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Money Advice for Parents of Kids who are Grad School Wannabees
June 24, 2011 by Mr. ToughMoneyLove
Filed under Money and Behavior
Some baby boomers have completed the task of helping their kids through college. Some of those kids are now contemplating graduate school, the kind that may cost a lot of money. These include law school and business school, where scholarship money is rare. Why are scholarships rare for those programs? Because many exist primarily to feed cash to the university. Our culture and economy do not need more lawyers or MBAs but the colleges don't want you to think in that direction.
Wait, let me be more accurate with a quote from the article:
The more college loans and credit-card debt that young adults 18 to 27 have, the higher their self-esteem — and the more control they feel they have over their lives. They tend to view debt positively, rather than as a burden.
This attitude is beyond sad. It's pathetic. These goofball students – when they graduate – will learn too late that debt is a big deal.
My first advice to parents of grad school wannabees is to make sure your kids understand that if they insist on going to grad school (thus further delaying their entry into a productive economic life), they will be on their own financially. This is critical because if you are like most baby boomers, you are woefully lacking in the retirement savings department.
My second piece of advice for parents and kids alike is to understand that you do not have to incur debt to attend a professional school. I know, because I made it through law school without borrowing a penny and without any help from my parents. How did I do this? I prepared. I knew that I had to. My parents were very generous and paid my way through undergraduate school. This was such a blessing. However, I still remember a brief conversation I had with my father during my senior year of college. I mentioned that I was considering taking a fifth year to earn a Master of Engineering degree. He calmly said "that's nice but you will have to finance that yourself." I appreciated his directness. He was right not to take on more financial burden on my behalf. After all, he had three more kids behind me!
So my plan for financing law school was simple. First, I targeted an in-state public school with reasonable tuition. I worked in a full-time engineering job for four years and saved enough money to pay for three years of tuition and my basic living expenses. (Yes, it can be done because I did it.) Third, after my first year of law school, I took on a part-time law clerking job at a local law firm. I kept this job for most of law school, including summers. Fourth, I did well enough in school to earn an appointment as a legal writing instructor, which was also a paying gig.
Now as a matter of full disclosure, I married Mrs. ToughMoneyLove during my first year of law school. She was gainfully employed so we were able to upgrade our standard of living based on her income. Her contributions to our family income were a windfall to my DIY grad school finance plan.
So don't concede any more territory to the student loan racketeers. If you need to get grad school out of your system by actually attending, pay for it yourself.
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Region VIII Conference International Experience
Student Unions and Student Life in the United States
November 14–19, New York City and Boston
Part 1: New York City, November 14–16
Fly into New York City and room at Hotel Pennsylvania, just a short walk from Times Square. Engage and network with colleagues from the United States as you tour four unique colleges and universities. Learn from students and staff about student unions and student life in New York. Evenings will be unscheduled so that you may explore the city's rich history and atmosphere.
Part 2: ACUI Region VIII Conference, Boston, November 17–19
Following your visit to New York, you will travel to University of Massachusetts–Boston to experience the 2017 Region VIII Conference. Attendees include student union and student life professionals from more than 40 colleges and universities in the region. Networking opportunities are complimented by a robust schedule of educational workshops for both professional staff and students. Conference educational session topics include mental health; fiscal, human, and facility management; supervision of employees; programming; building community; emerging technology; leadership; working with diverse populations; and more.
For more information, please contact Linda Bernazzani or Adam Dunbar.
- Fly into New York City
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Oprah gets emotional everytime she talks about Gayle,they had a strong friendship for real!How touching!
She said:
"She's the mother I never had. The sister everybody would want. The friend everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. It's making me cry because I'm thinking how much I probably never told her that. We're not like, 'Oh, you, you're my dearest friend . . . thanks.' The therapy I didn't have and don't need is because of my thousands and thousands of hours on the phone with Gayle. I get to release the day by talking it through. And I just realized she's the friend everybody should have. I have said we are not gay enough times. I am not lesbian. Not even kind of lesbian. That irritates me because it means somebody must think I'm lying. That's No. 1. No. 2, why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life."
Is nice when having a friend like that because most of them are searching for something else,less friendship!


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On pHantacea on pHacebook, December 19, 2015, there is this note under the entry expanded upon in a separate pHantaBlog entry here:
"Something similar can be found here: http://listverse.com/…/10-christ-like-figures-who…/…. Don't know anything about Glycon but Zarathustra and Attis appear with some background info. The comments about Dionysus vis-a-vis Christ are, um, intriguing."
Have now looked up Glycon and discovered, among other things, that it's "a brand name for metformin, an antidiabetic agent used for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus; as monotherapy when hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) cannot be managed with diet and exercise alone."
Which rang a bell, for a couple of altogether disparate reasons. Neither of which is what the post, without any corroborative lynx, says about Glycon:
In the middle of the 100s AD, out along the south coast of the Black Sea, Glycon was the son of the God Apollo, who: came to Earth through a miraculous birth, was the Earthly manifestation of divinity, came to earth in fulfillment of divine prophecy, gave his chief believer the power of prophecy, gave believers the power to speak in tongues, performed miracles, healed the sick, and raised the dead.
Seems Glycon (metaformin) is not derived from from goat's rue, a kind of Goan curry that I seem to recall was, despite its name, quite tasty when I visited Goa, India, for a week or so in 2005. Instead the goat's rue it derives from is a kind of pea also known as French lilac.
Has been making headlines of late, however. One of them is: World's first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120. Plus, according to Wikipedia, world renowned, self-described lazy, comic book writer Alan Moore "… has declared himself a devotee of Glycon."
Admittedly neither has anything to do with Attis. However, for what it's worth, this does:
"Attis was born on December 25 of the Virgin Nana. He was considered the savior who was slain for the salvation of mankind. His body as bread was eaten by his worshippers. He was both the Divine Son and the Father. On "Black Friday," he was crucified on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth. He descended into the underworld. After three days, Attis was resurrected."
Note the picture taken from the post then compare it to the next shot as found on the Louvre's Website. It's supposed to be of Mithras, who in PHANTACEA, is the Attis's father.
For good reason, I'd say.
Plenty more on Taurus Chrysaor Attis here, here and via the three-site Search Engine atop either of those pages. Earlier blog posts re Solstitial Saviours are here, here and here.


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Sometimes it's not just a case of not asking "why" but also ignoring what people say unprompted, or just because you asked them to "think aloud". I've had people offer excuses for their inability to use something without any questioning. Sometimes it gives you some insight, sometimes it doesn't, and it's hard to tell which it is! But the important thing to note is that they were having difficulty.
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After rape, survivor delivered a baby boy in Jan; lab reports now confirm that baby's DNA matches with one of the suspects picked up at the time the crime was committed
Almost 10 months after a mentally challenged girl gave birth following her rape last year, police have identified the prime suspect by tallying the infant's DNA report with that of all the accused rounded up at the time the crime was reported.
The police said that in November last year, the survivor, a minor, experienced bouts of vomiting. When her mother asked her what the matter was, she could not satisfactorily explain what had happened due to her mental illness. Her mother took her to a nearby hospital where doctors confirmed that she was five months pregnant.
