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Stainless Steel Car Mug
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- 2016-06-28
Duble walled stainless steel promotional or corporate gift travel mug. Supplied with airtight sealing lid and gift box.Size:350ml Colours Available: Silver/Black
Thermal Traveller Auto Mug
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- Vivian133384
- 2016-06-28
Options Rush Available Mechanical 5798438991pen-Close5798439200Lid comes standard with the ThermalTraveller Tumbler. Keep your message in front of customers, employees and prospects who are on-the-go. Acrylic / plastic travel mug features double-wall insulation and large 16oz. capacity, perfect for coffee and other beverages! Top of the line beverageware! 5798441504Includes New C10 Mechanical 5798438991pen-Close5798439200Lid 5798441504Double-Wall Insulated 5798441504Top Rack Dishwasher Safe 5798441504Full Color Imprinting Included Normal Production Time: 10 Working Days Product Size: 16 oz. Product Weight: 50 per carton/27 lbs. Made In: United States Additional Information: 5798441504Four Color Process Digital Color Output. 5798441504Imprint Area: Price includes continuous wrap-around imprint at No Extra Charge. 5798441504Digital Set-Up: Digital Set-up charge includes proof. 5798441504Packaging: Individually polybagged for added protection
Self Stirring Mug
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- Lily10111710
- 2016-06-28
Self Stirring Mug material: stainless steel interior plastic exterior capacity: 450ml
Bright Color Auto Mug - 16 oz.
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- 2016-06-28
Features: Has a 4-finger comfort handle Thumb slide lid helps prevent spills FDA Compliant – Safe for food contact Union Made in China BPA Free Materials: Polypropylene - Recycle Code #5 Size: 3-3/4" diameter x 7-1/2" H Lid Color(s): Black Blue Green Pink Red Violet White Mug Color(s): Red White Yellow Awareness pink Blue Lime green Orange Production Time: 7-10 business days Silk Screen: Price includes a one color Silk Screen. Setup/Plate Charge Required. Imprint Setup/Plate Charge: $50.00 for first color. Imprint Area(s): Side: 3" x 2-1/2" W Additional Color(s) Imprint available in up to 4 color(s). Setup/Plate Charge: $50.00 per color. Run Charge: $0.35 for each additional color per item. Additional Location(s)
Double Walled Auto Mug
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- 2015-12-08
Large capacity double walled stainless steel thermo promotional or corporate gift travel mug fits all car cup-holders. Double walled construction for ease of cleaning and additional insulation. Size: 135mm x 85mm diameter Colours Available: Stainless Steel
Doubled Wall Auto Mug
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- 2015-12-08
All stainless promotional or corporate gift thermo travel mug fits cup-holders Size: 135mm x 85mm diameter Colours Available: Stainless Steel
16 Oz. Stainless Steel Auto Mug w/Lighter Plug
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- 2015-12-08
Keep all coffee warm at all times. The travel mug plugs into your car lighter to keep your coffee warm all day long. Made of a non-slip foam base with spill and drip proof lid design . Imprint Method: Screen printed Color: Silver/Black Trim Price Include: 1 color;1 side;1 location
Stainless steel double walled auto mug
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- 2015-12-08
Stainless Steelpromotional or corporate gift thermo travel mug fits cup-holders. 16oz. Logo is welcom.
Double walled mug
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- Cherry15111103
- 2015-11-11
Double walled mug. Color: red, blue, orange. Height: 4.5". Caliber: 3.3". Logo can be printed.
Plastic double walled auto mug
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- Cherry15102603
- 2015-10-26
Ideal promotional products for insurance companies and car dealerships, this double walled auto mug makes a great "Thank You" gift! BPA free and made in the China the colorful beverage accessory features a double wall insulation and a straw. Fits most auto cup holders, is top rack dishwasher safe and is not recommended for use in a microwave oven. Ships assembled. •Material: Polypropylene •Color: red, blue, etc.,can custom made according to your requirements •Size: 31oz •Price Includes:one color imprint. •Set Up Charges:$50
color-changing auto mug
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- cherry15052608
- 2015-05-26
color-changing auto mug.The color will change when pouring into water. auto mug with paper insert.15 oz. tumbler with paper insert. Paper insert allows you to be as creative as possible with imprint. Double wall construction with stainless steel inner shell. Comes with a spill resistant lid. Its dimensions are 3 1/4" x 7 1/4".Material: Stainless Steel.Minimum Production Time: 10 day(s)Size:15 oz.
Auto Mate Insulated Travel Mug
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- Jaye15051602
- 2015-05-16
OptionsImprint Areas Rush Available * The Auto Mates are double wall insulated mugs that fit most beverage holders. * This mug features a thumb slide lid in your choice of color. (Matching lids and mugs will be shipped unless otherwise specified on your order.)
Personal Refillables (TM) - Insulated 16 oz. auto mug, BPA free, home recycled polypropylene.
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- 2015-01-25
Ideal for Earth Day events and fundraisers, this 16 oz insulated auto mug makes a great "Thank You" gift! Made in China and molded with Home Recycled Polypropylene, this beverage accessory features a four finger ergonomic handle and a double wall insulation to keep your favorite drinks hot. Fits most auto cup holders, is top rack dishwasher safe and not recommended for use in a microwave oven. Ships assembled. Size: 3 3/4" d x 7 1/2" h. Material: Polypropylene Color: Eco Gray, Eco Navy , Eco Tan, Eco Dark Green, White Normal Production Time: 5 business day(s) Size: 16 oz Price Includes:one color imprintSet Up Charges:$50
Personal Refillables (TM) - Insulated 16 oz. auto mug, BPA free, reusable and recyclable polypropylene.
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- 2015-01-25
Ideal promotional products for insurance companies and car dealerships, this 16 oz insulated auto mug makes a great "Thank You" gift! BPA free and made in the USA the colorful beverage accessory features a four finger ergonomic handle and a double wall insulation to keep your favorite drinks hot. Fits most auto cup holders, is top rack dishwasher safe and is not recommended for use in a microwave oven. Ships assembled. Size: 3 3/4" d x 7 1/2" h. Material: Polypropylene Color: Granite, Metallic Green, Metallic Blue, Metallic Red, Silver, Copper, Metallic Charcoal Normal Production Time: 5 business day(s) Size: 16 oz Price Includes:one color imprint.Set Up Charges:$50
Promotional Vapor Car Mug
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- 2015-01-17
0.4 litre capacity thermal travel mug with drinking lip. DimensionsDimensions: 170 x 80mmColoursBlue, Grey, Red, WhitePrint type and positionImprint Type: PadImprint Locations: 1 PositionAll dimensions are in millimetres
Promotional Krypton Car Mug
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- 2015-01-15
Insulated 0.4 litre mug combining ABS and stainless steel, with drinking lip. DimensionsDimensions: 195 x 80mmColoursBlue, Green, Red, SilverPrint type and positionImprint Type: Laser EngravedImprint Locations: 1 PositionAll dimensions are in millimetres
16 oz. auto mug with plastic inner liner.
