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Among the lunar-phase calendars usually found stacked in crystal shops and New-Age book stores, a radial version by designer and type founder Dimitre Lima stands out. Read More »
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Lady Gaga Rematerializes the Image
To reboot their product line, Polaroid have appealed to the highest authority: they've named Lady Gaga their creative director. Her photographic sunglasses may be a caprice; her new digital instant camera offers retronovation with technical flair. Read More »
It Takes a Lot of Steel to Make an Aluminum Chair
Emeco's famously sturdy aluminum "Navy chairs" aren't cast�they're cut, pressed, rolled, and buffed�but their manufacture shows them to be part of a metal caste system, and players in a dance of fabrication. Video after the jump. Read More »
Embedding Ubiquitously: A Lightbulb That's Also a Computer
An Android-powered projector-in-a-lightbulb inspires images of a world in which every gadget wants a heart�or at least a brain. Read More »
There and Back Again
In the business of getting to space, an access of sublime ephemerality. Video after the jump. Read More »
This Intel Ad is Like a Day in the Life
A breakneck desktop adventure offers an uncanny sense of what daily life is like for a tech blogger. Video after the jump. Read More »
Splendid Anachronisms: Utopian School Uniforms
From 1905, a troupe of schoolboys show off their puzzling foil uniforms. Students in an experimental Utopian lyceum? Or visitors from the future? Read More »
Auction Offers Pieces of the Space Race
Bidding starts January 13 on five hundred pieces of space-race memorabilia�including a headset worn by Charlie Duke, capcom for the Apollo 11 mission. Read More »
Keeping Track of a Cell Phone, It's Pipsqueaks All the Way Down
A handy bluetooth gadget for keeping track of your cell phone and alerting you to calls reminds us that there's no end to reminders. Read More »
Paleobibliophilic Bookservative Gutenbourgeois
Traditional media mavens don't like the messy, loosely-joined conversation that is the Web and the dynamics of the new public sphere. Trouble is, they're also the dynamics of the old public sphere. Read More »


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Remix: 'Dale of the Wind LIVE' – Xenogears
Posted by admin | Posted in Arrangements, Music | Posted on 08-05-2008-05-2008
A fan took my string and piano arrangement of Xenogears' "Valley of the Wind" and tweaked it for a live performance on piano, cello, and violin. The end result is stunning, and this is an absolute thrill for me to listen to.
Link: "Dale of the Wind LIVE"
Release Date: Unknown
Original Name: "Valley of the Wind"
Game: Xenogears, PlayStation, 1998
Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda
Links: My Original Arrangement
Notes: Credits: Piano (R. Toung), Cello (D. Pinkham), Violin (S. Goto).

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This Saturday volunteers will ride around the county and rate each road on a scale of 1 to 10. One is cleanest. 10 represents an extreme amount of trash. "If we're doing the job we should be doing than each year there should corresponding less litter in each area," said Keep Thomas County Beautiful Chairman Len Powell.
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Category Archives: Book Vs. Movie
The Chocolate War Book VS. Movie
Jerry Renault is sent to a Catholic school after his mom has died. The school is very strict and has a yearly chocolate sale that all students are EXPECTED to participate in. Brother Leon gets it in his heard that the school can bring in a lot more money if they double what they sold the previous year making it 50 boxes of chocolates sold by each student.
Jerry finds himself mixed up in an encounter with the schools "gang" called the Vigils and he is instructed not to sell chocolates for the first ten days of the sale. Jerry complies and creates a very annoyed Brother Leon when Jerry does not do his part.
The real kicker is that after the ten days, Jerry decides he has had enough of people telling him what to do and when to do it so he continues to refuse to sell the chocolates on principle. It should be a choice to sell. Not an order. By doing this Jerry creates an uproar in the school of support that angers the Vigils who feel this is like a slap in the face to their control of the school. As time passes the Vigils work hard to gain control pushing kids to sell their chocolates making Jerry an outcast and eventually leading to what is referred to as the chocolate war.
I read this book this last October for banned book week. The book was banned due to the strong content, language, and deemed unsuitable for the age group it was written for. Of course, I loved it. ♥ There is a powerful message within The Chocolate War.
The movie, made in 1988, was well done. Ilan Mitchell-Smith does a good job of portraying Jerry, a boy who appears meek on the outside but has a strong sense of right and wrong on the inside. The head honcho for the Vigils, Archie (played by Wallace Langham, now on CSI) was also very good at his role. I felt the same emotions watching the movie as I had reading the book. I felt unsettled and angry at times. And in the end, neither the book or movie leave you with a feel good "all is well" feeling… you know.. that there is more to be done, and in this case, that is an ok and appropriate feeling.
I would say I enjoyed them both just about equally. The book was one I have wanted to read for a while and I was glad I finally got to it. The movie, was the big finale for me, to see it after reading it was perfect. I feel I can talk about The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier with some knowledge and opinion.
If you get the opportunity, I recommend reading The Chocolate War and then treating yourself to the movie. Perhaps maybe, for this next Octobers banned book week?
One For The Money – The Book and the Movie Review
A long time ago… (long before this blog or before I even knew what a blog was) I had read Janet Evanovich's book One For The Money. It was light, it was funny. It was about this big haired girl named Stephanie Plum from New Jersey who was down on her luck after losing her job. The bills were piling up and she found herself looking for a job from her cousin Vinnie who owned the local Bond Agency.
Then it gets hilarious. Stephanie has no idea what she has got herself into but tries to bring in the biggest bail, Morrelli, who she had a brief encounter with many years ago and thinks this could be some pay back. Morelli is not only a good-looking guy, he is also a cop – on bail for a crime he did not commit but all evidence to say so seems to has disappeared.
When Stephanie requires a little assistance in her new job, she is introduced to Ranger (yay!!!! Three cheers from my section *doing the wave* !!!!) Ranger is dark and mysterious and has a way of showing up just when Stephanie needs him. He also teaches her how to shoot a gun, and how to break into a suspects home… but you know… that's just part of the fun.
