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Kansas SBDC FAQ: Here are a few of our more popular frequently asked questions to get you started.
How can you help my business?
We can help in a variety of ways. The primary way we help is by working with you to find out what your needs are and helping you develop a strategy to reach your goals.
Some of the key reasons clients contact us for help include:
-Business plan assistance
-Financial projection development
-Financial analysis
-Cash flow analysis
-Marketing plan development
-Human resources
-Sources of capital and financing
-Product cost analysis and pricing
-Market research assistance
-Advertising strategies
-Selling to the government/procurement
-Investor assistance
-Patent process
-International trade
-Buying or selling a business
-Business valuation
-Continuity planning
-Cyber security
-Technology commercialization
How do I use your services?
Start by contacting the center nearest you. A map can be found next to this post or on our home page. Or signup online at https://ksbdc.ecenterdirect.com/signup.
Is there a charge for Kansas SBDC services?
No and Yes. No, Kansas SBDC advising services are provided at no cost to our clients. Workshops, seminars, and online training are offered at low-cost or no-cost to clients as well.
Yes, we do offer specialized fee-based consulting if you need something beyond general advising. We offer different levels of business valuations and continuity plans. To learn more contact your locale center.
Why do you provide advising at no cost? Why don't you charge?
When the SBDC was established in 1983 the federal government decided that they would not charge for advising. Essentially since our government is funded by the taxpayer, they decided that taxpayers had really already paid for the service.
Can I see a business advisor without an appointment?
We would suggest scheduling an appointment to meet with us. As a first time client there are some helpful forms you can complete before you meet with an advisor to make the most of your time together. Learn about how to become a Kansas SBDC client here.
Do I have to become a client to attend one of your online or in-person classes?
No, you don't. Online classes as well as on-the-ground classes, workshops, and seminars are open to anyone that is interested in improving their business performance, starting a business or exploring a business idea.
However, we encourage you to take advantage of working with our team as a Kansas SBDC client.
How do I learn more about a class I might be interested in taking?
Visit our training site for a list of classes or visit the website of the center in your area.
Why don't more people know about your services?
Because we're a confidential service (Las Vegas rules apply) and we don't talk about our clients without their permission, you won't hear a lot about us. Plus, since we operate using taxpayer dollars we don't spend money on advertising. We put all of our effort into delivering our service.
I already own a business. Can I still use the Kansas SBDC?
Yes. We encourage it. As of 2017, approximately half of the businesses we serve are already in business when they seek out our help. Our Kansas SBDC advisors have extensive experience and knowledge in many areas of business operations across a variety of industries. We can help with marketing, management, operations, expansion, cash flow analysis, inventory control, strategic planning, and pricing your products and services.
If your business meets the size standards of the SBA (typically less than 500 employees and less than $50 million in annual revenue), you'll be able to access the no-cost and confidential business advising offered by the Kansas SBDC.
If your issue is outside the scope of your Kansas SBDC advisor's expertise, the advisor will tap into a large network of business experts across the country to assist your company.
What if I'm interested in selling my business? Can you help with that?
Yes, we can. We have advisors that are certified in business valuation as well as advisors that can help you prepare to sell your business. We've helped many small businesses with successful transition and succession plans.
What if I'm interested in buying a business? Can you help with that?
Yes. We have advisors that can help you evaluate the existing business, your ideas, and the market so you can make an informed decision. Certified consultants can assist with a business valuation as well.
Does the Kansas SBDC loan money for my business startup?
The Kansas SBDC does not provide loan or grant money. However, we will assist you in developing your business plan and financial projections and identifying potential sources of capital. This is often the key to help you obtain additional capital. Additionally, Kansas SBDC advisors can often identify various non-traditional sources of capital to help your business.
Will a Kansas SBDC advisor help me write a business plan?
The Kansas SBDC will provide resources and guidance in the process of writing your business plan. Many centers have accelerated business plan training courses that can help as well.
I can't get away from work. Do you have any online help?
Yes. The Kansas SBDC can consult with you via email, phone, or video conferencing. Several online training classes are available for anyone that needs help in your business.
I'm concerned that people will know that I am working with the SBDC and lose confidence in my leadership. How confidential are your services?
Our services are highly confidential. 'Las Vegas' rules apply here. We can't even confirm with your business partners if you are our client without your written permission.
How good are you?
Each year we survey our clients to find out if we've made a difference in their business. For 2016, our clients said we helped them do the following:
-Secure $79,303,029 in new capital
-Increase year-over-year sales by $117,898,869
-Create or retain 3,240 jobs
-Start 316 new businesses
According to the Kansas Dept of Revenue, Kansas SBDC clients consistently grow average annual sales at a pace much faster than all of Kansas businesses. In 2016 our clients increased their annual sales by 30.9% while all Kansas businesses reported a sales increase of 6.6%.
According to the Kansas Dept of Labor, Kansas SBDC clients consistently grow average annual jobs at a pace much faster than all of Kansas businesses. In 2016 our clients increased their annual jobs by 21.4% versus all of Kansas businesses of 0.5%.
How do I find a center in my area?
Use the locator map on our home page or adjacent to this post.
How many Kansas SBDC locations are there?
We currently have eight regional centers. You can work with an advisor in your area or you may work with a team from across the state. Your primary advisor will help coordinate our team to best meet your needs.
How many businesses do you help each year?
We work with approximately 2,500 small business clients each year.
Since we began tracking impact in 2002, we have helped small businesses across the state. Through no cost one-on-one advising, training, and education, we have helped 36,732 clients:
-Start 4,408 small businesses
-Create 20,856 new jobs
-Retain more than 18,840 jobs
-Generate more than $956,000,000 in equity injection or debt financing to start and expand their businesses
-Increase year-over-year sales by more than $1,224,000,000
From 2002 – 2016 we helped small businesses through training:
-provided more than 225,177 hours of -training held 7,982 training events
-assisted more than 68,708 small business owners and others through workshops, seminars, and training events
What if I refer someone to you? How will I know that you've helped them?
You won't unless they share that information with you. Our services are highly confidential. Confidentiality eliminates a big barrier for small businesses, entrepreneurs, startups, and innovators that want to test their ideas in a protected environment.
Who do you work with?
The Kansas SBDC network partners with many players across the economic landscape including Chambers of Commerce, economic development professionals, universities, community colleges, and lending institutions as well as federal, state, and local governments.
The goal of the Kansas SBDC is to work with all players interested in supporting entrepreneurship in our communities; because of this, we excel at providing a comprehensive service through many important partnerships.
You say that you help small businesses, and small businesses are important to the economy. What kind of impact do you have in Kansas?
A huge impact. For every $1 that was invested in 2016 by the state and federal governments as well as our local funding partners, we returned $25.20 to the tax base.
How? By helping our clients increase sales more sales tax was paid. By helping our clients grow to hire more employees more federal and state employment tax was paid.
We know this information is accurate because each year we measure our impact by asking our clients directly how we've helped their business through a third-party objective external survey firm.
Do your centers have contact information for local attorneys and accountants?
Yes, each office does their best to maintain a local list of contacts for attorneys and accountants and other for-profits that work with small business. We also keep a list of other resource contacts that you may need on hand.
What if I have more questions?
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Because of travel restrictions Roslyn had to travel via the United States. She spent a short
time there, while waiting for a ship, and visited Boston and also an uncle who lived over the
border in Canada. She finally arrived in England late in May 1917, and started work with the
Almeric Pagett Massage Corps at a military hospital in Leeds. However she was very unimpressed
with the Massage Corps, and desperately wanted to get to France.
In May 1918 she managed to arrange to join the Scottish Women's Hospitals Auxiliary, a feminist
group which was operating a military hospital in the Abbey Royaumont. This was an old
monastery which had been abandoned, and then converted into a spinning mill, before being
requisitioned as a hospital. She arrived there early in June, and stayed until the end of
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at Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn, N.J.)
By ROBERT L. DANIELS
Nancy Johnston, Mark Price, Michael Kostroff and Jill Paice/ Ph: Jerry Dalia
Perhaps the most cleverly structured and tightly knit farce of the last quarter century is
Ken Ludwig's
delightful romp,
Lend Me a Tenor
. The 1989 farce (currently at the Paper Mill Playhouse thru March 10) boasts a good measure of slamming doors, mistaken identities and a multitude of tumbling pratfalls.
