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It's easy to get caught in daily ruminations, which may narrow our thoughts and feelings to the things and events closest to us in space and time. Sometimes, these things require our attention, practicalities need to be solved and feelings need to be dealt with.
At other times, a little distance may help, widening our horizon and giving us a sense of perspective. The things catching and overburdening our senses may, after all, not be that important or urgent to deal with…
Being out in nature feels like effective means to let go of petty things and to rest the mind. When seeing some of nature's wonders, it's difficult not to get fully absorbed by them and enjoy their beauty.


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Taylor Swift may already have herself a new British beau.
Tongues wagged when Swift stepped out with British singer Tom Odell in London on Thursday night, according to E! News. The two sparked romance rumors just weeks after Swift's split from One Direction singer Harry Styles.
After enjoying some drinks at the Florists Arms pub in Bethnal Green, East London, Swift and Odell headed to the members-only Groucho Club in Soho, according to the Mirror.
Odell is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter known for penning songs inspired by heartbreak, notes the Mirror. One of his most popular hits is "Another Love," about someone he fell for while in school. (Sound familiar?) On Wednesday, he scooped up the Critics' Choice Award at the 2013 BRIT Awards, where Swift gave a sexy performance of "I Knew You Were Trouble" while Styles watched from the crowd.
Last month the two first connected when Swift got flirty with Odell on Twitter. The 23-year-old songstress sent a tweet gushing about his talent and he replied with "xx" (kisses).
The British singer was asked about the flirtatious tweets with Swift during an interview with Spinner this week.
"Maybe she is," he responded, when asked if he thought she was flirting. "Quite nice. She's a pretty girl." Adding, "Perhaps. I don't know. I've never met her before, so it's strange, flirting with her. But if she is, then cool. I should have flirted more back, maybe."
He and the "Red" singer's first apparent introduction happened backstage at the BRIT Awards.
Odell, who covered Swift's "Trouble" during a recent BBC appearance, is also a fan of her work. "Taylor Swift is a really intriguing character in music in that she's one of the biggest pop stars in the world and yet I think her songs are brilliant, I really do," he told Spinner. "I think she writes really dark lyrics ... I think she's a lot more real than people think she is."


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What is the Difference Between CDMA and GSM Modem ? – Various networks provider specially in India launches CDMA as well as GSM modems. Here, I will not discuss technical language, I will discuss here benefits. Recently I have got success in finding the unlocking solution of various Huawei CDMA Evdo modems, after that I decided to share with my blog readers. As you may already know that CDMA users can not use any GSM network providers sim in his modem. But, you are thinking wrong and it is possible to unlock CDMA modems also as well GSM modems. After unlocking CDMA modems you can not only use CDMA sim or network but also you can use the GSM sim or network sim also in the same modem. It is only one time work to unlock and after unlock you can enjoy both inbuilt CDMA network and also other GSM sim. I am trying to say that suppose you have purchased the E156 Tata Photon+ Modem of Huawei Company or brand. Now after unlocking the E156 Tata Photon+ Modem, you can use another network provider sim like Reliance, MTS, Airtel, Aircel, Tata Docomo, BSNL, Vodafone etc.
Yes you are reading write thing and you have write place to unlock your CDMA modems of various companies. When you will put GSM sim then your modem will automatically start working like a GSM sim and when you want to use inbuilt CDMA network then just eject the GSM sim from your CDMA modem / dongle and you will start getting network of CDMA modems. Now, what you will prefer to puchase CDMA modem / dongle or GSM modem / dongle. I am sure after reading this post you will try to purchase the CDMA modem / dongle.
Currently I am supporting the following Huawei CDMA modems / dongles to unlock for free, but in future I will not provide unlocking CDMA modems for free. The list of supported CDMA modems are :
Through above mentioned link you can unlock all types of network provider CDMA modems as mentioned in the article. Eg. – Airtel, Aircel, Reliance, BSNL, Tata Photon, Tata Docomo, Idea, Vodafone or what ever you can find out the modem. More supported models coming soon. To get updated tips and tricks subscribe for feedburner.
Update : After unlocking the CDMA EVDO modem, only CDMA sim will work, no any GSM sim will work on that.
However, there is option available in CDMA workshop tool, "GSM on 1x"
I have tried to convert GSM modem into CDMA modem through R-UIM only, NV only, R-UIM if avail and also tried GSM on 1x. Settings gets successfully updated. But, there is no affect on the modem. You can try with your's , if any good result kindly share.


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The increasingly inky and painty ramblings of a stampaholic, whilst kneeling on the floor. Yes, my knees do protest!
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
WOYWW 448- Happy New Year!
We meet once again for WOYWW for our latest desk sharing time.
I thought I'd have my last order from the Country View advent sale but it hasn't arrived yet.
I spent New Year getting a head start on some January birthday cards, I seem to have need for several - but can't share them here yet!
After I finished my card making session, I was sorting through my new journals for the next one to start, when my friend Emma mentioned that France Papillon had just put a notice on her FB group page, about a new journalling challenge - fate! I have been itching to start a new journal!
so I have started that
so, the smaller white journal at the front, is the new one I'd decided to use, and I stencilled some light modelling paste through a stencil. (Donna Downey)
I added some more to a black journal and a large one too, whilst I was at it.
I'll be round to see your desk at some stage - but being back at work after the Christmas holiday is taking it's toll and I might just put my feet up first....
34 comments:
- Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...
Happy new Year Helen, I know I say this a lot but I really would like to join in with the WOYWW one day soon. Look forward to seeing your journal process throughout the year, i'm rubbish when it comes to completing journals.
Best wishes for 2018 Tracey x
- 3 January 2018 at 01:04
- Neet said...
Happy New Year Helen. Thanks for the heads up on the journal challenge - must look into it. Good luck with yours. Sounds my sort of thing.
Hugs, Neet xx
- 3 January 2018 at 06:11
- craftyani said...
Hi Helen, never tried journaling maybe 2018 is the year. Looking forward to following yours. ANickoana#7
- 3 January 2018 at 07:24
- AliWade said...
Happy WOYWW. A layer a day sounds like a really sensible challenge. I wasn't going to sign up to anything this year, after hardly doing any of the Life Book last year. However, I saw a link to a FREE year-long crafty thing on the Facebook group for Mixed Up magazine, and signed up. It is run from Australia, so they did the first tutorial last night. I am going to check it out later. Only 2 tutorials per month, plus a weekly card project, so hopefully I will actually keep up. Will go and put a link on my blog post. Ali x #9
- 3 January 2018 at 07:50
- Annie said...
Happy New Year. Looks like you're enjoying a new challenge....I hope we get to see how the pages develop.
Annie x #13
- 3 January 2018 at 08:57
- Cardarian said...
Happy new year Helen! I see you are already getting on with it! I think your art journal will be lovely! I intend to start on a page today - will see how it goes!
Have a lovely week!
Love and hugs,
- 3 January 2018 at 09:05
- sandra de said...
Can't wait to see how your journal pages turn out. France Papillon has the most beautiful tutorials and creations. Have a great week.
sandra de @10
- 3 January 2018 at 09:16
- glitterandglue said...
Happy New Year Helen. That page you have started, and the black page are looking good - I like the colours you have used on the black. Trust this will be a really special year for you.
Take care. God bless.
Margaret #1
- 3 January 2018 at 09:21
- Shaz Brooks said...
Hi Helen,that journal idea was really lucky then. Need to get some cards made up as well, I'm usually running late, lol. Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz #5 XxX
- 3 January 2018 at 12:00
- sue jones said...
Happy New Year!! I have a few hundred birthdays to make cards for in January too! enjoy the journals.
Soojay 23
- 3 January 2018 at 14:03
- Lunch Lady Jan said...
Happy New Year lovely gal! I hope 2018 is a good one for you :-D. Hooray for having new projects to undertake, that flower on the black cover is gorgeous. Hope you have fun creating the new journal - sounds like the right thing at the right time!!
Hugs LLJ 8 xxx
- 3 January 2018 at 14:57
- Lindart said...
The challenge sounds like fun, I love watching France Papillon's You Tube videos! I always get in an organizing/clearing out mood this time of year, so I don't think I will take on the challenge, but I will want to see what you do with it! Have a wonderful 2018, Lindart #28
- 3 January 2018 at 16:15
- Sharon Madson said...
Happy New Year, Helen! I need to use my Gelatos! I have a lot of items in my stash that I intend to use this year! #34
- 3 January 2018 at 17:25
- Heather Marshall said...
