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Kelly did this tag as a video and it was fun to watch. Figured I'd blog it!
1. Favourite horror or Halloween-themed song?
Eh. I don't know.
2. Name something you wouldn't want to run into in a dark forest or in an abandoned building.
Something that'll eat me alive! Or other people. The spookiest things I encounter in the forest are other people.
3. Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?
Once. It was rather uneventful of course.
4. Favourite horror monster or villain?
I'm not the biggest horror-fan so this is a tough one for me. I don't like monsters or villains. Um. Oogie Boogie?
5. The creepiest thing that's ever happened while you were alone?
One time I heard a man heavily sigh right next to me.
6. If you were dared to spend the night in a "haunted house", would you do it?
Yaaaaaaas. This is on my bucket list!
7. Are you superstitious?
8. Do you ever see figures in your peripheral vision?
When I was trying my hand at being a Christian I would constantly see what looked like white feathery wing tips. But only in one particular church.
9. Which urban legend scares you the most?
I think the only one I know of, through other people just mentioning it, is Bloody Mary. All I know about it is it involves a mirror… and saying something in it at night? And that doesn't seem scary to me. Yeah, I'm not very exciting in the scary/horror category 🙂
10. Do you prefer gore or thrillers?
Thrillers! Especially psychological!
11. Do you believe in multiple dimensions or worlds?
Eh. I think it could be possible.
12. Ever made a potion of any sort?
I feel like I have, especially as a child. That seems like something I'd do.
13. Do you get scared easily?
I don't think so.
14. Have you ever played Bloody Mary?
15. Do you believe in demons/the devil?
16. You're home alone but you hear footsteps in your house, what do you do?
I quickly go over the scenario. Is there some way that someone could have gotten in? Did I forget that someone (like a repair man) was coming? If it doesn't seem likely I'll probably ignore it. I've heard plenty of strange things like that before. If I feel like there's a chance someone broke in I'd find a hiding place and prepare to call 911.
17. If you got trapped in one scary movie, which would you choose?
I'm with Kelly: The Others. Or maybe The Awakening. Just because the house is big and cool. And it would be kind of fun.
18. If you could only wear one Halloween costume for the rest of your life, what would you be?
This year I'm kind of thinking of being a creepy doll, which I know I won't be getting around to doing anyway. But still, I think it would be fun to go every year!
19. would you ever go to a graveyard at night?
I have and I would do it again. Fun tip: One time I thought I saw a white ghostly figure waving at me. It was juuuuuust as there was still a little light left and I didn't have my glasses on so I'm sure it was a trick of the light but it was fun to think of as a ghost.
20. In a zombie apocalypse what is your weapon of choice?
Some sort of shot gun, I guess?
21. Would you rather go to a Halloween party or go trick or treating?
Party. I had enough trick or treating as a kid.
22. You're in a horror movie. Are you the final girl, the first to die, the comic relief, the skeptic, the smart one, or the killer?
What's a final girl? Eh, probably the skeptic or the smart one.
23. Do you have to watch something happy after watching a horror movie so you can go to sleep?
24. Whilst watching scary movies, are you the person who yells at the characters, the person with their eyes covered the whole time, or the person who falls asleep?
Either yelling at the characters or falling asleep. Mostly the former.
25. Are you the one who gets scared, or the one who does the scaring?
Gets scared. I hate being startled (makes me feel like I'm going to pass out) so I would never do that shit to someone else! And I feel bad when I do it by accident.
26. Favorite scary book?
Can't say I've read many scary books. Maybe It by Stephen King?
27. How old were you when you saw your first horror movie?
I don't remember but it was definitely when I was under 10.
28. What was your first Halloween costume?
I don't remember my first but the earliest I remember is a pink princess dress.
29. What are you going to be for Halloween this year?
Probably nothing, as usual. But I'd love to be a creepy doll.
30. If you could have a spooky Halloween pet (black cat, owl, bat, rat, wolf), what would you pick?
I've had pet rats, they're awesome but not spooky. I LOVE OWLS but they're not spooky either. I may have to go with a raven. They're so beautiful, can look a bit spooky, and they're damn smart.

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Black Chalkboard
There are different types of chalkboard, the most common are black or green chalkboard. I choose black color. To start open a new PSD file, 600x600 px. Create a layer called Chalkboard. Fill it with color #1d1d1d. Duplicate this layer and call it Chalk Effect. You all know that no matter how much we try to clean the chalkboard, there are various chalk trails that still remain. I will try to recreate this effect.Make sure that the Foreground Color is #1d1d1d and the Background Color is white. Go to Filter, Render Menu and pick Clouds.
Apply another filter to this layer, this time go to Blur, Motion Blur and make the following settings:
Sharpen, Smart Sharpen is the last filter applied to this layer. You can see the settings below. Remember that you can play with pther filters and effects to obtain the washed chalk effect. Simply reduce the opacity of Chalk Effect layer to 20%.
Chalkboard Frame
Draw a new shape with the Rectangle Tool, color #53390c. Call it Frame Layer. Make sure that the Vector Mask Thumbnail of the Frame Layer is selected. Choose again the Rectangle Tool and press Substract from Shape Area from the toolbar as shown in the image. Simply substract a rectangle inside the previous shape to create a frame. Do again with the Line Tool, 1 px size and substract also from the initial shape.
Open the Layer Style Window of this layer and add Outer Glow and Inner Glow with these settings.
This is how our chalkboard looks like so far.
Wood Texture
Create a new layer called Wood Texture and fill it with #8e651f. Make sure that the Foreground Color is #8e651f and the Background Color is #4c340a. As you probably know, some Photoshop filters like Fibers and Clouds work with the background/foreground colors so it is important that you don't forget to set them. There are other filters that work with shapes like Distort Filter(s) with Contrast like Sharpen Filter(s). So go to Render, Fibers Filter and set the variance and strenght.
Return to Frame Layer and press CTRL and click the Vector Mask Thumbnail. You will see that a selection was made. Return to Wood Texture Layer and press Add Layer Mask. We obtain the frame layer shape with wood texture.
Change the Blending Mode of Wood Texture Layer to Overlay, opacity 70%. Add Inner Glow to the Chalkboard Layer, blend mode normal, color black, choke 50% and size 100 px. This is the final result of the chalkboard with wooden frame.
Chalk Text Effect
There are lots of chalk font sets on the internet but I want to try to create my own chalk effect. For that I will use Carbon Block Font, size 180 pt. You can see all the settings in the image below. Call this layer Chalk Text 1.
Duplicate the Chalk Text 1 and call it Chalk Text 2. Change the opacity of Chalk Text 1 Layer to 60%. Now press SHIFT and move the Chalk Text 2 Layer to the left once.
Press CTRL and click the Thumbnail of the Chalk Text 2 Layer.
