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As 2009 unfolds, three things about online video become clear:
1.) With over 17 Billion monthly videos watched in the US alone (according to comScore) and steady month-over-month growth, video is here to stay.
2.) Video exhibits classic long-tail distribution -- while YouTube remains the dominant player, video is rapidly moving from destination-sites to the rest of the web, and from Media and Entertainment into the enterprise, with millions of sites streaming video as the new mode of communication.
3.) The conversation is shifting from the technological aspects to the value aspects: not how to build a player or convert between formats but, rather, how to foster audience engagement, drive business values, increase collaboration, and monetize these billions of streams.
For anyone that is part of the video universe, the key question that remains open, is what drives value in this brave new world. How can publishers, advertisers, and technology enablers make money in a world in which delivery (CDN) is commoditized, display opportunities are abundant, and audiences expect to get everything for free?
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Open Source video is a development methodology and distribution strategy which allows publishers to focus on innovation, instead of replicating the efforts of others. Open source video is being adopted at every level of the ecosystem by industry leaders such as Akamai (CDN), Mozilla (Software development and support for open formats), Wikipedia (open video content), and of course, our company, Kaltura.
Its premise is simple: video is too important of a medium to be controlled by a single player; video today is part and parcel of any modern solution for enterprise collaboration, productivity, e-commerce, education, health care, or any other sector. By espousing the principles of openness at all levels, including formats, technology, and content, and by collaborating in the development process, video can enjoy the force-multipliers that we have seen in other areas, like open source software. The result is a better user experience, a reduction in the total cost of ownership, an increase in control and flexibility and a focus on innovative value-driven results.
A fully featured video stack - including content ingestion & transcoding, media management, hosting & streaming, publishing, syndication, analytics, monetization and more - is a very complex issue, which is unlikely to be achieved by a single company in one shot. Open Source Video offers an alternative. By creating a global community of developers—both individuals and corporations—who each focus on their own layer of the stack, and by then releasing all the code for free, Open Source Video promises a robust infrastructure that is at one and the same time easy to adopt, adapt, and modify, and cheap to deploy and operate. Developers enjoy full flexibility and an open framework to innovate and customize their own solutions while leveraging the community's work, and enterprises benefit from economies of scale – low CDN costs, a network of syndicated content, and value-added services.
There is a ton of activity around open source video today. We at Kaltura together with our partners PCF, Yale ISP, iCommons, Mozilla and others, have instigated the Open Video Alliance (OVA), an umbrella organization for stake-holders who share the vision and believe in the future of open source video. The OVA is centered on raising awareness and developing standards that promote open source video and coordinate members' activities. Other initiatives in the market include Akamai's Open Player and Adobe's Strobe, as well as several other Open Source Video Player and transcoding projects.
The Open Video Conference
The first ever Open Video Conference will be taking place this today and this weekend (Friday and Saturday with a Hack day on Sunday) at the NYU campus in New York City. The Open Video Conference is a two-day gathering of global leaders in technology, business, public policy, art, and activism to explore the future of video on the web. As one of the key organizers, at Kaltura we've been working with our partners (PCF, Yale ISP and iCommons) to create this revolutionary event that will further bring to the top of everyone's mind the concept of open video and its benefits to the industry. If you're not already planning on going, registration is closed, but you can still attend OVC and register at the door.
Additionally, we've have partnered with LiveStream (formerly Mogulus) for live streaming and you can watch the live feed here on ReelSEO, on Friday, June 19th starting at 10:00 AM EDT. Go to - http://www.reelseo.com/open-video-conference-live/
About KalturaAt Kaltura we developed the world's first full open source online video platform. We help more than 30,000 sites, brands, universities, enterprises, companies and organizations the world over (including Wikipedia, Pepsi, Universal Studios, Lion's Gate to name just a few) to discover the power of the open video solution stack. Kaltura helps these organizations digest Open Source in a way that is consistent with their existing systems and processes. We marry the creative power of the community with the levels of service that an enterprise needs to develop a best-of-breed solution that is at one and the same time flexible, extensible, and yet leaves control with the enterprise. We help abolish the build-vs-buy conundrum by allowing internal development teams to build upon the efforts of a world-wide community. Whether using a SaaS solution, self-hosted or managed on the cloud, these organizations pay less, get more, remain in control, and hit their market faster. To learn more about open source video, check out kaltura.com
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Dr. Shay David is a co-founder and VP of Business and Community Development of Kaltura Inc, a pioneer in open source video. He is also a fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.


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Would things be different today if not for the Malleus Maleficarum supported by a Papal Bull, other wise known as the Catholic Inquisition
Between 1487 and 1520 over 5 million women were put to death for a myrid of reasons by the catholic church. Prior to this there was a balance of the male and female Isis the left and Amon the right. This was a purge of the materical and the advent of the patericial exclusive. Women were excluded from any leadersip positions and the left was thereafter considered bad and the right was considered good.
This one simple act by the church left women out of any equality for over 500 years and is still having a impact.
Would things have developed differently had women remained equals and the balance maintained between Isis and Amon ... the left and the right.
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Apr 28 2013: This question assumes that Catholic dogmas have more influence that they actually have had, in the long run. Christianity , historically, is a rather primitve view of the Universe, and how it works. It was all based on cultural ideas of the early kingdoms of what became the "Western" world, and was able to more or less ignore other views, such as the Hindus, because of the dramatic success of western Inperialism, over the last 500 yeaars or so. Now that is waning, and the success of Science as a world view more or less dooms the Judeo Christian idea of how the Universe actually works. Going back to basics, the Hindus and Buddhists have more science friendly concepts, since they rely on experience, and less dogmatice axioms. I.e., no Personal God , no Salvation, no Sin and Evil, etc. All concepts which are not at all helpful in the real world. Jesuits, for example , can hardly be distiniuished from Zen Buddhists, except for some rituallistic observances.
