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We've all heard the buzz about capital gains income being taxed at a favorable rate. Prior to 2013, the rate for long-term capital gains maxed out at 15%, which coincides with the overall tax rates that former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and billionaire Warren Buffet pay. They structure (or should I say their accountants structure) their income in such a way that they derive most of it from transactions that result in long-term capital gains, which enables them to pay a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than most Americans pay.
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One of the loopholes to a low-tax scenario is carried interest, which is essentially a commission received by hedge fund managers. Rather than being subject to regular income tax, FICA and Medicare and all other payroll taxes that anyone else on commission must pay, they enjoy taxation at a modest capital gains rate.
Effective for 2013, the long capital gain rate is 20%. Rates of 25% or 28% can also apply to special types of net capital gains. For lower-income individuals for 2012, the rate may be 0% on some or all of the net capital gains.
Short-term capital gains taxes are levied on assets held for less than one year. Sales of these assets are subject to taxes at ordinary income tax rates and they do not get favorable treatment like long term capital gains receive.
The IRS defines a capital asset as "almost everything you own and use for personal or investment purposes. A capital gain or loss occurs when you sell a capital asset." This includes your home, vehicles, art work, stocks and bonds and household furnishings.
If you sell any of your personal belongings, you may be required to pay capital gains taxes on any profit you enjoy. So let's say you bought a recliner chair for $200 then turn around and sold it for $300. You would be required to report the sale on Schedule D of your tax return and pay taxes on the $100 profit. However, if you lost money on the deal, which is usually the case with personal possessions, you would have a capital loss. But guess what? You can't deduct it.
This same rule applies to your personal residence. If you have a profit of more than $250,000 or $500,000 if married filing joint, you have to pay taxes on that profit. With the real estate market on the skids for so many years, no one is worried about profits and taxes on a personal residence. Losses are more the story but those are not deductible.
But if the property is considered investment property, such as stocks and bonds, you are entitled to deduct the loss. On your tax return, you will net capital losses against capital gains and pay taxes on the difference or deduct the difference. For example, if you sold a bar of gold for a gain of $5,000, and some stock for a loss of $9,000, you have a net capital loss of $4,000.
The annual limit on capital losses is $3,000. You will deduct $3,000 this year on your tax return and carry forward the $1,000 remainder to next year's tax return.
This is one reason it is important to take a copy of your prior year income tax return to a new tax professional when getting your taxes prepared. You want to make sure those carry forwards are figured in to your current year tax return. Be sure to point out the carry forwards to the new tax professional.
Use Form 8949 – Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets – to calculate your gains and losses. The subtotals are then carried to Schedule D.


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Hunter Robinson played in one tournament as a sophomore...Shot a 228 and finished tied for 54th at the Sacramento State Invitational as the Gauchos claimed the team title...His low round was a 74 in the second round.
Robinson played in a total of three tournaments for the Gauchos this season…He tied for 26th place at the Big West Championships where he scored a total of 223 and averaged 74.33 per round.
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Hunter Robinson graduated from Coppell High in Coppell, TX...was team MVP during his Junior and Senior year and captained the team his Senior year...finished third with rounds of 69, 75, and 71 in the Southwest Junior Open hosted at The Tribute...top-five finish in the Red Raider Classic in Lubbock, Texas with rounds of 69 and 74.
Hunter David Robinson was born June 9, 1993 in Dallas, Texas to parents David Robinson and Dina Dye...Majoring in economics...favorite courses are Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, and Sandpiper among others...also competed in basketball and track..named to Academic All-State Teams for basketball and golf teams while at Coppell High School...was 7-5A District Champion in the Long Jump his Junior year...awarded the U.S. Army Reserves National Scholar/Athlete Award...favorite sports team is the Dallas Mavericks...favorite novels are 'Wooden' and 'Afternoons with Mr. Hogan'.


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Bling Dental creates a custom tray that fits your teeth and gums as perfectly as a cozy winter tongue mitten. Clients can then apply Icing gel at their leisure in the comfort of their own home. The carbamide peroxide in Icing whitens mouth ivories without the high-intensity lights used in expensive in-office treatments, and its numbing potassium nitrate reduces your teeth's sensitivity to heat, cold, and the presence of poltergeists. Each kit includes enough Icing gel for 12 treatments. Most Icing users notice visible results after a single 60- to 90-minute session and only require touch-ups once a year. Check the FAQ for more details about Bling Dental's Icing whitening treatment.
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RECORDS fall in 27-9 Bisons win
Unforgettable team performance as Buffalo earns sweep
By Brad Bisbing / Buffalo Bisons | April 18, 2013 12:01 PM
On paper, the Bisons have one of the best offenses in the international league. That's exactly where the 2013 Herd wound up on Thursday in Syracuse…on paper…in the record books.
The final tally was 27-9 as Buffalo completed a four-game sweep of the Chiefs from NBT Bank Stadium with a game that will be remembered as one of the most impressive performances in the 128-year history of the club.
The records came fast and furious all afternoon.
Jim Negrych became the first Bisons player since 2010 to hit for the cycle. The Buffalo-native was 4-7 with a walk, capping his cycle with a solo home run in the sixth inning. The day increased his average to .515 -the top mark in all of affiliated baseball. The last Bisons player to hit for the cycle was also a second baseman, Justin Turner on September 6, 2010 in Rochester.
Moises Sierra had six hits and fell a home run away from joining Negrych in the cycle parade. He had two hits in the seventh inning to become just the third Bisons players in 77 years to record six hits in the game. Turner had six with his cycle while Howard "Butch" Myers went 6-6 on June 29, 1936 in Rochester.
The Herd scored 10 runs in that seventh inning Sierra started with a hit. That matched the modern era record as Buffalo also scored 10 in the third inning of a 14-0 win on May 6, 2001 against Richmond. The frame included the second of two home runs from Ryan Langerhans on the day and then a three-run blast for Luis Jimenez.
Not to be overshadowed, Jimenez drove home eight runs, the most in a game since Dusty Wathan drove home nine with his three-homer game on June 5, 2005 in Toledo. He went 5-7 at the plate and was one of four Bisons batters to score at least four runs. Sierra and Langerhans scored five times, matching Brett Abernathy's (June 19, 2004 vs. Indianapolis) modern era record.
And scoring is just what the Herd did…A LOT. Five runs in the first and fourth innings. A three-run rally preceded the record-matching 10- run seventh. With four more runs in the ninth frame, Buffalo set modern era records for 27 runs on 29 hits. The run total bested a 25-13 victory for the Herd on April 29, 2004 in Rochester and the 26-hit output from the club on April 18, 1985 in Indianapolis. The 18 runs was Buffalo's largest margin of victory in the modern era, two runs better than a 17-1 win over Toledo on July 17 of last year.
The International League reports that the 27 runs on 29 hits are both records in the circuit over the last 40 years. The Bisons greatest win in 128 years of the team was a 33-6 win over Providence on July 26, 1902.
Joining Negrych, Sierra and Jimenez with big days was Josh Thole, who went 4-6 with four RBI. Langerhans was 3-6 with six RBI. The Bisons had 13 extra-base hits, including their first five-homer game since June 28, 2010 at Charlotte.
Buffalo is now 8-4 on the season and will look to take all the offense to Lehigh Valley tomorrow for the start of a four-game set against the IronPigs.
BISONS NOTES: The Bisons completed their first four-game sweep on the road since winning four straight in Pawtucket, August 16-19, 2004…The 36 combined runs are the second-most in the modern era behind a 25-13 victory over Rochester on April 30, 2004…After the 29 hits, Buffalo is now hitting .333 as a team…Bobby Korecky improved to 2-0 with three innings of two-run relief.
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By Matthew Heimer
Lexus took top honors among auto brands in J.D. Power and Associates' annual long-term dependability survey, the marketing firm reported in a news release this week.
J.D. Power measures dependability by tallying the number of problems experienced in the previous 12 months by owners of three-year-old vehicles (so this year's survey covers the 2010 model year). This year's survey included about 37,000 car owners. J.D. Power says that consumers who experience fewer problems tend to have greater brand loyalty; automakers generally pounce on positive scores for marketing purposes.
Lexus owners reported 71 problems per 100 vehicles, the lowest score in the group. Rounding out the top 5 were Porsche, Lincoln, Toyota and Mercedes-Benz. The industry average was 126 problems per 100 vehicles, which J.D. Power said was a 5% improvement from the previous model year. At the bottom of the scale were Mitsubishi, Dodge and Land Rover, with the latter registering 220 problems per 100 vehicles.
Top-ranked 2010 models in luxury categories included Lexus's ES 350 ("Entry Premium Car") and RX ("Midsize Premium Crossover SUV"), as well as the Audi A6 ("Midsize Premium Car") and Acura RDX ("Entry Premium Crossover SUV").


