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submission price: $10.00
Payout: $1,001 - $1,500
Seeking innovative new music for R&B superstar J. Holiday. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Holiday, is an American recording artist and songwriter. He came into prominence in 2007 with his breakthrough hit "Bed", peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. He released two studio albums, Back of My Lac' (2007) & Round 2 (2009). His third studio album Guilty Conscience, was released in January 2014.
- Melinda Santiago / The S Firm
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $1,001 - $1,500
Overdrive Productions is seeking uptempo EDM/DJ Tracks for world famous DJ Skribble to shop to its label contacts. Must have some or all vocal We will listen and respond to everything submitted to us via Music Xray.
View DJ Skribble's EPK here:
Music Examples: Martin Garrix - Animals, Lil John - Turn Down for what, Chain smokers - Selfie
submission price: $8.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
I want radio friendly songs for pitches to top country male artists. Nothing too traditional. Edgy arrangements with meaningful lyrics preferred. No trucks, bon fires out in the field, or beer please .... we've had our fill for the rest of the decade!
submission price: $7.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
Roster Music is seeking new instrumentals for Spanish artist Dasoul. Dasoul is a very well known urban artist in Spain. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
In 2012, he was signed up by Roster Music, and during this time he has developed his skills as a producer and a composer, but also as an artist. He has collaborated with Henry Mendez, Cristian Deluxe, Decai, Keymass & Bonche, among others. After releasing several singles, at the end of 2014, he launched 'Él No Te Da'. The track has become a success, remaining in the Top 10 for more than two months of the Spanish Official Singles Sales Chart. His influences include Michael Jackson, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, David Guetta, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Dr. Dre.
Some example of his hits:
- Dasoul "Él No Te Da"
- Dasoul - Vuela Corazón
- Dasoul "Si Me Porto Mal"
- Dasoul "De Lao a Lao"
- Davide Vacchina / Roster Music
Deal Type: Song Placement
Decision Maker: We are the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: $500+
Song Quality: Rough Mixes, Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $1,001 - $1,500
Our publishing company is having great success in Japan and Korea with J-POP and K-POP singles, multiple no 1 singles last year.
The market there is huge and has a quick turnover.
There are a lot of girl and boy bands needing poppy radio friendly songs. We are looking for radio friendly pop songs suitable for the J- POP and K - POP markets. So think like - Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus catchy...teen pop is what we are looking for.
- Andy Lee / Love To Infinity
Deal Type: Song Placements
Decision Maker: Selected tracks will be pitched for final decision
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: $500+
Song Quality: Rough Mixes, Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
submission price: $25.00
Loudmouth is the brand new venture by Phonogenic owners Andrew Frampton & Paul Lisberg
Loudmouth is actively seeking hit songs for existing projects:
Project 1
Please submit If you have a killer pop/punk song (Teenage Dirtbag /Stacey's Mom/Good Charlotte/5sos)
Project 2
Please submit if you have an edgy Hit Pop song with a dark edge such as "Love The Way You Lie - Rihanna, Tove Lo, Ellie Goulding
Phonogenic previous successes include The Script, Hurts & Natasha Bedingfield
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $251 - $500
Need hip-hop soul beats for artist placements. In the lane of Common, Kanye, The Roots, Talib Kweli etc (NO SAMPLES whatsoever). Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
KP of The Colleagues Music Group has produced for 2 Chainz, Gucci Mane, T-Pain, Raheem Devaughn, Nipsey Hussle, Plies, Woop, Don Trip, Freddie Gibbs, Starlito, Jose Guapo, MGK, Young Dolph,Bankroll Fresh, Cap 1, Caskey and more.
- KP / The Colleagues Music Group
Deal Type: Song Placement
Decision Maker: We are the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: $251 - $500
Song Quality: Rough Mixes, Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
Similar Sounding Artists/Songs: Common - The Light, Common - Go, The Roots - You Got me
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
I am looking for EDM Producers and Top Liners for a project I am working on.
About me. I have worked with many top dance/EDM producers including; Todd Terry, David Morales, Alan Fitzpatrick, Daniel Dubb, Virgin Magnetic Material, DJ Gomi, Tainted Souls After Dark, LoveRush UK, Tainted Souls and many more. I co-wrote Dirty Cash/Money Talks which was a multi-million selling single and one of the most remixed dance tracks of all time. I currently have several remixes on the Beatport Chart.
I have a 20 year old singer who is making her first foray into EDM. She is signed to a management/label deal in New York and her first single is due out in October 2014.
I have co written her second single and I'm looking for producers and top liners of EDM to collaborate with and possibly get some further cuts on her CD.
Please send only your best work. If you can't imagine it happening on the Beatport Chart, then please don't send it.
I'm in no hurry with this as we probably won't be going back into the studio until the end of October. I also have other singers I'm working with so if your work doesn't suit this project, I might consider it for other projects that I have down the line.
submission price: $8.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
SEND LYRIC WITH SUBMISSION! Original songs with singable lyric, interesting melodies, and great grooves. Topically authentic & emotionally relatable but NOTHING preachy. Mid & uptempo preferred. DEMO ~ Piano or guitar vocals are fine but we insist on a lyric with your submission. If we find something we love (and sign it), we'll cut a demo. Also open to artist driven material for film /TV pitches. We're in Nashville so our main clients are major country acts.
We are only interested in signing songs that are 100% available or songs that have never been previously released either via CD or digitally.
An accurate LYRIC MUST BE INCLUDED, PLEASE!
- Trio Productions, Inc / Songscape Music, LLC
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
I need beats. I'm working on urban project for solo project of very famous pop group Music on top is fine, but I am really looking for talented producers. I wanna hear your stuff and if its good i'd like to start from scratch. The project is type specific but very open to new sound.
submission price: $25.00
Payout: $5,001 - $10,000
Looking For: Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, Full songs
Explicit Lyrics Accepted: Okay, Not preferred
Instrumentals Accepted: Yes, lyrics preferred (no samples)
Compensation: $$$$$$ Negotiable, publishing
Description: We have a great working relationship with this client, and we have placed numerous songs with them as well. Compensation ranges from $2k to $10k, which usually depends on the quality of the song, and the artist budget. Great instrumental tracks and tracks with strong hooks are welcome, but they are looking for Pop, hip Hop, and R&B songs that are fully produced, and prepared to be sold exclusively to top labels, and artists. Please only send professional recordings, no covers, no demos, or rough mixes. The songs must be all original, and 100% broadcast/retail ready!
submission price: $35.00
Payout: $1,001 - $1,500
Temper Music Group is looking for and considering material for our artist, 18 year old Actress/Singer Cierra Ramirez. We are looking for great POP material (age appropriate but can have some edge). Songs should have infectious and memorable melodies, and well written, concrete lyrics. If you feel you have the next smash record, and are looking for the proper vehicle to get it heard, we want to hear it.
Cierra is now signed to Temper Music Group and is working on her debut album. Cierra who was born and raised in Houston, Texas, now divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.
submission price: $8.00
Payout: $251 - $500
This dropbox is specifically for artist(s) who want to catalog full, high quality material. Upon acceptance, our company will then shop your track for independent and commercial opportunities. We will also consider songs which need small production or engineering work by having our team of engineers consult with you on proposed improvements. Thank you for your submission
submission price: $10.00
Payout: $3,001 - $5,000
Seeking fun energetic songs for a young female pop artist with an open/active budget. I ask that all material submitted is clean and clear for the artist to record the songs. We are in the beginning stages of the project so I am open to all songs that will be submitted. There will be upfront compensation and publishing involved so take this opportunity seriously. Keep all submissions via Music Xray only. Thank you and I'm looking forward to listening to all submissions. Speak with you all soon.
submission price: $30.00
Payout: $1,001 - $1,500
Seeking Bollywood And Middle Eastern Songs And Tracks. Extreme High Quality Submissions only. Please only submit well mixed, mastered, and produced songs. No demos.
IMPORTANT: High Quality submissions only. No demos will be accepted for this listing
If selected, you will be offered an exclusive licensing contract.
- Music Of The Sea Inc.
submission price: $8.00
Payout: $101 - $250
We're looking for mid to uptempo songs that groove. We're based in Nashville, so we focus on country & crossover acts. We've signed several songs generated from Music Xray submissions and we've forged solid relationships with writers we believe in. If you have that special song, we'd love to hear it! PLEASE send a lyric sheet with your submission! Thanks!