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David Arquette recently said that his cutie pie, Coco, is a good lil eater. While the 4-year-old loves broccoli, chicken, and shrimp, she doesn't care for spicy foods. Some children steer clear of hot ingredients, but others can take the heat. Does your wee one like foods that pack a punch?
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I too am considering this upgrade to SSD. This may seem trivial but try control panel, programs and features, windows features and untick internet explorer then reboot. Upon reboot go and retick the box to reinstall that feature. This has worked for me in the past when ie stopped functioning. Good Luck. Please let us know the results.
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The situation is different with SSDs, there is no moving parts and what wears out the drive are NAND write operations.
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Jack Luxton grieves for his younger brother Tom who has been killed in the Iraq war and in the process visits and re-visits other losses in his life. Talented writer Swift misses a bit on this one. It's a book about the past written in past tense. It's a page turner of sorts, but I wasn't sure if I thought something would move the action into the present or just wanted to be finished!
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Here's my take: I personally LOVE the Isabel Marant "Willow" High-top sneakers! If I could talk my husband into letting me buy a pair for $700, I would be at Barney's right now, at the register! Lucky for me, they are sold out in most places, so I don't have to torture myself. Now for a little cheaper--design house's like Ash, See by Chloe, and Marc Jacob also have similar styles. Theirs will run you between $225 and $375 at Neiman Marcus. The Steve Madden "Hilight" replicas, are yours for the bargain price of $150. Steve Madden often imitates high-end designers and his version is a total copy of the Isabel Marant sneakers. Now you guys know I'm not a fan of copy-cats, BUT like I always say "to each her own." I would wear the Ash brand or one of the other high end designers, because they don't look like copies. Now if my husband is still freaking out over the cost...my plan will likely be to get a pair of high top Air Jordan's! I think this is another great option for those who love the high top sneaker trend. Rihanna loves her Jordan's, she's been spotted out and about in the sneakers. Next we move on to how to wear this trend. The sneakers look great with your skinny jeans or leggings, especially leather leggings. Then top off your look with a cute tee, a scarf and a blazer, parka, or leather jacket for those chilly days. You can also rock your high tops with both short and maxi skirts or even a dress to add a little edge to your look! Happy Shopping Ladies...see you at the checkout counter!
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URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/221933Great question--lots of sites show ads, and (presumably) make money from it . How do you get started?
You should think of the advertiser as your customer, and your website as your product. You need to package information about your website in a way that appeals to an advertiser. Particularly, you need to quantify your audience--visitors, page views, loyalty, demographics.
If you've got a good audience within a clear niche, you could simply approach potential advertisers that you think are relevant to your audience. Most banner advertising is based on CPM (cost per thousand impressions)--the value ranges depending on how desirable your audience is.
If you don't have a lot of visitors, or a particular niche--and even if you do--then advertising networks (like Google Adsense) are a great, and simple way to get going.
The network takes care of finding advertisers, charging them and paying you. Of course, they make a profit while doing so--some of the advertising revenue goes to the network. Affiliate networks (like Commission Junction) will let you choose which advertisers you show, and you'll earn money when your site visitors complete a purchase after clicking on your ads.
Steve Adams is vice president of marketing for Protus, a provider of Web-based services for small- to medium-size businesses. He is a seasoned industry speaker having spoken at a variety of telecommunication trade shows and conferences. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and the Ivey School of Business.


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On the west bank of the Macal River, about 35km from Belmopan, San Ignacio is a friendly, relaxed town that draws together the best of inland Belize. Surrounded by fast-flowing rivers and forested hills, it's an ideal base from which to explore the region, offering a pleasant climate, good food, inexpensive hotels and frequent bus connections. The town is usually referred to as Cayo by locals, the same word that the Spanish used to describe the offshore islands – an apt description of the area, which is set in a peninsula between two converging rivers. The early Spanish Conquest in 1544 made little impact here, and the area was a centre of rebellion in the following decades. Spanish friars arrived in 1618, but the population continued to practice "idolatry", and in 1641 Maya priests threw out some Spanish clerics. Tipu, the region's capital, retained a measure of independence until 1707, when the population was forcibly removed to Guatemala.
There's little to do in San Ignacio proper, though relative to other Belizean towns, you can spend many pleasant days here, as it's both relaxed and low-hassle and the streets of the centre are lined with good bars and restaurants, many of which are inexpensive. The Saturday market, meanwhile, is the best in Belize, with local farmers bringing in plentiful fresh produce. Numerous independent tour operators offer superb guided trips to nearby attractions, including Actun Tunichil Muknal and Caracol on the borders of the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. There's some turnover among tour operators, so it's always worth asking at your hotel about what's currently being offered. The town also has some of the best-value budget accommodation in the country, and you'll almost always find space.Read More
Cahal Pech
Cahal Pech
The hilltop Maya site of Cahal Pech (daily 6am–6pm; Bz$12), twenty minutes' walk west of San Ignacio along the road to Benque Viejo, is well worth a visit. There's a good chance you'll have the forested ruins all to yourself, and although the structures are not particularly tall, the maze of restored corridors, stairways, plazas and temples is enchanting. Cahal Pech was the royal acropolis-palace of an elite Maya family during the Classic period, and there's evidence of monumental construction from at least as early as 400 BC, though most of the remaining structures date from the eighth century AD. The visitors' centre and museum has a scale model of the site, excellent displays and a variety of artefacts. Entering the site itself, you arrive at Plaza B, where your gaze is drawn to Structure 1, the Audiencia, the highest building at Cahal Pech. From the top, the ruins of Xunantunich are clearly visible to the southwest. Behind Structure 1, in Plaza A, is a restored three-storey temple, as well as other sacred buildings.
