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I've been doing a better job this year than I ever have catching all the films generating "Oscar buzz" — (thank YOU, local theaters!) before the actual awards air, and starting this weekend, SIFF Cinema is making it super easy for me with period pieces galore.
Their Awards Buzz Benefit Screenings package starts on Sunday, 11/22 at 2pm with A Single Man. This early 60s drama about a gay man (Colin Firth) who loses his lover in a car crash and contemplates suicide is already gathering talk about Firth taking Best Actor, and about its attention to period detail. All I know is: Colin Firth AND Julianne Moore AND 60s clothes? I am. so. there.
Next up, Me and Orson Welles on Wednesday, 12/2 at 7pm. I'm not quite sure about this one, as "coming-of-age comedy" doesn't usually resonate with me and I don't consider Zac Effron to have mad acting skillz, but hey, at least he's not the one playing Welles (supposedly impressive newcomer Christian McKay is). The plot focuses on Welles' directing days at the Mercury Theater and a young actor (Effron) in his 1937 adaptation of Julius Caesar.
And last, The Young Victoria, Sunday, 12/13 at 3:30 pm. Emily Blunt is gathering praise all over the place for her portrayal of the famous lady who ascended to the throne almost overnight. Supposedly as non-Hollywood as you can get with a costume drama, the ensemble cast packs a (British) punch with Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany and Jim Broadbent — and let's be honest, I'll be there just for the costumes.
Films are $10 each or you can grab a series pass to all 3 for a discounted $25, with all proceeds going to benefit SIFF — so you can support your Oscar habit and local cinema at the same time, people.
In anticipation of Martin and Baldwin hosting,
Amie Simon
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In high iPod rotation:
The Swell Season
Flight of the Conchords
Magnetic Fields
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Call, Click or Tap Your Way to P10,000! Order via McDelivery and get a chance to win P10,000. A minimum single receipt purchase of P200 through any of the McDelivery channels (Hotline, Web and Mobile App) is a raffle entry. There will be 1 winner of P10,000 cash for 60 days.
Qualified orders through the McDo PH App will have double entries.
Promo Duration: March 16 – May 14, 2015
Coverage: Metro Manila, Cebu and Davao areas only
Prizes: Daily winner of P10,000 for 60 days
*Prizes shall be awarded through a check from Golden Arches Development Corporation
1. Promotion is open to all Filipinos who are actual residents of Metro Manila, Cebu or Davao, Philippines.
2. Order through McDelivery via any of the 3 channels:
a. Call the Hotlines:
i. Metro Manila: 86-2-36
ii. Cebu: 348-6236
iii. Davao: 228-6236
b. Visit the Website: www.mcdonalds.com.ph/mcdelivery
c. Download the Mobile App: McDo PH available in App Store and Google Play
3. Order a minimum amount (single receipt purchase) of PHP 200.00 to qualify for an entry.
a. One (1) successful delivery via hotline, desktop web, and mobile web will automatically qualify for 1 entry.
b. One (1) successful delivery via the mobile app will double the raffle entry (a single receipt of P200.00 will automatically get 2 entries).
c. Minimum purchase of P200.00 includes the P40.00 fixed delivery charge.
4. Once the food is delivered, customer signs the McDelivery receipt.
1. Only successful transactions made during the promo period (March 16, 12:00am up to May 14, 11:59pm) will be considered valid for drawing of winners.
2. For each draw, 7 winners will be drawn using the ramdomizer tool (except the last draw where only 4 winners will be drawn to complete the 60 winners). As witnessed by a DTI Representative, the drawing of winners will be done every Monday, 2pm, at Golden Arches Development Corporation head office, located at 17th Floor, Citibank Center Building, Paseo de Roxas, Makati City. Draw dates as follows:
a. March 23 for entries from March 16 to 22 (7 winners)
b. March 30 for entries from March 16 to 29 (7 winners)
c. April 6 for entries from March 16 to April 5 (7 winners)
d. April 13 for entries from March 16 to April 12 (7 winners)
e. April 20 for entries from March 16 to April 19 (7 winners)
f. April 27 for entries from March 16 to April 26 (7 winners)
g. May 4 for entries from March 16 to May 3 (7 winners)
h. May 11 for entries from March 16 to May 10 (7 winners)
i. May 18 for entries from March 16 to May 14 (4 winners)
3. Non-winning entries of previous draws shall be included in the succeeding draws.
4. All winners shall be notified by Golden Arches Development Corporation (GADC) via registered mail. The official notification shall include instructions on how to claim the prize. No text notification will be sent to the winners.
5. Each person can only win once and will be ineligible to win again for subsequent draws.
6. Disqualification from the promo or forfeiture of prize will be based on the following:
a. Participants who did not meet promo requirements for joining (as stated above).
b. Should the person claiming to be the drawn winner fail to present the complete requirements for claiming the prize.
1. The official notification from GADC sent via registered mail shall contain the following details:
a. Starting date on when the prize may be redeemed
b. Address on where the prize may be redeemed
i. For Metro Manila, winners may bring the requirements and redeem their prize at GADC office (Address: 17th Floor, Citibank Center Building, Paseo de Roxas, Makati City).
ii. For Cebu and Davao winners, winners may bring the requirements and redeem their prize at the nearest McDonald's branch identified in the official notification sent via email and regisyrered mail.
c. Authorized GADC representative to look for when redeeming the prize
d. Official documents required to redeem the prize
2. The winners should present the required documents to the authorized Golden Arches Development Corporation (GADC) representative for further verification prior to granting of prize to them. Winners must bring the following:
a. Actual registered mail of official notification from GADC
b. Two (2) of any of the following valid IDs: Driver's License, SSS Photo ID or any government-issued ID. These must each reflect their respective photograph, full legal name, birthdates, and signature.
3. Upon claiming, the winners must sign a waiver that prizes to be given are final and were received in good condition, releasing GADC from any liability with regard to it before the prize is turned over.
4. With prior DTI approval, failure to claim the prize within 60 days from receipt of the official notification letter sent through registered mail will be automatically forfeited, except when the failure to claim is due to the occurrence of an event of force majeure or fortuitous cause. In the event that an event of force majeure or fortuitous cause occurs, the said 60-day period shall be extended for another fourteen (14) days, which shall begin on the day immediately after the 60th day. No extension, re- / consideration or accommodation or requests for the same shall be entertained.
1. The 60 winners will be officially announced via the Twitter account of McDonald'shttps://twitter.com/McDo_PH starting March 25. 1 winner will be announced each day.
2. The list of weekly winners will also be posted on McDonald's Facebook Fan Pagewww.facebook.com/McDo.ph every Wednesday starting April 1.

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For the first time next year, a majority of the population in India will use mobile phones, according to eMarketer's latest forecast of mobile phone, mobile phone internet and smartphone usage around the world. This year's 10.7% growth in usage has led to 47.0% penetration, or a total mobile phone population in India of 581.1 million people.
By the end of our forecast period, more than three-quarters of a billion people in India will own and use a mobile phone at least once per month.
Smartphone usage is significantly lower: Around one-fifth of mobile phone users in the country will have a smartphone this year, eMarketer estimates. In 2018, that share will still reach only 36.0%.
But smartphones aren't the only way to access the mobile internet. In 2015, 26.3% of mobile phone users in the country will use a smartphone, but 34.1% will access the mobile internet via phone at least once per month, meaning a substantial number will be using feature phones for access. This means that while many more people in India will be addressable on the mobile internet, they won't all be reachable with in-app display ads and the like.
eMarketer expects advertisers to spend $32.7 million in 2014 and $58.9 million in 2015 on mobile internet ads, including display and search formats but excluding messaging-based ads. By 2018, that figure will rise to $280.1 million.
eMarketer bases all of its forecasts on a multipronged approach that focuses on both worldwide and local trends in the economy, technology and population, along with company-, product-, country- and demographic-specific trends, and trends in specific consumer behaviors. We analyze quantitative and qualitative data from a variety of research firms, government agencies, media outlets and company reports, weighting each piece of information based on methodology and soundness.
In addition, every element of each eMarketer forecast fits within the larger matrix of all its forecasts, with the same assumptions and general framework used to project figures in a wide variety of areas. Regular re-evaluation of each forecast means those assumptions and framework are constantly updated to reflect new market developments and other trends.


