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DAILY NEWS: Toronto Section Unveiled and Digital Feature Debut; Also, RESFEST Update and IFP News
By Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE
>> Toronto Festival Unveils Perspective Canada Slate
(indieWIRE/7.26.00) — 15 world premieres will screen in the Perspective
Canada lineup at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival, organizers
announced at a press conference yesterday. The complete lineup is comprised
of 20 feature films and 29 shorts, all made by Canadians. Topping the lineup
of Canadian movies is the section's opening night screening of Denis
Villenueve's "Maelstrom," as well as the special presentation of Robert
Lepage's "Possible Worlds."
Among the filmmakers in the section are seven prominent Canandian filmmakers
returning with world premieres of new work: Clement Virgo ("Love Come
Down"), Lynne Stopkewich ("Suspicious River"), Gary Burns ("Waydowntown"), Anne Wheeler ("Marine Life"), John L'Ecuyer ("Saint Jude"), John Greyson ("The Law of Enclosures"), and Colleen Murphy ("Desire").
Perhaps most notable of all Canadian films set to screen in Toronto this
year is the opening night movie, Denys Arcand's "Stardom."
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>> Killer Films and Blow-Up Unveil Minihan's "Contenders" for Buyers
(indieWIRE/7.26.00) –indieWIRE got a sneak preview of Dan Minihan's
new digital feature, "Series 7: The Contenders," at a screening
yesterday morning. Produced by Blow-Up Pictures ("Chuck and Buck") and Killer Films ("Boys Don't Cry"), the movie was shown to a packed room of distributors at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. Top executives and
acquisitions teams from all of the major theatrical distributors were on
hand for the showing, including buyers from Artisan, IDP/Samuel Goldwyn, Fine Line, Fox Seachlight, Good Machine International, Lions Gate, Lot 47, Miramax, Palm Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, USA Films, andZeitgeist.
Shot digitally in New England late last year, "The Contenders" offers
segments from the nation's top TV show, a reality game show of the same
name. Six contestants, each armed with a gun, are charged with killing
their competitors — the last won alive wins. Brooke Smith portrays the
lead character, the show's reigning champ who is pregnant and determined
to escape with her life.
The producers decided to preempt a Fall festival debut in front of the
acquisitions community by scheduling their own advance showing — seeking
a deal before they enter the upcoming circuit of industry events and
marketplaces. Certainly, the "torn from the headlines" nature of the
subject matter would invite a buyer to grab the film and launch it at a
high-profile festival in the next few months.
"Reality TV is certainly a hot topic right now, and it wasn't really a matter of publicity but about availbility and a very high 'want to see,'" commented PR rep Jeremy Walker. In a separate conversation, Sue Bodine explained, "We feel that the timeliness of the film and the fact that it was ready to be seen now would be to our advantage."
>> BRIEFLY: RES Tour Adds Cities and Net Showcase
(indieWIRE/7.26.00) — The 4th Annual RESFEST Digital Film Festival has
confirmed the dates for its 2000 tour, this year adding stops in Seattle,
Montreal, Seoul, and Osaka (joining its events in San Francisco, London,
Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo).
Kicking off in San Francisco on September 7th, the Festival will launch
"New Cinema 2000," organizers announced yesterday. The two-day conference
will include screenings and discussions dedicated to Internet content and
distribution — it will be held in Los Angeles November 1st – 5th.
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>> Boyle Heading IFP/West's Indie Alliance
(indieWIRE/7.26.00) — The IFP/West announced today that Valhalla
Motion Pictures President Barbara Boyle has been named Chair of its
"Indie Alliance," a group of established filmmakers who pay dues of
$1,000 per year to join the exclusive group of IFP/West members.
"For 20 years, IFP/West has promoted films made with an economy of
means and under the creative control of the filmmaker. The Indie
Alliance is a compelling way for individuals to join IFP/West and
help us serve artists who are the creative backbone of this industry,"
commented IFP/West Executive Director Dawn Hudson.
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I love to cook. I'm self-taught, I have no professional experience, and I doubt that I have the chops to survive in a restaurant environment. But I love it all the same. My interests and heartstrings are tugged in a lot of different directions when I cook, but the most consistent sentiment I experience is a connection to life: to the Earth, to farmers and purveyors, to past generations, to my current community, to family.
Heat (An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany) is the fantastic memoir of Bill Buford, who left his job as an editor at The New Yorker to dive into the world of professional kitchens, pasta making, and ultimately, to learn the craft of butchery in Tuscany. It is a beautiful tribute to those cooks in the world who choose to master craft, and by mastering craft, develop a deeper love for life around them.
The book follows Buford through kitchens of different locations, sizes, and intensity. At every turn, though, Buford focuses his attention on what he can learn from the moment and from his teachers. The unifying thread he stitches through these vignettes is a mindful attention to the emotional and human experience of cooking.
Lessons of Mindfulness in the Kitchen
On developing mindfulness in the kitchen:
I once asked Mario [Batali] what I could expect to learn in his kitchen….
He thought for a moment. "You also develop an expanded kitchen awareness. You'll discover how to use your senses. You'll find you no longer rely on what your watch says. You'll hear when something is cooked. You'll smell degrees of doneness."
On the simple pleasure of making good food:
The satisfactions of making a good plate of food are surprisingly varied, and only one, and the least important of them, involves eating what you've made. In addition to the endless riffing about cooking-with-love, chefs also talk about the happiness of making food: not preparing or cooking food but making it…. The simple good feeling …might be akin to what you'd experience making a toy or a piece of furniture or maybe even a work of art – except that this particular handmade thing was also made to be eaten. I found, cooking on the line, that I got a quiet buzz every time I made a plate of food that looked exactly and aesthetically correct and then handed it over the pass to Andy….
These are not profound experiences – the amount of reflection is exactly zero – but they were genuine enough, and I can't think of many other activities in a modern urban life that give as much simple pleasure.
On the melancholy ways that food ties us to each other, ancestors, and mortality:
Betta's tortellini are now in my head and my hands. I follow her formula for the dough—an egg for every etto of flour, sneaking in an extra yolk if the mix doesn't look wet enough. I've learned to roll out a sheet until I see the grain of the wood underneath. I let it dry if I'm making tagliatelle; I keep it damp if I'm making tortellini. I make a small batch, roll out a sheet, then another, the rhythm of pasta, each movement like the last one. My mind empties. I think only of the task. Is the dough too sticky? Will it tear? Does the sheet, held between my fingers, feel right?
But often I wonder what Betta would think, and, like that, I'm back in that valley with its broken-combed mountain tops and the wolves at night and the ever-present feeling that the world is so much bigger than you, and my mind becomes a jumble of associations, of aunts and a round table and laughter you can't hear anymore, and I am overcome by a feeling of loss. It is, I concluded, a side effect of this kind of food, one that's handed down from one generation to another, often in conditions of adversity, that you end up thinking of the dead, that the very stuff that sustains you tastes somehow of mortality.
On reaching higher planes of achievement through mastery and listening to your own voice:
This, it told me, is what you have to do to learn this craft: you keep having to be a slave – to not one master but several, one after another, until you arrive at a proficiency (whatever that might be) or your own style (however long it takes) or else conclude that, finally, you just know a lot more than anyone else.
On the connection of the kitchen to the natural cycle of planting, growing, harvesting:
The evening was interminable and I remember little about it, except for a brief exchange with Enrico about his olive oil. I wanted to know why it was so good.
"There are two reasons," Enrico said. "When I pick and what I pick. Nothing else matters."
Heat is an important reminder to us to slow down, pay attention, and experience the feeling of what we're doing. Pair with Thoreau's advice on escaping busyness through walking and my post on protecting your time for important work.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Triple-whammy protest at Parliament House during Budget Speech
Way to go Rising Tide! A triple-whammy disturbance at Parliament House protests against the Government's inaction on climate change and the futility of the CPRS.
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Subject: La Habra should not be a Sister city to Seoul Eunpyeong District, S. Korea!
Dear Mayor Jim Gomez and the City Council members:
To whom it concerns:
Please watch the undercover videos from South Korea's dog meat industry: http://youtu.be/3uR8R8Mu70Q
Seoul Eunpyeong District is one of the largest dog meat consumption areas in South Korea.
The Korean internet searches resulted in: 108 Health Food Centers which commonly sell dog/cat elixirs (also known as dog soju and cat soju); and 32 dog meat soup restaurants in and around the city of Seoul Eunpyeong District alone.
La Habra should not be a Sister city to any city/district that allows dogs and cats to be tortured and eaten.
Please urge Seoul Eunpyeong District Mayor Wu-Yeong Kim to close down all illegal dog farms and slaughterhouses, markets, truckers and restaurants who serve their products.
An online petition calling for your support in ending the horrendous South Korean dog and cat meat cruelty is in progress:
The favor of your reply is requested.
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Regina Bejarano is the reigning Miss Big Bend, and she recently competed in the Miss Texas USA pageant. She has also held the titles of Miss Permian Basin and Miss Ector County. She was born in Andrews Texas but grew up in Odessa. She graduated from Odessa High and is currently studying Forensic Psychology at Odessa College. The 21 year-old and has a younger sister and two younger brothers. In addition to her pageant career, Bejarano studied voice for seven years and performed in local productions of "West Side Story" at Midland Community Theatre and "In the Heights" at Permian Playhouse. Beyond all of that, she also coaches young ladies new to the pageant world. She will pass on her crown this Spring.
When not prepping for a contest, Bejarano has been seen onstage in Permian Playhouse's production of "In the Heights" and Midland Community Theatre's "West Side Story."
MRT: What's been your proudest achievement in pageants?
Bejarano: My proudest achievement in pageants was winning all the local titles here in the Permian Basin. I've been competing for three years now, and I've really grown as a person and made several connections through pageantry. I'm blessed to have found the pageant world.
MRT: What would say is your best quality and why?
Bejarano: Definitely, my ability to lead. I am the oldest of my mother's four children, and she's always told me I was a bossy little girl. It's definitely helped me step into several leadership roles with ease. I feel like that's the reason why I was drawn to pageants -- not only are you a huge role model to young girls, but you get to wear a crown while doing it. Pageant girls must be confidently beautiful with a heart. My leadership skills take me beyond being just another pretty face.
MRT: What is the best thing you cook?
Bejarano: I would have to say the best thing I cook is chicken flautas. Not to toot my own horn, but my rice is the bomb, so it's definitely a combination of the two.
MRT: Your not-so-secret indulgence.
Bejarano: Anyone who knows me knows I have a crazy sweet tooth. Anything sweet, especially chocolate, I'll have at least once a day. I even take a candy stash backstage with me.
MRT: What book do you always recommend?
Bejarano: This one is hard because I am a bookworm. I love "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. I normally don't read love stories, but this one is centered on God's love and forgiveness. It's told through an unlikely love story between a prostitute and a man of God. Sounds weird I know but it's truly a great read.


