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While the economy seems bleak with the stock market fluctuating daily and a steady amount of major companies going bankrupt or merging, the real estate market seems to be headed down a different path. Month-after-month the real estate market has slight improvements. Experts think the worst declines in the real estate market have already past while the economy still has a while before it stabilizes.
Recent reports from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) show an increase in existing home sales. Home sales were up 5.5 percent with a total of 5.18 million units sold across the country in the month of September which was higher than the previous month by 1.4 percent. Lead economist for the NAR Lawrence Yun suggests this is part of "a sales turnaround which began in California several months ago…" and "is broadening now to Colarado, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Rhode Island".
The cause of this influx of real estate business, according to NAR President Richard F. Gaylord is "low home prices and low interest rates". The nearly thirty percent discounts in home prices in major cities and rural areas have attracted buyers back to the real estate market in certain areas of the country. Richard F. Gaylord is optimistic about recent gains and thinks the real estate market is on its way to recovery.
Lawrence Yun, while also optimistic about the recovery of the real estate market, warns of "market disruptions" on the road to real estate market recovery. The credit markets have a significant impact on the real estate market and as they experience tough times it may have averse effects on the real estate market. But that aside, the NAR is predicting that the worst for the real estate market is over and that it will recover sooner than the economy itself.
They may not have been caretaker of a house and, therefore, donrsquo;t notice subtle signs of damage, sloppy construction, poor maintenance, or worn-out elements. Those who have visited friendsrsquo; houses will ra>
This can lead them to under- or over-value new houses or condominium units.nbsp;For example, quartz kitchen countersnbsp;have gained popularity over marble and granite for several reasons. Open-concept design is preferred by those with small children or those who live to entertain, but not by those who are untidy, >
Emotions, including pride of ownership, can get in the way and prove expensive. Sellers may believe that their cost of buying and transforming the property into their home, plus money spent on maintenance and upgrades, plus profit and the cost of selling, including commission, add up to their actual ldquo;bottom linerdquo; for resale value. Problems arise for sellers when this must-have sale price is not in line with market value, which is value determined by the real estate market - current buyers and previous sales. When the seller expects more than market value, this ldquo;over-priced listingrdquo; may take longer to sell, may eventually sell for less, or may fail to find a buyer. First-time sellers may lack experience evaluating how their property compares with local property values and appraising their property from the perspective of current active buyers.
Value determination and marketing - or communicating action-enticing value to potential buyers - represent two different professional real estate selling-skill sets, neither of which are usually possessed by sellers.
When faced with the actual move to a smaller house in a cheaper location, they may find the mental leap too great. Downsizing is often wrongly considered me>
Many faced with wanting a change find they lack the real estate knowledge and planning expertise to make the shift gracefully acceptable and financially successfully.
Creating an offer to purchase, which entices a property owner to sell for the buyerrsquo;s desired price, requires special professional expertise. Then, offering the property for profit-generating rent that will attract qualified prospective renters involves a different set of professional skills. Many new investors possess neither skill set, which are both common in real estate professionals.
The emotional element regarding what sellers will sell for and what renters will pay to live in the resulting investment property can influence financial gain and bottom-line projections. Skill and experience is essential to investors taking all this into account to create profit.
What you donrsquo;t know about property ownership and real estate transactions can cost you when buying or selling, wherever you fit in on the list of buyers and sellers above. Do you have experience with contracts, financing, interior design, renovation, conflict resolutionhellip;? Then, therersquo;s marketing - both using it to persuade others and personally fending off its effects when yoursquo;re making decisions.
What you donrsquo;t know about real estate, real estate professionals do. They are committed to studying and keeping up to date on what matters. Most have spent years on the job perfecting their expertise and learning local markets.
Would you surgically operate on yourself or drill your own teeth? Itrsquo;s that extreme an issue when you donrsquo;t engage available professional skill and knowledge to work for and with you.
Not the least of which is discovering what you donrsquo;t know about buying and selling. When you think, my goal is ldquo;buy my dream homerdquo; or ldquo;sell at my dream price,rdquo; understand what will have to happen and what you must do to achieve the desired outcome.
If you donrsquo;t know where to start, no problem.
Real estate professionals are trained to know what needs to be done for prospects and clients every day, every offer, every transactionhellip;. Do you know what yoursquo;ll gain with professional help? How determined are you to achieve real estate goals and exceed your expectations, as quickly and hassle-free as possible?
To continue learning about buying and selling real estate, checkout more Realty Times articles by PJ Wadenbsp;The Catalyst:
bull; 4 "Big Regrets" to Avoid When Buying a Homenbsp;bull; Trends Cost Sellers Moneybull; Ready to Talk About Real Estate?
ldquo;Fixer-uppers list for an average of 8 below market value,rdquo; said LearnVest. If yoursquo;re on a budget or are being priced out in your market, this is a way to get a literal foot in the door. How much depends greatly on the location. ldquo;Fixer-uppers in Phoenix have the smallest cash discount, saving buyers just 1,000 off list price. But you can save a lot of money in expensive markets like San Francisco, where fixer-uppers are discounted an average of 10mdash;giving homebuyers 54,000 in upfront savings for renovations on the median home.rdquo;
One of the major drawbacks of buying a home that needs to be fixed up is having to come up with the cashmdash;especially after yoursquo;ve just put so much money into your down payment and closing costs. There are a few different types of loans that package the mortgage with funds for renovations, and they often come as a surprise to buyers who have only focused on FHA and 30-year conventional loans.
ldquo;Whether you need a new roof or your kitchen is outdated, there is a mortgage thatrsquo;s right for your fixer-upper,rdquo; said Bankrate. Fannie Maersquo;s Home>
With an already-updated home, ldquo;If a seller has redecorated or improved the whole place, that seller is reaping the benefit,rdquo; said Forbes. ldquo;If the homes value has been raised, the buyer is paying for it. Also, consider this reality: A seller who re-does a whole house in order to sell is not likely putting in the highest-quality materials. Theyre cutting costs to maximize profit. But if you buy a fixer-upper, you might be able to secure an undervalued property, improve it and get the benefit of the extra equity. Its a core real estate concept. If you can find the right property, this could mean thousands of dollars almost immediately.rdquo;
There may be a few things you canrsquo;t live with in a fixer-upper, like the grungy carpet and cruddy plumbing fixtures, but no one other than design shows says your place has to be perfect the day you move in. Taking your time to make updates as yoursquo;re able gives you the opportunity to save money and recover from all the expenses of buying the home and moving in.
When you buy a home that was lived in and fixed up by someone else, it reflects their taste and >
ldquo;One of the primary reasons people buy fixer-upper properties is for the opportunity to make the space their own,rdquo; said Green Residential. ldquo;Instead of purchasing a home in which someone else designed the layout, chose the materials, and dictated where different elements were placed, you can buy a basic structure and then take charge. Itrsquo;s like building your own home without having to go through the lengthy process of drawing plans and constructing it from the ground up.rdquo;
ldquo;An NAR survey of 2,211 members found 75 percent had no impact to their contract signings or closings. However, 11 percent did report an impact on current clients and 11 percent on potential clients,rdquo; said the National Association of Realtors. Among those impacted by the shutdown, 17 percent had a closing delay because of a USDA loan.rdquo;
The most impacted areas of the market surround:
Consumer confidence is always a topic of conversation when it comes to real estate, and with rising interest rates and a roller coaster stock market, a government shutdown only makes the issues that much stickier. According to the NAR study, ldquo;The most common impact, at 25 percent, was the buyer decided not to buy due to general economic uncertainty, though they were not a federal government employee.rdquo;
Whether or not your loan and/or closing is impacted by the government shutdown largely depends on the type of loan you are getting. ldquo;If youre getting a Federal Housing Administration or Department of Veterans Affairs loan, its likely you can expect delays in the underwriting process, and its possible your closing date will be pushed back as well,rdquo; said the Dallas Morning News.
HUD has said that while new FHA loans will be endorsed during the shutdown, ldquo;Some delays with FHA processing may occur due to short staffing.rdquo; In addition, new Home Equity Conversion Mortgages HECM, more commonly referred to as reverse mortgages, are on hold for now.
