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Watching programmes on a computer isn't that straightforward either. The BBC iPlayer and ITV equivalents won't work outside the UK, for copyright reasons, so you have to install special software to shield your IP address and use a proxy server.
There are some companies that offer access to a range of channels via a paid subscription, but they tend to come and go (along with your subscription fee) as they are not strictly legal. You can download torrents, but getting the programmes you want is a bit hit-and-miss and that's not strictly legal either.
So, not wanting to clutter up our roof terrace with a 2-metre dish, we opted for Spanish TV. We reasoned that it would help our Spanish (which it has) and stop us sitting glued to the box every night (which it hasn't).
Spain completed the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting in 2010. There are over twenty free-to-air channels available through TDT (Digital Terrestrial Television), including five state-owned ones: TVE1 (general public service broadcasting), TVE2 (cultural stuff), 24H (24-hour news), Clan (for children) and Teledeporte (sports). Each autonomous community has its own channel; in Andalucia this is Canal Sur. TVE1 and 2 have no adverts, and the other channels tend to have fewer but longer commercial breaks than in the UK.
Complete list of TDT channels
Traditionally, foreign series and films broadcast in Spain have always been dubbed into Spanish. This dates back to Franco and the perceived need to censor out dangerous foreign influences. With TDT it is usually possible to remove the doblado and watch programmes in the original language by adjusting the Audio settings. This enables us to watch programmes like House MD, Law & Order, Bones, even Desperate Housewives in English, as well as a wide variety of movies. However the days of the doblado may be numbered, as it is believed that one of the reasons the Spanish are so bad at foreign languages is because they never hear them, and some channels are planning to broadcast subtitled films in 2012.
Since the introduction of TDT, and doubtless because of the economic crisis, the Spanish are spending more hours in front of the box - around four hours a day, on a par with the UK.
The pay-to-view satellite service, Canal + (formerly Digital +), offers packages of additional channels on subscription. All the packages include BBC World, CNN International and Al Jazeera.
Spanish television has a dreadful reputation in the expat community. A quick google reveals statements like this:
"The TV channels available in Spain are pretty dismal (even if you speak the lingo!). To make life tolerable the only sensible thing to do (if only to keep up with home and world news), is to install a SKY or FREESAT digital satellite system."
This is nonsense. There is a fair amount of dismal telly, but it is certainly no worse than in Britain, and there are some real gems. Some of my favourites are listed below, with links to their online archives.
Un País Para Comérselo - a pair of serious foodies tour the country seeking out Spain's gastronomic secrets.
Destino: España - a look at different places in Spain as seen by foreigners who have made their homes there.
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Página 2 - all about books, with a different author interviewed each week.
Redes - science and technology as seen by the irrepressible Eduard Punset.
Desafío Extremo - ever fancied abseiling down Angel Falls or climbing Everest? The intrepid Jesús Calleja will take you!
Callejeros - topical documentaries.
El Líder de la Manada - dog-whisperer César Millán shows the Spanish how to look after their dogs.
¡Cómetelo! chef Enrique Sánchez cooks Andalucian food (worth watching as much for the screw-ups, which aren't edited out, as the actual recipes!)
Saca la Lengua - fascinating programme about the Spanish language, how new words are introduced etc.
Buscamundos - goes to the places the average travel programme doesn't reach.
If you are learning Spanish, turning on the subtitles for the deaf can help you keep up, though they can be somewhat offputting.
If you are learning Spanish, turning on the subtitles for the deaf can help you keep up, though they can be somewhat offputting.


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My tutorial today is a bit silly. It's for Father's Day. Since my husband and I act pretty silly regularly and appreciate silly things, this works for us. Hopefully some of you are a bit silly also and will "get" this!
I am about to show you how to embroider on TOILET PAPER!
I did this in anticipation of Father's Day. That morning I figure my sweetheart will discover my silly project by surprise and it'll give him a laugh. A little message to him in an unexpected place to let him know I'm thinking of him.
(I'm giggling a lot with this one.)
Ok - first, gather your supplies, TP, a glue stick, and if you have an embroidery machine, some hooped stabilizer. (Don't have an embroidery machine? Oh, you can still embroider toilet paper, stick around!)
Fold 3 squares of TP over each other, accordion style. Use the glue stick to lightly secure the bottom piece to the hoop. Unravel the TP enough so when the hoop moves in the machine, it won't tear off the roll.
Embroider your message! Now, don't go for anything too dense, or the paper could fall apart. I went with outlined letters.
When finished, carefuly unhoop the TP, carefully snip threads, and carefully remove the stabilizer. Carefully now!
Then take your roll to the nearest potty room to be discovered!
(Inspiration for this project came to me upon discovering THIS at SwakEmbroidery.com
I think this will generate a little bit of a laugh.
If you don't have an embroidery machine, you could hand embroider a message. But I do recommend using stabilizer. I had a go at trying to add a message using just a little zigzag stitch on my machine. Want to see? You can have a go at this if you have a sewing machine!
First, write your message on the TP as a guide, again, 3 layers of TP. (I tore these pieces off the roll, but you would leave the roll intact.)
Then just stitch over the message using your zigzag stitch.
And learn from my mistake-- USE STABILIZER. Or you might have your soft TP sucked down into the feed dogs and have it torn and have to start over. :-(
Hope that gave you a giggle today.
Don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!
Have a lovely weekend!

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Hello All! Welcome to my blog. It has been a while since my last and first post "DIY Fireplace Makeover" which if interested please visit. Tis the season to garden, and today I'm going to talk about how to create a garden bed from scratch and by hand. I will go ahead and give you a heads up and let you know that this is a very labor intensive project, so if you are up for the challenge please read on.
Here we go.
First, you will need to find the perfect spot to build your garden. A good spot is one where there is plenty of sun and the soil has proper drainage.
Next, mark off your garden's measurements with sticks and rope. This step is optional, but I find it helpful in evaluating if you want to have a bigger or smaller garden depending on the size you have available. My garden ended up being 8ft x 10ft.
Now, it is time for the supplies.
You will need (based on my garden's measurements)…
2 – 2x6x8 Wood Boards
2 – 2x6x10 Wood Boards
12 – ½ in x 24in Steel Rebar Pins
12 – 2ft Round Steel Garden Stakes
4 – 2ft x 10ft, ½ Mesh, 19 Gauge Hardware Cloth/Galvanized Chicken wire
1 – Long 5/8 Spade Bit (if they don't have the long Spade Bit in stock, then get a 5/8 Spade Bit with a 12" Hex Key Extension)
Wood Screws (8 x 1 ½ in)
Patio/Deck Nails (8d 2- ½ in)
Staple Gun w/ Staples
Finally any garden tools such as a shovel, edger and spade.
Now take all your wood boards (2 – 2x6x8 and 2- 2x6x10 Wood Boards) and drill 3 holes in the side of each board equal distance apart. Go all the way through the board.
Once that is done, you will need to attach the boards together to create your frame. I used screws and nails both to give the frame solid support.
I then made sure the frame was where I wanted my garden to be, and used my edger to gently outline the outside of the garden. If you don't have an edger, then a shovel or spade would work here as well. Once completed, you will be left with a subtle impression to go by.
Next go back over the impression with your edger or shovel and start cutting the top layer of the sod.
Once you have completed cutting the outline, start cutting the squared off sections. This will make it easier to dig the top layer of the sod out.
I used the double dig method for the next steps. I found a great video on YouTube that will help give you a better idea of this technique. This is a must watch if you want to completely understand how to do this. You can view the video here: "How to make a double dig vegetable bed"
Time to start digging out the garden!
To begin, dig out the top layer of sod and place it to the side. You will be reusing this layer so don't discard it.
Next dig out the second layer of dirt and put it aside as well.
Once you are done with digging the second layer of soil, put the first layer of sod you have set aside back in the same area that you just dug with the grass facing down and the dirt facing up. You will then take the second layer soil and put it on top to cover. Continue this process until you get to the end of your garden bed.
When you're done with digging, put the wood frame back over the edges of the garden bed. Next, you will hammer the Steel Rebar Pins in all 3 holes of each board. This will keep your wood boards in place.
Next, you will take your Round Steel Garden Stakes and hammer three stakes on the outside of each board. One goes in the middle and the other two on the ends. Only hammer these half way into the ground.
Next, unravel the chicken wire and flatten it out. Take the thinner wire that was holding the mesh together and cut smaller pieces to use as ties for connecting the chicken wire mesh to the garden stakes.
When you are done with that step, go around each board and staple your chicken wire to the boards.
You are now done and ready to plant your seeds. We have two gardens and this one we used for our pumpkins. If you're interested in seeing how I built the Trellis in the picture below, visit my blog post titled "DIY Garden Trellis".
Our second garden is growing in well.
Thank you for visiting my blog and reading through this post. I hope it helps you start your own garden. Cheers! Jason