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Carrie Underwood Duet With Aerosmith Confirmed
Remember the rumor that former 'American Idol' winner Carrie Underwood was recording a duet with now-former 'American Idol' judge Steven Tyler? Well it's not a rumor anymore, folks. The music director at a Boston radio station confirmed the good news that the duet will indeed appear on Aerosmith's new album 'Music From Another Dimension,' which drops in November.
"The surprise track was a duet — and he recorded the duet with Carrie Underwood," Mike Mullaney of Mix 104.1 said about the song (via The Boot.) "People should think back to the one that Bon Jovi did with Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland — that kind of vibe." Mullaney is referring to 'Who Says You Can't Go Home,' the Jovi/Nettles pairing.
Mullaney got the scoop from the horse's mouth, explaining that the decision to include the Underwood-assisted track on the album was a methodical one, meant to open up the rock band's fanbase to a whole other audience. "Obviously he's fresh off 'Idol' and he knows the power of Carrie Underwood. At first, the rest of the band didn't want to put it on there but their label convinced them, 'Guys, this will get you airplay in red states.' So that was that."
Clearly, Aerosmith sees Carrie as a conduit to expanding their fanbase. It's a smart strategy, since the singer's massive popularity as a country artist will help broaden their appeal.
Underwood and Tyler have a rich history, so this duet comes as no surprise. The pair performed together at the 2011 ACM Awards and then did the Crossroads special around the Super Bowl earlier this year.
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A sign of late binding's potent appeal is that Health Catalyst, a data warehousing firm that uses this approach, has just raised $8 million in venture capital funding from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and CHV Capital, which is associated with Indiana University Health. A Salt Lake City firm founded by former Intermountain executives, Health Catalyst also received $33 million in December from Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Sorenson Capital.
In the wider world of information technology, late binding goes back to the 1980s. But in health care, most data warehousing still uses the early binding approach, in which data is mapped to standard vocabularies and is bound to business rules at the outset. One problem with this model, say proponents of late binding, is that business rules change and vary from one organization to another. Also, it takes time and effort to bind data that might never be needed for any analytic use case.
[ Hospitals are warming up to data analysis. Read Pittsburgh Healthcare System Invests $100M In Big Data. ]
Providence Health & Services, a 32-hospital, five-state organization based in Seattle, has tried warehousing data both ways. Dick Gibson, chief healthcare intelligence officer for the system, told InformationWeek Healthcare that, when his team began building a data warehouse in 2011, it was intended only for Providence's Oregon operations. Then, early in 2012, it became a system-wide project.
That posed severe challenges to the early binding model that Providence started with. Although the majority of the system's hospitals and clinics were using Epic, there were other clinical systems involved, as well as 10 different costing systems, noted Gibson. "When you jump that quickly from a state-based to a system-based initiative, you have to adapt to those 10 different costing systems. And if you have an early-binding model, your model has been disrupted. So the advantage of a late-binding model is it's more flexible."
Taking the level of complexity up another notch, Swedish Health Services, another Seattle-area healthcare system, formed an affiliation with Providence in 2012. "Swedish has a whole other electronic health record and a different materials management system and a separate costing system," Gibson pointed out. "Now people say, 'I want you to produce reports for both Providence and Swedish.' If you did early binding, you'd have to go back and rebuild your model, and to some degree, redo the work. With the late binding model, you only have to start reconnecting data points that go across both facilities at the same time. Late binding allows you to connect only those separate sources that need to be there to answer the question. So it allows you to be faster and more flexible."
Providence had already brought in Health Catalyst in February 2012 to build certain elements of its data warehouse. By October, Gibson said, it was clear that the early binding approach wasn't going to work, so Providence decided to switch over to late binding for its entire data warehouse.
In November, the IS department delivered its first product to clinical end users: a data mart designed specifically to help clinicians figure out how to lower the organization's C-section rate. That data mart came with a dedicated dashboard that made it easy for users to get answers to their questions. The next product showed all surgical encounters in Providence facilities, allowing users to look up cases based on procedures, DRGs, surgeons or location. This year, Gibson and his team will tackle other major areas such as financial systems and materials management.
Gibson emphasized that the late binding approach requires a decentralized approach to report generation. For this to succeed, clinicians must work directly with analytics experts who are skilled in a number of different areas. Training these folks can be a challenge, he admitted, but clinicians love the end result, "because they don't face handoffs to the IT team, as is typical in an early binding model."
Health Catalyst says that about 80 hospitals, including Epic and Cerner customers, are already using its product. Besides Providence, they include Allina Health, Indiana University Health, MultiCare Health System, North Memorial Health Care, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and Texas Children's Hospital. Intermountain is not a client, but uses the same principles in its data warehouse, said Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton in an interview.
Burton said that Health Catalyst is in discussions with Kaiser Permanente about using its services. Although the investment by Kaiser's venture capital arm doesn't guarantee anything, he added, "We're optimistic that we'll be establishing a commercial relationship with them."
New delivery models such as accountable care organizations have created incentives for healthcare providers to invest in analytics and data warehouses, a recent IDC Health Insights survey found. Because only about 30% of providers currently have data warehouses, Health Analytics expects the market to expand rapidly, Burton said. "Every health system in the U.S. must put in a data warehouse if they're serious about population health management," he said.
As large healthcare providers test the limits, many smaller groups question the value. Also in the new, all-digital Big Data Analytics issue of InformationWeek Healthcare: Ask these six questions about natural language processing before you buy. (Free with registration.)


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The North Vancouver Shipyards Night Market returns for another year at the bottom of Lonsdale, just a 15-minute SeaBus ride away from downtown Vancouver.
The night market features over 15 food trucks, live music, almost 100 vendors and a beer garden.
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Jackie Chan Films Amazing Fight Scene On Top Of Opera House
Chinese superstar Jackie Chan is in Sydney filming his latest action picture Bleeding Steel and yesterday he filmed an incredible fight scene on the top of the Opera House.
Chan and his female co-star staged a mock fight on the very top of one of the famous sails as helicopters and camera crews from various locations filmed all the action.
7 News at 6pm: Jackie Chan on top of the Sydney Opera House filming for his movie 'Bleeding Steel.' #7Newshttps://t.co/uMgSgciC14— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) August 10, 2016
His new film is the biggest Chinese production to be filmed in Australia and will feature Chan playing a special agent who battles the baddies and a giant conspiracy when a young woman appears as a witness in a court case.
It's believed the stunt will feature in the opening scenes of the film which is expected to hit the big screen later next year.