The book… is fun. Really it is. SO much fun in fact I went on to read Two For The Dough, Three To Get Deadly, Four To Score, High Five, Hot Six, Seven Up, Hard Eight, To The Nines, Ten Big Ones, Eleven On Top and Twelve Sharp. (In Twelve Sharp the book irritated me/ got a little gross and I stopped reading the series there). Currently I think the books are on eighteen.
The series is just funny bail bond situations that Stephanie gets involved in and Morrelli and Ranger dig her out of messes. She usually winds up accidentally uncovering something that leads to big arrests….
On Saturday I went to the movie with four other Bookies (my book club). Although we never read this book as a book club, we had read a couple of the later ones in the series. A few in my book club are HUGE fans of the series and have read every book.
I felt the movie was well done. Although there has been grumblings of the casting of Katherine Heigl as Stephanie (too tall, and too sophisticated), I thought she did a great job. Morrelli and Ranger were wonderful and over all I personally thought this movie version was even better than the book. Yup. I did just say that.
If you are looking for a fun laugh out loud movie, I would recommend giving this one a try.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Audio and Movie Review)
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- Narrated by Ruby Dee
Janie Crawford is a beautiful free-spirited Southern Black girl in the 1930's. With her parents long dead, Janie is raised be her grandmother. At sixteen she is seen kissing the neighbor boy, Johnny Taylor. Her grandmother, in fear that Janie will wind up being treated like a mule for some man, she arranges for her to be married to Logan Killicks, a man in his 60's who is looking for a wife to help him take care of his farm.
Janie wants more from life so when opportunity comes literally knocking at her door she runs away with a man she just met and becomes Mrs. Joe Starks. She soon finds out that to Joe she is a trophy wife and therefore must act as such. Soon Janie feels trapped again.
And so the story goes on – when something happens to Joe, Janie again finds herself a free woman, but not with finances to back her up. When a drifter who goes by the name of Tea Cake comes to town Janie finds herself attracted to this mysterious man. The two eventually become man and wife and their life together really is what makes this book.
Here is yet another read I would probably not have picked up. When I found it on the sale list at audible.com I thought this may be a good time to try this one and I am so glad I did. If you have not experienced this book on audio then you are truly missing out. The rich southern voice of narrator Ruby Dee was a treat to listen too. Ruby mastered the voices from deep male, to the young voice of Janie.
The book impressed me. It is a deep love story that I wasn't anticipating, and maybe that made me appreciate it all the more. Janie and Tea Cake make some of the modern-day literary couples look dull in comparison. And all that is from the book…
just wait until you add the movie.
I had timed my finishing of the book with the arrival of the movie from Netflix. I wasn't sure what I thought I would find in this movie…but it wasn't this. Halli Berry is the perfect person to play Janie. She is a beautiful woman, just as Janie was described and she was the image of the free-spirited girl that I had read about.
If I thought the love story was touching in the book… on the screen, seeing the great love between Tea Cake and Janie was heart wrenching – and this from a person who does not read romance! I was so touched by the their story again… even as fresh as it was in my mind from just hours before ending the book…
I highly recommend both. Definitely do not miss out on this great novel and movie.
My 2011 WHERE Are You Reading map has been updated to include Their Eyes Were Watching God
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The movie was rented from Netflix
The Painted Veil (Movie Vs. Book)
As the story goes… Kitty (Naomi Watts) has found herself to be quite choosy on who she will choose as a husband. It certainly it is not from lack of effort on the men's part, yet Kitty knows she is beautiful and really feels that a woman does not need to have a man in her life to feel complete. Her parents disagree.
One day, after a particular awkward argument at home when her mother flat-out asks Kitty how much longer she plans to count on her father to support her – Kitty takes a walk and finds herself in the company of a fairly new acquaintance, Walter (Edward Norton). When out of the blue, Walter proposes, Kitty is taken aback and laughs telling him that she hardly knows him and surely he does not expect an answer. Upon returning home, she overheard her mother on the phone gushing over Kitty's sister new proposal and saying that of course Kitty will probably never get married. Kitty quickly returns to Walter with a "yes, she will marry him."
As expected, Kitty soon finds that her lack on knowing Walter is a problem. He in quite introverted, used to accompanying himself only and honestly she finds him boring. When they attend a party together and she is introduced to Charles Townsend, Kitty finds herself drawn to this man who is exciting, adventurous,outgoing, and really everything that Walter is not.
An affair is soon taking place between Kitty and Charles, never mind that Charles too is married and Kitty is sure that if they could only dump their current spouses that life would be a fairy tale of happily ever after.
When Walter inevitably finds out, he offers Kitty a divorce if only Charles will marry her. Kitty soon finds herself in a rude awakening that carries her sullen and broken to where Walter is taking her, to a small Chinese village where Walter is to help with the cholera outbreak that is taking the lives of everyone in contact with it. Kitty is sure that Walter is trying to kill her… but soon finds herself taken in with her surroundings of the poor and the abandoned, and grows into someone she never knew was in her.
I recently read and reviewed The Painted Veil by W Somerset Maugham and I was surprised how much I fell in love with this story. As mentioned in my review, Kitty annoyed me to no end. She was selfish and stuck on herself. Even in the end when I thought there may be a turning point in the story – Kitty again let me down. I can say by the end of the read, I understood Kitty and her weaknesses, but I sure did not need to accept them or like them.
As per my habit, I have found that I enjoy reading books and then if movies are available to actively search them out. That is what I did in this case, and added to my Netflix Que this movie.
Having now seen the movie I have to say, no matter what you thought of the book, the movie is worth seeing. First of all, you never have to twist my arm too bad to have me watch anything with Edward Norton in it. I think he is a brilliant actor and he came through again in Painted Veil.