- Robyn Taylor-Drake - Trio Productions, Inc / Songscape Music, LLC


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Parsing of undecoded UTF-16 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/LWP/Protocol.pm line 114.
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Parsing of undecoded UTF-16 at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/LWP/Protocol.pm line 114.
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I've just downloaded page in question, with both:
$ wget http://www.britishairwaysband.com/veday.htm
$ lwp-request http://www.britishairwaysband.com/veday.htm > /tmp/veday.htm
It appears the message from LWP/Protocol.pm is not in error -
the veday.htm file is full of illegal binary characters -
e.g. the first line:
$ head -1 < /tmp/veday.htm | od -cx
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Perl does its best to figure out what kind of encoding is being used, but
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perl -ne 'foreach $c ( split //, $_ )
{ if( ((ord($c) < 0x20) && !( $c =~ /[\n\r\t\v]/)) || (ord($c) > 0x7f) )
{ next; };
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Authentic Indian Cuisine served in a calm atmosphere. The name "Handi" refers to the traditional, thick-bottomed clay pot with a narrow top that allows for lengthy simmering, which produces rich, deeply spiced flavours. For three generations our families have represented East Indian Cuisine in the finest traditional way.


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A wedding does not only bonds two hearts together, but the wedding is responsible for uniting the bunch of people that belong to the bride's and groom's sides. In such cases, it is the duty of the wedding organizers to make the wedding special and be thankful to the guests that made for their wedding. I would say that, gifting your guests their picture is the most special gift that you can give to them. If that is the case with you, you can reckon having a photo booth at your wedding. I am sure that, you might have at least heard about the wedding photo booth. If not you do not know about the photo booth, I will explain you. The photo booth is nothing but a box or tent that is meant for taking photographs. The photo booth is designed according to the budget of the wedding organizers. If the organizers can afford more money, then you can address photo booth with tons of facilities. If it is a budget wedding, you can address photo booth that is done with the mandatory features rather including something extra. Having a photo booth is essential in a wedding to keep the wedding on the line and keep the guests of the wedding at the corner of the bench. At one point when people get confused is when they are about to choose the photo booth as there are limitless photo booths to decide from.
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- There are wedding photo booth renting companies that will make unique photo booths as per the needs and wants of the customers. If you want to have the custom photo booth, then you should pay something more for that.
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The BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 will soon release by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University. So all Students get BRAOU Exam Time Table 2019 of 1st, 2nd, 3rd/Final Year. Those Students who are going to appear in the UG/PG Degree Examination can download Ambedkar University BA, B.Sc, B.Com Exam Schedule from given below link. The BRAOU Exam Date Sheet will be available on the official website @ www.braou.ac.in. So Students need to visit the official website and get all information of UG/PG 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Semester Examination.
BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019
Hi Guys, welcome to visit our educational website. We want to inform here all students appeared in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University. The university is going to conduct Arts Commerce and Science Ist IInd IIIrd Year Examination will soon. Now the university will plan to declare BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 at official website through online mode. Students who are waiting for BRAOU Degree Exam Date Sheet, they are come to right place. Here we will provide BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 direct link you may go on link and download 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Semester exam scheme in pdf format after official announcement. To know more about this examination you may go on official website.
BRAOU BA BSc BCom 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year Time Table 2019
Large number of students who are going to participated in Telangana Open University UG/PG 1st 2nd 3rd Year Examination, they can check BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 from given link below after official announcement. This time the university is busy to make Exam Schedule. Before one month conduct examination the university will declare BRAOU Degree First Second Final Year Exam Time Table 2019 at official website. All Regular private non-college and ex-students can check BRAOU Degree Exam Time Table 2019 from here on this web page after official announcement. Now you can book marked this web page to get more update.
DR BR Ambedkar Open University UG/PG Time Table 2019
|Name of the Authority
|DR BR Ambedkar Open University
|Name of the Exam
|BA, BSc, BCom, BBA, B.Ed MA, MSc, MCom Examination 2019
|Date of Examination
|BRSOU UG/PG Exam Time Table issue Date
|February Month
|Declaration Type
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|Time Table 2019
|Available Soon
|Official Website
Some students are very excited to download UG/PG Degree 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year Exam Scheme. Here we are telling them the university will declare exam program in same time. So you may continue visit here and get more update regarding to Exam date Sheet, Admit Card, Result. Those candidates are waiting their DR BR Ambedkar Open University UG/PG Time Table 2019 for very long time. Now waiting time is over because the University will be going to announce the BRAOU 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year Exam Time Table 2019 at official website. The date sheet is very important for students for doing preparation. Here we are provided some simple steps or links as given below mention you can use it and you can easily get their BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019.
जो विधार्थी बीआरओयु युजी/पिजी डिग्री परीक्षा में उपस्थित होने वाले है उन्हें सूचित किया जाता है की विश्वविधालय जल्द ही एनुअल परीक्षाएं शुरू करवाने का निर्णय लिया है। लेकिन अभी तक यूनिवर्सिटी ने परीक्षा कार्यक्रम अपलोड नहीं कीया है। आधिकारिक वेबसाइट पर जारी करने पर आप अपना टाइम टेबल निचे दी गयी लिंक से पीडीऍफ़ फॉर्मेट में डाउनलोड कर सकते है।
BA Time Table 2019 | B.Sc Time Table 2019
www.braouonline.in 2nd, 4th, 6th Semester Exam Time Table 2019
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, also known as Telangana Open University other name. The Ambedkar Open University was set up in August 1982. It is a public university in the city of Hyderabad. The Head quarter of BRAOU is located in Hyderabad, Telangana. It is an open university and provides distance education. Now the university is going to conduct First Second Final year examination at virus examination centers. Students who are study in Open University they can check and download BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 from given link below by using following steps.
Check here BRAOU Degree Result 2019
All the Students are informed, that the Examination authority did not yet declared the Degree Exam Schedule. But it will be available shortly on the official website.
BRAOU Time Table 2019
The University has completed process of UG/PG Annual Exam Form for all Regular, Private & ATKT Students. Now all Students are eagerly waiting for their BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019. So we are informing that the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University will be released the Practical & Theory Exam Date soon on the official website. So all Students advised stay connected with us or our this page and get all latest updates of BR Open University Exam Date. When the University has released the official Exam Schedule, we will update here. So all regular, Private Students can able to download your Exam Time Table from below provided official link.
B.Com Time Table 2019 | MA Time Table 2019
The university will not release the UG/PG Exam Schedule 2019 before the stated time, Check the official website or our this page regular for more updates of the exam Time Table. Here we are providing a downloading link from this page after it uploaded on the official website. Those Students who have enrolled and going to appear in the UG Degree Examination, they can able download BRAOU Degree Time Table 2019 PDF. If the Students who are looking for their Degree Exam Schedule are suggest a right way to carry BRAOU Exam time table. You get exam Exam Programme online by follow below given procedure or from official website by clicking on below direct link of the University Web portal. All Students need to check their exam dates and start their exam preparations. Students need to make their study plans according to Exam Schedule.
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How to download BRAOU Degree Exam Time Table 2019
- Students first go on official website https://braou.ac.in/
- Then find Examination link and click on
- Now click on UG/PG exam date Sheet link
- Select Coerce and year and click on download link
- Finally save and take printout it
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I started asking God, what are the gifts that I have so that I can help people?
Kenneth Graham, M.A. is a Best-Selling Author, Inspirational Speaker, Educator, Community Advocate, and established Entrepreneur. Kenny Graham, as he is better known, continues to be exceptional within his line of work, inspiring and impacting others through his creative style and empowering messages. His words continue to impact thousands of people in various countries throughout the planet! Through social media and his unique teaching style, "Kenny Graham" is making a mark that no one will be able to erase!
Drawing from his own personal experiences as they relate to an autism diagnosis that caused the lack of proper development from his local school system, the absence of his biological father, scholastic struggles, and various other obstacles, Kenneth allows himself to become an "open book" for everyone who listens and applies his dynamic and inspiring messages that relate to many people from numerous walks of life.
