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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Left by its mother and reared by hand: a cade calf.
- n. A bushy juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean region that is used in horticulture and whose wood yields juniper tar. Also called prickly juniper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. abandoned by its mother and reared by hand
- n. a prickly, bushy Mediterranean juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, whose wood yields a tar.
- n. A cask or barrel, used in the British Book of Rates for a determinate number of some sort of fish. For example, a cade of herrings was a vessel containing 500 herrings, while a cade of sprats contained 1,000.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
- n. A barrel or cask, as of fish.
- n. A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
- transitive v. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness.
- To put into a cade or keg; pack in a cade: as, to cade herring.
- n. A domesticated animal; a pet. See cade-lamb.
- n. A sheep-tick.
- n. A barrel or cask.
- n. A measure containing 500 herrings or 1,000 sprats.
- n. Juniper.
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She is so absorbed in William and his words that she has no sense of how comical these constitutionals appear to those who pass them by: William with what De Quincey described as his "cade" - like stride - "a cade being some sort of insect which advances by an oblique motion" - that would edge his companions off the road, Dorothy with what De Quincey called her
I will agree, in a time of mounting deficits and a poor economy, some of the Dems ideas are to expensive to implement at this time and we can all look to Medicare/cade, Social Sec. and Veteran Affairs as examples of govt. poorly running a program with public funds (oh heck, look at our public schools).
The defections are adding to a problem American b-schools have faced for the better part of the past de cade: a shortage of business Ph.D. s to teach the 100,000-plus students who enroll in graduate-level business programs each year.
Yes | No | Report from cade wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago
A sorpresa, la luna cade dal suo trespolo nel mare in burrasca.
Yes | No | Report from cade wrote 2 years 11 weeks ago
A half de cade of prosperity and cheap credit had increased demand for stylized, more luxurious cars.
See you on the Barack-cade ... and in the jail cells, the computer cells, the solar cells, the human cells ....
Harvey Wasserman: Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!
And I personally prefer the incense and myrrh flavoured soap from the local organic stuff shop and their cade hair shampoo.... been told that my hair smells like forest and asked for the recipe.
Sounds right on, actually, except I don't know what cade is and I can't think of fragrances with hibiscus--will google they are probably in my favorite fumes!


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Sam Smith cried when choir performed his song
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- 18 June 2014
Sam Smith was overcome with emotion when he heard a 30-piece orchestra and 20 gospel choirs performing his music
Sam Smith cried when he heard choirs performing his music.
The BRIT Critics' Choice Award-winner's first LP 'In The Lonely Hour' might have become the fastest-selling debut album of 2014 so far, but Sam has remained so humble that he still feels emotional when he hears people singing his songs.
Asked about the last time he cried, he admitted during an interview with Hot Press.com: "The day before yesterday, because I was recording a song in L.A. with a 30-piece orchestra and 20 gospel choirs and they were singing my song.
"I cried my eyes out. My music is so personal so when I heard that happening I was like, 'Oh my gosh!'."
Sam, 22, is a self-professed sensitive soul and explained he wanted his debut album to be deeply personal and not feature unrealistic ideals he can't identify with.
The 'Money on my Mind' hitmaker said: "I'm drawing on unrequited love on the album. It's called 'In The Lonely Hour' because it's about loneliness, and the purest form of loneliness you can find because I've never been in a relationship before.
"So it's almost like I fell in love with my loneliness, because it was just me and that. It's not necessarily sad, it's my version of what I think is love right now. Which I think will change, but I just wanted to be as brutally honest as I could about being lonely."

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Substantiate-(v) to verify, get something proofed. PROVE IT! One of my teacher loves to say this word when us the students said something to him, it's annoying, because we always need to think of how to prove it, but it's sometimes interesting that we can think more about the questions that we asked. So I found a picture that I think it fits him 100%!
Subtle-(adj) hard to figure out. Subtitle is the first word that come into my brain, when you watch a japanese movie, and there's no subtitle, I dont think ANYONE that's not japanese can figure out what's the movie is talking about, so I'll connect this word to subtle, which is hard to figure out.
Sufficient-(adj) enough about something. I LUVVVVVV this gif! It made my laugh around 1 minute. It shows how pictures are not enough when compare to GIF. There's a word that I know before it sounds like sufficient, but it's not the word sufficient, I forgot the spelling of it, and the word that I said means fast and speedy. So I'll connect it to this word via when people are doing things rapidly, then other people will be enough of it!
Superficial-(adj) people that only look at other people's outlook, instead of their interior. Super facial are the words that I taught of. So when a person only looks at other people's "facial" (face, outlook), then that person is a superficial guy. I found a pic that represents how people will act when they saw a beautiful lady.
Superfluous-(adj) kinda like not necessary needed. This word looks like super flower to me, in our lifes, we need lot of things, some are necessary, and some are not, but one thing that I can be very sure of is that we 100% do not need a super beautiful flower in our lives, it's useless. So I'll link these 2 words together. :D
Taciturn-(adj) a very silent person, doesn't really talk. Timmy Lu, Michael Lee, Jonathan Halperin, Steven Tien & most handsome guy KEVIN CHIEN. MAN!!! These people are the "most" taciturn people in TAPA. They "never talk" in school! I found a pic of what they "always act" when they're in school. (it's a joke)
Tactful-(adj) knows how to say no in a more beautiful way. It's hard to say no to people, because you might think that it will hurt their feelings or hurt the relationship between u and them, so I think being tactful is a good thing that we should learn. So in this time, you need to be tact, which means smart and think fast, so you can handle the situation, and solve the awkwardness of you saying "NO!"
Tangent-(adj) touching a point on a intersect, a point that can never be changed. I just saw this word in our geometry textbook. There's a problem that has the word tangent in it, how I memorize this word is by separating this word into 2 parts, one is tan, and one is ur"gent". So when I'm on the beach, and mi starting to get tan, and what I'll do is I'll urgently find a place that has intersection of cliffs or trees, so there will be shadows for keeping me away from the sun.
Tenacious-(adj) tough, be strong. Ten actions are the words that I taught of. So as the picture has shown, there are 8 actions, (sorry I cant find 10 actions), Anyways, I'll call a person tenacious when he can do ten actions in 5 seconds, kinda weird way to remember, but I made it! XD
Transient-(adj) last for a very short moment, a very fast time. Transcend is a company that makes USB, memory cards, and other electric things. So I'll use transcend to memorize transient by thinking that their thinks SUCKS! Only can use for a very short moment. (which is not true)


