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Lori and Tommy's Wedding
I first met Lori and Tommy on a blustery day in Philadelphia when we did their engagement shots. A few months later and they have tied the knot! Congratulations to this wonderful couple…I wish them a long life together filled with health, happiness, and prosperity!
Here are just a few shots for them to peek at before they leave for their honeymoon!
Unfinished Business
Last night (Saturday April 9, 2011) was the JDRF Black Tie Gala to raise money to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. The of the Gala was "Unfinished Business", as we will have unfinished business until we find a cure. Here is a picture that I took (it was used as the cover the of program book) of many of our kids who have Type 1 Diabetes with our Gala sponsor Brian Radwell.
I was honored to have been asked to provide the evenings Fund-a-Cure speech (see entire text below). As I spoke the photos that are imbedded below were projected on several large screens and monitors throughout the ball room. Immediately after my speech an auctioneer began asking the room to raise their hands if they can donate a certain amount….he started high ($25,000) and worked his way down to $100…in about 15 minutes we raised over $100,000 through generous donations of the 350 people sitting in the room….AMAZING!!! Below is a copy of my speech. If it moves you…if you feel like you want to help…please feel free to contribute by making a donation to the JDRF Ride for the Cure ( http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/teamkasper) that Rachel and I are doing in September. Our personal goal is to raise $10,000 and I think we can make it with a little help. Thanks so much!!
Good evening. First and foremost, as a dad of two kids with Type 1 Diabetes and a member of the JDRF South Jersey Chapter Board of Directors, I want to thank you all for coming out tonight to help us in our mission to fund the cure for type 1 diabetes. As I look out across the room, I see several hundred of my friends and family all gathered to accomplish the same mission. I use the word family because, as I am sure all of you know, we all can relate to one another and the challenges we face on a daily basis in a way that non D families cannot imagine.
I have always believed that there is a silver lining in every dark cloud, and a reason behind everything that occurs. To that end, I am thrilled to have gotten to know each and every one of the members of this extended family, and have grown relationships with many of the people in this room that I know will last a life-time…that's the silver lining. On the other hand, I have to be perfectly honest…I am dreadfully sorry that we ever had to meet!
We have all heard the saying that you can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family. I guess none of us had the choice to join this family. My mission is to prove that saying wrong by working tirelessly to fund the research needed to find a cure for type 1 diabetes so that we can all divorce ourselves from the clan. While I love you all, I just don't want to be a part of this family any more! I want out…but I do want to be invited to the reunion. I want our outstanding Gala Chairs, the Petcoves and the Mogells, to begin planning a reunion gala so that this family can get together and reminisce about the trials and tribulations of what we used to go through before our kids, mothers, sisters, brothers and all 3 million Americans were cured! I want you to think about how you can help get us there through your generosity and support tonight. I want you to think about how truly important it is to all of us to find the cure!
Since family is my theme this evening, I want to give you a snapshot of the Kasper family…we don't have a white picket fence or a cat or a dog, but aside from that we are the typical family living the American dream. When our nuclear family gathers we spend time comparing notes about work, we debate politics, and we talk sports. We also compare pump settings, count carbs, brag about our new glucometers, and wake up at 2 o'clock in the morning to check blood sugars. You see when my family gets together we have a group of type 1 diabetics that include 2 young boys, their grandmother, their aunt and their cousin…it really is a family affair.
But what is the impact? How has this shaped our lives? Why is so important to find a cure?
The bottom line is that life with type 1 diabetes, especially for these kids, just plainly stinks. It's not easy…there's one challenge after another. For example, whether it's making a seven year old diabetic or a thirty-seven year old non-diabetic school room mom understand the importance of diet, it's clearly a challenge. My seven year old will say something as innocent as, "but I only ate a small candy bar" when his blood sugar is 400, or the room mom at school who will say something like "he can eat anything at the party as long as I don't put sugar on it", life is a battle of managing normalcy with good diabetes health. Until we find a cure that battle will cause me to wake up every night, as I have for the past 7 years, to check my sons' blood sugars, or to simply look in and make sure that they are still breathing and not in a hypoglycemic coma.
What about from the kids' perspective? We are, after all, a family and their input matters? How do we know how they feel about it? One day, I set out to determine just that. First I approached Jake, who was 5 at the time, and asked him to tell me one word that described what it was like for him to live with diabetes.
He quickly and simply said, "Brave!" Having been diagnosed at the age of 13 months, he has essentially known no other way of life, but has been on the receiving end of needles and syringes ever since. He knows he has diabetes. He knows he needs to check his blood sugar. He knows he needs insulin. But at the time he was only 5 and doesn't truly understand what all that means…he only knows he needs to be brave!
When I got done with Jake, Matt was my next target. He and Ryan (who is my middle son and does not have diabetes) were at the kitchen table. Matt is shy and reserved about expressing his feelings…typical pre-teen!! He was hesitant to engage in this exercise, but I kept pushing. In the mean-time, Ryan interrupted and was told to wait just a minute until I was done with Matt. The discussion ensued…Ryan interrupted several more times, and each time was told to wait with an increasing tone of sternness. Finally Matt said to me "it's difficult." I told him I knew it was difficult, but if he could just try to think of a word I would leave him alone.
"no Dad, that's my word. My life is difficult"…from the mouth of a 10 year old kid!
So I was done focusing on Matt and Jake. I got what I needed. My goal had been reached. I was able to describe in one word and with a photograph, how diabetes had touched the lives of two of my sons. It seems that they are always the focus. At meal time its blood sugar checks and boluses. Family activities are interrupted because of emergency site changes. Plans are altered or cancelled because of ketones and sick day rules…all because of diabetes, and in Ryan's young mind all because of his brothers….Oh, wait, I almost forgot. What about Ryan? He had wanted to say something while I was focused on Jake and Matt. Finally I gave him his turn. "I wanted to tell you my word," he said.
"I wanted to tell you that diabetes makes me feel Invisible!"
This is very important to me, and I hope it is to you as well. The fact is that there are 3 million Americans living with type 1 diabetes. If the experience of my family is any indication of the impact of that, it means that there are 7.5 million people living in families with diabetes who are impacted as well. I would never presume to compare the impact of those who live with the diagnosis to that of those who live with the diagnosed, but the reality is that this disease has had a profound effect on all of us, and we all need to find a cure. We need to find a way that when Ryan asks, as he gets ready to go to bed, when it will happen to him that I can say it won't…we found a cure, we discovered how to prevent, we were successful and we can protect you!
As I am sure you expect, I will end this speech with a plea to open your wallets and pocket books and contribute as much as you can to help fund the cure. Before I do that, however, I want to tell you one more story that illustrates the fact that this disease impacts every aspect of family life.
The kids decided that they wanted to play Sorry. I thought okay, that's fun enough, and doesn't last all afternoon the way monopoly does. Rachel was reading a book (if you can still call it a book when all one does is scroll from page to page on the Kindle), I was available, and it's a game for four players….perfect!! Well, not exactly. One of the things my kids like to do most is NOT put stuff away when they are done playing. As it relates to this story, that means that there are no green Sorry pieces left.
"That's okay Dad", Jake said. "I know what we can use!" Off he went toward what we refer to in our home as "The Cabinet," where we have a veritable pharmacy of diabetes supplies. Within moments he returned with four cone shaped objects, just the right size to substitute as a Sorry game piece. It did not strike me at first, but as I got my first turn I quickly realized that the pieces he had provided were, in fact, packaged needles for the insulin injector pen.
Diabetes has, in large part, impacted every aspect of our lives. About this, Rachel and I are very sorry! We're sorry that two of our boys have to grow up with the daily complexities of life with diabetes. We're sorry that my middle son wonders whether he will ever become diabetic, feeling invisible while he wonders. We're sorry that, perhaps, something we did or something we genetically passed on has caused this to happen…on a daily basis we are sorry!
