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[Matt Hussey], he's just so pocket sized. He's just this cute little British guy wrapped up to put in your pocket.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2013
Ready for Love's Shandi Finnessey made an appearance on AfterBuzz TV's Ready for Love aftershow Sunday night. While Finnessey won Ernesto's heart on the show, she talks about how she wanted to be a contestant before she knew he was one of the bachelors. The former Miss USA and DWTS contestant also clarifies her "greased pig" comment about a fellow contestant and gives us the dirt on the other girls.
ABTV: Do you want to clarify your "greased pig" comment about Mandy?
SHANDI: "Yes! The editing is just so funny...One day, I was getting tweets from people like, 'you called Mandy a greased pig' and I'm like 'I never called Mandy a greased pig!' I went and I watched [the episode]. What had happened was...on the flight there, Mandy, just because she is so vivacious, she was like, 'Oh my gosh I'm on a plane! Oh is that champagne!' She was just really filled with excitement. I had made a statement in the private interview, in the confession, that it reminded me of back in 2002, I was in Missouri and I was at this local fair. I wrestled a greased pig in a pit of mud and it was this competition. It was this horribly crazy experience. But I said that [the situation] reminded me of that, because the second you would get a hold of Mandy, the greased pig, she would just slip right out of your hands again. Having a conversation with her, as soon as you thought you were having a conversation, she would buzz over somewhere else. But it was kind of edited as though I called her a greased pig. Yeah she wears pink, but that's about as close that we can get to it."
Shandi on Matt Hussey -
SHANDI: [Matt Hussey], he's just so pocket sized. He's just this cute little British guy wrapped up to put in your pocket.
Shandi on Jenna being too young for Tim -
SHANDI: You know what's funny about that is, [Jenna] is young, but she gave me some of the best advice in the house...She would have these insightful, deep moments where she was like this love guru.
Shandi on Alba walking away and then coming back -
SHANDI: Unless I misunderstood, it sounded like [Alba] wanted to walk away because it was hard for her to see him dating other girls. But it's like, you're on a dating show. You knew that you were going on a dating show...[Alba and I] were actually the closest in the house in the very beginning, the very day that we all meet each other...I thought that she looked really familiar but I couldn't quite place it...When I saw her [while filming Ready for Love], I was like 'Are you by any chance from Puerto Rico?' It was just crazy that we were both in this situation together, so we became friends. But then something happened where we just weren't anymore and I don't know why. You just keep reminding yourself everyday why you're there. And you're there for the guy. You're not there to make best friends or bridesmaids. You don't want to create enemies, but you're there and you put yourself there to find love.
SHANDI: I don't think that people understand that being on a reality show, you literally hit PAUSE on your life. You are living in a home with no TV, no radio, no internet, no phones. Nothing, but two buck chuck. You want to get back to your own life. It's literally taking a huge toll on your life of being away from your friends and your family and your job, and your dog.
ABTV: What was your reasoning for doing the show?
SHANDI: I had gotten out of a relationship a few months before, one that I thought was really going to progress into something and then a few things kind of blindsided me. Dating in LA is, I think, the hardest city to date in. I've lived in South Beach, Miami. I've lived in New York. And then I've lived here, and of course Missouri where I'm from. LA is the hardest place and it's mostly because you see a guy with a flashy car and then he's living in a dump and so in debt, and just putting up this front...One night I had gotten home from work and I was on my couch and I was watching TV, and I never used to go on Facebook, but I found myself [there] and I'm flipping through and I saw this girl who I had briefly known in my life and she posted something that said, 'Maybe there's love for me after all'. And it was this link to this show that they were starting to cast for called "The One". This was before they changed the name to "Ready for Love." I started reading it and it said this is a real life dating show. We're really going to find you THE ONE that you're looking for and we're going to help with these three amazing matchmakers and something about it drew me in. Then I'm thinking, like really am I going to go on a dating show? I'd rather go on Survivor and eat bugs. Or even Fear Factor for that matter. So I sent my agent an email and said do you know anything about The One? The next day I'm at work and she emails me back and is like 'oh yeah we'll talk to them about you being a host for it,' and I wrote back and was like, 'er, actually I want to go on it as maybe a contestant'. She didn't write back, so I got home that night and I'm pacing and it's just going through my head like something about it I want to go on. I poured myself a glass of wine and I'm sitting there with my glass looking at my computer and I was like "screw it, I'm doing it". So I filled out the application and literally just hit send.
ABTV: Was this before or after you saw the video of Ernesto?
SHANDI: This was before. I hadn't even seen him. They didn't even have the guys picked out yet. For all I knew they were picking out one guy – one girl. I had no idea how it was going to run. I try to trust my gut and I trusted in my gut for everything that I went for with Miss USA...[the producers] started calling me and wanting me to come in and my agent was saying, 'I can't support you in this'. I had been incredibly blessed to had gone on Dancing with the Stars Season 4 and she was like, 'That's the only reality show you can ever do.' She was really encouraging me to wait and maybe next season you could be the featured girl and get all these guys. And I know that if I was doing it for reasons of exposure, great! But I knew finding love would've been like finding a needle in a haystack.
Links to Shandi Finnessey's full appearance can be found on YouTube and iTunes.
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ready-for-love-afterbuzz-tv/id634271381?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
YouTube: http://youtu.be/onoBgONdqq4
AfterBuzz TV's Ready for Love aftershow, hosted by Samantha Laich, Giselle Ugarte and Tara Johnson, is available for download on iTunes and YouTube. The Ready for Love aftershow is a weekly wrap up show that broadcasts worldwide from Los Angeles, CA as part of Extra's Maria Menounos and filmmaker Keven Undergaro's online broadcast network, AfterBuzz TV. AfterBuzz is dedicated to producing daily post-game wrap-up shows for fans' favorite TV shows, covering shows like Dancing With The Stars, American Idol, Once Upon A Time, House of Cards and countless others. Currently, AfterBuzz TV receives over 20 million weekly downloads on iTunes from over 75 countries. For further information about the network, visit afterbuzztv.com


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Posted by : Sabrina Sunday, 14 April 2013
As you may have known, I made a LOL costume recently and should be having a proper shoot soon~
So I'll post a little walk-through of how I made my Ashe costume :D
Ashe is this really cool archer, I never expected to cosplay an archer but after some contemplation, I thought that it was a nice challenge for me to use new materials and new methods to make some costumes. Thus I decided to make it in time for Comic Fiesta at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
This was the reference I used, the details were nice and I thought it was a good gauge of what to make~
I started off sewing the top and skirt with the dark blue satin I bought. I sewn on the details with gold cloth and gold ribbons. I used a pleated skirt pattern for the skirt and padded the top. I then sewn on white cloth for the waist and thus the dress was done!
I then proceeded on to make the arm and leg covers for her armour. Cloth was used to cover the foam underneath for structure. Made leg armour with foam and painted it gold.
This was the first time I used plastic for anything. Used hot glue for the joining of plastics! Just drew it on and cut them out~ Drew on the details and added LED lights inside~ ^o^v That's how I made them!

