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On Wednesday evening, I shared a truly special experience with three of my very best friends and favorite creative collaborators: Jamie Beck, her fiancé Kevin Burg (the three of us recently worked on THIS and THIS together) and Mat Sanders (he and I teamed up to create THIS).We all met at Penn Station and boarded a train to Philadelphia, where we were picked up by a vintage trolley car and whisked off to a boat for an exquisite dinner party hosted by Veuve Clicquot.The occasion marked the 230th anniversary of the first-ever arrival of their champagnes into the US, when they were originally delivered through the very harbor where we dined.In honor of this milestone, Veuve Clicquot sommeliers brought over 3 of their private cellar champagnes ~ one of which had never before been opened in America ~ and each was more delightful than the last!It was a delicious evening in every way ~ a dash of adventure, seeped in the finest wines and enjoyed with the dearest of friends.{ pictures by Jamie Beck (you MUST click over to her site to see more from the night!) // Jamie wore a vintage dress with Miu Miu shoes // I wore vintage earrings, The Row sunnies, a Tibi dress, David Yurman pearl + diamond ring, Camille Zarsky clutch and YSL wedges }
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- Asia Carter
Your life is so very awesome!! LOL
omgoodness i love going down to waterfront here in philly. The party looked delightful, and the photos are so beautiful! They picked the best day for the party too, we had excellent weather.
- Ann
That looks like such an amazing experience and sooo cool! Thanks for sharring!
Absolutely Stunning.
- yun
always lovely!
You look absolutely gorgeous !
What an extraordinary event! And you look absolutely fabulous! xo, Christina
Well, here is something from me: A great summer coctail – Mix Champagne with lil bit of APEROL (1/4), add piece of fresh orange + ice and enjoy 🙂
Well, here is something from me: A great summer coctail – Mix Champagne with lil bit of APEROL (1/4), add piece of fresh orange + ice and enjoy 🙂
- Maria Jimenez Pulido
Lovely event! You looked amazing, love the dress!
both you and Jamie looked stunning
your dress is gorgeous
wow!! it seems like an amazing night!! you looked stunning in that dress!
Now THAT is how you spend an evening! It looks like you guys had a fabulous time. Thanks for sharing.
Your dress is TDF! So perfect for a champagne party!
- Paula
You looked beautiful 🙂
I love the way you did your makeup! Which products did you use?
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This is so fun!! Beautiful photos!!
This is so disgustingly glamorous! Looks like you had a great time!
I adore that David Yurman ring! You lucky girl. 🙂
Love the highly sophisticated and old hollywood glamour ambiance!
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- Feelgoodlookcute
Funny pictures.
And your outfit is so chic!
- Rhoda Wong
great pictures! it looks like so much fun
What a wonderful affair! Adore your dress.
So beautiful; thanks for sharing!
Such a magical night and sparkling memory with friends! xoxo
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Um…I want your life. And those rings in the pic 5th from the bottom 😉 Have a great weekend!
- Anonymous
That looked like an incredible night, and I LOVE your Tibi dress!! It was perfect for the bubbly occasion!
- Julie
Y'all looked like you just stepped out of a period drama! Very Mad Men-esque in the most exquisite of settings! Looks like an amazing time for all!
Peace. Love. LOL!
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- Jacy Tilton
absolutely love your outfit in this post – it epitomizes class!
- valeria
the quality of photos that Jamie takes are A+++ i just wish i had her camera, love the yellow sunies, and i have to ask..are those wedges painful? coz they are too pretty but seem a little bit high 🙂
have and awesome weekend!
Oh my lord, I love Veuve Clicquot. It is my favorite brand of champagne – my mom instilled the tradition in me when I turned 16. Together we have always popped a bottle of Veuve Clicquot for many occasions since. I have thus far tried the Rose and the Yellow label, but I am going to get my hands on the Grande Dames as well.
I am so jealous, but thank you so much for sharing. It looks like an absolutely beautiful evening of friends and champagne.
🙂 Ewa
- Littlemegan
You look simply gorgeous!
wow, what a truly amazing and unique experience! breath taking photos
- The Accessory Editor
Wow was this in Philadephia? I thought I noticed the my hometown in some of the pictures! Looks like such fun!!
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- María
Dear kelly. I follow your great blog from Spain since one year ago. I like very much your Style and glamorusness and enjoy very much with your trips, events and parties. You know how to make life more splendit . Thank you.
- Ekeenestyle
This looks like a wonderful trip. You look amazing and I love the From me to you blog also!
- freja-june
so beautiful pictures! love your blog!
Adore the sequins on your dress!
- Lola Reggy
STUNNING PICTURES, you feel like you are in a movie by only looking at them. Forgive me but I really like the yellow shades that the guys were wearing, are those ray ban's???
- Anonymous
The yellow sunnies were made by & given to us all by Veuve Clicquot, who knew they'd be needed on our afternoon adventure!
- Lola Reggy
Oh wow that is really cool!! So then they are like exclusive huh, to bad for me 😉
YOU LOOK MAGICAL!! And the dress is so so beautiful!!
Wow, what an awesome experience!! You guys look like you truly had a blast based on these pics. Loving Jamie's amazing dress and you look lovely, as always:) -A
- Arra
I love your outfit!
My boyfriend and I are avid Veuve Clicquot fans, so this post made my day. I can't even begin to describe how extremely jealous I am that you were invited to such an exclusive event, hosted by my favorite champagne!!! I can only imagine how beautiful the champagne tasted…we recently enjoyed a vintage bottle of Veuve from 1998 and it was exquisite. 🙂
- Makija2013
Love the yellow shades – so fun!
- Angielumaye
Must know where I could find this TiBi dress!! Gorg!


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Decorating Ideas: "What Your Front Door Says About You"
Decorating ideas allow you not only to express yourself but to tell the world who you are. Or, at least, who you think you are. And what better way to share your personality with your neighbors than by flying your colors on your front door? But some experts think the color of your front door could send the wrong message.
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Red tells the world to "look at me?" This bright color says that you're not afraid of standing out or saying what's on your mind.
White says that you prefer things that are organized, neat and clean. Even if your home isn't always that way…you probably wish it were.
Purple reveals a "free spirited" person who is comfortable taking risks, thinking differently, and dreaming big. Some people believe that purple is also considered to be a rich or royal color–adding distinction to the home.
Blue tells people you are naturally at ease in most situations and people are attracted to your easygoing personality.
Black says you're consistent, conservative, and reserved in your manner and your approach to color. With a black door you're saying that your design style is timeless rather than trendy.
Green tells the world that you have traditional values and enjoy being a member of the community. Or that you like Kermit the frog.
Yellow says you have a personality similar to green, but a bit less traditional. You're most likely a leader or organizer of a group. And likely you like sunflowers as well!
Now, don't read too many personality traits into this one. Because if you have a black, green, and yellow front door it most likely means you live in Jamaica.
So, what do you think? How reflective of your personality is your front door? Is this hogwash or is there a grain of truth?
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Thanks for the tips!
I will look at my door with a different eye now… 🙂
Streamlined, but good advice.
BUT not so useful for me, right now, today – as there are hundreds of shades of red, and you've left out the main theme of your article – all the paint color details.
I want the color of YOUR red door, and have bought a half dozen "red" samples home to try & haven't got it yet.
Well Debra, that is Benjamin Moore's "Heritage Red". As you can see it has a fair amount of Orange in it as well. Hope that helps!


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A River Runs Through Me
curated by Ariel Shanberg
August 8 – September 20, 2009
In conjunction with New York's Quadracentennial celebrations of the European discovery of what is now known as the Hudson River, the Center for Photography at Woodstock is pleased to present A River Runs Through Me, an exhibition of work by four artists whose photographic explorations celebrate rivers as a source of inspiration and intersection with personal, historical, cultural, and religious significance. Collectively, their works captures the tremendous influence these natural watercourses have on our lives.