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Our story this week: Abra Tabak thought she was headed for the idyllic American summer camp experience. She'd be the fun counselor, with rugs and lamps! She wasn't prepared for the grimness, the grief, or the cargo shorts. And yet, somehow, a year later, she found herself returning for another summer at Bummer Camp.
Abra Tabak is a comedian and improvisor in New York City. Follow her on twitter @abratabak, hear her on the brilliant podcast Make Yourself Comfy with Abra Tabak and see her perform at the UCB theater on Saturday nights with Grandma's Ashes.
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What are your thoughts and feelings about being depression, loneliness, heartbreaks, being different from your peers, and having to put up a front? How do/would you deal with some of these issues.
Heartbreaks led to depression. Loneliness led to depression. Being different also led to depression, and depression often led to suicidal thoughts.
In my life I never had a heartbreak before. I probably do not know a thing 'bout heartbreaks, but if it happens I will put a strong front outside, then afterwards go crying to good friend. When you cry your heart out, any pain or discomfort in your heart will definitely be halved.
Loneliness is cause by being alone, obviously. So the solution to this problem is of course stop being alone! Try keeping a diary as when you write to a diary, you'll probably feel like talking to someone. You can also join a club like example a boxing gym to meet some new friends. Lastly, you still have your parents! After all, like what my Grandparents always says - who need friends when you have family?
Being different is normal. After all, not a two person in this world is identical. Every one is unique and special in their own ways. Some people are 'more different' then other people and do not fit in to the trend. You do not have to follow what other think. Just be yourself and you will find true friends.


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Thanks to your support, we're now ready to win the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, Election Day.
But the race is heating up and the vote could be very close. Your vote could make the difference between victory and defeat. The outcome will determine whether our community and state continue to move forward, or get stuck in the past.
When we win, it will mean that all of us will have another strong progressive vote in the General Assembly, sorely needed in this challenging political climate.
That's why I need your vote on Tuesday and I hope you will encourage your friends to vote for me as well.
I've spent the last 40 years standing up for our community. I'm eager to go to Raleigh to keep working for strong schools, good jobs, clean air and water (no fracking!), and for everyone to have an equal chance for economic prosperity.
I'm also ready to fight against the forces that are trying to turn back the rights of women, minorities and anyone who disagrees with their ideology.
I'm honored to be endorsed by every major organization that has compared the positions and track records of both candidates: The Independent, Sierra Club, State Employees and AFL-CIO.
The Progressive Democrats of NC, said that I am "THE most progressive candidate in the race."
Women for Jeff, 40 active local women across the district, say I'm clearly the best candidate on women's rights and economic issues.
The local teachers group, the Chatham Association of Educators, is recommending me for my "clear knowledge of public education" and "grassroots background and fearlessness."
And many current and former elected officials across the district say I'm the most qualified, effective and electable candidate.
With this broad base of support, and your vote, we can win on Tuesday and in November.
After the polls close on Tuesday we will gather at The City Tap in downtown Pittsboro to watch the returns, thank our supporters and celebrate what we've achieved together. Please join us there.
Thank you so much for your support. We couldn't do it without you. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday. And please share this with your friends and lists. Every vote matters.


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Advance Base - Our Cat
Official video for "Our Cat" by Advance Base
taken from a 7" EP on Orindal Records
Advance Base is new music by Owen Ashworth, formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Advance Base songs have been described as "depressed," "lo-fi," & "pop."
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After my surface had dried, I worked my image into and over the marks, quite a challenge, but I think by now you all know how I love to challenge myself.
The photo reference was one I took on my recent trip to Maui.
This was great fun to do, although it took a while.
The size of this one is 24" x 36" unframed on board.
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ADHD Professionals in South Dakota
The following ADHD specialists include doctors, therapists, psychologists, coaches, and others serving patients in South Dakota
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Dr. Lynn M. Simmons
Dr. Lynn M. Simmons is a board-certified pediatrician with special interests in well child care, infectious disease, dermatology, ADHD, and respiratory illnesses.
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Even without mentioning Hapilon's name, Duterte questioned his authority to assume the title of "emir."
"They were trying to raise the ISIS flag. At mag-assume ng mga emir na title. Who are you to do that?" he said in his speech at the celebration of Eid'l Fitr in Malacañang Tuesday (June 27).
"Bakit ka magpa-emir-emir ka kung sino. T****** ka ba? Hindi nga ako nagpa-emir na Presidente ako na Maranao, u***. Eh 'di ako na lang sana," Duterte fumed.
Security officials said Hapilon's designation as "emir" indicates ISIS' plan to expand to the Philippines.
Government forces are in the thick of battling the ISIS-linked Maute group in Marawi City.
Duterte did not hide his wrath at ISIS for wreaking havoc in Marawi City in its quest to establish a "wilayat" or province of the ISIS.
"When they started to entertain the idea of waging a war against government, eh 'di kampo na lang sana ang binira nila. But you create hell in the midst of sa Marawi? Paka-t****** mo naman. Torpe ka," he said.


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"Good games and game worlds possess harmony, which is the feeling that all parts of the game belong to a single, coherent whole. This quality was first identified by game designer Brian Moriarty. "
An excerpt from his lecture, "Listen: The Potential of Shared Hallucinations, (Moriarty, 1997) Moriarty explained the concept of harmony as follows:
Harmony isn't something you can fake. You don't need anyone to tell you if it's there or not. Nobody can sell it to you, it's not an intellectual exercise. It's sensual, intuitive experience. It's something you feel. How do you achieve that feeling that everything works together? Where do you get this harmony stuff?"
Not surprisingly, there are several challenges for designing games on the iPhone :
- The screen size is small (320 by 480 pixels). This small space leaves very little room for top header displays or menus during game play.
- Multitouch Interface
- The multitouch interface on the iPhone has opened new and exciting user interface design opportunities. When the iPhone was introduced, it was completely revolutionary with its touchscreen interface that supports and can track multiple touches simultaneously. This user interface breakthrough, and intuitive and innovative interface enhances the creativity in touchscreen gaming. It has already resulted in a total paradigm shift in the way designers now approach an iPhone game.
- The ability of the iPhone interface to detect swipes and pinches gives us new ways of differentiating and responding to user input.
- Instead of using buttons to zoom in and out of a game level, you can allow the user to zoom in and out using a pinch motion
- Users can also take a look around a particular level just by swiping their finger across the screen to control the direction that the camera will pan


