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Share the Simple Lenten Meals flier (bilingual) below.
The Social Justice Committee invites you to join us for Simple Lenten Meals in the North Conference Room on the Friday evenings of Lent following the 6pm Stations of the Cross.
Each Friday we collect donations to benefit a different community-based organization in Washington, DC. On Friday, March 9, the beneficiary will be the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC).
Consider spending your early Friday evening with St. Matthew's family and friends – come for the 5:30pm Mass, 6pm Stations of the Cross, and end with a shared meal organized by the RCIA Catechumens, for this great opportunity of almsgiving.
Please visit the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. website https://cliniclegal.org/ from which the following is excerpted and summarized.
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
Our Mission
Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, CLINIC promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs.
Catholic Identity - Founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 1988
The task of welcoming immigrants, refugees and displaced persons into full participation in the Church and society with equal rights and duties continues the biblical understanding of the justice of God reaching out to all peoples and rectifying the situation of the poor, the orphans, the widows, the disadvantaged, and especially in the Old Testament, the alien and the stranger.
Together a New People: Pastoral Statement on Migrants and Refugees. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1986
CLINIC Programs
Advocacy - (CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Representation and Advocacy Project, BIA [Board of Immigration Appeals] Pro Bono Project, and State and Local Immigration Project)
Advocacy: Addresses problems of low-income and CLINIC member agencies through advocacy, education, pro bono representation, litigation, and media.
Identifies legal trends and issues affecting immigrants and pursues solutions.
Prioritizes its advocacy agenda with its member agencies; collaborates with theUSCCB Migration and Refugee Service; and focuses on administrative advocacy with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
Supports state and local advocacy efforts to combat anti-immigration measures and to assist pro-immigrant initiatives.
Coordinates with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Pro Bono Project to increase representation for detained immigrants.
Documents and facilitates media coverage of U.S. Immigration policy, its human impact, and the challenges immigrants face, while supporting its member and colleague agencies' media outreach.
Center for Citizenship and Immigrant Communities -(The Center for Immigrant Integration, Citizenship and Integration National Capacity Building Project, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, The New Americans Campaign, Immigration Management Project)
The Center for Citizenship and Immigrant Communities: Strengthens the immigrant rights community by preparing charitable immigration programs to expand their service-delivery capacity and establishing a coordinated service-delivery and legal support architecture.
Center for Immigrant Integration. CLINIC believes immigrant integration initiatives are most successful when both the newcomer and the receiving community participate (e.g., at Catholic Charities agencies, parish halls, neighborhood schools, libraries, city offices), and encourages such initiatives through resource building, training, and shared best practices.
CLINIC and the USCCB believe the U.S. Immigration system is broken, does not serve the nation's needs, and demands significant reform. Long-term, undocumented immigrants who have significantly contributed to the nation's economy and social fabric compel the United States to provide them a legal process to become documented, authorized to work, and naturalized as U.S. citizens. This earned pathway to citizenship (legalization) is essential to achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
The New Americans Campaign seeks to increase the number of eligible Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) becoming U.S. citizens by assisting them with the naturalization process and advocacy. CLINIC funds and assists seven affiliate agencies (in Brooklyn, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, and the Washington, DC metro area) to expand and strengthen their existing services. CLINIC offers these affiliates naturalization and immigration law expertise (e.g., the immigration and information support line, reduced training and conference fees, and free access to live and recorded "webinars").
Training and Legal Support -
Mission: To expand professional, low-cost immigration service availability by providing legal expertise, training, and technical assistance to CLINIC's member agencies and constituents. Training and Legal Support attorneys advise over 1,000 nonprofit, community-based immigration service providers via phone consultations, trainings, broadcast e-mails, extensive publications and resources, a monthly newsletter, and a website.
Responding to Changes in Immigration Policy
As the current administration announces significant changes to immigration policy,CLINIC is analyzing them and preparing resources and training to keep affiliates informed:
General Resources and Analysis (64 Publications); Know Your Rights: A Collection of Resources; DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals): Latest Information on DACA, Legal Practitioner Resources, and Resources for Dreamers and the Public; Defending Vulnerable Populations Project; and TPS (Temporary Protective Status).


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Full day with lunch and tickets for museums included.
Cities to visit: Porto, Matosinhos, Vila do Conde, Póvoa do Varzim and Viana do Castelo.
Leave the hotel to wander through the city of Oporto, always going north and always overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Fishing villages: arrivals and departures of small fishing boats.
Vila do Conde: sightseeing tour of the city to visit Renda de Bilros Museum and a ship from the 16th century.
Póvoa do Varzim: beaches and bullring.
Viana do Castelo: sightseeing tour, climb to Santa Luzia hill and church, including the dome, in the cable railway.
Return to Oporto to taste a "Bifana" on bread.
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Researchers at Indiana's Purdue University have published the study that implicates augmented reality games like Pokemon Go in rising numbers of traffic deaths.
While the study is titled "Death by Pokemon Go," researchers Mara Faccio and John J. McConnell looked at broader data gathered between March 2015 and December 2016 that pointed to distracted driving as a contributor to that rise.
They cited data that showed traffic deaths went down between 1988 and 2011, but then began to rise again, a trend that seems to coincide with the popularity of smartphones and the various other devices that keep us tethered to our online lives at all times.
What the study wanted to find out was whether the locations of collisions and vehicle-related incidents coincided with the locations of "Pokestops" in Indiana's Tippecanoe County. It hasn't been peer-reviewed yet, but the study attributes a half-million dollars in damage, 31 injuries, and two deaths to the game's craze.
The research also indicates that traffic incidents went down in the months after the game's introduction, coinciding with the period during which people got tired of the game and stopped playing it.
In extrapolating data to a nation-wide scale, the American researchers suggest Pokemon Go may have caused more than 145,000 crashes and led to more than 29,000 injuries and 256 deaths. The economic costs associated with those events are estimated at anywhere between $2 billion and $7.3 billion.
More recently, the company behind Pokemon Go has made it more difficult to play while in a car and, with any luck, research like this will lead to policy and legislation that put tighter restrictions on the use of phones in cars.
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Your Core Values
Vital Aging as a Spiritual Quest
Claiming Your Place at the Fire
The Golden Years on the Silver Screen
An Essay by James Gambone
When I was researching my book ReFirement: A Boomer's Guide to Life after 50, I discovered that 57 million of my fellow and sister boomers, nearly 75% of that generation, came from families that were poor or working class or that operated small businesses or family farms. The parents of these boomers did not have a college education, and many were blue-collar.