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Hi everyone! This will be like my journal, I'll be posting any manga/anime I'm currently into, video games I'm playing, or random tidbits of my life. Hope you enjoy reading!
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I should not be allowed to shop ever again...
Someone take my wallet away from me. I was saving up money for a bunch of games, and ended up blowing most of it yesterday on nostalgia buys. Namely:
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Final Fantasy I & II for PSP
Final Fantasy III
skipped right over FFIV because I've played that enough.....
Final Fantasy V Advance
Final Fantasy VI Advance
...also I preordered Pokemon X. Are you happy now, Nintendo and Square Enix?
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The eleventh hour: the spiritual crisis of the modern world in the light of tradition and prophecy
Quinta Essentia, 1987 - History - 124 pages
Martin Lings gives us from the outset powerful reasons for believing that we have now reached a point in time from which "the end" -- whatever that may mean -- is already in sight without being immediately imminent. In other words, we are now at an hour which is neither the tenth nor the twelfth. He argues that what Judaism, Christianity and Islam call "the end of the world" can be understood in the same non-absolute way. The concept of the Millenium, which is clearly the equivalent of the new Golden Age of the next cycle of time, is to be found in all three monotheistic religions, bringing them into line, in this respect, with Hinduism, Greco-Roman antiquity, and Buddhism.
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"The continued hunt for the IT stars of the future – Atos announces shortlist for global 2nd IT Challenge on Connected Car "
Paris, 26 February 2013
15 shortlisted teams from universities across the world will be judged by panel with Renault and Atos
Atos, an international IT services company and Worldwide IT Partner for the International Olympic Committee, today announced the shortlist for its 2nd edition of the IT Challenge. This year's competition is led with car manufacturer Renault and is looking for the IT talents of the future from more than 20 universities worldwide. 15 shortlisted teams from universities across the world are to create an app that offers drivers and passengers wellbeing on the move.
55 entries from 20 universities across the world have been received since the competition opened in November and the quality of submissions is impressive. 15 shortlisted teams comprised of 55 students have been selected by a judging panel including representatives from Renault and the Atos Scientific Community – a global network of around 90 of the best business technologists within Atos. Carvolutionaries, from India, is the 15th shortlisted team and it was selected by receiving the most votes on Facebook(over 1100).
Connected Car– create an app that offers drivers and passengers wellbeing on the move
Atos believes the IT Challenge will foster and encourage innovation within the future generation of IT professionals, and has hosted the annual competition for the first time in 2012. This year's theme of Atos IT Challenge is 'Connected Car'. In teams of up to five students, participants were tasked with demonstrating their app and to show how it will work in the car environment, for example, taking into account the speed of travel, as well as present the business case to explain how it can be a commercial success.
The shortlisted entries are:
|Name of Team Segmentation Fault
|FH Hagenberg
|Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
|Universidad de Deusto
|University of Twente
|University of Twente
|FH Hagenberg
|Human Beans
|Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
|Supélec Paris
|Meike and Mart
|University of Twente
|Networked Vehicles
|University College London
|Northern Kentucky University
|The Tourists
|FH Hagenberg
|Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University - most votes on Facebook and compliant with the rules
On the selection of the shortlist, Gilles Grapinet, Senior Executive Vice President, Global Functions at Atos, said; "As business technologists who power progress, we are excited to see how these shortlisted students have brought their knowledge and creativity into Connected Cars applications that are both innovative and commercially viable. Last year's outcome proved to be a success and we believe this competition is a fantastic learning experience for the students, the universities and ourselves. We firmly believe the IT Challenge will give students of today a chance to write the technology story of tomorrow."
One Atos Challenge Coach from the Atos Scientific Community will be assigned to each shortlisted team to help them to take the idea through to a fully functional proof of concept. The Challenge Coach will provide help with technical and business insights, as well as advice to improve their all-important presentation skills necessary for business in the technology world.
The three finalists will be announced in May 2013, and the overall winner at an awards ceremony in June 2013. Finalist prize winners will be awarded an Atos Diploma demonstrating outstanding achievement and the chance to apply for highly sought after internships at Atos. Each member of the overall winning team will also win a trip of a lifetime to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. The prestigious prize will include return flights, accommodation, tickets to Olympic events, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour including a visit to the Technology Operations Centre, and meetings with Atos executives.
Each year Atos recruits around 7000 engineers globally. The IT Challenge forms part of Atos Wellbeing@work initiative and supports its objective to encourage and develop talent.
About Atos
Atos is an international information technology services company with annual 2012 revenue of EUR 8.8 billion and 76,400 employees in 47 countries. Serving a global client base, it delivers hi-tech transactional services, consulting and technology services, systems integration and managed services. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, it works with clients across the following market sectors: Manufacturing, Retail, Services; Public sector, Healthcare & Transport; Financial Services; Telecoms, Media & Technology; Energy & Utilities. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. It is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting & Technology Services, Atos Worldline and Atos Worldgrid.
More information about the contest (rules, prizes, partner universities, the Coaches & the Jury, Atos and Connected Cars ) see www.atositchallenge.net.
Individual prizes:
The Jury will select 1 winner and 2 finalists:
1st Prize- Gold Medal:
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- Experience at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games for the winning team and University Sponsor (including return flights, tickets for some events, accommodation and "behind the scenes tours" (visit to Technology Operations Centre, presentations and meetings with Atos and IOC top executives)
- E-tablet
2nd Prize – Silver Medal:
- Diploma
- E- tablet
3rd Prize – Bronze Medal:
- Diploma
- E- tablet
Prizes for all participants:
All participants in the IT Challenge will also receive a set of gifts to thank them for their participation in the contest and will be invited to apply for an internship to work as part of the Atos team.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Ooh La La Design Studio's First Ever Contest With, TDAC
Hey Beautiful People!
Are you hungry?? Well then you've stopped at
the right blog. Welcome to Ooh La La Design Studio's
first EVER, contest! It's painfully simply folks. I would
really love to know what are your favorite comfort foods?
Is it chicken pot pie, or mac and cheese? Maybe beef
stew or quiche? How about Shrimp and grits?
Or maybe Ho Ho's or a Funny Bone?
Whatever it is just share it in a comment left here.
You have the chance to win a lovely cook book from,
"They Draw and Cook" which I am featured in, as well
as a limited addition print of The Little Chef Girl".
I love "They Draw and Cook" it's a fabulous website that
has helped me embrace the foodie inside me. Over 100
illustrators share their love of art and food in this wonderful
book. So please join me and I will randomly select the
winner from a bowl and post it on Dec 5th,2011.
"They Draw and Cook" is also available at Amazon.com
Wishing you all cheesy goodness all month
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- theartofpuro said...
What a lovely chef girl:)
I'm italian and I should say my preferred dish is pasta or pizza but one of the things I love the most is : gratin potatoes with a lot of pieces of baked ham and a LOT of mozzarella:)
- November 12, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- Michaele Razi said...
My biggest loves--art and food! Lovely illo, as usual, my friend!
- November 12, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Ces said...
OOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!! These are mine MINE MINE!!! YES I AM HUNGRY because I can't eat. Because I had surgery in my mouth. I am so hungry right now I could eat these books or my computer!!! WHOOHOOOOOO!!! Congratulations Vee for being featured. You are soooo coooool. I LOVE YOU!!! TSUP!
- November 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM
- Ben Clanton said...
home made mac and cheese for me. Just makes me feel good! The book looks like lots of fun! really like the chef girl illo, so crossing my fingers. Cheers!
- November 12, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Bella Sinclair said...
That is me both squealing AND opening my mouth wide for some foodie love! I just KNEW you'd make it in this book! Yeeeeeheeeeeheeeeeee!!! So exciting!!!! You are so awesome! If I don't win, I'll have to turn to my comfort food -- a big ol' slice of layer cake. YUMMMM!
XOXOX Hope you are having a marvelous weekend, beautiful!
- November 12, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Ces said...
Ooh! My favorite comfort food right now is Peach Ice Cream!!!
- November 12, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- salli s. swindell said...
of course I can't win cuz that would be silly + weird but i'm swinging by to say you are fabulously fantastic for hosting this "first ever" contest!! WE are 200% honored to have your wonderful energy + cooking in the book. hugsss
- November 12, 2011 at 10:15 PM
- Heather said...
mac and cheese and mashed potatoes! total comfort!!! Adorable illustration! she looks like my daughter!
- November 12, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Redheaded Stepchild said...
I love it, Vanessa! My comfort foods are pasta, pizza, chocolate, and ice cream!
- November 12, 2011 at 11:42 PM
- Trauma F Newell said...
Hi Vanessa, I'm happy to be a part of your contest. I love your Chef girl, My comfort food would be fresh baked breads (any kind) with butter, I love thin slices of cheese on wheat crackers, also pasta and a hot cup of herbal tea. This food comforts my soul! Big Hugs!!!
- November 12, 2011 at 11:56 PM
- Janay said...
Fun contest! My comfort food would be bean and cheese enchiladas. I love your illustrations!
- November 13, 2011 at 12:20 AM
- Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli said...
My favorite comfort food is macaroni and homemade tomato juice with grated old cheddar cheese on top.
- November 13, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
Okay Delicious people!! You guys have my mouth watering all over my computer!!! MY GOODNESS with all these delightful crabs all of us are going to fall into a deep sleep and wake up with super fat thighs!! he he he he he! Seriously you guys are the best!
- November 13, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- Jill said...
Meatless meatloaf and mashed potatoes with gravy!
- November 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- Kimmarie said...
Ack! After reading everyone else's comments I'm afraid to admit it but my fav comfort food from childhood is Chef Boyardee Ravioli. My mum was not a cook ; ) she was a heater upper.
- November 13, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- jane said...
Love your Art! My favorite comfort food is defintely a piece of homemade bread with my homemade plum jam and a cup of good coffee! I think I'll have a cup right now!
Cheers. Jane Smith
- November 13, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Ailbhe said...
Oh my comfort dish is Dublin Coddle (see here http://simplysplendiferous.com/2011/06/dublin-coddle-a-dish-for-all-seasons.html) or a poached egg on top of Colcannon (another traditional irish potato dish). Can you guess where I'm from?
