint colors, meaning black (naturally), purple, and red. He also has some gold highlights, which go nicely with the rest of the colors. And... yeah, that�s pretty much all that�s new about this figure. Just like the rest he comes with a Minicon companion that is also a repaint of a Waspinator toy, the Thrilling 30 Waspinator, named after the Dreadnok Ripper from GI Joe. Ripper is a blue repaint, not a black one (the black one was Trasher, who came with Mudfighter), but still looks good.
So bottom line, I really like the Waspinator mold and I like the Waruders. And while my favorite version remains Storm Rider, Parasite looks pretty good, too.
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Projects, Progress Invoicing, Job Costing Course
QuickBooks Online's Projects Center has new tools for construction and project management bookkeeping, including Estimates, Progress Invoicing, and Job Costing.
Course Description:
When you work in the trades, QuickBooks® can be daunting. In this class specific to construction and project-based jobs, we'll cover Estimates, Progress Invoicing, Change orders, taking Deposits, receiving partial Payments, billing for time and materials, and Job Costing.
QuickBooks Online's new Projects Center has the tools you need for construction and other project management bookkeeping. QBO helps with cost accounting, including time & materials contracts, and percentage of completion, and at-a-glance profitability reports.
Instructional Level
Course Length
Course Credits
- Our "QBO® Fundamentals" course, or
- Prior experience with QuickBooks® Online.
Who should take this class?
Businesses who work in the field
Businesses that write estimates or bid on jobs, take deposits for work to be performed, take partial payments as work is completed, and want to determine which services and customers make the most profit
Bookkeepers and Accountants who wish to brush up on their skills
What You'll Learn
- Projects Center
- Creating estimates
- How to track change orders
- Progress invoicing
- Taking deposits
- Managing partial payments
- Issuing customer statements
- Making time and materials expenses billable to customers
- Hourly cost rates and Timesheets
- Creating Journal Entries for payroll and expense job costing (and class costing)
- Creating $0 Paychecks for Owner's time
- Running job costing reports
Here is the course outline:
1. Download the Handout
Download the handout that goes with the course.
1 section
Download the handout here
2. Watch the Videos: Projects, Progress Invoicing, Job Costing
In this class specific to construction and other project-related businesses, we'll cover Projects, Estimates, Progress Invoicing, Change Orders, taking Deposits, receiving partial Payments, and Job Costing.
7 sections
Setting up QBO for Job Costing
Exploring the Project Center
Estimates, Progress Invoicing, and Receiving Payments
Customer Deposits
Job Costing Your Labor and Expenses
Journal Entries, Classes, and Reports
3. Take the Quiz
Take this quiz to demonstrate your mastery of the material. Pass the quiz with an 80% or higher to complete the Course, earn your Certificate, and win points!
1 section
Projects and Job Costing Quiz
Completion requirement
The following certificates are awarded when the course is completed:
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The issuer assigns a reason code to each chargeback to help the merchant understand why the transaction was disputed. The chargeback reason code also regulates things like the timeline and the documents (or compelling evidence) that must accompany a response.
Also referred to as dispute condition. (Mastercard and Visa often use different terms to express the same concept. Mastercard uses the term "chargeback reason code", but Visa uses "dispute conditions" instead.)


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You Can Now Download Your Instagram Data
Few days back, it was reported that Instagram is working on a tool to allow users download their account information before they leave. Now, the company has officially rolled out the tool.
It lets users export all of their photos, videos, archived Stories, profile, info, comments, and non-ephemeral messages. Total time in exporting the data depends on the amount of photos or videos you shared on Instagram. The company says that it may take 'up to 48 hours.' You will reaching link to download data to the provided email address.
For now, you can use this link to download your data. The company is also rolling out the option for Android and iOS apps that should be available soon.
Instagram decided to add this tool after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has also its contribution in convincing Instagram for this option.
WhatsApp has also announced to rollout a data download tool as a part of its GDPR compliance. Uses will be able to export their data including profile photo and group names but not photos. It has also increases the minimum age to use its app from 13 to 16 in Europe.
You can already download the data from Facebook.


