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HISTORY: This unique home unifies two structures that were originally separate buildings--a log cabin dating back to 1869 and an old rock "dog-run house." a standing seam roof was constructed over the original roof of the two-story house. The log cabin was reinforced and refurbished right where it stands before being converted into a dining room. The cabin's porch was enclosed and the "lean-to" addition on the other side of the cabin was transformed into a modern kitchen. The utility and bathroom areas off the back of the kitchen are the only additions the Reed's made. The original 640 acre parcel was known as Survey No. 215 in the name of David Garner. The Ranzau family owned the land for forty years, then in 1910 Charles Ranzau sold it to Adam Schwarz and his wife Marie Ammann Schwarz. [Note: There seems to be some confusion as to original owners]. Maggie and Robert Reed purchased the property in 1953. They were the owners who combined the buildings into one structure.
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Such records weren't kept in the early years of the Fall Photo Contest, but it's very likely that Angela Lucier of Longmeadow is the first contest winner to have undergone an emergency appendectomy only two days before learning she had won.
Lucier, who is in Washington, D.C., visiting her father – who is in the hospital recovering from surgery – returned to her hotel room Monday night after a two-day hospital stay. There she received a message on her cell phone informing her that her photo of a classic Chevrolet parked in front of a backdrop of fall's beauty in Stowe, Vt., is the winning photo for Day 6 in the fifth annual Fall Photo Contest presented by The Republican, MassLive.com and El Pueblo Latino. The contest is sponsored by Hunt's Photo and Video and Dunkin' Donuts, the exclusive online sponsor.
Lucier returned the call to The Republican and described her eventful past week. She was in her hotel room on Saturday.
"Out of nowhere I had a major stomach ache. I'm staying right next to the emergency room of the hospital where my father is; I went over, and it turned out to be appendicitis," she said.
She's recovering well and will be heading home soon. "I'm flying back up there on Wednesday. It'll be good to be back in New England."
New England was not originally home to Lucier, who is from Maryland (though "pretty much my whole family lives in Massachusetts," she said, "mostly in Longmeadow and East Longmeadow"). Her photo of the fall foliage-colored Chevrolet was taken on her first New England foliage tour in 2009.
"I had never done the whole New England fall foliage thing, so I decided to take weekend trip up to Vermont," she said. "Someone recommended the Stowe area.
"I parked my car. It was really early in the morning. And that car was just sitting there," she said.
"The fall foliage created such a stunning background to the car that I quickly grabbed my camera and took a few shots," Lucier wrote on her entry form.
She saw no sign of the owner.
"Someday I would love to find the owner of the car and give them a print of the photo!" she wrote.
Lucier studied art and photography at the College of Southern Maryland.
"I haven't found a way to turn it into a career," she said. But she is striving to turn it into a business. Lucier is in the early stages of starting an old photo restoration business that she'll call Forgotten Photo Works. "I'm really into old photos," she said.
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The area around Whiting Street Reservoir in Holyoke was photographed by Bruce Chambers of West Springfield on Oct. 22.
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Amanda Florek of Chicopee captured her 2½-year-old son Drew Florek pondering which pumpkin to choose on Oct. 15 at a farm stand in Greenfield.
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David Champigny of Agawam took this photo of Enders Falls in West Granby, Conn., last month.
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DAY 2: Wachusett Aqueduct in Northborough provides setting for winner Jean Kelley-Joyce
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DAY 3: Popular Jenne Farm in Vermont setting for winner by Ware's Mike Martin
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RESOLVER(3) Library Functions Manual RESOLVER(3)
resolver, res_mkquery, res_send, res_init, dn_comp, dn_expand -
resolver routines
#include <<sys/types.h>>
#include <<netinet/in.h>>
#include <<arpa/nameser.h>>
#include <<resolv.h>>
res_mkquery(op, dname, class, type, data, datalen, newrr, buf, buflen)
int op;
char *dname;
int class, type;
char *data;
int datalen;
struct rrec *newrr;
char *buf;
int buflen;
res_send(msg, msglen, answer, anslen)
char *msg;
int msglen;
char *answer;
int anslen;
dn_comp(exp_dn, comp_dn, length, dnptrs, lastdnptr)
u_char *exp_dn, *comp_dn;
int length;
u_char **dnptrs, **lastdnptr;
dn_expand(msg, msglen, comp_dn, exp_dn, length)
u_char *msg, *eomorig, *comp_dn, exp_dn;
int length;
These routines are used for making, sending and interpreting packets to
Internet domain name servers. You can link a program with the resolver
library using the -lresolv argument on the linking command line.
Global information that is used by the resolver routines is kept in the
variable _res. Most of the values have reasonable defaults and can be
ignored. Options are a simple bit mask and are OR'ed in to enable.
Options stored in _res.options are defined in <<resolv.h>> and are as
RES_INIT True if the initial name server address and default
domain name are initialized (that is, res_init()
has been called).
RES_DEBUG Print debugging messages.
RES_AAONLY Accept authoritative answers only. res_send() con-
tinues until it finds an authoritative answer or
finds an error. Currently this is not implemented.
RES_USEVC Use TCP connections for queries instead of UDP.
RES_STAYOPEN Used with RES_USEVC to keep the TCP connection open
between queries. This is useful only in programs
that regularly do many queries. UDP should be the
normal mode used.
RES_IGNTC Unused currently (ignore truncation errors, that
is, do not retry with TCP).
RES_RECURSE Set the recursion desired bit in queries. This is
the default. res_send() does not do iterative
queries and expects the name server to handle
RES_DEFNAMES Append the default domain name to single label
queries. This is the default.
RES_DNSRCH Search up the domain tree from the default domain,
in all but the top level. This is the default.
res_init() reads the initialization file to get the default domain name
and the Internet addresses of the initial name servers. If no name-
server line exists, the host running the resolver is tried.
res_mkquery() makes a standard query message and places it in buf.
res_mkquery() returns the size of the query or -1 if the query is
larger than buflen. op is usually QUERY but can be any of the query
types defined in <<nameser.h>>. dname is the domain name. If dname con-
sists of a single label and the RES_DEFNAMES flag is enabled (the
default), dname is appended with the current domain name. The current
domain name is defined in a system file and can be overridden by the
environment variable LOCALDOMAIN. newrr is currently unused but is
intended for making update messages.
res_send() sends a query to name servers and returns an answer. It
calls res_init() if RES_INIT is not set, send the query to the local
name server, and handle timeouts and retries. The length of the mes-
sage is returned or -1 if there were errors.
dn_expand() Expands the compressed domain name comp_dn to a full domain
name. Expanded names are converted to upper case. msg is a pointer to
the beginning of the message, exp_dn is a pointer to a buffer of size
length for the result. The size of compressed name is returned or -1
if there was an error.
dn_comp() Compresses the domain name exp_dn and stores it in comp_dn.
The size of the compressed name is returned or -1 if there were errors.
length is the size of the array pointed to by comp_dn. dnptrs is a
list of pointers to previously compressed names in the current message.
The first pointer points to the beginning of the message and the list
ends with NULL. lastdnptr is a pointer to the end of the array pointed
to dnptrs. A side effect is to update the list of pointers for labels
inserted into the message by dn_comp() as the name is compressed. If
dnptr is NULL, do not try to compress names. If lastdnptr is NULL, do
not update the list.
/etc/resolv.conf see resolv.conf(5)
resolv.conf(5), named(8C)
/usr/lib/libresolv.a is necessary for compiling programs.
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Mickey has a little tighty-whitey addiction, and he cant help it.
Bruno confronts his roommate Mickey about the theft of his underwear, and of course Mickey denies it. The two argue back and fourth until, in frustration, Bruno takes a nap.
