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The tone for a cruise on the Disney Fantasy is set when guests step into the atrium, a three-deck art nouveau space designed for grand entrances. A member of the crew announces each family's name over a loudspeaker as if it were a state dinner and the receiving line applauds.
The atrium has a gorgeous cascading chandelier in peacock blues and greens, fluted columns, a sweeping staircase and a bronze statue at its foot that is as elegant as the rest of the room. If it weren't for the fact that it is a statue of Minnie Mouse, and that the abstract twists of decorative metalwork around the room sometimes curl into mouse ears, you might not recognize it as a Disney creation.
But then Goofy dances down the stairs, the ship's horn blasts out the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star," a little girl shows off her Sleeping Beauty dress and there's no question: This mix of kid-oriented magic, cutting-edge technology and fanciful detail could only be Disney. This space is fit for a princess – a good thing, because I count six Disney princesses over the course of the cruise.
The Fantasy – 130,000 gross tons, 1,115 feet long, 121 feet wide, 1,250 staterooms with a capacity of 4,000 guests – is the fourth ship for Disney Cruise Line. It made its inaugural cruise a few weeks ago from Port Canaveral, Fla.,where it will be based year-round, making weeklong Caribbean cruises.
It has a few visible differences with its sister ship, the Disney Dream, launched just more than a year ago: AquaLab, a water playground with pop jets, geysers and bubblers "created" by Donald Duck's mischief-making nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, replaces the Waves bar on the pool deck. Europa, a five-club adults-only complex, is designed to make guests feel like they're clubbing in Europe. Satellite Falls is an upper deck adults-only splash pool with a curtain of rain. The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique offers princess and pirate makeovers. And in Animator's Palate restaurant, the Animation Magic show brings guests' sketches of themselves to life so they dance across video screens.
And of course the Fantasy has different signature characters: Dumbo hangs off the stern, and Mademoiselle Minnie, with parasol, presides over the atrium – places held by Sorcerer Mickey and Admiral Donald Duck, respectively, on the Dream.
"If you take a look at the Disney dictionary, the word 'same' is not in it," said Karl Holz, president of Disney Cruise Line. "Every one of our ships has a unique personality."
Other differences are not so readily apparent. The Fantasy is set up for seven-night cruises, the Dream for three- and four-night cruises, so they have different programming. The Fantasy needs more entertainment – more shows, more games, more toys, more varied dining – to fill the longer time span, especially the days at sea.
So you'll find a new Muppet adventure game, a sort of scavenger hunt for clues using the ship's "enchanted art" that also serves as an introduction to the ship. There are more animated characters for the video "portholes" in inside staterooms. In Animator's Palate, guests are entertained one night by the animation of their sketches, one night by Crush, the surfer-dude sea turtle from "Finding Nemo."
There are more live shows in the Walt Disney Theater, including "Disney Wishes," a musical created just for this ship, and more opportunities for meet-and-greets with at least 20 Disney characters who also happen to be sailing on your cruise.
Talk to travel agents, and they have no doubt that the demand for Disney ships – even with fares higher than most premium cruises – warrants more new ships.
"We're having the best year we've ever had with Disney," said Dwain Wall, senior vice president and general manager of the CruiseOne travel agency. "They definitely know how to create a great buzz. … Disney has always been a premium product, and they really do not have to do anything in the way of discounting to get people on board those ships."
A search on Cruises.com for weeklong Caribbean cruises in June, when many ships have moved to Europe or Alaska, found that cruises on the Fantasy were the most expensive of what is available – fares starting at $1,750, double occupancy, for an inside or balcony stateroom. By comparison, the world's biggest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, offers inside cabins from $1,269 and balcony staterooms from $1,399 that same month.
Next January, when there are far more ships in the Caribbean, the Fantasy, at $1,113 for an inside cabin, is costlier than all the premium ships – Celebrity, Princess, Holland America – and cheaper only than the luxury lines, Seabourn and Silversea, on Cruise.com's listings.
Disney doesn't charge for some things that other cruise lines do. There's no charge for using the kids' clubs (except the nursery), for example, or for soda (except at bars). And that can add up to quite a bit on other ships.
But when it does charge for something extra, the price can be high. A glass of the ship's private label Jessica Rabbit champagne, made by Taittinger, is $26. At the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, prices start at $34.95 for makeup and can go to $184.95 for full costume and makeover. A CD of photos from a weeklong cruise runs $349. Rental of a cabana on Castaway Cay for a day ranges from $499 to $699 for six to 10 people.
Disney executives are unapologetic about prices. "We believe in delivering value," Holz said. "We believe in the concept of all-inclusive. We're not going to charge you $20 more to have a filet in the dining room. We're about experiences that fans value. We want to make sure that when our guests come off the ship, they say, 'That was worth every penny.' "
And they do, said Bob Levinstein, CEO of Cruise Competes.com. Parents and grandparents say they want what is best for their kids.
"There are things you can get on Disney ships that you can't get anywhere else. If those are things that are important to you, you're willing to pay extra for it," Levinstein said.
Disney introduced its ship to travel agents, the media and special guests with a pair of three-night preview cruises to Castaway Cay just before its official inaugural cruise last month. The ship had only about 2,300 passengers on the first of those cruises, so service and events may not have been representative, but what the experience underscored is these ships were built for kids. While other cruise lines have children's clubs and special programming for youngsters, on the Fantasy, it is the adults who have their own clubs and special activities.
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|22 Mar 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
Blurry text in IE9 and/or Firefox 4?? READ THIS
EDIT - Microsoft has released an update regarding some blurry font in IE9. Some users also note it seems to have improved the fonts in Firefox as well.
Font smoothing ie9 update in latest recommended updates
As I see so many posts all over asking "Why is the text blurry"??, I'll post this thread and maybe it might help you out possibly.
Here's just one example from me in Firefox 4.
With gfx.direct2d.disabled set to True, normal look on the left, and with the enabled blurry look on the right:
Some users, not all, now notice blurry text in Firefox 4 and/or IE9.
*Some may only get this with system specific hardware/drivers. Some may not get the problem at all.*
It basically comes down to (not going to get technically into it) a problem relating to Hardware Acceleration that these new browser now use, and Microsoft's Direct Write/Direct2D/Direct draw components. Pretty much a fix needs to come from MS, not the browsers' developers. (Both browsers now have HA enabled by default).
Until then, a couple workarounds that have worked for me since I encountered it months ago and others, can be implemented.
A particular workaround in Firefox that I use is to type in the address bar -
I'll be careful/OK
Find the Boolean entry - gfx.direct2d.disabled, and set it to True.
You could also un-check - Use Hardware acceleration when available, in Firefox's Options Advanced/General tab.
I leave mine enabled, and just set the Boolean value to True and it fixes the blurry text for me. This only disables Direct2D, and leaves Direct3D enabled.
For IE9,
Enabling - Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering, which effectively turns off Hardware acceleration in IE9, doesn't seem to fix the blurry text at all for me.
What does seem to work for me is to set that particular website that shows blurry in Compatibility View Mode.
If you find most if not all websites give you blurry text, then you can set all to display in Compatibility View Mode if desired.
Internet Explorer Compatilbility View - All Websites
While this may not help all, I hope this helps some until some actual solution is given out to fix the problem, as it has me since I've used both browsers. If this doesn't work for you, you may have better results googling "blurry text in Firefox 4", or IE9 and researching for a possible workaround.