The madness is focused on a Cleveland opera company unexpectedly forced to replace an ailing (or apparently deceased) visiting world-class tenor in a production of
at the very last minute. The comic device sets the stage for freewheeling comic pandemonium featuring a panic stricken impresario, the visiting tenor's tempestuous wife, an ambitious soprano, an aggressively amateur singer and go-between, and an abrasively resourceful bellhop.
The jibes begin when the star passes out from drink and sleeping pills in what appears to be an apparent suicide. In a futile attempt to revive the singer, the harried gofer is recruited to replace the guest tenor. Director
Don Stephens
has sharpened the duties of what true farce can be, with a keen sense of lunatic behavior and well-balanced delirium. It's all in the timing as the doors in the hotel suite (a cushy art deco design by
John Lee Beatty
) slam with accustomed regularity.
When the real singer and his dubious replacement both appear in costume and blackface, it becomes one of the great comic charades in theatrical history. (The playwright was visiting Millburn at the opening night performance and appeared to be having as much fun as the rest of the audience.)
The cast is a delicious grouping of acting jesters.
Judy Blazer
repeats the role of the tempestuous wife, which she played in a 1991 Paper Mill production. Her icy stares are triumphant prized visions of comic statuary. The daughter of the panic stricken impresario, though ardently wooed by the gofer, is smitten by the visiting star, "Il Stupendo." She is delightfully realized by
Jill Paice
and a dreamboat in her scanties. The abrasive autograph-hungry bellhop is played by
Mark Price
with functional zest and spirit. The hair-triggered impresario is acted by
Michael Kostroff
with coma-inducing panic.
It all comes down to bona fide hilarity.
Yes, Prime Minister
contracts its run, while
A Chorus Line
expands its own.
- After 11 years as the Almeida Theatre's artistic director,
Michael Attenborough
is stepping down to focus on directing.
the Tony-Award winning musical is set to hit London in January.
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What if instead of cooking your breakfast each morning you could pop a cartridge into a printer, wait a few minutes, and have a freshly printed muffin appear before you? Well, thanks to a new kind of kind of 3D food printer, the printed breakfast is several steps closer to reality for the average consumer.
"Food printing may be the 'killer app' of 3D printing," Hod Lipson said in an article. Lipson is the lead creator of the new printer, which he describes as "completely uncharted territory."
As a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, Lipson has been studying 3D printing for nearly 20 years, working on printing things like plastics, metals, electronics and biomaterials. His work on 3D food printing came out of his research on printing complete 3D robots that could, in theory, "walk off the printer."
To achieve something like this, the article explains that a printer must be able to print with many materials at the same time. While experimenting with making multi-material printers, Lipson noticed the students in his lab were beginning to use food as a test material.
"They were using cookie dough, cheese, chocolate, all kinds of food materials you might find around an engineering lab," he said in the article. "In the beginning, it was sort of a frivolous thing. But when people came to the lab and looked at it, they actually got really excited by the food printing."
So, Lipson and his team began to take a more serious look at just what they could do with food. There are two basic approaches to 3D food printing, Lipson explains. The first involves using powders, which are bound together during the printing process with a liquid such as water. The second—the approach used by Lipson's lab—is extrusion-based, using syringes that deposit gels or pastes in specific locations determined by the software's "recipe."
Lipson's prototype involves an infrared cooking element, which cooks various parts of the printed product at specific times.
"We've used all kinds of materials, with different levels of success," Lipson says. "Sometimes the materials are conventional—eggs, flour, cookie dough, cheese, pesto, jam. Cream cheese is something students like to work with a lot."
The article explains it's difficult to predict how different foods will fare when combined. It's easy enough to create recipes based on single items like chocolate, whose properties are well-established. But when you start to mix things together, the mixtures may have much more complex behaviors. Another challenge is figuring out when to cook what during the printing process.
If you're printing a pyramid of salmon and mashed potatoes, for example, the salmon and the potatoes will need very different cooking times and temperatures. The team is tackling this problem with software design, working with computer scientists to create software that will predict what the final product will look like after cooking.
Lipson sees the printer as having two main uses for consumers. First, it could be a specialty appliance for cooking novel foods difficult to achieve by any other process. You could print a complex pastry designed by someone in Japan, a recipe you'd never have the expertise or equipment to make by hand. The second use is about health and targeted nutrition. People are already increasingly interested in personal biometrics, tracking their blood pressure, pulse, calorie burn and more using cell phones and computers. In the future, it may be possible to track your own health in much greater detail—your blood sugar, your calcium needs or your current vitamin D level. The printer could then respond to those details with a customized meal, produced from a cartridge of ingredients.
As for when the printer might be available to consumers, Lipson says it's more a business challenge than a technology one.
"How do you get FDA approval? How do you sell the cartridges? Who owns the recipe? How do you make money off this?" he says. "It's a completely new way of thinking about food. It's very radical."
Although Lipson doesn't think 3D food printing will replace other cooking techniques, he does think it will revolutionize the kitchen.
"For millennia we've been cooking the same way," he said. "Cooking is one of the things that hasn't changed for eternity. We still cook over an open flame like cavemen. Software has permeated almost every aspect of our lives except cooking. The moment software enters any field—from manufacturing to communications to music, you name it—it takes off and usually transforms it. I think that food printing is one of the ways software is going to enter our kitchen."
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Helle Hollis car rental is based in Malaga airport in southern Spain and provides car rental and car hire services in Malaga, Andalucía and throughout the Costa del Sol. Our car rental head office is located next to Malaga Airport meaning we're ideally located to collect your rental car as soon as you land in Malaga for your holiday.
We can also offer car rental from our office in Fuengirola. If you wish to hire a car from Marbella or Nerja the nearest office is from the Malaga Airport Head Office which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our car hire service offers excellent rental rates, special discounted rates for home owners, early booking discount, and a fuel refund policy, meaning that you only pay for the fuel you use during your car rental period.
Helle Hollis provides top quality car hire and you will find no hidden extras with your car rental. You can make your Malaga airport car hire reservations online and have the option to cancel these at no extra cost if the need arises. Have a look at our customer reviews from our happy customers who have hired a car in Malaga from us and feel assured that car rental with Helle Hollis gives you a stress-free start on your holidays. Feel free to contact either our head office at Malaga Airport or our Fuengirola office for more information about each of our car hire offices on the Costa del Sol in Spain.
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"This was the first time we've been to the Costa del Sol and first time with Helle Hollis. I've rented in other European cities in the past and I can honestly say I've never seen a better car hire service than Helle Hollis. Picking up the car was extremely quick and easy (strongly recommend everyone go for full insurance and pay for the quick service - it is well worth it)! We are already talking about returning to the area and I guarantee I'll be booking with Helle Hollis again."
"We had efficient and great service would recommend "
Why book your Malaga Car Rental with Helle Hollis?
Helle Hollis has been providing car rental services on the Costa del Sol for 35 years and has a fleet of 1400 cars.
Upon arrival to Malaga Airport, the free Helle Hollis courtesy bus service takes you to the Head Office in a short two-minute ride. You will avoid long waiting time and as Helle Hollis is open 24 hours, you can arrive and collect your hire car at any time, day or night.
Helle Hollis is known for being a fair and transparent Malaga car rental company, where you will get a safe and worry-free start to your holidays. For more information about Malaga, please see our Local Area page.
Málaga Airport is the fourth largest airport in Spain and has over 15 million passengers coming through the airport each year. The sun, the beaches, golf courses, and cultural monuments have made Málaga a favourite holiday destination in Spain and in Europe. One of the best ways to experience everything the country has to offer is to hire a car during your holiday in Malaga.
What sets Helle Hollis apart from other Malaga car rental companies?
Ensure your holiday starts with a smile by booking your car hire through Helle Hollis, we guarantee we'll start your holiday with a smile! With a Helle Hollis rental car, there are absolutely no hidden extras with your booking, and in the rental rate, you will get a free extra driver, 24-hour road assistance and be part of our fair fuel policy.
