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BBVA Business Premium Checking
Account Disclosure - Alabama
|Account Opening and Usage
|Minimum Opening Deposit
|Monthly Service Charge
|Requirements to avoid monthly Service Charge
|Monthly Service Charge will not apply in statement cycles when one or more of the following requirements are met:
1) The account has an Average Daily Collected Balance of at least $25,000; or
2) You process at least $25,000 through Merchant Services at BBVA; or
3) You maintain at least $50,000 in Relationship Balances*
*Relationship Balances include the Average Daily Collected Balance on all consumer and small business checking, savings and money market accounts at BBVA and the outstanding principal balance on all loans (excluding mortgages, overdraft protection lines of credit, and commercial loans) and credit cards at BBVA.
|Interest is earned on the entire balance in your account. Please consult your account agreement and Relationship Summary Form for additional interest rate and interest calculation information.
|ATM Fees Charged by BBVA USA
|For using an ATM in BBVA USA's ATM network
|For using an ATM outside of BBVA USA's ATM network
|Early Account Closing Fee
|If account closed within 180 days of opening
|Stop Payment Fee
|Per request made in a branch or by telephone to stop payment of an item
|Per request made online to stop payment on a check
|Excess Transaction Fee
|Excess Transaction Fee will be charged for each transaction1 over the monthly limit of 500.
|Branch Cash Deposit Fees
|$25,000 in cash processing per month at no charge. A charge of $0.003 will apply for each dollar deposited above the $25,000 monthly cash processing limit. For example, if you deposit $1,000 more than your monthly limit, you will be charged a $3.00 Branch Cash Deposit Fee.
|Paper Statement Fee
|Paper Statements will be provided at no additional charge. These statements will not include images of cancelled checks. You can choose to turn off paper statements and receive your account statements electronically through BBVA Online Banking. Online Banking customers will automatically receive PDF copies of their monthly statements, and can view images of cancelled checks.
|Image Statement Fee
|Image Statements are available at no additional charge. Image Statements will be provided only at customer request and include images of cancelled checks.
|Other Service Fees
|Please consult your Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for a list of additional service fees.
|Additional Product Features
|The Additional Product Features described in this section are provided at no additional charge:
|Unlimited returned deposited items
|One Free Wire Per Month
|This feature will be applied to the highest-priced wire in a given month. This feature does not apply to wires that take place through BBVA Net Cash or Online Banking.
|One Overdraft Fee Forgiveness Refund Per Year
|Applies to one NSF Charge-Paid Item or NSF Charge-Returned Item. The Overdraft Fee Forgiveness Refund feature must be redeemed each year prior to the Account Anniversary or it will be forfeited; this feature does not accrue or carry forward to subsequent years. This feature may not be used for forgiveness of Extended Overdraft Service Charges.
|50% Discounted Checks
|Includes tax and shipping and handling charges
|ATM Fees
|Fee to Use BBVA USA ATMs
|for using BBVA USA ATM to complete any transaction
|BBVA USA Fee to Use Another Bank's ATM
+BBVA does not charge a fee to use another bank's ATM. ATM and/or service fees charged by other banks and ATM owners may apply; however, there will be no charge for use of ATMs in the Allpoint®. Allpoint® ATMs are available nationwide and are marked with an Allpoint® decal. 7-Eleven® ATMs are available nationwide within 7-Eleven® gas stations. ATM fees may apply to certain 7-Eleven® locations in Oklahoma, Hawaii and Alaska. All 7-Eleven® ATMs with an FCTI contact sticker on the ATM are fee-free. Visit bbvausa.com/locations for Allpoint® and participating 7-Eleven® ATM locations.
|International Service Fee (ATM)
|of transaction amount
|International Service Fee (non-ATM)
|of transaction amount
International Transactions are those transactions using your ATM or Debit Card made outside of the United States, even those in US dollars. A full description of the currency conversion process is contained in your ATM/Debit Card Agreement.
|Overdraft Fees
|Insufficient Funds Charge (NSF) - Returned Item
|Per returned item presented against insufficient funds
|Deposited Item Returned Fee
|For each item that you deposit or cash that is rejected by the payor bank
|Insufficient Funds Charge (NSF) - Paid Item
Per overdraft item covered by the bank
*NSF Charge – Paid Item Fee is not charged on an item that causes the available balance on your account to be overdrawn by $1.00 or less.
|Extended Overdraft Service Charge
|Assessed if your account is overdrawn by more than $1.00 for seven consecutive calendar days. An additional $23 Extended Overdraft Service Charge will be assessed for every seven consecutive calendar days that your account remains overdrawn by more than $1.00. A maximum of four Extended Overdraft Service Charges may be assessed per overdraft occurrence. This Charge is in addition to any Insufficient Funds (NSF) fees you may incur as a result of items being presented against insufficient funds.
The best way to avoid unexpected fees is to always make sure that your Available Balance is sufficient to cover any transaction before you make it. BBVA offers a variety of services (complimentary or fee-based) to provide you with useful tools, account accessibility and peace of mind. Please consult your account disclosure for complete details.
|Processing Policies
|Posting Order
The order in which withdrawals and deposits are processed
|We process and post transactions - both credits (including deposits) and debits - throughout the day. This approach allows us to more closely match the posting of transactions on your account with the timing of your actual account activity.
Note: Deposits received and posted late in the day will not cover payments and withdrawals posted earlier the same day.
|Summary of Our Deposit Hold Policy
When funds deposited to your account are usually available for deposits less than $5,000 and absent exceptional circumstances - see the Account Agreement for a detailed description of our policy.
|Dispute Resolution
|Dispute Resolution Agreement
|If a dispute arises between us, you or we may require that it be resolved through arbitration, rather than through jury trial. Please see the arbitration and waiver of jury trial provisions in your Consumer Deposit Account Agreement for additional details.
1Transaction means any credit or debit to your account, including but not limited to: checks, Check Card transactions, ACH transactions, direct deposits, payment and deposit order, whether oral, written or electronic.
The following chart shows the annual percentage yield and interest rate effective as of December 20, 2019. Annual percentage yield and interest rates are variable and at our discretion, we may change the interest rate for your account at any time. For tiered rate accounts, the rate corresponding to your Daily Collected Balance will be applied to your entire Daily Collected Balance. To obtain current rate information, contact us at 1-844-BBVA USA.
|BBVA Premium Checking for Business
|Daily Collected Balance
|Interest Rate
|Annual Percentage Yield
|Less than $10,000
|$10,000 to $24,999
|$25,000 to $74,999
Interest accrued during a statement cycle is credited to the balance in the account on the first business day of the following statement cycle. If you close your account or convert your account to a non-interest earning account before interest is credited, you will not receive the accrued interest.
