text:
Canon 5D Mark ll, 24-70 2.8 L, 6.3 aperture, 10 second shutter with a tripod, 320 ISO
We had a good time shooting this image with Katie, Annie and her sweet friend Kate all helping. (Even though we had a few mishaps.) A couple times they got the numbers backwards and the sparklers wouldn't light or they would go out too soon. It was a challenge, but we got it!
Here are a few outtakes below 🙂
Often is it easier to commit to something than to actually do it. That has been my experience during this 365 project. I am delighted to finally complete this journey. There were moments I was sure I could not do it, but I have finished at last!
It has been both difficult and rewarding on many levels. I know my husband will be grateful I am wrapping it up, so he can see me again in the late evening hours. It has taken hours of my life to process photos, choose them, and then actually write something coherent and somewhat meaningful here on this blog night after night. Yes, I am grateful too. But although it has been a trying task, I am so thankful for how it has pushed me to become better, dig deeper and find more resolve than I thought I had. Most nights I know I crossed over my own limits and found strength that only God could give to complete another post. He met me, time after time, giving me beautiful images to capture and then the thoughts to share about them. I never intended to write about my images. I was just going to post photos, like most 365 projects I have seen. I discovered that I love to write as well and I enjoyed developing that passion during this project. You never know where God will lead you when you embark on a new journey.
I think my favorite part of this year has been the people I have gotten to meet, either by photographing them ( "Hi, can I photograph you for my project I am working on?" so scary) or the ones that have become so dear to me and part of my life by reading my humble posts and emailing me or commenting on the blog. I am so grateful that by opening myself here, I have gained friendships that I would not have had otherwise. I love all of you! Thank you for being part of my little world here.
This year, you embarked on a journey with me.
From that very first day, where I jumped in, and some of you decided to come along. Thank you. I shared some secrets that have helped my marriage shine, on many occasions. I tried my best to show you my best view of hope, and hope in the midst of darkness. Always hope.
I photographed my kids a lot. With their faces painted, riding dirt bikes, drumming with paint, and getting sprayed with water. And so much more. They are good sports. How I love my Katie, Annie, and Johnny.
I talked about my husband, as farmer, musician, and told our love story. He is my best friend, and my partner for life.
Oh, I could go on. The flowers, (too many to link!), the sunsets, bubbles, and water drops. I took you with me to Nashville, Indiana and Oxford, England. These are just to name a few.
Thank you for being part of my journey. Thankfully it doesn't end here. I do not intend to stop blogging. Probably just not every day.
I am excited to see what God has for 2012! He is so good! I have put together a calendar from this year's project. If you are interested, you may purchase it here, or by clinking the link in the header that says Calendar.:)
In addition, I have posted the images from this year on a Flickr Set, where you can view them all at once.
Blessings my wonderful friends. See you very soon.
~Mary Anne
Ephesians 1:16-19 ~"I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe."


text:
Services on Demand
Related links
- Cited by Google
- Similars in SciELO
- Similars in Google
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
Print version ISSN 0080-6234On-line version ISSN 1980-220X
Rev. esc. enferm. USP vol.39 no.3 São Paulo Sept. 2005
Care with life
When reflecting upon the theme I would write about in this Editorial, two apparently disconnected readings - Qual o tempo do cuidado? Humanizando os cuidados de Enfermagem(1) (How much time for care? Humanizing Nursing care) and Ser pesquisador, ser editor, ser autor(2) (Being a researcher, being an editor, being an author) - led me to think about our daily life as professors and as researchers in Nursing. I thought about how we hurry in order get our research projects finished in time for meeting the deadlines established by the financing agencies, we hurry to have our students finish their theses and dissertations within the set time limit, we hurry to produce the adequate amount of articles with appropriate quality for publication in periodicals with international circulation. I could go on listing a series of other activities that have in the pace of time their main manager. I also wondered what leads us to live our academic time within this particular logic of time-living. Are we reacting to institutional or personal demands of competitiveness and productivity? Or is it that the race against the clock has been incorporated into our lifestyle in such a way that we have lost the ability to realize that, little by little, we forgot how it is to live that kind of time which, spontaneously, in our everyday relations, got us closer to others, humanized us, by making sense of our actions, be them to teach, to do research, to care, or simply to live?
The care we must have with life requires from us a reflection on how we have been dealing with the time we have and on the priorities that we have been setting among the various things we need and want to do. We must learn how to combine both manners of living time - the time measured by the clock beat and the time measured by the heartbeat - so that, without neglecting our academic obligations, we are able to care a bit more for ourselves and for our relations with those who surround us. This way we will be humanizing our relations and being humanized by them.
Maria Gaby Rivero
de Gutiérrez
Prof.ª Adjunto do Departamento de Enfermagem da UNIFESP
(1) Silva MJP (organizador) Qual o tempo do cuidado? Humanizando os cuidados de enfermagem. São Paulo: Centro Universitário São Camilo, Loyola; 2004. [ Links ]
(2) Piotr T. Ser pesquisador, ser editor, ser autor. [Editorial]. Rev Esc Enferm USP 2005;39(1):7. [ Links ]

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Since GTA V had hit the shop, I saw a ton of comments, comments claiming GTA V has a more clay like graphics engine, everything looking way more unrealistic than IV did. In my opinion, GTA IV did indeed have a better looking graphics engine than GTA V does in my opinion, but only when it comes to character design.
What do you think?


text:
Children (6 to 10) Naturopaths in 85213
"Are you interested in holistic medicine? Do you want the doctor to address all of your health care concerns? Are you tired of waiting forever to be seen? Are you having problems sleeping, anxious or fatigued? Are you having digestive or hormonal problems or family medicine concerns? If you answered yes to any of the above, then Dr. Pringle at Global Integrative Medicine is the doctor for you. Dr. Pringle attended both naturopathic and traditional medical schools so she is familiar with your medications, labs, etc. She uses all natural treatments and will explain every lab and educate you on your health care condition!"
Children (6 to 10)
"We alleviate the pain, discomfort, and distress associated with DIS-EASE by removing the root cause of the illness. We use physician grade, medically researched herbs that have been purified and are individually tested for each patient. Although we advocate using natural treatments first, we also have the ability to prescribe traditional medications. We also assist patients who are interested in transitioning from their traditional medications to natural supplementation. All of our treatment recommendations are verified by physical exams, medical intake and individualized lab testing therefore each patient leaves with a unique treatment plan customized for his/her case."
Children (6 to 10)
No more Children (6 to 10) Naturopaths in 85213 - Try other Naturopaths below
""I assist in the treatment and long-term management of my male and female patients' current health concerns utilizing botanical medicine, nutritional medicine, acupuncture and patient education." Dr. Grobe is accomplished at treating Stress Conditions, Fatigue, Anxiety, Depression, Diabetes, Abnormal PAPs, HPV, PMS, Menopause, Hormone Balancing."
"I treat people with chronic illness, mainly cancer. Getting diagnosed with cancer can be frightening and stressful... but getting an effective plan that works, without side effects and regret is a solution. I have 10 years of experience in cancer treatment and research. I use natural therapies like high dose IV Nutrients, supplements, oxidative therapies and isopathy in conjunction with diagnostic and prognostic imaging and labs. Natural therapies do work while they allow you to continue to work, play, and live."
Treatment Techniques
- Anti-Aging Programs
- Botanical Medicine
- Detoxification Programs
- Natural Hormone Replacement
- Nutrition
- Anti-Aging Programs
- Apitherapy
- Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
- Biotherapeutic Drainage Therapy
- Botanical Medicine
- Chelation Therapy
- Constitutional Hydrotherapy
- Counseling
- Craniosacral Therapy
- Detoxification Programs
- Endocrinology
- Energy Medicine
- Environmental Medicine
- Functional Medicine
- General Family Practice
- HCG Weight Loss
- Herbal Medicine
- Homeopathy
- Hormone Balancing
- Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy
- Hydrotherapy
- IV Therapy
- Insulin Potentiation Therapy
- Ionized Oxygen Therapy
- Natural Hormone Replacement
- Naturopath Acupuncture
- Neural Therapy
- Nutrition
- Oxygen Therapy
- Ozone Therapy
- Photo-Oxidation Therapy
- Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
- Prolotherapy
- Vitamin Therapy
- More +
- Allergies
- Depression
- Digestive Disorders
- Stress
- Wellness
- Addiction
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Autism
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Back Problems
- Blood Pressure
- Breathing Problems
- Cancer
- Cholesterol
- Chronic Fatigue
- Depression
- Dermatology Problems
- Diabetes
- Diet
- Digestive Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Wellbeing
- Facial Rejuvenation
- Fibromyalgia
- Geriatric Issues
- Headaches
- Heart Disease
- Infertility
- Menopause
- Migraines
- Muscle Problems
- Neck and Shoulder Pain
- Oncology
- Osteoporosis
- Pain Management
- Pediatric
- Pregnancy
- Psoriasis
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Skin Problems
- Sleep - Insomnia
- Smoking
- Spinal Problems
- Stress
- Thyroid
- Urology
- Weight Loss
- Weight Management
- Wellness
- Women's Health
- Yeast
- More +