That day, without even missing a beat and without realizing how NOT normal this is, my six year old resorted to using insulin injection supplies to play a board game … not just any board game … a game of Sorry!
How ironic is that!
Please donate. Please give generously. Please help us raise the funds needed to enable the researchers around the world find a cure so that next year you'll be invited to that reunion rather than another fund-a-cure Gala and that we're all not sorry that we didn't give more sooner!!
Thank you.
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Shout out to my Peeps!
It's that time of year that I must give a shout out to my peeps!! Here's the story –
Spring is in the air!! For some, the first sign of the fact that spring has arrived is marked with the return of Daylight Savings Time…you know, that annual ritual during which we push our clocks ahead one hour, change the batteries in our smoke detectors, and spend about a week walking around like zombies trying to recover from that lost hour of sleep. For others, it's the fact that the daffodils pop up through last season's mulch and start to add a little bit of bright green and yellow color to the otherwise drab road-sides which are scattered with piles of the fall's decaying leaves that did not get picked up before winter's first snowfall.
There are other signs of spring as well. In New England, the sugar maples are bursting with sap. The steam from the roof pipes and sweet smell from the maple sugar houses are a tell tale sign that spring is here. The first Robin that lands on the rail of the back yard deck, the wiggling tad poles in the neighborhood pond, and the swollen buds on the flowering pear trees are all natures tip off that spring is just around the corner!
I love all of those things, and frankly spend all winter waiting to get my camera and get out to document this year's coming of spring. However, there are two other transformations that happen right around this time of year, one of which is my absolute favorite.
Each year in the earliest part of spring, the supermarket shelves transform into two distinctly separate ethnic sections that cry out with the change of season. On the one set of shelves, the grocer overstocks the boxes of Matzoh, jars of gefilte fish, containers of egg kichels, and a smorgasbord of kosher for Passover staples. As odd as it may seem, I love that!! The fact is that most of this food is just too gross, too plainly nasty to ever eat at any other time of the year. However, I actually look forward to stocking up on my horseradish and gefilte fish. I can't wait to fry up some matzoh brie for breakfast (click the underlined link if you have no idea what that is!!), complete with cinnamon sugar or strawberry jelly. I long for a heaping bowl of matzoh ball soup with crunchy egg kichels floating on top. I also look forward to the fact that Passover lasts for only eight days and I can go back to eating normal food before terribly long!!
The second set of shelves, as you may now have guessed, contains the brightly colored, highly fattening, and mouth watering foods associated with Easter!! Who wouldn't look forward to all of the chocolate goodness – regardless of whether its shaped like a bunny or an egg! I mention the Passover stuff first, strictly out of loyalty to my Jewish heritage. However, out of all of this stuff, it's the peeps that I look forward to the most!!
I'm not sure why this is. Among all of my early childhood memories is the fact that my mom would always buy each of us a small box of the marshmallowy, sugary, gooey, little yellow chicks each year. To this day, my wife will surprise me at some point between now and Easter with my very own box of peeps to enjoy. I savor them…I eat one a day…heads always bitten off first…and make them last as long as possible. I like the yellow ones best. I only eat them at this time of year and when I do I know that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, spring has arrived!!
A Cup. Some Cereal. No Nuts.
If you are, or ever were, a parent of small children then you may have experienced the following phenomenon.
It's a busy hectic morning. Mom and Dad are both scrambling to get ready for work, make lunches for three kids and get them out the door, respond to a couple or personal email before the work day begins, clean the kitchen after breakfast so it's not a total mess upon returning home for dinner, sign the permission slip that was due yesterday and is just now being presented as the school bus pulls in front of the house, get the garbage and recycles out to the curb, grab a few bites of a bagel in order to sustain until lunch, and get to work in time for the first meeting of the day. Sound familiar?
Add to this the constant barrage of questions that come from all angles and I know my response…tune out and go on autopilot!
When that happens I generally go into one of two modes: "yes" mode or "no" mode. I honestly make an effort to avoid "no" mode. One child psychologist, I call her mom, once counciled me that "no" is the easiest word for a parent to say. The reality is that most requests are benign and the answer, albeit requiring some effort on a parents' part, could be "yes". The further reality is that the "no" response only serves to get the kids upset and elicit a response such as "you never let me do what I want."
Unfortunately, sometimes when one makes the effort to engage the "yes" mode, one falls into the trap of saying "yes" without really listening to the question at hand. I'm referring to the dismissive "yes" when the word comes from one's mouth, but the meaning behind it is really something like "if it means you will leave me alone, then go ahead and do what you want!" Still sound familiar? You're lying if it doesn't!
Words of advice: start listening and understand that there is a difference between listening and hearing. We all hear the noise that is around us all the time. Human physiology makes that a passive process. However, if we truly actively listen we can distinguish between that which is noise, and that which is truly meaningful! This lesson was reinforced this morning when I responded blindly to a question amid the barrage of noise. I heard the question, but did not listen to the specific words that were asked.
I heard "Dad, can I have some cereal in a cup?" That seems benign enough and I was in "yes" mode. "Sure, you can take a little," I responded quickly.
Apparently the key word amid the noise to which I should have paid greater attention was the word "my". In this context there is a huge difference between the words "a cup", which I interpret as one of the many kid cups that we have in the cabinet, and "my cup". You see, we don't have assigned drinking cups in our home. Therefore, the possessive "my" cup should have immediately clued me in to the one specific cup that is his, and his alone!
Stepping up the pace
Rachel and I have decided to participate in the 2011 JDRF Ride for the Cure at the Tour de Tahoe. Please let me tell you why.
For the past several years my family has been involved in the Walk for the Cure. The Walk is the main event in JDRF's efforts to raise money to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Well, there is still no cure, and as a result 2 of my three sons must do many things every day that other kids their age don't have to worry about.
- My two sons still need to check their blood sugar multiple times every day.
- They continue to be tethered to insulin pumps.
- They continue to be hooked up to continuous glucose monitors.
- They get needle sticks to change those insulin pump sites every three days.
- They go to the school nurse to have their blood sugar checked when other kids go right to gym or lunch.
- They sit on the sidelines of the lacrosse game because their blood sugar bottomed out even though it's their shift to play.
- They watch other kids eat all of the things that they truly desire but know would be very bad for them to eat.
- They have to remember to never leave the house without their "kits"…the supplies that the require to take everywhere they go.
- They trade in their Halloween candy.
- They wear medical identification everywhere they go…or at least they're supposed to….(Matt, are you wearing an ID today???).
- They add up every carbohydrate for every meal and snack they eat.
- They end up in the hospital when they get a routine stomach bug.
- They get woken up in the middle of the night, sometimes more than once, to have their blood sugar checked and they're tired the next day because of it.
- They have parents who have not slept through the night since the day of their diagnosis.
- They have a brother who wonders whether or not some day he will become diabetic.
They have to do all of this, and more, in order to avoid immediate life threatening emergencies and/or long term co-morbidities of T1D such as heart disease, blindness, neuropathy, and kidney disease.
I'm tired of waiting for the cure…I'm tired of walking…it's time to step up the pace!!
To those of you who know me, it's no secret that I need to work on getting myself into better physical shape – that is not an invitation for snide remarks in reply – You'll see that I'll handle that on my own shortly if you keep reading. It's also no secret that Rachel and I have worked tirelessly to raise money to help cure Type 1 Diabetes. So, it seems that an opportunity to put the two together is the perfect combination!! This year our South Jersey JDRF Walk takes place on a weekend that we will be in Boston celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of one of our cousins. Although we won't be here for our Walk this year, Rachel and I feel strongly that we need to continue our efforts in funding the research that will come up with a cure for our sons. At the same time we acknowledge that the training regimen for the walk does not accomplish my goal of losing weight and improving fitness. So in an effort to continue our JDRF fund raising efforts, and in the interest of transforming my abdominal keg back into a six pack, we have decided to step up the pace of both our exercise routine and our fund raising.
