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Setting Sail (Caterpillar)
Jarret's body hung limp and swayed like a pendulum. His world was a black, throbbing painful mist and when it cleared he would only find more darkness. A white thin line of line slipped through a crack in front of him and lit up the floor. Wood. The entire building was wood. Pain shot through his wrists where he was held up and shackled. It was unclear how much time had passed.
Chaffer the fox sat next to Ratel's bedside, waiting with bated breath for him to awaken. His mood when he did wake up would be predictable and she did not relish in the idea. Motion from his bed caused her to jump in her seat and quickly she brought a pitcher of water to Ratel's lips. He drank greedily, slopping it down his chest and onto his sheets. Once his thirst was sated, he looked at his own surroundings. His bed, the furs, skins, claws, teeth and horns of beasts long dead, and Chaffer. He was in his chambers, but his mind was still heavy with the drug, and he could hardly recall how he got there. "What happened?" He moaned. "Our mission was a success My Lord. We found a village full of plunder and galley slaves!" She twittered at him happily, hoping to sweeten the deal by giving him only the good news. "But how did I get here!?" His voice was beginning to rise dangerously. "My Lord! The Wrath took you, we had to subdue you before you slayed the whole crew!" He pondered the information and nodded to himself, memories of the event flooding back to him. "That rat…." "He is chained in the dungeon sir, he awaits your judgement." "Good work, have the crew set sail immediately."
Suddenly a strong shaft of light burst into the room as the door swung open, and a large imposing figure filled in the frame, casting an ominous shadow over the captive.
"You...." It scowled.
He was hanging from the ceiling, arms stretched above his head as chain and shackles pulled them painfully towards the roof. His toes only touched the floor, just so-so, and so he really couldn't use his feet to support his own weight. It all rested upon his arms, straining them and making them numb. Jarret tried to stay perfectly still as even small movement could make him swung back and forth and that would only pain his arms, shoulders and wrists even more. Needles to say it was impossible to get rest as the uncomfortable position forbid it. Only when he was getting really tired, he managed to slip into hazy slumber, but only to woke up soon after he thought he'd heard something.
Once again Jarret looked around in this dark room but nothing had changed when he had first woken up. To be honest haöf-mouse didn't have even one clear memory how he had ended in here. All he could recall were just fragments from the events, blurred by pain and weariness. He could remember the exhaustion from the endless walking, how it just went on and on like the vermin were planning march them to the edge of the world. And he remembered the stings from whip when he had stumbled and couldn't keep up with others…
....Aaand that was pretty much all of it. When he had come back to his senses, he had already been brought in here. No-one else, just him. And no-one hand come from that door in this whole time, how long it may ever been. His mouth was starting to be dry as sand and he was hungry to the point where his stomach had stopped growling and it just simply ached its hunger all over. Were they planning starve him death? Was he going to die now? Those were the questions which had haunted half-mouse's mind without rest every since he had woke up in his dark "cell".
The fact stood he had been separated from the other, so it could mean the pirates had special fate stored for him as the thanking gift from all the trouble he had caused. And Jarret dreaded the moment when he would find out what was it. Would they chop him into a pieces? Toss him to the sharks? Or was he going to be hanged from the ship's mast? Jarret had heard too many stories in where pirates were portrayed as the villains, that he could feign in belief the vermin would just forget about him
Jarret let out weak sight. He really had done it now, hadn't he?
"Oh mother, if you only could see me now...", he whispered in hoarse voice. "I landed myself in deep trouble this time..."
And he could almost hear Flitz's opinion about all of this. If the jumber was here, she would let him get a whole ear-full...
'Jarret, you big stupid idiot!', that was exactly what she would say. 'Who told you could act so recklessly? Would it kill you to use your head once or twice now and then!?'
Small smile crept on half-mouse's mouth as he thought about his friend. And remembering Flitz always seemed infuse determination back in him.
'I'm not dead yet', Jarret thought and somehow it lifted his spirit. _'And as long as I'm still alive, there is a change I can stay alive…C'mon, I can't give up just because odds aren't in my favor....' _
A door was suddenly pulled open and bright light entered the room, burning half-breed's eyes. Blinded Jarret was forced to turned his head away, in attempt to shield them from the direct light. Someone had come and squinting his eyes Jarret tried to look at the door to see, who it was…
Ratel glowered at the figure weak and dangling from the wall in disgust. Such a small, delirious, weak thing, nearly defeating him with a couple of cheap tricks, he couldn't stand it. He was so helpless now, he wanted to take his chance to feel the little rats ribs collapsing on themselves, just for the satisfaction of it, but he had to restore face with his crew. He had to think.
Perfect. He'd make them all believe this was all part of his plan. The loss of the battle was staged. He was just testing the rat, and he passed with flying colours. As for the blood wrath, hopefully the crew would forget about that.
Jarret hung like a pendulum, frail and sickly from his chain, muttering inane ramblings to himself about his mother. Perhaps he had overdone it? Should he perish, it was a meal for him anyway.
"Aye, you've landed yourself in deep trouble alright" he chuckled evilly " an' I aint your precious mother neither." A wet rush of cold splashed over Jarret's body as Ratel dumped the contents of his water dish on his head to revive him.
(sorry new job has been keeping me busy, short posts also)
( No worries ^^ )
That voice… It sounded familiar.. Who--? Jarret tried to pry his blinded eyes open, but before he managed to do it, the water poured over his head, soaking his clothes. Jarret gasped and like any thirsty creature would, started licking the small streams which run down his cheeks, trying to catch some drops to water his dry mouth. It didn't help much but at least the cold, blessed water made dizziness go away.
And now his eyes were more adjusted to the light, so he could lift his head and take a good look at his "visitor"...
Every hair on his scruff stood up when he realized who it was. Why - why was this beast here? From all the creatures? Had the other come here to fetch him to his death sentence? Or was the honey badger here for payback? After all, didn't the storied tell how pirates liked to torture their prisoners just for fun...? And even if his memories were bit vague, he still could recall crystal clear the look on honey badger's face when the bigger beast had charged at him. His small stunt had really rubbed the giant badger in a wrong way.
The young half-mouse could feel how a shiver went down in his spine, but he still forced himself to keep looking up at the badger and not to cover before him. Surprisingly it took a lot of concentration as the uninvited memories of open maw and dagger-like teeth surfaced - and with that flashback Jarret could feel how desire to curl into small ball lifted its head.
But his eyes didn't stray from the honey badger. It was visible that they wavered, the hot-tempered green flames from earlier all gone... But there was still something smoldering behind those jade-green eyes As much as Jarret might seem pathetic in his current state, messy and beaten while hanging on the wall helpless, there was still something untamable left in him. Something which the hits and lash-marks hadn't reached to make it break.
"…What do you want?" he managed to spat out. If he was truly going to die then he really didn't wish this particular beast to be the last thing he saw. Just seeing the other made him sick -- what kind of twisted creature ate other beasts? That was beyond horrible!
Make no mistake, Jarret was still afraid… But now, after looking at this honey badger, he felt small amount of anger and disgust boil inside of him. It was a welcomed change for he was much rather angry and disgusted than scared and spineless. So the young half-breed grabbed those hot-tempered feelings and slashed them out, if for no other reason than try to push away how powerless he actually felt.
"Came here for an another kick in your snout? Bend down a bit and I'm happy to oblige..."
Maybe someone had already figured it out, but Jarret didn't have a slightest clue he was in the presence of the whole horde's lord and captain. Maybe it was understandable since Ratel had never revealed his identity as the crew's captain. And although he was the biggest and strongest of all among his troops – and by the vermin standards those were more than enough reasons why the honey badger was the leader -- Jarret wasn't from the world where strong reign over the weak. Even if there had been some hints, young half-mouse been so angry - or knocked so senseless - that he hadn't paid too close attention to details when he had confronted Ratel.
Sure the honey badger looked like someone who evoke fear in others, but weren't all brutes like that?
The honey badger got great pleasure from watching the cold water shock the weary half rat out of his stupor, watching him lick his lips like a messy babe, but the pleasure was short lived. Once the rat's thirst was slaked and he came to, he offered him a sharp, piercing stare, that just lingered and continued, a display of his indomitable will.
What would become of it? He waited to see what would happen, but nothing did. The longer he waited, the more uneasy he became, the more he expected something, anything. Finally, the half rat broke their reverie and spoke, breaking Ratel out of his hypnotic trance.
His words made him chuckle. Now that was a funny idea. Glad to have some levity and more control over the situation he became his old cruel self. "I've come…" His words grumbled out of his throat as he leaned over face to face with Jarret, being sure to give him another view of his teeth, breathing his hot foul breath in his face. "To collect."
Above his head his chains clinked and rattled as Ratel unhooked him from his spot on the wall. With his huge paw engulfing both of Jarret small hands he dragged him out of his prison into the seering sunlight.