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The story, which bounced from Al-jazeera to Le Monde, will soon be discussed at the European Parliament. 103 Euro-deputies had already signed a petition given to the Prefecture of Agrigento during the demonstration of the 7th September. And now Strasburg will discuss in plenary session the case, as decided by the conference of the group leaders, on a proposal of the Gue president, Francis Wurtz. The European Commission will be asked to report on the case during a debate on immigration the next 26th September.
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Happy Easter Tea Cozy and Hot Pad
You'll love making your delicious tea in a teapot covered with this beautiful reversible "Yellow Chicks in Nests and Yellow Roses Reversible Tea Cozy and Hot Pad", sharing with friends, family, or a quiet tea time just for you. It's 2 tea cozies in one! Here's the link - https://www.etsy.com/listing/183469934/tea-cozy-reversible-yellow-chicks-in?ref=listing-shop-header-1
The "reversible" tea cozy is sweet floral print, white and yellow mums and roses on a pale yellow background. Two ribbons, yellow and chartreuse green, are at the top of the cozy.
Happy Easter Teabag Wallet
Are you in need of a "cuppa tea time" in your busy day? Here's a fun, convenient way to carry your favorite teabags with you wherever you go, in your own teabag wallet. Here's the link - https://www.etsy.com/listing/183480343/teabag-wallet-yellow-chicks-in-nests-and?ref=listing-shop-header-0
This teabag wallet, folded in half, measures 3" wide and 4 3/8 inches high and can tote up to 4 teabags, or combinations of packets of sweetener, packets of red pepper flakes, hand wipes, credit cards, business cards, whatever your heart desires! (Teabags not included.)
The outer fabric is a delightful Alexander Henry spring fabric, featuring adorable yellow baby chicks scampering about, in and out of their little twig nests filled with sweet speckled eggs and butterflies flitting about.! The inner fabrics are a combo of 3 fabrics – baby chicks and little nests; clusters of white berries on a soft gold background; and a delicate white floral and yellow fabric. An interlining of poly batting adds a bit of stability. A yellow elastic band loops over a blue "egg" button to fasten the wallet closed.
Happy Easter to you! This tea cozy, hot pad, and teabag wallet are fun to use year-round, always reminding us Spring is just around the corner, always brightening our days, sprinkling some sunshine and baby chicks all around...
Thank you for visiting and many smiles!


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CalligraphyOld English was the first typeface, but before it was set on the printing press, it was drawn by hand by Calligraphers. Simply put, calligraphy is the art of making beautiful letters. Typically, a broad tipped nib is the primary tool of a calligrapher, however, more humanist scripts require a pointed flex nib. Nibs come in all shape and sizes, and each serve a different purpose.
Round and Broad Tip Nibs
Pointed Flex Nibs
In calligraphy, there is no such thing as a "font" or "typeface." Instead, "script" is used to describe the overall aesthetic that a calligrapher wants to achieve, and a "hand" is their own version of that script. The beauty of calligraphy comes from nearly-uniform weights, angles, x-heights, baselines and flourishes; yet every letter "a" that you could pen in your lifetime will be different from every other "a" that you have ever written. There are certain characteristics to each script that have been largely accepted as characteristics of that specific script (i.e. what differentiates Fraktur from Old English, and Copperplate from Spencerian).
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Ontario Invests in Toronto Ubisoft Studio
Video game giant Ubisoft is coming to Canada, announcing plans to open a major video game studio and create 800 high-quality jobs over the next decade.
The studio will open in Toronto, which the company chose for its competitive tax environment, talent pool and connections to the film industry.
The move comes with the government of the province of Ontario investing C$263 million over the next ten years in the company. Ubisoft will put up more than a half-billion dollars for the studio, which is set to open later this year.
This is the company's third operation in Canada ' Ubisoft has studios in Montreal that opened 12 years ago and just opened a facility in Vancouver earlier this year.
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RealTaxTools.com Launches 2013 1099-K Software for Transportation, Taxicab and Limousine Companies
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 25, 2013
Real Business Solutions (http://www.realtaxtools.com) is proud to present the 2013 1099-K processing module available inside its W2 Mate software. The affordable and easy-to-use system helps taxicab, limousine, fleet and other for-hire transportation companies comply with the Internal Revenue Service 1099 reporting regulations. The 2013 program gives filers and tax practitioners all the features they need to file 1099-K forms on paper or electronically through the IRS FIRE System.
W2 Mate is ideal for filers affected by the "Aggregate Payee" rule, where a company must file Form 1099-K for each independent contractor (driver) who accepts credit card payments using the company's merchant account. W2 Mate does not impose any limitations on the number of drivers or recipients. Whether filing 50 or 10,000 1099-K forms, W2 Mate costs the same.
Free trial download of the 2013 software is available from http://www.realtaxtools.com/ or by calling 1-800-507-1992.
Thanks to its blank form printing capability, W2 Mate 2013 software saves transportation companies time and money by printing 2013 1099-K forms copy B (for recipient) and Copy C (for payer) on regular white paper using black ink. This eliminates the need to buy expensive laser forms. The software also prints copies 1 and 2 that were introduced by the IRS starting in 2013. All substitute forms generated by the 1099 printing software comply with IRS publication 1179 (General Rules and Specifications for Substitute Forms 1096, 1098, 1099, 5498, W-2G, and 1042-S).
For the 2013 / 2014 tax season, transportation companies must send a copy of the Form 1099-K to the recipient (cab / limousine driver) not later than January 31, 2014. The IRS copy must be filed not later than Friday February 28, 2014. For electronic filers the deadline to send 1099-K forms to the IRS is Monday March 31, 2014.
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Episode three of Best Band Never, "Cars". Boris and Devin discuss cars, their place in our culture, and how they relate to indie rock (I guess?), with "Car" by Built to Spill and "The Jeep Song" by the Dresden Dolls.
Download here.
Intro music "Is This the Life" by the Cardiacs
Outro music "Brand New Cadillac" by The Clash
This week's recommendations:
Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
Mclusky Do Dallas by Mclusky