Failure is a great teacher if you let it be.
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Kenneth is the epitome of advocacy, excellence, determination, and someone who is willing to help others achieve ongoing success. Hundreds have also been able to apply the insight revealed in his best-selling book, "Discovering and Activating Your Inside Potential" which continues to change lives. His sophomore release, Go Get Your Life: Taking Charge and Walking in Your Prescribed Destiny, is embodied with fundamental principles and is meeting with great success.
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Fact: Elvis Had A Twin. It's Said He Died At Birth
or is He Secretly Living Alone in the Wild?
Wed, 27 Apr 2016, 14:15:20 PST
Anchorage, AK, April 27, 2016
"Cliff of the King" (ISBN: 978-1530194117) by
Bryan Jay Koeff
, and published by
Blazing Star Books
, takes us into the life of a weekend bird watcher who comes to believe that the twin brother of
Elvis Presley
did not die at birth, but is alive and living in a hidden cabin far from civilization.
Author Bryan Koeff received insights into the King of Rock & Roll from a
who was a close friend of Elvis. Based on this information, Bryan developed a fascinating theory employing both fact and fiction to serve as the basis for a creative mystery not seen since The Da Vinci Code.
During a bird watching excursion, casino worker Roy Redford has a run-in with an elderly Elvis look-alike living on a remote cliff in Zion National Park. The hermit is such a match for Elvis that Roy becomes obsessed with uncovering the man's true identity. Writer and Elvis guru, Kate Florence, reluctantly teams up with Roy to keep him out of trouble, as he tends to attract the more shady side of Elvis culture.
Mayhem ensues when an overzealous reporter, Chuck Euless, sneaks a camera into the hermit's cabin, records the old man singing, and broadcasts the footage on the evening news. Chuck promotes the hermit as being the possible twin of Elvis. This 'ratings ploy' touches off a mass exodus of people from all walks of life to Zion, where they converge in a pristine valley at the base of the Cliff of the King.
Bryan Jay Koeff is a writer, artist and photographer who moved from California to
Alaska in 1975. He has designed special needs software, worked with Eskimos,
lived with the monks, toyed with bears, mingled with celebrities, dwelled with the
homeless, drummed with hippies, rafted the rivers, romped around Europe, and
labored in the Amazon jungle. Bryan's hunger for mystery and adventure is
evident in his
new book.
Available online at
Blazing Star Books
For more information about Cliff of the King or the author,
contact Bryan at 907-891-1776 or
email Bryan
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- The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former White House communications director Hope Hicks to testify in June.
- The former White House communications director left her White House role on March 29, 2019.
- Hicks previously came under scrutiny after she told House Intelligence Committee panel members investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election that she occasionally told "white lies" for President Donald Trump but had not lied about anything related to the Russia investigation.
- Hicks, 29, started working with President Trump when he was a candidate. The Trump campaign was her first political job.
Hope Hicks stepped down from her role as White House communications director on March 29 of 2018, ending her longstanding professional relationship with the Trump family.
In the months that followed her resignation, she has been working "at a spinoff company from Fox News," according to the New York Times, but in recent weeks, she's been back in the political spotlight, as she was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee.
Here are a few things you should know about her.
Following her time in the White House, Hicks has been working at Fox.
On October 8 of 2018, numerous outlets confirmed that Hicks will be joining Fox as the executive vice president and chief communications officer. At the time, the Times reported that Hicks will work closely with Rupert Murdoch's eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, in her new role.
In May of 2019, the Times confirmed that Hicks has been working "at a spinoff company from Fox News" and has been living in California.
Last summer, it was first reported that Hicks had returned to New York and was actively looking for her next job. "She's being wooed by a number of major companies," Page Six reported in early July. It seems Fox won out in the end.
March 29, 2018 was Hicks's last day at the White House.
Photographers snapped President Trump saying goodbye to Hicks outside the Oval Office.
Before she announced her resignation, Hicks told the House Intelligence Committee Panel that she told "white lies" for President Trump.
Hicks was interviewed for nine hours by the panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election and contact between Trump's campaign and Russia. She acknowledged that she occasionally told "white lies" for Trump, but said she had not lied about anything relevant to the Russia investigation, according to those present for the closed-door testimony.
She played an unusually visible role in the Porter debacle.
In early February of 2018, White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned after two of his ex-wives detailed physical abuse they suffered. Porter has denied the allegations and was initially supported by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Hicks had a hand in drafting a statement from Kelly, despite the fact that Hicks herself is allegedly romantically involved with Porter. The tide turned against Porter when it was revealed that White House officials have known for months about the allegations and that a year into the administration, Porter still does not have security clearance.
CNN reported that Hicks continued to privately defend Porter to her colleagues after he resigned, and that Trump has grown frustrated with the once-untouchable Hicks: "Trump has told associates he feels that Hicks put her own priorities ahead of his. However, there is little to indicate that Hicks' standing is in jeopardy."
Hicks was caught up in Mueller's Russia investigation for some time.
As part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Special Counsel Robert Mueller appears to be probing further into a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between campaign officials, including Donald Trump Jr., and several Russians with ties to the government, including lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.
When news of that meeting got out in July 2017, the president himself worked with Hicks, his son Donald Jr. and other advisors to draft a statement, ultimately issued in Donald Jr.'s name, which characterized the campaign meeting as "a short introductory meeting" that was "primarily" about Russian adoption.
Mark Corallo, a former spokesperson for President Trump's legal team who resigned last July, reportedly told Mueller "about a previously undisclosed conference call with Mr. Trump and Hope Hicks," in which Hicks said emails written by Donald Trump Jr. about the meeting "will never get out," the New York Times reported on January 31.
That comment reportedly "left Mr. Corallo with concerns that Ms. Hicks could be contemplating obstructing justice," an that accusation Hicks's lawyer denies.
"As most reporters know, it's not my practice to comment in response to questions from the media. But this warrants a response," lawyer Robert P. Trout said in a statement. "She never said that. And the idea that Hope Hicks ever suggested that emails or other documents would be concealed or destroyed is completely false."
Hicks herself was interviewed by Mueller's team in December of 2017.
Before the end of her White House tenure, Hicks largely remained an enigma.
Though she was a gatekeeper to members of the press who want access to Trump, she's made very few public appearances herself. She tended to stay behind the camera, advising her boss on press strategy. In December 2016, though, she made a rare public appearance at a Trump victory rally in Mobile, Alabama when the president-elect invited the then-28-year-old onstage.
She grew up in the tony New York City suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut.
Hicks swam at Greenwich Country Club, was co-captain of the lacrosse team at Greenwich High School, and played lacrosse all four years in college.
She also worked as a model.
At 11, she and her sister were hired for a Ralph Lauren campaign. She appeared on the cover of a Gossip Girl series offshoot and was also tapped as the face of the Hourglass Adventures, a set of novels about a time-traveling 10-year-old. (Hicks is still featured in the books' online portal.)
And did some acting.
Hicks had a cameo on Guiding Light.
She comes from a family well-versed in politics and public relations.
Her parents met while they were working on Capitol Hill—her mother as legislative aide for a democrat from Tennessee and her father as chief of staff for a republican congressman from Connecticut. Her father, Paul Hicks III, served as CEO of the Americas for Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and as executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the National Football League before starting his current job as managing director of the Glover Park Group. Her late grandfather, Paul Hicks, was in charge of public relations for Texaco.
She spent time in Texas.
Hicks attended Southern Methodist University, where, one of her lacrosse coaches said, she was one of the only players to abide by the no-alcohol policy.
She's a team player.
Liz Holmes, one of her SMU coaches, told the Washington Post that "she is highly intelligent and brought that to the field in every game." And while "when needed, she carried the team and would score, [she] preferred to have assists."
In 2012, two years after graduating from SMU, she began working at a public relations firm in New York.
Hiltzik Strategies, her employer at the time, worked with Ivanka Trump and the Trump Organization (its founder, Mathew Hiltzik, is known as a Democratic insider and has worked Hillary Clinton). In August 2014, the Trump organization brought her in-house. There, she handled PR for Ivanka Trump's fashion line (here's a street-style shoot she posed for) and a few Trump resorts, according to New York magazine.
Donald Trump brought her on to lead communications for his campaign.