: )
- November 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- k.h.whitaker said...
Hmmmm, so hard, my current favorite is Indian Butter Chicken over raw spinach, yummmmmmm and avacado's blended with cocoa and dates, it's like a decadent super creamy pudding that's food for the brain ;) Now I have to go and make some!
- November 13, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- ucuspucus said...
My-oh-my! My comfort food is macaroni with broccoli, yellow cheese, spicy tuna and garlic. Smelly but sooo yummmy :P
- November 13, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Antoana said...
What a lovely illo of a little chef girl! :D
My fave food is my grandma's fuzi with chicken stew and rhubarb pie with cream :D
- November 13, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Marika said...
Pot roast with mashed potatoes and gravy. Yum
- November 13, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- se7en said...
I love this book so much and followed a tweet to discover you... loving your art while I am lingering!!! My favorite comfort food has to be custard... warm custard and baked apples, warm custard on ice-cream... just custard!!! Love it!!!
- November 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Ces said...
Vanessa, I wish I can cook pansit for you. Maybe someday when I return to South Carolina, I will make a batch and gather my family and we wil drive to Charlotte and we can all meet. I dream about that sometimes.
- November 13, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Linda said...
Chocolate! Why hasn't anyone mentioned chocolate? That has been my life-long comfort food. Just the chocolate--not in a recipe. Plain, dark chocolate. Yum....
Ok, since it's the season, I love cooking with pumpkin. Pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin bread from TDAC, of course. I'd LOVE to have the book. Hint. Hint. :D
I use the leftover pureed pumpkin in other things--like pasta even.
- November 13, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- danuta said...
attractive proposition - hmmmmm I'm already like a cat licking its chops. My favorite dish, winter and summer, day and night is commonplace pasta dish - pasta but deliciously seasoned and scientifically fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, a few sprigs of parsley - pasta al dente , of course - friendly Vanessa mniaaaaaam
P.S. and now I will prefer that lire other bloggers .... mraouuuu
- November 13, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- danuta said...
theartofpuro - :)))))) deceive the infidel Italian pasta dish !!!!! against the potato ahhhhhhhh
Michelle Razi:)) too easy not even a sandwich
Cess - then! it fills - I wish you a speedy recovery and welcome back the tasters
Ben Clanton - disease like this MD we will treat with new book :)))))))) double dedication he had for you and you should win this contest, good luck
- November 13, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- Nina Seven said...
comfort food, huh? I'm going to have to go with mashed potatos and gravy and then a slice of pumpkin pie. Guess I've got Thanksgiving on my mind!
- November 13, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Z-Kids said...
Congrats on your featured art! Woohoo! We're big time popcorn people in our house. Thanks for the contest :)
zenzart at hotmail dot com
- November 13, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Shell said...
Chocolate!!!!!!!!!!!! My go to comfort food.
- November 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM
- Stacie D said...
If I can't my hands on a bowl of my dad's Jook ( Chinese rice porridge), then it would have to be won ton soup. I guess it's all about the soup for me.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- Ana said...
I love desserts, anything with chocolate...I'm a Chocoholic :)
I like vegetarian pizza or ravioli or lasagna...this comment is making me hungry XD
Your little chef is very cute ♥
- November 13, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- Antoana said...
Well Thank you Miss Vanessa :D
For stopping by at my Secret Corner and your lovely words...it means a lot.I haven't seen ur recipe before over at TDAC but had a look and it's awesome!!!I love it! :D Ur colours are amazing too...
- November 14, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- Cassandra said...
oooh im pregnant so food is constantly on my mind at the moment haha!! what a great contest! My favourite comfort food would have to be a chunky veggie soup in the middle of a cold stormy day!! The first food that came to mind was chocolate but I don't think of that as a comfort food anymore but more of a necessity!!! :) Great to stop by your blog again it always makes me smile!!
- November 14, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Lisa Graves said...
Vanessa! I absolutely love your work and especially love your red rice recipe in the TDAC book! Bravo!
- November 14, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Eric Barclay said...
Love the chef girl!
- November 14, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Eric Barclay said...
Oh... and homemade corny dogs without the stick
- November 14, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Minnie said...
This may sound crazy to some but my comfort foods are grits with over easy eggs mixed in so the yolks turn them yellow with a little salt and pepper or a big bowl of oatmeal with hot buttered toast mmmmm heaven:-) Congratulations for being featured good job.
- November 14, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Meridth Gimbel said...
Oh goodness. A book about food with your illustrations? How heavenly!! My favorite comfort food probably would be mashed potatoes or any form of potatoey goodness.
Anyway, you = amazing as usual.
- November 14, 2011 at 11:14 PM
- Laura said...
Hey Vanessa - loved your illo for this book and as always you are such an inspiration. My favorite comfort food most of the time? Definitely potato-based, ie. fried, mashed, hashed, or poutined (yum!)
HOWEVER...at this time of year, I have to say that TDAC for me stands for: This Diva Adores Cookies! You know what I'm talking about: holiday-homemade-been-in-the-family-forever recipes, melt in your mouth goodness (no calorie counting allowed) and "why didn't I make more!" cookies....my alltime fave: "thimble" cookies (aka Santa's Thumbprints) You can find my recipe here, enjoy!
- November 15, 2011 at 1:56 AM
- yoborobo said...
Oh, I am ALL about comfort food. The problem I am having is picking just one. I'll pick the one that popped into my head first: mashed potatoes. lol! SOOOO dietetic. LOVE the book and adore the print! I am going to keep my tater-covered fingers crossed! xox Pam
- November 15, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Indigene said...
So, the purty artist can cook, too? Nessa, you can do everything!!! Good Lord, I'm sitting on the floor, crying because you gots all the blessings from above! LOL!!
Hmmm...I'd have to say I love fish and grits or shrimp and grits! But, I'm an island girl, too, so beans and yellow rice, too! :)
Okay, back to ravaging the fridge now! Can you pay for me to join Jenny Craig, too?! :)
- November 15, 2011 at 9:58 PM
The book looks enticing !
My favorite dish is a roast chicken with potatoes around, all cooked together in the oven. Not exactly diet food, but so delicious!
- November 16, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- Roberta Baird said...
I love a grilled cheese sandwich, with the toast thick and buttery and the cheese, sharp and tangy. Now cut it in half and dip that in some thick tomato basil soup, and as you take a bite, a tiny bit of the soup and cheese drip lusciously down your chin. Yum!!!
Hungry yet?
- November 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Ann Pilicer said...
Ohhh a COLD Ring ding! hee hee chocolate goodness with cream! and a BIG Mountain size Cup of Joe! Yum!
Okay that is it! oh and maybe about 1000 cookies. Always have room for Oreos and Big glass of milk to dunk it into. AH!!!!
Yay me I'll just slap it all on my thighs. hee hee. Well you asked! :D Congrats to you! you are a beautiful person and it shows in all you do! Great idea for your site. Best of luck always! :D
- November 16, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Monika Roe Illustration said...
Meatloaf! Tastes even better when mom makes it!
- November 16, 2011 at 1:55 PM
- Carin Bramsen said...
Love that chef!! To name a tiny fraction of my favorite comfort foods: banana fritters, falafel sandwiches, shepherd's pie, just about any Ethiopian dish, grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup, all things potato, Szechuan orange chicken... And I'll have all of your illustrations for dessert. :)
- November 16, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Bobbie Dacus said...
Love your chef girl, Vanessa! My fave comfort food is homemade vanilla ice cream, Rice a Roni weird, huh?) Pecan cluster Blizzard, chicken pot pie, and fried corn (the way my Mamaw used to make it)!
- November 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM
- Christy said...
My comfort food is Odd but it is Tuna Casserole and Blueberry muffins. Can't explain why but I can't eat one without the other.
- November 16, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Tali said...
it is absolutely my mum's chicken soup. Oh yes, it just makes everything allright! It was a miracle when I cooked it first for myself :)
- November 17, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Lisa said...
Thanks for sharing your lovely work via this blog! It's cold & rainy here today, so the comfort food that leaps to mind is matzah ball soup!
- November 17, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Shirley said...
Hi Nester!! How awesome is your sweet chef girl..and you are SO right. TDAC has been an amazing site and Nate and Salli are two fabulous and generous people. Congratulations on being in the book..your recipe is awesome!! I also wanted to say Happy belated Birthday to Zoe..yay for the 11 year olds! I wish her a super year ahead. Hope you and yours have been well - we are back from an amazing holiday and it just really did a lot for me. : ) Big hugs!
- November 17, 2011 at 11:22 PM
- Lisa M Griffin said...
Yummy! Chicken pot pie is def. on the list or a hearty beef stew. But my true go to comfort food would have to be....
- November 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- rachel awes said...
my favorite comfort food
1 heaping tablespoon of hugs
2 teaspoons of love letters
1/2 cup of solitude
dash of lullaby
& top with
from angels
***love 2u***
- November 19, 2011 at 6:36 AM
- Kstyles said...
How cool! Art, food, and fashion are passions of mine!!! My favorite comfort food is gumbo!!!!! Yum-yum!!!
- November 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Kay Aker said...
Looks scrumptious!
- November 24, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- gwendoulash said...
A long time ago how I did not pass by here but it is always marvellous job!
Thank you for that
- November 25, 2011 at 4:11 AM
- Tomás Serrano said...
My favorite comfort food: croquetas. Maybe you don't know about it, but is an easy dish: boiled egg in pieces into béchamel sauce, rolled in egg and breadcrumbs... Hmmmmmmm
A big hug, Vanessa.
- November 26, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Nita Jo said...
I have so many! My grandma's Spanish Goulash (made with Mac & Cheese), Cornbread, Gooseberry Pie, Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes, Homemade Bread and Jam, and those Corndogs covered with Mustard that you get at the fair! I'm getting so hungry just thinking about all my favorites. I'd better stop now!
- November 26, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- nicolakillen said...
I would love to be included in your first ever contest:) My favourite comfort food of all time is egg mayonnaise sandwiches, maybe with some chips on the side (the name we Brits use for fries)!
- November 27, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- nicolakillen said...
Hello again:) Thanks for dropping by my blog - I hope you enjoy the egg sandwiches when you try them. They're really good with lots of black pepper in the mayonnaise!
- November 28, 2011 at 4:52 AM
- keen said...
I love checking out your site. Your illustrations inspire me. And I have to throw my hand into your random drawing, because that book looks really fun. One of my favorites...toasted everything bagels.
- December 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Kay Aker said...
Wah!!! I missed out! What a snazzy chef!
- December 21, 2011 at 11:03 AM