Hi Helen. I love the flower stencil! Good luck with the journal challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Thanks for stoppihg by. Have a lovely week Heather #11
- 3 January 2018 at 17:35
what an amazing idea for a challenge, I really like that, Happy new year to you!! Laurie, #32
- 3 January 2018 at 18:02
- Christine said...
New Year, new journal! Brill! Enjoy both.... I know you will even though you are back at the grindstone.
Take care
Christine #29
- 3 January 2018 at 18:37
- StampinCarol said...
Happy New Year! Great way to start the year, a new journal! Bet it'll be gorgeous! Thanks for stopping by!
Carol N #22
- 3 January 2018 at 19:42
- Anne said...
Hi Helen and thank you for visiting me. I have a lot of January birthdays as well as other things I need to do but I just can't get into it. I look forward to seeing your journalling pages. Wishing you a very happy and health new year. Anne x #17
- 3 January 2018 at 19:42
- Twiglet said...
Happy New Year Helen! I love that flower on the black - so classy!! xx
- 3 January 2018 at 19:45
- Stacy Sheldon said...
Happy New Years Helen, sounds like the journal will be a fun project :)
the flower looks very elegant on the dark background too! ~Stacy #27
- 3 January 2018 at 19:59
- Ellie said...
Oooh yay a new journal! Cannot wait to see some of the finished spreads from that challenge. Sounds fun.
Ellie #24
- 3 January 2018 at 20:54
- Bernice said...
Happy new year! Enjoy your journaling challenge. Thanks for visiting,
Bernice #35
- 3 January 2018 at 20:56
- Julia Dunnit said...
Happy New Year Helen, hope to see you at a Crop this year! I didn't realise that part of the art of the journal was definitive layering, another day not wasted! Very impressed that you've knuckled down to the birthday cards...even with need being the motivator, getting back to it is hard!!
- 3 January 2018 at 21:25
- Shoshi said...
Well done, Helen, making a start on your January birthday cards. I'm afraid I failed at the first hurdle this year - my friend whose birthday is on New Year's Day got an e-card from me this year!! Love the idea of the journal and look forward to seeing your progress on that. Thank you for your visit and your nice comment - yes, we laughed at Lily's choice of Youtube viewing lol! I have been practising my song for the funeral and today it went a lot better, so hopefully it will be OK! I'm getting together with the organist on Friday for a practice. Thing are starting to come together but there's still a load to do...
Happy WOYWW and Happy New Year,
Shoshi #3
- 3 January 2018 at 22:41
- Angela Radford said...
Hi Helen, I'm waiting for an order from Country View Crafts too but I believe they were on holiday until the 2nd so hopefully they will arrive soon. I am determined to do more journaling this year but we will just have to see how it goes. Thanks for the visit to mine, have a great woyww and a very Happy New Year, Angela x15x
- 3 January 2018 at 22:57
- April Story said...
Love that first journal page. I understand about going back to work after the holidays. It's hard to get back into the grind. April #19
- 4 January 2018 at 03:44
- Claire Grantham said...
Hey Helen, Happy New Year! Thanks for Swinging by my blog. I did the get ahead on Jan birthday last wk, and you are so right 2 days back at work taxed me! love your journal.Dropby my blog tomorrow and you'll see my new bullet journal. Claire #26
- 4 January 2018 at 04:47
- Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...
Hi dear Helen, every blessing for 2018. You certainly have and are being busy, journals and birthday cards, at least your desk work is tidy! Unlike mine.
Thanks so much for your great desky share.
Happy WOYWW! Shaz in Oz.x #37
{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}
- 4 January 2018 at 10:01
- Kim said...
Happy New Year and belated WOYWW! Just getting around. With all those journals, you should be all primed and set for Wanderlust!!! I'll meet you there tomorrow!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
- 4 January 2018 at 14:11
- Kirsten said...
Happy New Year again. Yep, I've got a load of birthday cards to make, will have to make a start at the weekend - or at least when I've written the dates in the new calendar.......
The FP journal challenge sounds like fun, looking forward to seeing your pages.
- 4 January 2018 at 16:15
- Sue said...
Hi Helen, Have fun with the journal challenege.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Happy WOYWW
- 4 January 2018 at 17:59
- Sarah Brennan said...
Happy New Year Helen, i like the sound of that FB challenge, I shall have to check it out. Any excuse to start another journal lol. I look forward to seeing your first finished layout. Sarah #6
- 5 January 2018 at 06:26
- BJ said...
Cool stencil, certainly makes a statement. Looking forward to seeing how these pages develop. Thanks for the visit, sorry for the delay in replying BJ#15
- 6 January 2018 at 22:15
- pearshapedcrafting said...
There really is something about a new journal! The France Papillon challenge looks great....bu I won't be joining Face book! Happy New Year to you!Chrisx
- 7 January 2018 at 23:26


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Carrie deVore, Founder & teacher- trainer:
Senior certified Pilates instructor fell in love with Pilates in 1993 which quickly led to becoming a certified instructor in both classical (Jennifer Kries, The Method) out of New York and later in contemporary (Stott Pilates.)
SInce opening her studio in 2003, she added Pre/ postnatal and Ballet Barre to her certified repertoire.
She has had the pleasure of training and taking care of a vast variety of people varying from youths to the elderly; those who choose to sustain and improve physical fitness to someone wanting to get into shape for the first time. She works respectfully with clients living with past and present physical injuries.
She believes in kind, caring instruction, but also loves to challenge when the challenge is appropriate. She believes in working smaller and deeper, which is smarter to become stronger.
Therefore, C...PILATES C...RESULTS!
Julie A. Snider
Julie is certified as a level one Stott Pilates instructor and Xtend Ballet Barre Instructor. She has been training at C...Pilates since 2007 and enjoys working with clients of all levels and skills. Julie likes to challenge her clients but, also encourages all of her clients to honor their bodies and the movement capable of their bodies each training session. Her greatest satisfaction comes from clients that not only accomplish their goals, but those who surpass the goals they set for themselves and gain a quality of life they thought not possible. Julie enjoys running, biking, and skiing to keep herself fit. Pilates, and more importantly the principles, have become an integral part of her life and how she moves through her life. Julie loves to be the teacher of Pilates, but loves to be the student too. She appreciates each and every client and the opportunities the provide her to learn and better herself as an instructor.


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art&gastronomy / Café & Gallery Blå
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Café and Galleri Blå is settled in an old farm in Gärsnas, carefully preserved in its original shape, with beamed ceilings and wooden floors.
Galleri Blå is known for its exhibitions of many established artists.There is also a special section with graphics, art books and crafts.
In the gallery space, Jazz and folk music concerts are often performed.
In the café Blå they offer a variety of sandwiches, pies, salads, soups and good pastries.
Many reccomends this café for its famous "eggakaka", which is the popular Scåne version of ham and eggs.
Everything is Blå café is home-cooked food. The coffee itself is a special threat. Here the chosen Walters Lyxblandning sort is served, blended and roasted with love and care.
From the 3rd of September, Carl-Johan Blomquist is exhibiting his monotypi, graphics and objects at Café & Galleri Blå. Vernissage starts at 13.00h.
Café & Galleri Blå is open every day from 12 to 17, until the 3rd of October 2016.
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Restrictive covenants, namely in the form of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, are routinely deployed in M&A transactions, yet often overlooked by advisors as being useful tools for negotiating deal terms. After all, it is well accepted that a prospective buyer will not agree to purchase a target business's assets or purchase the equity in a business unless the seller will be legally precluded from working for a competitor or opening a competing business after the transaction closes.
Restrictive covenants are so commonplace in deals, in fact, that many advisors view them less as a "tool" and more as a practical reality of a transaction, which can be memorialized through boilerplate language under generally accepted "default" legal principles without much afterthought. Based on that misconception, many advisors fail to recognize the important legal nuances that exist concerning restrictive covenants, at least in Wisconsin, in the context of business transactions, resulting in negotiable deal points being left on the table after the transaction closes.
