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Sandeep Mathrani, the CEO of mall development giant General Growth Properties, got many folks' attention on an earnings call late Tuesday afternoon, though the reason had nothing to do with his company's financial performance. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mathrani—speaking about mall foot traffic—said, "You've got Amazon opening brick-and-mortar bookstores and their goal is to open, as I understand, 300 to 400."
Adweek emailed Amazon PR but didn't receive a reply by press time, though the e-retail giant has declined comment to other media outlets. So, we asked a few retail experts for their take on the possibility of an Amazon store chain.
"It validates that people still want a brick-and-mortar store," said Bob Phibbs, founder of the consultancy The Retail Doctor. "And it shows you should never underestimate Amazon."
While Amazon opened a store in Seattle last fall, it still seems counterintuitive that the brand would expand into the chain-store business on such a large scale. After all, isn't that the space it has so thoroughly disrupted over the past two decades?
But, to the contrary, our trio of experts offered these six reasons why it would make a ton of sense if Amazon did venture big into bricks and mortar. See the reasons here.


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Should The National Impairment Level Be Lowered From .08? The NTSB Says "Yes"
Posted Scott B. Cooper on May 16, 2013 in News
Posted on May 16, 2013
Does impairment to drive occur well before the .08 level? Will lowering the impairment level result in less Pennsylvania car accidents and Pennsylvania wrongful death claims?
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants state legislatures to drop the measure from the current blood alcohol level of .08 to .05, about that caused by a dry martini or two beers in a 160-pound person. The .08 standard might allow the same person to drive legally after two beers or a couple of margaritas, according to a University of Oklahoma calculator. States may consider lowering the standard for drunken driving to the level of a single dry martini after a recommendation Tuesday from the National Transportation Safety Board.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a insurance industry research group, confirmed Tuesday that the risk of impairment to driving can occur well before a drinker reaches the .08 level. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a insurance industry research group, confirmed Tuesday that the risk of impairment to driving can occur well before a drinker reaches the .08 level.
If you have been injured in a Pennsylvania car accident, or a loved one has been injured, or you have a Pennsylvania wrongful death claim, as a result of a car accident caused by a Pennsylvania drunk driver, contact a Pennsylvania Car Accident Lawyer at 717-888-8888 and we will answer any questions you have about the Pennsylvania car, truck or motorcycle accident and the legal rights you may have due to the personal injury and losses involving any Harrisburg car accident, especially if you may need a lawyer for the Central Pennsylvania car accident. Our lawyers can meet you at our office in Harrisburg or go out ot your home or hospital.
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attaintnoun abasement, bad name, bad reputation, bad repute, brand, debasement, defilement, degradation, derogation, deviation from rectitude, disapprobation, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disreputability, disrespect, humiliation, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, improbity, imputation, infamy, ingloriousness, loss of reputation, mark, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, shame, smear, smirch, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, tarnished honor
Associated concepts: attainder, autrefois attaint, bill of attainder, civil death
See also: bad repute, brand, convict, denigrate, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, impeach, notoriety, opprobrium, pillory, scandal, shame, smear, stain, sully
attaintto pass judgment of death or outlawry upon a person; see ATTAINDER.
ATTAINT, English law. 1. Atinctus, attainted, stained, or blackened. 2. A
writ which lies to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false
verdict. Bract. lib. 4, tr. 1, c. 134; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22, Sec. 8.
2. It was a trial by jury of twenty-four men empanelled to try the goodness, of a former verdict. 3 Bl. Com. 351; 3 Gilb. Ev. by Lofft, 1146. See Assize.


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If you are looking for a brand-new 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 for sale near Greensboro North Carolina,you might want to look at this truck. U.S. News & World Report provides the GMC Sierra and 8.5 general rating. Some of the functions that they liked in this automobile included its smooth ride,it's roomy seats and as always the friendly infotainment system.
The 2019 GMC Sierra is a total redesign with 2 new trims,Elevation and AT4. With some nice new driver support functions consisted of in the 2019 model. These functions are a surround view cam,pedestrian detection along with a direct display screen.
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PayStand Expands Operations to Mexico With New Office
PayStand Expands Footprint To Further Deliver on the Promise of a Better Global Payments System; Partners With StartupGDL To Drive Regional Economic Development
SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. AND GUADALAJARA, MEXICO - OCTOBER 18, 2018 - PayStand, the B2B payment platform for the future of commerce, today announced the opening of a new office located in Guadalajara, Mexico. The expansion bolsters PayStand's continued focus to deliver the most robust digital payment network for businesses and also positions the company to solve significant challenges in global payments by drawing on a diverse and experienced team. North American businesses exchange $18 trillion in paper checks alone each year, costing them over $550 billion in process and delays, while more than half of all commercial payments globally are still paper check.
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Waxing Poetic (farm blog)
Purple cabbage
October Asters
A large flock of grackels
taking off
When most people think of the seasons, they think of winter, spring, summer and fall. You and I might think something more like greens, summer squash, potatoes, tomatoes and peppers. In many parts of Africa, there are but two seasons commonly acknowledged: rainy and dry. But around here, there are a lot more signs of the seasonality of things. There is the Turkey visitation season (last year I counted more than 40 in our local flock!) There is the season of the blue jays. There is the spring fireworks season with the spectacular dogwood, cherry and redbud explosion of colorful blooms. There is the passing through of the Northern Flickers and the hatching of the Swallows and Indigo Buntings. There is the explosion of the tick population and their subsequent disappearance (a much celebrated season around here). There is the buzzing of the Tupelo Gum when the bees find it blooming and the blue season of the Tupelo berries. There is hunting season when those pesky deer seem to disappear. And now: now it is the purple season. Wild native purple asters are awakening the green forests before the forests can awe us with their own color explosion. And the iridescent purple grackles have returned en force. Open the door and a thunderous explosion of purple tinted wings temporarily clouds the sky.
A recycled picture of a savoy cabbage (the camera with new pictures is on a road trip)
A year or so ago I read an article in the High Country Magazine about a few local Ashe County farmers that I knew. Most of them had come into farming as a second career. You know: left a corporate career to play in fields of barley thing. They spoke of the career switch as a search for a slower, simpler life. I'm sure now, that the interviews must have taken place in October. I laughed at the time. "the slower, simpler life." While I never found myself climbing the corporate ladder, I have had a couple nine to five jobs in my time on my way to this land here, and I recall the nine to five life with free weekends a much simpler and slower life. Not satisfying, mind you, but definitely slower and simpler. But now October has arrived and my tired body is slowing down, the cool weather is slowing the crops down, and the shorter days have me inside at a reasonable hour (kind of like nine to five). So yeah, I can see their point now.
Our little creek becomes a pond!
a new river forms to feed the
Water flowing over the newly planted bed
Little Tumbling Shoals Creek
over the irrigation line
Like bookends to a most challenging season, floods arrived this weekend bigger and badder than even the spring floods. This time, it's too late to panic or really even worry. All the crops that suffer from rain are on their way out anyway and as long as the water doesn't sit too long, the fall crops will be okay. All the same, I can't help but remark on the coincidence of this most recent flood. As if to say, "we survived." We move on.