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England v Australia, Twickenham, November 17
Wallabies make four changes for England clash
ESPN Staff
November 15, 2012
Berrick Barnes returns to the Wallabies' line-up for Saturday's showdown with England at Twickenham © Getty Images
Australia have made four changes for the clash with England at Twickenham on Saturday.
Fullback Berrick Barnes and winger Digby Ioane return to the Wallabies' backline, in the places of Mike Harris and Pat McCabe, while second rower Sitaleki Timani and tight-head prop Ben Alexander also get the nod, taking over from Kane Douglas and Sekope Kepu respectively. After starting last weekend's heavy defeat against France, Harris and Kepu have been named among the replacements.
Injury has once again played a hand in the selection, with McCabe (neck), Douglas (knee) and flanker David Pocock (calf strain) all ruled out of the equation due to fitness concerns. Pocock, who captained the Wallabies through the June internationals and the opening game of the inaugural Rugby Championship, had his expected return from a knee injury delayed by a tight calf. Douglas suffered damage to a knee ligament during last week's Test against France, while McCabe was ruled out by neck soreness, having experienced stiffness through the recovery period since the Test in Paris.
Barnes made his return from a two-game injury spell off the bench at the Stade de France but Ioane hasn't figured since scoring in Australia's 25-19 win over Argentina at Rosario which locked up a second-placed finish in the Rugby Championship. The powerful winger has been sidelined from the two matches since by a knee injury, resuming full contact training last week in Paris.
Alexander also hasn't featured since that clash with the Pumas due to a wrist problem, while Timani was forced off after 21 minutes of Australia's 18-18 draw with New Zealand at Brisbane last month due to tightness in his lower back.
Coach Robbie Deans revealed that no one within the playing group was shying away from the disappointment of their defeat at the hands of France but he insisted that his side were not getting bogged down by the baggage of that performance either. "The key focus has been to take the meaning from it, and put that learning into practice for this week, both through our preparation and then onto the game itself," Deans said..
"There aren't too many challenges in Test rugby that are greater than playing England at Twickenham. We are playing an England side that has been building up under its new leadership, and will see Saturday as the chance to lay down a marker for the future. They will be excited by the opportunities they saw out of our performance last weekend.
"But it goes both ways. Saturday is a significant opportunity for us as a group as well. It's going to be a great occasion, and one that the whole group is looking forward to."
Australia: Berrick Barnes; Digby Ioane, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Ben Tapuai, Nick Cummins; Kurtley Beale, Nick Phipps, Benn Robinson, Tatafu Polota Nau, Ben Alexander, Sitaleki Timani, Nathan Sharpe (capt), Dave Dennis, Michael Hooper, Wycliff Palu.
Replacements: Stephen Moore, James Slipper, Sekope Kepu, Radike Samo, Liam Gill, Brett Sheehan, Mike Harris, Drew Mitchell
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Hurricane season is an old and familiar threat for many residents living along the southeastern coast of the U.S. Hurricane Matthew, which made landfall in the U.S. Oct. 8, left an estimated $6 billion worth of property damage in its wake across five states (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia).
Unfortunately, many insurance policies require homeowners to purchase supplemental policies for specific coverage for natural disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Homeowners in Matthew's path will need to act quickly to file damage claims with their insurance companies.
Here are some tips to get started:
- Report any crimes to the police. If your home has been burglarized or vandalized, you should report that to the police first. File a police report and make sure to write down the names of all of the officers that you speak with. Your insurance company will ask for those police records.
- Contact your insurance agent. Next on your list should be contacting your insurance agent to get any damage and/or loss claims started. Contact the insurer as soon as possible. Insurance companies typically put limits on the time homeowners have to file claims, which vary by state. Ask the insurance agent if your coverage includes hurricane insurance. Disaster policies often have deductibles, so be sure to ask your agent if you will have to meet a deductible before your coverage kicks in. Lastly, ask for a timeline for your claim, so you know when to expect it to be completed.
- Gather all necessary paperwork. Take this time to ask your insurance company what documents you'll need to report damage or loss. They may ask for repair estimates or evidence of structural damage.
- Make temporary repairs. Insurance claims can take weeks or even months to process. Don't wait that long to make repairs to your home that could pose a safety risk to your family. Keep all of your receipts so that you can be potentially reimbursed down the road.
- Beware of contractor scams. Sadly, natural disasters can be a prime breeding ground for contractor scams. Be wary of anyone who charges a fee to help you complete disaster assistance forms like those offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Those are provided for free from both FEMA and the American Red Cross. Also, don't agree to a random inspection by someone posing as a federal emergency response agent. Check their credentials first and ask for a phone number to verify that they are with an authorized agency. Some scam artists have been known to charge unwitting homeowners fees to enter them into federal "grant programs" that purport to help hurricane victims. Legitimate grant programs do not require upfront fees.
- Relocating? Keep your receipts. If your home has been rendered uninhabitable, and you are forced to relocate, keep track of those moving expenses as well. Some insurance policies will cover you for the "loss of use" of your home.
- Take inventory of damaged or lost items. Make a list of damages, and check it twice. You'll need it to prove any losses that you claim. Take pictures or video of the damage, and don't throw anything away yet. Make note of all of the damages you'll need the adjuster to see. If an item is not properly recorded, you could lose its value in the claim. While you're at it, get your electrical system checked. It may cost you upfront, but it's worth checking, and most insurance companies will reimburse you for the inspection. Pull together your inventory and bundle it with any copies of receipts you can find for your damaged items to give to the adjuster when they arrive. Turn it over with any repair estimates that you've gotten from licensed contractors, as it could help speed up the process.
- Make an appointment with the claims adjuster.
More than likely, your insurance company will also send an adjuster to check out your home, verify your claims, and tell you how much the damage is worth. They should connect with you soon after you contact the insurance company to arrange a time to come to assess the damages. When they connect with you, make sure you have any necessary paperwork ready to go, and you will be all set to finish your claim.
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St. Patrick's Day has a political tradition in Chicago, and the annual downtown parade is a hot spot for politicians seeking votes.
But Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a staunch backer of hometown President Barack Obama, declined to talk politics at the parade today.
When asked about primary endorsements he had made, Emanuel said only, "We'll do politics later," and walked away. When asked moments later about his thoughts on the Republican presidential candidates campaigning in the state, Emanuel ignored the question and turned away to shake hands with a young boy.
While the mayor snapped plenty of pictures with green-clad Chicagoans, his only political talk of the day was focused on relations with Ireland. The mayor marched in the parade alongside Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, known as the Taioseach in Ireland.
"I'm feeling very Irish," Emanuel said. "I've now spent two great days with the Taioseach. We had a great morning, talking about the challenges they're having to invest in their future, very similar to the challenges we have and the opportunities those challenges provide to invest in the people, to invest in their education and in technology to modernize Ireland."
Kenny delivered a speech at the parade's main stage, aimed to instill confidence in his country, which has suffered some hardships in recent years and received economic aid from the European Union.
"My message to all those green shirts I see in front of me here is that our country is on the way back!" Kenny exclaimed. "We have had a difficult time, we've made a number of very difficult decisions, but our country is headed in the right direction. There is now a confidence and belief in ourselves that we know where our path lies, and we expect by the end of 2013, to exit from the program we are in and retrieve our economic sovereignty."
Both Kenny and Emanuel lauded Chicago's history as a welcoming home for immigrants, with the prime minister declaring Chicago, "the most American of American cities."
Wearing a white shirt and green tie, Emanuel walked along side his wife Amy Rule and their two daughters in the parade. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Pat Quinn also walked nearby.
Moments before the parade, Republican state Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka tapped Emanuel on his shoulder with her shillelagh and exchanged pleasantries.
When asked what the mayor said to her, she said, "Oh, I can't tell you that, but he's cute."
Topinka did say, though, that she was excited to see GOP presidential candidates in the state over the last few days.
"Our primary is kind of late in the year, so I think it's neat Illinois actually is going to have some merit here," she said. "They're all looking to get Illinois' vote, and in fact, I'm surprised they're not here today. If I were running for president, I'd be in this parade, and I know Obama was here yesterday, and he should have stuck around and been in this parade, too."
Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were instead focused on wooing voters Downstate, where the GOP is traditionally more conservative than in the Chicago area.
During a pause along the parade route, Quinn said he hadn't been impressed with the Republican presidential candidates and echoed Obama's comment in Chicago Friday, saying that he hoped some Abraham Lincoln would rub off on the GOP field.
"They have such a thin message and a pessimistic message, and watching the Republican debates and interviews after their primaries, it's so negative," the governor said. "They've got to believe in helping people."
Quinn said while he has endorsed a handful of candidates, he didn't plan to do much campaigning between now and Tuesday's primary, saying "mainly I think this is a good time for the voters to select a nominee."
The governor, however, demurred when asked whether it was good that state Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, was still running for re-election to his seat after being arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe.
"It's a tough call for the voters. I think they'll be able to sort it out," Quinn said. "Ultimately, that will be where the decision is made."
When asked if he had confidence in Smith's primary opponent, former Cook County Republican Party executive director Tom Swiss, Quinn said, "It doesn't sound like he's committed to a progressive, Democratic message. That's for sure."
Democratic Judge Aurelia Pucinski, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for state Supreme Court, said the parade was a prime opportunity to meet as many voters as possible, despite the fact her left foot was in a walking boot.
With the temperature in the 80s and sunny skies overhead, Pucinski said the parade offered more than the typical exposure for candidates, because so many people were out attending the day's festivities.
"The challenge is meeting everybody," she said. "The trick is to say hi to as many people as you can, but this is a great day to do that, and for once it's not freezing!"
Emanuel joked to the crowd that his first time presiding over the parade surely would be his best.
"I was just telling the prime minister of Ireland that this is the first St. Patty's Day I get to officiate as mayor, and it's with the Taoiseach of Ireland and it's 82 degrees," he said. "It's all downhill from here. I can't beat this."
While Emanuel marched in his first St. Patrick's DayParade as mayor, former Mayor Richard M. Daleyand his three brothers held a St. Patrick's gathering midday today at Chicago Cut Steakhouse, 300 N. LaSalle St. Guests attending included Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
Before greeting their guests, Daley and his brothers William and Michael met with reporters briefly. Daley laughed about how perfect today's weather was for a parade, noting that it was much better weather than he remembers having for any parades he marched in.
"This is unbelievable—we had sleet, snow, rain, wind," during his time as mayor.
Daley, whose wife Maggie died in November, said perhaps her intercession played a part in the day's beauty.
"I think Maggie's looking down on me, and gave us the weather, for the Daley family and Chicago," Daley said.
Daley wished everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day—and wished Italian and Polish families a happy St. Joseph's Day on March 19.


