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Tsongas has a unique and effective method of developing high risk juror profiles, supplemental juror questionnaires, and evaluating high risk jurors by "scoring" the nature of their attitudes and experiences. Their extensive experience with Las Vegas jury attitudes allows them to contribute in the most meaningful ways to case and theme development as well as with voir dire and effective jury selection strategies.
The Tsongas team also provided powerful and engaging demonstrative exhibits and PowerPoint presentations for opening and closing. These have helped me control the key issues in my cases and present juries with a clear and persuasive visual story.
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Moving In: Adding Value To Your Home
Hello homeowner! The chances are that, as the process of finding, buying and moving into a new house might be pretty exhausting, right now you just want to take a deep breath and get used to your new living arrangements.
But it's also probable that, sooner or later, you'll want to start improving your house in one way or another. In this final section of our Home Buyers' Guide, we've once again sought the recommendations of Ian Henderson, our trusted and award-winning builder. Having undertaken hundreds of extensions, conversions & refurbishments he is a man in the know when it comes to home improvements.
In this section, we'll cover:
Adding value to your property
Forget finding a builder, the first thing you'll need to know is whether or not it's worth making improvements. Therefore, we'll also give you a lowdown on:
- Which improvements add most value?
- Value-adding changes you could make
- Redecorating
- Low-cost ways to impress
- Paying for your home improvements
Having work done
Planning the work is one thing – getting it done is quite another. You'll want to know who to ask, how to find them and what rates to expect. Therefore, this section introduces you to:
- How to find a builder
- Individual tradespeople vs. a contractor
After that, you'll be the most briefed-up homeowner this side of the English Channel.
50% of estate agents ranked adding a bedroom (usually by converting loft space) as the best home modification.
Source: National Association of Estate Agents [3]
A note from our expert:
"Keep it simple and start with the general upkeep as first impressions count to the value of a property. There is no point adding an extension to a house if it is in a poor stare of repair. Once the basics are sorted, the best way to increase the value of a property is to add to it. The main additions are opening up and enlarging the kitchen/dining/family space, adding a bedroom, en-suite, downstairs toilet, utility room, outside landscaping and gates. Remember to keep your house in keeping with the other houses nearby; otherwise it can look out of place."
Which improvements add most value?
Home improvements could add real value to your property – some more than others. According to a survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents, 50% said an extra bedroom might add the most significant value, followed by a kitchen upgrade and extra bathroom. [1] Meanwhile, Nationwide have gone a step further, quantifying the added value modifications could make. [2]
They calculate a home extension or loft conversion might add as much as 22%:
- Extra bathroom – 5%
- 10% increase in floor area – 5%
- Extra bedroom – 11%
- Extension / loft conversion – 22%
Source: Nationwide
How much will home improvements save you?
|Home improvement
|Average cost
|Added value
|Loft coversion
|£15,000 - £40,000
|Extra bathroom
|£2,500 - £6,000
|New kitchen
|Cental heating
|£4,000 - £10,000
Source: This Is Money, NAEA, Movewithus and TradeAdvisor
These figures shouldn't be taken too literally – they are dependent on the cost of land, quality of the work undertaken and location. But studies such as this do show the potential home improvements have in terms of value.
Here's Ian Henderson's lowdown on the value-adding changes you could make:
A loft conversion:
This is often the easiest way to create an extra bedroom (or even an extra bathroom). As you may need to make some structural changes, such as strengthening floor joists or raising the roof (so you'll be able to stand up), it's sensible to get an expert opinion (an architect, structural engineer or builder) to assess the viability of whatever you have in mind.
Adding an extension:
Extensions vary widely, depending on space and size. However, a well thought-out extension that adds space to your home, or enhances its character could be a major attraction to potential buyers – and you'll be able to enjoy it for many years as an owner. One of the great advantages of an extension is you could use it to add a bedroom – as the NAEA's study proves is actually the most popular addition with estate agents. Don't forget that you'll almost certainly need planning permission.
Installing an en-suite:
Adding an en-suite might be a very smart move – especially if you add it to the master bedroom. If the room is big enough, you could use some of it for the en-suite, or use any extra space you may have on the landing. This way, you're less likely to reduce the appeal of the other bedrooms.
Opening up spaces:
Knocking one or more rooms through could make a big difference at a relatively low cost. You don't need to worry that reducing your room count reduces the value of your house, as most people care more about the total living space than simply how many rooms you have. Obviously, though, you need to avoid load-bearing walls.
Bringing the outside in:
This is a great way to add value, without spending a king's ransom. You could, for example, add natural light to a room with glass doors, or add a garden room to create extra living and entertaining space in the garden.
Refurbishing the kitchen:
Today, the kitchen is one of the most important parts of a home, and is often the first thing a new owner wants to replace. So if your home features a ready-made, stylish kitchen, buyers might be prepared to pay more to save the time and expense of a re-fit. Movewithus suggest it could add around 5% to the value of your property [4].
Applying for planning permission: average cost £300
…plus payments to Building Control which vary depending on the work carried out. The amount you'll have to pay for this depends on your local authority, but it could be as little as a few hundred pounds, and it could add a significant amount to the value of your home. It's important to be reasonable in what you apply for, otherwise your plans could be rejected, which means you'll have spent money for nothing.
* Find out how much planning permission costs for your own house improvements using the Government's Planning Portal Fee Calculator.
If you're nervous about paying for planning permission in case it might be rejected, it's worth having a dig around the local area. For example, skylights on the roofs of other houses on your street are a good indication that other people have had planning permission accepted. There's also no harm in knocking on a few doors and asking if they've had work done – and helps you make friends with the neighbours in the process!
Of course, you don't have to make large-scale changes to your home to make it more appealing to buyers. You could just redecorate.
While the average costs in the table above may seem quite high for things such as flooring or outdoor renovations, these are based on professional 'best-in-class' jobs throughout a house. For smaller properties such as flats or to carry out works one room at a time, the following are generally a lot less expensive and could make a real difference to your home's sale-value:
Increase 'kerb appeal'
First impressions count, and they start outside. So do an external makeover by freshening up masonry and woodwork. Remember, though, that if you intend to do anything more radical than a tidy-up of old or worn surfaces (such as changing windows or porches) you may need planning permission.
Do a garden overhaul
A great-looking garden works wonders. And if you're in a crowded urban area where parking is at a premium, you could add an off-street parking space to your property by paving over your front garden, if you have one. This could add to your house value.
Lighten up!
Ensuring that your house is well lit is a cheap and simple, but often effective, way to add value to your home. Replace outdated shades with simple fittings that give lots of light, and think about upgrading your bulbs to LEDs – another way to make a big difference at a small cost.
Revive your internal paintwork
Fresh, contemporary paintwork sends a strong message to buyers, and could really affect your house value.
Refresh your flooring
Making sure your flooring and carpets are clean and well-kept might pay dividends. Hiring a carpet cleaner or a professional cleaner could be worth every penny.
Low-cost ways to impress
There are some easy (and almost cost-free) things you could do that may not actually add value to your home, but might help you sell it at optimum price. You could:
- Hang mirrors in tight areas to give the impression of space
- Fix squeaking or sticking doors
- Replace dirty or mouldy bathroom sealant
- Tighten dripping taps
- Make sure curtains and upholstery coverings are fresh and clean
- Fill cracks and holes in walls
- Fix any cracked or broken windows
- Replace cracked or loose tiles
"…just by decluttering, adding a lick of paint and careful styling, it is possible to add 5–10% to the value of a property."
Paying for your home improvements
Although some improvements could be made very cheaply, the ones that add most value are likely to require significant amounts of money. If you don't have enough savings, or don't want to use them, you'll need to look at financing your improvements another way. The most common options are a personal loan or adding to your mortgage.
- Adding to your mortgage
This is usually done over the remaining lifetime of your existing mortgage. The advantage over a personal loan is that you could usually borrow a larger amount and pay a lower interest rate, as the loan is secured on your home. The downside is that today's affordability rules are quite tough, so the application process might be long-winded.
- Personal loans
These are usually over a much shorter period than the mortgage option (typically one, three or five years) and have higher interest rates. However, as you pay a personal loan off more quickly, the total interest paid may be less. Another advantage of a personal loan is that the application process is simpler and so you'll get a quicker decision. Also, a personal loan is unsecured, so your home is not at risk if anything goes wrong.
