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Beechview's Big Flea
Saturday, September 25, 2010
9 AM to 3 PM
Beechview & Broadway Avenues
Do you have too much stuff? Are you looking forward to some cooler weather in the fall? Here's a chance to make some money, have fun and make room in your living space all at the same time!
The Beechview Area Concerned Citizens proudly presents Beechview's own "Steel Impressions" Steel Drum Band at Beechview's Big Flea. They will perform on Saturday, from 12 noon to 1 pm in the parking lot at the corners of Beechview & Broadway Avenues. There will be activities and a "candy store" for kids. So call your friends and neighbors to come on out to enjoy some great music and support our local entertainers!
Table spaces along Broadway and Beechview Avenue will be available for $5.00. (bring your own table). Anyone interested is welcome to participate, including crafters, local organizations and businesses, so please spread the word.
This event is sponsored by BACC, The Beechview Area Concerned Citizens. We will be advertising this event widely, and space will be limited, so for more information or to reserve your table today. Call (412) 341-8768 or e-mail email@example.com.
Reserve your table now – deadline to register is Saturday, September 11, 2010.
Fall Soccer Sign Up
Fall Soccer Sign-ups Are Scheduled
Saturday, June 5th, 2010 10 AM – 2:00 PM Vanucci Field
Saturday, June 26th, 2010 10 AM – 2:00 PM Jim Rawe/Alton Field
Saturday, July 10th, 2010 10 AM – 2 PM Jim Rawe/Alton Field
Ages 4 – 18
(December 31st used for age cut-off)
Fall Soccer begins with practices for the week of August 2nd, 2010.
• 2 – 1 hour practices per week during August, 6 – 8 PM
• 1 – 1 hour practice per week after 1st game
In-House Games will begin Saturday, August 28th, 2010.
• 10 game season
• Games will be Saturdays, 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM
No Games for the weekend of Sept. 4th – 6th (Labor Day Weekend).
Travel League Games (ages 11 – 18) will start during Labor Day Week. Days and Times are not known at this time. We will participate in the Citi-Parks Program again this fall.
Season ends on Saturday, November 6th, 2010.
• Regularly Scheduled Games will take place
• Trophies will follow
• Parent vs. Coaches Game @ 1:00 PM (due to cost restrictions, pre-registration is required and limited to PARENTS only).
Community Meeting With Library Officials
SPECIAL LIBRARY EDITION of the BACC Meeting
DATE: Thursday, November 5th, 2009
TIME: 7:00pm The Beechview Area Concerned Citizens and Block Watch Mtg. will be combined to address this important issue
PLACE: Beechview United Presbyterian Church,
1621 Broadway Avenue, Pgh. PA 15216 (across from Foodland)
Come and be a part of what's going on in Beechview!
Library Officials Attending: Mary Francis Cooper, Deputy Director
and Mary Monaghan, Neighborhood Libraries – Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Beechview Library Happenings
Friends of the Beechview Library Customer Appreciation Day Book Sale/Author Event with special guest Brian O'Neill!
The Friends annual Customer Appreciation Day and Book Sale will take place on Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Beechview Library, 1910 Broadway Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15216. All are invited to stop in for refreshments and to browse the book sale. At 1:00 pm, Brian O'Neill, award-winning columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will sign copies of his new book, being released November 15th, "The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the 21st Century". The books will cost $17.00 including tax. Brian will donate $5.00 for each book sold to help save the Beechview Library. Please stop by to purchase a book, say hello and thank him for supporting our cause.
New this year is the Members Only Preview Sale at 9:30am before the doors open for the regular book sale hours.
Donations of "gently used" books will be accepted at the library until November 5th.
For more information, please call the library at 412-563-2900.
If you haven't yet signed, there is a petition to the Mayor and the Library Board online at http://www.petitiononline.com/CLP123/petition.html to stop the closure of the neighborhood libraries in Beechview, Hazelwood, Lawrenceville and West End. You can read the signatures and messages already posted, and preview any message you write before approving your signature. If you care about our communities, sign it. We need lots more signatures, so please pass this link on.
Appraisal Fair TODAY!!
Don't forget tonight's appraisal fair at the Beechview Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!
Take The Survey!
Click HERE to learn about the great work some communtiy members are doing to bring a Boys & Girls Club to Beechview. Please take the survey on this page to help their efforts!
New Neighborhood Websites
Two neighborhood websites have been added to the links on the right.
First up is beechview.org a community website with information about community groups, a great community calendar, and an online version of the Beechview Summit!
Secondly, you can join and follow the Beechview Walking Club online as well! You can see great pictures of their walks and the community on their website.


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Halloween is just a few weeks away - can you believe it? If you want to make your house festive and not drop a ton of money, I'll let you know what I did with my house this year.
I didn't want a ton of cheesy looking decorations, so I looked to Young House Love for some inspiration. Of course, I am no John and Sherry (they are ah-mazing), but I loved some of the ideas they had...and I stole them.
First, I went to Michael's and found a ton of fall stuff on sale. I got a bag of 6 plastic gourds for $5 and got a can of white glossy spray paint for $5. I spray painted the gourds white, and I'm planning on using them beyond Halloween for the rest of fall and Thanksgiving. Plus, even though I spray painted the crap out of the gourds, I've still got at least 3/4 of a can of spray paint left for other fun projects though. Bummer? I spray painted my walkway...oops. Lesson learned - make sure you have a place to craft that won't make your spouse mad.
Next, I wanted to create a kind of macabre (oh yeah, I just threw out macabre) look for our console table. I picked up a 12 inch apothecary jar (for $7 at 40% off), 5 59-cent fake carnations and a can of black spray paint for $5. I spray painted the carnations black and put them in the apothecary jar for a funeral-y look. Kind of reminds me of the rose in "Beauty and the Beast" - right? I also thought this California condor was totally cool and spooky looking, so I picked him up for $5.
To complete the look, I picked up 12 black tealights at Target for $3.
And nothing says Halloween like candy - pick some up! But if you have a hard time resisting grabbing a handful every time you walk by (or worse, making up excuses of why you have to walk by so you can get your candy on), make sure you only fill the bowl when company's coming so you can have some help eating it.
My total spent on Halloween decorations: $33. Might be a little steep, but when you consider I'll be using the gourds for the next few months AND for another holiday, plus the spray paint can be used for other projects, I think I did pretty well.
Other ways to save on Halloween decorating:
*Use things you already have - candles, black tableclothes, scarves, vases - you'd be surprised at how much you can do with a little creativity and a lot of resourcefulness.
*Try to plan for multipurpose use when purchasing to get a bigger bang for your buck - just like I did with the gourds, think about how you might be able to use the same thing for multiple holidays or occassions. I'm thinking the apothecary jar would look really cool with Christmas ornaments in it. Maybe some silver candlestick holders would look really festive for New Year's Eve but you can put blood red candles in them for Halloween.
*Shop sales - duh. But Michael's is just one of many places having sales on their fall craft items. Look into your store circulars to see what you can get for the lowest price.
What about you all? How do you decorate for the holidays? Any money saving tips?

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Guitars, guitars, and more guitars! The @UH news team interviews several artists who are rocking the radio. Also, following a weekend of big movie premieres, film critic Nick Tiffany gives you his insight into 50 Shades of Grey and more.
Finally, for "UH Conversations," anchor Nate Pingor talks with a 12-string strumming guitarist. It's @UH with your weekly news for February 18th!


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Liveable floor area : 1,940 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 6,500 Sq.ft.
2 Bed and Breakfast
Liveable floor area : 1,940 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 6,500 Sq.ft.
