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So course books listening activities have their uses, perhaps. But (and this is on top of all my most recent gripes), can I really expect my learners to muster sufficient motivation to listen to:
- a terrible cover band singing a terrible Travis song?
- an interview with a fictional romantic novelist?
- an interview with a bland (and fictional) band?
Surely, my Shetland based learners would find authentic listening texts far more inherently motivating and useful to their daily lives than this nonsense.
News Reports in the Listening Class
I am often surprised by the extent to which my learners are unaware of what is happening in the local and national news. They are not disinterested in current events, yet rarely watch the news in English, as they find it too difficult to understand. As a result, they miss out on news announcements which affect them (such as weather related school closures for instance).
On the occasions we have used news reports in class my learners have been interested and motivated. I want to make listening to news reports a regular occurrence, and over the next few weeks I will be exploring how I can help learners with this crucial, every day listening activity.
The ideas below will be my starting points. In my next post, I will provide an outline procedure for a news report listening lesson.
Using Visual Images to Predict Content and Generate Vocabulary
Lessons which teach learners to use their top down processing skills in order to make predictions about what they hear will challenge notions learners have about "the point" of a listening lesson.
An example of this is an activity I used last year with an intermediate level class. I selected an extract of a news broadcast about the riots in London, and showed the class the footage with the sound muted. The class then worked in pairs and discussed their predictions for the broadcast's content. After a feedback session we watched the broadcast again (with sound this time) and the learners were able to compare their predictions with the language actually used.
This activity works well as a way of allowing learners to see how successfully they can predict content from visual information in a news report, and also generates useful vocabulary.
Developing learner Autonomy
Mark Lloyd used a dictogloss style experiment in order to develop learner autonomy in listening. In this experiment, learners listened to a news broadcast every day in class for a week and the learners had to write down all the words they heard. By the end of the week, learners had become better at selecting the most important words in the text: thus training themselves in a vital listening sub-skill. [ (Lloyd: 1997).
Mark Lloyd used a dictogloss style experiment in order to develop learner autonomy in listening. In this experiment, learners listened to a news broadcast every day in class for a week and the learners had to write down all the words they heard. By the end of the week, learners had become better at selecting the most important words in the text: thus training themselves in a vital listening sub-skill. [ (Lloyd: 1997).
Activities such as these focus on strategy training and take a step away from the "product" approach to teaching listening.
Listening for gist
Higher level learners benefit from "confidence building activities" which show them that they can arrive at an understanding of a text even if the language initially seems very advanced. (Bowens, 1994 ) One such activity is a jigsaw listening style in which learners work together to arrive at a shared understanding of a text.
In this activity half of the class are asked to leave the room and the teacher plays short television news broadcast while the remaining learners make notes. Next, the teacher swaps the people in the room with those outside and plays the recording again. Finally, the teacher asks the learners to work in pairs (one learner from each half) and asks them to try to compile as much information as they can. Finally, the recording is played one final time to check any points of contention.
I have found this task to be effective, as it visibly reduces any anxiety the "risk avoiders" may feel by side stepping the usual scenario in which listening is "tested". Instead, learners work together to arrive at a shared understanding of what they have head, and the role of the teacher is far less" interventionist". (Field, 1998)
Pace of Delivery
One of the most effective ways of improving learners' ability to identify individual words from a stream of speech is through teaching them about word stress. Goodith White describes an activity designed to help learners recognise words which are stressed in sentences and to consider the reasons why they are stressed . (White, 1998)
In this activity, learners read an excerpt from an audio book. Each learner marks the words in the excerpt which they believe the reader on the audio CD will stress, reading the text aloud to themselves as they do so. Learners compare their answers in pairs, and then whole class feedback is conducted by the teacher, who elicits the idea that it is generally the content words which receive the stress. The teacher then goes on to discuss with learners how they can recognise stressed syllables within a word. Finally, the learners can listen and check their answers against the recording.
I have applied this lesson to a "test teach test" format, and found that the learners' progress in recognising stressed syllables was measurable within the lesson.
Background Noise
This activity is also suggested by Goodith White (White, 1998) and is designed to help learners cope with background noise. In this activity the class divides into two groups. Working in the same room they listen and answer questions to a course book listening activity they have done previously. The noise generated by the other recording in the room will give the learners practice in picking out important information over the top of background noise.
While I have found this activity to be suitably challenging for high level learners it has been necessary to persuade learners of the usefulness of this exercise, and they can be ambivalent at the prospect of returning to work they have done before. Although dealing with background noise is clearly an issue, it is difficult to find a way of helping learners deal with this that is not too contrived.
Field, J. 1998 The Changing Face of Listening ETP Vol 6 Jan 1998
Field, J. 2000 Finding Ones Way in the Fog MET Vol 9 Jan 2000
Lloyd, M. Dealing with Authentic Listening IHJ Issue 3 April 1997
Richards, J. 1990 The Language Teaching Matrix Cambridge University Press
Ridgway, T. 2000 Listening Strategies – I beg your pardon? ELT 54/2 April 2000
White, G. 1998 Listening Oxford University Press


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my new backyard, originally uploaded by sarah ahearn.
well, this is my new backyard. i wish it looked just like this now, but just imagine this same view covered in LOTS of bright white snow and sparkling ice... I haven't made it out to snap more winter shots as we've been inside by the wood stove. (and because last time i went out i was greeted by a coyote! new life in the country!)
i've been tucked inside, painting up a storm... getting work out for various projects.
coming up is a little break where i'll be catching up on updating etsy with lots of new ORIGINALS!! finally. i'll also be having a BIG SALE as i have to make room for new prints... in with the new & out with the old. although it's more like a little freshening up around the shop. can't wait.
TODAY is a big day though~ it's the opening of registration for SQUAM ART WORKSHOPS!!!
I am so excited to imagine my time there... i so hope to meet you there or have the pleasure of sharing some of my fun little techniques with you in my class. still have to pinch myself...it's going to be AMAZING. head on over and sign up if you can! {so thrilled to hear that some of you already have! : ) }
more soon~ we're off for one final trip to make the last move of my studio... we hope to get ahead of the snowstorm!
hope all is well and happy monday to you! xo, *s

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"Poker In The Rear".
H3@+h | VT | 04/18/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Though they're all good, this is probably his most popular, and best album. It rocks suprisingly hard, and I don't know of anything as good in the genre. The combo of "Big Sky" and "Baddest Of The Bad" is an excellent start. "Five-O Ford" and "I Can't Surf" are both pretty aggressive, while "In Your Wildest Dreams" is almost lounge-ish. There's also a good dose of humor running through alot of these songs, and mostly in the last track. The "Reverend Horton Heat" may be called rock-a-billy, but he's no "Stray Cats", unless you cross him with "Ministry" that is. "Holy Roller" is his "Best Of" by the way."
Fast cars, fights, sex and alcohol...
Stephen Cabral | New England | 11/21/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Best double-entendre album title ever...Liquor In The Front - Poker In The Rear. This sucker rocks hard and needs to be played loud. Sounds like The Cramps on steroids. Produced by Al Jourgensen (Ministry) it even has an industrial-rockabilly number called "Yeah, Right". All the songs are about fast cars, fights, sex and alcohol. My personal favorite is "Five-O Ford". Another fave is "Jezebel" which I would have sworn was a cover but it was written by the band. They also do a disgusting drunken version of "The Entertainer""
Psychobilly Meets Industrial
Markus Pacal | Austin, TX | 05/26/2009
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"First off, let's talk title. As in, title of this record. "Liquor in the Front...Poker in the Rear." Get it? I hope so. Juvenille? Yep. Sophmoric? You got it. Tongue planted firmly in cheek? You know it. But who cares?! This is the Reverend Horton Heat! He's out to burn up your house party with his unique brand of rockabilly on steroids. And that's a good thing. No, strike that. It's a great thing! We NEED this music. And Jim Heath delivers.
"Liquor in the Front" features 13 tracks produced by industrial king, Al Jourgensen. He of Ministry & Revolting Cocks fame. He brings a lil' bit of a left turn to the recording but it's still The Rev. & still amazing.
Amped-up tracks like "Big Sky," "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'," and "I Can't Surf" will make your ears bleed red. While "Baddest of the Bad," "Liquor, Beer & Wine" and "The Entertainer" will make you grin from ear to ear as you polish off another gin & tonic. Thank God for Reverend Horton Heat!"