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Australian woman falls in love with her sperm donor
Posted by Aminah Hart on Wednesday, January 13, 2016
In terms of modern romances, this is about as 2016 as it gets.
When Aminah Hart decided to have her baby via in vitro fertilization (IVF), she had no idea that the man she chose as her sperm donor would also end up being her husband -- two years down the line.
SEE ALSO: Thanks to therapy, this paralyzed puppy is close to walking for the first time
According to The Telegraph, her choice to have a child using IVF came after she lost two sons from relationships with previous partners. After the tragic losses, she eventually learned that "she was the carrier of a rare genetic disorder which affects sons but not daughters," a discovery that lead her to seek other methods of getting pregnant again.
The made-for-Hollywood story unfolded when she selected fellow Aussie and cattle farmer, Scott Anderson, from a pool of four other men to be the donor. Hart explained that while perusing all the profiles, she chose Anderson because she felt most drawn to his self-described "happy and healthy" personality.
Nine months and a healthy pregnancy later, Hart gave birth to her beautiful baby girl, Leila, on August 14, 2012. But it wasn't until another 12 months later that she decided to reach out to Anderson through the clinic, who was only able to contact him because he had previously indicated that he was open to meeting a child that came from his genetic pool.
All three of them decided to meet up four days after Leila's first birthday, and the rest, as they say, is history.
"It was surreal," he said in an interview with The Telegraph. "I was looking at this little girl – she looks like my other kids and like me. Blonde hair, blue eyes. It was overwhelming at the start. It wasn't really my daughter, but it was. At first, I didn't know Aminah so I didn't show much emotion."
The couple eventually tied the knot on the beach in Sorrento, Victoria with 130 of their closest friends and family in an intimate beachside wedding.
Check out pictures of the made for TV family's wedding below:
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computer network connectivity
You have a computer, and you know that there is useful information on this computer, but not very much. You also know that other people, millions of other people also have computers, and that their computers will also have useful information.
Now, you can assume that these other people, and these other computers may very likely have lots of information on them that would be of interest to you. The only problem is how to access all this useful information that may be on other people's computers.
The computers themselves can communicate with each other, easily, through ports, using the different protocols that have been designed, but that doesn't really help you. You can't understand the streams of binary data that the computers exchange between themselves.
You need some way for your computer to interpret the information that it can receive from the other computers in some way that you can use it.
The programs that the computers use to translate the data that they exchange into a form that is useful to you are call services. These services allow you to view web pages, exchange e-mail, chat, and interact in remote computers in many other different ways.
Your computer, the local computer uses programs called clients to interpret the information that you receive. The other computers, the remote computers, use programs called servers to provide this information to your computer.
HTTP and The Web
When you say, 'the Internet,' what comes to mind for most people is, in fact, the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web, or just the Web, is not the Internet. Instead, it is a method of using the Internet to exchange information between computers. The Web uses http or hypertext transfer protocol and services known as web browsers and web servers to allow information in the form of web pages to be exchanged between local and remote computers.
On the local side, what you see is the web browser. Information from the remote computer is sent to your local computer using the http protocol. The web browser interprets that information and displays it on your local computer in the form of web pages.
The hypertext part of the http protocol refers to a non-linear method of presenting
information. Text is normally read in a linear fashion: word 2 follows word 1; sentence 3 follows sentence 2; paragraph 5 follows paragraph 4. The idea of hypertext allows information to be viewed in a non-linear way. This is the major difference between hypertext and the older, plain text methods of displaying information.
With hypertext, words and ideas can connect, not only with the words that directly surround them, but also with other words, ideas or images. Hypertext is not restricted to the Web. Most full-featured word processors will allow you to create locally stored pages in web or http format. These pages are read using your web browser and act as would any other web page, only they are stored on your local computer, not a remote computer.
On your local computer, you use a client program called a web browser. Contrary to what you might have been lead to believe, there are actually a number of web browsers available for both Windows and Linux. These include Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, and the Mozilla Firefox browsers.
You can also create your own web page. The easiest way to do this is to use one of the common word processors, such as OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or WordPerfect. These programs will allow you to produce simple web pages, combining text, hypertext and images.
Plenty of people have made useful, clever and innovative web pages using these simple tools.
But these pages aren't flashy. Flashy means frames and scripts and animations. It also means spending lots of money on a fancy web page design program. These programs allow you to create many interesting effects on your web page, but they are more complex to use than the word processors that you are probably already familiar with.
Once you have the pages designed, you'll need a computer to put them on, so that other people can view them. This is called web hosting.
The hosting computer will be running a web server. It is possible to run one of these servers from your own home, using your own computer, but there are several drawbacks, the primary one of these being persistence. Information stored on a web server is only available when that server is powered up, operating properly and has an open connection. So, if you want to
run a web server from your own bedroom, you have to leave your computer on all the time; you have to make sure that the web server program is operating properly all the time (this includes troubleshooting hardware problems, controlling viruses, worms and other attacks,
and dealing with the inevitable bugs and flaws within the program itself), and you have to keep a connection to the Internet open. This is why most people pay someone else to do all this.
A web hosting company will store your web page on their computer. A perfect web hosting company will have multiple, redundant servers and a regular backup policy, so that your service is not lost because of hardware problems, a support staff to keep the server running despite hacker attacks and program bugs, and a number of open connections to the Internet, so that all your have to do is design your web page, upload it to the hosting company's server, hang up the phone, turn off the computer, and go to sleep, and your web page will be available to the entire world.
It's also possible to find organizations that offer free web hosting. Some of these organizations are funded by paid advertising, which means that anyone who wants to view your web page will first have to view someone else's advertisement. But they don't have to buy anything, and you don't have to pay anything.
E-Mail – POP and SMTP
The second most visible aspect of the Internet is probably e-mail. On your computer, you use
an e-mail client, which connects to a mail server. When you set up your e-mail account, you
are given a unique name in the form of user@domain. You are also asked to provide a
password to use to retrieve your e-mail.
The SMTP protocol, which is used to send e-mail, does not require a password. This may not
have been a fault when the protocol was designed, and the Internet was a small world
inhabited by like minded people, but now it has become a loophole which allows for
unauthorized use of mail servers and various other tricks, such as 'e-mail spoofing', in which
someone sends an e-mail that appears to come from another address. However, some mail
servers minimize this flaw by implementing an authentication step, in which you must prove
your identity before you can send an e-mail.
One important thing to remember is, despite being password protected, e-mail is not a way
to send secure information. Most POP clients and servers require that your password be
communicated – unencrypted – to your mail server. This doesn't mean than anyone who
receives an e-mail from you also receives your password; but it does mean that someone with
the right knowledge and tools can relatively easily 'sniff out' your password.
IRC (Internet relay chat)
IRC, or Internet relay chat, is where the unregulated nature of the Internet is most clearly
expressed. On IRC, anyone with anything to say gets a chance to say it.
You may be familiar with the chat rooms used by certain online services. IRC is just like a chat
room, only there are no rules, there are no standards, and – quite often – there are no
chaperones. You may find exactly what you are looking for on an IRC channel, or you just
may find something that you had rather you never knew existed.
All the rules that you've heard about chat rooms are applicable to IRC channels. Don't tell
anyone your real name. Don't give out your phone number, your address, or your bank
account numbers. But have fun!
FTP stands for file transfer protocol. As the name implies, it allows for files to be transferred
between a local and a remote computer. While it can be used for private file transfers, it is
more commonly associated with free, anonymous ftp servers which offer public access to
collections of files.
Anonymous ftp was once the means by which most computer users exchanged files over the
Internet. While many anonymous ftp servers are used to distribute files that are available
illegally(and are possibly infected with viruses), there are also many which are legally used to
distribute programs and files. Servers which offer anonymous ftp services can be found
through various means, including Internet search engines.
Most anonymous ftp servers now allow you to access their files using the ftp protocol through
a web browser.
Telnet and SSH
Telnet allows a local user to send a wide variety of commands to a remote computer. This
allows the local user to instruct the remote computer to perform functions and return data to
the local computer, almost as if you were sitting at a keyboard in front of the remote
computer. SSH, or secure shell is intended as a secure replacement for telnet.
Again, both Windows and Linux come with a basic, command line telnet client; to access it,
open a command prompt or terminal window and type: telnet.
To access a telnet server, you will need to have an account and password set up for you by
the administrator of the server, because the telnet program allows you to perform a large
number of actions, some of which could severely compromise the remote computer.
Telnet was used in the past to allow computer administrators to remotely control servers and
to provide user support from a distance.
Telnet can also be used for a number of other tasks, such as sending and receiving email and
viewing the source code for web pages (although telnet does fall under the heading of the
most difficult way to do these things). Telnet can be used to do many things that are illegal
and immoral, but there are also legitimate reasons for using it. You can use telnet to check
your email, and view, not just the subject line, but the first few lines of an email, which will
allow you to decide whether or not to delete the email without downloading the entire
When you want to call a friend on the phone, you need to know the correct phone number;
when you want to connect to a remote computer, you also need to know its number. You
may remember from previous lessons that, for computers on the Internet, this number is called
the IP address.
As numbers, these IP addresses are very easily managed by computers, but as humans, we
prefer to use what are called domain names. For example, to connect to the Hacker
Highschool web page, we type 'www.hackerhighschool.org' into the address bar of a web
browser. However, the web browser can't use this name to connect to the server that hosts
the Hacker Highschool web page – it must use the IP address. This means that your local
computer must have some means of translating domain names into IP addresses. If there
were only hundreds, or even thousands of computers on the Internet, then it might be possible
for you to have a simple table stored on your computer to use to look up these addresses, but,
not only are there are millions of computers on the Internet, the correlations between domain
names and IP addresses can change daily.
For this reason, DNS or Domain Name Service is used to translate domain names into IP
addresses. When you type the domain name www.domainname.com into your web browser,
your web browser contacts the DNS server chosen by your ISP. If that DNS server has
www.domainname.com in its database, then it will return the IP address to your computer,
allowing you to connect.
If your DNS server doesn't have www.domainname.com in its database, then it will send a
request to another DNS server, and it will keep sending requests to other DNS servers until it
finds the correct IP address, or it establishes that the domain name is invalid.
DHCP or Dynamic Host configuration Protocol allows for IP addresses to be dynamically
allocated within a network. The network is given a block of IP addresses for its use. When a
computer joins the network, it is assigned an IP address. When a computer leaves, its IP
address becomes available for use by another computer.
This is useful for large networks of computers, since it is not necessary for each computer to
have an individually assigned, static IP address. Instead, you use a DHCP server. When a new
computer connects to the network, the first thing that it does is request an IP address from the
DHCP server. Once it has been assigned an IP address, the computer then has access to all
the services of the network.
Most computers connect to the Internet through a modem. Modems translate the digital
signals produced by computers into analog signals that can be transmitted across commonly
available telephone lines. Modem speeds are measured in baud or bits per second. Higher
baud rates are better, since they allow for faster transmission of data, but you must also
consider what you are planning to do. There are certain applications – such as telnetting into
MUDs – for which a twenty year old 300 baud modem would still be acceptable (provided
your typing speed wasn't so good), while high bandwidth applications such as streaming
video can often strain even the most powerful cable modems.
You don't just call up the Internet. You need to access a server that will connect your
computer to the Internet. The server does all the heavy work, like being on all the time. The
server is run by an ISP or Internet Service Provider.
An ISP has a point-of-presence on the Internet that is constant, and it has servers that run the
services you are going to use. Now, you can run these services on your own. For example, you
can run a mail server on your local computer, but it will require you to have your computer
powered up and connected to a network all the time, just waiting for those brief moments
when information has to be exchanged. An ISP, however, consolidates the efforts of a large
number of users, so the mail server is working all the time, instead of sitting around, doing
nothing. Additionally, an ISP's computers are going to use a high speed connection to
connect to a NAP or Network Access Point. These NAPs then interconnect with each other
through ultra-high speed connections called backbones. This is the Internet.
Plain Old Telephone Service
POTS, or plain old telephone service, is still the most widely used method of accessing the
Internet. Its primary disadvantage is its low speed, but in many cases this is made up for by its
wide availability. Most national Internet service providers have a large number of local access
numbers, and almost everyone still has a phone with a land line. In theory, if you had an
acoustic modem and a pocket full of change, you could connect from almost any public
pay phone. Not that you would really want to do that.
POTS is slow. The fastest telephone modems are rated at a speed of 56,600 baud. That,
however, as they explain in the small print, is a lie. Power constraints limit the actual download
speed to about 53,000 baud and the effective rate is usually much lower. This doesn't
compare very well with DSL or cable modems.
That said, telephone service is widely available, and POTS based ISPs are relatively cheap
(and sometimes free). You wouldn't want to trade pirated movies over POTS, because it's
immoral, illegal and ties up your phone line all night and maybe into the afternoon, but you
could certainly send friendly, text based e-mails to Granny. And if you used telnet, you could
even do it with a dusty DOS based machine that you pulled out of the basement.
DSL or digital subscriber line, is a method of sending large amounts of information over the
wires that already exist for the POTS. Its main advantage over POTS is that it is much faster
than analog modems, and it provides a permanent connection. In addition, it allows you to
make and receive regular telephone calls while you are connected to the Internet. Its main
disadvantage is that its availability is limited by your proximity to the telephone company's
switching equipment – if you live too far down the line; you're out of luck.
Cable Modems
Cable modems do not use the traditional telephone lines to connect to the Internet. Instead
they make use of the optical fiber lines that are used by cable companies to transmit digital
cable signals. Like DSL, cable modems allow you to make and receive regular telephone calls
while you are connected to the Internet, and they provide a permanent connection, but
cable modems are generally faster than DSL.
Cable modems have two basic flaws. The first is that cable modem access is a shared
resource, so your connection speeds will be decreased when there are other users in close
geographic proximity. The second is that cable modem access is only available in areas
where cable companies have installed the necessary fiber optic wiring.


