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The U.S. House just passed a bill called H.R. 992 – the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act – that was literally written by mega-bank lobbyists. It repeals the laws passed in 2010 to prevent another meltdown like the one that crashed our economy in 2008. The repeal was co-sponsored by a former Goldman Sachs executive and passed with bipartisan support from some of the House's largest recipients of Wall Street cash. It's so appalling… so unbelievable… so blatantly corrupt… that you've got to see it to believe it:
In 2010, Congress passed the "Dodd-Frank" law to clamp down on risky "derivatives trading" that led to the financial collapse of 2008. Dodd-Frank was weakened by banking lobbyists from the start and has been under attack by those lobbyists [11] ever since. Now a new law written by Citigroup lobbyists (we couldn't make this stuff up if we tried) exempts derivatives trading from regulation, and was passed this week by the House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support.
It sounds bad… but don't worry, it gets much, much worse:
- The New York Times reports [12] that 70 of the 85 lines in the new House bill were literally written by Citigroup lobbyists (Citigroup was one of the mega-banks that brought our economy to its knees in 2008 and received billions in taxpayer money.)
- The same report also revealed "two crucial paragraphs…were copied nearly word for word." You can even view the original documents [13] and see how Citigroup's lobbyists redrafted the House Bill, striking out ideas they didn't like and replacing them with ones they did.
- The bills are sponsored by Randy Hultgren (R – IL), and co-sponsored by Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) and others. Himes is a former Goldman Sachs executive, and chief fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
- Maplight [14] reports that the financial industry is the top source of campaign funding for 6 of the bills' 8 cosponsors.
- Maplight's data [14] shows that members of the House received $22,425,740 million from interest groups that support the bill — that's 5.8 times more than it received from interest groups opposed.
- "House aides, when asked why Democrats would vote for this proposal even though the Obama administration opposes it, offered a political explanation. Republicans have enough votes to pass it themselves, so vulnerable House Democrats might as well join them, and collect industry money for their campaigns." — New York Times
Yep, it's actually that bad. For the full story, check out this revealing piece [15] by Represent.Us Communications Director Mansur Gidfar. You can also find out if your Rep. voted for H.R.992 here [16].
We elect Representatives to the House to represent us, the people — but both parties now refuse to do the job we elected them to do. And they won't until we force them to. The American Anti-Corruption Act would stop this corruption, and Represent.Us is the movement behind the Act. Together, we can make blatant corruption illegal with simple reforms. It's common sense that elected officials should be barred from collecting money from the industries they regulate.
Originally posted at Represent.us blog [10],
There is a close relationship between Washington and Wall Street. It could be said that any industry with significant lobby interests as an interest in Wall Street, but the difference here being that Wall Street is not an industry per se, and it's completely virtual. Laws and regulations that regulate the financial markets directly determine how Wall Street firms do business. This directly impacts the markets, and thus the real economy. It has been said that major changes such as Glass Steagall have been the major cause of financial crisis. Certainly if the Federal Reserve Act had not been passed we would not have the financial system we have today. What this implies in the case of Wall Street, the relationship between Congress and Wall Street is uber conflict of interest. Congress is one entity in the world (but not the only one) that has the power to effect real positive change for the markets, and by positive it means economically speaking.
Another point of note, macro traders and analysts can gauge future market activities from significant regulations, i.e. Basel 2 when coming into effect will cause banks to de-leverage thus putting pressure on the bond markets widening spreads, etc. (This was used as example because some who predicted the Credit Crunch of 07/08 used this as the basis for their analysis).
The role of Basel II, both before and after the global financial crisis, has been discussed widely. While some argue that the crisis demonstrated weaknesses in the framework,[14] others have criticized it for actually increasing the effect of the crisis.[15] In response to the financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published revised global standards, popularly known as Basel III.[16] The Committee claimed that the new standards would lead to a better quality of capital, increased coverage of risk for capital market activities and better liquidity standards among other benefits.
Nout Wellink, former Chairman of the BCBS, wrote an article in September 2009 outlining some of the strategic responses which the Committee should take as response to the crisis.[17] He proposed a stronger regulatory framework which comprises five key components: (a) better quality of regulatory capital, (b) better liquidity management and supervision, (c) better risk management and supervision including enhanced Pillar 2 guidelines, (d) enhanced Pillar 3 disclosures related to securitization, off-balance sheet exposures and trading activities which would promote transparency, and (e) cross-border supervisory cooperation. Given one of the major factors which drove the crisis was the evaporation of liquidity in the financial markets,[18] the BCBS also published principles for better liquidity management and supervision in September 2008.[19]
A recent OECD study[20] suggest that bank regulation based on the Basel accords encourage unconventional business practices and contributed to or even reinforced adverse systemic shocks that materialised during the financial crisis. According to the study, capital regulation based on risk-weighted assets encourages innovation designed to circumvent regulatory requirements and shifts banks' focus away from their core economic functions. Tighter capital requirements based on risk-weighted assets, introduced in the Basel III, may further contribute to these skewed incentives. New liquidity regulation, notwithstanding its good intentions, is another likely candidate to increase bank incentives to exploit regulation.
Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council (WPC) have also argued that European legislators have pushed dogmatically and naively for the adoption of the Basel II recommendations, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD), effective since 2008. In essence, they forced private banks, central banks, and bank regulators to rely more on assessments of credit risk by private rating agencies. Thus, part of the regulatory authority was abdicated in favor of private rating agencies.[21]


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Ipsos Public Affairs recently conducted a survey on behalf of Wells Fargo titled, "How America Views Homeownership." Based on the results, it is great to see that homeownership is still a part of the American dream. According to the survey:
- 93% believe that homeownership is an achievement to be proud of.
- 86% believe that homeownership is a dream come true.
- 74% believe that right now is a good time to buy a home.