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British travellers, soldiers, settlers, merchants, diplomats, artists and naval officers visited Spanish America during the independence period. Many recorded their impressions in memoirs and travelogues.
These accounts reveal British attitudes towards revolutionary Spanish America and reflect an interest in changing circumstances, indigenous groups, the revolutions, geographical wonders, burgeoning patriotic culture and everyday life. Some observers illustrated their texts with engravings and sketches.
Streets of San Domingo, Santiago de Chile with
Flags [BL 567.h.21.]
Caption: In 1821 Maria Graham accompanied her second husband, naval officer Thomas Graham, to South America. He died in Chile in 1822 and Maria Graham declined to return to Britain, remaining in the country until departing for Brazil later that year.
Extract: "This event brings us within a very few years of the period when the South American colonies of Spain began to claim, first, equal privileges with the mother country....." read full excerpt
Females of Lima [BL 10492.dd.10.]
Caption: "The annexed drawing
exhibits a lady dressed according to the national costume, and in
the act of pulling back the manto to accost an acquaintance,
who is dressed in another costume, most usually worn at night. The
sash across the shoulders is the Banda Patriotica, as recently
worn by some females in honour of the newly established patriotic
government." p. 233.
A Cacique in his Dress of Ceremony
[BL 279.k.13.]
Superior Indians in the Holyday Dresses, p. 78 [BL
Caption: "As we approached
Puebla, we met several groups of Indians, making a much more respectable
appearance than any we had before seen; they were provided with
candles, fire-works, artificial flowers, shrubs, &c., it being
the eve of Palm Sunday: these were the preparations for the approaching
festival of Easter."
Indian Water Carrier & Female Brush-Wood Carrier,
of Quito, p. 260 (vol. 2) [BL 1050.h.19-21]
Source: William Bennet Stevenson, A Historical
and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence
in South America ... containing travels in Arauco, Chile,
Peru, and Columbia; with an account of the revolution, its
rise, progress, and results, London, 1825, 3 vols.
Chilean Farmer, title page (vol. 3) [BL 1050.h.19-21]
A Native Soldier, p. 139 [BL 1050.h.14]
Extract: General Monagas' Army
These squalid troops presented a very motley group. They were of every age, from eight years to fifty, or even more. Some were completely naked; some had a hair rope bound round their body, to which was attached a piece of cloth, behind and before, which passes between the thighs, called Yayuco, or Guayuco; some had a jacket; some, a kind of short...." read full excerpt
Cathedral and Decorations of the Public Fountain,
Lima, 28th July or Independence Day [BL 1784.a.14]
Source: Alexander Gardner, Rays of Sunlight
from South America, Washington, D.C., 1867.
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Phoenix Ventures Limited has come on board as a Gold Sponsor to boost the 35th National Conference of Chartered Accountants organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka).
The conference which will be held from 23rd to 25th October 2014 is one of the largest corporate events in the country which sees a massive participation of over 1200 chartered accountants and business leaders annually. This year's conference will revolve around the thought provoking theme "Rethink to Revive".
Mr. Aslam Omar, Director of Phoenix Ventures Limited said, "As an organisation, we have always sought growth through anticipating trends and finding innovative ways in which to respond to them across all our businesses. From the raw materials we procure, the processes we employ and the products we manufacture, package and deliver across the world, constant rethinking has become second nature, and we believe that this commitment to re-engineer when necessary and adapt quickly to change is one of the factors in the success of our many business ventures."
In this context, Mr. Omar noted that the theme of this year's National Conference of Chartered Accountants - Rethink to Revive - is particularly interesting. "We look forward with great interest to the presentations and deliberations that CA Sri Lanka will host," he added.
Welcoming Phoenix Ventures Limited on board, Mr. Arjuna Herath, President of CA Sri Lanka said that the national conference continued to attract reputed organisations as sponsors which was testament to the impressive standing the annual event commands at a national level.
"Today we live in a constantly evolving era and to survive we need to change with time, be it at a professional or business level. With this objective in mind, the national conference will deliberate on the new emerging economic trends in the global space and the evolving developments in technology, and how the entrepreneurial creativity and pertinent leadership will be vital to respond to challenges and opportunities of the economy," Mr. Herath added.


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This is both a common and unfortunate mistake, though I do understand why people make it regularly. For starters, we all want to save money. Also, I think that the Real Estate industry in general has done a pretty poor job of communicating what it is we do for clients. As a result, often sellers are left with the impression that all REALTORs do basically the same thing. If that were true, it really would come down to price.
But it's not true - far from it! REALTORs are free to be competitive in the marketplace, and to create and package their own unique suite of services. Some do more, some do less. Some charge more, some charge less. But get this: Some do less and still charge more. Some do more and manage to charge less.
So, with all this variety, how in the world can one select a REALTOR? It can't be just about price, and let me explain why that is.
Let's assume that a REALTOR offers to sell your home for a very low commission, but is offering only the "bare minimum" of services. The reality is that there are two things that you can control that will determine the sale price of your home: Pricing and marketing! That's it! The house has to be priced right, and you need to get people to see it.
When it comes to marketing, this job lands squarely on the shoulders of the REALTOR. And, in general, the more people that see your property (assuming it's priced reasonably), the more interest you'll have. Basic laws of supply and demand dictate that the more interest in a property, the more it will ultimately sell for.
These truths stand up regardless of the type of market you're in.
So now we're back to the low commission "discounters". The question is, how much extra interest and activity will additional marketing bring? Let's say that one REALTOR offers to sell your home for a lower commission that will amount to, say, $3000 in less commissions paid on a $300,000 home (1% lower). If you can get even 1.5% more for your home because of a more aggressive marketing strategy, you'd be foolish to save money on commissions and accept a half-hearted marketing plan.
And yet, consumers make this decision every day.
Now please understand me when I say this: This does not mean that you should simply hire the Agent that charges the most.The reality is you need to have a clear understanding and thoroughly evaluate the marketing plan before you make a decision to sign


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Friday, August 31, 2012
Don't Make My Day This Way
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Is That A Walrus?
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
"Hurricane" Isaac
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
It's Raining In Louisiana
Monday, August 27, 2012
Hay, Mitt.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
You Couldn't Even Take A New Picture?
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Thanks For Everything, Count
Friday, August 24, 2012
Hands Off, Crazy
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Eternal Mediocrity
Why must companies mess with something that is perfectly fine? Fortunately, this time it isn't that big of a deal. It's just a logo. But sometimes, logos are iconic and should just be left alone. Remember what happened with The Gap? They went from this:
To this. Behold!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Call To Arms!
Iowa, I am disappointed in you. Seriously, you have crazy Hank Williams Jr. perform at your State Fair and then when he goes off on his maniacal tirade about President Barry and not one, not ONE video or audio has surfaced of this?! Come on, Iowa! Check yourselves! This is gold, Jerry! Gold! Did you hear what he said?! He said "We've got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him!" Hates farming?! Really?? Huh. I did not see that coming. Regardless, that's just an awesome thing for an aging (and likely crazy) country singer to be spouting up on stage at a state fair in Iowa. And apparently, the crowd went wild when he said/yelled it! But can I find any sort of footage of this craziness anywhere on the Internets? No! Step it up, Iowa! I have a hard time believing that, even in Iowa, that there wasn't a single person there who didn't get video of this event. Come on! There's no way. So let's see it, Iowa! Give it up! Send me your videos! We'll be the first to put this crazy glory out there for the masses! I know you've got it! Gimme.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Smartphones Do Lots Of Things
Checking the weather?! I'm not so sure that I've ever used my phone to check the weather. You know why? Because my house has windows! Who on earth checks the weather obsessively? And why are there so many of them?! What is wrong with you people?! The second most popular usage, in a distant second at 31% behind the weather's 47% (almost half...I'm still amazing), is watching video. Good Lord. People just cannot be without their little snippets of cats doing cute things, is that it? 500,000 apps in the App Store alone and people are watching videos of cats and checking the weather. Smartphones my ass.
Monday, August 20, 2012
It's Only August
Sunday, August 19, 2012
No Apology Necessary
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Woof. I Got Nothin'
I got nothin' today. Not a thing. I tried. I read stuff. I looked at stuff. I watched stuff. Nothin'. So please accept this picture of a dog about to enjoy his birthday dinner in lieu of some snarky substance.
Friday, August 17, 2012
#TweetYourNameWithNoVowels..If You Can
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Cheeseburger In North Korea
One of the changes that he made was "...lifting of the ban on women wearing trousers in public." That's right. Before just a little while ago in the year 2012, if you are a woman you were not allowed to wear pants in public! And if you were a woman and you dared to wear pants in public and you were caught, do you know what happened to you? "If caught, sometimes they would cut your pants right there in public to make it into a skirt." I don't even know what to say to that. No wonder no one can reason with these people and have them not be so nuts. That's clearly nuts!
Speaking of nuts, it's unclear to me whether or not those are on an apparent list of foods that can or cannot be had in North Korea. But up until just a few weeks ago, some of those foods that were not allowed as they had been deemed "too Western" were burgers, fries and pizza. Considering that this is a country that occasionally lets its people starve, I'm really not too sure what to make of this. I'm thinking that the residents would just be happy with food in general, but I guess that in a regime such as this one, you're happy with a little bit of choice. I wonder what other foods, if any, are still banned. Can they have tacos? What about ice cream? And what exactly does a North Korean pizza consist of? I'm guessing it's not exactly Pizza Hut. That picture there is of him visiting a "Western restaurant". Umm, OK, then. They haven't been "out West" in a while, have they?
In another move that I found to be a bit creepy, Kim Jung IL and his government officials handpicked small children and gave them the opportunities to "visit zoos, amusement parks, and attend concerts." It went on to say that "Crowds of enthusiastic kids were seen pledging allegiance, shouting, and crying at the sight of their new leader, who wore the children's symbolic red scarf." I'd probably cry too if I had been hand-picked by the government to "enjoy myself". Who knows what would happen to you if you weren't filled with fun and frivolity when the Grand Poobah came to visit?! Off with their heads!
Like I was saying, we've got it pretty good here. Heck, we've got it pretty good just about anywhere that isn't North Korea.


