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Thursday, 18 July 2013
Baby Dr. Easy Papercraft
Got excess time on your hands? Like the smell of glue? Enjoy playing with scalpels?
Then why not download this pdf featuring everything you need to construct your very own superdeformed Baby Dr. Easy papercraft? At a fraction of the cost of going to KidRobot, it comes with the the added bonus of an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.
Good luck!*
(* seriously)
Monday, 15 July 2013
"At the end of the day, if an ambulance ride costs me $1200 in NYC, I can't begin to imagine what an in-home robot visit would cost. Dr. Easy seems like way better company than NYC's ambulance drivers though."
Something we hadn't considered is the perspective on Dr Easy of someone who hasn't grown up with a state funded healthcare system. We imagined the robots of the film making healthcare more accessible to the masses, not less. The reasoning was: however expensive a robot might be, a human doctor with all their training and wages would inevitably cost more in the long run. Plus robots can work without fatigue and with access to a central server, you'd always see "your" doctor wherever you are, any time of day or night.
But of course these are idealistic notions and while automation in any industry can reduce overheads, savings are not necessarily passed on to the consumer. Perhaps Dr Easy's would just represent another career path consigned to the dustbin.
In any case, thanks Vice for the nice write up!
Dr Easy on Vice.com
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Tuesday, 9 July 2013
If you tickle a robot, it may not laugh, but you may still consider it humanlike -- depending on its role in your life, reports an international group of researchers.
Designers and engineers assign robots specific roles, such as servant, caregiver, assistant or playmate. Researchers found that people expressed more positive feelings toward a robot that would take care of them than toward a robot that needed care.
"For robot designers, this means greater emphasis on role assignments to robots," said S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor of Communications at Penn State and co-director of University's Media Effects Research Laboratory. "How the robot is presented to users can send important signals to users about its helpfulness and intelligence, which can have consequences for how it is received by end users."
To determine how human perception of a robot changed based on its role, researchers observed 60 interactions between college students and Nao, a social robot developed by Aldebaran Robotics, a French company specializing in humanoid robots.
Each interaction could go one of two ways. The human could help Nao calibrate its eyes, or Nao could examine the human's eyes like a concerned eye doctor and make suggestions to improve vision.
Participants then filled out a questionnaire about their feelings toward Nao. Researchers used these answers to calculate the robot's perceived benefit and social presence in both scenarios. They published their results in the current issue of Computers in Human Behavior.
"When (humans) perceive greater benefit from the robot, they are more satisfied in their relationship with it, and even trust it more," Sundar said. "In addition, we found that when the robot cares for you, it seems to have greater social presence."via Science Daily
A robot with a strong social presence behaves and interacts like an authentic human, according to Ki Joon Kim, doctoral candidate in the department of interaction science, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, and lead author of the journal article.
The research team found that when participants perceived a strong social presence, they considered the caregiving robot smarter than the robot in the alternate scenario. Participants were also more likely to attribute human qualities to the caregiving robot.
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Monday, 24 June 2013
Amazing responses so far. Thank you everyone.
My heros @SHYNOLAfilms have created a short film and it friggin' kicks ass! http://t.co/DU9U34VSvd
— David Wilson (@hidavidwilson) June 24, 2013
Awesome short film by @SHYNOLAfilms http://t.co/v5RGCdOUED Best thing I've seen this year.
— MrJago (@thisisjago) June 23, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms You guys can do no wrong!
— Chris McQueen (@AgentMcQueen) June 23, 2013
another stonker of a film from @WarpFilms and @SHYNOLAfilms http://t.co/Xwf4ZJLZ0n
— Alice Lowe (@alicelowe) June 23, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms perfection in every detail, had me gripped & left me wanting more, congrats on a brilliant short and soon to be feature please
— Margo Mars (@missmargomars) June 23, 2013
Fantastic short by @SHYNOLAfilms : http://t.co/lNnD3rRSxE thats the way to do it.
— Threefold (@3fld) June 22, 2013
Nice work @SHYNOLAfilms. Much more interesting for dodging the heavy-handedness of most sci-fi shorts. http://t.co/Maz45lppfL
— eric epstein (@theericepstein) June 22, 2013
'Dr Easy', the new short film by music video geniuses @SHYNOLAfilms http://t.co/4Juwy4HzQy
— Adam Buxton (@AdamBuxton) June 22, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms #DrEasy is an amzing film/Concept - seen @edfilmfest exciting times! @AnnaEHiggs Good to meet u guys ;)
— Jo Hartley (@MissJoHartley) June 22, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms Dr Easy is brilliant. Can't get enough of you guys, can you send me some of your hair?
— joseph Pelling (@japelling) June 22, 2013
AND FINALLY... THE MIGHTY @SHYNOLAfilms SCI FI short film: http://t.co/783AD6K5YL You are welcome...
— DAVID A SLADE (@DAVID_A_SLADE) June 22, 2013
Check out this amazing short from @SHYNOLAfilms http://t.co/rI3h32MAIB. Excited about what is coming next xx
— edith bowman (@edibow) June 21, 2013
I'm pretty sure I'd watch a @charltonbrooker and @SHYNOLAfilms Black Mirror feature film RT "@davidoreilly: http://t.co/CZBBAtLieB"
— Piers (@piersroberts) June 21, 2013
(Shot by Barry Ackroyd as well... A @SHYNOLAfilms scifi feature is a no brainer hope they can get the funding)
— Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas) June 21, 2013
Great new short film 'Dr Easy' from @SHYNOLAfilms, produced by Ally Gipps @WarpFilms, mixed by @HackenbackerLtd http://t.co/t9fTGdwaPO
— Matthew Holness (@MrHolness) June 21, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms "unreal" and "blown away" have already been used to describe this, but both still apply. Amazing work. http://t.co/ObasnxUhyA
— Dan Hartshorn (@Dansmagicdance) June 21, 2013
@SHYNOLAfilms makes _the best_ films
— Jason Mulligan (@jasonmulligan) June 21, 2013
@trent_reznor @SHYNOLAfilms I'd watch a full length for this in a heart beat. Fantastic.
— Kyle Fasenmyer (@kylemf88) June 21, 2013
Check out this new short film from my friends @SHYNOLAfilms. http://t.co/mGzbeaCl2K How about a feature length, please?
— Trent Reznor (@trent_reznor) June 21, 2013
Very cool short film by Shynola. http://t.co/KFzCJKpjUC
— mark romanek (@markromanek) June 23, 2013
@rsafilms @SHYNOLAfilms pretty decent but i was expecting more from shynola's forray into live action; this one feels like a graduation film
— ambra blu (@ambrablu) June 24, 2013
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Friday, 21 June 2013
Behind the scenes #21
Watching Tom kill himself was so enjoyable.
You could have heard a pin drop in the room, it was appalling and magnetic at the same time. Even though everyone on set is fully aware of the artifice, for a spellbinding moment we were all witnesses.
And then it was all over.
The look on our faces is relief, exhaustion and joy combined.
Behind the scenes #20
What you can't see in this picture is the art department, yanking the pulley which made the fake and very heavy shutter rise up.
Early face test
This is an early test we made while refining the design of the robot's face. It's funny watching it now as this seems so gormless and child-like. We also decided that the mouth was moving far too much - your eye unnaturally gravitates towards it.
While there's plenty of real-life robots with similarly manga-ised faces, we wanted our design to be more considered. Our criteria was: it should be expressionless - it does not have emotions nor opinion. It should be friendly and approachable, but should also have the sincerity to deliver bad news.
This clip is also interesting as it features the voice of Hayley Marie-Axe, who was our outstanding stand-in for the Dr. Easy on the shoot. Hayley would act out the actions and lines of the robots, providing Tom with a focus, and providing us with invaluable animation timing reference and the temp vocal track heard here.
Early POV test
Here's an early test we did as R&D for what the robot's POV might look like. We wanted the design to come from real image processing. We looked at a lot of motion tracking software and videos of how mobile robots navigate.
It wasn't so important to us that the viewer totally understands what the robot is seeing, only that it is seeing, that it is calculating. In fact, we wanted it to be slightly alien and difficult for the viewer to process. After all, this is a highly complicated machine which can do things that humans cannot, so it's better if we, like the Superintendent, can only watch while the robot goes to work.
The little girl in the clip is an amazing young actress called Lily-May Crosby. The footage is lifted from the rushes of our video for Coldplay, which you can watch here:
Behind the scenes #19
This photos reveals the flimsy reality of the ambulance's control centre. This was built in a bus garage beside the house location. Of course there was nothing on the screens and so Alex and Julian had to stare at a square of perspex and look concerned.
While this set was being constructed we ran out of time and money. The walls and fake doors had been built, but they had no handles and it all looked a bit flat. Who knew handles were so expensive? I remembered watching Star Wars documentaries as a kid and seeing how they would stick all sorts of household plastic and bits of air-fix kit to the Millennium Falcon and spray it grey. Surely we could do something similar?
Last year I had some work done on my flat and the builders left behind a box of packers - a plastic wedge used for levelling doors and stud work. They are fairly unusual looking. Well, spray them with orange car paint and et voilà - cheap handles for our sci-fi control centre!
If you like the look of these handles and would like to try a similar look at home, you can buy them here.
An idea which occurred to us quite late in the process was that when the shutters went up, the ambulance should house two or more Dr. Easys. We liked the idea that the robot was a tool and to suggest it was expendable.
We designed these upright 'coffins' for the robots to sit in, lined with the foam that you might find in a photographer's kit case, to protect the robot in transit.
The robots themselves were carefully designed to fold up neatly into a compact unit. We even calculated how high up this coffin should be so that when a robot unfolded it could gracefully plant its feet on the floor. It's very important to make a ladylike entrance.
Anal? Well not as anal as this tiny sticker we printed to go alongside the robots, which can't even be seen in the finished film.
Behind the scenes #18
Tom and I talking through the scene. Tom was incredibly thorough, wanting to understand every line we had written and questioning the logic. There's no dialogue for Michael, but that doesn't mean there isn't a narrative of thoughts and emotions which must be rigorous.
Meanwhile, the robot does have dialogue, but its own logic is complicated: it has no emotion, but it uses psychology, negotiation, prediction and insider knowledge in every line. We talked through the scene, point by point, so Tom totally understood not only what his own character was thinking, but how those pieces fitted with the Dr. Easy's.
Then, when the cameras rolled, he nailed it first time, and every time. This was so enjoyable, both as a process, but then also to stand at the back of the room and watch his performance as an audience - simply exhilarating.
The script
Here's the shooting script to the short. Click on the image above to read the script in pdf format. There's quite a few differences with the finished film. Some changes happened on set, others in the editing room.
Chief amongst them is the appearance of two protesters who turn up at the scene to make their message heard. We filmed these scenes but in the end we felt it over-complicated what was a neat simplicity of a robot doctor dealing with a case. Short films must be told with economy and so we made the decision to take them out.
One fragment of these characters remains however: when we see the robot at the very end, you can clearly hear someone shout "murderer" amongst the commotion. This one word, spoken off screen, accomplishes a great deal of what we wanted the protesters to achieve. This was a valuable lesson to us.
Behind the scenes #17
This photo sums up the naff reality of making movie magic: Oscar-winning DoP Barry Ackroyd filming a head on a stick.
The pitch
This is where it all started - the pitch proposal we gave to Film4 to accompany the first draft of the script. We're really proud of the fact that the finished product is true to our original intention.
Early prototype
Phil Reeves at DB Props emailed over these work-in-progress photos while he was sculpting the head. After weeks of farting about designing it in Photoshop it was exhilarating to see it coming alive. Due to time constraints this foam remained inside the finished head, covered with fine layers of fibre glass. It's pretty fragile, plus we only had one made, so I was constantly barking at people if they even wafted near it, fearing it would be smashed to smithereens.
Behind the scenes #16
Behind the scenes #15
Michael draws on the wall using his own blood.
Well, that's what we wrote.
In reality, every time Tom tried to do it, the fake blood just didn't want to adhere to the wall. Disaster.
So what you see in the finished film is actually VFX. Jason meticulously hand-tracked the wall and then superimposed artwork of the bloody writing. Hopefully you didn't have a clue.
If you look closely at this picture, you can actually see a heart. This was written in our script, but in the edit we came to realise that it wasn't necessary and in fact, lame. So not only did we paint IN a drawing, we also had to paint OUT the heart. But, it was vital that we got this moment right, so it was all worth it.
Behind the scenes #14
Here Tom and I are blocking out a sequence where Michael holds his gun to the robot's head. But of course there was no robot, and so we had to carefully rehearse his eyeline/gunline. This was made infinitely harder by having Tom circle the robot. I was nervous we'd cocked this up, and there was no way of telling until we sat down to do the FX on the shot. But thankfully it was spot on.
The Doctor will see you now
Friday, 14 June 2013
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
'The Red Men' available now from Gollancz
Dr. Easy is based upon the opening chapter of Matthew's book The Red Men. To coincide with the release of our short Gollancz are releasing The Red Men in ebook form.
Treat your brain, you deserve it.
Buy the ebook from Gollancz/Orion
Buy the ebook from Amazon UK
Buy the ebook from Amazon US
Our 7ft, yellow baby is ready to be born.
We're off to Edinburgh next week to show off Dr. Easy and give an industry talk along with Ally Gipps (Warp Films producer) and Anna Higgs (Film4 commissioner). We'll also be talking about how the hell we made this thing happen and how Anna and Ally steered us through the pitfalls of short-film-making. If you're able, come and see the film on the big screen and come and say hello too. It's worth it (the film is anyway...it's debateable whether it's worth meeting 3 unshaven shut-ins).
Monday, 10 June 2013
Behind the scenes #15
"Imagine there's a robot. No, taller than that. No, not there, left a bit, bit more, got it. Quick, turn over."
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Behind the scenes #14
Newcomers are often perturbed by the idea that there's three of us, and how that will work on set. Mostly I (Kenny) speak directly to the actors and DoP from beside the lens, relaying what we need to do in the scene and it's context, and answering their questions. Chris (left) and Jason (2nd from left) watch the takes more objectively on the camera monitor - this after all is what you'll see.
The three of us, Shynola, are already on the same page before the shoot, and so at the end of each take the conversation is simple: did we get it? If not, why? Sometimes we get it in the first take and leave it at that, because we know that, yes, we have it. Otherwise the last take is the 'one'.
Also typical of our working method is the presence of 1st AD Ezra Sumner making lewd jokes in the background.
The three of us, Shynola, are already on the same page before the shoot, and so at the end of each take the conversation is simple: did we get it? If not, why? Sometimes we get it in the first take and leave it at that, because we know that, yes, we have it. Otherwise the last take is the 'one'.
Also typical of our working method is the presence of 1st AD Ezra Sumner making lewd jokes in the background.
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Final Mix day!
Sound ace Nigel Heath at the controls. What an incredible difference Hackenbacker have made. For the first time in a while we've been able to watch the film objectively and without being snapped out of the moment by a jarring omission. And it feels great.
So that's it. Finished! Can't wait to get this out now, roll on the 21st...
Monday, 3 June 2013
During our time working at Jellyfish HQ, Jonah was the project they had just completed and couldn't wait to see released. Finally, after a premier at Sundance, we can all see the photo-real glory that is the giant fish and underwater shots Jellyfish created for director Kibwe Tavares. Watch and enjoy.
Friday, 31 May 2013
A matte for Alex MacQueen.
We were in MPC today to have a first stab at the grade. Boy, what a difference a grade makes. The film starts looking less like something you shot on a mobile phone and more like something you might actually want to watch. Alex here, is about to receive a little warming light.
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Behind the scenes #12
Barry Ackroyd (left), me (centre) and Warp producer Ally Gipps (right) on the tech reccy, discussing how to cover the external scenes. Just out of shot is a minefield of approximately 50-60 dog shits, which might explain why Ally and I both have one foot on the wall, to minimise floor contact. That and our previous jobs as knitting pattern models.
Monday, 27 May 2013
Behind the scenes #11
Shooting pickups on Day 2.
We wrote a film set at night but there's only so long you can realistically film for. So we had to be inventive. Next to the main location was a bus lock-up, which we cleared out and used as surrogate for night time - it's wholly convincing, and meant we could shoot while we waited for the real night to fall outside.
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Have you woken up in the morning without actually feeling hungry? If you give it a good thought, or pay attention to it in the next few days, you will realize that you never really wake up hungry. That is puzzling, isn't it?
When you are asleep, you are fasting. So ideally you should be hungry the minute you wake up. But that doesn't happen, and we will tell you why. The answer is because our body's metabolism already feeds us in the morning. While sleeping, we are fasting; and fasting is a high-fat meal of our own adipose tissues. Fasting leads to weight-loss, which is because you are burning your own fat. Surprised?! There is more!
Fat-burning is most intense in the morning, because we haven't eaten all night. So when we wake up, we're already eating a steady diet…of fat. Furthermore, our bodies give us a shot of cortisol in the morning as we wake up. Cortisol increases gluconeogenesis (the process by which our liver creates glucose), so that we can maintain normal blood sugar when we're not eating anything.
The morning cortisol explains why we're not hungry immediately upon waking: not only are we already burning our own fat for energy, our liver has already gone to work making glucose for us! Hence, when you wake up, you're not really fasting, but feasting on your fat!
This explains why we feel so stuffed even after a small bowl of cereal or fruit or toast bread. All said and done, breakfast still remains the most important meal of the day. Studies have proven that:
-People who skip breakfast are more likely to be obese than the ones who don't.
-Breakfast reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
-Those that eat breakfast tend to consume fewer calories during the rest of the day.
-High-energy foods in breakfast improve memory and concentration.
-If you have breakfast less often, your body starts picking more fats and fewer nutrients.
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Fresh Fruits were and always remain a healthy breakfast choice. But fruits get digested very easily and they may leave you hungry after a while, hence just eating fruits isn't enough. You could also include dry-fruits in your breakfast, though they are also not a full meal in themselves.
You can whip up a smoothie using yogurt or milk and fresh fruits as well and pack it up if you're not hungry while preparing it. You can also make it at night and store it in the refrigerator.
While we discussed foods that we know are healthy eats for breakfast, let's look at some breakfast items that are a strict no-no:
-A healthy serving of orange juice is about as much as you can squeeze out of one orange. So say no to canned juices.
-Avoid anything that is deep-fried, processed or too greasy.
-Cereals with lots of sugar.
-Pastries…they are loaded with everything that will make you put on weight.
-Too much cheese.
-Processed foods.
They say well begun is half done. Similarly, a good morning breakfast will keep your day good too. No matter how much the rush, don't miss out on this meal of the day. And as clichéd as it may sound, remember to Eat Your Breakfast Like a King!
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Purpose of the Citation
The citation, called a summons in some states, serves a crucial function in a divorce case. As a practical matter, the citation notifies a person that his spouse has filed for divorce. From a legal standpoint, the service or delivery of the citation on the non-filing spouse brings him under the jurisdiction of the court. The law requires that a court obtain jurisdiction over a person before it may issue any order affecting his person or property.
Process for Waiving Service of Citation
Despite some minor variations from one state to another, the process for waiving service of a citation is simple. The court clerk maintains a waiver of citation form. The waiver form states that the defendant, or respondent, in a divorce case was given the petition and other paperwork associated with the case by the plaintiff, or petitioner. The waiver advises that the defendant voluntarily enters her appearance in the case and submits to the court's jurisdiction. The defendant signs the form, typically in the presence of a notary public. After signing, the form is returned to the court and filed by the court clerk, concluding the waiver process.
Effect of Waiving Service of Citation
Waiving serving of the citation allows the court to begin issuing orders that affect the interests of the defendant. The defendant cannot complain at a later date that the court does not have jurisdiction over him because the sheriff, or some other duly designated individual, did not serve divorce papers on him.
Failure to Waive Service of Citation
The failure to waive service of the citation requires the sheriff, or another duly designated individual, to serve the petition and related documents on the defendant on the plaintiff's behalf. Generally, the court cannot proceed until this is accomplished.


