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For Valentine's Day, we asked eight local couples who are both employed in the same field for their secrets to a successful relationship.
Music: Johnny & Molly
The couple: Johnny Solomon and Molly Moore. They're engaged and are members of the St. Paul band Communist Daughter.
How long together: About three years
How they met: Solomon was looking for a female vocalist for his then-new band. "I had heard she was a good singer," he says. "Plus, you know, it's a great way to meet a girl." A two-song trial turned into a full-time membership, even though Solomon initially promised Moore she would never have to sing live with the band. They eventually started dating, too, after she persuaded him to enter rehab for drug and alcohol abuse. "She was the impetus for me to get sober," Solomon says.
Pluses/minuses to working in the same industry: "The plus for me is having somebody who truly believes in you, 100 percent. In a band, you have to travel a lot and it's not always the most glamorous life. Having someone I can rely on really helps. The minuses, well, when things are going rough at your job, you can put on a brave face when you come home. But for us, she's right there with me when things are not so awesome, and we struggle through them together."
Tips for making it work: For Solomon, staying sober is the key. "Not drinking has done wonders for our relationship stability. It's amazing when you get rid of alcohol how it makes you so much more tolerant. I'm not saying everybody has to be sober, but our relationship is very not dramatic now."
— Story by Ross Raihala
Food: Russell & Desta
The couple: Russell and Desta Klein. Russell is the chef and Desta the director of operations at their restaurant, Meritage, in St. Paul.
How long together: Eight years
How they met: At W.A. Frost, where Russell was the chef and Desta was waiting tables.
"I put myself through graduate school waiting tables, then worked in academia for about five years," Desta says. "When I was in my real job, I realized how much I missed the restaurant industry. I went back to waiting tables. … Within 30 days of starting (at W.A. Frost), we caught each other's eye. We knew right away; you usually do. We moved in together after the third date. In 2006, we bought a house before we got married."
Pluses/minuses to working in the same industry: Working in a restaurant means long hours and lots of stress. Being a restaurateur means practically living at the restaurant.
"But at the end of the day, we can both really relate to what's going on in each other's lives," Desta says. "It's physically, mentally and psychologically demanding. Having someone who understands how exhausting and how fulfilling it can be at the same time is really valuable."
The couple has learned over the years to clearly define their job duties, though.
"There will be occasions where we'll step on each other's toes," Desta says. "That can be hard. Tempers can flare … this is an emotional industry, too. It has the tendency to get to you sometimes. It's like 'Groundhog Day' every day, so you have to move past conflicts. If you hold onto it, it can be a really bad cycle."
Tips for making it work: You have to roll with the punches and always have each other's back.
"Being business partners with your spouse, we have a level of trust with each other that you don't always get," Desta says. "It's all about supporting each other and not having limitations. He's one of those chefs who loves to be in the kitchen. He's here from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. almost every day. … My hours have been more dayside. But that space actually helps. Jobs that are well-delineated so you're not stepping on each other's toes. Even at home, I don't cook at all. As a matter of fact, I'm hardly allowed in the kitchen. The only time he wants me there is when he's recipe testing."
— Story by Jess Fleming; photo by Liam Flahive
Style: Brian & Elizabeth
The couple: Elizabeth Varghese and Brian Horst. Elizabeth is the salon and spa director/general manager and Brian the founder/president of Details Style Lab in St. Paul.
How long together: Eight years
How they met: "I opened the first Details salon in Highland Park in St. Paul," Horst says. "Elizabeth was working at Stephanie's boutique across the street at the time. I had tickets to a show at the Fitzgerald Theater, and an employee of mine said I should go with Elizabeth. I went over and asked her out, and she originally said no. But eventually she said yes. The Highland Park location has since closed, and we now run Details salon and women's clothing boutique together in downtown St. Paul."
Pluses/minuses of working in the same industry: They say a plus is playing off each other's strengths and weaknesses. A minus includes having two different styles and outlooks on business operation and management and needing to blend them together.
Tips for making it work: "Be patient and allow time for each other's individual needs," Brian says. "Agree to disagree," he added.
— Story by Nancy Ngo; photo by John Doman
Comedy: Tim & Mary
The couple: Comedians Mary Mack and Tim Harmston
How long together: Eight years, married in September 2012
How they met: They were competing in the Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest at the Acme Comedy Company in 2003. Harmston won; Mack came in third. Mack says a friend told her Harmston said Mack got robbed in the rankings, saying she should have gotten second place. "That's when I knew I liked him," Mack says.
Harmston says he had a crush on Mack "right away." He eventually asked her out.
Mack remembers early on in their relationship when Harmston gave her a cheese and sausage gift box.
"I didn't realize that was a form of courtship," says Mack, noting they both grew up in Wisconsin. "He was trying to tell me he liked me as more than a friend. I should have known because the cheese was shaped like a Green Bay Packers helmet."
"Some people use it as an engagement ring," Harmston quipped.
Pluses/minuses to working in the same industry: When it comes to being a two-comedian household, Harmston says a big plus for the Minneapolis-based comedians is an understanding of life on the road. And it doesn't hurt that they're both funny.
"The fact that our humor is similar in some ways makes it so that we can work together with one of us being the opening act and one the headliner," he says. "That's kind of the key for us because we can spend time together and share expenses. In terms of being on the road together, we both have a curiosity about the towns that we travel to and we explore a lot, hit local parks and trails and find interesting restaurants. Plus, it's fun to see this country together."
The minuses, according to Mack, might not be what you think.
"Too much comedy in one house is not funny," she says. "Everybody says you must be laughing all the time. Mostly, we are just trying to think of other things to talk about besides comedy. Luckily, we both like to fish."
Tips for making it work: Harmston: "If you're going to marry a comic, my biggest tip would be to leave the bad sets and the bad performances at the comedy club. Don't bring it home because that's not fair to your spouse. It's just a job. There's more to life than work."
Adds Mack: "And when you are home together, don't overdo the 'togetherness.' Go for a walk, or to the library or schedule a therapy appointment."
(Mack performs "My Funny Valentine: A Night of Stand Up Comedy … and a Few Poems" at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Old Gem Theater in New Richmond, Wis.; $15 in advance, $20 at the door; 715-246-3285 or oldgemtheater.com. Harmston performs April 9-13 at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis; acmecomedycompany.com.)
— Story by Amy Carlson Gustafson
Writing: John & Katrina
The couple: Katrina Vandenberg and John Reimringer The couple are the first married writers to be published by Minneapolis-based Milkweed Editions. Vandenberg's poetry collections are "Atlas" and "The Alphabet Not Unlike the World." Reimringer won a Minnesota Book Award for his novel "Vestments." Reimringer is on the tenure track at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. Vandenberg is writer in residence at Hamline University.
How long together: Married June 2, 2001, daughter Anna was born in 2011
How they met: As graduate students in the creative writing program at the University of Arkansas- Fayetteville.
Reimringer: "We'd been circling one another. We were at a party at a professor's house, settled down on the couch in front of the wood stove and talked until 4 a.m. I walked her to the car and I went to kiss her …"
Vandenberg: "I'd had a good time talking with him, but I was 24 and he was 34 and that seemed scary, kissing a man that old at 4 in the morning. So I ran, got in my car and drove away. I saw him in the headlights standing in the middle of the road, kind of confused."
Reimringer: "I was confused. I wasn't sure our lips had touched and she was gone."
They eventually got together for a coffee date at John's apartment, talking for four hours.
Vandenberg: "My partner had died a year before, and John was the first man I talked to who really wanted to listen. His mother had died six months before, and we talked about her. John seemed less old as we talked. I could forget about age after a while."
Pluses/minuses to working in the same field: Vandenberg: "Money was uncertain for a long time. Because of job placement, we didn't have health insurance. We both periodically hoped the other would get a 'real' job. Instead, we had to regularly check in with each other, compromising, figuring things out to bring in money."
Reimringer: "We both did adjunct teaching for quite a while, until I started working at Normandale, a terrific place, and Katrina at Hamline, which she loves. There's finally some stability in our working lives."
Vandenberg: "But life is still precarious when we are both working full time with a toddler. We have a couple of great baby sitters. I get to write in little patches here and there, but I don't sit down and polish. Sometimes, I find myself writing something down for three minutes so I don't forget about it."
Reimringer: "If I were a little more disciplined, I could be working on my next novel. But I'm not. I'm putting effort into raising and enjoying Anna and getting tenure. I am co-writing a screenplay (of "Vestments") on speculation with a local guy who divides his time between here and Los Angeles. He's mentoring me about screenwriting, which is such a compressed form."
Like poetry?
"Yes," Reimringer replies with a laugh. "I'm aspiring to be as good as Katrina."
Among the pluses of being in the same creative field, Reimringer says, is the chance to "share energy, conversation and one another's writing. It's nice being with somebody who has the same tastes in literature and writing and the tools to talk about it, someone who understands that when you are home writing, you are really working."
Vandenberg: "What I've liked about our marriage is that we each continue to grow up to the other person's expectations and our expectations of ourselves. "
Tips for making it work: "A mistake I made, more than Katrina, is thinking I had to get my writing life together before I could move on to a full-time job, marriage and kids," Reimringer says. "It's like waiting around for inspiration as a writer. You have to sit down and work. I feel that way about life now. If I could do it over, I would have married and had kids earlier. It makes writing easier and better. Live your life, and the writing will come."
— Story by Mary Ann Grossmann
Theater: Richard & Steven
The couple: Richard Cook and Steven Kent Lockwood. Cook is the artistic director of Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, and Lockwood retired as executive director of the theater last September.
How long together: 41 years
How they met: Cook: "We were both graduate students in the master of fine arts program for directing at the University of Iowa. It was a small group. Steven came into the program a year after I started. There were only a handful of students admitted each year, so we all worked together a lot."
Pluses/minuses of working in the same industry: Lockwood: "On the minus side, it's too easy to take the work home. But there is a positive to working as co-managers when you know how the other person thinks: You can just cut to the chase. There were no politics."
Cook: "The advantages of us working together I think was also the advantage of our relationship: We balance each other. We don't duplicate each other in any way. So, on the positive side, we stayed out of each other's way. On the negative, it's a little harder for me. It took me some time to know when to separate the emotional from the rigor of running the business."
Tips for making it work: Lockwood: "Finding a common and shared goal and keeping it top of mind."
Cook: "My tip is a variation of what worked for us: separation of powers. Don't try to do the other person's job. Maybe it's kind of the equivalent of not doing the other person's chores at home, just taking care of your own."
— Story by Chris Hewitt
Television: Jonathan & Joy
The couple: Joy Lim Nakrin and Jonathan Yuhas. Nakrin is a KSTP-TV anchor-reporter and Yuhas a meteorologist, also at KSTP-TV.
How long together: Started dating in October 2011
How they met: Nakrin had been working at KSTP for almost a year when Yuhas came to the station in August 2011 after a 15-year stint with KARE-TV. Nakrin and Yuhas first worked together when she was in the studio and he was live from the State Fair.
"I remember seeing him on the monitor and tossing to him at the State Fair and thinking, 'Oh, he's really cute,' " Nakrin recalls. "I had heard he had been around for a long time, so I was just imagining this kind of chubby bald guy."
Yuhas, a divorced father of two children, adds, "There was really good chemistry on-air on the first show, and we had never even met each other."
The pair began talking regularly and started running together. While they tried to keep things quiet in the beginning, eventually eyebrows were raised at work when people figured out they were dating. At one point, their boss, KSTP news director Lindsay Radford, called them into her office to ask about their relationship.
"I thought we were going to get punished," says Nakrin, a graduate of Duke University School of Law and a former model. "At first, she was a little concerned — what if we fight, what if we break up. But she was very supportive."
Pluses/minuses to working in the same industry: Since Nakrin and Yuhas have such unusual hours, they understand each other's schedules. They also know that if there's bad weather, Yuhas might have to go into the office in the middle of the night, or if a source calls during dinner, Nakrin has to take the call.
Another benefit of working together is hosting events and being involved in community projects. The couple recently began working with the Lao Family Community Center to educate Hmong immigrants about weather emergencies. The next installment in the series of monthly training sessions is scheduled for Feb. 26 at the Lao Family's community building in St. Paul.
As for minuses, Nakrin says the loss of privacy is an issue.
"Any couple that works together will experience this — becoming a topic of gossip in the workplace," she says. "Because Jonathan and I are on-air, it becomes worse sometimes, I think. We had an experience at the grocery store a couple of weeks ago. It was 10 p.m., and this woman runs up to us and starts asking all these questions like, 'When are you guys going to get engaged?' "
Adds Yuhas, "At one point, she pulled me away from Joy and whispered to me, 'Make sure you keep her.' The whole thing was kind of weird."
Tips for making it work: "Keep thinking forward, not backward," Nakrin says. "It's easy to dwell on past mistakes but much more productive and fun to dream about all the great things you can accomplish together. That is especially true for couples who work together, because you can truly be productive partners not just at home but also in your careers."
— Story by Amy Carlson Gustafson
Small business: Christopher & Mary
The couple: Mary and Christopher Lower, owners of Sterling Cross Communications, a public-relations agency based in their Maple Grove home
How long together: 13 years
How they met: The knew they were meant for each other within weeks of meeting each other in June 1999 via Love@AOL (now Match.com).
Mary's profile did not have a picture. Never you mind, she told Chris during an online exchange, you'll like me. Oh, he did.
"I met this girl with sparkling green eyes," Chris says. "As we were walking to the table, she said she knew we'd at least be good friends. Wait, we haven't even had dinner, and she is relegating me to the friend zone? OK, bring it on. I knew I had to throw my 'A' game at her."
Engaged six months later and married in September 2000, the Lowers have a 10-year-old daughter and 4-year-old twins dubbed Supergirl and the Wonder Twins because of nerd dad's passion for comic books.
Pluses/minuses of working in the same industry: Raising a family and running a business, all under one roof, isn't easy, Mary says.
"I blow my top," she says. "But Chris is the most even-keeled person I know. He knows where all my buttons are and what to say to make it all go away."
Medical problems have added to the stress. Chris is on a list for a heart transplant after an array of medical issues. The couple know they'll get through it.
Tips for making it work: "So many relationships break down because there's no communication," Chris says. "For us, no words are left unsaid."
— Story by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

