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Retirees often rely on family members for financial support to supplement their Social Security and retirement income. You can claim your mother as a dependent on your income tax return if she meets certain tests to be considered your "qualifying relative." Among other things, your mother's gross income and the amount of support you provide determine whether you can claim her on your tax return.
Dependent Exemption Basics
The Internal Revenue Service offers a tax exemption that reduces taxable income by $3,800 for each dependent you claim on your tax return. Generally speaking, dependents include children and adults whom you support financially. Certain adults must live with you the entire year as a member of your household to qualify as your dependents, but your parent does not have to live with you to qualify.
Gross Income Test
The gross income test requires your qualifying relative to have gross taxable income that is less than a dependent exemption. In other words, your parent needs to make less than $3,800 a year to qualify as your dependent. Tax-exempt income, such as certain Social Security benefits, is not included in gross income. If Social Security is your mother's only income source, her benefits are not taxable so she meets the gross income test.
Support Test
The support test requires you to provide more than half of your mother's support for the year to claim her as your dependent. For example, if your mother receives $3,000 from Social Security and spends $2,000 of that income to support herself, you must spend at least $2,001 on her support to claim her as a dependent. Income your parent receives but does not spend does not count as support.
Multiple Caregivers
In some cases, several children or other relations work together to provide support for older family members. If no individual provides more than half of your mother's support, but two or more people provide for more than half of her support, one of the caregivers that provides more than 10 percent of her support can claim her as a dependent. The support providers who do not claim the exemption must sign a statement agreeing not to claim the exemption.
- Internal Revenue Service: Publication 501 - Main Content
- Internal Revenue Service: Personal Exemptions and Dependents
- Internal Revenue Service: Six Important Facts about Dependents and Exemptions
- Internal Revenue Service: In 2012, Many Tax Benefits Increase Due to Inflation Adjustments
- Internal Revenue Service: Gross Income Test
- Internal Revenue Service: Are Your Social Security Benefits Taxable?


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September 11, 2014
Falling for Begonias at the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse
I just received a News Release from the folks at the NPC reminding me that the annual Fall Reiger Begonia display is now on.
This is one of the most colourful greenhouse displays shown each year. The show consists of a mix of fall colours including, orange, yellow, pink and red.
The NPC dose nothing in a small way. They Reigers have double blooms and are approximately 3.8 centimetres (1.5 inches) in diameter.
The Showhouse has been around for the past 68 years and is located just five minutes south of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
There is an admission fee of $5.00 for adults and $3.75 for children six to 12 years of age.
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Liverpool's independent coffee shop and eatery at Allerton Road.
Liverpool's newest, quirkiest eatery serving innovative and interesting food 7 days a week. From our speciality pancakes, waffles and Ultimate Shakes to our signature dishes such as traditional Chicken Soup and Salt Beef Sandwiches we have something to tempt you. All-day breakfasts, home made soups, home made cakes, all-day lunch, Italian hand-made ice cream and afternoon tea. And fabulous coffee's made with love by our independent barista's and brew teas!
We serve an ever growing range of Gluten-Free pancakes (including American pancakes), bread, cakes, cookies, sausages, scones and sandwich platters. We work in partnership with Coeliac UK Liverpool Voluntary Support Group and are always looking to develop our product range, so all suggestions are very welcome.
We are passionate about good food, freshly created by our team who just love food. We source our food from like-minded food and drink creator so that our customers can enjoy great food and drinks that are just bursting with great flavours.
We are experts at creating fabulous events for business and pleasure - see the business and party sections of our website for all kinds of events - from Children's Pancake Parties to evening Family Celebrations, Outside Catering and sandwich platters.
Want the WOW factor at your wedding? Have sweet pancakes on your big day!
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Zulu Wedding with an English Twist – Sharyn and Mark
Sometimes a client comes along that warms your cockles. A pair that make you so happy when you work for them that you want to work for them every week. Sharyn and Mark are that pair. Totally into their images and enough knowledge to back up why. They also felt totally comfortable allowing Darren and I to get on with things the way we know how. The end result is one of the best Tithe Barn weddings I've ever shot. I suppose I should give a bit of credit to the mass of South Africans (Sharyn is from SA) who made their way to the Hampshire countryside. My experience tells me that if you want to have a wild party, hire in a bunch of them. If you are looking for a Tithe Barn Wedding Photographer I hope you enjoy this slideshow and I look forward to hearing from you soon.


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In 50 years, the use of plastic has increased twenty-fold, and certain consumer products contain more than 50 different plastic resins. So recycling them poses a technical challenge. As a key player in plastics recycling, SUEZ is an expert in all plastic recycling techniques for bottles, containers, plastic films, technical industrial plastics etc., even the most complex techniques need to recycle food-grade plastics.
Our solutions cover the whole value chain to produce secondary raw materials to satisfy the highest standards:
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Wood containing no chemical products can be burned in private or communal boiler plants. Non-reusable pallets are crushed to make chips that can be used in chipboard or heating pellets, while reusable pallets are repaired and returned to service.
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Design a funny Uber sign (so passengers can see it) and suggest affordable printing company (delivers to US address) -- 2
Budget $10-30 USD
I want a sign similar to this to encourage active riders and tipping:
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What it should read.:
Not comfortable? Tell me and I'll change it!
Happy with your ride? Consider a tip. Tipping makes you a rockstar but it is not required.
Would you like to travel to Asia in Business Class for $600 Return - ask me how.
Want to drive for Uber and earn $500 sign-up bonus? Ask me for a referral code.
Did you know - only super high rating scores make us eligible for for promotions - just one '4 Star rating' can ruin a rating - so what can I do to make your ride '5 Star'?
If you leave a rating please indicate what you liked with that little button (i.e. 'Great conversation').
Uber loves you!
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Duvet covers function buttons and zippers, which make it easier to get rid of these covers and wash them. However, the duvet in itself need to not be cleaned unless particularly discussed on the label as 'washable'. The reason being, a duvet is made from soft, natural filling, which might transform into globs after drying out.
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For box pleated spreads, add two times the length of the bed plus the width of the bed together with 4 inches for each individual pleat. Also, add seam allowances and a 3 inch hem. Many pleated spreads have many pleats spaced at routine periods. Nevertheless, some customized designs are kind fitting with pleats only at the corners. This style needs less fabric than other pleated designs.
One of the most well known luxury bedding designs is goose feather filled bedding which a great deal of individuals will vouch is the nicest means to rest. Nevertheless that is commonly due to the fact that they have not yet uncovered silk filled duvets which can go an action further when it concerns getting a respectable and comfortable nights' sleep.
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A great deal of us use duvets in order to feel warm as we rest. Depending on what we desire, the duvets that everyone has might vary in regards to the filling that was made use of. Similar to pillows, duvets are generally fulled of cotton, down or feather and other products to make it soft and offer the heat that is needed by everyone. Maintaining duvets are essential in order to keep its quality and to keep it comfy. Right here are some tips that you can do in order to keep the quality of your duvet.
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Unlike the pillow covers, the pillow shams have flange which is an additional material piece extending from the pillow shams are attached on both the edges. These add even more sophistication and completing to the pillows. Most of the decorative pillow shams featured elaborated decorations. The bed skirts are put between the mattress and box springs that reach the floor and hide the box springs. These add additional elegance and grace to a rooms interior. Typically, bed skirts are used with coverlets, comforter and duvets sets.
Fulled of Canadian, Siberian or Hungarian goose down, the natural duvets are extremely resilient and impressively breathable. By helping to manage your body temperature level whilst you are sleeping, your down duvet will assist you to remain warm in the winter season whilst ensuring you are nice and cool during the summer season.
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Satin comforters provide opulence and sensuous satisfaction that just a real quality satin can bring. Satin provides beauty to an easy conventional bedroom and adds a charming atmosphere. The bridal satin comforters of exceptional quality are the glossiest and most elegant satin existing.
The other aspect you must check out is the softness of the material. For that reason, you must look for a cotton material that is highly threaded. So many companies focus on highly threaded material. Study on them to get the one that provide bedding with the best quality. This will enable you to not only get the best deign however likewise the best quality.
All of these luxury bed linens are premium, and by buying a set you will commonly have the ability to get a better cost. Not to discuss the fact that you can ensure that everything will match. Many individuals who are looking for luxury bed linens neglect buying these sets, and end up investing more money in the long run.
When it comes to warmth and comfort it is tough to find a better comforter than one made from down. Keeping you cozy warm and cozy when those cold winds blow without extreme weight is their number one feature. As you buy your numerous options between down and option down comforters below are some practical tips that you should remember.
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It is a presumption, that if you are a guy, in your bedroom, your mattress is on the floor, with a camouflage blanket and clothes in boxes. That is far from the truth. Take the family man's bedroom. If it is masculine, that does not indicate it can not be fun, romantic as well as appealing to the lady of the residence. It is much easier to develop a bedroom to show a guy's designs that a lady will take pleasure in than it is to develop a "girly" look that a guy will take pleasure in and be comfortable with.
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Goose down is the most natural, comfy kind of queen sheets set and is delighted in by everyone! When geese farms mainly in Canada and Hungary choose goose feathers to make these bed linens, they choose the very best. By managing the geese with excellent care, feeding them the very best food and continuous managing it makes sure a much better batch of feathers. Yes, it possibly more costly however you will not find a much better quality anywhere else.