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Of all the local neighborhood amenities that can influence a buyer's decision to purchase a home, proximity to good quality schools is one of the most influential. According to the National Association of REALTORS® 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 25% of home buyers listed school quality and 20% listed proximity to schools as deciding factors in their home purchase.
NAR Library & Archives has already done the research for you. References (formerly Field Guides) offer links to articles, eBooks, websites, statistics, and more to provide a comprehensive overview of perspectives. EBSCO articles (E) are available only to NAR members and require a password.
Schools and the Home Buying Decision
What Would a Home Buyer Give Up for a Good School? A Garage, for One (realtor.com, Jul. 25, 2018)
Why You Need to Research School Districts When Buying a Home (Public School Review, Feb. 26, 2018)
3 Surprising Ways Public Schools Affect Your House Hunt (Home Towne Realty, Aug. 1, 2016)
No Kids? Here's Why You Should Still Buy in a Good School District (Trulia, Sep. 9, 2015)
School Quality Has a Mighty Influence on Neighborhood Choice, Home Values (The Washington Post, Sep. 3, 2015)
Buying a House? If You Have (or Want) Kids, Consider the Schools (U.S. News & World Report, May 12, 2015)
Impact of Schools on Property Values
School Spending Raises Property Values (National Bureau of Economic Research)
How Much Do School Districts Affect Real Estate Prices? (realtor.com®, Jun. 1, 2016)
What is the Connection Between Home Values and School Performance? (Public School Review, May 30, 2016)
9 Neighborhood Features That Hamper Values (REALTOR® Magazine, Mar. 27, 2016)
How Schools Can Impact Home Prices (Maximum Exposure Real Estate, Jan. 11, 2015)
Schools: What to Consider When Selecting a Home
What to Do When Your Dream Home Is in a Bad School District, According to an Education Expert (Forbes, Jun. 28, 2018)
Why We Chose the Worst School in the District (Root of Good, Jan. 26, 2015)
School Rankings Don't Tell You What You Need to Know (Greater Greater Washington, Jul. 18, 2012)
Public Schools — A Toolkit for REALTORS® (National Association of REALTORS®, 2012)
The School Visit: What to Look For, What to Ask (GreatSchools)
School Quality Information on the Web
There are numerous sources on the Web offering data on schools and school districts. The reports they provide vary in detail and cost, but almost always have useful information for home buyers and REALTORS®. Many states and local areas also make their school district information available online. Websites of the state departments of education are a good start, along with those of local newspapers. The following are a few sample websites:
National Center for Education Statistics
Publishes information on all levels of education, from preschool to graduate school.
Private companies
A listing of private companies in the U.S. that provide reports on school districts is available on the Open Directory Project.
State and local sources
Many states and local areas also make their school district info available online. Websites of the state departments of education are a good start, along with those of local newspapers. For example:
- GreatSchools: Your community resource to find and share information about schools.
- Neighborhood Scout: Receive patented school ratings and other data.
- Private School Review: Learn about private schools, find schools, get admissions tips, and financial aid help.
- Project Appleseed: The national campaign for public school improvement.
- School Digger: Ranks schools on a 5-star system, and also shows rankings by test scores.
eBooks & Other Resources
The following eBooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Community Builders: A Tale of Neighborhood Mobilization in Two Cities (eBook)
Community by Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities (eBook)
Community Conversations: Mobilizing the Ideas, Skills, and Passion of Community Organizations, Governments, Businesses, and People (Kindle, eBook)
Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside (eBook)
In The Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time (Kindle, eBook)
Love Your Neighborhood (eBook)
Neighbors & Neighborhoods (Audiobook, eBook)
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Buying Checklists (Kindle, eBook)
Tips & Traps When Buying a Home (Kindle, Audiobook, eBook)
Have an idea for a real estate topic? Send us your suggestions.
The inclusion of links on this page does not imply endorsement by the National Association of REALTORS®. NAR makes no representations about whether the content of any external sites which may be linked in this page complies with state or federal laws or regulations or with applicable NAR policies. These links are provided for your convenience only and you rely on them at your own risk.