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SEVILLE - Jese Rodriguez wore the expression of a fatigued flamenco dancer in bad shoes when he scurried to the bench after 74 minutes. The Real Betis attacker fluffed a number of inviting opportunities in Saturday's match, and risked two quickfire yellows for dissent late in the first half.
His composure was razed by the roar of the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. He was rattled, and his decision-making was awry as a result. Seville-based Estadio Deportivo gave him a 1/10 rating in the following day's sports pages.
Jese's experiences in El Clasico and France's Classique weren't enough to prepare him for his Gran Derbi initiation.
For football tourists, the Sevilla-Betis rivalry is increasingly considered Spain's best derby and therefore a better alternative to the heavily marketed bouts between Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Before the crescendo of El Gran Derbi, the city tosses and turns. This past weekend was particularly restless, given the match was preceded by Seville's elaborate processions and ceremonies in the lead-up to Easter.
"It's the biggest derby because, here in Seville, the majority of people - I'm going to say 99 percent - support Betis or Sevilla," ElDesmarque journalist Ignacio Caceres Dastis told theScore. "It's not normal, that in Spain."
"For example, if you go to Valencia, people support Valencia, but not a lot of people support the other team of the city, which is Levante," he added. "If you go to Barcelona, everyone supports Barcelona - like, 10 percent of the population supports Espanyol.
"The only thing similar (to El Gran Derbi) probably can happen in Madrid between Real Madrid and Atletico, but the rivalry is not the same because the (true) rivalry of Real Madrid is Barcelona."
Caceres' claim is corroborated by the fact that 15 percent of Seville's population has season tickets for either club: 50,000 at Betis and 37,000 at Sevilla. When the stadiums are full, as they often are, that represents over 18 percent of the population. Few cities can come close to Seville's appetite for football.
For Sevilla, the first official dress rehearsal for this season's second edition of El Gran Derbi was Friday's open training session. The ultras were animated 15 minutes before the players took to the Sanchez Pizjuan pitch. When the squad trotted out of the dressing rooms for a half-baked practice - they loitered around the center circle for a rondo, did some crossing drills, and then participated in a brief short-field match - the crowd lapped it up. Songs followed the typically Spanish one-two-three tempo or borrowed from old pop ditties - like the Pet Shop Boys' "Go West" - and reverberated around the stadium.
There were around 15,000 in attendance for the short practice session. Only 3,000 more people would watch Espanyol take on CD Alaves in Barcelona a day later.
This is still a rivalry, but trouble is rare.
For the first-ever meeting of Betis and Sevilla's women's teams at the former's Estadio Benito Villamarin, 24,000 showed up. Tickets were priced at €1 and €3, with all proceeds going toward the fight against ALS.
One of Saturday's attendees was Rafael Gutierrez, who sat in the sun donning the green and white of Betis with his son and daughter on either side of him. Though his son, too young to object, wore a Sevilla scarf.
"I love Betis and I don't like Sevilla, but it's not hate," Gutierrez said at halftime, revealing that his wife is Sevillista.
Like many young fans of the city's teams, Gutierrez's little boy is already a paid-up member of Betis' supporters club. But he wore red for his visit to the Benito Villamarin.
There were no curious glances cast at Gutierrez's family. Throughout the stadium were clashing colors. Families and friends pull for different teams, but they aren't necessarily divided by their loyalties.
Guillermo Jimenez Ballester is the seventh president of Pena Sevillista Al Relente, the most renowned Sevilla supporters club. The bar has been running for 61 years. It is entwined in the local community, organizing visits to the children's hospital with the Sevilla team and hosting players at festivals.
Former Sevilla wing-back Antonio Puerta was a member of the collective until 2007 when he died of heart complications at just 22 years old. The Puerta family still live over the road from the establishment, and Jimenez knew the late footballer since he was little. The bar has several shrines to Puerta.
Jimenez speaks with incredible affection about Sevilla and dedicates countless hours to preserving a "pena" (fan club) that effectively doubles up as a museum. Sevilla is his life, so you would expect Los Rojiblancos to be a theme in every single aspect of his being.
But his wife and daughter are Betis fans. Jimenez would even let Joaquin, the jovial Betis legend, stop by for a beer.