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Valentine's Day can be romantic and sincere—even the nay-sayers might have an "ahhh" moment when they see this light, airy interpretation of the love holiday. Balance the girly pinks and lace with tan, taupe, and even pale blue accents.
Use vintage valentine's as cute and unique save-the-dates and even table numbers. Send guests home with conversation heart cookies expressing your gratitude for their friendship and love.
1. Hey Lady Shoes 2. Sweetheart Wedding Dress 3. ETSY Earrings 4. Flowers 5. Wine Sleeve 6. Cakes 7. Invitations 8. Jenny Packham Dress 9. Place Setting 10. Reception Décor 11. Portrait Pose 12. Lace and Flowers 13. ETSY Headband 14. Wedding Party 15. ETSY Pink Ring 16. Maids


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I read with puzzlement your recent article (Times, Feb. 25) quoting members of the Venice Action Committee who were extremely critical of council member Ruth Galanter for supporting the Rose Avenue storage facility, which includes low-income housing units. True, the storage facility is not gorgeous, but I'll trade that any day for traffic relief--and a project like a storage facility does not generate traffic. I especially applaud the inclusion of low-cost housing units on the site as most of us in Venice give lip service to the concept of retaining low-cost housing but do nothing about it.
I am puzzled because Venice Action Committee spokesmen (Don) Feinstein and (Jack) Hoffman criticized Galanter for not supporting more stores for tourists at the Rose Avenue location, which would have further congested that narrow and already congested street. Yet, just two weeks ago Mr. Feinstein joined many local citizens and Galanter at a public demonstration against the proposed Marina Place shopping project because of the additional traffic it will bring to the area.
Do Feinstein and Hoffman speak for the VAC organization as indicated in The Times article, or do they speak as individuals who selectively support or oppose traffic generating projects at their whim? What is VAC policy and why such sour grapes criticisms of Galanter for intelligent planning on Rose Avenue?


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Artists' Open Houses has done it for the visual arts. Amateur pop-up restaurants have done it for fine dining. And bands such as the Libertines and schemes such as Unlit have done it for live music. Now theatre, too, is moving into ordinary people's homes, making a literal reality of kitchen-sink and drawing-room drama. In fact I've spent so much of this year's Brighton fringe being marched round residential backstreets to watch pieces staged in people's sitting rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and backyards that I'm beginning to feel like I'm flat-hunting.
The leader of the pack is Wonderbar Productions, whose Small Space is a play about domestic intimacy designed to be staged in people's kitchens. Written and devised by real husband and wife Jane Nash and Dan Milne, and featuring a married couple also called Jane and Dan, it turns the host's home into a living set. Ceiling fixtures and lamps stand in for a lighting rig. Plates and mugs, hob and toaster are used as we watch Jane and Dan make late-night snacks and morning tea. The manner of staging fits beautifully with the script, which explores the way we collaborate and contradict each other when constructing relationship narratives.
Small Space panders to the nosy parker in us all, while bringing what happens in the play closer to our own lives. It combines the cosy intimacy of a real home with the common dinner-party unease of being in a couple's house while they're having an argument. And it reminds us that – at dusk and with the curtains still to be drawn – every home presents the passerby with a possible stage set.
For the theatergoer, drama in domestic space is a different experience again when the venue is the performer's own home. Billy Budd, which I've discussed elsewhere on this blog in relation to nudity in theatre, is currently being staged in the actor's Brighton house – his bath, to be precise. You sit next to a shower cubicle full of his family's toiletries, or perhaps on his toilet. The frisson of voyeurism is heightened, as theatre goes where webcams dare to tread.
The use of real homes presents the sound designer with a whole new palette, too. I loved hearing the bath running down the hallway before Billy Budd, and Dan's voice calling from upstairs in Small Space. In another Brighton fringe event, A Live Trail, I sat blindfolded in a sitting room for a wordless vocal piece by Brighton's Grrr, their growls and grunts echoing down the narrow hallway before creeping across the carpeted room. As the familiar household acoustics augmented the outlandishness of the noises, I thought of Steven Moffat's recent observation that Doctor Who is scary because it is rooted in the domestic – the monsters under our beds.
The theatre behind A Live Trail, the Nightingale, has just renamed all its spaces to reflect the building's former function as a hotel. Until 29 May, Entre Les Mots will be baking for and performing Picture a Spoonful of Silence in what was once the dressing room and has now reverted to "the kitchen". Meanwhile, original domestic fittings are furnishing a rich artists-in-residence scheme: performance artist Wendy Houston moved into the Nightingale for a month in 2010, filling it with her belongings and putting on informal performances to which the audience was able, like friends on a casual visit, simply to drop in.
Where so much site-specific work tries to sensationalise theatre-going, the primary intention here seems to be to normalise it. But as I ring the latest doorbell and step over yet another threshold, I start to wonder what this is doing for the concept of theatre as shared space, mutually owned by both audiences and cast. One thing is for certain about our homes: they're never neutral ground.


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LOS ANGELES – Giant bookseller Borders Group Inc. on Friday will begin liquidating its 399 stores nationwide.
Books, DVDs and furniture valued at more than $700 million will be discounted up to 40 percent starting Friday, liquidators said. The sales are expected to wrap up in September.
As many as 10,700 chain employees nationwide will lose their jobs after liquidation. Still up in the air is a possible sale of up to 35 locations to an Alabama company.
"This marks the end of an era, and we thank our customers for their patronage over our 40-year history. I encourage our customers to take advantage of this one-time opportunity to find exceptional discounts on their favorite books and other great merchandise," Mike Edwards, president of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Borders Group, said in a statement.
The liquidation plan was approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge in New York on Thursday — as the bookseller inked its final chapter, finally defeated by poor management decisions, massive debt and a changing industry.
Until recently, the company looked as if it might stay in business. But last week, its unsecured creditors rejected a $215.1 million buyout bid from Najafi Cos. in Phoenix.
On Thursday, the judge gave the go-ahead for the sell-off to be handled by liquidators Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Group.
With Borders closing shop, more Americans will turn to online competitors for books and music — accelerating a trend that hurt Borders, said Al Greco, a book publishing expert and professor of marketing at Fordham University's Graduate School of Business.
New York-based DJM Realty is handling the liquidation of the Borders leases.
Alabama-based Books-a-Million Inc. put forth an offer Thursday to buy up to 35 stores, but few details of the bid were available. Neither Borders attorneys nor Books-a-Million officials could be reached for comment.
Beginning as a used-bookstore in 1971 in Ann Arbor — home to the University of Michigan — Borders helped pioneer the book superstore and thrived in the 1980s and 1990s with greater selections, cheaper prices and more leisure space than smaller, independent book shops.
But the company fumbled through the digital age, missing important shifts in the industry as consumers migrated online and toward digital books. Poor decisions by a series of executives unfamiliar with the publishing world severely hurt Borders, Greco said.
In 2001, it turned its online sales over to Amazon.com Inc., giving the competitor access to valuable customer data. Borders didn't launch its own online sales operation until 2008. And it partnered with a Canadian firm to distribute an e-reader and launch an e-book store only last year — about three years after Amazon introduced its Kindle.
That was too late to stem falling sales. In February, Borders filed for bankruptcy.
Other bookstores might see a slight uptick in traffic from former Borders shoppers, but the chain's closing isn't good for anyone, Greco said.
Customers will have fewer places to shop. And publishers, who are likely to lose millions owed to them, have lost 399 outlets for promotions and their books, he said.
"This is a story where nobody is a winner," Greco said.