Miscellaneous Fees and Charges
This Fee Schedule provides additional fees relating to your deposit account. Please see the Non-Consumer Deposit Account Agreement, your Relationship Summary Form and the Non-Consumer Deposit Account Terms & Conditions for your account for more information.
|Cash Processing Services
|The following service charges apply to cash deposits processed at a branch or night depository. For high volume cash processing, Cash Vault services are available with pricing provided upon request.
|Branch/Night Drop Cash Processing
|Unprocessed Bags
|$1.00/ bag
|Deposit Adjustments
|$5.00 each
|Full Bag
|$2.50 each
|Partial/Mixed Bag
|$5.00 each
|Bag of Unstrapped Bills
|$5.00 each
|Branch Outgoing Currency
|Change Order
|$4.00 each
|Full Strapped Currency
|$0.45 each
|Partial Strapped Currency
|$0.50 each
|Box of Rolled Coins
|$3.50/ box
|Rolled Coin
|$0.15/ roll
|Supplies: (includes Deposit Bags, Currency Straps, Coin Wrappers, Coin Tags, Coin Seals)
|At cost
|Collection Services
|Collection Item
|Incoming (Customer)
|Outgoing (Customer)
|$20.00 (all states except NM)
$25.00 (NM only)
|$20.00 + costs
|Statement and Research Services
|Reconcile Statement
|Copy or Fax
|Special Statement*
*A special statement may include but not be exclusive to the following: daily statement, duplicate statements, hold statements and statement printouts.
|Returned Items and Notifications
|Special Notification - Telephone
|$8.00 ($11.00 for BBVA Business Savings accounts)
|Special Notification - Overnight
|$4.50 + courier charges (FedEx, etc.)
|Special Notification - Fax
|Rerun Deposited Item
|Notice of Postdated Item Fee
|$25.00/item (all states except NM)
$28.25 (NM only)
|Other Service Charges
|Business Personalized Debit Card Fee
|Deposit Correction Fee
|Frozen Account Status Fee
|$150.00 + attorney fees
|Inter-Account Transfer Fee2
|$12.00/day in which there is a transfer (all states except CA)
$9.00/day in which there is a transfer (CA only)
|Overdraft Protection Line of Credit Transfer Fee
|Reject Item >1.5%
|Telephone Transfer Fee
|$3.00 each
|Wire Services3
|Incoming Domestic Wire
|Incoming Domestic Wire with confirmation
|Outgoing (Non-Repetitive) Domestic Wire
|Outgoing (Repetitive) Domestic Wire
|Outgoing Domestic Wire with confirmation
Effective February 1, 2020, the Outgoing Domestic Wire with confirmation fee will be $35.00.
|Manual BRS Wire Surcharge
|Incoming International Wire
|Outgoing International Wire
|Intra-BBVA USA Transfer
|Internal Book Transfer via Fed wire system Debit Fee
|Internal Book Transfer Fee
|Manual BRS Inter-Account Transfer
2The Inter-Account Transfer Fee will be posted to your primary account at the end of the day on which any transfer(s) occurred.
3Fees may apply for wires initiated manually with Business Relationship Services (BRS).
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|Highest Degree Offered:
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|Level of Institution:
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UPDATE: Watch his performance here!
After entertaining motorists on Allen Parkway with his rollerblading dance moves for some 15 years now, Montrose character and veritable Houston institution Juan Carlos the Dancing Rollerblader is sharing his shimmy with the rest of the country on America's Got Talent. On a special Sunday episode of NBC's talent show, Juan Carlos will attempt to dazzle judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Mel B. and Howard Stern with the disco moves that have delighted countless Houstonians over the years.
Juan Carlos began his very public routine as a means to lose weight: "I started roller-blade dancing 15 years ago because I was gaining a lot of weight and I thought this was the thing I really like to do to help me lose weight," he explains in an interview. "I started to perform in Montrose as it's near my house and it's where people go to exercise. When I first started, I went by a car with six beautiful girls who saw me and they said 'ooh look at him' and so I started shaking it and I've never stopped!"
And people can't seem to get enough of his dancing. A few years ago, a YouTube user uploaded a video of Juan Carlos doing his thing to Chris Brown's "Look at Me Now." As of today, the video has almost 800,000 views:
After being encouraged by various people over the years to audition for America's Got Talent, Juan Carlos finally tried his luck at the Houston auditions this past winter. While he can't reveal whether the judges moved him to the next round or not, he describes the audition experience as "one of the best of [his] life": "I'm a freestyle performer so I just put on my red catsuit with red vinyl and turned to audition … The crowd were awesome – the stage was spectacular and you have to remember that AGT is an amazing production – it feels great to be on that stage. I could see some faces in the audience and I could see they knew a star had fallen on to the stage. Heidi Klum and Mel B. had their mouths open. They were astonished with my entrance and they were so gorgeous."
If he wins the judges over with his performance, Juan Carlos will move one step closer to an act in Las Vegas and a $1 million prize. When asked what a Juan Carlos the Dancing Rollerblader show in Las Vegas would look like, the hair stylist/film-student refuses to think in such small terms: "[It would have] lots of sparkle and smiles all over the world. They say what happens to Vegas stays in Vegas, but in this case it's totally different. I will be famous all over the world! I will be in Vegas but once people see me perform they will be talking about me all over the world."
Juan Carlos' audition will air on America's Got Talent at 8 p.m. this Sunday on NBC.
You can join fellow Juan Carlos fans at MKT Bar at Phoenicia Specialty Foods Downtown for an America's Got Talent viewing party
this Sunday Tuesday, June 24th from 6:30-9, and meet the famous Dancing Rollerblader in person. MKT Bar is downtown at 1001 Austin Street.


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Hmoreira brauchte ein neues Button oder Icon Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
2 Gewinner wurden aus 92 Designs von 23 Designern ausgewählt.
Numbers Run
I'm a data enthusiast who is starting up a new blog centered around having fun through running numbers - this involves discovering hidden insight in trends through analytics, visualizations, and everything from simple napkin math to higher-end numerical techniques.
Like-minded curious individuals who might see a headline in a major newspaper reading "coffee consumption is up 20% in whoville" and would say "huh, that's interesting. I wonder what's really going on. Is it up in drip coffee or lattes as well? What if we plot out the coffee consumption on a map and see if a starbucks opened up in a certain neighborhood." My target audience feels a visceral urge to split numbers apart to see what they are really made of.
I would like an icon that shows a number running, both for a website header and potentially for Twitter and iPad apps.
Ideally, the design should more more clean and professional than playful (this, for example, is way too playful: http://images.clipartof.com/thumbna…-Print.jpg ) , but I'd be open to suggestions.
I'm a fan of Yukio Ota's exit sign running man icon:
Stick figures in general are great, but can be hard to get right.
This, for example, is an amazing combination of a stick figure and a wheelchair:
If there were a way to perform a similar combination for a stick figure and a number, that would be fantastic.
The ideal design should look good both in black and white and in color (I'm thinking the dark red of hex #cc0000 will predominate in section backgrounds and such) - thinking that the b/w version would be "flat" and the colorized version would have some "depth" effects, perhaps beveling and different shades, etc.
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Iris Wrap
Unafraid to be anything or go anywhere, The Wrap combines the performance, practicality and comfort of Repreve fabric with spectacular original photography. It's designed to be versatile and worn as a traditional wrap, scarf, top or even a dress. Like silk, The Wraps' fabric is soft and thoroughly touchable. But unlike silk it doesn't crease or wrinkle and stretches four ways. The Wrap by American Flora is an ideal travel companion. Our partnership with a specialty printer allows us to push the boundaries of what a performance fabric can look like. This custom printing process creates patterns that are unbelievably vivid and lifelike. And available only from American Flora.
Made in the USA
Repreve fabric
80% Polyester, 20% Spandex
Made from recycled plastic bottles
Wash cold, line dry
Dimensions: 30″ x 60″
The original artwork on this wrap has been created exclusively for American Flora by photographer Frances Pelzman


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Object Lessons: The Egyptian Collections of the University of California, Berkeley
Exhibit - Artifacts | November 11, 2019 – May 22, 2020 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Gallery and Corridor
Friends of The Bancroft Library, Bancroft Library, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Object Lessons brings together ancient and modern Egyptian artifacts from the Center for the Tebtunis Papyri and the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in an exhibition in The Bancroft Library Gallery and Corridor. In the gallery, we invite you to explore how items from everyday life were created and discarded, excavated and conserved, from antiquity to the present day. The corridor showcases the innovative research being carried out on the Egyptian collections at the University of California, Berkeley, that continues to push scholarship forward in the twenty-first century. The things humans create often last beyond a single lifetime. Join us in considering the new lessons we can learn from the past lives of objects.