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Ben recently completed his first feature film score for Someone Else, which had its World Premiere on March 13, 2015 at the prestigious Miami International Film Festival. Though director Nelson Kim's first feature, Ben also scored Kim's Columbia University Film School graduate film thesis, "Long Distance." He has also composed the scores for short films by Someone Else's producer Geoff Quan ("The Other Way Round") as well as "7x6x2," a short sci-fi western written and directed by famed graphic novelist Paul Pope along with Sridhar Reddy. In addition to composing duties, Ben usually plays most of the instruments as well as produce and mix his scores, bringing a unified vision to the sound of the music.
Says director Kim of working with Ben: "Ben's score for SOMEONE ELSE sounds like nothing else out there. Sort of like the movie itself, it starts off somewhat conventionally, then becomes progressively weirder and wilder as it goes on. We wanted to take ideas to their limit — at one point he literally had to talk me out of putting in dog-whistle sounds that no human could hear. But that gives you an idea of how far out things got."
Sound for Images reel and clips from film and tv projects
Trailer for "Someone Else" – score by Ben Rubin, songs by Mudville
"sound for images" film composer reel
The Other Way Round (2008) (short film, score by Ben Rubin)
7x6x2 (2014) (short film, score by Ben Rubin, Paul Pope & Sridhar Reddy, dirs)
trailer for "Long Distance" (2007) (score by Ben Rubin, tenor saxophone by Michael Blake)
"This Hollywood Life" in soundtrack trailer for Going Down in La-La Land
Mudville – "Sunshine Is On Me" (clip from the feature film "Slutty Summer" (2005))
Mudville – "The Hero of the World" in ReGenesis
Mudvillle – "Blown" in ReGenesis


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September 7, 2017 @ 9:00 pm - 2:00 amFree
Come out to the Flam Can for a night of Reggae selections and live music. Jah Bill and Dngr will be hosting and selecting tunes throughout the night. Around 10:00pm we will open up the stage to the Reggae Jam performance. All who wish to play should show up early and sign up with the DJs. Have a couple classic songs in mind you would like to play. (Backline provided).
If you're looking to come play music, meet other musicians in the scene or just listen and hold a vibe…..you will find it here.


text: Looking for any of the individual terrorcons apart from Hun-Gurrr. They dont need to have their abominus parts, but they do need to have their own weapons and accesories and be undamaged and unstained (apart from stickers). Sticker wear is inconsequential, i'll buy reprolabels if they're bad, but i am aiming to have the complete set. Drop me an e-mail if you want to sell any of them, at firstname.lastname@example.com as i dont get to check these forums as often as i'd like.


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This week's Free At Noon is Low Cut Connie. If you can't make it to this week's Free At Noon it will be performing at Molestice 2017, on Sat June 24th. Click here for more details.
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I kind of knew this day would come though I've been trying to put it off as long as possible. Being 2 meters tall (nearly 6'7"), tall people older than me told me I'd have back problems because of my height. My old boss back in the day, a tall man, had back surgery and was laid up for over a month (it apparently didn't bother him too much because he managed to buyout a company as he convalesced). I told him I felt his pain. He replied that I hadn't felt his pain… yet... but that I would. I kind of scoffed a bit on the inside. At the time, I was in my early 30's, in reasonably good shape and prided myself on my back health because I was a yoga junkie. Fast forward a decade or so – I'm still reasonably fit, don't feel my age, still exercise and do yoga on a regular basis, though not as much as I would like. But the years, a shitty mattress and cramming my 2 meter frame into tiny Peruvian means of transportation finally caught up with me and I got a herniated disc.
As a safety professional I've taught dozens of classes on preventing back injuries and proper lifting techniques to cops, firefighters, and everyday working men and women. I always led off the training talking about Sammy Sosa and the sneeze that injured his back and put him out of commission for a couple of months back in 2004 (he eventually came back, couldn't hit a ball, got busted for using a corked back and got run out of town without his boom box - Michael Barrett smashed it by the way). This always started off training with a good laugh. A couple of weeks ago I wasn't laughing. Everyone asked me what I did to it. I would have liked to have said lifting a 50 pound bag of cement or laying bricks or digging a pit latrine but, no, nothing that exciting (beer pong maybe?)
A herniated disc is when the soft cushy disk between your vertebrae bulges out of where it's supposed to be. When it does this, the disc can push against a nerve that will make other things hurt – in my case, my back, right ass cheek, and right foot. The pain was excruciating. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being going into shock, I would put it at an 8. I couldn't bend over to tie my shoes, couldn't sit, and couldn't lie down for too long. It f*ckin' sucked. So, two weeks later I'm taking pain killers (not the Rush Limbaugh variety) and muscle relaxers and am feeling much, much better.
So that's the last "old man" complaining entry. Do look forward, however, to future parasite, explosive diarrea and/or other odd Peruvian ailment posts.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Apparently I'm not 27 Anymore or Maybe Sammy Sosa wasn't that Big of a P*ssy After All
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Election Day is Nov. 2, but absentee voting is already under way. Candidates are campaigning heavily with the knowledge that elections can be won this early in the election cycle.
While some people like to wait until balloting day to put their choices into the hopper, more and more people are voting by mail, and voting earlier than ever.
With less than two weeks before voting day, thousands of ballots have already been cast, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters.


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If you've ever looked into a kaleidoscope and fell in love with the swirls of color and ever-changing patterns, you'll probably be equally fascinated by Hufreesh Dumasia Chopra's abstract paintings.
Hufreesh's artwork stems from a natural expression of her being—her subconscious—unfolding in all sorts of wonderful ways, through poetic nuances of color, uninhibited forms and alternating techniques. Take a look!
Jade Dream is one of her more realistic pieces, as one can instantly make out a grove of trees trailing around a secluded cove. The jade hue is both haunting and breathtaking at the same time, rising like a mysterious fog into the air and anchoring land to sea in monochromatic splendor.
There's also an abundance of clean, white space which lends itself in striking contrast to the billows of emerald, olive and lime that blend together effortlessly in the forefront to create a dreamy, ethereal landscape.
Now let's go from white space to black space—well, actually a black/red color meld in the background of Inner Victory.
Just as victory comes from within—stemming from one's heart, determination and passion—the glow of triumph is recognized in a blaze of glory radiating from the center of this painting.
Spreading out like wings, it hastens to emblaze everything around it. Wild and raw, it has no boundaries and cannot be contained, but rather, it exudes from the inside out, taking on the world with boldness in spirit.
Lastly, Speak to My Soul is a picture truly worth a thousand words.
Warm yellow tones stretch jaggedly outward like vocal recordings you might see on your iTunes display while listening to music. It's as if the soul is speaking back, spreading love outward into the universe, until it slowly dissipates into thin air—but not before making its mark within circles of friends, loves ones and strangers.
Just as they say a butterfly can flap its wings and change the course of life forever, so too, can a simple message sent straight from one soul to another.
Hufreesh also has a few incredible, mixed media murals you can view in her portfolio, so don't miss this chance to visit her website and explore more of her work! Be sure to check out her mural entitled Deepam 3—I'm sure you'll love it as much as I do!
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For you, the person who puts up walls too tall for anyone to climb.
For me, someone who has become far too used to pushing people away.
And for 2017, a year to be different, more caring, more kind, and to let love in.
In 2016, I constantly wanted to hide from the world. From the pain, from the hurtful events, and from all the loss. Just when I felt like I was starting to stand up again, something would push me back down to my knees.
In 2016, it was easy to fall into the trap and cyclical thinking of "It'll never get any better." It was easy to try and give up on hope, as we were constantly being bombarded with awful things going on in the world around us. It was easy to get distracted by anger and hate. It became easy to blame a year, just a number, for being awful.
But here's a secret: 2016 didn't do anything wrong. It's just a number.
Which means 2017 is also, just a number. We can make it anything we want.
I don't pretend like I know the future. I don't know what the next year will bring, but I do know that I'm going to interact with the world in a different way, and I hope you will too.
Because in the end, we just need to be nice. Kind. Caring.
I'm not promising a miracle year. But we can make it better. It's a new year, so it can be a new beginning, even though it's just another day.
I hope this year, you let people in.
I hope you give people a chance to know YOU. Who you are, what makes you tick, where your passions lie. Everything and anything that makes up you. You are so uniquely intricate, and important. Let people get to know that.
I hope you realize your worth. And I hope you make it important to you. No more self deprecating comments, no more lack of self-care. You are important, so stop treating yourself like you aren't.
In 2016, many of us learned how to hide our flaws an imperfections out of fear. I hope in 2017, you find power in those differences and use them to your advantage.
I hope you let someone love you. Every single part of you. (Yes, that includes your flaws.) In 2017, you deserve all the happiness, and all of the love. I hope you know that.
Go out, find it, and don't hold yourself back.