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Maggie SotteroMaggie Sottero Reese Wedding Gown
- Label Size:
- 8
- Street Size:
- 6
Maggie SotteroMaggie Sottero Reese Wedding Gown
- Label Size:
- 8
- Street Size:
- 6
This listing has been sold.
The moment I found this dress in a magazine, I instantly fell in love with it and looked everywhere until I eventually found it. It looks amazing on! When I was planning my wedding, I was going to buy two dresses (one for the reception and one for the ceremony), but when I found this one it was so beautiful that I didn't want a second dress and it is lighweight enough that I could dance all night in it.
Color is white
I added a bustle to the dress so that that little train wouldn't drag while dancing. I also added soft-removable bra cups, so that I didn't feel the need to wear a bra Also, I had it let out just a little in the hips. No alterations were made to the length. I'm 5'9" and wore heels for the wedding so it worked perfectly as it was.
This dress was dry cleaned immediately after the wedding and kept in the wedding dress bag.
Terms Of Sale: All Sales Final
Location: Corvallis, OR, United States
Will Ship to: Anywhere at Buyer Expense
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etehon, Gakyo Rojin Manji, game cock, Hokusai, Iitsu, Katsushika, manga, surimono, Taito, Tawaraya Sori, Tokitaro
Did your reflection
reveal what you would become
from your father's shop?
Tawaraya Sori
Though you were still young,
your surimono paintings
were never brushed off.
Katsushika Hokusai
At the shogun's court,
a blue curve transformed
by rooster claw prints.
Everyday people
catalogued in twelve volumes:
manga etehon.
A flirtatious hen
seeks to arouse the game cock.
His gaze is on us.
Gakyo Rojin Manji (tombstone)
'Old Man Mad On Art'
Could five more years have produced
a finer artist?


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This year it was announced in late June that Nick's book had won second place in the Liturgy category of the annual book awards of the Catholic Press Association. Axios!
Also earlier this year I used the book with my grad students in a class on sacraments, and they found it a challenging, compelling, and cogent study which they all enjoyed and from which they found themselves greatly edified.
So for all these reasons: if you haven't ordered it yet, go ahead and do so!


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Shamanic rattle, shaker, noise maker— no matter its moniker, this sacred tool is a valuable ally in a shaman healer's intention of service through sacred rhythm. Like a shaman's drum, the rattle
is used to aid in achieving the "altered state of consciousness," (ASC), that brainwave frequency measured between 7-8 Hz which is the threshold to journey work,
reportedly in the Theta/Alpha range. That is
roughly the same as the Earth's natural frequency, known as part of the "Schumann Resonance" frequency range that I've written about before. The lowest in the range, according to Wikipedia, is 7.83 Hz.
But here's something new to add.
I know this is tangential to my subject, but it's so cool. You can actually hear Mother Earth's heartbeat, which is caused by lightning. There are a lot of scientific / government organizations and agencies monitoring the Schumann, but you can eavesdrop several amateur radio buffs' sites who live-stream it. Here's a site that features a round-up of amateur monitoring stations around the world. Very cool! Associated Websites are also listed so you can learn more.
You can also see near real time lightning strikes on a map from this monitoring site at the University of Washington. (An updated real-time map here, too.)
Estimates are that lightning strikes the earth about 100 times a second from an average of around 2,000 thunder storms occurring on the planet at any one time. That translates into more than 8 million strikes a day! And that is what helps produce the Earth's measurable heartbeat at 7.83HZ, the same frequency you need to enter into the altered state. But don't worry, you won't need quite that many beats on a drum per second to do so!
There is still a seat in the sacred circle for you in the new Shaman Training course that will begin Oct. 18, 2015. (You may find full info here.) The Autumn is a perfect season in which to begin your exploration of a greater reality that will lead you to the
discovery of your authentic self and the mission of your beautiful soul for this lifetime.
Join with others of like minds, learn the healing ways and the path of shamans, and apply your new understanding to improve and empower your everyday life. You will become familiar with how to drum and thus to enter the greater realms through a shamanic journey. And then, you will meet totem animals and powerful guides in assembling a team of allies to assist your work and life in the full expression of your heart. It will be your greatest voyage of discovery.
The Trade Secrets Of Drum Making
SECRET ONE: Drum making is not a job or a task. It is an honor. I give thanks every time I make one
because I know it is for a healer or a drum circle drummer or even for someone who intends to have a wonderful time playing a drum just for the fun of it. Several people also buy drums to use for
their meditation practices, and a few purchase them to use in bands. How do I know this? I ask people to share their intentions for their drum at the time they buy it. They always respond.
It's good for me to know the intended use, and to then ask the buyer to lend good energy to the drum the day I make it by holding it in their thoughts and hearts, no matter where they are. In
effect, they guide my hands and the newborn drums arrive with the buyers' spiritual DNA imprinted in them. Beautiful.
SECRET TWO: What else goes through my mind at the time I make a drum for someone, other than of course holding to their intentions
and reverently asking for guidance to assure a person's drum is in sync with their spirit? Well, it's a book. A very short book.
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My brain can be a rather horrifying place sometimes. When left on its own with access to copious amounts of glucose it can come up with some of the strangest and incomprehensible ideas one has ever mentally seen.
But on occasion those ideas contain a nugget of, not wisdom, something just entertaining enough I decide to follow through and put form to function to weird ink drawing.
Thus I give you:
Also for reasons beyond my comprehension my Zombie wound up looking a bit like Bill Nighy.