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- 2015-01-13
16 oz. auto mug. BPA free. Meets FDA requirements. Screw on, spill resistant slide action lid. Plastic inner liner. Made of acrylic, plastic and stainless steel. Approximate size: 7 1/4"H. Hand wash recommended. Material: Stainless Steel, Acrylic, Plastic Color: Red, Black, Lime Green, Royal Blue Normal Production Time: business day(s) Size: 16 oz Price Includes:Set Up Charges:$40
Promotional Insule Car Mug
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- 2015-01-12
0.4 litre stainless steel travel mug with drinking lip. DimensionsDimensions: 170 x 80mmColoursSilverPrint type and positionImprint Type: PadImprint Locations: 1 PositionAll dimensions are in millimetres
Krypton Car Mug
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- 2015-01-10
Insulated 0.4 litre mug combining ABS and stainless steel, with drinking lip. Product code: OR55/S85 Print Area: Engraving area: 30 x 20mm Lead Time:
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Once the dust settles, and each couple find some of their vendors, and finds their photographer its usually time to set up the engagement session! For us, we LOVE engagement sessions, we see it as a time to get to know our couple a little better, spend some time with them outside of the normal day to day life, and capture them enjoying each other!
So what can you expect from an engagement session?! Sometimes it can be a little nerve wracking so we want to help solve that! First of all... it should be fun!! This is a time you get to know your photographer, you get a test run in a sense of how they will photograph you during your wedding day, and more importantly its a day you get to have fun with your boo and get all dressed up!
Where to Go!?
We always are asked this question... "do you have a set list of locations for shoots" our answer is always no! Of course we would love to help you find a great spot, but what we really want is for you to sit down and think of a spot that you TWO love! Something like a fun outing you enjoy, maybe where you got engaged, or a fun getaway? When we go to these locations its always more exciting, and a little more memorable than just some park that we chose... ;)
What to Expect?
Well, first of all expect to do some goofy things, maybe out of your comfort zone, but thats okay, because who is with you other than the person who you want to spend the rest of your life with, right!? Expect to laugh, cuddle, kiss (a lot) and have fun! Its an experience for sure, and we love that part of it!!
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We always tell our couples to bring maybe one or two outfits, just to change it up, but its not always necessary. Other fun things to bring would be cute signage, maybe for a save the date, or a thank you? Something that you want to use to remember that this was your engagement session!
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Dear Friends and Supporters,
Greetings from Taipei! Thanks to all who prayed for us as we traveled to Cambodia several weeks ago. We had a wonderful weeklong vacation there, and returned feeling rested and re-energized for a busy ministry season. We are currently halfway through Ghost Month here in Taiwan, which means more than usual we are seeing food sacrifices being offered on the streets, local people burning paper money to the gods, and temple worship. May we be faithful in sharing the hope of Jesus with a people desperately in need of Him. If you'd like to read more about the Taiwanese Ghost Month, this post on our friends' blog has more details.
Prayer and Praise:
- Maggie (English name; local Taiwanese woman): We had asked for prayer for Maggie last month, and would like to ask you keep praying for her. Maggie is currently pregnant but planning an abortion next week, as she feels some choices she made before knowing she was pregnant have perhaps harmed the baby. She also has shared with Kelley that her marriage is not good, and she doesn't know what to do anymore. Kelley has had the opportunity to share about Jesus and the hope she can have in Him. Maggie has asked Kelley to pray for her. Please pray Jesus will work mightily in her heart.
- House Church Update: We are having more and more local Taiwanese join our church time and weekend activities. We are praising the Lord that one of the students that attend, Bianca (English name), has said she wants to follow Jesus. Pray for wisdom as we follow up and disciple her.
- Local Community Center: Praise! A location has been found for the community center in our neighborhood. If negotiations with the rent can be worked out, we will most likely start serving there in September. We are currently praying for more Taiwanese co-workers to join our team. Our prayer is that through the community center, we can start more house churches in our neighborhood.
- Kelley's Pregnancy: We are over halfway through this pregnancy, and praise God all is going well. We did find out this past month that baby #2 is a brother for Max!! ☺
As always, thank you for praying, supporting, and loving us so well!
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Erich and Kelley Schindler
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If you're getting married, the temptation to cut costs and trim your budget may lead you to try out some Pinterest-worthy DIY projects, but wedding expert Deborah DeFrancesco warns brides and grooms to proceed with caution.
"I feel like DIY can absolutely set you up to cry," she says. As the founder of the popular blog and podcast, Bitchless Bride, DeFrancesco understands the pressure couples are under to make their wedding their own, while also sticking to their budget.
"Weddings are so high pressure because there's a lot at stake—you have a lot of money you're playing with and it's very easy to get wrapped up in DIY and saving money," she says.
If you do plan to take on DIY projects for your big day, DeFrancesco offers her do's and don'ts.
DO: Be realistic
Make sure you have a good understanding of the costs associated with whatever project you want to take on.
"DIY is not as cheap as you think it is," she says. "You should take a look at how much you're going to spend on everything DIY and include your time in there, because if you are not careful, you'll end up going way over what you would have spent if you hired a professional to do it for you."
Figuring out your skill level and how much time you're willing to spend will help you keep your projects realistic and doable for your budget.
DO: Leave yourself enough time
On paper, your DIY project might look easy, but DeFrancesco estimates projects typically take at least double the time you allot for them.
"If you're not a skilled crafter, you're adding additional pressure to your already stressful day," she says.
DeFrancesco advises couples to educate themselves on the project and do some practice runs so when the time comes to execute the full project, you're realistic about how much time you need.
DO: Give yourself an out
Understanding your own limitations and knowing when to step away from your project will help you avoid a meltdown close to your big day, DeFrancesco says.
"If you feel like you got in over your head, then you have to give yourself permission to say OK, how am I going to fix this?" she says. "You either hire someone to help you fix it, you plow through, or you scrap the project and move on."
DeFrancesco says you should try and complete all of your projects about a month before your wedding—otherwise you should reconsider how important they are to the day.