He was on a humongous ship, like a floating castle on the water, bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean, with nothing but waves for miles and miles. A collection of the most wretched villains the earth had to offer scampered and scuttled all over the decks, bringing the ship to life and steering her on course. They all smiled cruelly, at Jarret and his predicament.
Ratel let out a howl and life on the ship froze. Once he had their attention he held Jarret up for all to see.
"A few days ago I led you to a village full of plunder and slaves. I also bring to you..." He threw Jarret on the ground . " A new crew member! The lowest order, for you to shape as you will. He has passed my test, if he disobeys or slacks off, his fate is up to you."
To punctuate his speech, he gave Jarret one swift kick. "Welcome to the crew rat."
(Your reply will be the last post before I move time forward on the ship)
To collect?… Collect what? Jarret was perplexed but he didn't got the time to think over the meaning behind honey badger's words when the bigger beast already yanked his chains free from the hook. A piercing pain went through half-mouse's shoulders and arms when the honey badger seized his wrists, lifting him up. Jarret couldn't help himself: he gasped from the pain while his legs waggles helplessly above the floor as he was dragged along.
Again bright sunlight blinded him and when half-mouse regained his eye-sight and looked around. Half-breed's jaw dropped and for a moment he forgot about his fear.
They were on the sea - the vast sea spread around them like deep-blue plain. The wind was warm and smelled salty, and somehow that scent was relaxing. And this ship -- Jarret looked up, seeing the tall masts reaching the skies above him -- it was enormous! Not even the merchant ships he had seen would come close to this...! But then Jarret's eyes landed on the vermin crawling everywhere on the deck and the reality shattered the enchantment.
This was it - the moment of his execution, Jarret was sure about it. Why else would the honey badger gathered the crew's attention if not making sure that everyone would get entertainment out of his death? Jarret squeezed his eyes shut, not wanting to see those cruelly sniggering faces, which made his bones tremble. A small part of him still prayed that this was all just a nightmare and he would wake up soon... While the rest of him knew perfectly well this wasn't a dream. The dreams were never this real.
Jarret bit his lower lip for not to make a sound. He just couldn't give these vermin pleasure hear him wailing.
Suddenly he was tossed on the deck and although the landing hurt, it didn't hurt as much as the kick which he received soon after. But still Jarret's mind hardly registered the new pain, as he was so horror-struck from what he had just heard. With difficulty he managed to push himself up to his elbows and was now staring up to the bigger beast while the honey badger's last sentence ringed through his ears again and again. Suddenly the words the badger had said before made lot more sense now, but half-mouse didn't rejoice. On the contrary he stared Ratel as if the honey badger had just bestowed the cruelties fate upon him.
'Welcome to crew rat.'
It felt like something had just frozen inside him, making him incapable to move, to speak – to do anything!
"…no...", that one trembling whisper was everything he could utter at the moment, though his mind raced and screamed top of its silent voice. No, no this couldn't be happening! Never! He refused to be part of these - these wrecked creatures! He would rather be dead!…
"Yah heard 'de Captain, boys! Fresh blood in the ship!", one of the vermin shouted, cruel laughter in his voice. "Let's give the sorry scoundrel the warmest welcome we hav' around 'ere!"
If half-mouse ever managed shout out his refusal, his voice was lost in roaring laughter as the crew-beast swarmed around the young half-breed, like seagulls would throng around tasty piece of meal. Jarret felt how many hand grabbed him and hauled up. He tried put up a fight, but his feeble attempts only brought more mocking laughter when the crew-beast burst into singing:
"O-ohay, me mates - this one gots dire straits
Ending up aboard in here
The most despicable crew - the worst you can brew!
That's what we're!"
Jarret was tossed and pushed around like cheap sack of potatoes and he quickly lost which way was up and which was down. Everything whirled around him as vermin kept whacking him, while they continued their horrible and cracked song.
"No what to do, with a landlubber like you?
Quickly tell 'im, me dear mates!
It's tried and true, that when we're through
you'll miss the view of Dark Forest's Gates!"
"Poke out the eye, make 'im cry
when we tear his nails loose
Break the limb, send 'im swim
After hanging 'im from the noose
Shred the ear, strike the fear
Pull him under the keel
Cut the toes, no-one opposes
as we do as we feel…"
Jarret had thought that destruction of his village and slavery of the beast who lived there was the worst nightmare come true. Little did he know that all the nightmares had just begun.
Okay - ready for the time-forward! ^^ ….By the way, what name does Ratel's ship have? O.o


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Renovation Realities
Diligent renovation work is key here, and much will be completed without having to get into the projects of epic proportions. RENOVATION TIP: DIY rendering is an incredibly cheap way to improve the worth of your own home. Co-ordination of audio-visible and church organ systems might be finalized, in order that plans for wiring conduits may be completed. Small adjustments will make an even bigger impression while having a toilet renovation either its adding a new vintage vanity mirror or by making a useful change underneath the sink.
Small dumpsters are available that may be wheeled concerning the property and medium and large dumpsters are available for initiatives that involve building and renovation supplies. An important key to the success of your renovation venture and the eventual achievement of the anticipated return on investment, is hiring a professional reworking contractor.
The final contractor would take responsibility for the entire scope …

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Mayor Betsy Hodges and Chief Janeé Harteau held media availability event where they were joined by community leaders who are proud to announce the MPD's new Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Policy.
The idea behind the policy is to create established guidelines based on courtesy and dignity for the appropriate treatment of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming individuals. The Mayor and Chief discussed this policy the day before the City of Minneapolis hosts its Third Annual Trans* Equity Summit.


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June 28, 2017
Can't wait til October to get spooky?Come check out our GRAND OPENING Halloween Themed Launch Party at our storefront location in Oceanside, CA!
July 15th from 1PM - 5PM
Face Painting!Photobooth!Food & Candy!Prizes & more!Plus a special appearance by the Southland Ghostbusters!This is a kid friendly event and costumes are encouraged!
Check out the facebook event here for more details.
November 11, 2017
Stage and Screen FX is donating 20% of all in-store sales for the month of November to local families in need. We are also doing a Toy Drive!
Update: Thank you to our customers, friends, families, and neighbors,
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Only 3 miles from Princess Juliana international airport is the exclusive area of Pelican Key in Sint Maarten (the Dutch side). This is one of the most beautifully developed residential and resort areas on the island, with the advantage of close proximity to Simpson Bay with its large choice of restaurants, shops, boutiques, casinos and entertainment. This is a wonderful choice for a week prior to or after your TradeWinds' cruise – or for just relaxing any time of year. We are proud to present "PELICAN VILLA"
See above.
To help you book your luxury experience, we have given you some helpful travel links and suggestions with details of how you can reach your intended destination. Like we say, these are just suggestions to help you plan your journey. While we want to help you find your sense of adventure and experience a vacation like no other, unfortunately, we can't be held responsible for any changes to flight schedules, or for any issues resulting from your accommodation booking. We ask that you double check all your travel schedules, transport requirements and pre-stay accommodation with the relevant travel companies before booking your TradeWinds vacation.


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Dear Editor:
Greetings from the Town of Rangely. This letter is being sent out to all of our local business owners and other residents in order to introduce myself. My name is Janet Miller, and I am Rangely's new code enforcement officer. I have worked for the town for the past two seasons caring for the town flowers and trees and helping to beautify our Main Street.
I'd like to take this opportunity to let you know that over the summer and beginning in the next few weeks, I will be devoting a large amount of my time focusing on code issues along Main Street and throughout the community. To that end, I would like to review the codes that I find are most often an issue: 8.08.030 Offense—Weeds on Property and 8.08.040 Offense—Refuse on Property.
If you have questions or would like to review these and the other requirements of Title 8 of the
Municipal Code, please go to www.colorado.gov/townofrangely. It is my hope that this letter will help to bring any violations on your property, if they exist, to your attention so they can be rectified before any action is necessary on my part.
We have found that most property owners readily comply with basic requests to correct these types of violations which will benefit your property, your neighbor's property and the enhancement to the
appearance of our community. This in turn can translate to improved economic vitality within Rangely.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Janet Miller
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by Bob Ward
November, 2017
Ford's historic GT40 Mk. IV only raced twice, but it won both events, Sebring and LeMans in 1967, in dominant fashion. Too dominant, some said, and the FIA's rules change, the day after LeMans, confirmed that it agreed. With the big-block Mk. IV (and the Mk. II, also) banned from international endurance racing it was left to a heavily developed example of the GT40 Mk. I – the same individual car, campaigned by the John Wyer team – to win LeMans the next two years. Nevertheless, the Mk. IV's win average in serious competition forever remains at 100%, and there are few, if any, other top-level racing cars that have equaled it.