Book and movie are not the same. I wish, the book would have been written as the movie was. Yes, I just said that. I found the story more heart wrenching the way the movie came together – and I found that in the end, Kitty was someone who truly had grown and became a woman I was impressed with. She truly found herself literally and figuratively in a monastery for orphans. And to see how both she and Walter deal with the affair is very realistic. Truly, Walter is a more likable character too – as the movie gives him more heart and depth than the book did.
I was touched deeply by this movie and encourage you if you have not seen it to really treat yourself to an amazing story.


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DETROIT—Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) will soon reopen its Flint, MI service center. The new location inside the Plaza One Building at 111 E. Court Street will include the Flint Council Shop and the service center where prospective and current Girl Scouts, their families, and adult volunteers can access meeting and activity space, and purchase Girl Scout merchandise.
"We are excited to reopen our Flint service center and give our Flint area members and girls a place of their own again," said Denise Dalrymple, CEO of GSSEM. "Our service centers are where volunteers go for trainings. We offer some programming at service centers, and of course, families come into our shops to buy uniforms, books, and other fun merchandise. Reopening this location fills a void for a large portion of our membership."
GSSEM has more than 40,000 girl and adult members in its southeastern Michigan region. Nearly 1,500 girls in Flint and the surrounding area participate in Girl Scouting. The former GSSEM Flint Service Center and Council shop was on Austens Parkway. The building was sold this past fall.
"We are proud to welcome GSSEM, and its members, to the Plaza One building," said Ghassan Saab, CEO of Sorenson Gross Construction Services. "Girl Scouts will be an excellent addition to the great tenants we already have; we look forward to a great relationship for a long time to come."
The Flint service center will include the Council shop, occupying more than 1,100 square feet on the first floor of the building, and the service center with more than 2,000 square feet on the second floor. Free parking will be available immediately across the street.
"We are also excited about the prospect of furthering the Girl Scouting mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place by building strong relationship with neighboring colleges in the downtown Flint area," Dalrymple said. "This location puts Girl Scouts right in the action and gives us greater visibility to young people who are seeking ways to support their community and girls," she concluded.
The new GSSEM Flint Council Shop and Service center is slated to open in early February 2014. For more information about Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan, visit www.gssem.org.
About GSSEM
Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan (GSSEM) is the local council chartered by Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) to facilitate the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE), designed to help girls develop leadership skills through three key elements—Discover, Connect and Take Action. Each element has a set of five outcomes including girls develop a strong sense of self (Discover); girls develop healthy relationships (Connect); and girls can identify community needs (Take Action).
GSSEM serves nearly 42,000 girls and adult volunteers in Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair, Sanilac, and parts of Wayne, Monroe and Livingston Counties. GSSEM provides a girl-led, girl-centered, fun-filled quality leadership experience.


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"We do work closely with the mosquito control district and have a good relationship with them."
Q: What mainly accounts for the severity of the problem in rural Scott?
A: One key point: While Scott is much worse off than Dakota, in general, there are much higher counts in parts of rural Carver County, far from the refuge. And there are high counts in remoter parts of Washington and Anoka as well.
"It's a function of both population density and time," said Mike McLean, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Population density meaning: We give priority to places with more people in them.
"In midsummer, it takes a mosquito about a week to go from egg to adult," he said. "We concentrate on controlling mosquitoes while they're still in the larval stage. … We treat mosquito breeding sites in the middle of the metro first. Then we proceed to more breeding sites further and further out as time allows.
"Another factor is the way mosquito adults move in the environment. Depending on species, they can drift several miles over their life span. Folks living on the edge of our treatment area may be affected by mosquitoes drifting in from untreated areas, as well."
Where rural Dakota is more farm-centered, rural Scott has lots of people on big rural lots. That often causes friction as they expect all kinds of suburban and urban services while being more spread out and harder to serve.
Contrary to what some in Scott seem to feel, the mosquito control district does not perceive the refuge as an obstacle, McLean said.
"We have a relationship with them much like the DNR [the state Department of Natural Resources]: There are high-use areas like Fort Snelling where we do do treatment. But the refuge is a huge swath through the metro. …
"Our position is, people living next to natural areas sometimes have to take the bad with the good," McLean said.
That said, Wagner does maintain that if he "whines enough" the district will specially treat an area for a major event such as a wedding. And he admits he does totally understand the environmental issues with mosquito control.
"I'm checking my beehives right now," he said. "Bees need water, and I have a pond that mosquito control doesn't know about, and that's wonderful because I don't need contaminants from them."
Q: Any prospects for change in the refuge's approach?
A: Commissioners have commented over the years that different refuge managers can take differing positions, and this summer, a new manager is about to take charge.
If the good news for critics is that former leader Charlie Blair is gone, though, the bad news is, he didn't go far: He's the new Midwest Regional Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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In anticipation of this week's Pack Attack, I did some research on our guest, Packers practice squad receiver Jeremy Ross. I came across a video that was put together while he was attending Cal-Berkley.
It's a version of the MTV show Cribs, where famous people give a behind the scenes look at their home. In this clip, Ross shows off his well-used computer, a double-meaning painting, his home workout routine and how he gets around with dozens of his, um, closest friends.
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Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (1983)
Sometimes I listen to a song and wish it was recorded in the modern day. How awesome would opening drum thumps of The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" sound in hi-fi? Wouldn't Elvis Costello's hooks sound that much punchier with some studio wizardry?
When I first heard Talking Heads' 1983 song "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)," I was skeptical of the dated keyboard swirls; I had the vague notion that the song would sound better if the band had modern equipment at their disposal. Nobody today would touch the keyboard tones that pepper this song. I'd imagine that there's gotta be a once-hip father out there who has tried to play this in the car, only to be met with something akin to "Daaad, this is so 80s!" before the radio is promptly turned on and the latest dance tracks fill the car, courtesy of the likes of Ke$ha.
It's a shame, really, because the band really melded the keyboards, guitars, bass, and drums of this song into an unstoppable groove that could stand toe-to-toe with their modern-day pseudo-counterparts LCD Soundsystem. The mid-tempo rhythm is continually punctured by flourishes, each one more pleasant and more exciting than the last.
