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I've been using a personal finance system for years now that allows me to know exactly how much I spend (and on what), pay all of my bills on time with zero effort, save and invest a large portion of my income. All of this takes me less than 15 minutes a week to manage on my smartphone. It's both simple and powerful, and can be set up in less than an hour or two by anyone.
Financial expert Ramit Sethi was the inspiration for this system.
Step One – Grab a pen
On the back of a napkin, or on a spreadsheet, add up how much you spend each month on fixed expenses, things that are predictable and must be paid, and discretionary expenses, things that can vary a lot and can be delayed or changed when needed. Ignore expenses that come straight out of your paycheck like income taxes and health insurance, and don't count any investing like 401k or IRA contributions.
Exact numbers aren't needed. Overestimate your expenses since you'll probably forget a few things, and it's better to guess too high than too low. Take a maximum of 15 minutes to do this right now. Look at your online bank and credit card statements, especially year-end summaries, to quickly get an accurate estimate of your spending over the past year (including seasonal spending like winter holiday shopping and summer vacations.)
A single person who rents in a big city might have a budget like this:
Step Two – Take 20 minutes to set up free Capital One 360 checking and savings accounts
Do this even if you're not ready to start the system yet. It's free, you don't have to deposit anything until you're ready, and will only take a few minutes. Doing this now will make you more likely to complete the system later.
From this link, create a 360 Checking account. Pro tip: deposit $250 from your non-Capital One bank account if you wanna collect the $25 bonus. Link your other checking account either way so that it's ready to go when you need it.
Next, create one 360 Savings account for each of the 'Discretionary' categories sketched out in your budget that. If there are some categories that you don't care about tracking individually, lump them back in with your Fixed list. I keep a separate Travel account, one for Household/Hobby items, and a few others. Limit yourself to 3 – 5 categories for simplicity. Make sure to give a nickname to each account to describe it (e.g.: 'Travel'.)
Make sure to also set up discretionary accounts for short-term savings goals such as a future Wedding, New Car, or House Downpayment, for things you expect to purchase within the next 1 – 2 years. (Longer-term savings goals like Retirement will be handled separately.)
Finally, create one more 360 Savings account and label it 'Short term Savings'. This will be where all of your income above your monthly spending (Fixed + Discretionary) will go. For example, if your take-home pay is $4,000 per month, and your expenses are $3,000, that extra $1,000 will be put into 'Short term Savings' for you to invest later.
To protect yourself from accidentally overdrafting your Checking account, click your Checking account, then click 'Account Services & Settings' and 'Overdraft Settings'. Choose 'Free Savings Transfer' and choose your 'Short term Savings' account. This will allow Capital One to automatically pull money from your Short-term Savings account into your Checking if don't have enough to pay your bills. If this should happen, you need to 'refund' yourself by moving money back into your Short-term Savings account from either your Checking or discretionary Savings account to replace the overdraft.
Make sure to choose 'Free Savings Transfer':
Step Three – Redirect your employer's direct deposit to your new Checking and Short-term Savings accounts
You're doing great! Keep going and don't get bogged down by the one-time annoyance of these last, crucial steps. If your employer offers direct deposit of your paycheck into your bank account (most do), set it up/change it so that your monthly Fixed + Discretionary amount is going straight into your 360 Checking account. See the FAQ below if you aren't able to do this because.
In our $3,000/month example, if you get paid monthly, then set your direct deposit to put $3,000 per paycheck into your Checking, with the remaining balance going into your Short term Savings. If you get paid twice per month (semi-monthly), divide by two and deposit $1,500/paycheck into Checking. For biweekly/once every two weeks, multiply your monthly amount by 12/26 (ex: $3,000 * 12/26 = $1,385 per paycheck.)
(If you haven't already, make sure to set up pre-tax contributions to your company's 401k with at least 10%-20% of your paycheck up to an IRS-maximum of $18,500/year (for 2018), or at a bare minimum, enough to collect any employer matching that you might be eligible for. If you use an HSA, you should also schedule automatic contributions to come straight out of your paycheck via your employer.)
Step Four – Set up automated transfers from your 360 Checking into your Discretionary 360 Savings accounts
From Capital One 360, click any account, then click 'Transfer Money' (top-right), and set up your 'Monthly' budgeted amount for the 5th of each month to go into one of your Discretionary category accounts (ex: $300 for Travel.) Do this for each of the accounts you created earlier. Make sure to first fund the account with a months' worth of money, or schedule the transfer far enough out to give time for your direct deposit to occur.
The idea behind this is that from now on you'll first check to make sure you have enough money in that discretionary account before you spend it. After you spend the money, you'll transfer the amount spent into your Checking account (or wherever the bill will get paid from.) Let's say I want to buy a new couch that will cost $400. I first make sure that I have at least that much in my Household saving account, then I buy the couch with a credit card that auto-pays from my Checking account. Right afterward, I transfer the $400 from my Household account into my Checking, so that when my credit card bill comes due my Checking has enough in there to pay the added couch expense.
Step Five – Redirect your credit cards, payment accounts, and other bills to all get paid automatically out of your 360 Checking account
Now that you've set up all your accounts and recurring transfers and deposits, set up autopay on any credit cards or other bills that you have to come from your new 360 Checking account, preferably on the 3rd of the month, if you have a choice. Make sure to also make your 360 Checking account the default choice for any payment services you use like Paypal/Ebay, Venmo and Apple or Android Pay.
Go through every utility and service provider that you get a bill from and set up autopay, opting in to paperless emailed statements as well, including your landlord or mortgage company.
I try to pay all my fixed expenses with one credit card for simplicity. When I can't pay by credit card, I use automated bank transfers, like for my public utilities, or online rent payments. (You can also get cash from your 360 Checking with no fees from any Allpoint ATM, and can request physical checks too from Capital One.)
Even rent payments to old-fashioned landlords that require checks can be automated since Capital One 360 allows you to schedule mailing a physical check using their bill pay.
You can also use a special credit card to pay for one specific discretionary category, and then set up that card to autopay straight from that Savings account. I use a 'No Foreign Transaction Fee' credit card specifically for travel expenses which I autopay straight from my Travel savings account, but then use a different rewards card for all my other expenses.
Congratulations, you've finished the one-time setup and are ready to use your new bulletproof financial system!
Step Six – Ongoing maintenance: transferring discretionary payments
Anytime you want to spend money that falls into one of your discretionary categories, 1) check to make sure you have that much in your corresponding Savings account, then 2) once you make the purchase, immediately transfer the spent amount from the corresponding Savings account into your Checking account (ehere the bill will get paid.) I use the Capital One 360 mobile app. This is the one manual step that you must do to stay on budget. Get in the habit, and it becomes second nature. You can also juggle money between discretionary accounts as needed. The only Iron Rule is to stick to your total spending goal of Fixed + Discretionary.
If you find that your estimates weren't quite right, and you want to adjust how much you spend in different categories, or need more or less to be deposited into your 360 Checking each month, just tweak the steps above. The goal here isn't to deprive yourself of spending money on things you love, or to meet someone else's standards of what you "should" spend money on. Instead, you set your own spending priorities in a way that will keep you 'honest' on them, while allowing you to spend every dime that you've allocated for yourself guilt-free, since you know that your savings & budgeting is now all being taken care of automatically.
Step Seven – Ongoing maintenance: investing the Short-term savings for the long-term
You should periodically invest all of that money that will be piling up in your Short-term Savings account. Log into your investment account (or open one) and link your Short-term Savings account to it so that you can electronically transfer money.
Whenever I notice that a thousand bucks or so have accumulated into my 360 Short-term saving account, I log into my Vanguard investment account and transfer it into my Target Retirement Fund. Choose a Target fund with a year that is 15 years after your planned retirement date. E.g.: if you're 30 and plan to retire at age 62 in 2050, choose the 2065 option. Fidelity and other money managers also have these funds. Make sure you're paying low fees (less than 0.2% is ideal) and are broadly diversified.
There you have it. In just a couple of hours you've completely changed your financial life so that you know exactly how much you're spending each month (without any ongoing budgeting), and have put yourself on the path to saving for financial independence.
Closing Thoughts
Each year, or whenever you have big money changes (have kids, buy a house, get married, change jobs), you can review your plan and adjust as needed, but try to set something that you'll stick with for a long time so that you can truly be following the plan that you set for yourself. For me, sticking to my original budget that I set for myself 6 years ago has become a [nerdy] financial challenge that's allowed me save more and more as my income has increased while keeping vmy spending constant. (But I'm definitely not depriving myself; nor should you! There's still plenty of room in my personal budget for my hobbies, trips overseas, whiskey, and nights out with the lady or friends. Instead, the budget forces me to build DIY skills and prioritize what's most important in my life.)