Throughout history, rivers have provided the lifeblood to countless societies and cultures, as well as for commerce and as a source of artistic inspiration. In today's world of global networks, interstate highways, the internet, and more, such rooted connections to what were once the defining element of a civilization (e.g. the Nile River in Egypt, the Euphrates River of the Middles East, the Thames in London, or Paris' River Seine) are now lost if not severely disconnected. As often is its role, Art continuously offers us the portal to reconnect us to that from which our daily lives are severed. With their individual explorations, the artists featured in A River Runs through Me rekindle a sense of connection and influence as they draw inspiration from, document the nature of, and define the lasting effect rivers hold on us.Continue Reading...
Barbara Bosworth's (Stow, MA) work has long focused on her personal connection to the landscape. Featured in this exhibition are images from two bodies of work including The Bitterroot River series (1995-97) and work from her most recent residency at the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont a place that was once her childhood home and now is now part of the national park. In her series The Bitterroot River, made along Montana's Bitterroot River in the years following the death of a loved one, Bosworth employs the river's elusive surface and constant state of flux as a meditative offering on our temporality while also embracing a more affirmative outlook in the river's surroundings. Arranged in grid, the resulting installation offers a powerful visual narrative. Accompanying Bosworth's work from the Bitterroot River series is a new multi-image landscape depicting one of the rivers that flows near by her childhood home. The enveloping sense of the culminating 40″x 90″ work retains the sense of wonderment and personal connection to nature.
In her series The Spoon River Anthology Albany NY native photographer Christa Parravani's (Sunderland, MA) brings the words of Edgar Lee Masters' same titled collection of 244 poems written in the voice of the deceased residents of a fictional town describing the situations that led to their demise; to life. Set within evocative and lush settings of the MacDowell and Yaddo Art Colonies, each image, imbued with a tinge of mystery and melancholy posits the characters much like ghosts anchored to the setting of their mortal life. To Parravani, the individual is a product of his or her environment, and thereby belongs, embossed for eternity, within it. In their final presentation the each character's poem is placed alongside the framed photograph collaborate to give voice to these fictional individuals who appear to be born out of and bound to their river setting.
Included in this exhibition are works from two series by Elijah Gowin (Kansas City, MO). The majority of images featured belong to Gowin's series Watering and bring forth references to the religious importance rivers hold and water's figurative and actual ability to offer a wiping of the past, and offer a sense of spiritual and physical renewal. With Christianity's Baptismal tradition as a backdrop to this exploration, Gowin's images lie within an ambiguous in-between state, like their subject matter, frozen within a state of transformation. Alongside works from the Watering series are images from his series Of Floating & Falling which echo the previous body of works' religious themes with visual explorations of faith and doubt.
Though the Mississippi River never actually appears in the selection of images featured in this exhibition, by Alec Soth (Minneapolis, MN), the River's presence reverberates through images of landscapes and individuals who live along its banks in his series Sleeping by the Mississippi. Known to the Algonkian Indians as the "Father of all Waters" the Mississippi River with its tremendous literary influence (perhaps most notably in Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn) bares many identities along its course. Traveling along its path which covers ten States, Soth's subjects appear posed before his 8×10 camera professing their dreams as well revealing as their tethered realities. Like the river whose constant stream can both transport us to our promised destination and pull us down to its haunting depths. Soth, who sees photography as closely akin to poetry, offers us through his images, a poetic journey along the Mississippi one that is both languid and jostling, seductive and haunting.
– Ariel Shanberg, 2009
Ariel Shanberg is the Executive Director at the Center for Photography at Woodstock.


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WASHINGTON — Voters in California on Nov. 4, by nearly a two-thirds majority, approved a measure requiring the state's $340-million-a-year egg industry to completely restructure housing for 20 million laying hens at a cost that may reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
The stated purpose of Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Cruelty Act, was to "prohibit the cruel confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs." But those concerned with the health of farm animals disagreed over Proposition 2's likely effects on the welfare of egg-laying hens, and there were concerns the costs of the changeover in housing and management practices may force egg farmers to leave the business.
Proposition 2, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2015, related to calves raised for veal and pregnant pigs as well as egg-laying hens. It bans the use of crates used to confine calves raised for veal and gestation crates for sows. Similar measures relating to calves and pigs were adopted earlier in Florida, Oregon, Arizona and Colorado. The veal and pork industries in California are small, though, and the housing and management practices Proposition 2 bans for calves and pigs were rare in the state. The proposition's most telling and controversial effect will be on the state's egg industry.
The proposition stated covered animals must be housed so each may fully extend its limbs without touching the side of an enclosure, including, in the case of egg-laying hens, "fully spreading both wings without touching the side of an enclosure or other egg-laying hens." This requirement would prohibit the use of battery cages, which is the industry norm across the United States. It was estimated more than 90% of California's egg-laying hens are housed in battery cages. The same was true for the United States as a whole.
Proponents of Proposition 2, most prominently the Humane Society of the United States, asserted confining thousands of laying hens in cages as is the practice in most egg-producing farms was cruel to the animals and fostered the spread of diseases that may affect humans as well as the hens. Proponents also asserted "factory farms" had adverse impacts on the environment.
Opponents asserted modern systems for housing laying hens were designed for proper care and treatment of the animals and provided ample space, food, light and sanitation. They pointed out cage-free housing may expose hens and eggs to greater risk of coming into contact with Salmonella bacteria. Also, if laying hens were to be housed out of doors even for a portion of the day, incidental contact with migratory birds may raise the risk of hens contracting avian influenza or other diseases. Opponents also pointed out California statutes already prohibit cruelty to animals and apply penalties to those found to be violating the law.
The cost of changing to cage-free or other alternative housing methods was estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Some farmers may face additional costs related to acquisition of land to accommodate flocks at the current sizes.
Agricultural economists at the University of California, Davis, estimated costs of egg production would be 20% higher in cage-free systems than in battery cage systems because of higher feed costs, higher hen mortality, higher direct housing costs and higher labor costs. Higher production costs would require higher egg prices to the consumer, and higher-priced California eggs would be at a competitive disadvantage when compared with eggs produced in neighboring states or in Mexico, where farmers wouldn't be required to abandon battery cage systems.
Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer, Humane Society of the U.S., said, "California voters have taken a stand for decency and compassion and said that the systemic mistreatment of animals on factory farms cannot continue. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food."
Matt Sampson, a spokesman for Californians for Safe Food, which organized the opposition to Proposition 2, said, "The special interest group that pushed Proposition 2 will now go back to Washington and leave it to California's farmers, veterinarians, regulators and lawyers to interpret what this poorly conceived and vaguely worded initiative actually means for the real people it affects."
Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said, "The realities of modern, family-owned and family-operated agriculture and the professional dedication of our farm families are largely not understood by America's consumers. As an industry, we must help non-farmers understand our industry. While caring for their animals is the clear No. 1 priority for America's livestock producers, it is also clear correcting misinformation from those opposed to modern farming is a close second."
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If I had to choose my favorite item of clothing amongst all the ones that I own, it would be this leather jacket. I am seriously in love with it. I actually just bought it by chance, and I am sooo glad that I did! :) Before my trip to Paris, I was anticipating hot and humid weather since it was supposedly summer over there. So, I left my other leather motorcycle jacket that I've had since high school back home in Manila. The minute I arrived in Charles de Gaulle airport, I knew I had made a mistake. It was freezing and I didn't bring any clothing for cold weather. So on my 2nd day in Paris, I went out and bought a new leather jacket since I knew that I'd have a lot of use for it there anyway. I wore it almost every day except for the latter part of my trip, when it got really hot already.