text:
The committee is charged with soliciting, judging, and awarding the David Lee Hull Prize at the ISHPSSB meeting.
The Hull Prize committee is composed of
- the three most recent Past-Presidents, plus
- additional members of the Society chosen by the Council for their capacities to distinguish important contributions in the field.
The Committee contains two members of the Council. Except for the Past-Presidents, the members of the Committee are appointed by the President, in consultation with the Council.
The Chair of the Committee is the first-elected of the three Past-Presidents.
Report of the 2015 David L. Hull Prize Committee
by James Griesemer (Chair of the Committee)
The Prize Committee for 2013-2015 was comprised of the following members:
Rachel Ankeny, Ana Barahona, Michael Dietrich, James Griesemer (Chair), Paul Griffiths, Lynn Nyhart
The Charge to the committee is as follows: The David L. Hull Prize is a biennial prize established in 2011 by ISHPSSB to honor the life and legacy of David L. Hull (1935-2010). The David L. Hull Prize honors an extraordinary contribution to scholarship and service that promotes interdisciplinary connections between history, philosophy, social studies, and biology. A complete nomination package will consist of two letters of nomination each signed by at least one member of ISHPSSB and a current curriculum vitae of the candidate.
The committee solicited and encouraged nominations from the membership in March and April, 2015 prior to the July meeting in Montréal and discussed nominations by email. The committee then voted on the nominees. The Committee Chair then drafted an award letter, based on committee discussion, the nomination letters, and candidate cv. The draft letter was then circulated to the committee members who suggest changes and improvements. The award decision was conveyed to the President, who informed the winner of their selection, to insure that they would be able to attend the meeting where the award is made. The letter was read at the prize ceremony by Jim Griesemer.
For the 2015 meeting, the committee considered three highly qualified nominees and the decision was challenging, but in the end, we reached consensus. It is the Committee's general practice to encourage those who made nominations of candidates unsuccessful in a given competition to consider doing again in future years.
One lingering issue for the Hull Prize is what to do with the stock of Hull Prize medals. Currently, Michael Dietrich, the past President who designed and arranged for the medals to be struck, keeps them at his home. He has thus far brought two medals to each ISHPSSB meeting, one to award and one back-up medal in case something should happen to the first one. The Society should discuss a more permanent arrangement for storage of such items and conveyance to the meetings, in case Mike Dietrich is unable to attend.


text:
World History II, A.P. World History, and A.P. European History
Mr. MacGuinness
Room 505
A.P. World History
World History II
A.P.European History
U.S. and Virginia History
U.S. Government
Class Room Rules
How to Succeed in Mr. Mac's Class
Aspen Site
A.P. World History, World II, and AP European Jeopardies and Notes
A.P. World History, World II and A.P. European History Study Guides
A.P. World History, World II and A.P. European History Crosswords and Word Searches\
SOL Review for World History I and World History II
A.P. European Websites
A.P. World History Websites
More AP World History Websites
Class Calendar
I maintain and pay for this Website in order to help York County Students.
e-mail: email@example.com


text:
My name is Wilfredo Ortiz (better known as Ralph), and I love creating things. I'm a UW alumni with skills in web development and general programming. Here you'll find some of my personal projects, in a variety of programming languages, from desktop applications to browser plugins and everything between.
Current Projects
- Heimdallr - File backup history and autosave app


text:
Hi, I'm a new member here, and I just downloaded WindomXP. I'm having troubles starting the game up, and as the Readme doesn't provide any answers, I thought I'd look for some here.
I'm using Windows Vista, BTW. I can't seem to RUN it.Period. Everytime I try to run the program I get a screen with a giant Red X and 'This application has failed to start because d3dx9_32.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem' Any help?


text:
E-Mail | Print | Request Reprints | E-Mail Newsletters | RSS
America's Best Colleges
#53 Lafayette College08.13.08, 6:00 PM ET
Cost: $46,038/year *
Class Size: 592
Student to Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
SAT Range: 1180-1390 **
ACT Range: 25-30
% of applicants admitted: 35%
Application deadline: Jan. 15
Early admission: Feb. 15
What is the best reason for a prospective student to choose your school?
"Lafayette gives me the opportunity to get to know each of my professors personally while at the same time providing me with a hands-on education. The most impressive aspect of the school is its ability to supplement classroom learning with many different programs, including a prominent study abroad program and research opportunities as an undergraduate student."
Kyle E. Henning, Class of 2009"Lafayette has built its reputation by providing one of the finest undergraduate educational experiences in the nation. Bold new moves that add faculty, create smaller classes, reduce student debt, and improve access to the most qualified students will ensure that every student can benefit from opportunities of the very highest quality."
Daniel H. Weiss, President
Sources: Lafayette College, U.S. Department of Education, The College Board
*Cost includes tuition, room and board, books, fees, and other expenses.
**Range for Critical Reading and Mathematics sections. Does not include writing score.
Courtesy of Lafayette College
ContactComplete Coverage:
118 Markle Hall
Easton, PA 18042-1770
(610) 330-5100
America's Best Colleges
Have a question? Ask our community of experts here.
E-Mail | Print | Request Reprints | E-Mail Newsletters
del.icio.us | Digg It! | My Yahoo! | Share | RSS
Related SectionsHome > News & Analysis
'); //--> News Headlines | More From Forbes.com | Special Reports
Advertisement: Related Business Topics >
Subscriptions >


text:
NEW YORK (Apr. 27)
Elaborate plans are being made in the New York area for the celebration of Israel's Independence Day on May 10. It will be the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Jewish State. The Israel Anniversary Committee here is sponsoring a show to be presented at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center. The presentation will feature David Frost, a popular television performer and Shelley Winters, Hollywood and Broadway actress. Metropolitan Opera star Martina Arroyo, said she would interrupt a concert tour to perform at the Israeli celebration, accompanied by the City Symphony under the direction of Jak Zadikov. The program includes addresses by Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's Ambassador to the United States and Sen. Jacob K. Javits of New York.
Sponsors of the annual Salute to Israel Parade on Independence Day hope for an even greater number of marchers than the 60,000 who turned out for the Israel Independence Day Parade in 1969. Marchers and floats will move along Fifth Avenue from 57th to 86th Streets. This year's parade theme is "Israel blossoming from 4000 year roots." The parade is a project of the American Zionist Youth Foundation. Mayor John V. Lindsay is an honorary chairman. Others are Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, of New York and Gov. William T. Cabill, of New Jersey. Independence Day ceremonies sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Bergen County, N.J. will be held May 6 at the Garden State Plaza auditorium at Paramus. It features a cultural exhibition and a Hebrew poster contest for school children. The Israeli Consul, Nahum Eshkol, will open the proceedings. (Overseas, the Chief Rabbinate of Britain will sponsor Israel Independence Day services on May 10 at the Bevis Marks Synagogue. The service is the representative religious event of British Jewry on Israel's anniversary.)


text:
Crossfit Training
Typically, exercises for Crossfit training can generally be classified into distance movements, body-weight movements and free-weight movements. Affiliate gyms and their members create routines from the exercises that are known as Workouts of the Day, or WODs. They combine a WOD with other activities to form a complete exercise session, also known as a box.
The specific goal of these exercises is to improve overall physical fitness for a range of activities. CrossFit exercises generally have a high intensity and consist of functional movements that constantly vary. These individual movements are then combined in specific ways to provide a WOD with a variety of exercise types. The duration of a WOD should be no more than 20 minutes and require a maximum effort. Some movements require only a flat surface, while others require specific pieces of equipment.
A box typically requires an hour to complete, and usually includes a WOD along with other activities such as a warm-up, stretching and a segment for developing a particular skill. Each WOD has a scoring procedure that allows individuals to track their progress and encourages competition between individuals. The core activity in a box may be a specific activity such as weightlifting, rather than a WOD.
Distance Movements
The primary distance movements in CrossFit training are running and rowing. Running distances are usually between 100 meters and one mile. Running movements may also include shuttle runs, which are back-and-forth runs with a distance of 10 meters on each leg. Participants typically perform rowing movements on a machine for a distance ranging from 500 meters to 2,000 meters. The objective of a rowing session may also be the expenditure of a certain number of calories.
Body-Weight Movements
Body-weight movements rely on your own body weight to provide resistance. They can generally be classified into movements that require only a level surface, and movements that require some type of equipment.
Movements that require a level surface, include a burpee in which you drop to the floor from a standing position and touch your chest to the floor. Pull your legs forward to land in a squat. An air squat requires you to lower yourself into a squatting position while keeping your trunk upright. Reverse this movement to achieve a standing position.
A pull-up is a common type of CrossFit movement that requires equipment. Grasp a horizontal bar overhead and pull your body up so that your chin is above the bar. A ring pull involves supporting your body weight by grabbing a gymnastics ring in each hand. Hold your arms in a straight, vertical position and bend your elbows until your shoulders drop below the horizontal level. Extend your elbow to straighten your arms back to a vertical position.
Free-Weight Movements
Some CrossFit movements also rely on free weights to provide resistance. A strict press involves grabbing a barbell with both hands, and lifting it off the rack into an overhead position. A press has several variations, including a push press, push jerk and a split jerk.
A squat consists of supporting the bar with your upper back and extending your knees into a standing position. Bend your knees until your thighs drop below the horizontal level, then extend your needs back to a standing position.


