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Despite the fact that the site is in English, Russian system sets the calculator in the Russian language and, at the same time, it becomes the default calculator in Windows 10 (for example, if your keyboard has a separate key to start the calculator, clicking on it will launch the old version).
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Reviewed by Allegra Gallian
On Friday nights the basement of the Chopin Theatre is transformed into a space full of wonder, enchantment and intrigue. Beginning at 10:30 p.m. Dennis Watkins takes the stage for The Magic Parlour, a weekly, late-night magic show.
The basement space feels more like someone's living room than a theatre venue. Around the stage are various rugs overlapping one another as well as comfy couches, chairs and tables. It's a very intimate setting, creating a warm and inviting backdrop. As the crowd begins to fill in, the buzz runs throughout. Audience members range from children to adults and everyone is excited for the magical show they're about to see.
The moment Watkins' steps on the stage, it's clear that he's a character. He's immediately charming and personable, warming the audience up with a clever comedic trick. It's evident that Watkins's is a talented performer and magician as he makes a torn up dollar bill reappear in a most unusual fashion.
Watkins' reveals that he comes from a family of magicians as he bonds with the audience over life stories. His specialty is sleight of hand and the tricks he performs under this category are both crowd-pleasing and simply amazing. He's incredibly talented at his craft, and there's never any indication of how tricks are done or how they work. Nor is there any wish to know because the magic is too wonderful to be ruined.
Many of Watkins' tricks involve audience participation, which not only adds another layer of entertainment, but it also furthers his connection and trust level with the audience. The interactive aspect is fun for both those involved and those watching the participation. Watkins does a great job of making his volunteers feel comfortable up on stage with him, easing any tension with jokes and humor. Crowd favorites include mind reading numbers, card tricks and tricks with money.
Watkins proves to be not only a magician but a comedian as well. In between and during tricks, he keeps the crowd doubled over with laughter and he recites joke after joke. During the hour-long show, I don't think more than five minutes went by without something hilarious occurring. Watkins fills the entire space with his charming presence and personality. The hour flew by and I found myself wishing there was an encore performance.
Because he's so talented, Watkins' doesn't need to employ a lot of fuss in order to wow the crowd. There aren't major special effects or smoke and mirrors. It's simply him on stage delivering his talent simply and wonderfully. Come enjoy 60-minutes of pure magic and laughter!
|Rating: ★★★★
The Magic Parlour plays at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division, through December 17 on Friday nights at 10:30 pm. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students and can be purchased at the Chopin Theatre's Web site.
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It'll be our second year at this awesome Seattle, WA convention, and I wasn't able to make the trip (the saddest, I know)! That means you've got a lovable grey squirrel and fabulous ladygoat all set to sell your favorite card game!
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Have fun! I sure miss the Pacific NW.
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The event is in Seattle, EEUU; i live in Buenos Aires, Argentina :(
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I tried to make Hedwig as much as close to my memories of the owls on the Memory game tiles my family had in the 70s. I kind of love him. There's a little Mary Blair influence in there too.
Harry Potter is "The Boy Who Lived!" Kind of a weird nickname to walk around with all the time. What if someone came up to you and said, "hey, you're the boy who lived!" I'd be like, "hey, you're alive too!" Of course, I know they mean that he survived an attack from the evil Lord Voldemort (which, translated from the Latin means "Volvo of Death"), but it's still a weird nickname. I'm sure Harry loves being called something that reminds him of his parents' grisly murder ten times a day.
Like Luke Skywalker, baby Harry was hidden in exactly the first place his enemies might go looking for him: with his only relatives. I understand there were enchantments placed on the joint that kept him safe from magical attack, but couldn't the death eaters have just hired a Muggle thug to shoot him in the face? They're too good for that?
Not only is the Dursley house an obvious hiding spot, it's a terrible place to live. Here's this kid that's survived his parent's brutal death and is seen as an icon of hope an sacrifice by his people and they dump him with the people who will treat him only slightly better than his worst enemies would. These are parents that got kicked out of a Roald Dahl book for being too nasty. His bedroom is a tiny cupboard under the stairs and his possessions are few. I guess that's why when he eventually learns that he's loaded with gold in a goblin bank, he never chooses to share any of his mountains of wealth with the poor Weasley family that spends the majority of their time trying to protect his rich behind.
Also depicted here is Harry's pet snow owl Hedwig. People in the wizarding world use owls to deliver their mail. Oddly, they live among us in secret, but have never caught on to a faster method of delivering information to people far away than strapping a piece of paper to a bird. They can fly and teleport and make items appear out of nowhere, but have nothing approaching e-mail and cell phones. You can't use a wand and a cell phone? Do your magical vibrations interfere with the signal? Not only do cell phones receive calls and messages instantly, you don't have to clean up their poop either. Look into it, wizards.
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Concerned that I might be shooting off the mark, I went out yesterday and did a bit of re-zeroing. The first shot I put into the target (the uppermost one) was perfectly on the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines - God, I thought, that's astounding! The rest of the group, however, was more dispersed - that's groups for you.
After going up and looking at the overall position of the pellets, I decided that the average of their positions was falling somewhat low. I went back 30 yards to the shooting spot, uncapped the top scope adjustment cap and tried to figure out how many clicks meant a movement of about half an inch up at thirty yards. After failing to remember anything that might help me to work it out, I made a guess instead: five clicks 'Up', then. I shot off another group of six (the lower picture above). There were no astonishing and misleading bulls-eyes this time, but, instead, the group had indeed moved up so that the group of shots more accurately surrounded the bulls-eye than it did before.
I spent a little time after this trying to see if there was a lot of difference between the zero point of the RWS Superdomes that I've been using over the last month or so and the rest of the tin of H&N Field Target Trophy's that I'd used before this. I also threw a group in with Air Arms Diabolo Fields to see what that could tell me. And what did I learn? I learned that trying to do this sort of thing in a hurry and draw conclusions from hastily thrown off groups is a bad idea. It'd take, I decided - at least with my shooting, anyway - a procession of groups with each of the different pellets before anything could be properly learned - and I didn't have the time to do that yesterday. So I learned that if I do want to learn stuff then I have to allocate proper amounts of time for learning - and not hope to get rich (with knowledge) quick.
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Fabienne Calvert Filteau is in her late twenties and from an old Central BC family. Her great grandparents settled in Vanderhoof around the turn of the twentieth century. As the family expanded it spread across the country but centred itself on a cabin that the grandparents built in the late twenties near Fort St. James — at Stone's Bay on Stuart Lake in the shadow of Pope Mountain. Calvert Filteau grew up in Ontario and returned to BC to study Creative Writing at the University of Victoria: her book acknowledges Tim Lilburn and Lorna Crozier, among others, as mentors. She worked her way through school as a tree planter and continues in that occupation, presently residing in Hazleton.
The poetry reading at the Twisted Cork banquet hall at the end of November tested the outer boundaries of appreciation of the poetic art. Held at the Twisted Cork in Prince George on October 23rd, 2015 the event drew about 65 people.