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Dear Readers and friends,
We have recently dealt with a new case related to adverse possession.
Adverse possession is one of the several legal ways to acquire title in Spain. (Purchase, inheritance, donation, etc) However, considering the few occasions where a Solicitor can encounter cases of this peculiar nature, we would like to share our experience with you. This is the initial enquiry received from our client;
"Hi, I am thinking about initiating legal proceedings but need advice and a quote. I have been using a house in the Valencia Region as a holiday home for some time (we are not resident in Spain). I signed a private purchase agreement with the original owner in 2008, but he passed away before we could transfer the deeds into my name at the Notary. His only heir is his son who lives in the UK but has never wanted the property and has never inherited. Is it possible to change the Deeds into my name under the law of adverse Possession. We pay all the bills and taxes on the property and have redecorated it. The son will not oppose any move, indeed he has never been outside the Uk. Can you please advise me and quote for the full proceeds"
In the first place, the acquisition of land under the doctrine of adverse possession is recognized in the Spanish civil jurisdiction. This means, that under certain restricted conditions, a trespasser might come onto your property, occupy it, and gain legal ownership of it after a period of time. The legal term for this is "adverse possession."
The acquisition of land under the doctrine of adverse possession is expressly recognized mainly in the following articles of the Spanish civil Code;
".- Article 1,940. Ordinary prescription of ownership and remaining rights in rem shall require possession of the thing in good faith and pursuant to just title for the period provided in the law.
.- Article 1,941. Possession must be in the capacity of owner, and must be public, peaceful and uninterrupted
.- Article 1,957. Ownership and other rights in rem over immovable property prescribe by ten years' possession among present persons, and twenty among absent persons, (i.e living in a foreign country), in good faith and with just title.
.- Article 1,958. For the purposes of prescription, foreign or overseas residents are deemed to be absent. If part of the time the owner should have been present and another part absent, two years of absence shall be deemed one year in order to complete the ten years of presence required. Absences for less than a whole continuous year shall not be taken into account for the calculation.
.- Article 1,959. Ownership and other rights in rem over immovable property also prescribe as a result of thirty years of uninterrupted possession, without requiring any title or good faith, and without distinction between persons present and absent, save for the exception provided in article 539".
Therefore, in a nutshell, to qualify as adverse possession, the following twofold criteria must be met:
- Possession must be in the capacity of owner and it must be public, peaceful and uninterrupted. This means that the trespasser ought to possess the property physically and exclusively (possession cannot be shared with strangers or the registral owner) and subsequently treat it as if he or she were the sole owner.
Proof of possession can also be established by documenting the trespasser's efforts to maintain and make improvements to the property. (For example, by paying the local rate IBI to the SUMA, utility bills, etc)
- The trespasser must also possess the property without interruption for a certain period of time. (in other words, the trespasser cannot give up use of the property, return to it later, and try to count the time that the property was abandoned as part of the "continuous" possession time period). The limitation period will vary according to the following scenarios:
- a) With good faith and just title, 10 years if the owner lives within the Spanish jurisdiction.
- b) With good faith and just title, 20 years if the owner is absent. (i.e the owner lives abroad)
- c) Without good faith and just title, regardless of whether the owner lives nearby or is absent, 30 years.
As you can see, where there has been good faith, prescriptive title may be acquired just after ten or twenty years. However, where good faith cannot be proved, the limitation period will be extended to thirty years.
(For clarification purposes, "just title" means that the process of handing over the property has been done in a rightful and legitimate manner, i.e a squatter who illegally breaks in a property could never have just title).
Regarding our client's case, our advice has been to sign before the Spanish Notary an AFFIDAVIT STATEMENT, ("acta de manifestaciones" in Spanish), enclosing all the necessary documents and written evidence, aimed to prove his good faith, as well as to determine the starting date (dies "a quo") of his prescriptive right, such as the title, (the purchase agreement), and the rest of all the banking receipts proving the yearly payment of all the IBI receipts since the original registral owner died, utility bills, etc
This affidavit will be very helpful in order to prove to the Judge in due course his title, good faith and proof of uninterrupted possession. Subsequently, he will be able to initiate the legal proceedings aimed to register the property into his name in 20 years instead of having to wait 30 years.
The only potential risk for our client is that in the meantime, family relatives of the deceased previous owner could decide one day to deal with the inheritance in order to claim the full ownership of the property before the 20 years have elapsed.
We hope this information is useful and should you have any additional question about this or other legal matter, please visit any of our two websites: www.ricorabogados.com or www.englishsolicitorinspain.com
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I haven't worn socks for weeks. My only real fashion choice is which colour T shirt to choose today. The sound of flip flops on the pavement is a summer sound. Generally the sun just comes on in the morning and goes out in the evening. And the light; it's just lovely - crystalline skies so blue that they're like a child's painting. The air is dry, a sort of dusty yellowy dry, that plays hell with the cleaning and makes the plants wilt but just makes it feel so - well, summery. And there are noises too. Things sort of move with the heat. Lifeless things move, things creak with the warmth. Live things move as well. The damned flies, millions of them. Little lizards often turn up in our living room as do any number of strange creepy crawlies. Nothing untoward, nothing too bity so far, but lots of them. And here, in the country, it's just one long sound concerto. The birds are relentless - chip, chip, chirruping as long as there is any light. Then of course there are the cicadas and the grasshoppers, with their incessant reverberating drumming. The dogs don't care whether it's winter or summer. Country dogs bark and bark and bark and shatter the evening quiet whatever the season.
Beer is always cold in Spain and chilled glasses are as common as muck. In winter that can seem out of place but in summer it's as right as right can be. The drops of water form on the outside of the glass. You have to be careful though - it's so easy to just have a "cervecita", in the shade, without thinking about it being alcohol. If you have to drive, never mind, the pop is just as chilled but, somehow, it doesn't feel quite so Mediterranean. And if the drinks are chilled so is the food - fruit and salads and things that glisten with summer colour replace those tasty but drab and calorific winter dishes. Lovely.
Alicante summers are simply splendid.