As historically significant as the car is, it's surprising that it has not been more extensively modeled for 1/32 scale slot car racing. In the 21st century there have been three volume-produced models, each offered, or planned to be, in numerous liveries. MRRC and NSR's renditions have been around for some time, and they are now joined by a new one from Scalextric.
NSR's Mk. IV (above), like all NSRs, is optimized for performance and makes no pretense of being otherwise. Its body shape is subtly stretched, slammed, and otherwise massaged for the "serious" racer in top-level competition, somewhat at the expense of scale fidelity. This doesn't keep it from being an impressive-looking car, not to mention by far the fastest and most adaptable of the three, but it's not meant for the rivet counter. It's also a high-end car with all high-end components and the most expensive by a substantial margin. These factors often make it less interesting to the beginning to intermediate level racer who is more scale-oriented and does not need or want to pay for the NSR's performance. Moreover, it's not very useful to compare it to more basic slot cars such as the MRRC and Scalextric. For these reasons it's the other two this article will focus on.
MRRC's Mk. IV was designed and first offered for sale the better part of a decade ago. Like most MRRC cars of recent years it's built on the well-regarded MRRC Sebring universal chassis. It is powered by an inline-mounted FF "slimline" motor rated at 21,000 rpm. MRRC Sebring-chassis cars have come at various times with either one or two neodymium traction magnets. Our comparo car came with two, one aft of the motor and one forward, using the two snap-in magnet mounts built into the Sebring chassis.
Scalextric's MK. IV is all new for 2017, though it was supposed to have been out in 2016. it was designed under the requirements of the quickly abandoned Pro Chassis initiative. This was intended to give Scalextric an entree into the upper levels of 1/32 scale racing by making available for each newly designed car an upgrade chassis that would accept motor pods and high-end performance parts from Slot It. The Pro chassis project never really got a chance to prove itself before it was axed. It appears, however, that the Pro chassis-related compromises baked into their recent (and, apparently, future) car designs will be with us for a long time to come.
One of these is the inline motor installation (in the Mk. IV an 18,000 rpm FF) which Scalextric has said is going to be standard with either the FF or the FC130 on all newly designed cars going forward. Now, there's nothing wrong with an inline installation, if it's done right, for certain kinds of racing, most notably non-magnet wood track racing. Unfortunately, non-mag/wood track racing is 2 to 5 percent of the slot car market, though its viewpoint dominates the online forums. The other 95-plus percent races on plastic track with magnets. And for magnet racing the best chassis arrangement is a sidewinder. Why is that, you may ask?
First of all, it's because a sidewinder allows the placing of the traction magnet directly under the rear axle, the optimum location for maximum cornering grip. In addition, at the grip levels magnets allow (even stock ones, not to mention the aftermarket magnets in widespread use) the stability of the gear mesh is absolutely essential. Two main things affect the stability of the gear mesh: the distance between the motor and the rear axle and the rigidity of the structure connecting the motor mount and the rear axle mounts. The closer the motor to the rear axle and the greater the strength of the connecting structure, the less the gears can move out of correct mesh with each other under motor torque and the smoother and quieter the car will run. A sidewinder places the motor right next to the axle and the pinion gear very close to the shaft bearing and connects them solidly together. With an inline installation you have to put the magnet forward of the rear axle to clear the crown gear, and that moves the motor farther from the rear axle.
MRRC has dealt with the shortcomings of inline motor installations a little better than Scalextric has. MRRC, despite using a wider but shorter bar magnet, has managed to place its motor farther aft and has surrounded the motor and rear axle mountings with more and stiffer structure. Scalextric placed the motor farther forward than it really needed to be and did not give the structure connecting the motor and rear axle mounts the heft it needed. This makes the Scalextric chassis flexier in a place where it should be as inflexible as possible. The net result is that in both cars you hear the sound of gear teeth not meshing right when maximum torque is being applied but you hear more of it from the Scalextric car.
In neither case does this make the car unraceworthy but, while MRRC was more or less locked into using the existing Sebring chassis for economic reasons, Scalextric could have designed their car any way they wanted. They could have, and should have, made it a sidewinder. It's a shame they didn't because their standard 11/36 sidewinder gear set (which you can't get any more since Scalextric stopped selling spare parts) is probably the best press-on plastic gear set in the industry. Along with the inherent virtues of their sidewinder motor/axle mounting structure it has been a big factor in making their sidewinder cars superior out-of-the-box magnet racing performers among basic 1/32 scale slot cars and outstanding race set cars that have given countless beginners an excellent start in the hobby.
And they could have made it a sidewinder, though they might have needed to make the body a bit wider than scale. The scale width is 2.1″ or 53.3mm. To make it a sidewinder they probably would have had to make the car about another 1/4″ or 6.35mm wider. Yes, that would have amounted to a certain degree of subtly stretching the car a la NSR, but I've never been one to quibble about exact scale dimensions, especially since neither Scalextric or MRRC got the body shape perfect anyway.
You can see in the images above that there are considerable differences between the Scalextric and MRRC cars and between both models and the full-size car. Who came closest is a question I'll leave it to you, the reader, to decide, but the point is that since nobody's Mk. IV body is perfect, if Scalextric had made the car a quarter inch wider and made it a sidewinder with an FC130 motor like all previous Scalextric Ford GT40 variants I'd consider that an excellent tradeoff and I'd bet only a very few people would either notice or care about the scale difference.
Here is some key information about the two cars from our testing:
Overall weight: Scalextric – 75g; MRRC – 75g
Gross Magnet Marshal reading (weight plus magnetic downforce): Scalextric: 224g; MRRC (2 magnets) – 405g; MRRC (front magnet only) – 330g
Wheel diameter/ scale diameter: Scalextric – 11.2mm / 14.1″; MRRC – 12.35mm / 15.6″; Full-sized car – 15″ wheels (The diameter of center-rib slot car wheels with no outer rim effectively represents the rim diameter of full-sized wheels. Thus, the Scalextric wheels are actually closer to 13″ wheels (2″ too small) and the MRRC wheels are about right at 15″ plus a half inch or so of rim. This explains why the Scalextric wheels look so small and the tire sidewalls so tall, sort of like what you'd see on the rear of a top fuel dragster. It's worth noting that the tires Scalextric is putting on its new cars beginning this year are a real improvement in performance over the ones previously fitted.
Rear tire tread width: Scalextric – 3/8″, 9.52mm; MRRC: 5/16″, 7.94mm
Test track best lap times (clean track, sanded stock tires): Scalextric – 3.369; MRRC (2 magnets) – 3.167; MRRC (rear magnet only) – 3.015.
With both magnets the MRRC is actually too stuck down for best lap times, though it's easier for a beginner or a child to drive. The Scalextric car, at 274g gross MM reading (199g net magnetic downforce) is right on the low side of the downforce range I prefer. When the MRRC runs with only the rear magnet the downforce readings are close enough that some upgrading/detuning work with no more than tires and magnets should be enough to equalize the two cars' lap times and also to put them on a par with other Scalextric, Flyslot / Slotwings, MRRC, and Carrera cars of similar type and era, though it may be a while before aftermarket tires to fit Scalextric's Mk. IV appear.
The Scalextric car is digital plug-ready and comes with working headlights and taillights. The driver's head is badly in need of replacement by a better-sculpted one but giving him a head transplant would not be difficult. An MRRC driver's head would be a good choice if you have one.
The above gripes notwithstanding, both cars are fun to drive and more than fast enough to challenge drivers of any skill level. Both cars are well worth their respective prices.


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Five Contrarian Insights on the Future of Work
In this comprehensive but readable commentary, our Director Jim Stanford challenges five stereotypical claims that are often advanced in debates over the future of work:
- Work is not disappearing; it can't.
- Technology is not accelerating.
- "Gigs" aren't even new.
- Technology is often more about relationships than productivity.
- Skills are not a magic bullet.
Where To Now for Union Campaign? Workplace Express
The unexpected results of the 2019 Commonwealth election have sparked many commentaries regarding what happened, and why. This article, reprinted with permission from Workplace Express, considers the role of the major #ChangeTheRules campaign mobilised by Australian unions in the lead-up to the election - and ponders the movement's next steps in the continuing debate over labour market policies and industrial relations. It cites both our Economist Alison Pennington, and our Director Jim Stanford, as well as our previous research on the erosion of collective bargaining in Australia.
Workplace Express is Australia's leading labour policy and industrial relations newsletter. Please visit its website to subscribe.Read more
Arena Magazine: For More Jobs and a Living Wage
The Australian policy journal Arena has published a wide-ranging article by Centre for Future Work Director Jim Stanford on the labour market issues at play in the current federal election.