text:
- Antibiotics
- Antibacterial
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiviral
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Gastrointestinal
- Natural Products
- Respiratory
- Skin-Care
- Thyroid
- Vitamins
- Women's Health
Neurologic Diseases
Effective and Affordable Medicines for Neurological Diseases
It is bothersome to have an illness, right? Because when you have a certain illness, there are many foods you are forbidden to eat and there are limited things you can do. Furthermore, when your symptoms of your illness occur, it makes you suffer and somewhat gives you a constant reminder that you cannot enjoy life to the fullest and you cannot be totally free and happy in your everyday life style.
Some of the many diseases which people have today are in connection with neurological diseases. Neurological diseases refer to disorder of the nervous system, specifically in the spine, brain and nerves which connect them. Scientifically, there are over six hundred diseases which this system has and some of them are the epilepsy, brain tumor, frontotemporal dementia, stroke and Parkinson's disease.
If you are someone who is suffering from any of the mentioned neurological diseases above or any other diseases connected to it, for sure you are taking medications, right? In terms of medication, where do you usually buy your medicines? Does the pharmacy you usually buy your medicines deliver quality products? Do you know their credibility and reliability in terms of selling medicines?
These are some of the questions you must consider when looking for the pharmacy in which you buy your doctor's prescribed medicines. This is to make certain you are getting the best and appropriate medicines for your disease out of the many products around. If you wonder who and where the most trusted and reliable pharmacy is around today, then it is definitely the Medicines Mexico. They are now one of the most sought after pharmacies online which offers a comprehensive variety of medicines for various diseases, and this includes medicines for neurological diseases.
Why Choose Medicines Mexico?
Aside from ensuring the safety and effectivity of every medicine Medicines Mexico has, they as well offer their medicines at discounted prices. They believe their customers have the right to heal themselves and as a help, they are offering their medicines opt for the budget of the common people. They do not want to add to the burden of the people suffering from any diseases so as much as they can do, they keep their medicines accessible and certified of high-quality for consumption.
Secured and Trustworthy Service Delivery
Keep trusting Medicines Mexico for they are expert and perfectly proficient in their field. They have enough pharmacists who see to it that every medicine they take out of their shelves is safe and the right one in accordance to the specific prescription of customer. Also, before they are shipped for delivery, they are doubled checked. While during delivery, they are being track to ensure they arrive to their destination at the scheduled date and time. Medicines Mexico knows how important and urgent you need your medicine that is why they strictly adhere to the express delivery of their medicines.
Our Price: $81.07
Savings: $186.46 (70%)If its all the same to you advise your specialist before taking any pharma...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $275.26
Savings: $633.11 (70%)Compassionate advice your specialist before taking any arrangement. Non pa...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $273.28
Savings: $628.56 (70%)It would be perfect on the off chance that you direct your specialist befo...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $13.38
Savings: $30.76 (70%)If its all the same to you guide your specialist before taking any solutio...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $57.09
Savings: $131.31 (70%)It would be perfect in the event that you guide your specialist before tak...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $113.70
Savings: $261.50 (70%)Compassionate advice your specialist before taking any pharmaceutical. Hea...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $95.05
Savings: $218.62 (70%)In the event that its not greatly inconvenience guide your specialist befo...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $84.73
Savings: $194.89 (70%)Sympathetic direction your specialist before taking any medication. Confir...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $76.04
Savings: $174.90 (70%)Merciful guidance your specialist before taking any medicine. Supportive I...Quantity :Weight :
Our Price: $124.66
Savings: $286.73 (70%)If its all the same to you direct your specialist before taking any medica...Quantity :Weight :
- Allergy
- Analgesic
- Anesthetic Local
- Anthelmintics
- Anti Bacterial
- Anti Coagulant
- Anti Convulsants
- Anti Depressants
- Anti Fungal
- Anti Viral
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antibiotics
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Baby Care
- Beauty Care
- Bladder And Gout
- Blood Pressure
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Diuretics
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Eye Care
- First Aid
- Gastrointestinal
- Hair Loss
- Heartburn
- Mens Health
- Mental Disorders
- Migraines
- Muscle Relaxers
- Natural Products
- Neurologic Diseases
- Osteoporosis
- Other
- Pain Medicine
- Parkinson And Alzheimer
- Quotes
- Respiratory
- Skin Care
- Sleep Aid
- Stop Smoking
- Surgery
- Thyroid
- Vitamins
- Weight Loss
- Womens Health


text:
Hancock County Unit 310 Old Spanish TrailBay St. Louis, MS 39520(228) 467-9515Unit Director: Shannel Smith
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast Hancock County Unit is now located in the newly renovated Valena C. Jones Center. This building is one of the few surviving examples of a pre desegregation school in the gulf coast area, and represents a history that has value to many residents.
The renovation on this 33,000 sq. ft. facility was made possible due to funds from the MS Development Authority and CDBG allocated to the City of Bay St. Louis, who in turn leases it to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast (BGCGC) in order to provide quality after school and summer care for the youth of Hancock County.
Located in Bay St. Louis, it is close to all city services including the library, police and fire. Members have access to a computer lab, art room, a full size gymnasium, commercial kitchen, and several additional classrooms for various program activities. An adjacent Teen Center is scheduled to be completed in 2011.


text:
Your shopping cart is empty
The ATO has issued a Decision Impact Statement in relation to the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in FCT v Messenger Press Pty Ltd [2013] FCAFC 77; 2013 ATC 20-400.
The case concerned whether a currency exchange loss was incurred under former Division 3B of ITAA 1936 on the discharge by a company of USD indebtedness to its subsidiary.
The Full Court concluded that no actual exchange of currency is required in order to realise a "currency exchange loss".
The Decision Impact Statement states:
"A number of ATO Interpretative Decisions and references to Division 3B in a Taxation Determination will be withdrawn following this decision. Division 3B was repealed in 2003 and the Commissioner considers that this decision will have a limited ongoing impact on other taxpayers. As a result, there is no intention to replace the withdrawn ATO precedential documents."
For full details of the affected ATOIDs and other rulings, and the administrative procedure to be adopted by the ATO, see the Decision Impact Statement under the heading "Administrative Treatment".


text:
World Premiere of All-New Subaru Impreza at New York International Auto Show
Tokyo, March 24, 2016 – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, has unveiled the all-new Impreza (North American specifications) at the 2016 New York International Auto Show.
The fifth-generation Impreza employs the completely revamped Subaru Global Platform architecture for the first time, significantly enhancing the body and chassis rigidity and strength. The Impreza also offers world-class collision safety and hazard avoidance performance, as well as far more driver-responsive handling and ride comfort.
The new Subaru Global Platform, together with Subaru's core technologies such as the newly developed 2.0-liter direct injection Boxer engine, Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive (AWD), and EyeSight driver assist system, represents a major advance in Subaru's delivery of "enjoyment and peace of mind" for customers as the foundation of the next generation of Subaru vehicles.
The Impreza is the first production model to fully incorporate the company's DYNAMIC x SOLID design philosophy. It also features a greatly enhanced interior and exterior finish as a next-generation C segment model that far surpasses its class.
The company plans to switch production for the North American Impreza from Japan to the United States at Subaru of Indiana Automotive, with the first units rolling off the line in late 2016.
Main Features of All-New Impreza (North American Specs.)
■ Subaru New Design Language and Its Signature Functionalities
The all-new Impreza further enhances its functionalities while fully incorporating the company's DYNAMIC x SOLID design philosophy as the first production model. It also features a high-quality interior and exterior finish.
< Exterior >
< Interior >
■ Driving Performance to Achieve Enhanced Dynamic Feel
The new Impreza incorporated a number of improvements to achieve enhanced dynamic feel such as a secure and comfortable feel for the driver. Based on the thorough and precise analysis of the steering and pedal feedback, vehicle behavior, vibration and noise, and other elements that driver senses, the setup realize a dynamic quality that far surpasses its class as befitting this first in a new generation of the Subaru lineup.
< Body & Chassis >
< Power unit >
■ World-Class Safety
Subaru's safety performance has continuously been highly rated by third-party organizations. The new Impreza has adopted technologies to further enhance its safety including the new platform and the advanced preventive safety system.
Main Specifications of the All-New Impreza (North American Specs.)
*3: Continuously variable transmission (CVT) with fully automatic electronic control


text:
Day 3 of deliberations in Jesse Ventura's defamation suit against a Navy SEAL ended with no verdict Thursday.
Following a two-week trial at the federal courthouse in St. Paul, the case was handed to the jury about noon Tuesday.
By day's end Thursday, the group had logged 19 hours of deliberations.
The jurors are slated to reconvene at 9 a.m. Friday.
They are weighing whether Chris Kyle, a SEAL sniper-turned-author, fabricated a story that he punched out the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler in a Coronado, Calif., bar in 2006.
Kyle wrote in his 2012 autobiography "American Sniper" that Ventura — called "Scruff Face" in the book, but later identified by Kyle in promotional interviews — bad-mouthed fallen soldiers at a war hero's wake.
Ventura, a former Navy frogman who was at the bar for a class reunion, said it never happened. He sued Kyle after the book came out, and continued the lawsuit against Kyle's estate after the author was shot to death at a Texas gun range in 2013.
For Ventura to win, jurors must find three things: That the story was defamatory, that it was false and that Kyle knew it was false or had serious doubts about its truth.
Marino Eccher contributed to this report. Elizabeth Mohr can be reached at 651-228-5162. Follow her at twitter.com/LizMohr.


text: University Library International/Intergovernmental WWW Sites International Organizations. "A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page," this rich meta-site provides links to the major "Selected Intergovernmental Organizations," in addition to groups of links for the European Union, the United Nations, and UN Specialized Agencies and Other Related Organizations. International Monetary Fund Home Page United Nations Home Page United Nations System of Organizations Official Web Site Locator


text:
University of Southern Mississippi senior finance major Tyler Hillis, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., recently received the inaugural CFA Society of Mississippi award.
The CFA Society of Mississippi is an affiliate organization of CFA Institute, the sponsors of the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation. To achieve the CFA designation, charter holders must have passed three rigorous exams covering investments, portfolio management and related concepts.
"I would like to see Tyler apply his academic preparation and the discipline learned as a member of the USM golf team to earning his CFA charter one of these days," said Dr. Francis Laatsch, chair of the Department of Finance, Real Estate and Business Law at Southern Miss.
Jerry Hoeniges, senior vice president and chief investment officer with Bancorp South Asset Management & Trust, presented the award to Hillis. Hoeniges serves as the CFA liaison to the College of Business at Southern Miss.


text:
Unless you've been living under a rock that isn't an elicit form of an illegal substance then you've probably been made aware that marijuana is legal for recreational use in Colorado and Washington. It's no secret that climbers since the beginning of recreational climbing have been recreationally consuming pot (I hate the term "using") in its various forms for just as long.
With that in mind we conducted a highly scientific study to determine a few things about the green stuff's place in climbing culture. When I say highly scientific I mean that my friends at AIS stood outside an REI and a climbing gym in Boulder, Colorado and asked them to tap a few buttons on an iPad as they left. We're a top level research organization.
Here's the breakdown:
What then, if anything, can we draw from these stats? Allow me, if you will, to jump to some conclusions. I like jumping to conclusions. It's much easier than walking gracefully. I find it astounding that by some crazy-how such a large percentage of folks have climbed under the influence of marijuana yet such a small percentage smoke regularly. You'd think that while participating in an activity that requires such concentration and fastidiousness in safety that folks would make sure they were pro pot smokers before straight diving into the deep end. This to me is like someone who's had their driving permit for three months trying their hand at rally-car racing. Perhaps a hyperbolic analogy, but we're jumping to conclusions remember?
What do you all think? Let us know in the comments! And by all means, jump to some conclusions, this is science after all.


