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Plans to pay "golden hellos" of up to £9,000 to new lecturers in shortage subjects from next year will not solve the recruitment crisis and could lead to an explosion in employment disputes, employers and lecturers' leaders warned this week.
Proposals by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to allocate £20 million over three years so that universities can boost recruitment have been criticised by vice-chancellors and trade unions.
Universities UK said the initiative was an insufficient response to a deep problem. Lecturers' union Natfhe said the scheme would be divisive and damaging.
Ivor Crewe, president elect of UUK, said: "While we are pleased the government has recognised the size of the recruitment problem and would welcome any additional money to help, we must be clear that this is just a short-term palliative when what is really required are sufficient resources to address the pay problem."
Andy Pike, national official at Natfhe, said: "This initiative will create a lot of ill feeling and is very likely to lead to an increase in tribunal claims."
Hefce is consulting on plans to give each university up to £200,000 a year to pay golden hellos in six areas highlighted by employers as suffering serious recruitment problems. The areas are mathematics, computing, education, engineering, business-related subjects, and clinical medicine and dentistry.
The payments will be worth £9,000 to individuals, with no less than £4,000 paid in the first year, a suggested £3,000 in the second and £2,000 in the third. They will be available only to those who have never taught in higher education before and who will do at least ten hours a week of teaching.
Natfhe said the supplements would mean new lecturers with no experience could earn £26,000 - more than lecturers who started on the basic £22,000 would earn after three or four years. The new recruits could be on £33,000 in their third year if they receive both their supplement and annual pay increment.
"Unless this is applied to all staff within a subject area, employers will have a serious problem objectively justifying any difference in pay between one member of staff and another," Mr Pike said.
The funding council plans to release a lump sum each year to each institution, depending on its size and subject balance. It would leave institutions free to administer their own schemes, guided by broad national criteria regarding eligibility and a code of practice.
Hefce will define the shortage areas using the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association's annual recruitment and retention survey, which found last year that one in five universities reported difficulty filling academic vacancies "most of the time" - a threefold increase since the survey began in 1998. Almost 60 per cent of institutions reported some difficulty in recruiting lecturers.
Some 65 universities reported recruitment problems in computing, 61 in business-related subjects such as accountancy and economics, 31 in engineering, and 16 in education. Most blamed serious pay gaps for the problem.
Jocelyn Prudence, chief executive of Ucea, said that basing the payments on nationally determined shortage areas, and predetermining how much should be paid, was too prescriptive.
"Problems are different at a local level, and employers would like more local flexibility," she said. "The amounts of money are relatively small and I don't think employers would want to pay them in the way the consultation paper envisages. As a stand-alone initiative, we don't think golden hellos are terribly helpful."
Alan Smithers, director of the centre for education and employment research at the University of Liverpool, said the scheme would be "at best, a sticking plaster". "Golden hellos have been introduced in schools to tackle shortages there, but they have not really had much of an impact," he said.
"What is important is the intrinsic features of a job and the rewards over an entire career."
Hefce said that its plans were under consultation until April 30, so it would not be appropriate to comment until it had finalised the details.


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'Oppressed' NFL Player's Message To Fans Who Are Boycotting Games: 'BYE'
An entitled NFL player literally told fans who are angry that players are kneeling for the National Anthem that he doesn't care if you show up. This is absolutely unacceptable, as it's the FANS who made these over-hyped jocks millionaires in the first place!
Read this, but be warned, your blood will boil.
NBC Sports reports:
Some fans have threatened to boycott the NFL over players' protests during the national anthem. Titans tight end Delanie Walker has a message for them: Bye.
"First off, I'm going to say this: We're not disrespecting the military, the men and woman that serve in the Army. That's not what it's all about," Walker said, via Jason Wolf of The Tennessean. ". . . I've been in the USO. I support the troops. This is not about that. It's about equal rights, and that's all everyone is trying to show, is that we all care about each other.
"And the fans that don't want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye. I mean, if you feel that's something, we're disrespecting you, don't come to the game. You don't have to. No one's telling you to come to the game. It's your freedom of choice to do that."
The Titans were among three teams that skipped the national anthem Sunday after President Donald Trump's tweets. The President has predicted a backlash against the NFL in the wake of the protests, which included dozens of NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem in Week 3.
"That's their choice [not to watch]," cornerback Logan Ryan said. "That's the beauty of this country. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everyone's opinion is equal. So right, wrong or indifferent, that's the beauty of this country — that everyone should have equal rights and equal opinions on what they want. If they don't want to watch, that's their choice. That's perfect."
The Titans, per Wolf, have not decided how to handle the national anthem this week.
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ATN Boston correspondent Seth "I know it's a rock
magazine" Mnookin reports: A couple of year's ago, there was a jazz
that featured a different pianist performing solo every month. (I forget what
festival it was, but that's not the point.) After about a dozen of the
concerts, the festival organizers decided that they would have to ban
Thelonious Monk's composition "Round Midnight" from future performances unless
the musician felt that she or he had a really new interpretation of this
haunting, beautiful jazz classic (it had been played at 10 out of 12 shows).