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- View : Unobscured, swimming pool, square, street/avenue
- Kids welcome
- Setting : City
- Bus stop / bus station at <165'
- Golf, Festival, Horse riding, Culture, Fishing
- Exposure : South-west
Touristic region : discover Angoumois
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Fontaine de ChandeAdvert 37543Angoulême - Charente - France
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Interior layout at guests disposal : Shared toilets facilities, 1 shower room
Sleeps - bed(s) : 1 full bed(s), 1 twin bed(s), 1 baby cradle
View : Street/avenue
Exposure : North-east
Facilities exclusive to : Massage table
Guest facilities and furnishings : Electric kettle, wifi, hair dryer, electric heating, Drapes
baby equipment : High chair
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8 rue Fontaine de Chande
16000 AngoulêmePoitou Charentes
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The People vs. Gold: How Legal Action Can Rid Romania of a Bad Deal
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights," oil industrialist John Paul Getty reportedly proclaimed. The combination of resource wealth and dubious public policy is at play these days in Romania, the site of Europe's largest gold, silver, and rare earth deposits.
Discontent over policy has been growing for years, but only when the Government announced it was adopting a new mining law did the youth take to the streets in massive numbers. The measure gives the go-ahead to a gold mining project in Rosia Montana, a mountainside township sitting atop fabulous metal reserves. It also permits the lessee, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC), to proceed with expropriations while relaxing environmental regulations. When started, the cyanide-intensive development will leave a community devastated, with four mountains turned into 1000 feet-deep craters.
The tens of thousands of protesters marching in the streets for the past seven weeks have called for an immediate halt to the project. More than that, they seek to end a history of rapacious public policies that have been a feature of the country's political life since Romania's communist government was brought down in 1989.
With that kind of history, and with the mining company threatening damage claims in the billions of Euros if stopped from digging, protesters look to the legal system and examples from elsewhere to help with their cause.
There have been hundreds of claims that corruption has been the main driver of the project. Successive governments supported the Rosia Montana project, former political opponents changed their minds inexplicably, and local authorities declared the area mono-industrial—something akin to indefinitely blocking alternative investments. The lease was obtained under a dubious sale of shares in a state-owned mining enterprise, and not by competitive bidding, which is the norm in the U.S. and the European Union.
Other allegations surface daily. Most recently, Natural Mineral Resource Agency officials in charge of approval received all-expenses-paid trips to places like Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro. Corruption is a legal ground for annulment and would open the door for action by Romania's youth activists.
Why the project is a bad deal for Romania
Gold has been an important resource beneath Romania's mountains since Roman times. Gold extraction was a lucrative occupation for Roman colonists, as unique shovel-dug galleries on the site attest.
Both the people marching in the streets and the politically apathetic want these galleries put under UNESCO Heritage protection, as a means to protect this heritage and attract tourism to the area.
But with the arrival of the venture capital conglomerate Gabriel Resources Company in Rosia Montana, events took a different turn, forever changing the life of this small mountain community.
Gabriel, through its local subsidiary RMGC, put forward a project involving the extensive use of cyanide in an attempt to maximize extraction. The cyanide will be stored in a 250-million ton and multiple-hundred hectare tailing pond – by far the largest in Europe. This already conjures up memories of the massive Baia-Mare spill in 2000, where the overflow from a similar dam severely affected environment and wildlife in Romania and neighboring Hungary.
The 17-year-long exploration will bring out an estimated 330 tons of gold and 1600 tons of silver. This is an impressive figure, given that the annual world production of gold is about 2700 tons. At current spot prices of $1369/oz for gold and $23.22/oz for silver, the treasure chest at Rosia Montana is worth a whopping $25 billion. Geologists expect to find additional rare earths whose value may surpass that figure.
It is doubtful that any of this yield will turn up in the Romanian budget. Royalties had been negotiated at a ridiculously low 4 percent, compared to the norm in more industrialized countries, where royalties, rents, and bids bring in between 12 and 40 percent. A last-minute attempt to raise that figure to 6 percent in exchange for environment and conservation permit approval only infuriated an already skeptical public. Many say leaving the gold where it is and waiting for more environmental technologies in the future is the wiser approach.
Protesters say the real cost of the project is largely externalized to the public. The environmental destruction, the potential for a major spill, and prohibitive costs of dam maintenance are left for future generations to shoulder, with the company devoting very limited resources to reclamation and dam maintenance. These lenient regulations are striking in comparison to the laws on reclamation in the U.S. for instance, where the owner of a mining lease would never get away with anything less than a bond to cover for full maintenance and accident insurance.
A house divided against itself
The real tragedy unfolds with the tales of community division and destruction of livelihoods that the project brings. There will be no digging in Rosia Montana, but 30-ton dynamite charges, able to displace four inhabited mountains. Life as it was can no longer continue while mining is in progress. Seismologists stress that there is little chance that the houses, along with churches belonging to four different religions—typical for Transylvania's multicultural environment—will survive.
Sorin Jurca is one of the few inhabitants of Rosia Montana who has not sold his house to "Gold," as people commonly call RMGC. His house proudly displays a sign on his front window that reads, "This property is not for sale." Sorin is well aware that European legislation—the Charter of Fundamental Rights—protects his right to property and family life. He would not shy away from fighting for justice in court if he is evicted from his house.
Nevertheless, the community is not what it used to be, he says. People have taken the money the company offered and left the township behind, along with the traditions of a rural lifestyle. Others have accepted offers of employment with the company, but there is no middle ground in Rosia Montana; people are divided into "Goldists" and "Opposition," and one side does not heed to the other, regardless of blood or friendship ties.
Part of the outrage caused by the legislation is its categorization of the project as "of high national interest." This allows for expropriations done by the company on behalf of the state, as well as helps circumvent environmental and cultural heritage rules. Should it pass, locals like Sorin and others will be forcibly moved.
If rejected, the state could face lawsuits for damages. RMGC has invested half a billion dollars into the project already. For the government, that is a portion of GDP it simply cannot afford to pay.
Romania's Teapot Dome?
In many ways, Rosia Montana is reminiscent of the Teapot Dome scandal in the US, which involved leases of important oil reserves in protected areas on a non-competitive basis. In return for the lease, members of the Harding administration received personal benefits. The scheme was exposed, which prompted reform of the mining sector in the US. Leases of any kind can now only be obtained following competitive and transparent bidding in the United States. In the ensuing Mammoth Oil case, the Supreme Court ruled that the United States could cancel any lease issued fraudulently.
That natural resources are particularly prone to corruption is nothing new. Companies factor in the cost of bribes when making an investment decision. However, foreign investment legislation explicitly prohibits acts of corruption. Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, domestic companies can be sued in America if foul play is demonstrated. Canada too has a similar regime that could be particularly relevant in this case. In other words, citizens can sue companies in the country of origin if they have clear evidence of wrongdoing.
Romania has all the necessary legal provisions in place for an interested party to attack the lease awarding procedures in court. In addition, legal instruments like citizens' initiatives—requiring 100,000 signatures—can be confidently used for legislation reform by a public that is largely mobilized already. The protestors have an opportunity to provide alternatives and find a legal solution.
Corruption exposed can hinder the project. In other countries, schemes such as awarding substantial prizes to those who bring corruption to light have functioned as powerful incentives for people to speak up. Despite these incentives, there is little appetite for whistle blowing; corruption can often be a two-way street, criminalizing both the briber and the recipient of the bribe.
The extractive industry has had its own share of reform against corrupt practices and bad environmental standards. Demand-driven reform was called for by Tiffany & Co., the world's largest buyer of gold and diamonds. Almost 80 percent of the world's gold goes into jewelry production, so companies need to be aware that the practices of their suppliers impact their image. Tiffany & Co. put a system of traceability in place and is now the leading member of a coalition for responsible mining.
Back in Romania, faced with street protests, RMGC resorted to nothing short of blackmail; it threatened the government with damages and legal fees of four-billion dollars if it were to back out of its deal, in addition to badmouthing the country for other investors. Outside critics of the protest movement have also chimed in with assertions that the mine is simply being used as a pawn in Romania's political battles.
Hope from a new generation
The fate of Rosia Montana now lies with a Parliament special committee, staffed with public figures that have in the past openly supported the project. Such is the case of Haralambie Voichitoiu, a former mine leader, and former TV anchor Gabriela Vranceanu Firea, who proudly posted a picture of herself in company garment on her Facebook page.