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Entry 5: Proba-2 powered up
6 September 2009 – The 45-minute bus ride to the MIK is a last chance to grab some rest before the work day begins in earnest.
In the clean room activities proceed with a successful inspection of the spacecraft's solar arrays, checking the health of its battery and preparing for propellant filling. In the meantime in the EGSE chamber preparations take place for powering up and full functional testing of the spacecraft.
At 11:30 comes an exciting moment: the first power up of Proba-2 after the long trip from its homeland. After nominal boot-up of the onboard computer, the rest of the day is spent verifying the full functionality of each and every electronic unit of the platform. The team is pleased to find that their 'baby' Proba-2 is now not only safe in Russia but also alive and kicking.


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I love the way this shirt looked online. However, I made the mistake of tearing the tags off before trying it on. It's very fitted so size up and it's very see through! The front and back is longer compared to the sides which go up too high. It could have been better.
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The statue of a soldier atop the Taber cenotaph, crafted by an Italian sculptor, is considered by some to be a near perfect replica of a Canadian soldier.
For Doug Lacey, it's simply a familiar face – his grandfather.
The Taber resident was raised by his grandfather, Thomas Love, who was also a local veteran of the First World War – and who posed for a picture that was then sent to Italy to create the memorial decades ago.
"He's a pretty modest man. He said, 'I was the only guy whose uniform still fit,'" Lacey says.
"It's quite a likeness of him. It's the spitting image."
According to Lacey, Love rarely spoke of his experiences in the war, which claimed the life of his brother, Robert. As a child, Lacey was proud to stand with his grandfather each Remembrance Day to commemorate the sacrifice of local soldiers.
Along with the men who fell in the Second World War, the names of the 25 Taber men who died in the Great War are inscribed on the monument, which stands close to the centre of town.


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Beginners Painting
Designed for absolute beginners as well as those who wish to re-invigorate their existing skills, this course will show you how to manipulate acrylic and oil paint with confidence and precision.
Structured around the life model, this focused exploration of painting methods and materials will allow you to indulge in your creativity with confidence. Through a series of highly informative and clearly explained studies, you will learn the fundamental technical skills required for effective painterly expression.
A combination of practical exercises and short lectures will encourage students to develop a critical understanding of form, texture, colour and art theory.
Emphasising individual development and experimentation at all times, this course is ideal for those looking to develop a personal approach to painting.
The course culminates with the study of combined practice, in which you will bring together all acquired techniques to create a completed painting on canvas. This, we hope, will be the first of many to come!
It is essential that you attend the first session for an introduction to the course and an in-depth lecture on materials and practice.
Topics covered include:
• Mark-making techniques
• Chiaroscuro
• Human body proportion
• Painting composition
• Colour theory and its place in contemporary art and art history.
This course is an opportunity for you to:
• Gain a solid understanding of the key skills required to manipulate both acrylic and oil paint
• Develop the confidence to employ a variety of painting methods and materials
• Produce a number of figure paintings in both oil and acrylic paint that can be used in portfolios
• Get advice on the potential next steps in your artistic journey.
Who should take this course?
Absolute beginners are welcome, as are those who wish to strengthen their portfolio application to further studies.
The course is also suitable to anyone with previous experience wishing to refresh their painting skills.
Entry requirements
"Alice White was brilliant at conveying a lot of information in a clear and compelling way. She was highly engaging and enthusiastic and clearly loves her subject and her practice. One of the best teachers I have had in any subject, ever! "(M Howard-Hope, August 2016).
Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and older
Tutor Description
Alice White is a professional oil painter based in London. She has many years of experience teaching painting at Central Saint Martins. Courses that she teaches include Beginners Painting, Painting the Nude, Still Life and Contemporary Oil Painting.
Please bring with you to the first session:
• An A3 portfolio or tube to carry work home with you
• A3 Paper Pad - suitable for acrylic paint
• A3 Pad of Canvas Paper - suitable for oil paint
• Palette
• Willow Charcoal
• Masking Tape
• Synthetic brushes. Various sizes and shapes, for use with acrylic paint. (If you are in doubt about which size to buy, you are advised that the smallest brush should be about the size of your little finger, and the largest brush about the size of your thumb.)
• Acrylic Paint (Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizerin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Raw Umber, Black and White)
• Hogs Hair brushes. Various sizes and shapes, for use with oil paint. (please follow the guide for acrylic brush types above.)
• Oil Paint (Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Alizerin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Raw Umber, Black and White)
• Water Pots
• Oil rag/ kitchen cloth
• Small sketch/note book
For Health and Safety reasons students are not allowed to bring any solvents to the studio. We will provide low odour mineral spirits.
Any kind of spray products, turpentine or white spirits are banned from the building and the internal courtyard.
Later on in the course you will need a stretched and primed canvas. It should be larger than A3 size but the actual dimensions are up to you. Your tutor will discuss this with you during the course.