DON'T: Make your cake or arrange your flowers
Tackling big projects like baking your own cake and making your floral arrangements is better left to professionals, DeFrancesco says.
"I would not take that project on yourself, even if this is your craft, I wouldn't have you do it," she says. "It's very unfortunate when it doesn't work out and then you're scrambling a day before your wedding."
If you're adamant about taking on these larger projects, practice makes perfect. "You'll want to be able to try it out so that not only do you have an idea of how much time it's going to take but you'll know how it's going to look and what the end project will be," she says.
DON'T: Assume you can do it all
At the end of the day, you should be able to enjoy your engagement and the wedding planning process without getting too bogged down with extra stress.
"Don't assume you can do it all—we overcompensate and we overcommit, but this is a time when you need to raise your hand and delegate and ask for help," she says.
Don't be afraid to hire professionals who can help you achieve the vision you have for your day and allow yourself to enjoy what the wedding is truly about.
"It's very easy to get wrapped up in how everything looks and if it's perfect, but at the end of wedding day, it's about you and your significant other starting your lives together," she says.
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As it is National Gardening week I have decided to do a post about growing your own fruit and vegetables.
I am trying to grow my own spinach and kale as we get through a lot of both with the children and Toby the Tortoise. This got me thinking about my grandparents who are 80 and 79. They have grown their own vegetables for years, in fact my Pops told me a story recently. Him and his 3 brothers would work the allotment to supply his mother with the weekly vegetables. They worked in rotation, digging and picking the fresh goods to feed the family of 7. He said that he started doing this when he was just 8, he was still growing and tending to his own vegatables untill last year when he was 79. That's over 70 years of hard but rewarding self sustainability!
My Grandma and Pops both are in tip top condition, neither take any medication at all unless it's cough mixture for the very rare cold.
As they are both very healthy and active I thought it would be intersting to ask them about their diet to see if I could benefit from any of their eating habits.
So Grandma can you tell me what a usual days food would be for you and Pops?
7am we get up and have a cup of tea
8am brekfast which would be porridge made on the hob with chia seeds and little honey or scrambled or poached eggs on toast (no butter) grilled tomatoes on the side.
12.30 We will have lunch which is usually homemade soup, sandwich or bread and cheese
5.30 We will have our main meal and pudding.
Do you have the same meals every week?
No we decide daily what we are going to have depending on what's in the fridge/ freezer and what mood we are in. We try not to have the same meals within a 2 week period so we don't get bored.
What vegetables would I find in your cupboard?
Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, carrots, runner beans, cauliflower, broccoli, swede, onions, turnips, asparagus potatoes. We try and buy things in season as they taste so much better. And some of the above we still have frozen in our deep freeze from when we were still growing our vegatables.
Do you eat vegetables every day?
Oh yes. Now it's getting warmer I love my salads.
How often do you eat pudding after your dinner?
Everyday. We have replaced our vegetable patch with a fruit patch as it's easier for Pops to keep on top off. We have raspberrys, logenberrys, desert gooseberrys, green gooseberrys, red currents, white currents, and rhubarb. I will stew an apple or 2 as a base and then add some berries and we'll have that with alpro yogurt or custard a few nights a week. Pops also loves tapioca rice pudding.
Do you eat meat everyday?
We have 2 meat free days a week.
What are your favourite 2 meals.
Our favorite meat free meal is boiled potatoes with freshly bubbling cauliflower cheese and a dollop of pickle.
Our favorite meat meal is thick cut ham from the butchers with boiled new potatoes, broad beans and fresh parsley sauce.
Do you think your diet has had an effect on keeping you young?
Absolutly I think we eat a very varied diet that is all cooked from scratch this then has less additives in and I think this has a huge effect on people's health and well being. Having said that I understand that it is hard for woman who have to work these days to provide healthy meals for the family, but it can be done and not too costly either just a little bit of planning. Think of the 5 Ps
Perfect planning prevents pathetic performance
Lastly Do you have any wise words of wisdom for us?
Always Smile!
I think as a country we are starting to go back to our roots so to speak, more and more of us are learning to embrace our inner gardener and encourage our children to grow new things and try out new tastes. Lets all do our bit to help grow.
Remember its National Gardening week so get those hands dirty!


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I met the Dougan family a couple of weeks ago at Fly'n B Park in Highlands Ranch on the perfect fall evening with gorgeous light and the last few glimmers of those beautiful fall colors.
The Dougans were referred to me by one of my good friends (Hi Kandyce!), and we realized we have a few mutual friends, and all the sudden the world felt very small and connected. I always love when that happens.
Knox wasn't too sure about me in the beginning and was very concerned about his lion stuffed animal, but before we knew it he was smiling, running, and exploring in the fall leaves.
Thank you Dougan's for choosing me to tag along with you on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I hope Knox's lion enjoyed being my assistant.


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Tuesday June 19, 2018
Location: Lakshmi Studio, 310 Bridge St. New Cumberland PA (enter in the back)
What is caster oil? May it tremendously enhance your health? How do you make a pack out of it? Wanting to use castor oil packs at home, but afraid of the mess? Join EvAnn as she shares her personal pragmatic experience and success with this amazing home remedy. With EvAnn's easy to follow tips you shall use this multipurpose home remedy on a regular basis!
What you will receive:
- Background of Edgar Cayce and the historical use of castor oil packs
- Hands on demonstration of how to use castor oil packs
- Knowledge about how castor oil packs can be used to help decrease pain and boost your immune system
- Blissful ways to incorporate castor oil packs into your self-care routine
Investment: Early bird $12 by 6/16. After $15. Drop in cash or check please.
Meet EvAnn
EvAnn is a graduate of Beehive Mystery School intensive 9-month program and the Beehive Apprenticeship and Mentoring Program. She is a licensed occupational therapist from Elizabethtown College, 1997, and certified music teacher from Lebanon Valley College, 2008, and currently teaches private accordion, piano, and harmonium lessons in her home studio. EvAnn is also the host of the new Beehive Series, "Live at the Hive", a monthly concert series dedicated to Affirmative Prayer, Meditation, Chanting, and Inspirational Music.


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After seeing my recent post about Soteria & Charles, my mother was quick to drop me a line and remind me that my sister and I came by our cuteness honestly.
Ladies & gentlemen: George & Marcy Kontis — a.k.a Mom & Dad.
From their dance class Christmas party.
2 Responses to "Not To Be Outdone"
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Melbourne Styled Photography - The Dress Collective
This summer, as a way to stretch my creativity and to be able to connect with other photographers, we have joined forces under a project called : The travelling dress Collective. We chose a dress by Purity Lace Designs because we wanted to go with a piece that had a lay back and relaxed feel and the dress by Purity ticked all the boxes. I will be sharing more details about this project over the next few weeks.