Later in their dorm, Bruno wakes up and begins masturbating, staring at Mickey's chiseled body. Deciding to finally go for it, Bruno slowly creeps up to Mickey's bed and slowly begins to explore his catch. He pulls down his underwear and begins to suck Mickey off.
Mickey begins to stir in his sleep and the intense pleasure causes him to wake up. Now fully into what is happening, Mickey decides to suck Bruno off. After polishing Mickey's cock, he hops on top of Bruno and shows him how it's done. Mickey rides Bruno's cock for a while then Bruno flips Mickey and starts fucking him on his back.
Bruno, not able to hold it in any longer, blows his load all over Mickey's thighs and ass. Bruno so into his cum on Mickey's body then licks his cum off of him.
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text: I'd like to know whether it is possible (as in, undocumented) to perform a find_all() within a sublime.Region. Obviously the sublime.View#find_all does not support it, but you never know My goal is to find all matches for a regexp within the boundaries of two text points, so as to not search for the whole (possibly very large) document. I can see sublime.View#find has a fromPosition parameter: would it be a good idea to provide find_all with a pair of parameters to specify boundaries? This would help with performance and overhaul cleaness in some cases.


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Dr. Juan Alzate
Dr. Juan C. Alzate es un graduado de la escuela de Medicina de la Universidad del Valle en Cali, Colombia, recibio su entrenamiento en Neurocirugia en Colombia y en la ciudad de New York en el Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Alzate is a member of the North American Spine Society and was also a research scholar at the Free University in Berlin, Germany and at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with a focus on endoscopic approaches to the brain and spine. Dr. Alzate is a board certified neurosurgeon.
Dr. Alzate has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored many book chapters and has spoken at numerous conferences both in the U.S. and Colombia. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the North American Spine Society.
His special interests include minimally invasive spine surgery, complex and minimally invasive endoscopic cranial-base surgery (i.e., endoscopic pituitary surgery), and chiari Malformations. Dr. Alzate is fluent in English and Spanish, and cares for both adult and pediatric neurosurgical patients.


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Israeli instructor brings self-defense methods to northern Michigan
Wed, 05 Feb 2014 05:32:01 GMT —
Many people are turning to Israeli-based Krav Maga to protect themselves.
Krav Maga, translated from Hebrew means contact combat. The system focuses on close, hand-to-hand maneuvers. Itâ??s the distance where someone can reach out and grab you.
Tuesday night a group of about 20 people learned Krav Maga principles straight from Israeli instructor Moshe Katz. It's the second time Katz has come to northern Michigan to teach self-defense.
Katz travels around the globe spreading his techniques because heâ??s passionate about helping people.
â??Every time I read a story or hear something on the news about somebody attacked, that's my motivation to give people the tools to live without fear,â?? said Moshe Katz, of Israeli Krav International.
Katz gives people techniques that are simple. He said they don't have to be a master martial artist to be able to protect themselves. His techniques focus on real life situations for all ages and fitness levels. Participants learn how to react to common unarmed attacks as well as situations including weapons.
â??I was in Mexico. A guy came up to me and says, â??I was held up like this.â?? I don't say, â??hey we have our curriculum.â?? No, this is how you were held up? This is what we're going to deal with,â?? said Katz.
Mostly men attend local Krav Maga instructor Colby Taylor's classes in Traverse City, but he's seeing more and more women joining. He said it's because they want to be safe.
â??It's something that gets you out of a situation and gets you home,â?? said Taylor. â??It's not about scoring a point. It's saving your life and getting out of a bad situation. The people I'm working with and the people I want to work with are individuals who the last thing on their mind is they want to encounter any kind of violence or conflict.â??
â??If I'm in a difficult situation, how do I defend myself or my friends?â?? asked Rose Vanderley, 17. Vanderley picked up Krav Maga nearly a year ago and said now sheâ??s better prepared for danger.
â??It's really natural and it's easy to pick up on. It's pretty repetitive so you can train your brain to do it. It's pretty easy for most anybody to do,â?? explained Vanderley.
â??Every person here, they're different ages, different sizes, different levels of fitness,â?? said Katz. â??It's for everybody. I will do my best to help anybody because that's what we're on this earth for: to make a difference, contribute to something.â??
Many martial arts schools teach Krav Maga principles.
Covenant Defense owner Colby Taylor instructs a group in Traverse City every Wednesday night.
â??There's a lot of people interested in their community being safer. There's a lot of people that are interested in taking care of their families. They're a community that wants to work together and become a band of brothers,â?? said Taylor.


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With the NFL season FINALLY set to kickoff this week, it's time to dig out the crystal ball and let you in on five things that are going to happen this season. I stand by these predictions and of they don't happen on out world, then they are for sure happening on some parallel universe!
1. The Pittsburgh Steelers will NOT suffer their typical post-SuperBowl hangover!
The last two times the Pittsburgh Steelers went to the SuperBowl, they followed that season up with a dissapointing year where they didn't even make the postseason. I'm here to tell you that isn't going to be the case again this season. In fact, people should really be expecting them to return to the big dance. The defending SuperBowl representatives of the AFC bring back 21 of 22 starters of a year ago so the shortened offseason won't affect them. Also, some key young pieces like receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Antonio Brown, are poised to break out this year. If the Steelers can avoid the injury bug, then they should cruise to yet another AFC North crown and possibly back to back SuperBowls.
2. Jamaal Charles will lead the league in rushing.
Jamaal Charles of the Kansas City Chiefs is poised to become the next great running back. Entering his fourth season, after three seasons where he improved dramatically in each, there is no reason Charles shouldn't lead the league in both rushing yards and all purpose yards. With the emergence of the Kansas City passing game last season, Charles flourished for 1935 total yards. Expect better this year as Charles is going to be asked to carry a bigger load than he has in the past.
3. Aaron Rodgers will be the league's MVP.
This one is almost a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned, Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers will be the league MVP this year. Coming off his coming out party of a year ago that ended with him hoisting the Lombardi trophy, Rodgers is entering this year on the radar of every sports analyst that can get 2 seconds of air time. To be honest, it doesn't even matter if Rodgers has only an OK year because as long as the Packers win games, then Rodgers will get the MVP basically for what he did last season.
4. Brett Favre WILL stay retired but Randy Moss WON'T.
I think it's safe to say that Brett Favre won't be gracing any NFL sidelines this year unless he is visiting friends. The aged gunslinger has finally hung up the cleats for the last time, thus releasing his deathlike clasp upon the NFL world. Wideout Randy Moss, however, will return at some point this season. Moss can still play at a high level, that's a given, but he was emotionally stung by a lack of real suitors this offseason so he 'retired'. Expect him to catch on with a contender by mid-season at the latest with New England being the optimal choice if the Ocho experiment fails.
5. I will NOT get all my predictions right.
As good as my Chrystal ball is, sometimes it does get a little fuzzy on some topics. That being said, there is a SLIM possibility that one of the previous predictions may be wrong. Not saying it's going to happen but I could be, gasp, wrong about something.
The next SuperBowl will feature the Pittsburgh Steelers vs the Dallas Cowboys.
Keep track throughout the NFL season to see if I know what I'm talking about.
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Saturday's here are going to be primarily about mobility and apps, other things will be thrown in the mix but most of what you see should be mobile related, be it iOS, Android or any other mobile platform.
Bouncy Bug for iOS was just released by App in the Box and it's a game where you bounce a bug around and collect fruit, just like the title says, Bouncy Bug.
Press the jello walls to bounce Clyde around the levels while trying to collect all the fruit. Press the floor and walls to bounce our hero into every twisty, bouncy corner.
Swipe the walls to create waves in the jello. Carefully time your bounces to get more height and speed with each bounce.
