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From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, all the Nordic countries experienced a demographic "gear change" from early to delayed first births. Rates of first birth have fallen sharply among young women under 30 years old and increased markedly among women in the 30-44 year age group. This change in birth patterns has had considerable effects on period fertility. There are three clear phases showing major similarities in development among the Nordic countries: First, sharply falling fertility rates up to a turning point in the middle of the 1980s. After that there were rising rates throughout the second half of the 1980s, followed by more stable and relatively high fertility rates just below the reproduction level throughout the 1990s. Sweden and Iceland show the greatest divergence from this main pattern. Sweden has experienced much more pronounced variations in period fertility than the other countries, while Iceland has shown a significantly higher fertility rate than the other countries throughout the period. From the end of the 1990s we see a marked convergence in fertility trends among the Nordic countries.
Small Differences
At the beginning of the 2000s there are small variations in fertility level among the countries, whether we consider period fertility (Figure 1) or cohort fertility (Figure 2). The trend in the direction of a common fertility level is even more pronounced for cohort fertility than for period fertility. The development in fertility after the "gear change" shows clear common characteristics, with effective recuperation of delayed births later in life. The rather large differences between countries in the average number of children for the cohorts of women born in the early 1940s have given way to significantly smaller differences for the cohorts born early in the 1960s. Icelandic women show the highest average and are still well above the reproduction level for the 1963 cohort (2.4 children). Behind them come Norwegian women, who are at about the reproduction level (2.1), while women in the remaining countries are below the reproduction level, with about 2.0 children in Sweden and 1.9 in Finland and Denmark.
Variations in Development
However, more detailed analyses of the fertility pattern show a good deal of variation in the development towards relatively equal cohort fertility in the four countries covered by the analyses. The first birth rates and the proportion of childless women have shown a generally similar development, but some variations are notable. The postponement of first births started first and was most pronounced in Finland. In the cohorts born in 1965-69, Finland still showed the highest median age for the first childbirth (29 years). Finland also has the highest number of childless women (17 per cent) at 40 years of age. Norway represents the other extreme, with the latest start of the delayed first birth process, the lowest median age (26.5 years) and the lowest proportion of childless women (12 per cent). The trend towards similar childbirth patterns is most pronounced among women with higher education. In the birth cohorts from the early 1960s, variations in childlessness according to country for women with higher education are very small (about 15 per cent in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and just under 17 per cent in Finland).
Greater Variations for Second and Third Births
With regard to the trend in birth rates for the second and third child, the variations between countries have been greater. The most important reason for this is the considerable variations in Swedish second and third birth rates from the end of the 1970s to the end of the 1990s. However, towards the end of the analysis period we see a clear convergence between the countries also with regard to the level of second-birth rates, and a more bifurcated pattern in the level of third birth rates. Finland and Norway show the highest third birth rates throughout the 1990s and have remained consistently close to each other in the entire period. Denmark's third birth rates have also been stable throughout the 1990s, but at a significantly lower level. For its part, Sweden showed the highest rate of third child births in the 1980s and the lowest throughout the 1990s. However, as a result of the rising Swedish rate of third births after the mid 1990s, Sweden and Denmark are at approximately the same level at the beginning of the 2000s.
The Effects of the "Nordic Model"
A distinction must be made between the direct effects of changes and differences in welfare systems and family policy regulations and the indirect effects of an economic, social and political development with characteristics clearly common to the Nordic countries. We assume that the significant similarities in the development of the childbirth pattern can to a large extent be ascribed to such fundamental common characteristics in the development of the welfare state, among other things the early assumption of the right to education for women and an increasing emphasis on the introduction of family policy schemes in the post-war period, with possibilities for combining paid employment with child raising.
Essential demographic terms
Total fertility rate (SFT):
A measure of the fertility level adjusted for age, in a country in any given year. Sometimes also referred to as the period fertility level. SFT shows the average number of children a class (born in the same year) of women will have if their birth pattern over their lifetime corresponds to the birth rates for the individual age groups of women in the same year.
Cohort fertility:
The average number of children a given birth cohort (born in the same year) of women at the end of their childbearing age (49 years of age). The birth rates of women in the age group 40-45 years has been stable at a relatively low level over recent decades. The average number of children at the age of 40 therefore gives a good indication of the final level of cohort fertility level for women born in that same year.
Reproduction level:
An estimated figure showing the average number of children that women born in the same year have to have in order to maintain a constant population size, see also e.g. Brunborg and Mamelund (1994), pp. 14-15 for a more exact definition. The figure is influenced by the infant mortality rates and death rates for women of childbearing age. Due to low mortality rates the reproduction level has remained stable at just under 2.1 children per woman in all the Nordic countries in recent decades.
Median age
– e.g. for the first birth for a given class (born in the same year) of women: The age by which half of the women of that year group had had their first child.
First, second and third birth rates
show the trends for different parities, that is the sequence of births (first child, second child, etc.). The "first birth" rates for a given year are estimated for example as the number of women who had their first child that year, divided by the number of women who still had no children at the start of the year. The "second birth" rates is the number of women who had their second child, divided by the number of women who had one child at the start of the year.
We interpret the convergence in cohort fertility and the trend towards a more similar childbirth pattern for women with higher education as indicators that these indirect consequences are an important element of the effect of the "Nordic Model".
The Contraceptive Pill
The direct consequences of family policy schemes are most easily identified in the case of schemes which show variation and differences between the countries with regard to regulations and the time at which initiatives and regulations are introduced. For example, differences from country to country in the time of transition to delayed first birth can be associated with differences in when those countries made the new, self-administered contraception technology (contraceptive pills and IUDs) available to women. Finland was the first country to make the contraceptive pill generally available, in 1961, and Norway was the last, in 1967.
The Swedish "Speed Premium" (Repeated Pregnancy Benefit)
There is also clear evidence that the sharp increase in Swedish second and third child birth rates in the 1980s can to a large extent be ascribed to the effect of the so-called "speed premium"2 in the parental leave scheme introduced in Sweden in 1980 and expanded in 1986. At the same time it should be stressed that the cohort fertility has remained very stable in Sweden throughout the period, so this periodic increase in fertility in the 1980s has not resulted in an increase in cohort fertility. Even so, it is not impossible that the speed premium has contributed to keeping Swedish cohort fertility at a higher level than it would have been at without such incentives. Sweden is also a good example of how good general conditions in family policy cannot on their own maintain a high fertility level when the economic situation worsens. The fall in fertility in the 1990s is associated with a sharp increase in unemployment which particularly affected young people with only elementary education.