Some of these settings may basically turn off or partially disable HA. For me, I'd rather have my fonts display right and not be all blurry and cruddy looking over using HA. But that's just me.
FF reference: Direct2D/DirectWrite Accelerated Rendering
You may also want to check out this add-on for Firefox: Anti-Aliasing Tuner
You should be able to modify the text to your liking while leaving HA completely enabled.
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|24 Mar 2011
Additional Observations:
IE9 vs FF4
I get completely identical results either way. When using GDI FF4 and IE9 are equal. When using D2d/DirectWrite FF4 and IE9 are equal.
IE9 has an advantage in that you can change on the fly without a restart. Many pages render in IE7 compatibility mode by default giving the impression it works better, it doesn't, the page has just dropped down to GDI rendering, so it isn't using DirectWrite.
On using About:config gfx.direct2d.disabled.
I have read that this is exactly the same as unchecking "Use hardware acceleration when available". Both of them disable D2d and leave D3d alone. Also changing it in the in advanced preferences over-rides the about:config setting , so you may as well set it in the advanced preferences and forget the about:config setting, unless you have a test that verifies it does something different.
Bug or Feature?
Do a bit of research and you will find that the softer smoother (blurrier) fonts are on purpose and a sign it is working as intended. In fact if driver differences are playing a part at this point, it is most likely the systems that show sharp fonts that have broken drivers because they are reverting to GDI fonts. These new fonts are more typographically correct. DirectWrite fonts are meant to ignore pixel boundaries to flow more naturally and have bidirectional Anti-Aliasing. This makes for a more accurate font representation, that flows, moves and transforms better. BUT it also means that GDI fonts that snap to the grid will be sharper. The difference is negligible on larger B&W fonts, but smaller fonts,reverse fonts(light on dark) and color fonts can look quite bad in DirectWrite.
Unfortunately the internet is full of small, color, reverse fonts. So until Microsoft finds a work around to improve small/color font output many of use will have to work around this by disabling Hardware Acceleration in FF4 or using an IE compatibility mode.
Demonstration of DirectWrite Text "Benefit".
Find a page with reflowable text, not all of them work, but this one does so you spot it the first time:
DirectWrite « Marc Gregoire's Blog
Now start shrinking the page down horizontally to squish the text, very slowly.
DirectWrite on: Shrinking is very smooth and even until a word gets moved.
DirectWrite off: Shrinking jitters all over the place as words shake back and forth.
Again both IE9/FF4 behave the same way. IE9 is easier to test because you can switch without restart, but they are both the same.
Part of the point of DirectWrite is that it ignores pixel boundaries so movement, transformations are very smooth(but can have softer text). GDI text respects these boundaries so it has to jump to the grid (but can have sharper text).
Anti-Aliasing Tuner extension for FF4.
I did some testing with this and while I could get the sharpness improved, the letter spacing became even worse! Look at the tuner section one word at a time. The letter spacing is a mess. Look at "Bioware", it is there twice, each spaced a different way, look at the mess in "representatives"... This "fix" is not really usable IMO.
Actually if you read the text for the extension it says:
Known Issue:
* Glyph position is not correct when GDI* rendering is selected. (no idea to fix...)
Not correct is one way to put it. Random and drunkenly spaced is another. :)
Cleartype Off, Hardware Acceleration works!
If you don't like cleartype at all, you are in luck. When I turn off cleartype (unclick the "Turn on cleartype" box in cleartype tuner) it respects this and Disables DirectWrite fonts, but maintains Direct2D graphics acceleration. But this only works in Firefox. IE9 Does not let disable Cleartype.
Fonts have no AA at all and when I do the jitter test I describe above, they jitter like GDI fonts. So from any measure these appear to be GDI fonts without AA/CT or anything. They look just like CT-OFF without HW acceleration. No difference.
Direct2d Graphics demos are still accelerated.
Go to any of the Direct2D demos like this one and they are still full speed accelerated:
HTML5 Speed Reading
Output sample:
Compare this output with the above. If you look closely you can tell this has not CT, NO AA. It is even sharper than GDI sample above. Letters are also spaced correctly.
Bottom line
We either have to workaround and disable it, or get used to it. If you don't like Cleartype you are in luck. It appears you get the best of both worlds. HW acceleration without DirectWrite fonts.
For the rest of us, hopefully Microsoft will find a way to improve small color font CT rendering so it looks like the GDI fonts we like, before this starts getting forced on us everywhere, as this is Microsofts new text system going forward.
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|26 Mar 2011
Broader issue
Nice write up Snowdog. you've saved me the trouble of testing the new Firefox anti aliasing configuration plug-in. Sounds like it's not worth it.
Apart from the technical details that cause these issues there is a larger industrial/commercial issue. Clear Type is a compensation for limitations of LCD monitors, an afterthought fix to the realization that not everyone uses one resolution and that outside of one resolution most LCDs look dreadful. Yet still we have this blind and aggressive pushing of Clear Type (and of widescreen flat panel displays) in spite of the fact that CT applies only to a cross section of monitor technology (LCD) and user tastes. Although Firefoxs problem may not be specifically with Clear Type it is clear that most of those affected by this hardware acceleration problem are those who dont use Clear Type or use it outside of the world of LCD monitor at native resolution.
I prefer fast performance (and screen response), high refresh rates and 4x3 screen ratios over high resolutions so I use a 1024x768 resolution on a CRT monitor at 85Hz. This provides marginally faster graphics responses within the GUI and allows me to play Crysis and GTA4 at high physics and game world settings with FPS of 50+. With an LCD panel I have to use a much higher resolution to match the native resolution of the LCD monitor and that impacts performance elsewhere.
In short (for my circumstances):
- LCD monitors guarantees lower performance to provide something I dont want.
- Clear Type guarantees that if I dont use an LCD my GUI looks like crap.
- That Firefox has been sucked into this trend has me here.
Thanks again snowdog.
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|26 Mar 2011
I think that might be a narrower issue. As CRT use is almost certainly a small minorty today.
Do you mean Cleartype, when you talkabout Truetype? Cleartype is what is designed for AA on LCDs.
I just tested with Cleartype off, but with Hardware Acceleration On, and somewhat surprisingly, that works. See above.
Unfortunately. I have an LCD monitor and I like Cleartype.
|My System Specs
|27 Mar 2011
blurry fonts cont.
D'oh! Thanks for the correction. I did indeed mean Clear Type. I did some similar tests to yours, in fact most of my tests were with font smoothing for the system set to Standard. In general in Vista at 1024x768 on a CRT even the font smoothing app that is now built into Windows 7 gave me no improvement over standard smoothing and nothing helps with the Hardware accelerated mess in Firefox except for turning it off. Oh well.
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|29 Mar 2011
exactly how did you turn off the blurry text with hardware acceleration still on?
was unchecking "turn on cleartype" in the windows cleartype tuner all you did?
i cant get it to work.. no matter what i do, if hardware acceleration is turned on, the text is cleartype-blurry.
i cant stand cleartype so i have to have hardware acceleration turned off.
and then of course i get 7fps on the tests
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|29 Mar 2011
That is Strange. How could Windows behave so different for different people.
I get clean zero AA text with HW acceleration on in Firefox, either way I disable Cleartype. I tried a couple of ways and I couldn't get it to NOT work. IE9 OTOH always has smoothing no matter what I do.
There are two ways you can disable Cleartype. I tried both.
Disabled font smoothing (which also disables cleartype) then restated FF with HW accel on. No AA/smoothing.