Wisconsin "Default" Laws Concerning Restrictive Covenants:
In Wisconsin, restrictive covenants, within the employer-employee "default" context, are governed by Wis. Stat. §103.465. Wisconsin courts look upon restricting competition with disfavor and "the public policy underlying [Wis. Stat. §103.465] is that Wisconsin law favors the mobility of workers." Genzyme Corp. v. Bishop, 463 F. Supp. 2d 946 (W.D. Wis. 2006). With that in mind, a restrictive covenant is enforceable under Wisconsin law only if it satisfies all of the following: (1) it is necessary for the protection of the principal; (2) it provides a reasonable time period; (3) the restriction covers a reasonable territory; (4) the restriction is not unreasonable or oppressive in nature; and (5) the restriction is not unreasonable to the general public. Chuck Wagon Catering, Inc. v. Raduege, 88 Wis. 2d 740, 277 N.W.2d 787 (1979). If any single provision of a restrictive covenant is deemed unenforceable under any of the foregoing factors, the entire covenant is generally deemed unenforceable. Within the default context, it is widely accepted that a reasonable time period is two years, though the reasonableness of both duration and geographic scope will vary based on the facts and circumstances of each case.
Restrictive Covenants Incidental to the Sale of a Business:
Because of the Wisconsin's pro-competition predisposition, many M&A advisors incorrectly assume that the foregoing "default" laws concerning restrictive covenants also govern non-competition agreements in the M&A context. This, however, is not the case. In M&A transactions governed by Wisconsin law, a properly tailored agreement can provide a buyer with a much longer period of protection from seller competition than what would otherwise be deemed reasonable under the "default" principles. In Reiman Associates, Inc. v. R/A Advertising, Inc., 102 Wis.2d 305, 306 N.W.2d 292 (1981), the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that "covenants not to compete incidental to the sale of a business are not subject to exacting scrutiny [concerning the five elements above]" and that such covenants "benefit from full application of the rule of partial enforcement: even an unreasonable restraint will be enforced to the extent necessary and reasonable under the circumstances." In that case, concerning the purchase and sale of an agricultural advertising company, the court summarily held that a covenant not to compete for a period of six years was enforceable.
Opportunity for M&A Advisors:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's recognition that restrictive covenants incidental to the sale of a business must be viewed with less scrutiny than those arising under the traditional employer-employee context created an opportunity for M&A advisors to add value for their clients during the negotiation process of a transaction. The court's ruling in Reiman Associates, Inc. equipped advisors with an additional tool to deploy to negotiate more favorable deal terms for clients, achieved through leveraging a restrictive covenant's duration and scope. As such, the prudent buy-side advisor would put his or her client in an advantageous bargaining position by setting the initial term of a restrictive covenant in the range of five to seven years, depending on the industry of the business being acquired.
An example of a negotiation scenario is where a dispute arises regarding the calculation of working capital. If the issue of covenant duration were important to the seller, the buy-side advisor may offer to compromise on a reduced covenant period in exchange for a working capital formula more favorable to the buyer. On the other hand, if the seller intended to take the proceeds of the sale, retire and move to Hawaii immediately after closing, the sell-side advisor may negotiate an extended covenant duration as a means of compromising to arrive at a formula more favorable to the seller. Another example arises when the transaction includes a seller financing component. In that situation, either advisor may purpose that the seller be entirely relieved of his or her covenant not to compete in the event the buyer defaults under the terms of the seller note. The true value of such a provision would ultimately correlate with the actual and perceived risk of buyer defaulting, however, the example offers another illustration of a negotiable term which may not have otherwise existed, or have been necessary, but for restrictive covenants being more liberally scrutinized in the context of M&A transactions.
Too often M&A advisors overlook the opportunity to use restrictive covenants as tools for developing other terms of the transaction. Much of this is the result of advisors incorrectly assuming that the enforceable provisions for restrictive covenants, in terms of duration and scope, is well-worn territory, incapable of any material deviation. As this article points out, this is simply not the case, and the terms and provisional byproducts of restrictive covenants are just as negotiable as any other part of the transaction. Equipped with this knowledge, advisors on both sides of the deal have an opportunity to add value for their client by strategically leveraging the intricacies made available by enlarged restrictive covenants as a means of further achieving client goals.
Green Bay business attorney Terry J. Gerbers practices in the area of mergers and acquisitions transactions, ranging from $1 million to $50 million. He assists his clients in negotiating sales, acquisitions, financing, mergers, and shareholder redemptions while providing insight as to the tax consequences of structuring the transaction. If your Wisconsin LLC or Corporation is looking to merge or acquire another entity, give us a call today: 920-499-5700.
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Oxford: An unlikely place for one of the world's greatest universities?
Professor Brockliss argues that Oxford's evolution has been a story not of entitlement, but of hard work, difficult decisions, and a creative use of limited resources and advantages
By Professor Laurence Brockliss
There are 17,000 universities in the world today, and in international rankings Oxford is always placed in the top five, and often in the top three. Have you ever wondered how Oxford has attained such an elevated position? It is tempting to say it was inevitable in that Oxford is the world's third oldest university, after Bologna and Paris. But antiquity is no guarantee of success in the global age, and there is good reason to believe that Oxford, just like its rival Cambridge, is an unexpected presence at the top table.
The reredos depicting angels, saints, patriarchs and prophets around Christ Crucified in the fourteenth-century chapel at New College
When the first universities were established in the late middle ages, the European state-system was a complex patchwork of overlapping jurisdictions and multiple centres of power. The sixty-odd universities active in 1500 were dotted haphazardly all over western and central Europe, wherever a pope, king, count, bishop or municipality felt moved to protect and foster schools of higher learning by giving them corporative status and special privileges. Some universities for a time had a higher reputation than others and attracted students from far away but there was no obvious or consistent pecking-order. By 1850, however, Europe's university map, like the state-system itself, was much more clearly defined. The most prestigious, best financed, and most populous universities were located and continue to be found in the capital cities of Europe's leading states. This was true even when, as in the case of the Universities of Berlin and Madrid, they were of recent creation. Indeed, a number of universities which had had the misfortune to be established in what were by then small provincial towns, such as Luther's Wittenberg, had disappeared altogether around 1800.The Oxford Martyrs' memorial, a reminder of the University's religious origins and upheaval during the Reformation
How then did Oxford, a seat of learning in a town of 12,000 inhabitants in 1801 which still has only 150,000 today, defy the modern European Weltgeist and develop into a world-class university? The omens in the long nineteenth century did not look good. In 1800 Oxford and Cambridge were the only English universities. By 1914, they were not alone. In 1826 a university was finally established in London, the rich heart of the expanding British Empire; in 1832 another in Durham; in 1880 the Victorian University of Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds; and in 1905 and 1909 the Universities of Sheffield and Bristol. Oxford and Cambridge's position was further eroded by the fact that until 1871 they were both confessional universities in an age when Anglicanism no longer enjoyed majority support. It was not until 1854 that non-conformists could even study at Oxford. Oxford at the turn of the twentieth century was particularly poorly placed. Cambridge had grasped that the best universities in the future would be centres of research as well as teaching and was fast developing a high reputation in the natural sciences. Oxford saw its primary role as teaching undergraduates and placed next to no emphasis on research until the interwar period. There were prominent figures, too, on the eve of the First World War who would cheerfully have assigned Oxford and Cambridge to the dustbin of history. The politician Viscount Haldane for one thought the old universities should stew in their old-fashioned juice. The future lay with the fast-growing University of London which should become the empire's university and the centre of imperial research.
Soldiers passing academics on the High during the Second World War. From 1945 the University evolved into a meritocratic and secular institution
In answer to the conundrum, a pleasing narrative could be constructed of how Oxford since 1914 has fought tenaciously against the disadvantages of its location, confessional history, and obsession with undergraduates and recreated itself as an international, multi-cultural, collegiate university dedicated to high quality research and teaching at all levels. There is an element of truth in this. Even in the nineteenth century, Oxford sheltered a bevy of tough, forward-thinking reformers who read the runes and strove to make the University relevant to the industrial age. From 1945, the realists have largely been in charge and proved spectacularly successful in attracting far more than Oxford's fair share of the funds governments have made available for infrastructure and research, as well as in more recent years cornering vast amounts of private money. But good intentions and persistent lobbying would have buttered few parsnips if Oxford (and Cambridge) had not had and continue to have a singular advantage over their ever-growing number of UK rivals (some 160 at the latest count): the political, social, economic and cultural power of their alumni.
