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You don't travel with the herd. You find your own road. So you want way more than any conventional multi-purpose vehicle has to offer. You want advanced technology and bold design – on top of essentials like versatility and safety. Take a close look at the one that's turning heads in all the right ways – the 2017 Kia Sedona MPV. Don't just aim for more, get more – way more.
Town: 14.1 L/100km
highway: 10.5 L/100km
- Brakes: 4-wheel disc, ABS 4-wheel, 4-channel, vented discs front, solid discs rear.
- Front engine. front wheel drive
- Front suspension: Independent, Macpherson struts, dynamic dampers, coil springs,and anti-roll bar
- Rear suspension: Independent, multi-link, dynamic dampers, coil springs and anti-roll bar.
- Hydraulic power steering, Electric power steering
- 3.3L GDI V6 all aluminum engine
- 24-valve DOHC Dual-Cam Variable Valve Timing
- Horsepower 276 hp @ 6,000 rpm
- Torque 248lb.-ft @ 5,200 rpm
- 6-speed automatic, Sportmatic sequential shifter transmission
- Dual advanced front airbags
- 4-wheel anti-lock braking system (ABS)
- Rearview camera
- Electronic stability control (ESC)
- Height adjustable front seatbelts with pretensioners
- Dual front seat-mounted side airbags
- Vehicle stability management (VSM)
- Rear parking sensors
- Traction control system (TCS)
- Cornering brake control (CBC)
- Roll-over Prevention (ROP)
- Impact sensing auto door unlock
- Hill-assist control (HAC)
- Dual side impact curtain airbags
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- Blind spot detection system
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- Rear child safety door locks
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- Heated Steering Wheel
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- Remote keyless entry with panic function
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- Leather-wrapped shift knob
- Tri-zone automatic climate control
- Steering wheel-mounted audio controls
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- 12 cup holders
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Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looked stunning as she made her red carpet appearance for the second day in a row, at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival.
The 39-year-old former Miss World wore a heavily embroidered floor-length gown by Indian fashion designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla and matched it with a blush colored clutch. The Bollywood diva had previously worn a black lace-print Elie Saab Spring 2013 Couture gown, which featured sequined lace embroidery.
French actress Marion Cotillard looked gorgeous in a strapless multi-colored Christian Dior dress and combined it with Chopard jewels and Dior black pumps. She stole the show with her dark tresses slicked into a retro styled hairdo - a bouffant beehive.
American actress Zoe Saldana went for a sleeveless Valentino dress which featured brocade detailing. She finished the look with Christian Louboutin shoes and David Yurman jewelry. American actress Rosario Dawson looked classy in a white Elie Saab sleeveless sequined gown from the Spring 2012 collection featuring a v-neckline and high-slit. American actress and L'Oreal spokesperson Milla Jovovich wore a red, white and black Chanel Couture floral sequin dress and combined it with Swarovski jewelry and a black leather Chanel clutch.
Ahna O'Reilly stood out in her stunning red Monique Lhuillier dress, which featured floral-embroidered high-low short sleeve with matching pants. She completed her look with Ferragamo shoes and H. Stern jewelry. Former Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks wore a bright yellow Cadena Gabriela gown with diamonds across her shoulder blades. Alyson Le Borges wore a red strapless Armani Privé Spring 2013 Couture gown.
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This is what my fridge looked like a couple weeks ago (but it's not too different from what's in it on a weekly basis)
Top Shelf: I always have unsweetened vanilla almond milk on hand – it goes great in my Shaklee 180 Smoothies! Berries for snacking, overnight oats, vegan tortilla soup, and GoodBelly probiotic juice (SO YUMMY and keeps my belly happy)
Second Shelf: Those containers have prepped veggies for salad that are marinating, vegan gravy, and mashed cauliflower, as well as mixed greens with baby spinach in mason jars (storing them in glass mason jars helps keep them fresh all week!)
Bottom drawers: Organic baby spinach – I put at least 1cup in every shake I have, Plus organic lemons for daily lemon water (and then dispose of lemons in garbage disposal to help it stay clean and smelling fresh)
Tabletop: I love having fresh tomatoes and avocado on hand (store these at room temp for the best taste), bananas, pears, and peaches. Having fresh fruits and veggies on hand and in sight helps me make good choices. It also helps me to see them easily so that they don't get lost in the back of the fridge! Out of sight, out of mind.


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Bombay they say is what you make of it. However, I think Bombay itself has a fairly humungous role to play in the making of its residents. Like one day, It takes you for a surprise with its monsoon downpour, the very next instant, leaves you suspended over salty seas to dry and drench with sweat. It takes you to the 23rd floor of the biggest corporate agency in India; it makes you walk as a part of the crowd while travelling in the locals. It's the city where the elite cherish, the poor subsist and the rest are merely lost in the crowd.
It's overwhelming. You can't be in Bombay and not think about it in one way or other. Existence itself in Bombay engulfs you. You can't be mentally present elsewhere while crossing the road in the insane traffic or while securing a seat in the overflooded locals. Nowhere else in the world can you find such a peacefully chaotic coexistence of the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. Neither any city has such faded lines of distinction between the two. The shack like seemingly wobbly brick and mortar structure by the side of the road is equipped with a LCD T.V, the penthouse owner of that majestic society down the posh Worli seaface lane is debt ridden down to his throat.
Despite this disarray, despite the grim realities of struggle in the city and the mad rush for the pursuit of power, money and endurance, there is humanity and compassion. Even in the hustle of the traffic and the mob of people, someone will come up to you and ask you if you're lost and need help. Randomly some car driver would screech his car to a halt so that you can cross the road comfortably. Another stranger will put a protective arm around your fractured hand in the Local train and yet another will help you figure out the bus route for your destination.
I often wonder what makes Bombay dissimilar to the capital. No, you thought it wrong if you think it is the sea. It's not even the sweat and the local trains which scuttle as the veins of the living immortal called Bombay. It's the fortitude of its residents, the never say die attitude of its masses that splashes colour into its pale, mundanely rigorous black and white urban life. It's undeniably legendary how Bombay bounced back after the terrorist attacks in 2011 in less than an hour as people scurried to work like any other day. Ramesh reminisces that the bomb blast happened a few metres away from his tender coconut stall. It's been three years now, he hasn't shifted a centimetre from his usual spot. The coconut that he sells me for an initially -overstated and persistently -bargained -now -decent price has its crust dried and stiff from outside, but the water inside is surprisingly sweet and thankfully refreshing in the scorching heat. Like Mumbaikars. Like this city.


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After an arrest is done, the suspects are taken to the law enforcement station for booking. The booking process involves identifying the suspects using their fingerprints, taking mug shots and the data is entered in a criminal justice system.
Once the process is over, suspects are usually held until they are freed on their own recognizance, arraigned for trial or when they post bail to secure their release. If you are arrested, the circumstances and facts of your case will play a significant role on how your bail will apply, says Brent from Ventura Bail Bonds.
If for example you are arrested for the first time on a driving under the influence (DUI) charge, the judge will most likely let you out on your own recognizance. This will mean that the judge will trust that you will faithfully show up on all your court dates with or without your attorney for your case. "When you are arrested for the second and third time on the same DUI charge, you will probably get bail bonds. The second and third DUI offense will attract a higher bail bonds amount from the previous one", says albertville dui attorney
When the court declines to have a bail bonds company involved in your case, you will have to raise the whole amount in cash and deposit it in the Ventura court. The court will then hold onto this amount until the case gets finalized. Once the case is done, you as the defendant will receive the amount deposited in court less miscellaneous fees.
If the court chooses to let a bail bonds company get involved in your case, this is how it will work. You can either call the bail bonds company directly or have your friend call them on your behalf. The bail bonds company will charge a premium of the overall bail amount, which could be around 10%. This premium fee is non-refundable and it is the amount that the company charges for posting your bail. After agreeing to the terms of the bail bonds with the company, they will travel to the jail you are being held in and post the bond to secure your release. This will involve some paperwork t inform the court that the company will be responsible for you.
Whenever you miss a court date, the company will be alerted and they will come looking for you. The company will be responsible for looking for you as they will owe the court when you skip bail. When finally your case is finalized and gets a judgment or is dismissed, the bond will be exonerated. This will mean that you have met all the requirements set by the…