Then I turned back on smoothing and just disabled Cleartype and restated FF, with HW accel on. Again no AA/smoothing.
DirectWrite was also non functional (fonts jittered on the squeeze test) but my Direct2D tests were running full speed.
In fact there was no way that it didn't work for me, does Microsoft have yet another setting that plays into font smoothing/cleartype??
See attached.
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|30 Mar 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
For me, whatever I try, in Firefox 4 I can't get the urlbar reverse text, Find box reverse text and Download window reverse text display nicely like it was in Firefox 3. (For me, IE9 has all its text just fine.)
Entering gfx.direct2d.disabled = true does fix the bad rendering problem for the web content text, but the fields mentioned above remain very bad no matter what. How to fix also those? For me, I'll switch back to FF3 if it can't be fixed, the rendering is awful.
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|30 Mar 2011
i just checked the dragon age 2 forums you use to check the fonts with,
that forum displays text correctly so dont use it for comparison.
this forum also displays text correctly, no blurry text here either
but on many other sites the text isnt shown correctly..
i.e google, check attached image.
the font smoothing setting is like an extra level or so, even when cleartype is off, there is some smoothing, as you can see on the X in firefox on the image.
when turning off font smoothing, it removes all smoothing, but then menus and so get messed up as well, check attached image
but the most obvious site ive found so far is http://www.chris.com/ascii/, check the ascii art with hardware acceleration on and off.
no matter what setting i use, cleartype on and off with font smoothing on and off, if hardware acceleration is turned on, the ascii art isnt displayed correctly, if hardware acceleration is turned off, it displays correctly no matter all other settings, but with cleartype, its blurry
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|30 Mar 2011
Interesting. You seem to have found some exceptions(though I only see one on my end). I did go to quite a few sites like this and never noticed any with AA. Just Google Bold.
For me on Google. Only the bold font is slightly worse with HW on. All the rest of the fonts are still ZERO AA.
Ascii Art. I don't seem to have the issue you mentioned. No blur or issues on the Ascii Art.
All I can say is Microsofts font smoothing/CT/AA is quite a mess. With weird exceptions like that between fonts on the same page. But in the vast majority of pages there appears to be no AA/CT/Smoothing.
Attachments both with HW Accel on, CT off.
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Hilda is very different from Zelda, but not necessarily her opposite, as it might seem. Far from the wisdom and nobility that Zelda embodies, but nevertheless magnificent in her own way. Although a being with magical powers, she is so very human and very close to my heart. Indeed, she makes terrible mistakes, but she is capable of listening to the voice of reason and assume the consequences of her actions. It takes a great spirit to understand that what you achieve is shaped by how you achieve it and not the other way around. That the means are sometimes much more important than the end. That you have to let go when you take the wrong path and backtrack, even though you have to give up on your goal, on what you love the most. And I admire her for that. She is an amazing character and definitely one of my favourites from the series.
However, no matter how much I love a character, my crafting skills are what they are. And time was very short, especially for working on two costumes. Between classes, exams, my dissertation and AMV making, I had very little left to invest in cosplay, but I did my best. For Hilda, I cannot pinpoint a single element and say that it was the most difficult. For me, everything was difficult. I made types of clothing I hadn't tried before (i.e. circle skirt – a huge one – and a petticoat). For the props, I used materials I hadn't worked with before (i.e. wood, craft foam, air drying fimo). I was so sleep deprived that I forgot the sticks for the staff in the train when I got back to Iași from the Easter holiday, and ran around desperately for a couple of hours before I recovered them – thank you, kind student who recognized me, despite not being in my classes, and kept them safe for me.
The worst was when my sewing machine refused to sew, the top of the wax container came off, spilling hot wax on the carpet, I accidentally hit my staff and the top broke when it fell (I will never understand why I used chopsticks to the make the skeleton, when they are made to be broken), and I spilled half a bottle of silver acrylic paint on the same, previously challenged carpet while finishing the tabard. I sewed a petticoat by hand during the train ride (a whole 7 hours of sewing) and was saved by the friend I was staying with in Bucharest, who had a sewing machine less stubborn than mine. After (yet another) sleepless night, the costume was ready. And it felt like a miracle. I have no idea how I managed to pull it off.
However, I was late for the AMV showcase, which was to take place around 9 in the morning. I arrived at a little past 10, having a decent amount of time to get ready for prejudging. I was still a little panicked, but, when I entered the hall, my "Time glow" was being projected. And I stopped. I put my bag down and I just watched it. Emptied my mind of worries and took a deep breath. Yes, everything was going to be just fine. There were very few people in the audience and they had no reaction to the videos being played (not to mine and neither to the others that followed), so I felt it as an intimate moment between a past me telling present me that it was going to be ok, that I was going to make it.
I was awestruck and giddy after finishing putting on the costume. I couldn't believe my eyes, everything was fine! Not perfect, definitely, and I am aware of all its flaws. But it was fine, it looked decent enough. I was not prepared for what happened when I left the changing area, though. Everybody stopped in their way to look at me and, for a while, I thought something was wrong with the costume but then I realized… They were looking because they liked it! I could barely take two steps without being asked for a photo and that went on for the whole day. It was an amazing feeling, it felt as if I was dreaming.
Everybody was really nice and sweet. Especially the judges: Yaya Han, Kamui and Giada Robin. I hadn't stopped to think that I was going to be judged by such wonderful ladies with such amazing careers in cosplay. I just thought of them as people sharing the same passion and being, obviously, at a different skill level. Of course, Yaya flipped my seams. Things were not so ok underneath and I knew that, but she was still very sweet to me and impressed by the paint job on the tabard (I'm quite proud of that myself). Kamui asked me about the armor, but it was so weird to call it that, it is child's play compared to what she does. Nevertheless, they were all very nice and they told me I looked really beautiful. That almost made me melt. I don't think of myself as being pretty – I'm ok, but not more than that. Hearing it from such lovely ladies… An infinity of "thank you"'s couldn't have expressed the gratitude I felt.
The stage was frightening and, being sleep deprived, I couldn't concentrate very well on catching the cues, but I was Hilda. I felt her pain, her despair, her wish for offering something better to her people. I was in Lorule and I could see it was fallen apart, suffering in agony. I felt that spark of envy and greed, I touched within myself that point where her dark side emerged and I embraced it together with my own dark side. And I was glad. I had made it. I learnt the next day that Yaya Han had posted a picture of me on stage on her Instagram. I was baffled, I have no words for this… I feel so honored.
One of the best moments of the con, that will be forever a sweet memory for me, happened before my performance. I was backstage and I was rehearsing in my mind, when someone approached me and took me by surprise. It was Ray and he had recognized me from Nijikon 2013, when he had been so nice to me and so appreciative of my costume (I was Yuuko Amamiya then). He encouraged me and gave me a fatherly kiss on the cheek that took most of the nerves away. I missed the opportunity to take a picture with him, however, so I only have the one from Nijikon, but my heart will never forget that instant when he made feel less alone in that crowd of strangers waiting to perform.
I had wonderful people with me this time around as well and I also managed to talk a little with some of the foreign cosplayers. I also felt surrounded by the presence of the one who couldn't be there – because we are humans and can't be in two places at once, so we must choose what is truly important. But you were there, I know you were, you're always with me in my heart. I took so many pictures with people, to the point that I could barely see because of the flashes. I found myself a Link and took a picture. A girl even approached me and told me she liked me on stage and that she hoped I would win – I wasn't prize material, I was aware, but it felt amazing to hear that, I won a bit of the public and that is priceless. So many good photographers asked for shoots and there was even an article that featured me among amazing cosplayers.