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Substantial shareholdings exemption: the trading company/group/subgroup requirements - the investing company
Paragraph 18 is repealed in its entirely by F(2)A 2017. For disposals on or after 31 March 2017, there are no trading conditions applying to the investing company or group
The guidance is left in place in respect of disposals before 1 April 2017 only
Before the changes introduced by F(2)A 2017, Paragraph 18 Schedule 7AC TCGA 1992 contained the requirements relating to the investing company. There are three aspects to these:
- the company (or its group) must have been involved in trading activities to a sufficient degree,
- throughout a stipulated period, and
- immediately after the time of the disposal (and, if later, the time the asset is conveyed or transferred).
The investing company will fulfil the requirements so far as its trading status is concerned
- while it is not a member of a group, if it is a 'trading company' (see CG53110), or
- while it is a member of a group, if the group is a 'qualifying group'.
A 'qualifying group' is a 'trading group' (see CG53112) with one minor modification. A group in which one or more of the members are not established for profit is also a 'qualifying group' if, by excluding the not for profit activities of those members, it would be a 'trading group'. In determining whether a member of a group is established for profit you ignore any object or power of the company that is only incidental to its main objects. This modification will only be relevant very rarely and for most practical purposes a 'qualifying group' is synonymous with a 'trading group'.
The investing company will fulfil the requirements so far as the second aspect is concerned provided it was
- if not a member of a group, a 'trading company', or
- a member of a 'qualifying group'
throughout 'the qualifying period' (see CG53106). Note that a company that was not a member of a group but was a trading company during part of the qualifying period and was a member of a qualifying group during the rest of that period will satisfy this aspect of the requirements.
A group could lose exemption if, for example, shares were transferred from a long established group member to one that had only been established after the qualifying period had started. To avoid this the first two aspects of the investing company requirements will also be treated as met if
- at the time of the disposal the investing company was a member of a group,
- it could have transferred the asset to another group member at no gain/no loss under section 171(1) TCGA 1992 immediately before the disposal, and
- the other group member would have satisfied those aspects of the requirements if it had made the disposal.
In testing the third aspect of the investing company requirements the normal rules in section 28 TCGA 1992 apply to determine the time of a disposal made under a contract (see CG14260 onwards). Where the time of the disposal under that section is before the time at which the asset is conveyed or transferred the investing company must also be a member of a trading group or, if not in a group, a trading company after the conveyance or transfer (sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 18 Schedule 7AC TCGA 1992).
Although the main and first subsidiary exemptions (see CG53155 & CG53160 respectively) will not be available if the investing company doesn't qualify after the disposal (or transfer/conveyance), a gain on the disposal could still be exempt. Provided the investing company met the first two aspects of the requirements, exemption under the second subsidiary exemption may be available (see CG53165).


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Just you try and get your olds to guess 20 internet things from last year. They might be able to take a stab in the dark and conjure up images of Rebecca Black harping on about Friday, but let's test your knowledge with Syzygy's annual sketch of the internet-nerd's calendar (see 2010's here.)
The latest sketch has been crafted by Peter Jaworowski, who is offering up a signed limited edition print if you tweet about the illustration using the hashtag #20things. Yes, it's a shameless PR ploy for the design and marketing group Syzygy, but I don't mind being used as a puppet when their dance is just so much fun.
And frustrating! I must admit, I'm kind of stumped with some of them. I can see the Anonymous masks; the LulzSec mascot; Google+ logo; Nyan Cat and maaaaybe Obama's turkeys, but probably have to hand in my Internet Nerd badge for not getting the rest. Can you do any better? [Syzygy]


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Some body help me to enable virtualization in the boot menu,
Iam using windows 7 home,pentium(R) Dual core T440 cpu,64 bit operating szstem in asus laptop.
(I want to enable virtualization as,I run back track5 r2 in vmware work station,and its gives error message,
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot – please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
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Is VT enabled on your VMware host (KB1003944)....
VMware KB: Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host
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Does my processor support Intel® Virtualization Technology?
After you have confirmed that your processor supports VT, you may need to enable the support. VT must be enabled in the host system BIOS. The feature may be named VT, Vanderpool Technology, Virtualization Technology, VMX, or Virtual Machine Extensions. Often, you find this setting under Security tab in the BIOS. The location of this setting varies depending on the system vendor.
The VT setting is locked (either on or off) at power on. After enabling VT in your system BIOS, you can first save your changes to the BIOS settings and then turn off power to the system. When you turn the system on again, your changes take effect. If you simply reboot the system without turning it off, VT is not enabled.
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First thank you for your support,
I made many searches about enabling virtualization but I didn't checked whether my CPU supports it.
Now i checked the result is negative,that means mine will not support.
Do you have any idea to run backtrack5 r2 in my laptop whose CPU doesn't support virtualization????
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You're welcome ... Why not just boot a backtrack live CD or create a small partition for it and install it to the hard drive?
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A recent interview with Pro12 head John Feehan, made a number of claims relating to the Pro12. We take a look at one of them, namely that "significantly more people attended the matches this season than last season".
Unsurprisingly for an Irishman based in Dublin, his views are very much coloured by what is happening in his own geography.
Glasgow's success on the pitch this season has seen record numbers at Scottish grounds[1. All the data used to compile this article is taken directly from the Pro12 web site (or previous iterations of this web site).]. Significantly more people attended matches in Scotland – a 16% increase[2. The authors make no claim as to the voracity of this data.] on last season.
It was also a record for the Irish with 567,052 people attending Pro12 games .
However, things are very different in Italy. Putting aside the discussion on non-payment of €1.5m[3. There's a lack of clarity on the exact amount involved. Some press reports quote FIR president Alfredo Gavazzi, claiming that "The (previous) €3million fee has been reduced to less than a third … it's a huge victory", whereas other press outlets claiming the figure is €1.5m] this past season has seen the second lowest attendance at Pro12 fixtures in Italy. In the first season of Italian representation in the league, over 83,000 people watched league games in Italy. In the 2014-15 season, almost 20,000 fewer people watched Pro12 games.
At this point, it may be a good idea to ask why John Feehan ignore these facts, or is it that he is simply unaware of the failure of Pro12 to grow the game in Italy?
Finally, let's take a look at the Welsh clubs.
In the stands ….
Pro12 attendance in Wales increased to is 353,248 – a growth of 22,151 on last season. A large chunk of this is down to the increased success of Judgement Day – which we've already covered elsewhere. This is a 7% increase on last season. However, it is actually less than two season's ago when the total home attendances topped 359,000. From a Welsh perspective we think Mr Feehan is over-cooking the turkey somewhat.
Let's look at how each club fared.
Cardiff Blues
Despite the product on offer, despite the losses, despite the poor performances, Cardiff retained their title the best supported rugby club in Wales. That really is a remarkable fact. Hard work off the pitch in marketing the "Blues" brand seems to be paying off. Attendances are up when one would expect them to be down.
An average of 8,863 attended fixtures at CAP (and the double header at the Millennium Stadium[4. Double header attendances are split in two for analysis purposes.]). This represented an almost 10% increase on Pro12 attendances on last season. There is still some way to go to reach the heady days of 10,000+ as an average gate reported when the club played at the soccer stadium, but the overall trend us up from the 2010-11 season. Credit to Richard Holland and the staff at CAP for growing the popularity of the club. Selling a poor product is tough, and they've excelled in selling it better than before.
Fact check: So is this significantly more than last season? 10%? We say yes.
The Scarlets average home crowd of 7,069 is the lowest in 10 years at the club. Despite a mediocre season in Llanelli, they remain some way ahead on the pitch of teams based in Cardiff and Newport. So why this dip in popularity?
Looking at the Scarlet's performances across all competitions, they've had worse (or equally bad) seasons in the last 10 years – in particular the 2007-8 season (with only 5 wins at home that year) – but this season is an all time low.
Fact check: So have "significantly more people attended … matches this season"? Absolutely not. This season was not far short of disastrous for the Scarlets.
On the pitch, by some margin, the Ospreys remain the most successful Welsh club in the history of the Celtic League in all its guises. Indeed, the 2014-15 Pro12 season saw them undefeated at home. In the early years following the realignment of the professional game, the Ospreys were by some margin the best supported club in Wales. In the 2006-7 season, attendances for Pro12 games averaged at over 9,000, but since then – other than the 2012-13 season – those levels have not been reached. This season's average of 8,398 is up just under 6% on last season, but again a 10%+ fall on the 2012-13 peak.
Fact check: So is this significantly more than last season? 6% is a fair rise, though the long term trend is still fairly flat. This is despite on-field success and must be a concern for the board in Swansea.
Newport Gwent Dragons
A Pro12 final position of 9th saw the Dragons finish above Cardiff Blues for the first time since 2004-5. A feel-good run of victories in the European Challenge Cup raised spirits at the club and this translated to an increase in gates. The club also finished 9th in the 2013-4 season, but last in the season before.
The Dragons won only five games at home in the Pro12 this season – pretty much par for the course in recent years.
For seven seasons, total Pro12 attendance hovered between the mid-40Ks to mid-50Ks level, but this season 85,614 souls enjoyed the Pro12 journey from the terraces in Newport. This is a 19% increase on last season.
Fact check: So is this significantly more than last season? Absolutely, it certainly is. 19% is a big increase for the club, though it is debatable whether performances in the Pro12 itself are behind this increase.
In conclusion …
Contrary to the view often expressed in the media, there is little evidence to suggest there is a direct correlation between winning form on the pitch, and attendance at Pro12 fixtures. Witness Cardiff's 2012-13 season which saw only three home wins but an average gate of just shy of 9,000. Clearly other factors are at play which lie outside the scope of this analysis.
Turning to Mr Feehan's comments, as you would expect, little effort seems to have been made to make a close examination of country-by-country trends, or even club-by-club trends.
Glasgow's rise in Scotland has boosted interest from a very low level, but the SRU remains intransigent in the face of approaches to set up more pro-clubs with investors pressing for action. The blazers like to keep control and this is holding back the growth of the game. Finishing last in the Six Nations does not seem to have shaken this resolve.
John Feehan's Irish sides continue to succeed in the Pro12. Connacht have enjoyed their most successful season ever.
But the facts elsewhere seem to have escaped Mr Feehan. Despite the Dragons' increase in gates, Welsh rugby remains flat. Good work in Cardiff is offset by disaster in Llanelli and support in Swansea has been poor – despite continuing successes on the pitch.
And as for rugby in Italy, could the situation be any worse?
Perhaps Mr Feehan needs to look beyond his own borders and look at the Pro12 as a whole?