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In Brief: the Journal of Radical Librarianship is a new open-access journal publishing scholarly work in the field of radical librarianship. The focus on critical approaches to librarianship and anti-marketisation of information is reflected not only in our subject matter but in our publishing model, our licensing model, and our organisational practices. We hope to…


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Dave's Rating:
When it comes to movies I don't believe in guilty pleasure. Pleasure just is. One film is well made and another isn't, but both hit their marks in their own way. This imaginatively titled piece of It Is What It Is is one of the isn'ts. And here are some reasons to seek it out:
*It's distributed by Millennium Entertainment. Whoever runs this operation has an almost-perfect nose for complete garbage (save for last year's Bernie, the exception that proves the rule). Since confidently strutting onto the distribution stage in 2011 they've released the idiotic hostage thriller Trespass with Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, the idiotic ESP/spoonbending thriller Red Lights starring Robert De Niro and the idiotic Kate Hudson-has-anal-cancer drama A Little Bit of Heaven. You can superduper trust these cats to deliver the goods.
*It was directed by Tibor Takacs. Oh, you don't know him? Well then you didn't watch his earlier stab at cinema, Mansquito, which is the greatest TV movie of all time (and yes, I saw Tori Spelling's Mother, May I Sleep with Danger; it lacks mansquitoes and is, therefore, a distant second place). Takacs is also responsible for Megasnake. He should have all the Emmys by now but I bet he doesn't. Just like Hitchcock or whoever.
*It's about giant space-spiders that crash down onto a New York City-styled soundstage located somewhere in Bulgaria. Its authenticity and grit evokes true-NYC moments from Glitter and Central Perk on Friends. The spiders thrive here and grow to a large size in a short amount of time and make a variety of hungry animal noises. Sometimes they snort like horses. Sometimes they growl like lions. Sometimes they amuse one another with various half-assed Godzilla-like screeches. Then they eat people. So that's good.
*The giant spiders are finely code-crafted, as good as anything in Sharktopus.
*It stars Melrose Place alumnus Patrick Muldoon and Christa Campbell of Erotic Confessions fame. She was in Mansquito, too, as well as another Takacs TV movie, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It's great when filmmakers build a Mercury Theatre-style family of performers. They're his Joseph Cotten and Agnes Moorehead. Muldoon pronounces espresso "expresso."
*Scripted dialogue would appear to have been replaced with a variety of suggestions for improvisational commentary. That way, for example, when Muldoon and Campbell's young daughter (Sydney Sweeney) is rescued from a giant spiderweb, all she has to do is mutter the word "spiders" and the audience gets exactly what she's talking about. Nothing's wasted here.
*Many of the other cast members are Bulgarian and they deliver English with a perfectly flat affect so that lines like "this [giant space-spider-infested death trap] is an evacuation zone" and "we're under martial law" are stripped of their urgency and all other distracting performative qualities. Bresson used to do take after take to make his models reach that purely cinematic space. Shows you what he knew about filmmaking.
*In a valiant post-production attempt to insure a PG-13 rating, F-words are actually bleeped, erased from the soundtrack. That means you can take the kids. If they can't read lips they'll never know the difference.
You can fly. Eventually.
Songs about butts.
Death to the patriarchy.
Stay home.
All Dave White's Movie Reviews
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CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill., July 21 (UPI) -- The family of a U.S. Navy petty officer working as a cryptologic technician at a Colorado base says he was among the 12 people killed in Aurora.
A sister who did not want her name published told the Chicago Tribune a brother flew to Colorado and was notified that John Larimer, 27, was dead. She said another brother was flying to the family's home in Crystal Lake, Ill., this weekend but flew to Denver instead after learning Larimer might be among the victims.
The family was also visited by a Navy notification team, the sister said.
A gunman opened fire in a movie theater early Friday during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises." Police arrested James Holmes, 24.
Larimer joined the Navy last year and has been stationed at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado since October.
"I am incredibly saddened by the loss of Petty Officer John Larimer -- he was an outstanding shipmate," Larimer's commanding officer, Cmdr. Jeffrey Jakuboski, said in a statement. "A valued member of our Navy team, he will be missed by all who knew him. My heart goes out to John's family, friends and loved ones, as well as to all victims of this horrible tragedy."


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>Hopefully within the next week I'll be uploading images of some jewel-toned, enameled bangles that were made of this ast weekend. They are gorgeous– especially when held in one hand, so that the different shades and shapes and textures can all hit your senses at once.
I am hopeful that my adornments will be found by the right audience– by people who aren't to afraid of making a part of their personality known as it rests on their wrists, or neck or fingers.
In order to craft some fetching pieces for the rapidly approaching spring, I'm getting a whole new batch of enamel colors. I've picked out the lovely candy shades that we all want to see during this frigid time of year– and I can't wait to see the finished products!
Thanks for visiting (if you are!) and wish me luck!
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Our studio is a full featured audio laboratory that is built to please. This studio was constructed by top-notch engineers who took every step necessary to ensure only the highest level of audio acoustics. We are outfitted with the best, most sought after equipment in the industry.
Our facility is centered around DDA DMR-12 analog console with that classic British EQ and the "warm" sound that only an analog console with several big racks of outboard gear can produce. We combine this with the best of today's computer based recording technologies. The marriage of these two audio worlds enables this facility to give you that "big, ready for radio sound" that everybody looks for.


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Playback Charity
Regular Publications
Meet The Team
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Playback Tape Library
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Other Sites of Interest
Playback Recording Service
Centre for Sensory Impaired
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Tel/Fax: 0141 334 2983
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tape library and reading service
Special Message from Peter Fraser
Hello folks and hope you are all keeping safe and well in the present situation the world finds itself in.
Just to inform you that all Playback publications have been suspended for the moment and it could be a few months before we can continue recording our publications. If you need any further information contact me Peter Fraser by
or phone 0141 776 3395. Our studio in Glasgow is also closed for the present with our member of staff John Green working from home.
Welcome to Playback!
Our website contains lots of information for you about the Playback recording service, based in Glasgow, but providing professional-
quality recorded material to areas all over the UK, as well as parts of the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Set up to provide a free service to blind and visually impaired people, Playback is also available for individual and commercial recording needs at a small charge or donation. We have never refused to record any material requested -
our philosophy is that if it's available in print, it should be available on tape for all audiences to access. Please feel free to browse our site and find out a little bit about Playback. You can contact us at the address or numbers provided, or e-
mail us now to arrange the solution to your audio recording needs!
In May 2016 we celebrated 40 years of the Playback Service. We produced a short booklet outlining the history of the service and it's available to
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The links below take you to the latest episodes from some of our publications. Be sure to check back on a regular basis as these publications are updated. Alternatively please get in contact and we will send them to you on your preferred media.