The current Romanian Parliament, a body of 588 Members, severely lacks credibility. With a favorable government and party line dissent close to nonexistent, protesters believe that Parliament's participation in decision-making is akin to mere rubberstamping.
Protesters believe that without their intervention, the project is sure to go ahead and they are therefore determined not to wither. Crowds have defied the rain and the cold weather in what they see as a stand against the government's apparent strategy to buy time.
Protesting more than just cyanide, these active citizens reflect a generation's frustration with ineffective political leadership. The same youth took to the streets in excitement on January 1, 2007, when the country joined the European Union, a lifelong dream that saw Romania return to a family from which it was severed for decades.
But internal bickering and constant gridlock left many opportunities untouched, most notably significant European grants. Infrastructure has been plagued by corruption, with fewer than 400 km of highwaysconstructed in 24 years. A massive exodus and brain drain has rendered the country 20 percent lesspopulous than it was in 1990. The youth is not only saying "No" to a bad project today, but to a history of poor public policy decisions it is determined to redress.
Beyond gold, the youth have had enough of a political system that has worked against their interests.
They are calling for renewal now.
SOURCE: http://gppreview.com/
Promised Land (2012) si Salvati Rosia Montana
Motto: "Rosia Montana este pamantul de unde s-au nascut doinele, de unde au venit un Brancusi, Enescu, Eminescu, Vuia s.a."
De Gabriel Teodor Gherasim
De cand poporul roman lupta 'in corpore' pentru salavarea Rosiei Montana de otravirea cu cianura pe sute de ani, am devenit mai sensibil la semnalele mass-mediei din SUA asupra subiectului: poluare si exploatare de catre corporatiile multi-nationale a tarilor bogate subteran, dar sarace in banii de hartie ai economiilor Occidentale.
Filmul American Promised Land, 2012 (Tara Fagaduintei), este o reflectie sumbra a ceea ce inseamna profitul corporatiilor pentru tarile a caror guverne nationale au tradat interesele populatiei acelor tari.
Este vorba de catre un speculant care este angajat de catre o corporatie de gaze ca sa cumpere pamantul de la niste fermieri, sub care se ascund imense zacaminte de gaze naturale.
Toate-s bune si frumoase pana cand spectatorul afla costul acestor exploatari: otravirea pamantului, a vegetatiei, a animalelor si a oamenilor, pe sute de ani. Deci este o lenta sinucidere a populatiei in folosul extractiei pe baze toxice.
Fara a da in vileag sfarsitul filmului, putem numai mentiona ca dragostea transforma pe cinicul speculant intr-o persoana care da la iveala toate minciunile corporatiei fata de populatie, inclusiv ca oponentul speculantului din film, presupus ecolog, fusese angajat de catre corporatie ca sa se discrediteze, si prin asta sa duca la o reactie a oamenilor, care sa ii trimita direct in tabara corporatiei (deci a sfarsitului lent pentru sanatatea lor si a tot ce-i inconjoara).
Filmul a fost primit cu raceala de catre premiile corporatiilor Hollywoodului, respectiv Golden Globe si Oscar, in timp ce The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, o organizatie care premiaza filme cu subiecte de etica si educativa a fost singura organizatie care i-a acordat Premiul I, tot in 2012.
O idee interesanta care s-a sugerat in film este ca suporterii lui Salvati Rosia Montana sa aiba afise/pancarde cu mesaje de genul: Gabriel Resources Go Home! cu o poza a rezultatului final din asa exploatari langa text, la vedere in ograzi, pe masini, la balcoane, la pravalii, biserici, pe marginea strazilor.
Poze cu otraviri ecologice sunt destule, din Canada lui Gabriel Resources, in Tarile Scandinave, in America Latina, in Africa sau Asia (inclusiv CA URMARE a exploatarilor lui Gabriel Resources).
Mai ales ca insusi Gabriel Resources plateste bani grei la televiziuni, radiouri, ziare si forumuri electronice , ca sa apara la stirile video si tiparite ale acestor agentii de presa.
Aceste afise pot fii facute si contra lui Chevron, mai ales dupa fenomenalul exemplu de Romanism dat de manifestantii de la Pungesti.
Este pacat ca specialistii care au dat in vileag care ar fii efectele micidiale ale cianurii in pamantul sfant al Tarii noastre au fost dati afara…prin fax, in timp ce plagiatorii "copy paste," si alti politicieni cu traditie in familie pe trei generatii de tradare a intereselor Tarii, prin predarea resurselor romanesti la straini, sunt cei care au pedepsit astfel…oamenii integri si competenti ai Tarii.
Ar fii trist ca ceea ce n-au reusit sa sece de resurse (ale Romaniei, NU ale lui Gabriel Resources), Roma de la daci, si ungurii, austriecii, turcii, germanii si rusii de la daco-romani, sa reuseasca o entitate sub un nume fictiv, cu locatie in Canada, dar cu agenda globalista, "multumita" careia in multe tari din lume copiii mor prematur, oamenii se nasc sau devin handicapati, exista bolnavi datorita toxicitatii de la exploatare (si care o sa fie asa cu generatiile), in timp ce pamantul ramane otravit pe sute de ani.
Promised Land (Pamantul Fagaduintei) este un film care trebuie vazut azi in Romania, pentru ca arata o realitate care ne-ar putea pune in primejdie intreaga existenta ca tara, ca popor, ca oameni, ca si cultura, civilizatie, si pamant, pe sute de ani. Rosia Montana este pamantul de unde s-au nascut doinele, de unde au venit un Brancusi, Enescu, Eminescu, Vuia s.a.
Pentru mine, este inacceptabil si ca sa stiu ca tatal meu a suferit in inchisorile comuniste pentru libertatea Tarii, si ca el milioane de patrioti si martiri romani, pentru ca sa vad acum cum esalonul II, si III al politrucilor veniti pe tancurile de ocupatie rusesti, vand Tara la corporatiile globaliste, tot asa cum au vandut-o imperiului comunist rusesc.
Romania nu-i numai a "copiilor copiilor nostri" dar si a "inaintasilor inaintasilor nostri". A permite otravirea pamantului cu cianura echivaleaza cu tradarea fata de tot ce inseamna Tara noastra, neamul nostru, si sangele din sangele nostru.
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Aug. 26 — The U.S. Trustee Program announced Aug. 25 that it has reached an agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. requiring the bank to pay close to $3.5 million in remediation on account of 8,000 homeowners in Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Wells Fargo and the USTP filed an amendment to a prior settlement entered in a Maryland Chapter 13 bankruptcy case on Nov. 19, 2015 ( In re Green, Bankr. D. Md., No. 11-33377-TJC, 8/25/16 ), according to a press release sent to Bloomberg BNA.
The amendment is the result of an independent reviewer's oversight of Wells Fargo practices with regard to filing and serving payment change notices in active Chapter 13 cases, and increase payments to be made by the bank by approximately $3.5 million. Wells Fargo previously agreed to pay about $81.6 million in remediation for "its repeated failure to provide homeowners with payment change notices (PCNs) as required under federal bankruptcy law," the USTP, a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice, told Bloomberg BNA in an Aug. 25 e-mail.
Cliff White, the Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST), praised Wells Fargo for its role in the settlement: "It also shows cooperation and self-reporting by Wells Fargo, which responded to the [independent reviewer] by conducting an internal review and then disclosing to the USTP the systemic nature of its violations," he said in a statement sent to Bloomberg BNA.
The settlement arose in the Chapter 13 case of Ernestine C.J. Green, filed Nov. 30, 2011. Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows individuals receiving regular income to obtain debt relief while retaining their property. To do so, the debtor must propose a plan that uses future income to repay all or a portion of his debts over a three to five year period.
A debtor with a home mortgage can continue to pay the mortgage, or sometimes the Chapter 13 trustee appointed in the case pays the mortgage with funds provided by the debtor's earnings. Mortgagees or mortgage servicers are required under Bankruptcy Rule 3002.1 to file and serve notices when the mortgage payments change during the course of the Chapter 13 case.