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Interestingly, John Dehlin, while a graduate student in clinical and counseling psychology at Utah State University, conducted an online survey of 3000 Mormons who at one time believed their Church was true, but now no longer believe that. Almost half of the participants reported their current status as agnostic/atheist/humanist, while only 11% identified themselves as Christian (non-Mormon). Mormon leaders, like Adventist leaders, have never before faced the powerful challenge of this information age. The arrival of online religion is as consequential as when the printing presses brought the written word to medieval Europe. Studies have revealed that 25% of adult Internet users have gotten religious or spiritual information online at one point or another.
Moreover, in another online survey, researchers at the nonprofit Open Stories Foundation found that 81% cited loss of faith in Mormon founder Joseph Smith as a moderate to strong factor in their no longer believing in the LDS Church. Likewise, in the SDA Church we can observe very similar statistics. For example, disbelief in the bizarre claims of Ellen White is a very common prelude to eventually leaving Seventh-day Adventism. Sadly, in both Adventism and Mormonism, former members are often so badly wounded from deception, disappointment, and legalism that they don't want to ever risk being burned again. Unfortunately, they far too often wrongly associate biblical Christianity with their cultic background.
Religious cults, large or small, routinely lead their members to the brink of despair and nothingness (even after they have officially left) which too often results in a needless detour in their Christian journey. This is why my ministry is dedicated to expose the multi-faceted and subtle heresies of Seventh-day Adventism. This mission includes the proclamation of the awe-inspiring, transforming gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are struggling to recover from crippling monetary, psychological, and spiritual abuse.
Dudley M. Canright (1840-1919), Adventism's most notable heretic, wisely stated: "To criticize, expose, and condemn others is not a pleasant task, but when religious teachers enthrone error, and mislead honest people, silence would be unkind and censurable." The greatest fortress against any heresy is to be thoroughly grounded in Scripture. Moreover, in sharp contrast to the SDA gloom and doom verdict reserved for their former members, my distinctive calling is to boldly affirm that there is an abundant, wonderful life beyond Adventism. Soli Deo gloria!
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In 2016, I posted an image called Many Faces of ArcheAge that showed the faces of over 100 different characters. I continued my creeping through 2017, so here are all the faces I took pictures of during that time.
As a note, it is highly likely that I took pictures of duplicate characters or alts at some point.
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"Apologies To The Queen Mary" Live Compilation
I was asked to create a live compilation of the songs from Wolf Parade's Apologies To The Queen Mary in honor of the album's 10 Year Anniversary this past Sunday. The Wolf Parade Fansite wonderfully chronicled this anniversary with posts about each song including in-depth conversations about the album with Dan, Spencer, and Arlen.
My process in creating this compilation began with limiting the possible recordings to those live recordings I possess in uncompressed formats, mainly FLACs. (Uncompressed files should sound better than compressed files, especially when played loudly on large speakers.) From there I listened to each version of each song from Apologies and eventually decided on the rendition I thought was best or most exciting. For some songs this was very difficult, therefore I included more than one rendition.
A few of my notes:
- The first twelve tracks are almost all from the earlier years while the extra renditions and tracks are from later years as the songs evolved.
- I included "Disco Sheets" and "Lousy Pictures" because they are from the same period and recording sessions as ATTQM.
- "I'll Believe In Anything" went through a few transformations revolving around the arpeggiation at the beginning and Spencer's move from his original Jupiter 4 keyboard. Besides the song being totally rad that is why there are three different renditions on this compilation.
- Tracks 17-19 are great to hear just how loudly the crowd is singing along.
- There's a few seconds of cheering at the end of each track... some of the cheering flows well into the next song, some cheering does not. My bad.
The tracklist of the final product is below:
01. You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son @
02. Modern World %
03. Grounds For Divorce *
04. We Built Another World ^
05. Fancy Claps @
06. Same Ghost Every Night *
07. Shine A Light ^
08. Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts *
09. I'll Believe In Anything ^
10. It's A Curse *
11. Dinner Bells #12. This Heart's On Fire #
[Bonus tracks!]
13. Disco Sheets ^
14. Lousy Pictures ~
15. I'll Believe In Anything @
16. You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son > Fancy Claps ^
17. Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts $
18. This Heart's On Fire &
19. I'll Believe In Anything $
* recorded by Ryan on 2004.08.10 The Rostraver Ice Garden, Rostraver, PA
~ recorded by CBC Radio 3 on 2004.11.01 CBC Radio Studio 3 Session
^ recorded by mycarrion on 2005.09.21 Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA
# recorded on 2005.10.18 Theatre Plaza, Montreal, Canada
% recorded by billy on 2006.08.21 The Showbox, Seattle, WA and remastered by TronicVolta
@ recorded by Pabby on 2008.11.28 The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK
$ recorded by Pabby on 2010.05.21 Club Academy, Manchester, England
& recorded from the radio on 2010.09.05 Electric Picnic, Stradbally, Ireland
*** "Modern World" and "Lousy Pictures" are unfortunately not from uncompressed sources. "Modern World" only appears on a handful of live recordings and I unfortunately do not have a lossless version of any of those. I do not have any recordings of "Lousy Pictures" besides the EP and CBC versions - as it seemed right to include it in this compilation I included the live CBC rendition. If you have other version of these songs please let us know!
You can download the compilation by clicking here. If you really want FLACs of these tracks leave a comment and I'll upload them somewhere.
This compilation is meant to compliment one's already complete Wolf Parade collection. If for some reason you do not already own every Wolf Parade release ever it is not too late to buy their albums from Sub Pop and their 2004 6-Song EP from Cheap Thrills!