Given that I live in the tropics, I don't really have a lot of places to wear this jacket here. But I'll admit that I do try and wear it whenever there is the slightest opportunity to do so. One of the perks of working in a fashion magazine is that we all dress up to the nines every single day without ever questioning what everyone around us is wearing. Therefore it is normal to show up at our office in a leather jacket, no matter how hot it is outside, as long as it makes your outfit. Lol. Anyway, given the cold weather in Hong Kong, I made the most of the opportunity and wore my jacket most of the time that I was there. :P


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The Clermont County Board of Developmental Disabilities hosted a recognition dinner Nov. 2 to honor several award winners for their dedication to improving the lives of those with disabilities.
"It's important because there are so many people who support what we do," Sharon Woodrow, superintendent of Clermont DD, said about why they hosted the dinner.
Woodrow said organizers decided to host a dinner event this year so they could bring everyone together and thank them for their support.
She said award winners are nominated by their peers, and a committee of judges outside the county selects the winners each year.
"They were selected because something rang a bell," Woodrow said. "And pulled at a heart string of one of the judges."
Clermont DD presented 10 awards to members of the community at the dinner for their separate contributions to the organization.
Shrope Home, a family-operated boarding home, received the Provider of the Year Award for the support they provide to individuals with developmental disabilities.
The award for Self-Advocate of the year was given to Amy Jones, who has been involved with the Clermont DD program for years. Jones has grown through the program and has become involved in statewide conferences as a speaker.
Volunteer of the Year went to Millie Apgar, who gave up her time to help those with developmental disabilities at Wildey Center. She also dedicated time to organizing forms and other information for the Respite program.
"I am just flattered," Apgar said about winning the award. "It gives me a lot of satisfaction, that's why I can't believe they honored me."
Apgar said she became involved with Clermont DD because as a mother, she understood that people need a safe place where they can take their children. She said it's nice to work at Wildey Center and know that the children are having fun.
Jay Williams, principal at the Wildey School received the Advocate of the Year award. Woodrow said Williams earned the award because she is an efficient and gifted administrator, who constantly works to broaden services offered to her students.
Senator Tom Niehaus took home the Community Leader of the Year award for his involvement with Clermont DD and Little Caesars Pizza was selected as the Business Partner of the year.
Denise and Mark Strimple were named Foster Parents of the Year for their dedication to Clermont DD, and have served as foster parents in the county for more than 20 years. They have nurtured many babies, toddlers and even entire families.
And while all the award winners are "friends" of Clermont DD, Zach Malec earned the Friends of DD Award this year for his donation to the organization.
Malec, who is working toward his Eagle Scout certification, built a shelter house for Clermont DD as a project for his Boy Scout troop.
"When I finished it felt like a strong accomplishment," Malec said about the project. "From what I've heard it has been beneficial."
The final award of the night was the Triumph Award. Rhonda Bocks, a Habilitation Technician at the Donald A. Collins Habilitation Center, received the Triumph Award for her day-to-day efforts to support individuals in the Intensive Training Program.
"She came in early before work and stayed late until the job was completed," Woodrow said. "Rhonda is a strong advocate for individuals served in the Adult Services program and has no tolerance for anyone who says they 'can't' strive to meet goals."
For more information about Clermont DD visit www.clermontdd.org.


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Mamotte! Lollipop Volume 4
By Michiyo Kikuta
Publisher: Del Rey Manga
Age Rating: Teen
Genre: Romance
Price: $10.95
The Magic Exams have arrived and changes are on the way. Nina will no longer have the cute boys Zero and Ichi to look after her. What's a girl to do–perhaps go out for a lollipop? But which flavor should she choose?
It's the end of the Magic Exams, and everyone and their brother (or sister) is after Zero and Ichi. Nina finally gets the potion to remove the Crystal Pearl, but because she doesn't want to be separated from Zero and Ichi, chooses not to drink it. She has second thoughts as the competition stiffens. She stays with them to end though, with new complications arising.
The light-hearted romance of the last volume gets tossed out the window, as the final days of the Magic Exam grow closer. The first half of this volume shows that the Magic Exam isn't supposed to the game the first three volumes made it out to be. Examinees get tougher, and no one is pulling punches. The entire end of the Magic Exam feels completely different from the story so far, and very out of place. It's like there's a comedy/drama switch that the mangaka can flip. It's sudden, comes without warning, and his very jarring.
The second half of the volume picks up the romantic comedy back up, with the only differences being that Zero and Ichi are now full wizards, and Pearl the familiar to come out the Exam is attached to Nina instead of a wizard. This is a convenient plot device to keep the boys with Nina so the romance can continue. Immediately the story jumps right back to Nina's love life, complicating it unnecessarily.
After seeing the way Nina, Zero and Ichi worked together during the end of the exam, it's hard to imagine how Nina choosing one or the other can have a satisfying end. They are a team, and work best that way. But leaving no choice made isn't any better. The only reason to continue to read this series to find out how/if there is any solution to this love triangle.
This volume includes another short story, this time about how Rokka met Ichi and fell in love with him. It's cute, but doesn't offer anything new or interesting. She's still an annoying, spoiled brat.
Mamotte Lollipop is a series for the tween-teen set. It's more fluff than melodrama, with lots of "love fortunes" for the romance, and the drama being hit-and-run. There's nothing serious for parents to fret over as the triangle of Nina, Ichi and Zero is more friendly than loving.


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This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture:
Many people don't understand our country's problem of concentration of income and wealth because they don't see it. People just don't understand how much wealth there is at the top now. The wealth at the top is so extreme that it is beyond most people's ability to comprehend.
If people understood just how concentrated wealth has become in our country and the effect is has on our politics, our democracy and our people, they would demand our politicians do something about it.
How Much Is A Billion?
Some Wall Street types (and others) make over a billion dollars a year – each year. How much is a billion dollars? How can you visualize an amount of money so high? Here is one way to think about it: The median income in the US is around $29,000, meaning half of us make less and half make more. If you make $29,000 a year, and don't spend a single penny of it, it will take you 34,482 years to save a billion dollars. . . . (Please come back and read the rest of this after you have recovered.)
What Do People Do With SO Much?
What do people do with all that money? Good question. After you own a stable of politicians who will cut your taxes, there are still a few more things you can buy. Let's see what $1 billion will buy.
This is a Maybach. Most people don't even know there is something called a Maybach. The one in the picture, the Landaulet model, costs $1 million. (Rush Limbaugh, who has 5 homes in Palm Beach, drives a cheaper Maybach 57 S — but makes up for it by owning 6 of them.)
Your $1 billion will only buy you a thousand Maybach Landaulets.
Here are pics of just some of Ralph Lauren's collection of cars. This is not a museum, this is one person's private collection. You don't get to go look at them.
Luxury Hotels
This is the Mardan Palace Hotel in Turkey, Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
Here is a photo gallery of some other expensive hotels, where people pay $20-30,000 per night. Yes, there are people who pay that much. Remember to send me a postcard!
A billion dollars will buy you a $20,000 room every night for 137 years.
Le Grand Bleu – $90 million.
Some people spend as much as $200 million or more on yachts.
You can buy ten $100 million yachts with a billion dollars.
Private Jets
Of course, there are private jets. There are approx. 15,000 private jets registered in the US according to NBAA. (Note: See the IPS High-Flyers study.)
This is a Gulfstream G550. You can pick one up for around $40 million, depending. Maybe $60 million top-of-the-line.
Your billion will buy you 25 of these.
Private Islands
If the rabble are getting you down you can always escape to a private island.
This one is going for only $24.5 million – castle included. You can only buy 40 of these with your billion.