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The St Lucia National Netball Association (SLNBA) is in the final stage of preparations for St Lucia's participation in the 22nd ECCB/OECS Under-23 Netball Tournament to be held in St John's Antigua during the period July 6-11.
Seven OECS territories namely Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines are scheduled to compete for this year's ECCB/OECS Under-23 Netball Champions title.
The members of the 2013 National Under-23 Netball Team are: Jo-Ann Anderson, Shaneika Andrew, Nerissa Augustin, Valencia Classe, Leikisha Felix, Lakisha Henry, Chervelle Huggins, Antora Jn Pierre, Sheryln John,
Chattany Justin, Faithline Theodore and Patrina Wilson. The team manager is Liota Charlemage-Mason. The coach is Michelle Rogers who will be assisted by Lindel Forde. Genevieve St Croix will be traveling to Antigua to officiate in the capacity of a tournament umpire.
The SLNBA is extremely grateful to LUCELEC and First National Bank for their continued sponsorship of the National Under-23 Netball team. This year, St Lucia National Lotteries Authority has provided much needed financial assistance to off-set the high cost of travel to Antigua.


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You didn't think Brangelina & Co. would hole up in just any old shack, did you?
Of course not! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—along with kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox—have been staying in a luxurious, huge "cottage" in Kent, near England's southeast coast, a source tells E! News.
"It's a quintessential English cottage surrounded by rolling hills. Kent is known as the garden of England, so it's very pretty and very green," says a source. "It's the kind of place a normal British family would go on holiday to. It's very serene and private."
"The kids all took their fishing rods and bikes and spent a lot of time playing outside while Brad was shooting reshoots for World War Z," adds an insider.
Brad even mingled with the locals. A source tells E! News the dad of six would also go drinking after work at the nearby village pub.
As for Angie? She got into the local spirit, too, taking the kids on a day trip to Howletts Zoo, a endangered animal conservation park.
As of Monday, however, the Jolie-Pitts had moved on, undoubtedly to their next super-glam locale. Are we too old to be adopted?


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Our recent "Start up business" shoot was a great success. We had 5 models in total (2 can be seen in this image) representing various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
All images were shot on location at a graphic design office in Surry Hills which had a wall of large windows giving us a beautiful natural light that was kept behind the models and overexposed a little to give the shots a bright contemporary look. To fill in the shadows we used our Elinchrom mono bloc flash units with octagonal soft boxes to create a soft natural looking feel.
The day was overcast, keeping the natural window light quite dim, so to keep our images bright we had our apertures set wide (f2.8 – f4.5). This helped create some wonderful lens flare effects and kept our depth of field very shallow. Due to the limited natural light, our shutter speeds were often quite slow, so a monopod was used to help stabilise the camera.
To create the cooler blue colour temperature, we set our white balance around 4200 Kelvin.
You can see more business images in our business gallery.
Shot on Nikon D4, 70-200mm 2.8 lens
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Moda return focused on first Engine Shed night of the year
Moda's first event of 2011 hit the Engine Shed on Friday. Emma Greatorex was there to see some of the biggest names in electronic music.
Mac returns triumphant to sell out Moda night
Moda celebrates its fourth birthday this year at the Engine Shed. Steph Wilson spoke to Annie Mac about Moda and recalls the gig.
Fatboy Slim to play Lincoln for Moda's birthday
After a summer of festivals, superstar DJ Fatboy Slim is heading to the Engine Shed later this month in a collaboration between Moda and Mixmag.