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Have you ever had an agreement with someone and thought the rules and boundaries were unmistakeably clear?
Then…when it was time to split the profits, or put in the money, it became sticky. In real estate deals, sticky situations happen:
Suddenly, the boundaries got blurred, there was a misunderstanding or someone didn't do what they were supposed to. Then the whole deal, or business started to fall apart and in addition the relationship got fuzzy?
Six Ways To Handle Sticky Situations
1. A unmarried couple intend to buy a house together. They look and look and finally settle on one. Then when the credit is run for the purchase, they discover late payments, or other credit issues. Suddenly, buying a house together isn't as simple. One partner starts to mistrust the other. They may end up needing a co-signer. Sticky conversation with your partner.
2. A contractor is renovating a property at an agreed upon price. When he opens up the wall there is mold. Now, the work he needs to perform is more intensive and requires more time and supplies. The owner argues about any changes to the original bid yet agrees that the contractor must get the job done right and on time. Sticky conversation between owner and contractor.
3. Two people are in business together making money on real estate. Their strategy is buy and fix. One partner is responsible for finding the properties and figuring out if there is profit potential. The other partner is responsible for the fixing and getting the job done on time. There is a minefield of situations that can go awry with these partners. The job isn't getting done on time, holding costs are building, the repair estimate was off – why did they pick this one anyway? and now the cost overages are eating at the profit. Sticky conversations between partners.
No matter how well we try to run our business, life and family, we all need to know how to handle sticky conversations
1. Tell the truth
The sooner the real facts are on the table, the easier it is to make smart decisions. Honesty pays and you can sleep better too!
2. Don't wait – discuss it now
Sometimes, when we have the facts, the fear sets in. We are afraid to tell the parties involved, OR we let the fear drive us to inaction. DON'T let fear get in the way of your dreams and a life by design. Step through it.
3. Get it in writing – email is helpful here
Write down you action steps to resolve the sticky issue. Then take action.
4. Agree to disagree
When each party is heard and opinions differ then make a new agreement that moves the issue forward and finishes the past.
5. Work for peaceful resolutions
Learn to give in sometimes, look for the higher good in the project or relationship.
6. Let go of being right
Stubborn, egotistic thoughts and behavior make YOU the difficulty. Let go and resolve to move on.