After it became apparent that Wells Fargo did not properly file its PCNs in Green's case, the EOUST approached the bank with concerns about the bank's compliance with the rule, not just in Ms. Green's case but in all its mortgages for Chapter 13 debtors, the court said in its Nov. 19, 2015 order approving the earlier settlement.
The November 2015 settlement contemplated that Wells Fargo would engage an independent reviewer to identify potential systemic issues in the bank's operations. "That compliance monitoring led to the discovery of a deficiency in Wells Fargo's processes and procedures relating to the certificates of service filed with the PCNs" between 2011 and 2016, Jane Limprecht of the USTP told Bloomberg BNA. The deficiency caused "thousands of homeowners" to receive their change notices with fewer than the 21 days notice required before payment changes could take effect, she said.
The new settlement will provide refunds and credits to affected consumers, and Wells Fargo will change its processes and procedures to prevent recurrence of the problem. The bank also agreed to submit to further compliance monitoring by the independent reviewer, the USTP told Bloomberg BNA.
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If you are into vaping and are looking at various other options then you might have information that is useful as far as this article is concerned. There are many brands and models of vapers available in the market and choosing the right one often could be a tough and difficult task. However, there are reasons to believe that choosing Arizer Air could be a good option. We will try and have a look at the various features that go into making this a popular vaping tool. There are quite a few end users who feel that this brand could give a big run for money for the well established vapers. Let us therefore try and see what it offers when compared to other brands. If you want to read more about the Arizer Air Portable Herb Vaporizer then check out the site linked to in this description.
It Is The Next Generation Of The Arizer Solo
Those who are looking at ways to give up smoking would perhaps be aware of Arizer Solo. It is another vaping device and the same company has now come up with this brand called Arizer Air. It has some interesting features which are worth looking at. It measure 122 mm x 29 mm. it is almost the same size of other leading vaping devices in the market. However, there are customers who feel that it is lighter than many brands in the market. It is also priced in the same range of the commonly used vaping devices in the market. It also comes with Li-ion batteries which are quite strong and they ensure uninterrupted vaping for about one hour per charge. However, there is a shortcoming according to many customers. This vaping device can be used only when it is plugged and while it is being charged.
The Arizer Air is one of the highest quality functioning vaporizers on the market today. It works with the help of a 5-stage ceramic heating element. The good thing about this device is that it reaches the highest temperature in around two minutes or in around 120 seconds. While this might be quite good, there are seemingly other devices in the market which reach the highest temperature in lesser time. It can reach a maximum temperature of around 400 degree Fahrenheit. It is good enough for vaping in bars, concerts and other such place. The unique feature about this product is that it can operate well in a temperature range of 356 to 410 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes up for the slow rise in temperature of Air when compared to other similar products in the market.
Incredible Vaporization Process
There are a few more features that go in making the Arizer Air a fantastically good product. It enables the end users to take complete control of the vaporization process. This helps the customers to decide as to how thick they want the vapor to be. It also comes with an aroma dish which helps to make it work as an efficient essential oil diffuser. It could help convert the entire room into a place which smells like a weed. It also has a decent bowl capacity and can hold around half a gram of ingredients even when they are reasonably loosely packed.
Overall, the Arizer is an awesome device which has ease of use and offers reasonably good value for money.


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December 28, 2005
What makes a good wife? Is it cooking, cleaning, raising the kids and having great sex? Dr. Phil says too few couples understand what it means to be a "Mrs." He delves into the role of the wife in 2005.
Looking for a Stepford Wife?
Grant says his wife of seven years needs some "wife lessons." He wants a cleaner house, better meals and a sexier spouse. Kelly says her husband's constant criticism and the pressure to be the perfect wife makes her feel like a failure.
"I'm never going to be good enough," she fears.
The Wife Test
Does Grant know how hard his wife's job really is? Kelly puts Grant to the test. What happens when she hands him the dish rag and spatula?
Will he be the queen of his domain?
Update: How are Grant and Kelly now?
The Perfect Wife?
Diana says a good wife can hold the baby, answer the phone, correct homework, make dinner and feed the dog — all at the same time! She also says women must serve their men instead of trying to balance a career with family.
"Men want to come home and have dinner on the table," she says.
Wife is a Four-Letter Word
Joy wants to stay single because she thinks getting married means giving up her independence. Plus, she has a bone to pick with Dr. Phil!


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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be able to adjust the performance of your skis on the fly depending on changing snow and skiing conditions?
At Verispellis, we have designed a revolutionary pair of skis that will allow you to change the stiffness of your skis from your smartphone. This innovative technology will allow you to reduce your quiver into a versatile pair of skis.
Being east coast skiers, where we can ski on ice and mashed potato like snow all in one day on the same mountain, we figured it'd be great if we could reduce a quiver into a pair of skis that could handle different conditions by making the skis softer or stiffer as needed. And as they say, the rest is history, and Verispellis was born.
Conceived on Mount Sunapee in NH, where many bouts of ambient, snow and ski temperatures were recorded over different weather conditions, Verispellis was born in Boston, first in our computers, where we designed the ski and simulated skiing on different types of snow and conditions (carving at different angles...) using finite element analysis, followed by building our first fully skiable prototypes.
Our design features a very unique metal, called Nitinol, which belongs to the family of shape memory alloys. Nitinol changes its material properties with changes in temperature. We built the first prototype with a single layer of nitinol sandwiched between the usual wood and fiberglass layers of a traditional ski. Adjacent to the nitinol, we placed small heating elements connected to a lithium ion battery pack. You can turn on the electronics that activate the heating elements with a switch on the battery or remotely (via Bluetooth) using a smartphone app.
When you ski with the heat off, you will have the standard ski stiffness defined primarily by the regular ski components (wood, fiberglass), as the nitinol inside remains unheated and flexible. Upon encountering conditions that would make you want to enhance the stiffness of the skis, all you have to do is turn on the heating elements, which increase the core just a few degrees to make the nitinol change phase, where it immediately becomes stiffer, thereby increasing the overall stiffness of your skis.
You can actually get very fancy with how you lay down the nitinol in the skis during manufacturing. For instance, you can put different nitinol strips on different parts of the skis and heat some as needed, but not others, so that you can change the stiffness of the skis only in some areas, such as in the shovel or in the tail, or whatever combinations that you like.
Alternatively, you could also stack up a couple of layers of nitinol in the same location that change phase at slightly different temperatures. As you start heating up the first element, the stiffness will increase a bit, and then when the temperature continues to rise and reaches the transition temperature for the second layer, the skis get even stiffer. Therefore, you can graduate the stiffness of the skis both in intensity and location as you wish.
All this is controlled with electronics from a smartphone and feedback circuitry built into the skis in our low profile controller box, sitting behind the bindings.
You can turn the heating elements in different parts of the ski on or off based on what your needs are, or you can let the app select your stiffness for you based on the conditions and your style of skiing.
The idea really took off quickly, and everyone in the industry that we communicated with thought that it was one of the most innovative concepts they had heard in the business for some time. A lot of people think this technology has the potential to change the sport of skiing and snowboarding in a significant way. As a matter of fact, due to the large surface area of the snowboard, you can really change the properties of your board more dramatically for riding and park as you wish.
So far, we have conducted many iterations of finite element analysis and have designed the skis and the electronics and built first and second generation prototypes. We used a high quality wooden core ski as our base and machined out the necessary space required for the nitinol, the heaters and the wiring. Upon placing the components into the skis and fishing out the wire ends out of the ski, the remaining process was identical to how a ski is manufactured today.
We have been testing and enjoying our prototypes during the past two seasons, where we have had the chance to ski on them in a variety of snow and skiing conditions. Our resident Olympic Ski Racer, Arman Serebrakian, has put the skis to test and has really enjoyed them.