While the White House has insisted that the Internal Revenue Service IRS process tax refunds during the shutdown, itrsquo;s made no such mandate in regards to helping consumers who need info because theyrsquo;re buying a home. That means that buyers wonrsquo;t be able to requests tax return transcripts, which may be required by lenders, thereby delaying the purchasing process.


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A Kurdish Jihadist fighter, believed to be one of dozens who have infiltrated into Syria through Turkey ostensibly to fight against the Assad regime, has been captured by the Kurdish armed group YPG (People's Protection Units) that's close to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
The young man identifies himself as Mohammed Ali Sadiq from Sharazur area, Sulaimaniyah province. Media outlets close to the PKK said the man was captured in fights between the Jihadist al-Nusra Front and the YPG over territorial conflicts in Sare Kaniye (Ras al--Ain).
YPG, a secular nationalist Kurdish group, has been in a deadly fight with the Jihadist groups that include al-Nusra, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and according to YPG reports some Syria Kurdish groups as well. YPG sources claim that up to 100 al-Nusra Jihadists have so far been killed and many captured. The group also reported 15 deaths among its ranks.
YPG is fighting for Kurdish control over the Kurdish areas of Syria and ultimately an autonomous region similar to that in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdish Jihadist captured by the YPG says in the video posted on Youtube that he was "deceived" because he was told that he would be fighting the Assad regime but he found himself fighting Kurdish forces.
YPG and PKK social media outlets said the Kurdish Jihadists were recruited in Halabja area, in Sulaimaniyah province, by some clerics and operatives of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (IMK) and the Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) - two political Islamist groups in Kurdistan Region. Media outlets close to the two parties have not said anything about it.
"In return for any young man going [to Syria], the clerics and [IMK and KIG] officials will receive gifts and money from the MIT (Turkish intelligence agency) and the al-Qaeda organization" one PKK page called PKK Fans in the South [PKK Fans in Iraqi Kurdistan] accuses the two parties.
Firat News Agency, close to the PKK, says the man is one 87 Jihadists from Kurdistan Region of Iraq who have ben recruited to fight in Syria.
The Jihadists says in the video "Until we arrived here I thought everybody fought Bashar Assad, but when we arrived I realized that there were so many different groups and that they made us fight against Kurds" He also says that the al-Nusra Front did not trust the Kurdish Jihadists and only used them in any way they wanted.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:36 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song "His Tender Mercies." Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Acts 16:16-34 (NIV).
Before the Magistrates (vv. 16-21)
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved." She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, "In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!" At that moment the spirit left her.
When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice."
It is already unlawful to practice the Christian faith, as Jesus taught it, in many countries throughout the world, whether or not that law is actually on the books. And, it is becoming unlawful to do so in America, too. How do I know this? I know this because of the words that our leaders are speaking to the people, and I know it because of the witness of the Holy Spirit within me who gives me understanding to see what these leaders are saying.
For instance, ever since Obama took office, he has made no secret of the fact that he and America are partnering with many other nations across the globe to fight religious extremism. And, he isn't just talking about people who commit horrible crimes against humanity all in the name of religion, either. Quoting from the vision statement of the UNAOC:
The UN Alliance of Civilizations works toward a more peaceful, more socially inclusive world, by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, and highlighting the will of the world's majority to reject extremism and embrace diversity.
The UN, Obama, Pope Francis, the mayor of Akron, Ohio (where I live) and Donald Trump, et al, are all giving the same (or similar) message as one another. The message is loud and clear that we must remove from the earth (or from our nation) all which divides us as the people of the world; that our differences must not define us, for if they do, then that is what sows hatred and conflict. They speak much against individualism, exclusion, differences, division and disagreements. These, they believe, must all come to an end.
They are calling for the people of the world, including in America, to have shared and common ground, goals, resolve, cooperation, integration, purpose and tolerance (permissive indulgence), and, in America, for all of us to "speak with one voice and one heart" (Donald Trump quoting Abe Lincoln). Their goal is purportedly world peace, where all the people of the world live together in harmony, regardless of religion or lifestyle choice.
Yet, Jesus said that he didn't come to bring peace, but a sword. He came to turn family members, one against another (See: Matt. 10). What he meant by this is if we follow him, in the way in which he taught us to follow him, the world will hate us, and they will reject us. And yet, if we love the people of this world more than we love him, then we are not worthy of him, he said. And, if we do not take up our cross daily and follow him, we are not worthy of him, he said. In other words, Jesus called us out of the world. He called us to be holy – separate (unlike, different) from the world, because we are becoming like Christ. So, we are not supposed to be united with the world in harmony, having one mind, heart and purpose with them.
From this, we should know that we are going to be facing serious religious persecution, if we are not already, if we do not compromise our faith in Jesus Christ in order to conform to and cooperate with the international community in breaking down all which divides us so that we can live in a more peaceful and socially inclusive world where all the people of the world, regardless of religion or lifestyle join hands and hearts and sing Kumbaya.
Praying and Singing (vv. 22-28)
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!"
Satan hates those who are followers of Jesus Christ, because we do not conform to his ways, and we work against him when we tell people about Jesus and they are set free from their slavery to sin (from their demons). He wants to hold people in bondage to sin so they will not serve Jesus Christ, but so they will serve him and do his bidding, instead. He wants the world to all come together in harmony (a false peace), and to break down all which divides us, because then the gospel of Jesus Christ will not be preached, and people will not be saved, and everyone will all be the same. But, they will all go to hell, too, because they have not believed in Jesus Christ to be Lord (owner-master) and Savior of their lives, for they loved their own lives more than they loved Jesus.
But, when they hate us and they persecute us, which they will, we must know that greater is He who lives within us than he who lives in the world. We must believe that our God is completely sovereign and absolutely in control over all that he has made. He is allowing this for a purpose, and it is to make us holy, to revive his wayward church, to spread the gospel of salvation to the ends of the earth, and so many will be saved before the day when he returns for his bride. So, we must not let it undo us. We must keep on keeping on sharing Christ and his gospel of salvation, and we must remain steadfast in faith and faithful in purpose and stand strong on the truth of God's word and against Satan's evil schemes against us. And, we must keep on singing, and not be silent, even if they take our lives.
What Must I Do? (vv. 29-34)
The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
Amen! Hallelujah! God is faithful! He will take what Satan meant for evil and he will turn it around for good. If we remain faithful to our Lord, even in the face of great opposition and persecution, and we keep on loving God and the people of this world, and we don't retaliate, but we live in perfect peace with our Lord and we share his joy and his salvation with others, I believe God will use it to bring people to Jesus Christ. So, hang in there. Don't let what others do or say get you down. Rejoice in the Lord and in his mighty strength, and shout out his message of salvation for all to hear.
His Tender Mercies / An Original Work / January 26, 2014
Fear not! I'm with you.
Be not dismayed!
God watches o'er you.
Trust Him today.
He'll lead and guide you;
Give you His aid.
He'll love and keep you
With Him always.
Walk in His footsteps.
He'll lead the way.
Trust in His love;
Believe that He cares.
He will not leave you.
Faithful He'll be.
His tender mercies
Now you will see.
Fellowship with Him
Throughout the day.
Tell Him your heartaches.
He'll heal always.
Rest in His comfort.
He is your friend.
Your faith He'll strengthen,
True to the end.


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Land Remediation Relief: Tax Credit: Qualifying land remediation loss - example
This example should be read together with the guidance at CIRD68005 and CIRD68015.
A Ltd is carrying on a trade and incurs qualifying land remediation expenditure of £50,000 in an accounting period. The expenditure is an allowable deduction in computing its trading loss for CT purposes. In addition A Ltd claims land remediation relief of £25,000 in respect of the expenditure.
After taking other expenses into account, A Ltd has an overall trading loss for the accounting period of £80,000. The company has other income of £10,000 in the accounting period.
A Ltd makes a claim to surrender the full amount of its qualifying land remediation loss in exchange for a payment of land remediation tax credit, but makes no other loss relief or group relief claims for the period:
* 150% of the qualifying land remediation expenditure is £75,000 (£50,000 x 150%).
* A Ltd's unrelieved trading loss for the accounting period is £70,000 (£80,000 less £10,000).