The seed catalogues have begun to arrive in the mail, which pushes me into a Pavlovian planning session. Jason says there should be a support group for people like me: SCA (seed catalogues anonymous). Seed catalogues are inherently exciting with their bright pictures of beautiful veggies; I want to grow everything in them! Last year, I'm afraid, Jason gave me a little bit too much free reign with the seed order and we ended up growing seven different kinds of eggplant. And I won't even get into the chilies. But this is an exciting time of year. This year especially as we venture into many new things, including a move out of the camper into a new house! We expand to full capacity in annual crops, we're planting blueberries and blackberries and asparagus, and we're constructing three "hoop houses" to extend the season and keep rain off. It all begins with the arrival of the seed catalogues. Feel free to make requests!
The assembly of our "puzzle"
Jason had us do this little exercise once where instead of saying "the government," we say, "the people" since "the government" is supposed to be an extension of "the people." The idea was to put a face on that entity. "The People" have recently launched an initiative called "Know your farmer, know your food." Wow. Are the feds catching on? You can watch a brief video of secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack stiff in his suit and tie talking about local food: www.youtube.com/usda, and comment.
I'd like to propose a similar initiative called "Know who you're feeding." See, this whole concept is a circle really. You are on a first name basis with the person who grows your food and thus, know how your food was grown. But it works that way for me too. Knowing that John's daughter is in South America, and that Susan's cat is sick, and that Mikelle and Mike just found a little dog that her dad adopted and that Becky's twins love green beans and the color orange makes people real to me. And real people with real faces and lives make me the farmer care about what I'm feeding them! I love when you bring your kids (or parents) to farmers market and introduce them to me. I love knowing about your lives. It's a community: A living organism. My role in that community is to grow food. Others have different roles, and together, we make a thriving community. Oops, I guess I should have turned on the sap alertJ
A lot of us complain that the heart of the problem with our food system is that it's centralized. Well, this may be true but I think the real problem is that it's anonymous. There are no faces on either side of that system, so no real reason to care. In a centralized anonymous food system, you don't know how your food was grown and the farmer doesn't have to tell anyone (the exception being certified organic). Don't get me wrong, I realize that we small scale growers cannot entirely meet the food demand. We don't often grow grain, for example, but we serve a very important role in connecting people with the land their food is grown on and with the folks who do that work. Of course I think that's a very important role in the local community and food system. I'm glad "the people" appears to think so too!
I think it's always like this: the feeling that I'm trying to hold onto the last particles of sand as they slip through my fingers. What was once a mountain of sand in the spring that I thought we might never see the end of is now just a few grains. Slippery little suckers. We watch the summer crops ease into retirement and the summer heat relax to the song of the cicada. We're in the penultimate week of the harvest shares and we're talking end game with Maggie and all of it makes me just a bit sad. Like a little family is breaking apart. Just grains of sand in the wind ("we are star dust..."). With a promise of renewal in the green of the fall garden. It's just a promise, but it's enough for me to slide into all of this farm disassembly that begins to happen this time of year. We call it "putting the farm to bed." It's a slow process, but the signs of its approach are here.
Jason shows off tonight's roasted pepper, tomato and goat cheese calzone
Chile relleno!!!
Homemade tamales wrapped in corn husks!
My mother quit cooking right after I left home and she went back to work. They took to eating out a lot, or microwaving frozen meals. I always thought that was a bit unusual. (I went to school in the south, all my friends' moms cooked big ole' southern meals every time I visited). But after reading Michael Pollen's August 2nd article in the New York Times Magazine, I realize my folks were just part of a growing trend of people not cooking. The article is titled "Out of the kitchen and onto the couch: how American cooking became a spectator sport, and what we lost along the way."
A while back, I wrote about eating seasonally for health. Well, Michael Pollen has given me a new one: prepare your own food for health. Pollen's research shows time spent preparing food is directly linked to physical health: "The more time a nation devotes to food preparation at home, the lower its rate of obesity. In fact, the amount of time spent cooking predicts obesity rates more reliably than female participation in the labor force or income." Wow. He goes on to tell us that the average PER DAY amount of time American's spend on meal preparation is 27 minutes. 27 minutes a day?!!!
Upon learning that we don't own a TV, people often ask us what we do in our free time. I never understood the question. I countered with, "how do you find time to watch TV?" But I get it now. That's what we do in our "free time": we cook. Okay, okay, I know I've already told you all that Jason does most of the cooking, but I do help. Honest! I am like the prep cook. So even though he's in charge, it's still something we do together. It's a sort of bonding process and it is important to us. Maggie used to marvel how we'd work such crazy long hours, come in at dark and still prepare a nourishing meal. I think she's used to late evening meals now. But my point is that even though our "in season" lifestyle doesn't technically allow it, we still take the time to prepare a meal. It is nourishing to more than just the gastro-intestinal. It is nourishing to our souls. There's just something about preparing and eating a meal together (even at 10 o'clock at night!) that fulfills some deep primal instinct. Okay, maybe not primal, but you get the point. Eating well involves this process we call cooking and it saddens me that so many people are missing out on that. Remember the cookbook called "The Joy of Cooking"? Doesn't that just say it all? I don't know when the last edition was printed, but mine is a 70s era copy. I envision all those cookbooks languishing on thrift store shelves. That's just it: we've lost the joy somewhere along the road to frozen meals and booming take out dives.
Even pizza can be ridiculously beautiful and delicious homemade!
If there's anything you'd like me to hold for you here at the farm (for pick up Tuesdays or Fridays from 5pm-7pm), at the Wednesday Hickory Farmers' Market (noon to 5:30), or the Saturday Boone farmers' market (early am to noon), please let me know my phone or email! Thanks!
Tumbling Shoals Farm hosts a "tomato
tasting" for the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce (wouldn't you know we ended
up between tomato plantings!)
Our hay field becomes a parking lot for
the tomato tasting event.
I caught myself referring to this season in the past tense the other day. Oops. Not that there aren't parts of this season that I'd like to put behind me, but we are heading into PEPPER season for crying out loud (not to mention the greens growing in the fall garden)! At market on Saturday morning(after rising at 4:30 am), I found myself actually smiling to myself before 7a.m., before I even finished my coffee, even giggling a little perhaps, as I placed those beautiful sweet treasures in their box. Then, as I caught myself smiling, that made me smile even more. Chalk up another point for August! It's time for our grill to be constantly occupied with various shapes and shades of roasting peppers. They show up in the scrambled eggs, in the lunchtime sandwich, an afternoon snack, and in various forms for dinner. And they never overstay their welcome.
An oversized puzzle (our new hoophouses! Ha evil step-mother nature, try to thwart us next year!)
August. I almost feel like I need say no more. I used to think of August as the most brutal farming month. In fact, a wise old farmer once advised me never to evaluate my profession in August. The weeds are a mile high, the wicked hot air presses down on me, and the insects arrive en force. But I'm welcoming this August with open arms. It brought along with it the first hot and dry-ish weather we've seen all season, which is what all our summer crops have been waiting for. Insects, I suppose, but that includes colorful butterflies, the summer serenade of the cicada, and, well technically not an insect, the hummingbirds also come out in force in August. This is the time when I love working in the flowers. And weeds, well, I suppose that can't be helped much after all the rain, but all in all, I'm inclined to defend August this year.