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Whew… We've covered a lot of ground, but there's one more item I recommend doing. If you use cash for some of your expenses, set up a Charles Schwab Investor Checking account. You can then use that to withdraw money from anywhere in the world and Schwab will refund your ATM fees at the end of each month. You'll have to set up a Schwab brokerage account too, but there's no obligation to fund or use it. (I don't, and I've had the account open for years with no problems.)
I like to use cash as my going out/eating out/fun money so that I don't have to worry about transferring money to my Checking every time I want to eat out or buy a drink at a bar. There's also something about physically seeing the 'pocket money' I have for the month that helps me mentally plan out what I can spend. To make this easy, I add one more direct deposit step that sends my cash to my Schwab checking account each pay period. For our $3,000 example, let's say our Single Person wants to use $250/month in cash to pay for Going/Eating Out. Instead of creating a Capital One 360 Savings account for that, their direct deposit will send $250 straight to Schwab from their paycheck, and only $2,750 to their 360 Checking, with the balance still going to Short-term Saving as before.
Now, they just use their Schwab ATM card whenever they need cash (and will get a 'hard-decline' by default if they run out, which is free, but could be embarrassing if you're using the card as a debit in a public setting :). Just use your credit card as a fall-back and transfer money later if this happens!)
Q: What if my employer doesn't offer direct deposit / they don't allow me to specify a fixed amount to go to one account and the balance to go to another / I'm self-employed?
A: Just deposit your whole paycheck into your 360 Short-term Savings account. Then, within Capital One, click any account, click 'Transfer Money', and schedule a monthly transfer of your monthly budget amount (ex: $3,000) at the beginning of the month from your Short-term Savings to your 360 Checking account:
Q: Do I have to use Capital One 360 for this system to work?
A: Ally Bank will work for this system too. Whichever bank you choose must let you create multiple savings accounts for free with no minimums, AND schedule recurring automated transfers between accounts. Feel free to suggest other banks that meet these requirements and that you have personally used in the comments.
Q: Why schedule the transfer for the 5th of the month?
A: Scheduling for the 5th of the month will help group all your monthly bills together, ensure that any end/1st of the month paychecks have time to hit your account beforehand, and that 1st of the month bills like rent get paid first. You should also set up your credit card(s) and, if possible, other bills to be paid around the 3rd or 4th, just prior to these transfers.
Q: What if I'm retired?
A: Just treat your fixed income, such as social security or a pension, as your 'paycheck', and deposit it in the way described above. If you're also drawing down your personal retirement investments, you can set up monthly recurring withdrawals to fund your checking account.


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Everyone has heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Millions of dollars (perhaps billions?) will be spent on everything from electronics to toys to clothes. But this year there is something new.
There is a new option to give money away instead of just spending it on more "stuff". This year #GivingTuesday will try to make people remember that the holidays are supposed to be about "good will to man" and not about a new Snuggie.
#GivingTuesday is aimed at offering the army of shoppers who are ready to use their credit cards in stores like Macy's an easy way to put some charitable generosity back in the season.
#Giving Tuesday is the brainchild of CARE, one of the largest private international humanitarian organizations in the world. Since 1945, they have helped people in poverty-stricken communities around the world improve their lives and triumph over the ills of poverty.
Starting as an organization focused on creating packages of food and supplies to send to Europe during World War II, it coined the term "CARE package".
The organization has a great tradition of generosity and now wants to create a national celebration of generosity on #GivingTuesday to support CARE's work empowering poor women, families and communities.
CARE has teamed up with charities, businesses and faith organizations across the country to spread the word about this new national holiday on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
They hope it will kick off the holiday "giving" season and inspire people to give to CARE or any philanthropic cause that speaks to them. CARE wants to share its mission which is to empower women and girls in the fight against poverty in 84 countries around the world.
In addition to the good feelings that come from charitable giving, CARE is also sponsoring a contest to help entice people to support this campaign.
They want people to challenge their friends on #GivingTuesday to raise money for CARE.
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Bob and Flora Livsey leave £550,000 to Glan Clwyd Hospital
A couple have left £550,000 to improve cardiac treatment as a thank you to a Denbighshire hospital.
The late Bob and Flora Livsey, from Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, wanted the money to go towards services at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan.
It will help fund a catheter laboratory which is due to open next year.
Their nephew, John Griffiths, said the legacy left by the former primary school teachers would help people get treatment locally.
The pair met at Abergele Primary School, where they both worked.
Mrs Livsey died aged 75 in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in 1996. Her husband died in a care home in Rhyl, aged 82, in 2006.
Mr Griffiths, a trustee of the Livsey trust, said: "My aunt and uncle chose to leave their estate in a trust fund for the benefit of the coronary care unit and other departments in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in appreciation of the excellent medical attention they both received over the later years of their lives."
He said the couple both depended on medical services in north Wales, adding: "Bob had to travel to England for treatment himself and I am sure that he would be very pleased that his money was being used to enable the people of north Wales get treatment locally."
Awyr Las, a charity which helps fund healthcare in north Wales, said the money would help "a significant number of Welsh patients who would have been sent to Liverpool and Chester receive cardiac angiography and angioplasty treatment locally".
Kirsty Thomson, the charity's head of fundraising, added: "This generous legacy gift will make a real difference to people with cardiac issues in north Wales.
"It is particularly fitting that the Livseys' heartfelt commitment to their local community will benefit patients with heart problems."


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What To Do With Holiday Leftovers
Not only do we tend to overeat over the holidays, we also tend to over prepare; we make too much food. In order to not waste the wonderful food you spent so much time cooking, and to avoid hearing your family whine about eating leftovers (again), use the old menu items to create an entirely new meal.
Turkey tends to be one of the primary leftovers, probably because nobody really knows how big of a bird to buy so they err on the side of "too much". To rescue your turkey leftovers, try some of these alternative uses.
Families that don't have turkey leftovers are likely to have ham leftovers. No fear. Ham offers multiple menu options, too.
Bake too many rolls and don't want them to go stale? No problem. You can slice them for the aforementioned sandwiches, freeze them for future use, crumble them for bread crumbs to be used in recipes, or make a family trip to the local duck pond and feed them to the ducks. It's not wasteful if you're making memories. Be sure to snap a picture.
Fruit salad
Depending on what kind of fruit salad it is, you could blend it to make smoothies or add some yogurt and eat it for breakfast.
Vegetables that aren't part of a casserole can be saved to put in a vegetable soup. Depending on how they were prepared, they could also be pureed for baby food.
What's freezable?
You can also stock your freezer with these leftover goodies to use on another day, especially if you'll be travelling over the holidays. The following leftovers usually freeze well.
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Shares in Kuwaiti companies linked with the al-Kharafi family tumbled at early trade on Sunday after the multibillion-dollar sale of another Kharafi-controlled business was scrapped.
Investment company Adeptio had agreed in February to buy 69 percent of Kuwait Food Co (Americana) from Al Khair for Stocks and Real Estate, which is run by the wealthy Kharafi merchant family, but Al Khair announced on Sunday that the plans have been scrapped.
Americana's shares were suspended ahead of the market open and have yet to resume trading, but other Kharafi-linked stocks plunged.
National Industries Group and National Investment Co slid 1.8 percent and 8.9 percent respectively, while Al Mal Investment Co was down 8.5 percent and Gulf Cable Co fell 6.2 percent. The Kharafis own stakes in all four of the companies, Thomson Reuters data shows.
Kuwait's index fell 0.6 percent to 5,362 points.
Elsewhere, Dubai Parks and Resorts hit a record peak to help to lift Dubai's index to a two-week high in otherwise subdued trading.
The company, which completed a 1.68 billion dirham ($457.44 million) rights issue last week, rose 4.2 percent to 1.49 dirhams. The stock accounted for two thirds of all shares traded on the benchmark index and took its gains to 17 percent in three sessions.
The Dubai index rose 0.3 percent to 3,360 points, reaching its highest level since May 12 and looked set for a fourth straight advance despite losers outnumbering gainers 10 to eight.
Volumes have slumped since late April, but the trend ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — which starts in early June — could yet be disturbed, said Marwan Shurrab, director at Vision Investments and Holding in Dubai.