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Without further ado...
Things I miss about England:
1. all my England friends (note I don't necessarily say English friends because I have friends over there who are from all sorts of different nationalities) who are wonderful.
2. walking around Canters, getting lost, and using the Cathedral as a compass to know exactly where you are. Seriously, you look up, figure out which way the Cathedral is pointed, and voila! You're never lost. And it's the tallest thing around so you can't possibly miss it.
3. Nutella in glass jars instead of plastic... it just tastes and keeps better.
4. FOOD WITH NO HFCS or other weird chemicals. And while we're at it, soda sweetened with sugar. When soda is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, it's way too sweet. Sugar gives it more of an edge. And is less harmful to your body. Stupid corn.
5. Walking everywhere (although let me tell you, this did take some getting used to. For like 2-3 weeks in the beginning of my time in England, I got so frustrated, I'd think to myself, "I'm American! We don't walk, we drive! I want my car, I miss my car!!" but after a while you get used to it and start loving walking. Which brings me to...)
6. the -10 pounds on my body while I was over there because of the lack of HFCS and other gross chemicals designed to addict you to the food and need to eat more of it (thanks American government in bed with big processed food companies) and because I walked all the time.
7. The pubs. Especially Darwin Origins and Hobgoblin. And quiz night at Origins! Which brings me to my next point:
8. 18+ drinking. You can drink with freshers! Which brings me to my next point...
9. Pubs on campus. 5 of them. Seriously, let me tell you how awesome this is, and not just from a convenient party perspective. Can we say SAFE? If you live in a residential college (i.e. a residential building) and there's a pub/bar in the next wing over, guess how much driving home you're doing after drinking? NADA. None. Zip. No drunk driving here. In fact, not even as much sober driving here either, as demonstrated in point 5. It's just so convenient and safe, and the University makes a shit ton of money off of it.
10. The societies. Sort of like clubs would be at American universities, only there were more, and better. Seriously, there was a society for everything! There was a Pagan society, which I was deeply involved with (much love, PagSoc people!!), a PIRATE SOCIETY where you just DRESS LIKE PIRATES AND DRINK. And a poledance society (sadly, I didn't have time to participate in this one but I would have loved to) and a fencing society (KICKASS) and a photography/modelling society and a Rock society (which I was kinda involved in, but more just good friends of the people running that and so went to events now and then) and a Live Music society and a Rowing and Boating society and a Drama society and... seriously. I could just keep going on and on and on. There were so many! Something fun for everyone to do. It ROCKED, and it got you out of your room from playing video games, and socializing. Which brings me to my next point:
11. England is so SOCIAL. Seriously. The first night my mom and I were in London, we made friends with the gent who owned the Bed and Breakfast we were staying at, and his group of friends. We just hung out with them in a pub in Victoria like we'd all been great pals for years. You can talk to a guy in a bar without him expecting you to come home with him (well, I mean, obviously there's going to be jackass exceptions here and there). People talk in grocery queues. Almost everyone is friendly, and let me tell you, for all the hype about how Americans are treated badly abroad… I don't buy it. For one second. The fact that I was American interested people greatly, and was often a topic of friendly conversation. See that? FRIENDLY. Not "ugh, you're American, you must be fat, lazy, indulgent and stupid" but "I want to know more about you."
12. English money. I believe Bridget Jones wrote about this too, but ok Americans… you know how sometimes you're digging in the bottom of your bag and keep finding coins, and all of a sudden, before you know it, you have like $3.00 in coins that you didn't have before? You've got like ten quarters going on there, man. Well now imagine each of those quarters was worth two dollars. They don't have one pound bills like we have one dollar bills, they have £1 and £2 coins. So you can EASILY find £10 or £20 in the bottom of your bag. At the present exchange rate, that's about sixteen or bucks. You … just found lunch for two days, four if you go to McDonalds. Furthermore, English money is pretty and colourful. £5 notes are green, £10 are orange, £20 are purple and £50 are red. And even better: They're different SIZES. So, blind people can use them easily. How cool is that?? And then you've got pretty coloured Scottish notes, Northern Irish notes, Isle of Man, Guernsey, etc. So pretty.
13. The change in vowels and pronunciation. Aluminium (different spelling too), garage, centrifugal, herbs… (I totally ganked all but garage off Eddie Izzard, if you didn't notice) but most interesting to me… pasta and mafia. They pronounce the first 'a' in both words like the 'a' in 'apple.' And yet a lot of our 'aah' as in apple sounds they pronounce 'ah' as in father. Kinda funny how that switches. Also, they drop their 'r's at the end of words, as we all know, but add an 'r' to certain words (depending on the dialect, of course) like 'pizza' and 'idea' become how Americans would pronounce 'pizzaer' and 'idear.' CRAZY how that switch is made but I love it! While we're talking about language…
14. Slang terms. I'm sorry, I just think 'slag' is the greatest word in the world. And Englishfolk aren't afraid to say 'cunt' like Americans are. I think my favorite initial run-in with English slang was our 2nd or 3rd day in London, it was raining and my mother and I were in an elevator with two random English guys we didn't know and weren't with. A little backstory: the jeans and pants I always have to buy are too long for me, because nothing else fits my fuckin ideal-for-child-bearing hips, and as a result, when it rains, the part of my jeans near my shoes always gets soaked. So it's raining, we're in the elevator, and I'm irate that my ankles are soaked, so I look down at my ankles and say to my mom, "aww man, the bottom of my pants are just soaked." And the two English guys look at me strangely, and then both burst out laughing. It wasn't until weeks later that I realized 'pants' in England means 'underwear.' So… whoops. Haha.
15. The double decker buses. Those things are KICK ASS. Especially in Canterbury, it's the most hilarious thing in the world to see them try to fit through Westgate. And it's just fun being able to ride on the second story of a bus.
16. The ruins, and unruins-ed old buildings too. Let me tell you, American friends, if you've never been to anywhere in Europe, then you need to go. Pronto. There's just this energy present there, this energy of these tons of people who have lived there for thousands of years. When you walk down Dane Johns in Canterbury, there's just this peaceful sense of "three thousands years ago, people were using this exact place for relaxation and enjoyment, enjoying the grass and the trees and walking along the city wall, and taking their children to play and strolling through the park with their lovers. I am enjoying a place that countless people before me have enjoyed and left their positive energy and feelings of happiness for future generations. And people thousands of years from now will sense my presence and their presence when they walk here." Seriously, all these awesome, amazing old places that have stood the test of time have this aura of that. It's humbling and inspiring. One of the pub/restaurants we used to go to had a year marking on it, and I only remember it was in the 1300's, perhaps 1340 something? But jesus, that building alone, that tiny little building in Canterbury is older than European colonization of the continent I live on. And then I remember walking with the guy I was seeing at the time (who was English) and he pointed out this huge, grass-covered crater in the middle of everything, surrounded by grass and trees. And he says "That was a crater from a bomb dropped in WWII." And it's really humbling, to see what a scar people can put on the land, and how the earth just takes it right back, covering it with grass and life. Anyway, it's just surreal.