Actun Tunichil Muknal
Actun Tunichil Muknal
Actun Tunichil Muknal (tours around US$85, including lunch, entry fee and transport from San Ignacio; you must be accompanied by a licensed guide to enter), in Roaring Creek valley, gets its name ("Cave of the Stone Sepulchre") for the astonishingly well preserved skeletons, fourteen in total, of Maya human sacrifices found here. As the cave has historically been inaccessible to looters, little has been touched since the Maya stopped using it over a millennium ago, and the artefacts are spellbinding. Perhaps the most dramatic sight is the skeleton of a young woman lying below a rock wall – and nearby the stone axe that may have killed her. The cave is certainly worth the high price of a tour; note, though, that you'll need to be pretty fit and able to swim to do the trip; for much of the time you're wading knee- or even chest-deep in water.
Barton Creek Cave
Barton Creek Cave
Barton Creek Cave (tours around US$60, including Bz$20 entry fee; you must be accompanied by a licensed guide to enter) is also accessible only by river, though this time by canoe. Framed by jungle, the cave's entrance is at the far side of a pool, and inside the river is navigable for about 1600m before ending in a gallery blocked by a huge rockfall. If it's been raining, a subterranean waterfall cascades over the rocks – a truly unforgettable sight. The clear, slow-moving river fills most of the cave width, though the roof soars 100m above you in places. Several Maya burial sites and pottery vessels line the banks, the most awe-inspiring indicated by a skull set in a natural rock bridge used by the Maya to reach the sacred site.
Along the Macal River
Along the Macal River
Steep limestone cliffs and forested hills edge the lower Macal River, whose main tributaries rise in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve and the Chiquibul Forest. In the upper reaches the water is sometimes suitable for whitewater kayaking, though you'll need a guide for this. A guided canoe trip, however, is by far the best way to visit one of the river's top sights, the Rainforest Medicine Trail (daily 8am–5pm), in the grounds of The Lodge at Chaa Creek, 5km upriver from San Ignacio. The medical knowledge of the Maya was extensive, and the trail, dedicated to a Maya bush doctor (curandero), is fascinating: among the plants here you'll see the negrito tree, whose bark was once sold in Europe for its weight in gold as a cure for dysentery. The Chaa Creek Natural History Centre, next to the Medicine Trail (daily 8am–5pm), offers a marvellous introduction to Cayo's history, geography and wildlife. A combined ticket for both the above is Bz$20. At du Plooy's resort, a few kilometres upstream from Chaa Creek, the ambitious Belize Botanic Gardens (daily 7am–5pm; Bz$20; t 824-3101, w http://www.belizebotanic.org) aim to conserve many of Belize's native plant species in small areas representative of their habitats.
Along the Mopan River
Along the Mopan River
Rushing down from the Guatemalan border, the Mopan River offers some attractive and not too serious white-water rapids. Though there's less accommodation along the Mopan branch of the Belize River than there is along the Macal, what's available is more within reach of the budget traveller, and staff can arrange river trips as well as excursions throughout Cayo.
Tour operators
Tour operators
Belize Culture Tours Casa Blanca Hotel t 824-2661, w http://www.belizeculturetours.com. Specializing in day-trips to Tikal, Elias Cambranes also leads trips to the caves and ruins at Xunantunich and Caracol (US$55–115).
Cayo Adventure Tours Based in Santa Elena t 824-3246, w http://www.cayoadventures.com. In addition to customized tours to the caves and ruins, a daily shuttle service to Belize City is available (US$30–35).
Easy Rider In the Arts and Crafts store on Burns Ave under Central O'tel t 824-3734, e [email protected]. Charlie Collins organizes the best-value horseriding packages in San Ignacio (US$30 for a half-day, US$50 for a full day).
Pacz Tours 30 Burns Ave t 824-0536, w http://www.pacztours.net. A wide variety of informative tours, including trips to Actun Tunichil Muknal (US$85), Caracol (US$80) and Tikal, in Guatemala (US$135).


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Welcome to The Brook Inn
The Brook is located in the picturesque village of Washbrook on the southern outskirts of Ipswich with the main A12 and A14 Junction within easy reach. Renown for its good food and hospitality the Brook is an integral part of village life and provides a much needed haven for visitor and local alike. The pub has two great assets a superb beer garden and large car park. Offering everything from a bar meal to a good steak the team will endeavour to cater for everyone's needs especially those with special dietary requirements. This is a safe haven for Coeliac's who can enjoy the many dishes prepared without gluten.
An extensive wine list is on offer with many by the glass ideal for those wanting to sit and chat over a good bottle or to accompany a great meal.
The bar and lounge have a fresh and relaxed atmosphere with a big emphasis being placed on village life with unique black and white canvases adorning the walls in the lounge and prints in the public bar. Why not relax in front of the log fires in the public bar after taking in one of the many winter country walks or take in the sun in the enclosed beer garden.