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Agreements Preliminary to Formal Contract
- Preliminary agreement is one which anticipates execution of further formal contract.
- Example I
- Possession shall be given and taken on settlement upon signing and execution of a formal contract of sale within 28 days of acceptance of this offer. (cl 3) Godecke v Kirwan (See Uncertainty)
- This it a typical example. Parties have largely agreed on the terms but still want to express agreement in a more formal fashion.
- Example II
- This agreement is made subject to the preparation of a formal contract of sale which shall be acceptable to my solicitors on the above terms and conditions. Masters v Cameron
- This was a contract for the sale and purchase for a farm and the vendor wanted to make sure that her solicitors had a chance to look over the contract first
- Subject to: specific term with a specific legal outcome.
- Example III
- Jaylor hereby offers Helmos the opportunity to purchase its 50% interest in Kingsley's Crab House for $1,100,000 by notice in writing no later than 15 April 2002…Upon receipt of the exercise of offer, contracts for the purchase of Jaylor's 50% interest shall be sent to your office no later than five days from the exercise date." Helmos Enterprises Pty Ltd v Jaylor Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 235
- Facts
- Someone wanted to buy a half share in a restaurant business
- But there were in fact two related businesses
- The person who wanted to acquire one restaurant made it clear that he only wanted to do so as long as he could also acquire an interest in the other one.
- So a letter on the above terms was sent.
- i.e. once you've accepted the above terms we will send you the real contract of sale
Main Purpose
- Commitment pending formal agreement
- The parties may have finalised the main details of the contract and they definitely want to make a commitment to one another but at the same time they may want their solicitors to look over it and express the contract in a fuller or more complex form without necessarily changing the tenor of the agreement
- They may also be afraid they have left something out so they provide for a solicitor to insert terms (Godecke v Kirwan)
- The vendor wanted their solicitor to look over the agreement and if necessary add additional reasonable terms
- This is not an unenforceable agreement to agree because it is always open to the parties to agree to leave the settling of terms to an independent third party
- Also want to have some commitment abut leave some options open
- Also used for pre-trial settlements, drawn up at court and finalised at a later stage.
- You have to make it clear that you intend that agreement to be immediately binding otherwise there is no settlement of the dispute
Legal Issue I
- Do parties intend preliminary agreement to be:
- immediately binding pending execution of later agreement?
- [Intention to create legal relations/condition of formation?]
- SO, when do the parties intend to be legally bound?
- A straightforward question of intention to create legal relations.
- In the commercial environment there is a strong disposition to find that parties do intend any arrangement to be immediately binding.
- The answer to this question is critical because what happens when a party to the preliminary agreement later refuses to sign the formal contract?
- If there's no preliminary agreement that's binding, then either party can walk away. They can't be forced to fulfil those obligations and there's no duty of cooperation to sign the later agreement
- BUT, if the preliminary agreement is found to be binding then it will govern the party's relationship until such time as the formal contract is executed
- At the stage that the formal contract is executed the preliminary agreement is a force discharged by consent
Legal Issue 2
- What factors/evidence can court take into account to ascertain parties' intentions? (to create legal relations...)
- [Eg, language of agreement, factual matrix of contract]
- Subject matter of contract
- Terms of contract
- How much detail is in the agreement
- ALSO, the factual matrix
- Only one contentious issue which is whether the court can take into account the subjective intentions
Legal Issue 3
- If preliminary agreement is immediately binding, are some or all of parties' obligations postponed pending execution of formal contract?
- [Is execution of formal contract a contingent condition of performance?]
- So the performance of some of our obligations are subject to the execution of formal contract
- So in this situation where it is clear that the parties do intend to be bound but want to postpone some of their obligations until a more formal contract is signed then you arte dealing with a contingent condition of performance.
Three Categories of Preliminary Agreements
- See Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353.
- HCA accepted that preliminary agreements fall into one of three categories
- Categories 1 and 2 = binding agreement
- Category 3 ≠ binding agreement (no contract at all)
Category 3
- Parties do not intend to be bound unless and until formal contract is executed.
- The best example of this is a preliminary agreement that contains the words 'subject to contract'
- This means that the parties did not intend to create legal relations.
- Masters v Cameron; BP Seppelt; Allen v Carbone
- Execution of formal contract is a condition of formation
- No obligation to perform at all
- No duty of co-operation, because no binding agreement
- Only way you could enforce a contract of this kind would be to mount some kind of estoppel argument
- BUT even where the preliminary agreement does not use the particular phrase, there may be other factors which militate against intention so the preliminary agreement will not be enforceable
- So cases in this area will focus on the actual terms, the language used (did it bespeak the language of intention?), was it vague or complex
Category 1
- Parties intend to be immediately bound, but want to express their agreement in fuller form but not different in effect. Baulkham Hills v GR Securities
- Obligations under preliminary contract not deferred so can be enforced immediately.
- Execution of formal contract thus not contingent condition of performance
- Still duty to co-operate in executing formal contract.
- SO no postponement so obligations created immediately so not contingent condition of performance
- These are the most common agreements but most of the cases do not fall into this category.
- Immediately biding agreement
- Obligations have to be performed immediately
- And even though the execution of the agreement is not a contingent condition of performance, there is a duty of cooperation to execute that formal contract
Category 2
- Parties intend to be bound immediately but make performance of one or more terms (e.g.-payment of balance of purchase price) dependent upon execution of formal contract. Godecke
- Execution of formal contract is contingent condition of performance [as per Perri]
- Duty to co-operate in execution of formal contract
- Specific performance if party refuses to execute
- To distinguish between cat. 1 & 2 look at the terms of the contract and distinguish whether one of the parties obligations are contingent upon the execution of the formal contract.
- So the terms will distinguish whether it is a category 2 or not.
- In Godecke, the obligation to settle was linked to the execution of a more formal contract within 28 days which made it clear that if that preliminary agreement was immediately binding, then the parties did not intend for the balance to be paid until the execution of the formal contract.
- There is a duty to cooperate with signing the formal contract.
- If one party refuses…
- You can go to the court and ask for an order for specific performance of that obligation
- Specific performance is an equitable remedy and a court will never order it for a conditional agreement. (Godecke, Booker Industries)
- So it orders the partial specific performance i.e. the execution of the formal agreement, then if they are still recalcitrant it orders the specific performance of the terms.
Category 4
- Parties intend to be bound "immediately and exclusively" but expect to make further contract in substitution for first containing additional terms by consent.
- This is just like category 1 except the parties expect to expand on the terms of the original contract by consent.
- So they may have reached agreement on all essential terms but they expect to expand and clarify the terms of the original arrangement.
- BUT if they cannot reach agreement on those extra terms then they will be bound by the terms in the preliminary agreement.
- Before a preliminary agreement can be binding only if they contain the essential terms.
- "The above forms a heads of agreement which constitutes an agreement in itself intended to be replaced by a fuller agreement not different in substance or form." Anaconda
v GR Securities Baulkham Hills Private Hospital
- Anaconda Nickel Ltd v Tarmoola Australia Pty Ltd
- Helmos Enterprises Pty Ltd v Jaylor Pty Ltd
- Highlight a pre-disposition to find that agreements will be binding.
Preliminary Agreements and Uncertainty
- Preliminary agreements not "agreements to agree" just because propose further agreement
- They're not agreeing to agree, they are agreeing to recast their agreement in a more formal fashion.
- Where preliminary agreement intended to be immediately binding, later formal contract will reflect in fuller or more formal form terms already agreed upon (GR Securities)
- And parties can always add additional terms to formal contract by consent (GR Securities)
- Not agreements to agree because the parties are not agreeing to agree, there is simply an expectation that they will continue to negotiate and by consent add any terms they have agreed upon.
In addition (and by way of revision)
- Parties can also agree in preliminary agreement that third party (eg-solicitor) can settle terms of formal contract Godecke
- Parties themselves can also agree to add further terms by agreement in future provided preliminary agreement contains dispute resolution clause. Booker Industries
Classification of Preliminary Agreement
- Depends on intentions of parties ascertained from terms of contract in their internal context but also read in light of surrounding circumstances – determined objectively
- GR Securities; Air
Great Lakes
Relevant Criteria to figuring out whether Preliminary Agreement is binding.
- Language
- Detail of terms
- Nature and magnitude of transaction
- Surrounding circumstances
Language and Detail of Terms
- Words which bespeak agreement or intention or negative intention
- 'Offer; Accept; agrees to purchase; this shall be a legally binding contract until such time as a formal contract is drawn up (GR Securities);
- Subject to contract; language with an air of futurity such as 'the proposed agreement' or 'the purchaser intends to acquire' (Air Great Lakes)
- BUT language is not always determinative of the issue of intention, particularly if there is evidence that the parties wanted to get signed up immediately.
- Godecke
- GR Securities ["legally binding acceptance"]
- Masters v Cameron ["subject to contract"]
- Air
Great Lakes
- Detail in Preliminary Agreement [as in Godecke] or lack thereof
- The more detailed the terms the easier it is to draw the inference that the parties intended to be immediately bound and vice-versa
Nature and Magnitude of Transaction
- Where it is a large complex commercial matter, may support inference of no intention (BP Seppelt)
- A dispute over whether correspondence between the parties relating to the acquisition of a very large city building was enforceable – clearly an offer and acceptance but issue whether it was intended to be immediately binding
- Court held it was unlikely that the parties would commit themselves to such a significant sale without a formal contract
- although inference can be displaced by clear words GR Securities (1986) 40 NSWLR 631, 634
- Facts: There was preliminary agreement for the sale and purchase of a hospital
- This was found to be immediately binding because the parties had expressly agreed that the PA would be immediately binding pending the execution of a more formal contract.
- But express words of intention will not save otherwise uncertain agreement
- Coal Cliff; Air
Great Lakes
Circumstances surrounding Execution of Preliminary Agreement
- The old-fashioned approach is to infer intention to create legal relations from the terms of the contract itself.
- BUT now Objective factual matrix Air Great Lakes (Also Toll v Alphapharm) NSW CA, evidence of surrounding circumstances can be used to support inferences that the parties did in fact intend to be immediately bound.
- Air Great Lakes Involved preliminary agreement for the sale and purchase of a small aircraft company
- It was poorly worded and there was some discussion over whether lawyers should be involved but it was Christmas and one of the parties was really keen to conclude the negotiations
- HELD: that the evidence that he was pressing for completion and keen to conclude was used to show intention to be bound
- pressing for completion Air Great Lakes
- Appointment of lawyers BP Seppelt – If happy to proceed without lawyers probably militates against not a binding agreement.
- But payment of deposit not determinative
- Status of admissibility of mutual subjective intention unclear Air Great Lakes
- NSW CA consider that this is a question for the HC
- But probably does not really matter given broad scope of factual matrix