Stanford argues that the sense of "superiority" which typically accompanies economic debates during Australian election campaigns is muted in the current contest, because of the poor performance of the labour market in recent years. Unemployment and especially underemployment remain high; the quality of work has deteriorated; and wages have experienced their weakest performance since the end of the Second World War.
Visit Arena's website to see the full article here.
124 Labour Policy Experts Call for Measures to Promote Stronger Wage Growth
124 labour policy experts have today published an open letter calling for proactive measures to help accelerate the rate of wages growth in Australia's economy. The legal experts, economists, and other policy analysts agreed that "stronger wages in the future would contribute to a stronger, more balanced and fairer Australian economy," and they proposed several broad strategies to boost wages.
The letter is being circulated today through internet and social media channels, and through a full-page advertisement in the Australian Financial Review.
Here is the letter and the list of signatories and their complete titles and affiliations.
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Australia's Upside-Down Labour Market
Workers produce more, but get paid less. Business invests less in real capital, but their profits grow. Technology advances at breakneck pace, but so many jobs are degraded and menial (not to mention horribly paid). What gives? Australia's labour market truly seems "upside down."
In this article reprinted from Western Teacher magazine (published by the State School Teachers' Union of WA), our Director Jim Stanford tries to explain these contradictory trends.Read more
Rebuilding Vocational Training in Australia
Australia's manufacturing sector has been experiencing an important and welcome rebound during the last two years. The turnaround has been documented and analysed in previous Centre for Future Work research (including studies published in 2017 and 2018 as part of the National Manufacturing Summit, co-sponsored by the Centre).
Ironically, the manufacturing recovery could be short-circuited by looming shortages of appropriately skilled workers. This seems unbelievable -- given so much downsizing in manufacturing employment that occurred between 2001 and 2015. But a combination of structural change within the sector, the ageing of the current workforce, and the failure of Australia's vocational education system (crippled by a bizarre experiment in publicly-subsidized private delivery) means that recovering manufacturers may be unable to find the skilled workers they need.
A recent feature article in Australian Welding magazine highlighted the Centre for Future Work's research into the problems of the current VET system, the implications for manufacturing, and 12 key reforms urgently needed to repair the situation.Read more
New Video: Australia Needs a Pay Rise!
Jim Stanford, Director of the Centre for Future Work, was recently featured in a new video produced in collaboration with United Voice and the Flip production company.Read more
The Year Past, and the Year to Come
Workforce (a labour relations bulletin published by Thomson-Reuters) recently surveyed major IR figures in Australia on what they saw as the big issues in 2018, and what they expect as the major talking points for 2019. Jim Stanford, economist and Centre for Future Work director, was one of those surveyed, and here are his remarks. You may also view the interview in pdf format here.Read more
The Future of Transportation Work: Special Series, WA Transport
A special 6-part series of short articles from WA Transport Magazine:
Researchers have identified the transportation industry as one of the sectors likely to be most affected by the coming implementation of new technologies: such as self-driving vehicles, artificial intelligence, and automated logistics systems. How will transportation workers fare as these technologies are rolled out, and what measures can be taken - by employers, governments, unions, educational institutions, and other stakeholders - to ease the transitions?Read more
Australia's Precarious Labour Market: More Coverage
Public concern continues to grow regarding the erosion of traditional jobs, and the rise of more insecure, precarious positions -- including part-time, term-limited, labour hire, and independent contractor positions. The Centre for Future Work continues to research this phenomenon, and the policy measures which would help to improve standards in non-standard jobs, and encourage employers to create more secure positions. Recent media coverage has featured our research on these issues:Read more


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Leadership Team
The Barry Career Access Network Leadership Team is a group of organizations and individuals committed to doing what is needed to ensure all Barry County students and young adults are socially, academically, and financially prepared for successful futures through post-secondary education and training.
- Barry Career Access Network – Margie Haas, Coordinator
- Barry Community Foundation – Bonnie Gettys, CEO, President
- Barry County Commissioners – Ben Geiger, Commissioner
- Barry County Christian School – Brandon Strong, Administrator
- Barry County Courts – Julie Nakfoor-Pratt, Prosecuting Attorney
- Barry County Economic Development Alliance – Cindy Vujea, Workforce Dev.
- Barry County YMCA – Jon Sporer, Executive Director
- Barry County, MSU Extension – Kathy Pennington, 4-H Program Coordinator
- Barry Intermediate School District – Richard Franklin, Superintendent
- City of Hastings – Dan King, Community Development Director
- Davenport University – Brandi Melkild, Regional Internship Manager
- DeCamp Foundation – Jim DeCamp, Foundation Trustee
- Delton-Kellogg Schools – Kyle Corlett, Superintendent
- Delton-Kellogg Schools – Jim Hogoboom, HS Counselor
- Family Support Services – Kim Metzger, Executive Director
- Flexfab Horizons, LLC – Sara Whisler, HR Director
- Grand Valley State University – Salvador Lopez, Associate Director – Admissions
- Hastings Area School System – Carrie Duits, Superintendent
- Highpoint Community Bank – Nancy Goodin, Vice President – Marketing Director
- Highpoint Community Bank – Mark Kolanowski, CEO, President
- J-Ad Graphics – Fred Jacobs, CEO, President
- Kellogg Community College – Colin McCaleb, Director – Fehsenfeld Center
- Maple Valley Schools – Kathine Bertolini, Superintendent
- Department of Human Services – Jennifer Eastman, AP Supervisor Barry County
- Michigan State University Extension – Erin Moore, District Director
- Pierce Cedar Creek Institute – Michelle Skedgell, Executive Director
- Thornapple Area Enrichment Found. – Craig Stolsonburg, Business Sltns Rep/TAEF
- Thornapple Credit Union – Amy Byers, CEO, President
- Thornapple Manor – Don Haney, Administrator
- Thornapple-Kellogg Schools – Rachael Cobb, School to Work Coordinator
- Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro – Carl Schoessel, Business Owner
- West Michigan Works! – Emily Gary, Service Center Manager
School Districts Served
BarryCAN is located in Barry County, Michigan, and serves the Barry County community while focusing on and partnering with the school districts and schools listed below:
Delton Kellogg Schools
Hastings Area Schools
Maple Valley Schools
Thornapple Kellogg Schools
Barry County Christian School
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Sand Point Village is a commercial development that serves the Windermere and Laurelhurst neighborhoods in northeast Seattle. Windermere Services Company, the property owner, commissioned Costigan Integrated to prepare a feasibility study, financial analysis, and preliminary consultant selection for multi-phase redevelopment scenarios. The scenarios include a new building for the Windermere corporate office, which is currently located on the 128,000 SF site.
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Spending money is just a part of life, and while not everyone spends their money the same, everyone can keep track of their spending the same so they have a leg up on their spending habits and finances. There are multiple ways to do this but with the age of smartphones one of the easiest ways to do this is through an app. Track Your Buying is an app that provides all the basic necessities of logging your purchase details so you know exactly how much you have spent on each thing you buy as well as how much change you should get back depending on certain variables. Track Your Buying is perfect for anyone who wants an easy to use tool to help them know what they spend when out at the store before they reach the register, so let's take a look at it.
Keeping track of your spending is easy when you have what you need, so to be prepared you can pick up Track Your Buying from the Play Store and have it on hand the next time you go to the store.
At first glance when opening up Track Your Buying, you can immediately tell that the app is simple to use. You're also presented with the main page right away where you enter in the item details for each thing you buy so using it is also quick.
The nice thing about the app is that if you do end up finding it a little more challenging, there is a handy little tutorial video that runs you through how to use it and what features the application has. While basic, there will likely be some users that will want to know the ins and outs of the app before they pick it up, and the tutorial does a good job of displaying how things work.
Pretty much everything within the app is set to defaults like having one list or 1 unit for items on your list, but you can go into settings and easily tweak this to have a second shopping list if you wish to have it.
You aren't able to name the lists, as they are simply labeled list 1 and list 2, but they do appear on the same page which makes entering items on each list pretty easy and convenient, and having two allows you to set different tax rates for each list if they'll be different.
You can enter as many items as you need to for each list, with the name, amount of each item, and cost of each item as you go. Each item on the list is also labeled in numbered order for viewing later on. Having the list items numbered off comes in useful if you end up needing to change something about a specific item, as there is a field for this and you can modify things like price, or amount of the item you have already entered. If you need to clear the list and simply start over, you can do that with the clear all button.
As you enter each item you can calculate the amount you'll get back in change depending on how much you give the cashier or pay at the checkout, or you can do this after your list has been completed and you're actually ready to pay. Once you're done or if you just want an overview of the list items at any point you can hit the "show receipt" button to see everything that's been entered.
