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If you're in the market for a rewards card with no annual fee and have just "average" or "good" credit (a credit score above 670), or even "excellent" credit, you have the chance to be approved for Discover it Cash Back. You'll earn 5% back in categories that rotate quarterly (on up to the quarterly maximum, then 1% back), and 1% back on all other purchases. You do need to sign up to receive the 5% back each quarter, but Discover offers automated email reminders to help keep you on track. And on top of the great rewards, at the end of your first year Discover will match your cashback rewards — so if you earn $300 in your first year, Discover will double it to $600! From January through March of 2017, you'll earn 5% back at gas stations, ground transportation (including Lyft and Uber) and wholesale clubs (including Sam's Club, BJ's and Costco online), which means you'll get 10% back on these purchases after your rewards are doubled! From April through June of 2017 the 5% categories are wholesale clubs (for a second quarter!) and home improvement stores. Plus there is a 14-month 0% intro APR on both purchases and balance transfers, and you'll also be able to see your FICO Score for free each month which is another nice way to keep a close eye on your credit and help raise that score.
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Best Cash Back Rewards for Good Credit: Chase Freedom
Chase Freedom starts off with a generous $150 bonus after spending $500 in the first 3 months. You'll also earn 1% cash back on everyday spending and 5% cash back (on up to $1,500 in purchases) in categories that rotate quarterly. You do need to remember to sign up for the extra 5% cash back each quarter, which isn't optimal but Chase Freedom provides a free reminder service that will email or text you (just remember to sign up for in your online account). And the card features a 15-month 0% intro APR on balance transfers and purchases, convenient if you want to consolidate balances or just make a purchase you don't have to pay interest on until 2020 (Note that here is a 3% balance transfer fee, $5 minimum).
Best Travel Card for Good Credit: Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
If you're a road warrior, like to travel or just want to travel, the Capital One Venture Rewards card is a smart card to have in your arsenal. With a 50,000 miles intro bonus (equal to $500 in travel!) after spending $3,000 in the first 3 months, you get some amazing rewards right out of the gate, even compared to cards only for those with perfect credit. And you'll earn 2 miles for every $1 you spend on all purchases (equivalent to 2% cash back to spend on travel), not just certain purchases or things you need to sign up for in advance. It's easy to use all those miles you earn too; just book your travel with the card and then redeem your miles for a statement credit against the travel cost. This simple redemption process gives you all the flexibility you need when you go to use your miles – you can travel however, whenever and whatever you want without blackout dates. Plus you can earn unlimited miles and they don't expire. The Venture card also makes international travel slightly less expensive, as it doesn't charge any foreign transaction fees. Foreign transaction fees are charges added onto your statement for purchases you make outside the U.S., usually around 2 -3% of each purchases, so this can add up to some serious savings. The card does have an annual fee of $95, but it's waived the first year. If you're interested in a travel card with similar rewards but no annual fee, take a look at the Capital One VentureOne Rewards Credit Card.
Best Business Card for Good Credit: Capital One Spark Cash for Business
Those looking for a business card with strong cash back rewards should check out Capital One Spark Cash for Business. It starts off with a bang, offering a limited-time bonus of up to $2,000 back! You'll earn $500 when you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months of account opening, then another $1,500 back when you spend $50,000 on purchases in the first 6 months of account opening. This is followed up with an unlimited 2% cash back on all purchases. Adding free employee cards to your account card be an easy way to help accrue more rewards on your account, particularly if your employees travel often for business or make large purchases for your office/business. Speaking of travel, there are no foreign transaction fees so if you use your card internationally you won't be hit by surprise fees. There is a $95 annual fee, but it is waived the first year.
Best Card for Students (limited credit or credit score of 670+)
Discover it Student Cash Back
If you're a student in the market for a card with no annual fee that offers great cash back rewards, look no further. The Discover it Student Cash Back card was specifically designed with college students in mind and is available to enrolled students who typically have a limited credit history or "fair" credit. Not only that, but the cash back rewards you'll earn are the same as those offered to those with excellent credit! You'll get 5% back in categories that rotate quarterly (up to the quarterly maximum, then 1% back) and 1% back on all other purchases. You do need to activate your 5% back each quarter, but this is quick and easy to do and Discover provides convenient emails to help remind you. And as a huge bonus, you'll get DOUBLE your cash back at the end of your first year! So if you earned $200, Discover will automatically double it to $400 total – a pretty sweet deal. Plus, you'll earn a $20 statement credit each school year your GPA is 3.0 or higher for up to the next 5 years.
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LIVINGSTON, NJ - On an evening where five seniors who brought much success to the program were honored, the Livingston High School girls' basketball team lost a tight game to the Golden Eagles of Morris Knolls, 47-45, yesterday in Livingston. Junior guard Nicole LaRusso's desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark as the girls fell just short, in what was an evenly played game.
Before the game began, the five seniors on the team—Catherine Callaghan, Katie Horiuchi, Sam Leshinsky, Sam Rothenberger, and Gianna Vaccaro were honored in a ceremony. The underclassmen on the team spoke of fond memories of their senior leaders and flowers were presented to the girls' parents. The seniors were also given gift baskets from all three teams in the basketball program.
Once the game started, it became apparent that the teams playing were evenly matched. The game was a well-played back and forth affair where the largest lead of the night for either team was a six-point Morris Knolls advantage in the fourth quarter. In the first half, Livingston was paced by some hot shooting from Callaghan and LaRusso, as the teams traded baskets and went into the locker room tied at 24.
During the second half, Livingston continued applying strong half court man-to-man pressure, while trying to contend with Morris Knolls' junior forward Caroline Dunn, who was a formidable presence in the low post. Rothenberger and Emily Waldenberg both did solid work in attempting to neutralize Dunn. Sarosha Parsons played extremely hard on both ends of the floor as well, as the game remained tight.
Late in the fourth quarter, the Golden Eagles built their largest lead of the night by taking a six-point lead, with less than three minutes remaining. However, clutch 3-pointers from Parsons and Callaghan brought the girls back. Down two at 45-43, a Parsons steal led to a Rothenberger layup to knot the score at 45. However, that was as close as the girls got, as two late Morris Knolls' free throws finished the scoring, causing the Lady Lancers to loose in another heartbreaker. Callaghan finished with a team high of 15 points, while Rothenberger added 12 in defeat.
The girls' final regular season game is on Friday vs. Pequannock High School in Pequannock, with a 5 p.m. start time. The girls begin play in the state playoffs, with a road game at North Bergen, on Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m.


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On Friday, Chad Rau will find out that his new hockey team is not really homeless.
The Sharks acquired the veteran center in a trade with the Wild on Feb. 7. Since then, he's been almost everywhere except Worcester. Rau's first games in a Sharks uniform were in Newfoundland, then came the All-Star break. After that it was the bus ride from Gehenna — Manchester, Binghamton and Springfield, all in less than three days.
Now, Rau is at least close to home, but practicing in Marlboro as the Sharks wait for the DCU Center to be ready for their return, which will be Friday night vs. St. John's.
"At first, a little," he said when asked if he were disappointed to be traded. "I had made a lot of friends and developed a lot of relationships in the Minnesota organization, and it was hard to say good-bye. But when I thought about it some more, I was excited about the chance to come here and be part of this organization."
Until his Sharks debut in St. John's, Rau had played all of his 275 professional games in the Wild organization. Most of that time was spent in Houston, but he got in nine NHL games with his hometown team. This year, Rau made the transfer when the Aeros were moved to Des Moines and became the Iowa Wild.