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Microsoft Cloud + Enterprise
Using a unified and creative story the team that I was part of at POP developed a platform that supported 12 global campaigns that spoke to IT Professionals, an audience that is known for being difficult to reach. With the work dealing with products that are specifically B2B and highly technical the team had to not only quickly ramp up on their understanding of all things cloud, but also develop a strong knowledge of the product itself so that we could speak authentically to this audience.
Looking internally to the POP team of IT Professionals, we began to understand their pain points and tension in the process of coming up with a creative platform. What we heard was that IT Professionals are asked to do the impossible everyday. How do you provide greater security while also providing great ease of access? How do you become more effecient with few resources? In this increasingly complex world they are asked to move faster than ever before. Understanding that tension brought us to the creative platform: The Impossible Campaign. The creative executions across the 12 global campaigns focused and highlighted the impossible feats businesses face through powerful imagery and headlines that speak to the impossible feats they overcome everyday.
Visually, this is accomplished by pulling two dramatic images together that speak to the pain points IT Professionals face. This is not an easy task when what you are selling is largely intangible and lacking form but we were up for the task.
Assets created include Banner Campaigns, Social Ads across Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and Full Page Print ads in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
After a solid year that resulted in over 500 different iterations of creative concepts, creative to support two events, and a few pieces of content. Interal shifts at Microsoft resulted in a new focus on content and the marketing that supports it. In addition to the banner and social campaigns we created in FY16, e-books and solution briefs were added to the mix and were a nice new challenge and opportunity to impress.
During FY17 and the renewed focus on Content, radical empathy for the user, and providing content as a form of marketing provided me with the opportunity to develop a new style for how to present the highly technical information in a bold way with an increased focus on clarity and ease to digest the information.


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Robin Sloan's Creator's Guide [Kickstarter Blog]
From time to time, we'll highlight interesting views on video from around the Web. Please add links to any articles you found inspiring or helpful in the comments below.
Kickstarter posted this blog post over a year ago. In the piece, they asked one of their participants, Robin Sloan, what he did to make such a great video for his book-writing project. Though the tips are positioned as specific to Kickstarter videos, they actually provide general, good advice about lighting, sound, editing and more. Check it out: http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/173046259/creators-guide-to-video


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Arts Writer
Sackville, N.B.'s Jim Killpatrick is a really nice guy. And no, I don't mean "nice, for a rock star." I mean like one of the most kind, humble individuals I have ever met.
As it turns out, under the moniker "Shotgun Jimmie," he is also one of the most talented songwriters that Canada has to offer and the release of Transistor Sister on You've Changed Records is most definitely an exciting addition to his already impressive discography.
Having lent his capacity as a guitarist and songsmith to the now defunct Shotgun and Jaybird, and releasing The Onlys and Still Jimmie under his alias, Jimmie hits up a true studio for the first time in his solo career with Ryan Peters (Ladyhawk) and Jay Baird (Feist) in tow to lay down the drums and bass, respectively. Jim does the best he can to keep things lo-fi, but still utilizes the many opportunities afforded by the thoroughly equipped Old Confidence Lodge studio in Riverport, N.S.
Probably the most important impact that the fully operational studio has on the album is the cohesion between the timbres of all the instruments, where all of the individual contributions have a similar sonic character that makes each track mesh into something that is more than the sum of their parts (something sorely missed in most home recordings).
The cohesiveness in the recordings surely contributes to the fact that, as opposed to his previous efforts that came across more as a collection of songs (albeit amazing ones), Transistor Sister is a cohesive album that flows with intent from start to finish. Jimmie also ties everything together by employing a short instrumental flute song (performed by Jay Baird) near the end of the album, recalling the motif of the title track that appears earlier on the disc.
What Transistor Sister does have in common with Shotgun's prior solo records is that it comes across as a candid time capsule of his mind set, while occasional nostalgic numbers like "Suzy" (a touching recollection on a grade-school crush) lend an honest, retrospective touch to the album. The lyrics are sincere and positive and touch on everything from the awesome community of low-key musicians he tours with ("Transistor Sister" and "Paper Planes") to detailed accounts of love on the east coast ("Too Many Flowers").
He is also still wearing his early '90s Matador and Subpop "rock and roll" influences on his sleeve, and in the tradition of The Flaming Lips, he continues to combine humour with emotional revelations in his lyrics. "Masterpiece," a lighthearted tune about making art that features tickled keys and a mic-taped-to-a-gas-powered-weed-whacker-run-through-a-wah-pedal-and-a-guitar-amp solo, is a perfect example of this.
Continuing to experiment with sound in varying degrees of seriousness, the album contains everything from a 16-second long song that features nothing but someone running down three flights of stairs and slamming a door ("Confidence Lodge Stairwell Recording #1", supposedly a tribute to the stairwells excellent acoustics) to a short instrumental piano-based number titled simply, "Piano."
My favourite bits of utilized studio magic are featured on "Peace and Love" and "Late Last Year." The former features a looped backing vocal track (done by Ryan Peters) that truly makes the track a stand out. I find myself habitually singing along to the bop-bop-bop-bop bop-bops instead of the lead vocal track about a societal cleansing (No offence, Jim). The latter has a dancey and triumphant outro that features an intelligently arranged horn section. Along with this, there are a few tracks like the incredibly catchy "King of Kruezberg" that are tastefully adorned with some simple analog synth flourishes that manage to avoid sounding cheesy or forced.
Small forays aside, this is absolutely a guitar record, and Jim is one hell of a guitarist with impeccable taste in tone. Crunchy, emotive guitar work and a rollicking rhythm section dominate much of Shotgun's discography, but never so intensely and intelligently as on the (relatively) lengthy centerpiece "Swamp Magic" and the hook-laden "The Stereo and the Stove."
Transistor Sister is absolutely Shotgun Jimmie's crowning achievement as a solo artist and is a true album in the tradition of the '90s greats like Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted. With a liberal dose of Halifax Pop exposure and Sappyfest swagger, Kilpatrick has created something undoubtedly special that is, in his own words, "good enough for me, and certainly, good enough for rock and roll."


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Under the tax, non-residents will need to prove that they have a legitimate reason for buying property in Ontario that goes beyond investing. The tax is not aimed at new Canadians, according to Premier Kathleen Wynne. It will be reimbursed to buyers who become permanent residents within four years of a sale, and won't apply to international students enrolled full-time for at least two years or someone who has been legally working in Ontario for at least one year. To qualify for a rebate, the property must also be considered someone's principal residence.
Among the most controversial moves announced on Thursday, April 21st, is a plan to bring all private rental apartments under the province's rent-control regime, which currently only covers buildings completed before November, 1991. Rent hikes across the board will be held to around inflation, and capped at 2.5 percent a year, although landlords can still apply for special increases if they do renovations or upgrades. Rents can be raised when a tenant moves out.
Tenant groups welcomed the move, but developers and landlords warned it will quash a recent uptick in the building of much-needed rentals, a segment largely abandoned by the industry over the past three decades in favour of condos.
"If you're concerned if you can rent them out (at) an economic rent… they're not going to get built," said Brian Johnston, chief operating officer of Mattamy Homes in Toronto. "It's going to constrain supply."
But David Chalmers, vice-president of asset management for Toronto Starlight Investments, said his firm has been making its plans with 10-year projections of rental increases at inflation anyway: "Being mandated to do that isn't going to change our go-forward business.
Landlords and tenants will use a new standard agreement. The government is also tightening provisions that allow landlords to kick out tenants when claiming they plan to use an apartment themselves.
A recent Globe analysis of Landlord and Tenant Board data suggested the provision was increasingly being used to evict people. The government now says it will ensure tenants are "adequately compensated" if asked to vacate under this rule.
The changes would also ban landlords with outstanding elevator work orders from obtaining rent increases above the rent-control limit they are normally entitled to in exchange for making renovations or other improvements. The government also pledged to make proceedings before the Landlord and Tenant Board "fairer and easier for renters." (ORLA: how good is that for the Liberals in the upcoming election?)
Source: The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2017. News A8
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(01-04-2015, 06:45 PM)joel Wrote: Hi,
Actually looks like the same problem i had with pinguino CDC and Visual Basic application (W7 64 bits)
All is working fine with hyperterminal, Teraterm, minicom or whatever, but as soon as i wanted to communicate with the pinguino through CDC with a more "elaborated" application (win app), it failed.
Don't know, however, if it is related to the windows CDC driver (virtual com port) or to the PIC side or other thing.
I did not tested application under linux, but it may be interesting to see if it's coming from a "bad" implementation on the PC driver or on the PIC code
(01-04-2015, 06:56 PM)gtcbreizh Wrote: Hello Joel,
With Python we can communicate between PC and Pinguino boards using a virtual CDC port. See Yeison's pages.