I've been talking a lot about thwarting Evil Step-Mother Nature next year. Well, our hoophouses arrived today! To us, they're basically big umbrellas under which to grow strawberries and tomatoes (and actually harvest some!!!), but they also offer a little season extension (earlier tomatoes and late strawberries). It was exciting to unload the truck, but it will be even more exciting to put them up, I'm sure, as right now they appear like an oversized puzzle. Hmmm. I think Jason will manage that project. We intend to get one of them up for strawberries in the next few weeks, so be on the lookout pictures of frustrated faces.
The latest weather related heartbreak: the third and last planting of corn laying down on the ground after Wednesdays storm.
After last Wednesday's latest weather related disaster, I've taken to calling her Evil Step-Mother Nature. I guess she didn't like that too terrible much because she decided to give me what I've been wishing for…in the extreme of course! Sun and heat! Why do they call these the "dog days?" What is it about a dog that causes us to sweat, dehydrate, move ridiculously slowly, and become exhausted? If I'd have invented the phrase to describe these days, I'd have called them the "okra days." The okra has actually jumped up and down for joy. I swear it. It's become an everyday picking event, and one we might consider a twice a day picking event if we had it in us to do that much work. I haven't heard the eggplant complain lately either. So, okay, Evil Step-Mother Nature has made her point, and I swear I'm not going to complain from my comfy chair here in the air conditioning:) knowing my crops are kicking it into gear as I type. But I'm NOT going out there either:)
A ground hog has made a home in the cucumbers! How's that for natural!?
I always get a kick out of the label "naturally grown" on produce. Honestly, it seems sometimes that nothing could be less natural. Okay, some things are less natural, but you get the point. This year, I've spent my days scheming up new ways to thwart Mother Nature. Oh sure, we aren't using any synthetic chemical junk in that effort, but still, I feel like I'm at war. Really though, I was feeling like another rainy day in a season of rainy days, armed and dangerous with a rotten tomato in my hand. And then Sunday, when the rain finally cleared in the afternoon, I sighed and made to head down to the fields when Jason said, "I think you should take the day off." We'd already spent most of the weekend planning ways to grow strawberries successfully beneath the wrath of Mother Nature. He said his reasoning was that it just seemed important that I take the day off. He's very good. Considering that I nearly threw a rotten tomato at his head for no reason the day before, I'd say he's quite observant. And he didn't have to tell me twice. The stars aligned, I spent the rest of the day lazing around, reading, and doing nothing, and the sun stayed! Today, I went to town and got me a temporary crew for the week to help catch us up on all that stuff we've just not been able to get to. Jason's working on the farm this week. And the heat and sun arrived to my welcoming arms. Wow. I swear I'm a new woman. Did I mention that the sun is out? Mental note: take a day off sometime in July before you're tempted by weapons of mass disgustion (okay, okay, I just made that word up).
Some things are happening at Tumbling Shoals Farm this month! This weekend is the high country farm tour: Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-6pm. I know we're in the foothills, but we're on the tour. Two other Wilkes County growers are on it too this year. But a wristband and see as many farms as you can, or just visit one for $10. It's a fundraiser for Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture. For more details, check out their website at brwia.org.
August 20 Tumbling Shoals Farm is hosting a tomato tasting event through the Wilkes County Chamber of Commerce from 5:30 p.m. until. We'll be touring the farm and tasting tomatoes (hopefully!) You're invited!


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On Saturday I took the snowmobile to my cabin. I dragged a pulka behind the snowmobile, which contained my rucksack.
Last year all the small rodents were killed during the winter and so since then we have seen no evidence of small rodents, so I was surprised to find hundreds of small rodent tracks around the cabin. The tracks belonged to shrews (didn't manage to get a photo of one of the shrews unfortunately).
The temperature had been -24 earlier in the morning, but laying out on the ice fishing it felt quit warm.
The sun is just coming up over the tree tops now
On Sunday I went fishing with my neighbour Folke. I caught 1 Rainbow trout.
Folke made fire on the ice using an oven tray
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A new study by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) has revealed that the Omani population will hit four million by 2040.
The study, released this week and based on a high-fertility rate, found that the national population would jump by 2.4 million people over the next 25 years.
Currently, Oman's total population is at 4.1 million, with Omanis representing 2.3m of that amount and 1.8 million expats making up the remainder.
The NCSI's forecast also included a medium-fertility rate, which projected that the national population would rise to 3.6 million, and a low-fertility rate, which would see an smaller increase of 2.4 million people.
Overall, the number of Omani males would increase by 69 per cent by 2040, while there would be an increase of 72 per cent for females, the NCSI said.
"According to the high-fertility assumption, the percentage of Omani children under 15 years to the total number of the Omani population is expected to reach 30 per cent in 2040 compared to about 25 per cent according to the low fertility assumption," the NCSI said in the report.
"The percentage of children under five years to the total Omani population is projected to reach 11 per cent according to the high fertility assumption; compared to about 8 per cent according to the low fertility assumption.
"It is also projected that the Omani youth [15 to 29 years] will constitute about 27 per cent of the total Omanis, with about a 3 per cent decrease compared to the same value of the index recorded in the middle of 2015."
It added that the Omani working-age population – 15 to 64 years – would reach 64 per cent based on the high-fertility assumption, but this would increase to 69 per cent based on the low-fertility projection.
The NCSI also said it expected that Omani females of childbearing age would constitute 45 per cent of the total Omani females in 2040 according to the medium-fertility assumption.
Unsurprisingly, the study found that the biggest projected increase in the Omani population would occur in the governorate of Muscat.
"The largest projected increase in the number of population during the next 25 years will be recorded in Muscat governorate, where the projected increase reaches 322,000 people on the assumption that the policy of decreasing the number of expatriates will continue," it said.


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Millions of veterans and their widowed spouses are eligible for veterans long-term care benefits but do not receive them. This is due to a variety of factors, including confusion about the benefits available, eligibility requirements and the complicated nature of the application and approval process itself.
The Aid and Attendance Program
Sadly, one of the most helpful benefits available is also one of the least utilized—the Aid and Attendance Pension Program. It is available to veterans, or their widowed spouses, in situations where the veteran served 90 days or more of active duty, with at least one of these days occurring during a period of wartime. An eligible veteran can receive over $21,000 per year for assistance with medical expenses and long-term care. An eligible veteran's widowed spouse can receive more than $13,000 per year.
The Aid and Attendance program allows an eligible veteran or widowed spouse to pay anyone, including his or her children, for home care. In addition, it can be used to help cover the cost of professional care in the home, rent in an assisted living facility, and residence in a nursing home. Prescription drugs, copays, insurance premiums, and more are also available through the program.
The Aid and Attendance Pension Program is an invaluable way for veterans and their widowed spouses to obtain the care they need and cope with the high cost of long-term care. Please contact our law firm today to learn more about this program. David I. Karp is an accredited VA attorney. This means he has been granted the authority by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prepare, present and prosecute claims for Veterans Benefits before the Veterans Administration. His experience in this area of the law can streamline the process and help you obtain benefits quickly with minimal stress; help you receive the maximum amount of benefits to which your service entitles you; and perhaps help you receive benefits even if your application has been denied in the past.