"Houston is definitely a warm-weather city," Rau said, "and after four years there, going to Iowa was definitely a culture shock. But everyone treated us well there and we were involved in a lot of community activities, so it was a good place to play."
The years in Houston aside, Rau is no stranger to winter.
He was born in Chicago and his family moved to suburban Minneapolis — Eden Prairie — when Rau was 10. That's where he played high school hockey, then after that he went west to Colorado Springs and spent four seasons at Colorado College, eventually graduating with a degree in economics.
Rau broke in with the Aeros in 2009, then made his NHL debut on Jan. 21, 2011 playing for the Wild on their home ice.
"When we moved to Minnesota," he said, "that was just about when the team started up, so I was a fan. I had gone to games there, and played in high school games there, but it was pretty exciting being able to play my first NHL game with my family and friends there, supporting me."
Rau has never had a 20-goal season as a pro, but has always been in double figures at least. That streak is in jeopardy this season as he has just one goal in 38 games between the Sharks and the Wild.
"My role changed this year in Iowa," he said, "and I've had some scoring chances where the puck just didn't go in. But I've had the chances and that's the good thing."
He and Dan DaSilva spent some time as linemates in Houston last season. Rylan Schwartz is a Colorado College alum, too, but his career there began the year after Rau's ended. John McCarthy and Rau spent the 2004-05 season together in Des Moines playing junior hockey in the USHL.
So, while Rau will be surrounded by some familiar faces, he's hoping a new home rink will help him get his scoring touch back. That is, when he finally gets to see his new home rink.
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In 2009 the Sharks moved into a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Division with Lowell by outlasting the Springfield Falcons, 2-1, at the MassMutual Center. Worcester jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Tom Cavanagh's goal at 6:21 of the first period, then did not score again until Riley Armstrong won it at 4:16 of overtime on his 18th goal of the season.
Two goalies currently in the NHL squared off, with Thomas Greiss getting the win for the Sharks and Devan Dubnyk taking the loss even though he made 35 saves.
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While the Sharks' five-game road trip is over — mercifully so, for them — they just have a quick two-game series at home this weekend vs. St. John's before heading out on the road again with a game in Manchester — ouch — on Sunday. If Worcester can't find a way to finagle at least four points out of the weekend, its playoff hopes will be seriously damaged. … The Sharks and Pirates agreed to a change in date for their game originally scheduled for Friday, Feb. 28, in Lewiston. It'll be on the 27th instead. The Colisee had a chance to pick up another event for that Friday night and Worcester was able to get rid of a three-in-three weekend. … A couple of suggestions for rules changes — just as they do in the National Football League, where a game can't end on a defensive penalty, how about a rule in which a hockey game can't end on a penalty? Any foul in the final two minutes of the third period or overtime has to be served out, unless a goal is scored. That would get rid of the nothing-to-lose fouls. Also, as was seen on a no-goal by Freddie Hamilton at the DCU Center, and in the Russia-USA Olympics game, referees should have the discretion to award a goal if the defending team knocked the net off the post, accidental or not. … In Binghamton, the Sharks played their 600th game all-time with that 8-0 loss. The most recent 100 has been their worst ever, going from Dec. 15, 2012 to Saturday night. Worcester was just 42-46-12 in those 100 games for 96 points. The Sharks' best-ever century of games was their third, from Jan. 16, 2009 to March 2, 2010, when they went 57-36-7 for 121 points.
Helping Toffoli
The Sharks don't have a Player of the Week yet this season, but have assists on six. The latest is Tyler Toffoli of Manchester, who got the nod this week. One reason — or is it three? — being his hat trick vs. Worcester last Friday. He was 5-2-7 in three games.
Others who have racked up their awards with performances vs. the Sharks being part of the package are: Ryan Strome of Bridgeport on Dec. 2; Andy Miele of Portland on Dec. 16; Hershey's Nicolas Deschamps on Dec. 23; goalie Cal Heeter of Adirondack on Jan. 6; and Mike Hoffman of Binghamton on Feb. 3.
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Derek Bekar, probably the fastest pure skater to ever wear a Worcester uniform, is in town these days almost as often as he was when he played for the IceCats, although not for very long.
Bekar works for Glacial Energy and is senior vice-president for New York and New Jersey. He lives in that area, but retains a second home on Lake Winnepesaukee. Bekar has three sons, one just nine months old, and the family goes up to New Hampshire on a monthly basis.
"We drive right through Worcester," Bekar said, "and when we go past the rink, my sons always say 'that's where daddy played hockey games!'"
Bekar scored 42 goals in parts of three seasons with the IceCats from 1998-99 through 2000-01. He played professionally through the 2009-10 season, finishing in Europe, then went right to work for Glacial Energy through his friendship with former IceCats and University of New Hampshire teammate Eric Nickulas.
"I started there the day after I retired from hockey," Bekar said. "Eric got me involved. Hockey guys help out other hockey guys, and a lot of hockey guys have been with our company."
Bekar has no regrets about not making the sport a profession after he took off his skates.
"I had no interest whatsoever in coaching or being a scout," he said. "When I played, I did it and I loved every minute of it, and I'm thankful for what I got out of hockey, but I wanted my weekends free and to be able to be home at Christmas."
Or be at his place in New Hampshire, which means driving past the rink he began his pro career in.
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Domestic bulk LPG suppliers: unfair contract terms
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) closed consumer enforcement case.
Case information
Complainant: OFT own initiative, following the OFT's Off-Grid Energy Market Study published in October 2011
Case reference: MP-SIP18-21, MP-SIP23
Relevant instruments: Enterprise Act 2002, Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
This action follows the publication of the OFT's Off-Grid Energy market study, which identified concerns that some suppliers may not be treating their customers fairly. The OFT was concerned by potentially unfair terms in contracts for the domestic supply of bulk LPG, and that some aspects of other customer communications may potentially be misleading.
Summary of work
During the course of the Off-Grid Energy Market Study, the OFT received complaints that some people may be locked into domestic bulk LPG contracts with significant and unavoidable price increases. On investigation we found a mixed picture, with some but not all suppliers offering customers the opportunity to exit the contract in the event of prices increasing beyond a certain threshold.
The OFT worked with the major bulk LPG suppliers in the UK to secure improvements to the clarity of their terms and conditions and other relevant customer communications, so that their domestic customers can better understand how prices can move, their switching and termination rights, and the associated exit costs.
The major UK suppliers of domestic bulk LPG ('the major suppliers') are:
Avanti Gas Limited (a subsidiary of UGI Corporation)
BP Oil UK Limited trading as BP Gas (a subsidiary of BP plc)
Calor Gas Limited and its sister company Calor Gas Northern Ireland
Limited (both subsidiaries of SHV Holdings NV)
Flogas UK Limited and DCC Energy Limited trading as Flogas Northern Ireland (both subsidiaries of DCC plc).
The major suppliers have voluntarily agreed to make changes to their relevant documents to address what were in the OFT's view, in varying degrees, potentially unfair and/or misleading terms. The suppliers have engaged constructively with the OFT in this process and we appreciate their co-operation.
The concerns raised by the OFT varied by supplier and primarily related to two areas:
improved and/or clearer termination/switching/cancellation rights
consistency with the Competition Commission (CC) Orders.
All suppliers made improvements to their terms and conditions to address our concerns. Furthermore, Calor Gas Northern Ireland Limited, Flogas UK Limited, and DCC Energy Limited trading as Flogas Northern Ireland, agreed to make changes to improve the cancellation rights offered to customers when prices rise beyond a specified threshold.