She was the "chief conduit to the candidate for hundreds of reporters," the Boston Globe's Matt Viser wrote for T&C. "Hope's been involved from the beginning, and she has been absolutely terrific," the then-president elect told GQ.
But until that time, she hadn't worked in politics.
GQ called her "a registered but dispassionate Republican since 2008 [who] had never so much as volunteered on a campaign."
While she helped Trump by taking dictation for his tweets during the campaign, you won't find her on Twitter.
Unless you count the parody account @HicksNoComment, which satirizes Hicks's lack of responsiveness.
She is well-liked by both her former bosses and reporters.
"Hope Hicks is incredible,'' onetime Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort (who himself has been indicted by Mueller on 12 felony counts including money laundering, false statements and other acts of conspiracy against the U.S.) told the Hartford Courant. "She has shown incredible depth and breadth. I would never know this [was] her first campaign. She has an incredible skill set in dealing with the media.''
Maggie Haberman, a New York Times political correspondent, echoed the sentiment: "I have always found Hope to be great to deal with," Haberman told GQ, "especially given the volume of requests she must be getting."
She's lived in a Trump apartment.
Hicks has a sister, Mary Grace, with whom she lived in Greenwich, but before she moved to Washington after the inauguration she lived in a Trump building in New York City when she was not traveling.
Maybe she always had an inkling things she would end up in Washington one day.
"If the acting thing doesn't work out," Hicks told Greenwich magazine when she was 13, "I could really see myself in politics. Who knows?"
With reporting from the Associated Press


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Hot Docs 2015 Review: Peace Officer
The winner of both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award at SXSW, Peace Officer is a film that could not be more relevant, and yet wisely keeps its perspective even-handed.
The film, co-directed by Brad Barber and Scott Christopher, begins by bringing its audience down in the dumps, (quite literally) with a tour by William "Dub" Lawrence of what happens to what we flush down the toilet. Lawrence is a sheriff turned sewage worker, and this lighthearted start to the film gives way quickly to a more serious tone that is maintained throughout the film.
Suffice it to say that Dub reveals some surprising personal revelations about the nature of acceptable police activity. This revelation colours the remainder of the film, and segues into an investigation of the level of police force necessary in, of all places, Utah, (though probing other states as well).
The film remains measured, and if anything, perhaps even too measured, to the point that it has the feeling of an important documentary, but perhaps not one with a feeling of being completely enthralling. Though it does linger in the consciousness long afterwards in how much the film does not force the issue.
At its core, Peace Officer opens the conversation about the extent of the necessity of the militarization of the police, and sadly, this conversation is still all too necessary.
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Glad the shout-out got you some new readers. With that out of the way, there may be something wrong with you. But I think that's what makes this so entertaining.ReplyDelete
That is one naughty alligator.ReplyDelete
This was great, looking forward to more Allie adventures. (I must admit I did a double take at the pic of Allie in the tree, I thought it was some sort of giant terrifying bug or something haha).ReplyDelete
hah! Best punchline I've read all day. For a minute there I thought you actually had a pet alligator. You never know with people these days, right?ReplyDelete
A-HEM. What do you mean, you "thought" I "actually" had a pet alligator?ReplyDelete
Also Sub-Radar-Mike, "giant terrifying bug"?!? Clearly, I need to check out these comments before I let Allie read them. Because she totally saw that. And now she's hitting the wine and chocolate pretty damn hard. Damn emotional gator.ReplyDelete
Best. Post. Ever!!!
And I thought the line about the moose was funny. It just kept getting better =]
My boyfriend just turned to me wanted to know what was so funny. It didn't come out so funny when I tried to tell it. In fact I am pretty sure he thinks I am insane. I just might join Allie with the wine and chocolate.ReplyDelete


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Paperback, 288 pages
Released: July 2006
Through a Glass Darkly is William Hinton's final book. It draws on a lifetime of immersion in contemporary Chinese politics and society, beginning with the seven years he spent in China, working mainly in agriculture and land reform, until 1953. On his return to the United States in that year, Hinton first encountered the distortions and misrepresentations of the Chinese Revolution that he examines in this book.
Moving from large questions to concrete details, often drawn from his own experiences, Hinton brings everyday life in revolutionary China graphically to life. In a time when the distorted views first developed by U.S. critics of the Chinese Revolution are often propagated by the new Chinese elite themselves, Through a Glass Darkly has more than just historical relevance. For anyone wishing to understand present-day rivalries between the United States and China, Hinton shows how these began. This is a fitting completion of the work of a great scholar and revolutionary.
Praise for William Hinton's groundbreaking, Fanshen (more than 400,000 copies sold):
A vivid and compelling 'grass-roots' account of life.
An epic; one of the most important books about China which has been written since the Revolution. . . . For anyone who wants to understand anything about the Chinese revolution of our time, the reading of this book is an absolute necessity.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Why Write This Book?
Introduction: From Boardroom to Classroom
- 1. An Academic "People's Life Museum"
PART ONE: On Land Reform
- 2. Land Reform
- Miscellaneous Spin Interlude I
- 3. Twists and Turns of Land Reform
- Spin Interlude II: Land Reform and Related Matters
PART TWO: On Household Economy
- 4. The State versus Household Economy I: Prospects and Problems When Peasants Cooperate
- Spin Interlude III: The State versus Household Economy
- 5. The State versus Household Economy II: The State Pushes All-Around Development
- Spin Interlude IV: The State versus Household Economy (II)
- 6. The State versus Household Economy III: Whom Should the State Support?
- Miscellaneous Spin Interlude V
PART THREE: On Culture
- 7. The State and Popular Culture
- Spin Interlude VI: The State and Popular Culture
PART FOUR: Morality, Famine, Class Struggle
- 8. The State and Morality
- 9. The State and the "Great Famine"
- 10. Inside the Party Class Struggle


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Author: Liza Palmer
Publisher: William Morrow
Date of publication: April 2013
Queenie Wake, a country girl from North Star, Texas, has just been fired from her job as a chef for not allowing a customer to use ketchup. Again. Now the only place she has to go is home to North Star. She can hope, maybe things will be different. Maybe her family's reputation as those Wake women will have been forgotten. It's been years since her mother-notorious for stealing your man, your car, and your rent money-was killed. And her sister, who as a teenager was branded as a gold-digging harlot after having a baby with local golden boy Wes McKay, is now the mother of the captain of the high school football team. It can't be that bad…
Nowhere But Home is a wonderful book. It's a well written and very heartwarming story. Queenie Wake has been running for ten years. Running from a town who sees her as no better than her mother, the love of her life, and really from herself. Now she is coming back home to figure things out. What I loved about this book is that it was such and honest look at the past and how it can affect who we are in this moment and who we become in the future.
As Queenie learns, the only way to look forward and grab what you want is to make peace with the past. I loved Queenie. Even though she has a lot to deal with, she is such a strong character. I enjoyed her journey as she works through her feelings about the past. Her realization that the only things that are important is love and her family was such a great aha moment. The other characters in the book were wonderful. I especially liked the relationship between Queenie and her sister.
I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a heart warming story about finding your true self and your way back home. You can't help but find yourself rooting for Queenie and the town of North Star, Texas!
About the author:
Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of Conversations with the Fat Girl , which has been
optioned for series by HBO.
Library Journal said Palmer's "blend of humor and sadness is realistic and gripping,.."
After earning two Emmy nominations writing for the first season of VH1's Pop Up Video, she now knows far too much about Fergie.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Blog Tour: Nowhere But Home by Liza Palmer
Posted by Kari Boardman at 5:30 AM
Labels: Fiction, Kari, Liza Palmer, TLC Tour
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I'm hearing such great things about this book - I'm so happy that readers are loving it! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy myself.
Thanks for being a part of the tour.
- April 26, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Sounds like a fun read - thanks for sharing it!
Shelleyrae @ Book'd Out
- April 28, 2013 at 1:22 AM
- trish said...
"Her realization that the only things that are important is love and her family was such a great aha moment." What a wonderful message! I love books that highlight how important family is.