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In 2011, the Fujifilm X100 took the world by storm, offering the style of a Leica M but at a more affordable price. We test its successor, the X100S, with upgraded 16.3-million-pixel sensor. Read the Fujifilm X100S review..
Fujifilm X100S review
Like the X100, the Fuji X100S offers a basic spot, centreweighted and evaluative metering set-up. TTL evaluative metering utilises 256 areas and is, overall, accurate. An exposure-compensation dial is next to where the thumb rests, on the top-plate. However, despite an improvement to the torque of the same dial as that on the X100, it can still be knocked so check before shooting – it is not unusual to take a series of images before realising that the setting has shifted. When shooting raw, it is possible to push/pull the processing post-capture, from +3EV to -1EV.


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Christina Martin
Oct 26th 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Christina Martin
Christina Martin is a multi-award winning Canadian singer-songwriter whose style has been described as an effortless union between Americana and Rock.
"With her vivacious personality, brightly sparkling voice and unerring love of hooky choruses and peppy rhythms, Christina Martin should've easily slid into the cool waters of modern pop—if only pop hadn't become a pimp for our shallowest tastes and sentiments." (Edmonton's Vue Weekly).
Here is a review of Christina's September 14 Release party at the Marquee in Halifax.


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US Address
Robert Pattinson
c/o William Morris Endeavor (WME) Entertainment
Stephanie Ritz
9601 Wilshire Blvd. Floor 3
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (Born 13 May 1986, London) is a British actor and musician.
Robert first came to the attention of fans in 2005 playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. His first foray into acting came via amateur theatre at the Barnes Theatre Company where he was cast in Guys and Dolls, Our Town, Anything Goes, Macbeth and Tess of the d'Urbervilles. It was during this last role that Robert came to the attention of a casting agent.
During 2004 to 2007, he had supporting roles in various films both screen and made for television, but Robert's biggest breakthrough would come in 2008 when he landed the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight. 2008 would also see him land roles in small indie films such as Oliver Irving's How To Be and Paul Morrison's Little Ashes. But the success of Twilight would see him reprise the role of Edward Cullen from 2009 to 2012 in the next 4 instalments of the saga.
During 2009, Rob would also star in Allen Coulter's Remember Me, of which he was also executive producer. In 2010, Robert would go on to star in Donnellan & Ormerod's directorial debut of the screen adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel Bel Ami and Francis Lawrence's adaptation of Sara Gruen's novel, Water for Elephants. However, Robert's second breakthrough would come in 2012 when he was cast in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis. Although the movie received a lukewarm response, what it did achieve was a turnaround in the perception of Robert's acting. The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and competed for the Palme d'Or. It was the first time one of Robert's films premiered at the Festival, but it was not going to be the last. It was also the beginning of Robert focusing on building a resume of working with some of his favourite and renowned indie directors.
In 2013 the world would see Robert in a slightly different role as the face of Dior Homme Fragrances. The campaign titled 1000 Lives included a short film shot by Romain Gavras, featuring model Camille Rowe and photographed by Nan Goldin. Goldin would later release a book entitled "Robert Pattinson 1000 Lives" featuring shots from the shoot. The uncensored version of the steamy commercial has garnered over 21 million YouTube hits. It is understood that Robert signed on as the face of Dior Homme for 3 years.
In 2014, Robert would again be back at Cannes with not one but two film premieres. The first would be a special screening of David Michod's The Rover in which Robert would win his most critical acclaim to date for his performance of Rey opposite Guy Pearce. The second was Robert's second film with David Cronenberg which was again competing for the Palme d'Or, Maps to the Stars. Although Robert's role was minor, his performance was again well received.
In 2015, Robert's films with Werner Herzog's Queen of the Desert (in competition for the Golden Bear) and Anton Corbijn's Life (special screening) both premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. During the start of 2015, Robert filmed Brady Corbet's directorial debut, The Childhood of a Leader which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015 and won best debut film and best director. Since then, it has screened at numerous festivals picking up more awards. Mid year in 2015, James Gray's Lost City of Z finally went into production filming in Ireland and Colombia.
In 2016, Robert filmed the Safdie Bros "Good Time" and went way under the radar when it emerged he was on set filming the Zellner Bros "Damsel". The trailer for The Lost City of Z was leaked in April 2016, and the initial reaction was stellar. The film had its World Premiere at the 54th New York Film Festival and it international premiere at Berlinale in 2017 with worldwide release following. The critics reviews so far have been outstanding.
In 2017, Robert collected major accolades along the way for his "ambitious and intriguing projects". In addition to the release of The Lost City of Z, 2017 saw Robert back at the 70th Cannes Film Festival with the Safdie Bros "Good Time" in competition for the Palme d'Or. Robert on the Croisette is always happiness. The film might not have won the Palm d'Or or Best Actor for Robert, it did however win best soundtrack for OPN and garnered the best attention for Robert with critics claiming the best performance of his career (and confirmed by Rob winning the International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor). The Safdies and Rob experienced a 6 minute standing ovation at the end of the Cannes premiere. To date the film has received wide acclaim especially in relation to Robert's performance. 2017 also saw Rob finally film Claire Denis' "High Life" which is currently in post production and although it didn't premiere at Cannes as hoped, there are rumours swirling that it may premiere at the Venice Film Festival held in Aug/September 2018.
As predicted, the beginning of 2018 saw the Zellner Bros "Damsel" with Mia Wasikowska have its international premiere at Sundance and although it had mixed reviews, Rob's performance received positive praise again. The film also had its world premiere at Berlinale on 16 February 2018 before heading off to SXSX in Austin Texas in March. Magnolia Pictures came on board to distribute in the US with a 22 June 2018 release. It has also had a myriad of screenings at film festivals across the Globe. Sadly nothing for Sydney, although it did have two screenings at the Melbourne International Film Festival in July/August 2018.
In 2018, Rob filmed Robert Egger's next project "The Lighthouse" with Willem Dafoe in Nova Scotia. News swirled on 31 May 2018, that Rob had officially joined David Michôd and Joel Edgerton's "The King" – there was definitely a "was he wasn't he" period for some time when it mysteriously appeared on Rob's IMDbPro page. It was good to finally see official confirmation that he was in fact involved and would be portraying The Dauphin.
High Life had it's world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2018. Again, much like Damsel it has had mixed reviews, although the critics have loved it and Claire Denis garnered the Critics Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Rob attended all three premieres – TIFF, SIFF and NYFF.
Rob next filmed Ciro Guerra's adaptation of J M Coetzee's Nobel Prize winning novel "Waiting for the Barbarians" in November and December 2018. Oscar winner, Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) stars as The Magistrate and Johnny Depp as Colonel Joll alongside Rob as Warrant Officer Mandel. That finished up the year in films that we are all eagerly anticipating to watch in 2019.