Don Precosky's memoir, published by Repository Press, Prince George in 2016 is about how he put himself through university working exhausting all night shifts at a truck stop on the Trans-Canada Highway near the current Thunder Bay is painful to read. However, this is not a criticism, but a tribute to how well the book is written, and how accurately it describes the physical and psychological impacts of working too many hours.
The book recognizes the sacrifices of truckers, loggers and everyone associated with transportation in the North, and eventually rises to the heroic. It celebrates the truckers' struggles, as if they were Greek soldiers trapped in struggle on the plains of Ilium before the unassailable gates of Troy. Precosky places the Trans-Canada Highway, an extraordinary achievement in the late 1950s and early 1960s, on the same level as the wine-dark sea of the Homeric epics.
Andrew Struthers is a latter-day hippie. That's what he calls himself in this book. He says he lived for seven years in a "hippie commune" up Clayoquot Sound. There, he had a "hippie hot tub" (an old bathtub in the back yard with a fire pit underneath?) in which he submersed himself "breathing through a yard of rubber hose that once connected the propane tank to the water heater." He attended the 2005 Vancouver Folk Music Festival and watches his friends, "brightly clad hippies, popping in and out of the porta-potties."
The launch of Dr. Sara De Leeuw's collection of personal essays, Where It Hurts, drew considerable interest from the Prince George literary community on May 17th at Cafe Voltaire.
CNC instructor, Peter Maides emceed the event, first introducing Sara and her co-worker Dr. Margot Greenwood from UNBC. He then introduced guest readers, Betsy Trumpener, CBC Daybreak radio journalist, and Stephen Collis, professor of contemporary literature at Simon Fraser University. The poets read from their own work and then from the works of local writers, Barry McKinnon, Ken Belford and Sharon Thesen. This was out of respect for their achievements in regional literature.
The theme of the Wordplay event at Café Voltaire Thursday, February 17th 2017, was 'Resistance.' About 25 attended the literary reading emceed by published poet Kara-lee MacDonald.


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Romell Broom (pictured) was to be executed at 10 AM on Tuesday, September 15, in Ohio. The execution was delayed as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considered granting him a hearing. When that temporary stay was lifted, the execution process began again with a searching for a suitable vein in Broom's arm to insert an IV and to inject the lethal chemicals. However, after two hours of fruitless endeavor, the correctional officers were unable to complete the execution. Governor Ted Strickland intervened and granted a week-long stay of execution while the state evaluates its procedures. Ohio has had a series of problems with its lethal injection process.
New Revelations of Inmate's Struggles During Ohio Execution Attempt
More information is being reported about the botched execution-attempt of Romell Broom yesterday (Sept. 15) in Ohio. According to the Associated Press, the correctional officers encountered so much difficulty in finding a suitable vein for the lethal injection that, after an hour, Broom attempted to assist them by moving on his side, sliding the rubber tubing up and down his arm, and flexing his fingers. A vein was found, but it collapsed as the technicians inserted a saline solution. Broom's assistance did not help, and he turned on his back and covered his face with both hands. He appeared to be in distress and wiped his eyes. One of the execution team handed him a roll of toilet paper, which he used. The executioners attempted to use the veins in his legs and he grimaced. One of the team patted him on his back. Finally, the executions gave up their attempts, indicating they needed a break.
During the execution, one of Broom's lawyers , Tim Sweeney, wrote Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer asking him to end the procedure. "Any further attempts today to carry out the execution of Mr. Broom would be cruel and unusual punishment in violation of . . . the U.S. Constitution," he wrote. "They would also violate Ohio's statutory requirement that a lethal injection execution is to be quick and painless." During the process, Broom requested that another of his lawyers, Adele Shank, come to the witness room. She witnessed Broom wince in pain several times. "It was obviously a flawed process," she said.
After 2 hours, Prison Director Terry Collins contacted Governor Ted Strickland who issued the last minute reprieve. "Difficulties in administering the execution protocol necessitate a temporary reprieve," said Strickland's Warrant of Reprieve, filed in court Tuesday afternoon. Collins thanked Broom for the respect he showed the execution team and for the way in which he handled the difficulties.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio asked state officials to immediately halt executions. "Ohio's execution system is fundamentally flawed. If the state is going to take a person's life, they must ensure that it is done as humanely as possible," ACLU counsel Carrie Davis said. "With three botched executions in as many years, it's clear that the state must stop and review the system entirely before another person is put to death."
Timeline for failed execution
Some events leading to Gov. Ted Strickland's decision to stop the Tuesday execution of Romell Broom because of difficulties finding a usable vein:
9:46 a.m.: Broom enters the holding cell 17 steps from the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville after being transported from the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown.
11:49 a.m.: Medical staff find that Broom's veins appear to be accessible in his right arm but not as visible in his left.
12:17 p.m.: Broom learns that Gov. Ted Strickland has rejected a request for mercy.
4:01 p.m.: Broom eats a dinner of chicken stir fry, rice, butter, bread, pears and juice. Broom declined to order anything besides what other prison inmates were served.
7:12 p.m.: In a phone call to his brother, Broom says he "wants it to be over." According to guards observing him, Broom says he is "tired of being in prison and having people tell him what to do every day."
12:24 a.m.: Broom falls asleep after watching TV for about two hours.
5:08 a.m.: Broom awakens for the day.
5:51 a.m.: Broom is escorted to the shower.
6:27 a.m.: Broom eats breakfast of cereal.
8:07 a.m.: The chemicals used in Ohio executions -- thiopental sodium, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride -- are delivered to the death house.
9:31 a.m.: Execution preparations put on hold while the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs a last-minute appeal request.
12:28 p.m.: Broom eats a lunch of creamed chicken, biscuits, green beans, mashed potatoes, salad and grape drink.
12:48 p.m.: The 6th Circuit says it will not review the appeal. Execution scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
1:24 p.m.: First round of lethal drugs is destroyed.
1:31 p.m.: Replacement drugs are delivered to the death house.
2:01 p.m.: Medical team enters holding cell and begins trying to insert IVs.
2:30 p.m.: Unable to find a usable vein, team leaves the cell to take a break.
2:42 p.m.: Team members back in cell trying again.
2:44 p.m.: Prisons director Terry Collins tells the medical team to take another break.
2:49 p.m.: Broom wipes his face with a tissue, appears to be crying.
2:57 p.m.: Broom asks that his attorney, Adele Shank, be allowed to watch. Around 3 p.m.: Tim Sweeney, a Cleveland attorney also representing Broom, sends a letter to Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer asking the court to stop the execution on the grounds that Broom is suffering cruel and unusual punishment.
3:04 p.m.: Shank speaks with prisons lawyer Austin Stout, who informs her execution policy doesn't allow lawyers to have contact with inmates after the execution process has started.
3:11 p.m.: Execution team members say they are having problems keeping a vein open because of Broom's past drug use.
3:33 p.m.: Shank is taken to the witness viewing area.
4:07 p.m.: Collins consults with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and the Ohio attorney general's office.
4:24 p.m.: Strickland issues one-week reprieve.
5:59 p.m.: Broom eats a dinner of veggie nuggets, lima beans, bread, cookies and juice.