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UP2U Gum Tags for Personal Progress & Visiting Teaching
I am always on the look-out for new ways to get the YW excited to do Personal Progress. One day while we were at the grocery store I saw a pack of UP2U gum and had an idea for a Personal Progress treat.
I created this little handout that you can tape to a pack of UP2U gum to encourage the YW to keep working on their Personal Progress.
The front flap of the printable says:
Lift up the front flap and you'll see:
On the back I added a great quote I found from Sister Elaine Dalton.
Hopefully a good quote and some yummy gum can get those YW excited about Personal Progress…fingers crossed. :)
While my Mom was visiting us a few weeks ago I showed her my UP2U gum idea and she loved it. She then said, 'You should make one for Visiting Teaching.' Hmmm…..why didn't I think of that. So, I got to work & created one for Visiting Teaching.
As I was looking for quotes about Visiting Teaching I saw one from Bonnie D. Parkin that said, "We don't 'do' Visiting Teaching. We 'are' Visiting Teachers."
So, I decided to type
"Being a Visiting Teacher Is…" instead of "Doing Visiting Teaching Is…"
These would be great to handout out to your Relief Society sisters at the beginning of the month or at a Visiting Teaching activity.
To create your own UP2U Treats…
1. Print out my UP2U Gum Labels (link below)
2. Cut them out
3. Fold on the dotted/dashed lines
{the label will go around the pack of gum}
4. Tape/Glue the back of the printable (where the quote is) to the back of the pack of gum. You can also add a small piece of tape/glue onto the top of the pack of gum.
5. Fold over the top flap
6. Hand out to your YW or RS Sisters and Enjoy!
{I added a strip of Washi tape to the front to keep the front flap down. You can do this or not.}
I hope you enjoy my UP2U Gum Labels and use them for your YW or RS sisters.
Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog.
Have a wonderful day!


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One chart refutes three myths about US foreign trade.
Paul Krugman refutes the myth that US prosperity after WWII resulted from the destruction of our competitors by drawing on the BEA database that generated the following chart. The chart depicts data that also contradict two other myths that pollute conventional wisdom about foreign trade. First the chart and then the myths.
Myth #1: The US economy boomed after WWII because the rest of the world was in ruins.
To the contrary, the chart shows that, except for the war and Marshall Plan years, there was no US export boom until about 1973. Krugman points out that our competitor nations were also our customer nations, and when they couldn't produce after WWII they couldn't buy from us either.
Myth #2: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act caused the Great Depression, or at least made it much longer and deeper.
This act, signed into law June 17, 1930, was intended to protect American jobs and farmers from import competition by increasing tariffs from historic lows of about 5% to an average of about 25%, levels more characteristic of the 19th Century. Other nations retaliated by raising their tariff rates. Imports and exports both declined, but how much of those declines were caused by the tariff war, and were they a major factor contributing to the Great Depression?
In recessions, imports and exports decline even without changes in tariff rates, an effect that is obvious in the chart for the 1982 and 1991 recessions and the current Great Recession. The chart and database show that exports declined 39% from 5.7% of GDP in 1929 to 3.5% in 1933, the worst year of the Great Depression, while imports declined 37% from 5.4% to 3.4%. However, foreign trade was the smallest part of the US economy in those days, and the largest domestic sectors and the economy as a whole declined even more. Total GDP declined 46% from 1929 to 1933, and the two largest components of GDP, personal consumption and domestic private investment, declined by 41% and 90%, respectively. (The fourth component of GDP, government spending, fortunately declined only 10%.)
If raising tariffs caused immediate foreign trade decreases, then reversing the tariff changes should quickly increase foreign trade by about the same amount, right? Roosevelt promptly began making bi-lateral tariff reduction deals under authority of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 and average rates were reduced to pre-Smoot-Hawley levels by 1947 when GATT was adopted. See graph here. Can we see the effects on foreign trade? Nope. In contrast to these dramatic tariff changes, the chart shows that imports grew very modestly from 3.4% of GDP in 1933 to just 4.3% in 1951. After that the value of imports as a portion of GDP was stable through 1965 before rising to 6.0% in 1972 (just before the Arab Oil Embargo).
One could reasonably say, as many did at the time, that raising tariffs in 1930 was wrong-headed because it was unlikely to ameliorate the Great Depression (and apparently did not ameliorate it). But there's nothing in the data to suggest the tariff increases made things a great deal worse either, is there? I submit that the only significant ill effect of Smoot-Hawley was to dissipate the political energy that might otherwise have been directed at doing something useful for the economy in 1930, instead of waiting three more years for Roosevelt and Keynes.
Myth #3: If the US government just stays out of the way, foreign trade will balance itself out and share the benefits among all nations.
According to the chart, the last year the US did not have a trade deficit was 1975, and the average deficit in the 34 years since has been 2.36% of GDP. In the last ten years, the average deficit has been 4.25%. This is important because net exports add to our GDP, and net imports subtract from GDP—that's not theory or conjecture but in fact how GDP is defined. When we run a chronic trade deficit, we are restricting the growth of our domestic economy—and restricting the growth of wages and salaries that would be earned by Americans if they were producing the goods and services here instead of importing them. The benefits of having an export-based economy are going to other nations, many of whom pursue aggressive mercantilist policies intended to shift into their domestic economies growth and employment that would otherwise occur in the US and other nations.
In 2009, ten nations accounted for 89.6% of the US trade deficit. They were China (45.3%), Mexico (9.5%), Japan (8.9%), Germany (5.6%), Ireland (4.1%), Canada (4%), Venezuela (3.7%), Nigeria (3.1%), Italy (2.8%), Malaysia (2.6%). (Source.) Of these, at least China and Japan overtly engage in currency manipulation and buy-local policies to maintain their advantages. They are, in effect, imposing economic sanctions on us and their other trading partners. This also serves the bottom lines of some powerful US-based interests; for them, a trade deficit is a feature, not a bug. The long-term persistence of our chronic trade deficit shows that it is not a random and transient departure from equilibrium, and it won't change without policy changes in our federal government.
Economist Douglas A. Irwin of Dartmouth is the author of two books due out next year, Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression and Trade Policy Disaster: Lessons from the 1930s. He previews some of the ideas here.
In his famous 1993 debate with Ross Perot over the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), Vice President Al Gore claimed that Smoot-Hawley "was one of the principal causes, many economists say the principal cause, of the Great Depression in this country and around the world."
In fact, economists across the political spectrum reject this view. Previous tariff hikes, some even larger than Smoot-Hawley, had reduced trade and efficiency, but they didn't produce a macroeconomic catastrophe. When asked if Smoot-Hawley caused the Great Depression, the University of Chicago economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman replied: "No. I think the Smoot-Hawley tariff was a bad law. I think it did harm. But the Smoot-Hawley tariff by itself would not have made one-quarter of the labor force unemployed." As Mr. Friedman's own work showed, the money supply and domestic prices had fallen by a third during the Depression, largely because of a malfunctioning gold standard and inept monetary policy on the part of the Federal Reserve. These were the fundamental causes of the economic disaster.
The Smoot-Hawley tariff did not have a huge macroeconomic impact because at the time it was enacted, unlike today, the U.S. was not very open to international trade. Total imports were just a small fraction of gross domestic product, and two-thirds of those imports were consumer goods (coffee, tea) and industrial raw materials (silk, tin) that were exempt from the tariff. In 1929, dutiable imports amounted to just 1.4% of GDP. Smoot-Hawley increased the average tax on them from 38% to 45%. A tax increase of this size on 1.4% of GDP is not enough, by itself, to generate an enormous economic contraction.
Irwin goes on to propose monetary policy remedies for our current problems, remedies that Paul Krugman and others may see as unworkable because we are already at the "zero lower bound" of interest rates, i.e., the Fed can lower interest rates to zero--and it has--but it's not possible for the Fed to push interest rates into negative territory. Hat tip to Mark Thoma for the link.
David Warsh reports that it was WSJ editorial writer Jude Wanniski who in 1978 originated the myth that Smoot-Hawley caused the Great Depression--and not only the Great Depression but the stock market crash that started nine months before Smoot-Hawley was enacted. Warsh also quotes from a Michelle Bachman speech on the House floor perpetuating the myth, and he discusses Douglas Irwin's book which "refudiates" it. [UPDATE 2/21/11: Paul Krugman weighs in on Warsh's piece and even includes a photo of Senator Hoot Smalley, as Bachman called him.]