When creating the list of items you're buying, entering in the names and unit number of each item are optional, but keep in mind it'll be easier to tell what is what if you have these values entered in. The only value that is not optional is the cost of the item, and you will want to enter the cost with dollar and cents. So for example, if you have something that costs $3.85, you'll want to enter in 385 and the app will enter in the decimal for you automatically. Alternatively, you can also enter in the decimal manually.
Track Your Buying is quite the useful application if you're someone who likes to make lists with necessary details about your shopping items and know how much you're spending each time you buy something. While basic with no frills, the app works well and seems to function flawlessly, which is the most important factor with an app of this nature. It has everything that most people will need when shopping for virtually anything, and it's nice that the decimal can be set to automatic or manual depending on your preferences.
- Speed (5/5) – The app opens up and functions pretty quickly and I didn't notice any hangups.
- Theme (4/5) – The UI design and style of the app are pretty basic so users shouldn't expect any material design, but the simple interface is easy to use and everything is to find.
- Features (4/5) – Track Your Buying has all the necessities for making simple lists and keeping track of the cost of each item and how you spent total.
- Overall (4/5) – While simple, the app works great and fulfills its intended purpose. If you just want something that works without a bunch of features cluttering up the experience, this provides it.
- Ability to make multiple lists
- Automatic decimal entry
- Receipt button
- Easy way to clear entire list at once
- Tutorial video
- Time Stamps on receipts with time and date
- Ability to change item details like cost or unit amount
- Can only make up to two lists at a time. Some users may want more than two
Track Your Buying is a great little application which offers the basic features you'd need for keeping track of how much you spend while shopping. If you're bad at keeping track of your purchases after the fact, having this app on hand while you're buying things can be extremely useful, and it helps you know how much you're going to spend before you checkout. While the interface is basic, as stated above the app works pretty well and gets the job done so the UI is easy to overlook. If you have a need to keep track of your spending amounts, Track Your Buying will be able to help you and is worth checking out.


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In an attempt to encourage international networking within the creative sector, Chile will be attending The Cultural Industries Fair of the South (MICSUR) — the first opportunity of its kind in South America to ignite economic potential between the continent's cultural industries.
This unique experience, comprised of business meetings and other activities,will be held at The Hotel Providencia in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from May 15 – 18. The event has been specifically designed with creators, fashion designers, producers, curators, programmers, managers and buyers of cultural services and products from 10 South American countries in mind.
ProChile, a major player in the organization of MICSUR, sees the fair as an effective vehicle for the promotion of Chile's creative products and services at an international level. For the event, the country is sending a delegation of guests and international traders a variety of creative sectors, including music, audiovisual, literature, scenic arts, design and video games.
The National Center for Conservation and Restoration took on the role of channeling the registration of creative Chilean service providers and artists throughout the enrolment period. Chile's successful participants will benefit from a series of business seminars dedicated to the cultural industry, as well as face-to-face contact with South American counterparts and extra-regional service buyers.
"To participate in MICSUR means a lot to me. It's an honor and a privilege that I have been selected," said Chilean designer, Jorge Caballero, selected to represent Chile on the catwalk via the presentation of his latest collection. "I will have the chance to show my work in a space which unites creative people from all over South America. It's the first of its kind and it offers the possibility to interact with those who work in different areas of the creative industry."
MICSUR is the result of a joint initiative, between The National Council for Culture and the Arts, The Production Development Corporation (CORFO), Santiago Creativo — under the Direction of Cultural Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DIRAC) and ProChile — and the Fundación Imagen de Chile.
Creative professionals, like Caballero, will exchange ideas, market products and promote services within an international context, set to include representatives from 10 countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Moreover, no less than 800 South American dealers are set to attend.
To guarantee Chile the chance to reveal the range of creativity it has to offer, The National Council for Culture and the Arts has agreed to provide a number of transport grants to help artists and other professionals in the cultural sector finance some of their costs.
Claudia Betancourt and Nano Pulgar, founders of WALKA, a Chilean jewellery design company, have also been selected to represent Chile during the event. WALKA's success, in part, relates to the direct support ProChile provided throughout the selection process. The business owners are excited about the possibilities MICSUR might bring.
"To encourage regional sectors of the various cultural industries across the continent to share, it's important to construct commercial opportunities, to promote the nature of building a network, and to encourage the development of complementary relationships through the participation of fairs, festivals and international markets," Betancourt and Pulgar explained.
The program includes 9,500 business seminar opportunities, 50 forums and conference talks, 30 live creative presentations, eight institutional meetings for Latin America's cultural bodies, one fashion show for South American designers, and opportunities for intercontinental trade, as 80 of the enlisted traders will be arriving from Spain, Japan, Finland, UK, USA and China.
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The family of Lui Polimeni made the decision to donate his organs following his tragic passing saving the lives of others. This, together with the loss of a young member of the Gundagai community, has inspired the Jugiong and Gundagai communities to band together this DonateLife Week with Cootamundra residents invited to be part of a dinner later this month. The recent, tragic loss of two young members of the Jugiong and Gundagai communities and the decision of their families toprovidethe gift of life, or improved quality of life, to those inneed of an organtransplant,has struck a chord with surroundingcommunities.
This DonateLife Week (July 31 until August 7)all Riverina residents are encouragedtojoin the Australian Organ Donor Register (AODR) to help end the wait for those in need of a life-savingtransplant.
Less than a third of Australian adults are on the national register, despite a majority ofAustralians indicating they arewilling to donate.
Registering a decision is important as it leaves family members in nodoubt when making thedecision to save the lives of others.
Residents are alsoinvited to attend the 'What Are You Waiting For?'dinner on Sunday, July 31at the Gundagai District Services Club, to learn more about registering for organ donation fromsome truly inspirational people.
Speakers willincludeBob Gilholme from GundagaiandMurrumbidgee Local Health Districtdonor specialist nurse Sarah Woolley.
To RSVP to thedinner contact Paula Butt on 0413 137601.
People can register online or update existing AODRrecords via the myGovMedicare online account or download the Express Plus Medicare mobile app.
They can alsoregister online or download a registration form at donorregister.gov419论坛.
Anyone whopreviously registered a donation decision when renewing adriver's licence must now join the AODR.
South Australia is the only state whereresidents can register via their driver's licence registry.
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Yes, I know what you're thinking: didn't we already post a homemade bun recipe?? (Yes, we did.) But that recipe requires a respectable rising time, and so there's no last-minute switching possible: if you haven't started the dough several hours before dinner, you're not eating buns. And sometimes, I just don't have the time to wait for a rise.
That's where this recipe comes in. I once found out fairly last-minute that we were leaving our house in 45 minutes and needed a meal on-the-go, and managed to make these as hamburger buns, complete with homemade burgers, in that amount of time. That, my friends, is a serious win in my book. A fast dough recipe that is actually fast!
Originally a Taste of Home hamburger bun recipe, I've adapted this recipe to add shaping instructions for sub rolls and hot dog buns. From experience, I can tell you that the sub rolls are fantastic with beef au jus sandwiches.
What you need:
- 2 T. active dry yeast
- 1 c. + 2 T. warm water
- 1/3 c. vegetable oil
- 1/4 c. sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 t. salt
- 3 to 3 1/2 c. flour (plus extra for shaping)
- optional toppings: sesame seeds, poppy seeds, minced onion (sprinkle on after brushing shaped buns lightly with milk)
- large bowl
- spatula
- measuring cups and spoons
- dough scraper (optional)
- baking sheets and parchment (or silpats)
- wire rack (for cooling, optional)
Time: 40 minutes
Freezeable: Yes! I love to keep these on hand in my freezer!
Serves: Makes 12.
Multiplying the recipe: Yes, I often double it to throw a batch in the freezer.
Homemade buns in under an hour:
Place parchment paper or a silpat on a large baking sheet.
In a large bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water. Add the oil and sugar and stir. Set aside for 5 minutes to allow the yeast to become saturated.
Add the egg, salt, and 3 cups of flour. Stir until the dough forms a soft ball.
Place the dough on a floured surface and knead 3-5 minutes, until smooth, adding flour as necessary. Immediately divide into 12 pieces and follow shaping instructions, below.
For hamburger buns: Shape the dough pieces into balls and place 3″ apart on the baking sheet.
For hot dog buns: Use parchment paper on the baking sheet. Shape the dough pieces into thin logs, about 5″ long. Place each log about 2″ apart. When the sheet is full, pull the parchment paper up between each log so that the paper is flat and the buns support each other. This helps them rise higher. (After the rise, and before baking, smooth out the paper so the buns are separated.)
For sub rolls: Shape the dough pieces into wide, flat rectangles, about 4″ long. Place 3″ apart on the baking sheet and press to flatten a bit.
To rise and bake: Cover the baking sheets with a clean kitchen towel and allow the buns to rise for 10 minutes. Preheat the oven to 425F. When preheated, bake the buns for 8-12 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks or serve warm.