- April 28, 2013 at 1:54 AM
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The past
Having represented Asia three times at Berlin 1936, Melbourne 1956 and Tokyo 1964, the East Asians took the Mexico 1968 edition by storm as they emerged surprise bronze medalists, with their goal-scoring legend Kunishige Kamamoto finishing tournament top-scorer on seven goals. The Japanese, along with all other Asian teams, have still yet to better that achievement. After a 28-year absence from the competition, Japan finally made their return at Atlanta 1996. From there, they have never looked back, booking their place at the Olympic Games' last three instalments.
The present
Japan enter their fourth consecutive Olympic appearance at London 2012, having dominated Asia's Olympic qualifying for many years. Japan were among the undisputed favourites to progress through to London as they began their qualifying campaign, and in fact, received a bye into the second qualifying round. There they defeated Kuwait 4-3 on aggregate to edge into the final round of qualifying, where they would continue their dominance in a group that also featured Malaysia, Bahrain and Syria. Japan secured three opening victories at the final stage, which left them well-placed to claim the section's automatic qualifying spot. A 2-1 loss away to Syria in their fourth outing may have briefly put them on halt, but the Japanese quickly bounced back. In the penultimate game, they fired four unanswered goals past Malaysia before securing a 2-0 home win over Bahrain to seal their qualification.
The future
Even more impressive was that coach Takashi Sekizuka's side completed their qualifying mission missing a handful of European-based stars, with Dortmund forward Shinji Kagawa the most notable absentee. A longstanding club coach in the J-League, Sekisuka spent five seasons with Kawasaki Frontale before taking over the Olympic side in 2010. His domestic experience proved to be of great value throughout qualifying as he successfully molded the young team into one of Asia's most competitive sides. "Our team proved united, and they worked hard to make improvements in each game," said the 51-year-old former Honda FC forward. "Now we have qualified for the London Games, but this is just a start for us. We have to move on to prepare for the Olympic competition itself."
Facts and figures
Former stars
Kunishige Kamamoto (1968), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Hidetoshi Nakata (1996), Shunsuke Nakamura, Naohiro Takahara, Junichi Inamoto (2000), Shinji Ono, Yoshito Okubo (2004)
Key players
Shuichi Gonda (goalkeeper), Yuki Otsu (forward), Hiroki Sakai (defender)
Qualifying statistics
The Japanese racked up an impressive 17 goals, while conceding six in a total eight games over two qualifying rounds for the Olympic Games.
The numbers game
1 - The number of games Japan lost during their London 2012 qualifying campaign.
|Shuichi GONDA
|Shunsuke ANDO
|Yuhei TOKUNAGA
|Hiroki SAKAI
|Maya YOSHIDA
|Kazuya YAMAMURA
|Gotoku SAKAI
|Daisuke SUZUKI
|Takahiro OHGIHARA
|Taisuke MURAMATSU
|Keigo HIGASHI
|Takashi USAMI
|Hotaru YAMAGUCHI
|Hiroshi KIYOTAKE
|Yuki OTSU
|Kenyu SUGIMOTO
|Kensuke NAGAI
|Manabu SAITO
|SEKIZUKA Takashi


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Domestic Violence Facts & Statistics
The New Zealand Domestic Violence Act (1995) defines domestic (or family) violence as 'violence against a person by any other person with whom that person is, or has been, in a domestic relationship'. Family violence may be physical, sexual, psychological or financial, but is always exerted with the intention of gaining and sustaining power and control over another person.
Additionally, any person who a) causes or allows a child to see or hear the physical, sexual, or psychological abuse of a person with whom that child has a domestic relationship or b) puts a child, or allows a child to be put at real risk of seeing or hearing such abuse is committing an offence under the Domestic Violence Act.
Family Violence Statistics
- 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence from a partner in their lifetime
- 78% of partner homicides in NZ are men killing their current or ex-female partner
- 85% of sexual violence is committed by someone known to the victim
- About half of all homicides in New Zealand are family violence. There were 41 family violence homicides in New Zealand in 2010/11. On average, 14 women, 7 men and 8 children are killed by a member of their family every year.
- 84% of those arrested for family violence are men; 16% are women
- Although Police attend a family violence situation every 6 minutes, they estimate that only around 20% of incidents are reported.
- 58% of all reported violent crime in New Zealand is family violence. In 2010/11 this was:
- 45% of abductions, kidnappings and threatening behaviour
- 75% of serious assaults
- 64% of all assaults
- 33% of sexual assaults.
Child and Youth Statistics
- Police recorded 107,602 family violence incidents and offences in 2010/11 at which 96,627 children (aged 0-16) were present or living with the victim at the time of Police attendance
- On average 9 children under the age of 14 are killed every year in New Zealand by a member(s) of their family. Babies aged less than a year old are most at risk of being killed by a family member (7 times more than the national average)
- 15-24 year olds are most at risk of physical, psychological and sexual victimisation from current and ex-partners
- 12% of NZ secondary school students said they had been physically hurt at home in 2007
- 10% of secondary school students reported seeing adults hit or hurt each other in the home
Court Statistics
- There were 4858 applications for protection orders in New Zealand in 2010.
- 91% of those who apply for protection orders are women.
- Each day the Courts deal with around 20 prosecutions of assault on women by men.
- There were 798 prosecutions for assault on a child in 2010.
The Economic Cost of Family Violence
- In 1994, Suzanne Snively estimated the economic cost of family violence to be $1.2 to $5.8 billion per year. In today's figures this would rise to $8 billion
- Child abuse and neglect is estimated to cost New Zealand up to $2 billion a year
- The average cost of a homicide in New Zealand is $4million
Changing Attitudes to Family Violence
Research from the It's not OK Campaign (2010) shows that change is happening in New Zealand:
- 96% of New Zealanders think everyone should try to help victims of violence and encourage violent people to change their behaviour
- 81% of people think it is possible to change people's behaviour (up from 57% in 2008)
- 1 in 3 people have taken some action as a result of the It's not OK Campaign (talked to their family, sought more information, asked for or offered help). This is up from I in 5 in 2008
- 9 out of 10 (88%) people believe a life without family violence is possible


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"A woman struggles to raise a son with ADHD until she meets someone who can once more giver the hope she needs to keep trying.
"Mommy" is a movie that reeks of powerful scenes and even more powerful acting. The performances here can only be described as spectacular. Without such amazing actors, Anne Dorvale as "Diane" Suzanne Clement as "Kyla" and Anoine-Olivier Pilon as Steve, this film could have easily fallen completely flat on its face. So much of this movie is carried by the way the actors portray their characters. One of the things I find hardest to describe during these reviews is just what kind of weight and emotion the actors manage to bring to the scene and in the case of this movie that is doubly true. I wish more than anything else I could just give you a glimpse of the raw emotion that is given to… no forced upon you by this film.
One of my biggest complaints about this film is also one of my favorite things about it. Its a bit of a spoiler so if you plan on watching this, which you should, skip to the end for my final thoughts on "Mommy". When the film started I immediately noticed that the aspect ratio was in 1:1, a perfect square. It felt claustrophobic compared to what most films are shown in. While I was enjoying the movie I couldn't quite get past how awful the tiny ratio made me feel.
It wasn't until about the halfway mark, when Diane and her son Steve have begun to straighten out your lives that Steve quite literally spreads the aspect ratio to a more normal state. For the first time since the movie started you feel like you get to breath, like there is finally room. You had just gotten so used to everything being small that when it returns to normal it feels anything but normal. But, when it goes back to 1:1, when it goes back. After a lawsuit is brought against Diane for something her son did the ratio returns to the 1:1 ratio and it is crushing, for once you felt like you could breath and it that ability is once again robbed from you. I don't think I have ever seen quite an inventive way of expressing emotion to the viewer and I don't know if I ever will again.
"Mommy" is a story that smothers you with its theme and I mean that in the best way possible. While crushingly sad it manages to leave you with a message of hope, something that too many sad movies tend to leave out for better or worse. I give "Mommy" a 9.5/10
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Johannesburg milliner brand, Simon and Mary, have announced a new material in their range – hemp.
They have used felt as the crown and hemp as the brim. The headwear company have taken their classic cricket hat mold and turned it into a sport lux product – 50/50 – that will be sold through their online store. They will offer limited availability, but you can expect to see new colour combos being featured every few months.