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OFFICIAL: Michael Bradley Signs With Toronto FC
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto FC unveiled Michael Bradley as its newest designated player Monday, signing the American midfielder from Italian club AS Roma.
Striker Jermain Defoe, signed from English club Tottenham Hotspur last Friday, was introduced along with Bradley at a late-morning press conference.
Bradley, 26, began his professional career in 2004 with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars before being sold to Dutch club Heerenveen in January 2006. He has also played for Germany's Borussia Monchengladbach, England's Aston Villa and Italy's Chievo Verona.
Born in Princeton, N.J., Bradley has been capped 81 times for the U.S. men's national team and has scored 11 goals in international competition.
Along with Bradley and Defoe, Toronto FC also signed Brazilian striker Gilberto as a designated player in December.


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate passed by unanimous consent Wednesday a bill that would prevent the release of controversial photos of alleged U.S. abuse of prisoners and detainees.
Sen. Lindsey Graham says if necessary, the White House will classify the photos to keep them out of the public eye.
The bill, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent, and Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, had originally been part of the war funding supplemental bill passed Tuesday by the House.
But House Democrats stripped that part of the measure from the bill, and the senators proposed it as stand-alone legislation.
Earlier Wednesday, Graham said at a Judiciary Committee hearing that he had received assurance from White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel "that the president will not let these photos see the light of day."
"The people involved in Abu Ghraib and other detainee abuse allegations have been dealt with," Graham said, arguing against the release of the photographs. "Every photo would become a bullet or IED used by terrorists against our troops."
Hundreds of photos allegedly depict explosive images of prisoner abuse -- images U.S. military leaders believe would fuel anger in the war regions and endanger U.S. troops.
After receiving the White House promise, Graham agreed to release a "hold" on key legislation, including the $106 billion war funding measure.
Before the Senate vote, Graham told his colleagues from the Senate floor that President Barack Obama "would sign ... an executive order" classifying the photographs unless Congress acted to prevent their release.
The ACLU has gone to court to argue for release of the photos under the Freedom of Information Act. The lawyers won a Circuit Court ruling agreeing they should be made public.
The Obama administration, which initially indicated a willingness to release the photos, bowed to fears of military commanders and reversed course, announcing it is appealing the ruling to the Supreme Court.
The Graham-Lieberman bill will now go to the House.
A senior Democratic aide said it's "unclear at this point" what the House will do on the bill. The House may not take up the bill at all or take it up as an amendment to the Department of Defense funding authorization bill, the aide said.
CNN's Ted Barrett and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
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patterns > Stories In Stitches > Stories In Stitches 2 and 1 more...
> Patricia Shawl
Patricia Shawl
This is a shawl based on a doily pattern designed by Anna Marie Jensen.
In the late 1940s, while Anna Marie Jensen was again in Denver on a private duty assignment, people started to notice her exceptional knitting. (A lady that attended a lecture I presented in 2000 commented from the audience that she recalled when she was a child she watched the "Lutheran nun" knit in a Denver park. Several attendees at my presentation given at the Scandinavian Festival in Estes Park told of similar experiences during the time she worked in Denver.) This was also when someone at F. W. Woolworth first took notice and approached her about publishing her knitted lace patterns. She named each pattern after Katherine and Glennis date from this time period.
The patterns she later designed were released as a series beginning in 1950 with Judy. Janet and Patricia in 1951, Meta and Nancy in 1952, Rona in 1953, Variations on Patricia and Sophia in 1954, Ingfred and Ingfred Square in 1955, Ruth, Ella, Lina and Margaret in 1957 all followed. Although it is labeled as the next in the series and bears the same Denver address as the others, Oline was released in 1962. However, this might have been designed after Anna Marie had permanently moved back to EbenEzer about 1960.
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BNP Declares Dawn to Dusk Hartal for Thursday May 17
Dhaka, May 16: BNP has declared a 12-hourdawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal for Thursday May 17 in protest against the jail of their top leaders.
Thirty-four senior 18-party alliance leaders, including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, were sent to jail on Wednesday after they surrendered before a court here in an arson case.
Apart from Fakhrul, BNP's standing committee members Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, MK Anwar, Mirza Abbas, ASM Hannan Shah, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Liberal Democratic Party president Oli Ahmed and other senior leaders of the coalition were charged in the case.
Meanwhile, at least 20 people including policemen and journalists were injured during clashes between lawyers, activists of 18-party alliance and police at Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court premises. The clash ensued as soon as the news of sending the leaders to jail broke out.
Diganta TV cameraman Khalilur Rahman, Dainik Dinkal Arifuzzaman Mamun, ABC Radio's Zilhajuddin Nipun, Channel 24 journalist Sazid, Boishakhi TV journalist Mahmud Sharif, bdnews24.com's Anisur Rahman Khan were the journalists among the injured.
Of the injured, lawyer Hossain Ali Khan, also a leader Jatiyatabadi Lawyers' Forum, was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated. Besides, two other lawyers Nazrul Islam Pappu, and Akhtaruzzamn, were injured during the scuffle.
Violence also spread at different corners of the city and at least two buses were torched in city's Motijheel AGB Colony, and Karwanbazar.
District units of BNP in Sirajganj, Pabna, Natore, Tangail, Bogra, and Thakurgaon called dawn-to-dusk shutdown in the respective districts in protest against the court's decision.
Independent TV reported that hundreds of Liberal Democratic Party workers barricaded Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Chandanaish area. A number of vehicles were also vandalised by the workers. 15 LDP men were picked up from the spot.
Meanwhile in the capital, Police detained at least 100 18-party alliance men from different parts of the city for bidding to create anarchy, our correspondent reported.
Earlier in the noon, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Erfanullah rejected the bail prayers after a brief hearing in connection with the case for setting ablaze a bus in front of prime minister's office during April 29 hartal.
The hearing began at 12:40pm and concluded at 1:25pm.
Witnesses said hundreds of BNP leaders and activists thronged the court area when the leaders went to surrender.
Soon after the court cancelled the bail prayers and ordered to sent them to jail, , pro-BNP lawyers brought out processions in the court premises while other BNP men staged demonstration surrounding the court.
At one stage, The pro-BNP lawyers also pelted brickbats and PET water bottles at the law enforcers and court building.
According to witnesses several hundred personnel from police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were deployed in and around the court area to tackle the situation.
Besides, traffic movement on the roads at English Road, Laxmibazar, Sadarghat, Jagannath University and adjacent areas remained suspended while almost all the offices and business establishments remained closed during the clashes.
Khurshid Hossain, deputy commissioner of Lalbagh Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, many people were detained for creating anarchy in the area.
He, however, said the number of arrested people was yet to be ascertained.
Security has been beefed up in and around the court premises prior to the surrender of the opposition leaders.
During the hearing, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, the counsel of the defendants, said that the charge against the 18-party alliance leaders is not acceptable and it is totally politically motivated.
Earlier in the morning, the leaders, accused in the case involving setting fire to a bus in front of PM office during the April 29 BNP-enforced hartal, arrived at the crowded court premises in old Dhaka, court sources said, adding the court is expected to start hearing after mid-day Wednesday.
On May 13, the third bench of the High Court directed the leaders, accused of torching the bus, to surrender before the trial court by May 16.
Justice Anwarul Haque also asked the law enforcers not to arrest or harass the petitioners during the two-day period.
On May 10, Chief Justice Md Mozammel Hossain sent the bail petitions of 34 alliance leaders, who earlier secured anticipatory bails following a split verdict in two cases, to a third bench of the High Court for final disposal.
On May 7, the HC bench, comprising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder, passed the split order over 34 bail petitions filed by senior alliance leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
The senior judge of the HC bench Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury granted anticipatory bail for the BNP leaders till submission of the charge sheets in connection with the cases. He also issued two separate rules asking the government to explain within four weeks why the petitioners should not be granted permanent bail in the cases.
On the other hand, junior judge Nazrul Islam Talukder directed the petitioners to surrender before the trial court within next seven days. He also directed the law enforcers not to arrest or harass the petitioners during the seven-day time.
As a result the petitions were sent to Chief Justice Mozammel Hossain for constitution of a third bench for final disposal of the bail petitions.
On April 29, Tejgaon police filed a case against 44 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-party alliance for allegedly torching the bus.
BNP call for Hartal in 16 districts for Thursday, May 17
Opposition BNP called dawn-to-dusk hartal in 16 district of northern region of the country for Thursday in protest against arrest of 33 leaders of 18-party alliance.
Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, BNP chairperson Khaleda's political adviser and also Northern Districts' Coordinator of Ilias Ali rescue movement, made the announcement at a press conference on Wednesday noon.
He said, "The government has filed different types of cases against opposition leaders instead of giving Ilias Ali back. They are obstructing democracy through arresting the leaders."
Tuku criticized the government for sending 33 leaders of 18-party alliance, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to jail in a case filed for torching vehicle in front of PMO office during hartal.
He urged the people of 16 northern districts to make the hartal a success.