Herein lies the problem with "Round Midnight." It's a wonderful song,
almost irresistible to performers, but often sounds hackneyed and redundant.
Not so the other night at Cambridge's Regattabar, one of two ritzy hotel jazz
bars in the Boston area (the Regattabar is at the Charles Hotel; Scullers, the
other big jazz joint in town, is at the Guest Quarter's Suite just down the
river) where saxophonist Jackie McLean, vibraphonist Bobby Hutchinson, and
pianist Cedar Walton and his trio played a riveting rendition of "Round
Midnight" midway through their second set that showed just how powerful the
song remains in the hands of musicians dedicated to exploring rather than
mimicking its complexities and subtleties.
McLean, Hutchinson, and Walton,
all jazz veterans who have been playing since the '60s, have matured musically
in the wake of bop and post-bop jazz, and this certainly shows in their music.
Yet they eschew the athletic performances favored by so many boppers and
post-boppers in favor of a more subtle, lyrical, and ultimately more
satisfying, approach.
In "Round Midnight," McLean soloed first, weaving
through the famous theme, jumping into the middle of a phrase with a signature
chord showing where he was in the song, speeding up only to bring the
song back
down to a pace that served to reinforce just how creepy "Round
Midnight" can be. Even at his fastest, McLean retained his gorgeous, round
sound, never once descending into honks or squeals. Hutchinson followed, and
took an opposite approach from McLean, slowing down the melody, a tactic which
made his return to normal time downright scary. Walton, finally, smartly
avoided Monk's signature time and style, instead studiously building the theme
with his right hand while he comped himself with his left. It was a near
perfect performance.
And it was that kind of night. Walton's trio (Billy
Higgins on bass and David Williams on drums) were magnificent. Williams bass
bombs and snare bullets were always perfectly timed and never overbearing;
Higgins, while mainly staying in the background, was a rock-solid backbone to
the quartet, not a small feat for a band that was virtually made up for the
evening's performances. There were plenty of other highlights as well --watching
Hutchinson, one of the most expressive (as compared to Milt Jackson, a.k.a. Mr.
Stoneface) and skillful vibraphonists on the scene today, was a treat to;
Higgins' and Williams' breaks often provided surprises in what was already an
all-star performance, and the quartet's rendition of McLean's "Little Melody"
was majestic. But "Round Midnight" was by far the high-light of the five-song
set, and, during a hour-plus of music that was constantly breathtaking, that's
saying a


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Friday, September 14, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
I didn't realize it had been so long since I've posted, holy moly. Sorry but life has been super crazy. I'll just post about them individually so that I can include pics, or maybe I'll do a big one with multiple pics I don't know but I'll figure it out. For today... it's new years and I actually have some resolutions... Normally I don't do resolutions since I know that I probably won't follow through with them... This year is different, maybe because I'm really tired of being fat. Working the night shift I have really packed on some pounds. I'm pretty disgusted with myself and so knowing that I won't go to a gym, or anywhere else that I have to leave the kiddos for and knowing that I really need to cut calories I am focusing on portion control first. Today was day one and I had for lunch two turkey/craisin crescents and 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes. For dinner I had 4.9 oz of baked chicken, 1/2 c mashed pots and 1/2 of corn and a piece of garlic bread. looking at it on paper, it seems like too much food again. I need to do some research and find out calories from that meal but I'm starting with baby steps... My other resolution is to speak softer and less of it... listen more and talk less. I'm pretty sure I'll need lots of practice with this one too.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
So Caleb turned 9 on Monday but before that he had just a couple of things to do to finish his wolf up, one of them was a visit to the firehouse for a tour and to learn about fire prevention. My mom set up a visit for us to go on Saturday and so we went. The guys were awesome they took us all, since of course all of our boys went, anyway they took us all on a tour of the firehouse starting with where they get their dispatches to the captains office where he works only Caleb interjected plays because he saw a bunch of board games on the shelf in his office, that had us all laughing. Then to the truck. They let the boys climb in and then took us all on a ride through the neighborhood, which of course the boys loved! Then when we got back to the fire station they pulled it out front and let the boys spray the firehoses.
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Monday, July 25, 2011
ME: Levi you need to go...( I can't even remember what I asked him to do now to be honest)
LEVI: Mom, I love you and I'll always love you but I just can't do that for you, because... well... I just don't want to
Now you know why I can't remember what I asked him to do, what do you say to that?!
JAKE: What is that smell?
ME: The irrigation in the farm fields.
JAKE: It didn't smell that bad when we were playing in it.
Again I couldn't stop laughing to answer him.
These are the riches the Lord blesses you with when you give up all the other stuff for your kids: laughter, joy and memories, and these are just from today.
LEVI: Mom, I love you and I'll always love you but I just can't do that for you, because... well... I just don't want to
Now you know why I can't remember what I asked him to do, what do you say to that?!
JAKE: What is that smell?
ME: The irrigation in the farm fields.
JAKE: It didn't smell that bad when we were playing in it.
Again I couldn't stop laughing to answer him.
These are the riches the Lord blesses you with when you give up all the other stuff for your kids: laughter, joy and memories, and these are just from today.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
I was blessed to have been asked to go to Girls Camp this last week so I spent 5 days in a cabin with 7 girls and another cabin mom. We were fed beans or chili 4 of the 5 days and the girls were only allowed to shower once, after the hike. It was an experience I'd do again without hesitation.