The major suppliers have agreed to make the relevant changes in their future new contracts and to offer the same benefits to customers on existing contracts.
A number of the changes are to clarify current practice in order to improve transparency for the consumer, and do not necessarily mean that changes were needed to the suppliers' actual business practices.
The main areas where improvements have been made are described in more detail below. A summary of key changes will also be published on the OFT's Consumer Regulations Website shortly.
Termination/cancellation rights
The OFT has sought improvements in termination clauses in order to clarify, or to better balance, the rights of suppliers and customers.
Agreements to amend price variation clauses
In particular, the OFT secured amendments to the contracts of Calor Gas Northern Ireland, Flogas UK and DCC Energy trading as Flogas Northern Ireland to allow customers to cancel their agreement in the event of a price increase beyond a specified threshold. Previously, these suppliers' contracts did not allow such cancellation rights.
Calor Gas Northern Ireland, Flogas UK and DCC Energy have all signed undertakings to change the price variation terms in their future new contracts and to offer customers on existing contracts the same benefits as new customers when the price goes up beyond a specified threshold. These companies will also, in future, publish their terms and conditions on their websites.
No further action was required in respect of Avanti Gas, BP Gas and Calor Gas, whose terms and conditions contained terms allowing customers to cancel the agreement in the event of a price increase beyond a specified threshold.
Other improvements include drawing customers' attention to their inherent rights, such as their right to cancel if the supplier commits a very serious breach of their obligations.
The Competition Commission Orders
The OFT referred the domestic bulk LPG market in the UK to the CC in 2004. The CC published a report on its investigation into this market in 2006. The CC identified adverse effects on competition in the market and made two Orders which sought to remedy these concerns, taking effect in 2009. One Order applies to domestic customers supplied from individual bulk LPG tanks. The other Order applies to domestic customers who share a bulk LPG tank (metered estate customers). The OFT is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the Orders.
For more information about the CC investigation and the Orders, please see the case page.
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Agreements to clarify switching options and costs
The Orders aim to make it easier for domestic bulk LPG customers to switch between suppliers. For this purpose they set out, among other provisions, a maximum two year limit once a customer enters a new agreement before the customer can switch suppliers (the exclusivity period), timeframes for switching and restrictions on switching costs.
Where customers are allowed by the terms of their contract to terminate their contract, whether within or outside their exclusivity period, customers should be able to switch supplier according to the process set out in the Orders. This means that the customer will not bear the costs of tank transfer between suppliers. Nor will the customer bear any direct costs associated with the removal of a tank where required in order for their new supplier to install a new tank.
The major suppliers have agreed to amend their documents where necessary to improve clarity regarding the exclusivity period, the circumstances in which termination and/or switching can occur and/or the above costs of switching.
We note that in order for a metered estate to switch supplier under the Orders, all metered estate customers must be eligible to switch and agree to switch. However, an individual customer, where eligible to terminate their agreement, could instead switch to an individual bulk LPG tank or alternative form of energy supply.
Agreements to amend communications about the end of exclusivity periods
A supplier is also required to write to its customers to inform them about their eligibility to switch at the end of their exclusivity period. At this time, a customer can:
- Immediately give notice to switch to a new supplier.
- Continue with their current contract, with the ability to give notice to switch at any time.
- Sign a new contract with their existing supplier, which will initiate a new exclusivity period (this can be up to two years) during which switching is prohibited. This may be attractive to consumers, for example where the supplier offers sufficient incentives to sign a new contract that outweigh the requirement for exclusivity.
Except for Calor Gas Northern Ireland where this was not a concern, all the major suppliers have also agreed to amend the required communications to clarify the above options, in particular confirming that customers do not need to immediately enter into a new contract unless they wish to do so.
The OFT has aimed to secure improved and clearer terms for domestic bulk LPG consumers, particularly in respect of their switching and cancellation rights. We have achieved this through voluntary agreements from the major suppliers stated above to implement appropriate changes and we appreciate these suppliers' cooperation.
It is important for a competitive market that consumers are able to choose suppliers. This involves being able to switch suppliers and to shop around effectively; and consumers rely on transparency of information to be able to make informed choices. Our intervention should help in these respects:
Better balanced and clearer switching and cancellation rights can help consumers exercise choice in the market and thereby improve competition. Consumers can benefit from the CC Orders to switch more easily and the changes agreed could, by improving such opportunities to switch, accelerate the impact of the CC Orders.
It is also important that people can shop around and make informed decisions about which suppliers to use. The changes secured will make it easier for people buying domestic bulk LPG to compare deals on offer. Suppliers manage pricing differently over the course of a contract and consumers should be aware of differences in price variation and cancellation rights, alongside the initial price offered, when making a purchasing decision. This is particularly important where energy costs may continue to be high and volatile.
Finally, we note that we have worked with the major suppliers so that we could quickly achieve improvements for the large majority of domestic bulk LPG customers in the UK. However, the OFT and/or local authority Trading Standards Services can take action wherever it identifies further concerns. We therefore expect other, smaller suppliers to take note of these voluntary agreements and, where necessary, take immediate and appropriate action in respect of their own business practices and/or materials.
Related documents
- Questions and answers
- Press release OFT secures improvements for domestic bulk LPG customers (5 April 2012)
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- Press release Off-grid energy suppliers need consumer law enforcement not regulation - OFT (18 October 2011)
- Press release OFT takes action against heating oil companies and price comparison websites (9 September 2011)
- OFT market study into Off Grid Energy


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What Christmas cartoon or movie do you watch every year to get into the holiday spirit?
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Its a combination of my two favorite Holidays. I get to watch it twice a year
Feeling like a straight up gangster today
The nightmare before Xmas....
If "Nobody" is indestructible...Then I'm "Nobody"....!!!
I always have to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas, This song always gets me ready for the holidays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPG3zSgm_Qo .
Totally A Christmas Story. Of course The Nightmare Before Christmas is a good one, and Gremlins too. I just discovered Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale on Netflix and I think that has the potential to become a tradition. Someone here mentioned The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and now I'm in the mood to watch it, so thanks for that.
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Charlie Brown Christmas
but I almost always miss it every time its on TV and I don't have it on DVD
What even
The original "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", not that bad Jim Carrey version. And "Scrooge" with Alastair Sim. You can also throw "Miracle on 34th Street" in there for good measure.
any Christmas carol
Should I come back???
Die Hard
Sad that only one person mentioned "It's a Wonderful Life" and they only said it wasn't Christmas-y enough. It is absolutely not Christmas without Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, and the film stands as one of the greatest masterpieces of revered director Frank Capra's illustrious career. Capra himself considered the film to not only be the greatest picture he had ever made, but in fact the best film anyone had ever made, though it was panned by some critics at the time of its release as being too naive in a post-war America. I have seen this movie dozes of times, yet every time I watch it just as intently as if it were the first.
The film centers around George Bailey, a morally wholesome every man who through circumstance of life has taken over his father's business, Bailey Bros Building & Loan. Our story begins in the early part of George's youth and progress through his years into adulthood. The Building & Loan is the only business in the fictional town of Bedford Falls not under the control of the nefarious Mr. Potter, played exceptionally by famed patriarch of the Barrymore acting family, Lionel Barrymore. After an incident engineered the greedy wretch Potter, George stands to not only lose the Building & Loan, but also arrested and jailed.
With no hope left he can find, George drives to a bridge and laments that he wishes he had never been born and contemplates suicide. Unbeknownst to George, a ne'er-do-well angel hoping to earn his wings named Clarence is being sent to him and shows George exactly what he wished for: a world where he never existed. Clarence takes George on tour to show him what not only the lives of his close friends and loved ones but the entire town of Bedford Falls would be like had he never been born in hopes of proving to the dejected George Bailey that it truly is a wonderful life.