* A Ltd's qualifying land remediation loss is the lesser of these two amounts, i.e. £70,000.
* The tax credit payable is £11,200 (£70,000 x 16% see CIRD68015).
* The trading loss A Ltd is able to carry forward to future accounting periods is £10,000 (£80,000 less £70,000).


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To look at Brooke with a modern understanding of psychology, then in its infancy, reveals a deeply obsessive character, sexually frustrated and at times almost bi-polar in his mood swings, which ranged from egotistical and manipulative ranting to deep, possibly even suicidal, depression and a crippling lack of confidence. In many ways, he comes across as a young man out of his time, born too early; the personal and literary freedoms he craved are simply not those of Edwardian society. Take, for example, his poem The Voice; this is an accomplished piece of romantic pastoral, which, re-examined in light of the ending, becomes biting satire. The poem very much sums up Brooke's complicated attitude to his art - poetry was, to him, the highest pinnacle, the greatest form of expression, the weight of its history both inspiring and oppressing... and yet at the same time the canon is something to played with, turned on its head, even mocked; see also The Great Lover.
Love, indeed, seems to have presented him with a similar dichotomy; he both yearned for it and despised it. When he wasn't in love, he forced himself to be so, playing the courtly lover much as Romeo does before he meets Juliet. Yet when real love (hetero- or homosexual), or at least its potential, reared its head, he ran a mile!
What his letters show, however, is a complex boy who grows into an even more complex man. He is intellectual, yes, but also surreal, witty, even silly:
"I am writing a Book. There will only be one copy. It will be inscribed in crimson ink on green paper. It will consist of thirteen small poems; each as beautiful, and as meaningless as a rose-petal, or a dew-drop. (These are not yet written, however.) When the book is prepared, I shall read it once a day for seven days. Then I shall burn the book: and die."
Surely, had he ever realised it, a contender for the Turner Prize?
His legendary "dateless" beauty ("he was tall and well built, loosely put together, with a careless animal grace..." "eyes not grey or bluish white, but of living blue, really like the sky..." "the whole effect was almost ludicrously beautiful.") is set off by the intense passion with which he sometimes imbued his letters: "You go burning through every vein and inch of me till I'm all [you]", he wrote to Ka Cox, with whom he lost his heterosexual virginity.
But he was also, as Virginia Woolf was often quick to point out, cruel. He knew how and when to hurt his friends, and did so with calculated precision. His letters demonstrate occasional remorse, but it was often a long time coming. Indeed, due to his early death, in some cases apologies never came.
And then, we can - and better men than I have spent much time doing so - deliberate on what he would have become had he lived longer. He is known in many circles simply as one of the 'war poets', and criticised just as often for the heroic tone those few war sonnets take, but one must remember that in 1915, when Brooke died, even Sassoon's poems were patriotic, and Brooke, though on his way to Gallipolli, never saw frontline action. I have read speculations that he might have made Prime Minister - he moved in the right circles (friends included Churchill and Violet Asquith, the latter, naturally, being in love with him) and was always vaguely interested in politics. But he was a strange mix, as many were at that time, of latent racism and outright sexism (he hated suffragettes), combined with liberal Fabian ideals. (Indeed, he is indirectly responsible for the Arts Council - his friend, the great economist Maynard Keynes, proposed a fund for artists based on an appeal made by Brooke). Brooke was in fact so utterly contrary in virtually every aspect of his life that it is hard to say whether he would have, had he lived into the 1930s, sided with Hitler or Stalin.
But contradiction is perhaps what lies at the heart of our infatuation with so many artists, writers and musicians. After all, isn't complexity the essence of creativity?
(All references from Song of Love by Pippa Harris, Friends and Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey by Keith Hale, and Rupert Brooke: Life, Death and Myth by Nigel Jones)


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Wednesday, June 26, 2002
CAM magazine goes green
This Term's issue of CAM, the University magazine, focuses on plants - the emergence of the study of botany in Cambridge, the research currently undertaken by this and other Cambridge departments at the Botanic Garden, and the plans for the Education and Interpretation Centre there. CAM is free to Cambridge alumni. Copies are available in the Department library or online here.
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Targanta Therapeutics (TARG) filed for an IPO in early October 2007. They are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative antibiotics for serious infections. Their important therapeutic in development is oritavancin, a novel semi-synthetic glycopeptide antibiotic, for the treatment of serious gram-positive bacterial infections. In order to properly evaluate the current market for serious bacterial infections we first need to brush up on antibiotic resistant microbial pathogens. Let's get started.
Antimicrobial Resistance
In the early 1970s, physicians were finally forced to abandon their belief that, given the vast array of effective antimicrobial agents, virtually all bacterial infections were treatable. Their optimism was shaken by the emergence of resistance to multiple antibiotics among such pathogens as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The evolution of increasingly antimicrobial-resistant bacterial species stems from a multitude of factors that includes the widespread and sometimes inappropriate use of antimicrobials, the extensive use of these agents as growth enhancers in animal feed, and, with the increase in regional and international travel, the relative ease with which antimicrobial-resistant bacteria cross geographic barriers.
Staphylococcus aureus is perhaps the pathogen of greatest concern. S. aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that colonises the skin and is present in about 25–30% of healthy people. This species has high intrinsic virulence, acquiring antibiotic resistance either by gene mutation or horizontal transfer from another bacterium. S. aureus is the primary cause of lower respiratory tract and surgical site infections, and is also the leading cause of hospital-acquired bacteremia, pneumonia, and cardiovascular infections.
As rapidly as new antibiotics are introduced, staphylococci have developed efficient mechanisms to neutralize them. Resistance to penicillin appeared soon after it was introduced into clinical practice in the 1940s. The effect was initially confined to a small number of hospitalized patients, but resistance spread as use of penicillin increased, first to other hospitals and then into the community. By the late 1960s, >80% of community- and hospital-acquired S. aureus isolates were resistant to penicillin.
The evolution of resistance which first emerges in hospitals and is then spread to the community, is an established pattern that recurs with each new wave of antimicrobial resistance. Methicillin, introduced in 1961, was the first of the semisynthetic penicillinase-resistant penicillins. Its introduction was rapidly followed by reports of methicillin-resistant isolates. Recent information suggests that the evolution and spread of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) seems to be following a wavelike emergence pattern similar to that of penicillin. First detected in hospitals in the 1960s methicillin resistance is now increasingly recognized in the community.
Glycopeptide antibiotics are used as a last resort.
Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic originally developed by Eli Lilly for penicillin-resistant staphylococci and fastracked by the FDA in 1958. Vancomycin and other subsequently developed glycopeptide antibiotics have never been used as first line treatment for S. aureus infections largely because of the development of methicillin and relevant analogs, and because they must be administered intravenously. However, with steadily rising MRSA cases the use of vancomycin and other glycopeptides as a last resort against these resistant infections has become increasingly widespread. Not suprisingly therefore, in 1996 the first reports of vancomycin intermediate S aureus (VISA) began to come from around the globe. Since then a number of reports of fully resistant (VRSA) strains have been reported. Furthermore, these strains tend to be multidrug resistant (including teicoplanin, another glycopeptide) against a large number of currently available antibiotics, compromising treatment options. At the moment, as there are no formal recommendations regarding treatment, identified strains of VISA or VRSA must be submitted to laboratory screenings to determine a potential antibiotic regimen.
So that brings us up to speed on the state of the perpetual war between Humans and Microbes. Certainly this is a reasonably hot topic right now due to recent news reports of MRSA outbreaks amongst the community. It is important to remember that before the discovery and widespread use of penicillin, bacterial infections were by far the biggest cause of early 20th century mortalities, and microbes like S. Aureus are constantly using the power of darwinian evolution to discover a method to reclaim that title. Furthermore antibiotics have largely been overlooked by the bigger pharmaceutical firms despite volumes of increased molecular understanding of these organisms coming out of academia. This is changing quickly however, so next time we'll look at the other competitors who are developing and marketing novel antibiotics. We'll and cover Targanta's number one candidate Oritavancin and how it measures up to the science. Stay tuned.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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Cedar Grove Real Estate - Find Your Perfect Home For Sale!