First there's those keyboard lines, which seem to weave in and out of the song like dancers hidden among the stiffness of the rhythm section. Then there's David Byrne's voice, which is piercing and striking in a way that can evoke a million emotions at once. By the time he works his way through a few verses (singing beautifully endearing non-sequiturs the whole way through) his voice has risen out of the mix and ends the song with a climatic — almost angelic — "a-woooo."
And all that comes without even discussing the lyrics. Articulating love sits nicely on the more difficult end of the spectrum of human action, but "This Must Be the Place" does it — over and over again. You could chop the lyrics up into single lines and couplets, drop them in a bag, and find that each one is strangely beautiful in its own way. When matched with the fervor in Bryne's voice and that incredible groove, the lines come to life with a surprising level of emotion for a song that features repetition so strongly.
So, yes, this song sounds straight out of the early 80s, but it also packs more emotional punch than nearly any song I've heard in the years. Hell, you can even dance to it — pop/dance music with emotion being a bit of an anomaly these days — what more can you ask for? Newer keyboards? Nah, that'd just ruin it's eternally vintage charm.
Off of their 1983 album, Speaking in Tongues.
"I'm just an animal looking for a home share the same space for a minute or two"
Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Pissaladière Tartlets
Photography: Randy Mayor; Styling: Melanie J. Clarke
Present this classic French onion, anchovy, and olive pie in miniature form. Make the tart shells and the filling a day ahead, and store separately in airtight containers--the shells at room temperature, and the filling in the refrigerator. Assemble at the party or dinner. Use trimmed crusts to make fresh breadcrumbs: Place in a food processor and process to form coarse crumbs. Freeze in a zip-top plastic bag for up to 6 months.
Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 2 tartlets)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 122
- Calories from fat: 30%
- Fat: 4g
- Saturated fat: 0.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Protein: 2.9g
- Carbohydrate: 18.3g
- Fiber: 1.8g
- Cholesterol: 1mg
- Iron: 0.8mg
- Sodium: 281mg
- Calcium: 39mg
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 cup thinly vertically sliced onion (about 4 medium)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 canned anchovy fillets, chopped
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup niçoise olives, pitted and chopped
- 24 (1/2-ounce) slices very thin white bread (such as Pepperidge Farm)
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and sauté 10 minutes. Stir in salt and anchovies; sauté 10 minutes. Stir in vinegar and chopped thyme. Reduce the heat to medium-low; cook 3 minutes or until liquid is absorbed, stirring frequently. Stir in olives. Cool to room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Trim crusts from bread; reserve crusts for another use. Lightly coat both sides of bread with cooking spray. Place 1 slice into each of 24 miniature muffin cups, pressing bread into pan to form cups (bread tips will stick up). Bake at 375° for 10 minutes or until dry and golden. Carefully remove the bread cups from pan; cool on a wire rack. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon onion mixture into each bread cup. Sprinkle evenly with whole thyme leaves.
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American, New American, French
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Rice/Grains
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter
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This may seem like a stupid question, but I havent played in a while, and havent heard anything about it recently.
There was a big fuss a few weeks ago about mobs going behind tanks while tanking and the whole way a mob interacts with a tank was changed with patch 3.3. It was extremely annoying, and all the tanks were asking for it to be fixed. I havent heard anything about it for ages, is it still happening?
I havent seen any posts saying its fixed yet. Although, I also havent seen any comments saying it is still buggy, and I dont really want it to be one of those things that is just forgotten about.
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It's SUPPOSEDLY been fixed. I still see a lot of mobs moving right through me while tanking.
It's 'better' but still not as good as it was before they decided to muck with it.
Before, i used to be able to AOE aggro, run through, turn, take a few steps back and all the mobs would be happily smashing me in the face with their backs to the party. now, there is usually a mob or two that thinks it's a rogue and wants to 'stab' me in the back with a frostbolt, etc. regardless of how much i try to reposition them in front of me.
In general, it's way better now then when it was fully busted, but it's still not perfect.
Hopefully today's patch has a nice hidden bug fix to make it all better.


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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A Clifton Park man has been
indicted by a Grand Jury for allegedly menacing a New York State Police
Douglas Stewart III, 43, was indicted on One Count of Menacing
a Police Officer and three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
Stewart is accused of intentionally causing a police officer
to fear physical injury or death by displaying a rifle while the officer was on
duty. The officer shot Stewart because he felt threatened after Stewart was told to drop his weapon.
The police officer was responding to a call about a domestic incident.
The incident took place at Stewart's home on August 6, 2013.
He was originally arraigned in Clifton Park Town Court where
he posted $50,000 bond. Stewart was then
brought to the Saratoga Hospital for treatment.
He also surrendered his passport.
An arraignment date has not been scheduled.
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After the end of the tax year you need to complete your expenses and benefits forms and send them to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). You need to submit a form P11D or P9D for each employee to whom you've provided expenses and benefits during the tax year, and one form P11D(b) to declare the overall amount of Class 1A National Insurance contributions (NICs) due on all the expenses and benefits you've provided.
All of these forms must be submitted to HMRC by 6 July.
This guide outlines all the different ways you can complete and send these three forms. It sets out the key information you need to provide and it explains which employees to use a P11D for and which to use a P9D for.
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Forms P11D, P9D and P11D(b) must reach HMRC by 6 July following the end of the tax year.
Your payment of the Class 1A NICs declared on form P11D(b) must reach HMRC by 22 July, or by 19 July if you pay by cheque.
You can send your forms electronically using:
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HMRC strongly recommends that you send the forms electronically. Or you can use a printed paper form and send to the address at the end of this section.
If you need to send a paper form P11D(b), the declaration on the form must be signed - photocopies will not be accepted.
You can obtain blank paper copies by contacting HMRC's Employer Orderline - you can find a link at the end of this section.