The survey also focused on how the Hispanic community views homeownership. When asked if they were considering buying a home in the next two years:
- 47% of Hispanic respondents said "maybe," they "definitely will" or they "probably will."
- 33% of Hispanic respondents said they "definitely will" or "probably will."
But, among the Hispanic respondents, 50% perceive the mortgage process as being difficult or a hassle.
In general, among respondents who do not currently own a home, 23% said it is difficult to save enough money for a down payment. As we mentioned recently, even though many consumers continue to overestimate what they need to qualify for a home loan, more than 2.5 million Hispanics purchased their home with a down payment of less than 5%.
In conclusion,
If you are part of the 47% of Hispanics who are considering buying a home, call your local real estate professional and learn about the opportunities available to you in your marketplace. Take advantage of the current market and make your dream of becoming a homeowner a reality!

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We've explored a lot of interesting women through our fall #FridayReads focus on great female biographies. And naturally more than a few of them were pretty powerful. And today's focus is on the Empress Dowager Cixi in a biography by Jung Chang.
The incredible story of Cixi, who began as a 16-year-old concubine of Emperor Xianfeng and ended up not only taking the reigns of the entire country, but bringing it into the modern era. Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is considered to be the the most important woman in Chinese history, ruling China for decades.
When Emperor Xianfeng died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China—behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male. Jung Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her rule China attained virtually all the attributes of a modern state: industries, railways, electricity, the telegraph and an army and navy with up-to-date weaponry. It was she who abolished gruesome punishments like "death by a thousand cuts" and put an end to foot-binding. She inaugurated women's liberation and embarked on the path to introduce parliamentary elections to China.
Fun facts Chang is a badass herself, a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, she wrote a family autobiography Wild Swans that sold over over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in the People's Republic of China.She co-wrote a 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, Mao: The Unknown Story with her husband, the Irish historian Jon Halliday. So just in case historical biographies aren't your thing (though Cixi is a badass and you should) you can read Chang's instead!


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Saturday, April 25, 2009
Update to the Poll on Obama
First I must say that I was not an Obama supporter. The reasons are not important since I was naturally against the continuation of the ruination of the country by the Republican leaders. I therefore would have voted for Mickey Mouse rather than another Republican. (In fact Mickey Mouse is who we had running this nation for the first 8 years of the century.)
But what I cannot understand is the hate that Conservatives have for this man. I understand that the so-called "Right" wants to regain power and control the flow of money into their pockets but what I cannot get is the way they are going about it. In other words the "Right" is WRONG! But then again they have been wrong for so long that that happens to be their right!
The poll about Obama's first 100 days, which is arbitrary at best and unbelievably stupid at worst has become a battle ground as important as any in history to these a-holes on the right! They are sending e-mails out by the thousands urging people to vote Obama an "F" grade. And just what do they think this would accomplish?
It took Bush and his cronies the better part of 8 years to totally ruin the world's economy, let alone this country. Are these moronic lovers and followers of Rush saying that Mr. Obama should have been able to fix things in just 100 days? Do they really believe in their heart of hearts that Bobby Jindal could run the country? That idiot would have trouble running for the bathroom before dirtying himself.
And how about Newt?
Could this creature on the right (literally) run America???
Give me a break!
This is the best the party can do. They ahve no leadership so they hide behind polls and attempt to stuff ballot boxes just as they did to win the previous two elections before America finally made it clear that they are no longer wanted.
I believe the next poll should be a simple one:
Does anyone believe that the Republican Party should continue? Should they be replaced by the Whigs? Or the Green Party? Or how about just forgetting about them all together? They want us to vote Obama an "F"? I'll give them an "F"!
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Porokeratosis of the scrotum
Khalifa E. Sharquie1, Raafa K. AL-Hayani2, Waqas S. Abdulwahhab2
1Department of Dermatology & Venereology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 2Department of Dermatology &Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
Porokeratosis (PK) is disorder of keratinization characterized by annular lesions surrounded by raised sharply marginatedkeratotic borders with a characteristic histopathological finding named cornoid lamella. PK of genitalia is very rare condition and mostly reported among Asian population. The aim of present report is to document a new patient with localized scrotal PK with his father suffering from the same disease in the scrotum.
Key words: Porokeratosis; Cornoid lamella; Genitalia; Neurodermatitis
PK is disorder of keratinization characterized by annular lesions surrounded by raised sharply marginatedkeratotic borders with a characteristic histopathological finding named cornoid lamella. It consists of a heterogeneous group of disorders inherited in a autosomal dominant fashion. PK has a wide variety of manifestations including classical plaque-type porokeratosis of mibelli, disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, linearporokeratosis, porokeratosispalmaris, plantaris, etdisseminata and punctate porokeratosis [1].
In Iraq, a special variety of pk has been reported affecting the face only called solar facial porokeratosis [2]. Localized pk of the genitalia is a rare in occurrence with 24 cases reported in the literature [3]. The aim of present report is to document anew patient with his father suffering from localized scrotal PK.
55-year-old male patient presented to Department of Dermatology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital in 20-8-2012 suffering from severely itchy genital lesions. Since 1982 the patient described a rash on the scrotum which was gradually enlarging in size and increasing in number. Also he mentioned the occurrence of exactly the similar disease of his father (dead) in genital area and this in favor of autosomal dominant inheritance. All the lesions are persistent with no history of spontaneous resolutions of any them. On examination, numerous papules, nodules and plaques distributed over the scrotum (>40 lesions) with none of them on the shaft of penis (Fig. 1). Those lesions were indurated skin colored while others were dark with typical annular configurations as the borders seemed more active while the center had the tendency towards atrophy. Some of the lesions showed thickened surface with pigmentation without the typical annular ring of the most of the lesions and looked like neurodermatitis (Fig. 2).