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Being Human: Watch Season 4 Episode 3 OnlineCarissa Pavlica at . Comments
On Being Human Season 4 Episode 3 Sally continues to build upon her powers, Josh returns to work and Aidan finds out his son Kenny is alive.
Sally continues to dabble in the occult with Donna's book of spells until something happens that propels her to the next level. What will she be able to do with all of her newfound knowledge?
Josh tries to go back to work, but the wolf is working against him. When he tries to calm the wolf by going for a run, he discovers new things about himself and even Aidan is shocked at its meaning.
Kenny finally reveals himself to his father in the hopes the two can work together as father and son to run Boston. Aidan has different plans, and Kenny is disappointed. How disappointed is what Aidan has to find out. What other secrets has Kenny been holding back?
When things go desperately wrong, Aidan doesn't abandon Kenny and is surprised to learn someone he knows may be working to sabotage things.
Find out who it may be and what other developments happen when you watch Being human online!
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and a staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter.


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"The idea is in some sense to turn the tables on the experts. . . . What we're doing in the citizens technology forums is instead making the deliberating panel a group of lay citizens. And the citizens get to frame the question and the way the experts address that question. And they get to make inquiries directly of the experts themselves who have the status before the citizens panel more of witnesses than of people doing the deliberating and recommending to the policy makers."CNS-ASU will conduct citizen technology forums as part of their research team on Deliberation and Participation. Among its goals:
"To develop multiple, plausible visions nanotechnology-enabled futures, elucidate public preferences – especially values from underserved communities – for various alternatives and, using such preferences, help further refine future visions and enhance contextual awareness."
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text: Enjoy your visit to Bloemfontein with a stay at Rusplek Guesthouse, Conference Centre & Spa. You can take a dip in the outdoor pool, then indulge in deep-tissue massages, body treatments, or aromatherapy. 2 outdoor pools and a seasonal outdoor pool are other highlights, and rooms offer up nice touches like jetted tubs and Select Comfort beds with premium linens.


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The CPSU offers discounted movie tickets for adults and children to a range of cinemas and theme parks around Australia.
Movie tickets
CPSU members can buy a range of discounted movie tickets valid at various venues.
Just call the Member Service Centre on 1300 137 636 to order your tickets.
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Please note: Tickets are not valid after 5pm on Saturdays. A surcharge applies for VMAX and 3D/Real D films.
Hoyts and selected affiliate cinemas
Please note: Tickets are not valid after 5pm on Saturdays. An upgrade fee is applied at time of redemption for 3D movies.
Postage: A single postage charge of $5.85 applies to the purchase of all movie tickets sent by mail
There are special arrangements for movie tickets for Tasmanian members - find out more here.
Theme parks
Contact Union Shopper on 1300 368 117 to access discounted theme park tickets.
When using Union Shopper:
- You will need your membership number. If you are logged in, the number is displayed in the top right corner of your home page - otherwise call 1300 137 636 for help.
- When you are asked what union you are from, say CPSU PSU Group. This is especially important for ACT and NT members.


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From now through March 4, 2017, Sony is having a "trade-in event" where you can save up to $480 when trading in any lens, mirrorless camera or DSLR. In addition to the trade-in bonus, the customer will also receive the value of their traded-in product as valued by Adorama's used department. That's right, you'll receive a cheque.
Sony also has new instant rebates (up to $300 savings) on several cameras and lenses which also just now went live and are valid through March 4. There are some very nice deals when factoring in both promotions!
Trade-in promotion details:
Purchase the desired camera or lens from the eligible items on this Adorama list. Instant rebates are also available on Amazon and B&H Photo.
Then submit your information to participate in the trade-in program via this link:
(For expedited trade-in appraisal and payout, enter "the.me" in the source code field.)
- email address
- phone number
- trade-in serial sumber
- trade in model number (eligibility: any interchangeable camera or lens)
- camera and/or lens you purchase
- in the source code field, enter "the.me" for expedited processing
What happens after submitting your information?
- One of Adorama's used department reps will reach out to you and follow through with your trade.
- As soon as Adorama receives your trade, you'll receive a check from Adorama's used department for the traded-in item, a refund on the purchased camera or lens (dollar amount depends on the camera/lens purchased).
Note: You can literally send in any old lens and still be eligible for the trade-in bonus (of course the additional money Adorama will be sending you for the trade-in value depends on the lens/camera you send back to Adorama).
Trade-in offers and prices:
Sony Alpha a7II Mirrorless Digital Camera
$1,498 + $255 trade-in bonus
Sony Alpha a7II Mirrorless Digital Camera with FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Lens
$1,798 + $300 trade-in bonus
Sony Alpha a7S II Mirrorless Digital Camera
$2,698 + $450 trade-in bonus
Sony a7RII Alpha Full-Frame Mirrorless Digital Camera Body
$2,898 + $480 trade-in bonus
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS Full-Frame E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$1,248 + $202.50 trade-in bonus
Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$898 + $150 trade-in bonus
Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE ZA OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$1,098 + $180 trade-in bonus
Sony FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$448 + $75 trade-in bonus
Sony 28mm F2 E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$423 + $67.50 trade-in bonus
Sony Carl Zeiss Distagon T* FE 35mm F1.4 ZA E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$1,498 + $240 trade-in bonus
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$698 + $120 trade-in bonus
Sony Planar T* FE 50mm F1.4 ZA Lens
$1,398 + $225 trade-in bonus
Sony FE 50mm F1.8 Lens for E-Mount Cameras
$198 + $37.50 trade-in bonus
Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro Lens for E-Mount Cameras
$198 + $75 trade-in bonus
Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8 ZA E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$898 + $150 trade-in bonus
Sony 70-200mm F4.0 G OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$1,398 + $225 trade-in bonus
Sony FE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$1,098 + $180 trade in bonus
Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
$998 + $165 trade-in bonus
Sony 28-135mm F4 Full-Frame Power Zoom E-Mount NEX Camera Lens
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Having been a fan of the play since studying it at University I was more than excited to learn that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (considered by many as Williams' greatest work) was returning to the West End. Add to this that it features a cast of only black actors – a feat that has never been done before – my excitement not only doubles but triples.
Set on the 28 acre plantation of Big Daddy Pollitt (Jones) it tells the story of his second son Brick (Lester) and his estranged, but present wife Maggie (Lathan) who are undergoing marital problems after the death of Brick's best friend Skipper. Having returned to the plantation for the celebration of Big Daddy's 65th birthday, the childless couple are forced to endure the sweet, but somewhat simple, Big Mamma and her constant inquiries about grandbabies (played brilliantly by Rashad). However Big Mamma's questions are not all they have to contend with as they've recently found out that Big Daddy is dying of cancer; hidden from him under the guise of a spastic colon. Also present in the house is Brick's brother Gooper and his meddling wife Mae who are doing all they can to ensure the 28 acre plantation ends up in their hands once Big Daddy finally kicks the bucket. Thus a story of sibling rivalry, homosexual desire and bridled passion unfolds during a hot sticky night in the Deep South.
As with most of Williams' plays the drama of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof revolves around characters and their interactions, feelings or attitudes towards one another. The first of the three acts establishes the relationship between Brick and Maggie and sees Maggie constantly wavering between sultry temptress and hysterical widow; which requires a performance that endures her to the audience despite her inconsistency. She also plays a central piece in this act as her revelations about her marriage and sexual longings set up the story for the rest of the play.
Lester gives one of the plays best performances and he is both enjoyable and convincing as Brick. He captures the characters disgust and repulsion with this life, to the point that he prefers to drink himself into a stupor than engage with his wife and family. Equally as brilliant is Rashad as Big Mamma and the talented actor has undergone a transformation since her well documented days as Clair Huxtable from The Cosby Show.
Debbie Allen has done a good job recreating Williams' magnum opus and her direction combined with an almost faultless set and sound design provide a good, solid production.
Cast includes: Sanaa Lathan, Adrian Lester, James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad and Richard Blackwood and Nina Sosonya
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is at the Novello theatre until April 10, 2010
ATN interview with Adrian Lester, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
ATN interview with Sanaa Lathan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