I was a bit worried about it since, for one thing I have very little patience for drama but mostly because I was worried about being away from my family for so long, especially because now that I'm working I feel like I don't get to see them very much already. My awesome hubby took the 4th off and brought them up to Payson to have some fun out of the heat and watch the fireworks up there and then I got to ride home with them yesterday. I was going to post a cabin pic but decided I had better not without parental approval but trust me, a beautiful group of fab girls!
Camp was alot more spiritual than I remember it 20 years ago. We had daily scripture study and classes for Personal Progress. The first day, Thursday, Christy Bishop gave all of us a pillowcase, so stinking cute!
We also found out, to our dismay, that the forest was and still is, closed due to fire danger so we weren't going to be going on the usual hikes, bummer. Even more news, there have been 2 bears trapped in camp so far this summer so NOONE was allowed to go anywhere alone and absolutely no food in the cabins. NICE!
Friday night was skit night. Our girls took a little idea and ran with it and did great!!! The priesthood dressed up in their "stretchy pants" and came from Sherwood forest to serenade their wives. Instead of Robin Hood and his merry band we had Pancho and his merry band. HILARIOUS!!!
So Saturday morning bright and early we set off on the Friendship loop, a hike that is nice, has great views, isn't terribly arduous but has some steep hills which was good for the girls. We were able to go on that hike because it's entirely on church property so almost every girl in camp went. We lost one girl and her mom on the first hill but 73 girls finished the entire hike! Every girl in my cabin finished and so did every girl from our ward, all without complaining at all! I was so proud of them and made sure to tell them so.
Check out the view!! At the top of most of the hills we had an amazing view to enjoy. I love seeing the Lord's creations the way he made them. We saw a few deer, with absolutely no fear, they just stood and stared at us and kept eating while we hiked past.
On Saturday night the bishops came up and first played minute to win it that was hilarious! Then we went to the meat of the program. The girls broke up into wards and the Bishops read to their girls the book, "My Wedding Day", our sweet Bishop was teary eyed, he made it through the book but cried when he talked to the girls about his hopes for them to each have their own special day when they get married in the temple. Awesome.
And lets not forget this not so little fellow who came to visit us in the bathroom on Saturday. Thankfully the priesthood caught him and relocated him and just as thankfully, he was a very well fed bull snake which made me realize there were likely rattlesnakes around too and sure enough we came accross one on our way home from the sacred grove after testimony meeting on Monday night, we gave him a wide berth. I was really surprised to see him being that it was dark out, it wasn't cold but still, pretty late at night.
Every night we were serenaded by the camp staff and priesthood. Sister Hardesty is amazingly talented and made up lyrics to popular songs that were awesome! They dressed up as Pancho and The All Earl Band and all manner of goofiness!
On Monday, July 4th, we were blessed to have a soldier who just returned from a tour in Iraq. He and his wife spoke on how honoring their temple covenants gave them strength while they were separated. Awesome. They are such great speakers, could easily be professional speakers. After they spoke we went to testimony meeting in the Sacred Grove, I always loved having church at camp, church in the forest, it doesn't get any better than that. We ended with singing trees, also always phenomenal after which we met the rattlesnake in the path, but no worries. We stayed up way too late every night and got up early everyday and I came home completely exhausted but so grateful to have been able to go. So grateful for my husband who took the helm so I could go. Thankful for my mom who came over to babysit while R was at work on Thursday and Friday. I even came home to a clean house, he even made the bed , which he thinks is a complete waste of time because you mess it back up every night, but he knows I care so he made it. I am so blessed.
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So... this sweet girl was found wandering in the desert. She wandered onto someone's property skin and bones and a dead look in her eyes. They called the BLM and long story short after the long process of trying to find her owners she was sold to them and then to someone else and now to Caleb. She has great ground manners and other than still being too skinny, but much better, she seems healthy. Caleb saddled her, rode her and when we bought her, caught her and loaded her into the trailer without any problems. She fit right into our herd and now she and Tiger are always together except that she eats alone. So welcome to the family Isabel.
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How to Safely Jump Start your Car
By Joel Ilton on Wednesday, 20 September 2017
There are many 'misconceptions' when it comes to jump starting a vehicle. Many people believe that they will cause damage if they jump start their car.
This can be true and the best way to check if it is safe to do so, is by looking in your owner's manual. There will be a section dedicated to jump starting and other precautions when your vehicle does not start.
If your car is a hybrid, it is recommended NOT to jump start your vehicle, as it can cause damage to the hybrid system, as well as possible electrocution.
Once you have determined if it is safe to jump start your car, the next step is to locate the battery.
Most vehicles have the battery located under the bonnet, although some newer vehicles have them located in the boot, or in some European cars, under the passenger seat.
These vehicles will have special tabs under the bonnet, to allow for vehicle jump starting. Again, your owner's manual will be able to show you the location of these tabs.
Now that you have located the battery or tabs, it's time to connect up the jumper cables.
The cables should be free from any damage and the clamps free from rust and other debris.