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In exercising the authorities granted in this chapter, the Secretary shall take into consideration—
(1) protecting the interests of taxpayers by maximizing overall returns and minimizing the impact on the national debt;
(2) providing stability and preventing disruption to financial markets in order to limit the impact on the economy and protect American jobs, savings, and retirement security;
(4) in determining whether to engage in a direct purchase from an individual financial institution, the long-term viability of the financial institution in determining whether the purchase represents the most efficient use of funds under this chapter;
(5) ensuring that all financial institutions are eligible to participate in the program, without discrimination based on size, geography, form of organization, or the size, type, and number of assets eligible for purchase under this chapter;
(6) providing financial assistance to financial institutions, including those serving low- and moderate-income populations and other underserved communities, and that have assets less than $1,000,000,000, that were well or adequately capitalized as of June 30, 2008, and that as a result of the devaluation of the preferred government-sponsored enterprises stock will drop one or more capital levels, in a manner sufficient to restore the financial institutions to at least an adequately capitalized level;
(7) the need to ensure stability for United States public instrumentalities, such as counties and cities, that may have suffered significant increased costs or losses in the current market turmoil;
(8) protecting the retirement security of Americans by purchasing troubled assets held by or on behalf of an eligible retirement plan described in clause (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi) of section 402 (c)(8)(B) of title 26, except that such authority shall not extend to any compensation arrangements subject to section 409A of such title; and
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Apple recently has improved its mobile device management features, but IT groups are discovering a new set of challenges when they start to move to larger numbers of iOS devices, MacIT conference attendees are confirming this week.
Marin County Day School, in Corte Madera, Calif., ran a pilot program of about 60 iOS devices for students in 2011. From an IT viewpoint, it was a continuous discovery of the current limitations of Apple's tools. The small staff was backing up each iPad individually, says IT director Robert Bardenhagen.
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"Scaling is a problem," he says. That's daunting because the K-8 school, like many enterprises, is eager to expand the population of iOS devices.
Another issue was Apple's model of users pulling apps individually from the iTunes App Store. Bardenhagen, with an IT manager's viewpoint, is looking at a push model, which would let IT create, maintain and update an institutional software image on the devices.
Configuration profiles are XML files that load settings and authorization information to Apple's device management tools include the iPhone Configuration Utility (IPCU) and, with Lion Server, a feature called Profile Manager, which uses enterprise directory services and the Apple Push Notification Service to create XML files, called configuration profiles, that load settings and authorization information for both Mac OS X and iOS devices. [Apple's support page for Profile Manager is here]
Profile Manager handles application installs, policy settings, security and some asset tracking, says Derick Okihara, IT technician for Mid-Pacific Institute, a Honolulu, Hawaii, private coeducational college preparatory school, for preschool through 12th grade. At this week's MacIT conference, Okihara gave an overview of Apple's iOS configuration and management tools.
Profile Manager is missing a number of features: There's not remote control capability, no backup for iOS devices, and it can't block iOS firmware updates. In relatively small deployments these might not be missed.


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Red, the dance-theater piece Afua Hall is debuting at the Miami Theater Center in Miami Shores, has an intriguing premise based on an inspiring story. In it, Hall responds to the story of Ruby Bridges, the young New Orleans girl whose bravery and dignity in desegregating a New Orleans elementary school in 1960 was immortalized in the Norman Rockwell painting The Problem We All Live With.
But Hall's expression of the painful and complicated issues embodied in Bridge's story, while earnestly constructed and performed, feels diffused. Red, which is the final show in the MTC's Sandbox series of original pieces commissioned from Miami artists, opened Friday and continues on Friday and Saturday nights through July 13.
Hall opens by reading from a children's book that tells Bridges' story. She is seated on a bright red wooden seesaw, part of a set by Larry Miller that also includes a pyramid of black and white stairs and T. Eliott Mansa's hanging clump of old-fashioned dolls, painted stark black or white. The Jamaican-born Hall, who is black, wears a white dress for most of the show, while fellow performer Elena Lanczi, who is white, wears a black one. It's an either-or world here. Sax music by AJ Hill is interspersed with civil rights, soul and R&B songs.
Hall's demeanor is bright and explanatory, like a teacher reading to children — telling how Bridges sat alone in class with her teacher all year and prayed for the racist crowds that taunted her.
But for the rest of the nearly hour-long show, she mostly expresses fear, doubt and struggle — perhaps her interpretation of Bridges' feelings, or Hall's own reactions to the painful story. She cowers at the sound of barking dogs (which evoke the police dogs used to intimidate civil rights protestors), tearfully huddles under a white apron-like skirt around a pillar, stands amid the clump of dolls, batting at them, and tentatively climbs the stairs only to sit dejectedly.
Lanczi is by turns encouraging partner, teacher and seemingly a part of Hall's own psyche, sometimes hesitant, at other times resolute. Early on, Hall keeps pulling a reluctant Lanczi out of a chair in the audience, but Lanczi keeps returning to her seat. Later Lanczi jumps and dances joyfully, urging a tearful Hall to dance and laugh with her. The two women rub and roll bodies around each other in soft, improvisational-seeming duets.
The program notes say that Hall wanted to tackle questions of racism and the forces that divide and unite us a half-century after Bridges' odyssey and also to explore her own feelings about those issues.
Red is thought-provoking, but vaguely so — Hall's struggle is mostly interior, and her response mostly seems to recoil or hesitate at the pain she evokes. The dancing, too, is constricted in scope and inventiveness. At the end of the show, she balances tenuously on the red seesaw, but it's hard to feel strongly about her struggle to get there.
A previous version of this story mis-identified T. Eliott Mansa, the artist who created the dolls used in the set.


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A Registered Education Savings Plan, or RESP, is a special savings plan to help you save for a child's post-secondary education. With the rising costs associated with sending a child to college or university, an RESP can really help because the government provides grants while the savings grow tax-deferred until withdrawn. When the student withdraws the funds for educational purposes, the withdrawals are taxed in the student's hands, typically at a lower rate.
To encourage saving for higher education, the federal and provincial government offers grant and tax incentive programs - without impacting your contribution room.
Learn the different grant programs.
You can contribute up to $50,0001 per child and there are no taxes payable on the money earned in an RESP until it's withdrawn. When RESP grants and earnings are withdrawn by the child for educational purposes, they are taxed at the student's generally low tax rate.