Go to Select, Modify, Expand Menu and choose Expand by 4px. Select Inverse from Select Menu. Go to Chalk Text 1 Layer and Add Layer Mask as we did in the previous steps. This is how your image should look like:
Change the opacity of the Chalk Text 1 Layer to 100% again. Duplicate the two layers. Hide the first two text layers and work with the duplicates. Change the Blending Mode of the two duplicates layers to Disolve 75%.
Select the two duplicates and convert to Smart Object. Go to Filter, Blur, Motion Blur and make the following settings:
Add another Filter, this time Smart Sharpen Filter. You can adjust to obtain a realistic chalk look. Below you can see my settings:
Change the opacity of the initial text layers to 35% and make them visible. You can add some simple chalk sticks and that is all, you can see our result for chalk Phooshop text effect and wooden frame chalkboard.
You can easily change the font family, the font color, the color of the Frame Layer, the color of the Chalkboard Layer making it green for example and you obtain a completly different result. I am working at different kinds of chalkboards to give them as freebies along with the PSD file of course. So stay tune!


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Grieve Massa – Malawi Chairman
Greetings from Malawi. How are you all?
I'm the Chairman here in Malawi and I use my skills to help transfer money to our builders and check the smooth running of Build A School on the ground. I use my experience and contacts to improve the success of our charity here in Africa. I check your cash is spent effectively and help support Build A School with advice. It's my job to keep you guys updated.
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Richard Chatambalala – Malawi Treasurer
Hello to you all. I am the accountant for Build A School Malawi and have loved being a part of the team. I worked for the European Union for many years so have a wealth of experience of dealing with project financing here in Africa. My role has developed to support Grieve and make sure we deliver for our supporters around the world.
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Lesson 1 (from Section 1)
In Section 1, the author's description of the people on the street is bleak. The reader can only surmise that the impression these strangers create has less to do with them than with the protagonist's sense of self-loathing. This lesson will discuss how this beginning will affect the atmosphere of the book, as well as reveal the main character's personality.
Class Discussion: How are the people on the street described? Is this accurate?
Small Group Activity: How does this bleak description reflect the protagonist's personality?
Class Discussion: Share how the bleak description of the people on the street reflects the protagonist's self-loathing. How might this affect the rest of the book?
Homework: Write a short essay describing a time when your emotions affected your view on your surroundings.
Lesson 2 (from Section 1)
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A hockey writer puts his newspaper in soup, Prestin Obradovich and much, much more in Friday's P.M. Hot Clicks.
He's a Man of His Word
A hockey writer in Belarus lost a bet about the team he covers and had to eat a newspaper soup.
This Keeps Getting Better
The best story of the week is obviously the assassination of Kim Jong-il's half-brother. Now the woman accused of killing him (the one in the "LOL" shirt) says she thought she was on a TV prank show.
A Taste of the '90's
I'm too young to remember Zima, but I'll have a chance to try it now that MillerCoors is reviving the clear malt beverage.
Prestin Obradovich: P.M. Lovely Lady of the Day
Say hello to Prestin Obradovich, who's been boggling my mind with this photo of what appears to be a shag carpet on a mountaintop. (Click here for the full-size gallery.)
Say Cheese!
My parents met a friendly stingray on vacation from pics
KENNY SMITH: [covered in pumpkin guts after a contestant tomahawked one] IT'S OVAH. IT'S OVAH. HE DUNKED A PUMPKIN. IT'S OVAH.— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) February 17, 2013
Oh, It's a Murder Trial?
Jury selection continued today in Aaron Hernandez's second murder trial. One woman was completely oblivious.
One woman, who was eventually excused after a DA peremptory challenge, was asked if she heard of the case. She thought it was #Deflategate.— Bob McGovern (@BobMcGovernJr) February 17, 2017
When she asked the #Deflategate question, Judge Locke said the case had nothing to do with it and everyone - including Hernandez - laughed.— Bob McGovern (@BobMcGovernJr) February 17, 2017
Odds & Ends
A middle school teacher in Canada gave his students instructions for cooking and injecting crystal meth. ... A military flyover at a ski race in Switzerland got close enough to clip the overhead camera. ... A Delaware Uber driver is accused of returning to his passengers' homes to rob them. ... In response to Chris Christie trashing Philadelphia, the mayor lashed out and called him a bully.
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Last Will and Embezzlement (2012)
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The film has a bare-bones look that only intensifies its nearly painful sincerity.
Given the overarching structural messiness that defines its examination of elder financial abuse, the only thing Last Will and Embezzlement has in the right place is its heart.
This would-be serious exposé of elder abuse is so mishandled it merely becomes an endless, clumsy and finally patronizing litany of woe, offering no real insights or solutions.
Economic predators are taking advantage of senior citizens who've lost their capacity to responsibly handle their financial affairs. The specific scenario may differ, but the scams are similar, following specific patterns. This film calls them out.
The doc is so obnoxiously simplistic that you find yourself strangely unsympathetic to its objectively inarguable aim to promote greater standards of elder care.
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Cake Pop Envy
I've seen cake pops on the Food Network or Pinterest, but until last week, at a chocolate-themed gathering of women, I'd never eaten, let alone created, a cake pop.
Even though my girls tried cake pops at one of our favorite restaurants before we moved, cake pops remained in that virtual world—the one that holds lovely treats that claim more work than they're worth.
Needless, to say, I brought Cocoa No-Bake cookies to this gathering, and when I delivered them to the refreshment table, I eyed the marshmallow-filled glass vase holding a bouquet of white-chocolate dipped cake pops.
Indeed, the Pinterest boards had sprung from the screen and onto this table. I hid my stoneware plate of chocolate lumps and shrunk back quickly so that I could not be identified.
I've blogged long enough to recognize the feelings of virtual envy. You see a DIY project, a clever post, or even a pin on a board that creates discontent with your possessions, qualities, talents or gifts.
You rationalize that this is harmless because any resentment you harbor is superficial in this virtual world and not attached to your real, everyday life. Except, that feeling—envy—creates a barrier.
It removes the natural affection, gratitude and admiration for that person and whatever they've contributed. And once you give in to that feeling online, it's that much easier to feel it crop up in the real world, separating us from real people that we know and love.
That's how I knew that envy could either separate me from the very women I'd come to meet or subside so that I could enjoy the gift of their talents. I chose to enjoy—or over enjoy—their culinary talents.
But, as I've reflected on this incident since, I wondered why the sadness or envy even came? I appreciate those who create and share their very best, in the kitchen or otherwise. And besides, wasn't this me, eight to ten years ago (not with cake pops, of course)?
I finally confessed my feelings to the cake pop maker, still trying to push them from me. And she taught me by what she said, Think back to where you were eight to ten years ago.
Yes, changes occurred right about then. And, change brings a different perspective, different priorities and different gifts. Some of those priorities involved behind-the-scenes support that I couldn't quantify to myself or others.