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It's important to choose the correct option, P11D or P9D, for each employee. The one to use depends on the employee's earnings and on whether they're a director of your company, as explained below. If you use HMRC's online End of Year Expenses and Benefits Forms you will be presented with screens to complete for both P11Ds and P9Ds so it's important to choose the right one.
Use form P11D to report expenses and benefits provided to an employee earning at a rate of £8,500 or more per year. See below for what to include within the £8,500 threshold.
Use form P9D to report expenses and benefits provided to employees earning at a rate of less than £8,500 per year. See below for what to include within the £8,500 threshold.
The £8,500 threshold doesn't only include wages or salary that you pay the employee. You must also include the value of the expenses and benefits they receive from you.
The £8,500 operates on a pro rata basis if the employee only works for part of the year. For example, if an employee only works for six months of the year then you'll need to use a form P11D if their earnings in that period are £4,250 or more.
Use form P11D for almost all company directors. Only use form P9D if all of the following apply:
In broad terms, a director has a material interest in a company if (alone or together with associates) they own or can control more than 5 per cent of its ordinary share capital.
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When you complete forms P11D or P9D, you must enter the total value of your employee's expenses and benefits during the tax year. You need to enter these details into the relevant category and section on the form and work out the value of individual expenses and benefits. For help with reporting specific expenses or benefits on forms P11D and P9D see 'Expenses and benefits A to Z'.
When completing form P11D (but not P9D) you must also report:
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The errors listed below are a common cause of delay in HMRC's processing of forms P11D. Those covered by HMRC's P11D quality standard can cause particular problems - HMRC frequently has to reject and ask for resubmission of forms that contain these errors. If you use HMRC's online End of Year Expenses and Benefits Forms you are less likely to make these errors.
Every form P11D must include the following information:
If you submit your P11D information in list format rather than on standard forms, you must also:
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You must complete and send a form P11D(b) if you have one or more P11Ds to submit to HMRC at the end of the tax year.
HMRC recommends that, if your payroll software doesn't have the facility to send this form, you use the online End of Year Expenses and Benefits Forms to complete and send your P11D(b) electronically.
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If you have no return to make because you have no expenses or benefits of the type to be returned on forms P11D there is an online form you can use to tell HMRC - please follow the links below. But if you've already indicated on your final submission for the tax year that forms P11D and P11D(b) are not due you don't need to send the online form. And if you receive a form from HMRC they would prefer that you don't send it back as you've already told them that you have no return to make.
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There are four key things that you must do on form P11D(b).
First, enter the total value of the expenses and benefits you provided during the tax year that were liable to Class 1A NICs:
Second, make any necessary adjustments to this total. This will apply if your total:
Third, work out your Class 1A NICs liability for the year. This is calculated as a percentage of the (adjusted) total value of your expenses and benefits from the first two steps above. For the actual percentage rate, see the P11D(b) form for the relevant year.
Fourth, declare which of the following applies to you:
You must tell HMRC in advance if you intend submitting a batch of P11Ds for employees who have had all their expenses and benefits taxed via the payroll. Tell HMRC online using 'Employer Notification of Payrolled Benefits' - there is a link at the end of this section. If you don't, your employees will be taxed twice.
The entries in the '1A' boxes on the form P11D normally make up the total value of all expenses and benefits liable to Class 1A NICs, which is then entered in the relevant box on the form P11D(b). But for payrolled expenses and benefits where there is an 'amount made good or from which tax deducted' box, the entries in the '1A' boxes will not provide you with the correct value on which Class 1A NICs is payable. In these cases you will need to recalculate the total value of all expenses and benefits on which you are liable to pay Class 1A NICs, ensuring the actual amount of the expense or benefit included in payroll is used as opposed to the net 'cash equivalent' amount after payrolling has taken place.
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The online form 'No Return of Class 1A National Insurance contributions' allows you to tell HMRC that you will not be liable for Class 1A contributions. This form can be used if you've previously advised HMRC on your final submission for the tax year that P11Ds are due. But if you've already indicated on your final submission that forms P11D, and P11D(b), are not due you don't need to send the online form.
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray today denounced the August 18 group-shoplifting incident reported by a convenience store on Benning Road NE. Video of the incident shows a group of young women coming into the store at the same time, stuffing goods in bags, and rushing out without paying. Some media reports have called the incident a "flash-mob robbery" and likened it to a similar incident that took place at a convenience store in Montgomery County last week.
"We know that we have video of a group of girls shoplifting from a store in Northeast in the early hours of Thursday morning," Mayor Gray said. "Our detectives are currently investigating that incident. 'Flash mob' or not, we will pursue criminal charges against those involved. We will not tolerate such reprehensible behavior here."
The Mayor continued: "Some news coverage of this incident has reported residents questioning whether the robbery could have been morally justified. Actually, both morality and the law are quite clear: It is wrong to steal from others. And if people do not obey the law, they will be apprehended, arrested and prosecuted. There is no excuse for this sort of incident."
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Now the deadline has passed, I am completely chuffed to say that I have 1 commended with St Michaels Dawn, and also a place in the book, and the exhibition!
Congratulations Phil....great achievement, well deserved its a fabulous shot.
Pete, thanks for locking and redirecting (I missed the thread as it's in a different forum category).
For the third year in a row I've had some success in Take-a-View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. This time four of my images have been commended by the judges:
Nice one Slawek - See you in December again then
Congrats everyone else too.
Well I'm pleased to say that in my first year of entering I got 2 photos in the book.
This of the humber bridge: http://www.simonatkinsonphotography.co.uk/imgs/gallery/15218/15218_5562798004dbb...
And my second photo won the Calumet 'This is Britain award' which won me a £500 voucher which I shall be spending on the Canon 70-200mm F4
Here's the photo: http://www.simonatkinsonphotography.co.uk/imgs/gallery/15218/15218_20396576004db...
Both photos will feature in the exhibiton, Staithes as a print and the Humber Bridge as a slideshow projection.
Well done all you lucky people ...I'm off to shoot myself in the head
Gee, thanks Cole...always knew I could rely on you!