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Wayland, MI 49348
New 2018 Thor Motor Coach Aria 3401
You are going to love this coach! This Aria 3401 by Thor Motor Coach offers an abundance of creature comforts that will make all of your road trips super enjoyable whether near or far! One unique feature you will enjoy is the king size Tilt-A-View inclining bed mechanism which is great for watching TV or reading in bed. You will also appreciate the mid-ship bathroom, stackable washer and dryer, residential refrigerator, plus so much more!
Enter in front of the passenger seat and take a look back. There is ample room to move around thanks to a full wall slide along the curb side, and two additional slides along the road side. The full slide begins with a reclining theater seat for two. You also have a bunk above the cab area that features a 48" x 76" sleeping space.
Opposite the reclining theater seats enjoy your meals seated at the Dream Dinette which slides out and features two sets of seatbelts for your rear travelers, plus it also provides a 92" x 44" sleeping area as well.
In the middle of the full slide you will find the kitchen area where you can easily prepare and cook for your family. There is a double sink, a two burner induction cook-top, a stainless steel residential refrigerator, and pantry. You will also find a handy stainless steel microwave oven above the cook-top, and overhead storage for your dishes and things.
Opposite the kitchen enjoy the convenience of a mid-ship bath including a 42" x 30" shower, a toilet, and a vanity with sink, plus overhead storage.
A sliding door separates the rear master bedroom from the main living area. The main attraction here is a slide out Tilt-a-View inclining king size bed which will allow you to comfortably read or watch television in bed. Along the opposite side there is a 32" LED HDTV above a dresser and wardrobe slide out. In the curb side rear corner you will find a stackable washer and dryer which is great for your longer extended trips. You will also find more clothing storage in the rear wardrobe which you can access by stepping up along the rear corner of the bed.
On the outside of this unit enjoy plenty of storage, plus an exterior 40" LED HDTV, and so much more!
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How We Take Action
Every day, people leave Work & Income feeling humiliated and harassed because the current welfare system is complex and unfair. Successive governments have cut benefits but failed to create decent jobs. The narrow focus on pushing people into paid work, any job at any cost to their welfare, has created a culture which punishes people for being unemployed.
We don't accept that this is the way things have to be.
Instead, we stand up, speak out and fight back through street actions, pickets and demonstrations.
If you would like to get involved in our actions, sign up to our supporter list by clicking on the 'get involved' button.
Friday, May 01, 2015 at 08:30 PM through May 02, 2015
May Day Benefit Gig
Tourettes and the PCP Eagles will be among the acts to play a May Day benefit gig for Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP). They will be joined by Louie Knuxx, Gina's Revenge and the Vietnam War.
Details of the gig are as follows:
Whammy Bar, Friday 1 May, doors – 8.30pm
$15 waged/$10 unwaged
Tickets are available on the door (if not sold out) and through undertheradar:
Tourettes aka Dominic Hoey – Tourettes is a poet who writes about politics, childhood and his girlfriend (mostly his girlfriend). He's released two poetry books and four studio albums and has just finished his first novel.
Louie Knuxx - Louie Knuxx is a member of art collective YGB, he's toured the world and has lots of tattoos. His second album PGT/GRR is out now.
Gina's Revenge - Gina's Revenge are four ladies and a gentleman from AK City who play Rock n Roll music. Former members of Rebelles, Wildwood Lights and Wolfie play songs to drink, dance and be a brat to.
The Vietnam War - The Vietnam War are currently working on a new album to follow up their self-titled debut, widely regarded as the best album of 2012.
PCP Eagles – PCP Eagles grew up in Punk Rock City and spend most of their time at Whammy and New Flavour. The follow up EP to 2013's I Hate The Mall is out soon.
Friday, May 22, 2015 at 11:30 AM
Post-Budget Picket 2015
AAAP are holding a protest at John Key's post-budget lunch speech to business leaders at Sky City on May 22nd.
Key and co. are arriving for 12pm so let's make sure we're there to give them our policy recommendations first hand. The business elite aren't the only people in our society who should have their reactions to the 2015 Budget heard.
Facebook event details here:
Why the Budget?
Year after year, the Nats have shown their commitment to promoting the interests of the rich while beneficiaries, low paid workers and students pay the price.
We know this Government's budget will again have no solution to the poverty affecting thousands of New Zealander's. We'd love to see decent job creation, support for education and students, higher benefit payment rates, a living wage and policies that promote social security as a right. That won't happen. Come protest.
See you there.
Wednesday, June 03, 2015 at 05:30 PM
NZ Welfare & Unemployment/politics in the 1990s and 2000s - Workshop with Karen Davis
There will be pre workshop snacks provided from 5.30-6pm.
Please RSVP if coming for food. email@example.com
Workshop will run from 6-7.30pm.
Monday, June 15, 2015 at 05:30 PM
Workshop: How we can conceptualize power in the world and how we change it
This workshop will focus on different ways in which we think about power as activists including the role of parliament, civil society and capital.
These institutions will be looked at and we will explore models for viewing the power and how we create change.
Workshop will be facilitated by Oliver Christeller.
We will provide light food from 5.30-6pm. For catering purposes please RSVP via email, email@example.com if you're planning on coming for food.
The workshop will run from 6-7.30pm.
Friday, November 06, 2015 at 08:00 PM through November 07, 2015
From the streets to the stage - AAAP fundaiser gig
Auckland Action Against Poverty move from the streets to the stage, hosting a Fundraiser Gig next month. Street Chant and LarzRanda will be joined on-stage by Tourettes, Rackets, Cool Runnings and SoccerPractise.
"AAAP have a history of attracting talented musicians to take part in our fundraisers – but also our actions with Street Chant performing 'There is no recession in NZ' at last year's 'Block the National Party' protest'," says AAAP coordinator, Sarah Thompson.
"Tourettes has also taken it to the streets with us, including this year at our 'Crash the (National) party' protest where he performed 'John Key's Son's a DJ'"
"Music and carnival are great ways of making protests powerful.
"We are grateful to these fantastic musicians for offering their time and talent both on the streets, and for our upcoming fundraiser at the Kings Arms.
"In addition to pushing for systemic change through action, AAAP work with over 1,000 families and individuals each year ensuring they receive their full welfare entitlements.
"Activist groups like ours have few sources of funding for our work, so this fundraising gig will be an enormous help to us, our activism and advocacy work."
Details of the gig are as follows:
From the street to the stage – AAAP fundraiser gig
Kings Arms, Newton, Friday 6 November, doors – 8pm
$15 waged/$10 unwaged
Band/Musician info:
Street Chant - https://streetchant.bandcamp.com/
LarzRanda (Mainard Larkin) - https://larzranda.bandcamp.com/
Tourettes aka Dominic Hoey – https://tourettesone.bandcamp.com/
Rackets -https://racketsonline.bandcamp.com/
Cool Runnings - https://cool-runnings.bandcamp.com/
SoccerPractise - https://soundcloud.com/soccerpractise
Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 10:30 AM
Intro to AAAP workshops and advocacy training
Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM
Hikoi for Homes
This is a CALL TO ACTION. It's time to make some collective noise about the housing crisis. We're going make it known, from Glen Innes, to the richest suburbs of Aotearoa.
Come along and bring your friends, whānau, flatmates and anyone you know who is struggling with the lack of affordable housing- that should be nearly everyone you know.
Toddlers are dying in unfit homes, homelessness in Auckland city is exploding, state tenants are being evicted, emergency housing providers are full to capacity, private rents are skyrocketing. We have a Government that insists the market can provide us affordable housing, but the facts on the ground tell us different. "The market" is forcing many onto the streets.
Join us to affirm the right to housing. Everyone deserves a home.
Check out www.hikoiforhomes.co.nz for more information on times and transport options!!
Facebook info here
Hikoi for Homes will be run by CPAG with support from many other community members and organisations, including AAAP, Unite Union and First Union.
OUR KAUPAPA: Housing is a basic human need and access to decent quality, affordable and safe housing should be seen a human right. This means that our society and more specifically the State has an obligation to ensure that everyone living in New Zealand always has access to adequate and secure housing. We believe that this obligation means that housing needs to be considered as more than a commodity whose allocation is decided entirely by markets and the profit motive.
Start location: 12pm - Glen Innes Railway Station (GI) and will end at Orakei Domain. Alternatively, you can join us at the corner of Kepa Road and Coates Avenue at approx. 2pm. The full walk will take approx 3-4 hours.
Campaign Asks
- An Immediate stop and to the sell-off of state and council housing
- A $1 billion annual budget for the provision of more state, public and not for profit housing
- Setting minimum standards for all rented housing
- Greater tenure protection for tenants
- Rent freeze for five years
- A statutory right to be housed
- State subsidies for modest income homeownership programmes
More information and details to come - please email email@example.com if you interested in getting involved.
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Thursday, December 03, 2015 at 10:30 AM
Intro to AAAP (part 2)
Sunday, December 06, 2015 at 04:15 PM
Cancel the (National) party!
On 6 December National are holding their annual Christmas Party in West Auckland.
We're calling on you to help us cancel the (National) party.
Join AAAP:
4.15pm Sunday 6 December
Croatian Cultural Society Hall, McLeod Road, Te Atatu
Help us tell John Key and his friends we've had enough of:
- Benefits too low to live on
- A brutally toxic Work & Income culture perpetrated from the top down
- The homelessness crisis in Auckland which gets worse by the day
All friends, supporters and activists welcome. Please share the facebook event.
Friday, May 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM · 19 rsvps
Action on the Sanctions
Join us for a peaceful protest to take a stand against the sanctions on sole parents.
These sanctions impose a weekly sanction of $22 or more on beneficiary sole mothers who have not identified the father of their child. This sanction (in its current form of Section 70A of the Social Security Act) is putting into further hardship families already struggling to survive. Every year, $25,000,000 a year is taken from solo parents through Section 70A sanctions.
We have campaigned on this issue for years, and the Labour Party agreed to remove sanctions on sole parents if elected into Government last year. So far there has been no clear timeline or commitment on when these sanctions are going to end.
We're calling for an immediate end to punitive sanctions on solo parents. Not in a year or three years time, but now.
It will take the voices of community groups and people like you to get the Government to take action on this issue. With housing costs reaching a high and homelessness figures continuing to rise our poorest communities can't afford to be left without enough to eat and pay their bills this Winter.
We'll be meeting outside of Jacinda Ardern's electoral office at 12pm. There'll be speeches, chants, and baked goods!