- 0% Purchase Credit Cards
If you are able to pay for works with a card, you could consider getting a 0% purchase credit card. A number of lenders now allow you to take these out, where you pay no interest on purchases for a fixed period of time – often more than 2 years. While the rate of interest goes up significantly after this period, it could be worth looking into this if it's a case of spreading payments or you envisage getting the money together at a later date.
You could also find reliable tradespeople through the Trading Standards Buy with Confidence scheme, if it exists in your area.
Getting the work done
After reading this, you may think the time is right to get some works underway. Unless you're a skilled DIYer, you'll need to contract it out to someone suitably skilled. The key here is to strike the right balance between service, price and quality. One of the first things to address, then, is whether it's better to hire an established building contractor, or 'go independent' – that is, hire individual local tradespeople with a good reputation:
Individual tradespeople
Hiring an individual tradesperson may be a cheaper and quicker approach to a project than employing a building contractor. However, finding someone who inspires confidence isn't always easy. Personal recommendation is a good way to find reliable tradespeople who could do a good job – but if no-one you know is able to recommend someone, you could try finding vetted tradespeople at websites such as:
Doing the proper checks
Remember that it could be dangerous to employ someone who's not properly qualified in their trade – especially if it's for anything involving gas, electrics or structural work. One way of confirming that a potential supplier is qualified to do the work you want is to check that they're a registered gas engineer or registered electrician.
Your insurance – what to check
If you have buildings and/or contents insurance, check with your insurance provider that you'll be covered during the work. If you're not covered, you could investigate the possibility of adding it to your policy. You could also ask the contractor concerned if they have insurance to cover you and them in case someone's hurt or property is damaged.
Finding a building contractor
For some projects you may want to consider an established building or home improvements company. Again, it's worth heading to The Federation of Master Builders or Which? Trusted Traders for this just as with individual tradespeople.
Being clear on what's expected
It could be a good idea to not only discuss in full what you want, but to ask for a contract in writing before you give the go-ahead. This way, if the contractor doesn't do what you agreed, you might have a better chance of getting your money back. Most professional contracts could also include start and finish dates, and what the contractor might do in the event of a delay.
Quote versus estimate
Remember that a quote is a fixed price – it tells you exactly what you're getting and how much it could cost. An estimate is just a guess, so you could end up paying more.
And finally
- If you've read all sections of our Home Buyers' Guide, you'll know all the important steps in the house buying process, as well as many of the potential pitfalls.
- Also remember that, now you own your own home, it's a good time to think about Life Insurance. After all, could your loved ones cope financially if you weren't around anymore? Could they afford the mortgage payments as well as living expenses? It's not an upbeat thought, we know, but it's something we all have to think about.
- If you think our guide could help friends and family you know, please share it using the simple sharing buttons below.
- In the meantime – happy home buying!

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The Big Apple hosts another international event for the automotive industry, starting March 23 for the Press and opening its gates to the public two days later.
It is true that, right after Geneva is not the best of times for such an event. On the other hand, it does take place in the US of A and certain brands have some interesting debuts for the city that never sleeps.
Mazda has already announced a world premiere that may, or may not, be the new MX-5 Roadster Coupe, and Subaru will unveil the all-new Impreza sedan and hatch.
We're also waiting to find out what this Nissan GT-R rear lights stand for and what exactly this new Prius teaser is about. Speaking of which, Toyota is probably the one coming on strongest of all, as it will also launch the new generation of its Highlander SUV and the revamped
Scion FR-S GT 86, though choosing the concept of the C-HR instead of the production version that'll make it to the States one year after being launched in Europe.
With sporty SUVs being all the rage, Mercedes-Benz has picked NYC to blow the covers off the GLC Coupe and the nip-and-tuck'ed CLA. Hyundai, on the other hand, seems ready to enter uncharted waters with its Genesis 3-Series rival, even in concept form, while Kia is on track to reveal the 2017 Cadenza.
This is US soil, though, so it's only fitting that the 640hp Camaro ZL1 and the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk will flying the Star-Spangled Banner. It doesn't get much more "American Iron" than that, does it?
It goes without saying that the following list, while comprehensive at the point of writing, will be constantly updated as news come along – therefore, keep a watchful eye right here to get all the latest news.
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"Weathered, but not Beaten"
By artist Stacey Uffman Blanchard
I created the original painting of "Weathered, but not Beaten" out of Love for our beautiful state. I felt the fear as the floodwaters were rising. I saw the pain and suffering of the residents that were affected, and I wiped the tears shed in the aftermath. My passion is painting, and I was driven to illustrate the State, as I saw it. There is so much sadness and uncertainty.
The painting shows the darkness by the live oak tree the makes a veil over the parishes affected by The Great Flood of 2016. The waves of water illustrate the floodwaters as they rose above our homes. The drops of water are the tears shed by hundreds of thousands that lost everything that they have worked so hard for all of their lives. The orange, green and yellow shapes are the parishes that are suffering from the floodwaters. The alligator represents the disturbance to our eco system. As we all know, even our gators lost their homes, and are being relocated in new swamps and bayous. The light shining from behind the trees is the hope and light that will end our suffering and pain.
We are "Louisiana Strong", "UnBRoken", and we will rebuild. Most of all we are a "WEATHERED, but not BEATEN."
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One of the hallmarks of postmodern authors is their treatment of time as imaginary. Postmodern novelists such David Foster Wallace in Infinite Jest, Thomas Pynchon in Gravity's Rainbow, Jonathan Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Don Delillo in Falling Man treat time as a purely human construct—something that can be broken, bent, manipulated, and twisted on a whim. Postmodern literature is rife with segmented, meandering, or divergent timelines—in postmodern narratives, time is an illusion.
At first glance, it appears that Pynchon is up to the same narrative tricks in Against the Day. He seems to begin in the present, take halting steps forward in the narrative and chronology, and then rewind the world several years back with narrative threads like the one that follows Merle Rideout and Erlys Zomboni. Likewise, when Pynchon describes Reef Traverse and Yashmeen Halfcourt's romance or Frank Traverse's first encounter with his eventual lover Stray, Pynchon is fond of beginning paragraphs with "years later" as he seems to leap forward chronologically, even while the narrative stands still. This apparent time-travelling technique is nothing new to postmodern fiction, but Pynchon is actually very though subtly different mechanism to manipulate the narrative. In fact, far from using the postmodern model of time as a merely human idea to be played with, Against the Day is Pynchon's illustration that time is the only one of the four dimensions that is not a construct.
Pynchon does not manipulate time, at least not in what his character Kitt Traverse would call the imaginary fourth term in vector mathematics and indeed what most readers would call the imaginary term in postmodern fiction. Pynchon manipulates everything else instead by changing the reader's frame of reference. Pynchon does not leave the reader in the familiar and comfortable world bounded by an x,y, and z axis of three dimensional matter, free to play with time as if it were an imaginary construct. Instead, Pynchon approaches the world as a Quaternionist, a devotee of an obscure branch of turn-of-the-century pure mathematics. He approaches time as the constant instead of the variable, and the rest of the physical universe being imaginary axes i, j, and k. Time, in Against the Day, is unchanging and unchangeable—instead it is the rest of the world that changes. Quaternionist Umeki Tsurigane explains Pynchon's conceit to the reader when she explains Quaternionism to Kitt:
Actually, Quaternions failed because they perverted what the Vectorists thought they know of God's intention—that space be simple, three-dimensional, and real, and if there must be a fourth term, an imaginary, that it be assigned to Time. But Quaternions came in and turned that all end for end, defining the axes of space as imaginary and leaving Time to be the real term, and a scalar as well—simply inadmissible. Of course the Vectorists went to war. Nothing they knew of Time allowed it to be that simple, any more than they could allow space to be comprised of impossible numbers… (351)
Pynchon urges his readers to make a cognitive switch away viewing the world through the traditional Vectorist lenses where time is something to be manipulated around what we understand to be the "real." Pynchon asks his readers to see the world as a Quaternion would, with time as the only real value—a world where everything else is imaginary. Pynchon then proceeds to take his readers across constant unwavering time, all the while changing the imaginary world of the physical. Time, so commonly stretched, bent, and broken in postmodern narratives, becomes a solid line, Pynchon's Archimedean lever large enough to move the world. Although perhaps are not immediately intuitive, Pynchon gives his readers plenty of clues to understanding his narrative technique.
While time never changes, the physical world of the novel, which is the truly imaginary one, starts, stops, and transforms. The transient and ethereal nature of the physical is a consistent theme in Against the Day.