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NOTE PROJECT MIGRATED TO GITHUB - https://github.com/samrocketman/ekeyfinder
is a Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder fork. It is a utility that retrieves the product key used to install Windows from your registry or from an unbootable Windows installation. It works on Windows 9X, ME, NT/2K/XP, and Vista/Win7 and for other software.
- Office 2010, Office 2007, Vista, & Windows 7 support
- MS Office 2010 key recovery is experimental
- Change Windows Registration information and Product Key
- Portable, settings saved in an INI file
- An optional config file for software serial lookups
- Export found keys to csv, html, ini, or txt.
- Load a registry hive backup
- Can check for program and config file updates
- Command line options
- No software installation
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This APP is quick and easy to use but I am puzzled by the results. The reported product key is different from what Belarc shows. I'm running Windows 10 Pro -Version 1703, build 15063.674 (free upgrade from Windows 7 Pro). I will try on some other machines and compare the results.
Hi, I want to find Windows Vista key. How to use this on Windows 10 platform. I didn't see any .exe file file. Like this little one, no install requured. Can any one please tell me what needs to be done after extracting .zip file Thanks.
Nice little program. Found our Windows 7 key. But didn't show Office 2010 key… Started to search another app and found Recover Keys. Was able to scan all our network computers remotely. recover-keys.com
Worked Perfectly, found every single key I needed exported them all into a nice, easy to read txt file.
Super easy to use, doesn't appear to support Office 2010 (although it is stated as beta so I can't beat it down for it)


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Software Engineer
Zenith Software Limited
Design and develop applications for our Core Banking Solution (CB724).
1. Project Name : BANC724 CBS
Organization: Zenith Software Ltd, Bangalore
Client: Various
Role: Software Engineer
Responsibilities: Developing Various Banking Application
front End : Dot Net 3.5, Asp.Net
Back End : Oracle 11g
Duration: April 2010 – Present.
Banc724 CBS (Core Banking Solution) is a complete centralized core banking solution designed & developed for mid-sized Banks in India. The n-tier architecture & design of the solution is based on futuristic, state-of-the-art technology. The multi-layer security provides complete protection to the database, transactions & application. This can automate each Banking operation regardless of size. This can be configured as a stand-alone system or an integrated Core Banking System and it is a complete Commercial Banking System comprising of Wholesale / Retail / Corporate / Back-office Banking Operations. MIS engine is built on core transaction modules which enable to capture comprehensive MIS information and deliver complete MIS for the Bank.