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Note: This screen shot is an example of a scanned AP invoice, where the header and line item data is automatically extracted with a template and validated against Dynamics GP purchase order and receiving data. The vendor phone number is extracted and cross referenced against the GP master vendor file, which automatically assigns the vendor name, ID and address.
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B*tween Productions is getting a major boost for its Beacon Street Girls book series, as Simon & Schuster tween imprint Aladdin M!X has just snapped up the license to the girls property.
Aladdin M!X is now taking care of the marketing and distributiton for the books worldwide, while B*tween will continue to drive the creative for the award-winning stories. Katani's Jamaican Holiday, due out in early 2008, is the 15th Beacon Street Girls book and the first title produced under the new partnership. New books will be published four times a year.
The Aladdin M!X program, introduced earlier this year, is Simon & Schuster's first effort at creating an exclusive line of paperback originals for nine- to 13-year-old girls.
Created in 2004, Beacon Street Girls was designed to help pre-teen girls navigate adolescence through friendship-focused contemporary fiction and an online community. KidScreen Summit 2006 attendees got an early look at the property, when B*tween CEO Addie Swartz participated in the event's legendary Pitch It session.


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It's always interesting to see what stories reporters jump on and which are ignored. This has actually been a good year for coverage of changes in religious affiliation, thanks to some major studies on the matter. Here's a CNN piece headlined "Study: Young Americans less religious than their parents," for instance. I caught this Reuters story about another study with a somewhat surprising take on denominational affiliation and waited for a few more stories to come in before posting on it. They never came. The Reuters headline? "Young Americans more loyal to religion than Boomers." Both this story and the CNN piece above were based on what appear to be solid data. There is no necessary conflict between the two studies -- young Americans might on average be both less religious and more loyal to religion than their parents.
But for those of us who are involved with our denominations, this is interesting news and I wish it would have gotten more play. This is purely anecdotal but I recently attended my church body's convention (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod). I had also attended the convention six years prior. At the previous convention, if I had to describe the average delegate age, it wouldn't have been "young." At this convention, I actually ran into delegates who I had met at youth events when they were in high school. The pastors were young, the laypeople were young. In many cases, I felt old. And only six years had passed. I wondered if it was just my church body where young people seemed so much more involved in denominational affairs.
OK, on to the story. Here's how it begins:
Younger Americans, between the ages of 36 to 50, are more likely to be loyal to religion than Baby Boomers, according to new research.
In a study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Philip Schwadel, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said this was true even though they were less likely than previous generations to have been brought up with a religion.
He said the trend "is good news for those who worry about declining religious adherence."
Now, just last week did I make it into that age group and while I would be flattered to think of myself as "young," I'm not sure that's technically accurate. But the upper bound on that is particularly off, no? Apparently different people have different definitions for "Baby Boomer" but by my definition, the youngest are only turning 46 this year, right?. So if this age group includes Baby Boomers, how can we say they're more loyal than Baby Boomers?
Unfortunately the rest of the story is just as confusing. The study itself may have been great -- based on the General Social Survey of more than 37,000 people from 1973 to 2006. But the lack of data in the story made it almost worthless. We learn that non-affiliation with religion grew from 8 percent in the 1970s to 16 percent by 2006. But I never got a good idea of what the study determined with regard to loyalty, per se. The quotes didn't really help much either:
The professor attributed the change to what he described as "a backlash by political liberals against the conservatism of the 1980s and into the 90s."
He suggests that liberal people who had only a tangential connection to religion may have decided to leave their faith because of the conservative emphasis on religion.
"The Boomers' enmity toward organized religion is still evident in the relatively large proportion of their children and grandchildren who are raised with no religious affiliation," he added.
So it would have been nice to see some more coverage. Did this study merely look at loyalty to any religion, loyalty to the same religion or denominational loyalty? I'm still pretty unsure.