The mother then took her to Malwani police station and filed an FIR. The police started investigations and rounded up many suspects but nothing came of it. After a few days, the cops detained six suspects, took their DNA samples and sent them to the forensic lab.
Meanwhile, the minor was shifted to JJ Hospital, where in January, she delivered a baby boy. The police took the DNA samples of the newborn and sent them to the lab too.
Two days ago, the police received the infant's DNA report, which confirms that the child's DNA matches with accused Siraj Abdul Samad Khan (47), an auto rickshaw driver by profession. On the day of the crime last year, the accused had noticed thegirl playing outside her shanty, kidnapped and raped her, copssaid.
Senior Inspector Abdul Rauf Shaikh of Malwani police station said, "After lodging the FIR, we started picking up all the suspects who knew the victim and talked to her daily. On that basis, also we picked up Siraj Khan, among six others. His DNA samples match with the baby's. We arrested him and produced him before court."
The officer added, "At the time of the incident, we held an ID parade of all the accused in front of the girl but she could not identify the culprit as she is mentally challenged."
Khan was arrested from Azmi Nagar in Malwani where he stays, and has been booked under various section of the IPC, including 376 (rape).
The incident
> Last November, a mentally challenged girl, a minor, experienced bouts of vomiting.
> Due to her mental illness, she could not explain her mother satisfactorily.
> Her mother took her to a nearby hospital where doctors confirmed that she was five months pregnant.
> The mother then took her to Malwani police station and filed an FIR.
> The police investigated and detained six suspects, took DNA samples and sent them to the forensic lab.


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UMC Public Safety and CAD
By Diana Sprain
University Medical Center Hospital of Southern Nevada (UMC)'s Public Safety is a diverse department with three divisions: Public Safety (security), Safety, and Patient Transportation. Public Safety and Transportation each have their own separate radio channels and dispatchers, located in different areas of the hospital. This article is about the Public Safety division.
A Department Overview
The hospital has been serving the resident of Las Vegas and Clark County since 1931. It is a Level 1 Trauma center for Southern Nevada and parts of Utah, Arizona, and California. Patrol officers are responsible for maintaining peace inside the hospital and within the grounds of the main facility. Outside patrol units monitor the parking lots and garages. Outside units can be pulled inside for extra back-up if needed. Public safety also staffs some of the UMC off-site clinics. Inside the main hospital, patrol covers both fixed posts and roving units. Dispatch position breaks, days off, vacations, and the nightshift are covered by patrol.
The dispatch function at UMC Public Safety is similar to that of any Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). Dispatchers are required to answer incoming phone calls on both emergency and non-emergency lines. The only difference here is that instead of 9-1-1, the emergency number is 2777. The emergency number is painted on the side of the vehicles, listed on the hospital website, the in-house directory, and given out during employee orientation.
Prior to CAD, dispatchers took limited information during the call-taking process due to old-time habits and call log sheet set-up. Time was divided between answering phones, filling out the dispatch sheets, monitoring various alarm systems, filling out property logs, and watching surveillance monitors. Crimestar RMS had a CAD feature, but no one had any experience with a paper-to-CAD conversion and only a few staff had worked with a CAD system at previous jobs before.
Starting from scratch
In January of 2007, Deputy Chief Tod Miller made the decision to start phase one of the CAD conversion process. The Crimestar RMS had proved its worth, but to use the program to its fullest potential, the field units needed to write reports directly in the RMS system instead of on paper. Up to that point, paper reports were completed and turned in, where the Badging Office staff entered the information in RMS. To get CAD on-line, DC Miller needed a qualified trainer who knew the system. That's where I came in.
In April 0f 2005 I transferred from another area of UMC to Public Safety. I already had sixteen years experience as a public safety dispatcher, fourteen of which were with the City of Berkeley (CA) Police Department as both a line dispatcher and a supervisor. I was there for Berkeley PD's paper-to CAD conversation.
DC Miller held off until late 2006 to get the project started. There was no formal training for the dispatch staff. Armed with a CAD manual, I was advised to use any spare time between calls to learn the program on my own, as was my coworker on swing shift. Deputy Chief Miller also asked for any feedback on the CAD program as it stood.
Converting a Communications Center from a paper system to a computerized dispatch system can be a difficult or as easy as the support provided by management. In our case, because the RMS program had been in use a few years before the CAD, there was no chance of getting Crimestar's people to put on a class for the primary dispatch staff. We were on our own.
What is a field event?
When I first starting going through the program, issues and questions piled up. The list of call types & disposition codes were limited. DC Miller and I went through the daily duties of the officers to decide which activities deserved individual call types and which did not. Spirited discussions went back and forth on how detailed the codes should be.
At first we focused on the hospital's specialized duties and developed a list of codes to fit our needs: examples included property pick-ups and returns, helicopter standbys, restraints, and trauma activations. Once we went live, the call types expanded out but DC Miller felt that the list was too long and took out some of the codes whereas I disagreed arguing we needed a more detailed list. Later we compromised and added local law enforcement codes.
The geofile data had to be manually entered because we did not have a file to download from the phone company like a PSAP would. I tasked patrol units to seek out and bring back local street names, the beginning and ending block numbers, odd & even numbering, etc. I started going through the hospital directory and updating information on departments. Part of the process for each department included setting up the beat, sector, district, and responsible agency. It's a very time consuming process when it's done between answering radio traffic and phone calls.
Next, I went over the actual CAD commands to develop lesson plans. When the software is purchased, the tech support personnel usually will customize the program to the Department's specifications. If no directions are given, then the agency gets the standard CAD software, along with the RMS software purchased.
UMC Public Safety's RMS had the standard CAD program. It didn't take long to go through the files and learn CAD. As with any system, Crimestar has multiple methods of processing commands and the choice of which method to use is up to the individual user. I'd use the simplest ones to teach the officers.
As I went through the program and became familiar with the CAD commands, I discovered a problem that needed a fix before we could go live. CAD did not contain a means for a field unit to initiate an event! I went to Deputy Chief Miller and asked him if he could go through the programming and add a field event option. "What's a field event?" he asked.
I had to explain the difference between calls initiated from officers in the field and calls originating in the dispatch center and why it was important to keep them separate from one another. He understood and was able to add the option.
Training the Trainers
With CAD ready, I was tasked to prepare a training course for six officers. They in turn, would become trainers for their assigned shifts. It was a daunting assignment: none of the six had prior CAD experience, although three of the six did work in our dispatch center in the "paper" mode. As a County facility, UMC Hospital is constantly under a tight budget. I had hoped for a minimum of twenty-four hours of training and a maximum of forty. The Information Technologies (IT) Department determined that four hours was sufficient training for the CAD program. Four hours? You're kidding! Tod and I went back & forth on the issue. The final training allotment ended up being eight hours.
Emails were sent out to the involved personnel by DC Tod Miller while I finalized the training materials and lesson plans. Meanwhile, Tod arranged to have a training room reserved for us with enough computer terminals for each officer to use during the class.
The day of the training arrived and I found myself short one student. I handed out the training materials while Tod networked the computers to the laptop loaded with the Crimestar software.
I had no idea how computer literate the five men were until that morning, so I went on the assumption that they knew nothing. I took them from the basic "turn on the computer" all the way through every command.