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Going CAS
24 comments:
- Olga said...
yummy yum, love the snow man too!!!!
- July 26, 2011 at 8:57 AM
- AnnikaS said...
Superläckra alster!
Jag kan tänka mig att det är en del att göra nu när ni är mitt uppe i en renovering. Inte kul under tiden, men garanterat roligt när det är klart.
kram Annika
- July 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- yyam said...
Oh you do CAS so well! :)
Hope the renovations go smoothly for you! The end product's usually worth the wait!:)
- July 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Petra said...
En så underbar LO.
- July 26, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Lisa-olsi said...
Fin och "god" LO.
En väldigt söt snögubbe :)
Ha det gott!
- July 26, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
I loveeeeeeeeeee the lo and the card!! I am loving the hearts on the lo and loveeeeeeee that little snowman on the card! Good luck with the cleaning! I swear it feels like a losing battle some days, doesn't it??!!?? :):):):):):):):):):)
- July 26, 2011 at 1:35 PM
- sherryann (aka Sherry Eckblad) said...
Both are fabulous but I really LOVE the card and that cute little snowman.
- July 26, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Laurel said...
Such fab creations!
- July 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- ~amy~ said...
Yipes...not sure which I love more..your fab layout or your fun card!!!!!!
- July 26, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- ~Michelle~ said...
very cool TRC card...I likey! :)
- July 26, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- Elisabeth said...
sooo nice!! wonderful LO and a beutiful card!tfs
- July 26, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Angi @ CokiePop said...
This is happiness in a cup. Love this. :)
- July 26, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Ros said...
This is sooooo lovely ... the pretty branch really sets this off ...
- July 26, 2011 at 9:11 PM
- Amanda Profumo said...
Oooh! I love love love that snowman card! It's just darling and the bough of holly gives it such a special touch! Super cute!
Your layout is awesome too! I'm going to have to use that sketch! :)
- July 26, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- Noelle said...
Wow, this is TOTALLY adorable! Love the snowman peeking out, and the cloud, and the kraft card, perfect! :)
- July 26, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- Kirsty Vittetoe said...
Lovely CAS layout, you did a fabulous job with the sketch, and I so love that cute snowman peeking out the window, so adorable!!!!
- July 27, 2011 at 3:59 AM
- Lisa said...
adorable. the little face peeking out is so sweet and the little branch of berries is a lovely addition to the front. great job
- July 27, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Eveline said...
Great card. I love the snowflakes on the front and the snowman in the window.
- July 27, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- June Houck said...
Oh wow, you rock CAS fabulously! Both your LO and card are perfect :)
- July 27, 2011 at 10:40 PM
- lauren bergold said...
what an amazing and truly lovely C&S masterpiece is your adorable snowman card! i love everything about it, just totally ♥WONDERFUL♥! (ps: the LO is also fab!!!) :)
- July 27, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- SmilynStef said...
Love that sweet little snowman face peeking through ... adorable ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.
- July 28, 2011 at 4:21 AM
- Audrey Pettit said...
Wow, Tesa! I am in love with your projects here! CAS at it's most beautiful, for sure! Love, love that layout. The photo itself is just beautiful, and your simple design is elegant and eye catching all at the same time. Love the mix of papers and love the big heart. And that snowman card is out of this world cute. Love the window effect. Love the white stamping on kraft. Love it all!
- July 28, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- li-bee-ti said...
CAS is great for you! I love the colors and the simple, yet elegant, design.
It does look like a great cup of cappuccino....
- July 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- Lisa V. said...
This is so beautiful! I love how the snowman is peeking through the window and the berry sprig creates even more dimension. Beautiful and congrats on the top three.
- July 29, 2011 at 4:33 PM