See how much you could save with the Education Savings Tool
All a child needs to become the beneficiary of an RESP is a Social Insurance Number (SIN). Look at how much more can be saved for a child's education by starting a savings plan sooner.
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Take a look at the RESP options available to you.
An RESP is a good investment option if you're looking to save for educational purposes in the:
Find out how much can be saved for a child's college or university costs with the Education Savings Tool.
A TD Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) can help make saving for a child's education easier. With a wide range of investment options available, including Individual Beneficiary and Family Beneficiary plans, you're sure to find a TD RESP that's right for you.
A Registered Education Savings Plan, or RESP, is a special savings plan that lets savings grow tax-deferred until a child is ready for college or university. It's also a great place to purchase GICs and Term Deposits because the earnings are not taxed until withdrawn, generally at a student's lower tax rate.The highlights:
A Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is a great place to purchase investments like mutual funds because you don't pay any tax on the income you earn on your investment until the money is withdrawn for educational purposes.The highlights:
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A TD Waterhouse RESP puts the power of saving your money in your hands.The highlights:
Find out how much can be saved for a child's college or university costs with the Education Savings Tool.
Here is a study exploring how much a university degree will cost in about 15 years.
The Government of Canada encourages saving for a child's education after high school by making contributions to a child's RESP with grants – that's even more money to grow your savings!
The basic Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG)1,2,3 will top up your annual contribution by 20%, up to $500 per beneficiary each year to a lifetime limit of $7,200. Additional CESG grants may be available, depending on your income.
|Summary of basic and additional CESG
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|CESG rate on contributions between $500 and $2,500 per year
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|20% basic + 20% additional
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|20% basic + 10% additional
|20% basic
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|20% basic
For example, if your net family income is $60,000, and you contribute $2,000 in a year, the government CESG contributes an additional $450 to the child's RESP.
This grant is available to children born on or after January 1, 2004, whose families are eligible to receive the National Child Benefit Supplement. The Canada Learning Bond (CLB) can add up to $2,000 to your RESP per child.
The Alberta Centennial Education Savings Grant can add up to $800 to an RESP for every child born to or adopted by Alberta residents, subject to qualifications.
The Québec Education Savings Incentive (QESI) is an annual refundable tax credit from the provincial government available to eligible RESP beneficiaries who reside in Québec.
Find out how much can be saved for a child's college or university costs with the Education Savings Tool.
We've provided answers to some of the most common questions people have about RESPs. Take a look below to find helpful information.
Conditions apply to all of these options, so please ask us for details.
Yes, a transfer between RESPs can be made under certain conditions. Please ask us for details.
Your child does not have to attend college or university right after high school; however, an RESP must be terminated in the 35th year following the year in which the plan was established.
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Here are some terms you might come across when you're learning about RESPs.Subscriber
The person who opens and contributes to an RESP for a beneficiary.Joint Subscriber
A co-contributor to an RESP set up by a subscriber. This individual must be the spouse or common-law partner of the subscriber.Beneficiary
The person who has been designated to receive the benefit of the RESP. It is important to note that to receive the Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG), the beneficiary must be a resident of Canada and must have a Social Insurance Number.Contributions
The money that is deposited into the RESP by the subscriber.Family Beneficiary Plan
An RESP with more than one child as beneficiary, but the children must be related to the subscriber by birth or adoption.Individual Beneficiary Plan
An RESP for one child and the subscriber can be anyone (friends and family).National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS)
Provides support to low-income families with children. It's a component of the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) that's administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).


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Today, Alan plans to take Tracy on a ride.
"We have to go on the road," she says, doubtfully. "We can't ride on the sidewalk." Or so her mother told her, and for a moment it looks like we might not leave the parking lot. Alan gently convinces her that, on this busy road, it's okay to start on the sidewalk.
He asks, "Should I lead the way, or you lead the way?"
She leads, wobbling down the broken concrete. She's a big girl, and she looms over her red-and-white child's bike like a circus bear. She has dark hair, and a pretty face. After a couple of blocks, we come to a grassy park by a small river.
"Tracy," Alan says, "can we ride over there?"
"No. My friend lives over there. She might see me."
"How about that bike path?" Alan asks, pointing along the riverbank. "Where does that go?"
She doesn't know, so we decide to explore it, with Tracy leading. At every intersection, Alan asks her to make the decision: right or left, or straight? She hesitates, looking around, as if she hears someone scolding her, telling her to come home.
At one corner, Tracy jams on the brakes. A van, which Alan and I hadn't seen, whooshes in front of us. He praises her profusely. Then we notice that her rear tire is almost flat. "Tracy, are there any gas stations near here?" Alan asks.
"No," she says. "They don't have air."
He guides her out to the main road, to check.
Tracy spies a Sunoco station offering free air. Pumping her tire is the only thing she doesn't do for herself.
We head for home up a slight incline. "I bet you can make it," Alan says, and she does, standing up and wrestling her bulky frame up the hill.
Back at the apartment, Alan parks his bike on the porch. "Did you have fun?"
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This Authentic Judith Leiber Satin Evening Bag is in mint preowned condition. A beautiful, elegant and collectable piece for black tie events, this Leiber comes with the original hand mirror, coin purse and documentation.
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Brain surgery - discharge
Alternate Names
Craniotomy - discharge; Surgery - brain - discharge; Neurosurgery - discharge; Craniectomy - discharge; Stereotactic craniotomy - discharge; Stereotactic brain biopsy - discharge; Endoscopic craniotomy - discharge
When You Were in the Hospital
Your doctor made an incision in your scalp and then drilled a small hole or removed a piece of your skull bone. Surgery was done to:
- Correct a problem with a blood vessel, or
- Remove a tumor or other abnormality along the surface of the brain or in the brain tissue itself
You have spent some time in the intensive care unit and some more time in a regular hospital room. You may be taking new medicines.