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2016-17 Indoor: Ran a trio of sprints events… Ran a season best 9.08 in the 60m hurdles at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup… Had her season's best mark in the 200m at the America East Championships with a 25.07.
2017 Outdoor: Competed in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles… Had the team best and set a new career best in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.38 at the America East Championships… Ran a 14.64 in 100m hurdles at the IC4A/ECAC Championships.
2016 Outdoor: Competed in three events during the spring in the 100m and 400m hurdles, and the long jump... Set season bests in both hurdle events at the America East Championships, finishing with times of 14.94 and 1:03.24 respectively... Had her best finish in the long jump at the Mason Spring Invitational with a jump of 4.67m.
2015-16 Indoor: Competed in the 200m, 500m and 60m hurdles during the indoor season for the Retrievers... Ran a season best in the 200m at the America East Indoor Championships with a time of 25.01... Ran a 1:22.61 at the Great Dane Classic, while finishing the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.04 at the AE Championships.


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Surf's up, dudes and dudettes! Everybody's gone surfing — channel surfing, that is. But not TV, or on the sea: Marketing channels! Making multichannel natural isn't easy, but sometimes it's simpler than it looks!
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Don't! Join Jeremy Zimmerman as he carefully handles "el carta diablo" — the Letter From Hell — and illustrates four fiery things not to use on your direct mail campaigns. From copy to creative, this letter has got it all mixed up, and we can learn from it.
There's coffee, and then there's coffee. Some people — myself included — obsess over their cuppa joe to no end. There's all sorts of variables involved: brewing methods, water temperature and purity, grind size and of course, the coffee itself. When it comes to sourcing my coffees, I'm a big fan subscription provider Mistobox. It's almost like Birchbox, just for coffee.
Last week, I decided to head back to school. When a colleague sent me the information about the Internet Marketing Association's Certified Internet Marketing Course, I couldn't say no! A sort of Target Marketing U, if you will.
Yesterday I spent the day in New York City, soaking in the knowledge at the Financial Times Future of Marketing Summit. Here's what I loved.
Talk about flipping the script. In an interesting move, last week some ad-blocking users — myself included — noticed that The Washington Post was taking a bold stance against site visitors who employ the software, shutting them out completely from reading its articles.


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Utilizing the services of a real estate professional guarantees that you're working with a person with an intimate awareness of the Orlando region, including the current marketing environment, and especially what prices homes are being sold for and the length of time they are taking to sell in the Orlando area.
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Orlando (/ɔːrˈlændoʊ/) is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County. Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,387,138, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in March 2016. These figures make it the 24th-largest metropolitan area[7] in the United States, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States, and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida. As of 2015, Orlando had an estimated city-proper population of 270,934, making it the 73rd-largest city in the United States, the fourth-largest city in Florida, and the state's largest inland city.
The City of Orlando is nicknamed "The City Beautiful", and its symbol is the fountain at Lake Eola. Orlando is also known as "The Theme Park Capital of the World" and in 2016 its tourist attractions and events drew more than 68 million visitors.[8] The Orlando International Airport (MCO) is the thirteenth-busiest airport in the United States and the 29th-busiest in the world.[9]
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Whenever you're buying or selling a house, you'll probably reach out for specialist assistance from a real estate agent But the best ways to pick? There are Realtors and merely traditional property agents, part-time and full-time brokers, family friends who operate in the business, maybe even next-door neighbors down the road. What one is ideal one for you?
Consult with a skilled real estate agent.
Ray and Shirley Oldham of Orlando, Florida, discovered just what they felt was the great house. So they communicated to an advantageous realty network.
"I phoned a family colleague who is a part-time realty agent," Ray Oldham mentions. "She presented us the house, and we provided an offer. It was certainly at this moment the fireworks kicked off."
Oldham points out the seller's agent was a competent negotiator "set to head to battle with her clients."His real estate agent was instantly daunted. It took just one telephone call for the expert professional to stand her ground on price tag, and "from that aspect on, my professional was intimidated to haggle."
Lesson learned – Oldham claims the subsequent time around, he'll seek a qualified broker, one who's not really scared to negotiate and whom is more involved with acquiring a good deal than with securing merely any sort of offer.
Locating the ideal agent for house sellers
"The times are gone where a real estate realtor just places a sign in the lawn, adds it into (the Multiple Listing Service) and rests about their business office waiting on it to sell," says Clive Brown, a realty broker in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
For homeowners, that means searching for a proactive, technology-savvy agent, Hall claims. Given that prospective buyers start with the internet, he states "photos must be professional, newspaper quality, and the summary has to be detailed and crackle."
Likewise, seek out an agent that has some social-media advertising strength. "It's unnerving how much Facebook alone finds out about its users, but at the same time it's pure gold for people hoping to place a product– or in our case, a home listing – in front of the consumer most likely to purchase the house," he shares.
Identifying the right representative for property buyers
On the flip side of the transaction, Robert Palmer, a Real Estate Agent in Jacksonville, Florida, explains there's one thing to be pointed out for a buyer's real estate agent with a sturdy history of closing deals.
"The average property representative sold off only four houses last year," Palmer points out. "Think about in the event that you are purchasing a house and you work with 25% of that person's earnings for the whole entire year. Do you believe they have your best interest in mind, or will these people do almost anything to get the offer wrapped up?"
He says a regular purchaser's real estate agent will simply browse the MLS for homes, but fantastic agents will hunt down homes that typically aren't actually on the market yet. They'll call house owners in the chosen local community or debut a direct-mail advertising initiative in the chosen area with particulars on the purchasers and their family.
Recognize the difference when comparing Realtors and real estate professionals
"Not all real estate brokers are Realtors," says Kellie Tinnin of Albuquerque, New Mexico, whom has operated in real estate for eight years. "The term Realtor® is a subscribed hallmark of the National Association of Realtors." NAR members promise to abide by the group's code of values.
Naturally, similar ethical levels are applied as a matter of federal government and state legislation, no matter if you deal with a Realtor or merely a realty agent.
Agent interviews: Do much better than just interviewing one
Realty professionals recommend purchasers and sellers interview at minimum three brokers. Lots of people do not– they speak to just one and done. Peter Boscas, a realtor in Columbia, Maryland, supplies these agent-hunting tips:
Always request an agent for a listing of recent referrals.
Ask each and every professional you're looking at how they intend to help you find the excellent house (for buyers) or market your home (for sellers).
Bear in mind precisely how an agent addresses your questions. Boscas explains if an agent responds your first request for relevant information with a timely, comprehensive and helpful answer, there is a great chance that agent will supply that kind of service all throughout the transaction.
Ask the agents you're thinking of to present a list of their current sales, not just a standard quantity of sales or sales quantity.


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Berkeley, California (EastBayDaily) — The Bay Area's inkjet printing company in Berkeley, The LightRoom, helping photographers and other artists get the best prints of their images since 1975, will soon be featuring the fine art prints of Tom Rigney, artist, photographer and musician, in the LightRoom gallery from March 19 to April 20. A reception in his honor will be held at The LightRoom studio on March 31 from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibit will feature Rigney's recent giclee prints and is his first public art exhibit in more than a decade.
"I have chosen works that reveal a theme that has emerged somewhat unconsciously over the past few years—a kind of musicality of form and color. I can see that the forms that attract me have serious rhythmic and groove components–they repeat, they flow, they crash into each other, they push and pull, they syncopate, they dance. There is tension, and there is release. Similarly, the color compositions express a variety of moods, some harmonious, some dissonant, some vibrant and joyful, some dark and mysterious," Tom Rigney said.
To create his works, Rigney took original photographs, as well as his hand-rendered art, scanned them at high resolutions into the computer and then manipulated them in various ways–subtle to radical changes–using several different software programs.
"In most cases, the final work bears little, if any, resemblance to the original drawing or photograph. By using original drawings, I feel that I have been able to retain some of the 'chewy' textures and hand gestures of traditional techniques and materials while simultaneously making use of the myriad of possibilities of computer manipulation," Rigney said.
Tom Rigney is a native Californian who has been making art his entire life. He has a Bachelor's Degree from UC Santa Barbara in Art (with a dual emphasis on Fine Art and Art History) and a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from Harvard University.
For more information about Tom Rigney or his artwork, view him on the web at http://www.rigomania.com.
For more information about the upcoming exhibit or any of The LightRoom's products or services, call 510-649-8111, view the company on the web at http://www.lightroom.com or visit 2263 Fifth St. in Berkeley.
About The LightRoom
The LightRoom has been providing photographers and other Bay Area artists with the best photography services since 1975. It has been offering fine art printing since the end of the last century and specializes in pigment inkjet (giclée) printing for Berkeley area clients. From film scanning to the preparation of any digital file to simply working with their own printer-ready files, The LightRoom helps clients get the most out of their work. If needed, the company also outputs digital files for printing on traditional photographic paper through its LightJet printer. The LightRoom also showcases the work of its many talented clients at its studio gallery.


