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Immigration Options for Nurses and Allied Health Care Professionals is your single-volume reference for "how-to" tips, practical guidance and alternatives available to health care workers in this complicated area of immigration.
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Busta Rhymes and Ghostface Killah – "Blow Ya Head Off"
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Call me a snitch all you want, but I got some issues with Mr. Rhymes rapping on a track called "Blow Ya Head Off," in light of those recent events. I know that he most likely recorded this track before Israel Ramirez' death, but still, it just doesn'tsound right, ya know?
Update: I posted this the other day, but there is a dispute of when exactly this track was recorded. I'm pretty sure it was recorded in late '05 but I have no concrete evidence so far. So before I try to blame Busta for something (other than trying to be a hardcore gangsta when we know that he's just the dude from Leaders of the New School), I wanted to get the facts straight first.

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"I help manage Sodexo onshore sites in North Dakota and Texas and travel long distances to get there. Being away from home is hard but I know that someone back home depends upon me. You have to leave home with determination that you are coming to do a good job and not let yourself or others down. With Skype etc., you can keep in contact with friends and family when off duty. Also, you inherit a new family when on site –- both your Sodexo teammates and the client personnel you serve and live with."
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Westerville, OH—Campers can come to Otterbein University for fun experiences and learning in equine, music, athletics and more. For more information, or to register online, visit www.otterbein.edu/summer or call (614) 823-1371.
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Otterbein Equestrian CampOtterbein's English riding camp is designed to expand campers' equine knowledge both on and off the horse. Campers will ride an hour and a half to two hours each day and learn the ins and outs of horse handling, equine nutrition, braiding, equine first aid and general horse care. This is a competitively priced academic camp that is sure to sharpen your equine skills. Just choose a camp week that suits your riding level and schedule and register before it fills up.
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Summer Music ExperienceHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be a part of a college music program? Surround yourself with other students who share your passion and energy for music. Develop new insights into yourself as a musician and a performer. Challenge yourself in a week of intensive, real-world music study. Build your confidence through collaboration with other serious musicians.
Otterbein is excited to offer its sixth annual summer music camp at Otterbein University, June 4-9. The camp caters to string players (violin, viola, cello, bass), guitarists, pianists, vocalists, wind and brass instruments (flute, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet and lower brass instruments), percussionists and composers.
The camp gives students an introduction to college music training. Daily one-on-one instrumental or vocal lessons will be combined with opportunities to play or sing in ensembles.
Classes will focus on theory and ear-training, musicians' health, music technology and music history (popular and classical music). All summer music participants will also have the option to participate in a choir. The camp will end with student recitals on Saturday, June 9, in Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center.
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Dates: June 4-9
Time: 9 a.m.- 8 p.m.
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Costs: Commuters - $450 (lunch and dinner provided); Overnight Campers - $575 (all meals included). Scholarships are available: for priority consideration, please apply by April 16, 2018.
Audience: Rising 9-12 graders (vocalists must be at least 15 years old)
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Overnight option: Students may elect to stay in dorms on campus, with resident assistant supervision at all times.
The Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted and Talented™ at Otterbein UniversityThe 2018 Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted and Talented™ at Otterbein University offers rising high school juniors and seniors the chance to explore the arts, sciences and humanities through a set of seminars, hands-on workshops, and field trips. This residential school encourages social interaction and peer discussion so that students are challenged intellectually and artistically and develop a better understanding of their abilities and talents in their lives and in society. This residential camp will feature daily workshops and seminars as well as evening field trips and events.
Dates: June 17-23, 2018
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Cost: $650.00. Need-based financial assistance may be available.
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text: Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice is the story of how two forces providentially merged—the large ambitions of a talented Puerto Rican girl raised in the projects in the Bronx and the increasing political presence of Hispanics, from California to Texas, from Florida to the Northeast—resulting in a historic appointment by President Barack Obama. Succeeding the retiring justice David Souter, Sotomayor in 2009 became the first Hispanic ever named to America's highest court. But this is not just a tale about breaking barriers as a Puerto Rican. It's about breaking barriers as a justice. Journalist Joan Biskupic pulls back the curtain on the Supreme Court nomination process, revealing the networks Sotomayor built and the skills she cultivated to go where no Hispanic has gone before. We see other potential candidates edged out along the way. And we see how, in challenging tradition, as well as expanding her public persona, Sotomayor has created tension within and beyond the Court's marble halls. In a book that picks up where Sotomayor's own memoir left off, Breaking In offers the larger, untold story of the woman who has been called "the people's justice."


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Firstly, Chris Oatley's Academy Live. The resources phenomenal, the people absolutely wonderful . Nothing beats not feeling alone out there in cyberspace. And secondly, Blake Synder's 'Save the cat'. This book 'Save the cat' is awesome. Find the website here.
Cannot recommend these resources more highly enough.
What follows below are screenshots of the processes I have been developing for my comic Pandora.
I have used Visio, a Microsoft flowchart / diagram program for mapping out the story structure. OMG, where have you been all my life Visio. If you need to have processes laid out visually with relative ease then check out this software.
The logline (Blake Synder): Google 'logline' to find our more. However, in a nutshell it is the pitch to your story. Tremendously helpful when developing your story. So keep this close by...it keeps you on track.
Opening image (Blake Synder): A paragraph that represents the tone / struggle of the main character.
Set up (Blake Synder): A paragraph on the main character's world as it is before the main catalyst takes effect.
Theme stated (Blake Synder): This is the 'what is your story about'. It's message. Really important to keep this close by as well when developing your story.
Antagonist backstory: Exploring the story of the bad guys. Something I found super helpful was 'rules of engagement' for the baddies. Having this rule reminds me to be consistent as the story progresses.
Catalyst developed with dialogue: For the first catalyst within the story I am trying to get a feel for how it might go by way of dialogue. This has helped so far and I have continued to use for the other catalysts as well.
Disclaimer: All of the above is the result of the absolutely awesome cited resources above. Also, I cannot recommend more highly if you (yes you) are wanting to learn about crafting a story that you visit Oatley Academy Live.
As always, thanks for visiting. More to follow soon.
Welcome any thoughts, comments. Have a great day.


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If you want to symbolize joy and happiness, yellow is an excellent color choice. A yellow short dress is bright and cheery, like a ray of sunshine. Wearing yellow can also mean wisdom and intellectual energy, which are both great qualities. Whether you're looking for a yellow long gown to wear in your next pageant or you want yellow dresses to choose from for a job interview, finding the right style and shade is important. No matter what hue you select, though, any shade of yellow is a good one when you really want to shine at your next special occasion.
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This city area is located in Sacramento County, CA, USA. The key economic activities include accounting, renting and services, bookkeeping services, check cashing services, counseling, engineering, childcare services, pottery, tourism, education, real estate, poultry, printing, NGO, mortgage, legal services, insurance, home building, retail, book binding and advertising.
Galt has quite a few clubs and civic groups. The Galt Market is pretty famous flea market of this city area.


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POEM: The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion
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POEM: release
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POEM: you
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On July 16, 2007, I wrote an editorial in Computerworld titled "Tale of an IT Hero" that was about Dale Frantz, who at the time was the CIO at Auto Warehousing Co. in Tacoma. On Dec. 10, 2010, Dale was sentenced to 71 months in prison for stealing over half a million dollars from Auto Warehousing.
I'm taking the liberty of referring to him as "Dale" because he's a friend of mine. We became friends after learning that we share a common interest in ALS, since we both have relatives who died of the disease, and after spending a lot of time working together on a story about Microsoft's unfair software licensing practices. That story drew scores of letters of appreciation from IT managers who dared to speak up about those practices after Dale solely and fearlessly initiated the battle.