You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
^ A good show if you can find the un-cut version.
I prefer Bob Clark's direction of Jean Shepard's adaptation from novel "In God We Trust, Others Pay Cash" aka Christmas Story with Darren McGavin (Dad), Melinda Dillion (Mom), Peter Billingsley (Red Ryder BB gun kid), Ian Petrella (younger son) and supporting cast. I have watched this show over 300 times since its 1983 debut. Some scenes have been edited out (Jean Shepard's lively intro about the film while driving in his Bentley or Rolls-Royce on some Florida Interstate) (Flash Gordon). The scenes dealing with Santa Claus at the department store are priceless. I get a chuckle every time I watch it around this time of year.
MYTH: the universal language. Always question AUTHORITY.
Any anime
I accept random friend requests
A Muppet Christmas Carol when I'm wrapping presents.
would rather be a comma than a full stop
Home Alone 1 and 2
and Jiminy Cricket Christmas
Home Alone 1 and 2 always.
I always have to catch:
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Santa Clause
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There is a very popular CSS trick consisting on using a mix of solid and transparent borders on a 0 width, 0 height element in order to fake a triangle. If you don't know technique yet, you can find more information about it in the following articles:
While it comes with some quirks, it actually does the job well and has the benefit of being very compatible across the wide range of browsers we have to support.
Now the thing is, I never completely remember how to use this little piece of code. Which borders need to be transparent? Which one should be solid? I just can't figure this out and I bet it's the same for many of you as well. So this is typically the kind of thing you would like to automate using Sass.
There are probably as many CSS triangle Sass mixins as there are Sass developers. What if I showed you my own mixin to deal with CSS triangles/arrows in CSS?
What Do We Need?
Before digging into the code, it would be a good idea to check what we need in order to make a triangle out of CSS. First: a direction. We need to define a direction for our arrow, either
bottom, or
left. Also, what about a position? Like at 1.5em from the top, 100% from the left, for instance. Also we could define a color, and perhaps a size as well, although those 2 arguments could have defaults.
So in the end, our mixin is a short way for us to say Generate a triangle pointing to this direction, at this spot, in this color, and in the following dimensions. Sounds good, right?
Note that in order to avoid using extra markup, I like to use pseudo-elements for triangles. For instance:
.element { /* Container of some kind */ &::before { /* Including triangle mixin */ } }
Using Our Toolbox
Last week, I wrote about some functions and mixins to kickstart your project. In case you haven't read that article yet, go ahead. I'll wait.
Okay, done? What if we reused some of our mixins in order to make this triangle mixin as sharp and clean as possible? For instance, we could use the
size() mixin so we don't have to define both the width and the height. We could also keep a consistent API for positioning stuff and make use of the
absolute() mixin (more about that mixin here).
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Beer Log: January 3, 2009
State; Chillin at the house
The wife did a couple of beer trades on beeradvocate.com and managed getting some beer from Virginia. Although we've been to Maryland many times, I've never seen these beers. This amber pours like a brown ale with a crayon brown yet clear color. Light tan head has a some strength to it and some lace. It smells like something roasted, like an english muffin, and I'm getting some corn and citrus. It tastes a little bready with a medium hop presence. Goes down very smooth wtih low carbonation and quick finish. Good session beer. Low 3 Star. Kinda reminds me of Budweiser American Ale.
Eating steak with garlic spinach and cilantro rice. Wife was throwing down that night. #1 smells sweet, kinda maltay and bananay. It has a nice cloudy gold color with a strong poofy white head. Taste has a nice light sweetness and banana. A light noticeable hop lurking in the background. Not getting much ethanol in there right now though it has a high ABV. It's rather smooth yet with high carbonation. As it warms up I'm getting anice fruitiness coming out of it. Low 4 Stars.
Beer Log January 4, 2009
State: wolfing down spaghetti
Finally getting on to these English Christmas beers a good friend gave me for Christmas. What's sad is that I still have another 2 Christmas beers to try, an it is almost March.
Straw gold color that's pretty clear. White descent head. It smells like sugar and candy. The taste is a light malt, bread, and sugar sweetness. It's moderately drinkable with high carboatnion. There is some moderate bitterness in the aftertaste, but not bitter tasting overall. Pretty smooth with it's thin body. But these English beers just aren't getting it for me this season. 3 Star.
Switching it up to this beer I picked up in Hot'lanta from the ABC. Deep brown color and opaque. Strong tan head that liberates a chocolate malt scent. Slugging it down reveals a good strong chocolate malt, and the beer is rather fullbodied and smooth, thanks to the oatmeal I imagine. Moderate carbonation. It's leaving some grit on my tongue along with a little tingle. Otherwise a quick finish. No rating right now. I'll give it another go later on.


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Jeremy Lin Shouldn't Play Unless He Can Play
My esteemed colleague Mr. Leitch spilled some words this morning on the prospects of Jeremy Lin returning from a meniscus tear in time for Game 5 of the Knicks–Heat series in Miami. Mr. Leitch thinks the Knicks ought to be cautious, but not too cautious, with Lin heading into Wednesday. Allowing him to play through his rehabilitation invites some long-term risk, but what about the direly needed point guard skills, not to mention the inspirational presence, that Lin could offer right now? The future we intend to preserve by keeping Lin shelved is vague and distant. Another playoff run might not come, and if it does, there's some chance that Lin won't be around to lead it. The Heat series is now, and it is real, and Jeremy Lin is a member of the Knicks who is eligible to participate. Why waste a real opportunity in favor of an uncertain one?
While the image of Lin returning and stirring his team to another unlikely victory warms me so, I cannot abide by this. Here's why:
1. Lin and his knee probably aren't ready. Mr. Leitch admits that if Lin "physically cannot run and twist and turn, he shouldn't be out there." Well, having seen Lin practice and scrimmage a bit, coach Mike Woodson referred to Lin as "not in great shape" this morning. This, of course, was said about a guy who has yet to play full-speed, full-contact five-on-five with opportunities to do some "banging and cutting and moving and getting knocked on his ass" (you know, "basketball"). It's not impossible that Woodson could be downplaying Lin's readiness as a bit of gamesmanship, but third parties who've watched Lin practice agree that he's not there yet. A few days ago, Lin suggested that he wouldn't feel ready until he could "trust the knee and not think about it." We still have 48 hours to game time, so things could change, but as of right now, we've had no confirmation that Lin can play without worrying about his knee, nor that he can "run and twist and turn" much at all.
2. Lin might not even be helpful. I've heard several versions of the assertion that "half of Jeremy Lin is still better than Mike Bibby." This sounds true, but is it? Are we sure that a rusty, wary version of the player who shot 1-for-11 and surrendered eight turnovers against these same Heat has more to offer than even Mike Bibby? Even putting aside the risk of reinjury, does relying on a rehabilitating player with no playoff experience — one whose game is based on a quick first step and passing on the move — against one of the league's most aggressive, ballhandler-trappingest defenses sound like a winning game plan? Bibby's not going to explode out of the blue or generate any surname-based puns (I'm trying to think of one and cannot), but he'll make decent entry passes, he'll hit the occasional outside shot (he sunk two huge ones last night), and he won't wilt if trapped at the top of a pick-and-roll. Starting Bibby, then giving J.R. Smith and Carmelo Anthony some minutes as de facto point guards doesn't sound appealing, but neither does letting Lin find his sea legs in the choppiest of waters. Lin — and it pains me to say this because I adore him and regard his talent as highly as anybody does — might actually hurt the Knicks' chances of winning if he plays on uneasy legs and with little practice time and no opportunity to get acquainted to the pace of professional playoff basketball.