The histopathology of the disease as follow: theepidermis wasacanthotic with basket weave hyperkeratosis. There was invagination of epidermis by column of keratin reaching the basal layer of epidermis. At the site of invagination there was absence of granular layer. This column consisted of parakeratotic cells, forming a typical feature of cornoidlamella. Many individual dyskeratoticcells were seen under the base of lamella reaching almost the basal layer of epidermis. While the dermis consisted of many dilated blood vessels with severe inflammatory reaction at the base of cornoid lamella, consisting of many lymphoid cells. In addition pieces of manydartos muscles were observed in the dermis (Fig. 3).
Prior to the study, patient gave written consent to the examination and biopsy after having been informed about the procedure.
Porokeratosis of genitalia is very rare condition and mostly reported among Asian population [3–5]. The present report is the first case study that is being reported in Arab region. Family history of the present case was positive as his father had the similar condition and this might support the autosomal dominant inheritance like other types of pk. Itching is a prominent feature of present case and this was similarly reported [4]. There are many dermatosis involvingthe genital area like psoriasis, lichen planus and dermatitis and these are usually associated with itching. Lichen simplex is commonly superimposed on the top of these skin diseases [6]. Accordingly the present case was diagnosed and treated for 30years by most of dermatologists as case of lichen simplex chronicus. In most of reported genital pk, the lesions were scanty (1-3) while in our patient, numerous lesions were seen that widely distributed over the scrotum. Malignant transformation of pk had been reported [7], but fourtounitly no malignant changes were observed in present case.
There are no effective therapies of pk but many treatment had been suggested like topical steroid, cryotherapy, electrocautry, Co2 laser and others. We recommend Co2 laser removal as one of most effective modality [8,9], in order to relieve the patient complaint and to prevent the possibility of malignant changes.
The examination of the patient was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki principles.
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2. Sharquie KE, AL-Baghdady BA, Solar facial porokeratosisJ Dermatol 2003; 30: 216-21.
3. Valdivielso-Ramo M, Genital porokeratosis: Case ReportsActas Dermosifiliog 2008; 99: 217-20.
4. Chen T, Chou Y, Chen C, Kuo T, Hong H, Genital porokeratosis: a series of 10 patients and review of the literatureBr J Dermatol 2006; 155: 325.
5. Sengupta S, Das J, Gangopadhyay A, Porokeratosis confined to the genital area: a report of three casesIndian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2008; 74: 80.
6. Lynch PJ, Lichen simplex chronicus (atopic/neurodermatitis) of the anogenital regionDermatol Ther 2004; 17: 8.
7. Maubec E, Duvillard P, Margulis A, Bachollet B, Degois G, Avril M-F, Common skin cancers in porokeratosisBr J Dermatol 2005; 152: 1389.
8. Trcka J, Pettke-Rank CV, Brocker EB, Hamm H, Genitoanocruralporokeratosis following chronic exposure to benzeneClin Exp Dermatol 1998; 23: 28-31.
9. Huang SL, Liu YH, Chen W, GenitoglutealporokeratosisJ Eur Acad Dermatol Venerol 2006; 20: 899-900.
Source of Support: Nil,
Conflict of Interest: None declared.


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David Lauderdale
Surfing still rides Beaufort's love affair with water
Hunting Island was their Big Sur.
The Melody Makers were their Beach Boys.
Military kids who had tasted the ripping waves of California and Hawaii were their models.
And the endless summer began for the boys of Beaufort.
It is a freedom. It's a culture within a culture. It's kind of a nomadic life.
Dennis Litchfield
Half a century later, the sun still hasn't set on the long, thin line of Beaufort surfers.
As the city now celebrates its love affair with the water with the 61st Beaufort Water Festival, local surfers are still chasing the big breaks, poring over weather statistics, living by the tides, and either dashing to the sea or cursing the burden of a work week.
They still live for the word of storms far over the horizon that churn up swells in our gentle, shallow surf.
They live for daybreak in a pounding ocean with rowdy curls.
"It is a freedom," said one of those early surfing military brats in Beaufort, Dennis Litchfield, now almost 64, now making custom surfboards in Florida, and still surfing. "It's a culture within a culture. It's kind of a nomadic life."
He said the 1966 movie "Endless Summer" or the 1991 movie "Point Break" with Patrick Swayze can explain it to people not used to paddling in circles — or cramming seven kids in a 1955 Chevrolet for the dash to Hunting Island State Park with with eight boards and one more kid on the roof.
It's a culture that Beaufort parents tried to discourage. But not even the Vietnam War breathing down their necks could shut it down.
It's a culture that prompted Harry Bazemore and a buddy to hitchhike from Beaufort to California in the summer of 1969, lugging a Hobie surf board and only $12.
"It took us 52 rides to get to LA," said Bazemore, now in his 60s, still a free spirit, and still chasing waves in Florida.
"It's a culture that was ragged on for many, many years," Litchfield said. "You know — 'you guys are all slackers, why don't you work?' But how can you work when the waves are good?"
Surfing rural USA
Old surfers say there wasn't much to do in Beaufort.
"Growing up on the beach, all you could do is watch the turtles, surf or play Frisbee — or chase girls. That's where the girls were," said former City Council member Mike Sutton. He and his brothers — Mark and Bob — surfed while their dad laid the infrastructure on Fripp Island.
Richard Neill, now a 66-year-old respected Realtor in town, says, "I was the best surfer." He may have been the first in Beaufort to hang five.
He worked all summer at Six L's Packing Co. on St. Helena Island to buy a surf board. It arrived by freight train on Depot Road after what seemed like an endless trip.
He had an old Ford Econoline that had 'Look Homeward Angel' painted on the front.