Shurrab predicts that speculation over a possible rise in U.S. interest rates and a June referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union will contribute to Dubai stock volatility before Ramadan.
Among Gulf bourses, Dubai tends to track international markets most closely because foreign investors have a bigger influence.
Saudi Arabia's benchmark fell 0.9 percent to 6,423 points, taking its losses to 6.5 percent since the 16-week high hit on April 25.
Saudi Basic Industries Corp, the Gulf's largest listed company, was the biggest faller with a 1.8 percent decline.
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Gila Regional Medical Center's medical staff includes dedicated physicians and health care providers to help you and your family with a variety of treatment specialties and options. They have close ties to our local community and constant communication with the medical community around the world.
Pictured from Left to Right:Chief Nursing Officer Pat Sheyka, Debra Manning RN, Vanessa Yost RN, Director of Maternal Child Health Mindy Suhr, Maureen Gilpin RN, Mary Gruska RN, Assistant Vice President of Nursing Wanda True and GRMC Clinical Coordinator Kelly Rodriguez
Gila Regional Medical Center celebrates promoting 4 nurses to Clinical Level II
Gila Regional Medical Center's (GRMC) Clinical Professional Ladder Program promotes the best of the best in nursing, specifically to those that provide Bedside Nursing care. Registered Nurses (RN) Debra Manning , Vanessa Yost, Maureen Gilpin and Mary Gruska were all promoted to Clinical Level II for their excellence in health care service.


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Sony Style Chocolate
Sony Style Stores worked with Tronic Studios to showcase Sony products in a holiday flavoured television commercial using chocolate and gift wrapping. The Sony Style stores were planning product in-store displays fabricated from chocolate-colored plastic. Tronic came up with the idea of a video in which chocolate pours out of the sky to form larger-than-life Sony products.
The video opens with chocolate pouring from the sky, flooding a highway and forming a huge digital SLR camera and lens. More chocolate rains down on a tennis court to sculpt a PSP, on a bridge approach to form stereo headphones, and on a park tucked in a highway cloverleaf to make a Handicam camcorder. Finally, the ribbons of chocolate pour onto an expanse of lawn to sculpt a giant laptop whose wafer-thin screen is embossed with "Sweet."
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"Sony asked us to produce a new spot for their holiday campaign which associates chocolate, the holidays and Sony products," notes Vivian Rosenthal, who founded Tronic with Jesse Seppi. " "We were interested in the exploring the shape shifting nature of chocolate, how it begins as a liquid and solidifies into a recognizable form," explains Rosenthal.
"It's gift-giving in a most unexpected way," says Seppi. "Actually, sculpting the products in chocolate speaks to the real-world manufacturing of the products: Plastic molding and shaping is not dissimilar from chocolate-making."
Tronic directed live-action HD shoots across Manhattan to capture the background footage using dynamic tilts and pans and shooting from atop an apartment for an aerial view of the maze of highways. "We searched to find locations that weren't too iconic," notes Rosenthal. "We wanted an urban feel while that would appeal to customers in Sony Style stores anywhere."
Using 3ds max for animation and Real Flow fluid dynamics software for the chocolate pour, Tronic crafted the Sony sculptures. Time remapping speeded the period between the liquid pour and the chocolate's solid state while animated effects changed the chocolate's look from glossy to matte as the liquid hardened. Mental Ray and Final Render were tapped for rendering.
Tronic also added some holiday iconography, deploying peppermint-striped chocolate for the PSP sculpture and weaving red ribbons through the spot to tie up the fully-formed products like gifts.
Camera matching and tracking software seamlessly connected the live- action camera moves and the CG products. Skies were replaced throughout to unify the time of day and the look of skies, which had been affected by wind and clouds during the shoot.
Music is by Nylon Studios, Sydney and New York.
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Talent Submission - General
STOP! Before you submit to the agency, make sure you review all of this information. Your ability to follow instructions is the starting point in our determining if we will represent you or not.
The Austin Models & Talent Agency is always looking for new talent ages 5 and older (we do not represent babies). We are only interested in talent who physically reside in the Central Texas area (exceptions may be made for well established and/or name talent). We are not a school and we are not a photo studio. We do not "train" models or actors. We do not require you to obtain specific services and we do not charge any upfront fee of any kind. We represent professional talent who already have resumes that include both professional training and some experience. Agency representation is "Next Step," not a "First Step."
There is not enough model-only work in this market to facilitate our representing anyone who wants to strictly be a model. We expect "models" to also make themselves available for commercial acting work in addition to print. As an established agency in the industry, the Austin Models & Talent Agency expects talent to hit the ground running, ready to be submitted for jobs once signed with the agency. If you submit and we are interested in you, we may schedule an appointment for you to come sit down and interview with the agency in person. When you arrive to this meeting, you will be expected to have most of the following already in place:
SUBMIT VIA EMAIL TO: firstname.lastname@example.com
Experienced actors should submit a headshot and resume, including training details. Inexperience actors should gain experience doing student and independent projects, taking workshops and acting classes, networking with other actors, and gaining related experience and knowledge to prepare for an acting career. A minimum of basic audition training, including cold reading, is required (high school drama or college theatre are not sufficient or relevant). There are a number of good acting coaches available in most the major cities in Texas and/or through various casting directors. Submit by providing headshot and resume and/or a link to your Actor's Access and/or Casting Networks profile.
We have no specific height requirement for commercial work. We consider all types, ethnics, and ages over 5. We do not represent alternative models (tattoos, piercings, unusual hair colors or cuts, etc.) as most of our clients are mainstream commercial in nature. Visible tattoos or facial piercings usually cannot be present on the models we represent. We also do not seek models who do "Internet glamour" (our clients do not included men's magazines or adult products). Being that we are in Texas and not New York or Paris, we do not book models for runway work. With that in mind, portfolio photos should be commercial oriented. Children should have minimal makeup and be posing in age-appropriate situations. Never try to make a child look older than they are. Remember that in the commercial industry, it is always better to look younger than it is to look older than you are. We do not require, and we do not recommend, modeling school classes. Submit a full body and commercial headshot initially, along with your Actor's Access and/or Casting Networks profile link. Please do not send us links to adult oriented sites such as the Models Mayhem.
We are representing animals again! For the most part, this means dogs... but we will consider all animal types. In dogs, we seek primarily full grown pure breeds (though exceptions may be made). We are not looking for puppy's. Because most work is commercial in nature, we are seeking dog types such as retrievers, labs, and shepards. Also, smaller breeds including poodles, spaniels, and terriers. These are only examples and we will consider all breed dogs. Dogs that can do tricks are fantastic, but it is not an absolute requirement. We do need dogs, however, that are well behaved, that can sit and stay on command, and that get along with other dogs and with children. Dogs are required to have proof of current reabies shots. When submitting, include one or more professional quality photos of your dog, name and age, breed, and any other information that you feel is relevant.
Send professional quality voice over demo reel as MP3 (or a link to demo). We prefer voice over actors who have the ability to record remote for clients, but that is not an absolute necisity.
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All of the above requirements do not apply to those submitting for promotional modeling work only. Promotional models should submit a photo, their age, and a note as to whether or not they are TABC certified (required for any promotions involving beer or liquor). Promotional models should be 18 years of age or older. 21 or older is generally required for beer and liquor related promotions. We staff a variety of promotional jobs ranging from beer and liquor promotions, tradeshows and conventions, in-store and event. We do not staff car show or bikini type events. You can submit your photo and stats directly to our Promotions Division
Promotions Division Direct Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY WEB SIZED IMAGES BY EMAIL. FULL SIZE IMAGES WILL BE DELETED AUTOMATICALLY BY OUR EMAIL PROGRAM DUE TO SIZE LIMITATIONS. Do not call us to ask if we received your submission. If we are interested, we will get in touch with you. If you do not hear anything, feel free to submit again in three months. Often, our needs change based on the current market.


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i have a lovely little story about these jeans, and i'd like to share it. at the crossroads vip shopper party (omg i haven't posted since then?!?) i was trying on wax-coated jeans in a brand i had never heard of in the color purple. my dressing room was pretty dark, so i peeked out to ask a crossroads employee that if another room opened, i'd like to have it because i wanted to see the color on the jeans. he looks at the jeans and asks, "what size are you?". i reply and he turns away and then back with a pair of j brand wax-coated jeans in hand – oh, you know, in my size! they were a bit snug, but i made them work.
little did he know, i had been searching for a perfect pair of wax-coated denim to give it a shot. and i was planning on going to the department store to pay full price for the very same jeans the next day. instead of paying $200, i got mine for $27. a very happy ending to my night, indeed!