2019 saw Rob surprising fans of Good Time at the screening of the film at the Kerwin Frost Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York in March. Rob was in Brooklyn due to some reshoots for The Lighthouse. Filming Antonio Campos', The Devil All the Time in Birmingham, Alabama in March kickstarted the year in respect of Rob filming. Originally Rob was scheduled to portray the character "Roy Laferty" who is described on the backcover of the novel as "The spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick are running from the law". But since late February 2019, his character is now Preacher Preston Teagardin. Rob had previously talked about his role with Esquire UK where he was quoted as saying "There's this line in it — and sometimes that's all you need. And it's like, 'Ooh… that's scary to say'. Because it'll go down in posterity and I'll be the one saying it. You literally cannot get darker. It's fucking dark. This character is an evangelical preacher in the South in the Fifties, but he's gleefully bad and kind of funny and charismatic too. I know, it's irresistible." I wonder if his thoughts have changed since being recast as Teagardin? this film is currently in post production with a 2020 release date.
What was considered one of the strangest rumours of 2019 that Rob was being linked to Matt Reeves' The Batman film – turned out to be the news of the year. Rob is officially #TheBatman. Another surprise casting was Rob in Christopher Nolan's new film "Tenet" which is currently in post production with a release date of 17 July 2020. Rob spent time in between shooting Tenet promoting The Lighthouse which had its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. Rob is received rave reviews for his portrayal of Ephraim Winslow and also word was that A24 would campaign for Rob to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar it never transpired. Also released at Venice Film Festival was The King. Again Rob's cameo (which is about 15 minutes in all in a 2hr 20 min film) received some incredible reviews with people saying he steals the limelight of the film (I have to agree). Waiting for the Barbarians also premiered at Venice. However, Rob's tiny role is apparently a long wait – currently there is no release date for the film. During October, Mill Valley International Film Festival also ran a "Spotlight" on Rob's career and presented him with their award.
The beginning of 2020 saw Rob on the set of The Batman filming in the UK. The film is due to be released in July 2021. However, on 14 March 2020, it was confirmed that filming was suspended as a safeguard to COVID-19. On 25 March 2020, Matt Reeves confirmed that filming had been shutdown and that at this stage everyone involved was safe and well. It will be interesting to see when filming will resume and whether it will hamper the July 2021 release. A release that so far is yet to be affected by COVID-19 is Tenet. Warner Bros although postponing other blockbusters still has Tenet releasing in July 2020. I guess we will know in a few months whether Tenet will be another postponement due to the pandemic. Netflix "The Devil All the Time" is rumoured to premiere on Netflix on 17 May 2020. Many were saying that was to coincide with a premiere at Cannes, but given Cannes has been postponed until July (or if will happen at all this year), it is possible Netflix can and will still release it in May. Heaven knows lots of other films are now going straight to VOD due to the the worldwide crisis. I wonder if we will ever see Waiting for the Barbarians.
In other film news, not much is known about Mona Fastvold's "The Bleaching Yard" which was mentioned by Brady during a 2016 interview, so we're still not sure if it will eventuate or if Rob is able to be involved. Claire Denis's Stars at Noon is currently in pre-production and Rob did mention in an interview that it would be filmed some time this year. It was rumoured that it would film in September 2020, but again no doubt these plans have gone by the wayside given the delay with The Batman. I don't doubt this film will eventuate but it will be once Rob's finished his Tenet and Batman duties.
Rob's career is going from strength to strength, receiving critical reviews for performances – it's been a long time coming but people are finally tuning in to what we've known all along.
As for Dior, Robert is still the face of Dior Homme and the new fragrance was launched at a private dinner hosted by Rob and Kim Jones post Dior Men's Winter Show in Paris on 17 January 2020. The new campaign should be unleashed soon. You can always check out what's happening with Rob and Dior at our Dior Master Post.
Outside of acting, Robert has been a supporter of various charities including Hope for Haiti Now, Stand Up to Cancer, the GO Campaign since 2013 and was announced in Nov 2015 as first ambassador, International Medical Corps, becoming one of their first responders, Prostate Cancer Research Foundation, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. On 15 November 2017, Rob was co-chair of the inaugural Fred Hollows Foundation Gala in Los Angeles along with Lisa Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo Di Caprio and Al Pacino to name a few. In April 2018, Rob showed his support by filming a PSA for the Turtle Conservancy.
Musically, Robert plays both guitar and piano and writes his own music. One of his songs, Never Think, which he cowrote with Sam Bradley was featured on the soundtrack of Twilight and he sang three songs, not his own, on the soundtrack of How To Be. In 2011, Robert was in the audience at a intimate concert for Songs From a Room in London when he decided to do an impromptu performance of an original song. In recent times, Death Grips' sampled Robert playing guitar on their track "Birds".
With regards to film soundtracks, as we are all aware, Rob has 2 songs on Twilight, and he can now add Damsel and High Life, the former singing a song penned by David Zellner called "Honeybun" and the latter a song called "Willow" written by Stuart A Staples of the Tindersticks which was released on iTunes in March 2019. Of course he also sings Pretty Girl Rock in The Rover and that lovely little sea shanty ditty in The Lighthouse.
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Some new apps pose safety risk for children
Livestream apps could cause safety concerns for youths
The digital landscape is always changing, and children and teens adapting.
Parents eventually hear of the most popular apps: Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook that kids are on, but new apps are increasing in popularity and are posing some risks for students.
Many teens use Instagram, Snapchat and Music.ly, an app for sharing lip-synced videos. But it's new sister app, Live.ly, is creating a growing concern for Law Enforcement. Live.ly allows the user to stream -- in real time -- a video of themselves and their surroundings.
"The first thing that came to my mind is the people that create these apps, what are they thinking it's going to be used for?" Riley Johnson, an 8th-grader at Mason Middle School, asked.
"Wherever kids are, bad guys will go," Officer Mary Braun, a detective who specializes in online safety for children, said.
"On Live.ly, you can actually get gifts sent to you from your super-fans, so what kid doesn't want a gift?" Braun said.
She said those exchanges could escalate to levels where the child and the stranger start to form a relationship.
Riley Johnson said students in her school post public live streams and receive messages from strangers.
"There are people out there claiming to be people that they aren't. And on Live.ly, people can get on there and start commenting things like, 'Who are you, where do you live?'" Johnson said.
Another app, called After School, seems harmless. But features like anonymous posting are escalating online drama to what some say are levels of harassment.
Johnson said she didn't think it would affect her as much as it did.
"I had always told my parents. When I created it, I told my parents. I was like, I'll be fine. If someone gets on and hates, I'll be fine. I'll brush it off my shoulders," Johnson said. "You don't realize how much -- in this generation -- how much you care about some anonymous person's opinion and you don't realize until it happens to you," she said.
Cyberbullying is becoming more of a distraction from learning and also from student's lives outside the classroom.
The consequences of anonymous posting are not as hidden as you'd think. Braun says they can have a lasting impact.
"You can get in trouble if you're the one who's doing that. And you can get arrested for some actions that they do. And would you, as a kid, want to be the last person who liked something and then someone killed themself," Braun said.
Officers and school administrators can't say enough how important it is to communicate with your children about what they are doing online.
Braun suggested that if you are having trouble getting older children to cooperate, do spot checks and keep an open level of communication.
Another way to protect your kids is to turn the location settings to "off" for apps that post to the internet. This will eliminate the chance of other people knowing their exact location when they post something.


