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Multilac, manufactured by Macksons Paints, recently introduced a stunning and vibrant range of colours with their Shades of Singapore colour card. Multilac which pioneered the concept of a multi-hued colour palette that gave customers a rainbow of shades to choose from, has created yet another innovative range of colours, inspired by the shades of the tropics. The new Singapore colour palette introduces an innovative take on the usual shades of reds, green, purple, blues and yellow, giving them an infusion of vivacity.
"In today's complex world, colour on your walls means creating whole new vistas of living spaces" says Nilrukshi De Silva, Head of Business Development of Multilac, "That's why we put in a lot of effort to create colours that not only captures the mood of your home but also creates an atmosphere you want to experience every day."
Multilac is firmly committed to giving the customers the edge over competition, both in introducing innovative products and ensuring an outstanding level of customer satisfaction. Commenting on current market conditions driven by price wars, de Silva says " We do not compromise on quality and do not engage in price wars. What we believe is in giving our customers the best possible product, developed with customer needs in mind. We are also conscious of our obligations to the environment. Our products are earth friendly and can be used safely indoors. "
Vibrant shades, she says, can bring spaces alive – homes and offices light up with the usage of right shades. At home or work, vibrant colours add dynamism and create an ambiance of energetic living. Having introduced bold hues a home owner could happily put on the walls, complimentary colour effect and colour blocking, which really means using contrasting colours to create vivacious moods and settings.
"It's like the fashion statements ladies make with a new trend. Pairing the right colours, ensuring that the colours used bring out the personality of the room, means everything in designing a home to perfection. Right combination of colours makes all the difference in bringing out the style, the mood, the atmosphere.
"For an example, colour combinations such as pink and orange which go very well together and create vistas of trendy, cool spaces, remind one of tropical fruits. Other combinations that bring out the best in any room are yellow and green, blue and green, pink and green or pink and purple. Red on a bedroom wall can enhance a sense of warmth and love. Blue, which symbolizes serenity and calmness, can bring the skies and the deep ocean indoors to enhance the feeling of warmth. Blue is often used in offices to encourage quietness. Green on the other hand, indicates good luck and tranquility and is used extensively in hospitals, study rooms and spaces which encourage rejuvenation and concentration.
Multilac has always strived to exceed customer expectations. Multilac is now a global brand with Sri Lankan origin and gaining top brand status not only locally but in international markets too.
Multilac's Singapore shades colour palette can be purchased at prices starting from Rs 815 per litre.


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[Austen] did not look to the novelists for direction as to style; and this was well, for the great novels of the mid-eighteenth century had too strong individuality, and their successor, the novel of sentiment, did not know its own business. It wanted, not merely a grand style for its more ambitious passages, but also an unaffected, level style for plain relation of fact and circumstance. This is Fanny Burney's notion of a matter-of-fact introductory statement:
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Did you know that girls in impoverished countries are less likely to receive adequate medical care or food, compared to boys? Here are some grim statistics I recently received from World Vision:
- Seven out of ten of the world's hungry are women.
- Nearly half of all girls born in the 50 least developed countries will never attend school, sentencing them to a life of poverty and disease.
- Due to poverty, illiteracy, and the denial of decision-making power, women are becoming infected with HIV faster than men in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
- Every six seconds a girl under five dies of preventable causes.
- Of the 800 million who lack basic work skills to rise out of poverty, two-thirds are female.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Another little girl has died. It's almost overwhelming to comprehend.
I sponsor a little girl through World Vision. They are looking for more sponsors for little girls. I'm sure Compassion International is, too. I also support Shared Hope International to rescue female victims of sex trafficking (a result of poverty as well as sin) and Covenant Mercies for AIDS orphans (you can sponsor a child through Covenant Mercies, too). None of these agencies will meet their budgets on my modest donations. But I'd like to use the platform the Lord has given me through this blog to encourage you all to give, too. Out of the thousands who visit each week, perhaps we could add sponsors for several hundred more girls around the world? What a joy that would be!
I'd like to make a special plea to the single women reading this blog who want children. There are little girls around the world who could benefit from your nurturing side right now. If you are not doing so already, may I encourage you to sow what God has given you into the life of a little girl in an impoverished nation? If you decide to do so, please send in a comment. I'm opening the comments for this post.
(The photo above is of Angela. She is two years old and lives in El Salvador. She is also looking for a sponsor.).
UPDATE: On Saturday, I received a quick note from Tom Emmons at Compassion. He wrote: "Thank you for your post about girls and poverty. Also, thank you for your link to Compassion's web site. Your article and link to our site has already resulted in activity on our site and at least one newly sponsored child!" That's wonderful! I am praying for many more sponsors. In fact, I asked the Lord for a specific number--a big number--of new sponsors. So please do let me know if you decide to sponsor a child from any of these organizations. I would truly rejoice to hear from you!


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You most likely saw the last minute or so of the Minnesota Vikings-San Francisco 49′ers game. You know, the one where Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass with two seconds left. Two seconds. It. Was. Amazing.
I used this game, and mostly the heroics of Brett Favre to write a blog post for US NEWS called "Lessons from Brett Favre." I was contemplating calling it WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE OLD GUYS, but thought better of it. You can see the Five Lessons by reading here.
Luckily, Nick Corcodilos must be eating the same cheerios because his post today in his readers' forum is a request to give better answers to the more experienced among us who find themselves unemployable or, at least, un-hireable. Timely.
I also want to re-direct you to Seth Godin's guest post here on WWDS some time back which he called "Don't Try to Get a Job."
There is a connection in there, don't you think?


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Piano and Taiji – 18.00, Thursday the 25th Sep!!
In association with the Piano man of Prague, Ondrej Kobza, the Taiji School will be offering a Free Taiji Class accompanied by the Piano at Namesti Miru, in front of the Church of St. Ludmila (the big one by the metro).
The one off event will take place at 18.00 on Thursday the 25th of September. Everyone is welcome to come and join in!