If this were a story about money, which it is not, Auto Warehousing would have benefited tremendously by hiring Dale. My "Tale of an IT Hero" piece was an account of how Dale had the courage to defy conventional wisdom and the skepticism of his peers by switching the company's IT infrastructure from Microsoft to, of all things, Apple. That move saved Auto Warehousing $1.2 million in the first year alone. But again, this is not a story about money.
It is, rather, a story of human frailty, a story of a broken trust, a story of a loving family that has been decimated. I've never met Dale's wife, Angie, but he mentioned her a number of times in the countless hours of phone conversations we've had, and he spoke about her as lovingly as a husband can speak about his wife with another guy. I have had the pleasure of meeting two of Dale's sons, who are outstanding young men, and who clearly idolize their Dad.
As the media coverage of this story points out, Dale's theft at Auto Warehousing wasn't an isolated incident. In 1991 he was fired from his job at a chemical company in Indiana for ordering computer equipment with company funds and then selling it for personal profit. According to media accounts, he was later sentenced to four years in prison for stealing $200,000 from an audio shop in Indiana where he worked as an office manager.
In a letter delivered to the judge who heard his case shortly before his sentencing on Friday, Dale made no excuses for his behavior in identifying himself as "a thief." But he made it known that he was remorseful and that he was working to overcome the problem that had brought him before the judge. Here's an excerpt:
This has been a long and tortured journey that is ending today in your courtroom. As the pre-sentence report indicates, I have struggled with stealing throughout most of my adult life. I've never understood why I have the compulsion to steal in times of financial distress rather than to seek out alternatives.
I am thankful for this case. In my entire life I've never accepted responsibility for my actions. In the prior case where I went to jail I did not take responsibility for the crime. I was found guilty at trial, but mentally never accepted the blame that went with the theft. I fought the case until the bitter end, and even when I lost I maintained my defiant attitude. I think the fact that I'd always run away from the guilt and blame has resulted in my failures in this case.
I was relieved on the day I was terminated from AWC. Relieved of the pressure of the job, but more importantly it meant that the double-life of "successful executive" and "embezzler" was over. A lot changed on that day and the days immediately following. I made some key decisions for my life that has shaped my behavior since and I hope is making permanent changes for the future.
The first decision I made was to accept full responsibility for my actions. No running away, no trying to hide or deflect, no longer being defiant. I clearly stated I was guilty to AWC, to my lawyer, and ultimately to you and this court. I have tried to comply with every directive and instruction I have been given by the authorities.
The second decision I made was to get help. As I mentioned above, I've never understood how my decision making "system" was so flawed as to allow the criminal behavior that has destroyed [m]y life and my family. I had no idea who to call or where to turn for help [A local psychiatrist] referred me to Dr. Mark Whitehill, a Forensic Psychologist, who I have been seeing for treatment almost weekly for the last year. I think the treatment has been helpful and is making positive changes in my life.
So as I read some of the comments that readers of the media accounts of this case have made, I was unsurprised, but saddened, that so many of them serve no purpose other than to cast stones at Dale. My advice to those people is to not sit in judgment. That was the court's job, and it did it by imposing a sentence that was severe, but just. Our job as Dale's fellow human beings is to have compassion for him and to keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers. That's all. Because the simple fact is that Dale Frantz is still a hero. Even if he no longer has that distinction in the eyes of anyone other than his kids, a hero he remains.
The rest of us don't need to treat him like one. But we do need to treat him with the same dignity that we would hope for ourselves if our own mistakes became public.
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What a slap in the face for the all the victims of Dale Frantz's crimes. He stole, manipulated and deceived thousands... including his family, How can this seasoned a felon be a hero?? You were conned too. He only used you to get articles on Computer World. What a joke!Reply
The things you've done wrong in your life don't negate the things you've done right. Dale Frantz has accomplished amazing good in his professional and personal lives. If you'd ever met his sons, you might have some appreciation for that. In any case, would you prefer that Dale's kids forgave him and continued to think of him as their hero because of all the good that he's done, or estrange themselves from him because of what he's done wrong?Reply
And just so you know -- I've been around a while, and I've seen a lot. I'm not easily conned.Reply
Dale does not have 2 sons. Unless he told you so. Then again he might be telling yet another tall tale to you. He is a great con man.Reply
I've re-read you're article and you state you met Dale's sons. LOL! I wonder who the extra stand is was. Dale is good at what he does. Con man!Reply
I have to agree with anonymous. I just a had a great idea. Once he gets out of prison for the 2nd time. Why don't you hire him? After all he is your hero.Reply
Well Dale has successfully fooled another person. I have known the Frantz family ( Wife, daughter and 1 son) for quite sometime and don't be fooled if you think he is remorseful. This family went on many vacations with this stolen money while everyone else was going down with the economy. His wife had all the top jewelry, purses and clothes while his son had all of the electronics a man could want oh and they all drove nice new cars. Please don't let yourself become another victim of Dale Frantz! Dale has left many victims in his path 20 years worth) and he is just waiting to find tbe next one. Becareful who you call a hero!!Reply
Now let's see... the guy was lying, cheating, stealing... yeah, looks like a perfect hero of the engineer shortage shouting, employee motivating, and staff retenting crowd. A guiding star, so to speak.Reply
So one loser picked another. Way to go Don.Reply
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I send the child who has lived with me her entire life (all 16 years) to go pick up the Halloween candy.
One honking hour later (did she travel to outer Mongolia?) she comes back with 4 ginormous bags of candy. Not a single Reese's PBC in the entire lot! Not one.
"Whose child are you?" I ask.
"What's the problem, Mama?"
"Do you see any Reese's here?"
"Um that bag has the Pieces, so like, yeah."
"I repeat – whose child are you? No child of mine would think those loathsome things have any remote connection to a PBC!"
"Like, I'm totally helping you out, Mama. This way you can, like, enjoy Halloween without temptation. You should, like, be thanking me."
I swear, it's a freakin' miracle that child still has breath in her body.


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Vote For Babe of the Week — Staci, Nikki, Beth, Leila, Mielle, Armie and Mayra
Our seven contenders this week are really heating up June. Let's check them out.
Whether they're wearing bikinis or undies, all seven of these babes are clearly psyched about the hot weather, and we echo their enthusiasm. Any one of these girls could be our Babe of the Century, but there can only be one Babe of the Week -- It's in your hands, now.
Check out all seven babes below, and vote for your favorite at the bottom. Voting ends on 6/10 at Noon EST, and you can vote for your favorite babe up to once an hour, so share this post and help your girl win.
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Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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What a wonderful job James Mallinson and Mark Singleton have done with their collection of PrimaryYoga sources for Penguin, Roots of Yoga.
It's highly readable and dip in'able.
The kindle version is available now and it's ideal for this kind of a text. Each chapter has an introduction introducing elements of the topic within a chapter with hyperlinks that allow you to jump straight to selections as well as to the notes. Kindle allows you to jump back to where you were after reading the note or selected text.
The publishers have also included page numbers on the kindle edition for reference.
I spent the better part of my morning reading through the introductions to each of the chapters dipping into selections along the way.
Here's an example from the introduction to first chapter 'Yoga'
and following the hyperlink 1.1.5 to the selection from Patanjali
Tap on the screen and it will bring up the page number as well as kindle location. Tap on the arrow that appears on the left and it will take you back to where you were in the introduction.
It's addictive.
It used to be such a pain going back and forth to notes and selections, kindle ( or in my case the kindle app for ipad) makes it easy.
I feared the text and selections would focus mostly on tantra/hatha but given the title it delves sufficiently into the roots of those practices by looking at the pre tantra/hatha texts from the 6th century, Patanjali, his commentators and back even further to the Mahabharata, Upanishads, and even to early references in the vedas.
Best of all it's in Penguin so no doubt I'll pick up the paperback when it's released in April.
I'm sure to be quoting selections here all year ( as well as perhaps adding to this poast) but for now here's the contents page.
If you go to Amazon.uk you can get a look at the introduction or download the sample which includes a nice timeline of texts.