3. The inspiration factor is overrated ... in Game 5. Even if he doesn't get to spin that much, it's easy to imagine Jeremy lifting the spirits of his team with just a few minutes of effort, a scene reminiscent of Willis Reed's surprise return in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals. There's a major difference, though (on top of all the obvious ones): That game was in New York. Game 5 on Wednesday is in Miami. While there will surely be Knicks fans (and grandparents of Knicks fans) in attendance, that chilling, uplifting swell of excitement from the crowd will be absent. If Lin makes his comeback, a few folks will cheer, a few others will boo, and most of the rest of 'em will go back to texting or whatever it is they were doing. If you're hoping for a big, dramatic return, then Game 5 isn't the right moment.
Just as Mr. Leitch qualified his argument, I'll qualify mine: If Jeremy gets to play some real, full-contact five-on-five in tomorrow's practice and all parties appraise him as being capable of not just playing but playing like Jeremy Lin in Game 5, then I say go for it. If not, then I don't see any reason for Lin to risk reinjury, nor any reason for the Knicks to risk their own (slim) chances by experimenting with a guy who has the potential to play counterproductive minutes an elimination game.
Of course, I haven't even addressed the best reason for the Knicks to keep Lin benched, because it's an inevitability I refuse to acknowledge in earnest. That inevitability, which I am repeating without actually considering (I swear): With or without Lin, the Knicks have little hope of winning Game 5, and even if they do, they have little hope of winning Games 6 and 7. It's kinda dumb for us to even be discussing this as if it makes a difference. That's what a sane person would say, but I'm not saying it. I'm not.
All that said, if the Knicks find a way to steal Game 5, Lin continues to make progress, and we find ourselves headed for a Game 6 on Friday back in New York in front of the Garden crowd ...


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Unlike a war that's neatly book-ended by declaration and armistice, there's no exact start date for the Industrial Revolution. Nor is there a commonly agreed point at which it subsided. Spanning from roughly 1760 until around 1840, it began in and was predominantly located in Britain. The extraordinary upheaval of the era not only affected every aspect of life, but also reshaped the nation. As the historian Emma Griffin explains in her book Liberty's Dawn: a People's History of the Industrial Revolution 2013, "No matter how much we dispute the fine detail, it is clear that something momentous happened in Britain between the end of the 18th century and the middle of the 19th. 'Revolution' is an unavoidable and apt description of these events."
The Revolution can be defined in many different ways, but – broadly speaking – it was the widespread conversion of Britain from a rural society into an urban one, when large swathes of the population left agricultural jobs for mechanised work in the noisy factories of the burgeoning industrial cities. The green and pleasant land was swapped for the dark, satanic mills.
Somewhat conversely, it was the increased mechanisation in agriculture, seen in earlier innovations such as Jethro Tull's seed drill 1701, that had forced the migration to the cities and freed up a workforce for the Industrial Revolution.
Though the national focus moved towards heavy industry, agriculture didn't suffer too badly. The improved harvesting techniques and hardware of the period – such as Scottish inventor Andrew Meikle's threshing machine 1786 – led to increased productivity and thus increased profit.
While agriculture was evolving, so too was the nature of Britain's other industries. The textile industry most conspicuously encapsulated these rapid changes. During the first half of the 18th century, the manufacture of textiles was either undertaken in small workshops or in the home – hence the phrase 'cottage industry'.


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|Download Bikini Model Shoot from SXC.hu. Open up the image in Photoshop. We will be editing this photo at its original size.
|First thing we have to do is to hide all the unwanted dots/pimples around the face. Using the Clone Stamp tool, pick an area near a dot/pimple and clone that part to cover itself. Next thing is to smoothen the face. Using the Eyedropper tool, pick color on the face. With Brush tool, set the mode to Soft Round 50px and Opacity to 20%.
|Create a new layer and start painting the skin smooth.
|Let's move on the smoothen the body. Duplicate the original model layer and rename it to "Surface Blur". Instead of airbrushing the entire body parts, go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur. Set the Radius to 5 and Threshold to 20.
|When we apply Surface Blur, the bikini and background got smoothened as well, which is what we do not want. So select the "Surface Blur" layer and apply Layer Mask to it. Invert the mask to black. Using the Brush tool with #FFFFFF, paint only to reveal the smoothed skin.
|Now let us make the model stands out more from the background. Duplicate the original model layer and rename it to "Lens Blur". Select the duplicated layer and go to Filter > Blur > Lens Blur. Key in the settings as shown in the diagram below.
|As the entire image are affected, we need to create a mask so only the background is blurred. Apply a Layer Mask to "Lens Blur" layer, then using Brush tool with #000000 to hide the model.
|Duplicate the original model layer again. Rename the duplicated layer to "Soft Light". Rearrange this layer to be above all the other layers. Set its Blend Mode to Soft Light.
|Create a Levels Adjustment Layer and key in values 15, 1.00, 255.
|Create Brightness / Contrast Adjustment Layer and set the contrast to 10.
|Create the Hue / Saturation Adjustment Layer and set the saturation to -5.
|Create a Curves Adjustment Layer and adjust the Blue and Green curves to look similar to the ones below.
|And we are done! This is a simple yet effective photo retouching tutorial. Hope you guys will like it.
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Good tutorial! However, if you want to take this a step further to make it more hollywood like, you should push her waste in using any tool that you're comfortable with. Even using the bloat tool to make her breast look bigger. I know it's not right but that's how most magazines and other photo touch ups work. Am I wrong?
super like it..i will try this one..thankxx
hi guys, i am a newbie to photoshop, i got lost where it says:
"When we apply Surface Blur, the bikini and background got smoothened as well, which is what we do not want. So select the "Surface Blur" layer and apply Layer Mask to it. Invert the mask to black. Using the Brush tool with #FFFFFF, paint only to reveal the smoothed skin."
what exactly is going on here…
Hi Johnson Koh sir,
'So select the "Surface Blur" layer and apply Layer Mask to it. Invert the mask to black. Using the Brush tool with #FFFFFF, paint only to reveal the smoothed skin.'
Hey Guys, Perfect timing! It was useful for my team. very well written and researched. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I'm still learning from you, while I'm improving myself. I certainly love reading everything that is written on your website.Keep the information coming. I enjoyed it!
Hey Johnson, I try to fallow your tutorial but can't doing something perfect like your. The are really perfect, the blur efect was used with particolar capacity. Write more about blur efect to make skin perfect.
I appreciate your step by step guideline you have done really great job. thanks for the helpful tutorial.
what a excellent work they are doing,if not means no one like to see these models,Bcoz of all this,they look sexy…..Any way Thanks 4 good job….
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"So select the "Surface Blur" layer and apply Layer Mask to it. Invert the mask to black. Using the Brush tool with #FFFFFF, paint only to reveal the smoothed skin."
Please Please help with this part, how exactly do i apply a layer mask and invert it?
Great Tutorial! newbie but now im found! hahaha…
Very good tutorial on photo retouching…
The best photo retouch tut i have come across! So easy 🙂
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Good tut..
I wish I had found your site sooner. Just adding you to my feed reader now.
Hmmm work became very easy right:D
Hi, I wounder how you mask the hair. Its quiet difficult to mask the hair as it got many fine details. Any shortcuts for this?