? Unique control method – touch walls to bounce
? 100's of tricky levels and cool power ups
? Game Center & stacks of achievements
? Dynamically generated graphics
? Universal: iPhone & iPad cross compatible
? Great for all ages, easy to learn
? Very addictive, exciting game play
? Full community on Facebook and Twitter
? Play your own music in the background
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My usual outfit:
Steel toed shoes - most comfortable way to spend an hour or more standing in one place. Of course, since I wear them whenever I do jobs around the house, they're dirty and worn.
Old blue jeans, t shirt, and maybe a long sleeved shirt - I don't wear my best clothes because I don't want to get oil or grease on them. I don't want my good clothes to start smelling like hoppe's or gunpowder.
Hat-whatever one I find first.
Wearing 'nice' clothes would waste my time (extra cleaning involved) and possibly ruin my clothes. So I wear what is comfortable and practical. I don't look slovenly, but I'm not going to get on the cover of GQ by a longshot. I'm there to shoot my guns and have fun. I am not there to impress anyone or alter the perception of gunowners on the odd chance a camera crew walks in.
If someone has a problem with the way I dress when I enjoy my hobby, that's their problem, not mine.
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Keep your child safe through Coloring Books: Halloween Safety
Children are always playful and while playing, they sometimes become careless and meet up with major or minor accidents. Again, some kids are mischievous and innocently try to play pranks which can sometimes lead to serious accidents. To avoid such circumstances, kids must be taught a good lesson on how to be careful about their own safety and the safety of those around them. But conventional lessons bore them, and in most cases they ignore your advice.
So, how would you like to advice them on personal safety in an exciting and attractive way! You can easily do this with our promotional Coloring Book: Halloween Safety. In this book, a Halloween safety Ghost named Gilbert teaches kids about the different do's and don'ts they should practice while playing pranks to ensure their personal safety in a very special way through a 16 page story. The storyline is narrated through different creative characters which will appeal to all children.This special coloring book can be offered to your employees as a business promotional gift because it will please your employees when they realize that this gift is a great learning tool for their children. So before offering this 8"W x 10½"H gift to them, emboss your company name with at most two prominent colors on the cover page of the story book using the offset method. The imprinting area is 5"W x 1½"H and your total setup cost for the promotion is only $50 (exclusive of any additional charges).
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Colin Farrell: I kiss kind people
Colin Farrell enjoys complimenting others as it helps him lead a happier life.
The Irish actor has a troubled past and checked into rehab for an addiction to painkillers, alcohol and recreational drugs in 2005.
He's now sober and has turned his life around by adopting a different attitude in the way he sees the world.
"For example, I try and hand out compliments to others, I give kind people a kiss and laugh more often, rather than going out of my mind with worrying," he revealed to German magazine Freundin.
When Colin first hit Hollywood he got swept up in the celebrity lifestyle, often enjoying big nights out with other A-listers.
These days the 37-year-old is far more chilled out and tries to fit in a yoga session every day.
"I used to be a lot more driven; these days I just do my best to be a happy person," he smiled.
"Partying through the night, alcohol, drugs? None of that interests me anymore."
The actor isn't the only star to enjoy yoga, with others such as Russell Brand and Gwyneth Paltrow also swearing by the relaxing workout.
Colin has previously opened up about why he loves the activity so much.
"It's fun. [I] do it every day, as much as I can," he told Access Hollywood.
"I love being in a class with students – 30 or 40 people all moving in unison. It's very easy to live where you remain in your head… and you're concerned about various things and constantly contemplating and so on and so forth, so it takes you out of your head for a while and just puts you back into your body."
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Film: Play
Director: Ruben Östlund
Program: Main Slate
Tickets: Oct. 15
Why you should see it:
Based on actual events that occurred in Sweden several years ago, Play is an uncompromising look at how one group of boys preys on another. Opening in a mall, we see a group of African immigrant youths who plot to sucker two Swedish boys and their Asian friend for their valuables (cell phone, clothes, etc.). You quickly realize two things: the scheming youths have done this before and their victims are totally unaware of the obvious hustle. Östlund sets up his shots in wide angle, hardly moving the camera as we watch from an apparently safe distance. Even so the audience ends up feeling for all the kids involved. Filmed using the Red 4K camera.
Track record:
Play appeared at the Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.
About the director:
Swedish writer-filmmaker Ruben Östlund has completed three features, including Play. He began making ski films and was accepted to film school in Gothenburg, Sweden based on those works. His previous feature Involuntary (2008) picked up awards at the Milan, Palm Springs and Stockholm Film Festivals, among others. His short film Incident By a Bank (2009) won the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlinale. Make sure to watch this video interview with Östlund, talking Play at Cannes, on Ion Cinema.
What the critics are saying:
Mark Adams for Screen Daily: "Ruben Ostlund's thoughtful and occasionally harrowing film Play, about youngsters in Sweden being harassed and robbed of their mobile phones and wallets by a gang of other youths, is a fascinating exercise in psychology in a specific social environment, and makes and interesting companion piece to the director's last film Involuntary, that screened in official section in Cannes in 2008."
What the NYFF programmers say:
"Play is a third film by Ruben Östlund, a director from Sweden, and his first film in the festival. This will probably be one of the most discussed films in the festival. It has a premise guaranteed to raise all kinds of flags. A group of five young Africans who are living in Sweden go up to a group of Swedish boys and say, 'Where'd you get that cellphone? That's my brother's cell phone! I'm sure that's my brother's cell phone! Someone just stole his cell phone! And I'm sure that's his!' And these kids, partly out of pressure, partly out of fear, follow this group and they say, 'Well come with us. We're going to find my brother and he's going to identify his cell phone.' And they just take these kids on this trip across Gothenburg and, in a way, it's a film that talks a lot about the sense of liberal guilt, the way both sides can use and abuse that sense of guilt, as well as the place of Africans in contemporary Sweden and the way Swedes see themselves within their country. It is also very much about class. As you watch Play, your sympathy shifts in different ways and you're not exactly sure where the film is coming out on this particular issue. I think it's a film that'll be very widely discussed because it really discusses race and class in a context that's both familiar and unfamiliar to a lot of us." —Richard Peña, Program Director


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Despite the economy's steady, albeit somewhat unhurried, recovery, businesses in accounting, finance, and IT are reporting a significant increase in unfilled staff positions, according to the Brilliant Q3 2014 Hiring Forecast.
The forecast, conducted by Brilliant in conjunction with Richard Curtin, PhD, professor and director of surveys at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, indicates companies are poised to hire, and have the desire to add new talent to improve their business, but are "adopting a more conservative approach toward recovery planning due to recent economic instability and slow pace of gains."
The forecast indicates two-thirds, or 65 percent, of all respondents reported they currently have unfilled positions on their accounting, finance and IT staffs. This figure was above the 58 percent posted just three months ago, and 14 percent above last year's number.
The Brilliant Hiring Forecast, established in 2012, is a quarterly survey of human resources professionals and hiring managers in the accounting, finance and IT professions within a variety of industries, including financial services, professional services, health care, and nonprofits, among other industries.
The Q3 2014 Brilliant Hiring Forecast includes responses from 181 professionals, surveyed between May 12 and June 6, 2014.
Jim Wong, CPA (inactive), CEO and founder of Brilliant, says one reason for the high number of unfulfilled positions is the fact many companies may mistakenly believe there are more accounting graduates available to fill their open positions than actually exist, and are being more discerning in their hiring plans than the talent pool permits.
"Companies in industry are actively hiring for accounting professionals, but they are being more selective because they believe supply outweighs demand", said Wong. "The large public accounting firms, however, are fully aware that this assumption is inaccurate for accounting and finance professionals."