But in the process of retreat from visible contributions, I learned that quiet affirmation is the only lasting way to know that our offering counts.
Now, change has come, again. Our move brings us into a new circles of women from our neighborhood, church and school community, and it's not just a virtual one. My advice to myself is the same as what I've been telling my daughter:
Be and give of yourself.
Learn to appreciate others and what they offer.
Act from your best motivations and assume others are, too.
Fortunately, we are more than our visible selves, and so are those we encounter. And like those delicious cake pops, sampling beyond the candy coating reveals the richest part.


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Girolamo Segato was, and is, the only person to petrify human body parts. Unfortunately, his methods appear to be lost to time…
Segato was born in the small village of Sospirolo in northern Italy, on June 13th, 1792. Growing up he had many interests ranging from chemistry to natural sciences to mathematics. Above all, however, he loved to explore new things. This love of the unknown was propelled forward when, at 26, he began his travels through Egypt. In particular, the mummies fascinated him and they helped start his studies into preservation.
Upon his return to Italy, he began writing about his studies in Egypt. After publishing his first volume of work, he ran into trouble. His partner absconded to Paris taking what cash they had, all of their research, and illustrations. It sent Segato into sadness; he would not be able to continue with a second volume and instead worked on cartography until 1831. It was then that he began to experiment with the preservation of animals and soon after the petrifaction of human body parts.
Unfortunately, Segato died without passing on his work. After someone broke into his lab and ruffled through his papers; the thought of someone stealing his work scared him. Thus, he destroyed all his writings on the subject. On his death bed at only 44 years old, he expressed possible disappointment in this to his friend Giuseppe Pellegrini (nicknamed Pelegro)
"You shall say to Italy, which I have deeply loved and still love, that I did little, because I had no means… l would pay all my blood to get another hour to talk, to tell you, Pellegro my procedure…"
But not all has been lost to history! the Anatomical Museum of the University of Florence has some of the petrified pieces by Girolamo Segato. Among them: a scalp, head, breasts, and a table of inlaid preserved pieces. These preserved body parts have been studied to try and find what his method was, but there are still mysteries surrounding his work.
The female head was examined through many methods including digital radiography, CT Scan Tomography, and conventional radiography. Through the studies, a 2.5 cm hole was found in the occipital bone; proving that he did in fact inject something. And although it is not known what it was he injected, the injection did reach even the thinnest branches of veins. In order to do this during his time, the blood could not have been coagulated. Which means the head needed to be from the most recently deceased.
Many other researchers have arrived at methods of petrifactions, but none reach the level of Segato's work. And no more information has been found of his work. So for the foreseeable future, Girolamo Segato will be the only person to have turned humans into stone.
Special thanks to Professor Giovanni E. Orlandini for providing his writings on Segato. Without them, I would be burning with a curiosity I cannot quench!


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After Everything
As long as the focus is on Mia and Elliot, the film is involving and moving.
As long as the focus is on Mia and Elliot, the film is involving and moving.
If you want to get an almost first-person sense of what it felt like to ride a rocket into orbit and beyond, "First Man" is…
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
A wish list in honor of my birthday. #birthdaywishlist
An article about the 41st Mill Valley Film Festival honoring USC Annenberg associate professor Stacy L. Smith and devoting 45% of its lineup to films…
A wish list in honor of my birthday. #birthdaywishlist
Peter Bogdanovich, film historian and filmmaker, talks about Buster Keaton, the subject of his new documentary.
Jana Monji reports on the different speakers and conversations at last Thursday's Women in Entertainment summit.
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho revisits John Carpenter's classic Halloween.
An interview with Amandla Stenberg and director George Tillman, Jr. about their adaptation of Angie Thomas' novel, The Hate U Give.
An interview with special effects maestro Tom Savini, encompassing his filmmaking career.
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist's work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
A tribute to the late Oscar-winning actor, Martin Landau.
An interview with Ana Lily Amirpour, writer/director of "The Bad Batch."
One of the most important and dazzlingly original works by Coppola comes to Criterion Blu-ray.
"Get Out" is the best movie about American slavery; In praise of Jordan Horowitz; That Oscars shocker; Painful black/white Oscar moment; Who killed "Twin Peaks."
An obituary for the late Polish master, Andrzej Wajda.
In light of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's recent passing, an alphabetical list of his ten best films.
An interview with Simon Helberg, star of Stephen Frears' "Florence Foster Jenkins."
An interview with "Cult Movies" author Danny Peary.
A chat between our three female film critics about the lasting power of "Thelma and Louise" on its 25th anniversary.
A review of the "Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, Volume 1" Blu-ray box set.
An excerpt from the February 2016 issue of Bright Wall/Dark Room about Keanu Reeves.
Sheila writes: In the films of Spike Lee, the characters often break the fourth wall and speak directly into the lens. There's a break in the action, and the dialogue spoken to the camera feels almost like it's from a documentary, with the "talking head" giving us more information for context. In this cut from the wonderful video-site "Press Play," watch the best To the Camera moments from Spike Lee's films.
The movie questionnaire and 2015 reviews of RogerEbert.com film critic Sheila O'Malley.
R.I.P. Albert Maysles; What ISIS really wants; Silencing "India's Daughter"; Ford's crash stirs subconscious fears; Profile of "Hangover" producer Scott Budnick, advocate for prison reform.
Roger Ebert's essay on film in the 1978 edition of the Britannica publication, "The Great Ideas Today."
An excerpt from the September 2014 issue of "Bright Wall/Dark Room" on "Notes on a Scandal."
An appreciation of "Twin Peaks" and review of the "The Entire Mystery," the Blu-ray release of all 30 episodes and "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me."
Even the Pope loved Eli Wallach; North Korea threatens war over Seth Rogen movie; Remembering Peter de Rome; Dennis Hopper's lost photography; Richard Linklater on "Boyhood"
Glenn Kenny highlights the picks of Blu-ray releases for the month of November
Jared Leto stayed in character as a transsexual for the entire shooting schedule of "Dallas Buyers Club." He talks about why he did it and what he learned.
Writer Sheila O'Malley responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
Julie Harris seemed to bring her own special set of tools to the art of acting, making every performance, every line feel like a fresh discovery.