Finnish Homecare Allowance
The trend in the birth rate pattern in Finland, which was also affected by unfavourable economic conditions early in the 1990s, is in contrast to the development seen in Sweden. Unemployment in Finland was significantly higher than in Sweden, but the effects on second and first birth rates in the period were significantly smaller. Analyses of developments in Finland indicate that the Finnish homecare allowance3 scheme may have had a positive effect on the development of Finnish third birth rates and contributed to the increase in Finnish cohort fertility towards the end of the 1990s. At the same time, the development of Finnish birth rates indicates that economic conditions in Finland may also be one of the reasons why Finnish women have not compensated after the age of 30 for delayed childbirths to the same extent as women in the other countries.
Norwegian Transitional Benefit
A third distinctive feature of developents in fertility is the higher incidence of early births among women with elementary education in Norway. This must be seen in the context of the fact that Norway, by providing entitlement to transitional benefit4 from the National Insurance, gives more secure financial support to single parents than in the other Nordic countries, where corresponding benefits are generally associated with the unemployment benefit and social security system. There is reason to believe that this scheme may have been of significance in maintaining the higher level of early first births in Norway, especially early in the 1990s when Norway had a period of relatively high unemployment among young people. The increase in unemployment had little effect on Norwegian first birth rates.
How sustainable is the Nordic model?
In broader international comparisons the Nordic combination of high participation of women in paid employment and relatively high fertility rates is often interpreted as indicating that the Nordic family policy model has high sustainability with respect to equal opportunities policy. Lower numbers of childless women with higher education have also been emphasised as an important indicator with respect to the sustainability of equal opportunities policy. With cohort fertility rates close to the reproduction level, the Nordic countries are better prepared than most other western countries to meet the demographic challenges associated with low population growth and a rapidly aging population. More detailed analyses of the development of fertility patterns provide only conditional support for the assumption that current family policy schemes are capable of combining a sustainable fertility trend with a sustainable development in the direction of equally shared parenthood.
The Gender Equality Deficit
There are many elements of uncertainty in fertility trends in relation to sustainable population development. These are associated particularly with the increasing proportion of childless women and the falling cohort fertility in younger generations of women. All of the countries face a development where the increase in birth rates after the age of 30 does not compensate fully for the reduced fertility in the age groups before 30 years.
True, the Nordic development shows that a family policy which aims for a combination of career and childcare is a necessary condition and an important foundation for the relatively high fertility rate in the Nordic countries. Having said that, however, the actual development in the fertility pattern shows that the expression gender equality deficit can be a justifiable description of the development trends for young people of today and for coming generations.
An important trend is the increasing diversity in the fertility pattern among the younger generations of today. Norway and Sweden, for example, have higher cohort fertility than Finland and Denmark, but are also characterised by more gender-segregated labour markets and higher proportions of women in part-time jobs. The growing diversity in fertility trends within the cohorts can be associated with variations in fertility behaviour among women in different sectors of the labour market. So far, the positive fertility-related response to generous family political schemes among those with higher education has had consequences particularly among women trained for female-dominated occupations in the public sector. In these professions, there is a high proportion of mothers with reduced working hours, which tends to indicate limited equality with regard to work-sharing between parents.
Other factors which indicate a gender equality deficit are the increase in the proportion of childless women with higher education and the marked increase in the number of men without children. This may indicate that women with higher education experience difficulty in finding men who satisfy the requirements and expectations they have of men as partners and involved parents. Women who wish to combine the parental role with a professional career outside the more protected areas of the labour market will be dependent on a partner who is available and shares parental responsibilities to a higher degree than we see among couples who practise only limited equal opportunity.
Motivation for Equally Shared Parenthood
In recent generations the number of women with higher education has increased more rapidly than that of men with higher education, which probably implies an increase in the number who stress equally shared parenthood as an important condition for having children. The pronounced increase in childlessness among Norwegian men and the increased recirculation of resourceful men to renewed fatherhood in the younger generations seems to indicate increased competition for men on the "top shelf ".
The development of the fertility pattern suggests that it is necessary to increase the understanding of men and their employers of the necessity of both parents, as well as the public and private sectors, sharing responsibility for social reproduction. The Nordic family policy model faces major challenges with regard to motivating men and their employers to show more support for, and become more extensively involved in, family policy schemes which promote equally shared parenthood.
1) Mothers can retain the same benefits from one parental leave to the next without returning to work, provided that the next child is born within 30 months (24 months before 1986).
2) The Finnish cash benefit scheme gives parents with small children the option of a cash payment for a limited time or a place in a municipal day-care centre. The scheme was introduced at the end of the 1980s and was fully implemented in 1990. See Rønsen (2004) for a detailed description of this scheme.
3) The benefit is in the form of a guaranteed minimum income for single parents who qualify for benefits (means tested according to the income of the single parent). The scheme was modified in 1998. See, for example, Kjeldstad and Skevik (2004) for a more detailed description of the scheme and the modifications in 1998.
This article is based on the research project, "Family policies, fertility trends and family changes in the Nordic countries: How sustainable is the "Nordic model" of family welfare?". This is a network project which co-ordinates ongoing research into the development of fertility in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden on the basis of recorded data from these countries. The results of the project has also been presented in an expanded version of the article in Statistics Norway's periodical "Samfunnspeilet"No. 2/2006. Reference should also be made to the more thorough analysis in Rønsen and Skrede (2006).'
By Kari Skrede and Marit Rønsen
First published in NIKK magasin 3 2006 © NIKK


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Sunday, 23 September 2012
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What a great post and I love your new Autumn header too :0) xReplyDelete
Great post- love the heart on the coffee and the new header, JxxReplyDelete
I love your new header! What fun the littles had in that water!ReplyDelete
Oh this is so nice to read! Bradford is my favourite city in the world, I lived there for 7 years before leaving a year ago, it's great to read positive thoughts about Bradford from someone I don't already knowReplyDelete
Love your new header! Children and water - they're attracted to each other like magnets. What a fun time they had.ReplyDelete
Have a great week.