Check out the facebook site;
Hopefully more info coming soon….
New Beginners Course – Starts September 8th!!
- Five Relaxing Exercises
- 37 Posture Short Form.
- Stepping Form
When: September 8th – October 22nd (14 Classes)
Time: Monday 17.30-18.45, Wednesday 17:45 – 19:00
Price: Subscription 1400 kc or 150kc per class.
Where: Letna Park, please see Map
Taught by: Paul Renall, (In English)
Interested in giving Taiji a go? Well this is the course to come and try, starting right at the beginning of the form we will slowly progress step by step through the Relaxing Exercises and the Form. No experience is necessary, or required.
Older Students wishing to refresh the form are also welcome to join in.
The venue will be in a quiet location in the beautiful Letna Park. Read more…
Prague Taichi Residential – July 2014
Taiji Food – Free eBook from our Italian Chef!!
Those that participated in the recent Prague Summer Taiji Residential training were extremely fortunate to have the experience of letting our Italian Chef, Stefania, play with the balance of our taste buds!
Every morning, midway through the 3.5 hour training session, Stefania would unveil another "Snack Masterpiece". Not only were the snacks delicious but very healthy too…from exquisite hummus to succulent cakes mmmm…I think people must have been more interested in coming for the food than the training.
The exciting news is that Stefania has created a wonderful little book, Taiji Food, detailing all 31 of the recipes she created over the Residential, and thanks to her generosity its completely Free!!!..
Video Memberships – New Prices!!
The Taiji School has now made it possible to view all our Video content through paying a monthly Membership.
For a good discount you can also purchase a three monthly membership (Quarterly) and a Yearly Membership.
Monthly Membership = 12 euro
Quarterly Membership = 27 euro (Save 9 euro)
Half Yearly Membership = 45 euro (Save 27 euro)…
New Conditioning Course – Starting September 9th!!
- Stretching
- Breathing Techniques
- Practice of the Four Fundamental Exercises
The aim of this class is to strengthen and stretch the body, particularly the ligaments and tendons, to develop the core body structure.
We will use basic breathing techniques and some basic integration exercises to develop this whole body connection.
While most of our work in the taichi is to let go, relax and to feel good, this is a class, designed to make you work to feel good.
When: September 8th – November 20th (21 Classes)
Time; Tuesday's and Thursday's 7:30 – 8:30
Price: Subscription 1600 kc or 150kc per class.
Where: Arha Studio V.P.Čkalova 26, Praha 6, 160 00
This Course is open to everyone! This is not Taiji and you don't need to practice Taiji to join in!
New Advanced Course – Starting September 8th!!
- Stretching
- Up and Down Movement
- Detailed Work on One Relaxing Exercise per Session
- Main Focus will be the Refinement of the "Grasp the Sparrows Tail" sequence of the Form
- Go Through the Entire Form
- Partnerwork
When: September 8th – October 20th (7 Classes)
Time: Monday 19:00 – 20:30
Price: Subscription 900 kc or 150kc per class.
Where: Gym ZŠ Strossmayerovo nám. 4, Praha 7 (metro Vltavska)
Taught by; Paul Renall, (In English)
This Course is only open to those students who have completed at least the First Section of the 37 posture short form.,
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Tai Chi Lessons In Belgium – Starting Soon!!
Regular attendee of the Prague Summer Residential, Marleen Hoogstoel, will be starting some new Tai Chi lessons in Belgium at the start of September.
Tai Chi Lesson in Avelgem
Where: Turnzaal van de basisschool DeToekomst
Kerkhofstraat 51
8580 Avelgem
Introductory Lesson: 5 euro from 19.30-20.30 on the 11th of September
Regular Lessons: Beginners 19.30-20.30 (Course 1)
Advanced 20.30-21.30 (Course 2)
Price: 70 euro for 13 Lessons…
Looking for some High Quality Tea to buy??
Are you desperate to find some really high quality tea to buy?
We may have the answer…
Two of our Instructors, Zdravko and Alex are importing some amazing tea from China and Taiwan.
Alex has just initiated the Tea Club – a place where we can better offer some beautiful teas from around the world.
"Sometimes it will be oolongs from the Wuyi mountains, and sometimes there will be green teas. And then white, and then pu-erh. There are so many regions, farmers and variety in tea to be explored. We love it. And we hope you do too."…
Prague Summer Taichi Residential – July 2014!!
Residential Finished for this year – Click on the new photos now!!
From July 1st to July 27th 2014, the Taiji School offers the Prague Summer Taichi Residential Training.
Coming from our experience of park training in the last three years, we want to offer a space for training based on following, exploring and playing with whatever comes alive for every student. Thus allowing the body to learn through experience not only through intellectual understanding…
Taichi Asociace ČR
The Taiji School is part of the Taichi Asociace ČR (Czech Republic).
The Taichi Asociace ČR is a non-profit organization aimed at spreading the benefits of Taiji.
Teaching Taiji in the English language is the The Taiji School's main role in this organization.
Kids Taiji, Elderly Taiji and Taiji in the Czech Language are also taught under this Association, please click on the links below for more information;…
How have the Personal Training's helped you??