Using the laptop hooked into a large screen display, I would explain a command or status change and demonstrate how to do it on. I would then have each of the officers, using their own ID in the system, mimic what I did on their computer. By watching the large screen, I could instantly see who performed the command correctly and which officer did not. I allowed for questions before moving on to the next topic.
Call taking was a little tougher. I displayed a blank event screen and went through each blank field, explaining what was to be entered in each. I then filled in a narrative as an example of information that could be initially placed in the free-typed field. This is where I ran into problems: the officers had problems understanding the difference between documenting comments and just typing and saving information.
The five officers couldn't grasp the concept of proper documentation in CAD, despite the fact that they wrote paper reports on a regular basis. Yes, they quickly caught on to the narrative field style of documentation, but as I tried to explain to them, the narrative field can be changed. Events can be closed and re-opened at any time – and narrative field comments erased, edited and/or added to. In Crimestar, narrative field comments do not get a date & time stamp: to have an unalterable comment with a recorded stamp, the dispatcher must use either a radio log or the dispatcher log command.
Entering comments wasn't the only concept that had the guys scratching their heads. They quickly figured out entering a call. They could explain what a beat, sector (we used this to identify various areas within the hospital), district and agency was.
When we discussed the difference between field events and calls taken by dispatch, I had a room full of deer staring at headlights of a Mack truck. Even after walking each one of them through an example of each, I knew they didn't get it.
Well, they knew how to put a call in and dispatch units. That was a start, and not bad for eight hours work.
I really did know how they felt. The first time I learned a CAD system, it was on the job –and the entire Communications Center was in the same boat. For two weeks, officers were told not to initiate anything unless it was an emergency. Just asking for a case number sent some folks into screaming fits.
As my trainees started working with their co-workers, I received many frantic phone calls and emails. I came in early and stayed over, many times off the clock, to answer questions and demonstrate a command. It took a month before the personnel began to get comfortable. To help, I passed out my version of "Cheat Sheets" to all shifts. Now my CAD is a matter of fact to most of our staff and many groan if they have to work without it. It's still nowhere near the stress level of my previous job, but watching a co-worker perform his job well knowing I had a hand in his training member gets old: even if that training is second or third generation.
About the Author
Diana Sprain has 20+ years in dispatch, including working in the Berkeley PD 9-1-1 PSAP prior to her current position at the UMC. Diana is a member of APCO, NENA, and NIDA and has POST certificates for Tactical Dispatch, CTO, and Dispatch Supervisor. She currently resides in Las Vegas, NV.
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Buying a home in Lawrence isn't as popular as it used to be.
The number of homes sold in Lawrence during the first quarter fell 3.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the Douglas County Appraiser's Office.
The sagging market looks to be a reflection of an emerging reality in town: Prices continue to rise, while folks aren't making enough money to keep up. A new report out Wednesday showed that the city's growth in per-capita income had fallen well behind the national average.
All this as the average price paid for a Lawrence home during the first three months of the year climbed to $185,712. That was up $12,373, or 7.1 percent, from the same period a year ago.
"We have many people who live in town and work very hard but cannot afford to buy a home in Lawrence," said Bobbie Flory, director of the Lawrence Home Builders Assn.
The sales dip in Lawrence emerged as national reports this week indicated that sales of new and existing homes had reached record levels in March.
While such market success has managed to elude Lawrence, other areas of the county -- Baldwin and the unincorporated area -- have seen sales surge so far this year, according to reports from the appraiser's office.
In Baldwin, there were 27 home sales closed during the first three months of the year, up 15 -- or 125 percent -- from the same period a year earlier.
The unincorporated area had 22 sales through March of this year. That was up by a dozen, or 120 percent, from a year earlier.
Such activity lifted the county's overall sales by 3.9 percent for the quarter, according to reports from the appraiser's office.
The numbers came as no surprise to Lisa Ramler, president of the Lawrence Board of Realtors.
"The surrounding towns are growing, and some people would prefer to live in a little smaller town that's a little more affordable than Lawrence," said Ramler, a Realtor for Realty Executives -- Hedges Real Estate. "Just because some people are moving out into the county or into a smaller town, it's still our business."
While sales numbers in Lawrence are down slightly, she said, the market remains strong -- both for buyers and sellers.
"Unfortunately, I would never say it's a buyer's market in Lawrence," she said. "We don't negotiate $10,000 off the price of a house very often. In other areas and other locations, people think they can negotiate to a lower price. That doesn't happen here."
Mark Buhler, an executive with Stephens Real Estate, said that the Lawrence market remained relatively consistent through booms and busts of the national market. The latest slowdown for Lawrence could reflect the inability of builders last year to find enough lots to build on, hampering the supply of new homes that would be available today.
Buyers looking for homes in the $250,000-to-$300,000 range are in luck, he said, with plenty up for sale.
But relatively few folks are willing to sell homes for less than $200,000, making it a seller's market because of the large number of people looking to buy in, he said.
"For a market to move up, you need to have balance in all price ranges," Buhler said. "You need to sell a house to be able to buy the next one."
|Average prices paid in March for homes in areas of Douglas County, compared with March 2004, according to the Douglas County Appraiser's Office:¢ Rural: $220,526, up 20.2 percent.¢ Lawrence: $181,647, up 2.8 percent.¢ Baldwin: $164,666, down 11.3 percent.¢ Eudora: $153,722, down 10.3 percent.¢ North Lawrence: $115,000, down 13.2 percent.¢ Total Douglas County: $177,627, up 2.5 percent.
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In the past 2 conference calls, investors seemed to be split evenly on the question of economic growth. Those who believe the economy is strengthening are expecting cyclical stocks, such as dividend paying energy stocks, to rebound. Investors who are worried that the economy is weakening, have parked a significant portion of their portfolios in money market accounts where they are getting close to zero interest rates.
Neither of these strategies has done well this year. The energy sector is the poorest performing sector in the S&P 500 losing almost 8% so far this year as the price of oil has fallen. Money market interest rates are currently about 0.10% a year. At that rate, a $1 million account would earn just $1,000 a year before taxes.
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Ken: Eugene, lets start with you. What do you think?
Eugene: I believe that we are basically where they were at the end of 2008 when this recession began. The reason why the market has rebounded this far is the low interest rates. If the Federal Reserves moves rates up at all in this environment it would be catastrophic for our market. With unemployment at over 8% and real unemployment in the double digits there's no way that our economy can sustain any rise in interest rates. The Fed recently decided to extend their zero interest rate policy for another 2 years. I think they understand that raising interest rates now would be extremely detrimental to future growth.
Ken: Is it fair to say you believe interest rates will stay low for a long time?
Eugene: That is a fair statement. I believe interest rates are going to stay at these low rates for the foreseeable future. The Federal Reserve has said it will be another 2 years at a minimum. They are going to be looking for sustained economic growth and a serious reduction in unemployment before they start raising interest rates.
Ken: You think interest rates will stay low or lower until the unemployment rate falls significantly?
Eugene: The main reason they haven't already lowered interest rates is because they are almost out of bullets. If they lower rates and it doesn't spur the economy, they will reveal to the world that they are out of bullets. They have extended their twist program to try to reduce long-term rates, but they haven't done anything on the short term side.