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HILLSVILLE –– Highly-favored Patrick Henry rolled into Hillsville last Friday night and the Patriots lived up to their ranking.
They scored early in the first quarter and scored at random until the final horn when they ended the Cavaliers' season on a losing note, 56-12.
The Patriots are the second place team in the River Ridge District with a 6-1 district record and 8-2 overall while the Cavs finished last with an 0-7 district record and 1-9 overall.
Galax football went as far as it could possibly go last year, both metaphorically and literally. It remains to be seen how far the team will go in 2016, but Tide fans won't have to go very far to find out.
HILLSVILLE –– Carroll County celebrated Senior Night on Thursday. Fortunately, it turned into Senior-And-A-Half-Night, otherwise the festivities would have been concluded before everybody got their phones switched over to camera mode.
Grayson County, Carroll County and Galax brought home a total of five individual and team titles Wednesday from their respective cross country conference championships at meets held in Martinsville, Hillsville and Bristol.
Though the zip code places it in Hillsville, the Southwestern Virginia Training Center serves as the home course for Galax's cross country team and the Maroon Tide defended its turf Wednesday, sweeping the individual titles and taking the girls' team crown at the Conference 46 meet.
NARROWS –– Cole Blaker accounted for 384 yards and five touchdowns and Narrows overwhelmed Grayson County 54-21 Friday in a Mountain Empire District game at Ragsdale Field.
Blaker, a senior quarterback, ran 23 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns and completed 6-of-12 passes for another 158 yards and three scores as the Green Wave improved to 6-3 overall, 2-2 in district play. Grayson County dropped to 2-7, 1-3.
CHRISTIANSBURG – Christiansburg broke a close game open in the third quarter last Friday night to beat the Carroll County Cavaliers 35-26 in a River Ridge District game.
Carroll County actually led the game twice in the first half but the Blue Demons came on strong in the third period, outscoring the Cavaliers 21-6 to put the game away.
Chilhowie seized control early in all three sets and swept Galax 3-0 in a Conference 46 volleyball match Thursday night.
The Maroon Tide battled back in each of the first two sets but wasn't able to avoid the 25-20, 25-21, 25-16 defeat.
Consecutive kills by the Warriors' Rachel Hurley helped sustain a 6-0 run for Chilhowie (11-6) as Galax (7-10) fell behind 10-3 in the opening set.
DUBLIN – The Carroll County Cavaliers faced off against one of the powerhouses of the River Ridge District Friday and when the smoke cleared, the Cougars handed the Cavaliers a 50-7 setback at Joel Hicks Field.
NARROWS –– Over the past three football seasons, Galax put three different runningbacks into the Virginia High School League's record book for the obscene amounts of rushing yardage each piled up. None of them did what the Maroon Tide's Dougie Peoples did Friday.
Staff Reports
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County's school superintendent and the school system's attorney say that volunteer coaches are allowed to serve on the school board, citing state code.
At an Oct. 10 meeting, Tracy "Zeke" Anderson, a candidate for the at-large seat on the Grayson County School Board, went before the board to request the resignations of two members, Randy Shinault and Philip Vaughan.
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This is the weekend local music fans wait for all year: The Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival returns to the historic Morristown Green on Saturday.
Details are below; what's important is that you clear your calendar for 10 hours of free fun.
Scroll down for more. And don't forget to check our handy calendar for even more entertainment choices.
Who was your favorite Abba? Is that grammatically correct? In Swedish? Ask the experts, at Abba the Concert, at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, 8 pm. The official Abba fan club hails this as the world's best Abba tribute band. Abba Dabba Do! Hear such hits as Mamma Mia, S.O.S, Waterloo and Dancing Queen. Tickets $29-$69. At 100 South St., Morristown. Call 973-539-8008 for details.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents The Alchemist, a bawdy comedy about 15th century con men, at 8 pm. Tickets are $15-$75, at the F.M. Kirby Theatre on the campus of Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison. Shows also on Friday night, and two shows on Saturday and Sunday. Call 973-408-5600 for more details.
Two members of one of the great families in acoustic music come to The Minstrel at 8 pm: Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche. Suzzy hails from the Roches, three sisters who practically invented harmony. Lucy's father is Dead Skunk tunesmith Louden Wainwright III. Opener Josh Joffen is from the Greenwich Village scene of the '80s. Admission is $9 for adults; children 12 and under are free. At the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morris Township.
Attention, music lovers! The fourth annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival takes over the historic Morristown Green from noon to 10 pm, with an eclectic lineup offering something for everyone. The hot Brazilian jazz group Trio Da Paz kicks off the show at noon. At 2 pm, the legendary Bucky Pizzarelli leads a "guitar summit" with Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo and Ed Laub. Next up at 4 pm, drummer Winard Harper and Jeli Posse take over. The music keeps flowing at 6 pm with harmonica wizard Mikey Junior and his band. And at 8 pm, Matt Schofield–one of England's top blues guitarists–headlines the program. Admission: $0. Bring a lawn chair or beach blanket; come out early to stake out a primo spot. Between sets, "walk around, visit our shops, have lunch, have dinner. Enjoy all the amenities of our downtown," says Mayor Tim Dougherty.
The Morristown Farmers Market is back for its 24th season, courtesy of the Morristown Partnership and its sponsors. From 8:30 am to 2 pm, you can find produce from North Jersey farms, baked goods, and more, in the municipal parking lot 10, behind the post office. Lots of entertainment- and wellness events will be sprinkled throughout the year. The Farmers Market is open on Sundays through the end of November.


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Manage Construction Projects. General Construction Projects.
Manage buildings construction projects are the process of bringing together the construction trades and specialized contractors, the project manual and permit, the project management guidelines, the designers, the City/Town, the owner, and the construction work.
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Simple Solutions to Attempt Before Calling Climatic Heating and Cooling
If you If you experience any trouble with your system, you may always call Climatic Heating and Cooling for help and service. But here are a few simple solutions you can attempt before calling Climatic to your home for a service visit.
Air Conditioning Equipment Checklist
- Check to make sure that your thermostat is set in the "cool" position.
- Ensure that your outdoor air conditioning (condensing unit) is running:
- Check the circuit breakers in the circuit breaker box (or electrical panel), most likely mounted to an outside wall in the back of the house. Are they in the "On" position?
- Check the outdoor unit "disconnect switch" to make sure it is in the "ON" position. The disconnect switch is located near the outdoor unit. (Typically a grey 8″ wide x 16″ high x 4″ deep box mounted to the wall).
- Ensure that the blower motor in your furnace is running. (If the thermostat is in the "cool" position, the furnace blower should be running.)
- If not, check to make sure the on / off switch at the furnace is in the "ON" position
- Be sure that you have changed your filter in the furnace recently.
- An extremely blocked filter can cause your outdoor air conditioner unit to shut down due to lack of proper airflow.Your filter should be changed every month.
- Check all return air grilles to make sure they are not blocked by furniture.
- Check all supply air registers to make sure they are open and blowing air. (The return air grilles are normally located on your walls and are wide and flat).
Gas Furnace Equipment
- Check to make sure that your thermostat is set in the "heat" position
- Make sure that the temperature setting on the thermostat is set above (or higher than) the indoor temperature showing on the thermostat.
- (This tells your heating system that it should provide heat!)
- Ensure that there is power to the furnace:
- Try turning the fan to "ON" using the fan switch on the thermostat to test for power to furnace.
- Check the circuit breakers at the electrical panel to make sure they are in the "On" position.
- Check the SSU switch (it looks like a light switch on a gray box located at the furnace) to be sure it is in the "ON" position
- Replace the furnace filter if needed.
- All 1-inch thick furnace filters should be replaced monthly.
- Purolator 2-inch thick, and other high-capacity pleated filters can most likely be changed every other month or just 6 times per year.
- If the system is running but you have not changed your filter, the filter may need to be replaced.
- Check all return air grilles to make sure they are not blocked by furniture.
- Check all supply air registers to make sure they are open and blowing air. (The return air grilles are normally located on your walls and are wide and flat).
If these simple solutions do not solve your problem, contact Climatic for service. Be sure to have your model number handy.