Camille Paglia is known for being both brilliant and wacky (possibly wacko) -- often at the same time, which is probably when she's at her most inspired. A founding contributor at Salon.com (and co-star of "It's Pat: The Movie"), Paglia spoke on the phone to Salon editor Kerry Lauerman yesterday after the news of Elizabeth Taylor's death, and offered up an extraordinary tribute. I just wanted to share some of it with you. Lauerman begins by quoting something Paglia wrote about Taylor in Penthouse in 1992:
"She wields the sexual power that feminism cannot explain and has tried to destroy. Through stars like Taylor, we sense the world-disordering impact of legendary women like Delilah, Salome, and Helen of Troy. Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses women's ancient and eternal control of the sexual realm." Paglia takes it from there:
Exactly. At that time, you have to realize, Elizabeth Taylor was still being underestimated as an actress. No one took her seriously -- she would even make jokes about it in public. And when I wrote that piece, Meryl Streep was constantly being touted as the greatest actress who ever lived. I was in total revolt against that and launched this protest because I think that Elizabeth Taylor is actually a greater actress than Meryl Streep, despite Streep's command of a certain kind of technical skill. [...]
David Thomson, or "David Thomson"? Critic or stalker?
David Thomson is often described as a "film critic," but film criticism is not quite what he does. Nor is he a journalist or a biographer or a historian by any traditional definition of those terms. Thomson is a cinephile, a fantasist and an autobiographer, who writes about movies -- and the characters in them, and the people who make them -- as his possessions, imagined aspects of himself.
In the introduction to his best-known book, the idiosyncratic and provocative "A Biographical Dictionary of Film," he admits that, in writing about movies, he is unavoidably writing about himself -- and, indeed, the book might be better titled "An Autobiographical Dictionary of Film." All film criticism (and all writing, fiction or "non-fiction") is to some degree autobiographical, and Thomson has been more aggressive and up-front about his obsessions with his fantasy-objects, from Warren Beatty to Nicole Kidman, than most. But I'm not sure his treatment, or imaginative possession (sexual and otherwise), of his not-at-all-obscure objects of desire is any less tabloid-creepy because it is presented as critical nonfiction rather than as gossip or on some fanatical fan blog, except that Thomson's writing is better.
Last week, Kidman's reps said Thomson had misrepresented himself in the one telephone interview he did with Kidman for his ostensible biography, being sold under the title "Nicole Kidman." From The Daily Mail: According to the star's publicist Wendy Day: "Nicole has never met David Thomson. She has only spoken to him briefly on the phone about her acting processes and various films.
"He's a well-respected film writer and she accepted the interview only because she was under the impression he was writing a series of film essays." So, if Thomson is going to write about movie-fed fantasies, and he's decided to focus his on Nicole Kidman, what are his ethical responsibilities when it comes to soliticiting her unknowing cooperation in his enterprise? A review in the New York Times, which calls the ostensible biography "a weird and unseemly mash note," offers several quotes from the book, including:"I should own up straightaway that, yes, I like Nicole Kidman very much. I suspect she is as fragrant as spring, as ripe as summer, as sad as autumn and as coldly possessed as winter.... That's why I'm writing this book, I think, to honor desire."
"Just as I take the breakup with Cruise as the liberating and altering experience in Kidman's life, so we have to see that Tom was changed, too."
"I dare say she wakes up some nights screaming because she felt it [aging, losing her looks] was about to happen. (Not that I can be there to witness it — or stop imagining it.)��? Thomson also speculates about what might have happened on the set of "Eyes Wide Shut," in this excerpt from the book published in the Sunday Times of London:


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from The Four Loves, referring to the problems he saw with classifying all human problems as psychological or pathological and how "normal" should not necessarily be our goal:
"We have only seen one such Man. And He was not at all like the psychologist's picture of the integrated, balanced, adjusted, happily married, employed, popular citizen. You can't really be very well "adjusted" to your world if it says you "have a devil" and ends by nailing you up naked to a stake of wood."
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How To Improve Your Credit Score Even If You Have Lots Of Debt
Your credit score is one of the most important numbers that is associated with you. Every time you want to finance a purchase, apply for a credit card or get a loan the lending agency is going to look to your credit score. That's why it is important to have a good credit score.
The problem is that so many little thing affect your credit score that it is hard to keep it constant.
If you carry lots of debt chances are you will have a lower credit score than what you would probably like. It may take some effort on your part but you can improve your credit score even with the debt.
Ideally, the amount of debt you're carrying should not exceed 30% of your debt limit. If you go over this limit then your credit score will reflect it negatively. If you find yourself over the ideal 30% then you need to consider some debt options:
- Pay off your debt. If you have the money then pay off the debt. There is no use paying the high interest rates that credit cards and lending agencies charge if you don't have to.
- Pay off your credit cards more frequently. If you tend to max out your credit card every month but pay the total off on time then that is good. However, in keeping with the 30% rule you may want to pay your card off as soon as you approach that limit.
- Consolidate you debt. If you find that you are paying interest on your credit card debt then consider consolidating all your credit card debt into one loan. A loan from the bank will be at a lower interest rate than what the credit card companies charge and it will free up your credit cards.
- Pay your bills on time. Being late with the bill payments shows up as a big red mark on your credit score. Always pay on time and in full. Not only does it save you interest and late fees but its positive for your credit rating.
These are just four ways you can improve your credit score while carrying a large amount of debt. Ultimately, you will have to deal with the bigger problem - the debt.
Analyze your spending habits and determine where the debt is coming from. If you are spending frivolously on items not necessary to your survival (ok - maybe that's a bit extreme) you might want to consider cutting back - at least until you get your debt under control. If the debt stems from having more living expenses than income then you may need to consider getting a different job (or adding one). Your monthly income must exceed you monthly expenses if you ever want to get ahead.
Debt is always lurking so stay aware. When you notice yourself slipping in that direction take steps to get out. Not only will it improve your credit score (making it easier for you to acquire more debt - hmmm) but you will sleep easier.


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Letters to the Editor
Candidate shares stance on issues
Dear Editor:
Last week, President Obama announced that he would halt the deportation of over 800,000 illegal immigrants and, instead, grant them work permits and, eventually, a path to citizenship. I would like to say I was surprised but it is just another example of his disregard for the Constitutional limits of executive power.
In similar political pandering, the President has refused to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, which is supposed to bar the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages and used executive prerogative to force employers to provide contraceptives to their workers regardless of their moral stance on the issue. This time, the President one-upped himself and blatantly sidestepped Congress by enacting amnesty without legislative approval. It's difficult not to see this as anything other than an election year ploy to secure a key voting block and reinvigorate an electorate disillusioned with this President's brand of "Hope and Change."
Until last week, the President maintained that he couldn't unilaterally act on immigration issues without Congress. A tough re-election campaign and sagging poll numbers must have changed his mind. The elected representatives of the American people have spoken on this issue by not approving the DREAM Act and, on three separate occasions, actually rejected granting work permits and amnesty to illegal immigrants.
We should welcome immigrants who obey the law and enter our state and country legally. Many legal immigrants are hard-working, law-abiding citizens who pay taxes and own businesses. However, those who come to the U.S. and Missouri illegally depress the wages available to hard-working Missourians for jobs that used to come with a living wage.