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Welcome to the new Ramada Queens. This is a newly constructed property that was built and opened in 2008. Limited free on site parking is based upon availability. Additional parking is available across the street from the hotel in a fee-based lot. Sorry, No Pets Allowed. If you need to cancel your reservation, you must do so by 3 PM local hotel time 24 hours prior to arrival date or your credit card will be charged for one night's stay.
## Location
The hotel is conveniently located 10 minutes from John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. Public bus line Q-3 is available from Terminal 4 at JFK Airport and stops right in front of the hotel. NYC Transit F Line Train is 2 blocks from the hotel and will take you to midtown Manhattan in a matter of minutes! Located just minutes from Queens College, St. Johns University, Citi Field Stadium (new home of the NY Mets) and the Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the US Open Tennis Tournament. Points of interest such as The Bronx Zoo, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, also known as Flushing Meadows Park, Queens Museum of Art and Radio City Music Hall are also conveniently located near the property.
## Distance
25 kms to city centre
7 kms to the nearest airport (john f. kennedy international airport)
-1 km to the nearest fair site (?)
## Rooms
A 100 percent smoke-free building featuring 64 beautifully appointed non-smoking guest rooms. All rooms have free high speed wi-fi/wireless internet access, refrigerator and in room coffee makers. All rooms also feature 32 Flat Screen TV with 5 HBO Channels, CNN, ESPN and more!
## Restaurant
Wendys. McDonalds. All Nations Bar. Backdam Sports Bar. Kalua Cocktail Lounge.
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Scottsdale, AZ 85255
6 beds | 7 baths | 11026 sqft
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Property Description
Entering through the gates, you arrive at an extraordinarily private compound on 3.5 acres in the Upper Canyon of Silverleaf. Both the main residence (8,349 square feet) and guest quarters/party house (2,677 square feet) exude a harmony of materials enriched by lush landscaping and majestic views-the ultimate in Arizona resort style living. The homes function independently with 4 bedrooms in the main house and 2 bedrooms in guest quarters; 7 total bathrooms and 6 car garage. Spreading over the exquisite grounds are two pool/spas, and firepits, along with multiple outdoor fireplaces, fountains and loggias. Most every room in both homes flow seamlessly into charming covered courtyards or patios, and there is no question that the possibilities for entertaining family and friends are endless.
Contract Information
Status Change Date: 2018-09-21
List Price: $11,500,000
Status: Active
Current Price: $11,500,000
Ownership: Fee Simple
Location, Tax & Legal
Map Code/Grid: K38
House Number: 10673
Compass: E
Street Name: WINGSPAN
St Suffix: Way
City/Town Code: Scottsdale
State/Province: AZ
Zip Code: 85255
Zip4: 3381
Country: USA
County Code: Maricopa
Assessor Number: 217-08-426
Subdivision: Silverleaf at DC Ranch
Taxes: 40725
General Property Description
Dwelling Type: Single Family - Detached
Dwelling Styles: Detached
Exterior Stories: 2
# of Interior Levels: 2
# Bedrooms: 6
# Bathrooms: 7
Approx SQFT: 11026
Price/SqFt: 1042.99
Approx SqFt Range: 5,001+
Horses: N
Model: Custom
Builder Name: Schultz Development
Year Built: 2004
Approx Lot SqFt: 148746
Apx Lot Size Range: 2 - 4.9 Acres
Pool: Both Private & Community
Elementary School: Copper Ridge Elementary School
Jr. High School: Copper Ridge Middle School
High School: Chaparral High School
Elem School Dist #: 048 - Scottsdale Unified District
High School Dist #: 048 - Scottsdale Unified District
Remarks & Misc
Geo Lat: 33.675617
Geo Lon: -111.849435
Legal Info
Township: 4N
Range: 5E
Section: 21
Lot Number: 1656
Association & Fees
HOA Transfer Fee: 475
HOA Fee: 348
HOA Paid (Freq): Monthly
HOA Name: DC Ranch Association
HOA Telephone: 480-513-1500
PAD Fee Y/N: N
Cap Impv/Impt Fee$/%: %
Cap Impv/ImptFee2$/%: %
Land Lease Fee Y/N: N
Rec Center Fee Y/N: N
Rec Center Fee 2 Y/N: N
Ttl Mthly Fee Equiv: 348
Basement Y/N: N
Separate Den/Office
Sep Den/Office Y/N: Y
Parking Spaces
Garage Spaces: 6
Total Covered Spaces: 6
Property Features
Special Listing Cond: N/A
Master Bathroom: Full Bth Master Bdrm; Separate Shwr & Tub; Double Sinks; Private Toilet Room
Master Bedroom: Downstairs
Additional Bedroom: Other Bdrm Dwnstrs; Separate Bdrm Exit; Mstr Bdr Walkin Clst; Othr Bdr Walkin Clst
Fireplace: 3+ Fireplace; Fireplace Family Rm; Fireplace Living Rm; Fireplace Master Bdr; Gas Fireplace; Exterior Fireplace; Firepit
Flooring: Stone; Tile; Wood
Windows: Dual Pane; Low-E
Pool - Private: Pool - Private; Heated Pool
Spa: Spa - Private; Spa - Heated
Community Features: Biking/Walking Path; Children's Playgrnd; Community Pool; Community Pool Htd; Community Spa; Community Spa Htd; Gated Community; Golf Course; Guarded Entry; On-Site Guard; Workout Facility
Dining Area: Formal; Breakfast Bar; Dining in LR/GR
Kitchen Features: Range/Oven Gas; Cook Top Gas; Disposal; Dishwasher; Built-in Microwave; Refrigerator; Wall Oven(s); Multiple Ovens; Pantry; Walk-in Pantry; Granite Countertops; Kitchen Island
Laundry: Washer Included; Dryer Included; Inside Laundry
Other Rooms: Family Room; Great Room; Library-Blt-in Bkcse; Bonus/Game Room; Guest Qtrs-Sep Entrn; Exercise/Sauna Room
Features: Vaulted Ceiling(s); 9+ Flat Ceilings; Wet Bar(s); Fire Sprinklers; Water Softener Owned; Drink Wtr Filter Sys
Technology: Pre-Wire Srnd Snd; Cable TV Avail; HighSpd Intrnt Aval; Ntwrk Wrng Multi Rms; Security Sys Owned; Smart Home System
Exterior Features: Separate Guest House; Patio; Covered Patio(s); Balcony/Deck(s); Private Street(s); Pvt Yrd(s)/Crtyrd(s); Childrens Play Area; Built-in BBQ
Parking Features: Attch'd Gar Cabinets; Dir Entry frm Garage; Electric Door Opener
Construction: Frame - Wood
Const - Finish: Painted; Stucco
Roofing: All Tile
Cooling: Refrigeration; Ceiling Fan(s)
Heating: Gas Heat
Plumbing: Recirculation Pump; Gas Hot Water Heater
Energy/Green Feature: Multi-Zones
Utilities: APS; SW Gas
Water: City Water
Sewer: Sewer - Public
Services: City Services
Fencing: View/Wrought Iron; Block
Property Description: Cul-De-Sac Lot; City Light View(s); Mountain View(s)
Landscaping: Desert Front; Desert Back; Grass Front; Grass Back; Yrd Wtring Sys Front; Yrd Wtring Sys Back; Auto Timer H2O Front; Auto Timer H2O Back
Possession: By Agreement
Unit Style: Two Levels
Association Fee Incl: Common Area Maint; Street Maint
Assoc Rules/Info: Pets OK (See Rmrks); NoVsble TrkTrlrRvBt; Rental OK (See Rmks); Clubhouse/Rec Center; Club, Membership Opt; Prof Managed
Existing 1st Loan: Treat as Free&Clear
Existing 1st Ln Trms: Non Assumable
New Financing: Cash; Conventional
Disclosures: Agency Discl Req
Listing Office: Silverleaf Realty
Last Updated: February - 25 - 2019
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Now what happens if you have edible lingerie?
The very first brand of edible underwear was owned by two American men in the 70's. Candy Pants ushered in the concept of edible underwear into society. Nowadays, edible bras, panties and briefs made out of candy, chocolate, and even meat. A popular garment would be the Kandy Undies where a bra or a pair of panties are woven out of candy bracelets.
Here are some tips from Punchng.com
- Always wash off as soon as you are done with any sexual activity.
- Drink water to keep you hydrated and your system flushed.
- Avoid spicy foods and citrus juices until the infection has cleared.
- Alkalising your system by mixing one teaspoon of baking powder and a half cup of water every six hours will help.
- Trying medically prescribed medications.
- Wiping from front to back after visiting the restroom. This keeps the vaginal area clean. Never use perfumed soaps or douches until the infection has cleared.
- Refrain from intercourse until the condition is certified cleared.
If you're truly interested in trying edible underwear, you should read this woman's experience with different types of them. It doesn't go well for her and her partner, but you never know, it may work for you and yours!
-Anna Cayco
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The GP32 or the Game Park 32 is a 8 bit hand held video game system that is a lot like the Game Boy Advance that uses SMC cards for data otherwise know as Smart Media cards. It makes it so amateur's can develop games and software for it. The one thing that makes it different from the Game Boy Advance is the connection via USB 1.1 port. It was manafactured in the early 2000's.
About 28 games were commercially made for it including the popular Blue Angelo which was a RPG/Platformer. There are many open source developers that have made many ported games/emulators. Also there are public domain games made from people like you and me.
It has a ARM 920T GPU that made it very easy for emulators to be made and developed for it. It also was able to handle 16 bit games from other consoles.
If you want one of the consoles best of luck. It was only sold in Portugal, Italy and Spain. It was never released in America. So if you can find it used pick it up. It has achieved a cult status to this day.
It had the ability to play mp3 format music files and also could be connected to personal computers. All of the games were either downloads on the JoyGP store (which was the international version of the MegaGP, which was a online store in Korea) most of the games were sold at a cheaper price than the physical ones and the download prices ranged from 10.00 to 30.00.
There were 3 to 4 different models.
The first one was the GP32 NLU – The NLU ment No light Unit and only relied on ambient light. The second release was the GP32 FLU Front Light Unit. It had a bigger screen and had a light in it. It was released in late 2002. The GP32 BLU had a back light and soon after that the BLU+ was released. The only bad thing about the GP32 BLU+ is that it is incompatible with some of the software that was made for the original GP32 because it has different screens.
Finally the sound was a 16 bit stereo in four channels with 44.1kHz and the ram is 8MB SDRAM and it takes 2 AA batteries or a 3-V DC adapter.
Thank you to all of the wonderful donors this year.
The following have donated 400.00 or more this year.
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Welcome to professorsavings.com, we teach finance basics. Today we will teach you about opening your first brokerage account.
Hi I'm Rayfil Wong. We hope these investment concepts will help you be a better investor.
When you decide to invest and open your first brokerage account, you need to make several important choices. First, decide on whether you want a full-service broker or a discount broker.
A full-service broker is more expensive but provides personalized research, advice and portfolio management, however a discount brokerage will save you money so long as you have the willingness to do some work and research yourself.
Your next step is to choose a brokerage firm. Do your research and look for a company with a good reputation that's within your price range. Don't assume that the most or at least expensive option is the best or worst.
Make sure to choose a brokerage that offers the type of account you require.
Third, examine whether the brokerage will facilitate your investment goals by answering a few of the following questions. Does the brokerage offer the investment selection you want?
How easily can you move money into and out of your account? Can you establish an automatic investment plan?
Next, scrutinize the fee schedule as fees will have a major impact on your long-term returns. Lastly, remember not to invest money that you may need in the short term. Try to keep at least three months worth of cash in an emergency fund prior to investing.
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Concordia Lutheran Church Maplewood's annual Easter Egg hunt is just days away! Come one, come all and have a jolly good time! The event will be at Ryan Hummert Memorial Park on Saturday, April 20, 2019! Registration opens at 11:00 am and the hunt will begin at 11:30. A light lunch will be served.
See you there!
Easter Egg Hunt
Now that Epiphany is here and we are on the forward march to Easter, mark your calendars for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Ryan Hummert Memorial Park.
See you there!
Annual Christmas Tree Walk
Visitation and Funeral for Joyce M. Kuhl
January 08, 1961 – November 11, 2018
Beloved wife of Steven Kuhl. Dear daughter of the late Robert and Violet Guckes
Loving mother of Karie Kuhl. Dear sister of Donna Ellison, Kevin Guckes, and Elaine Andree. She was daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, and friend. She will be greatly missed by so many. Joyce loved her family so much and enjoyed spending as much time with them as possible.
Joyce was an active member of Concordia Lutheran Church in Maplewood.
St. Louis, MO 63143
Burial at Mt. Lebanon in St. Ann after service
Memorial Donations can be made to:
PKD Foundation ( PKDcure.org)
1001 E. 101st Terrace
Suite #220
Kansas City, MO 63131
Concordia Lutheran Church
Pastor Wood Missionary In Indonesia
7291 Sarah Ave
St. Louis, MO 63143
To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Joyce Kuhl please visit Jay B. Smith's Sympathy Store.
Herbert Boerner Memorial Service
There will be a memorial service tomorrow, Friday, October 20 at 10:30 at Concordial Lutheran Church Maplewood, 7291 Sarah Street. A few words from his son about his father:
Herbert N Boerner was a 2nd generation member at Concordia Lutheran Church as well as his parents Adolph and Majorie Boerner. Between them their membership spanned over 80 years. Herbert participated in many church functions and assisted in important decisions that preserved the Lutheran way of thinking for many ways. He is survived by his daughter Cheryl Lynn Schwatka (Leroy Schwatka), Son Christopher Alan Boerner (Becky Boerner) and three grandchildren Sophia Lee Schwatka, Elijah Kar Schwatka, and Tyler Jordan Boerner. He also leaves behind his sister Lillian McGrath. He was a proud member of the United States Air Force and spent some time in Germany during the Korean War. He fought through several health issues over the years with the help of support groups, family and friends. He also loved to take pictures to document the many experiences he faced in his life both positive and negative. He researched his ailments and took pictures and asked many questions. He wanted to deeply understand everything that was going on with himself. He was very knowledgeable in computers and technology and often went to classes and seminars with some buddies to advance his computer skills. Herbert was also a stock market enthusiast. He diligently studied patterns, market fluctuations and trends to amass many successful dividends over the years. He lived in Maplewood for most of his life and supported his community whenever the opportunity arose. Herbert was a loving father, grandfather, brother, son and friend to all of us and will be deeply missed.
125th Anniversary Celebration
Come join Concordia as we celebrate our 125th year! There will be a special concert at 4 pm featuring the Concordia Laudamus Choir, followed by a dinner at 6 pm. Hope to see you there! Please RSVP to 314-647-1215 for dinner on September 23 by September 14 so we can get an accurate head count!
Sausage Dinner
Christ Lutheran Church is hosting their 67th annual whole hog sausage and sauerkraut dinner from 11 am to 6 pm. There will be apple butter and home made pies! Adults are $11, children ages 6-12 are $4, children under 6 are free. This is cafeteria style, all you can eat!
Celebrate Concordia's 125th Anniversary!
On Saturday, September 23rd, Concordia will be celebrating our 125th Anniversary! Members, family, friends and members of the Maplewood Community are cordially invited to attend Concordia's 125th Anniversary Celebration Concert and Dinner! Stay tuned for more details as the date draws near.
On Sunday, September 24th, Concordia will give thanks to God by commemorating our 125th Anniversary with the Divine Service. Former Lutheran Hour speaker Wally Schultz will preach. After the Divine Service we will open the time capsule from the cornerstone of our second building in 1914!
Christmas at Peace
Maplewood Christmas Tree Walk
Concordia Lutheran Church Maplewood is participating in the annual Christmas Tree Walk. Concordia will be serving hot dogs, hot chocolate, cookies and caroling. The church will be available for the event from 6 pm to 8 pm. Other participates will be closing down at 9 pm. Schlafly's down the road is also a participant! Look for the wooden Christmas tree stand! All participants will have a Christmas tree by their entrance.
Christmas Festival
Christmas Decorating!
Help beautify the sanctuary on November 20 at 12 pm. We will be decorating the church for the Christmas season!
ISM Thanksgiving Dinner
Come and join the feast! ISM is hosting Thanksgiving Dinner at Concordia Lutheran Church Maplewood on Saturday, November 19 at 12 pm
Fall Festival
Come and celebrate with us! Concordia's Fall Festival is hosted on Saturday, October 29 from 5 pm to 7 pm. There will be prizes, games, refreshments!
Cake Walk Donation!
We need donations of cake for our Fall Festival Cake Walk! Bring a homemade or store bought cake! Donations will be accepted Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 (up through 4 pm on Saturday).
Community Service Day and Picnic
Community Service and Picnic!
This Saturday, October 22, Concordia will be participating with other local churches in a day of service. We will gather in the Maplewood Baptist parking lot at 8:30 a.m. to sign up for projects. The three service projects are 1) collecting ood for Wekend on Wheels, 2) community garden project and 3) yard work for needy residents of Maplewood.
The picnic will begin at 11:30 a.m. There will be food, face painting, a puppet show, snow cones, cotton candy and more! Even if you are unable to volunteer, you are still invited to the picnic! This is a great way to get to know our neighbors here in Maplewood.
Peace Lutheran Pork Sausage Dinner
St. Paul's Lutheran New Melle, MO
Sausage Dinner
Schedule of Events
Saturday, Oct. 29 – Fall Festival
5-7 pm
Nov. 5 – Blind Outreach
Nov. 20 – Advent/Christmas Decorating
Dec. 2 – Christmas Tree Walk
Mark your calendars! Save the date! Concordia is having a BBQ!
- When: Saturday, September 24
- Where: Concordia Lutheran Church Maplewood
- Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Come and support Concordia's Lutheran school tuition fund!
Come Celebrate Lutheran Hour Ministies' Centennial Anniversary! This gala event will take place at St. Louis Union Station. The festival will kick off on Friday night with a Family Night Ocktoberfest that includes German food, the Deutschmeister German Brass Band, and authentic German dancers.
A Gala Celebration in the evening will feature a gourmet meal, entertainment by jazz artists Erin Bode, a testimonial from Gary Hall and a look at future ministry opportunities with President and CEO Kurt Buchholtz.
On Sunday a free shuttle will provide service to and from the campus of Concordia Seminary for a fellowship breakfast and sending service.
Registration is $125 per person ($25 for youth), and includes the Friday Night Ocktoberfest, Saturday Speakers, Saturday night Gala Celebration and Sunday sending service and breakfast on the Concordia Seminary.
Register NOW at lhm.org/100years or call 1-800-876-9880
Join WOW (Women of the Word) of St. John's Lutheran Church for Trivia night at St. Louis Police Officers Association Hall located at 3710 Hampton Avenue on Saturday, October 15, 2016. $17 per person or $120 for a table of 8. Includes trivia, soda, cookies and light snacks. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. (Alcohol and coolers are not permitted.)
Thrive St. Louis Annual Dinner is set for Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Marriot St. Louis Grand Hotel.
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church is featuring a performance of Seussical on Sept 16, 17, 23 & 24 at 7:30 pm and on Sept 18 & 25 at 2:30 pm.
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church is celebrating its 100th Anniversary! Come join the celebration on October 7-9. There will be a Hymn Festival on Friday, October 7, a Family Festival on Saturday, Octber 8 and a Festival Divine Service on Sunday, October 9 featuring Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan. Timothy VBS
June 20-June 24: VBS will be held from 6 pm to 8 pm at Timothy Lutheran Church.