Read what students are saying about their Personal Trainings;
"Personal training with Paul is always tailored to your needs….." Ema
"….I think that more or less everybody has come across the gravitational field in their lives…" Stefania
"Inspiring, it is creative, it makes me think in a non-conventional way,…" Zdravko
"It´s a lot about attention and vigilance, holistic (nonverbal) communication…." Cecilia
"….taiji "softness" around, so you have the best opportunity to catch it/receive it and feel it…." Lucka


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Thursday, many national retailers, including Macy's, Walmart and Best Buy, are opening their doors even earlier than they did last year. Some people, including Andy Martin, have been camping outside of the Best Buy in Longview for five days. They're braving both the cold and the boredom."We've been out here since Saturday morning. We just brought a ton of blankets and chairs... books to read," says Martin.There is no doubt that people have strong opinions when it comes to forgoing a Thanksgiving with friends and family to snag a few deals, but the Black Friday campers in Longview say they're actually getting the best of both worlds."[My family] is supportive. They come out here. They're actually our team. You're supposed to have a team that helps you out during the whole process," explains Danny Chavez."I don't come out here just to get sales. I come out here to hang out with my friends. I don't get to see them all year long," adds Martin.However, Black Friday has been changing. More stores opening earlier and earlier makes some of the shoppers uneasy."I wish they would just keep them the same. It's not Black Friday if it's on Thursday," says Martin. "This year, they changed it up and we're just not sure if it's the best place anymore. They're trying to keep up with the competition and I don't think it's going to work out as well as they think they have it planned out," says Chavez about Best Buy's plans to open from 6-10 p.m. then again at midnight.While the concrete is cold and the amenities are less than desirable, this annual camping trip has become a tradition where strangers become friends and meet back at the Best Buy parking lot year after year."If it all goes well, we might keep the same traditions. There's only so much you can buy and we've already got a lot of stuff from 4 years prior," says Chavez.Copyright 2013 KLTV. All rights reserved.
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Young Girl Ejected From Car, Suffers Non-Life Threatening Injuries
A 9-year-old girl that was not wearing a seatbelt was ejected and injured in an accident in western Wisconsin on Thanksgiving (Thursday, Nov. 25) morning.
KARE 11 reports that the single-car accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. on Interstate 94 near STH 95 in Jackson County.
Officials say the car was traveling eastbound on I-94 when the crash occurred, and apparently the child suffered non-life threatening injuries.
A 23-year-old man from Minnesota was driving the car, and authorities say he was cited for no valid license, a seatbelt violation, and failure to have insurance, but he was not injured in the crash.
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Beyoncé, Jay Z & Blue Ivy at Joey's restaurant in Miami (7)
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Watch Honey Maid's awesome answer about the backlash they received
so powerful
This is beautiful and perfect and EXACTLY as the world should be.
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It politely taps him on the arm and then uses its little kitty paws to show that it would like some food
These adorable little creatues are just so intelligent and so utterly cute <3
and it looked like it nodded too :3 too cute!
It gets better— the guy is deaf, and he taught his cat the sign for "food." So the cat's not just saying "put that in my mouth," it's actually signing
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"You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens, and you need to embrace those things."
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A lotta people confuse irony with coincidence. If you're talking about a fire, and a fire truck drives by, that's not irony. That's a coincidence. But like… if a fireman's house burns down, that's ironic. Most of y'all got it fucked up. I'm just sayin.
Just because someone desires you, does not mean that they value you.
Read it over.
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We didn't hear from her for the next six months. I don't know if that's because her boss banned her from calling us or because she was too embarrassed to call again.
An easier fix than replacing hardware
A problem got punted my way one day, perhaps because it was deemed a low-priority issue and a repeat complaint that the higher-up techs were tired of dealing with.
I was sent to look at a monitor that was giving its user headaches from the flicker. The company was large enough that it had its own inventory of extra hardware ordered for easy and quick replacement; a phone call and a few hours was all it took to get a new part. We'd replaced two monitors and were ordering a third for her, so this was a courtesy visit.
Very shortly after my arrival, the monitor was "repaired," and the user was delighted. The fix: change the refresh rate on the CRT to anything faster than the minimum. We never could find out who had changed that to begin with.
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Les Larmes du Chaos is a superb four pitch ice climb in one of the 'must visit' valleys for all ice-climbers. This valley is one of the true gems of the Oisans region and full of amazing icefalls. Long and picturesque lines with a full range of grades, and all in a stunning high mountain environment. Most of the routes are above 2000 metres altitude giving reliable conditions.
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Approach: Take the D530 to St-Christophe-en-Oisans and 100 metres after the village, turn left and park at the end of the road (snow-tyres or chains often required). Follow the trail up the valley bottom, which gently gains height to a point where all the routes are visible. A short slog up the snow slopes takes you to the base of the climb. Normally it takes about 45 minutes from the car. If you're lucky you might even see a Bouquetin on the way.
Route Summary: The climb starts with a steady warm up pitch that's often best climbed on the right as it enables you to belay on a nice ledge in a sheltered spot below the magnificent second pitch. Pitch 2 with 40 metres of sustained 80-85 degree featured ice is one to be relished, but save a bit of energy as there are short sections of vertical ice on both the pitches above!
Best tactics for an ascent: Stable snow conditions are essential for climbing in this valley as the climbs are threatened by avalanche risk from above. Call in or telephone the Bureau des Guides in La Grave if in doubt. There is normally a good trail up the valley bottom, but consider taking approach skis or snowshoes early in the season.
Descent: With good double bolt anchors, 3 abseils see you back at your rucksacks (the top two pitches can be abseiled in one 50 metre rap).
What makes it so special: Conditions on the north side of the Vallon du Diable are as reliable as they come for ice climbing. Amazingly during the winter of 1990/91 people climbed here from the 4th November right through until the 21st May! The late Godefroy Perroux was responsible for the development of a vast number of routes in this region and beyond, so remember to toast him over a beer in the bar in St-Christophe on the way home.
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This Excel based exercise has students calculate the shape of the capture zone of a contaminant recovery well. Students perform a sensitivity analysis by varying aquifer and pumping parameters to observe the impact of the capture-zone shape.
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Comparing The Team Under Two Thrashers Captains: Ilya Kovalchuk And Andrew Ladd
Ilya Kovalchuk and Andrew Ladd have totally dissimilar playing styles, and captained very different Thrashers squads. How'd they get their guys to rally around the Blueland flag? NHLHS Atlanta Thrashers correspondent Laura Astorian gives her take.
There's no denying that the addition of some former members of the Chicago Blackhawks to the Atlanta Thrashers this off-season was one of the big moves in hockey.