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Traditional camber carver skis offered in:
- 2 top designs (Dawn and Dusk)
- 4 lengths: 155, 164, 178, and 192 mm
- Tip: 122-126 mm
- Waist: 90 mm
- Tail: 114-116 mm
- Radius: 15.5-23.5
- Medium flex wood core
- Phase shift in less than 1 minute
The skis will come with:
- iOS and Android App with bluetooth module (Ability to change stiffness from the app and the skis directly)
- One pair of rechargeable batteries (5 hr life) and the charger (the batteries will need to be plugged in to charge after use)
- Owner's manual with product and use description and support line
We have gained some experience over the last few years working with a metal of unusual properties called nitinol. Nitinol is used in many medical applications, where its temperature dependent phase and shape change characteristics are quite useful. Nitinol behaves very differently at different temperatures and can shift from one phase to the other very rapidly, once the transition temperature is reached. This gives it remarkable properties.
The video above illustrates a Nitinol "Jellyfish", where a small amount of current results in nitinol phase change and curling up of the wires (video courtesy of Di Mainstone). In medical applications, nitinol is used to make arterial stents, and intravascular filters among other applications. These stents are very sophisticated 3D meshes that are neatly folded to be delivered to the blood vessels via an intravenous catheter system. They are kept neatly folded, but once delivered to the right location inside the blood vessel and exposed to body temperature, they change configuration and shape, opening the stent and restoring blood flow to an occluded heart vessel, or reinforcing a damaged artery, or deploying a venous filter to prevent clots from making their way to the lungs.
This ability to change phase and shape is typical of the memory metal alloy family, of which nitinol is a part of. One day talking about skiing, we thought that it would be great if we could have a pair of skis that could be used to ski on the different snow types and conditions that one encounters in the east coast in a single day.
Naturally, Nitinol came to mind, and for a while we joked around with the idea of a pair of shape shifting skis but realized that while we could potentially do that, it would be best just to keep the same shape of the ski but change its material properties and stiffness as needed.
That is, design a pair of skis that allows the user to go from standard skis to a stiffer pair as needed and vice versa. As it turns out, we could use our experience with Nitinol to bring this concept to reality.
We set up an independent research program using our free time, working at home on our computers with various designs, using finite element modeling to determine the ideal amount of nitinol and its distributions within a ski to induce relevant changes in stiffness.
We also toyed with the bluetooth app and the concept to wirelessly engage the skis for phase change. This flexibility allows the skier to adjust his/her skis either directly from the skis or by using an app. The skis will be directly linked with the owner's mobile device to allow only a single entity to modulate the behavior of the skis. It took about three years just to collect enough data, design and optimize, file patent applications, and develop our first and second generation prototypes that are the precursors to our first commercially available product for the 2018-2019 season through this campaign.
Does the Nitinol addition make the skis much heavier by weight?
The amount of the nitinol metal embedded in our skis is not much heavier than the Titanal top shelf used in current skis. The weight of the other components (heating element and electronics) is negligible, compared to the weight of the bindings. The battery adds some weight, but this is dependent upon the capacity of the battery chosen by the user.
How long will the material last?
The material will last as long as the ski is around and is not damaged. The material phase transition can occur indefinitely without adversely affecting its properties.
Will this technology work for snowboards?
Actually, due to the large surface of a snowboard, one can significantly change the properties of the board for riding and park activities with this technology. So far, we have concentrated on getting our prototype skis out. But, we will most definitely work on incorporating our technology into high quality snowboards soon. We love all snow sports and life on the mountain. So, we'll do our best to make sure all snow sports enthusiasts can enjoy the benefits of this technology.
Will this technology help prevent ski injuries?
Given our experience with orthopaedic injuries and orthopaedic biomechanics, we think that this technology has the potential to reduce knee injuries, which happen frequently at low speed conditions. However, we do not have any data to support this at the moment. Being scientists, our goal is to conduct a study to better understand loads and displacements on the knee joint using a variety of skis and snow conditions. That type of work is more along the lines of the medical and bio-mechanical projects we usually do in our day jobs. So we will get to that down the road.
What happens on a warm sunny day to a ski with Nitinol in it? Would it become super stiff even if the heating elements are not being "turned on" by the battery pack?
Fortunately for this technology, skis are only used on cold snow. As long as the skis are in contact with snow, they maintain their normal state, since ski temperature on the inside and outside of the ski does not vary too much with ambient and snow temperatures. During our development process, we instrumented ski parts on its top, bottom and the middle over a variety of ambient temperatures and observed very little ski core temperature change. However, you have a point. For instance, in a room temperature store, where the ski is displayed for sale, the ski will be in a transitioned stiffer state, unless you move the ski to a colder temperature. Stores would have to demo the skis in a freezer for a customer to appreciate the stiffness change in a retail setting.
Our Founders' Edition skis are the result of countless hours of hard work, dedication and passion for skiing from our team!
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We have spent the past 2-3 years working on our Founders' Edition skis by better understanding how nitinol responds to temperature changes on ski slopes, running simulations, building prototypes, testing and optimizing the final design.
The end goal is a sleek and highly innovative carver ski built on high quality skis for superior ride and on demand modulation of stiffness and flex.
We have a partnership with a manufacturer of quality skis to build our products and have sourced nitinol components for our skis. We have designed the mobile app and the electronics circuitry needed for the feedback and communication in house. We will work closely with our partners for timely delivery of the products.
We have tested our skis for some time to offer a high quality and unique product to skiers worldwide. Our academic R&D backgrounds has been essential in helping us with this process, as we are keenly aware of the intricacies of design, optimization and scaling.
While the guts of our skis look complicated, their manufacturing process is strikingly similar to those of traditional skis, with minor variations here and there. We have been able to streamline this process by making a few, dare we say, "smart" changes to how we do things to allow us to use established ski manufacturing practices to make our skis.
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…which is in fine display here*, in a post that sought out to address Charles Blow's rather puerile race-baiting (using a rebuttal process that was infinitely more thorough than the original race-baiting). I was planning to explain, quite thoroughly, why it's a waste of time to convince the Activist Left to be polite to the Right; but fortunately, a commenter of his did it for me.
Those people were not "minstrels" they were uncle Toms. The tea-b[*]ggers are just a sad group of old, white, rich, malcontent republicans who hate blacks, hispanics, asians, the middle class and the poor and hate the fact that we have a black president. When they howl "TAKE BACK AMERICA!!!" they mean to take it back from the minorities. Luckily the middle class and the poor far outnumber the tea-b[*]ggers so they will have little effect in November.
Conor, Conor, Conor. The Activist Left hates us. They will continue to hate us until we break and lick their boots. It's their freaking victory condition. We're in a war to the knife, made all the more psychologically vicious because there's no physical violence involved.
Accept that.
Moe Lane
*H/T Instapundit, who does not need to have things explained to him.


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Ciff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
(from 1965 album Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers)
A lighthearted and loving look back at the glory days of the Shady Dell, the historic haven for teenagers in York, PA, and the magnanimous couple that created it, John & Helen Ettline.
I had never heard of Cliff Bennett or The Rebel Rousers until this fine post, my friend. It will be interesting to see if our friend, thisisme, knows of them. Because of my phone, I am brief today, but it doesn't mean I'm enjoying it any less!ReplyDelete
Hi, Shelly! Your loyalty and reliability amaze me, dear friend.
I must admit that I had never heard any of these great tracks by Cliff Bennett's Rebel Rousers until I stumbled upon the band on YouTube. The more I listened the more I liked them and was compelled to devote an entire post to them.
I'll can't wait to find out if our friend Thisisme knows this band. Perhaps she bops to their tunes on her jukebox every day.
Dear Shelly, you are one of those people who has learned along the way that a minute of your time and a few kind words are all it takes to make someone's day. Thank you for making mine!
I'm constantly being educated when I visit your blog! I never heard of this group and knowing you didn't either makes me feel better. However, 2 of the songs were familiar so maybe a grade of C in this class will move me to the next lesson! For now it's back to yard work... not nearly as much fun!ReplyDelete
Hello, dear YaYa! Good news, my friend. "C" is a passing grade in this class, although you'll feel a little ashamed when you learn that Eddy was here ahead of you and got an A! :)
When you say you're in the midst of doing yard work, do you mean snow blowing? :)
Thank you very much for sampling some songs, dear friend YaYa. Have a happy Friday and a safe holiday weekend!