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Join us for the launch of What Moves Us: The Lives and Times of the Radical Imagination on December 7 at Glad Day Bookshop.
Issue 19 launches in Toronto on September 8, 2017.
Help bring our movement archive online! Donate to our website fundraiser: http://bit.ly/2pnQMBy
UTA is pleased to co-present the workshop "Writing While Black: Exploring Urgency, Access, and Intersectionality" as part of Mayworks 2017, facilitated by Whitney French.
Two new books for review! Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown and Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing by Nicholas Thoburn.
We're organizing the next issue of Upping the Anti! We are calling on all activists and writers to share lessons learned through organizing! Deadline for pitches is May 1, 2017.
Subscribe to our low-traffic mailing list to hear about upcoming events and new online content.
Dreading the bitter taste of cinnamon hearts and boundless heteronormativity of the impending Hallmark holiday? Rekindle your romance with Upping the Anti and dance away your ennui at our Anti-Valentine's Day party!
Join us for a panel discussion on February 9, 2017 with Joseph Daher, Leila Al-Shami, Shiar Neyo, and Mostafa Henaway. Moderated by Dr. Jens Hannsen.
Upping the Anti is looking for a creative, independent and well-networked Communications Coordinator for 15 hours a week for six months. This person will work with the editorial committee to help improve the operations and presence of Upping the Anti in activist communities.


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Hamilton the key to beating England - Denness
Mike Denness, the former Scotland-born England captain, has pinpointed Gavin Hamilton as the crucial player ahead of Scotland's eagerly anticipated clash against England at Edinburgh on Monday.
"England haven't climbed the pecking order in one-day cricket (sixth) as much as they have in Tests (fifth) since goals were set in 2000 while the Scots have, in Gavin Hamilton, someone with a lot to offer," Denness told The Scotsman. "Also, they won't have to contend with Paul Collingwood on Monday because he is suspended."
Hamilton went on an England tour of South Africa but was out of his depth in the one Test in which he played. Denness insists, however, that his performance for England was not wholly representative of the talent Hamilton possesses.
"Gavin was probably not handled very well when he went to South Africa with England and that whole period possibly set him back because he'd gone on the back of such a great summer," Denness said. "But that still amounts to tremendous experience shared by comparatively few.
"For example even those who don't say very much when first in a Test dressing room absorb a lot which can be later passed on.
"He'll have more insight than anybody else in the Scotland team about how England will be approaching Monday's game. As for England, maybe nobody will yet be able to work out exactly what Kevin Pietersen is planning. It is the case they have had their ups and downs in one-day cricket and haven't developed into one of the forces yet."


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We've talked before about cyber-squatting. This is when someone registers a domain name that is the same or similar to a company or brand, in order to profit from that supposed association.
And last month – just as Britain's got Talent was reaching its teary zenith – we revealed that not only had many of the contestants names been registered as domain names; but that some had had Facebook and Twitter accounts opened in their name too.
The registering of brand or celebrity names with social networks is a new development in cyber squatting. Now that Facebook has started to give out customised web addresses, and of course MySpace and Twitter allowing users to select their own /name extension, the cyber-squatting game has got a whole lot more complicated.
Consumers are increasingly using social networks to communicate with businesses. Sow now, not only do companies and individuals have to defend their brand by buying up all variations of their brand name as domains; they also have the dizzying task of registering their brand name with social networks too. And as new social networks are springing up all the time, this is going to be quite a task.
The New York Times put it like this: "somewhere out there on the Web, another new service or social network is on the rise, threatening to start yet another online land grab".
To fill this need of brand owners, a few new services have been launched, which claim to protect brand names on social networking websites. Here's a couple:
Namechk.com: Lets you check that your brand name is available across hundreds of social networks. Just type in the username you want, and it will let you know on which sites that username has been taken.
And then there is:
KnowEm.com: does the same sort of thing, but will also register your name at the sites, and then send you the username and password. For a fee of course.
I guess the first question is: are you using Social Networks to market your website? We hope that with our latest social media release you're starting to get to grips with that! And have you found your name to already have been registered? Have you yourself tried registering a company name with a social network? Leave us a comment below.


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Currently, the default response type of for Web API requests is XML. By the time it comes out of beta, it will be the default (source – this is mentioned by Hanselman towards the end of the post). However, if you want to activate this right now, how should you do it?
Two steps:
- Set a JSON formatter as the first Formatter in the Web API Config Formatters collection
- Set "text/html" as an accepted media type for this formatter
WebAPI includes a JSON Serializer by default: DataContractJsonSerializer. However, no one wants to use it, and for good reason: lots of issues with different types, slow performance, bad date formatting and more.
Thankfully, WebAPI allows you to switch customize the data formatters used for different content types. Bloggers have recommended a number of different approaches. What seems to be the most promising is Henrik Nielsen's JsonNetFormatter (using Json.NET to handle the JSON serialization) combined with a fix for a DateTime serialization issue (Hanselman also implies that this will be the default in post-beta WebAPI).
After you add the code for the JsonNetFormatter, you can set this up as the default Json data formatter by doing the following:
protected void Application_Start() { ... JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings(); serializerSettings.Converters.Add(new IsoDateTimeConverter()); GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.Insert(0, new JsonNetFormatter(serializerSettings)); ... }
Once you have done this, any request that comes in to the API that asks for json (setting a header to accept content of type application/json, utilizing the facility in WebAPI for content negotiation) will receive Json content formatter using the JsonNetFormatter class. However, if you want to just test this out in your browser, you will still get XML content. This is because a plan request from your browser is for type text/html, which translates to xml in the Web API universe. Though the Json will be returned automatically if you explicitly request json content (or if you use a function that requests this content type, like the $.ajax function in jQuery), if you want to test out the json in your browser, you will be out of luck using the standard configuration.
To get around this, you need to set the JsonNetFormatter to support the "text/html" media type. This will allow it to respond to requests made from the browser (and since the JsonNetFormatter is now the first Formatter in the Formatters collection, it will be used by default). You can do this as follows:
protected void Application_Start() { ... JsonSerializerSettings serializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings(); serializerSettings.Converters.Add(new IsoDateTimeConverter()); var jsonFormatter = new JsonNetFormatter(serializerSettings); jsonFormatter.SupportedMediaTypes.Add(new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html")); GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.Insert(0, jsonFormatter); ... }


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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, two reports of the Canadian section of the International Assembly of French Speaking Parliamentarians, as well as the financial report relating thereto.
The first report relates to the forum on the information highway and the parliamentary francophonie, held on April 20, 1998 at Quebec City. The second relates to the AIPLF commission on education, communication and cultural affairs, which met April 21 and 22, also at Quebec City.


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For Wal-Mart, Fair Trade May Be More Than a Hill of Beans
Monday, June 12, 2006
POCO FUNDO, Brazil -- Rosevaldo Jose Pereira has never been to Wal-Mart. The name doesn't mean anything to the lifelong coffee farmer in this remote village in southeastern Brazil.
But Wal-Mart Stores Inc. knows who he is. And the world's largest retailer is changing his life.
Wal-Mart is in the midst of overhauling its tightfisted image to win over shoppers searching for more than low prices. That effort has taken the company that built an empire on the principle of high volume and low costs into previously uncharted territory, into the realm of trendy apparel and organic food.
Now, with the help of Pereira, it is embarking on one of its most radical undertakings to date: fair trade.
Pereira, 40, is part of a small cooperative of growers living here in the heart of coffee country, where the rolling mountains are lush with trees. The late afternoon sun is strong. Pereira wipes the sweat from his brow with his forearm as he works his six acres. Dirt is jammed deep underneath his fingernails. He has been picking coffee cherries since 5 a.m., stripping them off the branches with his bare hands. They will be dried, and eventually only the pit will be left -- the coffee bean.
Pereira gets a premium for his harvest. His co-op is one of only seven in the country that is fair-trade certified, charging above-market price for beans because it meets certain social and environmental standards.
Wal-Mart is considering bringing Pereira's beans into its namesake stores. It would be a novel arrangement for a company infamous for squeezing pennies out of its suppliers -- and a test of how deep its makeover will really go.
For Pereira, the deal could mean more money, new computers for the co-op or a bigger school for the village. Already some children talk about college and life away from the farm. But it would also inextricably bind the co-op's fortunes to the company from Bentonville, Ark. -- putting all its beans, so to speak, in one basket.
Wal-Mart executives are planning to visit Poco Fundo at the end of the month before making a decision. It's part of the new corporate philosophy outlined by chief executive H. Lee Scott Jr.: "Doing well by doing good."
It is a work in progress.
Wal-Mart Meets the Co-Op
Wal-Mart discovered Pereira and his co-op five years ago when Mark Hoffman, a buyer for its Sam's Club membership warehouse stores, visited Brazil on a scouting trip. There was nothing particularly philanthropic about his visit.
Hoffman worked for the company's global sourcing team, a now-defunct group that traveled the world finding ways to buy products for less money. The Brazil list included beef jerky, cashews and, of course, coffee.