The acquisition of playoff star Dustin Byfuglien overshadowed that of Brent Sopel and Ben Eager, and that makes sense. Big Buff was explosive for Chicago in the playoffs, scoring 11 goals and five assists after a season where he scored 17 goals. He scored six fewer goals in 22 games in the postseason than he did during all 82 regular season games. So far for the Thrashers, he's the team's impact player and go-to guy, scoring six game winning goals (three in overtime) and with his move back to defense is now leading the league's defensemen with 16 goals and 41 points.
It's justifiable that Byfuglien is hogging the attention, and there's a good chance that Atlanta's turn around this season has a great deal to do with him, but there's someone else who is just as deserving of attention: the Thrashers' newest captain, Andrew Ladd.
Ladd came from Chicago as well, though later than the rest, on July 1st. He was expected to be a solid role player, a locker room leader, and to add a bit of a scoring depth – probably at a higher rate than he did in Chicago. What he wasn't expected to do was come in and give the team motivational spark like they hadn't had for quite some time, but that's exactly what he did.
The Thrashers needed a captain to replace Ilya Kovalchuk, who played his last game with the Thrashers on February 2nd, 2010. The team had gone captainless since then, and Ron Hainsey, Nik Antropov, and even Rich Peverley's names were suggested as replacements since practically the end of that season.Kovalchuk was thought to be an irreplaceable player, but though the team was viewed by some as "Kovy's team," he wasn't necessarily an irreplaceable captain.
Ladd being named as the replacement was surprising, but looking at the two captains, there might be some similarities. There might even be a bit of improvement in motivating factors for the team.
Kovalchuk, while he was with Atlanta, was the identity of the team. The team's hardship was obviously reflected in his own frustrations and he worked to carry the team through it. Nowhere is that more obvious than the spark that the team felt after he was named captain at Casino Night on January 12, 2009. For whatever reason, making his leadership official helped the Thrashers to a second-half turnaround, helping them go 21-17-1 and finishing with a winning record in the second half (though not on the season – the first half of the year was an unsalvageable train wreck).
Keep in mind that the team's 21-17-1 record took three months to amass. Andrew Ladd's captaincy (he was named team captain on November 18th) has already seen a record of 14-6-3 in a third of a time as Kovalchuk's. Also, during Kovalchuk's time as captain in 2009-2010, the team put together a losing record of 24-26-7 in what was very nearly a playoff season for the team. Total as captain, Kovy's record was 45-33-8, which is a respectable total for about a season's worth. It's a playoff record, good for 98 points at the very least. While I'm not going to predict that this year's Thrashers team hits 98 points – the team's broken me of trying to predict anything after last season - it is still a very strong possibility. They're already nearly halfway to that total already, and it's the mid-point of the season.
I can't comment on leadership styles – neither individual is particularly vocal in the press, and their locker room persona is all speculation and hearsay, which is something that I don't encourage. Kovalchuk took an arguably less talented team than the one that the Thrashers are now and rallied it around his offensive skill even as just an initial motivator; Ladd seems to be able to do the same thing in a shorter period of time with a more talented team. Yes, the team's talent is going to factor in to both captains' records, so it's unfair to compare them in a way. But looking at the two players' styles, Kovalchuk's motivating factor to the team was his output. As it shrank through December while the contract talks were getting hammered out, the team's shrank too. Ladd is on pace for a career season no doubt, but that doesn't seem to be why the team woke up and went for a solid stretch of play after his captaincy was announced. It has to be more than offense with Ladd, which is a good thing. As we've seen with Kovalchuk this season, scoring comes and goes.


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Next version of Photoshop and Creative Suites will be Cloud Subscriptions ONLY
The current existing versions are apparently going to be the last versions of the Adobe Creative Suite and Photoshop software that are sold as individual products. The next versions will only be offered as cloud subscriptions. This Adobe announced as they also announced the next version of Photoshop, named "Photoshop CC", CC for Creative Cloud. The Photoshop CC will come out in June of this year.
The existing stand alone software will receive updates for bug fixes and such, but will not be receiving new features.
Details of the news at CNet News and The Next Web and The Verge and Engadget.
The current versions that are part of Creative Suite 6 continue to be available for purchase as one-time-purchase-fee software at Amazon and other places. But the next versions will only be available via Creative Cloud subscriptions.
Will This Create An Opening For A Competitor To Emerge?
For a number of people, the Creative Cloud and/or the Subscription Model may be a better option. But for others, the Creative Cloud may be too expensive and too inflexible for their needs.
So this perhaps may be as good of a time as any for another software package to emerge as a partial competitor to the Adobe juggernaut. Clearly none of the other companies have the resources and user base to take on Adobe directly in terms of both depth and breadth of features, but they just need to emerge as an AMD to an Intel, they don't have to overtake or outdo Adobe.
And that's one of the issues, it's not just the software, but the ecosystem. You can find buckets of books, and tutorials, and classes, and seminars and such for the Adobe ecosystem. The alternatives have nowhere near as much.
The most affordable alternative of all is GIMP. You can't beat free! More free options are rounded up at Gizmodo and Hongkiat and free open source options are rounded up at OSalt.com.
Expired as of 5/9/13 recheck:
On the commercial front, for the price of a single month of Creative Cloud you can get the ACDSee Pro 6 flagship software for $40 when you remove the optional services from the shopping cart.
For not a lot more, for just $60, you can get the Bibble team created Corel AfterShot Pro Full.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. The range of options varies, depending on what type of features, workflow, integration, ecosystem you want to use. A fairly detailed list of alternatives, broken down as commercial, freeware and free/open-source is maintained at Wikipedia.
Can any of these rise to the occasion and emerge as an "AMD"?
The upcoming Photoshop CC (June 2013)
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Hagen To Again Compete With Women's National Team
June 9, 2014
MILWAUKEE - Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's soccer standout Sarah Hagen is returning stateside for another training camp with the U.S. Women's National Team before returning home for good in joining FC Kansas City.
Hagen will now rejoin Team USA under new head coach Jill Ellis as one of the 26 players to train in preparation for two games against France later this month. The first is scheduled for June 14 in Tampa, Fla., with the second set for June 19 in East Hartford, Conn. Both games kick off at 6:30 p.m. central and will be streamed live on ussoccer.com.