Fred Gauch
Fred Gauch, now living aboard his sailboat on Hilton Head Island, was leader of Beaufort's hottest band, the Melody Makers. Its still making music, but in the late 1960s, it was synonymous with Beaufort surfing.
He attributes the craze to the throbbing tunes of the Beach Boys.
"Ronnie Nobles and I had two surfing vans," Gauch said. "He had an old Ford Econoline that had 'Look Homeward Angel' painted on the front, and I had a VW van with a peace symbol painted on the front with 'Happiness' painted over that."
They started the Hunting Island Surfing Association that peaked at about 30 members. Members wore burgundy, hooded pullovers with a black diamond sewn on the back with the white lettering of an association that would sometimes host competitions with the funny-talking kids from Charleston.
Most people point to Greg Clark as the father of surfing in Beaufort. Other names are legion: Robert Gay, a shrimper who at one time owned a surf shop on St. Helena Island; Bill Deloach; Mike Rainey; David Brown; Barry Gooch, the unofficial photographer who sometimes posts old surfing photos on Facebook; Ted McCaston; Steve Hughes; Jack Keener; Joe Harter; Bill Murphy; David and Milledge Morris, when they could get away from work at their daddy's Humble Buck's Esso and its caged tiger; "Fast" Freddie Bazemore; Randy Bazemore, who worked 50 crab pots in Battery Creek when he was 13; Ray Charon; Ted Ledford; and even a few girls, like Gail Knight, Gwen Cail and Sissy Burgess.
Many of the kids hung out at Woods Grocery on St. Helena near the beach, where operators Bill and Frances Montcalm would sometimes run them credit on sliced baloney. They would even go to Melody Makers shows with the kids at the old Baileys club in Okatie.
Bill was a strapping, old-timey retired Marine, and Frances could weld anything and shoot a gun. They ran the store for her daddy, Henry W. "Mac" Woods, who preferred to be hunting or farming such oddities as a 103-pound pumpkin or watermelons so big they made him quit bringing them to the Waltermelon Festival competition in Hampton.
"Kids could eat there," said Linda Cail, who worked at the store for her aunt and uncle. "Everybody was helping each other back then. There was not much on the island then."
The surfers also befriended a harmless starving artist they called "Driftwood" Corry, who made art from driftwood and other found objects and sold it in a hut by the road.
Still surfing
Today, when a storm is brewing, as many as 70 surfers can show up at Hunting Island.
They don't have to scan the skies at dawn or listen to the buoy reports on NOAA weather radio. Websites tell exactly what waves will be doing and where. They can do group texts to keep each other in the loop.
"It's like rocket science came to the surf shack," Litchfield said.
Number one, they'll always be thinking about surfing and nothing else.
Harry Bazemore
Glenn Godley of Beaufort led an online petition last year that got 812 signatures and helped the state change its mind after prohibiting surfing at the best spot at South Beach because it is a swimming area in the Hunting Island park.
In 1982, Godley won a Water Festival Surf Contest promoted by Niels Christensen. He's in the new generation of Beaufort surfers who don't get as much grief from their parents about "wasting time" at the beach.
"When we have a big gathering in the surf during business hours, we call it a 'board meeting,' " Godley said. "We can have bankers, insurance salesmen, lumber salesmen, contractors, dentists, doctors."
A new book, "Surfing in South Carolina" by Lilla O'Brien Folsom and Foster Folsom, sketches the long history of surfing up and down the coast — the Grand Strand, Pawleys, Folly Beach and Hilton Head.
"Today, surfing has morphed into a family adventure," they write. "Parents are footing the bill for surf camps and vacations that were unimaginable in the 1960s."
Harry Bazemore tried to tell his parents surfing was good, clean fun that kept him in shape and out of trouble.
He thinks there's something in the ions of the foam and breaking waves that gets you addicted to the surf.
Which leads him to his two top reasons parents should not worry about kids surfing.
"Number one, they'll always be thinking about surfing and nothing else," Bazemore said. "And, number two, they'll always be thinking about surfing and nothing else."
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The 5th International Bonn Brain3 Meeting will take place from March 25-27, 2019. A truly distinguished group of international speakers will present their research at the meeting covering a wide range of neuroscience topics. Bonn Brain3 will continue the tradition of featuring a neuroscience art competition. And do not miss the party on the last evening!
This session will take place in the morning of the first day of the meeting (25th of March 2019). The talks are going to be about 15 minutes long and the best short talks of that session will be selected for presentation to the full audience during the main meeting.
The website for registration and abstract submission for the 5th International Bonn Brain3 Meeting is open now until January 31st 2019.
Please check the website for further information: https://bonnbrain.de/


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Happy snow day Everyone!!! We have been getting so much snow this year and way earlier than we used to. I decided to take little bit out in the snow and get some pictures for 5 months!
If you havn't noticed Avery is gainging weight like CRAZY. She is making up for lost time since we were apparently starving her back in November. Her 5th month was fun but pretty stressful with me going back to work, Christmas, and then getting organized to put our house up on the market. I feel like everyday she is different and learning new things.
Avery with Aunt Lisa
Avery in your 5th month you have...
- tried green beans, carrots, and peas. You LOVE carrots
- discovered Stoney. You always watched him walk around you but now you laugh at him and reach out for him.
- been way more vocal
- started squealing when daddy wakes you up in the morning
- HATED tummy time
- discovered your toes
- discovered putting your toes in your mouth
- put almost everything into your mouth
- started to love books. You love watching us turn the pages and have started to look back at me while reading like, "Are you seeng all this?!"
- you still absolutely love it when we sing. You can't get enough of it. I will be old news once you discover Ray Lamontagne.
- you roll some but not a ton
- you are trying so hard to sit up
- begun the 4 hour schedule and are taking two 2 hour naps a day {mom loves this :)}
Stoney loves his life
I can't believe that in one month you will be 6 months old! Much less that your cousin Brooklyn will be 1 year! Time.is.flying. Hope yall are enjoying the snow and staying cozy!