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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Angry Pedophiles Rally for Postage Stamp
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Following remarks by Al Sharpton, the nation's pedophiles held a turbulent demonstration demanding a postage stamp. "We all deserve that stamp, not just Michael Jackson," said spokesperson Edward Littlehand. "Jackson was singled out because of star power. But is that fair? If I have "kid-friendly" fun, I get the county lock-up and a thousand cons trying to shank me. Jackson does it and ends up with a Congressional moment of silence, wall-to-wall media coverage, the Staples Center, and a stamp. Maybe give Jackson the post card stamp and award the rest of us First Class letter." Littlehand praised Sharpton for raising the issue, but stated the pedophile community was keeping its distance. "Associating with Al Sharpton might make us look bad."" (Photo: johnsonmatel.com)
2 comments:
- takineko said...
Their stamp would just be Pedobear.
- July 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM
- Ling Carter said...
No doubt located on the back of the letter.
- July 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM
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Bengaluru Marriott Hotel Whitefield is a premier five-star destination offering exquisite facilities and diners. Savor freshly-prepared dishes and an open kitchen at M Café or cocktails and small bites at M Bar. Enjoy a taste of Italy in Bengaluru at Alto Vino. Soak up cool breeze and poolside views at Whitefield Bar and Grill and relish authentic grills in an outdoor atmosphere. Specializing in breads, pies and more, the Whitefield Baking Company is perfect for a midday pick-me-up.
Club Marriott
Club Marriott offers more at your fingertips; more access to a range of select facilities, more fun at exclusive member events, birthday rewards and kids' surprises, more flavor with year – round savings on fine dining at restaurants across Asia Pacific, more value with our special members' accommodation rates.
Food & Beverage
- 30% off on the food and beverage bill for up to a maximum of twenty (20) guests on a table.
- Member's Day on Saturdays. Avail of a 50% off on the food bill and a 30% off on the beverage bill for up to a maximum of ten (10) guests on a table.
Lifestyle & Accommodation
- 20% off on the Best Available Rate on the base category of rooms.
- 20% off at the Serena Spa.
Certificate Benefits
Dining & Beverage
- One (1) certificate entitling the Bearer to buffet breakfast for two (2) guests at M Café. This benefit is not valid over Sunday Brunch.
- Two (2) certificate entitling the Bearer to buffet lunch or dinner for two (2) guests at M Café. This benefit is not valid over Sunday Brunch.
- One (1) certificate entitling the Bearer to a Chocolate Cake (max. 1 Kg), while dining at any of the restaurants at the hotel.
- One (1) certificate entitling the Bearer to a bottle of Indian House Wine or a Chocolate Cake (max. 1 Kg), while dining at any of the restaurants at the hotel.
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- One (1) certificate entitling the Bearer to a one night stay in the base category of rooms. This benefit is valid for two (2) guests over weekends (Friday, Saturday or Sunday).
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- Five (5) certificates entitling the Member to day use / access of the hotel Swimming Pool (for two adults and two children below the age of 12 years) or the Gymnasium (for two adults) at the Health Club. This certificate is valid from Monday to Friday. House rules apply.
- Two (2) certificates entitling the Member to a 50% off on any spa / massage treatment for a couple at Serena Spa. This benefit is valid from Monday to Thursday.
Hotel Benefits
Benefits at Marriott Hotels in India
- Up to a 20% off on the Best Available Rate on the base category of rooms.
- 20% off on the food and beverage bill at the restaurants for up to a maximum of ten (10) guests.
- Five (5) certificates offering the Member a 30% off on accommodation on the Best Available Rate on the base category of rooms, valid for a stay of a maximum of two (2) consecutive nights per certificate.
Benefits at Marriott Hotels in Asia Pacific
- Up to a 20% off on the food and beverage bill at the restaurants for up to a maximum of ten (10) guests. Savings on premium wines and spirits are offered at select hotels only.
- Up to a 20% off on the Weekend Best Available Rates. (Subject to availability)
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- Club Marriott is a membership program that offers dining and accommodation privileges to individuals at participating hotels of Marriott International in Asia Pacific.
- The membership term (validity period) shall be 12 calendar months from the date of issuance of the membership.
- The membership card and the certificates are valid as printed and cannot be extended or revalidated. The certificates cannot be replaced if lost or stolen.
- The dedicated Member Help Desk is open from 9:30 am to 6 pm, Monday through Saturday except on public holidays.
- The membership card and the certificates have no cash value and cannot be traded for any other service.
- The membership card is not transferable. Only one card can be used for one dining group of up to twenty (20) guests.
- The total amount of the membership fee will be refunded provided the membership has not been used and the refund is requested by the Member within 15 days of acceptance of the membership. The refund will only be actioned after the receipt of the membership card, all the certificates and a written cancellation request.
- Presentation of the Club Marriott Membership Card is imperative for availing the benefits under this program. A photo ID can be requested to confirm identity.
- Terms of use of participating hotels, restaurants and membership benefits are subject to change without prior notice. Club Marriott membership benefits are not applicable at The Ritz-Carlton Bangalore, Luxury Collection Hotels and the Marriott Executive Apartments. Please refer to www.clubmarriott.in for the latest updates.
- Marriott Hotels India Pvt. Ltd. reserves the right to add, modify, withdraw or delete any of the benefits, rules, terms of use and the duration of the program, with or without prior notice. All decisions in this regard shall be final and binding on the members of the program.
- Marriott Hotels India Pvt Ltd reserves the right to deny a membership to any individual without assigning a reason.
- Fraud or abuse concerning the program membership is subject to appropriate administrative and/or legal action by Marriott Hotels India Pvt. Ltd. including termination of the membership.
- Lost or stolen membership cards must be immediately reported to the Member Help Desk. An administrative fee of Rs. 500 + taxes will be charged for a replacement membership card. The new issued card shall have the same expiry as the original membership card.
- Club Marriott shall not be liable for any amount greater than the membership fee to any Member as a result of his or her membership.
- Without prejudice to any other mode of proof, through the payment of the Club Marriott membership or the use of the membership card or any of the certificates, the Member accepts these terms of use, as amended from time to time on www.clubmarriott.in and agrees to be bound by them.
- In the event of a dispute, Marriott Hotels India Pvt. Ltd. reserves the right for final interpretation of these terms of use.
- It is recommended to make a reservation in advance clearly stating the use of the membership benefits at the hotels to avoid any disappointment on arrival.
- If you wish to avail of GST input credit (as per the provisions and conditions under GST Law), we request you to send us your GST Registration number, Company Name and GST Registration State within one week of the receipt of receiving the membership package, so that we can update our records to enable you to take an input credit of the GST amount on the membership fee, if applicable.
- Membership benefits may vary, depending on the location where the membership is purchased and used.
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- Membership savings are available on a table of up to a maximum of twenty (20) guests while dining at designated restaurants of the hotel.
- To avail of the dining benefits, the minimum requirement is that two (2) food items must be ordered.
- Savings are not applicable in conjunction with any other special promotion or discount program.
- The value of the specific saving shall not include central, state, local taxes, off-premise, takeaway or room service orders. Card benefits and certificates are not applicable during Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Independence Day or any other day as specified by the hotel.
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- All reservations are subject to room allocation availability. Room bookings must be made with the Club Marriott Member Help Desk or online on www.marriott.com by quoting the applicable corporate promo code under the section Special Rates.
- Reservations can only be made within 30 days of arrival or as stated on the certificates. Blackout dates may apply.
- Bookings made through Travel Agents, Corporations or any third parties are not eligible for reservations or savings under this program. All reservations under this Program are non-commissionable.
- Amendments or cancellations of room reservations must be made with a 72-hour prior notice.
- Hotel Cancellation Policy will apply with respect to retention charges.
- Please surrender the relevant accommodation certificate and present valid photo Id's of both the occupants of the room to avail of the accommodation benefits.
- Early check-in, late check-out or specific room type requests are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed at the time of reservation.
- All certificates are for one-time use only; must be surrendered at the time of arrival, have to be utilized in full and cannot be exchanged for cash or any other service.
- The benefits given in the certificates are accompanied by the terms of use given on the face and on the reverse of the certificate.
- House rules are applicable on use of the Swimming Pool, Health Club and the Spa.


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Leafyishere's disappearance will be explained in Keemstar's next video
24 October 2018, 15:52
Keemstar has released the trailer for his interview with Leafyishere.
For months now, the internet has been wondering where the YouTuber Leafyishere (Calvin Lee Vail) has been and now, int he plot twist of all plot twists, Keemstar appears to have found him, and is going to release a 'Drama Alert' episode on the controversial ex-YouTuber. Keemstar has just released the trailer, and it looks insane.