I do not buy the argument that illegals are simply doing jobs Missourians won't do. Rather, they are doing these jobs for wages that cannot support taxpaying Missouri families. Many states across the country have seen more and more of their budgets dedicated to providing services for illegal immigrants. Taxpaying citizens are being forced to subsidize illegal activity by a federal government and administration that refuses to enforce the law and defend our borders.
Some frustrated states like Arizona and Missouri, have seen fit to enact legislation that protects our citizens, defends taxpayers, and upholds the rule of law. In 2008, my colleagues and I in the Missouri legislature passed a bill that denied taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, disallowed the employment of illegal immigrants, required employers who had state contracts to use E-Verify or a similar database, required law enforcement officers to verify citizenship of a person charged with a crime and held in confinement, provided judges the ability to deny bail on reasonable suspicion of a person being an illegal alien, prohibited cities from creating sanctuary policies, required the Missouri Department of Revenue to check the legal status of immigrants before issuing driver's licenses and required harsher punishment for those convicted of trafficking illegal immigrants.
If I am elected to the Missouri Senate, one of my top priorities will be to protect our state's citizens and challenge our federal government to do its job, enforce the law, and defend our borders.
David Sater
Republican candidate
for State Senator of
Missouri's 29th District
Thank you Congressman Long
Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter to the editor so that readers may know if they voted for Billy Long for Congressman, I think they made the right choice.
In April of 2011, I received an unfair and undeserved fine from the United States Department of Agriculture APHIS Division. I am a small business owner in southwest Missouri and have been in business since 1988. I have an auction company with nine employees. I pay my taxes on time, I have never been charged with a crime, and I have never received a fine for my business practices. I hadn't received so much as a speeding ticket in over 25 years.
I am a USDA licensed auctioneer that sells USDA regulated animals, therefore I am inspected by a USDA inspector on a regular basis. We are inspected for care and conditions of animals in our auctions as well as paperwork for record keeping purposes.
After a 2007 auction, we were inspected and passed with no violation for animal care, however, they questioned some of our record keeping. Two years later, an investigator came and re-inspected the same records of the same sale. Never before since 1988 had our record keeping been questioned, but after all the excitement generated around Proposition "B," which was felt by many as an attack of farmers and dog kennels, USDA had decided to toughen up their inspections.
Then in April of 2011, I received a paperwork fine for $56,000. Now keep in mind even if they were correct, which they were not, this even by USDA standards is an indirect violation; meaning it didn't place any animals in harm, it was only record keeping. Not only did they want $56,000, they threatened that if it was not paid in one month, the fine would be much higher if I went to court. The $56,000 was what they called "a reduced settlement." I called it bankruptcy for my business and unemployment for all my employees.
I immediately contacted my attorney Judd Poppen from Neale and Newman in Springfield. Judd started right away contacting USDA about this matter. We asked for our file from the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) office, and they would not release it. They said it was because it was being used in an investigation. So, they had all the information and we had nothing. Mr. Poppen, after many hours of work, phone calls and letter writing suggested that we contact Congressman Billy Long's office to see if he could help in this matter.
I was told by many people that this effort was useless as no politician would really care or take a stand on my behalf against the government. They were wrong. Congressman Long's office requested all the information that I had on hand and reviewed it. They also requested all of the information that USDA had concerning the alleged violation.
I received phone calls, emails and updates from Congressman Long's office on a weekly basis. I spoke personally with Congressman Long on a number of occasions. He assured me that it would get resolved, and that he did not believe it should be the intent of the government to put small businesses out of business nor put the employees in the unemployment line.
When I or my attorney were not talking to Congressman Long, we were in constant correspondence with a staff member from Congressman Long's office.
After many months of back and forth with USDA, Congressman Long felt this had gone on long enough and called for a meeting in Washington with the directors of USDA. He explained that he thought the levied fine was ridiculous and asked for a more reasonable solution.
After this meeting; USDA was receptive to a much reduced fine with no admittance of guilt on my part. I agreed to the terms as lawyer bills were growing and time away from my business was taking its toll.
The matter has now been resolved through the efforts of Congressman Long, his staff and Judd Poppen of Neale and Newman. I would like to thank you all for your hard work and concern on my behalf. I really do appreciate all you did for me and my business.
Bob Hughes
Southwest Auction Service
Wheaton, Missouri


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Natalie Moon, a 46-year-old first-timer from Maryland, who lives in Nevada, said she was nervous when she flew from Nevada, where she lives to Los Angeles, California for her first-ever porn shoots. "I didn't know what to expect," she said. Well, she expected to get fucked in her hairy pussy. She also expected to get fucked in her tight ass. She wanted to get fucked in her tight ass. She loves anal. All of that happened. And what word would Natalie use to describe her first on-camera fuck? "Extraordinary!" she said. Now that's what we like to hear! Natalie is extraordinary. She's a beautiful divorcee (and mom!) with reddish-brown hair and brown eyes and a smokin' body.
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Post submitted by Ben Gibbs, Atlanta HRC Political Co-Chair
Atlanta has a rich and storied history of civil rights leadership. This history is rooted in the collective belief that our diversity makes our city and community stronger. As a result, Atlanta is home to one of the most vibrant LGBT communities in the country.
HRC Atlanta has been hard at work to ensure that our city's policies reflect these values.
Recently, we researched our city's municipal code to identify areas in which we could make improvements to ensure Atlanta has fully inclusive policies and ordinances. In 2000, the Atlanta City Council extended protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity to private employment, housing, and public accommodations. However, while sexual orientation was added as a protected class in city employment, gender identity was not. HRC Atlanta made it a goal to help correct this inequality.
In the process, we identified 14 other areas in the code that, while protecting individuals based on sexual orientation, failed to include gender identity as a protected class. We worked closely with our allies in the city council to prepare legislation to ensure all ordinances were inclusive of gender identity.
On July 15 of this year, the Atlanta City Council unanimously passed legislation adding gender identity as a protected class to all 15 city ordinances and sent it to the mayor for signature, who signed the legislation into law.
In Atlanta, we are proud to live in a city that believes discrimination based on gender identity is not acceptable. That value is now reflected in all of our city ordinances.
HRC Atlanta's work will continue as we seek to ensure our city's policies protect our community and reflect Atlanta's continuing belief that our diversity is our strength.
The progress we have been able to achieve at the municipal level in Atlanta reflects a larger movement that is happening across the country. Where states and the federal government have failed to act, municipalities are taking action. More than 170 cities and counties across the country – including Atlanta! - have passed non-discrimination laws that protect their LGBT constituents. HRC's Municipal Equality Index demonstrates the ways that many cities can – and do – serve the LGBT people who live and work in those cities. In Atlanta, we are leading the way in showing how a city can protect its LGBT citizens when a state or the federal government does not.