Pynchon's most obvious clues that the physical world is imaginary come when he writes about the Chums of Chance, the novel's perennial teenage boys. Fittingly, they give the simplest and most obvious clues to Pynchon's Quaternion mindset. The Chums fly through the center of a hollow earth through the poles (Pynchon 117). The Chums search for a mysterious and strangely mobile mystical city of Shambhala while traveling underground and literally walking through the earth (Pynchon 437). To erase all doubt of the transmutability of the physical, Pynchon sends the Chums of Chance from earth to Antichthon, the other earth, by flying their airship through the sun (1021).
Elsewhere in the novel, Pynchon has Kit Traverse ponder the difference between those ashore and those leaving on a boat with the sad acknowledgement that those leaving "would never be here, never exactly here, again" (747). Kit understands that "here" in the sense that it is a place, is also a time, and that time will never come again. Later, Pynchon gives what is perhaps the best metaphor for Against the Day's Quaternion worldview: Kit Traverse travels through the Asian great rock arch called Tushuk Tash. As Kit's companion Lieutenant Prance explains, "This great Archway known as Tushuk Tash. Which means 'a rock with a hole in it'" (Pynchon 764).
Pynchon asks his reader to see the hole in the physical universe that many suppose to be solid and real. Fittingly, it is the passage of time that causes rock formations like arches and columns—it is time that creates these gates that are holes in what ought to be solid. Without this knowledge, Pynchon seems to tell readers, the world cannot truly be understood for what it is. Lieutenant Prance warns Kit that "Unless we enter by way of it, we shall always be on the wrong journey." (Pynchon 764) It is not the rock that is real and permanent, but the hole in it.
He continues this theme of the physical as illusionary when Reef, Yashmeen, and Cyprian travel across Europe at the dawn of the First Balkan War. Pynchon takes his readers through a dizzying number of towns, valleys, passes, and hamlets, each one given scant attention aside from being defined as someplace on the way to someplace else. Some of these places, such as the Macedonian cities of Prilep and Veles, exist. Others, such a mountain cult monastery, do not. To the vast majority of his readers without an atlas handy to check whether all those Balkan towns and passes are real, one is just as real as another; this is Pynchon's point. If the reader cannot recognize what places are real and what places are created, he seems to say, who is to say that any place is real at all?
When Against the Day's narrative thread returns to the Americas, Pynchon uses a relentless motif of holes and the physical impermanence of what the reader thinks of as the real to push his readers to embrace the Quaternion. His Mexico is a place of caves, holes, and ancient cities long destroyed while the American West of Against the Day is full of mines in Colorado. Again, Pynchon uses the imagery of rock as an illustration of the physical world. His mines betray the idea that the earth is solid, that everything is what it seems. Revolutionaries Webb Traverse, Frank Traverse, and Ewball Oust consistently use dynamite to blast holes in the very matter that frames their world. Pynchon's characters remake with ease what the unenlightened reader takes to be eternal.
Even New York City, with all its physically imposing buildings, is nothing but "the Cabinet of Ultimate Illusion." ( Pynchon 353) Everywhere he takes the reader, Pynchon points out the inescapable truth of the Quaternion concept of the world: time is the only constant, the only real value in what we can appreciate in space-time. Those who say otherwise are charlatans, tricksters, or worse.
When Miles Blundell confronts the mysterious Trespasser Thorn who claims to have travelled through time to warn the pre-World War world, Miles has a sudden revelation: "…in fact no 'time travel' at all—the presence in this world of Thorn and his people had been owing only to some chance blundering upon a shortcut… by whatever terrible singularity in the smooth flow of Time had opened to them." (Pynchon 555) Time is real, Pynchon tells his readers, and nothing can change that fact. Indeed, a few paragraphs later, Miles tells his friend Chick Counterfly, "There is nothing immortal about them, Chick. They have lied to all of us, including those… fool enough to work for them, in exchange for 'eternal youth.' They cannot provide that. They never could" (Pynchon, 555). With depressing finality, Miles tells readers what they intuitively already know about attempts to manipulate time: "I simply knew, the minute I saw him, that it was all false, the promise was nothing but a cruel confidence game" (Pynchon 555).
Pynchon rejects the concept of time as a human illusion and in doing so rejects the human hope against hope to somehow escape time and its consequences:
"Time," explained Dr. Rao, "is the Further Term, you see, transcending and conditioning i, j, and k—the dark visitor from the Exterior, the Destroyer, the fulfiller of the Trinity. It is the merciless clock-beat we all seek to escape, into the pulselessness of salvation. It is all this and more."
"A weapon based on Time…" mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to defeat, resist, or reverse. It kills all forms of life sooner or later…" [bold in original text] (558)
When the reader finally embraces Pynchon's Quaternionist worldview that time is the only real value it begs the question "is there any point to anything?" If only time is real, and the physical universe the reader inhabits an imaginary one, does anything matter? Pynchon, while rejecting the idea that the physical world is real, has his characters expressly reject nihilism (Pynchon 922). Instead, Pynchon uses mathematics to prove that real things can come out of the junction of the one real dimension and the three imaginary ones.
Yashmeen Halfcourt explains this to turn-of-the-century mathematics genius Dr. David Hilbert in an attempt to prove the Reimann hypothesis: "There is also this… spine of reality… Though the members of a Hermitian may be complex, the eigenvalues are real." (Pynchon 604) These eigenvalues are based on the interplay of the imaginary ijk with the "spine of reality" that is, time, but are still real themselves. An eigenvalue is a mathematical term used in matrix mathematics, but a very telling a literal reading of the German word would be "own values" or "innate values." This reading implies that not only is time real, but some innate value, some "self" is real, and by extension others' "selves" as well—Pynchon uses eigenvalues, not just a singular eiegenvalue.
With time and his characters' "innate values" being the only real things in the world, Pynchon pushes his worldview to its narrative limit and turns the world "end for end" (351). Understanding this Quaternion perspective explains the novel's focus on light and the bifurcating properties of lenses—refraction can literally skew the imaginary physical world and rotate it about its axis. This allows Pynchon to turn the physical world into a place where the cruise liner the Stupendica is also the battleship Emperor Maximilian (515). It lets Pynchon's characters build fanciful technology to use photographs to see the world as it might have been—still the same, but slightly altered—the world as rotated about Yashmeen's "spine of reality" (1061). Tellingly, this technology works by following a person in a photograph forward or backwards through time; the eigenvalues, being the core identities of Pynchon's characters, retain their identity even as the imaginary physical world shifts and distorts around them. Pynchon even bifurcates his characters: the professors Renfrew and Werfner are mirror images of each other in their temperament and interest in Balkan politics. As one Pynchon scholar puts it, "their obsession reveals how much they are alike" (Aghoro, 44). Indeed, they are the same person, because their essential nature—the eigenvalue—remains the same. In the novel, detective Lew Basnight even comes "to accept the professors as a single person" (Pynchon 771).
The underlying theme of Against the Day—that self and time are all the only "real" things in an imaginary world, is one that it seems many critics and scholars seem to have missed. Tom LeClair makes mention of Pynchon's frequent use of bifurcation as a theme and his use of lenses, particularly the double refracting Iceland spar, but seems at a loss as to why, ending his review by hoping "some future scholar will read the novel twenty times and either illustrate how it recapitulates the whole history of narrative or demonstrate how every piece fits together into a fourfold design that will replace four-base genetics as a model of all life" (Leclair "Lead Zeppelin"). Lewis Menand also sees the math—even going so far as to title his piece "Do the Math"—but misses the point, citing a character's discourses on Quaternion mathematics but then dismissing it with "And on into the night" ("Do the Math"). Others point to its sprawling plot and seemingly strange spatial manipulations and write them off as Pynchon being Pynchon (Rankin "'Reader Beware…'," Peck "Heresy of Truth") or, like Liesl Schillinger, spend pages writing about Against the Day's author and various different sections of the book without really addressing the book as a whole ("Dream Maps"). Peck quotes from one the novel's repudiated Trespassers to explain the novel ("Heresy of Truth") and Shillinger confuses the novel's Quaternion travel through three dimensional space with travel through time ("Dream Maps"). Scott Borchert takes the book's title quite literally and links "the Day" of the novel's title to references in Mason & Dixon to present Pynchon's novel as a stand against "capitalist modernity" (80).