She earned her first cap for the national squad back in March, competing in two games during the Algarve Cup in Portugal.
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After taking a pass from Kaia Knutson 06, Kelsey Watt 07 scored a goal in the 16th minute, allowing the Oles to take an early lead against the Wildcats.
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Gender Pay Gap and Quantile Regression in European Families
AbstractIn this paper we analyze the trend of the gender gap between wives and husbands for Mediterranean countries with a strong family tradition, using data from the European Household Panel (ECHP) of 2001 and the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) of 2006. In general, wives and husbands, when married, have the same characteristics but wives suffer from two types of discrimination with respect to husbands: a lower wage for the same work and a primary responsibility for children. This paper uses quantile regression and counterfactual decomposition methods to investigate whether a glass ceiling exists or if instead a sticky floor is more prevalent among European families over time (2001 and 2006). We correct for selectivity the unconditional wage distribution of married women and we show that the wage gap decomposition is different if we ignore self-selection. We find that the wage gap is positive in each country, and the greater part of it is composed of a discrimination effect, while the characteristics effect is small. In Mediterranean countries, wives suffer from the sticky floor effect, i.e. the gender gap is bigger at the bottom of distribution, while we can observe that the glass ceiling effect decreased in most countries in 2006.
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7 Highly Disturbing Trends in Junk Food Advertising to Children
Laura Gottesdiener, AlterNet
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From bribing children with toys to convincing them to eat a "fourth meal," the industry is glutted with perverse, profit-chasing schemes.
Ever wonder why one-third of all children in the United States are overweight, if not dangerously obese? According to a slew of recent reports, the cornucopia of junk food advertising to children plays a substantial role in creating this public health crisis. From bribing children with toys and sweepstakes to convincing them to eat a "fourth meal," the industry is glutted with examples of perverse, profit-chasing schemes to capitalize on children's appetites at the expense of their long-term health. Here are 7 most perverse trends in junk food advertising to children.
1. Bombarded!
Junk food marketing to children and adolescents has become billion-dollar industry. According to 2006 data, the most recent numbers available, kids experience at least $1.6 billion worth of food advertising a year–the vast majority of the ads geared toward pushing high-calorie and low-nutrition snacks down kids' throat.
According to data compiled by the nonprofit health organization Food & Water Watch, children see more nearly 5,000 TV food ads every year, and teenagers get bombarded by almost 6,000 annually.
The vast majority of these ads are specifically geared towards children, using tricks like cartoon characters and sweepstakes prizes to make the sugary cereals and fatty hamburgers all the more attractive. As children's online activity has risen, massive corporations like McDonald's have also designed child-focused websites, complete with video games that teach children brand recognition, that are getting hundreds of thousands of young visitors a month. In the month of February 2011, for example, 350,000 children under the age of 12 visited McDonald's two main websites, HappyMeal.com and McWorld.com.
Most disturbingly, the amount of this advertising is steadily increasing. According to a report from Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, the advertising increased dramatically in only two years, between 2007 and 2009. Children between the ages of 6 and 11 saw a staggering 56 percent more ads for Subway, and 26 percent more ads for McDonald's. African American children were disproportionately targeted by this advertising, seeing 50 percent more advertisements for fast food than white children of the same age.
2. The ads, not the TV, are what's making kids fat
While many have complained that sedentary television culture is causing the childhood obesity crisis, new studies suggest that the real culprit may be the constant ads for junk food that children are viewing during commercial break–not the television programs themselves.
A 2006 Institute of Medicine government report stated, "It can be concluded that television advertising influences children to prefer and request high-calorie and low-nutrient foods and beverages."
Even clearer evidence comes from a long-term study in Quebec, where fast food advertising geared specifically toward children has been banned both online and in-print for the last 32 years. There, researchers discovered that the province has the least childhood obesity of anywhere in Canada, and that the ban decreased children's consumption by an estimated two to four billion calories.
In Britain, the president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Heath, has also a dvocated for the state to ban junk food advertisements on television until after 9 pm, when the majority of children are already asleep.
3. Ten extra pounds–a year
How fat are these television advertisements making kids? According to one recent study, their effects are surprisingly heavy. T he experiment comparedchildren's food consumption while watching television programs with food commercials, versus programs that ran straight through without any ads. It concluded that kids consumed almost 50 percent more calories while watching the 30-minute program with commercials–a total of almost 100 calories in only a half an hour. Over the course of a year, that would lead to a 10-pound weight gain.
4. Children clueless while industry cashes In
One of the biggest problems with child-specific advertising is that young kids aren't even able to recognize the commercials for what they are: short segments intended to sell them things. As the Food and Water Watch Report explains, children under the age of four can't even recognize the difference between a television show and the commercials–the line between content and advertising is completely invisible to them. Children between four and eight may understand that advertisements are different from the T.V. program, but they still don't recognize that ads are paid commercials intended to convince them to buy something.
However, just because children can't recognize the ads for what they are doesn't mean that these commercials don't affect them. Studies show toddlers are able to accurately identify brand logos and that young children prefer food wrapped in McDonald's packaging.
5. A fourth meal?
A study of one child-geared advertising campaign, launched by Taco Bell, demonstrates how perverse this marketing really is. In 2006, Taco Bell launched a campaign to convince children to eat a "Fourth Meal," which is after dinner and before breakfast. (Essentially, the fourth meal is at the time of night when children should be sleeping or doing their homework.)
The campaign kicked off with a website showing children in their pajamas wandering around outside and eating nachos, tacos and other late-night snacks offered by Taco Bell. The foods being marketed often had more than 400 calories, placing them squarely in the meal category. But the goal isn't just to sell more tacos; it's actually to carve out an entire new post-dinner market where the consumer base is young children.