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[Originally published on 06-18-2018]
[Updated on 01-04-2019]
Whether you're an accounting professional or an accounting student, you probably prefer working with numbers over words. However, as a CMA candidate, you will need to be a proficient essay writer. More and more, CMAs are expected to count written communications among their on-the-job skills, and so the CMA exam requires you to write essays. Don't worry though, we have everything you need to know about the essay portions of the CMA exam!
Why Does the CMA Exam Include Essays?
The CMA exam uses essays to test your ability to
- Evaluate a given set of data
- Make a judgment when given alternative solutions
- Justify a selected course of action
Essays allow you to demonstrate these abilities and skills in a situation that more closely reflects the real world than multiple-choice questions can.
Furthermore, CMAs are called upon to provide analyses and recommendations based on the numbers, and fulfilling these responsibilities requires good written communication skills. As an accountant or accounting student, you've already learned how to effectively communicate. Therefore, you have no reason to stress about the essays. Instead, focus on learning the topics and practicing in a realistic exam environment.
How Many Essays Are on the CMA Exam?
The CMA exam has two parts:
- Part 1: Financial Planning, Performance, and Analytics
- Part 2: Strategic Financial Management
There are 100 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and two essay scenarios in each part. The essay section contains eight to ten written response or calculation questions based on two scenarios describing a typical business situation. There are typically two to seven questions per scenario.
How Much Time Do You Have to Complete the Essays?
The total testing time for each CMA exam part is four hours. You have three hours to answer all 100 MCQs. If you answer at least 50% of the MCQs correctly, the exam will present the essays to you once all MCQs are complete or after three hours have passed, whichever comes first. If you do not correctly answer at least 50% of the MCQs, your exam session will end and you will not move on to the essay section. Spending the entire three hours answering the MCQs gives you a maximum of 1 hour (30 minutes for each scenario) to finish the essays. When you finish the MCQ section in less than three hours, your remaining time from the MCQs will carry over and extend the one-hour time allocation. We recommend you aim to answer each MCQ in 1 ½ minutes to give yourself either 30 extra minutes to review your MCQ answers or to respond to essays. You can also divide this time between the two activities however you see fit. But keep in mind, you cannot return to the MCQ section once you've entered the essay section, so you'll need to complete your review of your MCQ answers before you move onto the essay section.
What Are the Essays Like?
Refer to the images and descriptions below to learn about how a CMA exam essay question looks and operates.
Essay Question & Answer Screen
- Question and Section Number: Indicates which question you are answering and the section of the exam you currently have on-screen.
- Time Remaining: Displays the time you have remaining in the current section. Clicking it will display the total exam time remaining.
- Progress: Tracks the percentage of questions complete in the current section.
- Finish: Don't click this button until you have responded to or flagged all of the essays. Clicking it will take you to a review showing questions unanswered or flagged, and from there you can move on to the voluntary survey section of the exam.
- Navigation Menu: A visual representation of where you are on the current section of the exam. You may use this menu to quickly move between questions. The numbered buttons change appearance according to their status (see below for more details).
- Essay Scenario: Displays a new screen with all of the information you will need to answer the questions. It will open as a PDF (see below for more details).
- Answer Box: Where you type your response to the current question.
- Word Processing Tools: These icons, when selected, enable you to select headings, bold, italicize, underline, left align, center, right align, undo, redo, and/or save your progress (much like a standard word processing program).
- Question: Displays the content of the current question.
- Calculator: A basic tool for simple computations. It is similar to calculators used in common software programs.
- Time Value Tables: This gives you access to Time Value Tables for questions that require them. It will open as a PDF.
- Preferences: The gear icon leads to a preference menu filled with options for adjusting the text and background colors of the exam screens. If you experience discomfort or difficulty reading the exam screens due to the default color scheme, this menu is helpful for finding a more visually accessible palette.
- Help: Contains explanations of exam functionality, but you'll be familiar with everything if you prepare with Gleim's exam-emulating Review System.
- Flag: Mark a question for later review.
- Back: Move to the previous question.
- Next: Move to the following question.
Essay Navigation Menu Buttons
- Current: This button is green and arrow shaped, and indicated the question you're currently viewing. It becomes gray once you select an answer choice.
- Complete: A dark gray rectangle indicating that you have selected an answer.
- Incomplete: A green rectangle indicating that you have not selected an answer. It becomes arrow shaped when it is the question you are currently viewing.
- Flagged: A green rectangle with a flag icon next to the question number. This is a question you have not answered, and have marked for review.
Essay Scenario Screen
The Essay Scenario will open in a separate screen, to the left of the screen displaying the Answer Box, as seen above. On the Essay Scenario screen you are able to:
- Zoom: Using the "+" and "-" buttons (top left) you may manually zoom in or out, adjusting how large or small the essay text appears. You may also click on "Automatic Zoom" and quickly jump to a preset zoom distance.
- Navigate: In order to move to the next page of the essay scenario, simply click the ">" button (top right); to move to a previous page, click "<". Similarly, to quickly jump to the final page, click ">|", and to jump to the first page, click "|<".
- Scroll: The gray scroll bar (right edge of the screen) allows you to scroll up and down the page. If you are zoomed in, and essay texts runs off-screen to the right, you are also able to scroll horizontally using the gray scroll bar at the bottom edge of the screen.
- Grab: Clicking on the green button with the hand icon (top left) will activate the ability to "grab" and move the essay page using the mouse. To "grab" the page, click and hold the left mouse button, then drag the page in any direction you wish.
- View Page Thumbnails: By clicking the green button with the double rectangle icon (top left), you are able to see thumbnail images of all pages of the essay scenario in a gray panel that appears to the left of the essay scenario screen. Opening this panel enables you to click on a thumbnail image of any page of the essay scenario to quickly open it in the main viewing area.
- View Table of Contents: By clicking the green button with the "bookshelf" icon (top right), you are able to view and open links to the Essay Scenario as well as all of the Time Value Tables.
Essay Review
Familiarizing yourself with the format and functionality of essays allows you to test confidently and with good pacing. When you make the most efficient use of testing time, you are also able to review your essay answers before finishing.
If you have time remaining after you have answered all of the essay questions, and before you click the "Finish" button, be sure to review your answers. Navigate through the essay questions once more by clicking each numbered tab (left side of the answer box screen), and make sure that you have answered all of the questions and addressed any questions you may have flagged for review.