"Yes, of course, and he can tell us a couple of jokes as well," he told theScore through a translator. "He's a very good player, he's been on the national team. He's a nice guy but, today, that's a different story.
"What you have to try to make sure is the derbies are about the derby. It's about football, try to make it as amicable as possible. No fights, no nothing. There's always a little bit of teasing each other."
Jimenez is a warm person but will give short shrift to anyone ignoring the pena's rules.
"Everyone knows that they have to behave properly. We make it crystal clear to them that rowdy behavior is not accepted," he said. "In fact, this afternoon we had to kick out some people who were making a lot of noise and getting too rowdy. You've got to keep an eye on them, always."
People were socializing outside the pena. There was occasional singing above a buzz of anticipation for El Gran Derbi, which was just an hour away. A few streets away, the Betis fans' gauntlet walk to the stadium could be seen. The pena patrons whistled and jeered, but nothing more.
"The sun, the water, the people are different because we're more funny and relaxed," one of the Sevilla fans replied when trying to explain the differences between Andalusia and the rest of Spain.
Another visitor of the pena cited an altogether different climate as separating Andalusia from the rest of Spain: the economy. Out of the two clubs, Betis are arguably most conscious of the region's financial struggles.
"In Sevilla and Andalusia, we have a problem: we have 28 percent unemployment," Betis commercial director Julio Jimenez Heras said. "We are the most poor region in Spain."
To address this, Betis sell season tickets to children for just €79. The director's three kids have season tickets at the Benito Villamarin, and he takes great pride in seeing countless families at each home match.
"Everyone can come," he said, claiming the club's pricing for children is unprecedented in the rest of La Liga.
The high unemployment rate makes Andalusians' suggestion that they spend a lot more time outside than the rest of Spain easier to understand. While other Spaniards are folded behind desks at an office job or simply whittling away time indoors, Seville natives are meandering through Andalusia's famous orange blossom. The region has a reputation for partying in the streets, and there are a lot of annual traditions to be observed in Seville.
"You could go and watch a procession at the beginning of Holy Week," Joaquin said through a translator when theScore asked for recommendations of what to do in the city.
"You would have to wear a Betis T-shirt."
People crowd the streets for Seville's celebrations and times of remembrance. These dates are etched into every calendar. For Semana Santa de Sevilla's march nearby to Betis' ground last Friday, all generations mixed to watch an eerie yet stirring procession of people carrying candles through the streets with covered faces, belted robes, and capirote hoods. The teenagers didn't scowl or get drunk on cheap booze as they would in many other countries. They respected the religious procession like everybody else.
"People love traditions, in general," Caceres said. "People love Feria (de Abril, an annual festival) that's in two weeks, and people love football."
Football getting compared to religion seems cliched until you witness what precedes Andalusia's heated scuffle. This is a rivalry based around jokes, family, and tradition; supporters who say they hate the other team are in an extreme minority. El Gran Derbi is a distinctly Andalusian ritual, and for that reason, it is unlike any other in the world.


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Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault:
"The first thing we wanted to do obviously was shut down their best line. I thought, except for that last shift where Kopitar was able to read our defenseman, our guys did a pretty good job containing them and keeping them to the outside. They're such a strong line. From there it was about being patient and waiting for the right opportunity."
Vancouver goalie Andrew Raycroft:
"It was a nice, greasy road win. We'll take them all year. It was nice to win on the road. We did a good job killing penalties and keeping that top line off the score sheet. No time, no space."


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Bridging the Gap to the World – Rev. Jim VanderWeele
Bridging the Gap to the World is a featured part of Northlake's journey. In this time of reflection we will consider the path that has led this covenanted congregation to reach out to the world with an open heart and open mind, searching for love as we seek to build love in the hearts of those we meet. Lessons for Life from Rev. Jim VanderWeele


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Should We Do Away with the Department of Education?
August 27, 2018
The US Department of Education employees approximately 5000 people and has an approximate annual budget of $69 billion. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics there are 57 million elementary and secondary school age children in the United States, of which 8 million are either enrolled in private schools or homeschooled. That leaves 49 … More Should We Do Away with the Department of Education?