Use a tablet and use the brackets keys([ and ]) to change the size of your brush. Also when you make a mistake press x to change between background and foreground colors.
Learned new technique today 😉
Bendigo su creatividad, Muy buen trabajo, muy didactico pero no entiendo lo de start painting the skin smooth
Se refiere a que simplemente pintes la piel con una brocha de opasidad al 20% usando el droplet tool(shorcut Alt) para escojer colores similares a la parte en la cual estás trabajando.
'Create a new layer and start painting the skin smooth.'
How do you do this?
Just use a brush with an opacity of around 20% and using the droplet tool(shorcut Alt) to pick similar colors to the part that you're working on and paint on the face
amazing tutoral, thanks very much
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I can see the blur using this technique. Don't try to pull this off as professional.
A valid point, if you can see the blur, it isn't professional. Don't forget that in print corner-cutting is many times more visible, in a web sized image it's more difficult to pick up on. If it is easy to spot in a web sized image, you've gone way too far.
Nice one Ravi! I like the way you put it 😀
o gos……… I though they shoot photo like that………
now i know behind every successful model there is a photoshop behind……..
thanks,very well
Doesn't she look gorgeous, excellent work.
Thanks for an interesting lesson. After skin degradation, not bad to add noise for structure restoration. I on a site have many lessons on a retouch
Skin tone is pretty unnatural, to my mind. Pretty yellowish, I'd say.
Kudos for the work on skin texture, though.
Great tutorial. Will come in very handy
nicely explained.
this is awesome.
kudos for sharing.
btw i'll give surface blur a try, cos i never thought of that before until i read this.
awesome effects for our training through tutorials 🙂
Thanks Markus for the explanation! 😉
@anonymous mike: you extend the layer mask just a little bit more than the image, ie. you unmask parts of the picture so that the "halo" effect that lens blur does disappears. Does that make sense?
excellent tutorial. i love , detailed step. Thank for this lovely tutorial.
I didn't know about the surface blur – that is a great technique. Also didn't think of the blue/green curves channel adjustment – that's very clever too. Some nice little tips I've not thought of before.
Great tutorial
impressive tutorials…
when you do the lens blur won't part of the girl be "blurred" into the background, so when you mask the girl, there will be a halo from her on the background? you can't see this in your tiny web images, but I'm sure it is there. any ideas on how to avoid this issue?
NICE tutorial, many thanks!
that's a great way of touching the photos. thanks dude.
Thank you my friends!
that was a great retouching. Nice work as always Johnson 🙂
I admire your work – great! I don't know about body, but face looks a lot better! 🙂
Great tutorial, have to try, thanks.
@photostar73 and e11world: Thanks for the pointers guys!
@Bombchell and Bariski: Looking forward to your work 🙂
@sadhu: Hey! How r u? The model is edged out briefly using the Brush tool in a Layer Mask. Check out the images with Surface blur and Lens Blur layers.
Thanks bro, good tutorial indeed. Will try it later today.
Good tutorial! However, if you want to take this a step further to make it more hollywood like, you should push her waste in using any tool that you're comfortable with. Even using the bloat tool to make her breast look bigger. I know it's not right but that's how most magazines and other photo touch ups work. Am I wrong?
yay thanks I just learn something new. I think I'm in love with tutorials. will try this after the gym.
how did u edge out the model?
din see you mention about path…
this is excellent tutorial and will appeal to many people because everyone needs a little retouching 😉
very good tutorial! I want to say anyway that painting with the brush on the skin is very much destructive… I think this an operation to do with very much attention, and eventually work also on the leve transparency.
A good work with hue/saturation on red and yellow will be useful.
Thanks for the good tutorial!


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With effect from the specified date, any persons who are trustees of the trusts of the sub-fund settlement and are not trustees of the trusts of the principal settlement are to be treated as having ceased to be trustees of the principal settlement (paragraph 18).
As the sub-fund settlement is treated as coming into existence on the specified date (paragraph 17) a separate Self Assessment return will required for the year of assessment but beginning on that date.
If the trustees of the sub-fund settlement are not resident in the UK, TCGA section 80 would apply, but does not apply if the same asset is deemed to be disposed of by the trustees of the principal settlement under section 71(1), by reason of paragraph 19.
Under paragraph 21 if money is treated as passing, this is treated as received by the trustees of the sub-fund settlement on the specified date. This would be relevant for the purposes of identifying the settlor of the sub-fund settlement, which is determined by section 68B, see CG33247.
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Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party has warned that by-elections may not be fair because of restrictions on campaigning.
National League for Democracy (NLD) spokesman Nyan Win said they face "many difficulties", such as getting approval to use public venues for rallies.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who was released from house arrest in 2010, is running for one of 48 parliamentary seats in April.
The polls are being seen as a test of the government's commitment to reform.
The NLD boycotted Burma's last election in 2010 but agreed to rejoin the electoral process after the military backed government brought in a series of democratic reforms.
"What we want is fair play, but the restrictions have increased lately. It is very difficult to say that the upcoming by-elections could be free and fair," NLD spokesman Nyan Win said in a news conference in Rangoon.
Specifically, he says that the party has been stopped from using three sports fields for the rallies.
'Hugely symbolic'
Even if the NLD wins all 48 seats, the military-backed government would still have a commanding majority in parliament.
But, the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Bangkok says, opposition victory would be seen as hugely symbolic.
Although insignificant in terms of numbers, the conduct of the election will go a long way towards deciding whether Western sanctions to Burma will be lifted.
The 2010 elections saw a military junta replaced with a nominally civilian government backed by the armed forces.
Since then, the new administration has embarked on a series of reforms, prompting the NLD to rejoin the political process.
Western nations have said that they will match progress on reform with movement on sanctions.
The NLD had won a landslide victory in the 1990 election, but the ruling military junta at the time did not allow the party to assume office.
Ms Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, was under house arrest at the time. This is the first time that she has run for a parliamentary seat.
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Sr. Mary Elizabeth Gintling started the Joseph House in Baltimore in 1965. It was her response to God's call to directly serve the poor, whatever their needs, and to promote social justice according to the Gospel.
She developed the purpose of the Joseph House to include the following: to spread the Gospel by living it; to give witness to its injunctions in the community; to provide for the relief of the needy, distressed, or underprivileged; to aid in education; to lessen neighborhood tensions; to eliminate prejudice and discrimination; to promote unity; to fight injustice of any sort; to combat family deterioration and juvenile delinquency; to provide guidance on a family and neighborhood level to all who have need of such services, no matter where they live or what their circumstances.
Since 1978, the Joseph House has been in Salisbury, Maryland, attending to the needs of the less fortunate on the lower Delmarva Peninsula. We rely on God's provident care as our main resource. Volunteers and free-will donations are the vital and indispensable components of this care.
Sr. Mary Elizabeth and Patricia Guidera founded the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary in 1974. As a community of Catholic women living the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Little Sisters oversee the administration of the Joseph House. The motherhouse is in Salisbury with an additional house in Princess Anne, Maryland.
By rooting our lives in the Gospel spirituality of Brother Charles de Foucauld, in the authentic teachings of the Church and Scripture, and in the charism of our Foundress as expressed in our Holy Rule, we Little Sisters strengthen ourselves to live in joy a counter-cultural life.
This counter-cultural life is witnessed by our habit, our evident love and respect for the Eucharist, our universal charity, the contemplative aspect of our apostolic labors, our intense and constant love for the poor, total abandonment to God's will, and the practice of hospitality and littleness in our daily lives.