Cedar Grove - Town vs. County Stats
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I did:) We started a fire in the fireplace on Christmas Eve, listened to our favorite Christmas Songs and enjoyed the evening. I am truly blessed.
Now for my Crafty Talk:)....I handmade my Christmas Cards again this year. I sooo enjoyed creating these cards this year!
I used 2 different paper packs from American Crafts found at AC Moore. A combination of stamps from different places, CTMH, Stampin Up and Michael's 1.00 Spot. For the Snowflakes, I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and the ribbon is from Dollar Tree, White Satin. They have this ribbon year round, so a great bargain when you are making a lot of cards during the holidays!
This card was sent to Family. I thought the Snow family was soo cute, they had glittered accents so pretty!
These two cards were made for my DH clients.
Happy Holidays!


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- English
A dating service for single Christians aimed at serious faith-based relationship. Once you join, you can chat online with others who share your beliefs and values. ChristianMingle is one of the most active online Christian communities and has around 39,000 regular members.
Looking for a Christian Relationship?
Relationships.com, now known as ChristianMingle.com is a lively Christian dating and contact site. It is a member of the Sparks network, which also includes blacksingles.com and spark.com. They have an easy to use website which is pretty self explanatory to navigate.
Backing this up there is an extensive list of testimonials from happy users who have met their soulmate through relationships.com. They give credit to the site for marriages, engagements and babies!A profile needs to be created to get in-depth information on the singles listed within the site.
Photo Search
A quick photo search is available, but you can only pick a ten year age span of men or women. You can browse through two pages of thumbnail photos, but no details are given on the person. To have a smaller search, make your profile and click away.
The site has thousands of members, but no specific number given. With the amount of testimonials listed, they have much success in the matchmaking department. This website offers lots of resources for people in the dating arena.
infoSeptember 7th, 2012
Just averageWas a member 4 months. Not enough interesting women in my area to make it worthwhile. Otherwise it is good enough.
reginaldFebruary 3rd, 2010
RecommendedIt is writen that he who finds a wife, finds good things and favour from lord. I believe that my God sent love, and will locate me this month.


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Alexandra is a lively college student returning to live with her roommates Jessica and Breanne after the summer holidays. After a night of drinking, Alex agrees to a psychic reading to learn about her future with her boyfriend, Brian, but during the reading a dramatic turn of events causes SOMETHING to go drastically wrong. When Alex awakes the next day, she cant remember the events of the night before. She begins to hear creepy noises, hallucinate, black out and receive unidentifiable scratch marks all over her body. Afraid shes going crazy, she seeks help from her friends but Jessica, Breanne and Brian are incapable of comprehending the scope of the darkness descending UPON her.
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MORE than three years after a Khayelitsha man was decapitated and his body buried in a shallow grave in an open field, the Cape High Court sentenced the killer to 28 years imprisonmen.
The killer, 34-year-old Lungisa Mlotywa, is not a first time offender when it comes to violence, as he was found guilty of robbery with aggravating circumstances by the Khayelitsha Regional Court in November 2008.
He fatally stabbed Thembalethu Mandamane in the neck in March 2008, and proceeded to cut his head off.
He then buried the body in an open field in Khayelitsha and kept his head in a water filled hole in the floor of his shack.
The 28 year sentence handed down on Wednesday for the killing would run concurrently with the 10-year sentence for robbery he is currently serving, said Judge Owen Rogers, and can apply for parole after 20 years.
The deceased's family have welcomed the sentencing but said the case dragged on for too long.
Mlotywa had pleaded not guilty to murdering Mandamane. He had told the court how he was friends with Mandamane in 1986 and '87, claiming Mandamane died thereafter.
He said he had attended Mandamane's funeral in the Eastern Cape, and then encountered him by chance, alive and well, in 2008.
Mlotywa said Mandamane had attacked him with a knife and he had fought back and overcome Mandamane. He then stabbed him in the neck and proceeded to cut his head off.
Mlotywa told the court he believed Mandamane was a ghost.
Through his lawyer Daniel Theunissen he also told the court he was rich, owned businesses and that former President Thabo Mbeki had deposited millions into his bank account.
But a psychologist who examined Mlotywa declared him fit to stand trial.
Before sentencing on Wednesday, Mlotywa was found guilty of murder on Tuesday.
Mlotywa refused to take the stand to argue for mitigation of sentence.
This prompted state prosecutor Advocate Manyenya Sebelebele to say "the fact that he (Mlotywa) did not take the stand and tell the court his version, clearly states he is not remorseful."
Outside court, Mlotywa's lawyer Daniel Theunissen said he needed to consult with his client over whether he wanted to apply for leave to appeal.
In handing down his judgement, Judge Rogers said despite the psychological assessment, it was "possible that even if the accused is not mentally ill, he has a personal disorder".
"The manner in which the deceased was killed is bizarre and brutal. Although we may not know if the deceased was still alive when his head was chopped off, still this all the same is a crime. It is shocking that a person can be killed in such a manner," said Rogers.
Apart from killing Mandamane, Rogers said Mlotywa took away a partner and deprived a child of a father. — Sandiso Phaliso


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आशा रखना/asha rakhana/
hope transitive or intransitive verb
If you hope that something is true, or if you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely.
Mabel's family had hoped for something better for their daughter. I hope to get a job within the next two weeks. 'Will it happen again?' — 'I hope not, but you never know.'
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SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Convicted pedophile and former junior hockey coach Graham James is facing more sex-related charges.
RCMP in Swift Current, Sask., say James is charged with sexual assault that is alleged to have occurred when he was coaching the Swift Current Broncos in the early 1990s.
The Mounties say they began an investigation after they received a complaint from a former player with the Western Hockey League team in September 2013.
James, who is 62, served 3 1/2 years in federal prison for sex offences against Broncos hockey player Sheldon Kennedy and two others.
He is now serving a five-year sentence for sexually abusing retired NHLer Theoren Fleury when he played for the Moose Jaw Warriors.
A lawyer for James appeared this morning in Swift Current provincial court where a publication ban was ordered.
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For starters, it topped 100 degrees again, no breeze, too much humidity.
Felt like I was in Houston. Had to check my GPS to make sure I wasn't.
I'm outside doing some yard work in the heat of the day, and in the midst of taking the brushwhacker to my shrubs at the front of the house, I get attacked by a swarm of (expletive deleted) yellow jackets.
Luckily, I'm not allergic to being bit or stung by these SOBs. The primary adverse reaction I have is swearing at the top of my lungs when bitten by one of these flying menaces.
Given the size of the swarm today, I set new records for volume, duration and creative use of unbefore-heard-of swear words. I think I dropped more f-bombs in just a few seconds than Jimmy Doolittle did during his entire mission over Tokyo.
Then I got mad. Killing mad.
When dealing with yellow jackets and wasps and other useless menaces, Tom Hite is my hero. I didn't do it exactly how he does it in this video, but I ain't through battling these SOBs either.
Finished the yard work, washed the Doberman, changed the oil and filter on my wife's car, went inside and took a refreshing shower and when I sat down in my easy chair . . . the damn electricity went out.
4:30 p.m. northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas on a triple-digit day and the freaking power goes out. Stayed out over four hours.
I heard later in the evening, when the power came back on and I was watching the news, that some utility worker got stung by a yellow-jacket. When he drew his Model 29 with #14 shot (specially cast for wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and horseflies here in Texas), he ended up shooting the transmitter.
Damn yellow jackets.
P.S. I hope the Georgia Bulldogs pound the living snot out of Georgia Tech this year and every year going forward.


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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Who do we vote for?
First, we think as though we vote for parties when we actually elect individuals. This means that the quality of the candidates has fairly little bearing on how people vote. Every party has known times when their brilliant candidate has been crushed by a donkey with the right colour rosette. Party is the biggest factor in the polling booth, except in a few cases such as Martin Bell (Tatton, 1997) or Ken Livingstone (London, 2000). And of course a good/bad candidate can make the difference in a close race.
It also means that when MPs defect to a different party, there's always a clamour (ritual but nonetheless sincere) for them to stand down and fight a byelection – more so than when they change any number of policy positions.