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SPB ScreenShot - a freeware that will let you take screenshots on the fly
One of the coolest features of the iPhone is being able to take screenshots on the fly, no matter what you are doing with your phone - playing, talking, watching a video. You just need to click on the power button and then the home button and you have a screenshot.
For us, Windows Mobile fans, this can be done using one of SPB's modules which is part of their images products but also stands as a freeware. it's called SPB ScreenShot
SPB ScreenShot is a tool to capture your screen on preset delay or with hardware button. At first place this was part of the SPB Image application but now its distributed separately and for FREE.
- capture screenshots in BMP or PNG format;
- set a delay in seconds;
- assign a hardware button;
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Inglewood), which is made in England by Arthur Wood, with a pattern called 'Summertime'. I was really drawn to the stylised floral pattern, and the colour palette of the florals on the yellow glazed teapot - definitely not the usual old-fashioned florals found on English vintage ceramics.
Then a few weeks later in Daylesford I came across this large jug, and instantly recognised the pattern as being the same as the teapot. I thought it was a bit unusual that the jug was white, whilst the teapot had a yellow glaze - and on turning the jug over I learnt the jug was made in New Zealand, and wasn't part of the English Arthur Wood collection.
It's a bit of a mystery how the two pieces have the same pattern (maybe the pattern was licensed for the Australia-Pacific region?) but either way I like that the two pieces don't match perfectly, and they make a great addition to my random collection of vintage chinaware.
Vintage teapot & jug
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Alite Mayfly Chair
On fun packages that just arrived… We've seen pictures online of the Alite ultra-lightweight chairs for some time now, but it wasn't until trying them all in person at OR that we truly understood how awesome they are… and how incredible the tiny design details are! For starters, i thought my 13" macbook air was light (not even 3lbs)… their three chairs range from 1.1 to 1.6lbs! With their butterfly logo and the sling style of their chairs, it's hard not to have the iconic butterfly chair come to mind. With a similar single piece fabric sling and a collapsible thin metal frame, merged with the materials/tech from outdoors goods like aluminum tent poles and ripstop nylon, the result is a collection of incredibly versatile, ultra-lightweight, sling chairs that are perfect to pop up just about anywhere! They have used them on kayaks and canoes, rocky waterfalls and paddleboats, and more! I felt like Goldilocks as i tried each model out, the Monarch, Mayfly, and Mantis, my favorite is definitely the MAYFLY! While the Monarch is lightest, you're constantly on your feet and rocking… and the Mantis gives you the stability of a traditional chair with it's 4 feet firmly planted on the ground, but no rocking… the Mayfly gives you the best of both! You're stable on the ground, you can tilt back and rock, AND you can even remove the front leg for a rocking-only Monarch style seat! From most of the pictures i've seen online, it has been easy to overlook just how tiny and lightweight these things are since they support full grown folks (up to 250lbs) with full back support. So, take a peek at my unboxing of the Alite Mayfly on my DESK (alongside my 13" macbook air and bulleit water bottle) to see all the design details on the next page! (As well as their fun video! and a peek at the other models!)
p.s. These would be amazing at music festivals!!!
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lesson 3: reader's advisory
Novelist & Novelist K-8 via The Digital Pipeline
Read-Alike authors in Novelist for Lian Hearn: Alexandre Dumas (1802), Guy Gavriel Kay, Sara Douglass, Bartie Bull, Jasper (1968) Kent, Michele Hauf, Pierre, Pevel (1968), Gemma Files & Ted Bell
The Read-Alike feature brought up some interesting authors who write in the general genre of historical fantasy and adventure stories. What it did not do is connect it to other Asian historic fantasy fiction, perhaps because it is not a common theme in Asian literature. I was also surprised that Peony in Love was not among the Read-Alikes for Across the Nightingale Floor. I expected to see Jessica Amanda Salmonson in that list, but her genre tags were feminist fantasy, horror and occult fiction. Interestingly enough, there were no Read-Alikes for this author or her books.
Series in Order: Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
- Across the Nightingale Floor
- Grass for His Pillow
- Brilliance of the Moon
- The Harsh Cry of the Heron
- Heaven's Net is Wide
Readers Advisory Toolbox: I plan to read through the Reader's Advisory Training located on this page; it looks very interesting.
How to use Novelist: I looked through the tutorials and found them to be helpful. They take some time to load, but are very well done and would recommend them to adult Novelist users
The one I viewed was: How can NoveList help me find great title, author, and series recommendations?
Other Reader Advisory Tools:
I also use lists from Goodreads, and was glad to see it on the list in the article about recommendations websites.
What Should I Read Next? I've had my upper elementary students use this tool and they seem to like it if they remember it and can spell names and titles correctly.
Shelfari: I tried Shelfari when I was looking for a virtual bookshelf, but the graphic took away from the content, so it didn't appeal to me. I would more than likely use their series & list page.
Whichbook: Very interesting…I might play around with it when I have time. It seems a little time consuming to find a short list of recommendations that are largely unfamiliar.
Library Thing: I also use Library Thing, but don't use it as often. They distinguish between the Automated and Member's recommendation lists, which is nice.
Gnooks: This site asks to correct the author's name and I love the map feature. A children's literature only version of this site would be fabulous. I looked up Neil Gaiman who writes at various levels and got mostly adult recommendations.
The Staff Recommends: Good if you're not sure what you're looking for or want something different.
I've used these for children's book recommendations:
Guy's Read, Juvenile Series and Sequels, and Boy's Read


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Playing guitar and singing in my band. Writing songs. Chelsea/Wolves. Upkeeping my crap web site. Wasting money on Ebay/Buying vinyls and Cd's/Going to record fairs. Playing football/table tennis.
Music taste:
In order of importance: (non crap) indie, post rock, lo-fi, folk, alt-rock, grunge, early 20th century classical. see list below \/
Anything else?:
If you have 5 minutes to kill, have a look around www.dragonfliesdrawflame.com there's songs, photos, lyrics, gig dates etc.


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Emmanuel Macron Rivals Trump's 'America First' With Plan To Make Europe Great Again
French President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump don't have many obvious parallels, although they both enjoy a handshake more than is strictly necessary.
But while Macron's platform is avowedly liberal both economically and socially, his plans for European trade have a distinctly protectionist flavor. You might even say he wants to "make Europe great again" and "put Europe first." Or something.
More than a third of French voters backed the hard-right, Euroskeptic protectionism of Marine Le Pen in the recent election. Elsewhere in Europe, parties who want to close borders and stop globalization have surged in recent years. Macron is seeking a pro-European response to this movement, or, as he put it in his presidential manifesto, a Europe that "concentrates on major challenges and dares to defend its interests and values in the world."
Macron's proposals include a "buy European act" that would make it harder for non-EU companies to get public contracts in Europe. And when he visited German Chancellor Angela Merkel in May, Macron urged her to strengthen EU laws to stop "dumping," wherein a non-EU company exports a product to Europe at prices lower than market value.
But his first clash on this issue is likely to arise at a European Council summit next week, the Financial Times reported Thursday, when EU leaders will discuss proposals that would see Brussels undertake national security screening for foreign takeovers of European companies. Free-trade advocates such as the Netherlands and the Nordic states are likely to push back, the paper reports.
Leaders will also discuss how to boost "jobs, growth and competitiveness," granting Macron the opportunity to press for better protection for other European industries.
Anand Menon, professor of European politics and foreign affairs at King's College London, says that if Macron goes to the meeting to push this agenda, he might well secure some sort of rhetorical commitment to it on the declaration issued on the meeting by the council.
"I do think the odds of him getting something he can legitimately call a win when he gets home are quite good," Menon says. But, he adds, a big gulf between words and actions remains, especially in the European Union, where 27 leaders signing off on a statement might be relatively easy to come by, but going through the multifaceted process of policy change is much more difficult. "I think it will be very, very hard to get the consensus you need to do this," Menon says.
What's more, argues Karel De Gucht, who served as Europe's commissioner for trade until 2014, Macron's solution won't tackle the problems faced by angry voters. "If Europe buys European, and [the] U.S. buys U.S., and everybody buys his own stuff, that will affect trade."
De Gucht says European politicians should be "straight" with voters about the causes of economic malaise; digitalization, he says, is a the cause of more job losses than globalization. But he also has submitted a proposal to Brussels that would allow Europe to close its public procurement markets to countries that did not open theirs, and says the EU should allocate more money to its existing fund aimed at addressing the downsides of globalization.
Menon, meanwhile, points out that Europe has always sought to protect its industries: "They've always done it in trade deals, because there, the French have a veto," he says.
Some positive headlines for Macron, Menon concedes, may be useful in the short term. "The danger comes down the line when nothing changes," he says. In the end, Macron's fight for European protection may turn into a sideshow.
If the new president's plans to liberalize the French economy domestically and reform the euro currency don't deliver change in the form of more employment, those angry voters are only going to get angrier.