I was just a girl with a small, silly dream. And it came true. I was meaning for it to be my last, but… It's very hard, after you've achieved something like this, to just give it up. I simply can't, I have so many other ideas that I love and I want to grow even more. I will find the time and strength to do them, one by one. And I promise myself not to repeat this story of not being ready in time. I promise to do things right and not rush them in the last minute. I will not give up on my dreams, not while I can feel them at the tips of my fingers. I'll find the strength to do everything I like so that I will not regret anything when I am old and grizzly and with grandchildren. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good! ^_^


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MADISONVILLE, Kentucky — Kentucky is not a wealthy state. It's median household income is more than $10,000 lower than the national average, it's poverty rate 25 percent higher.
Yet a Senate candidate has an idea that could push wages even lower: declare the federal minimum wage unconstitutional.
"I don't see anywhere that it has been constitutionally-defined," Matt Bevin, the Tea Party challenger to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), told ThinkProgress this week. Bevin said that he not only opposes raising the minimum wage to $10.10, as President Obama is currently urging, but also believes that the federal government has no role telling businesses what they can pay their workers.
KEYES: One of the main issues in debate right now in Washington is the minimum wage. Some folks are arguing to raise it, keep it the same. There are even folks saying it's not even the role of the federal government to be telling businesses what they should be paying their workers. Which camp do you put yourself in?
BEVIN: The latter is true if you look at the Constitution, back to what we said. Specifically, if you look at the enumerated powers to the federal government and to the states, you look at the Tenth Amendment. Tenth Amendment makes very clear that those powers not spelled out to the federal government or to the states in the Constitution are the responsibility of the states and of the people. So to that end, this is a state-level concern and issue.
KEYES: So does that mean, is the federal minimum wage unconstitutional in your mind?
BEVIN: I don't see anywhere that it has been constitutionally-defined. That said, it is in existence now and I don't see anybody in either party that's calling for a repeal of it.
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Yet the institution charged with determining a law's constitutionality — the Supreme Court — has already affirmed in United States v. Darby that the Commerce Clause permits a federal minimum wage.
Bevin is also mistaken that no lawmakers are trying to scrap the minimum wage altogether. Just last week, in fact, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) told MSNBC that he doesn't "believe there ought to be a national minimum wage." Similarly, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) have said they favor abolishing the minimum wage.
Kentucky's minimum wage is currently pegged to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, a level of purchasing power nearly one-third less than the minimum wage in 1968. Even in its current diminished form, tens of thousands of Kentuckians must try to make ends meet as they work minimum wage jobs. If the minimum wage were raised to $10.10, a recent study from the Economic Policy Institute found that it would boost pay for 462,000 Kentuckians.


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Christina Stankewicz- Ms. Stankewicz is currently a graduate student at St. John's University, where she is studying Library and Information Science with a concentration in archives. She received her BA in History from St. Bonaventure University. At Morris-Jumel, she researches and reviews books for the children's and young adult sections of the history library, and assists in library development.
Chloe Williams- Ms. Williams is currently earning her BA in history from Grinnell College, and has a background in book preservation, archival processing, and exhibitions. Her work at Morris-Jumel includes the digitization of the museum's historical archives, processing and accessioning archival collection items, and book preservation.Emilie Gruchow- Emilie is the Director of Archives at Morris-Jumel Mansion. She is currently a graduate student in History at the City College of New York. Within the library, Emilie is building the academic, Spanish-language, and secondary-school collections.


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Crib, dresser and rocking chair to go along with John's amazing woodwork. He also made me a set of bookshelves out of a pallet. We've got her name on the wall underneath her homemade puffs (pat myself on the back) and diamonds in the sky.
Cleaning Lucy's closet and room. Jude decided to practice for little girl. He got all his "babies" and blankets for them while holding them on the Boppy Pillow. Sweet child of mine.
Here is her butterfly ombre heart for the wall. A few nights of Breaking Bad and it was complete. I'm working on another painting that will go next to this piece where the butterflies will land.
Give me a pinterest project worth $165 and I'll make it for $7.
Since I've been doing art projects, Jude thought he needed to be involved too.
So while we are doing the baby room...why not spruce up the house a bit. Let me explain:) Jude loved shoving the long fluffy wool rug in his mouth as a baby AND he and his buddies smash cherrios down into it and I cannot get all the crumbs out. Since daddy is having a little Princess, it was pretty easy getting him to say yes to a new rug that I can vacuum over and that doesn't shed. We all love it.
It paid for itself the first day when we had a playdate with cherrios, sand and chips. Vacuum, done.
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Design4Innovation Workshop 3: Good practices in financial support
07/11/2017 to 08/11/2017
Having mapped our Design Innovation Ecosystems and examined the Operational Programmes in our partner regions, we meet in Santiago de Compostella on 7th and 8th November to identify the best practice in financial mechanism for business and innovation support, such as subsidy and grant schemes, including innovation vouchers. This time the event is hosted by GAIN - Galician Agency of Innovation.
Innovation Coffee Morning at PDR
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To mark the launch of Design for Innovation project, the lead partner PDR / Cardiff Metropolitan University, organised Innovation Coffee Morning on 25 January 2017 for its co-workers
Design4Innovation Kick-off meeting in Bruges
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The first Design4Innovation project meeting on 7th, 8th and 9th of March, kick-started a new interregional collaboration aiming to enhance SME competitiveness.


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For the second time in recent months, politicians seem to be proving their worth in looking to hold financial regulators to account.
With large numbers of constituents angry about the compensation package agreed between the FSA and Capita, BNY Mellon and HSBC, MPs are not going to rest with the deal that has been put on the table.
The £54m compensation package is designed to ensure that, alongside distributions already made and remaining assets, investors receive around 70 per cent of their fund value when the range was suspended in March 2009.
Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban repeated in Parliament the FSA's assertion that investors can claim against their IFA to receive further compensation above the regulator's agreed package.
A fair amount of bad advice may well have been given over the Arch Cru range. Commentators in Money Marketing and elsewhere had raised significant concerns about the concept of the "new asset class" private equity range being promoted by former Arch cru chairman Jon Maguire.
The FSA knows the adviser firms which sold Arch cru at significant levels and it is likely the quality of advice given by such firms has, or will, come under tough scrutiny. Some may face serious sanctions.
However, as the authorised corporate director, Capita had a responsibility for the range and should be prepared to play a bigger part in the compensation package.
The current arrangement has the feel of a behind-the-scenes deal designed to make life easier for the regulator rather than offer investors the compensation they deserve.
Investors looking to recover lost assets from an IFA are likely to face a tough battle, with firms fighting claims. It is understood a significant number of adviser firms that sold large amounts of the Arch cru range have ceased trading, so many claims will be passed to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, penalising IFAs which stayed well clear of Arch cru.
We hope MPs continue to pressurise the FSA into increasing its package.
MPs scrutinising the draft Financial Services Bill should take careful note of the benefits to consumers of financial regulators facing proper Parliamentary accountability and look to ensure this is enhanced.