Daily Record
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Playback Magazine
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Add the perfect pop of color to your look with this tie-dye peplum skirt
To be honest, I could stick with basic colors forever and be quite happy, but I like to add in a few colorful pieces for the hubs. On our anniversary a few months ago we played my own version of the newlywed game. I say my version because I created the questions (sneaky sneaky)! One question being –- "What was your favorite thing I wore in the past few months?" To my utter shock, he said yoga pants and this really bright colored coral top I wear with them. Fall out of my chair..really?! That was your favorite? Not the beautiful dress I wore to a gala where I spent hours on my hair and make-up? WORKOUT PANTS AND A WORKOUT TOP. I was pretty surprised, as you can tell, so I asked him why. He said it was when I was at my most natural state and he loved the bright color. Awwww. Ever since he told me that, I purposely wear bright clothes for him. Sometimes, you have to please the man!
So, when I saw this peplum skirt on ASOS I knew this piece would be perfect! It had the Brazilian flair I had come to respect as well as the bright colors he would love. It was way out of the ordinary but for some reason I just couldn't let it slip. I plan to stick with my basic, neutral colors but every so often I might surprise him and you all with some pops of color!
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We leave our competitors behind with our quality service and expert technicians. Our service and work approach differentiates us.
Experts are the heart of this organization as they help to make your iPhone 5 look like a new one. Whether it is any issue with the screen or repair of other parts, our professionals with their profound knowledge to solve the issues with an ease. Their extensive analyses and in-depth knowledge results in a perfect screen repair and replacement solution.
There is no secret about the fact that the price is the prime thing that is observed by the people. With our experience, we have understood the requirement of people and this is the reason why all the services offered are priced reasonably. We make sure that everyone gets expert help.
We know how much you need these gadgets in todays life and therefore we try to return it as soon as possible by making the screen look and function like a new one. Usually we strive to give back your cellphone on the very same day, but based on the checking, our turnaround might extend from two to three days.
*We use OEM parts we do not use original parts.
*All our Parts & Repairs come with 3 months of warranty.
*Repairing your device with us might void your manufacturer's warranty.
*Screens are covered under warranty as long as there is no physical damage.
*Water damage devices do not have any sort of warranty.
*Software issues do not have any warranty.
*Refund can be provided in exchange of the parts and 20% labor charge will be deducted.
*Under no circumstances physical damage will be covered under warranty.
Be wary of any repairers who claim to use original parts. Original parts are only available to authorised company repairers (e.g. Apple store). Furthermore, many repairers will offer you two prices; one for the "authentic" company parts, and one for the generic copies. Please do not believe this, as all leading manufacturers, including Apple, do not supply any parts for their products. As a result, all parts we supply are of the absolute highest quality possible, and we only replace what is necessary.
Note: Third party repairing will void your warranty.
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buffalochicken necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
The Wing Coop (Chicken Wing Restaurant)
What we are trying to do is to develop some personality for each of our chicken wing sauces - our restaurant serves national award winning chicken wing sauces. Most of the sauces are at the HOT end of the scale, but some are much more mild in nature.
The masks should be unique and entertaining. If you were to look at some of the stores online selling "wrestling masks", you will get an idea for how different they can be.
Our goal is to have a series of masks - 17 total - one for each of our sauces. The goal is that people will recognize and identify each face/mask with a particular sauce. The names of our sauces are on our menu at http://www.wingcoop.com. Some examples are - Loco Lime, Santa Tabasco, Honey Habanero, Garlic Parmesan, Out of Bounds, Black Diamond, Chipotle Canonero, Tiger Teriyaki......
The target market will be mostly boys and men - they seem to be about 75% of our customers. Nothing that couldn't be enjoyed or laughed at by all ages.
We have a solid customer base, but want to expand the visibility of our sauces.
1. Think of these as avatars, but without any bodies, just the head.
2. Simplicity is the key. These designs will often be used in very low pixel setting, like on copied B&W take out menus. Thus extreme details are not only not needed, they may actually hinder our use of the images.
3. Consider the masks of "El Santo" or the "Blue Demon" in terms of simplicity and contrast. Many other facial elements from chili peppers to flames can be used, provided we can still see them in low pixel settings.
4. No eyeballs, as you can see on other wrestling masks, the eyes are often darked holes. That said, and highlighting around the eyes, mouth, etc, is great.
5. Prefer that all designs are based on a portrait multiple of 2.5 x 3 in terms of Width vs. Height maximums. Thus 250 x 300, 300 X 360, etc.
6. Company name should not be in the image.
7. Image should be straight on view of the mask, rather than profile or angled view.
Our plan is to hire winning artist to design a series of masks that represent our sauces.


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Contact Sevenswest Taxidermy
3050 Labette Rd.
Ottawa, KS 66067
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Contact Sevenswest Taxidermy
3050 Labette Rd.
Ottawa, KS 66067
Please be sure to call first, because we are by appointment only.
Please allow a few seconds for the interactive map to show.
Sevenswest Taxidermy is a small taxidermy studio focused on providing high quality taxidermy within a reasonable time period, averaging nine months. I will do everything I can to meet your expectations. I am always learning and trying to improve my taxidermy work. I have participated in numerous taxidermy seminars and taxidermy competitions across the country. My specialties are in lifesize mammals and gameheads.
Please be sure to call first, because we are by appointment only and closed on Sundays (exceptions may be made if spoilage is a concern).
Be sure to think twice before price shopping and taking your trophy to the cheapest taxidermist. I am a full-time Master taxidermist.
Quality work will last a lifetime.
We are located on the south east side of Ottawa, Kansas very close to Interstate 35.
It is only a half hour or less from Olathe, Kansas, Louisburg, KS, Lawrence, Kansas, Gardner, KS, Spring Hill, KS, Paola, Kansas, Garnett, Kansas, Osawatomie, KS, Wellsville, Kansas, Baldwin City, KS, Johnson County, Kansas, and Overbrook, KS. It is an hour or less from Topeka, Kansas, Emporia, KS, Lenexa, Kansas, Leawood, KS, Overland Park, Kansas, Prairie Village, KS, La Cygne, KS, Lansing, Kansas, Merriam, KS, Mission, Kansas, Shawnee Mission, KS, and Kansas City, Kansas or Gladstone, Missouri, Liberty, MO, Grandview, Missouri, Parkville, MO, Harrisonville, Missouri, Independence, MO, Raytown, Missouri, Lee's Summit, MO, and Kansas City, Missouri.
My Bio ~
I am Alex Zajac, co-owner of Sevenswest Taxidermy with my wife Andrea, located in Ottawa, Kansas. I grew up in Northwest Missouri in the small town of Plattsburg about an hour north of Kansas City, Missouri.
I began doing taxidermy as a hobby in 1990. I started doing taxidermy full-time in 2004. Taxidermy has always been a part of my life. During these past years I have worked in many other taxidermy studios including studios in Idaho, Kansas, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and Missouri.
As an outdoorsman I have hunted and fished in many places from Idaho to Florida to New Mexico and so many others in between, so I understand the importance of taking good care of your trophy. All too often trophies are not mountable due to poor handling either by the hunter, or unfortunately by an inexperienced or careless taxidermist. If you are not sure about how to handle your game please give me a call or keep my number on hand for any questions you may have in the future.
I have many mounts on display in my studio, so please feel free to make an appointment to stop by and see the quality of workmanship that will go into your trophy. You can also see some of my work at the Scheels store in Overland Park, KS or Lincoln, NE. I can help you decide which pose, stance & attitude would be appropriate for your trophy mount.
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In order for work to begin, an invoice will be filled out, 50% deposit is required, and the pose for the mount must be chosen. There is a standard agreement that will need to be signed in our studio or sent to you to be returned with the deposit. A deposit and signature is needed for your job to be put on our work order list. Completion time of your project will be, in most cases, about 9 months from the date of the deposit. If no payments have been made within 90 days of receiving your animal, it will be sold or disposed of. Completed mounts not picked up within 30 days of completion will have a 5% monthly storage fee.