The medieval lodgings at Worcester, pictured in the early 1900s
Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Oxford was of negligible importance intellectually, but in accordance with a long-standing tradition, it educated, with Cambridge, a large section of the country's (and the empire's) ruling elite. This has remained the case until today: a quarter of MPs, many leading journalists, and most cabinet ministers, judges and top civil servants are Oxford (or Cambridge) men and women. The backgrounds of many of the elite may have changed since 1945 as oligarchy has given way to meritocracy but the two ancient universities have been very successful at remaining the gate-keepers to power. In such circumstances, it is not difficult to see why Oxford has proved so adept at securing the funds it needed and needs to move and stay to the top. In negotiations with government and grant-giving bodies, public and private, it is usually negotiating with its own. Its political weight also makes it difficult for opponents to challenge its pole position. Between 1852 and 1922 four parliamentary commissions sat in judgement on Oxford and Cambridge but insider influence ensured that they were less critical and undermining than they could easily have been. Since then the two universities have escaped further specific scrutiny. Their prominence and dominance was queried by both Robbins and Dearing in 1993 and 1997 but no serious attempt was made to knock them off their pedestal.
Of course, this does not mean that Oxford's position at the top of the tree is permanently secure. Since the 1990s, it has been the policy of successive governments to reduce the stranglehold Oxford and Cambridge has over the British elite. If this policy is ever seriously pursued, Oxford and Cambridge will find it much more difficult than hitherto to dominate the British university system and its resources, as its rivals in the Russell Group will leap at the chance to fight their own corner on a more level playing field. Oxford's HEFCE grant is still larger than the income it draws from its combined university and college endowment. Oxford city and the surrounding county today might be full of high-tech companies eager to piggy-back on Oxford's first-class scientific research, but if the research funding goes elsewhere, so will the companies, and so too the international megastars. Moreover, it is worth noting that for all its present research élan, Oxford has not had a Nobel Prize winner in science among its post holders since Rodney Porter retired in 1985.
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"the two ancient universities have been very successful at remaining the gate-keepers to power"
"...spectacularly successful in attracting far more than Oxford's fair share of the funds governments have made available for infrastructure and research"
"Between 1852 and 1922 four parliamentary commissions sat in judgement on Oxford and Cambridge but insider influence ensured that they were less critical and undermining than they could easily have been."
I wonder if Dr Brockliss of Magdalen College understands just how damning his article is of his own university. His basic argument is that Oxford occupies the upper echelons of UK universities only because it is able to use insider trading to hoard public money and public power, in a self-serving vicious cycle. He implies that the moment this monopoy ebbs, all will be lost for Oxford.
I was expecting to read that Oxford maintains its position because of an institutional commitment to educating the very brightest students instead of the greatest number of students. I am saddened to instead read an exultant account of Oxford taking public money away from other, perhaps more deserving universities, and crowding other universities' alumni out of the corridors of power.
When I was at school (local Grammar) at the beginning of the 60s, it was assumed that anyone who could would go to Oxford or Cambridge; if you weren't good enough, you might go somewhere else. No-one seemed to question this. I didn't look at the course content: if I had, I might have asked some questions, such as, "Why is it called Modern Languages when half of it is medieval (or mediaeval)?" (It's all different now, of course.)
By the time my children were looking at universities in the 80s, they looked at courses, not university names. I don't know when this development occurred, but I suspect it was a catalyst for bringing Oxbridge courses more up to date.
A correction to Oxford's claim to be the third oldest university after Bologna and Paris. Hanoi, Vietnam has claim to have provided a university issuing "doctorates" in 1066. The site can be visited in central Hanoi. I don't know how long it lasted after 1066, but Vietnam claims literacy back to before 230BC and with literacy comes some form of education.
One wonders what the Chinese might claim in respect of founding early centres of learning that may be termed "universities"? And if we go back to the Middle East, India and Egypt, those early civilisations too presumably they had centres of learning, some of which would have included astronomy as an early science. I understand that the Babylonians gave us the sexagesimal system, which we still use today in Euclidian geometry and navigation. Bologna, Paris, Oxford? Relative newcomers!
'In 1800 Oxford and Cambridge were the only English universities.' True, but there were four long-established universities in Scotland, already serving 'the expanding British Empire,' not to mention Trinity College Dublin. The account of 19th century developments is likewise wholly anglocentric, ignoring the universities and university colleges established in Wales and Northern Ireland.
I miss the mention of any Welsh universities too. In 1885 a Welsh University College (now known as the Bangor University), set up in 1884, received its charter...Wales is a part of Britain and yet it merits no attention?! It's true that it was getting its degrees from the Uni of London (until 1893), but... It became a constituent part of WELSH HIGHER EDUCATION pretty soon. Please look beyond England when you are reflecting on Britain!


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We knew this was an unusually rigid format for a website, but it made a statement we liked at the time. We wanted every word to count, and we wanted to set an example of careful and serious writing that would inspire our contributors to write as well as they could in their responses. For myself as one of the site's three main writers, the interactivity amounted to a challenge that stretched my skills and frequently forced me out of my literary comfort zone, as I tried to keep up with the varied sensibilities represented by all our contributors, and produce pieces worthy of their time.
Over the months I wrote some stuff I am proud of and some stuff I'd be happy to never see again. My personal favorite moment was probably the two-week best poem in the world discussion. I asked a simple question, and I was really surprised by the passion and conviction of the numerous responses, which also made me realize I would have to write a hell of a follow-up response myself. I only hope I lived up to the expectations.
Caryn and Jamelah and I have worked with this format for six months now, living through a presidential election, a tsunami and a few sad deaths. Today, the LitKicks staff is happy to announce that we've now decided to begin loosening up the flow a bit. Instead of a strict three pieces a week, we are tossing the schedule out the window, and we're each just going to write when we feel like it. This will probably lead to more, shorter postings, along with occasional longer pieces. We hope this new approach will also help us include more of the interesting contributions we've been getting.
We think you'll like some of the other changes we're about to roll out, including an increased focus on the news/contemporary-lit front (based on Caryn's excellent Seen and Heard columns) and a new improved design with better navigation and Firefox compatibility, which we're going to premiere any day now (Jamelah's been working very hard on the CSS, and to be honest we're a bit worried about her).
We're also very close to bringing back the long-awaited LitKicks advertising program with an all-new interface that will make it easier to buy space to promote your small press publications, chapbooks, artworks, music, crafts or websites. Finally, we're improving the indexing and retrievability of the archived content, because there's a lot of good stuff buried in these files. This is one of the changes to the site we are most excited about.
The only thing we're not changing is the action poetry board because we like the way that's going.
We'd love to show you all of these changes today, but we're still cooking it all up out back. Stay tuned!
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Interesting... 2 items caught my interest, Levi. The 1st being the statement that the Action Poetry will remain the same, I'm sure you know that this made for a big hooray down here in Maryland. The 2nd item that interests me was the advertising programs return, I have a poetry cd coming out soon and of course my wire sculptures and I sure do look forward to buying a lil LitKicks exposure space.
LoopyWell. I'm a bit loopy from proof-reading and editing a book. On top of that, my garden gnomes have been turning up in strange places - the refrigerator, my car (with seat belt buckled), my bookshelf...I'm not kidding. Someone or something is doing this (I hope). I think I can explain why Jamelah sees programming code as poetry and such a dedicated worker. The girl is an android. I don't expect the staff to admit it; these things are not for the public to know.


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Toby is lying in the used paper box. I think he is dying and the Exfactor is taking him to the vet today. He is quickly getting worse and losing his faculties. I won't go into a descriptive tale of his disabilities because it makes me sad, but he suddenly became very ill. He'll probably have to be put to sleep. He's only able to drink some water with a lot of support.
That kind of puts a damper on things, doesn't it? It's hard to be cheerful when you have that on your mind.
I've just put a thick towel beneath him and got him to eat a small bowl of kibbles. Maybe there is a slight improvement? I dare not hope for one. He seems more comfortable. Maybe I can nurse him back to good health.
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I am a little late to the game posting on SRAM eTap but thought now was a good time with Shimano's recent upgrade of their 10 Edition Dura Ace R9100.
I believe The electronic shifting would have mass appeal, but whether the price point will ever come to a place where the common rider can try it is another question. I've never considered the Shimano Di2 personally, as I don't have a bike setup for the interface. But with SRAM Red eTap, I could install it on an existing frame with no integration issues; which is especially appealing as someone who likes to ride vintage frames matched with modern components.


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One of the women Michelle trained is now training Muslim background believers (MBBs) in Australia to share the gospel and made disciples.
The MBBs are sharing their stories and stories about Jesus via Skype with friends and family back home in Iran and Turkey.
Who would have thought that you are just a handshake and a Skype call away from making disciples and planting churches in Muslim majority nations.