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Deloitte named a global leader in Business Analytics Services by Gartner
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New York, NY, 20 October 2015– For the second consecutive year Gartner, one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory companies, has named Deloitte member firms (Deloitte) global leaders in Business Analytics Services and positioned Deloitte highest in Ability to Execute. In the report entitled Magic Quadrant for Business Analytics Services, Worldwide, Gartner defines Business Analytics (BA) as services that "encompass decision management capabilities, analytics capabilities, and information management (IM) capabilities."
The report notes, "The use of analytics to assist in achieving business goals and providing a competitive advantage has become critically important. And more broadly, enterprises are transforming from being process-driven to being information-driven, because information is an asset and not simply a byproduct of applications." Deloitte leverages analytics to improve and innovate across all its core businesses, including audit – where a suite of Audit Analytics tools and dedicated professionals help bring data to life to enhance risk assessment and deliver valuable insights.
"As organizations increasingly embrace the need to embed analytics as a core capability across their business portfolio, we're helping them build these capabilities as well as manage their growing volumes of data to extract insights that create measurable business value, thus driving their evolution into becoming truly insight-driven organizations," said Forrest Danson, Deloitte U.S. Analytics Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "It is truly an honor to again be recognized as a leader by Gartner in Business Analytics services." Receiving the highest rankings for 'Ability to Execute' recognizes the Deloitte network's breadth of services and offerings as well as our commitment to providing clients with a consistently high level of service and innovation that helps them improve business results."
Gartner's Magic Quadrant evaluates 18 full-service providers on a broad range of implementation services across multiple business analytics (BA) needs. Gartner evaluates service providers on their Ability to Execute and their Completeness of Vision. Clients can use this Magic Quadrant "to help identify and evaluate the providers of a broad range of BA services for their organization."
Leaders are defined as providing "offerings that meet demand, as well as demonstrate the vision necessary to sustain their position as requirements evolve in the market. Leaders take chances and typically respond to a wide market audience by supporting broad market requirements in an attempt to help shape the market. This includes delivering BA solutions across all levels of the BA framework."
Attribution: Magic Quadrant for Business Analytics Services, Worldwide, Alex Soejarto and Neil Chandler, and September 22, 2015
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About Gartner Research
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About Deloitte
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as "Deloitte Global") does not provide services to clients. Please see www.deloitte.com/mt/about for a more detailed description of DTTL and its member firms.
Deloitte Malta refers to a civil partnership, constituted between limited liability companies, and its affiliated operating entities, Deloitte Services Limited, Deloitte Legal, Deloitte Technology Solutions Limited and Deloitte Audit Limited. The latter is authorised to provide audit services in Malta in terms of the Accountancy Profession Act. A list of the corporate partners, as well as the principals authorised to sign reports on behalf of the firm, is available here. Cassar Torregiani & Associates is a firm of advocates warranted to practise law in Malta and is exclusively authorised to provide legal services, in Malta, under the Deloitte brand.
Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte's more than 200,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence.


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CO2 Capture
GLP designs and supplies process plants for the capture, processing, liquefaction and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
GLP employs a dedicated team of multi-disciplinary engineers and designers who have broad experience in the design, fabrication, installation and commissioning of modular process plants for the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Industry.
GLP's project experience includes the capture and processing of CO2 from both lean and rich sources from coal fired and gas fired steam boiler plant, natural gas on-shore treatment plant and hydrocarbon industry steam reformer plant. CO2 capture from fermentation plant has also been studied.
Examples of GLP process plant used at the various stages of carbon capture include:
- Hot flue gas quenching, SO2 removal and gas filtration plant.
- CO2 absorption and stripping utilising amine solvents such as MEA (Mono-Ethanol-Amine) for lean CO2 gas streams and aDMEA (Activated Di-Methyl Ethanol-Amine) for CO2 rich gas streams.
- CO2 stripper off-gas compression using reciprocating, screw and multi-stage turbo machines.
- Adsorption plant for removal of trace H2S, COS and organic sulphides.
- Catalytic oxidation plant for removal of trace hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.
- Dehumidification and final drying plant.
- CO2 liquefaction by low temperature refrigeration
- Distillation of liquid CO2 to remove trace air gas (O2 and N2)
- Adsorption plant to remove trace NOX from liquid CO2
- Low temperature storage of Liquid CO2
- Road tanker loading and un-loading stations for importing and exporting liquid CO2
Plant capacities range from 10 to 500 MTPD of CO2.
Product purity meets or exceeds food grade specifications imposed by all internationally recognised beverage manufacturers and Australian and New Zealand food standards authorities.
GLP designers utilise the latest hydraulic and process modelling techniques with 3-dimensional modelling to optimise plant designs. This ensures GLP plants are cost competitive, energy efficient, easy to operate at all levels of turn-down, reliable and maintainable.