Well hallo there Shadykins! How the devil are you today my dear friend. I couldn't believe my little peepers! You've dedicated a post to a group from this side of the pond! Of course thisisme knows all about Cliff Bennett and the R.R's ! They were always one of my favourites and this brought back happy memories of sitting in a coffee bar trying to make a bottle of Coke last all night and listening to Cliff on the jukebox. This was two weeks ago. LOL! Sorry I jest! Bouncing BArb mentioned you in her comment on my latest post. Thank you as Always, for your detailed comment over at my place today. You really must be everyone's number one Follower. Smooches coming your way.ReplyDelete
Hallo, dear Thisisme! Yessum, I noticed that Bouncin' Barb noticed what I wrote on your blog. Glad you noticed. Notice how much I like the word notice? :)
I am dumbfounded, dear friend! Shelly mentioned you in her comment and I was mentally prepared for you to tell me you never heard of Cliff Bennett. I'm delighted to find out that you know the band and consider them bopworthy. Don't they do a nice rendition of "Got To Get You Into My Life"? I love all of the songs posted here and I'm so glad they resonate with you as well.
Isn't it fun to let your memory drift back to that simpler, happier, more innocent time - two weeks ago? (LOL) I swear, dear friend, Shady's style of humor is definitely rubbing off on you. I love it!
Happy Friday to you, dear friend Thisisme. SMOOCHES SMOOCHES SMOOCHES and have a super weekend!
Hi Shady, I think I made it in a timely manner this time. Thursday nite, and rarin' to get to Friday! Got an extra day off work next week. Yeah, we've had Scooter a lot this month, and, still may see him again this weekend. But, you know, the day will come when Grandma and Pawpaw aren't so cool anymore. We hope he keeps coming around when he's older (well, unless he's an unruly teenager, lol!)
Hope you and Mrs. Shady are doing well. Yes, it's still hot and gummy in the Lone Star state. Prayin' for rain, or, at least a cool breeze.
You know, I remember the song 'Got To Get You Into My Life'. It was really pretty popular, I like it, tho, I didn't know who Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers were, You put some pretty good stuff of theirs on tonite. You're right, he really had quite a vocal range. One minute they sound like a soul group, then they're acidly upbeat! A good rock sound! Their sound doesn't make me think British at all! I did like 'Good Times' and 'You really Got a Hold on Me'. I agree with you Shady, these guys did some really great stuff, and should have been more recognized...too much competition you think? Their band/instrumental sound is even really good.
This was a surprise-it is fun to learn of a group that you've heard, but really didn't know anything about. Thanks a lot Shady...have a good evening and I'll see you soon! ♫
Hello, dear Suzanne! Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers performed a number of different styles of music in their career and they were flawless in their execution. I agree that they don't remind you of a typical British band. With their prominent saxophone they were more like the horn bands that gained popularity here in the states during those same years.
I think the name Rebel Rousers might have held them back a little because it implies that they were an oldies act at a time when audiences were craving new and innovative sounds offered by the Beatles, Stones, Manfred Mann, Zeppelin, etc.
If you have Scootie this weekend, I hope he has a nice visit with you. If you are Scootieless, then I hope you and Karo still have a wonderful holiday weekend. Thanks so much for coning over, dear Suzanne!
Only a couple of these were familiar to me, but all of them were fun to listen to (some a couple of times). "You Really Got A Hold On Me" really brought back some memories. I think I'll go listen again.
Have a great evening, Shady.
Howdy, dear Jeanie! It's a very good sign when you crave repeat listens. I'm glad you mentioned "You Really Got a Hold On Me" because I agree that it's a wonderful interpretation of Smokey Robinson's early 60s hit song. I suppose it's true that Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers were primarily a cover band but they were versatile, performing several different music styles, and they did so with vitality and authenticity. I admire them for it.
Thank you very much for your visit and kind comments, dear Jeanie, and good night to you in Colorado!
Hi Tom, like Shelly, I had never heard of Cliff Bennett before this post!I hope you're having a lovely week Tom, I'm so excited that tomorrow is Friday, I have some fun plans for this weekend! Did I tell you my mam is visiting Florida in October? She is going over to see her sisters and celebrate her 50th birthday too!
Talk to you soon Tom!
Emma x
Hi, Emma! Good Golly, it's the middle of the night in Ireland, dear friend. Either you're up very late or up very early! :) Whatever the case, I'm very happy to see you.
No, you didn't tell me that your mam is coming to Florida in October. Disney World? The Space Center? Miami Beach? Daytona? I hope she likes summery weather because it's typically still quite hot through the month of October. Wherever she's going and whatever she's doing I wish her a pleasant stay here in the Sunshine State.
As for you I hope you have a marvelous weekend and give us the highlights on your blog sometime next week. Good night and good morning to you, dear friend Emma!
I'd never heard of them either but there version isn't all that bad although I must admit the beatles have a certain slightly better version. btw meant to ask if you are on facebook?ReplyDelete
Hi, Amy! I agree that it would be hard to top the original version by the Fab Four but the recording crafted by Cliff and his mates is a worthy cover. I'm happy you came over to check them out.
There are one or two Shady Dell pages on Facebook but they are operated by other people. I find that I'm too busy maintaining my presence on Blogger to branch out at this time.
Thank you very much for popping in to say hello, dear friend Amy. Good night to you in New Zealand and have a delightful weekend!
Hi Tom - this was all new to me! Great fun to learn about a group that I'd heard nothing about until today. I was a wide eyed pupil.ReplyDelete
Why hello, dear karen! I'm so happy to see you, my friend. Seems like Thisisme is the only one of my followers who actually knew about Cliff Bennett in advance. I had never heard of them until I found them on YouTube. Thank you very much for spinning records with me this evening, dear karen. I always appreciate your visits. Have a wonderful holiday weekend, dear friend!Delete
Thank you for the post, Mr Shady! I really enjoyed reading more about Cliff Bennett, especially the tracked linked with Joe Meek which is the man who inspired me to dive into obscure sounds! I also wanted to leave you a track. I wanted to send you a while ago but got quite busy as you know. It's called Pappa Do by Barry Green and here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EUPrRDpfg
Have a great week!
Hello, dear Ana! I'm very pleased to see you, dear friend, and to know that you adore the obscure as much as I do.
Hey, thank you for the link! I didn't know about Barry Green (Blue) until now and I really appreciated the inventive production and hooks throughout "Papa Do." I was compelled to listen to other Barry Blue glam rock recordings and to read about him. In doing so, I learned about his collaboration with Lynsey de Paul and watched her perform her hit "Sugar Me," co-written by Barry. I also read that Blue/Green produced for Heatwave, the British soul/funk band that achieved three major international dance hits. I remember grooving to them in clubs during my bachelor years.
I found a video for you, dear friend. A few months ago I became fascinated with and watched a documentary about Pans People, the popular all female dance troupe on Top of the Pops. Here they are closing an episode of TOTP performing a dance routine to another of Barry Green/Blue's early 70s hits, "Do You Wanna Dance."
You are so very sweet for sharing your music and knowledge with me, Ana. Thank you! This is how we learn from each other. I wish you a splendid week ahead, my dear friend!
Great post Shady! I listen to a digital radio station called Gold in the evenings sometimes and they often play Cliff Bennett tracks. I didn't know anything about them though. Hope you have a lovely week!ReplyDelete
Hello, dear Sarah! That's fantastic! I'm happy to learn that Cliff Bennett's many fine recordings are in play on at least one vintage radio channel. Today Mrs. Shady and I had lunch at a restaurant that played oldies while people dined. Unfortunately, the play list was restricted to the same old million sellers we've all heard just as many times - entirely too predictable. If I owned an eatery I'd make sure to play the obscure because seldom heard nuggets are much more fun.
Thank you very much for coming by for a visit, dear friend Sarah. Good night to you there in the London suburbs and enjoy the rest of your week!
It's no wonder this band was popular in England. They are just great! 'Got to Get You Into My Life' was terrific.
So, they opened for the Beatles! Wow. I remember the Beatles also recorded 'You've Really Got A Hold on Me.' Love both these songs. 'You've Got What I Like' is fun too. By the end of this post, I was very impressed with the Rebel Rousers singing and music.