Source (for all): DPIC


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Ryan Calls Tanya's Exes On-Air After Finding Out Her Dating Habits
Tanya Rad wasn't kidding when she revealed that she makes dates take the "Love Language" quiz 😂 Ryan Seacrest got ahold of two of her exes live on-air on Thursday, December 6, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that neither of them were too freaked out.
"We the guys on the show thought that's not a great thing to bring up … within the first 30 day trial period," Ryan explained, recapping that Tanya also takes notes after dates.
While Ryan, Sisanie, Engineer Tubbs and even Jared Goff's roomie Patrick thought it was "crazy," Tanya's dates actually complied and took the tests.
"She asked me to take the test, yes," Alex, date No. 1 that we called, revealed on-air. "My [reaction] was I had heard about it and I kind of knew what love language was so I was like, 'OK, I'll take the test' just to better educate myself on what my love language was."
That said, Alex pointed out a key fact — the Love Language quiz also informs you if you're not compatible ...
"I think it was more educational for me," he continued of his ~*~experience~*~. "I would say I'm a guys' guy and I'm not really sensitive and I wasn't looking to learn that about myself … I wasn't looking for compatibility, but I think if your love languages are off, then you know sooner than later it's not going to work, but it wasn't like, 'Oh, this is a deal breaker' because she asked that."
Ryan also hilariously read Tanya's notes on Alex: He doesn't like cilantro and his sister-in-law is a vegan.
Date No. 2 that Ryan called was Ivan, the Chicago stud that Giuliana Rancic attempted to set Tanya up with. (Never forget when we found out he's a Gemini.)
Ivan — whose notes include "be careful he has a friend that listens to the show" 😂 — also took the test.
"She did [ask me to take the test] and I thought it was a unique way to engage in a conversation with her," he revealed. "I wasn't [afraid of it] … I thought what was more interesting was she was like, 'Hold on, let me get back to my notes on you.' So I want to know what my file says and how many files does she have?!"
Watch back both videos above because Ryan then also called Alex BACK! to attempt to reconnect him with Tanya.
To take the Love Language quiz yourself, click here!


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need to use their heads once in a while. Circulating in the e-mail
world is a claim: "This is the only time in your life you will see this
phenomenon: August, this year, will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5
Sundays. This happens only once every 823 years." Snort. Anyone who can
read and has a calendar, and a little common sense, knows that this is
incorrect, as every time a month with 31 days (January, March, May,
July, August, October, December) has the 1st day of the month on a
Friday, this happens. So stay tuned for May 2015 when it will happen
again. Speaking of things that are subject to skepticism, even if
they're in writing, Al W. forwarded this along about how LOs are #3 on a list of jobs that make a person happy and rich.
of using your noggin, the GDP of Argentina is about the same as that of
Virginia, about $400-500 billion. Traders could use Argentina's missing
a debt payment as an excuse to buy US bonds. But instead of a flight to
quality which would push our rates lower, the "market" in its infinite
wisdom, decided to concentrate on economic data that sparked concern the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than some have expected. So yes, rates have moved higher, but are still within the range we've been in since before Easter. And we once again have proof that stocks and bonds don't always move in the opposite direction,
since bond prices and stock prices have fallen this week. Lots of
smarter minds than mine see this as an over-reaction and a buying
opportunity for both.
Many banks are preparing for an eventual increase in interest rates (take your pick: a stronger economy or the Fed scaling back security purchases). And so many banks are adding floating rate loans
in order to have an increasing income stream when rates do rise. This
is probably a good idea given that typical community bank funding
structures are positioned for a rising interest rate environment. As
bankers know, floating rate loans are typically priced at a spread
pegged to a benchmark. Over the years, though, many banks have been
shifting from Prime to Libor as they seek to better match funding
sources (large banks typically use Libor to price deposits).
remember when it was correctly called LIBOR (London Interbank Offered
Rate) but I guess it is easier to type Libor. It is a global floating
interest rate that initially acted primarily as a benchmark for
transactions between banks, and especially for commercial loans.
Possible manipulation and lawsuits aside, or actually because of them, a
new Libor administrator took over from the British Bankers Association
(BBA) called the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). But on July 1 of this year the ICE introduced new licensing arrangements for the use of the index!
A usage license is required for any party that uses Libor rates in
valuation and pricing activities, including collateral calculations,
interest rate fixing, pricing curves, etc., plus any party that uses
Libor rates as a reference rate in transactions which could include
swaps, mortgages and loans.
is shocking in its broad reach and seems to require a license for
practically every bank, mortgage company, credit union, core provider
and servicer in the U.S. ICE indicates licenses cost $16,000 per year -
can the local mortgage company or credit union afford that? That may
change, however, as Pacific Coast Bankers Bancshares reports that
currently the ABA and the ICBA are actively communicating with ICE to
help it achieve a better understanding of how U.S. institutions use the
index and to have this fee eliminated.
use their deposits to make loans, but US banks are steeling themselves
for the possibility of losing as much as $1 trillion in deposits as the
Federal Reserve reverses its emergency economic policies and raises
interest rates. JPMorgan Chase, the biggest US bank by deposits, has
estimated that money funds may withdraw $100 billion in deposits when
the Fed stops influencing supply and demand. And you know all those
recently minted MBAs in the ranks of Wells, Citi, Bank of America, Bank
of New York Mellon and PNC Financial Services are crunching numbers
trying to gauge the potential effect of the Fed's exit on institutional
or retail depositors who might choose to switch to higher interest accounts or investments.
Of course banks love paying roughly 0% on deposits and loaning the
money out, thus earning the spread. An outflow of deposits would be a
reversal of a five-year trend that has seen significant amounts of extra
cash poured into banks thanks to the Fed flooding the financial system
with liquidity. Banks
might have to pay higher rates on deposits to retain customers -
potentially hitting their profits and sparking a price war for client
State Updates
Pennsylvania recently modified provisions regarding powers of attorney in House Bill 1429.
The bill requires a power of attorney to be dated, as well as signed by
the principal or by another individual on behalf of and at the
direction of the principal if the principal is unable to sign. The
signature must be acknowledged before a notary public who is not the
agent designated in the power of attorney and witnessed by two
individuals, each of whom is 18 years of age or older.
Florida recently passed House Bill 413, which enacts provisions regarding consumer collection practices. HB 413 states, "a
person may not engage in business in Florida as a consumer collection
agency without first registering in accordance with the law, and
thereafter maintaining a valid registration."
The Financial Services Commission may also adopt rules requiring
electronic submission of forms, documents and required fees as well as
establish time periods during which a consumer collection agency is
barred from registration due to prior criminal convictions of, or guilty
or no contest pleas by, an applicant's control persons, regardless of
California amended provisions regarding mortgage loan originator education requirements in Senate Bill No. 1459.
Under the law, an applicant for a mortgage loan originator license is
required to complete at least 20 hours of approved pre-licensing
education. Pre-licensing education courses must be reviewed and approved
by the NMLSR. Education may be offered either in a classroom, online or
by any other approved means. Education requirements approved by the
NMLSR for any state other than California are accepted as credit toward
completion of pre-licensing education requirements in California.