6. Holding schools hostage
Increasingly, these types of ads aren't only on television and online; they are also in schools where the child-marking focus is even more obvious. As budget cuts and austerity measures have swept the nation, schools are increasingly relying on money from vending machine contracts and corporate partnerships. These revenue streams rely on how much food the students buy, meaning that the school earns more money if it stocks these machines with junk food.
7. Industry's idea of self-regulation: happy meals with apple slices
Due to increasing criticism from the public health community and the federal government, the fast food industry undertook the ambitious task of self-regulation in 2006, launching the Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative. Under this initiative, companies pledged to market "better-for-you" foods to children.
Here are selections from the menu they came up with:
Burger King Kids Meals with "Fresh Apple Slices" and fat-free milk or apple juice
Assuming the meal is a plain hamburger, the offering has nearly 400 calories.
McDonald's Happy Meals with fries, apple slices and fat-free chocolate milk
Assuming the meal is a plain hamburger, the offering has more than 550 calories
Kid Cuisine Meals Primo Pepperoni Double Stuffed Pizza
480 calories, with 15 grams of fat
Chef Boyardee Pepperoni Pizza Ravioli
290 calories
Sometimes the industry's definition of regulation, is the best argument for government intervention.
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And..these children. Do they have parents ?
Stupidity is hereditary. And it should be. Otherwise we would die out thousands of years ago.
A few apple slices or fat-free chocolate milk are somehow going to convert a disgusting junk meal into a healthy one?! When you consume dairy after protein it destroys the absorption of anything beneficial that may be in that meal. Fruit should be eaten on an empty stomach. You question industry self-regulation versus government regulation but I would say neither. Government guidelines are a joke Carbohydrate based meals, especially wheat, are a disaster for health. If people ate proper, unadulterated food they would both naturally eat less and improve their health.
Well done piece! Thank you..
Is this evidence of child abuse?
Turn off the idiot box!! I have, my children are much happier, healthier (eg outside play) and whenever we drive pass a fast food monolith they say – that food is rubbish isn't it Mummy?
The only way to avoid such nonsense is a simple old-fashioned austerity policy as to money within families, meaning that one should not spend one's bucks on unnecessary and nonsensical products, as a question of reason and self-respect; but the base of this policy must be that the money available to the family REALLY is scarce. Then, most kids will be ready to take responsibility by helping Mom and / or Dad save money. If it were just a "pedagogic" thing, kids would quickly sense the lie and start resisting.
I am 49 years old. We got our first TV when I was four. Mom and me we were very very fond of watching Tv together. When the ads came, I used to often say "Mom, this thing we surely can afford, can't we?" But mom's answer always was "no we cannot. We need to keep our money together." And this was NOT a pedagogic answer but the truth. When I was six I had learnt the lesson, and whenever an ad came which showed something attractive to my kid's mind I said to meself: "We don't have the money for this thing, so I don't want it."
Later on, she taught me to calculate prices for keeping a limit when shopping. This, too, not for "Pedagogic reasons" but because of real scarcity of money. I learnt it very well… well enough to, at the age of 13 to 15 when we were almost broke, even keep hands off my own little bit of "pocket money" for the sake of buying bread and butter at month's ends. And Mom kept notes of how much of my personal money I had spent for buying food instead of using it for personal affairs, and when I was eighteen she paid it all back to me, 1000 DM (I am German).
Very nice story, and so appropriate to the topic, Doctor. I identify. I was very young when WWII engulfed the Pacific. To add to the horror of a situation that so perplexed us kids, my father left us (Mom, sis and I) virtually penniless. I, just old enough to be in first grade, did the daily food shopping, walking back and forth to the wetmarket, wearing wooden shoes or going barefoot. Early in life, I learned about the prices (and food value) of the array of items offer, to negotiate as low as I could get, and to use the money I made to buy fruit at wholesale and sell them outside our door at retail.
FWD to American liberation of Manila, I went to whatever public school was open, wherein I was quickly selected to line up (own cup in hand) for UNICEF-provided milk for underweight children.
Since I settled here, I have observed America as exceedingly extravagant, and that because it is a wealthy country people buy food that is not only detrimental to their health, but also to their pocketbook, both of which they couldn't care less about. I have tried to influence my grandchildren to spend wisely and never waste food, no matter how "cheap" they are versus the spending money they have or have access to. But few, if any, really listen.
Reading your story above, I am reminded of what a dear friend of mine commented in response to such and similar complaints: "One can not legislate scarcity!"
There are so many disturbing trends in our society today.
Tv negative influence is on the top of my list. Ads are undoubtedly profit oriented and not necessarily healthy physically nor morally speaking.
Look at the Carl's commercial during sports games. Do we really need sexy oriented scenes just to market burgers?
For every problem there is a solution. Parents should educate their own kids at an early stage. The government can't manage its own conglomerate and corruption, let's not expect legislators to take care of our kids.
Parents should know better that kids need to sleep early, watch lesser tv and read more books, play lesser interactive games but rather go out and play in the schools or parks. Inconvenient as it is to cook homemade food, parents must take time to teach the value of eating healthy. And if on rare occasion while traveling, fast food may be the only option, then kids should learn to order lesser greasy, sweet and salty food but order more of vegetable and fruit that are not drenched in sugar and oil.
Please continue the awareness WAKING TIMES, open up the minds of our polluted and commercialized society.
Education might need to start with new generation parents in order for our future leaders to turn this country back to what our forefathers died for.
Thank you for your interests.


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Wow, so good and so easy to make. This sauce is outstanding. I ate it on swordfish and also on thresher shark this weekend. My guests all loved it. I first made it in a chopper, which leaves the basil coarsely chopped. The second time I made it in the blender which gave a smoother consistency. Thinner than pesto but still substantial enough to stay on each bite of fish. This will go into my regular rotation.
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This sauce was good, might have been better if I didn't use a hand blender. The basil ended up tasting kind of grassy. But I also had to add some balsamic vinegar to it for a flavor kick. I served it with veggie kebabs with red bell pepper, white mushrooms, red potatoes, and zucchini. Good stuff.