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For this study people with and without an autism spectrum condition are needed, that must be aged 18-40 and who have no heart conditions. Participation in this study will involve: completing questionnaires probing interoception, emotional self-awareness; counting and reporting heartbeats while connected to an electrocardiogram followed by a time estimation task which involves estimating how many seconds have gone by within a given time ; watching short videos and reporting the emotion you think the filmed people are experiencing; and answering questions regarding actors' emotional states whilst watching short movies.
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An intimate Indian wedding
Who says all Indian weddings are big? My clients recently celebrated their Hindu wedding with closest family members in one of the most intimate weddings I've shot over the years. The bride and groom gathered their respective families from literally around the world to include them in a small and intimate ceremony and celebration. Here are a few of our favorite images:


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Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif are saturday night chilling with Shweta Bachchan and Nitya Mehra
It was a fun Saturday night in Baar Baar Dekho director Nitya Mehra's new abode. The filmmaker was joined by Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif along with Zoya Akhtar and Shweta Bachchan who all had a fun and intimate dinner party.
Zoya took to Instagram to share a photo of Sidharth, Katrina, Shweta and Nitya cuddling up to each other.
Zoya's caption reads as, "Stayin' Alive #saturdaynight #buddiesandredwine #4nonblondes #lookslikeanalbumcover #wallart #nityasnewhome @nityamehra19 @shwetabachchan @katrinakaif @s1dofficial."
Adorable, indeed!
This isn't the first time in recent weeks that the group has partied together. They were also spotted at Shweta's house along with Abhishek Bachchan and Karan Johar as they let their hair down and partied all night.
A glimpse at the videos from the dinner party put the old rumours on an overdrive of a relationship brewing between Sidharth and Katrina.
Meanwhile, Sidharth's next film is the Kargil martyr Vikram Batra's biopic. The movie, which is being helmed by Vishnu Varadhan, goes on floors this year.
Though the official announcement hasn't happened yet, a source close to the film had informed Pinkvilla that the crew has approached Katrina for the same. "Katrina Kaif has been in talks with the team and the actress has given her nod too. Katrina initially had given a chunk of dates for Bharat for which she was approached. However, things didn't work out in that movie which is now being done by Priyanka Chopra. When Katrina was offered this movie, she was more than happy to give her dates. The official paperwork is yet to happen," reveals our source.
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Sidharth has suddenly grown so old for me. Always hanging out with oldies and acting opposite oldies. As a fan, I am sick of it. He has to understand young girls are his fans and they lose interest in him if he is always seen with these old ladies. No offence to them, but they are all old for him to hang out with.
I prefer to see him with old people who are real friends and not with young fake people
You think these people are real friends? Something about Shweta comes off as fake to me. And everyone knows Kat has been called a fair weather friend and only friends with people and calls when she needs something. What kind of friend is that?
Swetha Bacchan needs a life. She is just piggy backing on her famous relatives. No way anyone famous would look at her twice if it wasn't for her connections. She has nothing going for her. No job no accomplishment no identity of her own. Even her kids and husband don't seem to miss her. What a sad existence. At this point she's just dead weight. Not useful to her family or society at large. I know of many parasites like her, only difference is she comes from money so she doesn't feel ashamed.
She does have a life. What is your problem if her daddy can afford to give her a good life? Who knows what she has gone through. And nobody questioned her lifestyle when she lived with her husband and was still unemployed. Stop judging people - it's real, some people have money and they can enjoy life without struggling
Why is Shweta acting like she is in her 20s? Doesn't she have kids to raise?
Maybe because she never got to live like a 20 year old - She got married early. Her kids are old now. Why shouldn't she live her life and find happiness?
So Kat and Ash had the same boyfriend, Ash was hell serious in the relationship. Now Ash's Sister in law is partying with Ash's ex's ex girlfriend.. how easily such things happen in Bollywood, damn so much to learn from Bollywood.. Hope both aren't gossiping on Ash..
Bollywood is so clicky man
Alia -RK closeness is Only for brahmastra, they are trying to create a rumour to stay in news.
Sid-Kat do seem like a perfect pair, but if they really were dating, then wouldnt allow friends to put pix out there.
Shweta has moved to Mumbai to attend all these parties, get togethers, pajama parties, housewarmings, shadis, launches, fashion shows, etc etc.
Katrina kaif is always as good person as always be good always I love your style and energy ok dear
lol ok kat now stop self praising. we all see how GOOD person you are after what you did to Salman, DP and now using your PR against RK and his parents along with your BFF Alia.
post it pv
Lol ok dp stop spreading hates iin everyones post, after what you did to ranveer, rk-kat, now using ur pr against rk katrina pc alia
This friendship seems odd
Katrina took sidharth and alia took ranbir. How are they bffs?
It's like Kat was waiting for Alia's move to take Sidharth for her
nobody understand it. It's so crazy lmao
except neither can katrina take siddharth nor did alia have him.
Love this
Is Big B helping Shweta Bachchan also to movies? another fake accent, another Nepotism!
lol did they bff's just have a bf exchange ah man bw
If they're trying to make their nasty exes jealous, I hope it's working
Katrina's face is the longest
I love both


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If you're planning to embark on a DIY theatrical run, you'd better be prepared to spend both time and money ensuring its success. Having just wrapped up the social media and audience engagement campaign on a multi-city DIY theatrical run for an independently produced documentary, we have plenty of data and strategic insights to support this claim.
And we're happy to share them with you.
What you'll find in the accompanying slide deck is a (title redacted) social media wrap report for an honest-to-goodness theatrical release from this past fall. Unfortunately, it does not include ticket sales data, which we don't currently have access to, but it definitely has enough actionable data (and recommendations based on this data) for you to use as a benchmark document when making decisions about the distribution strategy of your indie documentary film.