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Archive for March 31st, 2008
Apprentice Sweepstakes
The Apprentice
What? I was away when we did our annual office Sweepstake for this years Apprentice so I was pleased to find I hadn't got the first poor arrogant sod to get fired, Nicholas. Then this weekend several 'papers' rumour, Jenny Celerier, the straight talking one with the red fringe and glasses, is a bigamist! Oh my god! But wait, no she isn't, her American ex-husband supposedly married someone else in Vegas before their divorce came through, so Jenny's done no wrong. Just when I thought Big Love was coming back onto our screens.
James Martin was a suprise/quirky choice for guest on the Apprentice: You're Fired last week. Without Will from Sweet Baby James to boss around he's not very hostile though, I suppose they were thinking about the task, selling £600 worth of fish. Personally I would have gone for Rick Stein as the guest, to really hit the fish link home and also for an animated take on the Apprentice overall.
We're still waiting for..
Next set of Lost series 4 episodes – we're only a week behind the states though.
Heroes series 2
Big Love series 2
Arrested Development movie??


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Cha Ye Ryun Is a Sexy and Elegant Goddess for W Korea Magazine
Cha Ye Ryun, who is known to be a great antagonist character after her work in MBC's drama "Glamorous Temptation," showed off her chic charms for W Korea.
For this lipstick pictorial with beauty brand Lancome, she showed off her trademark elegance and beauty.
She wears red lipstick with a see through black dress in one photo, showing off her sexy side, while in another, she wears a light pink dress that exposes her shoulders and a purple lipstick, exuding a soft dreamlike ambience. She also wears a wine-colored lipstick for an elegant look.
Meanwhile, you can find the rest of her pictorial and her very own makeup tips in the December issue of W Korea magazine.
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The category is with the characters from the new nickelodeon serie Bella and the Buldogs.
It is time for a new category of games, a category in which you will have a lot of fun with us. The new category that we have to offer is created especially for you, just like all the others. We already told you but we will keep repeating it, that we create this category so that you can find all the games with your favourite characters more easily. We want to have a huge family of categories so that you can have fun with us, playing as many games as you can. We are always looking to offer you a new and beautiful online games in which you will have alot of fun with us.All the games that we have to offer are divided in special categories so you can find them more easily. The category is with the characters from the new nickelodeon serie Bella and the Buldogs. We are looking to offer you always the newest games and that includes the special categories in which they are placed. This time we have decided that we should offer you a category with the characters from the serie and in it to put all the existing online games that there are. Because it is a new movie we will offer you some detailes about the story and the characters and after that you are invited to play the games that it has to offer. The series follows cheerleader Bella Dawson whose life in Texas takes an unexpected twist when she is recruited to become the new quarterback for her school team, the Bulldogs, because of her talent and passion for football. At first, the rest of the team didn't want her as quarterback, but they eventually accept her when they go pass the fact that she is a girls and admires her for how good is she. Trading in her pom-poms for a pigskin was a total dream come true, but now Bella must find a balance between football and her cheerleading BFFs. Bella Dawson is a smart, confident and optimistic teenage girl with a great arm and a love for all things football and she also loves her friends very much. Troy was the Bulldogs' starting quarterback, until Bella joined the team and he was replaced elsewhere. Sure, he's got a big ego and he sometimes he pulls a prank or two on Bella and her friends, but it's not like he's threatened by her or anything, he does not feel upset because she took his place. Troy likes to play by his own rules and that is the only thing that he argues with Bella for, but deep down his heart, he cares about her. We are sure that you will love to play all the games that this new category has to offer especially for you, so join us and have a lot of fun!


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Trust us to take care of your pets when you can't!
At Barrett's Boarding we want your time away from your pets to be stress-free for you and fun for them, whether you're just working late or off on some exciting vacation! Your dog will enjoy some fun time at our house or, for pets that are more comfortable in their own homes, we'll drop in on them there.
Who We Are
We are a pet family. We know what it's like to leave your pet behind. Even if you don't want to, sometimes you have to. So how do you find someone you can trust who's going to take care of your pet like you would? That's why we started Barrett's Boarding and Pet Sitting. We want you to be able to enjoy your time away knowing that your pets will be well taken care of.