Ken: So, people who are staying in cash and hoping to get a better return are probably not going to see any improvement for at least the next 2 years?
Eugene: Two, three, maybe even four years. It's going to be a long time before money market accounts will be paying 5% again.


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My heart goes out to John Carpenter, a thoughtful, talented, humane artist whose contributions to our culture dwarf those of every single one of these wannabe Goebbelses combined. I can't imagine how infuriating it must be to see your art—let alone a work of outright anti-capitalist agitprop like They Live—twisted into its ideological opposite by bigots and charlatans. I'd almost certainly have spoken out, too.
But I'm not convinced it will do any good. I'm not convinced it won't outright hurt, in fact. Like Hillary Clinton's "alt-right" speech during the campaign, this has now elevated the neo-Nazi smears and lies into the realm of debatable topics, the stuff of "meet the dashing new face of the extreme right" puff pieces.
"They Live is about International Jewry" is something that had never occurred to non-piece-of-shit people before this week. Now it's a sick, sad footnote in the film's history, a slug in its Wikipedia entry, a scratch on the lens of the sunglasses that help us see reality for what it is. That's the goal of the racists and fascists, after all: Distort our vision until everything is as ugly as they are.
I wrote about John Carpenter's They Live and the difficulty of combatting neo-Nazi bullshit for Decider.
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Happy Thursday, Spark Friends!
Sorry I have been MIA lately, but there's been A LOT going on.
Since my last blog, I've been really battling with my emotions and food cravings. I've been trying to find a new job as I am not happy (although I am grateful) with my current job now. I have been searching for over a month now, and I have not heard anything back. In addition, finances, relationships, and my injured foot have all led to a bout of depression. Because of it, I allowed myself to venture off of the healthy journey that I was on. Now, I'm back to the 160s the last time I looked at the scale which means I regained 20 pounds of the 30 I had lost which does not help at all.
Last weekend, I went to Atlanta to visit family as well as participate in the Color Me Rad 5K. BJ and I had a blast! That was his first 5K race, and now, he has 5K fever! Haha. So, we are signed up for two others in the fall, and we are looking at one or two more.
Really, the Atlanta trip (especially the 5K) really turned things around for me. I am in the beginning stages of getting back on my healthy journey. However, I am choosing to look at it as just that -- a healthy journey. While weight loss is great, I am trying to focus on other aspects of this process -- healthy eating, exercise, sleep, and how they make me feel. I am hoping that this will make it more permanent. Nonetheless, I am excited to restart this journey!
Also, I am excited to say that I have three interviews for jobs this week and next week! I interviewed with a bank on Tuesday, and they really liked me. I will not hear from them for another week or so as they had other people who interviewed at the same time. Today, I have a test with an insurance company! Lastly, sometime next week, I have an interview with a tax firm. I am so excited about all the possible changes coming up in my life!
In addition, I have kind of been taking a break from Spark. Truthfully, I felt like a hypocrite by giving advice about health when I was not taking it myself. Plus, I did not feel cheery when I was depressed. I didn't think it was fair to all of you. Anyways, I am hoping to gradually get back to Spark soon. I do miss you all!
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Things sound pretty normal for you - lots of ups and downs which is what life is, wouldn't you say?
My life has been much the same with many ups and downs. I've had a lot of car trouble lately and last Friday the power went out for 4.5 days, but nothing that has driven me to eat madly or stop exercising. True I have had more rest days than usual this week, but this week has been anything but "usual!"
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I've been in the same mood. I'm finally back and getting back into the swing of things. Glad to hear that it seems like you're ready to get there too.
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It's impossible to feel bad at a Color Me Rad event! Glad you two participated and have the 5k fever. It's good to have things to look forward to, especially together.
Stay focused, positive, and keep looking forward to new opportunities!
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I'm so glad you posted this, as I have been wondering about you. I'm very glad to hear that you are excited about getting back on track. Don't beat yourself up for the fallout, as we have all been there. Just pick it back up and start again. Look at it this way, you already know the habits that work, so you just have to break away from negative habits and trade them in for the good ones! As for your words of encouragement to others here, I personally don't see you as a hypocrite, but rather a great encouraging friend to others. Hope to see you on spark again soon! I'm on here everyday, but hardly doing much with it just due to time constraints. Plus, the closer I get to delivery, the less energy I have to be an avid sparker! I'm ready to reclaim it though just as soon as this little baby is born!
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I'm so glad you're back and things are turning around for you! I'm sure you'll find something new in no time. I definitely agree with remembering that this is a journey. If you're always in diet/weightloss mentality then what will you do when you finally hit your goal?? It's about a healthy lifestyle. Obviously life gets in the way but it's supposed to!
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FAQ's about the Breast Cream
There are provisions within the FDA that allow for health benefit claims to be made with oral nutrients. The FDA, however, does not have the same provisions for nutrients that are administered topically and thus no claims are allowed at this time. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or condition. If pregnant or breast feeding consult a physician prior to use.
The first ingredient in Dr. Spencer's Breast Cream is Love. It also contains the essence of a dozen roses. Other natural ingredients include: * Spirulina Algae extract (water base) * Aloe Vera Juice * Glyceryl Stearate * PEG-100 Stearate * Safflower Oil * Octyl Palmitate * Cetl Alcohol * Stearic Acid * Optiphen plus natural preservative * Allantoin * Vitamin E * Opa natural preservative * Essential oils Lavender/Rose This is an all-natural cream. However, some of the ingredients have names that would seem to indicate otherwise. The following is a description of the ingredients in lay terms. 1) Spirulina Algae Extract in Purified Water The Spirulina in this cream is a special strain of algae developed specifically for this product. The uniqueness of the algae is a result of how the algae is grown. Spirulina is a fresh water blue green algae that is commonly ingested as a super food. Spirulina is considered to be one of the most concentrated and health giving super foods on the planet. There have been more studies on the benefits of this super food than perhaps any other food. Multitudes of benefits have been ascribed to this very special algae. Spirulina is a blue green algae. The light green color of your cream comes from this ingredient. This algae is not harvested from a lake where there is no control of contaminants or pollution. This algae is grown in man-made ponds containing fresh pure water that is regularly monitored so as to insure the purity of the growing environment. Nutrients are specifically measured. There are no pesticides or harmful chemicals used in the growing process. Spirulina in the growing process keeps its own pond free of bacteria. These biological contaminants are not able to grow in its presence. This makes it very easy to maintain a pure growing environment. 2) Aloe Vera Juice The Aloe Vera plant is well recognized as a plant with healing qualities. Many studies have verified its benefit for skin as well as the immune system in general. Ancient drawings of the plant have been discovered on cave walls making it the oldest plant documented as having healing qualities. 3) Glyceryl Stearate and PEG-100 Stearate These are variations of similar items as the names suggest. Glyceryl Stearate comes from natural stearic acid and glycerin that is derived from either Palm or Soy oil. Glycerin and stearic acid are discussed below. 4) Safflower Oil This is a cold pressed oil extracted from the seeds of the Safflower plant. Safflower oil is flavorless and colorless, and nutritionally similar to sunflower oil. Other than its use in cosmetics, it is used mainly as a cooking oil, in salad dressings, and for the production of margarine. It may also be taken as a nutritional supplement. 5) Octyl Palmitate This ingredient is made from palm oil. Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the fruit of the palm tree. Recently Palm oil has surpassed soybean oil as the most widely produced vegetable oil in the world. 6) Cetyl Alcohol This is not an alcohol like you think of an alcohol. Cetyl alcohol is a white solid that in this product is derived from naturally occurring fatty acids in coconut oil. 7) Stearic Acid Stearic Acid is a fatty acid that comes from vegetable fats and oils or animal fat. The vegetable form is used in this product. 8 ) Allantoin Allantoin is a naturally occurring compound found in a variety of foods such as wheat sprouts and beets. This form is from the comfrey plant which has been observed to help wounds heal and stimulates the growth of healthy tissue. 9) Tocopheryl Acetate This is another term for Vitamin E. 10) Opa Natural Preservative This is a blend of Plant Glycerine, Citric acid, Ascorbic acid and Sodium Chloride. Plant Glycerine is a natural syrupy liquid found extensively in cells of plants. Natural Glycerine is derived from oils and fats from plant sources. Glycerine is prevalent in higher plants and seaweed and
It has been reported that some women experienced temporary tenderness of the breast tissue with regular massaging with the cream. It has been speculated that this may be a result of triggering lymphatic drainage as a result of regular massage or the active ingredients entering the skin may be facilitating a detoxifying reaction, although there is no proof that these explanations are correct. If you feel any discomfort, stop using the cream until the sensation has completely subsided. At that point start the cream again. If the tenderness returns after initiating use of the cream, again stop using the cream. Do not return to use until all tenderness again has dissipated. As you go through this process the tenderness should become less with each return to use of the cream or it takes longer for this to show up. Eventually tenderness does not return. If you are an exception whereby discomfort always returns with use of the cream and it is not becoming less with each attempt, it is advised to discontinue the cream entirely and consult your physician for a breast exam. To date there are no reports of such an experience. However, if this does take place please contact us and report your experience.