What to Expect at Home
You will probably notice itchiness, pain, burning, and numbness along your surgical incision. You may hear a clicking sound where the bone is slowly re-attaching. Complete healing of the bone may take 6 to 12 months.
You may have headaches. You may notice this more with deep breathing, coughing, or being active. You may have less energy when you get home. This may last for several months.
You will probably have a small amount of fluid underneath the skin near your incision. The swelling may be worse in the morning when you wake up.
You may go home taking anti-seizure drugs.
See also: Brain aneurysm - discharge
Take only the pain relievers your doctor or nurse recommends. Aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin), and some other drugs you may buy at the store may cause bleeding.
You can eat your normal diet, unless your doctor or nurse gives you a special diet.
Slowly increase your activity. Start out with walking. It may take up to 3 weeks to get all of your energy back.
- Use hand railings when you are on stairways.
- Do not lift more than 20 pounds for the first 2 months.
- Try not to bend over from your waist. It puts pressure on your head. Bend with your knees instead.
Ask your doctor when you may begin driving. You may have sexual activity, but take it easy when you first get home.
Get enough rest. Sleep more at night, and take naps during the day. Also, take short rest periods during the day.
Wound Care
Keep the incision clean and dry.
- Wear a shower cap when you shower or bathe until your surgeon takes out any stitches or staples.
- Afterward, gently wash your incision, rinse well, and pat dry.
- Always change the bandage if it gets wet or dirty.
You may wear a loose hat or turban on your head if you like. Do not use a wig for 3 to 4 weeks.
Do not put any creams or lotions on or around your incision. Do not use hair products with harsh chemicals (coloring, bleach, perms, or straighteners) for 3 to 4 weeks.
You may place ice wrapped in a towel where you had your surgery to help reduce swelling or pain. Never sleep on an ice pack.
Sleep with your head raised on several pillows. This will also help reduce swelling.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if you have:
- Fever of 101 °F or chills
- Redness, swelling, discharge, pain, or bleeding from the incision or the incision comes open
- Headache that does not go away and is not relieved by medicines the doctor gave you
- Vision changes (double vision, blind spots in your vision)
- Problems thinking straight, confusion, or more sleepiness than usual
- Weakness in your arms or legs that you did not have before
- New problems walking or keeping your balance
- A hard time waking up
- Seizure
- Fluid or blood dripping into your throat
- New or worsening problem speaking
- Shortness of breath, chest pain, or are coughing up more mucus
- Swelling around your wound or underneath your scalp that does not go away within 2 weeks or is getting worse
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Moderate drinking may increase the risk of the heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation in older people with heart disease or diabetes, a new study suggests. Atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for stroke, according to HealthDay.
The findings come from an international study of more than 30,000 people ages 55 and older who had a history of heart disease or advanced diabetes that caused organ damage. The researchers found that moderate to high alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation. The study defined moderate drinking for women as up to two drinks a day, or one to 14 drinks per week. For men, moderate drinking was defined as three drinks daily, or one to 21 drinks each week.
"Because drinking moderate quantities of alcohol was common in our study (36.6 percent of the participants), our findings suggest that the effect of increased alcohol consumption, even in moderate amounts, on the risk of atrial fibrillation among patients with existing cardiovascular disease may be considerable," lead researcher Dr. Koon Teo of McMaster University said in a news release.
"Recommendations made about the protective effects of moderate alcohol intake in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease may need to be tempered with these findings," the researchers noted.
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The famous attraction at Makati City during this time of the year! This was last friday Dec 7.
What makes Ayala Triangle Special is that they have Light show in tune of some Christmas songs. From 6 to 9 pm you can see this pretty light dancing with the tune, its really nice to see if you have a tough day at work or maybe a place when you can have a romantic date lol. Too bad by the time we got here, the last show was over. oh well we still have like 3 weeks to see the show, the last day would be on the 31st of December though.
Its Difficult to find a parking though, you still need to drive and look around at Salcedo village to find one.
They have Restaurants and Fast food near the plaza where lights are shown, so its a good place to have your dinner with friends and colleague at work.
I really adore the lights cause i feel like im on a fairy tale scene (**girl thing). I was thinking i am singing "That's how you Know" in Enchanted XD HAHA and the sky lantern in Tangled!! so pretty
On the other hand i am quite disappointed with the placement of the lights. It is only concentrated on the center near the archway of PSE tower.I understand that its difficult to manage the dancing lights in a wide range, but what im saying is that It would be nice if they have light around the triangle, it would really feel more "Christmas" in the city. But still Ill grade it A-, this place is stress reliever!
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* for entourage(human, dogs,trees, plants) i use png, its very easy to use and skp file will not be that big compared to the components from warehouse.
* i was inspired by New York's Hearst Tower by Sir Norman Foster ( i'll do a separate post about the Hearst Tower)
Well I've been practicing SU (sketch-up) Vray for the past week and it seems that im getting better with it, i guess?. lol But the point in all of this practicing and allotting time with modelling and rendering is to develop and improve my skill more. It is true when they say practice makes perfect and that's what i am doing, striving hard to be the best of what i do :)
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natawa ako hindi ko maalala ung theme ko, lol! eto bubuksan ko na miss kenishialala XD
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Photo taken from Resorts World Singapore. A grand covered pathway always makes a difference :) what do you think?
This photo is taken from Resorts world Singapore. I thought this place is chopsuey, it is somewhat a controlled chaos. What do you think?