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Ok this recipe needs tweaking. Yes it is good, but in order to make it good I added a pinch of salt & the juice from the other half orange, then 1/2 hour before cooking I spread the sauce over the fish & let it marinate. Like the other reviewer, my "sauce" was way too herby & needed to be cooked. As it turned out, it was delicious. The swordfish was tender, moist & the marinade was spot on. I also left the fish whole. I served it with rice pilaf & a grilled vegetable kebob.


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HE is an *&%hole who doesn't stay and fight like i said, there have been numerous times he runs off instead of taking the death like a true pvp'er. Killing someone when they are fishing, fighting multiple mobs, or trying to purchase something from a vendor is lame.
Hey, I understand the frustration but you then wished him ill in REAL LIFE. Not cool.
If you can't get past stuff that ticks you off in game then you need to play something more relaxing man. You'll live longer.
I'm saying this as someone who has been known to take things too seriously.
Well, I have to agree that vendor-ganking and several of these other activities are dishonorable and "lame" by my standard of pvp but I've learned the hard way that it's impossible to try to convince others that pvp with honor is the way to go. :)
I'll continue to advocate these things and live by example but to get freaked out about other people's bad behavior is a lesson in futility. Freaking out, cussing them out, and wishing them ill just feeds the fire.
"runs off instead of taking the death" - the fact that you can't kill him fast enough and he can escape doesn't make him a "fake PvPer." Part of being skilled is knowing when to withdraw, and having the ability to do it.
I don't think any of those situations are particularly terrible, unless you're botting while fishing, you're still at the keyboard. Fighting multiple mobs is a sad circumstance, but it happens quite often. All you do is rez and try to get the person back. And purchasing something from a vendor? How is that taking away your attention from the rest of the game? At least fishing is kind of mind-numbing.
Why would anyone "take the death" when they can escape alive and come back to finish you off? If that's the definition of a "true pvp'er" then "true" PvPers are not the smartest bunch. Sounds to me that it's not so much that he's an asshole, but that you're bitter about him besting you. You're on a PvP server; live with it.
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You roll on a PvP realm, you get PvP. Don't cry about the kills. At least Tenj and his A.S.S. kill in very, very peculiar and noteworthy ways. I'd almost be honored to have been targeted by Tenj and the boys because it means someone thought enough of me to put a bounty on my head. And from a long-time Horde player to Tenj ... well played, my good sir. Well played indeed.
Grovinofdarkhour said...
"runs off instead of taking the death like a true pvp'er"?? LOL!
Yeah, every time I kill someone of the opposing faction, I wait patiently at the body so they can get me back.
Last I checked, PVP was about maximizing enemy deaths and minimizing your own by any means necessary. Where did you get the impression that if someone ganks you, he's obligated to stick around and let you kill him back? Whoever told you that did you a horrible disservice.
If you wanted to argue that boomkins have an unfair advantage in the air, I'd be willing to hear that argument. But complaining that he's an asshole because he's good at maintaining his advantages and controlling what situations he gets into... that argument just doesn't have legs, and just makes you sound bitter.
Calling him names on blogs won't solve your problem. You're on a PVP server for crying out loud. Pick up your nuts and go after him.
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As someone who has toons on that particular server that haven`t been played in over a year, I REALLY like this guy. I levelled on a PvE server so TN was my first experience of world PvP outside of Eastern Plaguelands etc. The number of immature asshats was just amazing. I`d love to see something similar on the PvE servers (What, you ask? Horde rogue flags in TB and then camps Largo's tower, waiting for you to use AoE attack which flags you, then his buddy shows up and two of them - or three - gank you. Definitely would love to be able to pay them back, especially since it's a PvE server ...).


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The situation is critical because we live in a highly polarized country where the Venezuelan united socialist party has obviously taken control over the national electoral council as well as all other public powers including the military and the congress. Over the last 14 years rules have usually been bent on their favor while keeping a democratic facade.
International awareness is needed.
The Majority may no longer support this regime.
If anything, we have country divided in halves with institutions only favoring the official side.
In Capriles own words via Twitter » "Until every vote is counted and audited, we have an illegitimate president. The world should know"
I am not claiming a fraud yet, but a recount is absolutely necessary for us to legitimate the official results.
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I think most people will fade out.
Many people DON'T want to quit, yet they don't really have a choice most of the time.
Like you said, people get too busy outside the game and just slowly lose time and interest.
And so this is how the World... of Warcraft ends, not with a bang, but a confession that real life is intrusive.
I cant wait till wow is gone and nothing but a memory,,, I dont know why,, I love the game but ive spent 7 years on it and no matter what they do its the same thing over again. I cant wait until writers are no longer interested to write columns for blog sites like this about WoW, I cant wait for the day the servers come down. Im really not trying to be a hater,,, I just want to see it end. I still play an hour or so here and there, but I still want to see it close.
For me it wasn't quite fading. It was more like disappearing immediately. I spent an entire day workin' on getting my warriors blacksmithing to 525. I went to log in the next day and discovered I had no game time left. Haven't been able to bring myself to pick up a time card since.


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"[Yesterday] was mainly uneventful. I sat around the house and read Tintins all day."
I remember seeing a Tintin book for the first time at the house of a friend of my mother. The book was hardcover, which surprised me – a hardcover comic? And the art was so much more precise and delicate than I was used to seeing in superhero or funny animal comics. I was fascinated by the cover of The Black Island, the black island in the distance, the somber colors of sea and sky, the youth and his white dog in the small boat – but the bright red skirt of the youth struck me. This may have been the first time I saw a kilt. The book may have been in the original French because I vaguely remember not being able to read it – not that we had the time on that visit. I do remember leafing through the pages wishing I could read it.
I don't know how much time passed before we found Tintin in the bookstore. The Tintin website has the first American edition of The Black Island published in 1975. I think we bought our first Tintin not long after.