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One of the biggest advantage of home ownership is the Tax Benefit.
For many people, except 401k (Max $15500/yr), IRA etc, itemized house
expense might be the best and most efficient way to drag income tax rate
down to a lower level.
When most people buy a home, they generally obtain a mortgage.
Mortgages have costs and one of those costs is the "loan origination
fee." The loan origination fee is usually a percentage of the loan
amount, generally expressed as "points." For example, one "point" on a $150,000 loan would be 1% of
the loan amount which is $1500.
On VA and FHA loans, points are often broken down into two
categories: loan origination fee (which is usually one point) and
discount points (which are also a percentage of the loan balance). Both
are deductible. The loan origination fee must be expressed as points in order for it
to be tax deductible.
When buying a home, points are
deductible in the year they are paid, providing they meet following
The loan is secured by your primary residence and
the loan was used to buy, improve or build the home.
Paying points (and the amount of points paid) is
not an irregular practice in the seller's geographic area;
The points are computed as a percentage of the
loan principal;
The points are clearly stated on the buyer's
settlement statement; and you must put more cash than the points you
were charged.
* Seller paid point for
buyer is tax deductible by buyer not seller.
Points paid to finance the purchase of a
second home must be deducted
over the life of the loan, not in the year in which they are paid.
Your lender cannot inflate the points to include other items you
would normally be charged. When buying a home, there are normally other
charges such as appraisal fee, title insurance fee, property taxes,
settlement fees, and so on. If by some miracle you are not charged these
fees but your "points" are higher than normal then you can't
deduct the points.
Except pre-paid pro-rated interest and property taxes, all other
closing cost is non-tax deductible.
Mortgage interest on a primary residence & 2nd home is usually fully
tax-deductible, unless your mortgage balance exceeds $1 million or you
took out a mortgage for reasons other than buying, building or improving
a home. (Schedule A, labeled "itemized deductions."). Your lender should
send you a "Form 1098" that tells you how much mortgage interest you
paid for the year. You should record your interest deduction on
tax return line 10.
Your home can be a house, co-op, condominium, mobile home, trailer,
or even a houseboat. For trailers and houseboats, one requirement is
that the home must have sleeping, cooking, and toilet facilities.
Even a rental can be considered a second home, provided you live in
it either 14 days out of the year or at least
10% of the
number of days you rent it for, whichever is greater.
If you obtained the loan prior to October 13, 1987, the loan is
considered "grandfathered." All interest paid on grandfathered loans in
a given year is fully tax deductible. After that, there are conditions,
but most conditions won't apply to most homeowners.
An important IRS term is "home acquisition debt." Any first or second
mortgage used to buy, build, or improve your home is considered to be
home acquisition debt.
Acquisition debt can be a first or second mortgage used to buy your
home. If you get a second mortgage and use it all for home improvement,
that is also considered acquisition debt. If you do a "rate and term"
refinance and don't get any "cash out" since you are just refinancing
your acquisition debt that also can be considered acquisition debt.
For any of the above types of loans that aren't "grandfathered" --
you can still deduct all the interest -- but only if your total mortgage
debt does not exceed one million dollars. For married couples filing
separately, the limit is $500,000 each.
The IRS has another term called "home equity debt." Basically, this
is any loan amount in excess of what was spent to purchase, build, or
improve your home.
If you get "cash out" when refinancing your home, the amount in
excess of your original loan amount is considered "home equity debt"
unless some of it was used for home improvement. Anything in excess of
the home improvement cost is considered "home equity debt."
For second mortgages, it works the same way. Anything not used to
improve the home is considered "home equity debt."
The interest on a home equity loan is usually tax-deductible.
Home equity debt cannot
exceed $100,000 and the total mortgage debt on the home must not exceed
its value.
If your home equity loan combined with your first mortgage
amount > 100% of the house value, you can only deduct 100% of the
house value instead. So for125% loan-to-value second mortgages to
consolidate debt, the portion of the loan
amount that exceeds the value of your home is not tax deductible (unless you
used it for home improvement).
Late payment charges also may be deducted as home
mortgage interest if not for a specific service received in connection
with your home loan. The same is true for mortgage prepayment
penalties梚f you pay off your mortgage early and incur a prepayment
penalty, you can deduct that penalty as home mortgage interest
(subject to the same requirements for late payments).
Late payment charges also may be deducted as home
mortgage interest if not for a specific service received in connection
with your home loan. The same is true for mortgage prepayment
penalties梚f you pay off your mortgage early and incur a prepayment
penalty, you can deduct that penalty as home mortgage interest
(subject to the same requirements for late payments).
Points paid during refinancing must be deducted over the life of the
loan. For a thirty-year loan, you divide the points by thirty and get to
deduct that amount each year.
However, if you did a "cash out" refinance and used some of the funds to
improve your primary residence, a portion of the points are deductible
in the year you paid them. That portion is related to how much of the
loan was used for home improvement. If you obtained a $200,000 loan and
$50,000 was used for home improvement, then one-fourth of the points are
deductible in the year you obtained the loan. So you need to
save your receipts.
For example, you refinanced in 2003 and paid points. You can deduct
1/30th of those points in that tax year.
However, say you refinanced again in 2006, paying off that 2003 loan.
The remaining points from the 2003 refinance-that is, those that hadn't
yet been deducted-can now be deducted in full since that loan has been
paid off.
Most homeowners pay property taxes to a local, state or foreign
government. In most cases, property taxes are deductible. They must be
charged uniformly against all property in the jurisdiction and must be
based on the assessed value. Special property tax
assessments imposed by states and counties for local improvements
to property for streets, sidewalks,
and sewer lines cannot be deducted. Local property taxes
are deductible only if they are for maintenance or repair, or interest
charges related to those benefits.
Don't deduct what you
pay into the impound account but what is paid directly from the
account to the taxing authority.
Don't deduct what you
pay into the impound account but what is paid directly from the
account to the taxing authority.
You may be subject to a limit on some of your itemized deductions.
For 2000, this limit applies if your adjusted gross income is more than
$128,950, or $64,475 if you are married filing separately.
You may be subject to a limit on some of your itemized deductions.
For 2000, this limit applies if your adjusted gross income is more than
$128,950, or $64,475 if you are married filing separately.
The following items are not deductible as real estate taxes.
Charges for services. An itemized charge for
services to specific property or people is not a tax, even if the charge
is paid to the taxing authority. You cannot deduct the charge as a real
estate tax if it is:
A unit fee for the delivery of a service (such as a $5 fee
charged for every 1,000 gallons of water you use),
A periodic charge for a residential service (such as a $20 per
month or $240 annual fee charged for trash collection), or
A flat fee charged for a single service provided by your local
government (such as a $30 charge for mowing your lawn because it had
grown higher than permitted under a local ordinance).
As long as you lived in the home for at least two of the five years
before you sell, each individual owner can have up to $250k capital gain
tax free. The two years that you have lived in it do not need to be in
sequential order. There is no maximum to the number of personal
residences that you can sell and reap tax-free gain, those sales must
always happen two years apart.
Write-off all expense
For professional realtor etc, all loss from rental property is tax
1031 exchange
Investing in rental properties (both
residential and commercial) can yield a variety of tax benefits. Your
money can multiply, as you take advantage of all the tax breaks offered
by the IRS. You do need some know-how, though, to help make your
investment property pay off.
When you purchase property and rent it out,
you're essentially running a business. You take in revenue ?namely rent
from your tenants ?and incur expenses from the property. You hope that,
over time, your revenue exceeds your expenses so that your real estate
investment produces a profit (cash flow, in real estate lingo) for all
the money and time you've sunk into it. You also hope that the market
value of your investment property appreciates over time. The IRS helps
you make a buck or two through a number of tax benefits. The major
benefits follow.
In addition to the deductions allowed for
mortgage interest and property taxes, just as on a home in which you
live, you can deduct on your tax return a variety of other expenses
for rental property. Almost all these deductions come from money that
you spend on the property, such as money for insurance, maintenance,
repairs, and food for the Doberman you keep around to intimidate those
tenants whose rent checks always are "in the mail."
But one expense "depreciation" doesn't
involve your spending money. Depreciation is an accounting deduction
that the IRS allows you to take for the overall wear and tear on your
building. The idea behind this deduction is that, over time, your
building will deteriorate and need upgrading, rebuilding, and so on.
The IRS tables now say that for residential property, you can
depreciate over 27-1/2 years, and for nonresidential property, 39
years. Only the portion of a property's value that is attributable to
the building(s)'s and not the land's can be depreciated.
For example, suppose that you bought a
residential rental property for $300,000 and the land is deemed to be
worth $100,000. Thus the building is worth $200,000. If you can
depreciate your $200,000 building over 27-1/2 years, that works out to
a $7,272 annual depreciation deduction.
If your rental property shows a loss for the
year (when you figure your property's income and expenses), you may be
able to deduct this loss on your tax return. If your adjusted gross
income is less than $100,000 and you actively participate in managing
the property, you're allowed to deduct your losses on operating rental
real estate up to $25,000 per year. Limited partnerships and
properties in which you own less than 10 percent are excluded.
To deduct a loss on your tax return, you must
actively participate in the management of the property. This
rule doesn't necessarily mean that you perform the day-to-day
management of the property. In fact, you can hire a property manager
and still actively participate by doing such simple things as
approving the terms of the lease contracts, tenants, and expenditures
for maintenance and improvements on the building.
If you make more than $100,000 per year, you
start to lose these write-offs. At an income of $150,000 or more, you
can't deduct rental real estate losses from your other income. People
in the real estate business (for example, agents and developers) who
work more than 750 hours per year in the industry may not be subject
to these rules.
You start to lose the deductibility of rental
property losses above the $100,000 limit, whether you're single or
married filing jointly. You can carry the loss forward to future
tax years and take the loss then, if eligible. This policy is a
bit unfair to couples, because it's easier for them to break
$100,000 with two incomes than for a single person with one
income. Sorry, this is yet another part of the marriage tax
Suppose that you purchase a rental property
and nurture it over the years. You find good tenants and keep the
building repaired and looking sharp. You may just find that all that
work pays off, the property may someday be worth much more than you
originally paid for it.
However, if you simply sell the property, you owe
taxes on your gain or profit. Even worse is the way the government
defines your gain. If you bought the property for $100,000 and
sell it for $150,000, you not only owe tax on that difference, but
you also owe tax on an additional amount, depending on the
property's depreciation. The amount of depreciation that you
deducted on your tax returns reduces the original $100,000
purchase price, making the taxable difference that much larger.
For example, if you deducted $25,000 for depreciation over the
years that you owned the property, you owe tax on the difference
between the sale price of $150,000 and $75,000 ($100,000 purchase
price minus $25,000 depreciation).
All this tax may just motivate you to hold on
to your property. But you can avoid paying tax on your profit when you
sell a rental property by "exchanging" it for a similar or
like-kind property, thereby rolling over your gain. The section of
the tax code that allows rollovers is a 1031 exchange. (You may not
receive the proceeds ?they must go into an escrow account.) The
rules, however, are different for rolling over profits (called 1031
exchanges, for the section of the tax code that allows them) from
the sale of rental property than the old rules for a primary
Under current tax laws, the IRS continues to
take a broad definition of what like-kind property is. For example,
you can exchange undeveloped land for a multiunit rental building.
The rules for properly doing a 1031 exchange are
complex. Third parties are usually involved. Make sure that you
find an attorney and/or tax advisor who is expert at these
transactions to ensure that you do it right.
When you invest in and manage real estate with
at least one other partner, you can set up a company through which you
own the property. The main reason you may want to consider this setup
is liability protection. A corporation can reduce the chances of
lenders or tenants suing you.
If your state considers you to be a low- to
moderate-income homeowner, you may be eligible for mortgage interest tax
credits for a portion of the interest that the state pays on your
behalf. You must obtain a "mortgage credit certificate" from your state
or local government prior to obtaining the mortgage. Contact your local
government agency for this and other eligibility information and for
more information about how the credits work.
The IRS grants you special tax credits when you
invest in low-income housing or particularly old commercial buildings.
The credits represent a direct reduction in your tax bill because you're
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that likely would continue to deteriorate otherwise.
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Dog Tales – Part 3
Kyah's Story
May 1, 1993 " October 1, 2002
Her Roots:
Kyah was from Susan Quesnel's kennel (Atim.) in Vernon B.C. Her folks were show dogs but not the snooty kind. She was born on May 1, 1993. Hers was the perfume litter and I called her Atim's Spellbound.
Kyah's mom as a juvenile-9 months old: Ch. Madeira d'Atim, October 1991
(Kyah's mom was from the first breeding of Belique and Muku, the perfume litter; Torin was from the second breeding, the 'doubles' litter. )
Kyah's Dad: Am/Can Ch. Atim's St. Denis CD HIC July 1992
Lazy Days of Puppy hood..
Kyah came to Alberta on June 25, 1993 on the plane from Kelowna. She was a brave girl and made it, shaken and a bit poopy, but raring to go.
She liked to sleep on her back, that day, and forever after!
Here at 8 weeks she catches a few Zs
Here at 3 months she does her impression of a sleeping Meerkat!
Here, grown up, she still finds a way to sleep on her back!
Kyah Growing up
When Kyah came to live with Laura, she wasn't the only Belgian. Torin was there, her 18-month-old relative. She liked to chew and she liked to chew with company.
Having a chew:
Chewing with Torin:
Guarding her Kong:
Playing tough with the big guy:
Helping with the dishes:
Kyah's hobbies:
As a puppy, Kyah liked to watch for gophers, and, of course, dig for gophers:
As she matured, her hobbies turned to fetching games. Here she is, (at the age of one) waiting for the Frisbee toss:
Another thing Kyah loved to do outdoors was spend time with her friends. Here she is with Laura and Torin, and at the same time, Nancy, Mickey and Ty were joining us, down at the pits.
We don't have a picture of Cato and Brick, but Kyah spent lots of time with Sarah and B, pictured below with Micky, Ty, and Kyah.
Outdoor Pursuits:
Like any busy Belgian, Kyah loved to walk, run and play outside. She was most free and joyous, when out fishing/camping with Laura and Ron. We have many happy memories of Kyah wading in the river, playing fetch in the river, stealing kindling for a chew, and falling asleep, happy and exhausted, on the rocks.
Old Man River at the McLeod
Helping Ron to fish at Crescent Falls.
Kyah always enjoyed her friends, human and canine, and was always courteous and loving:
Ron, Mickey and Ty. Kyah waits her turn.
Kyah and Grandma, chatting and cuddling.
Christmas 1995, more lovely than any other Christmas finery.
And then came babies..
Life changed forever when Nicole and Grant arrived. Kyah adapted but never did fully accept being 'dog' again. But she was always patient and sweet with the new interlopers!
Ailing Health
In September 2000, Kyah had her right stifle surgically repaired.
She never did get full enjoyment of her back legs again. However, we enjoyed many hours of quiet peace, wandering around our yard and stopping to smell the roses. Kyah enjoyed just being with her family and we did lots of that in the last couple of years. In the picture below, in 2002, you can see the head tilt that she had, this was part of what we later learned was cancer in her brain.
After having a seizure, her vision and coordination were damaged.
In July 2002, we took the new trailer and went to Slave Lake. On several occasions, Ron carried Kyah down the long stairs to the lake so she could enjoy wading in the water. In September 2002, we all got out for one last camping trip to Lac La Biche, and later in September Kyah had a joyous reunion and walk by the river with all her old friends.
Kyah passed away, October 1, 2002 gently assisted by her vet, Tara.
Kyah rests with Torin, under the willows in our back yard but she is fondly remembered still. That is why her name is my on-line user ID and her picture for her avatar.