'Roots of Yoga' on you Mac or PC
You can also download Kindle for your PC or Mac and open the book there, this allows you to bring up your notes (and or highlights) side by side with the text
below I've followed the hyperlink above to the criticisms of hatha yoga in the Amanaskar.
The Amanaska, I see from the timeline was a 12th century text. The list of primary sources at the back of the book show me that this was translated by Jason Birch in 2013 as part of his Dphil.
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Ecommerce sales have risen nearly 20% a year. By the end of 2017, ecommerce marketers are expected to generate nearly $400 billion in sales. Many intertwining factors are facilitating the trend, but social media appears to be one of the most significant. In fact, social media has been one of the driving forces of ecommerce over the last decade.
However, many ecommerce marketers struggle to meet their conversion goals with social media traffic. The problem usually stems from poor targeting or ads, but some marketers still have difficulty converting visitors even when they have great ads and tightly targeted campaigns. The problem usually stems from a poor user experience (UX).
UX is Vital to Social Media Marketing for Ecommerce
I have only been running Facebook campaigns for about a year, but I have realized how important user experience is. I used to use the same types of landing pages that I promoted with PPV traffic, which didn't convert well at all.
Fixing problems with your social media UX can significantly boost conversions. Here are some strategies to consider:
Use More Visual and Less Written Content
I was on Facebook the other day and saw an ad for an affiliate marketing mastermind group. I was interested, so I clicked the ad and went to visit the landing page. The page was probably close to 5,000 words long and didn't have a clear call-to-action. What did I do? I immediately clicked the back button.
Most customers will do the same thing. People have very short attention spans while reading web content. They are even less interested in reading a lot of content when they use social media, because they are usually just looking at pictures and brief posts from their friends.
When you refer visitors from social media to a squeeze page for your ecommerce site, they still won't be in the mood to read a lot. They will expect more concise content with attention grabbing images.
In addition to improving the user experience, you should also be able to get more traffic. After Facebook's new monetization changes, advertisers that offer more visual content are given more exposure, because Facebook is ranking ads higher if they provide a better UX.
Optimize Content for Different Regions
Social media allows you to tap into a global audience of potential customers. Expanding to different countries is a great way for ecommerce companies to scale. Unfortunately, you can't simply replicate your campaigns. You need to account for the following issues:
- Language differences. You need to make sure your content is translated for your visitor. Hire a native speaker to write the content, rather than relying on Google Translator or another automated service.
- Loading times. Loading times will be higher for visitors that are further from your server. There are several solutions to this problem, such as using content delivery networks (CDNs). A CDN uses servers closest to your visitor, which ensures content loads more quickly. Some tools also allow you to provide dynamic content to customize the experience for every visitor.
- Psychographic differences between regions. Thoroughly research the different preferences of people in your region. You will need to run separate split-tests for each geography that you market in, which must test every element of your landing page.
A white paper from Pitney Bowes shows that location is playing a more prominent role in data than ever before. Over 80% of all data stored has a location component. Brands can rely on existing tools such as GIS, MapServer and Google Maps to develop geographic profiles of their customers.
Customize Content for Your Visitor
The great thing about Facebook is that you can use millions of different targeting options. The problem people run into is when they use the same ads and landing pages for all of their users. You will need to customize your content to maximize conversions. Fortunately, you don't need to create a million different landing pages.
Use Consistent Messages throughout Your Sales Funnel
WordStream posted a great article on social media landing pages a few years ago. The material is just as relevant today.
One of the biggest takeaways from this article is the importance of keeping a consistent message throughout your sales funnel. You should achieve this by:
- Using the same angle and pain point in your ads and landing pages
- Using similar images
- Making sure the call-to-action in your ad complements the conversion goal of your landing page
Ecommerce marketers don't usually try to sell their large ticket products directly to customers on social media. They usually try to get them to make smaller ticket purchases or opt-in to a subscriber list, so they can convert them later on. Therefore, you should make that clear in your ad.
If you are trying to get customers to subscribe to your mailing list, start by offering free samples to new subscribers. Your ad should emphasize the samples and your landing page should make it as easy as possible. This will be a smooth transition for your customers and it will be much easier to convert them.
Provide a Seamless Transition to Your Landing Page by Providing Content in F-Shaped Patterns
Nobody denies that social media can be an excellent source of traffic for ecommerce sites. However, converting it is a different ball game. Social media is a form of interruption marketing. People may be enjoying their experience on Facebook or another social media site, so they may not be in the mood to open up their wallets after visiting a commercial website.
They will be more susceptible to your messages if you use a similar content style.
When you are creating content for social media users, it is important to present it in a way that they can easily digest. You will need to know how users typically consume content to optimize it correctly. I would recommend reading this 2011 study by Mashable.
In a nutshell, the study shows that the average Facebook user reads content in F-shaped patterns. Follow-up research shows they tend to expect the same format when they are referred to other pages.
Facebook is aware of this and has made sure its content is formatted around this behavior. You should follow the same approach.
Providing a Good User Experience is Key to Ecommerce Marketing With Social Media
Converting ecommerce customers isn't easy, especially if you are selling more expensive products. Fortunately, social media traffic can convert well, but you need to provide a great user experience. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways you can satisfy user expectations.


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BERKELEY — New check cashing stores selling high interest "payday" loans face a ban or severe restrictions as the city joins a growing number of Bay Area jurisdictions cracking down on the businesses.
Berkeley City Councilman Jesse Arreguin, who authored a plan to draw up new rules on new stores in the city, said he did so because the stores "prey on our community."
"We want to change the laws to restrict the number and locations or prohibit them outright," he said. "Payday lending lobbyists have been successful on the state level at stopping laws restricting them, so we want to act on the local level."
California law allows the stores to charge up to 460 percent interest for a maximum loan of $255 for two weeks or 214 percent interest for a month. In 2007, Californian's took out 1.6 million loans worth $2.9 billion, according to the California Department of Corporations.
Berkeley will join at least a half dozen other Bay Area cities and counties including Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco where restrictions or bans have been placed on the businesses.
Bill Robinson, who was standing in a long line to get some cash at California Check Cashing Stores on Adeline Street in Berkeley last week, said he can see both sides of the debate around charging such high rates.
"It's a rip off and a gimmick to keep poor people poor," Robinson said. "But they're convenient for people like me who don't have a checking account. They give you money right away."
Berkeley currently has three check cashing stores that offer the loans, and under Arreguin's plan, they could stay and not be subject to the new rules.
Arreguin's plan, which the city manager and planning commission are now working on, considers several options including a ban on all check cashing stores in commercial areas, increasing the level of bureaucratic hoops a new store must jump through like public hearings, limiting the number of new stores in poor neighborhoods and establishing distance requirements between new stores and liquor stores, schools, churches and parks.
A California Senate bill that would have capped the number of loans to six per customer each year, died in a finance committee in April, leaving cities and counties to regulate them on their own.
A spokesman for the California Financial Service Providers Association said laws that restrict the businesses hurt consumers in the end.
"Our concern is that many will go to unlicensed, unregulated lenders on the Internet," Greg Larson said. "Consumers are best served when they have legitimate regulated services."
But Arreguin said not only do check cashing stores charge "exorbitantly high interest rates that put people in a negative cycle of debt, they also draw crowds of unsavory characters to neighborhoods.
"There have been some problems with people waiting in line to cash checks who are yelling, loitering and causing nuisances," Arreguin said. "The more we can restrict them, the less impact there will be on our community."
Doug Oakley covers Berkeley. Contact him at 510-843-1408. Follow him at Twitter.com/douglasoakley.