Loving the new header ... what pretty colours the leaves are ... we went our for a walk earlier and came across beautiful red leaves too ... I love this time of year ... the weather is really nice here too ... crisp but bright and sunny ... love the photos of the little ones in the fountain ... sheer joy ... Bee xxReplyDelete
I love your new header & all the leaves, but the little ones in the water win hands up!ReplyDelete
I love the new header...so perfect for fall! It looks like you all had a lovely weekend. I can only imagine the wonderful smell of curry in the air (my husband would be in curry heaven!) Love the photos of your little ones playing in the water. That's one of Charlotte's favorite things to do.ReplyDelete
i love your new header gillian. i hope all is well. i haven't been by in a little while. xoReplyDelete
Love your autumn leaves header, how clever of you!ReplyDelete
Haha, love the pictures of Angus & Bella paddling, they look like they're really enjoying themselves. Bare legs and wellies is such a cute look!ReplyDelete
Great new header too.
What is it with children and water? It's like a magnet to them. Love the new header, though I don't know about autumn, it's like winter here today.ReplyDelete
I look at your children splashing in the water and today is cold and pouring with rain here!(Gloucester)so I've been splashing too but not intentionally and not with bare legs!ReplyDelete
BTW I like the new blog header!
Loving the new header :DReplyDelete
My back garden currently looks like that fountain area it's raining so hard, sans small children of course. Hard to believe it's only a few weeks ago we finally felt as if it were summer, autumn has definitely set in here!
Some great memory making going on in those lovely pics ... happy kids!
Your header is great, I'm going to try and change mine! Gulp! The kids had a great time splashing! They really don't need expensive toys do they! Ada :)ReplyDelete
beautiful autumnal header! The weather has been so vile here we've been hiding in the house - lovely to see you guys outside enjoying yourselves!ReplyDelete
Great idea with the new header, I want to do something similar. but alas my photography is rubbish. so will have to fashion something similar to what I have at the moment!ReplyDelete
Great photos as ever Gillian! In the coffee, it has to be a heart-leaf so you are both right! Kids look so happy and giggly, nice to see. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
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I like the idea of celebrating the seasons with a new header - it will work really well. It is definitely autumn now - even in the sun, there is a chill. Central heating, an open fire, hot chocolate and cosy socks are all calling!
Best wishes
Loving the bare legs and wellies look.....AND the new header! XxReplyDelete
That looks like so much fun though I wouldn't want to go for a paddle today - the heating is on and I've almost succumb to my second hot chocolate of the day. This is the season where my waistline widens 'big sigh'ReplyDelete
Nina x
What fun was clearly had! And i think your new header is very stylish - those leaves look beautiful. E xReplyDelete
it definitely feels a lot colder than a couple of weeks ago... brrr! I love that metal leaf sculpture, how cool. Hop over to my blog when you have a moment, you have something to claim :) xReplyDelete
I love the new header - very seasonal! xReplyDelete
I love the new header! Very good idea to change it to reflect the seasons! xReplyDelete
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Americans are largely supportive of major aspects of the immigration deal put forward by a bipartisan group of senators on Monday, and largely endorsed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, including both opportunities for those currently in the country illegally and also increased border security measures, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll.
Half of respondents to the new poll supported the idea behind the Dream Act -- that young people who entered the U.S. illegally as children should have a path to citizenship if they attend college or serve in the U.S. military -- while 29 percent said they were opposed. The survey also found higher support than opposition for the idea of creating a path to citizenship through an agricultural guest-worker program, with 45 percent saying they support that proposal and 34 percent saying they oppose it.
Although those proposals received more support than opposition overall, Republicans were more likely to oppose than support them, highlighting the difficulty for GOP members of Congress attempting to balance the need for immigration reforms with the demands of their constituents. Republicans in the survey opposed the Dream Act by a 45 percent to 35 percent margin, and opposed a pathway to citizenship through an agricultural-workers program 52 percent to 31 percent.
Other recent surveys have found that at least half of Americans support eventually allowing illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. to become citizens, though the exact level of support varied depending on the question's wording. A CBS News poll allowing respondents to choose between an eventual pathway to citizenship, deportation or a guest worker program without an eventual pathway to citizenship found a slim 51 percent majority supporting a pathway to citizenship. But an AP-GfK poll asking respondents simply whether they favor or oppose creating a legal way for illegal immigrants in the U.S. to become citizens found that 62 percent would support doing so.
The elements of the so-called group of eight's immigration reform proposal that are receiving both the greatest and broadest support are enforcement measures involving border security and preventing hiring of illegal immigrants.
By a 67 percent to 14 percent margin, Americans said they support using unmanned drones along the U.S. border to spot people entering the U.S. illegally. And by a 74 percent to 11 percent margin, more support the idea of requiring employers to use a yet-to-be-established federal database to find out if new employees are authorized to work in the U.S. Both of those proposals received majority support from Democrats, Republicans and independents in the survey, as well as majority support from Hispanic respondents.
Along with support for an opportunity for illegal immigrants to become citizens and for tougher enforcement measures, the survey also found that a 56-percent majority of Americans support the proposal to provide permanent residency for immigrants receiving advanced degrees in fields related to engineering, science and technology from American universities.
The HuffPost/YouGov poll was conducted Jan. 28-29 among 1,000 U.S. adults. The poll used a sample selected from YouGov's opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population. Factors considered include age, race, gender, education, employment, income, marital status, number of children, voter registration, time and location of Internet access, interest in politics, religion and church attendance.
The Huffington Post has teamed up with YouGov to conduct daily opinion polls. You can learn more about this project and take part in YouGov's nationally representative opinion polling.


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A group that includes Hollywood Studios and big name directors including Quentin Tarantino, Judd Apatow, and JJ Abrams, have banded together to save Kodak film from extinction. They've pledged to buy enough to keep production of the analog film alive. Find the full story at PopPhoto.
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Brides and their bridal parties are normally into very traditional details, but what do you do when you have "out-of-the-ordinary" ones? Well for them here is a collection of The Oneyes buttons.
Marianne Roosa is a designer, illustrator and plush artist from the Netherlands and her company 12PUNT3 specializes in visual communication. Since 2005 she has been designing creatures called 'The Oneyes'. The Oneyes are created with the goal to bring some love and fun into people's lives!


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I recently got asked to review a site stuffed full of quizzes for school children. Now I don't know about you, but my brain is very very rusty. I've realised, since my daughter started school, that all the knowledge I may, (or may not!), have gleaned in the classroom has long gone, replaced by important things like how to do accounts, paying bills and absolutely not the entire cast and plot lines of Game of Thrones. I've also noticed, that anything she does do at school that I do remember from my school days…..is wrong! All wrong! (Mummy that is not how you write a 5!!)