Yesterday we registered to participate in the JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes in Lake Tahoe in September. We will be riding the 72 mile circumference of Lake Tahoe with lots of others who have the same goal. As we train over the next few months, and as we ride through the High Sierras, we'll be focusing on that long list of stuff that my kids need to do, and hope that it inspires us to pedal our way through the ride to help cure Type 1 Diabetes.
What can you do to help? Well, if you're up for one of the most scenic bike rides in all of the United States and want to help raise money for a great cause, then click this link to sign up and join us.
If you're not that ambitious, but you are feeling generous, then please feel free to click in this link (http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/teamkasper) and make a donation to help support our cause….we would truly appreciate the support!
I know that riding 72 miles in the Sierra Nevada mountains won't be easy. But it's nothing compared to the feat that my kids, and everyone else with T1D, accomplish every day in beating this disease. I know we can beat it for good, and I'm not gonna stop trying until we do!
Happy Valentine's Day
For those of you who read my previous post…which seems like it was so long ago…I wanted to follow up, as I mentioned that I had already started planning my Valentine 2011. So, today is Valentine's Day, and the photo below is what I created for my wonderful wife….I love you Rachel!!!
Did you all come up with a creative way to express yourself, or did you once again resort to commercialism? Try it next year…I think you'll be pleased with the results!!
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!
I Don't Like Greeting Cards, but I Love My Wife!
Chanukah is a distant memory. Christmas 2010 has come and gone, and we have all recovered from our 2011 New Year celebrations. In the world of retail America that means only one thing…the stores are already decked out with the pink and red decoration of Valentine's Day! I noticed this during my recent trip to the grocery store, where the aisles are already stocked with heart shaped boxes of chocolates and the shelves of cards are now dominated by mushy expressions of love and requests to "be my valentine".
It caused me to think.
In the Edmond Rostand play Cyrano de Bergerac, Christian relied on the eloquence and assistance of Cryano to express his love to the woman of his dreams. In the movie Roxanne, based on that famed play and titled after its heroine, Chris McConnell needed that same help from his Fire Chief, C.D. Bales (played by Steve Martin). The play will go down in history as one of the classics, and the 1987 movie, in my opinion, was hilarious. I am a huge Steve Martin fan!!
Stepping outside of the Broadway lights and Hollywood sign, life in 2011 seems to be not much different. When Valentine's Day comes around millions of people throughout the world rely on today's real life version of Cyrano and C.D. Bales; The greeting card! Beginning in 1910, Joyce C. Hall began helping others express their feelings when he launched the Hallmark Company (known as Hall Brothers until 1928). Since then the company has evolved, and the chain of Hallmark stores is actually filled with a variety of festive home decorations and a candy case to die for…in general it fills a perfect niche market. However, as someone who holds himself out as a romantic, I don't like Hallmark cards!
I do, however love my wife. I'm not ashamed to state that here on the world wide web (do we even use that term any more? I'll have to ask Al Gore), and I also enjoy figuring out creative and personal ways to express that to her (evidenced by photos in today's blog). I don't mean to imply that it's always easy. It's not. The fact is that the expression must be a combination of words and actions…the actions cannot be underestimated and must be sustained over time, but my purpose today is to focus on those occasions when the words are important…like Valentine's Day. Finding the right words is often a challenge, but meeting that challenge helps to sustain the foundation of the relationship. Meeting that challenge forces one to think about one's feelings and to strategize about the most effective and meaningful way to express them. As challenging as it may be, I can earnestly say that each year I try!
Frankly, Hallmark has taken the romance out of the love affair. It has become all to easy for us to simply run to the store, pick out a card, sign it, stuff it in an envelope, stick it in the top of a bouquet of flowers and present it as a testament of our love and devotion. Where's the challenge in that? More importantly, where is the creativity, inspiration, and personalization that should be the true expression of our feelings?
So on this Valentine's Day 2011 I issue a challenge to all of you, and you have 29 days within which it must be completed. Don't buy a card! Don't succumb to the American way of life dictated by the path of least resistance and the convenience store! Don't be lazy! Be creative. Be proactive. Be personal. Be inspired. You've now seen some of my past expressions. Now it's your turn. Create something unique for your loved one on Valentine's Day…I already have my plan in the works for this year!
New Images for the New Year
That was yesterday's date…January 1, 2011. What a cool way to be able to numerically describe the new year (and by the way, it's NOT "New Years"…it makes me nuts when people say that…it's only one year that is new, therefore the "s" at the end can be left off!!).
It deserves a toast: May 2011 be a year filled with health, happiness and prosperity. May creativity and creative opportunity abound!
2011 is new year with new beginnings and, I am sure, new challenges. But with the coming of the new year, reflections of the year gone by give one the opportunity to remember the important things that make us so lucky in life. With respect specifically to photography, already the new year has given me the opportunity to reflect and remember.
Over the past year or so, my photography has taken me down the path of people. Whether weddings, engagements, babies and kids, or family portraits my work has been focused on the human world. I love that work and truly love some of the remarkable images that I have captured. I am grateful for the people who have chosen to include me in their lives and allowed me to help document their moments "on film" (or, using today's technology, in pixels).
Yesterday, my sons and I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to meet my parents, my brother and sister-in-law and their kids at Longwood Gardens in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania. Longwood is a most beautiful place with acre after acre of manicured and sculpted formal gardens and an indoor conservatory filled with acres of flowers of all types, sizes, shapes and colors. In reflecting on why I love photography and began shooting seriously several years ago, I remember that my love of floral photography is the root (pardon the pun) of it all. So I am pleased that the start of my 2011 included the opportunity to get back to my photographic roots (am I using the pun too much?) and fill my memory card (formerly a roll of film) with the wonders that Mother Natures bestows upon us. Below are a few of my favorite images from yesterday's adventure at Longwood Gardens.
Upon further reflection, I also thought I would share with you a random handful of my favorite images (specifically not including images of my own children) from throughout 2010. There are so many that I really like…it would be impossible to include them all. The images below each have a particular significance in my life, even though they may be images of others. I hope you enjoy! By the way – feel free to take the time to leave a comment if any of these are included in your favorites from 2010!
That's Philadelphia above and Boston below.
Here's looking forward to a wonderful 2011 documented through digital imagery!
Happy New Year and Hats
Happy New Year! I hope that 2011 brings health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone who follows Scott Kasper Photography (and even to those who don't – may they see the error in their ways!). Below is the final installment of Hats from Mount Snow, Vermont. I hope you enjoyed this little project…It was quite a challenge seeking out these hats and capturing them without the knowledge of the wearer. I have another personal project in mind (aside from any work that I may do for clients) for 2011…you'll just have to stay tuned to find out what it is!!
Before I leave you with the hats…one more New Year message…back in 1996 I made a New Year resolution that I have been able to maintain now for 15 years. That resolution was that I will no longer, ever again, for all eternity make any New Year Resolutions. So far so good….I hope you are equally successful in whatever your New Year resolution may be. Now, on to the hats…
Happy New Year Everyone!!
Hats of Mount Snow
The "Vermont House" as the boys call it overlooks the Mount Snow ski area in West Dover, Vermont. This evening we were treated to a special surprise – the staff at the mounted did a torch-light parade down the mountain followed by fire works. For the photogs who follow my blogging, these were each taken using a tripod, a 135 mm lens, ISO 100, f/22 and 15 seconds. Unfortunately some trees between the house and the mountain got in the way of the torch-light parade.
Before all of that, I spent some time during the day capturing a few more of Mount Snow's most interesting hats…check them out…I am related to two of the subjects from today's parade of hats….do you know which they are? Please feel free to leave comments about which are your favorite from today.
Stay Tuned…more hats to follow over the next few days!!


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Mantou LOVES berries. There's a picture on the blog where his face is covered with blackberry remnants from his hands as he shoveled them to his mouth. His favorite berry by far is the blueberry. We used to cut them in quarters and give them to him but he's perfectly fine grabbing these berries whole and stuffing them into his mouth.