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MyLastDart: NDA Exclusive - 1 of the new Top Secret blasters - Nerf Elite Mega Centurion:
Sunday, March 3, 2013
My Last Dart Nerf Elite Mega Centurion
MyLastDart: NDA Exclusive - 1 of the new Top Secret blasters - Nerf Elite Mega Centurion:
75 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 3:15 AM
OMG...THIS IS GONA BE AWSOMEReplyDelete
I just died and went to heaven! Its so beautiful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 5:57 AM
Shut up and take my money. Please. This looks beautiful.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 6:47 AM
Will this come to the U.S market?ReplyDelete
Obv. won't be released in Australia. Thanks in advance, oh dearest Nannystate of ours.ReplyDeleteReplies
If it is they will just grey trigger it and reduce range to 45 feet...Delete
Hasbro Australia wouldn't dare loose profits, so they probably will sell a wussy version here.
Okay, so they are releasing an Elite Version of the Longshot/Longstrike and that's awesome! But now the question is what blasters will follow in this line?Delete
Maybe an Elite Vulcan with increase rate of fire or range? Maybe a larger version of the Barrel Break? Heck, I'm just postulating but what do you guys think?
Thats why we use amazon. thats how i got my awesome Stryfe :)Delete
Samuel pearsall: I'm imagining they wouldn't create more blasters for this line, because Elite is very recent and only long range weapons would represent this line. However, if a new weapon would be released i imagine it would be or a launcher (based on the titan) or an assault rifle (based on stampede).Delete
I don't see why I would have to pay twice as much on amazon. I mean we're talking freaking toys here. It's not like we're dealing with a giant tarantula that has chainsaws attached to its legs. It's really insulting that we have to get our toys dumbed down so we, the drippling retards, don't hurt ourselves.Delete
How about wrap everybody in pillows and enforce strict curfews? After all, there are lots of solid pointy objects around us that we might run into in the dark! OH NO!
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Sam there was already a barrel break repaint. I don't think they'll do anything else with that design. Especially considering that the barrel break repaint costs more than the roughcut. Who would buy it?Delete
The Gooch. Amazon doesnt charge twice as much. actually i have found that sometimes they are cheaper. they are only expensive if you buy something as soon as it comes out. wait a month or so and the price is acceptableDelete
I have yet to see a blaster that's cheaper, when considering all the extra fees etc.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 24, 2013 at 4:27 AM
Nomad, the Rough Cut was not just a repaint of the IX-2. With the IX-2, you had to open it up after every blast (of 2 darts), or you can fire two separate shots. With the 2X4, when you pull the trigger, a barrel on each side fires a dart. You can repeat this three times before reloading.Delete
I don't care if the red looks kinda bad, the Longshot's back!ReplyDelete
Hmm I am assuming the "mega series darts" are not reworked (I elite style) mega darts of old?ReplyDelete
Also The Gooch, that is what the net is for (New Zealand here and we only get the grey trigger stuff, but I can order in the Orange trigger goodness)Replies
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 12:03 AM
If you have seen any of the other posts The Gooch has made he is a troll so probly is too dumd to figure out that whole amazon, ebay & internet in general thing. Probly best to just ignor him & let him wither through atention malnutrition.Delete
There's a very clear line between cynicism and trolling. If you want to insult me, then don't hide behind utter anonymity. I find it actually quite "dumb" to order overpriced toys off the internet when I could buy them for a normal price (i.e. still overpriced because Australia's expensive as hell), like the good folks in the civilized world. Soft rags like you are the reason why our government treats us like toddlers in the first place. Grow a damn backbone man.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Don't have Twitter or Facebook so anonymous is the only way I have to post without wasting my time signing up for either of those. As for your whining about living in a nanny state & having to pay shipping I say small price to pay for not having to make certian your doors are at least double locked or worry about some 14 year old shooting you in the head randomly because he thought you were a rival gang member or just had bad aim. I'd gladly trade places with you & let you & let you live the "free life" here in the states any day.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 11:36 PM
By the way will from now on sign my posts as Nomad. Guessing your parents wern't cruel enough to really name you gooch so I see no need to post my real life name.Delete
Ok Mr Nomad, what does the dumbing-down of toys have to do with you not having to worry about your paranoia? I lived in many places in the world, in almost all continents, and I must say, I don't feel all that safe in Australia at all. Despite the illusion of regulations and a government that takes care, there's also utter incompetence on the side of law enforcement paired with regulations that are based on half-knowledge and rash reactions to things not fully understood. Some of the laws are offensive and archaic. It may be my european background speaking through me, but if the country I live in fucks up, I'm not the type of person to sit around and not speak up. You should thank me, instead of taunting me, bud.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2013 at 12:08 PM
i have that problem to, yesterday my dumb ass brother pointed a Nerf gun at a car and the driver floored it :( i just sad that my area cant tell the difference between a Nerf long-strike or a SVD :(Delete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2013 at 4:39 PM
@ The Gooch: Ok fine Austrailia sucks kangaroo balls or whatever. I'm just saying there are worse & beter places on this earth to live & besides if your living there now it surely must be providing you with something you like/need. If you don't like the nerfed Nerf blasters you get in your country quit complaining & do something about it. I dislike the weakness of even the American versions but do I cry about it? No I grab some tools & get rid of the locks, fill the holes, upgrade the spring or replace the power supply & motors.Delete
Ha well now we're on the same page. Of course I will do everything feasible to improve my Nerf. It's part of the fun. But I would still prefer to start off with something less pussified.Delete
And of course Nerf guns will be somewhat limited no matter where, they're toys after all. And that's what great about it.
But while I'm at it, it completely baffles me too, why for example soft air and paintball guns are classified as real weapons in Australia. In most places it takes the mature mind of a 16+ or 18+ year old person to judge responsibly as to how to utilize such a gun.
See what I mean? And fair enough, people might CONFUSE them for real guns. Hell like the other anon posted, someone got scared of an actual nerf gun. But this really just lack of public awareness/education. Why not put effort into education and CORRECT regulation, instead of ignorant fear mongering and bans?
- AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Give them time, some one in the states will be stupid enough(we are in no short suply in the states) to do something with the right people watching & then they will be ileagel. My guess though would be that the airsoft & paintball people put too much money into the government pockets via lobbiests atm for them to be ileagal or controled.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2013 at 3:01 AM
both anomymous window licker and the gooch are bickering little dipshits arguing about the shitty world economyDelete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2013 at 5:59 AM
shut up you idiotDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 11:42 AM
The 50 Cal. of Nerf.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2013 at 5:53 PM
NO ITS A BO2 BALLISTA WITH IRONSIGHTSDelete
- AnonymousJune 3, 2013 at 6:52 AM
No it would be the dsr 50 iron sights from zombies when You pack a punch itDelete
1.5 meters long, that is ridiculousReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 1:26 PM
o my gosh this is a answer to prayer i originally got the longstrike because it looked beast and said up to 35 feet but then it let me down this is freakin beastReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 2:35 PM
nerf I LOVE YOUReplyDelete
This is beyond awesome. My wish came true. I asked for an elite longstrike or longshot. But I never expected it to be like this. Nerf is going insane. I mean, A HUNDRED FEET?! Shut up Hasbro and take my moneyReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 6:43 AM
Anyone else having trouble accessing MyLastDart? I have a feeling that this was not supposed to come out...Delete
- BluefireMarch 5, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Indeed - the post was shut down. Watch out, Pocket. Don't want another visit from those "lawyers"... :PDelete
- Berkut99March 4, 2013 at 5:17 PM
HOLY CRAP!ReplyDelete
This is not what I expected at all. This is better than anything I could have expected.
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 6:41 PM
If Hasbro "nerfed" the Elite blasters from 75ft(23m) to 15m.....then this 100ft blaster will never make it to Australia.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 6:46 PM
Awww i wanted a scope too :(, But still a cool ass blasterReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 6:54 PM
Well lets hope the Aus version isn't nerfed (haha) too much.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 4, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Buying this the first chance I get.ReplyDelete
- ShadowHawkZ1OMarch 4, 2013 at 7:19 PM
First thing that I thought about when I saw this... GUN-GASIM! I honestly don't believe my eyes. Imagine how expensive this will be! I WANT IT!!! ADD IT TO MY EXTREMELY EARLY CHRISTMAS LIST!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 2:34 AM
Centurion:screw this. TIS THING IS BEAST.forget about longshot or longstrike.