To enable the laity to carry out their God-given mandate to share their gifts and their lives with the poor, since God considers this done to Himself, we offer them an opportunity to live with us, sharing in our works and prayers. Thus mutually supporting each other, we strengthen and promote growth in the lives of the poor, the laity, and ourselves.
The Little Sisters oversee all aspects of the operation of the Joseph House. Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary, Inc. is a non-profit and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
Sr. Marilyn Bouchard is Superior General of the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary. Sr. Connie Ladd is Vicar General.
Sr. Marilyn is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. She entered the community in 1991. Sr. Connie has been with the Little Sisters since 1986. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware and spent many years in Baltimore.
A Board of Directors assists the Little Sisters in organizing, operating, and developing the activities of the Joseph House.
An additional Advisory Board helps to guide the Joseph House Workshop, a program of the Joseph House that provides long-term shelter and job preparation for homeless men.
The Joseph House began in Baltimore in 1965. Mary Elizabeth Gintling started alone, but under her spirited leadership the Joseph House grew to provide a variety of services to residents of the inner city.
Prior to starting the Joseph House, Mary Elizabeth belonged to the Little Sisters of the Poor for more than 20 years. This Catholic religious order operates homes for the aged, and Mary Elizabeth put her nursing skills to good use during this time.
The call to religious life never left her. In 1974, Mary Elizabeth and another member of Joseph House, Patricia Guidera, formed a new religious community: the Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary. They donned blue denim habits and committed themselves to social justice and the problems of the poor.
The two Little Sisters relocated to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, establishing a convent in Salisbury in 1978. This became the site of the new Joseph House, as the services in Baltimore were phased out. The Joseph House Crisis Center was opened in 1984 on Boundary Street. This multi-purpose service center provides financial and food assistance to people in need.
The Joseph House Village opened on Lake Street in 1991 to provide transitional housing for women and children. It became autonomous in 2000 and was re-christened the Village of Hope. The Joseph House Workshop opened in 2005. It is a long-term shelter for homeless men that helps them with life skills and employment readiness.
Sr. Mary Elizabeth died on October 27, 2004. She left the Joseph House well-established on the Lower Shore as a provider of care and assistance for low-income families and individuals.


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So, yesterday I received a huge bunch of beautiful pink tulips which are just stunning. I kept gazing at them and smelling them, appreciating their beauty, still magnificence and perfection.
Then, last night in my meditation I was visited by a beautiful, radiant angel with a pink dress and a pink aura. I received the impression that it was the feminine aspect of Archangel Chamuel.
The Angels were initially expressed as a singular spark of the Divine, with a specific assignment or divine gift associated with the distribution of the Light of the Divine (All That Is). The Angels are a singular unified energy with roles to play throughout all the planes and Dimensions of reality, just as we too are merely aspects of the Divine, learning to remember who we are and reunite with our True (Higher) Self.
Each Angel can be viewed as simply an aspect of a Unified Reality, just as our physical body is a complete life-form, yet is composed of many organs and systems that each have an individual function to perform in order for that physical body to exist.
Each Angel has two polarities, which are necessary for the fullest possible expression of their Light. These are what we describe as "masculine" and "feminine": twin-flames of the One Flame.
You can imagine them like a figure eight, or an infinity sign: one form, yet with two sides. The crossing point exemplifies their true unified nature: the further away you travel from this to either side the greater the influence of the male or female polarity.
I watched the Pink Angel descend and float towards me. I felt a light beam directed at me, surrounding me and infusing me. My body felt very light and was made of pure golden energy. I felt a great sense of relaxation a well-being.
My good friend Stephanie Jones has also noticed and written about angels and the scent of flowers.


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Latvia Under German Occupation in 1943Latvian Legation, 1944
During recent months very little news has seeped abroad from the Baltic States in general, and particularly from Latvia. The Germans are exerting every effort to isolate completely the three Baltic States not only from the outer world but also from each other. Naturally, that applies also to communications between the Baltic States and neutral countries such as Sweden. Postal communications with the latter have been almost completely suspended. For example, last July there were several cases of innocent letters, sent from Stockholm to Latvia and containing only information of a purely personal nature, being returned to the sender in Stockholm with an attached slip of paper bearing the following printed words: "Postal communication between Latvia and Sweden is prohibited."
Formerly certain possibilities of exchanging letters existed—one had only to ignore the official prohibition of postal communication. It is true that in the main post office in Stockholm no letters were accepted for Latvia, and in Riga, in accordance with the regulations, every letter addressed abroad had to be delivered personally by the sender to the postal authorities. However, if one disregarded these official regulations and simply dropped one's letter in the mail box on the street corner, one could almost be certain that the letter would reach the addressee, as long as the address had been written somewhat "skillfully". Recently this "skill" has helped no longer, and the mail prohibited between Latvia and Sweden now appears to be consistently enforced.
As regards newspapers printed in Latvia, it should be observed that also before, only two newspapers reached Sweden, viz., the semi-official organ of Reichs Minister Lohse—Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland (German Newspaper in Ostland )—and the newspaper in the Latvian language corresponding to it—Tevija (Fatherland). Moreover, the latter was sent very irregularly, and the subscriber received it only now and then. Since November 1942 the "Tevija" is no longer received in Sweden in general. The "Deutsche Zeitung im Ostland /DZO/", however, was received quite regularly until February 1943. Its delivery was then also cut off. It is said that the German occupation authorities no longer permit the DZO to be sent to neutral countries because the entirely official decrees and announcements of the authorities published in the newspaper are made use of to discredit the management of the Germans in the Baltic. If one or two issues of the DZO ever do reach Sweden, they do so in a very round about way.
All the radio broadcasting stations in Latvia are under the direct control of the German occupation authorities and their agents. News is broadcast in Latvian three times daily, but it furnishes very little actual material about Latvia, as twice daily the news read is simply a translation into Latvian of the bulletins of the "International Bureau of Information." Formerly one could sometimes hear something of interest in the third Latvian news broadcast, the so-called "Current events", but for several months now also this broadcast has been swamped with German propaganda. At present the "Current events" consist principally of translations of Goebbels' essays from "the Reich", editorials from the "Essener Zeitung", "Völkischer Beobachter", etc. The material of these propaganda broadcasts is selected with one special purpose, namely, to prove to the inhabitants of Latvia that the goal of the policy of Roosevelt and Churchill is to turn over all Europe to the Bolsheviks.
Once in a while, although not often, the "Current events" furnish a little information regarding occurrences in the cultural, economic and social life of Latvia, interpretation of decrees and announcements of the occupation authorities, etc. These broadcasts do enable one to draw certain conclusions as to what is taking place in the country.
Since March 1943 in Stockholm a new source of information has appeared: the refugees from Latvia, whose number is constantly increasing. Most of them are seamen who have sailed for some time on German vessels until they find an opportunity in the vicinity of the Swedish coast to flee ashore. These people, naturally, can give little information about actual events and principally repeat what they have heard from others. However, a few of the refugees have been in Latvia themselves comparatively recently, and their reports, of course, are extremely interesting, as they can furnish rare current information, objectively describing the state of affairs in the country and characterizing the attitude of the extensive circles of inhabitants.
If one adds a few private letters received once in a while "through unknown means", it gives the sum total of the information received in Sweden in 1943.
From all the above mentioned information one can observe that two principal problems form the focal point of discussion of the inhabitants of Latvia, namely:
- mobilization, and
- restoration of private property.
Of these two problems the inhabitants, naturally, find the first problem to be of greater importance than the second.