Rhode Island's Governor, Lincoln Chafee, signed HB 7997
in July, which extends the state's licensing requirements to include
companies servicing a loan, directly or indirectly, as a third-party
loan servicer. As Buckley Sandler write, "the
new law expands the definitions for servicing and third-party loan
servicers, establishes for such servicers a $1,100 annual licensing fee,
and requires licensed servicers to: (i) maintain at least $100,000
capital; (ii) obtain a bond; (iii) maintain segregated borrower
accounts; and (iv) maintain certain records."
HB 7997 also establishes prohibited acts and practices for third-party
servicers, including, among others: (i) knowingly misapplying loan
payments to the outstanding balance of a loan or to escrow accounts;
(ii) requiring unnecessary forced placement of insurance; (iii) failing
to provide loan payoff information as required; (iv) collecting private
mortgage insurance beyond the date required; (v) failing to timely
respond to consumer complaints; and (vi) charging excessive or
unreasonable fees to provide loan payoff information. The new rules and
requirements take effect July 1, 2015.
Connecticut's legislature has passed House Bill 5514
providing for an alternate method of foreclosure. The new bill
establishes an additional method of foreclosure that will support the
Connecticut real estate market by selling residential properties at
market prices, encourage potential purchasers eligible for first-time
homebuyer and other special lending programs or who wish to perform due
diligence concerning a purchase to purchase a residence in foreclosure,
provide a measure of dignity to residential borrowers faced with the
prospect of foreclosure, reduce deficiencies by providing a procedure
for a market sale instead of a forced auction sale or lender possession
of property prior to sale and provide a speedy method of concluding a
foreclosure when the borrower and first mortgage lender agree on a sale.
New York has
adopted regulations concerning shared appreciation mortgage
modification as Title 3 NYCRR Part 83. It permits banks and mortgage
servicers to reduce the amount of principal outstanding on a borrower's
mortgage in exchange for a share of the future increase in the value of
the home. The option is limited to borrowers who are 60 or more days
past due on their loan or whose loan is the subject of an active
foreclosure action and who are not eligible for existing federal and
private foreclosure prevention programs.
Lender Updates
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Seattle announced that they are discussing a potential merger of the two
A merger would require approval from the Federal Housing Finance
Agency, as well as member-owners of FHLB Des Moines and FHLB Seattle.
The combined institution would provide funding solutions for more than
1,500 member financial institutions in 13 states, as well as the U.S.
territories of American Samoa and Guam and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
US Bank Mortgage posted its bulletin 14-045 regarding agency conventional overlays.
to an improved lending environment and the agencies providing better
clarity regarding their expectations, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage will be
eliminating all conventional agency credit overlays. "USBHM continues to
provide clarity when agencies are silent on a topic or when USBHM
chooses to use an alternative process to expedite loan approval." These
changes are effective immediately for all new conventional agency loans
and current loans in your pipeline. Agency guidelines must be followed.
Kinecta Federal Credit Union
reminded clients that it offers a 90% LTV Jumbo Arm program for loan
amounts up to $250,000 above agency high-balance limits, min 720 FICO
and discounted MI. Conversely, if the borrower wants to avoid MI, we
also offer 1st and 2nd combos up to a combined loan amount of $1
million. Also min FICO is 720.
Banc of California
now offers Non-Warrantable Condos, Condotels & HomeStyle Renovation
loans in all 50 states to its correspondent clients; Non-Warrantable
Condos: Fixed Rate and ARMs; Loan amounts to $2.5M, 65LTV; 80LTV to
Affiliated Mortgage Company recently updated its website. Check out its improved site at: AMC.
M&T Bank Correspondent's
2014-20 bulletin included information regarding Homeownership
Counseling disclosure forms audit requirement on loan files submitted
for purchase with application dates on or after 7/10/14 to ensure
compliance with the Dodd-Frank requirement. SONYMA Conventional Plus
income limits have changed with most of the State seeing a decrease. VA
appraisal fees have been revised applicable to all VA appraisals ordered
on or after July 2; Flood insurance minimum deductibles, for new or
renewing policies are in effect.
back to the markets, take your pick (Ukraine, Argentina, Israel, Libya,
the possibility of the Fed raising rates in the first half of 2015
instead of the second half), volatility has increased. MBS prices got
whacked Wednesday and Thursday, and yesterday the 10-yr closed at a
yield of 2.56% - still on the low side of the range we've been in since
MLK Day.
we've seen the Personal Income and Consumption data, along with payroll
and unemployment data. Nonfarm Payrolls were +209k for July, slightly
lower than expected but the prior month revised higher to 298k, and the
unemployment rate inched up to 6.2%; average hourly earnings and
workweek were both unchanged as expected. We still have the July final
University of Michigan survey coming, as well as July's ISM
Manufacturing results - but on a summer Friday, they are unlikely to
move rates. In early trading we're down to 2.54% and agency MBS prices are better by about .125.
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Fulton Counties
January 07, 2009
photo by J. Kelso.
I had jury duty this week, and spent 2 full days at the Fulton County Courthouse. The jury selection meat grinder was alternately dull and fascinating, and I didn't even make it to trial!
I hid a novel in my lap and I waited my turn as 50 of my fellow county residents stood and gave testimony about their background. Each potential juror had to spill some delicate details of their life story– crimes witnessed, perpetrated and survived, opinions about cops and addicts and dealers, knowledge of handguns...
But I was just as riveted by the parade of demographics. The white folks were all from the northern part of the county– Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Roswell. And they all had high tech jobs and they all were transplants to the South.
Those of us living south of I-20 were mostly Atlanta natives and mostly black. It was utterly predictable, yet I was taken aback by the formality of our segregation. It made me feel naive, sheltered even. Kind of like when I go to the airport and I'm mystified to see hundreds of laptops and maybe only a few Macs. Why would anyone use a PC? or live in Alpharetta? They can't all be wrong, but still, I get pretty smug about my little world.
During the breaks, I got to chat with a several nice jurors about the weather and the traffic. I got few blank stares from people, both black and white, when I mentioned taking Marta from Stumptown. And I have to admit reveling, silently, as they moaned about their commute down GA-400, 20-something miles in the rain.
Sometimes this city breaks my heart.


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I'll take 219 Brian (: You can put me on reserve as well. Thank for taking the job!
Main YT page: https://www.youtube.com/user/tippytoetoli?feature=mhee
Originals: https://www.youtube.com/my_videos?o=U
Mixture of tutorials, covers, beginners stuff, originals: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4s...=dd&shelf_id=0
Just an old dog trying to learn new tricks . . .
ddanner SOTU VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...wjRMd7fqE9vEv2
ddanner ORIGINAL SONGS: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...h4b1ScxqSX_UGP
Just letting you know I always check my PM Notifications first before going to the forum so that is the best way of requesting a season. I then go to the forum so of course it can be down here as well.
No sticky yet I see and I didn't even get a response from the PM I sent to a mod.
Asked a different moderator to make this a sticky. No answer to PM and still not a sticky.