You may remember Joy, a Chinese-Australian who has led her family to Christ, baptised some of them and is now helping them plant a church in their village. Joy is in Melbourne, her family are in a remote town in China. All this was achieved over a mobile phone. Including the baptisms.
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- How many ordinary people are sitting idle when all they need is some training and encouragement to get started making disciples?
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A project to improve The Helicopter Museum's visitor facilities has got underway.
The scheme, which has so far been self-funded by the museum and could cost around £300,000, will see the entrance which includes the shop, café and some aircraft replaced by a new extension to the Weston attraction's Duke of York Hangar.
The buildings have been some of the first things seen by visitors since 1988 but were always intended to be a temporary measure.
Museum founder Elfan Ap Rees said: "We are running out of undercover space for aircraft and have planning permission for another hangar, but the condition of the visitor services building is deteriorating to such an extent we have got to make it a priority.
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The extension will also house a new exhibition showcasing the world's oldest helicopter, the Hafner R2 Revoplane which was built in Austria in 1930.
The shop and café have been relocated to the main display hangar for the duration of the work.
The project is the second major renovation to be carried out at the museum, which houses the world's largest collection of helicopters, after £134,000 was spent on transforming its pilot block and control tower to show off Weston's aviation history.
The Helicopter Museum, which opened in 1958, has also been recognised at Weston Chamber of Commerce's annual business awards when it won the prize for innovation.
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Postgame, Red Sox 7-6: That's four wins in five games for the Red Sox, but each has come by just one run, making it seem as if the club is just scraping by.
Sometimes that's all you need to do against the Orioles, who fall to 2-16 this season and are now winless in 10 straight against Boston.
The Sox will go for their first series sweep of the year Sunday with Tim Wakefield on the mound. First pitch is 1:35 p.m.
Final, Red Sox 7-6: Things got extremely dicey in the ninth before Jonathan Papelbon finally gets the last out.
The Orioles had a home run, double and three singles in succession to get to within a run. Papelbon then struck out Ty Wigginton – who had reached in 8-of-9 plate appearances in the series – and Rhyne Hughes to end it.
It goes in the books as a win, but not a pretty one, for the Sox, who have taken four of their last five since the five-game losing streak.
We'll go hear what they have to say downstairs and get right back to you.
Top 9th, Red Sox 7-4: So much for that Ramon Ramirez save. A home run and a double chases him in the ninth and Jonathan Papelbon is in.
End 8th, Red Sox 7-3: For all of you with Ramon Ramirez on your fantasy team (there must be a few out there, right?), you are set up for a save opportunity here. Ramirez entered with two on and the tying run in the on-deck circle in the eighth, so the chance is his.
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish a happy 69th birthday to my father, Kenneth Lee, the best baseball player in the history of Pascack Valley High.
Mid 8th, Red Sox 7-3: The Orioles are three outs from falling to 2-16 after they strand runners at second and third in the eighth. And if you really want to feel sorry for them, take a look at the schedule.
After finishing up at Fenway Park tomorrow, Baltimore hosts the New York Yankees for three, then the Sox for three more. Then, without an off-day, they visit the Yankees for three and then the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins for four.
This could be a five- or six-win team in mid-May.
Top 8th, Red Sox 7-3: Two on and two out in the top of the eighth and Terry Francona has gone to get the ball from Scott Schoeneweis. In comes Ramon Ramirez in a pretty big situation.
End 7th, Red Sox 7-3: Just get into the Baltimore bullpen and good things can happen. An atrocious set of arms has allowed several teams to erase late deficits. The Sox are just the most recent.
Marco Scutaro and Kevin Youkilis both hit three-run homers in the seventh, which featured four hits, two walks and a stolen base for Boston.
Scott Schoeneweis is the first out of the Red Sox bullpen.
Bottom 7th, Red Sox 4-3: In the past those moments were reserved for David Ortiz. But seconds after Big Papi sees a third strike fly right by him with two men on, Marco Scutaro deposits the next pitch over the Green Monster for a go-ahead three-run blast. There's your crooked number, folks (see Mid 7th post for that stat). With just one out, we have our second pitching change of the inning.
Bottom 7th, Orioles 3-1: The Sox have runners on the corners with no outs in the seventh as Brian Matusz is sent to the showers. Matt Albers is on in relief.
Mid 7th, Orioles 3-1: If the Sox are unable to rally in this one, you can't pin it on John Lackey. He should be done after throwing 111 pitches in seven solid frames.
The Orioles did manage 10 hits and got four of them in a row in the second to put the only crooked number on the board.
Speaking of crooked numbers, defined as innings in which a team scores more than one run, the Sox have not put one up for a total of 33 innings. Eight times in that span they have had an inning in which they've scored exactly one run.
End 6th, Orioles 3-1: Five runs in the last 24 innings for the Sox after they waste a leadoff single by Victor Martinez in the sixth.
Mid 6th, Orioles 3-1: Can anyone get out Ty Wigginton? Not on the Red Sox, it would seem.
Wigginton slugged a solo homer in top of the sixth and is now 4-for-5 with three walks in the series.
End 5th, Orioles 2-1: That's four home runs in 21 at-bats now for Jason Varitek.
Terry Francona said earlier in this homestand that the hope was that Varitek would be a bit more productive in a bench role as he would not necessarily wear down. But did anyone expect this?
If the Sox could just get a few guys on from time to time the blasts would mean that much more. Each of 'Tek's homers have been solo shots.
Mid 5th, Orioles 2-0: The Orioles get two on in the fifth before John Lackey gets Matt Wieters on a pop to shortstop. Eight hits and a pair of walks against Lackey. He's doing a good job of wiggling out of trouble. Two double plays have helped.
The Orioles have stranded 16 runners in the series thus far.
End 4th, Orioles 2-0: Since Kevin Youkilis' walk-off hit Wednesday night, the Red Sox have managed four runs in 22 innings. The runs have come on a solo homer, a double-play grounder, a sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk.
Not exactly knocking the cover off the ball.
Mid 4th, Orioles 2-0: You never know what you will see at the old ballpark. In the fourth, it was a rare ground-rule single.
Yes, Ty Wigginton looped one down the right-field line that bounced up and was touched by a misguided fan. With J.D. Drew standing right over the ball and Wiggy just barely reaching first the umpires ruled he could not pass first. Correct call, just odd. No argument from Baltimore manager Dave Trembley.
There was another hit in the inning, but John Lackey escapes the jam with the Red Sox' second double play of the game.
End 3rd, Orioles 2-0: The Sox get their first walk against Brian Matusz but nothing else in the third. The lefty is in cruise control.
At some point we will take a closer look at it, but the Boston offense has done so little since those back-to-back walk-off wins earlier in the week.
Mid 3rd, Orioles 2-0: Thank you Dustin Pedroia. John Lackey should, at least.
After Adam Jones got on with a beautiful bunt single to lead off the third (testing Mike Lowell a bit, it seemed), Nick Markakis hits a hard shot up the middle that Pedroia smothered near the second base bag and rose to get the out at first.
The Sox second baseman then tracked down a little looper in shallow right and scooped up another grounder for the third out.
End 2nd, Orioles 2-0: Kevin Youkilis gets the first hit off Brian Matusz, and just as a colleague predicts a double play, Mike Lowell grounds into one to erase the runner.
Mid 2nd, Orioles 2-0: Holy mackerel. When the Red Sox defense is bad, it is really bad. I mean, Bad News Bears before they turned it around bad. Jeremy Hermida's latest adventure in left field brings Bizet's "Carmen" into our heads once again.
After a leadoff single that whizzed past a slow-moving Mike Lowell, Hermida prepared to play a ball off the wall in left and got completely turned around. He actually twisted himself and fell to the turf as the ball bounced past him and allowed the run to score.
It's the second error of the season for Hermida.
Two more singles follow, including the first in the major league career of Ryhne Hughes.
End 1st, 0-0: Brian Matusz is perfect in the first and you have to like what you see in him. But even in a 1-2-3 inning we are still treated to a classic case of Orioles baseball, much to the delight of the fans at Fenway.
With one out, Dustin Pedroia fouled a pitch virtually straight up. Catcher Matt Wieters never budged, apparently thinking it was fouled into the seats and clearly not alerted by his teammates. The ball landed just on the edge of the dirt behind home plate.
Mid 1st, 0-0: John Lackey walks one and is forced to throw 20 pitches, but gets through the first inning unharmed.