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Legal Fees: How to minimize or rid the expense.
I've been reading a few blogs lately, particularly posts entailing the costs and procedures of a new start-up. There seems to be a growing trend of minimizing start-up costs and times, and I think it is great that entrepreneurs are finally learning of the many places and ways to downsize their investments to get a start-up running. (Keep an eye out for a friskily controversial new post we'll have coming up on this topic).
But here's something that caught my eye, an excerpt from Guy Kawasaki's side of 'da net':
$4,824.14. The total cost of the legal fees [for Truemors] was $4,824.14. I could have used my uncle the divorce lawyer and saved a few bucks, but that would have been short sighted if Truemors ever becomes worth something. Here's a breakdown of what I got for this amount of money.
Now before I go on, do know that what Guy dropped nearly $5 grand on was more than just a "Terms of Use" agreement (see here), but for the sake of this post I'll be focusing on what's out there.
First of all, do you really need something like a Terms of Use, or a Non-Disclosure Agreement to protect your start-up? Let's take a look at what can happen, and what good one can do for you.
Hypothetical, disadvantageous situation:
There's far too great of a variety of websites and services offered on the internet to list specifics for each type of situation, but to make my point, I'll use a content sharing / storage service. Call it StartupX. Imagine this, you have no acceptable use policy (aka, a Terms of Service, or a Terms of Use), and you're running a successful marketing campaign. A flurry of new users sign up, and life is good. Then you notice a few illicit files being uploaded, and oh baby take my word for it – these files are viral. By the time you go and check out what these users are up to, this trend will catch on. Since the users didn't agree to anything prior to creating their account, they go wild.
Imagine by nightfall, your server has copyright infringement written all over it, with thousands of mp3's, ripped or unreleased movies, and more. You wake up the next morning to find your inbox flooded with hundreds of cease and desist letters, take-down notices, and legal threats from the likes of the RIAA, the MPAA, and independent producers. You've dropped some dollar on your site (or worse, you've raised a few grand from angel investors, but then again this article isn't about those ventures), and you really hate to see it go down. You've seen what organizations like the RIAA have done to other sites. That's not you.
But what can you do? StartupX didn't require, or even give users the choice, of accepting and abiding to a Terms of Service (because it doesn't exist). You, as whole representative of StartupX, can't ride on the fact that the user's are to blame… and now, not their server, but your server, houses thousands of infringed content. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe this makes you the one responsible for these files. And now, you have no choice but to shut down your service, all because you couldn't shell out the $5,000 in legal fees to cover a Terms of Service (Admittedly, though, this could be taken to trial, which would just mean more fiscal duties). But hey, look at the bright side, chances are StartupX just made some big headlines in the blogosphere.
So what can be done to prevent this kind of situation from ever arising on your field? Plenty. Of course the statement implying one needs to spend $5,000 to obtain a viable Terms of Service (above) is a joke – a ToS, and plenty of other legal forms and agreements, can easily be found all over the internet for a one time fee of $0. (Now this doesn't go without saying, if you've raised capital, or are planning to launch a large service that needs to be scalable, hiring a lawyer to consult and write your agreements for your start-up is the best way to go). I'd like to end this post by providing a few useful links to free legal templates that are out there for your use. 🙂
Terms of Service
- http://www.docstoc.com/docs/301241/Website-Standard-Terms-and-Conditions-Template
- http://partners.uslegalforms.com/partners/blumberg/index.php?a=tech-forms.htm
- http://www.businessballs.com/service_agreements_contracts_templates.htm
- http://www.lawdepot.com/contracts/service-contract/?ad=mainpag
Non-Disclosure Agreement (Good when outsourcing development, design work, or other services that you may want to keep on 'the down lo', or may need to reveal some figures to)
- http://fap.wharton.upenn.edu/forms/nondisclosure.htm
- http://my.execpc.com/~mhallign/form1.html
- http://www.docstoc.com/docs/14660/Web-Site-Design-Nondisclosure-Agreement
- http://ezinearticles.com/?Mutual-Non-Disclosure-Agreement-Template&id=350378
- http://www.coollawyer.com/webfront/freeconf/interactive.php
Privacy Policy (Good when requiring personal or private information from your users)
- http://www.docstoc.com/docs/14623/Web-Site-Privacy-Policy
- http://www.the-dma.org/privacy/creating.shtml
- http://www.enbs.com/privacy-policy-generator.php
And finally, if you'd like to Incorporate or set up a(n?) LLC, or trademark your name, the most recommended place around is LegalZoom.
If you enjoyed this post please feel free to comment, or share it (check out the "SHARE" button below this post).
Update: A few commenters have brought to my attention that the example situation I described may be a little too extreme, so maybe its best not to take the story too seriously, as one would still be protected under various laws or acts in the US (EG. The DMCA). The goal of this post was to remind entrepreneurs about the importance of legal work for your start-up. I loved the great discussion through the comments, by the way.


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Pediatric Wrist and Hand Fractures
Carpal Injuries
Carpal injuries are rare in children. They may be under-diagnosed because of the difficulties in getting a good x-ray of the carpal bones in kids. The most common injury in this area is a fracture of the adjacent physis in the distal radius. The bones of the carpus begin to ossify by the age of six months but isn't complete until the age of 8 years. The small carpal bones are protected by cartilaginous shells until they begin to ossify. They ossify always in the same order for a total of 8 bones.
The most common mechanism of injury is a direct trauma to the area of the wrist. Falls on the outstretched hand can also injure the carpus but it is usually a high energy trauma, such as falling from a great height or falling from a bicycle.
Children usually present with tenderness over the site of the trauma. The median, radial, and ulnar nerves need to be evaluated and the child must be able to move and feel all fingers. X-rays of the affected area and a comparison view of the uninjured side can often help diagnose a fracture or dislocation. The most commonly fractured bone is the scaphoid bone. It is rarely injured in the first decade of life. Direct trauma is the most likely cause of a scaphoid bone fracture in kids. If the fracture is suspected but not seen on x-ray, a technetium bone scan or an ultrasound of the area may be helpful. Snuffbox tenderness is the biggest clinical sign of a scaphoid bone fracture.
The treatment of a scaphoid bone fracture is to put the patient in a thumb spica splint or cast if there is minimal swelling. A long arm cast should be used for initial immobilization. This treatment should continue for 2 weeks before re-evaluation is undertaken. If the fracture isn't displaced, a long arm cast can be used with the wrist neutral for about 6-8 weeks. If the fracture is displace, it can be reduced externally with pinning of the bony segments. Adolescents with displaced fractures may need surgery.
Complications of a scaphoid fracture is a delay in union, nonunion of the fracture or malunion. Osteonecrosis can occur but is rare. Missed diagnoses are common and can be overcome by immobilizing a suspected fracture for 2 weeks and then reassessing the wrist.
Hand Injuries
Hand injuries can be seen mostly in toddlers and adolescents. It is more common in boys involved in sports. Most fractures of the hand in kids involve the metacarpal phalangeal joint area. Hand fractures overall are common, accounting for a fourth of all fractures in children.
The periosteum of the bone is very strong in the pediatric hand bones so that fractures that seem unstable are actually less so. Hand injuries can happen because of torque on the hand/fingers, angulation forces, compression of bone, and direct trauma. In some cases, shear forces can cause fractures of the hand in the epiphyseal plate or the physeal area.
It is difficult to evaluate kids with hand fractures because they often do not cooperate with an exam. Instead, observing the child can tell a lot about what is going on. The hand needs to be evaluated for open injuries that could lead to infection. The hand should be evaluated for neurovascular injuries by putting the hand in warm, sterile water for five minutes. If the hand wrinkles, there is no nerve injury.
X-rays of the front and sides of the hand can see the fracture. Sometimes oblique views are necessary. Stressing the hand and x-raying it can help show some nondisplaced fractures. Remember that the cartilage can be injured and this will not show up on x-ray.
In treating a hand injury, any puncture wound should be suspected as being a tooth injury. Antibiotics are necessary in this situation. Most hand fractures are treated with closed reduction using conscious sedation for comfort. Older kids can be reduced using finger traps that suspend the hand and reduce the fracture. Immobilization of a child's hand injury can be done with a splint, including a metal splint. Most hand fractures heal within 4 weeks. If the hand fracture is unstable, percutaneous wires may need to be used to hold the fracture ends together.
The growth plates of the fingers are located at the proximal end of the bones. The periosteum tends to be very strong so that they resist becoming displaced. The most common phalanx to be fractured in kids is the proximal phalanx. If more than 25 percent of the fracture involves the joint, open reduction and internal fixation is necessary.
Distal phalanx fractures are often associated with soft tissue injuries and nail bed injuries. If the nail bed has a hematoma underneath the nail, it should be evacuated using a hot cautery device or hot paperclip. Complications of distal phalanx fractures include failure of the nail to grow properly. There can be an extensor lag of up to ten degrees, even when the fracture is treated properly. Other complications include malunion, nonunion, infection, osteomyelitis, and joint contracture.