Good evening, dear Belle, and thank you for coming to the Cliff Bennett concert! I'm pleased to know that you liked the sound of this band. They were quite versatile, weren't they? They effectively covered the Beatles, Smokey, Sam & Dave, Drifters, Soul Sisters, Easybeats and others.
Thanks for mentioning that early recording of theirs, the Jerry Lee Lewis styled "You've Got What I Like," waxed during the band's recording session with Joe Meek, the meteoric English songwriter and producer. In his brief lifespan, Meek produced 45 hit records including "Have I The Right" by the Honeycombs.
Thank you again, dear Belle, for sampling some sounds with Shady. Enjoy the rest of your week and please try to swing by Thursday when Kathleen Mae Schneider will present another chapter of In-Dell-ible Memories! Blessings to you, dear friend!
You know, I think I missed hearing some of these songs because they came out when I was knee-deep in my studies at college. Many all-nighters and preparing for student teaching unfortunately didn't let a whole lot of time for anything else.
Now I can enjoy "You Really Got a Hold on Me" and Steal Your Heart Away" without the distraction of studying for finals or writing lesson plans.
I like Cliff Bennett's voice, and the backup harmony and brass really compliments it. The guitar in "Steal Your Heart Away" almost sounds like a human voice singing in some parts.
I'd almost forgotten what go-go dancers looked like until I watched "I Take What I Want". That was fun!
Thanks for this catch up spotlight on a talent I would have missed otherwise!
Hi, Kathleen! I hope you and your family had an excellent Labor Day weekend.
Thank you for making some time to check out Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers. This was a sax-driven band, an unusual configuration in the UK at the time, and they produced a full bodied sound. I too am impressed with their musicianship along with Cliff's vocals.
I don't remember ever hearing Rebel Rousers' records at the Dell. I came to know the band only a few weeks ago while playing a game of "Six Degrees" on YouTube. It's the method I use to discover many of the artists presented on SDMM. I start out playing videos by an artist I like, then explore the many related artists and videos listed in the right column.
Some people might wonder why it was necessary to have that go-go girl out in front of the Rebel Rousers in that Sam & Dave number. That's how it was done in those days. I still cringe when I recall the jiggling harem surrounding the dignified Rick Nelson in a scene from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. They were definitely an unwelcome distraction and the words "poor taste" come to mind. :)
Thank you very much for coming to the party, Kathleen. I'll be seeing you back here Thursday when you take over as host and present the next installment of your delightful series. Until then, take good care of yourself and Mother, dear friend!
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This week Time magazine rocked it with a YO DECIDO cover. The Latino online world responded positively, given that very little mainstream coverage is being given to the obvious fact that the US Latino demographic is a key swing bloc for the 2012 election.
Our friends at OC Links (whom we love) posted the following story: Magazine Cover Depicts The 'Faces of the Latino Vote'–With a Non-Latino Face. The story got picked up by NBC Latino, New York Magazine and others in the blogosphere.
In the end, one of the images on the cover was that of someone who was half-Asian and half-Caucasian. Here is what Time said:
Over the course of three days TIME photographed 151 people for the current cover. We took steps to ensure that everyone self-identified as Latino, that they are registered voters and that they would be willing to answer our questions. If there was a misunderstanding with one of our subjects, we apologize.
So, TIME screwed up, and realized their error. Good for them for responding quickly. We still love the cover and what it represents. YO DECIDO says it all to us. And we are a Rainbow. Latinos will welcome anyone! Now if Time actually had an Afro-Latino face on the cover, they would totally get it.
Nonetheless, like our Twitter buddy @JesusGonzalez tweeted to us, be careful the next time, TIME.


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Mark Wahlberg claims "intuition" led him to cast Justin Bieber in his forthcoming basketball film – you mean it wasn't the fact that having Justin in the movie guarantees its popularity?
Wahlberg is planning to make a movie with teen heartthrob Justin about his favourite sport, and says it was an immediate and natural choice for them to work together.
Asked why he picked the 'Baby' singer, Mark told MTV: "Intuition. I'm pretty intuitive."
"I see the guy and spent time with him and you see what he does and how he does it, and then you actually have a conversation with him and it's there."
Although 17-year-old Justin has had little previous big screen experience – aside from his documentary film 'Never Say Never' – Mark is confident he can make the project work, adding: "It's there – and if not, I will extract it."
Mark has previously likened the project to 'The Colour of Money', a 1986 film about an old pool player and his young protege, starring Paul Newman and a young Tom Cruise.
He added: "Wait till you see me and Bieber in the flick. Think of, like, 'The Colour of Money."
Mark is hoping the film can go into production in 2012.
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The North American cannabis industry is expected to exceed $20 billion in size by 2020, according to Research and Markets, representing a nearly 30% compound annual growth rate. There are many different opportunities for investors on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border, but few companies offer investors all-in-one exposure to the best segments of both markets, particularly with pure-play exposure to cannabis cultivation and harvesting.
In this article, we will take a look at Maple Leaf Green World Inc. (TSX.V: MGW) (OTCQB: MGWFF) and its presence in three of the largest medical and recreational cannabis markets throughout North America where it has established cultivation operations.


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Through the ClassPass student ticket program, your students can attend select evening and weekend events in Sangamon Auditorium's Performing Arts Series at significantly reduced ticket prices.
Information about 2018-2019 ClassPass events will be posted here soon.
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Call the Sangamon Auditorium Ticket Office at (217) 206-6160 to reserve your estimated number of tickets with no deposit. The best seats available will be reserved for your group. A teacher, administrator, school group sponsor, or faculty advisor must make the reservation and attend with the group. Two weeks before the performance, you must confirm your final number, and payment must be received, or your seats will be released.
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Scientific and Technical Information Exchange: Issues and Findings. Washington DC: National Science Foundation, 1987
Institutional Arrangements for Multidisciplinary Research. Washington DC: National Science Foundation, 1987
"Research Management at the University Department" (with A.W. Walton and L.G. Tornatzky). Science and Technology Studies, 4(3- 4):35-38, 1987
"Cooperative R&D Centers: Government, University, and Industry Roles, Responsibilities, and Results". In J. Dermer (ed.), Competition through Technology. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986
"Small Business Innovation Research Programs: Solutions Seeking Problems". In D. Gray, T. Solomon, and W. Hetzner (eds.), Technological Innovation: Strategies for a New Partner- ship. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986
"University/Industry Cooperative Research Centers" (with L.G. Tornatzky, W.A. Hetzner, A. Schwarzkopf, and R. Colton). Grants Magazine, 1985
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
One Of My Collar Designs is in A Contest--PLEASE VOTE
A while back I submitted one of my collar designs to Blockhead Radio and it has been chosen to be included in this week's Artisan's Challenge. I need everyone possible (any friends you might convince also) to go over to this link and vote for my "Pretty Pink and Lime Princess Dog Collar". Here's the link:
Let the page load and then scroll down to vote--THANK YOU!
5 comments:
- Princess of Everything (and then some) said...
~squeals~ OMG...adorable!!!
I am going over and voting right this minute.
- April 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM
- Ayssa said...
This is one great looking collar! I am amazed at your creativity. In general, I am amazed by the various dog collars coming out in the market today, you have rhinestone studded dog collars, designer dog collars, personalized dog collars! It's a great time to be a fashionable dog!
- April 8, 2009 at 4:17 PM
I've just voted :)
- April 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM
- Craftola said...
I voted for ya!!!! The collar was GORGEOUS!!!!!! :>)
- April 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- Suzanne in TX said...
I'm ahead right now--so thanks so much for voting for my design! Keep your fingers crossed that I make it to the next level!
- April 8, 2009 at 4:52 PM
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Tax FAQ
How are payments made?
- Payments can be received in this office by mail (post marks are accepted)
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- Payments can also be placed in the drop box at the front of the Town Office Building near the entrance of the Town Clerk's Office, the drop box is opened in the morning of each work day.