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According to a report on Read Write Web, there is a hint that twitter might just start sharing the Geographic locations of your tweets.
This is disastrous to say the least, whatever little privacy was left may completely disappear with this move, hopefully twitter should be smart enough to allow users to control whether or not their geo-locations should be shared with others, otherwise this will cause a much bigger backlash than the issue they created with @replies.
This information may no doubt come in pretty handy to developers and marketing guys, however it should not come at the cost of twitter users.
However as far as I am concerned, twitter would make a big mistake sharing that information without giving me a choice to not share it, if that happens it will hasten the end of twitter to no means.
It has grown immensely only on the power of its users, if they disappoint them and share such information without consent, I believe in addition to a backlash they may also start losing users at a rapid pace.
What are your thoughts about this decision by twitter? Would you want to share the geo-location of your tweets? Let me know.


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When Berkley Priest and Kenny (Kreator) Perkins met earlier this year, two extraordinary talents merged to form a powerful and raw band called Cata9tales. With undercurrents of love and hope they shy not from the truth, but rather embrace it with their whole being. Armed with brutally honest lyrics and an old-school beat, Cata9tales lights the path for all of those who have been lost or forgotten in the chaotic pages of life. Their debut album is available for FREE download at their official website www.cata9tales.com.
EV: Welcome to Entertainment Vine, Berkley. Thank you for taking the time to discuss Cata9tales and your debut album "Kick the Bad Love."
BP: Absolutely. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me! We're psyched that people are embracing the band and record the way they have, and we're honored that you would ask to interview us.
EV: When did your love for music first begin?
BP: Oh, wow. I think it's always been on my radar. I mean, it's on everyone's – who doesn't love music? But I think I recognized pretty young that it was a viable form of expression for me. I remember writing my first song in 5th grade…it was all about love and death. Pretty heavy stuff for a 5th grader! I'm not a dark, heavy person, but maybe that's because I get it out through my lyrics. As long as I can remember I've been starting bands, long before I ever learned to play. I was just in love with the idea. My folks said I would run around with a guitar doing Elvis impersonations from the time I could talk. I started playing drums when I was 12, and from then on I was either drumming, singing, or both. I'm a much better drummer than I am singer, but that rhythm became ingrained in me, and I'm very theatrical – I love to perform – so my singing became rhyming, and the bass drum became my heart. I've always been a music nerd, so has Kenny, the other half of Cata9tales. We haven't known each other that long, but the more we talk, the more I realize that we both come from very similar musical backgrounds. We can have in-depth discussions about the tiniest nuances of obscure albums like only music nerds can do. So the short answer is always, though it has reared its head to different degrees throughout my life.
EV: Is there a specific type of music that inspires you? Or do you have a go-to band you listen to while working on new material?
BP: I actually try to stay away from listening to other bands when I'm writing. I'm like a sponge, and if I'm listening to something for inspiration it will inevitably bleed over into whatever I'm working on. I try to clear my head of all that and let all of my influences get a fair shot at my brain wave. I don't really listen to a lot of hip-hop for that reason, at least not when I'm writing and recording. If I hit writer's block I'll go find a good singer-songwriter album, or a punk or metal-core record that will jar my senses. When I was writing this record, I was listening to a lot of Every Time I Die, My Chemical Romance, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. It's funny that the music I listen to the most is not at all the music I make, but I like to think it helps me come from an original angle. I'm not trying to be a rapper. I'm a lyricist who rhymes and is influenced by hip-hop, but I don't think I possess any of the traditional earmarks of a rapper.
EV: Not too long ago you were practicing law. Would you walk us through the incredible journey that led you to pursue music and create Cata9tales?
BP: What a long strange trip it's been (laughs). Basically music has always been my first love, though I have been an actor, writer, graphic artist, producer and attorney at various stages in my life. To me, being in a band or being a musician in today's media age is the perfect platform to use all of those skills. You have the music side, you have the promotion side, and you have the business side. I lived in New York and Los Angeles for years as a total bohemian artist before I went to law school. I went to law school just to give myself some business sense because I was so far on the artist side that I had no idea how the machine really worked, and because I realized that if this was going to happen for me I was going to have to do it myself, and I would have to be armed. I actually played in bands all through law school – I was not your typical law student at all! I was vocalist for a band called Primitive Minds, kind of a jam-band, 311 type thing. Law school added to my arsenal. I never intended to be a courtroom lawyer, but when I finished school I found myself massively in debt, so I took a job in Virginia Beach working for an attorney that I actually knew from my hometown. I wasn't doing what I loved, but I was making a lot of money and thought, "well, I guess this is it, this is what I'll do. I've become the status quo." Honestly fear had a lot to do with it. I was taking the safe path, which is not my style at all. God had other plans, but He was going to take me through a dark place to get there.
I had been practicing for about six months, working for my friend/law partner and renting a room in his house, when I came home one Monday afternoon and found him hanging from the ceiling. No note, nothing – just the lifeless body of someone that I had spent the last six months working and living with, pretty much being around him 24/7. I didn't see it coming, and it hit me hard. I think that's when the seeds for my struggle with alcohol were planted, but it would take a while for them to fully blossom into a beast. I poured myself into work, but I was a hot mess. Soon after I met a girl who I had gone to high school with but never met before. We met in church. I was pressing in to God but definitely was not sold out, and she showed up in the right place at the right time. I thought everything was going to be ok, that this was a life raft that had been sent my way. We were married three months when she up and walked away, and told me God had freed her from the marriage. I don't want to go into that much further out of respect for her, even though she probably doesn't deserve it. She was just up and gone – refused counseling, refused to try to work it out, gone. I was a mess – everything I had been through with the death of my roommate and all the heartache of her abandonment came crashing down on me. I actually haven't seen her since the day she walked out. I handled the divorce. But I was a disaster, and pretty soon I was a full blown alcoholic. I was frightfully depressed and honestly, suicidal. I crashed a car one night and got a D.U.I. I went to rehab, got clean and went back to practicing law, but within the year I relapsed and got another D.U.I., though I wasn't actually driving a car. I was on a scooter of all things – I at least had the sense not to get behind the wheel, though I apparently didn't have the sense not to get on the highway. So there I was, a divorced, lonely, overweight, depressed, suicidal mess, and I was going to jail. Ladies and gentlemen, this is rock bottom.
But something funny happens when you're at your lowest point. Just before I went to jail I felt the strangest calm wash over me, and in the strangest way I welcomed the experience. I set goals for myself: I was going to read the Bible cover to cover, I was going to lose 30 pounds, and I was going to reconnect with God. I did all three. Three months after I went in, I walked out of jail 35 pounds lighter, a Bible beaten and worn from being read twice, and a new spiritual focus. I was facing four months on house arrest, but I had a new goal: I was going to release an album.