3050 Labette Rd
Ottawa, KS 66067
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When I say that the teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood is bringing a new religion to the world, it is not that I think that this teaching is an improvement on the religion that jesus gave us.
That is impossible. Jesus truly represents the summit, nothing can be more perfect than the law of love and sacrifice that he came to teach. It is only in the methods, applications and interpretations of that law that we can go further. The Gospels do not say it all; there are still so many things that are obscure and unexplained. And this is what the teaching of the Universal White Brotherhood can bring us: the explanations we still need.
Also, when I say that it is time for a universal religion, it is because Catholicism is not fully universal. Of course, the word 'catholic' means universal, but the fact remains that the Catholic religion is not universal. In the first place it is far from being practised by all human beings, and, above all, by rejecting many essential truths such as reincarnation, the laws of karma, and the primordial role of the sun in man's spiritual life, the Church has cut itself off from universal truth and become a sect. for a religion to be truly universal it must accept the whole truth and it must reach all men.
As it is, no religion in the world is founded on principles that are accepted by all human beings. Only a solar religion can be the universal religion, because all human beings accept the sun. We all seek the sun and understand what it is. Everything else interests some but not others, suits some but not others. In fact, if there are so many different religions, it is because each one is adapted to a particular mentality. If the claim of the Catholic Church to be universal is true, if it embraces every aspect of truth, why do I never see Catholics who are truly fulfilled spiritually? A great many Buddhists are far more advanced. They have such faith in the immortality of the soul that they are capable of throwing themselves into the flames.
They have no fear of death. Whereas Christians are so timid, so lacking in courage, that they tremble at the slightest threat and scream in terror if they are in danger of death.
As I have said, a universal religion must embrace all the knowledge and all the practical methods human beings need in order to reach the Lord. When Christianity refuses to teach reincarnation it makes it impossible for people to understand God's justice. Is there any wonder that nothing makes sense to them any more? They cannot see the underlying reason for what happens to them; everything seems illogical and unfair. In the face of evil or suffering, Christians can only say, 'It is the will of God.' The amazing thing is that they consider themselves to be blameless, above reproach.
They have done nothing to bring misfortune on themselves; it is entirely the Lord's doing. But this means that God behaves without rhyme or reason, his decisions are completely arbitrary.
For centuries their refusal to believe in reincarnation has barred Christians from advancing. The doctrine of reincarnation explains everything: from one existence to the next, every cause triggers a corresponding consequence.
When we know this we know that it is no longer the Lord who is to blame for what happens to us, but we ourselves. By choosing to follow a certain path, to manifest ourselves in a certain way, it is we who are responsible for our destiny, not God. God's sublime greatness, his splendour, perfection, and justice are untouched, unsullied. Whereas if you reject reincarnation you have to put all the blame on God. It seems to me that if Christians were really concerned about the glory and perfection of God, the least they could do would be to accept reincarnation. They are so stupid that they do not even recognize the consequences of their attitude; they do not realize that the image of God they hold up to the world is a monstrous caricature. God gave human beings free will.
He tells them, 'Do whatever you like, but remember that if you break the law you will suffer. But that does not matter, you have all eternity ahead of you. You will have plenty of time in which to repent and make reparation. I am patient.'
Take a man who is miserable because he is married to a shrew, a veritable Xanthippe, and he has no idea why he has such a wife. He thinks she must be a punishment from heaven. Not at all. It was he himself who sought her out, who chose a shrew without knowing what he was doing, and now he regrets it bitterly. Socrates never complained, he put up with everything patiently.
One day, while he was talking to a friend, Xanthippe was muttering and scolding in an upstairs room and ended by pouring a pail of slops over him. The friend was very indignant, but Socrates only remarked, 'Oh well, after the thunder comes the rain.' He was not so easily put out. He had chosen to marry Xanthippe, and thanks to her he developed great patience and indifference in the face of criticism and insults. So my advice to you is to find a Xanthippe for yourself. Why do you want your wife to be perfect? You would only go to sleep and stop evolving if she were; but think of what progress you would make with a Xanthippe by your side. You see what excellent advice I always give you!
By refusing the reality of reincarnation the Church is portraying the Lord as a monster and a tyrant. In any case, quite apart from this, there is much to object to in the image the Church presents of God, for it has inerited the Old Testament notion of a jealous, vengeful, terrifying God, always ready to punish and chastise human beings. And I say that this view is false. God is not like that at all. Why did the Old Testament present him in this way? The answer is that the human beings of those days were at a stage of their evolution where they needed the discipline of fear. They needed to envisage a stern, ruthless God with whom Moses could intercede to soothe his wrath and turn him away from the destruction of his people. The truth is that God never punishes anyone; he is not concerned with punishment. He spends his time up there in the midst of song and music, banqueting in the company of his angels and archangels while divine nectar and ambrosia flow in abundance. Do you imagine that the Lord has nothing better to do than to follow human beings around day and night, writing down in his little notebook all the filthy, revolting things they do, whether openly or in secret? Poor Lord, what a job.
Think how disgusted he would be.
No, I do not believe a word of it. I think that if human beings have invented machines to record and do their calculations for them, it is because such machines already existed in nature and therefore within us also. It is these machines that record our thoughts, feelings and actions, and as soon as we overstep the mark, in whatever area, the machine cracks down on us. But it is God who punishes us. On the contrary, God is always ready to welcome us to his banquet.
Let us suppose that you are being pursued by enemies (you may remember that I spoke to you about this one day), and in order to get away from them you run and run as fast as you can until you get to heaven. And there, breathless, covered with dust, your clothes all tattered and torn, you suddently find yourself in the midst of a magnificent assembly of angels and archangels.
Dumbfounded, you gaze at these beautiful creatures as they sing and rejoice with the Lord, who is seated in their midst. Nobody says, 'What are you doing here, you dirty ruffian? Away with you. This is no place for you.' On the contrary, as soon as he sees you the Lord says to his servants, 'Give him water to wash with, dress him in fine clothes, and let him come and share in our banquet.' But the enemies that were pursuing you will not be allowed in. They are made to wait outside, and as the banquet lasts a long time they
finally lose patience and go home. Yes, this is how it works.
Have you never realized that? You have all known days when you were overwhelmed and besieged by your inner enemies, and then you started to pray and pray and pray... and within a few minutes you had a wonderful feeling of happiness and release; your enemies had left you. You must try to understand what this image means.
Do not think that I have come to destroy the Church, not at all. It is just that I possess a light that the Church does not possess at the moment, but I am very willing to collaborate with it. In fact I have already tried to do so. I have often met priests, Dominicans and Franciscans, and others and have tried to talk to them, but I have never had much success. Oh, perhaps I succeeded with two or three of them, but not with the others. The trouble is that their minds have been so deformed by their seminary training that there is nothing anyone can do now to persuade them to accept the light of these great truths. This is why I prefer to deal with atheists, unbelievers, and anarchists; I am much more successful with them. But with the religious? My word, how rigid, bigoted, and narrow-minded they can be! I have every confidence that this will change one day, but not before they have had to endure all kinds of tribulations and been forced to reflect.