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i think this ones better if produced with 5 megapixel camera,and 3G provided.
shivam n81 was out on internet leaked with pictures and possible specs way back as 7-8 months . please google it a little and u will find it , so whatever you are saying is purely baseless
there is no need for samsung to be so unimaginative and stupid in producing this particular phone
To everyone who says its a copy of N81, take in consideration that it takes many months to develop a cellphone (its looks, hardware, software, etc.). The N81 has been hardly out for 1 or 2 months and Samsung couldn't possibly 'rip off the design' in that time. I'm sure they didn't go like "Gosh, We've got the software and spec sheet ready, lets wait for Nokia to release a cellphone so we can 'rip it off' ".
Use your heads.
samsung offers phones with style than the options so if we are buying samsung then we are paying for none other than the style ... style coasts money ... if i need good options in my phone i will probably go for nokia ... but i must say nokia is also releasing so many stylish phones lately but they dont coast much cuz of the style but becuz of the options ... i think nokia is better in everything ... thats why nokia is the no. 1 best selling phone model around the world ... nokia rules ...
i would buy this phone to my mom. it looks great, no matter bad camera... i like it :) not bad. and it should be cheap :) i expect it to be around 150$
Sorry , but samsung slow technology . Please take idea from nokia or sony ericsson ....
the design is soo good for a mid-low end phone...it's better if it's made a mid or high end one...too bad...
wow, samsung. you're slowly slitting your own throat.
when are you ever gonna be anywhere NEAR innovative?
This is a low end phone from samsung its designed to be cheap so there is not 5 mp camera qvga screen stuff like that this is 1/5 of the price of nokia's top stuff
wow thats a horrible screen, 128x160 in 2 inches, usually its 240x320


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Sigma DP0 Quattro Review
Essentially identical to the previous three Quattro cameras, the new DP0 Quattro extends the family even further by offering a 21mm equivalent ultra-wide-angle lens that offers a 90-degree view of the world.
Sigma continue to take a solitary path with the new DP0 Quattro, remaining the only camera manufacturer to use the Foveon sensor technology. Despite some improvements to the processing speed, the Sigma DP0 Quattro is a rather slow camera that's really only suited to static or slow-moving subjects, while the rather radical new design favours image quality over usability (apparently moving the memory card and battery away from the sensor helps to improve the former) - suffice to say, we didn't really get on with the much bigger DP0 Quattro with its awkward grip.
Despite those misgivings, though, the images that the DP0 Quattro produces are simply outstanding, by far the best images that we've seen from a mere compact camera and even rivaling a high-end DSLR with an equivalent and expensive prime lens. The DP0 Quattro may take a lot of getting used to, but it certainly takes great pictures.
The Foveon X3 Quattro sensor, whether you believe it to have the 39 megapixels that Sigma claim or or the native 20 megapixels of the top blue/luminance layer, and the prime 14mm lens deliver stunningly sharp, high-resolution images. Chromatic aberrations are once again non-existent on the DP0 Quattro, testament to the excellent prime lens. The maximum aperture of f/4 is a stop slower than the f/2.8 of the other Quattro cameras, but we'd argue that's not a deal-breaker for landscape and architectural use.
So once again, it's a case of image quality to the rescue for the DP0 Quattro - the 3-layer Foveon technology really does deliver a different look to cameras with Bayer sensors, a look that we like a lot. Only you can decide if this is enough to persuade you to splash out quite a lot of cash for an undeniably quirky, pared-back camera with a fixed focal-length lens that is really only suited to a slower, more considered approach. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then you won't be disappointed by the breath-taking images that the Sigma DP0 Quattro is capable of...
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High-profile custody dispute may involve lies
When settling an issue like a child custody dispute in a Utah court, both parties are expected to be honest and upfront. In the event that one party makes groundless and/or inflammatory accusations against the other, they can compromise the integrity of their case and slow the process of achieving a reasonable custody arrangement. One professional football player may be in the midst of a drawn out child custody dispute, as it appears the mother and his child may be making false accusations against him.
The NFL player in question was granted more visitation rights to his child in June of this year. Before that, he took legal action against the mother of his child for allegedly violating the terms of their custody agreement. Now, the child's mother claims that she is owed over $50,000 in back child support and other payments, even though court documents don't support such claims.
The custody agreement was established four years ago. Since then, it appears that the NFL player has been consistent with his child support payments and covers other costs relating to his child. There is evidence to suggest, however, that the child's mother violated the terms of the agreement by attempting to impose conditions on the football player's visitation rights.
In response to his request to the court, the NFL player was granted more visitation rights to his child in June, and he now has joint custody. In the football player's complaints against the child's mother, he accuses her of failing to update her contact information and refusing to allow him to see the child during a particular visit.
And while the custody and visitation dispute continues, there is concern that the public nature of complaints made against the football player by the child's mother may affect his career.


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Posted on April 27, 2017
It was a beautiful day for a hike at Highbanks Metro Park with friends. Warblers were our main objective but no doubt there would be other things to fascinate if the warblers decided not to cooperate.
One of those things turned out to be concretions. We've hiked and explored High Banks for years but one thing we've never noticed are the concretions that exist along creek bottoms in the park. This partly due to the fact that they are not visible from the main trail and generally we avoid going off trail so as to not damage the landscape which, as is the case with most metro parks, is easily overrun. In this particular case we wondered why there was a worn path leading off the main trail so we decided to follow it for awhile.
According Wikipedia, "A concretion is a hard, compact mass of matter formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary rock or soil. Concretions are often ovoid or spherical in shape, although irregular shapes also occur. Concretions form within layers of sedimentary strata that have already been deposited. They usually form early in the burial history of the sediment, before the rest of the sediment is hardened into rock. This concretionary cement often makes the concretion harder and more resistant to weathering than the host stratum."
After the fascination of the concretions we decided to wander down the trail and see what warblers we might find.
While not warblers, we hadn't gone far when several Ruby-crowned Kinglets appeared in low lying bushes and weren't shy about displaying their ruby crowns. They weren't as good about sitting still of a picture. Along the Olentangy River Yellow-throated Warblers could be heard but not seen high in the Sycamores.
Other birds were more cooperative.
As is often the case in the spring if one thing eludes there are always other things to enjoy. On this particular day it was trilliums many of which had turned pink as well as the many other wildflowers.
There were also nice groupings . . .
and phlox trillium bouquets.
Other types of trilliums were also seen.
May Apples were starting to bloom.
Other flowers, some not real common on central Ohio, were also seen.
To one that is so inclined, time spent in nature feeds the soul. In spring the uninterrupted songs of the various birds as they go about their day is sublime even when they remain unseen. The air seems especially fragrant and pure. The still deep blue sky frames the translucent green of the immerging overhead leaves. Flowers grace the forest floor with their varied and unique loveliness.
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Category: Birding in Ohio, Central Ohio Nature, Columbus, Highbanks Metro Park, Ohio Nature, photography, Wildflowers Tagged: Canon 60D with Sigma 150-500mm, Concretions, Corn Salad, Dames Rocket, Dogwood, Eastern Phoebe, Field Sparrow, Goldenseal, Gray Squirrel, Large-flowered Trillium, Mayapple, Nodding Trillium, Panasonic FZ150, Panasonic FZ200, Philadelphia Fleabane, Purple Cress, Red Winged Blackbird, Solomon's Seal, Tufted Titmouse, White-throated Sparrow, Wild Geranium
Posted on May 28, 2016
Now that the spring migration is tapering off expectations need to be adjusted when visiting a local park or taking a walk in the woods. For birders it's all about avoiding the big letdown after several weeks where each outing meant wondering what new warbler the day would bring. On a recent hike at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, even if one was lucky enough to catch a glimpse, many birds soon disappeared into the leaf cover. Perhaps it's time to diversify and look for other things, fungi, flowers, and non-warbler type birds.