The shoot for their new range was conceptualized, photographed and produced by long time friend of Simon and Mary, Trevor Stuurman, who interpreted the brief and the product by taking a truly collaborative approach. He pulled together an ensemble of creative minds who stepped out to help style, art direct, interpret, model and ultimately create the cookbook as a team.
"I personally didn't think too much about the shoot because I believed in the team, and knew that with a strong concept we would achieve sartorial victory. Which I think we did," says Stuurman.
'The shoot was an absolute labour of love. The concept was simple – it was a celebration of the life of the legendary photographer, Malick Sibede and doing the most with the little we had. It was all about being resourceful and about creative chemistry."
The models, Nikki, Wanda and Kabelo were the one's who influenced and styled the shoot.
Wanda from the Sartists goes into more detail:
"With each look we tried to maintain a certain theme that was either style, character or colour based. For instance, the first look was more earthy, safari inspired with browns and greens.
In terms of art direction, we all gave our opinion of where we wanted to take the shoot and how to meaningfully expose the kaleidoscope of textures, colours and feels.
Kabelo and myself gave some of the creative direction in terms of what we wanted each look and hat to represent. The full blue look, for example, was inspired by what Kabelo had been watching on TV, like the series Narcos, based on Pablo Escobar. You can see it coming through in the afro, glasses and open 70's collar shirts.
The burgundy look is also a great accolade to Nikki's styling as it complimented Kabelo's look. They paired up for that, whereas I couldn't, because my look was inspired by a 'Jimi Hendrix' look. I had to isolate myself in order to effectively capture his essence.
Additionally, as The Sartists, we completely felt like this was Nikki's shoot. She nailed it, we were just supporting acts to her beauty."
Concept, and photography: Trevor Stuurman / Art direction: Trevor Stuurman and The Artists / Design and layout (agency) : Jana + Koos / Styling: The Sartists + Nikki Zakkas / Models: The Sartists + Nikki Zakkas / MUA: Vuyo Varoy / Photography assistant: Jeffrey Rikhotso


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The purifying Season of Lent is quickly upon us. We human persons are enabled to do something that lower creatures cannot, and higher creatures need not: to sacrifice and thus to learn to delay partial gratifications for even greater … [Read more...]
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Today I am making a bit of a departure from my usual activity to welcome a guest blogger and fellow author Katherine Dell. Katherine prefers YA fiction and is deep into editing her first full length novel, which should be ready in the not too distant future. The subject of the post is a topic I can agree with and ironically enough, the two of us met on Twitter almost by accident and have enjoyed some conversation well beyond the 140 character limit. There is definitely more to Twitter than meets the eye and plenty of real people who have very interesting things to say. Please read on and be inspired.
It seems these days that a lot of people treat Twitter like their own flashing neon billboard. Buy this! Re-tweet my post! Join my team! Be my ultimate fan! Sure, Twitter is a great platform to promote yourself. I promote my self and my writing all the time on social medias, but it's easy to get turned off of it when a good chunk of it is a tidal wave of people's spammy ads. Now, before you all get discourage in Twitter-land let me share with you a few real people I've meet in the Twitter-verse.
She's a nonfiction creative writer, freelance editor, speaker, and aspiring literary agent. She has an incredible zest for all things literary and is very interesting to chat with on the topic of publishing and author platforms.
Kurt hails from across the pond, and is the author of the Truth Teller fantasy series. He has a wealth of Twitter tips and is a pleasure to chat with online. His BlogSpot Genius Bordering Insanity is also a very witty read!
Adam is the author of the YA series, The Yellow Hoods, and fellow Calgarian. I met Adam at a book signing. The store manager said I must meet this this genius of indie author marketing, and I'm glad I did. If you can catch him between zealous writing spells and energetic comicons, Adam likes to chat 'books' over the strongest cup of coffee know to man. No correlation to his writing speed I'm sure.
I recently met Kelly on Twitter. She's not published yet but she's one to watch out for! She writes in the YA, with genres including horror, psychological thrillers, and urban fantasy.
A wonderful person who loves her vampires! B.K. writes dark erotic urban fantasy. She also writes an upfront and interesting blog. Check it out https://bkraine.wordpress.com/blog/
There are many more I could have mentioned on this blog… but it would have gotten too long. I encourage you all to make your own list of 'real Twitter people'. Don't get discouraged. Start treating Twitter more like a water cooler than a flashing ad and you might be surprised at what an enjoyable pace to hangout Twitter can be.
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Dear Editor –
Saturday, October 13, 2012, was a very sad day for everyone with an interest in our local history. On that day our local historic society sold numerous items that had been donated to the museum over the last 50 or more years.
It appears that very little effort was made to identify the local families that had donated the items. I personally purchased a small item that actually had the name of the donor family on the item. On Sunday I returned the item to a grateful member of the donor family.
At one time during the auction, the auctioneer was actually stopped by a person advising the auctioneer that their family had given the item being sold and it should not be sold. It was sold.
I believe this sale was completely and entirely unjustified. The board members will probably say it was necessary to keep the doors open. But think about that. Another sale or two and there will not be any reason to keep the doors open. Certainly no one will be interested in walking through an empty museum. If the historical society needed storage space, I am sure many farmers in the area would have been willing to store the items, rather than having the historic items sold. Many of the sale items were entirely made of iron, and would have survived just fine in an outdoor display.
I have been to many sales that included old farm machinery, but many of the items sold Saturday I have never seen before. These were very unique items that related to the area farming methods of 100 to 150 years ago: a one row horse-drawn sugar beet cultivator, a horse-drawn potato slicer and planter, a very old wheat fanning mill, a horse-powered corn grinder, a horse-powered hay baler, a horse-drawn wheat drill, a very old threshing machine and so very much more.
My wife and I have supported the museum and historical society for many years. We were there buying bricks about 40 years ago to provide money to move the depot museum — along with many other local families. However, our support ended a few years ago when the museum quietly sold two very valuable antique tractors for a few cents on the dollar — again without donor approval and just to cover current operating expenses.
I believe the current museum board members that approved this sale should resign and be replaced by persons interested in preserving our history, not selling it to cover current operating expenses. It is better to close the museum doors now, while we still have some items to display, than to keep selling our historic items until we must close the doors because the buildings are empty!
I encourage everyone to let the board members know that selling our historic items (especially without donor permission) should not be an option in the future.
James G. Kontny


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Bicycle Accidents and North Carolina Law
North Carolina has some of the best scenery in some of the nicest weather you'll find anywhere in the country. This combination makes the perfect condition for bicycle riding - something that's enjoyed by many people all over the state. But sometimes, bicycle rides can turn into bicycle accidents and unfortunately, bicyclists often just aren't treated fairly by the insurance companies and at times, even in court. Luckily under North Carolina law, bikes are considered to be vehicles, giving them many more options when it comes to collecting compensation for any injuries sustained during a bicycle accident.
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Because bicycles are given the same consideration as motor vehicles on the road, they can:
- Ride on any state road, with the exception of the Interstate Highway
- Travel in the middle of a traffic lane, if they can travel at the same speed as surrounding cars; or if the right side of the road is in extreme disrepair and could cause harm or injury to the bicycle and/or bicyclist
- Make left-hand turns, and use the appropriate lane to do so
In addition to having a number of rights on the road, bicyclists also have some responsibilities when they're considered to be a vehicle on the road. These are:
- Bicyclists must obey traffic laws
- Bicycles must be equipped with a light on the front that's visible from at least 300 feet away
- Bicycles must be equipped with a light on the back that's red and is visible from at least 200 feet away at night
- Bicycles must be equipped with a reflective mirror
- Bicyclists must use appropriate hand signals
Still, even with all these precautions, on average North Carolina sees more bikes accidents as a state than the national average. If you or a loved one has been injured in a bicycle accident, contact the qualified personal injury attorneys here at Rhine Law Firm, P.C. You can call us at (910) 772-9960 or toll-free at (866) 772-9960, or you can submit a consultation request form online.