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Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - Earlham women's basketball's first matchup of the Cruzin' Classic Tournament ends in a 60-77 loss to the Presidents of Washington and Jefferson.
In the first half Earlham was plagued by offensive issues, only shooting 24.1 percent from field-goal range, and 30 percent from three. They only turned the ball over nine times, dead even with Washington and Jefferson. Going into the half Earlham was down 21-32.
The Quakers went into the second half shooting significantly better. They were over 50 percent from all distances. Washington and Jefferson matched the Quakers' offensive effort though, keeping them at least 10 points ahead for the remainder of the game.
Washington and Jefferson had their most success in the paint, scoring 50 of their 77 points from that distance. The Presidents also outrebounded 36-24.
Kayla Bowling and Zoe Curtis each contributed 14 points on the day to Earlham's 60 total points. Makayla McFarland followed their lead scoring 13 points on the day. Camyrn White was Earlham's top defender, pulling down seven rebounds and tallying one steal.
Earlham's next Cruzin' Classic matchup is at 10am on Friday, December 21 vs Arcadia.


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Dental Implants in Los Angeles
You see them mentioned on billboards all over Los Angeles and just about everywhere else, but what are they? Well, a dental implant is essentially an artificial tooth root that an accomplished dentist like our own Dr. Farzad Feiz can secure into place within the jaw in order to hold a replacement tooth or bridge. For those who are in good general oral health but who have lost a tooth or teeth due to periodontal disease, an injury, or for some other reason, dental implants in Los Angeles at the Calabasas Dental Group and California Dental Care can be a very effective method of regaining oral health and a bright, aesthetically pleasing smile.
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Haven't posted in a while… Thus, in honor of the currently airing third season of Shokugeki no Soma and end of the match for Megumi in the manga have a recipe!
Plot Significance:
This is the second dish that Megumi Takadoro is involved. The first being "Boeuf Bourguignon" prepared together with Soma in Roland Chapel's class. Said dish highlighted Soma's best cooking trait – quick innovation and also showed Megumi's weakness – her tendency to panic and lack of self-esteem.
Thus, it is then fitting that the second dish Megumi is involved in and the one she made wholly on her own "3 Types of Onigiri" shows hints of her strength as a cook. After all, to a Japanese nothing screams comfort food like onigiri. This is important because at this stage of the series, even among the Polar Star Residents, Megumi seems to be the runt of the litter and destined to play the damsel of distress to Soma's hero. But, in this dish, we see a brief glimpse of Megumi's potential if she managed to overcome her flaws.
Finally, I consider it also apt that this dish is presented not in a shokugeki or an examination but as a comfort dish to the Polar Dorm Resident after work; it neatly shows Megumi's training as a cook in a ryokan and her focus in "hospitality" where her strength as a chef lies.
As for the recipe itself, the pork belly with garlic and honey filling is a classic. The twist in Megumi's recipe and the secret ingredient for the first type of riceball is the "sake" which gives the dish an alcoholic twist.
Shio Kombu is another famous filling for onigiri. It is one of my favorite rice seasonings, in fact. Shio kombu is made from seaweed and tastes a little bit caramel-sweet and a little bit soy sauce salty. Megumi's recipe combines it with cheese. A bit of advice, do yourself a favor and choose a mild cheese if you ever attempt this one. Sharp cheeses fight the shio kombu and while cheese filled onigiri still taste delicious, you won't be able to fully appreciate the unique complex flavor that shio-kombu adds to the recipe.
Anyway, Onigiri is one of Japan's staple food. There are a variety of different flavor and fillings that you could try. To make the one made in the show, I would like to point out several people who have done so:
3 Kind of Onigiri by Vena HX – Very good instructional video. Vena explains the step by step process of making the onigiri really well.
Fiction recreation of 3 Kind of Onigiri by whimsicalzoo – for those who don't want video. Jeanne documented her attempt in making this recipe on her blog.
For those who want to try other type of onigiri or just curious about this food phenomenon from Japan, here are several links:
Onigiri on parade guide – a brief overview of different types of onigiri
5 New Types of Onigiri by Tabieats – several unusual kinds of onigiri that you might want to try out.