Read the Municipal Equality Index report here, and click here to see the detailed scorecards for the 137 cities the MEI rated in 2012. The 2013 Municipal Equality Index is rating 291 cities and will be released this fall.


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Hybrid parking sticker
August 25, 2010
In the Aug. 8 issue, I saw your article regarding free parking at meters in Hollywood for hybrid vehicles with the appropriate sticker. What I would like to know is, does this apply to every meter in Hollywood, including areas at the beach, and is parking enforcement aware of this? Obviously, I have a hybrid with HOV and express lane stickers. Are there still more needed? H. Christian Sandkuhl, Hollywood
Homeless woman says she was attacked in Hollywood park
By Mike Clary and Sun Sentinel
September 29, 2014
As a woman who has been homeless on the streets of Broward County for more than a decade, Linda Lambert said she has seen and experienced her share of violence. But little could have prepared her for the brutal beating she says she suffered at the hands of a man with whom she had been talking in Hawksbill pocket park within the city's North Beach Park at State Road A1A and Sheridan Street, she said Monday. "When I got up to leave he grabbed my backpack, and when I wouldn't let go I got a fist in the face," said Lambert, 63, of the Friday attack that left her disoriented and with a black eye and cuts to the face.
Hollywood's proposed parking changes
The Miami Herald
June 16, 2010
Meters: Beach: $1.50 an hour Monday-Thursday; $2 an hour Friday-Sunday and holidays. Downtown: $1 an hour all day. Garages: Downtown: first two hours free, $1 an hour after 10 p.m.; Beach garages: hourly rate via master meters, $1.50 an hour Special Events: Beach garages: Candy Cane Parade, $5; Clambake, Hispanic Fest, Canada Fest, $10; Fourth of July, $15. Enforcement of all parking will be 24 hours. Fees must be paid in U.S. currency. Beach Streets: Public parking all day and both public and residential permit parking at night in the streetscape area.
Pompano Beach parking garage to cost $20 million
By Ariel Barkhurst and Sun Sentinel
September 29, 2014
Pompano Beach is sailing toward its future on a parking garage that could put the city $19.9 million in debt. The 625-space parking garage on the beach near the Pompano Fishing Pier will be adorned with a series of five aluminum sails, which will echo similar sails that will fly on the Hillsboro Canal bridge after its upcoming renovation. Commissioners wanted something that will look "iconic," they said. "This is the front door to the pier," said Peter Flotz, managing member of the Lansing Melbourne Group, a parking consultation firm that is working with the city on the project.
Blimp parking price floats higher
May 3, 2012
Think parking prices are steep? Imagine if you were driving a blimp. Broward County is pushing prices higher for blimp parking at the county's North Perry Airport (HWO) in Pembroke Pines. The county is proposing to increase the price in June from $60 a day to $65. The general aviation airport attracts the other blimps – blimps other than the iconic Goodyear blimp, whose home is in Pompano Beach. North Perry gets the blimps of Metlife, DirecTV and Fuji in its three blimp parking spots.
Parking garage grand opening details
December 13, 2010
Where: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, off State Road 7 between Griffin and Stirling roads When: At 7 p.m. Wednesday, 2,400 people will attempt to set a world record for simultaneous guitar smash; Huey Lewis and The News will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Tamarac to ignore errant parking
By Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel
March 28, 2012
It's against city code to park in the street, but city officials have agreed it's best to look the other way. The law, passed in 1981, prohibits parking in the street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But officials argue at the city's inception, Tamarac had more senior, age-restricted communities and the houses were built with one-car driveways. Senior communities such as Mainlands 6 and Faircrest 14, for example, were built in the 1960s. But now, age restrictions are lifted, and there are more drivers and cars in each house.
Hollywood considers free street parking downtown
By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel
November 16, 2011
Mayor Peter Bober's mission to offer free street parking downtown could come to fruition Wednesday. Up for a commission vote is a move to convert all of downtown's approximately 1,500 metered spaces into free three-hour parking. Currently, metered street parking costs $1 an hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "It's so simple, all we have to say is say 'Let's do it,' " Bober said when he pitched the idea at an October meeting. "Joy could start tomorrow for visitors and residents of Hollywood.
New parking machines coming to Deerfield
By Ariel Barkhurst, Sun Sentinel
June 14, 2013
DEERFIELD BEACH — Beach-goers here may never again face that unfortunate moment when they realize they remembered the sunscreen, towels and bottled water — but forgot the quarters. The city's oft-broken, coin-fed meters could soon be replaced by machines in which drivers pay with credit card or cash, and payments could be updated by phone. It would affect about 800 spaces near the beaches, Assistant City Manager Keven Klopp said. Miami and Fort Lauderdale have the same technology, and Hollywood is considering it at some city spaces, Klopp said.
Exorbitant parking fee at BB&T Center
December 31, 2013
It's time to call out the management of the BB&T Center for the exorbitant parking fees they charge concert-goers. It cost a shocking $30 to park for the recent Jingle Ball — or was it Jingle Bucks — concert. I don't believe the fee, which had to be paid in cash, was reported or advertised in advance to help people steel themselves for the sticker shock. What a Christmas gift that was. The parking charge came on top of a $13 "service fee" per-ticket, sales tax and a $4.95 delivery charge for emailing the e-tickets.
Marlins on opposite end of season-ending no-hitter
By Juan C. Rodriguez and Sun Sentinel
September 28, 2014
WASHINGTON The Marlins' relievers reveled as they watched the ball head their way, anticipating it would find grass and roll toward them. What happened instead silenced the visitors' bullpen and prompted the rest of Nationals Park to erupt in appreciation of a historic season finale Sunday. One out away from the first no-hitter in Washington Nationals' history, Jordan Zimmermann watched Christian Yelich rip his 104th pitch of the game into the left-center field gap. "We were all cheering," reliever Mike Dunn said.
Geology lesson set in stone at Death Valley National Park
By Janet Groene
September 28, 2014
Why would anyone want to visit a place called Death Valley? Ask Grandma and Grandpa, who may remember an early television western called "Death Valley Days" starring a young actor named Ronald Reagan. Now a national park, this was the rootin', tootin' Wild West in the days when pioneers drove wagons westward in search of mineral riches. Today, the old mining sites are ghost towns. They're great fun for families to explore, and so are hundreds of other scenic vistas, dry salt flats, snowy dunes, an exquisite oasis, a mysterious castle and much more the family traveler.
H2O fun at Florida resorts
By Georgina Cruz
September 28, 2014
Resorts have pools, of course, but what separates the men from the boys when it comes to H2O fun is having a water park right on the premises - talk about making a splash more conveniently particularly for families! With a water park onsite you don't have to pack the kids and gear into the car, drive to another location and park, so you have more time to spend in the water. Here are just some resorts that boast a water park on their premises in a variety of popular Florida destinations.