Our staff are very service minded and all staff are English speaking. Whatever time of the day or night you arrive or depart from Málaga Airport, we can serve you as we are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
After frustrating experiences with some of their competitors, we've decided to pay a bit more and rent with Helle Hollis - and we were not disappointed. So refreshing to deal with a company that is not trying to find every single loophole for charging you more than what you've agreed to in the first place. Everything from prompt shuttle bus pick up and friendly receptionist, through to hassle-free drop off was brilliant. They even provide a receipt confirming vehicle drop off and refund of the security deposit/fuel fee, which is something we've never managed to secure (even when specifically asking for) even at larger international car rental chains. Absolutely worry-free car rental, wouldn't have any doubts renting with you again when we're in the area - worth every penny! And please expand to other airports!
Good, clean cars. Affordable price and very kind staff. Very fast transfer from and to airport.
very good service, easy pickup and return. definitely better to pay 150 eur for 10 days instead of 40 somewhere else to have zero stress and have free shuttle to Airport or train station after return. nice staff and people with good mood always trying to find Solution.
Good. Bus pickup /drop off works and probably doesn't involve much extra walking compared to in-terminal firms once you allow for the walk to the car. The drop off is right opposite the entrance to departures. Otherwise polite, friendly staff. Car fine. Return fine. Fuel deposit returned same day. Beat the cheapies on overall price for an estate once extras included (2 extra drivers and full insurance). I'd certainly use Helle Hollis again
Excellent, fair price, helpful staff with good English, slick transfers to and from airport. Recommended, just don't choose the low-powered Polo if you're going to the mountains.
Fair fuel policy, fast lane, and early bird discount
Our fair fuel policy means that you decide just how much fuel you want to return your car with. We always refund per full remaining quarter. Don't worry if you have to catch a flight at 5 o'clock in the morning and are desperately looking for a petrol station next to Málaga Airport. We will refund you the unused fuel to the nearest quarter of the tank.
If you are on a deadline to arrive at your accommodation or simply want to pick up your hire car from Malaga Airport as quickly as possible, then consider using our Fast Lane Service. We will prepare your rental car in advance and all you need to do upon arrival into Malaga Airport is to collect the keys. Remember to choose Fast Lane Service when you book your car hire online with Helle Hollis.
Helle Hollis also offers Early Bird Discount on Malaga car rental when you book in advance. Book online and pay 30 days prior to your arrival to take advantage of free upgrade offers on the small car groups.
And finally, we have a discount scheme for holiday home owners in Andalusia who can join the free Home Owners Club.
Our fleet
Helle Hollis offers a wide range of car makes like Opel, Citroën, Toyota, Peugeot, BMW, VW, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Ford, and Fiat. We renew our fleet several times a year so we always have the latest cars to rent for your Malaga holiday. The fleet includes hybrid cars, automatics, minibuses for 7 or 9 people, convertibles, and of course compact and economic models. All Helle Hollis rental cars are smoke free to ensure your hire car is in perfect condition for use during your holiday.
Malaga Car Hire Comparison
There are plenty of opportunities to compare different rates on Malaga car rental. Searching 'car hire in Malaga' on the internet will give you thousands of results from car hire companies and car hire brokers where you may find big price differences on the rental rate. Our advice is that if you see a very cheap rental rate, you should read the rental conditions extensively. Often a cheap car rental becomes much more expensive than expected as some car hire companies will add hidden extras onto your booking.
In order to get the best prices on Malaga car hire, we would always recommend that you book in advance. At Helle Hollis, we offer Early Bird discount or a free upgrade when you book 30 days in advance. Often the rental rate is also cheaper because there is more availability. The offers from Helle Hollis are applied automatically when you book online, making your booking completely hassle free.
Furthermore, if you have a holiday home or are a resident in Spain, you are eligible to join the Helle Hollis Home Owners Club which gives you exclusive discount on the car rental rate and you will accumulate a bonus for the following year. The discount code can also be used by family and friends who are coming to visit your holiday home.
How to get to Malaga airport
Depending on whether you are coming from the west or east of Malaga, we recommend the following routes to return your hire car at Malaga airport.
If you are coming from the Fuengirola side of Malaga, you will be driving on the AP-7 in the direction of Malaga. Turn off at the exit MA-21 Avda. Velázquez. After two kilometers drive, take Exit-2, N-348 Aeropuerto. At the roundabout follow signs for "Aeropuerto" and you will pass Helle Hollis on your right-hand and on the other hand the brewery San Miguel. To get to Helle Hollis, turn off at the next roundabout. If you wish to continue to Malaga airport you must continue straight ahead and turn right where it's signposted to "Aeropuerto". You will then reach the departure hall of Malaga Airport.
If you want to drive directly to the departure terminal at Malaga airport from AP-7, then you should stay on MA-20 until exit 3 signposted "Aeropuerto".
If you are coming from Nerja on the AP-7, then take the exit MA-20 Torremolinos and then turn off at MA-21 exit 2. You will pass Helle Hollis Car Rental on your right-hand.


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Because, she'd said, who do you call when you need a little wisdom, a little more life experience than what's spread out across your own table?
Honestly, I didn't know what to think of that then, but now I'm starting to understand what I'm sure is just bits and pieces of what she meant.
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It becomes clearer to me now on those days I pick up the phone to dial my mom or grandma or mother in law and upon hearing their inviting greeting I sloppily wring out the dirty water of a messy day's events only for them to offer soft, dry towels of compassion and perspective.
I get it more and more as I watch my father in law pour into his grandsons in only the way a grandfather can, my husband standing close by, almost taking mental notes on how to father from the man who helped raise him into the good man he's become.
It surfaces when I catch the gaze of eyes that have seen so much linger long on our two giggling boys, as if they were the most interesting, lovely sights ever to be seen.
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tightly tangled and connected.
And each year I celebrate another birthday
I seem to take another step back from the brightest, most intricate of tapestries,
breathe in the bigger-picture design of family
and realize that these days of being sandwiched in the middle of it all are absolutely golden.
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Tales of Brittanis
Kingmaker Campaign
A diverse and ragged group of heroes strive to build a new nation at the edge of the civilized world, struggling against dark fae, bandit kings, and monsters from the deepest heart of the wilderness. Will their courage and determination build a land of prosperity, or will the new nation crumble under the weight of the threats arrayed against it?
Wings of Midnight Campaign
After struggling to free themselves from the Shadowfell, a group of disparate heroes struggle to survive in a country torn by the murder of a king, civil war, and enemy rulers encroaching from all sides. Trapped by bonds of loyalty and love, the heroes fight to survive and preserve all they hold dear.


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Convenience Store | Right | November 6, 2012
(I am a customer in line at a convenience store. Customer #1, the lady in front of me in line, is complaining loudly about everything, from the slow service (which wasn't slow at all) to the way the young clerk is dressed. Finally, Customer #2, the man in front of her, turns around.)
Customer #2: "I'm sorry if I'm being forward, ma'am, but, may I ask your name?"
Customer #1: *proudly states her name*
Customer #2: *relieved sigh* "Oh, thank God! Don't scare me like that, lady!"
Customer #1: "…What do you mean?"
Customer #2: "For a minute there, I thought you were someone who's opinion mattered! Now I know you're just a windbag I can safely ignore!"
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Irredeemable, by Jason Sizemore
published April 2014
where I got in: purchased the e-book
Advertised as a horror anthology, Irredeemable has plenty of awful people who get exactly what they deserve in horrific ways with no hope of escape. But it's also peppered with Urban fantasy stories, straight up science fiction tales, and the most horrific stories in which yes, someone did something bad, but surely not so bad to deserve what they get. And this deep in the Appalachian hills, where fear, religion, suspicion, and xenophobia run rampant, there's always someone available to get what they deserve.
If straight up, nail biting, edge of your seat horror is your thing, be sure to read "City Hall", in which a human resources department employes a very unique method of saving taxpayer dollars; "Ice Cream At the Falls", an open ended story in which you'll probably be cheering when this particular asshole gets exactly what he deserves after learning the truth about a false conviction; "Sleeping Quartet", in which "what could possibly go wrong?" is taken further than you'd expect, and "The Dead & Metty Crawford", which is the absolute creepiest most disturbing zombie story possibly ever written, among many others.
Quite a few of the stories have an urban fantasy and science fictional twist, and it didn't surprise me in the least that those were the ones I was most drawn to. Throw in aliens, or zombies, or voodoo, or robots, or space stations, and I am all over that. And Science Fiction horror? Now we are talking! If this paragraph is sounding like more your cuppa tea, "Plug and Play", a darkly humorous story about a drug mule; "Mr. Templar", in which robots are all that's left on Earth after an apocalypse; and "Sonic Scarring", in which what's left of humanity hides in the hills after an alien invasion were written just for you.