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By Paul Garth
I started Prelude to the Massacre by Stan Miller on July 3rd, 2016. It was late when I started to read. We were on vacation. My wife was asleep beside me. The window of the cottage we were staying at for the Fourth of July weekend was cracked open ever so slightly. I could hear the wind and the soft waves on the lake. The buzzing of insects. I've known this lake my entire life. The small town around it. The friendly citizens of the town who know me and my entire family. My dad grew up there. My mother grew up not ten miles down the road. We're third generation, practically, despite never living there year round. It's always been picturesque.
I started Prelude to the Massacre by Stan Miller on July 3rd, 2016. It was late when I started to read. We were on vacation. My wife was asleep beside me. The window of the cottage we were staying at for the Fourth of July weekend was cracked open ever so slightly. I could hear the wind and the soft waves on the lake. The buzzing of insects. I've known this lake my entire life. The small town around it. The friendly citizens of the town who know me and my entire family. My dad grew up there. My mother grew up not ten miles down the road. We're third generation, practically, despite never living there year round. It's always been picturesque.
Prelude to the Massacre is about Lee, a murderous arsonist drunk / drug abuser / psychopath whose fantasies start with torturing and killing his own mother then grow exponentially worse as time goes on. Eventually he comes to live with his cousin, Jeff, a Marine veteran missing half of his face and all of his soul. Together they explore murder, depravity, cruelty and neo-nazi ideology in the Arizona heat. You can feel the sweltering pain of madness rising from the pages. You will want to throw the book down more than once. Probably more than ten times. This is a dangerous book. A disgusting book. A book everyone in America should read.
The afternoon before I started Prelude to the Massacre my wife and I went to eat lunch at a restaurant off the highway. It's a restaurant I've been coming to since I was a child. My grandfather's unofficial wake was held there. I know the owner. Had dinner with him later that night, in fact. The food is pretty good. The beer is cold. Baseball is always on the TVs in the summer, and sometimes cable news channels. Donald Trump was on one of the TVs, speaking at a podium. The news was reporting how, the day before, he'd sent out a tweet that involved a Star of David set over piles of cash, next to a photo of Hillary Clinton. The implication was obvious—old fashioned anti-semitism. Two days later, Trump would say anyone who saw that tweet and thought it was anti-semitic, well, those were the real anti-semites.
Prelude to the Massacre is about Lee and Jeff and their intertwining madness, but it's also about, mostly about, how a society ends up in a place where such obviously hateful ideology can become acceptable to the mainstream. It's about how our culture, White American Culture, has always been a cheap stand in for the militaristic fantasies of the Oppressor, the hateful thing inside our society that demands the Other be rungs below us, if on the ladder at all. It's about how our culture is not content with being on top. It's about how we need everyone else to be dead and bleeding from the mouth and ears below us. Prelude to the Massacre is about how our country is basically a remake of Friday the 13th, and White American Culture is zombie Jason Vorheese, slashing his way through all the blood and bone he can find. It's a book without heroes. There are only villains now.
Nazis came in while we were eating. Average height. Skinny. Tanned. There were four of them. They wore black shirts with Swastikas and SS Runes and Iron Crosses and Germanic Eagles. Surprisingly, I could not see any tattoos. Three men and a woman. They didn't sit underneath the TV with Trump on it. They sat underneath a TV playing a Cleveland Indians game. They were not aggressive. They were not rude. They were casual. They let the symbols on their clothing speak for them. I was fucking terrified.
Lee will try to convince the reader otherwise, but the initial pain in Prelude to the Massacre has nothing to do with race or gender. There is terror in this novel. Pain and fear. Drugs and booze are coping mechanisms. Hate is a coping mechanism. Because everyone in Prelude to the Massacre has been damaged. They've been damaged by those they love. Those they've served and sworn loyalty to. Their government has betrayed them. The economy has forgotten them. Help, even counseling, has never once been offered. They are ill and contagious. Brutality, sadism, and racial superiority are not the disease, but instead symptoms of their fear.
I imagined following one of the neo-nazis into the bathroom. Imagined carrying my plate, tucking it up inside my shirt. Following the man into the bathroom, and, as he urinated, smashing him over the head with it. I would leave him unconscious and bleeding on the piss-dirty tiles of small bar and grill, next to a quiet highway that ran through a small lake town. I imagined him drowning in his own irrelevance. On the TV, they showed Trump's anti-semitic tweet again. At that point, he was saying it was a Sheriff's badge. It showed, he said, his respect for law and order. On the other TV the Blue Jays and the Indians traded runs. I asked for the check.
Prelude to the Massacre is not a book that can be reviewed. There are review like things you can say about it—that the writing is tight, that the plot is engaging and moves quickly, that the dialogue never feels out of place, that occasionally there are beautiful lines and occasionally there are brutal lines—but all of that would miss the point. Prelude to the Massacre is not a book that wants to be liked. It's a book that wants to scream. It's a novel, and a good one, but more than that, it's a thermometer in America's sick mouth. It's a snapshot of the mercury rising. It's the moment you regretfully remember after the thermometer breaks and mercury slides down your chin and over your tongue and you choke on it while glass lodges in your gums. More than anything, Prelude to the Massacre is a warning. Jeff tells Lee that something is coming. The final inescapable race war. That the white man, led by the warrior spirit of his ancestors, Wotan, will someday soon vanquish his genetic inferiors. That law and order will break down along racial lines. That those sworn to defend will betray their posts, just as their country has betrayed them. "Not all cops are pigs," Jeff tells Lee. "The cops here are on our side! They wouldn't care if we killed all the niggers and all the Mexicans!" Soon, Jeff begins planning a terrorist attack. Final Fires, he calls it. Soon, they're going to set the whole goddamn thing off.
The day I finished Prelude to the Massacre police killed two black men, both killings caught on video. In Baton Rouge. In Falcon Heights. Earlier in the day, Donald Trump again defended his anti-semitic tweet. He used the word "Star" 27 times in a five-minute section of his stump speech. He said the media were liars. He never explained how his staff had come across the image, how it'd been originally posted to a white-supremacist message board.
Jeff tells Lee that something is coming.
I try to tell myself that Prelude to the Massacre isn't really the warning I think it is. I tell myself the Nazis I saw at the restaurant the day I started reading it put me in a bad place. That I shouldn't have been reading anything like it. Nothing is coming, I tell myself. Things will be fine. Things are always fine. I try to fall asleep. A summer storm shrieks outside my window. The thunder sounds like bombs.


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"We see a lot of schools that suffer from what I call 'shiny object syndrome,' where they get excited about a tool, and many times, they haven't really thought through what the curricular impact is of those devices on the school." – Andrew Shelffo, USA
Technology has long played a critical role at the Williston Northampton School, even dating back to its founding in 1841. It was because of founder Samuel Williston's innovation – a new way to put cloth onto buttons — that he had the means to establish the school. Today, Williston Northampton is a Microsoft Innovative School, one of the elite 100 or so represented at the Microsoft in Education Global Forum taking place this week in Barcelona.
The school recently adopted Surface Pro as its device of choice for a new 1:1 program, the Curricular Technology Initiative, but only after careful planning and consideration. According to school CIO Andrew Shelffo, "We see a lot of schools that suffer from what I call 'shiny object syndrome,' where they get excited about a tool, and many times, they haven't really thought through what the curricular impact is of those devices on the school."
Shelffo and his colleagues had plenty of experience using Microsoft tools, including OneDrive and Office 365 for education. But it took them a while to find the right device. Says Shelffo, "We knew that the form factor had to be a tablet. We knew it had to have multiple inputs that included a keyboard, touchscreen and stylus, which is important for math and scientific notation. But it wasn't until the Surface Pro came out that we all looked at each other and said, 'The device we've been waiting for is finally here.'"
The decision is already paying off. For example, when their language department embraced OneNote for oral exercises, it quickly translated to improvements in oral skills. Not just because of what happened in the classroom, but because the tool allowed each lesson to continue after school hours. And lunchtime conversations among teachers have become much more animated, according to Shelffo, with faculty pointing out new discoveries about what the Surface Pro can do as they continue to explore its capabilities.
Getting faculty on-board with the change was of paramount importance to Shelffo, because they bear the burden of new technology adoption. (And as an English teacher himself, he understood exactly what that meant.) Faculty not only participated in the initial decision, but they receive ongoing professional development through the Partners in Learning network and Microsoft training programs. "We want to be very deliberate about linking that professional development to the strategic goals of the school," Shelffo says, "because this is not just a curricular initiative, it's also a strategic initiative."
Ultimately, though, it's the students who benefit. Says Shelffo, "Students need skills to create content. We want to turn our students into productive digital citizens."
Enjoy today's Daily Edventure with Innovative School leader Andrew Shelffo.


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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Society of Feline Gardeners- Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie
14 comments:
- Cheysuli and gemini said...
Oh look at Mr. Blue! I just realized we are reading your posts later and later!
- Oct 10, 2013, 12:58:00 AM
- Sparkle the Designer Cat said...
I kind of like the wild look of unmown grass myself. But then, we are not good gardeners here, any of us!
- Oct 10, 2013, 5:20:00 AM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan, Bibi-Chan, Gen-Chan, Vidock, Violette said...
It's getting to be that time of year when the weather is just so unpredictable. Jonesie!
The Chans
- Oct 10, 2013, 5:38:00 AM
- Sometimes, Cats Herd You said...
It's so nice that Mr. Blue is getting friendlier when he visits.
- Oct 10, 2013, 6:10:00 AM
- Alasandra, The Cats and Dogs said...
Nice to see Mr. Blue. We tend to like long grass around here, more bugs to play with.
- Oct 10, 2013, 7:19:00 AM
- Terri said...
We are glad to hear Mr. Blue is becoming friendlier. Is nice to have a kitty friend next door :)
- Oct 10, 2013, 10:15:00 AM
- Kitties Blue said...
We keep praying for rain. After too much rain and flooding in the spring, the ducks are now walking on the riverbed as only inches of water remains. We'd like to see an up-close photo of Mr. Blue. Can you guess why? Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
- Oct 10, 2013, 5:52:00 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Wow, Jonesie, good thing your dad finally cut the grass. Otherwise, you woulda gotten lost out there!
- Oct 10, 2013, 9:21:00 PM
- meowmeowmans said...
That's pretty cool that you and Mr. Blue are friends now, Jonesie! Look at all those leaves on your deck ... fall has definitely arrived.
- Oct 11, 2013, 8:23:00 PM
- Derby, Ducky said...
Our leaves are beginning to fall down now.
- Oct 11, 2013, 9:04:00 PM
- Grrreta: Ambrose, Clarence, Teddi, Baskin, and Abner said...
Your garden is beautiful even with floofier grass. The building management at my mom's job stopped mowing some of the lawn, and when employees asked why, they said it's now a "prairie garden". Mom wishes she could get away with not mowing our yard and calling it a prairie garden too.
- Oct 12, 2013, 10:01:00 AM
- Mark's Mews (Ayla, Iza, and Marley) said...
We had buckets of rain here 4.5" late last week. Fortunately, TBT mowed the lawn just before the rains came, the ground was dry so it sucked in all the rain (even the drainage easement barely flowed), so its not too wet outside now.
- Oct 15, 2013, 10:54:00 PM
- Marilia Bavaresco said...
I love your garden!!!
Lucky guys!
- Oct 16, 2013, 2:11:00 PM
- Purrfect Haven said...
that long grass must make your furs wet! We loved your post. Good news about making friends. Its great to catch up with you again. Love Darcy, Bingley and Helen xxx
- Oct 19, 2013, 10:43:00 AM


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Antonín Novotný, (born Dec. 10, 1904, Letňany, near Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died Jan. 28, 1975, Prague), Czech communist leader of a Stalinist faction who was deposed in the reform movement of 1968.
Trained as a locksmith, Novotný became a member of the Communist Party in 1921. He was arrested during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and placed in Mauthasen concentration camp (1941–45). In 1946 he was elected to the party's Central Committee, and in February 1948 he took a leading role in the Stalinist communist takeover of the Czech government. He was admitted to the Politburo in 1951 and became first secretary of the Communist Party in 1953. After the death of Antonín Zápotocký (Nov. 13, 1957), he assumed the presidency and in 1964 was reelected to a five-year term.
Continuing his close cooperation with Moscow, Novotný had to face increasing criticism from the party's more nationalistic and less dogmatic reform factions. In January 1968 he was forced to resign the party leadership to Alexander Dubček, and in late March General Ludvík Svoboda replaced him as president. His party offices and membership were withdrawn later in the year. At the party congress of May 1971, with the Stalinists back in power, a compromise was worked out whereby Novotný was reinstated in the party in exchange for leniency toward the ousted Dubček.