Cables with a built in surge protector are even better, as they can stop any damage from connecting the leads up incorrectly, or from a spike when the leads are first connected.
Make sure the vehicle that you are connecting to for your jumpstart is switched off.
Connect up the positive lead onto the flat battery first (this will be identified by a red colour around the terminal, or a red cover over the terminal), and then connect to the fully charged battery.
Next, connect the negative cable to the flat vehicle by connecting it to the engine block, on an unpainted metal component under the bonnet.
Connecting it straight to the battery negative terminal increases the chances, however unlikely, of causing the battery to explode.
Once you have found a suitable location, connect up the negative cable to the negative battery post on the fully charged battery.
When the cables are connected securely, start the vehicle that you are receiving the jump start from and allow it to run for 2-5 minutes, to provide the flat battery with some charge.
Following this, try to start the flat vehicle and, once it is running, disconnect the jumper cables from the fully charged vehicle, starting with the negative cable.
DO NOT allow the positive and negative cables to touch, as this will cause a spark and possible electrocution.
Once disconnected from the vehicle, remove the cables from the flat vehicle, once again starting with the negative cable.
The flat vehicle will need to be allowed to operate for at least 30 mins, to allow the alternator to charge the battery adequately.
Following these simple steps will make it easy if you ever get stranded with a flat battery - and always make sure to thank the person who stopped to give you a jump!
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The Prologue will include events shortly before, during, and after the Destruction of Lothering. Act 1 of the game starts on the quest, A Friend in the Guard.
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2. Both teams have completely different game plans from last time. The Pats will try and get short yardage catches with Gronk, Hernandez, Welker, Branch, Edelman and Ochocinco. The Giants will try and get as much as they can, as they did against the Falcons, Niners, and Packers. The game is always made by the gameplan
3. New England is really the underdog. Everybody says the Giants will win, because they beat em' before and they can do it again, etc. So the Pats (even though they are favored by 3.5) are really the underdog. But, one thing that's notable, the Pats beat the Giants in the regular season in 07′ and lost in the Super Bowl – and Tom Brady has quite the motivation.
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This is a WordPress widget to randomly pick a number images from a folder of image files, and display them within a sidebar. The main feature I wanted from a plugin that display images, that I could not find, was the ability to link each image individually to a different url so I could link an image to any image gallery or website I chose. There are a number options to set or adjust within the Design > Widgets admin panel.
Current Features
- Choose the number of images to display
- Adjust the size of the images
- Link the images to a url globally or individually
- Open the link in the same or new window
- Display image descriptions
- Various styling options including the widget list class, the title, the block of images and an inner title, and each image.
Possible Future features
- Allow multi instances of the plugin
- Make this a generic widget that can be used elsewhere within WordPress other that the sidebar.
Works with versions of WordPress from 2.5.1 up 2.7. It may well work with earlier versions although they have not been tested… and if you are running an earlier version than 2.5 then you should maybe think about upgrading. If you have tried and tested this widget with a different or earlier version please let me know.
Download the latest version (0.9.1) of alos_Random_Images
Version History
0.9.1 (21-Dec-2008)
- Added a stylable 'inner title' (see documentation)
- Improved styling options (widget list class, alos_block, inner title, alos_img) (see documentation)
- Styling now uses the 'widget' class so the widget title and widget spacing is the same as the other widgets in your sidebar (providing you choose the same heading tag (<h2> for example)
- Fixed to prevent the same image from being displayed twice on the same page
- Added support for gif and png image files
0.9 (18-Sept-2008)
- First public release
Installation is straightforward, download the latest version and unzip to a local folder. Upload the file alos_randomimg.php to your wordpress plugins folder. Sign in to your wordpress admin panel and activate the 'aLoS Random Images' plugin and then go to the Widgets section and add the widget. Create a new folder to contain your images, I would suggest a folder called 'images' within your plugins folder into which you can then upload your images.
There are a number of options that can be set as follows:
Title – This is the title of this widget in your sidebar and will be formatted according to your current theme. It can be left blank.
Title styling – Two boxes to enter some html to style the title. It is likely your theme will use a heading tag so try <h2> and </h2> or perhaps h3. Using the same styling as the the other widgets in your sidebar will result in the title looking the same as the other widgets and also will change to any new style should you change the styling in the stylesheet.
Inner title -This is another title, or any text you like, that is displayed within the alos_block style. It is designed to be separate from the standard widget title so you can either use it for additional information or leave the widget title blank.
Inner title styling – Two boxes to enter some html to style the inner title. As an example try <small><strong> in the first box and </strong></small> in the second.
Number of images – the number of images that will be displayed. Cannot be blank and will default to '1′.
Images location – the location of the images relative to the root folder of your wordpress installation. The default, and suggested value, is /wp-content/plugins/images/
Width and Height – the longest side will be adjusted to fit to the appropriate size. If either width of height is left blank, and is the longest side, then the original image size will be used.
Use global link - selects whether to use the following global image link for all images.
Global image link – a url to use for all images to link to unless overwriten by an individual link.