Wong said over the last 15 years there have been multiple periods where the accounting profession has seen a significant decline in the number of accounting graduates from universities, but the demand for these individuals in the workplace has not diminished, due to an increase in regulatory reporting requirements, compliance, and changing economic times where companies and legislation are mandating more timely and accurate accounting.
"Companies are still in high need of hiring trained and qualified accounting and finance professionals", Wong said.
Wong does believe, however, that companies are becoming more informed about the accounting profession's problem filling the talent pipeline, and will become more flexible in their candidate requirements, which will result in more hiring.
"The pent up demand for accounting and finance professionals will be met", Wong said.
The Brilliant forecast also indicates that in the big picture, HR professionals and hiring managers are feeling decidedly more positive about economic conditions for their companies in the Q3 2014 survey than at any time in the past year.
According to Brilliant, across all companies, 43 percent reported the economic situation of their companies had improved during the past year, up from 37 percent last quarter and 34 percent last year.
Those good vibes will also translate to good news for job seekers in the accounting, finance, and IT sectors in the year ahead.
"Hiring top talent is no easy task, nor is it accomplished quickly", Wong said. "Businesses want employees who are not only skilled at their jobs, but fit in with the company's culture."
The current hiring climate, and the expensive undertaking of hiring and training new talent, are pushing a new trend in hiring and recruiting, the survey found. Many HR officers and hiring managers report they are opting to hire temporary employees as a way to identify and test drive well qualified candidates for their open accounting, finance and IT positions.
"It's not uncommon, as seen in this survey, that companies hire temporary employees as a means to determine their skills and cultural fit in their firms", said Curtin. "Some survey respondents mentioned it was their usual practice to hire temporary employees as a means to screen for the best fit for their firms."
"Significant Restructuring"
The recession and its subsequent downsizing also gave many companies the leeway to "alter the way they ran their organizations", according to Brilliant.
"Nearly half of all firms surveyed used this time to undergo significant restructuring in order to match changing trends in their markets", commented Wong. "And with the most robust hiring plans seen in some time, planned staff additions represent solid evidence for firm expansion during the year ahead."
For public accounting firms, Wong said, the economic downturn required companies to do more with less. But with an improved economy, pent-up demand will need to be filled, because more confident employees may leave current employers for better work/life balance and compensation, he continued.
The Brilliant Q3 2014 Hiring Forecast also found businesses:
- Plan to Increase Hiring. An increased pace of hiring of accounting, finance and IT professionals was planned by 28 percent of surveyed firms. This is a 5 percent increase over last year.
- Anticipate Net Gains in the Total Workforce. Staff expansion was anticipated by 35 percent of all firms, up from 32 percent in the prior quarter and 25 percent last year.
- Intend to Hire Temporary Labor. Among all firms, 16 percent reported they planned to increase the number of temporary employees they hired in the Q3 2014 survey, up from 13 percent in Q1 2014, and nearly identical to last quarter.
- Use Social Media to Recruit Talent. The survey found a near universal agreement that LinkedIn was the top social media choice for recruiting top talent, selected as most effective by 97 percent of all HR professionals and hiring managers. Among users of social media to recruit, 28 percent spent under $2,500, 26 percent spent $2,500 to $10,000, and 26 percent spent more than $10,000 on social media advertising
When assessing the talent pool, respondents identified an "increasing emphasis on expertise", as the biggest gap in the skills of job seekers, cited by 43 percent in the Q1 2014, up from 39 percent in the prior quarter and 33 percent in the Q2 and Q3 of 2013.
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Jayme Lee Todd, 21, of Conway, was killed in an early morning wreck in Myrtle Beach after hitting a tree and being ejected from his motorcycle, according to Captain David Knipes with the Myrtle Beach Police Department.
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The 2008 fall season for high school sports begins the 24th year of the Union-Tribune All-Academic Team. The names of 4,781 student-athletes appear on these pages. For the 2007-08 school year, more than 13,500 All-Academic Team certificates were awarded among the approximately 165,000 high school students in the San Diego Section.
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Since we're talking about Jake Phelps, I thought I'd put up this photo I found in the June 1980 issue of Skateboarder, just a few short months before it became Action Now. I've got a September 1980 issue of Action Now, but I don't know if it was the first. The June issue of Skateboarder has an ad saying a new type of action magazine was coming soon. In any case, this is none other than Kevin Thatcher, the original editor of Thrasher Magazine, appearing in one of the last issues of a magazine whose demise would soon find him employed making a replacement. Kevin once gave me an invaluable photography tip scribbled on note with a batch of negatives he sent back to me: "Use a faster shutter speed and your shots won't be so blurry. – K.T." I think of him every time my shutter speed dial slips below 1/400. I've looked through a few 1980 issues of Skateboarder, and they all have BMX coverage in them at that point already. While I was searching for an image of the June 1980 cover, I stumbled on the web site of the original photographer, Ted Terrebonne. Ted has 144 pages of recent and vintage skate photos including the Kevin Thatcher shot from Yuvis Dam in San Jose, as well as 38 shots of assorted bands. One thing odd about the site is there are random sprinkles of text links for online casinos. I can't tell if he was hacked or he's trying to make a little money from click-throughs.
Just a word of warning, I'm going to be mining back issues of these old skate mags regularly for a while.
The era of Thrasher I loved…..KT's era. With Rick Blackheart and Chef-Pierre.
"Uvas" Dam is the biggest ditch I've ever skated. That move might be old school but it's still pretty dang gnarly.
1/500 minimum, better off at 1/1000 for no blur if you can do it
I think he mispelled it so it wouldn't get "blown out". I used to skate there a lot in high school, but with all the skateparks around I don't know that we would see a rush of people going to "Yuvis" spillway. It's fun to experience, but most old barney type dudes would probably just go to Lake Richie Cunningham anyway if they were visiting San Jose.
That is when Thrasher had an editor that actually skated…
I'm stoked for you to mine the old mags. I was blessed that my elementary school library had skateboarder and action now. skating was dead, but I had accsess to the mags.
I love that era of magazines too. probably because skating was so dead and being in new jersey it was my only link to skateboarding. also i was so young and impressionable that i did whatever thrasher told me to. it was my bible. remember when you had to figure out how to do a trick from one still image? even sequentials were hard to understand sometimes. i remember one of gator doing a "roto rooter". i still don't know what the hell he was doing. maybe an eggplant? and K.T. was a class act for sure.
"as well as 38 shots of assorted bands."
That's interesting because it marks the time that skateboarding started to really go into the sh*tter. Clueless fucks who were more interested in punk rock than skating started to take up the sport. Skaters with roots in the eighties are the problem not the solution.
Sorry 'wag but ever since you banned DY there has been a lack of an undefineable something on the site. I just thought I'd step up and help out! 😉
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Skateboarder mags? If you do, can you post the pics
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When President Obama involved American forces in Libya without Congressional approval, violating the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, sued him. "The president is not a king. He was elected by the people, just like the House and Senate," he said. "I think he is absolutely off-base. I think that is an abuse of power, and that's why we're going to the courts." Despite voting for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Rep. Jones turned anti-war while President Bush was still in office, and having so far failed to stop President Obama from fighting undeclared wars, he is now attempting a new strategy: the threat of impeachment.
Last week, after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that the Obama Administration would seek international permission -- but not necessarily Congressional permission -- before taking action in Syria, Jones submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary the following resolution:
It is the sense of Congress that, except in response to an actual or imminent attack against the territory of the United States, the use of offensive military force by a President without prior and clear authorization of an Act of Congress violates Congress's exclusive power to declare war under article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution and therefore constitutes an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor under article II, section 4 of the Constitution.At present, the resolution doesn't have much chance at passing, which is how the Obama Administration likes it. But it wasn't so long ago that its highest-ranking officials thought differently.