Coral Springs decides against parks and recreation foundation
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September 27, 2014
Establishing a parks and recreation foundation has worked for cities such as Tamarac and North Lauderdale, but Coral Springs city officials do not think it is the best fit for the city. At a recent City Commission workshop, officials decided, for now, that establishing and running a foundation would be too much of an additional workload for city staff. Staff surveyed three cities that have foundations — Tamarac, Margate and North Lauderdale; the commission is likely to consider the issue again once staff returns with a report after surveying more cities.
Oakland Park to elect two commissioners
By Larry Barszewski and Sun Sentinel
September 27, 2014
The mayor and two former mayors are running to fill two commission seats on Nov. 4, with the downtown culinary arts district among the topics voters will be considering. Incumbent commissioners Shari McCartney and John Adornato and former Commissioner Steven Arnst are competing for the two spots. McCartney currently serves as mayor, a position that is rotated annually. Voters last year approved moving the city's elections from March to November. Candidates don't run for an individual seat but are grouped, with the open seats going to the top vote-getters.
Save the old city dump? Push on to preserve site in Boca Raton
By Anne Geggis and Sun Sentinel
September 26, 2014
- A push to keep an old city dump the way it is - including a pile of dredge material, a rusting shopping cart and ground strewn with empty cans and bottles - has mobilized a following. A group of residents in the south end of the city would rather have the site of the former dump, located near the intersection of Dixie Highway and Southwest 18th Street, left intact than have a new park open there. At a forum this month about the site's future, more than two dozen people sounded off against plans to push down and fill over the dump in order to build more recreation fields, a playground and nature trails.
Promenade green parking spaces to be enforced
Alyssa Cutter, email@example.com
October 18, 2013
Parking in the "green" spaces at the Promenade in Coconut Creek and the Coconut Creek Seminole Casino will now get your non-hybrid car fined, for real this time. Coconut Creek recently passed a law which makes ticketing cars parked in the reserved spaces – and not on the state's low emission's list – a $30 ordinance violation. "... There is always conflicting information about who can park in the [low-emitting vehicle] parking spaces and who can't," Director of Sustainable Development Sheila Rose told commissioners in April, when the change was first brought up for discussion.
Deerfield snowbirds eligible for beach parking stickers
By Ariel Barkhurst, Sun Sentinel
October 17, 2013
Part-time residents, including those who identify themselves as snowbirds, can once again purchase a beach parking sticker for $100 per year. After months of controversy over a rule change that meant they could not, the city this week changed the law again to ensure that part-time residents can get stickers too. Anyone with a current utility bill to a Deerfield address or a voter registration card with a Deerfield address can get a beach parking...
Oakland Park commissioner faces ethics complaint
By Larry Barszewski and Sun Sentinel
September 25, 2014
A neighbor of Commissioner John Adornato has filed an ethics complaint against him because he retained the city attorney for a personal matter last year and then voted on an amendment to the attorney's city contract in August. Adornato voted against the amendment that increased how much City Attorney D.J. Doody's firm is paid from $195 an hour to $215 an hour, but the complaint questions whether he should have voted at all given the prior relationship. The complaint, filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics by Hal Spear, also questions whether Adornato should have hired Doody and whether Doody should have agreed to represent him. Adornato said he did nothing unethical, that there was no conflict of interest and because of that, he was obligated to vote on the amendment.
Oakland Park commissioner faces ethics complaint over hiring city attorney for personal matter
By Larry Barszewski and Sun Sentinel
September 25, 2014
A spat with neighbors has led to an ethics complaint against Oakland Park Commissioner John Adornato, who hired City Attorney D.J. Doody last year to do some personal legal work for him and then voted on an amendment to Doody's city contract in August. It's not like Adornato did Doody a favor. He voted against the amendment that increased how much Doody's firm is paid by the city from $195 an hour to $215 an hour. But the complaint filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics by one of his neighbors, Hal Spear, questions if Adornato should have hired Doody at all, if Doody should have agreed to represent him, and if Adornato should have abstained from the contract vote given their prior relationship.
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Miss America contestant, Allyn Rose, has elected to undergo a double mastectomy as a preventative measure. The 24-year-old, who holds the current title as Miss DC, made the decision to have both of her breasts removed due to genetic predisposition.
Breast cancer was responsible for the deaths of Rose's grandmother, great-aunt, and mother. Genetic testing performed when the beauty queen was child revealed that she is genetically predisposed to develop the disease at some point in her life.
According to Rose, her father first proposed an elective double mastectomy when she was a freshman at the University of Maryland. As reported by Fox News, Allyn was not interested in her father's suggestion:
"I said, `Dad I'm not going to do that. I like the body I have.' He got serious and said, `Well then you're going to end up dead like your mom.' "
In an interview with ABC News, the Miss America hopeful stated that she eventually decided to have her breasts removed when she considered that her mother was only 27 when she was diagnosed and in her 50's when she eventually passed away.
Specialists have conflicting opinions about her decision. In an interview with Fox News, Sandra Swain, Medical Director of Washington Cancer Institute, voices her concern:
"We're seen a rise in prophylactic mastectomies and a lot of it is not for a medical reason; it is because of fear and anxiety."
Although genetic testing did reveal that Allyn possessed a genetic predisposition to develop breast cancer, test results were negative for two other factors, BRCA1 and 2, which are considered the "breast cancer genes."
Allyn's brother, Dean Rose, works for an oncology association. He fully supports and respects his sister's decision:
"For me what trumps everything is her living, hopefully to a ripe old age, as opposed to any ancillary things that she might lose from potentially winning Miss America."
Allyn has won several pageants over the last three years including Miss Sinergy, Miss Maryland USA, and finally Miss District of Columbia, which led to the Miss America competition taking place Saturday night in Las Vegas.
If she wins the title on Saturday, Rose plans to have the procedure while she holds the title. She feels that it will send a powerful statement to other women and will help raise awareness.


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According to medical researchers[1], one of the benefits of conducting clinical trials in Australia is that local patients can access the latest treatments three to five years earlier than if the trials were conducted overseas.
Similarly, the benefits of being a member of APGA's Research and Standards Committee (APGA-RSC) include having immediate access to locally relevant research results that can make pipelines safer and more efficient, and give member companies a competitive advantage.
Established in the early-80s and formalised within APGA in 1996, the APGA-RSC is a separately funded APGA Standing Committee which raises funds from member companies to support research critical to the ongoing safety and reliability of pipelines. The research focuses on improving the safety and reliability of pipelines and reducing the costs of pipeline design, construction and operations. In addition to direct funding, APGA-RSC's member companies also contribute valuable in-kind support that, in recent years, has brought the total value of its research program to more than $2 million per year.
Critically, APGA-RSC works closely with the pipeline committees of Standards Australia to ensure research results can be quickly applied to the industry's highly respected national standard, Australian Standard AS2885 – for the benefit of the industry and wider community.