Latvia Under German Occupation in 1943, an informational publication by the sovereign authority of the Republic of Latvia, is in the public domain according to the Copyright Law of the Republic of Latvia, §6¶1 and §6¶4. We have contacted the Latvian Foreign Ministry regarding its republication. Please attribute appropriately.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by The Mock Turtle Regulator, Feb 8, 2003.
Ice Ice Baby, to go!
This is nearly as bad as the tour lineup for Metallica's upcoming summer tour.
I feel violated.
"Thus having assembled, the four stood at the four corners of the globe, and played, and from them waves rose up, cities crumbled, stock and plants died, a plague was released o'er the land, and thus the wraith of God was unfurled..."
why should anyone be shocked. they all live in florida. none of them are really doing anything. nicko and spitz were working on a Christian rock/metal thing anyway. And we're probably not getting all of the info. My guess is that Ice will be doing a song on their upcoming album, with other singers doing other songs, much like Iommi's CD that came out a few years back.
but regardless of who's singing, I doubt it will be very exciting.
I was thinking- the rest of G'N R, Slash, Duff McKagen, Matt Sorum and Izzy Stradlin are looking for a singer....
what's MC Hammer up to these days?
not unless he tries to sample Bowie or queen again.
Actually, Ice's new s**t is quite heavy. Download and listen to "Too Cold" for a whole new spin on "Ice, Ice, Baby."
I like David Ellefson.
Dont knock it kids!!
They may just bring something back to the metal scene that has been missing for awhile.
I back up Hategear. I saw Ice open up for some bands and it was definetly heavy!
Last I heard he had a show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
But he's definately a preacher.
YES!!! I love Vanilla Ice!!! Oh wait, did I type that out loud?


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For my verbal-visual collage, I chose to read the book The Monkeyface Chronicles by Richard Scarsbrook. Richard is a Canadian author who attended Western University where he earned an Honours BA in history. He also attended U of Ottawa and received his Bachelor of Education. Richard published his book the Monkeyface Chronicles in 2010. I chose to read this book for my project because it was recommended by the library staff at NT. Also, the novel won the Ontario Library Association's White Pine Award in 2011.
The White Pine Award is an annual literature award that has awarded young adult novels since 2002. Other books like Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and Mostly Happy by Pam Bustin have also received White Pine Awards. The Monkeyface Chronicles is a fictional novel about a young boy named Philip who suffers from an extreme facial deformity. All the other kids make fun of Philip and call him names like 'Monkeyface'. While Philip suffers through his deformity and constant bullying from his peers, his twin brother, Michael is athletic, popular and good-looking.
When a serious hockey accident leaves Michael paralysed, the roles of the two brothers are ironically switched and they learn things about each other and hemselves that they didn't know before. In my collage, I decided to choose the red background because red symbolises strength. Throughout the whole novel, both Philip and Michael have to be strong and stand-up for themselves and each other. One major theme of the novel is 'just because someone looks different, doesn't mean that they are incapable. This is a large theme of the book because although Philip has a deformity that makes people think he isn't capable of doing anything; Philip is still very much capable and just wants to be treated like a normal boy his age would be treated. This theme is shown through my collage ecause included a picture of Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking has a motor neuron disease which leaves him almost completely paralysed. Although his disability leaves people thinking he cannot accomplish very much while spending his life in a wheelchair, he proved everyone wrong.
He was written many books and has received awards in Astronomy and Sciences. Stephen and Philip are similar because they were both doubted by peers and society but proved them wrong by showing that they were capable. Another major theme in the novel is 'although someone may look tough and strong on the outside, they could e shy and hurting on the inside. ' This is a theme of the story because Michael and Philip's older brother, Dennis, looks tough and strong on the outside, but on the inside he craves love and attention from his parents and grandfather.
I communicated this through the collage because I included a photo of an x-ray. With an x-ray, you can look through the layers of skin and muscle and see what's really underneath, which is bone. With Dennis, when you look through the hard shield he has put up, you can see the need and craving for love and care. One more major theme of the novel is 'just because something looks nice or innocent, oesn't mean it is. In the novel, this is an important because the girls that bullied Philip because of his deformity would get away with it because they would send innocent and cute notes to teachers saying that they were 'the bestest teacher ever! ' This would help the girls because no one believed that these cute girls would ever bully a boy with a facial deformity. I chose a picture of Audrey Hepburn smoking a cigarette because seeing a young, beautiful woman smoking makes it look cool, and even innocent but it is still very unhealthy. This is an example of things not being as they seem.


text: On Jul 9, 2005, at 2:36 PM, Alexander Griekspoor wrote: > I strongly suggest to not go for delegates, not for notifications, > but for KVO, which means we don't have to do anything, nice huh! I especially like the second part :) So were going for 10.3 as a minimum requirement? I think this was brought up earlier this week too, but I forgot which thread. - Koen.


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Telecom History
Early telecommunications
Main articles: Beacon and Optical telegraphy
Early telecommunications included smoke signals and drums. Drums were used by natives in Africa, New Guinea and South America, and smoke signals in North America and China. Contrary to what one might think, these systems were often used to do more than merely announce the presence of a camp.[1][2]
In 1792, a French engineer, Claude Chappe built the first visual telegraphy (or semaphore) system between Lille and Paris. This was followed by a line from Strasbourg to Paris. In 1794, a Swedish engineer, Abraham Edelcrantz built a quite different system from Stockholm to Drottningholm. As opposed to Chappe's system which involved pulleys rotating beams of wood, Edelcrantz's system relied only upon shutters and was therefore faster.[3] However semaphore as a communication system suffered from the need for skilled operators and expensive towers often at intervals of only ten to thirty kilometres (six to nineteen miles). As a result, the last commercial line was abandoned in 1880.[4]
Telegraph and telephone
Main articles: Electrical telegraph, Transatlantic telegraph cable, Invention of the telephone, and History of the telephone [pic]
Stock telegraph ticker machine byThomas Edison
A very early experiment in electrical telegraphy was an 'electrochemical' telegraph created by theGerman physician, anatomist and inventor Samuel Thomas von Sömmering in 1809, based on an earlier, less robust design of 1804 by Catalan polymath and scientist Francisco Salvá i Campillo.[5]Both their designs employed multiple wires (up to 35) in order to visually represent almost all Latin letters and numerals. Thus, messages could be conveyed electrically up to a few kilometers (in von Sömmering's design), with each of the telegraph receiver's wires immersed in a separate glass tube of acid. An electrical current was sequentially applied by the sender through the various wires representing each digit of a message; at the recipient's end the currents electrolysed the acid in the tubes in sequence, releasing streams of hydrogen bubbles next to each associated letter or numeral. The telegraph receiver's operator would visually observe the bubbles and could then record the transmitted message, albeit at a very low baud rate.[5] The principal disadvantage to the system was its prohibitive cost, due to having to manufacture and string-up the multiple wire circuits it employed, as opposed to the single wire (with ground return) used by later telegraphs.
The first commercial electrical telegraph was constructed in England by Sir Charles Wheatstone and Sir William Fothergill Cooke. It used the deflection of needles to represent messages and started operating over twenty-one kilometres (thirteen miles) of the Great Western Railway on 9 April 1839. Both Wheatstone and Cooke viewed their device as "an improvement to the [existing] electromagnetic telegraph" not as a new device.
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Samuel Morse independently developed a version of the electrical telegraph that he unsuccessfully demonstrated on 2 September 1837. Soon after he was joined by Alfred Vail who developed the register — a telegraph terminal that integrated a logging device for recording messages to paper tape. This was demonstrated successfully over three miles (five kilometres) on 6 January 1838 and eventually over forty miles (sixty-four kilometres)...
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