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The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.Here's Joe Biden before he was vice president:
As Commander-in-Chief, the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent. History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. It is always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to any military action.
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It may fairly be said that, with regard to many constitutional provisions, the Framers' intent was ambiguous. But on the war power, both the contemporaneous evidence and the early construction of these clauses do not leave much room for doubt.
If the country is under truly imminent threat of attack, of course the President must take appropriate action to defend us. At the same time, the Constitution requires Congress to authorize war. I do not believe that the President can take military action -- including any kind of strategic bombing -- against Iran without congressional authorization. That is why I have supported legislation to bar President Bush from doing so and that is also why I think it is irresponsible to suggest, as some have recently, that anything Congress already has enacted provides that authority.
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We're back! And we're in one of the best food cities in the United States. LONG overdue, IMO.
Let's get the cheftestants out of the way:
Aaron Cuschieri - Executive Chef, Slurping Turtle, Chicago, IL
Benedetto Bartolotta - Indulge by Bene, a catering and event planning company in New York City
Bret Pelaggi - originally from Boston, now in Miami, no restaurant noted
Brian Huskey - R&D Chef: Paiche, Picca, Mo-chica, Pasadena, CA
Carlos Gaytan - Executive Chef/Owner, Mexique, Chicago, IL
Carrie Mashaney - Chef de Cuisine, Aragona, Seattle, WA
Janine Booth - originally from Perth, Australia, now in NYC working on opening her own restaurant
Jason Cichonski - Chef/Owner, Ela Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
Justin Devillier - Chef/Owner, La Petit Grocery, New Orleans, LA
Louis Maldonado - Executive Chef, Spoonbar and Pizzando, Healdsburg, CA
Michael Sichel - Executive Chef, Galatoire's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA
Nicholas Elmi - originally from MA, now in Philadelphia, PA and ready to open Laurel.
Nina Compton - Chef de Cuisine, Scarpetta Miami, Fontainebleu hotel, Miami, FL
Patricia Vega - Sous Chef, David Burke Fishtail, NYC, NY
Ramon Bojorquez - Sous Chef, Nine-Ten, La Jolla, CA
Sara Johannes - Executive Chef, Shoyu, MSP Airport, Minneapolis, MN
Shirley Chung - born and raised in Beijing, China, now in CA, no current restaurant (but has worked for Batali, Keller and Andres)
Stephanie Cmar - Sous Chef, No. 9 Park, Boston, MA
Travis Masar - originally from Colorado; no current restaurant
And we're off! Chefs arrive by various conveyances at a gorgeous mansion. Jason C. is "Philadelphia's "sexiest chef". Janine isn't a dumb blonde. Bene is hoping he's the first Top Chef gay chef. Shirley notes there are 19 beds. Carlos was just recently awarded a Michelin star.
Tom and Padma show up at the house. Pamda asks, "Nervous?" Someone says "I want to cry; I want to pee!" Tom asks if they're ready to cook, and says he wants them to tap into the local influence.
Padma notes there will be no Quickfire - they're going right into the Elimination Challenge. They will be cooking in the middle of the Louisiana swamp, using a local delicacy. Tom starts throwing beads, and the proteins are alligator, frog legs and turtle. Two hours to shop and prep today; two hours to prep and finish in the swap. The Dinner Lab, an exclusive dining society, has invited 100 guests. They will be handing out beads to those chefs with their favorite dishes. The 3 chefs with the most will be eligible for the win; 3 with the least will be on the block to be kicked off.
The two that competed in Padma's Picks (Michael and Justin) will have immunity, since they've already competed to get into the TC competition. Padma gives them info on local shops to source their food before going to Whole Foods. They all head off in one Toyota or another.
Some go to Perino's Seafood, some go to A&S Seafood, some go to Today's Ketch Seafood. Then all show up at WF to finish shopping, and then back to the TC kitchen to prep. Someone cuts themselves, someone adds mushrooms to Carlos' pot of butter by accident, there's a huge fire over the sauté pan of another. Jason has to clean 20 lbs. of frogs legs in 2 hours. Time moves quicky, and Janina gets noted as being gorgeous cooking in shorts and sandals. (Sandals and sharp knives don't go well together!)
Tom enters the kitchen, and soon after he arrives, Jason cuts himself. He talks with Sara for a bit, and asks her why she came on the show. She said she was hiding behind her previous employer - it was Wolfgang Puck, and she's expecting to run into him here on TC. Tom said she won't run into him tonight. She said "No, you're bad enough!" Tom notices that Carrie is avoiding him, but he eventually catches up with her. She gets through the convo with him, but she's very nervous.
They wrap up and head out for the night. The next morning, up and at 'em and there's a welcome basket in the kitchen at the mansion. Emeril shows up with beignets. He recognizes Stephanie Cmar, saying he's glad she's back (He was the judge who booted her from last season before they even got into the TC kitchen!). They head out to the swamp. Brian notices there's no kitchen. All of the tables and burners are in a pile - they have to build their own kitchen workplaces and cooking space.
Patty wanted to stuff her 'gator with andouille sausage, but she realizes it won't be enough for 100 people, so she changes her plan to make a gumbo-flavored pan sauce and is starting from scratch. Nina thinks her curry is too spicy, so she makes a chutney to counteract the spice. The judges arrives with the diners on a pontoon boat - Padma, Tom, Emeril, and Curtis Stone are the judges.
BENE - Turtle Croquette w/Cauliflower Puree and Shiitake Mushrooms
NINA - Curried Turtle Meatball, Chayote Slaw & Chutney with Raisins
JANINA - Bacon & Alligator Confit with Tomato Jam & Lemon Frisee
AARON- Pickled Eggplant with Turtle Confit & Turtle Ragout with Tagliatelle Pasta
SHIRLEY - Turtle Soup with Goji Berry & Chinese Broth
CARRIE - Poached Frog Legs with Oyster Emulsion & Cold Zucchini Salad
CARLOS - Alligator Rillette with Fennel & Pickled Red Onion Relish
MICHAEL - Fried Alligator with Sauce Piquant & Slaw
SARA - General Gao's-Style Deep Fried Alligator with Smoked Chilis, Sweet & Sour Sauce & Pickled Vegetables
RAMON - Braised Turtle with Thai Dashi
PATTY - Cajun Style Alligator with Yuca Puree
JASON - Frog Leg Croquette with Roasted Eggplant, Fennel Salad & Pickled Cherry Puree
STEPHANIE - Frog Leg Butter Confit with Spinach & Watercress Puree
The show the diners handing out the beads, and Nina is overloaded with them. They're back in the Stew Room, and all of a sudden, a TV comes on - the cheftestants get to watch the judges debate their dishes! Padma notes that Nina's, Sara's and Carrie's dishes were the most liked by the diners, and dishes from Shirley and Janina were also well received. The bottom dishes were from Aaron, Patty, Carlos, Ramon, and Bene.
Padma comes in and asks to see Nina, Carrie and Sara. They have the top 3 dishes. The winner is announced by Curtis - and it's Nina! Padma asks them to send back Patty, Aaron and Ramon. (Carlos and Bene squeak through.) ::::Wooshing camera on all three bottom chefs:::
Aaron realizes that his pasta was inappropriate for a swamp party. He wasn't thinking about cooking in the swamp, and Tom says he HAS to think about stuff like that! Emeril said he was expecting lemongrass and chili flavors in Ramon's dashi, and it wasn't there - it was like water. Ramon said he was worried about cooling down the dashi the day before, and he said he added ice to his original base. Shocked face from Tom says it all. Padma asks Patty to explain her dish - it was supposed to be a roulade, but she broke it up, and said at the end, it was just pounded out alligator meat. Tom said if she was a home cook and it was served to him, he would have been happy. But looking at the competition, it paled in comparison to other dishes being served.