(and yes, the hat phase is still in full force. i can't seem to take this one off.)
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Archdiocese of Seattle has agreed to pay about $12.125 million to 30 men who alleged they were sexually abused as children and teens at two Seattle-area schools from the 1950s until 1984, their attorney said.
The men alleged in lawsuits filed in King County Superior Court that the Catholic district failed to shield them from known abusers at Seattle's O'Dea High School and at Briscoe Memorial School, in nearby Kent, plaintiffs' attorney Michael Pfau said in an interview.
The schools were operated jointly by the Christian Brothers of Ireland religious order and the Archdiocese of Seattle, which owned both schools, he said. The settlement agreement, which had been negotiated over the past year, was announced on Tuesday.
The agreement comes weeks after Pope Francis said the Roman Catholic Church had to take a stronger stand on a sexual abuse crisis that has disgraced it for more than two decades.
Media in the U.S began reporting in the early 2000s how cases of abuse were systematically covered up and abusive priests were shuttled from parish to parish instead of being defrocked and handed over to civil authorities.
The Christian Brothers of Ireland, Inc, and Christian Brothers agreed in a May 2013 settlement reached in U.S. bankruptcy court to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 adults who said religious leaders sexually abused them as children.
"I deeply regret the pain suffered by these victims," Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Seattle Times newspaper.
"Our hope is that this settlement will bring them closure and allow them to continue the process of healing," he said.
The Archdiocese will make three consecutive payments in June, July, and August, Pfau said.
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Discouragement is a fast-working poison. For one, it doesn't take much to get discouraged, especially if you're unsure of your ambition in the first place. All it takes is a small situation—a day that didn't turn out quite as planned—and the process begins. The foiled plans may instill a sense of failure or futility in your mind, a seed that can be pushed aside before your mental processes pour any more water onto it. It doesn't stop there, though. For instance, later in the day, you get another one of your short stories in the mail, rejected. It was a story you particularly poured your heart as well as hours of time into and daydreamed about seeing accepted and published. Now, you just feel like a little girl aspiring to become a princess—as time goes on, you realize that things just aren't that simple or peachy or viable. That second letdown draws out the same seed you started with, except you don't have to think about re-planting it—you know where it goes. You use your conscious brainpower to water the seed, instead. There. It grows.
It becomes a vine that hurts and chokes. You try to tear it from your neck as it tightens its hold. Finally, in one fell swoop, you take up an axe and slice the thing in half. It uncurls from your neck and you gasp for breath.
It must be uprooted, no trace left. What if it grows there again? I don't have to let it, you realize. Taking a new plant--sometimes hope, sometimes encouragement, sometimes humor--you place it in the hole where the discouragement broke ground. It's ground that is good for growing in general, so you always run the risk that the vine will return and re-grow, but until then, you keep planting the good stuff and tending it assiduously.


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We're already 3/4th the way into 2015, only a few short months away from 2016, but one trend has been clear since the start of this year, consumers are giving more and more consideration to the "outer" look of their phones, and not just to the design (and abhorrence of thick phones), but more importantly to build material.
In an age where almost all the internals of flagship devices are identical, save for a Micro SD slot here, or a removable battery there; phone design and build material gain even more importance as it's stopped being a "bonus" if the phone happens to look good, or feels solid; instead it has become yet another way to differentiate from the rest of the pack, and sway potential customers.
Only last year consumers and reviewers tore apart Samsung's for using "cheap plastic" and "poor quality materials" in their flagship Galaxy S5. Thankfully Samsung learnt their lesson, and came out swinging with this years range of devices, from the Galaxy S6 to the Note 5, along with everything in between; one thing was clear, plastic no longer had a place in Samsung's flagship lineups. Instead Samsung committed to a range of sleek glass and metal devices, with curves and edges that if nothing else, added a definite wow factor to their devices.
Sony, who have long ago embraced metal and welcomed it into their design language, went a step further with this years Z5, adding a polished mirror glass surface to the back of the phone, which undeniably enhances the premium effect of glass and metal.Even the budget friendly flagship, the One Plus 2 ditched last years plastic build for a more solid metal frame/buttons along with a selection of wood rear covers, ranging from bamboo to rose-wood, as well as a Kevlar carbon fiber back as well. The list of "premium" bodied flagships in 2015 goes on and on, from Apple continuing with the design of the iPhone 6 and 6+, to Huawei's Mate S (seen above), with its full metal body design and smooth curves; as well as of course one of the original full body metal phones designs, the HTC One (M9).
In fact one of the few flagship devices release this year that didn't go with either metal or glass, was the LG G4, which made up for its plastic build with a range of genuine leather backs, which more than compensated for the plastic frame (regardless of how poorly the leather aged with time).
With all that in mind, the fact that Microsoft have continued to stick with polycarbonate in their upcoming flagships is certainly questionable, no matter the "quality" of polycarbonate , customers will inevitably equate it with plastic. When Nokia released the Nokia N9, their first polycarbonate phone (and certainly one of the first phones to embrace the color revolution of smartphones), it was nothing short of innovative in terms of design, and build quality. Of course that was a different time, when the iPhone 4S was still one of the few phones to incorporate glass into their devices (besides the screen obviously).
Since then times have changed, yes I certainly stood by the Lumia 920 (even with its weight issues), declaring that it was an obvious evolution to the Lumia family, and of course at the time everyone else was still using cheap plastic in their phones. Since then however Nokia experimented with incorporating a mix of metal and polycarbonate into their phones, and it was definitely a success; starting with the original Lumia 925 which came with a slim profile and a metal frame, to the Lumia 930 and 830 which carried the same tradition (not to mention the beautiful limited edition gold variants of them).
With all that has been said, and after comparisons I can't help but feel like the 950/950 XL are a disappointment (I stress that I mean this in terms of design/build and not the actual phone), as we have been conditioned to expect a certain amount of metal or glass in the most elite of phones. In my mind the Lumia 950 and 950 XL are closer to the Lumia 640 XL (seen above), than to previous flagships such as the 930, 830 or even the 920.
With so many Lumias floating around, and so much polycarbonate and plastic, it seems unfair that the flagship devices for Windows 10 Mobile, and Microsoft's first proper flagship in well over a year is underwhelming to look at. Like anything valuable, the essence of said value is from its scarceness, and it seems that the abundance of plastic/polycarbonate Lumias with similar designs have diluted the value of the once premium polycarbonate build.


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If you agree to the price, all you will need to do is produce a form of identification ,sign a form, and we will pay you cash, cheque or via internet same day bank transfer.
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Gold and other precious metals and coins
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in Wizard Quester! you play as a Wizard (big surprise,the wizard is a wizard.) and your name is Burkle. You must murder all evil and kill the evil Fisk Lord to restore the land back to normal from the depths of evil fish magic!
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Code Pink Organizer Accused of Police Officer Battery
Zanne Joi, organizer for Code Pink, was arrested this afternoon (Thursday) on charges of trespassing, battery on an officer and resisting arrest at the downtown Marine Recruiting Center.
She's been arrested there before, but that was in the course of committing civil disobedience—blocking the doorway or entering the recruiting office.
Speaking to the Planet at around 4 p.m., just after her release from jail on her own recognizance, Joi said she was arrested while helping a friend get her toddler son out of a stroller.
As Joi tells it, she was on the sidewalk in front of 64 Shattuck Square a little past noon. Fellow Code Pinker Judy Christopher was taking her 13-month old son out of his stroller and Zanne was assisting in getting the straps untangled from around his belly.
"Then I hear a voice behind me," Joi said. "Miss Joi, I want to talk to you. Then I get grabbed."
Joi said at that point she was facing Officer Melissa Kelly and yelling at her, "Get your hands off me—don't touch me."
A number of officers then appeared—around six.
Joi was handcuffed and told she was under arrest for spitting at an officer.
Joi told the Planet she was angry and yelling—but not spitting.
Joi's story was confirmed to the Planet by Christopher and Amy Beaton, the third protester in front of the MRS.
Police Spokesperson Andrew Frankel did not return calls for comment.
"These are trumped up charges," Joi said. Her court date is June 30.