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And indeed I did review my blogging as part of the 2015/2016 #blog12daysxmas and concluded that I wasn't doing all that much. You can read about the 2015 experience here and I won't repeat my reflections on it here. And the interesting thing for me with that post was the aftermath. I decided not to set any blogging targets for 2016: and then I did a flurry of blogging on my Librarian and the Kitchen site. Maybe all this proves is that not having targets provides freedom, as someone suggested to me earlier in the year.
And will I do #blogjune? Well, it is a good question. I have a number of things I want to blog about and so maybe this is the opportunity? At any rate, I have left myself open to the opportunity by blogging today. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?


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I had a rough day today for sure; the main thing was to go find a scooter, so I can go to the beach and the supermarket without hitchhiking. Easier said than done. I tried and tried, but finally I just had to let it wait and hike my way to the beach. It's kinda far away, so it takes a while when you're in the middle of town, and gets even more problematic being as white as I am right now. Thank god for +50 kids sunscreen.
When I got to the beach I could chill though, eat the snack pack (big double meat combo sandwhiches made earlier) I brought, and then go for lightwind practice.
After the session I pulled out my book and studied in front of Cesare doing his thing on the beginner boards. He's got some new crazy stuff, I can tell you that much.
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Andrea's return to the prison makes for an all around boring episode, but beyond the character no one likes, "I Ain't No Judas" gives us some wonderful moments, some big faceplams and a villain who couldn't possibly be any creepier.
This episode is about Andrea, but Hershel was the standout character of the show. He may be old and he may have only one leg, but he has the leadership skills that this group needs. His moment with Merle was a prime example of this. It was lovely. Hershel has a way of seeing beyond the exterior that no one else in the prison possesses. My only issue with Hershel in this episode was him telling Rick that "now is not the time" for Rick's psychotic break. Yes, I'm sure it would be wonderful if Rick could postpone his mental breakdown for a more convenient moment, but things just don't work that way.
Which brings me to my next point. Why is the rest of the team waiting for Rick to step down as leader? Why are they waiting for an unwell man to make this decision? They are not five years old. I loved the moment with Carl asking his father to take a break from leading the group, but dear lord, that little boy should have never been in that position in the first place.
Team Prison's inability to do anything without Rick's permission might cost all of them their lives. The most pivotal moment of the episode is when Team Tyrese spills on Rick's state of mind, or lack thereof, to the Governor. Now the Governor knows that he has nothing to fear from the gang at the prison. They are helmed by a weak and cracked up leader. Woodbury might be helmed by a crazy person, but the Governor is not weak.
Speaking of the Governor, did anyone else get major chills every time he was on screen? Not to mention the creepy "you belong here" seduction speech he gave Andrea right before they had sex? I felt like I needed to shower after watching that. In fact, I feel like I need to shower just thinking about it. I'd rather deal with a horde of zombies than One-Eyed Creepy McCrazypants.
I loved the layers this episode gave to some of the characters.
Merle's a bookworm! Who knew?
Carol, a survivor of domestic violence, telling Andrea, a woman currently in a relationship with a psychopath, how to sex up and then kill the Governor.
Michonne finally getting a personality that goes beyond glowering. Her assessment of Andrea's emotional state was necessary, honest and harsh but also tempered with love. It was brilliant to see that side of Michonne.
The episode was slow and focused a bit too much on Andrea. Every character here has made pathetic choices, but they are usually for complex reasons. Andrea isn't complex. She's just pathetic.
Daryl's blind devotion for his brother is getting to be a bit much. I think we all understand his perspective, but he's putting the physical and mental health of the entire group at risk.
The song at the end. I am not a fan of stunts like this. They always come across as very awkward and take me out of the story.
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Once again, European cinemagoers have the opportunity to select their favorite film as part of the 25th European Film Awards, scheduled for Dec. 1 on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Past People's Choice Awards went to Pedro Almodóvar's Volver, Roberto Benigni's La vita e bella, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie, Fatih Akin's Head-On and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
Tough 2012 choices that the public faces include an amazing dozen from The Artist, Barbara (Germany's official selection for the Foreign Language Oscar) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel to Headhunters, The Iron Lady, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Shame, Tinker Tailor Solder Spy and Untouchable.
On the professional side, 47 films have been placed on the list of titles recommended for a nomination. "With 31 European countries represented," the Berlin, Germany-based European Film Academy (EFA) opined, "the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema." In the 20 most populous countries, members voted on one national film, which were subsequently augmented by a Selection Committee of EFA board members and invited experts from six countries. Now the 2,700 EFA members select their personal favorites, with official nominations set for Nov. 3 during the Seville European Film Festival in Spain.
Venice Ventures Beyond 3D Boundaries
During the Venice Film Festival, the European Commission hosted "The frontiers of 3D—new technologies in the culture and media" at the Space-Cinecittà Luce inside the Excelsior Hotel. Taking advantage of what organizers called "an important opportunity for comparison and to take stock of the developments in the third dimension" were Osvaldo De Santis (president of Twentieth Century Fox Italy), Angelo D'Alessio (consultant for digital cinema at the Biennale di Venezia and SMPTE international director), Giuseppe Massaro (director of MEDIA Desk Italy, MEDIA Programme of the European Commission) and Nicola Borrelli (director general for Cinema of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture), among many others.
Bauer Hotel Brings Back Happy Days
The Bauer Screening Room in Venice is planning to bring back to life "the Golden Age of Italian Cinema" of the 1950s and '60s, when "great hotels such as the Via Veneto in Rome, the Soho House in London, and the Bauer Grunwald in Venice all boasted private screening rooms where they would preview the top films each season." (To see how the Hotel Bayrischer Hof in Munich transformed its venue into "Kino deluxe," check out the July FJI).
During the 69th Biennale, Palazzo Grassi hosted "La voce delle immagini" ("the voice of the images") at the Bauer, presenting films and videos from 11 artists, including Paul McCartney and Isaac Julien, whose work is also featured at the Amsterdam EYE. On August 31, the Bauer paid special tribute to 90-year-old Francesco Rosi, who was awarded "Leone d' Oro alla carriera" during the fest. A newly restored copy of his 1972 masterpiece Il caso Mattei was shown thanks to the film library of Bologna, The Film Foundation, and with support from both Gucci and Torino's National Cinema Museum.
Kinepolis Issues Passbook
After introducing barcode-based mobile ticketing, pan-European Kinepolis Group has now begun using Passbook, Apple's mobile wallet that allows users in Belgium, France and Spain to digitally store all their tickets, discount vouchers, membership and customer loyalty cards in one iPhone app. "In so doing," the company noted, "Kinepolis once again takes the lead in the international cinema industry when it comes to innovation."
DigiTraining Travels
From EYE, the new film museum in Amsterdam (see "Exotic Designs" in this issue), to the Cinema Oostereiland triplex in Hoorn, MEDIA Salles once again had attendees well-covered in their quest for DigiTraining Plus. The ninth edition of the course began with Mike Vickers, member of the MEDIA Salles executive board, describing the spirit of the program: "The new technologies must be accompanied by new ideas and a new way of conceiving the cinema experience."
Mads Egmont Christensen from Denmark moderated the course that "combines theory, presented in lectures and talks by experts in the sector, with the practice gained on visits to exceptional venues in the field of digital technologies." Having worked on the course, MEDIA Salles director general Elisabetta Brunella calls it "a well-consolidated tradition." A more detailed rundown of activities and events is available here.
dcinex Doubles Up on Deals
Eutelsat Communications and dcinex, one of the world's top satellite operators and Europe's leading digital-cinema company, respectively, have joint-ventured their impressive resources. Over the last three years, Eutelsat has already equipped more than 700 sites in 20 European countries, managing high-speed transfers of up to 140 Mbps via hubs in France and Italy. dcinex has deployed 2,000 digital screens with another 3,000 to follow by 2014.