Wow 4 years of the Seasons heading into the fifth
I didn't realize it happened so long ago
woohoo may there be many more
It looks like 224 (29 May to 5 June) needs a host. I'd be delighted to take that one off your hands Pa.
Hi. Yes I am taking the plunge on my birthday week if available. The week of 238.
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Rok Verderber (SLO)
Optimist World Champion 2015 - Rok explained his various tactics on PC
For the new World Champion Rok "Tactical Sailing" was almost routine. Just like on the water he beat all the other players. This was not surprising, because over a period of months Rok and his trainer Sinija Hrvatin concentrated their training tactics on land by use of "Tactical Sailing" and "Coach Toolbox". Rok explained his various tactics and advice on the game to his teammates who listened attentively. To pass this experience on to others proves him to be a real World Champion with team spirit.
Rok´s succession of wins gave him the confidence
The World Champion 2015 comes from Slovenia. Right from the outset Rok´s convincing number of outright wins eliminated all other competitors from any chance of winning the much wanted world title. The four day wins secured him a lead of 28 points. In second place was Jodie Lai from Singapore, the only female competitor in the top ten fleet and third was Mathias Berthet from Norway.
From the beginning Rok´s succession of wins 1-5-1-1-1-2-3-4 (65) gave him the confidence in his capability to win the championship. After the qualifying rounds Rok Verderber (SLO 2307) already led with 9 points, followed by Suthon Yampinid (TH 2243) from Thailand with 19 points and Jodie Lai (SIN 117) from Singapore with 26 points. Photos: © Copyright 2015 || Robert Hajduk.
The race area at Dziwnow / Polen
However the world championship in Dziwnów (Poland) brought about various circumstances, which proved contrary to the expectations for most of the competing nations. The light wind, the current, ceaseless waiting ashore and that the Gold Fleet did not have a single start without a general recall under the "Black Flag". The constant changing wind made the field completely inconsistent. This meant that in the Gold Group no sailors succeeded in finishing any two races among the top 10… - highly complex wind conditions! However after waiting patiently 3 days for wind the competitors were well rewarded when it finally arrived.
Best wind for training at Tactical Sailing on a PC
During the 3 days ashore there were lots of interesting activities. After the most important preparation for the races, some sailors collected autographs from other competitors from all over the world. Others built a tower with Lego bricks or took part in a paintball contest to colourfully eliminate their opponents. "Tactical Sailing" was as usual the main attraction for the kids. They were willing to wait in the long queue in front of them, made up from teams from Switzerland, Singapore and Spain who turned out to be "regular customers". Here was a great opportunity even without wind to try out their tactical skills.
Even Zizi Staniul, the best Optimist-Coach at world level had great fun with his Swiss Team with "Tactical Sailing". There were "crashes and protests" with penalty turns and rights of way on the starboard tack. With the "Coach´s Toolbox" it is possible for 4 people to play Fleet-, Match- and Team-Races together. By observing the smiling faces and laughter from the children it was good to see that "Tactical Sailing" is great fun for young and old.
Video Clip: Coach Zizi Staniul is playing, click here
Video Clip: Optimist Teams are playing, click her
Idiomas! Bienvenido al programa de servicio de Tactical Sailing!
En el futuro, "Tactical Sailing" se complementará con un programa de servicio especial "Idiomas"....[more]


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what it is and how it works
What the Wells Fargo Text message scam looks like
So there you are, minding your own business and you get a text message from a number you don't recognize claiming to be Wells Fargo. The text of the message probably reads something like this:
In my case the text came from 1-(304) 519-1229. Ironically, since I grew up in West Virginia, I immediately recognized the 304 area code as a WV prefix.
The text comes with a link attached that you're supposed to click so you can go to the page that will allow you to update your personal info and avoid your account being locked. The whole message, as I received it looked like this on my iPhone.
Since I work from a Mac and have the Messaging app installed I can hover over the link and see where it will take me if I click on it. If you did click on it you'd go to a page at this URL, h**p://online-wells.txt-5208.com.
How to spot a scam
So without visiting the link, how did I know this was a scam?
Fits the phishing profile
Being a modern web developer keeps me in the loop about malicious attacks. Keeping my clients personal info safe is priority number one. This is one significant reason I host all my sites on a VPS (Virtual Private Server).
This scam is a classic "phishing scam" where the scammer baits you with a warning that if it were real, would command you're immediate attention. The unsuspecting user clicks on the link and is taken to an official looking page. In this case it would resemble a Wells Fargo page that looks like this.
This is the point that they get you to enter personal information into a form. If you submit that form you'll have given them the information they need to access you bank account.
If you're suspect of the form they might try to get you to click other links on the page that could place tracking cookies, key stroke loggers, or other malicious code into your web browser or onto your computer.
The phone number
I went back through all my text messages stored on my computer to find an official one from Wells Fargo. Since I've been using the Mac Messaging app I've received a total of 0 messages from Wells Fargo.
That's enough right there to know that this text is a scam.
But you might be enrolled in text alerts with your bank. If you are, you will know it because you will have gone through a deliberate process to do so. Maybe you did it a while ago and forgot. If so, here's what an official text from an enrollment service will look like.
I use my AMEX card for all major purchases because their fraud detection department is on point. Not only do they catch nefarious behavior early, they will take care of disputed charges no questions asked.
I received the alert above after a major purchase from an online retailer, otherwise known as a 'card not present transaction'.
A couple other things to note is that official messages like this don't come from a regular 10 digit phone number. They also never ask you to click a link to another page and most will give you the option to opt out, meaning that you have at some point elected to opt in.
The attachment link
You won't be able to mouse hover over the attachment link on your phone, revealing the scammers destination page URL. If you accidentally click the link it'll open up a web page in your default web browser app. At this point you should be able to see the URL.
The official Wells Fargo site is www.wellsfargo.com. The scammers are using h**p://online-wells.txt-5208.com.
Official domain = wellsfargo
Scammers Domain = online-wells.txt-5208
Wells Fargo encrypts ALL of their web pages with an SSL certificate. You can tell because the web address starts with https not http. If the certificate has been verified the https will appear green, just like the one at the top of this page.
I'll say it again, online security is number one. All my personal and business sites are encrypted with verified certificates. I encourage all my clients to do the same and will eventually require them to if they want to do business with me. If they don't want to pay then I usually add a free cert to their site which gives them a grey https at the front of the URL.
What to do if you get a message like this
The best thing to do is simply delete it. If you have the time and desire you can report the scam to the agency that's being spoofed. In this case, Wells Fargo. The link to report it is here.
Or, if you're like me, and feeling a little cheeky…
Let em know how your really feel.