Critical confusion notwithstanding, Against the Day is not merely a meandering genre pastiche, nor is it merely a novel about technological change at the dawn of the 20th Century (Menand "Do the Math). Borchert's reading of it as an anti-capitalist manifesto is not wholly incorrect given the book's treatment of anarchist revolutionaries and unrestrained capitalists, but such a reading misses the fundamental reason why Pynchon is frustrated by naked capitalism and its materialistic trappings: because materialism is not merely empty, but the materials themselves are illusionary. Instead, the novel is Pynchon's plea for his readers to acknowledge what he sees as the only reality left in a modern era of uncertainty and change—that things change and disappear, but time and the self remain.
Works Cited
Aghoro, Natalie. "Bilocated Identities: Taking the Fork in the Road in Against the Day," AS Peers. 2. 2009 (33-52). Web.
Borchert, Scott. "Against Accumulation: Moby Dick, Mason & Dixon, and Atlantic Capitalism." English Honors Papers. Connecticut College, 2008. Web.
LeClair, Tom. "Lead Zeppelin." Bookforum. Rev. of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. Dec/Jan 2007. Web. 12 February 2011.
Menand, Lewis. "Do the Math." The New Yorker. Rev. of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. 27 November 2006. Web. 13 February 2011.
Peck, Dale. "Heresy of Truth: Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day." National Book Critics Circle. Rev. of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. 10 December 2010. Web. 13 February 2011.
Pynchon, Thomas. Against the Day. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. Print.
Rankin, Ian. "'Reader Beware…'." The Guardian. Rev. of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. 18 November 2006. Web. 14 February 2011.
Shillinger, Liesl. "Dream Maps." New York Times. Rev. of Against the Day by Thomas
Pynchon. 26 November 2006 Sunday edition. Web. 14 February 2011.


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Tom Perkin's comments about how "wealthy people should have more votes than poor people" actually states present reality, but it also states what looks like an ongoing plot for the wealthy to implement Ayn Rand's dream of a "Galt's Gulch" if they can't continue to dominate USA politics. That dream seems still alive and even has a website still pushing it:
http://business.time.com/2014/02/14/tom-perkins-taxes/"wealthy people should get more votes than others because they pay more in taxes. The comments by Perkins, who made his fortune as one of the founders of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, provoked laughter at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club, where he was being interviewed by Adam Lashinsky of Fortune."
Read more: Wealthy Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins: Rich Should Get More Votes | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2014/02/14/tom-perkins-taxes/#ixzz2u7miDXL3"
The dreams seem similar to the world depicted in Elysium or Hunger Games. And they are still dreaming of building their "Galt's Gulch" on Belle Isle:http://www.commonwealthofbelleisle.com/
They are actually serious of building their "Galt's Gulch" Monaco style mini-country. With public money of course!
Further Reading
- "The Commonwealth of Belle Island
- http://www.commonwealthofbelleisle.com/
- Fixing it With Public Money (of course):
- http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/03/03/improvements-planned-belle-isle/24323245/
- Good news is that for now it's still a public park.
- http://belleisleconservancy.org/
- On Ayn Rand
- http://www.aynrandisdead.org/


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Whoa… hold on a second there! That's the wrong question to ask. Why? Let's back up a bit…
I get this question a lot from people who are looking to building single page apps (SPA) or just your standard client-side solutions. Last week I presented a SPA session at the SPTechCon conference in San Francisco and also had my latest course on Pluralsight released, Building SharePoint Apps as Single Page Apps with AngularJS. Where is it coming from? Well for a while now many folks have heard of KnockoutJS and used it for data binding solutions in the client. While it's a bit older than a year, in the last 12 months we have seen dramatic growth in the community around the Google-backed AngularJS platform. As such, many people ask "which one should I use? Angular or Knockout?"
This isn't an uncommon question… a quick search for angular vs. knockout will yield tons of results. There's a great discussion on StackOverflow about it as well as a good dialog on Quora too
On the surface, it makes a lot of sense to ask that question, but in reality you are trying to compare a screwdriver to a toolbox. What do I mean by that? Well, Knockout is simply a data binding framework & a every good one at that. But Angular is much much more than just data binding. Angular also offers routing/navigation support, the async module loading (AMD) pattern, services for working with network calls like REST services and the cookie store to name a few not to mention it's own data binding framework.
The question isn't so much as if you would use Angular vs. Knockout. The questions you should ask yourself should start with "do I need data binding or do I need a SPA presentation framework." If you aren't building a SPA, I offer that Angular is way too much for what you need… if all you need to do is tighten that doorknob, you just need a screwdriver, not the whole toolbox. But if you are making a new door to mount in a gap in the hall, you'll need your whole toolbox with not only screwdrivers, but drills, hammers, sanders, levels… all sorts of tools.
A more fair comparison to Angular would be DurandalJS which is a full-blown SPA presentation framework like AngularJS. Unlike AngularJS, Durandal uses Knockout for it's data binding solution as well as other libraries you're familiar with like RequireJS (for the AMD pattern), q for async promises and jQuery for all your cross browser and selection support.
Hope that clears up that question. Also check out John Papa's take on this: Compare Durandal to Angular, Not Knockout to Angular who makes a similar point in his own words.
Finally, here are a few references that might help in evaluating your next JavaScript framework, as well as trying to decide which one you want (some I think make the wrong comparison of Angular to Knockout, but it does show how the data binding pieces are different:
- InfoQ: Top JavaScript MVC Frameworks
- AngularJS vs. Knockout - 6-Part Series
- Knockout vs. Backbone vs. Angular


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by Kayla
(Military Town)
I got my dress from Ross, a discount retailer for $8 because I liked the skirt portion. Wasn't such a fan of the top- so I went to Goodwill and for another $5 picked up a top and a vest- total cost $13... quite possibly the least expensive wedding dress on earth.
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Outlook Group Signs Major Contract; Could Bring $75 Million Over 5 Years
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Press release from the issuing companyNEENAH, Wis.--March 26, 2003--Outlook Group today announced it has signed a long-term contract to provide supply chain management services to International Masters Publishers Inc. (IMP Inc.) of New York City. The five-year contract is expected to provide annual revenues to Outlook Group of about $15 million, for a total value of approximately $75 million, assuming that current expectations are realized. With this level of revenues, about 80 Outlook Group employees could ultimately work on the project. Outlook Group will provide printing and fulfillment services for IMP Inc. continuity products, which are informational card and CD series that cover a variety of subjects such as cooking, gardening, health, home computing and music. Customers build their own collections, receiving products in each series through the mail on a schedule they select, along with bonus items including storage boxes or binders. The project will involve Outlook Group's complete line of services. The company will print the materials and then collate, insert, package and mail the products directly to IMP Inc. customers. Additional services to be provided include sheeting of bulk paper stock and mailing list processing. "We selected Outlook Group because they had the ability to provide the manufacturing and fulfillment services we needed in an integrated package. Partnering with Outlook Group will enable us to reduce our transaction and supply chain costs. With less time spent managing the supply chain process, we will be able to focus our efforts on expanding our core business," said David Steward, President and Chief Executive Officer of IMP Inc. "In the past, we coordinated the work of over 30 vendors in our supply chain. Working with Outlook Group will reduce that number to four." "Outlook Group's strategy to use its printing capabilities as a platform to provide a complete package of services tailored to the customer's needs is a new paradigm in the printing business. They not only offer the services, they know how to integrate them to provide value for their customers," said Jose Pariente, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management for IMP Inc. "We have worked with Outlook Group for a number of years. Their single-source capabilities, customer focus and excellent execution are the compelling reasons behind our decision to significantly expand our relationship." Joseph J. Baksha, President and Chief Operating Officer of Outlook Group, said, "The long-term contract with IMP Inc. adds stability for our company and our employees at a time that is very challenging for the printing industry. It also is a strong indicator that our strategy to provide integrated supply chain solutions is on the right track. We believe this strategy will provide additional growth opportunities for Outlook Group in the years ahead." Outlook Group Corp. is a printing, packaging and direct marketing company offering a variety of related services to clients in markets including contract packaging, collateral information management and distribution, direct marketing components and services, packaging components and materials, and specialty print related services. The company leverages its core competencies by cross-selling services to provide a single-source solution for its clients. International Masters Publishers (IMP) is a global leader in direct marketing and continuity publishing specializing in high-quality products that inform, entertain and inspire. The company has millions of active customers in more than 25 countries. Founded in 1972, IMP is headquartered in New York City.