Though we offer sliding service rates commensurate with the budgets (and ambitions) of our clients, this particular campaign cost between $10,000 and $17,000, including social platform ad buys (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube). This figure does not include press relations, publicity, travel & lodging for the film team, and other related costs. Based on experience, we would estimate that these additional services/costs would at least double the expenditures, placing them somewhere in the ballpark of $20,000 to $25,000.
With an average ticket price of $9.00 (across seven markets and varied screening times), you'd have to sell approximately 2,778 tickets to break even. With an average theater size of 150 seats, five screenings per day, and seven screening days per week-long run, you have the potential to sell 5,250 tickets IF all of the shows are sold out, every day, all week (which they won't be).
Now, let's assume that your weekdays can only accommodate three screenings (not five) and that you only sell 50% of the available tickets, on average, which is probably a generous assumption (in most cases), leaving you with: 27 screenings per week at 50% sale capacity for the potential to sell 2,025 tickets per week-long run.
The more we think about this, and the more variables we account for, the smaller that potential ticket sales number will become. And the only way to make it bigger is to begin engaging your potential audiences RIGHT NOW.
The more strategic, the more targeted, and the more data-driven your social marketing campaign is, the better your ticket sales will be (assuming you actually have a decent movie that isn't decimated by bad word-of-mouth and/or reviews).
One of the key takeways here is that you absolutely cannot ignore the audience engagement and marketing aspect of your film's release strategy. This should be built into your budget from day one because, unfortunately, you can't count on your distributor to have the know-how (or budget) to take care of this for you. And guess what? This is totally your responsibility. It might not be Christopher Nolan's or Wes Anderson's or Kathryn Bigelow's responsibility, but it's most definitely yours.
As we say here at Smarthouse HQ, indie film success is not just about making great films, but it's also about forging sustainable careers for today's generation of filmmakers. Own your audience engagement efforts and don't make their care and feeding an afterthought. It should be a priority, as they're the ones who are going to buy a ticket to your movie, tell their friends about it, contribute to your follow-up film's crowdfunding campaign, and keep the interest level up during the (sometimes long) stretches between project milestones.
You owe it to yourself, your career, and your audience.


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EHS 20th Year Reunion
- Class 1971 Home Page
- Class 1971 Abouts
- Class 1971 Yearbook
- Class Memorials
- Class 1971 Reunions
- Mini Reunions
- Still Connecting
- Our Favorite Pages
Eastridge High School Class of 1971 celebrated their 20th Year Reunion at Webster Golf Club on November 29, 1991- Rochester, NY.
Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s which pioneered rock, salsa, and jazz fusion. The 1970 song 'Oye Como Va' was from Santana's album, Abraxas.
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Kriti Sanon now has 1 million Instagram followers
Kriti Sanon, who was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Dilwale', recently bagged one million Instagram followers
Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon, who was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Dilwale', recently bagged one million Instagram followers.
Expressing her excitement, the 25-year-old actress took to her Twitter handle and posted a picture along with her sister Nupur Sanon.
My snuggle person @kritisanon And.. 1million followers! Wohoo kritsuðÂÂÂðÂÂÂð»ðÂÂÂð» pic.twitter.com/3Rf9PSjWv4 — Nupur Sanon (@NupurSanon)
January 6, 2016
Along with the picture, Kriti wrote: "Yayyiiee! #1MillionOnInsta."
Kriti also thanked her fans on Instagram, "Wooohhoo!! Finally the "million" mark! 1M on insta!! Thank u so much guys! Ur love makes me happy! mmuuuahhh!"[sic].
Kriti will be next seen in 'Farzi' opposite Arjun Kapoor and in 'Raabta' alongside Sushant Singh Rajput.
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May your food comas not require Healomancy!
(NOTE: User was awarded 10 shmuckers for this post.)
That last pun. Hehehehehe.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a much less punny ending in mind originally, but in the source page Parson called it the Court area. I expected the Atrium, the courtyard, or the garrison area, as I think it's referred to elsewhere, so I got to wondering why he'd refer to it with that phrasing. Combined with his earlier comment that they had to turn the battle into a food fight, I couldn't resist.


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- Battery
- Master of Puppets
- The Thing That Should Not Be
- Welcome Home (Sanatarium)
- Disposable Heros
- Leper Messiah
- Orion
- Damage, Inc.
A wacky day once again post-poned a regularly scheduled album on the list. Instead of doing Mumford & Sons, I went to a classic album I've listened to thousands of times so I wouldn't have to focus too much on a new album.
"Master of Puppets" is my favorite Metallica album. It's drawn comparisons to Metallica's other two great albums "… And Justice for All" and "Ride the Lightning" for the mix of epic songs, hard-ass openers and dark and edgy riffs.
It starts out almost beautifully with the haunting intro to "Battery." "Battery" is a punch-you-in-the-mouth type of song that is high-energy throughout.
The other three songs that round out the first four are some of the greatest pieces of music Metallica has ever orchestrated. The album-titled song, "Master" is one of the most iconic songs in metal history. It hits you right on the chin from the opening riff all the way through the beautiful instrumental section until the heavy solo and reprise.
"The Thing That Should Not Be" and "Welcome Home (Sanatarium)" round out one of the best opening album runs in rock history. "Sanatarium" is the walk-up song of current Phillies bench player Ross Gload, another little piece of trivia for my fellow Phillies fans.
"Disposable Heroes" and "Orion" are two other songs to note on the album. "Orion" is an all-instrumental masterpiece that puts you in an eight and a half minute trance.
I saw Metallica for the first time in November 2009 at MSG in New York. They played "Master" and attempted "Battery" but failed as the only two songs off this masterpiece of an album.