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The look of women in politics
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WHEN PEOPLE say there's no real difference between the way men and women in public life approach the issues, I am reminded of a pop quiz my seventh-grade biology teacher thought up, which I flunked. The quiz was simple: match the parts of the human body to the parts of a car. So the lungs were matched with the carburetor, the spark plugs were the nervous system, joints were like shock absorbers - or something. I am sure I still have it wrong.
The point is that almost all of the 13-year-old boys in the class aced the test and the girls - even ones who knew the functions of the human body cold - failed. Most of us had never looked under the hood of a car. We had a different reference for understanding the material, which the teacher (male, of course) never considered. With the exception of a press conference and rally Martha Coakley held to tout the endorsement of prominent women back in September, the winner of Tuesday's Democratic US Senate primary rarely mentioned her unique frame of reference. She didn't have to; her voice and appearance instantly marked her as different, and her campaign feared over-emphasizing gender might alienate moderates.
But Coakley's reticence has left voters - even some who supported her - wondering just what difference it would make to send the state's first woman to the US Senate.
Is it enough to say that women deserve to be elected to high office as a matter of sheer equity? Women are 51 percent of the US population, after all, but just 17 percent of the US Senate. That's unfair on its face.
Or is there is a deeper, more interesting question to engage, the one Sonia Sotomayor determinedly dodged throughout her confirmation hearing to the US Supreme Court earlier this year: Do women judge or prioritize matters of public policy differently than men?
Women at Coakley's victory rally Tuesday night certainly think so. "Men take too many risks, they're too aggressive, there's not enough concern about families,'' said Joyce Paul of Medford. With Coakley, she said, "I hope we won't go to war so easily. I want to go to peace, and education.''
"Women appreciate collaboration and negotiation,'' said Pat Keane of Reading. "We've had to learn to negotiate just to run our families.''
Too many women in public life have shied away from such answers - a hangover from the 1970s, perhaps, when many believed achieving equality meant imitating the styles and approaches of men. Pat Schroeder explicitly built toward her run for president in 1988 by getting a seat on the Armed Services Committee. In 2000, New Hampshire governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty. Hillary Clinton supported the Iraq war. Coakley began her career as a prosecutor. Even today one of the best compliments for a female professional is to be called "tough.'' That women might see the issues through a different prism is something worth promoting, not hiding. Women doctors have pushed for more research into breast cancer. Women lawyers bring gender discrimination and sexual harassment cases. Domestic violence was quietly tolerated in society before women started joining police forces - and newsrooms. Collectively, having women in positions of influence rewrites every equation.Of course, individual women aren't always so reliable. It may be an embarrassment that Massachusetts has only elected three women to Congress in the last 50 years. But Margaret Heckler and Louise Day Hicks, at least, weren't winning any prizes for advancing women's rights. And two women senators voted to keep the odious abortion restrictions in the health reform bill this week.So Coakley will need to chart her own course. In her primary victory speech, she invoked the example of Founding Feminists Lucy Stone and Abigail Adams. But I thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who urged women to "regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.'' For Stanton, it was progress for women to move from descriptions - pretty, demure, nurturing - to persons: teachers, mothers, or (Stanton hoped) voters.
In 2009, women like Coakley should become verbs: active participants who are fighting, loving, negotiating, running for high office, and (why not?) learning auto mechanics.
Reneé Loth's column appears regularly in the Globe.