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Rate Relief for Sports Clubs
Community Amateur Sports Clubs
|Sports clubs can claim 80% rate relief by applying for Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) status. You can do this through the HM Revenue & Customs website or by phoning them on 0845 3020203. If your club has attained CASC status and you are not already receiving rate relief, please contact us.
|If the property is empty you can still claim rate relief if, when next in use, it will be used by a CASC. There is 100% relief for an empty property in this situation. Please contact us if this applies to you.
Other Sports Clubs
In deciding whether to grant discretionary relief, the Council will look at the contribution that the organisation makes to the area. Other criteria that are assessed are:
Organisations that satisfy the "Access" criteria
|Is membership open to all sections of the community? There may be legitimate restrictions placed on membership which relate for example to the ability in a sport or to the achievement of a standard in the field covered by the organisation or where the capacity of the facility is limited. Clubs or organisations should not be considered if the membership rate is set at such a high level as to exclude the general community. In general, the club or organisation must be prepared to show that the criteria by which it considers applications for membership are consistent with the principal of open access.
|Does the organisation actively encourage membership from particular groups in the community e.g. young people, women, older age groups, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, etc? An organisation, which encourages such membership, might expect more sympathetic consideration than one, which made no effort to attract members from groups, which the Council considers to be particularly deserving of support.
|Are the facilities made available to people other than members? E.g. schools, casual public sessions, etc? The wider use of facilities should be encouraged and rate relief might be one form of recognition that an organisation was promoting its facilities more widely.
Organisations that satisfy the "Provision of Facilities" Criteria
|Does the organisation provide training or education for its members? Are there schemes for particular groups to develop their skills, e.g. young people, the disabled, retired people? An organisation providing such facilities might deserve more support more than one which did not.
|Have the facilities available been provided by the self-help or grant aid? The fact that a club uses or has used self help for construction or maintenance or had facilities funded by grant aid might be an indicator that they were more deserving of relief.
|Does the organisation run a bar? The mere existence of a bar should not in itself be a reason for non granting relief. The Council will look at the main purpose of the organisation. In sports clubs for example the balance between playing and non-playing members might provide a useful guide as to whether the main purpose of the club is sporting or social activities. A social club whose main aim is to bring together people with similar interests will not be excluded from relief just because of the existence of a licensed bar.
|Does the organisation provide facilities which indirectly relieve the Council of the need to do so, or enhance and supplement those which it does provide? The Council will not refuse to grant rate relief on the grounds that an organisation is in competition with the Council itself, but will look at the broader context of the needs of the community as a whole. A new need, not being provided by the Council but identified as a priority for action, might be particularly deserving of support.
Organisations that satisfy the "Other Considerations" Criteria
|Is the organisation affiliated to local or national organisations, e.g. local sports or arts councils, national representative bodies? i.e. are they actively involved in local/national development of their interests?
|Is the membership drawn from people mainly resident in the New Forest District Council area? Where properties are situated close to the Council's boundary, a proportion of the membership may come from another billing authority's area. Also for geographical reasons, particular facilities may be the only ones available for a wide area. In such cases the joint use of facilities by one or more similar organisations is not uncommon. In most cases there will be a measure of reciprocity between the memberships of organisations from different areas.
|The organisation should be able to demonstrate a financial need for relief.
Download a discretionary rate relief claim form [116kb] to print off and send to us or contact us to be sent a copy.
Return your completed form to:-
Revenues and Benefit Service, New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA
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August 11, 2016
Two factors will play a major role in the growth and development of behavioral biometrics as an advanced authentication and security gate: the biometrics market overall is expected to reach a value of $30 billion by 2021 and cybersecurity will become one of the hottest industries globally by 2020.
Biometrics are gaining more and more popularity in the financial services industry worldwide. The technology is claimed to be the most convenient method as users don't have to remember the numbers, codes or passwords. Seeking to leverage the technology, a range of banks have turned to testing biometrics on limited audiences/particular markets. It may not take long till the industry makes biometric authentication mainstream and ditches passwords once and forever.
Not all biometrics and respectful methods of authentication are born equal. Static biometrics such as vein pattern, fingerprint, retina scan, selfie, are all nearly unchangeable from the point of view of software and hardware that remembers them for the next time a user tries to access a protected device.
Although relatively secure if we were to put passwords next to them, static biometrics may fade in the ability to ensure the proper security in comparison to dynamic solutions, which behavioral biometrics represent.
Behavioral biometrics are ahead of the game when it comes to understanding something that is difficult (not impossible, though, as Gozi tries to prove) to copy individual behavioral patterns – hallmarks of the way one uses his/her devices and navigates on platforms.
Behavioral biometrics solutions are able to create a more precise picture of the user by examining a range of behavioral patterns, actively evaluating the user's unique kinetic interaction signature with their mobile device, as one of the companies operating in the segment described.
Probably one of the most interesting and important hallmarks of behavioral biometrics is that powered with learning capabilities, they are able to continuously improve the accuracy, learn a wide variety of pattern elements of a particular user and everything in the background, dynamically improving the security layer. The longer solutions are able to monitor and enrich their database, the more secure protection they are able to provide and more accurately recognize the owner of the device.
Behavioral biometric authentication remained quite a niche market with limited solution providers still being considered partially experimental. In 2016, however, the situation may change and new players in the light of the substantial cost of security breaches and security-related tension will be able to bring behavioral biometric authentication to the mainstream.
BehavioSec is probably one of the most well-known behavioral biometrics-based authentication solution provider. In January, the company was reported to enter a partnership with TeleSign, a provider of mobile identity solutions, in order to bring additional capabilities to TeleSign's mobile identity solutions for securing end-user accounts, preventing fraud and delivering continuous user verification and assurance.
There are, however, other interesting players in the market such as Zighra, which offers adaptive behavioral authentication solutions.
Balabit is also among the favorers of dynamic approach in ensuring data security. The company was recently reported to launch a new version of its behavioral analytics solution at this year's RSA Conference.
FSTBM is another interesting example as the company's IMID Access software with In Motion Identification technology allows to identify users at a distance and in motion quickly and accurately.
Swiss-based NetGuardians also goes to the Ivy League of behavioral biometrics. The company has a specialized expertise in user behavior analytics and profiling to implement controls for fraud and compliance challenges. In mid-July, NetGuardians and Sweden's BehavioSec announced to join forces to leverage their complementary technologies to provide complete fraud protection to financial institutions – and their clients – around the world.
SecureAuth offers technology that uses unique behaviors – keystrokes, mouse movement – to help determine identities with confidence. The company claims its SecureAuth IdP to be the only solution that offers continuous authentication and up to 99% accuracy. SecureAuth's adaptive authentication/risk-based analysis additionally employs device recognition, threat services, directory lookup, geolocation, and geo velocity. In total, six layers of defense to safeguard user credentials.
NuDetect continuously verifies a user's online identity by authenticating the user based on their natural interactions online. The solution harnesses behavioral and passive biometric analysis to help clients predict fraud and risk. It allows to identify an authentic user behind the device and builds a detailed contiguous profile of the user based on how they interact with online services using their devices.


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Richard Sala's beautifully illustrated "Delphine," an extremely loose reinterpretation of "Snow White" told from the perspective of the unnamed (and more modern) "Prince Charming," is delightfully dark and mysterious. One part comic book and one part fever dream, there's a lot to like in this hardback collected edition from Fantagraphics.
Collecting the original four-issues from Fantagraphics' Ignatz Series into a lovely hardcover, there's nothing to complain about when it comes to the collection as an art object. It's beautiful and will be at home on any shelf of great books. The interior is equally gorgeous, with Sala's soft but dark art swirling across every page. Bathed in saturated sepia tones (except for the cover page chapter breaks which have a more upbeat color palette) the book looks as bleak as the writing and content suggest.
Every character in "Delphine" looks not unlike a "monster," with the exception of the lovely Delphine and our hero "prince." Thanks to the unrelenting visuals -- the dark town, the creepy woods, the "monstrous" folks, the looming castle and even the lettering -- the tone of this book slides from dark fairy tale all the way to horror story. The feeling of fear and dread for the main character as you read is as palpable as any protagonist that breaks down in a small town at the beginning of a horror film. I had to restrain myself from yelling at the pages, "Don't trust him!" and, "Don't go that way!" Rare is the opportunity that I'm so engaged I consider yelling at an inanimate object such as a book.