2 ft long draw? Man sounds like a spring powered hamp. Once these come out im definatly getting one. Shipping this to australia looks like its going to be expensive.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 7:02 AM
errr do u know my last dart author contact? i cant access his blog as it is for invites only i want 2 ask for oneReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM
http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23724 Here is the details of the nerf gun, as Mylastdart is down, because somethinng is wrong with blogger's system.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 10:39 AM
Hold up... Not elite stampede... Elite MEGA stampede! :DReplyDelete
if any of you have ever converted an older style mega dart blaster to accept mini darts, you can understand the excitement of something like this.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Hey guys there is something wrong with basic nerfs blogspot to something is wrong,its either the MLD's NDA is wrong because his NDA ends in june and he already show this gun in march.awkward.......ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 5:15 PM
Hmm... mega dartsReplyDelete
I know what I can do with those <:D
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 6:39 PM
hope the NDA expires soon... i have a feeling of more awesome things comingReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 10:06 PM
Bad news.search this http://nerf.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:13249 im out.peace.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 11:49 PM
I don't think the box will fit all the 1.5 meter long goodness. they'll probably make the barrel packed separately and permanently attached like the longstrike stock or conventional detachable type.Look at the box claiming the dart's actual size. now relate the size of the dart in the clip, inside a blaster. yes, diagonally packing it could work, but with the number of accessories, they could have made the box shorter height wise. also, I personally prefer manual over auto. snipers are supposed to be working under any condition (hence lying on their stomach for days) and electronics would ruin this aspect as serious rp-ers and nerfers/gamers would play in the rain. come on, some of us must have thought it would be cool to be a sniper in a rainy/snowy day.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 12:28 AM
^same person. anyone have even a clue or an idea of how the "smart" bi-pod works?Delete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2013 at 6:10 AM
I'd think it would work like the Vulcan tripodDelete
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 10:07 PM
Actualy try a rainy or even snowy day laying completely still in the mud & get back to us :)Delete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 2:53 AM
5 feet is way too big for most teens let alone pre-teens. 4 feet would be OK if they made the barrel removeable. Semi-auto would be alright (sorta like a Barrett 50 caliber) but full auto wouldn't fit the sniper role.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Was it just me or was there no sight, I'm happy for this and I was a big fan of the longshot, but I just hope it will have a scopeReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2013 at 3:16 PM
What's the point in a scope? The dart drops so fast - and is so unpredictable in any outdoor situation that you're going to be spending your time with your eye to a tiny area in front of you...that your dart won't be traveling toward.ReplyDelete
Have fun watching nothing happening in a small circle.
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Really Hasbro is planning an invasion agains't New Zealand and later Australia so that they can turn it's 4 million inhabitants into factory workers and become a tyrannical toy company, the most powerful in the world. They are gradually increasing the power, range and accuracy of all their weapons and arming their child soldiers who don't know the difference between right and wrong. New Zealand does not have a powerful enough military to defend itself from the CURRENT nerf weapons. How in god's name will they defend themselves with their ugly steyr AUGs vs this Or'some nerf Barrett? What with a flimsy grey trigger?!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Careful what you post!!!ReplyDelete
Just a heads up Nerf has requested all info on the MEGA series and the Centurion to be taken down if they want to have a good standing with Nerf...
But anyways,
I just want to say that I wish it were shorter and used Elite darts...
Really, 1.5 meters? That's WAY too long for most people, even for a sniper rifle...
New darts just for this gun? Seems like a waste to have to buy new darts that only one gun can use...
(I decided that I will sign as ~DarkDragon, because I do not have a compatible account to sign it with :P)
And the Plot Thickens!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 18, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Oooooh, I can't wait for this. I was hoping for looks like the longstrike but this is better. I hope it has good working sights. When I got my .22 for a little bit my foam accuracy was bad because after a (lead) bullet leaves the barrel it goes up. Foam doesn't. I used to think that my cousins longstrike had good range at about 45 feet. Longstrike is finished. We have .50 cal. As for everyone who freaks out saying, "too long! Too long!" Remember this. You don't charge the enemy with a sniper rifle. I'll get one of these baby's and defeat the two person teams at capture the flag before they know I'm comin babyReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM
now that they made a new elite dart type as it looks hopefully they will make a mega series revolver AND besides who doesent like a BIG GUNReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2013 at 3:32 AM
It would be glorious if these ended up being the same relative dimensions as the old Mega darts. All of the old blasters would suddenly become far more accessible again, as it would no longer require re-barreling or trying to grab increasingly rare Mega darts off of Ebay.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Give me the fucking gunReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2013 at 10:40 AM
If you look carefully at the box, it says nothing about n strike elite. it says n strike. if you're in the know, you know that doesn't make any sense, as n strike was recently discontinued. Under n strike it says MEGA. So...... the only possible explanation is that there will be a whole MEGA series.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 27, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Hate to be negative, but did they stuff up the design of the bipod? it folds backwards and covers a point where your stabilising hand would naturally hold.ReplyDelete
And dont real bipods on real sniper rifles fold with leg pointing forward?
This is cool!ReplyDelete


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Since being given a drug called oramorph for lower back pain my mother has lost her faculties. She took one dose, then co-codamol was tried with the same result and finally pain patches, all opiate based medication. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. So we wondered why old people are sleeping all the time in old folks homes? We thought that it was because they were old and that is the way old people are? Did we? Are we that stupid? What a joke. Incidentally, my mum had pain not related to the cancer and was rendered so insensible by the drugs that she fell over and bruised her breast bone and needed PAIN KILLERS for it.
After taking these drugs my mum has lost her faculties, her speech became extremely impaired and she became discoordinated.I thought she had had a stroke, it was that bad. Of course the medics say that it's the cancer getting worse, but then they always say these things to get the drugs off the hook. I know. I saw what happened. She is usually a very mentally acute person and was so the whole day before she began the oramorph.The oramorph changed that. On these coshes my poor mum was desperate because she couldn't wake up, frantic, frightened.It rendered her senseless.
Then I started to make enquiries.... The hospice are quite happy with the patient being turned into a vegetable as long as the pain is stopped! They don't offer any other pain relief like acupuncture or hypnosis ! I wonder why.
Hold on, I am coming back shortly. I will tell you IF my mum recovers her faculties or not. She is now off the medication.
Okay, a mini update for you: my mum has been off the medication since last Thursday. Her speech is a little better and I think her walking is too. The G.P. has said that it can take a week for the medication to leave the body, so a few more days yet before I find out the terrible truth: is my mum coming back to me with her usual acuity?
N.B. Carers please look at this site: www.carersconnectint.com
Monday, 26 September 2011
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Jackpot Records will shut its doors on June 6.
(Special to The Oregonian)
After 13 years, today is the last day of Jackpot Records in downtown Portland. The Portland institution's Southeast Hawthorne storefront and its record label will continue, but
, its downtown location is closing up shop. The store initially announced it would close on June 30, but apparently decided not to wait out the month. The record store, located at 203 Southwest 9th Ave., is offering 50 percent off on all used records and CDs until shutting its doors at 3 p.m. "We at Jackpot would like to thank Portland's wonderful collection of music fans/record nerds like us for making the last 13 years down here so special," the store wrote on its
. "We look forward to seeing you wonderful people at the Hawthorne store which continues to thrive and serve as a sanctuary for music lovers across the city. Thank you Portland!" -- David Greenwald


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Bryn Mawr College Library Special Collections
Introduction to the Collection
It is impossible to work with the medieval and Renaissance manuscripts at Bryn Mawr College without a constant reminder of the generosity of Howard L. Goodhart and his daughter Phyllis Goodhart Gordan (Bryn Mawr Class of 1935). Many of the manuscripts now in the collection were at one time Goodhart's own. He presented them to Bryn Mawr College, along with over nine hundred incunabula, as the foundation of the Library's Marjorie Walter Goodhart Medieval Library. Established in 1951, and named after Goodhart's wife (Class of 1912) this collection of early printed books and manuscripts brings alive his interest in the development of thought and education in the middle ages. The College is fortunate that Mr. Goodhart's concerns transcended the theoretical study of the medieval university, and extended to a practical interest in the education of modern women. He is honored by the Howard Lehman Goodhart Memorial Fund, which has made possible the purchase of our most recently added medieval manuscript, a collection of texts probably written in a women's Franciscan community in Italy.