DSAT Cinema, as the venture has been named, "will offer a single point of contact for a full range of services" for management of 2D/3D films "as well as exceptional cultural events to screens across Europe," with the intention of "radically simplifying the process of operating in a fully digital environment for content owners and distributors."
On the content presentation side, dcinex solidified its relationship with Odeon UCI Cinemas (2,153 screens at 232 sites across Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom) by signing a "landmark VPF deal" for Cinesa in Spain, covering "state-of-the-art digital projection systems including NEC 2K and 4K projectors, Doremi servers and Unique TMS" for 520 screens. Cinesa will also equip its 44 cinemas for satellite delivery. The support services will be managed out of Liège, the dcinex base in Belgium, in cooperation with Cinesa's local partner, Suministros Kelonik.
After establishing an office in Belarus last year, the Austrian affiliate of the dcinex group has now opened a branch in Moscow. Headed by Julia and Alexey Vinokurov as general manager and technical director, respectively, the goal is "to strengthen customer relations in Russia and former CIS states and extend its service portfolio in these countries."
Films for Foodies at FIAF
Throughout Tuesdays in October, the French Institute/Alliance Française in New York City (www.FIAF.org) inaugurates its newly renovated Florence Gould Hall with "a cinematic tribute to the epicurean, and very French, pleasures of great food and wine." Under the heading of "Films for Foodies!" the co-curators pair a very French film, even if some were made by international directors like Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette), Marco Ferreri (La Grande Bouffe) and Roland Joffé (Vatel) and/or star Laurel and Hardy (The Battle of the Century), with introductions by "luminaries from New York's culinary world." Bon appétit!
Von Trier Issues a Challenge
As if his films were not enough of a challenge at times, Danish director Lars von Trier now "Challenges the People" with an open invitation. In collaboration with the Copenhagen Art Festival and fellow director Jenle Hallund, von Trier has asked people around the globe "to reinterpret six great works of art through the lens of their camera or recording of sound." The user-generated film project Gesamt aims to look at "the result when people reinterpret the great and controversial art pieces of our time," including James Joyce's Ulysses, August Strindberg's The Father, the Zeppelinfeld in Nuremberg, Germany, created by Albert Speer, as well as works by Paul Gaugin, César Franck and Sammy Davis, Jr., "who stepped himself into the hearts of people through song."
Premiering on Oct. 12 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, the assembled work will become "a reflection on our time and the people who live in it: a community masterpiece."


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A study from the University of North Carolina�s School of Public Health says spreading sewage treatment byproducts on local fields may cause illnesses for people living within a mile of where it�s spread.
But Burlington officials maintain the decades-old practice is legally sanctioned and hasn�t been deemed unsafe, and the local school board won�t be taking any action against the city to stop land application of waste solids near Alamance-Burlington schools.
Amy Lowman, a research associate in epidemiology at UNC�s Gillings School of Global Public Health, co-authored a study released Tuesday, �Land Application of Treated Sewage Sludge: Community Health and Environmental Justice.� She interviewed residents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia who live near fields where the treated sewage byproducts are spread as fertilizer.
More than half of those interviewed reported experiencing burning eyes, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after the waste solids had been spread or sprayed, according to the study. Other symptoms reported by more than one person included skin infection and sores, sinus congestion or drainage and difficulty breathing.
�Study participants told us that the onset of the symptoms occurred while the sludge was being applied or soon after,� Lowman said in a prepared statement with the report.
The study seems to support what Mike Holland of Saxapahaw has been claiming for years, that treated sewage byproducts are unhealthy.
�My main focus has been addressing the school board,� said Holland, who heads up the Center for Environmental Research and Education in Saxapahaw.
�If you spray by an elementary school, there�s a problem. If you spray it and you don�t tell the principal, even bigger problem,� he said. �Spraying city sewage near an elementary school may be legal, but it�s not moral.�
The practice of applying treated waste byproducts to farmers� fields is sanctioned and regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of North Carolina, as an alternative fertilizer. Annually, Burlington contracts with private company Synagro to spread 24 million gallons over about 4,000 total acres, or about 114 individual fields, across six counties.
�Manure is not even close to being regulated like this stuff is,� said Eric Davis, Burlington�s water and sewer operations manager. Anytime the city�s tanker trucks apply the treated waste byproducts to any field in the six counties Burlington currently serves, they have to maintain EPA and state-regulated buffers from property lines, wells and habitable areas.
Shane Fletcher, Burlington�s residuals management coordinator, said the waste solids are applied with 100-foot buffers from wells, 50-foot buffers from property lines, 100-foot buffers from creeks, streams or lakes and 400 feet from habitable dwellings.
Holland said he thinks that�s still too close for comfort when children are involved.
Since 2009, Holland has been writing letters and emails to members of the Alamance-Burlington School System with his concerns about Burlington spraying sewage treatment byproducts on fields in proximity to Sylvan, B. Everett Jordan and Pleasant Grove elementary schools.
First, Holland asked school board member Tony Rose to lead the board in petitioning the city to stop spreading on fields near the schools. Holland said Rose wanted to remain neutral on the subject and suggested Holland take his request to the ABSS administrative staff. Holland did, but his attempts were fruitless, he said.
WHILE HOLLAND took on the school board, Sue Dayton, a member of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, confronted the Burlington City Council in 2009. She said children at the three elementary schools were being exposed to viruses, bacteria, toxic metals and chemicals every time the city spread the waste solids in nearby fields.
But the heavy metal point has become moot, Davis said.
Years ago, he said, cities would dump processed water and sewage into rivers, but when the Clean Water Act of 1972 came about, it required entities to have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to discharge the elements into a body of water.
Since then, most facilities have opted to hook up to a municipal sanitary sewer, rather than obtain their own individual permits. As a result, the cities � including Burlington � are pretreating all that water and sewage and �the amount of metals has reduced,� Davis said.
He said the city�s two waste water treatment plants measure for metals including mercury, cadmium, nickel, lead selenium and copper. And, Davis said, �We have to test both the biosolids and the land we�re applying it to for metals.�
That means the soil and crop type planted in each application type is identified, which tells the city how many pounds of nitrogen can be applied per acre, said Fletcher. Each tanker is then calibrated to evenly distribute the waste solids with the correct amount of nitrogen individual to each field, he said.
Not only that, the city tests for harmful, regulated elements during the waste water treatment process, which ultimately creates two byproducts: the clean water that�s put back into streams and the waste byproducts.
DESPITE THE TESTINGand pathogen reductions, Holland and Lowman maintain there still could be harmful elements in the �sludge� when it�s applied to fields.
�Although the EPA promotes land application of sludge, it has not said it�s safe for people�s health or the environment,� Lowman said.
�There�s no data either way,� said Holland. �In that case, don�t do it.�
He said stopping the city from spreading near schools is a �precautionary principle,� and if a suspicious person in a trench coat were lurking around school property, the administration wouldn�t hesitate to take preventative action. Holland said the same should be done about the waste byproducts.
�They don�t test for flame retardant, they don�t test for chromium six,� he said.
Davis said Holland is correct, but, �There�s literally millions of things we don�t test for because there are millions of things out there that aren�t regulated,� by the state or EPA.