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At six in the morning on New Year's Day, the vomit was everywhere — stretching from the living room, down the hall and into the dining room, soaked deep into the carpets. Exhausted and overwhelmed, my hands shook, my head reeled and my stomach curled into something small, sour and tightly wound.
LINCOLN — In his latest novel, which hit bookstores this week, Lincoln writer Chris Bohjalian takes on the devastating impact of sex trafficking and examines how one moment of weakness can send a man's well-ordered life spiraling out of control.
The Vermont Legislature is considering legalizing marijuana for personal recreational use. As part of this process, legislators should study data from Colorado about driving under the influence of marijuana and motor vehicle accidents.
In November 2012, Colorado voters approved a referendum that legalized marijuana for recreational purposes for anyone aged 21 and older. Colorado established licensed marijuana retail stores, regulated cultivation operations, and permitted the manufacture and sale of marijuana edibles such as chocolate bars.
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At our Nov. 17, 2015, meeting, the Monkton Central School Board voted unanimously for me to send this request to you, asking that the Vermont House and Senate rescind the Allowable Growth provisions (section 37) of Act 46. We would like you to consider our request, and we outline our concerns below.
We tend to think of deserts as bleak, inhospitable expanses of parched sand beneath a sweltering sun. Matthew Dickerson's latest book, "Trout in the Desert: On Fly Fishing, Human Habits, and the Cold Waters of the Arid Southwest," however, tells the intriguing story of cold-water fish in streams that animate this landscape.
I would like to clarify some points made in this paper relative to the VT Route 22A/VT Route 17 Northerly Alternative Truck Route.
By Rep. Fred Baser, R-Bristol
The legislative session is upon us. What are some of the major topics for 2016? Dealing with the state's fiscal problems, possible revisions to Act 46, last year's major education bill, adding solar siting criteria that adds a dose of local control, marijuana legalization and mandatory sick days for most Vermont workers.
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This document is a registry office card from Mauthausen concentration camp. The individual cards from this card file are almost identical. Only the cards for female prisoners vary a little, as the categories (such as profession or religion) are not listed. Instead, the information was directly entered in a certain order, but without the categories. Prisoner clerks filled out the registry office cards on typewriters; very few of them include handwritten comments.
This document is a registry office card from Mauthausen concentration camp. The individual cards from this card file are almost identical. Only the cards for female prisoners vary a little, as the categories (such as profession or religion) are not listed. Instead, the information was directly entered in a certain order, but without the categories. Prisoner clerks filled out the registry office cards on typewriters; very few of them include handwritten comments.
Questions and answers
- Where was the document used and who created it?
After newcomers had walked the seven kilometers from the train station to Mauthausen concentration camp, they passed through various offices to be registered. The most important information about the prisoners was recorded not only by the Political Department, the labor assignment office and the sick bay, but also by the registry office, which kept its own card file.
Prisoner clerks managed the registry office card file for male and female prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp and the satellite camps administered by it. They recorded all important information about the prisoners on paper cards following a defined template.
- When was the document used?
Registry office cards were probably used in Mauthausen from 1941 at the latest. They continued to be used there until the liberation in 1945. For example, a registry office card was created for Roszi Einhorn, a Jewish woman from Hungary, when she arrived from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp on April 5, 1945, just four weeks before the liberation of Mauthausen.
- What was the document used for?
Registry office cards were needed for generating statistics about the prisoners in each concentration camp. One of the responsibilities of the registry office was to produce reports on the total number of prisoners (strength report) and on individual prisoner groups. Instructions issued to the camp clerk of Mauthausen in 1941 show how important this card file was. Regarding the "review or modification of the card file," these instructions stated: "This is some of the most important work, because the card file is the basis of the smooth and orderly handling of all questions, queries and findings. It must be kept up to date through intensive, detailed work." (Mauthausen Memorial Archive, F/17/01, p. 1)
One special aspect of the registry office cards from Mauthausen is that they do not indicate the camp from which a prisoner had been transferred, or which block he or she was assigned to in Mauthausen or one of its satellite camps. Furthermore, no labor details were listed, as they were in Buchenwald, and, in general, no transfers to other camps were noted either, as they were on the registry office cards from Dachau concentration camp. Instead, the prisoner clerks in Mauthausen recorded this information in various arrivals books (Zugangsbücher), which were kept in the Political Department and in the post office, among other places. There was also a detailed block card file in Mauthausen which held cards that noted the prisoners' block numbers and sometimes other information. There were some exceptions, because a few registry office cards actually mention the prisoner's function in the camp. In general, however, the prisoner clerks made very few handwritten additions or updates to the registry office cards of male prisoners in Mauthausen.
The situation was different for the registry office cards of female prisoners. Women did not enter the Mauthausen concentration camp system until the last years of the war. Starting primarily in September 1944, they were assigned to satellite camps formerly administered by Ravensbrück, where they were forced to work in armaments production. Most female prisoners did not arrive at the already severely overcrowded main camp until after the evacuations and death marches from other camps such as Ravensbrück, Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen and the former satellite camps of Flossenbürg. It is important to note that while around 10,000 women passed through Mauthausen and its satellite camps, by far not all of them were registered. Many transports were not registered at all, especially if the women were deported again after a short period of time. Today the ITS has around 3,000 registry office cards for female prisoners. These are similar in structure to the men's cards that had already been kept in the registry office of Mauthausen. However, the women's cards are missing the labeled sections before their personal details. Instead, this information was typed in directly. On some cards for female prisoners, there are individual handwritten notes about transfers to Bergen-Belsen, for example. There are also cards for female prisoners with the handwritten abbreviation Entl. for Entlassung ("release"). Smaller and larger numbers of prisoners were, in fact, released even shortly before the end of the war. In April 1945, for example, 750 women and 600 men were released as part of a relief campaign carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The abbreviation Entl. was therefore written before the liberation of Mauthausen.
- How common is the document?
In the Archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, there are a total of around 60,000 original registry office cards from Mauthausen concentration camp. Since there were nearly 190,000 prisoners in Mauthausen and its satellite camps, registry office cards have not been preserved for all prisoners. Spot checks indicate that most of the preserved cards are for the 65,000 prisoners who were liberated in Mauthausen in May 1945. No cards have yet been found for the prisoners who had previously died in the camp. Around 3,000 cards for female prisoners have been preserved. All of the cards in the ITS archive are copies or re-enlargements of microfilm prints.
- What should be considered when working with the document?
Unlike the Prisoner Registration Cards, for example, the registry office cards do not indicate the camp in which they were issued. In these cases, the ITS collection number assigned to the document can be of help. The registry office cards from Mauthausen concentration camp can be identified by the shelf mark 1.1.26.
Looking at the registry office cards, it would appear that registration was an orderly process in the concentration camps. But particularly when large mass transports arrived, people would be admitted to the camp hastily while being beaten and abused. In general, the SS and the Gestapo used the arrivals procedure as a demonstration of their own strength. For this reason, many prisoners recall insults, violence and harassment during registration.