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We Accept Dental Insurance Plans in West Chester
At Gentle Dental of West Chester, many of our patients use their employer-sponsored dental coverage to receive affordable care. Depending on the amount a person's employer contributes, their insurance could cost very little.
However, the plan could still offer major savings on preventative and restorative dental procedures. Plans vary, so individuals may have different deductibles and copays, even if they have coverage from the same dental insurance company. You should know that your bill from our office is your responsibility, regardless of your perceived coverage.
Who Can Help Me Find a Dentist Near Me Who Accepts My Insurance?
Your dental insurance company or your benefits manager at work can assist you in locating a dentist. Locating a dentist that takes insurance whom you also trust is essential if you want to seize the opportunity for affordable dental care. At Gentle Dental of West Chester, we are proud to be the dental care partner of various dental insurance providers. Therefore, we can file claims for our patients, saving them the inconvenience. If you've said to your co-workers, "I need a dentist near me who accepts my insurance," call us at (484) 643-4417 for additional information and to schedule an appointment.
Some of our patients found us by wondering how to find a dentist in West Chester by insurance network. They needed either a dentist that accepts PPO insurance or a nearby dentist that accepts HMO insurance. If you have an HMO plan, you must select one of the dentists in the HMO's network to be covered.
How Do I Find a Dentist in West Chester by Insurance Who Can Help Me Understand My Plan?
Patients often ask us, "Can you help me determine how to use my dental insurance with a dentist in West Chester to get the most benefit from my insurance?" While we are eager to help, finding the answers to these questions first, from your dental insurance provider, will help you understand your coverage:
- What is my annual maximum amount of coverage?
- Which dentist takes my insurance?
- What is the deductible?
- Does my dental plan have a waiting period for major work?
- Is there a work in progress exclusion?
- Does my dental insurance cover orthodontics?
- Will my dental insurance cover implants?
- How does my dental insurance handle emergencies?
- Does my dental insurance cover crowns?
- Does my dental insurance cover emergency pain-relief treatment?
It is important for you to have a good understanding of your plan and its benefits. If you have any questions, contact us for more information.
We Want You to Have a Healthier Smile
If your dental plan is similar to other plans that we see, you and your family will have a broad range of coverage. Even if you have excellent coverage, you may still have out-of pocket expenses. If these costs become overwhelming after undergoing a major procedure, we offer flexible financing options. Call us to schedule an appointment and take the first step toward a healthier smile.
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We will do our best to see that you receive your maximum insurance benefits for all covered services. No Insurance? No Worries! See our discounts and offers here.


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A few bits of smoked mackerel, some fried prawns. Half a beetroot thinly sliced, the other half pureed with 120 ml chicken stock
Half an avocado diced, the other half pureed with 120 ml vegetable stock, then I added 1 leaf of gelatine.
Some thinly sliced red onion, a few dollops of mayo/horseradish... that's all folks.
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Beards make the jawline seem bigger and as a result it makes the man look more masculine. Women tend to favor men who are more masculine over other men.
Beards take a time to grow and as a result it requires a lot of patience. A man who manages to wait until his beard grows is usually a patient man (see why people are patient).
Because a man sometimes has to go through some stages where the beard will look bad on him until it grows usually men who are confident about their looks grow beards.
Women favor men who are capable of both protecting them and their offspring. Because a beard in many cases makes the man look more intimidating it can make women think that the man is strong and brave (see how to tell if someone has high testosterone).
Beards can make men look more mature. Some men who have a baby face look much more mature after they grow a beard. Because women look for men who can support the family a more mature looking man is usually more preferred.
Women usually favor bad boys over nice guys. A beard can easily help a man achieve the bad boy look in some cases.
Some studies have claimed that beards make men believe that their faces have grown bigger. Such a belief can psychologically make the man feel stronger and more in control.
Beards can make some men look rebellious. The fact that a man goes against the popular norms to grow a beard shows that might have a rebellious nature, a trait that is usually favored by women.
At times or places where beards are not main stream the man who grows a beard is usually a confident one. It takes a lot of confidence and courage to be different and many cases a man who grows a beard is both brave and confident.
According to a study Beards block most of the harmful UV rays thus preventing many health issues and keeping the skin healthy. Beards can make men healthier.
When a woman sees a man with a beard she might unconsciously recall Che Guevara, old medieval warriors or a viking leader. The fact that the human mind works by associations makes it more likely that a woman remembers other people with beards when she sees one of them.
Studies have shown that women tend to prefer the older man over the one of the same age provided that everything else is constant. Beards can make men look more older and mature.
People were conditioned to believe that a beard makes men wiser. Kings, monks and wise men who appear on movies usually have beards. This helped create the association between beards and wisdom.
Because beards make men look strong, powerful, confident and intimidating other men are more likely to respect them.
Beards require a lot of commitment to be grown. Because women prefer men who have commitment over others they might find a man with a beard more attractive.
One theory states that disease carrying parasites live in body hair. According to that theory if a man has a beard and is not sick then this might mean that he has a strong immune system.
Some studies have found that beards were found to be attractive when they were rare. In other words when most people shave a man with a beard might look more attractive because it helps him stand out from the crowd.
Beards are a secondary sexual characteristic, they signal that a man went through puberty both physically and mentally. Shaving a beard might indicate that a man is uncertain in his adult role and thus unintentionally signaling he's a less desirable partner to women.
Some people associate a man's beard with a lion's mane. Since lions are depicted as kings of the animal world, people associate that those with beards have some of lion's best characteristics - nobility, being proud, brave and so on.
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US Navy Adm. James Stavridis, 54, said he did not know if reinforcements will be required from European allies. They have grown increasingly reluctant to commit more troops to the eight-year conflict.
"I am confident we will win in Afghanistan. There will be some good days and there will be some bad days, some big challenges," Adm Stavridis - the first Navy admiral to command NATO's military headquarters - said.
He said force levels will hinge on a set of recommendations expected later this month from US Gen Stanley McChrystal, appointed in June as the top NATO commander in Afghanistan.
Forecasts of Gen McChrystal's recommendations range from a few thousand to more than 20,000 involving a potential mix of Afghan, NATO and American units.
Gen McChrystal's predecessor, Gen David McKiernan, previously called for an extra 10,000 troops to arrive next year, but that recommendation has been set aside.
Some European contributors to the NATO force in Afghanistan, particularly Germany, already have emphasised they will not provide reinforcements. Others have declined comment or expressed skepticism.
More than 100,000 American and NATO troops are already in Afghanistan as well as 175,000 Afghan soldiers and police. They face an estimated 15,000 Taliban guerrillas.
But providing security to Afghanistan's 33 million people amid an active insurgency in mountainous terrain with few roads has many limitations.
In an interview in The Wall Street Journal, Gen McChrystal said Taliban militants were gaining momentum as they moved beyond their strongholds in southern Afghanistan to other regions.
Reacting to that report, Adm Stavridis said the key to victory lay in deploying sufficient numbers of adequately trained Afghan soldiers and police.
"I'm extremely encouraged by the work General McChrystal is doing in training Afghan security forces, " he said. "At the end of the day, the way we will win in Afghanistan ... will be through training the Afghan security forces."


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It's Summer Reading Time Again!!
Don't miss out on the fun this summer at your local Cobb County Public Library because LIBRARIES ROCK!!
1. Visit your local Cobb County Library
2. Log your minutes on Biblionasium
3. Have a fun celebration when you return to school in August!
It's just that easy!
Don't forget ... you'll need your student (library/lunch) number and your password is 'read'.
Click below for full summer reading information - how to use Biblionasium to log your reading minutes and great ideas about new books for you to discover!
Please don't miss out on our final book fair of the year! May 14 - 18 we will open the learning commons to shoppers from 8:15 a.m. through 1:45 p.m. On Thursday, we will remain open until 6:00 p.m. Grab a good book and dive in for fun summer reading!
Are you looking for summer camp fun? Do you like to create and invent? We've got just the thing!! CAMP INVENTION - FAST FORWARD
We had a great time Reading Across America! Alice Stouder, Deputy Superintendent of Leadership & Accountability, dropped in lend a hand with our celebration.