text:
Medicinal Chemistry Faculty Research
Our Medicinal Chemistry Department is one of the top-rated programs in the country and consists of a diverse group of researchers working at the interface of chemistry and biology. Some specific areas of interest include antiviral drug design, cancer chemoprevention, carcinogenesis, peptidomimetics, receptor modeling, drug metabolism, gene therapy, combinatorial biosynthesis, natural product chemistry and NMR and X-ray crystallography. Visit Faculty Research sites to learn more about projects, people, resources, news, and opportunities.


text:
our latest posts
/Celebrity News
The evolution of Justin Bieber's hair
I've sported a lot of looks in my life. From the Mischa Barton side-swept bangs that infected my high school circa 2006 to the Gwyneth Paltrow angled bob that was popular later on. The styles come and go but pictures last forever. Partly for my amusement and of course, for your own, I deconstructed some […]Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:23 am
/Celebrity News
Justin Bieber is now legal and on his way to a world re ...
When we look back years from now, we will know that on this day, March 1, it wasn't any sort of world issue that was trending online… it was Justin Bieber's 18th birthday. Something to be proud of people. The newest, crazy thing groupies fans are doing for Beaver's birthday is setting him a Guinness […]Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:07 am


text:
Learn our proven methods for creating a highly profitable online store
What are the requirements?
All you need is the willingness to learn and determination to put in the work!
What am I going to get from this course?
Over 58 lectures and 6 hours of content!
Everything you need to set up a store without buying tons of inventory and without taking massive risks
Finding the right product(s) to sell on your online store
How to send buying traffic to your store in minutes.
Increase quality traffic on your store and convert more visitors
How to create Facebook ads that will bring back a huge return on investment
Proven methods to scale up your business that can take newbies from $0 to over $200,000 in sales in weeks.
How to build your store into a brand
What is the target audience?
Anyone who wants to start their own online ecommerce business
I recommends Buy premimum account for High speed+parallel downloads!
Site BBcode/HTML Code:


text: "Many of you may not know who Christopher Evan Welch is. If you're watchingSilicon Valley on HBO (and you really should be; it's fantastic), he played Peter Gregory, the venture capitalist based loosely on PayPal co-founder and Facebook angel Peter Thiel. Gregory provided the seed money to fund Richard's start-up, Pied Piper."


text:
Weakley County Chamber of Commerce
View Pat's New Book
Three years ago, under the direction of then Gleason Rotary Club President, Kenneth Byrd, construction began on the club's centennial project- The Gleason Community Building. Without the hard work and dedication of the club and the community through donations of time, talent and money, this community building would not be possible. The Gleason Rotary Club wishes to thank Cary Lehmkuhl and Ronnie and Martha Ann Arnold for their contributions toward this project.
Cary Lehmkuhl, owner of Lehmkuhl Construction, has given generously of his time and skills on the construction of the new building. The club wants to publicly thank Cary and his crew for their work on the Rotary Project.
Ronnie and Martha donate their time and talents each year to the Rotary Club's annual fundraiser, the Great Pretenders, held each Labor Day weekend. This year the proceeds from the annual event went toward the building fund for the Community Center project. Ronnie and Martha produce a wonderful show each year with the help of the people of the community.
The Rotary Club project for a Community Building to benefit the entire community could not have happened without the support of the ones highlighted here as well as countless others who have contributed to the project. This is just the first in a series of articles which will be recognizing the countless volunteers who are making this project a reality.
Pictured Standing: Edgar Floyd, Charles Bookout, Delois Shaw, Cil Weddington, Debbie Byrd, Jacky Esch, Les McElhiney, Jack Dunning, Jerry Esch, Ray Dean Verdell, Bob Wray, Joe Stewart, Angela McElhiney-Hunt Seated: Kenneth Byrd, Martha Ann Arnold, Ronnie Arnold, Cary Lehmkuhl
[Home][About Us][Area Businesses][Churches][Photo Gallery][Contact Us]
Copyright © 2002 - 2005 GleasonOnline.comTM. All rights reserved.


text:
It's the exercise craze taking the world by storm and StyleNest have joined in. Lose weight and tone up to the South American beats.
The South American-based dance class is a fun-filled fitness group. The words merengue and salsa may instantly put you off, but this is a dance class even for those with two left feet.
We decided to ease ourselves in and review the DVD before braving a class. We tried out the Zumba Fitness Basics DVD and after just one workout, we were sold.
The DVD begins by taking you through all the basic steps you will need to know for the routine. And once broken down and marked out, they were surprisingly easy to pick up. Some styles are much easier than others, however: the raga moves are by far the trickiest.
Once you've mastered them you move on to the 20-Minute Express, a great cardio workout for time-pressed mums. All the steps you have mastered are pieced together to create a fun and upbeat workout. You barely notice that you have broken a sweat.
Also in the Zumba collection is the Cardio Party and Sculpt & Tone and Zumba Live. With four different DVD workouts, you won't ever get bored and tired of the same routines. You'll be merengue-ing around the house in no time.
To get dancing, visit http://www.zumba.com.


text:
Weather HD for iPhone Simple Weather App That is Simply Stunning
Weather HD Rating:
There are a multitude of weather apps available for the whole range of iOS devices. One such application is Weather HD which provides a pretty unique focus on providing you live weather and forecast information for your current and any other location you wish to know about.
Weather HD has been getting rave reviews for it's beautiful HD images and videos for a while now and it's these features that are the main selling point of this whether app.
Initially Weather HD was only available for the iPad but this latest version now includes iPhone and iPod touch support through a single app so if you have both devices it will install on both with a single purchase. While the iPhone and iPod Touch may not have the same large screen as the iPad the latest generation of iOS device with it's high resolution screen still show off Weather HD's images in all their glory.
The setup is the standard for most weather apps and you can simple add multiple locations either using your devices location or type in the location and search it's huge database.
With the locations loaded the application will pull the latest weather information and display the information on the screen including the temperature, daily highs and lows, humidity, chance of rain and wind direction/speed. All of this with a back drop of a truly stunning visual representation of the current weather.
My only criticism is that there appears to be only a limited number of images for each weather type so if it's raining you get a certain image pertaining to rain, if it's sunny you get the a couple of images pertaining to sunny weather. So while the they look great I would like to see a larger selection of pictures to keep things a little more interesting.
In addition to the current forecast you can show/hide the 7 day forecast and an hourly forecast for the next 24 hours. All of the forecasts whether it be for a day or an hour can be clicked on at which point a more detailed forecast will be displayed, again along with the HD image/video of the forecasted weather.
The current time can also be added to the screen allowing you to use it as if it were a screensaver for your iPhone/iPad when you're not using it for anything else.
If you are looking for a weather app with satellite images, historical data and other such details then this app is probably not for you. However, if you are looking for an app that tells you the weather basics in the most beautiful way possible this is the app for you.
- Simple and fast weather forecasts
- Stunning HD images/videos
- Simple navigation
- Too few HD images/videos
- No bells and whistles
Reviewed on an iPhone 4 and an iPad.
Weather HD for iPad Video
$0.99 (View in iTunes)
Category: Weather
Updated:Sep 29, 2010
Reviewed Version:1.5
Size: 155 MB
Languages:English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
Seller:vimov, LLC
© vimov, LLC
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.


text:
Cagequest's inaugural event took place last weekend in Lakewood, Washington, and if "make me vomit like seven times watching a guy's leg snap at the bone and go all wonky" was their objective, they can consider the quest a success.
What you're watching (or hopefully not watching) is fighter Justin Lee Fowler lifting opponent Bryan Jones Jr. up in a fireman's carry and walking him to the middle of the ring. In a better world, he just kinda sets him down and they go out for milkshakes. In this one, Fowler slams Jones down leg-first and suddenly Ronda Rousey's arm gymnastics don't look so bad.
If you ask me, Fowler missed a great opportunity to stand over Jones' body and pump his fists with the crowd chanting his name:
Now let's see how Fowler would fare against Ogre from Revenge Of The Nerds.
[h/t Lobster Mobster, video via Cage Potato]


text: Eclipse Community Forums - RDF feed https://www.eclipse.org/forums/ Eclipse Community Forums Full memory usage https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/237995/721246/#msg_721246 I've already done the heap dump of my Android application with DDMS, converted it and loaded it into MAT. My question is where can I find the information of the full(The memory that will be freed when i close it) memory usage by my application? Is it "Biggest Objects by retained Size"? Thanks, Tom]]> Tom 2011-09-01T09:13:21-00:00 Re: Full memory usage https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/237995/907117/#msg_907117 I think I'm looking for the same as you. I want the "true" memory usage of my app at any point in time. My methodology is to create a hprof dump file for the time when I want to measure usage, then load it into MAT. A lot of useful features for finding memory leaks/problems, but no obvious way of getting the retained size of all gc roots. Henning]]> Henning Tegner 2012-09-03T10:21:08-00:00 Re: Full memory usage https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/237995/907139/#msg_907139 Seems like such an important point to know about that it would be useful to include it in the FAQ!]]> Henning Tegner 2012-09-03T11:18:53-00:00 Re: Full memory usage https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/237995/907165/#msg_907165 Quote:Seems like such an important point to know about that it would be useful to include it in the FAQ! Keep unreachable objects is already in the FAQ. ]]> Andrew Johnson 2012-09-03T12:45:23-00:00 Re: Full memory usage https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/237995/907170/#msg_907170 There's a slight cognitive leap from knowing that MAT filters out unreachable objects to knowing that the headline number displayed on the overview tab is the retained size of all gc roots. (I still don't know this for a fact, because nobody's given a definitive reply to the original message. I'm just assuming.)]]> Henning Tegner 2012-09-03T12:56:16-00:00