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Amongst great company!In November 2012, I contacted a well known artist Julie-Anne Gilburt as we have a clear similarity in names and I was signing my work JAG, as she does. We had a lovely conversation and during which she looked at my website and asked me if I would like to contribute a canvas to a charity auction she was organising in aid of The Willow Foundation.
I took the details down and had a closer look. I was was so excited to be involved - there were over 300 famous names from the worlds of art, illustration, sport, music and entertainment who created canvases. I attended the private view at Maddox Gallery in Mayfair, which was an amazing evening. The exhibition ran from 29th November to 1st December, after which all the canvases were put onto eBay and raised over £51,000. Here are some of my photographs of the evening, awesome event for a fantastic charity, I was delighted to have been a part of it.


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It's easy to see why recently opened Soho restaurants Ducksoup and 10 Greek Street are considered by some as similar restaurants – both are focused on walk-in custom, both have a dining space that could do with being slightly bigger, both have a daily changing menu with a focus on seasonality, freshness and flavour. Reading critics reviews, and scanning the first page of a google search for both shows that people seem to be prefering Greek Street but after now having been to both I'm not so sure I agree.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon I popped in for lunch and the first thing that grabbed me was for a place that is seemingly across all the papers and social media it was all but empty. The seat over looking the street was full with it's maximum 3 people sitting in a line and drinking a glass of red but other than that not a soul to be seen other than the front of house. I took this to my advantage and grabbed the seat with it's back to the record player (pro-tip: it has extra back room) and got handed the days menu – 1 sheet of orange A5 paper covered in lists of small tapas type dishes, £7 plates, £14 plates and puddings, and a few random boxes containing info about oysters and aperitifs. Remixing a phrase made famous by Roy Walker it's very a much a 'say what you see' menu with the ingredients being listed one by one and no hint of presentation or delivery (opposed to raw being included alongside meats where required). I don't think I quite got the menu format but from what I can tell the food is served tapas style (or at random if you will). The concept of starters and main doesn't seem to come into play as a few minutes after tucking into what I thought was my starter my main also arrived.
With a menu that gives so little away I ignore everything else (assuming no pineapple is abound) and scan the first ingredient in each dish and pick my favourites; this gave me a starter (or £7 pound dish) of sweetbreads, peas, mint and lemon – delivered to the table in a low ceramic bowl containing a light, slightly oiled broth containing the veg and herbs topped with 5 morsels of meat. The dish contained no real surprises and contained a perfect amount of lemon to cut through all the flavours – I've had the ingredient combo a few times before but having enjoyed it those times too it was a good starter and again a perfect choice for the muggy weather. I could have done with some bread to help mop up a bit of the broth and only when it was too late did I see that this is something ordered and paid for opposed to being provided as part of the cover – ah well, next time I'll know.
It's not that often when front of house warn you about portion sizes, 'It doesn't look much for a £14 plate' but when wondering about whether to go for octopus or poussin this is what I was warned as a pre-cursor to his recommendation of octopus. Thankfully what was provided didn't look all that small to me – 2 fat, boiled and charred octopus tentacles (suckers and all) with admittedly a rather meagre portion of parsley and caper salad to complement the meat (you don't win friends with that stuff anyways so I wasn't all that worried there). They had the taste of a 100% octopus sausage with the charred suckers providing a lovely smoked taste and also a lovely bit of textured crunch both to cut through and chew. The salad balanced things on the palate perfectly without getting in the way of the octopus taste making this a real memorable dish for me – both in terms of the taste but also in how it was presented; totally not what I imagined when I ordered.
Of the puddings and cheese available for afters my eyes were drawn by the almond and cherry tart that was sitting on the bar. For £6 pounds I maybe would have liked a slightly larger slice but only because it didn't last long after the first taste as it was rather damn tasty. I hate to think of the amount of butter that was in it, the pastry rich and crisp enclosed the moist and naturally sweet almond filling and inset cherries in a warm buttery embrace that was unfortunately over far too soon but provided a perfect way to end the meal.
To be honest I don't know what it was that has provided more praise for 10 Greek Street over this; I liked both but felt the cooking at Ducksoup was a step above and had a bit more skill/flair and I preferred the atmosphere of the restaurant. It feels a bit daft commenting on the quality of the menu as it changes so often but on the consecutive days I visited them that at Ducksoup had more to bring me back for more. While the dining space here was rather relaxed and hipster-ish (a ish-ness that normally is not to my liking) it was indeed so relaxing that during my time in there I totally forgot that I had taken a right off Oxford street a few minutes ago. It may not be possible to reproduce this calmness when there is a queue to get in and the bar is full with people but I can't say – as when I was there I got a relaxing atmosphere and a damned fine meal. I could also hear the kitchen rapping along to a biggie CD they had playing, and that pleased meTweet