Use individual links – the widget can link your images individually to different urls. These urls are stored in a data file 'alosimgdata.csv' containing filenames, optional descriptions and urls. The file is placed in the same folder as your images. The format of an individual line in the file is shown in the supplied sample file.
Show image description – if the data file alosdataimg.csv is present and descriptions are present they will be displayed below the image.
Open links in new window – opens an image url in a new window rather than the current one.
It is possible to style the whole widget using the alos_widget css class. This style encompasses the whole widget so adding a background colour for example will affect the background of the standard widget title, if you use one. The block containing the images can be styled with CSS using a class called 'alos_block'. Each image can be styled with the alos_img class. You can add the following style section to the bottom of your themes style.css file and make adjustments to it as necessary.
/* aLoS Random Image widget styles */ .alos_widget {} .alos_block { margin: 0 0 2.5em 0; background:#fff; padding: 0; border:0px solid #ddd; text-align:center; } .alos_img {} /* end of aLoS Random Image widget styles */


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Sales tax
- sales tax
- use tax
- credit for tax paid to other state
- exemptions
- facts can effect the application of sales tax
- sales tax liens
- "nexus" and requirement for a seller to collect remote state's tax
- Streamlined Sales Tax Project
- personal liability of officers etc. for sales tax not paid by entity
- requirement for buyer to withhold sales tax in purchasing a business
Sales tax is imposed by states for the "privilege of selling tangible personal property" (i.e., NOT real estate) and certain taxable services "at retail" (i.e., to the ultimate consumer and not "for resale"). (see [R.S.Mo § 144.020] A handful of states do not have a sales tax and currently there is no national sales tax.
Burden on buyer
While the duty to collect and pay over sales tax is imposed on the seller, the burden of the tax itself is on the buyer. In Missouri, Sellers break the law if they absorb the tax (they can sell at a price "including tax").
Seller liable to collection
The merchant is required to collect and pay sales tax over to the state, and remains liable for the tax even if they fail to collect it. It is often difficult for the merchant to collect previously uncollected sales tax from the merchant's customers. There may be many smaller sales; the merchant may not know how to contact the customers; or there may be a continuing relationship with the customer that the merchant does not want to jeopardize.
Sales include installment or credit sales (tax is due on sale not receipt of payment) [§ 144.010.1(9)]. Gross receipts do not include financing charges [§ 144.010.3].
Rentals and leases
Sales tax is also due on:
- rentals or leases if tax would have applied to a sale of the property [§ 144.010.3], except if the lessor purchased the property at "retail" and paid sale tax on the purchase, there is no tax on rentals [§ 144.020.8 (except motor vehicles, see § 144.070, and motor vehicle leasing companies, § 144.070.5)].
- charges and fees to or in places of amusement, entertainment and recreation, games and athletic events [§ 144.010.1(10)(a)]
- rooms in hotels and meals in restaurants [§ 144.010.1(10)(e)]
Sales and use tax laws are complex and often do not apply in the way it seems they would. Application often depends on specific facts and even slightly different facts can yield different results in seemingly similar cases even within the same state.
Sales taxes apply differently in different states
Because sales and use taxes are imposed by individual state laws and are interpreted and enforced by the individual state's administrative agencies and courts, there can be significant differences in the provisions and implementation in different states. Businesses must use particular caution when crossing state lines as the statutes and rules differ, e.g., installation of telephone wiring is a taxable service in Arkansas but not in Missouri.
Heightened state concerns with revenue loss, including with the rise of internet commerce, results in continued state efforts to tax transactions partly within the state and to require out-of-state merchants to collect the states sales and or use tax.
Contacts of "nexus"
States can require a merchant to collect the state's taxes if the merchant has significant connections with the state ("nexus").
Moratorium on internet taxation
The moratorium preventing states from imposing new taxes on the internet do not impact the application of sales and use taxes to sales over the internet. Sellers who otherwise have an obligation to collect sales or use tax must also collect for internet sales, and consumers still owe use tax on items purchased over the internet.
There are many "exemptions" and "exclusions" from sales and use tax.


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Evolua em sua carreira com um certificado que antecipa seu sucesso profissional.
This class is offered as CS6300 at Georgia Tech where it is a part of the Online Masters Degree (OMS). Taking this course here will not earn credit towards the OMS degree.
In SDP, you will learn how to select and implement the ideal software process for your development project. Through Professor Orso's engaging examples and interviews with industry insiders, you will learn both conceptual and practical aspects of software engineering. The course covers requirements engineering, architecture and design, testing and maintenance, and software quality in general.
The goal of this class is to equip you with the skills necessary to define requirements, set up an integrated development environment (IDE), learn Git (and Github!) and use Unified Modeling Language (UML) to design and build an Android application. We will also examine several testing practices and refactoring techniques that are helpful before the launch of your software project.
While everyone working with software should have these skills, they are particularly important for Software Engineers and Engineering Managers.
Testes interativos
Aulas com profissionais do setor
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Este curso é seu primeiro passo em direção a uma carreira com o programa Desenvolvedor Web Full Stack .
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A strong familiarity with Android development (perhaps through Developing Android Apps) is expected.
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Software engineering isn't just about programming. It isn't just about building a technology stack.