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Packaging around the world
Travel accessories
It seems obvious in hindsight, but you've got to applaud the insight that Veuve Cliquot now mines with great panache, to distinguish its brand from dozens of other champagnes: Travellers love accessories. For besuited business blokes it's a quick rummage in the electrical section, hoping to find yet another bargain camera or an iPhone charging…Read More
Manga style
Visiting supermarkets in far away places is at least as much fun as going to local art galleries, even if the display values aren't always up to the same standards. Nowhere is this more true than the noodle aisles in Vietnam, where there must be 100 brands of assorted styles of this staple food, taking…Read More
The sweet taste of freedom
Like the vast majority of brands in the world Mona used to have a 'holding device' for a logo, which makes it hard to express emotions like fun or joy, or that one you feel when someone puts a monster-sized pudding in front of you. But with its letters released to dance in a field…Read More
Memories of Home
Feeding and fueling the Expats is high on the list for Singapore supermarkets, at least those in the business district. The Expats are many and varied, so the shelves are filled with lots of brands from 'home', and that could be anywhere from Japan to Scotland. French and Italian brands show up quite a lot…Read More
Cosmetic language
We all recognise the power of the phrase 'Laboratoires Garnier, Paris', replete as it is with the semiotic power combo of Frenchness and science. Here in Singapore there are quite a lot of 'L'apostrophe' brands for the same reason, and in case you didn't get it we'll call this one 'L'Action' so you know it…Read More
Happy bread
Despite the high levels of chilled distribution in Singapore there's clearly a need for products to remain fresh on ambient shelves too. This local bread proudly announces its Japanese ingredients and 'Fresh Dot' technology, which is a freshness indication provided by that turquoise tag inside. Reading that long list of benefits delivered in the first…Read More
Cha Cha Chic Choc
There's a thin line between fitting in with market codes and copying the leading brand. I guess when the leading brand is the market code (as is often the case in confectionery), it's a tough call for the lawyers. Here in Indonesia there are no prizes for guessing what's inside that red pack of Chic…Read More
Odd shape for a cow
No shortage of black-splodges on milk packs throughout the world of course, but this one caught my eye for a different reason: The shrink-sleeve graduates beautifully to a flavourful pastel colour that really gets the taste-buds going. In the hand the square bottle with an embossed square near the base is a bit odd, but…Read More
Mouth entertainment
In Western Europe kids tend to like a small and fairly predictable range of flavours and textures but in Asia things are a little different. Like garlic flavour crispy seaweed, for example. Tao Kae Noi (Little Boss) is a Thai brand that's been around for 9 years and made its owner a billionaire. Now growing…Read More
Don't worry… be happy
I read recently that one of Coca Cola's defining values is that it's always there for you in a time of crisis. At a corporate level, when natural disasters strike Coca Cola bottlers stop production of everything but water, and distribute that for free. A financial crisis might not seem so disastrous, but people are…Read More


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About half of Valpo's students participate in community service annually, logging more than 90,000 hours of service per academic year. Biology students have many opportunities to apply their knowledge through service to our community, locally and globally.
Student organizations and professors provide service opportunities including:
- Regional water quality assessments
- Medical missions
- Stream restoration
- Fish habitat restoration
- Ecological monitoring for local parks and wildlife areas
Off-Campus Opportunities
Biology students are welcome to participate in any of Valpo's 25 study abroad programs, and many of those opportunities include focused experiential learning opportunities.
- Internships are included in 12 of the semester and year-long programs
- Most programs include a service learning component


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We all want a bright smile that we can be proud of, however, it is not always easy when it means we have to compromise some of the things we love, such as wine and coffee. However, today we have various teeth whitening procedures that have proven to be effective and that we are proud to offer you as our valuable patient. Please review some of those teeth whitening procedures below and contact us to schedule an appointment with our dentist to discuss in detail which procedure is ideal for you.
Take Home Trays
Take-home whitening trays are a type of teeth whitening procedure that you can perform at the comfort of your home. This is an easy and cost-effective teeth whitening treatment that can be easily obtained. You must follow the instructions given by our dentist to see the results at home. Although they can be a convenient option, obtaining great results can take longer than other treatments and they don't always work well for deep stains. These trays are custom made to go over your teeth, and whiten your teeth through a special gel that is found on the inside of the trays.
These trays, once made for you, can then be taken home as a teeth whitening kit, along with the guidelines given by our dentist. The time period that they must remain on your teeth can vary according to your teeth whitening needs.
How Take-home Whitening Trays Work
Custom whitening trays are trays that are clear and are usually made of a clear plastic that comfortably adjust when inserted. A small dollop of gel is inserted in each tray, giving them their whitening properties. The gel consists of a hydrogen peroxide solution that actively whitens the enamel of the teeth.
After they have been used and are taken off, they need to be cleaned with a Q-tip or a cloth and rinsed. This makes them ready to be used again. It is not recommended to use them for at least another day, after each application.
These whitening trays can be used several times to achieve the desired results. Our dentist can further advice on how many times they should be used in your case.
Contact Dental Care at Trinity Lakes in site:city to obtain any of the above treatments mentioned above. Our dentist will guide you through the entire process and make sure you are satisfied with your results. We hope to hear from you soon!


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Finnish telecom group Nokia reported on Thursday that its network equipment business had significantly improved sales and profitability in the second quarter, sending its share price soaring more than seven percent.
The company reported group sales increased nine percent compared with the same period last year, to 3.2 billion euros ($3.5 billion).
"I am particularly pleased by Nokia Networks, which rebounded dramatically from its tough start to the year," Nokia's chief executive Rajeev Suri said in a media conference call.
The group's second quarter attributable net profit was down to 347 million euros, compared with 2.5 billion euros last year, the drop resulting from discontinued operations. Nokia's Devices and Services unit -- the unprofitable handset business -- whose sale to Microsoft in 2013 was finalised in April 2014, contributed to net profit in the second quarter 2014.
Operating profit meanwhile almost doubled to 508 million euros in Q2, compared with 284 million euros last year.
"The result was very solid, far above my expectations. Particularly positive was that the profit margins of the network business recovered back to good levels after a weak first quarter," analyst Mikael Rautanen of Finnish equity research firm Inderes told AFP.
Shares of Nokia surged 7.2 percent in early afternoon trading on the Helsinki market, which was up overall 0.7 percent.
Despite recent media speculation of German carmakers seeking to acquire Nokia's HERE unit for its mapping and location system activities, the company did not reveal any details of ongoing negotiations.
"I would like to reiterate that our goal is to find the best possible solution for Nokia and its shareholders, and for HERE and its employees and customers," Suri said.
Rautanen estimates that while HERE's share of Nokia's profits is relatively small, the sale would have a positive impact on Nokia's balance sheet.
"It would boost the company's financial muscles so to speak," he said.
In mid-April Nokia struck a 15.6 billion euro deal to buy its rival Alcatel-Lucent to create the world's biggest supplier of mobile phone network equipment.
Suri said Thursday Nokia expects to finalise the deal in the first half of 2016.
"Both of our companies are cooperating with all remaining authorities to close the deal as quickly as possible," he said.
In Paris Thursday, Alcatel-Lucent announced it had reduced its second quarter losses to 54 million euros compared with 298 million during the same period last year.
"As for the future, much depends on how the merger with Alcatel-Lucent pulls off. How do they manage to merge the different organisations and cultures, how the clients and the employees will react," Rautanen added.