"Master" is my favorite album by Metallica. If you can't handle that then screw you.


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Identity Manifesto
WE ARE DWELLERS IN THE FATHER'S LOVE being provoked to sustain each other's hunger.
WE ARE WOUNDED HEALERS WHO TRUST JESUS' TOUCH and are not hiding the doubts of our weak hearts.
WE ARE CREATIVE SEEKERS, FINDING THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE because His touch is hidden and manifested in mourning and in thrill.
WE ARE PIONEERS ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN living in a missionary community in the Los Angeles area.
identity manifesto
We are not into events per se because we have nothing to impress you with and never will unless we will surrender and walk in complete freedom. We don't have cool music, we don't have super room, we don't claim super-natural effects unless He decides to show up. What we have is a tribe of wonderers determined enough to stick together until we try this thing called Christianity where Jesus must convince our minds, hearts, emotions, to leave everything behind for this onething which we can not find nowhere else. We are building a fire to stand around and tell stories of His arrival. Check us out:
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In this video, the author teaches you how to choose the right Python package for a given task, taking into account factors such as package license, longevity, and quality.
- [Instructor] The Python standard library is very powerful and it covers a lot of functionality sometimes redundantly. Even more power can be found in the vast landscape of third-party packages. Indeed, one of the strengths of Python is its very broad and skillful community of developers who have created many clever and useful pieces of software most of them available as open-source products. So, you should never take on a task that requires a significant coding without checking whether somebody else has already done the job and you can use their work.
However, you must be careful. If you're going to use code developed by others, you need to trust that it is correct and that its developers will be able to answer your questions and fix the problems that you may find. This is also true for packages in the standard library but just because they're standard many of those have a long history of development and have withstood a higher level of scrutiny. So, how can you judge the quality of a package? There is no substitute for experience and experimentation but there are certain external signs of reliability that you can watch for.
Does the package have a website that looks careful and professional? Is there documentation and is it readable? How is development supported? Is there a grant or a sponsor or is it purely a volunteer effort? Are there frequent updates and releases? Is there a bug tracking system? Is the version number greater than one? Lower numbers usually signal that the programming interface is still unstable. These are all good signs. The other questions that you need to ask are functional. On the basis of the tutorial for the package, if there is one, can you tell if the interface to the package is rational and comfortable? Is installation troublesome? Are there dependencies and are they reasonable? In this chapter, we're going to look at five major third-party packages which can help you download material from the web, parse webpages, manipulate images, make many kinds of plots and build web applications.
I will emphasize the strengths and weaknesses of each package and also show you how they can fit together in building very powerful programs with little code of your own that's efficient.
- Designing efficient loops
- Exploiting Python collections
- Writing Pythonic code
- Choosing the best libraries for your tasks
- Downloading webpages with requests
- Parsing HTML with Beautiful Soup
- Manipulating images with Pillow
- Making videos and drawing on maps with matplotlib
- Serving webpages with Jinja2 and Flask
- Working with Python classes
- Taking advantage of functional techniques
- Profiling CPU and memory use
- Exploiting parallelism


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High School Basketball
JUMPING through HOOPS
Republic Bank Holiday Classic
■ St. Xavier's Matt Lorh scored 15 points off the bench and Nick Spalding added 14 in the Tigers' 45-37 win over Hazard in the third-place game of the Republic Bank Holiday Classic at Lexington Catholic. Robert Warren had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs, ranked No. 10 in the Herald-Leader's pre-season coaches' poll.
■ Trinity overcame a slow start to beat Lexington Christian 58-43 in the fifth-place game. Josh Sewell led the Shamrocks with 19 points, while Grant Spark had 15 points for the Eagles.
■ Boone County had 10 players score in a 56-34 victory over Adair County in the seventh-place game. Steven McFarland led the way with nine points for the Rebels, who trailed 17-9 after the first quarter.
■ Jeramie Conner scored 19 points e_SEmD making five of 12 three-point attempts e_SEmD as Newport Central Catholic beat Hopkins County Central 49-37 in the ninth-place game.
Other games
■ Prince Stewart scored 21 points in Henry Clay's 51-49 loss to host Franklin-Simpson at the Best of the Best Hoops Classic. Stewart made five three-pointers in the loss. He had six treys and finished with 25 points earlier in the afternoon in the Blue Devils' 79-47 over Clarksville Academy (Tenn.).
■ Joe Fain scored 19 points, and Charles Ashford had 14 points and eight rebounds for No. 17 Bryan Station in a 68-47 win over Gate City (Va.) in the Arby's Classic at Bristol, Tenn. The Defenders had a 41-14 advantage on the boards, and forced 26 turnovers. Andrew Adams had 15 rebounds and four blocks for the winners.
■ Will Smith scored 29 points in Frankfort's 65-59 victory over Wanneroo (Australia) in the Rocket Invitational at Shelby County.
■ Alex Ives made five of seven three-point attempts and finished with 19 points as Covington Catholic pulled out a 54-47 victory over No. 25 Owensboro in the Gaslight Classic at Jeffersontown. Luke Maile led the Colonels (3-7) with 20 points. Owensboro (8-2), which made no treys in eight attempts, got 14 points from Darnell Davis.
■ At Union County, Tenn., Somerset prevailed 92-88 in overtime after Skylar McBee put in a 24-foot shot with six seconds left for Granger County (Tenn.) to send the game to overtime. The Briar Jumpers got 22 points from senior forward Derek Daniel.
■ Russ Middleton was named MVP of the Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic after scoring 20 points in No. 11 Mason County's third victory in the tournament, a 50-44 overtime win against Winton Woods (Ohio).
■ No. 2 Holmes won the Lloyd Memorial Invitational after a 55-42 victory over Henderson County. Elijah Pittman was named tournament MVP.