I had been playing in a rock band called All The Young Lions during the entire drunk, depressed period before I got locked up. But I wanted to do something different. I wanted to put my experiences into lyrics and I knew I had to perform them to bring them to life. I'm not a great singer, but I can rhyme. And by the grace of God I met Kenny right when I got out of jail. So over the next two months, while I was on house arrest and working ten hour days doing construction, Kenny and I wrote and recorded what would become "Kick The Bad Love." By the time I was off house arrest the album was out and we were on our way. So basically the music was always there, it was always a part of me, but it took going through that incredibly dark period to give birth to what I feel is the best musical partnership I have ever been a part of.
I am happier than I have ever been. I have embraced the darkness and come out of it a better man, a better musician, and a firm believer in the power of God. It's only by God's grace that I got through it and have done what I've done. It's by no strength of my own. That calm I said I felt before going to jail – that was God preparing me. And I knew I was going to do Cata9tales long before I went to jail – the seeds were there, in my head, though it hadn't taken shape yet.
These songs are a catharsis. I'm so thankful that I met Kenny when I did and that his music was SO good…it made it easy for me to focus on the words and create a soundtrack to redemption. The songs have darkness, but they also are filled with hope. God is in this project, I know that for a fact. And I truly believe that as long as I keep Him first, this group will fly.
EV: After pouring so much of yourself into each song, do you feel that this album has been your lifeline or more of a way to make amends?
BP: I think it's really a statement more than anything. A statement that God is real, that you can overcome the darkness in your life if you give Him the reigns, and that there is hope, even when it seems that there is none. You find hope in the strangest of places. I found it in jail. I couldn't find it on my own – God had to get me alone to work on me. I'm hardheaded. He had to give me a spiritual whipping.
I wouldn't call it a lifeline – God is my lifeline – but it is definitely an expression and a soundtrack to my life. I don't know where the music is headed from here. We are definitely going to keep going, and I think we're off to a good start. As I grow as a person I want the music to grow with me. I have made amends, but the songs weren't really about that. They were about reaching out, and being vulnerable. Showing all my warts and scars. And showing that these scars are stories, and that if we press into God and hold onto each other we can all take the elevator to the top. Above all, this album is honest. That's what my real goal was. Honesty. This album and this group are a part of me, and hopefully just a hint of what's to come.
EV: You are living proof that people can change. What advice would you offer others who may be struggling with addiction or depression?
BP: Get help. I tried to deal with it myself, and it only made the addiction and depression worse. Be honest with people, but more importantly, be honest with yourself. Honesty was never my strongest suit. I always was kind of two people: the real Berkley, and the Berkley I led people to believe I was, the guy who had it all together, the man with the plan. Going through what I did forced me to be honest. Frankly, it forced me to deal with my own bullshit. And only by confronting the ugly truth and embracing it – being honest with yourself and everyone else – can any progress be made. For me God was the integral part of that, a full surrender. Only then did I start seeing and feeling results. Some people don't believe in that, but they have to figure it out for themselves. Honesty, whether you believe in a higher power or not, is the first step to overcoming addiction and depression. And let people help you. It took a long time for me to get there. But when you're honest people will forgive, and people will help. So start there.
EV: The first video off of Kick the Bad Love is "Loveletters, Bloodletters." How does it feel to see your words and emotions come to life?
BP: It's definitely kind of crazy. When I was recording the record I wasn't allowing myself to think further than that, to videos or anything like that. But that's why I said earlier that being a musician is the greatest platform to use all of my skills. Kyle Shotwell and Atlantic Hush came to us and wanted to do the video, and we had been thinking about it anyway, so it was totally a God thing. I'm quite pleased with it, especially for a first video. I think we captured the vibe of the track, and it came together pretty quickly. It's exciting, humbling and rewarding to watch it come to life, and to see other people connect and embrace it.
EV: You're a drummer, vocalist, lyricist, poet, and artist. Do you have any other hidden talents?
BP: Nothing I can put in print (laughs). I think all of my greatest skill sets lie in the arts. I'm a lyricist first and foremost, and everything else falls under that umbrella or is an offshoot of that. I do all of our design work, ads, t-shirts, posters, all of it, though I hope that this will blossom to the point that I can focus solely on the music and don't have to handle all of that. Kenny has his hands full with the music, which is the guts of the whole operation, and I handle the rest. I'd love to pass off the promotion and business stuff to someone else so I could just write and record, but I've got to hustle to make that happen. But it's like Erma Bombeck said, when I reach the end of my life I want to be able to tell God that I have no talent left, that I used all that He gave me.
EV: If you could play poker with five musical greats who would you choose and who do you think would win?
BP: I definitely wouldn't win. I'm a terrible poker player. But just for the experience I would say Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, and Jimi Hendrix. I think Bob or John would win, because they seem the most shrewd, and probably because everyone else would be too drunk (laughs). But those guys are legends, and all attacked music from different angles, but did it very intelligently. I don't remotely put myself up there with those guys, but I think we're cut from a similar cloth.
EV: We look forward to hearing more from Cata9tales and hopefully you'll be playing in a city near us soon.
BP: I'd like nothing more than that. Thank you for your time and interest, and for digging into me so deeply. I needed that. See you soon…and go download the album free at www.cata9tales.com. We'll hopefully see you on the road soon!
Loveletters, Bloodletters by Cata9tales
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Intel Adjusts its Expectations, and More
Intel cuts its revenue outlook as customer spending shifts away from laptops to tablets and smartphones. Alibaba invests in Snapchat. Honda recalls vehicles with defective airbags. Lee Hawkins reports.
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Stanford senior among six college students chosen for Team Oscar
TAYO AMOS, a Stanford senior, is among the college students who will hand gold statuettes to celebrity presenters during this year's Academy Awards presentation. Amos is one of six winners of the "Team Oscar" competition, which invites U.S. college students to submit a creative short video explaining how they will contribute to the future of movies and to answer a brief essay question on a similar topic.
The winners were selected by actor CHANNING TATUM and Oscars producers CRAIG ZADAN and NEIL MERON and announced Thursday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DEGENERES will host this year's Academy Awards, which air March 2.
"We created this contest last year to give students who are passionate about film the opportunity to set their sights on the future," Zadan and Meron said in a press release. "We received so many inspiring submissions this year that it made for a difficult choice, but the talent and stories of these six winners really represent what Team Oscar is all about and convinced us that they are a perfect fit for the Oscar stage."
This may just be the first time the aspiring director, producer and editor gets to hold an Oscar in her hands. In her contest entry film, titled "I Want to Be a Part of the Movement," she notes that the movie industry is risk-averse, but she hopes to create films in which "real people can connect with stories of human connection to show the beauty of all communities, marginalized or not," and "show a better world so that we can envision a world of equality." At Stanford, Amos is pursuing a double major in Science, Technology & Society and Iberian & Latin-American Cultures.
In addition to their appearance on the Oscars, Amos and her fellow team members will visit the academy's Margaret Herrick Library to see its renowned collections, take in studio tours and meet with filmmakers at Oscar Week events.
The winning videos are available here.