Types of Bicycle Accidents
Most often, bicycle accidents are a direct result of another motorist's negligence or misconduct while driving their own vehicle. Some of the most common types of bikes accidents are:
- Vehicles turn directly in front of a bicyclist, cutting the bicyclist off or hitting them directly
- Vehicles pull out of driveways or parking lots directly in front of bicycles
- Drivers of motor vehicles fail to yield at intersections, or run stop signs or red lights
- Drivers of motor vehicles fail to look both ways after stopping, hitting a bicyclist that they don't see
Bicycle Accidents and Insurance
Because bicyclists and bicycles are given the same consideration as motor vehicles on North Carolina roads, it's important to exchange information - especially insurance information - at the scene of the accident. While you may not have insurance as a cyclist, the driver of the motor vehicle most likely does (and will be in bigger trouble if they don't!) and you need to get all of that information. Never leave the scene of a bike accident without writing down: the driver's personal information, the name of the insurance company, the insurance policy number, and the phone number of the insurance company.
Once you've exchanged information and are ready to leave the scene of the accident, seek medical treatment right away for any injuries. You'll want to document the injuries by taking photographs and keeping medical records, but hold off on phoning the insurance company.
Insurance companies don't make their money by paying out settlements, and they'll do everything they can not to give you fair compensation for your injuries. This is where the help of a personal injury lawyer can be very beneficial.
The North Carolina personal injury attorneys here at Rhine Law Firm, P.C. will investigate your case, analyze any damage to the bicycle, and deal with the insurance company for you. When the insurance company says that you swerved into traffic, causing the accident, we'll work hard to prove that that's not true. And when they try to prove that your injuries aren't actually from the accident, we'll fall back on the evidence that shows that's just not true.
Whatever the insurance companies say, we've heard it before and we know how to fight it. If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident in North Carolina, call us today at (910) 772-9960 or toll-free at (866) 772-9960. We're waiting to help you.
Additional Information
- Serious Bike Accident Blamed on Allegedly Impaired Driver
- Car Accident Seriously Injuries 4 Bicyclists in North Carolina
- Watch for Me NC - Statewide Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program
- North Carolina Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation
- Bicyclists - NHTSA
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Angus Chan
Digital Media Class of 2013
1. What are you doing now?
I'm a project manager specializing in UI/UX at the digital solution company New Digital Noise in Hong Kong, building responsive websites, iOS/Android applications and social media business strategies for clients. There are four stages of work as a project manager. First of all, we study the project proposal, break down the work of scope and design the production timeline and cost. Secondly, we create the user interface and demo site using Azure. Thirdly, we pass the wireframe to the designer and programmer to work on the production level. Lastly, we finish up the project with a user acceptance test.
2. Is there something specific you have done since graduation that you are particularly proud of?
Other then routine projects, I'm also involved in internal product development. We are now developing a module based, website builder with a customizable CMS. It isn't something I am particularly proud of in its current stage, but I have a vision that it could be a product that will change a part of the online era.
3. How has your experience at York and in the Digital Media program prepared you for what you are doing now?
The experience at York has definitely built my fundamental knowledges of art and computer science. Such an in-between position between designer and programmer might be more important than you can imagine. Because web designer, programmer and UI/UX designer are always walking in three different directions, if there is that one person that knows how well the digital design will adapted in UI/UX principles, and at the same time understanding the constraints of computer programming, they will be able to to coordinate the balance of the whole project.
4. Do you have any advice for current Digital Media students?
In DM, we've learned different kinds of skill sets through many given problems. At the end of the day we don't just walk out of school with the different skill sets; what we've learned is the skills of problem solving. Just remember the business 101, there is business in thereal world because there is problem, the bigger the problem is, the more money people will pay to solve it!


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Teva is selling assets as part of its $40.5-billion acquisition of Allergan Plc's generics business that was announced last year. In various deals in June, Teva sold around 80 products in the US to drug makers like Dr. Reddy's, Sagent, Cipla, Zydus Cadila, Aurobindo and Perrigo.
The Indian companies are competing with London-based PE firm Cinven and buyout specialists Apollo Global Management LLC. A Bloomberg report said global pharma giants Mylan NV and Novartis AG are also potential suitors but it could not be verified whether they had submitted firm bids last week.
A buyer could emerge in the next few weeks, said the people cited above. The European Commission may prefer the assets going to a strategic buyer with experience in the European generics market, added a source directly involved. He said there's no guarantee the Indian suitors will be successful.
There was no response to emails sent to Aurobindo, Intas and Teva.
If successful, this would be Aurobindo's largest acquisition, surpassing its $132.5-million purchase of US vitamin maker Natrol in 2014. Morgan Stanley is advising the company while Temasek-backed Intas is being represented by Moelis. These are the only two Indian companies left in the race. Torrent Pharma, which was named in the initial bidding process, has bowed out, sources said. Greenhill & Co. is Teva's advisor.
Eyes on Europe
Teva's UK and Ireland portfolio will help consolidate Aurobindo's position in Europe. Two years ago, the company entered Europe by acquiring the operations of the erstwhile Actavis in a few countries. Aurobindo has turned around that business through cost-efficiency measures and the identification of highmargin products.
Within Europe, Aurbindo focuses on markets like France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Portugal and Italy. Europe revenue was Rs 3,130 crore in the last financial year.
The company has approximately 200 products under development for the European Union alone and expects the region to drive growth over the next three-four years.
"Acquisition-led growth is preferred in Europe as building through new filings is likely to take a considerable time. Also, the healthcare and insurance systems there have slight variations bringing uncertainties in reimbursed products by insurance companies," said a consultant. Few opportunities can compare with Teva's UK and Ireland operation, he said. "The business had sales of around $250-300 million last year," the person said.
Under close watch
Aurobindo, the fourth-largest Indian generic pharmaceutical company, is being watched closely. Big bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala quizzed the management on future prospects on an investor call last week. Managing Director N Govindarajan said any fund-raising may be more for strategic purposes than for capital expenditure. He said the company is in no rush to raise funds.
For Intas Pharmaceuticals, one of the few privately run pharmaceutical companies to reach a size of over $1 billion in sales, Europe is a key market. Intas has marketing, out-licensing and contract manufacturing arrangements for scores of products shipped to Europe. It has built direct marketing networks in six major western European countries, namely the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France and Italy.
Last year, the Ahmedabad-based drug maker won a key approval from the EU for filgrastim, a biosimilar injection, that helps bone marrow produce white blood cells in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The company figures among the leading biosimilar makers gaining as many as six approvals in India.
Sources noted that the company may be the dark horse for the Teva assets, which it is bidding for with the backing of a large private equity firm. However, another person questioned whether the company had enough balance sheet strength for such an audacious bid.


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A Step Up from Camping -- Go "Glamping"!
If you like the idea of camping out, but you're not sure you're ready to rough it in the outdoors, you could try glamorous camping -- or glamping!
The destinations enable you to get back to nature and stay in tents, while enjoying a few modern amenities. And, most glamping options are affordable -- an added bonus!
On "The Early Show" Friday, Travel+ Leisure magazine Associate Editor Sarah Kantrowitz filled viewers in on that newest trend in vacationing.
"If you don't want to rough it, but you're looking for something more rustic than a hotel, then glamping is for you," she told co-anchor Harry Smith. Glamping is, she says, kind of a middle ground.
People were talking about glamping a few years ago, but it's picking up steam now, particularly in places where the weather is ideal for camping and glamping experiences.
There are glamping experiences at all price and interest ranges:
• Price from $155/night for a tent
• 20 miles north of Santa Barbara, on the Pacific Coast. Views of the Gaviota Coast, Pacific Ocean and Santa Ynez Mountains
• Guests stay in cedar cabins and safari tents grouped in villages with names like "Peace Tree" and "Shaded Creek"
• Nearby bathroom and heated swimming pool
• Saturday evenings, May through October, guests and neighbors gather at the Creekside Green for a night of blues, jazz and bluegrass.
• Rates start at $725/night
• The resort is set on 60 square miles of untamed Montana wilderness located 30 minutes east of Missoula in western Montana
• Now there are two tent communities: Tent City (the original)
• River Camp, the newest tented accommodations, boasts six tents that line the Blackfoot River. The safari-style accommodations are outfitted with electricity, feather beds, western chic furniture, private decks, and even their own personal butler.
• Within steps from each tent guests have access to private master bathrooms and a dining pavilion where all meals are served
• Outdoor adventures include fly-fishing, tubing, kayaking, rock repelling, whitewater rafting, bird and wildlife watching, and sporting clays shooting.