17. The Tube. It's AWESOME. Seriously, they've got an awesome setup for it, so many lines to choose from, and if one's blocked, there's always a way to get relatively close to where you were going for. And it's just so… CLEAN when you compare it to NYC's Subway, or Philly's El, or DC's Metro or Boston's T. And I love the lady who reads off the stops and says 'Please mind the gap between the station and the train.' Also cool? Every stop on the Tube sounds like some awesome place where you totally want to be. Woodside Park. Piccadilly Circus. Canada Water. Whitechapel. Ravenscourt Park. Bayswater. Maida Vale. MORNINGTON CRESCENT. Seriously, and like half of them have 'green' or 'gardens' or 'hill' or 'valley' behind them. FREAKIN AWESOME.
18. Speaking of transportation… the National Rail. Seriously, you can get ANYWHERE in the UK on a fricken train. Not like in the US, really.
19. English Television. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Mighty Boosh. Red Dwarf. Black Books. I mean… seriously. I'm sayin'. I don't miss the TV tax though. (Not that I actually paid it, since I didn't own a TV.)
20. Prince William. Don't get me wrong, I'm a taken woman (<3) but this won't hurt, ready? *drool*
25. Snakebites. Mmmmm. I was never a beer person until I was introduced to the Snakebite, and it was sort of a gateway drug to beer for me. NO, BAD AMERICAN, DO NOT REACH FOR THAT YUKON JACK. Stop! Put it down. There we go. Ok. A REAL Snakebite drink is comprised of the following: half ale, half cider, and some blackcurrant flavoring to give the entire drink a beautiful magenta glow and the best flavor you've ever had in your life. It tastes like soda but packs a nice punch. And for the mere price of a roundtrip plane ticket to England (allow one week at least between the outbound and inbound) I'll tell you where on Kent Uni's campus you can get a snakebite for only £2 instead of £2.75.
26. Other British drinks of awesomeness. Like the Shandy, if you're not big into beer but want a nice cheap sometimes girly drink anyway. It's half beer, half lemonade. Stop vomiting, lemonade doesn't mean lemonade in England. Lemonade means Sprite. If you order a lemonade, and expect a lemon juice-water-sugar concoction, you're in for some real disappointment, cause they're gonna give you Sprite. England also just has better beer in general too. Particularly the Hobgoblin. If there's a Hobgoblin pub in whatever British city you're in right now (or visiting soon, hint hint) then go, sit down, and order a pint of the Hobgoblin on draft. SO FUCKING GOOD. I can get it bottled in the US and it does the job, but isn't quite the same. Anyway. OH and England knows how to pour a Guinness properly. I get so angry in the United States when they pour all the Guinness into the glass at once and I get a head of like 82659823698260 centimeters. FUCK. THAT. In fact, I spent so much time in America getting shitty Guinness pours that my first Guinness ordered in England, they poured a third of it, and put it on the counter in front of me. I start drinking it, and the barkeep looks at me funny and is like, "Um… I wasn't done pouring that." And that's when I learned… how you pour a Guinness.
27. Three words: proper English breakfast. *droooooool* except without the blood sausage, that never sat well with me. I know, I know what you're going to say: Everyone in the world eats eggs and bacon and toast and calls it their own country's special breakfast but hear me out. Ok, take the basics: Bacon and eggs (sunny side up) and buttered toast, now add sausage, fried bread, half a tomato, some cooked mushrooms, and … baked beans. Yup, folks, it's the baked beans that make it. I thought it was the GROSSEST thing in the world when I heard of it, up until I tried it. And um… I've never gone back. (Unless I couldn't afford breakfast or baked beans.)
28. The NHS. I don't give two rat's asses what comes out the mouthes of the dumbshit 50 year old white southern men who have never left the USA and are tea party members. If you haven't been to England, and utilised their heathcare system, then face it: you know jack shit about it. I have personally used the NHS and I loved it and thought it was great.
29. British cell phones. If you make a call on a British pay per minute cell phone, then yes, you get charged minutes. HOWEVER… if you receive a call on your British phone, you don't get charged. Nothing. If someone texts your British phone, you don't get charged for a text. Anything you intiate, yes. Anything you receive, no. Seriously, kinda makes US phone companies look like crooks, doesn't it? Oh wait… THEY ARE.
30. British ATMs. Guess what… NO FEES. That is right, ladies and gentlemen. Even internationally. I could draw money directly out of my credit union checking account and not get charged one pence or penny for it. TAKE THAT UNITED STATES BANKING.
31. Camdentown. You will never find another place quite like Camden. Seriously, the best mix of small, independent shops and vendors in the world, punk and goth clothing stores, handmade jewelry, masks, leather coats, t-shirts with bands, hilarious quips and puns, vendors selling handcrafted perfumes and handcreams, vendors selling foods from all around the world. And, of course, World's End. And the river runs by with the gorgeous bridge, and at twilight there are lights that illuminate the trees (or maybe that's just cause it was December?) Just face it, folks, nowhere you go will ever be as cool as Camden.
32. While we're at it, London itself. I know, I know, I hear London natives complaining about how much they don't like it, but you know what? Everyone dislikes where they live to some extent or another. *I* love London. It's clean, it's fresh, it constantly finds ways to reinvent itself when it gets a bit stale; it stays on the cutting edge. The architecture throughout the years has been stunning, and the city is jam-packed with awesome places to see: Tower of London and the gorgeous Tower Bridge (often mistaken for London Bridge), Buckingham Palace (when it's open for tours), Westminster Abbey, Camden Market (I know, I won't shut up about it), Big Ben, the London Eye, the Thames... AND FREE ENTRY INTO SOME MUSEUMS. Seriously. London is cooler than your face, no matter who you are. And you know it. Unless you haven't been there, and you might not know it. But if you go, you'll know. You'll know.
33. The countryside. Green, rolling hills… quaint little towns and villages with cute little Tudor style cottages and gardens with fine ladies in big hats drinking tea… okay maybe not the ladies with hats since like, 1920. But you have to admit, England in general is just classy and gorgeous.
35. Scotland. I know, Scotland is UK, not England but, boy, Scotland is pretty. The mountains just go right up into the clouds, and in the spring and summer, they're just covered in pink and purple Heather. And the people rock! They're almost even friendlier than in England. I love Scotland. But I might be biased cause I am part Scottish (Campbell Clan represent!).