Second, we think as though we vote for a government when we actually elect a parliament. This leads to a double standard whereby manifestos are treated very differently post-election depending on which party forms the government. If the governing party drops some of its manifesto commitments, there are shrieks about 'broken promises'. But if the main opposition party drops some of its commitments, nobody really cares (except for people in that party who liked the old policies and the various media and political opponents who enjoy mocking 'U-turns').
It's broadly accepted that a party not in government has the perfect right to rethink its ideas: 'the party lost the election' – even though every opposition MP won their election, and did so on that set of manifesto pledges. Nobody seems to take the view that a party's MPs have been elected to promote particular policies, regardless of whether they have a parliamentary majority or not.
(A partial qualification for minor parties: nobody votes Lib Dem expecting them to have a majority or even be in second place, so there may be more of a view among Lib Dem voters that they are electing a parliamentary pressure group to take certain positions.)
This is probably due to the facts that the composition of parliament determines the identity of the government and that hung parliaments are so very rare.
If the legislature and the executive were elected separately, no doubt the legislators of all parties would be held more tightly to their election positions. If hung parliaments were the norm, then inter-party negotiations would make it far clearer that the government derives from parliament. It would also be more accepted that no party could implement their manifesto in full, and so all parties would be equally expected to manoeuvre to advance their agendas.
The remaining half-oddity is that while we think of parties over individuals and governments over parliaments, one of the major factors in choosing which party to vote for is the identity of its leader. Brown vs Cameron vs Campbell, or Blair vs Howard vs Kennedy, is certainly much more important than comparisons of the manifesto details.
This means that when a governing party (although, again, not an opposition party) changes its leader mid-parliament, there are demands for a new election – more so than when the government drops a manifesto pledge or when the prime minister stays in place but reshuffles the Cabinet hugely.
(This is only half-peculiar, as constitutionally the identity of the government does derive from the identity of the leader of the majority party.)
The effect of all this is that we often think as though we've got an executive-focused electoral system in which the Commons is largely a device for annoying the government and reminding the opposition of the last election result. This goes well beyond whether a given prime minister has a 'presidential' style and how ruthless the whips are.
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- Cassilis said...
And those quirks have a real bearing on the likelihood of electoral reform for Westminster.
Can't source it at the moment but I think either Wheatcroft of Jenkins wrote a piece for the Guardian in the aftermath of the Holyrood elections suggesting it would be better to elect an executive or First Minister by FPTP (hence decisive outcome, clarity etc.) but the legislature that keeps him in check by PR (so proportionate, reflecting breadth of opinion etc.)
Not sure this impacts your first quirk but it certainly does the last two - the notion of competing interests and positions would certainly fair better in a proportionate chamber while an FPTP-elected PM/FM would give some legitimacy to the increasingly 'presidential' tone we have with character and personality to the fore.
- 5:34 am, August 09, 2007
- Tom Freeman said...
Yeah, there definitely is some merit in separate elections for exec and legislature, in terms of clarifying roles.
One problem would be the cohabitation issue that US and French presidents sometimes have to face, when the other party runs the legislature and it's hard to get much done.
Now, as a Londoner, I really ought to have some sort of opinion on how the whole mayor/assembly separation is working... Oh well.
- 9:54 am, August 09, 2007


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For the final installment of A Week in Our Worlds we have two more interviews. The first of which is with Raven's very own, Jim Hughes. Jim talks with us about the cage they keep him in over in the Raven basement and the sexual fantasies he sometimes has towards his fellow employees.
1)So are you like Raven's little secret weapon that they keep locked up down in the basement? I mean they haven't even posted your picture/bio on the Raven homepage (at least not that I could find)! Do they at least keep your cage clean?
I would like to think of myself as some type of secret weapon but unfortunately I am just one of many here at the company. At the time the company web page was being put together I was busy doing some work for SOF's first showing at E3. Needless to say I was up to my neck in work and I never wrote a bio for the web page. I was being hounded all the time for a bio and finally they just gave up. Truth be told I hate having my picture taken and I will do anything in my power to avoid it. I was just using my workload as a excuse.
As far as my cage being clean that is another story. My office is a mess and ever since the cleaning woman hung herself things haven't been the same around here. Although the office looks disorganized everything is within my grasp on the floor around me. I tried to clean it up when my father visited recently but it still looks like a burglary in progress to the average person.
2)Tell us a little bit about how Raven managed to sucker you into working for them? Have you worked for any other game companies?
I was working on some Quake2 levels at home. A friend icq'ed me and said that Eric Biessman updated his plan file saying Raven was looking for designers. I had released a 3 level pak for Quake2 before and was in the final stages of a second Quake2 unit. I honestly never thought I would have a chance in hell of getting a job here. I knew the current maps I was working on were good but I figured somebody else would have something more impressive. At that time the talent pool of level designers on the net was amazing so I wasn't even counting on getting a response back from Eric. I sent him a mail saying these maps were works in progress. The maps were populated and were in the final stages of tweaking. He mailed me back the next day saying he liked them but wanted to see something that was finished and balanced better. I sent him the first Quake2 unit and he wanted to talk to me on the phone. After the phone interview Raven offered to fly me out for a interview and the rest was history. Within a month I moved out here and started working on SOF right away.
3)So what kind of stuff are you into? Where are you from? Did the FBI ever find you? I tried to tell them that you left the country but they just wouldn't believe me.
I have spent most of my life in Sayreville New Jersey. I moved there when I was in forth grade but before that I was born good old Brooklyn New York. I remember moving out to Jersey and people making fun of my Brooklyn accent. I thought that was all over but it started again once I moved out to Wisconsin. When Eric interviewed me on the phone he had never heard anyone talk like me except in Mafia movies. He told everyone at Raven he just did a phone interview with Frank Rizzo from the Jerky boys. Before I got out here I already had earned the "Rizzo" nickname which then later turned into "Jersey Jim". I think my accent is going away but I will never sound normal out here, everybody talks like news reporters in Madison.
Obviously I was am really into computer games but before that music was my life. I have played guitar for the past fifteen years and was attending college for music. After two years and a associates degree I took a break to start teaching guitar at a local music store and opened up a recording studio with two friends. At this time I was playing in a band called "The World is Flat" and also recording some instrumental stuff on my own. After a while the whole studio idea didn't appeal to me so I left. I started to see how hard it was to make ends meet being a musician and I had it very easy since I was still living at home. I think deep down in mind I knew I was going to have to find a career that I loved and could still make money. Level design was a hobby of mine but I never thought it would provide me with a job. Shortly after that the Raven job offer came in.
As far as the FBI goes if they had to find me they wouldnt have to go very far. Raven's offices are located right across the street from the FBI here in Madison. In fact I believe Raven use to be located on the lower floor of that building.
4)What all games have you done work on?
The only professional game I have worked on is SOF. For the retail version I worked on about 9 maps. For the gold version there are another 3 of mine in there. Before that I did "Saturation Point" for Quake2. I also released "Gods of Rapture" and "All Black Within" for Quake1. I still have a 3 map unit for Quake2 that was never released, maybe one of these days I'll take a weekend and finish it up. I had some other odds and ends for Quake1 that I never released also.
5)How did you originally get into level design?
It seems like the same cliché level designers story but it was Doom that completely floored me and infected me with the level design bug. I was always impressed with good graphics ever since the Colecovision and Commodore 64 days but Doom was so far beyond that. I bought a Doom editing book and started messing about with Waded. I still remember doing the first tutorial of a octagon room with a pillar in it. After that I was hooked. I fooled around with Dark forces and Duke for a while and then Quake came out. At the time I wasn't on the internet so I would go to a friend's house to download all the utilities. I was in awe of what was possible with a light sourced 3d engine. I tried different editors before settling down with Worldcraft and then started building maps. After a while I got the hang of it and started releasing some stuff. The rest is history.
6)Ok Eric Biessman and Jon Zuk in a real wrestleing match (not that fake ass WWF crap), we'll even throw in a few bats and and clubs, who wins?