■ Tobe Barnett had 22 points and 12 rebounds as host Sayre held off Kentucky Country Day 55-48 in the Gene Kirk Classic. Ryan Brady added 17 points for the Spartans.
■ Eastern improved to 12-0 with a 42-33 victory over Chattanooga Baylor in the Monticello Bank Classic. Chris Dowe and Delquan Thomas led the Eagles with 10 points apiece.
■ First-year school Cooper got its first win in history, 55-45 over South Central (Ind.) in the Rocket Invitational at Shelby County. Matthew Storey led the Jaguars (1-7) with 13 points, Dvontae Bradley had 12 and Seth Quinlan had 10.
■ Boomer Beckley scored 10 points and was named MVP after Shelby County won its own Rocket Invitational with a 66-54 victory over Butler in the finals.
■ Alex Jones scored 16 points as No. 3 Elizabethtown (10-1) wrapped up the Daytona Beach Sunshine Classic championship with a 61-42 victory over Cypress Bay (Fla.).
■ No. 7 Paul Dunbar got nine points and 12 board from Ebony Rowe in a 66-52 loss to Stonewall Jackson (Va.) in the Rock Holiday Classic at Orlando, Fla.
■ Madison Central made 13 of 16 free throws to keep Henry Clay at bay in a 54-50 victory at the Titan Christmas Clash at Mercer County. Lyndsay Jones led the winners with 15 points. Eastern Kentucky signee Brittany Coles had 20 points for the Blue Devils.
Herald-Leader Staff Report
■ Mitch McLeish scored 19 points as Ryle held off West Carter 54-50 in the Powell County Tournament. Aaron Rayburn led West Carter with 17 points.
■ Jared Martin set career highs in points (20) and rebounds (8) as Harrison County beat Bracken County 76-65 in the fifth-place game of the Bracken County Invitational. Martin, a junior guard, also had seven assists.
■ Ben Prewitt scored 11 points in the fourth quarter as Whitley County overcame a nine-point deficit in the period to top Pineville 59-58 in the Black Bear Holiday Tournament at Harlan County. Prewitt — who had three treys in the final period — finished with 13 points for the Colonels.


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People of the Catholic
Diocese of Dodge City
Great Bend family
enjoysthe blessings
of 'opportunity'
By DAVID MYERS
Southwest Kansas Register
By day, he's a supervisor at an oil company, and when he's at home, he's nothing short of an artist.
She's a catechist; a Eucharistic minister; lector; and, like her husband, she sings in the St. Rose choir in Great Bend.
They are Armando and Irma Herrera, and they are blessed.
"God did a lot of good things for us," Armando said from his Great Bend home. "We have our kids, and we are healthy. We appreciate God and all he has given us."
Walking into their home, one can immediately see Armando's artistry. He has completely refinished the living room, has run sheetrock on the ceiling, and placed large ceramic tiles across the floor.
The couple met in El Paso, Texas not long after emigrating from Juarez, Mexico. They moved to Great Bend 11 years ago and have three children, Alan, Julio and Israel.
When speaking to the Herreras -- and other immigrant families -- it's not difficult to note two opposing forces at work: a longing for family and the traditions they left behind, versus a deep appreciation for the United States and the opportunities it offers.
He came here for the work, Armando said.
"In Mexico, even if you work too much – 12, 15 hours a day – you make very little money. It's hard to live with that money."
"Here we have a better lifestyle," Irma added, "a better future for our kids."
It's not an easy decision, whether or not to leave home and travel to a foreign land. Armando left behind three brothers. Irma left behind her mother and brother. And what's made it worse is that they have to look back on ever increasing violence at the hands of drug cartels ravaging their homeland.
The Mexico of their youth was a Mexico in which all the relatives – uncles and aunts, cousins, a world of grand kids – would meet at grandma's house each weekend for fun, food and games.
"Our family had pigs," Irma said with a grin. "All the cousins would come over, and we'd go play with the pigs. Now it's different. Mexico has a lot of violence. The kids cannot play outside."
During the interview with the SKR, the youngest boy, Alan, darted over to his mother to whisper something to her. Before he could say a word, his mother told him softly but sternly to say "excuse me." The boy turned to the SKR, uttered "excuse me" and then whispered his message to his mother.
"Every Saturday or Sunday people would come together and have a big barbecue outside and play games," Armando said, recalling his youth in Mexico. He explained that today "It's very dangerous to drive on the highway in Mexico. People pull you over, and you don't know who they are. If someone pulls up next to you at a stop sign, don't ever respond if they say anything."
Despite the violence, the Herreras noted when asked that there are things people of the United States could learn from the people of Mexico, such as the importance of family unity and the joy of coming together for celebration.
They miss their homeland, which is understandable. When asked what it is they most like about the United States, Armando said with gusto and without a moment's hesitation, "I love the U.S.!"
"Me, too!" added Irma. "Here we have the opportunity to grow."
"Everybody can live if you work," said Armando, who admitted that he enjoys American football more than the soccer with which he grew up. "If someone doesn't have a job, they can still live. In Mexico, you can't get help from the government if you don't have a job."
Always at their side, leading and guiding every decision, every cut of the saw, is their faith.
"My grandma taught me how to pray the Rosary," Irma said. "Here in Great Bend, I've learned more information about God. I think everybody needs to know more about God. In Dodge City, a priest said that he studied God for 40 years and still needs to know more.
"We are blessed because we know God."


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Hello everyone! Sagemont will host the Deaf social on February 1 from 6 to 8 P.M. This month we will be in Room 117 instead of The Hall; look for the signs to help you find Room 117. This month's theme is Valentine's Day, the day of love! We will talk about how God shows His love to us. Bring a finger food to share and be prepared to talk in sign language!
Sagemont Church Deaf Social 2/1/2014
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