The key core values that these parents taught their children often re-emerge when older boomers face the challenges of midlife and beyond. Traumatic midlife passages often force you to ask soul-searching questions such as "Am I really satisfied with life? How can I make my life more meaningful? What are my real core values?"
In my research, I identified three core values of boomers:
- A strong sense of belonging
- The drive to give something back
- The willingness to take risks
- Belonging. Psychologist Barbara Jensen wrote, "belonging, particularly to those who grew up in a working-class culture, is a powerful sense of identity that naturally and almost instinctively includes others around you, who wish that as you succeed, they will also. Belonging is not just thinking, abstracting, or discussing the world: it is jumping in with all your gifts and limitations."
- Giving Back. I call this concept the first diversity value of the boomer generation. Professor Elizabeth Higginbotham, from the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, grew up in an African-American community, and she writes about how men and women like herself have dedicated, or are now thinking of dedicating themselves, to giving something back to their communities. It is no accident that so many professionals who are minorities find themselves in the helping professions.
- Taking Risks. Thirty percent of boomers will not be able to retire in a traditional way because of inadequate savings. The risk-taking value that many young boomers learned growing up on the family farm or in the family business, will take on even more importance by the year 2010.
Core values are important. Ask yourself: "What are my core values?"
The ReFirement Group is the author of two books, ReFirement: A Boomers Guide to Life After 50 and The ReFirement Workbook.


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Midlanders stroll, looking at trolls
Daily News/RYAN WOOD
"She wouldn't walk anymore, that's why we were carrying her," Terri Sanderson said of her over-heated dog Chevee, an 11-month-old Havanese. Sanderson was trolling around Main Street Saturday with her daughter Jamie, 9, during the Troll Stroll 2002 kick off party. They were looking over "Prima Trollerina" displayed outside the Northwood Gallery and designed by Linda Mathieu, Rebecca Zeiss and Erin Lamb.
Salva Troll Dali and his compatriots have taken root in downtown Midland until fall. As part of Saturday's Troll Stroll, many people came out during the hot and sunny day to admire and capture on film the mythical creatures.
There's Percilla, the mermaid troll. She sports yellow hair and bright red lipstick. Her blue feet are firmly on the ground in front of Northwood Gallery. Percilla's a bit of a rebel, with a U.S. Coast Guard tattoo.
Stiffy Green is a bronze-green troll with leaves and branches flowering from him. He has taken residence at the Ashman Court Marriott Conference Hotel on the Main Street side. Stiffy Green looks as if he could blend in with the northern Michigan forests.
Near him is Trollpical, designed by Dircineia Marchi. The festive troll won third place from the Troll Strollers.
Strolling around were Patty and Tom Schnurr and their children, Katie and Matt. Both Patty and Katie said the Piece by Piece troll was their favorite, while Matt voted for Totally Tattooed Troll.
"I think it's pretty cool," Katie said of the trolls.
Piece by Piece is a clever troll made of many buttons, reversed bottle caps, wooden beads, perm curlers and more. He has seashell toes, and wine corks and small plastic dolls also are part of Piece by Piece. He was voted number two troll and was designed by the Creative Spirit Center. Piece by Piece makes his summer home in front of Riverside apartments.
It was Parading Patriot who was voted number one by the Troll Strollers. He was designed by Megan Novak and Woodcrest Elementary's fifth-grade class. The patriotic troll has stars in his eyes and stars on his toes. Two small American flags stand on each side.
Troll artist Josh Stoll, 10, was there with his father, Tim, and brother, Ryan. Josh was part of the Woodcrest Elementary class which worked on Starry Night/Sunny Sky troll.
"It was fun painting," Josh said. "I did the tail, the toes and I did one tree."
Sadly, all is not well in troll-land. The stolen troll, Troll in Space: After Brancusi, had not been returned to his home by the spraypark as of Saturday. The other trolls by the Tridge and that area were moved downtown for their safety.
As the cooler night descends, the trolls are quiet. The flags of Parading Patriot troll are limp in the night air. Standing in the Santa House, Tannenbaum troll stops singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas." There is still an echo of a little girl excitedly saying, "I see one, I see one!"
Daily News/RYAN WOOD
Gage Spitnale, 4, of Midland gets a higher view than normal Saturday as he giggles from the arms of Danielle Smith, 9, while looking at "Trollpical" in the courtyard of the Ashman Court Hotel. The two were at the Troll Stroll kick off party with Gage's granparents Barbara and Don Spitnale.


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24 Dec
Beannachtaí na Nollag »
On behalf of all the staff at St. Attracta's N.S., I would like to wish all our pupils, past pupils and their families a happy and peaceful Christmas.
24 Dec
Ms.Sloyan's First Class on Mid West Radio! »
Ms.Sloyan's First Class were delighted to welcome Cormac O'Malley of MWR FM to their class on Friday of last week.
24 Dec
Cuairt Daidí na Nollag »
Tháinig Daidí na Nollag ar cuairt chuig Scoil Naomh Athracht maidin De hAoine. Bhí sceitimíní áthais ar na páistí!
Santa visited the very excited boys and girls of St.
21 Dec
Christmas Carol Singing in St.Anne's and St.Attracta's Nursing Homes »
Students from our 5th and 6th classes visited St.Anne's and St.Attracta's Nursing Homes this afternoon to sing Christmas carols and seasonal tunes.


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Today marks my 17th birthday! That's pretty insane. Sometimes it feels like I'm so much older than that. But most times, it's more like, "How am I old enough to be driving already?!" And don't even get me started on being old enough to be thinking about COLLEGE. WHAT? I have learned a lot this year, so I wanted to put 16 of the major things I learned or that were just solidified in my heart into words. Let me know what you think and a good lesson you have learned this year below!
- Hard work is hard but so rewarding.
- I started a business this year and it's been such a learning process. Being able to be paid to do something I love is special, but it's definitely hard work. I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Go for it.
- One lesson that was solidified this year for me was that I have to take chances sometimes. Being bold is scary, but you aren't walking alone. Plus, regret is such a hard pill to swallow.
- Self-discipline is important.
- This year I was given many opportunities that take up my time, and most of them in large increments. I learned a lot about planning and scheduling. Self-discipline can be annoying, but it prevents a lot of problems.
- Everything in moderation.
- This one kind of goes with self-discipline! I learned this lesson, particularly with food. (Embarrassingly enough.) When you start earning your own money, it's really easy to stop for lunch or a snack every day. It's important to treat yourself, but not all the time. Your clothes stop fitting after a while.. so don't do that. This one is embarrassing but hey, I'm real.