If you prefer, I could always put my head on a block and you could use a spoon - much more meaningful and painful....
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Detlev Schlichter (@DSchlichter), author of the upcoming book titled Paper Money Collapse, describes Bitcoin from his perspective:
In terms of pure monetary economics it has considerable advantages over state fiat money, many characteristics of gold – and potentially even some unique advantages. The concepts and ideas behind Bitcoin cannot easily be dismissed.
[Fiat money]'s Achilles heel is the very elasticity of the money supply that today's mainstream doesn't tire of touting as its main advantage: 'No dreadful deflation and we can always stimulate the economy!'
Just like gold, Bitcoin is international money. It can facilitate transactions between two parties in entirely different political jurisdictions.
Those in charge of the present paper money franchise are already boxed in a corner. They do not want to allow a painful cleansing of the accumulated dislocations, which means they have to keep creating ever more money. The endgame is fast approaching.
Fred Wilson (@FredWilson), who shares his insights on the venture capital industry on his popular site A VC wrote a post on Bitcoin. Excerpts:
You could take [Bitcoin's price collapse] as a sign that Bitcoin has failed. […] In 2002/2003, so many people thought the Internet was "over" as an investment opportunity. And they were wrong.
It seems to me and my colleagues at USV that an alternative currency with roots in peer to peer networks and based on an algorithm that is transparent to everyone is an idea whose time has come.
During the past ten days or so there has been a nice rise in the BTC/USD exchange rate, a resurgence in the value of total bitcoins transferred and a slew of media attention focused on the currency.
Bitcoin continues a steady march with innovations and improvements throughout its ecosystem. While Fred and most of the VC industry have not yet made any investments specific to Bitcoin, positive developments are continuously occurring. Consider today the many variations in the ways bitcoins are stored including new hybrid wallets (e.g., Strongcoin), offline wallets (including BitAddress.org and Casascius physical Bitcoins), and mobile wallets (e.g., the latest entry, BitcoinSpinner) — none of which existed just a few months ago. Whether bootstrapped or launched with investment partners great offerings such as BlockChain.info and Bitcoinica are continuously arriving.
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While the Mexican peso and the Polish zloty had a good year, there was one currency that outperformed them all — by an order of magnitude. That's no secret to those reading this, but it will be to reader's of Sober Look (@SoberLook), a financial blog with a global audience Excerpts:
"It's not issued by a country, nor is it a precious metal or a rare-earth. Bitcoin is an electronic currency that can be exchanged for some goods and services, particularly online. The currency is not controlled by a central bank."
"For more background on Bitcoins see this story from Wired Magazine (Wikipedia does a terrible job describing this process)."
"Therein lies the flaw of the Bitcoin concept: transaction anonymity attracts illicit activity."
"So why has the currency tripled this year? A number of rumors have been circulating in the online forums trying to explain the rally."
"Nevertheless Bitcoin is the 2012 winner for the best performing currency against the dollar."
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- http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133101.0
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GoWest (@GoWestBTC), blogging on TheBitcoinTrader.com, shows some metrics describing where Bitcoin shined in 2012. Excerpts:
"The current market cap is actually at a peak for 2012, exceeding the spike in August. This can be attributed to the fact that tens of thousands of Bitcoins have been introduced into the economy since August."
"These have shown steady growth over the past year: The number of items listed at Bitmit (an auction site that operates in Bitcoin), the number of users at Ogrr (an MMORPG marketplace), and the number of views of the 'What is Bitcoin' YouTube video."
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Red Wings-Oilers game-day updates: Cleary, MacDonald to tangle with Khabibulin and Oilers
by George Malik on 02/08/12 at 02:43 PM ET
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Updated 8x with charitable donut news at 7:14 PM: As the Detroit Red Wings prepare to tangle with the Edmonton Oilers tonight (7 PM EST, FSD Plus, not FSD/TSN/71.1 FM), MLive's Ansar Khan reports that Joey MacDonald will get the nod in goal…
Everyone is skating at Wings practice: 93-13-44, 51-40-26, 20-43-11, 48-8-96 (39); 5-18, 55-23, 52-4/22; 31-29 (35)
MacDonald is starting for Wings tonight. Mursak and Commodore scratched.
And the Free Press's Helene St. James reports that Danny Cleary will indeed play for the Wings tonight:
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U of M Board of Regents approves holding Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium; pressers Thursday
by George Malik on 02/08/12 at 02:37 PM ET
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Updated 9x at 7:04 PM: The NHL and Red Wings will stream both pressers:
Oh, NHL, you're such a tease:
The National Hockey League will make a major announcement in Detroit on Thursday, Feb. 9.
The press conference will take place at Comerica Park in Detroit, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET. It will be carried live on NHL Network and NHL.com. The event will continue at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Updated 2x at 12:12 PM: the Free Press's Helene St. James reports that pressers are scheduled for 10:30 AM on Thursday at Comerica Park and 1 PM at Michigan Stadium: Excellent news out of Ann Arbor regarding the centerpiece of the Winter Classic, per the Detroit News's Angelique S. Changelis:
The University of Michigan Regents have approved leasing Michigan Stadium to the NHL for the league's Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2013, that will feature the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Regents held a special meeting Wednesday morning to address the leasing, which would draw $3 million from the NHL.
A liquor license would be obtained — liquor is not served on campus at Michigan — and the NHL will have advertising and other sponsorship agreements throughout the stadium. There is no advertising at Michigan Stadium for football games.
President Mary Sue Coleman ran the special meeting that most regents attended via conference call. Interestingly, regent Denise Ilitch, whose father, Mike Ilitch, owns the Red Wings and Tigers, chose to abstain from voting, saying that while she has no direct interest in the NHL, she has family ties to the league and this situation.