If the Lord is in the process of creating a new heaven and a new earth (and this is what the Bible tells us), why should there not also be a new religion? New in exactly the same way as heaven and earth can be new. Of course the expression is symbolic; I have already explained to you that you must not take it literally. If you did, you would have a very bad impression of the Lord and would mean that he had used second-rate materials when he built heaven and earth, and now they are rusting and wearing out. This is why he has to start all over again... and while he is rebuilding, all the inhabitants of heaven and earth are going to be out in the rain without a roof over their heads.
No, that is just nonsense. The truth is that the new heaven and new earth refer to us; it is within us that God is creating them. The new heaven is a new mentality, a new philosophy, a new point of view, a new understanding of things; This is how you should interpret this image of the new heaven and the new earth. To understand it any other way would be to slight the Lord. It would mean that he did not know the properties of the elements that he himself created and now he finds that they are rotting and wearing out. Whereas if you interpret this image as I have shown you, the Lord's greatness, immensity, and infinite wisdom remain intact.
Of course, I know that you will not accept what I tell you, but you must at least try not to cling rigidly to your own opinions until you have made quite sure that they really correspond to the truth. There are still a great many of you who hold obstinately to your own point of view. Instead of trying to understand what I tell you, you think to yourselves, 'Oh no, that is not true. It cannot be. It is monstrous. I know how it should be.' But there comes a time in life when you simply have to ask yourself whether your own point of view is really correct, really flawless. Unfortuneatly, so many men and women prefer to cling to their point of view, to defend it all their life long, without ever trying to find out to what extent it is realistic and true. And that is very dangerous.
Many people's lives end in disaster simply because they insist on defending their mistaken philosophy at any price. Yet those same people find it normal to go for a physical check-up from time to time. They get a doctor to examine their heart, stomach, liver, spleen, or intestines and tell them what is wrong with them, but they would never go and ask a spiritual master to tell them what was wrong with the way they felt and understood things. They consider that in these areas they are in perfect health: their thinking is all right, they see things clearly, their judgement is impeccable, they reason perfect? The proof of their misfortunes, sorrows, and failures. Yes, and yet they continue to believe that they are impeccable.
The whole world will one day come to the Universal White Brotherhood. At the moment you do not believe me when I say this, because there are more and more new teachings and new sects - not to mention all the ancient practices that had died away and are now being revived. Every one of those groups and philosophies has some good in it, but they all lack one essential element: none of them gives priority to the necessity of living for the collectivity, for brotherhood, for universality. Their members work for themselves, for their own advancement. And does mankind benefit from all that knowledge and power? It does not. Indeed, they themselves are often very unhappy people. So you must leave all those things alone and work only to bring peace, happiness, joy, and light to the whole world. True power and true knowledge are given to those who work unselfishly for the whole world. You will not know exactly how these gifts come, but they will come to you and dwell within you. It is when one stops thinking so much about oneself that one becomes truly formidable, because in this way one widens the circle. This is the new teaching that we are bringing to the world.
Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov


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Moderate Palestinians glorify terrorism, continue incitementhttp://zionism-israel.com/israel_news/2010/01/moderate-palestinians-glorify-terroris.html
What would your local media have to say if the Israeli government declared Baruch Goldstein (the murderer of Palestinians) to be a national martyr? Do you think such an event would go unnoticed? What would they say, and do they say, when the least rabbi in the West Bank makes a statement saying that in theory, it is permitted to kill Arabs?? So why do they ignore Palestinian incitement, by the US funded and backed Palestinian Authority? Are your tax dollars doing their job? Don't you want to know about it?
If these items were not carried by your local media, ask them why, please. Find out if it is because inept Israeli public relations, or perhaps there is another reason. We are all very interested to know.
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Behind the Headlines: Palestinian incitement distances peace
Text of banner in Arabic reads: "Under the auspices of President Mahmoud Abbas - The Political and National Education Authority - Ceremony on the anniversary of the birth of the bride of the cosmos - The Shahida (Martyr) Dalal Mughrabi" (Photo: Palwatch.org)
Despite Israel's numerous efforts to encourage the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership to return to the peace talks, the PA continues to boycott negotiations and to incite against Israel and praise terrorists.
On 29 December, PA President Mahmoud Abbas funded and sponsored a ceremony celebrating the memory of Dalal al-Maghrabi. She was the terrorist responsible for the Coastal Road massacre in 1978 in which 37 Israelis were murdered within the pre-67 "Green Line". During the ceremony - one of many held in her honor - dignitaries sang her praises and children marched in honor of this murderer's 50th birthday. For quite some time, the PA has strived to turn this female terrorist into a role model for young Palestinian children. Indeed, two high schools for girls, a computer center, children's summer camps and a square in the Ramallah area have all been named for her.
On 24 December, Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai was shot to death while driving in his car. Even though members of the PLO's own Fatah faction took responsibility for the shooting attack, PA officials saw no reason to denounce the attack or even to express their condolences to his wife and seven children. Incredibly, PA President Abbas sent a representative to pay his condolences to the families of the terrorists (who were subsequently killed while resisting arrest) and to declare them shahids (holy martyrs). Abbas even had letters sent to their families on his behalf to console them and praise the murder these terrorists carried out.
In a further outrageous act, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyad personally visited the families of the terrorists, accompanied by a delegation of dignitaries which included PA government ministers and the Chief of the Palestinian Police, all the while condemning Israel's attempt to apprehend the terrorists.
Fatah, which is headed by President Abbas, issued a statement on its official website following the Rabbi Chai murder which called for the continuance of the "armed struggle" by Fatah and all the other factions. It declared "resistance," and not negotiations, "as the primary option for liberating Palestinian lands from the filth of the children of Zion [Jews]." This announcement, and others like it, receive the support of the leaders of the movement, including members of the Palestinian Authority leadership.
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For the first time in a match involving the Houston Dash, neither team found the back of the net as the Dash and Chicago Red Stars played to a scoreless draw at Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex on a warm afternoon.
The Dash controlled possession for much of the first half but didn't create many clear-cut chances in the attacking third. Red Stars forward Christen Press was the main offensive threat for Chicago, but rookie defender Marissa Diggs showed her one-on-one defensive skills to shut down the U.S. women's national team star in a half that only saw five shots between the two teams and just one requiring a save.
Chicago came out of the break with more of an attacking bent and nearly opened the scoring seven minutes into the second period. Kelly McFarlane headed a Red Stars free kick back towards Erin McLeod, but the Dash keeper bobbled and it deflected off a Chicago player towards goal. Arianna Romero was positioned on the near post, however, and calmly cleared the loose ball off the goal line.
The Red Stars had another golden opportunity in the 65th minute. Press found Julie Johnston streaking into the box and Johnston was able to get the end line and serve in a hard cross. McLeod, positioned at her near post, was able to get a hand on it but it only deflected into the path of Zakiya Bywaters making a run on the opposite side. Bywaters tried to direct a shot on goal with just two Dash defenders on the line, but the attempt didn't have enough power and McLeod was able to pick up the shot.
Chicago put on most of the pressure in the second half, but the Dash were still able to come up with their own chances. After Jordan Jackson was cut down from behind a yard outside the penalty area, Stephanie Ochs curled a left-footed free kick over the wall and on-target, but Karina LeBlanc was there to tip the shot over the bar.
After being shut out for much of the second half, Press nearly pulled a win out of thin air for the Red Stars in stoppage time with a curling shot from the edge of the box. The shot looped over a diving McLeod and hit the underside of the crossbar, but the ball hit the line as it fell and spun away from the goal as the teams finished level.
The Dash return to Houston unbeaten in their last three games for a midweek match against league leaders Seattle Reign FC on Wednesday. Chicago travels to the nation's capital next Saturday to take on the Washington Spirit.