It has been a frustrating season all around for the Orioles, but Friday night had to really sting. Just look at how the Red Sox scored.
David Ortiz had his first home run of the season. Then a run came in on a double-play grounder. A third scored on a lazy fly to left. And the go-ahead run was forced in with a bases-loaded walk.
In addition, Baltimore should've had bases loaded an no outs in the eighth when trailing 3-2. Instead, a blown call gave the O's runners on the corners with one out. They managed to get the tying run in on a grounder but could've had more in the inning if not for the mistake by crew chief Jeff Kellogg.
6:55 p.m.: As we get ready for the first pitch, here are a few statistics to tie you all over. All will touch on the Red Sox' control of the series.
- With a win, Boston would have its fourth 10-game winning streak against Baltimore.
- The Sox have tallied at least six hits in 41 straight games against the O's. It puts them one game away from tying the Yankees' 42-game stretch in the mid-80s, the longest such span ever against Baltimore.
- John Lackey is 6-2 with a 2.44 ERA in his last nine starts against Baltimore.
- Jonathan Papelbon owns a 0.59 ERA in 32 career games in the series. That ranks him first all-time among pitchers with at least 30 innings against the Orioles.
6:07 p.m.: The Sox' latest lineup offers up a few questions, several of which were posed to Terry Francona.
He has inserted Mike Lowell at third base for the third time this year as he wanted to get Adrian Beltre a rest and also wanted Victor Martinez to DH.
Orioles starter Brian Matusz has held lefties to a .214 mark this year, so David Ortiz was benched, despite hitting his first home run of the year Friday night.
"I thought this was our best lineup [against Matusz]," Francona said when asked about keeping Ortiz out of the lineup. "We have a roster and we're trying to put the best team out there we can. I would like guys to get hot. At the same time we got a pretty good lefty going today. He's been beating up left handers."
With the injuries in the outfield J.D. Drew has played 15 of the team's 17 games and was also given a night off against a lefty.
"I thought he needed it," Francona said of Drew, who is hitting .158.
Moving Drew out of the lineup allowed the skipper to push Dustin Pedroia up a slot to his usual No. 2 position. Pedroia had been scuffling in the three-hole and Francona saw him pressing.
"I think [Pedroia] was trying too hard," Francona said. "Some of it was because of the way we're playing. He's done this before. We hit him leadoff, I think he did the same thing.
Sure enough, Pedroia is a .319 hitter while batting second. He has hit a combined .246 while batting leadoff or third.
The only player to stay in the same spot all season is Kevin Youkilis, who has hit cleanup in each of the team's 17 games.
4:49 p.m.: We have spoken with both Jonathan Van Every and Terry Francona about the move which brought the 30-year-old outfielder back to Boston. Should have a story up in a few moments. For now, here is the Orioles lineup against John Lackey:
Lou Montanez LF
Adam Jones CF
Nick Markakis RF
Miguel Tejada 3B
Matt Wieters C
Luke Scott DH
Ty Wigginton 2B
Rhyne Hughes 1B
Cesar Izturis SS
For those of you who saw my lineup error earlier, my apologies. For those of you who did not, it never happened. I'm still batting 1.000.
3:26 p.m.: These are the days you dream about during the winter: Sunny skies, low humidity, light breeze and the Orioles in town. Here is the Red Sox starting lineup on a sparkling day at Fenway Park:
Marco Scutaro SS
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Victor Martinez DH
Kevin Youkilis 1B
Mike Lowell 3B
Jason Varitek C
Bill Hall RF
Jeremy Hermida LF
Darnell McDonald CF
A few things of note here. I don't have the numbers right in front of me but this has to be about the 12th or 13th different lineup the Sox have used. I hinted at that on the pregame show yesterday. With Mike Cameron and Jacoby Ellsbury out, several guys still struggling to get going and multiple "platooned" positions, we might see a makeshift lineup for the next few weeks or so. There is almost nothing definite right now, aside from Kevin Youkilis in the cleanup spot.
Dustin Pedroia, who is 2-for-22 (.091) in the third spot, is back up to the two-hole, where he has hit .354 (17-for-48).
Terry Francona hasn't said this and won't be anytime soon, but I think we are legitimately in a platoon at DH. David Ortiz did not stick around to meet with reporters after Friday night's game, and the fact that he is out for this one may be why. He found out ahead of time and was not pleased.
Papi may want to get used to it. Mike Lowell has started against three lefties this week alone and gets the call against Orioles southpaw Brian Matusz. Lowell is at third and Victor Martinez is the DH, but that is only to get Martinez a chance to not catch and still hit. If Victor was catching we would likely see Lowell at the DH.
By the way, news just passed across has Josh Reddick being optioned back to Triple-A Pawtucket and fellow outfielder Jonathan Van Every being acquired from Pittsburgh. Van Every, you might recall, played in 18 games for the Red Sox between 2008 and 2009 before heading to the Pirates.
We will have more on this in a bit.
10:36 a.m.: The Red Sox' ownership of the Baltimore Orioles is almost laughable, although you might not see many smiles in the visiting clubhouse at Fenway Park after the way Friday night went.
In dropping their ninth straight to Boston and falling to 17-56 in the series since 2006, the Orioles stranded 12 runners, were victimized by a missed call during an eighth-inning rally and lost on a bases-loaded walk to Adrian Beltre, who needs quite a bit of coaxing to take a free pass.
Facing John Lackey on Saturday might not help. The Red Sox righty is 8-3 in his career against the O's.
He will be opposed by Brian Matusz, at 2-0 the only pitcher on the Baltimore staff with a win to his credit.
First pitch is 7:10 p.m. Keep it right here for all the in-game analysis as the Sox look to clinch a second straight series win.


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Bye CDs – Well Hello There Dividends
It's no surprise that CD rates are super low and have been for a long time now. Per Bankrate.com, the best rates for a $10,000 5 year CD is 2.35%. I've seen so many stocks that have a higher yield. So if you're looking for a little passive income, don't look at CDs so much, but alternatively at dividend stocks.
Dividend stocks are generally offered by companies who have been around for many years, so they take their profits and pay them back to the shareholders. Established companies offer these more because they have reached a level of maturity in their business. And because of this maturity, product identification, customer base, they are able to offer dividends.
Maybe the Fed Can Help, Maybe Not
If the Federal Reserve starts the process of regularly raising the federal funds rate, this can help boost CD rates. But as this has not been happening, it is yet another reason to leave CDs in the dust and look elsewhere for higher returns.
Even if the Fed begins rate hikes on a more regular basis, this won't necessarily make CD rates jump right away. Per Nerd Wallet, "Fed rate hikes don't cause bank rates to skyrocket overnight, but they can encourage financial institutions to gradually increase their APYs." It goes on to say that banks in the past have to raise loan rates instead of CD rates following a rate hike.
This chart I pulled from retirementincome.net shows the steady increase in dividend income VS CD interest income for a 40 year period:
High Yield Dividend Funds
Instead of dividend stocks, I'll present dividend funds or ETFs rather. This is because you automatically get diversification too with these. Per http://www.dividend.com/dividend-etfs/, a few of these include:
- CVY – multi-asset income ETF with a yield of 4.4% and has been paying a divided for more than 10 years.
- DHS – market cap of over $1B with a yield of 3.07% and has been paying a divided for more than 10 years.
- PGF – market cap of over $1.5B with a yield of 5.6% and has been paying a divided for more than 10 years.
Of course, there are many other high yielding divided ETFs to choose from and other factors/variables to consider. By the way, I don't own any of these. Do as I say, not as I do….just kidding J One more to add is:
- PFF – market cap of over $18B, with a yield of 5.62% and has been paying a dividend for about 10 years.
Is It Safer? No, But Hey No Risk No Reward
Since you may get a higher return, dividend funds do come with a bit more risk. The risks of high dividend stocks and funds include:
- Cut in the dividend, which means less income for you and a possible decline in stock price as well. That doesn't happen too often though unless we are in an economic crisis. These days more and more companies are actually raising their dividends.
- Pressure to continuously raise interest rates which can result in money coming out of dividend stocks and falling stock prices.
- Nature of investment – dividends do not have to be paid, so a company can essentially cut or eliminate dividends. This is not the case with CD interest income.
- Depends what you buy – for example in the case of XLU – utility ETF that has a yield of 3.48%. Compared with the SPY index for the overall market, it has lagged overall as the S&P is up by ~20% in comparison.