With everything from gothic horror to post apocalyptic science fiction, the connecting thread is that of characters trying to escape the consequences of their decisions, and nearly begging the reader to forgive them.
Let me tell you a bit more about my stand out favorites:
"Caspar" – This is the opener of the collection, and offers a feel for what you can expect in many of the other stories. In search of guidance and salvation, Torrence has gotten this close to entering the Church, he just needs to take those last few steps. He's lost everything – his family, his job, all hope in life. Maybe this is as far as he can go on his journey towards salvation. Torrence doesn't really want to talk to anyone, but a fellow named Caspar sits down next to him, and starts talking all about the gifts the Three Wise Men brought to the baby Jesus. This isn't a religious story, but let's just say Torrence needs a little help taking those last few steps, and Caspar is there to provide that help.
"Little Digits" – Quick and vicious, this would make an excellent campfire story. But maybe not if there is an elementary school teacher in your camping group. In this teacher's classroom, the students exact the punishment.
"Mr. Templar" – Much of humanity was able to escape the Earth before the apocalypse hit. Now, only robots roam the planet, and even these thinking machines are smart enough to realize their time too, is running out. They can repair their rusting and broken bodies, but only if fuel, lubricants and extra parts are found. Like desperate humans, the robots are not above killing each other for the petroleum and other bits and pieces they carry. Mr. Templar is one such robot, and he has killed to stay alive. When he finds a dying android, which answers to the name of Mr. Ruby, Mr. Templar decides to pity the pathetic machine and not destroy it. Especially since Mr. Ruby claims to know the location of a secret fuel and supply depot. Thus, the two androids set off across the desolation. Mr. Templar might be hallucinating, or it might be a signal of his impending death when his human creator appears before him and talks to him. A slower paced and surprisingly emotional story, the prose screamed emptiness and bleakness, counter-intuitively making for an undeniably compelling read.
"Plug and Play" – On an orbital station above the Earth, Clayton hates his job. He hates his stupid android supervisor, Earl, who always says the same inane things, he hates the stupid android bartender who doesn't want to give him another drink. Waking up at the medical station drunk tank, Clayton's next life decision has already been made for him. He's going to be ejected from the orbital station anyways, so why not make some money on the side? Without his consent, he's been packed full of baggies of drugs. One drug mule drop to Earth, coming right up! This is a zany, action-packed, darkly humorous story with an SFnal twist. Clayton may have insulted his supervisor, he may have said some mean things, but he doesn't deserve what he gets in the hands of the gangsters who want what's inside his body. But at least the reader will get a chuckle out of his naked drive across Jamaica with the elderly Esther who keeps introducing herself as his consort. Being a drug mule is a life changing experience, that's for sure.
"Pranks" – Mason is constantly playing pranks on his little brother Jerry Wayne. After their uncle's funeral, Mason gets a kick out of scaring the shit out of his brother by convincing him their property is haunted by their dead uncle's very angry and corpulent ghost. One day, Mason is going to have to learn that it's not fair to scare such a young child, and that the quickest way to anger the dead is to disrespect them. Have a brother or sister you've played a prank on? You'll feel guilty as hell after reading this story!
"Sonic Scarring" – After the K'tavi invasion, many of the surviving humans hid in the mountains. It's not the K'tavi themselves that are so frightening, but their incessant, never ending drumming. People dig deeper and deeper into the mountains, trying to escape that horrible sound. Via a writing style that takes advantage of repetition, the drumming gets into the reader's head too, and there is no escape. The story opens with a nightmare of a vision, and Jones isn't sure if this a dream, or his future. A future, that's the one thing he wants. A future with Michelle, a future with the little boy they saved from that alien bio-machine in that church. This is a complex tale, one in which what's left of humanity is trying to survive what their world has become. If the K'tavi offer a bargain for peace, is any price too high?
"The XX Agent" – Not an easy story to read, not at all. Norman isn't a good man. He's a buyer for the Yakuza. And when I mean "buyer", I mean he offers poor Chinese fathers a year's wages for their daughters, who are then delivered to the Yakuza to be "comfort girls" if they behave, slaves if they don't. You get the idea. Norman wasn't always that guy, the guy who hunts, intimidates, buys and sells flesh. But he's been doing it so long he doesn't really know how to do anything else anymore. This latest girl he's bought, Li Mei, is different from the other girls. She's older, and she's been sexually abused by her family. Is where she's going an improvement on her life? Maybe turning her life around will be the first step he takes in turning his own life around. Again, this not an easy story to read, and it just gets harder to continue the further you read. But you've got to keep reading, you need to know what Norman decides to do. It's good that this one shows up near the end of the collection.
"The Dead and Metty Crawford" – What do you get when you mix zombies and hillbilly horror? something like this story, where two kids are running through the woods, running from the undead, and they find themselves at an old man's cabin. Old Man Metty lets them in, but maybe they'd be safer if they'd stayed outside with the undead. All those stories the local grannies tell the young'uns about Old Man Metty, they couldn't possibly be true, could they? This is one of the damned creepiest stories I have ever read. I'm not going to tell you much more for fear of spoiling it, but this is definitely one of those stories that you want to read in broad daylight, with all the lights turned on, and not in a cabin out in the woods.
"Useless Creek" – After the disappearance of his T.V. celebrity wife, Professor Turner just wants to be left alone. But that asshole Marsden keeps showing up, and keeps talking, and knows way too much about Turner's private business. Turner is about to punch that jerk in the face, but when Marsden claims to know where his wife Cassie is, suddenly Turner is all ears. Part ghost story, part urban fantasy, part Tim Powers style voodoo horror, the reader can't help but hope Turner will do the right thing when the time comes. But what's the right thing?


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Seamus Heaney death: Irish reaction
Hollywood actor Liam Neeson has said that Ireland has lost a part of its soul with the death of Seamus Heaney.
Nobel laureate Mr Heaney has died at the age of 74.
Mr Heaney was born near Toomebridge, but as a child moved to Bellaghy in County Londonderry.
County Antrim-born movie star Neeson told the BBC: "With Seamus Heaney's passing, Ireland, and Northern Ireland especially, has lost a part of its artistic soul."
He added: "He crafted, through his poetry, who we are as a species and the living soil that we toiled in. By doing so, he defined our place in the universe. May he rest in peace".
Mr Heaney was a teacher and then had a distinguished career in poetry, winning the Nobel prize for literature in 1995.
Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said he is shocked and saddened by the death of poet Seamus Heaney.
Mr McGuinness tweeted: "Very shocked and deeply saddened to hear that Seamus Heaney, Derry man, poet and Nobel Laureate has died. My thoughts & prayers with Marie and family".
He said Mr Heaney was a "colossus of literature".
"We're all much poorer as a result of his passing today and I feel it very deeply," he said.'
The Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, said Mr Heaney "belongs with Joyce, Yeats, Shaw and Beckett in the pantheon of our greatest literary exponents".
Former US President Bill Clinton said "his uniquely Irish gift for language made him our finest poet of the rhythms of ordinary lives and a powerful voice for peace".
Retired Bishop of Derry Dr Edward Daly knew Seamus Heaney as a friend.
Dr Daly is remembered as the young priest waving a white handkerchief in an iconic photograph from Bloody Sunday.
"Seamus had a very full life. He was a very generous and gentle person and a wonderful poet. He has left a huge legacy behind him," Dr Daly said.
"He has left so much for us all to treasure and enjoy. His legacy will live on for centuries."
Heaney was a classmate of Dr Daly's brother in St Columb's College, Londonderry.
"He wore his huge wisdom very lightly and he gave so generously of his time. He was kind and he had a very gentle wit," he said.
'Global significance'
Former SDLP leader John Hume, who was a close friend of Mr Heaney, said: "His poetry expressed a special love of people, place and diversity of life.
"That profound regard for humanity has made his poetry a special channel for repudiating violence, injustice and prejudice, and urging us all to the better side of our human nature."
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said: "Seamus was undoubtedly one of the greatest literary voices the island of Ireland has ever produced and a great ambassador for Northern Ireland.
"It is some consolation that his spirit will live on through his legacy of work and that future generations will continue to be inspired by his distinctive poetic voice."