This modest home (it actually is, for the neighborhood it is in) is offered right now at only about $8 million. I ride my bike past it on my regular exercise route, while I think about how the top tax rate used to be high enough to have good courts, schools & roads and counter the Soviet Union and we didn't even have deficits.
I ride there but that neighborhood is not like my neighborhood at all. While there is one family in that house, I live closer to the nearby soup kitchen that serves hundreds of families. One family in a huge estate and hundreds at a soup kitchen roughly matches the ratio of wealth concentration described below.
Here are a few nearby homes up for sale.
You can buy 125 houses like this one with your billion.
Luxury Items
Here is an article about ten watches that are more expensive than a Ferrari.
The one in this picture costs more than $5 million. You can buy 200 of these with your billion.
Medieval Castles
Just for fun, this is Derneburg Castle. Do you remember the big oil-price runup a few years ago that too the price of a gallon at the pump up towards $5? One speculator who helped make that happen got a huge bonus paid with government bailout money. He owns this castle. He has filled it with rare art. You can't go in and see any of the rare art.
Click here to see the layout in an aerial view. That's as close as you're going to get, peasant.
Let's Go Shopping
So you say to yourself, "I want me some of that. I'd like to place the following order, please."
- One Maybach Landaulet for $1 million to drive around in. (Actually to be driven around in.)
- One $100 million yacht for when I want to get seasick.
- One Gulfstream G550 private jet for $40 million.
- One private island for $24.5 million (castle included) for when I want to escape the masses.
- One $8 million estate for when I have to go ashore and mingle with the masses (but not too close.)
- One $5 million watch so I can have one.
- Total: $178.5 million.
My change after paying with a billion-dollar bill is a meager $821.5 million left over. I might be hard up for cash after my spending spree, but I can still stay in a $20,000 room every night for 112 and 1/2 years.
So, as you see, $1 billion is more than enough to really live it up. People today are amassing multiples of billions, paying very little in taxes and using it in ways that harm the rest of us.
How Extreme Is The Concentration?
Now you have a way to visualize just how much money is concentrated at the very top. And the concentration is increasing. The top 1% took in 23.5% of all of the country's income in 2007. In 1979 they only took in 8.9%.
It is concentrating at the expense of the rest of us. Between 1979 and 2008, the top 5% of American families saw their real incomes increase 73%, according to Census data. Over the same period, the lowest-income fifth (20% of us) saw a decrease in real income of 4.1%. The rest were just stagnant or saw very little increase. This is why people are borrowing more and more, falling further and further behind. (From the Working Group on Extreme Inequality)
Income VS Wealth
There are a few people who make hundreds of millions of income in a single year. Some people make more than $1 billion in a year But that is in a single year. If you make vast sums every year, after a while it starts to add up. (And then there is the story of inherited wealth, passed down and growing for generation after generation…)
Top 1% owns more than 90% of us combined. "In 2007, the latest year for which figures are available from the Federal Reserve Board, the richest 1% of U.S. households owned 33.8% of the nation's private wealth. That's more than the combined wealth of the bottom 90 percent." (Also from the Working Group on Extreme Inequality)
400 people have as much wealth as half of our population. The combined net worth of the Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans in 2007: $1.5 trillion. The combined net worth of the poorest 50% of American households: $1.6 trillion.
Corporate wealth is also personal wealth. When you hear about corporations doing well, think about this chart:
The top 1% also own 50.9% of all stocks, bonds, and mutual fund assets. The top 10% own 90.3%.
Worse Than Egypt
In fact our country's concentration of wealth is worse than Egypt. Richard Eskow writes,
Imagine: A government run by and for the rich and powerful. Leaders who lecture others about "sacrifice" and deficits while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy. A system so corrupt that rich executives can break the law without fear of being punished. Increasing poverty and hardship even as the stock market rises. And now, a nation caught between a broken political system and a populist movement that could be hijacked by religious extremists at any moment.Here's the reality: Income inequality is actually greater in the United States than it is in Egypt. Politicians here have close financial ties to big corporations, both personally and through their campaigns. Corporate lawbreakers often do go unpunished. Poverty and unemployment statistics for US minorities are surprisingly similar to Egypt's.
The Harmful Effect on The Rest Of Us
This concentration is having a harmful effect on the rest of us, and even on the wealthy. When income becomes so concentrated people who would otherwise think they are well off look up the ladder, see vastly more wealth accumulating, and think they are not doing all that well after all. This leads to dissatisfaction and risk-taking, in an effort to get even more. And this risk-taking is what leads to financial collapse.
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Quite a few people on here asked me to create a thread and tell them about my year in Indonesia. I never got around to it and may be five weeks late on starting - but as promise here we go:
Anything you want to know, just ask away and i'll answer. The travel blog of amazing things I had planned has been shot out the window. Why you ask? I'm miserable, to an extent, and i'm not holding out for the entire year.
The move was kind of a major fail from the moment I left Ireland. My brother flew down with me, out suitcases got lost in Singapore, when we got through the door, there was a power-out. Big nightmare. My brother and my dad left a week after I landed and then the visa problems started. So the "I'm going to earn so much money and travel Asia" plan seriously went out the window.
So what have i been doing? I teach (illegally) at a public school. English, of course. Grades 7, 8 and 9. On Saturdays I tutor grades 4-7. In my spare time, I explore, look around.
Throughout the week, i'll dig out my journal and let you guys know what i've been doing the past five weeks and what I plan on doing for the next few months, so keep tuned and ask away.
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For my first update, i thought i'd talk about work. People have been asking me what i've been doing.
I work in SMPN 1, A junior high in a town called Cibinong. This is a public/government school and yes, i'm working illegally. I don't get paid a lot but i absolutely love teaching here so that doesn't bother me.
Schooling here is such a contrast to Ireland. The kids love learning. I don't mean the occasional child, I mean all of them think education is the best thing ever. Learning English is tough, mainly in this type of school. Government schools usually don't teach English here - it's not always offered until high school, so when the kids graduate, they graduate with a very small vocabulary. I teach grades seven, eight and nine. My favourite grade is nine because they're more willing to participate and understand that making mistakes is okay.
The school is fairly good for public standard - every class has a whiteboard, a projector, a computer and AC. They also have science labs and ICT labs. For a public school in Indonesia, this is luxury.
Of course they still have their problems - there's days upon end where the power will be out. The kids don't mind it but i must admit i hate it not having AC when the temperatures around 36. It's a predominately Muslim school which offers a full mosque in the school grounds which is unique to me. Few Christians attend the school but the ones who do never look or feel out of place. My only issue with it being a Muslim school is covering up. As a teacher in Ireland you have to cover up, but long sleeve shirts and trousers in this heat can kill a girl.
On weekends i tutor grades 4+. This is usually more fun as it's just conversational English and doesn't require a textbook. That said, i try play as many English games in school as i can.
So that's what i'm doing when i'm earning some money. The fun stuff will come next.
I'm living in a city called Bogor, it's maybe an hours drive (with no traffic) outside of Jakarta.
Bogor is known as the "rain city" as it's quite tropical. We usually get a shower of rain every few days in the evening which makes the weather more bearable and the mossis less frequent. Bogor is famous for it's Presidential Palace and botanical gardens which are quite mindblowing.
I like taking a walk down to the fences of the palace where there are hundreds of Deer roaming the place. You pay a street seller a small amount of money for some fresh vegetables and you can feed them, which is lovely.
This is my house for my time spent here. Well, this is my fathers house. The big above the car port is an apartment where I stay.
That's my city for the next few months. My next post will be about Bandung - the best shopping place here.
Let me guess... the man in the bottom picture is your father? Because I know he's not Indonesian...
Let me guess... the man in the bottom picture is your father? Because I know he's not Indonesian...
Aha, yes, that's my father. I think he's kill me if he knew i'd broadcast a picture of his moobs on the internet.