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – "International Geneva", as the city likes to profile itself when talking about the UN and other international organizations, has had a more than usually busy week.
Wednesday 15 June: The UN Human Rights Commission looked at allegations of human rights abuses in Cote d'Ivoire and the current situation there, with a large number of countries speaking. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights noted that in the six months since the UN set up a hotline for human rights abuses in December more than 12,000 calls have been received. UNHRC unofficial report with speakers' summaries. The UNHRC also passed a statement calling on Syria to give the UN high commissioner access to the country.
Thursday 16 June: The International Labour Organization at its centenary annual Conference, adopted a set of international standards to improve "the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide". The standards have been two years in the making and, for the first time, take ILO standards into the informal economy. Text of the new Convention
The two week conference has seen a stream of dignitaries and has included presentations by Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The UNHRC adopted a new set of guiding principles on business and human rights drawn up by Professor John Ruggie of Harvard. It covers state but also corporate responsibilities and gives guidelines for meeting them in several areas including the rights of indigenous peoples, women, national or ethnic groups, religious and linguistic minorities, children, persons with disabilities, and migrant workers and their families as well as business adherence to international law in situations of armed conflict.
Friday 17 June: the UN staff magazine, UN Special, carries a new feature on the nine-storey multi-coloured glass front building on the Rue de France that will be completed in November.
At the end of last week the World Trade Organization noted that it had submitted to the G20 an inter-agency report by 10 UN agencies on managing food prices, to the G20, at its request, "Options for G20 consideration on how to better mitigate and manage the risks associated with the price volatility of food and other agriculture commodities, without distorting market behaviour, ultimately to protect the most vulnerable".


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He now has over 120,000 people follow his daily rantings on Twitter and was just named one of the top 5 social media influencers in the world on Forbes.com. It's the only time he's felt comfortable being compared to Ashton Kutcher, P Diddy and Justin Bieber.
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International Notes: Danny Arribas, Big Names
Arribas signed with the Pirates.
Yesterday the Pittsburgh Pirates announced the signing of five international players. Today we have two more updates on the international front:
-Another player the Pirates have signed is Danny Arribas of PSV Eindhoven, via Mister Baseball. While playing in the World Junior Championship for the Dutch Junior National Team, he hit for a .391 average in 23 at-bats. He will likely start his career in the GCL.
-I get this question about once a week: who are the big names on the international market? We don't start hearing much about that until after the MLB draft. We didn't start hearing about Luis Heredia until this time last year. However, Dejan Kovacevic provided an update yesterday, mentioning that the Pirates don't envision a Luis Heredia or ...
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Thanks for the reply.Of course, I misread my information.I, too, have the date of the marriage as 6 July 1777, not 1756.The latter was the birthdate I have, for some reason. I am presently on holidays, and don't have this computer configured to email.I will be back at work, and thus to email, at the end of the month if you'd like to contact me.I have some birth certificates and have visited the village of Overton and other places where my ancestors lived before migrating to Australia. Please send me an email message to firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like any of this extra material.
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Display all Picasa Offical Featured Photos as thumbnails. Click the thumbnail to view HD quality photo. You can view the comments, save the photo to sdcard or set it as your wallpaper.
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90 people reporting problem spots using Brookline's smartphone app
About 90 people have downloaded Brookline's new "BrookONline" citizen reporter smartphone app that allows them to report everything from broken streetlights to potholes spotted around town.
The app, which can be downloaded by anyone with an iphone or Android smartphone, allows users to photograph a problem spot and request the town to fix it.
Brookline's Chief Information Officer Kevin Stokes said more than 200 requests for service have been made through the system since the beginning of September.
The town notifies the citizen reporters about the status of the repairs, such as when a pothole is expected to be fixed, and then notifies the reporters again when the work is completed and the request is closed.
The service requests can also be followed on Brookline's website at http://spot.brooklinema.gov/ as part of the town's new "BrookONline" initiative that is seeking to make it easier for people to interact with the town online.
"We're pretty excited about it," Stokes said. "There's a segment of the population that that is how they are comfortable with communicating."
Many of the service requests made through the smartphone app or online can be addressed within 24 to 48 hours, Stokes said. Some problems spots, such as graffiti or a broken streetlight, could take a little longer if police need to investigate or a utility company needs to get involved.
Since the summer, the town has been building up the services offered through the BrookONline portal on the town's website, which allows residents to sign up for email notifications about specific local board and committee meetings as well as pay bills online and set up automated payments.
Eventually, Stokes said residents will be able to pay all of their bills with the town, from property taxes to parking fines, by logging in one time.
Residents can continue to make the payments or request for services via the mail or by making a phone call, but Stokes said the website improvements are needed to keep the town's online experience on par with private company websites and public expectations.


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A log is a diary and a record of your inventive thinking. It should include
everything that is related to your project. Every time you write in the log, you
should initial and date your entry and also have it signed by a witness. A
witness can be anyone who knows what you are working on that day – mom, dad, a
friend, a brother, a sister, etc. The list below includes some of the items that might
be recorded in your log. You will think of others. Remember, every time you work
on your project or just think about your idea, you should record it in your
inventor's log or notebook.
1) Books, films, DVDs, places and things to see/observe:
2) Other references including Websites:
3) People:
Results of Interviews:
Results of Surveys:
Ideas for Inventions (notice these are plural and should include alternatives):
Possible Solutions (include pros and cons):
1) What am I going to invent?