This is a real tough one. See Eric is a pretty strong guy and would probably throw Jon around but there is a problem. Jon "Shifty" Zuk didn't get his nickname for nothing. See Jon is from Chicago and he is a very well connected guy. We have all seen the recent news stories about the Zuk family from Chicago. Vinny "The nose" Zuk and Tony "Knuckles" Zuk were just recently arrested for murder and selling fire works illegally.
To answer your question if it was just Eric and Shifty one on one then Eric would probably win. But if it wasn't correctly monitored and Shifty has access to his "family's" resources then Biessman doesn't stand a chance in hell.
7)So do you still see yourself working at Raven, designing levels, in five years?
It is really hard to think that far ahead. If you told me 5 years ago that I would be working at Raven making games I would have told you to quit smoking those funny cigarettes. It has been 2 years already here and I can see myself doing level design for a while. We will see if Raven puts up with me for another 3 years.
8)In your opinion, whats the best level you've ever played?
I am sort of partial to SOF but I was very proud of all the levels. My favorite though is nyc3. I remember sitting with Eric talking about what we wanted to happen on that level. I also remember Mike Renner (he built, populated and scripted the level) drawing the opening room layout on a white board in back of his cube. I thought the level pacing was really well done. I also like the way the situations are set up with the hostages. It was also very cool to see the cops on that map. Sometimes there are situations that just "gel". The lighting and architecture are great and the combat feels good. This is one of those levels that just worked on all aspects. Even when testing through the game thousands of times I always looked forward to playing that one. When you feel like you are "there" then the designers have done their job.
9)What level do you believe shows off your talents the best?
This is a really hard question to answer since most of the maps I did for SOF were very different from each other. It is hard to look at my own stuff objectively since I only see it for the faults and improvements I could make. I was very proud of the first Iraq level in SOF (Irq1a). I thought it looked different from what people were use to seeing and I thought it played well. It was also a cool feeling sneaking around the town in a disguise. I was happy I was able to pull of some of that style of architecture with brushes. I was surprised it even compiled and lit correctly.
10)Any words of advice you wish to share with us?
The best advice would I could give would be to set realistic goals and try your best to stick with them. If you start a map then make a effort to finish it. There was many times out of frustration that I was ready to give up on a map. I forced myself to finish a full map in my earlier days just so I could say I made one complete map. I think if I gave up on that map I may not be here today. When starting out the task may seem overwhelming but once you have actually built a complete map it is easier from that point on. Whether is a deathmatch map or single player map doesn't matter. The important thing is that you start it and finish it. If it sucks then you dont have to release it, just start another one. Your second effort will probably be better and take less time. After each map I built I felt that I had learned something that I could apply to future maps in order to make the better.
A big thanks to Jim for his time and we promise next time we'll try to steal the key from Kenn while he's sleeping and let you out of your cage for a little while.


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Last week I watched a split-screen of the first Harry Potter film, The Sorcerer's Stone, and the final installment, The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. The film series took place over the course of ten years, so, obviously, there was expected growth, changes, and evolution in the characters and franchise. However, watching the split screen of two movies, filmed a decade apart, brought home the fact that each one of these characters had grown up in front of the entire world, and had brought a best-selling novel series to life. Some key points of note:
- The original Dumbledore, portrayed by the talented Richard Harris, will always be my favorite actor portrayal of the character.
- By the end of the series, who would have thought that Neville would be on the cusp of becoming the Hottest HP character? Neville also goes from the nerdy wizard who has difficulty casting spells to the confident, Gryffindor Sword wielding wizard who saves Ron and Hermione from Nagini the snake.
- Ron teased us all with his transformation into a mighty cute wizard, highlighted even more by his quiet, growing, protective love for Hermione.
- Severus Snape's character and true role in Potter's life is slowly revealed in a way that keeps the audience wondering whether to hate the complex and enigmatic professor or sympathize with him. In The Deathly Hallows, we are shown a side of Snape that helps explain his tumultuous relationship with Harry over the last ten years and the part he has played in many key moments in Harry's life and moments of imminent death.
- "And the award for Best Transformation goes to: Voldermort!" Voldermort progressed from being a cloaked, hovering, incorporeal entity feeding on Unicorn blood, to riding shotgun on the back of Professor Quirrell's head, to a powerful, corporeal form that possesses Dumbledore's wand.
- A lot of main characters die in the final installment during the big battle with Voldemort's army, which will always make me cry.
- The screen in The Sorcerer's Stone was bright with colors such as orange, red, and blue exploding off the screen in numerous backgrounds and rooms. The Deathly Hallows film was dark both figuratively and literally with the rise of evil, dark magic, characters dying, and with the use of dark, charcoal colors in scenes.
- The roller-coaster ride that was Ron and Hermione's relationship was a true love/hate relationship that had Hermione hating Ron most of the time while rolling her eyes most emphatically, while Ron acknowledged that Hermione, while often annoying, was truly "brilliant". Their relationship came to a head in the final installment during their first passionate kiss marking their growing love for one another, and their survival of yet another brush with death.
- Though Harry's parent's died sacrificing themselves for him in events preceding the first film, they are seen in flashbacks and through Harry's desire in the Mirror of Erised throughout the first film. In the final film they appear to him through the Resurrection Stone reassuring Harry that they would be with him in his final moments.What were your favorite moments from the Harry Potter film series?


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Joke #2 - Julia had fallen while pushing her dolly's carriage up the curb. Her knees hurt ever so much, but not half as much as when the man from the "D.C.F.S." came along and told her she had to give up her dolly because she was an "un-fit mother", whatever that was.
Joke #3 - Ralph Nader, exposing the dangers of poorly-designed strollers for his hard-hitting book: "Unsafe at Nanny Speed".
Joke #4 - "Julia was unhurt, but awfully shaken up after taking a tumble on the curb. Thankfully, the nice engineer happened by and explained that her endo was the result of inadequate suspension travel, and that she should re-tune her stroller's suspension setup for 30% sag, and that if she upgraded to shock with speed-sensitive valving, she could back off the rebound damping a little bit, so that the suspension didn't "pack up" over high frequency stutter bumps, all without bottoming out on big hits like that curb that threw her just now. What a nice man he was." -Excerpt from "The Mountain Biker's Radical Compendium of Sleepy-Time Beddy-Bye Stories for Gnarly Little Hammerheads."
Joke #5 - Mitt Romney, explaining to a lazy 47-percenter that it's really up to her to get up on her own and dust herself off, because her problems are none of his concern.
Jim D. Delivers joke #6 to us, skidding to a stop in the middle of the intersection. Thanks, Jim! - "Please Mister, just play along and tell 'em I swerved to avoid hitting a kitten! One more DUI and Human Services is going to take Dolly away!"
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Saturday, September 21, 2013
New Prints and Other Stuff
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What a fun pillow...perfect for a craft room!ReplyDelete
Nothing too excited planned this weekend here either. Working in my studio and Jesse is cutting wood. Let me know if you find that friend who loves to clean...I need one of those too :)
I love that pillow. It's so colorful. I love cleaning I just always find other interesting things to do instead. Ryan is away this weekend so I'm all by my lonesome. I actually just finished sewing a skirt from scratch..ok not completely from scratch but from a pattern and it actually came out decent. I woke up this morning and was like.. I think I'm going to sew some clothes. Now, that I'm done I'm straightening up and probably going to do some crocheting. I'm trying to get new scarves in the shop.ReplyDelete
I like that pillow! Nothing wrong with ordering your own stuff. I was thinking about ordering a pillow, to see how they look in real life :-)ReplyDelete
I love them all! It's Sunday morning and I"m sitting in bed eating croissants and catching up on my email. What paint did you decide on?ReplyDelete
We had a very domestic weekend, too, which I think is my favorite kind. I'm not terribly excited about cleaning either, but I always love how the house looks when it's done so I try to keep up with it. :-)ReplyDelete
I love how easy society6 makes it to buy cool stuff from art! I love the top photo best!ReplyDelete
We went to Disneyland this weekend! It was exciting but I'm SO exhausted! Going to be quiet around here the next few weeks :)


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WOOD DALE – Prairie Fest returns for its 12th year this weekend in Wood Dale's Town Square.
The festivities kicked off Thursday, but the carnival rides, food vendors and bands will be back today, along with many other activities, according to a fest news release.