Irish President Michael D Higgins said: "Generations of Irish people will have been familiar with Seamus' poems.
"Scholars all over the world will have gained from the depth of the critical essays, and so many rights organisations will want to thank him for all the solidarity he gave to the struggles within the republic of conscience."
Fellow Northern Ireland poet Michael Longley said: "I feel like I've lost a brother and there are tens of thousands of people today who will be feeling personally bereaved because he had a great presence.
"Just as his presence filled a room, his marvellous poems filled the hearts of generations of readers."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said: "Seamus Heaney was a man of global significance, whose insight and artistry brought great credit to Northern Ireland. His influence ran broader than the arts.
"We all remember how President Bill Clinton chose Heaney's great phrase about when 'hope and history rhyme' from Heaney's play Cure at Troy in his speech in Londonderry, and went on to use it for the title of his book detailing his vision of the USA in the 21st Century."
Irish Arts Minister Ireland's Jimmy Deenihan said: "He was just a very humble, modest man. He was very accessible.
"Anywhere I have ever travelled in the world and you mention poetry and literature and the name of Seamus Heaney comes up immediately."
'Timeless art'
Belfast's Lyric Theatre tweeted: "The Lyric Theatre is deeply saddened that Seamus Heaney, our long-term friend and supporter, has passed away."
Damien Smith, head of literature and drama at the Northern Ireland Arts Council said: "Those closest to him also include vast numbers of people from right across the globe who read his poetry from his first book when it appeared in the mid-60s.
"He will be remembered in artistic terms as among the very great poets."
Northern Ireland novelist Glen Paterson said: "He was somebody I was introduced to as a poet when I was still at school - I went to see him read when I was still at school.
"Over the years, as I began to write myself, I met him and he was always very generous to younger writers."


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This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while attempting to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates philosophical and social perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?
26 Lectures.
Approximately 20 hours of video.
24 Reading assignments
Paul H. Fry is the William Lampson Professor of English at Yale and specializes in British Romanticism, literary theory, and literature and the visual arts. He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard and has been teaching at Yale since 1971. His publications include The Poet's Calling in the English Ode, for which he was awarded the Melville Cane Award; The Reach of Criticism: Method and Perception in Literary Theory; William Empson: Prophet Against Sacrifice; A Defense of Poetry: Essays on the Occasion of Writing; and Wordsworth and the Poetry of What We Are.
Engl 300: by Introduction to Theory of Literatur is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-300.
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Megalomaniac Matrimony-dom: KimYe Honeymoon AGAIN In Mexico, Hoping To Make Baby #2
Kimmy Cakes hated her Irish honeymoon, so of course she got a new one south of the border!
Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Have Second Honeymoon In Mexico
They've been hogging up the headlines all year with their wedding of the century and so should we really be surprised the Wests are now spending most of May and June on their honeymoon(s)?
According to US Weekly reports:
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have headed south of the border. The recently married couple are enjoying their "official" honeymoon in Mexico, a source tells Us Weekly.
After saying "I do" in a lavish wedding on May 24 in Florence, Italy, and then enjoying a honeymoon in Ireland and Prague, the couple have continued their post-wedding celebration with a vacation in Punta Mita.
Mr. and Mrs. West, who are staying at a private residence, are also celebrating the rapper's 37th birthday.
Earlier in the week, the reality star took to her Instagram to wish her hubby a "Happy Birthday." "Happy Birthday to my husband and best friend in the entire world! You have changed my life in more ways than you know," the 33-year-old gushed, "The way you look at life inspires me! I love you so much!!!"
Aside from enjoying the beaches and a possible margarita or two, a source tells Us North West's parents are hoping to extend their family.
"I think Kim will definitely have another baby soon — she wants to," an insider tells Us.
In an interview with Ryan Seacrest on On Air With Ryan Seacrest back in February 2014, Kardashian shared she'd like to have at least three kids despite a rough first pregnancy.
"I don't think I can do more than three tops. That would be my absolute top top tops," she told Seacrest. "I even contemplate, 'Should North be an only child?' But then I contemplate all the … fun experiences I had, so I might have to tough it out … I was talking to [Kourtney's son] Mason about it the other day. He was like, 'Can you make a boy? I need a friend to play with.' And I was like, 'Let me think about that!'"
Hopefully Yeezy will successfully "shoot up the club" while they're in Mexico. We are looking forward to the arrival of South or East West!
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If adopted by the voters, Measure F would do two things. First, the Measure would eliminate the existing Corte Madera storm drainage property tax of $98 yearly per residential unit or per 1,000 commercial square feet, a tax that would otherwise not end until April 2023. Second, the measure would increase the existing Corte Madera transactions and use tax ("sales tax") from a half‐cent (1/2¢) rate to a three-quarter cent (3/4¢) rate and extend that sales tax from its current April 2020 expiration date until the tax is ended by the voters.
It is estimated that extending and increasing the sales tax would generate $3,500,000 annually. These funds would continue to go in the Town's general fund and could be used for any unrestricted general fund purpose as determined by the Town Council, including, but not limited to, flood, sea level rise and disaster preparedness; fire prevention; street repair; improved traffic flow; safety improvements; 911 response; and senior/youth programs.
The sales tax would apply only to purchases that are currently subject to the existing sales tax. For example, purchases of groceries, prescription drugs and medical devices would continue not to be taxed.
The Measure requires that the collection, management and spending of the sales tax proceeds be audited yearly by an independent auditor and presented to the Town Council. The audit report would be available to the public.
In addition, the Town Council would continue to be required to appoint a Citizens Oversight Committee made up of Town residents to review and report to the Town Council on the amount of sales tax revenue collected, and how that revenue is spent.
A "yes" vote on Measure F is a vote to (1) eliminate Corte Madera's existing storm drainage property tax, and (2) extend Corte Madera's existing sales tax at an increased three-quarter cent (3/4¢) rate until the tax is ended by voters.
A "no" vote on Measure F is a vote to (1) keep Corte Madera's existing storm drainage property tax in place until that tax expires in April 2023, and (2) maintain Corte Madera's current half‐cent (1/2¢) sales tax, without any increase to that rate, only until April 2020 when the sales tax currently expires.
Measure F was placed on the ballot by the Town Council. A simple majority (50% plus 1) of the voters voting on the Measure must also approve it before it can take effect.
The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure F.
s/TERESA L. STRICKER
Town Attorney for the Town of Corte Madera


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How to Count to Ten in Russian
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Learning to count in Russian can be tricky for English speakers. But with a little practice and some basic steps it is not as hard as it might seem. Try studying the numbers from one to ten in Russian, practicing pronunciation, and listening to Russians count and you will soon be counting in Russian.
Part 1
Studying the Numbers
1Study the numbers. Become familiar with the Russian numbers one through ten. Get a basic sense of how they are written and pronounced in Russian. This list contains the Russian word for each number and its phonetic pronunciation with the stressed syllables capitalized.[1]
- 1) one = один, pronounced "ah-DEEN" or Раз, pronounced "raz."
- 2) two = два, pronounced "dvah"
- 3) three = три, pronounced "tree"
- 4) four = четыре, pronounced "chih-TEE-reh"
- 5) five = пять, pronounced "pyaht"
- 6) six = шесть, pronounced "shayst"
- 7) seven = семь, pronounced "seeaym"
- 8) eight = восемь, pronounced "VOH-seeaym"
- 9) nine = девять, pronounced "DYEH-veht"
- 10) ten = десять, pronounced "DYEH-seht"
2Practice saying the numbers aloud. Read through the list of numbers out loud and get used to saying them.
3Note that Russians say "raz" for "one" when counting and in sentences like "one, two, three, four, let's go!". "Raz" literally means "(one) time." It sounds more natural to use "raz" in these circumstances. On the other hand, never use "raz", when you describe the quantity of something. For example to say "one pickle, please," say "ah-DEEN."
4Pay attention to pronunciation. As you practice saying the numbers from one to ten, pay close attention to the pronunciation of each sound that makes up the word for each number.
5Pay attention to word stress. In Russian the stressed syllable of each word plays a key role in pronunciation. Stress refers to which syllable is emphasized. Make sure you are pronouncing the word with the stress on the correct syllable, which is capitalized in the phonetic pronunciation.[2]
- Stress is very important in speaking Russian, not only for an authentic accent but also because some words have different meaning when the stress is on a different syllable.