2) What steps will I need to take? (this is also called the process)
3) What materials will I need? Include special equipment such as a camera, tape
recorder, construction materials, etc.
4) What will the materials cost?
5) What problems might occur?
6) How will I present my project?
? What form will it take?
7) Your results – How did the plan work? Were any modifications needed?
Drawings of Possible Solutions:
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Athlete of the Week: Kendra Weledji
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The St. Thomas Aquinas Saints found themselves in a defensive slugfest in the Class 5A state championship game. Mill Valley wasn't going to give anything easy to Kendra Weledji and her teammates.
"None of our shots were going in," she said. "So, we really had to rely on our defense."
The Saints combined stellar defense with just enough offense to capture the state title with a 23-22 victory. Weledji led the way with nine points.
"It was really nice because there's been so many good teams at Aquinas. To carry on the tradition was a really fun and exciting moment," she explained.
The junior was a big reason the Saints posted a 24-1 record, according to head coach Rick Hetzel.
"She really stepped up this year, towards the end of the year in particular and really led her team really well," he said.


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looking for female roommate for Christmas/NY cruise
I'm female, 31 y.o., originally from Russia, but live in the States. I am looking for a non-smoking female to share a Christmas/NY cruise (10 days) on Holland America's ms Zuiderdam (Aruba, Panama Canal, Costa Rica etc). It sails on Dec 23 from Ft. Lauderdale and arrives on Jan 02.
My boyfriends works on this ship and I would like to join him for holidays, but I don't want to pay extra for my cabin and would like to have a friend to hang out, or go dancing etc when he has to work. Also, I will most probably sleep in his cabin, so you'll have the room mostly for yourself. If you are interested, please let me know.
Still looking?
Hi --
Have you found a cabinmate yet? Let me know if you haven't. I can't find the pricing on this trip, if you can let me know how much, that'd be great.
-- M'Lisa
Christmas/NY cruise
Hi Jenia
Are you still looking for a travel companion for cruising over the holidays?
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Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading
E-reader use is on the rise, and the textbook market is shifting toward customizable digital products. Are students ditching print in favor of electronic alternatives for their academic reading? A forthcoming small study from the City University of New York asked that question and found that, like previous generations, at least some Millennials still prefer reading long texts and academic selections in print.
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Yahoo has confirmed that investor Carl Icahn will take a seat on the company's board of directors.
Icahn, who owns 4.98 percent of Yahoo common stock, will be allowed to sit on the board following the annual stockholders meeting, which is due to take place on August 1. However, Yahoo has stressed that to maintain his place on the board, Icahn must withdraw his nominees and support those of the board at the annual meeting. Eight members from the current board of directors are up for re-election, including CEO Jerry Yang.
The Yahoo board will be expanded to 11 members, including Icahn and two others from his list. With Icahn now to have a seat on the board, his list includes eight remaining nominees along with Jonathan Miller, currently a partner in Velocity Interactive Group and former chairman and CEO of AOL, according to a statement from Yahoo.
Icahn had been trying to take control of the Yahoo board to force a sale of all or part of it to Microsoft. Yahoo has rebuffed Microsoft's offers and according to published reports Microsoft is now in talks with Time Warner to possibly buy its AOL business. After Yahoo investor Legg Mason said it would support the current Yahoo board, it appeared likely that Icahn's efforts would not prevail. Legg Mason owns 4.4 percent of Yahoo shares.
The agreement between Yahoo and Icahn serves the best interest of stockholders, company chairman Roy Bostock said in a statement, and he now looks forward to working productively with Icahn and the other new members of the board.
For his part, Icahn said in the same statement issued by Yahoo that he is pleased with the settlement, but he still contends that selling all of the company or its search business "must be given full consideration".
As part of the agreement, that issue, as well as any strategy for a 'transaction', will be discussed by the full board, which also pleases Icahn, according to the statement.


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well, frist off voice acting was perfect, the intro with the bush image and what he looks like in certain areas was indeed a good way to open up the humor, the grim reaper lip syncs were great, and the spin card plot for the storyline was a good way to have the death theme tied in with humor also. There wasnt much animations, but the images were great, and had alot of funny quotes and pictures
overall a very funny grim reaper return, with a great soryline, and some nice voice acting, and alot of great jokes
well it isn't as good as the other two, but i just love the grim reaper on here. the reaper spin-card was funny. all the possible options of dying either gracefully, badly, or just down right awful.
good job, hope we see more of the reaper.
Man I love these!
I gotta say, you're one of the best writers in existance right now (assuming, of course, that you come up with all this yourself). Where does it all come from. It's a rhetorical question, don't concern yourself with answering. :)
Get March's out on time!
Glad to hear your doin one a month. The Grim reaper show is one of my favorite toons on NG. More is good.
Great charatcer
I am a big fan of the Grim reaper line. He is animated exceptionally with humor to match. And the best thing is that the audio doesn;t have that "scratchy/ too loud" characteristic. I totally approve your work and can only hope that the Grim Reaper shows his face a little more around the portal.


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Up for sale here is a rare gem indeed: a 1965 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER FJ45 STATION WAGON. This one of a few great project vehicles I know I will never get around to and a great opportunity for you to get into one of the ultimate retro-cruisers for a great deal.
THE GOOD:The cruiser body is complete on the outside. I have the missing front turn signals and taillights in a box for safe keeping. All the major panels and the roof are amazingly straight and rust free. I have never seen an unrestored 45 wagon that was this rust free! I found a couple of pinholes in the passenger quarter panel ribbing below the floor level, and a crack in the passenger corner (that somebody put a piece of tape over!)
Since there are no interior panels, you can see inside the doors that there is no putty or rust ANYWHWERE. Door sills: DITTO.
The biggest problem with the body is the lift up hatch has separated where the hinge from the body attaches. The miracle here is that the PO included an extra mint-condition hatch with the truck when he sold it to me!
There is nothing under the hood; no engine, trans or transfer case. You can easily pick one of these setups up on Ebay, from a cruiser parts vendor, or from somebody converting their old FJ into a domestic-powered rock buggy. The frame has mounts that look like their might have been a V-8 in this baby already.
All the doors still close properly, the window regulators move up and down easily, tailgate mechanisms are working. If youll notice in the photos, the regulators still have their original plastic knobs!