This course introduces the idea of software engineering as an iterative, systematic process. You will learn to use Github and Eclipse as you get introduced to the development life cycle, design processes and software testing.
Software Development Processes will show you the skills and processes needed to complement technical understanding of software products in order to make you a more effective developer in an engineering team.


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Steaming Media Is Easy: We explain how to use DLNA on Windows 8
DLNA is commonly use to stream content across devices. You can use this in the latest OS as well, but you have to change the network sharing settings
DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is a non profit group which has more than 250 alliance members formed in 2003 by Sony to allow interoperability for sharing digital media in between different consumer devices like TV, computers, camcorders, printers, phones and other multimedia devices.
Steps to use DLNA on Windows 8
1. Open the Charms bar by moving your mouse pointer over the right cornor of your screen. Alternatively you may press Windows key + C on Start screen to open Charms bar. Then select Search.
2. Next, type 'control panel' in the search box and click on the search button. Then click on the Control Panel icon on the left side of the pane.
3. Next, click on the Hardware and Sound.
4. If you are using Home Group feature for the first time, then you will have to choose what to share or if another computer has already created homegroup then you can join. First we will change advanced sharing settings. Click on the Change advanced sharing settings link.
5. Click on the All Network tab and then click on the Choose media streaming options.
6. If Media streaming is not turned on then you will be asked to turn it on. Click on the Turn on media streaming. Next, the Media Streaming Options open. Enter a name for your Media Library then select Show devices on: All networks and choose your desired settings.That are the complete steps to use DLNA on Windows 8.
If the device is DLNA certified then many digital devices with different technologies or even with different architectures are capable of connecting with each other. DLNA certified device use Plug and Play or UPnP for Media management, Media discovery and Media control.
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"Salt Lake City joins cities, counties asking U.S. Supreme Court to regulate immigration detention by Feds"
Link: http://gephardtdaily.com/local/salt-lake-city-joins-cities-counties-asking-u-s-supreme-court-to-regulate-immigration-detention-by-feds/
Summary: Salt Lake City joined 20 cities and counties across the country in an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, asking the court to uphold constitutional protections for immigrants held in prolonged mandatory immigration detention by the federal government. The brief supports the argument that people in immigration detention awaiting deportation proceedings should not be held, often for months or years at a time, with no opportunity to be considered for release. The Supreme Court is reviewing a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that immigrants in prolonged mandatory detention must be given a bond hearing every six months where an immigration judge can consider whether they can safely be released. The amicus brief argues that holding immigrants in mandatory detention without bond hearings also harms their children and families.


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Teaching Personnel have started to work very closely with a school in Scunthorpe and we are exciting a rise in day to day and long term bookings. We are looking for talented Teaching Assistants to work in a SEN environment in North Lincolnshire School. This 'Outstanding' School caters for students with a wide range of Special Needs including Autism, MLD, SLD and SEMH. The school caters for secondary age students, however we have found that due to student levels, primary specialists work really well in this setting.
The ideal candidate will be required to take the initiative to hit the ground running whilst in the classroom. The candidates must need should be trained in these various SEN areas and have a desire to work in this environment.
The following training would be advantageous:
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The ideal candidate will have:
-Experience of supporting vulnerable young adults and children
-Excellent behaviour management skills
-A nurturing approach
-Autism Awareness Training
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I guess a lot of people go through phases of pondering whether or not to start a blog. I think my preoccupation with the idea has come from being a generally obsessive person, and of course I mean that in the best possible way! I've always been prone to intense obsessive phases; stumbling upon one particular area of fascination, discovering a deep and abiding passion for it, ferociously researching all I that can about it and then, when I finally have nothing left, moving on to the next thing. It's just how I've always been.
The other day, when I showed my Mother a photo of the actress whose life and career I'm currently enthralled in (the beautiful classic actress Greer Garson), I rhetorically asked her "Why? WHY, Mum, am I so obsessive?! Is it something in my genes?" but alas she's always been as baffled as I am. "I don't know," she said. "Poor Greer. You'll just chew her up and spit her out like you have all the rest of them!" Haha! She was only semi-joking, of course, it's never as cold as that and I really do love them all but it's hard when the actors I tend to become attached to have all long since passed away. When you've seen all there is to see of their performances, you just have to move on, otherwise you're watching the same things over and over when there's still a whole vast world of film out there just waiting to be explored! That's just how I roll.
So I think you may have gathered by now that Classic Film is my great love.
I had my first real encounter with it when I was in high school (I'm 27 now) and I saw a Katharine Hepburn movie late one night on TV. My Mum was watching it in the lounge and I was in my bedroom when I heard the most raucous laughter emanating through the walls! When I went out to see what all the fuss was about, what I saw was so funny that I stayed for the rest of the film, eyes glued to the screen. It was hilarious and I was in awe of how truly brilliant this "old" movie was! The film was Bringing Up Baby (1938) and to this day it's still the funniest movie I've ever seen!