- Graciousness is my superpower.
- I really think that the best superpower I've got is grace. So many times, we get hurt or disappointed. It's hard to choose grace, but it is such a healthy habit to create for yourself. Granted, I don't always choose to be gracious, but when I do I feel so much better. Taylor Swift once said, "No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." It's really stuck with me.
- Healing is a process.
- I dealt with my first heartbreak this year. I
think(know) I still carry a tiny sliver of the hurt with me, but I've tried to be patient with myself in the healing process. It's okay to spill tears on your bedroom floor one night or buy yourself flowers and sushi another to cheer yourself up.
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- I learned that happiness is a choice and that I need assistance with it sometimes. Sometimes that means a long drive for my favorite sushi and supermarket flowers. Other times it means blasting John Mayer or Ed Sheeran and hanging out with my pup!
- It's okay to excuse yourself.
- There are certain situations in life where you just have to say "nope" and move on! It hurts for a good while and then one day you look back and say, "Praise Jesus I got far away from that situation."
- Love = vulnerability.
- Being vulnerable is my equivalent to standing on one foot atop a 100-story building. I read a quote by C.S. Lewis this year that said, "to love at all is to be vulnerable." Life is so much fuller with love, whether that's toward friends or strangers. Don't let fear stop you from loving people.
- Driving is a lot of responsibility.
- This is pretty self-explanatory. Driving is amazing and a wonderful gift. But, it's quite a large responsibility. This one is kind of juvenile, but I got my license this year and WOW other drivers can be scary.
- If your family can't stand 'em, don't stick with 'em.
- My family is precious to me, and I trust them with all my secrets. It's impossible for me to spend an inordinate amount of time with someone who grinds their gears. This is important because I learned the value my family holds in any relationship.
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- I feel like I learn so much all of the time, but no one will know about any of it unless I tell them! That's why I've tried very hard to take the lessons I've learned and pour into other people either my age or younger. I've been able to do a lot of this through Scouting, which is a pretty amazing feeling!
- Cherish your time with everyone.
- Life is short. Don't forget to spend time with family instead of spending a night stressing yourself out! Go on spontaneous adventures and CHOOSE to savor every second. This life is one giant walk and you only get to be with certain people for part of it.
- Tell (and show) people you love 'em!
- This is by far a rule for myself that I want to be actively carrying out forever. Buy someone pizza or a coffee and tell them you love them. Don't hesitate. I think it's such a gift to be able to bless others, so do it every chance you get.
Right now, I'm watching fireworks out of my window and basking in what was a very good day. I'm so fortunate to have friends like you to read these posts! There are so many more lessons I wish I could include but you'll just have to wait 'til next year. Follow my blog on WordPress to keep up with all of my posts — a few new blogs are coming your way throughout July telling you all about my adventures! I can't wait for you to read along.
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We all want the best available products on the market, but when there are so many options available it's hard to decide what to buy. Most products are cotton based, which isn't a bad thing, but there are nicer fabrics available that both you and your baby will love.
If you've ever touched a bamboo fabric baby blanket or clothing, you will know why so many parents love it so much. The lightweight, silky soft fabric is so cozy and cuddly, it's often described as feeling like cashmere. Here's why it's so touchable: the fiber of the bamboo is naturally round and smooth edged without having any chemical treatment to make it that way. With no sharp or rough edges to irritate, the bamboo fabric can be worn directly on your baby's sensitive skin- even the most sensitive of skin that is highly allergic to other natural fibers, like wool or hemp. Alongside the above, the fabric also has long fibers that make the quality of it sustainable to multiple washings. Some parents even argue that the fabric gets softer with every wash!
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Thomas R. Schierbrock, 70BS, 74DDS, a Council Bluffs dentist, has volunteered countless hours on behalf of the UI Alumni Association.
A native of West Point, Schierbrock returned to Iowa in 1980 after a four-year stint with the United States Air Force. When he landed in Council Bluffs to set up his dental practice, Schierbrock was disappointed to learn that few students from the western side of the state were attending the University of Iowa.
That's when Schierbrock's involvement with the Alumni Association began. In an effort to recruit more western Iowa students to the UI, Schierbrock joined ASIST (Alumni Seeking Iowa Students), a program that facilitates contact between UI Alumni and prospective students.
Since then, his dedication to the University of Iowa and the Alumni Association has remained constant. He joined the Association's board of directors in 1985 and was named president in 1991. During his tenure on the board, Schierbrock helped develop the Association's five-year strategic plan and served on search committees for the Association's executive director and for the UI vice president for university relations. He continues to participate as a member of the Iowa Council Advocates legislative support group.
Schierbrock's contributions to the University of Iowa extend far beyond his participation in the Alumni Association. Over the years, he has volunteered for a number of university fundraising campaigns, including Iowa Endowment 2000 and Hawkeye Horizons.
In the Council Bluffs area, the names of Tom and his wife, Jeanette Munsinger Schierbrock, 72BA, 72SE, are synonymous with the University of Iowa. The Schierbrocks are members of the Alumni Association's Directors' Club Honors Circle and the Foundation's Presidents Club.


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, PLAINTIFF,v.CHRISTOPHER W HEELER, OTCSTOCKEXCHANGE.COM AND NORTH COAST ADVISORS, INC., DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Siragusa, J.
In a civil complaint filed on January 14, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") alleges that Defendants engaged in a "pump-and-dump scheme" (Compl. ¶ 1) by fraudulently promoting and selling penny stocks on his website, OTCStockExchange.com ("website") in a manner that violated section 17(a) and (b) of the Securities Act of 1933, section 10(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5. The SEC seeks injunctive relief against Defendants as well as disgorgement of "ill-gotten gains.." (Compl. ¶ 6.) Though brought originally in the Southern District of New York, the matter was transferred to this District by the Honorable George B. Daniels, District Judge, in an Order filed on March 13, 2011. Now pending before the Court is Defendant Christopher W heeler's ("Wheeler") application seeking an extension of time for Defendants to file an answer, and for a stay of the proceedings*fn1 in this action. (Doc. No. 22.) For the reasons stated below, W heeler's motion for an extension is granted, but his motion for a stay is denied.