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The Fallout Bible
Are you a Fallout fan who greatly enjoyed the first two games and wants to know more about their background? Are you a fan of the new Fallout games and are keen on learning the series' backstory? Have you ever read The Bible and thought, 'this thing needs more mutants?' If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions then the Fallout Bible undoubtedly comes recommended. Originally a series of fan questions posed to and answered by Chris Avellone back in 2002, the Fallout Bible is a compendium of all the background information, design documents, character stories/fates, omitted elements, rules and lore from the Fallout universe you could ever ask for.
Even if you believe you've hammered the originals so much you couldn't possibly learn anything else, you'll be surprised upon delving into this massive digital data collection. This is seriously detailed stuff; including facts and topics to obsess over for years. There's a list of all the known vaults (there was well over 100) and their fates, a massive timeline of all the events leading up to World War 3 and then carrying them over through the series, and a detailed history of how the FEV virus came into existence and forever ravaged the wasteland.
As a Fallout fanatic, I can't believe I haven't gotten round to reading this sooner, although it's a large slog to take in at once, the tome is split down into several parts for ease of digestion. Reading only a few of the pages (either available as downloadable documents on Duck and Cover here or on the Fallout Wiki as data pages here) will greatly enrich your experience of the first two games, and the new ones by virtue of their linear connection, a great deal. Finally, always remember this: "not even the carrion eaters are interested in your irradiated corpse."


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The most recent common ancestors of all the SPAWR's since approximately 1800 are Valentine J. and Anna Margaretta SPAWR; and all currently-living (1998) SPAWR's are descended from one of their children. Of these many children, Peter R. SPAWR was my great-great grandfather. This section of the SPAWR Family of America is specifically focused on the lineage from Peter SPAWR through his descendants to and including my parents and myself. Where possible, I will include information related to other of Peter and Elizabeth's children; should the volume of information warrant, a new section of this entire Website will be developed and published.
Peter SPAWR was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1809. He married Elizabeth Messer on December 27, 1829, in nearby Tazewell County, Illinois. Elizabeth was born in Ohio on September 4, 1813, to Isaac and Sidney Ann (maiden name: Forbes) Messer; it is therefore conceivable that the families had known each other in Ohio before moving to Illinois. Elizabeth's parents had both been born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the 1780's. Their own westward migration seems to be similar to that of the SPAWR family.
Peter apparently farmed the rich Illinois soil as did his father and brothers; however, the siren song of westward expansion apparently appealed to him, for he moved his entire family in 1853 to north-central Iowa, near present-day Clarksville, in Butler County. Within a few years, Peter and his family had acquired several large parcels of good farmland and were successful farmers.
Of their children, little is presently known with the exception of Valentine L.. Isaac was born in 1831, but there is very little clear record currently available which sheds light on his life. There are old burial records and some sketchy marriage records for an Isaac Spawr in the area near Corvallis, OR in the 1850's, and this individual could be the same Isaac. Given the lack of current information on him from other sources, this may be the brother of my great grandfather Valentine.
Peter and Elizabeth's son John married a woman named Rebecca (maiden name unknown); he fought during the Civil War in the 32d Iowa Infantry, and was discharged in the spring of 1864. He died later in that year, and is buried in Clarksville, IA. With the exception of his son Isaac, nothing is presently known of his family's fate; Isaac married twice, and has descendants living today (for a photo of Isaac and his second family, you may visit the SPAWR Family photo album by clicking here).
Of Peter and Elizabeth's remaining children, Mary, Peter Marion, and George W., we presently know nothing; however, the search continues both for any of their history, as well as for any of their descendants living today.
Peter and Elizabeth's second son, Valentine L. SPAWR, is my paternal great grandfather (to see a lithographic sketch of him click here). Of all of Peter and Elizabeth SPAWR's children, it is only Valentine L. for whom any history is presently known. In fact, Valentine L. SPAWR fathered two separate and distinct lines of descendants which, from the early 1920's until 1998, had been virtually unknown to each other. It is here, therefore, that the next threads of SPAWR family history split. To continue tracing the history of the SPAWR Family of America with the lineage of Valentine L. SPAWR, please click here.
Peter and Elizabeth SPAWR lived out their lives in Neosho Falls, Kansas, the town their son had helped to found on the Kansas prairie in September 1870. Peter SPAWR died on December 11, 1876, and is buried in Neosho Falls; Elizabeth died there in 1895, and is buried in the same cemetery.
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SolidEnergy is moving foward with development of next generation batteries, which will store a lot more energy. All of them, name any vehicle maker, have announced that from 2016, their own tiny cars in the 30,000s or the very higher-finish. The organizations will develop many pilot projects and examine the Volt's 16-kWh lithium-ion batteries to see how the second-life vehicle batteries can be utilised to offer electric grid storage systems. You can get your lead acid batteries locally from a golf cart battery dealer, which saves you the shipping costs. The electric motor moves the automobile just like the motor in a starter makes it turn.
Compared to the average new automobile getting 24 miles per gallon, a Focus Electric ($29,170) can save owners at least $5,500 in fuel expenses over a period of five years. A 20-kilowatt wireless charging method demonstrated at Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has accomplished 90 percent efficiency and at 3 times the price of the plug-in systems typically employed for electric vehicles these days.
The California Power Commission is awarding the University of California, Berkeley $1.5 million to develop an sophisticated intelligent charging technology that maintains plug-in electric car consumer demands even though minimizing charging loads, to obtain electrical energy grid advantages. The 24 volt electric cars for kids are truly powerful and can develop speeds of 7 mph and a lot more. Ecotricity has its own charging network called 'the Ecotricity Electric Highway'.
Right now the least expensive electric vehicles, which price about $30,000, usually have a variety of much less than 100 miles. One more project, even though, appears for businesses who can integrate batteries into the structures of electric vehicles themselves, thereby lowering the weight and rising the range. For the demonstration, researchers integrated the single-converter method into an electric Toyota RAV4 equipped with an additional 10 kWh battery. It is typically a collection of special batteries, packed at the rear side of the auto.
Car excels: it can drive long distances without the battery expiring, so operating out of juice is by no means an concern. Even the Tesla Model S, a auto which originally launched with a 40 kWh, 60 kWh or 85 kWh battery pack options, is now sold with larger, subsequent-generation 70 kWh and 90 kWh packs offering enhanced range and efficiency. On the other hand, a car initially rated at 84 miles, at 60% pack capacity, only has 50 miles of variety. Obtaining the financial balance of variety versus overall performance, battery capacity versus weight, and battery kind versus price challenges every single EV manufacturer.