Mantou learned how to say blueberry rather quickly. Probably because he liked them so much and wanted more. He signs "more" forcefully and says "boo-bear" at the same time. He says the two syllables together fast and jumbled so it is really very cute to hear. I have yet to get him saying blueberry on video though.
At the grocery store he spotted the berries in the produce section. He moved his body in that direction, signed "more", and pointed to them. When I placed them in the back of the cart he almost had a fit! He wanted them right there, right now. I was able to calm him down a bit and move his attention to something else, but he kept looking towards the back of the cart. Even when I put them on the checkout conveyor belt, Mantou was determined to get a blueberry.
Blueberries are great portable snacks and packed with antioxidants. However as I had learned recently, I will not give too many at one time. I'm going to say it came out rather messy on the other end.
So get your blueberries now, pack them in the freezer for the future because we're approaching the end of blueberry season!

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Earlier today I was working hard to get up to 400 follower and I was successful! Took a few hours to get from 391 follower when I checked this morning to the 400 I have got now. I know 400 followers is nothing special but in my opinion it is pretty good and for me that is brilliant!
However after watching some videos on YouTube then rating, favouriting and commenting them my tweets had creeped up to 6,500. At this point I thought, "400 is a round number… 6500 is a nice roundish number…. If I can get my listed up to 10 and my following down to 350 I will have a nice bunch of round statistics". I went about this is the most simplest way I could think of, un-follow 8 useless people that I was following and list myself a few times! 😀 Took a few minutes to get perfect but I did it. But then, for some reason, I decided to close the tab without having taken the screen shot and by the time I was back it had all been screwed up by one idiot that decided to follow me! 😛
I kept refreshing just hopping someone would un-follow and after a few minutes they had, but after this amount of time YouTube had made another 2 posts on my twitter account (YouTube Auto share is delayed by a few minutes. My dreams of having perfectly round stats was over.
However, I could just fake it:


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Joseph Scrimshaw – There Goes My Hero
November 20, 2013
Joseph Scrimshaw tells a story from his childhood that contains some surprising advice from a nun.
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Number One with a Tiny, Urine-Soaked Bullet!
Time and again I've expressed my disdain for using public urinals. I'll go to the bathroom with four walls around me, but urinals are things that only rapists would use if rapists ever went to the bathroom and not inside the hollowed-out skull of a recently-murdered hooker. I've tried to explain my hatred of them to people over the cacophonous echo produced by the pounding of the scientifically-improbable forked stream of inside juice on the water in the bowl in front of me, but people don't get it.
Now, however, I've brought visual evidence as to why I refuse using these terrible devices. I won't say exactly where this is, but I'll just say I have to use it a lot. Like about 8 hours a day. Not consecutively. I'd be emptying out the juice in my eyeballs after about 20 minutes.You see what we have here? Setups like this are why my penis cries itself to sleep at night (salty, bloody tears).
First, you'll notice the divider between the two. That's not a divider. All that is is a headrest for the dude peeing next to you to rest his chin on while he stares longingly into your eyes whlie you're going to the bathroom. Not cool.
Second, you'll notice the striking height difference between the two. Again, without giving too much away, I'll let you know that this particular urinal is in a place where children would not normally be. Now, that leaves two options for the circumstances surrounding somebody walking up and using that one while I'm using the one on the left. The first option is that somebody comes up with a mighty, Birmingham firehose stream of waste that will, undoubtedly, provide ample splashback and, thus, I now have some guy's piss all over my shoes. If I want somebody's urine on my legs, I'll go hang out in the kiddie pool. Fuck the restraining order.
The other circumstance is even worse than this. I'm standing there and a midget comes up next to me. Look, I don't mind midgets at all, but it's when he asks me for a boost that I lose it. How's a guy supposed to shit with a midget on his lap? Have you ever tried to take a dump with an erection?
See what I did there? There's like four twists in that last paragraph. Look out, M. Night Shyamalan. There's a new Hitchcockian sheriff in town and he's got his thesaurus open to the word shit.


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Shari'ah Advisory Committee (SAC) of BML Islamic consists of renowned international scholars who provide continued support and supervision, and have a permanent check on contracts, transactions, and procedures. SAC consists of:
Sheikh Mahomed Shoaib Omar (Chairman)
Sheikh Mahomed Shoaib Omar has studied the authoritative works of fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence and Law), across the four authoritative Sunni schools of fiqh, and has specialized in Fiqh Al Muqarin (comparative analysis between Islamic and secular law), and the application of fiqh to contemporary situations and Islamic commercial and financial transactions. He has been guided by his revered teacher, the distinguished jurist, Mufti Taqi Usmani, over the years, in relation to the solution of complex issues, in the field of Islamic Finance. He completed his LLB at the University of Kwazulu/Natal in 1979 and studied Arabic and Islamic Law under Mufti Taqi Usmani in 1982, who is one of the top Shari'ah Advisors in the industry. He was also a student of Qadhi Mujahidul Islam, the founder of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India. In 1995, he was granted right of appearance in the High and Constitutional courts of South Africa.
Sheikh Mahomed Shoaib Omar serves as a member of the Shari'ah Board of Albaraka Bank SA. He practices as an attorney and has authored over ten books and numerous articles in Islamic Law and Commerce. He has been with BML Islamic since January 2013 as a member and the Chairman of the Shari'ah Advisory Committee. He was reappointed for a 3rd term on 31st January 2017.
Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed
Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed holds a PhD from International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), BA (Hons) Business (Finance) from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom, and MBA from MANCOSA, Republic of South Africa. He is also a CIFP and Certificate in Islamic Law holder from INCEIF and University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, respectively.
During Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed's career, he has gained experience in almost all sectors in the Islamic finance & investment industry including Sukuk, regulatory frameworks, Takaful modelling, Private Equity Fund Structuring and Risk Management. He has trained and advised financial institutions in more than 15 countries including Austria, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Oman and South Africa. Since 2006, he has also consulted and/or trained more than 7,000 Finance Professionals and Islamic Scholars in most disciplines within the Islamic Finance sector in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. In addition to Shari'ah advisory, he has extensive experience in regulatory frameworks for Islamic banking, Takaful and Islamic capital markets in Africa. He is also the recipient of numerous global awards for his unique Islamic social finance – fintech modelling techniques which are being tested in South East Asia and Africa. He is an ardent researcher in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and finance, accredited with a number of publications on various topics in the sector.
Dr. Ziyaad Mahomed currently works as an Associate Professor at INCEIF, Malaysia. He also serves as the Chairman of HSBC Amanah Shari'ah Committee since 2017. He has been with BML Islamic since January 2013 as a member of the Shari'ah Advisory Committee. He was reappointed for a 3rd term on 31st January 2017.
Sheikh Mufti Yusuf Suliman is one of the few Scholars in South Africa accredited by AAOIFI as Shari'ah Advisor and Auditor. He also holds Certificates in Qadha (adjudication) from Jamiatul-Imaam, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Imarat Shari'ah, Patna, Bihar, India, and has completed Iftaa (issuance of verdicts) at Darul Uloom Zakariyya, Lenasia, South Africa. He developed the Islamic Banking training material for all South African Banks, having been contracted by BANKSETA.
Sheikh Mufti Yusuf Suliman previously served on the Shari'ah Boards of the Momentum Investment Cluster including RMB and Advantage. He serves as Head of Shari'ah for Standard Bank. He also served in this capacity for Barclays Africa Islamic banking. He was also appointed as Acting Managing Director of Absa Islamic Banking in 2013. He serves on the Shari'ah Boards of the Element Investment Managers, Alexander Forbes, Shari'ah Investments Ltd (Malawi), Takaful Africa and Melville Douglas. He is also a consultant to numerous Islamic Financial Institutions including FNB Securities and Investec Bank. He has been with BML Islamic since January 2013 as a member of the Shari'ah Advisory Committee. He was reappointed for a 3rd term on 31st January 2017.