text:
Shopping for undergarments is not the most enjoyable task. However, these basics are vital or your everyday wardrobe. Therefore, it is important to take time when you are shopping for bras, underwear, shapewear, and other undergarments. After all, if what you have on underneath looks good and fits correctly then your clothes will look even better. The following suggestions can help you as you select undergarments.
When you are selecting undergarments, it is extremely important to pick the right size. Many people choose something that is too small or too large. When this happens, your bra, panties, or waist shaper will not fit correctly. A lot of people assume that if they choose something smaller, then their breasts will look bigger. They also assume that a body-shaping product should be smaller in size. Sadly, when you choose something that is too small, it often shows more of the imperfections on your body. If you wear something that fits properly, it will look great worn alone and with clothes overtop.
Invest in Quality Fabrics
Quality fabrics are particularly important for your undergarments. They last longer and provide you with the support you need. If you are trying to smooth out the imperfections on your buttocks, it might be best to invest in underwear that is made out of flattering fabrics. Cottons, unfortunately, do little to minimize the imperfections on the body. On the other hand, something with a little bit of spandex in it might provide your buttocks area with the contouring you desire.
Avoid Seams
A big problem with many undergarments is the seams. These seams are visibly noticeable under tighter dresses, lightweight skirts, and more. For this reason, a lot of women like to look for undergarments that are seamless. If you cannot find one of these options, you can always wear a body shaper over top of your bra and/or panties. Most of the time, these shapers are seamless.
Wear the Right Cut for You
There are a lot of different options in the world of undergarments. If you walk into a lingerie store, you will find a whole section devoted to panties. Then there are walls and walls filled with bras. When you purchase these products, it is important to choose the one that is right for your body. Obviously, you shouldn't wear a padded bra if you are large breasted. It also doesn't make sense to invest in a waist clincher if you have a tiny waist. Instead, you might prefer a booty lifter or a long leg shifter.
Get New Ones Regularly
Unfortunately, there is not really a market for vintage undergarments. Instead, you should replace your bras, panties, and body shaping products as needed. These items are worn close to your body. They soak up sweat and other toxins throughout the day as you wear them. Overtime, they wear out. In order to ensure that you have the support you need underneath your clothing, it is best to replace regularly.
With this basic guide, shopping for the right undergarments should be easy. You will have great basics underneath your clothing, so you look better on the outside.


text:
Time-lapse photography has the unique ability to reveal hidden dimensions to even the most familiar forms. Take for example Japanese photographer Shinichi Maruyama's nudes, which capture the human body in a way we've never seen before.
This entry was posted on Monday, December 30th, 2013 at 11:30 am
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Posted in: Wired News


text:
Tourism group visits Walnut RidgeJennifer Neubauer of Little Rock led a group of 18 Parks and Tourism employees who work at Welcome Centers all over Arkansas. The group toured Walnut Ridge Thursday night and Friday to become familiar with local tourist attractions.
WR Council to purchase
At a special meeting held on Monday afternoon, the Walnut Ridge City Council agreed to purchase three cars for the police department. The three cars they will be replacing will be offered for bids.
News | Sports | Education | Viewpoints | Classifieds | Records
Business Directory | Calendar | Community Directory |
Contact Us | Staff | TD History | Archives | Subscribe Online
Email the Online Editor:
Email the Editor:
Questions? Email:
P.O. Box 389 ~ Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 72476


text:
|"Michelle Mcanulty-Smith - NeuronZ Ltd."
Hi folks, Do all histo labs have current MSDS sheets for dyes? We don't and I have found that many others don't either. I have had the suggestion made today that perhaps we should obtain them. I think it sounds like a lot of work, especially if no other labs appear to have them. Feedback, comments appreciated. Regards Michelle. Michelle McAnulty-Smith Histology Co-ordinator NeuronZ Ltd Auckland New Zealand Tel: 09 367 7167 ext. 7060 Fax: 09 367 7186 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ###################################################################### Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. ######################################################################


text:
I've got a couple proofs that I *think* cwm is producing correctly, but I'd like to check them with PML tools and/or that javascript thingy http://www.umsu.de/logik/trees/ . Dave orchard updated his extensibility/versioning diagram, and I converted it to RDF/OWL http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-versioning/2006Feb/0000.html http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-uml http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-uml.violet http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-uml.rdf http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-uml.png Now I'm working on a theorem about HTML2 and HTML4. Here's a sketch of the argument: 1. HTML2 is a sublanguage of HTML4. 2. a production of chap2 is in HTML2; the intent is chap1in 3. a consumption of chap2, ?C is in HTML4 4. Show: ?C intent chap1in 5. ?C intent chap1in by 1, 2, 3 and defn sublanguage The defn sublanguage is in http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-rules.n3 It includes these 2 rules: { [] ev:text ?TXT; :language [ is :sublanguage of ?BIG ]; :intent ?I. ?COMM ev:text ?TXT; :language ?BIG. } => { ?COMM :intent ?I }. { [] ev:text ?TXT; :language ?BIG; :impact ?I. ?COMM ev:text ?TXT; :language [ is :sublanguage of ?BIG ]. } => { ?COMM :impact ?I }. cwm finds a proof thusly: 2001/tag/2006/ext-vers$ make ex-html24-pf.n3 python ../../../../2000/10/swap/cwm.py ex-html24.n3 ext-vers-rules.n3 --think \ --filter=ex-html24-goal.n3 --why >ex-html24-pf.n3 and it includes promising stuff, such as binding BIG to HTML4: :binding [ :boundTo [ n3:uri "file:/home/connolly/w3ccvs/WWW/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ex-html24#HTML4" ]; :variable [ n3:uri "file:/home/connolly/w3ccvs/WWW/2001/tag/2006/ext-vers/ext-vers-rules.n3#BIG" ] ], but I'm not confident I can read it. I'd like to convert it to PML with http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/test/reason/to-pml.n3 or a revision thereof. Another proof I think is working just exploits a cardinality constraint from the UML diagram: $ make test-agent-pf.n3 python ../../../../2000/10/swap/cwm.py ext-vers-uml.rdf test-agent.n3 \ owl-excerpt.n3 rdfs-excerpt.n3 --think \ --filter=test-agent-goal.n3 --why >test-agent-pf.n3 and in there we find: :gives {tes:a1 = tes:a2 . } -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ D3C2 887B 0F92 6005 C541 0875 0F91 96DE 6E52 C29EReceived on Wednesday, 15 February 2006 04:10:27 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 20:01:05 UTC