THE BAD: 1.The hood shows evidence of a crease where it must have blown up to the roof at some point and was basically straightened, but could use a little more help. 2.The truck has no seats, front or back. I personally wouldnt waste the money trying to get original seats, but would modernize the seating with 4 buckets and two center consoles. 3. There is a rust hole a few inches in diameter in the passenger floorboard that needs to be patched. 4.Second doors on both sides only open from the inside; I have not investigated what needs to be fixed, but nothing looks broken. I have both the rear side windows, but do not have the weatherstrips for them. I do not know if it will be a problem to find suitable weatherstrips
THE UGLY. 1.The saginaw steering conversion was done with an SOA in mind and will need to be changed if you want to keep the truck spring under. (I recommend an FJ60 PS box) 2.There was a rust hole about 6" around in the drivers floorboard; somebody welded a new piece of flat metal in; could have done a better job. 3.There are a few holes in the right rear corner of the roof where somebody thought it would be a good idea to put a CB antenna. 4. There is a hole in the dash below the ashtray for an aftermarket stereo that wasnt done very well (on the plus side, its way smaller than a modern stereo cutout would need to be, so it shouldnt be hard to clean up either way)
THE DEAL. Will take $2000.00 cash obo. Will also consider partial trade for newer LC parts (db,ps,l/m w/s frame, doors, etc)


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Jeffrey Kerr is the most conscientious, caring and trustworthy agent one could possibly imagine. He helped me fine-tune my needs for a condominium and was extremely patient, narrowing the search for the requirements of a couple down to a single person as my circumstances changed. The whole process was seamless as Jeffrey had all of the business details so well organized and coordinated that I had little to worry about. The search for the perfect condo took over 3 years from the time we started and by the time I found my wonderful home I had looked at dozens of potential purchases. Jeff's patient guidance and knowledge were invaluable and I would wholeheartedly recommend him and his expertise. To round out Jeff's attributes, he handles all the stresses and strains of his clientele with a great sense of humour.
My admiration for Jeffrey Kerr began several years ago when a disabled relative of mine had a heartbreaking experience with an accessible condo she and her husband had purchased from the builder's plans. In actuality the final result was far from accessible for wheelchairs. As a result of this devastating experience Jeffrey made it his mission to become thoroughly knowledgeable about the housing needs of the disabled and to become an advocate for them.
Since then he has expanded his area of expertise to the population of seniors who are downsizing to condo living. I am one of those seniors. I am deeply indebted to Jeffrey for his diligence, expertise, ability to help me focus on my real needs in the face of overwhelming choices, and above all for his patience in guiding me toward my perfect condo. I am thrilled with my purchase and couldn't have done it without Jeffrey's help.
In February of 2013 my son died suddenly. He had been disabled for approximately thirteen years prior to his death. His apartment in Toronto had been modified to suit his specific mobility issues.
When the time came to sell the condo I was at a loss as to whom to choose as a real estate agent, as I lived about three hours from the city. I was fortunate to have many contacts at Lyndhurst rehabilitation hospital and one of them suggested I contact Jeffrey Kerr.
This was an excellent referral as Jeffrey proved to be a fine real estate agent. He is very familiar with the needs of individuals who have been disabled in some capacity. Because of his experience he was able to use his list of contacts and referrals to expose the property to numerous prospective buyers.
I was also impressed with the promotional material and the virtual tour he put together to promote the sale. After the listing was signed he updated me after every visit to the condo by an interested party. Jeffrey provided excellent assistance with the closing of the property and provided extra help with issues throughout the sales process.
Jeffrey made a very difficult time much easier with his understanding personality and his thoroughness. I recommend him highly to individuals or families interested in buying or selling a property in the GTA.
There's a guy I've met and had the pleasure of getting to know. His name is Jeffrey Kerr and he specializes in helping people in wheelchairs buy and sell homes. He is also working with deaf people and blind people. It is his SPECIALTY. You should check him out on Facebook, check out his site at and refer your clients to him. It IS a specialty, and he's been doing it for years.
I could compete with Jeff as we overlap areas but you know what? I recommend him for this speciality and without hesitation.
Now that I've moved my family into our new home, I would like to take a moment to thank you for all your hard work and dedication in helping me find the property and helping me in getting the required modifications done to it to make it accessible. The service you provided me was truly unique and exceptional. With my busy schedule, both at home and the office, it was extremely difficult for me to have the time to personally visit all possible properties in a timely fashion as they came on the market and then to schedule repeat visits to determine if they could accommodate an elevator and have other required accessibility modifications completed. With the market conditions being as tight as they were, all the good properties were sold before I would have had a chance to visit them multiple times. That's before you stepped in and completed an ongoing intensive search and inspected properties on my behalf. You were able to visit the properties in a timely fashion. Once your initial inspections found possible properties meeting my defined requirements, you took the time and effort to get experts to help inspect the properties and give me opinions and estimates for the required modifications. I would recommend you to anyone looking for an accessible property. In fact, I would recommend you to anyone looking for an agent to help them find their new home.
Name withheld at client's request
Working with Jeff was a wonderful experience! He really took the time to understand what we were looking for, even as we were figuring it out ourselves. He was the consummate professional and was with us every step of the way from offer to ownership. As first time home buyers we felt like we had an experienced partner working with us. We would recommend Jeff without a moment's hesitation!
Scott and Joni Serio
Scott and Joni Serio
I have employed the real estate services of Jeffrey Kerr of RE/MAX UNIQUE for over 10 years and have always found him to be friendly, professional and extremely helpful in dealing with the needs of me and my family.
Following the sale of our most recent Toronto house in less than 2 weeks he arranged a condo rental that perfectly suited our budget & lifestyle and also expertly handled our desire to sublet in a timely fashion.
I would, without reservation, recommend the knowledgeable services of Jeffrey Kerr to manage all your real estate needs.
Pat Armstrong
Pat Armstrong
Our situation of finding a home in Toronto was a very complicated one. I was attending school in London, Ontario while my finance was working in Victoria, BC. Complicating the matter, we were on very stringent time constraints due to our schedules and since we were searching for our first house together, we did have different opinions of what we should be looking for and in which area.
During our search, Jeff worked extremely hard to narrow down the focus of what we were looking for. This was an extremely difficult task given our divergent preferences. He also was extremely accommodating to our schedules when we flew in and out of Toronto. We also found him very comfortable to deal with and found him to be very patient when we couldn't make up our mind and encouraging or supportive, when we encountered obstacles in the process.
What really impressed us is the work that he did without asking. On places we were interested in, he would phone and find out if there were termite issues and even after we closed the deal on the place, he met with our by-law officer and picked up an application form for a new driveway from city hall. These two items exemplify his character and work ethic.
In summary of our dealings, we would definitely use him again and would highly recommend him to anyone else, regardless of the situation.
Nigel McNabb
We recently had the pleasure of dealing with Jeffrey Kerr in our move to Toronto. His high level of service and communication from inception to closing date, the breadth of research, attention to
detail and his knowledge of market trends created a highly successful and pleasurable sales experience. He is a consummate professional and we recommend him highly to anyone looking to
purchase or sell a house.
Bruce and Lisbeth Moore
I am writing you all to share a fabulous Real Estate resource, Jeffrey Kerr.
We found his services to be exceptionally professional with a personal touch that included bottled water and snacks as we set out to search for our new home. He kept everything really organized, was always prepared, not to mention incredibly flexible with our busy work schedules. He helped us find a place that met all of our requirements in a tough mid-town market, which I had been warned could take months to achieve.
After only three weeks of listings, his experience helped us close on our dream home against the odds of multiple offers and the fact that we were about to get out-bid! He really is worth calling if you are looking for a new place to live, we couldn't have been happier with his entire approach and delivery.