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If you have ever typed in a URL, you may have noticed those letters that spontaneously appear in front of the www that you pounded out on cruise control. Did you ever ask yourself what they mean? Well, those acronyms can have a major impact on the safety and performance of your website and, based on recent studies, can drastically impact your business.
HTTP stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and it simply allows for communication between two systems, such as a browser and a server. HTTP does not consider the kind of data being shared nor who is viewing the data; it simply shares the data, no questions asked. This makes it very simple for someone to capture all of the data that you have been viewing or entering on a site using HTTP system. For sites that are just informational, this may not cause a problem, but if your site is set up for ecommerce or if it requests visitors to submit personal information, this could be a huge security issue.
HTTPS is simply a secure HTTP. Through the use of an SSL certificate, an HTTPS is able to take all the information that is being transferred between two systems and encrypt it, making it much more difficult for a third party to intercept and translate it. HTTPS achieves this by using a three-layer security system:
- Encryption of the exchanged data to keep it secure from third parties. That means that while users are browsing a website, nobody else can view their conversations or steal their information.
- Data integrity. Data cannot be modified or corrupted during transfer, intentionally or otherwise, without being detected.
- Authentication. This proves that your users communicate with the intended website. It protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and builds user trust, which translates into other business benefits.
There are several websites that have still waited to make the switch to HTTPS, and each of them has its own reasons. In fact, 79 out of Google's Top 100–ranked websites still have not made the switch. Perhaps you run a site that does not share or gather personal information. While it may not be as pertinent for you to make the switch, there are still intriguing reasons for you to consider it.
As stated above, HTTPS provides an authentication process that guarantees that the user is communicating with the intended website. More and more web users are starting to recognize sites that do use an HTTPS level of security. In fact, a recent study showed that 8 out of 10 web users would abandon a purchase if they realized that a site was not using HTTPS. Whether your site offers ecommerce or not, is it worth losing customers who view your site as being untrustworthy?
Another reason to make the switch—no surprise here—has to do with Google. While 79 out of Google's top 100 websites currently have not implemented HTTPS, four out of the top five sites on Google have already transferred over to HTTPS, with the fifth, Yelp, currently in the planning stage of making the switch. Google announced in 2014 that HTTPS would start having an effect on rankings. So far, that effect has been minimal, but with close to 30 percent of their top-ranking sites now having completed the switch, experts are predicting that Google is about to turn up the juice. After all, Google's main priority is to serve the web user, and they can't consciously continue sending traffic to sites that do not have a basic level of security. The switch to HTTPS can be complicated, especially for larger sites, so most people believe that Google is simply giving everyone some added time to complete the switch before they start punishing rankings.
Now, HTTPS will not solve all of your security issues. For instance, an HTTPS will not prevent your site from getting hacked; that would require the implementation of a firewall and security updates. Rather, HTTPS is the minimum amount of security that you should be offering to visitors to your site, and it can reassure them that your site is safe and trustworthy.
Switching from HTTP to HTTPS is not as simple as just flicking a switch—there is a substantial amount of programming involved. In fact, Wired.com, a well-known IT news site, recently took on the process of converting from HTTP to HTTPS. Two weeks in, they had to stop and completely reorganize their schedule. Our point is that if the largest IT site on the web has trouble with this kind of switch, chances are the average person with a CMS[NZ1] could make a real disaster of it. Improper implementation of a HTTPS system could potentially result in damage to your rankings as well. If you are considering the switch, plan ahead, and be sure to go with a trusted web developer who can execute it properly.
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Safety is gradually decreasing in this fast-paced world, especially for girls. In such situations if you could get a device which could increase your safety, wouldn't it be better? Well, now you might get such a wearable which could let a smartphone user to subtly and quickly communicate about their whereabouts to their family and friends. The Wearsafe Tag is a simple device which can be used as a safety device and is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds. Users can send audio taken from a connected smartphone to his/her contacts.
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How does the Wearsafe Device Work?
Using Bluetooth Low Energy, the device connects to your smartphone and a relevant app. Primarily it will work only with iPhone 4S and newer version. At the end of this year, the device can also be used with Android devices. It is like a tag which you can connect with just one touch. If you push a button in the Wearsafe Tag device, it will send an alert to selected network of contacts who will get a text message, screen and email notification. They will be immediately alerted about your GPS location and can act accordingly.
You will in turn, get informed that the alert was sent successfully with a silent vibration. Every time your contacts open the alert to respond, your tag will vibrate.
Additional Layer of Security
Students, travelers and hikers could get an extra layer of security with this. You don't require your smartphone with you to send an alert. It can work up to 200 feet away also. You can set up various networks for various occasions. For instance, you can have one for late night emergencies, another when you go out for a solo run, another when you are away from your home and more. The device is water resistant and small in size. You can wear it with a lanyard on your neck, keep it in your pocket or even clip it to your cloth.
A single coin cell battery will last up to six months and once it gets drained, you will be notified by the companion app. Once the product launches in the market, you will be able to send alerts using Pebble smartwatches. Apple Watch, Android Wear watches and Garmin wearables will soon be compatible with the Wearsafe Tag.
The total funding goal of the Kickstarter campaign is $75,000, out of which $46,656 has been raised at the time of writing. The campaign has 29 days to go. It will end on 20th August, 2015. You can get the Wearsafe Tag by backing this project with $40 or more. Shipping is scheduled to be in September 2015.
The Wearsafe Tag is a small, simple accessory designed to let smartphone users quickly and subtly communicate… http://t.co/0wOmRMse0a
— wtfiscrackin (@wtfiscrackin) July 17, 2015
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FiOS Internet in McCall is also playing an important role in education. With 348 students per librarian and a pupil-to-teacher ratio of 14.80:1 in McCall public schools, children need more resources than are available to them through individual educators.
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Our 2017 rankings of the top 5 animation school programs in Tennessee. For an explanation of the ranking criteria, click here.
1. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
The Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) College of Media and Entertainment, Department of Electronic Media Communication, offers a BS in Animation and Mass Communication with Concentrations in Electronic Media Communication, which includes two Specialties: Electronic Media Production (video and film production) and Electronic Media Management (media management). An MS In Media and Communication is also available, and it allows students to choose six hours of approved Animation Electives.
The Animation Programs at MTSU prepare student for careers in Character Animation, Motion Graphics, and Visual Effects. Electronic Media Production students are also prepared to create Animated and Feature Films, as well as content for Documentary Films, Television, and Educational Videos.
About MTSU: Middle Tennessee State University opened on September 11, 1911 as Middle Tennessee State Normal School and one of three teacher preparatory schools in the state of Tennessee. Today, the school is home to more than 22,000 students enrolled in more than 115 programs across seven colleges.
2. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is home to the College of Business and Technology, which houses the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying, and Digital Media. The Department offers a BS in Digital Media (BS DIGM), a DIGM Minor, and an MA in New Media Studio. Undergraduate Concentrations include Animation, Visual Effects, Game Design, and Visualization. MA may focus on a number of areas including 3-D Animation, Gaming, Motion Capture, Visualization, Video and Special Effects, and Digital Illustration, to name a few.
About ETSU: Founded in 1911 as East Tennessee State Normal School, East Tennessee State University is home to more than 14,500 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The school offers more than 350 programs across 11 colleges and schools.
3. Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis College of Art (MCA) offers a BFA in Animation that highlights internship opportunities and multiple studios, which provide intensive hands-on training. Students in the program can expect to take courses such as Experimental Animation, 2D and 3D Animation, Visual Storytelling, Film Production, and a variety of studio electives. Other programs worth considering include the BFA in Illustration and the BFA in Illustration with a Track in Comics.
About MCA: Memphis College of Art was founded in 1936. This small art and design college has a population of 400-450 students from 25 states and five foreign countries.