So when I was asked to review The Education Quizzes website, I jumped at the chance. I must admit to having mixed feelings about the school system in Britain, feeling that they push our babies far too young, but that being said, I really want to make sure that I support both my children's learning fully and that I keep up with their learning. The education quizzes website is a brilliant resource.
I've just spent a very enjoyable hour testing my knowledge. The idea is that there are hundreds of quizzes, all categorised into Key Stages and subjects. The website is beautifully laid out, very bright, clean and easy to navigate. The colours are eye catching and the whole site is definitely visually appealing. You can choose your key stage, and then within that, the subject, which opens up a long list of available quizzes. All the quizzes are written by teachers and I think what is wonderful is that there are many options for styles of quiz, multiple choice, photography etc, which is brilliant if you are finding that a certain way of teaching and learning isn't working for your child, and you want to support their learning but are not sure how to reach them.
The quizzes are so fun. Each is accompanied by a lovely image that is bright and eye catching. I've set it to tell me after each question whether the answer is correct or not, and what I really liked is that they also give you a fun fact about the question topic along with an explanation of the answer so you really feel as if you are learning more with each one you complete. It also gives you the correct answer if you get one wrong, which I like. Not that that happened to me. Ever. Especially not attempting a key stage 1 history test. No siree! 😉
Access to the site does come at a cost. It's £7.50 per month, (this can be cancelled at any time, even during the first month), and the team behind it realise that this can be a big expense for parents and possibly not achievable for all, and so are aiming to promote themselves to schools, this is because the school could then pay on behalf of all the pupils at a greatly reduced cost which could, depending on the number of pupils, result in the cost being just £2.00 a pupil, a fraction of the £4,500.00+ schools are allocated for each pupil, for each year. It would also look good in the eyes of offsted so worth a mention to your own children's schools!
I'm really looking forward to trying these out with my daughter. I know she will adore trying them out, getting green ticks and teaching her Mama a thing or two!
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"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." -Raymond Hull
Now that I live in NY, I have a new technique for when I pick out ensembles. I go through so many phases that it's hard to choose which ones to post on my blog and which to leave out. So I wear outfits I think are the best and walk around the city to see people's reactions, facial expressions, and comments. If people give compliments, it's a given to put up on here. If people give bad stares, then for sure, it's a good outfit. The majority of people give bad stares when it's not something they're use to, so their reaction at first is to automatically be negative since they aren't familiar to change. This outfit was one of them. Wearing a drug awareness jacket in the hood is the funnest thing I've done in a while. I've always been big on reality. Accepting reality for what it is and choosing to deal with it makes you a stronger person than resorting to a substance to make you feel better momentarily. After it wears off, it brings you back to the same reality that you didn't want to deal with in the first place. I remember when I was little how big D.A.R.E. was at my school, how interested I was in it, the plays they had, and how weak the people who got peer pressured looked. I use to always think about D.A.R.E. whenever someone tried persuading me to do something. Not just with drugs, but with anything really. Anything that had to do with conforming to what they wanted me to be. D.A.R.E. for me isn't just about drug awareness, it's about daring to be different, being opposed to the typical, not forming into something other people want you to be. I swear I should be a brand ambassador for them haha. Can we discuss my high bun on top of my hat? haha I love it. On another note, I hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend. Thank you Monroe for taking my pictures!
thrifted corset, skirt & hat, bakers platform heels, D.A.R.E. jacket from here


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To understand the various types of Golf Courses, you will need to see them in terms of who can play at which course, the size and the design of the courses involved. It must be noted that no matter how much experience you have, not all Golf Courses can be played by anyone. There are some with restricted access while others that are more private with certain ones being publicly available.
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We noticed our new to us 04 classic had the hinges starting to pull out from the board. Being new to the camper and not sure if I caused it, I called Aspen and set up and appointment to have them look it over and suggest any improvements to get it closer to today's models. We arrived a 9am at the El Paso, IL site and were promptly met by the tech. We opened it up and he checked things over suggesting a few things they have changed in 12 years. The hinges were just a result of the rivets pulling through the board over time, nothing we did.
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Headlines: Gazelle iPhone prices extended till Oct 1st
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If your planing on picking up a new iPhone 5 next month. It may be good idea to have a backup plan for selling your old iPhone.
The hardest part of selling your phone is selling at the perfect time. While prices are still high and avoiding any downtime due to not having one.
However you go about selling your iPhone I would urge you to have a backup plan like Gazelle and lock in a price before prices start droping
Gazelle is a great service and trusted by many. They may not give the best price out there however there is something to be said about having a price locked for 30 days. Makes for a great backup plan in the event your unable to sell before prices start plummeting. The prediction is Apple is to announcement there new iPhone 5 at there Sept 12 Event. At which time pre-orders will be taken and iPhone 4's will drop in value fast.
Gazelle has announced they are extending there 30day price lock until Octorber 1 2012.
This gives you more then eneough time to get the new iPhone in your hand before mailing out your old one.


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Carl Icahn seems to be at it again, but this time, the man seems to have more of a practical strategy. With the financing issue settled, the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) board of directors found the special dividend proposal to be largely unappealing. So the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) board is telling investors to vote in favor of Michael Dell's proposal of taking the company private at $13.65.
The details of the new deal
The details surrounding the deal are leery at best. But it seems that Carl Icahn is offering a proposal whereby Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) will implement a share buyback of 1.1 billion shares for $14 per share. Source of capital for the share buyback will come from various entities. Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP) will be investing $1 billion directly into Dell, and Carl Icahn himself will invest $1 billion directly into the company. An added $5.2 billion will come from a term loan provided by Jefferies & Co. In order to sweeten the deal, Carl Icahn is also proposing a stock warrant at $20 per share.
Currently Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) has 1.8 billion shares outstanding. So the share buyback would reduce the shares outstanding by more than half. This would cause the share float to significantly decline, and would result in a significant improvement in per-share metrics like earnings per share. The hoped for outcome is that through the company buying back its own shares at $14 per share, it can induce a stock rally that could push the value of the stock above $20 per share.
Analysts project that the company will generate $1 in earnings per share, which basically translates into $1.8 billion in net income for the 2014 fiscal year ending on January. The share buyback would basically reduce the total shares outstanding down to 700 million shares, which should inflate earnings to $2.57 per share assuming earnings don't decline more than anticipated for the current fiscal year. The company in its history has never been able to report earnings of $2.57 per share; the highest the company has ever gotten was $1.50 in earnings per share back in 2005.