January 13th our Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team competed against almost 30 other elementary schools in Cobb County's reading quiz bowl. These outstanding boys and girls read approximately 20 challenging chapter books between August and January. The competition was stiff, but we came away feeling proud and accomplished! Thank you for the hard work Evelyn, Efren, Henry, Vivek and Chloe! And a special thanks goes to Ms. Taube and Ms. Kienker for helping make it all possible!
If so, you already have a public library PASS!
If you are a student currently attending a Marietta City Schools or a Cobb County Public School, you already have a Library PASS (Public Library Access for Student Success) account. That means you have access to all of our awesome resources at the public library, including 93 online databases, 18,659 eBooks, 7,270 eAudiobooks, and 430 streaming videos as well as 604,908 physical items in our collection.
You can borrow books, download apps, stream movies, and even get homework help! To learn more click on the picture above.
Our boys and girls will be working on many English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Reading standards in the learning commons this year. Plus there are lots of STEAM activities and makerspace fun to delve into. Let's get this show on the road!
Please select SUMMER READING INFORMATION from the menu at the top of the is page,
or click HERE!
Thank you for sharing your books!
Our book swap was a great success! Many boys and girls got new reading for the summer without spending a dime. Way to go Park Panthers!
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Gods Lake, in Northern Manitoba, offers fishing enthusiasts a world-class experience that is incomparable. With its breathtaking scenery, abundance of fish, and remoteness, Gods Lake provides those seeking a fishing adventure of a lifetime, with the perfect escape.
Situated on Gods Lake, is Elk Island Lodge & Outposts. We are a family-run resort that welcomes guests from all over North America. Our inclusive fishing getaways provide our guests with the adventure and exhilaration that only fishing on Gods Lake can offer.
When you come to Elk Island Lodge & Outposts, we want you to have a fishing trip that you'll never forget. We'll do everything we can to make your experience a wonderful addition to your already most cherished memories.
Our guests enjoy comfortable accommodations, home cooked meals, and full use of the lodge. Additionally, we'll outfit you with a modern fishing vessel and an experienced guide to help you find that picture perfect trophy fish. When you visit Elk Island Lodge & Outposts on Gods Lake, we will do everything we can to make you feel like you are home, while you are enjoying your fishing vacation.
Take that next step and inquire about a fishing getaway at Elk Island Lodge & Outposts on Gods Lake. Let us tell you more about what we have to offer and answer your questions. It would be our pleasure to have you as our guest!


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By Eddie Wrenn
Agents held the 12-man team at gunpoint for three hours while checking their credentials
This is the moment a BBC film crew were held by security teams at the notoriously secretive Area 51 - where aliens allegedly crashed their saucer in the 1947 Roswell incident.
Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell and UFO expert Darren Perks sneaked past the border at the site - and were forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint for three hours while the FBI checked their credentials.
It is the same 'documentary' team that caused outrage in Britain last week when they suggested that the 7/7 London bombings were part of a government conspiracy to boost support for the Iraq war.
The 'UFO: Conspiracy Road Trip' documentary, airing next Monday, will show how the BBC film crew were arrested at gunpoint.
They were forced to lie on the ground for three hours as guards surrounded them armed with M16 assault rifles.
The crew, 12 people in total, were investigating Area 51 in Nevada - where the U.S. military allegedly hold the bodies of aliens and the remnants of ships which crashed in 1947.
As they crossed the border, military officers arrested them, confiscating their phones, wallets and identification.
Warnings: Signs make clear the dangers of trying to reach Area 51
He said the crew were fined £375 each and 'ordered not to reveal what they saw' - but Darren admitted: 'We didn't see anything except a bit of tarmac.'
The rest of the programme shows sceptic Andrew Maxwell speaking to people across the U.S. about aliens on a journey which encompasses Hollywood and the Nevada desert.


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Cyber Security Experts Reveal Lapses in Heartbleed Fix
A group of researchers from the University of Maryland have discovered that many sysadmins who were responsible for patching holes exposed by the Heartbleed bug failed to do enough.
Assistant Research Scientist Dave Levin and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Tudor Dumitras disclosed their findings in a paper last week at the 2014 Internet Measurement conference held in Vancouver, B.C.
Levin and Dumitras had been part of a research team whose task was to understand sysadmins' response to the Heartbleed bug.
After examining one million websites following the first disclosure of Heartbleed back in April, Levin, Dumitras, and their colleagues found that while more than 90 percent of sysadmins had patched their software, only 13 percent had followed up with additional security protocols.
In their paper "Analysis of SSL Certificate Reissues and Revocations in the Wake of Heartbleed," the researchers comment:
"All vulnerable servers should have taken three critical steps to ensure the security of their service and their users: they should have patched their code, revoked their old certificate, and reissued a new one."
The fact that 87 percent of sysadmins failed to implement those steps raises the concern that all vulnerable certificates, if not revoked and reissued soon, will remain valid for at least another two years.
If this happens, for each vulnerable certificate, browsers and operating systems will not be able to authenticate whether they are communicating with a legitimate website or an attacker masquerading as one whose purpose is to steal personal information.
In addition to this particular finding, the researchers also gained insight into the initial response following Heartbleed's disclosure.
Using a graph that tracked the rate of certificate revocation over the first three weeks following disclosure, they observed that the revocation rate consistently dropped over the weekends. This is likely due to most sysadmins having had weekends off, which in turn slowed the industry's overall response to Heartbleed.
Levin and Dumitras' work provides useful information about how humans factor into remediation.
It is the researchers' hope that their findings will be the subject of many productive conversations which will, in turn, inform sysadmins' response following the disclosure of the next Internet bug.


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This past year brought many changes at Navy pier; Neighborhoods of the World debuted, the Landshark Beer Garden and Margaritaville opened their doors to visitors, and Navy Pier became a non-profit organization. Some of these changes were more apparent than others, and we'd like to take a look back at this amazing year, 2011!
As 2011 comes to a close, many of us enjoy taking a look back at the past year and reflecting on all that has happened. There are 'Best Of' lists and 'Worst Of' lists, but we at Navy Pier believe that each of our unique and amazing fans has their own idea of what constitutes the best and worst of anything and instead of following the trend, we would simply like to recall the year 2011 at Navy Pier. So here goes:
2011 was the inaugural year for Neighborhoods of the World at Navy Pier! Navy Pier was proud to honor Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods and cultural diversity with this weekly performance series. Join us in the Crystal Gardens again this year, every Sunday, for an afternoon of live music, dance, colorful costumes, authentic cuisine, folk art and more.
Let the Fin Begin Chicago! LandShark Beer Garden at Navy Pier opened its doors to visitors this summer. The Landshark Beer Garden, on the East End of Navy Pier, is open to all ages and is a great place to unwind and enjoy Chicago's lakefront. Residents and visitors alike will enjoy the outdoor atmosphere surrounded by the unique personality of Navy Pier and the Chicago skyline!
The Midwest's first Margaritaville restaurant brought a new dining and entertainment experience to Navy Pier! The Island experience came to the Midwest as Navy Pier added Margaritaville to its exciting array of restaurant offerings. Visitors don't have to travel any further than Navy Pier to be transported to the tropics. It's more than a dining destination; it's an entire change in latitude (and a change in attitude!)
For the first time in 5 years, Navy Pier's Pier Walk returned! You could walk around Navy Pier and take in some outstanding pieces of art – all for free! Navy Pier Walk 2011, was a public art showcase in Gateway Park and along Dock Street!
Always a crowd and visitor favorite, Navy Pier produced 40 fireworks shows in 2011! Some of which included special Celebrity playlist, and others during the holidays and after the Magnificent Mile Light's Festival! Look for more fireworks on New Year's Eve at 8:15 p.m. and midnight!
The famous Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier was ridden by Just over 785,000 in 2011! That is the second highest annual total since 2000 and is all thanks to the amazing guests who braved the heights!
We all remember the event that brings a bit of the Caribbean to Chicago, right? We've referring to "Tall Ships" at Navy Pier, of course! Those warm summer days when nothing else mattered except for walking the plank and shivering some timbers! We joke of course, what did matter was being with your loved one and enjoying the sights on Lake Michigan!
And talk about sights on Lake Michigan, who remembers watching fireworks this summer and fall at Navy Pier? We do! Can you still feel the warm summer breeze? Can you see your friends or loved ones there staring off into the darkness of night as the sky was magically illuminated with each burst of colorful fire! The ooh's and aah's were plentiful! Summer, we miss you!