4. The Art Institute of Tennessee – Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee
The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville offers several programs for aspiring animators. Options include BFA degrees in Media Arts & Animation and Visual Effects & Motion Graphics. Students in the Animation Program will take a variety of classes such as Character and Object Design for Animation, Cinematic Storytelling, Computer 3D Modeling and Animation, Acting / Movement, 2D Animation, Storyboard Rendering for Animation, Camera and Lighting Techniques, 3D Modeling, 3D Character Animation, and 3D Textures, and Web Animation. Visual Effects & Motion Graphics students will take some of the same classes and others such as Editing for Visual Effects, 3D Effects, Advanced Visual Effects, and Interactive Visual Design.
About The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville: The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, is one of The Art Institutes, a system of schools throughout North America. Founded in 2006, the school offers Visual Design, Animation & Effects, Film & Production, Fashion, and Culinary programs. Degree levels offered range from Diplomas to a BFA.
5. Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee
The School of Visual Art and Design at Southern Adventist University offers a BFA in Animation with three Emphasis areas including Character Animation, Effects Animation, and Motion Design. Each Emphasis requires 12 credit hours of study beyond the required 67 for the Animation BFA. According to the School, animators in the Character Animation Emphasis "will develop advanced skills in animation performance, movement, story development, and acting." Effects Animators will "focus on 3D design, character setup, motion graphics, visual effects animation, compositing, and rendering techniques," while "Motion Design concentrates on commercial motion graphics."
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About Southern Adventist University: Southern Adventist University was founded in 1892 as Graysville Academy. When it opened, the school had just 23 students. Today, Southern Adventist University is home to approximately 2,673 students from 50 states and 43 countries. The school offers 86 baccalaureate majors, 15 associate majors, 10 graduate degrees, and one post-master's certificate.


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Mixed-reality game launches for Melbourne International Games Week.
Wayfinder Live 2017, a free, mobile game that invites players to discover a hidden city in Melbourne's laneways and unlock special offers from leading restaurants is launching for Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW), 22–29 October.
Created by Dr Troy Innocent, game designer and Swinburne University Senior Lecturer in Games and Interactivity, and commissioned by the Victorian Government for MIGW, Wayfinder Live 2017 is a location-based mixed reality game that builds on the live play phenomenon made popular by Pokémon Go!
Combining real-world and digital elements, it transforms Melbourne's laneways and iconic sites into a digital playground where fragments of a mysterious micronation 'Ludea' are floating undiscovered.
Using the free app, players choose a team to represent and race to find and scan 16 coded markers hidden in the city to complete a map ahead of their competitors. Sections of the map are revealed each time a new marker is scanned.
Scanning the codes also unlocks time and location-sensitive offers at 16 leading Melbourne restaurants, bars and cafes including MoVida, Arbory Bar & Eatery and The Meat & Wine Co, via collaboration with Zomato, the restaurant discovery app.
Dr Innocent, who is also the 2017 recipient of the City of Melbourne's Knowledge Fellowship for his work on playable cities says, "Wayfinder Live 2017 playfully embeds itself within Melbourne's street art and takes you through the city's laneways, iconic areas and restaurants in a playful way to explore and discover the city of Melbourne."
"While the screen comes into play at particular times, Wayfinder Live 2017 is designed to get players to look 'up and out' and re-imagine Melbourne in a whole new way. As you unlock more markers, you unlock what is essentially a hidden city within Melbourne."
As the game unfolds, players can earn in-game currency to take control of key locations for their team. Wayfinder Live 2017 features an electronic soundscape with a walking beat, specially commissioned by Steve Law, part of Melbourne's electronic music scene.
Supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria and piloted in 2016, Wayfinder Live 2017 is launching for MIGW 2017 with new features including an animated screen, sound and a redesigned user experience.
Wayfinder Live 2017 is free to download from the App store and Google Play as part of MIGW.
About Melbourne International Games Week
Over 60,000 people will attend Melbourne International Games Week, Asia Pacific's largest digital games festival, 22–29 October, created by the Victorian Government. It features 14 fabulous events and activities for consumers, families, game-players and makers. See gamesweek.melbourne for the full MIGW 2017 program.
Participating Melbourne Restaurants, in partnership with Zomato
MoVida, Ho Chi Mama, Collins Quarter, Lee Ho Fook, Harley House, The George, Royal Stacks food truck, Arbory Bar & Eatery, The Meat & Wine Co, Long Chim, Riverland, Tazio, Red Emperor, Grand Trailer Park, ACMI Bar & Café, Ludlow Bar & Dining Room.
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Can you believe that since I moved to London a year ago I haven't done one proper afternoon tea? Therefore, I'm sure you can visualize the smile on my face when I've been invited by Browns to try their new "Tea Tox" concocted by Chef Madeleine Shaw. My reaction was: A "detox" tea-time, hell yes I'm in. As you know, I'm a foodie and always try to balance my food diet. It's all about balance isn't it ? Morgane & I went last week and tried (and shared) the traditional Afternoon Tea, which by the way has been named one of the best in town (and now I know why) with Madeleine's Shaw Tea Tox, which is basically a healthier version (including some gluten-free pastries and vegan goodies). Everything was absolutely delicious and I strongly recommend you do exactly what we did if you are planning on coming to London soon, or just looking for a new Sunday activity (eating scones with cream and jam should should be considered as a hobby). Following our food coma, a little lounge time (and much deserved siesta) in room 222 for the beginning of my staycation. I was pleasantly surprised as I always thought that the rooms of the Browns hotel would look dark and too classic, and they were absolutely not, on the contrary, my room was bright, super quiet (even though it was facing the main street, but it has solid double glazed windows), very nicely furnished with a little contemporary touch. Honestly, if I were to visit London and wanted to stay in Mayfair this is probably where I would want to stay, and needless to say that I was just a stone's throw away from all the shops. It felt nice to be pampered and feel like a tourist in my own city for 48hours!
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The legacy CMBS delinquency rate and special servicing rate ended June at 39.0% and 46.0%, respectively, as pay downs and liquidations
reduced the outstanding universe of legacy loans to $50.9BN (denominator effect) and a larger proportion of 2006-2007 loans outstanding are
secured by underperforming and/or overleveraged properties (adverse selection).
Reviewing the refinance success rate for loans scheduled to mature in 2017, the success rate totaled 66% as of July – up from 64% as of June
– but still consistently lower than the 72% success rate in 2016 and 79% rate in 2015. Turning to liquidation activity, July saw $1.4BN in
liquidations across 94 loans, with more than 66% of the balance made up of 2006-vintage loans. The average loss severity excluding nonmaterial
losses (defined as less than 2.0% loss) was 59%, up from 49% in June.
In CMBS 2.0, the delinquency rate and special servicing rate remained modest at 0.29% and 0.55%, respectively.
In new issue, July was another busy month with $7.6BN in private-label pricing across 15 deals, resulting in year-to-date issuance of $42.1BN.
In conduit, four deals ($3.6BN) priced, with execution on the LCF AAA's ranging from swaps +88-91bps and execution on the BBB-'s ranging
from swaps +345-375bps. Risk retention structures included horizontal, vertical, and L-shaped solutions.
In Single Asset Single Borrower (SASB), 11 deals ($4.1BN) priced, consisting of five fixed-rate and six floating-rate transactions. Only one deal
carried a 10-year term, backed by a Manhattan mixed used property, with the AAA's pricing at swaps +98bps. The SASB risk retention
structures varied between horizontal and vertical solutions. Of note, over 90% of the SASB issuance year-to-date represents refinancing – up
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Phoenix Slips from Top 10 Fastest Growing Cities List
By Eric Jay Toll for Phoenix Business Journal
Phoenix dropped out of Forbes' Top 10 list of fastest-growing metro regions for 2015, slipping to No. 11.
Last year the metro ranked third, a five-slot climb from 2013's eighth spot.