*Hopefully* ^ that works. Picfix.
For anybody who loves shopping and decides to take a trip to Java. Bandung is a must. I mean this place is like a frenzy. The streets are lined with shopping outlets where you get real and seriously cheap designer clothes. I don't want to write too much or get too girly, but i mean this place is fab. And they have a superhero mall where all the shops are characters :
Best shop fronts. Ever. [Ripped off the internet by the way].
This isn't supposed to be a good reading/travel thread. Sorry. This is because 10+ people asked me to post what i've been up to, ha.
One of the reasons I like it here is due to the total contrast from Ireland. I went to the bar and then got some food the other night. My friend was driving me home and we stumbled into a demonstration. These kids were from a high school, preaching for Ramadhan. They literally took over the main road with banners and chanting and not to mention fireworks. They lit fireworks all over the show and it was really a blast. Can't beat school, religious and community spirit from a bunch of kids at 2:30am.
Those of you who have me on facebook or who have picked up on what's been happening here - This post is on the deportation saga.
I applied for a job and got it, which was amazing. Went in to meet everyone and start my visa process. Found out i was too young for the visa (Surely i should have been told this beforehand) and the only way i could obtain it was with a pretty big bribe which kind of wasn't worth it. I opted out and decided to work illegally on my tourist visa. (Not recommended). In a way i'm glad because i'm going home in a couple of months and it's what i want. This gap year was supposed to be about figuring out what i want to do with my life and where i want to do it. After my first proper teaching job i've decided it is indeed the career i want to pursue, although not EFL - Religion. So i travelled all the way here to go back to my original life goal, wahey.
So basically immigration made me leave the country and pay a fine because i'd overstayed my visa. Now everything in Indonesia is corrupt, it's not like you get asked to leave and not come back. I had a few options - either fly away for the day to Singapore or Malaysia and land back in Indonesia and purchase another 30 day Visa On Arrival. But that seemed like hassle, so i decided to go for a 60 day visa, to be picked up in Singapore and which is extendable up to four times, 30 days each time. So that suits.
Firstly, the immigration office in Jakarta gave me the wrong papers, asked me to come back three days in a row to pick up the correct ones. Their computer system had an error and they couldn't give them to me. So off to Singapore i flew with no immigration papers. They told me they'd email me them. The following day, no sign, which meant i couldn't meet the agent who was helping me obtain the visa in a few hours (as opposed to the 2-3 day waiting time) and i had to cancel my flight and book another night in a hostel. Day two, still no papers, despite my Stepmum driving to Jakarta immigration and demanding them, so another night in a hotel. Third day, finally the were able to fa them to me and last submission is 11am, i made it to the embassy at 10:45, met the agent, paid him, and had a few hours to chill. I was told to pick my passport/visa up at 3pm and my flight back to Jakarta was at 7pm. 3pm, no sign. 3:30pm, no sign. 4pm, no sign. Just after 4:30 the agent comes out and informs me that immigration had printed the wrong visa for me, hence the delay. I now have to bolt to the tram station and hop on, making it to the airport, through check-in/security and run to the gate with five minutes to spare and the huge red, flashing "FLIGHT CLOSING" "LAST CALL". Phew, but i made it and i got my visa in the end.
Plus, i've been to Singapore a few times and it's up there in my favourite country list. Why? Because it is breathtakingly beautiful.
The Singapore Flyer is magnificent.
They have just opened the new Gardens By The Bay down at the Marina, and they are incredible. I didn't go in and walk around because i didn't have the time, but i might take a trip over before i head home.
If you ever go to Singapore you have to go to the Marina, and you HAVE to go to the shoppes at Marina Bay. This mall is insane. It has an ice rink and a boat canal inside it.
Take in some of the beautiful surroundings,
If you get a chance, go up on the skywalk,
At least look at the art science museum.
& Go to China Town and Little India.
Despite being kicked out and having a stress ball of a time, Singapores beautiful and definitely worth visiting. I wish i had of got some shots at night for you guys because it's even more beautiful then.
Wow, Singapore has some very beautiful architecture!
But come on, there have got to be much more fun ways to get yourself kicked out of Indonesia than overstaying your Visa...
But come on, there have got to be much more fun ways to get yourself kicked out of Indonesia than overstaying your Visa...
In Java, you can pretty much get away with anything if you have money. I guess the crime they take most seriously is drug smuggling which will lead to your death - yikes, but i mean i've seen people be caught with weed (personal use) and just pay off the police. The police aren't fussed about laws being enforced if they can tap the person for a bribe.
I'm glad you mentioned it though, because the whole law side of things is what this entry will be on.
Indonesias roads are, somewhat hilarious.
The motorways aren't so bad - the motorway linking my city to the capital actually has lines separating lanes, which is a shocker. You see, people just drive anywhere. There doesn't seem to be a right side of the road, no lanes separating, and the traffic, my God, the traffic. Everyone can afford a motorbike or scooter because you can pay them off monthly. Everyone seems to be in a rush so the traffic is always weaving and dangerous.
My first time sitting behind the drivers wheel was a few weeks ago, my friend took me out to finally learn how to drive. I was scared for ages to start but i'm glad i did. Within fifteen minutes i was speeding down the main road. I didn't get stopped but it wouldn't have mattered if i did. Why?
- Most people here buy their license without having to pass any test.
- You can pay a set amount for not having a license.
- You can pay a smaller amount for speeding.
Gambling is illegal here, yet i see bets on **** fights every week. Not to mention my city likes to re-enact the fast and the furious movies and close down the main road in the early hours of a saturday morning for street racing. (Which the police block off for them, since they're given a tip). I mean, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation. (Sorry, i know PG13, but this is ridiculous). This law brings a lot into question - how the heck would you get caught? Also, it's not "indecent exposure", it's explicitly pleasuring yourself: peeing in the streets is fine, but god forbid you drop the hand in your bedroom.
You'd think with this lack of restriction i'd be going mental, but no, so far the only crazy "law-breaking" things i've done is drive without a license, speed, do a u-turn where i wasn't suppose to, drink in a pub during Ramadhan and overstay my visa.
I thought i'd make a final post on this with a little update.
The reason i haven't been updating with what i've been doing during my gap year is because things have got rather messy with my family and i'm bailing back to Ireland.
I leave in the morning, thank god and have 34 hours travelling to do before i reach home. I'm a little upset to be leaving my amazing job and the amazing kids i teach here, but too excited and happy to get home to my family and friends.
Going to ask for this to be locked, so if you have any questions since i covered basically nothing on this, hit me up.
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that occurs especially in literature
an original model or pattern; prototype
literary device that employs the use of a famous concept, person or object to convey a wealth of meaning.
Elements of Drama
For OEU 2: Module A we will be looking at a variety of terms that will directly apply to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespearean Theater, as well as other plays. It is your responsibility to make sure you copy down the terms and check this prezi if you are absent. We will cover a term (or multiple terms) per class.
Tragedies focus around the classic tragic hero.
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.
Romeo Montague
Classic Tragic Hero
noble birth
audience feels pity & fear for the character
suffering has meaning
doomed from the start --fate?
one tragic flaw that brings about his downfall
Tragic Flaw
A character defect of the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to ruin or sorrow.
Romeo's impulsiveness is what brings about his downfall. It is an issue throughout the entire play which causes his suicide.
For examples on archetypes:
14 line poem
Comprised of...
1 Rhyming Couplet
line stanza
lines that rhyme
First Quatrain
Gives introductory information
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
Second Quatrain
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
elaborates on the details given in the first quatrain
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
Third Quatrain
introduces conflict & shifts the tone
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
Rhyming Couplet
concludes the sonnet
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
an actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on stage.
let the audience know what the character is about to do or what he or she is thinking
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
Aside to GREGORY
] Is the law of our side, if I say
The purpose of Sampson's aside to Gregory is to see the law would favor him if he admits to making the inciting gesture (biting his thumb).