Houston Dash (5-10-3; 18 points) at Chicago Red Stars (7-6-7; 28 points)
NWSL regular season
July 26, 2014 – Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex, Lisle, Illinois
Attendance: 1,494
Scoring Summary:
Houston Dash: Erin McLeod ©; Arianna Romero, Marissa Diggs, Whitney Engen (Osinachi Ohale 78), Meghan Klingenberg; Kelly McFarlane, Jordan Jackson (Ella Masar 66), Becky Edwards; Kealia Ohai, Rafaelle Souza (Stephanie Ochs 58), Melissa Henderson
Unused substitutes: Bianca Henninger, Tiffany McCarty, Kika Toulouse, Nina Burger
Chicago Red Stars: Karina LeBlanc; Taryn Hemmings, Julie Johnston, Abby Erceg, Rachel Quon; Emily Van Egmond (Alyssa Mautz 76), Lori Chalupny ©, Shannon Boxx (Jackie Santacaterina 66), Zakiya Bywaters; Christen Press, Adriana Leon (Melissa Tancredi 76)
Unused substitutes: Taylor Vancil, Jen Hoy, Kecia Morway, Michelle Wenino
Misconduct Summary:
CRS: Abby Erceg (caution) 61
HOU: Osinachi Ohale (caution) 84
CRS: Alyssa Mautz (caution) 90+2
Referee: Christina Unkel
Assistant Referees: Amanda Ross, Cory Richardson
Fourth Official: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh


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Black Hollywood Actresses Migrating to TV
Halle Berry and Viola Davis come to TV in wake of Kerry Washington's success.
-- Black actresses are the latest group in Hollywood to discover what other A-listers, including Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey and Jessica Lange, already have: some of the best roles right now are on the small screen.
Oscar-winner Halle Berry and two-time Oscar nominee Viola Davis are among the black female film stars making the move to television, following Kerry Washington's success on the hit ABC show "Scandal." Behind the camera, Oscar nominee Angela Bassett is making her directorial debut with a television movie, Lifetime's biopic of Whitney Houston.
The reason behind the latest black migration?
"Opportunity," Thelma Adams, contributing editor at Yahoo! Movies, told ABC News. "The simple answer is opportunity. Kerry Washington led the way with 'Scandal.'"
The so-called New Golden Age of Television is especially sweet for black women, who already face a paucity of roles in Hollywood.
"I've gotten some wonderful film roles, but I've gotten even more film roles where I wasn't the show. It feels like I've been invited to a really fabulous party only to hold up the wall," Davis told reporters recently at the Television Critics Association's summer tour. "I wanted to be the show. I wanted a character who took me out of my comfort zone. That character happened to be in a Shonda Rhimes show. So I did the only sensible thing and took it."
Shonda Rhimes on Diversity: 'The Shows Speak for Themselves'
Halle Berry's 'Extant' Leads in TV Ratings
Starting this fall, Davis will play criminal law professor Annalise Keating in Rhimes' newest show for ABC, "How to Get Away with Murder." Davis, who was nominated for "The Help" and "Doubt" and won a Tony for August Wilson's "King Hedley II," describes her character as "messy and mysterious and you don't necessarily know who she is."
"She's not nurturing like 'come sit on my lap.' She's not the kind of person who needs God, Jesus or Buddha, because she knows all the answers. She's sexy, she's vulnerable," Davis told reporters.
For Davis, playing Keating is also an opportunity to see someone like her, a dark-skinned woman in her late 40s, playing the lead role on screen.
"There is no way in the history of film or TV that you've seen a character like this played by a black woman who looks like me," Davis, 48, told a handful of journalists after the TCA news conference. "This is progressive. This is a first."
Added Davis, "Not even Kerry Washington or Halle Berry [looks like me]. I'm talking about a black woman who looks like me -- a dark-skinned black woman with the nose, the age, in every way like me. No one has taken my look in that way and put it on the screen. Shonda's been the first."
Rhimes, who is the creator of "Scandal" and "Grey's Anatomy," sidesteps questions about diversity, preferring that the work speak for itself. But she told the small group of reporters that "the world of television should look like the world outside."
"Given the huge struggle that continues in film for women to play the lead role in which they carry the plot and not just play the mother, the girlfriend, the sister, TV creates those roles," Adams said. "Everywhere you look [on TV], you see women who are staking a claim in major shows. And now African-American women are getting a piece of that."
As material has gotten better on television, the divide between TV actor and film actor has diminished with stars moving between the two mediums.
"Some of the best projects are on television these days," said Halle Berry, whose show "Extant" led the TV ratings for its debut last week. "TV is much more interesting in some ways than film now. You know, not to knock film. Because film will always be film. But the quality of television has changed over the years."
Added the 47-year-old actress, "That day of 'I only do movies and I only do film,' those days are gone. It's now all a shade of grey. We go where the good material is, and if you do movies, you're no longer looked down upon if you do a television show. Because TV is so good. And I love that, because that just gives more opportunity for everybody to work in and out of both of the mediums interchangeably. More chances for us to do good work."


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Scotty's Castle
Fifty-three miles from Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch and within the park boundaries, Scotty's Castle stands as a tribute to friendship. Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1900, Walter Scott (Death Valley Scotty) convinced Albert Johnson to grubstake his gold mining expeditions. The gold never materialized, but Johnson fell in love with Death Valley and took a liking to the colorful Scotty. Johnson and his wife, Bessie, built this two-million dollar home with luxurious appointments. However, Scotty always claimed that it was his and he was building it from the profits from his gold mine. Owned today by the National Park Service, daily interpretive tours are provided year round.
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I felt like we needed a dedicated PvP discussion thread. To start off, some detail about Guild Wars 2 PvP. This is going to be an amalgamation of my own thread and Iryne's.Originally Posted by ArenaNet
-Structured PvP explanation
-Structured PvP maps
-World vs World vs World explanation and mechanics
-Useful Resources
In sPvP, all players are only equal footing. Everyone is boosted to level 80, given the max amount of trait points, all utilities, and access to all the same gear. Progression through sPvP is done by cosmetic upgrades, not statistical ones. No PvE boost item is available in sPvP, nor can any item in sPvP be used for PvE. Player statistics, such as games played per profession, are tracked.
In sPvP, you earn a currency called glory which is used to purchase equipment. The amount of glory you earn seems to be equal to the amount of rank points you get. Rank is simply a way to gauge the experience of a player, and every rank you will be given random PvP rewards.
The amount of glory you earn is dependent on your success in the battleground. This mostly complete table shows point distributions towards personal glory, and team score (you need 500 team score to win)
The first part of sPvP is Hot-join PvP, which is a very simple, casual, "pick up and play" type mode. It may be played with anywhere from two to sixteen players. To enter Hot join PvP, you simply use a PvP located in the Mists and select a game listed. You may enter and exit freely, and you are awarded glory depending on your success in the game. The rewards for Hot-join PvP are noticeably smaller than the other form of PvP.
Competitive PvP revolves around the use of organized, group play and tournaments. Tournaments are always 5v5, and consist of eight teams, with three rounds total. This is single elimation. Tournaments can be automatic, or player driven.
All sPvP maps are conquest based, with some secondary objective. In conquest, the first team to attain 500 points, or more, wins. Points are attained by holding capture points, which award 1 point per ~two seconds, from player kills, which award five points per, and potentially from secondary objectives.