Forbes uses a combination of population and economic growth factors in making the determination. While Phoenix did well in population growth in 2014 and is a top five rate projected for 2015, it fell short on economic indicators for unemployment rate, gross metro product growth and job growth rates projected for 2015.
The magazine estimates that Arizona's unemployment rate will drop another percentage point to 5.9 percent this year, but all of the top five metros are under 5 percent in the projections.
The projected gross metro product, also known as the regional domestic product, growth rate of 2.2 percent is not only less than the top five markets, but is seriously less than the 5 percent to 6 percent rate the state needs to achieve to offset its slumping state tax revenues and the $1.5B, 18-month deficit the state faces.
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Carruthers' Demise
'And top marks for this week's essay go to Ian Turner,' the teacher
announced in her matter-of-fact voice. Only there was nothing matter-of-fact
about it, and the young girl felt her resentment rising as she studied the
young boy's face; his smirk burned like hot coals on her cheeks as he turned
and gloated at her.
She nearly always won the school's creative writing competitions and
would have done this time had it not been for the little bastard's prying into
her exercise book.
'He's been cheating, Miss Porter,' the girl objected sourly, an arm snaked
towards the boy.
'Now then, no sour grapes, young madam, learn to be gracious in ...'
'Here - you check then ...' the girl hurled her book towards the teacher and
then clasped her arms tightly around her waist - 'with this. You'll find out I'm
right - he just rearranged my words and changed the ending ...'
'That's nonsense ...'
But the girl wasn't listening to the teacher as she reached across and
wrestled the boy for his book, until Miss Porter's hand thumped down
heavily on the desk. 'Cease this now! I'll have no unruly behaviour in my
class. Leave the room; I'll speak to you later.'
The young girl did more than leave the room - she left the school buildings
and strutted along the street to where a broad alleyway led to the Grand
Union canal. She stood there for several minutes, both hands gripping the
railings of the old timber bridge that spanned it, her rage evaporating not
one bit. The little runt had crept back to class after school, rifled the
teacher's drawer for her book and then all but copied her work - he had to
have done - there was no other way he could have beaten her.
The thought made her shake with anger.
She checked her watch; school would be over in ten minutes, old Miss
Porter would be expecting her apology. Well, she could wait on, she wasn't
going back today. She was going to do the waiting - for that brat Ian Turner.
She'd have a surprise waiting for him. He'd need to cross the bridge to get
to the cul-de-sac that lay beyond the field on the other side. If luck went her
way he'd be alone, and her little surprise would bear fruit.
And luck did go her way. One or two kids passed by unaware of her
presence as she stood back in the shade of a large oak, before Turner
ambled by, hands in his trouser pockets, that stupid smirk still glued to his
face, school bag dangling from his shoulder.
Ignorant of her presence ...
Until her hand wrapped around the strap of his bag and she pulled with all
the force of her right arm, swinging him towards her, a look of aggrieved
surprise on his podgy face.
'Let me go, you cow ...' his eyes became full moons and he swung in
desperation trying to fend her off, but the girl's hands were strong and she
had the element of surprise. Those hands were now on the lapels of his
blazer and possessed enough power to raise him from the ground as she
began to swing him round. Her intention had been to hurl him into the
thicket, to teach him a lesson not to mess with her - it would only have been
his word against hers - only she couldn't stop - she wasn't going to - her
anger increased with every revolution and so it seemed did her strength. It
was strange: she was angry and yet she enjoyed her power over him - but it
had to end -
And so it did, with a splash that created rippling waves which crashed to
both banks of the canal after she'd launched him into it.
No thoughts crossed her mind that he couldn't swim, despite his frantic
cries for help - and even though that fact was known to her.
He'd copied her story and now he'd paid the price. That was all that
mattered when all said and done.
The girl stood there expressionless before smacking her hands together and
making her way home.
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Tomi comes to jewelry design via a career as a cancer researcher. She first developed a fascination with viruses and their role in cancer at the early age of ten, and went on to receive her scientific training at Vassar College, a doctorate at the University of California at Berkeley, and a post-doctoral fellowship at The Rockeffeller University in New York City. Her 22 year biomedical career in breast cancer, leukemia and HIV research culminated as an associate professor in Neoplastic Diseases at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Tomi's first encounter with making jewelry came after a suggestion in 1992 by her husband to take a beginner's course at the 92nd Street YMHA for relaxation. Tomi had always loved jewelry and immediately became enamored of the process of creating objects of art from wire and sheets of metal. Her hobby became a passion, and she enrolled at The Jewelry Arts Institute (New York) for a more formal foundation in classical goldsmithing techniques. She has continually extended this knowledge base over the years through classes and workshops in a variety of areas such as metal construction, wire weaving, enameling, rendering, lapidary, and stone setting. Tomi's experimentation and development of techniques to produce her jewelry designs reflects the rigorous discipline of scientists to constantly extend their knowledge by "pushing the envelope" to reveal life's secrets.
Tomi is fascinated by the analogies among the physical, biologic and chemical processes in nature and life. An example is granulation which Tomi views as the ultimate romantic commitment. This process of manipulating gold involves fusing separate metal shapes by heating them until their surfaces melt and intermix to form one unit. At the moment of fusion the two surfaces reach out, kiss and remain forever connected by a tine bridge of gold. They become one unit, inseparable but distinct, much like the bond between two people.
Tomi's use of granulation in her jewelry tries to convey this romance, and also the unity between this ancient technique, first used in 2500 BCE, and designs of the world today. Special care is given to selecting the precious and semi-precious gems in order to achieve sparkle and yield a balance to the jewelry creation. Her one-of-a-kind and limited-edition 22k and 20k gold jewelry are distinctive designs that incorporate ancient and modern fabrication techniques.
Together with her bent for precision and her knowledge of metallurgy, Tomi's creations are successful achievements of her visualizations that convey a passion for jewelry as an intimate, yet functional, form of art. The goal is to present an elegant jewel that matches the original concept without revealing to the viewer the degree of complexity involved with the manufacturing process.


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Surfers love The Beach Boys. What's not to love? All-time harmonies, chill melodies, and relevant lyrics that eventually call out our favorite surf spots. Doheny and San Onofre are two of mine. They're covered. I always wondered why they left out Trestles. Maybe it was a secret spot back then? Anyway…
When The Beach Boys issued their press release about an upcoming album and world tour to celebrate their 50th Anniversary, I was filled with dread and trepidation. Who wasn't? Another washed up band from way ago trying to cash in. How bad were they going to sound?
Then they show up on the Grammy's, and with the help from about 20 other voices to help cover up what surely was their lack of remaining ability to harmonize, they squeaked out a compilation of old tunes. I was further discouraged. Maybe the new album was going to be another "best of" compilation? Who needs that? We all own all the Beach Boys music ever made?
So when the album finally showed up on Amazon.com for $5.00 on a download, I decided to take the risk. And was rewarded with goosebumps. How could the Beach Boys, geriatric in the truest sense of the word, possibly sound this good after 50-years?
The harmonies are perfect, the lyrics are magical, and the music is tight. The songs range from classic 60's pop in 'That's Why God Made the Radio', 'Isn't It Time', and 'Spring Vacation', (an ode to the band getting back together), to the currently insightful 'The Private Life of Bill and Sue' where they contemplate reality television, to the more reflective and slower 'From There to Back Again', 'Pacific Coast Highway' and 'Summer's Gone'. The latter three songs at the end of the album seem to satisfy the music snobs of the world that actually think Brian Wilson's 'Smile" album was a work of genius, and not the last gasps of a brilliant man slipping into the firm grip of insanity. Barn Animals? Really? But nevertheless, he has obviously managed to regain his faculties and has produced a masterpiece. Get it now at the link below.