A type of speech presented by a single character in order to tell what he or she is thinking.
...but how is this different than an aside?
for the audience
Even though the other characters are on stage, they don't hear the aside.
one character speaks to another at length
the conversation happens on stage and does not consider the audience even though the audience hears it through their performance
MERCUTIO: O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.
She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate stone
On the forefinger of an alderman,
Drawn with a team of little atomies
Over men's noses as they lie asleep;
Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers;
Her traces, of the smallest spider web;
Her collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams;
Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film;
Her wagoner, a small grey-coated gnat,
Not half so big as a round little worm
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid;
Her chariot is an empty hazelnut,
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose,
And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;
And sometimes comes she with a tithe-pig's tail
Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep,
Then dreams he of another benefice.
Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck,
And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,
Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,
Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon
Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,
And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two
And sleeps again. This is that very Mab
That plats the manes of horses in the night
And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
Which once untangled much misfortune bodes.
This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,
That presses them and learns them first to bear,
Making them women of good carriage.
This is she!
a type of
spoken when the character is thought to be alone
is different than a
because a monologue is said (and expected to be heard) in the presence of the other characters in the play. Audience is not considered but still hears it through the actor's performance.
[JULIET appears above at a window]
But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!
Iambic Pentameter
type of meter
10 syllables in each line
five pairs of alternating stressed & unstressed syllables
basic rhythmic structure of a verse
Sounds like
ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM
Two HOUSE/holds BOTH/ aLIKE/in DIG/niTY
an example from the text
What's the point?
upper class characters will usually speak in iambic pentameter
lower class characters will speak in prose
Blank verse
is any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter, usually iambic pentameter.
Example from the text
Hark! What light in yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.'
...a reference
Put simply...
The reference can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything, including paintings, opera, folk lore, mythical figures, or religious manuscripts. The reference can be direct or may be inferred, and is usually well known.
broaden reader's understanding and add depth to the text
Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear the Reaper
All our times have come
Here, but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
(We can be like they are)
Come on baby
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby take my hand
(Don't fear the reaper)
We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby I'm your man
La, la la, la la
La, la la, la la
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity
(Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day
(Like Romeo and Juliet)
40,000 men and women every day
(Redefine happiness)
Another 40,000 coming every day
(We can be like they are)
Come on baby
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby take my hand
(Don't fear the reaper)
We'll be able to fly
(Don't fear the reaper)
Baby I'm your man
La, la la, la la
La, la la, la la
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew and then he appeared
(Saying, "Don't be afraid")
Come on baby
(And she had no fear)
And she ran to him
(Then they started to fly)
They looked backward and said goodbye
(She had become like they are)
She had taken his hand
(She had become like they are)
Come on baby
(Don't fear the reaper)s
Allusions in R & J
Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;
And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,
From love's weak childish bow she lives unharm'd.
When Romeo talks about Rosaline...
Dian is the Roman goddess of chastity
Cupid is the Roman god of love
Act 1 Scene 1
Dramatic Irony
plot device in which the audience's or reader's knowledge of events or individuals surpasses that of the characters.
The words and actions of the characters therefore take on a different meaning for the audience or reader than they have for the play's characters.
Examples from the text
Act 4, scene 5
- Juliet is found dead in her bed - they all think that she is dead
she is not dead:
"Lady, lady, lady!—
Alas, alas! Help, help! My lady's dead!"
Act 3, Scene 2
- the nurse weeps (for Tybalt), but at first she never openly states who she is weeping for. Juliet misinterprets her and thinks that Romeo has been killed. (it's actually Tybalt)
"Alack the day! He's gone, he's killed, he's dead!"
Act 3, Scene 5
- Lady Capulet thinks that Juliet is crying over Tybalt's death when she is actually crying over Romeo. "Evermore weeping for your cousin's death?" Juliet mixes her words in order for Lady Capulet to think that she is speaking badly of Romeo when actually she is proclaiming her love for him.
"Indeed, I never shall be satisfied With Romeo, till I behold him—dead—"
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AUGUSTA — City councilors plan to honor the state champion Cony High School football team at their meeting Thursday.
Last month, the Cony Rams varsity football team won the Class B state championship, defeating Kennebunk to take the school's first title in the sport since 1932.
City Manager William Bridgeo said officials look forward to congratulating the team for its historic win.
Councilors are scheduled to recognize the team at their meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in council chambers at Augusta City Center.
Councilors are also scheduled to hear a presentation on the planned Dec. 16 opening of the Augusta Community Warming Center at 44 Front St., and consider accepting donations for the petanque courts at Mill Park and heating assistance for residents.


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People magazine landed the much-coveted celebrity wedding pics of 2014. It is none other than our stunning new bride Angelina Jolie who tied the knot with her long time partner, Brad Pitt in a private ceremony in France last month on 23rd August, 2014.
Angelina Jolie is covering the exclusive and special issue in her bridal look on the cover of People magazine. The new bride is wearing a custom-made Atelier Versace gown on the cover of People magazine.
Apart from People, Hello magazine also got some exclusive stills from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's wedding. The cover of Hello not only shows the full view of Angelina Jolie's wedding gown but the Brangelina's childrens' artwork, dozens of sketches and doodles are also seen clearly on the veil.
Brad and Angelina told Hello, "It was such a special day to share with our children."
Hello magazine also shows a small pic of their wedding kiss. This special cover reads, 'The Wedding of Brad and Angelina, Inside The Emotional Ceremony At Their French Chateau.'
On newsstands Wednesday, this week's People promises to include a "complete" photo album as well as many more lovely details from the big day. Hello on the other side is also carrying pics and details about this celebrity wedding.
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For a long time family lawyers and the family courts have made the best of the creaking mechanism for financial provision that is the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) (much amended…). Procedural changes are made but in terms of the interpretation of the MCA 1973 itself, case law is king. The family courts "make do and mend" so that the nearly 40-year-old primary legislation is fit for purpose. But the Court of Appeal last week decided that that the company law case of Salomon v A Salomon and Company, Limited [1897] AC 22 applies as much in the disposition of ancillary relief proceedings as in other proceedings.
The decision in Petrodel and others v Prest and others has caused concern amongst family lawyers. The Court of Appeal reversed the first instance decision of Moylan J (Prest v Prest [2011] EWHC 2956 (Fam)) and the order that provided for the husband to transfer £17.5m from company assets to the wife on the basis that he was unlikely to transfer assets from his personal resources. In a lengthy judgment Patten LJ and Rimer LJ allowed the husband's appeal against the order with family judge Thorpe LJ dissenting.
The position had previously been relatively clear: a long line of authorities in family cases confirmed that in extreme cases, where a spouse has clear control over corporate assets, those assets cannot be hidden behind the "corporate veil" and instead the veil can be "pierced". In the first instance decision, Moylan J summarised the guidance as follows:
- ownership and control are not in themselves sufficient to pierce the corporate veil;
- even where there is no unconnected third party interest the veil cannot be pierced only because it is necessary in the interests of justice;
- the veil can only be pierced if there is impropriety;
- the impropriety must be linked to the use of the company structure to avoid or conceal liability;
- in order to pierce the veil, both control by the wrongdoer and impropriety must be demonstrated; and
- a company may be a façade even though originally incorporated without deceptive intent.