We accept credit cards, checks, money orders and cash for payments.
Queensbury School Taxes
Collection for School taxes begin on September 1st of each year.
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Many of my friends ask a common question even when they are already using Adobe Photoshop Elements and play very well with Layers, Adjustments, curves and all.
Today one of my friend called me again and said that "I want to upload some of my Photographs on facebook, tell me a good way of resizing all of them with simple steps. Also tell me what size is good for web..."
In response to above, I asked him if she uses Organizer for managing the files? She said no, I am on Mac and it comes with Bridge and tell me if there is something in Editor I can use.
So yes, she had an option in Editor through which she could resize her photographs. Even a lot of other things are possible in one go. Things like Watermarking, Renaming, Auto-Adjustments and file-type changes... All this is possible through "Process Multiple Files" dialog which can be invoked from File Menu.
But remember, you need to keep all the files in one folder for processing...
I will discuss more on same topic for users who manage their media files in Organizer or keep there files on different folders on Hard Drive...
1. Organizer : File >> Export to New File(s)
2. Editor ; File >> Process Mutlitple Files
Check out same space for more detailed information on these with pros and cons associated with different workflows...
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Take Me 2 New York (Two World Firsts under the belt)on June 19, 2014
New York City, USA – It all started with a seemingly innocent request for a holiday to New York, but never in her wildest dreams did Vasti Geldenhuys think it would take 10 765 kilometres of ocean rowing to get her there.
Vasti, a lawyer by trade, has always been the support structure of pioneering explorer, South African Riaan Manser who rose to prominence by completing three unparalleled world firsts; cycling the entire perimeter of the African continent, circumnavigation of Madagascar by single kayak and Iceland with handicapped partner by double kayak.
The couple, who met in Cape Town, South Africa in 1999 put their fourteen year relationship to the ultimate test when they set out to conquer two world firsts at once; Vasti is the first African woman to row across any ocean on the planet and together Riaan and Vasti became the first ever in history to row from mainland Africa to mainland North America. They departed from Agadir Morocco on 30 December 2013. With no support boat, no ablution facilities, no luxury. Just Riaan, Vasti, their combined determination and a seven meter rowing boat with their supplies.
Early in the expedition they were struck by the misfortune of capsizing in seven meter seas and amazingly while rowing more than 1800 kilometers from the nearest land. What was more unfortunate is that their satellite phone antenna had been damaged beyond repair. This meant no internet to obtain essential weather forecasts.
This journey has tested their resolve like no other, mentally and physically. From blistered hands, rowers claw and severed backsides to a case of severe food poisoning from a revengeful Dorado. It has been nothing short of torturous for 133 days out at sea. Despite all of this, Manser's separation from the boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was the closest the pair had come to real life tragedy. Further the 1,5 meters box of living space they had to share, not being big enough when arguments arose and fatigue and emotions boiled over. One thing that brought some sanity was the abundance of sea life, dolphins and 30 foot whales swimming alongside their boat to large sharks that frightfully swim up to their hands while trying to film underwater.
But alas, the end is in sight, they can now almost taste victory and it comes with their arrival in New York City on 20 June 2014. What an amazing feeling it will be rowing up to the Statue of Liberty and into the history books, knowing they have done it, they have completed what critics called impossible.
Don't miss out on this ending to this unparalleled modern day adventure; join us for Riaan and Vasti's arrival and for the chance to hear their tales of perseverance and determination. Like Manser's saying goes: "There's an ocean between saying and doing." In this case, nothing could be more literal.


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About Jo Davies
I believe in Making as a vehicle for expression, for the articulation of thoughts that cannot be expressed through language. I discovered this about clay when I was a teenager and knew that it would become a big part of my life quite quickly. A few years later my training in ceramics took me to Bath School of Art and Design, to do a pure Ceramics degree – where I learnt the craftsmanship required to bring my ideas to fruition through gradual, methodical instruction from many leading practitioners. When I moved on to take my Masters at the Royal College of Art the skills I already had were deepened and stretched in this intensive environment.
Since that time I have worked with private clients, companies and institutions at home and abroad - such as Heals, The National Portrait Gallery, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the National Trust and The Cheongju International Craft Competition in South Korea.
Whilst in recent years I exclusively make my own work at the studio, in the early days I worked with artists like Charlotte Hodes and Gavin Turk, either to produce, or advise on, their ideas using ceramics. This gave me a grounding in working closely with people, teaching me the nature and delicacy of creating bespoke items in the studio - the work, patience and care required.
For the last 10 years I have specialised in wheel-throwing porcelain. Porcelain objects are renowned for their beauty and delicacy but, as a maker, it is an amazing material to work with because of its elastic and fluid feel as a clay. These material qualities lend themselves to methods of making not possible with other clays; whilst its qualities after kiln-firing, such as translucency, allow it to glow in strong light.
All my work is wheel-thrown by me at the studio - the skills needed to work with porcelain in this way are acquired over years so I am the only person able to make my work. From the smallest cup to a large, unique vessel, every wheel-thrown object I make is always an individual item. Each object acts as a reflection of the shape of my hands as well as my intentions as a ceramic designer.
Please see classes taught by Jo Davies at her studio in East London here
"Masterclass with Jo Davies" by Layton Thompson with thanks to Ceramic Review Magazine


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Now for some refashions.... I am so close to my 99 refashion challenge and been furiously sewing away. Here is a big shirt made out of spandex I found and of course I loved the pattern. But seriously how do you wear it? It was a fabulous spandex. And I mean fabulous!
I recently became introduced to Jalie patterns which offer a bunch of workout wear, skating, and dance patterns. I was looking for a pair of hot shorts that I first wanted to make from this top. Boom found this pattern!
Here are my shorts. This is my first time with a double needle and spandex and wow can I say I'm in love? Double needle where have you been all my life?
I looked at the leftover fabric and realized I had just enough to make the sports bra with the same pattern with the criss cross straps in the back. Yes! So here is my matching sports bra! It fits great!
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Anatomist to break with Galen was the Flemish doctor Andreas Vesalius
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī (ابوبكر محمّد زکرياى رازى Abūbakr Mohammad-e Zakariyyā-ye Rāzī, also known by his Latinized name Rhazes or Rasis) (854–925 CE), was a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine. Continue reading
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zalcariya al-Razi was a Muslim physician of note
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Shooting Incident Leaves One Dead and One Injured/
Boston Police detectives are asking for the public's help in finding any individuals who may have information related to the shooting of two men last night on Hamlet Street in Roxbury.On November 7, 2006, at about 9:04 pm, officers from District B2 responded to a radio call for two men shot in front of 11 Hamlet Street. Two male victims were discovered at reported location suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim was pronounced on scene. The second victim was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition. Anyone with information is asked to call Boston Police Homicide Detectives at 617-343-4470. Individuals who wish to provide information and remain anonymous are urged to call the 24-hour toll free CrimeStoppers hotline at 1-800-494-TIPS.


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Ancestry and Family Tree Maker Seminar
Event Information
20 Jul 2014 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Aspley Hornets Football Club, 50 Graham Road, Carseldine
- Brisbane
- Queensland
Other Information
- Cost: $45 QFHS and VicGUM Members and $55 non-members
Ancestry and Family Tree Maker ™ Seminar
Presenter/s: Duff Wilson, John Donaldson and Doug Elms
Robert "Duff Wilson" is the Senior Product Manager Family Tree Maker from Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah. He has over twenty years of software design and development experience. He holds a Master's Degree from Utah State University in Instructional Technology with an emphasis on computer-based instruction and has earned a number of notable awards for his work.
John Donaldson, an alpha tester for Family Tree Maker ™ and Past Secretary of Victoria GUM Inc., an association of family history researchers using computers (www.vicgum.asn.au), and will be joined by Doug Elms, President of Victorian GUM. The seminar will cover the following topics.
- Ancestry and the Community
- The future for Family Tree Maker
- Ins and outs of Family Tree Maker
- Ancestry hints, search, and DNA
- Online Ancestry Member Trees (AFT)
- Q&A session
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