But I only really fell in love with Classic Hollywood years later during my University years. I was doing a Bachelor of Creative Arts with the intention of studying theatre as I had in high school however you couldn't just take theatre, you had to choose other areas of the arts as well. I chose Literature and Cinema Studies and within the first two years of my course, I'd been completely won over by film, and theatre was fast becoming a mere background interest. Funny how life works. In my second year I took a class entitled "Classic Hollywood" and from then on theatre had no hope at all. I adored that class and was completely dazzled by the glittering black and white images on the screen in front of me. Not only that, but the history behind it. It wasn't enough to just watch a film!
I still love theatre, though I haven't done a production in years, but film and film history has become an fierce passion of mine and through it, also vintage fashion.
But before I bore you with my whole life story, I want to tell you what my blog will be about. At the moment, I'm envisioning a place where I can come to talk about Classic film with others who love it too, in the form of film reviews and discussions, fun facts and random ponderings with a little fan-girling (or boying) over our favourite stars thrown in for good measure; because who doesn't love a good crazy fan-girl moment?! On occasion I'd also like to share some of my vintage fashion in the form of outfit posts, awesome finds, op-shopping (thrifting) tips and the occasional vintage fashion tip, though I do not profess to be an expert; far from it. I consider myself still learning! But we're all always learning, aren't we?
Basically, I wanted to create an outlet to write about what I love. I've completed my University degree after purposefully dragging it out for a total of 5 1/2 years (under the guise of part time study due to needing more time to work and earn money but really I just loved it and dreaded the day it would end!) so now I need a reason to keep writing and I hope that you'll join me.
Feel free to drop me a line anytime, I hope you like my posts (or at least I hope it sparks some passionate opinions) and together we'll see where this unknown road leads us…
"Enthusiasm is one of life's great blessings, and I think it's somewhat contagious." ~ The Great and Wise Bette Davis
Bye for now!
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The City Is So Cold
And so we arrive at that time of year when winter seems interminable. Your bones have been cold for so long that even a hot bath fails to thaw them. The English are invariably sullen over late-winter weather, and I've heard several times that we're in it for the long haul this year, that we don't stand a chance of an early Spring, as if we're children, we've been badly behaved, the thermometers want to punish us.
I stand outside, in our back garden. It's too bleak for words, the sticky black paste of mud and dead leaves, the naked shivering trees, the poignant abandoned laundry line, the table and chairs which have spent these long months buckling under snow and rain. I realize I haven't stood in the garden for weeks. From my study window I have a view of it; I watch cats trying to catch birds, I see the neighbours' sad detritus gathering mud, but I haven't actually stood here, surveyed it at ground level, for too long. I miss standing in our garden, I realize.
Every once in awhile there is still the lingering dream of African light, of trade winds, spice, valleys like bowls; but mostly the mundane has crept back in. I like how local I feel, here, how we go to the pub on the end of our road for bloody marys and sandwiches, how well we know the roads, how predictable the fall of night is each evening, how every night is getting a tiny bit shorter. I like the idea that I will, over the next few months, slowly reacquaint myself with our garden. We will grow potatoes again, maybe. One day we will wake up and it will be warm enough to start to prune and dig, and the colour will start to come back into our cheeks, which have already turned pale again.


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Well, I can finally slack off freely. All the books arrived and I've begun to distribute the pre-paid ones. All sides involved showed great understanding of the imortance of the project. The Stinehour Press did great job printing the edition and Acme binding made their part as good as possible. All of my subscribers - thank all of you for your patience. Book will arrive to you soon.
Oleg Lipchenko.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Book is here
Well, I can finally slack off freely. All the books arrived and I've begun to distribute the pre-paid ones. All sides involved showed great understanding of the imortance of the project. The Stinehour Press did great job printing the edition and Acme binding made their part as good as possible. All of my subscribers - thank all of you for your patience. Book will arrive to you soon.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Freedom and Limits: how to illustrate Carroll's stories
Lewis Carroll doesn't always describe details of a scene: personalities, objects and settings. But when he does, he doesn't do so right away. As I have already explained the Duchess, in order to be able to imagine her, one has to read examine the second scene in which she's acting. But how are we supposed to view her in the first scene? It's good that she was called "Duchess" what gives us a hint that she's wearing a duchess' costume. That is why one of the main jobs of an illustrator is to show what Carroll will describe later or will not describe at all.
Let's talk first about the surrounding in which the action is taking place. For example: everything that's happening to Alice, Gryphon, and Mock Turtle, is usually drawn on seashore. Why? Carroll only gives two details to describe the surrounding, but not a single word about any seashore. Whoops! Sir John Tenniel used the 'Lobster Quadrille' poem's circumstances for this scene, and almost every Illustrator then followed his way. I too, followed his tradition in my first black and white series of Illustrations. I even drew the Mock Turtle in a seaman costume. However, the more logical setup would be a place that is near to the Wonderful Garden, and where the Queen can walk freely without guards and courtiers, therefore it would probably take place somewhere in the Royal Palace. Gryphon is sleeping "in the sun" and this doesn't explain the setting to us. It could be anywhere: on a ship's deck, in a microscopic English garden, on the seashore (why not?). Or, maybe it is on the ledge of the royal chapel? Where else can you find Chimeras, Gryphons and Gargoyles? What about the rock on which the Mock Turtle was sitting? Why wouldn't we consider the Japanese Garden of Stones, somewhere in the Royal Palace (a gift from the Emperor of Japan, for example)? Also, we have to notice that all these places: the Wonderful Garden, the place where the Griffon lay, and the rock on which the Mock Turtle sat, have to be near each other. In the time it took Alice to get from one place to another, she was only able to exchange a couple of sentences with the Queen and then the Gryphon. Even the way back, isn't too long – the way to Royal Courtroom (which has to be also located in the Royal Palace).