Downside and upsides to the deal
If earnings were to come in at $1.8 billion for the fiscal year, and the board implements the share buyback proposal, the stock could have significant upside. The share buyback would reduce the total supply of shares, which will increase the value of the shares.
The downside is that Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) will have to borrow money in order to finance this share buyback program. The added cost of interest will lower the projected net income for the 2014 fiscal year ending in January. The upside is that the share buyback may force the stock above $20 per share, and will allow Dell warrant holders to reach breakeven. Details on the ratio of stocks per warrant are unknown. However, in the event the stock trades above $20 the exercising of stock warrants will increase the share float.
The added leverage will reduce the soundness of the balance sheet. On the bright side, there are pent-up upside catalysts: desktop and laptop computers will eventually recover in 2014 because Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP. This could force a product refresh in 2014, and cause earnings to grow significantly. Based on those outward looking assumptions analysts are willing to forecast 24% earnings growth in the next fiscal year.
Those who currently own Dell stock cannot lose. The stock currently trades at $13.14 per share. The stock will either be bought out at $13.65 per share, or experience significant upside from Carl Icahn's share buyback proposal.
My take on the PC industry
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is more of a special scenario whereas Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) is not. Sound fundamentals like better cost management and potential product refreshes would better apply in this instance.


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MIXTAPE: ControlFriday, August 16, 2013
This mix is based on the book I've recently read, Control by Kim Curran. To read the summary and my review about it, check it here. To be honest, I was not able to listen to music while I was reading since I wanted to save more battery for that. Yes, I'm reading through my Kindle application in my android phone. But I was able to get a few ideas with the help of some movies I watched and our helper's radio. These songs were compiled chronologically to fit the order of the events in the story. I believed that the music I chose (well, for me) also depicts the emotions that I was able to feel with the help of the characters, the world building, etc. In creating this mix, I mostly focused on Scott and Aubrey since the strong emotions I felt really revolve around them. That's where I really lost myself in the book.
Here are the reasons why I chose the songs. These are specifically picked for particular scenes:
1. It's Time by Imagine Dragons - I think this song is a great starter while you are reading the book. If you remember Scott on the first book, Shift, he was not that confident about himself. He felt like he doesn't fit in his school or in the crowd. He was like a wallflower until he learned that he was special. He was a Shifter (this is not a spoiler, it's on the blurb). Now, there's a place that can embrace him for who he is, a group that he belongs to. Plus, he excels in it. So you'll meet a much different, more mature (in a way) Scott. It's just a feel good song that it gives a surge of confidence or strength that I felt it was a good match for Scott's character development. As cliche as it may sound, it is his time.
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit
I'm just the same as I was
Now don't you understand
That I'm never changing who I am
2. Radioactive by Kings of Leon - This is actually a random song. I remember typing Kings of Leon on my phone to take note that Scott listens to their music (I think that happened on Shift. Oops!). So I took the liberty to choose one of their songs that I love. It's also a kickass tune so I think it can work as a background music for some Shifter action.
It's in the water...
It's in the story
It's where you came from
The sons and daughters
In all their glory
It's gonna shape them
And when they clash
And come together
And start rising
Just drink the water
3. Stay by Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko - This is for that perfect night Scott and Aubrey shared that had happened in Frankie's place. They didn't need to do it (you know what I mean, don't be a prude) to make it special. I think it was so sweet and romantic. Such innocent love that made me smile while I was reading that scene. They were just so happy and I felt it. I also chose these lines (see below) because I think it can be Aubrey's actual POV (point-of-view).
Ooh, ooh, ooh, the reason I hold on
Ooh, ooh, ooh, 'cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one but I'm the only one who needed saving
'Cause when you never see the light it's hard to know which one of us is caving.
4. Vulnerable by Roxette -
I'm sorry I'm not sorry if I sound so old school for choosing this song but I think this fit a particular scene--when Aubrey saw Scott in an inappropriate situation (trying to cover the spoilers here). I imagined how she was so crushed and I saw how her strong facade crumbled down. It was so heart-breaking.
She's so vulnerable, like china in my hands
She's so vulnerable and I don't understand
I could never hurt the one I love
She's all I've got
5. My Fault by Imagine Dragons - Cue this song after Aubrey walked out. I imagined this playing while Scott was running non-stop. He was so confused, tired and also hurt because he didn't mean to cause so much pain to Aubrey. He was definitely blaming himself for everything.
I took a walk on a Saturday night
Fog in the air
Just to make my mind seem clear
Where do I go from here?
I see my breath pushing steam through the air
Shaking hands run through my hair
My fears, where do I go from here?
6. Aubrey by Bread - This song just brings a distinct melancholic tune I was looking for. It was so depressing and sad to listen to. This serves as Scott's POV--when he went on a mission alone and fight to prove everyone, especially Aubrey, that his suspicions was right, despite being stripped off his abilities. I can see this playing while he was losing it and seeing Aubrey's face in every single punch he made.
And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing.
And Aubrey was her name.
7. Fix You - Coldplay - This is for the confrontation scene. Scott was able to recover but something happened that he didn't expect. Someone saved him from his death. To be honest, I was dumbstruck when I read this. I can't keep my tears from falling now.
8. Don't You (Forget About Me) - This is the end. As the song goes...
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
8. Don't You (Forget About Me) - This is the end. As the song goes...
Will you recognize me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down
I hope you enjoy listening to them! You can also share your thoughts about this mix.
Also don't forget to join the Twitter competition to win 5 signed copies of Shift & Control by Kim Curran. Read the mechanics here.
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It's obvious to anyone who checks this space regularly that I've been absent for a handful of months — here's the podcast I did for my theater, cheap The Cinefamily, back in April. I just finished Episode #10, but I'll … Continue reading
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SOUNDTRACK SHELF PODCAST #08: Flamma-Jamma!
It's been some weeks now, unhealthy but it was time to put together another soundtrack mixtape for ya. A significant number of tracks this time around come straight from audio rips of the films themselves, as many of the movies … Continue reading
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SOUNDTRACK SHELF PODCAST #07: Another Dose of Horror!
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SOUNDTRACK SHELF PODCAST #06: Horror Ahoy!