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Taiwanese-Style Fried Pork Tenderloin
I made these fried pork tenderloins last night and they were crispy and pretty delicious, so I am here to share how I made them.
//The Night Before
Slice pork tenderloin into thin slices.
With the back of a butcher knife, pound the slices to make them even flatter. I placed the slices between saran wrap to avoid splatter or mess.
In an airtight container, marinate the pork in light soy sauce, rice wine, minced garlic, Chinese 5-spice powder, and salt & pepper powder (available at Asian grocery stores).
Let it sit in fridge overnight.
//The Day Of
Place flour, beaten eggs (I used 2), and sweet potato starch in three separate shallow bowls.
Dip both sides of pork slices into the above ingredients in the following order: flour - egg mixture - sweet potato starch.
Heat cooking oil in a pan and cook over medium-high heat until it turns gold brown.
While hot, sprinkle with more salt & pepper power and offer some to your toddler!
You can eat them with rice with a side of veggies (which was what hubby did) or with noodle soup (which was what I did). Or make a sandwich. The point is – however you want to eat it, it is gooooood!
Note. I've made two other dishes with pork chops/tenderloins in the past - Chinese-Style Fried Pork Chops and Deep Fried Pork Cutlets. You will notice that these dishes, along with this Taiwanese-Style Fried Pork Tenderloin all have very similar ingredients. The difference with this Taiwanese-Style one is the salt & pepper powder, which is what I grew up with living in Taiwan. Having this particular ingredient is what makes it "Taiwanese" for me.


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Data Driven Production Forecasting Using Machine Learning
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- Q. Cao (Schlumberger) | R. Banerjee (Schlumberger) | S. Gupta (Schlumberger) | J. Li (Schlumberger) | W. Zhou (Schlumberger) | B. Jeyachandra (Schlumberger)
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- Society of Petroleum Engineers
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- SPE Argentina Exploration and Production of Unconventional Resources Symposium, 1-3 June, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- 2016
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- English
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- 6.1.5 Human Resources, Competence and Training, 5.6 Formation Evaluation & Management, 6 Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility, 7.6.6 Artificial Intelligence, 5 Reservoir Desciption & Dynamics, 7.6.7 Neural Networks, 7.6 Information Management and Systems, 7 Management and Information, 6.1 HSSE & Social Responsibility Management, 5.6.9 Production Forecasting
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- Unconventional forecasting, Neural network, Machine Learning, Data driven, Decline curve
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Forecasting of production in unconventional prospects has gained a lot of attention in the recent years. The key challenges in unconventional reservoirs have been the requirement to put online a) a large number of wells in a short period of time, b) well productivity significantly driven by completion characteristics and that c) the physics of fluid flow in these prospects still remain uncertain. In this paper, machine learning algorithms are used to forecast production for existing and new wells in unconventional assets using inputs like geological maps, production history, pressure data and operational constraints. One of the most popular Machine Learning methods – Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is employed for this purpose. ANN can learn from large volume of data points without assuming a predetermined model and can adapt to newer data as and when it becomes available. The workflow involves using these data sets to train and optimize the ANN model which, subsequently, is used to predict the well production performance of both existing wells using their own history and new wells by using the history of nearby wells which were drilled in analogous geological locations. The proposed technique requires users to do less data conditioning and model building and focus more on analyzing what-if scenarios and determining the well performance.
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Ilk, D., Rushing, J.A., Perego, A.D.. 2008. Exponential Vs. Hyperbolic Decline in Tight Gas Sands: Understanding the Origin and Implications for Reserve Estimates Using Arps' Decline Curves. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, USA, 21–24 September. SPE-116731-MS. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/116731-MS.
Shahab D. MohagheghSPE, Intelligent Solutions and West Virginia University, and Ognjen Grujic, SPE, Seed Zargari, SPE, and Masoud Kalantari, West Virginia University: Modeling, History Matching, Forecasting, and Analysis of Shale-Reservoir Performance Using Artificial Intelligence, SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition, the Woodlands, Texas, 19-21 April. SPE-0911-0060-JPT.
Valko, P.P. and Lee, W.J. 2010. A Better Way to Forecast Production from Unconventional Gas Wells. Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Florence, Italy. 19–22 September. SPE-134231-MS. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/134231-MS.