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Zac Posen knows women.
The famed designer's strong feminine aesthetic is a favorite among A-listers, who sashay down red carpets in his form-enhancing frocks. On "Project Runway," he's surrounded by women at the judge's table. Tonight's Season 12 finale sees guest fashionista Kerry Washington joining him — along with Heidi Klum and Nina Garcia — as they crown a winner.
[Related: Behind the Seams at the 'Project Runway' Finale: Who Will Win Big? Who's a Sore Loser?]
"Nobody ever really talks about how rigorous the challenges are. It is very real-deal to conceptualize and make something in 24 hours," Posen, who knows a little something-something about fashion, says to omg! about the reality competition. "It's actually unheard of. I mean, there are no, like, hidden elf sewers in the basement of Parsons [The New School for Design]. The contestants are cutting and sewing and making that stuff themselves and that's really impressive."
Impressive is Posen's own resume, dressing everyone from the first lady (who is a huge fans of his knits, something he describes as "amazing") to the queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey (whom he did a fitting with over Skype, which he wouldn't do with just anyone). So we ask him about a few famous femmes in his orbit…
1. He thinks about Kim Kardashian each morning. While discussing how the new mom was bashed for her maternity style, Posen says, "I say she and her whole family can laugh all the way to the bank. They get pop culture. And there are so many sort of cliché phrases, but I think that the more outrage that's created, the more demand there is for them."
"I've worked with Kim and she is one of the loveliest, sweetest women to work with," he continues. "She writes the most polite thank-you notes. Every morning I wake up to a really beautiful, small bedside Hermès clock and I think: How chic and lovely of Kim Kardashian. It was a thank-you gift."
2. He went from being Lena Dunham's babysitter to her designer. Growing up in New York City, Posen babysat for the "Girls" actress, taking her on the subway each day to school in Brooklyn. "Was I good babysitter? I hope so," he says. "I was definitely a fun babysitter. It's funny, [in a recent article] she talked about sort of the nurturing role [I had in her life], but she was a very inspiring young girl."
And what is it like to dress her now — like he did for the 2013 Golden Globes? "It's wonderful and incredibly gratifying. I always want Lena to feel as confident and smart [as possible]," he says. "It's the beginning of a great artistic career that I'm sure is going to surprise everybody as it evolves."
3. He once had Ashley Olsen as an intern but did not make her get him coffee. "No, she didn't get me coffee, I don't believe," he says of the "Full House" star turned designer, who interned for him in 2005. "She was a great intern. She worked in multiple departments. She was driven. She was poised. She had great style. She liked great fashion. She was lovely."
And no different than the rest of the aspiring designers.
"She was treated with great respect, as we treat any of our interns, but on an even playing field," Posen adds. "And I think she was very happy about that."
4. He made a $1.5 million, 24-carat gold dress for Caroline Correa. That gold dress the Brazilian actress and model slinks around in in those Magnum ice cream ads? That's a Posen original. "It took months to make, from conception to final, and there were definitely hurdles and challenges," he admits. "It had this all-over shimmering texture, but then also highlighted and accentuated the curves and sensuality of a woman's body and gave the same experience to the wearer as the experience of indulging in the Magnum Gold ice cream bar."
5. No big surprise here: He loves Heidi. "Heidi Klum is one of the most beautiful, poised women I know in the world," he smiles. And he's loved working with her as well as Nina and show mentor Tim Gunn the last two seasons of "Project Runway."
"What's wonderful is that we actually get very invested into the show," he says, "and really care about giving the right guidance and making the right decisions."
See what their decision for Season 12 is when the finale airs tonight on Lifetime.


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Shannon established Bodekers Family Lawyers & Mediators in 2002. Shannon is the Firm's Legal Practitioner Director. Shannon is experienced in all areas of family law and particularly in the areas of relocation, child custody and parenting arragements, property settlement and child support.
Shannon has been admitted as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia. Shannon is a nationally accredited mediator, arbitrator and collaborative lawyer.
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Shannon's special interest is child relocation and she completed her Honours thesis "The Freedom of Movement of Residential Parents (and others) subsequent to the Family Law Reform Act 1995 (Cth)" in this area.
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The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of (mainly) mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.
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|Good stuff but his mid to late 70s material is overplayed on classic rock stations, that is songs that appear on his greatest hits(74-78)album which for some reason is still available despite a more recent and more comprehensive collection that had been available for a while and could now be out of print. This one has a few of his early songs like "Living in the USA" and "Space Cowboy." -- Submitted By: (JayD) on October 30, 2012, 5:07 pm - (1 votes) - Login to Vote
|Example of good music that gets overplayed to death by radio stations. His Greatest hits 1968-74 is worth a look, apart from "The Joker" it's good stuff you never hear. -- Submitted By: (John63btf) on December 4, 2011, 11:38 am - (2 votes) - Login to Vote
|I'm going to say still rocks. However I do think his music is a little dated and that his lyrics are a little juvenile. But who among us hasn't blared "The Joker", "Fly Like An Eagle" "Jet Airliner", or "Take The Money And Run". -- Submitted By: (Jp) on October 13, 2011, 10:17 pm - (0 votes) - Login to Vote


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Inflation in the euro area has been below 2% now for over three and a half years, and the ECB is currently pulling four policy levers in an attempt to get inflation back up to its target level. The first is forward guidance, adopted by the Governing Council in mid-2013, designed to convince the market that rates will stay lower for longer. The latest wording to that effect states that 'we continue to expect [rates] to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time' which also flags the possibility of further easing.
In the past the ECB has used official interest rates as its main policy instrument and they are now at historically low levels; the refinancing rate is zero while the deposit rate has been cut to -0.4%. Money market rates are also negative , including 12-month euribor. Forward rates imply that the market does not expect any upward move in official rates till 2019.
Credit in the euro zone is largely driven by the banking sector ( unlike the US, for example) and the ECB has also introduced additional measures to boost bank lending , including offering banks long term loans at very low rates. The latest variant (TLTRO II) offers loans up to four years at a zero rate, and banks can reduce the rate paid into negative territory depending on the growth of their loan book. So the ECB would effectively be paying banks to take funds.
Bank lending to the private sector has picked up but is still very weak by historical standards ( the annual increase is currently 1.7%) and so the ECB has sought to influence spending more directly by its asset purchase programme, the fourth policy instrument currently at play. The current plan is to purchase €80bn a month 'until the end of March 2017, or beyond, if necessary, and in any case until the Governing Council sees a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation consistent with its inflation aim'
Inflation is currently 0.4% and the ECB's staff forecast envisages a gradual acceleration to an average 1.6% in 2018. The consensus market view is that further monetary easing is a virtual certainty, although there is some disagreement about the form that might take. It is noticeable that the Governing Council is now expressing more concern about the profitability of the banking system (at least in the minutes of recent meetings) and fewer analysts now expect a further rate reduction in either the refinancing rate or the deposit rate. It is early days yet for the TRLTRO so any change there is unlikely and so we are left with possible tweaks to QE, including a tapering, although, again, there are a variety of views. Some believe that the ECB may broaden the universe of assets purchased, but in reality that means buying bank debt and/or equities, which may be acceptable for the Bank of Japan but is highly unlikely , one would think , given the ECB's constitutional and operational constraints.
That leaves changes to the current government bond programme, and a majority of analyts believe that the scheme will be extended beyond March, for 6 months or longer. That is not without its problems, however, as in some cases the ECB is at or close to the current 33% issue and issuer limits ( including Ireland) and at various points of late almost half the available bonds have been trading below zero, with a smaller proportion below -0.4% in yield. A decision to leave the deposit rate unchanged would presumably preclude the latter and a decision to up the issue and issuer limits could potentially give the ECB the main role in any default proceedings, an awkward position for a bank regulator. At the moment the bond purchases are also constrained by the need to adhere to the capital key ( purchases are broadly proportional to each country's weighting in the ECB's capital) and again a decision to abandon this may prompt opposition fror the 'German school' within the Governing council.
What we do know is that various committess have been set up within the ECB to tease out these matters and examine how QE could be extended if required, but the bigger issue is whether the ECB is at or near the end of its monetary policy cycle. The December Staff forecasts will be crucial and it is worth noting that oil prices are now higher , which of itself could push the 2018 inflation forecasts to around 2%. The Council also believes its policies have had a significant effect already are are still working through the system. QE has to end at some point, one would think, and the main issue now is whether it will be in five months or ten.