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Question: Please find a size 12 wide running shoe for women. I guess it could be a man's running shoe, but if there is a difference in appearance and the women's shoe looks more feminine, I would prefer the latter. I want a really good shoe and am willing to pay up to $60.--L.D.
Answer: Lynda Anderson of the Nine to Twelve Shoe Salon in Culver City, where the running shoes illustrated here are available, says there is indeed a difference between male feet and female feet. The Footsaver style in our sketch is called Fun Shoes, and it is specially designed for female feet, which are generally more delicate than male feet. These running shoes have an unusual feature--removable insoles to absorb heat and perspiration. The insoles are removable so they can be washed without having to wash the entire shoe. The uppers are all leather, and there's a padded collar for added comfort. These shoes, priced at $50, are available in sizes 9 narrow to 12 wide in navy, gray and white. As the name of the shoe salon implies, it specializes in sizes 9 to 12.
Q: I have a vintage alligator purse complete with an entire stuffed alligator on the front. I think it will look great with this summer's safari look. The purse is in perfect condition, but the shoulder strap has totally disintegrated. How can this be repaired? Is there a way to match the body of the purse? Or perhaps a simulated alligator pattern in leather? Can you recommend a source?--M.F.


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Going back to The Broke and Bookish I've stumbled upon their Dark Mirror's Review. It piqued my curiosity reading halfway through the summary. The review was good too. I wish I could join the giveaway but as it is, I'm halfway across the globe. So I'll check if my fave book shop carries this title. Too bad I couldn't add this to my friend who's already buying two books for me. :)
If the book cover doesn't grab at least a smidgen of your attention then maybe it's time to take off those jaded color shades for the moment and view the book in fresh eyes.
I wonder how Tory came upon her magical uniqueness. Visit MJPutney's site for other YA books.
Another book "The Wizard Hunters" that has been sitting in my list is from author Martha Wells. Ever since I've read Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement and Reliquary, I wanted to read more of her works and I'm also crossing my fingers the book shop carries this book. :) This will be another dip into the fantasy world. The first introduction was The Hobbit all the way through Return of the King. :D


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Dozens of Orthodox rabbis call for accepting gay congregants
Beit Hillel organization publishes edict declaring homosexuals can fulfill community duties, should not be excluded
Stuart Winer is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Dozens of Israeli Orthodox rabbis have signed a religious edict urging religious communities to accept gay members without prejudice and ruling that homosexuals can fulfill the same community duties as their heterosexual peers.
The Beit Hillel organization, a Modern Orthodox rabbinic group comprising 200 men and women that promotes inclusiveness in Orthodox Judaism, published the letter on Sunday night during a seminar in Ra'anana.
In the document the rabbis stressed that there is no reason in halacha — the Jewish code of regulations for daily life — to exclude homosexuals.
"Even though the forbidden relations cannot be permitted, there's room to be lenient in the approach to social inclusion and to accept them into the community," the letter said, where they can "serve as prayer leaders in the synagogue and carry out all public functions."
"The matter of single sex [relationships] has resulted in confusion among many members of our community," began the letter, which declared that its aim was to "dispel doubts" and lay down "an integrated path between religious law and loving-kindness and peace."
During the six months it took to compose the edict, the authors were in consultation with representatives of the gay community. The event was also attended by the parents of Shira Banki, a 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death during the 2015 gay pride parade in Jerusalem by Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox man who had just been released from jail for stabbing and injuring someone at a previous gay pride parade in the capital.
The letter — which doesn't use the words "gay," "homosexual" or "lesbian" but rather relies on the formula "same-sex tendencies" — clarifies that "there is no way to permit relations between people of the same sex," due to the halachic prohibition against such relations. Nonetheless, the rabbis emphasize that "according to the Torah and halacha, the acts are forbidden but not the proclivities, and therefore people with same-sex tendencies, men and women, have no invalidation in halacha or tradition. They are obligated by the commandments of the Torah, they can fulfill a [ritual] obligation on behalf of the public and carry out all of the community functions just like any member."
"It is no secret that we [Orthodoxy] have preferred to ignore and not to debate this matter. It was out of bounds," said Beit Hillel's chairman, Rabbi Meir Nehorai. "The time has come to bravely and justly debate how they can be integrated in the community. Success depends on both sides working together."
A verse in Leviticus stating that it is an "abomination" for a male to "lie with a male as with a woman" has often been cited in the context of the longstanding ostracization of openly gay people by Orthodox communities. However, more recently there have been calls from Israeli and US Modern Orthodox rabbis to be more accepting of gay Jews while not condoning homosexual acts.
"Because of their sexual tendencies their lives are usually harder than others', and they face many challenges," the rabbis wrote. "To our regret, it is still necessary to stress that single-sex inclination is not a matter for mockery or rejection."
The letter noted that "just as it inconceivable to to mock someone for being physically, behaviorally, or mentally different, so too those with same-sex tendencies should not be mocked. On the contrary, those around them — family and community — should show special feeling for them, and apply to them the Torah commandment of 'Love thy neighbor as thyself' and to be diligent in avoiding the prohibition of insulting another."
Havruta, a gay Orthodox organization, welcomed the document as a "significant milestone in our continued struggle for recognition, acceptance, and inclusion without going back inside the closet."
In a statement, however, Havruta also pointed out "the many problems there are in the document, such as the complete absence of trans people or their status in halacha."


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It is difficult to get reservations for Mr. Ramsey's flagship restaurant located in the glamorous neighbourhood of Chelsea; somehow we manage to get a 10PM reservation when we called back in August. It was a wonderful evening, even with Keenan's cold -- the atmosphere and décor was lovely, the service was superb, and the food was divine. We opted for the seven course tasting menu with the cheese supplement paired with a bottle of the 2006 Chateau Bauduc Bordeaux Red. Amazing!
We started with two complimentary courses: canapés of two dips with Belgian endives and crackers; and scallop tartar with caviar over a broccoli puree. Then, we moved on to the tasting menu, which was worth every pence:
- Pressed foie gras with peppered Madeira jelly, smoked duck, peach and almond crumble
- Ravioli of lobster, langoustine and salmon poached in a light bisque, with a tomato chutney
- Fillet of turbot with braised baby gem lettuce and cep sauce
- Keenan had the Cannon of Cornish lamb with confit shoulder, ratatouille and thyme ju and I had the Roasted pigeon from Bresse with grilled polenta, smoked pork belly and date sauce
We also had a sampling of six different types of desserts to celebrate our anniversary and dessert wine, which led us to a diabetic coma, but it was so delicious!:
- Passion fruit mousse
- Refreshing sorbet and sponge cake
- White chocolate strawberry, champagne and elderflower soup
- Bitter chocolate and hazelnut cylinder with ginger mousse and blackcurrant granite
- Carrot cake with Turkish delights
- Signature Gordon Ramsey's truffles
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Sunday 15th April 2018, 15:00
Super League - Round: 11
Huddersfield Giants
(6) 12
Salford Red Devils
(12) 30
Innes Senior, Ollie Roberts,
Mark Flanagan, Ben Nakubuwai, Weller Hauraki, Jake Bibby 2,
Danny Brough 2,
Rob Lui 5,
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Ryan Hinchcliffe, Danny Brough, Adam Walne Kruise Leeming and Alex Mellor returned to the Giants line-up after injury for the visit of the Salford Red Devils to the John Smith's Stadium but Adam O'Brien joined the long list of injury victims still unavailable.A Danny Brough grubber to the Red Devils ingoal area was the first item of note but the defence held firm and then a Rob Lui 40/20 sparked their response but sound defence by the Giants held them out. A Lee Gaskell long kick gave the Giants a chance but an error in possession snuffed that out and on 13 minutes the visitors took the lead, Mark Flanaghan powering over by the posts after a penalty Rob Lui adding the extras. Almost immediately afterwards and following another penalty Petero Nakubuwai went charging through a disappointing Giants defence to touch down between the posts and Rob Lui's conversion put the visitors 12 points to the good . The Giants response was a try in the left corner by Innes Senior after swift passing to the left following a penalty, the wingman doing well to hold off the Red Devils defenders. Danny Brough added a splendid touchline conversion to reduce the deficit to 6 points. Further Giants pressure forced 2 goal line drop outs but handling errors and a succession of penalties thwarted any further scores before the half time hooter.The number of errors and penalties had led to a scrappy first half with little flow to the game. Better discipline and more composure was needed in the second half.The same pattern however quickly ensued with the Giants being penalised for an incorrect play the ball and Lui kicking a penalty goal followed on 50 minutes by a Hauraki try in the right corner again after a Giants error and a penalty. The Giants were now trailing by 14 points but they did hit back with an Oliver Roberts try after a Danny Brough high kick and a penalty.Danny Brough added the extras. A Jordan Turner kick then led to a goal line drop out but no scores errors again prevailing as composure deteriorated and frustration abounded. Oliver Roberts was held up short and the Red Devils extended their lead on 71 minutes with another Rob Lui penalty goal this time for a late tackle. The last few minutes were a disaster for the Giants with Jake Bibby running in 2 tries in quick succession in the right corner as the defence melted away. Danny Brough was then sent off for dissent to complete a totally miserable second half performance.Huge improvements will be needed if the Giants are to make any impact in Super League this season starting next Friday evening at St Helens 20 April kick off 7.45pm.
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i had a dream that lisa had me "babysit" her fetus by implanting it in my own belly for a little while. i was happy to help out, but a little pissed cause i wasn't getting as many dates anymore.
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Atlanta Natives helps serve Iglesias Bautista Sion de San Cristobal after Hurricane Irma
Popcorn Maker, TXDot Employee, and world missions' traveler. These three things may not go together, but they do describe Chris Easley.
This Atlanta Native can often be found out at his parents' land making popped Kettle Corn for folks that come out to the Easley's for the delicious meals they make and sell to the community. The popped corn is just one of the many things he has added recently to his resume of activities: Serving with a missions group is another.
This past September, Chris traveled with a group of people to Cuba to help in the wake of Hurricane Irma that hit Cuba on Sept. 11.
"Cody Howard and I were the only two Atlanta people that went, everyone else was from Texarkana," said Easley. "The first thing I thought when I got to Cuba, was when I looked out the airplane flying into the island, and the first thing I saw was mountains all the old cars."
Stationed about an hour away from Havanna, the mission group was in an area that had saw some flooding.
The main thing they did, in addition to ministering to the community, was to build an apartment for the pastor Rubén Hernandez of Iglesias Bautista Sion de San Cristobal.
"It was on top of the church, three stories high." Easley said.
The group of missionaries had 11 people in all, the group required three translators, but many of the schools there teach English which allowed the group more resources to translation.
"We were able to maintain normal services including youth activities. We had close to 60 kids attend. We also had anywhere from 15 to 20 people from the church make professions of faith," said Easley.
"It's still a very poor country there, but it's amazing how happy they are in all circumstances. The stories they told were sad but they were all just so happy to be at church," Easley stated.
"My favorite thing about the whole experience was meeting all the new people. I was able to meet some really cool folks and see what life is like for other 20-year-olds," Easley remarked.
Chris says he might go back to Cuba, but as for other countries he doesn't know yet.
In the meantime, you can find him out at his parents' house manning the Kettle Corn pot.