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Hamilton Library opens two exhibits on UH Manoa campusUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Scott Bartlett, (808) 217-5269
Hamilton Library exhibit curator
The UH Mānoa Library presents two exhibits, Tau Rima Tahiti and ʻIte ʻUpa'upa, by curator and ethnomusicology candidate Scott Bartlett, in the Hamilton Library Bridge and Phase II Galleries from March 2 to April 28, 2009.
Tau Rima Tahiti: Crafting Performance showcases the craft artists and the material artifacts of ʻori Tahiti. Examples of locally made costumes and instruments show how artists preserve Tahitian traditions through craftsmanship, innovation, creative use of resources, and the transmission of knowledge. Builders and makers construct these objects for the stage production, but their craftsmanship is a performance in and of itself. The materials of Tau Rima Tahiti celebrate these craftspeople and their central role in preserving Tahitian culture.
ʻIte ʻUpa'upa features the resources on Tahiti and performance practices that are held in the Pacific Collection of Hamilton Library. Developed collaboratively with Librarian Stuart Dawrs, the exhibit highlights photos and books on Tahitian dance and culture.


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If your car is written off as a result of an accident, fire or theft, the settlement amount from your motor insurer might not be as much as you think. Jaguar Asset Protection could help cover the difference.
Jaguar Asset Protection is designed to cover the difference between the amount your motor insurance pays after a total loss claim and the original invoice value of your car, or the amount you owe on your finance agreement, whichever is greater. Cover is available for up to four years and provides up to £75,000 of protection.
Jaguar Asset Protection is 5-star rated by Defaqto – the highest rating available. Ask your Jaguar dealer for more information about Jaguar Asset Protection.


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Problem solving is at the heart of the NRICH site. All the problems give learners opportunities to learn, develop or use mathematical concepts and skills. Read here for more information.
Can you arrange the numbers 1 to 17 in a row so that each adjacent pair adds up to a square number?
You have been given nine weights, one of which is slightly heavier than the rest. Can you work out which weight is heavier in just two weighings of the balance?
This task encourages you to investigate the number of edging pieces and panes in different sized windows.
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
Advent Calendar 2011 - a mathematical activity for each day during the run-up to Christmas.
You have twelve weights, one of which is different from the rest. Using just 3 weighings, can you identify which weight is the odd one out, and whether it is heavier or lighter than the rest?
Each of the main diagonals of this sudoku must contain the numbers 1 to 9 and each rectangle width the numbers 1 to 4.
Use the clues about the shaded areas to help solve this sudoku
This Sudoku, based on differences. Using the one clue number can you find the solution?
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or subtract consecutive negative numbers?
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the difference between these products. Why?
The NRICH team are always looking for new ways to engage teachers and pupils in problem solving. Here we explain the thinking behind maths trails.
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
60 pieces and a challenge. What can you make and how many of the pieces can you use creating skeleton polyhedra?
A pair of Sudoku puzzles that together lead to a complete solution.
A pair of Sudokus with lots in common. In fact they are the same problem but rearranged. Can you find how they relate to solve them both?
The number of plants in Mr McGregor's magic potting shed increases overnight. He'd like to put the same number of plants in each of his gardens, planting one garden each day. How can he do it?
This Sudoku combines all four arithmetic operations.
This article for teachers describes several games, found on the site, all of which have a related structure that can be used to develop the skills of strategic planning.
In this Sudoku, there are three coloured "islands" in the 9x9 grid. Within each "island" EVERY group of nine cells that form a 3x3 square must contain the numbers 1 through 9.
Four small numbers give the clue to the contents of the four surrounding cells.
A particular technique for solving Sudoku puzzles, known as "naked pair", is explained in this easy-to-read article.
This is a variation of sudoku which contains a set of special clue-numbers. Each set of 4 small digits stands for the numbers in the four cells of the grid adjacent to this set.
You are given the Lowest Common Multiples of sets of digits. Find the digits and then solve the Sudoku.
If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?
This second Sudoku article discusses "Corresponding Sudokus" which are pairs of Sudokus with terms that can be matched using a substitution rule.
Can you coach your rowing eight to win?
Find out about Magic Squares in this article written for students. Why are they magic?!
There are nine teddies in Teddy Town - three red, three blue and three yellow. There are also nine houses, three of each colour. Can you put them on the map of Teddy Town according to the rules?
A Sudoku with a twist.
Use the differences to find the solution to this Sudoku.
Mr Smith and Mr Jones are two maths teachers. By asking questions, the answers to which may be right or wrong, Mr Jones is able to find the number of the house Mr Smith lives in... Or not!
The puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers which are either placed on the border lines between selected pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid or placed after slash marks on. . . .
This Sudoku puzzle can be solved with the help of small clue-numbers on the border lines between pairs of neighbouring squares of the grid.
Use the interactivity to listen to the bells ringing a pattern. Now it's your turn! Play one of the bells yourself. How do you know when it is your turn to ring?
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
This pair of linked Sudokus matches letters with numbers and hides a seasonal greeting. Can you find it?
Special clue numbers related to the difference between numbers in two adjacent cells and values of the stars in the "constellation" make this a doubly interesting problem.
A Sudoku that uses transformations as supporting clues.
Four numbers on an intersection that need to be placed in the surrounding cells. That is all you need to know to solve this sudoku.
Two sudokus in one. Challenge yourself to make the necessary connections.
The challenge is to find the values of the variables if you are to solve this Sudoku.
Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
Take three whole numbers. The differences between them give you three new numbers. Find the differences between the new numbers and keep repeating this. What happens?
Label this plum tree graph to make it totally magic!
Find the values of the nine letters in the sum: FOOT + BALL = GAME
Try to solve this very difficult problem and then study our two suggested solutions. How would you use your knowledge to try to solve variants on the original problem?
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
In this article, the NRICH team describe the process of selecting solutions for publication on the site.