However, though I ultimately enjoyed "Delphine" immensely, I would have preferred a more clear narrative and a bit less of the experimental confusion that's offered in the book. It's a personal choice, and not everyone will agree, but I ached for some clarity at times when the book just got stranger and more intractable through the main characters hallucinations. It's hard to tell the real from the imagined, which is clearly deliberate but didn't entirely work. The demanding story is quite well suited for what Sala tries to do and for the type of story he's opted to tell, but for me it was just a bit too opaque. It was also lacking in any hope or lightness at all. "Delphine" should not necessarily be a pleasant story or have a happy ending, but a bit of cheerfulness or levity somewhere would have gone a long way to lightening the unrelenting grimness within.
On the whole, "Delphine" is an engaging fairly tale for those that like their fairy tales dark, and for those that appreciate a whole new level of creativity in their interpretations of existing work. "Delphine" is also a nice contrast to the unrelentingly bright and happy fairy tales that are so often seen when it comes to modern reinterpretations of those early dark tales.


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UAE renewable energy firm Masdar and partner EDF of France have offered a record low electricity price of US¢1.79/kWh in the bidding for a 300MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project to be developed at Sakaka in the northern Al-Jawf region of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's first ever utility-scale solar PV project.
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Clippers Media
August 14, 2013, Nanaimo, BC (ISN) – The Nanaimo Clippers are pleased to announce the acquisition of 18 year old forward Devin Brosseau from the Longueuil College Francais of the Quebec Junior 'AAA' Hockey League.
Last season the St. Lambert, Quebec native helped Longueuil win the QJAAAHL Championship and advance to the Fred Page Cup in Truro, Nova Scotia. The 6'1″ 185lb left winger scored 19 goals and added 18 assists for 37 points in 45 games.
Coach Vandekamp: "We are very excited to add a young, talented forward such as Devin to our lineup. He will add speed and skill to our forward group. We know that Devin is very committed to improving as a player and eventually reaching his goal of playing NCAA Division 1 Hockey. We are looking forward to helping him reach those goals. We would like to welcome Devin and his Family to the Clippers Family and look forward to seeing him at Main Camp on August 20th."


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Hello Everyone, Happy Monday!First, I am so thankful to see another beautiful Monday and I am hopeful that it is a productive and enjoyable week. When planning outfits sometimes the ideas come in the middle of the night for the blog photoshoot. This inspires and challenges me to constantly improve my personal style and see what it could become. This dress is meant to stand out and blend in at the same time. I guess we can call it a neutral pattern that is perfect to start a Monday and a productive week.
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Michael John Neill's genealogy website. Things that cross my path, general research suggestions, and whatever else ...with a little bit of attitude. I don't post "news" just to post it, never post a press release (edited or otherwise), don't feign excitement, and pretty much say what I think.
06 April 2010
Can You Read That?
It has been a while since I posted an handwriting sample for interpretation.
I know what the last name here is for the second person listed on this 1900 census entry from upstate New York.
Wondering if site users have any ideas what it might be. It makes a good point how why searching online indexes can be difficult and why first name searches are sometimes effective.
The head of household in this entry is actually 16 years old, but that is another story altogether.
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Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - Another Nebraska Smith Photo
About a month ago, I shared a photo of the 1954 Smith family gathering at our Iowa family farm when Smith cousins from Nebraska were visiting there. Our visitors were a son and his wive and grandchildren of my great-uncle, John Joseph Smith.
I included other photos shared with me by his great-grandchildren, Laurel Brunken and his sister, Candace "Candy" Brunken Breed. The following photo recently came to me, from Candy, via Laurel. THANK YOU for sharing! ;-)
This is 1962 portrait of John Joseph's two sons and their wives:
From left: Laura Alice (Price) and her husband, Lee Arnold Smith with Esther (Swanson) and her husband, Lyman Smith.
In sending me the photo, Laurel said: "This photo was always in a frame around our house when I was growing up. I thought you might enjoy it since Esther and Lyman are in it." Lyman and Esther were our 1954 visitors.
By the way, Lee Arnold and Lyman had one sister, Beulah.
Families are Forever! ;-)


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Cecil Castellucci will be at Teen Book Fest on Saturday, Oct. 12 moderating the Middle Grade Book Party panel in Teen'Scape at 12pm and on the Other Worlds panel in Teen'Scape at 2pm. Cecil will be signing copies of First Day on Earth at 3pm in Meeting Room B.
Cecil Castellucci is the award-winning author of many young adult novels, comics, and picture books including Boy Proof, The Queen of Cool, The Year of the Beasts, which was a finalist for the PEN Literary Award, and most recently, Odd Duck.
One thing about a Cecil Castellucci book is that it could be about almost anything. She's written about a secret guerilla art team, ballet dancers having a night of adventures in NYC, a boy who may or may not be an alien, and the straight-laced daughter of a punk rocker, among other things. Her first science fiction novel, Tin Star, comes out in February - and lucky YOU: we have two advance readers' copies of Tin Star to give away during Teen Book Fest so you can sneak a peek before anyone else.
We asked Cecil to tell us what she was like as a teenager, and where she'd want her star to be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Here's what she said:
1. Write a six-word memoir describing what you were like as a teenager.
Snood wearing geek looking at stars.
2. If you had to cosplay a character from one of your books, which one would you pick and why?
I would pick Egg from Boy Proof. She's cosplaying at school and I'd cosplay her and it would be so meta! Also, watercolor orange eyebrows!
3. If you were getting your own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which celebrities would you most like to be near?
Cecil B. Demille, my namesake. Katherine Hepburn, for the classy. Jimmy Stewart for the swooning.
Fun tidbit: when I pitched my tent to wait for Star Wars Episode One tickets, I slept on Lou Rawls's star every night.
4. What are one or two books that inspired you when you were a teen?
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell and Mockingbird by Walter Tevis.
To learn more about Cecil, visit http://castellucci.wordpress.com/


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Japanese paper is made from machine made paper (70% kozo or paper mulberry; 30% pulp).
An original method of applying the fine gold color to emphasize the unique surface texture of the paper. The surface texture was created by a traditional Japanese paper texturing technique.
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FQDN or IP address in destination server?
I have a questions about Notes client connection documents. In the Advanced tab under Destination server address, what are the pros and cons of using the server's FQDN or its IP address?
I have a questions about Notes client connection documents. In the Advanced tab under Destination server address, what are the pros and cons of using the server's FQDN or its IP address?
Personally, and this really is a personal preference, I use IP addresses for servers that have a static IP (which is pretty much most servers on most networks I've come across) rather than a FQDN.
My colleague Scott -- who is a master of that black art, networking -- always recommends FQDN.
I come at it from the point of view that DNS can be another point of failure. Do you want your users blaming Notes/Domino for connection errors because the OS can't resolve a name due to DNS errors?
Scott comes at it from the point of view that he can do some "very funky stuff" with the network and NAT addresses and Names across systems, etc. (He loses me somewhere after "NAT." <grin>)
Seriously, though, is the server multi-homed? Does it have internal and external addresses? Does it have multiple NICs? Is the (Notes) connection document supposed to work inside and outside of your network?
These are the issues you have to consider when creating your Notes connections.
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Short answer: Both work equally well in a Notes environment given certain criteria.
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Part One, Two, Three, and Four
So, here we are, at the hardest entry in this series to write. I've been actively stalling, which is why the blogs have been a little more sporadic. Writing about this stuff is embarrassing. As much as I love
the person I am now, I don't really like the person I was at that phase in my life. I do think that it was something I had to go through to become the woman I am today, but that doesn't make it easy to talk about. It made me a better wife, mother, daughter and friend because it broke me completely and I had a chance to rebuild.
In Part Four I explained how Jordan set up the mythos that would consume my (and a few others') lives, and if you haven't already read that, I really suggest you go do so, because it's only going to get weirder. And if I hadn't taken the step-by-step route, I wouldn't have believed any of the crap I ended up believing. And that's the thing; I really did believe it. I'd say that I believed 95% plus of what Jordan created. There was always a little tiny part of me saying wait, what? what the fuck? but I was very good at ignoring that. It's the same part of your brain that, when you're drunk, knows that you're making an ass of yourself.
So. I guess I'm stalling again, because I don't want to admit I believed all these things. On the other hand, I really hope that maybe I can raise awareness of this kind of cult/abuse so other people can get help. Not just other people he's controlled (or is currently controlling) this way, but maybe bring to light other abusers. I've met at least three other people who were in cult/relationships like this one, just as lavish in their mythology and just as personally devastating to the believers.