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CreateSpace offers a number of distribution options, but you can treat it as just a printer, too. You can publish a book under the standard plan, or upgrade it to the pro plan. You can also pick and choose which distribution channels you want to use. You're never forced to distribute your book anywhere.
You have to choose the plan for each book. You can't upgrade to the pro plan on an account-wide basis, because books have to meet specific requirements to qualify.
What distribution channels does each plan provide?
Standard Plan
Amazon.com: This one's self-explanatory. Your book will appear on Amazon.com, but not on any other Amazon sites.
eStore: This provides a one page store for your book that can hang off your website. Users can add your book to a cart and pay for it right there and then. However, if you sell more than one book from your site, this isn't an ideal solution, since each eStore can only handle one book. So you'll end up with a bunch of pages, and that's not a good experience for users. If you have one website per book, an eStore could work well.
An eStore offers the highest royalty per book sold, since CreateSpace only takes 20% on each sale. So you might consider driving traffic to your eStore, rather than to your book's Amazon page, where CreateSpace will take a 40% cut.
Pro Plan
In addition to more distribution options, upgrading a title to the pro plan reduces the cost to print each book. In other words, you'll make more on each sale, whether through Amazon.com, your eStore, or a pro plan distribution channel.
In addition to the two channels offered by the standard plan, the pro plan offers:
Direct: Certified resellers can buy your book through CreateSpace's wholesale website. Is this an effective channel? Who knows? I haven't seen any talk about it around the net, and it's not why most people upgrade to the pro plan.
Bookstores and Online Retailers: Lightning Source (LSI) used to be the automatic first choice because it got your book into Ingram and into all sorts of online bookstores. Now CreateSpace can do the same, but it takes a larger chunk of each sale (60%!), doesn't get your book into all the Amazon sites, and your book has to meet certain requirements (trim size, number of pages).
Libraries and Academic Institutions: Here's a distribution channel not offered by LSI, but there's a catch. You have to use a CreateSpace ISBN, which means you won't be the publisher of record. This option is best for non-fiction.
Both Plans
You can, of course, order books for yourself, no matter which plan you have. But if you've upgraded to the pro plan, ordering the books will be cheaper.
So what's the best way to go? Upgrading to the pro plan will reduce the cost of every book printed, which means it will eventually pay for itself. If you've decided to offer your book through CreateSpace, the only reasons not to upgrade are if you can't afford it, or if you're planning to keep your book private and order only a small number of copies.
At this point, my posts have covered setting up your title, getting your files ready, and choosing your distribution options. Once you've done all that, you have to order a proof of the book, so you can make sure it looks all right and do a final proofread before publishing it. That's the stage I'm at now. I'll write a final post about CreateSpace when I've approved my book for publication.


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I've been working hard the last couple of months to find ways to encourage their independent play and I thought I'd share them with you! It's a daily struggle in our house and I'm certainly not an expert but things are slowly getting easier.
2. Both of my kids thrive when I give them "jobs" to do. Toddlers love to imitate and I've taken the opportunity to teach them how to help me. If I need to do the dishes, I'll give them each a wet washcloth and let them wash the fronts of the cabinets. If I need to do laundry, they help put things away or drag their empty hampers back to the laundry room. When I vacuum, Connor runs his ball popper toy behind me. I'm able to get my cleaning done and they feel like they've gotten to help!
|Helping me clean. Obviously Grace dressed herself that day!
4. Both of my kids tend to look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them to just "go play!" But if I set out one or two toys, they are much more likely to get engaged. I like to put away some of the toys they get for Christmas and their birthdays and rotate them out so they get new toys all year round. I can pack up the old ones to bring out again later in the year or donate/sell them. It's more fun to play with "new" toys than with old familiar ones.
5. I've learned through the years that Grace loves more structured activities. Connor will play with toys for hours, but Grace gets bored with them pretty fast. For those toddlers who need more structured playtime check out some of my favorite toddler activities. Most require just a few minutes of set up and then she is able play independently while I write a post or pay bills.
6. This is a hard one for me, but I've learned that to encourage independence, I need to let my kids play. If they get a little dirty or a little messy, that's okay unless they are going to hurt themselves or damage something. They don't need to play with toys exactly how they are supposed to be played with and they don't always need to follow the instructions. If they're having fun, let them be. I often have to stop myself from correcting them. When I'm able to get 30 minutes of work done, the little mess is totally worth it (I do ask them to help clean up when they are done). I always have to remind myself that they are learning and I should encourage them to be creative and have fun.
|I laid out a sheet and let them make a huge mess while I got dishes and lots of laundry done.
Totally worth the mess and they had so much fun!
How do you encourage independent play in your house?


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Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Chairman Kingsley Kuku has said there is no going back on the 2015 terminal date of the amnesty for ex-militants in the Niger Delta.
He said failure to end the programme could bring about instability in the region as it is grappling with exit strategy challenges that were not envisaged when the amnesty proclamation was made in 2009.
Kuku spoke yesterday at the seventh Business Law Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association Section on Business Law in Lagos.
He implored Southsouth governors to initiate youth engagement programmes to create opportunity for empowerment for the ex-militants.
Kuku said the inability to secure jobs for the ex-militants who have been trained in many technical areas related to oil and gas portends danger for the region.
He said the youths may be tempted to eke out a living from illegal activities.
The PAP chairman noted that the gains of the programme could be eroded, if the government fails to close the programme by 2015 because of fresh agitations for enlistment by youths, who now see militancy as a way of accessing public funds.
He said it would be better to train people who seek empowerment rather than just distributing money to youths who do not add value to economic activities.
Kuku called for equity in the stipends paid to ex-militants in training , as opposed to those who collect monthly stipends while waiting to be sent for training.
He canvassed a reduction of the N65,000 paid to beneficiaries in training to the statutory N18,000 minimum wage, such that those who are undergoing training do not earn far more than those awaiting training, who earn N65,000 monthly.
"It will be in the best interest of Nigeria for government to terminate the presidential amnesty programme by 2015.
"If it is not closed by 2015, it will lose its taste. This is because it will become an alternative government in the Niger Delta.
"We are battling exit strategy challenges. If we reduce the monthly stipend for those in training to the prescribed minimum wage, which is N18,000, it would discourage more people to take to militancy.
"We should have stopped paying N65,000 after pulling the militants from the creeks and fixing it at the minimum wage," he canvassed.
The PAP chairman explained that the programme had key challenges bordering on post-training expectations, which are becoming very critical.
"To avoid further crisis, the programme should end in 2015. We must be ready to exit the programme."