This horror-themed playlist is the first time that Bret and Nicolaou have collaborated together on an episode of the podcast — spot which tracks came from whom, find and win a year's supply of canned soup! DOWNLOAD: Soundtrack Shelf Podcast: … Continue reading
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SOUNDTRACK SHELF Podcast #05
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SOUNDTRACK SHELF Podcast #04: feat. guest DJ Nathaniel Thompson!
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A crazy trip and another whirlwind experience.... Twenty hours of flying each way for three days in Beijing to attend ISPO, their big trade show. Sasha and I were there as athlete representatives for Adidas and Five Ten. It was a totally foreign world and could not have been any more different from my simple van life here, where my life revolves around training and climbing...
Coming from Grand Junction, where I never drive more than 5min to get anywhere, the huge city of Beijing itself was a shock, with its constant noise, traffic jams and an insane amount of people... all speaking in rapid, extremely loud Chinese and barely any who spoke English. However, it was a really fun trip and an interesting insight into a very different way of life. It made me appreciate the freedom of my lifestyle, which I generally take for granted too much. The beauty of the relatively untouched nature that surrounds me, where I go climb or run on a daily basis, and the clean air - A couple of the days we were in Beijing we so smoggy that I did not even want to go outside... I understand why they wear face masks now!
The Chinese looked after us like we royalty... We were put up in a beautiful hotel, taken out for incredible lunches and dinners, where although I rarely knew what I was eating, most of it tasted really good... And for once we (the athletes) were only required to be at the show for short periods of time - to do a few presentations, posters signings and media conferences!
This meant that we were fortunate enough to actually experience a little of China outside of the ISPO. The highlights of my time over there were... Getting a "real" Chinese massage - an hour of intense but incredibly good pain, which came complete with a scorching foot bath, hot tea and sliced oranges. An interesting yet winning combo!
Wandering the streets of the Hutong with our lovely young guide, who introduced us to countless typical Chinese/Beijing delicacies, and showed us many of the classic Chinese shops, including an incredible tea shop - We spent about an hour there, testing delicious teas, browsing the beautiful ceramics and watching the store attendant making tea art...
And a visit to the Forbidden City, where we were treated to a meeting with a nephew of the last great emperor, who is now one of the best Chinese calligraphers and sometimes works within the Forbidden City.
Now, after only 6 days away, I am back in Colorado, finishing my training cycle and climbing as much as I can before hitting the road again... A trip like this was definitely a good way to make a week feel like an eternity!


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Dan Morain: Shady ad brought to you by the Supreme Court
It's a sleazy little ad, the one alleging that Sen. Barbara Boxer supposedly voted against the interests of injured war veterans and in favor of giving Viagra to pedophiles.
It's spewed over the airwaves by something called Taxpayer Network, a political advocacy corporation you've never heard of and which undoubtedly will slip back into a hole once this election is over.
Who funds Taxpayer Network, and what motivates its donors? Could they be health insurance companies mad at Boxer's vote in favor of federal health care legislation?
Maybe they're fossil fuel producers upset that she supports capping carbon emissions? Perhaps it is some rich guy who simply thinks Boxer is too liberal and who would rather that Republican Carly Fiorina represent California.
You will never know – except that one of its directors is a high-powered Washington lobbyist who represents moneyed interests that have a financial stake in whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. Senate.
Campaign 2010 is noteworthy for many things: the influence of tea partiers; dismay at President Barack Obama and incumbents; fear about our nation's future. But most remarkable has been the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision issued at the start of the year that opened wide the spigots of corporate money flooding into this year's election.
The 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission handed Republican strategists something they long sought, the ability to raise unlimited money from corporations.
Worse, the high court decision permits many of the organizations to forever hide the identities of their funders, while other groups easily can delay identifying their donors until after votes are cast.
"The court majority was somewhat blindsided by the ease by which the disclosure rules would be evaded," noted Professor Richard L. Hasen, a campaign finance law expert at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
Citizens United permits unlimited spending by unions, though when a union spends money, the public knows the source – union dues.
Labor surely spends heavily to influence elections. The single largest spender outside the political parties in this season may end up being the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
As Election Day nears, however, Republicans and their political organizations are capitalizing far more from the Citizens United decision than Democrats.
An analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics shows that excluding Democratic and Republican Party committees, independent groups have spent $280 million-plus during this campaign.
That analysis also shows Republican proxy groups are outspending Democratic-leaning groups by more than 2 to 1 – $182 million to $87 million. Spending by Republican-oriented groups has increased significantly this year from 2008 levels, while Democratic spending has fallen.
Courts long have treated money spent in political campaigns as a First Amendment issue. Indeed, the Citizens United case raised a fundamental free speech issue.
Citizens United is a conservative group that receives some corporate money. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Citizens United sought to use an on-demand cable provider to air a 90-minute video attacking Hillary Clinton. Lower courts ruled that was a violation of the 2002 federal campaign finance law co-authored by Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
First Amendment advocates were alarmed. If the Federal Election Commission could restrict the airing of a documentary, no matter how one-sided, the government could block publication of a critical book in the weeks before an election.
The high court could have resolved the case by issuing a narrow decision. It might have concluded that election law did not apply to on-demand broadcasts. But the court went way beyond that, overturning a century-old prohibition on corporate giving in federal campaigns.
In its written argument urging that result, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce contended that "elected officials who oppose business viewpoints have sought to keep them from being expressed, particularly when their re-elections are at stake."
Chamber lawyers wrote that public officials suppress corporate rights "even when candidates have directly attacked business interests and when corporations have unique and valuable insight into the likely consequences of electing or defeating particular candidates."
In the campaign, the chamber's "unique and valuable insight" has come in the form of 30-second commercials that pummel Democrats across the country.
No Democrat has taken a worse pounding than Boxer. The chamber has spent millions providing the valuable insight that Boxer has spent "28 years of killing jobs."
When they issued the Citizens United decision, the justices seemed to believe that the American electorate would be fully informed about the money behind such attacks.
"With the advent of the Internet," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion, "prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters."
It is a blindered view of how the federal campaign system works. Some newly empowered groups do disclose their funders. But the disclosures are issued in monthly or quarterly reports, and they are not easily accessible on the Internet. Many other groups, including ones that have aired the most over-the-top attacks, have no obligation to issue any disclosure of their donors.
The Chamber of Commerce intends to spend $75 million to elect Republicans and is not legally required to identify its specific donors, though it's widely known that the chamber represents all major corporate interests, from insurance to tobacco to oil.
Others fly by night, like Taxpayer Network.