Keemstar has been claiming to have interviewed Leafy, who has been 'missing' for quite some time now. Leafy seemingly just dropped off the face of the internet with no goodbye. Despite various Reddit investigations, no one really knows what he's doing, where he is, or why he left.
The trailer makes it seem as though Keemstar is going to go down the 'Shane Dawson documentary' style, with dramatic music, dark shots, and a whole lot of suspense. It doesn't give much away about the interview, but instead is a little summary of what Leafy is like, with some hints as to why he may have left.
It's all very gripping.
This whole thing started when Keemstar claimed that himself and Leafy, along with YouTubers BillyTheFridge and Colossal is Crazy, had a chat, and that this would all be aired on 'Drama Alert' this week. Then shit hit the fan because WHAT THE HELL. No one even knows how or why they have Leafy's number, and people were wondering why Leafy and Keemstar would even talk, let alone appear on 'Drama Alert', as they've had so much beef over the years.
Why would you do an interview with him? He literally backstabbed you, lied about you, made God knows how many videos on you, he manipulated your words and made terrible content. But I gotta admit, this sounds pretty interesting.— Maverick Hunter Zero (@M_H_Zero_) October 24, 2018
Whatever people thought about the whole situation, hype was building around this interview.
First time I've ever been excited for a drama alert!— Senax (@_senax) October 22, 2018
Everyone saying that don't care, I do. Leafy just disappeared and I wanna see an interview about why he left, his channel, his thoughts on YouTube after he left. That shit interesting.— ImTemper 🌐 (@LegacyLads) October 23, 2018
SKDKSKKSOFOE E I HATE YOU WTF YOU CANT TEASE US LIKE THIS IVE MISSED LEAFY TOO MUCH FOR THIS— Kaitlynn 🐳 (@evilemogirl101) October 23, 2018
But the hype led to people harassing Keemstar, asking when the video would be released, even though he said it would be on Wednesday 24th at the earliest, and that he would release a trailer first.
Keemstar didn't enjoy the hounding, so he CANCELLED THE INTERVIEW.
I canceled the Leafy Interview!— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) October 23, 2018
Cus i said 100 times it would not be out till wens & i keep getting tweets "Where is the leafy interview"
so now its not coming out at all!
Congrats you played yourself!
This led some people to think there was no interview in the first place, and that Keemstar just wanted clicks, but most people were just SAD. Our fave docu-series legend Shane Dawson, was one of these people, and I guess Keemstar was so touched by his Tweet that he saved the interview! But he also warned people asking for the Leafy interview to be released early to shut up.
You are lucky Shane saved it! https://t.co/f3l6FOjhY0— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) October 23, 2018
If 1 more of you emo hissing nerds ask me for the Leafy Interview early!— KEEM 🍿 (@KEEMSTAR) October 23, 2018
You will never see that little sociopath again!!!!!
The actual video will be posted tomorrow (Thursday 25th October) evening, and we are hyped af to see that interview.


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Adult Scoliosis
Adults, children and teenagers with scoliosis are all affected by what is known as the 'Vicious Cycle'. Once their structural scoliosis has begun, a vicious cycle of asymmetrical gravitational loading takes over. As the Vicious Cycle takes hold it causes: more changes in the deformed vertebrae; further progression of the curve, which looses its flexibility; and further changes in trunk deformity.
Excluding scoliosis that develops early in life or from a separate syndrome there are 2 types of adult scoliosis: adult idiopathic scoliosis and adult degenerative scoliosis, also known as de novo (new) scoliosis. Whilst the former is a progression and worsening of the disorder from either childhood or adolescence, of which the cause is unknown, the latter relates to aging.
Degeneration of discs and spinal (facet) joints, which can also lead to spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal, causing nerve impingement), are common factors in both types of adult scoliosis. Whilst adult idiopathic scoliosis can appear in both thoracic and lumbar spine, adult degenerative scoliosis usually occurs in the lumbar spine. When viewed from the side, the lumbar spine often appears to have flattened, loosing its normal curve (lordosis).
According to the Scoliosis Research Society, the 2 most common symptoms of adult idiopathic scoliosis are low back pain and stiffness. Depending on the extent of degeneration in the spine, other symptoms include numbness, cramping and shooting pain in the legs due to nerve impingement; and fatigue to due the strain on back and leg muscles. Back pain; numbness; and shooting pain down the leg are symptoms associated with adult degenerative scoliosis.
The Schroth Method helps adults with scoliosis understand the adverse nature of the Vicious Cycle and how to correct their muscle and postural imbalances with scoliosis specific exercises and posture. The exercises can help to restore symmetrical posture, improve balance and mobility, reduce the symptoms of pain, and have a positive affect on preventing curve progression.
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By Laman Ismayilova
As winter gives way and nature awakes, something magical comes in our life. All nature awakes after cold winter days, fields bloom in dazzling shades colors.
The Earth Tuesday is a special day as it is close to Novruz holiday.
Nature awakes after the frozen stillness. This is a wonderful time to enjoy the sounds of birdsong or the smell of the earth.
The Last Tuesday of Novruz, is celebrated by making a bonfire. Everyone should jump over the blessed fire at least seven times.
Khoncha, a tray with sweets, nuts fruits and dyed eggs is a part of the holiday table. Sour or bitter things are not included on the khoncha.
Another interesting tradition of the Last Tuesday is when young girls and boys secretly listen to conversations inside neighbors' houses. This tradition is also known as a "Gulag faly".
Before approaching the door they make a wish. If they hear something positive it means that their wishes will come true. Therefore, on the Last Tuesday people try to talk positively in their homes, so that those listening in won't get upset.
All family members gather at the family home and celebrate the holiday together. As a sign of this unity, candles should be lit for every family member. A candle means light or fire protecting a person from evil spirits.
Everyone chooses a candle and makes a wish and whoever's candle burns longest will have their wish come true.
In country's regions, the Last Tuesday is also called Yeddiloyun, Yeddilavin and sometimes Yeddisin, which means "Seven types".
People believe there should be seven items on the Last Tuesday table and their names should all begin with the letter "S" in Azerbaijani. For example, water (su), wheat shoots (samani), sumakh, vinegar (sirke), sabzi (greens), onion (sogan), garlic (sarimsag), etc. Except for the listed dishes there should be a mirror.
Families usually burn rue (uzarlik) which protects from the evil and negativity.
Young people and children also enjoy games such as dasmalatdi (throwing kerchief), shalsallama(shaking the shawl), gurshagatdi (throwing the belt) and gurshagsallama (shaking the belt).
Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova
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This client wanted a red-clay palette to showcase his Mexican Art.
After, the view from the kitchen.Added warmth. Added fun.
Niches were already built in.Before: Builder beige
This is the darkest shade of the custom palette, to accentuate the smallest treasures
Yes.Happy to.
"Can we add some salsa drama here?" asked the client
Living before.
Living After
We used the existing warm woods as a palette. Serene.
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Investors have special interest in the stock market. They keep an active check on different shares, & funds to get more out of the dividends & earn more profit. Experienced investors know how to make the best out of the under value stocks. If you too want to learn stock market tips regarding benefits of under value stocks, then you just need to keep in mind the below mentioned tips.
The decision of investing in under value stock
With the ups & downs of the market, even the experienced investors come in doubt whether to hold the stocks or sell them off. During such ups & downs, investing the money in under value stock is actually a wiser decision if it is based on thorough research on the company and its future prospects.
Be patient: Being in rush may alter the situation
The stock market isn't for the impatient people. You should never be in haste while investing in the stock market. Don't make investment in any stock just because your friend or some known one is investing in it; you might get mislead with that. Do your own research & understand why a particular undervalued stock is a good buy for you.
Choosing stock online
While trading online, you can choose your stocks wisely with the help of the traders. Create an account and trade in the stocks within few seconds with few clicks. But be careful with your credit card details and never reveal the details.
Reading books on under value stocks
More you know about the under value stock, better it is. You can go through several books on these stocks by expert. By reading, you can easily learn to add value with such stock.
Certain things you must check while investing
1. Stability in company's earning history
2. Company shouldn't have specialization in high-technology, as that might become obsolete overnight
3. Company is out of any financial rumour
4. Profits realized from capital gains shouldn't be the reason behind company's low Price Earning ratio
5. Major decline in profitability shouldn't be the reason behind company's low PE ratio
6. Shares of the company at below the tangible asset value
7. Company's credit rating is AAA, AA, or A, or even better
8. Company didn't record loss during last recession
The under priced stock, having value much lower than the actual value, can always help in beating the stock market. You can do a deep research upon the stock & the company and take a smarter decision of investing in right stock to earn money.