How Are the Essays Graded?
Each type of CMA exam question counts for the following percentage of your total score:
- MCQs: 75%
- Essays: 25%
MCQs are automatically graded online, but essays are not. Instead, subject matter experts grade the essays, and you can receive partial credit for your answers. For example, if an essay asks for three reasons why a selected alternative action is good for a business, and you provide only two correct responses, you will receive partial credit for those two responses. Likewise, you will receive partial credit for having the correct formula for a calculated response question even if your answer contains a mathematical error resulting in the incorrect answer. The possibility of receiving partial credit is the reason why it is important to show your work on the calculation questions on the CMA exam.
The ICMA grades essays on both the correctness of your answer, your knowledge of the subject matter, and writing quality (communication skills). The subject matter experts will only grade responses relevant to the question asked. The specific criteria for grading the essays is
- Use of standard English: text includes proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- Organization: response is arranged logically and coherently.
- Clarity: analysis is clearly communicated with well-constructed sentences and appropriate vocabulary.
How Should You Answer Essay Questions?
Each question within the CMA exam essay section requires you either to write a response or complete a calculation pertaining to the scenario provided. Read the question carefully so you can identify the requirements. Then, outline the grading concepts and any related information on a piece of scratch paper.
When submitting a calculation, show your work! The more on-topic information you provide, the more partial credit you can receive. To create a table, use the space bar to separate the columns, and label all columns and rows. Include all supporting calculations, but focus more on getting the question correct than perfecting the formatting.
When crafting a written response, be as detailed as possible and mention anything you can on the topic to maximize your score. Proofread and edit your answer once you finish your first draft, but only expand on it if time permits. You want to make sure you can address each question before the total testing time expires. So, you should hold off on improving your answers until you've responded to every question and started your review.
How Can You Practice Writing Essays?
When you prepare with the most-widely used CMA review course on the market, you'll have everything you need to excel at the CMA exam essays. Gleim CMA Review covers the ICMA's Content Specification Outlines and Learning Outcome Statements better than any other provider. We do this so you can be completely confident in your knowledge of the exam content. Our course also includes the largest test bank and most realistic MCQs and essay questions on the market. Such a high-quality test bank affords plenty of practice and familiarity with the exam questions. See how well Gleim prepares you to pass by learning more about the exam from our free CMA exam guide.


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Coffee Hour At The Village Restaurant
O.K, I admit I am the new boy in town. I moved to Frederick a year ago.
So, when the gang at the Village Restaurant at the Square Corner welcomed me into the informal coffee group, which meets every morning promptly at 9:45, I was delighted.
I am still a bit wet behind the ears. I am only 68 and I suspect there are only a handful of coffee clubbers that young although we do have periodic visits from Blaine Young, ex-Mayor Ron Young's son, and he's a thirty something. Blaine runs a popular Saturday morning radio show at, is it WFMD, I get the call letters mixed up?
Another coffee clubber, Bob McCardell is just about three times Blaine's age and is probably the oldest member.
In the interests of full disclosure, I must say that the proprietor of this website, John Ashbury, the local renaissance man who writes history, news articles and manages properties, all with equal enthusiasm, is one of our club regulars. (I don't think I have any ethical problem writing about John because I do not stand to reap any financial rewards for extolling his virtues. John does not pay us writers and seems inordinately proud of that fact.
He lets you know exactly how he stands on every local issue. John is a regular on the "Pressing Issues" show broadcast Wednesday nights on Adelphia 10 and when he is not on it, he calls in to harass the other participants.
Once in a while, somebody in the coffee group gets particularly irked at some of John's views that consist of assaulting the Historic District Commission, which he calls the Hysterical District Commission, or Mayor Jennifer Dougherty whom he thinks is, well, a petty tyrant.
Then, the suggestion is made that we should re-locate the sessions from the Village, up West Patrick Street to Jennifer's Restaurant. John, on a matter of some principle or other, doesn't like to go to the place.
Well, Marvin Lohr wants to sell the Village so we may be looking for a new place soon. We have some pretty unique requirements, though. Jennifer would have to open up at 9:45 for 45 minutes and she cannot expect more than $1.35, including tip, from each of us. We just drink coffee. No food.
On the other hand, most places are not exactly overcrowded at that time of the morning and the way we figure it, any customers are better than no customers.
Jennifer is very business oriented and may not see it that way.
I find the coffee club a lot of fun, sort of like those old chats around the cracker barrel in small-town America a century ago. Or so I'm told.
The last time I participated in something like this was at a coffee shop in South Bend, Indiana, where the lads would meet regularly and some even brought their wives who sat their mutely, and no doubt wondered why they showed up, as the men rehashed World War II or yesterday's Chicago Cubs game.
We don't bar women in our group but they seem a little smarter, or a little less tolerant, than South Bend women and don't bother to come. Oh, there is one businesswoman, a gregarious effervescent person, who does arrive regularly on Saturdays, but I am not quite sure why.
Gerontologists tell us that men don't do as good a job at sharing their feelings as women do. And in later years, particularly if men are widowers, they seem to become more isolated, less likely to get together with their peers.
Well, those ivy-covered researchers ought to come to the coffee club. These gentlemen are very good at sharing their feelings, if not around the table, then later on, on a one-on- one basis. Some of the bonds of friendship extend over half a century.
It may take a few years before I am truly part of the group. They kid me that I will be on probation for the next 10 years or so. I know they don't mean it. I'll probably pass probation in no more than five years.
Having moved up from Washington, where everything is a power struggle and you only socialize with people who can help you move up the social ladder, I am amazed at the fact that this club, if you want to call it that, has no rules. Or agenda. Or even a name. And, of course, no officers.
The coffee sessions began almost half a century ago when then-Police Chief Charles Main and some downtown businessmen decided to take time out for a cup of coffee.
We talk about anything that comes to mind-relatives, businesses in town-maybe a little bit of politics if Mr. Ashbury is in attendance. There seems to be an abundance of misguided Ravens fans in the crowd, who don't recognize the existence of the Washington Redskins. Fortunately, I found a fellow Redskins fan, Bud Radcliffe, a retired banker.
Although most of the men were prominent in the city's affairs over the years-regular attendees include former mayor Ron Young --they don't pretend to have any political clout.
John Insley, who owned a shoe store in town, found that out a couple of decades back. He went to the coffee meeting because "I was running for alderman and figured I could get a few votes."
"He came to the wrong group," one coffee clubber recalls. "We weren't much help."
Mr. Insley lost the election a decade or two ago, but has been coming to the coffee club ever since.