Christina and Steven Curtis
When we decided that we should sell our 5 bedroom house in the Eglinton Avenue Road area. This had been our family home for well over 30 years. Our real estate agent, Jeff Kerr
wished to have the house on the market by the end of February and we were traveling most of January. So under Jeff's supervision, we spent February discarding, storing, painting, and retouching. Jeff organized a "virtual tour" to be put on the Web – our adult children said that they didn't recognize their home – it looked so bright and airy and attractive. Then we left for Florida for 10 days during which the house was open to potential buyers – many many people were through our home. Our home had urea formaldehyde as insulation and was tested as completely safe over 20 years earlier, but we felt that this might bring the selling price of the house down. Jeff had our house appraised and all the information on the urea formaldehyde was totally available to potential buyers. At Jeff's suggestion our asking price was about $100,000 more than we would have asked. The day after our return, we sat in Jeff's office and "received" offers. Most offers were over the asking price and the one that we accepted was $100,000 over the asking price. Wow!! With that settled, Jeff helped us research and view condominiums, both old and new, and in many areas of Toronto. Within a month, we had settled on a new 3 bedroom condo in the Yonge – York Mills area. We moved in June 2006 and feel completely at home here. Thanks Jeff, we couldn't have done so well without you.
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Beyond the Bows and Bow Ties: The Baby Clothes You Actually Need
Baby clothes: it's easy to be overtaken by the cuteness overload. There are so many accessories for babies – just look at the bows, tutus, headbands, bow ties, suspenders – and the list goes on. You aren't alone, which is why so many parents overspend when purchasing baby clothes. But, what do you really need to appropriately dress your baby? Not much! At the end of the day, the most important thing to remember is to ensure baby is dressed comfortable, safe, and weather appropriate.


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I had a totally relaxed day, yesterday. Short yet enough to clear away the cobwebs in my mind. I will definitely post about it in the coming days. Pictures too but I need to attend to certains matters first. Till then, here's the review of the films I watched this month.
Normal - A HBO original movie with a strong cast dealing with a very sensitive subject. A man (Tom Wilkinson) after being married for 25 years to his wife (Jessica Lange) decides to go for a sex change. The ridicule, the anxiety and stress he endures is overwhelming yet with the support of his loving wife he prevails. Story line was a bit weak but the acting was believable to pull it through.
Wimbledon - A washed up tennis player is given another chance to shine in the tennis tournament he has never won. An underdog making it good plot, good tennis action shots, Paul Bettany is a delight to watch with his accent so the movie was enjoyable. Too bad Kirsten Dunst was it in. I don't like her. Blah.
Into the Sun - Yeah go figure I watched a Steven Seagal
Godsend - Now this seriously scared me a lot and I guess it didn't help that I watched it at 2 in the morning. A couple who lost their son in an accident decides to have him cloned. The child comes back looking exactly as the original up to a certain point in his young life when he turns evil. Greg Kinnear and Robert de Niro contribute acting wise but it was the actor portraying the child who gave me goosebumps with his piercing demeanor. Good fright!
Kingdom of Heaven - I'm drawn towards historical epics which give us a sense of how life really was in the past. And this movie did not fail me in that aspect. I was lucky enough to visit Jerusalem as well the Kerak castle in Jordan, so it was fascinating to watch the Crusades portrayed so realistically. Never mind that Orlando Bloom still comes across as a weakling (due in part to his sissy portrayal in "Troy") the other actors like Jeremy Irons, Liam Nesson and Ghassan Massoud (Salahadin) ably sustained the movie.
Laws of Attraction - I caught this on Star Movies. I liked the chemistry between Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore. Funny, witty delight to watch them spar against each other in this courtroom comedy. Yes sure plot could use some direction but it was still amusing.
Cold Creek Manor - Sharon Stone, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Dorf couldn't save this lousy plot. I thought it was another ghost haunting new tenants movie but it wasn't. The thing with movies like these is I end up talking to the screen and tell them to move back to wherever they came from. If something weird happens when you live in a new house then certainly you wont stay around much longer, would you? But sure I know it's not that easy!
Twisted - Ashley Judd in another of her dysfunctional victim roles. She gets good support from the other actors in this film like as Samuel L. Jackson. And surely it is always riveting to watch Andy Garcia essay any role. With a wide variety of characters, it was fun trying to predict which one was the killer. And yes I got it right yet again.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate events - I never read the book and only heard of it when it was shown on the big screen. Certainly a role that fits Jim Carrey perfectly well. The 3 children are good, you get to really emphatize with their misery. Their great (mis)adventures, meeting quirky characters along their journey and the set design is befitting the era it was supposed to convey. I loved it.
Little Black Book - You have Brittany Murphy snooping into her boyfriend's Palm Pilot (the modern equivalent of the little black book) to discover he still keeps all his ex-gfs pictures and contact numbers in it. She was urged on by her friend/colleague and it unveils a whole lot of details which the poor girl never knew before. Hmmm first of all I would NEVER snoop into my partner's possessions like cellphone & PDAs. It would be a violation of his privacy. I would trust him enough to tell me only what I need to know. Having said done, how else would the poor girl discover the secrets he kept from her? Oh well it turned out to be a ploy to make a TV show score up ratings. Gosh I was horrified how it all unveiled towards the ending. But ok it wasn't such a good plot but good acting from Holly Hunter, Brittany Murphy & Kathy Bates.
Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith - Ok so I didn't fall asleep, simply because the whole movie house reverberated whenever a spaceship flew away. Or the buzzing sound of the sabers of the Jedis felt like a fly was buzzing in my ear. The encounters made my heart pound or maybe it was too much caffeine. But sure I enjoyed the movie if only for the fact that we finally know why Anakin turned to the dark side of the force. The gullible fool did it for love. And what did it get him? He lost Padme and all he had to show for it - A long black cape, black knee length boots and a mask that amplifies the fact that he is a heavy breather! Was it worth it? I don't think so!


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UPDATE ON COCO CRISP: Trainer Nick Paparesta sounded optimistic that Coco Crisp could be healthy enough to play when he rejoins the team. That would be Friday. In the wake of Crisp's MRI, Paparesta said the outfielder has "some chronic degenerative changes" in his neck and that the symptoms are on the right side. He was hurt May 5 when running into the Coliseum outfield wall and making contact with a metal pole instead of the padding, leaving him with whiplash.
"I think we've all come to the realization it's something he's going to battle throughout the season," Paparesta said.
Many folks on the A's weren't thrilled when the team let go of Sam Fuld early in the season, and wouldn't he be a good fit right about now?
The A's soon will announce the findings of Coco Crisp's MRI of his troubled neck, and Craig Gentry is on the disabled list with a broken hand. Yoenis Cespedes played center field Monday, and Josh Reddick is in center tonight. That's not exactly the preference.
So the A's are in the market for outfielders. Susan Slusser on Twitter reported the A's are looking at Fuld among numerous options, and you can bet the goal is to find a center fielder so Cespedes can stay in left and Reddick in right.
Fuld is hitting .272 with a .364 on-base percentage with the Twins. He has 12 steals in 15 attempts. He appeared in 51 games including 40 in center field.
Billy Burns was added to the roster Monday, replacing Gentry, and manager Bob Melvin tentatively plans to start Burns in center Wednesday.
The A's also are considering their options at second base.
The lineup: DH Jaso, SS Lowrie, LF Cespedes, RF Moss, 3B Donaldson, 1B Vogt, C Norris, CF Reddick, 2B Sogard. RH Samardzija on the hill.


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