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Work-life balance for independent lawyers
Whether you are just starting out on your own or you already have a successful independent law practice, work-life balance can be a challenge. It can be difficult to run a successful small business because you are pulled in so many directions. You have to please your clients, keep up with your paperwork and, of course, you want to be able to spend time with your family at home.
Here are some tips to help you balance an independent law practice and your home life:
- Have a separate office. Though many people love to work at home, it is often better to have an off-site office space that allows you to separate your home from your work. You can also leave your work at work. One affordable option is leasing space in a co-working environment, which comes with the added bonus of a built-in professional network.
- Be portable with the cloud. Cloud storage is nice because you can work whenever you have a few free minutes. If you are stuck waiting on clients or waiting at the doctor's office, you can pull up documents on your tablet or phone and get to work. As an entrepreneur, the ability to be flexible with work hours also allows you to freedom to fit in personal time, errands and family events.
- Stay on track with calendars and to-do lists. Writing down your schedule and commitments helps you tackle tasks in a timely fashion. The more efficient you can be with your working hours, the more free time you can create for yourself after-hours. Be diligent and make sure that organization is a part of your daily routine.
It is important to find a balance, especially as an entrepreneur. We would love to hear from you how you have achieved a greater sense of work-life balance in your law career.
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To better accommodate the growing needs of its clients, Mango Tours will be moving to a bigger and better space located at Unit 1506, 88 Corporate Center Bldg., 141 Valero cor. Sedeño Sts., Salcedo Village, Makati City by March 11, 2011.
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By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor
In my recent article noting a "false flag paradigm shift" I pointed out that two of the biggest voices in popular culture, Dan Brown and X Files, are now taking false flags seriously. The new X Files series outright tells us that "9/11 was a false flag."
Some have argued that despite their huge audiences, Dan Brown and X files represent a "conspiratorial" type of pop culture that is not going to help promote serious consideration of the false flag meme.
Maybe, maybe not. But now get this: The two biggest and most venerable pillars of American mainstream print media, TIME-Life and the New York Times, are jumping on the bandwagon.
The new issue of TIME-Life includes an article on "Modern-Day Conspiracy Theories." Martin Hill explains:
They presented a chart describing 5 or so theories regarding 9/11. The top was that the U.S. government had advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks and did nothing to prevent it. The last theory listed was that Israel did 9/11 to justify wars and Israel's agenda….They did not present it (the "Israel did it" theory") in a disparaging manner.
The New York Times has also gotten into the act. During the past two weeks they have published not one but TWO articles prominently referencing 9/11 truth.
Unfortunately the NY Times IS somewhat disparaging. Its January 22nd op-ed 'The X-Files' in the Age of Truthers lashes out at Chris Carter's new Fox-TV mini-series:
…watching TV heroes embrace conspiracy theories isn't much fun when presidential candidates foster gun-confiscation paranoia and a 9/11 truther is campaigning for Donald Trump in Iowa."
Methinks the Times is worried. I'm sure it "isn't much fun" watching 9/11 truth creeping up on you after you've spent the past decade-and-a-half suppressing it—making yourself party to high treason, mass murder and crimes against humanity.
The other recent NY Times reference to 9/11 truth is even less complimentary: It's a key part of the Times' hit piece on Donald Trump's Iowa campaign. The author of this poison-pen screed, Trip Gabriel, attacks Trump's campaign by portraying it as inexperienced, ineffective, and featuring – gasp – an actual 9/11 truther!
That would be my friend Rick Shaddock of the Association for 9/11 Truth Awareness (ANETA). Rick splits his time between Fairfield, Iowa and Washington, DC. Normally he does most of his extensive 9/11 truth lobbying in DC. He explained:
I have been talking to presidential candidates from Bernie to Trump (about 9/11) as they go near Fairfield and get to see them in person better than on Capitol Hill in DC."
He adds: "Although Trip tripped me up, making the Trump campaign look bad, I am happy he mentioned 9/11 Truth, and even a hypothetical situation, that I would have stood up to say that remote control of the ATALS explains the planes flying into the WTC better than the story of Muslim hijackers."
Does Rick really think a President Trump would expose the truth about 9/11 and prosecute the perpetrators?
To find out, you'll have to wait till I interview him (Rick, not Trump) on Truth Jihad Radio. The show should available to subscribers by Tuesday evening, and will be broadcast Wednesday 10-11 a.m. Central on NoLiesRadio.org.


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The Most Important Tips For Forex Trader Part-Time Trading is in the financial markets, whether it is foreign exchange market or the stock market or futures source of profit for many individuals and institutions, thanks to the development of modern communication technologies, which allows for many to enter these markets with ease and take advantage of the fluctuations that you know to make a profit by using a computer It is connected only to the Internet.
In order for United Trading Network trading Ideally you may need to sit for long hours in front of your computer screen to analyze and study the movements of the markets, which may not be available to many as a result of their work or other life circumstances. Through the following article we will discuss the most important steps that will help you succeed in foreign exchange trading in the forex market although not enough time on your availability.
Select the appropriate currency pairs
Although the Forex market is open Al 24 hours a day from Sunday to Friday, but he prefers trading in times of known high liquidity and volumes of large circulation, high Valsaolh enable rolling in and out of the market quickly, easily and less risky. If we assume that you are working a normal time, the trading opportunity will be available to you in the evening. If you are a beginner and without experience in the markets is advised to trade currencies that the US dollar will be an element in pairs, because these couples know more liquidity than others, like the currency pair EUR / USD (euro against the US dollar) or a currency pair GBP / USD (British Pound vs. U.S. dollar).
Watched interest rates
Time constraints resulting from your work or daily Ochgalk, you will impose trading foreign currencies of different countries. Currency trading in the Forex market you need to deposit funds in foreign currencies and thus exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency pairs and modifications carried out by the central bank on interest rates, so it is necessary to know the interest rates imposed by the central bank of the state, which is trading of its currency, which the prices and control all news related to the interest rate.
Use a method fits your timing
The biggest problem facing people who work a normal time is not provided by the time of trading, for example, if you can trade for just one hour a day, will make this matter in front of few options. Especially if this time is characterized by a decrease in liquidity and volatility in the market. In this case you may have to look for opportunities on the small time frames as a frame of 1 or 5 minutes and carry out a quick kidnapping, though it is not right for you, then you can resort to the circulation of the daily known Balsuing, and exploit this time to search for trading on major frameworks as a framework for 4 hours or opportunities daily.
Performed daily duty
Since you might not always be in front of the trading screen and your time is not enough, to know the news and events that may be issued, which could move the markets, you get a source of information and that tells you a fast and a summary of the most important news that issue, because it is very necessary to know the things that markets move. And you can now find many financial websites that provide you with all the important news.
Use record trading
Trading History makes you monitor your performance trader, and know your strengths and weaknesses, and how your application to plan your strategies and trading and the extent of your respect to the rules set by the advance. Therefore, it is advisable to register all 100K Factory Revolution Reviews sales and purchases you make, whether they are successful or losing deals, and reviewed to see your mistakes and try to correct them in the future.
Use automated trading
One of the solutions that can be for people who work full-time resort to them is automated trading or automatic, at this moment in time there are a lot of forex brokers who offer solutions for automated trading, starting with the platforms that you need to master languages advanced programming to the platforms offer the possibility of setting conditions of entry and exit from the market purchase orders, sales orders and stop-loss and take profit automatically and without the complexities of ordinary people who are not fluent in programming languages advanced programming. Automated trading is one of the best solutions for people who do not have enough time for trading currency pairs in the forex market, which is not a solution to the lack of time, but just a perfect way to avoid the impact of emotions on making trading decisions process.
Do not try to trade at work
Not recommended at all to trade while you are in your workplace, Rotation of foreign currencies in the forex market needs to attend my mind full attention. You may be trying to get some time to access from your computer to your trading platform to search for opportunities in the market Your fear to miss an opportunity for profit, and this is very bad may cost you a lot of losses. Just to interrupt you by your colleagues or your employer may distract your attention and therefore the impact on your trading decisions.
Do not forget Capital Management
Although you're trading for a short period during the day, but it must not neglect the risks associated with foreign exchange trading pairs during the daily share trading. Therefore, you should know the risk borne by the sizes of deals that will open it and how to deal with stop-loss and take profit orders of magnitude. Some traders who trade part-time transactions they enter into high peril because they know that they have a source of income from their Forex Trading work, which makes them lose their money quickly.