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Hi there,
Sorry, I know it's been a while and I didn't mean to neglect you for quite so long. I've been a little busy with the new job.
As you know, I started a new job with a rather well known firm in January. I want to talk about it a bit, but I'm going to ask you to forgive me first for not being very specific on some of the details. There is a good reason…
Those of you that know me personally know that, despite this blog, I'm relatively private about things that matter. For that reason my name is never posted and my friends know not to name me; my workplace has never been named and those who love me will protect my anonymity that way. But also there are real dilemmas — or maybe they are just in my head — around an employer (or future employer) knowing too much about what really goes on.
By that I mean that it's one thing for your boss to be aware that you're balancing issues to get through things, but you get to choose who else does or doesn't know on a need or want basis. And also I wouldn't want the hand that feeds me to feel exposed by anything that my own experience might reflect on them, inadvertently or otherwise.
Which is all my long-winded way of saying that if you're going to comment on this one, please please don't include my name or my workplace!!! THANKS!
I started in January. My days went like this:
07:10, alarm goes off. 08:10, leave the house. 08:30 start work. 12:30 (ish), 30 minutes to get a sandwich. 17:30 leave office. 18:00 Get home. 18:10, eat toast. 18:30, go to bed. Repeat five times. Stay in bed or on sofa as much as possible at the weekend. Repeat continuously.
Yes, really.
It's a well known fact that many stroke survivors, even ones like me lucky enough to really get more-or-less properly well, often suffer with severe tiredness. It certainly gets better (as those who will remember when I couldn't stay awake more than a few hours will attest) but this new routine felt taking a million steps back. I had no life. I couldn't make new friends in my new city. I had to give up netball as I just couldn't do it. Toast was about all I could be bothered to 'cook'.
The impact of tiredness goes further than having to sleep, of course. The problem is that by day 4 or so, one gets a bit fractious in one's head and has to treat every day like it's PMS day… for those of you fortunate enough not to have to deal with that one, for some of us there is one day every so often where nothing is ok. For me, on those days, which are increased in numbers per month somewhat, I have to constantly remind myself that the source of the problem is X and not what is apparently irritating me to get through it, which is knackering in itself. Then I start reverting to losing words so I can't say exactly what I want to say. Then I lose sentences and it all goes a bit downhill.
The good news? We fixed the worst of it pretty easily, over the course of a couple of months! Yes, thank God! My doctor did blood tests and it turned out the combined forces of blood thinning and being a particular brand of female meant that instead of being occasionally and mildly anaemic, I was so anaemic they telephoned me during an evening while I was at an ex-colleague's leaving drinks in another city to ask me to go in straight away for an blood transfusion. The actual fix for that bit? A permanent supply of iron tablets. How easy was that?
What's more I'd come of the Q10 supplements that had helped so much with energy because they made me, basically, want to jump off a bridge at certain points in time. (And yes, it took a while to isolate them as the factor). But one of the Stroke Forums started talking about Krill Oil and it turns out that the Krill Oil gets rid of the negatives that the Q10 seemed to cause for me. It's £40 a month all in on top of the other stuff, but it's so seriously worth it!
So between iron and Q10 and Krill, I got my evenings and weekends back. Sort of.
It's so exponentially better than the first couple of months – it's been nearly four now – that I don't see it as that much of a hardship (His mysterious ways??!) but I still go to bed about 21:00 on weekdays and sleep by 22:00 ish. Though I've also reverted to that post-stroke annoyance of then being awake for an hour or two around 03:30 which doesn't help. But that means I get my weekend days to do what I like. Evenings, it seems, just remain a bit of a challenge. Sometimes when I am in my old city for work during the day – which happens often – I see a friend in the evening because I am there and I can. But it always bites me on the bottom the next day and I'm learning I can't do it unless I think I have an exceptionally light day following.
I don't think that is going to change. The key issue is really not my outside-work-time at the moment, since I've just chosen not to worry about that until I've properly settled into the job. But it does mean I have to work quite hard at managing timelines and other people's expectations around me working outside sensible hours just because they do (or are late delivering something). That might sound ok to you but, like I said, it's not who I feel I am and not the person I want to be at work. It's just the way it has to be for the time being, in this job anyway.
I have no choice but to work. But I do have choices about how I work and the life I choose to pursue. I chose a serious company that brings the potential for serious hours and stress, but I get to choose how I work within that company and the boundaries I set.
That sounds reasonable but bold, right? It doesn't feel like that. You see it's not the person I've always been and it's not the person I am yet comfortable being. I once had an employee who went home on the dot of 17:30 every day, only delivered what was expected and would never put themselves out for anything. It drove me up the wall, even though he technically did nothing wrong. I guess it may have been more the attitude that came with it. I don't think I'm quite like that. I do put in extra time but it has to be on my terms for me to be able to get up and in the next day.
Luckily I have two extra-ordinarily understanding line managers and a couple of other equally understanding managers to work with. I also have some really amazing colleagues who are delightfully supportive (and that's not dependent on any brain-bashed issues!). I don't think they really always get it – in fact often they don't even know about it – but those that do (and particularly the bosses) always do their best to let me set my own boundaries, which I rather appreciate. Sometimes I see they don't realise something and I choose not to enlighten them as often as I choose to. We've also established that where possible I work from home – a big fat armchair – on Wednesdays to break up the week. With the advent of Skype, conference calling, screen-sharing and, by virtue of the fact that I do many things outside the regional team remotely anyway, I can do almost anything from home and often people don't even know that's where I am.
Basically, it's a balancing act.
Post-stroke my life is a balancing act. Literally and figuratively. In order not to literally fall over I balance my world the best I can. Some weeks I do well, others I have my best friend reminding me no job is worth everything, especially one where no one ever dies as a result!
And, do you know what? I have a friend two friends at work whom we shall call Em and Lo. Em and Lo are both new mums. They are both juggling the need to work full time and be the mums that they want to be at home. They have to manage their before work routine to a tee. They have to leave exactly when they say they need to leave else their babies are in trouble. They do often pick things up after their babies go to bed but, do you know what, they really shouldn't have to.
What I'm really saying is, it's not just me – or us – who have a hard time making things work. It's not just having had a stroke that causes these kinds of issues.
Everyone has their stuff. I was just fortunate enough not to have much before, so maybe it's just my turn.
Anyway, bed time.
Nite nite. xx
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I hope this time I didn't make an error. I also need your help for a possible little simplification.
I call this integral for the sake of beautiful. I made a trig-sub : Let .
Now integration by parts : let , , , so our beautiful is equal to . Now I backsub and I get that . Is my result correct? If no, where did I do errors? And can I simplify more this ? Thanks in advance!


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Sheringham Nearly Joined Villa
Veteran striker Teddy Sheringham has revealed he nearly quit West Ham to join Aston Villa earlier this season as he was getting frustrated at the lack of first team action for the Hammers.
The 40-year-old former Manchester United, Millwall and Tottenham man explained:
'When I am not involved in the 16 I sometimes wonder if I should move on. Aston Villa came in for me earlier in the season and I thought 'that would do for me'. I sometimes wonder why I am putting myself through all of this and then get disappointed in not being involved.'
If memory serves me right, the former England striker was also linked to a return to White Hart Lane but opted to stay at Upton Park.


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apostle spoon(Noun)
a spoon (usually silver) with an image of an Apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle.
Apostle spoon
An apostle spoon is a spoon with an image of an apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle, each bearing his distinctive emblem. Apostle spoons were particularly popular in Pre-Reformation times when belief in the services of a patron saint was still strong. They symbolize the Last Supper of Christ in the company of the Apostles. Apostle spoons were especially popular in England, but were also found in large numbers in Germany. Originating in early-fifteenth century in Europe as spoons used at table. The British Museum in London has a set from England dating from 1536-7 which has a figure of the Virgin Mary on the thirteenth spoon. By the sixteenth century they had become popular as baptismal presents for godchildren, but were dying out by the 1660s. In some communities this tradition continued until at least the mid-twentieth century. They first appeared as a bequest in the will of one Amy Brent who, in 1516, bequeathed "XIII sylver spones of J' hu and the XII Apostells". They are alluded to by the dramatists Ben Johnson, Thomas Middleton, Francis Beaumont, and John Fletcher. Shakespeare refers to it in Henry VIII, Act 5, Scene 3, where Cranmer declines to be sponsor for the infant Elizabeth because of his lack of money. King Henry banters him with "Come, come, my lord, you'ld spare your spoons."
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Steam Whistle Big Game Party
Celebrate the Big Game at Hooker's Green!
Celebrate the Big Game at Hooker's Green!
Hosted by Steamwhistle & Jameson whiskey
$11 Steamwhistle steins
$5 Steamwhistle sleeves
$3 Steamwhistle schooners
$4 jameson whiskey
Doors at 10am – Kickoff at 3:30 – Call or email today to book your table.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, February 03, 2013
Event Type: Party
Location: Hooker's Green (Vancouver)
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Food as a Proxy for Life
I have often heard it said that our relationship with food mimics our relationship with life. I have been thinking about this a great deal lately, as it seems to be true in my life. As someone who suffered from an eating disorder for years, my rigidly controlled eating patterns gave me solace. I knew exactly how many calories I was going to eat every day. And I knew I was not going to gain weight. As someone who tends to fear uncertainty, this control was very comforting to me.
It was also very limiting, however. I couldn't go out to dinner with friends – or to any social function where there would be food. And when I did, I made up excuses for why I wasn't eating. It was unhealthy both for my body and my spirit. I wanted so deeply to change, but I was afraid of the unknown. I couldn't envision my life without the constraints I had so carefully built up. Eventually, however, my desire to change and be free of my self-imposed limitations overcame my fear of the unknown and I was able to dramatically change my eating habits. Suddenly, I found myself going to restaurants and cooking more than I ever had in the past. I was actually enjoying food. It was an overnight transformation that was actually years in the making.
Recently, I have been experiencing the same emotions in other areas of my life. I still fear uncertainty, and it is sometimes difficult for me to have faith in my decisions. The result is that I often stagnate, unable to choose a path. I realize that this way of relating to the world is, on some level, a choice. I could choose to have more faith. But I haven't because I can't yet see what my life would be like if I were to suddenly be able to make decisions without the endless analysis and doubt. The very fear of uncertainty that I want to conquer is what is keeping me from progressing. But just as I did when I changed my eating habits, I know I will get to the point where my desire to move away from habits that no longer serve me will one day overcome my fears.
And I am certain I am not the only one to recognize the parallels between the ways in which I approach food and other patterns in my life. Our attitudes toward food are a valuable window into deeper emotional issues. Therefore, exploring our eating habits cam be healing both for the body and the spirit.