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I hope everyone's enjoying the Jubilee weekend :D
Here's the first 'One Word, One Technique' prompt for June:
For a reminder of how 'One Word, One Technique' works, click here for Maxine's introduction.
The prompt for week 23 is:
June Technique - Tearing
This Week's Word - Nature
This is art journal page #6 for me, and I can't believe how different they all are - I've been creating them as individual pages and haven't really thought about how they'll look when they're all bound together!
Here's my June page:
I created my background with spray inks. I wet my page using a mini mister and then sprayed three colours over the top - yellow, orange and green. I mopped up some of the excess by laying another piece of paper over the top and then let them both dry.
I stamped the flower images and the quote straight onto the background, and coloured in the flowers using red spray ink and a paintbrush.
I then stamped the grass image and the last word of the quote onto the sheet of paper that I'd used to mop up the excess ink and tore round them. I also tore off a couple more pieces and layered them up at the bottom of my page.
Hope you like my take on this week's prompt. If you create something using the prompt make sure you link us up in the comments, as we'd love to come and have a look!


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Alchemy Empire Icarus Ex Machina Steampunk Necklace
Alchemy Gothic Empire Icarus Ex Machina Necklace
"The Icarus Project" - mechanical flight! From the blueprints of the Black Baron"s own prototype pinion-frame, this amazing, technological masterpiece is spring-driven and is animated when the pendulus is pulled.
Approx Dimensions: One Size
Alchemy "Steampunk" designs revolve around Ezekiel Empire Rosenstein"s, (or "EER", Victorian "descendant" to the original, 18th century Dr von Rosenstein), incredible Galvanic Matter Transposition System for "pronto mass remotion" - the earliest known "teleporter", or "three-dimensional fax machine"! Known as the "GMT", this sensational invention was sadly, completely lost to science. However, from a combination of surviving fragments, anecdotal evidence and recently-found early drawings, Alchemy Gothic have reconstructed several of the Rosenstein GMT"s principle elements.
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"... el insaciable caciquismo local haga mangas y capirotes del estatuto universitario, se entregue sin pudor a las andanzas del favoritismo en la designación de catedráticos y auxiliares y derive en beneficio de los amigos incondicionales, y no ciertamente para servir altas idealidades..."
(Santiago Ramón y Cajal, El Siglo Médico, 1919)
1) FutureLearn is UK's chance to 'fight back', says OU vice-chancellor en The Guardian :
Following the launch of the UK's first Mooc platform, Martin Bean talks to Claire Shaw about 'blended learning' and why UK higher education can't afford to bore international students
Until now, the US has led the way in the creation of massive open online courses (Moocs), run by companies including Coursera, edX, and Udacity and catering to an estimated 3 million learners with hundreds of courses from a range of top institutions.
In a bid to "fight back" – in Bean's words – and compete with the growing demands of students globally, the Open University has joined forces with 11 other UK higher education institutions this month to form FutureLearn, a new company offering a range of free, open and online courses on one learning platform. (...)
2) UK universities to launch free degree-style online courses en The Thelegraph
Twelve top British universities have signed up to Futurelearn, a new programme offering free degree-style online courses to the public in direct competition with US-led rivals Coursera and edX.
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3) Aquí os dejo también info sobre SIMON NELSON - LAUNCH CEO
Simon Nelson was an early pioneer in taking media brands and content online. Launching one of the world's first mainstream on-demand services, the BBC Radio Player in 2002, the teams he led in BBC Radio and BBC Television then went on to win every significant digital content award including several Webbys, Emmys, Banff Rockies and Baftas, the Prix Italia, Prix Europa and the Rose D'or.
Joining the BBC in 1997, he became Head of Strategy for BBC Radio in 1998. He went on to set up and manage all digital activities for BBC Radio & Music, where he launched its world-leading podcast service in 2005 as well as the Radio Player. He then moved to head up all digital activities for the BBC's television divisions where he helped launch the iPlayer and built an award winning portfolio of online and cross platform services.
Since leaving the BBC, he has led a number of projects in TV, radio and publishing sectors for companies including Random House, UKTV, Specific Media and New York Public Radio. He currently oversees digital activities for Phaidon Press and Lime Pictures, roles he will retain whilst joining Futurelearn Ltd as Launch CEO.FULL BIO IN LINKEDin
4) Por último, os dejo la nota de prensa de la proia web de FutureLEarn:
: UK universities embrace the free, open, online future of higher education powered by The Open University.
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Uwe Rosler has criticised a hire and fire culture at Leeds United, one that he feels is replicated throughout the Championship.
Rosler lost his job at Leeds on October 19 after only 12 games in charge, in which he won only two games. He was replaced by current head coach Steve Evans on the same day.
The German had previously been in charge of Wigan Athletic in the Championship, and managed Brentford in League One.
Speaking to German magazine Kicker, Rosler admitted he thinks the chase for the Premier League is damaging managers.
He said: "About half of the teams in the Championship dream about the jackpot; £120 million from the Premier League.
"This causes owners of the clubs to lose their nerves quickly, and causes quick hirings and firings.
"That's what's happening now at Leeds."
Rosler also criticised several aspects of the second tier of English football, including the number of fixtures, the loan system and the owners in charge of most clubs.
He continued: "From August, there are 46 matches in ten months, plus the two cups, and the pressure is immense.
"This league is crazy. There is a game every three days, so you have a lot to regenerate and has so little time to build something.
"As in the Premier League, the owners are just people from all over the world, who do not know this league. And most do not buy a club for the love of football or for tradition, but see their club as a pure investment.
"The horrendous parachute payments for the teams relegated from the Premier League distorts the whole competition.
"There's also the loan system. In principle, one can borrow players in the short term up to the end of March. Whoever has the best contacts gets the good players who are sitting on the bench in the Premier League."