text:
Buying or Selling a Business in Orange County
Note, as stated in the terms of service, this publisher, writers, and posters do not necessarily have professional knowledge of business transactions. This publication should not be considered in any way complete or a substitute for professional advice.
We suggest that you do your research on this site, and use other resources such as books, and then contact a qualified business broker or business consultant. One place to find a consultant is Orange County SCORE http://www.score114.org/ which is made up of retired executives and sponsored by the Small Business Association. The advantage of working with a retired person is that there is no hidden agenda—they are not trying to sell you anything. The seminal problem in finding an expert you face is what is referred to as adverse selection. If the expert really knew how to operate the type of business you are interested in, why aren't they making a lot of money operating that business? In some of the material we read, the mythical consultant was discussed like homeowners talk about the repair guy–if something breaks, a repair guy how specializes in fixing it must exist. But there is not natural or man made law which states he exists or you will be able to find him. It's best to educate yourself rather than hoping to rely on a consultant.
Surf's Up SCORE also offer low cost seminars at local libraries and colleges on a wide range of topics—everything from internet marketing to preparing a loan application.
Business Broker ?
From the buyer's perspective, a business broker will generally be paid by the seller so you will not pay anything out of pocket for her services. And she may offer advice based on her experience, and she will have access to more opportunities than you could find yourself. But brokering a business deal is a lot of work, more so than selling a house, and she may not be too enthused about selling you a low cost business—because her commission will be low. Also be aware that she has an incentive to help you see things through rose colored glasses. Just like selling a house is not about selling the structure—it's about selling a lifestyle; selling a business is not about selling a cash flow stream–it's about selling a dream. It wouldn't hurt ask them how they can help you.
From the seller's perspective, paying for an agent's expertise may be the best money you have ever spent. You might be an expert in your business, but the business of selling a business is a tough business. There are some things you have to keep in mind. If your business is low valued, she may not be too motivated to work hard. Ethically, she shouldn't take your listing in that case, but she may look at it as a lottery ticket–if it's a long shot to sell so just keep the listing and do the minimum amount of work possible. The second issue is that there will be a pay me clause in your listing agreement. Even if uncle Bob flies in the day after you sign your listing with suitcases of cash, she will want a commission.
How do you find a business broker? You don't see a lot of advertising for their services. There are a couple of professional associations which list brokers
The California Association of Business Brokers http://www.cabb.org Each broker has a little bio about them on this site under contact information or a link to their website.
The International Association of Business Brokers http://www.ibba.org/
Surf's Up Check out our sister site where you can post business for sale, put a post up if you are interested in buying a business or finding a business partner. www.OCBusinessForSale.com
[Also see our section on buying a franchise.]
That said, why not just call a broker and have her do all the work? Well if you think that way, maybe you are not a true business person at heart. There are a lot of things you can do to help get a good deal. But you have to start working before you contact a broker. And as with any employee, you don't know if she is doing a good job unless you know what a good job consists of.
Surf's Up A good place to start doing research on this topic is by reading a book from prolific business-legal writer Arnold S. Goldstein
The E-Z tile is a bit misleading in that it is a rather comprehensive book, with a lot of information applicable to medium and large businesses. All of these books seem to go over the same stuff, but this is one of the best written and complete books we came across.
Since Buying and Selling are two sides of the same coin, we have tried not to duplicate issues too much. But you should think about the process in terms of a game. The buyer should think about what a seller should do and why a seller is saying what she is saying. A seller should think about what the buyer wants to hear.
Selling your business
If you plan to profit, sell above the businesses asset value, in a few years, the time to start the sales process is now. You need have a good marketing plan for potential buyers, and the most salient fact to incorporate in that kit is: Buyers are looking for certainty.
This is a basic investment principle that is easy to explain by way of analogy. Consider Mrs. Saver. She cannot decide which is better: to put money into an insured CD at National Bank or to put her money into a bond from a Banana Republic. Assume these pay 2% and 20% respectively. Another way to look at these numbers is that she is paying $500 for each certain dollar of interest at the bank; and she is only paying $50 for each uncertain dollar of interest from the Republic of Banana. You want the income form your business to look more like the sure thing from National Bank. Then each dollar of projected profit is worth more in the eyes of a potential buyer.
Numbers and facts make us feel good when we are buying anything. Even if these facts are not specifically relevant to your business. Think about all those nice facts in a sports car brochure. They don't really matter as we are heading down the 405 at 30mph. Truth-be-told we bought the car because it looks cool, but all those facts make us feel better about our purchase. Consider, in advertisements for national franchises you will see information such there are x thousand driveways North America so the snow clearance business can't fail. Well all you really should care about is the number of people who call, but including facts like that in your information packet makes potential buyers feel good.
Start keeping good records. If you haven't already done so, establish a business bank account so you can have a verifiable paper trail of deposits you made from your business. Another source of verifiable numbers buyers will be interested in is your federal tax form. Tax evasion will cost you. If you have been pocketing some cash or exaggerating expenses a bit, this will hurt your sales price when it comes to sell. Buyers will believe the numbers in the boxes of your Federal return. If you explain that your business actually made big bucks but you have been cheating Uncle Sam, projected profits will seem uncertain like the interest payments on Republic of Banana bonds. Hence you pay the price by lowering the sales price of your business. You may pay on other ways to Leona Helmsley spent time in the federal pen.
And you cannot fill out extra copies of your tax return with better numbers to show buyers. A savvy buyer or her agent will request copies of the form you actually filed with the IRS. This can be done via handy IRS Form 4056 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf) It costs about $60/tax year, but that's an insignificant cost to a buyer who will pay thousands of dollars for your business.
- Demographic Information—Buyers love numbers. If you have a retail business, your buyer will want to see the demographics of the surrounding area. One easy way to get this in a nice report format is from loopnet.com. If you are working with a broker, she will probably have an account. [If you have decided to sell yourself, you may want to pay for an account. The deal with Loopnet is that the free account entitles you to advertise to only those who have paid to have an account—mostly agents and brokers. They may not be keen to present your businesses if they are not compensated. The paid listing is searchable by prospective buyers, and a lot of people just search with out an agent.] Event though it is known as a real estate site, a lot of businesses are listed on loopnet. Loopnet repackages US Census data to provide a nice looking report that list the number of people living in a radius of your location and their family income, ethnic make-up and educational level.
- Buyers will also want to see financials—income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements—prepared by a financial professional. They will be skeptical of something you did yourself, but especially after the Madoff scandal, the verifiable paper trail of bank records and actual tax forms will carry more weight. Unlike Madoff's statements yours will not even be audited.
- Include a list of business assets and their approximate replacement cost if they needed to be re-purchased. If equipment had to be custom fabricated/installed in your facility, include these costs.
Assuming these look good, the next question in the buyer's mind is: Why are you selling such a great business? Have an answer for the buyer. The next step is to overcome the possible negative factors a potential buyer will come up with:
- You have a bad lease. It is about to expire or is the low-rent period is over and your business will not be so profitable when the rent goes up. Well, to get past this hurdle, negotiate. Demonstrate to a potential buyer that they have time on the lease. Currently, you see those space available signs all over town. It might be a good time to negotiate a longer term lease, or better yet a lease with a lot of options to renew.
- Insurance. Show that your business has consistently been insured. This takes the buyer's mind off the possibility that there is a latent claim she will have to deal with.
- Debts. List all the credit arrangements you have with suppliers or any other debts that go along with the business. Savvy buyers will inquire as to which debts are backed by your personal guarantee. For instance, a supplier may have agreed to supply your inventory based on your personal credit/guarantee. Your buyer will have to re-establish this relationship with these creditors, and you will want to contact these creditors after your business sells so you are not libel for future credit taken out in the business's name.
- Assure the buyer you will not compete with her. Tell her that you will sign a non-complete clause in the purchase agreement which forbids you from opening a similar business in the geographical area and/or for a period of time.
- Agree to help the buyer out after the sale. Also if you have key employees it would be a good idea to have them agree to stay on for a period after the sale. You cannot bind them contractually to work at a business—as we no longer have endentured servitude —but a letter from them stating that they intend to stay will reassure buyers.
The next question a buyer will have is: Why should I pay a premium for this business when I could just start my own down the street? You will have to show the buyer what makes your business special. Your handout and website should have information about the historical background of the company and what makes your business special.
- If your business was started by your grandparents and you use a family recipe, let potential buyers know this. Highlight customer loyalty. If you have been seeing the same customer for a long time get a quote from him. Something like, "John Smith, a ten year customer says he likes the widget factory because they get the job done on time." Emphasize the uniqueness of the product. Talk about how your business is well known in the community. "We have been doing business for x years in the same location, and belong to several community organizations…" This type of value is known by accountants as "good will." This cannot just be bought off the shelf for a new business.
- If you are willing to participate in financing the business, you increase the number of potential buyers and hence the price you could receive. Some argue that buyers look at out of pocket costs rather than the total price of the business. The down payment is like an auto dealer's drive-off cost. Owner financing sends a message that you believe in your business's prospects. Why else would you be willing to help finance?
Protect Yourself You have the right to qualify the buyer before you start answering all her questions. If they have no prospect of getting funding, you don't need to waste your time dealing with them. Also make sure they sign a confidentiality agreement. This should prevent them from telling your competitors all about your business. It will also prevent the buyer from starting up a bidding war between you and another business for sale. With out such an agreement, for instance, the buyer could go to the other business and tell them they should lower their price because your cash flow to price ratio is higher. Then the buyer could come to you and say that the other business has more customers and is selling at the same price so you should lower your price… A confidentiality agreement has the practical benefit of preventing a buyer from playing lets make a deal.
Surf's Up You most obvious prospect list is the other people in your profession. See if you can get a membership list from any professional associations you belong to. If you are working with a broker, this will help her out a lot. Send out a flyer to let them know they have a great opportunity to expand by buying your business. Some associations hold on to their lists, but they will mail advertisements to them for a fee.
Buying a Business
First and foremost don't be taken in by get-rich-quick talk. Why is she selling if the seller could really make these great sums of money? Couldn't she just hire employees to run the business? In some cases it is illegal for someone selling a business, particularly a franchisor, to make explicit earning claims. They have to back them up with facts and state things in a manor such as "the average business in our experience makes X dollars per month in sales."
Customer Analysis
As a buyer, you can look at purchasing a business as purchasing customer relationships and the ability to monitorize those relationships. So a good place to start analyzing a business is from the customer's point of view. If there is no rational reason for customers to appreciate the business's service/product the financial statements, trade marks, leaseholds are meaningless. One recent example illustrates this point. With video on demand coming to every TV set via your cable company or internet connection, what is the value of DVD rental business? Why would people rent when in the near future they can just push a button on their remote? The numbers on their financial statements are meaningless.
Do a customer based evaluation by asking yourself why are the customers frequenting this business? Possible answers include location, superior service, long term relationships, it's product is different than the competitors, this is the only place arround that provides the service or advertising is really effective. Now ask your self if any of these is based solely on the current ownership. For instance, do they come into the bar because the owner seems to be everyone's best friend?
Next, ask customers why they frequent the business. If it's a retail business, go there and hang-out. If they want your money, the owner should not complain. If she does, that's a red flag. Talk to the customers.
Surf's Up Be sure to give them a chance to open up by asking open ended questions. i.e. Do you like coming here? Is not as good as Why do you like coming here? Simply because they will respond to the first question with "yep" and a weird look. The second question allows them to give you more information. For instance they might explain that this place is cool, but there is another one opening up next month that will be ultra cool. Also talk to the employees working behind the counter. You never know what they will say.
For a non –retail type business look for risk factors. Does the business have one or two dominant customers? What is the basis for customer loyalty? Are they there just because it's the cheapest?
Operational Issues
If you are paying for the business, you have the right to ask. If there are key employees, ask if they will stay with the business? Ask the owner what is not included in the sale. You may assume that everything in the facility is included, but the owner may want to take "personal property" with her. And in a small business, the line between personal and business property gets blurry. A savvy buyer will have a repair person do an inspection. Ask her if the equipment will need extensive repair pretty soon or if it is obsolete. She may say something like, "those were great machines, but after the manufacturer went under you cannot get parts." If that's the case, you can deduct the partial cost of the machine from the sales price.
Surf's Up Don't forget about the building. Even if it's a leased facility, most commercial leases make the tenant is responsible for repairing the building. The extent of that responsibility is spelled out in the lease. Bring in a building inspector to see if there are any problems. Remember that the laws that govern your apartment's rental agreement only apply to residential property.
To further understand the operations, see if you can work within the business before you buy it. This may be easy in a franchise situation. For instance ask another franchisee if you can work in business for free. The real thing you may learn is that you hate this business—better to discover this before you buy.
Financial Issues
The first and foremost financial issue is does the seller have the right to sell. Are all the partners on board? Is there an ex-spouse who is claiming 50% interest in the business?
Next consider the lease. The landlord has the right to reject a transfer to a non-qualified tenant. But who decides what is qualified? The landlord or her manager will ask you to fill out a rental application and run your credit. If they reject you—perhaps because of bad credit or not enough assets to your name—that's a problem. The only solution is to get a co-signer or guarantor. The seller might be willing to co-sign—after all she has an incentive to have the deal go through. You might also want to talk to the insurance agent. In some cases, you might have to pay more for insurance because of your lack of experience in this business, your claims history, or your credit rating. Some of the consumer protection laws that allow you to be insured do not apply to commercial policies. There is no assigned-risk program or renewal guarantees for businesses.
Another thing you have to be concerned about as a buyer are non-disclosed liabilities these can range from a former contractor who was not paid, a pending lawsuit, money owed to a taxing authority such as the EDD, or unpaid invoices to an supplier. As the new business owner you will have to deal with these. If you are working with an attorney/broker she will be able to check the county courts to see if there are any pending lawsuits. If you are taking the DIY rout, you may want to search the Superior Courts case index http://www.occourts.org/online-services/, for filed cases, but that might not tell you what you want to know. There may be cases that haven't been filed yet, and there might be cases that have been filed in a different court. [We are not offering legal advice other than you may want to contact an attorney for this service.]
One way to get around this problem is to have an attorney prepare a purchase agreement. She will prepare it in such a way as to state that you are not purchasing the business per se but you are purchasing all the assets of that business and the right to do business in the business name. In the contract, the attorney will also have a statement where by the seller personally "warrants" various facts that she has provided to you are true—including the numbers on their financial statements. The implication is that you can request compensation in the future if you can show these facts were not true. It forces the seller to think twice about what they are telling you. Your attorney will also request a list of all liabilities that are "off-balance sheet."
© 2011 OCBusinessStartUp.com