More Money = More Taxes
Yes with dividend income you pay taxes. But remember paying taxes is good because it means you're earning income. Depending on your income, you can pay either 0 or up to 20% tax on qualified dividends.
One way to strategize in a way to reduce your tax liability is to own high dividend paying stocks in tax-deferred accounts. As these continue to grow and reinvest, so will the amount of the dividends and that is when you can really benefit from the tax shelter in tax-deferred accounts in the short-term at least. These are usually 401(k) plans and IRAs. Motley Fool further explains that by eliminating the tax liability on these accounts, it can help your portfolio grow uninterrupted with dividend reinvestment and long-term gains.
At the same time, it's also a good idea to have some dividend-paying stocks in after-tax accounts for flexibility.
You don't want to pay a lot of taxes when withdrawing your retirement funds, do you? A company you own may also pay a stock dividend which is just a payment in the form of more stock from that company instead of a cash dividend. But you don't have to pay taxes on these stock dividends until the stock is sold.
So do you have funds in a CD set to expire and are pondering where to deploy? Could a dividend stock or fund be a viable option? Got any good ones in mind you'd like to share?
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News - May 2007
May 31, 2007Statement about GOSPEL OF THE HORNS: "Since the unfortunate situation earlier in 2007 where news was broken on Blabbermouth that Gospel of the Horns had split up and therefore wouldn't be touring again, we've had a hard task convincing people Gospel of the Horns are in fact still 100% active as a band. They are currently preparing to tour Australia with Sodom. Gospel of the Horns are NOT split up and are available for interview as normal. They are also planning, in association with Invictus Productions & Metal Kommand touring, a European tour. No dates have been confirmed yet and it is very much in the early stages of organising but Gospel of the Horns will tour Europe again." - Darragh / Invictus Productions
May 30, 2007IMPALED NAZARENE have finished recording all instruments for their 10th studio album "Manifest". The band has entered Sonic Pump studio with producer / engineer Tapio Pennanen on May 10th. In a recently published press statement they said that they do not use triggers on the album this time and that it will have a "much warmer live sound." They have a little recording break now and will continue with the vocals in June. "Manifest" will be mixed at Sonic Pump at the end of July and mastered in August. Here is the full tracklisting (not the final running order): 'Intro: Greater Wrath', 'The Antichrist Files', 'Pandemia', 'Mushroom Truth', 'Die Insane', 'Blueprint For Your Culture's Apocalypse', 'Funeral For Despicable Pigs', 'Goat Justice', 'Dead Return', 'Suicide Song', 'Pathogen', 'The Calling', 'Planet Nazarene', 'You Don't Rock Hard', 'When Violence Commands The Day' and 'Original Pig Rig'. According to the band the album lyrically deals with "all possible bullshit we have faced during the last couple of years." Ritual, who has already worked with IMPALED NAZARENE previously on many occasions, will handle all artwork and layout for the album. The release date is scheduled for end of October on Osmose Productions (CD and vinyl).
May 25, 2007Debemur Morti Productions have signed the Dutch duo URFAUST for their forthcoming mini album that will contain "around 20 minutes of unholy synthesizer ultra Doom in the most morbid and twisted vein". The recordings are expected to be ready within two months. It is supposed to be released on vinyl and CD.
Germany's SUIDAKRA will be replacing VADER at this year's Wacken Open Air. www.wacken.com
May 24, 2007Osmose Productions will be releasing SJODOGG's debut full-length "Landscapes Of Disease And Decadence" this fall. The basic concept behind SJODOGG is to create dark music with an emphasis on atmosphere and groove, rather than focusing on sheer technical brutality. The music of SJODOGG is minimalistic in some aspects, yet innovative and compelling.
May 21, 2007Drummer / vocalist Proscriptor from the mythological occult Metal outfit ABSU has issued the following statement: "After 5 years of silence, I am pleased to announce the new line-up of ABSU. It was a difficult task to replace both Shaftiel and Equitant after being together for nearly 11 years, but now is the time to carry on. Here is the new reorganization of the band: Proscriptor McGovern (percussives, mellotron, voices & lyrical magick), Vastator Terrarum (guitars, bass guitar, analog synthesizers & backing voices) and Aethyris MacKay (guitars, bass guitar, analog synthesizers & backing voices). We have begun composing and arranging the material for what will be known as the self-titled album, simply called "Absu". In 2002, 4 out of 16 tracks were written; 2 of them we're keeping while the other 2 we're abandoning. We will begin recording in the latter part of autumn 2007 or early 2008 anticipating a release before June 2008 for Osmose Productions / The End Records. "Absu" projected track listing (in no particular order): 'Night Fire Canonization', 'Girra's Temple', 'Amy', 'In The Name Of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee', '13 Globes', 'Voor', 'Twix Yesterday, The Day & The Morrow', 'Between The Absu Of Eridu & Erech', 'Those Of The Void Will Re-Enter', 'Magick Square Cipher', 'Sceptre Command', 'Nunbarshegunu', 'Diversified Signs Inscribed', 'Our Earth Of Black', 'Ye Uttuku Spells' and '...Of The Dead Who Never Rest In Their Tombs Is The Attendance Of Familiar Spirits...'. Lyrically, I am concentrating more on Sumerian-based occult themes of magick and mythology versus the Celtic aspect of my previous writings, which was heavily expressed on the last few ABSU studio albums. Musically speaking, the material will be quite similar to "Tara," but with more of a 70s progressive / psychedelic texture within it. You will not be disappointed - trust me. I will be utilizing the first logo created by Equitant and Belgian artist Kris Verwimp will handle the cover illustration once again." In other news, Osmose Productions / The End Records will re-release a remastered digipak version of the last studio album, "Tara," including the EP "In The Eyes Of Ioldánach" as bonus tracks, which will be released in September.
May 17, 2007The last couple of bands for this year's WACKEN OPEN AIR as well as the running order have now been published, as the line-up is now complete. The new confirmations include TYPE O NEGATIVE, SECRETS OF THE MOON, FASTWAY and TURBONEGRO among others. www.wacken.com
May 15, 2007SECRETS OF THE MOON will play a 60 minute set at Party San Open Air - Bad Berka (Germany). The show takes place on Thursday night at 11pm. They are also going to irrupt Northern Germany at this years Wacken Open Air on August 03 and will play one more exclusive show in Hamburg on August 24. Moreover the band is looking forward to their very first appearance on Scandinavian ground on August 23 at the "Hole in the Sky" Festival in Norway.
May 14, 2007A studio clip of MONSTROSITY's 'Firestorm' (taken from the new album "Spiritual Apocalypse") is online now at YouTube.
Streetclip TV will stream excerpts from the AMON AMARTH DVD "Wrath Of The Norsemen" on the 20th and 21st of May at 8:00pm CET in HD quality.
May 13, 2007New York's Death Metal masters IMMOLATION have recorded, mixed and mastered two new releases at Millbrook Sound Studios with producer Paul Orofino. First one is an EP entitled "Hope And Horror" that contains the tracks 'Den Of Thieves', 'The Condemned' and 'The Struggle Of Hope And Horror' (instrumental). Together with the three new exclusive tracks there will be a DVD of an entire live set recorded last year at BB Kings night club in New York City. "The video work on this is amazing, the sound is raw, but you can make everything out really well. It really gets the live feel like your there!" says bassplayer / vocalist Ross Dolan. The other release is the band's new full length album "Shadows In The Light", that features the following ten tracks: 'Hate's Plague', 'Passion Kill', 'World Agony', 'Tarnished', 'The Weight Of Devotion', 'Breathing The Dark', 'Deliverer Of Evil', 'Shadows In The Light', 'Lying With Demons' and 'Whispering Death'. Both are out on Listenable Records. For all further info check out IMMOLATION's myspace domain at www.myspace.com/immolationny
May 10, 2007MELECHESH have issued the following statement: "We were quite stunned to hear the news of this tour's cancellation, we actually declined other tour offers to make this one all the more special. Our guitar player, Moloch, who is currently residing in Virginia, USA was about to board the airplane and head to Europe when we heard the news. We looked forward to this tour and to giving 100% also we invested a lot of time in preparing for it. I don't know what else to say other than we feel disappointed and we apologize to all the people who were looking forward to this tour. We also looked forward to touring with, among others, ENSLAVED and KEEP OF KALESSIN and GOATWHORE. But such things remind me why we always were reluctant to do shows. For now the only confirmed European dates are the festivals (Earthshaker, Metal Mean, Party.San, Hole In the Sky) and we are currently working on a North American tour to support the release of our "Emissaries" album."