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I was looking through the Tumbling Dice website but unfortunately there aren't many pictures. I then checked out the PicoArmor website when I hit the jackpot!
|P-26 Peashooter
The P-26 was obsolete by the start of WW2, but I think it's a cool looking plane. This will be my main Confederation fighter.
How about the Empire of the Iron Fist? The obvious solution would be to look at German fighters, but I decided to take a different tack. How about this?
|Soviet I-16 fighter
I also like the look of this next one (even though it is technically a bit more advanced than a P-26 I can fudge things for my setting).
|Macchi 200
Next I need to look at bombers. Pity that PicoArmor doesn't have B-10s.
(By the way, the photos are from the PicoArmor website)
(By the way, the photos are from the PicoArmor website)


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Savage Marine Ltd, leading specialists in lighting solutions for the superyacht industry, has announced the addition of further lighting control solutions to their LED and halogen product range and lighting services.
Working in partnership with Crest Systems Engineering Ltd, Savage will be offering design, integration and engineering services for all aspects of lighting control.
Aimed at the superyacht market, this collaboration provides a one stop shop for lighting, lighting design, specialist technical consultancy, system design and development services. Crest Systems Engineering Ltd is a specialist technical system design company for the superyacht industry.
Experienced with on board entertainment, control systems and integration across various boat wide technical systems from the installer's and user's perspective, Crest Systems will be working with Savage to advise and offer technical services for bespoke project requirements and integration to other on board systems.
The last two years have seen major changes and developments at Savage as they increased their manufacturing capacity tenfold, expanded their engineering and lighting design services and invested in research and development, especially with LED technology.
Savage has seen a major increase in the last two years in enquiries relating to lighting being integrated to audio video systems and working with Crest Systems allows them to offer this service on all levels.
Julie Clark, Sales director of Savage Marine Ltd commented, "We are delighted to be working with Crest Systems. Lighting can completely change the look, feel and atmosphere of any interior and exterior area, but the ability to be able to adapt this and make it work for you as a user is essential. On top of that, we need to consider the installation process and the maintenance and management post-handover.
"Working with specialists who are involved with every aspect of technical systems on board from the initial engineering to the owner requirements has enabled us to develop solutions that look beyond lighting, beyond control and beyond the technical aspects. It has enabled us to find a solution that we feel harmoniously combines them all."
For further information, visit www.savagelighting.co.uk or www.crestsystems.co.uk


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Dear Dr. Don,
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I have a 15-year mortgage with 57 monthly payments left at 5.5% interest. I owe about $44,000 on this mortgage. The home is worth about $300,000 if sold today. My daughter will be a freshman in college this fall. Tuition, room and board, books, expenses, etc., are estimated to run $34,500 for her freshman year. We did not qualify for grants or scholarships. My daughter did qualify for a federal government loan in her name of $5,500 for her freshman year. Additionally, I have a 529 plan that will provide about $12,000.
My daughter's loan and the 529 plan will provide about half of her first year college expenses. To pay for the other half, should I take out a home equity line of credit? Perhaps I could refinance the house and take money out of it. Or I could take a federal government parent college loan called a Plus loan with a rate of 7.9%.
I have tried to find out if the interest on the Plus loan is tax deductible. I understand that if I refinance my house and pull money out and park it in a savings account, the money will be considered an asset that could hurt me when it is time to reapply for financial aid for my other daughter, now in high school. That's unless I've spent the money by then.
On another matter, if you recommend the government Plus loan, is there any point to trying to refinance my $44,000 mortgage by itself, without taking any equity or money out of my house?
Thanks for any advice!
-Steve Scholars
Dear Steve,
You've done a great job managing your mortgage debt, but a not-so-great job of saving for your children's college education. I like that you want your daughter to have some "skin in the game" by taking out Stafford loans (in her name) up to the available limit.
Financial aid offices and even government financial aid websites won't give tax advice. Your ability to use a student loan tax deduction is based on your adjusted gross income level, filing status and educational expenses paid with nontaxable funds. The Internal Revenue Service has an interactive work sheet on its website titled, "Can I claim a deduction for student loan interest?" that might help.
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If you decide to use a home equity line of credit or loan, or a cash-out first mortgage, you'll also want to consider the tax deductibility of the mortgage interest expense. These mortgage loans will probably both be at a lower nominal interest rate and a lower effective rate, or after-tax rate, than a Plus loan. Although it's an adjustable-rate loan, a home equity line of credit is generally the better option for financial aid eligibility.
You should be concerned about the impact of lump-sum proceeds from a loan sitting negatively affecting your daughter's aid eligibility next year. But you didn't have the extra money this year, and she was eligible for only $5,500 in student loans -- the first year limit for Stafford Loans.
It sounds as if her aid package only includes the opportunity to borrow money in her name.
I'm concerned about financing your younger daughter's education after possibly tapping all the available equity in your home for your older daughter. If the younger child goes to a similarly priced university, I estimate over a quarter million dollars of your wealth going toward college costs over the next eight years. That doesn't include their Stafford loans.
I'm not recommending the Plus loan. But refinancing a $44,000 mortgage at 5.5% with less than five years to go isn't likely to generate much in savings if you pay the typical average of several thousand dollars in closing costs.
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Ok, hey peoples who actually read here. Tonight I was on nappturality.com and a young woman wrote about her constant struggle to keep her head on straight about her nappiness. I could really identify with what she was going through. This is what I wrote in response to her post:
First of all it's going to be okay lil Sis.
Second, don't feel depressed about the state of your feelings towards your hair. Every nappy has days when she may think twice about the decision she made to take back her hair (and her self confidence). All of us can become bogged down with the negative energy that makes us doubt the wisdom of our choices. Just recognize it for what it is: the centuries of ingrained dislike (and that's putting it mildly) for our nappy hair.
The next time you feel that way, stop what you're doing and look at yourself in the mirror, even if it's just a lil old hand mirror. Look at all of the beautiful parts that make up the absolutely amazing whole. Your eyes are gawgus. Your nose is perfection. Your smooth cocoa skin is craved by women of other colors the world over, as are your lips and smile. Your hair is amazing... do you know how many non Black women would love to be able to do the things you do with your hair?
Heck, do you know just how amazing a gift it is to be a strong Black woman who is free of the lye and embraces the natural beauty that G-d gave her? It's humbling that He gave me the strength to be able to do this. Know that you are blessed to be where you are because so many sistahs will never get there.
You are beautiful! From the top of your nappy head to the bottom of your feet. Now go out and rock those napps baby!
You know, sometimes all it takes is for one person we may never ever meet in this life to step in and give us that something we've been missing. This was my chance to be that one single person. Here's hoping that you take your one single chance to change the course of a person's life.
Peace and blessings ya'll!