text:
All Comments for
Josephine's First DaybyMisslexia©
- All
Comments (11)
- by Anonymous06/18/09by creamking711/29/09by Anonymous08/31/10by iowNotIou10/28/10by Anonymous01/01/12by Anonymous09/08/12by Anonymous10/15/12by Joanne8602/15/14by Anonymous07/15/14
Click here to leave your own comment on this submission! or
Back to Josephine's First Day or
More submissions by Misslexia.
- Add a
- Send
Send private anonymous feedback to the author (click here to post a public comment instead).


text:
Today's Sponsored Feature is part of your subscription to the daily AANP SmartBrief. This feature, produced by SmartBrief and a select group of sponsors, highlights issues, products and services of interest to healthcare professionals. It also allows for continued free delivery of AANP SmartBrief. Thank you for your interest.
- The AANP SmartBrief Team
Remember, not only is February 16th National Almond Day, but February is American Heart Health Month, the perfect opportunity to talk with your patients and clients about heart-healthy snacking. Almonds are naturally cholesterol-free and low in saturated fat, making them the perfect go-to snack for the heart-conscious client. What's more, the American Heart Association recently certified almonds based on their nutrient profile to display the signature Heart-Check mark, making it even easier to identify whole natural almonds as a heart-healthy choice.1
Find out how 23 almonds a day can help keep the doctor away.
Learn simple ways to measure the perfect portion of almonds.
The Almond Board of California promotes almonds through its research-based approach to all aspects of marketing, farming and production on behalf of the more than 6,000 California Almond growers and processors, many of whom are multi-generational family operations.
Established in 1950 and based in Modesto, California, the Almond Board of California is a non-profit organization that administers a grower-enacted Federal Marketing Order under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture.
For more information on the Almond Board of California or almonds, visit www.AlmondBoard.com.
1Good news about almonds and heart health. Scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts, such as almonds, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease. One serving of almonds (28g) has 13g of unsaturated fat and only 1g of saturated fat.


text:
from bad websites
Help clean the internet
Monitor and compare all your marketing campaigns in one place. Real-time link tracking, ad tracking, click tracking for: PPC, affiliates, conversions, click fraud fighting
Spammer, says it all.
It's we who decide what's the future of a site. Actually the intention of the site is great! May be some people misuses it. But I should say they are making a good step against the spam accounts. Over all, the site is very good for tracking our links, campaigns in the easiest way!
I'm the founder and CEO of ClickMeter.com and 9nl.com!
ClickMeter is an online analytic service based on link tracking http://(www.clickmeter.com ).
We have plenty of happy customers who use their ClickMeter account for their campaigns monitoring. Currently we are counting thousands of subscribers with millions of links served around World each day.
Unfortunately, as we all know, there are (bad) people who uses services (included ClickMeter) to spam others. In our case it's only about 0.001% of the total links we serve. ClickMeter or 9nl do not have any connection with these spammers! We hate spam and not requested messages in general!
Whenever we receive a notification regarding spam activities, we take that seriously and immediately investigate. In case we found evidence of malicious behaviours we remove the links within 24 hours and even suspend the account permanently to avoid future spamming.
We see spamming as a very serious offense against the privacy of the people. Hence we improved our anti-spam policy and put lots of effort to make our system spam free. As part of this, we developed an automatic system to check the probability of a destination URL to be a spam and we block it before going live.
Thanks for your help in making the Web a better place.
Davide De Guz
9nl.com was found on May 11th, 2012 on the URIBL (URI based Blacklist service) for possible SPAM and/or Malware violations.
The domain 9nl.com, registered through REGISTER.IT SPA is listed on at least two SPAM blacklists as of today. This does not necessarily indicate that they are guilty of sending SPAM, merely that the server that their IP address is associated to was confirmed by at least 2 sources to be a gateway for SPAM. This leads us to recommend caution on this server as it is possible that if it is compromised for SPAM, other data could be compromised.
Spam distributor
This website is classified as a phishing website.
It is associated with attempts to acquire sensitive information such as user names, passwords and credit card
details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.
You should not enter confidential information on this website.
Site is being utilized to re-direct traffic to illegal and criminal spam sites
I know this service very well and it's not a spam site. They are link tracking and shortening service. Not at all responsible for the content of the spam site. Spammers actually trying to hide their actual URL using 9nl link shortening and they could even track the visitors flow to their website. But there is nothing to do with the domain or this website.
I personally uses this service and I don't see any threatening problems with 9nl.com. Actually, it's a link shortening and tracking service from it's sister site (clickmeter.com). II saw the comments below from some of the people telling that it's a spam site. I wonder why they speak like this since 9nl itself does not host any content. It's just a redirecting tool which will track all the information about the visitor. Hence you can't blame on 9nl.com for the content of the destination url.


text:
Neuroscientist James Fallon's Work & Life Shed Light on How Psychopathic Killers are Made…and Perhaps PreventedTuesday, March 5th, 2013
One of the most challenging and important questions in ponerology is whether conditions associated with reduced empathy and conscience, and thus with increased likelihood of harmful malicious and neglectful activity, are caused by nature (genes, biology, etc.) or nurture (environment, upbringing, etc.)
Most who work in the fields that study aspects of this question take the view that the answer involves some combination of the two.
But this still leaves us with another question. In what proportion do each of these factors contribute in which people?
One remarkable case offers some fascinating insight on the subject.
Dr. James Fallon
James Fallon, Ph.D. is a highly decorated neuroscientist and Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and Neurobiology at University of California, Irvine. Dr. Fallon has several areas of expertise. One is adult stem cells. Another is psychiatry. Specifically, he is interested in the relationships between brain imaging (he has served as Director of UC Irvine's Human Brain Imaging Center), genetics and various psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia, depression and addictions.
An Extraordinary Experiment
Aware of his specialties, for many years, Fallon's colleagues have sent him brain images they wished to have him analyze.
At one point this interchange took the form of an experiment.
Colleagues sent him 70 MRI scans of brains belonging to people ranging from healthy to mentally ill. Included in the batch were scans of brains belonging to killers, including some notorious ones. But Fallon had no idea which scanned brain belonged to whom.
Nonetheless, he was able to identify differences in five of the scans so dramatic that he could recognize them as the markers of psychopathy. And it turned out that he was correct. The five scans on which he zeroed in actually were those from the brains of psychopathic serial killers. (more…)


text:
Almost 14 million Americans--more than 1 in 20--have Type II diabetes: a serious statistic. But what's worse, half of them don't even know it. If ignored, diabetes causes complications including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and severe circulatory problems.
On the other hand, when properly treated with diet, exercise and sometimes drugs, it is a disease that can be kept under control.


text:
Product Features
Uncompromising in its design, the Phenom packs superior technology and maximum customization into our best fitting goggle ever. RC36 Lens.
Key Features of the Smith Phenom Snowboard Goggles:
- Medium Fit
- Spherical, Carbonic X Lens with TLT Optics
- Painted Vaporator Lend Technology with Portex Filter
- Painted Regular adjustable Lens Ventilation
- Articulating outrigger positioning system
- Interchangeable Hop-up Kits
- Ul
All Gear by: Smith


text:
This week on America's Cup Discovered we hit the gym with Luna Rossa Challenge as their training regime ramps up ahead of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
We check in with Jimmy Spithill as ORACLE TEAM USA recovers from their AC72 capsize last October, with plans to sail again now on the no too distant horizon.
We also visit Lake Geneva to meet a young Swiss team who have mountain high hopes of making it to San Francisco for the Red Bull Youth America's Cup.