6Memorize the numbers. Commit the numbers from one to ten and their pronunciation to memory.
Part 2
Hearing the Numbers
1Listen to a Russian speaker. Hearing a Russian speaker pronounce the numbers will help a lot.[3] If you know a native speaker, ask her to count to ten in Russian. Listen and repeat each number.
2Listen to recordings. There are many websites where you can hear the numbers from one to ten pronounced correctly in Russian. Practice listening to each number and pronouncing it out loud.
3Watch counting videos. Youtube and other sites have videos intended for Russian children to learn counting. These can be helpful resources as you learn to count to ten in Russian.
Part 3
Advancing Your Knowledge of Russian Numbers
1Learn more about using Russian numbers. Once you know how to count to ten, learn about using Russian numbers in sentences.
- Russian numbers have different forms depending on how they are used in sentences.[4]
2Change the gender of numbers to match the gender of nouns. When numbers are used as adjectives to describe how many of a noun, the gender of the number may change to match the noun it modifies.
- The number "1" has a masculine, feminine, and neuter form. Unless specified, use the masculine form. Masculine: "One brother" is "Один брат," "1" is pronounced "ah-DEEN." Feminine: "One sister" is "одна сестра," "1" is pronounced "ahd-NAH." Neuter: "One window" is "Одно окно," "1" is pronounced "ahd-NOH."
- The number "2" has two forms, masculine and feminine. The masculine is "два," pronounced "dvah" and the feminine is "две," pronounced "dv'eh."[5]
- Numbers "3" through "10" stay in masculine form regardless of the noun's gender.
3Change the case of numbers according to their use in sentences. Russian language uses six cases that modify words according to their part of speech and use in a sentence. Each of the numbers will change its spelling and pronunciation when used in particular ways.
- Most of the time numbers are used in the nominative case such as when the number is the subject of a sentence or modifies the subject of the sentence.This means you can usually use them in their regular form.
Community Q&A
QuestionWhich gender pronunciation is ad-NAH?Community AnswerThis is the feminine gender and is used with feminine nouns. For example, "одна улица" means "one street" in English.
|Learn to count!
- ↑ http://media.countryreports.org/content/counting/RussianNumbers.pdf
- ↑ https://www.livinglanguage.com/community/discussion/434/stress-vowel-reduction-in-russian-4-major-pronunciation-rules
- ↑ https://medium.com/@timferriss/12-rules-for-learning-foreign-languages-in-record-time-the-only-post-youll-ever-need-d98e8f4d7a2d
- ↑ http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-count-in-russian.html
- ↑ http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-count-in-russian.html
Article SummaryX
One - один (ah-deen)
Two - два (dvah)
Three - три (tree)
Four - четыре (chih-tee-reh)
Five - пять (pyaht)
Six - шесть (shayst)
Seven - семь (seeaym)
Eight - восемь (voh-seeaym)
Nine - девять (dyeh-veht)
Ten - десять (dyeh-seht)
To learn how to change the gender of numbers to match the noun you're describing, keep reading below!
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Categories: Russian
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Português: Contar Até Dez em Russo, Deutsch: Auf Russisch bis zehn zählen, Français: compter jusqu'à 10 en russe, Bahasa Indonesia: Berhitung Hingga Sepuluh dalam Bahasa Rusia, Italiano: Contare fino a Dieci in Russo


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Easy-to-Install Window Trim Options
Consumer Info | Aesthetics & Style
On the "what's in and what's out" list for homeowners, naked window exteriors are definitely "out," according to Fypon, the manufacturer of synthetic millwork and trim products. Easy-to-install decorative accents like mouldings, window crossheads and shutters are now on the "in" list.
|Installing crossheads and other window surround components can greatly enhance the look of a home.
"With so many options for enhancing window exteriors using lightweight polyurethane products, even the most novice do-it-yourselfer can change a window exterior from boring to beautiful in a short time," says Fypon's Niki Decker. "If you can use a tape measure, a hammer and a caulk gun, you can transform your window exteriors."
Decker explains that her company offers a choice of three different styles of lightweight window enhancements–in smooth paintable white, in stainable woodgrain texture, and in a realistic stone to resemble traditional cast concrete. Each piece comes pre-primed and ready to install. And, all products are designed resist moisture, insect infestations, rotting, warping, cracking and splitting.
"There are hundreds of Fypon products designed to enhance window exteriors," says Decker. "They're created to complement a variety of architectural home styles and require almost no maintenance after they're installed. And, polyurethane is a closed-cell product, making it ideal for all types of climates and weather conditions."
Window accent pieces available include:
- Crossheads–Decorative crossheads "sit" on the top of a window and add a regal "come look at me" feel to windows. They can be plain or detailed…with keystones in the center to draw attention or dentil trim along the length of the crosshead to suit traditional home styles. There are also crosshead arches and eyebrow crossheads that provide a softer, curved look when installed above a window.
- Pediments–Stylish and eye-catching, pediments also sit above windows. From curved and peaked sunbursts to triangular peaked cap, acorn and rams head styles, pediments are the most dramatic way to draw attention to your window exteriors.
- Pilasters–Not all window enhancements sit on top of the window unit. Usually intended to flank the sides of entry doors, pilasters can also be cut down to run vertically up the sides of windows. Pilasters can be smooth and plain, or have a "fluted" recessed design. They generally have plinths at the top and bottom to balance out the window design and add style to the window surround.
- Mouldings–Perhaps the easiest way to surround a window is with flat or decorative trim and plinth blocks. This fast project requires no miter cuts because the plinth blocks are put in all four corners of the window exterior and butt up to straight cuts of smooth, paintable trim pieces. Many homeowners use this technique as a "starting point" and then add in other elements such as pediments and shutters to create their own personal window statement.
- Shutters–Another popular way to draw attention to the sides of windows is to add a set of decorative shutters. Available in louvered and raised panel styles that are smooth and paintable, shutters provide the perfect way to carry an accent color throughout the exterior of your home. Or, timber shutters in board, plank and louvered styles can be stained to imitate the look of wood on a home without all the maintenance hassles of real wood.
- Window Panels–To add depth to the look of a window, flat and raised panels can be added below the window unit and then enclosed entirely with trim. Window panels tend to fill in space between the bottom of the window and the ground, helping the windows gain more "presence" and focus on a home exterior.
- Pot Shelves–Available in both timber and stone styles, a pot shelf is placed below the bottom window sill. Oftentimes they're used to balance out an entire window surround with a finished look.
- Dormer Trim System–To accent high dormer windows on a home, Fypon offers a dormer trim system consisting a triangular-shaped pediment to go above the window, a set of pre-measured side trim pieces and return moulding to finish off the window surround.
The Fypon website features sections devoted to installation instructions and tips and inspiration and ideas for enhancements to the home.


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The big hype of Black Friday is over. Cyber Monday is well behind us. Now we can focus on all the stuff that matters most this holiday season: social networking. So as the holiday season revs up, so should your business activity. For that, there is no better place to be than on LinkedIn.
The holidays are a time of giving, of course. Sure, you'll get the obligatory bottle of cologne or perfume, a few pairs of tube socks, and maybe the usual assortment of stocking stuffers. But you deserve more, much more. You deserve a wealth of new clients, a new business opportunity, or that dream job.
As we are in the season of making lists, and checking them twice, I'd like to add this list to your list of lists:
Polish your LinkedIn Profile
This is the time of year when many of us reflect on our shortcomings, resolve to purge old (bad) habits, and recommit to excellence. For would-be LinkedIn achievers, that means re-evaluating your presence on the site. Your profile page is your central access point on LinkedIn. A professional, spit-shined LinkedIn profile, one that is optimized for search, can position you for business opportunities. A poor or under-developed LinkedIn profile can be a deal-breaker. Do you have the right keywords so that decision-makers can find you? Are you articulating your value proposition? Does your content compel or motivate others to take action with you? If not, invest some time in bolstering your digital brand. Review the LinkedIn profiles of colleagues, clients and friends -- those with whom you have history -- and see how they represent. When you look sharp on LinkedIn, your real-world game will ratchet upward.