With this in mind we headed for the aforementioned park remembering that it's a good place to see Indigo Buntings.
A few other Battelle Darby birds were also cooperative, if only just.
It was hard not to notice the early summer wild flowers along park trails whether at Battelle Darby or closer to home..
Once thought of as an alternative when we weren't seeing birds insects have now become fascinating in their own right.
Not a flower, insect, or bird my wife nonetheless noticed this very small but beautiful fungi.
Closer to home there were also things to see, the first humming bird of the year at O'Shaugnessy Nature Preserve and a hawk with prey at Griggs Park.
And a few other creatures also caught our attention.
That's about it for this post. We always wonder if we're going to run out of things that fascinate and enchant. Fortunately in nature the more you look the more you see.
Thanks for stopping by.
Category: Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park, Birding in Ohio, Central Ohio Nature, Central Ohio Parks, Columbus, Griggs Reservoir, Kiwanis Riverway Park, O'Shaughnessy Nature Preserve, Ohio Nature, photography, Wildflowers Tagged: Angelica, Appendaged Waterleaf, Baltimore Oriole, Blackberry Flowers, Blue Flag Iris, Common Cinquefoil, Common Yellowthroat, Cowbird, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Spiny Soft Shell, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern Towhee, Eastern-tailed Blue, English Plantain, Forget me not, Golden-backed Snipe Fly, Great Crested Flycatcher, Hairy Woodpecker, Hawkweed, Indigo Bunting, Leopard Frog, Miami Mist, Multiflora Rose, Northern Flicker, Panasonic ZS50, Philadelphia Fleabane, Prothonotary Warbler, Purple Rocket, Red-tailed Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Scarlet Cup, Silver Spotted Skipper, Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, Spiderwort, Sweet Cicely, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow Flag Iris
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GULFPORT — Mississippi Power Co. says it needs to charge more in 2014 for fuel as part of its yearly rate evaluation.
The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., in a filing with the Mississippi Public Service Commission, says it wants to raise rates by 3.35 percent. For residential customers, bills would go up 2.66 percent per month, the company says. That works out to $3.54 a month for a customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month, but the average Mississippi resident uses more.
Commercial and industrial charges can vary with usage, but examples prepared by Mississippi Power for regulators show a commercial customer's bill would go up 3.54 percent and an industrial customer's bill would go up 4.56 percent.
The company says the increase would go to pay for fuel charges, which are passed through to customers without a profit for the company. The Public Utilities Staff and Public Service Commission evaluate such requests and typically change them.
Spokesman Keith Guillot says fuel charges were lowered in 2013 as the company rebated past amounts that it overcharged for fuel. Those up-and-down adjustments are typical in Mississippi each year as regulators try to reconcile what a company actually paid for coal, natural gas and other fuels with projections that were built into earlier rates.
Mississippi Power customers saw rates rise 15 percent after the PSC voted 2-1 in March to allow the company to start collecting to pay off the debt of the $5 billion Kemper County plant the company is building. An additional 3 percent increase is expected in 2014 to pay for the coal-fueled plant. Mississippi Power has also said it's likely in 2014 to seek an additional increase of at least 4 percent over 20 years to pay off $1 billion in bonds.
The company wouldn't make a profit on the bonds, under the terms of a January settlement that limited ratepayers' cost for the Kemper plant itself to $3.4 billion.
Mississippi Power has 186,000 customers in 23 counties from Meridian to the Gulf Coast.
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Join KUED Kids at Utah's Hogle Zoo on Tuesday, December 11th from 5:30pm-8:00pm. Have a photo taken with Curious George, receive a free book, and get a holiday treat!
KUED members who show their MemberCard at the KUED table will receive a free hot chocolate voucher.
*Hogle Zoo is open until 9:00pm for ZOOLights. KUED Kids, however, will only be there until 8:00pm.


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Online advertising has been a revelation for websites, but through its development a new problem has emerged. The price of using the most popular keywords in PPC campaigns on Google AdWords has increased substantially. Now the most popular keywords are dominated by massive sites that have the budget to pay large sums of money for each click. It is all too easy to waste resources on using overpriced keywords, and that is exactly what Buzz Engine can help you avoid. Our team can help you find cheaper though still relevant keywords to help stretch resources further. Buzz Engine can work with you to ensure that all advertising resources are allocated shrewdly.
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Zombies can be scary. Zombies can be playful (sometimes). One thing a zombie shouldn't be is expensive or difficult to create. We were inspired by the zombies (and perhaps zombie costumes) from our Goodwill stores to explore how you can inexpensively create your own zombie look for Halloween or the Zombie Pub Crawl.
So let's examine the basics of what you'll need to become a DIY zombie for your Halloween costume:
Perhaps you're looking for a slightly more formal look as your perfect zombie costume. If that's the case, look no further than the zombie bride costume we feature here:
All you'd need is the perfect groom to go with this look and you'd be set!
No matter what look you're going for, if it's zombie-related there's no better place to get your start than the nearest Goodwill store!


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Here, commercial partner at Weightmans law firm, Paul Raftery, gives small suppliers the low-down on what new payment practice reporting rules will mean for them.
From 6 April 2017, some of the UK's largest companies will be required to undergo payment practice reporting – publish details of their payment policies – twice a year.
Following in the footsteps of gender pay gap reporting, the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 are designed to tackle the issue of late payments by making the performance of large businesses a matter of public record.
Late payments can have a disastrous effect on a firm's bottom line, especially if they fall into the small business bracket. According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), 50,000 "business deaths" could be avoided if payments were made on time – adding £2.5bn to the UK economy.
It's hoped payment practice reporting, by making this information available, will help small firms build valuable, fair commercial relationships with responsible customers.
Businesses that publish an unflattering picture of their payment practices will find themselves exposed. The information will let suppliers challenge the payment policies of their customers to prompt a change, negotiate a better deal, or make the decision to sever the relationship entirely – if they judge it to be a commercially viable option.
Payment practice reporting will also provide valuable management information for smaller businesses – allowing them to assess the payment credentials of large customers and establish where they might be exposed to the risk of disruptive late payments.
Businesses obliged to report must, from 6 April 2017, have met two or more of the following conditions in the last two financial years:
- An annual turnover exceeding £36m
- A balance sheet total exceeding £18m
- An average number of employees exceeding 250
The first reports will be publicly available to view through a government portal from October this year.
What information will be available?
Contracts that need to be reported on by affected businesses include those covering the supply of goods, services, or intangible assets. These contracts must have been agreed on by both parties during the course of their commercial relationship. Business-to-consumer contracts are excluded.