Davis added that doesn�t mean those elements won�t be added to the list of �emergent contaminants� for which cities will eventually have to test their water or waste byproducts. And he said the city has already tested for flame retardant levels in its waste solids.
Holland said he is still leading a campaign to ask the ABSS to request the city stop spraying near the elementary schools even though he received a letter from Superintendent Lillie Cox in February stating ABSS will draft no such petition.
Holland said he still plans to take his campaign through November � if it takes that long � and will be attending school board meetings with concerned parents to try and change the minds of the ABSS administration.


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My brother and I started gardening with our grandmother as toddlers, and I've been actively involving Little Boo in my gardening from the time he could toddle out into the yard himself. Kids love to watch things grow. And they love to feel helpful and involved. We find this to be a fabulous activity for us to enjoy together.
Today being Earth Day I wanted to do a small project with Little Boo to mark the occasion. So last week we went to the dollar store and he helped me pick out peat pots, a bag of soil, and some seeds. I think this was a total of $3 plus tax. Cheap fun!
I put the peat pots into an old cake pan to keep them from leaking all over the house. Little Boo used my old trowel to fill the pots. (He has his own gardening tools, but I'll be damned if I could find them in the shed today.)
Golden wax beans. He said they looked like they had chocolate on them. And, on the topic of Earth Day, do these seed packets really need to be so big??
We'll do some more seeds later and will be planting a variety of veggies from the garden centre once the weather warms and I get the beds in shape. For now Little Boo is keeping busy with creatively displaying his rock collection:
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The fiscal cliff negotiations put a new spin and new rules on 'tax-time headaches'!
Many of the deductions families are used to filing were not accepted on the same schedule as previous years. The last minute negotiations in Washington changed many aspects of filing this year, but tax experts I talked with, told me, it's the more basic filing mistakes that typically cost us.
She said if you're using tax software take time to really understand it.
"Many of these programs are question based, and if you don't answer the questions correctly, you could miss out on some serious deductions. That's why tax professionals are here. We understand all the yearly changes, and there are many," she said.
Lowery says oftentimes she'll find the lay person doesn't understand the nuances of deductions when it comes to searching for work.
"If you've spent money updating your resume, if you've traveled to and from the job site to apply, those are things that can be filed as deductions. For some people searching for work has been a year-long process and the money adds up. We also encourage people who are getting unemployment benefits to consider asking for taxes to be taken out before you get the check. If not some people aren't prepared for the taxes they'll owe at the end of the year," Lowery said.
Organizations and banks are required to mail out any tax related paperwork to you by the end of January. But if you haven't received documents by February 14, it's your job to produce the paperwork.
"Say you made a 100 dollar donation to United Way and they haven't sent you the paperwork. You can use your canceled checks or bank statements to show your contribution. The main thing with the IRS is documentation," Lowery insists.
"I had a client come in here who had been filing his taxes with Turbo Tax the past three years, and he didn't realize he could deduct the mortgage interest and the real estate taxes from the previous year," Lowery told me.
She said so many people will bring in their previous years' tax returns, and her tax professionals will find numerous opportunities for deductions that were missed.
"It's hard for people who don't do taxes day in and day out, year after year, to know about all the changes in the tax laws. There are changes every year. That is what we do," says Lowery, who is President of Rapid Tax.
Lowery and I both had a giggle when I asked her about the most common question she gets about claiming dependants.
"People ask if they can claim their pet as a dependant. I ask them, 'Does your pet have a social security number?' No, then we have a good laugh about it! I get that more than one time every tax season," she told me.
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I can teach technique, songs, song learning, composition, improvisation, ear development, music theory, and more.
I am a versatile bass player who was played styles ranging from rock n' roll, metal, and progressive music to avant-garde, pop, and funk. I've even played shows live not knowing the songs and made them sound great. Students of mine, if interested, can work towards developing their ears and technique to such a degree that they can do the same.
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Which I left on the ground to get soft in the sun, while I was distracted by the suddenly desperate need to tie up the previously proud sunflowers that got knocked over in Monday's storms. That led to a desperate need to weed.
Eventually I remembered the wilting rhubarb, trimmed it and put it in a sink of cold water to revive.
A couple of hours' worth of other half-finished tasks ensued before I finally went inside to cut up the stems.
Then my friend texted me, and as I replied I got the "battery is critically low" alert. So I decided I needed to go upstairs and get the laptop and plug the phone in to charge.
When I got to my bedroom, I noticed Hubs hadn't made the bed. So naturally I had to look after that.
While making the bed I realised I had to pee. So, no problem, bed, pee, then laptop.
But when I got to his side of the bed I found dirty dishes and assorted, abandoned packaging from his new shirts. Priorities shifted again, and
At which point I saw the rhubarb again and returned to cleaning and chopping.
The phone is now dead. The laptop is still upstairs in my bedroom. But now I'm up there too. Maybe I'll take a nap.
The rhubarb can wait, right?


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Room 506 At Raddison Blu Royal Hotel by Jaime Hayón
Jaime Hayón has redesigned a room inside the iconic SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The hotel was originally created by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen, using furniture pieces from Republic of Fritz Hansen.
The hotel SAS Royal Hotel (now Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Copenhagen) was created by Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for Scandinavian Airlines. He created a great number of his most recognisable furniture pieces for its interior. He also designed a room in this hotel, room 606, which is still preserved to this day. Jacobsen has created the Egg and Swan chairs specially for the hotel. However one of his designs, the drop chair, was never put into production until Fritz Hansen has revived the design earlier this year after five decades.
Jaime Hayón has modelled the layout of Room 506 on the original Arne Jacobsen interior in Room 606 including some of his furniture, works of art, bedspreads and lamps.
"In our past six years' collaboration, I think we have achieved a great evolution for the Fritz Hansen brand but also a great evolution in my own work, moving forward my design with the idea of making the most of minimum means. Coming from the Mediterranean, to be able to make an imprint on Danish design has been an incredibly special experience for me. The idea for this room is to create a luminous space that brings joy and genuine comfort through the Fritz Hansen designs along with some of my own designs and art. Together with Fritz Hansen, I have created bespoke designs just for this room, always in reflection of our shared principles of working with the best materials and aiming for simplicity and maximum comfort," says Hayon.
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The morning Inbox is still reeling from Microsoft's Xbox One revelations, as some readers begin to regret their pre-orders.
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Unlikely saviour
The video game industry is no different to any other industry that's grown out of people's pastimes or 'niche entertainment'. It will be improved or exploited and it will evolve in good and bad ways. As consumers all we can do is vote with our wallets.
I think once E3 is underway the worries over online connectivity and second-hand sales, etc. will diminish and people will buy whatever console provides the games they want to play. I don't use all the extras I get on the current consoles and would happily go back to a cartridge slot, an On/Off/Reset button and a main menu with a high score table but those days are gone now.
It's not so much the always online or second-hand sales issues that will eventually guide me to my next console but the confusing rules and regulation baggage that come with them.
Even though I haven't played a core Nintendo game in ages, nor my 3DS, I find myself hoping that Nintendo have a good E3 as it's to them I am looking to for salvation. More fool me probably then!
Dead end
I won't be rushing out and buying The Last Of Us because, like Jon Edwards, I've thought all along that it was more or less a steal from The Road, a film which I comprehensively hated. Yes, the acting was good but it was so depressing, a masterclass in misery if ever there was one and I'm too close to the end of my own personal 'road' for comfort.