Perform an Internal Audit of your Network
Take a moment or two and appreciate the social capital that you have accumulated in your LinkedIn network. LinkedIn is more than just a virtual Rolodex; it's a living, breathing professional community. Over time, you can amass a significant number of connections on LinkedIn and lose track of who's who. Assuredly, there will be names you won't recognize, or don't remember accepting or inviting. A systematic pruning of your directory is an acceptable practice. I do, however, advise that you vet each one before deleting, making sure they justify the boot. Any connections removed from your network will not receive notification of such. So, unless they're paying attention, it will be as if nothing ever happened.
Reconnect with Key Connections
As current and in the loop as social networking can keep us, it can also thrust us into a time warp. Sometimes the pace in business is so frenetic, that we just don't keep track of the activity. Think about the behavior involved in connecting with many people and creating a baseline level of engagement. As your virtual community expands, so does the time required to manage and leverage it. Invest your mental and physical energy on the connections that count. Holiday business gatherings are great occasions to catch up with your inner sanctum and establish momentum for the coming year. After the hectic pace of the holidays slows down, people are refocused on business. Make January spectacular. Visit clients and cement relationships. Take prospects to breakfast. Take centers of influence to lunch. Set meetings, lots of meetings.
For those of you who lament that there is never enough time to do what you need to do on LinkedIn, the holidays are a golden opportunity to invest in yourself and shorten your learning curve. The work you do today will put you in position to succeed tomorrow.
J.D. GERSHBEIN, CEO of OWLISH COMMUNICATIONS, is a specialist in the Art and Science of LinkedIn. He is a trusted asset to top executives, managers, entrepreneurs, professional service providers, salespeople, and those involved in the search for their next great opportunity. J.D. offers unrivaled strategic direction to individuals and firms—ranging from small to medium-sized businesses (SMB's) to Fortune 500 companies— in using LinkedIn to build brand and generate revenue. Dubbed "LinkedIn's #1 Brand Ambassador" and "The LinkedIn Black Belt," J.D. is considered one of the top LinkedIn strategists in the world and a pioneer in the design and delivery of LinkedIn educational programs. A highly sought-after international speaker, J.D. draws upon his background in marketing communications, industrial psychology, neuroscience, improvisational comedy and broadcast media to inspire opportunity-oriented professionals in all walks of business. J.D. is also an Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Stuart Graduate School of Business where he teaches the school's first-ever course in social media. His first book, a treatise on communication for social business, will be available in early 2012.


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There's a small, but quite interesting, revision to the fourth round club championships draw.
All posts for the month July, 2014
Five players started round 2 of the club championships with a 100% record; Gerry is the only one left there after round 3 yielded more surprises.
The round 4 draw has been made.
There's a revised draw for round 3 of the club championships.
The last two games of round 2 took place last night, which means we now have a draw for round 3.
The Alexander Baburin blindfold simultaneous caused unforeseen problems for round 2 of the club championships, but we're mostly through it now, with just two games left to be played.
This appears to be still ongoing (at 11:30, having started at 5!), but the results of three of the four Benildus players involved are in.


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NFPA- National Fire Protection Association
I just finished illustrating 15 brochures with the NFPA. Here's a few samples. I'll upload the rest throughout the month.
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Men of the 1890's
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2010 Disney Global Creative Team Poster
This is a painting I did for our Disney Global Creative team. We made a hundred prints to give out for Christmas.
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Eugene Fama revolutionized economics by proving that markets are efficient. Robert Shiller revolutionized economics by proving the markets are inefficient. Today, both share the Nobel Award for economics with Lars Peter Hansen for their contribution to the predictability (or, more often, unpredictability) of stock prices.
"There is no way to predict whether the price of stocks and bonds will go up or down over the next few days or weeks," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in awarding the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. It continued: "But it is quite possible to foresee the broad course of the prices of these assets over longer time periods, such as, the next three to five years."
Fama showed that markets are efficient, and this makes them unpredictable in the short term. Shiller showed that markets were inefficient, and this also makes them unpredictable in the short term.
Can both be true?
Sure, think about it this way. If perfectly efficient markets already reflect everything investors know, how do you "beat" them? You can't, really, unless you somehow suspect you know more than the universe of knowable information. Which is unlikely. But if inefficient markets are driven by the undiagnosable animal spirits of the investment community, how do you predict them? It's devilishly difficult. You'd have to not only outsmart a biased market, but also time your bet so that the bubble doesn't grow long enough to wipe you out.
If Fama and Shiller's research disagrees about the short term, they meet, like fundamentals and asset prices, in the long run. Shiller's research showed that periods of over-enthusiasm about a stock tend to follow periods of under-enthusiasm about a stock. The year-to-year gyrations seem wild and capricious. But the fact that they follow a pattern over the course of many years suggests that, in the long run, stocks reflect certain fundamentals, like expected future earnings.
These findings might strike you as familiar advice. They reflect the position of some financial advisors who tell families that frenetic day-in-day-out activist investing is for chumps, and the best place for your money is a passively managed portfolio or index fund.
But it's a disquieting idea for most of the financial news industry, whose 24-7 coverage of the market implicitly presumes an audience seeking guidance about which stocks to buy and sell each day. Daily, monthly, and annual stock picks are low-probability gambles according to Fama and Shiller's research. But they're the bread-and-butter of financial media.
Stock-pick columnists, "star" investors, Wall Street crystal balls, and assorted gurus on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, and across the Internet who claim they can outsmart the market are making a funny promise. If they think markets are efficient, they're promising to see obvious bargains in a world where obvious bargains should be impossible. If they think markets are governed by emotions, they're playing the role of economist and therapist, promising a get-rich-quick scheme that requires an expert psychological diagnosis of millions of investors.
Super-star stock-pickers exist. Maybe they're lucky. Maybe they're smart. Maybe they're divine oracles. But Fama, Shiller, and Hansen's research suggests it's very hard to consistently beat the market, and if somebody tells you otherwise, you should be very skeptical.
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16-31 October 2010
Table of Contents
We will never accept second class citizenship (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 1
Cartoon MG/Yusuf 1
Issue / Opinion
A Tale of Two Mosques (Ali Khan Mahmudabad) 2
Ayodhya dispute: crime pays (Salman Sultan) 2
A PIL: Mahabali vs. Indian State (Karthick RM) 2
Aastha outweighs history and proofs: part of Babri land given to Muslims in charity (Manzar Mehdi) 3
Ajmer Sharif was a Shiv mandir and Jama Masjid is Soorya mandir: RSS activist
(NA Ansari) 3
Malerkotla Muslims restore Church (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 3
Absconding Israeli drug-dealer is back home 4
Sohrabuddin case: anticipatory bail for two 4
Conspiracy to create sectarian differences among J&K Muslims 4
BJP gropes in the dark as Sadhus and Sants take lead (Mohammad Naushad Khan) 4
West Bengal increases OBC quota for Muslims 4
Six hundred women missing in Bhopal in seven months 4
Case filed against state president of Hindu Yuva Vahini for kidnapping two youths 4
More than 8000 farmers committed suicide during BJP-run M.P.