1.) The earth exists in multiple dimensional layers simultaneously. What we would consider the "afterlife" was just a different layer, as if we were one radio station and the afterlife was on the next channel. Thus, ghost sightings, haunted places, etc. were just where there was "interference" from the next plane over. Later, layers of time were added to the story, and because they were different "channels" any historical inaccuracies were irrelevant. The same explanation held for another layer, which was where the Elves and Hobbits were. (In the Lord of the Rings books, it's called the Undying Lands.) Human mythology and religion are often explanations of how these layers of reality can bleed over in certain places or for certain people.
2.) Jordan could channel other consciousnesses. It was a rare mutation (among others, the Oracle at Delphi also had it). His own consciousness would cease to be and his brain essentially was taken over by the "electrical patterns" of whomever was possessing him. He could "bring" people from any of these layers, including currently living people, provided they were either heavily intoxicated or capable of astral travel. Jordan was unaware of what happened while he was "gone," and thus you had to tell the story back to him as soon as it finished. As if his brain was a computer loading a different operating system, complete with programs, apps and files.
3.) At some point, the original (female) inhabitant of his body just refused to return, which was in essence the non-corporeal version of committing suicide. The body, needing a "core" program, "duplicated" the last person who he had channeled. Thus, he became Jordan, which was short for Elijah Jordan Wood. This "core" switch happened a total of three times while I was there, and in retrospect served to start a major storyline change. The cores were always male after the original "died." I'd say The Others (as we called them) had an 80/20 split in favor of males.
(An aside: This is why Jordan being transgender is such a huge part of things; because he had started out well-known as a woman and later began living as a man, the gossip always includes this part. And because Jordan was a manipulator and pathological liar (on an epic scale), it has been discussed to no end. I will not take any more part in that than necessary, because other Trans people have been hurt by the kind of disgusting shit people have said about Jordan. It never ceases to amaze me what kind of personal, rude things people think it's ok to say. Seriously, it is so not relevant to any of the evil shit Jordan did.)
4.) Over time, there were more and more people who "came through." Initially it was a limited number of Lord of the Rings characters. Later were vampires (which were really a subgroup of elves), time travelers, movie stars, soldiers, and a good-sized handful of X-men rip-offs, all of whom had powers that could almost be reasonably explained by science. I have rarely been so delighted as when I discovered Stan Lee's Superhumans and learned that some of the things Jordan claimed were possible actually were.
5.) Name changes were important. When someone "joined" us, they always got a new name (and often a nickname as well). I kept going by my own name, though I did consider changing my middle name to Elhoriam. Bob, Sam and Diamond all considered legally changing their names, and almost certainly would have if the cult hadn't fallen apart. Bob was lucky; he wised up and got out before he could be fully indoctrinated, though Jordan had started saying that he "thought Bob suspected what's going on." There were several other failed converts later, after most of the originals had gone. And, of course, Jordan changed default names every time there was a "core" change.
6.) Each of us "BagEnders" (long story, but the nickname stuck for years) had our own special elf guide. I was the first one, so mine was Lord Elrond. The other two girls (Sam and Diamond) had their own (original character) Elf guardians, and I'm sure Jordan had one all picked out for Bob before he left. There was also a "doctor" elf who dispensed medical advice, mostly "natural" medicine that was scientifically completely unsound. A lot of the stuff the PseudoElfDoctor said was pretty standard alternative/herbal healing stuff, but infused with extra bullshit.
7.) Once The Others were established, they would "knock" when they wanted to talk to you (unless it was more effective to burst right through). Each one had a totally different personality, backstory and often a different accent. As more and more were added characteristics were recycled and later Others were more and more similar to earlier ones. Also, since The Others existed on other planes together, there was all sorts of drama and infighting and adventures. They could also be played off of each other, meaning no matter what defense you had could eventually be broken.
8.) Doubts were used to reinforce our commitment. Questioning was encouraged, because as many Others as necessary would explain away any doubt you had. Sometimes Jordan himself would bring up doubts, so you'd have to hear the entire argument why all this was real and then recount the entire thing to Jordan when he "came back." Asking for any kind of "proof" was met with the same sort of thing. Sometimes you ended up feeling that your faith wasn't strong enough, or that your doubts were insulting. Sometimes, he would deliberately create doubt in your mind, usually as punishment.
9.) Once we met The Others, they always wanted to talk. There was almost constant drama, day or night – emergencies and fights and questions and on and on. You might be called on to mediate a dispute, help solve a mystery or to explain something from "the future" to someone. I'd say that Jordan was only actually Jordan for two or three hours a day sometimes. It was almost guaranteed that the moment you'd start to drift off to sleep someone would want to talk to you (and sleep deprivation is the first thing they teach you in Brainwashing 101.)
10.) Jordan worked long and hard (heh) to separate people from friends and family. He would carefully sow seeds of doubt, while the elf guide would give you "therapy" for your fucked up family life. Therapy was a huge part of the entire thing; there was always something terribly wrong with you that needed to be fixed. And the only fix? More hours of walking and listening. He was amazingly skillful at creating false memories, which is scarily easy and incredibly convincing. Once you remembered your friends or family doing terrible things to you, it was far easier to get you away from them.
11.) Sometimes Jordan would dictate extremely detailed rituals that were roughly based on Wiccan and Pagan practices. They were never duplicated and (as always, in retrospect) were only used for dramatic effect. Always there was some kind of high stakes situation prompting it, so we'd be frantic and emotional. The endorphin rush of managing to get things done convinced us that something otherworldly had happened. Plus, severely disrupted sleep can cause hallucinations.
Also, since Diamond had recently left Christianity, there was a lot of logical deconstruction of the religion. Any mainstream religion was likewise dismantled. The theological side of things was skirted as much as possible unless it served the plot. I guess the best way to describe how it unfolded was that it was like living inside a video game. You could go on missions, unlock characters, earn bonus things and get rewards. But it was a twenty-four hour game you could never escape that woke you when you tried to rest.
Not long after Bob left, Sam's mom came to her senses and took her home. Which is a very, very good thing; it was so phenomenally toxic for a kid. For a long time it was Diamond and Jordan and I. By now we were living in Hollywood, working the boulevard and dealing with Jordan day and night. At some point we had a falling out with Diamond and Jordan asked her to leave. He kept trying to get other people to believe, but at that point things were too fucked up to jump in headfirst. Once it was just the two of us, Jordan ramped up the stories and channeling to make up for the loss of other believers. Eventually, I was little more than a shell that tended to The Others' endless needs. When we finally hit bottom and I called my mother, she brought me home and found me a therapist who had previous experience deprogramming a cult member. It took a lot of work to come back from that place, and I am proud as hell of that.
Of course, the cult aspect of my relationship with Jordan was only the tip of the iceberg. He was also a low-level con artist. Not for money, although that's the reputation he has. Money has never been his goal – his actual goal is total control over the people closest to him. Money is just incidental to that. Ditto for meeting movie stars; he wasn't interested in famous people beyond using (real or faked) connections to celebrities to gain power over people. Living in hotels and working on Hollywood Boulevard was a great thing for him, because he had that level of power over me (and others when they were there). He dictated when I woke, when I slept, how long I worked, how much money we had. If he wanted attention, we quit working. Even if that meant we didn't eat.
I know of his current activities (we do share a stalker that I keep one wary eye on) and I strongly suspect he's doing the same thing again, only basing it on Harry Potter instead of Lord of the Rings. I've read part of the epic fanfic he wrote (and his followers are now called "DAYDians" instead of "Bagenders") and I recognize lots of characters and plots. Jordan's identity was exposed almost a year ago, which trimmed his following down to a handful. This is exactly what happened when his identity was exposed when I was with him. As a direct result, I found myself redoubling my faith in him and later felt there was no way to get out. If any of his followers end up reading this: It is never to late to get out. Never. The real world is so much better than the dreams he creates.
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So I realized I hadn't done a movie review in forever and I just happened to see Jurassic World in a timely manner so the fates aligned and now you have to read my movie review.
So Jurassic World. Before I get going, I want to lay a little foundation of where I am coming from on this. I loved the original Jurassic Park. It's part of my childhood and my life with my adorable nerdy and dino-loving brother. The music of John Williams still gives me chills. I still have an intense fear of velociraptors – 'cause I am not STUPID. I still have a pretty MAJOR crush on Dr. Grant (standoffish, passionate, heart of gold, and pulls off cargos like no one's business).
So all that nostalgia means that I walked into the theater with some baggage and expectations. On the other hand, like most people who have seen what Chris Pratt has been up to lately, I am OBSESSED. He has snark and swagger down. And snark is definitely my kryptonite when it comes to boys (since I am 13 and refer to the opposite sex as "boys").