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Golfers dust off those clubs, business owners enjoy a day team building, vendors enjoy a business day out on the green. The day includes entertainment on the course, networking with other business professionals in the area, lunch, snacks, drinks, prizes, and ends with an award ceremony dinner.
The 30th Annual Aptos Golf Scramble will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at the Seascape Golf Club in Aptos. This is an ideal opportunity for your business to network with community members while promoting your services.
Sponsorship's range from sponsoring a hole to creating a team to play in the tournament. Your company will get tons of face-to-face exposure with over 140 players on the course as well as signage on the course and your company name in the official tournament program.
Games, promotional items, food, drinks and items for the goody bags are all excellent ways to engage with the players! Please look over the enclosed sponsorship opportunities for details on the four different sponsorship levels. We are here to help and happy to discuss creative ways to promote your business at the tournament!
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Got Gnocci?
In the class, a professional chef taught us three ways to make gnocci along with myriad other cooking tips such as the proper way to chop herbs and a speedy style of onion-dicing. Not only are they extremely informative but they also serve beer, wine, and bubbly if you so desire. This is my second class at the chopping block and I will absolutely be back again.
My class made ricotta gnocci with a rosemary brown butter sauce, potato gnocci in a tomato cream sauce, and baked semolina gnocci with fontina and parmesan. Needless to say, it was DELICIOUS and I can't wait to try making gnocci on my own.
I really love taking cooking classes and my sweet friend Megan joined me for this class--turns out, she loved the class just as much as me. Now I have a friend to drag along whenever I want to learn a new skill in the kitchen! If you're in the Chicago metropolitan area I would highly recommend taking a class at The Chopping Block. The staff is really knowledgeable, the store is well-stocked, the classes are a blast, and I always meet new friends when I go!


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Board to Death Ep. 14: Spotlights' Sarah Quintero
Aaron Rogers
Spotlights are loud. We caught up with bassist Sarah Quintero before the band's performance at Mahall's in Lakewood, OH, to shine a light on the deluge of distortion and fuzz pedals she uses to saturate the low frequencies which drive the trio's sludgy shoegaze riffs straight into your skull.
Quintero's default distortion sound comes courtesy of the one-two punch of a Fulltone OCD driving a Boss ODB-3. For additional grit she stomps on the Way Huge Swollen Pickle, Darkglass Vintage Deluxe, or the Monarch.
In the song "Under the Earth," she uses the Terminal for a distinctive bite that's "knotty and fuzzy." For Spotlights' newer material, she leans on the Bit Commander for a harmonically complex octave fuzz that splits the difference between bass and guitar, using the musical space afforded by a power-trio lineup to sculpt a massive bass tone rich with thump and growl.
Stompboxes from Zvex, Boss, MXR, and TC Electronic complete signal path in Sarah's seismic rig, which can be heard rocking a club near you. You'll hear it before you see it. Spotlights are loud.
For Spotlights' music and tour dates, check them out on Bandcamp.


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Abounding Copyright Infringement
In 2012, the then 24-year-old Artur Sargsyan works as a hip-hop DJ in the sultry California club scene. Embracing his love of music, Sargsyan decides to take his music passion and business online. He does so by creating websites where music is made available for download, free of charge. Sargsyan boasts his music sites are to promote up-and-coming artists. In reality, however, Sargsyan delivers popular copyrighted music for free (copyright infringement), while profiting from it by selling advertisements on his sites.
Clearly, Sargsyan's entrepreneurial acumen and technology skills make for an ideal Internet business. Unfortunately for Sargsyan, he selects the wrong opportunity. The problem is that his idea bilks money from thousands of artists, songwriters, producers, and others in the music industry. In reality, Sargsyan is engaging in rampant copyright infringement, a criminal offense punishable by law.
Illegal Downloads and Advertisers
Sargsyan's two public-facing sites are newjamz.net and albumjams.com. The websites redirect users to another website, sharebeast.com, where the copyright music resides. Sharebeast is a cyber vault of sorts, and facilitates large-scale file storage and sharing. For context, Sharebeast permits users to download copyright music for free. Precisely how Sargsyan's website obtains the copyright music remains a mystery to investigators. What is clear, however, is that advertising revenue exceeds more than $1 million for Sargsyan.
"Although the site was supposed to be for discovery of new artists, that's not what was actually going on there. All of the music I saw was copyrighted and was mostly from popular artists like Beyoncé, Pitbull, and Bruno Mars," said Special Agent Cyrus Riley, Jr., of the FBI's Atlanta Division.
Advertisers are mostly eager to work with Sargsyan because of his website's popularity. At one point, Sargsyan's website ranks in the top one percent of all websites in the world. Not only that, it captures the attention of the key 18-24 year old demographic. And unfortunately for Sharebeast's success, it also catches the attention of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), who approaches the FBI.
Recording Industry Association of America and The FBI
The RIAA repeatedly sends letters to Sharebeast to remove the music and advises the company of the copyright law violations. Each time, Sharebeast does not comply and merely changes the URLs for the songs without actually removing the songs from the site. Over three years, the RIAA e-mails Sargsyan more than 100 times asking him to remove copyright music from his website, but he does not comply.
Instead, Sargsyan travels extensively and lives the life of luxury with his stolen money. He owns multiple homes in Los Angeles and an exotic car. In the end, however, the federal authorites seize his assets, including more than $160,000 in bank accounts. Finally, and for his transgressions, Sargsyan pleads guilty to criminal copyright infringement and receives a five year federal prison sentence. Despite Sargsyan's guilty plea to causing $52 million in losses to the music industry, the RIAA estimates the actual losses in excess of $6 billion.


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Staff Profile
James A Craig
Lecturer in Architecture
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6019
- Personal Website: www.stasus.com
James Alexander Craig is Lecturer in Architecture at Newcastle University; MArch Stage 5 co-ordinator; Studio tutor in MArch Stage 6; and contributor to the Architectural Research Collaborative (ARC).
James co-runs design research firm Stasus with Matt Ozga-Lawn. The practice have published a number of articles since their inception in 2010 – this includes their contribution to the Pamphlet Architecture series: Pamphlet Architecture 32: Resilience - published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2012.
MA(Hons.), MArch(Dist.), ARB, RIBA
- Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. The Studio as Site: exploring the positionality of the designer in the creative process. Association of Architectural Educators 2016, 1, 67-79.
- Craig JA, Ozga-Lawn M. Emerging practices in design research. Architectural Research Quarterly 2015, 19(3), 202-203.
- Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Looking; Looking Back. Architectural Research Quarterly 2015, 19(3), 212-223.