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Yes, everyone it's NaNoWriMo. Woo!
I'm off to a great start (not) with a whole 1121 words typed for the first two days. Lame.
Anyway, check out www.nanowrimo.org. Make an account. Add me as a writing buddy (s.e.cates).
And get writing! 50,000 words or bust!
(Or you can just play writing games on the forums. That's always fun too.)


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|Re: Do we release src/fauxton?
|Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:08:51 GMT
Yay! Sue just made a PR for the UI updates: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/77 Depending on the timeline of 1.4, I would not be opposed to shipping Fauxton in the release with the new UI, but we should get a solid week or two of people QA-ing it first. -Russell On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Dave Cottlehuber <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Weird googleness, this time with comments. > > On 7 August 2013 18:59, Dirkjan Ochtman <email@example.com> wrote: > > Saying I think this is important is cutting it short a little. :) I do > > see a difference between the process we want and the outcome we want. > > Nicely put. > > > If the process has gone off the path we wanted for some reason, I > > don't agree we have to backtrace all the way to where we went wrong > > and move forward again to do it right. Instead, I think we can take a > > shortcut to make sure we get the outcome we want, and try to be better > > about our processes going forward. > > +1 optimise for sanity. > > >> But I think he's wrong, because the agreement is that master is always > >> shippable. So you couldn't just add fauxton back. Because we've just > said > >> fauxton is not shippable. > > > >> So what I actually think Dirkjan is saying is that src/fauxon should be > on > >> a feature branch, and not on master. And if that's the case, then fine, > but > >> we need to actually do that. We shouldn't leave it on master, and just > >> remove it by hand from any release branches we cut in the meantime. > That's > >> sloppy, and it messes with the Git workflow promise we've agreed to but > not > >> documented. > >> > >> So, I actually think there are two perspectives here: > >> > >> 1) Master is shippable. It doesn't matter that the fauxton code is on > it, > >> because it doesn't effect the user. (Garren has confirmed this for me.) > If > >> this is your perspective, then we fix up the Makefile on master, cut > 1.4.x > >> master again, and we ship with the fauxton code in the tarball. > > +0.8 -- this is the way I see it. Feel free to shoot me down but I am > not fussed if we have code that is not directly user-accessible that's > included in a release. Although we shouldn't make a habit of it. > > >> 2) Master is not shippable. The fauxton code should be removed, and only > >> merged back in once we're happy with it being shipped. (Where being > shipped > >> means being included in the tarball, even if it's not activated, or > visible > >> for users.) In which case, remove it, put it back on a branch. Then cut > >> 1.4.x master again, and we ship 1.4.0 without any of the fauxton code. > >> > >> I am happy with both options. I think I prefer (1), but if someone > wants to > >> go to the effort of (2), then I am okay with that too. > > > > Okay, so I think shipping gobs of code that aren't wired up to > > anything and have been expressly declared not ready for shipping is > > wrong. We effectively put this whole directory of stuff in the tarball > > that's known not to be functional or, in any case, good enough to > > release as something that's accessible to users... that's pretty crazy > > to me. > > Agree, however I think we crossed the fauxtonic rubicon a while back, > I'd rather not force a huge merge later on for the sake of git branch > purity. We have a merry circus of merges this year and one less branch > of this magnitude is a Good Thing. > > > So, I prefer (2). But, my point is that it should be fine to take a > > really pretty small shortcut to get there from the current state of > > we-did-something-wrong-a-few-weeks-ago. > > > >> What I'm not okay with, however, is breaking our > >> agreed-upon-but-not-documented Git workflow that says that master is > always > >> shippable, and that major and minor releases branches are cut from > master. > >> (And yep, of course, we make changes to the release branches. But these > >> should be very minimal, and/or backports.) > > > > I argue that the workflow was already broken before I did anything > > today, because Fauxton wasn't shippable (in any meaningful sense, i.e. > > other than including the code in the tarball). And so we need some > > kind of process to clean that up. > > I'm ok with whatever the RM decides is appropriate. No point in > handing out a pointy hat if you can't wear it at maximal pointiness. > Ultimately we are in a messy situation and I'd go for whatever is Most > Relaxing, ie takes the least effort to sort out. > > Finally, it seems like 1.4 is a good line in the sand to draw about > sticking to a branch workflow. I'll bring myself up to date and then > try and write it all up this week. > > A+ > Dave >
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Hydra (moon)
Hydra is the outermost known moon of Pluto. It was discovered along with Nix in June 2005, and was visited along with Pluto by New Horizons in July 2015. Hydra's surface is probably covered with water ice. It is irregularly shaped, and measures 50 kilometers (31 miles) along its longest dimension[5]. Hydra's reflectivity (the percentage of incident light reflected from the surface) is intermediate between those of Pluto and Charon.[6][7]
Enhanced color image of Hydra, taken by New Horizons.
|Discovered by
|Hubble Space Telescope
Pluto Companion Search Team
|Discovery date
|15 June 2005
Named after
|Lernaean Hydra
|(340) Pluto III 134
|Orbital characteristics[1]
|738±3 km64
|77±0.00003 d38.201
|Satellite of
|Physical characteristics
|≈ 65 km × 45 km × 25 km[2]
|±4.2)×1016 kg(4.8[3]
|0.4295 ± 0.0008 d (chaotic)[2]
|0.83 ± 0.08 (geometric)[2]
|22.9–23.3 (measured)[4]
Hydra was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope's "Pluto Companion Search Team", consisting of Hal A. Weaver, Alan Stern, Max J. Mutchler, Andrew J. Steffl, Marc W. Buie, William J. Merline, John R. Spencer, Eliot F. Young, and Leslie A. Young. The discovery images were taken on 15 May 2005, and 18 May 2005; Nix and Hydra were independently discovered by Max J. Mutchler on 15 June 2005, and Andrew J. Steffl on 15 August 2005. The discoveries were announced on 31 October 2005, after confirmation by precoveries from 2002. They were provisionally designated S/2005 P 1 (Hydra) and S/2005 P 2 (Nix).[8][9]
The name Hydra was announced on 21 June 2006, in IAU Circular 8723,[9] along with the formal designation Pluto III. The name is that of the Hydra, the nine-headed serpent that battled Heracles in Greek mythology. The nine heads of Hydra are a reference to Pluto's tenure as the ninth planet; its initial, H, refers to the Hubble Telescope, which discovered Hydra and, together with Nix, to the New Horizons mission whose safe passage was the motivation for taking the Hubble images.[10]
Orbital propertiesEdit
Hydra orbits the barycenter of the system in the same plane as Charon and Nix, at a distance of about 65,000 km. Its eccentricity of 0.0059 is small, but significantly non-zero, and the largest of those of Pluto's small moons (slightly larger than that of Styx).
Hydra is in a 2:3 orbital resonance with Nix, and a 6:11 resonance with Styx (the ratios represent numbers of orbits completed per unit time; the period ratios are the inverses).[1][11] As a result of this "Laplace-like" 3-body resonance, it has conjunctions with Styx and Nix in a 5:3 ratio.
Its orbital period of 38.2 days is also close to a 1:6 orbital resonance with Charon, with the timing discrepancy being 0.3%. A hypothesis to explain the near-resonance is that it originated before the outward migration of Charon following the formation of all five known moons, and is maintained by the periodic local fluctuation of 5% in the Pluto–Charon gravitational field strength.
Like Saturn's moon Hyperion, Nix, and the other small moons of Pluto, Hydra rotates chaotically; its day length and rotational axis vary quickly over astronomical timescales, to the point that it regularly flips over. This is largely due to the aforementioned fluctuation of the Pluto–Charon gravitational field, as well as its irregular shape. Hydra's rotational period at the time of the New Horizons flyby was a mere 10 hours.[12]
Physical propertiesEdit
Hydra is irregular in shape, 55 by 40 kilometers (34.2 mi × 24.9 mi)[13] in cross-section from one side. It is spectrally neutral like Charon and most of Nix (whereas Pluto is reddish) and is composed primarily of water ice,[14] probably ice XI.
The only detailed photographs of Hydra were taken by the New Horizons spacecraft from approximately 640,000 kilometres (400,000 mi) away during its flyby of the Pluto–Charon system on 14 July 2015. It also studied Hydra's surface composition, reflectivity, and other basic physical properties. Hydra's reflectivity is estimated to be about 45 percent.
- ^ a b Showalter, M. R.; Hamilton, D. P. (3 June 2015). "Resonant interactions and chaotic rotation of Pluto's small moons". Nature. 522 (7554): 45–49. Bibcode:2015Natur.522...45S. doi:10.1038/nature14469. PMID 26040889.
- ^ a b c "2016 Lunar & Planetary Science Conference by National Institute of Aerospace".
- ^ "The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons".
- ^ Stern, S. A.; Mutchler, M. J.; Weaver, H. A.; Steffl, A. J. (2006). "The Positions, Colors, and Photometric Variability of Pluto's Small Satellites from HST Observations 2005–2006". Astronomical Journal. 132 (3): submitted. arXiv:astro-ph/0607507. Bibcode:2006AJ....132.1405S. doi:10.1086/506347. (Final preprint)
- ^ Keeter, Bill (2016-05-05). "Pluto's Icy Moon Hydra". NASA. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ NASA (15 July 2015). "Hydra Emerges from the Shadows". Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ NASA/APL (2008). "Pluto's Moon Hydra".
- ^ IAU Circular No. 8625 describing the discovery
- ^ a b IAU Circular No. 8723 naming the moons
- ^ Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2009, The Pluto Files
- ^ Witze, Alexandra (2015). "Pluto's moons move in synchrony". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.17681.
- ^ "DPS 2015: Pluto's small moons Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra [UPDATED]".
- ^ "New Horizons 'Captures' Two of Pluto's Smaller Moons". Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ "NASA New Horizons on Twitter".
- Steffl, A. J.; Mutchler, M. J.; Weaver, H. A.; Stern, S. A.; Durda, D. D.; Terrell, D.; Merline, W. J.; Young, L. A.; Young, E. F.; Buie, M. W. & Spencer, J. R. (2006). "New Constraints on Additional Satellites of the Pluto System". The Astronomical Journal. 132 (2): 614–619. arXiv:astro-ph/0511837. Bibcode:2006AJ....132..614S. doi:10.1086/505424.(Final preprint)
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- Hydra Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- NASA's Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto – Hubble press release
- Two More Moons Discovered Orbiting Pluto (SPACE.com)
- Pluto's Newest Moons Named Hydra and Nix (SPACE.com)
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According to Internal Revenue Service publication 544 , "Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets," you must report the sale of vacant land as a capital gain or loss. Use Form 8949, "Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets," to figure the amount of gain or loss from the sale. Transfer the results to Schedule D, an addendum to Form 1040.
Form 8949 Option Selection
Form 8949 is divided into two sections: Part I for short-term transactions for property held for one year or less and Part II for property held for longer than one year. Both sections have an option selection regarding Form 1099-B that brokers use to report the sale of stocks to the IRS. Because you would not receive a 1099-B from the sale of your vacant land, check box "C" in Part I or Part II, depending on how long you owned the land before selling it.
Form 8949 Information Entry
Enter a description of the property in column (a) of the section in which you checked Box "C." Enter the date you acquired the vacant land in column (b), the date you sold it in column (c) and the sale price in column (d). Use columns (e), (f) and (g) to enter all costs incurred in the acquisition and sale of the vacant land, then enter the total gain or loss in column (h). See specific instructions for Form 8949 and all other forms at irs.gov.
Additional Copies of Form 8949
If you have any other transactions for the tax year that require Form 8949 for which you have not been sent a Form 1099-B, you may include them on the same form on which you entered the sale of your vacant land. But you may not add transactions for which you have been sent Form 1099-B. You must report those on separate copies of Form 8949 with the appropriate boxes checked: "A" for 1099-B forms that report the transaction to the IRS and "B" for those that don't.
Schedule D
Schedule D summarizes all capital gain and loss activities for the tax year. It also uses a Part I for short-term and a Part II for long-term, along with a summary of all capital gain and loss activity in Part III. Enter the total from the Form 8949 that includes your vacant land sale, along with the totals of any other Forms 8949 required for your particular tax situation. Transfer the sum total gain or loss from Schedule D to your Form 1040. Include Form 1040, Schedule D and all copies of Forms 8949 with your tax return.