Photo taken from Malaysia. I forgot the name of this building, but it is exactly in front of the Petronas Twin Tower. I framed it with the light coming from the lamp post :)
Photo taken from the Mall of Asia while doing our case study.. gloomy
They are just around the corner :) or they are just around the circle?? :P
Photo taken from Resorts World Singapore.
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You don't know everyone's story, ok? There are circumstances that could cause you to make the adoption decision in the third trimester of your pregnancy when it is far too late to decide to have an abortion. I know this because it happened to me. I suddenly found myself in an entirely different situation when my husband walked out on me and his unborn child, and I did not want to put another underpriveleged child into our world. Adoption was my ONE AND ONLY CHOICE. I am sure I can't be the only person that this has happened to. I am sure ther are other circumstance that would cause you choose adoption after abortion is no longer a choice.
If you want people to adopt all the 'parentless children scattered about the planet', then take it up with the people waiting to adopt and the adoption agencies. The sad fact is that most people want a newborn who is unscarred by our harsh world. Foster children are very hard to place in permanent homes because they already have problems that most of us don't want to deal with. Sad, but true.
I did not choose adoption becaus I am ignorant, it was not irresponsible of me, and it certainly wasn't something I was planning from the onset of my prergnancy.
I maintain that your black and white picture of the world is very naive. The world is full of grey areas. I am glad for you that you have your own healthy children that you were able to breast feed for two years each, and that you never had any unexpected circumstances pop up in your life that change your situation. (At least I am assuming that you have children because you have so many opinions on how other people should handle pregnancies and how they should go about feeding their babies). That's awesome for you. But life is not like that for everyone. You can't just say we're all ignorant, sorry.
Ok. Done now. I think that you are wrong.
So you recognised your 'oopsy' moment in the third trimester... fine. But do realise that I was not pointing any finger at you specifically. As I stated many many times and you chose to ignore... at the time of making an abortion decision, one must assess one's ability to be a parent. You thought you could, but you based your decision upon outside considerations instead of your own ability in the matter.
That is very wrong IMO. An 'irresponsible' person who does not know that they are irresponsible is merely ignorant. A person who is irresponsible and KNOWS that they are, is the true irresponsible person.
Really! Do you also disagree with the original proverb? (it may be Chinese in origin, not French, but I'm not certain)
The point is to be aware of our defects leads to better decisions than to not be aware of our defects. Self-awareness is an important component of mature decision making me thinks.
Personally, when choosing my friends, I'd prefer someone who is self-aware rather than someone who isn't, no matter which defect we're discussing.
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By Klaus Kinski
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
I do agree with the proverb. Foolishness and irresponsibility are not interchangeable though. At least not in the context of the proverb.
Which do you think is worse?
Someone who commits an action unaware of the potentially serious consequences, or someone who is aware of the serious consequences but commits the action anyways?
We're talking abortion here, to be self aware that one should not birth allows one to decide to not birth... the rational solution. While an ignoramus goes around popping them out and giving them away. Within a given cultural context, ignorance is not a valid excuse.
No one here is disagreeing with abortion in the case where there is a medical justification, so we are talking about abortion of 'unwanted pregnancies'. To cut right to it we are talking about sex. Someone could be ignorant of the consequences of sex if they never got a decent sex education.
Almost without exception, one who knows how to copulate knows it can procreate.
The total published risk for contraceptives is not only due to the mechanical/chemical failure, it is also behavioural failure.
Neither of these two items are what's at stake here. What is at stake is that once one realises the problem, knowing oneself, knowledge, allows one to make an informed decision. NOT knowing oneself, not knowing one's own capacities, only allows for a dumb decision.
So keep prevention out of it for second, address the consequence.
There is a very important difference between stupid and ignorant. One is about intelligence, the other about knowledge. An ignorant person who makes the wrong choice is not stupid.
Oh! I see, okay, sorry. Some people consider "merciful" as what I described, sorry for generalizing your statement in such a way. Well, what you consider merciful is probably the same exceptions that I would make for abortion as-well. The only difference is that you may identify as pro-choice while I identify as pro-life. Does that make sense?
@ Zach - Yes, I think I understand. I assume you disagree that a woman should have the legal right to terminate her pregnancy during the first two trimesters if the reason is, she feels she is too young to be tied done with a baby. Is that correct?
I assume you feel it should be legal for a woman to have an abortion during the first two trimesters if she was raped (although I do recall reading somewhere on this thread that you had some sort of confusion with that). Am I correct on this point, or are you undecided?
I assume you feel it should be legal for a woman to have an abortion during the first two trimesters if the baby has a high risk for a horrible diesease? Am I correct?
Why did you move the conversation over here? I almost missed it.
You are correct. I believe it is her responsibility to deal with the risk that she took and not put it on the child via killing it. I am sort of undecided on rape though. I do not want her to have to live with the knowledge that her child is in an orphanage, or have that child live with her as a constant reminder of the rape, but the baby can not control who or how it was conceived and it is unfair to kill it on those grounds. So yes, I am very torn on that.
Well I am sort-of confused on that too. I want to say yes, you can kill a baby if it's life will be destroyed by disease, but with that logic I should allow full adults to be killed just because of their diseases and that is wrong. No, you should not kill babies because they suffer from a severe deformity or disease.
Sorry for my instability, but I have all the right to change my opinion (as many of you are trying to do), but I also know that this can be difficult while in a discussion. So again, I apologize. So what is your point in these questions? I will wait for your response.
You are correct. I believe it is her responsibility to deal with the risk that she took and not put it on the child via killing it. I am sort of undecided on rape though. I do not want her to have to live with the knowledge that her child is in an orphanage, or have that child live with her as a constant reminder of the rape, but the baby can not control who or how it was conceived and it is unfair to kill it on those grounds. So yes, I am very torn on that.