The Court takes the facts from the SEC's complaint and the affidavits submitted on the motion. In June 2010, W heeler retained counsel after learning he was the target of a federal criminal investigation focused on the same conduct alleged in the SEC's action in this case. (Tallon Decl. ¶¶ 2--3; Cole Decl. ¶¶ 3, 5.) On June 9, 2010, the United States Attorney for the W estern District of New York commenced a civil forfeiture action*fn2 against W heeler's real and personal property and that matter is still pending before the undersigned. United States v. The Premises and Real Property Located at 6715 Golf View Rise, Victor, New York and 829 East Lake Road, Penn Yan, New York, No. 10-CV-6308-CJS (W .D.N.Y. Jun. 9, 2010). W heeler's answer in that case is due on March 26, 2012. In the forfeiture action, the United States Attorney for the W estern District of New York alleges that since 2007, W heeler, has fraudulently promoted and sold stocks in exchange for free shares of that same stock, without notifying investors of this conflict of interest. W heeler often utilized his website, www.otcstockexchange.com. to advertise and promote stocks in direct violation of federal law and SEC regulations. W heeler devised a scheme to commit wire fraud by fraudulently promoting stocks over the internet, and as part of that scheme, committed violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 (wire fraud), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 1957 (money laundering). Furthermore, Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 is a 'Specified Unlawful Activity', as that term is defined in Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1956 (c) (7) and 1961 (1) . (Cole Decl. Ex. A.)
The government's investigation into W heeler's activities began in June 2007 and lasted until September 2008. (Tallon Decl. ¶ 9.) No criminal charges have been brought to date (Id. ¶ 10), but W heeler's counsel in the civil forfeiture action, Michael J. Tallon, Esq. ("Tallon") states in his declaration that, in the course of my experience and practice representing clients in the W estern District of New York, I am unaware of a matter where the Office of the United Attorney has commenced civil forfeiture proceedings with a criminal tax and money laundering criminal underpinning that did not result in a criminal prosecution. Thus, it is my opinion that criminal charges will be brought against Mr. W heeler unless a disposition involving the criminal and civil proceedings is reached. (Tallon Decl. ¶ 10.) Tallon expresses his concern that if a stay in this case is not granted, W heeler will "need [to] choose between waiving or to invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege before the criminal investigation is complete, thereby risking severe prejudice in connection with defending himself in both matters." (Id. ¶ 13.) Both Tallon and W heeler's counsel for this civil action, Steven Cole, Esq. ("Cole"), assert that allowing the SEC to obtain discovery in this case will likely allow it "to obtain evidence and discovery beyond the limits of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16(b) and therefore prejudice Mr. W heeler's defense in any criminal action." (Id.; Cole Decl. ¶ 3.) Cole further argues that, "there is no compelling reason to move forward with this action now which outweighs the serious prejudice to Mr. Wheeler, especially where the S.E.C. waited years to even file this case." (Cole Decl. ¶ 3.) Cole disputes that delaying this SEC action would prejudice the public:
In addition, a stay of this action as to Mr. Wheeler will not present any risk to the investing public. W hile Mr. W heeler disputes that the website at issue in this case ever caused harm to the investing public, I am informed that Mr. W heeler is not presently associated with the website. (Cole Decl. ¶ 14.)
In Kashi v. Gratsos, 790 F.2d 1050 (2d Cir. 1986), the Second Circuit addressed the issue of granting a stay in a civil action when a criminal prosecution is pending. There, the district court had granted the stay sought by the criminal and civil defendant. The panel in Kashi quoted from a District of Columbia Circuit case to note that, "the Constitution . does not ordinarily require a stay of civil proceedings pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.... Nevertheless, a court may decide in its discretion to stay civil proceedings ... 'when the interests of justice seem ... to require such action....'" Kashi, 790 F.2d at 1057 (quoting SEC v. Dresser Industries, 628 F.2d 1368, 1372 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (en banc), cert. den. sub nom Dresser Industries, Inc. v. SEC, 449 U.S. 993 (1980) (quoting United States v. Kordel, 397 U.S. 1, 12 n. 27 (1970) (citations omitted)). "Pre-indictment requests for a stay of civil proceedings are generally denied." U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Com'n v. A.S. Templeton Group, Inc., 297 F. Supp. 2d 531, 534 (E.D.N.Y. 2003). Although the Second Circuit has not directly addressed the issue, as the Southern District observed in United States v. District Council of New York City, 782 F. Supp. 920, 926 (S.D.N.Y. 1992), the weight of authority supports the proposition that district courts will rarely grant a preindictment stay:
The Second Circuit has rejected the proposition that a witness under
indictment is automatically excused from civil proceedings. [United
States v.] Simon, 373 F.2d [649] at 653 [(2d Cir. 1967)].*fn3
In the absence of undue prejudice or constitutional
deprivation district courts have not imposed stays even where criminal
indictments are pending against a defendant in a parallel civil suit.
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis Inc. v. Malon S. Andrus, Inc.,
486 F. Supp. 1118, 1119 (S.D.N.Y. 1980); see Arden Way Assocs. v. Boesky,
660 F. Supp. 1494, 1496--1500 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) (civil defendant facing
sentencing in criminal proceeding). In the case of pre-indictment
requests for a stay, courts in this district "will deny a stay of the
civil proceeding where no indictment has issued." In re Par
Pharmaceutical, Inc. Securities Litigation, 133 F.R.D. 12, 14
(S.D.N.Y. 1990); see S.E.C. v. Gilbert, 79 F.R.D. 683, 686 (S.D.N.Y.
1978) and United States v. Sloan, 388 F. Supp. 1062, 1064 (S.D.N.Y.
1975); see also Waldbaum v. Worldvision Enterprises, Inc., 84 F.R.D.
95, 96 (S.D.N.Y. 1979) (civil plaintiff not entitled to stay); but see
United States v. Certain Real Property, 751 F. Supp. 1060, 1063
(E.D.N.Y. 1989) and Brock v. Tolkow, 109 F.R.D. 116, 120--21
In In re 650 Fifth Avenue, No. 1:08-cv-10934-RJH, 2011 WL 3586169 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 12, 2011), the Honorable Richard J. Holwell reviewed the case law regarding pre-indictment stays, the Hobson's choice faced by a litigant (either to testify in the civil action, or to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege), and the constitutionality of forcing a litigant to make that choice. He then observed:
In fact, "[t]he dilemma recurs with sufficient regularity that a consensus has developed on the principles to be applied by district judges in determining motions to stay civil actions while criminal litigation is conducted." Sterling Nat'l Bank, 175 F. Supp. 2d at 575. Under those principles, courts in this Circuit assessing requests to stay civil proceedings consider "1) the extent to which the issues in the criminal case overlap with those presented in the civil case; 2) the status of the case, including whether the defendants have been indicted; 3) the private interests of the plaintiffs in proceeding expeditiously weighed against the prejudice to plaintiffs caused by the delay; 4) the private interests of and burden on the defendants; 5) the interests of the courts; and 6) the public interest." Trustees of the Plumbers and Pipefitters Nat'l Pension Fund, 886 F. Supp. at 1139. Nevertheless, "[a] stay of the civil case ... is an extraordinary remedy." Id.