They go back to Jury Room, and Patty's crying. Someone asks "Would you like to have a glass of wine?" and she exclaims "Oh sure!" The judges debate the dishes. Aaron didn't execute, but Tom didn't think it was as bad as the other dishes. Patty's dish had a mistake, and Tom said she seemed lost. Emeril said about Ramon's dish "How do you ice a dashi? It's not a cocktail!"
They're back in front of the judges :::whooshing camera shots::: Padma asks Ramon to pack his knives. But there IS a Last Chance Kitchen, so he still has a chance.
Previews for the upcoing shows - I see Hubert Keller, lots of drinking, David Chang, Leah Chase, New Orleans jazz, Lea Michele from Glee, John Besh, Jacques Pepin, and some drama. It's going to be a great season!


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The Monterey Bay Blues Festival is dead and won't be back any time soon, if ever. It pains me to write that, but the festival, which started out rather weakly and gained momentum in its middle years, fell apart in its later years, with few big, exciting names and dwindling attendance.
Last year's bankruptcy seemed like a foregone conclusion given the constant bad news and weak lineups the festival seemed to suffer in its final four or five years.
I know that there are many out there, longtime season- ticket holders for one, who lament its passing and almost rue the new Monterey Americana Festival that will take its place this weekend. But the Americana fest makes sense now and the next several years.
Organizers of the Americana festival, including longtime club manager, band booker and current Pacific Grove City Councilman Dan Miller, thought of putting on another blues festival the same weekend (always the third weekend in June), but thought better of it, and wisely so.
The stigma carried by the bankrupt festival was too much to bear. Miller didn't want creditors banging down his door demanding they get paid ("But I have nothing to do with the blues festival!" "Sure you don't...") and if he was going to do it, he wanted to start with a clean slate, not a cloud hanging over him.
As it was, he only had a couple of months to throw a festival together, something that is unheard of in this day and age.
Besides, Americana is one of the hottest musical genres going these days, encompassing everything from Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers and Dawes to The Byrds, Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan and John Fogerty. Sure much of it falls into country, country-rock, alt-country and outlaw country territory, but what other genre encompasses artists such as Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, Steve Martin and Johnny Cash?
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Saturday's headliner, Jason Isbell, former leader of the Drive-By Truckers, but a solo artist since 2007, has one of the hottest albums in the country, Americana or otherwise, and is getting glowing reviews reserved for established artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
A recent New York Times piece devoted almost 3,000 words to Isbell, highly unusual for an artist just gaining national attention. And Sunday's headliner, Todd Snider, is an established star in Americana who has two albums in Rolling Stone magazine's year-end Top 50 Albums of the Year lists.
One of the artists on this year's lineup, the country-rock duo Midas Whale, was featured prominently on the just-concluded season of NBC's hit singing show "The Voice."
So, an Americana festival makes sense for this year, at this time, for many reasons —well, at least 10 — the number of acts scheduled to perform this year. With a whole year to plan and book next year's festival, who knows what heights this festival can reach in the coming years?
Info can be found at www.montereyamericanafestival.com. Also, check out my interview with Snider in this issue of GO or at www.montereyherald.com/gomagazine.
Speaking of Americana, folk-country singer-songwriter Iris DeMent, who was originally scheduled to play at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey on Thursday, June 27, will now play the same night at The Steinbeck Forum in the Monterey Conference Center in downtown Monterey.
Monterey native and Austin resident Mike Beck will open the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $27 and if you bought tickets for the show at Golden State Theatre, they will be honored.
While we're in the Americana genre, may as well mention two female singer-songwriter duos performing this week that could both fall under the Americana umbrella.
Singer-songwriters Olivia Mancini and Antonette Goroch kick off the Central Coast portion of their "Singing the Chorus Summer Tour 2013" with a show at 7 p.m. in the redwoods at Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur Tuesday.
This is a very enticing pairing because Mancini is New York-based (and all that implies) and leans more to lo-fi pop-rock, while Goroch (known as Antonette G) treads more in a country/rock realm, much like Neko Case.
The two have gone on multiple tours throughout the U.S. and Europe over the past four years, including three weeks on the road together touring Europe earlier this year.
Local rock fans may recognize Antonette G as the singer/bassist for the all-girl indie rock trio, the Amazon Mollies in the late '90s.
In addition to the library, the gals have shows scheduled locally at Baja Cantina in Carmel Valley on Thursday, June 27; Pierce Ranch Vineyard Tasting Room on Cannery Row on Friday, June 28; and Antonette with Super Natural Saturday, June 29 at Fernwood Resort, also in Big Sur. Details at www.antonettegoroch.com or www.oliviamancini.com.GO!


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Is there any way that I can do a wedding reception for under $1,500.00, including hall, DJ, decorations and maybe fit in a caterer in that list? Please respond. I'm trying to do for the summer. Thanks
Just last week I posted a feedback about a wedding reception I did and kept within a $250 budget. If it is still in here, read it and the menu I had. Plenty for 100 or more with plates piled high and believe it or not food left over. The thing you pay for with professional catering is their overhead and profit. Recruit friends and family and do it yourself. You can use the leftover money on the Honeymoon. (04/24/2005)
By Sharon, Ky
Here's the previous post that Sharon was referring to:
"I catered a wedding for an acquaintance and set my price at $250.00. Here's what I served: 200 Ham Biscuits, 96 mini croissants with Tuna salad and chicken salad, 2 Large fruit trays with extra refill, 2 Large Vegetable trays with refill ranch dip, dill dip, fruit dip and pineapple fruit dip, chocolate fondue, and a few added things like Mexican dip and tortillas, 2 crock pots of BBQ meatballs, and a large batch of sausage balls. Enough to fill an 8 foot table twice. Had to comparison shop for best prices and do all my cooking, cutting and make from scratch rather than buy ready made, but I stayed within my budget. She was so pleased she paid me an extra $250. MY POINT: Receptions don't HAVE to cost a fortune if you watch your Ps and Qs." (04/24/2005)
By ThriftyFun
My daughter had her reception at the American Legion. If someone in the family is a vet or a member, you can rent that or Amvets at a discount. It cost us $25 to rent the space with kitchen privileges two years ago. She had a luau theme and all the family and friends helped decorate and cook. The food was purchased from a wholesale club. Most any food will work with a casual theme. Like Sharon, we used crock pots to keep the food warm. The decorations were from the various dollar stores and the local discount card store. The paper plates and plastic utensils were bought there also. We found a lady who made wedding cakes on the side and it was beautiful for about 1/4 of what it would cost from a professional. We paid a small deposit for the columns and things that went into the cake but got it back when we returned them. Good luck. (04/24/2005)
By mckaysatt
Try using the church fellowship hall. They usually don't charge anything if you get married there. Or have the ceremony outside in the park if the weather is pleasant. Have your aunts, cousins make the salads, etc. Have taped music instead of paying a DJ, keep it simple and you will have money left over for the honeymoon. (04/24/2005)
By Kathleen
Plan your reception in the afternoon-after lunch and before dinner-and serve cake, nuts, punch, and maybe a veggie platter. For the cake, make cupcakes and arrange them on a tiered server. For the tiered server, check out goodwill for different height vases and platters. Glue the platters to the vases with a good strong glue and plop your lovely cupcakes a top. After all, a cake can cost $20 or $200 and nobody will care as long as it's yummy! Instead of a DJ, play CDs of songs picked by the lucky couple. (04/25/2005)
By Kim
You know, I agree with the feedback about just a cake and punch. I wouldn't worry about any other foods. The old tradition was that the cake was shared as a "gift" to the wedding guests. I think too much emphasis is placed on food nowadays and it really has become an extra burden on the already stressed-out parents of the bride. I guess I'm one of few who based my asking price low enough to allow the family money to be used on other expenses. Why not start a new trend from an old tradition and keep it simple? (04/25/2005)
By Sharon,Ky.