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Moderator: Staffers
And if this company has a real business plan, they are porbably still developing, and just making hype about their product.
What do they care. We all would have just stolen the game upon release anyway.
TheXev wrote:The fact of the matter is the terms of service have been violated, and I won?t stand for it. There was an interesting discussion in the chat room over this already, and all project leaders seemed to agree with my action. I only really asked one thing from the people and that was not to distribute this patch with any legal or illegal version of Melty Blood.
TheXev wrote:Some people wondered what would happen if this situation ever occurred, now they know.
l3illyl3ob wrote:I have a feeling they aren't going to be taking down the torrent any time soon
Haeleth wrote:An open message to the leechers: it would be nice if you'd consider compensating the authors of these games for their hard work, but if you're determined to pirate them, maybe you'd like to try pirating the originals and applying the patches yourselves. It's hardly tricky, and it might prevent this kind of response from being necessary again.
Snover wrote:I also hope that the releaser wises their ass up and stops seeding...
DragonNeoReborn wrote:If they really wanted to all they had to do was say an english patch was available here...
Zero3K (Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 56 pm) wrote:Ugh, the torrent is still going...
Lunas wrote:I do agree with the actions taken by revolve. However I dont feel that they should be as angry as they are that it got torrented what they should be mad about is that the unfinished product got torrented. And as for the person who uploaded it the Jack@$$ that he is prolly didnt bother reading any ToS for either melty blood or the patch.
Lunas wrote:Further I had not herd of type-moon before I saw the anime and began to research where it came from and the other things that were associated with it.
CaptainOverkill wrote:Even if this guy does take down the torrent, it's been up long enough that it's going to keep being redistributed through other channels.
new guy wrote:I had never even heard of this game or the patch until now, i'll download it later tonite, does anyone have a link to the torrent ?
guest wrote:what the hell, who the hell are you guys anyway ive never even heard of you and whats all the commotion about a crappy translation patch, there are thousands of free translation patches being made everyday.
Go ahead and cancel your project, if that makes you stop whining be my guest , for your patch their will be a hundred others.
and ive never even heard of this game , but now i think ill download it
just to throw it in my file schredder
hiroshi wrote:I personally would like to know if everyone involved in the project actually owns a copy of Melty Blood. If so, where did they get theirs? I would like to know where to get one, myself. I don't see any links for buying the originals for any of their other projects, I think it would be an important addition if they wish to prevent piracy of games they translate.
Arcturus looks beautiful, too... but the only links they provide are in Korean, unfortunately.
I guess people just can't understand. It's not the fact that it was up for download... its the fact that the way the torrent was created made it look like revolve made the torrent. There have been many torrents for Melty Blood and Revolve has never complained before. A quick search on google, a doujin irc channel, or even some popular anime torrent sites have had torrents for Melty Blood in the past. The fact is with Revolve's patch and a link to revolves site in the torrents description made it look like Revolve released it... which is not what they want.
For example look at the home page, see where RpgMaker 2003 is.... They recieved a cease of desist order for releasing a translated version of RpgMaker that included the game. Attempting to avoid that their new releases are in the form of patches so you actually have to own the game. Maybe this will clarify why Revolve made such a big deal about the torrent.
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Continuing their popular Classic Film Evenings, The Food Lodge Bakery and Bistro in Agios Epiktitos (Catalköy), will be hosting a screening of the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger.
What: Goldfinger
When: Thursday, 12 January
Where: The Food Lodge Bakery and Bistro, 124 Beşparmaklar Caddesi, Çatalköy, Kyrenia.
The third film in the James Bond series, as well as the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond, Goldfinger sees our hero investigating a gold smuggling by gold magnate Auric Goldfinger, and eventually uncovering a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
Entrance costs 12TL and includes a soft drink and popcorn. Hot dogs and nachos are also available. The film starts at 6.30pm. Reservations must be made – call 05338398764.