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Interactive Group Activities
by Carol Williams
Sermon Title: "Three Wishes"
Scripture Reading: Luke 15:11-32
LOST AND FOUND RUN: Play this game like a Hide and Seek game, or hide things that the children have to FIND as the teacher calls out an item. When FOUND, the children will shout -- LOST BUT FOUND, etc.
BIBLE VERSE RELAY: Divide the children into teams. Each team will have a bag of items from the Bible verse that they'll take turns running to the bag and putting one of the items on - whether a ring, a robe, sandals; or a balloon to blow up for the "celebration", etc. There can be more than one ring or robe, or sandals, etc for each team to put on in their team bag.
THREE WISHES SKIT: Let children choose a narrator to read today's Bible story and other children to act out the story as it is read, such as a father with a sad face, a son grabbing everything and being greedy, son begging father for his inheritance, son spending alot of money (play or monopoly money is fine), son acting hungry, snorting pigs and the son returning and the entire class acting out the final CELEBRATION with balloons and whistles, etc.
BALLOON ART: Give children some balloons to write on (sharpee markers) with WELCOME BACK SON; or I FORGIVE YOU SON; or MAKE GOOD CHOICES, NOT BAD. Children can then blow up their balloons and have a CELEBRATION because God forgives bad choices. SING "Amazing Grace" or "I have Decided to follow Jesus" together while waving balloons.
PRODIGAL SON MAZE: Give each child a piece of paper and pencils or pens to draw big squiggly lines and circles (don't use markers on this part). Give crayons or markers to draw a Prodigal Son in the upper corner and a drawing of the Father in the lower opposite corner. Then PASS the mazes to another child to use a MARKER on the squiggly lines to follow and trace from the son to the father.
"GOD FORGIVES" OVER-THE-DOOR BANNER: Divide the class into two teams. Give each team a large piece of poster board to decorate with their ideas of today's lesson on forgiveness and bad choices, etc. When the time is up and the banners are completed with words, pictures, balloons, etc -- hole punch the poster board and add long strings and hang over the class room door. Let teams explain their drawings and talk about today's Bible story.
PRODIGAL SON PUPPET: Give each child a brown or white paper lunch bag, as well as markers, yarn for hair, eyes, and brown felt for the children to glue items on the paper bag to make a "prodigal son". Sit in a circle after the bags are completed and have the bag puppets take turns in telling what bad choices he made and what a celebration his father had for him when he returned home. Teacher can ask the bag puppets questions if the children have trouble telling a part of the story.
CELEBRATION AND FEAST TIME: Let children spread a fancy tablecloth on a long table and decorate it with paper plates and balloons,bright colored napkins and small treats that the teacher can have ready for the celebration. Children will LOVE decorating the table together with streamers, confetti and Bible verse slips of paper about today's lesson and God's forgiveness (these verses can be stuck on a toothpick and stuck into a small piece of molding clay or play dough). Let the children sit around the table and THANK GOD for HIS forgiveness when we make wrong choices and CELEBRATE God's love together, while enjoying their snack foods, cupcakes, chips, ice cream, etc!!! (Feel free to use your imagination, teachers, with little nut cups and brightly colored cups or whatever will help the children to enjoy and realize the CELEBRATION!!!
"GOOD CHOICES/BAD CHOICES" MINUTE DRAWINGS: Divide the class into teams and one child from each team can run to the chalk board and quickly draw a GOOD or a BAD choice for the class to guess what it is and why it is good or bad. Then the next player from each team will do the same. Player can only have 60 seconds to draw and when the whistle blows or teacher says, STOP, they have to stop and let the class guess the choice - whether good or bad and why.
RECITE A SONG: Divide children into small groups and let each group RECITE together one verse of AMAZING GRACE. Children can be given a hymn book to read from or the teacher can have the verses typed out for the groups to read together.
Song: "The Prodigal Son" by Charles & Elaine Kirkpatrick
Words and Music (pdf)
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text: Nouvelles vidéo : États-Unis (anglais) Philly Orchestra performs onboard a plane (Version anglaise seulement) Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra performed an impromptu concert onboard an airplane in China Friday. The musicians were onboard a flight from Beijing to Macao that had been delayed for three hours due to weather problems, according to the orchestra's website. After a brief announcement, a violinist, a violist, and a cellist took out their instruments and began playing the final movement of Dvorak's American String Quartet, much to the delight of passengers. © DailyMotion - samedi 8 juin 2013


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Vehicle Depot Panagarh Recruitment 2016 www.indianarmy.nic.in 17 Fireman, Superintendent vacancy Apply Offline
Government jobs in Vehicle Depot Panagarh, the leading organization wishes to select educated and focused job hunters for completing 17 vacant positions of Fireman, Superintendent within Vehicle Depot Panagarh. These Sarkari Openings is for Freshers/Experienced candidates. Individuals who are intended for a reputed organization with high remuneration must apply Apply Offline application for 17 open positions of Fireman, Superintendent at Vehicle Depot Panagarh.A recruitment notification in Vehicle Depot Panagarh has been published to give break to influential and magnetic candidates.
Qualified candidates can apply for the vacancies for a successful career in Sarkari Department. Candidates who are interested for Sarkari Jobs should apply On or Before 9-09-2016 for Full Time openings in Panagarh. Get detailed information of current Vacancy in Vehicle Depot Panagarh like Detailed post and Reservation chart, Education Qualification, Experience Required and Age Requirement, Selection process, Cost of Application form, Last date of Application, etc. just scroll down to the post.
Vehicle Depot Panagarh Recruitment 2016 by Employment News (www.indianarmy.nic.in)
Hiring Organization - Vehicle Depot Panagarh
Employment Type - Full time
Job Category - 10th, 12th Pass
Post Name and Total No. of Vacancies - 17 posts
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|Superintendent (Store)
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- Recently recruited contestant will even get more allowances according to norms of Vehicle Depot Panagarh (if applicable).
Age Requirement -
- For post wise age criteria please check out detailed advertisement.
- Age criteria for the job seekers are mentioned below Age relaxation in upper limits is available for Reserved category candidates as per the policy and as mentioned in notification.
- Candidates seeking for concession in age limit needed caste/Category certificates to get it.
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The latest chapter in the life of internet curiosity Kanye West appears to have taken a darker turn, with his latest album failing to touch the US or UK charts -- presumably due to being an exclusive on dwindling music streaming resource Tidal.
The Life Of Pablo hit Tidal on February 14, but here we are and there he is more than a week later with no placing on the charts either here or in the US. Although the charts feature streaming listens in this day and age, that hasn't helped the record achieve success in the US, as Tidal is refusing to release its stream numbers to US sales watchdog Billboard's people. Hence no streams and no chart.
Billboard said in a statement handed to The New York Times: "Billboard has been informed that Tidal is not currently reporting streams for tracks on Kanye's album to Nielsen Music. Therefore streams from Tidal for this title will not contribute to Billboard's chart rankings at this time."
As if releasing only on Tidal wasn't limiting enough, perhaps having album artwork that doesn't look like its been automatically generated by a spambot (above) might help, too. [NYT via NME]
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text: When we bought the farm, the guest room was painted white and was in need of a fresh coat of paint. Its redo was inspired by my love for the beach. I painted the walls and the trim a bright white and the accent wall was painted "Blue Marina." We added a new wall sconce to replace the older one and matched it to the one we installed in the master bedroom. The decor all reflects the beach theme and is reminiscent of a vacation cottage on the beach. Here in Ohio, hundreds of miles from the nearest beach, it gives the room a serene vacation vibe. This is truly my favorite room of the house!


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Ok, this is more like it. Real '80s style straight from the '80s. This Techno-Sphere model was part of the Color Tech collection and was released in 1985. I'm pretty sure it was my first Swatch, and as you can see, it has not lived a pampered life. If I recall correctly, I did like the Swatch Jelly Fish but it was a little too common and mundane for my tastes. I was definitely into the lime green and pink color schemes of the day, showing up on everything from freestyle bikes to skateboards to surfwear, so the Techno-Sphere was an easy choice for me. If you're not familiar with Swatches, well, read up a little. You'll find that they are surprisingly important in the history of wristwatches. Also, if you're a fan of modern Swiss watches, most likely you've heard of some of the brands owned by the Swatch Group. So back to my watch: I like it, but it hasn't really stood the test of time. I mean, it runs fine, and it looks ok (teenage abuse notwithstanding) but for me it will always be a nostalgic piece, definitely stuck in the late 1980s with very little relevance to my modern watch collecting habits (less so than even a vintage G-Shock I'd wager.) I suppose I should wear it once in a while, just for kicks, and to remind me of the days I could feed my still young watch obsession with $35 Swatches from the local mall.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
I Love the '80s Week - Day 2: Swatch Techno-Sphere GK101
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- Franco said...
Nice find, love the Techno-Sphere, still have one in working condition (minus the band, that snapped decades ago). Would give anything for Swatch to re-release the original series!
- March 21, 2010 at 11:32 AM
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The practice and role of myths changes from religion to a story told to children to send them to sleep. When people first created myths they were thought of as fact. Over time it evolved into stories of entertainment. Stories like Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the Kane Chronicles.
When people hear the word myth most people think of Zeus and Hera. Those stories are myths but so are those of witches and wizards, or Ra and Anubis. The ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians are just some of the people who used myths to explain how people came to be, storms, disease, and war. These became a religion and people worshiped their pantheon of Gods and Goddesses. The same also applies to witches and wizards, if something happened that couldn't be explained they got blamed. The difference is instead of being worshiped they were hunted and killed.
What changed was science. When scientific explanations were introduced people generally accepted them. This acceptance stopped the worship of the pantheons and the hunting of witches and wizards. They became stories and legends, told to entertain of to study ancient belief systems.
The practice and role of Myths changed from religion to stories. Not many people today still believe in the old myths and legends they are mostly used to entertain. In stories like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson.