Amazon price at time of this writing:
Audio CD – $11.88
MP3 Download – $7.99


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Emphasizing "Reliability" in Web Hosting
One would think that with all the web hosts on the market, picking a reliable provider out of the bunch would be a fairly easy process. Unfortunately, that is not the case at all. Reliability is essential for a website, especially one that handles business transactions or other mission-critical functions. In fact, it can make the difference in whether people become frequent visitors to your site, or simply make one trip and never come back at all. While most companies will advertise a 99.9% uptime guarantee and make the claim of being reliable, not all are in the position to provide you with a dependable service.
The Importance of Reliability
Why is it so important to invest in a reliable web hosting solution? The easy answer would be the peace of mind that stems from knowing your site is always up and running. Just imagine trying to log into your site to make updates or add new content and not being able to do so because the service is down. These days, web users expect more and more from webmasters so if you can't ensure accessibility, they will not be coming back to your site after suffering a miserable experience the first time. Many businesses have crumbled and never really get off the ground because their websites either ran incredibly slow or were not available at all. If you are concerned about people being able to view your website, signing up with a host that can assure its availability is a must.
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Reliability is not only essential to your website, but your overall web presence as well. On the hosting marketplace, 99.9% has become the standard for uptime so you should expect and accept nothing less from prospective web hosts. Some even have infrastructures in place that allow them to exceed this figure. If a hosting company cannot provide you with a reliable services, the chances of you obtaining success online are very slim. A website that runs slow or is always down because of technical difficulties is one that will send visitors clicking their way to competition and cause you to lose substantial potential revenues. The web host should be the partner that helps you succeed with a website or online business, not lose money and ruin your credibility.
Obtaining a Reliable Solution
Accessing a hosting company's reliability can be difficult without actually being a customer. In fact, most web host's appear very professional and dependable on the surface. However, there are a few approaches you can take before signing up. For example, reviews serve as a great source of information as they tend to carry a lot of useful details about certain companies. Aside from price and features, many of them also hint at the host's reliability and overall quality of the service. A good mix of expert and user reviews can go a long way in helping you decide what companies are worth a closer look as well as those that should be avoided.
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Mythbusting the NFL Playoffs
It's time for the NFL playoffs, and your Seattle Seahawks find themselves with the top seed in the NFC. The best point differential in the conference, in addition to a bye in the first round and home-field advantage after that, makes Seattle a legitimate favorite to reach the Superbowl. I have now unveiled our mathematical playoff predictions based on a study of the past 14 seasons, but here I want to discuss some interesting findings on which I have based (and not based) this prediction model. Below you will find some common claims, followed by whether or not past data actually supports that claim.
Home-field advantage exists in the playoffs
You bet it does. In the past 140 (non-Superbowl) playoff games, home teams have outscored the visitors by an average of 5.1 points per game, but that statistic in and of itself doesn't really support the statement. Remember, home teams are playing at home essentially because they are better. Is it talent or rabid fans that makes the difference? Controlling for each team's ability using regular season point differentials, we see that playing at home still provides a modest 3.8-point advantage (p-value = 0.004), or put another way, an increase from 50-percent chances of winning to 62 percent (p-value = 0.007).
Dome-field advantage exists in the playoffs
Does a team that hosts in its own dome enjoy an even greater home-field advantage? Sort of. This one is trickier to dissect, but here goes. Theory might suggest that a dome team is more accustomed to the noise levels, and is better built to win in a dome (read: is a passing team). Indeed, according to Advanced NFL Statistics, domed and roofed teams* did tend toward a more effective passing attack, but only slightly. However, while domes may be able to create certain advantages for their home teams, a road team that is used to playing on the slower natural turf—in various weather conditions—might feel a bit like John Carter on Mars when traveling to play in a dome. Let's see what the data has to say. If you divide it all up, there are four distinct types of matchups that could occur. Below I have summarized the playoff data for each.
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The advantage that a home dome team enjoys when facing an opponent accustomed to the elements (6.6) is quite similar to the advantage that a home team accustomed to the elements enjoys when facing an opponent that is more comfortable in a dome (8.5). In other words, if there is a slight advantage to being a home-dome team, there may be a slightly bigger advantage to forcing the opponent to come play at your cold, open air stadium in the playoffs. In that respect, it may not be "dome-field advantage" so much as an "oh-shit-I'm-not-used-to-this advantage." Then again, none of this is statistically significant, so maybe it's nothing at all. That's why I said "sort of" up there. *Teams that play in a dome, or under a retractable roof during bad weather, currently include Arizona, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New Orleans, and Saint Louis, according to Wikipedia.
One-dimensional teams are screwed come playoff time
I broke the teams into two groups according to the difference between their passing and rushing abilities according to Advanced NFL Stats data. The typical playoff team over the past 14 years earned 62 more "expected points" during the season from passing than from rushing, and so teams that deviated significantly from that differential I defined as "one-dimensional." And I found nothing, at least, based on this definition. The final margin of victory was not significantly affected by one-dimensional offenses. The 2008 Superbowl featured two such teams, the Patriots and the Giants. The Patriots were pass-heavy, garnering 200 additional expected points via their aerial assault on the regular season, while the Giants were a run-heavy team on the legs of Brandon Jacobs and Derrick Ward. Compounding the imbalance, the Giants had just the 15th-best defense in the league, and they won! This is but one example of how imbalance does not necessarily lead to an early playoff exit.
Defense wins championships
There might be something here. Obviously defenses matter, but the implication here is that they matter more than offenses come playoff time. While a good defense for the home team had essentially the same effect as a good offense, a good defense for the away team did make a significant difference. The top defenses in the league might be expected to shave two or three points off the spread compared to the additional points that top offenses in the league could create when playing on the road. This may be because home teams already have a strong built-in defense, sometimes referred to as the 12th man, while away teams must rely on their own skills and athleticism.
Rain and snow affect passing teams
Obviously blizzards and hurricanes do, but in general, this is not true. Not in the playoffs, anyway. The data suggests that rain and snow during the game may hurt the favored team in general, but not specifically a good passing team. The effect of precipitation on rushing and passing is essentially equal, and statistically insignificant. According to Wikipedia, the 2007 Superbowl between the Colts and dah Bears was the first to be played in the rain. Indianapolis had some guy named Peyton Manning, and the Colts featured the top passing offense in the league. Rain Schmain. The Colts won by 12 as Manning completed 66 percent of his passes for 247 yards, comparable to his season average of 269.3 yards. In the end, it seems as though a simple model may be the best. Teams that are good overall will be good in the playoffs, regardless of whether their value comes from rushing or passing, or from offense or defense. Teams playing on the road will always be at a disadvantage, but perhaps a little more so when playing under an unfamiliar ceiling.


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Spicy tuna quinoa salad
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 10 mins
Ready-to-eat pouches of grain mean you can have a healthy lunch in minutes - mix with veg and sustainable fish
Nutrition and extra info
- Gluten-free
- Healthy
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal298
- fat13g
- saturates2g
- carbs28g
- sugars10g
- fibre7g
- protein17g
- salt0.7g
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- 1 onion, sliced
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 350g pepper, sliced
Also known as capsicums, bell peppers, sweet peppers or by their colours, for example red and…
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 225g pouch ready-to-eat quinoa
Tiny, bead-shaped, with a slightly bitter flavour and firm texture, quinoa may not be a…
- 350g cherry tomato, halved
- handful black olives, chopped
- 225g jar albacore tuna in olive oil, flaked
A member of the mackerel family, tuna are mainly found in the world's warmer oceans. They…
Fry the onion and peppers in the oil until soft. Add the chilli and cool slightly.
Mix the quinoa, onion mixture, cherry tomatoes, olives and tuna together. Divide between 4 plates, pour over a little of the oil from the tuna jar, season and serve.


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Our key to future success will be the close working relationship with existing and potential customers. We believe we are an extension of each client company and that their success will bring us success.
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We are situated in the market town of Cirencester, 95 miles (150km) west of London and approx 1hr 15mins from Heathrow Airport. Based in the Cotswolds, Cirencester has a long history and in Roman times Corinium, was the second largest town in Britain.