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Friday, October 18, 2013
Halloween Sensory Play--Pumpkin Treasure Hunt
We made pumpkin seeds with coconut oil and sea salt (so yummy) and I got my pumpkin curry soup after all.
Posted by Green Owl Mama at 11:35 AM
Labels: Halloween, Messy Art, Sensory Fun
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Mine won't touch pumpkin "guts" -- wonder if hiding treasures inside would help us.... Love this!ReplyDelete
This looks like a great sensory activity that is so easy to put together! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
This looks so fun! A year ago my daughter would have LOVED this but this year she's all anti-pumpkin guts. I also love those Halloween beads. :)ReplyDelete
Looks so cool. I wish my son liked to get messy! Thanks for sharing at the linky party and hope you join us again on Wednesday!ReplyDelete
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The UT Arlington women's team continued its winless start to the season with a 75-63 loss to UT Pan American on Wednesday night at UTPA Fieldhouse.
Senior guard Laila Suleiman led the Mavericks with 17 points. Tahlia Pope and Malaika Green also reached double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
UTA (0-10) has one game left to try to get a win before heading into Sun Belt Conference play.
In the first half, UTA shot 56 percent from the floor and was 6 of 9 from beyond the arc.
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The Good
Mere hours after winning a baseball game, the Yankees headed back onto the frigid tundra of Yankee Stadium and won another. The exhausted gladiators suffered through excruciating cold, barely mustering two runs over nine innings. The Cubs, spirits crushed, now face the vacuum that is the dreaded off-day. Pineda, no longer stained by the biased close ups of probing cameras, delivered six innings of runless baseball.
The Bad
The previous paragraph.
The Ugly
Anyone else notice that Jeter now runs like Jorge Posada circa ever? It's not fun to watch.
One Treat a Day Is Enough
The children had their fill in the afternoon. No more dollars would be forthcoming.
Brett Gardner 1hr = $2
Alfonso Soriano 3hr = $6
Kelly Johnson 3hr = $6
Carlos Beltran 4hr = $8
Dean Anna 1hr = $2
Brian McCann 2hr = $4
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Bangkok Airways have recently announced they are to add additional flights for its Bangkok – Phuket route increasing to 8 flights daily.
Additional flight for Bangkok – Phuket; PG283 departs Bangkok at 09.10 hrs arrives Phuket at 10.35 hrs and Phuket – Bangkok; PG284 departs Phuket at 11.30 hrs arrives Bangkok at 12.55 hrs, starting from 1 December 2013 onwards; operate by Airbus 320.
All passengers of Bangkok Airways can enjoy a boutique lounge at Suvarnabhumi where passengers can treat themselves to a multitude of free snacks and various choices of hot or cold drinks, free Wi-Fi Internet access. There's also a kid's corner located within the lounge area that will satisfy the needs of young children. For Bangkok Airways' business class – the Blue Ribbon Club or for any passengers with FlyerBonus Premier Membership can enjoy extra treats at the Blue Ribbon Club Lounge that offers more services such as hot meals, a personal shower room, a massage parlour, as well as a nice and quiet personal library room, which can also be used as a personal meeting room.
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It's not easy to find a picture of Hyperion, the world's tallest tree, but yesterday I found a great composite photo on Robert Krulwich's blog. He's a great writer, so I recommend that everyone read his post. The photo is so good though, I've taken the liberty of sharing it with you here.
CORRECTION: This is a photo of Stratosphere Giant! My mistake, and thank you to Checkit who caught my error.