@ Zach - I am going to put my reply to your post on the very bottom of this thread, which as of now, would be page 44. It is a long post and I don't want to do it as a reply to your reply because it would take up too much room.


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Your name is the HETALIA FANDOM and your BEST FRIEND the HOMESTUCK FANDOM is having a bit of a freak out at the moment
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An Avatar Parody - The Avengers
If we can't protect the Earth Kingdom, you can be damn sure we'll avenge it.
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So I liked this version of Flash Thompson a lot better than the one in the 2002 Spider-Man because he had humanizing moments like this one instead of being a two-dimensional jock stereotype.
at the end flash is almost holding his hands, not in a slash way, but in a i get it man, i understand kind oh way and it always makes my insides kinda shimmy
Also, IIRC, every incarnation of Flash in the comics was physically abused by his father. This is a big part of why Flash was a bully.
His going "Feels better?" is because Flash of all people knows that lashing out at someone else can make your own pain seem less bad for a while.
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I think that everyone should be watching The Following, not only because it's got a gripping plot and a dangerously sexy, highly literary super-villain (I have a type, okay), but because of the way it handles sexuality.
Sexuality is portrayed as fluid, which is an incredibly rare phenomenon in mainstream television. More than that, different forms of attraction are explored, from the homoerotic to the homosexual to the bisexual, and even to the romantic asexual.
This is seriously one of the many reasons why I absolutely adore this show.
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Graham, Devils prepare for triple option
Head coach Todd Graham and the Arizona State Sun Devils are preparing for an offense unlike anything they have ever seen.
When they take on Navy in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, the Devils will be trying to find a way to stop the Midshipmen's potent triple option attack.
"Their offense is one that is very difficult to get TFLs (tackles for loss) on because very few negative yardage plays because you are quick hitting, dives, the triple option inside," Graham said.
The Arizona State defense has done a good job pressuring the quarterback and stopping the pass this season, but that won't help too much against the run-heavy Navy attack.
"Their strength is a challenge for us because if there is anything that we probably haven't done as well against and where we need to make the most improvement is in our run defense," Graham said.
If Graham's Devils expect to slow down the sixth-ranked rushing attack in the country, they will need to stop true freshman quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who leads the team with 10 rushing touchdowns.
According to Graham, the scout team has been trying to simulate Reynolds and the triple option attack with freshman wide receiver Parker Rasmusson and other athletes manning the quarterback position.
"The problem is that their quarterback can throw it and do all that, it's tough to simulate. I think he is the key to their offense," Graham said. "I have been very impressed."
Despite ASU's lack of success stopping the run this season and their lack of experience against the triple option, Graham said he doesn't plan on adjusting his usual game plan much.
"We are going to do what we do," Graham said. "It boils down to fundamentals, blocking, tackling and being sound in what you're doing."
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Despite rumors to the contrary, fashion week is a time when you need to eat—not that the New York schedule makes that particularly easy. At least MADE is stepping in to help: The company will be passing out lunch boxes, designed by T-shirt wizards Dana Veraldi and Kevin Tekinel of Deer Dana (they of the Raf and Sade tees), ready for filling with the yogurt pretzels, almonds, and quinoa salad Walgreens is supplying backstage and at Milk Studios.
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Decades of explosive expansion far outpaced the capacity of arterial roads around East Baton Rouge Parish (county) in Louisiana. As traffic conditions deteriorated, solutions remained mired in a system that took five to six years to get a project built.
Sound familiar?
Then came a new administration and a plan to end the gridlock. In 2004, Melvin "Kip" Holden centered his campaign for city-parish mayor-president on supporting growth as well as current need.
"We were working on short- and long-term solutions when our traffic problems were made even worse by an increased population following Hurricane Katrina," he says. "The need to fast-track these projects became even more critical."
Upon his election, Holden's administration and the city-parish department of public works began developing the "Green Light Plan." The initiative finances 50 miles of road expansions, nine intersection upgrades, a new interchange, 26 new bridges, and a large-scale traffic light synchronization project in downtown Baton Rouge.
A thruway between the cities of Central and Baton Rouge is one of 21 projects launched in the two years since construction began under the plan. Eight projects are completed. So far, the program has saved more than $22 million and created hundreds of jobs. All projects are resident-approved.
The first step was to tap a "pay-as-you-go" sales and use tax that parish voters had already renewed twice.
"We felt the most effective way to get projects done in a shorter period of time would be to extend the life of the tax from five years to 25 years, and then go out and finance the revenue stream," says Walter Monsour, former city-parish chief administrative officer. "We asked citizens if they were comfortable dedicating this same tax to the repair, rehabilitation, and expansion of our traffic program. Once they said yes, we would give them a list of projects we would commit to doing over a five-year span."
Given the post-Katrina environment in Louisiana, the mayor was determined to make sure citizens understood how urgent the need was. Before final approval by the voters, he convened nearly 40 meetings to propose projects, receive public input, and sell the final proposition.
A strong history of support for the sales and use tax, coupled with conservative projections in sales tax growth, led to a favorable reception by all three rating agencies and municipal bond insurers. That prompted parish leaders to propose using bond proceeds to help fund nearly 40 projects. For example, the city-parish recently sold $110 million in Triple-A-rated, 20-year bonds at 5% interest.
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The average price has risen six consecutive days and is 9.8 cents more than one week ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
However, thanks to a 30-day streak of decreases immediately preceding the increases, the average price is 5.3 cents lower than last month and 23.2 cents less than one year ago
The Orange County average price also recorded its largest daily increase since Feb. 2, rising 4 cents to $3.977, 11.3 cents more than one week ago but 4.7 cents less than one month ago and 22.8 cents lower than it was one year ago.
The Orange County average price has increased six consecutive days after decreasing 20 times in 21 days.
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