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This post is dedicated to my JC and to others who sometimes have trouble finding their sunshine after the rain
I believe life is like a huge roller coaster ride, there are the ups, and there are the downs. Often, we cannot change the cards we are dealt. The only thing we can control is our attitude and how we choose to deal with it.
Of course, to some of us this is easier said then done. We all know that we need to stay positive or make lemonade when life gives us lemons, but it is hard sometimes. Whether you are going through a bad breakup, a lay off, humiliation, defeat, putting yourself down, hurting yourself, embarrassment, or just life gets you down .... here are 8 ways to bust through the negativity and get you back to your game.
1. Start the Positive Self Talk
I remember reading a book by Anthony Robbins about how destructive negative thoughts can be. It said every time we say something negative about ourselves, it is like taking a bit of poison until one day we take enough of it, the pain becomes very real.
So, I say stop taking the poison by stopping the negative talk. Learn to love yourself by keeping a list of the positive qualities that you have or the skills that make you stand out. Did you win any medals in the past? Add that to the list. I would even add good deeds you have done. Did you open the door for a random stranger or help someone with direction? Add that in because every bit counts.
The point of this exercise is to get you back on track to feeling positive.
2. Listen to Positive or Motivational Songs
Sometimes the right positive tune can get me pumped up. When I feel intimidated by a challenge or obstacle, the right song can help me find my motivation again. Everyone has different songs to get them motivated so build up your list of music. Please do not listen to break up songs or anything that may add to the negativity, it will not help. Here are some of the motivational songs I found, do a search on Youtube for these:
- Ariana Grande - Break Free
- Kelly Clarkson - Catch my Breath
- Savage Garden - Affirmation
- Des'Ree - You Gotta Be
- Bon Jovi - It's My Life
- 2 Chainz - We Own It
- Rod Stewart - Faith Of The Heart
3. Stop Moping and Take Action
When you get into the rut of things it can be hard to get out of it. People would replay the events in their head or repeat the negative thoughts. The only way to break this cycle is to take new action. Start a workout or go for a long hard run, because after the workout you will feel physically exhausted but you will feel good inside. The body releases endorphins that helps to reduce your perception of pain. Also, working out can help improve your self esteem.
If you are generally not a work out type then start small by going for a walk. Try to create goals to aim towards because as you complete them, you will begin to see the changes in yourself.
4. Meet Up with Your Friends
Call up your friends to blow off some steam. Pour your heart out if you need to. If you have one friend that is starting to get tired of listening to your problems then call another one. Once you have talked it out and let the pain out of your system, then the recovery can begin.
Another reason to meet with your friends is to also allow them to give input or advice to you. Sometimes, when we are feeling down, we are so drowned by our pains and sorrows that we fail to see things in a new light or different perspective.
5. Smile
Smile even when you don't want to. Smiling makes people more attractive and more than half the time people would smile back. I actually didn't know this but smiling actually reduces stress too, lowers the heart rate, and makes people look more successful.
Smiling can also help change your mood. Another reason to smile more is it also makes you more approachable. Besides you have nothing to lose by smiling.
6. Clean Your Room
Cleaning the room can help disrupt the cycle of negative thoughts and could also signify a new change. The point of this exercise is to just break the regular pattern of how things were. I find personally when I re-organize my room or clean it, it helps me to mentally prepare for challenges to come.
Also, cleaning the room can also serve as a destressor. There is a certain satisfaction after cleaning or clearing out a messy room.
Who knows, maybe cleaning your room may help you to find some previously lost items.
7. Keep a Journal of Your Thoughts
Get a journal and start writing your daily thoughts. I find writing allows me to straighten out my thoughts and figure things out. You do not need to write about anything in particular, just write what comes to mind. Writing can also lead you to take action or motivate you to do something or anything.
Another benefit to writing is it also allows you to look back on the things you wrote. This will give you a view of how you have progressed and it will help you understand yourself better.
8. Stop Dwelling On Your Past
"If you have a problem that can be fixed, then there is no use in worrying. If you have a problem that cannot be fixed, then there is no use in worrying." – Buddhist proverb
We cannot change our past so there is no point in dwelling on it. If something happened then it happened, and move on. This could be hard depending on the situation but in the grand scheme of things, there will be plenty of challenges coming our way, so there is no point focusing on the one that just happened.
Besides, dwelling too much on the past could make you miss out on some future opportunity.
Not all of these suggestions may help you but do pick and choose what works for you. The key is to just take action and change your negative mindset. Staying negative too long can have long term repercussions to your life. Also, I have seen people who have been negative for so long that it has left them bitter. Life is a struggle and it will always will be. How you choose to respond is up to you.
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Worship Schedule at St. Matthew
Sunday Worship -- 10:00am
Holy Communion is celebrated every Sunday.
Monday Evening Worship -- Friendship Ministry -- 6:00pm
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The May 2012 Issue of Project You Magazine Has Arrived!
I'm excited to spread the word that the newest edition of Project You magazine is here! This issue focuses on Mother's Day, and has an exclusive interview with Emily Blunt and Alison Brie (I love her in Community), the two stars of The Five-Year Engagement. Just click on the magazine cover below to start reading!
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Free seminars – get inspired by some of the UK's most creative minds
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Rachel Zoe Is 9 Months Pregnant
Pregnant Rachel Zoe Is "Going Into Hibernation"
Rachel Zoe is ready to give birth! The designer revealed that she is currently nine months along and is "going into hibernation" to await the arrival of her baby number two. Rachel told reporters at the Baby2Baby Gala in Culver City, CA, on Saturday that the bash would probably be her last big event before she gives birth, saying, "I'm literally nine months pregnant, so this I think will probably be one of my last outings. I'm going into hibernation!" She also added that she's understandably tired, but wanted to attend the gala over the weekend since it was for a good cause.
On Saturday, Rachel made time for one more big event: her baby shower. She posted snaps of her outdoor party on her Instagram over the weekend, which was hosted by Juicy Couture founder Pamela Skaist-Levy. On Monday, Rachel returned to running errands with her little man, Skyler, as they went on a shopping excursion in LA.


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BUFFALO — Once in a while, at a Bassmaster Elite Series event, the leader has the relative luxury of playing at least a bit of defense on the final day.
On Sunday, the third and final day of fishing in the truncated Empire Chase presented by Mahindra Tractors, leader Edwin Evers was asked, as he blasted off from the dock, what he needed to catch.
"Twenty-one, 22 pounds," he said. "I need all I can get."
Forgive him for wanting to pour it on. With 41 pounds, 13 ounces over two days of fishing, he is the owner of a 3-ounce lead over Kevin Wirth, who has amassed 8 ounces of penalties for submitting two dead fish among his bags, and a 4-ounce lead over Paul Hirosky, whose six dead fish have cost him 2-4 in penalties.
Evers has kept his fish in good health, and he may be on the fish to win. But uneasy rests the leader who has caught less bass than his two closest pursuers. In fact, out of the 11 other anglers remaining in the field, the only one who can be considered very long odds is Terry Butcher, 3-9 off the lead in the 12th position. He estimated at the dock that he needs 25 pounds, and he'll be chasing that while deferring some of his water to Evers, his brother-in-law, who has been fishing the same areas.
"It's been phenomenal, catching those big old smallmouth on a spinning rod and a dropshot," Butcher said of his week.
Fourth-place John Murray sits only a pound out of the lead in his first tournament on Lake Erie after 10 years of wishing to fish the smallmouth here. He, too, has been feasting on the dropshot. Until this week, his largest-ever bag of smallmouth was 16 pounds. His two bags this week went 19-8 and 21-5. "That's my heaven," he said. "When I get to dropshot, I'm happy."
Greg Hackney, who's tied with Jami Fralick in fifth place with 40-0, would prefer that the calm, picturesque weather that greeted the anglers on Sunday were less hospitable. "I like the bad weather, like we had," he said. When the wind stirs the lake, shad swirl and the smallmouth go into a frenzy.
Even though he liked slaloming his boat over 10-foot waves on Day One, Rick Morris (8th, 39-7) was glad to see the weather take a turn for the better on Saturday. Two straight weeks of tournament fishing caught up with him on Day Two, when he nearly fell asleep sitting on the bow of his boat while driving the trolling motor.
Still, a little wind would turn on the bite that he and the other anglers in the lower half of the field need to make up their deficits. "I'd like medium wind," he said. "Not like the first day. That would be a little overboard."
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OKLAHOMA CITY - For Ted Wilson, everyday is a gift.
Cirrhosis of the liver was quietly taking his life.
A transplant was his only hope for survival
Wilson confided in his friend Keith Bryan, the former Nichols Hills fire chief.
Bryan pledged, "If anything ever happens to me, I want you to have my liver."
Ted never imagined those words would resonate just six months later.
Wilson said, "Keith is a super guy. It shouldn't have happened. I'm 2 years older than I should be and it's because of him."
On Sept. 20, 2011, Chief Bryan lost his life, and in return, saved the life of his friend.
Ted Wilson was among the first to arrive at Integris Baptist after Bryan had been shot in the head.
Machines were keeping Keith alive, while his family made the difficult decision to donate his organs and give Ted his liver.
Wilson told us, "There's always that realization that hits. If we are going to donate his organs, we want to honor his wish."
Within hours, Ted was in surgery.
Surgeons say he cheated death by a matter of weeks.
According to Wilson, "The doctor came out and told my wife that my liver had deteriorated. And they said within two weeks I would have been so sick that even if I had Keith's liver, they wouldn't have put it in me. A week or two later, I would have been dead. Literally, he saved my life."
Ted Wilson has asked to see Becky Brian in prison.
He'd like to meet with his friend's wife and killer.
So far, his requests have gone unanswered.
He said, "I would say thank you to her because she honored his wish."
Keith Bryan will be remembered as a fire fighter, public servant and a life-saver.
Like the ripples in a pond, the work of one man can spread out and touch the lives of so many others.
Life Share CEO Jeff Orlowski said, "The thing about donation, that helps in their healing, in a time that they have no control and they are going through a tremendous loss, they have the ability to save people's lives and to know that their loved one lives on through the gift they've given to other people."
And Teddy Wilson will not waste his precious gift, albeit bittersweet.
He said, "I know God saved my life for a purpose. And that purpose has been taking care of other people. My responsibility to Keith is to keep doing what God called me to do. In my opinion, that's why God spared my life. Otherwise, we'd both be in the ground right now. It's an absolute privilege to carry him as part of my life. He's such a precious guy. It's an honor."