Taxpayer Network does not have a listed phone number, but it does have a Rocklin address – a UPS mail drop sandwiched between a Starbucks and a salon where you can get a waxing and a pedicure.
Its website says its attorney is Paul E. Sullivan, a former counsel to the FEC and Republican based in Washington, D.C.
Sullivan also represents a political entity called Latinos for Reform, which attracted attention recently for airing television ads in Nevada urging Latinos not to vote.
Taxpayer Network lists one director as David McIntosh, a former congressman from Indiana. McIntosh is a lobbyist at Mayer Brown in Washington, where he represents energy companies worried about climate legislation, health care clients, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on financial services regulation, and more.
Two Californians, Lisa and Bruce Hughes, also are on the board. They are divorce lawyers in Orange County. Lisa Hughes was Gov. Pete Wilson's chair of the Lottery Commission.
Sacramento political consultant Dave Gilliard, who represents Republicans in state and federal campaigns, produced the ad – and defended it.
A Democratic organization has filed a complaint contending that Taxpayer Network is violating the law. It won't do any good. The Federal Election Commission won't rule on the complaint until long after votes are tallied on Nov. 2, long after the sleazy little ad has had its impact and Taxpayer Network evaporates into the ether.


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How does the dedicated Uechi (or any other karate) practitioner gain power?
We want to hit hard. It does no good to whack an opponent and have that blow prove to be ineffective. In terms of hojo undo, etc. what exercises can one do to contribute to their development of striking power in both hands and legs (feet)?


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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
As we head into summer...
She and her "boyfriend" are living with her father - Around Mother's day I printed off some family photos of her and her family over the years - and used them as stationary to let her know how much we (her family) have always loved her & still do - and to let her know that I miss her and am happy to hear from her father that she is doing well. I made a point of not dwelling on heroin, et al... just reminding her that I am here for her if she needs me. She responded with a very nice phone call, and since then we have talked several times. I have sent her books (She loves to read - I resisted the urge to send her self-help books - I ordered her books by Stephanie Myers, her new favorite author who has a trilogy "The Twilight Saga" that is very popular ... about vampires, I think. She's always liked Stephen King, VC Andrews, Dean Koontz, etc. I did slip in "Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality" LOL. She called to thank me when she got the books... unfortunately, the Meyers book was the Spanish version, which was pretty funny. Yesterday I mailed her a return label so that she could send it back to Amazon, and I included some maternity clothes for her.
Her dad thinks they are staying clean, and when I talk to her she sounds good, so I am going with that for now - The baby is due in July, and I don't want to be estranged. Her father and I have just about talked her into returning to her OB/GYN here... They drug tested her on her last appointment in April, and she told me that it was "clean" ... if true, there is no reason for her to avoid the Doctor, who she really liked.
She still has a looming court date for her heroin possession charge - I don't know when that will be, or what the outcome will be - It's concerning to me that she hasn't really done anything that a judge could look at and think "I see she is taking responsibility for her actions" ... I really don't know what to expect, but so far have been amazed at the revolving door that "jail" has been for her and the "boyfriend" over this past year.
So - Hope springs eternal, but with a health dose of realism, at least on my part ;-)
7 comments:
- kel said...
Optimisim is a GOOD thing. I am glad you are at least on speaking terms with your daughter, and hope she will stay clean, and embrace motherhood and all the joy (??? LOL ) that comes with it and her legal problems will work themselves out.
Hugs and prayers being sent your way...
- May 20, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- pat said...
Take care of yourself. I am thinking of you.
- May 20, 2008 at 8:49 PM
- My Daughter's Addiction said...
Been thinking about you. You were absolutely right to tell her Doctor about her drug use. She knows that you love her and would do anything to protect her...maybe she's beginning to think like that toward her own child.
- May 20, 2008 at 9:02 PM
- Fractalmom said...
good going!! our court system, unfortunately for reality, but fortunately for the addicted persons themselves, are overburdened and too busy. don't be surprised if the most that happens with her charges is she gets unsupervised probation. the courts are not really interested in putting junkies in jail, they have to take care of them when they do,and it is expensive. usually, they just let them go. unless she had enough heroin on her to be a dealer? then, she may actually get time in jail.
weird world we live in.
- May 21, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- Mary P Jones (MPJ) said...
Bug hugs. I'm keeping you and your daughter in my thoughts. Hope that all goes well with the rest of her pregnancy.
- May 21, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- Fractalmom said...
I have used one of my blogs to start to chronicle my daughter's addiction and the impact it has had on the family, as well as what I have learned through my journey. if you want to read it, it is at
- May 22, 2008 at 8:24 AM
- Rachel said...
Sounds like 6 weeks or so until the baby. Yeah! Just be ready for anything.
- May 26, 2008 at 10:30 PM


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Let's Move Quad Cities: Duane Spellious
For 35 years one Quad City man has practiced Taekwondo, training and teaching thousands of students along the way.
In our "Let's Move QC" feature he shows us how 2 new hip replacements are helping to move him forward, not hold him back.
Taekwondo is a way of life for Duane Spellious.
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|The robins during their days as fledglings.
When they arrived at VINS, we were shocked at the amazing condition of the robins. They were a bit stinky, dehydrated, and thin, but they were alert and begging for food. It was fortunate that the babies had just enough feathers to keep warm, were big enough to survive an eight-hour fast, and were able to remain securely in their nest. If they had been any smaller with fewer feathers, they wouldn't have been able to stay warm nor could they have tolerated an entire day without food. Had they been any older, the movement of the barn may have caused them to leave the nest or "fledge" too early, and they wouldn't have survived. These robin nestlings were at just the right age – what are the chances?!
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Welcome to MPSC Material Website. In this post I am going to share the change made by upsc for civil services exam 2018. And this information is given by Jagtar Malwa personally in one of my page so first of all thanks to Jagtar Malwa who is on quora .
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Let's get started with main topic.
So what is the big Chang in UPSC Exam 2018.
It's change in written languages for mains exam.
Now you can choose two languages for mains exam in following ways :
1.You can choose 1 Language for Eassy and General Studies Papers.
2. You can choose 1 Language for your Optional subject.
3. you can choose only one language for both options.
Note: if your optional is literature then you have to write it in that language. because it's not allowed to write it in different language. For eg. You will write answers of marathi literature in marathi only and in Sanskrit i think you have option to write it in other language too for some of particular questions.