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See the latest photos and videos from "Food Discoveries" on Instagram and YouTube. Follow "Food Discoveries" on Facebook and Twitter.
The original "Food Discoveries" series began in 2009 in a very different media environment that exists now. Hosted by Shirl Yang and Ben Warner, the series showcased many different types of food from delicious main meals, to hearty snacks, and decadent desserts. Episodes also featured home cooked meals, as well as interviews with special guests.
With the rapid advances in functionality of mobile devices and social media platforms in the years since "Food Discoveries" was first produced, Shirl and Ben have come back to continue the show with a new focus on high quality photography and videos in a micro-blogging format while producing new videos on mobile devices rather than relying on old-school cameras and editing tools as they had on the original series.
We hope you enjoy the new-look "Food Discoveries".
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The PK25™ was designed by Poul Kjærholm in 1951, for his final graduation project at the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen. The PK25, also known as the "Element" Chair, is a fine example of the young Kjærholm's eagerness to work with common, industrial materials. Kjærholm was determined to reduce the chair to a single piece of each material, resulting in the overarching hallmark of the chair: The continuous and rather complex steel frame that is bent in a single piece without joints and connections.
L:69 x D:73 x H:75cm (Seat height: 40cm)
Frame: 1.2 x 7.5cm and 1.2 x 2cm
The PK25 is available in natural or black flag halyard combined with a matt chromed spring steel base.
Unlike most other Danish furniture designers of the 1950s, Kjærholm used stainless steel and aluminium as the basis for his designs often combined with leather or wicker for chairs and glass or slate for tables. Inspired by the modernist work of le Corbusier and Breuer, Kjærholm's designs are highly elegant with great attention to details.
His best work were made between the mid 1950s and late 1960s, yet the designs all have such integrity that they stand above any particular era. His most well known design is the PK22 easy chair which have been extensively used at the Copenhagen international airport Kastrup, a fitting place for an object which is truly international in its design. Poul Kjærholm became a professor at the Royal Art academy in Copenhagen in 1976.
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AFFILIGATE: Payment Gateway Service Providers – Securing Your Client's Transaction
Whenever commercialism online, it's crucial that you just supply a secure and reliable place for your customers to form their transactions. victimisation payment entry service suppliers may be a vital quality to your business because it facilitates the payments from the shoppers to the account of the merchandise. Knowing however this operates can assist you to notice the right payment getaway service.
Did you recognize that the pushcart is used before the payment entry runs? This performs permits customers to load their pushcart with their product, colors, amount and opt for sizes. The pushcart server then sums the merchandise and adds shipping and taxes. At now, the client can enter shipping and charge data.
How can Payment Gateway Service Providers Help You?
If you've got recently started your website, however, are still wondering adding associate degree e-commerce feature, you would like to amass a merchandiser account that you just are going to be utilizing for acceptive MasterCard payments. As you're taking into thought obtaining this account, you'll additionally notice using the services of a payment entry very crucial. This tool is important in dominate the flow of the web payments created to you. Generally, it works as associate degree mediator between you, the depository financial institution wherever you hold the account of the merchandise itself.
Moreover, payment gateways aren't there in situ of your service supplier or bank however it'll guarantee the security of payment transactions created to the business name and assess its validity. on condition that they manage delicate MasterCard data, such gateways ought to be equipped with applicable safety features like encryption. during a shell, such firms make sure that payments created to you being the merchandiser are valid and it'll land in your MasterCard merchandiser account rigorously.
Payment Gateway Service help Prevent incidence of credit card fraud
An obvious good thing about using a payment entry service is being capable to stop the incident of MasterCard fraud. except that, MasterCard process is additionally created quicker and easier. There's an amount once customers got to wait a whole week for an internet payment to be documented by the bank. Now, the identity of the client likewise because the validity of the payment group action might validate in seconds.
You can rest assured that the payment entry service suppliers can cluster the total day's group action and manage them into one group action to the depository financial institution. Once it's been delivered, it commonly takes around three days for the funds to be authorized. Payment entry doesn't have a restricted quantity of users. this may reduce the variety of dishonest transactions from the dangerous cards, and your obligation goes down as a result of you don't keep the MasterCard data. creating legal transactions can prevent cash and time.
Accepting credit cards online can sway be a good quality for your company as a result of you'll be providing customers one among the basic things they're going to hunt for once looking, which is convenience. Through hiring payment entry service suppliers, you supply them with yet one more – safety and security.


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Inexpensive Mac Memory
Mac Memory doesn't have to be expensive.
Well, it can be expensive or pricey for memory but that just means you're not shopping hard enough for the best deal on ram, or if you prefer: inexpensive mac memory, or cheap memory for your mac.
The good news is you're at the right place to get a fair deal on high quality memory upgrades. I've been confused in the past as an online store that sells memory but I leave that to the memory professionals such as 18004Mememory, Memory X, OEMPCWORLD, RAMJET, Data Memory Systems, OWC, Crucial Technology and a few other memory stores that either specialize in Apple memory or memory for your macs for much less than what you might pay from name brand memory stores such as directly from Apple.
If you're looking for cheap ram from Apple directly you'll be looking long and hard to fin some. They do sell ram but it's expensive: 8GB for MacBook Pro will set you back $600 as opposed to much much less – about half price – when you buy ram from the memory stores I do list.
At one point I used to offer a much longer list of memory stores that sold RAM but they haven't been in business for decades or even longer. I think OWC has been helping Apple users get a good deal on upgrades since '88. That's a long time to be in business and you don't accomplish that by under selling at the lowest ram price. You get to 25 years in business by supporting the Apple community and making sure you offer a competitive product at a competetive price and that's what I specialize in: tracking and monitoring ram prices from the memory stores that have been around for some time and offer great deals and more importantly – great support on the products they sell.
Even yours truly has 13 years tracking ram prices so I know a good deal on ram when I see it ( ram just gets cheaper and cheaper year after year) Buy good ram that's cheap or inexpensive mac memory from a memory store you can trust and you will have problem free computing regardless what apple computer you have and need to upgrade


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Isn't admitting you have an addiction the first step to recovery? If I follow the twelve step program, I need to admit that my addiction has taken over my life, and I have no control over it.
However, I'm deciding to take control of my life right now by admitting publicly that I have a problem. And I'm going to make a conscious, definite effort to stop, cold turkey and get my life on track.
Friends, blog readers, people I love… I'm addicted to ice cream.
I know it's not something you'd associate with addiction, but I've got all the classic symptoms:
- You've built up an ice cream tolerance. Once I've started I could continue eating the whole carton and never feel like I have enough.
- You eat ice cream to avoid or relieve withdrawal symptoms. If I go too long without ice cream, I experience symptoms such as nausea, restlessness, insomnia, depression, sweating, shaking, and anxiety. Maybe not that extreme, but sometimes I just need come frozen goodness.
- You've lost control over your ice cream use. I often eat more ice cream than I planned, even though I tell myself I won't. I may want to stop eating it, but I feel powerless. Too creamy. So delicious.
- Your life revolves around ice cream. I spend a lot of time eating and thinking about ice cream, figuring out how to get it, and recovering from the ice cream's effects. If I get to work 15 minutes early, I can leave 15 minutes early, swing by Trader Joe's grab a gallon, eat it before Sean gets home, throw away the evidence, and then wallow in my stomach ache.
- You've abandoned activities you used to enjoy, such as hobbies, sports, and socializing, because of your ice cream eating. Can't go work out, I've eaten too much ice cream.
- You continue to eat ice cream, despite knowing it's hurting you. It's causing major problems in my life—blackouts, infections, mood swings, depression, paranoia—but I eat it anyway. Ok, that' a little extreme, maybe it just causes the occasionally over-full tummy and need for an early bed time.
Fortunately, I've found an ice cream alternative that, while not quite Trader Joe's one-thousand-calorie-a-sniff vanilla ice cream, is an excellent, healthy substitute.
Banana Soft Serve
Necessary Ingredients:
- 1 frozen banana
- 1 TBSP milk (almond, organic dairy, coconut, whatever you want) – slowly add more if the consistency isn't up to your ice cream standards
Topping/Mix in ingredients:
- 1 TBS Dark Chocolate Dream (chocolate peanut butter)
- Whatever else you want to sprinkle in (almonds, Cat cookies for people, fruit if you want it more like sherbet etc.)
Put the bananas in the food processor. Puree until crumbly banana chunks. Add milk. Puree until it's like ice cream. Add whatever else you want. Puree. Add more milk if it's not whatever consistency you want it to be.
The consistency I had it was similar to soft serve ice cream. You can add whatever you want. Depending on what you put in, the banana taste can be either powerful or muted. The way I made it (with chocolate PB and Cat cookies), it was a little like Chunky Monkey.
Yum. I love a good frozen treat.