In addition to food, arts/craft vendors and rides, Prairie Fest will feature plenty of music. Several popular local tribute bands, including 7th Heaven (pop/rock), the Suburban Cowboys (country classics) and Heartache Tonight (Eagles tribute), will perform, the release stated.
There also will be bingo play from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, a fireworks display Saturday night and a performance by Lester the Clown from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the release.
The fest will be from 6 to 11 p.m. today, 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday at Wood Dale Road and Commercial Street.
Admission is free.
For more information, visit www.wooddale.com.
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Fest schedule
6:30 p.m. Kashmir (Led Zeppelin tribute)
9 p.m. Heartache Tonight (Eagles tribute)
2 p.m. Jaktripper (rock)
2 to 7 p.m. Bingo
4 p.m. Stilettos N Spurs (rock/country)
5:45 p.m. Lounge Puppets (rock)
8 p.m. Jimmie Van Zant (rock)
9:15 p.m. Fireworks
9:35 p.m. Suburban Cowboys (country classics)
1 p.m. Without U2 (U2 tribute)
2 to 7 p.m. Bingo
3 to 6 p.m. Lester the Clown
3 p.m. CTA (Chicago tribute)
5:15 p.m. Hi Infidelity (Journey tribute)
8 p.m. 7th Heaven (80s rock)


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A HALIFAX TIME-TRAVELLING TUNE (Nimbus, 2018)
*…Whether they live in Halifax or elsewhere, when the time-travelling tune is finished and the child's asleep in their bed, children will be full of questions about what their home was like 'back in the old days'. Young and not-so-young alike, readers will enjoy this trip back in time.
…Narrated by a child who is not referred to by a name or pronoun and not clearly gendered in the illustrations, the common restriction of adventures being for boys only is avoided. All readers will be better able to imagine themselves in the slippers of the time-traveler. With numerous opportunities to join in, including quacking with the ducks and melodic clickity-clacking of the trolley down Barrington Street and trot-trot-clippity-clopping with the ponies on Sable Island, readers and listeners become part of the time-travelling tune.
Teachers and adults will enjoy and appreciate the 'inspirational images' with short descriptions at the back of A Halifax Time-Travelling Tune. These images connect the illustrations with history, and the captions will help adults from Halifax and beyond answer questions, perhaps inspiring some to bring out their photo albums and share some new 'when I was your age' stories that otherwise would have gone untold at home that could be shared in the classroom. Everyone has a story to tell. Crystal Sutherland in Canadian Review of Materials (CM) Highly Recommended, 5 stars
*"A Halifax Time-Travelling Tune is a playful book that takes readers on a journey through the capital city of Nova Scotia. It evokes emotions of happiness and curiosity, coupled with some historical information for readers of any age. The illustrations provide visual images that make the text and story come alive, and even if you have visited Halifax many times before, A Halifax Time-Travelling Tune will make you want to visit there again and soon!" —Resource Links (Pouch Cove, NF)
TALKING TO THE MOON (Red Deer Press, 2018)
*It's hard to pinpoint the charm of this book. Partly it is Katie, herself, her precision and her colour sense, her need for her personal space; partly it is Catherine Marguerite's letters, or bits of them, that we get in fits and starts, finding out about how life was back when, and partly it is the mystery of Katie's background that the reader will probably figure out before Katie, herself, does. All in all, Talking to the Moon is a book with a mystery, an interesting protagonist, and good background material. It also has a moral: don't despair over information that you have only heard as an eavesdropper; you may have it, or its context, completely wrong!
Canadian Review of Materials (CM), Highly Recommended
SKY PIG (Pajama Press, 2016)
*Skypig is delightful, not only for the story and its life lesson, but also for the colourful, mixed media illustrations which help provide the depth and breadth of the book… Pre-readers will be able to tell a story from the beauty and texture of the illustrations of the pig who tries to fly and his help who cheers him on. This picture book is highly recommended for whole class reading, individual reading, as well as for students learning about and experimenting with art forms and art media.
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*Award-winning Canadian author Coates spins a porcine tale of dreams, perseverance, and friendship. Del Rizzo's colorful illustrations, made with Plasticine, polymer clay, and "other doodads," are a good match… Ollie and light-skinned Jack are expressive, though, and they have a fey appeal. Piggie pipe dreams come to life in this agreeable book.
Kirkus Reviews, August, 2016
THE KING OF KEJI (Nimbus Publishing, 2015)
*Jacob discovers the wealth of colours and textures surrounding him in the foliage, rocks, and wildlife in the park, fondly known as Keji. Gramps provides the opportunity for Jacob to look carefully and listen quietly, and the boy comes up with his own ideas, creating a sceptre from a stick, a crown of red berries and grass, and a throne out of a boulder. Sunset on the final evening in Keji fills the sky with gold and ruby, and Jacob feels he truly has become a king on this wonderful trip.
Moments of discovery are "photographed" by Jacob and Gramps….the overall idea of the book – learning how to be a king by appreciating the riches in the world around us – is well developed and handled with an appealingly light touch.
Gwyneth Evans, Quill & Quire review, June, 2015
* What's in a name? Pretty well everything, especially when your name is Bob but your cute little sister calls you Bobby, your perfect older brother calls you Stick-boy, the school bully calls you Blob, and the name you call yourself is Mr. Invisible. Bob Prescott wants nothing more than making the Division 1 school basketball team, but he's not tall enough and not quite good enough. He and his family are struggling under the crushing weight of his father's brain cancer and the painful cycle of up one day and down the next. Bob channels his desperation and sadness into his basketball training and finds a way to bring hope to his family and others living with cancer. His determination and courage on the basketball court and in the rest of his life help him grow into his new nickname: Rocket Man.
Jan. L. Coates, an accomplished and versatile writer, gets so much right in Rocket Man. Her technical descriptions of playing basketball are excellent; she goes right inside the yearning, awkward, striving and inevitably belching body of a 14-year-old boy; she nails the experience of trying to avoid a persistent bully; she captures the first flutters of boy-girl attraction and she aces the complicated family dynamics of people living with a life-threatening illness. Although the resolution and ending happen rather quickly, Rocket Man is a heartfelt, exciting read with an endearing hero who plays to his strength and wins.
Charis Cotter, The National Reading Campaign "Readerly"
*Bob's determination and drive to succeed as a basketball player help to create and sustain his self-confidence as he ultimately becomes not only a "hoop hero" as "Rocket Man," but a community hero as the leader of a successful charity drive. Bob's transformation into someone he is proud to be is shown by his eventual willingness to leave "Mr Invisible" in the dust in exchange for his full-throttle and highly visible identity as "Rocket Man". Bob's evolution creates a satisfying conclusion to Coates' book.
Devon Galitsky, Canadian Review of Materials (CM, Oct. 2014)
*… using the sport of basketball as a setting for a strong, emotional narrative is a great way to draw in a reading audience of young men. There's some very cool storytelling going on here, guys!
There's no way that I'm going to give away the ending in this review, but I really appreciated the way the author kind of left things open. There are very few things in life that we can really be certain, so I appreciated the "realistic" feeling that the book left me with. We're all going to face different kinds of challenges, but what really matters is how we respond to them. Bob might not be able to do a whole lot about his Dad's fight with cancer, but he is doing everything within his power to be supportive and strong. Sometimes, even when a set of circumstances might be completely beyond your control, it's still possible to make an impact in a way that you never could have have imagined…
JamesVachowski (full review at: http://booksboyslike.blogspot.ca/
THE POWER OF HARMONY (Red Deer Press, 2013)
*i love this book! although at times its sad its always got me on the edge of my seat making me want to finish the book in one sitting. The power of harmony makes you smile tear up and want to go find the people in the book in real life and either hug them beat the up or help them. this booked is filled with emotions as sadness but at the same time happiness. I wasn't sure that Jan Coates would be a good author but after reading this book i Know for a fact she is.
providence (review as found on Google Books)
*Simply stated, "The Power Of Harmony" is deftly written and thoroughly entertaining from first page to last. It's sometimes said that those who teach can't do. But clearly that is not the case with Jan L. Coates who is highly sought after with respect to her school of writing workshops given through the Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia. An enduringly popular addition to community library Children's Fiction collections, "The Power Of Harmony" is especially recommended for young readers ages 9 and older.