The husband's control of his company in Petrodel was described by Moylan J as follows:
"…the husband was the effective owner of the Petrodel Group. He controlled every business decision. The directors acted merely on his instructions. Throughout the seven or eight years that he worked with the husband and Petrodel, the directors, according to Mr Le Breton, acted only on the husband's instructions. There was also significant expenditure through Petrodel for the benefit of the husband, the wife and the children but Mr Le Breton was not aware of any significant sums being spent for other family members. There are also investments made through the company which were not business opportunities but were, he said, 'private commitments that (the husband) chose to make'."
The husband had failed to provide full disclosure, his litigation conduct was in issue and he was described as an unreliable witness. So, from a Family Division perspective, a textbook case for piercing the corporate veil. But not apparently from the perspective of commercial law.
In allowing the husband's appeal, Rimer LJ said: "The judge's different conclusion that such properties were, or were "effectively", the husband's property was based on reasoning that was internally inconsistent, contrary to principle and wrong.' In a lengthy analysis he concluded that corporate assets '…cannot be looked to in order to satisfy the personal obligations of the corporators, any more than the latters' personal assets can be looked to in order to satisfy the obligations of the company."
In unusually strong language Thorpe LJ, dissenting, said:
"If the court now concludes that all these cases [prior authorities] were wrongly decided they present an open road and a fast car to the money maker who disapproves of the principles developed by the House of Lords that now govern the exercise of the judicial discretion in big-money cases."
Has the Family Division (and the higher courts) been getting this wrong for so long? Judicial discretion, within clear boundaries, is key in family cases. No one is better placed to assess the evidence and the parties themselves than the judge at first instance but Rimer LJ in Petrodel highlighted what he considered to be a flaw in the judgment at first instance, that Moylan J "… had to be satisfied that they [the company assets] were the husband's beneficial property: and a finding that were 'effectively' his property (whatever that may mean) was not good enough…"
Family courts have to be, on occasion, creative and fluid in approach while applying the relevant law. Rimer LJ took a more rigid approach to the definition of property, saying: "The nature of the court's inquiry as to the beneficial ownership of a particular asset will be the same as it would be in a case not arising under the s 24 [of the MCA 1973] jurisdiction: 'property' for the purposes of s 24(1)(a) cannot and does not mean something different from 'property' in other contexts." There are two sides to this story: it could be argued that on this occasion the will to be "fair" after hearing the evidence meant that the court at first instance lacked the precision required when piercing the corporate veil, or alternatively that a more fluid approach was need to achieve a fair order?
The wife is apparently appealing to the Supreme Court; family lawyers will watch with interest.


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In this practice guideline
Section 43: Deposit requirements for micro-organisms
(1) The deposit requirements are satisfied in relation to a micro-organism to which a specification relates if, and only if,—
(a) the micro-organism was, on or before the filing date of the specification, deposited with a prescribed depositary institution in accordance with the rules relating to micro-organisms; and
(b) the applicant for the patent provides to the Commissioner, within the prescribed period, a receipt for the deposit from the prescribed depositary institution; and
(c) the specification includes, at the filing date of the specification, all relevant information on the characteristics of the micro-organism that is known to the applicant; and
(d) at all times since the end of the prescribed period, the specification has included—
(i) the name of a prescribed depositary institution from which samples of the micro-organism are obtainable as provided by the rules relating to micro-organisms; and
(ii) the file, accession, or registration number of the deposit given by the institution; and
(e) at all times since the filing date of the specification, samples of the micro-organism have been obtainable from a prescribed depositary institution as provided by those rules.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the receipt for the deposit must be in the prescribed form (if any).
Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 6 (Aust)
Regulation 59 Deposit requirements for micro-organisms
(1) The prescribed period for the purposes of section 43(1)(b) of the Act is 3 months after the date that the micro-organism is deposited with the prescribed depositary institution.
(2) The prescribed form of receipt for the purposes of section 43(2) of the Act is a copy of a receipt issued by a prescribed depositary institution under rule 7 of the Budapest Regulations, and, if that receipt is not in English, the applicant must provide a verified translation of the receipt.
(3) In this regulation, Budapest Regulations—
(a) means the regulations made under the Budapest Treaty; and
(b) includes any amendments from time to time made to those regulations.
Compare: Patents Regulations 1991 r 3.23(2) (Aust)
Regulation 147 General power of Commissioner to extend time limits in exceptional circumstances
(1) The Commissioner may, in exceptional circumstances, extend a time limit prescribed by these regulations for filing information or a document or for taking a step in respect of a matter.
(2) However, this regulation does not apply—
(a) to a time limit prescribed for filing a notice of opposition of a kind referred to in regulation 152(1)(a); or
(b) to a time limit prescribed for filing information or a document or taking a step in respect of a proceeding described in regulation 152(1); or
(c) to the time prescribed by regulation 154(3) for filing a request for a hearing under section 208 of the Act; or
(d) if the Act precludes an extension being granted under these regulations (see, for example, sections 21(1), 37(2)(b), and 71(2) of the Act).
(3) The Commissioner may grant the extension even if either or both of the following apply:
(a) the time limit has expired for doing the thing:
(b) the Commissioner has already granted an extension under these regulations.
(4) An extension is granted by giving notice to the person filing the information or document or taking the step and to any other parties to the proceeding, and may be on any terms that the Commissioner thinks fit.
Compare: SR 1954/211 r 168
Deposit requirements
1. The Act requires that where an invention is a micro-organism, then a deposit of the micro-organism must be made and that a deposit receipt must be provided within 3 months from the date of making the deposit.
2. Failure to comply with the deposit requirements means that the application will be considered void (section 71(1)).
3. The Act and Regulations do not identify any prescribed depositary institutions. However, a list of depositary institutions (International Depositary Institutions, IDA) under the Budapest Treaty is provided by WIPO here. At present there are no prescribed depositary institutions in New Zealand.
4. There are three types of deposit that can be made under the Budapest Treaty:
i. Original deposits – a first-time deposit (Rule 6.1);
ii. New deposits where the original deposit is no longer available from the institution (Rule 6.2); and
iii. Transfer deposits, where the institution no longer qualifies as an IDA, and deposits made there can be moved to another IDA (Rule 5.1).
5. The receipt should be a copy of the receipt issued by the depositary institution (section 43(1)(b)). The information contained within the receipt must meet the requirements of Rule 7 of the Budapest Regulations (regulation 59(2)), more particularly Rule 7.4.
6. Rule 7.4 of the Budapest Regulations:
(i) the name and address of the international depositary authority;
(ii) the name and address of the depositor;
(iii) the date of the new deposit as defined in Rule 6.4(c);
(iv) the identification reference (number, symbols, etc.) given by the depositor to the microorganism;
(v) the accession number given by the international depositary authority to the new deposit;
(vi) an indication of the relevant reason and the relevant date as stated by the depositor in accordance with Rule 6.2(a)(ii);
(vii) where Rule 6.2(a)(iii) applies, a reference to the fact that a scientific description and/or a proposed taxonomic designation has/have been indicated by the depositor;
(viii) the accession number given to the previous deposit (within the meaning of Rule 6.2(c))."
7. The specification of the complete specification must include all relevant information relating to the characteristics of the micro-organism known to the applicant at the time of filing of the application (section 43(1)(c)). The information must be present in the original complete specification at the time of filing of the application. Relevant information includes, but is not limited to, morphological, taxonomic and biochemical characteristics, and scientific name of the micro-organism.
8. In addition to information on the characteristics of the micro-organism, the specification must also include the name of the IDA, the file, accession or registration number of the deposit made in accordance with the Budapest Treaty. This information must be present within the specification no later than the end of the period prescribed by regulation 59.
Deposit requirements – failure to provide deposit receipt
9. The Act requires that where an invention is a micro-organism, then a deposit of the micro-organism must be made and that a deposit receipt must be provided within 3 months from the date of making the deposit.