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It starts with this observation:
That is a strange thing to say, because the laws which govern the movement of sub-atomic particles are far from simple. Unlike Newton's laws, which are simple, and which govern the movement of larger objects, the 'laws' of the sub-atomic realm, such as Schrodinger's Wave Equation, are probabalistic, that is, they are not strictly predictive. There are many profound philosophical and conceptual problems associated with the implications of such laws, such as the 'entanglement' between remote 'particles' (Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance') and even the basic question as to whether such particles really exist in the same way that common objects of perception do. Some of these problems have lead to speculative ideas such as the so-called Everett many-worlds theory, which posits an infinite number of parallel dimensions in which infinite replicas of ourselves participate in infinite variations of our activities. (Indeed Tegmark himself is a noted proponent of 'multiple universes' and 'many worlds' ideas.)Different people mean different things by 'consciousness', including awareness of environment or self. I am asking a more basic question of why you experience anything at all. ...
A traditional answer to this problem is dualism - that living entities differ from inanimate ones because they contain some non-physical element such as an 'anima' or 'soul'. Support for dualism amongst scientists has gradually dwindled. To understand why, consider that your body is made up of about 10^29 quarks and electrons, which as far as we can tell move according to simple physical laws...
Matter itself is currently described in terms of 'the standard model' of particle physics, which is far from simple, and which, besides, is under constant review and may indeed be modified or abandoned altogether in future. RIght now, the precise composition of matter is the reason for the construction of the largest and most complex apparatus in the history of the world - the Large Hadron Collider - but there are still many enormous gaps in the account, and leading physicsts are muttering that 'a bigger one is needed' ('Larger Hadron Collider' )
Many of these things are understood very well by physicists in a practical sense, but their philosophical implications - which, one might think, are significant in regards to the question at hand - are still a source of intense controversy and speculation.
Moving on:
This just seems grotesquely mistaken to me. As mentioned above, your 'particles' - if indeed they are 'particles' - are not predictable in the first place. But, more to the point, it seems to make the assumption that an array of particles can form anything whatever - whether it be a living organism, or the information on a hard drive for that matter - and that this is something that physics, in principle, understands.Imagine a future technology which tracks all of your particles: if they were found to obey the laws of physics exactly ( ) then your purported 'soul' is having no effect on your particles. ...
..If your particles were instead found not to obey the known laws of physics because they were being pushed around by your soul then we could treat the soul as just another physical entity able to exert forces on particles.
But how can that be? As I noted above, physics doesn't actually fully describe even matter at this point (let's not even mention the Dark Matter problem.)
But there is something else radically the matter with this idea, which I would like to try and put my finger on. Why would 'the soul' or 'the mind' be understood as being on the same level as the so-called 'particles' which are 'pushed around'? So say that 'the soul' causes things to move, in the mechanical sense, is implicitly to claim that it is simply another example of the kinds of things that atoms are: that it is physical.
Consider the arrangement of letters that constitute 'a book'. Certainly if you know the position and sequence of all the letters in that book, then you can re-constitute it - computers do that every day. But the question will remain, where does the story come from? Why is it meaningful? What makes it a good book? How come it contains information? And is that information identical with the letters that comprise it?
And surely these questions are not something that, for the sake of analogy, a typesetter or layout artist is equipped to answer.
What makes a story? Why is something meaningful? Surely that is at least as important in the understanding of the human mind, as understanding the precise location and vector of 10^29 'particles', even if it could be done, which is still far from clear.
And questions of that nature are on a completely different level to anything that Max Tegmark, or any other physicist, is qualified to answer, as far as I can see.


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Mixtapes: The Last Days(2006), Rida Muzik(2008), 20 Min To Vegas(2011)
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His lyrical delivery is a combination of mellow-hype hip hop with bursts of up north and dirty south influence poured into one mic. His musical aptitude far exceeds the average rapper, as he showcases his writing, rapping and production skills. His stage performance demands total attention and audience reacts with head-bopping excitement and unified noise. He is CASINO LUCHI. The Massachusetts-born disciple of hip-hop was first influenced by icon Notorious B.I.G at the age of 14 after migrating to South Florida. From freestyling to writing, Luchi developed his Own Style of infused flavor and exhibited it at a young age. After years of grooming Luchi began to ghost write and form a team of versatile rappers and blazing track producers called the Fugative Squad. He is what happens when grit meets smooth, from quips to elaborate verse about everything ranging from life, hard knocks, romance and love. Luchi is clever artistry comes naturally, and is a result of dedication, talent, and endurance. Hip hop heads relate easily to the content and approach that Luchi, short for luciano brings to the table, gaining him much respect and admiration across the map. As this, 29 year old triple threat builds a dynasty his hunger and passion to succeed in music industry grows. He has worked hard and has paid his dues from showcases to night club gigs and long hours in the studio. His debut mixtape is now complete and will be released the summer of 2012.This unique album definitely displays versatility at its apex from hard core lyrical content to metaphoric verses, Luchi scorches each track. Giving listeners a contagious vibe and leaving them wanting more.