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More than 1.7 million children in this country have a parent in state or federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. New Mexico State University's seventh annual J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium will bring attention to the issues facing these children and those whose immigrant parents are detained in this region with a two-day conference on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1 at the Las Cruces Convention Center.
"Our state and federal criminal justice and immigration/border enforcement policies impact children and families in profound ways," said Lisa Bond-Maupin, NMSU College of Arts and Sciences associate dean and symposium planning co-chair. "While we often speak as a state, region and nation concerned for the well being of children, we tend to forget the suffering and collateral punishment of the children of those detained or imprisoned."
The J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium, as an expression of NMSU's land grant mission, is devoted each year to an issue of concern to the state and region. This year's symposium will include a series of panels and discussions with 20 guest speakers from around the region who will address the impact on children with imprisoned or detained parents in New Mexico. In addition, youth from the J. Paul Taylor facility will be featured speakers and guests who will be reading or performing creative work on the first day. The event will culminate with working group sessions committed to a Children's Bill of Rights, which will target opportunities for organizing sustainable change in policy and practice on behalf of these children.
"The symposium provides an opportunity to listen to stories of these children and their families," Bond-Maupin said. "It brings people together from higher education, law enforcement, immigration enforcement, social services, the courts, school districts and advocacy organizations to learn from their stories, discuss best practices in the field and work together to minimize harm of our public policies in the lives of these children."
New Mexico Secretary of Corrections Lupe Martinez will join NMSU Executive Vice President and Provost Wendy K. Wilkins to begin the symposium. Keynote speakers include Yali Lincroft, a policy consultant with 15 years experience in local, state and federal policy and program planning, and Renny Golden, author, poet and prisoner advocate. Her book "War on the Family: Imprisoned Mothers and the Families They Left Behind" was a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the area of social science research.
All of the symposium's discussions will be conducted at the Las Cruces Convention Center. A full schedule of the symposium can be downloaded and printed at http://jpts.nmsu.edu/schedule11.html.
Admission is free, but space is limited. For registration information for the symposium visit the J. Paul Taylor Social Justice Symposium website at http://jpts.nmsu.edu.
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It sounds weird but watching the X files lately has me thinking a lot about sexual tension.
Its one of those unexplainable things that just occurs with certain people with or without your consent.
It can be intimdating and exciting all at the same time.
It is also hilarious to watch as an outsider.
And it usually occurs when you least expect it.
Like one of my friends recently always had this sexual tension with a boy and then out of nowhere it was like a cauldron bubbling over and they made out. good on them.
But I cant help but muse over the fact of it as a feeling or an emotion. It is a scarce and often weird feeling that can produce so many different reactions.
Like I cant stand that playful ribbing each other kind of sexual tension that comes in the form of insults and jabs at appearance. I think its a little too childish for me.
But I like that sexual tension that can be transferred within a look or a sentence in which you both know what each other are thinking, and there is that little lightning bolt that hits every one of your nerve endings.
I think it is one of the little joys of life that goes unrecognised most of the time due to embarrasment or maybe just the fact that no one else can feel it except for the two (or three) involved in it.
Also, it can be one of the things that disappears first in a relationship, i suppose, unless you are very lucky.
Is it just physical attraction that propels this kind of tension?
Or is it something that is meant to happen because of the make up of who you are?
I remember one morning on a kick on, my friend Ruari asked for a blanket, so I gave him my doona only to hear him exclaim "ohhhhh! girl smell! do you know if you are attracted to a girls scent you are compatible with her?"
that scene has stayed with me for way too long. I think about it a lot.
You know how with some people they have a certain scent?
And its just their scent.
I always wonder if other people can smell what you can, or if it is just made for you?
Which all goes back to this sexual tension business. It could be a sign of compatability in a sexual or attraction sense. Or it could be the fact that you havent had a root in 5 months. Who knows.
Like, I wonder if you can choose who you have this attraction to, or if it is just about who you are and what you like.
I see some of my friends being attracted to the same types of people and I cant help but be amused or interested at what it is that attracts them to that person.
For instance,
My friend Bridie always goes for the surfer kind of boys, they are usually on the shorter side and have a laid back attitude. EVERYTIME.
Whereas I cant seem to pinpoint what I am attracted to, maybe its a reflecting of my personality that I seem to go for polar opposites and dont really have a pattern when it comes to boys.
Like at the moment, a sleeve tattoo will make me lose my mind but when I was nineteen I wouldnt have even thought about it. I know that sounds so dicky to point out one physical aspect but its the god damn truth.
The one thing I am enjoying about being single is that sexual tension that you have with near strangers, you dont know much about them except for the fact that youre a little bit scared to look them in the eye for the pure thought that you might not be able to control yourself and ravish them in a tent or something. (not relating to splendour at alllllllll)
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Jim Carrey and the creators of Napoleon Dynamite will bring you the heist flick Loomis Fargo
Jim Carrey has been having a rough go of it lately. The guy fluctuates between Adam Sandler/Eddie Murphy level bad (MR POPPERS PENGUINS, YES MAN) to interesting projects that have potential (THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE, KICK ASS 2, I LOVE YOU PHILIP MORRIS). His latest project is the just announced LOOMIS FARGO that sounds like a cross between a movie with indie cred and Carrey's own FUN WITH DICK AND JANE.
LOOMIS FARGO, inspired by true events, tells the story of a disgruntled bank employee who is ready to take a chance and risk it all for love, money, and a life he's only dreamed of. Teaming up with his work crush, they conspire to rob the financial institution. Together with their accomplices, the inexperienced criminals nab nearly $20 million - leaving a trail of evidence in their wake. Now the only thing tougher than pulling off the heist - will be getting away with it. Carrey will star in the movie for director Jared Hess (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, NACHO LIBRE) and screenwriter Emily Spivey (UP ALL NIGHT) and Chris Bowman (THE WRONG BROTHER). The movie is aiming to begin shooting in April.
I am wary of everything Csrrey does whereas I used to be first in line to see his movies. What the hell happens to our comedy movie mega-stars that they all end up in Movie Jail? I will reserve judgement on LOOMIS FARGO until I see some footage or a trailer.
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Lessons Learned from Vietnam War
The Vietnam experience was a war that lasted for almost twenty years. The American military and leadership appear to have learned some lessons from our involvement in the Vietnam War. This paper will discuss the lessons learned from the following arenas: diplomatic negotiations, presidential leadership, and cultural/social contexts. Diplomatic Negotiations
Princeton University (2006) defines diplomatic negotiations as between nations. The lesson learned by the Americans was the need to communicate with their enemy. Our military leaders and president, Lyndon Johnson, used bombing as "verbal" negotiations with Vietnam. Neither the Americans nor the Vietnamese were willing to compromise and enter into discussions. This refusal to enter into talks led to millions of deaths. The Vietnam War could have been avoided entirely or ended much sooner had the negotiations taken place. Presidential Leadership
Presidential leadership styles vary from president to president along with their cabinet members. From Presidents Eisenhower to Nixon, each had their own style in how to handle negotiations and win the war in North Vietnam. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy provided aid to South Vietnam in the form of military training. President Johnson sent aid to South Vietnam in the form of military troops. President Nixon negotiated the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam giving him "peace with honor" (Devry University, 2011). One of the best lessons that can be learned from our presidential leadership is that there is a need to admit mistakes. Although no one ever wants to admit when they are wrong, the public can be more forgiving when they are told the truth. America was losing the Vietnam War, but no president ever wanted to admit defeat nor did a president want to go all in. The Rules of Engagement were so restrictive that it made winning a war in Vietnam virtually impossible. Cultural/Social Context
The Vietnam War brought about changes in how Americans felt...
References: Diplomatic Negotiations. (n.d.). WordNet® 3.0. Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diplomatic negotiations
Moss, G. (2010). Waging limited war in Vietnam, 1965-68. Vietnam: An American Ordeal. (6th ed.). Boston, Ma: Prentice Hall. pp.160-191.
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…. Combined in one journey, from Mexico to Costa Rica. This is probably the ultimate blog to discourage anyone who intends to travel alone from actually doing it. Just the intention of my blog, right? But, on the other hand, people seem to love hearing about people's horrible stories rather than the fun ones. I do, anyway.
(how I felt during, and after, the journey)
So, where to begin? It all started in Mexico City, in Mexico (who would have thought that). Well, my journey didn't start there, but the trouble definitely did. So I was in this huge, gigantic, loud, nerve-racking city for a couple of days before heading to Panama. Better to say, I was heading to Panama, but taking the detour via Costa Rica because the flight was much cheaper.
So there I was: A 20-year-old girl from Germany with a huge backpack, a ticket to San José (Costa Rica) and a ticket from Panama to Germany in the airport of Mexico City, one of the busiest in the world. Of course, I arrive one hour rather than the recommended three hours prior to departure. Standing breathlessly in front of the counter after sprinting through half the airport, a very kind man explains to me that the only way I can enter a plane to Costa Rica is by having a ticket that proves I intend to leave the country, be it by plane, bus or boat. Apparently a ticket from Panama back to Europe isn't sufficient (right, I really wasn't going to use it…). And my explanation that buying a bus ticket from Costa Rica to Panama isn't possible online doesn't cut it either. No, the friendly man insists, I need a ticket before he can check in my luggage. But hey, why don't I buy a return ticket to Mexico? Right, I've already got a ticket back to Germany, but no, it doesn't matter whether I actually intend to use it.
So, I've got 15min left. Rather than giving in and buying a pointless return ticket to Mexico, I decide to find Internet to buy a flight ticket from Costa Rica to Panama (makes more sense, right?). After realizing that there really isn't wireless internet everywhere in the airport, I eventually find it downstairs near the exit. Incredibly self-conscious of my brand new MacBook, I sit down and hectically type in random words related to Costa Rica, Panama, buses and flights. It's been far too long before I realize that my 15min are more than up.
Back with the friendly man, I find out that unsurprisingly it's way too late to check in. But, he assures me, I can buy a ticket for the next day. And, how cheap! (sarcasm) But apparently my Spanish is excellent, at least. That really cheers me up, thanks.
So I do that, head back to the city, return to my hostel, book another night, and realize:
Take the recommended "prior to departure" time seriously. There is a reason for it.
Google entry requirements for a country you've never been to. Your wallet will thank you.
So I go online, book a flight ticket from Costa Rica to a small island in Panama. In one of these super-cute, super-dangerous planes where about 20 people fit in.
The next day, I'm allowed on the plane (hurray!). When I arrive in San José, the next ordeal begins. Despite having booked a hostel and having written the address down (a mile stone in terms of organization, I thought!), I have no idea how to find it. Someone explains the really interesting street system with odd and even numbers in ascending and descending order to me. While my mood is slowly getting better as my odds of actually finding the place are going up, I decide to stop on the way to get some money. After all, I've only got 10 dollars left. All the greater my disbelief when something like this shows up instead of my money: "Su tarjeta está inválida" (Your card is invalid). At the next 20 cash points, this message alternates with "Este servicio no está disponible" (This service is not available).
During another 30min uphill to the hostel with my 20kg backpack and empty stomach (I was saving my money for the hostel rather than food), it comes to me:
Bring a credit card when abroad. Your debit card will not always be sufficient. Bonus: This simple trick will save you from sleeping on the street.
As 1,035,353 people have told me since then, that's common sense. Thanks, now I know that too.
Finally in the hostel, I use Skype to call my bank in Germany to ask them why on earth my debit card isn't working when it's supposed to. Oh, apparently it has to be "unlocked" for certain countries/continents. After a 10min discussion of whether Costa Rica belongs to Central or South America, my debit card is supposedly "unlocked" and I head back to the city. Maybe you can guess the message I get trying the first cash point ("Su tarjeta está inválida."). Great. The messages I get at the next 20 cash points don't serve to making me anymore hopeful. At the verge of freaking out, I try, without much hope, yet another one. And yes, the miracle happens! Money comes out!
Saved from sleeping on the street, I joyfully stroll the streets of San José and enjoy some fast food.
The next morning, it is yet again time to get up early to get a flight (third time in a row, if I count right). As it's still dark outside, I decide to order a taxi. After having spent my last money on the taxi fair (speaking Spanish doesn't always save you from getting ripped off), I arrive at the smallest airport I've ever been to. Merely bigger than my living room at home, it comprises a couple of benches and a "cafeteria", basically serving coffee and scrambled eggs.
Happy about being on time for once, and thinking that I've definitely had too much bad luck the previous couple of days to have any more, I enjoy my false sense of security. Until I head to the check-in counter and learn that there is a 30 dollar fee to pay for entering Panama. No problem, I say, you surely have a cash point? You might be able to guess: They don't. And I have, once again, only 10 dollars left. But hey, this once again friendly guys responds: "You must have a credit card on you, right?". While I'm torn between hitting this innocent man and begging my fellow travellers for money, it hits me:
If nothing, I think this message really got to me in the end.
However, I was right for one thing: My streak of bad luck had finished. Finally. At watching my growing despair, the guy asks without much hope, whether I know my credit card details, even if I don't have it on me. And, although I don't even have a credit card, the miracle happens: I remember my mum's credit card details. The credit card number, the security code, even the expiry date. Possibly a moment when I started believing in God again.
If you're scatty enough to forget your credit card, at least remember the credit card details.
To finally finish this (way too long) post, I safely arrived with exactly 12 fellow passengers in Panama, and most of the remaining journey went (relatively) smoothly. And, despite fearing for my life and safety quite a few times, and getting upset about my own stupidity, I definitely learned more than one lesson on my journey from Mexico to Panama.
PS: Did you enjoy this post? Have you had similarly troublesome journeys?