So between nostalgia and Pratt fan club status, it's safe to say I didn't know what to expect but I knew I wanted desperately for it to be awesome.
We got there late because that's how my bro (my erstwhile movie companion and fellow giant nerd – yes we had matching Marvel shirts for Avengers 2) roll and were forced to sit in the second row of the theatre. It's like IMAX for people who are too lazy or poor to find an IMAX theater… so us. And it was intense and pretty cool being so IN the movie screen.
I know what you are thinking — enough build up, Maslanik, what did you think of the movie???
Well… I loved it. It was super snarky. And I don't think I spoil too much when I say they did the impossible and took the scary dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and turned them into actual characters in Jurassic World. You had the nerds in the room at dinosaurs, and you got the rest of us when we were rooting FOR the dinosaurs.
My biggest complaint is…
Bryce Dallas Howard's outfit. Yep, I mean come on! An ALL white ensemble with a lilac tank top underneath with nude heels? Stop rolling your eyes. She wears it for the ENTIRE movie. Never loses a shoe, never breaks a heel, doesn't borrow a jacket or boots or anything. It's either super realistic that in the middle of a crisis you wouldn't think of the most impractical outfit of allllllllllll time OR it's ridiculous. I am sure it's some sort of comment on her clinical perspective towards the dinosaurs in the beginning but seriously? When it gets the point where MEN in the theater are like "is she still in those ridiculous heels?" I think it's safe to say you've wandered into the ridiculous. It sucks too because Bryce Dallas Howard is actually great. She's a great heroine. She makes mistakes and sees it and tries to fix it and even steps up and kicks a little ass but her outfit distracted and I think diminished her characters impact somewhat. I don't think it's anti-feminist either to talk about her outfit. It was an intentional decision by the movie makers and it was so annoying that it took us out of the movie. No girl runs around in nude patent heels while being chased by dinosaurs! (I see now the problem with that sentence… not a lot of actual dinosaur chasing going around – but you know what I mean!)
My biggest praise is…
Chris Pratt as Owen. This character could be a total d-bag but in the hands of Chris Pratt, he's not. He's the voice of reason and a times the voice of the audience in the film. He's adorable, sassy, and BADASS. Basically, I can only assume they did some focus groups on the ideal man for ladies in films and then just wrote that character for Chris Pratt. At one point, the young nephews of Bryce Dallas Howard's character are reunited with their aunt and they inform her that they are not leaving…. Chris Pratt's side – forget the aunt. Well, kids are always vessels of wisdom, because in their shoes and on like 20 other levels including adult sex appeal, I am not leaving his side either.
I don't want to spoil the movie by going into too much detail. But this isn't the monster movie you might remember from the 90s original. This is a modern snark fest with dinosaurs and evil companies with TERRIBLE ideas. The truth is the conflict was a tad bit annoying at times because the people in charge were just making awful decisions. My brother kept muttering "that's a bad idea." He was right a lot. In life, though, sometimes the people in charge do make terrible decisions so I guess that's realistic, it's just a tad hard to watch.
All in all, I enjoyed the heck out of the movie and laughed way more than I thought I would. There were terrifying moments but it was balanced with some really great moments from Chris Pratt, who is quickly becoming the MAN in Hollywood. (I have zero problems with that. And if you do, watch this movie. And then watch his character saunter around talking about ethical treatment of animals and war and tell me he's not the MAN.)
Let me know your thoughts and if you agree or if I was off base and blinded by my Pratt fangirling.


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- High School Centennial High School (Corona)
- Born September 4, 1981 in Fontana, CA USA
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Mike Stodolka was the fourth overall selection in the 2000 amateur draft, taken by the Kansas City Royals and signed for $2.5 million. The left-handed pitcher had been 11-0 with a 1.13 ERA as a high school senior, striking out 133 and allowing 29 hits in 68 innings. He had also hit 18 homers, a California Interscholastic Federation record 18.
Stodolka was 0-3 with a 2.68 ERA for the GCL Royals and made one start for the Charleston Alley Cats, giving up four runs in 4 2/3 innings, walking four and striking out none. After the season, Baseball America ranked him as the 8th-best prospect in the KC system.
In 2001, Stodolka was stationed with the Burlington Bees and was 3-8 with a 4.67 ERA, allowing 105 hits in 94 innings while striking out 49. Mike was even worse with Burlington a year later, posting an 8-14 record with a 5.27 ERA and allowing 173 hits in 149 frames. He led the Midwest League with 109 runs allowed and was one loss behind leader Phil Akens.
2003 brought Mike up to the Wilmington Blue Rocks, where he only made five starts, going 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA. He injured his arm and had Tommy John surgery, cutting his season short. In '04, he returned to Wilmington as one of the club's oldest players (23). He was 3-2, 4.33 in fourteen starts. In 2005, he finished his pitching career with a 4-11, 5.92 year for the Wichita Wranglers as opponents batted .301 against him and was again one loss away from leading the loop. Overall, he had gone 20-39 as a pitcher.
Converted to a first baseman in 2006, Stodolka hit .284 with 11 homers and 67 RBIs for the High Desert Mavericks and made the California League All-Star game.
In 2007, he hit .291 with 12 home runs and 59 RBI for the Wichita Wranglers and in 2008, he hit .286 with five home runs and 21 RBI for the Omaha Royals.
Overall, Stodolka hit .287 with 28 home runs and 147 RBI in his career. As a pitcher, he went 20-39 with a 4.93 ERA.
Sources: 2001-2006 Baseball Almanacs, Baseball America website, "California League: Mavericks' Stodolka makes bid as position player" by Steve Ames, 6/19/06)


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Addressing the CBI in Glasgow he intensified the Coalition's defence of the project with a thinly veiled attack Alistair Darling and Lord Mandelson.
In recent months both men have come out against the £42.6 billion project to build a high speed network despite being members of the Labour cabinet which embarked on the scheme.
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NASA a 'Go' for Midair Capture of Samples from the Sun
An important milestone in the mission was met Monday morning, when the Genesis spacecraft performed its final trajectory maneuver before capsule release and the dramatic midair capture over Utah. The spacecraft passed the Earth-Moon orbit at about 2 a.m. Pacific Time on Monday, traveling at about 1.25 kilometers per second (2,700 miles per hour).
"Our Deep Space Network is allowing us to keep a close eye on our spacecraft and its samples of the Sun," said Genesis project manager Don Sweetnam of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "It is right where we planned it to be. Everything is go. The navigators and engineers here at JPL are go, and the recovery team out in Utah is go, too."
The Genesis recovery team members, both ground support and the flight crews who will make the dramatic midair capture, have been undergoing flight training since arriving at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Aug. 23.
"We came here with a specific set of mission goals that had to be met before Sept. 8, and those have all been met or exceeded," said Genesis director of flight operations Roy Haggard of Vertigo Inc., Lake Elsinore, Calif. "The next time these two helicopters take to the sky one of them will be landing with a spacecraft hooked to its belly."
The Genesis sample return capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere at 8:55 a.m. Pacific Time over Oregon. Two minutes and one time zone later, the capsule will deploy its drogue parachute at 33 kilometers (108,000 feet) over the vast alkali flats and sagebrush of the U.S. Air Force's Utah Test and Training Range. Waiting 29.5 kilometers (97,000 feet) below will be two helicopters and crew bearing the space-age equivalent of a fisherman's rod-and-reel, ready to catch some Sun.
"From the time the drogue deploys it will take about 18 minutes for the capsule to reach a height where we can get to it," said Genesis prime pilot Cliff Fleming of South Coast Helicopters, Santa Ana, Calif. "When we are up there that may feel like a long 18 minutes but we have been training for this moment since 1999, so in the grand scheme of things another quarter-hour or so shouldn't matter much."
The Genesis mission was launched in August 2001 on a journey to capture samples from the storehouse of 99 percent of all the material in our solar system -- the Sun. The samples of solar wind particles, collected on ultra-pure wafers of gold, sapphire, silicon and diamond, will be returned for analysis by Earth-bound scientists. The samples Genesis provides will supply scientists with vital information on the composition of the Sun, and will shed light on the origins of our solar system.
The Genesis events will be carried live on NASA Television Sept. 8 and will be webcast live at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/webcast/genesis/ .
JPL manages the Genesis mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, developed and operates the spacecraft. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology.
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