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Ideas and Decorations for Hosting a Baby Shower at Home
Do-it-Yourself Baby Shower Ideas
There are several secrets to hosting a successful baby shower.
Like any party, think about food, guests, decorations, and the little touches like invitations and favors that personalize the event and make it feel special.
My younger sister and I recently hosted a baby shower at my condo for our oldest sister.
We wanted it to be a casual and no-fuss affair, but also to have plenty of special, personal touches to make the mom-to-be feel spoiled and to reflect her excitement over impending motherhood. We also didn't want to break the bank, so we thought of which details were most important to make this seem like a first-class shower, not one done on the cheap, with all the necessary baby shower supplies.
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The Mom-To-Be had recently lost a lot of weight, so we wanted the menu to be healthy, diet-friendly, low-calorie and low-fat. We also wanted it to be yummy, to include something for everyone and to be a good mix of sweet and savory dishes.
It was a rainy San Francisco Sunday, and here's the brunch menu for 15 people that we served buffet style:
- Low-Fat French Toast Bake (from Ellie Krieger)
- Low-Fat Cheddar Cheese and Broccoli Egg Bake (from Ellie Krieger)
- Low-Fat Curried Chicken Salad
- Green Salad
- Tea Sandwiches (Cucumber, Smoked Salmon and Turkey)
- Fruit Salad
- Crudité
- Mini Cupcakes
- Juice, Coffee, White Wine and Mimosas for the Non-Pregnant Guests
Baby shower decorations can set a tone for the party
Baby Shower Decorations
I think it's fun for baby shower decorations to be useful.
If you decorate with baby clothes and small accessories like teethers, colorful baby bottles, rattles and toys, your guests will get into the spirit of the event, and the mom-to-be goes home with lots of the small things that you can never have enough of, like onesies.
Onesies are my favorite easy, do-it-yourself decoration. I buy bulk packs of Carter's onesies in 0-3 month and 3-6 month sizes, and I mix up short and long-sleeve onesies. You can find these on the internet at sites like Amazon.com, Diapers.com, Walmart.com or Target.com.
It's really easy to get fabric paints and stamps at your local craft store to personalize these plain garments. They look cute strung up at the shower, and the mom-to-be will remember her special day every time she puts her new baby in one of these homemade onesies.
On the table where I serve food, I also like to scatter about teethers and rattles and other small, inexpensive baby-related gear.
Balloons always add a festive, colorful touch, and so do ribbons tied around napkins, tied around vases, tied around dining room chairs, etc. A mix of pastel colors is appropriate for a baby shower, though if you know the baby's gender, don't be afraid to go all pink or all blue.
Make sure you have flowers, but you do not need to get elaborate or expensive arrangements. Trader Joe's sells inexpensive bunches of flowers, and potted plants are another low-cost way to dress up a table.
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It's easy to make custom invitations, which can look much more expensive than they are!
Look for a card with a wide decorative border and plenty of white space in the middle. Based on the specifications, you can play with fonts and margins to craft a personal invitation text on your computer, then print it out yourself or take it to somewhere like Kinko's.
If you are clever, by all means go for a rhyme.
For this shower, we kept it simple, since my sister is a straightforward person. The necessary details are: What, Who, Where, When, How to RSVP.
Here's the text we used:
Please join us for a baby shower brunch in honor of
(mother-to-be's name here)
Date and time
RSVP to:
I prefer not to print registry information on an invitation, but I know that people want it. I decided to buy some small card inserts at Paper Source and write on the where my sister was registered. I attached a bow to these and included them in the envelope with the invitation.
Baby Shower Party Favors
It's always fun to leave a party with a little treat, and that is why baby shower favors are such a nice touch.
A token will suffice; it needn't be expensive.
I think Jordan Almonds in a little gift bag and tied with a pretty bow are charming and festive. Plus, they are delicious. You also can tuck the nuts into a baby sock. If it is boy baby shower, the sock can be blue; it can be a pink sock for a girl baby shower.
If you are feeling very Martha Stewart, you can order candy molds from an online candy making supply store. These come with all kinds of baby-related shapes, from prams to bottles to storks to diaper pins.
Making your own molded chocolates is actually pretty easy. You simply get the chocolate or coating (it comes in all kinds of colors, should you want to go with pink for a girl shower or blue for a boy shower or a neutral yellow or light green if you are hosting a gender neutral baby shower), melt it in a microwave, pour it into the mold and place the molds in the refrigerator to harden.
Another cute, inexpensive idea is to order a bunch of cheap baby bottles from somewhere like Diapers.com and fill them with Jelly Bellies or some other small, colorful candy. You could do the same with baby socks, and tie a bow at the top.


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When I advocate storytelling as an integral part of compelling presentations, I often hear this question from technical presenters (sales engineers, product managers, engineers, etc.): "How do I use stories in product demos?"
Customers don't use technology products in a vacuum. They use them to solve real problems, problems they care about solving. One of the key reasons for doing a product demo is to get the audience to envision themselves using the product. The intention is to create a feeling of desire – "Ooh! I want that product!"
Why use storytelling at all? Why not just present "the facts" without the story?
When we consume a story in the form of a book, movie, TV show, or a presentation, we unconsciously begin to identify with the protagonist of the story. We begin to feel what they feel and care about how things turn out. We're cheering for the hero to succeed.
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Students from the Art department have been tensely awaiting results of portfolio assessments from colleges around the country for several weeks now. It's a difficult time for applicants as the results will determine (along with FETAC examinations) which colleges students will progress to in September 2013.
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2 Marinate overnite or put in freezer for use at a later date.3 When ready to cook (defrost if frozen) either grill, bake for 30min at 350 degrees, or put in crockpot on low for 4-5 hours.