- Craig J. Observer Objects. In: East of Eden: University of Greenwich Department of Architecture and Landscape Works 2015. London, UK: University of Greenwich Department of Architecture and Landscape, 2015.
- Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. The Doomer's Ball. In: Fairy Tales: When Architecture Tells a Story. New York, NY, USA: Blank Space, 2015, pp.110-117.
- Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Everest Death Zone. Paper for Emerging Architectural Research 2014, 1(5).
- Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Everest Death Zone. In: Moving Mountains: Studies in Place, Society and Cultural Representation. 2014. Edinburgh, UK: Tent Gallery, 4.
- Ozga-Lawn M, Craig J. Resilience. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.


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On November 21, 1998 Councilman Frank Jackson of Ward 5 convened a meeting with those who stay on the street to discuss priorities and solutions. Over 120 people showed up at Pop's Soul Food on E. 55th and Woodland, and the discussion lasted for one hour before a meal was served. Jackson began the meeting by talking about why he convened the meeting and he touched on the Salvation Army proposal to operate an expanded shelter in Ward 5. He said that there was $400,000 available in the Emergency Shelter allocation which would be used to address some to the concerns raised at the meeting. Jackson said NEOCH would work with a smaller group to refine and develop the suggestions raised at this meeting over the next month, and present a document to City Council. He explained whey he was not supporting the move of the Project Heat shelters to his ward, and then opened the floor to suggestions.
- Problem: There is a need for a seven-day-a-week drop in center for men, like the women's drop in center, so that men do not have to wander the streets in the afternoon and evening. There is not place to go twenty-four hours a day seven days a week, especially weekends. Another person asked, "Why do shelters close at an hour to 2 hours before drop in shelter open in the morning?" There are not enough accommodations in shelters for people who work 3rd and 2nd shift. Many times if you work third shift there is no place to sleep during the day. There is not enough space for homeless men.
- Problem: There is a need for some storage facilities or lockers for men and women. Now, homeless people have to carry all their belongings all the time, which makes it difficult to get a job and leads to a lot of theft. There is a sever lack of access to the telephone. There is not place to get telephone messages and no place to receive mail.
Solution: There should be better access to the drop in centers.
- Problem: There is a need for more food sights on off times and days (when others are not open) and better oversight or coordination of food distribution.
Solution: There needs to be better coordination and expansion of food sites to assure that there are always available places to get food.
- Problem: There are not any places for washer/dryers for men and showers do not exist in the overflow shelters. Also there are not always personal hygiene items available.
- Problem: There is a lack of treatment options for those with a drug or alcohol problem.
- Problem: There is a need for more information on what agencies now offer to the community especially jobs information or where to get job training. The temporary agencies exploit homeless people. There are not enough housing or job opportunities for homeless people, especially for ex-felons. There is a lack of information on the shelter and services available locally. It is difficult to find assistance at a shelter for jobs.
Solution: There should be counselors at the agencies who can assist with jobs.
- Problem: There is a lack of coordination and oversight of all social service at the shelters or sites.
- There is a need for a better management of shelter cards. Why are people kicked out if they lose the card? There also needs to be some attention paid to those who are denied food/shelter for minor infractions of the rules. Many rules in the sites are extreme.
- Those who work in the shelters do not understand the problems of the homeless and are often cold and mean.
- It is very difficult to get into some shelters, including PASS.
- The rules with regard to staying at the shelters are too severe and the shelters do not provide much privacy. There is lack of flexibility in some programs and too much dependence on rules.
- The staff at the shelters are not trained, and disrespect those who stay in the shelters. The shelter staff are not trained in CPR & emergency protocol, and in the sites they sleep all night. Shelters ban people over losing a piece of paper or other minor infractions. Shelter workers often have little respect for homeless people.
- It is humiliating to sleep on mats on the floor and not on cots or beds.
Solution: There is a need for retraining for the workers including sensitivity training of social service workers. There is a need for some oversight body that looks at the qualifications for getting into the shelters and they need to put some fairness into the entrance policy. Employ homeless people at the shelters.
- Problem: There is a need for a way out or a clear path off of the streets. There are too many programs that provide only sustenance and not a viable way to live long term. We have a very disjointed and divided population with no hope or vision for the future. The PASS program is too small to serve the demand for long term solutions to homelessness. People do not always have the will to get off the streets. People are not ready willing and able to get off the streets.
Solution: Expand the PASS program for homeless people. PASS can help people who really have the desire to get off the streets. We need to build communities with permanent housing availability and hope for the future. The speaker suggested the PASS program as a good model for getting off the streets.
- Problem: There is no oversight of the payee system. There are many examples of theft of other people's money. Who is responsible for protection the payee?
- Problem: There is a lack of affordable housing for the people getting checks. There are many people who receive some kind of check every month from the government or other agency. They should be able to get a place if they have a steady source of income. There is a lack of subsidized housing for homeless people in the community. There are not enough programs that can help with rent deposit assistance.
Solution: A loan program for rent security deposits at no interest for homeless people. There should be a housing set aside for those who are receiving some kind of check. If you are receiving some kind of check then you should be guaranteed housing.
- Problem: These meetings do not lead to any lasting solutions.
Solution: We need to work on permanent solutions by continuing these meetings.
- Problem: There is all this money for stadiums and playgrounds for the rich and not enough money for services.
- Problem: We have a severe lack of medical facilities that serve those without insurance, and they are concentrated in only a few areas of town.
- Problem: There are too many abandoned building including school building and wasted spaces in Cleveland. There are many abandoned buildings in Cleveland and many homeless people who need a place out of the elements.
Solution: Acquire by eminent domain some of those buildings and make them into transitional housing for homeless people. Transform the abandoned schools into learning facilities for homeless people. Squatting should be an option that is investigated and there should be some organizing around squatting.
- Problem: It is very difficult for homeless people to get identification, especially if they are from out of town. Identification is way too difficult to get and very expensive.
- Problems: There are limited opportunities for handicapped people to find shelter. All the shelters are not handicapped accessible, which makes it even more difficult.
- Problem: Agency staff take donations and goods first and leave the bad stuff for homeless people.
A homeless leadership union that is meeting every two weeks to continue with the recommendations. They will try to develop solutions to some of the problems brought up the November 21 forum. Then they hope to present the results to City Council for assistance in implementing some of the recommendations.