Structured PvP maps:
This is a conquest mode map, which is based off a battle in the Guild Wars. It has three capture points as the primary objective, and two trebuchets as the secondary mechanic. Each team has their own trebuchet, and trebuchets can be destroyed by the other team. They may also be repaired through the use of an environmental weapon located near the enemies spawn that must be carried to your trebuchet. The purpose of trebuchets is to alter the layout of the map by destroying destructible terrain, and also providing support for team mates by bombarding a contested capture point. Trebuchets deal around 10k damage per shot.
This is a conquest mode map, and is a norn based map featuring a prominent character in Eye of the North: Svanir. There are three capture points, and two powerful NPCs as a secondary mechanic. Getting the killing blow on one of these NPCs grants that team 25 points, and a buff that increases all stats by 50. They have a three minute respawn time.
This is a conquest mode map, which is a drawback Guild Wars 1's Guild vs Guild. It is heavily charr influenced as well. It has three capture points, and features a guild lord, and guards, as the secondary mechanic. Guild lords are located inside the enemy team's spawn, and protected by gates. Killing a guild lord rewards your team with 100 points. Killing guards does not award your team anything.
One of the most important aspects of PvP is the combat system in Guild Wars 2. There are no dedicated roles in Guild Wars 2, such as healing or tanking. Everyone must, to a degree, support themselves. However, a profession may build or specialize in certain roles, which take the form of support, control, condition damage, burst damage, point defense, map roaming, and so on. No profession may be dedicated to a specific function. A support built guardian will be capable of damage, as a burst warrior will be capable of supporting himself. Due to the diverse system Guild Wars 2 offers, each profession is capable of fulfilling a multitude of roles. No single profession will have a cookiecutter build that they must use, nor will a single build be best for that specific role. For example, for warrior burst damage you may use a triple axe/shield build, or a Greatsword + Axe/shield, or Greatsword + Rifle, and with options for traits and utilities. A warrior condition based build may use sword/axe + longbow, sword/sword + hammer, and so on.
The basic mechanics of Guild Wars 2's combat are as follows:
Your 1-5 abilities are determined by your weapon choice. With the exception of the thief, primary weapons determine the first three skills, offhand the last two. Two hand weapons determine all five. Slot 6 is a dedicated healing ability. Slots 7-9 are utility skills. Slot 10 is an elite skill. With the exception of engineers and elementalists, all professions may have two weapon sets.
To succeed, you must learn how to recognize, and react to specific abilities. You may use your dodge ability, an invulnerability, an interrupt, immunity to CC, a block, and so on, to avoid things. This is incredibly important to learn and master.
Additionally, there is a mechanic known as "combos" where two abilities interact with each other. This has not been fully fleshed out and utilized by the current PvP meta. However, some common ones include AoE swiftness, or AoE stealth.
A list of finishers and fields per profession, per type. Click to enlarge.
Useful Links and Resources: (suggestions always welcome)
Structured PvP Teams:
Team Paradigm
Team Legacy
Boons and Conditions
Youtube Channels:
Gijesus - GW2 Shoutcaster and Mechanics video
Boons and Conditions
Plasmatism - PvP Guides
Moldran - Warrior PvP
Team Paradigm
Member of Team Paradigm
Teldo - Engineer PvP
AyraSwag - Warrior PvP
Many different PvP Warrior builds
GW2 PvP and PvE Builds
More GW2 builds
Team Legacy WvWvW siege guide
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What is Samadhi? You may have heard it defined in class as enlightenment, ecstasy, or complete absorption … or likened to Nirvana, Paradise, or Heaven. But thinking of Samadhi in mystical terms can make it seem mystifying—beyond the reach of an everyday yogi like you or me. In the Yoga Sutras (1.17-18), Patanjali defines Samadhi as a state of attention or concentration. Sounds attainable, right? If you're still not sure, turn to the first chapter of the sutras—known as the Samadhi Pada—and you'll find that Patanjali has given us step-by-step guidelines.
In the classical yoga of Patanjali, also called Raja Yoga, Samadhi is the culmination of the eight limbed-path. Scholars interpret the word Samadhi in a number of ways. Sama (the source of the English "same" and "symmetric") is translated as equal or even. Adhi (the root of the English "adhere") can mean to hold, and "dhi" relates to understanding or inner vision. Thus, Samadhi can mean maintaining a concentrated state of awareness.
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Building on previous sutras about practice and non-attachment, in Sutra 1.17 Patanjali describes Samadhi as an inward journey that begins with four stages. The first (savitarka or sense perception) is the ability to focus on something, perhaps an object (such as a yantra or a visualization), a sound (as in mantra), or the breath itself. In the second stage (savichara or insight), awareness shifts to the object's subtler, unseen aspects. In the third stage, as our connections to the seen and unseen begin to dissolve, feelings of inspiration or bliss (ananda) may arise. In the fourth stage (asmita or I-sense), we enter a witnessing state, an awareness of true self. We've traveled, as the Shanti mantra describes, from the unreal to the real.
Samadhi isn't limited to meditation practices; we can journey through these four stages in asana. In stage one, we focus on the physical expression of a pose, concentrating on alignment or perhaps visualizing the asana's symbolism, e.g. a tree for Vrksasana. If we can hold this level of concentration steady long enough, we may dive into the second stage, becoming aware of the movement of prana as the asana opens subtle energy channels. Going deeper, we enter the third stage, experiencing contentment or joy beyond word or thought. This is when we stop "doing" the asana, and the asana begins to "undo" us.
At last, in the fourth stage, we discover a deeper sense of I-am-ness. We remain aware of of the body, mind, and senses—"Here I am on the mat practicing"—but go beyond them to a peaceful state of non-attachment. In the words of the Bhagavad Gita (6:19), the mind becomes as steady as a candle flame sheltered from the wind.
As we progress through these stages, we hone and advance our abilities, like a child learning how to ride a bicycle. Sutra 1.18 describes the "Look, Ma, no hands!" moment when we can reach Samadhi without concentrating on an object. Familiar with moving through ever-deeper levels of attention, we proceed to that candle-flame state of awareness simply by letting go.
The experience of Samadhi may last only an instant, but it's like the ultimate vacation to the most amazing destination. But don't take my word for it. Make this journey yourself, with the Yoga Sutras as a map, the body/mind as your vehicle, and your yoga practices the fuel.
Have you experienced moments of Samadhi? How would you describe it?


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"Help stop AIDS. Use a condom."
Launched in September of 1988, this groundbreaking ad was part of the first campaign to use the word "condom" in America. The ads informed Americans of the dangers of the AIDS virus and encouraged them to "Help stop AIDS. Use a condom."


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The Forgotten Gorbals, by Bill Brandt, 1948
There is so much to be found about and by Bill Brandt on the web that there seems little point flouting my ignorance here. This image, reproduced as a postcard sent to me last week by Alan Burnett in support of the "Twitter for Gentlefolk" movement - a revolution perhaps needs to start out with slightly more modest aims - will, I hope, speak for itself. It is a thoughtful, understated illustration of how effectively Brandt, as Alan describes it, "was able to balance an image to perfection and combine the documentary and artistic requirements of photography," and a much appreciated missive.
I see much of Brandt's influence in Alan's own photographs, many of which you'll find on his Picture Post blog. I look forward each week to the glimpses into Alan's collection, as he scans prints, slides and negatives from his personal archives, and sallies forth into the English town and country in search of new inspiration.
My own contribution to the "movement" - well, my first - is up on Alan's News from Nowhere blog. If you feel the urge to exchange postcards, and further the aims of Alan's movement, please feel free to email me.