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A Tier-1 Grant has been awarded to Dr. Casper Harteveld, Dr. Gillian Smith, and Dr. Joseph Schwartz for Advancing Undergraduate Teaching and Learning at Northeastern.
The faculty will explore the development of the emerging technology of gaming to enhance learning across two existing undergraduate courses in Communication Studies. With this grant an early game prototype has been built called Mad Science. The purpose of this game is allowing users to create and participate in scientific experiments on social behavior in a fun and engaging manner.
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Brian Morgan is a former business leader, and a national award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and author. He lives with his wife, Judy, and grandson, Thomas, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, after living most of their lifetime in Sydney.
He has always declared his family to be his first and foremost interest, and has two children (with partners) and five grandchildren.
Brian received a private school education through high school before a range of tertiary studies. He has served as a teacher at TAFE colleges, teaching writing, publishing and related subjects. He has also been a small business seminar leader, and conducted workshops for and lectured to groups like the Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Brian was the founder of a number of businesses and institutions set up for charitable, educational and business purposes. He has had several successful careers, and has now embarked on another, as co-founder and Director of the PiPS Institute (Professional Independent Publishing Standards), established in 2015.
His first career was in business, where he chalked up a number of major achievements in national and multi-national companies. For example, he worked government ministers and industry leaders to initiate reform and restructure of the credit union movement in Australia, and helped a major multi-national business restructure its operations and take over a company that was bigger than itself.
As an employee or as a consultant, he has experience in many industries, including insurance, finance and banking, manufacturing, distribution, computer industry, printing, publishing, pastoral interests, advertising and marketing, service industries and the retail sector. He has considerable experience and expertise in event organisation and management.
His particular interest, however, has been small business and he set up a number of ventures over the years for himself and others. He founded businesses in many areas, including printing, publishing, event organization, marketing and consulting.
He also founded the Australian Institute for the Self-Employed to educate and train the self-employed and small business people through his writings. He wrote a Small Business Course that was studied by many business people around Australia.
However, writing was his first love and he gave up that successful career in business to learn the writing craft through journalism. His rise was rapid. He worked as journalist, sub-editor, editor, editor-in-chief, managing editor and general manager on a range of mastheads in the Fairfax and Courier newspaper groups, winning numerous state and national awards in the process.
He also worked as CEO and publisher on one regional and five national magazines and has served as contributing editor on an Australian literary journal. Three of his five magazines were national business magazines in Australia.
His writing has been highly acclaimed and translated for Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese audiences. He wrote a paper for the Australian Press Council Prize based on his experiences in journalism.
A literary agent in Chicago, Jane Jordan Browne, managed to present only one of Brian's projects, The Legend of the Christmas Prayer, to publishers before her sad and untimely death. The Legend became a sell-out best-seller in America and Great Britain and was translated into Japanese, where it was also successful.
Despite this success, Brian has turned away from traditional publishing in favour of independent publishing and now has a range of books available on Smashwords and in other online stores.
Brian Morgan has also served his local community and business in a range of capacities, and past affiliations include: Associate of Australian Society of Accountants; Member of Institute of Affiliate Accountants; Member Accountants' Professional Information Panel; Member Australian Institute of Management; Founder Australian Institute for the Self-Employed; Member Media and Entertainment and Arts Alliance and House Committee Chairman; Patron and life member of community organizations.
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I wish I had read this book many years ago when I started out on my own journey, fresh from school and ready to take on the world. This book is a testimony to sound business principles where bringing value is of crucial importance. Brian Morgan has presented timeless ideas in a beautiful story full of great images and examples. He has made it very clear what is important in business and in life by giving codes that can be applied anywhere and in anyone's life. His 'codes of riches' can be applied to become wealthy, not only in business, but also in life. And far from being just general ideas, he describes them with many examples and in very practical ways.
If you are not too sure what your next step is in life, if you are at a crossroads, if you want to become wealthy, or if you want as much wisdom up front as possible, and avoid the path of mistakes, this book can be your compass. Read and reread it.
This book is highly recommended for young people, business people, and everyone looking for a 'rich' and full life. The wisdom in these words is indeed priceless.
I will recommend it to my children, my friends, my clients, and my business relations.
(reviewed 14 days after purchase)
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I came across this book because the author, Brian Morgan, and I both have our websites built on the SBI platform and I liked the concept of his book. It tells a story from the past and then sets out in detail all the principles needed for creating wealth and personal success today.
The whole idea of the book appealed to me. First it tells a story about how a man called Tragoas became the richest man in Persia by following the wise advice of "masters" or mentors. It's a real rags-to-riches story and a great read. It tells how he rose from shame and poverty to become a rich and respected man, before plunging into depression when trusted workers betrayed him and stole his possessions. But he rose again out of defeat to become even richer and more valuable to Persia.
The drama in the book comes when Alexander the Great invades Persia and Tragoas desperately tries to dictate his success principles for future generations. He calls them the 11 Codes of Riches and they are absolutely full of wisdom and practical advice that anyone can use.
As the owner of a web business, I was especially interested in the 7 Business Secrets of the Masters. This is really a collection of the very best small business advice I've seen. It's hard to see, if business is your thing, how you would not succeed brilliantly if you followed this plan.
I recommend The Richest Man in Persia for anyone who is dissatisfied with life, or has lost a job, or just wants something better out of life. It's a book you'll read and then keep for reference whenever you need a boost.
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Vivienne Gardner Edwards
on Oct. 24, 2012 :
I started reading this book yesterday and could hardly wait to finish reading it today. I can only say that this is a brilliant piece of writing and destined to be a classic in business ownership. Even non-business owners will find value in the Codes which he explains clearly and simply. I think this should be required reading in every high school and college.
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Don Darkes II
on Oct. 08, 2012 :
What does a man who has the Tee shirt; a man who has been there and done that and can prove it; do for inspiration? He looks to the wisdom of the ancients and applies their hard earned and learned lessons to the present. Before you buy and read and learn and gain inspiration from this book, read the resume of the author, an accomplished business and thought leader, a professional writer and an accomplished teacher, who clearly has applied the principles he has used to drive his own successful careers and his own life. Then open the pages and be transported back to ancient Mesopotamia as he eloquently illustrates how and why some things and some values, like those in the greatest Book of them all, never vary. Perhaps you, like me, will read it for the first time in one sitting before you return to it again and again. This book shall remain, with its many bookmarks and dog eared pages upon my eBook shelf.
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A bipartisan team of House members has revived legislation that would sharply curb the EPA's implementation of its "pollution diet" to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-VA, and Rep. Tim Holden, D-PA, in March introduced a bill that would remove most of the EPA's authority over nutrient and sediment reduction efforts, while giving states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture more clout.
Goodlatte, who serves as vice-chair of the House Agriculture Committee, said the EPA's cleanup plan "limits economic growth and unfairly overregulates our local economies."
The bill is in response to the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load established by the EPA in December 2010. Most often referred to by its initials, TMDL, or its nickname, the pollution diet, it set the maximum amount of nutrients and sediments that can enter the Bay from each river and state annually.
The EPA also set a cleanup deadline of 2025, and required states to develop plans with enforceable strategies showing how nutrient and sediment reduction goals would be attained, with specific accomplishments to be achieved in two-year increments.
Failure to write adequate plans or achieve targets can result in penalties from the EPA. The agency, for instance, recently withheld more than $300,000 in grant money from New York for being months late in delivering a draft of its latest cleanup plan.
The TMDL has triggered a backlash from agricultural trade organizations, developers and many city leaders who fear they would face potentially costly new rules and regulations in order to achieve the cleanup goals. A coalition, made up mostly of agribusiness interests and led by the American Farm Bureau Federation, has challenged the TMDL in court.
Both Goodlatte and Holden have been hostile toward the EPA's role in overseeing Bay restoration during congressional hearings on the issue.
A resolution sponsored by Goodlatte last year that would have blocked the EPA from implementing the TMDL was approved by the House, but the budget bill to which it was attached was never acted upon by the Senate.
The new bill from Goodlatte and Holden would give states, not the EPA, authority to set nutrient and sediment limits for the Bay. States would also write and implement their cleanup plans free of EPA oversight, unless they explicitly asked for such review, and the states would ultimately be responsible for determining when they've completed the Bay cleanup. Although the bill calls for states to make "iterative progress" in achieving nutrient and sediment reduction goals, it does not set a cleanup deadline.
The bill would also create a new Independent Evaluation and Technical Advisory Committee, whose members would be appointed by the EPA administrator and the U.S. agriculture secretary. The members would oversee how Bay restoration efforts are tracked and assessed and evaluate the EPA's Bay-related computer modeling. The models have drawn criticism, especially from agricultural groups. The committee would also determine whether "the achievability and practicability of water quality goals are being considered" in the cleanup program.
The bill would create another committee to streamline nutrient trading among states in the watershed.
Under the bill, farmers would be deemed to be in compliance with any water quality requirements if they implemented what are considered to be appropriate conservation efforts to comply with state and federal goals.
"The people who call the Bay watershed home are the ones who are the most concerned about protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay," Goodlatte said. "Unfortunately, too often these hardworking individuals are cast as villains and placed in a position where restoring the Bay is pitted against the economic livelihoods of their communities. We can restore the Bay while also maintaining the economic livelihood of their communities."
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation immediately criticized the bill. The foundation said the bill would derail new cleanup efforts that were implemented after voluntary actions over the past quarter century achieved only modest nutrient and sediment reductions.
"Congressman Goodlatte's bill would undermine the pollution limits currently in place, derail cleanup efforts, and undercut the federal government's role in making sure that all Americans have access to clean, swimmable, fishable waters," said Doug Siglin, CBF's federal affairs director. "The federal government has a key role to play in the restoration of local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay, and we urge all members of Congress to steer well clear of this damaging legislation."


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Butterbee Farm is an urban flower farm in the heart of Baltimore City
This year, we are farming in different pockets of land all over the city
From Butterbee Farm website:
We grow cut flowers in every color and shade, from the Cherry Brandy Rudbeckia to the colorful Rocket Snapdragon! Butterbee Farm flowers are cultivated without synthetic nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, or plastic mulch. They are grown instead in rich local compost, drip irrigation that minimizes water use, natural, biodegradable insect repellants, and crop rotations that keep the soil healthy.
Flowers travel less than 30 miles to their final destinations of windowsills, bookshelves, dining room tables, wedding bouquets, hair pieces, buttonholes, bookmarks, and hats.
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588th Friday Blog Roundup
I downloaded the most brilliant set of apps.
So, I go on the fan sites on Wikia a lot to look up facts when the twins and I are reading a book. (Most resent search: "What happens to Foxface in the Hunger Games?" Could not remember.) And I decided to look and see if Wikia had an app in the iTunes store.
Did they have an app? No. Did they have like 50+ apps? Hells yeah.
They had a different app for each individual fandom. They're all free. You download them, and then you can access commonly sought information such as characters, locations, actors (when there are movie versions of the book), themes, etc. I downloaded some of our favourite things: Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Hunger Games. It makes me so happy to see them all lined up on my phone.
And now, when we're driving somewhere and trying to remember the name of the boy from District 11, someone can look it up on the phone in two seconds. Pure bliss.
If you're having trouble finding the individual ones, do a search for Wikia on iTunes, pull up one app, and then click on the developer (Wikia) at the top to see a list of all their apps.
Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don't have regrets.
Seriously. Stop what you're doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It's the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.
As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.
And now the blogs…
But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:
- "Out of the Shadows" (Inconceivable!)
- "Oh, the Humanity" (Lavender Luz)
- "Two Years Ago and Today" (Torthúil)
Okay, now my choices this week.
Searching for Our Silver Lining has a post about missing the babies who aren't here. It is a beautiful post on the process of healing and forgiveness, and she writes, "There are days I think it's mastered only to pull me back under. Forgiveness is such a funny thing." Go read it in full.
The Barrenness has a post about her pregnancy dreams returning. It's always such a strange reminder how little control we have over our own mind, despite what some self-help gurus would have you think. She seeks a reason why these dreams are looping back into her mind after banishing them once before.
Lastly, I usually don't highlight non-infertility/loss/adoption posts, but this Washington Post article on the author's sister's suicide got under my skin. Rather than sweeping the cause of her sister's death under the rug, she wrote it into her obituary. I love these lines: "Here is the truth: You have value. You have worth. You are loved. Trust the voices of those who love you. Trust the enormous chorus of voices that say only one thing: You matter. Depression lies. We must tell the truth." My hope (as well as the author's) is that many lives will be spared from death by depression by writing and talking about it.
The roundup to the Roundup: Wikia apps are so much fun. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between March 18th and 25th) and not the blog's main url. Not understanding why I'm asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.
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- 1 Cristy { 03.25.16 at 12:56 pm }
Thanks for including me on this week's list. It's always an honor.
And 50+ apps of information? Wow. Wish something like that existed for my work.
Here's my picks for the week:
Justine has a beautiful post that really resonates: http://ahalfbakedlife.blogspot.com/2016/03/thaw-with-slow-cooker-lentil-soup.html?m=1
Loribeth's on family traditions is also beautiful: http://theroadlesstravelledlb.blogspot.com/2016/03/tick-tock.html?m=1
A follow up for Lori following her humanity post: http://lavenderluz.com/2016/03/meaningful-life.html
- 2 Lori Lavender Luz { 03.25.16 at 5:58 pm }
Big thanks to Jess and Cristy <3
Didn't know there were wikia apps available. Good to know since I'm constantly googling during movies and books and songs.
- 3 Working mom of 2 { 03.25.16 at 9:55 pm }
Ha! I thought of you today when I saw a bumper sticker that said Republicans for Voldemort.
- 4 illustr8d { 03.26.16 at 10:41 pm }
Oh gads. Thank you for that WaPo article. Sitting here in tears and deciding what to do with it, but I am glad I read it.
- 5 Infertile Girl { 03.27.16 at 10:45 pm }
I was nodding my head as I read Unpregnant Chicken's post about the love of a child. http://unpregnantchicken.com/2016/03/micro-post-intensity/