Amanda is a full-time pet sitter which means that she is home most of the day, except when she goes to take care of pets in their own homes. Brandon is a part-time pet sitter who gets to do his "day job" from home. That means he gets to visit with dogs who are boarding with us or who are at home with us for daycare. Barrett is the face of our business. He is the one who makes all of our clients feel welcome!
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Why choose Barrett's Boarding?
Why should you choose Barrett's Boarding and Pet Sitting to care for your pets? Between Brandon working his "day job" remotely from home and Amanda being a full-time pet sitter, dogs who board with us or join us for daycare are rarely left alone and our schedule for checking in on pets in their own homes is very flexible!
Of course we do our best to keep everyone happy and healthy but things can happen. We are fully insured and having Kennel Pro behind us means that we're always covered! In case of any medical issues or injuries, Brandon and I are both pet first aid and CPR certified.
We have a nice-sized yard surrounded by a six-foot privacy fence. It gives our visitors a great place to play in a supervised, controlled environment. There is lots of space for running or just laying in the sun. We have plenty of shade, a fan on the porch, and the dogs always have a big bowl of fresh water!
Why should you choose Barrett's Boarding and Pet Sitting? Because we're going to love your pets as much as you do.
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Young entrepreneurs: Kyle Raffo, Expand Digital
The 22 year-old set to turnover £1m this year with his web development and multimedia design business
Name: Kyle Raffo
Company: Expand Digital
Age: 22
Website: www.expanddigital.co.uk
Like many young entrepreneurs, Kyle Raffo's first taste of entrepreneurship was at school, where at age 13 he'd sell sweets and drinks to his peers. At 16, his A level studies were interrupted by a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to take one of 23 places at the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy.
The programme proved fruitful for Raffo, giving him valuable business experience, contacts and even the opportunity to work with Britain's Got Talent finalists and X Factor stars. It also served as a springboard for his nascent web development and multimedia design company Expand Digital – which had until then counted Mavis at the local Parish Council as its most valued customer.
Raffo initially started the company to improve the poor communication between designers and businesses, by creating a single destination for all their marketing and promotional requirements. In 2012, he decided to expand the business into printing and embroidery on t-shirts, uniforms, promotional material and merchandise.
Expand Digital now designs, manufactures and sells more than 12,500 variations of its product worldwide, deriving revenue from numerous sources including subscription website hosting, licensing software to clients and commission-based referrals.
Six years after launch, Expand Digital has celebrated its 10,000th customer, begun exporting to Europe and is expecting to turnover £1m in 2016. For the future, Raffo wants to cast his net wider and has already invested in three other start-ups including a functional fitness gym, a discount store and a charity fundraising website.
Always looking for the next opportunity, Raffo is keen to learn from the successes and failures of those around him – this is one entrepreneur that's sure to go far.


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The 21C's Cinq à sept concert yesterday turned out to be an extraordinary event. Let's see if I can say something coherent about the two personal highlights, the world premiere of Jordan Nobles' work titled π, and Carla Huhtanen and Marion Newman performing parts of Saariaho's Grammar of Dreams.
Commissioned by the RCM specifically for this festival, π was performed by an ensemble consisting of violin (Aysel Taghi-Zada), cello (Amahl Arulanandam), vibes (Dave Burns), flute (Tim Crouch) and piano (Adam Sherkin), plus a soprano (Carla Huhtanen). The composer said a few introductory words on how the work came about and how he—basically, randomly–got interested in using the numbers of the π as the blueprint for the composition. This was just enough to send me on a research spree on my own after I made it back home.
So let's break it down. Stay with me, it's worth it.
π – 3.1415(et endless cetera) is a math constant. You'll remember this from elementary school: the circumference of a circle equals its diameter times π, that is, its diameter times 3.14. It's an irrational number that just goes on and that computers now can specify to millions of digits, if you're into that sort of thing. For practical, earthly purposes, the engineers and what-nots limit the number to a couple of digits past the decimal point.