Oktoberfest and fall were here before we knew it… but what better way to celebrate the changing seasons than with the 1st Annual Germany's Best and Oktoberfest at Navy Pier! With German culture and businesses being highlighted along with traditional Oktoberfest festivities, Navy Pier welcomed the addition of this marvelous event!
As the air turned a little cooler, it was time for the Really Big Halloween Party at Navy Pier! The ghosts, goblins and characters of varying height and fright took over the pier during the not-so-scary but loads of fun Really Big Halloween Party!
As December began, so did the wonderful Winter WonderFest at Navy Pier! Offering a glimpse at what the world would be like if kids were in charge and a chance for that kid in each of us to escape and indulge in the magnificent expanse that imagination offers! Ah, to be young again! Everything from rides and games to ice skating and meeting Santa! The holidays truly are a magical time of year, especially at Winter WonderFest at Navy Pier!
And that brings us to now, New Year's Eve, and the final hours of 2011. What a year it has been, and we want to thank all visitors who came to Navy Pier! You are the reason that this is all here and we want you to enjoy it fully. Be sure to check out the fireworks this year at 8:15 p.m. and Midnight!
If you still haven't decided how to spend those last few hours of 2011, be sure to check out all of the options available at Navy Pier including cruises, parties and more! Follow link for more info: /things2do/entertainment/nye.html
Thanks again for everything Navy-Pierians! Happy New Year from everyone here at Navy Pier!


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Compaq ProLiant 1600
PRO: Modular design, good file service speed, second least expensive system in roundup
CON: No RAID subsystem, limited features at this price
In our previous server roundup, the ProLiant 1600 rang up the top overall performance score and the lowest configured price of all the units we tested. Not so this time: Pitted against beefier Xeon systems, the plain-vanilla PIII-500 ProLiant finished last in the SQL and network tests (not counting our single-CPU reference unit). The Compaq's file score was good enough for second place, but the server excludes a RAID subsystem, which provides highly desirable redundancy protection at the expense of performance. Compaq configured the ProLiant with a software RAID, which often is faster than hardware RAIDs, especially those configured for maximum reliability (RAID level 5).
One gripe with previous versions of the ProLiant was their lack of redundancy features. Although the newest ProLiant still lacks redundant cooling fans, Compaq now offers a hot-swappable power supply option. Our test unit had the maximum three power supplies installed.
The floppy drive, CD-ROM drive, and two empty 5.25-inch bays are readily accessible with the front door closed. The front panel is easy to remove, revealing the six hot-swap drive bays. Even with a 100Base-T network card occupying a PCI slot, the system left five slots free, because the SCSI controller is integrated. But the Compaq can handle only up to 1GB of RAM–a smallish maximum for a server these days.
The ProLiant 1600 is diminutive for a server, with a minimum of wasted space inside, but its highly modular design makes servicing and upgrading quick and easy. Disassembly requires just twisting a thumbscrew and then pressing a tab or swinging out a lever. The server breaks down quickly into function-specific subassemblies, such as the processor cage and the expansion card cage. Expansion cards are held in place by tool-free tabs and can be accessed by removing the unit's top cover or by sliding the entire card cage out the rear of the system.
Compaq includes a setup utility, as well as server- or client-accessible monitoring tools designed to alert you to potential problems. But Remote Insight, which enables you to access the server via modem and supplies 30 minutes of battery backup, costs an additional $886. There is also additional server support by Hard Drive Recovery Group in Irvine, CA. Their guide to recovering data from the ProLiant 1600 and others is here.
To achieve its $7146 price tag, the Compaq left out even middle-of-the-pack hardware components. With only 256MB of RAM, PIII-500 CPUs, just 12.9GB of hard drive space, and no RAID controller, this configuration is ill-suited for heavy networking applications. Nevertheless, its rugged design and redundant power supplies do make it worth a look as a file server for small to midsize workgroups.
Gateway ALR 7200NTS
PRO: Lowest price here, helpful documentation
CON: No power supply redundancy, service requires extensive disassembly
At first glance, you might notice that the Gateway ALR 7200NTS has a rock-bottom price of $6570. However, the PIII-500-based system's performance scores trailed those of the leaders by about 10 percent in the SQL and network tests and by nearly 40 percent in the file service test, placing the Gateway next to last in overall performance.
More troubling is the 7200NTS's design, which threatens to make the task of servicing components a nightmare. To access the front of the internal drive cage, for example, you must take off the two side panels, remove two small screws, squeeze a number of plastic tabs, and then pop off the front panel. By loosening just five more screws, you can slide out the cage to install or remove 3.5-inch devices. A second drive cage accommodates two more 3.5-inch devices inside the unit, but you must take out the entire cage to reach its contents.
We also discovered that each power connector in the system runs from the power supply directly to each component in the system, rather than making a single connection from the power supply to the motherboard and then powering components via cables from the motherboard. As a result, swapping out the power supply means digging around inside the machine to unplug and reconnect every power plug on every device individually.
Though the inside of the unit has a decidedly cramped feel, access to the processors, DIMM slots, and expansion slots is good. Likewise, installing hot-swappable drives is easy. The RAID subsystem cage is accessible without any disassembly, and it has its own cooling fan.
Gateway provides extensive documentation with the unit, including a few loose pages that contain information on dealing with problems that might crop up during configuration or system upgrades. This proactive approach can save a frantic midnight call to tech support, but only if you are organized enough to keep track of all the separate sheets of paper.
The management software selection includes a setup utility and Gateway's own InforManager Server Management, which monitors a broad set of functions but can be accessed only via LAN or WAN.
Though inexpensive, the Gateway becomes less attractive if serviceability is important to you. Its best use is as a general-purpose server for small to medium-size networking environments.


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Saturday, 12 January 2013
Haul | LUSH and Makeup Giveaway Prize
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What lovely friends you have :) Lush's Christmas products are all so lovely, looking forward to any reviews you do on the products you received :) xxReplyDelete
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- Anonymous12 January 2013 at 21:31
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AUTUMN CLASS started 10th of September – WORKING places FULL, AUDITING still possible.
NEW (WINTER) CLASS will start on 30th of January 2020. REGISTRATION will open on 3rd of January 2020.
I didn't plan to open an on-line class specifically for RC until recently (also because you already have many great RC classes "on the market" to choose from). But in the last year, I got so many requests to train (or re-train) RC, that I changed my mind, in order to make it easier for everybody (and also to free again the places in private lessons).
You will see in the trailer what this RC class is about. I also gathered videos from some of my student's trainings, to show you what I believe in when teaching RC. Many times people ask me which method I use, but it is a bit hard to answer, since I have never attended any RC class and I am not really familiar with other trainer's methods (except from what I see in their public videos of course).
This RC class is the combination of SHAPING, TARGETING and specially ADAPTING RC training to every INDIVIDUAL dog, which I find really important (criteria, advices and EXERCISES in the class, when training Jack Russel or BC are not the same with me).
First and really important thing we do in the class, is generalise the behaviour as much as possible on the "ground" with TARGET TRAINING (away from the actual obstacles). Correct target training really helps you improve dog's understanding before even starting with DW training and at the same time, the number of repetitions needed on the DW, is much lower because of that (and also healthier for dog's body/joints). Running contacts depend so much on understanding and to proof them, you do not need to train DW after DW after DW…
Another important thing that compliments this RC class training is, using both, "FOOD MACHINE" and TOY, from beginning – to GENERALISE the behaviour to maximum already in early stages and to get the best from every dog, regardless if he is more toy or food oriented.
And probably the most important part of any RC training is ADAPTING the class/method to every individual dog, based on his CHARACTER, SIZE, PHYSICAL ABILITIES,… Individual differences between dogs play a huge role when choosing the optimum training for every dog. Because of that, you have many different types of exercises in this class, which will help you get the best from every dog.
Last but not least, I also put a lot of attention to safety (you get that when you train RC with malinois) and that is another reason why I do so many RC foundations away from full DW.
I have experiences of training RC for the past 15 years – all my dogs successfully had running contacts from beginning (Cavalier King Charles, Papillons, Pumis and Malinois).
- starts on: 10th of September 2019 (REGISTRATION is OPEN)
- duration: at least 4 months (depends how many days I am away on seminars and I cannot check classrooms- all those days are added at the end)
- during the class, WORKING teams can post unlimited numbers of videos and questions and AUDITORS can see all videos and ask questions (but they cannot post their own videos and get individual feedback)
- price: WORKING team: 270 €, AUDITOR: 160 €
Here you can REGISTER:
If you don't have PAYPAL account, you can also make PAYMENT through company account:
KATARINA PODLIPNIK CAPUDER s.p.