Gill C.
PS: Best artificial intelligence in a game? Dark Souls. It was so good it was supernatural.
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A day will come when you, I, or some poor unfortunate person will mutter the words 'Xbox off' and we will be greeted with an eerie monotone saying 'I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that'. Then it's time to panic.
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It was a very well written piece on the new Xbox One (Xbone), with this new push into this horrible section of gaming how long will it be before we get another Alien: Colonial Marines that is so terrible and they take away the right to trade it in? Consumers will be stuck with a terrible game that is stuck to the Xbox account. It is the restrictive vices of a gaming PC with none of the benefits. You only have to see the Xbox Marketplace Games On Demand to see that the games are still full shelf price.
This would put greater emphasis on gaming media for reviews for people who buy this console, as the restrictions are tight. People will only want to buy games that have a lifespan and are good, people won't buy OK/average games.
It weird that Xbox has the same attitude that PlayStation 3 did when that came into the market, believing the success of the previous console model would automatically make people buy the next one. If Sony does push this into the market as well (which I don't believe based on tweets of high-ranking members of the Sony board). This should give PC gaming a new lease of life. Bring on E3!
Steven Mason
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Well, at least everything's been cleared up. Hasn't it? It took me a couple of reads to get my head around all those rules. Still not sure what would happen if I lent a game to my second cousin on a bank holiday Monday. Anyway, they've arrived at a kind of middle ground. For every restriction there seems to be a positive to help balance it out.
I only really swap the odd game with my brother who lives about 15 miles away. We often find out what the other is buying and then buy the alternative and then swap over when done. If I'm not mistaken with the Xbox One we won't even have to bother visiting each other anymore. I can just choose him as a family member and he'll be able to play my games from the cloud on his console and vice versa. A great benefit.
Other than this I'll still be able to buy a game as I do now, and play it as I do now. I already install every game to my hard drive (don't get why everyone doesn't, Xbox runs silently, quicker load times, occasionally improved graphics and less wear and tear on my disc drive. Yes, I have to delete old ones to make room but that's no real hassle).
Apparently, according to some I lose my rights as owner of the game and I'm simply licensing it from the publisher. Can't see how this will really affect me in terms of playing it though. In regards to the 'Net connection issue. Doesn't affect me or anyone I know, but I'd be seriously annoyed if I did live somewhere without Internet coverage. Maybe that's a good Hot Topic, who doesn't have an Internet connection and why?
One thing I did notice was the mention of connection through mobile broadband. I assume this just means using one of those dongle things and not in built 3G. Does anyone know why they don't just include 3G? Would it be too expensive to include? Surely it would be helpful for the 24 hour checks in case your connection was down. Obviously it wouldn't do for big updates or downloads but it would mean everyone could buy an Xbox One.
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I'm not sure if it made the national press, but recently some guy doing road works in my area cut through a Virgin Media cable and took out users broadband and TV for quite a large area of Hampshire. I was one of the affected and thankfully it was repaired quicker than the four day estimate advised.
Hypothetically speaking does this mean that through no fault of my own, I wouldn't have been able to play Xbox One games during this time? Surely Microsoft must have a contingency in place if an ISP goes down for a long period and users are affected, after all an Internet outage is the perfect time to catch up on single-player games.
mrtim1982 (gamertag/PSN ID)
GC: Once 24 hours passes since your Xbox One last checked in online you wouldn't be able to play any games, offline or otherwise. You could still use Blu-rays and DVDs though.
Not a rumour
Sadly I have already pre-ordered my Xbox One but if what you say is true about the games I personally will not be buying any games for it. This is why I do not use Apple products, I do not like to be held to ransom for buying my stuff. This is a sad day for Xbox, I for one am extremely disappointed.
kyle st.aubyn
GC: These are no longer rumours or execs misspeaking, all the information from Friday comes straight from Microsoft's website.
Spoiling the surprise
Arrghhh! Why can't the games industry keep a secret? I love E3 and I'm that sad that I've booked a few days off so I can watch the livestreams next week. There are too many leaks happening at the moment for my liking! Anyways, will you be reviewing The Jak And Daxter HD Trilogy for the PS Vita?
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GC: We shouldn't think so, we've already reviewed it on PlayStation 3.
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Point by point
I read GC's breakdown of Microsoft's latest press release and had some thoughts of my own:
'Every Xbox One owner (must have) a broadband connection'. Will Microsoft chip in for the cost?
'With Xbox One you can game offline for up to 24 hours on your primary console, or one hour if you are logged on to a separate console accessing your library. Offline gaming is not possible after these prescribed times until you re-establish a connection…' I can already do that thanks.
'…but you can still watch live TV and enjoy Blu-ray and DVD movies.' I can also already do these using my, err, TV and Blu-ray player. The latter is multi-region. I doubt the Xbone will be.
'When the system is off, it's only listening for the single voice command – 'Xbox On,' and you can even turn that feature off too… data will not leave your Xbox One without your explicit permission.' Because huge corporations have never been known to exploit the tech at their disposal to harvest data for profit without the public's knowledge. Looking at you, Google. The fact they can abuse this feature is what concerns me.
'While it's faster to find what you're looking for using your voice and gesture commands with Kinect…' I beg to differ. It is, and always will be, quicker to press a button than to verbalise a command. The only possible benefit would be to jump to a specific thing that would otherwise require scrolling through countless adverts (see: Xbox Live Dashboard).
Since we're only going to be paying for a licence to play their games one would assume each game is only going to cost just a couple of pounds, or maybe be a subscription-based model (say, £30 to £50 per year). I shall refrain from holding my breath.
These people are planning on charging us to let a potentially intrusive, expensive, restrictive piece of technology into our homes? Yes, download is the future, but it should come with choice: of vendor; and of how and when we use that product. It should come at a reasonable price, both financially and personally. And it should be a natural evolution, not forced as Microsoft seems to be attempting – they could have started years ago by pricing their download versions of retail games reasonably, maybe by allowing retailers to sell codes alongside discs?
Of course businesses are there to make a profit, but I won't… can't give my money to one that doesn't act morally. Privacy concerns and anti-consumer practices mean I simply can't allow an Xbone into my house, regardless of its exclusive games. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
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Great blog post from Mr Jenkins and the last paragraphs are very true. Keep up the good work over this massive subject and how the next generation could destroy our favourite hobby.
I see that one of my favourite games from the last gen, Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic has just been released on iPad. At £6.99 it's hardly throwaway so I was wondering if any GC readers have bought it and if it's any good, at least compared to the original.
Am I the only one who has a still-working 40GB fat PlayStation 3?
I wonder if this is how a lot of people feel about the latest Xbone news?
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The book probes the interrelatedness of ecology and feminism. Neu vividly describes how ecofeminism values women and nature and seeks to resist their associated exploitation and domination. Using the framework of the four seasons, she presents sixteen liturgies designed to celebrate the sacred power that originates and emanates from the Earth.
Neu prompts readers to reflect on issues of ecojustice and invites participants to pray and work for the healing of the Earth and freeing all creation from the devastation of racism, colonialism, classism, and gender privilege.


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Shun the Sun was founded to raise awareness of the damage that early and prolonged sun exposure can cause through education and the building of Shade Stuctures over our community schools and sport complexes. We have to many children in Arizona, exposed to sweltering heats high above what our bodies can handle. Unfortunately, schools do not have funding for this kind of protection. This is where the Shun the Sun foundation can help!
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