Have a pot luck picnic. Check out facilities at a nice local park - sometimes you can reserve them for nothing or close to it. Have your ceremony and allow enough time between the ceremony for your guests to change into comfortable clothes. Have a "boom box" (ask your favorite teenager for a loan) and play favorite CD's - ask guests to bring favorites. Ask everyone to bring "picnic foods" - you'll end up with a lot of really good food, and it won't cost a lot. Unfortunately this won't work if you're looking for something formal, but for a casual relaxed reception, it'd work great! (04/26/2005)
By Deb
My wedding is Nov. 19th of this year (just a couple of weeks from now). Just wanted to post some of the things that we are doing. We went to a local State Park and rented a building with a kitchen in it. It is only $60 for the whole day and we can arrive the day before to set up. It has rooms to get dressed and 2 sets of bathrooms for guests. The state park provides the tables & chairs. We were so surprised when we went inside, wood floors, plantation shutters, french doors in multiple places that can be opened up with a view of the grounds, etc. The park is beautiful and on a river so guests can walk around and explore and don't have to feel stuck in a room all day. The price was so great that we decided to get married outside the building under a beautiful oak tree. Check out your State Parks!
Because we saved money with the location we were able to get beautiful rose boutiques for the bridesmaid and myself along with 2 huge rose arrangements that will sit on columns outside for the ceremony. For reception tables we are taking mason jars (a box of 12 for $6.00), filling them with crystal looking rocks, and putting a candle in the center (all of these are from Walmart). We are buying fake flower petals and sprinkling them down the center of the tables (kind of of like a runner). We also got hurricane vases and tall candles from Walmart and will put these on the food tables (the vases were only $2.50 a piece).
We bought tulle & different colored ribbon to use in various places (also from Walmart). We are borrowing ferns and ivy from friends. We purchased all of our food from Sam's and got a great deal. They have frozen quiches (60 for $10.00) & pigs in a blanket (50 for $8.00). You can also order veggie trays, which we did, for less than $10 and mini sandwiches on crescents rolls for less than a $1 a piece. We will purchase cubed cheese and grapes right before the big day and assemble ourselves.
We are making punch and serving bottled water (again all ingredients from Walmart). Ceremony, reception, dresses, tuxes, rings, flowers, cakes, marriage license etc. is costing $1,500 (I splurged on my dress). Hope this helps!
P.S. Our wedding cake is made with a cream colored icing with a chocolate lace design on the top trinkling down the sides and a brown satin ribbon border along the bottom. This saved us money because it was not so traditional. (11/06/2005)
By JenH.
Receptions held on non peak days are cheaper than those held on Saturday nights. An option of having a Sunday brunch, an afternoon tea, or a Cake and Champagne reception are all beautiful and inexpensive. However if you require a sit down dinner, weekdays evenings with a beer and wine bar only are usually cheaper than Saturday night banquet hall reception rates. Hope this helps.
By Maria - Wedding Planner in NYC
Hi, I am in Cartersville, GA. About 30 minutes north of Atlanta. My wedding is May of 2008. I was having the same problems all of you are having. So I started googling everything. Trying different key words, this, that, and everything. After all of my studying, and research, I found that trying to have a wedding at a resort or a hotel was not such a good idea. Sure it sounds cheap at first when they tell you the site fee rental. But then when you get more in depth, you realize that you have to use their caterer, their florist, their everything! After you add all that up, a cheap sounding 2k wedding, can increase to 10k and fast. And after all that, you find out that you only have 5 or 6 hours to use the site.
Well, I started looking for other places, like, gardens, considering we are having an outside wedding. I found this awesome place, called the Marietta Educational Garden in the next city over from me. It's 2k for the site (and that's all day), with a $700 REFUNDABLE deposit. That's all I have to pay them. Now I can find budget everything else, because they don't make me use vendors of theirs. I found a cheap but eloquent caterer, I will be doing most decorations, and making my own boutonnieres. I figure, why pay $15 a piece when I can make them for $1 myself? My friend has a bartending license, and will be serving for us, and I will be able to buy all my alcohol cheap. My dad's friend is a DJ, so that's free, and my fiance's brother-in-law is in photography. (04/23/2007)
By babygarmuchi
Try looking into retreats and areas where they provide summer camps. Out of season sometimes they allow weddings and they usually always have there own kitchen, if you had someone that could do the cooking on site. (05/31/2007)
By skjgf
Hi, I see that a lot of people are in my predicament. My wedding will be in Boca Raton FL which by the way is one of the most expensive places to live in the U.S. I am actually planning my entire Wedding for less than $1600 and I honestly expect it to be great. I expect to have maybe about 60 guests as of now. I want to share some of my ways of cutting corners.
First, I searched for a venue where I could have my own food and do everything myself. I found a great historical building that is rentable for $325, I rented it through the city, and was shocked by how perfect it is when I saw it. It is beautiful.
I plan to have some of my family cook my food that I will likely buy from Costco, for at the very most $280 (what I budgeted), but probably less. Also at party city they have a package with 3 large serving Chafers including the warmers for $25.00, they are not quite as nice as the solid stainless, but much cheaper than renting them.
For my cakes I am saving a lot of money, because if you say you want an actual "Wedding cake", you are easily paying at least 300 dollars. I am picking out some beautiful and elegantly decorated smaller round cakes from Publix Grocery store that are $19.00 each. I plan to get at least 4 of them and put them on different sized pedestals (like cake stands) and intertwine garland between the pedestals. Which is a similar set up for some wedding cakes anyway. It will likely cost less than $100.
I am saving a lot of money on my wedding dress. I have found a few wedding dresses on a site called discountdressup.com. The dress I want will be $103. To be sure that I will like the style on me, I will go to a bridal shop and try on one that is the same style. Of course, if I order it and it doesn't fit right I can either alter it, or exchange for a different size.
A couple of the things I am doing to really make the place look nice, is that I am renting a 5 gallon fountain for some champagne punch for $55. I also have a great idea for centerpieces on my tables; Floating candles in clear glass bowls with some clear/colored stones on the bottom of the bowl, and glitter/sparkles in the bowl, and around it on the table to reflect the candle light. I may throw some floating flowers (fake) in their too. I am planning on making my own bouquet too.
I guess it does help to be a bit crafty and enjoy decorating. Even if you are not real into that department, I am sure that some of your friends who are would be more than happy to help! :)
Well, there are some of my ways of saving. I will definitely take pictures of my wedding when I am done, and post them! :) (02/02/2008)
By TraciH
We're having a potluck and just asking people to bring something specific like cheese and crackers or potato dish. We're asking them to bring enough for 10 people. We're only having 100 people and we're going bowling for our reception and having the meal right at the bowling alley. It's costing us $600, including open bar. (02/15/2008)
By Cassandra
I'm keeping mine under $3000 to $4000. I found this lady that made my gown and 3 others for under $800. The hall is The Eagle (like a VFW), which they are only charging me $500 for everything (clean-up included). The party favors and table cloths I bought from a web site called orientaltrading.com (awesome site). For pictures, give everyone disposable cameras and have them take pictures throughout the even. The band is friends of ours that are playing for us for our wedding gift. I also got a saxophone player to do my wedding march off of Craig's list. The food is a buffet style. My wedding is June 28th 2008. Good luck with yours. (05/19/2008)
By Tina In Hudson.FL
A great place to get married around the Atlanta area is the botanical gardens. You can get their top of the line for around $5500. (05/23/2008)
By leighholley
I live in Orange County California, and I am getting married on the 17th of June of 2008 (so next week). Because we could not afford a big wedding, we decided to go to the court house. I was not happy, but I will live with it.