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Jeremy is a composer and sound designer based in Wellington, New Zealand.
His music and sound design have featured in numerous films, TV shows, commercials and games. He also teaches film music and sound design at the NZ Film and Television School.
Recent projects include composing original music for the "Chronicles" special features on the extended edition of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and music editing for composer Howard Shore's score for The Hobbit feature film (nominated for a Best Sound Editing Oscar).
Other projects include sound design for the film The Last Night, which screened at Cannes in 2014, editing the music of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for the documentary West of Memphis, and composing the score for The Priest, the Witch and the Poltergeist – an audiobook from the innovative New Zealand company Booktrack.
Internet Movie Database credits here. Download full CV as a PDF here. Contact me here.


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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Mermaid Mood Chart
Hello again lovelies! This week is a tremendous blessing to me because I am able to accomplish things that I haven't been able to in awhile! Yahooey:) I have been an experimental guinea pig for the past few months trying to find the right medication for me that will help with my Fibromyalgia/hypermobility of my joints and Celebrex is the winner! I have been on it before but stopped it because of misinformation in regards to using it long-term. I seriously do not care about being on this medication long-term, IT WORKS! I haven't felt this good in a long time and I am sticking with it! No more experimenting for me!
So, back to the Mood Charts. The above chart was so fun to create. I did it while watching Pirates of The Caribbean (The one with the mermaids ~ so you can see my influence here:) She's a good mermaid though, without fangs and cannibal tendencies! I love drawing mermaids!
How many of you lovelies have ever kept track of your moods? I could have used these charts a number of years ago when I went through my depression; so many people are effected by this disease. Now I use them to monitor my moods as well as how certain medication is working for me. Being on medication means that you will go through side effects, at least that's how it is with me. I find them helpful in monitoring the side effects such as irritability, nausea, dizziness, mood swings... the list could go on and on. That's why I like to refer back to my charts to see how I was feeling. I also use it to monitor my pain levels with Fibromyalgia. I don't want to use them like a journal and write down every emotion I was feeling on a particular day, no... that's what a journal is for; that is why I have only made the space for each day relatively small.
From some comments I am receiving about these mood charts I am guessing they could be used for any number of things, even an affirmation chart to give yourself a positive word, or quote for each day.
What do you think? Would you use a mood chart? What would you use it for? I would love to hear your opinion.
Happy day to you, many hugs and blessings.
5 comments:
- BlackPumpkin said...
Love this chart!! So colorful!!
- November 23, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Creative Mish said...
What a pretty little mermaid. I have never tracked my moods. Maybe I should ;) I'm happy for you that you've found a medication that is helping you..
- November 23, 2011 at 6:52 PM
- Sandra Kaye said...
I love the mermaid, you did a great job!! I would use the mood chart to record my ups and downs. Sometimes I feel like my downs out way the ups. It would be nice to see it in writing that I had ups. Thanks for sharing about your ups and downs too!! Have a very blessed weekend. Hugs
- November 23, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- Unusual Girl Studios said...
Hmm, I might use a mood chart if I were in some sort of recovery process- going through a rough time or fighting the fight to overcome some sort of grief. I think it could be a useful tool.
- November 26, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- ArtfulLee Designed said...
Another great mood chart. I am glad you have found a medication that works.
I think there are many applications for your mood charts Kelly. I would use them to track my moods and body changes during a transition time, seeing the mind body connection.
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troops while losing eight of their own, a security official
Militants in pickup trucks assaulted the security post in
the outskirts of the port city of Aden, the official said.
Another three al Qaeda fighters and one security force member
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At my kids' last dental checkup, I joked with my dentist how candy may be the cause of cavities, but Halloween keeps his business afloat. He smiled, almost wistfully, and replied that Halloween barely makes a dent; real business success depends upon indulgent parents who fail to put the brakes on soda.
When my kids were young they would often request soda while they accompanied me grocery shopping and my answer was always the same, "soda is against our religion". This usually drew chuckles from passersby but I could get away with it. My kids never questioned the validity because it never really mattered enough to them to invest in an argument. As they grew they learned we can treat ourselves to a soda on occasion, but that's the operative word 'treat', something enjoyed infrequently. But then the "bad influencers" came a calling; my in-laws who drink coke as if it were being mainlined into their arteries via an IV drip. This was not just a case of the kids pestering their parents who then capitulated, but the parents themselves that sprang to action for the 'coke run', an 8 liter a day habit. Over the years I have seen their wastelines expand and witnessed their children smuggling soda in their backpacks to 'get by the day' in case they don't come across any place to buy soda". My nephew even based his first car purchase on the refrigerated panel in the dashboard for soda cans. I am fortunate to claim no member of my family, immediate or extended, has a vice dangerous enough to land them a room mate like Lindsay Lohan, but I assume this is what an addiction looks like. And so, last Christmas break during their annual visit, I embarked on an intervention.
I banned soda from my household with the exception of our holiday party. Begging and pleading soon turned to chants of "Evil Aunt Ellen"! My neices and nephews would tell their tale of deprivation to all their friends south of the Mason Dixon line, who listened with such sympathy as if they had endured the same torture tactics employed at Guantanamo Bay.
So as I head into what is the most dreaded weekend for those of who care what our dentist thinks, I have no worries; my kids, more than most, can indulge, moderately, in all things Nestle and Mars since they have been spared years of cumulative tooth rot from soda. For my part, I am looking forward to raiding my kids candy bags, guiltlessly.


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Why is Singapore trying to hinder Indonesia's tax amnesty plan? That's the question a lot of Indonesians are asking after a Reuters report state that private banks in Singapore were passing the names of clients joining the amnesty to the Singapore Police unit dealing with financial crime. This got a lot of Indonesians in Singapore worried because…well, they're guilty.
It has been an open secret for years that there is a lot of dirty money hidden in Singapore. Indonesians hold an estimated $200 billion in private banking assets in Singapore and it has been rumored that a good percentage of this money are here in Singapore because, let's admit this, Singapore is a tax haven. The Indonesians are avoiding taxes in their home country.
The tax amnesty from the Indonesia's Finance Ministry is supposed to be an out for these people as Indonesian President Joko Widodo want the repatriated funds to help pay for Indonesia's large budget deficit and broaden the country's tax base. So why is Singapore trying to hinder that?
Simply put; the Singapore government doesn't want the money to fly out of the country. The Singapore economy is already in trouble, can you imagine what would happen if even half of these $200 billion go back to Indonesia?
That's why Singapore trying to hinder the tax amnesty plan and honestly, Indonesia should have expected this. It's $200 billion! If they think the Singapore government will just allow all the money to fly out of the country without getting their pound of flesh, they are in dreamland.