Over the years other donors, often alumnae (see Provenance ), have added to these volumes, resulting in a collection of almost sixty manuscripts which range from legal and medical texts to philosophical treatises and liturgical books. These manuscripts span several hundred years; the earliest volume, an eleventh-century text of Gregory the Great, the latest an English recipe book of the early seventeenth century. The content varies as greatly as the age, from a fine group of illuminated Books of Hours to an intriguing Renaissance copy of Cicero's letters.
Among our donors, Ethelinda Schaefer Castle included four manuscripts in her generous bequest of rare books and manuscripts to the Library. Lucy and Samuel Chew, the one an alumna, the other a long-time professor of English at Bryn Mawr, donated two manuscripts, including a beautiful fifteenth-century Psalter from Rouen. And the Radnor High School, a neighbor of the College, donated four interesting, if fragmentary, liturgical texts. More recently, the manuscript collection was greatly enhanced by a major gift of ten Renaissance manuscripts from the estate of Phyllis Goodhart Gordan. The most recent addition to the collection, a slim text of Ambrose, is a gift from James and Florence Tanis in honor of Leo Dolenski, for many years Manuscripts Librarian.
These manuscript descriptions are modeled closely on the Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University, by Barbara A. Shailor (Binghamton, N.Y., 1984-1992). The description of each manuscript follows, for the most part, the methodology outlined by Shailor in her introduction (Vol. 1, xix-xxi):
1. The manuscript number, the known or probable place and date of origin, author(s), and short title.
2. The text described in sequential order: A beginning and closing leaf citation is given for each article within the text. Arabic numerals designate the articles, while Roman numerals denote physically discrete sections of a manuscript. If possible texts are identified and a bibliographical reference is cited. Usually both incipits and explicits are supplied. Rubrics and headings written in display script are italicized. We have attempted to retain the original orthography while expanding abbreviations and ligatures "silently." Parallel oblique lines (//) indicate that the text begins or ends imperfectly; square brackets ([ ]) denote editorial intervention or problems of interpretation.
3. The physical description: Material on which the manuscript is written, including quality of parchment or paper and a description of watermarks in parentheses; number of leaves, with flyleaves designated by small Roman numerals; dimensions of the folio, with the written space in parentheses; numbers of columns and lines; description of bounding lines and a record of pricking when possible. Collation, scribes, decoration, imperfections, and binding, in that order conclude the description.
4. Provenance.
5. Secundo folio for most manuscripts.
6. Bibliography.
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Rockets' Red Glare: How to Photograph Fireworks
Rockets' Red Glare: How to Photograph Fireworks
The Fourth of July celebration often ends with a firework extravaganza that captivates us all with its awesome beauty. So be prepared to "ooh" and "ah" along with the crowd. And, if you're like many of us, have your camera ready to capture the "rockets red glare."
What's the best way to take "great" firework photos? According to Chuck DeLaney, Dean of the New York Institute of Photography (NYI),the world's largest photography school, it's easy if you do a couple of simple things. "Most of all you need a steady camera, a long exposure and medium speed film," DeLaney explains.
First, take a time-exposure. If you have an SLR camera, this should be no problem. With an auto-everything point-and-shoot camera, try to "fool" the camera into keeping the shutter open. Here's how: When you see a rocket shoot skyward, press the shutter-button. The darkness of the sky should cause your camera to keep the shutter open for a time-exposure, and you can end up with a splendid picture. What about using a single-use "cardboard" supermarket camera? NYI says, forget it! These cameras usually have a fixed shutter speed, and you can't "fool" them into doing the right thing no matter what you do.
Second, and equally important, since you are taking a time-exposure, your camera should be on a solid, unmoving base throughout the exposure. A tripod is best. If you don't have a tripod, try bracing your camera against some solid structure - for example, a wall, a post or a railing. They're not as good as a tripod, but they're better than hand-holding the camera. And hand-holding is the road to disaster - no one likes blurry fireworks photos.
Third, to add an extra-special touch to your picture, include something on the ground to give a sense of location to the firework display in the sky. For example, across the bottom of your frame show silhouettes of the crowd, or a statue (George Washington on horseback?), or the skyline of the city. This one trick will do more to make your fireworks pictures stand out than any other single thing you can do.
For lots more advice on how to take "great" fireworks pictures, and some great fireworks photos, visit the New York Institute of Photography (NYI) Web site at nyip.com
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Viet Nam Property Awards 2018 given to 54 enterprises, projects (20:54 16/04/2018)
HNP – The Viet Nam Real Estate Association (VNREA) in collaboration with the Management Agency for Housing and Real Estate Market (the Ministry of Construction) and VTV24 News Centre (Viet Nam Television) on April 14 organized a ceremony to honor 54 winners of the Viet Nam Property Awards 2018.
Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung presents the Viet Nam Property Awards to 11 developers
The even saw the attendance of Trinh Dinh Dung, Deputy Prime Minister; Tran Thanh Man, President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee; Pham Hong Ha, Minister of Construction; Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee. The awards aims to honor enterprises and outstanding projects, works which have significantly contributed to developing a more sustainable, transparent and healthier real estate market in Viet Nam in the period of industrialization, modernization and international integration.
The awards are divided into 8 categories, including prestigious real estate developer, largest urban area, best resort development, best office building for rent and shopping mall, best residential area, best green building, best real estate transaction floor, and best social housing project.
Chairman of the Ha Noi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung gives the awards to enterprises.
Speaking at the event, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung highly appreciated and lauded important contributions of real estate enterprises to the development of the real estate market over the past time.
He also recognized and highly appreciated the awards co-organized by the Viet Nam Real Estate Association, the Management Agency for Housing and Real Estate Market, Viet Nam Television which encourages individuals, organizations and projects to have more contributions to building a more sustainable and healthier real estate market.
Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung speaks at the event
At the ceremony, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung asked the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies, sectors to focus on carrying out following missions: completing mechanisms, policies related to the real estate market to create favorable conditions for investors; reviewing the planning; simplifying administrative procedures, and creating a favorable business environment for people and businesses, etc.
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Lilac is a deciduous shrub or small tree with heart-shaped leaves and showy panicles of small purple or pink flowers that bloom in spring. The perfume extracted from the flowers is used commercially, and its scent is said to symbolize the first emotions of love.
Magickal uses of lilac, which is associated with the element of water, include peace, clairvoyance, divination, creativity, harmony, exorcism, protection, psychic awareness and reincarnation.
Lilac may be used in spells and formulas related to matters of Venus and the zodiac sign of Libra, such as beauty, compassion, fidelity, friendship, happiness, love, luck, meditation, pleasure, reconciliation, and youth.
Lilac shrubs drive away evil wherever they are planted. Fresh lilac blooms can be placed in a haunted house to clear it. Lilac wood wands are good for illusion magick and divination.


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One important purpose of the church is to make believers.
Ultimately, we do that by presenting the Gospel to them. Of course, there are many things that can (and do) precede the presentation of the Gospel. For example, no one will hear the Gospel when I present it in a worship service unless they are first brought "here" to "hear" it. That is why those of us who have benefitted from the Gospel must go out and bring others into the church.