• From $155
• In Pescadero, Northern California (south of Half Moon Bay and north of Santa Cruz, on Highway 1)
• An eco-adventure resort where our guests can retreat from the chaos of everyday life.
• Surrounded by undisturbed wilderness, rolling coastal hills, secluded beaches, and connected to four state parks, 30,000 acres of hiking trails.
• Activities include Surfing, mountain biking, and guided Naturalist hikes
• Tent bungalows come in four different configurations
• There are always plenty of activities planned
• From $139 a night
• Set on a 50-acre organic farm in the Southern half of Idaho's panhandle, outside the university town of Mosow, Idaho.
• There's a B&B and a farm school founded by MaryJane Butters. Her slogan is "farmgirl is a condition of the heart"
• Guests can learn to chop firewood and preserving the harvest
• Five private canvas-wall tents, each with an own outdoor bathtub and kitchens, vintage iron beds, organic-cotton sheets. No electricity (just battery-operated lanterns). There's also a smokehouse, greenhouse, chicken coop, library, and a pond.
• Breakfast is included (fresh eggs, seasonal fruit (grapes, strawberries))
Corcovado Tent Camp Lodge, Costa Rica
• All inclusive (tent and meals) from $80 per person
• On the Osa Peninsula, in the Southern Pacific region of Costa Rica. Fly on one of the daily flights from San Jose to Drake Bay, then there's a 10-minute boat ride to the Corcovado area.
• Tent Camp is located right on the beaches of Las Caletas. There is a fresh water lagoon, the ocean, and the jungle all in one place.
• Travelers sleep in comfortable, full-size tents with wood-frame beds.
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I cooked a couple of meals in the wok really quickly recently, and reflected on how the results can be so satisfying with some handy tips that I've learned along the way.
Cooking in a wok was absolutely my go-to standard when I was a university student living at Burton and Garran Halls. After a long day of lectures and tutes, and hanging out with friends at the library and in the refectory, the hunger pangs would strike and the panicked question would arise…what to eat? Of course it would have to be quick!
I'd throw anything I had in the fridge together and toss it in a wok with oyster sauce. It all got a bit tedious after a while, and every stir fry tasted………the same. Thank goodness for sweet Munif who cooked carefully at a stove near mine, creating delicious goat curries and chicken stews which he would kindly share with those around him. What a saviour!
I used to think that I could only make a good noodle stir fry if I'd made a special trip to the Asian grocery store and got my fresh bok choy, bean sprouts, bean curd and Chinese sausage ( lap cheong ).
Let's face it though Izzy: we Aussies are pretty darn good at fusing cuisines. Now some of the 'aunties' in Malaysia might raise an eye brow, but really, there's no reason you can't make a yummy stir friend noodle dish without all of these Asian staples.
The one I made on Saturday is a good case in point. We felt like noodles. I had a stock of dried yellow noodles in the cupboard. But what fresh ingredients did I have in the fridge? Well, I had half a cold chicken, a nice green courgette, some snow peas, celery stalks and a big bunch of flat leaf parsley. Viola! Those were certainly good enough ingredients to conjure up a noodle dish.
Well you know that I might run out of fresh air, but I am never short of a good supply of ginger, onions and garlic. A good starting point for all tasty meals, I say.
So looks easy enough in the picture……………what are the steps again?
Ingredients I had in my fridge:
- 1 courgette/zuchinni, sliced thick
- a handful of sugar peas
- half a bunch of flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- a piece of cooked chicken, shredded
- onions, ginger and garlic
- oyster sauce, low sodium soy sauce, sesame oil
Other things you could use for a stir fry, which might not at first look obvious: some left over prawns, a few rashers of bacon, a handful of pork or chicken mince, frozen peas or edamame, tomatoes, eggs, chickpeas, and fresh corn. Not all together of course! And if you don't have Asian noodles, cook up some pasta and drain: works just as well!
So, some clear steps to putting it together:
- cook your dried noodles in boiling water, and when al dente, drain and keep aside in some cool water.
- if you are using some meat or prawns or bacon, cut into bite sized pieces, and then toss in a hot, oiled wok with chopped ginger and garlic.
- When it is fragrant and golden in colour, lift out of the wok and set aside.
- heat the wok again, throw in some sliced onions if you like, and then the harder vegetables: carrots, frozen peas, etc and then the less hard veggies like zucchini, tomato and corn.
- At this point, add the drained and cooled noodles, and some soy and/or oyster sauce ( about a table spoon each).
- Stir everything well to coat with the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- any leafy ingredient like the flat leaf parsley, some baby spinach or thin slices of cabbage should go in towards the end.
- At the last minute, add the cooked meat mix and and serve
- if you have sesame oil, a few drops makes for a lovely flavour stirred in at the end.
These simple steps will surely save you from what a stir fry can often become: a soggy soy flavoured mess.
This might all seem a bit obvious darling, so forgive me if I am being boring. It certainly was news to me when I started cooking, so I thought I'd just lay it all out here clearly anyway! Cheers, lovely girl.


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Foods to Avoid with High Blood Pressure
If you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or hypertension, you must change your lifestyle and meal plan to lower your blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease. The research has shown that Western-style dietary habits are the number one reason for essential high blood pressure. On the contrary, people living in rural areas of China, Brazil and Africa show no sign of essential hypertension, even with advanced age, because they avoid eating fast food, instead they eat originally grown vegetables, fruits and other fresh products.
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He is only 23 years old, yet he is already making bold moves in business. His name is Billy McFarland, and he has founded a company named Magnises. It is a social club that gives exclusive privileges to an elite circle of members. It does this through its special black card. The card can be used to avail special events and deals that are only accessible to members.
Billy says that he has created a platform for the elite millennial who wants to expand his social network. His black card program connects people together in whole new ways. It is targeted at people aged 21-35 who work in fashion, finance and information technology. His members carry their black card with them at all times so they can access the benefits of the program. It is convenient because it is linked to your credit card or bank card.
The card has a solid feel to it because it is fashioned out of metal. There is gravitas associated with pulling your black card out from your wallet.
You can use it in bars, clubs, restaurants, getaways and even private concerts. You can get a private performance from Ja Rule or Rick Ross. You can take a helicopter ride out to the Hamptons. You can do all these things while getting a discount.
Once you sign up for the program, you will have instant access to deals. There is a mobile application that helps you explore the benefits of being a member. 6,000 people already have the Magnises card. It only costs $250 a year to get all the benefits.
Magnises is looking for companies to join its team. Billy McFarland has always been an entrepreneur. He dropped out of college his freshman year because he knew his purpose in life already. The result of his hard work is Magnises, and he is succeeding brilliantly.


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What is the A1c test?
Daily blood glucose monitoring captures your blood sugar levels at one moment in time. But the A1c test measures your blood glucose average over the past two to three months, making it an invaluable tool for your doctor to see how your diabetes treatment plan is working.
Here are some common questions and answers about the A1c test:
How does the A1c test work?
Within your bloodstream, a protein called hemoglobin is in charge of carrying oxygen throughout the body. This hemoglobin travels within red blood cells. If there is excess sugar in the bloodstream, the glucose will attach to the hemoglobin (glycated). The A1c test measures how much of the hemoglobin has been glycated.
Why is the test used?
Often doctors use the A1c test to first diagnose people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. As part of your diabetes treatment plan, your doctor may administer the A1c test regularly to check how your treatment plan is working and to see whether adjustments are needed to better manage your diabetes care.
How often should I have the A1c test?
The frequency of your A1c tests will be determined by your doctor. The ADA (American Diabetes Association) says that people with diabetes should check your A1c twice a year at a minimum, or more frequently when necessary. The ADA also points out that the A1c test is not meant to replace daily blood glucose monitoring.
How is the test taken?
The A1c test is a simple blood test. You do not have to be fasting or follow any special dietary restrictions beforehand. After your doctor collects your blood sample, it will be sent to a laboratory to determine your result.
What kind of result should I expect?
A normal A1c level is below 5.7%. For people with diabetes, test results are typically 6.5% or above. For those experiencing prediabetes, the A1c results range is between 5.7 and 6.4%.
*These figures are based on information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.