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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Monday Morning Staff Meeting on Wednesday
Anyway, here's what we've got to eat this morning.
Yep, a nice sugary raised donut with bright yellow icing. It also bumped up against a chopped peanut covered donut so that's an extra taste level for you. We spare no expense here "At Home".
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Recently I received a wonderful letter and other items from one of my pen pals. She summed up my situation clearly because she's a in similar place in her life. What she said is that it's hard to get together with friends and people in general when all you have to contribute is a laundry list of your latest ailments and challenges. You hate to be continually burdening people with your stuff and you want to be able to talk about more interesting and positive things. That's it in a nutshell.
Having said that, here's what's been going on around here. Two weeks ago the Farmer was back in the ER. Nothing serious but something certainly painful. You know when you get a charlie horse, how terrible it hurts? Well, he had one in his neck and that does not allow you to stretch and work it out. He gets these every so often and it takes days, and a shot of muscle relaxants to recover.
I grabbed my Emergency Room bag filled with crochet thread, a magazine and some small snacks to keep his blood sugar level. He was a trooper, although everyone was quite aware that he has a low pain threshold. I was able to stitch up three cotton dishcloths in the time we were waiting and I'll be giving them away here in the next couple of days (God willing), in the spirit of the Emergency Room Scarf!
He's fine now but I'm battling bronchitis. See what I mean? Who wants to hear all this and who wants to keep recounting it? Not me, I'm hoping for brighter skies in the future for us.
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I don't have too much to share with you today because I've been under the weather and not able to surf around the web for interesting stuff.
Here's something really cool. My sister is a very talented potter. Here's a mug she made for me.
Isn't it cool? She's made it in a way that creates a three-legged tripod stance. The handle has a thumb rest and the whole thing fits perfectly in my Keurig machine. She presses something into the clay to give it a quilted effect. I love it!
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Here's what I've been working on. Owls!!
I fell in love with the work of a crochet designer out of the Netherlands named Greta. She also writes her patterns in English and they are very affordable. The wonderful and colorful cotton yarns that she suggests are very difficult to find in the U.S. I wasn't about to pay $35.00 shipping from Europe so I persevered and found a place out of North Carolina that carries it and ships it.... fast!
So far I've been attaching flat magnets to the back and thought about sewing them on napkin rings, but other than that nothing is coming to me.
It is a bit of work for a fridge magnet but I love these guys. She also designs birds and fish. Check out her Etsy shop here:
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That's all from me this morning. I'm off to take the my last of the medicine and hopefully the next time we meet I'll have something exciting to share with you.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for taking time out of your busy day to visit with me.
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I hope you feel better soon. It's lovely to see your posts again...welcome back!
- April 4, 2012 at 9:45 AM
- Terri said...
Get Well Soon. B is not fun!
Love your projects... how about a scarf of owls. It would be unique!
- April 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- Vee said...
Good heavens! What a rough couple of weeks. You guys do seem to be under a dark cloud by times. Some of us get a pain the keister and some a pain in the neck. Hmmm... You're plucky, though, Suzanne. I had to laugh that you have an ER bag. Who has an ER bag?!
Ohhh, a scarf of owls...what a clever idea, Terri.
Feel better soon...glad that you mentioned meds. Take care of yourself and see you next Monday. (That's a purely figurative term. ;> )
- April 4, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- bv said...
it kinda sucks to have a ER bag....reminds me of times when we kept a overnight bag packed in the car at the ready...because of those days i love boring, quiet days...careful what you wish for..exciting can be good or NOT!
a have a new niece and her mommy collects Owls....we must talk...anything for baby out of those oh so cute Owls?
- April 4, 2012 at 1:29 PM
That's a very cool mug!!!
I'm glad to know that you at least have a productive routine for the E.R. visits. The E.R. being such a scintillating place and all.... it's good to have something to pass the time.
I hope you get to feeling better soon and that your life hits a healthy stride! You and yours have sure had a run of tedious situations and maladies these past months!
Take care of yourself and remember, chocolate is health food. :)
- April 4, 2012 at 3:00 PM
You could stitch a safety pin on the back and make them into pins. You could also stich them on to headbands.
- April 5, 2012 at 6:04 AM
I was also thinking of the knitted headband idea. Rather than a big flower, an owl would look darling for a 10 year old and they would love the bright colors. Additionally, make a smaller version for their favorite doll and they can be "twins". Can you tell I raised a few daughters?
Yours at the Menger,
- April 5, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Charlie horses? MUSTARD!!!! Yep, mustard. My husband gets them and I give him a big spoon of mustard and they stop immediately. It's like magic. Won't hurt to try it. Hope it helps. Sandy
- April 6, 2012 at 6:02 AM
The owls are darling! You are always busy making cute things, it is just too bad that you have to make them in the ER. Hope you and the Farmer feel better soon!
- April 6, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Stickhorsecowgirls said...
Hope you are feeling better! Seems that so often when I post, I'm a broken record about how tired I am and I want to retire--so I decide I'll just shut up. Really, it doesn't annoy me at all to read what others are going through--we are to bear each other's burdens, so maybe I protest too much!
I'm loving those owls! If you get to Arkansas, be sure to holler at us so perhaps we could meet up!
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Despite Narrowed Losses, Freddie Needs $6.1 Billion
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac (FRE) posted a $9.9bn net loss -- or $3.14 per share -- in Q109, from the $23.9bn net loss in Q408. The company's refinance-loan purchase volume quadrupled since the previous quarter, but poor performance of securitized loans drove Freddie into a net worth deficit. During the quarter, Freddie purchased or guaranteed $148bn in mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities. With 30-year fixed mortgage rates near historic lows, Freddie's single-family refinancing-loan purchase volume during Q109 increased to approximately $95bn, nearly four times the refinancing volume the company experienced during Q408. Freddie saw its real estate-owned operations expenditure rise to $306m in the quarter from $291m in the fourth quarter. Higher REO disposition volumes drove the increase, officials said in the earnings statement today. Credit-related expenses of $9.1bn and $7.1bn of securities impairments on deteriorating collateral performance drove the company's massive losses. Partly offsetting the losses were net mark-to-market gains of $3.8bn on Freddie's derivative portfolio, guarantee asset and trading securities. The losses tipped Freddie into a $6bn net worth deficit between the company's assets and liabilities as of March-end. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) acting as conservator requested $6.1bn in funding from the Treasury Department through its funding commitment. The Treasury's commitment, part of the purchase agreement entered with FHFA, was amended as of May 6 to $200bn from $100bn. After the $6.1bn draw, Freddie said $149.3bn remains in Treasury's commitment. Write to Diana Golobay at firstname.lastname@example.com. Disclosure: The author held no relevant investment positions when this story was published. Indirect holdings may exist via mutual fund investments.