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Immigration and refugees
Recommended resources for:
- requirements for migrating to Australia
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- requirements for working in Australia.
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I figured that was the stairwell being constructed, but wasn't 100%. What do you mean by CMU stairwell?
I figured that was the stairwell being constructed, but wasn't 100%. What do you mean by CMU stairwell?
Work being done today February 26, 2011. Clockwise from left. Framing on the north end of Taft Dorm, more debris removal from Bancroft/Denbo, Beginning of framing at south end of Taft street dorm and Elevator shaft and Stairwell in middle of Taft Street dorm. Truck loads of material on site.
Close up of framing work and completed stairwell. Metal stud framing at perimeter walls and wood stud framing on interior walls. You can see the first floor slab of Bancroft to the rear. Not much Bancroft Debris left but still a big pile of Denbo.
Close up of Middle stairwell and elevator shaft. They closed in the pull gaps for the post tension slab today the gray stripe through the slab on both sides of the elevator shaft)
Beginning of framing and CMU work for stair well at north end of Taft Street dorm.
Getting close to topping out the elevator shaft. Denbo debris is in background.
They really need to get busy. They are running out of room to work with so much building material on site. They have at least two guys with fork lifts and other machines to clean up construction debris. If they didn't they would run out of room. Once the demolition debris is removed I'm thinking they will have more room to work.
Parking garage work on February 26, 2011. Auger Cast rig in foreground, concrete trucks backed up to concrete pump, dirt pile to left is generated material from augering operation. White lines in the back appear to be layout for footings.
Getting ready to place a battered (inclined) pile. Looks to be about 10 to 15 degrees. Auger is advanced into the ground. As they remove the auger, concrete is pumped through a hollow shaft in the auger to fill the hole.
Placing a rebar in wet concrete
Hoisting a rebar cage to place in wet concrete
Placing the rebar cage in wet concrete
The advance the cage to a predetermined depth and they tie it off until the concrete sets. They are placing several piles in a group at each location. They will tie them together with a pile cap later.
I think for now that they need to move the band raised platform
SOMEWHERE!!!!! It has to be in the way of something that they are doing---Just move it out of the way--so what do I know??????
I really appreciate Helmet's pictures and construction explanations.
As for the band platform, I believe the construction crew breaks out their horns and drums during lunch and prepares for next football season... if I'm not mistaken.
Will the dorms be completed before Lamson Park?
They did a great job of locking up to gates at the entrances off of Taft, but they kinda defeated the purpose when they just twist tied a couple of the sections off of Tulane Ave. together, and it was not hard to get in.


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28 August 2014
Chinggis Khan Volume 2
Chinggis Khan v2: Mega; Sendspace
Hox's Mega Manga Folder
11 comments:
- Anonymous28 August 2014 at 21:20
Thank you!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous28 August 2014 at 22:04
Thank you.ReplyDelete
I don't love you anymore, but I'll still read everything you translate because you're an admirable person, Hox.
Many thanks!ReplyDelete
Man you are quite hard worker, thanks!ReplyDelete
I'd just like to say I'm really enjoying this, so cheers.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks. I'm curious to see what people think of the manga so far.Delete
- Anonymous15 September 2014 at 12:39
I am not familiar with the story version upon which this is based. But I do enjoy Yokoyama's drawing style and storytelling a lot. I do have my problems with sometimes too similiar character designs. Characters are a little bit cartoon-y and therefor as the ensemble grows, the distinct style of Yokoyama is becoming a problem for me. But apart from that, I am enjoying this a whole lot. I had the feeling he muted down this cartoon-y tone of his which was a little more apparent in for example Sangokushi. With cartoon-y tone i mean these charactes be a bit hyped-up and jumping in the air angry etc.pp.Delete
It's heavily drawn from the Secret History of the Mongols, with some extra stuff thrown in.Delete
- Anonymous11 October 2014 at 15:14
May I ask when will the next chapters for sangokushi and khan come out? I have been checking forum every day to look for updates. By the way, I love the way you put your effort into your projects. If it were me, I would just drop them since they take too long to complete.ReplyDelete


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The Henry County Chamber is hard at work getting ready for upcoming events. The public is invited to all of these, and we hope you can find time to come enjoy some good Henry County hospitality.
As (teachers, students and families) ready for another year of homeroom and homework, it is worth taking a step back to see just how far Kentucky has come in educating our children – and how far the Commonwealth still has to go.
By John Logan Brent
Henry County Judge/Executive and Showcase Committee Member
Summer has always had a special place in my heart for a number of reasons.
Primarily, I yearn for summer because the thought of sleeping in until my eyes open sounds like bliss every time I hear my alarm clock screech the other months of the year.
My internship with the Henry County Local was not only a job, but it was a learning experience that a classroom setting simply can not offer.
It has been nearly 60 years since Kentucky undertook its first comprehensive assessment of what is easily the Commonwealth's most abundant natural resource: Our forests.
Since then, four other surveys have taken place, with the most recent completed in 2004. Last spring, state and federal forestry officials publicly unveiled what they found.
As I sit here at home on Sunday morning, I am still somewhat frazzled by the jet lag incurred from flying east for nearly 20 hours. I want to wrap up this series of articles about our trip to China by writing about the lasting impressions that China made on our family. There is no way to write it all in detail. The patient and generous editor of the Local could not possibly give me that much space!
On April 19, 2006, an explosion destroyed the Campbellsburg United Methodist Church building. During our despair, everyone was so kind and caring. We were offered alternate facilities in which to hold our services. Many people kept us in their prayers and sent donations to speed us on our way toward construction of a new building. It is through all this Christian generosity that the building is now complete.
After our incredibly busy week in Beijing and Xi'an we returned to Shanghai and had a couple of rest days. On Sunday afternoon I got a special treat. Tom and I went downtown to explore Shanghai's famous Yu Gardens. This was a special treat for a couple of reasons, but mainly because I got to spend time in the presence of another man. I think Verna and Kelley were afraid I was scarred for life after being with seven females for five days without any respite!
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Charles "The Hammer" Martel: Defender of Christianity
By: Jefferson P. Webb
Although Charles Martel ( d. 741)1 is one of the most noted heroes in Christianity when studying one of the many violent encounters between Christian and Muslim forces, Charles "The Hammer" Martel was no marionette of the Church. He was quite an independent and practical thinker as a military leader and as a politician.
Charles' military abilities were already well know when he was confronted with perhaps his greatest military threat, a large invasion of Muslim Moors into Frankish
territory. The Muslim invasion would reach its climax as Muslim forces under the command of Abd ar-Raham2 faced off in a pitched battle against Charles' Christian forces at the Battle of Tours in October of 732.3 In the period building up to this battle through its outcome, Charles would prove himself a wise and knowledgeable leader. One of the greatest assets to a successful military leader is to have good knowledge of the enemy and this is something that Charles possessed. While Charles was already on campaign in a region along the Danube, the Duke of Aquitaine who had already seen defeat against the Moors found and warned Charles of the situation.4 Though Charles was urged fervently to move immediately against the Muslim forces, his knowledge of the Muslim Armies' habits played key in Charles' plan of dealing with the invasion.
The Battle of Liegnitz: Duke Henry and the Mongol Invasion
By Jefferson P. Webb
Although people typically conjure up
mental images of battles fought in the deserts and cities of the
Middle East during the Crusades when names such as, Templars,
Hospitallers, or Teutonic Knights come into conversation, but these
monastic knights saw combat actions in a number of other places to
include Europe. Furthermore, Crusades were not only fought in the
Middle East, but also in Eastern Europe in an effort to expand the
influence of the Church for Christianity and to convert pagan
peoples.1 While these knightly orders saw action against a
number of pagans and non-Catholic Christians, these knightly orders
along with secular knights, noblemen and the common soldier faced one
of the world's best disciplined military forces in history. That
force was the invading Mongol army under the leadership of Batu Kahn. (more…)


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Step off the treadmill, put down the video games, and take a trip to Broadway Park. Located right behind the recreation center on Broadway Avenue, this 15-acre park is a great place to get some exercise, play some games, or just enjoy the beautiful weather. Park visitors have access to the rec center's amenities, too, including indoor and outdoor basketball courts, tennis court, roller hockey rink, baseball field, and multiple football fields. The baseball fields are lighted, so you can play any time of day.
The peaceful park has plenty of space to run with beautiful views. In the summer, there's a "sprayground," a great way to beat the heat. The shaded pavilion is a great place to take a break from the sun or enjoy some food from the concession stand. Restrooms are available. Broadway Park is open daily, from 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Yeah I didn't think I can do it.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
We left to
Zidan's First Birthday
Zidan finally turned one.....Yeahhhhhhhhhhh. I didn't want the hassle of a big party, so I decided to take the family to Chili's and have a small party for Zidan. We all had a great time, and the birthday boy fell asleep during his party. He finally woke up when the staff started singing happy birthday to him. I also made him a lego birthday cake when I got home, it didn't look that good, but it sure tasted really good.