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Sister Winifred
First Appeared: Season 3
Played by: Victoria Yeates
Sister Winifred joined Nonnatus House after taking her vows at the Mother House. A warm-hearted, slightly innocent young woman, she has lived most of her life in the countryside. She has only recently qualified as a nurse and a midwife and is still to find her feet. She has mainly practiced in a small cottage hospital in a rural town and is shocked by the deprivation that greets her in the East End.
Her grittiest work to date has been a stint as a Department of Education Head inspector (nit nurse).
After being at Nonnatus House for over a year, Sister Winifred grows in confidence and has become a trusted member of the community.
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Tell us about the scripts.
A lot about Heidi's writing I really like is that it's teaching you and teaching people who weren't there. Lots of young teenagers who watch it don't know about the struggle for women's rights and the Pill, and all these different things we take for granted. She's created something incredibly special, new and brave, it's all centered on female stories which, nothing else is, it's a seminal piece of television.
What do you think about entering the Sixties?
You really start to see the changing nature of Poplar, for example, you've got lots of different immigrants coming in and lots of our stories are about that. I think it's really good to remember that in the 1960s it wasn't like how people think it was. I think we're doing a really good thing with bringing that to attention, that we still have the same problems with racism and people not being as tolerant as they should be. I think we can all suffer from Golden Age Syndrome – you know, oh it wasn't like that then, and it was. I'm really enjoying being part of showing that.
In what way has your character grown and developed since you started?
Sister Winifred starts off not enjoying the midwifery part, and she's pretty fearful, not got that much self-esteem, low on confidence, she's got that kind of nervous energy about her and we see her trying to work out where she fits. Throughout we really see Sister Winifred growing up in front of your eyes. You're seeing her growing pains trying to work out what she believes in, who she is, her hierarchy, her status and changing. I feel like I've tried to show change in her. Her seeing suffering, losing her naivety and trying to stand up for herself more about what she believes. You see it much more this series where she loses her temper a bit and starts to find a voice and say no, this is what I think.
Why do you think Call the Midwife is so successful?
Heidi Thomas and the producers are so good at being educational and showing something that is heart-warming and lovely to watch on a Sunday while also bringing up very important issues. I was sat at a read-through and was really overwhelmed with emotion because of the gravity of the situation. You can be laughing the whole way through it and suddenly realise there are very important messages in there. That is the great achievement ofCall the Midwife.
Have you had any interesting fan encounters you can share?
I didn't think people would recognise me because of the wimple but, when they do, they are so joyous and grateful because they love the show. It fills me with a real sense of joy and gratitude that we've been able to create this world, with all these other amazing actors, crew and writers. I'm proud to be in something so great.
What are the differences between then and now?
Looking back at that period there's an incredible sense of community. It really feels that people looked out for each other. The midwives comforted people on so many levels - medically but also as a social worker and a friend. It seemed to be a place where you could knock on the door and ask for help rather than feel isolated. I think we've lost that sense of community because we're scared.
What do you hope the audience will take away after watching this series?
Being part of the show really reminds you why the NHS started. I know we bemoan it and there are things that are wrong but we can't lose it. It's a real credit to the welfare state. I hope that people who watch the show see all these impoverished people being helped. We live in a society that should help those people.
Do you enjoy the music from the show?
I really love the soundtrack music because of its bright quality and it really puts you into that world. I suppose now it's synonymous with Call the Midwife. I also like the hymns in the show. Because I'm a nun, that part of your life is important and I think they are really serene and blissful. It's not something you hear very often but I like how they always have it in every episode. I think it's a chance for people to have some serenity on a Sunday evening. I am looking forward to more 60s music as it goes on because that's an era I'm really into as Victoria. I know from my parents that they adore hearing that music because it reminds them of their childhood. It has a big sentimental factor for people of my parents' age and the music takes them back. It's used very well comically too. It'll be interesting to see how the music changes and reflects the time we're going into.
What do you think of the costumes on the show?
There is a big part of me that is really jealous I don't get to wear any of the incredible clothes, especially Trixie's. I'm massively into vintage and I wear lots of the kinds of clothes that feature in the show. Our designer is so brilliant that every time Trixie comes out I wonder how he did it. There's this amazing dress Trixie wore last year, which I loved. A burgundy red, tight tulip shape dress and bodice with a black criss-cross pattern that is just so feminine. That's something I think we're missing now. It's sexy in a very feminine way. I just adore sitting back and watching what the girls are going to come out with. Especially Patsy - I usually think she's in her own clothes because we emulate that so much now: the high-waisted jeans, with a little checked shirt and espadrilles. Maybe one day I'll get out of the habit!
If you had to deliver a baby for real do you think you could do it?
No, I couldn't deliver a baby. If you were on a bus and somebody was having a baby you'd go through the motions I suppose, you'd just sort of say some of your dialogue and hopefully it would be the right thing to say.
If you had to play somebody else's part, who would you be and why?
Trixie, because she gets to wear all the best clothes.


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Ali Akbar Velayati, an aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made his comments as Syrian troops conducted offensive air raids against rebels and discovered a trio of tunnels they were using to smuggle weapons in their fight to topple Assad.
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I would be just as upset if I dropped my ice cream. I really identify with her pain.
Also I have a mini story: So on Friday I went out with my friends and we went to a few different parties. I come home at around 2 am by myself and I don't have a roommate so no one was around to see the following sequence of events. My room is super messy because before I go out, I try on at least 15 different outfits even though I know exactly what everything looks like on me and somehow I still end up feeling like I have nothing to wear. Anyway, I chose an outfit, but the other 14 outfits that I did not wear were scattered throughout my room and were mainly on my floor. So I walk in, and I trip over a shoe I think (the memory is a little fuzzy because….well because vodka) and I go down HARD, but somehow I only fell on the right side of my body. Anyway, I'm on the floor and of course I think this is hilarious, so just picture a girl on the floor, alone in a room, laughing hysterically. On a completely related note, every time I fall, NO ONE is around to see it. I have the greatest luck in the world when it comes to tripping and falling (or falling halfway down the stairs which I've also done, but I won't get into that right now). Happy (but sad) almost Monday.


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STUART, Fla., May 18, 2017 -- Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida ("Seacoast") (NASDAQ: SBCF), the holding company for Seacoast National Bank ("Seacoast Bank"), announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NorthStar Banking Corporation ("NSBC"), the holding company for NorthStar Bank, as well asPalm Beach Community Bank ("PBCB"), in a transaction that will expand Seacoast's presence in the attractive Tampa and South Florida markets and strengthen its position in Florida.
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, NSBC, headquartered in Tampa, will be merged with and into Seacoast, and NorthStar Bank will be merged with and into Seacoast Bank. Organized in 2005, NSBC has deposits of $168 million and loans of $137 million, and will increase Seacoast's assets in Tampa by 38% to approximately $554 million. NSBC operates three branches in the Tampa MSA, enhancing Seacoast's presence in the region, and expands on Seacoast's acquisition of GulfShore Bancshares, Inc., also headquartered in Tampa, which closed in April 2017.
"This in-market transaction expands our footprint in Tampa, Florida's second largest MSA," said Dennis S. Hudson III, Seacoast chairman and CEO. "The acquisition of NorthStar Banking Corporation deepens our presence in the strategically important Tampa market and builds on our acquisition of GulfShore Bank, completed last month. We are executing our 'land and expand' strategy of enlarging our initial beachhead, as we did successfully in the adjacent Orlando market last year."
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, PBCB, headquartered in West Palm Beach, will be merged with and into Seacoast Bank. Organized in 2008, PBCB has deposits of $281 million and loans of $290 million, and will increase Seacoast's assets by nearly 7 percent to approximately $5.03 billion. PBCB operates four branches in West Palm Beach, enhancing Seacoast's presence in Palm Beach County, and builds on Seacoast's acquisition of Grand Bankshares Inc. in July 2015.
"This is a compelling acquisition that expands our footprint in Palm Beach County, part of Florida's largest MSA," said Dennis S. Hudson III, Seacoast chairman and CEO. "The acquisition of Palm Beach Community Bank increases our market share and gives current and prospective Palm Beach customers immediate access to our products and services, delivered by our knowledgeable local team as well as mobile and online banking, our local call center and access to the Publix ATM network."
"Our customers will benefit from our combination with Seacoast, a successful community bank with strong local roots," said Cal Cearley, CEO of Palm Beach Community Bank. "Seacoast's well-established brand, commitment to the communities it serves, and wide range of mobile and digitally enabled products makes them an ideal partner."
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