In 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 8, the Apostle Paul reinforces this truth. The gospel "came" unto the Thessalonians (verse 5) and "sounded out" from them (verse 8). Every church and every Christian should imitate that pattern. If the Gospel has come to you, you have a responsibility to present it to others. Our purpose is to win souls. Our message is the Gospel. Our method is just to tell as many people as we can and to get as many people as we can within the hearing of Gospel.
We need to remember that it is the Gospel that initiates salvation. Paul had confidence that the salvation experience of the Thessalonians was genuine (Verse 4). He states that he could thank God for these believers (Verse 2) because he was sure they were among God's "elect," "chosen." Paul didn't cast doubts upon their salvation. Rather, he wrote of "knowing" that they had truly received God's gift of salvation. How? By obeying the Gospel. Therefore they were the "elect" or "chosen" of God.
How could Paul do this? Because there are only three reasons to doubt a person's initial salvation: 1) Either they didn't receive the right message; 2) or they didn't do what God said to do in order to be saved; 3) or they weren't sincere in their profession. Paul's confidence in the message he preached, and their obedience of faith, coupled with the fruits of their faith was his ground of assurance.
When Paul spoke of their "election" of God, many people get an impression that doesn't match the Bible message. Election is not concerned with the MEANS of salvation – that God has chosen some to be saved and others to be lost – that we're only saved if God pre-selected us by name. Election has to do with the results of salvation – what we are guaranteed to receive when we come into Christ. In Ephesians 1:4, the word chosen is the same as election. Paul doesn't say that God has chosen some by name to be in Christ (thus a Christian, a saved person), but that he has chosen that all who are in Christ will receive certain benefits or "blessings." Thus we are the "elect of God," "his chosen people." Israel once held that relationship but forfeited it as a nation by rejecting Christ. But anyone who surrenders to Jesus and obeys the Gospel will be accepted by God as His children.
When a person obeys the Gospel message of salvation, at that moment they are placed in Christ, and thereby chosen to be holy, blameless, and loved. Paul could give thanks to God for these believers, knowing that their position in Christ was secure and their salvation irrevocable as long as they continued to walk in The Faith. Having believed the gospel and surrendering to Christ as Savior, their eternal future was settled to the extent that they continued to walk after the Spirit (Rom. 8:1-2).
Paul's confidence was grounded in the Gospel he preached (1 Thess. 1:5), and their reception of it (verse 6). The Gospel is a saving message – A message that makes a difference!


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Sources are saying that delivery could occur around lunchtime tomorrow but we'll see. In the meantime I'm revering the delivery entry on my spreadsheet as I'm not sure if contractual delivery actually took place or not in the light of this information and the uncertainty it causes.
I'll update this post with more information, if and when it becomes available.
UPDATE (2:35PM): Susanna Ray of Bloomberg has an article out saying that the delivery will take place no earlier than tomorrow as there is a bank holiday today (Monday) in the UK and the financing bank, Standard Chartered is a London based bank which is doing the financing of the first 2 airplanes being delivered to Air India.
Here's Susanna Ray's article in Bloomberg:
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Boeing Sets Air India 787 Delivery as Wait Ends After Talks (1)
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By Karthikeyan Sundaram and Susanna Ray
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. said it expects to hand
over its first 787 Dreamliner to Air India next week, ending
months of waiting while several of the jets sat ready during
talks over compensation for delivery delays.
A team of about 20 Air India pilots, flight attendants,
engineers and operations personnel arrived yesterday in
Charleston, South Carolina, to prepare to receive the plane,
Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar said in an interview.
Air India may take delivery as early as Aug. 28, according
to an official with the state-owned carrier who asked not to be
identified because the plan hasn't been announced. The airline,
which has 27 Dreamliners on order, received government
permission Aug. 3 to pay for its initial 787 after Chicago-based
Boeing agreed to compensation.
"Friday is already over in India, Monday is a bank holiday
in London, and that's where the money comes from, so Tuesday
would be the earliest," Keskar said of the first delivery.
Air India's first two Dreamliners are being funded by a
$195 million loan from Standard Chartered Plc. Three of the jets
are ready and parked at Boeing's South Carolina factory, and a
fourth was preparing for its maiden flight when its General
Electric Co. engine blew out during a July 28 taxi test.
Compensation Plan
The 787 was more than three years behind schedule when it
entered service in late 2011. While Air India had asked for $840
million in compensation for delays to its order, India's
government didn't give a figure this month when it approved an
agreement between Boeing and the airline. Boeing has declined to
give any financial specifics.
Last month's engine failure remains under investigation by
the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, and Boeing and
Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE have said the defect was limited
to the power plant on that jet. Keskar declined to discuss the
engine incident.
Air India ordered the 787 in 2005 and was initially due to
start receiving the planes in 2008. Boeing struggled with new
materials and manufacturing processes for the world's first
jetliner made from composite materials, delaying the first Air
India jet until this year.
The delivery was further hampered by compensation talks,
the government approval process and a two-month strike by pilots
over the right to fly the new plane.
All Nippon Airways Co., Japan Airlines Co. and Ethiopian
Airlines are the only carriers to fly the 787 so far. Qantas
Airways Ltd. canceled an order for 35 of the jets this week,
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Motion is everywhere, & so is speed. You will hardly find anybody wasting time without purpose in the city of Mumbai, which is called the commerce capital of India. With a population of over 12 million people (Mumbaikars), Mumbai is a city of hope for all those who have come & made it their home. It is a place which has given life to the ones who had lost all their hope, & has been instrumental in converting rags to riches.
The first evidence is from the rikshaw drivers, most of whom have migrated from northern part of the country & embraced the Mumbai roads for their livelihood. There is so much of energy in the city that even a lazy man gets to work by self propulsion. Amazing !
Have a look at the Chowpatty beach or the chowpatty & you can see the Mumbai population giving it a chill. Go to a audition at one of the stadiums or studios & you see the children showcasing their talent, to be able to get to the top. Competition is strong & the race is unending. Be it the Bollywood tinseltown or the Bombay Stock Exchange. The day starts at 4 in the dawn & ends at 2 in midnight – as though Mumbai never sleeps. The entire economy of this wonder city is bred by the people working here, who have been able to lure the global & domestic investers alike. There is almost every kind of business & trade that happens in Mumbai.
With its excellent location, Mumbai offers a very good connectivity to all important global destinations by rail, road & sea. This has made it a popular & preferred trading hub. And then, the professionalism & reliability of the work style & services is so unique, that you will hardly find it elsewhere.
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The gooey ooze is back and hungry for human flesh. This one is played as a satire rather than a straight sci-fi horror. It's directed by Larry (I DREAM OF JEANNIE) Hagman and stars Gwynne Gilford (Anne Gwynne's daughter). A fun drive-in flick embedded deep in the 1970s. Like new. Image!
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Nothing is more disgusting than seeing a roach (or two) crawl across the floor of your shiny new apartment kitchen! Roaches are incredibly resilient insects whose ability to survive is almost unparalleled. They can go for very long periods without food or water, which is why they tend to head to kitchens and bathrooms when they do appear. The little pests can hide just about anywhere.
But while roaches are pretty tough, there are ways to get rid of them. First, lay down some traps. Consider getting live traps so you can figure out where the roaches are hiding. Other traps are designed to kill the roach immediately using some type of bait. You'll also want to spray insecticide around your kitchen, bathroom and other roach-infested areas. Just make sure whatever you're spraying is safe for you, your kids and your pets.
To keep the roaches from coming back, keep your house extra clean; keep faucets from leaking and make sure bathrooms and other areas aren't damp. That means you'll need to caulk up openings from the outside, too.


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An accomplished artist friend of mine painted a marvelous account of Texas Longhorn steers. They are not your everyday longhorns. They are blue and green and purple. Something between color-blocking and paint by number but totally original and really neither of those…and certainly not static.