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The Temecula neighborhood known as Vail Ranch, bears the name of an important Temecula gentleman, name Walter Vail. Arriving in the US in 1904, Walter Vail purchased 87,500 acres with some partners, of which the Township of Temecula was included. The land was primarily used by Vail as a working cattle ranch and remained that way until December, 1964, when Vail Ranch was sold to Kaiser Development company, along with an additional 10,000 acres. The goal was to transform and develop the Temecula Valley, and they certainly did.
The Vail Ranch community was established in the 1990's and is located on the south east side of Temecula. This neighborhood consists of single family homes in a wide variety of sizes. This lovely and welcoming neighborhood is well kept and is comprised of several different developments – Advantage, California Reflections, California Legacy, New Visions, and the gated neighborhood of Vail Creek. Builders of these great developments included Shannon Communities, Continental, K&B Homes, Vandaele, and Centex.
Known for it's great location, close proximity to shopping, parks, excellent schools, freeway accessibility, and the Red Hawk Golf Course, this community Is an excellent choice to call home.
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On Mel Pearson, Michigan Hockey Coach
Mel Pearson is Michigan's hockey coach now, and that's fine. Your author started stumping for Pearson shortly after he arrived at Michigan Tech and their program took off. This was year one, pre-realignment WCHA:
Pearson won 16 games with a Tech team that won 4 games the previous year, got them within a goal of a WCHA semifinal in 2012.
— Joe Meloni (@JoeMeloni) April 24, 2017
Tech won 13 games the next year and 14 in 2013-14, the first year of college hockey's new landscape. This alone is impressive in the modern context of Tech hockey; that's the first time Tech had won double-digit games since Bob Mancini did it from 1993 to 1996.
That alone would not be impressive enough to grab the Michigan job, but then Pearson had the following three seasons:
- 29-10-2, at-large bid to tourney as #2 seed, #5 ES Corsi*
- 23-9-5, WCHA regular season champs, #3 ES Corsi
- 23-15-7, WCHA playoff champs, NCAA bid, #3 ES Corsi
It's likely that 2016-17 Tech would have had close to the same winning percentage Pearson's previous two teams did except for the fact that they spent about 8 games playing two goalies with .883 and .857 save percentages before freshman Angus Redmond emerged as the clear starter.
Schedule strength is a concern for WCHA schools so Dave broke down Pearson's "relevant" Corsi outings from the last three years. We defined relevant teams as Big Ten, NCHC, and HE schools plus Yale, an at-large bid from the ECAC in 2016. Red are clear Corsi losses, yellow tie-ish games, and green are clear wins. Keep in mind that some of these MSU and Wisconsin teams are very bad teams, as is this year's Michigan outfit. Nonetheless this is very impressive for a guy working at a severe talent disadvantage to most of these schools:
Dave helpfully exclaimed about the 72-29 and 63-33 hamblastings of your Michigan Wolverines this year.
The modern WCHA is a mid-major conference but given what Tech was before Pearson arrived this is very close to hiring Lavall Jordan if he has a six-year tenure at Wisconsin-Milwaukee that includes two tourney bids and a regular season title. IE, the kind of hire major schools make all the time. Mel's deep roots with the program are certainly a bonus, but if Pearson's name was Neverheardof Annarbor he would still be a strong candidate.
There is an undercurrent of discontent from Demand Excellence sorts. I do know that Michigan reached out to both Jeff Blashill and Mike Babcock at various points over the last few years and was unsurprisingly turned down by a pair of sitting NHL coaches. I have not heard that Michigan made overtures to any of the three slam-dunk college coaches (Nate Leaman, Norm Bazin, and Jim Montgomery) but I would not be surprised if anyone contacted offered a polite thanks-but-no-thanks. All three of those guys have essentially infinite job security at programs that are competing at a national title level. Taking over for a legend who left behind a very bad team is a recipe for a quick exit, pursued by a mob. Rich Rodriguez is nodding vigorously for reasons that are mysterious to him at this very moment. Michigan could have come in with a big offer and it might not do much other than get the coach in question a nice bump.
Mel's only a fallback because there's an unprecedented number of college hockey coaches who kind of look like Urban Meyer at Utah. In most circumstances the guy who took Tech to the tourney for the first time in 34 years—as an at large—would be one of or the top guy on the market.
Pearson's age is a downside. Michigan just experienced a long slide into darkness because of a not-uncommon phenomenon where legends go very, very gradually and then suddenly. But Pearson's status as an obviously very good coach right now should make for some productive years as he inherits Michigan's still-top-five recruiting and pairs him with whatever crazy Corsi mojo he's got. Pearson is the best clearly-available coach right now, and this is a team with ten NHL draft picks and a first-rounder inbound. Right now is good enough.
*["ES Corsi" == your percentage of all shot attempts at even strength. Not SOS adjusted, admittedly. There is also a "Fenwick" which is your percentage of all unblocked shot attempts; Tech was #2, #3 and #2 in that stat. Here is a helpful intro to these kind of stats:
Unadjusted college Corsi is a very rough measure but as a teamwide stat over three seasons it strongly implies that Pearson's teams are excellent at puck possession. This is something my eyes have confirmed over the last few years of Michigan-Tech matchups, FWIW.]


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I just discovered the Diddybag shop, and they have the most adorable digital images for 99 cents - now that's my price range hehe! They have pre-coloured and non-coloured so there's something for everyone. You know I had to pick out some cute kitties!
I wanted to make a back-to-school card for my youngest niece, and I was inspired by the Share Joy Sketch (see below). The cute little kitty is from Diddybag - Pretty Kitty School Pro - there are six images in this set for 99 cents! I fussy-cut the kitty so I could pop her up with foam tape.
The Notepaper and Clipboard are a die set from Taylored Expressions. The notebook paper is from MME Sky's the Limit (I won this from AuntBecscreations in a crafty goody basket - thank you, Becky - I love everything you sent!). The apple-patterned paper and the apple cut-out are from Studio 18. The sentiment is from Deedee's Digis Chalk Talk, and the twine is from My Craft Spot. The white panel is embossed with Tim Holtz Pocket Watches.
Here's the Share Joy Sketch:
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KAMLOOPS - With less than three weeks before the referendum that will decide whether a performing arts centre moves forward in Kamloops, a new opposition campaign has formed in the hope of stimulating a strong debate around the project.
Nelly Dever, former city councillor and spokesperson for the group called 'PAC Not Yet,' says this isn't a debate about whether to support the arts, it's a debate about a large publically funded project.
"A lot of people are really concerned about the increase in taxes, the public debt, and believe more can be done to minimize costs of this project," she says.
The committee cites a lack of funding from the private sector and different levels of government, a lack of fundraising and a significant amount of funding from Gaming and Gas Tax reserves as the group's main concerns.
"We're not saying no to a future performing arts centre, we're saying this project needs to be improved upon. There are too many unanswered questions for tax payers to support this project," Dever says.
Mayor Peter Milobar previously said he and fellow city councillors support building a performing arts centre. Recently, members of local businesses and associations, including the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association, created the 'YES' campaign to encourage citizens to vote for the project. Many other associations have also publically supported of the project as well.
While the city has put aside a fund for a 'NO' campaign group to utilize, Dever says PAC Not Yet is completely privately funded.
A referendum will take place Nov. 7 where it will ask residents it they are in favour of acquiring $45 million worth of debt to build a performing arts centre. The referendum itself is expected to cost $160,000.
The centre is proposed to be built on the site of the former Kamloops Daily News at a total cost of $90 million, with $25 million of that slated for a parkade. The project will be funded with a two per cent tax hike over the course of two years, which translates roughly to $40 per household, per year, for 20 years.
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