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Sept. 27, 2005
Everyone hates dealing with doctors and hospitals, but no one dreads it more than Lady Bisons basketball coach Frank Bennett.
Injuries and illness were two reasons for some of last year's setbacks. This year is already proving to be equally as challenging in terms of keeping players healthy.
Junior forward Julie Martin will miss the season due to surgery to repair a "turf" toe injury. Martin had undergone knee surgery in the offseason, but had been cleared to practice.
"Julie practiced one day and came off of a screen and twisted her foot," Bennett said. "It was kind of a freak thing, but she has severe turf toe which is a torn ligament under her big toe."
Martin will have surgery Sept. 29. It will take her six months to recover.
Sophomore forward Kaliegh Grossman underwent shoulder surgery in June. But she has been slowed by knee problems that were caused by an old high school injury.
Two players who were injured last season, forward Keirstin Head and center Katie Beth Pate, are back and working out.
"On the negative side we have had some trouble with injuries, but on the positive side this group is very coachable and very hard-working," Bennett said. "They get along well. We're excited about the team we've got."


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Welcome to the CRG Discussion Forum!Forum registration problems: Make sure you enter your email correctly and you check your spam box first. *Then* email KurtS2@gmail for help.Classified ads are not allowed on the forum.
Your list is incomplete. The first Camaro that I owned in high school was an 1984 Z/28, after college I had a 96 V6 convertable
Quote from: mickeystoys69RSSS on April 05, 2013, 12:31:57 PMYour list is incomplete. The first Camaro that I owned in high school was an 1984 Z/28, after college I had a 96 V6 convertableChevrolet stopped making Camaros after 1969! Paul
Actually I provided the last option :I have had a Camaro in the past, and/or I will own a first Gen Camaro in the future- To make sure nobody was left out. If you do not find answer that fits, you do not own a first gen or have any intention of owning one.this is a simple pollthat being said, I thought the comment about the other Camaros was funny, and was meant to be so. thanks for the laugh
Maybe there is a third Gen website you can go to and reminisce about that one......In another 30 years maybe you will get that 84 as well?
You need a post with more years on it for me


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Computer StandardsPage address: https://www.mnsu.edu/its/started/standards/
NOTE: Individual programs and departments may have additional technology requirements. Please see your department chair and/or technology director for more information.
Hardware Standards for Faculty, Staff and Student Workstations
Minimum standards for new hardware purchases
- 128GB SSD or 500GB 7200RPM harddrive
- i5 processor
- If you require a non-standard computer configuration, please fill out the [PDF] Faculty/Staff Workstation Waiver Form (52 KiB) and submit it to Kristi Bakalyar in the Campus Computer Store.
Software Standards for Faculty, Staff and Student Workstations
- Computer Software Recommendations
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George Segal's iconic Street Crossing installation of seven life-sized sculpted figures, which formerly graced the area south of Montclair State University's Alexander Kasser Theater, has been moved a short distance away to a new home in front of College Hall. In the new location, the figures are visible through a series of newly-erected Mission-style archways which are part of the University's College Avenue Promenade beautification project.
Street Crossing depicts seven people crossing a street in a random manner. They seem to be taking care not to bump into each other, yet are too lost in their own thoughts to make eye contact. The figures are made of bronze with a white patina to resemble the white plaster figures for which the late New Jersey artist was famous.
Created in 1992 and considered one of Segal's foremost works, Street Crossing was given to Montclair State by the George and Helen Segal Foundation in 2006.
"It shows people leisurely walking about. Some are professionals; some are students; some are ordinary people. It's like an everyday scene at Montclair State," said Teresa Rodriguez, director of the Montclair State University Art Galleries and the George Segal Gallery.
The four women and three men depicted in Street Crossing are anchored in place by rods that run from their feet to a depth of six feet below ground. The figures are arranged according to a precise floor plan devised by the artist. At night, each figure is illuminated by two ground lights that have been laid flush with the new paving.
The installation was dismantled during the summer because of construction work in the area and the figures were kept inside the Gallery. In September, they were moved to an area off-site and cleaned. Students who had become accustomed to seeing the figures as they walked by the Kasser Theater began calling the Gallery to find out where they had gone. "They were so worried when the figures disappeared," Rodriguez recalled.
On cold winter days, students have been known to show their fondness for the work by putting hats and scarves on the figures—who seem to be clad in light clothing—a practice the Segal Foundation finds "endearing," Rodriguez added.
In addition to close encounters with students, Street Crossing has also survived two motor vehicle accidents during its years at Montclair State, including one in which a New Jersey Transit bus plowed into one of the heavy metal figures, causing minor damage to the figure's foot. The bus company paid for the repairs.
Montclair State University's $2.3 million College Avenue Promenade project involves improvements to walkways, roadways, lighting, and landscaping between Normal Avenue and the Red Hawk Parking Deck. The project also encompasses the restoration of the historic quad between Chapin, Freeman, and Russ Halls, and when completed, will restore the original feeling of grandeur to the south end of the campus.


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Report: former West Brunswick star to UNC-Pembroke
According to a story in the Robesonian on Wednesday, highly-sought after and much-traveled football prospect Alfy Hill committed to UNC-Pembroke. Hill, a former four-star recruit as a defensive end out of West Brunswick High School, was committed to play at South Carolina in 2013. He'd been playing at Los Angeles Valley Community College the past year. He'd been committed to South Carolina since March of 2012, and Hill had an official visit to the Gamecocks scheduled. According to the Robesonian's… Read More »


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AnthonyT necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 359 diseños de 99 diseñadores freelance.
Coffee Shop Millionaire!
This logo is going to the World Stage! Are you up for the task?
It will first be used as a logo for an internet marketing educational webiste (to teach people how to start a business and make money online) with the theme of the education being that you can literally run a million dollar internet business from a coffee shop. (or from home) the idea is no employees, no boss etc.
I actually do this, as do many others I know, so it's very real.
(So I do want a coffee cup embodied in the logo but it should be clear that this has to do running an online business)
The culture of the typical internet marketer is one of fun excitement, lifestyle (not working too hard but making a lot of money).
**** NOTE: I do not want cheesy $100 bills flying around, in the logo.****
This is real education to start real businesses with proven techniques, so it should not be over the top, but have a legitimate yet not overly serious feel.
Once we launch the site (which will have tens of thousands of paying members that will see and relate to this logo every day) we will then move towards the reality TV show, which will be on a major US network (NBC, CBS, etc.)
The words that should be included in the logo are "Coffee Shop Millionaire".
Anyone who wants to quit their day job and start their own business online from anywhere in the world!
Anyone who is entrepreneurial and sick of the grind, who understands a better way is possible.
This is not MLM, these are real and proven business building techniques that work, this education WILL create millionaires who have a better lifestyle than those who work in boring offices with bosses and long commutes.
Be creative!
Because I will have tens of thousands of members who will ALL need webistes and logos, the winner (or top designers who enter) can partner with us as we will have a REDICULOUS amount of referral business.
And once it's on TV...!
This is the time to shine, take the extra time to do your VERY BEST work.
It just may pay off HUGE for you.
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Antoine Winfield's stay in Seattle will apparently be a short one.
Winfield, the cornerback who signed a free-agent contract with the Seahawks in April, won't make the Seahawks' 53-man roster, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS.
According to the report, there's a chance the Seahawks could trade Winfield to one of the other teams that were interested in signing him this offseason (including Washington and Minnesota), but if a trade can't get done, Winfield will be released.
Winfield is a three-time Pro Bowler who was a starter for the Vikings last season, but he's also 36 years old, which is over the hill by the standards of NFL cornerbacks, and he was due to make $3 million this season. The Seahawks have apparently decided to go younger and cheaper for their secondary depth.


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When I embed my videos at http://www.iasdsorocaba.com.br or other website or html test page, my videos start to make a buffering automaticaly. Then, when I have a lot of in the same page, I got a issue with the download of what video I want to see.
How can I disable auto buffering in my recorded videos?


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Canned MythologyDebunking the Misperceptions of Craft Beer in Cans August 1, 2013 - Tom Acitelli
Chief Oshkosh Red Lager was about to go national. It had found a distribution and marketing partner, and was ready to bust out of Wisconsin. Jeff Fulbright, the founder and president of the brewing company behind Chief Oshkosh, Mid-Coast Brewing, excitedly placed the beer in a spectrum that showed both his ambition and confidence. "The... View Article