Copyright for the Homeless Grapevine NEOCH December 1998 – January 1999


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Guardians of the Galaxy
I feel like Guardians of the Galaxy is never quite sure what it is, or what it even wants to be. It's a generic action movie, it's a comedic parody of generic action movies, it's the heartwarming tale of unlikely friendship among space randos and some white guy, but it's not very good at any of those things. If anything, it commits the most to being a space action movie and does a pretty predictable, serviceable take on that idea, but that's what you'd expect from Marvel and that's seemingly why they advertised it primarily as a lighthearted, comedic romp. The advertising is extremely accurate as well given that the movie begins with 3 minutes of Peter Quill (Chris Pratt)'s mom dying of cancer (unintentionally made hilarious in the movie when she flatlines seconds after Yung Chris refuses to fulfill her request of holding her hand).
Luckily, those tone issues don't pervade the whole movie, though the tone that emerges is one I'd rather not interface with. Most of the movie that follows sticks with a Tony Stark (and to a lesser extent, Marvel) -type tone of a white boy who just discovered meta humor a week ago- the joke lines that are presently are almost uniformly half-assed to an Amazing Spider-Man degree. There's also a bizarrely mean-spirited tone to a lot of the lines, not the least of which is the "green whore" scene that has been deconstructed already.
Speaking of half-assing and Drax (Dave Bautista), one example that speaks to the movie's breeziness in my eyes is his linguistic affectation. The race that he belongs to is supposed early on to be "entirely literal" in meaning- he doesn't even recognize a "slitting throat" gesture as a metaphor for killing (also talked about in the previous link). The scenes where this disconnect is frontlined are very blatant about his blunt interpretations, yet later not only does his whole speaking style change from the early 'wordy brute' vibe (when he gets offended at Quill for calling him a "thesaurus" even though that shouldn't have been an insult to him- just incorrect), he even speaks in small human expressions that are in fact figurative. How did he learn the expressions having not heard others say them? If his race used occasional small figuratives before, why didn't they expand to actual metaphors eventually given the incredible capacity and efficiency of metaphor? One lesser example I actually remember is him saying "I can barely see" which is a line literally anyone but him (or Groot) would have said. Dave's lines in the beginning continued would have been something like "my vision is quite impaired by this darkness" or whatever.
The more melodramatic moments also began to get a little humorous for me- I expected a joke when John C. Reilly's irrelevant military guy gets a spot in the ending montage returning to his family- but none moreso than the final 'attack' against Ronan (bad guy). Let me lay out the perceived timeline of that sequence-
0 sec. - Quill grabs the Macguffin and starts exploding with energy.
5 sec. - Gamora reaches her hand out to Quill and Quill gets a flashback to his dying mom, which... makes no sense.
8 sec. - They join hands and Gamora immediately turns her head up and starts screaming like Quill.
10 sec. - The camera very agonizingly pans across them to reveal Drax forcing himself into the picture. I laughed out loud. He touches Quill's shoulder and immediately does the exact same screaming thing.
14 sec. - Rocket reaches his tiny hand into Drax's and does the screamy deal.
20 sec. - After an unnecessary use of "bitch" by Quill, they zap the evil guy with their friendship magic and he dies. (This sequence would be absolutely hilarious without the score.)
The villain is a non-entity, all of the supporting characters vie for undeserved and scant screentime (except for Gamora (Zoe Saldana)'s butch cyborg sister and Quill's blue-skinned merc buddy who has a scene-stealing magic(?) arrow controlled by his whistles, who both deserve feature films), the dialogue is decent at its absolute best, and the drama is played so ambivalently we might as well be reading the script, save for Bradley Cooper's really affecting voice during his two drama scenes. Still, I think you could have a fun time, especially considering the reviews this is getting.
Chris Pratt really didn't need to get as swole as he did considering he has one shirtless scene and wears your dad's clothes for the rest of the movie.
Why did Quill get abducted in the first place? Were those rogues just prowling around, looking for children in fields to eat?
It felt like Peter and Gamora originally had a lot more romantic scenes that were cut out (thankfully, the trailer shot of them almost-kissing doesn't seem to be here), but the threads they left don't work alone.
Groot's baby form is the cutest thing in any movie, possibly in the whole world. It almost makes up for the fact that his contributions include 1) goring five+ henchmen and breaking everything inside them for an extended period, and 2) tearing a man's nose off by hanging him off of it. Both of which have jokes 1-2 seconds afterwards.
This movie does nothing for minorities, women, or anything like that, in case you were wondering.


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Probably you remember the Etsy Italia Team campaign recently started to raise funds for earthquacked people in Italy.
As a member of the team I tried to do my (little) part to help, writing a blog post about the campaign and donating two items to the charity shop.
I'm so happy to write a quick update today, to say that the team's leaders made the first donation some days ago: you can see the receipt of the donation here (english post) and here (italian post).
They gave 700 € to region Emilia Romagna, but we have other money to give soon. Our shop reached almost 1500 €: a very big outcome, probably bigger than expected, thanks to a lot of generous people who purchased something or made their best to promote the campaign.
I donate to the charity shop a plush rabbit made by me some months ago to use some fabric scraps I had.
My friend Pam purchased it and I'm so happy to know that my little bunny now lives together with a kind woman in a crafty home in the USA :)
Pam sent me a photo of it resting on her sofa:
Isn't its new home cute?
Very very cute! :)
If you are interested in those white+blue+red stars, read Pam's post about them.
There is another item donated by me in the charity shop: a fold over coin purse (unisex) made of recycled italian tapestry fabric.
And there are a lot of other beautiful items donated by other talented crafters, so, please, consider our charity shop if you have some money to spend for yourself or for gifts!
Of course I purchased something for me: lovely earrings donate by Fernanda of Nanofactory. Aren't they beautiful?
I love them! The colors are perfect for me and their lightness really surprised me. I'm sure I'll wear them a lot!


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There is good news and bad news in terms of prognosticating the post-recession real estate future and it all depends (of course) on where you live and how good the guesses are. In any case, Gawker has produced a guide (full map by clicking here) that basically says that everything in Manhattan will be cool except for Harlem, East Harlem and Washington Heights, which are rated "marginal." The fun comes in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. The latter two are completely rated as "wilderness," meaning " where yuppies would fear to tread after The Poors take them back for good." (Even Forest Freaking Hills and LIC?) In Brooklyn, the Slope, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and Greenpoint stay gentrified. East Williamsburg, Prospect Heights and Bushwick are called "marginal." And now for the part that will make some people insane. Among the neighborhoods called "wilderness" are: Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights, Kensington, Crown Heights, Ditmas Park and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Please discuss, scream, curse or whatever is necessary.
· The Neighborhoods of Post-Recession New York [Gawker]
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