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Casablanca Bridal
Bridal Designers: Casablanca Bridal
Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, which means that you want everything to be as perfect as possible. One of the most important elements of your wedding is your wedding dress, and at Serendipity Bridal & Events in Washington DC, we proudly offer wedding dress from a variety of top designers in the business.
One of our most popular designers is Casablanca Bridal. Established in 1997, Casablanca Bridal has grown quickly, and now stores all across the country carry their beautiful designs. As a company, they set their standards high, and privately owning their factory allows them to make sure every dress meets their expectations.
Many women have dreamed of their wedding since they were young, and while it may seem impossible for your wedding dress to live up to your fantasy, Casablanca Bridal works hard to make your dreams a reality. Their team of expert designers is always searching for the best fabrics, and each wedding dress is hand-crafted to ensure that it meets the bride's exact specifications.
A Look That Never Goes Out Of Style
Wedding dress styles are ever-changing. While some may be looking for a dress that encompasses the modern appeal, if you're looking for something timeless, Casablanca has the dress for you. Our designers stay up-to-date on all the latest wedding dress trends, but by incorporating lace and silk into our designs, you're sure to find a dress that has a style that withstands the test of time.
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Netflix Inc. shares fell 1.4% Wednesday, after rival streaming video service Hulu announced price cuts for its monthly service.
Hulu, a joint venture owned by Walt Disney Co. DIS, -0.12% 21st Centry Fox Inc. FOXA, +0.14% Comcast Corp. CMCSA, +4.16% and AT&T Inc. T, +0.44% said that from February, it will start charging just $5.99 a month for its basic, ad-supported subscription plan, down from $7.99. The non-ad-supported plan will continue to cost $11.99 a month.
The move comes a week after Netflix NFLX, -1.77% raised the price of its U.S. service by 13% to 18% to help cover the costs of its content. The company has been taking on a lot of expensive, high-yield debt to cover the costs of the shows and films it makes itself, growing its long-term debt to about $10.4 billion at end-2018 from $6.5 billion at the start of the year.
It also comes a day after Netflix made history when it garnered 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards for the Alfonso Cuaron-helmed "Roma," tying for first place with Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite."
Read now: Netflix becomes first streaming service to join MPAA
It was the streaming giant's first nomination for Best Picture. Netflix has won many Emmy nominations, but its practice of releasing films on its own platform at the same time as in theaters has irked Hollywood, where the typical release period is 16 and a half weeks, before a film goes to video-on-demand services.
See now: Netflix earnings and subscriber additions beat expectations, but stock falls
Related: Netflix thinks 'Fortnite' is a bigger competitor than other streaming services
That practice had seen Netflix excluded from award eligibility at major film festivals, including Cannes. "Roma" had a limited theatrical run in November before it was made available to stream on Netflix.
The film's Oscar backing is a positive, not just for Netflix, for all streaming services, said one expert.
"As global viewership continues to grow, so will investment in content and original programming for streaming," said Bill Demas, chief executive of Conviva, a real-time measurement and analytics platform for streaming TV publishers.
See also: Netflix reportedly set to produce 90 movies a year, with budgets up to $200 million
"Over the past year Conviva-measured, video-on-demand viewership grew 111%, so it is unsurprising that leaders in streaming like Netflix, Hulu, and others have become serious contenders for the most coveted awards in entertainment," he said.
BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield, a longtime Netflix bull, said Wednesday he is increasingly convinced that Netflix has a model that puts it far ahead of legacy media companies attempting to compete with it.
"Netflix is a rocket hurtling towards Mars, while legacy media companies are bicycles with engineers that only have the ability to make more bicycles. By the time they learn to make cars, let alone rockets, Netflix will be another planet or even solar system away."
Netflix shares have gained 28% in the last 12 months, outperforming the S&P 500 SPX, -0.25% which is down 7% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.26% which has lost 6%.
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Ludowici, GA — Four US troops plotted to kill President Obama, going so far as to kill another two people who were aware of the plot in a story for which only scant details have been provided for thus far.
Armed with $87,000 worth of weapons, the troops that plotted to kill Obama were said to have been planning a large set of terrorist activities, including assassinating the President as well as bombing major targets and overthrowing the federal government.
Pfc. Michael Burnett pled guilty today to manslaughter as well as gang-related activity in the December killings of former soldier Michael Roark and Roark's girlfriend, 17-year-old Tiffany York. In the case against Burnett, Roark and York were referred to as "loose ends," killed because of their knowledge of the assassination plot.
The initial report on the plot to kill Obama by the US troops refers to an "anarchist militia within the U.S. military with plans to overthrow the federal government," and details what we know so far, disclosed earlier today:
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Little else is known about the alleged plot to kill Obama, and the names of the other soldiers thought to be involved in the treasonous plans were not disclosed in the initial report. For instance, it is not known if Roark is one of the four accused of planning to kill the president, or if the plot involved others.


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We are heading back to California tomorrow—we were planning on staying longer but some important things came up and we are going back quite a bit early. It has been very emotional for Alexander and I to be leaving and has reminded me again as to how we handle change and disappointment with our children. Our job as parents is frequently to help them deal with their own emotions of sadness, anger and disappointment, either large or small.
But we are also faced with helping them navigate the times when we – their parents – have our own struggles with theses emotions. I know it can feel impossible to stay present for our children during those times. I have a very intuitive little boy so he knows when anything is up with me. It has been really tough these last couple of days explaining to him that right now it is important for mom to be back in California. And that I, too, am very, very sad to be leaving our special place.
Kids shouldn't be made to take on their parent's feelings. I believe it is one of our responsibilities. For Alexander, it is especially hard. What we went through when Ray died has made him very alert and sensitive to even a change in the pitch of my voice. I have made so many mistakes; anyone honest will say that they have as well. And I think there is much that I have not handled well at all. But I keep trying. We navigate together and sometimes we do it just seconds or one minute at a time. And sometimes that is just enough.


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This year we spent the holidays in Heber City, UT with Sam's family. We had a blast eating lots of good food, hiking and attending the baby blessing of Jon and Faith's son McKell. It was so much fun... and we even got a family picture! Hoping everyone had just as an enjoyable holiday season. Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
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Timber Festival
Yesterday Sam had the day off...so we decided to make a trip to the Poconos Mountains. It was so beautiful! We happened upon a Timber Festival, where although we felt a bit like red necks, had a blast! Enjoy some pictures from our fun day!
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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Caribbean Cruise
At the end of May, my family went on a Caribbean cruise to St. Maarten, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. We had a blast! It was a belated Christmas present from my parents! Thanks so much mom and dad! Hopefully we will be able to do it again soon! Enjoy some pictures from the exciting week below:
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Samuel Woodard, D.O.
Sam has finally done it! He graduated from Medical School on May 15th. I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished! We will be moving to Philadelphia soon so that Sam can start his surgical residency program through PCOM. We are excited for the move and the next adventure in our lives! Thanks to everyone that came to share in this special day with us!
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We had a wonderful Easter this year! The Easter Bunny even heard my plea for a Swiffer Wet Jet. I was SOOOOO excited! Hope you all had a great Easter also!
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Gone Country!
For our 2nd anniversary, Sam surprised me and kidnapped me to Nashville for the weekend! It was a BLAST! I guess you could say we had "Gone Country". Sam was super creative and even provided the country "giddup" and surprised me with tickets to the Grand Ole Opry. Here are some pictures of our fun weekend!
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
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The other day I decided I was ready for a change and decided to chop my hair off! It was a little scary at first but I totally love it! Thanks Jenni!
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Beyoncé Addresses Album Leak, Thanks Fans For Positive Feedback
With Bey's upcoming album, 4, making its rounds on the Net, one of the most influential singers of the 2000s addressed the issue via her Facebook page.
"My music was leaked and while this is not how I wanted to present my new songs, I appreciate the positive response from my fans. When I record music I always think about my fans singing every note and dancing to every beat. I make music to make people happy and I appreciate that everyone has been so anxious to hear my new songs."
The album is currently scheduled for a June. 28 release date.