But Nobles didn't; he went some way into the number and thought, hmm, what if I took a scale—let's say D minor harmonic (my source on what scale precisely it was is Carla Huhtanen via Twitter! Thanks Carla):
image source: BasicMusicTheory.com
…and give each of the notes one of the numbers appearing in the π. So the start note would get 1, its second would get 2, its third 3 and so on. Since the octave obvs consists of eight notes, the note that gets number 9 is the next one up. 0 is a pause.
But how far into the π to go? In Nobles' words: I needed to stop somewhere, but where? He discovered a spot in π that has several nines bunched up together, and decided that would be it.
Upon consulting sites like One Million Digits of Pi (yes, such websites exist), it's easy to track down where Nobles decided to end the piece:
And there you have it: the entire score.
Although the five instruments and the singer play/sing simultaneously, the notes that each performs are of different length. Only one of them actually reaches 999999 – the piano, which plays on at a good clip while others take their (own) time. The cello gets the longest notes and therefore the shortest score. Musicians are positioned around the audience and the soprano walks the circumference of the room while singing her part. As the piano approaches the end, each of the instrumentalists starts leaving the music by pronouncing in whisper the number instead of playing the note. One whispered number followed by a few notes at the instrument is followed by two whispered numbers, and so on, but without any regularity, completely unpredictably. By the time the pianist gets to play and say 999999, everybody else has stopped playing but a smattering of whispers of 9 join it from the ghosts-formerly-known-as-instruments from around the room.
But here comes the crux of the matter. None of these fun and games would matter one iota if musically the piece didn't turn out to be the most devastating work I've heard in a long time. It comes at you in ripples of heart-breaking melancholy that you only gradually acknowledge as such—you find yourself sad, then sadder, than closer to tears, then struggling not to sob, and not really knowing why. I tried to analyze later why I was crushed by it to such a degree. It could be the playing out of the finite vs. the infinite: the work marks off a limited segment of (to our view) the infinite row; what happens during that segment of time happens by chance but non-negotiably, there is no controlling it or improving it; then each of the finitudes peters out. The 999999 is like a life flat-lining—the beep of no vital signs.
It could be also that we're operating in the D minor scale. Nobles mentioned in the intro that he used a "tone row" and I concluded, completely baselessly, that it must be the twelve-tone row and that the notes used are the first 9 notes of the twelve-tone. Talk about finding music in the totally random, out of any and all keys, I thought! But it wasn't twelve-tone; it was the scale known for its melancholy pedigree. However, its notes are used aleatorically. Does this not make it all fairly atonal, then? Probably doesn't matter a whole lot. (Dear Jordan Nobles, if you ever read this: I was the incoherent individual who tried to tell you, before running away, that she was gutted by this "twelve tone" piece. You know that people can't count when they're overly emotional, right?)
At any rate. This concert will be one for the annals. I expect to be talking about it to people for years.
Also thanks to Carla Huhtanen and Marion Newman's take on Saariaho fragments. Awful of me to put such a magic performance in the last short paragraph. What Saariaho did with Sylvia Plath's poems is she used the actual words, but distilled them, or merged them, or extracted the syllables and put them through the wringer of extended vocal techniques and in that way brought to light that side of the life of words, the one not straightforwardly semantic and consciously understood. (The semiotic, Kristeva would say?) The soprano and the mezzo rocked this score consisting of nothing but challenges—and idiosyncratic markings. Here's the photo of the score that Marion Newman posted on Twitter after the concert:
(With a special contribution by another singer, soprano Virginia Hatfield: "Gotta love the 'sensual' high B".)


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After a childhood raised on Bollywood, Monty Python, and Jane Austen, Farah self-rejected her writing career before jotting down a single word, despite admitting her ultimate fantasy was to be a writer. But when she could no longer keep the story arcs straight in her daydreams, she started writing a few years ago and never looked back. She writes romantic comedies and women's fiction full of huge South Asian families, delectable food, and most importantly, brown people falling stupidly in love. Prior to writing, she had careers in Human Resources and Psychotherapy. She lives in Toronto with her patient husband, surly teenager, and delightful middle-grader, along with two gerbils, one hamster, one rabbit, and a fish named Silvia.
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