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Jaime Hayon creates monochrome carousel for Swarovski's Tyrolian theme park
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has completed a fairground carousel covered with 15 million Swarovski crystals for the company's outdoor park in the Austrian countryside. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has completed a fairground carousel covered with 15 million Swarovski crystals for the company's outdoor park in the Austrian countryside. More
Fritz Hansen has opened a showroom designed by Jaime Hayon in Xi'an as part of its ambition to become "the biggest Danish brand in China". More
Jaime Hayon says his Plenum furniture collection aims to be a hybrid between design for the home and the office, in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at his studio in Valencia for Republic of Fritz Hansen. More
Dezeen promotion: Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has added a series of chairs to his rattan furniture collection Frames. More
An exhibition of work by Jaime Hayon is currently taking place as part of Madrid Design Festival, marking the first time that the Spanish designer has had a retrospective staged in his own country. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has teamed up with British designer Jasper Morrison to launch a fashion label, which will see an "evolving collection" of clothing created by a number of contributing designers. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has returned to Atlanta's High Museum of Art for the second year running with a set of striped interactive sculptures and an exhibition of new work. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week. More
Bird-headed men, floating body parts and turtles adorn Jaime Hayon's new rugs, revealed by Spanish brand Nanimarquina at Milan design week. More
Dezeen promotion: Jaime Hayon's popular Showtime furniture collection, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, is now available from Spanish brand BD Barcelona Design in new materials and fabrics. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón aimed to take visitors to this hotel in Madrid on a "visual journey through Spain's past" by combining Arabic and Moorish details with his signature playful aesthetic. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is making forays into architecture, with this pop-up pavilion at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and a more large-scale project in the pipeline. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has assembled sections of quartz material Caesarstone into stoney faces that form tabletops, cabinet fronts and wall hangings. More
Eli Feiglin of Caesarstone reflects on the quartz surface manufacturer's collaborations with designers including Raw Edges and Jaime Hayón in the latest movie Dezeen produced for the brand. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a festive ice cream cake for Häagen-Dazs. More
Children can crawl into the rear end of a wooden pig when visiting this playground installation by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. More
Israel's Design Museum Holon is hosting an exhibition covering 10 years work by Spanish designer Jamie Hayón, including a new mirror designed to resemble an animal mask. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is launching a limited-edition chronograph with a chimp-like face for his watch company Orolog. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has turned a paulownia tree planted by Modernist architect Le Corbusier at his Villa Le Lac into a collection of wooden objects for Cassina. More
Lighting brand Metalarte has launched a giant floor-standing version of Spanish designer Jaime Hayón's Josephine lamp to mark its 10th anniversary. More


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The pungent smell of burnt trash and truck tyres enters people's noses passing through Calle Bernàl. The kids are playing with cigarettes and rats while no mother is standing at the glassless windows, to look after her son in the infamous district of Palma-Palmilla in Màlaga.
The government of the Andalucian city, that makes 60% of its own income from tourism, keeps that hidden side of the town far away from the media stage; partly because the fear of this far-west area is fuelled by urban legends and partly because in 45 years they have never reacted to the neighbourhood's decline.
Not only the local government but even the local police and the Li.Ma.Sa, Màlaga's own garbage collection company, have abandoned the people living there. According to some urban legends recounting tales of "people throwing stones" or "stealing the shoes" of any foreigner who ventures in, they say it's too dangerous to enter Palma-Palmilla so they clean only the roads nearby.
But what's the reality beyond that? Is it really a place populated by criminals?
"Let me answer with a bit of history first", says Cristina Garcìa Lopez, a 25-year-old social worker with four years of experience on the spot. "In the late seventies there was a huge flood which destroyed part of the city centre including Rolla Del Cuarto. Today that street is one of the richest and poshest we have, but at that time it was populated mostly by farmers and peasants. The right wing government promised new houses for them, so they built the district of Palma-Palmilla. The displaced families who moved there realised soon that their lives would have never been the same again; they were forced to live ten by ten in every 30sqm flat above their "gallineros", the stables for the chickens. Most of those flats didn't have (and still haven't) electricity or glass in the windows. In these poor conditions due to the flood, loss of their goods and a collapse in their previous economy some of them turned to crime in order to survive."
"In the same years the local and regional government started to promote Màlaga as the icing on the cake of the Costa Del Sol; to achieve that they got rid of most of the gangs in the city centre simply by offering them a home base in Palma-Palmilla. That's how it started. The Town Hall created a ghetto for petty criminals and property-less people just to clean the centre and increase tourism, which over the years became our biggest income. These people aren't dangerous at all. If you look at the statistics you see that in Calle Ilarios -the main road of the city- there are more crimes than here. The problem is that here there's a huge black market due to the lack of regular jobs and, as in every other part of the city, there's drug dealing."
In the years after the construction of the ghetto, urban legends and anecdotes started to circulate and those stories literally took the responsibilities off of the shoulders of the Mayor and his staff, focusing on relentless criminals who were impossible to stop.
"Four years ago the government proposed a questionnaire called GAR to improve the situation in Palma-Palmilla," adds Cristina. "It was a printed form where you had very odd questions about what you'd like to see for your district: more parking lots, more cops, more green zones and so on. But it wasn't meant to discuss people's problems with them; it was only a political move because the population wasn't even allowed to see it. Only the associations working there were allowed to do so. Thinking about it now it's very ridiculous: more parking lots? Come on, these people doesn't even own a car! Is that what you call discuss the problems with the population?"
In Palma-Palmilla there's also an obscure political figure linked to the Socialist Party (Pesoe) who seems to be known and admired by everybody in the neighbourhood. His name is Francisco "Paco" Vigo.
"Paco Vigo is a member of the Associaciòn De Vecinas, one of the association present on the territory. But this is only one of his guises: mainly he works for the regional section of the Pesoe and he is an important member of the Charros, the local Mafia," Cristina continues. "His main job is to give money to the people in change of their votes for the Pesoe, the so called rate of exchange. If you vote for his party he gives you the money and running water in your house, if you don't you can forget a huge part of your everyday life as cleaning, get a shower or cook some pasta. The worst thing is that the people like him because he represents an income for them and they don't know that the Town Council should provide all of those goods he guarantees. Also Paco's strongest ally happens to be the only alter-authority existing in Palma-Palmilla: the Church!"
A year ago the Zambre association, where Cristina used to work, wrote an article for the local paper to denounce his acts. The result is that he sued them for defamation.
In this jumble of responsibilities the only ones who get hurt by Palma-Palmilla's reputation are the 40 thousands inhabitants living there. They struggle to have a normal life and when they ask for jobs, usually with cleaning companies, they get paid half the normal wage and are forced to work without a regular contract, which leads them either to commit crime or to work until the rest of their days, because no retirement will ever be given to them. There's no second chance for these people and all because some urban legends say that "if you enter where they live they will steal your shoes" or rubbish like that.
Francesco Mandolini
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Published on February 13th, 2012 | by Dan3
Diablo 3 Release Pinpointed to Quarter 2
From the department of "Things We Never Thought We'd Hear" comes this news from Blizzard. Nearly 12 years after Diablo II, Diablo 3 has a time frame for release.