Then I came across an NPR article by Steve Drummond. (The People Vs. Coloring Books: The Verdict Is In,July 2)
The illustration by LA Johnson is of four cows in various colors, only two of which resemble real cow coloring.
The childlike drawings reminded me of my friend's painting (which I now own) so I read the article which made me want to read the referenced book, Creative and Mental Growth by Viktor Lowenfeld.
When I was very young coloring was okay because I could use whatever colors I wanted; the "paint-by-number" stuff I got for Christmas one year bored the heck out of me after I'd tried out a couple of the pages. When my kids were little I taped brown paper around the living room walls and let them color to their hearts content. Outside the lines never bothered me.
Evidently it doesn't bother Mr. Lowenfeld, either. He sees art as a way of life for children and believes we need to understand their view of the world…which is creatively expressed through their artistic endeavors.
I've long been a proponent of art in schools. I have always believed art education is not only desirable, but crucial to the development of our human sensibilities.
Art, whether it be painting or performance, large or small, architectural or botanic, fosters our innate sense of harmony even in epic depictions of war and violence. It calls up the tragic, comedic or breathtaking beauty in our soul so we can translate it visibly or audibly. This applies to our creation of an art and to our response to various art forms. Art teaches perspective, proportion, sharing, discipline, tradition. It develops fine motor skills. It teaches practical skills.
The only reason i know how to use a jigsaw is because my 6th grade art teacher taught me. She also taught glass etching, mobile making and all the planning and critical thinking that goes with it. My first encounter with "real" art came when I discovered paintings by Piet Mondrian at The Des Moines Art Center tucked away in Greenwood Park not far from a public swimming pool. The building designed by Eliel Saarinen, I. M. Pei was architectural art in itself. It has since been added onto without losing its original integrity.
Art teaches patience. Art allows imagination and communication to be explored and expressed. Artists good at their craft acknowledge they have learned from and built upon those before them. So we also have a legacy of cultural and historical understanding. Problem solving and thinking skills are developed and strengthened. Art sets a foundation for the technological literacy necessary today as never before. I could go on and on, but you get the idea…and probably have some of your own.
Perhaps the purveyors of the fadish adult coloring books are inadvertently on to something apart from stress relief. Perhaps, if they had been more expose to more art and art forms earlier, adults wouldn't feel so stressed in the first place.


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A double boiler is recommended for heating oils, waxes and butters that need to be melted but not boiled. We use them often when making body butters, lotions, lip balms and other products. They are also used by bakers and chefs when melting chocolate or making sauces.
You can buy a double boiler, but it's simple to make one and you likely already have the essential parts. So save your money and the space in your cupboard and make your own.
To make a double boiler, place a bowl on top of a pot that has some water in it but not so much that it touches the bottom of the bowl. The bowl should fit securely on top of the pot to form a seal. The double boiler works by heating the water which in turn heats the bowl above it.
When melting your ingredients in the bowl, you may find it helpful to hold the bowl to stabilize it. This is when an Ove Glove (or pot holder) comes in handy. Hold the bowl still with one hand and stir with the other.
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Then I saw this dress on Modcloth and fell in love with the fabric (and the dress was even made in the USA, yay!). I bought it right away, in two sizes - just in case! However, neither size fit, much to my dismay, and was not worth altering or adjusting myself.
|Modcloth.com - Come to My Window Box Dress
Here's a close-up picture I took of the dress fabric before packing it up to send back to Modcloth. :(
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It's 100% rayon, and is lightweight - probably rayon challis. The dressmaker brand is Everly. And... that's all of the information I've got.
Tom suggested, "why don't you just buy fabric like that and make your own?" To which I replied, "yeah, it's not that easy!" And then promptly began searching the interwebs for similar teal/coral floral print rayon.
The closest match I came across was this cute '40s-vibe rayon from fashionfabricsclub.com. It's very cute, but not quite right...
|Aqua Green Floral Challis
Where do designers get their cute fabric, and where can I get some?
It's a question I asked more frequently in my very early days of garment sewing, after trying to make what should have been a flowy blouse out of cute, but stiff, quilting cotton. After a while I was finding enough suitable fabrics I did like, and that felt clothing-worthy to me, that I kind of forgot about it. But now I'm really wondering where all of this secret, special, pretty dress and blouse fabric I see used to make so many adorable pieces of clothing for sale is hiding!
Do any of you feel this way too?
Have you happened upon any pretty, teal, flowery rayon I can buy to make the dress of my dreams?


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Cinnamon Raisin BreadFrom dutchie326 10 years ago
- 2 ¼ cup plus 2 ½ tablespoon all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 ¾ cup water, room temperature shopping list
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon honey shopping list
- ¾ teaspoon instant yeast shopping list
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- 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour shopping list
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- 4 teaspoons cinnamon shopping list
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How to make it
- Method:
- 1. Make the sponge by mixing flour, water, honey and instant yeast in a large bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes. Set it aside and cover it with plastic wrap.
- 2. Make the flour mixture by mixing the flour (reserve ¼ cup if mixing by hand), dry milk and instant yeast in a separate bowl. Gently place the flour mixture on top of the sponge, cover with plastic wrap and allow it to ferment 1 to 4 hours (you can place it in the fridge after one hour and leave it overnight if it's more convenient, just make sure to take it out of the fridge on hour before mixing the next day).
- 3. Now, add the salt, cut up butter to the bowl and stir with a wooden spoon until the flour isdough roll up moistened. Knead the dough together in the bowl until it comes together, then knead it on a floured surface for 5 minutes to develop the gluten structure. Cover it with plastic wrap and let rest for 20 minutes. Knead the dough for another 5 minutes until it's very smooth. Add some additional flour if the dough is sticky. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow to relax for 10 minutes. Add the raisins and incorporate them into the dough with your hands.
- You can also do this step using a machine. Then, add butter to the bowl, and using a dough hook, mix the mixture on low for about 1 minute, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rest for 20 minutes. Next, sprinkle on the salt and knead the dough on medium speed for 7 to 10 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest for 10 minutes. Add the raisins and mix on low speed or about 2 minutes to incorporate them.
- 4. Now, place the dough in a lightly greased 4-quart bowl (or dough rising container). Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled, 1 ½ hours to 2 hours, ideally in 75 – 80 degrees. (If your kitchen is colder than that, you can put your oven on warm for a minute, then shut it off and leave the dough inside the oven for the rising period).
- Once it's doubled, scrape it out on a floured surface, give it a business letter turn (stretch the dough out and fold it on top of it a couple of times). Place it in the oiled bowl again, cover withcinnamon raisin loaves plastic wrap and allow to rest a second time, about 45 minutes to 1 hour in the fridge.
- 5. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and the cinnamon. Brush the egg in a separate bowl.
- 6. Scrape the dough out on a floured surface and divide it in two equal pieces. Cover one piece of dough with plastic wrap and work with the other. Roll out on piece of dough to a rectangle 7 ½ inches wide by 14 inches long and about ¼ inch thick. Gently dimple the dough all over with your fingers to deflate air bubbles. Brush the dough with the beaten egg, leaving a 3/4 –inch margin on the edges. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar evenly on the dough. Start rolling the dough together, squeezing it gently along the length of the roll. Close the ends up and pinch the seams together. Place the roll in an oiled 8 ½-by 4 ½-inch loaf pan. Cover with oiled plastic wrap and repeat for the second loaf. Allow to rise for 1 to 2 hours.
- 7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (it is recommended that you pre-heat the oven 45 min before baking). On the lowest level in the oven, place a baking stone or a sheet pan before preheating.
- 8. Set the loaf pans on the baking stone and shut the doorcinnamon raisin slices immediately. Bake for about 50 minutes or until the bread is golden brown and an instant read thermometer in the center reads 211 degrees. Turn the loafs around halfway through baking for even baking.
- 9. Once the breads are done, remove them from the oven and unmold them. Set on a wire rack and let cool completely.
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