Midwest Book Review
*Jennifer dreams of becoming a famous singer, but she's terrified to sing in public. Set in the late 1960's in a former coal-mining town Jenn finds herself without a best friend by her side and the subject of a group of bullies. When a new girl moves to town, Melody, the group of bullies show their prejudice for Mi'kmaq people and taunt and tease Melody. When Jenn gets to know Melody she discovers that the two have a lot in common. Their friendship gives them both courage to face their fears. A powerful story about unjustified prejudice and disliking someone just because they are different. (Ages 9-12)
Christina Lewis, Kids BookShelf, July, 2013
*With the upcoming Miners' Hall Concert, on the tenth anniversary of the Springhill mining disaster, Melody and Jennifer are asked to sing a song together. They heed the words of surprise guest, Anne Murray, who tells them,
"Remember – sing with your heart and soul; harmony's a powerful thing." (pg. 238)
*The harmony of Melody and Jenny is a powerful force, helping the two girls face extraordinary life challenges of death, shame, prejudice, grief, fear, and abuse. Together they support each other as no one else could, providing the strength needed to overcome those challenges. For two young girls, they endure much trauma, both within their families and more publicly. But Jan L. Coatesdoes not depict Melody and Jenny as anything but ordinary children, albeit more aware of how people treat each other. They are emotive ("Try to swallow the fat lump of sad in my throat." pg. 143) without being emotional; kind without gushiness; and clever without being smart-alecky. It's Jan L. Coates evocative text and careful plotting that elevate the girls to extraordinary while the history of Springhill, Nova Scotia, including the coal mining, the residential school and the prison, ground the story in reality. The Power of Harmony could have been a cacophony of anger, abuse and prejudice but, with Jan L. Coates' considerate story-telling, it is a sensitive coming of age story in a socially-evolving Canadian setting.
CanLit for LittleCanadians, July, 2013
*Jan Coates has penned a superb novel for young adults that would keep them engrossed to the end. Lines such as: "Native people being good-for-nothing, is like saying all people with blonde hair are stupid," will do much to inform young readers.
Historical Novel Society
A HARE IN THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK (Red Deer Press, 2010)
|*Inspired by Jacob's true story, Coates writes vividly and poetically, establishing a clear historical context for her inspirational tale. From the beginning, Jacob Deng embodied the spirit of Wadeng, the faith that tomorrow will be better, and by the end of the tale, Jacob as storyteller and writer is poised to enter a wider world, where "there are as many books in the world as there are stars in the African sky."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
*This novel, based on the life of the real Jacob Deng, provides insight into the struggles of the Sudan as well as a strong, clear voice. Coates gives an unflinching and poetic glimpse into the life of a boy who chose hope in the face of adversity.
Napthali Ferris, School Library Journal, May, 2011
*By telling the story through the eyes of a young, Dinka boy, Coates simplifies the complex and difficult political and social issues, and makes the story of the Lost Boys accessible to young readers. Her reliance on the storytelling narrative style leads to simple but memorable images. In her interview, she states: "it's my hope that children struggling with troubles of their own will read about young Jacob, admire his determination as he worked to overcome the tremendous adversity in his life, and be inspired, and perhaps empowered, to confront and overcome their own problems." (p. 281) She and Jacob share a wonderful dream.
Patricia Jermey, Resource Links
*An important and well-written story. Jan Coates takes the reader deep into the lives of children dealing with the uproar of war and terror – a strong reminder that the world needs to do better.
Deborah Ellis, Dec. 2010
*Author Jan L. Coates tells the true story of Deng, a former refugee who went on to establish the Wadeng foundation for displaced citizens of Sudan, in a realistic and emotional way that will appeal to young adult readers with its sympathetic young hero and his quest for a better life. Jacob's story, as well as the plight of Sudanese refugees in general, needs to be told to inform Western audiences of the relatively recent turmoil in the nation. Coates' book, a stirring piece of historical fiction, does this well.
Zachary Snow, Children's Literature Reviews
*A heart-wrenching story about life, love, friendship and survival. (Ages 9-12)
KidsBookshelf, June, 2011
*Coates's detailed narrative is ripe with a multitude of themes and lessons for us: Jacob's strength of character despite being in the midst of unimaginable suffering; the faith of these boys in believing that tomorrow was an opportunity for a better day; and how the road to peace is paved with education, not violence. One of the most compelling aspects of this story was Jacob's learning to read. Jacob was a natural storyteller, inspired by the stories of his grandmother. Her stories and his memories of those stories were instrumental in helping sustain Jacob and his companions at the refugee camp. The power of storytelling and of reading is a message I resonate strongly with and is one of the biggest takeaways from this amazing read.
Chris Singer, Book Dads
*Jacob's strength of character is almost unfathomable. His struggles and hardships seem insurmountable, but against all odds he survives – one of only a few. His unwavering ambition to get to school and his memory of his mother is what keeps him going. This isn't a book about war. It's a book about what happens to innocents affected by war. Ms. Coates has told a story that more people should be aware of and has written it in a way that manages to keep hope alive, through unbelievable adversity. Think about our lives from the age of 7 onwards, then read this book.
The Paperback Princesses
*Jan L. Coates hits the nail on the head with the theme of education promoting peace and ridding of ignorance. The evils of war are a plague upon the earth, making so many suffer of all ages. A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk is a riveting, compelling, and fast-paced novel that allows the characters to naturally shine, many who are complex and round. Jacob's love of storytelling comes in handy many times, and even though he learns to read and write in English, he never gives up his family and his culture.
Royal Review by high school student Sean Andres
*It's always a risk for authors, setting a novel in a place and a culture that's outside their own experience. But Jan Coates has succeeded wonderfully with A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk. She gives the reader an uncomfortably vivid sense of what it must be like to lose one's home and family, to wander aimlessly through a bleak and blasted landscape, in constant danger of starving or being shot. Such desperate circumstances could have led her young protagonist, Jacob, to become bitter, to resort to violence himself. And, working with such material, Coates could have written a very dark and despairing sort of book. But both the author and her characters rise above the situation and find in it an unexpected wealth of humour and humanity and hope.
GARY L. BLACKWOOD (The Shakespeare Stealer, Wild Timothy, Shakespeare's Apprentice and others)
Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Braille editions available.
*Rainbows in the Dark is a delightful story because it relays the message that judging by first glance you cannot always tell someone's background. A little girl shopping in a store with her mother sees a woman looking for clothes. She also sees that she has a dog and decides to talk to her. The story promotes a sense of awareness about your surroundings and understanding how people react. In the end, the girl and lady that is blind strike up a friendship. The story does a great job at depicting what it's like to meet someone with a disability and how they should not be treated differently. They are human beings too. The illustrations are colorful and grasp the concepts of each page.
Library Thing, December, 2014
*A visual delight… Respectfully presents disability as part of diversity. Joanna's vocation and presence the second-hand shop defy stereotypes. Their conversation about Joanna's guide dog is handled particularly well. There are few characters with blindness in children's literature, and the talented, generous, child-friendly Joanna is a welcome addition.
ForeWord Magazine
*A delightful choice for young readers… Coates' tale is neither too sweet nor too preachy. It is just the sort of book to help youngsters learn what it means to have a physical challenge.
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
The dialogue is sure, the artwork expressive and sensitive and the story is a lovely one. New friends, a surprise concert, and the assurance that blindness does not have to deter a person from great accomplishment and satisfaction with life as she leads it.
Brandon Sun
*Jan Coates gives her young readers a taste of what it is like to be blind; however, she does so in a lovely and up-beat manner. Illustrator Alice Priestley captures each moment of the story with colourful, cheerful illustrations. Rainbows in the Dark is a heart-warming read aloud and would make a nice addition to public library and elementary school library collections. Recommended.
– CM Magazine
*The book will help to educate young children about the basics of guide dogs and blindness. Author Jan Coates brings a positive and heartwarming message to children.
–Calgary's Child
*A heart-warming tale… Alice Priestley's pencil illustrations capture the Technicolour magic of this picture book.
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