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First, allow me to use an example to explain subrogation: You are hurt in an accident. You go to the emergency room, are admitted to the hospital for several weeks and then have a few months of follow-up appointments and physical therapy. After deductibles and co-pays, your health insurance company pays all of your medical bills. After you recover from the accident, you settle your injury case with the at-fault party's insurance company. Using the money you got from your settlement, you buy your first home. Several months later, you get a letter from your medical insurance carrier demanding to be paid back for the medical bills they paid on your behalf after the accident. You no longer have the cash because you bought a home, but they are threatening to sue you.
Can they do that? What about if you are on Medicare or Tenncare? Isn't that why you paid the premiums for your medical insurance? If they sue me, could they take my house or garnish my wages? What if I never tell them about my accident? Continue reading


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First time in while I've been on the trainer. 10 mins to test the set up. Gears aren't working and the tyres need pumping. Service required. Best I'd get to that!
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Ok, so first weight check since October today and I only put on a pound! That's with Christmas and no exercise, except shovelling snow that is, oh, and last week's stroll or course. I had a good chat with Nurse A and am feeling pretty good! First goal 8 lbs. by next weigh in,
So the blisters are almost gone and the ache in my legs has receded. I need to keep moving so I've thought about what I get enjoyment from. I enjoyed walking in new, out of town places but didn't enjoy the pace. Walking with that group of people probably isn't a possibility until my fitness


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The case is Greathouse v. JHS Security, decided on April 20, nearly two years after oral argument. In Lambert v. Genessee Hospital, the Second Circuit 22 years ago said these claims required a formal complaint to a government agency. But in 2011, the Supreme Court ruled in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, 131 S. Ct. 1325, that "filing a complaint" under the FLSA includes oral as well as written complaints so long as the complaint is "sufficiently clear and detailed for a reasonable employer to understand it, in light of both content and context."
The Supreme Court tells the Second Circuit what to do, so the Second Circuit has no choice but to declare the Lambert ruling dead and gone. Other Circuits have already done this. The Second Circuit (Pooler, Carney and Korman [D.J.]) notes that either other Circuit Courts have said the FLSA protects workers from retaliation for their complaints made to employers. In hindsight, the Second Circuit says, the Court of Appeals in 1993 probably got it wrong in any event, and "we now conclude that the statutory language is not as plain and unambiguous as it seemed when Lambert was decided." The FLSA does not require "formal" complaints, and it also does not say plaintiffs have to file anything with a governmental agency. Moreover, "filed any complaint" may be interpreted to include intra-company complaints.
This interpretation is also consistent with the FLSA's statutory purpose, intended "to correct and as rapidly as practicable to eliminate labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers." Since "the government cannot directly monitor every employer's payroll, FLSA also creates an enforcement mechanism that relies in significant part on employees' complaints." The revised FLSA interpretation allows pay disparity complaints to be resolved informally, quickly and without government red tape, before the employees have lost significant wages or benefits.
This ruling has a few caveats. Employers cannot be expected to interpret all workplace complaints as FLSA complaints. The proverbial water cooler grievance probably doesn't count. In Kasten the Supreme Court said:
The Second Circuit declines to define the exact contours of that standard, but it does say that the Kasten test would "exclude from the concept of 'fil[ing a] complaint' a mere passing comment.""a complaint is 'filed' [only] when a reasonable, objective person would have understood the employee to have put the employer on notice that the employee is asserting statutory rights under the Act." The employee need not invoke the Act by name, but, as the Court concluded, "[t]o fall within the scope of the antiretaliation provision, a complaint must be sufficiently clear and detailed for a reasonable employer to understand it, in light of both content and context, as an assertion of rights protected by the statute and a call for their protection."


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My last post was a little too angsty for my liking. I'm actually doing well. I can't wait for New York; we're almost into the teens, people. I'm just enjoying life more and more each day. I use the phrase more and more too often. I have noticed that in academic papers. Anyway, there's a lot to be happy about; a lot of positive energy; a lot to feel thankful for, and that's really what fall's about, right? Idk. I'm very excited for Halloween. What do people do in NYC for Halloween? I guess I'll find out.
I'm really excited to get my ass back in gear and really start dancing like mad again. I need to get myself more into shape before that though; a few classes a week isn't really amounting to much so far. It might be slightly (or way more than slightly) narcissistic of me, but I have a print of me hanging in my room of me doing this fierce jump. I took a picture with my phone a while ago, but the quality in the print is much better and it's not in black and white.
It's pretty good. I have another one of myself doing a C jump which I've been trying to figure out where to put in my room, but no luck so far.
Again, the quality is much better in the print, but still. When I get sad, I remember that I could do this, and I really can again if I get my butt in gear.
Ok. I think it might be time for a little nap before a night of reading, cleaning, and rejuvenating.
This isn't the right time. It isn't the right place. It all feels wrong. Last night was bad. I can't even really talk about it. I wish I could, but it's too deep. IDK. What makes me like this? Whatever it is, I want it gone. I just hope to keep repeating that this is all wrong and not the right time. I'm the only thing that is in my way from not being ok. Just suck it the fuck up. Or get the f out. I don't know.
Next year I want to run a marathon. I feel like I need goals like this to accomplish. I've said I wanted to before; this time I'm for sure going to do it. I just need new shoes; new shorts; and hip surgery, and I'll be all set. Works right? Idk. Running gets my mind off things. My hip just hurts too much to do it right now. I could go swimming I suppose. What's an injured boy to do? Also, I feel old. And not as attractive as I used to feel. Like I'm not good enough? Idk. Time to figure shit out I suppose.


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Goodbye UKCMG, Hello Poughkeepsie
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I feel like I'm on "home turf" at UKCMG... My use of English can be looser :-) and it's so nice to catch up customers with whom I've a long and (I hope) fruitful history. I did my (slightly updated) "Memory Matters" and "Much Ado About CPU" presentations - and I really do lose track of how much change there's been in each of them (though it seems to me I fiddle with them A LOT. :-) Actually I sat... [More]
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I'm going to try something different this year – and composing this using OpenOffice Writer on my new ASUS EEE PC while flying home is certainly different. But what's new is not documenting all the bits and pieces I learnt. Instead I'm going to give some impressions: On Monday afternoon we had an enforced evacuation from the conference centre and much of the environs – because of a World War II... [More]
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Valvetrain friction and wear
Influence of surface engineering and lubricants
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Ford Research Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Customer demand and legislative pressure are continually challenging
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Several technologies are currently being evaluated to meet this challenge.
Tribology can play a significant role in bringing some of these technologies to a more mature state and can also make enhancements to existing technologies to reduce frictional losses in the powertrain. Although the valvetrain contributes only 6-10 per cent of the total frictional loss in an engine, all opportunities are explored to reduce frictional losses further, provided they are cost effective.
This paper describes attempts to reduce frictional losses in directacting mechanical bucket tappet type valvetrains through surface finish, surface texture and coatings. It was observed that surface finish and surface texture could reduce frictional losses, but engine oil formulation also plays a significant role. Improvements were observed with non-friction-modified oils, but with friction-modified oils the overall friction was lower but no additional friction benefit could be observed with surface finish or surface texture.
This paper also addresses wear concern associated with implementation of proposed GF-4 low-phosphorus engine oils. The wear was measured by a radiotracer technique. It was observed that, if the engine oils are formulated properly, low-phosphorus engine oils provide similar or better wear protection compared with GF-3 oils containing 0.1 per cent phosphorus.
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