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Cheap, touching, and downright nasty, Kevin Smith's first feature still remains the ultimate cinematic tribute to slackers (all apologies to Linklater, though it should probably be said that he was trying to sum up a cultural non-movement as opposed to chronicling the mores of these post-high school wasters, who exist outside of time). When it was first released in 1994, Clerks was one of those epochal fringe movies that comes along one or two times a decade and just hits a nerve. Ten years later, it's aged surprisingly well (though still not quite as funny as some would have it) and is actually much more palatable, given how it fits into Smith's whole elaborate alternate Jerseyverse. The story is thin, basically a contrivance that allowed Smith to shoot something in the place he was working at the time. Dante (Brian O'Halloran) gets called in at the crack of dawn on his day off to man the register at a crappy little convenience store and repeats to everybody who will listen, "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" As the day progresses, Dante deals with psychotic customers, a jealous current girlfriend, an alluring ex-girlfriend, cigarette-buying kids, Jay and Silent Bob, a stiff in the bathroom, and a running argument with his buddy Randall (Jeff Anderson), who works in the even-crappier video store next door. Although these aren't guys anybody would really want to emulate—Dante being essentially a self-martyring whiner and Randal an antagonistic boob—Smith makes them into a fairly entertaining duo and easy enough company for an hour and a half. Even though a lot gets packed into this one day, you still get the feeling that nothing is really going to change with these guys. Although Dante and Randal seem to think they're just killing time until something better comes along, the knowledge that this bottom-rung wage-slave life is eventually going to swallow them whole lurks behind all the potty humor, Star Wars references, and unintentional necrophilia.
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A new book profiling the work of new and established writers and poets from the Falkirk district is published today.
'Alight Here: An Anthology of Falkirk Writing' mixes 20 pieces of new writing and poetry by authors living and working in Falkirk and by those with a close connection to the area, including Janet Paisley and Aidan Moffat.
Out via Cargo, many of the pieces are by those with little or no previous publishing experience.
The anthology is edited by well-known author and playwright Alan Bissett, who grew up in Hallglen.
Speaking in January, Alan said: "It's about being from a particular place and what that means.
"One of the aims of both these projects is community – to make people realise they are from a specific place."
The Falkirk Herald has reproduced below extracts from three of the short stories contained in the new anthology.
'One Nil' by Dickson Telfer
'When the whistle sounds forty-four thousand boos pollute the Govan air. I stand transfixed, unable to celebrate with the Shire fraternity as my brain hasn't yet managed to process what has just happened. I can see the joy, but it's soundless, drowned out by the prolonged throb of blue negativity, as if a weight is depressing one of the bass notes on a keyboard, its thrum being pumped out of hidden speakers under every Ibrox seat.
I cast my eyes around the stadium, but there are so many of them and they're so far away, it's hard to pick out any detail, unlike fixtures at the likes of Cliftonhill, where the expressions of the Albion Rovers fans can be seen by simply glancing left or right. I manage to clock a few guys in the nearest section to us though, segregated by red and white tape and torn-faced stewards. One is roaring at the pitch, face purple with rage, needles of spittle striking the back of the head of the person in front of him. Good job she's wearing a hat. The other has his hands in the air, mouthing M'ON THEN to a cluster of Shire fans. Well, I say Shire fans, but they're people I've never seen before. Doubt they'll be at Peterhead away next month.
When the rage subsides, I can hear the Shire young team sing 'Self Assembly Furniture', a song that confuses many an opposing fan. During play though, like every other song we sang, it barely travelled three rows, shot down by pounding drums, the Sandy Jardine second minute clap, 'We are The People', 'Rule Britannia', Oooooooh bouncy bouncy bouncy bouncy na-na-na-na-na and so on. The one I'm most disappointed didn't penetrate though was directly after Andy Stirling leathered the ball in the net and we all went nuts, care-free about compromising our voices, screaming to be heard... 'Are you Stenny in disguise?' But it was like an 80s ghetto blaster competing with Motorhead's backline.
Andy Stirling's looking up at us, clapping. I raise my hands over my head, return the gesture and feel my heart pound, like pride is going to make it burst out of my chest and stain the concrete black and white. I take my phone out my pocket and take a photo of the scoreboard. RANGERS 0 EAST STIRLINGSHIRE 1. I set it as my wallpaper, turn the phone off and put it in my jacket pocket.'
Dickson Telfer is a writer from Falkirk. He is working on his first novel.
'Bruce's Taxis' by Samuel Best
'I sit back in my seat, adjusting the seatbelt as it cuts across my chest. The nylon's caught my throat and I reckon it'll leave a mark. Across from me, Niall's draining the last of a near-flammable mix of vodka and coke with heavy gulps. He's started early, and strong, and there's a part of me wary of where this night could lead us. Or him, rather.
'You'll need tae finish that, pal,' the driver says, and Niall waves his hand, still drinking, his Adam's apple moving quicker.
'City Nightclub, ta,' I say, and as Niall holds the empty bottle up like a child showing off to a parent the driver guns the engine and we're off.
'Out for anything special the night, boys?' the driver asks, scenes of Linlithgow High Street blurring past us, the reflection of streetlights and restaurant signs fuzzy through the rain-mottled glass.
'Jist payday, ken?' Niall says. He rubs his hands together, greedy-like, and the driver nods.
'Ken whit's weird?' Niall starts. 'See how it's called City Nightclub, aye? How come Fawkirk's no a city?'
'Is it not?' I say. 'Seems like a city, doesn't it? A small one, but still a city.'
'Exactly. I mean, as far as I ken, it's no a city. Jist weird the club's called City. Like, who thought ae that? It'd be like gontae Glasgow an gontae a club cawed, like, Toon.'
'Who decides what's a city and what's a town?' I ask.
'Dunno. Clearly someone no payin attention, like. An how comes places like Glasgow and Edinburgh get made cities but places like Fawkirk dinnae? I mean, how d'they decide?'
'Is it not something about needing a church or something?'
'Eh, Ben, look nae further. It's cawed Faw-kirk fur a reason. Place is teemin wae churches. An it's no like it's lackin in, ken, historical clout, is it? Battle ae Fawkirk. Battle ae Fawkirk Muir. Who's buried in the graveyards? Great Scottish heroes wit fought fur this country. No even jist that, but descendants ae King James VI. I'd say that's a pretty gid reason tae be taken seriously, would ye no?'
'Aye, yeah, I see your point. I mean, Linlithgow's a Royal Burgh. Stirling's a city. Why is Falkirk just a town?'
'When it's no jist a town, is it? Even mair recent than aw ae that, Fawkirk was where aw ae the iron wis gettin made, where oor canals were started. Ken streetlamps got invented here? It's a total hub. It's a centre ae things. It's no cawed Central Scotland fur nuthin, right?'
Samuel Best is a writer from Falkirk now based in Glasgow. He edits the literary magazine Octavius.