10. Failure to comply with the deposit requirements means that the application will be considered void (section 71(1)).
11. PCT International applications for inventions that are micro-organisms will likely remain in the international phase for some time before entering the national phase. It will also almost always be the case with PCT international applications that the deposit would have been made some time in advance of the application becoming subject to the Act e.g. by entering the national phase in New Zealand. A deposit receipt in these circumstances would be reasonably be expected to be available at the time of filing an application in New Zealand, and should be filed at the time of making the application.
12. In other circumstances, a depositor could have been required to provide a receipt before an application has been made in New Zealand and therefore before the Act and regulations apply to that person as a patent applicant.
13. Where an applicant could not have been reasonably expected or required to provide a receipt, then applicants may request an extension of time to file the deposit receipt using regulation 147.
14. An assessment of each request for an extension of time under regulation 147 will be required based upon the specific circumstances and supporting evidence of each particular case before determining whether an extension should be granted. An extension of time under regulation 147 will be granted only under exceptional circumstances, and should not be deemed to be 'as of right' following the making of a request.
15. A request under regulation 147 should be made at the time of filing a deposit receipt if this is made at the time of filing a patent application in New Zealand, or as soon as is reasonably possible thereafter.


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Reviews Comments: The epitome of an exceptional webcomic. Lackadaisy whole series review by sabros 413
Oh, where do I begin. Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler, is by far one of the most amazingly intricate, most memorable, well drawn webcomic on the internet. There is absolutely no doubt about those. Art: Stunningly professional-level (especially in color). Even from the first page, you can tell Tracy is a brilliant artist. It goes through Art Evolution too, not that it needed it. Rendering of backgrounds, characters and other things are all fantastically detailed and appealing, with no mistakes at all. This is expected, since each page takes many hours to complete, which is what explains its notorious slow update rate (approx. trimonthly), though several pages are posted at a time. Characters: Each character has lived their own life in Tracy's head. Their actions and dialogue are true to their personalities. Each character is highly distinct, with their own charm and uniqueness, and there is a favourite character for everyone. The relationships are complicated and realistic. They each have their own origin and their own story to tell. Also, agreeing with ilikedinos 123's review, you'd think that Rocky is a generic wacky-type character who is nothing but a Butt Monkey. Oh, would you be wrong. Story: I don't want to spoil, so I'll say that it's a serious, yet very entertaining, plot. Everything happens for a reason (not "just because") and leads to another thing. And there are damn hilarious moments. Sidecomics between updates too! Misc: I suppose a main reason for why Lackadaisy isn't a webcomic empire (like Penny Arcade), though it's still very popular, with good reason, is simply because it's not for everyone (also the aforementioned update rate). There are undoubtedly those who call it "boring". While these people would be wrong, the dialogue can sometimes become tedious for impatient people, as well as the usage of 1920's language, hence the glossary. But then again, the fanbase ranges from young to old. And yes the cast are anthro cats. But not fetish-y furries, oh no. They're the charming, Disney kind of cats. With guns. It is also incredibly true to its setting of Prohibition 1927, due to the extensive amount of research Tracy did. Highly recommended.
Thanks for the headsup, but now I've got to go through the agony of having such an amazing and gripping story update bit by bit. =D Easily the worst thing about comics
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Paul Sturrock's Cheltenham Reaction
Swindon Town boss Paul Sturrock spoke to the media after his team drew 1-1 at Whaddon Road against Cheltenham Town.
'I thought the front two did very, very well and the Cheltenham keeper pulled of a number of excellent saves to keep them in the game.
'Blair proved today that he is a different type of striker and he brought us up the football pitch well. He worked the channels and took his goal well. He had a few other chances, but overall I am very pleased for the players.
'The positive for us is that we remain undefeated, but we could have been more clinical with our finishing. I can't grumble because there will be many a time this season when we may walk away with a late three points.


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Forty Under 40: Kelly Cheeseman
Company: AEG Sports (LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Kings, Manchester Monarchs, Berlin Eisbaren, Hamburg Freezers)
Title: COO
Age: 37
Where born: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Education: Northwood University (bachelor's, marketing management; minors, advertising and MIS)
Career background: Marketing manager for Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, 2000; AEG/LA Kings/AEG Sports, 2001-present
Family: Wife, Andrea
Favorite apps: QuizUp, GolfLogix, Uber, Nike+ Running, Flipboard, Los Angeles Times.
Guilty pleasure: Emerald Sweet & Salty Chocolate Peanut Butter Mixed Nuts.
Worst habit: Mentally replying to a text but not actually hitting send.
Cause supported: Kings Care Foundation.
Person in the industry I'd most like to meet: Tim Finchem.
Most adventurous thing I've ever done is … : Jump off a cliff into the ocean in Jamaica.
2014 will be a good year if … : The Kings and Galaxy return to championships.
"Kelly sets a great example for the rest of the staff at AEG," said AEG President and CEO Dan Beckerman. "He got his foot in the door with the Kings, learned the AEG culture, and has really developed over his career here."
Cheeseman now oversees AEG's hockey and soccer team interests, as well as the Amgen Tour of California. With the Kings, he has increased ticket revenue by 67 percent and sponsorship revenue by 18 percent over the last two seasons. According to AEG, Cheeseman has been responsible for $385 million in sales revenue for the company since 2005.
Asked for the keys to his success, Cheeseman said, "Hard work never fails. And over time, I've learned that what's good for the customers first is what's right for the company."
Cheeseman is proud of being viewed as a role model by his younger colleagues at AEG. He points out that he interviewed for his first position with the Kings with Chris McGowan, who was his predecessor as COO (and mentor) before becoming president and CEO of the Portland Trail Blazers. Many of the young
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Executive Editor Abraham Madkour and project editor Mark Mensheha talk about the Forty Under 40 selection process and the class of 2014.
"AEG started with 200 employees, and all we had were the Kings and Staples Center," Cheeseman said. "Now we have 25,000 employees and we're one of the biggest sports organizations in the world. There has been some drastic changeover recently with executives, but there's been a lot of promotion from within, so we have stability."
He added that he never considers himself "the smartest guy in the room" and never would have advanced so rapidly without his colleagues at the Kings and AEG. "Any time you struggle, you get great counsel by reaching out to any one of hundreds of co-workers," Cheeseman said. "You're never alone, that's for sure."
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Biblical Help When You Feel Down
There is a great need for Christians to be aware of the problem of depression amongst believers. So many Christians are struggling with their emotions and the churches are not always prepared to help them.
There is often very limited knowledge amongst pastors and leaders how to handle depression. Many times it is easier to pray for a knee that hurts than to help someone who suffers emotionally.
But the Bible offers wonderful Christian help for depression, even if the word "depression" is modern and not used in the scripture. People being discouraged are well known in the biblical world, and the answer for it is also there for us.
Here follows a short list of tools that God has given us to use when we ourselves are in need or when we want to help someone in the body of Christ.
The word of God
If you have been reading anything on this blog you have noticed an emphasis on the word of God as the way to be free from depression and negativity. Renewing our mind through the Gods word will make a huge different in the way we think. We are supposed to eat of the word and live it. Not only listen to it once a week in church. If we do that the bible promises us a transformation!
Prayer and fellowship with God
To pray and spend time with the Lord is a must if you want to experience emotional health. Too many times we have put our trust in techniques or models of healing, while we have neglected the most important of all; being together with our Father! In His presence, things will change!
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is sent to us as our helper, our comforter. He is always with us to lead us and guide us, and only through Him, we will understand the word in a proper way. He gives us revelation and true knowledge!
Fellowship with other believers
It is important for anyone that is in need of help for depression to not withdraw from Christian fellowship. Many are doing that for different reasons. We need Christian fellowships that believe in the true Gospel of grace and healing. Places where even people with all kind of problems can feel welcome and be healed and not condemned!