After some crazy rumors and Best Buy jumping the gun, we have news straight from Blizzard themselves. In an earnings call, Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime detailed that Diablo 3 is looking at a Q2 release. This puts it between April and June. How realistic is this? Blizzard tends to operate on Blizzard time, but being in the beta myself, I'd say this is a reasonable time frame.
The game is polished and in a release state already (at least what we've seen in beta), but Blizzard never stops tinkering. They released a patch just three weeks ago with game altering changes. Beta testers don't even have any content beyond the first hour and a half of Act I. There is still a lot that hasn't been tested or even seen. Despite all this, I definitely see Q2 as a realistic release. Blizzard just released 100,000 more beta invites last week, so we may see beta content may begin rolling out at a faster pace.
Don't be worried about a buggy, half-baked release either (we've seen far too many recently). This is Blizzard. Their track record speaks for itself.
Are you excited for Diablo 3? Ready to take a week off work in the Spring? Let us know in the comments!
3 Responses to Diablo 3 Release Pinpointed to Quarter 2
is it ok if i dont care about diablo anymore?
Diablo III! DiabloIII!!!
blizzard in charge of release dates
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Forget the green gizmos and bamboo floors; Green building is all about moderation
Green building is so complicated sometimes, with everybody peddling green gizmos and stuff to put on your house, when as this wonderful drawing from Albert, Righter and Tittmann Architects demonstrates, the real trend is toward simplicity. Over at Green Building Advisor, Martin Holladay muses about the contradictions and mixed messages.
It is confusing, and constantly changing. While Martin and I do not always agree, (He called me a Luddite!) He is right about one thing: this isn't rocket science. There are basic, sensible principles that anyone can follow to build a healthy, green and affordable house. Read them all here.
Green building websites can be confusing. One site might tell you that a green home should include spray foam insulation, a tankless water heater, and a geothermal heating system. After you've absorbed this advice, you visit another website, where you learn that spray foam is a dangerous petrochemical, tankless water heaters are overpriced gadgets, and "geothermal" systems aren't really geothermal.
Martin also has suggestions for what to ask your architect or designer, the most important of which is:
What makes a house green? (A designer who mentions things like "keeping the house small" and "keeping energy bills low" is on the right track. A designer whose first answer is "choosing green materials" may not be the one you want to hire.)
Lots of low hanging fruit to chew on at Green Building Advisor. It is almost a definition of a Pretty Good House.


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NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the heirs of comic book artist Jack Kirby had no rights to characters such as the Hulk and Fantastic Four which are now owned by Marvel Entertainment, a Walt Disney Co subsidiary.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision finding that creations amounted to "works made for hire" under the federal copyright laws and belonged to Marvel.
Kirby, who died in 1994, was a influential comic book artist who among fans is closely associated with the rise of Marvel Comics in the 1960s with former editor and writer Stan Lee.
Kirby helped create iconic characters including the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, the X-Men, Captain America and Thor, many of which have become the subjects of recent blockbuster films.
Walt Disney Co bought Marvel for $4 billion in 2009. "Iron Man 3," the latest Marvel movie based on a character Kirby helped create, has grossed $1.2 billion worldwide since May, according to Box Office Mojo.
The lawsuit stemmed from documents Kirby's heirs served Marvel in 2009 claiming rights to works he created from 1958 to 1963, when he was a freelance artist and drew some of Marvel's most prized characters.
Marvel subsequently sued the Kirbys in January 2010, seeking a court ruling declaring they had no rights to terminate the company's rights to the characters.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in July 2011 ruled for Marvel, finding the works constituted works for hire under the Copyright Act of 1909.
In its ruling, the three-judge appeals panel upheld part of McMahon's decision.
"Marvel's inducement, right to supervise, exercise of that right, and creative contribution with respect to Kirby's work during the relevant time period is more than enough to establish that the works were created at Marvel's instance," U.S. Circuit Judge Robert Sack wrote.
The ruling follows other fights by comic book writers, artists and their heirs to reclaim the rights to famed comic book characters.
In June, the 2nd Circuit revived a lawsuit by former Marvel freelancer Gary Friedrich against the company over his rights to the motorcycle-riding vigilante character Ghost Rider.
Trial in that case was pushed back to Dec. 16 while Marvel and Friedrich pursue mediation and hopefully achieve a resolution," according to an Aug. 1 letter by a lawyer for Marvel.
Neither a lawyer for the Kirbys nor Marvel representatives immediately responded to requests for comment.
The case is Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Kirby, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 11-3333.


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Advance Flooring's Neoflex Wood Series, a collection of printed rubber planks, offers a range of interior design possibilities with greater flexibility, minimal waste and more creative freedom.
Another evolution in rubber flooring by global manufacturer Rephouse is an amazing range of printed rubber planks, the Neoflex Wood Series. These 1200x200mm planks offer a new world of interior design possibilities, with greater flexibility, minimal waste and more creative freedom.
The wood pattern representative of oak planks is a standard design available. Further to this an endless range of print colours and patterns is available onto 26 background colours to enable you to design your floor to your own exacting requirements.
Defining 'Body and Mind' areas in this gym fit out with different colours demonstrates how effectively rubber can be utilised throughout different facilities.
The Neoflex Wood Series is a 100% EPDM rubber floor covering that incorporates advanced polyurethane coating technology. It exhibits the same excellent physical properties of our regular EPDM floors but with a natural wood pattern for a contemporary look.
Neoflex™ Wood Series meets ISO9239-1 flammability standards and can therefore be used in most commercial flooring applications as well as of course, sports and recreational uses.
Recycled Rubber flooring has a great features that enhance the look, feel and life of any floor. Rephouse commercial and recreational flooring is an eco-friendly, homogeneous EPDM/recycled rubber floor covering for areas subject to heavy wear. The durability, flexibility, safety, comfort, slip-resistance and visual appeal makes Rephouse an ideal solution for both indoor and outdoor commercial flooring applications.
Advance Flooring are pleased to be distributing Rephouse rubber flooring throughout New Zealand and have a range of patterns, colours and thickness's available ex stock for those projects where timing is everything.


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Made You Look: During The Rise Of Hip Hop's Most Extravagant Era, A New Star Was Born — The Video Vixen | VIXEN.
Every music video needs a leading lady, and these stars didn't come cheap.
Amina Buddafly has only been known to be linked to one man for quite some time: her now soon-to-be ex-husband, Peter Gunz.
Now that the Love & Hip Hop starlet has officially called it quits with Peter, she has her eyes set on a new man, and he just so happens to play a major role in a film she recently saw: Black Panther.
Buddafly explained in an Instagram post that she's really feeling Michael B. Jordan after seeing his performance in the anticipated blockbuster smash.
In the caption of a photo she posted, she said she now has the Marvel film's villain "on her mind."
Join the line, Amina. Join the line.
(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Every music video needs a leading lady, and these stars didn't come cheap.
We spent a year asking the biggest names in Hollywood what makes a performance Oscar-worthy. Watch as Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Barry Jenkins and more share their opinions on winning the coveted award.