When I say that Carroll didn't point out or explained details, it doesn't undermine the quality of Carroll's texts, because the main value of the story is in the character's interactions and dialogues. The rest (details, circumstances, settings, and descriptions) is made up by our imagination. Illustrators's job is to illustrate the story in their own image, but at the same time to not contradict even a single detail given by Carroll.
Oleg Lipchenko
Monday, January 21, 2008
Ugly Duchess character understanding
Quentin Massys John Tenniel
Ugly Duchess has quite a history in illustration. Sir John Tenniel created her image based on the portrait 'A Grotesque Old Woman' (1513), by the Flemish artist Quentin Massys. Not exactly the same, but the influence was very obvious.
Lets look at how the Ugly Duchess is described by Carroll; in the first scene there isn't even a hint of her appearance, she is full of pretence and we can only imagine what her true character is like by looking at her actions, analyzing her dialogues and speech. Such an ignorant and unfriendly person, she is a persistent fighter - she doesn't pay attention to the pepper in the air, or the dishes thrown at her. She makes her remarks with a "sudden violence". This is all that is said about her in the first scene. Plus, of course, an absolutely cynical attitude towards the baby.
Leonardo Da Vinci "Grotesque old woman"
Another scene where the Duchess is acting - "Queen's Qroquet-Ground". Here, her behavior is quite different, her speech when addressing Alice has now become rather somewhat sweet. We see an experienced court-lady, who can speak very sweetly if she feels an importance of the person that she speaks to (we know that Alice was invited to the Queen's Qroquet-Ground, and that means something). We remember how she treated Alice when she (Alice) was just a stranger to her. As a matter of fact, she is trying to be so sweet that she is ready to hug Alice around her waist (which she doesn't do being aware of the flamingo in Alice's hands). Here is the first time we get a few words regarding her appearance. First of all, she's very "ugly". Secondly, she has an "uncomfortably sharp chin", and lastly, "she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice's shoulder"- so she wasn't taller than Alice. And that is all that is said about her appearance.
I wish to point out, that Sir John Tenniel's Duchess is undoubtedly ugly, but her chin is quite far from being sharp. Many illustrators followed the tradition of Tenniel's illustrations. Ugliness of the Duchess (in this tradition), is straightforward - it is an ugliness of old age; an old, wrinkly, male-shaped face. I think that this way is too cliche. From my observations, the human face's attractiveness is quite a tricky subject. It is very often that beauty and ugliness differ due to the existence of a small feature(s). The perfect example to me would be the famous movie star Ms.*, who is beautiful because of the camera, makeup, and a properly set up light. But every now and then these conditions (or one of them), fail to perform their function. It is at these moments where you look at her and realize "Oh my God, she's plain ugly!"
Generally, when drawing my version of the Duchess, I didn't invent anything. My Duchess is taken from real life; this type of face, nose, etc... That kind of person everybody has met. By the way, the personality of this type of people is usually the same. So I'm guessing whether Lewis Carroll would have approved my version of this character. At least, Carroll didn't mean the image of the Quentin Messis's portrait when he wrote his Duchess.
The Ugly Duchess personality was carried out into the second book, but into a different character; the Red Queen. They have a lot in common, evidentially the same prototype was used for both the characters. This is meaningless to most readers up until they start reading the second book, however to an illustrator who wants to understand the character more deeply, this relation is quite evident. They are both addicted to using hyperboles: when Alice said "... I can't quite follow it as you say it", the Duchess replied "That's nothing to what I could say if I chose", compared to Looking Glass; when Alice said "...I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill", the Red Queen answered "When you say hill, I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley." Both of them also like to teach Alice, and seek out the moral in every situation, conversation or anything at all.
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Barb just posted a very good comment, she said, "I wonder how many of these Bookaday posts are going to sell books? :D If I didn't have the series Auntie J posted, that line would have tempted me to look at it and yours is tempting me now."
And I realized that I'm not going to see all the great posts on BookADay because I'm not following all the participants. Does anybody but me think that there should be a place here where we can see them all?
Does it sound like a good idea? Keep the feed as is but make a separate place where all the challenges can be accessed and all the participating posts can be found.
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Return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 2 BA'KELALAN – LEPO BUNGA – CHURCH CAMP
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Day 4 CHURCH CAMP – BA'KELALAN
Wake up and have your breakfast. You may proceed to go for trekking to reach Ba'Kelalan village, which will take about 4-6 hours of trekking. Upon arrival at the village, you can take your rest at the lodge or continue to go around the village area to get to see the local's daily activities. Free at own leisure.
Day 5 BA'KELALAN – BA'KELALAN AIRPORT
Enjoy your breakfast as this is your last day in Ba' Kelalan village. After breakfast, free and easy activity before your departure flight.
End of tour.