On 8 June 2010 a campaign led by APGA-RSC culminated in the official opening of the Energy Pipelines Cooperative Research Centre (see below). A partnership of the APGA-RSC, the University of Adelaide, the University of Wollongong, Deakin University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, the Energy Pipelines CRC will receive more than $17 million in Australian Government funding over the next decade. A further $10 million has been provided by APGA-RSC members, with more than $50 million of in-kind support being provided by the universities and industry (predominantly from APGA and APGA-RSC members).
Whilst the Energy Pipelines CRC has created partnerships in government and academia, pipeline research remains industry-driven. APGA-RSC is still the primary avenue for our industry to determine its research priorities and APGA-RSC members are advisers to the research programs being conducted by the Energy Pipeline CRC.
Even in the earliest days of the APGA-RSC, the members recognised the benefits of international collaboration and developed a formal relationship with the world's leading pipeline research organisations – the US-based Pipeline Research Council International and the European Pipeline Research Group. APGA's links with these organisations were formalised, allowing RSC members confidential access to pipeline research undertaken by North American and European researchers, helping to reduce duplication of research efforts by all groups. The three research organisations also meet biennially at a Joint Technical Meeting to share results, discuss issues and determine future research priorities for the industry.
For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 02 6273 0577
The Energy Pipelines Cooperative Research Centre is one of around 40 active CRCs (and one of seven CRCs looking at mining and manufacturing) funded under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre program, administered by the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
The CRCs operate across all sectors, including climate change and environmental sustainability, healthcare, social inclusion, information technology, engineering, finance and agribusiness.
The CRC program helps to fund partnerships between industry, industry associations, universities, federal and state government agencies, public research organisations, non‐government organisations and regional development corporations, as well as international partners, to conduct research aimed at addressing major challenges facing Australia.
Importantly, research priorities are identified by the end-users of the research, primarily industry, and resulting innovations can be practically adopted by businesses and communities.
CRC-generated collaboration produces a critical mass of research resources that can help support new industries and improve Australia's competitive advantage.
For more information on this program visit www.crc.gov.au
[1] Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group, Fact Sheet


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A songbook of progressive/protest music for the twenty-first century. Dozens of anthems from 1970 to the present, from around the world, all with an essential "hook" that makes them ideal for progressive mobilizations and celebrations.
Monday, January 10, 2011
"Desapariciones" (Disappearances) - Rubén Blades / Maná
¿A dónde van los desaparecidos?
Busca en el agua y en los matorrales.
¿Y por qué es que se desaparecen?
Porque no todos somos iguales.
¿Y cuándo vuelve el desaparecido?
Cada ves que lo trae el pensamiento.
¿Cómo se le habla al desaparecido?
Con la emoción apretando por dentro.
Where do the disappeared go?
Look in the water and in the bushes.
And why is it that they disappear?
Because we are not all equal.
And when does the disappeared come back?
Every time you have him in your thoughts.
How do you talk to the disappeared?
With emotion gripping you inside.
(Link to full lyrics in Spanish and English.)
Revulsion against the state-terror practices that "disappearances" typified contributed to a democratic uprising in the military dictatorships of South and Central America -- though because these were US client regimes, that story received far less attention than the fall of communism in Europe and elsewhere. Blades's anthem of this grim epoch in Latin American history can also serve as an anthem for the era of "extraordinary renditions." Perhaps more poetic translations can be made to English, French, and other languages, and sung to accompany petitions about detained and "disappeared" individuals in many parts of the world.
Rubén Blades's original recording of "Desapariciones" (1984):
A distant but warm-sounding bootleg of Blades's performance of the song in Santiago de Chile, October 2010:
The exquisite version of "Desapariciones" performed at one of the major concerts in Latin American pop history, Maná's 1999 MTV Unplugged show in Miami, later released on CD and DVD. Lead vocalist Fher's introduction states: "The next song is written by Mr. Rubén Blades, and it talks about all those people who have dedicated themselves to a more just world. They have been persecuted, and tortured, and disappeared, and some of them [have been] killed. This is called 'Disappearances.'"
Other Resources
Song available on:
Rubén Blades, Buscando América (Elektra, 1984), track 3
Mana, MTV Unplugged (WEA Latina, 1999), track 7
An extremely helpful Spanish/English dual translation of "Desapariciones" exists, with discussion and debate about the translation issues. What's needed for English-singing activists, as with every non-English song on this list, is a translation that preserves the poetry and rhyming structure of the original. Same, of course, for non-English singers wanting to adapt some of the great anthems on this list to their own languages. Surely as a global progressive community, we ought to be able to wiki that? Or maybe we already have, and no-one told me?
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I love the service you have provided to create a more just world. This post regarding the music of Latin American artists shows the power of the human spirit to create a more just world. This song soothed the soul of those who were unjustly taken from their loved ones, and gave the loved ones a voice that understood their pain. In hopes that humanity will never travel down that road again. We need more people sharing what you write about in the world so we do not continue repeating these mistakes. Thank you for choosing this as your life's work. I stumbled upon your work as I was writing about social justice movements for a non-profit grant proposal on US immigrant rights and movement building. Keep the torch lit, even when your arm gets heavy. I shined all the way in the US in Connecticut and I am sure in countless corners of the world that you will never know of because of the internet.ReplyDelete
PS you have captured the spirit of why I love Ruben Blades, Mana, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Faccundo - recently killed in my birth country Guatemala, Arturo Cortez, Sade, Arjona from Guate... etc.


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Woman's Face to Be On New $10 Bill
Which American woman should appear on the new $10 bill?
Move over, Alexander Hamilton because the new $10 bills will feature a woman!
The US Department of Treasury announced yesterday that a female will join Hamilton on the face of the $10 bill in 2020. The change is to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of women's suffrage. There are no leaks on who it will actually be, but the internet has been taken over by serious and also hilarious suggestions.
THERE IS NO HAMILTON. ONLY ZUUL. #TheNewTen pic.twitter.com/PD25NftZC1
— Stay Puft (@staypuft) June 18, 2015
I think we all know the only acceptable choice for #TheNewTen. pic.twitter.com/BlFQjvKeLn
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) June 17, 2015
My vote for the new face of the $10 bill is Notorious RBG. #TheNewTen pic.twitter.com/3HhQqAz4Xh
— Jason Febery (@JasonFebery) June 18, 2015
#TheNewTen pic.twitter.com/J9VhSdqry3
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) June 17, 2015
The move to put a female American hero also created a stir because she was originally supposed to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. It's not a slight against women, but a calculated move to prevent counterfeit money being produced.
Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States, the founder of the nation's financial system, and Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington. We hope he enjoys his new roommate!
Which American woman should appear on the new $10 bill?