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- Calories: 193
- Calories from fat: 22%
- Fat: 4.7g
- Saturated fat: 2.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.2g
- Protein: 5.1g
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I tryto invest with a contrarian view, so I like to go against the market. To that end one of my favorite ways to find opportunities for investment is by looking through the most shorted stocks in the S&P 500, to see if I can spot anything others can't.
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The most shorted company in the index, with nearly 37% of the available stock on loan is Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF). Traders are betting that falling coal and iron prices will hit the company hard. This is a very real prospect as the price of thermal coal is currently $55 per ton, the lowest it has been since April 2010. In addition, the price of iron ore pellets is down to $144 per ton, not as low as the $120 per ton seen back in mid-2012, but still lower than the yearly average price seen in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Still, Cliffs is cash generative and profitable. Furthermore, the company has actually paid down net debt by 21% since the second quarter of last year. Unfortunately, the company has issued some stock to bolster its balance sheet and cash flows. Cash inflows from stock issuance totaled $995 million during the first quarter and $994 million during the second quarter. This allowed the company to both reduce debt and spend on CapEx without taking on additional borrowing; however, this is eroding shareholder value.
The outlook for Cliffs is cloudy, the steel industry is expected to start growing again this year, which should improves demand for iron ore and coal. That said, a brewing credit bubble in China as well as slowing economic growth in Latin America could rapidly throw the steel market back into contraction.
Overall, the uncertainty surrounding Cliffs makes me want to stay well away.
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Second, with just under 31% of its free float short, is Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI). Actually, Pitney has seen somewhat of a short-squeeze over the past week after the company reported better than expected second quarter earnings.
Pitney has made several key steps to halt the decline in its stock price. For a start, the company replaced its CEO with IBM veteran Marc B. Lautenbach, who worked at 'Big Blue' for 27 years. Second, Pitney slashed its dividend by 50% and started to pay down debt - the company repaid $375 million in debt during the quarter from cash in hand.
Investors have been concerned about Pitney's exposure to the slowing mail market. However, during the second quarter, revenue from the company's mail services segment and production mail division expanded 10% and 18%, respectively. It seems as if the decline in the company's mail related revenue has been stopped for now. The company generated $147 million in free cash flow during the quarter boosting the cash position to $600 million.
On a long term basis, the concerns about the global slowdown in mail shipping seem to be overstated as many key documents, parcels and packages will need to continue to be shipped and Pitney is the best in its industry. In addition, one of the key factors to look for in a failing company is a weak balance sheet and continual loss of cash, Pitney has neither of these. The company is paying down debt with cash on hand, has a strong cash balance and is still producing a good free cash flow.
A short bet that looks risks over the longer term
The third company, with 30% of its free float short is US Steel (NYSE: X), which shows no real signs of weakness. US Steel's production capacity for the first quarter was 30.8 vs. 32.3 million tons in the same period last year, although the whole steel industry is reducing output as demand falls. The US steel industry is not expected to return to growth until 2015.
Still, US Steel is not in a precarious financial position and is well placed to wait for growth. Although the company made a loss for the second quarter, adding back in depreciation, cash generation from operating actives was $384 million and free cash flow was $180 million. Additionally, net debt has fallen 15% from the second quarter of 2012 without a noticeable increase in common shares in issue.
With a net asset value of $24 per share, debt to equity standing at 80% and the current ratio standing at 1.7 times, the company currently looks to be an undervalued stock, which is financially stable. So, unless the company takes a huge loss sometime soon, it has the ability to last until the steel market returns to growth in 2015. So, on that basis I believe shorts should beware US Steel, and as a long term play, the company looks appealing.
Foolish summary
These three companies are the most shorted in the S&P 500, but both Pitney and US Steel do not appear to be in positions that justify the market's hatred. Indeed, Pitney is turning itself around and US Steel has a strong balance sheet, well placed to ride the US recovery. On the other hand, Cliffs looks to be in a precocious position and I would stay away.
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Sooooo I am such a bad procrastinator, and I have missed the free deadline for fafsa, now they are gonna charge me $80 to file online, there is an option for a promotion code, is there any kind of code to reduce the price of the $80??? Or make it free?
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LOL FASFA is a federal program not an online shopping site so there's no such thing. Its just like college applications they don't make exceptions for anything because they argue you had all the time in the world to do it. If you waited until the last minute it's your own fault.
Make sure if its even worth doing it because even though FASFA might accept your application now I know most schools will not and have their own dates. The school charges the late fee.
Just make sure you went to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ … that is the real website, and they shouldn't charge a late fee either… or have a promotion code for that matter.
No, there is no such thing as late registration.
I'm guessing that you're accidentally hooked up with fafsa.com or one of the other paid-assistance FAFSA sites, rather than http://fafsa.ed.gov – the one and only US Department of Education site. The Department of Education never charges "late fees" or any other type of fee.
Furthermore – unless you are looking for financial aid for the current summer semester, the deadline isn't in 2 days anyway – it's in 367 days – as in NEXT June 30th.
The deadline for the 2009-2010 FAFSA – the one that you'll need to complete if you want aid for the school year that starts this coming fall (August? September?) is June 30, 2010.
What you HAVE missed is your school's "priority aid deadline", and that's important, but it's hardly the end of the world. By missing that deadline, you have lost out on your opportunity to be considered for certain supplementary aid programs this coming year. Those programs are small aid programs, and there is only so much money to go around. Your school uses the "priority aid" deadline to reward applicants who get their forms in early – they were considered for those "extra" forms of aid, and you won't be.
HOWEVER – you will still be eligible for exactly the same Stafford loans and Pell Grants that you would have received if you had applied the day this year's FAFSA was first released (January 1st). Nothing about your procrastination will have any impact on those two programs – and those are far and away the 2 largest programs, and the programs that you are most likely to receive assistance from.
Ignore the scam artists who are pressuring you for an $80 fee for a deadline that isn't even when they say it is – and complete the 2009-2010 FAFSA (make sure you're filling out that one!!!) on the http://fafsa.ed.gov site.
No fee. Ever.
Good luck.