Now you know what is the Chang in civil services exam 2018. This big changes is related to written language for civil services mains exam and you know this will be helpful for those who choose language of written exam based on either optional or general studies. So this minor or big change may create happiness amongst all candidates or candidates from regional languages with technical optional subject which you can write well in english only. In the other hand if your optional subject is static in nature like history and you are preparing it with your regional language but you are preparing for exam in english for general studies because of availability of material. So, in such scenario it will be helpful for candidates like you or me or someone else.
Now take example of Marathi Language for Written exam.
Suppose you have optional subject Marathi Literature itself means you can write it only in Marathi medium/Language but suppose you can write good answers in english for general Studies papers. So, Now this is possible because you can select english for essay and General Studies papers and marathi for Optional paper.
Isn't it Good Chang in UPSC civil services exam 2018?
In my opinion it's good Chang in civil services exam and it will not change anything for others too means if you want to write everything in english or everything in Marathi then you can select marathi or english in both options.
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A Lord of the Rings-inspired space opera wants to connect you with African mythology
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Six years ago, he challenged himself to combine these influences with his skill as an artist and his desire to tell African stories. One of the results of this endeavor is Yohancè, an upcoming futuristic space opera rich with imagery influenced by ancient African culture and design, which aims to connect people with Africa's past by creating a new mythology inspired by the continent.
The article is from earlier this year, and the comic is out now, according to the Facebook page. Definitely want to check this one out, but it'll need to go on a wishlist for now. I'm on a book-buying moratorium until I read a few more of the one I already own.


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Removing Imperfections in Your Food Photography
Due to the messy nature of food styling and photography, sometimes you'll have an extra drip, bit, or speck of stuff that needs tidying up after the image has been shot. When you have a little problem that needs a bit of cleanup, use the Clone Stamp tool in Adobe Photoshop to tidy up the image. In the following figure, you see an appetizing shot of an apricot and nut square with a lavender-scented crust. Unfortunately, a little lavender piece is stuck right smack in the middle of the crust.. It's distracting.
To fix the problem, zoom in, select the Clone Stamp tool, and then press the Option key and click (also referred to as Option + click) on a white area of the surrounding crust. Use the Clone Stamp tool to paint the white crust-colored pixels over the stray lavender bit. In the following figure, you can see the results. With just a few clicks, the image is left with a nearly flawless crust.


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Strawberry Butter
You may have seen the strawberry cream cheese spread that I recently shared. Today, I have a similar recipe, this time is for a strawberry butter. It's a simple process I saw on an episode of The Pioneer Woman. Everything I have ever made of Ree Drummond's has been excellent, she has so many great ideas and recipes. I saw a berry butter she made on a recent rerun of Pioneer Woman on Food Network. There was raspberry butter and blueberry butter to go along with a delicious looking french toast. I was drooling over the butter and decided I wanted to try it, but with strawberries instead.
It's such a simple process, but absolutely delicious!
Berry Butter ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1/4 berries (~3 medium berries)
Berry Butter directions:
- Beat butter until soft and creamy (I used the whisk attachment)
- Add in berries and beat on low speed (I used paddle attachment), stop when berries are starting to break up
- Spoon out butter onto plastic wrap, make a long line of the butter
- Roll the plastic wrap up making a tight cylinder to shape the butter
- Wrap the plastic wrap in foil and close up the sides
- Freeze for around 30 mins and then keep in refrigerator until serving
This week has been a busy week! I've had posts every day that you will want to check out. For my Monday cake decorating, I shared an easy bottle cap cupcake topper. For my recipe Wednesday post, I shared a white chocolate no bake cookie recipe. I also had my monthly Surprise Recipe Swap post, this month was a strawberry cream cheese spread. As always, I also had my Sweet Tooth link party - there's still time to link up.


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Campobello, South Carolina Passport Office Information
Residents of Campobello in Spartanburg County, South Carolina have a choice of 2 passport acceptance agents to visit in order to get their passport application sealed. The passport agents in Campobello can provide you with passport forms or witness your signature and seal your passport documents (if you don't need your passport application sealed then you do not need to visit an acceptance agent). Besides the 2 locations there are 86 other locations in the state of South Carolina from which you can get a passport application sealed at. If you are not needing a passport in Campobello for a least (3) weeks, you can visit any of the passport acceptance agents listed below the map on this web page. If you need it faster than (3) weeks we have provided the closest regional passport offices to Campobello, South Carolina and Expedited Passport service options for Campobello.
Regional Passport Offices Close to Campobello:These are passport issuing facilities. You will need to make an appointment and present proof of upcoming travel but in most cases, you will be able to get passport renewal, new passports, child passports, or a lost passport replacement Same Day or Next Day.
Atlanta Passport Agency - 136.2 Miles, Washington Passport Agency - 334.9 Miles, Detroit Passport Agency - 436 Miles, Philadelphia Passport Agency - 442.8 Miles, Chicago Passport Agency - 480.9 Miles
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How to Get a Passport in Campobello, South CarolinaGetting a passport in Campobello SC depends on what type of passport application you are needing. The process in these guides assumes that you are applying at a local Campobello Passport Office in which case it will take you 4 to 6 weeks to get a passport in Campobello.
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Passport Offices in Campobello, SC
There are 2 acceptance agents (local passport offices) located in Campobello South Carolina:
- Gramling Post Office
14921 Asheville Hwy
Campobello, SC 29322
- Campobello Post Office
30 S Main St
Campobello, SC 29322
Other Passport Offices Near Campobello, South Carolina:Listed below are additional passport offices that are located within 50 miles of Campobello South Carolina:
Inman Post Office - Inman - 4.6 Miles
Tryon Post Office - Tryon - 7.7 Miles
Lyman Post Office - Lyman - 8.4 Miles
Duncan Post Office - Duncan - 9.5 Miles
Saluda Post Office - Saluda - 12.3 Miles
Spartanburg Post Office - Spartanburg - 14.5 Miles
Keith Oglesby Station - Greenville - 16.6 Miles
Cleveland Post Office - Marietta - 17.5 Miles
Moore Post Office - Fairmont Mills - 17.7 Miles
Main Post Office - Greenville - 18.9 Miles
Passport Service for Cities Near CampobelloResidents of the following closeby cities looking to get a passport should consider using the passport office(s) located in Campobello for document sealing and 3-week passport expediting. Be sure to check other nearby passport offices listed above, as there may be a closer passport office to your city.
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