text:
Teacher found guilty in murder of pregnant wife
Darcy Wintonyk, ctvbc.ca
Published Friday, February 4, 2011 2:11PM PST
Family and friends of Manjit Panghali erupted into a chorus of cries Friday as a B.C. Supreme Court judge found her husband guilty of second-degree murder.
Justice Heather Holmes also found former school teacher Mukhtiar Panghali guilty of interfering with a dead body.
Manjit Panghali was 30 years old and four months pregnant with her second child when her burned corpse was discovered on a Delta beach, south of Vancouver, in Oct. 2006. Her husband was charged with the murder after a five-month investigation.
While Holmes said the Crown's case against the accused was entirely circumstantial, she said there was "powerful evidence" that the Surrey school teacher killed his wife.
Outside the courtroom, Manjit's sister said her family is trying to move forward.
"She died a brutal and senseless death at the hands of a sick and twisted and evil monster. We are comfortable with the judge's decision and feel this terrible tragedy has finally been dealt with appropriately," Jasmine Bhambra said.
Key evidence
During the trial, Crown prosecutors said Panghali's strange behaviour in the days after his wife's disappearance -- as well as inconsistencies in his statement to police -- proved that he violently murdered her.
The Crown alleged that Panghali tried to create the impression that he was concerned about his missing wife, while lying about his whereabouts and covering up the crime. Prosecutors said that he inundated police with calls suggesting possible suspects, including the victim's own brother.
One of the key pieces of evidence in the case was surveillance video taken at a local Chevron gas station the night of Manjit Panghali's disappearance.
While the accused maintained he stayed at home the night his wife disappeared, Justice Holmes agreed with the Crown's assertion he was the man seen on tape buying a lighter at 1 a.m.
In court, Panghali said on several occasions that he had not seen the deceased since she left for yoga class in South Surrey the night she went missing.
But Crown evidence -- and statements made by Panghali -- showed that Manjit had her cell phone with her when she left for class. By the next afternoon, her husband was using the phone, with his own SIM card inserted, and he continued to use it until it was seized by police three months after her murder.
In her decision, Justice Holmes concluded that because Manjit had her cell phone before the yoga class, the "only rational inference" is that she returned home and Panghali acquired the phone "during or after the events that then followed."
Justice Holmes said that Panghali "knew that all was not well" when he called his father-in-law to look after their young daughter the day after his wife's disappearance.
"For Ms. Panghali to not return for the night and to not take Maya to pre-school in the morning was, on all the evidence, most obviously extraordinary," Holmes wrote, adding that asking for additional childcare meant Mukhtiar knew his wife wasn't coming back home.
"He had no confidence Ms. Panghali would do so."
Forensic pathologists say Manjit was strangled to death, but not before being brutally assaulted. Her autopsy revealed there was blood in her vagina and evidence of blunt force injuries to her pelvic area and neck before she died.
Her husband waited 26 hours before reporting her disappearance.
Relief and sadness
Outside the courtroom, a spokeswoman for the Delta police said they are pleased with the court's decision but mindful that the decision re-ignites the tragedy lived by Manjit's family and friends since her death.
"This is a chapter that has long since been open but is now concluded. The Delta police also understand that there is no outcome that would numb the pain or mend the heartbreak experienced by everyone impacted by Manjit's death and that of her unborn baby," Const. Sharlene Brooks said.
Second-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence, but parole eligibility for Panghali has not been set.
Defense lawyer Michael Tammen said he and his client are "understandably disappointed."
"We haven't read the judgment yet. I'll read it over the weekend and consider it more fully after that," he said.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 17.


text:
Interested in Advertising on Single Mom Seeking?
This blog was listed as one of Babble's Top 50 Bloggers in 2009.
- "Rachel Sarah is one of the best dating bloggers out there who specializes in being a parent while looking for love." Bonny Albo, About.com Guide to Dating
Want to know more?….
* Rachel Sarah is the author of Single Mom Seeking: Play Dates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World (Seal Press).
* The media regularly interviews Rachel as an expert. Some of her most recent interviews:
– The New York Times re: "Is it Safe to Post Children's Images Online?"
– On The Today Show this summer.
– On San Francisco's "View from the Bay" on ABC.
– "Should Single Moms Have a Sex Life?" BabyCenter.com
– "Single Moms to Blame?" MomLogic.com
Single Mom Seeking has been listed as one of Parenting magazine's "Mom Blogs We Love" (thanks!)
It has also been chosen as one of Total Divorce's top "Definite Divorce Reads"
…and one of the 100 Most Bookmark-Worthy Websites for Dr. Moms.
This fall, Rachel spoke on a panel about dating with three CEOs of the hottest Bay Area-based online dating sites.
So, why Single Mom Seeking.?
Why should you advertise on Single Mom Seeking?
* If you want to extend your brand and get targeted traffic to your site, your niche will reach visitors who come to Single Mom Seeking for the content it provides.
Feel free to contact me for fees: rachel[at]singlemomseeking[dot]com.
Please put "Advertising" in the subject line.
Here's where you can learn more about what I've been seeking…
Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.


text:
COMMENTGet Moving
If you want to look taller, slimmer and feel better overall, you've got to read up on these simple ways to improve posture! Our posture can say a lot about ourselves and we want to convey a positive and confident message with our body language. If you slouch and have bad posture and are tired of it, read these 7 easy ways to improve posture and give yourself a health boost!
1. Play a Mind Trick
One of the easiest ways to improve posture that really works is to imagine a balloon tied to a string attached to the top of your head and pulling it up. In most cases, it'll prompt you to instantly straighten up and sit or stand taller. Keep practicing this little mind trick daily for a few weeks and it'll eventually become second nature!


text:
Amazon Battle Scene (Massive battle!) by Lotus253 ()
Poser Military posted on Apr 11, 2010
Report this image. Open Full Image
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Please leave comments! I love comments! Which side do you root for? Who should win? Perhaps I will make a scene of the winner based on comments...
This image should be viewed FULL SCREEN or you will miss much!
I had to massively shrink this image and reduce the quality due to the renderosity rules. You may view the exact same image, but full sized, at my website: http://darkelves.org/img/doneBig.jpg
A word about violence...
I normally don't post violent images but I have been playing an Amazon strategy game and I am in the mood for a massive battle scene. Additionally, I cannot render a man which looks even remotely real so I am stuck with the girls. lol fear not for these women as they could each take on any man!
I generally make historical scenes with the aim of being accurate, but this scene is truly fantasy and not really based on anything real. I based it loosly on my Amazon Total War game, which I enjoy. The blue colored side is slightly more like Greeks and the red colored side is slightly more northern European, though these are only loose similarities.
The BLUE side:
The followers of Artemis, these amazon women protect their sacred temple. The invaders from the north have attacked and the priestesses and warriors, though caught off guard, will fight to the death to defend their temple! You may noticed that they are using bows, even in close range! I ensured that each warrior carried a sword for close in fighting. You may noticed that some of these warriors appear to wear ceremonial clothing and work clothing. This is because they were caught off guard.
The RED side:
The amazon warriors of the north have sworn conquest of the south and the first target in their plans is the famed temple of Artemis. This battle should have been a quick rout but the priestesses have mounted a quick defense. Some of the norther warriors are so fanatic that you see them fighting wearing only their colored paints, wading through arrows with a resolve only their total dedication to the task could bring!
This scene required 20 renders and a week to build! =)
My next scenes should be quite tame and happy by comparison.
Please tell me what you think!
I love comments and I hope to hear from you.
Image Comments (26)
Thanks! Each of the 20 renders was 3500x2000 with nearly max settings. My works all have that colorful sort of look. I spent lots of time tyring to get rid of the color and be more realistic, but I descided that I like the color, so it is here to stay!
An exciting render of Amazons battling other Amazons. Battle art is so rare here, so a big thanks for the huge amount of time spent on this lovely render. You didn't resort to gratitouts nudity and the combat appears realistic. I hope to see more battle art from you.
(to ArtHound) Thank you for your comment! I have started a campaign of creating more "epic" scenes then I generally do. I am trying to create full scenes with massive landscapes and lots of figures. My new graphics workstation can render about five full Victoria 4.2's with clothing and full textures and nearly max render settings, so I figured I should try. As for nudity, I love nudity as much as the next person, but why would most warriors run about naked? I have one or two who are out to prove themselves and nothing is as scary to your enemy as you running at them naked and painted with a wild look, but this is really for a few and not for the general rabble. Skin sucks as armor. =P I am making a large scene right now featuring priestess of Eilistraee, the Drow (good) Goddess. The scene will be quite nude, but this is the way Eilistraee's clerics behave and is depicted as much in about ten fantasy books. I plan to make a massive battle scene this weekend featuring Averial Evles (Winged) fighting a dragon! I hope you will check them out. Thanks again for the comment
It's obvious that lots of work went into this, but I wonder if a little more might improve the look a lot--specifically posing the figures in more active modes. Too many of them seem to be standing still rather than moving, and those that are moving still look pretty static.


text:
Sofia Says: Phillipe Chow Has The Best Chinese In The City And They Have The Celebrity Following To Prove it!
New York City seems to have a Chinese restaurant on every corn,er but finding a good one is pretty difficult! Well, guess what people? I have!
Phillipe Chow puts a kick ass flair on classic Chinese cuisine! From the outside, the restaurant seems like a small bar/lounge, but make sure to do a double take because when you go inside you are swept up into a super chic and intimate eatery.The menu is full of authentic Chinese cuisine with little interesting twists. Some of my personal favorites were the peking duck spring rolls, lettuce wraps, green prawns, and chicken satay. The waiters were constantly checking on us as well I loved their white get-ups!
The whole vibe of the restaurant was just so cool that when the food ended up being insatiable I was totally blown away!
Star Sightings
Anna Wintour Anne Hathaway Beyonce Carlos Beltran (New York Mets) CC Sabathia (New York Yankees) Darryl Strawberry David Bowie Denzel Washington Dustin Hoffman Forrest Whitaker George Clooney Janet Jackson Jay-Z Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics) Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) Lady Gaga Lamar Odom (LA Lakers) LeBron James Magic Johnson Matt Damon Mick Jagger Mike Tyson Oliver Stone Oprah Patrick Ewing Paul McCartney Rihanna Robert De Niro Rupert Murdoch Sean 'P Diddy' Combs Star Jones U.S. President Barack Obama
Formal– The lighting is very dim!
Girl to Guy Ratio
Chances You'll be Hit on
Might get a free drink out of this one!
HL Rating
33 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10065
(212) 644-8885
Mon-Sat 12pm-4pm, 6pm-12am; Sun 6pm-12am