I decided I did not want to spend a lot of money on a dress that I was only going to wear once. And being a plus size, it always costs more. So I went to Catherine's Plus Size store (they have a website), and got my dress for 43.00. I also decided to kill two birds with one stone. Since I am the one that usually hosts holiday get-togethers, and 4th of July is right around the corner, I decided to have my reception on this day also.
I found a place by my house that will rent tables for 5.00 and chairs for .65 each. I am going to have a mini wedding cake. You can go to any bakery (for cheaper, your grocery store bakery) and have them use a double round 8" cake, and then cut down another 8" round to fit on the top. And go to a florist and buy some daises or something to put on top of your cake to make it look classy.
For the meal it's going to be almost buffet style, after all what do people usually do on the 4th of July? Yes, barbecue. Instead of flowers I am going to use balloons. I found a liquor warehouse bevmo.com, that I can purchase the alcohol cheap. Oh and did I mention I am doing this at home? For entertainment, I plan on breaking out the karaoke machine that cost a fortune and my daughter never uses. So at this point I estimate it is going to cost between 600.00-800.00 for everything.
I had to remember what I can afford and that it is not about impressing people, it's about sharing our day with people. Besides, just because I am getting married doesn't mean rents not due, and bills don't have to be paid. Good Luck! (06/09/2008)
By Love to Save
I have been looking at venues that are all-inclusive here in Southern Cali, but they are still around 7 thousand dollars and that is minus a photographer and drinks. I think we are going to do it in the backyard and these are just a few ideas for making it elegant, but cutting costs down:
Use an ipod and forget about paying a DJ, and ask someone in your family to announce your first dance, etc.
Go to the dollar store and buy cheap centerpieces, use floating candles and sprinkle them with flower petals. You can buy really cheap flowers at the dollar store and just cut off the petals.
Wait until after Christmas to buy all the lights discounted so you can light up your backyard really pretty, or wherever you choose to have it.
Shop around for party rental places because some are really expensive; don't just settle on the first one you see.
Buy Plastic plates and utensils and save a ton of money by not having to rent all of that stuff. Look around places like Staples or Costco for nice plates.
Buy your wedding dress online and save 100's of dollars.
There are a lot of ways to cut corners and you will have to do a lot of the work yourself, but enlist your friends and family to help you decorate and make it fun. Most people will be willing to help you.
One more thing, look through magazines or go online and see how other reception halls are decorated because that is stuff you can do yourself. All you have to do is buy a little bit of fabric and be creative. Good luck and congrats to all. (08/03/2008)
By Yvette
My fiance and I are getting married April the fourth of this year. We found a photographer for 1500.00 who stays from start to finish and does videography, with 2 wedding DVD and 2 reception DVD, and a projection screen with lighting effects.
My fiance works for a catering company so we got the hook up on a venue for 1700.00 for 125 guests and the only thing left is to pay for food and transportation, because I found my favors at Micheal's. I'm ordering the labels with our name and things for 12 bucks out of a catalog so we are probably spending 4,000 on our wedding maybe 5,000. (02/01/2009)
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing The Monster Mack Show (http://themonstermackshow.wordpress.com/) I want to thank them for taking the time out to answer my questions. Anyone who's received my "ten questions": I like to be thorough with my interviews, so answer what you like!
Katie: What is the story behind your site/gimmick?
Monster Mack: The story behind my gimmick is I was inspired by the French characters in Monty Python and The Holy Grail, being a French man myself who also loves taunting people, I used the premise and created my own persona as Monster Mack. Within my first year of wrestling my friend HW, www.longlivehw.com, made me a website,www.MonsterMack.net, to promote upcoming shows, air episodes and to try and sell merch.
Trainee #1: I originally met Mack at a wrestling show as a fan, I thought he was hilarious and ended up buying a T-Shirt. and as soon as I started wrestling Monster Mack took me under his wing and one thing led to another and bam, Trainee #1!
Katie: How long has it been around?
I started wrestling in 2001 and originally it was MonsterMack.cjb.net but we ended up buying MonsterMack.net in 04′ and then TheMonsterMackShow.com in 05′
Where did the founders grow up? Go to high school?
Monster Mack: I grew up in Normandy France, but I now live in Massachusetts and I was home schooled due to the local schools not letting me attend because of Mask restrictions.
Trainee #1: South East Mass, Fall River to be exact and I attended the very lovely Durfee High School.
Katie: What were you like as kids? Were you always into wrestling?
Monster Mack: As a young Hulkamaniac I've always loved wrestling and even attended a lot of local indy shows.What was I like as a kid? Quiet, shy and … fat. I'm jacked now as an adult though, just to let all you ladies out there know.
Trainee #1: I've always been into wrestling, I collected old wrestling videos from all around the world and magazines, read as many books and watched as many documentary's as I could find, my family used to tell me I was obsessed all the time and that I would grow out of the phase, they are still waiting for me to grow out of it.
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We met at a small Indy show in about 2001, Trainee #1 was in the crowd as a fan and we became friends. As soon as Trainee started to get into wrestling Monster Mack noticed a lot of potential in him. Monster Mack eventually asked Trainee if he could take him under his wing and show him the ways of the sexy Frenchman. The Monster Mack Training School was born where he became the first Trainee to be followed by many more.
Katie: What sports are you into besides wrestling?
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Katie: If you weren't wrestling, what would you be doing instead?
Trainee #1: If it wasn't for wrestling we wouldn't know each other and wouldn't be doing the show, so I'd probably be some sort of stunt man it always peaked my interest growing up, either that or some sort of event promoter.
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Tierra LiCausi, the headline-making woman who vied for Sean Lowe's heart this season on "The Bachelor," came back for Monday night's "The Women Tell All" where she defended her behavior on the show.
"I didn't want to be friends with them," Tierra, 24, from Denver, Colo., told show host Chris Harrison.
"Would you go into a situation competing with a bunch of women, wanting to be friends with them and… be a best friend? No," she added.
Throughout the season, Tierra angered the other ladies by being sweet to Sean, but playing competitive in the house and refusing to be pals with any of the women.
At the start of the interview, Chris brought up that Tierra became the woman who was talked about for her behavior this season, and Tierra said she was judged by the other women from the beginning.
"It's difficult for me because I light up in a room, especially around people I'm comfortable with and when I walk into a room, I bring this joy and this smile and I'm happy," she said, as the other women looked on, several of them raising their eyebrows. "But with people that immediately judge me and don't give me a chance to have that light and to be open and to show my personality, they immediately judge me based off of what I look like instead of the inner person, the heart I have, the good family I come from and everything that I value in my life and all my morals that I have as well."
The 24-year-old said earning a rose from Sean early on, on that first night helped create tension between herself and the other girls.
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Asked if she wanted to take anything back or apologize, Tierra said she did not.
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RESIDENTS have been evacuated from their homes in the capital for the second time in a week after a bomb scare.
Two Ministry of Defence bomb disposal experts attended the latest incident at flats yesterday before carrying out a controlled explosion on the suspicious material on nearby Leith Links.
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Yesterday a number of properties in the city's Persevere Court were searched and a wide area around them was cordoned of.
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The Ministry of Defence confirmed a two-person bomb disposal unit had been working alongside the police.
Police said the incident affected only Persevere Court.
There have been no arrests in connection with the incident.