For each contract signed during the six-month reporting period, the affected business will need to provide:
- Standard payment terms
- Details of any changes to standard payment terms for the contract in question
- Steps taken to alert suppliers to any changes in standard payment terms
- The maximum, contractually agreed amount of time allowed for payment of an invoice
- An explanation of the process for resolving a payment-related dispute with a supplier
They will also have to supply a range of payment data, including:
- The average time taken to pay invoices during the six-month reporting period
- A breakdown of payments made in 30 days or less, between 31 and 60 days and over 60 days
- Details of payments due during the reporting period that were not paid
- Details of any disputed invoices
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I am getting very excited. The time I have been waiting for is soon approaching – planting for the fall and winter!
I love gardening. I find it to be very therapeutic. It is an oasis of calm for me and a peaceful place of escape.
Studies have shown that gardening provides more than just food:
1) Promotes physical health and is a good source of full body physical activity
2) Promotes mental health through relaxation and satisfaction
3) Better nutrition
4) Shown to help dementia in seniors
5) Allows for more whole foods in place of processed ones
When I first started talking about planting a garden in my backyard a few years ago, people laughed! If you knew me then, I was definitely not a get-your-hands-in-the-dirt-and-bugs type of gal and I certainly did not have a green thumb. I killed a cactus once – it is very hard to kill a cactus!
So if I can do it, you certainly can! Even if you don't have a backyard or much room, potted plants or small vertical gardens are great too! For those of you who use Pinterest, they have some great ideas on urban gardening. There are tons of books and magazines on organic gardening or you can download books onto your iPad, Kindle or mobile device or you can ask the people who work at your local nursery.
I wanted my family to have access to real, wholesome food that was free of pesticides and herbicides and whose genetic makeup was not altered in any way.
One of the biggest reasons I decided to plant a garden, however, is that I want my kids to learn how to appreciate the natural world around them. I want them to develop a sense of pride and responsibility by working the ground and watching it grow. It is a magical place for them and to see them pick the fruit off the plant, brush off the soil and take a bite, opens up a window in a world that is dominated by technology. I want them to have these childhood memories of not just gardening, but of being with mom and dad in the garden.
To eat something you produce is worthwhile, meaningful and empowering.
Food belongs to the people, not to the corporate food companies.
If any of you are looking for a reputable seed source, I recommend http://www.seedsnow.com. SeedsNow is 100% pure heirloom, 100% GMO-free and 100% natural non-hybridized. These seeds are so pure that you can plant them, save them after you harvest your crop and then replant the seeds!
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul." -unknown
Eat well. Be well. Vote with your fork!
Xo, Kristine


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President Muhammadu Buhari continues to get heavy backlash from members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over either a wrong policy move or inaction – Especially from those who believe they should "speak truth to power".
A former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode in a few tweets on Wednesday, lambasted supporters of the president for not being able to criticise him, when necessary.
According to the ex-minister and PDP chieftain, the country is simply a territory occupied by slaves that would anything but confront power. He also accused 'most' Nigerians of being coward's, who dare not speak truth to power.
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Nigeria is not a nation: she is an occupied territory of slaves, vassals, and quislings that are not prepared to confront the monstrous beast that has held them captive and in bondage for the last 4 years. Most Nigerians are so cowardly that they dare not even speak truth to power.
If Buhari asked his supporters to put their faces under his smelly old arse and literally eat his shit, 99% of them would gladly do so. That is how badly he has damaged their psyche and destroyed their self-esteem. To them, Buhari is worthy of worship and is greater than god.


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Holiday Heating Tips for Wills Point, TX Homeowners
Holiday is the time of the year when family gatherings and parties are celebrated in Wills Point, TX and nearby areas. Besides the fun it brings, it can also leave a dent in your budget and comfort. Good thing there are effective ways to reduce your overall heating costs while keeping your home comfortable.
Here are the holiday heating tips you can use in your Wills Point, TX home:
- Open Your Blinds and Curtains
Let the warmth of the sun get inside your home to ease your heating system and reduce its workloads. Open your blinds and curtains during the day when the sun is out to allow the heat indoors. Close them at night to keep the accumulated heat inside your home.
- Seal Your Leaky Windows
Try to check your windows to spot the leaks. Stand close to them and if you feel the chilly air rushing in, it means your windows have gaps. These gaps do not only let the cold air to get in, but they also allow the heated air to escape, resulting in great discomfort and high energy bill. Use caulk or weather-stripping to seal these cracks.
- Use a Programmable Thermostat
Programmable thermostats can help reduce your energy consumption. You can program it to make your home comfortable during the day, let it drop the temperature overnight, and warm your house again before you roll out of bed in the morning. It simply does a great job in managing your indoor temperature and saving you a lot of energy, whether your home is hosting a holiday gathering or your family is out for a Christmas party.
- Check Your Ductwork
Sometimes, you only need to check your ductwork to bring back the proper function of your heating system and the comfort of your home. Spot the cracks and holes in the duct system to prevent the heated air from escaping. Also, clean the dirt and debris there to allow proper airflow inside your home. If this sounds like an overwhelming task for you, call your local HVAC company to get the job done.
- Keep Your Ceiling Fans On
Fans are not only created for scorching summer; they can also be used for the chilly winter. If you have ceiling fans at home, you can switch them on to push the heated air down into the surface of your rooms. This tip facilitates the heated air to stay down in your home, keeping you and your guests comfortable and warm throughout the holiday season.
This holiday season, be sure to include all these tips on your list. If you need professional assistance for these tasks or you need more comfort tips from the experts, contact our team at All Around AC. Call us and we are ready to hear your story this holiday.


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Kanye West Broke Down Backstage at SNL, Threatened to Storm Out: Reportby Tyler Johnson at .
Kanye West is walking mass of ego mixed with crazy at all times, but lately, he's been even more Kanye than usual.
It seems the release of his long-awaited studio album, The Life of Pablo, has been putting the rapper/fashion designer/professional D-bag under an unusual amount of stress, and now we're bearing witness to what happens when Kanye cracks.
The man claims to be $53 million in debt.
He's resorted to asking famous billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg to stop building schools in Africa so that they can lend him money.
Even Kanye's best friends and collaborators have stated that they believe he "needs spiritual and mental counseling."
Now, The New York Post is reporting that the many burdens of Yeezus came to a head backstage at Saturday Night Live last week.
Kanye gave two performances as the show's musical guest, but it seems he very nearly bolted out of the studio and had to be talked into go on stage.
"Just moments leading into the live show, and during the live show, Kanye had a meltdown and threatened to walk off," says one production insider.
The source claims Kanye freaked out for unknown reasons just as the show was about to begin, then again after his first song, which he apparently wasn't happy with.
"It had something to do with the set," says the insider. "Kim, who was in the audience with Kylie Jenner, had to come down. [SNL producer] Lorne [Michaels] had to personally talk to Kanye. There were a few really tense minutes."
In the end, the show went on (to mixed reviews), but it's a safe bet that you being seeing Yeezy on stage at SNL again in the near future.
"He freaked out about how the set was arranged," says the source.
"He was saying he's 'the greatest artist.' He's having regular meltdowns. Everyone's walking on eggshells around him. He's under a lot of stress between the new album and the fashion line."
We imagine Lorne and company prefer that the laughable shenanigans take place on camera.