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We're pleased to announce that WANdisco is now an authorized member of the Cloudera Connect Partner Program. This program focuses on accelerating the innovative use of Apache Hadoop for a range of business applications.
"We are pleased to welcome WANdisco into the Cloudera Connect network of valued service and solution providers for Apache Hadoop and look forward to working together to bring the power of Big Data to more enterprises," said Tim Stevens, Vice President of Business and Corporate Development at Cloudera. "As a trusted partner, we will equip WANdisco with the tools and resources necessary to support, manage and innovate with Apache Hadoop-based solutions."
As a member of Cloudera Connect, we are proud to add Cloudera's extensive tools, use case insight and resources to the expertise of our core Hadoop committers.
You can learn more about this program at Cloudera's website and by reading the official announcement in full.
At WANdisco, we're working on our Hadoop-based products, including WANdisco Non-Stop NameNode, which will enable each NameNode server to support simultaneous read and write requests, alongside balancing workload across servers for optimum scalability and performance.
You can learn more about Non-Stop NameNode, and our other upcoming Hadoop-based offerings at our Hadoop Big Data Products page.


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Someone in New York has sent street art website Wooster Collective an interesting graffiti piece that was found in the Soho area. Everyone, meet Hanksy.
For those confused with the name, Hanksy is a combination of Tom Hanks and Banksy. Whoever did this has taken Banksy's infamous black and white rat stencil and replaced the head with Tom Hanks's smiling face. The result is an extremely hilarious pop culture parody that's definitely a memorable one. It's actually quite similar to the 'Tom Hanks Is A Lot of Animals' Tumblr blog in which the actor's head gets placed on various animals.
Whether or not the Hanksy will go viral around the streets remains to be seen. I wonder if this is getting Banksy's attention.
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It's Sunday morning and has been a great day so far here at the National Rifle Association convention in Louisville. We're bunking down at the Galt House Hotel and this morning got up at 5am and took off for a run along the Ohio River from the hotel up river to the restored pedestrian bridge that goes over the river to the north side. Gotta tell ya, it was a picturesque sight to cross the river as the sun was rising through the early morning haze of the mighty Ohio river. I thought about how so many of the great pioneers and settlers first came down that river and settled places like Louisville. It was that indomitable individual spirit that gave birth to this great Nation.
And here at the NRA convention, when you walk through the exhibit hall you see the descendants of that spirit. This morning, Angela and I attended the NRA Prayer Breakfast where the keynote speaker was Dr. James Dobson. The event was sponsored by the group "Fathers in the Field." This organization is rooted in the words of Isaiah 1:17, "Defend the cause of the Fatherless." They seek out and provide Christian men who will mentor fatherless young men, with a motto of "Faith, Fatherhood, Forgiveness."
Fathers in the Field was founded in Lander Wyoming and created by a man who was deserted by his own Father at a young age and keenly felt that loss this entire life. Upon accepting Christ as his Savior in 2002 and being reconciled to his Heavenly Father, John Smithbaker stated a journey of understanding, acceptance, and most importantly, extending and asking forgiveness. In 2005, John was inspired to create a way to seek and help others suffering the pain of a father's abandonment, and Fathers in the Field — a natural outgrowth of his faith and his love for the outdoors — was born.
And if you think this is not important, 50% of this Country's children — over 25 million kids under 18 — are growing up in homes without their fathers. What you notice here at the NRA convention is that families are here together — moms and dads with their kids. They're here bonding and training their children about their most important right, the right to keep and bear arms, which shall not be infringed. They're teaching their children why their vital First Amendment rights will not exist if there is no Second Amendment right. They're teaching them the history and intent of the Founding Fathers to ensure that we remain a free people, able to pursue our happiness, not become subjected to a government that believes it can grant rights — and therefore take them away — as it guarantees happiness.
These parents are here teaching their kids to be the next generation, part of the American lineage that can be traced back to those families who first traveled down the Ohio river and expanded this great Nation into the frontiers. What a better place to be than here for these young men and women — with their families.
Therefore, when I hear about Hillary Clinton bumping her gums about the NRA convention and how mothers should fear this organization and the "gun lobby"… I have to say one word, seriously? Mrs. Clinton, let me inform you of one of the speakers at the NRA Prayer Breakfast. It was Mark "Oz" Geist, along with his wife and daughter giving their testimony about faith, fatherhood and service to our Nation.
Oh, his name is not familiar? Mrs. Clinton, Mark Geist is a former Marine, and was one of the survivors from your abandonment of Americans in Benghazi, Libya. He was the man who fought to save the personnel at the Special Mission Compound and from the roof of the CIA Annex in that hellhole. He was severely wounded during the "spontaneous demonstration video protest" by mortar fire that left his arm barely hanging on by thin shreds of skin.
See Mrs. Clinton, when you talk about, "at this point, what difference does it make," you should've been there this morning at the prayer breakfast to hear his wife attest to the difference it makes. But see Mrs. Clinton, you sit back with your out-of-touch progressive socialist elitism and condemn the NRA, not realizing that the National Rifle Association is made up of a membership of everyday Americans — men, women, children — who love freedom. It is not, as you dismiss it, a "gun lobby"; it's the collective voices of Americans who love God, Liberty, and Freedom — things it appears you know nothing of, and wish to restrict.
Mrs. Clinton, my wife Angela and I would much prefer to be here in Louisville at the NRA convention than at a Planned Parenthood gathering, where you received an award and recognition named after Margaret Sanger. Something tells me you just don't see too many families at a Planned Parenthood convention. And as a black man, when I consider the horrific racist statements of Margaret Sanger I must ask, do you embrace those same philosophies? Hence, why I'm appalled that anyone in the black community would support you, knowing you embrace such beliefs that have decimated the black community and been responsible for some 13-15 million black babies to be killed — that, Ma'am, is genocide.
The NRA has a women's policy committee, Mrs. Clinton. And when I see Taya Kyle here — you do know who she is, Mrs. Clinton — and young girls who are shooting champions, it reminds me that you do not speak for all women in America.
So, Mrs. Clinton, please stop listening to your insidious and rather stupid team that's feeding you ill-advised talking points. I recommend you stop talking about the NRA, because I am now a board member and I'll make it my mission to fire right back at you. Just keep hanging out with your followers, dwindling as they are, and leave us freedom and liberty loving Americans alone. Mothers in America have nothing to fear from the NRA, because real American mothers are right here at this gathering and are members. Real American mothers need their Second Amendment right to defend themselves and their families.
Real American mothers have not had 24/7 personal security guarding them for the majority of their lives like you have. So pipe down, Ma'am — or else you will draw my ire once again. And just you so you know, I'm raising my daughters to shoot firearms because they will not be victims; rather, they will be confident American women who can defend themselves. And at this point, that makes a whole lot of difference between them as empowered women — and what you are advocating, victimhood.


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There's only a handful of people who know what it's like to be young, rich, talented and successful. Taylor Swift, One Direction and Justin Bieber are part of this elite few. In fact, the country songstress, the British boy band and the international heartthrob have all been included on Forbes' annual 30 Under 30 list.
The business magazine praised the young stars for their hard working ethos (they all hit the road last year for their respective world tours) and money-making abilities. (We're also going to assume their respective perfumes had something to do with it.)
The other musical acts joining them on Forbes' elite list are Wiz Khalifa, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Janelle Monae, Lorde, Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga, Hunter Hayes, Calvin Harris, Drake, Miley Cyrus, and Bruno Mars.
Go to Forbes.com to see the full list.
Who do you think Forbes forgot to include on their list? Why does your favourite star deserve to there?
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