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Red Wings-Oilers set-up, Winter Classic and trade talk, and overnight report…report
by George Malik on 02/08/12 at 09:09 AM ET
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After the University of Michigan's Board of Regents engages in a little power play to determine the parameters of what will become the hardest 110,000-seat "rink's" tickets to land in sports history (see: season-ticket holders, sponsors and bigwigs receiving the right to buy dozens of tickets before the general public gets the opportunity to land what will probably be $100-plus-on-average bleacher seats), the Detroit Red Wings will attempt to break a two-game losing streak and avenge Saturday night's 5-4 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
With their lead over the Canucks, Predators and Blues trimmed to one, two and two points, respectively via a 4-3 Canucks shootout win over said Predators, the Red Wings will attempt to keep the good home-ice times rolling against Edmonton as the teams tangle at Joe Louis Arena tonight (7:30 PM EST, FSD/TSN/97.1 FM, with Stoney and Wojo reunited and on-site at the Joe prior to the game).
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St. James: Red Wings' Jimmy Howard might return 'early,' Cleary may have knee issues addressed
by George Malik on 02/08/12 at 06:15 AM ET
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Here's a middle-of-the-night update worth sharing: According to the Detroit Free Press's Helene St. James, Red Wings GM Ken Holland stated on Tuesday evening that Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard—who the press continues to incorrectly report as either having a broken pinky or as being out for 4-6 weeks—could start practicing with the team after he visits a hand specialist today, but the team might lose Danny Cleary's services when he sees an orthopedist to address the buildup of fluid in his left knee, depending on the treatment he receives:
Goalie Jimmy Howard will visit a hand specialist today, general manager Ken Holland said. Howard suffered a small fracture to his right index finger Thursday at Vancouver when he was hit by a puck, but the injury never was considered serious, and Holland didn't rule out Howard returning by Friday (vs. Ducks) or Sunday (vs. Flyers).
"If the doctor tells him today he can practice, and he can get his equipment worked out, we think he'll be ready to play very soon," Holland said.
For Howard, it's all about pain tolerance: he can't re-injure his index finger, which yes, will take 4-6 weeks to heal, but as soon as he can deal with the "thud" of pucks hitting his goal stick and the vibrations and reverberations involved when he shoots pucks, and as soon as he gets a few practices in, he will be able to play (which means that the Wings don't necessarily have to panic on the trade front).
And Danny Cleary? Well, St. James reports that if his left knee's drained and he gets an OK from his doctor, he could play tonight against Edmonton, but he could also miss a week if he needs cortisone and/or Synvisc injections to battle arthritis. As Cleary's also had to deal with some particularly gruesome groin injuries, he needs to have that knee drained as quickly as possible lest it starts to pull upon his groin muscles:
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Thursday is Winter Classic announcement day
by George Malik on 02/07/12 at 07:55 PM ET
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Update #3 at 9:27 PM: ESPN's Craig Custance reports that there will be two pressers:
Sounding like 2 Winter Classic announcements on Thursday. Morning in Detroit and afternoon in Ann Arbor. Plus GLI and OHL games at Comerica.
Update #2: The Free Press's Helene St. James reports that next Monday and Wednesday are alternate announcement dates in case U of M doesn't sign off on the event on Wednesday: Via RedWingsFeed, TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL will announce that the Wings are hosting the 2013 Winter Classic in short order:
Just a reminder, 2013 NHL Winter Classic (TOR vs. DET at U of Michigan Big House) will be made official at Thursday news conference(s).
Update: The Detroit News's Gregg Krupa reports that there's a reason Thursday is the day (did somebody say alcohol-selling license?):
Plans by the NHL to play the 2013 Winter Classic in Michigan Stadium, where it almost certainly would draw the largest crowd ever to watch an NHL game, are proceeding, with the University of Michigan Board of Regents scheduling a special meeting at 10 a.m., Wednesday to approve the use.
"The public meeting is regarding authorization to enter into a facility-use lease for the NHL Winter Classic," the University News Service said in a release.
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Red Wings travel day news: waiting on the fickle finger of fate
by George Malik on 02/07/12 at 07:37 PM ET
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Updated 2x with home-ice talk, injury news and a charitable note at 5:35 PM: The Detroit Red Wings returned to Metro Detroit a little earlier this afternoon to get some rest and prepare to play the Edmonton Oilers tomorrow, and "tomorrow" is the operative word regarding goaltender Jimmy Howard's status being reevaluated by the team's doctors, per the Detroit News's Ted Kulfan...
Looks like Jimmy Howard won't be seeing hand specialist until tomorrow.
Quick update: MLive's Ansar Khan confirms via Twitter:
Wings' GM Ken Holland said no updates on Jimmy Howard (finger) or Danny Cleary (knee), as neither saw the doctor today.
A pair of pundits weighed in on Detroit's goaltending already, and the CBC's Elliotte Friedman mentioned Howard's broken finger as a major reason why the Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues have reason to hope that they can catch Detroit in the Central Division (via his "30 Thoughts" column)...
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Two takes on the Red Wings' goaltending situation
by George Malik on 02/07/12 at 06:16 PM ET
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In the wake of the Red Wings' 3-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes and 5-4 loss to tomorrow's opponent, the Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-less Oilers, a pair of pundits are weighing in as to what the Red Wings might want to do given Jimmy Howard's status as on the shelf until he can handle the pain of taking shots while playing with a broken index finger grasping his goal stick.
The Oakland Press's Pat Caputo, via 97.1 the Ticket and fRedWingsFeed, prescribes an, "Everybody panic!" route, suggesting taht the Red Wings must trade for Evgeni Nabokov...