'Homecomings' by Constance Saim-Hunter
#The fog was tingly, slightly puzzling and surrounded me with damp penetration. The limp air made breathing harsh. Most of the others had already set off but I lingered, holding onto the black railings at the big gates to Victoria School. My Fair Isle bonnet, knitted last winter and now a bit wee, clamped my ears and muffled even more the soft sounds around me as I set off along Thornhill Road. Victoria Park had disappeared, just the low wall guided me along the pavement to the Belisha Beacon at Ladysmill and the safety of the Lollipop Man.
Ye're awfy late hen. Yer Mam'll be wonderin whaur ye've got tae. Awa ye go hame noo.
Woodburn Road and Montgomery Street, each house with a hedge where my mittened hands trailed to keep me straight. Despite the, once again hand-knitted Fair Isle mittens, my hands were drippy cold. Not like in the mornings when I'd clutch two copper pennies hot from the top of the cooker to pay the three ha'penny fare on the bus ride to school. Most houses had lights on but the eerie mist was hardly broken around the street lamps. In time with my footsteps I whispered some of my favourite words, letting them roll around my mouth – 'gob-bly-dook' was the best but 'per-ni-cke-ty' and 'com-pen-dium' were exciting too. Past the Nursery, I started to run on this more familiar part of the road. Running blind but determined to get home as my hands groped for the hedges, crossing Alexander Avenue to the pavement still showing the chalked beds from yesterday's game,and up the path. Home.
- Is that you, hen ? C'moan get yer duffel coat up on the pulley. It's yer favorite the night, SMT.
Aye, Soup, mince and tatties. I was home.'
Constance Saim-Hunter was educated at Falkirk High School and recently moved back to the district after living abroad for 40 years.


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To start, get a copy of your credit report. It includes all the consumer credit that's been extended to you during the past seven years, what the peak balance has been and what your current balance was on the date last reported by the creditor. There's also information on how many bill payments were made on time and how many were past due.
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"Having impaired or troubled credit doesn't preclude (consumers) from becoming a home buyer."
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If you have had credit problems, be prepared to discuss them openly with your mortgage lender. A written explanation also can help to mitigate some of the blemishes. Oftentimes, there are valid reasons for credit problems, such as unemployment or illness. If you have corrected your problems, and paid bills on time for a year or more, your credit is more likely to be considered satisfactory.
"Responsible management of your credit is not just important not just for qualifying for home ownership, but sustaining home ownership," O'Connor said.
Avoid making any big-ticket purchases and carry the smallest debt load possible before applying for a mortgage with lenders. Lenders don't want to see more than 33 to 36 percent of your income obligated to debt, according to the NAR.
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The interest rate for "sub-prime" home loans varies. Each sub-prime lender has their own grading system. The best rates go to so-called A borrowers -- people whose loans can be packaged with others and sold to another lender. An A-minus borrower may have some sort of irregularity on his or her credit, with the grading then following with B, C and D.
Grading systems vary. One lender's B borrower may be another's A-.
"The (interest) rates will be at a premium over whatever the rate is for the A borrower, and it depends on where you fall into that lenders evaluation model," O'Connor said. "It will be several points over if you fall into that D category."
Other factors come into play when grading a homeowner includes the property type, and whether it's for ownership, a second home or an investment property.
Shop around
Consumers with bad credit also could look for a home where the loan balance is "something that your income can more than qualify you for," Lereah said. "Go a little under that so that it's clear that you have a cash flow from your income that can cover the potential mortgage payments."
Another option for those looking to buy a home would be to put down a larger down payment, making it more attractive for a lender to grant the loan.
"If you put more of a down payment, you'll have an easier time of getting approved in the A- market," Lereah said. "The more you can put down, the more you are able to qualify for."
For those of you who don't have a credit rating, it's essential to establish a credit history. One way to do that is to get a credit card and make regular payments on your bill. There are also non-traditional ways for lenders to size up your financial history, such as looking at payment records on a utility or cable bill.
"There is difference between bad credit and no credit," said Chip Coffay, director of credit policy at Fannie Mae. "Having no credit is not necessarily a thing that will keep you from being a homeowner."


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Today we shall understand how to calculate the cutting length for a bent up bar in a continuous slab.
Before calculations , let us understand the scheme :
Dear Friends ,
Let us give a big hand to the readers who joined recently to this blog.
Today we shall understand how to calculate the cutting length for a bent up bar in a continuous slab.
Before calculations , let us understand the scheme :
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Every one reading this post !
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Dear 467th Follower to this blog.
Today , we are going to analyze and solve one complete RCC slab.
We shall study the RCC drawing and find out the re bar weight .
We are going to take a visual method today which we are sure you shall really enjoy.
Here is the case for you !
Dear Friends ,
Let us first greet the NEWLY JOINED members on our blog.
This is another example of an One way slab for you.
You can also Refer to the previous posts for RCC slabs. RCC slab
Ready ?
let us start .
We are referring to the slab between columns C11, C12 ,C2 & C3 :
For finding out the slab dimensions , you shall have to refer to the architectural plan .
This is the relevant portion :
We have assumed that the wall thickness shall be 100 mm.
For the calculations of the bent up bars , you may like to refer to the detailed posts on bent up bars :
Dear friends ,
There was a request from one of our followers to post some content on slabs.
This exercise shall help you understand the One way slab.
How to read details from the RCC drawing and then how to convert this information into the meaningful Bar binding schedule.
Read on….
This is how the problem shall be defined :
Dear Readers ,
This is another solved example for the BENT UP bars.
You must have read the earlier post on bent up bars.
There was yet another post on Bent up bars ;
In the following article , you shall find a simplified formula for calculating the cutting length of the bent up bars.
Let us also revise some basic concepts about CURTAIL BARS and EOS bars.
Refer to the post :
Friends ,
The Structure of a building is in Reinforced Cement Concrete.
The steel bars provided in the concrete make it strong to carry the tensile forces.
Thses bars are called as REINFORCEMENT.
The detailing of these bars [ Diameter ,spacing,covers, laps , dowel lengths, development lengths and shapes } are provided by RCC designer and are specified in the RCC drawing.
The extract of the steel reinforcement in the form of a table is known as Bar bending Schedule. The tabulation of the reinforcement details can be conviniently done using the MS Excel.
Professional contracting firms have got printed formats for BBS ready for the use of their staff. The BBS is prepared by the Qauntity Surveyors during estimation . The BBS is also prepared by the Site Engineers for controlling the quality of the Reinforcement Bars at site. The BBS is also an excellent tool for recording the measurements of the Reinforcement bars at site and the BBS can also be used to submit the Bills for the Reinf..bars.