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Anonymous on 02/01/2016
Moved into furnished suite on 4th floor September 2015. After returning from 2 week holiday over Christmas I began to notice a rash on my arms and a week later found bedbugs crawling in the bed and on the walls one morning.
Immediately contacted the landlord and building manager. And moved to a hotel. The suite was inspected and found to have a major infestation in the box spring and in the wicker headboard and footboard. VIP pest control sprayed the suite three times over the next three
weeks. Bed and box springs were then removed and replaced. VIP stated that the suite was bedbug free and that no bedbugs were found in adjoining suites.
After those three weeks I prepared to move back in. But being in the suite for an hour or so, I noticed live bedbugs crawling on the floor in the closet and one crawling on top of the mattress. I did not stay in the suite and the VIP pest control re-sprayed the unit. The tech said that with no human in he suite the bedbugs hide behind the walls and hibernate until they sense humans for their next blood meal.
I have now moved completely out of the suite and looking for another place to live.
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I lived at 1251 Cardero Street for appx 3 years. Moved out a year ago. Never had bedbugs. The last year I was there the building management along with their pest control services came and checked everyones appartment because there was an infestation of them on the 17th and 19th floors. Not sure if any further problems.
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Kenn Edwards and Joseph William Lewis bring you the longest episode of SLGTTP in the making: an in-depth, chronological audio diary of the making of Joe's first feature-length film, A/V. As lead actor and writer/director of the sci-fi/dramady, they guide you along each step of the filmmaking process, from production, through post, all the way up until the moment of release. Featuring costars Adam Crawford, Amber Taneal, Caitlyn Cline, Erin Whitaker, Jennifer Parks, & Geoffrey Lewis.
A/V is a Toasted Schizo production, and available to watch for free online at YouTube.com/ToastedSchizo. Please watch it and share to help spread word of the film. Follow @ToastedSchizo, @AVmotionpicture, & @TheKennEdwards. I'M THE LEAD IN A FUCKING MOVIE!! JOE MADE A GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING MOVIE!!!!!
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A rare photo of famed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman has found a home, just in time for Women's History Month.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture announced Tuesday that the recently discovered portrait of Tubman will be displayed for the first time at a special exhibit in the later this year. No specific date was given.
Only a handful of photos of the abolitionist exist, and this is believed to be one of the earliest known photos of Tubman. The portrait, likely taken between 1866 and 1868, features the famed underground railroad conductor in her mid-40s looking relaxed and stylish.
MORE: Treasury secretary won't commit to putting Tubman on $20 bill
"This photo album allows us to see Harriet Tubman in a riveting, new way; other iconic portraits present her as either stern or frail," said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding director of the NMAAHC, said in a statement. "This adds significantly to what we know about this fierce abolitionist. And that's a good thing."
The Library of Congress and the NMAAHC acquired the photo of Tubman at an auction last year along with photos of several other prominent 19th century abolitionists and politicians for $161,000, far more than what experts had predicted. The photo album also includes the only known photograph of John Willis Menard, the first African-American man elected to Congress.
Born into slavery, Tubman escaped to Philadelphia in 1849 only to return to the South to help hundreds of slaves reach freedom through a network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She also served as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War and worked as a suffragist and an abolitionist in New York later in life.
In 2016, the Treasury Department announced plans to make Tubman the new face of the $20 bill.
The photo of Tubman is part of an album originally compiled as a gift for Emily Howland (1827-1929), a Quaker schoolteacher and abolitionist from New York. The full collection of 48 images are now available online.


text: First search the surface for a dark and deep crater on the moon, then make sure you have blocks to get out of the hole. Jump down the hole when ready. Take some glowstone torches or glowstone blocks with you for lighting up the tunnels of the dungeon. In some rooms of the dungeon there will be mob spawners on the floor. Break them as soon as you can before you are overwhelmed. You will also find rooms with chests in the dungeon with treasures in them, and once you have reached the boss room (a big room with lava pillars in the corners) an Evolved Skeleton Boss will spawn. He will shoot arrows at you, pick you up and throw you at the pillars and he will drop the tier 1 dungeon key when killed. Take this key when you kill him and proceed to the main treasure room. You can identify this room with a red chest in the middle with glowstone pillars in the corners. Right-Click the chest and you will unlock it. Right-Click again to open it up, it should contain a schematic for a tier 2 rocket, the moon buggy, or both.


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Libertarian thinking about everything. --Ere he shall lose an eye for such a trifle... For doing deeds of nature! I'm ashamed. The law is such an ass. -- G. Chapman, 1654.
Feb 8, 2013
'tis the same old shellelagh...
Lately it's been living on its own dedicated nail in the spot handiest to the desk and used from time to achy time in the wake of an aviation accident.
The wheels-up landing from the second step of shop entry stairs scared me for longer than I like being frightened, about 60 seconds, crookedly prone on ice and frozen crushed lime pebbles. That's the time it took to inventory the parts and determine the extent to which the usual processes had been modified by percussion. Inventory complete, I hobbled to the quarters, in fact with part of the kindling I'd just cut cradled in the left arm. The right was busy steadying this veteran carcass on whatever was handy along the way -- a tree, a vehicle, the big garbage can and, finally, the hand rail.
I built the fire, popped some ibuprofen and settled on the couch. To ER or not ER, that is the question. The answer was "not yet, anyway."
That was all a week ago tonight. The bruises have cleared up, the questionable knee again dependable and the elbow fit for lifting. What's left of the mishap is some sort of torn or pulled or otherwise disheveled muscle or tendon. If I were to describe it clinically, scientifically, I'd call it "like, y'know, a charlie horse."
It yields to five count-em-five ibuprofen every morning and, when I'm walking a lot, a little assist from the Irish persuader. I would carry it all the time in hopes of eliciting sincere sympathy. Unfortunately I don't travel in circles like that. ("Humph. Old fart ought to be more careful.")
If the reader believes this post is primarily for the purpose of relating a personal mishap, he or she is somewhat mistaken. Like all TMR communications, it is intended to edify. In this case on the matter of Irish weaponry and Irish history.
My shillelagh is phony, pure Midwest Brand X, like a Pakistani pocket knife. It is the stem of a scrub cedar whereas it should be blackthorn or, even more traditional, oak.
In the glory days of Hibernia, no Irish gentlemen would have set out for the pub without his oaken stick. Then came the bloody British looking for women prettier than their own and lumber for their ships. They found both, captured a few our women and all of our trees. This accounts for the blackthorn, the occasional attractive English person, and the fact that many of you have heard of a sailor named Nelson.
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In addition to the presumption of friendly flatulence, after 50 "Gravity is not your friend", and not just in the looks department.
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after 4 days of being bed ridden I am finally up and feeling better which means back to blogging. I wont get into details but Friday afternoon I started feeling sick long story short I ended up in the emergency room around 5am Saturday and have been doped up on antibiotics + pain medication since. this just goes to show that we all need a little break now + again and we must MUST listen to our bodies when they are trying to tell us to slow down. I was going to attempt to work Sunday + Monday but decided not too and really just fully rest both physically + mentally! a littler advice for the hump day is to not get wrapped up in hustling all the time, work hard but also take some personal time for yourself!
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Here's the invitation I made for my daughter's seventh birthday party using the colors from this week's color dare: Juniper, Hollyhock, Thistle, and White Daisy. I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning.
Materials used:
Cardstock: Juniper, Hollyhock, Thistle, White Daisy
B&Ts: Penelope
Stamps: Piece of Cake, Art Philosophy
Ink: Juniper
Other: Juniper Ribbon, Thistle Ribbon
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Color Dare 189
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Pretty card, Sarah! I love your use of ribbons and that cupcake tray is just so cute. Thanks for sharing your talent with us this week!ReplyDelete
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NCES created the College Course Map (CCM) to code postsecondary student transcripts collected in its longitudinal studies. The CCM contains about 2,100 course categories and has been used to code nearly 650,000 courses for 18,000 students in the most recent study. The first CCM was developed in 1988 for the coding of transcripts collected as part of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS-72). The CCM was most recently revised in 2009 and was updated to be consistent with the NCES Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), and was used to code transcripts collected as part of the 2004/2009 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS:04/09) and the 2008/2009 Baccalaureate and Beyond Study (B&B:08/09).
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Against the Odds
Writers on Writing: 18 Blogs of Christmas with Amy Avanzino
I'm frequently asked if I always dreamed about becoming a writer. The truth is that the thought never crossed my mind.
I'm profoundly dyslexic. I didn't learn to read until I was in the fourth grade. My memories of early reading are painful and mostly involved tears, frustration, and ridicule from classmates. My sister, however, loved to read. She would go missing for days at a time only to emerge for a new book. Before diving into another, she'd share with me each adventure she had taken with each novel. I'd sit and listen for hours. In return, I'd share with her the stories that drifted through my mind. Sometimes I'd make her laugh, sometimes I'd make her cry, and if she didn't do either I'd start over.
In Search of Merry and Bright
Writers on Writing: 18 Blogs of Christmas with Liz Mugavero
It's the most wonderful time of the year…right?
There's a lot of pressure at this time of the year. Pressure to buy the right gifts, to go to the right parties, to host a party, to have the right food, to be full of Christmas cheer. And while most of us recognize that it is a really wonderful time of the year, we have to be honest, too, about the challenges of the season.
The Warm, the Glow, the Happy
Writers on Writing: 18 Blogs of Christmas
I was going to write about cookies. But I've been visited by Christmas Past a few times lately, leaving me in a nostalgic mood. I write about family a lot—Liz Talbot's family and others, both happily and unhappily dysfunctional. Today I'd like to tell you about Christmas with my family.