Tolčane 15, 1303 Zagradec, Slovenia
IBAN: SI56 1010 0005 2288 136 (Banka Intesa Sanpaolo d. d.)
Swift Code: BAKOSI2X
VAT number: SI 24065536
The address of the bank:
Banka Intesa Sanpaolo d. d.
Pristaniška ulica 14
6502 Koper, Slovenia
So many foundations for RC can be done away from the DW or jumps 😀 Since I get many questions about the "method" I use in my RC class, here is one small part of "ground" training from one of my students. Besides using both, MM and toy, from beginning (to generalise the behaviour and to get the best from every dog, regardless if he is more toy or food oriented), and adapting the class to every individual dog (based on his character, size, physical abilities,..), there is also one thing I really try to do and that is generalise the behaviour as much as possible away from the actual obstacles, so that whole training process is as "nice" to dog's body (joints) as possible. Running contacts depend so much on understanding and to proof it, you do not need to train DW after DW after DW... :DDue to many requests, entries for the new on-line class will open a bit sooner then I planned (end of May) and new class starts in June 😀Objavil/a Katarina Podlipnik C dne Torek, 24. april 2018
Our journey to RC so far ♡ In spring we start with an online RC class with Katarina Podlipnik and here is our graduation video 🤩It was so much fun! Thanks again Katarina!Objavil/a Margot Schevers dne Nedelja, 04. avgust 2019
We ❤ Running Contacts! Refreshing DobbyJ's loose turn skills today! Thanks Katarina Podlipnik C for all your online RC training ❤😘. #TeamDobby #RC #FitPawsUK #runningcontactsObjavil/a Debby Simons dne Torek, 01. maj 2018
💜 Aaaaahhh such a cool day! Who got his first two G6 wins! 💜Thank you Nicola Smith for mental coaching 😂 and Cat Clark for chats and pics!Objavil/a Becky Sinclair dne Sobota, 05. maj 2018
Todavía nos queda mucho camino por delante pero parece que esto va avanzando. Estoy tan orgullosa de mi pequeña Hippie ☺☺☺....Objavil/a Beardies En Acción dne Torek, 27. marec 2018
Instead of a Christmas photo here is the present Miu gave me, understanding her rc turns on dw and a-frame, perfect little girl ❤Thank you Katarina, you made my day- and year 🤗Happy Holidays!!! ❤❤❤Objavil/a Rebeka Rdy dne Nedelja, 24. december 2017
Katarina Podlipnik C, only a couple of words: clean run. 😊Objavil/a Belen Mambrilla dne Sobota, 21. oktober 2017
Resumen de los rc durante las competiciones de verano. Con salidas rectas, con diferentes salidas, en diferentes sitios,..... algunos mejor que otros, aun así, esta chica me tiene loca!!! Go go go Hippie 💪🏻 #agilitybeardieaddictObjavil/a Beardies En Acción dne Sreda, 26. september 2018
Y esto es la increíble sensación de venirse arriba y ver que algo estamos haciendo bien 😍Objavil/a Beardies En Acción dne Ponedeljek, 07. maj 2018
Well by far the most difficult but extremely rewarding thing to teach Vesper, but after many months of work she had her 2nd session sequencing soft DW turns. ❤ Still a long way to go but happy there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks Katarina for your continued support and guidance. 🥰Objavil/a Helen Postle dne Torek, 09. april 2019


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Contact: Laura Cozik – Website: www.teamlipstick.com – Email: email@example.com – Phone: (917)748-4494
What will athletes experience when working with you or being a part of your team or club? Team Lipstick is New York City's most successful female triathlon team. The training is intelligent and extremely hands on. Coaches will test, track and improve an athlete's abilities throughout the course of a season. We welcome all levels from beginner through athlete.
Describe the personality of the Team or Club: Our group is very intimate and the coaches are all top of the food chain. The women of Team Lipstick are supportive, encouraging and inclusive. We are family!
As the leader of this team or club, what inspires you about triathlon? Triathlon is fun, diversified and exciting. Every day of training and racing is completely new and unique. And the sense of accomplishment that is continuously gained from being a triathlete is un-paralleled. But what inspires me the most is training and racing with the badass women of Team Lipstick!!


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What is cultural appropriation and who's been accused of it? From Jamie Oliver's jerk rice to Beyonce
Some believe it is a product of our world becoming more multicultural, but others claim it is a form of racism
AN alarming explosion of cultural appropriation rows could signal an increasing global awareness of different traditions - but some insist the rise highlights a growing problem.
We look at a series of accusations including those aimed at Jamie Oliver over his jerk rice.
What is cultural appropriation?
Cultural appropriation is when someone adopts certain elements of another culture that is not their own.
These can include ideas, symbols, practices or symbols, removed from their original context.
Recent rows were sparked as members of dominant cultures adopted aspects of indigenous or minority cultures.
While some say it is fine to celebrate different cultures, others have found themselves in hot water after they adopted elements but with the original meaning becoming lost.
Who has been accused of cultural appropriation?
Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver has been accused of cultural appropriation by a Labour MP and social media users for his latest product - "punchy jerk rice."
Labour MP Dawn Butler, suggested the celebrity chef was using the word jerk to drum up sales for his rice.
She also slammed the chef for not staying true to the authentic Caribbean recipe which is usually a marinade for meat.
Butler tweeted: "#jamieoliver @jamieoliver #jerk I'm just wondering do you know what #Jamaican #jerk actually is?
"It's not just a word you put before stuff to sell products. @levirootsmusic should do a masterclass. Your jerk Rice is not ok. This appropriation from Jamaica needs to stop."
Jerk is a type of cooking which originated in Jamaica which includes marinating meat in a jerk spice and many recipes include meat such as chicken or pork.
Eurovision performer Netta Barzilai
Singer Netta Barzilai who represented Israel at Eurovision's 2018 song contest was accused of cultural appropriation.
Netta won the contest with her song Toy, but it was her performance and attire that seemed to dominate headlines.
The 25-year-old wore a Japanese kimono dress, and danced in front of walls adorned in Japanese maneki-neko cats.
Dozens took to Twitter accusing her of "textbook" cultural appropriation.
One tweeter said: "Ok so...I really did love #Israel #Eurovision song, I really did BUT...that cultural appropriation of Japanese culture was super unnecessary!! Why though? I wish they didn't do that. *sigh*"
Another added: "Netta: "Celebrating diversity" - you do know that cultural appropriation is not diversity, right? #Eurovision #Eurovision2018 #Israel #ISR"
The Met Gala 2018
The Eurovision furore came in the wake of The Met Gala 2018 which took place on May 7.
The Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit boasted a theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, but it caused controversy.
With the Vatican's blessing the exhibit intended to explore the relationship between Catholicisim and high fashion.
But as celebrities paraded their looks, some cried "My religion is not your f***ing Met Gala dress."
In 2016, Snapchat was accused of promoting "digital blackface".
Blackface is when someone literally takes on a black person's ethnicity, usually in costumes.
In the wake of Bob Marley's death, Snapchat released a "Bob Marley filter" which imposed his skin tone, and trademark beanie on to users faces.
High School student Keziah Daum
Keziah Daum was the target of a nasty twitter-storm after she posted pictures of herself wearing a red silk Chinese dress to her high school prom.
She wore a qipao — a traditional Chinese outfit dating back to the 17th century — which enraged people online and attracted a wave of criticism.
Beyoncé portrayed a Bollywood actress in Coldplay's video"Hymn for the Weekend".
She was accused of cultural appropriation after she wore traditional Desi adornment while playing the role of a Bollywood actress.
In the video she had henna tattoos covering her hands, wore saris and reportedly made kathak hand gestures – linked to a classical northern Indian dance.


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On May 4, 2007, at approximately 1:30 a.m., our client was assaulted and very badly beaten up by a group of at last eight patrons of a bar in Lee's Summit, Missouri in its parking lot. Although the bar had at least two bouncers working at this time, it did absolutely nothing to protect our client from this attack. Our client suffered severe trauma to his head and nearly died. Unfortunately, there was limited insurance coverage available for these types of incidents. However, we were able to settle his case for $98,500.
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By Shachtman Admin on June 29, 2010
Posted in Case Settlements and Verdicts | Tagged Negligent Security