This is a chart which basically gives the micro details about the various bars. This gives the dia, shape of bar , cutting length of the various bars in a RCC element such as Footing, column , beam ,slab etc.
The site engineer prepares the BBS based on the drawing and after due verification , hands it over to the reinforcement fitter.
By the use of BBS , the weight of the Re-bars can be easily calculated.
Let me explain you this popular tool with an example.
Imagine , there is a beam of the following cross section.
The details of the reinforcement have been tabulated in the following table :
The cutting lengths of each bar is calculated and tabulated as follows :
But you can see that many details are missing from this abstract. Hence , a better tabulation , known as the BBS has been prepared which gives each details of the Re-bar in a crystal clear method :
The bar bending gives a very clear picture of the reinforcement.
Dear friends ,
This is another example for your practice.
Now based on the earlier practice , try to find out the weight of the Rebars for this RCC beam.
Once you are ready , check your answer with the solution here.
Congratulations for your correct answer.
Bye Friends !


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Which would you choose?
Multicolor for me. I like the Vernis don't get me wrong but I prefer the MC. Althought both are for women I buy MC stuff and I don't care.but since I only liked the indigo vernis which is almost guyish lol and I know MC is not manly at all but I rock it.
in conclusion, MC lol
I think you should go with the multicolor.
multi color is a happier color, plus i dont like the idea of vernis having discolorations over time....
Vernis...I love Vernis leather and the colours.
Mc for fall and winter and vernis for summer
If you can only have one then go for MC
I love my new vernis so I vote vernis!
I like Vernis and the white mc (not black, but white). If I had to choose, I would go with the MC.
I have the MC white cles and wallet, but I just got a vernis agenda cause I did not want to OD on the MC, so i say vernis!
both are great too, yeah if you have to pick only one, i say go for MC agenda
Definitely the MC agenda, preferably in white !
I vote for the Vernis.
White MC! Vernis is sooo extremely sensitive, and agendas tend to get knocked around. My SA told me that if you get a pen mark on vernis, it will never come out regardless of what you do!
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Cheryl Wheeler and More this Week in Londonderry!
Good morning. Happy Valentine's Day! I hope your sweetie took good care of you yesterday. Nothing wrong with a little pampering once in a while, that's for sure.
We have three GREAT shows this week beginning Thursday with SUZANNE VEGA. Suzanne was one of my favorite musicians when I was in college. Follow that up with JOHN WAITE on Friday and Cheryl Wheeler on Saturday and that's one great weekend of music! We still have some tickets available for Suzanne Vega and John Waite. Cheryl's show is sold out.
I am very excited about our new bookings this week for a few reasons. I have been trying to get a show with HOWIE DAY for a long time. He is one of my favorite independent artists and his song "Collide" is on my iPod workout playlist that I listen to every day. CARL VERHEYEN is a guitar god and has been with SUPERTRAMP for nearly 30 years. The MYSTIX just came out with an excellent new album and their live shows are insanely good. It's been too long since MELISSA FERRICK has played a show at Tupelo. Yup, if you can't tell, I'm a little excited about these new shows!
The Psychedelic Furs show that we announced last week is already SOLD OUT.
We booked FOUR new shows this week!
March 20 CARL VERHEYEN BAND
April 21 HOWIE DAY
May 5 MELISSA FERRICK
June 8 THE MYSTIX
As always, thanks for supporting Tupelo Music Hall!
"It's All About the Music!"
Ticket Update
SUZANNE VEGA – Selling Fast!
JOHN WAITE – Only 30 tickets remain!
JIM MESSINA – Only 45 tickets remain!
MELANIE – Only 40 tickets remain!
JEFFERSON STARSHIP – Only 40 tickets remain!
KARLA BONOFF – Only 22 tickets remain!
JOAN OSBORNE – Selling Fast!
This Week
February 16 SUZANNE VEGA
When her "Luka" hit #3 pop in 1987, earning her three Grammy nominations, including for Record of the Year, Vega ushered in a female, acoustic, folk-pop singer-songwriter movement that would include the likes of Tracy Chapman, Shawn Colvin, and Indigo Girls as well as the Lilith Fair phenomenon.
February 17 JOHN WAITE
In 1984 John found himself at number one on the hit parade with "Missing You." The song topped the international charts. Twenty years on, this classic remains a radio staple around the globe. In the late 1980s, Waite released more solo albums before returning to the top of the charts during a two-album tenure as front man for the pop/rock super group Bad English.
February 18 CHERYL WHEELER
This show is SOLD OUT
New Bookings
March 20 CARL VERHEYEN BAND
In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Grammy-nominated guitar virtuoso, Carl Verheyen, has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career. He has released eleven CVB and solo albums, two live DVDs, two instructional DVDs and two books to date. Carl has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous
articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern day guitar scene. He has won numerous polls and musical honors in the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK. A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide. As the creative force behind the Carl Verheyen Band, he has released an impressive and eclectic discography that showcases his endless talents across a wide array of musical genres. His monthly columns and blog posts for Guitar Player magazine are immensely popular as are his online guitar tips and gear discussions which garner thousands of views. He is debated and quoted daily as the guitar communities' #1 "how-to" expert.
April 21 HOWIE DAY
Beginning his career as a solo artist in the late 1990s, Day became known for his extensive touring and in-concert use of samplers and effects pedals in order to accompany himself. He self-financed and self-released his first album, Australia, in 2000.
Day eventually signed a recording contract with major label Epic Records- in 2002 and has since re-released his debut as well as producing a follow up, Stop All The World Now. Despite initially sluggish sales, Stop All The World Now was certified gold in early 2005 and has produced a number of singles, including the hits "She Says" and "Collide", Day's most successful to date. The track became Epic Records' first platinum single, eventually selling 1.5 million downloads.
May 5 MELISSA FERRICK
Singer/songwriter Melissa Ferrick emerged in 1994 as part of a group of new female alternative singer/songwriters, much in the vein of Liz Phair. Ferrick began singing in coffeehouses after dropping out of college, eventually winding up in Boston. Her major breakthrough arrived one night when she replaced Morrissey's opening act less than an hour before showtime. Ferrick's performance impressed Morrissey and he invited her to open for him during the rest of the tour. The tour earned her a small cult following as well as a contract with Atlantic Records.
June 8 THE MYSTIX
An all-star band representing the very best journeymen of the Boston/New York music scenes, with roots in R&B, Rock and Roll and country. The Mystix are rapidly gaining recognition for their unique sound, featuring inspired original material and superbly crafted arrangements. This show follows a brand new CD that the Mystix have just produced!