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Freshly Homemade Garlic herb pull apart rolls will surely make any meal extra special.There is nothing better than eating a fresh garlic roll straight from the oven.
These rolls are super easy and super yummy and you surely will be a big hit when you serve these delicious garlic rolls to your guests.
If you are not planning to eat right away , then pop these rolls in a microwave for 10-15 seconds to get the fresh out of oven flavor.
For the dough
All Purpose flour:- 3 Cups
Warm water:- 1 Cup
Yeast:- 1 Tbsp
Sugar:- 2 Tbsp
Oil:- 1/4 Cup
Salt:- 1/2 Tsp
Garlic Spread
(Garlic spread measurements are approx , please adjust as per your taste)
Garlic cloves:- 4-5 (Minced)
Butter:- 6-8 Tbsp (softened)
Italian seasoning:- 2 Tsp ( You can use any fresh herb like cilantro instead)
1. Warm the water in the microwave. Make sure it is not hot otherwise it will kill the yeast.
2. Mix yeast, sugar, salt, oil and warm water together in a bowl. Leave it for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes you should see a froth appearing on this mixture.
3. After 15 minutes add flour to the yeast mixture from step 2, make this into dough. You may have to adjust the water or flour as needed. When adjusting do it 1-2 tablespoons at a time.
4 After making dough brush it with some oil so that it doesn't dry while we let it to rise or you can cover it with food wrap also. Let it rise for 1 hour , by this time it will be double in size.
5. In the mean time prepare your garlic spread ( mix all the ingredients well in a bowl)
6. Punch down the air in the dough,roll the dough using a rolling pin into a rectangle shape , at least 1/2 inch thick,apply little flour to prevent sticking.
7. Apply garlic spread over the rolled dough.
8. Roll it and cut it into equal parts.
9.Place the rolls with the cut side up in the greased pan.
10.Apply any remaining garlic spread on top of the rolls. Let it rest for 30 more minutes.
11.Brush the top of the garlic rolls with egg wash or milk or butter.
12.Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top (optional).
13. Bake in preheated oven at 450 for 10 - 15 minutes (time may vary depending upon different ovens.)
Serve hot..Enjoy:)


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Name: Techno Union LM-432 crab droid
Type: Battle Droid
Scale: Speeder
Length: 1.49 Meters
Skill: Ground Vehicles 4D, Vehicle Blasters 5D
Crew: Integrated droid brain
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Description: The LM-432 crab droid, also simply referred to as a crab droid, was a battle droid used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. Its name was derived from its six-legged scuttling movement and organic appearance. These droids were also nicknamed "muckrackers" because of their extensive use in marshy terrain.
Ranging from three to twenty feet tall, the crab droid could use its legs to attack infantry in its way. As well as their powerful pincer legs, LM-432 crab droids were armed with twin blasters located on the bottom of the droid's body. These blasters were capable of rapid fire and a powerful double blast. They were also equipped with a vacuum pump system integrated into their forward pincers, which could suck up and then spit out mud to either clear space for Separatist forces or obscure the visual sensors of enemy forces. This earned them the nickname of "muckracker". Crab droids also used their front two pincers to whack opponents out of the way or to crush them with their ends. The crab droid was also equipped with three glowing photoreceptor eyes and communication/sensor antennae—making it seem like it was a living creature rather than a machine—a feature many of the Separatists' droids included.
LM-432 units were protected by armorplast-shielding that could deflect blaster shots. The largest legs of an LM-432 unit were tipped with heavy duranium stabilizers that could secure perches on even bedrock. Smaller LM-432s were unable to rid themselves of opponents who got on top of them—veteran clones knew to avoid their blaster cannons by leaping on top of them. When in pursuit of an enemy, it could move very fast in short bursts to overtake it, and in this way run over their target.
Crab droids were first deployed in conflicts on marshy worlds, but their ability to cross difficult terrain and even scale jagged surfaces led to their usage elsewhere, such as at the Battle of Utapau.
Other variants of the LM-432 crab droid included tiny models for espionage and giant versions that served as mobile armor, which were capable of taking on Jedi. One rare variant was equipped with Gungan bubble wort projectors that could imprison their targets in force fields.
At least one crab droid was seen fighting on Rodia during the Mission to Rodia. Also, a large number of them were used in the Battle of Malastare, but nearly all were destroyed by the electro-proton bomb.
They were also heavily used as security in the Separatist prison, Citadel. Many were used because of the rough terrain, to capture the Jedi who attempted escape.
Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, these units were deactivated.
A number of them were used by the Zabrak bounty hunter Vril Vrakth during the Battle of Nizon in 19 BBY.
During the Battle of Tar Morden, many crab droids were stolen from a factory and would be utilized in the Academy of Carida for live fire training sessions, and would be among the inspirations for the Imperial MT-AT walker.
Decades later, crab droids left from the Clone Wars were still utilized by the Empire during the Galactic Civil War, being used as scouts and sentries.
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Your family wants to travel to Europe and is considering a life cycle event overseas? Bar or Bat Mitzvah, chuppah, renewal of wedding vows, an important birthday - we are ready to help with the ceremony and celebrations!
With our excellent connections to communities - not to mention our extensive network of rabbis and cantors all over Europe - we would be pleased to help plan important simchas for you.
Take the stress out of your family occasion and let us be your event planner! Perfect life cycle events don't just happen by luck, it takes a lot of hard work, and we would be pleased to take as much of the organization off your hands as you wish. Through years of experience, we can add ideas and details for the occasion to make it perfect for you.
Milk & Honey Tours would be honored to share our expertise with you in order to plan, prepare, and carry out your family's special events overseas. Let us assist you in creating the complete program, starting from your arrival in the location of your choice, and ending on the final day of departure.
We can help you create the ideal framework for your event, including, among other things, the right hotels, transport, and catering - as well as sightseeing programs, excursions, and other special visits.
For the event itself, we will tap into our extensive network of experts to find just the right synagogue, rabbi, and cantor. Our in-depth knowledge of Jewish ceremonies and rabbinical requirements are available to ensure every aspect of your life cycle event is planned to perfection and meets not only your personal requirements, but also your wishes.
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It's been a crazy few weeks with my artwork recently.
If you follow me on Twitter, you've probably caught the odd outburst of what's been happening… if not – why aren't you following me?! Haha! I shall update you fully here… fear not 🙂
My auntie, who has been awesome with art all her life, but sadly took the office carrier, has taken up art classes as a hobby and has been (as predicted) amazing at it. It also meant, she now has the insight into local art exhibitions where she lives.


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Though the dedicated PINK month of October has come to an end we want to invite you all to join us as we continue to bring awareness and fight for the cure. Many of us in some way, whether directly or indirectly have been affected by this disease. From family members to friends and coworkers, Breast Cancer has ravaged women for generations. Statistics alone affirm that 1 in 8 women are diagnosed every year. Yet you can contribute to a better tomorrow.
Because beauty is simply transcendent, we're marking our pink stance offering one fiery pink extension for $20, now through the end of December. Deify founder Melissa got hers done just this week by our fabulous Senior Stylist, Nadia! 10% of all PINK extension sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, giving us all the more reason to go PINK.
So stock up, go PINK and flip your hair for the cause in celebration for a brighter future, one where Breast Cancer meets its end.


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It sure is nice to know that this blog is followed by good people like Dave Snyder, who recently sent me some nice e-mails and attached some photos of his builds. I am particularly fond of his latest, the Kenworth K-123. Also of interest are his builds of the "Hess Trucks". Yes, we do have these here Dave -- only not like those!!!
So thanks for the email. Keep on building those great models -- they deserve a "special" post!!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Keep On Truckin with Dave Snyder --
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