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Red Wings-Coyotes wrap-up and overnight report: not meeting justifiably high expectations
by George Malik on 02/07/12 at 08:26 AM ET
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The Detroit Red Wings chose to remain in Phoenix after dropping a 3-1 loss to a potential playoff opponent, sitting a little less pretty in the Western Conference standings (three points ahead of the Canucks and four ahead ofthe Nashville Predators), and at least by judging from the comments made in the quick take and Mark Spector's Nicklas Lidstrom story, we're going to get a little philosophical prior to jumping into the Coyotes and Wings' press's takes on the game, so that means a necessary jump cut for the uninterested to opt out of:
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Red Wings-Coyotes quick take: taking the hard road = less than special loss
by George Malik on 02/07/12 at 02:07 AM ET
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The Detroit Red Wings tend to suffer a few injuries during February and subsequently go into an early-month slump (usually at the same time that the Nashville Predators, who the Wings play on Friday, make their customary division title push), but man, in their -3-1 loss to Phoenix…
Did the Wings' special teams ever stink, and did the Wings ever engage in a game where trying too hard to protect your goaltender in fact makes the game tremendously harder on your defense and goalie than it should be, giving Phoenix a much-needed win as they push for a playoff berth and try to send a message to a potential playoff opponent.
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Marty Howe talks about his dad's status on The Fan 590
by George Malik on 02/06/12 at 10:03 PM ET
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Given all the confusion regarding the state of Gordie Howe's cognitive capacities over the past few weeks, the Red Wings legend's son, Marty, spoke to The Fan 590's Bob McCown and John Shannon regarding his father's issues in terms of short-term memory loss and plain old effects of aging and playing professional sports in the days of, "You're feeling foggy? Get back out there!"
Give the interview a listen. It's worth hearing simply because Marty, Murray and Mark have taken care of their father and dealt with his slightly diminished cognitive capacities under an incredibly bright and sometimes harsh media spotlight with the same kind of quiet dignity that their father displayed while taking care of Colleen…And raising his sons and daughter Cathy, too:
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Q&A: Amy Childs talks about her new swimwear range
She's already conquered Essex, survived Celebrity Big Brother, starred in her own reality show and designed a sell-out range of dresses, and now Miss Amy Childs is on a mission to get us all looking reem on the beach. MSN caught up with Amy to get the low-down on her new swimwear range, and some all-important tips on how to get beach body ready.
Since leaving TOWIE you've been really busy building your own brand. Were you always planning to design a swimwear collection?
I've always wanted to bring out my own swimwear, because you know obviously I like looking good on the beach. So yeah, and I was really excited, I wanted it to be absolutely perfect.
So would you say this is your dream swimwear collection?
Definitely. I just wanted something really different, and these prints really worked for me, they're also really classy. It was hard work, there was a lot of back and forth - what will work, what won't work with me, and now I've done it and I really really enjoyed it.
I think most people would have thought of you as a bikini girl, but there are more swimsuits than bikinis in your collection, how comes?
You know what, I've got to say, I love an all in one. I don't know really, I'm not body conscious at all, and I love wearing bikini's, but there's something a bit more sexy about a swimming costume I think, and that's why I did four and just three bikinis.
Who would you say your swimwear is aimed at?
I wanted them to be really classy, and I want every age to wear them. There is one for everybody in my swimwear collection. They come in small, medium and large, but the busts and bottoms are adjustable so you can make them bigger or smaller. Obviously you know I do love my bikini's, but also I wanted to make it for absolutely everyone as well, you know, because there are girls out there that don't want to get all their bodies out, so I've done a few with like a little bit in between, because some people don't want to get their tummy's out, so I've tried to do something for everyone.
Which bikinis and costumes do you think will work for which body shapes?
They're all so different, and you can mix them as well, which is brilliant for affordability factor. Prices range from £50-£85, and you can adjust them all at the front and back. One of the swimsuits goes four different ways so you can vary the look. I want them to work for every age and every size.
Do you have a favourite piece from the collection?
I'm going to say the Marbella is my favourite. It is the most expensive, but it is lovely, and you can use it four different ways. You can tie it at the front, at the back, and when you sunbathe you literally unravel the straps and sunbathe and get a perfect tan.
We all know you like to look good on the beach - how many pieces of swimwear do you take on holiday with you?
Well, ohmigod, where do I start? You know what, if I'm going for a week I probably take a few, probably 15! I've just come back from Dubai, so I took a about, I think I took about a few of my collection, a few others, probably about ten. I only went away for like 6 days! I won't wear all of them though.
What advice would you give to girls who are worried about getting their bodies out on the beach?
Do you know what, I just say, girls before you go away go to the gym, it'll make you feel better.
And what about you - do you have a pre-beach beauty regime?
Definitely! Before I have a nice exfoliation, a nice moisturise, I do go to the gym, I do work out, I eat sensible, and I'm ready to go away!
We have to ask - how's life after TOWIE? Do you miss it at all?
God you know TOWIE'S so long ago, I've not been in it for ages now. I still watch it, I still think it's a great show. I've missed so much because obviously I've been away. It's still a great show.
And do you think we'll be seeing any of the remaining TOWIE girls rocking your swimwear?
You know what, I spoke to Lucy, she was on the same flight with me to Dubai, and I spoke about my swimwear, and she's got such a lovely body Lucy, and I said look, all my swimwear would be perfect on you. They've all got lovely bodies, and I think they'll look lovely in them. Definitely the TOWIE girls should wear my collection I would love that.
Now obviously your new swimwear range is only for women, but what do you like to see men wearing on the beach?
Definitely no to speedos. No, I like, not too long, not like the surfer ones, the normal trunks, but they're a bit baggy - not the skin tight ones, I can't stand that.
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Is there a practical way to get large scale collaboration between the many different online learning services?
We all know of Edx, Coursera, The Khan Academy, online classes, ReCaptcha, and now TED-Ed, and we all know the subtle unique features of all of them. Is there a practical way to combine these different programs to make an even better learning environment for people of all ages and skill sets?
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Jul 23 2012: We can try a Wikipedia - Wikimedia Commons type model that pools all known courses online into a single site for reviewing, rating and sharing. The courses could be tiered from free Wiki style courses to paid premium courses and/or degree programs - like the Photosearch/Stock Footage companies provide. This new site would have to be a non-profit collaboration site or organization with global standards and a global body of volunteers editing, reviewing and monitoring it for abuse. It can be "open" until the point of transaction or direct experience.
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