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This large landfill gas power generator is used just in the same way as the permanent flare in the previous picture to burn landfill gas. However, when it is burnt in a power plant like this one, it is used to generate electricity which feeds large quantities of power into the local electricity grid, for use by the community. Doing this saves burning fossil fuels, and is much more environmentally friendly than just flaring the gas in a permanent flare.
A Large Landfill Gas Power Generation Plant
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Grand jury report suggests more may be charged in Turnpike Commission's 'pay-to-play' scheme
HARRISBURG — A stunning grand jury report alleging a "pay-to-play" scheme for gifts and campaign money at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission raises more questions than it answers and suggests more officials may be charged, analysts said.
"The only surprise is there were not more people implicated in what has been a patronage cesspool for decades," said Matthew Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth Foundation, which has studied turnpike operations. "Hopefully the buck will stop where it really lies: with those directing this type of activity."
Dennis Fisher, a spokesman for Attorney General Kathleen Kane, declined to discuss the probe. Kane said the investigation would continue.
"(The grand jury report) says both political parties engaged in it, yet only one party was named," said Tom Baldino, a political science professor at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre. "Maybe Kane's office will use the information to track Republicans."
For such broad and complex schemes — essentially shakedowns of contractors for campaign contributions and gifts — Kane charged only one elected official: former Senate Minority Leader Robert Mellow, a Scranton Democrat.
Yet she didn't charge the real power in that caucus, ex-Sen. Vincent Fumo, D-Philadelphia. Kane said the grand jury found no evidence against Fumo.
Mellow and Fumo are convicted felons serving time in federal prisons for separate corruption cases.
The grand jury report indicates Mellow was "sloppy" with solicitations and Fumo "would have insulated himself," Brouillette said.
In addition to Mellow, Kane charged seven others, including former turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier of Ross, with crimes ranging from bid-rigging to bribery. The money went primarily to Senate Democrats and gubernatorial candidates, the grand jury said.
A district judge on Thursday released Brimmeier, 64, on $100,000 bond.
"I don't have any comments till we get through all of this," Brimmeier said afterward.
His attorney, William Winning of the Philadelphia-based Cozen O'Connor law firm, told reporters his client will be absolved of crimes.
"The presentment in this case represents a very one-sided and slanted view of the operations of the Pennsylvania Turnpike," Winning said. "When the facts come out … I am convinced he'll be completely exonerated."
The report gives no hint of why Brimmeier on his own would raise more than $100,000 for former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, as the grand jury alleged. It provides no suggestion of whether anyone directed him or requested the money. Rendell issued a statement saying he was unaware of such activity.
The report emphasized a 60-40 split of turnpike contracts and patronage — 60 percent going to Democrats, the party in power from 2003-11 under Rendell, and 40 percent to Republicans.
Yet the grand jury named no Republican senators. Former GOP Sens. Bob Jubelirer and David "Chip" Brightbill were widely believed to influence turnpike politics.
"I haven't seen it," Brightbill said of the report. "I have no idea."
Asked about Republicans supposedly getting a take, Brightbill said: "Not that I was involved in."
In a 2005 series, the Tribune-Review reported Jubelirer's former top aide, Mike Long, directed the Senate GOP's interests at the turnpike. Long's private company, Commonwealth Strategic Solutions, has worked for the turnpike commission.
Long and Jubelirer could not be reached for comment. Neither they nor Brightbill is accused of wrongdoing. Voters ousted Jubelirer and Brightbill in 2006.
Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson County, "doesn't have any knowledge of the so-called 60-40 split," said staff attorney Andrew Crompton. The same is true for Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware County, said his spokesman, Erik Arneson.
Wes Leckrone, a political science professor at Widener University in Chester, said the brazen activity described by the grand jury surprised him.
"This is just out-and-out political corruption," Leckrone said.
Said Kane: "It was almost as though they had no fear of being caught."
Brad Bumsted is state Capitol reporter for the Tribune-Review. He can be reached at 717-787-1405 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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anyway onwards!!!
these first four figures are all my own work. on the right we have some special forces painted up for the desert, Oronegro having a very large mostly autonomous arid region to the south (I have yet to upload those maps... sorry...). On the left he have some figs I was really excited to get, helicopter gunners! Or if you like some advanced soldiers, no matter who they are I'm sure they'll find many uses.
|all together then the camouflaged guns is an experiment on my part.
|these guys do look scary but that makes them so much better.
|you can't tell but I thought it was about time to experiment with skin tones, the marksman is Afro Caribbean (just to be interesting)
|in the foreground we have the two figures by Emmett the pants on the guy on the right had to be totally redone and the helmet and other parts of the guy on the left needed re-painting
|now my figure, yes he's got a ginger moustache, like my physics teacher who is now a proud father. his partner giving birth to a lovely baby girl named Aurora a few weeks ago (P.S his magazine matches his moustache, now who can claim that?)
|all three from another angle
Also I have a new follower greetings to Toma from tomas minis world. nice to have you here.
anyway good day/night everyone!


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It all started as a dream when I found the Arcade@Home website and front-end. I discovered MAME in early 1998 and was thrilled just playing the old classics on my keyboard. Then when I saw Tim's site I figured it would be a long time before I could do this. One day I was looking at the examples on Arcade@Home and my soon to be wife saw it and thought it was really a cool idea. I wanted to build it but was finally convinced to gut a dead cabinet. Great! Now we can work on this together, I could do the construction and technical work and Mad could do the painting and design this really cool marquee you see at the top of this page as well as extensive testing and picture taking. We are still waiting to get pictures of the finished product. So after the wedding (September 25, 1999) we planned on going to the arcade Auction in early October. So one Saturday morning in October, my wife (Mad), my brother and myself went to the arcade auction in Pennsauken, NJ.
We saw a few potential cabs we figured would be good for this project. Then we ended up bidding on and getting a Tempest cab that had been converted to Mat Mania for $30. The cab itself is in pretty good shape it has its original Tempest side art though there was a piece of the art chipped off and filled in with plaster and also some scratches in the vinyl. Then we had to pay $50 to get it home since we didn't have a truck.
When we got home it and plugged it in, the marquee and coin lights came on as did the monitor, but the game didn't start. It looked as if someone tried to restore it back to an original Tempest, some wires were cut and others missing between the main board and the monitor. Most of the original Tempest hardware seemed to be intact in the cab. I had no intensions of using the monitor plus the Mat Mania images were burned in pretty badly. Now it was time to start to take it apart.
First I removed the marquee and went down from there. I got the monitor discharged and removed. I took out the power supplies and main board as well as the coin doors. Then I dismantled the control panel. The Mat Mania controls and vinyl overlay were intact over the original Tempest decals and holes from the buttons. My original plan was to make a wooden control panel, but that would have required me to modify the shape of the cabinet. So I started to try to figure out how to use the existing control panel. My next project was to duplicate the tray that holds the marquee backlight and speakers. I just made an exact duplicate out of particle board as the original. I did this to put in a light I could plug in to a power strip and speaker I could easily plug into a sound card. I know I could have used these but I happened to have some speakers and I bought a cheap fluorescent fixture at Home Depot.