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Welcome to heartbreak valley. One of the most happening couples of B-town - Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone - are reportedly going through a rough patch.
According to media reports, Ranveer Singh who is very vocal and expressive with his feelings, is upset that Deepika Padukone does not reciprocate the excitement and enthusiasm. The actor is reportedly miffed with the fact that despite him tweeting about xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Padukone didn't tweet about the theatrical trailer of his upcoming film, Befikre, directed by Aditya Chopra.
There have been differences between the couple since a while now. However, things seem to have reached a new low and the two have reportedly called off their long-standing relationship.
On professional front, the two will be seen together in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati. However, they won't be romantically paired in it.
Padmavati also stars Shahid Kapoor in a pivotal role.


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Other birds of note on East Marsh were seven Snipe, a male and female Shelduck, one Oystercatcher, three Cettis Warblers and one Kingfisher flyby.
A complete list of sightings will be found below my images.
Mute Swan
Mute Swan
(More images can be found on my website - see link opposite)
Todays Sightings:
Magpie; Robin; Dunnock; Wood Pigeon; Song Thrush; Great Tit; Goldfinch; Blackbird; Carrion Crow; BH Gull; Blue Tit; Green Woodpecker; Moorhen; Chaffinch; Cormorant; Coot; Tufted Duck; Shoveler; Canada Goose; Grey Heron; Mallard; Long Tailed Tit; Cettis Warbler; Fieldfare; Bittern; Mute Swan; Oystercatcher; Lapwing; Shelduck; Pheasant; Grey Lag Goose; Snipe; Stock Dove; Wren; Jay; Reed Bunting; Gadwall; Kingfisher; juv GBB Gull; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Buzzard.