Congress played secret role in High Court's Ayodhya verdict: Bukhari (NA Ansari) 5
Aur Ek Sach mirrors society (Tarique Anwar)5
Kalbe Abid, Sadiq, Jawad and Babri Masjid (Haider Abbas) 5
Babri Demolished Again
Babri issue: the historical context (Haider Abbas) 6
Babri judgement has ominous ramifications for minority communities (John Dayal) 7
Conclusion of (p.no. 6) 7
Babri Issue
Justice sacrificed at the altar of "faith" and "peace" (Tarique Anwar) 8
"Allahabad verdict on Babri Masjid is Extra-legal & exceeds the Mandate of the Supreme Court" 8
Babri Issue
Conclusion of p.no. (8) 9
Narendra Modi is Hitler even for BJP candidates (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Helpless Muslims want compensation (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Uncontested victory of 3 Muslims BJP candidates (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
BJP MLA guilty in earth quake scam (AH Lakhani) 10
Amit Shah misusing medical attention (AH Lakhani) 10
Amit Shah bail application rejected (Abdul Hafiz Lakhani) 10
Human Rights / Terrorism
Jama Masjid firing: IM hoax (AG Khan) 11
Brave Salim chased attackers 11
Huge explosive materials found 11
J&K: more killed by soldiers than terrorists 11
Army training women for arms in J&K 11
Eight Kandhmal rioters convicted 11
Jailers booked for torturing inmates 11
Poor mother forced to sell son for Rs 400 11
Dubbed a "Pakistani," Indian spends 10 years in jail 11
Options for Kashmiri leaders (Balraj Puri) 12
Babri Verdict is denial of Basic Rights and Rule of Law (Arshi Khan) 12
Commit a crime, be rewarded: Ayodhya verdict (Ram Puniyani) 13
Ayodhya & Kashmir (Nilofar Suhrawardy) 14
The Second Demolition of Babri (Nivedita Menon) 14
Extremism can sabotage national unity over Babri (Mustafa Khan) 14
Jammu & Kashmir
Dateline Srinagar: Afsana Rashid 15
Omar Abdullah demands final solution for J&K 15
Protests and curfews continue 15
Geelani lashes out at OIC 15
VN Rai: IPS officer who admonished his colleagues (AG Khan) 16
Special Reports
WAMY holds 11th conference at Jakarta (Our Own Correspondent) 17
Irfan's cartoons exhibition (Mazin Khan) 17
Sahulat microfinance network in India 17
Muslim keeper of ancient temples 17
Cartoon M/G Yusuf 17
Babri Issue
Discussion on legal implications of Ayodhya verdict 18
Bukhari warns against reconciliation move (Abdul Bari Masoud) 18
Shia leaders reject VHP's Ayodhya proposal 18
Ayodhya verdict yet another blow to secularism: Sahmat 18
Why didn't Tulsidas mention Ram temple demolition? (ANS) 18
Babri effect (Mustafa Khan) 18
Ram of Hindutva vs. Ram of Saint Kabir (ummid.com) 18
Babri Issue
Babri "Quote-Unquote" 19
Community News
AMU wins legal battle (Rahat Abrar) 20
State to decide mercy jobs for riot victims: Gujarat HC 20
Indian Muslim League to contest in Bihar elections 20
1700 students denied fee reimbursement by UP govt (TCN ) 20
Babri could not be saved, now save Ayodhya's communal peace: Hashim Ansari (Manzar Mehdi) 20
Islamic banking is a democratic system: Krishna Iyer 20
Community News
SIO Mumbra organizes aptitude test 21
KTS Tulsi accuses Shah of threatening witness 21
Gujarat govt rejects re-probe into Haren Pandya case 21
Kalyan Singh cold-shouldered in Faizabad (Manzar Mehdi) 21
Summon to Tauqir Raza for calling for Taslima's murder 21
Jamia offers free coaching of poor candidates 21
Dalits moving out of Karnataka due to harassment 21
Tulsi Das's Ramayana in Urdu 21
Dr Taqi Aabdi's Kulliyat-e-Ghalib Faarsi released in Tehran 21
Community News
HC rules cousin marriage illegal 22
MG comment (Zafarul-Islam Khan) 22
Yet another record price for Raza's painting 22
High Court orders CBI probe: Malegaon witness missing 22
While Kashmir burnt, Omar fiddled with iPod 22
Zadaphia, Gondia abstain from SIT interrogation 22
Mystery remains unsolved in Sohrabuddin witness attack 22
The Silver Jubilee of the Association of Indian Muslims of America 22
Mixed reactions over hacked teacher's dismissal 22
Lokhit movement celebrates silver jubilee 22
It is Official: The US is a Police State (Paul Craig Roberts) 23
Tapes describe U.S. servicemen killing for sport in Afghanistan (CNN) 23
China releases white paper on human rights 23
"Insulting Symbols of Sunni Brothers Forbidden": Khamenei
(shiitenews.com - 4 Oct 10) 23
Egyptian bishop insults Quran 23
Deepak Chopra's cloaked assault on Islam (Abdus Sattar Ghazali) 24
Cyberwar Against Iran (Robert Dreyfuss) 25
Pentagon destroyed 10,000 copies of army officer's book 25
TV series on Hazrat Umar, second Caliph of Islam 25
Report on Gaza Flotilla Examines Israel and Flotilla Narratives (The Timeline & Inconsistencies Report ) 25
Obama's undeclared war against Pakistan (Karamatullah K. Ghori) 26
Yet another sterile book on madrasas (Book: Madrasa Education & Modern India: a study, Author: Saral Jhingaran, Publisher: Manohar, Daryaganj, New Delhi, Year: 2010, Pages: 424, Price: Rs 1050, HB, ISBN: 978-81-7304-856-2 (Dr AG Khan) 27
Islamic Perspectives
On Women's Rights in Islam - ii (Asghar Ali Engineer) 28
Who do I marry? (Yawar Baig) 28
MG Classifieds 29
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
MG (Shakeel Ahmad Frank, Yunus Chitalwala) 30
Gujarati edition of Who Killed Karkare (Sultan Akhtar U Patel) 30
Greeting by namaste (Madhu Agarwal) 30
Saffron Terror (A. Hameed Yousuf) 30
From classroom to Police lines (Shakeel Ahmad Frank) 30
Babri imbroglio (Syed Shahabuddin, Karamat Ghori, Ghulam Muhammed, Dr Mookhi Amir Ali, Farzana Z Khan, Syed Sultan Mohidin, Aziz Mubaraki, Mohd Ziyaullah Khan, Zohra Javed, Mushtaque Madni, S.M.Pasha, Asif Patel) 30
Rejoinder / Opinion / Letters
RSS and SIMI two sided of the same coin: Rahul (A. Hameed Yousuf) 31
Digvijay's "SMS" (Dr Mookhi Amir Ali) 31
Personal Law issues (Habib Mohamed) 31
Kashmir imbroglio (Farooq Abdul Gaffar Bawani, Nasir Hussain, ) 31
Fate of Muslims (Dr. Abdul Hameed Maqdoomi) 31
Practice Gandhian principles (G Hasnain Kaif) 31
Different law for rich and poor (Subhash Chandra Agarwal) 31
Villagers set ablaze man for raping (Faheemuddin) 31
Defeat the Congress (Atiq Khan) 31
CWG Village (Mirza Yawar Baig) 31
An insult to entire humanity (Sultan A Patel) 31
Charity or heritage (Xavier William) 31
Idafa Investments Pvt. Ltd. 3
Kaleem Kawaja 6
Kanti Weekly / Kanti Monthly 20
Taarikh Tadween Sunnat (Islamic Studies Research Academy) 21
Idarah Al-Hasanaat (Rampur) 25
Free Online Health Consultation 29
Urdu Book Review 29
India's first and only Scientific and Informative Urdu 29
Scientific Commentary of Suratul Fatihah Dr E Kazim 32
Ram Janmabhoomi banaam Babri Masjid 32
Who Killed Karkare? (Urdu, Hindi, English and Gujarati) 32


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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
The Glass Menagerie opens in two days!
Show dates are February 16-18 (8 PM) and February 19 (2 PM). Tickets are $10 and available at the door or online (click below).
Amanda Wingfield, a faded Southern belle of middle age, shares a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son Tom, in his early twenties, and his slightly older sister, Laura. Although she is a survivor and a pragmatist, Amanda yearns for the comforts and admiration she remembers from her days as a fêted debutante. She worries especially about the future of her daughter Laura, a young woman with a limp (an aftereffect of a bout of polio) and a tremulous insecurity about the outside world. Amanda is obsessed with finding a suitor (or, as she puts it, a "gentleman caller") for Laura, whose crippling shyness has led her to drop out of both high school and a subsequent secretarial course, and who spends much of her time polishing and arranging her collection of little glass animals. Pressured by his mother to help find a caller for Laura, Tom invites an acquaintance from work named Jim home for dinner.
"The Glass Menagerie" is directed by Nathan R. Miles, and will be our entry in the 2017 AACTFest competition.
"The Glass Menagerie" stars Veronikka Sylvas as Amanda Wingfield, Tyler Bunch as Tom Wingfield, Sarah Bunch as Laura Wingfield, and Jason Marshall as Jim O'Connor.


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Each month we interview someone who writes subjective reviews for other review outlets. We will also invite them to write an objective review so that they can give their opinions some time to rest, if they would like. If you would like to see a reviewer featured as the subjective reviewer of the month, contact us. Here are all of our subjective reviewers of the month:
March 2014: Carolyn Petit
April 2014: Lana Polansky
May 2014: Aevee Bee