May 09, 2007AGATHOCLES will take their devastating grind attack to South America. Possible countries include Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Peru. Details and dates are still being worked out.
Swedish Death Metal act DIMENSION ZERO are the 62nd confirmed act for this year's Wacken Open Air. Jesper Strömblad, main songwriter of the band, will therefore perform twice in Wacken this year, with DIMENSION ZERO and with IN FLAMES. www.wacken.com
Debemur Morti Productions has disclosed the title, artwork and full tracklisting of KROHM's forthcoming second album. Mastered at the infamous Necromorbus Studios, "The Haunting Presence" contains seven exhibits of paranormal Black Metal and is the follow up to the critically acclaimed 2004 debut "A World Through Dead Eyes". This time, Numinas' fevered mind has conjured a deeply personal, ritualistic work of incredible maturity. Check out the cover artwork here. The tracklisting reads as follows: 'Bleak Shores', 'Lifeless Serenade', 'I Respiri Delle Ombre', 'Relic', 'Memories Of The Flesh', 'Tra La Carne E Il Nulla' and 'Syndrome'. Unmastered samples can be heard at www.myspace.com/krohmvoid. Other relevant links: www.krohmvoid.com, www.debemur-morti.com
OBEISANCE has just inked a deal with Iron Bonehead Productions for a limited edition 7". Entitled "Satanik Shoktroops Of Doom" it contains the title track, 'STD-Satanikally Transmitted Disease', 'Satanika Pandemonia' and 'Satanik Metal City'. Look for a December 2007 / January 2008 release. For more information contact www.ironbonehead.de or www.myspace.com/obeisance.
May 07, 2007Imperium Productions have signed the German Doom Death Metal band OPHIS. The debut album "Stream Of Misery" will be released in June / July 2007. You can already check out some samples of a new song at www.myspace.com/ophisdoom
May 04, 2007Germany's NECROS CHRISTOS have published the following news: "We are unhappy of the following announcement, but the year of 2007 will mark the last appearance of Luciferus Christhammer in Necros Christos. He will leave the coven, as he sees his paths fulfilled... Therefore the band proclaims to be in search for a new drummer. Everyone who should be interested in taking over Christhammers position should contact the band now." For a detailed statement of Christhammer, check out the band's website www.darknessdamnationdeath.com
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This weekend, Coles Fine Flooring teamed up with Stainmaster Carpet to co-host an Adoption Event with the San Diego Humane Society at two of our stores. It was a huge success! 10 animals found new homes and lots of kids, parents and animal lovers of all ages were able to spend the day enjoying the animals.
Lauren Coles is finishing up her last year in College at USD and is captain of her Lacrosse team. She played in a tournament after the Adoption Event.
Look for the next adoption event at Coles in November. More information to come!


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Hello beautiful you.
I am embracing you in a virtual hug of gratitude and excitement. Are you ready to dive in?
Working with a coach, combined with vibrational medicine, is a deep commitment to your spiritual unfolding and I honor that you have said YES to this journey. I am 100% invested in witnessing your evolution, holding space for your experience, and offering my support and guidance.
Below are some questions that will help us to make the most of our time together.
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Fashion in Music Promotion
By Zulfiqar Mannan
Promotion is a ubiquitous concept when it comes to the world of media. Films are promoted, theatre is publicized and music is mass-produced to the public. Our intrigue lies in the uniqueness of music production: what makes it not only difficult but also necessary. Artists brand themselves through paparazzi run-ins and SNL appearances,almost always being depicted in regards to the form or direction their music is heading. Just last week, the YFH did a piece on Lady Gaga's growing fashion for the release of her October blockbuster, JOANNE, contrasting it to her fashion in previous years. It seems that her pink cowboy hat, ripped shorts and minimalist crop tops reflect the attitude of her newfound "rockstar" and "musician" image over her previous obsession with the concepts of fame, darkness, art and self-love. This shift brings to memory that of Taylor Swift, who strutted around the streets of New York City with a spectacularly city haircut, metro skirts and color blocking tops just months before her 'unexpected' shift to pop music in her now-classic fifth studio album, 1989.
Before the release of pop-album, 1989:
Before the release of country-pop album, RED:
Fashion seems so central to an artist's image that it is almost needed to give an illusion of authenticity. Who would believe that country superstar Taylor Swift sung to stadium-pumping synths instead of to ukuleles if they didn't see her move to NYC and transform into the city girl that she is today??
Photoshoot for 1989:
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The same goes for artists like Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé or even Adele, whose entire personas rest on the idea of music over gimmicks. Minaj switches from the crazy to the simple, the elegant and the classy to detach her music from easy-to-consume pop-rap. Beyoncé changed from a simple girl in jeans to a black latex power-woman to an aged queen in a succession of albums – her wavy hair even evolving into dreads for the black rights anthem, Formation. Adele has matured even though her music has seemed somewhat consistent. , The intended transformation took shape as the singer evolved into a more and more confident woman, no longer the girl with untidy bangs in 2007. It remains, however, that a lot of this image-related promotion takes center-stage only when it comes to the music made by women. Sure, there have been exhibitonists like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury or Michael Jackson. But their images seemed to span their whole careers, not evolving over time. Maroon 5 does not have to change their style to go along with a new sound. Bruno Mars can don the same cowboy hat. The Chainsmokers do not need a style guide (a blatant blasphemy in itself: boys, dress better!). If male pop stars like Justin Bieber, Sam Smith or Ed Sheeran don't sync their music with fashion, what does that mean for the role of fashion when it comes to music?
This conflict suggests the obvious use of fashion -- to curate an image -- but also emphasizes that an image is only necessary when the product is branded like a good. I'm not arguing that icons like Lady Gaga or Rihanna or Madonna are micro-managed by the social structures around them. But they are at least affected by them, even if they are still in charge of themselves. It is also understood that the branding of the "pop star" (with audiobooks, documentaries, HBO specials and fan-pleasing Grammy performances) often only pertains to women. This realization is exactly the motivation behind stars like P!nk and Sia who advocate for emphasis on raw talent and artists like Rihanna and Gaga who actively break barriers and expectations.
But who's to say that fashion for the use of promotion is categorically bad? If it weren't for fashion and music and women, we wouldn't have Lana Del Rey's genius Jessica-Rabbit-meets-Amy-Winehouse aesthetic, or the meat dress, or Madonna's iconic Jean Paul Gaultier gold corset, or Cher's hair, or Miley Cyrus's Dadaist leotard. And imagine a world, so dull, without all of that.


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Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Thursday, August 29, 2019, 3:30 PM
Mental Health first aid is an evidence-based, public health training program that teaches participants the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges or crisis, what to do in an emergency, and where to turn for help. MHFA is implemented around the U.S. and the world. Research has shown that the training reduces stigma, enhances behavioral health literacy, and improves participants' behavioral health. Although the course cost is covered by Aurora Mental Health Center and of no charge to you, a fee of $20.00 (cash or check) is due at the beginning of the class to cover the cost of the MHFA book. FAQs Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? The minimum age is 18, but for many young people, the material in the MHFA curriculum makes them feel personally responsible for the well-being of those around them. A conversation with parents or mentors of a young person is often necessary to determine whether it would be appropriate for a young person to take Mental Health First Aid. What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event? There is free parking on site at the library. What can I bring into the event? Water and snacks. There is a water dispenser to re-fill your water bottle on site. Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? No, you will not need to bring a ticket.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adult-mental-health-first-aid-mhfa-tickets-54106401704?aff=aff0eventful
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The link "What's a preferred site structure? -" offers answers to important questions related to web development.
In this video, uploaded on March 6 2009, Matt Cutts answers a collection of questions related to preferred website structure and content. Creating a website involves a certain amount of careful forethought and planning. There is no hope of creating a successful website if the ill-fated plan is simply to slap some haphazard coding and SEO content together.
The software developer discusses whether or not key content should be kept closer to the root menu. Often, sites will be structured in such a way that they have content pages buried in URL that resembles a funnel-structure. Matt Cutts explains that the fewer clicks are required, the better a website is deemed to be. It all boils down to common sense.
When developing a new site or refurbishing an old one it is important to focus on aspects related to user friendliness. It is always a good idea to look at the concept for a new website from the view of potential users. Whether the site is content based or whether it is for an online store, the main aspect to keep in mind is that users should instinctively be able to click their way to whichever area they wish to find without finding themselves in a maze-like situation.