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Discourage an artist… and you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.
A comic on Gavin Aung Than's popular webcomic site called Zen Pencils really caught my eye, and it's called 'It costs nothing to Encourage An Artist', which I find to be very true. The message relayed with this fantastic piece of work really resonates with me, being an artist as well. Many times in my life I have been praised and encouraged with my art, and I find that it only makes my passion for it grow stronger. People who really put their heart into things are absolutely crushed when someone doesn't react the way they wish for them to, and I know that all too well. Two weeks of work on a project only to get an 'Okay' when asked if it looks good can really put a damper on one's spirits.
If you encourage an Artist to do their best each time, their skills will only grow and their love for their work will only grow. Not only does this apply to artists, but musicians and glassblowers and anyone else that truly loves their craft. Do not discourage anyone from doing something they're really passionate about, because you will get nothing in return for putting their dreams down. When you discourage someone, you take away their passion and they begin questioning everything they've ever done. Most often, people express themselves through their medium and when they show their work to you, it's a sign of deep trust.
They trust you not to hurt them, but there's always that risk that someone will toss their work to the side and tell them to do something better. Artists take that chance each time they risk showing their work, but they're proud of what they've done and want to share with you. Please keep that in mind the next time someone shows you something they've worked hard on. Even if you don't care, you should encourage them to do their best.
Zen Pencils Comic: It Costs nothing to Encourage An Artist


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I couldn't believe how much these girls had grown… Such sweeties.. Happy 1st birthday to Miss Chloe, and thank you for the beautiful flower you picked for me, Corinne 🙂
Monthly Archives: May 2014
It was so nice to get outdoors for some of Miss Zada's first year photos… She wasn't quite certain about the grass at first, but check out her adorable swimsuit & dress… Too cute! Zada: newborn, 3 mos, 6 mos
We had a BEAUTIFUL day for the Mommy & Me mini sessions.. Definitely nothing sweeter than watching kiddos lovin' on their mamas, and vice-versa 🙂
If I thought Mr. Desmond was smiley when I saw him at his 6 month session, I hadn't seen "nothin' yet"!.. His smile is seriously infectious. Desmond: 6 mos
Much anticipation for this handsome guy's newborn session… From his birth announcement, to a maternity session w/ mommy & daddy.. I couldn't wait to meet him! He was well worth the wait 😉 Many congrats, Matt & Liz!
Have I mentioned how much I love getting to see babies throughout their entire first year?! Nothing makes me happier than baby snuggles! This beauty was cozied right into her poses 🙂
Well hello, Mr. blue eyes! I guess he is very happy about being 3 months old now 🙂 Simon: newborn
Look at her! Such big smiles from this sweetie.. Evelyn: newborn
A beautiful spring session for these two cutie piesz… I had so much fun photographing them. Wishing their family all the best on their new move to California.. Looking forward to seeing you again!
Happy 1st birthday, to Adley! It is safe to say that she enjoyed her first birthday cake. 🙂
Check out this little man!… He sure has grown. What a sweetheart he is. And his smile is OH so sweet! 🙂 D.J.: newborn
Meet Miss Ava.. Doesn't she have the best, squish-able little cheeks! Love!.. I got my first "glimpse" of Ava in mama's tummy at her maternity session 🙂 I look forward to photographing her 1st year through the Baby's 1st Year collection… Such a joy!
Just a year ago, I was honored to photograph the wonderful wedding day of Angela & Alec… They have now welcomed their precious baby boy into the world.. He is just perfect! So happy for your newest addition.
A fellow photog friend and her new family of three..
Such big, bright blue eyes this sweet girl had… I love her expressions! 🙂


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Where is kid N?
While researching a project I was Joi-fully reminded of networking entrepreneur Joi Ito's website and blog.
Looking around, I found an intriguing link that simply read: "Where is Joi?". The service and application I found is called plazer and plazes.com. Joi Ito's plazes.com account told me the location of Joi's travels. His current location or perhaps where he was last seen. Intrigued by the idea and thankful that I can give my poor grad-school widow some more information on where to reach me, I signed up and enabled plazes on my laptop and then embedded the plazes badge into my website and the links bar on this blog (see to the left).
With plazer/plazes.com you can publish your geo-location through the internet node to which your machine or web-enabled device is connected. Now this kind of self actuated surveillance might seem a bit Orwellian to some of you but, I think it is a very intriguing social networking site/idea.
First, (for all of you conspiratists) I can choose to run the app or not allowing me anonymity to the public. I figure any law agency can do this with or without this app on my laptop. Second, the user chooses to publish his whereabouts, the app requires you to put in the data for location. If someone has done this you can choose the first option for your invisibility. The last lines of privacy include options for setting privileged on who can see you or if you are public.
checkout where the hell kid neutrino is today by going to my website or here.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Another global warming face-off
Inhofe EPW Press Weblog
Just days before former Vice President Al Gores scheduled visit to testify about global warming before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, a high profile climate debate between prominent scientists Wednesday evening ended with global warming skeptics being voted the clear winner by a tough New York City before an audience of hundreds of people.
With the ready availability of An Inconvenient Truth and the lazy, very poor, one-sided journalism in the network specials and coverage of global warming by Blakemore, Bazelle, Pelley, O'Brien, Brokaw and Cullen and in the press by Borenstein, Kolbert and others, we felt it important that you hear and see some of the alternative thinking on the issue as presented in the recent UK TV4 documentary that created quite a stir called the Great Global Warming Swindle. Unfortunately after millions of people viewed it on google and then youtube, the show was pulled for copyright infringement and must now be purchased from WAGTV4 Click here to buy the show. Still free though is the five part series produced by The Friends of Science in Canada, Climate Catastrophe Cancelled
Intelligence Squared
After listening to a debate on global warming, audience members confirm that global warming is not a crisis. Read the transcript of the debate. Or this NPR summary Intelligence-Squared Debate
WILLIAM J. BROAD, New York Times
Hollywood has a thing for Al Gore and his three-alarm film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, which won an Academy Award for best documentary. So do many environmentalists, who praise him as a visionary, and many scientists, who laud him for raising public awareness of climate change.
By Paul Driessen
What an amazing world we live in. Scientist Michael Mann, creator of the broken hockey stick temperature graph, informs us that Allowing governmental delegations to ride into town at the last minute and water down conclusions, after they were painstakingly arrived at in an objective scientific assessment, does not serve society well. (New Scientist, 8 March 2007)
What was his view just a few short years ago, when Ben Santer altered the 1966 IPCC Report, after it had been painstakingly arrived at and agreed to by the panel of scientists to ensure that the Report would agree with the rather politicized Summary for Policy Makers, and would garner ample headlines and television news coverage. He added the famous claim that the evidence now points to a discernable human influence on the global climate. He deleted at least five statements that inconveniently contradicted his assertion.
I dont recall him criticizing any of Santers actions. Is his concern with the act of changing one or the other document
the person doing the editing
or the direction in which the editing takes the document (more alarmist versus less alarmist)?
Channel 4, Thursday, March 8, 9pm
Are you green? How many flights have you taken in the last year? Feeling guilty about all those unnecessary car journeys? Well, maybe there's no need to feel bad.
To see video, "Click here to view the video".
Notes in the Margin: A Meteorologist's Observations from Northeast Kansas


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CINEMA: On Wednesday June 22, Eddie the Eagle, Main Hall Community House at 7.30pm. Tickets £5 from the Information Office. Wednesday July 20, Dad's Army.
HEALTHWATCH EAST SUSSEX: The Big Red Bus and Health and Social Care in Peacehaven, how is it for you? Tell us what you think. The bus will be parked at the Meridian Centre South car park between 1.30pm and 4.30pm on Monday July 25.
PEACEHAVEN CELEBRATES 100 YEARS: A special supplement of Peacehaven's e-news magazine has been published depicting highlights of events during the past 100 years. To download this edition please visit www.peacehavencouncil.co.uk Subscribe to the magazine for the monthly news to be delivered directly to your inbox. The monthly June edition is available on line now. If you wish to advertise in this magazine or submit an article please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
GARDEN VISITS: Peacehaven Open Gardens will be held on June 25 and 26 June from 2pm to 6pm. Tickets £4 each which covers all gardens on both days. For further info please contact Alison on 01273589502.
SATURDAY CHARITY MARKET: Tomorrow the market will be organised by Peacehaven Evangelical Free Church.
COFFEE MORNINGS: This week's coffee mornings will be organised by: Monday and Wednesday, Sussex Pet Rescue; Tuesday, Lyn Mills; Thursday, UKIP; Friday June 17, Sussex Pet Rescue.
COMMUNITY CAFÉ: Now open six mornings, in the foyer, Community House, Meridian Centre. Tea, coffee, egg, bacon, sausage sandwiches and cooked breakfasts available. Run by local charities. Monday and Wednesday morning the community café is organised by Sussex Pet Rescue.
KNOW DEMENTIA: Memory moments café. Everyone welcome, especially those with memory problems and their family supporter. Every Friday from 10am to 1pm, Anzac Room, Community House. Meridian Centre.
THE DELL: June 19, car boot sale organised by the Peacehaven and Telscombe Scouts.
SUMMER FAIR: The town's Summer Fair, July 16, Centenary Park (the Big Park). If you would like to book a stall please contact email@example.com. If you would like to sponsor the event please contact: email@example.com
COUNCIL MEETING: On Tuesday there is a Planning and Highways meeting in the Anzac Room at 2pm.
BINGO: Community House, main hall on Friday June 17, starts at 7pm sharp. Cash prizes, free refreshments during half time. Eight games for £4 plus flyer and snowball games.
NEW MAYOR: A chance to meet the Mayor and to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday; tomorrow, Saturday, Community House Foyer. Pop along between 2pm and 4pm for a cup of tea and a chat.
MATINEE MELODIES 5: Today, Friday, the show has been cancelled.
CHURCH SERVICE: Mayor's Civic Church Service will take place on Saturday June 18 at the Evangelical Free Church at 6pm. Everyone welcome.
PEACEHAVEN WI: After a splendid evening, excellent food and entertainment, celebrating our 93rd birthday on Friday, May 27, we came down to earth for the June meeting, which was very well attended. One of our long standing members was presented with a bouquet for her 90th birthday, after which a report was given at length on the recent holiday to the Isle of Wight. It was apparently successful and enjoyed by everyone participating.
Andy Thomas was the afternoon speaker and showed really interesting slides whilst talking about Unexplained Mysteries and Cover-ups. A fascinating insight on many things we are led to believe are true but on closer investigation are questionable. We were left with plenty to think about. Don't forget, our next meeting is July 6. (Joy Allen).
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On Friday I posted that I'm opening up to mailing out autographed copies of my novels. I was never really "closed" to it, per se, but I thought I should make the announcement public so all of my fans are aware of the same opportunity.
As I was drafting that blogpost, I started to go into the details of how and why I can afford to do this in terms of time, financial investment, etc. But then I realized that it was turning a tiny little announcement post into a lengthy trip down writecraft lane. So I truncated it where it was. Buuuuuuuut, since some of my readers are genuinely interested in the hows, whys, wherefores, and specifics of how a writer makes money, I thought this might make a good subject for a separate post.
So if all you need to know is how to get a book from me, check out Friday's post. If you want to know more, read on.
At present BRAINEATER JONES is $12.99 on Amazon, EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED is $17.59, THE GHOUL ARCHIPELAGO is $13.50, and BILLY AND THE CLONEASAURUS is $9.99. So how can I afford to sell the books for only $10 at signings or in this mailing offer? Because I order at an author's discount.
What is an author's discount? The easiest way to explain it is to consider who is dividing up the money you spend on a book. Most of the money goes to Amazon, and in the case of paperbacks, most of that money is the actual cost of production. But don't worry, Amazon's getting paid no matter what. What's left is divided (the percentage depending on the contract between them) between the publisher and the author.
When an author orders using his discount, he's basically getting the book less what he would be paid. So Amazon and the publisher still get paid, but the author's "payment" for that book is getting the book for cheap. Then I can pass on the love to my fans or not, as I see fit. I'm at the point in my career where I still do, because I'm still trying to build an audience, so selling books for cheaper is more beneficial to me at this point. If I was a famous author and people were clamoring for my books, I could afford to charge slightly more. At one of my signings, price might be a reason someone doesn't buy a book, and I can't afford to lose potential fans because of my price point. Stephen King, for instance, has already put in the hard work of building an audience, so he can charge essentially whatever he wants and the line will still be around the block.
That's why it's always going to be your benefit to purchase paperbacks from me at a signing or by mail because I pass on the author's discount to you. And, yes, the price for BILLY is about the same, but the small profit I make on BILLY sales helps me underwrite the other three.
So, for instance, with my author's discount I spend about $7 per copy of BRAINEATER, taking into account shipping. So every copy of BRAINEATER I sell for $10 is a $3 profit. That's about average. I make a little more on BILLY, and quite a bit less on GHOUL. GHOUL costs me very close to $10. If my BILLY sales didn't make up for it, I wouldn't be able to sell GHOUL for the same price as the others.
So why don't I just price all of my books so that I make the same amount of profit on each? Primarily it's because at events I'm not just selling my books. I'm also selling Mary Fan's books, who is my usual convention partner, as well as Elizabeth Corrigan's, Melissa MacVicar's, Collin Tobin's, and a number of others. If we priced every book individually it would be a nightmare to sell anything to anyone. So we all agreed on a price of $12 apiece, or $10 apiece if you buy two or more. With the mailing offer I'm making it even easier on you, and just starting out at $10 apiece.
But what about shipping? Why do I charge a flat rate for shipping when shipping varies.
Well, yes, shipping varies, but so far I haven't shipped a package that cost more than $5, and for one book it's still around $2.75 for the Media rate. I expect if I ever sell all four books in a single pop the shipping cost would be slightly over $5, but I'm not sure. So I'm calling it $5 for all packages. First of all, I want payment up front, and while I could make an educated guess as to the cost for shipping each package, it's better to just give you a rate that I know is not exorbitant. Will I profit slightly from shipping on some package? Yes. I may make a net total of $1.75 when shipping a single book at the Media rate. And that will help to offset when I sell all four books at $5.75 or so. It also means that I won't have Jimmy in Sacramento complaining that I charged him $3.75 but I only charged Kitty in Philadelphia $2.75.
Now, bear in mind, all of this discussion assumes you're within the continental U.S. If you're outside the contiguous 48, we can discuss it, but most shipping charges are prohibitively expensive. I've done this before with reviewer copies. I've sent single books to the UK for a whopping $26 in shipping. It's cheaper for me to order a copy through Amazon UK without my author discount and have it sent directly to the reviewer than to pay shipping and send it from here.
So why can't I do anthologies? Well, it all boils down to the same financial concerns. All of my anthologies are either for charity or else I do not get an author's discount. So, yes, I guess I could send you a signed anthology, but I'd have to order it, have it shipped to me, sign it, ship it to you, and then pass on that full price to you, and since I don't make royalties on anthologies, it would be for zero profit. So, for instance, if you wanted AT HELL'S GATES, which is $12.59 on Amazon, assuming $5 for shipping both ways, I'd have to charge you around $22.59 just to break even. If you really want a signed anthology, I guess we can discuss it, but it's to both of our benefits if you purchase it yourself and bring it to a signing.
Like I said, I know this post was a bit in the weeds, but that's why I didn't want all this information cluttering up the initial post. And, hey, some people like to crawl around in the weeds, so for those of you out there, enjoy.
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"Manuscripts don't burn"
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